HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1915-12-11, Page 6SHE t. OLDEN KEY
Cr "The A da,eonturreS of Ledgard."
By the Author of "What He Cost Iter."
CHAPTER XXIX.—(Cont'd). I tion came filing into the little en -
There was a wild chorus of fear., closure.
Trennt lit a cigar, and sat down on
The women fled to the huts—the men; a block of wood to consider what fur -
1 1 -
T very lively at Attra at fare's, I'm bound
to admit, No one seemed, to now
much about, Bekwando Iaand Company
1 and the country that way was very
'rough. However, we got sent out at
I ast, and Cathcart, he simply scoffed
at the whole thing from the first.
There was no proper labor, not • half
enough machinery, and none of the
right sort—and the gradients and
country between Bekwando and the
sea were awful. Cathcart made a
few reports and we did nothing but
kiek our heels about until He came
You'll see I've written that in big
letters, and I tell you if ever a man
deserved to have his name written in
capitals Searlett Trent does, and the
oddest part of it is he knows you,
can like rats to shelter. But the eee- ther was best to be done. In t le . and he was awfully decent to me all
cutioner of Bekwando, who was a fe- !meantime the natives were bringing the time.
tisk man and holy, stood his ground ' gams to the white men with timid "Well, out he went prospecting,bo
and pointed his knife at Trent. Two ; gestures. After a brief rest Trent
called them to follow him. He walk- fore he'd been in the country twenty -
others, seeing him firm, also remain -1 The moment was critical. ed across to the dwelling of the fetish four hours, and he came back quite
"Cut 'those bonds!" Trent ordered, ! man and tore down the curtain of cheerful. Then he spoke to Cathcart
pointing to the boy, 1 dried grass which hung before the about starting work, and Cathcart was
The fetish man waved his hands 1 opening, Even then it was so dark ' a perfect beast, He as good as told
and .drew a step nearer to Trent, his ! inside that they had to light a torch him that he'd come out under false
knife outstretched. The other two before they could see the walls, and pretences, that the whole affair was
backed him Lip. t Already a spear was , the stench wars horrible. a swindle, and that the road could notbe made. Trent didn't hesitate, I can
couched..Trent's revolver flashed ' A little chorus of m
urmurs esc�.p-
k as
out in the sunlight. ! ed the lips of the Europeans
"Cut that cord!" he ordered again. : interior became revealed to them. Op -
The fetish pian poised his knife.' posite the door was a life-size and
Trent hesitated no longer, but shot ! hideous effigy of a grinning god,
him deliberately through the heart. made of wood and painted in many
He jumped into the air and fell for- colors. By its side were other more
ward upon his face with a death cry ; horrible images, and a row of human
which seemed to find an echo Pram skulls hung from the roof. The hand
every hut and from behind every tree • of a white man, blackened with age,
of Bekwando. It was like the knell of . was stuck to the wall by a spear -
their last hope, for had he not told
them that he was fetish, that his
body was proof against those wicked
fires, and that if the white meal
came, he himself would slay them!
And now he was dead! The last bar- 1 ancient gods. There was a cry of bor-
ne): of their superstitious hope was ; ror when Trent unceremoniously kick -
broken down. Even the drunken king ; ed over the nearest idol—a yell of
e Sat up. and made strange noises. j panic when the boy, with a gleam of
Trent stooped down and, picking mischief in his eyes, threw out
yup the knife, cut the bonds which had amongst them a worm-eaten hideous
bound the boy. He staggered up to effigy, and with a hearty kick stove
h in its hollow side. It lay there bald
and ugly in the streaming sunshine, a
block of misshapen wood ill -painted
the tell you. There were ano arguments
head, the stench and filth of the
whole place were pestilential. Yet
outside a number of women and sever-
al men were on theirknees hoping
still against hope for aid from their
his feet with a weak, little laug .
"I knew you'd find nke," he said.
f4Did T look awfully frightened?"
