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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Blyth Standard, 1903-07-30, Page 3For family use there is no better
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fl GEM IN ME ROUGH
Alfred made no contradiction, sur
a simplex reason; he had not. listened
to her last sentences : ho was think-
ing flow well Rho lit off the !lush, and
low nicely site quoted poetry. Ile
avis HI1011 for some minutes. 'then
110 sold earnestly:
” 1 wish, My furling, that you
oouhd sometimes tail; to to mymother
ke that !"
tilat!ys returned from the antipodes
In a flash. "I shall never talk to
any of your people any more about
Australia!" and, by her tone, site
meant it.
" Why not ?"
"Because they don't like It, Alfred ;
I see they don't, though I never see
it so clearly as when It's all over
end too late, Tet why should they
hate It sea ? Why should Il annoy
thein? I've nothing rises to talk
about, tool 1 should have thought
they'd like to hear of another coun-
try. I know I liked to hear all
about England from you, Alfred !"
Faint though It wee, the reproach
in het voice cut him to the heart.
Yet his moment had come. H0 had
decided, it le true, to say nothing
at all; but then there had been no
opening, and here Wag 0110 such as
might never conte again.
"Gladdte," )y0 began, with great
tenderness, "don't be lulrt, but I'm
going to tell you what may have
something to de with it. You know,
you' aro apt to get -I won't say ex-
clted-bud perhaps a little too en-
tbusingtkc, when you talk of the
bueh( Quito right -and no wonder,
I say -but then, here hi England,
elemehOW, they very seldom seem to
get enthuslastte. Then, again -I
thtnk-perhaps-you say things that
are all right out there, but mound odd
to our ridiculous ears. For 100 are
an abominable, 'neuter natio(( of
humbugs—" began poor Alfred with
a tremendous burst of indignation,
fearing that Ito had said too much,
and making a floundering effort to
get out of what he had said. But hie
wife out Mali alert,
The color h'ad mounted to mor olive
Wrecks, Benueless, at all events,
wan not among her failings -whet
Mlle kept calm,
She was sufficiently calm now. ,
"I see what you 11101111, and I ,
Mall certainly say no more about ,
Australia. 'I like it ratan that le
Well-bred!' Do you remember how 1
Daft Larry used to wag file head and
say that whenever he saw you ?
'Yon'ru not, one of the low Hort,' he ,
ailed to go on; and how we did
laugh! But I've been thinking, Al- I.
:red, that he couldn't have said the
sante about me, if Pel been a titan. ;
And -and that's at the bottom of it
all 1" Site smiled, but her smut was
sail.
"You are offended, 01111170"
"Not a bit. Only I seem, to ander- ,
stand!' ,
'You don't understand! And that i
isn't at the bottom, of it N
"Very well, then, it Isn't. So slop
frowning like that this Instant. I'd
Do Idea you looked so well when you
were fierce. I shall make you fierce
often now. Conte, you etupld boy 1 I
shah learn in tine. flow do ,von
know I'm not learning already!Cone
away; we've had enough of the
water -hole, I think."
BA1131'e VITALITY.
Tiro vitality of infanta and young
o1Utlren la at its lowest point dur-
lag the hot weather. More children
die In summer than at any other
season. This Is because the little
ones suffer more from bowel trou-
bles( are nerv-ous, weak, sleepless
and Irritable. Prompt action
Often eaves a valuable little life, and
troubles of this kind can be prompt-
ly met and cured by giving the lit-
tle ones Baby's Own Tablet', which
should be kept In every (tome ready
for emergencies. These Tablets
tt�eediJy relieve and promptly cure
all stamacll. hovel and other hot
weather allmont8, and give 41011(1
refreshing sleep. Sirs. P. Frrrgneon,
No. 101 Mansfield sorest, Montreal,
Nays: "My baby wane attacked with
dysentery and was hot and fever-
ish.. I gave ilfm Baby's Own Tnb-
lets and they promptly cured hint.
Before this he had been rather de-
licate, but eine using the Tablets
be hate been better and stronger in
every way."
These Tablets can be given with
an absolute certainty that they will
do good to all children from a new
been upwards. They contain no opi-
ate »r poisonous "soothing" stuff.
