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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1931-03-26, Page 6/, Jane, let me know if you do hear ing over old .times and: adventures, SO���a ����� ath���� ��°®� anything won't you?" and he's immensely proud of his col- Iss. I'll let 'es, know, but I reckon lection of butterflies. Mywrei had the ����'� finest garde � that her" s gone for keeps like they little bunch would scarcely fill a single But you have only nest conn -. "H'm!' Mary Jdne is ,not very u : ink'ou have some beauties there others, and nodding darkly the. drawer h one of his cases." goptimistic!" irl left the room. a4 t rens ed collectin TEA 'Fresh from the gardens' let `ke ADVE-NTUP E S Of coy YA°Y. lie;IlkaDog SCOTTIE - g consoled lois eompan ion. I th 3 ahead):" Yes Sir, that bear ,just poked his "Mary Jane is rather a fool, my Twenty minutes later Holt carne face oum t from among the bushes *and dear," replied Halt, ,in mild reproof, down the stairs complete with speci- holeed at us, We hail no sun -not. "Do you know, Muriel, I think—er -• men box and .net:. Muriel was stand- even a knife. It. was a `great brute.of I shoulo not interest myself so much ing at the door geeing across the moor a grizzly, and with her :came a hail in idle village gossip. I mean, while stretchinch away into the purple dis- grown cub. Probably you have never seen a grizzly loose M the mountains. If you haven't, you -have no idea how big one looks. This it is all very well for empty-headed Cance, where the scarred grey tors servants to—er—gloat over some oc-1 swept u? in all their -rugged majesty, currence which they like to believe is 1 , "I'm going down to the village, so v mysterious it hardly becomes r oung I'll come a little way with you/' she lady Ince yourself to do lik e• announced, slipping hex' hand through "Guardy, you are being ridiculous his arm. "Gee, it's going 'to be a' v I'm not gloating over anything. I'm! scorcher today'!" c. � �;a�a �„��yy`�y� „a : awfully sorry for the vicar. rHo'r✓ As they came into the farmyard .a� - -� ^�� I would you feel if I was missing. the "village hired car drew up at the gAte y g THE Mr. Holt rubbed his chin, gazing and a our man jumped out. • down al his plate as he did so: Thatre 'hoarder,” h' "Well—er—p.it that way, of whisper- , I course—" 2I "Ansi I'm no relation to you;' went KESTREL HOUSE , on his ward; "think what Poor Mr. don'trealize." g I Page is suffering; you +i �d "Oh but my dear, I—er—appreci- '� MYSTERY � tt h' h to one. seemed to be as big as an 'sole phant, and •s h e looked as mean as poison. It was " the new w ethat , c ed Muriel."Mrs. French told me that growing darker every: moment and in we were having an addition."hat narrow valley, shut in by the The newcomer'opened the gate -and mountains, almost anything might crossed the yard, raising his hat as have happened. Mrs. Grizzly is a bad one to meet at any time, but when he pescod commonplace. and mur�iiuring some she has a cub:: with her, she is not the. polite"Gee,he's company one would choose to meet rn," got red doh. in a lonely spot. "Auburn," corrected her yuarhian. Meanwhile the old bear was getting y� "Well, my dear, I'll leave hen, here.: nervous—sort of sniffed around. a bit 1othink yyll a through the valley _and then—well, she' and her cub nimy way, Chore may be some speC1 started down to look us' oven:• m ' By T. C. H. JACOBS LAS aC�' .. ��.10:0".4V, ..a\\ �,: `,:e,,;074 • .. \s a a � . ,. ..�\�•• .,$' CHAPTER I. "Oh, what. a shame!" she exclaim - ate all that, but I do think you are attaching too mus importance what may prove to be quite an ordi- nary affair. Large numbers of peo- ple are temporarily missing every year; most of them turn up again eventually and generally the explana- tion d'd I deplore Scottie and -I'-started to run—to get. a a from those bears and the plane, w ow Dairying to Growing in Russia Number of COWS Has Increas'- ed by More Than 2,000,- 000 in Five Years away The development of the dairy in. which I knew would shortly explode. du'stry of the Soviet Union during the We had hardly gone a hundred feet, past few years 'has been steady and when Scottie got between my feet, considerable, according to the Econo- and down we went in a heap. Scarce mit Review of the Soviet Union. The ly had we struck the ground'when the number of cows has increased mare dames reached the gas tank, and than 2,000,000 since 1925. The pro- theair it blew up. For a ebris.,dress