Trent patted him on the shoulder. in flaring daubs, the thing which they
"If I hadn't been in time," he said, had worshipped in gloom and secret,
g•1'd have shot every man here and they and a generation before them—
'burned their huts over their heads. all the mystery of its shrouded exist -
Pick up the knife, old chap, quick. Ience, the terrible fetish words of the
think those fellows mean mischief." I dead priest, the reverence which an
The two warriors who had stood by' all-powerful and inherited supersti-
the priest were approaching, but tion had kept alive within them, came
When , they came within a few yards into their minds as they stood there
of Trent's revolver they dropped on trembling, and then fled away to be
their knees. It was their token of out of reach of the empty, staring
submission. Trent nodded, and a eyes—out of reach of the vengeance
which must surely fall from the skies
upon these white savages. So they
moment afterwards the reason for
their non-resistance was made evi-
dent. The remainder of the expedi-
e
Christmas Appeat
Th6 Hospital for Sick Children
COLLEGE ST., TORONTO.
Dear Mr. Editor: --
I Thanks for your kindness in allow-
, in„ me the privilege of appealing at
t this Christmas time on behalf of the
Hospital .for Silk Children, Toronto.
In the 40 years of the Hospital's ex•
istence there have been treated within
its walls 26,108 children as in -patients;
281,768 as out-patients; a grand total
of '257,876 in and out-patients.
The Hospital for Sick Children gives
a province -wide service, for little
patients from every section of On-
tario have sought its aid. Last
year 49! patients were admitted from
232 places outside the city of Toronto.
Ie 1014 there were 394 from 210 places.
Of the 2,838 in -patients last year
1,771. were medical cases and 1,067
surgical. In the orthopedic department
of the 2,838 in -patients, 264 were
ten for deformities ' 1 Pott's dfs-
watched, the women beating their bo -
sous and uttering strange cries, the
men stolid but scared. Trent and the . wards when we had to knock off, he
boy came out coughing, and half- preached, and Trent took the chair
stupefied with the rank odor, and a and rade 'em all listen, Well, when
little murmur went up from them. It we got a bit inland we had the x-,rivey'
was a device of the gods -a sort of to deal with, and if you ask me I be -
madness with which they were -afflict- , lieve that's one reason Oathe' re :rated
ed. But soon their murmurs turned the whole thing so. He's a beastly
into lamentation when they saw coward, I think, and he told me once
or promises with him. He chucked
Cathcart on the spot, turned him out
of the place, and swore he'd make the
road himself. I asked if I might stop,
and I think he was • glad, anyhow
we've been ever such pals ever since,
and I never expect to have such -atiine
again as long as I live! But do you
know, Auntie, we've about made that
road. When I see what we've done,
sometimes I can't believe it. I only
wish some of the bigwigs who've
never been out of an office could see
it. I know I'll hate to come away.
"You'd never believe the time we
had—leaving out the fighting, which
I am coming to by and by. We were
beastly short of all sorts of machin-
ery, and our labor was awful. We
had scarcely any at first, but Trent
found 'em, somehow, Kru boys and
native Zulus and broken-down Euro-
peans—any one who could hold a
pick. More came every day, and we
simply cut our way through the
country. I think I was pretty useful,
for you see I was the only. chap; there
who knew even a bit about engineer-
ing or practical surveying, and I'd sit
up all night lots of times working the
thing out. We ' had a missionary
come over the first Sunday, and want-
ed to preach, but Trent stopped him.
