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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1916-09-08, Page 8ii ``i THE 1$ LE AN EXCITING PRESENT-DAY ROMANCE BY WEATtIEREY CHESNEY one, who has any concern in the mat - : ter at all. Scarborough says he. CHAPTER XXVI•- (Cont'd). ! of steam has been rising continuously wouldsooner see the things cast into «quarrel from it all the time that I haved been 1 1 the water from which the dead body "What should we q here, and if you put your Th of Gillies brought them. I honor him about?" asked thewidow, laughing j `eater, you will feel anhow warm iit is•the for that decision, sir, and I should un - again. "My husbaztnd's plan was very "There is something black out there i hesitatingly say the same thing my- self." "Who is the one person who ob- jects?" "Who do you imagine it is? There can only be one person." "Miss de la Mar," said Scott. After all, she has every right to object, since the things were bought with her money in the first instance. Sear. • borough is a good chap, and I've promised to be his best pian when the time conies, but it seems to me he's talking nonsense when he spouts about throwing the diamonds into the. sea rather than let his bride wear them. They're not his to throw, or his bride's either. They are Mora's, and I shall take the liberty of point- ing that out to him." Montague laughed. "Your indignation is generous," he said, "and is Miss de la Mar's name I thank you for it. But it is not 'she who objects; it is Miss Carrington," "Oh," said Scott. "that doesn't mat- ter. I don't care a rap about her. But I don't see why that poor girl should be defrauded of her inheritance just because you and Scarborough think it is a fine thing to do the noble gener- "I believe they are going to be sent home." "To be made up? For whom?" "For nobody, -sir. They will be sold, and .the proceeds will be used to •re-• lieve, as far as is possible, the distress and unmerited suffering which the failure of the firm of Carrington and Varney caused in countless homes In England, That this shouldbe done is the wish of every person, except .plain, after one knew the spot to which it referred; and Gillies showed great intelligence in guessing the meaning of those words, 'Blue N. drip,' which I learned from you last night. Our difference of opinion occured on the question as to who should have the custody of the stones, until the thirty per cent. commission could be paid. I stuck up for my rights in the matter, but he seems to have carried his point. He has dis- appeared, and he has taken his thirty Varney took the oars, and Scott sten- per cent. with himed. There was no wind for sailing, "And your seventy per cent.?"ask- and Gillies' boat had only a single. ac- ed Scarborough. icu ant With two that has gone, too. Disap- pointing, isn't it?" Scarborough turned to Scott. schooner. "Take Miss Carriugbon back to thePresently Scott shouted:— Casa Davis," he said. "I shall gc e making straight for the cloud and join Phil by the boat. The man' of steam, and the steamer is standing muMr. Scott st not be acanvgo with ed to tyou,"ysaid ,in towards him!" "Then follow him! He hopes to Elsa. • dodge us in the mist.' "But you can't ride back alone. It ! A minute later Scott stood up with will be dark in an hour," Scarborough! a yell. objected. I yHold her hard! For heaven's sake, "I shall stay here. I think my mo- stop her! He's done for!" they is ill." ! There was a dull roar from the sea beyond," said Scott. "Yes, it's a schooner. She has been there or thereabouts for the last three hours, but she doesn't show any lights. Gillies' boat is lying at the back of the headland there." "No, it isn't!" exclaimed sScarbor- ough, out suddenly, to sea, and is making for the schoon- er! Come on!" They ran Elsa's boat into the water and jumped aboard. Scarborough and p cars against his two sculls they should be able to catch him before he reached the orange Mrs,, Carrington looked at osity business with someone's else's ahead. A cloud of steam shot hissing daughter with a curious surprise. into the air, and a heavy wave rolled diamonds. It's rot you know, Monta- "Yaa are a strange child, Elsa," she •towards them. They held the nose of said, "I have nob the slightest claim ,o on your affection, or even on your ser- rodeover t to and 1 the boat in safety. meet it t as it came, But the and vices now; and I warn you that I don't rot which came overboard from the wa- propose, by any sudden repentance or reformation, to try to establish that , wave's crest was hot—hot enough to claim. Still, I admit that I shall be scald where it splashed upon them! glad to have you•. My head is buzz- , Their boat rocked in the heavy ing badly, and I think I am feverish. i broken okenrm steam,eed which fo end them andand a At my years a woman can't finish an , shut out the stars. exciting day by tumbling into a lake and being left unconscious on the! "A••submarine eruption!" said Scott, shore to drain, without suffering for,in an awed voice. "It rose right un- it. Perhaps it is nothing worse than der him. He's gone!" if I hadn't f It really illi gad!" Val B. Montague laughed again, but did not answer. Then he looked up with a curious, half -bashful, half -ex- ultant expression on his face, and said: "I didn't mean anyone to know yet, but I'll tell you. I said just now that Scarborough would object to his bride wearing