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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1926-11-25, Page 6BY RAFAEL SABATINI. The Master Tale -Teller, Author of "Bardelys the Magnifice4nt." Another Stirring Stens, of Adventure mid Love 11.1 a New Setting -- The Peninsular War. DEM— NURSES The Toren% Itoepitel for lnourahles. offtlIallon Mils Bellevue and Mk d liosnifnh. Hort Teek City. Mere a three years' Bourse et Tralointi to young wawa, lia0111) th required education, and desirous of isOoolning horse*, This Hospital Imoadopted the eloht, hour system. Tha pupils reisolol Uniforlas Of the taboo!, a monthly alloiennen and trovellag egpert7tee to and free Nett Valli, For intim inereees write 11,0 Suherintentiont. "What of Richard Butier? Tell nes at a -e -a - WHO'S WHO. , !between O'Moy and the offender, m once." Lt. Richard Butler of the Irish eras! able to guess the sources of the hes'- I Seeing the men stricken speechless, goon, on a fel-Aging expedition during .taton oe Which he :now beheld suet ' Samoval frem bewildered aston Wish- ellington's carnyaign against the i unmistakable signs, the minister lsilent,a- O'Moy from distress, shejurnp- Fr ench n Portugal, hears a a rang turally misunderstood it. led to the conclusion ,that.,motives of i Wine;possested by some moan Drunk,i "There must be no flinching in this, 'modesty accounted for their sKence. /r. starts out to get some of it, lie grieral," he cried. "If you know Prin.. I "Leave us, Syivia, pease," she said. e , , ..n ere or themonastery seem:stakes a ne n *f opal Souza at all, you must know that"Forgive me. denr. But you se the he will not reliquish his position with- I will not moitiol'i 'these things'whil5.; '4,..,,rie Seeks, When admittance is refused, out o. fight. Give me now, that I may you'are present." believing the place is a "hotbed of, &Nisei?, he forces his way in. Shock-' publish everywhere, youofficial as- I She waited until the obedient and ed and gobered when he realizes his surance that this man, Butler, will be discreet Miss Arrnytage bad Passed shot, and I -assure you that Principal I from view. sacrilege, he turas to go, but strikes . , Souza, thus deprived of hie' stoutest I "Now," she bade them, "please tell leis head on a pillar and falls uncon- scious. I weapon, must succumb in the struggle nie," Sergt. Flanagan, who with a feW, that awaits lis." I And OiMoy delivered Mrnseif husk- . troops accompanied him, meanwhile is: "Then," said O'Moy slowly, "youily of the hideous truth. attacked by leeasants enraged at what may publish my official assurance that I Meanwhile, Miss Armytage tot* her they supposed was a deliberate oloe the officer in question will be . . . .eway to Sir Terencees workroom, know- tionviof"the convent. Outnumbered ten, shot when taken." I ing that she would find Capt. Tre- to one, he manages to escape when the: "General, I thank you. My country ,mayne there, and assuming that he abbessappenls to the peasants. I thanks you. You may be confident of would be alone. . this issue." He bowed graveiy to Sir Robert Crauford, commander of the light division, hears Flanagan's O'Moy and then to Trernayne. "Your ,report that ;Butler was left for dead. excellencies, I have the honor to wish "It is just as well," he says, "for Lord you good -day." Wellington would have had hnn shot. Sir Terence O'Moy, adjutant -gen - CHAPTER ,VI. eral of the Insh dragoons, learns that LADY O'MOY. Butler, who is his young wife's bro- Acrois the frontier in the northwest then fen the convent alive, but has was gathering the third French army not returned to his regiment. of invasion, commanded by Marshal Capt. Tremayne, O'Moy's secretary, Massena, while Weleington, at the reminds Sir Terence that Richard's head of a British force of little more • death would break Lady O'Moy's tl • ' • , watched and waited, maturing his of the strong friendship between Una'. i pendous • strategic plane Behind his wife, and the young captain. the Britsh army and immediately to Principal Souza of the council of north of Lisbon, in an are some 30 regency is opposed to Lord Wailing- i th?. i miles long, the lanes of Torres Vedras ton's plan to devastate part of Porta- i were being constructed under the di - gal, and interferes with military op -!rection of Colonel Fletcher and thip eretions until the British Brit- in-chiefcommander- has issued the ultimatum that P secretlY to