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By the Author of "What He Cost Her,"
CIIAPTER XXVI.
It was Trent himself who kept
watch through .that. last long hour
of moonlit darkness till, the wan
morning broke.` With its faint; grey
streaks came the savages of'. Bekwan-
do, crawling up in a semi -circle
through; the long, rough grass, then
'suddenly, at a signal, bounding up-
right with spears poised in .their
hands—an ugly sight in the ' dim
dawn,for men chilled with the moist,
damp air and only half awake. But
Trent had' not been' caught napping.
His . stealthy call to arms had arous-
ed them -in time at least to crawl be-
hind some shelter'and grip their rifles.
The war -cry of the savages was met
with a death -like quiet—there were
no signs of confusion or terror. A
Kru boy: who called out with fright
was felled to the ground by Trent
with. a blow which would have stag-
gered an ox. With their rifles in
hand, and every man stretched flat
upon the ground, Trent's little party
lay waiting. Barely a hundred' yards
separated them, .yet there was • no
f 1f f• th 1
sign, o r e roc a camp. Inc ong
line of savages advanced a few steps
more, their spears poised above their
heads, -their half -naked forms show-
ing more distinctly as they peered
forward. through the' grey gloom,
savage and ferocious. The white men
were surely sleeping still. They were
as near now as they could get. There
was a signal and then a wild chorus
of yells. They threw aside, all. dis-
guise and darted forward, the still
morning air hideous with the my of-
battle. Then, with an awful sudden-
ness, their cry became- the cry of
death, for out from the bushes belch-
ed a yellow line of fire as the rifles
of. Trent and his men rang out their
welcome. A dozen at least of the men.
of Bekwando looked never again
r4•on the faces of their wives, the rest
hesitated. Trent, in whom was, the
love of fighting, made then his first,.
mistake. : He called. for a sally, and
rushed out, revolver in hand, upon-
the broken line. Half the blacks ran
away like rabbits;. the remainder,'
greatly outnumbering •Trent and his
party, stood firm. In a moment it
was Band to hand fighting, and Trent'
was cursing already the ' beavado
which had brought him out to the
open.
For- a while it was a doubtful corn-
bat. Then, with" a shout of: triumph,'
the chief, a swarthy, thick -set man
of herculean strength, recognized',
Francis and sprang upon him. The
blow. which he aimed would most
surely have killed him, but that Trent
with the butt -end of a rifle, broke its '
force a little. Then, turning round, he
blew out the. man's brains as Francis
sank `backwards. "A dismal yell from
his followers was the chief's requiem;
then they turned and fled, followed
by a storm of bullets as Trent's men •
found -time to reload. More' than one
-leaped into the air' and fell forward
upon their faces. The fight was
over, and, when they came to look
round, Francis was the only man who
suffered.
Morning had dawned even whilst
they had been fighting, Little
wreaths of mist were curling upwards
and the sun shone down with a'cloud-
]ess, golden light, every moment more
clear as the vapors melted away.
Francis was lying upon his .face
groaning heavily;. the Kru boys, to
whom ,'he was well known, were
gathered into a little circle around
him. Trent brushed then on one side
and made a brief examination, Then
he had him carried carefully into one
of the tents while he went' for his
medicine -chest.
Preparations for a start were made,
but Trent was.thoughtful. For the
second time within a few hours this
roan, in whose power it was to ruin
him,. lay at his mercy. That he 'had'
a tumbler.' Trent emptied it at a
gulp, and asked for biscuits The
man's recuperative powers were won-.
derful. Already, the deathly white-
ness was passing from his cheeks.
"Where is Da Souza?" he asked,
"Gone back to England," Cathcart
answered, looking out of the ,nen
casement shaded. from ^„ha sun by the
sloping roof. "Hie steamer started
yesterday."
Trent was puzzled. He scarcely un-
derstood this move.
"Did he give any reason?"
