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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-06-15, Page 21 w. The Brkie's Na Or, TIie Adventures of Captain Fraser CHAPTER XXIV.--(Cont'd.) His nephew looked down. "I've heard about it," he said,with an at- tempt at gloom; "old Gerge told me.' Tho old man, respecting his grief, smoked on for some time in silence, then he got up and patted him on the shoulder. "I'm on the look -out for you," he said, kindly; "there's a niece o' your aunt's, I ain't seen her yet; but your aunt praises of her, so she's all right. I'll tell your aunt to ask ter over. Your aunt see---" "How many aunts have I got?" de- I man might know something of the mended Flower with sudden irritation. events which had led up to Fraser's to be seen, but a murmur of voices came through the open window of the "Thorn," and a clumsy cart jotted and creaked its way up the darkening road. He stood for some time looking down on the quay and the shadow' shapes of ane or two small craft ly- ing -ing in the river. The Foam was in her old berth, and a patch of light aft showed that the cabin was occupied. He walked down to her, stepping noiselessly aboard, peered through. the open skylight at Ben, as he sat put- ting a fresh patch in a ppir pf trousers. It struck him that the old The old man raised his eyebrows and stared at him in offended amazement. "You're not yourself, Fred," he said, slowly; • "your misfortunes 'ave shook you up. You've got one aunt and one uncle what brought you up and did the best for you ever since you was so 'igh." "So you did," said Flower, heartily. "I didn't mean to speak like that, but I'm tired and worried." "I see - you was," said his uncle, surprising marriage, and, Ms curiosity being somewhat keen on the point, he descended to glean particulars. Ben's favorite subject was the mis- deeds of the crew, and the steps which a kind but firm mate had to take to control them, and he left it unwilling- ly to discuss Fraser's marriage, of which faint rumors Lac. reached his ears. It was evident that he knew nothing of the particulars, and Flow- er with some carefulness proceeded to amiably, "but your aunts a wonder- put leading questions. fr1 woman. f"•.e's got a business teed, "Did you ever see anything more aid we're doing well. I'm buying of those women who used to come another schooner, and you can 'ave her down to the ship after a man named or have the Foam back, which you Robinson?" he inquired, carelessly. like." "They come down one night soon Flower thanked him warmly, and, arter you fell overboard," replied the Mrs. Barber returning, he noticed with old maxi. ''Very polite they was, and some surprise the evident happiness of they asked me to go and .see 'em any the couple for whose marriage he eves time I liked. I ain't much of a one primarily responsible. He had to go for seeing people, but I did go one over his adventures again and again, Captain Barber causing much incon- venience and delay atto representper supper-time using the beer -jus e Golden Cloud and a dish of hot saus- ages the unknown craft which sank her. Flower was uncertain which to admire most; the tactful way in which Mrs. Barber rescued the sausages or the readiness with which his uncle pushed a plate aver a fresh stain on p the tablecloth. ho ed as 'ow he'd be punished. Supper finished, he sat silently Flower started, and then smiled thinking of Poppy, not quite free from ; softly to himself. the fear that site might have followed' "Perhaps she's found somebody him to New Zealand by another boat. else," he said. The idea made him nervous and thel Ben grunted. suspense became unendurable. He "I shouldn't wonder.. She seemed .w,alc up his cap and strolled out into very mach took up with a young fel- the 'esu ss of the evening. Seabridge'; ler she called Arthur, he said, slowly; seemed stir.,-,ge ;to him after his long "but that was the last I see of 'em; absence. and, under `aaesent conditions, i they never even offered me a drink, melancholy. There - res. hardly a soul !and though they'd asked me to go down any time I liked, they was bare- c'r , e. ad didn't ,seem, night 'bout two or three months ago, end o' March, f think it was, to a pub wot they 'ave at Chelsea, to see whether they 'ad heard anything of "Ah!" interjected the listener. "They was very short about it," con- tinued Ben, sourly; "the old party got that excited she could 'ardly keep still, but the young lady she said good rid- dance