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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-05-07, Page 6e Cvimalmal4wW.artsmm The L dy• u.ata.a.w4.*ametzgulaaatarteampawws.azaaaw.,,aa.a. otamagamtralatMAX1....t*.141.15 7 Lancaster,; Or, Leonora WesPs Love, 1111.1111111111..tawmanaaaglaraa.msotasowsumaaramoraela.luaaancar.aamtarumamsrc=aaaaaaaa1,11,1-1.111.1111.11,11 CHAPTER XVII, "But," Baia Mrs. 'West, in peredexilel, 'the letter said a Mlle girl." "Y6s, 1 kuow," said Leonora, "Poor atpa always calied me hie little girl, and f had lived until I was au old WW1= t would have been the same. And hs fOr" 01 rot that you could not possibly know how 1 WOQ, nisr.:3, you are dieeppoint- r id; Aunt Wet, but 1 am eighteen years. is You see, papa was married Rue yeae lifter he went to arnerice-and--- , Suet here Captain Lancaster interposed: it "Aren't you going- to kiss your nieee, e.; lire. West?" ' Oh, dear me, yts; I was so gurprised. I quite fulget!" cried the goad woman. She hi went up to Leonora, put her arms around the graceful figure, and kissed the round a ri cheek. "Welcome to Eugland, my dear child," , she aid. "1 shale love you dearly, I am fiL sure Sit down, do, in this chair, while 1 ae take your thinge.' And in her flurry she pushed forward the ernall 1ugohair with elaborate courteey, whereat Leonora laughed good- /latured:y. Either the :hair in ton email, or 1 am tit toe We," alae said; "1 am afraid to tretet my elf upon it," She went and sat down pretty old-fashionexl sofa. Then she gletieed around and saw that Captain r La ate et er ha d gone, Are you desappointed because 1 em not a Lille Aunt West?" she inquired, as • she removed her hat and smoothed her ' , rough trasee with her Small, white hands. 1,e "1- I doe't knowe-yet," (sad the good wo- R.' man; -1 am eo flustered by the surprise, - end -and -I wonder what Lady Laneaeter will ray r' d "What his Lady Lancaster to do with; - me?" demanded Mese Wet, in her pretty. ' 1 abrupt way, tieing her arge eyes wonder - r ing y on he. „amts. face. "Oh, nothng! ' amavered Mtn. Wet, ra- "at, flier vaguely. elened think not, indeed," said Leo - era, in a very decided tone. • V - Are you tired, niy dear? Should you ed like to go to your room and reet?" in- quired the housekeeper, changing the eub- • jeOt. h "No. I am me tired, thank you, aunt; .7 but I will go to my room, if you pleaee," Leonora answered. There was a little des- ' ti appointment in her tone, The young face t looked nober. "Th!s way, then, my deer," said 1V1rx. WOOZ, She led the girl through her own neat bearoein, into a prettier one, t but furnished with a white bed, a blue 1 carpet, and some blue chaire-these lat- e; ter also the epoils of the garret, but look- `"•"•' ing very well after the furbishing Mre. lir West. had given them. Leonora cast a rapid, comprehensive b a; glance around her, then went over to the t t 1 ewer and bathed her face and hands. „ 1 -I hope your r 't raid 'Mrs Wc,st L IS 1. at Laneaster Park, and nee to stay here with you?" she :leered, shavey. "That was my expectation, deter," the hotiseiteePer answered, mildly. "And- -am here on Lady Lam:eater's sufferance? Am hired to her?" "Why, no, of course not, Leonora, child. She has nothing at all to do with you. My lady wee, very kind. She did not send me away because I was about to adopt a daughter, She peamitted me to have you here, and she made but one condition. "And that?" "That I was to keep you limited to MY roome-to keep you out of her eight. She did net want to be pattered by a ehilde "Ali!" Leouora, drew a long breath, ati with her white fingers ,he patted the eeft ringe of hair down upon her white fore, ' .r you 'an not, blame her, surely, dear. YOU tine, my lady is all old woman. She es eighty years old, end she has never bad any ebildren. So of comae she would not, like to be bothered with other peo- ple's. She in very ill-natured, and very pe- culiar, but perhaps when she finds out you are a young lady she will not rare If you go out info the grounds ,eome. 