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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-02-23, Page 6very eaf is of Vir Q milt Sealed Packets Only, Never in u1k. :Black, Mixed or Greens f; 217 ri1 es Name; Or, The Adventures of Captain Fraser ly breathing the fresh, pine -scented taw. The atmosphere of the "Blue Poste", evas already half forgotten, and: he. I stood looking dreamily forward to the t time when he might reasonably Tee turn to life and Poppy. He took at 1 few steps into the wood, and, after I feeling for his pipe before he ren ems bered that Bliss Tipping was prehe ably keeping it as a souvenir, sat on j a freshly cut log and fell into a sentimental reverie, until the appear- ] anee of a restless old man at the door of the cottage took hire back to break- fast. ( "1 thought you'd run off," said his 1htest. tartly. "You thought wrong, then," said Flower, sharply, as he took out his, it's bones with the people rubl?ed off," {puree. "Here are two of the fie* . cis I promised Ill gyve ytA.Y.. three-cinarters of the way on the right ,S WANTED wing tip in order to balance the ma - SE NUR chine. The aircraft continued to fall in. spirals until it was about 2,000 feet' above the earth. Here the ob- server succeeded in balancing it and the machin glided down evenly. When about 200 feet from the earth a slight movement by the man on the wing caused the machine to spin again, but Pupil Nurses wanted for the Train- ing School, Hospital for the Insane, Toronto, Three years' Course ; $13 per month, with board and uniform, Apply Miss I), West, 999 Queen St. West, the pilot was able to control it when Toronto. just ten feet above the ground. A teacher asked her class of ehi1- dren what a skeleton was.. One little fellow, Benny, seven, said: --="I know; 'pour you; ' i the rest when I go,ip' } The old man took the money anti closed his small, hard mouth until the lips almost disappeared. "More: 'money than sense,' he remarked ('urclially, as the skipper replaced'ht ;purse. Flower made no reply. ' .Seale slices of fat bacon were sizzling in ran over the wood fire; and the pungent smell of the -woods;, minced CHAPTER XV.---(Cont'd), here," said Flower, lightly. I'll pay;with the sharpness of the niornlng•axr, The wood Was very still, and the you five shillings," 1 gave him an appetite to which, since shade grateful after the heat of the "Let's see your money," said the ! his enforced idleness, he had beer''• a sun, Just beyond., the fields were, old man, leaning forward. stranger. He drew his chair up shimmering with the heat, and he,I''low er put the sum in hi hand. "I'll the rickety little table with -its co pricked up his ears as the unmistak-pas now," he eaid, heartily. ing of frayed oil -cloth, and, brie ern able sound of wheels and hoofs came; "The Hoar won't run away:' said a couple of eggs over his bacon, s across the silent fields. Ile looked to eagerly. round wildly, and seeing a tiny cot_ the other, pulling out an old leather "Don't get eggs like these , tage standing in a bit of a clearing, purse, "and you can sleep on any part don," he said to the olid woman made towards it, of it you like. The old woman leaned over, 4_ A. little old man twisted with Plower thanked him effusively. He inspecting the shells, paid a tribut rheumatism rose as he stood at the' was listening intently for any sounds the hens who were responsible open door and regarded him with a outside. If the Tippings and the man them, and traced backa. gexre.. 'sell: of bloodshot, but sharp, old eyes, in the gig met they would scour the which would have baffled the ertti while an old woman sitting in a Wind- countryside, and afmost certainly pay , College of Heralds—a genealogy'ho sor chair looked up anxiously. ' the cottage a visit. ly contested by the old man, who, "Can I come in?" asked Flower- "If you let me go upstairs and lie claimed a bar sinister through three "Aye," said the old man, standitg; down for an hour or two." he said, eggs bought at the village show some aside to let him pass. ;turning to the old man, "I'll give you +generations before. "Hot day," said the skipper, taking: another half-crown." 1 "You've got a nice little place here," a seat. The old man said nothing, but held said Flower, by way of changing the. "No, 'tain't," said the old man. out his hand, and after receiving the conversation, which was well on the "Not so hot as yesterday," said sum got up slowly, and opening a door i way to becoming personal; "but don't Flower, with a conciliatory smile. , by the lire -place revealed a few brok- I you find it rather dull sometimes?" "It's 'otter than it was yesterday,", en stairs, which he slowly ascended, t "Well, 1 don't know," said the old said the ole} man. "What ha' you done after beckoning his guest to follow.woman. "I finds plenty to do and 'e to your face'?" . "It's a small place," he said, tersely, potters about like. 