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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1915-09-23, Page 6Ii - TEGOLDEN KEY Or "The dvenfures of Ledgard." By the Author of "What He Cost Her." CHAPTER XIII. those who are older and wiser than It ii probable that Mrs. Da Souza, you. It is but just now that my good - excellent who andmotherthough she I friend said to me, 'Da Souza/ he say, had proved herself to be, had never 'I will not have' you take your little admired her husband more than when, daughter away!' Oh, we shall see! followed by the malevolent glances of • Miss iNlontressor an her friend, she, with her daughter and Da Souza, re- entered the gates of the Lodge. The young ladies had announced their in- tention of sitting in the fly until they time, and I do not want him to. He Were allowed speech with their late despises us all—and I don't blame host; to which he had replied that him. It is horridl'Y they were welcome to sit there until doomsday so long as they remained outside his gates.. Mr. Da Souza lin- gered for a moment and' aid his fin- ger upon his nose.- • "It ain't n6 use,my dears," he vshiSpered confidentially. "Ht's fair- ly got the hump. Between you and me he'd give a bit not to have us, but me and him being old friends—you, see, two know a bit about one an- other." -- "Oh, that's it, is it?" Miss Montre'S- sor remarked, with a toss of her head. "Well, you and your wife and your lit- tle chit of a daughter are welcome to him so far as we are concerned, aren't they, Flossie?" "Well, I should say so,"/ agreed the young lady, who rather affected Americanisms. Da Souza stroked his little imperial, and winked solemnly. • "You are young ladies of spirit," he declared. "Now ---P "Hiram!" • "I am coming, my dear," he called over his shoulder. "One word more, ray charming young friends! No. 7, City, is my address. Julie's tears crept through the I'm - gas's closely pressed over her eyes. "I do not believe it," she sobbed. "He has scarcely looked at ale ell the Mrs. Da Souza, with a smile which was meant to be arch, had something to say, but the arrival of breakfast broke up for a while the 'conversa- tion., Her husband, whom Nature had blessed with a hearty appetite at all times, was this morning after his triumph almost disposed to be bois- terous. He praised the cooking, chaf- fed the servants to their infinite diss gust, and continually urged hie wife and daughter to keep pate with him in his onslaught upon the various dishes which were placed before him. Before the meal was over Julie had escaped from the table crying softly. Mr. Da Souza's face darkened as he looked up at the sound of her move- ment, only to see her skirt vanishing through the door. "Shall ydu have trouble with her, my dear?" he asked his Wife anxiously. That estimable lady shook her head with a placid smile, "Julie is so sensi- tive," she muttered, "but she is not disobedient. When the time comes I can make her mind." . "But the time has come!" Da Racket's Court, Souza aclaimed. "It is here now, Look in sometimes, when you're that and Julie is sulky. She will have red day, and we'll have a bit of lunch to- eyes and she is not gay! She will not gather, and just at present take my • attract' him. You must speak with her, advice. Get back to London and my dear." • - write him from there, .He is' not in a "I will go now—this instant," she good humor at present." answered, rising. "But, Hiram,there "We are much obliged, Mr. Da isonething I would much like to Souza," the young lady answered know!" loftily. "As we have engagements "Most women, Hiram—net me! Do in London this afternoon, we may as I ever seek' to know your secrets? But will go now—eh, Floseiel" this time yes it would be wiser to "Right along; answered the young teltymeell ar ? "little 'lady, "I'm with you, but as to writing Mrs Trent, you can tell him from me-, "This Mr. Trent, he asked us here, Mr. D4 Souza, that we want to have but it is plain that our company is nothing more to do with him. A fel- not pleasant to him. ,He does his low that can treat ladies as he has best to get rid of us—he succeeds—lie plans that we shall not return. You treated us is no gentleman. You can see him alone and all that is altered. tell him that. He't an ignorant,-com- His little acheme has been in vain. mon fellow, and for my part I despise ' We remain! He does not look at our Julie. He speaks of marriage with contempt. Yet you say he will marry her—he, a millionaire! What does it mean, Hiram?" "The man, he is in my power," Da Souza says in a 'ponderous and stealthy whisper. "I know some- thing." . She rose and imprinted a solemn kiss upon his forehead. There was something sacramental about the de- liberate