'We've got to work here,' he said,
'and Sunday or no Sunday I can't let
my men stop to listen to you in the
cool of the day. If you want to
preach, come and take a pick now,
and preach when they're restakxg,',and
he did and worked well too, and after -
what was to come. Men were running
backwards and forwards, piling up
dried wood and branches against the
he'd never let off a revolver in his
life. Well, they tried to surprise us
one 'night, but Trent was up himself
idol -house, a single spark and the watching, and I tell you we did give
thing was done. A tongue of name 'em beans. Great, ugly-lookings.
leaped up, a thick column of smoke black chaps they were. Aunt Ernie,
stole straight up in the breathless air. I shall never forget how I felt when
Amazed, the people stood and saw the I saw them come creeping through
home of dreadful mystery, , whence the long, rough grass with their
came the sentence of life and death, beastly spears all poised ready to
the voice of the king -maker, the throw. And now for my own special
omens of war and fortune, enveloped adventure. Won't you shiver when
in flames, already a ruined and shape- you read this! I was taken prisoner
less mass. Trent stood and watched i by one of those chaps, carried off to
it, smoking fiercely, and felt himself their beastly village and very nearly
a civilizer. But the boy seemed to I murdered by a chap who seemed to be
feel some of the pathos of the mo- . a cross between an executioner and a
ment and he looked curiously at the I high -priest, and who kept dancing
little crowd of wailing natives. round lie, singing a lot of rot and
"And the people?" he asked. pointing the knife at me. You see, 1
"They are going to help me make was right on the outside of the fight-
red my road," Trent said. firmly. "I am ing, and I got a knock on the head
ease of the spine. 10 lateral curvature going to teach them to work." with the butt -end of a spear, and was
5 7 club -feet, ` _- a bit silly for a moment, and a great
of The spine, 10 bow-legs,
1 t dielocations of hip, 42 tubercular CHAPTER XXX. chap, who'd seen me near Trent and
dieeese of knee, hip, ankle, wrist and . "My Dear Aunt Ernie, --At last 1 guessed I was somebody, picked • me
elbow: 70 infantile paralysis, 8 wt y
21 miseellaneons• have a chance of sending you a let- , up as though I'd been a baby endear-
. and1 ter—and, this time at any rate, you ried me off. Of course I kicked up no
Out batik le never -ending --is one 1 won't have to complain about mer encl of a row as soon as I came to;
that mill continue while the world lasts, i ewe I'll promise but what with the firing and the
sexxdank ymx no n
you that, before I begin, and you screeching no one heard me, and Trent
needn't get scared either, because it's said it was half an hour before he
all good. I've been awfully lucky, missed ane and an hour before they
and all because that fellow Cathcart started in pursuit. Anyhow, there I
turned out such .a funk and a bounder. was, about morning -tinge when 'you
It's the oddest thing in the world, too, were thinking of having your cup of
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Farm Notes.
Pay attention to the little details.
Dead beets those killed by weeds
and lack of attention.
The farm home can and should be
made more attractive.
One well fed hen is better Than two
half starved ones.
Sunlight is a natural tonic for the
ittle pigs, and they revel in it.
What the grain grower takes from
the soil, the dairy cow in times re-
stores.
Actual experience is the only way
u which success can be attained in.
bee keeping;
Economical feeding requires supply-
ing the food nutrients in the . right
proportion.
To prevent rabbits gnawing the
trees, mix fish oil or strong red pep-
per with whitewash and apply.
The two grains, Indian corn and
for it is the tight between the armies of
Cir the sick ittlehones, sons a -to save le child n d daughters
not only of our soldier keen. but of
the father; and mothers still in this
cc, house -land province.
