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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1912-04-25, Page 2News -Record: April 25th E$I2 The Iutaeltnlg Lotter Ctltiss 'In .England while good form ree etrains and levels the Cluiversltles told 'he Array, Os peers, Peopleare the clout motley and 'amusing creatures et the •wrold, full 'cif humorous of-' lectattons and prejrdicee and twists of irony. Frenchman tend to be alike, because they are all soldiers Prue - 4101113 because they are all somothtng else probably eolrceman, eveele, Amer-' leans are allsomething, thou'.li it is. riot easy to say what' it is; it goes; with hawk -like, eyes and an irrational t)ai.ertnesa. Perhaps it is savages. But two• English cabmen will he as gro };vaguely.• dlfforent as Mr. Weller and GROWING 1�1Q. MONEY THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT YOU DI1 - FJIIEN• YOU. TREAT YOUR S"EFTA BRAIN WITH STAR, BRAND Formaldehyde BECAUSE IT KILLS THE SMUT GERM - WHICH MEANS THAT YOU WILL. HAVE A COMPLETE 1 . CLEAN CROP. FIFTY CENTS 7- -PINT AT .THE- REIALL- -STORE.- W. S. R. HOLMES DRUGGIST. SEED f, A G'�IN WE HAVE A COMPLETE STOOK OF SEED GRAIN 'OF ALL KINDS, IeTCLL'DINNO : —TIMOTHY —CLOVER •—ALSIKE —PEAS ANDSCIIEURI B.ARLIY WE PAY TIIE HIGHEST ,!'RICE FOR OATS, PEAS AND BARLEY, ALSO HAY .FOR BALING. & cL ED X x x X. X X X X X x X x x x X x 1 x x a CENTRAL STRATFORD. ONT. CENTRAL BUSINESS COLL- EGE STRATFORD, ONT. Our classes are now larger than ever before bub we have enlar- ged our quarters and we have room fov a few more students. You may enter at any time. We have a staff of ruin exper- ienced instructors and our cour- ses are the host. Our grad- uates succeed. This week three recent graduates •inforined us that theyhave ositions•pay- p r $125 ' , 5 . and. per in $60 �7 g Month. yWe have three depart- inents,-Commerciale Shorthand and Telegraphy. Write for our free catalogue now. D. A. McLAChILAN Principal d S. XXX x XX XX X The Besi Co IF YOU WANT TILE BEST COAL AND PROMPT .DELIV ERY SECURE YOUR SUP- PLY FROM US ORDERS LEFT AT DAVIS 'it ROWLANID'S HARDWARE TORE 'PROMPTLY AT- NT]ED TO. erect Readers '1UE HERRIi(e" Ry J. ilderoest. (Copyelat, t,by Publishers Press Ltd.) 'Really, Vladimir Auclteieviteh, you, 'must Put some restraint upon your. men The prison has become the taut of the town. The papers openly hint at deeds; of great brutality, and eveu the 'Nevole Vremia' has taken up the. matter. I cannotrgo out without :hear- ing it whispered abroad. Besides, you forget, we live In Christian. Russia and not, In heathen ,Persia." "It is easy enough for you 'to talk," the Governor retorted to his wife. "We .must have confessions, and these revolutionary vermin are such stub - bora brutes, Unless 'some force is used they, will not talk." However," ho continued after a moment's re- flection, "you are right in a way. Things have been a bit lively }were, and I'll see what can be done." Ifardoff, the Governor's chief, as- sistant, could not seethe force of the argument. He firmly 'believed hi the persuasive power of nngaika and screw to loosen the tongues of his 'Obstinate wards. "Herring, thirst, pepper eyes," he muttered to himself Os he left the chief. "Balt, •I set my faith upon our old ways. There is no secret on earth Which' they won't reveal. However, he Inas his 'orders and needs must obey." . 'Stevenson Boot and In the Small cell of the citadel a prisoner raised himself painfully from. his plank bed. His limbs were aching. his head swam. Yet after awhile he would dimly recall the events of ,the last twenty-four hours; how he was dragged from. his bed, how the police searched his room and found the p.