'And to the houee, Aunt Weet-am I not to go over that? Papa hats told inc se much about thee,. grand old English homes,. I should like to go over one so neueh, ' said the girl. "1 wile take you over the house myself, some day. You shall see it, never fear, child, but not for some time yet. You see, the place ie full of grand company uow." "Lady Lancaster's company?" asked Leonora. "Why yes, of coarse," said Mrd. West. "She has twenty guests -fine, fashionable people from London, and they are all very gay ladevel. You shall see them all at dinner this, evening. I will find you a peep -hole. It will be a fine sight for you." "I dare say," .said Leonora, speaking ra- ther indistinctly, becauce she had two pins in her mouth and was fastening a clean linen collar around her neck. "How coolly ehe takes things! I eup- pose that is the American waY," thought KM. West. "But then of course she can have no idea what a brave sight it is to see the English nobility dining at a great oountry house. She will be quite dazzled by the black coats and shining jewels and beautiful dresues. I -don't euppoese they have anything like it in her country,'" mused the good woman, whose ideas of America were so vague that she did not suppose it had advanced very far from the condition in which Columbus discover- ed "I should not think," said her niece, reeking in upon these silent cogitatione, 'thee Lady Lancaster, being so old -"one foot in the grave and the other on ' the rink,' as they say -would care about all hat gay company around her. Does she sad faucet a life always?" 1, no. It is only now and then she nger ng, all abas is so dissipated. But she must keep up , .ed. Something about the fair, se'1poesee- I the dignity of the Hall, you know, for kere: girl Gemmed to vaguely suggest better the sake of Lord Lancaster. All this pre - things Beside her grace and beauty the sent gayety is in honor of his return. na ream 1 ked jah, yea, thank you, aunt," Leonora re - e a. Alqutietly. She had taken her combs ``-'t antacti herdreseing-bag now, thatthey were an ex - ch, set, pearl and isalveabacked, as reagent ae Lardy Lencaster'e own. ao poor and mean Has Lord Lancaster been abroad then?" Leonora asked, carelessly. "Why, my love, what a strange ques- tdon!" said her aunt, staring. "What is there strange about it, Aunt West?' asked the girl. "Why, that you should ask me if Lord et" "My dear, could your papa, afford hand- Lancaster has been aibroad-ae if auy one a 'some things like these?" she said, "14,4 Leonora flushed rose red, y "Not always," she said. "But he was A very extravagant whenever he had money. He made a great pet of me, and some - timet -when he had good luck -he bought the loveliest things for me. Perhaps, if he had taken more care of his money, • W you need not have been burdened with the h care of his orphan daughter now.' There was a dejected tone in her voice 8'0 that went straight to the housekeePer's no. womanly heart. "Oh, yen/ poor fatherless child!" she e ' cried. 'Do you think I could mind divid- thiing any savings with Dick West' a child? He was a bonny led, was Dick! I always flowed him, although he was no real kin rut to me, and only my husband's brother." eej Leonora's eyes shone very bright now 41,1 through the tears that filled them. e "Oh, Aunt West, you will love me too a a little, then -for poor papa's sake!" she er,', cried, and Mrs. West answered, with awl- tie.eden warmth and tenderness: e "Indeed I will, dew-. You hall be like , ray own daughter to me." oaf A moment later she added, ruefully: 4 "I'm sorry I could not have a nicer room .,` for you, Leonora. But, you see, I thought ai. this would do very well for a child." r ete "Oh, indeed, 11 doe e not matter in the least. I shall not stay in it much. I shall '1•-• be eut-oadoors nearly all the time." e 1' should know better than yourself." "I, 'Aunt West? Why, what should I know of Lady Lancaster's husband?" ex- claimed Leonora, wondering if her aunt's brain were not just a. little turned. "Why, my dear girl, who eatid anything about her husband.? She's a doweger. The old Lard Lanmster bee been dead these two year*. Of course I meant the young heir." "The old lady's eon?asked Leonora, Lr - reverently. "Iler nephew, my dear. You know I told yen east neer that she never had a thilde• "Oh, yea, I wars very eared to forget that. I beg year perdon, Sti then it is her nephew who bee been abroad?r' "Yes, or rather hez husband's nephew," replied Me. Weet. "Where tae he. been, aunt?" continued the girl, eareesely. Mrs. West 'looked us if elm thought Leo- nora had parted with her senses, if ever ae had pesseeeed any. "Why, be has been to America, of course, Didn't he fetch you to England, Leonora? And hasn't he bat just gone out, of the room? Are you making fun of your old aunty, dear?"' Leonora stood still, looking et her /tele. tive with a pale, startled face. "Why, that was captain Lancateter," she said, faietly, after a minute, '01 course," answered Mrs. West. 