The. Hospital is beating back dis-
ease and death, the enemies that
as that old
sail t'lxclives of little children as the to pick up all the news I could about dle of the village, and all the natives,
Briti;at Empire is heating back Gish- Scarlett Trent and send it to you. beastly creatures promenading round
many, Austria and Turkey the one- Why, he's within a few feet of me at me and making faces and bawling out
ries that assail the life of liberty. this moment, and I've been seeing him things Oh, it was beastly I can tell
So we appeal to the generous people continually ever since I cane here. you! Then just as they seemed to
sf Ontario not to forget those so near But there, I'll try and begin at the have made up their mind to kill ale,
• and clear to us, who lie in the beds and beginning. up strode Scarlett Trent alone, if you
cots of this greet. charity. ''You know Cathcart got the post please, and he walked up to the whole
Will tile people et large, as of old,
mewled to tu Cal t? Will tikes reanem of Consulting Surveyor and Engin- lot of 'elm as boldas brass. He'd got
her that oo r ,' year is a war
year nn, eer to the Bekwando Syndicate, and along way ahead of the rest and
is a.l day a {lay of battle,
he was head man at our London place. thought they meant mischief, so 'he
the l t r tsp t y
ever • W ell, they sent me from Capetown to wouldn't wait for the others but faced
and that the Hospital xxeede money' l c junior to hixn, and a jolly good • -a hundred of them with a revolver in
not tot it own sake. but for the cltilthingsthe truth it was absorbingly mterest-
dren°.• „alts'" move for me too. I never did see his hand,and T. can tell you i ing to her. Already there had come
is war for sanythixxg in Cathcart! He's a lazy were lively then. I'd mea err be able rumors of the daring and blunt, re-
sistless 1T°sitatal ata waged l sort of chap, hates work, and I guess to describe the next few minutes listless force wit which this nee -
Party ;,F::Ir . The people of Toronto he only got the job because his uncle one man Trent knocked down with his
c)rtta!'io have been its friend. andnisi- fist ayrcl you could hear his skull crack, made millionaire had confronted a
ere"! help. ha got ti lot of shares in the laantic testa xs axe never wanted to then he shot the chap who had been ! ]g sk:. His terse communica-
f d their rya y into the,
threatening, , my c , them and in the boy's.
c'"'.ct:` ,' ° : • chile. •1 ' .1 • ^ "aunts. tar 't gaad dial.
lir 1 cit 1. „ e were wait- I thought it was all over. They ere letter she seemed to discover some -
i th can ren liri.l itol s incite rhe wa time waxen tiv i of Tr g ncl thing Ctesar`ie. That night it was
lie., p , •,: lxildre'n, ing he .wasn't a bit keen, alxd ]sept oda horribly afra d chit thou„h, a more than usually difi'icult for her to
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;ec,,rs drailnt is a link of lcftkdnc ss in a^%sting about the good times axe might vvlxile they weir closing round uxs the I settle clown to her own work, She
1 r • • that jnins the have been having in London, and what others came up and the natives chuck-
tt,e' insist o[ sue cy ere stranded it at once. They used to be a very: read her nephew's letter razor 1 then.
.fisc,• e, ch Yd packet to tax+ miseries 'kr fearful country we w c but since the er ablo once' and continually she fount
,,{ � elilltl's life> �ardtk" iixoflker's 'rn ttll axe 'llxnost gave me tike bines, ludo , Y tl lits sla ing �uwav--tltivelhng
c f sc',..+. pp
,serf,
1 i'r slues ('11,i::ttn.is calls yott th re in�y and chtllxlcen lot Nell
lt::at t c ,
then what do you think he did?
From the king downward he made
every Jack of them come and work
on his road. You'll never believe it,
but it's perfectly true. They looked
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Gossip About the Styles.
Everything Russian is decidedly in
the front line of fashion.
Russian boots are worn, while the
flowing, full coat of the Cossack in-
spired the gown and coat fashions .of
the season. The lavish use of furs
show the Russian influence. Now the
Russian ]kat is quite the thing as cold-
er weather comes- to blue our noses.
A hat most 'unique is of Hudson
seal, shaped like the teak%. It is one
of the few startling things of this
very% conservative fashion season.
There is a small patent leather visor
in front and black braid is suspended.
from three points of the edge of the
crown. A rosette holds a small bunch
of peacock feathers directly in front.
Small hats remain in favor, and�the
flowered toque is having great popu-
larity. Usually the hat itself is of
white plush, and the flowers are laid
flat upon the crown. These decora-
tions are wonderful to behold, rich in
coloring, and exquisite in material.
Dark red is the newest day color. It
is used also'for evening wraps. A11
these deep red tones are called Gari-
baldi reds, whether they are light or
dark, and are high style in Paris,
both for afternoon and evening
dresses. 'They have not yet been seen
here to any extent. One pretty young
woman has a whole outfit, Russian
suit, small round gathered Russia�-
velvet toque, and velvet muff, all
skunk trimmed, of the red. At any
rate it is a newer color than purple
or Russian green.