to bad rubbish, she ses. She HOUR IN RUSSIA GREAT MISSION AWAITS ALEX. KERENSKY. Minister of War in Provisional Gov- ernment is Champion of Libert9 and Hope of Russia. Democratic and liberal elements, so far as their sentiments have been re- presented, look upon Alexander Keren- sky, Minister of War of the Provision- al Government of Russia, as fore- most of the men who will, save the Russian• Republic from disaster and hold it in effective co-operation with the allies in the war against Germano• Kerensky is a Socialist who has a,1- ways fought for the rights of the peasants, so the workmen have confi- dence in him. He has served in the Provisional Government since its be- ginning, and has won the confidence d the moderato republicans. Foi' .ye rs he has championed the cause of the Russian Jews, so that they believe in him. And, since beeoming Minister of War, his words and acts have been` a repudiation of separate peace axed a promise of vigorous prosecution of the war against Germany. M. Kerensky was born about • e1.5 years ago in Tashkent, a Rush town in Middle Asia. Although , of small means, he succeeded in obtain- ing a university education and !be- coming a lawyer. Prom the begin- ning of his practice he was an ener- getic defender of workmen and pdas-., ants, appearing in their interest v'j4en. they were arrested and oppressecdl'"by agents of the Czar's Government. Ile included the Jews among his clients, and fought for the rights which the anti-Semitic powers denied them. The May Direct at nook ::.at�tCBFi Catalogue =salmi 1s'e741'd. T T S tl10 Fstint thlei BLK 'DeaoxTo mora 20';a to 33 1-3 LI SM. Ross Self Severs for the Horne Canning of Fruits, Vegetables and Meats a. P. Z0SS AIN CO. 560 zing St. W. - Toronto ,'VER think how often you too i1LVI hardy scooped a einailor diac.stor—or low soon dostructive 0 mos zloty at pry ThctOct t envelop oll you yam:4o and held door ,Zeal protection incises that ycy sop your barns and sumo .citta inixrirnable arteria!-- Pedlsrm 'CsE:CRf E' 2,hinrlco. Thug von rob Heating end'fira of thou. power to dootroy, one1. whata ..core. obtain the hate Sate of tastirancc. !Deal t Shinplcs aro oleo proof a ,airct wind, taro root az .-1 rot. Eiiytor:itcn. K ccpVcurhrrra o on.. f, x .rcrsiro_t. Write Cite pugi:o,Roof' Booklet FlautipdO'LIZ t.trlrrco t2 1111cd1&11) ZItt011tiVe orree .1; h1'r and Iruatorio t Ooluma, Oat Witatrooi Ozttvg. Tolman i ansae VJ ins yafl x e stile e away resentfully, and his listener, after a fond look round his old quarters, bade him good -night and went ashore again. For a• little while he walked up and clown the road, pausing once to glance at the bright drawn blind in the Gibson'' window, and then returned home. Captain Barber and his wife were at cribbage, and intent upon the game. With the morningsun his spirits rose, and after a hurried breakfast he set off for the station and booked to Eittlesea. The little platform was bright with roses, and tho air full of sweetness of an early morning in June. He watched the long line stretching away until it was lost in a bend in the road, and thought out ways and means of obtaining a private interview with the happy bridegroom; a subject which occupied him long after the train had started, as he was benevolently anxi- ous not to mar his friend's happiness by a display of useless grief and tem- per on the part of the bride. The wedding party .left the house shortly before his arrival at the sta- tion, after a morning of excitement and suspense which had tried Messrs. Smith and Green to the utmost, both being debarred by self-imposed etiquette from those alluring liquids by which in other circumstances they would have soothed their nerves. They strolled restlessly about with Tommy, for whom they had suddenly conceived an ardent affection, and who, to do him justice, was taking fullest .advantage of the fact. (To be continued.) THESE I PITY. do not pity these boys young, and brave, Who, having heard the clear, authentic call, Offer their unspent years, their lives" and all, Man's last great hope, democracy, to save. I know that war may stretch them on its rood, Their eyes still radiant with charm of youth; Even so they triumph.. Dying for Truth They live to serve in richer amplitude. But these I pity, who midst agony Of strife that now convulses half our earth, Debate and bargain over cost and toll, And seek as end their own security. These I pity, Who in high honor's dearth To save themselves make forfeiture