Cathcart smoked for a moment in
silence. After all though a ;
would be unpleasant, it was inevit-
able and as well now as any time. "I
think,'.'•, Cathcart said, "that he has
gone to try and sell his shares in the
Bekwando concessions."
"Gone—to—sell — his— share`s!"
Trent repeated slowly. "You mean
to sa'' that he has gone straight from
hereto put a hundred thousand Belc-
wando shares upon the market?"
Cathcart nodded.
"He 'said so!"
"And why? : Did he tell you that?"
"He has come to the :conclusion,)
Cathcart said, "that the scheme ' is
impracticable altogether and the con-
cessions worthless, He is going to
get what he 'can for his shares while
he has the chance."
Trent drained his tumbler and lit
a cigar.
So much for Da Souza," he said.
"And now I should like to know, Mr.
Stanley Cathcart, what the deuce
you and your assistant are doing
shacking here in the cool of the day
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saved his life went: for nothing. In
the heat of battle there had been no
time for thought or calculation. Trent
had simply obeyed the .generoui in-
stinct cif a brave man whose blood
was warm with the joy of fighting.
Now it was different. Trent was sel-
dom sentimental, but from the first
he had had an uneasy presentiment
concerning this man who lay now
within power and so near to death.
A mutual antipathy seemed to have
been born between them from the first
moment when they had met in the
village , of Bekwando. As though it
were yesterday, he remembered that
leave-taking. and Francis's threaten-
ing words. Trent had always felt
that the man was his enemy—certain-
)y the power to do him incalculable
harm, if not to altogether ruin him,
was his now. And he would not hesi-
tate about it. Trent knew that, al-
though broadly speaking he was inno-
cent of any desire to harm or desert
Monty, no power on earth would ever
convince Francis• of that. Appear-
ances were, and always must be, over-
whelmingly against him. Without
interference from any one he had al-
ready formulated plans for quietly
putting Monty in his rightful position
and. making over to him his share in
the' Bekwando Syndicate. But to ar-
range this without catastrophe would
need skill and tact; interference from
any outside source would be fatal, and.
Francis meant to interfere—nothing
would stop him. Trent walked back-
wards and forwards ' with knitted
brows, glancing every now and then
at the unconscious man. Francis
would certainly interfere if he were
allowed to recover. ,
CHAPTER XXVII.'
A fortnight afterwards Trent rode
into Attra, .pale, gaunt, and hollow-
eyed. The whole history of those days
would never be known by another
man! Upon Trent they had left their
mark for ever. Every hour of his
time in this country he reckoned of
great value—yet he had devoted
fourteen days to saving the life .of
John Francis. Such delays too—and
such nights! They had -carried him
sometimes in a dead .stupor, some-
times a raving, madman, along a wild
hush -track across rivers and swamps
into the town of Garba, where years
ago a Congo trader, who had made a
fortune, had built a little white -wash-
ed hospital! He was safe now, .but
surely never a man before had walk-
ed so near the "Valley of the Shadow
of Death." A single moment's vigi-
lance relaxed, a blanket displaced, a
dose of brandy forgotten, and Trent
might have walked this life a multi-
millionaire,.
ultimillionaire,• a peer, a little god
amongst his fellows, freed for ever
from all anxiety. But Francis was
tended as never a man was tended
before. Trent himself had done his
share of the carrying, ever keeping
his eyes fixed upon the death -lit face
of their burden, ever ,ready to fight
off the progress of the fever and.
ague, as the twitching lips or shiver-
ing limbs' gave warning of a change.
For fourteen days he had not slept;'
until they had reached Garba his
clothes had never been changed since
they had started upon their perilous
journey. As he rode into Attra he
reeled a little in his saddle, and he
walked into the office of the Agent
more like a ghost than a man.
Two men, Cathcart and his assist-
ant, who was only a boy, wore .loung-
ing in low chairs. As he entered they
looked up, exchanging quick, .start-
led glances. Then Cathcart gave vent
to a little exclamation.