Kaffir corn, are almost 'identical in
chemical composition..
Nothing ever came so near turning
December into June, for dairy cattle
and sheep as the silo.
Poultry keeping is more profitable
than dairying for the man who likes
poultry better than he does cows.
Having the pigs farrowed as near
one time as possible greatly simpli-
fies the work of feeding and caring
for them.
Don't forget to gather in road dust
or sifted coal ashes, so that the hens
will have something to wallow in this
winter.
The story of the farm is written in
the sweat of the farmer's brow, and
punctuated with tears of sorrow and
tears of joy.
Do not slight the milking, but get
the last drop. There is no quicker way
to decrease the flow of milk than to
leave a little each time.
While still young, but full grown,
the chicken is best suited for food. As
it grows old, the flesh loses its flavor
and increases in toughness.
Some farmers think it a waste of
The present fashion for the Rus-
sian style of coats and jackets is
further emphasized by the latest fad,
of wearing Russian charms and good
luck bringers. These charms are
usually in the shape of a richly orna-
mented small cross, knade of sil-
ver filigree or studded with ' jewels
and suspended in front from the
neck. The Cossack cap, which often
accompanies the fur trimmed coat
cut in a Russian blouse form, is
sometimes trimmed on one side with
a jewel ornament, colored enamel, for
instance, made in Russian fashion.
In the Tanagra robes the most
beautiful tones of pink, yellow, green
or blue satin are used; ring velvet is a
good material also, as it drapes• like a
piece of chiffon. Metal laces -in long,
scarflike sleeves and drop skirts add
elegance. The draping is always in
long Greek -line lines.
It is often difficult to tell whether
a new model is an afternoon dance
frock or an evening one, for the after-
noon dance frocks are snore or less
decollete and of thin material like the �.
evening frock,
A stunning gown is made of • pea -
upon him as their conqueror, and time to groom work horses in order cock blue gabardine with a slot seam
they came like lambs when he order- to make them look sleek and shiny clown the back. A stitched band at
ed it. They think they're slaves you ;and would rather ]cave them in their the sides Iaalds the plaited pelaluln,
know, and don't understand their pme "• natural state. which is further ornamented for a
but they get it every week and sante As long as there are points in the small distance with shirring terknikx-
A all rnhe %you lino a the oh, farmin business that are unsettled, atin in godets. The bottom of this
Aunt Ernie, you should see the icing g g b
work with a pick axe! He is fat and and as long as the man behind the stitched down band forms the waist -
so clumsy, and so furiously angry, farm wishes to make progress, there line and holds qt. the side fronts a
but he's too scared of Trent to do ; will be something for tike farm papers second and shorter peplum. The front
anything but obey orders, and there ' to do. of the jaeicet lids no peplum, the hotly
an works hour after hour, if himn s part slightly crossing and made ad -
and the e w re in a rolls off him as justable. There is a small half moon
couldhe were in a turkish ngth. I shaped pocket at each side. The fancy
happ no a eefor you odd things that buttonholes, made like spades are
hnppen hnre for Nous, but I rust backed with self material. The collar
finish soon as the chap • is starting # s � - ., ti
with the mail. I am enjoying it. It r s x ,G and the facing of the front are of
is something like life I can tell you, ' { fancy striped ribbon. A novel effect
. Trent knade me obtained b inserting akx oval piece
and axon t I lucky xs Y
take year,rt's place, I ait getting of the same ribbon into•the lower part
heQO a year, and o it c ors at, lie says �, i of the sleeves. A cord holds the full-
spel al that the vir ythin looke d a a ' ness of the sleeves at the wrist, the
special grant. Everything looks dif-
ferent here now, and Ido hope the cuffs flaring below.
company will be a success. There's
MO`s HER
The proof of Mother Seigel's
S •ru is in the taking. `.C'hat
is why former sufferers, Whose
vitality tions being sapped by
di *estion sa ' i is jus et-
cellent for stOmaclx, liver and
bowe rou es, an cs
Mother Seigel's Syrup, they,
are note strong and reel .
