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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1920-09-16, Page 6• SSing all of cps in elicacy � nd Frag,ra ce EE rn.cs • Send US i' post card for a 'iree sample, i stating the price you now pay and if you use BIaek, Green or Mixed Tea Address SaIada: Torw to 5717 ibe st dose oft 5umer 13y RUPERT HUGHES. i i t CHAPTER VI. Josie, however would not acknowl- edge the ,inevitable autumn; she would not grow old with grace and resign- ation. She limped from the store, so sorry for a fallen tyrant as the I risen victim of tyranny? A few weeks later Deborah went again to the Shillaber house, eat again I on the sofa in the dining room. The shaking her unlovely head, Could this be Josie Shil.aher, who had romped i through life with beauty in and about everythirg she was and wore and did? Deborah could have moralized over; her as Hamlet over Y'oricl>'s sku11: Where be your pa0:1 cheeks, your full,1 red lips, your concise chin, and that; long, lithe throat, and those pearly' shoulders, and all that high -breasted,! spaidle-hipped, bean -limbed girlishness, of yours? And where your velocity,' your tireless laughter, your amorous enterprise? Could they have ever been a part of this eumberer of the grourd, creep-; ing almost as slowly and heavily as j a vine along a cold, t l:1y- wall. Deborah's hand went. to her heart, where there was an ache of pity for one who had never pitied her. It was! Deborah now that was almost girlish of form; she was only now fill,i ag out, j taking flesh upon her bones and rhythm into her members. And that scrawny chicken -breast of hers was becoming worthy of that so beautiful name for so dear a place; she was gaining. a bosom. She did not know how the whimsical sultan Time had shifted his favor to her from his; other slaves. • • She knew only that Josie was in 1 disgrace with beauty and"stared after her .in 'wet -eyed pity. Who can feel' children had all come home. Josie was in the parlor, almost hidden in flowers. She did not rise to receive her guests. They all filed by and looked at. her and shook their heads. She did not answer with a nod. Bird - aline wept over her, looking older and terrified. But.. Pamela was wonder- fully pretty in black. She sang Josie's favorite hymn, "Jesus, lover of my soul," wall .11 quartet accompanying leer. Then the preacher said a few words and prayed. Mr. Crautksnow was there, and so were his camp -stools. One of thein had collapsed, and the bass of the choir had been unable to open his. Some of the young people giggled, as always. But even for them the laughter was but the automatic whir of a released spring, and there was no mirth in the a,ir. Deborah was filled with a cowering awe, as one who sees a storm rush past and is unhurt save for the vision of its wreckage. The girl Pamela had sung here a year or so ago that song to the rose, and had •shredded the flower and ruined it and tossed it aside. So time had sung away the. rose Chet had been Josie. Deborah had heard the rose cry out its agony of dissolu- tion, and now it was fallen from the bush, scentless and dead. But it had left at least other buds to replace it. She Got the Y dh ow Pitcher • For thrills certain and cheap many i the `bid to 25 cents. The first bidder women prefer the auction room to the ; rose to 35 cents, and thinking that she wouldn't let her opponent walk away with the prize for an insignificant sum up she went. to 50 cents. By this time her face was flushed and the usual flung happened. "Sixty cents, 75 cents. $1, $1.25; and a half, and a half; make it $2?" She nodded, but the old game went on, and with every raise she felt more de- termined that other woman should not have the little yellow pitcher. As she reached $4.50 .opposition ceased and the innocent cried out: "Did I get it?" "You got it," replied the auctioneer. That night at dinner her husband re- marked jocosely that he presumed the two side chairs wouldn't conte home till next day, and added: "Of course you did not spend more than $5?" "No, I didn't; I spent only $4.50, and I bought—I bought--" But she could not bring herself to tell him, for by this thne she had waked up. best melodrama ever written. but it is the innocent who get.