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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-01-28, Page 6Tm3 O , `y KEY Cr 'The dvenfures of aedjafzd." By the Author of "What He Covet Her." II !1 some time or other during their lives. His credit was not aetuaxlly assailed, ` but .it was suspended. The -general public did not understand the situa- tion, even those who were in a meas- ure behind the scenes found it hard CHAPTER XXXVIII.—(Cont'd). ' my tongue fora week. Well, here's The spirits of men and women who' my answer! On no terms at alai" sup are mercurial things, and it was "You don't mean that," Trent said a gay leave-taking half an hour or so ! quietly. later in the little Moorish room at the i "We shall see," Francis answered head of the .staircase. But Ernestine grimly. "I'11 be frank with you, Trent. left her host without even"' appearing Vvhen we came in here you called me to see his outstretched hand, and he ! your enemy. Well, in a sense you let her go without a word. Only when were right. 1 distrusted and disliked Fiancis would have followed her you from the moment I first met you Trent laid a heavy hand upon his • in Bekwando village with poor ole! shoulder. I Monty for a partner, and read the :`1I must have a word with you, ; agreement you had drawn up and the Francis.," be said. clause about the death of either mak- "I will come back," he said. "1 ing the survivor sole legatee. In a must see Miss Wendermott into her; regular fever swamp Monty was carriage." i drinking poison. like water—and you But Trent's hand remained there, a ; were watching. That may have seem - grip of iron from which there was no: ed all right to you. To me it was escaping. He said nothing, but Fran- very much like murder. It was my cis knew his man,and had no idea of mistrust of you which made me send making a scene. So he remained till men after you both through the bush, the last had gone, and a tall. black ser-; and, sure enough, they found Monty vent had brought their coats from the; abandoned, left to die while you had cloak -room. ; hastened off to claim your booty. "You will come with me, please,", After that I had adventures enough of Trent said. "I have a few words to, my own for a bit and I lost sight of say to you." : you until I came across you and your Francis shrugged his shoulders and; gang road -making, and I am bound to obeyed. ; admit that you saved my life. That's neither here nor there. 1 asked about Monty, and you told ins some plau- CHAPTER XXXIX. I sible tale. I went to the place you Scarcely a word passed between the i spoke of—to find him of course spirit - two men until they found themselves ed away. We have met again in Eng - two men smoking-room of Trent's house. { land, Scarlett Trent, and 1 have ask- ed once noiselessly arranged de-' ed once more for Monty. Once more canters and cigars upon the sideboard 1 am met with evasions. This morn - and, in response to an impatient move-ing I granted you a week—now I take meet of Trent's, withdrew. Francis! back my word. I am going to make lit a cigarette. Trent, contrary to his public what I know to -morrow morn - custom, did not smoke. He walked to inSince this morning, then," Trent he door and softly locked it. Then i said,"your ill will toward me has in - Ix; returned and stood looking down!nion. creaed." Gr`Franc " his Francis, said,"you have been! "Quite true," Francis answered. my. enemy since thday I saw you i "We are. playing with the cards upon first in Bekwando village." i the table, so I will be frank with "Scarcely that," Francis objected.1 you. What you told m3 about your "I have distrusted you since then if + intentions entson d tard Miss to strike ott at you like,"i i„ "Call it what you like," Trent an- once!" yourself, I fancy," Trent said swered. "Only to -night you have served me a scurvy trick. You were quietly, "admired her ?" a guest at my table and you gave me "More than any woman I have ever not the slightest warning. On the met,"Francis answered promptly, contrary, this morning you offered me ; "and I consider your attitude towards a week's respite." her grossly presumptuous. "The story I told," Francis an- Trent stood quite still for a mo- swered, "could have lied no signific-' ment—then he unlocked the door. ince to them." You had better go, Francis,"he "I don't know whether you are try- said quietly.. I have a defence pre- ing to deceive me or not," Trent said, pared but I will reserve it. And lis - "only if you do riot know, let me tell ten, when I locked that door it was you—Miss Wendermott is that old with a purpose. I had no mind to let man's daughter!" you leave as you are leaving. Nevem The man's start was real. There mind. You can go—only be quick." was no doubt about that. "And she Francis paused upon the threshold. knew?" "You understand," .lie said signifi- "She knew that he had been in Africa, but she believed that he