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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1927-09-01, Page 2T33 ‘ If want something better—try it. i i he assured. matter for to the other % 0 '° kf l&aok&ibatinl CHAPTER XI.— (Cant’d.) In the backgruunid, on a settee at the sn'on's far end, sat Aline staring in fccwDJarment and some fear at a face which, if unrecognizable through the mask of blood and dust that smearod it, was yet familiar. And1 than the man spoke, and instantly she kr’~’.v,fhc vqfee for -(.hat of the Mar quis do. Ln Tour d’Azyr. “In danger?” Almost he seemed si lently to laugh at the unnecessary que-ston. “If I were to show myself openly in tho streets just now, I might with luck contrive to live for five minutes! ” He pooled off the shaggy greatcoat, ar.d easting it from him stepped forth in the b’ack satin that had been thej ganoral li\ cry of the hundred knights who bad rallied in the Tuileries that morning to the defence of their king. His ecat was rent across the back, hs neekclcth and the ruffles at his wrists were torn and. bloodstained; with his smeared face and disordered headdress he was terrible to behold. “My dear Therese, unless you carry eharitabl'Crecq to the length of giving me to drink, you will see me perish of th.’rst v-nd-r your eyes before ever the canaille has a chance to finish me.” She started. ‘I should have thought of it!” she cried in self-reproach, and she turned quickly. “Aline,” she beg ged, “tell Jacques to bring : . ” “Aline!” he echoed, interrupting, and swinging round in his tuim. Then, as Aline rose into view, detach ing from her background, and he at last pcreelvc-'I her, he heaved himself steed there stify, bowing to her across the space of gleaming floor, “Made- moisclle, I bad not suspected your presence,” he said, and he seemed extraordinarily ill-at-ease, a man ’ rtariled, as if ccught in an illicit act. “I perceived it,- monsieur,” she an swered, as she advanced to do ma- dame’s commiteion. She paused be fore him. “From my heart, monsieur, I grieve that we should meet again in circumstances so very painful.” Not since the day of his duel with Andre-Louis—the day which had seen the death and burial of his last hope of winning her—had they stood face to face. “But sit, monsieur, I beg. You are fatigued.” • “You are” gracious to observe it. With your permfesion, then.” And he resumed his seat. She continued on her way to the door and passed out upon her errand. M. de aL Tour d’Azyr at last plead ed wearinses, and withdrew that he might endeavor to take some rest. When he had gone, madame persuad ed Aline to go and lie down. Left alone, madame lay down, on a couch in the salon itself, to be ready for any emergency. The timepiece on the overmantel chimed the hour of ten, and then, startling in the suddenness with which It broke the immediate silence, an other sound vibrated through the house, and brought madame to her feet, in a breathless mingling of hope Rnd dread. Someone was knocking’ Sharply on the door below. Followed moments of agonized suspense, cul minating in the abrupt invasion of the ro-o-m by the footman Jacques, He looked round-, not seeing his mistress at first. “Madiame! Madame!” he panted, out of breath, “There is a man below. He is demanding to see* you at once.” She was perfectly composed^ “Con duct him to me, and then beg Mlle, de Kerc-adiou to join me if she is awake.” The door opened again, and- Jac ques reappeared1; after him, stepping briskly past him, came a slight man in a wide-brimmed hat, adorned by a tricoloi’ cockade. About the waist of an olive-green riding coat he wore a I broad tricolor sash; a sword hung at ! his side. | “Andre-Lo-uis!” she exclaimed. I CHAPTER XII. I That gift of laughter of his seemed ! utterly extinguished. x “Rougane could not return,” he in- ' formed her shortly. “At M. de Ker-* jeadiou’s request, I come* instead.” j “You! You are sent to rescue us!” The note of amazement in her voice was stronger than that of her relief. “That, and to make your acquain tance, madame.” “To make my acquaintance? But what do you mean, Andre-Ixuiis?” She sprang away from him with a startled ery. r<*.,vn4 him in the sha dows by the door a pale figure shim mered ghostly, 0 “You heard, Aline?” madame ex claimed. “I could net brio it, madame.” “Aline!” It. was the Countess who spoke. She knew the danger of half- diseoveries. “I can trust you, child, I