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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1916-10-12, Page 2_______ i.......,..i.....em. No Prohibition on the purest p and most refreshing beverage of all — TEA: The gently stimulating effects of good Tea are of great benefit to all. Tho price of comfort and satisfaction h extraordinarily small when you can get genuine "SALADA" at less than one- fifth of a cent a cup. AT ALL GROCERY STORES nusgergszt2Unsemarnarres 1 THE LA PSE OF ENOCH WENTWORTH By ISABEL GORDON CURTIS, Author of e. The Woman from Wolvertons " CHAPTER XVI. Osweld shut up a ledger and car- ried it to his safe. He and Went- worth had finished a study of their month's finances. The figures were satisfactory beyond their anticipation. Enoch leaned back is his chair and lit a cigar, "If we can stay in New York till spring—and it begins to look as if we might—you and I are on the high road to become millionaries." Oswald did not answer. He picked up a paper -knife and tested its pli- ancy by bending it almost double. "Wentworth," he asked, "do you happen to think of any one who could take Zilla Paget's part?" Enoch laid his cigar on a tray and sat bolt upright. "Wore you in front last night?" he asked curtly. "No," Oswald spoke gravely. "Miss Paget and Dorcas had nine curtain calls at the end of the second act. The gallery began to hiss. Peo- ple downstairs joined in. Can you think of any actress who is free, or engaged for that matter, capable of touching her in the pari?" "It was nob acting last night. Were you back of the scenes?" Enoch brought down his fist with a thud on the table. "I was not, and I'm sorry enough that I wasn't. I would have settled things differently., I have had the whole story rehearsed to me by several people. Do you know that Miss Paget's child is in my home?" Oswald hent his knife to the point! of resistance. It snapped in two j pieces, He tossed the fragments in a waste basket. "You mean the little blind boy?" "Yes." Wentworth's voice was fierce with irritation, "I have not seen! him—I have no wish to see him. Dor- eec told me this morning what she had saddled herself with. She and I thrashed the question out." He laughed unpleasantly. "It did precious little good." "Would you have turned the child! into the street?" Enoch shrugged his shoulders im- patiently, j "I don't want to go over the ques- tion again. It puts me in an awkward position with Miss Paget to have the I child in my house. So far as I see I; cannot tarn him out unless my sister goes with him." "What do you suggest?" "Good God! there is only one thing to do—send the child to the asylum where he came from. The mother is, in the right when she wants him sent back to England. He was in a good enough home there." ( "Who took him out of it?" I I "I don't understand the situation. Miss Paget knows, I fancy, hut she j has not given me the man's name, She says it was a piece of nasty re- venge." "She told you this?" I "Yes, I have had a nice morning. It was gone over step by step at home, then again with Miss Paget. She wants the child." "To care for?" "No," Wentworth turned hs eyes studiously in another direction. "She intends to send him back to England immediately. Why shouldn't she? The woman. A blind youngster would tie her down neck and heels. They understand that sorb in an asylum. There isn't a doubt that he would be happier there." "That is your honest conviction?" "I'm sure of one thing. That brat is not to be harbored in my house. Suppose the mother made it out a case of kidnapping?" "I had not thought of it in that light." "Well, think of it now," Enoch burst out furiously, "1 em as fond of Dor-. cos as any brother could be, but she' is the sort of girl who can't be moved when she takes a stand on anything.! Miss Paget is a clever, handsome wo-' man. I cannot be wholly at odds with her, seeing her every day of my life es I do." "That was in my mind when I spoke ed eagerly es if to speak to him. He of letting her go," lifted his hat with grave courtesy and Enoch waa on the verge of checking walked past her, She followed to the him withan impatient exclamation, door and watched him while he cross - but the Englishman interrupted, "You'l ed the street, have had your say, now I am