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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1913-06-13, Page 6IBOOST YOUR TOWN S;Y ORGANIZING Ai BRASS BAND Information on this Subtest with primed, instructions for aura tear bands and .a printed form of Constitution And hy.Laws for bands, together with our big catalogue, will be =flea 1'IU E on request. Address Rept.' D.r" WINNIPEG "if ! SS?NS Cf3., TORONTO I M M T ONTARIO Will TAMS l li MANITOBAEG R. 7Y ill A * •. I? the Weather. Gsj�..>to Use... © SHOE pousH odforikShoes Her Great Love; Or, A Struggle For a Heart • CHAPTER As he shouldered the portmanteau, De- cima cried out warningly: "Take 'care, . Bobby! Keep that small box right side up, because there's a guin- ea-pig and some white mice in it. I've only, brought this portmanteau with me, the 'imperials are coming on by the lug- gage -train." Thewhat?" .said Bobby. "The what, did you,say, your royal highness?" Decima laughed. "You silly boy, you didn't think that email thing held all my clothes? Oh, what a pretty room1" she broke off, as Bobby kicked open the door of a dainty little bed -chamber. "Glad you like it," he said in an affect- edly offhand way. "I had it fresh pap- ered and painted directly the governor talked of sending for you. Like the pa- per? And I bought the furniture. You will perceive that it is pure white to match your virginal innocence—in other words, greennees." ' 'Oh, it is beautiful! It's a duck of a room! Bobby. I must kiss you!" He threw himself into fighting attitude. `Beware, bold maid! I am young and unprotected, but I will defend myself to the last gasp, Keep off! Now I'll give 'you three quarters of an hour, while I 'execute my nightly task of luring' the governor out of his den, and persuading him to change for what he calls his drese- clothes." He unfastened her portmanteau for her, liberated theguinea-pig and white mine from their •traveling -box, and get their cages on a table (:'Where I can see them while I dress,j,leaee," said Decima), thea Deft her. As 'Decima changed •tier traveling cos- tume for her soft, dove colored evening frock, she found it hard to realize that she was not asleep and dreaming. The change in her life was so sharp and sud- den, and she wondered if she should really be of any use to her father and brother. Preeently she heard a gong, and she went down -stairs to the drawing -room, a pretty room enough, but with old-fa- shioned furniture and shabby curtains and carpet. Bobby was standing by the window in a well-Stting evening suit, and looking rather handeomer even than be- fore. "Poor girl!" he remarked, as his• eyes' wandered over her with the keen and calmly critical eye of a brother. "Al- ways keep time at meals. Punctuality le the sole, not to say the turbot, of busi- ness. No, we do not wait, for the gover- nor, for the simple reason that he never comes down until he hears us go in. He considers time spent before dinner in the drawing -room time wasted. As 'you are a nice girl, and rather prettily dressed than otherwise, you may take my arm, this occasion being your fire/ visit" He offered his arm With mock conderoension, and so, laughing softly, Decima went in. She had made' up her mind to a bad dinner and indifferent waiting, but she was not prepared for tbe actual badness and shortcomings of that meal - Bobby led her to the head of the `table, and seated himeelf on her left. "The tureen before you," he said in an undertone "contains what cook,with a mietaken optimism, calls soup. X call it warm size; but may difference; of opinion` never alter friendship. Take care when Sarah Jane raises the soup -plate, 'that she does not empty it in your lap, I should be jealous if she did, because I generally get it in mine. Here is the governor; you are requested not to smile." Filial respect, notwithstanding, Decima, reallyfound it hard to obey Bobby's in - Junction, for Mr. Deane, in a arose -coat of a fashion of twenty years ago, with a corkscrew trousers shining at the kneee, with a shirt front minus a stud, and a nedktie under one ear, was a spectacle at which the most dutiful of daughters might pardonably 'have laughed, Ah—afraid I am later' he egad; hig never -varied formula, "Sone( Did you say soup? Yes, please, Decima, you