of soul. —Clyde McGee, f _ All Pur Te Free from Dust Poiagsviiatanum Sealed Packets Only Never Sold in Busk lack—.Mixed tura. Greer Baas and it was by this that he was able, they say, to assist materially in re- conciling the .disputing factions and persuading them to form the present Provisional government. Kerensky Is described as a slight, moderately tall, blonde man, who looks More like an Englishman than a Russian. He is said to be one of the most forceful public speaker's in Russia and a clear -thinking man pos- sessing ability to present Ms thoughts with compelling logic. His popularity among the masses, according to re- port, amounts to enthusiastic faith. Kerensky has been the link between the bourgeois Duma and the soldiers' and workmen's delegates. Through his unique eloquence and moral cour- age he has been able to exert an en- ormous influence during these first difficult weeks, and the continued success of the revolution will to .a very large extent depend on his per- sonal authority. It is therefore a matter of very grave concern that his health is far from good. He is suffer- ing from a serious disease and recent- ly underwent an operation. He is sitting in the new Government as the representative, but at the same time as the hostage, of democracy. It 1 "Why have words roots, pa?" "flow else could tho language grow, tray son?" ,„,e. Aiexanicler Kerensky. would be most difficult to find a sub- stitute, and every well-wisher of Rus- sia will hope and pray that he may be spared for the great mission awaiting him. ee— A Serious Shortage. Sandy, a Scotchman, had returned to his native village after a visit to Lon- don. 'When spine one asked him what he thought of the great city, he said: "It is a grand place, but the folks there are not honest." "How is that V' asked his friend. "Well, I bought a box of pins label- ed 'thousand for a penny,' and coming home in the train I counted them, and I found they were seventeen short," Plenty of Time. Out at the front two regiments, re- turning to the trenches, chanced to meet. There was the usual ex- change of wit. "When's this bloomin' war goin' to end?" asked one north -country lad. "Dunn," replied one of the south - shires. "We've planted some daffy- dils in front of our trench." "Bloomin' optimists!" snorted the man from the north. "We've plant- ed acorn!" climax of his legal career carne in 1912, when he represented the work- men in an investigation following the shooting by the police of some 60 strikers in the gold fields along the River Lena. His work in this case made him famous throughout Russia as a friend of the revolutionary forces and an enemy of the autocratic gov- ernment. Hastened the Revolution. M. Kerensky entered public life about four years ago and was elect- ed to•tlie Duma, where he became the leader of the Socialist Labor forces. He was constantly under the eye of the Czar's police, who dared not touch him, however, without real provoca- tion, because of his membership in the national body. They thought they had this provocation shortly before the re- volution, when Kerensky attacked the Government in a speech in the Duma, and, according to information, the or- der for his arrest had been prepared when the revolution nullified it. As a member of the Duma, Keren- sky strengthened his attack upon the Czar's Government by exposing the corruption and pro -Germanism among the ruling powers. The Black Hun- dreds of Russia were so German in their sympathies that they were call- ed the "Prussian leaders," and they were the most intolerant and auto- cratic of all the factors in the old re- gime. Kerensky investigated their conduct during the war and made public exposure of their sentiments. He also turned the Spotlight upon wholesale corruption among the of- ficials who purchased supplies for the army, and by this work did much to hasten the revolution. When the revolution was making' its first rumblings heard, the Czar ordered the dissolution of the Dana; and Kerensky, rising in leis plaee, said; "We will not go, We will stay here." And the Dunia stayed. • Kerensky was made Minister of Justice in the original Provisional Government, and ono of his first of- ficial acts was to Issue an order- re- leasing all the political prisoners in Siberia. Popular Among the • Masses. His friends here testify that' one of his outstanding qualities is tact, #'. Rum'. 