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t n iget," Trent answered shortly, `"Xhave.r
i ,y..�. _M..,,_--_ __ tz £10Q note with me, so shall • not
i,rumble if 1 get little change • eat. of
Tiii it, but 1 want value for the money."
flOLDEN
^' t;wercd significantly—and he ]L_,rt his
word.
Trent reached the theatre only as•
the people were streaming out, ' In
the lobby he came face to face with
Ernestine and Francis. '.they were
talking together earnestly, but ceased
directly they saw him.
"I have been telling Captain Fran-
cis," Ernestine said, "of your • de-
jammed
XXX.V1I.--(Cont'd).. drama, full of all the most rip -to- ate coldly.
lightful ir_vitation.a,
Afterwards the whole party aa.i- f'zslnir:nalslo jargon and tcpiral Iu- "I hope that Captain Francis will
in error 'Trent grew more and more )e -,a
inn informallie theatre, alto ethf z th, ,vildcred at every me anent. Suddenly,
joinFranttgcisTrent stepz oda behind fora mo-
r 1 , n towards the enol of the first act, a f ne meat to light a cigarette.
guests land carriages e: waiting, oth<.r.,
c' leered out like •
1t int.on 11 e a
Ir'im,t l t
p
'The dvenfures of Ledg r'ci."
By the Author of "What He Cost Her."
• went clown in' h= n ome. Ernestine was `
rather late in coming downstairs and 'ongue of tire. The h truest of the
mild -
found Trent waiting for her in the v aalmrp ee d,erbee?uie p tet suddenlyo then intense.
hall. She. was wearing a wonderful
Trent stat iuzvvand in his seat, Ernest -
black satin opera cloak with pale line ceased to fan herself. The man
green. lining, her maid had touched up and the tivomon stood face to race---
her hair and wound a string of pearls the light badinage which had been
she cameei. slo�rlcly down the stars Abuts passing between them suddenly ezncl- vitation, every one seemed in good
toning her -gloves, and looking at him ed —the man, with his sin stripped spirits, en
ct delighted at the opportun
hare, mei cileasiy exposed, the woman, ity of unrestrained conversation after
'rl.. himv
h
eyiti nc• there faintly
raised o
alone. see
Afterall, his accuser, passionately eloquent, several hours at the theatre. The sup -
what folly! Was it likely that wealth, pouring our her scorn upon a mute per itself, absolutely the best of its•
however great, could ever make him victim. The audience knew what the kind, from the caviare and plover's
of her world, could ever bring him in woman in tlae play did not know, that eggs to the marvellous ices, and serv-
it was for love of her that the man ed in one of the laanclsomest rooms in
had ginned, to save her from a ter- London, was really beyond criticism:
rible danger which had hovered very To Trent it seemed almost like a
near her life. The curtain fell, the dream, as he leaned back in his chair
woman leaving her room with a final and looked down at the little party—
taunt flung over her shoulder, the man the women with their bare shoulders
seated at a table looking steadfastly and jewels, bathed in the soft glow of
into the fire with fixed, unseeing eyes. the rose -shaded electric lights, the
The audience drew a little breath, and piles of beautiful pink grid white Howe
then applauded; the orchestra struck rs, the gleaming ilver, and the wine
up and a buzz of conversation began.
It was then that Ernestine first
noticed how absorbed the man at her
side had become. His hands were the women. Ernestine was by his
gripping the arms of the stall, his side, every one was good-humored and.
eyes were fixed upon the spot some- enjoying lois hospitality. Only one
where behind the curtain where 1 this
sudden little drama had been played 'Face at the table was a reminder of
could the instability of his fortunes—a face
out, as though indeed they
pierce the heavy upholstery and see be had grown to hate during the last
ts
beyond into the room where the very •at hours with a Yet the
man c as of
air seemed quivering still with the rated hatred. Yet the man was of
vehemence of the woman's outpoured the same race as these people; his
scorn. Ernestine spoke to him at connections were known to many of
them' be was making new friends and
last, the sound of her voice brought
Mar-
iam back with a start to the present. reviving -old ties every moment. Dur-
"You like t?" ing a brie_ lull in the conversation
"The latter part," he answered. his clear, soft voice suddenly reached
"I shah be de*lighted," he tanswer�ecl,
* The supper patty was one of those
absolute and complete successes which.
rarely fall to the lot of even the most
carefully thought out of social func-
tions. Every one of Lady Treshain's
guests bad accepted the hurried in
reality one degree nearer to her?
That night he bad lost all confidence.
