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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1913-07-11, Page 2Sfclt adaohes-"-neural oherdacbsa---eplltttng, when yen 'take bltndfig headariltes—ml Vanish NawJJ Co''leasWattrs They i"do' Pet contain ' phenacetin, agptantitd, merphino, opiumor any other dangerous drug. 21a: a,bea at your Druggist's. 123 NArotiALDROO 4 CH i9ungeA4 Co. erCANADA,LtMArrCD CHAPTER IX.-(Cont'd), . As the two went quickly down the steps.. he stood at the open door and looked after theist. Then, when they had asap- peered in the avenue, he turned book into the hall and stood gazing 'round him ab- sently, a strange look on his face. All the brightness which had now ander again flashed over it disappeared, and his eyes and brows were gloomy, Mr. Bright stood a Iittle apart and watched him with the intentness of de- voted affection. This is a happy, day for Leafmore, Lard Gaunt," he began presently. Gaunt etarted slightly, raised his head, and Iooked at him asif he had forgotten his presence. "Oh, I be your pardon, Bright!" he said. "Come into the library." Deeima and Bobby hurried on, "We shall be late," he said; "and that will give cook an excuse for freezing our internal economy with cold ,viands. I'll get my rod; and you hurry on and dig' the governor out of his dep. I say, what an afternoon of surprises! Paney that being. Lord Gaunt himself! What a splendid fellow he is! Not a bit like what alctured him. I don't wonder at Bright's enthusiaq1. What did you think of him?" "I -I don's know," said Decima. She could net bring herself, at that moment, to tell baba*. ^f her previous meeting with Lord Gaunt. Bobby sniffed contegmtsaousIg. "That's so like: ag,You ,don't know: :ttIp rAt o you'd think any amount of him if he were a pretty young mail With curly hair and the rest of it. Now, I tall him a splendid specimen, a man! Do you understand? And awfully kind, too. Made us free of the house, by George! It's a rare piece of luck for us, his deciding to settle down here, It won't be my fault if we don't see a good deal s- of him. Here's my rod, now, you cut off ae fast as you Can pelt, while 1 pack up; you know your way." Decima hurried on. The meeting with Lord Gaunt and its dramatic incidents confused and bewildered her, She could eeareely ask herself if she had 'acted rightly in beingso-sofriendly with him. Why had she gone so far as to consent to help him? What would Aunt Pauline say if eh© knew of it? But she had tried do cut him, hsd _ actually cut him, and sized .crocodile- She never laves off when theu h9 had his cause so well- ' she once begins, and you'll find you'll testily- "Mr. Mershon is much interested. inthe idea -are you not, Mr. Curzon?" "Very,much,"' said that gentleman; and ;his smalleyes„ devoured the gifl'e face, "Awfully; I'll cut off now, sir. I shall expect you on Tuesday, Miss Deane.' He ]weld out hie hand, and it closed over Decima"s with a preesure which made something within her rise with resent- ment.. She said nothing, not even "good-bye;" but, after he had gone, stood with down- cast eyes as her father, pushing his hand through his tangled hair, and pacing to and fro, muttered:. A very •sensible, intelligent young man. He understands me. And he is rich. He can, help :'me -sari help all of us! With his money and my brains- Eh? What did you say, Decima? Dinner? Already?" And, with a reluctant sigh: he suffered Decima to lead him out of the room. CHAPTER X. Decima- slept soundly that night. Why should she not? for as yet love had not come to trouble, her. But she dreamed, and in her dreaans Lord Gaunt anti Thee - dose Mershon were inextricably niieed; their voices, the one deep and musical, the other sharp and metallic, clashed to- gether; and once she started uneasily, as if she felt Mr. Mershon's thin, claw-like fingers imprisoning hers. as At 1 reakfiltlt Bobby was Pull of Lord Clans es trash-- appeaffithee and no 14.Se eudden decision to live amongst them, and "becima listened almost, in silence. Mr. Deane displayed little or no interest, as he_ absently eat what was put before him, and shuffled off to his laboratory. "I'm going down to the village, Bobby," said Decima, "to make my first essay in housekeeping. What shop do I go to?" Bobby grinned. "What shop, you simple infant? There is only one shop -Mrs. Topper's. It sells everything -excepting what you want; but Mrs. Topper will offer to get it for you, say, in a month. There is nothing she will not promise to get you, from a needle to -to .a ;needle -gun. Go and make her acquaintance. She'll be glad. to see you, for ynn'11 be something trash to talk to. 