going! Her face flamed scarlet and she bit to have mine. You remember one day her lips, then she laughed eontemptu- during the early rehearsals I told' ously and hurried through the dark you all I knew of Zilla Paget's story. j theatre to the stage. The place was I was beginning, then, to have qualms deserted. She went straight to the of conscience about bringing her over1letter-rade. In the shelf marked P and setting her among deeent people.lshe found several' letters for herself. She is worse than I imagined, In the. She was turning away when her eyes most degraded woman you find brute fell upon an envelope in the lower cor- feeling --brute motherhood I mean. neo of the rack. She picked it out She lacks that." and stood for a moment staring at it "Who gave you the version of this blankly, then she gasped. The letter was not for her, Ib was addressed in coarse, shaky writing, "Mrs, Alice V. Bourne, Gotham Theatre, New York." It bore the Madison Square postmark, The woman's eyes were furtively story? "Merry told me last night." "You have not seen Dorcas?" "I have not met Miss Wentworth since yesterday morning." searching the gloomy theatre in all di, "It washa case loe bsunch o fp emu. rections. She did not hear a sound; tion with the whole bunch of them. nobody was in sight. She slipped the They will take things normally in a letter into herff stairs, day or two. You had better have a musad ran upstairs. talk with Miss Paget. She is anxious CHAPTER XVII. to see you," "I think," Oswald spoke coldly, "it "Then," continued Dorcas, "Guleesh would be better for Miss Paget if she lifted the lady to the horse's back and did not come to me. I might tell her leaped up before her. She put her in plain English my opinion of her.. arms about his waist and clung to Hadn't we better let her go?" . him tightly. `Rise, horse, rise,' he "If we didn't have to take into on- cried. The horse and all the hun- sideration the question of a woman dreds of horses behind him spread out fit to play her part, there's her con- their wings and rose in the air. They tract. It is iron -bound for the whole went flying swiftly across the sea." season. There's nothing especially:"Miss Dorcas," interrupted Robin increduously, about Miss Paget. Get her "I didn't know that mad," Enoch laughed grimly, "and horses could fly. I thought they trot - she'll give you trouble to burn," ted on the streets like this." The boy "I'll look out for that myself. I•m slipped down from his chair and kick- responsible for her being here. Clean- ed with his heels upon' the floor, minded citizens should not have to! "Guleesh's horse had wings—all herd in with a—moral leper." 1 fairy horses have wings," Dorcas "That's scarcely a fit name for a laughed. lady." "Did you ever see a fairy horse?" Grant Oswald's voice was emphatic. "I'm?afraid I never did." "I never did class Miss Pa et with— Grant "Then how do you know that it's g rine,. ladies." " "I might as well tell you before you, "Fairy stories tell us so," go in for anything of the sort that I "Oh." The child's brown eyes turn - will fight you legally. It would be the ed to her eagerly. They were inter - worst sort of business proposition to rupted bya knock at the library door. drop Miss Paget in the middle of a Jason entered. successful run. It is not fair to her. j "I reckon yo'se awful busy dis after , If an actress does the work you ask , noon, Missy?" of her, she has the right to make any; "Not if there is anything I can do, sort of—domestic arrangement she for yo.r, Jason." pleases," I "Emiline's downstairs. You know Wenthworth's tone was conclusive.' who Emiline is?" He paused and He lit his cigar again and stood si-glanced at Robin. lently beside his desk, blowing the;, Dorcas nodded. smoke across the room fn distinct "It 't want be inconveniencin' she'd rings. "You said you had several , like to see yo'." business matters to talk over. Is this "Why does she want to see me, everything for to -day?" He lifted his Jason?" hat from the rack as if anxious to end j "I can't tell, Missy. She's des kep' the interview. a-pleadin' en a-pleadin' fo' yo' to see Oswald spoke stiffly. "I hate to her, so I tol' her, I'd ask yo'." think of a quarrel with you, Went- "I'll see her. And Robin, suppose worth. I'll