made in the. industry has been. the air was full of burning debris. due not so much to increased produc- What a sight! tion of milk, butter and other dairy, It seemed like as if those bears products by individual peasant farms hadn't started.as to the organization nor, dairy to r u n until enterprises working for the market. they heard all Purchases of butter by central State, that noise. and cooperative organizations from Then it was a peasants and eo-operatives increased case of every from 59,400 metric tons in 1925.26 to bear for him-- 75,600' tons in 1928-9. self and never. "Total number of butter and cheese- . min d your factories in the Soviet Union is now neighbor. They estimated at 8,000," the article, con- tinues, "of which more than half were established in the past four years. Of the 4,597 dairies built from 1925 to 1929, 267 axe mecbanized. The or- ganization of tit new dairies involved. bear. an expenditure of about, 60,000,000• Meanwhile the wreck of the tie rubles, of which •30" per cent. came• plane was. burning brightly. Scottie from Individual dairies and the rest and I hustled over to the edge of the from co-operative organizations, The wood and gathered up the driest. wood Masloeenter (co -Operative. dairy tie , which handles the bulls oY the we on - All nigd find. ) ince$ in the U:S,S.R., also• night long we kept the fixe blaz• gaily pus in brightly, for' a good camp fire is spent 22,000,000 rubles for various s mighty friendly and comfortable on a measures designed to increase milk bleak, chilly night when you are .out. production. Tb, production of casein, Soviet Mr. Henry Holt was roused from ;his contemplation of the ch'ekens (squabbling in the farmyard by the Yoand of the breakfast gong. A beam of pleasurable anticipation over- spread his round, jovial face as he strolled slowly towards - the open French windows overlooking a small lawn on the other side of the house. To the casual observer Mr. Holt presented a remarkable resemblance to the immortal Pickwick. A short, eomiortable little:man, whose merry, blue eyes twinkled behind a pair of large, horn -rimmed spectacles. Hie high, bald forehead and rosy, clear skin, his ample waistline and inno- cent expression, he was a man to whom most people took an instant liking. - As he took his seat at the hieak- feet table the door opened and nie ward, Muriel Mainna+ing, bonded, rather than walked into the recni. ed. "I thought I was going to be first." Henry Holt smiled as he glanced at the bright eyes, blue as a summer sky. "Yau71 have to emulate the little larks, my dear,' he said. ,"Ah! here comes Mary Jane!" "Mornin', zur, mornin', miss," mumbled the maid -of -all -work, plac- ing the tray upon the table. "Good morning, Mary Jane," smil- ed Muriel. "Any news of Miss Page?" The maid shook her head vigorous- ly. "No, riles, her's vanished, like as if the ground have opened up and swailred her up. The vicar be in a purty i ns, state about her. Coming on top c-1 they there other disappear- ances he's fair frantic, as you might say„ I exi:art he ie," agreed Muriel a;•nipathetscally. "All right, Mary ,reslid Pure, crisp, light, flaky, and always FRESH enreessera E PA 1 ens. "Right ho, good bye for the time; Very likely we should have shouted tion is a itt e--er—sort eP ore Guards." the sen.,atianalism which is so ramp- "Goad bye, my dear, and—er—it is ant, it makes the mind morbid and —er—possible. that Hayden may be introspective, the.most ordinary) over this afternoon." events are invested with an air of Mr. Holt avoided his ward's eye as he turned away and set out across the moor. A .shadow flickered over the fresh, young face as she watched him go, conscious of a strange chill at her heart. NEVER leta throbbing head Interrupt your shopping! Or other pain that Aspirin ends so bir,, ikly. These harmless tablets sins an antidotes for the most acute pain. Relief is almost Instantaneous. Taken in time, they will break up a cold and head off discomfort. They'll relieve your suffering from neuralgia, neuritis, or the like, at any time. Thousands of women depend upon Aspirin tablets every month to spare them from those pains peculiar to women. These tablets do not depress the heart; they may be used as frequently as there is need of their quick comfort. So, it's folly to endure any pain that Aspirin tablets could relieve so promptly. Get the genuine, which is always to be had at any drugstore. I R. I E TRADMARK. REG. Made in Canada mystery