'Conservntio.r' Topper,' 'we call her, for she's go,. a Jaw that would fit a medium - was it soarr--hind- -- She mit her baaayd; to h- ant! . ]iwbed the.; ,soft brawn las " „ it with; a eetulre of er irxity 'il,less•;a*..,.s d.�d resolved I!. r i S -until she .could �o. think no v � ,' ;, € him u 1 do so quietly , , ex own room at bed- time. She reachedTh Woodbines andpushed e , open the door of the laboratory. As she did so, she was surprised to hear her father's voice. He was talking rapidly, and in the .excited tones which she had have to make a:bolt for it. I' always -edge toward the door ,anti ,shoot off. in the Midge of one of hes sontehees, }and she follows sue: and 'aeoutti it aim the street, renal like , Msg. ,'.Topper. But, I says, what's this .about dining with that fellow 3fershoii? The governor tells me he has accepted for Tuesday." "Yes," said Decima, reluctantly, as siie put oa her hat. "We shall have to go, Bobby, I am afraid." already learned to know. • Bobby shrugged his shoulders. She shaded her eyes -for the sunlight "Any one can get over the governor, y poured in after her and dazzled her -and Heel dine with the de - poured the first thing she saw was Mr. Theodore Mershon. He was seated on the carpen- ter's bench, his small, dapper form bent rather grotesquely, hie feet resting on a stool, one hand nursing his chin, the other ,holding a big cigar, the fumes of which filled the room and made her choke. His attitude, and not only his attitude, but the expression of his small eyes as they rested on her father, reminded her, in the dash of a moment, of one of the monkeys at the Zoo. Iter father was pacing up and down the room, a mcadel in hie hand, his heir all "Just you wait till I've finished! The deacon of the Wesleyan chapel, ' if he promised to iieten to his account of a new invention. Well, I'm off. Give my love to Lord Gaunt, if you see him. and tell him that, notwithstanding his being such a bad lot, I rather like him, and will consent to fish his river as 'usual.' He went off with a cigarette in his lips, and Decima, having interviewed the cook, went down to the village. - It was a pretty, rambling cluster of houses, with the one shop Bobby had so ruffled over his head, and he was talking graphically described standing a little in the excited rhapsodical fashion in way back from the green. Demme. looked which he had talked to her on the pre- about her with interest, and noticed that signs night. the cottages, tlrough'pieturesque, were in "There is a large, an enormous fortune anything but good repair. Most of the in this idea, for it is a great -and, above roofs were of thatch and wanted renew; all, an original idea. My dear sir, I as- ing. Tho windows were small, and, she '. sure you -and I know -what I am saying fancied, were not made to open. The `--that there is wealth beyond the dreams doors, some Of them, were below the sur - of avarice in this invention of mine. face of the street or lane, and she knew 'Who is Ibis?" that the houses must b,e damp, for the 'rather," said Decima, as he stared walls were streaked with green. The sign at her vaca,ntly� "it is T-Decima!" of the inn -the 'Gaunt Arms -swung by Mr. Mershon got off the bench and. re- 0110 hinge and the inn itself clamored ted loudly for new shutters and a coat of moved his hat, which be had worn til• at the back of his head. paint. "How do you do, Miss Deane?" he said, In a word, she felt that the place had and a faint blush stained his face. "I been neglected, Just as the Hall had' been, have taken the pleasure of calling on Mr. Some ohiidrpn were playing at the doors Deane, and he has been explaining-" of the cottages and on the green, and.. "Yee -yes!" broke in Mr. Deane. "Very they stopped and stared at her. and one kind of Mr. -Mr. -"-she hesitated for a