had died there. What she believes at this moment I cannot tell. Your story evidently moved her. She will prob- ably try to find out from you the truth." Francis nodded. "She has asked me to call upon her to -morrow." "Exactly. Now, forgive my troub- ling you with personal details, but you've got to understand. I mean Miss Wendermott to be my wife." Francis sat up in his chair genuine- ly surprised. Something like a scowl was on his dark, sallow face. "Your wife!" he exc'laiined, "aren't you joking, Trent?" "I ani not," Trent answered sharp- ly. "From the moment I saw her that has been my fixed intention. Every one thinks of me as simply a specula- tor with the money fever in my veins. Perhaps that was true once. It isn't now! I must be rich to give her the position she deserves. That's all I care for money." "I am very much interested," Francis said slowly, "to hear of your intentions. Hasn't it occurred to' you, however, that your behavior towards Miss Wendermott's :father will take a great deal of explanation?" "I understand," Trent answered. An hour passed, and Trent still re- mained in the chair before his writing - table, his head upon his hand, his eyes fixed upon vacancy. Afterwards he always thought of that hour as one of the bitterest of his life. A strong and self-reliant man he had all his life ignored companionship, had been well content to live without friends, self- contained and self-sufficient. To -night the spectre of a great loneliness sat silently by his side! His heart was sore, his pride had been bitterly touch- ed, the desire and the whole fabric of his life was in imminent and serious danger. The man who had left him was an enemy and a prejudiced man, but Trent knew that he was honest. He was the first.lnunan being to whom he had ever betrayed the solitary am- bition of his life, and his scornful words seemed still to bite the air. If —he was right! Why not? Trent looked with keen, merciless eyes through his past, and saw never a thing there to make him glad He had started life a workingman, with a few ambitions all of a material na- ture --he had lived the life of a cold, scheming money -getter — absolutely "If there is no interference," 'l rent selfish, negatively moral, doing little said, "I can do, it, There is mystery evil perhaps, but less good. There an her part, too, for I offered. a large was nothing in his life to make him reward and news of hint through my worthy of a woman's love, most sure - solicitor, and she actually refused to reply. She has refused any money accruing to her through her father, or to he brought into contact with any one who could tell her about him." "The fact," Francis remarked drily, "is scarcely to ' her credit. Monty may have been disreputable enough, :I've no doubt lie was; but Iris going away and staying there all these years was a piece of noble unselfishness." "Monty has been hardly used in some ways," Trent said. "I've done my best by him though." -"That,". Francis said coldly, "is a' /ratter."of opinion." "I know very well," Trent answered, "what yours is. You are welcome to it. You can blackguard me all round London if you like in a week --but I Want a week's grace." Why should I grant it you?" Trent shrugged his shoulders. "I won't threaten," he said, "and I won't offer to bribe you, but I've got to have that week's grace, We're both men, I+rancis, who've been ascus- tinted to our. own way, I think. .I event to know on what terms you'Il c••i c 11' it ins." l incus knor+ked the ash off his sig- see 1 1.r and rose slowly to his feet. you w-uit to know," he repeated t "•iveiy, "on what tering I'll hold ly there was nothing which could ever make it possible that such a woman as Ernestine Wendermott should ever care for him. All the wealth of Af�• rica could never make him anything different from what he was. And yet, as he sat and realized this, he knew that he was writing down his life a failure. For, beside his desire for her, there were no other things he cared for in life, Already he was weary of financial warfare—the City life palled `upon him. He looked around the magnificent i'ooin in the mansion which his agents had bought and furnished for him, He looked at. the pile of letters waiting for him upon his desk, little square envelopes many of them, but all telling the same tale, all tributes to his great success, and the mockery of it all smote hard upon the walls of his fortitude, Lower and lower his head dropped until it was buried in his folded arms—and the hoot which followed he always reckoned the bitterest of his life. CHAPTER X.L. A little earlier than usual next moaning Trent at his office in the City prepared for the worst, and in less. than half an. hour he found himself face to face with one of those crises known to most great financiers at g1•essee, to believe that the attack upon the Bekwando Gold and Land Shares was purely a personal one. Fdr it was