"Great Heavens, Trent,"what have
you been doing?"
Trent sank into a chair. "Get me.
some wine," he said. "I am all,right
but -over-tired."
Cathcart poured champagne into
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THE CANADA STARCH CO.; LIMITED, MONTREAL.
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Bekwando Company and there's work
to h"e done of the utmost importance?
The whole place seems to' be asleep.
Where's your labor? There's not a
soul at work. We planned exactly
when to start the road. What the
'mischief do you mean by wasting a
fortnight?"
Cathcart coughed and was obvious-
ly ill -at -ease, but he answered with
some show of dignity.
"I have come to the conclusion, Mr.
Trent, • that the making of the - road
is impracticable and useless. There
is insufficient labor and poor tools,
no satisfactory method of draining
the swampy country, and further, I
don't think any one would work with
the constant fear of an attack from
those savages."
"So that's your opinion, is it?"
Trent said grimly.
"That is my opinion," Cathcart an-
swered. "I have embodied it in ,a
report which I despatched to the sec-
retary of the company by Mn- Da
Sourt "
Trent rose and 'opened the door
which swung into the little room.
Out you go!"he said fiercely.
Cathcart looked at hire in blank as-
tonishment.
"What do you mean?" he exclaimed.
"These are my quarters!"
"They're nothing of the sort,"
Trent' answered. "They are the head/
quarters in this country of the Bek-
wando Company, with which you have
nothing to do! Out you go!"
"Don't talk rubbish!!", Cathcart c.,id
angrily. "I'm the :authorized and
properly appointed surveyor here!"
"You're a liar! Trent answered,
`you've no connection at all with the
company! you're dismissed, sir, for
incompetence and cowardice, and if
you're not off the p.;mises in three
minutes it'll be the' worse for you!"
"You-you—haven't the power to
do this," Cathcart stuttered.
Trent: laughed.
"We'll see about that," he said. "I
never had much faith in you, sir,
and'I guess you only got the job by
a rig. But out you go now, sharp.
If there's anything owing you, you
can claim it in London.
"There are all my- clothes—"
Cathcart began.
Trent laid his, hands upon his
shoulders and threw him softly out -
v. "I'll send, your clothes to the hotel,'
he' said. "Take my advice, young
man, and keep out, of my sight till
you can find a steamer to take you.
where they'll pay you for doing noth-
ing. You're the sort of man who ir-
ritates me, and it's a nasty climate,
for getting angry in!"
Cathcart picked himself up. "Well,
I should like' to know who's going to
make your road,"he said, spitefully.
"Ill make it. myself," Trent roared.
"Don't you think a little thing like.
some stupid laws of science will stand
in my way, or the way of a man who
knows : his own mind. I tell you I'll
level that road from the tree there
which we marked as the starting -
point to the very centre of Bekwan-
do."
He slammed the door and re-entered
the room. The. boy was there, sitting
upon the 'office stool hard at work
with: a pair of compasses.
"What the devil aro you doing
there?" Trent asked. "Out you go
with your master!"
The boy looked up. He had a fair,
smooth face, but lips like Trent's
own,
"Pm just thinking about that first
bend :by Kurru corner, sir," he said,
"I'rn, not -sure about the level."
Trent's face relaxed. He held out
his hand.
"My boy," he said, "I'll make your
fortune as sure as, my name is Scarlett
Trent!"
"We'll make that road, anyway,"
the boy answered, with a smile.
* :u * y. a,
After a rest Trent climbed :the hill
to the Basle Mission House. There
was no sign of Monty on the potato
patch, and the woman who opened
the door started when she saw
"How is be?" Trent asked quickly.
"Why, he's gone, sir --gone. with
the Jewish gentleman who said that
you had sent him,"
"Where to ?" Trent asked quickly.
"Why, to England in „the Ophir!"
the woman answered.