will be glad to hear that the model wa,s un- injured. It is the model of by last in- vention, for which I have just taken, a patent. .d portable electric force. Its print' ciplo is» " Have some sherry, sir," out in Bobby adroitly. "Eh? Sherry? Did you say sherry? Yes, • tee; certainly. And so you left Lady egllnj Shoes. For Everybody THE PEEIV1 tTSHOE FOR SUMMER SPORTS ASK YOUR DEALER, eeaemeeeeeneem Pauline well, Decima? Wonderful wo- man! Charming, but singularly deficient in intelligence. I remember the last time we met; I endeavored to explain to her my invention for opening bridges by candle power—quite a simple thing. It was done in this way—" "Fish, sir?" cut in Sarah Jane. "Fish? Did you say fish? What is it?" "Cod, sir," said Sarah Jane. "Is it indeed?" remarked Bobber. star- ing with simulated surprise at the over - boiled mass. "How strange/ I thought it was white worsted antimacassar. None for me, thank you, Decima. I am too young to die." "I—I'm afraid it is done a little too much," said Decline, timidly. "Surely not! Not a little," said Bobby, with admirable gravity, "but don't be alarmed, my dear Decima. You will find that cook will strike the balance by e'end ing up the joint raw. Ah, I thought so!" he said, when the leg of mutton ran red at the first touch of the knife. "Cook has joined the new Temperance in Feed - tug Society. Society. She takes Dare that we are not tempted to overeat ourselves. Yes, as a man can not live by bread alone, I will trouble you for a piece not actually blue: Defame, any dear, I should advise you to wait: for the padding. Sometimes— mind, I do not make an actual promise, ea do not, buoy yourself :up with hope too math -but sometimes cook makes a dee cent pudding. tet as hone elm has done' so to -night," eatable,ea pudding . happened to be rice, and ea that Decima, who only eat to live, was perfectly satisfied so _fax as she herself was-oncerned. But' that meal was a significant ono. She could .understand why• she was sent for; and the contrast between the daintily cooked, well -served meale at Aunt Paul- ine's filled her with pity for the two mon seated beside her. She felt guilty of self- ishness all the ten years she had been "lapped in luxury .and cradled in ease." "You have now seen a specimen of our culinary skill, Decima," said Bobby, when Sarah Jane had left the room. I will not ask you what you think of it, be- cause, being only a mere girl, to whom the privilege of expressing yourself in swear words is very properly denied, you could not do yourself justice." ' I -I will try and improve it," said Decima. "The woret of it is that I—I don't know anything about cooking, and 1 could "not tell any ono holy to do things., I will get a cookery -book." "Do—do!" said Bobby; with "cheerful reeignation. "It would be better to ex- pire of one meal from your hands than to die lingeringly, as we are doing, at 000k's." Was there anything wrong with the dinner?" asked Mr. Deane, gazing at them absently, No, father," said Bobby, brightly; 'certainly not. It was a charming meal —for a pack of hounds! But we will not pursue the painful subject. At this per- iod, my dear Decima, we smoke: Father consumes tobacco out of a black meers- chaum, which I now produce"—lie laid the pipe and tobacco -jar beside Mr. Deane—"and I inhale the mild and fra- I grant' hay which the local tobacconist calls :'genuine Turkisk.' You may retire to the drawing -room if you like; but if you can stand the smoke, We should in- finite] prefer you to remain. Try it, at any rate. If you feel approaching eymp- toms of suffocation, you,ean call out, and 1 will carry you into the fresh air." I'd rather stay, an{3' I'm sure S 'shall not niind." "Perhaps you ` smoke yourself?" said Bobby, blandly. Deems, stated and laughed, as at an cXcellent joke, "Pardon. I forgot that you had been brought up by a 'lady who combines the simplicity of the Quaker with the philos- ophy of a Platonist: •1 want you to tell - me all about your past life; -Decima." But thin- was evidently not the oppor- tunity; for, baying lighted his pipe, 112r. Deane arose and began to pace• the room,. his eyebrows working, his lips moving as ifhe were jeommunii'Tg with himself= Bobby touched Dccima's foot -with his own. "Guv'nor's off," he said. And presently tZr. Deane began. 