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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-04-06, Page 6ur< 18 WATERPROOF If you use "Nugget" water will not des6 troy the shine. Brush off the mud and the original polish is still there. Buy a tin to -day. All dealers. hoc. per tin. Black, Tan, Toney Red, Dark ro‘mn "TAKE CARE OF YOUR SHOES." r • The ri Na e 6 9 Or, The Adventures of Captain Fraser CHAPTER XIV.—(Cont'd). "Do me a favor, old man," he said, heartily. "Wet d'ye want?" asked the other, suspiciously. "Tell that tall chap in there that a friend of his is waiting outside," said Flower, pointing to Joe. He walked off a little way as the man re-entered the bar. A second or two later the carman came out alone. 'E ses come inside 'e ses if you want to see 'im." "I can't," said Flower. "Why not?" asked the other as a• suspicion dawned apo "Strewth, you ain't , you?" "No," replied the skipper, "but. I can't go in." "Well, 'e won't come cut,' .saidthe other; "'e seems to be „, ,n'ntstezntaper- ed sort o'` man." • "I must see him," -:aid the skipper, pondering. Then a happy thought struck him, and 1 e smiled at his clev- erness. "Tell him a little flower wants to see him," he said briskly. "A. little wot?" demanded the car- man, blankly. • in' a teetotaler are A fraternal end Insurance society that protects its members in accordance with tl3a Ontmio Government Standard. Sick and funeral benefits opti onaL Authorized to obtain members and charter lodges in every Province in Canada. Purely Canadian, safe. sound and econo- mical. H there is no local ledge of Chosen Friends in your district, apply direct to any of the following ctEcera; Dr. J. W. Edwards, M.P. Grand Councillor. W. F. Campbell, Grand Organizer. HAMILTON W. F. Montague, Grand Recorder 3. H. 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"The Swallow's just come tm in the tier," he concluded; "and if you want to see Mr, Fraser I'll go and see if he's aboard," The skipper agreed, and after exact- ing renewed assurances of secrecy from both men, welted im.patientiy in the private bar of the "Waternian's Arms" while they put off from the stairs and boarded the steamer. In twenty minutes, during which time the penniless skipper affected not to notice the restless glances of the landlord, they returned with •Fraser, and a hearty meeting topic place be- tween the two men. The famished skipper was provided with neat and drink, while the two. A. B,'s whetted their thirst in an adjoining bar. "You've had a rough time, said Fraser, as the skipper concluded a dramatic recital of his adventures. Flower smiled broadly, "I've come out of it right side uppermost," he said, taking a hearty pull at his tank- ard; ``the worst part was losing my money. Still, it's all' in the day's work. Joe tells me that Elizabeth is walking out with Gibson, so .you see it has all happened as I` bargained fors, "I've heard so," said Fraser. "It's rather soon after my death," said Flower, thoughtfully; "she's been driven into it by her'mother, I ex- pect. How is Poppy?" Fraser told him. "I couldn't wish her in better hands, Jack," said the other, heartily, when F. F. DALLEY CO. OF CANADA LTD, HAMILTON, CAN. CAPTURED BY A LION. Thrilling Experience of a British Trooper in German East Africa. Being carried off by a lion right in the glare of a huge carnp fire and in the midst of a detachment of the Fourth South African Horse, was the he had finished; `one of these days, recent experience of John Brighton, a when she knows everything- at least,, railroad postal telegraph clerk from as much as I shall tell her—she'd be the Maritzburg Post -Office, who is serving with the regiment in German East Africa. A comrade tells about it in a letter home: "We pitched camp at Sarganda on the Central Railway, about four miles from the station," he writes, "and stayed there ten days. Such a place for wild animals I had not seen in all the campaign. Lions and monkeys were the chief denizens of this natural menagerie, and their roar -1 ing and chattering at night to which hyenas added their weird yelling made sleep impossible. We lay around the camp fires with rifles loaded and bay- onets fixed, in readiness for anything that might happen during the pande- monium. "As we made no noise the animals, doubtless emboldened by their own as grateful to you as what I aril." "You've come back just in. time," said Fraser, slowly; "another- week and you'd have lost her." "Lost her?" repeated Flower, star- ing. "She's going to New Zealand," re- plied the other; "she's got some rela- tions there. She met an old friend of her father's the other day, Captain Martin, master of the Golden Cloud, I and he has offered her a passage: They Issail on Saturday from the Albert Dock." man, casting his eyes about him. Flower pushed the tankard from "Pau just say that," said the skip- I him and regarded him in consterna- • er, hurriedly. "You shall have altion. • per, if you do. He'll understand." "She mustn't go," he said, deet- It was unfortunate for the other sively. 