Bold by medicine dealetle or mailed
let 26 tarots a boa by writing direct
to Dr. Williams Medicine Company,
Brockville, Ont.
She took its arm, and together they
struck across to Haut Gate. But
Alfred was silent and 'needy; and
the bride kucw why.
"limo: slid Alfred," she said at lost,
pressing his arta with her hand, "I
know 1 shall get on well with all
your 'merle, in time."
"All of them. (Huddle ?"
"At any rate, ail but Granville."
"ALB not Gran! I was afraid of
It."
"No, 1 shall never Dare much about
(lxun: 1 can't help it, really 1 snort.
lin le everla41liigly sneering, and he
Unlike himself so much snorter than
ho ie. Then he enjoys It when I make
a fool of myself ; I see he does; and -
oh I can't bear him 1"
A poguaciotl8 expression came Into
Alfred's (nee, but passed over, and
left it only stern.
"Yes," he said, "I know 11144 infernal
manner ; but, when 1(0 sneers, it's
only to shote what a superior sort of
fellow he Is; he doesn't moan any-
thing by'it. Tho troth is, I fuer 11041
becoming la bit of a snob ; hat at
least hr.'s a far better fellow than
you think ; there really isn't 0 better
follow going. Take my word for It,
and for heaven's sake avoid words
with hint ; will you promise ale this
]lucin, Glndrao 1"
"Very well -though I have once or
twice thought that there'd be a
row between fur, and thought I do
think that what he'd hear from me
would do hint all the good le the
world. But I pronise. And I pro-
mise, loo, not to gas about Austra-
lia to any of theca for 0 whole week.
So there."
They. walked on, almost in silence,
until Hant Common was crossed, and
they had reached the, middle of the
delightful green. And here -with the
old-fashioned houses on three stiles
of theft, and the avenue of elate be-
hind tient, and the most orthodox
of village dunk -ponds at their feet -
Gladys stopped short, and fairly burst
into raptures.
"But," said Alfred, as 110011 as he
could got a word in, wl4iclt was not
Immediately, "you go on as though
this tufts the first real, gentile° Eng-
lish village you'd seen; whereas no-
thing could be more entirely and typi-
cally English than Twickenham it-
self."
"Ah, but this seems miles and miles
away front Twickenham, 11,11(1 all the
outer villages round about that I've
4141011. I thick I would rather live here,
where it is so quiet and still, like
a bash township. I like Twickenham;
put on' ono side there's nothing but
people going up and down in bottle,
and on the other eldr, the same thing,
only couche* lnetetul of boats, And I
hate the sound of those coach s, with
their Jingle mid rattle and horn -
blowing. ; though I shouldn't hate it
if. I were on one."
"Would you so very much like to
fizz around, on a coach, then ?"
"Would I not 1" said Gladys.
The first per000 they saw, on get-
tblg home, was Granville, who wog
loungblg In the little ver(uukt, where
they had. taken tea on the afternoon
of their arrival, smoking cigarettes
over. (t book, It was the first volume
of a )()vel, W111011 he was scanning for
review, lie seemed disposed to be
agreeable.
"Gladys," he sold, "this bcxtk's
about AustrnlJa ; who is a 'now
chum,please? I may as well know,
118, so far, the hero's one,"
".A 'new chum,' hie 810(41( -In -low an-
swered readily, "1s some fellow newly
out from home, who goes up the
Bush ; 014(1 1/°'s generally a fool,"
"Thunk you." said Granville; "the
hero of this story answers ht every
1)0rtlentnr to your definition."
Gra x1118 went on with lite skim-
ming. On a elle of paper lying handy
were the skeletons of Rome of the
'mart epigrammatic sentences with
which the book would presently be
pulverized. Husband and wife had
gone through Into the house, leaving
Ides to hie congenial task ; when the
Tempter, in humorous mood, put it
into the Mead of his good friend
Granville to call back the bride for a
moment's sport,
"1 say "-the young man assumed
the nor of the tenement interlocutor -
"le it true that everyone out there
wears a big black beard, and a red
shirt, and Jack -boots and revol-
vers ?"
"No, it Is not ; whd says so ?"
