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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1922-03-30, Page 6.111E MYSTERY OF TH 'GREEN -.RAY I3y William Le Queux , "wen." sold undermall, (.1/ we ale! 14, See the green 'dash iu operation I hope it will be 'in a gentle eae•od, arid net imill our teeth out one by OM 91' Ianything a tbA $,ort," Evidently be 'lied' little Sympathy With Mir feer Of the, geeen rey and, the. ewe With, whiesh 1 we eIPPreeelied the aeighheeh•eed ,of •th r 's Own ap erieeeereesseaudea:weeeeee.-4•41.00.,.........eaaaeieerearaieweereemeeameeeeipaseees el "Are vre geine to the right place?" e nut eliove the falls. Illiderineu boat on." is the Chemist's, Roc c " rePlied, 4an,d. two ex-tra. sponge b•atilis may be given; . certainly. had Soirl9 right te be proud eBy •Jove so SACni did!" Dilderman the other imPortaUt' Place is Dead blit se a rule the daily bath should be • of his -veow. It was .magnieceut. We stooel outside the door and gazed out to sg:•,...a, 'loath; sotitli and west, fer some . Btl, thing theBaby .1 veinied Dente,.5 asked. ‘'I mean the identicel ' . _CHAP, TER XIV.--.(ect.ittel.) e,h,a1/. g.,?t, belewitheet aorta.: qat? , , Baby should be bethed et le.ast once , inat tozen.ge.sealted thing up there a da. Durmg it weather ene or eel ter • -tee meal eve -adjourned i to, out. • • You see., we seat te mo . e ter- 4 t ,,,, . , ., "You have the same uninterrupted view from ireside," said. Hilderman, :as we mounted the three ,stepe• to the door.* Re held the, door .open, and I esteppeci in- first, followed bY Pens& iarel lelulbee 'The -window extended the lexeS :the mueeles arid:aids ovee'- eoming, many wroag eentlithine. SaladeFurnielt Variety and Vitaminee. Here are a few euggeetione for exclaimed. 'Well, that settles •Nan't Peel Which sve have just lest."' a tub bath. It can be done more eimple salads that /the fenelye wel 4f1Wis,s lyfalre•od vet wind on the quickly and thoreieghly, and the baby greatly eejoy: "1 uid take them oz the Fiak'a and Chemist's Bock, didn't she?" Dennis is not ed liable 'to take cold, Sliced ..Oranges and 'sliced Spanish put them ashore," his einaPahlen PeTe inquired. . The eq.= should be warm,• an epee means served with French, diessing sisted. Hilderman gave Faller a lerte eYes," I replied, with ' einuacter. Is • „ • e in cool weather. The Cauliflower cut up in smell pieces which seemed. to clinch the matter, "She was fishing from re 4esir4b1- however, for the little man beamed at "Then suppose we go '13 a ek to the, Water sbeeed be eo.mfortably warm but and eerved with peanuts or anyeother me thrall& his sveotaaies, and ex- i,,, h euggest d We a reed read- not hot, about 90 to 95 leg. F. It kind of nets and thousand Wand lathed that if he took ns in his ilY enough, for 1 had lio desire to hang:may be tested with the bare elbow, a.bout the fateful reek and Hilderman never the hand. However, a bath . aeht-. it would be killing two birds 0 whole length of the room, and folded with one stone. _ .... , for his part seemed to have no faith, theemenaeter."is best. "Still, of cours'e, my dear felliovv; in the idea at all. I fancy he thought! inwarde and upwards, in the same sin . way.as sonic-greet/how-0 windows ,do. he concluded, "Y'011 =1St Please Yell -v- it would make no dEverything needed hould be to us in; er-e0-e-o ere_-_ ,„ _ y Suede/ay ploughed , A,lortid„ selves entirely." what part of the river we might be, ..`,'"'-' '' "'"'-wL.e 'Jab' is undre,s'sed "What's the Joke?" asked Hilder- So we saw him safele en hoard' the only .proyided we didn't fall ire So: in . a small wicker basket, painted Fiona, end then started for Invermal- Dennis led the way baek, aed he was • 'White, should be kept a cake of pure ernes ” 1 said pointing to a large lath in Haden/Ian's ma.gnifleent Wol- the first to pielc his -way to the raidelle: 'Ohne hastile soap, a smell bottle of man. ,,a.be, tramp/are/ley of a reeuntaileeky, Istunch. of the stream. Hildeonan and I were • olive cal, pure taloum powder, boric undersenoW,neitith hung in the window '"Filler knows me," ha explained, some distance behind, suede/11y we acid, tow dozen safety pine a assort- ) 1 on thet.north side. "You've no ideal by, way of ecology. "1go np with etopped stock-still, and looked at hire. ed sizes, and a roll of absorbent cot - how' this has been annoying as over him sometimes as often as three times He