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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1922-08-18, Page 6HORSE AILMENTS of many kinds - quickly remedied with DOUGLAS' EGYPTIAN LINIMENT STOPS BLEMING INSTANTLY. PEEDp VF.,NTS BLOOD POISONING. CURES THRUSH. FISTULA. SPRABRUISES. The best all aNS round dLiniment for the stable aa for household me - KEEP IT HANDY. At an Dealer. and Bragaiota. Manufactured only by DOUGLAS & CO.. NAPANEE, Out. 1 One of the? sit diufgeroua aeai- dents batt caw .iRappen to you in- '; ewiami g in deep water is to be talk with s cramp. Tins means, `writes Dr. Woods Hutchinson in the New York Ameri- can, that some of the muscles of your body have been overworked or used so heavily in some way that they have "gone on strike" so to speak. This. prevents you from using the arm or leg attacked, either holding it stiff or drawing it up into a hard knot, and may interfere so much with your swimming as to put you in dan- ger of sinking. The most serious form of cramp is a spasm of the great muscles of the abdomen, which run down the front of the body, from your lower ribs and the lower end of your breast bone to the front of the girdle bone of the hips. These muscles are worked very hard in swimming, helping to pull the legs up toward the body for the ordinary or frog stroke, and to hold the body stiff as a purchase or fulcrum for the scissors stroke and the crawl. And if they go into cramps, they may double you up and make swim- ming impossible, and even pull your head under water. It is well to know all about cramps in the water, because they can be avoided by being careful not to swim too hard or too far for the first four or five times you go in swimming at the beginning of a season. Only tired muscles and those pois- oned by impurities in the blood will go into cramps, which means first that you should go easily and quietly until you get comfortably into your stroke each summer. Second, that you should never go into deep water when you are feeling very tired, feverish, or when you have a headache or a stomach-ache. Going in swimming too soon after a meal and before digestion has had a chance to get well started will als i make you more liable to cramps. But, after all, a cramp bad enough to be dangerous is rather a rare ac- cident, and if you are careful about not straining your muscles at first or going into the deep water when you are tired or lot of sorts, you will very seldom have cramps. Even if you should be taken with one, if you keep cool you will easily he able to reach the shore. or a raft, or keep yourself afloat until help comes. If the cramp is in a leg or arm, set your teeth and pay just as little at- tention to it as you can. Call for help and keep right on swimming with your other leg or arm until you can get back into shallow water. Very often the cramp will die out of its own accord within a few min- utes after you stop using the limb. If it should be in your abdomen, do the best you possibly can to turn over on your back and keep yourself afloat with your arms. Do not try to use the legs, as this will make the cramp worse. If the water is not too cold this cramp will sometimes stop of its own accord when the muscles are put to rest in this way. •The very fact that muscles go into a spasm in this way, when they are called upon for extra work, shows that they have not been getting en- ough exercise before to keep really healthy and growing. So here is a plain object lesson that if you bring them into active condi- tion gradually you will find that they will not fail you waen you need tsem most, also tont it pays well to keep tnorougily fit and in training all toe year round. CREAM WANTED CM Ship by Express; send by onr cream drawers, or deliver your cream to the Seaforth Creamery. We are determined to give our Patrons better service than ever. Watch our prices, consistent with our accurate weights and testa, end consider the many advantages of hav- ing a thriving dairy industry in your district. Do not ship your Cream away to other Creameries ; we will guarantee you as good prices here and our very beat services. Write, or call in our cream drawers and we will send you cream cans. When in town, visit our Creamery, which we want also to be your Creamery. We are proud of our plant. THE SEAFORTH CREAMERY CO. C. A. Barber, Manager. 2834-tf FARMS FOR SALE FARM FOR SALE. -200 ACRES, BEING Lola a and 4, Concmelon 4, Hallett Township, in good state of cultivation. Lama stone hoose and two bank barns with ,tabling underneath: windmill and water piped through the table_ Will sell with or with- out ithout crop and would separate either farms. For particulars apply to EDWARD PRYOR. R. R. No. 2, Seaforth. 2841-tf WARM FOR SALE.