'He's -ne, an officer in the army, hut he is LOrd i CHAPTER XVIII. Lancaster, of Lancaster Park, too, Dear me, dear nee, didn't you really know that tun Leonora spoke in such a compose -d. male EntiCkt. Leonora?" ter -of -fact tone that she was surprisedat N-nea I didn't. ll the ht he was noth- LS ite effeet upon her aunt, ing but'a I.-sell:tier.thong . He -he told me that he ir The goad lady uttered an exclataatiorx 1 9,fi ni VOIV se -as a tharch-mousel" fal- , hnost amounting to terror, and stood re- Hared Leonora, as red ae rose, and with he :arding her niece with each a rueful and . -11=14/ in hex throat, ahe was just on amazed face that the .girl buret into a the notpt. of breakirig down and crying hix Pe?...Lof eweet, high-pite.hed laugh.ter, 1 vital. vexation. How had he dared chaff ten my dear aunt," •she cried, as the her so? ease vigorously brushed out her thick plaete se he is poer-not, as a church- sofotair into loose, shining ripples over her moa, of tourse, for he bus Lancaster h 'Mere, "what have I said to shock Via Park and five thousand acres of 'wood'4 ea? land; but, then he has no money -,it wee nes good soul, recovering herself, with a gasp. of Lammeter, So Captain Clive Iiancae- eat "What, put such an idea in your head? ter verse,: left the arthy when he came into „e But what did you say, child," anxiously, the title. He ceenid not support it pra 'about being out all day?" pm -1y, and ee my lady lives oti here, and lipit "I :mid it didnet matter about the room, some day, if he marries to please her, rie tie I elidn't expect to stay in it Much. I she will'give him all her money,' said ,, love fresh air, Aunt West, and elven be Mrs. West, volubly. '.:he <eat -of -doors nearly all the tittle," Leonora went over to the window, and ""I'm afraid that wont do here, re7 etood looking out at the fair, peaeeful, love," suggested the housekeeper, timidly. English landscape la silence. Her reada 1111 "Why not?" said Leonora, amaeed; then nem of speech, seemed to have deserted . a she colored, and said, demurely: "Oh, yes,her. The pretty faee was pale with 'Bur- / understand now. You earl not spare le. pries. 1115 I shall have to help erivrk for ine, !thin 'Tot titiet be tirpd, dear. Do lie down "Xe, you shall note indignantly; "I 'el and rest yourself,' said Airs. West. "/ p roti meoen that at all I should be mean must leave you now feat a little while. 0h, thought of such a thing. But there's I had almost forgotten -your luggage, art Lady Lancaster. She wouldn't like, it." Leonora --diel you bring any?." A pretty little frown carne between Leo- "Yee, there were, eeiveeal trunk" Leo - ' florae straight, dark browe, norm answered, without turning, her heal,VI "Wouldn'tm you like e to go outedoore? wile have them brought in, said Mrs. Is that what you mean?" she taped, and West. Then she hustled away and left -when Mrs. Weet anewered "Yee,' she Braid, the eel alone a 'angrily and 'decidedly: She was not tired, probably, for she did , "Lady Laneaster hasnothing to do with not lie down. She only pulled a chair to L,uiy movements, and I don't, euppose oho the 'window and eat down. Then she, clear,- ey will grudge: me a breath of God's free air ed her small hands together on the wlfl and sunchine even if I walk in her dow.sill, rested her round, dimpled chin geoutida to obtain them." •upon them, and gazed at the sky with a f "But I promitted her-" *laid'Mts. Weet, thoughtful, far-off look in 11011 oyes. then palmed, bashfully,meanwhile Mrs, West's mind teemed 'with "1 hope you didn't premise her to bury uneasy thoughts. me alive in this ninety little chamber, at "Shea rather strange, I'm afraid," the