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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1909-03-19, Page 3eJ tr, :'.fa'•irtd'• . i . Mu9t��:4t#rbaat.;.: ss}i ,..1i'aft,: Soe ety had received a shock in the elecath of its most brilliant ornament. Hat no stranger perhaps felt more sym- pathy with the bereaved household than chid good 11frs. Cadwell. She discussed the event in all ire bearings with Mrs. Cedwin, alio had changed plates with her, and was now patronized instead of oftronizing. There were mourning and lamenta- tion in the old Hall of Lynnewolde when the tragic fate of its young mistress was known. Mrs. Lynne grieved over the wad. ending of the young life that had promised so fairly and so well. 1t was at Alexandria that Lord Lynne became so dangerously ill that his life was despaired of. Then Sir Allan, like it true friend, went to the rescue, and nursed him through the long and tedi- ous malady. and at his urgent request went with him to the east. But it was not without some sacrifice that Sir Align Leigh did this. He had hoped, 'when the year of mourning expired, to 'nuke ',t1.,gatha his wife; but she asked him 'to wait. She did not regain her spirits; the secret site kept weighed her clown. After the funeral, Agatha sued featly Iltorence came home. Evelyn returned to the Chase and life event on slowly and sadly until Sir Allan was summoned to Alexandrine Then they had the fever suspenst to pass through. Letters were looked for with a sickening anx- iety, until the news calve that the be- loved. son and brother was recovering. Ho could not return home, he said; he should go to the east, and Sir Allan would go with him. When he had learn- ed to forget, he would return to Lyuue• wolde. The years of his absence were dull ones to the ladies at the Hall. Lady Florence had, by Lord Lynne's advice, consented to receive a small income from the Wyverne estate. Mrs. Lynne had grown warmly attached to her, ;tad would never hear of her leaving L,ynde- w'olde. She was sister and companion to .Agatha., and filled the place of the be- loved one they lost. People wondered why Agatha Lynne did not recover her health and epirets. le; must have been a dreadful chock, they said, for she had never been the tare since. And she never was quite the sauar. She could not forget; the sad lite and death of that beautiful, brilliant sister were ever before her; the welds of that last letter seined ever in her maxed. If she could have shared her sec- ret with Allan, it would have w.s ghed less heavily upon her; but' that she could. ret; do. She never betrayed her trust, although for many years it el,md- ed .and shadowed leer life. The faintest aba,dow • of donbt was never thrown upon the fair name of Inez, Lady Lynne. The first happy event that dawned • wa,s the marriage of Evelyn Leigh. Somewhat to the amusement and sur- prise ofAgatha, her friend made, dur- ing a visit to London, the conquest of her old admirer, the !Marquis of I3ort- ington. It was Evelyn's great likeness to Agatha which first attracted him, for he had never forgotten the sweet wnrd gentle girl he had first loved. Eve- lyn Leight went to London to spendsome months with her aunt, Lady 'Version. Here the young lord saw and Learned to love her. No one was much more sur- prised than Miss Leigh heneelf. Sir Allan could not return for the wed - doing. He could not leave his friend. Letters and presents came from the East, and he promised that, as soon as Lord Lynne recovered, they would return to Lynnewohle. So Evelyn Leigh was mar- ried from her aunt's house, and Lady Florence took Agatha's place: as her chief bridesmaid. Lord and Lady fortington were very happy. Ile thought no one in the wide worid was so beautiful or so clever as his gay, pretty little wife; and she, with her good, clear sense, and quick, bright intellect, helped hilu to fill his respon- sible position with great credit. There are not many happier people in the world than Evelyn and her husband. Once, after her return to England, Agatha heard of the Cadwells. Julia married --and married, every one said, '"re'narkably well." They sent cards to Florence and Agatha, who replied by a kind letter of congratulation, They have seen nothing of them since. Maria re- enained an old maid. She still speaks of the great glory of her life—the time "Lady Florence visited then at dome," and her friends listen in wonder and awe. her once again, Mrs. Lynne was per- fectly happy. ITo one could look at Lord Lynne without 'seeing that he had suf- fered acutely; but "four years is a long time when one is young," and the an- guish of his pai nwas over now. 1: Ie would never forget the beautiful girl who had loved Win so passionately, but life had still many blessings in store for him. Warm was the welcome given to the wanderers. Friends vied with each other in kind. attentions. The first