caress. "Hiram," she said, "You are a won- derful man!" CHAPTER XIV. "Same here," echoed Miss Montres- sort heartily. "We ain't used to as- sociate with such as him!" "Hiram!" Me. Da Souza raised his hat and bowed; the ladies were tolerably gra- cious and the fly drove off. Where- upon Mr. Da Souza followed his wife and daughter along the drive and caught them up upon the doorstep. With mingled feelings of apprehen- sion and elation he ushered them into the morning -room where Trent was ' standing looking out of the window with his hands' behind him. At their entrance lie did not at once turn round. Mr. Da Souza coughed apolo. Scarlett Trent spent the- first part getitally. of the morning, to which he had been "Here we are, my friend," he re- looking forward so eagerly, alone in marked. "The ladies are anxious to his study with locked door to keep out wish you good morning," • all intruders. He, had come face to Trent faced them with a sudden face with the first serious check in gesture of impatience. He seemed his career, and it had been dealt'hitn, on the point of an angry exclamation, too, by the one man whom' of all his when his eyes met Julie Da Souza's: associates, he disliked anddespised. He held his breath for a moment and In the half -open drawer by his side was silent. Her face was scarlet with Was the barrel of a leaded 'revolver. shame, and her lips were trembling. He drew it out, laid it on the table be - For her sake Trent restrained himeelf. fore him, and regarded it with moody, "Glad to see you back again, Julie," fascinated eyes. If only it could be he said, ignoring her mother's out- safely done,' if only for one moment stretched hand and beaming smile of he could find himself face to face with welcome. "Going to be a hot day, I Da Souza in Bekwando village, where think. You must get out in the hay- human life was cheep and the slaying field. Order what breakfast you of a man an incident scarcely worth please, Da Souza," he continued on noting in the day's events! The thing his way to the door; "you, must be was easy enough there—here it was hungry—after such an early start!" too risky! He thrust the weapon back Mrs. Da Souza sat down heavily and into the drawer with a sigh of regret, rang the bell. just as Da Souza himself appeared "He was a little cool," she remark. upon 'the scene. ed, "but that was to be expected. Did "You sent for me, Trent," the 1st - you observe the notice he took of ter remarked timidly. "I am quite Julie? Dear child!" ready to answer any more questions." Da Souza rubbed his hands and "Answer this one, then," was the nodded meaningly. The girl, who be- gruff reply. "In Buckomari village tween the two was miserable enough, before we left for England, I was sat down with a little sob. Her mo- robbed of a letter.. I don't think I ther looked at her in amazement, need ask you who was the thief." "My, Julie," she exclaimed, "my "Really, Trent—I----" dear child! You see, Hiram, she is "Don't irritate me; I'm in no humor faint! She is overcome!" for anything of that sort. You stole The child, she was very little more, it! I can pee why nowt Have you broke out at last in speech, passion- got it still?" ately, yet with a miserable fore- The Jew shrugged his shouldere. knowledge of the ineffectiveness Of anything she might say. "It is' horrible," she criecit "it S Da Souza drew a large 'folding case maddening! Why do we do it? Are from his pocket, and after searching we paupers or adventurers? Oh, let through it for several moments pro - "Hand it over." me go away! I am ashamed to stay in this house!" Her father, his thumbs in the arm- holes of his waistcoat and his legs far apart, looked at her in blank and speechless amazement; her, mother, with more consideration but equal lack of sympathy, patted her gently on the back of her hand. "Silly Julie," she murmured, "what is there that is horrible, little -one?" The clerk eyes blazed with scorn, the delicately curved lips shook. "Why, 'the way we thrust ourselves upon this man is horrible!" she cried. "Can you not see that we are not' vvel- corne,,,that he wishes us gone?" Da Souza smiled in superior man- ner; the smile of -a man who, if ,only he would, could explain all things. He patted his daughter on the head with a touch which was meant to be play- ful. "My little one," he said, "yo,u are mistaken. Leave theta matters to slimed an envelope, The handwriting was shaky and irregular, and so faint that even in the strong, sweet light of the morning sunshine Trent had difficulty in reading it. He tore it open and drew out a half -sheet of coarse paper. It was a message from the man who for long he had counted dead. agreement of 'ours is scarcely a fair, erne, is it, Trent? When, I- signed