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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1917-12-14, Page 8• *Ate. r ies •it • • �•.Y -: 'sit r -•. ,,Ski{sc✓t:r. ius~- Atiteor�ot "Deere.. 1�1tri� ill for a scree or :se U,' }loader ___T tee ,:t, Lou�ieo and Toronto ...tate., s m ,.z tads and. had realised wonderful experi- ences. New facts and new forces I had come into his life, day by (lay nand Lhis had led" him to touch the very core of life. Thoughts which were unknown to hila a year before } new possessed his being; powers of i which lie had never dreamed had been called into life. Tom could not put thea,: things into words, he didn't even clearly realize them, but he knew that he was differ- ent. The very thought that he had looked into the face of death made he had been face to face with death, �1 ton i, tt CHAPTER 1X• - -(COMM.) me mmne,s of three german swine; when 1 think u1' spies Lilco that; when him realise the wondrousness of lite, "Then you have nu sense of elaaree I think of porsonou gas, and of all Town did not feel that he had been a for what you have done,'„ their treachery, I feel as though no- hero, and yet he knew that the life { rrman thing's bad for them Germans. he had been living, and the work he commence 1 had been doing especially d the "Shame ." rl 1 �' a ` served. t ec too urine I have : ' ' ' At Inst, when the war Go towards , the F atherlanrd'." your ae- ;had nowt but la Y. feeling. „last few months had called qualities, "What do yuta cerate about y the :soldiers, as soldiers; but now- wcliic lay latent ate h8mlwas being, into life t' their''" him ^z different man, it ,tSh •a laughed 1 "shame in feeling that d and _ had not made ion, had only I think what fools you all e d ice'. CHAPTER X. ! ed " road Waterman taus. I aroused dormant qualities within him. and -r.. • The fires through ,,which he hgd pass solentiy, "I and eth played into laugh-'! It Was late in November when the 1 - The when you have It 5events just recorded took place, and had cleansed him, and he knew that hands. Why," ttnd here there was alife would never be the;•, same again. `� at felt, days ,ained• theers n Alaihatgraphs But more than all that, he, like thou touch of passion in his voice, your ; part of is imply riddledothinkzthat be... headed "Heroism of a Lancashire 1'f d realised that it was of Gerniuiy. Do you Lad.' Few details were given about sea German become naturalised'' Lad. =reran, but Tom's bravery was tau he cease: to be a German . . t fully t ammented on. d be known. think than, although be protestshis''lore than one journalist who had' and his desire details of what Toni ha I And yet he was strangely mther's loyalty to nd, tnci, obtaMect i satisfied. He had read his dis- help an ' at h that he Do the tthink' done made special reference to him German r heart? younaturalised, and .poke of him in gloving terms. letter telling him that Alice Lister whetheraytna.ura_. ,lard received many applicaiwas engaged to Harry Briarfield, that a German,in order Mrs. Pollard and re- t serve, steps country?o antYou have tic,ns for Ton's photograph, t P `his heart was ver'r sore at the thought ho rdhis mansi to- sently when she learnt that it ap- of it. Never before had he realised ay hundreds of yourrinatis in five army ,all eared in uewspapers all over the the meaning of the choice he had hltG offices ft p ave- expression to re- made, when more than a year before day,while pu _' country, size g t. Alice to walk out with to oand as p tut for that mac he had left may ?" she laugh- ter, of Crernratt parentage and wi h • i.iam•ks more forcible than elegant. 1 the time,,, he reflected, as the 'Our Tom an ero, eh . Polly Powell. "And yet I loved kinm e s; nda':hie> • i les, you his ed. "Weel I never knowed it afore. Alice all hilt int," and he t.bast.train rushed northward. "I never shonl• Proudly, "but that will not 1e alweys looked pthistz'e es sodgeoi.ttg knew how I did love her till now. I stop ti 1 bin conquering t s " coon- coward, done it, I suppose. Appen I must have been mad and worse than try and being your mt 5t t s , ed. to there's summit in th' uniform. When i mast!" I reck- (To be continued.) stood erect, a lad's gottsma him feel cocky. haughty, scornful; it mcg � • ' � pity he's sus a n though he were:. clic a c....cr stoat not it's a l , • p on wi Polly Powell. I wrote TIII� WORLD ON RATIONS. the a«t:sed. EU - "Of course you rid? thedd ctlle h mt t' Polly wur walking out wi' oth, Food Restrictions in Some of the sequence of your deed?" i • el lade,. but she still boasts • as as ropean Countries. Pres em. presently. ,. > •s.