=..men t of them and reacts most violently. Quite re- cently a housekeeper noticed the red ting up on a house in her neighbor - hoed', and after looking the offerings l over she informed her husband that ' she meant to attend the sale. and ac- quire, if possible, two side chairs, which had might her fancy. He ad - I vised her to be careful and protect her! pocket by taking with her a stun of money not exceeding $5. And this measure of precaution site pronieed to observe, 1 Ou the day of the auction she went I early and got 0 good seat, but a long wait intervened between the first articles pat up and the chairs she fancied. One of these articles was al small yellow pitcher, The first bid it called forth was 15 cents. Mercy! thought the innocent, the pitcher must be worth more than that, so she raised I Ct U�( In I 0'19 Vit % 0 �' ,.nt•'4 Weatherproof the Shingles There's added years of service if your roof is preserved with The k�,}� Y Q � { INGLE ST ASK 'YOUR DEALER KEEN'S D. S. , 1MMUSTARI) is largely associated with the fame of England's roast beef, having been used with it for over a century. Ken's D. S. F. Mustard eaten with roast beef .and other meats, fish, game, poultry, cheese, etc., causes better digestion, and assures full nutrition. It has received the highest awards at exhi- bitions all over the s world. rThcOR,S014& CO.,. Limited '44 Montreal Toroth,' Canadian Agents. 12 That was mare than Deborah had ever dome. The store was closed the day of the funeral, and Deborah went home with her mother. All that her mother could talk about was: "Poor Josie! But did you see Bird - aline? My,how poorly she looks! And so kind of scared. And she used to be such a nice -looking girl! My, how she has aged! Poor Josie! But Birdaline! What was she so scared about?" It was the very old triumphing over the old for meeting the same fate. In her own summer Vire. Larxabee had been a rose and had shriveled. on the stem. That night Deborah thanked God that He had not legit her Beauty. Its repayment was such rain. The next morning the bazaar was open at the regular hour. Shoppers came as numerously as before. People were as eager as ever to enhance their charms or disguise their flaws, In a few days Asaph Sillaber was again in his office. Ile wore black always, and a black tie, and he Moved about with mourning in his manner. A month later his cravat was brown, not black, and the next week it was red. He was taking more care of his costume, He talked mare with women customers, especially the young Wo- men., and he did not keep. his eye an±iously on the front door. He rub- bed his hands once more, recommend- ing his goods. In a few months younger girls were behind many of the counters. Deborah felt that youth was invading and re- placing. She wondered how soon her turn would come:. It would be a sad day, for she loved the work. But she took some reassurance from the praises of Asaph. He paused now { and then to compliment her on -a sale or her progress. He led up to her some of his most particular customers and introduced hex with a flourish. Sometimes he paused as he went dawn the aisle, and turned back to shire at her. She knew that she had blush- ed, because her face was hot, and once Mrs. 'Crenshaw, who was trying to match a sample; whispered to her: - "Say, Deborah, what kind of rouge do you use? It gives you the nicest color, and it looks like real." When Deborah denied that. she painted, the undertaker's wife was angry. She thought Deborah was try- ing to copyright her complexion. De- borah's cheeks tactfully turned pale again, now that Asaph had taken his strange eyes from her, and now the' woman said: "You're right; it's your own. It comes and goes! Look, now it's corn ing back again:" And so was Asaph. When- Mrs. Crankshaw had moved off Asaph hung about awkwardly, Finally he put the backs of his knuckles on the counter and leaned across to murmur. Tracing Counterfeit Bills. The tracing o'f counterfeit bills -back to,: the 'person- responsible for their is- sue is a curious and exciting emploY- ment, says a New York newspaper, The experts ,assigned by the Govern - Ment to this work are among the most skilful members cif the Secret Service, The protection of the currency de- pends in large measure upon their ef- ficiency, and the pains they take are almost infinite. A strange story told by one of these olioratives illustrates the difficulties which they meet and overcome, One day a bank dlork in Cincinnati detected a counterfeit $20 bill in the deposit of a small retail grocer. The operative was sent for and undertook the case. He found that the grocer received the bill from a shoe dealer, who had it from a dentist, who had it from some- body else, and so 0n, until finally the Secret Service span traced it to an in- velid woman who had used it to pay her physician. When questioned, she said: the money had been sent to her by her brother, who lived in New Or - The operative looked up her broth- er''s'pedigree, and was certain that he was the man wanted, Ile had a bad record, was the proprietor of a dive andwas just the sort of person to be a confederate of