remain unknown to ish and Portuguese alike. unless Souza be removed from thei To these line.s it was the British government he, Wellington, wilil with-' 1commander's plan to effect a slow re- uraw from the country. treat before the French flood when it Miguel Forjas, Portugueee secrtary I should sweep forwardnthus luring the of state, warns O'Moy that Butler' must be punished. heart. O'Moyhas always been jealous e relic os enemy onward into a country which he had commanded should be laid re- lentlessly waste, that there that enemy CHAPTER in, ( Con t'd.) might first be starved and afterwards destroyed. Such was his terrible de - shrewd enough to apprehend to the 111 himseif Dom Miguel. Forjas was mend upon the country for its own saivation. fuil the military genlus of the British The northern nobles whose lands commander-in-chief, fruits of which he had already witnessed and he knew must suffer opposed the measure vio- iently. .And Antonio de Souza made that unless this man and the troops himself their champion until he was under his command remained in Por- by Wellington's ultimatum to nagel and enjoyed complete liberty a broken action there could be no hope of stem- the Council.Souza quitted the government and ming the third invasion for which i the. capital as had been demanded. But Massena—the ablest of elf Naesoleon's if Wellington hoped that he would marshals—was now gathering his di - quit intriguing, he misjudged his man. visions in the north, and Portuguese So that be ruined Weilington it mat - independence would be ground to dust tered nothing to Antonio de Souza under the heel of the terrible emperor. lf "This," he said at length in a voice that he should ruin himseand his that was awed, "is an ultimatum." own country at the same time. In that mood he passed out of the councils of "It is that," O'Moy admitted readily. "Perhaps it is as well," he said. the Portuguese government into a "That Lord Wellington should go?" the and secretly active retire - cried O'Moy. "That Lord Weilington should an- As a result of Souza's downfall 0'- flounce intentions of going," Forjas •Mey was able to breathe more freely. el -,lined And having admitted Then, too, as the weeks passed, the ' so. shadow overhanging him with regard much, he now stripped off the off -Icier: mask compietely. He spoke with his Ito Richard Butler gradually lifted. , No further hvord had there been of own voice, and not with that of the council whose mouthpiece he was. eof the missing lieutenant, and by the end , of May both O'Moy and Tremayne ceurse, it will never be permitted. had come t� the conciusion that he Lord Weilington has been entrusted must have met death at the hands of with the defence of the country by the some of the ferocious mountaineers. Prince Regent; consequently it is the duty of every Portuguese to ensure I O'Moy dreaded the moment when explanation must be made to his wife, that at all costs he shall continue in that office." of Richard's absence. O'Moy was mystified, I In the end, however, he was spared "But your excellency understands the necessity of falsehood.. For the the terms—the only terms upon which -truth itself reached Lady O'Moy in an his lordship will zo continue?" unexpected manner. It came about a month after that "Perfectly. I shall hasten to con - day when O'Moy had first received news of the escapade at Tavora. He, with his wife and her cousin, Sylvia Armytage, were breakfasting one morning when Mullins broke in upon them with the announcement of a visit from Count Samoval. CHAPTER VII. HIDEOUS TRUTH. The Portuguese nobleman a slend- er. handsome, swarthy man Of 30 was introduced. His friendship with the OiMoys, now some three months old, had been considerably strengthened of late by the fact that 'he had unexpectediy be- come one of the most hostile critics of the council of regency as lately con- stiteted, and one of the most ardent supporter% of the Wellingtoni an policy. He bowed with supremest grace to the ladies, ventured to kiss the fair, smooth hand of his hostess, and took the chair O'Moy was proffering. 