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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-02-04, Page 6E GOIL EN EY Or "The El dl?enfures of LedOrd.". By the Author of "What He Cost Hero" CHAPTER 1L.—(Cont'd). ' know everything. I insist upon see- ing him at once. Trent tore the letter into atoms,, "That " he said coolly, "will depend but he never quailed. Telegraph and tl on whether he is fit to see you!" telephone 'Svc) rked. his will, he saw all t pHe rang the bell. callers, a cigar in his mouth and flow- "Tell Miss Fullagher to step this way a moment," he ordered. "He is in this house, then," she cried. He took no notice. In a mo- ment a young woman dressed in the uniform of one of the principal hos- er in his buttonhole, perfectly at his ease, sanguine and confident. A few minutes before elosing time he stroll- ed into the bank and no one noticed a great bead of perspiration which stood out upon his forehead. He pitals entered. made out a credit slip for £119,000, "Miss Fullagher," he asked, "how and, passing it across the counter isthe patient?" "We've had a lot of trouble with him, sir," she said significantly. "He was terrible all last night, and he's with a roll of notes and cheques, ask- ed for his shares. They sent for the manager. Trent was ushered with much ceremony into very weak this morning. Is this the his . private room. The manager was young lady, sir?" flushed and nervous. "This is the young lady who I, told "I: am afraid you must have mis- you would want to see him when you understood my note, Mr. Trent," he thought it advisable," - stammered. But Trent, remembering The nurse looked doubtful. "Sir all that he had gone through to raise Henry is upstairs, sir," she said. "I the money, stopped him short. had better ask his advice." e:Millis is not a friendly call, Mr. Trent nodded, and she withdrew. Sinclair," he said, "but simply a mat- The three were left alone, Ernestine ter of business. I wish to clear my' and Francis remained apart as though account with you to the last half-' by design. Trent was silent. penny, and I have paid in the amount She returned m a moment or two. I owe. Let one of your clerks make "Sir Henry has not quite finished out the interest account." his examination, sir," she announced. The manager rang the ben for the "The young lady can come up in half an hour. key of the security safe. He opened left it and took out the shares with fingers Trenticrosse cn they theeroGl o n and stood which trembled a good deal. between them and the door. "Dia I understand you, Mr. Trent, "Before you see your father, Miss that you desired to absolutely close Wendermott," he said, "I have an ex - the account?" he asked. emanation to make to you!" "Most decidedly," Trent answered. "We shall be very sorry to lose CHAPTER XLI. you'" She sorrow will be all ong yourhe looked at him calmly, but inher aide then,"Trent answered grimly. set, white face he seemed to read "You havdone your best to ruin me, already his sentence! yeti and that blackguard Da Souza, "Do you think it worth while, Mr. who brought me here. If you had Trent? There is so much, as you put succeeded in lumping those shares it, to be explained, that the task, even upon the market to -day or to -morrow to a man of your versatility, seems you know verywell what the result' hopeless?" would have ben. I don't know whose i "I shall not trouble you long," he game you have been playing,. but I 1said. "At least one man's word should can guess!" j be as good as another's—and you "I can assure you, Mr. Trent," the: have listened to what my enemy"— manager declared in his suavest and' he motioned towards Francis—"has most professional manner, "that you to say." are acting under a complete misap-! Francis shrugged his shoulders. prehension. I will admit that our no-; I can assure you," he interrupted, lice was a little short. Suppose we ; 'that I have no feeling of ennv withdraw it altogether, eh? I ami towards you in the slightest. My quite satisfied. We will put back the opinion you know. I • have never aha;'es in the safe and you shall keep troubled to conceal it. But '1 deny 'your money." i that I am prejudiced by any personal "No, I'm hanged if you dol" Trenti feeling. answered bluntly. "You've had your• Trent ignored his speech. money and I'll have the shares. 