'E don't do much, "1 was climbing a tree." said Flow-' "but I dare say you've often slept in {rut it pleases 'im, and it don't hurt er, wth a iaugh, 'rand I fell down; I've' a worse." ' me " hurt my foot, too." Flower made no reply. He was "Served you right if you'd broke looking from the tiny casement. your Ileek," said his amiable host,' Through an opening in the trees he "climbing trees at your time o' lift."! saw a couplef figures crossing the "Nice cottage you've got here," said field towards the wood. the persistent Flower. ' "If anybody asks you whether "I wish you 'ad to live in it." said'. you've seen me, say no," he said, Pulp Trees in Argentina. Experiments by a ,Swedish scientist have demonstrated that Argentina produces in 'abundance a tree that yields a better paper pulp than usu- ally employed in the United States, llllUU II .ttt 11 111111 if lilf 1111111111011a M1 Sure Success ttll� Sowing Seeds DON'T waste Tour efforts and time on seeds of questionable quality. Buy Bruce's. For 66 years wo have sold seeds and each year wade satisfied Customers. Insure the success of your garden by selecting • from the list below— Bruce's Nosegay Collection Sweet Peas --6 separate colors - 25o, postpaid. Bruce's' Tall or Dwarf Colleotioa Nasturtium-- 6 separate colors -26e. postpaid. Bruce's Empire Collection Asters—G separate colors -2,6c. postpaid. ° ruce9 ._s.a ' e See Try thea. Splendid varieties Leans—Refugee Wax 3/d. Ib. 15c. 111). 50c. postpaid Sweet Corn—Peep O'Day... 1Q lb. 10c, 11b. 95c. postpaid eas—]Early Settlor • i/a lb. 15c. 1 lb. doc. postpaid. „ Write today for handsomely illustrated Perm an ifr') J- 1 of Vegetables, ,� 1 cats ogue Plower Seeds, Plants and Bulbs, {�►f ti Poultry Supplies, etc., FREE. JOHN A. BRUCE & CO. Limited Hamilton Canada Thee object of these compliments took them as a natter of course, and after hunting up the stump -of last night's cigar, and shredding it with his knife, crammed it into a clay pipe and smoked tranquilly. Flower found a solitary cigar, one of the old man. 'rapidly, to the oldm an. "i've got the "Blue Post's" best, and with a He took a proffered cigar, and after 1 into a bit of a mess, and if you hide gaze which wandered idly from the. eyeing it for some time, like a young me here until it has blown over I'll chest of drawers on one side of the carver with a new joint, took out a' make it worth while." room to the old china dogs on the lit- -huge clasp-knfei and elowly sawed the end off. "Can I sleep, here for the night?" 'T 'der^ ettlea) gib;; se. more rEoseot1're put to much 'trouble, ner-time, The village was ringing f, hN6; you can't," said the old man, Run down and stop your wife's mouth with the hews of yesterday_'ssaffair, f drawing at his cigar. i quietly." and a rigorous search, fanned into; He smoked on, with the air of a I "Don't order me about," said the excitement by an offer of two pounds 1 man who has just given a very clever 1 old man, slowly; "I ain't said I'll do it reward, was 'taking the place of the answer to a very difficult question. 1 yet." . more prosaic labors ox the 'Country - "We ountry- "We ain't on'y got one room besides I "They're coming now," said Flower, side. this," said the old woman. solemnly. i impatiently; "mind, if they catch me "If it wasn't for me," said .the old "Years ago we used to have four and ' you lose your five pounds." man, in an excess of self -laudation, I a wash -place." C "All right," said the other. "I'm "you'd be put in the gaol—where you "Oh, I could ;sleep on the fluor I doing it for the five pounds, mind, not ought to be; but I wouldn't do:it if Hi fur you," added this excellent man. l wasn't for the five pounds. • l•. You'd' g �4� � � ,�,r 1 He went grunting and groaning i better keep close in the house. There's , �' clown the narrow stairs, and the skip- some more of em in the wood look -1 P — "How much?" said the old man. Flower hesitated. "Five pounds foe certain," he said, hastily, "and 1. e v..—t 11101111, tle mantel -shelf on the.other, smoked) in silence. The old man brought in news at di WANTED FO Thorough mixing is what makes cake delicate and tender arair makes thebest cake be- causeit creams quickly and thoroughly with the butter which is the hardest part of the mix- ing. Its purity and extra "fine" granula- tion intake it dissolve at once. 2 and 5 -ib. Cartons 1.0 and 20 -ib. Bags 4 "The .4U -Purpose Sugar" 'efettsorX per, closing the .door, went and crouch-' ing for you." ed down by the open easement. A 'few indistinct words were borne in 00 the still air, and voices came gradual - 1' ly closer, until foot-stepe, which had been deadened by the grass, became suddenly audible on the stones outside i the cottage. Flower held his breath with anx- his escape