- Tom's faithful to her, and that she's ration - "1. Waterman - ,. .,,.,}til his shoulders.- b• .world-wide is food r ,h u herthumb." how conJust • "i ht.. e courted th,. cu t, raid his got him en he vill give her the sack Mg is shown by the French Echo n - int to When the nim _:,; It at his reply., Vaven he teas led away th,re was a nol', sana neighbor. the food restrictions fol now • •,for sem, seconds. "Nay, our Tom wur ,always L tea if review tofz{h„ch publishes the following ct hate inthe room He g Whatever I:. else he had that done he was had a i'been hadsuchninny, but she's in effect: - � � to see that he hadn'triarfielct now., I l - Germany. ;, brave. cn his d,,,cslast ohman;oithat to more wrote and toldhimabout it only The figures in oft Gauntry w is mot thansuppose George Lister is that for twat he had called the Fath- week, I 1'p erland he hast trampled under his feet fairly .sited about it." all sof by conventions, all Germany the V C. orccepted "1 hear • that Tom's D.C•M. or summato' that to have rules of hves truth. remarked a neighbor; "dost was first, everything else came after-'• , no sort,"w what that means?" waTds.s - 1 know nowt about it, but I courage, Englishman matter ntwhat form it hope as he will get a bit o' brass wi' may appear, anal there could be no it, anyhow." dost 'a' doubt that Waterman was courageous. "Will he come home, should "It is no wonder," said the General, . think?" I dant know. Why as msu speaking terribleeenemies." "that No man he leave his job for a thing like that? are such I expect if he wur to come home they'd other' but each knew what was in the I stop his pay, and I hope Tom is noan other's mind.such a fool as to lose his pay, b it Of course, there was no doubt about' the verdict; Waterman had been guiillty there, st e of all this, s no tellin'." however, Mrs. ofu the worst possible crime, and Pollard was in no slight degree elated. f.,:• the quick wit and prompt action was of the Lancashire lad he would doubt-! She knew ahat a that special htalk of of to have continued to help the enemy.. B The paper which Waterman had', were devoted to him in the Branford thrown towards detailsGerman lines ofthe next plan newspapers. be sure to come home,"' of d the of attaek; details tierce, known to the !said EzekielePollard a lad's doneone ra job ht C,eintnns, would have nullified the, after supe British action, and possibly have led like that, he's sure to have a bit of tf, d` -aster, a "Mayholbe, y:' tha'll be `"that young,' Pollard is a plucky and I supposewur ,rung beggar," remarked the Presi-i shcwing him around as though shoe glad lad f brains a prize turkey. too, and has e b sands of- others, had learnt the grea secret of r e, an r . only by opening his life to the Eternal Life that the highest manhood could Fora moment he alio-• seen es on hamihty, the roomi He ht •eenr a� on as aa'h fool . Butt keen t elline• him 0 rth Pre t cth l A good article is worthy of a good package. A. rich, strong, delicious tea like Red Rose is worth putting into a sealed package to keep it fresh and good. A cheap, common tea is hardly worth taking care of and is usually sold in bulk. Red Rose is always sold in the sealed package which keeps it good. •stIrK,r' Related By harry Lauder. "When I was across in France see- ing the boys," said Harry Lauder, "I often thanked the inventor of the talk- ing machine for not having lived in vain. A record out yonder, where the mud is much deeper than evert in the streets of dear auld Glasca an the Inc if it never would, stop, an worst winter day, a record brings wonder where of all tame from. Even back the sniff o' the hills, the wee the trenches were flooded. That night It's gra uk, and days o' sol Whd at sync- passed, and at dawn the Germans were , �ye! What an iii a' 'ons were t It's Braun, I oi tellrn scattered and new po.itm vection! Voices o' loved ones always � en• But still it rained." Lek- wi' you; sangs o' the hameland, the mountain and glen to inspire you, to Harry at this stage quietly chuckled, fill your heart and strengthen your am.' puffed away at his pipe, and went on. •filar "Several hours later the boys weree- TRAMP OF ME LOST "TICKET": '•--p'e'r__--== ERROR OF A MINUTE WRECKS A. PROMISING CAREER. A Bitter Price is Paid I3y a Merchant Captain Who Makes Mistake. "The finding delivered, the other I day, of the Board of Trade inclttiry into the collision between the Mendi' and Darro last February, when the former was lost, with six hundred of a South African labor battalion, as