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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1925-04-02, Page 6You 'You Cannt Sur_ ass . T !E TEA Ems Its luscious freshness €4. teach strength actlle It finer :than any Gunpowder, japan or Young illy son. Sold every- where. Ash for SALADA to—day. ove Gives Itself THE STORY OF A SLOOP FEUD BY ANNIE 5. SWAN. 'Lova gives Itseif and is not bought."—Longfellow. "Iie has suggested a plan, and pres- sure must be brought to bear on every quarter. IIe suggests the sale of some of the outlying 'farms, and he thinks came to her side and looked down at be can raise the rest of the money CHAPTER IX—(Cont'd.) For the moment Alan Rankine, look- ing into the depths of his sister's troubled heart, forgot Carlotta, He her with deep tenderness mingled with a sort of wistful appeal. "Father never spoke a truer word than -whenhe said a woman would save Stair, and 1 beg you to help me; if you go back on isle I'm done!" Instantly Judy's brief and righteous elsewhere." The tension of Judy's face relaxed, but, seeing no lightening of the gloom on Alan's, she waited for what was undoubtedly coming. "We shall have to leave Stair, my dear—let it for a term of years to anger melted as mist before the sun. the highest bidder, Por myself, I A very woman, tho appeal was one would not care—why should I?—but site could not possibly. resist•. Nay, it for you, Judy! Believe me, I could go stirred in her all the qualities of the down en my knees to you." mother -heart, never happier than "There is no creed to do that," said when ministering to the need of Judy, quite quietly, for when the worst others, is known, strength invariably comes 'She reached up her arm.a, took his with that knowledge. "I should have face in her hands, and drew it down had to leave Stair, anyhow, 'before you to hers. brought a wife to it. But what hap - "oh, Alan, boy, it's been so miser- pens to her, and to you? You have no able! You can't ehut Judy out, yen' home to offer her, and where are you. musn't! Don't you remember you said going to live? What are you going that day you came hone we should, to do:"' have to sbrk or swim together. lion's A profound sense of the disaster Iet her put me out altogether, though which had descended on her brother's I am not going to be horrid to her! I'll do my hest. Nowsit down and let life swept everything else out of Us talk it all over again trent the very J dy , practical mind. Thirty two beginning!" years of age, without occupation, or Alan drew in his chair, conscious of visible means of subsistence, having his own mighty relief, just taken new vows upon himself, yet without resources to meet the And yet, how could he tell her Chaff in! Could which lay on him like a burden too there be a sorrier spectacle, a tragedy great to he borne? the coning penismore acute? tion of Stair! I must And a way out, July. There "Judy, in life it Tooke as if some_ie no occasion to trouble about me" times human beings were swept on But Judy was troubling. Her mind, the bosom of a resistless flood. I can't alert and quick where practical details believe that this one thing that hasiwere concerned, mmedjately busied happened to me—the meeting with itself with the fresh problem. What Carlotta—should have been able. to court! Alan do? She ran over in her work I a havoc! Peter will never; mind the possible occupations open to forgive me --I know that! But I did; one who had had no training, who not think, even when I saw his laz-i possessed no technical knowledge ing eyes last Sunday at the march, which would command a price in the dyke, that he would set himself out i niarket-place of the world. Secretary. deliberately to destroy Stair!" !ships—a factor's place—a subordinate "Has he done that?" asked Judy, in post in some commercial house which a voice of curious quiet. the influence of his name might pro - "He has. I've been to Richardson( cure him—such was the meagre list. to -day, and I saw the letter from his said, this is quite awful!" she lawyers, setting forth his instructions, evening her hands. "You have They are implacable." 1 nothing to offer Miss Carlyon. She "What are they?" would have been better to stick to "I had better tell you in black=an- Peter.' white, Judy, for apparently you can't'She laughed as she said that—the have known. Peter practically holds!hollow, mirthless laughter which can Stair in the hollow of his hand. He°fall from lips the most distraught. can take it from us at any moment,( "Looked at from that standpoint, because we owe him so much money!she would. I shall simply wait to see that we shall never be able to pay it " that you and Claud are settled some- where—Cambridge, perhaps, would be best," he added, watching his sister narrowly to see the effect of his words, "then I shall go abroad." "But not back to Bombay, surely?"' e sat helplessly. "God forbid! It will have to be Judy, like one stricken, looked himsomewhere