it, I wasn't quite myself. Never ,mindl trust to you tit do what' fair. If, the thing turns out a great. success, put Some sort ora share at any rate to my credit and let my daughter have it. You Will find her address from Meesrs. Harris and Culsom, solicit- ors, Lincoln's Inn Fields. You need only ask them for Monty's daughter and show them this letter. They will understand. I believe you to be a just man, Searlett Trent, although I know you to be it hard one. Do then as • I agli. "Monty." Da Souza had left the room quiet- ly. Treat read ;the letter through twice and locked it up in his desk. Then he rose, and lit a pipe, knocking out the ashes carefully and filling 'the bowl with dark but fragrant tobacco. Presently he rang the bell. "Tell Mr. Da Souza lowish to see him here at once," he told the servant and, though the messege was a trifle pmemptory from a host to his gaest, Da Sonza promptly appeared eauve and cheerful, "Shut the door," Trent said shortly. Da Sawa' obeyed with unabashed amiability. Trent watched him with something like disgust. Da Souza caught the look, and felt compelled to protest. • "My dear Trent," he said, "I do not like the way you address me, or your manners towards'rne. 'You speak as though I were a servant. I do not like it at all, and it is not fair. I am your guest, am I not?" "You are my guest by your own in- vitation," Trent answered roughly, "and if you don't like ray Manners you can turn out. I may have to endure you in the house tilrI have made up A MARVEL OF VALUE An Everyday Luxury— No Dust, Dirt or Sterns. 'ffSLig 30 :AL SALD PACKETS ONLY --NEVER, IN BULK. 'Your Grocer has it— 1 But insist on , or will get it for you. J.— "SALADA" ..ozo v • t - About the Household Selected Recipes. Foamy Sauce.—One cup sugar, one cup milk, three egg whites; rind and juice one lemon. Heat milk. Beat egg whites stiff, adding sugar gradu- ally. Add milk and flavoring, beating all the while. Serve when foainy. Scalloped Parsuips.—Mix two cup- fuls of cold mashed parsnips with two tablespoonfuls of butter and cream enough to snake smooth. Put in a pudding dish sprinkle with but- tered bread crumbs, and bake until my mind how to get rid of you, but I want ao little of your' company as brown. possible. Do you hear?" Oyster Plant Fritters.—Scrape oy- Da Souza did hear it, and the worm ster plant and grate fine. Make bat - turned. He sat down in the 'most ter of one cup milk, two beaten eggs comfortable easy -chair, and address- and two tablespoons flow, beating ed Trent directly, hard. s Add grated oyster plant. Sea - "My friend," he said, "you are out n with salt and -pepper, and drop of temper, and that is a bad thing. 5° Now listen to me! You are hi my fr'om spoon Into deep, boiling fat. Fry to golden brown. power. I have only to go into the City to -morrow and breathe here and Fried Summer Squash.—Wash and there a word about a certain old gen- cid young summer squash into slices tlenum who shall be nameless, and you one-half inch thick. Sprinkle with would be a ruined man in something pepper and salt and dip in fine crumbs. less than an hour; added to this, my Then put the squash into a beaten egg friend, you would most certainly be • . • . diluted with one tablespoonful milk arrested for conspiracy and fraud. and again in crumbs. Fry in deep That Syndicate of yours was a very hot fat until lightly browned. smart stroke of busbies, no doubt, and it was clever a you to keep me Crumb Tarts.—To one cup crumbs in ignorance of it, but as things have use one egg, ttvo tablespoons 'milk, turned out now, that will be your con- one-half cup sugar and one-half tea- demrietion. They will say, why did spoon baking powder. Line sides and you keep me in ignorance of this bottoms of muffin tins with mixture move, and the answer—why, it is made of foregoing, leaving space in very clear! I knew you were selling centres. Fill spaces with apple sauce what was not yours to sell!" "I kept • you away," Trent said and a few raisins and bake twenty scornfully, "because I was dealing minutes in moderate oven, with men who would not have touched the thing if they had known that you were in it!" . "Who will believe it?" Da Souza asked., with a sneer. "They will say that it is but one more of the 'fairy tales of this wonderful Mr. Scarlett Trent." The breath came through Trent's lips with a little hiss and his eyes were flashing with a dull fire. But Da Souza held his ground. He had nerv- ed himself up to this and he Meant going through with it. "You think I dare not breathe a word for my own- sake," he continued. "There is reason in that, but I have other monies. I am rich enough with- out my sixth share of thetBekwando Land and Mining Company which you and the