HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-05-18, Page 6Adventures of Captain Fraser
CHAPTER XXII,--(Cont'.)
He saw her three days later, and
was dismayed and surprised to find
he . taxing herself with being the
cause of the adventurous marine's
death,
"He would never have heard of the
Golden Cloud if it hadn't been for nie,"
she said, trembling. "His death is at
my door."
Fraser tried to comfort her, and,
straining metaphor to the utmost, said
that if the finger of Providence had
not made her oversleep herself she
would undoubtedly have shared the
same fate.
The girl shook her heed.
"He shipped before the mast for
the sake of being on the same ship a
I was," she said, with quivering lip
"it is not every man who would has;
done that, and I—I�-----"
"Overslept yourself," said Eras
• consolingly..
Tyrell Itde an impatient ge
er1y, "and Captain Flower s dead in
consequence. I never intended to go
on the Golden Cloud, but I let him go
And now he's dead, He only went to
be near me, and while he was drown-
ing I was going out with you.
have been very wicked."
Fraser protested, and, taking hei
hand, drew her gently towards him
again,
"He was very good to my father,"
said Poppy, struggling faintly. "I
don't think I can."
"You must!" said Fraser, doggedly;
"I'm not going to lose you now. It is
no good looking at me like that, It
is too late,"
He kissed her again, secretly as
I
s tonished at his own audacity, and the
. high-handed way in which he was con-
ducting . things. Mixed with his joy
was a half -pang, as he realised that
Erase he.had lost his fear of Poppy Tyrell,
1 'I promised my father," said the
s-; girl, presently. "I did not want to
Imre, but listened hopefully as he
visitor suggested that it was quit
possible Flower had got away in an
other boat.
"I 11 wateh the paper every day,
she said, brightening; "you miss som
at sea."
But nothing came of the watching
ing. The Golden Cloud had its obit
uary in the paper in large type, an
that was all—a notice to certain wo
men and children scattered about
✓ get married, but I did not mind so
e much
"Until," Fraser reminded her, fond-
ly. . .
j •'•Until it began to get near," said
e the girl, "then I ..nes.."
1 She took her chair by the fire again,
_ and Fraser; placing his beside it, they
_' sat hand in hand discussing the future.
d It was a comprehensive future, and
even included Captain Flower.
"If he should be alive after all," said
o Poppy, with unmistaki b1e firmness, "1
shall still marry him if he wishes it."
Fraser assented. "If he should
e ever turn up again," he said, deliber-
e ately, "I will tell him all about it. But
_ it was his own desire that I should
watch over you, if anything happened
to him, so he is as much to blame as I
- am. If he had lived I should never
have said a word to you. You know
that."
t; `I know," said Poppy, softly,
Her hand trembled in his, and his
rasp tightened as though nothing
should loosest it; but some thousands
of miles away Captain Flower, from
he deck of a whaler, was anxiously
canning the horizon in ser.rch of the
ail which was to convey him back to
Europe to go into mourning and ,t
the owners to get another ship.
By the end of a couple of month
Fraser had given up all hope. H
was very sorry for his unforunat
friend, but his sorrow was at times al
most tempered by envy as he ponder
ed aver the unexpected change which
had conte over his relations with Pop
py Tyeell. The old friendly footing
had disappeared, and her manner had
become distant, as though, now tha
the only link which connected them
was broken, there was no need for fur g
ther intercourse. The stiffness which
ensued made his visits more and more
difficult. At last he missed calling t
one night when he was in London, and s
the next time he callers the girl was s
WOODEN WALLS .. --
TO DEFY U-BOATS
RESORT TO WOODEN SHIPS . To
FIGHT SUBMARINES.
Believed That More Ships 'Will Be
Built Under New Plan Than
Germany Can Sink.
The American scheme to frustrate
the shark -like plans of the U-boats 'is
to build a thousand small 'wooden
ships and send them across the At-
lantic with food and other ' supplies
for the Allies. This must be dome,
President Wilson asserts, "submarines
or no submarines."
The wooden ship idea, the New York
Times says, was not the idea of a na-
val expert. Indeed, it was at first de-
rided by naval architects, who thought
that in this .age of steel a wooden ship
was as much an anachronism as a
muzzle -loading musket. The trouble
is, however, that steel is not now
available in sufficient quantities for
emergency purposes. Steel vessels,
moreover, would cost twice as mucin
as wooden vessels, and steel workers
are needed for other work. Wood, on
the other hand, can be had in almost
unlimited quantities. The thousand
ships will require about a billion feet
1 of lumber.