—FARM OF TWO RUN- dred sorsa adioining the Towo of Sea - forth, conveniently situated to all chnrehee, school. and Collegiate. There la a comfort- able brick cottage with a cement kitchen; barn 100:56 with stone stabling underneath fer 6 hones. 75 head of cattle and 40 hep with steel stanchions and water before as stock; litter carrier and feed carrier and two cement silos; driving abed and plat form scalm. Watered by a reek well and windmill. The farm is well drained and to a high state of cultivation. The crop L a0 In the ground—choice clay loam. Immedi- ate poeeeseion. Apply to M. BEATON. 1 R 2, Seaford., Ont 2781-ef THE EXECUTORS OF THE LATE ABCHI- l1 bald McGregor offer for sale Lot 16. 8th Coneeseioa, McKillop, 100rm of ant chore farm lands. The land fa In a drat class state of cultivation and there are emoted on the premises a good frame dwel- ling hoose, with kitchenattached; frame barn 78:54 with atone foundation. stabling underneath and cement floors and water and driving home, pig pen hr. house. Also about ten acres of good hard wood boob. The property is well fenced and well drained and convenient to good markets. churches and schools. For further particulars apply to MISS LILLY J. MCGREGOR. on the premises. or to R. 8. HAYS, Solicitor. sea- tiortth, Ont --td FASM FOS SALE.—FOS SALE LOT 20, Conceselon 6, McKillop, containing IM sores, all cleared except 8 ;cars of hardwood bush. There are on the premises a bank barn with atone and cement foundation, 481(82, with cement floors: driving shed. 14:88; 'frame etable. 28x82. large gravel house, 7 rooms and kitchen, cement floor. In cellar. Hard and soft water In kitchen two acres •ef orekard. The farm ie all wire fenced and tile drained. Well at barn and also well at the bush. This is a good farm—one of thebest in McKillop. It is situated 6 miles from the Town of Seaforth and one mile from school and church Rural mall and phone. Will be sold on reasonable term*. For further particulars apply on the prem. lees or address R. R. No. 1, Seaforth. ROBERT A. HOGG. 2801.4f GRAND TRUNK sY's W M TRAIN SERVICE TO TORONTO Daily Except Sunday Leave Goderidh . 6.00 a.m. 2.20 p.m. Leave Clinton ... 6.25 a..m. 2.52 pas Leave Seaforth .. 6.41 a.m. 3.12 p.m. Leave Mitchell .. 7.04 a.m. 3.42 pm. Arrive Stratford 7.30 a.m. 4.10 p.m. Arrive Kitchener 8.20 a.m. 5.20 pm. Arrive Guelph .. 8.45 a.m. 5.60 p.m.' Arrive Toronto ..10.10 a.m. 7.40 p.m.1 Leave Toronto 6.50 a.m.; 12. 55 p.m. and 6.10 p.m. Parlor Cafe car Goderidh to To -1 ronto on morning train and Toronto , to Goderich 8.10 p.m. train. Parlor Buffet car Stratford to To- ronto on afternoon train- RETURNING rain RETURNING TILE McKILLOP MUTUAL FIRE INSURANCE CO'Y. HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH,ONT. OFFICERS: J. Connally, Goderich - - President Jas. Evams, Beechwood vice-president T. E. Hays, Seaforth - Secy-Treas. AGENTS: Alex. Leitch, R. R. No. 1, Clinton; Rd. Hinchley, Seaforth; John Murray, Brucefleld, phone 6 on 137, Seafortk; J. W. Yeo, Goderich; R. G. Jar - mutt, Brodhagen. DIRECTORS: William Rinn, No. 2, Seaforth; Joitn Bennewies, Brodhagen; James Evans, lock; Geo. McCartney, No. 8, Seafortb.j. Beachwood; 2C Mc)wen, Clinton; Jas. Connolly, (a�oderich; D. F, McGregor, B, No. 8r Beaforth; J. G. Griew, Yii`a, 4, Walton; Robert Ferris, Hi - SILO FILLING TIME CALLS FOR THOROUGH PREPARATION With grain cutting about finished in the principal dairy and cattle sections this week, the farmers are beginning to look forward to corn harvest and silo filling and are mak- ing plans for labor saving during what is perhaps the greatest rush season of the year. On many farms it will be found that the silo itself requires attention if the crop is to he saved over Winter, or until fed up, in best possible condition. Even the best constructed silo will need some attention occasionally. Concrete silos, which are among the most expensive of construction, re- quire the least attention as a gen- eral rule, but they will give better service if the inside is given a coat of special paint about once in three years. Paint for treating the inter- iors of silos is easily made of raw coal tar mixed with gasoline and applied with a tar brush. The roof should be inspected to see if it is water tight, and the doors may well be looked over. They need to fit tight. Wooden silos, either stave or board construction, require addi- tional attention. The hoops of stave silos should be tightened and any defective pieces of wood replaced. In wood silos, particularly the cheaper ones and those of home make, there is always the likeli- hood of inlets for air, which will spoil the silage. If the silo is so built as to require guy wires, these should he tightened to keep the building plumb and well braced to withstand winds. See that the machinery to be used in, ndr- 1 Rte,.. , t ages work co don. Kora b411'¢estes4 and.; o - filling Machin- ery' are frecnen 1y awned in