"Well, tide fellow gives me that
Imlpreselon. In point e'[ fact, It al-
waye was my Impres'Loo. Isn't It a
fact, however, that meet of your leg-
islators (I meant to ask you this
last night, but our friend the sen-
ator gave me no chance) -that most
of your legttators are convicts?"
Dons your book give you that lin- "I thought lie would never for-
pr0s81oe too t" the bride inquired glvo m° for giving 111/11 that bit of
"No ; that's original, more or less."
y wrong, nitegethcl', ISut,
sty mind tho other day; but you
1100, Alfred, it did him good; and
now I like him better than t ever
ser herr, (;ran; you ()tight. to go out thought possible In this world. Iles
there."
"Wlir , prey :",
„lea remember what i said at 'new
Clem' wile ^„
"Ten; among °tiler things, It fool."
"Eery good. You ought to go out
there. 11ecnese there are the nl1It1,i s
awfully goal to me. And w•o tithe
un Interest in the same sort of
things. Didn't you hoar how Inter-
ested 110 was 11 Bella's sweetheart
at lunch to -day?"
Alfred turned away from the fresh
br1ght face that was (aloud to 1118,
of such a splendid 'flew (muni In you. 110 could not retirees a frown.
You're thrown away in England." "I do ((1811 jou wouldu'( cull tits girl
Grenville dropped hie book and put 1 Bella," he wild, 101111 HOMO irritation.
up 1118 0,1e-glas41. But the bride was I "ller name's Brun. Why don't yeti
gone. :She hod already overtaken mill her Bunn, dour? And uobud,y
Iter Itafbnnd, slid seized dint by the dreams of making talk ((bout their
tare. maids' affairs, lot alone their militia'
"Oh, :llfrod," she cried, "I havedone ,vowig men, at the table., It's nut the
it ! I have broken my promise l I eiwit' n -sol 1u England."
have haul words with Oran 1 Oh, my A week ago he would not have re -
poor 110.4 -rat beginning to make youwish to goodness you'd never seen Lot
o with her upon se small
tmutter; but the lee had been broken
1(10-1 feel i am I" Lot meriting to Richmond Park, And
CHIPPER Vi(1. a week ago tate would very likely
All taco mayb" vain, but the van- have toll 1/m, 4iug1(. to hang hie
ity was vol tau ovally satisfied by English costume; buutt 11now oho looked
bath
inetl
and u c e e1-
zzld (
his owe perfurnutncee. This made haw it is she b 6
(lr40 til altack, tlu'o h aettln up 111 Ihla to exploit' toiher t1/( harm
w ug u ill wluat mho had said.
a hlgti standard, of that kind ; but it '2144110 ?" said Alfred, more tender-
ly, his defense somewhat weals for iv said
there was no real harm In
want of practice.. His war was al- it -that's the wrong word altogether
ways it 0.1101 the enemy's lines. Ile -OPS Ily as we were byourselves
1olid fol mush attention to !de at- without
tack. 'l'lu)8, though uutoom touched by guests. Still, you know, the
g mother dur8n't want to hear all
an (adversary, when touched he was about her servants' family nihilist,
4000(91(4; 011(1, what yam likely to (1na1 what her servants' sweethearts
mill to a ❑gahlst ; t( t1rofeesionat aro doing In Australia, or anywhere
chances, when wounded he Was gen- els1,. Ali that-purtloularly when you
orally wi(,6.ea. tile own akin was too talk of the woman by her Christian
tido; lee had not yet learned to take tutt11e-sounds very Wuoh-why, It
without (a twinge what Its gave sounds almost ((.s though you made. (a
without a qualm;; for a smart and personal friend of the girl, Muddle "'
(tggresstvo young man Ile was simply ttludy8 opened wide her lovely
(absurdly sensitive, eyes. 'Why. Ho I do 1"
But, though weaker In defense than Allred looked uncomfortable.