had begun to cough and splutter, ton. A clean wash cloth, clean towels, at Invermallucle a week, but I gathered that you asked and he seemed rooted to the eniall' and a full set of clean clothing should "How?" aske.c1 Dennie. me with a view to diseussing the rays - stone he WaS standing on in the mid- dle of the Stream. In a flash I under- stood, and. will. a cry I bounded.after him; Hilderman follovrinF at my heels. "It's right, Evrarte cried. Ililder- man behind me. "He's only choked, or somethmg orf that sort. He'll be all right in a minute." Dennis had crossed to the centre of the stream by a way* of his own, and we ran down to the stepping- stones by which we had come, in ceder to save the time which we shauld have been compelled to waste in feeling for a foothold as we went. Every Second was of importance, and I fully expected to see Dennis topple unconscious. into the pool below be- fore I sh•ould be able to. save him. I knew what it was exactly; he was go- ing through my own, horrible exper- ience of 'drowning an dry land,' to quote Gamnesk's vig.oeuus phrase. Im- agine my astona'shmente therefore when I., reaehed Dennis's side witli only a slight dilfieulty in breathing. There was no sign, oe at least very little, of the air which was "heaviecc than water." 1-liklerman plunged along behind me, and we reached the stone en vrhich my friend was stand- ing almost simaltaneouely. Dennis held an ,ann pointing up the river, his face transfixed with an expression. of hoeeified amazement. Suddenly ail- derman gave a hoarse, slailrehout, breaking almost into a scream., "Shut your eyee!" he yelled. "Shut your eyes! Oh, for heaven's sake, shut your eyes!" But I never though.t of foflowing his advice. Dena -lies immovable arm, pointing like an inanimate signpost up the elver, fascinated me. Slowly I raised my eyes in that direction. Men I stepped, hack with a startled cry, lost my looting, slipped, and fell en my face among the rocks. 1" The Tilrel' bad disappear e d 1 CHAPTER XV. Concerns An Illustrated Paper. else be inreadiness. "It swings about in the breeze," tery of the , green -flash, or whatever To undeess the baby,.. take the replied, "and it reflects the light and you call it.' , eliothes off over his feet. If held on "You're quite right; dui," I re - the lap, large bath towel should be used to prevent his tender skin from coming in crated with th•e rough or worsted dress and to receive him when lifted out of the tub. More conven- iently he may be undressed on a table. catches everybody's eye. It's a very ,beseutifel photograph, Mr. Hilderm.an, -• but, like many buman beings, it's ex- ceedingly unpopular owing to the po- • sitiou it holds! "A thousand apologies, Mr. Ewart," said the American. "It shall be re- m,oved at once." plied. "I simply want you to come and have a look at the river, and see what you, can make of it." "Anything I can do, you know, Mr. Ewartu_r ," he assed me, "1 shall be delighted to do. If you think it will he of any assistance to you if I ex - "Oh, not at all!" I protested. "Sure- ploee the river with you—well, I'm you are entitled to hang a positive ready now. of a photograph in your window with- From that we proceeded to give him, . out receiving a protest from neighbors at his request, minute details of Gar - who live nearly three miles away." !mimic's conclusions on the matter, and "That's Inverrnallach Lodge, than, I am afraid I departed from the truth acrose the water" Dennis asked. with a reedy abandon and a certain "Yes," I replieel, and • we forgot ; relish of which I ought to have been about te transparency, which remain-- most heartily ashamed. ed in undisputed poseession of a pitch to which it was certainly entitled. We sat and snicked, and looked out at the mountains of Skye and the won- derful panorama of sea and loch, with an (Tensional glance at the gurgling When we stepped ashore at Inver - =Huck Hilderm,an looked back ael'0es the water. 