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Zurich Herald, 1916-11-03, Page 3s The ride's Narne; Or, The Adventures of Captain Fraser CHA.PTER V.—(Cont'd). "I'm glad you're enjoying your- self, ma'am," said Captain Barber, loftily.. With a view, perhaps, of giving his guest further amusement he patted "and there's Fred,he ain't getting the housekeeper's hand again, where- lay; upon Mrs. Banks' laughter ceased, and younger." Barber puffed at his pipe. she sat regarding Mrs. Church with a "NoneCitis are," he said, profoundly. petrified o ha met bydi that lady with "And Fred might get tired of wait-, glance. of haughty disdain. "S'pose we go into the garden a ing," said Mrs. Banks, ruminating. bit?" suggested Barber, uneasily. The "He'd better let me hear him," said two ladies had eyed eaeh other for the uncle, fiercely; "leastways, o' three minutes without blinking, and course, he's tired o' waiting, in a his own eyes were watering in gym- sense. He'd like to be married." pathy. "There's yelling Bigson," said Mrs. Mrs. Banks, secretly glad of the in- Banks, in a thrilling whisper. trruption, made one or two vague re -1 "What about him?" inquired Bar - marks about going home, but after' ber, surprised at her manner. much persuasion, allowed him to lead . "Comes round after Eizabeth," said her into the garden, the solemn Eliza -1 Mrs. Banks. beth bringing up the rear with a has- "No!" said Captain Barber, blankly. sock and a couple of cushions. Mrs. Banks pursed up her lips and "It's a new thing for you having a nodded darkly. housekeeper," observed Mrs. Banks,"Pretends to come and see me," said after her daughter had returned tMrs. Banks; "always coming in bring- theng up. ing something new for my legs. The " Yes,s e I twonder I nevero assist in l thought of ' worst of it is he ain't always careful it before," said the artful Barber; what he brings. He brought some "you wouldn't believe how comfort- new-fangled stuff in a bottle last week, and the agonies I suffered after rub - 1 dareit " say," said Mrs. Banks, grim- bing it in wouldn't be believed.' "It's like his impudence," said the ly' "It's nice to have a woman about captain. I've been thinking," said Mrs. the house," continued Captain Barber, Banks nodding her head with some slowly, "it makes it more homelike. A slip of a servant -girl ain't no good at animation, "of giving Fred a little surprise. What do you think he'd do if I said they might marry this autumn?" "Jump out of his skin with joy," said Captain Barber, with conviction. "Mrs. Banks, the pleasure you've giv- en me this day is more than I can say." "And they'll live with you just the same?" said Mrs. Banks. "Certainly," said the captain. "They'll only be a few doors off then," said Mrs. Banks, 'and 'it'll be nice for you to have a woman in the house to look after you." Captain Barber nodded softly. "it's whab I've been wanting for years," he said, heartily. "And that huss—husskeeper," said Mrs. Banks, .correcting herself, "will go?„ "0' • course," said Captain Barber. "I shan't want no housekeeper with my nevy's wife in the house. You'e told Elizabeth, 1 s'pose? "Not yet," said Mrs. Banks; who "Just so," replied the other, "and more's the pity." "But Elizabeth's getting on, and I don't seem to go," continued the old lady, 'as though mildly surprised at Providence for its unaccountable de - as a matter of fact had been influenc- ed by the proceedings of that after- noon to bring to a head a step she had hitherto only vaguely contemplated. Elizabeth, who came down the gar- den again a little later, accompanied by Mrs. Church, recieved the news stolidly. A feeling of regret that the attentions of bhe,devdted'Glbson must now cease certainly occurred to her, but she never thi _ `' ''.