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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1911-09-01, Page 7dei n� See the amt sr'o,• Lune µ, e not: Lor' Lies, sm•• It ern. tde• he Ler,. ac- les - to. the me. nee ' She had the grace to look asham- od ±'. ed, and Joy nodded,... speech just ho ;' then beilig an impossibility. 3m "J'eni was fair furious that day. 'en He'd heard a lot of silly talk in the sus CHAPTER XVII. (Copt'd) Joy .began to feel that, after all, "Lor' yes ." Diet exclaimed.'"I Mr. Stibbard might pessosquali- ties of a 'higher order than those tiever—had him here, - Whatever would hei•.ladyship have said? She'd with which she had credited him; have pulled a pretty long face; she his attack upon Sir Godfrey had doesn''t hold with iris and men plainly been, the.result of momen- haviu g a good ood time together. She's Lary anger and jealousy, It was quite within the regions of probe - as jealous as ever she . be about bility that Violet had herself driv- me and Cousin me Godfrey. Jem used en. him to the verge of madness by ine to meet 'in.different places,— sometimes her whims and coquettishness.; and anothertes "one 'copse, in any case, whatever his former +envthwas and—t:lie day •Cousin Goll mistakes, the young man seethed fret' was hurt—you •know VS desirgits now of acting squarely. Jem and ma met that day 2. ."11,1r. Stibbard is quite right." .Joy. said. "You can't pretend to be just a girl at home here .:i'vhen Yoe are really a married woman. It would be very wrong, and there is 110 reason why you should do anything so wrong and deceitful. Your husband ought to be 'here with you. It isn't fair to Lady Martindale or to Sir Godfrey to hide the truth from them." "I couldn't tell them!" Violet cried, her face growing white again. "I should die of fright if I tried to tell them, and I—oh 1 . I don't know whatever Jem would do here"—she laughed hysterical- ly, "He doesn't seem much like a country gentleman, and I'm dead sick of the country myself; I hate it-" "Perhaps you could live in 'Lon- don P' -"My goodness!" Violet continu- ed, not noticing Joy's words. "When I first came here I thought it would be lovely to live in a great house and to have a lot of ser- vants. Now I hate it 1 I hate the servants spying round and noticing every time I say or do anything different from other people and I'a'n sick to death of trying to be genteel—sick to death of it!" "Perhaps," Joy was beginning again, when there was a tap on the door and Evans, Violet's maid, brought in a telegram, which she handed to Joy. "A 'telegram for ire t` allow' fire- ,-1" tie- yi" Joy exclaieeed. "I do hope "You went to Mr. Stibbard?" ?tune Rachel—oh! but it's a lovely "I went first to his lodgings. I telegram 1" she exclaimed, having wanted to make him •,go away out of the country, i:. case Cousin God- frey died. I would have gone with him. I was just mad that clay, Joy. And Jem—he took me round eo Mrs. Dawson, and he told me he wasn't going to run away, no tear! Ohl Jem's no coward," she added proudly, "but -but I'd let him sec by that what a lot 1 cared for hint, and be. begged and im- plored of me to marry him. And i—I was so miserable, nothing Seemed to matter any more, and to—I did what he asked." "Then it was awedding-ring you dropped just now?' Joy could not keep a touch of sternness out of her voice; to her simple, straight- forward character underhand deal- ing was as incomprehensible as it was repugnant. She shrank a lit- tle from Violet's touch. "You think I'm a vile beast!" 'V'iolet. exclaimed impetuously. "If you loved anybody .the same as I do Jem, you'd know' how hard it is to say 'no' to themwhen they beg of you to do what'll.make them happy. I tell you I was too wret- Chted myself to care what I did, and so, when Jem worried me to marry him, one morning I just went roehd with him to the nearest nhureh and we were married. • We got a li- eense and there wasn't any bother, and nobody knows a thing about it --not even Mrs. Dawson. ,She'd be wild with me if shg'did know : she's always been set on my making a good marriages, Lend all that.' "But why should you have de- ceived• everybody? Why did you want to keep your marriage a sec- ret" You were free to marry any- -body you chem." Joy's tones were very puzzled; she could not understand the na- tural love of secrecy and intrigue inherent in the other girl. She stared .dumbly at 'Violet's flushed and excited"face, trying to unravel the mystery of a character which baffled her completely. - "It was me that wanted to keens it quiet," Violet resumed, "Jed he vas, all for being above -board and. telling everybody straight off, But I. knew well enough there'd be �a jolly fuss hero With herladyship, And Cousin Godfi:3x, he'd lie angry wind: liiirt, and I—well; I.jttst didn't ith ex - ,der ng [tla by,. nee, herr village about ire and Cousin God- frey, and he wanted me- to marry him right off. He raved about Cousin Godfrey till I was so fright- ened S didn't know whatever to do. If I'd thought he was going to meet Cousin Godfrey in the lane that .evening, I'd never have let him go, Lee:. ,,,alone—never 1 They met, you know 'e;--Cousin Godfrey and Jem. He an talked to Cousin Godfrey, and got 'af .