'My dear Deeinia, X don't thick I have told you of my last great discovery, It is the biggest thing I have clone. -by- far the; biggest. You are aware that the prineipe,l obstacles in the way of pro- gress of electricity is the difficulty of .packing its force ite a portable form, My. invention removes that obstacle, ley a simple contrivance -which I will explain to you—" Ile . stopped . in front of her, his ,eyes gazing aver her ,head into ;vacancy, his hand ruffling his long, straggling hair, hie face rapt with the crank's onthus- iasm and absorption, 'and poured out a masa of words "and technical terms. "Btte" he broke off at tact, "come with mos - to the laboratory, and I will show Me," Decima, with a woman's pity, mingled with her bewilderment,. rose and took his Yes, fa,tller; try and snake me under stand," she said, `1 am "interested.• -I want to quite understand." "You ehall--•you shelll My dear De circa, it is quite evident you have inlier- ited the brain -force, the mental 'recep- tiveness of your father: pour mother's face, perhaps; but my—my Mind the step!" he broke off', as he himself stem, bled over it.' lee led' them into the workehop and waved hie lotig hand toward the' extra ordinary collection of Medele, machinery, and instruments, and began a kind of rhapsody, scarcely .one Word of whit;h De - pima understood, , Every now and then, in hie pacing up' and dawn, lie would fate her and gaze at her absently', and Decima would ziod and smile gently .and encouragingly, and then glance'pityingly et Bobby, ho Was seated on the bench smoking hit cigar- ette with philosophical calm. • "In this room, n;y dear Decima•,", said Mr. Deane, ''you may seethe potentiali- ties of vast Mabee. : There tire iuvontions, ideas here which will produce—wben they are perfected and put on the market— hundrede of thousands, perhaps millions', of money, For myself, I have no =desire to be rich, but.1 think' of my children. Robert will need money; it will be well for you to be rich. It is for hie, children that a father toils, and it is sufficient reward for him to know that he hes given them wealth and the means of enjoyment. Yes, this room is a veritable Golconda. This last tinodel, for instance—" He took up the extraordinary looking thing, and attempted to set' it Going; but there was something wrong With: it, and in a moment he grew absorbed in the endeavor to put it straight, and- entirely forgot the ,presence' of his children. Bobby slid off the bench and took De- cima'e arm. land "'•Domeagain." on," he sale. "He's up in dream- Deoima 'sighed, ad she went out slowly, and looking back wistfully at her. father. "Oh, what a lovely night!" she ex- claimed, as they passed over the moon- beams which_' streamed through ; the pas- sage window on to the well-worn oilcloth. "Can we not go out, Bobby, just for a little while?" "We can, certainly, and for several little whiles, for we .shu'n't be missed. Wait here, and I. will get you something to put on your head." He brought her a Tani Q'Shanter of his own and her cape, and they went out through the old-fashioned little garden and into the road. Decima looked round her with ` -keen in- terest and admiration. Stretton Wold is a fine district, and the road from The Woodbines runs through lines of, stately firs, through which the moon Was shining brightly. The air was fragrant with terebene, and so thin and light that, to- gether with the beauty of the scene, it produced a strange effect upon her. It was as if she were walking in fairyland, and was herself as unreal- as the place. She slipped her arm through Bobby's and sighed. "Bobby, I'm glad I've come. You won't think me heartless and -unnatural, if I say that I didn't like coming. You see, it was leaving Aunt Pauline, whom I love and who loves me." "That's all right,'•' said "Bobby: "But now you are here, your filial and sisterly affection has started going like, or, rather, unlike, one of father's machines, and you find that duty is its own reward. Good girl." Decima . laughed. "Are you ever serious, Bobby?" "Yes, when I am up for an examination," he replied, promptly. "And you're going to be a soldier?" said Decima. "How proud I „shall be