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The Exeter Advocate, 1898-11-25, Page 6Y,I�CS!„ ire 41�/'.. i" ret JVLLS CLARE PryiCIG,ttiT. 1 ,o7 IIYo n ��yy fl1,p� ea A •4` r+ $• $ ?' P F .FE.NNOO!C "Olt, never :mind," said M. Leriche. "This discovery is something. The man who sold this picture and Dentin are accomplices. Bras°, Bernardet! We oust let M. Ginory know." The examining magistrate was, lie the chief and Bernardet, struck with the resemblance of the portrait to Dan - tin. Isis iirst move would be to quest tion the :prisoner a Lout the picture. Ile would go at once to plazas. Ji. Lerielae sad Bernardet might accompany him, The presence of the police spy might be useful, even necessary. The magistrate and the chief entered a Barre, while Bernardet mounted be- side the driver. Bernardet said noth- lug, although the maax tried to obtain =sae iniorroatien from hint, After orae or two 3acaosyllabic answers the driver mockingly asked: "Are you going to the eouriciere (trap) to tease some fat rat?" ?+S, (them' apd al, feria the talked to. tether of the 'Valkyrie, of Boaceutlh, let it. It is well. Now, whose portrait is that?" '`It is mine'!" "By whom do you think it was pos- sible that it could have been sold in the bric-a-brac shop where it was found?" "I know tenhing about it, Probably foundstoleitm by the men aoun it or fro L Revere's apartment and who is prole ably, without the least doubt, his assns. sin." "That seems very" simple to you?" "Itseems very logical." "Suppose that this should be the ex- act truth, that does not detract front the presumption sAixiclt implicates you and from a lme. Monicheedepositiout which charges yon" -- "Yee yes, I know—tbe open safe, Lae papers spread out, the tete-attete with Revere, when the eel'neierge en- tered the rcom-.—tlxat signifies nothing." "For you perhaps. For j w lee it has a tragic signideatiou. But let us return to the portrait, It was you, I suppose, wbo gavedt to Rovere?" "Yes, it was 1," Dantin responded. t Dentin to remain silent in the presence "Rovere was an amateur iu art; more- of the examining magistrate and his ever, my intimate friend, 1 bad no fem• registrar--iu the secret interview of an ily. I bad an old friend, a companion of examination ---when in order to escape a my youth whom I thought would high- prison, an accusation, be had only to iprize that painting, It is a Me e speak two words? But if Dentin said t cytis by Paul Bentley." c nothing was it because he had nothing "Ahs" said M. Ginory, ""Il B,— to say? If he had given no explanation, these are Bewley"s ithitialS?,, was it because be had zone to give? an "Certainly. After the war, velum I innocent mai does not rennin silent. had done my duty like others --I say this I If at the distant wlteu Ginory press- ithout any iuteutiou of defeneliug my- -Paul Bewley was at Bordeaux. was painting some portraits en pan - after Iiolbeh i—Ednxond About's oug others. He Made mine. It is this One which I gave Rosere--•the one you hold in your hands." The magistrate looked at the small Oval painting, and M- Leriche put on his eyeglasses to examine the quality of the painting. A Baudry! "What are these scratches around the edge as if nails had been drawn across the places:" M. Giuory asked. He held out the portrait to Dantiu. "I do not kuaw. Probably where the fame " was taken oil." "eto, no! They are rough marks, I eau see that. The picture hasbeen lit - CHAPTER XIII.. "I do not know," thought Bernardet as he returner] Mute. "What cue knows very well ireked, what one cannot deny. Oh, tbat would be impossible! Is that on the retitle of the (lead man's eye, ee- deoted there at the supreme moment of the agony? Is there found the image of this Dantin, bis face, his features—this maxi, in a word, denounced by this wit- ness which is worth .all other witnesses in the world: This assassinated pian east a last look upon his murderer ashe called for eid—a last ery for help. the death rattle. And this man says, `I do not know,' But the .dead man anew, axid the kodak knows also, It has no feaeeion, no auger, without hate, hetatuse it registers what passes; fixes that which is fleeting." Bernardet was obstinate in his con= rooted in't 'cti n. Heperfectlyz , vz o as What if he had not persisted in believ- ing that photography would reveal the truth? What weighty reason, what even aeeeptable one, was therewhieh obliged "BO Iraot portrm!fft."a J,acgeees Aladin de*' and the chief a-1 e+l, the: unit pelitenese, for news alai= his c ludiilature to the Ae;Ideuly of Moroi and Political taci- "Da not let us talk of the institute," the !magistrate replied, "It is like the lhegiuuin„ of a hunt to sigh for the prize that brings unhappiness." the :dazes, opened 1.r pile,h . The i»onl e , p its doors to the three uheu. They trav- ersed the long corridors, with the heavy air whielx pervaded thele in spite of all worts to the contrary, to a small room, sparselyfurnished(a table, a few chsirs, a glass bookcase), which served as an office for the examining magistrates when they had to hold. any interviews with the prisoners. The guardian in chief walked along with M. Giuory; M. Leriche followed them, and Bernardet respectfully brought up the rear. "Bring in Jacques Dentin," 11i:, Gi- nory ordered. He seated himself at the: table. 