`of cdntesting the arrangements made for her, and accepted the situation"with a placidity which the more ardent Barber was ut- berly unable to understand. ' "Fred '11 stand on his 'ed with joy," the unsophisticated mariner declared, with enthusiasm: "He'll go singing • about the house," declared Mrs. Church. Mrs. Banks regarded her unfavor- ably. "He's never said much," continued Uncle Barber, in an, exalted strain; "that ain't Fred's way. He takes arty me; he's one o' the quiet ones, one o' the still, deep webers, what al- ways feels the most. When I tell 'im his face'll just light up with joy." "It'll be nice for you, too," said Mrs. Banks, with a side glance at the honse- keeper; "you'll have somebody to look after you and take an interest in you, and strangers can't be expected bo do that, even if they are nice." "We shall have him standing on his head, too," said Mrs. Church with a bright smile; "you're turning every- thing -upside down, Mrs. Banks." "There's things as wants altering," said the old lady, with emphasis. "There's few things as I don't see, ma'am." "I hope you'll live to see a lot more," said Mrs. Church, piously. "She'll live to be ninety," said Cap- tain Barber, heartily. "Oh, easily," said Mrs. Church. Captain Barber regarding his old friend saw her face suffused with a wrath for which he was utterly un- able to account. With a hazy idea that something had passed which he had not heard, he caused a diversion by sending Mrs. Church indoors for a pack of cards, and solemnly celebrat- ed the occasion with a game of whist, at which Mrs. Church, in partnership with Mrs. Banks, either through sheer wilfulness or absence of mind, contriv- ed to lose every game. all." "How does Fred like it?" inquired Mrs. Banks. "My ideas are Fred's ideas," said Uncle Barber, somewhat sharply. "What I like he has to like; naturally." "1 was thinking of my darter," said Mrs. Banks, smoothing down her apron majestically. "The arrange- ment was, I think, that when they were married they was to live with you?" Captain Barber nodded acquiessence. "Elizabeth would never live in a house with that woman, or any other woman, as house -keeper in it," said the mother. "Well, she won't have to," said the old man; `.when they, marry and Eliza- beth, comes here, I shan't • want; a housekeeper -I shall get rid of her!" Mrs. Banks shifted in her chair, and gazed thoughtfully down the garden. "Of course, my idea was for them to wait till I was gone," she said at length. V':''"tet';#.'UA'. You will like its Fine Granulation Buy your sugar in these neat 2 or 5-1b: cartons, which you can place directly on your pantry shelves. Just cut of the corner and pour out the sugar; a§,,you need it. 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CARDINAL, BRANTFORD, FORT Wit,LlAM. .Makers of"Lely While" Corn Syr,.p, Benson's Corn Starch and ",Silver Gloss" Laundry $larch. - you've finished the medicine," he said, as he handed the articles over the counter, Flower promised, and hobbling to- wards the door turned into the street. Then the amiable air which he had worn in the shop gave way to one of unseemly hauteur as he saw Fraser hurrying towards him. "Look out," cried the latter warn- ingly. The skipper favored him with a byltlul stare. "All right," said the mate, angrily, "go your own way, then. Don't come to me when you get into trouble, that's all." Flower passed on his way in sil- ence. Then a thought struck him and he stopped suddenly. "You wish bo speak to me?" he ask- ed, stiffly. "No, I'm damned if I do!" said the mate, sticking his hands into his pockets. "If you wish to speak to me," said the other, trying in vain to conceal a trace of anxiety in his voice, "it's my duty to listen. What were you going to say just now?" The mate eyed him wrathfully, but as the pathetic figure with its wound- ed toe and cargo of remedies stood there waiting for him to speak, he sud- denly softened. "Don't go back, old man," he said, kindly, "she's aboard." Second sea voyager (wanly)—Yes, Eighteen pennyworth of mixture, to it certainly calls forth the best that is be taken thrice daily from tablespoons, in you. FIVE t, FOR BREADS -CAKES -PUDDINGS - PASTRIES? ades •0sssetl? Crisp, Crackling C OKIES and a glass of milk—taste the delicious blend of flavours. CHAPTER VI. As a result of the mate's ill -be- haviour at the theatre, Captain Fred Flower treated him with an air of chilly disdain, ignoring, as far as cir- cumstances would permit, the fact that such a person existed. So far as the• social side went the mate made' ne de- mur, but it was a different matter when