part- mershlp by several farmers and, of course, arrangements need to be made in advance to see that all the owners get their corn in at the sea- son when it is in best shape. In using the corn harvester the bundles should be made rather small. While this takes more time, the extra ex- pense is more than offset by the ease in handling the bundles and feeding them into the silage cutter. The corn ordinarily is hauled to the cutter on common, fiat hay racks. The low -wheeled wagon is much preferable to the high one. An underalung rack can be con- structed with comparative eaae and will save much labor. The rack consists of two 4 by 6 inch bed pieces, 18 or 20 feet in length, bolt- ed together at the end to form a V. On top of these timbers is built a rack 6 feet in width. The bot- tom of this rack is about 8 feet long. The end boards are 4 feet high, built flaring so they do not quite touch the wheels. The apex of the V is suspended below the front axle of an ordinary farm wagon by means of a long kingbolt. The other ends ere at- tached below the hind axle by U- shaped clevises. The materials needed in its construction are 80 board feet of 4 x 6 inch plank, 96 feet of boards 1 x 4 inches, one long kingbolt, two stirrup rods, and bolts and nails. If the silage cutter and lifting machinery have not been selected, every effort should be made to get machinery which has sufficient or ex- cess capacity. The mistake is often made of getting an outfit that is too small, thus making the operation of filling the silo very slow and inter- fering with the continuous employ- ment of the entire force of Hien. A number of satisfactory silage cutters are on the market. The chief fea- tures to be considered in a cutter are that it is strongly made and will cut fine. Opinions differ as to the fineness to which silage should be cut. The length varies from to to 1 inch. The latter is a little too long, as the pieces do riot pack so closely in the silo, and they are not so completely consumed in feeding as the shorter lengths. On the other hand, the longer the pieces the more rapidly the corn can be run through the cutter. Fine cutting and thorough tramping are needed if it is desired to make the best quality of silage and fill the silo to its greatest ca- pacity. Two types of elevators are in use —the old style chain carriers and the blower. The chain carrier re- quires less power but is harder to set up and makes more litter, especi- ally in windy weather, though some chain carriers are so inclosed as to keep the corn from blowing out. In using the blower type the blower should be placed as nearly perpen- dicular as possible. HOW PETAIN AVERTED A GREAT FRENCH MUTINY OFFICIALLY REVEALED AT LAST BY JOHN BUCHAN Towards the end of May, 1917, af- ter the second battle of the Aisne there was a mutiny of a very serious nature in the French army among corps in reserve which spread to the men in the line. It is a striking proof of the wonderful camaraderie between Britain and France that al- though thousands of people in Eng- land knew about it not a word ap- peared in print then or since until now with the publicatigt of the third volume of Mr. John Buchan's "A His- tory of the Great War." Now that the time has come when there can be no harm in publishing the facts, Mr. Buchan gives a vivid account of what happened. After a description of the battle, one result of which was the succes- sion of General Petain to the com- mand in place of General Nivelle, Mr. Buchan says: "For Petain on his succession to office found a grim problem before him. The battle had been like a chemical which when added to a compound produces an explosion, and the superb morale of the soldiers of France seemed to he in the gravest jeopardy. As early as February Nivelle had complained of pacifist and communist propaganda among his troops. There were evil elements in French life which seized the occasion of fatigue and disillusionment of the soldier to instill the poison of coward- ice and treason. The rank and file had many grievances. Leave was hard to get, and when it was grant- ed the permissionnaire found such difficulties in reaching his family that most of his scanty time was taken up by the journey. Intense bitter- ness was roused by letters from home which told the peasant of the struggle of his womenkind to keep his farm in cultivation; while the workmen of the towns were exempted by thus - ands for munition making. There was dire confusion in the medical services during the battle, and wound- ed were sent all over France to spread despondency by the tale of their needless sufferings." The first signs of revolt appeared about May 20th, not in the troops fighting on the Aisne, hot in the corps which had been .some. months I in reserve: "The contagion spread to the men in the line, and in certain divisions