- pers. He recollected the blows he had been dealt by the brutal gendarmes, and the jolting of the cart over 11' pavements, then his arrival in this cell. He was so hungry, Be buried his face in his hands, when the door fiew open and Rardoff, accompanied by 3 warder, appeared on the"threshold, "Well, prisoner, are you ready for your supper?" the former inquired. "Just tell ane the names of your friends, and I'll promise you at meal which would be placed before any nobleman." , The prisoner ' h r' n p a made 110 reply, but turned his head against the wall. lEar- TRW "PRODIGAL" By Isabel Pfiirlcy. (C.,pyr'ght by Publishers Press Ltd.) it' '• a the first Tright, in their suburt.ttn house, The ,rrniture van had left the 1100.), tlre:.e:hiltlreii. and the two maid servants were in bed, and John and "Bury iuedgrave ,at.reetiug' after their labours before a cheerful fire in the parlour. ''How the wind does whistle," said \Lary: "A corner house, you know. But It s an exceptionally windy night. Tired, tear?" "Only pleasantly tired. How nice it feels just to sit down, and isn't it a rood thing to be im a house of bur sexy own at last? We have never had that sines we were married, only tented ones, with landlords." "Landlords ought to be shot!" "Yes, unless they immediately grati- fy all the tenant's demands, especially If tllt!r tenant be John Bedgranc of "rhe Isoho"" They both laughed, but Mary's laugh ended in a shiver. "W11 -e -e! Flow tha t wind does howl! Will it always nowt like this 'here?" "Nonsense, no! Of course not" lie lifted his chair across the 'learnt and sitting close to his wife put his arm protestingly round her. "Feel all righ,. now, little woman" She rested her head on kis shoulder. "Of course I do. I don't care now how the wind howls!" "el alio! What's that?" They started up. Some erre had opened the outer hall door. Almost immediately the outer lour' was closed again, and John, bur-. :ging to see what was the matter, name lace to fare- with the iutrudcr tt the. parlour door. "Hallo! Who are you?" he de- manded. The stranger started, his eyes blink- ing 1n the light lie appeared to be 0 wan of about 311, and he had a clean •1raven, handsome fare, and carried a portmanteau. ' 1-I bee: yogi pardon," he began in o :gentlemanly voice that bad some - :ring particularly wibnhng about, it. Ibis is number (14. Pio not Mr and 'Ars Hor•ningstone live here?" "No. They used to, 1 believe. Old [r. 1lorningstone died a few weeks go," "Ah,.!" The stren;rr shrank back. "I have come too late, then," he sold, doffs, mouth was distorted In 'a anis wearily passing his hand across Iris chievous grin. "Ali right, your excel- brow, "But Mrs Horningstone, my -111)' mother? Tell rice, elle' is still ;Jive?., John shook his bead. "tiorttingstonn` wars a widower. L know it for •u, taut," he said, not un- :ndly, but brusquely; with 11 man's • •ash to tell an unpleasant thing to 1 (0(1).er man quickly and get it over. l calttl01 tell you how long ago his t•!fo diet," • 'A'1..:!" the siranver repeated, and •r!urt wearily with one hand 1.11)011 the gc of I.he door rind bowed his head ars if in nblecl misery. "Won't you come in?" begged Mary ever her husband's shoulder, speak - 'ng forthe first time her sweet voice beokeh with womanly sympathy. "Yes, e0tne 111," echoed her husband. They installed him in the one arm- orial]. the room yet boasted of. "Have you came a. long journey. And did ley one tell you about - •-•M }rouse -- nor anything?" asked' Mary gently. 1 -lis lips tsviLoh cd. "I have comae straight from Aust:elle ^rid 1 Priya, i ceu away for' nine ,v e .ars.. • nd all that time have heard nothing "tom thein, I wits - 1 might as well tell you -- 1 was 1 prodigal. Nine ear's ago my father (liaownd 111e, forbade ane his house, and from that lay to this I have never come back. I. lave been successful enough in a worldly way to have pleased even hhn - and -.el. helve repented - but it is n< t r late. . "I tim sure of I " said Mary, tears ;lisitnlug iu 1 cr eyes: "Mothers al - vans forgive." holey, just as you like. Yon may fast a little longer," and with 11 •„rocking laugh he went away, banging the door behind hon. . The prisoner eat down, exhausted For three days be had tasted nothing but water. 