Then Trent began to feel that, after
all, the struggle of his life was only
beginning.
(To be continued,)
SOME ARMY TERMS.
An Array Cor;is, Division,; Brigade,
and Squadron.
,An Army Corps is, on a small
scale, ai complete army in itself. The
strength varies from 36,000 to 45,000
A division is 'a body of horse, coot,
and artillery of from 15,000 to 20,000
men.
Vi. brigade is a force of in
g fanny or
cavalry. An infantry .brigade is
from 4,000 to 7,000 strong, and a cav-
alry brigade. from 1,000 to 2,000
strong.'
An infantry regiment is from 2,000
ta '1,000 'strong. A cavalry regiment
from 500 to 1,000 strong,' ,
Squadrons of cavalry consist of 150
to 200 men.
In the British and:Freneb Armies a
battery of artillery has six guns and
about 200. men.
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804
and possibly you will not detect this imitation ,rail
the tea -;pot reveals it. Demand always the genuine
"Salads," in, in thy: sealed alulxa i um packet; and see
tl•.ry;,votf pe' ,,"t: if you want .hat unique flavouk
lean leaves properly prepared and packed.
About the
Household
Dainty Dishes.
For Spiced Pears.—Cut in half and
pare 7 pounds of the best,- Winter
pears—those commencing to soften
are the best. Pour a pint and a half
of a good cider vinegar over S pounds
of granulated sugar. Put the vinegar
and sugar in a preserving kettle add
ture before polishing, ensures a bril-
liant polish.
To restore shabby black crepe,
mix some skimmed milk and water
with a small piece of glue. Make
this very hot and it is ready for
use. i
Wax candles which have become
1 ounce of .whole cloves, one' -half dusty can be a made perfectly white
ounce of mace and half a dozen
piecesbyrubbing them witha
clean piece
of ginger root. Boil and skimwell.
of flannel dipped in spirits of wine.
When clear, pat in the fruit and cools When doing a little home paper -
slowly for 'twd .hours;' when cold put banging, the amateur well, find the
in jars and seal air -ti ht. paper much easier to hang if the
g paste is applied to the' wall instead
Vegetable' Soup is very good when' of to thea er.
properly made. Vile when slammed p P
Practice real economy by using
together: Cook one-half Cup of cel- half flour when making the ':starch
third cup of car
cry, cite -half. cup , each' cut cabbage and one- each week. It answers the purpose
rot,he mean each
as well, and the saving in cost
piecesand two onions thinly sliced -in is considerable.
one-third cup of butter, 10 minutes,) Molasses added to the baked beans
stirring constantly. Add three -'just before they ,are taken from the
fourths cup. stale bread crumbs ,and oven gives them a rich flavor...
Use
one- quart boiling water, and' cook about a tablespoonful to two quarts
until` vegetables are soft. Add one of beans.
pint of hot milk and two tablespoons Paint marks can be removed by
finely chopped parsley. Season with
soaking them for short time in
Milt and pepper. ',benzine or turpentine, then rubbing
Real Irish Stew. — Four pounds them with emery paper or a :little
mutton neck, five large onions, two pulverized pumice stone.
pounds 'potatoes, one tablespoonful j A teaspoonful of camphor added
chopped parsley; salt and pepper to to a quart of soft water will kill
taste; water to cover. Cut meat into earthworms in house plants. The
neat pieces, put into a large- casse- plants should be quite ready for
role, add' onions sliced and enough water when it is applied.
water to cover. Simmer two hours, To clarify dripping that comes
season. with salt and pepper. Add from the meat, put it into a pan and
potatoes sliced thinly. - Cover -closely our on sufficient boiling water to
and simmer another hour. Sprinkle I cover. Stir thoroughly and leave
in parsley just before serving.