IS EXCELLENT R
If you are afflicted ley Indi-
gestion or otherdisorders of the
stomach, liver and bowels take
Mother Seigel's Syrup regularly
for a few days. long enough
to giveit a fair chance to make
its beneficial influence felt.
Then note the improvement
in your alxlietite, your strength,
your general condition. Sols
r hole heaps of mnung machinery } p A khaki -colored gabardine suit has
v
landed and waiting for the road to be the short jack{et made ahnost straight.
finished to go up, and people seem to The single-breasted front is buttoned
be streaming into the place. I wan- heIx Y t i clown with six buttons. The fullness
kn w th t thea rod i say good as of the side fronts is slightly gathered
inns tdat the road h j pooch as 1 t bl Th 1 to at the height of the last button.
clone, and that I've got his job!
"Chap called f or mail, Good-bye• There is a slanting slit pocket at each
"Ever your affectionate l side of the peplum. Two plaits are
"I+'red." held by a braid strap. The long
"Trent is a brick:." sleeves have two small wedge-shaped
Ernestine dread the letter slowly, insertions at the bottom, held by
line by line, word by word^ To ttell• straps.
uteis y +ti v:ill give to at cha.,ity that ness: It seen cite t Loncloil, me and cut bids tions had oun
f • , c very err money
1in Ontario, come, hates any placep and then they tiled to resist us, and press, and in
your mane t re ash s the which 2 lei
orae were. •
auicl there hadix't beery some jolly to get rum for their timber .and ivory ' thoughts the . ° t
chaps they're a, across
wood, shooting and a few nice� Y
,' I should 'have been I must tell you what Trent did then,
up at the Fort,
.Y
• the1^lest • �e where
to tY boos
it 7.Ilef
t him
to He wentp
miserable. As was.
himself a good deal, and he didn't -like the gods were kept --such a beastly.
either. I think Attra was a jolly b 1 before
x
that
place, and the landing in surf boats
was no end of fun, Cathcart got
beastly wet, and you . should have
Cor n what a stew he was ill because
1Y:r.t a p'itst' or tater kindness to
t , i', tr,t+;;l iter! tate 1Tespite! may
t !'''! tlti• hr: tit. nP Fits help to t,11Pta :
o r.. II
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t ;l; , eu Betel n dollar, six more if
- to Dough% 'Davidson, Secre-
-. 111 f'i•, 00
T . trf4C'.ti 1°,'tiT�RttTSON,
hole—and ho burnt the place b efor e
the eyes of all -the natives. I believe face looking steadily overthe sea to
they thought every moment that we 'her, as lie stood upright for a =-
should be struck dead, and they stood 'ment and rested from his toil. She
round in a ring, making an awful row, was very fond of the. boy ----but the
t a. tiered intekfere+... Re face ";,vas not his!
C nt"trued.._.....
. ocean to a towel s •rap
of country where a heterogeneous
crowd of men were toiling and dig-
ging under a blazing sun, And, con-
tinually too, she seemed to see tx man's
HEADACHES BILIOUSNESS
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Not Deceased.
Private Tommy Sims had had
pneumonia and had been for some
time in the hospital, where they treat-
ed him so well that he was mach
averse to the prospect of being die-
tclxarged as cured.
One day the doctor was .takini laic
temperature, and while. Tommy hod
the thermometer in his mouth the
doctor moved on, and happened to •
turn his back. Ile pulled the thermo-
dieter out of his mouth and popped it
into a cup of hot tea, replacing it at
medico's turn-
ing,
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•signo
f the m
the
first
ing, When that xvorthy. examined.
the thermometer he looked first at
Tommy and then back at the ther-
mometer and gasped: '
"Well, my man, you're not dead,
but you ought to bel'.".