those stones, and that I sym- pathized with his feeling. I sympa- thize with it so much that if my bride wanted to wear them, I should forbid her." a chill, but e "What's that got to do with it? You you wouldn't have found me here. I) CHAPTER XXVII. haven't got a bride." should have been off in pursuit of it "It was a horrible sight, sir," said "I hope to have ,shorbly." vanished severity per cent.. Yoa will let her stay, Mr. Scarborough?" !Val B. Montague, with a shudder. Scott jumped up with a shout: "You "Yes," said Scarborough. "And , "You may be thankful you were not I are going to marry Mona„ de la Mar != meanwhile I will try to recover the: there to see. The man had been { By Jove, I congratulate you heartily, seventy per cent., and the thirty per , boiled—absolutely and literally boiled! ' Montague! Bin, how and, when did it flesh—ugh!" Il �" cent. with it!" "Quite so. But riot for me. needn't Anile, young man; I fully re- "I witnessed it, you know. Horace in a public restaurant, and I'll tell you. 4. Avoid those vaiiet s g cogdre that or the present I am de- had •promised that I should be in at She overreached me in the negotia-which give poor returns and are also ranges the health of the cow by came - . Elsa, if you will help me, I � the death, but we did not think that , bions for a partnership." badly injured by rust. See table at ing her to scour, and this is commonly will go to bed,in the store -room of the words would be interpreted in so "Overreached you? What end of this article provided by Prof. I avoided by giving the cow two pounds ,ns and maize, which is the best literal a sense." mean?" Zavitz, of Guelph, showing the ex- 1 or three pounds per day of cotton seed ' "I understand that your own escape (To be continued). tent to which different varieties are I meal. 'Gest -chamber which this inn affords. _^•� attacked byhi rust. Professor Wood of. Cambridge Uni- w' ma a handicap it ist to n old, and a was matters of one." a hundred yards, or woman! ise yoright, gentlemen. It 5. Do nob mix varieties of seed ;versity, England, writing in the Cern- grains, the following is th eresult of ' bridge Chronicle says: msty surprise you to learn that T wish less," said Scott. "As it was, the hot varieties of oats, but use only pure "The following observations show Cern- you success. I grieve for the loss of , steam nearly finished us. Where was vsarieties of one variety to secure uniform that a too waterywdiet v more likely ow my severity per cent., but I should thebody harbor of Ponta Delgada. i to reduce antity of m 11: than to grieve more if I thought that Gillies ripening. had got away safe with his thirty!" The tide brought it to within a cable's y 1 And his ! happen . You "It was an awful death," said Scott. "Sit donw and don't bellow like that mmu> mtomati�miouw�u mummili oiig amm r Let hn cap . Himself To c Pea T will do more than satisfy his craving the food elements nodded is builwill d his little body and help him to gain in health and strength. "Crown Brand" is a wholesome, nourish- ing food—as well as the most delicious of table syrups. The recipes in our new book, Desserts and Candies" will tell you Just how to use It, in many novel ways. Write for a copy to our Montreal Office. Dealers everywhere have "Crown Brand" in 2, 5, 10 and 20 pound tins—and 3 pound glass jars. THE CANADA STARCH CO. Li ITEf9 MONTREAL, CARDINAL, BRANTFORD, FORT WILLIAM. Makers of"Lilr While" Corn S�,rui, Benson's Corn Starch and' Silver Gloss" Laund,0• Starch. • Can Rust Be Prevented? There is no way of treating the Seed or spraying the crop so as to pre- vent rust. It is impossible to con- trol rust entirely, but loss from rust tillers more freely, and even after suffering some damage from the fly, it will send up head -producing stems in the spring. There is nothing wonderful or mysterious behind this may be reduced considerably by acting method; merely the baking advantage upon the following suggestions: of the productive capacity of, a fertile 1. Destroy as far as possible the and enriched soil. In fact, it so Common Barberry (Berberis vulgaris) eminently commonsense that it ought and the Buckthorn (Rhamnus cath- to make an appeal to every farmer. artics) growing in Ontario. Bast The plan especially commends itself, may cause serious loss in districts for it promises not alone compara- where these shrubs are not found, but, tive immunity from Hessian Fly dam - when they are present, they do un- age, but as well ib holds out the very doubtedly tend to increase the amount. best assurance of an increased yield 2. See that fields on which grain is of wheat, and that, after all, is what to be grown are well drained. Rust every farmer is working for,.—Can- adian Farm. is nearly always worse on poorly - drained land. Such land remains colder longer in the spring, and hence the germination and early growth of the grain are retarded In wet sea - OL NEW FLEET BEING BUILT GREAT BRITAIN'S SHIPYARDS ARE BUSY, Greater Number of Ships Building Than, Many Nations' Feeding Fat into Milk. It is popularly supposed that the quality of milk depends on the feed - sons also grain ripens more slowly on. ing of the cows. This is not the poorly -drained land. This slow de- case. So long as a cow is not fed in velopment of the crop and the exces- Such a way as to derange her general sive moisture provide the conditions.. health, change of food has very little st , favorable for the development 1 permanent effect on the quality of her of rust. • !milk. A sudden change may impair. 