the skipper acted as though he were not present at the the breakfast - table; and being chary of interfering with the other's self-imposed vow of silence, he rescued a couple of rashers from his plate and put them on his own. Also, in order to put matters on a more equal- footing, he. drank three cups of coffee in rapid succes- sion, leaving the skipper to his own reflections and an empty coffee-pot. In this sociable fashion they got through most of the day, the skipper refrain- ing from speech until late in the after- noon, when, both being at work in the hold, the mate let a heavy case fall on his foot. "I thought you'd get it," he said, calmly, as Flower paused to take breath; "it wasn't my fault." "Whose was it, then?" roared Flow- er, who had got his boot off and was trying various tender experiments with his toe to see whether it was broken or not. "If you hadn't been holding your head in the air, and pretending that I wasn't here, it wouldn't have happen- ed," said Fraser, with some heat. The skipper turned his back on him, and meeting a look of inquiring solici- tude from Joe, applied to him for ad- vice.• "What had I better do with it?" he asked. "Well, if it was my toe, sir," sale Joe, regarding it respectfully, "I should stick it in a basin o' boiling water and keep it there as long as I could bear it." "You're a fool." said the skipper, briefly. "What do you think of it, Ben/ I don't think it's broken." The old seaman scratched his head. "Well, if it belonged to me," he said, slowly, "there's some ointment down the fo'c's'le which the cook 'ad for sore eyes. I should just put some o' that on. It looks good stuff.".•. The skipper, summarising the chief points in Ben's character, which, ow- ing principally to the poverty of the English language bore a remarkable likeness to Joe's and the mate's, took his sock and boot in his hand, and gaining the deck, limped painfully to the cabin. The foot was so painful after tea that he could hardly bear his slipper on, and he went ashore in his working clothes to the chemist's, preparatory to fitting himself out for Liston Street, The ehtr;'iiet, leaning over the counter, was inclined to take a serious view of itt'arid ' aking his head with much m solenity, preparedeisebettle of medi- cine, a bottle of lotion, and a box of ointment. "Let me see it again as soon as THREE VITAL QUESTIONS Aro you full of enor,ly, vital force, and general good health? Do you know that good digestion .,i a the foundation of good hholt6 Pains, Susi ow awe.,.-n•,••••••w.•••^' AFTER 6 EALS TAKE Fs g .pression in stomach and chest after eating, with constipation, headache dizziness, arc sure sign of indigestion. MotherSeigel's Syrup, the grog herbal remedy and tonic, will curt you. .BANISH AN STOMACH - TROUBLES w..y„q At all DI muc h n the smeller,reA A. of Miura & CO Lnnd s1,00, The r'Cn, Crtiig Street West,e bon. nMontrealer limen as THE MACHINE GUN EXPERT .OF ARMY spilled over the kerb, and the skipper, thrusting the other packets mechanic- ally into his pockets, disappeared hur- riedly around the corner. "It's no use finding fault with me," said Fraser, quickly, as he stepped along beside him, "so don't try it. They came down into the cabin before I knew they were aboard even." "They?" repeated the distressed Flower. "Who's they?" "The young woman that came be- fore and a stout woman with a little dark moustache and earrings. They're going to wait until you come back, to ask you a few questions about Mr. Robinson. They've been asking me a few. I've locked the door of your state -room, and here's the key." Flower pocketed it and, after a lit- tle deliberation, thanked him. (To be continued). GEN. SIR CHARLES CARMICHAEL MONRO, K.C,B. Has Been Appointed Commander -in - Chief of 'British Army in India. Ever since the war broke out "Charlie" Marisa, as he is generally called in army circles, has been hard at it. Appointed a divisional commander under Sir John (now Lord) •• French at the beginning of hostilities, he was one of the generals who directed the series of splendid rear -guard ac- tions fought by the small British army all the way from Mons to the Marne. Then, in the early days of