1L Leriche took a chair at one side, and Bernardet stood near the little bookcase, which was next the only win. dow iu the room. Jacques Dentin soon appeared, led in by two guards in uniform. He was very pale, but still retained hi haughty air and his deIIantattitude. The magistrate saluted him with.a slight movement of the head, and Dentin bowed, recogniz- ing in Bernardet the man with whom he had walked and conversed behind Revere's funeral car. "Be seated, Dentin," M. Ginory said, "and explain to me, Ibeg, all you know about this portrait. You ought to recog- nize it." He quickly held the picture before Dantin's eyes, wishing to scrutinize his face to see what sudden emotion it would display. Seeing the portrait, Dentin shivered and said ' in a short tone, "It is a picture which I gave to Revere." "Ah," said M. Ginory, "you recog- nize it then?" "It is my portrait," Jacques Dentin declared. "It was made a long time ago. Rovere kept it in his salon. How did it come here?" "Ah!" again said the magistrate. "Explain that to me!" M. Ginory seemed to wish to be a little ironical. But Dantiu roughly said: "M. le Juge, I have nothing to ex- plain to you. I understand nothing, I know nothing. Or, rather, I know that in your error—au error which you will bitterly regret some day or other, I am sure—yon have arrested me, shut me np in Mazes, but that which I can as- sure you of is that I have bad nothiug— sie you bear, nothing—whatever to do with the murder of my friend, and I protest with all my powers against your processes." "I comprehend that," M. Ginory. coldly replied. "Oh, I understand all the disagreeableness of being shut up within four walls. But then it is very simple. In order to go out one bas only to give to the one who has a right to know the explanations which are asked. Do you still persist in your system? Do you still insist on keeping 1 know not what secret, which you will not reveal to us?" "I shall keep it, monsieur. I have re - fleeted," said Dentin. "Yes, I have ee- 1 fleeted, and in the solitude to which you have forced me I have examined I :my conscience." He spoke with firin- ness, less violently than at the Petals de justice, and Bornardet's penetrating little eyes never left his face; neither did the magistrate's nor the chief's. "I am persuaded," Dantin continued, "that this miserable mistake cannot last long and you will recognize the truth. 1 x shall go out, at least: from here" with- out ,having abused a confidence which GM has placed in me and which I in- tend to, preserve." "Yes," said M. Ginory, `"perfectly. I know your system. You will hold to Nice the ivory button the other day the nhall had been able to defend hul- self, would he not bave done it? Quo knew the storet reason of criminals for keeping silent. Tueir best reason is their guilt. Only it seemed now certain that Dan - tin, although guilty, bad an aecampliee ryes, without doubt, the nhau with the sombrero, the seller of the portrait Where eould he now be in hiding? "ttiot easy." Bernardet repeated the words, "Nut eatty ; no, not easy at ail to run hint out of Iris rabbit hutch." They woman in black, the visitor, would be Gunther important clew. On this side the situation seemed a simper one. Or was thiswineau also au accom- plice, and would she retuaiu silent, hblt orally torn from the frame, You ought I den in the prevulte : Or would the to know how this pnuel was framed, death of Bee, to draw her to Paris, "Very siniply when I gave it to Re- where she I:i.elf be rtcognited and be - Pere. :'. narrow gilt frame, nothing ceu11' . wine • for justie G: more." But the (Les- !based. Wliat was call - "Had Rovere changed the frame?' ed the my- re c,i: they Boulevard de "I do not know. 1 do not remember. Wbeu I was ar bis apartment the last few times, I !lo not remember to have seen tbo Baudry. I bave thought of it, but I !lave no recollection of it," "Then you cannot furnish any infer - sol this i about the man mint sold mat an .. lea portrait?" "None whatever!" "We migba; bring yon lana to face with that woman." "So be it! She certainly would not recognize me." "In any case, she will tell ns about the man who brought the portrait to her.,, "She might describe him to me scout rately, and even paint him forme," said Dautin quickly. "She can neither in- sinuate that I know him nor prove to you that I am his accomplice. I do not know who he is or from where he in advance of trial, and these latter comes. I was even ignorant of his exist- ardently took up his defense. Paul Ro- meo myself a quarter of an hour ago." dier had even, with much dexterity and eloquence, diplomatically