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Zurich Herald, 1923-12-27, Page 6Y for a trial l pa clta a of GREEN TEA 046 1. If 70Wal, enjoy green tea "you will be sines mice with auto other as;,1emd. —Try it today. A out the 1-1 DOES YOUR CHILD DO WELL kitchen and bathe it near the range, IN SCHOOL. with no danger of its taking cold. t The Hiddenflour - - 13Y J. B. HARRIS-!URLANCI •.-;--. --. CHAPTER XV.—(Cont'd.) detective in England. He had a sal - Perhaps, thought Ruth, Trehorn ttlw complexion, black eyes and mous was right when he had suggested that chs, and black hair, streaked here le she should tell her husband everything white lock ' near nd there ith hisy�for head. Toand a n his ---throw herself on his mercy and ted friends he was known' as "the. Mag him everything. She would have liked pie He had come down from London to talk that over with Trehorn. She ,t 1>ad no friend but Trehorn—no one in to have a chat with Detective-Inspee- whom she could confide—no one she cox Kane, and was now personally in could ask for advice. And Trehorn charge �f the is this,. K n ease, was a man. really longed for Tne point th1everythi he said.. a Shey "Are we to believe everything we are some friend of her own sex. told? If we believe everything, it is. Bradney returned and said, "A nice certain that Dutton left here by that chap, that Trehorn—very decent fel- early train, and in that, case he either low—and clever is o, o d Cl ve at his b "Why didn't you wire, Alec? Then left thetrainLondon, onsome rstation betwhe hed I'd have got a jolly little dinner ready L ndon heed do not comen straight to "Oh, I'll take pot luck," he laughed, use for you. a and then, after a pause, "By Jove, you "That, sir,'." said the grey-haired h „ man, "is the most likely. Dutton, when look ever so much better, Rut he arrived in London,went off on some. "I feel' better, Alec." " Another use for this same ea He went to the window and looked,business'eonnected with this case. It vas a blow to the family pridewagon was on ironing day. As the out across the sea, i« Crust stroked his black moustache. for the Hardys when young Johnny mother ironed she ut the finished /! n You say you have evidence that Dit- p Going to be a rough night, «A ton did arrive at Victoria?" he queried. said after a moment of silence, "Yes,: sir. One of the railway de - regular storm, I dare say. I suppose teetives saw him get out of that we've had too much sunshine lately. train.' We've got to pay for that." "And who saw him get into it?" He lit a cigar and seated himself "The stationmaster and the porter by the fire. at Dedbury, sir, and a farmer saw him "The police," he said after a pause, runningto the station, and no one u "have got something very queer - to the linsaw him get ot. Besides, sir, tackle in this Merrington case."he was recognized at Victoria, as I Something very queer?"Ruth have told you." echoed. Oh, yes, of course they have.""Have' you made friends with the "You've heard Die speak of Ditton, landlord?" queried the superintendent haven't you—Detective-Inspector Dit- after a pause. of the animal's trunk. thrifty housewife, and she does not tea? "Yes, sir—we got .on very well to - "Try that, Johnny," he cried. "Hit need to throw it away. If, after heat- Yes, of�course, Alec. I know whom gather. He's done all he can to help the elephant' right on the tip of his ung it, she will •add enough dissolved you mean. us." sneezes, like your dad did." to makequite a stilijellyshe Well, the fellow has disappeared— "`Of course, you searched poor Dit- "How d'ye know that's his sneezer? gelatin vanished altogether. He left Dedbury ton's luggage directly you arrived?" failed so utterly to make good in • pieces on the tea wagon, and after- school. The Hardys were smart people, ward wheeled them about to the var- aTohn, Sr., was a township trustee; ious cupboards, drawers and closets Mrs. Hardy, an ex -school teacher. where she put her freshly ironed What law of heredity or power of en- vironment could be operating to put clothes and household linens. little John in the "dub" class? Fifty paces away stood a billboard LEFT -OVER VINEGAR. with circus pictures on it. Idly throw- In many households there is often a ing stones at the elephant as he stud- quantity of spiced vinager left over ied over little John's report card, from sweet pickles of various sorts. Hardy landed one right on the tip It need present no problem to the How d'ye know it's an elephant, standing way