He told himself that it was the rank-
est presumption to even think of her.
"The others," he said, `:have gone
on. Lady Treshem left word that I
was to take you."
She glanced •at the old-fashioned
clock which stood in the corner of the
hall.
"How ridiculous to have hurried
so!" she said. "One might surely be
comfortable here instead of waiting
at the theatre."
• She, walked towards the door with
hire.. His own little night -brougham
was waiting there, and she stepped
into it.
"I am surprised at Lady Tresham,"
she said, smiling. "I really don't think
that I am at all properly chaperoned.
This comes, I suppose, from having
acquired a character for independ-
ence."
Her gown seemed to fill the car-
riage—a little sea of frothy lace and
muslin. He hesitated on the pave-
ment.
"Shall I ride outside?" he suggest-
ed. "I don't want to crush you."
She gathered up her skirt at once
and made room for him. He directed
the driver and stepped in beside her.
"I hope," she said, "that your cigar-
ette restored your spirits. You are
not going to be as dull all the evening
as you were at dinner, are you?"
He sighed a little wistfully. "I'd
like to talk to you," lee said simply,
"but somehow to -night . . . you know
it was much easier when you were a
journalist from the Hour."
"Well, that is what I am now,"
she said, laughing. "Only I can't
get away from all my old friends at
once. The day after to -morrow I shall
be back at work."
"Do you mean it?" he asked incre-
dulously
which frothed in their glasses. The
music of the violine on the balcony
blended with the soft -gay voices of
"What a sudden change! At first 1
thought it rubbish, afterwards it was
wonderful!"
"Hubert is a fine actor!" she re-
marked, fanning herself. "It was his
first opportunity in the play, and he
certainly took advantage of it."
He turned deliberately round in his
seat towards her, and she was struck
with the forceful eagerness of his
dark face, set.
"The man," he whispered hoarsely,
Trent's ears. He was telling a story:
"Africa," he was saying, "is a
country of surprises. 'Attra seems to
be a city of hopeless exile for all
white people. Last time I was there
1 used to notice every day a very old
man making a pretence of worldng in
a kitchen garden attached to a little
white mission-house—a Basle Society
depot. He always seemed to be lean-
ing on his spade, always gazing out
seawards in the same intent, . fascin-
ated way. Some one told me his his -
sinned for the -Jove of the .woman. tory. He was an Englishman of good
Was he right? Would a woman for- position who had got. into trouble
in
give a man who deceived her forher his younger days and served a term
own sake when she knew:. of years in prison. When he came
Ernestine held up her programme out, sooner than disgrace his family
and studied it deeply, further, he published a false account
"I cannot tell," she said, "it tie- of his death and sailed under a dis-
pends.
Trent drew a little breath and turn_ guised naive for Africa. There he has
ed away A. t I th lived ever since, growing older and
"Of course I do! You don't suppose side whispered in hisear—sinkingronn u5 o en louver, often near .fortune but
I find this sort of thing particularly "The woman would forgive if ,he I always missing it, a slave to bad hab-
amusing, do you? Hasn't it ever oc- Icared for the man." its, weak and dissolute if you like,-
carred to you that there must be a ,k * * * * ibut ever keeping up his voluntary
terrible sameness about people who sacrifice,g
ever with that unconquerable
have been brought upamongst exact -
died
turned sharply and the light longing for one last glimpse of iris
ly the same surroundings and taught 9'
died out of his voice. Surely it uvas own country and his own people. T
to regard life from exactly the samen evil omen, this man's conning; for ! sawpian not many months ago, still
point of view?" it was Captain Francis who had tak- ;'there, still with his eyes turned sea -
"But you belong to them—you have en the vacant seat and who was ! wards and with the same wistful
their instincts." watching his astonishment with a 'droop of the head. Somehow I can't
9 somewhat saturnine smile. help thinking that that old man is a
may belong to them in some` „
ways, but you know that I am a re- Rather a stupid play, isn't it? By hero."
t?volted Hadaughter.
eri t tel•out into Ili proved Miss by,
eTdermott s ipersh miss ou n to uld The tinkling of glasses and the soft
gonethe world pre- i The
of whispered conversation
to the horror of all my relatives, for sent me. ��I met her young cousin out had ceased during Francis' story.