might hate been expected, Granville ".and why not, pray? There , on
was nu wean hand at retaliation. y
Ile neither forgot nor forgave; and see you kucw of no reason why I
( shouldn't bo friends with her,
ho paid off old scores and neworlon you goose ! But, 1 11,01)'t
with the heavy interest demanded speak of her any more as
by his exorbitant vanity. Here Bella, if you don't Ilke-except to
again Ile vanity ons very fastidious. her face. I 'shall call her what 1
First or last, by fair means or foul, please to her face, sir ! But, tn-
Grnnv111e woe to finish a winner. deed, I wouldn't have spokenulout
Until he did, hie vanity and he were her at all to -day, only I Was Inter-
net en sneaking terms ested to know her young man was
There were occasions, of coarse, out there ; and Grua seemed as In -
when he wan not in a position either torested as me, for he (vent on ask -
to riposte at once or to whet 1118 log questiov14—"
blade and pray for the (text merry Alfred was quite himself ugaiu.
meeting. Such cases occurred some- "Ally way, darling," he said, inter -
times in court, when the bench rupting her with a kiss, "1 nm glad
w0uid stand no nonsense, and you have got over your prejudice
brusquely sold as mulch, if not rather lookinggs� it
ho went out,
more. Incredible as It may seem, t ; but leaving behind him
however, Granville felt his Impotency Less of gladness thou he curried
hardly less 1n the public streets, away•
when he happened to be unusually The 0000ersnlion had taken place
wall -dressed and gutter -chaff rose to in the little mu410, -room in the
the Occasion. Iu iapt, probably the front of the louse, which faoett the
worst half -Hour Ile Deer spa lit in his we(; and the etroug afternoon stin-
life was ono fine morning when un- shine, ng tag town through the
accoultabla energy actuated hint to trembling tree -tops, dappled the
walk to Richmond, and take the train bride's face with lights and
shadows. It was not, at the
there, instead of getting In at Twick- moment, a v1ry happy flee. A11 the
enhan1; for, encountering a motley reckless, radiant, aggressive 1ude-
and interminable string of vehicles, penden0e of two or three weeks ago
on roue to Gomptou Park, Ile ran Was gone Out of it. The bold, direct
a gauntlet of plebelne satire during g11110e w118 somewhat nese bold. The
that halt -hour, such as ho never en- dark, lustrous, lovely eyes were bo-
((rely 00(11(1 forget. come strangely wistful. Gladys wan
1'o 111000 nlomauable experiences, in trouble.
tho bride's piece of rudeness 'Jure- It had crept upon her by slow de-
flncd (which she had the bad taste grecs, :shade by shade the fatal truth
to perpetrate at tin. very moment Ited 1111w11ed eyed upon her -the. (1la-
whon Ito was being rude. to her, but portly between herself and her new
le it gentlemanlike way) (vas mimed relatives. This wan plainer to no one
a mere trifle; but Granville, it will now then to the bride herself; and
now bo such, thought more of tri- to her the disparity meant &tent r-
(Ios than tho ordinary rational (411- it was &t wide -sad It grew wider
lmul ; and 1111e one completely al- clay by day, as her realization of it
tared Ills (attitude tow'ard4 Gladys, locum" couplets. Well, she had made
If, hitherto, he haul ridiculed her, friends with Granville, but 110(1 was
delicately, to her face, and dispar- n11. The Judge had been distant and
aged Iter -with less delicacy -behind ceremonious from the first ; he was
her back, he Itad been merely Sur- distant and oeremoulone 0111!. He
suing a species of intellectual sport, had 11000r agate unbent ;so much
without much 10011(10(18 latent. Ile as at that tragic moment w11011 he
was not 14(4111)0 that 110 hal ever bade her rl'e from her knees in the
made the pan' thing uncomfortable, wet stable -yawl. As for Lady fifth,
1(o had not inquired into that. Ho elle hal begun by being kind enough;
was only awaro that ho had more but her kindness had rel to silent
than oleo hal 111s Joko out of her, Badness. She seemed full of regrets.
and enjoyed it, and felt pleased with lil(adyu was 841 far from her as ever.