0,fk.? ®r use. Rather a unkind w of stating it, but it will attract your attention and that's 10.6 fist ditty d t. Slow. Since 4 Pea do 4 oe, eii evety tte ' ., 1 poiFio4atipit 10 s D z.Da it i - .li ., o4ei , 4t tiwi -1• ,. tt - 0 dote r Meat) Jia '1°hc! 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Various are the Ministrations Which ai "Hut" Affords Our Weary Troops. The amount of good the Y.M.C.A. has done in the war in prison camps and at the front is beyond formulation in the cold print of official reports, and must foi'gver escape a final reckoning, But every on who knows anything' of it is aware that in planning to build hundreds of sheds and to send a great tonnage of supplies with our forced when they go to the other side, the Y.M.C.A. Is performing a service whose extent and value are gratefully recognized by the soldiers themselves who have had experience of it. At a Y.M.C.A. "hut" it is possible to obtain a welcome elaboration of the soldier's plain fare. An enormouil business is done in making sandwiched of ham and potter meat. Fruit and canned salmon or sardines may bA purchased. The demand for tobaede and matches is tremendous, of course, The eagerness of a soldier to heat' from home is axiomatic, and he re- quires pencils and tablets for the hie tervals the shells may leave for cot' - respondence. Women who served at one of the "huts" in France found the Anzac warriors especially grateful for a wide variety of ministrations. They were intrusted with funds and valuables, they had to look up friends and rela- tives in England, they undertook to perform shopping commissions or to procure instruction in the French lan- guage. Brown paper, iodine and bandages for trivial injuries; needles, pins, labels, cough drops and library books were but a few of the items con- stantly in demand. In view of the vicissitudes of life in the trenches, it is not surprising that the books given out often disappeared from the face of the red clay of Flanders. From Pins to Sermons. "Concert parties have proved a boon to homesick, trench -sick troops, and though the soldiers are accustomed to extemporize a homely order of music fox themselves .from.instmen nts, fat's plaud. to the cheering ,ec, era per ances of classical compositions by site artists as Ysave or Thibaud and many others. Edouard Doru, Queen Eliza- beth's violin teacher, gave a concert . to four thousand Belgian soldiers by the light of one candle stuck on a soldier's bayonet, Those who can recite or ventriloquize or mesanerize find their services in vociferous de- mand. To good preaching and serious lec- tures the "Tommfes" and the "poilus" are by no means averse. One chap- lain, who had an address on "The Posi- tion of Belgium," and a lively sense of humor as well as a passionate re- alization of right and wrong, spoke to such forceful purpose that the .nen who heard him declared "We'd rather hear Captain B— any time than at- tend a variety show!" Though description might be indefi- nitely extended, enough has been said to show the scope of the opportunities facing the Young Men's Christian Association. FOREST GUARDING IN B.C. Canada Lost $9,000,000 by Forest Fires in 1916. All who have an interest in the wel- fare of the province will be glad to learn that more attention is to be given by the provincial government to forest protection, says the Vancouver Sun. Though money is scarce it must be found for forest conservation. Can- ada lost by forest fires in 1916 $9,000,- 000, more than six times as much as has been spent on forest protection work. Most of these fires were pre- ventable. In British Columbia, owing to the efficiency of the forest protec- tion seevice, and to somewhat more favorable weather conditions, the num- ber of fires last year was only about half that of the previous year. Yet the loss was very considerable anile better protection service would have meant fewer fires and less fire loss. Money devoted to the extension of forest protection is well spent, indeed. • The presence of a protective force, the con§truction of trails, and look- out towers connected to headquarters by telephone, are merely for the par- pose of dealing efficiently with the fires that break .out. A more import- ant measure is to reduce the quantity of dry material on the forest poor, res clueing the clanger of fire, and dimin- ishing the heat of fires that do start, so that less injury is clone to ;the trees and soil. A recently invented farm motor le so small that it can be carried around in a wheelbarrow. it will run with either 'kerosene or gasoline.