visitors who came to Lynnewolde were Lord and Lord Bortington. "And now, Allan," said Evelyn to her brothel:, ,"when do you intend following my bright example? You have finished prosing with Lord Lynne, I hope. Agatha is very patient; if you had been eny lover instead of hers, you should have stayed in the East" "Evelyn, be reasonable," remonstrated her brother. "If I had come sooner, Agatha would not have married me. You do not know the effect her sister's death had upon her." "It was very dreadful," replied Evelyn, "but then one cannot live always under an eclipse. The sun must shine after darkness. Do not let her put you off again, Allan. I have no patience with such delays." Allan acted upon his sister's advice. IIe would listen to no excuses. Agatha said she could not leave Mrs. Lynne; but he declared Lady Florence would take her place admirably. -The fact is, Agatha," he said, "I have waited all my life for you and you have been my promised wife for four years. Do you think it is kind to make due wait still longer? With neither brother nor sister at the Chase, you cannot think my life a very happy one." Agatha did not send him away again. She promised that when August came she would be his wife. Old times seemed to have come back to Lynnewolde. When Agatha married Allau Leigh she laid aside her sadness -- she would not grieve him. Lady Florence was bright and animated. Lord Lynne looked happy once more. Yet on this wedding day, in the midst of happiness and festivity, they thought of the bril- liant, beautiful lady who had once been queen of the old hall. Agatha went home with her husband to the Chase, and. there is no happier wife in the world than Lady Leigh. Her husban didolizes her. Ile calls her his pearl, his treasure beyoud price; and if he sew at tines a look of sadness stealing over her face he charms it away. ' in the old picture -gallery at Lynne- wolde there ynnewolde'there hangs le portrait that, •when the family are away, visitors flock to see. It is that of a beautiful lady with a lovely southern face and dark, almond eyes—a smile half parts the rich, red lips, and masses of waving hair flow over the white shoulders. "And that," says the visitor, "is Lady Inez Lynne, the lady who died in Rome.' "'fres," replied the housekeeper; "and this is my lord's cecoud wife, Lady Mar: once Lytne." Then she turns to the portrait of a golden -haired English lady, whose a -x quisite face and violet eyes tell of hap- piness and love. r THE FIREMAN'S BEST WEAPON. HIGH CII.AP' EtI XXXIV. "3tt hardly seems four years, auntie," said .Agatha to Mrs. Lynne, one morning as they walked along the smooth green lawn of Lynnewolde. "How inueh older and wiser we are then when we loft hoc for London on that bright spring :moming! I never thought so much sor- row lay before us." "Four years is a long time when one is young," replied Mrs. Lynne; '`even to me, each year has seemed an age. I have longed so earnestly to see my son again." "Will he be much altered, do you think?" asked Agatha; "and, oh, auntie, will he have forgotten here" "No," said Mrs. Lynne, "my poor boy will never forget her; but he is young and naturally light-hearted. I have great hopes for hum, 1 trust you to see hiirn settled at hynnewoide, a happy husband, 'with children growing around mina, fox he has suffered enough," "'But not so bitterly as I have done," tbaaght the young girl to herself. "They will be here this evening," eon - Vaulted aulted Mrs. Lynne, "and we must give OM a grand"reception." 'When evening came, and a tall bronzed ensu, with saddened eyes, stood before • PRESSURE REDUCING FIRE LOSSES. Facts Not Generally Known About the System in New York—Experience of Other Cities—San Francisco to Have $6,000,00.0 High Pressure Service. aelew York Sun,) The large pereentitge, of combustible buildings and the :leeproper conditions as regards safety that obtain in most .American cities have finally forced upon the attention of mtutteipal governments the necessu y of making provision for an absolutely trustworthy fire fighting weapon. It is the opinion of fire under- writers and expert engineers, says Her- bert T. Wade in Inc article upon "High Pressure Fire Protection" in the current Review of Reviews, that the high pres- sure service is most imperative in cities 01 any great Si* that it is the best weapon against fire yet evolved and that its installatipu should be required in all cities where, there are congested and hazardous .risk because of the per- centage of danaetous buildings in close proximity. e. "During- Fi,;,transitional,,period, as it were," Idr.:,F\'ade says in summing up his subject, "when' new construction is mainly fireproof or fire resisting fire protection for our cities is an expensive and imported' consideration. However, it is the price that must be paid for er- rors of the past, and the American peo- ple cannot