where a man's strong arm in the face. t is needed. The Fax West, Judy. If "Twenty or thirty thousand; other men have made good there, why pounds!" she repeated in a low, hof -j not I?" low voice. "And he—and he— "You will leave us all, Alan? You "He mewls to close the transaction,1 would take her with you, and ant to assert his rights, to put us out ofjyourse:£ off from Stair for ever!" the place." ; Rankine sprang up as if he had "Oh, Alan, is there no wayOut?:been stung, Judy sat forward, half Can't Mr. Richardson suggest any- in affright, half in admiration, which thing?" ;thrilled at the sight of the mighty de - j termination on his face. 1 "No. And that will never happen,' G'„imig Judy, 'that a Rankine 'tvuu:d turn his Hello Daddji.. don' back on Stair! I will go, so that. I afrip,„1 �,„ may save Stair, and some back to atone for the desolation I• have slip . packaggec In ' wrought. You speak as if I was in as your pocket When much haste as Peter to be wed, but the you Igo home to- ' thing that has happened to Carlotta high • ; and to me is as different from the . Give the youngsters 7 ordinary love affairs as could well Inc thiswholesomeloog- imagined. It is so different that T lading sweet - for could never hope to explain It Lo you. m pleasurrsbenefil. We may never be able to marry. She knows that we shall have to wait for l , years. But we seem to Inc lifted clean} above all that. It is enough that w e l ! have met, and that we shad belong to j ono another forever, even if we con never be man and wife." • Judy perceived that -something had happened which was not only rare, bet which had lifted all this sordid. tragedy clean out of the common run rt such tragedies which work havoc in the lives of men and women. w "She knows, rd she is hine �to , wait! But isn't she meet frightfully gad about it as' She must be, if it es you .ay.' "Judy, you xvi-1go !reel to the ClockHouse? There is nothing in the world Carlotta wants so much -as to sec you lend talk with you. She has put you in sort of shrine ever since you were !How much?" "We didn't go into the absolute fig- ures, though Richardson is to stake out the full and exact statement and post it to -night. It may be anything; between twenty and thirty thousandlsh d h pounds," kind! to Icer among all tl.esecarping women at the rehearsals. Promise m'e you will go?" I will go. I must, Alan, if you be- long to one another, for I will never, lose you, ohiy dear, nor anything you love," She Broke the words almost as a vow might have been spoken, and Ran kine, mightily moved, stooped to kiss her, "Now we moat get to the sordid, side of things." "Don't call it sordid, Alan!" pleaded Judy. "It is going to be a big thing for us all, please, God; the 'biggest in the world!" "Weil, the details, then.• Richard- son suegested that, while Claud has to be still at Cambridge, you should go there and take a iitt:e house into which you mild put a..few personal things you could take out of the house hero. Claud would idle to have you there, and 'thnnyh .1 don't suppose he will care to live out of his c ii ge he will spend most of his 'T+€ .o tiia with yeti," !4i "I shop:cl li, .ill's ai'd Judy, doubtfully. "But will there be money enough?" "There will be money for that, Judy; for we shall not let the place unless they are prepared to pay for it.:' And it will have to be soon, for_Rieh- ardson says this is the time people make inquiries about country places, and take thein so that they may have, the best of the.summer and the shootsi ing later." "But it would not be merely a shooting tenancy, Alan?" "No. It must Inc for a term of free years, at least. I reckon it will take that time for me to make good." "You are very confident, my dear, though not even sure of what port you will make!" said Judy, with a Iittle forlorn smile. "I have the confidence of a desper- ate Man, Judy.. I'vo never lived till now! I shall make good—there is no- thing surer—or will perish in the at- tempt." "And Carlotta?" said Judy with a little wistfal note in her voice. "Carlotta understands. But go and see her, Judy." "I will. Perhaps 1 shell' go to- morrow." 'Very late that night, after she bad gone upstairs to hor room, but not to sleep, Judy was disturbed by the sound of footsteps on the gravel beneath her window. Looking clown, she discerned easily in the clear moonlight the figure of her brother pacing to and fro bare- headed. Al tete end of the terrace he made pause, and stood looking towards the spur of Barassie Hill. Then quite slowly he raised his arm, as a man might do to emphasize a vow. As he turned, and the moons light fell full upon his face, Judy's momentary horror was stiiled; for it was no vow of vengeance he had token, vengeance to be wreaked upon The Lees, but merely the vow a man takes upon himself when all the pulses of his being are stirred, and he knows that itis manhood is a heaven-sent heritage given for the highest and the holiest