110 knew he W011 Id d!' - arn'1 he was only seventeen. In ,the evening 1:ardoff appett;ed once more. "My pretty bird," lee eonunen.ued "you're a stubborn customer; but we cannot: allow you to•starve. You must, however, be content with plain fare, Here, givd-"him'his supper." The warder put down a dish con- taining a, herring and a chunk of dry bread. The prisoner fell on it like a hungry wolf: The herring, it was true, was terribly salty; .and the bread was dry, but it was food. Kardoff watched him with gleam- ing eyrs as he picked, the bones, and then withdrew once more. The prisoner sat down contented. The food had revived him, he already felt stronger. Now lin was prepared for his tormentors: I -le would not be- tray- his associate, • After a while he felt thirsty, and went towards the window necese to have a drink of water, The jar had disappeared! . "A drink! A drink! n -or mercy's sake, one drop of water!" As . the night; advanced his thirst became iiiore unbearable. His tlr oat was dry and sore, -and ' his tougue /stuck to his palate. At eventide Ifardoff came. tie did not enter the cell, but looked through, the trap in the door. '''Water!" the prisoner cried. 'Confess, and, you shall drink:" „Nee,,, lite 'leaped towards the 'door, but the trap was already closed, and as lie',ya!alked off Kardoff chuckled. "A capital idea;' Indeed;: and so artistic, too. Who would have thought it? But there, 'we live in a Christian country and "not in heathen Persia!" Tho prisoner shoo}: with fever heat. His Y agony had become unbearable. g He knocked and knocked, and feebly whispered "Water!"' But all was silence around itim. •In his despair, he clifubed up t0 the window, and pressed his tongue against the cold iron bars. The rough. bars lacerated his lips and tongue, and he greedily swallowed the 'blood. that `flew from the wounds. It was the'.tUird day since his meal. Kardoff cautiously opened the door. 13eh1nd hint stood a warder, carrying ,a bottle of beer. It \vas uncorked and the froth trickled down the .vide of the glass, .• "Now, then, prisoner, if you confess you will have this beer,.: and as much more as you like. Who is your ac - The prisoner looked at it with greedy eyes. , Then with a sol) he muttered: "I will not!"' "Just ae you like , To the Warder '"Take that beer away!" The warder obeyed. Now he crossed ;the threshold - now 'he had die - appeared• round the corner. lirisonet' uttered ;a cry of de- spair:'liud then as 1f ,'automatically, his lips moved: "Vladimir-;Feodorovitch - M'.atla- koff-" The next moment he had,tll.e' bis lips. It was cool; ,ing; ever He gave her I grateful look. '"i'hcre is a edem upstairs, the one ibove •this, one, that. she used often, ar;d ratted icer- 'sewing -room.'" "You may certainly .see the room," begatn. John, making as if he would non.tluet him there hnmediately, when :Wary intercepted him: "So you must stay," she entreated. After a little hesitation he con- sented, end Mary went off to see first tbolat food and then about sheets and hlanice ts. it was a little after midnight be - !bre they conducted their visitor to the room above the parlour and bade eine good The to -morrow came and turned into 'o -day, as to -morrow 'always do, but his one brought a shock to ,?ohn and Mary Dedgrave. They found their spare room elnpty. The bed had not been slept- in. The "prodigal" was not to .be found, :relther was his portmanteau, neither was a quaotlty of their silver and ' cvera1 things belonging to them. The birdlied flown indeed. , Though comparatively, little was 'heir foss compared to what It might have been had everything been un- •.ac'ked; great was 'their indignation., Putting tl'e matter in the hands .of the police, their "prodigal" was fon to be a noted swindler, Who cleverly, eluded them for years. He null ecntlnued't . Upon inquiry they fo 0!il gentleman, Mr, Ho hid' lived, in numb.:.. 