'Good neves, I hear, general. An- tonio de SZeza's removal from the government is already bearing fruit, The mils in the valley of the Mondego are being effectively destroyed at last." "Ye'rc very well informed," grunted O'Moy, Who himself had but received the news. -There was a note almost of suspicion in the words, and he was vexed that select matters should so non be put abroad. "Naturaiey, and with reason," was the answer, delivered with a rueful smile. "Am 1 not interested? Is not some of my property in question? Rut bow to the necessities of war. The individuai uniet eeffer that the Tuition nese trill/nide A Roman maxim, my dear -generel." "And a British one," said O'Moy, "Oh, acheittedlydi replied the nini- abi "You proved it by your uncompromising firmness in the afeair of Tavrn. And th your own interests, my dear .general, 1 trust there -will bo weakeningno Whn this Lt. Butler is eaught, and—" ' "Who?" her ladyship asked sharply. "Cenerai---Richatd Butler," answer - In the scared hush that followed the count perceived that he. had stumbled headlong into a 311 y$tery, He • staw Lady O'Moy's faee tern whiter and Whiter at she regarded "Richard Butler!" ehe ethoed. vcy those terms to the council. It is also quite clear that I may convey to my government your assurance that the .officer responsible for the raid on the convent at Tavora will be shot when taken?" linowing nothing of the relationship or the Heaviest Woolens or the Finest Laces and Silks Qor the,whole Faraihi • Wash me Ifothing Cleanses so Thoroug.hly. and Safely as LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED TOeitONTO 1,537 lenUE Nae 47—'26. "May I come in?" she asked him from the doorway. Ile sprang to his feet. "Why, cer- tainly, Miss Armytage." For so im- perturbable a young man he -seemed oddly breathless in his eagerness to welcome her. She closed the door and came forward into he room. "I want you to tell me something, Capt. Tremayne, and I want you to be frank with inc." "I hope I could never :be anything else." "What has Dick Butler been doing?" He looked into her face with sharp- ly questioning eyes. What have you heard?" "Only that he has done something at Tavora for which the consequences may be grave. Una sent me away on the plea of my youth and innocence, which were not to be offended. But I can trust you to tell me without offendine" "Sylvia I" It was a curious exclama- tion of satisfaction and of gratitude for the implied confidence. She stiffened perceptibly. "Won't you tell me what I want to know?" He told her quite simply the -whole story, not forgetting to give promin- ence to the circumstances extenuating it in Butler's favor. "And when he is taken," she asked, "what—what will happen to him?" He looked at her, hesitating for a moment, then answered her: "O'Moy has pledged his word to the Portu- guese government that Dick Butler shall be shot when taken." "Terence did that?" Sylvia's face was white. "He was compelled to it. Honor and duty demanded no less of him." "Honor?" She uttered the word al- most with contempt. "And what of • Una?" I "I ant thinking of Una when I say ,I should welcome the news of Dick's ' death somewhere in the Idles. It is the best that can be hoped for." "I had better go to her at once. She will be needing me, poor child. ram grateful to you, Capt. Tremayne, for your confidence and for telling me." And thus she left him very thoughtful as concerned for Una as she was her- self. (To be continued.) The Hill. "I thought you would like it," Was whet you saki, And dumb with beauty, I bent my head. Whispering poplars, Moonehade playing, Our hushed yokes, Moon -light graying. Grass -green meadows That darkened down To far lights marking A little town. 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Noewich—this quiet old Ensh city —is the , headquartees of one of the world's quaintest cottage industries, the breeding of hundreds of thousands of canaries, whose songs are heard hi nearly every tountry in the world. Little is commonly known of the surd vival of this industry through the changee and upheavals of the indus- trial age, but since the Flemish weav- ers were driven from their country in 1534, and settled at Worsted, now a deoa.ying vilaagedabout 12 miles from Norwich, bringing their canaries with them and teaching their English teigh- bars how to handle them, the canary industry has been an important source of income to thousands of females. There is said to be scarcely a work- ingnian's bome Ia Norwieli that does not house growing colonies of axles. The owners give the most lov- ing care and thoughful attention to thee- blexisewho repay by flooding the eottages and tenements with their songs. When the young Weds are ready for sale