ran into a' cottage and brought out its moments `Mr. Curzon: ' mother to stare also. The woman bobbed, "Mershon," suggested the owner .of the a courtesy, and Decima went -u, and name. Pardon, Mershon. A gentleman or great intelligence, my dear Declines I have been telling him of my new inven- tion --concentrated electricity." ".A. great invention, Miss Deane," said Mershon. "I think very highly of it. In nay hum , humble opinion, there'money in it spoke to her and patted' the head of the child, who hid its face shyly in its mother's apron. She wanted to make friends with the people among whom she was going to live. Then she went into the shop, There were two steps down, and the smell of all the "smelly" things on this earth --a lot of money." seemed to rise and embrace her. +,.. Met Deane wagged his head with proud A stoutish, middle-aged woman canes satisfaction. jout from the parlor as the door -bell tink- "A gentleman of great experience led. She 'had a round, ruddy face with and intelligence, my dear Decima." saucer eyes, and wore a sun -bonnet perch - "I am glad," said Decima, looking from ed on the back of her head. She wiped one to the other with slightly drawn, her face on her apron es she waddled brows. behind the oounter. and stared at Decima Mr. Theodore Mershon's eyes dwelt on with a curiosity which found vent in an her face. eager- "Of course I haven't beard the whole "Lor', now, you're the young lady what's of it," he said. "But your father is go- come to The Woodbines, I'll be bound; ing to explain and bring the drawinge. miss?" when you some to dine with nae on Tues- "I am Mr. Deane's daughter; yes," said day, Miss Beane.' Decima, The troubled look grew more distinct "And I'm glad to see you, miss," said Mrs: Topper, genially, "I should a -known on Deccima's 'face. 'Are we --taros we goiug, father?" she you in the twinkling of an eye; you re Paid. so like your brother. Ah, what a band, "Yes, yes! Why not?" said Mr. Deane, some young gentleman he 15! and nice, too, though he is so full of his full. Calls me 'Mother Topper' as often as not; but, there! I don't mind that. And so you've come to live among us? W -ell, I hope you'll like it. There's ' worse places than Strottort Wold, and. worse people, though shouldn't say 11, , for I was born and. .bred here, And where did you come from, miss, if I may Make en bold?" "Frohn ,London said beeline. "I want seine bacon, and zoite sugar*" "To be sure!" said Mrs. Topper, cheer fully. "'From London. Ali, I've never been to London. : trettoti's where..I was born, and Stretton's good enough for me." "Anil some tea," Bald Deeime, suppress- ing a smile; "and --oh, a great many things; but here's a list I've' wrif,ten out." rifts. Topper took it, but laid it on the counter without glancing at it. "And so you've come to keep House for fully clever manor he be!? A bit. tin ider- he clouds, as they say; but what eau yen THE PERFECT SHOE. FOR SLIMMER SPORTS ASIC 'YOUR DEALER except, front a Jennyaee! Clever s ain't like ordivar'y folks. The list, Oh, Yee, , I'll see as the 'things are up all right." • Thank you," said Daphne, "And I have the bill every week, please? afraid it has not beensent very,.regu , r- ly: Let me have s h aeeount-book 'every Saturday, and I will see that it is paid each Monday." Mrs: Topper smiled indulgently; '^Lor'. miss, what's the need?" she re- marked. ,The book will come 111ev4ry.' hall . year or so, and it 'don't mike no' odds whether it's:' paid." "But I want ", "Don't yeti bother about 'that;' miss, broke fn Mrs, , Topper, pleasantly! 'it'd only Worry you, and me top for that mat- ter, a,nxaking up the account every week, You see; .since my gad got married and left me, I've, done all the Wile myself, and i ain't much ofa band' at deur/Xis"' Decima sighed with a `k=ind of comic WHEN IT'S HOT AND STICKY despair. "lire!!, let us say every fortniilat.," "Ah, well," assented Mrs. 