nearest Paris the mutiny seemed to have something of the character of a first step in political revolution. The crisis showed Petain at his best. On the eine hand he insisted on reform- ing flagrant abuses. New regulations were passed granting as a right ten days' leave every four months, with the result that 350,000 French sol- diers were on leave at one time, against 80,000 British. Mr. Buchan says that with the help of the American Red Cross, which was now beginning its beniflcient work in Europe, the comfort of the Aght .mfiA: and bin doneludedte rous enormously increased: "T1.e penal measures were fety; .less }tan::a dozen !suffered death as mutineers. But Petain set himself to..a great work of education and exhortation. In two months he visit- ed and addressed the officers and men of over one hundred divisions, and created a profound impression. He had no _tricks to win popularity, no easy geniality, none of the air of< the bon enfant; he was always grave and dignified, always the general -in - chief. But such was the atmosphere of calm resolution which he bore with him that he moved audiences which the most finished orations would have left untouched. By the middle of June the danger was past." ew GETTING RID OF ANTS The use of baits is not recommend- ed, because of the danger that these will nerve merely to draw more in- sects into the house and thus actually to increase the nuisance. Where it can be safely used, however, a syrup poisoned with arsenate of soda has been found effective. The formula for this syrup k one pound of sugar dissolved in a quart of water to which should be added 125 grains of arsenate of sista. This mixture is boiled and strained and on cooling is used to moisten sponges which are placed where they can be reached easily by the snits. The insects col- lect the syrup and convey it to their nests, so that the whole colony is ultimately poisoned. Although this method has been found effective, as has been said, it should be remember- ed that the arsenate of soda is pois- ous to human beings and to animals as well as to ants, and that its use must be safeguarded by the greatest precautions. When the ants can be traced back to their nests and these are in ac- cessible places, it is possible to de- stroy the colonies by injecting with an oil can or smell syringe a little bisulphide of carbon, kerosene or gasoline into the nests. All these substances, however, are inflamable and precautions must be taken, there- fore, against the danger of fire. Though th,• common garden or lawn ants which build their little crater nests around houses are dis- tinct species from the true house ants, they may find their way into the house. Their colonies may be de- stroyed by drenching the nests with boiling water or injecting a small quantity of kerosene or coil oil into them. Where larger areas are affect- ed it is sometimes advisable to spray the lawns with kerosene emulsion or with a very strong soap wash pre- pared by dissolving any common laundry soap iu water at the rate of one-half pound to one pound of soap to a gallon of water. Another method is to inject bisulphide of car- bon into the nests, the quantity of the chemical depending upon the size of the nest. .After the bisulphide of carbon has been injected, the en- trance to the nest should be closed by the foot in order to retain the chemical, which will then penetrate slowly through the underground chan- nel and kill, the ants. Although its fumes are disarreeahle they are not poisonous to man and the higher animals, but all fire should be kept away from it, KEEPING THE BOY ON THE FARM Before we even attempt to answer that question we should ask and an- swer another one, which is, Is it vise to try to keep him on the farm? The answer depends on a variety of things, but moat largely on his na- tural tastes and aptitudes. To try to make a farmer of a boy whose talents, tastes and aptitudes would make him a lawyer, doctor, chemist or engineer, and who is bound to be nothing better than a very indiffer- ent farmer, is little less than crim- inal. Study the child and try and fit him for the thing in which he will excell. If, after careful study you art' convinced that he is as well fit- ted for a farm life as any other, bend your energies to making the best farmer out of him you can. But the great question is how to keep him on the farm. The character of the home life will be one of the important factors. If the home life is pleasant and harmon- ious it will tend to hold him. If quarreling and wrangling are c.rm• mon he will be driven away. it Is natural for all young animals, inciuding boys and girls, to play. It is a part of their development, and if this fact is ignored not only will the boy he driven away, but he will fail of his highest development. In- terest yourself in his sports, his