the sole purpose of getting a firmer at Attra. Every one was a little affected --the
grip of life? And yet, do you know, Ernestine heard and leaned forward 'soft throbbing of the violins upon the
Mr. Trent, I believe that to -night you smiling. Trent did as he was asked, 'balcony was almost a relief. Then
have forgotten that. You have re_ with set teeth and an ill grace. From there was a little murmur of sympa-
membered my present character only, then, until the curtain went up for the thetie remarks -but amongst it all
end in despair of interesting a fash- nest net, he had only to sit still and Trent sat at the head of the table with
ionable young lady, you have not talk- listen• white,set face, but with red fire be -
ed to me at all, and I have been very Afterwards the play scarcely fug- ;fore is eyes. This man had played
drill filled the• promise of its commence-mfalse.
y ' ' p
a, .
dared
k
Er -
"It qtrue," „ meat. At the third act Trent lost all nestine s onnly he knewaot thatoherteyes
1t is cite he assented. Ail
around as thei-were talking of things interestinit. Suddenly an idea ice- i were wet with tears and that her. bo-
som was heaving.
(To be continued.
which I knew.nothing, and you were cure e to him. He drew a card from
one of thelia:" his pocket and, scribbling a word or
"I3oiv foolish! You could have two on it, passed it along to Lady
talked to me about Fred and the road- Tresham. She leaned forward and
making in Africa, and I should have smiled approproval upon him.
been more interested than in anthin Delightful!"
they could have said to me."y g ' Trent reached for his hat and whis-
They *ere passing a brilliantly -lit pered in Ernestine's ear,
corner, and the light flashed upon his You are all coming to supper with
strong set face with its heavy eye -
going
at the 'Milan,'" he said; ,`I am
brows and firm lips. He leaned back going on now to see about it"
and laughed hoarsely. Was it her She smiled upon him, evidently
fntizcy, she Wondered, or did he seem pleased.
not wholly at his ease. What a charming idea! But do
"Haven't I told you a good deal? T you mean all sof us?"
Should have thought that Fred and I Why not?
between us had told you all about He found his carriage outside with -
Africa that you would care to hear." out much difficulty, and drove quick -
She shook her head. What she said quick-
ly round to the Milan Restaurant,
• next sounded to him,
in a certain The director looked doubtful.
sense, enigmatic, "A table for eighteen, sir! It is
"There is a good deal Left for you quite too late to arrange it, except in
to tell me," she said. "Some day I a larvate room:'
shall hope to know,eveiything." The ladies prefer the large room,"
Ile met her he
without flinching. Trent answered decidedly, and you
"Some div," he said, "T hope you must arrange it somehow. I'll give
will,"
you carte blanche as to what you
serve, but it must be of the best."
CHAPTER XXXVIII. The man bowed. This must be a
Millionaire,. for the restaurant was
The carriage drew up at the thea- the "Milan."
ire, and he handed her out, --a little "And the name sir?"
awkwardly perhaps, but without abso-•' "Scarlett Trent -you may not know
lute clumsiness. They. found all the me, but Lady Tresham, Lord Colliston
rest of the party already in their seats and the Earl of Howton are amongst
and the curtain about to go up. They my guests."
took the two end stalls, Trent on. the The Man saw no more difficulties.
outside. One chair only, next to grim, The name of Scarlett Trent was the
'rex naiared unoccupied., name which impressed hire. The Eng-
"i ou people haven't hurried," Lady lisle aristocrat he had but little re -
Tresham r.ennarked, leaning forward. spect for, but a millionaire was cer-
We aro in time at any rate," Er- thinly next to tate gods.
nestine answered, letting her cloak i "We must arrange the table crou-
ton upon the back of the stall. ways, sir, at the end of the room," he
The curtain was rung up and the said. And about the flowers 7
ploy:began. It was a modern society j "The best, and as many as yogi can
TO THE KAISER.
Dance, since ye're dancing, William,
Dance up and doon;
Set to your partners William—.
We'll play the tune!
•
See, make a bow to Paris!
Here's Antwerp toon;
Off to the Gulf of Riga,
Back to Verdoon;
Aye, but I'm thinkin', laddie
Yell use your shoon!
Dance, since ye're dancing William,
Dance up and doon;
Set to your partners, William—.
We'll play the tune!
What? Wad ye stop the pipers?
Nay, 'tis over soon!
Dance, since ye're danein', William,
Dance, ye puir loon!
Dance till ye're dizzy, William!
Dance till ye swoon;
Dance till ye're dead, my laddie,--»
We'll play the tune!
"Do you love sister Clara, Mr. Simp-
son ?" asked the little brother frankly
of the caller, "Why, Willie, what a
funny question," replied the astound-
ed Mr. Simpson, "Why d'yo ask
that?" "Because sho said last night
she'd give five dollars to know, and I
need the money for a new football,"
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The Creai•i'Can.