all event," said the girl, with an irrever• good, Woman said to herself. "I think, eet pitmen around her, "Ys, 1 did, At least 1 pretnieed to keen p_orhaes, poor Dick has humored her some she will not bear -restraint well—I can yee mit of her sight. She does not like see that! And what will Lady Laricaster oh i eat?' to a grown-up girl instead of a little I • not ., child," said Leonora, looking 'we eepeeted? I'm afraid I gee talirst, one, as rocks ahead. And yet how ',ratty and I iorent that will aak her if bright she ie -Loo pretty to btelong t the tr eltir :els extend to a young lady," housekeeper's; 1100m, I'm afraid. Lady Neret ea're with a heeitatieg air, She Lancaster -will be vexed at hey.. if over „ e need of a nontretemps of she sees ber. She is too independent in rerf The gale, eyes were flashing, ber was to snit my lady. They must not . • ; aele er lire eturling disclainfullY, be allowto m edscoot ae, as long 1 can help are you going 10 stay on ," g• CU ea.„. liver IOSS _AUN Y STARCH means perrect starching, whether used for sheer Laces, dainty Dimities, de& cate fabrics, Lace Curtains or Tabie Linens., 'Silver 6105s" has been the favorite in the home for rnore than 50 years ATOROCERS The, Canada Starch Co. Limited CHAPTER XIX. Lady Lancaster wets pleased to be very gracious indeed to her returned nephew. "Ah, you are as big and handsome as ever, Clive!" she said, "and well, of coume, I believe you were never sick *in your life." "Hardly ever," he replied, with a estugh, adding with veiled anxiety: "I hear that you have killed the fatted calf ,in my honor, Aunt Lydia. Wixom have you staying -with you ?" "A few nice people from London, Olive - twenty in all, I think. There are old Lord and Lady Brierly, and their son and daughter, Sir Charles Vieinton, Colonel Livingston, Meek Dean and his pretty sis- ter, the Bate of Eastwood and las beauti- ful daughter, Lady Adele, the Oliffords, and some other people. You will meet them all at dinner. I thenk you. know St "Yes. I zup'pose so," he anewered, rat/ absently. "To -night there will be a little inform, dance -the young 'folks evere so eager foe it, you know. And. Clive, that young friend of yours, Lieutenant De Vere - hope you brought him down with you?" did elleortrc,albeutrel°I send him a note to -morrow. Did YOU have a fair trip over, Clive?" • "Very fair," he replied, in a peculiar tonao.ara glad to hear that. Oh, by the way, Olive, did you bring that child to the twitched the corners of the mustaehed ii,;:ea,•• he replied, and a slight mile hope she wasn't, troublesome," said the haughty old lady, oareleesly. "She was troublesome -I suppose all of the female sex are," he answered, lightly. "Well, it couldut rbe helped, or I would not have bothered you. I had to send, for the young one, or West -would have gone off herself to fetch her. I'm glad you brought her. The trouble is all over nova so I •suppose you don't care." "Oh, nel" said Captain Lancaster, witle rather grim pleasantry. And then she touched him on the arm and said, significantly: .. "There's some one hero I want very much for you to meet, Clive." "Ali, is ithereP" he (laid, shrinking a. lit- tle trona the look and ,the tone. "I thought you wanted me to meet them all." "I do; but there is one in particular. It is a lady, Clive," she said, giving him a significant smile that he thought hideous. He tried gently to wrench, himself way from her. "Well, I must go and take any 'siesta and dress before I meet them," he .said. "Watt a minute, Olive. I must'speak to you," she said, in a tone that savored of authority. "Will not some other time do as well?" he 'inquired, glancing rather ungalla.nely at his watch. "No time like the present," she answer. ed, eesolutely. 