friends, and above all things, see to it that he does not get his knowledge of the mysteries of life from the corner loafer or from other impure source. If the boy is mechanically inclined, a good farm workshop will not only furnish a pleasant place to spend the stormy days, but will be a source of saving of both time and labor, through the repairs which may be accomplished there. Cultivate in him a love of nature and you will have another strong bond. Teach him to know the flowers, plants, trees, birds, and all the beau- ties that surround him. Make a com- panion of him. Consult him about your work and his play. Be a kid with him, and don't fully grow up until he does, and you will not only hold him, but will push old age into the background. BRUiN'S PUNCHING -BAG Wild animals are always interest- ing to watch, particularly if they are not aware that they are being'odserv- ed, hut it is seldom that any one sees so curious and amusing an incident as this one, narrated in the New York Herald. Thr previous winter some wood- cutters had broken the handle of one of their tools, a beetle. A rope was tied about the beetle -head, and it had beeri left hanging to the low limb of a tree. A man who saw this done happened to be in the vicinity one summer day, and remembering the fetus`754 2401 8t. ; brN ion i 1�(e6 'kworatf Wyk � auto beetle, started after it to carry it home. As he came near the place, he saw a black bear slowly circling round the hanging beetle, at a distance of a few feet. He was too much occupi- ed to notice the man, who stopped to see what bruin was about. The bear acted as if he thought the I beetle was some kind of a trap. He would approach within a few feet and sniff. Then, eyeing the tool all the I time, he would back off a little way, squat on his haunches and give a low snort. While he was thus engaged, a sud- den breeze sprung up and set the beetle swinging lightly. The animal snorted again, and backed off a step i or two. Soon another gust struck the beetle and swayed it still more. The I bear responded with a louder snort -1 a sort of challenge. As soon as the beetle stopped swinging, bruin got up and circled about it several times. At last he went near—then nearer: He reached out his paw and touched the thing gently. As it swung toward him he hit it, this time rather forcibly. The beetle -head was a round one of hickory, with heavy iron rings at each end. As it rebounded from the second stroke of the creature's paw it hit him fairly on the nose. Angry at this, he rushed at the beetle again, and gave it a sounding blow. As it came toward him he dodged a little, just enough to save his nose and re- ceive the blow in his left eye. He hit it again, and his nose got another blow. That hurt so much that he growled angrily, and rooted viciously in the leaves. Bruin was furious by this time, and he went at that beetle as if he meant to annihilate it. He gave it a tre- mendous blow. with is right paw, and the tool swung clear over the limb, came down on the other side, and struck hire on top of the head. He uttered a roar that made the wood ring. Finally he caught the beetle in his paws, pulled upon it until he broke the rope, and then went to cuf- fing and biting the tool. When he found that it did not fight back any longer the bear let it roll to the ground. Then he shook himself and walked off into the woods. Peter (Continued from page 7) the Morris dinner, when he sat within speaking distance. I had heard of him, of course, as Peter's new protege —indeed, the old fellow had talked of nothing else, and so I was glad to renew the acquaintance. I found him to be like all other young fellows of his class—I had lived among his peo- ple, and knew—rather shy, with a certain deferential air toward older people—but with the composure be- longing to unconscious youth—no fidgeting or fussing—modest, unas- sertive—his big brown eyes under their heavy lashes studying every- thing about him, His face brightening when you addressed him. I discover- ed, too, a certain indefinable charm which won me to him at once. Per- haps it was his youth; perhaps it was a certain honest directness, together with a total lack of all affectation that appealed to me, but certain it is that not many minutes had pass- ed before I saw why Peter liked him, and I saw, too, why he liked Peter. When I asked him—we had found three empty seats at a table—what impressed him most in the club, it being his first visit, he answered in his simple, direct way, that he thought it was the note of good -fel- lowship everywhere apparent, the men greeting each other as if they really meant it. Another feature was the dress and faces of the mem- bers—especially the authors, to whom Peter had introduced him, whose books he had read, and whose per- sonalities he had heard discussed, and why, to