'Popper, but not very assuringly. "1'11do only, best, mise,' and no one can do more, can "they ?.", Decima was obliged to admit this, and Mrs. Topper, leading over the Gon,n•ter'111' comfortably as she could, ran on: "And I suppose you've hearcd tile` news, miss? All the piste is in a state o£ ex- citement, this.morning..The was 14 here last night' in perfect droves, as I couldn't get to move; about,' and l 11- with the same story. .It did, pound at :Brat 100 good to be true, but Mrs. Murphyasbe keeps the, inn, :you know, miss -ran in last thing last:. night to tell Me as it wee true, and that. she'd had it f 'om aft.Bright himself; and all I can.say is, that it's the best newts .we' e had tai, v . t retton Weld for many a- year." "What is .the news?" asked fDocima, though she could guess. • I ".Lor', now didn't I. tell you!" said airs." Topper, smiling and tossing the: ,pun -bons net a little further on her, head, "It's that his lordship's going th talo .up his residence at the Hall. Of couvrse, yon being' .a stranger -you won't mindme, mise? -it don't seem se impoitant',to you as it does to up as has lived Isere all our lives. and gets our living out of • the place; but of course it' makes all' the dif. ferenee to trade, having one, of tee gen- try -and the only gentry, excepting your- selves at The Woodbines, of course, :Mies -a-wanderin' about the face of the .earth instead of settling down in his own house and among his Vivra peo»ie,e r ol- lect when the Hail was as full tie ona hive. with visitors, and us a -taking pounds ;and pounds a week for groceries -that: was la the old lord's time -and it hat soenied steedd_ta like to see the,1sit :houm all empty, and hot a pound''of sugar or a loaf of bread a-goin' up to it fr$ni year's end to year's end." - "I think I must go now, Mrs. Topper," said Decima. • Yes, miss; I'm a-detainin' of you! But, as I was saying, all that's come to a fine !eh now; and we're going to begin fresh, Mrs. Murphy,: she pays that Mx. Bright was' ta-inquiring f0r maids -my gel'e mar, tied, worse lucky or she'd be one --and; men -servants; and 1 hoax ,,that Mr. Gobs bet, the builder, is a -going 'up Os the Hall to see about repairs and alterations-'• As Decima edged toward the door elle thought of Bobby, and smiled. r -"And there's to be three gardeners took -on at once. Lor', it hi, a ehaage, as you may say, miss, ain't it? Ii; boat takes my breath- away; but I, `mortar glad, not only -for"the sake et Lx de- but. Ali' his lordship's own.,..,Ah,mi) ve uo idea of the the, stories ' as' _ !d about -Wail Dreadful, - r Plaey oa;; day as all Ld .. ,.-.,. rriTtli %last .wilclaac it. 1i1g , t};ar• theessobfit ty -r'un wild month time other, dont they? - It's 'exosteablt':';7 pose, and • ,don't count against eon, does against common finks." _ Decima got her hand upon the door, agd,. Mrs. Topper sailed round the -counter after her. r But that's ^ all come to, an end ,now, and I'm hoping, miss"-sho panted breath- lessly -"that his lordship will settle down like an ordinary . Christian, not ` tai say country gentleman. You haven't seen Whim, miss, I suppose? A fine figure of a man and a handsome -like all the family. lean recollect him as a boy -such a fine, strong young fellow -if T may make 'eo bold as to call -hint such -but drefful wild and reckless. ,Afraid of nothing, 'miss- nothing at all. I've seen him with these own eyes pop over that, wall on his pony as if --as if ,#,were a kitchen fender.. And fight! Why, ho fought William .Baund- ers Tommy, as was drowning a cat; un- til Tommy was like a jelly; .and his lord- ship, though he'd got two black oyes, .rode Iced Tea• is most refreshing. It cools and invigorates. without . harp f,u i re fit . Sealed Lead Packets Only. Allow the tea to steep for five ,minutes and theta pour off into another 'vessel to, cool gradually. Never use artificial means of cooling until ready to serve; then add sugar, ice and lemon. oft Whistling. Just like a Gaunt! It's in their blood,; asyou may say. And your father's well, miss, I hope and trust! There ain't no need to 'ask* after Master Robert:' It'a a pleasure .to see ,him a -going by with his handsome . face and: laughing eyes. He always calls out to me if he sees me . at the door. 