Septem- ber, when the British and French turned at bay and drove the Germans back almost from within sight of Paris, he was again conspicuous, but in the front this time, not in the rear. Later on he succeeded General Sir Ian Hamilton in the command of the Mediterranean Expeditionary Force, and in this capacity he was respon- sible for that wonderful withdrawal of the British army from Gallipoli which has been tr thfully termed one of the biggestsuccessful bluffs in the history of war. In Charge at Gallipoli. Supposed competent judges had estimated the probable casualties of the evacuation at ten thousand. Gen- eral Monro re -embarked his entire force with only negligible losses, and right under the eyes of the Turks, who, however, were so completely de- ceived that they continued shelling the empty trenches for several hours af- ter the last man had been withdrawn. General Sir Charles Carmichael Monro, K.C.S., to give him his full title, is a Scotsman, an(1 has to his credit thirty-seven years' service. The youngest son of the late Henry Monro, of Craiglockart, Midlothian, he was born in 18G0, and..is thus five years younger than Sir Beauchamp Duff, whom he succeeds in India as commander-in-chief. He qualified for the army at the age of nineteen, and was gazetted to the old 2nd Foot, now the Royal West Surrey Regiment.. He first saw act:i Y't:acxrioa. in. +s.x gall'."a • w., 4i.'iv'-':%�,R+c: ... ditions" directed against the turbu- lent hill tribes dwelling across the north-western frontier -notably, the 111ohmand and Tirah affairs. Next the South African War broke out, and for three years he fought and toiled with his regiment in the long-drawn-out series of hostilities, including the relief of Kimberley and the Paardeberg and Driefontein oper- ations. Never Gets Flustered. He left South Africa as a lieuten- ant -colonel only, and brevet rank ab that, but with a reputation for sol- diering that gained him a position on the staff on his return home. He was appointed Chief Instructor to the School of Musketry at Hythe, a job after his own heart. Subsequently he commanded a brigade in Ireland. Sir Charles Monro is one of the chief machine gun experts in the British army. Long before the war broke out, when he first went to Hythe, in fact, he realized the en- ormously important part this "inven- tion of the devil"—to quote Sir Ian Hamilton's words—was going to play in any future war on a really big scale, and he urged his views on the Army Council. Had they been acted upon fully and unreservedly, thinga might have been different to -day. For the rest, "Charlie" Monro is one of those quiet, self-contained nien who never allow themselves to be flurried or flustered. He knows his mind, he knows his men, and, as a strategist should, he always starts out prepared for as many sorts of failure as there are chances of suc- cess. Fatal Self -Criticism. "My husband has no faults; he doesn't gamble and he doesn't drink." "Doesn't he smoke, either ?" "Well, after a good dinner, he may light a cigar, but that's •only about once in six weeks." Food for Thought. First sea voyager (on rather lough trip)—Ah, isn't the salt air bracing! The sea is good for a man! STYLE S IN these days of short skirts hosiery is a most important part of one's costume. Itis 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 .8'ens. 1 �e r LACK W'fbFTE-TAN - 104 KEEP Y UR SHOES NEAT F. F. DALLEY GO. OF CANADA, LTD., HAMILTON, CANADA vp 1 l .eel Obliging. Mrs. Simmons was rather taken aback by learning that her new do- mestic's name was the same as her own daughter's. "Your name, Katherine, and my daughter's being the same makes mat- ters somewhat confusing,” said Mrs. Simmons. "Suppose we change it ?" "Oi don't moind, mum," replied the girl. "That's very nice," said the mis- tress. "How do you like, say, the name of Bridget?" "Well, nTum," returned the domes- tic, "it's not mesilf that's over par`i- eular. Oi'm. willing to Call th' young leddy ony name ye'd seggist, mum." .- Watchful Waiting. Firmer --Why haven't you hare missed that horse yet, Missie? The Lady Help (holein,' bri'lle and bit) --I can't get Sills into his mouth, so I'm waiting for him bo yawn.