3. Endeavor to have bhe crop mature i her milk slightly for afew days, but as early as possible. This can be i as soon dit her eeilic accustomed toher ns to the doneto some extent by early seeding new nor - in a well-prepared seed lied. I mal. Very succulent grass does not ie of rain produce inferior milk unless it de - Entire Navies. There is a certain small section of British water front -where more ships are under construction to -day than the entire shipbuilding facilities of any other nation could undertake at one time, writes an Associated Press correspondent from London. They include every type of craft from sub- marines to battleships and from steam trawlers to Atlantic liners. Most governments lay down their battleships and cruisers singly, and the lesser craft perhaps in pairs, but here battleships loom ' up as twins, light cruisers by the half dozen, de- stroyers in rows of 10, with many braces of long submarines, and an occasional monitor. The war fleet under the hammer and the paint brush here would rank in the naval list above the establish- ments of several modest maritime powers. It could demolish the two squadrons which fought the battle of Manila Bay with one volley, and then steam against the combined American and Spanish fleets off Santiago with confidence. And the merchant ships in the stocks are as many as the United States mercantile marine has added to its register in several years. Last Word in Shipbuilding. "We have trained crews ready to step on board all these ships as soon as they are fitted," a naval officer re- marked. to- A CHEER -UP MESSAGE. Never look sad there's nothing bad As filling one's cup up with sorrow, Treat it to-dayin a cavalier way And it'll seek other quarters d'you SO S:•ott were standing on the sea -shore with Vareny, looking out over the wa- ter towards the Ring -Rock, Dark- nees had fallen, but a bright moon sent long quivering flashes from the swell of the waters, and shone upon a curious white cloud which lay upon the sea about half a mile out. "It is the new islet which Davis spoke of." said Varney. "That cloud I went out with a boat and secured it. If you remember that seven days have elapsed, and that the flesh had been literally cooked by that eruption of boiling water—faugh! I can't des- cribe it! You will understand. The diamonds were found in'a tin case in his pocket." "So I heaii:l. What done with them?" is going to be STYLE S IN these days of short skirts hosiery is a most important part of one's costume. It is be- cause they are so very im- portant that most people buy Penmans, for in so doing they know they are receiving maximum value in every way. There is a line made by Penmans specially for you. Penmans Limited Paris morrow. —Old Song. "There ain't no use in kickin', friend, ., if things don't come your way; It does no good to hollow 'round and grumble night and day, The thing to do's to curb your grief, cut out your little whine, And when they ask you how you are, why just smile and say, `I'm feelin' fine.' "There ain't no man alive but what is booked to get his slap; There ain't no man that walks but what from trouble gets his rap. Go mingle with the crowd, my friend, where allthe bright lights shine, And when they ask you how you are, why just smile and say, `I'm feelin' fine.' "Your heart may be just burstin' with some real or fancied woe, But if you smile the other folks ain't very apt to know. This old world laughs at heartaches, friend, be they your own or mine; So when they ask you how you are, why just smile and say, 'I'm feelin' fine,' Treat all seed grain to prevent 'impair its quality. Ahern of cows Two hours later Scarborough and' length of the Sea -Horse. Sambo and t as infected with smut feeding smut, plantsin on water grass in August are very subject to rust, which may were given two po Inds of cotton seed get started 'on them and then spread meal per heal per day, and their milk to healthy plants. weighed and analyed. Some of the 7. Sow .only sound, plump grain. cows then had their cotton cake, re - This can be secured by the careful use placed by 28 pounds of wet brewer's of the fanning mill. Shrivelled grain ' grains, a watery food reputed to pro - is very likely to have been produced duce a pious flow of milk of infer- Under the tutelage of Hugh Law, Nationalist Member of Parliament for West. Donegal, a party of correspond- ents spent a crowded day on land, on water and on ships in dock at this base. The general stage setting for this swift review of the fighting and trad- ing vessels under construction con- sisted of several miles of water -front lines as thickly as could be crowded with skeletons and hulls. The stocks carried everything of the final type— until next year, or next week, for every naval campaign means new ideas, new devices; new lines of con- struction. Two years of active ser- vice under war "conditions have brought a great advance to the Brit- ish navy, already acknowledged to be the leader in most naval matters. Every ship and every detail of a ship is the last word in its class, accord- ing to the war -bought judgment of engineers and fighting officers. In one noticeable detail at least British naval architects appear to have been. converted to the principle of one feat- ure of American warships. The