which, is to say the least of it, irritating' to a well balanced mind, Henry Holt pleased and applied himself to the delicious bacon, feeling both pleased and surprised that he had been allowed to say so much without interruption. It was unusual but distinctly an improvement. "Oh, so that's what you think about it, well, Guardy, let me tell you that to a really well balanced mind, like mine, it is perfectly obvious that there is a mystery somewhere. Dart- moor is nos the sort of place people choose to disappear from, especially inhabitants." Dartmoor strikes as as being a re- markabbly suitable place for such amusement," smiled Holt. "Heaven. knows, it's big enough and wild enough." "Yes, I realize all that, But; Guardy, there have been three women and one man within the last three months: Mona. Page makes the fifth. Even Constable Ford admits it's strange." "Constable Ford would admit any- thing after two pints of beer," mur- mured Holt, not looking up. "Take Mono's case," persisted the girl. "She left the vicarage soon after five o'clock and walked over the moor ai Mrs. Hepworthy's cottage, where she arrived about six er soon after. She stayed with the old lady for an ,lour, and then set out to walk back. Mrs. Hepworthy's grandson, Billy, met her coming over Bramble Down, and that was the last anyone saw of her. She can't have fallen into a mire and been drowned, be- cause there are none near there, and the valley has been searched thor- oughly. At seven o'clock it is broad daylight, and Mona knows the moor as well as any merman. How do. you account for her failing to re- turn?" "I don't know, my dear. How do you. "She's been kidnapped." Henry Holt leaned back in hie chair and stared at his ward, the suspicion of a smile hovering over his good humored mouth. "Is that what Mary Jane thinks?" he asked mildly. "Mary Jane thinks perfectly hor- rible things," replied Muriel, with a little grimace. "Quite, my dear, and that is why I would rather you did not discuss this matter with her. I'm sure that yon did not interest yourself in—er —things of this nature when you were at school." "You bet we did!" was the prompt reply. "Once We bad a burglar, and it was ever so exciting. A real de- tective came down and carried out in- vestigations and found no clues. Everybody was most thrilled." Henry Bolt's eyes twinkled merrily as he shook his head in feigned de - CHAPTER II. Mrs. Freneh was "dusting" in the breakfast room when Muriel return- ed from the village. . "The new gent have come, miss," she confided in a. stage whisper. "I saw him.' Whets his name?" Mrs. French foraged in the capa- cious pocket of her apron and pro- duced a letter. "Mr. Perrival Pyecroft," she re- plied. eplied. "He's a London gent, ain't very strong, so he tells me doctors sent him here for his health. They thought Dartmoor air would do him a power of good, and they'm right, too. I've hada lot of folks come to Barrows for their health, and 'tis wonderful what a deal of good it have done. Regulai change from London air and what with they night clubs and such goings on. T'ain't no surprise that they wants a change sometimes." "But he looks awfully well and fit;" protested Muriel Mrs. French' shook her head, "You never can tell, miss; but, s'hush, he's coming down." Muriel glanced towards the door as it opened. to reveal the hesitating figure of Mr. Pyecroft. His hair, she thought, was dark red, copper colored, and wavy, much too nice to be wasted on a man. She met the slightly startl. ed stare of his grey eyes with a friendly smile. Mrs. French bustled forward. "This is Miss Mainwaring, Mr. Pyecroft," she said. (To be continued.) Astronomers Seek and waved our .arms and yelled "Shoot! Shoot!" but I never saw a grizzly that one could talk out of an idea. No sireel We did no such thing —we cut and ran pell mall for the plane. It was less than a hundred feet away but it seemed as if we would never make it. And all the time the bear and her cub were amblingbrisk- in the open; but we didn't hear 02 which is a new industry for the r from the time the gas Union, has made substantial progress ly toward us. I reached for the: pot those bears cock of the gas tank,turned' it on and tank exploded. Each time the red in the past few goals, so that the held my helmet under it until it was blaze began to 'die down, Scottie, 'domestic demand can now be fully would whire and pull my coat until 1 satisfied and a certain surplus made availab'e :or export. fairly flew. The