himself. But hie sentiment towards And Gladys knew the reasons for all
1(01 was no longer so devoid of ani- this -some of them. She saw, now,the
malty. 13110 had scored him off ; he most conspicuous among her own
had felt It /efficiently at the mo- shortcomings; an(i against those
mont; but tae felt it much that she did see (Heaven knows) 8110
more when it had rankled struggled strenuously. But there
a little. And he despised were many ehe could not see, yet ;
and detested himself for having been
scored off, even without wltl(es8e8,
by a creature so coarse au1(1 con-
temptible. Ile was too vale to satisfy
Mimeo!! with the comfortable, Masan,
and deservedly popular principle that
certain unplresnntneeso8 and certain
unpletlseu)t people are "beneath no-
tice," Nobody wee beneath Gran-
ville's (lotion ; he would have putt -
lobed with his own boot the young
blackguards of the gutter, could he
have been sure of catching them, and
e10011.8' mire of not being Been ; and
110 punished Gladys In a fixation that
precluded detection -even Gladys her-
1df never knew she was under the
Mato.
On the contrary, she ('0180(1 Go (115-
llk° her brother -In-law, Ile was be-
come more polite to her than ho hod
ever bceu before; more affable and
:ritually In every way. Quito 1udden-
ly, they were brother and sisterto-
gether,
"How 40011 those two get on " Lady
Bllgh would whisper to her husban(1,
during the solemn game of bezique
which was an institution of their ()m-
eter evenings; and, ind00d, 1110 bride
(1011 her brother-inrLaw had token to
talking and laughing a good deal in
the. twilight 112- the open window.
But, e0.0er or inter, (go ny111e twits
entre to come over to the card -
table with Gladys latest stony or
enylug,wlth whlrpl ho would appear
to 1x1 hugely 1111)110x1;
and the ame
ho delighted to repeat in its original
vernacular, and with 1(41 original
(lips of grammar, but with Ids own
faultless neeent-which emphasized
floe() peculiarities, making Lady
Bligh sigh e.ully and Sar James look
08 though he did not hear. And
Alfred wag too well pleased that
hie wife had coat + to 11ko Grenville
at last, to listen to what they were
talking about; and the poor girl
herself never once suspected the un-
kindness ; far from It, Indeed, for
eke tlked Granville now,
else felt tide, vagnely ; and it en
title that filled her with despair.
It was green grass that she gaze
out upon from the morning -room win-
dow, net the trouble deepened fuller
eyes; and in Australia she had sel-
dom amen grass that was green. But
Jaet then she would have given all
the meadows of England for one strip
of dry sill -bosh plait, with the sun
dr(x(putg down behind the far -away
tile, of somber, low -sized scrub, and
the snarl -lolls flushing in the blood -
red light, and the cool evening wind
coating up from tato south. Tho pic-
ture was very real to her -as real,
for the moment, as thlo sllavengrass-
plot, and the lino of tall trees that
shadowed it, with; their trunks indls-
tinguishable, In this light, against
the old brick wall. The ehe sighed,
and the. vision vanished -and she
thought of 'Alfred,
(To be Continued,)
FEEDINCi THE CONSUMPTIVE.
01e111.4.; Ano the Alu,,t ! otortulo Part
ol'Treatment.
The annual report on tile work of
the c'
It('H tuberculosis Infirmary Is
important as showing the great re -
Pinney now ,placed en food to cure
consumption.
Once drugs were all in the treat-
ment of this most dreudfut of Ole -
NINON, and the morta1/ty progressed
with increasing strides. Then pure
air ons the essential thing, (111
patients who could afford It went
to California, to the dry alkali at-
moephere of Arizona, to Um ley moun-
tains of Switzerland. Now, the en-
lightened practitioner keeps the
141110nt. comfortably at Moue, amid
the home surroundings, makes tho
most 110 cin 'of the local air, Creat
though It may leek qualities de4lr-
able for the best results, and teeth;
the 10(tl(nt to the top of hie aselm-
Rellve capacity -stuffs hlut on the
Strnehurg g04.(0e 411110lptu, and wel-
comes 0 congested liver at the gain
of strength ((11(1 vitality and flesh,
11 (s the Course of t41800411. I4 Is
oleo, incidentally, nu hUerosting In -
trident in the malern medical Pro-
greso( wheel effects more 11, the way
til rare; without drugs than the
physleions of cur grandfathers ef-
fected with them.
At the tuberculosis Infirmary pa-
tients are required to take nourl8h-
meet nine times a day, as follows:
At (i, a breakfast of cereals, bread
and butter, coffee and beefsteak br
[ranched eggs.