1 sea married, h tin, and his 1'1) Seal's. Ne A d,►1a 1'1 p1i1,9'r.iHE 13y'Donnld 9'ivey (iLopyrigihl: by Pibilsber' Press Ltd.) Any one would have looked twice at the girl who was corning through. the igates of e station t hg railway h 3 s On. together with several hundred other. people who had, got out of a train. Once apart from the crowd she best tared a momeul,-her eyes sweeping: the bystanders. Suddenly she caught sight of a good., looking young man who wore a violent crimson tie anti ntent leather shoes. and wI,o wad most patiently waiting: She bearied so relievedly that he unconsciously stel•ped fer,vard es she fluttered ,town upon "Oh!" cried the girl, "I kncn' it was yin the instant l saw .you!! llelen said when she- wrote to trill me w'hy she couldn't meet me, and that she would send her brother Dlek. She told me such a lot about you because you 'Yore uroe to dreadful ties. I beg y"ur pa.rdon. Of eourso, your (le isn't at all dread-, fol, but 'red, you know-" "Oh, don't mention it," begged the yetteg uran, e elle struggled In em- 1arrassinent. '7'm always getting rot- ted about lm' ties, hut-" "?-low is Helen?" weed the girl in brown. "I'm just dying to see the dear thiug! Just think! We haven't set eyes on each other since we were at school two years ago. i think it was perfectly lovely of her to invite 100 to spend the holidays, and she's planned so many delightful things to do. And isn't it fine that you could be here, too? Actually, Helen sung the praises of her brother so much at school that we girls used to get tired ' of you. 'Phot , • 0 - T mean, not f yon, but of hearing of you. That sounds tnlpolite, I know, but I don't snean•-" "Oh, 1 underet: id" said the y..Urg roan hastily. He deemed facinated, but uncom- fortable. ' "Don't you Blink we'd better be starting?' asked the girl in brown, with an excited little dance step and a lift of her pretty eyebrows. The young man Melted up her bag and opened his month, but she broke Gr again as they began edging their, way to the stairs. "len so glad . 3'e11 are a Harvard maen,"'she burst out,' "because nearly all the men 7 know tiro and It snakes us Just about the same as acquainted, eoesn't it? I suppono there is going to `:0 ar dance, isn't there? Helen said so. I'm so glad. Don't eon like dancing?" "I should 000 o!" aagreed the young man, '1110 was malting no particular Baste to reach the stairs. "I' wish though-" 011, 1 knew," raid the girl in brown, "When a man dances he is bored to death with Invitations be - twin so ninny are sulky and Iazy and won't and jur,t even. 0 party, Does Helen go to a tot of dances since she had her coming' out party? 1 expect she is 10 tremendous belle, because she is ,such :r splendid looking girl. I hope yon won't be bored to death at Navin5' mi on, your hands next two weeks. It was awfully, good of you re. tell Helena you'd like to give me a good time. I don't want you to ' 101 you have to 116510(.1 any one else, -- your your old friends, you'huow - just to be polite to me, because 3 shan't mind it a bit, and youmust have lots of engagements of your own." "Not at all! Not at all!" said the young tutu, hastily,'with a sigh that seemed a combination of despairing admiration ' and hopelessness, "I should be more than delighted- "Is that bag of mine heavy?" said the girl In brown with pretty anxiety, as the young