'If I'd waited for Puller," he laughed, "I should have been stuck there yet. He's let the water go eff waterfall at our feet, and presently I the boil or something. picked up a cope of an illustrated We went up to the house and had paper which was lying at my hand. baa on the verandah, for the •General I turned the 'pages idly, and threw a cursely glance at the photographs of the week's brides, and the latest ef- forts of the theatrical press agents, and I noticed without thinking any- ing cup a tea," the American remark - thing of the fact, that one pa.ge'had ed, "I feel rather like the mouse who been roughly torn out. I was about to said 'Now bring out your cat' when remark that probably the most inter- he had consumed half a teaspoonful esting or amusing picture in the whole of beee! Now 'show me the river." paper had been accidentally destroyed, "1 clon' t want to sound at all pan- wher Fuller leaned acroes Dennis, and ielcy," I said, "but I think I ought te took the paper out of my hands. warn you that our experiences at the had token Myra hp Loch Hourn m -the inotor-beat. After tea' we get to business. "Now that I've had very refresh,' "Don't iasult Mr. Hildermates pre- cious view by reeding the paper in his sleek -lin -room Mr. Ewart," he ' eaid, with a loud laugh. "As a High- lander you sliciuld hew more tact than that." Hilderman turned round, and looked from one to 'other of us: "What 'paper is he reading? I didn't know there was one here." • 1 explainee what paper it was; add- le -go"' quite admit that it waa a waste • of .timo when 1 ought to be ackeiring pier unrivalled view, Mr. Hilderman. 1. offer you, rey sincere apologies." .,:lalildernian threw a quick glance at Mr. Faller., "Better give it him back, Fuller," he said. "There is ncithing mere an- pattecular spot we are going to have —well, shall we say -they have pro- vided a striking contrast from the routine el OW daily life?" "I'm not at all afraid of the river, Mr. 'Ewact," he replied lightly. "I should be the Mot person to d.oubt the sta,tements of yourself and Miss Mc- Leod and the General, but I am in- clined' to think theeiver hae no active part -in the.pro.ceedings."' "You' hold' the view that it was 'the min merest coincidence three:Miss McLeod and the Gepieral both' had terrible 'and strange 'eXperiences at the samespot?' asked Dennis. "It mane to be the only sensible view to held," Hild•eenian dealiered emphatically. "1 must say J think noying..than to have a paper snatched Miss McLeod's lolindness, might have - away irons you when you're half -way happened in her own room or any-. through it.' where elee, and the General's strangle Shortly after that Puller declared experience seems to ine to be therde- that he must be leaving, and asked 'melon of overwrought n,ertes. I 'con - Harlem= rather pointedly whether less there is only one thing I don't he felt like a trip to Loch Duich, I understand,' acid that is.the disappear - determined to step in with an idea of ance of the dog. That's got me beeten, My. own. unless it was that crofter." .9' was going to make a suggestion "We intended to go to the Saddle reyeelf, Mr. HU-de:mean," I began, "but to -morrow and make a few investiga- The river had disappeared!. In front of us was la great green wall of solid rock, which seemed to tower into the sky .above as, and to stretch away for miles to right and left. The curious part about it was that the reek was undoubtedly The shrubs that grew upon it, the great crevices and clefts, were all reel. I knew—though I had a hard 'struggle to make myself believe—that it was all a marvellous and indescrib- able delusion, for there could be no cliff where only a few mends before there had been a mighty, rushing torrent. And yet I could -have planted finger and foot on the ledges of that solid precipice and climbed to the invisible it deesn't matter if you are engaged. tions. I was going by myself," I added summit. Hiliderman was innetteeing "Well, I don't know that I'm par- cautiously, "but I think I can persuade to himself beneath his beearth, but I ticalaely keen to come with you this Burnham to stay and go with me." was too dazed, my brain was too afternoon, Fuller," he remarked. "I certainly should stay fee the, nrumb,edt to make tiny 'sense out of the "What was your suggestion, Mr. Mr. Burnham," Hilderman advised. Ewart?" "One mine day can't make much clif- 9 was wendering whether you ferenee " Before putting the baby into the tub, wrap him in a small blanket or laege towel, and wash his face, head, and ears, being careful not to get soup into 1110 eyes and mouth. Very little soap is needed. It is most .important that the skin should be rinsed thor- oughly. Pat the skin dry with a soft towel, taking care. to dry well back of the ears and in the soft fold e of his neck. The eyes should be cleansed with absorbent