At 8, cod 1!000 oil, with whiskey
or 1herry,
At 10, egg -nog,
At 112, dinner, consisting of soap,
beet 01' mutton, potato(e, another
vegetable and bread.
At cod liver oil, and plenty el
sl(err,y.
A't 41, beef ten.
At 4, Ogg -nog,
At ,, supper of pudding, 14 eon -
boded egg, bread and butte', tea.
At 8, hot or cold milk.
Then to bed for nine hours' sleep.
And not all times during the day
cheerfnlnees 011d hope --a mental
atmosphere more than eom(pcnsating
for any lack 01 foule qualifies in rho
air, (
Li not this common 80(400, enlight-
ened therapeutics 2 Not a drug on
1110 entire dietary.
And the 10'00000 in the healing of
the patient is this: First, 0 slow
decrease in the 13941 of 10411441(1, then
a atnndOtitl. Then a slight gain, an
einem or two. Then n hone(1, then
(1(141itioua of flesh that are visible,
the p1unpe4-out elivek8, the alertor
mind, the more 0elt1-0 lig-gement.
Also there Is an excellent pointer
in 41110 (dietary for the parson who lo
growing weak and ailing, Notice
how much reliance is put on . eggs
and milk ! lo moments of exhnnotlon
Why awl Inks a raw egg, with sherry,
or an egg -nog, or an unsweetened
milk punch ? It may check a ten,
(141ncy to consumption, find rho phy-
810111 benefit. derived will excuse any
apprehended deterioration of the
moral character. -New York Evening
World.
Mothers Not Allowed to Falk.
New York sun.
Dorcas -Did you 11011 anything to
(ay at roar club meeting
Sirs. Dorcas -Why, of course net.
s I Only (110 single members were al -
loom! to speak. T1to debate 101311 On
d I low 10 bring up a family.
eak, Languid,
Sickly Children
Who Crow Up Frail of Body and Exhausted In
Nerve Force Are Wonderfully Benefited
by Dr. Chase's Nerve Food.
It is a puzzle to tunny parents to: writes; "11y son, agiari fourteen,
know just whit. to 410 for children and little girl of throe years, were
when they gel pale, weak and Ian- loth stricken with ;it.. Vitus' Dance,
geld, Tose thole appetite and limbi -j The doctor toll us ,what the all -
(ton, and seem to gradually fall in' Ment was, but could not keep them
health aid Strength. 1from getting worse and worse, so
Brea 1100 Of lie mild and ,gentle when I reeelved n Nook about Dr.
action 1)r. Chase'() Nerve Food IN re- Chase's Nerve Fort], i decided to
pectally suitable to the needs of try 1t. The boy Mid lost eighteen
children, and endorsed by a great
many gmtete I parent 8.
WK. George P. I.n'Ighli, Lake 0(ree!,
Pride hero, Ont., stntee;
"Ono of my 01(1 (Iron, a boy of
about fifteen years, did not , have
good i nith for a year or more. He
seemed to have no energy, was week
and languid and suffered from ner-
vousness, The doctors said that lio
was growing too Past, but we he-
mline
o-cline alarmed about him, and began
u01n.g Dr. C'hase's Nerve Food. It
wail not king mite we noticed it
great change to hie condition. His
appetite improved, he had a better
color and soon became stronger and
healthier. Ile Is 8t111 using the
Nerve Food, and w.o are perfectly
confident that he le Improving right
along under this treatment."
Mrs. D. Ardloe, Brandon, Man.,
pounds to two months, rend could
scarcely take hold of anything. Tho
little girl lost We pewter of her
longue, and could sonrcely speak.
"I now take pleasure in (doling
that they ore both Suite well, and
you would never know there Imd
Inner, anything the muter. 'Phe boy
hub gabled twenty poumle Ip
weight. I am very thankful there
le 414101 41. 1110(11040' on filo market,
and tlmat I tui 01'' (0411 to 44"t the
little book Just when i did. It Jest
came In time as 1t. iugit it lizel been
scot on parpese."
Pr. Cite se's Nei't0 Forxl, 'i1 ciente
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