man lagged up the stairs. ''I'm so sorry; but you sec what I'm "gore; to give Helen is in there, and It's weighty. Ch, are you all well again? So stupid of the to forgot about that bro en collar bone. Isn't football just awful? . But it's grand to see a -good run. Oh, bow I wish I'd seen „you In that match! Why, the newspapers -- "Oh, 1 any now," protested the young man, looking wildly unhappy end baulking at 31)0 door of the sta-' " Don't be so modest.!" said the girl, dimpling.; "Where do we go now? Can we got aural' or 1nuet we tithe a cab? 1f a cab,' don't get one with: a bony horse, because I'm always so. sorry tor the jrooi• things. 1 don't enjoy my ride a bit. Do you suppose Helen-„ . The young man shook has shoulders like a 'water epaulet ready for a plunge, but just then ti tall girl. In blue dashed into thestation,,and -with a cry of "Mabel!" en the neck of the pretty girl, Then sh0 turned in- quiringly towards the good looking young pian, whose face, was the color of his tie. Mabel looked the picture of howl}. dermal .;' What's'the matter, Helen" she asked. "Don't you knov own brother?" • "He's not my' bred In aceents'of Tab'r dare he?" I :mei,. broths tea TILE NEW II.ERIl !ly' W. ';II/Ohm, (Copvright by Publishers Press Sold out the •I:Iouse," Dudley turned away from the box office and went out again into the heat of the Summer afternoon, wait - leg aimlessly' foi to block or so w'1110 he nude uja h'is mind how to poi in the four hours he still had on his hands before the boat left. 'Toro v'as a play on at. the Imperial he was. particularly anxious to see. Ken- worthy had written •him about it "The hero is' a'marker for Earl Drayton," he had said. "Big 1u:erred. 'ut impulsive, and his own cvo,st enemy:' Poor Drayton! He had been And ley's roommate. at, Old Orange, was one of the most proinistng members of the class; and theft, in Ills' junior year, came 'the ' ugly serape eee1.011 canoed his exputeion from college. Other men would have wormed thein - Ives 01)1 of thc.predicament without marrying the ,woman, but Drayton wits not of that 'sort. And she load dredged' him frown to her level. "I should like to' have seen the thing," Andlev thought as he turned into the glare of Ilroedway. "but :'11 be hanged 'if I'll stand three hours and pay a dollar for the privilege. I've two miffs to trot straight over to the boat' tt ought to be cooler by the riverside." He tack a c'r downtown, - 'oi was making leis wry through the narrow street to the whrrf when the ci..ng of a gong stert'ed hint. "The patrol!" some one shouted and the greet free scow of the ncigh:,,e- hbnd was on view. Audley wee eet!ral end shove•1 out of the way, ter be had no the rght of quirkenitl5 iris stens for 1101 13 itch entertalnr'e"t. 110 v'rs drngtteg ,it elf out of the srrervine; crowd sheen the v -ail of a child gave him Pause. Audley W1'0 001111 of rblldren '1s he was fond of doge awl borses, tend crotid uol bear to see env or the three suffer. 'bhp orfs carne front t'title fellow who h;'d been knocked down' by the rush of the morbid. "Are you hurt', young man Atel,ey demanded, as Ito bent over the (hi d. Fre v,ms u hey of dln:ar0 four yr i;. of a, e who kept rubbing o •e of his legs in n WIN` to suggest that :t had 1 e, 11 trampled epee. "Mamma, mamma:" NV 110 all the re- ply that could be obtained, howeie ) Atrchtey looked lip, but not ore f the numberless female heads thrust eagerly out of the whule•es over ',.'nt made any pretense et claiming 11r: - ship with the Youngster. "Where '1 your mantm0?" Audley st!tcd. T'he cries -eased for an instant and two warn; arms Wert: stretched oat to the six-t'oole.r, w110 had not Intend- ed doing more than to lead the child to the doorstep' out of the crush, 13ut there was evidently somet Ing wrong with the leg, so