} in a regular state., and said a lot `, of things he never ought to have ese ei said. Then he was just mad with Lre jealousy and anger; he lifted his ref stick and knocked Cousin Godfrey h� "y down." Over the last words Vie - he let's voice shook; she continued ha i .speaking in a whisper. "Jem thought he'd killed him; he was in of a way about it. And when Cousin Godfrey was so bad, when we he thought he would die; I was nearly wild with terror. I didn't feel as I could live through those days ; of- ten and often I could have scream- / ,ed with misery. And, that day, when the doctor said Cousin God- frey wouldn't get better, I just couldn't bear another minute of it. I thought Jem would be hung for murder, and when I thought of Clete; I knew I loved him better than' anything' in the world, and I • ran away to him." - it 32 co a�- P. ,g 1. .e g a d 0 s. r, p g r. 1, s e 3 3 3 read the words on the pink paper. "Roger's in England—Roger is actually at home, and wants to come and see me, if you will allow him." Her face was alight with happi- ness, her eyes shone like two grey states. "Would you mind if he came to see me to -morrow?" she asked eagerly. "Mind! I'd be pleased for you to have him, and I want to see him myself." "He sends el, reply -paid mes- sage." Joy took a telegraph from the salver Evans held. "I wonder what he can want to see me about? He says `Urgent business.' 1 didn't know I had any business that there could be something ur- gent about, And I never even knew Roger was in England." "You're awfully fond of your friend Roger, ,aren't you?" Violet asked,. when the two girls were again alone. "Fond of Roger ! Why, of course," Joy answered quickly. "He has always been like ray. bro- ther; lie--" She stopped sudden- ly ; that was the phrase Violet bad used when speaking long ago of Mr. Stibbard. Violet had declared that Jem was exactly like a bro- ther—only a brother—and now she was saying- that Rogers was like her brother. But—was he? A sudden vision of Roger's face swept before her, Roger's face as she had last; seen it when she leant out of the 'carriage at Waterl:,o to say good-bye to him. The look in his eyes came back to her, the lock that had set her pulses throbai ig then—that set them throbbing again now, until their swift beat- ing sent the blood into her checks in one vivid, overpowering blush. "There are sorts and so cts of brothers." Violet said shrew:ily. "I'm 'glad" Mr. Hassall is cimei'tg fo-morrow ; T want to see him. "And" --her voice changed—''you won't say anything about Jem and me to Lady Martindale, not till I give yof'i leave ? You won't tell her about the ring?" "Of course I won't,"1, Joy lifted herihead. proudly. "I don't tell. tales ; bet you must let Lady Mar- tiitdele' and Sir Godfrey know all clncacse to .fact: it all. Jem; lie was the .:truth )corset£, 1 can't stag •veered with me .over keel -singe it herewith you .unless you telt thew critic t „ the truth." But when the next morning came,,' 0110110114).11~6111011141~10,11~6.060 bringit.g with it Roger Hassall acid his bundle of business papers, it soon became evident that Joy's so- journ • at Standon. Towers did not depend upon anything Violet might do, or say, but entirely upon her own inclination. "For you see." Roger said, when seated in the. great library, he had unfolded to her . the strange story of Thomas Palkter and his for - fame, "there is not the slightest eloubt:that you are Thomas Falk- ner's niece and sole heiress. Yon are a very rich woman, little Joy. You can go where you like and do On the Farm CARE OF DAIRY HBRDS. Co increase the profits frorn our herds or decrease the profits of production we must eliminate the cows which individually run .us into debt, writes J. W. Kelly. In 'the second place, we Must feed our cows more intelligently. The feeding of a dairy .heed to pro - what you like. You are a very rich duce profits more economically is woman indeed." a hard -proposition to put to a man "Then I can buy back the Manor at the present time. Under the House for Atint 1-taehet 1" exclaim- 'present conditions the only wary to ed the girl eagerly. "Oh ! Roger, produce butter fat at less cost than how lovely—I can buy back the we did -last year is by