1; "What I have to say, to you," he don't leave this bank without them, continued addressing Ernestine, "1 end I'll be shot if ever I enter it i want to say before you see your fa - again," ; then. I won't take up your time. 1 So Trent, with his back against the' won't waste words. I' take you back t=. ell, and not a friend to help him,' ten years to when I niet him at At- ft.ced for twenty-four hours the most' tra and we became partners in a cer- pewerful bull syndicate which had I tain enterprise. Your father at that tl•er been formed against a single I time was a harmless wreck of a man, company. Inquiries as to his right who was, fast killing himself with t:f title had poured in upon him, and 1 brandy. He had some money, I had tc all of them he had returned the! none. With it we bought the neces- most absolute and final assurances.' sary outfit and present foie my en - Yet he knew when closing -time came ; terprlse, and started for Bekwando. that he had exhausted every farthing ; The whole of the work fell to my i he possessed in the world—it seemed ; share, and with great trouble I sus - hopeless to imagine that he could ; seeded in obtaining the concessions ?i'rvive another day. But with the; we were working for. Your father Morning carne a booming cable from ; spent all his time drinking, and play 1 Sekwando. There had been a great : ing cards, when I would play with ! nc of gold, before ever a shaft had ; him. The agreement as to the shag - beet sunk; an expert, from whom as' ing of the profits was drawn up, it is 1 yet nothing had been heard, wired an; true, by me, but at that time he matte excited and wonderful report. Then ! no word of complaint. 1 had no rola-', the men who had held on to their Bek- tions, he described himself as cut off I wandos rustled their morning papers! wholly from his. It was here Fran-! and walked smiling to their offices.' cis first came on the scene. He found Prices leaped up. Trent's directors' your father :half drunk, and when he' ceased to worry him and wired invita-n read the agreement it was plain what I Hone to luncheon at the est End.; he thought. He thought that I was , Brooklyn physician, wlio is slowly The bulls were the sport ' of every -1 letting your father kill himself that; dying of "sleeping' sickness;." Ho body. Where closing time came Trent the whole thing might be mine. He was bitten by the tsetse fly flue had made £100,000, and was looked: has probably told you so. I deny it.' (,one°,ars tand!errs;been ahelpllhile in the ess au upon everywhere as one of the rocks I did all I could to keep him sober! t (•slid over since. Seldom does u cf finance, ! "On our homeward way your father' •lichen lest more titan two years. ' Only then he began to realize what' was ill and our bearers deserted us.l the strain had been to him. His hard, We were pursued by the natives, who impassive look had never altered, he; repented their concession, and I had 1 In the Guardroom. bad been seen everywhere in his ac-; to fight them more than once, half a! oastomed city haunts, his hat a little dozen strong, with your father ancon-! When the office of the day en - better brushed than usual, his clothes ° scious at my feet. It is true that 1; tared tile„ guardroom he found it e. little more carefully put' on, his : left him in the bush, but it was at his , empty, save for a private, who airily buttonhole more obvious and his laugh i bidding and I believed him dying. It ! attired in his shirt -sleeves, was readier. No one guessed the agony • was my only chance and I took it. 1 ! lounging on a chair, puffing a short through which he had passed, no one escaped and reached Attra. Then, to , clay pipe. knew that he had spent; the night at' raise money to reach England I had; ••Wheie's the Seilgeant of the a little inn twelve miles away, to to borrow frons a •mann named Da •w•hide he had walked after nine Souza, and afterwards, in London, to Guard demanded the officer, ang- ei t'clock at night. He had not a single; start the company, I had to make him, illy, cortidant, even his cashier had no my partner in the profits of the con-{ "Gone across to the•ness to have a idea whence came the large sums of cession. One day I quarrelled witht drink, sir," replied the private sa- rY oney which he had paid away right.. him—it was just at the time- 1 suet i luting smartle tint' raft, But when it was all over he you—and then, for the first time, I I "And the sentries?" left the City, and, leaning back in heard of your father's being alive. 1! In the. eaiiteenls, sir•." the corner of his little brougham, wa;, went otrt to Africa to bring him hash, i "Then, contOt.11l it, what are you ee a u a'wa to Pont Street. Here he ; and Da Souza followed ere in abject lockful. rl himself in his room, took off fear, for as my partner he.lost half if !tieing here?" hie coat and threw himself nprn a' your father's churn was good. I found "Me, sn•?", was the -ir:f -Ma:a big cigar between hie, your .father infill and only half sant=. , •I''m the pri oncr." 'it •e,11. 