his astonishment, had turn- ed out to be shabby -looking old fellows who smoked and drank, or played chess, like other ordinary mor- tals, and without pretence of any kind so far as he could detect. "Just like one big family, isn't it, Mr. Grayson?" the boy said. "Don't you two gentlemen love to come here?" "Yes." They don't look like very rich men." "They're not, Now and then a camel crawls through but it is a tight squeeze," remarked Peter arching his gray, bushy eyebrows, a smile hover- ing about his lips. The boy laughed: "Well, then, how did they get here?" "Principally because they lead de- cent lives, are not puffed up with conceit, have creative brains and put them to some honest use," answered Peter. The boy looked away for a mom- ent and remarked quietly that about everybody he knew would fail in one or more of these qualifications. Then he added: "And now tell me Mr. Grayson, what most of them do—that gentle- man, for instance, who is talking to the old man in the velvet cap." "That is General Norton, one of our most distinguished engineers. He is Consulting Engineer in the Croton Aqueduct D partnlent, and his opin- I// VNEYOUCaillBOtpBEY ar New Eyes But you can Promote a atl8I / eleae.11eallhyCondition ®U� , YSUQe Murtha Eye Remedy Night and Morning.'" Beep your Eyes Clean. Clear and Healthy. Write for Free Lye Care Book. Hmlae eye comedy C0.91881 Ohio sunt chicon ,.n IGT n i 3.tih all sear a as * $oweii AirIe ey Cen*Iiroln, andcut yells 6f8, i yea age he was keeping? tally o d !p caps 0 on Lh0 Fenn Railroad. Jack looked at the General'In w. dement, but he was too much lit{ opted in the other persons about bila to pursue the inquiry any further, "And the man next to him-5-tho one with his hand to his head'?" 0'1 don't recall him, but the Major may' 'That is Professor Hastings of Yale," I replied—"perhaps the most eminent chemist in this or any other country." "And what did he do when he woo a boy?" asked young Breen. "Made pills, I expect, and washed out test tubes and retorts, interrupt- ed Peter, with a look on his face as if the poor frofessor were more to be pitied than commended. "Did any of tin= dig?" asked the boy. "What kind of digging?" inquired Peter. "Well, the kind you spoke of the night you came to see me." "th, with their hands?" cried Peter with a laugh. "Well, now, let me see—" and his glance roved about the room. "There is Mr. Schlea- singer, the Egyptologist, but of course he was after mummies, not dirt; and then there is—yea—that sun -burned young fellow of forty, talking to Mr. Eastman Johnson; he has been at work in Yucatan looking for Toltec ruins, because he told me his experience only a few nights ago; but then, of course, that can hardly be said to be— Oh!—now I have it. You see that tall man with side - whiskers, looking like a young bank president—my kind—my boys—well, he started life with a pick and shovel. The steel point of the pick if I re- member rightly, turned up a nugget of gold that made him rich, but he dug all the same, and he may again some day—you can't tell." It had all been a delightful ex- perience for Jack and his face show- ed it, but it was not until after I left that the story of why he had come late was, told. He had started several times to explain but the con- stant interruption of members anx- ious to shake Peter's hand, had al- ways prevented. "I haven't apologized for being late sir," Jack had said at last. "It was long after ten, I am afraid, but I could not help it." "No; what was the matter?" "I didn't get the letter until half an hour before I reached here." "Why, I sent it to your uncle's house, and mailed it myself, just af- ter you had gone out with Miss Mac- Farlane." "Yes, sir; but I and not at my uncle's houes any more. I am stay- ing with Garry Minott in his rooms; I have the sofa." Peter gave a low whistle. "And you have given up your desk at the office as web?" "Yes, sir." "Bless my soul, my boy! And what are you going to do now?" "I don't know; but I will not go on as I have been doing. I can't Mr. Grayson, and you must not ask it. I would rather gweep the streets. I have just seen poor Charley Gilbert and Mrs. Gilbert. He has not a dol- lar in the world, and is going West, he tells me." Peter reflected for a moment. It was all he could do to hide his de- light. "And what do your people say?" "My aunt says I am an idiot, and Corinne won't speak to me." "And your `'uncle?" "Nothing to me. He told Garry that if I didn't come back in three days I should never enter his house or his office again." "But you are going back? Are you not?" "No,—never. Not if I starve!" Peter's eyes were twinkling when he related the conversation to me the next day. "I could have hugged him, Major," he said, when he finished, "and I would if we had not been at the club." CHAPTER XIII The Scribe is quite