Da Souza who had fired the train, who had flung his huge bolding - of shares upon. the market, and, finding ahem promptly taken up, had gone `about with many pious exclamations of thankfulness and sinister remarks. Many smaller holders followed suit; and yet never for a moment did the market waver. Gradually it leaked out that Scarlett Trent was the buyer, and public interest leaped up at once. Would Trent be able to face settling day without putting his vast holdings Try it -it's delicious. IBLACI Grazzik4 or MIXED. upon the market? If so the bulls were goingto have the worst knock they had had for years—and yet -arid yet—the murmur went round from ' friend to friend—"Sell your Bekwan- dos." At midday there came an urgent message from Trent's bankers, and as he read it he cursed. It was short but eloquent. Fr from theaide �o acne nsen-. 'dT:{�^iilG ."�x'}7 eared'axtaargearge•asnsnam.Ts.:. azia:ore f the finest Tea -prod ch g country in the World. Sealed baskets G RI ANSCOIPA TIIE BRITISH NATION MUST • STAY SUPR.EMIE. The Ownership of Real Property :3y Aliens Has I'roren a• Meince. "As fax as commerce 13 concerned is 74 Gezenany is a beaten natioe, and. it is • for ue to see it does not recover," flAfl�Fn Waiter Runcimat:, pre.:ideat of the 4r�r British Board of ''rade, told the ia:ouse of Commons, recently in review- ing the steps taken .by the Board for the reorganization of Brits Indus- _ �y r tries after the war. not Je "There is scarcely a single depart - Mont of public life," Mr. Runciman ' x�rcr`*' a H aro E •?% �::_. 1.:l, "about which \ "e havehaveF n `-� ,� .thinking what. likely will happen when P 3, .•{l - ` i;� the war is over and how best to pre- Sa ' pare for future continge.nciee. :doth - v �.- ;•:,--T2l,; til "_�. in; in commercial life swill start o1'1' "Dear Sir,—We notice that your account to -day stands at £119,000 overdrawn, against which we hold as collateral security shares.in the Bek- wando Land Company to the value of £150,000. As we have received certain very disquieting information concern- ing the value of these shares, we must ask you to adjust the account before closing hours to -day, or we shall be compelled to place the shares upon the market. "Yours truly, "A. Sinclair, Gen. Manager." (To be continued.) A PICTURE OF WAR. A Traveller Describes Devastated. Serbia. Conditions in invaded Serbia are de- scribed to the London press by Colo- nel Govaars, of the Salvation Army, who has just cofnpleted a six months' tour of that country in the interests of his organization. The country he speaks of lies in the northwest, from which the Austrians were driven out in their first invasion. One village, which a year ago had 2,300 inhabitants and 350 houses now has 1,100 inhabitants and only 126 whole houses, according to Colonel, Govaars. Of the other houses, 90 were destroyed and 134 so badly dam- aged as to be uninhabitable. Even those surviving had to be consideably patched up. This village had formerly more than 1,000 draught oxen. Now. there are two. Out of ,2,000 cows only 14 remain and 27 sheep and goats, Have to make up for 3,200 or more, There were formerly 70,000 chickens and 17,000 pigs, but only a dozen or so now take their place. In this same community, said Col- onel Govaars, 46 families were wiped out, and families formerly consisting of 30 or 40 members are now repre- sented by one or two. The colonel met a widow who was the sole sur- vivor of a family of 28. When the Austrians occupied the place many civilians were killed in the shelling, others were taken away as prisoners, and an epidemic swept away 305 of the refugees who returned after the Austrian occupation. "When I reached the district," he continued, "the people were living on corn meal and unripe fruit, chiefly plums. No other food was obtainable, except by the few who lived near military posts and could depend on the charity of the soldiers. "In another village I met the case of a woman whose husband hacl been killed in battle while starvation and disease left her only one child out of seven. Another. woman I talked with was the sole survivor of a family of eleven. I passed deserted houses, and when I asked what had become of the people, I heard but the one answer, 'Died out.' 