cub's legs were short and stubby, and he had to take two Jumps fax his Ma's .one—but—as they wont out of sight, they were so close together that they looked like one big full and soused it over the wings and body of the plane. Time and time I emptied the helmet of gasoline on the plane—and every time I looked up, there were those bears coming closer and closer. As I threw the, last helmet of gaso- line over the plane, I looked up,' and there—just across the plane—were the bears. Believe me, girls and boys, those bears weren't sight -seeing -they were out hunting trouble -and that particular trouble was us. I tried to ligbt a match, and did you ever try to strike a match in a hurry? The curling flames like an advancing army first, one didn't light at all—the sec- of red -coats. But we were sound ond e a broke—but th third one lighted, asleep and saw nothing of it. Mean - Age of Earth awakened and put on some'more wood. Probably Scotties thought he saw morn boars in the black shadows. Certainly be ]sept watch during the first part of the night. Later on he must have fallen into a deep sleep, for somethingbegan to take place which might easily have ended all our adven- tures the 1 and there. Over at the edge of the clearing a little crimson tongue of name grad - wally curled up and grew larger— crept forward and spread more little Cattle Increase "The further development of the dairy industry is planned largely along the Iines of the organization• of large collective dairy farms which are expected to hr.ve no less than 0,000,000 bead of cattle this year, and of State. dairies, which will have more than 300,000 hese. Ia addition to the com mercial dairy farms, It is expected that this year there will be formed a. number of rrilk co-operatives in the small industrial' centres, which are ex- sected to have 3,000,000 cows. "The measures taken' fax the de- I' held it to the edge of the wing— while the .langeroue lit.la flames grew velopmeut of the'dairy industry are Teat- increasing g • throughincl g •ofu I in and it seemed as if it would never larger an 1 spread bac': s b expected to leen t catch fire. As it caught, the old beat tee moods, threateli:n; to a •ing us e ly the supplies of milk, butter, cheese. • i, wa11 r'. fee • and other dairy Products for urban of me. Suddenly the flame flared up. ! (To be en :tin.,ed) was scarcely a couple of jumps back hroun'1 nit a Phoenix, Ariz.—A new method of reading the earth's age by counting certain peculiar layers in its crust, Just as tees rings are .read, i0 in pre- paration here. The layers are "varves," the geologi- cal name for thin annual earth de- posits laid down many thousand years ago by the glaciers. The reader is Prof. A. E. Douglass, director of Ste- wart Observatory of the University of Arizona. In what 10 considered one of the most amazing•feats of modern science Professor Douglass discovered a meth- od of tree ring reading that identifies trees which were growing when the pyramids were building, that tells the dates of constructing prehistoric wooden houses of the American South- west, that identifies even the drought Years of past ages. Now he proposes to apply this meth- od to the varves. He has spent much time studying these deposits with their discoverer, the Swedish Pro- fessor de Geer. Water melting from the glaciers in summer deposited a layer of sand and, dirt. In winter 'this deposit stopped. Very hot seasons left their finger marks in the form of extra deep de- posits. Through thousands of years these successive layers were each sea- son buried more deeply, 'pressed fiat and bard, but es distinguishable as are tree rings, permanent leaves of history for whoever finds the ;key to their meaning. Professor Douglass's tree ring dis- coveries offer the dating method. It is based on sun -spot cycles and the, lean and thick succession, of ,growth. going with dry and wet years. The sun -spot cycles Ewing from wet to dry!, years and show'Idainly in tree rings. A few geologists have fonad records of similar cycled in varves. Doctor: "A queer saying that about truth lying at the bottom of the well." Lawyer: ."You wouldn't think 80 if you knew the amount of pumping we lawyers sometimes have to do to get at it, 0113C3'.311 rtlied k The health -giving, delicious drink for children and grown- ups. - - Pound and Half Pound tins at your grocers. Miniature Golf Opens For Brazilian Putters Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. — Miniature golf