confess I have not a great You go with Jason for a little while,' deal of fighting blood in me. We don't He keeps a doughnut jar in the pan-' seem to get along as well as we did. try. Make Jason tell you a story., at first; I don't know whether it is Flying horses are nothing to the won - your fault or mine." He paused as ifderful things he has seen." waiting for Enoch to speak. Then Emiline entered timidly and stood he continued. "There was one other waiting until Dorcas pointed to a thing. I have been meaning to speak' chair, She was a neat -looking yel- of it for some time. Probablg others low girl, but there was a worried look have mentioned it to you. The news- on her good-natured face. paper men are asking me one question "Anything wrong, Emiline?" asked all the time—they want to know if Dorcas. "Wrong! Eheryt'ing's wrong, Mis' you are at work on another play?" Enoch gave him a savage look. It was a look which puzzled Oswald all day long. "I will think of that when I get good and ready, The 'House of Esterbrook' is good for one season more—probably for two." Then he flung out of the office and slammed the door behind him. Oswald sat in silence for a few min utes, His face was full of anxious perplexity. He rose, put on his hat and overcoat, and went out. In the. 0 l bb he met Zilla Paget. She turn - Sugar feeds and sweetens pro rt A n its purity© ti x ` • - kn. s� f5 p RED D . A •ND GRANULATED is refined exclusively from choice sugar -cane sugars and is absolutely pure. Government tests prove it. It is sold in fine, medium and coarse grain in many handy sizes of refinery• sealed packages to suit your taste and conves;i nce. The 100 Ib. bag is the size which recommends itself specially to 11.'w housewife. Your dealer can supply it in the size grain you ; .,I„ The RED DIAMOND is on every Package.. ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINERIES, Limited, : .. Wentworth. I'se lef' Miss Paget fo good en all. Lawd, what a whack she hit me when I tol'!her some'ings I thought!" "She struck you?" Dorcas stared at the girl in astonishment. "'Deed, Mis' Wentworth, she struck me hard, straight 'cross my, motif wid her han'. I could take de law to her, I reckon, en git damages, but I ain't a-goin' to. I'se scared to death ob havin' anyb'ing to do wid her." The girl's face seemed to whiten, and she clasped her hands in an agony of ter- ror. "I wouldn't wok fo' her nohow —I'd rather go on de streets. Mis' Wentworth, her tuqquoises am aturn- in' green!" "What do you mean?" Emiline spoke in a frightened whis- per, "Her tuqquoises am a-turnin' green I 'clan' fo' Gawd, dey is!" Dorcas laughed. The octoroon's statement was so irrelevant it was al- most funny. "Lawdy, Mis' Wentworth, don't go to laughin'. I reckon yo' don't know what an awful ting dat is to happen, I nebber heard tell ob hit bat once. Hit don't happen exceptin' when a wo- man's ez wicked ez de of serpint her- self!" "Emiline, what on earth are you talking about?" (To be continued). FIANCEES "WAR WIDOWS." Though Unwed, They Wear Mourning for German Soldiers. women in the Duchy young of Baden, Germany, betrothed to of- ficers and soldiers killed in the war, have taken advantage of a recent de- cree of the Minister of Justice that gives them practically the status of widows. They have adopted the names of their dead fiances, and call themselves `Mrs" (frau). They wear mourning and wedding rings, and are known as war widows. They wear head-dresses distinguishing them from real widows, It is expected that this system will be extended to other German Status. Marriage ceremonies are performed in many eases at Baden at the Regis- try Office in the usual way with wit- nesses, The Curse of Knowledge. "Earache," wrote Harry in his phy- siology examination, "comes from bits of, information getting inside the ear tubes." "Blest is the bride on whop the sun doth shine," la auniversal belief. Rust Brings Other Troubles, It would appear from information issued by the Publications Branch Department of Agrlotilture, Winnipeg, that rush on wheat brings along other troubles. The plant, weakened by rust, is made susceptible to other dis- eases. Prof. Jackson, of the Mani- toba Agricultural College, stabes that the crop failure in some places is due to other