' Last year the American production
of lumber was 40,000,000,000 feet,
New timber on the Pacific coast can be
cut and by a simple process put into
the ships almost immediately and give
almost as good results as well -season-
ed wood,
The New Idea.
The craft decided on will be a
steam vessel 290 feet over all, 46 feet
beam and 26 feet depth. Eadli' "vessel
`
will have a cargo capacity of 2,500
tons, and will draw -12 feet, light. The
power will be from old-fashioned wa-
ter -tube boilers, using oil, and with a
special device for concealing smoke,,
The ordinary cruising speed will he
ten knots, with an emergency capacity
out, j England. in the danger zone of twelve or thir-
It was a fortnight before he saw her,' (To be continued.) teen knots.
and the meeting was embarrassing to!,In addition to the engine for motive
both.
FARMS FOR SOLDIERS power, each boat will be equipped:
"I'm sorry I was out last time you I with eight hoisting engines in order
came," said Poppy, _that eargoes "It didn't matter," s.46.1 Fraser. New Zealand Plan for Returned Sol- g es may be swiftly loaded
Conversation came to a standstill.1 suers Working Well. as discharged. There will be no sails
Miss Tyrell, with her toes on the pend- as auxiliaries, for the reason that a
er, gazed in a contem lative fashion at: Mr. W. F. Massey, the New Zealand boat with sails spread is visible for a
much greater distance than boats n
thus equipped. In ordinary circum-
stances the wooden vessels will' have a
hard enough time in breaking through
the blockade of submarines;, without
sails to assist the submarines to;.find
fi thein.
A Hurry -up Order.
The American ships will carry in
addition to their ordinary crew a
is rather inconvenient for you some- country* perhaps up to 5,000 acres, couple of gun crews, and they will
times," she suggested. "and I am Then comes the dairy farmer with, mount fore and aft guns suitable for
afraid that I am not very good com- say, 200 acres for 50 cows, which we the destruction of submarines. They
p "will even buy for him if necessary; will thus be just as formidable as
is not
Frasereshosok his headall," eaerlhastily. « It the grower of wheat or another crop, steel ships, for a wooden ship is not
Poppy made no reply, and there was 100 acres; the fruit grower, 20 acres; ' less likely to go to the bottom than a
another long silence. Then Fraser the poultry farmer, with ten acres, metal ship when hit by a torpedo. It
advanced and held out his hand, near a city; and, last, the incapacitat- is calculated that some of them, per -
"Good bye," he said, quietly, ed man, who wants an acre or two in haps many of them, will be sunk,
"Good bye," said the girl. She the suburbs on which he can earn They are not supposed to be subma-
smiled brightly, and got up to bee him something to augment his pension. rine-proof, but it is believed that 1,000
downstairs. "Of course we have not Crown land of them can be built in a
I wanted to say something before yeas,, the
I went," said Fraser, slowly, as he for all these people, and in some cases first fleet being ready to carry this
paused at the street door, "and I will . we have purchased land for them up year's crop as soon as it is ready to
say it." to £30 an acre. They pay 5 per cent, market.
Miss Tyrell, raising her eyebrows interest for the money we advance, Although the American marine has
somewhat at his vehemence, waited and in ten years' time they are given languished for years, it is said that
patiently. ,
"I have loved you from the rno- n free title' to the land, which they there are sufficient shipyards on the
rnrnt I talc you," said Fraser, "and I may then dispose of as they wish. The Atlantic coast to carry out the pro
shall rho on loving you till I die, Good- only condition we make is that the gramme of 1,000 boats a year. Old
bye." men must have been born in New Zea- shipwrights will be used as a nucleus
He pressed her hand again, and land and have served in either the of the gangs that are even now at
walked down the little front garden British army or the navy. The scheme work on the wooden ships, and the
into the street, At the gate he pans- is not confined to men who have been longer it is necessary to make them
ed and looked ro tt I at Pill the more numerous will become the
expert staffs, and the faster will it..
be possible to turn out the ships.
the fire. "I didn't. knot,---" began
Fraser, who was still standing.
He cleared his voice and began
again, "I didn't know whether you
would rather I left off conning," he
said, slowly.
Her gaze travelled slowly from the
re soh is face. "You must please
yourself," she said, quietly -
"I would rather please you," he said,
steadily .
The girl regarded him gravely. "It
Premier, reports that so far 250 re-
turned soldiers had been settled on
the land in New Zealand under the
Government scheme to provide 5,000
.. of her fighting men with a new start
in life.