1 I did all I could for him whilst I - pled our company, and there are the interests of the shareholders to be considered, but I executed and signed a deed of partnership days ago which: makes him an equal sharer in every penny I possess. Now this is the truth Miss Wendermott, and if it is not a story 1 am particularly proud of, I don't very well see what .else I could have done, It is nay story and it is a true one. Will you believe it, or will you take his word against mine?" She would have spoken, but Francis held up his hand. (To be continued.) THREE SONS KILLED. This Very Sad Story Comes From Germany. Vorwaerts, ` the Berlin Socialist daily, vouches for the following story and publishes it without comment: "The other day a woman travelling from Bremen to Oldenburg had a terrible experience. In the compart- ment into which she mounted, two young girls and a man accompanying a woman were already seated. The woman began almost.at once to count on her fingers, 'one,. two, three,' re- peating these words at short inter- vals. The two girls tittered and made remarks to one another about the ex- traordinary behavior of the woman. Every time the woman counted her three fingers the girls, 'without think- ing that probably there was 'some- thing behind her strange conduct, re- newed their giggling. "The man who accompanied the we- man, irritated at their silly laughter, turned to them with the remark, `You will perhaps cease your stupid gig- gling when I tell you that this is my wife, and that she has lost three sons in battle. I am taking her to an asylum.' "It was terribly the car- riage." quiet in Victim of a FIy irft. .0 J1ERsl' C. PEit`. t';i.i., ----- if .you lot any one in to sec- me, I worked in the interior, and meant to : i' 1 " he told the footman, "I'll kick' bring him flack to England with m ?. 11 out of 'the house" So, though' when I came. Unfortunately ately lee i't ! A rich, rniscrly old widower mude ti;,, tall rang often, he remained alone., covered a little, and suddenly seized s o f marriage to a .sero r. 1 r: he laythere with half-c.loscel upon the. idea of visiting England, ; e propos-al tit o g . g girl. :-- promised her everything (• nee ,.•,�i1t;. again through the tortun•cst, lee left before me and fell into the , 'The wanted if he married him.. "Will r : 110 �t few hours, he heard a hands of Da Souza, who had the beat. t , -r• ..:.1„°E startled him.. It was sure- possible reasons 111 the world 'foi' you lett mekeep my cal•1'1ige? allied 17 h >- already! , Ile sprang up and keeping him in the background. 1 :.ru•. "Yes,” was the reply: They . r.•rr i't r1 t.h' door.Fnnestine itncl Cap- rescued hien from them in time to save were married, and a carriage was , nen. wee e in the hall. him from death and brought hill to " , . ?" r , g , purchased. 'v4ht,r e <ire the liaises . e� tir,nc,<! theme to follow tum my own house, sent for doctors and ' inn< aired the lady. "That's more than i1 1 i•nostine Vete flushed nurses and, when he. was fit to sr, 1 r '~ 1 ba reedned for," said the stingy hue.. ' 1 'were .very bright. - She yilu, I 'should have sent for you. I did•,: „ , her veil and faced him not, I admit, mrtke any public decline band. 1 proini ere that you nniyrh ation of his; existence, for the sial- •keep your carriage. There it is; he?" she asked... "I plc reason that it Would have clip-' keep it where you please, my dear," She Got It. calm reply, Fresh rid Refreshing B 76 is comp sed o clean h t, Germany Will Be Beaten on ,leaves. Picked ight, blended right d 1917,.Says a Neutral packed right. !t briny the fragrance Observer. of an Eastern garde ti y i ur table. ONE YEAR MORE MEANS VICTORY 1 BLOCKADE BY THE BRITISH NAVY EFFECTIVE. The Feeding of Heifers. wheat group and oat group lost all I have at various times dealt with of their calves, the mixed grain group did a little better, while the corn fed group produced four well-developed and vigorous calves. There seemed to be something in the corn that aid- ed greatly in the pre -natal nourish- ment of the foetus, as well as an im- proved condition of the mothers them- selves." This looks to me like a careful, in- telligent experiment. I have never been very favorable to corn feeding, sticking close to my oats and bran with a little flax seed and oil cake. This experiment would make it ap- pear that it would be worth while to mix considerable corn or corn pro- ducts_ along with the oats. Let's try it. the feeding of heifer calves during their first year, and have always placed the emphasis on growth, writes "Herdsman" in Farm and Dairy. I believe in feeding calves liberal quantities of whole milk, then skim milk, and then finally good liberal feeding with grain and the best hay that the farm produces, This same feeding system during the yearling stage of growth would develop a fat, pudgy animal of inferior dairy qual- ity. During the yearling stage, I am to develop capacity. Good pasture an excellent place For the yearling heifer. During the winter months the very best roughage should be fed, such as alfalfa or well cured clover, corn ensilage, and roots, but I would strictly