written two articles, one on either side of the ques- tion. "It is," he said to himself, "the sure way of baying told the truth on one side or the other." Bernardet did not renounce for an in- stant the hope of finding the man who had sold the picture. It was not the first time that he had picked the needle from a cartful of hay. Paris is large, but this human sea has its particular currents, as the ocean has special tides, and the police officer knew it well. Here or there some day he would meet the man, cast up by the torrent like a waif. First of all, the man was probably a stranger from some foreign land. Wear- ing a hat like a Spaniard, he had not had time to change the style of dress of the country from which he had come in search of adventures. Bernardet haunted the hotels, searched the regis- ters, made conversation with the lodg- ers. He found poor persons who bad come from foreign countries, but whose motives for coming to Paris were all right. Bernardet never stopped search- ing a moment. He went everywhere, curious and prying, and it pleased him, when he found a leisure evening, to, go to some of the strange wineshops or alehouses (celled cabarets) to find sub- jects for observation. These cabarets are very numerous on the outskirts of Montmartre, in the streets and boule- vards at the foot of the Butte, bizarre inventions, original and disagreeable creations where the ingenuity of the en- terprisers sometimes made them hideous in order to attract, to cater to the idle and to hold the loungers from among the higher olasses; cabarets born of the need for novelty which might stimulate the blase, the demand for something. eccentric almost to morbid irony, a dance Macabre trod to the measures of an operetta, pleasantries of the bun- glers adopting the cure ells of the saw- bones and juggling with their empty heads while dreaming the dreams of a Hamlet. Cabaret du Squelette! The announcement of the droll prom- ises—apparitions, visions, phantoms had often made him smile when he had passed near there to go to the prefecture —thiswineshop, the front of which was bordered with black, like a letter an- nouncing a death, and which bore, grat- ing as it swung at the end of an iron rod, a red lantern • for a sign. His littlo girls, when he laughingly. spoke of the cabaret where the waiters Were dressed like undertakers' assist- ants, turned pale, and plump little. Mme. Bernardet, ordinarily smiling,' Would say, with a sigh, "Is it possible that snob sacrilegious things are per- mitted in the quarter?"' Bernardet good naturedly replied, "Ab, my dear, where is the harm?" Clirllw elhutiixtieti to interest and excite the public. Vhdeut;ma perplexing par- liauieutery ti seehssions could not dis- tract attentk'u from a crime committed in broad daylight, almost, as one might say, in the ler, tt, mad which made one the cite, a efl]- of tit It th do t• the security , doubt y. oieuey of the police. The fall of a min- istry, predicted each morning and an- ticipated in .advance, could not thrust aside morbid interest in this murder. The death of the ea -consul was a grand. actuality. Jacques Dentin thus became a dra- matic personage. The reporters created legeuds about him. some declared him guilty and brought up in support of their conviction some anecdotes, some tales from the clubs, given as proofs; others asked if the suppositions were sufficiently well based to acouso a man "I have only to remand you to your cell," said the magistrate. "We will hunt for the other man." Dentin, in his turn, said in an iron- ical tone, "And you will do well!" M. Giuory mad° a sign. The guards led out their prisoner. Then, looking at the chief, while Bernardet still remain- ed standing like a .soldier near the win- dow, the magistrate said: "Until there are new developments, Dentin will say nothing. We must look for the man in the sombrero." "Necessarily!" said M. Leriche. "The needle! The needle! And the haystack!" thought Bernardet. The chief, smiling, turned toward him. "That belongs to you, Bernardet." "I know it well," said the little man, "but it is not easy. Oh 1 It is not easy at all." "Bah. You have unearthed more difficult things than that. Do it up brown. There is only one clew—the hat"— "They are not uncommon, those bats, M. Leriche. They are not very bad hats. But yet it is a clew If we live, we shall see." He stood motionless between the bookcase and the window, like a soldier carrying arms, while M. Ginory, shak- The chief, smiling, turned toward hint. ing his bead, said to the chief, "And this Dantin—what impression did he make on you?" "Ile is a little crack brained, " replied the chief.. - - "1 know what I aux talking about," his good wife said. "They Are the pleas- ure of the unhealthy minded. They mock at death asthey mock at every. thing else. Where will it all end? We shall see it" --- "Or we shall not see it," interrupted her husband laughingly, [To ISE cONTINWF..D.1 PHYSICAL