know, and Andre- Louis, I am sure, will offer no objection.” She had taken up the letter to show it to Aline. Yet first her eyes questioned him. “Oh, none, mad'anje,” her, “It is entirely a yourself,” Aline looked from one with troubled eyes, hesitating to take the letter that was now proffered. When she had read it through, she very thoughtfully replaced it on the table. Then impulsively she ran to madame and put her arms about her, “Aline!” It was a civ of wonder, almost of joy. “You do not utterly- abhor me!” ' “My dear,” said Aline, an-d kissed the tear-stained face that seemed to have grown older in these, last few' hours. In the background Andre-Louis, steeling himself against emotionalism, I spoke with the voice of Scaramouche. “It would be well, mes-dames, to postpone all transports until they can be indulged at greater leisure and in more security. It is growing late. If we are to get out of this shambles we should 'be. wise to take the road without more delay.” It was a tonic as effective as it was necessary. It startled them into re* membrance of their circumstances, and' under the spur of it they went at once to make their preparations. . They left him for perhaps a quar ter of an hour, to pace that long room alone, save only from impatience by the turmoil of his mind- When at length they returned, they were ac companied by a tall man in a full- skirted shaggy greatcoat and a broad hat, the brim of which was turned down all around. He remained res pectfully by the door in the shadows. Between them the two women har concerted it thus, or rather the Coun tess had so concerted it when Aline had warned her that Andre-Louis^bit- ter hostility toward the Marquis made it unthinkable that he should move a finger consciously to save him. They had made the mistake of not fully forewarning a.nd persuading M. de La Tour d’Azyr. They hiad reckoned without the queer sense of honor that moved such WASVOICEHERKNOW, MYCHILD?”“AND STIFLED TO A WHISPER. WHIM -*z WIGLEYS DOUBLE MINT-easy to remember—and hard to for* get, once you’ve tried it* Keeps teeth white, breath sweet, aids appetite and digestion , Ndr Afccr Every Meal “This letter from M. do Kercadiou. will tell you.” Intrigued by his odd words and odder manner, she took the folded sheet. She broke the seal with shak ing hands, and with shaking hands approached the written page to the light. “And so you know, my child1?” Her voice was stifled to a whisper. “I know, madame my mother.” She took one or two faltering steps toward him, hesitating. Then she opened her arms. Sobs suffocated her voice. “Won’t you come to me, Andre- Louis ?” A moment yet he stood hesitating, Startled by that appeal, angered! al most by his heart’s response* to ft, reason and sentiment at grips in his sou) This was not real, his reason expostulated; this poignant emotion that she displayed and that he ex perienced was fantastic. Yet he went. Her arms enfolded him; her wet cheek Was pressed hard against his own; her frame, which the years had not yet succeeded in robbing of its grace, was shaken by the passion ate storm within her. | “Oh, Andre-Louis, my 'child!, if you 5 knew how I have hungered to hold :■ you sol If you .’knew howj, in denying myself this, I have atff^ed and suffer ed’., Kercaditon should not have told you—fiet even now. It was wrong-— most-wrong, perhaps, to you. And yet—come what may of this—to bo able tn hold you so, to be able to acknowledge you, to hear yon call mo mother—oh! Andre-Louis, I cannot now regret it. I cannot . « . 1 can not wish it otherwise.’7 J Pat one ou’Mha fiaiti u gone The New Ford Wihon Publishing Company Af flll Jrug <iru! shoe JWTM men as M. le Marquis, nurtured upon a code of shams. Andre-Louis, turning to scan that muffled figure? advanced firom the dark depths of the salon. As the light Quick, safe, sure relief from S^'x/z painful callouses on the feet. 