Potato Omelet is Delicious.—Take a
large, freshly baked potato and scoop
out the inside. Beat this until smooth
and mix with it half' a saltspoonful of
paprika or white pepper, one-half tea-
spoonful of salt, a dessertspoonful of
lemon juice and the yolks of four
eggs. A minute or two before the
omelet is fried fold in the whites of
the eggs, beaten to a froth. Fry- in
a well -greased, very )tot pan and serve
in a hot dish.
Date Bread may be something new.
A cup of chopped dates, two cups of From the large number of one-piece
scalded milk, a third of a erip of dresses which are being worn at par -
sugar, or half a cup of molasses, ties and other social occasions, as well
quarter of a yeast cake, quarter of a' as in the home, it is apparent that
cup of lukewarm water, one and one- milady's wardrobe will not be corn -
hall teaspoons of salt, five cusps of plete this winter without one or more
sifted entire wheat; mix milk and su- of these garments. The winning fea-
gar or molasses and salt. When tore of the one-piece model are that
lukewarm add dissolved yeast and every taste from the extreme to the
flour. Beat well, let rise in buttered austere may be satisfied and the ease
bread pan in a moderately hot oven,with which these dresses may bo
or bake in gern pans 20 minutes. made.
Oyster Pie.—Line a sleep pie plate For example, observe the smart,
with puff paste, fill the interior 'with pleasing effect of the Ladies' Home
bread crust (to be removed later) Journal Pattern No. ei91,'illustrated
and fit iton a top crust, buttered herewith. The dress consists of a
around the edge on the under side
that it may be easily taken off. Stew
a quart of oysters for five minutes,,
stir in very slowly a cupful of thick
white sauce and the beaten yolks of
tivo eggs. When the paste is done
take off the top, remove the bread
crusts, fill the centre with. the cream-
ed oysters, replace the top crust, and
set in the oven for five minutes be-
fore sending to 'the table.
Beans and Tomatoes in Combina-
tion. -Soak white beans over night
in cold water, and in the morning put
over the fore in boiling water, slight-
ly salted. Cook until tender. Drain
with tomato sauce, made by cooking
together a tablespoonful each of but-
ter and flour until they bubble and
then pouring upon them a cupful of
strained tomato liquor. Season to
taste and rather highly, unless you
have previously added salt and pep-
per to the beans. Stir the sauce in
with these and bake, closely covered,
for two hours.
Oyster Shortcalte.—For the filling:
One quart oysters, two tablespoons
butter, two tablespoons flour, one
scant cup milk, salt, pepper and 'cel-
ery salt. For biscuit dough: Two
cups flour, two tablespoons baking 9191
powder, one-half teaspoon salt, one-
fourth cup lard, butter or drippings foundation waist with kimono sleeves
and three-fourths cup mills. Divide and a removable chemisctte. Here
dough into 'two portions, roll out also is shown the natty effect obtain -
thin, lay one part over the ether, ed by the -sleeveless overblouse in
with dots of butter between and balce. handkerchief effect and a bib -girdle,
Or •eut into individual biscuit rounds forming postillions at, the bade. The
and bake. Make sauce with butter, skirt is a five -gore gathered model,
flour and mall., add oysters cooked in and may be made with or without the
enough 01 their liquid to make sauce cascade overskirt. Cuts in sizes 14,
or consistency of thin cream. Season, ].G, 18 and 20 years. Size 18 requires
and when calces are baked, put portion
between layers and sante over top.
to cool, when the clear white drip-
ping will form a solid lump on the
top.
There is no reason for wasting any
of the celery root. The inner stalks
can be eaten raw, the outer stalks
can be stewed and the leaves can be
usetl to flavor soup. Even the root
itself is good if the outside is pared
off.
DRAPED ONE-PIECE DRESSES
IMMENSELY POPULAR.
Household Hints.