"The men we are settling in this
way," he said, "fall into six elasses.
First, the man who wants to breed
sheep and requires a large area of
i rc
standing in the lighted doorway; Ise
Looked rouni again a few yards down
the street and again farther on. The
girl still stood there; in' the moment-
ary glimpse he had of her he fancied
that her arm moved. He came back
hastly, and Miss 'Tyrell regarded hire
with unmistakable surprise.
"I thought ---you beckoned me," he
stammered,
• ":Thought I beckoned you?" repeat-
ed the girl,
"1 th,,ight so," murmured Fraser.
"I beg your pardon," and turned con-
fusedly to go again. qw
"So--I—.did," said a low voice.
• Fraser turned suddenly and faced
Tier• then ss the girl lmwes•
e
a net eyes
before his, he reentered the house, and 1
closing the door led her gently up-
stairs
"I didn't like you to go like that," i
said Miss Tyrell, in explanation, as
they entered her room.
Fraser regarded her steadfastly,
and her eyes smiled at hie,. He drew
. her towards him and kissed her, and
- Mia:, Tyrell, trembling with something
which might have been indignation,
hid her face on his shoulder.
For a long time, unless certain
foolish ejaculations of Fraser's might
count as conversation, they stood
silent; then Poppy, extricating herself
from his arm, drew back and regard-
ed him seriously,
"It is not right," she said slowly;
"crate forget,"
?t is, quito right," said Fraser; 'tit
is ae right as anything can be,"
Ineepy shoc'k her head, "It has
wiong all along," she said, sob..
fighting with the New Zealand
forces,"
SAYS PORK MAKES "HUNS."
enas
Dr. A. P. Firth Lays Savagery to
Sausage and Beer.
German atrocities in war are caused
by the German diet of pork and beer,
according to Dr. A. P. Firth of New-
ark.
"Science has proved that food not
only keeps the body alive but affects
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FLOWERS NOW OR FRUIT LATER
Every Fruit Blossom Should Be Left
on the Trees to Develop.
In spite of careful husbanding of all
our agricultural resources, some of
them may go to waste through de.
playable thoughtlessness. The selling
the mind," says Dr. Firth. "It has of fruit blossoms on street corners
may bring joy to. will � winger -weary city
also been proved that the mental char -
dwellers, but' it also interfere
with fruit production later on when
we most need apples, pears and.
peaches for their food value.
that human beings have absorbed The blossom season lasts but a few
with that food the characteristics of weeks each spring, and the flowers are
acteristies of human or animal pro-
duce cellular changes. Eating neat
o longer means merely that the body
s supplied with food. It means also
the animal consumed.
"Germans have always been partial
to pigs' knuckles and sausages. Their
soldiers eat sausage daily. Dr. Karl
Relfferich declares that Germany is
the largest consumer of beer and
swine in the world. Alcohol is known
to undermine the moral fibre, Its efs
feet mentally tends to produce a bully.
Germany is the largest consumer of
this liquid and has shown in her con-
duct its effects"
The tanning of ostrich skins is one
of the new South African industries.
eirceedingly short-lived, so that they
make but an evanescent decoration at
hest, There are plenty of other flow-
ers, a host of joyous little folk of the
spring woods, which are equal in
charm to any florist's offering, and
which may be plucked without harm-
ful results. Provided that their roots
are left in the ground they will come.
up another year with greater vim than
ever. And for larger sprays and
bank effects the dogwood and the li-
lac will grow all the better after se-.
leetive cutting of their blooms, Hay-
ing such a wealth to choose from,
there is no excuse tor marring the
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harvest by picking fruit blossoms
now.
After all they can best be enjoyed
by visiting the orchard itself and
bringing back a memory of its per-
fection of color and perfume which •
will long outlive a few expatriated
sprays of wilted blossoms.
With the aid of motor trucks the
picturesque circus caravan is to be re-
vived. A circus has announced that
this summer it will tour the country
in motor cars,
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Ross Self Sealers
fpr the F1o,ne Canning of
Fruits, vegetables and Meats
J. ;v. ROSS cM.N 00,
500 sling. 8t. W. - Toronto
Eyes on Onions.
"It is a good time to keep an eye
on the onion crop, for even onions can
go a long way toward solving the war
problem if other food gets scarce,"
says the Hutchinson, Kansas, News,
which apparently would stop at :no-
thing -to win the war ---even to feeding
onions to the enemy.
The oat cakes of Scotland said
i
to approach nearer the primitive type
of bread than anything else known to-
day.