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Enclose 20c in stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 7.3 West Ade laide St,, Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail. ----------------------- _______________15 CHECKING UP ON QUAKE Death Toll in China Last May May Be 100,000 Pekin—An unofficial, unconfirmed report from the remote province of Kansu reaching the China Interna tional Famine Relief Commission in Pekin recently led officials of that organization to the opinion that the death toB in the earthquake of May 23 ..may have reached 100,000. A*t the present time there is no com- municat-ipn between the Pekin Gov ernment and the Kansu provincial re gime, as the latter is dominated by Gen Feng Yu-hsiang, allied with the Nationalists. Moreover, the stricken area is far from Liangchow, the prov incial capital, and it is unlikely that reliable reports have reched even Liangchow, as Chinese 'local authori ties are notoriously apathetic in such disasters. It is believed the quake was of un usual severity but that the damage was confined to the "northern Kansu I region in the vicinity of Liangchow.- * » * , v J* At A^*vn. AU L/AX^ VA. YV.be&t on his white, leanw face There 13 no means1 of making an au- a... Thie next thentic chock, however, since the com-psuedo-footman started. ' moment he too stepped forward: into the light, and swept his broad-brim med hat from his brow. As he did so Andre-Louis observed that his hand was fine and white and that a jewel flashed from one of the fingers. Then he eaught his breath, and stiff ened in bvery line as he recognized the face revealed to him. “Monsiour,” that stem, proud man whs saying, “I cannot take advantage of your ignorance. If -these ladies can persuade you to save me, at least know mission’s Kansu committee, mostly isslonaries', has dispersed because of foreign evacuation of the province. There are no other agencies capable of compiling estimates of casualties. 'The only foreigners in Lianvchow at the time were Mr. and Mrs. William Alpdus Belcher and Dr. Rand of the China Inland Mission, Britishers. They are known to have escaped injury. . . A. ........... Minard’s Liniment for scaly scalp, it is due to you that you shall whim you ate" saving.” (To be continued,) V v The Character of an Only Child is Often Marred by the Misplaced Kind ness of the Parents The modern baby is a heavy burden, i Ills mother says so, end she ought to j know, The young rascal, with that cheerful exuberance of personality which is the feature of this age, mono polises all his mother’s tirie. Her energies are absorbed in supplying his needs, real and supposed. He is fussed with from morning till night. His lightest cry brings his mother flying to his side like a fox-frightened her. Tho “drao precious” must not he allowed to scream lest something dreadful happen to him. “With a girl it’s different, but a boy must never be allowed to scream.” So the “dear precious,” finding he can get anything he wants by shouting for it, shouts vigorously all day. ' ‘ He is pampered In a manner which would have made his great-grand mother stare with amazement. His bath water must bo gauged with a clinical tbemometer, instead of be ing tested with the back of the" hand. His victuals are all scrupulously weighed, and compounded with due re gard to their vltamlnes, He must her. The "dear precious” must not of the pips, or that because It might set up appendicitis; and this will give him stomach-ache, and that will In duce hiccups. Dust and dirt must not soil his dainty body. Therefore crawling on all fours, that delight -of children of other generations, is forbidden to him. “I couldn't dream of letting the’ darling crawl about,” liis idolising mother says. "The doctora tells me tUere are millions of germs in floor dust, and the dear sweetums might get all sorts of diseases." All his toys must be of the hygienic variety, safe and uninteresting. -Not for him the— "purple monkey, “Climbing up a yellow stick*.’’ There is too, great a. fear in his mother’s mind <hat he’would— “suck the paint'all off, "And make him deathly sick.” He must not play with the little boy and girl next deer. They may be sickening for scarlatina or chicken pox; or, even worse, they may teach him bad manners. , So the embryo citizen begins life in. ‘glorious isolation. -One day tho autocratic, stranger, thority here on nuggestlou'S wlio is only about the house at week- Americans in a private caimcity. ends, issues a fiat. | There is some reluctance In British “Come now, old girl, that youngster official circles, however, to admit the ' necessity for such a treaty or to The Coming Car is the Resul^ff . of Years! Intricate ■ Planning J ho 1927 program Canadian National JCxhffiltion 1’uirly tcejns with new features, new buildings anil' peW thrills. The World Championship $50,000 Swimming Race on August 31st now has over 300 entries representing 30 nationalities. Tile Prlnco