63/s yards of 36 -inch material' with
2% yards 30 -inch contrasting mater-
ial, and % yards 27 -inch sills.,
Patterns, 15 cents each, may be se-
cured at your own Ladies' Home Jour-
nalSalt Pattern dealer, or from The Home
and hot water will thaw a
l Pattern Company, 183 George Street,
frozen drainpipe,
Fowis should neverbe turnedout Toronto, Ontario.
in snow- and wet.
The warmest clothing is that which
is both light and loose.
Vinegar, hot, will remove paint
marks from glass.
Salt will remove tea stainsfrom
delicate china cups.
Good pumpkin pie depends on the
generous use of eggs.
When making a ba'own betty, add
a :few raisins to the mixture; it is
Be, euro that all the plants you
take., indoors for the winter will get
plenty of fresh an•. ,
I:Co to fatten
y u want a
chicken,
feed it corn; if you want it' to lay,
feed it wheat.
Vinegar, diluted, applied to furni,
InclianPiince in Prance.
Early in the war when the expedi-
tionary forces were being mobilized
and equipped, sir Pertrabl Singh, a
seventy - year - old veteran Indian
Prince, who had seen active service in
the past, organized and equipped at
his own expense almost an • army
corps of his subjects and offered both
himself and his men to his' Majesty
King' George. The moral effect of
this action and the acceptance of the
volunteers by the King of England
has tended to cement the feeling of
loyalty e'xisting between the Indian
colonies and England. 50' Pertrabl
Sibyl leas distinguished himself with
hie command with the British forces
in France.
MAXIMUM RESULTS WITH SPACE
AND STOCK.
By A. P. Marshall.
In almost everything that people'
do there usually is some 'standard to.
follow in a large",;measure that swill
mean' the most profitable return, and
while this is not always such that the
same rules will prove best in every
case, everything being equal, the same
results can .practically be expected
when they are followed in a similar
manner. So often we • find when
chickens are kept that the person who
is taking up the subject tries to crani clean its interior. Inconvenient ar-
in all the' birds the quarters will rangements tempt the poultryman to
stand that are available and with neglects the necessary cleaning. A
stoelt of every size and shape, with situation for the poultry house should
little or no care but to throw a little be selected which will give it the most
feed to them occasionally or as the in= favorable position possible in relation
elination suggests to them that the to the natural advantages' for which
birds might be better for a little the location was chosen. If there are
attention. unfavorable conditions the building
No doubt it is theultimate wish of should be placed where the conditions
those who take up any work with can be remedied most easily.
poultry to secure• a big return for the? Without going . minutely into . the
trouble they go to. The difficulty with matter of feeding, it may not be out
a great many seems to be that they of place to point out that it is better
expect the birds- to do most of the to find out or determine what is the
work from their side of the game.' best balance to have for the -conditions
But it soon proves thatthis will be and the time,of year;'and having ob-
the ease only in so far as the owner tamed that, to select the foodi that
gives the proper attention to the will give it, buying them in spite of
needs of the birds, and supplies, what some slight inconvenience it •inay
they want to make them happy, and cause to get some of them. ',If it is -
in the condition that -invites them to what the- birds should have, that is
shell out some of the product for what th'e breeder should get and use,
which they aro kept. even if it easier to get along some
Very often, if a person would Tea how without and. with less results.
lite, that a "bird is much more of an All the little details that most of us
outside creature than the human be- know should never, be forgotten or ne-
ing. so many would not be housed glected. Try putting into practice all,
where, inside, abaindant fresh air fie the things you know would positively
ver penetrates, but instead all. ar- help, and we feel certain the results
rangements would be made to give will make you realize that the birds
the greatest amount of fresh air and will respond to right treatment every
clean bright, sunny quarters be pro- time.
vided, having; the same particular at- ----
tention given in the matter of clean-
liness that the good housewife does in
the home, relatively speaking. Not
long ago we were in the coops of a
very successful small breeder, and.