'Mother Topper' he oaile me. But, Lor', I don t mind. •. And he's a -going to be a young officer, miss! Lor', what a lino figure of a soldier he'll make; and T, hope I'll live to see him marchin" through the village with a -band 'a-playin'." As Decima, almost as breathless as Mrs. Topper, opened the door and fled, Mrs. Topper called after her: You'll give my best .respects to the good gentleman,.' your father . miss, and to Mr. Robert, and I'll Bond' the things." Decima, went down the street -if street it could be called -laughing, and . almost raid into the arm :of Mr. Bright, tvho was coming out of one of the cottages. There was a smile of satisfaction on his good-natured countenance, whioh deep- ened as his good-tempered eyes rested on the lovely face and slim figure in its plain morning -dress. (To be continued.) WONDERFUL BLOOMS. Produces Strange' Results. A 'novel experiment is that of growing two hyacinth bulbs toge- ther. Two bulbs are selected which are known to' flowerr about the same time, although in other respects the more diverse they are the better.' Each is' clot from the crown to the base with a sharp knife in such a way that the central shoot is ex- posed„„•;but not injured. The two larger .portions of `the bulbs are then. tied together the cut portions. facing one another. The double bulb is then potted in the usual Way. 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"What IC: the best breed of hogs 4"! In answering this it may be ;said: there is no onebreed of hogs that.` is, best ` for every farmer. That which `is best' for one may not .be best'for another, In agen.eral way the 'best' hog' is the one the farmer likes, provided it is what his mar - let demands- .. Shishld his market. want a hog of the. bacon type, then. one or other of the breeds of that: type would be bes), in his case. t7.n, the other hand, should the most marketable be a fat, or lard, hog, then the', best •summal for him to raise would be one or other of the. lard types. This is a matter which the farmer will have to decide for himself, writes W. H..Dalrymple. After .the farmer has decided' up- on the --breed which he believes to be the most profitable for him to raise, however, ,he should then stick to that breed and endeavor to develop ` it . to its most perfect con- dition The most famous individual hogs .and'the most famous herds sof' animals have been built.. up, devel- oped and perfected only by sticking: to 'the breed and getting the most out of it. Take the "razorback," for in- stance. Some writer has said that, this breed of hogs "has, no.-placein modern agriculture."-' If we con- sider the 'razorback from the . view- point of a breed only, we fully' agree with the writer "Just quoted, but even this hog is susceptible to much imgrovernent through rill in- telligent system of grtl,ding by -the- use of males of improved breeding,• and especially of the larger kinds, on the bestof native females. In. some • pax is of the. e tLreme south 'the woods are full of razor- backs, and .the problem there .is• how to get rid of :them and at the same time make the most out of them. The first step should be•the conversion of all native male pigs into barrows: The second should be the selection of, the best of the young native sowsfor breeding pur- poses. The ` third should be the 7Ne ... purchas`o d, use of pure=bred; males o �;i 9s 'elmever, • breed- and type the ow °" • • efers« a. few "ren �1 .b e rations ; udiniat� election and' r ,�.iw,'L,,., ts. E grading' these hogs.:,' would: be brought up to a class that would be profitable; This seems to be : phe .most 'intelligent and rational way of getting rid of the hog which i>S} said to "have no place in modern agrie zlture.'a A hog which is gaining in popu- larity is the. Hampshire, or thin rind hog. This .breed is sometime classed as A medium between -th lard hog and the bacon hog, al' though it isgenerally considered a belonging to the former. It is good grazer and -the quality of th meat is very superior. Originall this- hog came from ti Hampshire England. 111i1in .for Hogs. ,Sweet milk, skim milk,' sour skin milk and .buttermilk are of prac ically equal value 'when fed in 'th proportions of 21-2 to three pound of milk to one pound of shells corn. A bushel of shelled • tor when fed with water produced a 'average of 11,9 pounds of pork, bu when fed with 153 pound's of mil the average weight of pork pr duced in the same length of tim was 17.7 pounds. 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