off like that?" demurred Johnny. "Can't you see it?" exclaimed Mr. Hardy, a great light dawning upon him. "I can now!" admitted Johnny, hav- ing aying gone within thirty feet of the billboard. That made the diagnosis. His dull- ness was explained. That very after- ' noon Jchnny was sent to the oculist. When he darted to school again on • the following Monday it was a new John who took the seat in the "dub" row. And it was a new John who jumped with astonishing speed and question as a joke, in these two agility over row after row until he articles really lay the secret of her reached the "king" row. Spectacles trim appearance. Once her hair had had wrought the miracle. Properly been neatly arranged the hair net kept fitted lenses had opened the windows of a new world for little John Hardy. This is no uncommon incident. In- telligent parents often take it for granted that their children would com- plain if they needed artificial help for their vision. But children who have always had a certain range of vision, children whose eyes are impaired by astigmatism, do not realize that they are under a handicap. They are see- ing with just the same accuracy that they have always seen; how are they to know that the object that is no- thing much but a blur to them is clear and distinct to others. They make no complaint, because their conception of good vision does not lead them to ex- pect anything better. There is no greater tragedy in our schools to -day than the child who is weighed down by the stigma of dullness, when his real trouble lies in the fact that he - cannot see the letters and figures that are placed on the blackboard by the teacher, or has difficulty reading the books that are supposed to be the source of his information. If your child does not do well in school give him the inestimable bene- fit of a very careful examination by a conscientious doctor. will find it is a delicious relish to serve with cold meat. Or she will find it makes a pretty salad garnish or, cut by an early train on Wednesday morn- ing and he hasn't been heard of since." Ruth smiled. "But don't detectives in thin slices, it may make a novel dc that kind of thing, Alec?" she ask- must have taken his notes with him." and tasty addition to almost any kind ed. "I mean, don't they pretend to: "Of course. He was coming up to vanish, and all the time they're work give us important information, as you ing hard on their job?" °know. It's that which makes me cer- "Well, Scotland Yard doesn't know tain that—well that Ditton has died in where he is." _ the performance of his duty. He's "How do you know that, Alec?" been done in by those who wished to "Another detective came round' to keep his mouth shut." see Trehorn—wanted to know if Tre- i Mr. Kane shook his head: "It may horn could give them any information. I wonder Trehorn didn't say some- thing abo,lt that to you—no, of course "Yes sir.» "Nothing of interest, eh?" ' "Nothing, sir. Of course, Dutton of sandwich. HER MAGIC SECRET. A mother who always managed to look `neat and trim in the midst of the rush of things was once asked her magic secret. "Oh, there are two of them," she replied laughingly, "a white collar and a hair net." Although she seemed to consider the it so. It was the work of a moment to adjust the fresh, becoming white collar, yet it gave a note of distinction and character to the simplest house dress. WHAT EVERY MOTHER KNOWS. Oh, gracious goodness, I declare! Discouragement will o'er me steal, When I see Molly sitting there And never touching her oatmeal. Oh, Jack, how can you hope to grow To be a man and join the navy, When you are so eternal slow In eating that good bread and gravy? Now, Fred, it's no use looking hurt, And putting on that dreadful frown; 'lea know you won't get your dessert Till all your vegetables are down. —.Alma Manley Horn. - THE USEFUL TEA ' WAGON. Tho tea wagon has many uses. A rather novel use is that to which it was put by a woman with a small baby. 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"They may inter- fere with your sleep at first, but you'll get accustomed to that after the first two nights," ""lrrah, shure, O1'11 not want to get accustomed to it at all, sir, answered Pat, "'cause 01 can easily go an' supe -•-,-• in me aunt's house thim couple o' nights!" not be so bad as that, sir," he replied. Mr. Crust seated himself in a chair by the fire and smoked in silence. For he didn't. Why should he?" 