advise against feeding much .grain during this period of the heif- m.'s life. For the small quantities Cement Ice House. The following hints for a small, that are fed, I prefer ground oats. concrete ice house are from Farmers' The soiling system of feeding yearl- Bulletin 623, United States Depart- ing heifers is no good. If the dairy- ment of Agriculture: pian has no pasture, I would advise The building may be constructed of him to rent pasture land. solid concrete or of concrete blocks. During the two-year-old stage, I The foundation trenches should be would feed more liberally. Our heif- dug 10 inches wide and 21/2 feet deep, ers are timed to freshen at 30 months and filled with concrete proportioned and the drain on the heifer's system one part cement, 2% parts sand and from the 24th month to the 30th li parts broken stone. Above the 'Month is great. I would avoid get - 1* the heifers overfat; at the same ni I Eke' to have them freshen in Duringthe ground level the walls may be made either of concrete blocks, laid up in a one -to -two cement -sand mortar or of solid concrete. For the solid walls Sea In A Scandinavian writer, interviewed by the Milan journal "Secolo," says he is convinced that for the next 12� months Germany will be able to cop with her difficulties, external as wel as internal. A peace concluded befor the end of 1916 would be bound to h.. advantageous to her. But if the Brie , tish and their allies can continue the war for another year the Germans will not entertain any hope of vic- tory. The greatest blows at Germany have been struck by the British—the loss of her colonies, the loss of hex 'commerce. The British blockade is much more effective than the Germans would like the outside world to be- lieve. "This war," says the Scandinavian, "will either be won definitely in 1916 by the Germans on land, or in 1917 by the British on the sea." It would be untrue to state, he went on, that public opinion in Germany is depressed. The contention of every- body is that the war has been carried on victoriously hitherto, as is proved by the positions of the German armies on enemy territory, but there is every- where a vague sense of disquietude. Much Fault -Finding. The consequence is an attitude of criticism, ill -humor and fault-finding. Some find fault with the Chancellor, others with the Socialists, some with the farmers, others again with the speculators. The long halt on the west is condemned, likewise the arrest of the offensive in Russia; there are many who denounce as midsummer Madness the high falutin' about the Asiatic undertaking. Some are for annexations on all sides, others con- sider it imprudent to think of perma- nently annexing a single inch any- where, but these would insist on "ra- som:" The enemy is beaten, but not domi- nated, say the Germans. Though one ally may speak evil of another (the right good condition. Germans are always discovering dis- sensions among the allies), and the last month or so I like to feed a hand•. above the ground level the concrete British speak evil of themselves, aIt ful of ground flax seed in a very thin should be proportioned one bag of seem to agree on one thing: they will Gruel of bran mash once a day. And Portland cement to three cubic feet go on until they win.. Notwithstand- ing the Pact of London, the Germane:. place their chief hope in a separate peace with one or other of the enemy powers. The Chancellor spoke the mind of the nation when he described treaties as scraps of apper. right here I want to make a confes- of sand and five cubic feet of crushed Sion. rock, or one part cement to six parts Every dairy cattle man with whom back -run gravel. I have talked and who has had long In building up the concrete walls, experience, has confessed that he has movable forms are used for holding had more trouble with heifers during the wet concrete in place until it their first calving period than with' hardens. These forms should be three mature cows. A large percentage of • feet high and extend entirely around the calves come weak and not a few the building. After filling the forms are born dead. I have not had marc with concrete it should be allowed to trouble than most good dairymen, but! stand for a day in order to harden, this is a condition that has always ; when the forms may be loosened, puzzled me. May it be that certain; moved up, and again filled. feeds are more desirable than others' During the construction of the walls at. this period? In a recent issue of . 