causes than rust. These are described as follows: Head Rot: Owing to the weakness of the wheat from the rust attack, and to the continued .wet and muggy t weather, many secondary diseases are sure to occur, and I have recently no- ticed soft blank spots occurring in the heads. These black spots are in- dependent of the rust, and, on examin- ation under the microscope, are found to be Fusarium Wilt and Macrospor- ioee, two common wilts always ready to attack a weakened plant. They will do much harm to grain which might other -wise have graded num- ber three, as they tend to give it a moldy smell and dirty color. In sam- ples sent me from Saskatchewan, these head wilts had so developed as to cause the grain to be quite soft. I Ergot: It is seldom that we see ergob on wheat, but when conditions favor one disease they also favor an- other, and I find much ergot on bar- ley and rye; in some cases 20% on barley, and considerable on wheat which is seldom ergoted. The ergots appear as large black protruding grains. On cutting them open, they are purplish inside and suite hard. They make flour unfib for use, and hence should be carefully looked for this year. I do not expect that they will be sufficiently common in wheat to hold up much of it for flour -mak- ing, but on barley and rye they will be sufficiently common as to be a factor in their grade this year. Smut or Bunt: Plots of wheat were sown this year with tagged wheat, un- treated, and, as one might expect on such a year as this, bunt has develop- ed on these plots to the extent of per- haps 20%. All the weaker and poor- er heads are badly "bunted"—every kernel in the head. This is a splen- did illustration of the expediency of treating seed grain with formalin. 11111111111111.11111.111111111111111111110111111.1111.1 have a spicy zest which makes them a 'favorite preserving fruit,and several excellent va- rieties are plentiful this year. Preserve all you can with Lat. tic Sugar for the sake of economical andwholesome desserts next winter. Lanticsugareomesin 2 and 5 -lb Cartons 10 and 20-1b Bags Pure cane. FINE granulation "The All -Purpose Sugar" PRESERVING LAMS FREE SA gummed.na printed i.bei. for e ret 1,in trnde•m.rk. Saud to Atlantic Sugar Refineries Ltd. Pouor n10E., Montreal ea 1.3=111filF 111•11 A Strange Will. "Rasbus," said the judge, "you say that you entered the hen house, and then, deciding to resist temptation, left it. Is that right." "Dat's about it, jedge." "Well, how about the two hens that were missing?" "Ah, tells you, pedge, Ah took dem. Ah reckoned dab Ah was 'titled to dat many for leavin' the rest" Saskatchewan Parm Lands Large_ or Small Blocks Easiest Terms. Payments Spread Over Seven Years Clear Title on First Cash Payment Most desirable locations right on railway in best mixed farming district in Saskatchewan. Intermediate Sections largely settled. Churches, schools, etc., within convenient access. If interested, write immediately for further par- itculars. W. J. Haight, Agent, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. \\\ no acid and !hue keep tate lea her soft, protecting it against Z tracking. They combine liquid and pa to in a paoto form and require only half the effort for a brilliant la ting shine. Easy to use for crit the Family. - cbildren and adults. thine your floes et home and keep thorn neat, P, f, DALLBY CO, OF CAN505, LTO. HSeTTee . CANADA BIL. ACK .WHITE iTAN EEI�1�OUR NOES INEA'' , i�\.\\V`sA -v*- .1 khtVSv� h\n. �,'s;,eM ,�.,,.... \ �.\\1vOY1=`1 .,. ON THE FARM Not Row many, But How Good. On some farms the boast is made that fodder is grown to feed a cer- tain number of cows and heifers the year round, Numbers may convey an idea of the owner's wealth in ease of beef animals, bub when it comes to dairy cows it is no criterion of the yearly returns nor of the cash value of the animals. To -day, the ques- tion is how much milk does the cow produce and what is the test? There are herds that have made remarkable records while others have boarded on some other department of the farm. However, in the poorest herd there is likely to be one or more cows that are capable of making a substantial profit for their owners, if properly fed and eared for. In the testing work indi- viduals of all dairy breeds set