increasing Manor House, and Aunt Rachel .the.efficiency of our home-grown can go .home again." dairy, foods. Roger's eyes gleamed. It was The feeding value of our home- so like Joy's loving heart to think grown foods will depend .largely first of those she loved; from the upon their palatability. By feed - days of her bebyhooc:4 she had al- inn a variety of feeds we make our ways wanted to share her gifts, her pleasures, her joys, with other`s• The nature of the girl was exactly what the nature of the child had been. "Can it be done soon?" she ask cid. "Can what` be done soon?" "The getting back of the Manor House," Joy answered, almost im- patiently. "The people who bought it have never lived there; they went abroad directly afterwards. and the dear old house has been empty ever since. Can't we get it back for Aunt Rachel2" "We must talk over all ; that later; there is so much for you to think about and decide. But even if it were found possible to buy back. the Manor House, Aunt Rachel couldn't afford to live there. Every penny beyond what was swallowed up by the disaster was used to buy, her her tiny annuity. She could not live at the Manor Horse on that 1" "Ent if I am rich—if it is really fodders ;that early cut hay is more easily digested than late cut hay and that grain and concentrates are more easily digested than has and coarse (adders. We can make a balanced ration from Born ensilage and, alfalfa hay, but such a ration et n t;iiee an pix cess of coarse fibre -and. xeq.uiree i:•ou great an expenditure of energy to digest and assimilate it, Sueh a ration may be greatly improved by tb.e addition of a few...image's" of coucentrates. Cows that are giving milk must have an abundance of protein. The mere protein we feed up to a cer• tain Point the larger the milk flow. It is the amount of food over and~ above that .required to maintain the body that goes to stimulate the' milk production. The German standard of feeding calls for i. ziounds .of protein `for every ten or twelve pounds of milk. Another principle is that feed- ing concentrates rich in nitrogen and mineral .matter increases the rations more appetizing and pala Value of the manure and much of table than a few foods. the profits from high feeding must Ensilage and roots are more pa.- be made through the fertility latable than dry fodders. Cows brought unto the farm by the in - that are feel these appetizing feeds creased value of the manurial ler- with clover hay will eat more hay Billy. than when eonfin•ed to clover alone. But, high feeding is not always Early cut hay is more suited to `tire most profitable. This is a mat= the ration than late eut hay and the ter that must be worked out by the cows es man himself, according to his farm of it. } I1n1 feeding home-grown feconsume large eds and condition. Conditions are not we must feed such foods in a prac- the same on two farms. The dif- ference w•a,y, as will induce the cows ference in cows, the kinds and to: eat more.•amount of available home-grown The more easily digested ration, foods. the market prices of dairy the larger the milk flow. A eer- products and dairy foods, compel tain amount of energy is required each man to'work out the problem to prepare these foods for assimi- as it applies' to his own particular la Chin. In feeding coarse foods we farm, always watching the milk fried this is a large per cent. '.l '.tder pasture grass is more ea...4 digested than dry fodders. :Again we see the succulent foods are: more easily digested than dry whenever .she needed him. What fact he -not done for her ? Mended true that I am rich, she could live' lien; toys, •helped her to plant her there with me !" Joy exclaimed "Didn't she take care of me when I was a little . tiresome baby l Didn't she spend pounds and pounds on my education, and my garden, taught her to ride, trained her, to appreciate the great works of.literature, talked out her diffi- eatlties; with .her, comforted her youthful' griefs. Ot to make Wily, Roger had been her. world! clothes, and on everything g Her e es looked out o£ the window me happy`? Now I can begin •to 3". pay back something of what I Owe ;rcruss the garden -where thewhe11e her. Onlynothing can pity far all .:W,' �. bright with hyacinths, „ ,�; - .c.'€ron the.,lawn' show edd- sire 'did for ire . M da'itll it .anfer:ling - buds—and the Roger,. seated at the oak writing- y table, his papers strewn before sense ol;:spring-time and of ;lad him, looked for a moment into the nesR spread over her heart like a eager, flushed face, then loekkde& od.. ben n er hadRoger een ller world quickly away again. It was her world me ;li rll.0 eer-- to maintain a quiet and composed! • tit - g demeanor in her presence, hard to'.