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Medium
or Fine
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Your dealer can supply Red Diamond Sugar in coarse
grain, or medium, or fine as you may select.
Order the big bag -100 lbs. full weight.. of the best
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Sold also in many other sizes and styles of packages,
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With leather prices still high, you may have
severalairs of attractive Fleet Foot Summer
Shoes for what one good pair of leather
boots cost.
Fleet Foot Hine is so complete, that there are many
styles for work and play—for sports and outings—for
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Ash your dealer to show you the full line of Fleet
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LUMBERMEN
DO THEIR lir
IN OLD ENGLAND'S FORESTS OF
MIGHTY OAKS
Scenes Reminiscent of New Ontario
Now Occur in Historic Glades
of The Old Land.
What scenes the stately trees of
Windsor Park have witnessed, of
archers and cross -bowmen and of
merry huntsmen riding through the
glades 1 And now—a khakied host
has appeared to fell the timber, an
army of axemen, sawyers, 'saw -filers,
and timber cruisers, no river -drivers
being needed, for the lordly Thanes,
which shows darkly through its wood-
ed banks beneath the white. minaret
which commemorates tragic eulloden,
writes a Canadian visitor in England.
But fear not that these historic
woods are being destroyed. Not
against the boles of mighty oak and
massive beech are the axes of the
Canadians swinging. Hardy a forest
monarch has been touched. Windsor
Park is a huge place. Far away from
the hardwood stands the green bush.
In The Camp
The boys like Windsor Park. I
didn't see a discontented -looking man
among hundreds. And be it said that
a certain royalty who has long lived
near them, and should know, declared
that he considered them as well-be-
haved a lot of chaps as ever wore
khaki. A fine band, among whose
musicians Is an Indian—there are a
number of Indians in the Canadian
Foresters Battalion --fills the air with
"The Maple Leaf" and other stirring
melodies.
Reminiscent of Ontario
Passing a statue of the late Prince
Consort placed in an out-of-the-way
spot in the park, passing three Cana-
dian boys practising bugle calls hi a
neck -o' -the -woods where only the deer
and pheasants would be annoyed,
passing the deep black depths of Vir-
ginia Water, that famous artificial
trout pond made by George IV., and
out of which Canadian Isaac. Waltons
would mightily enjoy to pull some
fish, the visitor is suddenly confronted
with a scene which might well have
dropped out of Northern Ontario. A
real live saw -mill stands there in a
waste .of slabs and saw -dust, while
Canadian lads in cowboy hats, over-
alls and sweaters drive Canadian wag-
gons about. The screech of the saws,
the thump of the lumber sliding down
from the mill, the black cloud from the
iron chimney, and the blue -white
smoke of burning brush -piles hard by
—how like home
Lumbermen of .MI Agog
Firewood is a precious thing in Eng-
land. In times of peace the felling
of a tree in My Lord's park is a
weighty matter. The right to gather
faggots .in such woods is, too, a great
privilege. But now, thanks to the
war, all the old housewives may have
their fill for the asking.
Lumbermen of all ages are repre-
sented in the camps here, Grin :led
veterans who have been packing their
turkeys into the bush every fall for
forty years stand shoulded to shoulder
with husky youths who have just done
their first river drive. They are a
sturdy, soldierly -looking crowd as
they stand there being inspected. Se
far we have nearly 7,000 men in the
forestry battalions here and in France.
But more are needed, and more will
respond when they hear from their
churns what a good job it is,
Tell-tale Hands.
In prisons and workhouses the lan-
guage of the hands is well understood.
The soft, characterless hand of the
professional slacker would not deceive
a village idiot.
The poor -house superintendent sees
it by dozens every day. But occasion-
ally he comes across the bony, knotted
hand of the scientist, the philosopher,
and knows him for a man who has
seen better days.
In the courts the hands of suspect-
ed thieves are systematically examin-
ed, The pickpocket has a most sensi-
tive hand.
The mark of the good-for-nothing
is the dangling, close -fingered, half -
open hand. A good, straight, ener-
getic man never carries his hands in
that way. When fingers are loth to
part company it is a bad sign. It is
the fat, stubby, vegetable hand that
hangs limp.
The Problem Solved.
"Well, Jimmy," said his Aunt
Nettie, "shall I carry your bat and
ball for you?"
"No, auntie," replied the little fel-
low, "Me tarry bat an' ball; oo tan
tarry me."
A showery day is the hest time to
set asparagus.
When a .man becomes thbroughly
contented be has outlived his useful -
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