of Wales will honor Exhibition visitors with bin preseneq to open the |J60,000 Princes’ Gates, tlio new Jflastern Entrance. The new Live Stock Pa-' Vllion covering S-acrOs will surprise and delight the Agriculturist And ths Grand stand Spec- taele "Canada"**ia an en trancing spectacle magnifi cent beyond description and eclipsing any previous stage presentation. J OHM J. DTXON. ' President. II, W. WATTCRS. Gen. Man 4 I U.S* AND ENGLAND London Discusses Proposed Treaty for Peace With U.S.A. London—Suggestions have been re vived for negotiating 100 years’ peace treaty between Great Britain and the United <SLotos, and it is understood that the actual treaty has been private ly drafted by an eminent legal au- made by “Has Henry Ford adhered too long1 to the single- model T?” is the ques tion answered by SamuoZ Crowther in the August issue of The Magazine of Business. “It wag known that the change to a pew model must come some day. But when? That was the question.” And it is this phase of the situation, which Mr. Crowther analyses. “Thp. designing of a iw model offered* little difficulty. For years the expeirinwtal laboratories at Dear born have been turning out various sorts of cars under the direction of Mr, Ford and his engineers, as well ,as trying out all sorts of materials. The great problems of a new design wero those of which the public never thinks—-the methods of production and the ability to obtain the ma terials, “The ‘Model T’ was produced -to give individual transportation to peo ple in general at a low price. Tlio car was built to fill a need which Mr. Ford believed to exist ana that belief appears to have been well founded. Fifteen million ’Model T’ Have been produced and it is thought that about 10,000,00'0 of them are stilt running.” Since the appearance of that Model T, says Mr, Crowther, many changes have been made based .upon the. mechani'cal knowledge throughout the country, the improvement of roads;, and Anally, the demand for “style” in ears. The final test as to ths desir ability for a complete change is thal of volume of sales. The sales of last year did not show a much greater dip than between 1923. and 1924 and1 the complete change was again/postponed until the present year. The stupendous amount of work in volved in this change is clearly shown by the complexity of the planning necessary. “If he (Ford) made a new model then he would hav^ to dis continue .the manufacture of Model T, for he holds that no'factory is ... large enough'to make two models, Jt was out of the question to put up a new factory—the machine makers of the world could not supply the tools '*• within two years.” Two years ago 81 changes 'were made in Model T. Mr. Crowther en umerates the difficulties involved. “We * set a date to begin changing over. Ths -r planning department had to calculate just the amount of material which would keep production geing ar top speed until that date and then permit production to stop v/ithout having --j any- material left over. We had to design 4,759 punch and dies and 6,990 jigs and fixtures, this amounted to the materials ran to $1,395,596. . . . That is to say, these changes cost us upward to $3,OC-OfCOO. “If you have a mathematical turn of mind, you can estimate the work involved and the money cost of a com- plebe new model, and then add to that the money lost during the time of pro duction. That is not all. In design ing for 2,900,000 units a year, one > must make certain that the materials can be obtained without crowding the market. It has often bden suggested that Ford cars would .look better if they were upholstered in leather. So they would-—'but there are not enough cattle in the world to provide the leather!” At the bottom of the 'fall of sa1(l3 during the first half of the year, l^r. Crowther points out, is the fact that ■ the Ford company is not making ’Model T cars, but is preparing for the innovation in car industry whitfh at some day will be written as an industrial epic. • r /ST * must start school.” , Floods of tears from mother and sponsor it. Naturally all are far peace boy. “Ha shan’t go to a disgusting ele mentary school, so there.” Mollycoddled to ’Manhood' • The autocratic stranger compromis ed, and feminine, snobbery trimuphs. The tearful mamma finds solace in the prospectus ofia dame school at the end of the street, offering “Refined instructions to little boys and giris, by staff of Gentlewomen. Manners and deportment Prominent Features.” Though his destination is but a couple of hundred yards off, his fond mother must see him .to and fro. When the sun shines,’her darling boy must keep his hat on, lest he gets a sunstroke. In light rain ha is sheathed in oilskins. Later on, she ‘‘’Will choose ,------ thing he needs, buy his underclothing, stands. and tell him when to change it. I •• He will have to refuse any Lillet I which will take him too far from home;-by throwing a loud-speaker at him. and she will choose his wife, if, In deed, she allyw him to have one at all. Overdrawn?