good, and partly to the facto iety; then he smiled softly and peas- that the landlord of the "Wheatsheaf"� antly as he listened to the terms in had been sitting at his front door shooting at snakes on the King's Highway invisible to ordinary folk The skipper resolved to make a; start on the following evening, walk- ing the first night so as to get Out of the dangerous zone, and then txain-, ing to London. At prospect his spirits rose. and in a convivial mood he purr chased a bottle or red currant win: from the old woman at supper, anti handed it round. He was still cheerful next Morning as he arose and began to dress Theh he paused, and in a somewhat anxious. fashion patted his trousers pockets:' Minute and painful investigation re- vealed a bunch of keys and a knife, clasp - the floor for some time, and then, see- He tried his other pockets, and then, ing from the window that the coast sinking in a dazed fashion into a was clear, went downstairs again. chair, tried to think what had 'be - The /Id woman made him up a bed come of his purse and loose change. Captain Flower took this advice„ and for the next two days became al voluntary prisoner. On the third) day the old man reported that public' excitement about him was dying out, i , owing partly to the fact that it -was; thought the villain must have made 1 Canadians wanted for the •Royal ' Naval Canadian 'Volunteer Reserve for immediate overseas service, Only men of good character end good physique accepted. Pay $1,10 Minimum per day—Free Kit. $20.00 per Month Separation Allowance. Ezperienced men freta 38 to 45, and bays from 15 to 13 accepted for service in the CANADIAN - y y!' i NAVAL PATROLS for defence of the Coasts. Apply to COMMODORE 1.CMtLIUS JARVIS : Naval R4:cruitinn Officer, Ontario Aron 103 flay Street, TORONTO, or 14 bent. of the Naval Service r s� OTTAWAL which his somewhat difficult host was addressed. • "Now, gaffer," said the man of the gig, roughly. "Wake up, grandpa," said Dick Tip- ping; "have you seen a man go by here? --blue serge suit, moustache, face and head knocked about?" "No. I ain't seen 'len," was the ro- py. "What's he done?'" Tipping told him briefly. "We'll have him," he said, savagely. "We've got a mounted policeman on the job, besides others. If you can catch him it's worth half a soy. to you." ' He went off hurriedly with the other man, and their voices died away in the distance. Flower sa t inhis place on on the floor after supper, although both he and the old man assured her that it was unnecessary, and then, taking the lamp, bade him good -night, and went upstairs. Flower. left to himself, rolled ex- ultingly on his poor couch, and for the 'first time in a fortnight breathed freely. "If I do get into tr.,uhle," he mur- mured, complacently, "I generally manage to pet out of it. 1t wants a good head in the first place, and a cool one in the second. .CH APTER XVr. Ile was awake early in.the morning, *-..600n 1. ft2EilSTlON -�--�- Whcn your digestion Is faaity, weakness and Palo are certnln and disease is tushed. FOR 4OYEARSla. THE S T!�NOAi47� +• REMEDY His watch, 'a silver one, was under itis pillow, where he had placed it the night before, and his ready cash was represented by the shilling which hung upon the chain. (To be continued). • AIRMAN'S DARING FEAT. Climbed Out onDamaged Wing to Balance Machine. One of the most thrilling flying epi- sodes of the war was recorded- when the. British observer in a two -seated machine which had been damaged by and, opening the door, stond delighted- shell fire climbed out on one of the ---------„-- wings and steadied the aeroplane Mother Sagas Syron eetracte and atiru,fete, •While the pilot brought it safely to the digestive organa sad banishes the many earth. alluioutu wblch crime Brom indigestion. A High explosive shell burst just "met 'Irermertiate=e70=4.mer behind the tight lower wing of the aeroplane. The machine was com- pletely riddled. Three of the stay booms were cut., one blade of the pro- peller was blown away, and all the controls except the elevators were put out of action. The machine was fur- ther :smashed by the broken propeller blade. The observer climbed out - volUints.,WA'1�,'„ ^„'- • 9.Atttttf9R4..:.ewmvat'i bJ]m 4,d. all Drugk,el+ or direct on receiptofprico; 56e. and $1A0. The lane bottle eoatnlas three times se touch ss the smaller. A.3, WRITE & Co, 1.twnxa.o, Crate street 'S,'dst Montreal, FOR STOMACH AND LIVER TROUBLE 7015 DEPO T AT I N OF ! ELGIAN MEN LEAVES W L MD AN CHILDREN. PE 1'fiRE HELPLESS TIAN EVER g, Neutral protests do not prevent the Germans from continuing the deportation and enslave- ment of the able-bodied men who were left in unhappy Belgium—and we are powerless VI stop it until we have won the war. Meanwhile the Neutral Commission for Relief in Belgium, administered without pay by great-hearted