courses are making their debut In Brazil. One course is :being built in the epair._ "Well, well," he murmured. "I sup- pose you won't listen to pie" There- after breakfast proceeded without further reference to the series of mysterious disappearances which was so agitating the peace of the Dart- moor village. "What are you doing today, Guardy?" asked his ward presently. "I'ni walking over to Kestrel House, my dear. Andre Moineau has some new specimens he wishes to show me," replied Holt, rising from the table. "Is Mr. Moineau such a great friend, Guardy? You are often going over to hinr.)' This was something which Muriel did not quite under- stand. Holt was always willing to take hex anywhere • on the moor ex- cept Kestrel House. On that point he was evasive, and once had defi- nitely refused to take her with him. Yet he was very keen on her seeing as much as possible of Hayden Mer- cer, Moineau's nephew. "Why yes, my dear," replied Holt, not looking at her as lie answered. in Wept years Ifirstmet him ye s ago Africa. Poor feliowl It's a sad caro; the climate got him, he's an absolute wreck now, never goes out. So that , is why I like to see birn sometimes, it cheers him wonderfully to be talk: ISSUE No. 11—'31. heart of Rio's commercial district in order to attract the busy business man during lunch hour ,and another is in course of construction in another quarter of the city. An American company, incorporated in Brazil with a capital exceeding $100,000,, is in- stalling the courses. an economical, healt_hFul o o Q Rich in vitamins ... Energy -producing An economical source of highest quality protein.fully matured - . - "�« Kraft cheese is a healthful, body- "-nn.4building food. Serve it ix �=� with every meal. Made by the makers of Kraft Made in Canada alad Dressing and Velveete ou lle atmcker anasweeter syrup beg BENSONS GOLD EM Ei' DWARDSB ING The CANADA STARCH CO., Litnited MONTREAL communities. At the present tline these supplies aro somewhat limited. Much of the machinery and equipment needed will be imported from abroad. "Accordir g to a decision of the Corn- missaelat for Trade, the newly formed company, Soyuzmololco (United Dairy industry), wil' invest in new construc- tion and re -equipment of existing dairy'ente"Prisee a total of 17,300,000 rubles this year. More than half of this sum h ill be used' for the organi- zation of large dairy farms, of which seven, with s total of 17,000 cows, are expected to be in' operation before the end of tine year. "The capita: investments of the Soyuzmoloko this year for the build - Mg of plants manufacturing dairy Pro- Iducts will amount 'to• about 5,600,000 rubles. Three factories for the produc- tion of condensed milk will be built in the Novosibirsk district, in the north- ern region, and in the Northern Cauc- asus, each of whit will produce 3,.000 tons of condense milk annually. Nearly 250 butter factories will be built in the R,S,F.S.R. (Russian Re- public proper) alone. In the Ukraine fifteen factories, partly mechanized, will be constricted in conjunction with State dairy farms. In addition to en- terprises producing dairy products from cows' milk, eleven plants which will produce sheep cheese are planned for construction in conjunction with the animal -breeding and dairy farms of the Ovtzevod (State Sheep -Breed- ing Company). English Writer Sees Dennanal For Novels Steadily Growing Hamilton, Bermuda. A new 0030 of literary renaissance and a new era of prosperity for the contemporary Eng- lish writer in Great Britain is seen by Hugh Walpole, English novelist, who is returning to England from a Carib- bean cruise. Reading or pastime as well as for, instruction is becoming more general, according to Mr. Walpole, and the modern writer is enjoying an ever-in- creasing public and the possibility of greater and greater financial returns for his labors. "There is a new class of readers, growing up in England,' Mr. Walpole said, "and despite the enormous out- put of novels today, each book hats, a steadily increasing prospect of sale. Bookseller's in Great Britain last year enjoyed the best Christmas sales they have known for many years." Contentment Nothing should bring contentment) sooner than to see another person with a heavier burden than your own, bear- ing it bravely. Feathers were first worn by military, men to .indicate that they were heroes. Doctor "Now take a deep breath and say ninety-nine . three times." The Hustler: "Two .hundred and ninety-seven."