of your' "Just you wait. It all depends upon half a dozen beasts who ask questions." "0h, but you are sure to pass; you are so clever. I know you are clever, Bobby" "Do you, really? Now, "I wonder who told you that?" And you work hard,?" "These silvered locks, whitened before their time, can testify—" "Oh, what ylaoo is this?" broke:ere De- cima. They had come to a brand-new , wall on tho right of the road, .with staring -white pillars and bronze -painted gates 'or the most conspicuous pattern. Bobby glanoedat.it disparagingly, "That is the entrance to The Firs," he Said. It's a • new place, built by a new man. His name is Theodore Mershon, and he is something in the city. 'Some. thing in the city' appears to pay. lie le supposed to be worth piles of money, and The Fire 18 a kind of palace—a ginger- bread palace. You will see the house di- rectly. It is a large place, built of white stone—stone brought all the way from Aberdeen -and is as gorgeous insideas— as a London restaurant. There it is." They stopped, and Decima saw a large house glaring whitely in the moonlight. "It is very ugly," she said, "What is Mr. Mershon like?" "Oh, plain little chap. Rather dark, and like a city man. Sharp eyes. 'that look away from you when he speaks, as 4....woomosommummoor Tia abounds ' in stimulating goodness A most wholesome and pleasing beverage. IN LEAD PACKETS ONLY, Black, Green and Mixed. 070 if, he didn't want you to know what he was thinking of you." "Do you know him?" Decima asked. "Well, yes," said Bobby; "I can claim that great honor. I called with the gov- ernor's card—I got some printed for him —and we've met once or twice; but Mr. Theodore Mershon was not particularly friendly._ You see, The 'Woodbines is a small house—a mere cottage—and the Deans are poor, andmen of Merehon's class estimate you by the size of your domicile and the length of your puree."` a "Do tbo ?" said Decima, innocently. "But what can it matter to inn y them how small your house is, or how poor you are, if you are nice, Bobby?" "I give it up. • Now, we'll just tura • down here, and 111 .show you a Floes better worth looking jut." Htt. ,led. her down a nar'xoW ..'cane, and suddenly, they came upon the entratteo to au avenue guarded by a pair of old iron gates stained greten by age. A lodge of red brick, covered with ivy, stood juet Inside . the gate,' and fee red curtains: glowed in quaint harmony with the moon- light. ' ' "Haw • prettyl"" said Decima- "Wait. a ••moment," said Bobby. "This. Hato ie' closed, but there is a emaller one a little•lower down,' and I can take. You up the avenue:iintil you, can see the house itself,•, Here -you' are." • ' He opened a 'small wooden,` gate in the old wall, and they 'made their way over a weed -grown path to the is enue, They walked for some distance between the lines of pines which stood lilee gaunt ;sentinels on either ,heed, and ' then,; at . a bend, the house came ' suddeaiy in sight. CHAPTER VII, ' Decima stopped short and uttered an exclamation of .delight. It was one of those places which Mead- ows tared Mamie Stone love to paint. An old, far -stretching, house of red brick al- most black with age, and : draped with ivy and clematis. Its redness was relieved and accentuated by the white stone sills and copings, and still further ay the white marble lions which, at Intervale, reared themselves on the massive pedes - tale of the broad.. terrace which was ap- proached by a wide fight of marble steps, and shone like newly fallen snow in the moonlight. - "Bow's that?" asked Bobby, -Decima could scarcely respond for a moment, then she said: "Oh, it is lovely, lovely! It is like a picture. It is like the house in Tenny- son'9em. O You ou know, Bobby?"' "Sorry; Tennyson's poems don't come in the examination papers. But it is pretty." (To be continued.) Keep Cool You can have a comfort- able kitchen the hottest summer day if . you use a cfiof face.grim GM ok stove No' Coal. No Ashes. No Dirt... Furnished with 1, 2 and 3 burners, with shelf and racks for keeping food hot, and indicator on oil tank, ' ,dor best results use Royalite oil. 