'several minutes there was no sound in Ruth's heart seemed to stand still' the room but the rustling of paper as for a couple of seconds, and then it; the Inspector turned over the pages of began to thump violently and. therehila notes. was a suffocating feeling in her "You've searched this room pretty throat. It was almost as though. her ' thoroughly?" queried Crust abruptly husband had said. "He told you every- ff ""Yes, .sir, I've even had the carpet thing else. I wonder he dldn 'nen ;up. It did occur to me that it was tion this." And the pause—the ` No, "Waste of bine, but I've tried the floor of course he didn't"—almost asboards and the panelling" 14 BANK OF MONTREAL ANNUAL MEETING At Annual. Meeting of Bank of Montreal Sir Vincent Meredith, Bart., the President, Reviews Bueiness and Agricultural Conditions In Canada and Peals With Principal Features of Revlelon of Bank Act, Sir Frederick Williams -Taylor, General Manager, Emphasizes Necessity to Canada for Reduction• in Cost of Living and Taxation. though her . husband .had suddenly i s "Thinking that something may have realized that he was giving away lois happened in this room=that night?" secret—the knowledge of her guilt! f "Exactly, - sir. But still—the one The fear vanished—not as swiftly' thing certain is that Mr. Ditton left as it had come, but while Ruth, to by that train " gain time before she replied, took a cigarette from her case and lit it. "I wonder Dr. •Trehorn didn't say something about it" she said. "What an excitement for ,Dedbury!" "Yes, I expect the police will be bus y Mr. Cr • ust smiled. "Yet at the back of your mind, Kane—there's just a doubt,eh?" .s"I'hardly call it even a doubt, sir." "Well, "a•' :sort of feeling—quite ,uagainst all reason, of course. Instinet, perhaps.t, there for some time to come. Trehorn didn't give me any details, but . it "Yes, if,I were a dumb 'animal, sir, seems odd that the detective entered, folk would call it instinct." • the; train and never arrived to report "Oh we are still animals,Kane at Scotland Yard. What do you say though not dumb. No oubt if to a game of piquet before dinner, poor Ditton's dead his ghost would Ruth? I've got to win that money aunt this room." back from you." "Do you believe in ghosts, sir?" She laughed. She was no longer afraid. It seemed to her that no hu- man being could possibly have behaved and spoken in that quiet, pleasant way if he had known or even suspected the horrible truth about his wife. "I must first see if there is going to be any dinner, Alec," she replied. "I mean—enough for two. You can pull out the card -table and shuffle the. pack." f. She' made her way downstairs and when she returned, ten minutes later, she found that her husband had drawn the curtains and lit the oil lamp and arranged everything for the "game. . The wind was rising and the rain' beating against the window. As Ruth seated herself at the table there came a gust that made the house tremble. "I like to hear a storm," said Brad- ney radnay "when one is snug and safe on "'ices-certainly—after what I saw to -night." "What did you see, sir?" queried Mr. Kane with an incredulous smile. "I had the good luck to see poor Ditton." "You saw Ditton?" queried the in- spector, rising to his feet. "Yes, or rather the ghost of Dit- ton," Mr. Crust replied. Mr. Kane was silent. But to .himself he said, "What a pity! Such a bril- liant man, tool Takes drugs perhaps." "The ghost of poor Ditton," Mr. Crust continued, "about twenty miles from here. He suddenly came out of the darkness, as the lights of the car showed him up by the roadside. He was'walking towards London. I pulled up as quickly as I could, jumped out of the car and ran after him. But he had disappeared. I ran for half a land. Cut for deal, Ruth. An hour and a half later Ruth hand- ed her husband thirty shillings, the amount of her losses. She .had not won a single game and had been rubicon'd in all three. Never in all her life had she played so badly. Both in playing,the cards and in discarding them she had made the most ridicu- lous mistakes. Her husband chaffed her about it, but she was on the verge of tears. It seemed to her that this was the sort of thing that might hap- pen in that greater, more complex game she was playing against Fate. "The wind makes such a noise, Alec," she said with a smile, "and I can't help thinking of those at sea." "Shipwrecks, eh?" he queried pleas- antly. "Well, the storm can't get at •us, Ruth." „ CHAPTER XVI. A tall, lean, broad -shouldered man of sixty