counterfeiters. The .epesative went to New Orleaus with the handcuffs in his pocket, but he was a little premature. Tho man proved to the detective's complete satisfaction that he had re- ceived the money as i ent for a shall house he owned in Pittsburg. Tho operative took the naxt train for Pitts- burg.. The tenant of the house proved to be a travelling oculist, who spent most of his tinee.,pn the road. Ile was then away in the West, but the operative saw him on his return anti he at once recognized the bill. It had been given pini by a patient in Cincinnati, the very: point from which the operative had started. The patient was a boss carpenter. The Secret Service man got his ad- dress Train the oculist and made a bee- line for the city. He had a premoni- tion that something was going to hap- pen; and he wasn't disappointed. The carpenter was an honest old fellow, and told the detective without hesitation that he had received the bill from Mr. Smith for repairing his barn. Mr, Smith •;vas: the small grocer in whose bank deposit the counterfeit hall- turned up. The detective flew to "Say,' Debby, 1 was telling .111:6 s store Zs; fast as taxi could carry -Crawford yesterday that .,you, made Iii :01.t .it closed. He had ]eft mare sales than any other clerk -in. the town. iris 6°11" ' it was proved; was shop this last month." ;i mere blind.. "Oh, really, did I,?" Deborah gasp- ed, her eyes snapping like electric BestRecr�atiaO>ta. sparks. They seemed to jolt Asaph; he fell back a little, Then he leaned Wanting has'its merits,'but, serious- ly pursued, it takes a big toll physical- ly. Gain there is, of course, but it is not all gain. Walking, too, does not hold much mental zest. Swimming is excellent, but it has to be limited. 'i'o overdo it would mean a decrease in health. Tennis is a trifle too violent for many, and tennis -and -tea ranks more as an amusement than a recreation. Cricket has too many periods when there is "nothing doing" to be classed as a recreation. Five minutes at the wickets and two. hole's in the pavilion is not exercise! Cycling, taken steadily, is good, but it requires more pedal power than brain power, Bowls,is a pleasant recreation for the middle-aged, combining medium exercise and medium Mentality. Fish- ing is half an amusement, but is good for the very tired in mind and body. Rowing is splendid recreation for the young, but it has its limitations. There remains—golf! Jokes and ridicule. follow the golfer, yet the fact remains that golfing is supreme as a recreation, Fresh air—good for hind and body; skill—good for the mind acid the eye; exercise—good for de- vitalized muscles; and walking—good in every way. Golfing wins because it re-creates, and—most important this —it never .palls. .A recreation must always hold an interest, or it ceases to fulfil its function. Nobody Home. "Why didn't you send your nian to mend my electric doorbell, as. you pro- mised?" "He did go, madam; but as he rang three times and got no answer he con- chided that there was nobody home." closer. "Crowford said he'd like to have you in his store. I told him 'you .were a fixture here. Don't you_ leave me, Debby: You won't, will you?" "Why, Asaph!" she cried. "Leastws's, you'll let Me know any offer you get before you take it. You can promise me that, can't you?" "Of course I will, but— Well, I never!" This last was true. She never had known till now that superlative rap- ture of a woman. to have one man trying to take her away from another. Debby had not known it even as a little girl, for if two boys claimed the same dance—which bad happened rarely enough—they did not wrangle and fight, but each yielded to the other with a courtesy that was odious. On her way home Deborah began to doubt the possibility of it all. Asaph had been talking about somebody else, or he had been joking—he was such a terrible fellow to cook up things and fool people! Or else Jim Crawford was just making fun of, Asaph. She would not tell her mother this news. That night, as she was washing the dishes after her late supper, the door- bell burred. "You go, mother, will you? My hands are all suds." Mrs. Larrabee hobbled slowly to the hall door, but came back with a burst of unsuspected speed. She was pale with fright, "It's a man!" site whispered. "A man! Who could it be?" Debby gasped. "One of those daylight burglars, pro- b'ly. What'll we do?" "We could run out th-e back door while he's at the front." "He might have a cotifederut wait- ing to grab us there," "That's so!" What possible motive a burglar could have for grabbing these two wo- men, what possible value they would have for him, they did not inquire. But Debby, in the new- executive habit of her mind, grew bold enough to take at least 'a peek at the stranger. • The bell continuer) to ring while she tiptoed into the parlor and lifted the shade slightly aside. .She speedily recognized a familiar suit. - (Continued :in next issue.) Bolivia, somtimes called the Moun- tain Republic, is situated 12.470 feet above sea level, In the marketplace of its capital ice from its northern area is sold side by side with oranges from the south and easterta borders. Overgrazing will the best of pastures. Minard's Liniment For Burns, Etc. 