TRAINING. Its Value ns a Preventive and Oure of i'ninaonary Diseases,. Dr, E. Fletcher bagels of Ohicago, iu a paper with this title, said that the absence of systematic study by physi- cians and the very meager literature compelled him to be somewhat dogmatic in his paper. One of the most common obe.rya ions made by medical Men, be said, was that the long, narrow, flat chested individual was the one liable to the development of tuberculosis and that in patients presenting this form of chest the chances for recovery were re- duced to a minimum, This observation he considered., spill- °lent to suggest that systematicphysical training in siding the developwent of the respiratory musoies, thoracic walls and pulmonary capacity would be of great service in preventing tuberculosis and in curing its early stages. Collapsed air cells, he said, furnished a most fa - 'Parable nidus for the development of tuberculosis. Therefore for the preven- tion of the disease measures Should be adopted to expand the lungs and briug. the air cells into the beat passible work- ing Qonditiou. He thought it probable that in most cases there wag an early tuberculous loQalized alMroia, diminishing the nutri- tion of the parts and making them snore susceptible to the tubercle bacilli and their toxins. Of the large percentage of the human family said to be affected by tuberculosis (80 per cent), the majority recovered, even when the disease nf1eet- ed the lungs, it not proviug fatal iu. more than 12 per cent. IIs stated that in most of those who recovered the disease bad made but lit- tle progress, and that it wes only at autopsy after death from other causes that its presence was detected, iu view of which it was the physician's duty to recommend measure:" likely to strength. en tbo rest ting power of the lung.,. The beneficial influence of a bigh alti- tude the eousidered probably due to the increased disteusiou of the air vessels, and that as a menus of prophylaxis the first measure should he to teaob the pa- tient to breathe deeply. Careful physical training, he said, was of the greatest importance, It being long,uarrow, flat cheat• or hon rr si 1 f t p 0 S b e , ed to increase tbe expansion of the chest two or three inches, improve the form! and inoreaso the circumference. He be lieved it possible by physical develop- ment to cheek the process of tuberoulosis when it had become established in the chest and to promote recovery. "Certainly. But guilty—you believe him guilty?" "Without doubt," "Would you condemn him?" he quickly asked as lie gazed searchingly at the chief. M. Leriche hesitated. "Would you condemn him?" M. Gi- nory repeated insistently. The chief still hesitated a moment, glanced toward the impassive Bernardet without being able to read his face, and he said: "I do not know." COMMERCIAL ENGLISH. ALL ABOUT TURKEYS THE WILD BLRD AND SEVERAL QTHER SPECIES, the me:dean Turkey and the Melees►,- grit Ocellata—Turkey Breeding and Fattening—""Foundry Feeding" and Its Effect on. the F+`laver, [Copyright, MIS. by the Author.] Those wise teen termed ornithologists say there are only two separate and dis- tinct species of turkeys,, though admitting the existence of puny crosses and varia- tions caused by domestication. One of the two species allowed by the wise men Is now commonest in Mexico, they say, though formerly fried nearly everywhere in the temperate and in much of the trop- ical part of North America. It is in turn divided into two varieties—the northern wild turkey, once common from Maine to Texas, and the Mexican turkey, supposed- ly the progenitor of the common barnyard fowl. The second species known to the orni- thologists is the Meleagris oceiia. ta, mele- agris being the jaw breaking seientido name for turkey and ocellata being added to show that birds of this species wear feathers adorned with glistening, eye slap - ad esd !}pats, much like these that ran Hent the tail feathers of peacocks. This variety of turkey is found chiefly in Central Anter - Ica and among the unlearned is known as the Bonduras turkey. It is much einaller than rho wild turkey of the States and shier, but not so clever, Lifelong turkey hunters, however, ig- nore the scientiilo olassifleations. They say there are four distinct races et turkeys In the United 'States. The first is clearly identical with the northern wild turkey. termed hieleagris gallapavo americana by the ornitbologists, and tbo second is un- daubtedly the same as the Meleagris nlox- toana and is called. the Rooky mountain turkey by the hunters. They tell of a t, Third variety, found only in Texas and northeastern Isiexieo, and a fourth, the Florida turkey, inuolt smaller and hand - lamer than any of the others, which is found only in the peninsula tbat stretches Cubaward. 