3,s -inch reinforcing rods should be Hoard's Dairyman, the results of ex- used, spaced 18 inches apart, running per'iments at the Wisconsin Experi- in both directions. Stagger the rods ment Station are summarized, and I by' placing half of them three inches would like to have their summary re- from the outside edge, and the other half three inches from the side edge of wall. Embed two rods, or an old wagon tire cut in two and straight- ened, in. the concrete two inches above the door opening. For holding the plates on top of the walls sink a 1/2 -inch bolt 10 inches long, head down, six inches into the concrete. Lay a 4 -inch concrete floor on the natural ground, and on top of this lay was supplied with the same amount three inches of cork=board insulators of protein and other feed constituents. embedded in hot asphalt, followed by It was not long before the effect of two inches of concrete sloped one inch the feeding was clearly seen in the in four feet to trash drain. The floor physical condition of the heifers. The should be finished with 1/2 -inch Port - Wheat group showed the least thrift, land cement plaster. the oat group next, ting group fed on In many cases it will be cheaper to mixed grains next, The corn fed crib the walls to their full height in- group was greatly superior to the stead of using sectional forms, as a others in this respect. part of the form lumber can be used "When it comes to calf bearing, in the roof and ceiling, and the re - this disparity of results was shown mainder can generally be used to ad - in a very marked manner. The vantage on the farm. produced: Effect of Feed Parturition. "Sixteen young heifers, all of ap- parent equal vigor, were selected. Group No. 1 was fed the products of wheat; group No. 2, the products of oats; group No. 3, the products of mixed grains, wheat, oats, and corn; group No. 4 was fed on the products of corn. Mark well that each group THREE VITAL i it 1 S `r l O 113 premien in stomach and cheat after eating, with Arc you full of energy, vital force, and doodad constipation, headache dizziness, are sura signs good health? Do von know that good digestion of Indigestion, MotherSeiltel's Syrup, ,the Great • �Iioa f good calf Pains r remedy andton c willarc a is tho fazed. o d h i,. R ns and o herbal c ,• p I Y,yeti,. ----..,,.....—{fy,,q �+� may, �;+ g�� '1 MOTH 9 H E i'�i • 1,�ti .• w D li ��s AND AFTER MEALS TAKE 'r' a`"rl ' F LB rots ANIS STOMACH TROUBLES At nil Drugdists, or diront on receipt of price, SOa, and 11.00. The forge batt a ton,iins tlu'ee limos fig much as the steelier. A. 3. 'Walls 8« en, Limirso,'Craig Street Welt, Montreal. Ctarrnee roverw s ! kti rink Eye Shipping' ;r'eeer, Bglzootic. Anil all tiltirai' , of tho horse arfectlr,i; his throat speedily r t.rt,i: , Ic • and horses in same stable itept: from having ..,,-:t ' t. iii dietn'e Distemper Compound, 11 to O closes of; *, rrn aecl,teed to core vino case, ynfo :or 1 : n , i . , 1,0,;,y cobs, 1,st, stallions. rtil egos anti con- <•i'.:r:r,,. . t .:; 1!141 .:'ir?ttrllt•. rrtaptatr"1. Largest 851- P::;.,•; 1, r:1,: pt .15' r4oy druggist or ,icllvered by rirtrr,ulat:.utr,rn. 10P0115.$1112:DXZSas» 'CO., 0°01162n, Xaall, Prpblem of Men. The casualty lists published by the military authorities are always three or four months late; they do not 'con- tain the names of the slightly wound- ed, and are suspected of being other- wise incorrect. Hindenburg fought his last battles in Russia with the Landwehr•; Mackensen spared his men in Serbia, utilizing artillery ahnost exclusively. Germany began the war with eight million men; by December 1, 1916, ac- cording to the most moderate calcula- tion of her daily and monthly losses, she will have no more than 3,000,000, including the youths of the 1916 and 1917 classes, of whom, at least, one million_ will be required in the auxil- iary' services. Germany does not lack arms and ammunition, it is true; but the people are well aware of the feverish, organ- ized activity that prevails in the allied countries and in America. A German officer told the writer quoted that the German army owed almost all its successes to its heavy artillery. Now this advantage has been lost, for the French showed dur- ing their attack in Champagne that to -day they possess an excellent arma- ment of heavy artillery. In short;, the problem of men is disquieting, while the advantage in artillery and muni- tions is disappearing. k Bismarck's View. Bismarck in 1888 outlined the pol- icy upon which he was firm and which probably ledto his dismissal by the I£aiser. He was absolutely op- posed to another war with France and possibly Russia, saying: "After ail, in such a war we should not be si very certain to win, while it would be a great misfortune, even if we were victorious, as in any case, we should lose a great deal in blood and treas ure, and also suffer considerable in direct damage through the intevrup• tion of work and trade, and eve should never be able to take anything from the French and Russians that woul,tk compensate us for our losses. it of only the English who wc:u!d nenefit 11y it." Bismarck would sem leave been something of a proplltt.