compare the conditions in their own cities with those of Europe, where for centuries building has taken place with due regard to the danger of fire; so that for American cities with their tall buildinge most unfavorably located in congested districts the main fire 'protection in the future must con- sist in an adequate water supply at a higher pressure than the average do- mestic supply, administered by fire de- partments no ways inferior to those of the present day as regards organization and personnel, but even better equipped for meeting extraordinary emergencies. "For such conditions the independent high pressure fire service of to -day is the most useful means that the firemen has at his disposal, and engineers and underwriters believe with all confidence that it will set prove in any serious test with an actual fire," The writer points out at the outset that alt adequate water supply. avail- able at any part of the city and to an unlimited Volume, is the chief asset i11 reducing fire losses in American cities. There are very fen' cities on this side of the Atlantic that. have a city water- works saprobic of exerting enough pres- sure to throw stamens of water to the upper storey" igli blliidin s, anti,. fewer,�,. yet IFI . e streets are' laziti mains large enough and strong enough to carry a volume. of water under suffi- elent pressure $o ho wholly adequate in time of emergency. In most cities the plains and stand- pipes on the lbwildiings were installed in the day of low pressure, and even with facilities at hand for getting a strong head on the water used in fire fighting, the weakness of thet es negatives any \etre- York's high pt sari• eyetem, stung attempt at inereasingthe pressure. some facts not generally known to the In too many, cities, too, the increase Public- Mr, Wadeny 1` i in population :and spread of building "In Manhattan the problem tib, n was meta - have far outdistanced the limit of use- rally more extenelve and enmplicated fulness of the Water available for fight- [than in Brooklyn]. for here was a re- ing fires. It is in just such contmuni- gion of congested risks for their extent ties, and then number is great, that the :end character probably unequalled any- Ten years afterward, Lady Leigh watched a scene from the lawn at Lynne- wolde that charmed her. It was a beau- tiful evening in June; the soft breeze was filled with the perfume of roses and lilacs. Lord Lynne sat under the shade of the great chestnut, with Lady Florence by his side . Mrs. Lynne, now a silver -haired, feeble woman, sat near them, and a group of children were play- ing upon the lawn with a large dog, their especial pride and pet. A fine, handsome boy, the heir of Lynnewolde, was trying to make his little sister ride upon the dog, but the child resisted. "Then you come, Maud," he cried, turning to a lovely little girl near him. "You try. Inez is a coward." "Hush, Allan!" cried his father. "Come here, my darling," ho said to the little one; she had dark mournful eyes, and hair black as the raven's wing, "Come here and stay with me. Mind, Allan," he said, "remember what I have so often told you; you must always be kind to Inez." Ile took her in his arms and kissed her, because she bore his dead wife's name. IIe had not forgotten that grave in the far -oft land, although he made his true choice at last, The End. Quite E ceptional- , An elderly gentleman dropped dead in a New York street ear after rising to give a lady his seat. There is no fear of it fatal epidemic from tbis enuso,— New York World. DAILY MISHAPS MAKE zAM-BUN A DAILY NEED, A.CCIDENTS will happen in the nee'" -- best regulated homes; and having a box of Zam-i3uk handy is a precaution that has saved thousands of families much worry and expense. There is never any knowing what a small injury may lead up to if neglected. The stoppage of the bleeding, or the pain from a cut, burn, or scald, lulls many people into a false sense of security, Dust getting into a wound may set up festering, inflammation, and blood -poisoning. In a similar way, a tiny cut may be the starting point of itching and irritating eczema; and the spot your child scratches on his head, the unsuspected beginning of ringworm or some other hair -destroying scalp disease. Mien -1311k. while such a perfect healer. is also the inveterate enemy of ekin-disease. A burn, scald, cat, or bruise promptly and regularly dressed with this rare and rich balm cannot "turn the wrong way" ; and any tendency of the skin to become itchy. inflamed, or ^• mattery. " is speedily checked, This is because Zam-Buk not only grows new, healthy skin. but, being so refined, is absorbed by the ports, and its healing essences make perfectly healthy all the underlying tissues. Always keep a box of Zarn-Buk handy, for daily mishaps make Zam-Buk a daily need, __...-.._..