that the collision. was caused by wrongful act and default of the mas- ter of the Darro, whose certificate was suspended for twelve months." Just a little paragraph in a corner of the British newspapers, the epi- taph, perhaps, to a fine career. That is one of the bitter tragedies rs of the Merchant Service—long toil,and zeal, and skill, and then, by theerror of a minute, a moment's faulty judgment or seamanship, a career is cut short. Inexcusable Blunders. ' and hours the Jocks had been under a fierce bombardment—with00 and withoot a halt. Then day gave way to night. Shells were continually bursting; Lazy Lizzies, Whistling Willies and a' the rest o' the devil's messengers." Now the rain came on. Sheets and sheets o' it; rain that de koe d regard to German food restrictions are known to us in detail. Among the commodities on short allowance in Germany worthy of mention are bread, meat, grease, oil and potatoes. The bread allowance differs in vari- ous cities from four pounds a week about for every person to five potindesrs n ten ounces a clay for every ). The meat allowance -is nine auizges, a week for every person. As far as grease and food oils, in- cluding butter, are concerned, the weekly allowance is two ounces, and even these are not always distributed. The official allowance of potatoes is seven pounds a week for every per- son. But the distribution varies in different localities. As to milk, adults can receive none till needs of children, sick people and nursing women are satisfied. The theoretical allowance for these anthreee classes was formerly a p. half; recently it has been reduced to a pint. As to others, in most cities' they receive no milk at all. Austria-Hungary. Aye, the talking machine is a thin machine, and the thoughts that it in- spires e are pleasant thoughts,— thoughts o' hame and the dear ones left behind." Such is Harry Lauder's description of. music among the then at the front in an interview with the London Phono-Record shortly after his return from his 'recent visit to the western front; "I'll tell you a wee story," he 1 ma proceeded in his own pawky and 111 slipped on a record, inimitable way, "an' it's no' a made- up yin, min' I'm telling yel This is a story of how a gramophone backed up the gallant soldiers o' a gallant Scot- tish regiment. The day's duties had been long and arduous, and for hourr lieved, and tramped miles back rest camp -,amid mud to the knees all the road, and with the water stream- ing down their necks and squelching in their boots. • It was evening before they arrived at the place where warm tea, warm clothing, and a good dry lied awaited them, but, man, even before a helmet was doffed one o' the Jocks de for the com;iany gramophone. e wound up the machine, and started it a -going. And the discomfsorts of the past. thirty-st" hours were sent into oblivion when the machine calmly churned out, 'When You Ccme to the End of a Perfect Day. " dent presently, 'h e is splendidly. Of; about this drinking order," ' "Why?" corse what h@ has done must not e "Because else all th' lads in the l�� t sightwas of." general assent to this. town 'ud be wanting to treat our Toni; There a. „en i to be seen Wi him, He ought to be recommended for ! they'd be proud hie D. C. M. was the general verdict, i and they'd make him drunk afore he er Early next morning Waterman from wastthe ; couldd suplmmt ch beeere he rl'wii'ur Tom 'out it gain'Tto led out to a wall not room where he had been judged. He hist head •" give up that sort 0' walked steadilyof hisaexecution nd ,y andvthen thio Wit,' replied Eekiel. the placeI stood erect like a soldier at attention. He faced his dread ordeal with a look of pride on his face. ., dost -ost tea know? ' "I do know, and that's enough,„ re- plied Ezekiel, thinking ohTom's had never hic11 Iiy the way, INVESTITURE BY THE KING. Nine Victoria Crosses Recently Be- ,• •.._stowed at Buckingham. In the presence of thousands of people, says the Daily Telegraph, the King bestowed nine Victoria- Crosses in the forecourt of Buckingham Pal- ace recently. Relatives of the heroes In no other service does there exist the unwritten law that he- who has failed is ruined, and no other service has such a long and pitiful list of sui- cides to its name, for few skippers have cared to survive the disgrace!! of "suspended." There have been insta t •es, however, when men have lost their ships in; cir- cumstances which are not to be ex- cused. - Very few people are aware that the commanders of the P. and 0. liners are forbidden to have any social •inter- course