Americans, is saving the women and children from starvation. Here we CAN help promptly and effectively, by giving gene- rously to the Belgian Relief Fund. More contributions than ever are needed, because the higher prices of foodstuffs, parti. cularly wheat, have seriously increased the cost of feeding these millions of dependent Belgians. How much can you spare the victims of one of the blackest, most cold-blooded crimes, Send whatever you can give weekly, monthly or in one lump sum to Local or Provincial Committees, or SEND CHEQUES PAYABLE TO TREASURER e m » pri 59 $t. Peter Street, Montreal. su The Greatest eln,r: Work in History. ON THE FARM One of the worst neglected things on the farm, as a rule, is the harness It is not necessary to have the metal parts shining as brightly as if the harness belonged to ; carriage team, but the metal parts should be cleaned now and then to prevent them from rusting and to remove -the dross from them, and the leather should be kept soft and pliable by occasional clean- ing a.ncl oiling. When collars are kept clean and soft sore shoulders rarely cause much trouble. In fixing up harness, the first thing to do is to remove the dirt. The worse of this can be removed with a brush and then the leather should be thoroughly cleaned with soap an.l wa- ter. After the leather has dried it should be well oiled with some good harness grease or oil. The oil should be well rubbed into the leather. Keep your harness clean, and the leather soft, and avoid sore shoulders this spring. How to Kill Insects in the Grain Bin. Carbon bisulphide used at the rate of five to eight pounds to 1,000 cubic feet of space is recommended for the destruction of all insects in grain bins. As this chemical is very poisonous and highly inflammable great care must be exercised in handling it. The grain bins should be air tight and the temperature above' 70 degrees. Bur- lap sacks or cotton waste saturated with the liquid may be thrust into the grain, or the material may be poured into a short section of pipe plugged at one end and perforated along the side. The carbon bisulphide may also be sprayed over the grain with a pump through a small opening in the side of the bin. The format -fell of a gas, which is heavier than air aiicl set- ties down through the Fain, kills all the weevils within 36 hours. Advise Growing Alfalfa. Alfalfa leaves the land richer in organic matter and nitrogen than be- fore it was grown. Organic matter and nitrogen are two things very necessary to have in the soil, in order to grow good crops. In continuous gram -growing organic matter and nitt. 0 ,gen ar e ated sera f t►d <; Hi fat ii' eoizt clfti'ati 7mlow nta' ' > times as much nitrogen as the crop uses is lost from the soil. There is also a rapid loss of the organic mat- ter. When a grass crop or a legume crop is grown, organic matter is added to the soil. The grasses do not add nitrogen but the legumes do, which makes them more valuable than the grasses. A legume, as alfalfa, pro- duces more hay, too, than any of the grass crops, and the alfalfa hay has a higher feeding value. Alfalfa will improve the land, and at the same time produce more food for livestock than any other crop grown.—North Dakota Experiment Station. VICTORY WILL COME PROMPTLY. Entente Allies Each Day Nearer Real- ization of Their Object. General Castelnau, chief of the French military delegation at the con- ference of the Entente allies at Petro- grad, is quoted in a despatch to the Temps of Paris from the Russian cap- ital as -saying: "One has only to compare the mili- tary sifivation of the allies in the month of .January, 1916, with that of January, 1917, and he will be com- pelled to admit that the conditions far the forthcoming Spring campaign are much more favorable than they were last year. "I can say that each day we are coming nearer to the realization of our objects. The brave Russian army, which has assumed a formidable task, the gallant Italian troops, and, finally, the Anglo-French forces, which are increasing in number, constitute the best guarantees of our final victory, which hereafter will come promptly. In the meantime the military power of the allies remains unshakeable. The Germans have procured success only on secondary fronts. "With regard to the principal fronts, on which decisive action will occur, our enemies have shown there - selves powerless to obtain any serious results.” Awful Thought. Favorite :foods that mother used to Make were the topic of conversation at the boarding-house table. After numerous interchanges came a lull. Then a callow youth whom bashful- ness usually kept silent broke it with this bombshell. "D -d -d -did any of you ever eat sauerkraut with whipped cream on it?" Turkeys derived their name -from • the fact that they were imported first into Europe through Turkey.