-. _.. CtiIZD WINEDBY ST$1tE 6.11). Mrs, H. Glydtestone, of 106, Rawdon Street, Brantford, Ont.. says:—"I find Zam.Ituk a splendid healer of children's injuries. My little boy burned his foot very badly on the red-hot lid of the stove. The skin was completely burned off, and he had a shocking foot, the wound turning to a running sore, festering and discharging. 1 applied Zara -Bak, and it effectively checked all disch:uging and festering, drew out the inflammation, and finally healed the wound niceli:' BAD SCALD CURED. Mrs. W. Corke7, 35, Richmond Sgnaro, Montreal, says:— My little grandson was severely scalded on bis right les from the knee to the ankle. This injury was vary serious, and demanded great attention, We used nothing but Zam-Buk, and it was wonderful how cooling and soothing it proved. It was some weeks before the leg was finally healed. but there was not a scar left to show where he had been scalded. M the house ' tiist-uid.' 1 chink 'Lam-Buk is without equal." Zaai-Buk li a positive and certain cure for cuts, bums, bruises, sprains, piles. festering sores, ulcers, scalds, blood -poisoning, eczema, scabs, chapped hands, cold -cracks, chilblains, ringworm, scalp sores, bad leg. diseased ankles, and all other skin diseases and injuries. Rubbed well into the parts atfeeted, it cures neuralgia, rheumatism. and sciatica. Alt Druggists an :Stores well at 50e. bat, three for 81.25. or post free front Zam Bu{k Co,„ Toronto for price.. 14w.'!8 it:471Var ' 'tl�' '1litii L:l. 'Glj!'ui,M {' ei^,"yr' 'Y i{:e"-.r,>a'v hrLzF9 i9'""ll.^ SI-VOvr.r .9 :.:u•-arn,.. extent of $3,200,000 for the purpose of putting in a new high pressure fire pro- teetiou and an auxiliary salt water sys- t'Rin, i'or fire purposes it huts beet decided to install an independent system with mains aggregating over ninety miles in length. These are to be fed by two great reciervoirs, each of 5,000,000 gal- lon> eapaeity, which are to be construct- ed at .a height of 7e5 feet above the lower portions of the city. Two complementary reservoirs 'are to be constructed at lower elevations, which will supply the ordinary pressure on the city's mains, but the highest re- servoirs will be able to keep, through `force of gravity, a constant high pres- sure head upon all the fire mains. This system promises to be capable of throw- ing from 8,000 to 12,000 gallons a minute under 300 pountls -pressure. The salt water stations will be independent of each other, so that the failure of one will not impair the work of the other or the System ae a whole. The writer gives the stain outlines of insurance meet have raised rates to such an extent that far seeing citizens in control of the Government are begin- ning to see that although the expense of installation of a high pressure system is great a compeneation out of all pro- portion to the first outlay will speedily follow through the reduction of the in- surance risks. The city of Cleveland was the first to evolve something. out of which de- veloped the modern idea, of high pres- sure fire service. It was in 1888 that the municipality authorized the Laying of a six-inch cast iron main from the river to the top of tenearby bluff, a distance of 700 or 800 feet. 'Whenever there was a fire in the vicinity of this main a fireboat, one of the earliest of its kind, coupled up to the river end of the pipe and sent a stream of water up to the spot where this auxiliary supply was most needed. Milwaukee, Detroit and Buffalo later adopted this speeial'fireboat auxiliary. In the two latter cities the original sin- gle line of pipe was 'expanded to a sys- tem, and now the eubstitttiou of perma- nent pumping stations to take the place of the fire tugs in iilsuu•ing a quick and steady application of high pressure ie being contemplated. In Milwaukee a 19 per cent. reduction .of insurance rates has followed the installation of this ad- junct to the water supply and in Buffa- lo there has been fa reduction of 30 cents on each $1,000 insurance. The city of Boston, was the next to take up the new iatei; In 1807-98 there was installed there aspermanent system of east Iron undergebuud mains, 5,000 feet in length, which was to offer an auxiliary snarly of sb;1t water, pumped from a fireboat constantly at bother at the bay encl of the n!nin.. This exten- sion of it special high pressure service over a limited area was extensively imi- tated Until first Philadelphia an then New York made he, wide step of in- stalling over a large, area a high pres- sure system controlled' by permanent pumping stations. o In giving an outline ,ef' the spread of the high pressure idea the Review of Re- views Writer pays merited attention to the big project that is some to be put through by Saar Francisco, Having once suffered so terribly becartse its water system failed it in enxet'gency the Paci- fic Coast pity has bended itself to .the where in the world. It wee: necessary to inerea.