`r l' ori quite understand, Joy?" look into her sweet eyes and net I Boge" s voice broke in again upon let his own tell their story, hardest '.lte=r .reverie, and awoke her from of all not to gather her into his a' sei"'res of day -dreams to the rea- arms and kiss her, after all then lization that .she had not the dim - months of absence, during which meat' idea how long he had been he had grown hungry for the sigh,t speaking, or what _bad been the of her face and the sound of heel m« tter. of Iris conversation. She voice. • f looked' at him with deprecating Because of the great effort he ! a':,r"^ ' was making to be self-controlled • ' Jin ! Roger, I --t m afraid I and merelybrotherly, his manner 1 wasn't quite attending to all the was more tiff and formal than he k•"+ part," she faltered; "niy quite knew; and Joy felt, with al thoughaha Gwent waays. I ndering s rememberingawto little sense of chill, that the Roger who sat opposite to her on thio the Manor House and—and every - April afternoon was" not the same thieve." Roger who, when he said good "Naughty child:" Roger spoke bye, had held her hand in so lin- playfully, buts -Joy noticed, with a geeing a hand -clasp, and looked so pang, that he barely glanced at deep into her eyes. This was not her. "Yon must turn into a busi- even the Roger who had always nes woman now, and learn to un- treated her as a very precious derstand all the details of your younger sister; he was more like a fortune. It is—a great responsi- stranger, kind and courteous, but bi"rity as well as a great boon." still—a stranger --:a stranger most '?;won't let my thoughts wander desirous to do everything for her any elite mare; tell me again all the best interests, but—astranger esaet particulars, and I will try Still. • Some of the pleasure of hear- tounderstand them all, every one. ing that she was rich, of feeling It is lucky I have got you to take. that she could help Aunt Rachel; Bare of the fortune for me and help was' diminished by that souse of me withito Abe cont'inuecl.) aloofness from Roger, to whom she f had always carried all tlf'e joys and •, sorrows ofeher childhood and girl- hood -Roger, who had been—who , had been—what? to her: One half of her brain was busy with these thoughts, whilst with. the ether she listened to Roger's lucid explanations of her financial possibilities, and when the end of her reflections brought ' her up short with the question -what had Roger been to her?—she found her- self unable to answer her own ,;question. She lost the thread of Roger's words; her attention wan- dered away `from his dissertation on the profits of a sheep run, and on the money banked in Sydney,` and she no longer tried to follow the words in which he informed her of this investment and of that. With that extraordinary futility for picture -making contrnoii to every human being, there iapid]y formed itself before her mind a picture of the Manor House and of Roger always Roger at her beck and call, '•ready for. every emerg+e•ncy, .revue tailing her, invariably eat hand ETLASES SES liNUEJOYOUS Yl'L3',f, GIVE A 111.OR1! CH.EE]lt• 1?1L'L DISPOSITION,. Craving For Strang Drinit lDistt•1 pear's When Eye Iteceire Attention.` Spectacles as promoters of cheer- fulness are advocated by Mr. Justice Stahn, the well known as- tronomer of Baltimore.. In a letter published in The Sun a writer lamented that the number of women wlio wear glasses in this country seems to be increasing and . inquired the cause of these condi- tions:. ' Mr. Stellate takes up the argument in de£ense of the spectael- eel ones' and maintaiva that instead of grieving and pining they would do • well to count themselves lucky in, being numbered among those who du wear glasses. Mr. .Stahn presents in a convinc- ing and clear way the reasons why glasses are worn and should be worn.. He first points out that glasses really relieve mann ills to which humanity is heir. He states in his introduction that the eye is probably the most sensitive organ of all kinds of human beings, and that if they are not perfect in per- forming the functions required of them serious cases, including many ailments, he names dizziness, wrinkles of the forehead, restless- ness, peevishness, disagreeable tem- per, indecision in action requiring will power, uncertainty in walking, timidity, and so on ad infinitum. flow} increasing the foods and pro- I Mr. Stahn says that there are tein until a point is reached that J those who go through life enjoying yields the most profit. only half of it, who if they would Cows must have good care and join the spectacled host would not comfortable surroundings if they only be more comfortable physical - are to respond to intelligent feed- lv but would