they are packed, each in its own little cage, with a three days' supply of food and with a sponge in the watercup to assure moisture and drinking supplies. • Th.ls' is the shipping season amt as the bird e are gathered for shipment by motor trucks they sing and add their quota to the din and excitement of leavetakiing. As a nee they go to wholesale dealene in Germany and from there are sent all over the worla. The breeders of the canaries devote much time and patience to teaching the birds to Bing. It hes been found that by drawing, a cork along a glees battle in a certain way the canary gen be closely imitated. The owner sits in front of the Cage and gatiesitly rube the cork until the canaries unable to moist the swinging tones, join in the elterue and are soon ;verb -ling 011 day long, Prem W11 economic etendpeint the industry is mere important than might be though toll it is ,estimatecl that the birds seta by the Norwieli breeders during the present season will bring aboet £100,000 to the dis- trict. .1 Of on on s bridges, s. ,/in, horse traffic is heaviest on the Tower Bridge, with Waterloo Dridgo ccept tt : n-'seiL T38 rine tea at itsloest. Orally 43c per % 1.^...n.•••••• LORD AND LADY BYNG .‘:NSPLA1.111 CANADA TO TETE HOE N ESSEX Lord and Ledy Byng have misled back to England with them mealy of the physioai and mental associations which they experienced during their tenure of flee at Rideau Hall, Ot- tawa; and they are endeavoring to make Thorne Hall, their old home, "a bit of Canada transplanted to Essex." After many years during which he had no permanent home, the formier gove.rnor-general of the dominimi IS home at last mid "would like very much to have a real rest." Plant Canadian Flowers. As we sat in the library of Thorne Heel, Lady Byng could be seen through the window, attiredin a beaded raoose- skin coat, •a Canadian gift, directing the operations of gardeners who were esnatiag a rock -garden of Canadian plants and flowers. The tanner govereongeneral spoke of his many friends in Canada, and of his great affections for the dominion. The constitutional question, he saki, "is past and gone. It would be futile to discuss, it now, and I have too great an affection Ear the Canadian people to wish for further controversy. I COOKING POTS GROW ON TRINIDAD TREES NATIVES PLUCK UTEN- SILS FROM PLANTS. • Home of Bees That Never Sting and Fish That Make Water Flame at Night. Vines which produce sponges and trees from -which natives may pluck conking utensils were described,by Dr. Fred J. Seaver, •curator at the New York Botanical Garden, in a lecture. Dr, Seaver, who with several other mycologists recently completed a sur- vey of the fungi of Porto Ricio and the Virgin Islands, said many new fangi had been collected in Trinidad, where ,puesed eleven weeks studying tropi- cal vegetation "The curiosities of Trinidad are riot confined to the animal kingdom," said Dr. Seaver. "There are not only the banyan trea with its many trunks and the cannon -ball tree with its peculiar fruit, but ale() vines which produce sponges and trees which grow conking utenetes as though nature had com- bined to make it as easy as possible for the residents of this tropical land." "The great cavern, of the Guaoh- aros," lee said, "is populated by a rare, *lord bird knowa as the guacharo, which files only by night and which when disturbed by day makes the cave resound like an inferno with its wild shrieks, and cries. Still 'other caves are populated with the vampire, or blood -sucking bat. "Other queer forms of animal life are the oysters which grow on. trees, the huge lightning hugs, which, it is claimed, are used as candles by the peasants, and the 'twenty -four-hour lizard," which runs over the ceilings of the houses, picking off files, which are greedily devoured as feed. 'They are called eweeity-fourhour lizards' because, ot a superstition that if one efieuld tale from the, °Wiling asea strike a human being the victim would die within twenty-four hours, Through sheer. oureasity we atteanptea to re- move some of thein from the wiling by using long .sticks, bet foundeit was hopeseible to do so because of their alertness and agility. "The phosphorescent iishes whin play about the shored making rings of fire in, the water et night are another attraction. The leaf -cutting ants ales arouse thein share of interest. 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