5 Ithat the skipper had set too high an Fraser shrugged his shoulders. "I estimation on Joe's intelligence, for tried to persuade her not to, but it the information being imparted to him was no use. She said there was no- : in the audible tones • of confidence, he thing to stay in England for; she's first gave his mug oto Mr. Virilliam quite alone, and there is nobody to rand getting accustomed to the glare Green to hold and then knocked the miss her. of the fires, drew.in nearer and nearer 1 ambassador down. The loud laugh "Poor girl," said Flower,'softly, andlus our spy was prolonged. On the consequent on the delivery of the mes- sat crumbling his bread and gazing 1 ninth night a big shape hurled over. sage ceased abruptly, and in the midst reflectively at a soda -water advertise-, the thornbush barrier and landed as • of a terrific hubbub Joe and his victim, meet on the wall. IIs sat so long in. this attitude -that his • , also i persons loudly complaining that they tarried and studied it. , lightly as a feather, and was off be - to death, for he dropped his captive and made off at top speed. No doubt he is still running, "Two days later we treked down to Kilmatinde, also on the railway, and then went on to Itigi, where we took three engines, practically intact, a quantity of rolling stock slightly dam- aged, a pump, tanks, and a splendid workshop. Two stations further up a part of our men took eighteen en- gines and a big lot of rolling stock. "We were the most westerly of General Smut's advance, and at Itigi we came in touch with the Belgians' advance party. The Belgian askaris' uniforms were a scream. They are just like a Natal riksha boy's dress. Some were what they call 'marks- men' and had huge gold cross guns all over their sleeves." - Vain Words. Casey had been married only a week when he discovered that his wife, who had assumed control of the household and larder, was inclined to be stingy. He had been working in his small garden one afternoon when Wife came to the back door and called out in strident tones: "Terrance, come in to tay, toast and foive eggs!" Terrence dropped his spade in as- tonishment and ran into the kitchen. "Sur:., ye're only kiddin' me/' he said. v or three innocent companion"No, Terrence," said the wife; it's together with twoI fore anybody realized just what had not ye; it's the neighbors I'm kiddie', hadn't finished their beer, were swept "ate mustn't go;' said F so,-. at, happened, taking Brighton, who had into the street, <. - length `L',] „go_ down n - ,' r`^on -dozing, -wrapped up'm ,n^s lane "Bell lac . al'1 _right. in :a minute; to -morrow night. You go .4irst and ket, with it. mate," said a bystander to Joe, anxi- ously; "don't run away." "'Tain't so likely," said Joe, scorn- quite safe—there's nobody she can fully, . talk to now she's left the. Wheelers', "Wot did you 'it me for?" demand- and I'm simply longing to see her. ed the victim, turning a deaf ear'.to You don't know what it: is to be in two or three strangers who were cud- love, Jack." dling him affectionately and pointing ``What am I to tell her?" inpuired out, in alluring whispers, numberless weak points in Joe's fleshly armour. "I'll 'it you agin if you come into a pub making a fool of me afore peo- ple," replied the sensitive seaman, blushing hotly with the recollection of the message. "He told me to," said the carman pointing to Flos, er, who was lurking lin the background. The tall seamen turned fiercely and strode up to him, and then, to the scandal of the bystanders and the dis- may of Mr. William Green, gave a !loud yell and fled full speed up the road. Flower followed in hot pur- suit, and owing, perhaps, to the feel- ing of lightness before mentioned, ran' him down nearly a mile farther on, Mr. Green coming in a good second. I "Keep orf," panted the seaman, backing into a doorway. ``Keep—itI —orf!" reale the news to her, _an Ill. fel- "Brighton was too ; astonished to low on. Do it gently, . Jack. It's yell even until the lion, for that is "Don't he a fool, Joe," said the skip- per, • "Keep orf," repeated the trembling seaman. His fear was so great that Mr. Green, who had regarded him as a tower of strength and courage, and had wormed himself into the tall sea- man's good graces by his open ad- miration of these qualities, stood ap- palled at his idol's sudden lack of spirit. "Don't be a fool, Joe," said the skip- per, sharply; "can't you see it's me?" "I thought you was drownded," said the trembling seaman, still regard- ing him suspiciously. "I thought you was a ghost" "Feel that," said Flower, and gave him a blow in the ribs which almost made him regret that his first impres- sion was not the correct one. "I'm satisfied, sir," he said, hastily. "I was picked up and carried off to Riga; but for certain reasons I needn't go into I want my being alive kept a dead secret. You mustn't d o Increase Yields "Aye, aye, sir," said Joe; ``you hear E,�,` t i It Improve Quality that: Wlllytnrn ?" 