have a more cheerful ing. The great problem in cornet disposition. tion with the stable is to keep it BEAUTY PROMOTERS• warm and well ventilated at the After his introduction Mr. Stahn same time. Pure air is just as nec- essary to the. cow as food. ` San- naively remarks that the regret ex - light is another essential. Dark pressed by the writer in the letter, stables where sunshine never reach- that there .are more American wo- es bred disease. Sunlight is .a men wearing glasses -than her Euro - tonic, a stimulator and invigura- peen sisters may be due to the fact tor to all animals. that glasses are cheaper here and There seems to be a wide diver that within the last few years sity of opinion among dairymen as Americans have taken a different to liow much exercise the dairy view of things- • A few years ago, lie d^ Irish -to -saw <Sayst•: glasses were considered ; o .be• tori slroirtt' h ; air the index of old age. `.Co -day• they : that I am not a member of the class maybe more often looked upon as who believe in shutting in the cows from October until Juno without the outward sign of 'inward intelli- turning them out for exercise. gence and as a sure preventive againi t wrinkles and harsh features. There are certain glasses, he says, which will do harm to one, but that if the person who needs them is only sensible and secures an expert 1 optometrist and gets glasses suit- able for the different need to which they may be put he will find that they will often prolong her beauty. Frowns will disappear in their wake. There will be no distortieeds There is a muscular tone and vigor that must be kept up to main- tain health. With all our present- day systems of ventilation and imr proved methods of tieing the cows, we must give the cows some out- door exercise if we secure the best results of production and procrea- tion. If we look upon the cow as a milk -producing machine alone and of facial muscles, the smile will be da not place a value upon her abil ! perennial and the glasses will net ity to bring a strong and vigorous as a motive power for kind thoughts springing from a heart bubbling with good humor. This, in gist,; forms part of Mr.• Stahn's defense. self, it may be more profitable for us to keep her inside all the time where she eau turn all of her en- ergy towards tlie producing of milk alone and be discarded in two or ELECTRICITY BL:1MEi). three years and another cow take her place, - "From niy observation," contin- Such practice may pay the milk ',nes Mr. Stahn, "I have found that producer but not a man who is very few who wore glasses are in - try ing to hui!cl up a herd of eco ebriates. The craving for strong nomical butter -makers. 1dr%nlc is due tv a great ectent to If any man thinks a little a :et , stomach .trouble, the trouble being cise a waste of energy let him shut i caused by lack of glasses in many himself up in a dun room kept at I! cases. _As soon as they are used the the right temperature all winter !trouble disappears,; consequently! and confine himself to ju:-.t such; craving for strong drink." kinds of food an dsee if he came I Discussing the reading of fine tconditiond, ; print,. against which the writer of through the winter in condition start t a hard spring's work.! the letter spoke. Mr. Stalin said if the experiment worked well ', `' f a person cannot get along well by himself why then he might be with fine print he should get glasses justified in trying it urs the cows.that will enable him to read it with ease and only wear the glasses for that purpose. Fine print is not harmful if the print is clear. For ordinary uses have another g,air of glasses and for long distance still another pair." Electriety is blamed in great part by Mr. Stalin for inflamed and bloodshot eyes. "Civilization," .lie declare?, "is pe'tverting the uses to Extra .Crap Bate l which the Lim was given to us. The , large office buildings and sky;rcrap- pers interfere with natural lighSt and the handy electric light •is re- sorted to. in order to make up the deficiency." THE BEST PRESERVES DURING TILE PRE SERV.IN SEASON Sugar. IS DAILY WINNING FRESH LA.IURELS. Its uniform high quality commends itself to all good housekeepers. "BEST FRUIT, BEST SUGAR, BEST PRESERVES." Ask your Grocer for Redpath Batra, Granuated Sugar he Canada Sugar Relining Co., Limited, Montreal Established in 1854 by John Redpath. Sone days nee a pretty giel about five years ,of age named :Rosa was teased a;ood deal by a gentle- man visiting the family, who finally, wound fire by saying e --"Rosa, 1 don't love you.'• Ali, but yeas., have got .tri," retoiied the child "How so i" asked her torrneuf,Jii "Why," said Reba, ",you must 1•.,yn them that hate yell, and I'm roi^e ' 1 htee"