whatever with pass angers dur- ing the voyages. This rule dates back to the time of the stranding of their 111,., ship, the China, which was run ashore on an is- land in thin. Red Sea in 18;)7. cess A birthday party was in prod for one of the passengers, who was a well-known lady of title. She sat at the captain's right hand, and the re- ports of the inquiry showed that he was so engrossed in his fait -neighbor's conversation that he paid no attention to three notes which were sent him from the bridge. A Race With Death. - occupied advantageous seats -- , numbers of wounded soldiers were ad, Majesty shook hands with her and also witted to the investiture. Three of with the little boy. The lad drew f•t1Q - pressed his deep sympathy with her in her loss. "He was a brave man,"said the King to her. The father of Second Lieutenant Frank hW is S ri e received The King the V.C. earned by shook hands warmly with the bereav- ed father and congratulated him on his son's noble act. Another widow, Mrs. Davies, accompanied by her little boy, received the honor won by her hus- band Corporal James Davies. His "Firer, ry , Several shots rung out, and he fell + shown to his wife.to tryto describe heavily to the ground. I am not going "Yon' •ha '11 never do any moreTom'sfeelings when he as told that c p them had lost both their legs on Somme and one of them wore the Mili- tary Cross. They were wheeled in bath chairs. Shortly before eleven o'clock His•Majesty held a private in- vestiture inside the palace and de- corated a large number of naval and military heroes. The King !on entering the forecourt inspected the guard of honor and then took up his position in the centre of the courtyard beside a table upon which the crosses were placed. Each V.o pero was presented to inned the coveted award onhis R+hop' breast after his gallant deed had been read but. The names of the recipients are set out in the Court Circular, A poignant scene was witnessed when Mrs. Henderson, wearing wid- ow's weeds, was presented to the King and received the V.C. won by her late husband, Lieutenant-Colonel Hender- R, 1 Warwicks.The King chat - The situation in Austria is no better than in Germany. The daily allow- ance of bread is ten ounces. Meat has not been put on allowande in Austria; only two meatless days are the ques- tionby the law. At present tion of increasing the number of meatless days is under consideration. The weekly ' allowance of butter, grease and food oil is four and a half ounces, and consists of two and a half ounces of butter, one ounce of merger- ine and one ounce of bacon. In real- ity, however, nobody receives more than one ounce of butter. atoes is three The allowance ofpotatoes the press r be- lieves per week, to w thou ds,sonwill account of "the fail- ure totwop of the potato crop. Bulgaria. Very little is known about Bulgaria and Turkey. In Bulgaria the allowance of bread has been set at eighteen ounces a day for every person. On the other hand, there are three meatless days each week. Turkey. In Turkey the theoretical bread al- lowance is supposed to be nine ounces a day, but it rarely exceeds five ounces. Denmark and Sweden. In Denmark the daily allowance of bread is eleven ounces a person. In Sweden it is nine and a half ounces. Netherlands. The daily allowance of bread in the Netherlands is nine ounces a person, the meat allowance seven ounces and he had been recommended for the D. C.M. "Thank you, sir, but I've doneansont to deserve it,”cried the lad, lapsing for the moment into the Lancashire dialect, Colonel Blount laughed. Ever since Waterman's death he had felt as though a burden had been lifted from + him, He felt sure now that his plans would not be frustrated. "We are the best judges of that, my lad," he said. "You can tell your father and mother that, as a Lan- 'cashire man, I'm proud of you." It was on a Saturday in December when Tom arrived in Brunfard on leave of absence. He had spent Fri- day in London, and caught the ten o'clock train at King's Cross Station. There was although,er lad truth zn toEtell rnd he that day, Naturally he was not quite happy• had read what had been written about him in the newspapers, and reflected upon what the people in Brunford would be saying about him. He imagined meeting people whom he knew, in the Brunford streets, and the greeting they would give him. He knew it would be a great home -coin- ing, and yet he had a heavy heart. I the potato allowance fifteen ounces. It was several months now since he i Natures food foP the very young I had left Brunford, and he