'Miles and miles of rich land lie absolutely waste, covered with weeds and thistles. The great plum orchards of the district were. bearing fruit at the time of my visit, but there was no one to pick and dry it. Formerly the farmers used to dis- til plum brandy on their premises) but all of the copper stills were taken away by the invaders. There was no labor and no means of transporta- tion. "In another village I stood on the ruins of a farmhouse in which 109 persons had been burned alive. Their bones were collected and buried in a hillside nearby. In one pit tate bodies of 90 civilians had been thrown and buried." Keeps Hogs Well. Less grain, more pasture, less con- finement and more exercise in the pure air of the alfalfa, clover or blue- grass fields will tone up thesystem so that disease is not readily contracted, Yet with the best of care and :feed new :forms of disease appear to baffle us, and when it comes, it is not safe to dally with it, especially if it seems infectious. Letting siek hogs have the run of the herd is sure to spread disease, therefore, it is a safe rule to lose no time in removing the first sick hog to some remote lot where it call not infect the herd as its, disease pro.. Farm Notes. Sheep are very dainty. Keep the feed troughs clean. The legumes gather nitrogen from the air for the building up of the soil. Prevent waste and make every pound of feed bring the best results passible. Before calving, the cow's food should be reduced in quantity and of a laxative nature. Fat hens produce fewer eggs and at the same time a large percentage of them are infertile. Carrots and beets keep better if a little dry sand is put over them. This prevents drying out. Discard the cow which has failed at the end of the year to pay market price for all the feed she has con- sumed. Exercise is an important factor in keeping hens healthy and in laying condition. Scatter all grains in deep litter. Better have a stable too cool from too many cracks than too close and no fresh air at all. This has proven true in poultry culture. The production of"milk is a great draft on a cow's vitality and she needs to be a rugged animal to endure the strain for a succession of seasons. Dock the lambs at a week or ten days old. A block, a sharp hatchet, a . 1teek, and„it's done, Pull the skin towards the Iamb before giving the whack. In behalf of every living thing, your stock and your family, we plead for a good supply of fresh air, the staff of life. It is free. Make use of it in the barn, the home, day and night. The milk of cows, goats, mares and camels, is used as an article of food consumption, but in the economy of production cows stand at the head of the list of milk -producing animals. At the Ohio station, silage pro- duced milk for 68 cents per 100 pounds and butter fat at thirteen cents per pound. The grain ration produced milk at $1.05 per 100 pounds and butter fat far 22 cents a pound. Have little bedding in the pen at ;farrowing. Wait until the pigs get large enough to take care of them- selves before bedding heavily. Have the pen dry and clean and keep it thus. Make •liberal use of the well- known disinfectants. Prevention is cheaper than cure. Caring for the Colt in Winter. As the pastures dry up and winter approaches, the question of how to care for the growing colt through the winter confronts the farmer.. Many colts will be taken from pasture with a goodly store of fat only to be turn- ed out to a straw pile'for feed and shelter, and will come -out next spring Iighter in weight than they are in the fall. On . the other hand, not a few colts may be ruined by heavy feeding in stalls, where they cannot take ex- ercise. The ideal shelter for colts is a tightly built shed, open to the south, where the animals may go in and out at their own pleasure, and where they may have the run of a good big field for exercise. Idle farm horses. can best be sheltered in the same way . A dry bed and protection from cold winds and rain is all that is needed. Two parts of oats (preferably crushed) and one part of bran, makes a very suitable feed for growing colts. In cold weather a little corn may be added d d not to exceed 25 per cent. of the ration. If clover or alfalfa is used as half of the roughage ration, no oil meal will be needed, but if the rough- age consists of wild hay or corn stover, about eight per cent. of oil meal should be added to the grain ration. Where oats are high in price and barley is plentiful, a ration of crushed barley 60 per cent., bran 30 per cent., and oil meal ten per cent., should give good results. . Sunflowers for Poultry. This feed for chickens is not valued as it should be. It is easily grown and very productive of seed. In tate winter and spring it increases laying to a marked degree. One- fourth of an acre will give feed for a large flock the season through'. Some plant the Mammoth Russian variety. It will grow even under great neglect, land a little attention makes it very I productive. The seed finds a ready market in ' the States at five or six cents a pound • for use by poultry men. The plant thrives best on sandy soil, and the cultivation is similar to that of corn. Birds begin picking out the seed before ripe. On a small I scale one can prevent ,this by covering the heads with mosquito netting. When the seeds begin to drop, the head should be cut and'hung.in a dry place; never put in a heap after cut- ting. - A Well -Braced Gate. Nothing more surely gives a farm a rundown appearance than sagging, poorly constructed gates. A little more care when building the gate will