Syndicate are going to bring out. But then, I am not,a fool! I have no -wish to throw away money. Now I propose to you therefore a friendly settleineut. My daughter Julie is very charming. You admire her, I am sure. You shall marry her, and then we will all be one family. Our inter- ests will be the same, and you may be sure that I shall look after them. Come! Is that not a friendly offer.?" For Several minutes Trent smoked furiously, but he did not speak:" At the end of that time he took the re- volver once more from the drawer of his writing -table and fingired it. "Da Souza," he said, "if I had you just for 'five minutes at Bekwando we would talk together of blackmail, you and I, we wOuld talk of marrying your daughter. We would talk then to some purpose—you hound! Get out of the room as fast as your legs will carry you. This revolver is loaded, and I'm not quite master of myself!" Da Souza made off with amazing celerity. Trent drew a short, quick breath. There was a great deal of the wild beast left in him still. At that moment the desire to kill was hot in his blood. His eyes glared as he walked up and down the room. The years of civilization seemed to have become as nothing. The veneer of the City speculator' had fallen away. He was once more as he had been in those wilder days when men made their own laws, and a man's hold upon life was a slighter thing than his thirst for gold. As such, he found the atmosphere of the little room choking him, he drew open the French windows of his little study and strode out into the perfumed and sunlit morning. As such, he found himself face to face unexpectedly and with- out warning with the girl whom he had discovered,sketching in the shrub- bery the day before. (To be continued.) "Bekwando. "My dear Trent,—I have been drink- ing as usuall Some men see snakes, but I have seen death leering at me from the dark corners of this vile hut, and death is an evil thing to look a when one's life has been evil as mine - has been. Never mind! I have sown and I must reap! But, my friend, a last word with you. I have a notion, and more than a notion, that I shall never pass back alive through these pestilential swamps. If you should arrive, as you doubtless will, here is a charge which lay upon you. That POCKET SELF -FILLER The Pen fot aways ready to write ee sin, kind ofpaper, . Active Service. anyvvhere. Will last for years after the war is over. Regular, Safety, and Self:Filling Types, OM and up Sold at the Best Local Stores L. E. Waterman company, Limited, 'Montreal When pickling, boil the corks for bottling, and put into the bottles and jars while hot, when cold they will seal themselves tightly. To make" an old fowl tender rub the bird all over, with lemon juice, then• wrap in, Mittered paper, and steam for two or three hours, accord- ing to size. Add a little ground ginger to rice puddings just before placing in the oven. Half a pint of water can then be mixedswith the milk and the pud- ding will taste just, as well. • - A sandwich hint.—When buttering bread for sandwiches knead the but- ter on a plate and mix the mustard with it instead of spreading it on the meat. A sure test of linen is to wet a por- tion of piece and if moisture is quick- ly absorbed and shows through to other side you will never be mistaken about linen. This is a never -fail test. To revive withered flowers plunge the stalks in boiling water and leave them in it till it becomes cold. Then cut about one inch frolic the ends of the stalks. If you wish to prelient green vege- tables from boiling over, drop a piece of dripping the size of a walnut into the centre of them, just as they com- mence to boil. To remove tea stains from woollen materials, cover with powdered ful- ler's earth, dry and leave for twenty- four hours. Then brush out, and the stain will have disappeared. Meat Pie.—One and one-half pounds A home-made sauce for cold meat. neck of beef, three pints peeled pota- Scrape a tablespoonful of horseradish, toes, -one large onion. Slice onion, mix with one tablespoonful of mixed and put to stew with beef. Cook and mustard, a teaspoonful of sugar, and mash potatoes, adding one teaspoon salt and saltspoon pepper to each quart. Line baking dish with one-half the potatoes. Put in stewed meat, sea- soned to taste with salt and pepper. Cover with rest of potatoes and bake fifty minutes. Peppers Stuffed with Mushrooms.— Cut off the small end from young green peppers. Carefully remove the seeds and partitions and parboil Ave minutes. Mix two cupfuls of soft breadcrumbs with three-fourths cup- ful of cream. Add one cupful of chop- ped mushrooms and one-fourth tea- spoonful salt, Fill the peppers and stand them in a baking pan. Bake a half hour, basting with one-half 'cup- ful of water mixed with one table- spoonful butter. Liver Loaf.