could not s help reflecting on the change that had and the very • old is mills. taken place in him. He still wore a `private's uniform, and carried the Mabel—You've been wanting some ud of the Pollardhes ohad enlisted) Ahis clothes. "giganticislippe sale"y, and sour chance. adverti ed But theTom Pollard who , n the papers. Amy—You had better at the Mechanics' Institute was not, . the same lad. who now made his way get a pair yearself. • I dont wear to his Lancashire home. Since then gigantic slippers. he had been through strange scenes, spying," said one soldier to another a little later, "If I hail my way," said the other, "he should not have had such a death as that. When I think of the dirty r ecutterior,$ overcame positive y. ur ,yat,ar„l methods permanently restore natural speech. Graduate pupils every - I�gp•1-..ere.ree advice and literature. ,l'rcmiENlt, - cAiVADA 0 - •F 14 ARNOTT INSTITUTE eiterereeMMISVMUMitialeeeiteateagaateeceetter Torames Famous Hotel for the Walker Rouse (The Souse of Plenty) as soon as they arrive In Teronte, The meals, the service and the home -like appointm0uts constitute the magnet that draws them there. Toon Dinner 60c. Evening ]Dinner 75c. • THE WALKER HOUSE Toronto's Famous ,Hotel TORONTO, CANADA Rates Rensomrnble Geo. Wright lir Co., Props, Many People Make a B -Line himself up, clicked his heels together, returned the King's handshake proud- ly and then smartly saluted. His Ma- jesty smiled and patted the lad kindly on the shoulder. The King afterward walked over and chatted with several wounded officers and men. These notes were from the officer of the watch, and they warned the cap- tain that the vesselwas rapidly near- ing a certain point, and that the course should be altered. Conceiving that he had done all that. was required of him, the officer did no- thing more; and before the diners had reached their coffee, the vessel struck: One of the most tragic illustrations of over zeal hi a captain to save hiss ship above all other considerations, was that of the disaster to the Salem in 1904, a big New York excursion steamer. This caught fire, and instead of running his vessel aground and awaiting rescue, the captain put on full speed and tried to reach port with the ghastly result that over one thou- sand Sunday -school children, out for the day's treat, were burnt to death in full view of the agonized onlookers. In the summer of 1915 occurred the terrible disaster to another excursion ship, which, ironically enough, took place right in the heart of the city of Chicago. An Occasion For Grief. After shoveling the snow from the sidewalk for two hours little Patsy, began to cry. "What's the trouble, my little man?" asked a sympathetic neighbor. "A bad tramp came along and stole the snow shovel from the boy next door." "Well, my lad, it's a very nice thing to be sympathetic," said the neighbor, "but you mustn't worry sq over other people's affairs." "It ain't that," said the boy, "I'm crying because he didn't steal my son, oya little time and ex shovel, too. f ted to her or some ktr 111#« } %--tev-47 dpacitm evrca deal Regular, Pocket, Safety and Self Filling Types i7 The Use. f ul, Durable, Practical Present for men, women and the young folks —at the front, in camp, business, home and college, $2.50, $4.00, $5.00 and up Convenient to Buy, Easy to Send Sold by Best Local Dealers L. E. Waterman Company, Limited, Montreal "b5i�•'�saeS%.!''�,g�y1.• r�:JFi.'�3SS^L'"33otY�rt,�.ne,slCmvn:Nven.:MMs2n "The Light That Failed." The boat was lined up alongside the Chicago river to take on over 1,500 passengers. Through gross negli- gence on the part of the authorities, and utter disregard of the laws of overcrowding and ballast, the Eastland suddenly turned over • On its side and deposited its human cargo into the dirty river. In less than ten seconds there was a death -roll of over 1,500 souls! Perhaps the saddest instance of the rule that those who go down to the sea in ships must pay the cruel penal- ty of shipwreck with their lives was the fate which overtook the captain of~ one of the liners which grounded on a coral island in Jamaica. The boat was crowded with passen- gers, making a pleasure 'trip to the West Indies, and fortunately as the weather was calm, all were safely landed. But the captain returned to his ship and shot himself through the head. The pitiful part is to come. It was not the brain he shattered that was at fault, but the Kingston earthquake, which had wrecked the lighthouse. • Substitute For 1',leat. 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