one of the remarks he made was that There are no other articles on the
he could not feel contented if his hen subject of the war that can compare
houses were in the least dirty. With with those to be found month by
that spirit he could, hardly help but month in Blackwood's Magazine.
have the best results, for that simply Even the censor has been unable, to
typified his attitude in all respects to _ take the life and spirit out of them,
the flock and meant that in every and, perhaps because they see the
particular they secured regularly light so long after the events they de-
what he considered would • give the scribe have occurred they contain
most comfort and give them that valuable and interesting information
singing condition which means the not to be found elsewhere.
habit of :shelling out well formed A writer in the current num-
fresh eggs of high quality. ber gives an interesting account of
The first thing then in considering the various bombs that are being
the amount of space available, is used in the trenches. Ile says:
what is the limit beyond which I must "The hair brush is very like the
not go regarding the matter of num- ordinary hair brush except that the
bens to keep? Every fowl should bristles are replaced by a solid block
have at least thirty cubic feet of air of high explosive. The policeman's
space in a house, and this, therefore, truncheon has gay streamers of tape
in a house 12 feet by 12 feet, with a tied to its tail to insure that it falls. •. _ _
roof average of 6'% feet, is large to the ground nose downward. Both
enough for thirty hens. Over and these bombs explode on impact, and
above that number is crowding, andit is inadvisable to knock. them
good results cannot be expected, against anything, say the hack of the
while frequently a few less will be trench, when throwing them.
found to do better work than when "The cricket ball works by a time
the capacity is taxed. If you wish to fuse. The . removal of -a certain pin
get the most from your hens, do not releases a spring which -lights an
have more than thirty birds in a coop internal fuse timed to explode the
12 feet by 21 feet, and a few less bomb in five seconds. You 'take the
may be better. By culling clown to a bomb.in your right hand, remove the -
suitable number the best can be saved pin and cast the thing madly from
and the poorer ones killed or disposed from you. The jam tin variety ap-
of, making the average results much peals more particularly to the sports
higher. man, as the element of chance enters
We have heard so much of the open- largely into its successful use. It is
front house, that one without experi timed to explode about ten seconds
ence might be inclined to think that after the lighting of the fuse,"
any sort of a covered building would
answer for a poultry house, so long
as there was plenty of fresh air. This
is not the case, and unless the build-
ing is well put up it.will be a losing
proposition. ' The walls must be tight
and capable of keeping out the worst The story of the "lonely soldier" at
winds and cold. Such a house with the front, published .in a London
open front will be much warmer to' newspaper, describing how he shrank
the feelings than a draughty house away "shamefaced and empty handed
that is built up on all sides, but there when the postal lorries rumbled in
are times when wo like to be able to and eager hands shot up for letters
close up completely and let the birds and parcels from dear ones at home,'
retain all the heat they have in theirhaslad.an anuisi:tg sequel, `;'ithin.
bodies and they can expel within the three days there arrived ninety huge
coop, especially at Tright in extremely parcels for the lonely one, six bans of,
cold weather. smaller parcels, and 3,000 letters!
Warmth and comfort favor the Again, a Manchester paper printed
a letter :from a corporal in the Second
South Lancasltires, saying he Was
probably unique. as a man who had not
received a single communication from
the home land since the war began.
That corporal's next letter to the pa-
per was very brief: "I've received 320
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WANTED LETTER; GOT, 3,000.
Appeal of "Lonely Soldier" Brings a
Surfeit."
tendency to breeding, which among
fowls, signifies increased egg produc-
tion. 13y hygienic housing we aim to
get warmth and comfort while re
taining the pure air and the cleanli-
ness of roosting in trees, Each and
every building should be so construct-
ed that :it will be easy to remove all letters and papers, and I'nr steadily
of itsfurnishings and thoroughly 'working through the replies."
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be advertised on every street
corner. The man or woman
that has rheumatism and fells
to keep and use Sloaa'o Line-
moat is like a drowning man
refusing a ropo. "-4. J. Yah
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