1 ti . Hasten Maturity .r "Who the devil's this?"demanded 'c4. t ' Maintain Fertility si the skipper, whqq lir d not bargained :i r coii$clent, gmoe, money from every acre. Lower "I'll "It's the new 'and, .sir, i said Joe. costs per bushel for plowing, seeding, « Ill be answerable for nm. =interest and labor rt suit"hwhen crops; Flower eyed the pair restlessly, but • bare well -feel. Fcrtilizers will Trap on Mr. Green assured him with a courtly pour; spring 4crop,,. Higher pricese bow o ht be relied upon Smith's "He assurancesuan s for farm products snake profits from using;, gp fertilizer larder than ever before. Z' was a gentleman," he said, feelingly. Send for our.fras •C�rop rttalotind ."". ' "Some of us thought—I - I then lit " I„ ' riskvA vola-: fertility ;Nations. g l" r ==Soil Improvement Commraittee s ' said Joe, with a glance at the skipper, a r.lftLe lktntfa nal Fertilizer Associlattloea ro "that the mate shoved you overboard." F"a9iai'rrlrgr..pl, Alct� a5• nmAr, ®Ida. � `'You always Were fool," Cemment- ChI tl 1' 4 � IaMbrb y P1 n yolk 191't Wbrk seas to get the ^ fol anotlt; w aaaQ no- s 4�:.nattneitftfllsalfliflltrrfnnioxlllllr imilib i ed the skipper. the other, hastily. "Tell her I was saved," was the re- ply. "I'll do the rest By J&ve, I've got itl" He banged the table so hard that his plate jumped and the glasses in, the bar rattled in protest_ (To be continued). - An :.automobile with five persons. takes more gasoline than when one person is riding, but the increase.. is very samll. It is very important in the growing of alfalfa that a full stand be secured on all parts of the field. 'Vacant spots give an opportunity for grass and. weeds to start, and these will encroach upon the alfalfa. What is was, had carried him seven or eight yards beyond the barrier, The animals teeth' had not touched him, but had gripped the blanket and the postal clerk, pulling his arms free, pounded the lion's nose with all his force, wriggling and shouting as he did so. By this time, too, we were all up and starting in pursuit, yelling like mad, and shooting off our rifles. Brighton's punching and the unearth- ly noise must have scared the lion half THE MEANING OF THE REVOLUTION GROWTH OF TIIE SPIRIT OF DE- MOCRACY IN RUSSIA. Russian Army and Russian People Have One Single Aim, Winning Of the War. The Duma has been greatly respon- sible for the growth of a spirit of de- mocracy in Russia, for although the first Dumas did not accomplish much. in the way of legislation, the members enjoyed the right of free speech and the newspapers reported what was said in the Duma, whereas they were prohibited from reporting public speeches made outside the ;Duma, writes Mr. Riddle, formerly American ambassador to Russia. There never has been much mani- festation of public opinion in Russia because the mass of Russian peasants have no opinion to express, so far as foreign politics or national govern- ment is concerned. The spirit of nationalism and a feel- •ing.of sympathy for all Slays has been the one subject which has brought forth a manifestation of feeling on the part of the Russian masses, who are intensely interested in the fate of their "Little Brothers," the Slays who have been, or still are, under Turkish or other foreign domination. It was this spirit which brought about the war of 1877 with Turkey. Even the Russian peasants who take no interest in home or foreign' politics feel intensely on this question of na- tionalism. What the Revolution Means. The revolution in Russia seems to me to be more a purging of foreign influences than anything else. It is an expression of national feeling. There have always been many per- sons about the Russian court who have been strongly pro -German. The court itself, that is, the family of the Czar, has always had strong pro -German sympathies. Although France has been Russise's natural political ally the court has�'''always shown more interest por German institutions than for French. A minor incident illustrates this feeling. 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They do want to rid the government of some of the pernicious growths and bar- nacles that have adhered to it. Russians always have enjoyed a • great deal of democracy in their local government. The Zemstovs, which are somewhat like county councils, are chosen by the people, and their voice is supreme in matters of local govern- ment. In the present war the Zem- stvos have been active in the forward- ing of supplies and other military matters and have enjoyed the full support of the people. The Russian government always has been patriarchal, and the peasant is willing to let it take care of national affairs. Aim to Fight War to Finish. Although the Russian army and people have not always been one in the past, they are at the present time. They have one single purpose, and that is the winning of the war, which to them means the liberation of Slays who are under foreign domination. There has been sporadic revolutions in Russia since 1825, and it is said that Alexander II, had a constitution ready to sign the day he was assassin- ated. These revolutions have never changed to any great extent the form of government and have been mostly in the cities where students, college professors and educated people who had not a voice in the government have directed them: Throughout the country the revolu- tionary movements have not been felt, Some times mobs burn houses and , buildings in the provinces, but it is us= ually to get food aid not to attempt to change the form of government. The terrorists,. anarchists and other organizations which in 'the past have continually bean agitating against the government do not represent the peo- ple at large. Evil they have been quiet since the war began and have refrained ..from embarrassing the government. I believe that if a• plebiscites'• were held the majority of the 150,000,000 Russians would not vote :for the over- throw ,of the Emperor or the abolition of the throne.