—One calf's liver, one- half cup bread crumbs, four slices milt pork chopped, two tablespoons chop- ped onion, one cup water or stock, one-half teaspoon salt, one-half tea - QUAINT INN NAMES. Germany Holds the Record for Fan- tastic Names. Scattered throughout England are some curious inn names, put Germany - probably holds the record for out-of- the-way signs and fantastic name. The most absurd results are usually obtained by the name of some animal with a more or less unsuitable object, The Comfortable Chicken and the Cold Frog, both of them in Berlin, are cer- tainly left in the shade by the Angry Ant (OA, in Westphalia), 'and the Stiff Dog (Berlin). The Lame Louse is an inn in 4. suburb of Berlin, and not far from it is the thirsty Pelican, The Dirty Parlor, the Bloody Bones, the Musical Cats, the. Four Hundred- weight Man, and the Boxers' Den are all in Berlin or the neighborhood, and the Old Straw Bag in Leipzig. The Open Bunghole is 'in Stadtohen, in the Palatine, apd the . Shoulderblade in Jerichow. The Last Tear is a land- lord's notion for the name of his inn, situated near a graveyard, visited by returning mourners, and is of fre- quent occurrence throughout the Fa- therland. . "B,ef ore I maeried my wife I eould have listened to her sweet votee for hours," said Smith to his friend. "Yes---ancl now?" asked the friend. "Now," said Smith, with moisture in his eyes, "I have to." four tablespoonfuls of vinegar. A use for an old leather belt. --Nail it right side dbwn on a piece of wood about the Same size so that the wrong side of the leather is uppermost. This mates an excellent knifeboard. A RETRIEVED INDUSTRY. - -- British Now Control the Manufacture of Geographical Globes. • One of the many ramifications of British industry which puffered from German competition, but which. has recovered remarkably since the out- break of war, is the manufacture of geographical globes. The Germans succeeedecl in making' great headway because the British article has 1ways been somewhat expensive; but at the same 'time it is absolutely accurate, owing to the care taken in preparation While it is of great strength and cap- able of -withstanding hard usage. The Spoon kitchen bouquet, one tablespoon Germans, however, devoted the utmost vinegar, few grains cayenne, few attention to cheapness, fashioning gratings nutmeg Wash liver, chop and cook in boiling water five minutes. Drain, add bread crumbs, chop, and add remaining ingredients. Press into pan, cover and bake one hour in slow oven. Pittsburgh Potatoes. --Wash and pare potatoes, out into one-half inch slices and slices into one-half inch cubes—there should be one quart. Add one small onion, finely chopped, and cook in boiling felted water to cover seven minutes. Acid one-half can of their globes from inferior material, ignoring questions of accuracy, and depending rather upon gaudy ,coloring than the correct fitting of the maps to the spherical surface. But the cheaper article found a ready market; and as the dearer British globe was ousted and was seldom seen it was impossible for the prospective buyer to compare the two grades of manu- facture. But the demand for globes is increasing rapidly,ssince now -a -days a school cannot possibly complete the pimentoes eut into strips and boil geography lesson without one. The five minutes, then drain. Put in but- manufacture of a perfect globe of tered baking dish, pour over two cups of white sauce, to which has been add- ed one-half pound of grated cheese, and bake until potatoes are soft. Pear Dumplings.—Pare, core and Mince six large, ripe pears. Mix with them one-half nutmeg grated, two ounces clarified butter, sugar to taste and four well -beaten eggs. Add enough finely grated bread crumbs to make mixture stiff and smooth. Mold into egg-shaped balls with bowl of large spoon, dip into boiling water and simmer one-half hour. Serve in solid construction is a somewhat slow and tediou,s process. The shell is com- posed of several superimposed thick- nesses of brown paper, upon which is laid a secretly prepared and special composition. When hard and dry this surface is trued in a gauge, smoothed and polished. This is a phase of the. work which demands the greatest care and skill, since, if the sphere is not true to the smallest fraction of an inch, the gores of maps will not fit ex- actly. These are pasted on ice such a manner that there is no overlapping heated dish with sugar and dash of whatever, the edges coming flush to - cinnamon. In separate dish, serve gather. The globe completed it is liked. milk sauce or other pudding sauce, if colored and varnished, the final opera- tion, after mounting