use. CHAPTER X. IP illfroe,,Patt'i4'nm l ira: TIIE aIELTINS POT. Next morning, at the breakfast - table at the Clock House, Carlotta. opened a letter addressed to her in. a handwriting she did not know. It was enclosed in a largo square en- velope, with a narrow black edge, but had no crest or lettering on the flap. When, however, she saw the words "Stair Castle, Ayrshire," her color swiftly rose. . "Who's your letter •from, Carlotta?" her inothei' asked, watchingher nar- rowly. Carlotta was quite conscious dur- ing these days of much close scrutiny on her mothers part, and, though she Use it yourself after smokieg or when work drags. Da a t<jreailifle freshener; ,511eterePeOlneal ISSUE No. ,14--25. A New Dairy Pail at a Popular Price See the new SMP Dairy Pail next time you are in town. They are made of special qual- ity, high finished tin, have large dairypail ears,:xiveted with large rivets, soldered flush. 100% sanitary. Cul out !hie advertisement. Sims it to your regular dealer. 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Orders for pattern- fil'.ed same day as received. did not altogether resent it, yet it troubled her, It was not so much that she had something to hide, as that she had many things to think of, of which it was impossible to speak. How often she blessed the complete absorption of her father in his own concerns, though his sympathy would have flown to her quickly had any appeal been made to it. Carlotta turned the page. "lily letter appears to be from Miss Rankine at Stair. Is your coffee right, papa, or would you like some more sugar?" "It is certainly right, my dear, though I havoa't tasted it yet, Stair, did you say? Most interesting old family history that, and it seems there is a perfect labyrinth of underground passages, one of them leading right through Barassie Hill to The Lees. I have every intention of asking Mr. Rankine to !et me make some explora- tion there. It must bowery interest- ing to live in a house so reminiscent of the past." "What does Miss Rankine want? She made herself most agreeable yes- terday, Didn't I tell you that, Car- lotta?" her; mother asked. "You did, mamma, said Carlotta, and having by this time run her eyes rapidly over Julys note, she added, "She wants me to go up to lunch to- day at one o'clock." "And will you go?" asked Mrs. Car - :yon eageriy, "I suppose you had better. It is very civil of her. She ; easily have been nasty! I must say I think you have got off very easiiy every time. Mrs. Garvock and hor daughter behaved quite well too;" It was a tactless speech, but. Car- lotta was used to her mother's -habits, and did not permit it to disturb her. "A long .,'alk, isn't it? Hour will you get there? She 'doesn't offer to senda carriage for you." "No! Possibly they don't possess one," answered C•ar:otta, and her eyes were abstracted as she folded the -note and thrust it in her belt. (To Inc continued.) Ideas Can Reveal Person's Real Age. .The average man eannnt gr ep' naw idea after the tltlrtietli birebcla$, acoprding to the surprisiur:g'eeate,nent nt,aile in an address here by Aioxan- •det 11il'iaree, head •af the Chemical Society, • "Our prinelpal aim is to get people to think and to appreciate (Inc work ec etentiybeing bone hy< eneruisls and saientiv„ is toward Uro advancement of "nivilizatien, •rid 1Villiam,5. lint we are forced to go baek to the ch lin p in the: sellouts to acecnniilislu 11,5, i.urpose, tor .we have found that j -it is practically ' impossible to get a new idem. Into a man's ,lead atter be is 30.' i A ,,ew altitude record :for aviation —10,510 fe —was set up recently by the I cerins pilot, Ca iiuu. • For Sore Feet--Minerd's Liniment. The Highwayman. He has all the rest of us guessing. And wonclerieg What he'll do next; He acts in a manner distressing, And keeps all his release perplexed; ITe's turning and twisting and curving, And weaving leis way in end out; • lois stunts are breathtaking, unnerv- ing, And no one knows what he's about! One minute tie's trailing behind you; The next be is darttug ahead, And kicking up dust cloud'sthat blind. you, And knocking the speed Limit dead! He toots aunt lie squawks anti he sereeehes, To make others let Trim get by; He cares not a hoot, so he reaches The place he is bound Ter, on high. Some slay he'll he heading for heaven, Aud then Inc will step on the gas, Intent on hie share of the leaven -- And all of hie brothers he'll pass; And when he arrives there, St. Peter Will point to tihe regions below, And he will reverse his speed -eater -- And head for Gehenna, on low! --James, Edward Ifungertord. a .Mtnard's Liniment Fine for the Hair, _ An, ironical Lady. 