sat at a table in the bed sitting room occupied not so very long ago by Mr. Ditton, and turned over some pages of a note-book—pages cov- ered with his own neat, small hand- writing. Standing whir his back to the fire was another loan, wearing a suit of grey tweeds. This was no less a person than Superintendent Crust, at that thne considered to be the ablest NURSES The Toronto Hospital for Incur,, o*iles, i11 affiliation with Bellevue and /piled Piospitals, New •3.'orlc City, offers a three years" Course of Train, ing to young women, Having the re- quired education, and beta resutf of be,. corning nurses. This 'Hospital has adopted the eta ht.tour system. .T199 pupils receive uniforms of the School, et monthly allowance and travelling' expenses to snit from 7Qew York. POP further information apply to ths, Su north tendent. dinisafilmenisteiosokitibiwastrounom on het mile and overtook no one." "You must have been thinking of him very hard, sir," ` "Yes. But I was able to think of other things, Kane. I ran the car on into Maidstone and gave a few in- structions. A good many people are looking for Ditton to -night." "I'm glad he's alive, sir. That's real- ly good news." - ` Ah, but is he alive, my dear Kane? I wish I could think so." The inspector was justly irritated, but discipline forbade him 1.o say what was in his mind. "Poor Ditton may have gone off his head, sir," he suggested. "Yes—that's possible. Ile may have jumped out of the train between two stations and hurt his head. And, talk- ing of heads, Kane, I suppose you have not seen Mr. Merrington?" "No, sir. But I have had a long talk with Dr. Trehorn.". (To be continued.) An einiortunity of obtaining a thorough icnpwl edge of prasent ecndttione, as well as t0 gauge the outlook for the next year in. Canada, Wag afforded atthe annual ntee..n0 of tho Beak of Lfonireal, The President's Address. cenidlh, ,tort„ Prsi1n hia address$IrVinto shtarehlereolder•t&, said, 1n parte:-dent, "One banking your has been ono of many per- plexities, Our profits, 1n common with banks at hone and abread, aro not so large as during war and suoceeding years,' but I feel sure It has been a gratification foryou to knowwe have boon One to pay our .usual dividend as well as a two per cent, bonus, "The lessened profits are duo partly to the taut that our customers' have leaned less heavily Upon us, but chiefly bemuse we felt that in view of the possibility of untoward developments in the bank.. ing world, our cash reserves should be ]sept ex- ceptlonally strong to cnnlilo us to lend aid if and when caned upon to do so. "There is also theincidence tl o u • deuce 0f -. much h eavier taxation to bo considered In connection with the balance sheet. Our resources, however, are so largo and our earning power so constant 1.at I have no ntlaglyln0s as to' the. malntehanoo of sub..' stantlal proRts, The Bank Ant Revision. •, The revised Bank Act embodles no -novel Prin- ciples. ` The Dowers and privileges of the banks rentsln very much as before, neither enlarged nor contraotedt but provision has been made In the way of wider authority of auditors and heavier responsibility of directors, by which means it is hoped to strengthen the safeguards .for depositors and shareholders. It is true to say that how. ever rigid tho law, the solvency of banks—as for that matter, of an business—depends upon the integrity, diligence and perspicuity of tho man- agement. "The. amended Act continues to the banks sante for wide and helpful operation -1n finance and commerce, • restrained by considerations of safety, but not so hampered as. to Prevent fair profits under prudent direction. 7n this connection it may be observed that, .despite the notion he1din some quarters respecting the profitable nature of banking, capital hasnot greatly sought this source of investment. - In the quarter century from 1870 to 1001. the capital of Canadian banks remained stationary, and In the subsequent twenty years of rapid commercial development, less than 860.