save time, money and labor, and greatly improve the looks of the place. Every dog has his day, but, like men, they always want more. - E When your head is dull and heavy, your tongue furred, and you fead idonc-up and good for nothing, without knowing 'what is really the. Imatter,with you, probably all that is needed to restore you to health and vigour is a few doses of a reliable digestive tonic and stomachic rent, cdy such as Mother Seigel's Syrup,. Take it after each meal for a few days and note how beneficial is its action upon the stomach, liver and bowels -4 how it restores tone and healthy activity to these important organs, and byyi 'so doing enables you to gain new stores of vigour, vitality and health, FOR TH}! STOMACH AND LIWIER The new 1.00 size contains three times es mock as the trial size sold at SOc per bottle. HORSE SALE DISTEMPER You know that when you mall or buy through the sales you Have about one.s.� chance in fifty to esca; a sale stable distemper. IdtgpoBwwt'” ie your true protest ori, your only safeguard, for as sure an .yoit treat all your liorses with It: you will soon be rid of the disease, It ants q a urs pre. ventative, no matter how they are "exposed.' VOltir!% iss bold by all good druggists, horse ggoode holism, or de- livered by the manufaaturerri. RIPOIttg 21f/IIDIOILD 009 tlheruista and preetortologlsite, Geepee', when the war is over in the sante condition 'as when the war began, and in every ono relationship with the central powers, Zollveroin is bound to conflict with our interests." Alien Ownership. After enumerating the number of subjects which the Board of Trade was specially investigating, among them being the ownership of real pro- perty by aliens, Mr. Runciman in- stanced the danger of such ownership, stating that he knew of one coal field in the Midlands owned by Germans and trading under an English title, which now was idle, and that the Bri- tish were prevented from exploiting the coal field. He added: "That can- not continue after the war. The Board is taking great care to allow no German to stand in its way in Eng- land. We are not going to he espe- cially tender to the Germans," Control of Oil Fields. Mr. Runciman specially referred to the German control of eil fields in Europe, remarking that his raw ma- terial was of such vital interest to Great Britain that the Board was tak- ing special steps to see how much of the German control of this product could be transferred to Great Britain, so that the latter's interests would be safeguarded. Continuing, he said: "German trade in South America and the East has received a serious blow, and it is the duty of the Board to dee that our business men have every ad- vantage." Mistaken View. Mr. Runciman referred to the indi- cations of a belief on the continent that Great Britain, in thus looking ahead, was inclined to think of the return of her commercial prosperity rather than of "throwing ourselves heart and soul into the attainment of the main object." "That is entirely untrue," the Presi- - dent said. "I would not lie it to -be imagined in France, in Russia, and in Italy, that in preparing for future contingencies we were contemplating an early peace. There is no peace to which we could be a party if it would in any way conflict with the interest of the entente allies." � -5' CANADIAN FISH IN LONDON. Trial Consignment Brings Fancy Prices Overseas. A. trial consignment of Canadian fish, shipped frozen, has just been sold for fancy- prices on the London market. The British Government is said to regard the experiment as ex- ceedingly important, in view of the Ottawa assertion ,that with proper facilities 2,000,000 pounds of fish per week can be supplied for English, markets. Those who believe that such a !:rode on a permanent basis would prove beneficial to both Canada and the mo- ther country' are urging that a .small guarantee per pound be placed on con- signments for a time for the 1,e iefit of shippers. Little Pete's Defence. At a meeting of the Canadian - American Society in a Maine town one evening recently, two members of the organization fell to disputing which had the smarter children. ,Toe Belanger was proclaimed the Actor when he came to the front with the following: "Zee nodder day my leetle boys Pete was go on de schoolhouses wid hees •leetle dog. De teacher gets mad yid de boy and tol' Neem for go back on de house jes' so quick he can't and took de dog and never bring )teem back sozn' more. Leetle Pete do jes' w`at de teachers is toe' it. liimoby Leetle Pete is go„ back on de eehool- house and jes' so soon he set heernself downs, som' leetle dogs was corn' in and stan' up on front of Leetle Pete, De teacher was get mooch mad and say, 'Pete, w'at for you bring back dat dog w'en I tol' you never bring back dat dog some more?' "Leetle Pete is sten' up and say, 'Teachers, dis don't was de sem' clog; she's nodder one, x got two of it.'