- Not at all. Scores of such cases exist in every town. It is a dangerous concentration, of the mother-complex. ' A Democratic Game Robert Hunter in New York Scrib ner’s Magazine: Golf has always been the most democratic of sports Com mon land by the sea is* usually called the links; and all of the historic courses—such as Leith, Arunstfield, Musselburgh, Black-heath and St. An drews'—were laid out on community land. The best -players have usually been artisans. . . . Golf in earlier cen- j turies seems to have been the favorite ? I sport of the “common and* meaner sort of people” ..wherever they had easy access to- the links. History is very uncertain as to the origin of the game. There are those who are con vinced that it was imported from Hol land, and it is not unreasonable to be lieve that the Scottish sportsmen of property and position may have brought balls and clubs from Holland knd adapted the Dutch game of Kolf to the links of their native land In any case, It has been the game of the common, for centuries and the chief pastime of the people residing near ..such public ground. I between the two countries, but it is • argued that as there is never any thought of any other condition than peace there is no reason o “put peace - into harness.” It would ba preferable, . many think, to leave relations as they are as the best guarantee of peace be-, tween the two nations. 1 After the failure of the Geneva con ference, the British Government is na turally reluctant to open negotiations with the United States for 160 years’ peace treaty ’because of the fear that such negotiations might fail, and /fail ure, it is pointed out, would be inter preted as meaning that the relations between London aj»d Washington were not so happy as they would seem. ' For the time being at any rate the I Government is not likely to make tany .every- move, the British United. 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Couldh’t Hav$ Horse Sense “That fellow hasn’t a particle horse sense” “How could he when ho‘s a verit able ass?” 01 Lindbergh has been presented With a life pass over the Canadian rail* ways. One can presume, however,, that ho win continue to prefer the air route. ............. A.... 7 V Minard’s Liniment lot fidtn feet* x gome Conservative M.P.’s speak too loudly, asserts a Critic. Labor members complain that a man can’t hear himsoF Interrupt. usl. We believeIt depends largely on the Spur you ...... _____ _ you’ll welcome this suggestion*— tty Purity, the rich, vigorous Flour—-madefrom the finest ^Western wheat Thousands of cooks say Punty Fioui is best for cakes, pies, buns and bread. PURIWFC The Husband Errani London Daily Telegraph. (Cons.) I The lady who is. a director of the Chicago Social Service Bureau Is busy year in, year out, investigating why husbands leave their homes. Dor a long, time past Miss Inderrieden has “handled 50,000 cases of desertion an- nhally.” Yet she remains a believer/ in marriage. It is a confession of faith not less impressive than that of the beadle who, having attended the University sermons for fifty years, thanked God that he was still* a Christian. In all her innumerable cases of fugitive husbands Miss Inder- rieilen vows she has “never heard one first-class excuse.” By this'she seems* to mean proof that the husband arrant had every right and* reason to depart and the wife was Wholly intolerable. There are philosophers” who hold that In every quarrel both sides are to blame, but this impartiality Is too sub lime for the normal human reason. Without pretending to a fraction of Miss Inderrioden’s vast experience of human incompatibility, wo a're pre pared to- maintain that there are cases Of desertion In which the deserted, sometimes husband, sometimes wife, is altogether fight. 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