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King George the Fifth, King of Great Britain and the Dominions Over the Seas, is a descendant in the direct lino from King David, Speaking at the opening of the Bri- tish Israel Congress at Kensington, Herbert Garrison, secretary-general of the British Israel World Federation, expessed his conviction that very won- derful things are coming, and coming quickly, British Israelites claimed te, have the key of the Bible, he ex- plained, and they also stood for the King, because they knew he was in a direct line with David himself, As to whether British Israelites, could prove this, Mr. Garrison asserted the proof was in a building in London. It was not Westminster Abbey, he said, but there was a building—he must not name it yet -and he had it on the highest authority that when the time arrived that building woufa give up its secret. Then all the world would know and rejoice. Major -Gen. C. A. Hadfield`said that every clay the belief was becoming mare firmly establ'„ hed that Great Britain was doing the work that was allocated to Israel, and that the people of the British or Saxon race were of the stook of Israel. Prophecies Unfulfilled. 'During the war the members of this organization called attention, to the striking passages is the Bible and the Apocrypha that appeared to foretell the result of the war, especially in re- gard to the final dc:-ti:ration of Tur- key, but up to the present their fore- casts have failed to materialize. Some year's back they claimed the David's descent for the late Queen. Victoria, bief the coming of the world war provided a much better subject for the raising of public interest, and not so much has been heard of the Matter lately until Mr. Garrison made his statement. One of the chief points of their ver - slot of the hiterprctation of the Scrip- tures centres .around the Great Pyra- mid and certain nlea:iureinents of the monument. 'These meesurements are claimed to Provide a key to many ob- scure passages in holy Writ, but ap- parently there is a new sensation in store in the mysterious building that MIS urentioned by 1dr. Garrison, for he failed to mention the one time source of inspiration. the Great Pyra- mid. O ficial.:Peacerned ers. All married people, however happy they are, at tillIPA have quarrels. j Starting as they do from the most trivial causes --a 1--arslt word, or an. irniginnry or real 'slight, there is.,al- waye, the danger that uulee,s someone mediates, the bitterness grows. And nothing will satisfy the pair but an appeal to the police -courts and a judicial separation. All this through the lack of a peacemaker at the right moment. At time, it lies within the power of a magierate, by a little friendly talk, lo reconcile the dis- puters. Often it has been my privi- lege to patch up a quarrel, and send the man and wife away from my Court arut in -aria, to live happier lives together than they had in the past, says a magistrate, Why not have an official. peacemaker in every town and country district— & Government official whose advise is free? Ile would be much sought af- ter; indeed, his intervention and ad- vivo would save many wrecked homes, simply because it came at the right time. Often when bittern?.s between hu:- band and wife is intense, they decide to apply for separation at that mo- ment. Why not, instead of allowing the case' to come before the Court, direct the pair to the peacemaker? Unlike relatives and friends, he will not take sides and fan the fueling that exists. But tie will sort oat the grain from the chaff, discover the original cause, and a few tactful Helping words will wash away ell traces of harshness and ill -feeling, and the possibility of . a fatal difference and separation is averted. . A]1 this :s being accomplished daily by lawyers, magistrates, and police -court missionaries. But ho'' mute More could an edictal peace - Maker achieve, if only suck at person existed, - , - Know One Like Him? "Can Jiggs take a joke?" "I'm sorry to say he can;" „Sorry ?" "Yea. Ile takes '0111 from the humorous papers, after I've react 'ens, end springs them 00 ins 'co his own.',