cotton dipped in boracie 'acid volution. Squeeze a drop into eaeh eye, ibeing careful to use a fresh piece of -cotton for each eye. The mouth and nose then should be cleaned with an applicator dipped in ballade acid- solution. An applicato'r is made by twisting a serial]. tuft of. absorbent cotton upon the end of a wooden tooth pick in such a way as to make a rounded pad. If made cor- re.etly, the cotton. will not slip off readily. Be eareful nct to injure the ears.' It is. better to ask your physil. den oe the TRITZE :to jUG t how to cleanse them correctly. It is well to lay a bath towel in the bottom of the tub and put in onily a small •amorat of water at 'first If lun baby is pg•ed immediately into a tub of water, he will be staetled and may never enjoy a tub bath; but if the water is added gradually, while baby's attention is 'dikrtecl to some- thing else, he scion learns to enjoy the mcgning dip. • First soap the baby's entire body thoronghly; then place him in the bath, holding him with the left fore- arin under the neck and shoulders, the left hand under his arm., and lifting his" feet and legs with the right hand. Support him while in the tub -with the left hand and arm. Sponge the entire body with the right hand; then lift him out and wrap him in a bath towel - Dry carefully with the Selt towel, pat- ting the skim gently. Never rub the baby's tender skin with anything less smooth than the palm of the Land, A little pure talcum may be used in, the creeses and folds of the skin, wider the arias, and around the buttacks; but it should not be used so freely as to clog the pores of the skin, and never should be used until the skin has been dried as thee-one...111 as peg - confused mumble of weeds which - - came from him. Dennis Item my. arm! sible with the towel. A highly perfum- in a vice -like grip that stopped the; ed powder thould not be used. -would come over to Inverinalluch with "IBM think it over," said Derails, circulation, and almost made me cryThe bath sheuld be given as nearly • Burnham and me and—et—ha-ve a careful not to commit hims.elf rashly. out with the pain. as possible at the same hour each look round witheas?"Hiiclerman stag,gered, his arm over day, at least an "hft our after feeding, ' We came to the Dead Man's Polk "Well, if Fuller doesn't think it ex- and croseed over the river, and begari his eyes, =toes the stepping -stones and at first should last only about three minutes; later it may last five minutes. As the baby grows oIder and stronger he may be allowed to play in the water for about 15 min- ute, for the skin absorbs some water, which is beneficial to the system, re- .ceeding,ly rude of me, I. should like to,". the American replied, "especially as Mr. Burnham will .be leaving you to -morrow, or the day after at 1-atest." marked lightly, though I was far from "Incidentally, I don't knolls how wc laughing about the whole thing. to walk up the other -side. "This is about the ',right time:. for a manifestation oe the: mystery" I re- 7.12231EM74=0117..MIMVEZ=0 ▪ P Enameled Ware has the smooth surface and .polish- of fine crockery—without the break- age. And it is so very easy to clean —just like china, and therefore makes light work of pot washing. Whenever you are buying kitchen utensils be sure they carry the SNIP 'tradegnark. Diamond Ware is a three -coated enameled steel, sky blue and white . outside with a snowy -white lining. 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From these 2,600,000,000 it progres- sively increased until 1914 to 5,000,- 000,000, the greatest part of -which was devoted to the expenses necessi- tated by the care foe national defense., To -day the budget is more than 22,- 000,000,000, Rupture Kills 7,000 AnuRaEy , scS r ailhbe°r Item freely vvith' Baby's Own Soap offers in all lin.es is reveled: The eee ses. see.= already wide extent , of agricultural To keep on doing. 0,;The,s b', es. it, •proeuetion is .atinstantly being 'added, level to ever since it was fleet dogmatically niniodiuct:ttitveer avrh:t:,nthlaet. r,oefenglrtsit: Matyabccieit,.. Ite.otevald that Wheat *redid ineer be ;(sliceesefullY 'in Canadian age. Peeing the right way is'helf of -N451+114eist' 6nia 'e*Derlecce mskir4 ilea battle.% oPeee!eiss reveletione of' new •litnee of Minard's Llni;e-‘7.-----nt for lriepe. and Flu. 'aliiP(140.-..46be,.