'You are trying to put me off again, Clive; hut beware how you trifle with me, any Lord Lancaster, or I elan know how to punish you," elle Geed, shakily,- her skinpy, diationd-ainged fin- ger at him. Bis handsome face flushed haughtily. "Go on, madame," he said, with a alight, mocking :bow. "I am the Glave of your pleature." She regarded the handeome, ineubordin- ate face in dead silence a minute, "You already anticipate what I would say," she eaid. "Why is the idea so dis- tasteful to you, Clive? Any young man in your positiort Might be transponted with joy:, at the thought of inheriting my fortune. He bowed silently. "You know," she went on, coolly, "you can never come home to live on your an. astral acres unleats you marry erieneY or inherit it." '4'PlInAlkE to the folly of my predeces- sors,' he said, bitterly. "Never mind your predecessors, Olive. There is a woman here whom'I want you to marry. Wdn her and make her mie• trees of Lancaster Park, and my fortune is yours." "Am I to have hex for the asking?" he inquired, with a delicate saxcasm. 'It is very likely you maY," she an. swered, "Handsome faces like Yours make fools of most welnen." "And -who is the lady It is to charm this case?" he inquired. with bitter bros. "t is the Lady Adele Eastwood," she re- plied, concisely. Ire gave a low whistle of inereduliey. "The Lady Adele, Eastwood -the (laugh- ter of a hundred eerie!" he cried. "'Your arebttion soars high, Aunt Lydia." "Not too high " she rreplied, shaking her old head proudly, unbil rile great red Jew- els in her ears flashed like drops of blood, (To be continued,) The Hair. Falling of the hair can be posi- tively and quickly stopped by using a mixture of half a (pint of alcohol, half apint of water (or a full pint of bay rum in place ctf alcohol and water). and one ounce of beta - quinol, thoroughly 'mixed. This sur- passes any hair tonic or invigorator I have ever known. It is a. hair forcer, actually compelling the 'hair tot grow luxuriantly, frequently several inches a month. 'lair stops falling, the hair becomes fluffy, silky and thick, and the formation 'ca dandruff is •completely stopped. One-quarter of Holland's exportg bo Great Britain consists of agri ltural and dairy produce, given up tuere $1.11ait Catattiat. rit , A lit 'z'''':,---;•--- 2L1 ----y,_---:.- A ..- -..,„..._,:.:•,..:..... ..--1,...._.......4.,:....,:r-r„ ,,,,-,, ,..,....,,,,4-::-,:: .,,..a• -•,:7 -,,',•,if,-.,--::: TiiueJySpraying. Espeial pains should be taken to destroy the eggs as well as the Ivinter flies of the pe,ar psylla, as effective work greatly reduces the nimher of 'eggs. deposited . on . the trees. In. early spring while the insects are able to 'crawl- they are very sluggish in their move,nients. This habit makes them very vulnerable to treatment and the grower should take full advantage of it by so spraying that none of the in:see:tie be allowed to escape. It is essen- tial to wet thoroughly .011 portions of the trees and especial care should be taken to force the liquid under the loose bark and into all the cracks and crevices in the bark. One tree should be thoroughly sprayed before proceeding to an- other, for in, balmy weather the flies may dodge quickly to the oppo- site side of the tree, In planning this work, be sure to select days when there is no danger of the spraying mixture freezing on the trees, The eggs about to hatch and the young nymphs succumb easilyto an application of linae-sulphur mix- ture. In, this lies a very important hint to the fruit grower. The eggs of the psyllaare laid prineipally during April and commenee to hatch early in May ox when . the Yossom cluster -buds are .beginning a separate at the tips. . Mo.stgrow .I's spray much earlier than this for the San Jose .scale, but by post- poning the treatment of pear orch- ards until the laloss,ore clusters are well advanced one may deal an ef- fective blow against the psylla and with the same treatment success- fully combs the stcale. The spray should be used in liberal quantities and pains should be exercised to wet all portions of the tree, espe- cially the fruit spurs and the under sides of the young wood where most of the eggs are laid.