- 800,000 was added. ranking resources, - apart from deposits !nave, been dorired for many. yearn Peat !more from accumulated, reserve ofproms thin train. the investment of new capital, a condition winch, 1t ,may become desirable to correct when trade expands, in order to maintain an adequate note ctrculatien• General Manager's Addrena (Our Frederlcit Williams -Taylor, General Manager. Line 'lila ravlew 01 iho aflalrs pf the Bank dur1ng' th9 7957, sa1d, In part. "Canada's ee0nonlie position will not be situ" factory until we suceeei in balancing our nubile revenue and expenditure, Including railways. • "For the time being we are handicapped 1n throe dlstinot roseate, two of which are common to all countries engaged 'In. •'tiro war front the beginning and at present endeavoring to balance their MAWS, . viz,: high cost of living and hikh taxation. rurthor, Canada is suffering from lack. of adocluats popu- lation. "As thefirst two handicaps diminish w0• shall:• doubtless attract a greater vontine, of-immlgratlon- and, what is still more important, we shall retain the people who come. es well as our natural in - crouse. Therein lies economic,ealvntlen for the Dominion, The remedy le in our hands and is practicable. \'e have only to: conduct :Mir .Per- sonal and public affairs more econontl<ally than d0• our neighbors in that most wealthy and free - spending of all countries, the United. States., , Priestess Advantages, " AfoanwhUO we must not lower bur Fin,: nor is there any occasion for doing so. Canaria; has priceless advantages as a place to 1100 in, td work in and to play in. These should obvious obs to alt—ns. indeed, they aro to our friends 1n the United States, Who now have 8800,000,000'.07 80010 commercially invested in Canada,—and 11101"wU1 without `question attract to neo 1n the, fulness of time rho 1180310 we" aced, "Prosperity In full measure cannot, however, re- turn to the country until agriculture, bur chief industry. becomes again more Profitable. .The lot of the farmer in the last few years has been hard, owing to low prim for products and high cost of requirements. This unfortunate' state of affairs Istill' persists. 71 10 the result of worldwide,. not 1 local conditions. and is by no means: confined to Canada. Agriculture, however. cannot be.pormnn- 1 eptly depressed. , In the nature of things an im- provement Is bound to ensue, ' but the burden in the meantime hears heavily upon this vital industry.. For your information• of this Bank's current loans 1n Canada, upwards of 888.000:000 are to the agricultural community. "The Man of Perfect Service." From Serbia comes an interesting account of a popular hero who lives in one of the country districts. He is a peasant named Marko, but he is known far and wide as "The Man at Perfect Service." "With nine of his peasant comrades he was detailed during the Great War to do orderly work with a general and his staff. It was the duty of Marko and his companions to keep every- thing in order about the general's headquarters. They had not been at work long be- fore the general received loud com- plaints of their slackness. ,He called them before him. "Brothers," he said, "you are here to render service to my- self and my officers. Let it be done joyously and perfectly. That is all." After the appeal they showed mark- ed improvement. But before long the complaints began again. One night, as Marko and the others were settling to sleep the flap of their tent lifted, and the general appeared. "Good- night, brothers!" he said. "I hope all is well with you." "Good night," was the gruff rejoind' er; When the ,flap had fallen "Marko cried,, ; "Brothers indeed! Who's he calling brothers! Don't we da all the work! What is he a general for, I'd' like to know? He's no better than the rest of us:" The next morning when they awoke they discovered to their astonishment the• officers' boots, brightly polished, standing in a row just inside the tent. They hastened into the hall and found the fire burning•merrily and the place looking cleaner than they had ever seen it before! They rubbed their eyes and spoke to one another of the old fairy tales of the elves that came to help the good housewife. When the same thing occurred the next morning they decided to set one of their number to watch during the night. Towards morning the sentinel saw the general appear in the tent and quietly arrange the officers' boots, all. perfectly polished, in a row. As soon as. the general, had gone the man aroused his comrades and told them the staggering news. Presently Marko was summoned to the general's presence; he guessed that the general had overheard his foolish words of complaint. "Marko," said the general, "did you ever hear of Jesus Christ?" "Why, yes, sire!" was Marko's amazed response. "Then you remember the lesson He gave His disciples when He washed their feet." Marko's heart was suddenly filled with shame. 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