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Cement -,Company Limited,- Montreal erfereale "lee On the Farm Ewes at L unbing Time, It iswell to see ,that the, ewe has an ample supply of dry ,£od Nothing is' better for them t good, well -got hay. Ewes csht never, under any circumstances allowed to have 'roots alone, should they be fed •on roots grain or grain and cake,' Those who feed this and omit hay are spending nloney. in:.wa A judicious combination of all t would 'form the ideal food .and the best results alike to the and its offspring. The lamb not be neglected. •r. Provision must :aiv, aye be xn too, that a dry lairage can be cured with good shelter from wet and wind, and a separate be provided in which specially pared food suitable to the pal of the young Iamb should be plae care being taken that only a s quantity at •'a time should. be pia in the troughand that any left o should be removed before a fr lot is given. In the flocks' where there is signs of lameness in- the ewes tention should at once be giv No matter how slight, the ailm should be immediately remoz from the flock and not allowed run with them again until a c has been effected. Lameness among the ewes me lameness among the lambs, a there is probably no greater sou of loss among young lambs th this. Supplementing the Pasture. Green,,erops fed as it, 'suppleme to pasture may be fed in the p ture or in the barn lot, . but as rule are fed most economically. the barn. The cows remain fist long enough at milking time to e their portions., As a rule, the most economi method of supplying feed to he, out- th,e short pastures of midsutt mer and .fall is to feed corn shag Silage will keep in good oonditic for summer feeding with no lo except on the surface. If ib is •n needed daring the slimmer, it m be covered with the new silage a kept until': wanted. Eon furnish a larger yield of dry matter p 'acre than any crop that .can ordi arily be grown for summer feedi and has the further advantage - being on hand as early as wante It is handled more economical also than soiling crops, since it ,cut all at once and nob every da as is necessary with soiling, crop It should be remembered that is only possible, to feed a bunch cows economically when they a fed .as individuals and not as a her' A too common practice, even in t otherwise well -concluded herds, for all animals to be fed the sa'• amount of grain, regardless of t time they have been in milk or t quantity of milk the individu cows are producing. Such feedin always lacks economy, ,as the hig producing cow does not get enoug and while she may milk very we for., a time, she soon comes dow bo a lower level, while the lighte producing `';cow usually gets t• much feed and accumulates fat. Treating "Lumpy Jaws." Speaking of lumpy jaws in cattle G. G. Graham says. The mos satisfactory way is to remove 'th growth with the knife when in th tissues only. The animal is thrown the head then held in a £avorabl: position, the skin is cub over th, tumor and theswelling removed. b cutting around it in the healthy tis sues: If hemorrhage, is large th vessel may be tied ortaken" u with the forceps; bleeding fro' smaller 'vessels may be seared wit a red hot iron. The wound shrink be washed with ale antiseptic i one per cent. solution* after th tumor is removed and then packe with antiseptic gauze .or cotton art 'the wound stitched up. The nex day remove the stitches and tree as an open wound. ; 'Uou't '-Soar Sed Too Thickly. Thick sowing must be guarde against. Each seed should ,hav room to grow without criishing o injuring its neighbor. Overcrowd ing undermines the cdltivatiotl:' o plants at the start and it 'is long before, if:. ever, they outgrow it df ,course,, 'small' plants- or seed may be sown more quickly t'lZa the larger vises, but relatively the ought really not to be sown thic er. Hach plant, should have su cient lo0111 ta,d�tiv_elo„ a its'eotledo and lne 7t'af liefrrre ib4s. ,thinne or pricked out. Par Ift. The be 1111}, lDa ap;. rule Brrt th ea L•eall funds Thr ty_ 1 ge t LOr The o1ru oth vhite idn he cod ope Th isce evil ion': Fren from thed in St A to tl Roy; trail that of $, be p Prov high 1:X1: Nee u A The bee) past aba to i Boa Meet Las on]; thoi Out do carve up req and eon' bea an f age disc ear; la a des, clef ,spa pl'c the, bei: to r" rio say $e1 day �cvhi the alt: can stn; the ane' lila flga du, hr 41. 'tot test 00 Xai 7