monitors make an appeal to an American because there is a suspi- cion that other navies were disposed to scoff at them for years. Yet here they are, with all their superficial changes and embellishments, a tribute to what the brain of John Ericsson conceived in the sixties. The moni- tors have been very useful to the British Navy in this war. They have been employed in the shallow waters off the Belgian coast and perhaps more effectively at Gallipoli. by badly rusted plants. for quality. As a matter of fact, the 8. On rich soils be carefal in the change was found to have decreased use of manures containing large the flow of milk and to have increased amounts of nitrogen, such as barn- the percentage of butter fat from 8.38 yard manure and nitrates. Such per cent. to 3.46 per cent" manures on rich soil produce an exces- ' The idea that water may be put into sively rank growth, which invites rust, the milk by giving the cow a watery 9. Rotation a crops, proper man- diet assumes that the cow is a mere using, thorough cultivation, freeing machine, an assumption which is en - the fields from weeds, and all such tirely at Variance with all our know - farm practices which tend to promote ledge of the physiology of the secre- healthy growth and the proper ma- tion of milk, and with all the results tnring.of the grain lessen the chances of carefully recorded experience. A of rust causing serious loss. i cow is very much a live animal; she In connection with the rasts of makes or intends to make her milk for trains, the following is the result of , her calf and as a matter of fact she experiments conducted by Prof. Zav- can be actually starved of food for itz at the Ontario Agricultural Col- some time before the q'.ial:ty of her lege in carefully testing different var- milk is seriously affected, idles of farm crops The following "You go your way and I go mine, perhaps to meet no more, The while we'll wear our smiles, broad smiles, lasting miles ga- lore; You smile, I smile, your friends then smile, their friends in turn and mine; And when they ask you how you are, why just simile and say. 'I'm feelin' fine.'" Do not try to make a guest feel at home unless you know what sort of a home he has. If a man loves a woman, he may give tip cigars for her. But if she loves him she will not ask it. table gives the average of five years' The Fall Hogs. results (1910-1914 inclusive) in num- It pays to keep a sharp lookout for her of days in reaching maturity, in bhe fall litters. yield of grain per acre, and in per There is profit in the fall litters if cent, of rust on the straw of each of they are properly cared for; if neg- eight varieties of oats, three varieties lected, they can be worse than a dead of six -rowed barley, and ten varieties , loss, of winter wheat: use of a quick -act -1 Get the early pigs ready for bhe ear- ing fertilizer on the fields in the fall, ly market. just es soon as general infestation be- � Utilize the fallen fruit with the comes apparent, with the ilea that till grain ration to help make reel. fertilizer will so quicken the growth growth, of the wheat plant that is shall ac- Every pounsl gainedno*, costs less quire powers of resistance and recup- than when colder weather .comes, oration which will enable it to with- ' The prise of bacon and all pork pro- stand the attacks of the fly, and which ducts should convince any one that it also will send it into the winter sea- does not pay to neglect the pigs. son well prepared to withstand the' Separate the pigs and put the larg- cald weather. er, stronger ones together. The fertilizer which should be used I Give the smaller ones extra core for this p lrpose is one which shall and watch them catch up. have from 2 th .8 per cent, of em- 1 The big ones rob the smaller ones monia, in order that a quick and and keep them back, vigorous growth of the nit-ni• ni: y 11- Be sure the hogs have 'no lice on assured. The result is that the plant them. Admiral Beatty's Squadron. There were several so-called de- stroyers certainly as long as 'many light cruisers of earlier times; 10 of them extended side by side in one row, and others elsewhere. Floating alongside a dock was a brand-new submarine, painted and polished like a touring car fresh from the shop. Her young commander stood alongside and proudly pointed out some of her attractions. From his transparent enthusiasm she might have been a pleasure yacht instead of the vehicle for the most dangerous form of adventure that fighting men undertake. IIs observed that this boat could submerge in 20 seconds. The trip included a view of Beatty's battleship squadron. There they were—and that is about all that can be said. They are prepared to steam for action at five minutes' notice, and they did not care to steam for action with a cargo of newspaper nien and a Nationalist member of Parliament. These could not decently be thrown overboard and obviously were not worth a moment's delay. One ship carried into the Jutland battle an army officer on leave from France who was calling on a brother on board. Ile returned« fortunately, and published, as his mature and well- considered judgment, that he ,felt more at home in the trenches, The Lesser Evil. Old Grump—Why doesn't .Ethol marry that young idiot? I am getting blame tired of his coming here so much. Itis Wife --I believe I'd prefer to have him come here --if she marrii % him he will stay here.