'A. writer signing herself "Farmer'
Wife" in the Ohio Farmer recentl
gave an account of the value of th
cream can, which is worth reproduc
fat you are selling sunshine. Wile-
s you sell grain you are selling the fer-
y tility of your farm. Can the farmer
e make a better investment than the
_ cream can?
ing here. Here it is:
The cream can is an important
factor in many farm homes. No uten
sig has become popular more rapidl
than it. .It is the cream check tha
pays the grocer and dressmaker
builds houses and barns, buys th
piano, sends the children to colleg
and buys oil and gasoline. And wha
could do more than•the cream can?
"Get another cow," was the slogan
•of the owner of the cream can; bu
the 1916 slogan is "Get a better cow.'
Then weigh your milk and use • the
Babcock tester. Scales are a neces
sity on every farm and the testing
outfit is not expensive, neither is i
so complex that it takes an educated
person to use it as many suppose
With scales and Babcock test no one
need keep cows, the cows will keep
him. Don't guess; it pays to know
Weigh your cream—then if you ship
36 pounds when the check comes you
will not be positive it was 38.
A man may pay 25 cents to guess
on the number of beans in a can and
consider himself a sport. But • he is
net in it with the man who loses from
ox to two per cent. to as high as 30
'cent. of the butterfat for the
privilege of guessing twice a day on
the speed of his separator. Why not
buy a speed recorder, made especially
to attach to any make of cream sepa-
rator, and quit guessing? The tom -
mon error is turning the separator too
slow. The result of one or two turns
per minute is the bowl running 600
Backyard Environment.
- A great part of the home life of
y families on farms is associated with
t the backyard, which, of all places
around the farm home, is usually the
e most neglected. The front yard may
e be fairly well attended for the occa-
t sional passer-by to see, but flowers
and shrubs should be placed where
they will do the most good—where
t they will be seen and enjoyed by the
. occupants of the house. Children and
young people especially are often in-
_ fluenced by their environment more
than they know, or are willing to ad -
t mit, and the unattractiveness of their
home surroundings has driven many
boys to the city.
The backyard, seen and traversed
many times daily, should receive espe-
, cial attention. If it is a bare place
with muddy pools and unsightly ac-
cumulations, it should undergo a
radical change. Such change costs
little, but, when made, should be
carried out with care and a view to
permanency. Take time to plan the
planting and decide once and for all
where the shrubs will be most effect-
ive and attractive
The women usually have to take the
initiative in work of this kind, and
should be given every assistance pos-
sible by the men. During the winter
the subject should be discussed at
Farmers' Clubs and plans made for an
active campaign in the spring. Sever-
al clubs in Quebec have organized
competitions in this line of work with
excellent results. These improve-
, meats involve little or no expense and
may be accomplished in the time that
the busiest farmer and his family can
easily find if they appreciate the im-
portance of the work and are dispos-
ed to undertake it; The farmer owes
to his wife and to himself, but chief-
ly to his children, the best that he can
do towards increasing the attractive-
ness of his home. The improvement
often need not cost a cent. The first
item, greater neatness, costs only an
ieffort. The second item of improve-
, meat, the plan, costs nothing but
' study. The third item of improve-
ment, the plants, can often be wholly
secured from the wild.—F.C.N.
Conservation.
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using money by turning the cream
nto skim -milk.
Besides timing to give the cream
an a square deal, wash the separator
very time it is used. If you do not
o this, run some clean water through
he separator after it has stood over
light; then taste the water from the
ream spout and you will know why it
hould be washed. The machine rusts
after a time when not washed. Any
ne can afford to care properly for as
igh-priced a machine as the separa-
or.
Have all cream the same tempera-
ture—as cold as possible when mixed.
eep the cream stirred as a smooth,
elvety cream is more accurately
ampled; hence, it gives a better test
than the hard, lumpy cream. Cover
ream with cheese cloth to avoid dust
and insects and to give the cream air.
on't bring year cream in the kitch.
n to sour it, thinking you .will get a
etter test for sweet cream tests the
ame'es sour. The amount of butter -
at in cream is not affected by Bour-
g. Don't ship a thin cream, for you
mply donate the skim -milk to the
reamery, make transportation high -
✓ and besides a heavy cream keeps
n better condition.
The owner of the cream can has en-
orsed and adopted a system by which
ie old-time burdens have been re-
eved, and the net results are great-
. than before. When you sell butter-
't'--_.•�
Method.
Brown—Is Jones strictly neutral?