positive that had you only heard about it as he had, even with the details elaborat- ed, not only by Peter, who was con- servatism itself in his every state ment, but by Miss Felicia as well— who certainly ought to have known —you would not have believed it possible until you had seen it. Even then you would have had to drop in- to one of Miss Felicia's cretonne -up- holstered chairs—big easy -chairs that fitted into every hollow and bone in your back—looked the length of the uneven porch, run your astonished eye down the damp, water -soaked wooden steps to the moist brick pave- ment below, and so on to the beds of crocuses hloofning beneath the clustering palms and orange trees, before you could realize (in spite of the drifting snow heaped up on the door steps of her house outside—some of it still on your shoes) that you were in Miss Felicia's tropical gar- den, attached to Miss Felicia's Gen- eseo house, and not in the back yard of some old home in the far-off sun- ny South. It was an old story, of course, to Peter, who had the easy -chair be- side me, and so it was to Morris, who had, helped Miss Felicia carry out so Utopian a scheme, but it had come to me as a complete surprise, and I was still wide-eyed and incredulous. "And what keeps out the cold?" I asked Morris, who was lying back blowing rings into the summer night, the glow of an overhead lantern lighting up his handsome face. l"Glass," he laughed. "Where?" "There, just above the vines, my dear Major," interrupted Miss Fel- icia, pointing upward. "Come and let me show you my frog pond—" and away we went along the brick paths bordered with pots of flowers to a tiny lake covered with lily -pats and circled' by water -plants. sr' ve ASTHMA, 6UMM*R:COAL**IOW. seed a skoopWktiniabik �. Mit** to prows thariahot ILA Z 9rM /11. 110161r1EF go 1MMliDsATo{o. It 'sotto!** *amid brsatMla stops muc.t gathering* in and bronchial pasgagsar aasr long night* o7 y st looP. •i.oe qt yqutdru st'e, �r w Ito fat1� free trial to ani ono, Tsriwto. Sold by 81. 'fhabacb. lin Walton by W. 4. NMI. "I did not want agreenhouse—f wanted a back yard," she continued, "and I just would have it. Holker sent his men up, and on three aided we builta wall that looked a hundred years old—but it is not Sve—and roofed it over with glass, and just where you see the little flight of stairs is the heat. That old arbor in the corner has been here ever since I was a child, and so have that syringe bushes and the green box next the wall. I wanted them all the year round—not 'just for three or four months in the year—and that witch Holkeg said he could do it, and he has. Half the weddings in town have been begun right on that bench, and when the lanterns are lighted and the fountain turned on outside, no .gentleman ever escapes. You and Peter are immune, so I sha'n'b waste any of my precious ammuni- tion on you. And now what will you wear in your button-hole—a gardenia or some violets? Ruth will be down in a minute, and you must look your prettiest." But if the frog pond, damp porch and old-fashioned garden had come as a surprise, what shall I say of the rest of Miss Felicia's house which I am now about to inspect un- der Peter's guidance. "Here, come along," he cried, slip- ping his arm through mine. "You have had enough of the garden for between you and me, my dear Major" —here he looked askance at Miss Felicia—"I think it an admirable place in which to take cold, and that's why—" and he passed his hand over his scalp—"I always insist on wearing my hat when I walk here. Mere question of imagination, per- haps, but old fellows like you and me should take no chances—" and he laughed heartily. "This room was my father's," con- tinued Peter. "The bookcases have still some of the volumes he loved; he liked the tory ceiling and the big fireplace, and always wrote here— it was his library, really. There opens the old drawing -room of her deviltry, and the dining -room beyond —and that's all there is on this floor except the kitchen, which you'll hear from later?' And as Peter rattled on, telling me the history of this and that piece of old furniture, or portraits, or queer, clock, my eyes were absorbing the air of cosey comfort that permeated every corner of the several rooms. Everything had the air of being us- ed. In the library the chairs were of leather, stretched into Baggy folds by many tired backs; the wide, high fender fronting the hearth, though polished to that you could see your face in it, sheaved the marks of many a drying shoe, while on the bricks framing the fireplace could still be seen the scratehings of countless matches. Continued next week. JUNK DEALER I will buy all kinds of Junk, Hides, Wool and Fowl. Will pay good prlc- } es. Apply to , f MAX WOLSIL , 284242 Seaforth, Ont. 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