on the stand, be- ing the fitting of the meridian ring. The Power of Cheerfulness. Good lard is much better than but- heart! And so, go forth on every day. Go forth to -day with cheer in your • ter for basting roasted meat and for Surprising will be the P`bwer of it. frying.' You will soon redeem the errors of is improved by long boiling, the past; you will do better work and - flinch le a pinch of salt be added to fh lift everyone around you. Oh, wonder- amn°cfew AcnhdeeZolilnrspcihre6eaalnudlnueps! instead of being made in the usual hurried way. sugar used for stewing soul, fr-uelet 'ml is the power of cheerfulness! Oh, wonderful is the good it does. ACQUISITION TO BRITISH EMPIRE SOMETHING ABOUT GERMAN SOUTH-WEST AFRICA. • "Eothaland" Is One -and -a -Half Times as Large as Germany We have not conquered Gei many: - yet. But we have conquered Ger- many's biggest colony—German Sotith-West Africa—which is one -a -ad- . -half times as large as Gerniany it- self; and which TIOW adds 322,450 square miles to our Empire, says Landon Answers. What kind of a countey is this new acquisition? What will you find if you go there? Picture, if you can, eight hundred miles of coast without a single good, natural harbor. It is a low•coast, a sea -bound desert, stretching inland over parched sand 'for about 35 miles towards the south and rather less to- wards the north. Beyond, .if your eyes . . can pierce the dense fog which they are liable to encounter, you -may dis- cern the dim outlines of lofty, moun- tains, rising as high as 9,000 feet above the sea. But before you reach those moun- tains, you will. have ..to cross in- —4. numerable 'sand dunes, and you will find it very thirsty work. Rivers Without Water. Household Hints. Lace continually cleaned with gaso- line or naphtha will- turn yellow much'less sugar will be required. In' making children's dresses which will need letting down, stitch them with 100 cotton thread, and you will have no trouble in ripping tucks or To clean brass flower pots or trays, rub them with a piece of lemon; then pour boiling water over them, and fin- ally polish with a soft dry cloth. When boiled and unboiled eggs get mixed, spin them, and the boiled ones 'will spin quite fast, while those which have not been cooked will hardly spin round once.' The hair mattresses which are Mi- ca with black hair are much better than those filled with white hair, be- cause the latter has generally been bleached and ,is deprived of its springiness. When cooking haricot beans add salt to the water fleet, and they will cook in a third of fthe time, and will not need to be sbalced overnight. • Ms Habit. "You'll have to quit smoking," said the physician. "I don't smoke." "Then you'll have to quit drink- ing." "I don't drink." "Haven't you any habits?" "None at all—except taking medi- cine." GILLETT'S LV1E EATS . PIRT yet been properly prospected. The most prolific diamondiferoas areas are still left for the enterprising Britisher to locate. The rancher should •prosper with cattle, sheep, and ostriches. There are especially good prospects in os- trich farming. Angora goats do well also, as do camels donkeys and mules. Horses, on the whole, do not thrive, owing to the great prevalence of horseseickness. This, briefly, is the country which Germany has been forced to hand OVOr to us.. Most of the rivers which run sea- wards from the mountains are merely dry river -beds by the time they reach you. They are waiting thirstily for the rain which will set them flowing. Whenethe rain comes they will swell out to a breadth of half a mile, per- haps, if the fall is heavy.; but the arched land will absorb the water so rapidlY that the bed lower down may never fill properly at all. • But even in dry river -beds water may be found by digging down into the sand. Many a man has died of thirst with water but a few feet away, had he only known it. The sea -fogs which rise almost daily propellors has deflected the torpedo are the one regular source of moisture from his course, and it has sped upon which the desert shore can rely, harmlessly past its mark. Another These fogs are not a bit pleasant, successful ruse is to stoke up furnaces however, and the disease is not much worse than the remedy. thick black smoke belches from its of a ship chased by a eubmarine and Despite all these drawbacks, "Botha- . funnels and envelopes the vessel in a land" does possess one town which protective shroud. In this way the has possibilities as a sea -side resort— submarine gunners are confused, and namely, Swakopund. Here a port and cannot perceive the correct direction a harbor have been artificially engin- in which to send their torpedo. eared by man, since Nature treated A speedy ship which follows