Mrs. Jenks—Yes, he sides with who-
ever he's talking with.
Cats seldom lie with their feet to
the fire. Usually they lie on the left
side. _
Give any man half a chance and
he'll say something he will regret
later.
Ducks carry oil in a little pocket
near the tail. With this they oil their
outer feathers, and so make them
waterproof.
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THE "Bd° MST
HEROISM AND /�DEVI+
DEVOTION 4
BRITISH SOLDIERS.
Deeds of Daring at Critical 'Moments
That. Won the Victoria
Cross.
In the big advance on Loos Ih"t be-
gan on September 25 the V'r10a"ia
Cross was won. by seventeen ,of'rc.a•s
and men of the British armee
The wonderful stories of their
amazing' heroism, coolness and (lave-
; tion to duty are told in the efi•'tcial
phrases of the London Gazette, - Susie
of them are here reproduced:
Killed in Final Rally.
Major, (tenzn, Lieut: Col.) A, F.
Douglas-l•Iamilton, commandirg (ith
Queen's Own Cameron Highlanders:
When commanding his ba.ttstlion
during operations on Hill 70 on Sent..
26, when the battalions on his ri"•ht
and left had retired, he- rallied his
own battalion again and , again, anti
led his men forward four times. The
last time he led all that remained,
consisting of about fifty men, in a
Most gallant manner, and was killed
at their head,
I' was mainly due to his bravery,
untiring energy and splendid leader-
ship that the line at this pont was
enabled to check the enemy's ad-
vance.
Regardless of Danger.
Capt. Anketell Montray Read, let
Northamptonshire Regiment:
During the first attack near Ila ]-
luch on the morning of Sept. 25, al-
though partially gassed, Capt. Read
went out several times' in order to
rally parties of different units which
were disorganized and retiring. He
led them back into the firing line,
and, utterly regardless of danger,
moved freely about encouraging them
under a withering fire. He was mor-
tally wounded while carrying out this
gallant work.
Held Huns an Hour.
Corp. J. D. Pollock, 5th Queen's
Own Cameron Highlanders:
Near the Hohenzollern redoubt on
Sept. 27, at about 12 noon, when the
enemy's bombers in superior num-
bers were successfully working up
the "Little Willie" trench towards Ho-
henzollern redoubt, Corporal Pollock,
after obtaining permission, got out of
the trench alone, walked along the
top edge with the utmost coolness
and disregard of danger, and compel-
led the enemy's bombers to retire by
bombing them from above. He was
under heavy machine gun fire the
whole time.
An Inspiring Example.
Temp. Second Lieut. A. 3. T. Flem-
ing-Sandes, 2nd East Surrey Regi-
ment:
At Hohenzollern redoubt on Sept.
29 Second Lieut. Fleming Sandes was
sent to command a company which at
the time was in a very critical posi-
tion. The troops on his right were
retiring, and his own men, who were
much shaken by continual bombing
and machine gun fire,. were also be-
ginning to retire owing to shortage
of bombs. Taking in the situation at
a glance, he collected a few bombs,
jumped on the parapet in full view
of the Germans, who were only 2(1
yards away. and threw them.
Although very severely wounded al-
most at once by a bomb, he struggled
to his feet and continued to advance
and throw bombs until he was again
severely wotunded.
Saved the ,Situation.
Temp. Sec. Lieut. P. H. Johnson,
73rd Field Company, R.E.:
In the attack on Hill 70 on Sept.
25 Sec. Lieut. Johnson was with a
section of his company of the Royal
Engineers, Although wounded in the
leg, he stuck to his duty throughout
the attack, led several charges on
the German redoubt, and at a very
critical time, under very heavy fire,
repeatedly rallied the men who were
near him. By his splendid example
and.cool courage he was mainly in-
strumental in saving the situation,
Saved Hundreds of Men.
Sec. Lieut. A. B. Turner, 3rd Prin-
cess Charlotte of Wales' (Royal Berk-
shire) Regiment:
At Fosse 8, near Vermelles, on
Sept. 28, when the regimental bomb-
ers could make no headway in Slag
Alley, Sec. Lieut. Turner volunteered
to lead a new bombing attack. He
pressed down the communication
trench practically alone, throwing
bombs incessantly with such dash
and deterrnination,that he drove back
the Germans about 150 yards without
a check. His action enabled the re-
servos to advance with very little
loss, and subsequently covered •the
flank of, his regiment in its retirement
thus probably averting a loss of sortie
hundreds of man. This most :gallant
officer has since died.