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'rhe thumb rest—an exclu- sive Hotpoint patent-elihn• Mates all strain on the wris:t:. This -is the Iron with the famous hot point. Yell' dealer sells Hotpoint Irons A Canadian General Electric Product. luso. THE HAMMOCK` FALLACY 11 is- in •th o suutmes' Months, says a writer in Purnch that the ctuit of the L f:aninrnocnc fio',niahem, Tl,,,rnni,o0ha ]in- be�rnvte; it is ono of lfeir •few really attractive attributes. ,/mil the popu- larity of the.haminock in' summer is largeelle iaatit 'f ,o be-hauntrs gandonly school ni sacot^'thw'a'ieters. Noe bee-hasinted.keurden, 1s ,complete with- out one. in'tlre cool shade of the syca- more Lite lverot ,e i•inldnes graceful')y lit' tier baansn'ecle, !scoping tit�at. se�linol- girl .complexion and waiting Cor Sir Reglniali1 ': At the cottage the have a bee-haunt- ed ee-1 aunt ed�gai'den, and at.tlfo first hint of sum- mer Angela insisted upon completing elm picture. "We must get a ham- mock," she said. I looked up with my kind tired smile and gave her it tolerant ear. "Why?" I asked. "O•h, beoaus'e it's summer and every- body has one, and It's just the thing for the garden, and they Look so jolly In the pktures, and the 1-iorrockses have got one." "Then I muppose 1 must take the risk," I sari, sighing, The Iiorrockses. are Angela's dearest friends, but it -unthinkable there they should be al- lowed to remahn a hammock %head or her; "That's just the place for it, An- gell," 1 said more elithu,sdasticaily when- we had audjeueeed to the garden. ".Between the raspberry canes and the rhubarb. Or we might hitcin one end of it to that -flowering lettnee "We reaidy neod seine trees," said Angola. "_Alit, yes,: Let us give our minds to the problem. I think sycamores are Ibe best, for slinging hammocks." Angela looked a little dazed. "(cut we haven't any synarnures site earl. "Not yet. But if we were to get n hammock and lay it gift. flat on Cha ground and plant a sycamore seed at each end and then watt a bit we should one day have a beautiful pair of eyed. more trees just tbo right distance apart. You see, Angeia,----" But Angola had gone. The hammock arrived three 11ay.1 later. Even as we went about the task of assembling it. there was a sort of omivatts foreboding at the bade of my mind. The things from which it wee to. Nog In default. of treys remind- ed oto too vividly of the tripe;l affair over the witches' cauldron in Macbeth, Angela had no intention at allowing grass to grow under her hammock onto it was 111 position. Site arranged a pile ref elteertu'l-looking rush.lo rs in the bows, picketl tip the'.fapaneso para- sol and climbed ealbustastically on board. 1 stool by ready to save tile women and children Brat. Perhaps she overdid the enttnisitnsm. Whatever the reason, there was it vie - lent roll to starboard, a canvulcive jerk, a faint screens, and the bamnrock turned itself inside cut. And swung !tl'Le and empty under a pitiless Atty. "Was anybody locking?" inquired Ango. "Folartunately only emir husband," I said. "How did It happen?" "I suppose you tried to utuiutt from the wrong side A hammock is prob- ably like a. horse;. it gets restive if 4 -- you try to getup on the starboard side; Try the port side wiiilet f hall its head " Angela advanced gamely to the at- tack anis repeated the perfnrniani'e tine other. way round. 'rhe schoolgirl -cons- plexton suffered most owing to the 1 loamy nature of tiro Bathing in 'Their Clothes. The interesting item of information that the Tibetan Lamas now visiting England indulge- in but one wish a year suggests a state of primeval sal- agery to our Western ideas cif what is right and proper, But !hi various parts of the world strange customs prevail which to the practical Britisie mind would be classed ea sheer madness. It is probably stews to many that !high -caste Hindus take their daily bath with their clothes out And yet it is a fact.- Their religtou compels` them to have a bath daily. They will neither tourer nor.eatanythinr before having their hath. 'It is coisi'iileretl indecent to bathe naked, evert within their own Louses, and a richt zemindar or a poor Burman obeys the .lcnn'e rule. Men., women and children are gener- ally seen bathing in open 'wells, tanks, on sesaihore3 with dhotiem on. A dh✓.nty is a piece of white clout abent six to eight yards' long, wrapped round the bony. After the bath the, first wrap a dry dhoty round them and let the wet one sell), from underneath, ru that they -neither expose:their, body notlet the dry cloth siet stet. Even when tra- velirg they riianege to It ize their darty., bath at stations where' the trains halt ror -about twenty mllnetes Most of the railway companies inave watt's near sneh stations sp c_aRy for th4G, purpose, and the ep2„,acte of this strange religious rite being •carriet cart with unfrulting regularity- is one which canoes tourists to marvel et such zeal. Dominance Among Animals. Itis Neighbor --"Why don't you got rid of that measly hound .of. yours? He's Snly a mongrel and nothing but a nuisance." - Mr, Meelninmdld—"I wouldn't part with him for any money. Nur='ance rte niay be. Mongrel ha to But lie's rho cnly menthol' of my household that re- :za spoofs and .obeye nue.'