an er- ratic zigzag course is Er poor mark to a submarine. When a torpedo is dis- patched against a fast -travelling ves- The Inland Mountains. sel it is directed to a point just ahead of its mark, and the craft literally runs into the death -dealing device. This obviously cannot happen, how- ever, if ship is swinging -rapidly from side to side, and alternatively point- ing the narrow expanse of its bows or stern to the under -sea marksmen. Ships in many eases now travel in pairs. A submarine seldom attacks a vessel unless it is alone, for it can only attack one at a time, and whilst plentiful. it is launching a torpedo at its first As you travel farther inland .from the coast arid reach the interior fringe nceiallrekntthoepplioerctounndityveosfserlahniamsianng tehxes of the barren belt, which even the ani - submarine, which can be located by mals avoid, the dreary desert and saltd the tell-tale periscope. dunes disappear, giving place to goes • Tit for Tat. "Dear Clara," wrote the young man; For Appearance Sake. One day Pat appeared on the street with a huge tear in his coat sleeve. "Look here, Pat," protested a friend, "Why don't you get that hole mended?" "Not 0i, sir," said Pat, "a hole may be the result of an accident, but a patch is a sure sign of poverty." The inore some people tell you the less you believe. • TRICKING SUBMARINES. 'They Seldom Attack a Vessel Unless It is Alone. It is the surprise attack which in nearly' every case epables a submarine to torpedo a hostile ships Captain Turner, of the Lusitania, for instance, might have avoided the torpedo fired at his ship by the German submarine had he known of its proximity, but a brief glimpse of a periscope was the only warning he received before the liner was struck. There are several manceuvres by means of 'which a ship can trick a submarine. Several ves- sels haVe diverted torpedoes by swing- ing round their stern until it points hi the direction of the under -sea craft. In this way the wash of the the coast so sparingly in this respect. The artificial port of Swaltopund is connected by rail with Walfish Bay. Very likely, after the wee, when the British emigrant seeks diamonds and other good things that lie beneath the surface of Bothaland, he will make merry in Swakopund during the holi- day season, and try to convert it in- to an African Brighton or Blackpool.. If you should visit the resort at any thine you'll findsa harpoon more handy than a shrbnping net. Whaleh are geous mountains, wonderful trees and luxuriant mountain valleys. The Okavango valley is especially rich, -with its dwarf palms and papyrus. „pardon me, but I'm getting so fors One mountain rises above the rest. It i getful, I proposed to you last night is Mount Ornatako, more than twice as ' but really 'forgot whether you said lofty as Snowdon. The climate im- 1 proves, too. -It is warmer and more spear Will," she replied by note; • yes or no." genial, and water is more plentiful. "so glad to hear from you. • I know 'I You may meet rock -rabbits, if you said yes to some one last night, but are lucky, or snakes, if you are not. - I had forgotten just wire it was." Other living things you may encoun- ter are monkeys, hyenas, jackals, He --"Marry me, Liza, an' I'llbe as springbok, crocodiles, and turtles, and true to yen as me old donkey is ter any of 728 different varieties of birds. me." She—"Go hon, 'Enery; don't be From the emigrant's point of view - makin' an ass of yerself," the country offers the best prospects to the miner and the rancher. "What does this mean, Bridget?" Fortunes In and On the Land, exclaimed the lady of the house, re - Seven years ago, in July of 1008, a turning from shopping. "The tele - great -deal of excitement was capsed phone's been taken out." "Sure, by the recovery of diamonds in the ma'am, the girl across the way tome district of •Luderitzbucht. The stories over and said- her miesus would like were small but good, of the Brazilian -to use it for a little while, and I sint type, and were discovered on the sun- it over to her; but I had a terrible job face of the sandy soil. Big possibili- ' getting it unscrewed from the wall, ties exist here, for the land has not ma'am." eVi+e K44:14.VVAA N. OA ,O,K,W "VV. 4,47. • 'PA ttt.0 ;4t 4 145 NO:61 *IS01.7%,,V,Mittaliniv4142V,041,S*....40:44:4:4455Z0 tt+ FOY. silttY years the e5&A-olit Refinery has led Canada in modern equipment, up-to-date methods, and the pursuit of one.deal--absohzteiy pure sugar. In the Packages introduced hy gar —the 2 and 5 lb. Cartons and the I0. 20, 50 and 100 lb. Cloth Bags— you get Canada's favorite sugar, in perfect condition. "Let c.„AfigaC Sweeten it"143 CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO, LIMITED, MONTREAL