—H. Hodgkins, New York. Proper Distance for Planting. Standard apples, 30 feet apart each vray. Standard pear and strong grow- ing cherries, twenty feet apart each way. Duke and Marcella cherries, eighteen feet apart. Plaines, plums, apricots, peaches, nectarines, sixteen to twenty feet apart. Dwarf pears; -ten to twelve feet each way. , Dwarf apples, ten to twelve feet each way. Grapes, rows ten to fifteen feet a,part, seven to sixteen feet in rows. Good Horse Sense. • A hnrse should not be watered immediately after being fed grain. Idle horses should not be fed too much grain, Have the horses' teeth examined once a, year. Do not continually dose your horse; keep him well !by proper care. Horses cannot be kept in a thriving condition if they are com- pelled to get all their living from the straw stack, Do not change the grain ration abruptly. Age of Brood Sows. A. good- brood sow may be kept until seven or eight yearsoold with profitable results. They need- a great variety of food while carryng their young and a good deal of nourishing food with some milk while the pigs euck. Sows that have not had a- balanced ration are quite apt to eat their pigs when they eorne along. The growing of the pigs has roblbed the sow s sys- tem and she has a, craving appetite. Give a nourishing diet with sonic animal food for two months before farrowing Salt the food a, little. Double-Ba,relled Silo. "Half your corn and MI! your hay; 'still in the barn at °and:len:1M Day," runs the rhyane .of an old tune. There is a, point to it that is practic.al. At no time is there greater clanger that feeds will run short, at no time does economy and careful husbandry tell tostrich wcl- .t 1 ..earAt if vantage, as when it assures that at least there will be as inuch feed still left for the latter half of the winter as there was for the first. Even if cattle hallo to be fed care- fully at the first, it pays to have enough se that feed rations an be insnreased rather than diminished with the advance of the winter months. This is true right up to the last, for it is important thatoat- ie be fed in the istaible, and kept off the grass until the pasture is ready for them. This is a matter that is good for both the pasture and for the cattle. Plenty of feed in the barn at the commencement of spring is a good thing. But under many eanditions and circumstances it is not always Practieal. Crops often run light, and there are few seasons now that do not witness more or less winter - killing of clover, and this too .often followed by Midsummer draught. There is one solution for all of these troubles that is efficient, and will meet the situation, in the fullest possible way, nearly every time. That is through the possession and the' use of the silo, FOr all practi- cal intents „and purposes • the double-barrelled silo is the best. There is no time or season of the year when silage is not a chea,p tan.d satisfactory ration. The keeping qualities of silage compare favor- albly with those of any other food. It is good business to feed the roots early, as they do not improve with the 'passing of time. The same is sometimes t-ue of hay •a,nd other fodders. Bat silage that is put op in the fall is perfectly good until the following midsummer. It is peculiarly valuable in 'the spring time. When live stock are to be changed from dry fodder to .fresh green grass is always a time to keep a sharp look out for trouble. Even if it amounts to no- thing more; it is very hard to ac- temptish the change without the live stook showing .some loss of flesh. But when silage is fed in the spring time this is avoided. "Until I got anY isilo," said R. S. Steven- son, of Ancester, "I never could get the cattle from 'the stable ra- tions to pEbSture in a way to satisfy me. But when there was silage, the cattle were used to succulent food all along, and they were fed silage long after they had 'be.ert turned out to guess. Besides all of this, I did not need to Put them to grass at all, until the pastures were in first-class condition" COWS that have freshenedearly will aAvay.s "come up" again rn !their milk florw when they are put upon the .fresh paSture. But if fed silage they will never fall off, and it i easier and better from • every point of view, if they can he car- ried along and never allowed to drop off in their milk yield, Itt midsummer, with its rather prevalent droughts and. dry pas-, tures., there is once more an ad- vanta,ge in having plenty of silage ready to hand. This talways gives the pasture fields, and - especially the newly mown hay fields; just the "chance" that they need, to get into good shape. Should cows show any tendency to "fall off" in. their milk, then a little bit more of silage, the succulent food that is always eagerly welcomed