'The ]hunters seam to know nothing of the Honduras turkey, but it may be that it and tine Florida bird are the =MG. Although nobody in the old world seems to have known anything about the turkey Warning to Those Who Would Send Trade Cirenlnrn Abroad. Manufacturers who wish to do an ex- port business must have their circulars and catalogues translated into foreign languages, says Engineering, but care should be taken that the •translator is not only a good linguist, but also an ex- pert in the partioular business to which the documents to be translated refer, Otherwise the translation is apt to be a matter of ridicule to those to whom it is sent. We cannot well give an instance to show how an English circular might be translated into bad German, for exam- ple, but the! London Engineer gives us the following illustration of a transla- tion from another language into English, which is probably no worse than many translations from English. We pique ourselves," says the cir- cular, "on making you known that the sale of the -- has, by us, undertaken. This preparated, exclusively arranged by some vegetables, is entirely spoiled about something hurtful to the steam boiler blades. By our preparated every calcareous substance is neutralized, re- ducing it to power, and at the same time steam boiler blades are conserved from the usual corrosion, not only, but the ebullition, is totally avoided, as it appears about some very interesting ex- periments, which have been made in several establishments." In conclusion the circular adds, "To be willing, this preparated may be de- composed." TmUt Y. TUE WILD z: until after A erice w as discovered, it was thought to Le a native of Turkey for a hundred or two years subsequent, proba- bly from its uamo, tbougb as the name 4'cook of India" was also applied, and like- wise "Guinea benne," thorn woromany hot disoussions as to its origin, many believ- ing it came from Hindustan, while others considered Africa to be its original home beyond the shadow 0f a doubt. When the claims of Turkey and India and the Guinea coast were investigated, however, all fell to the ground, those of India collapsing first from the ourlous fact that the Hindoo name of the bird is "pent," pronounced exactly as the South American country whose spelling is tho. same, From this it would seem that the first turkeys to reach the old world might have been taken thither from South America, reaching Europe via India, Tur- key and Egypt, though this is only con• feature based on what might be termed the evidence of nomenclature. As to the naming of the bird, wild tur- key hunters say it could by no means have been derived from the land of the sultan, but that it is clearly an imitation of the wild bird's call of "turk, turk, turk 1" Persons familiar with the wild turkey's flavor declare it much better than that of the farm grown bird and say the superi- ority is duo to the pungent berries, spicy nuts and aromatic seeds which form the diet of the former, yet the fact remains that the prices realized by certain stand- ard turkey breeders aro generally higher than can he obtained forth() choicest wood bred. birds. As a matter of frozen truth, however, a fat turkey is mighty good eat- ing wherever he is raised, and there are thousands of turkey gormands in the United Status who caro not a rap whether the Thanksgiving bird is eastern, western, southern or even Canadian, so long as it's turkey. Canadian turkeys, by the way, are gen- erally sold in the New York markets as Philadelphia birds. When I say Canadian turkeys, I refer only to the circumstance of birth, for such birds destined for mar- kets in the United States are almost in- variably fattened in Vermont, whither they are shipped chiefly from the province of Quebec. The gathering of the turkeys is a pic- turesque operation. Breeding turkeys for the "American market" is a great indus- try among the French "inhabitants." They rarely attend to the fattening of the birds, however, feeding them little or nothing at all after the feathers begin to form, but allowing them to run virtually wild and get their living the best way they can. ` By Sept. 1 they are ready for the buyers, invariably Yankees, eaoh of whom has a route which he travels over every fall, taking all birds offered at suoh,prioes ,.as can be agreed upon. It is, the buyer's austere generally to begin on his route at the point farthest from the American Pokey. A citizen, while crossing Fort street at Griswold, picked from the crosswalk a Yale lock key with a tag attachment on which was pen printed in capital letters the word "Pokey." He was wondering over the significance ot. the word when the loser of the key hap- pened along in search of it. As the two men were old friends, the key was banded over to its rightful owner. "Excuse my curiosity," said the finder of the key, "to know the purport of that word upon the tag." "Certainty," came the reply. "The key un]ocks my postoffice box. 