°T;ot`se.Ililiahir"C"Ia4billYiCIsiltadalPli "Iteld-and • • ..e.leerman Teclall of :Vaeconsser, as The "dirtiest deal" ever played yeti an after-dinner treat to ;visitor's at his us the one you'giveYourself when you tenth in the • Fraser Valley, serves allow skirer•aliebitions to be 'defeated walnuts grown on the 'ranch, the high be ;unjust discriminations. eiceelleireetof eihich; itevarieblY Ceuses BoO 4i,Vaby Best 1.1)16u TIONIN.7.1M TREES THRIVE WELL ON .ROUGH Canada import6Dver Mthkrn Founds Of Nuts Whith,biliglit be Grown at Home. . ,;xt is oley as Cassediee Iiferemotress- es and -experimenters 'and Laves* gators of all kinds give their experh ences to the world that the wide lati- tude of the'ixesiSibiliteS :the ;Doininion, Seven thousand 'persons each year are laid away—the burial certificate being Marked "Rupture." Wiry? 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Were grown on the ranch from seed, and the alderman is aa •enthuslastie •advoCate Of .the -'per. province. manent eSetablishment of a walnut grewing industry in the Pacific ooast A. valuable feature siri walnut pro- duction is that the trees thrive admir- ably and produce abundantly on rough land. Trees are'esually planted about 'fifty feet apart, so: that a substantial Orel:lard can be established on a entail acreage. The leraelquette and Mayette varieties have, been found • the -moot suitable 'foe -13eiteseh tathilbia, growth, and that it ieinoreisatiefeetery to grow the Aiterican 'black walnut and 'graft the' OS/eau variety upon it. Hard- ' ehelled -walnuts adie 'disappeared from sSrenierce :and what- is known -as the nuera le hurt a b.r! Lirop. a Julie soft shelled English walnut dominates "FreezopeSsonen acleeg corn, instant. the market to -day. 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The haue-jay in British C•olum- bia es, responsible fora cettain arricmrt of deereciaitioe, managing to ora.ck the I nuts in some mysterious manner, but this ',menace. is reinediable with a simall rite. , There is a dbuble advantage in growing walnut trees -in as much as they' also' Make 'excellent shade trees, being considered in this regard. the equal of soft enaples. As such it is advocated that -they be planted on smaller areas—in back yards and about houses. In ten years,'-inkddl- tion. to their elseetering and. beautify- ing effect, thy will be producing a healthy crop annually whilst the cern- merciel value .01 walnut wood is con- eletteatly high. In marketing walnuts the high grade Is selected for dessert purposes, the remaind,er being divided into lesser grades for cooking, cand.yarraking, etc. Two hundred pounds per tree is not is large yield, which, sold at the lowest I estimate of 25 cents per pound re- turns. $50 per tree. An orchard of one hundred trees at this• rate would give annually the very comfortable income o)15,000. Thie estimate is law, as, at thettme of writing, walnuts are sell- ing in Vancouver at 50 cents per pound. - The poseibil•itiea of this industry, points. out Alderman Tisdall, to Bri- tish Columbia, standardized and with- scientific methcds introduced, are ex- cellent. Walnuts have takein their place as a staae dveryday food, used by the housewife, on account ot the nutritious qualitiee, the year reused. Canada imppres. every year from the United States, the United Kingdom, Prance and China, a and h half pound's of these nuts whieh she might be producing herself. According to-- Oalifoeqa growees, they eau be stored for a year or more awaitiug disposal without Ices from. depreciation. ' With enevaragernent tees promising indu.stry should secure firm tooting in British Columbia'. The Defender of th. Faite.. A great seholer of the Middle Ages wrote many books and his learning and piety were praisedeeverywhere. Ile held also many arguments with heretice, and prided:bigiself on his 'Skill in . controversy. ' One niget an angel oarae to, him, and said "The greatest defender Of the faith In the etty is the widow who liees type.) positee' • • • Astonished,, the scholar went aver next day to -ask What she had Written. "Nothing," sale:Said, 'Learn -write." "What do you do then?" he asked; 'Nothing at all, just get iv, say my prayers 'go to -church,' ;oleo. the hotlee, look atter the neighbors' child- reneeeoon through -the -day. -.Nothing ever happens. I never -quarrel, or tell or cheat, arid gat en w.ell with everYone,!? But thet ,itest seliy. she Was the gre.atest defender ire the ealelt. k 1