by them, will (be th.e beet and surest and easi- est means to bring them back. There is always a good price avail- able far September oheese and Sep. tember butter, and it is good busi- ness to have the cows' doing their best at this time. It pays to have the double-barrel- kd silo. On,e silo to be emptied and its contents fed in the winter time, with a fresh one to open for spring and summer use, puts the dairy farmer in the right position tobe sure of a 'successful and profit- able season. --The C:anaclia,n 'Coun- tryman. Silence and wisdom may not be quite the same thing, but, neverthe- less, if you keep your mouth shut nobody can prove you are a, fool. Chickens teem home to roost, and promissory notes display the same tendency. Catarrhal Fever VOHNO,'6% ck 0 INFLUENT A, iiol/tOr,ErAztitit!'" And all diseases of the boas° ,affeeting his throat, speedily cured; colts and horses in ,smulo ottbble kept ifrom having them by using Spohn,s' Distemper Compound, 3 to 6 &see often euro; one bottle glittlaaband itO euro one case, Safe /or brood mares, baby eolte, stallions, all ages .a,nd conditiote. lfert ecientiele compound. Write 1 or .2ree booklet oit , • "Distemper, (Iftuare and Cure. Any druggieb or doleveted bY Inantte'r.oturers. SPOI kt CO 0 I d tat 111_1.m '4 • / " • CAN FORCE MISER PRINTS CROOKS' LATEST SCHEME TO ESCAPE JUSTICE. • Secret of Throwing Suspicion Upo Innocent Parties Against Whom They Have Grudge. Forgery of finger prints is the latest in the world of crooks. No longer will experts in icle.ntification bureaus and police departments de- clare the finger print system MM.'. lible. So clever is the latest move of crooks that they may be, by the use of forged finger prints, a visit- ing add and some chemicals, fix any crime on an innocent person. In 'short, they can transfer forged prints to the stock of a revolver, slay their victini, and leave the re- volver Nrhere the telltale prints will enmesh some person .against whom the eriminal band holds a grudge Lieut. Fred Quackenbush, in charge of the identification bureau at police headquarters, Toronto., has received notification of a, case in the West where money was ob- tained through the use of forged finger prints. Method is Sitnple. The method Qf counterfeiting fin- ger prints is simple, James Hoo - sick, a Western detective, is the first to report a successful case. The swindler or a gang singles out the victim -to rob. TTierr they select some crook, in their own line, oindownh.oim they wish to throw sus- pThief No.. 1 will meet No. 2, "Know this fellow, Jimmy?" ex- tending a card to No. 2. "No," says No. 2, "funny card," noting that it is celluloid or highly glossed paper. Ho then returns the csurd to No, 1. Several hours later 'No. 1 can, by sihaking mercury powdel, over the 'card, and covering the card with ealodium, draw out the prints as if on a photographic film. Placing the film on a safe which is blown is an easy matter. Heat then •applied to the surface melts the film -like substance and leaves a perfect finger print impression. Next cla,y or next week, No. 2, in- nocent of this particular job, is esI11ed in to "se.e the chief." " up„ Jimmy," is the cora- ma"laNdo.thin' tdoin'," retorts Jimmy. Prints Are the Same. "All rig,ht—we got our prints," • smiles the ehief, and on Comparing those photographed on the safe and. the yegg's prints taken at head- quarters, they are declared the same. "And the same ..prooedure could be followed with a revolver," said Lieut. Quackenbush. "A revolver on which forged prints have been placed can be laid beskle e. victim. It might be a revolver belonging to the victim's son—where would he get off when confronted with the evidence of finger prints on the revolver stock?" , "We will have to Thad some way in which we can define the forged print from the real by .eounting the skin pore notations on an imprint," said the officer. "In suoiner, how- ever, there are mare of these little indentations noted on a card than in cold weather, so this is an un- certain method." • Chicago experts it is said, are the only ones Via. can photograph finger prints an clothing. They e.e- fuse to make public 'their secret method. 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