-a greatly tli.+ five' protection and the amount of water, capecially in cer- tain downtown di-tricts, and according- ly it was determined to install a high pressure fire 1118111 system within the district bounded by Twenty-third street, Third avenue and the Bowery, Chambers street anti North River, with two pump- ing etretiorw, one at ()liver and South streets, on the Hast River and the other rib tira.usevoort and West streets, on the North River. "111 July of the present year this sye- tem was put into operation and involves some sixty-three milers of extra heavy cast iron mains through which can be forced nitre water than all the fire en- gines he the borough can pump, and what is more, this noisily can be concen- trated on any single block. In other word, when the five eentri1ugal pumps at melt station are working together the combined eapacity exceeds 30,000,000 gallons a minute. and melee line been left at each station for installing three additional units. ".ht the Manhattan system great etre ht.; been taken to remedy the previous grave defects of tbe distribution systems anel hydrante. 'i'he protected district, which nnun me to 1,434 noes, or about one-tenth the arta of Manhattan Island, is surrounded by twenty-four inch mine, whiles meals of that or smaller size down to twelve 'Manes in diameter cstn1plettly gridiron the district. "On these 1,272 hydrants are so placed that there is always one within 400 feet of any single building and in sufficient number to enable sixty streams of wa- ter, each amounting to 500 gallons, to be brought to bear on any single Meek without employing lease of any greater length than 400 to 500 feet in any ease, "Thus, for the block bounded by Twenty-third street, Fifth and Sixth avenues and Twenty-second street there aro available sixteen hydrants, from which in one day, with the pumps work- ing at full capacity, enough water could be obtait'ece to eor'er the block to a depth of thirty-six feet -•-'in other words 5,760,000 cubic feet, or 43,000,000 gal- lons." OLD, OLD STORY. It came to pass In front of a looking giass. His collar button fell. Flo hunted it long and well, "Right byre it dropped," lie said and flopped Down on the floor To explore. lit searched for it everywhere; It wasn't there. (No. you're not a good guesser; It didn't raM under the dresser.) Ho shook the rugs, and then Explored the floor again. With language Strong He crawled along, And searched, and searched, and ash - e4 Ant searched, and searched, and non But couldn't rind the beastly thing. That tender button had taken wing. But late that night, Upon disrobing tltate, Ho found It preparo for a shookl— Tlio collar button was In his sock! (Explanatory note.—"This actually happen, ed," said the unfortunate person who send( In the foregoing; "you can use It?" We caul —but don't let It hasten again,) Repeat it: —"Shiloh's Cure will always cure my coughs and colds." e-0-a•�++�-+�-o-�-wee-� ++�•a+-e-.o•-wa DOS NOT NEED A DOCTOR. :lire. F. Foram. 1'al{eyfi+>ld. Que., says: "1 always use Baby's Own Tablets for my little one, and therefore never need a doctor. le'hen my baby is feverish or rest- less I give her a Tablet and in a couple of hours she is all right. 7.'lity have been of the greatest benefit to her when teething, and are just the thing in all emergen- cies" These Tablets promptly cure colic, indigestion, constipation, diarrhoea, destroy worms, break up colds and make teething easy. Goad for children of all ages. Sold by medicine dealers or by mail at 23 cents a box from The Dr. Wil- lituns' Medicine Company, Broek- S il1e, Ont. •0-+-1-+.4-t'0-•-4'++4 '+-4. 4 Debate. "You never went to jail for the cause." • "Did you ever hit a constable with your umbrella?" was the heated rejoin. der. "Well, I chained myself to it chair I had no right to occupy in a gathering where I was an impudent interloper.' "Pah!" Casual hearers understood, of course, that the suffragettes of England were in session.—Philadelphia Ledger. ls,apaat its--" Shiloh's Ours will al. ways cure my coughs and colds." a.A A Subtle Hint, A representative in Congress, who h the father of several bright girls, tell a story whereof one daughter is the mail figure. ":For a long time," says the represel s ttitive, "I had the had habit of loin„ about the lower floor when the girls h• men callers. One evening I had settle( in an easy chair in the reception room just off the drawing room, when one a my girls, who was talking to a bright chap from our OWTS state, ealled out.. "'Dad!' "'What is it, slaughter?' "".it's 9 o'clock, dad, the hour what Tom and I usually go into committee.' ---Harper's Weekly, Repeat it:—"rShiloh's Cure wit always cure my coughs and colds," as 0 Even the fellow who loves to be aS the top of the heap doesn't prefer an Tap per berth in a sleeping oar. When a fellow is taker,: in he is gear erally put out about it,