Audley stooped, gathered the nitro chap under one ares, and repeated, "Where is maul - ma?" Por rep -7 Cle l:7 pointer} to a lime - meat doorway close at hand, and then anlcocded to snuggle his tousled 'mead close '10 Audley'c immaculate ^ollnr. "1•low tar np?" inquired the lrlot!ern talam•triiou, after lie had ascended the first flight;. The plaice was in an awful dis- order..and stiflingly !lot. '111)0 hey had jrlgun -quietly to sly ?again and to 'clutch at his leg The man - was Orin to drop him on the eucicle of rage by courtesy termed a , beta and pl or neded to make an examination Tor ,damages. lie Was In the middle of the liid.esa when W0111011'5 vola li iron) ire revs Ile' hall reached his ear 'Oreo woar.en, who had been banging half clad out of the window, wore discussing the shore tion, • Yis, Mrs. t1 fterty one of ,them was saying, "only this .day Waite 1 Nas telling The it wetter comee to titheTook away by due petrol! f o rd save ars! who's 10 leek out for the boy. The Soclely tl have to take,' him. There's too many tihllder^ wider Inc fate already •- the Lord forgive Inc tm• sryin' It: And Earl's 0 purty troy, rho very picter of his pa, Cod rest, his The' mile shuck Alid ley witha strange familiarity. "\Vetting tihe Cor- ner of a cloth -whether towel, nap- kin or dish rag, Audley rocked rot - be proceeded to polish the grilse from the, yotinge te s eoun,tone nie, then stood off and gazed: at the re::'it For the moment he Wan transported M memory five y earb back terl5 room at Old Orange, His rootr r drum was showing hen the picture cf a chutd'y little four-year-old. "Yoe, Dick," he hen rd Dray ton 'a voice say, "that's your 'churn as a baby. That's the stuff out or witch this particular renter rush was evolved. Great n1 s eh, old OOi r JSBp8 r u i is America's Greatest Medicine— Take It This Spring Thoroughly cleanses the blood, cures all eruptions, improves the appetite, relieves that tired feeling. Get it today.Sold' byall druggists ever where. loo doses i gb. Y •� 1;aafil'tc Fairini• ng. - - The raising of vegetables through, the ' medium of electricity is the scheme' which an English market gar- dener who arrived at the Windsor Station, ?r:ont17eal, the other day, de- clares hers going to put. into effect 01) 0 fawn} which lie' is on his 0003' to take up ott'the 'Thornes, near Chat- ham, Ont. A syndicate of Canadian gentlemen, he says, has bought a large tract of land and has sub -divided it into mar- ket garden farms of ten acres each. A campaign has been going on in England to get market gardeners to take these farms, and is meeting with much success. The electrical system which this particular immigrant is going to put into operation is already producing splendid returns, he said, in the south of England and in France. , Briefly, it is to heat the soil by means of underground wires. Wires, carrying electricity; and .generating heat, are laid under ground at a dis- tance of five feet apart and due foot 'underground. The heat thus diffused 'is carefully regulated, and its effect is to force an astonishing growth of vegetables and fruit. It is far more effective for forcing, he declared, than s� t invaria - tlle glass house system, and U ly enables garden truck to be produc- ed ready for the market from one to three weeks earlier than by any other means. The cost of the electric power is small, and: in Ontario, in the regions ,covered by the service of tht? Hydro- Eleetric Commission, it should be smalls 1; n in most claves. Mr. Charles W. Morse, of Boston, Massctihnsetts who is convinced •t1at the earth :Is flat, offers a reward of $1500 - which Ste' leas depos.'µed, in 01 Boston bank t0 the person wtur can prove 1.0 his -setter-teflon that :the e;nth .is round. 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