a pace that is hard to follow. It is too much to expect a whole herd to come anyway near some of the records made, but it is possible to bring them to one half the amount. Ten cows giving 9,000 pounds of milk worth $1.25 per hundredweight will be a gross return of $1.125 or $112.50 per cow. A cow can be well fed for half this amount, leaving 256.25 to pay for labor and over head expenses. At these fingers a fair price is allow- ed -for feed and there is a good profit made. On the other hand there are herds of 20 cows which do not aver- age over 5,000 pounds of milk in a lactation period. At $1.25 per hundredweight this would give a gross return of $1,250 or $62,50 per cow. It is doubtful if a cow can be kept in reasonably good .condition under $95 a year leaving $19.50 to cover over head expenses and labor. In other words the herd of 20 cows gives their owner only $26 more cash, than the herd of 10 cows gives thir owner. There is a reduction of $11.25 in cost of feed per cow. The over head ex- penses per cow are the same and the labor bill is the same. Keeping the large herd of average milkers forces the owner to do double the amount of work required with the selected herd, for the paltry sum of $25. To wihch class does my herd belong is the ques- tion every dairyman should ask him- self this fall. It is quite possible to have a herd average 9,000 pounds of milk, but 5,000 pounds per cow is above the average for the province. This fall help is scarce and feed is expensive. Although hay was a good crop and the corn is making progress, the spring crops in general appear to be below the average. On many farms the rations of roughage and coarse grains will have to be small or the herd reduced. It must be remembered that a certain portion of the feed must go to sustain the !animal body whether the cow is or is not producing. Over this amount is free to be turned into milk if the ma- chinery is of the right calibre. It appears that it will be more profitable to weed out the cows that are not paying their way and feed the remain- der of the herd a little heavier. An extra few pounds of concentrates daily often pays big profits. Money spent in millfeed and nitrogenous feeds to balance the ration is gener- ally money well invested. The rough- age should always be home grown. If feed is scarce weed out the poor cow and lessen the labor. One cow pro- perly bred and well fed is worth two cows of promiscuous breeding and fed on little more than a maintenance ra- tion. Why do two hours work when almost the same returns can be secur- ed for one? The quality of cows in the herd counts for more than the numbers,—Farmer's Advocate. The Grain Weevil. The adult beetle is very firm and hard, wingless, with body cylindrical, about one-sixth of an inch long. The head is prolonged into a snout or bill, and the thorax is pitted with a few longitudinal punctures. The fe- male bores a minute hole into the ker- nel with her snout, and in this cavity deposits a very small white egg. In a few days the egg hatches, and the larva at once begins to detour the in- terior of: the kernel. The larva is a footless, short, robust, fleshy maggot, leas than one-eighth of an inch long, anti white in color. It changes to a white pupa within the kernel, .tA bleb at this time 18 a mere hull.. The femaleis very prolific, and her egg -laying period may last several weeks. The adult beetles live sev- eral weeks, gnawing into the kernels and devouring the inner contents, and thereby do almost as much damage as the larva, Both the adults and the larva are a serious ,pest among wheat stored in granaries and eleva- tors. They attack wheat, oat-, bar- ley and corn. The simplest and most effective re- medy for the control of all grain we- evils is fumigation with Garb m b1.:;r1- plride. Malec the enclosure air -light and use when the temperat ire is about 70 degrees F. Use from 5 to 8 lbs„ of carbon bisulphide Lo each 100 bushels, Scatter the liquid on the grain, or granary floor, cover with n finnkeb, and leave for 21 hours, Iu fi,nnigal- ing empty rooms, u c 8lbs. of liquid to 1,000 cubic test. Note, hewevcr, that the v sp. r !generated by c•r, l't'i bl ull:hid, is very iinflamt:rnrrla, Be sure a::4 1 n all lights awr..y Viten earn„ Unr. tt •d'erial,