'P. 0.' stands for postoffice; "k•e-y,' key. Post office key. See?" Then the two citizens hurriedly start-` ed in opposite directions, each with a broad grin on his face. Mr. Beerbohm Tree relates an amus- ing story about a boisterous -voyage from New York. He was lying in his cabin. The luggage and fittings were fly- ing round. The vessel was rolling terri- bly. Suddenly there was an extra special lurch: Mr. Tree was knocked to the floor by a heavy weight and lay half stunned. On fully recovering his senses he looked' to see what it was that had felled him. It was an admirable con- trivance and was sharked, in bold let- ters, "Life Saving Apparatus."e-Lon- don Globe. Coal is a storehouse of colors, medi- sines, perfumes and explosives, eery!, however, and long before the greet Thursday in November the hungry birds from Canada are transformed into perfect marvels of ineleagrldean toothsomeness. They raise and fatten turkeys differently In California,, where, placed in charge ot herders, in fiooka of from 500 to 5,000, they range over hill and dale during youth, accumulating a foundation of bardiness on which to superpose the need- ed additionsof fat. When the wheat and the barley and other grains bave been bar- vested, the birds are turned in "on the stubble," where they soon round, them - Selves out on fallen grain whice wou otherwise be wasted. Turkey raising and fattening are carried on in Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin and, in fact, nearly all the states of the middle west much after themethod adopted in. 1'atza retioNzE Tintiih;R', Canada and "Vermont --that is, the farmers raise great numbers, but rarely fatten any. Tbo preparation of the birds for the mar- ket is done by the owners of "turkey foun- dries" or nhametotb coops, each capable of accommodating a young army of mete= agridah. Collection of turkeys for "foun- dry feeding" begins at about the same time as iht Canada, but the birds are talon to the "foundries"Wilgons and not driven, and fattening by more gr leas -SO' entMAprocesses is carried on from tho Batt of the first turkey's reeeption till the end of the season. Tho flavor of the birds when brought tc the table depends in largo measure, of course, upon the food wherewith they are fed, and it is only fair to state that yeas by year the turkey founders are becoming experter in their selection thereof and that nowadays Fonio"toundry fed birds" ars quite equal to the ohoicost that can any Where be bought, QS$QIth' SPR ora. T1so original', Recipe -1050. "Take about halfe a pouted ot Puni- pion," Faith ye oldo booke. "and slice 15, a handful of Tymo, a little Rosemary, Parsley, and Sweet etargoranl. slipped off tbo staikes, and chop them anal, then talo Gluaxuon, Nutmeg, Pepper, and six Cloves, and beat thein, then Mx diem, and beat thele altogether and put in as much sugar as you think fit, then fry thorn lik° a froiz; after it is fryed lab it stand til it be cold, then f111 your Pyo; take sliced Apples with Currans betwixt the layer while your Pyo is fitted, and put in a good deal of sweet butter before you otoso it; whoa the Pye Is baked take six yelks of eggs, some white wino of Vergis. and make a Caudle of this but not too thicket out up the lid and put it in; stir thein well together, whilst the Eggs and Pumpions be not perceived, and so serve It up." (Copyright, Ms, by the Author.] The leaflets are gleaming In russet and red. The turkey is dreaming In peace overhead. The butternut patters In nature's gray lap, The red squirrel chatters, The pancake's on tap; From Rome to Nantucket We dance and we cheer And bet our last ducat Thanksgiving is here! The hunting dog circles While whisking his tail, The farmer bedirkles The pig without fail, The crow's wildly cawing High over the wood, The housemaid is pawing The dough for the "pod," The football is bounding O'er fields that are sere, And every born's sounding, "Thanksgiving is here!" The choreboy is pumping The cow that looks glum, The partridge is thumping Away on his drum, .The "pumpkin is glowing. The bloom's on the pie, The chill wind 1s blowing, The overcoat's nigh, And by the haze curtain That hangs o'er the welr We're morally certain Thanksgiving is here! NARRAGANSETT TIIREEYS. boundary line. As'tho buyer collects his turkeys they are driven by boys in droves along the roads toward "the States," some of which contain from 1,000 to 2,000 birds by the time the line is reached and ex- tend over half a mile of highway. Des Rivieres used to be a great point for rail- way shipment of turkeys to Vermont and probably still bas that distinction. Though well grown and hardy, the, turkeys are mostly lean when unloaded from the cars in the Green Mountain State and of pre olsely the wrong type apparently to fur- nish good Thanksgiving eating Vermont; folk are "master ,hands" at feeding tar - Then let us be thankful And let us be gay- Oh, let us be prankful And sing all the day! Though frail as a wishbone Is joy such as this, Let's cling to tbe wishbone And pudding in bliss And hail the cranberry, The Kohinoor's Peer, And eat and be merry— Thanksgiving is here! R. K. MUNKITTRICK,