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Exeter Advocate, 1904-10-27, Page 61 R} tit$. ,. tel rrlm 'ri'P'm'AM4rt^t-str;r, trr,'rSrjrisirerre Iic ricc f Libcrty OR, A MIDNIGHT , CALL JJ ,1111 1 IOW "" . 1_•�...J nun "d=iu$ t 1. 1n 11 1M111r117n1U1X Uutrin r 1T Rut in147111 Mgt CUTA:PTJ Jt X C. The lamps gleamed upon the dusty statuary and pio;:uresand faded flow- ers in the hall, they glinted upon a long polished oak casket there repos- ing upon trestles. Ever and anon a servant would peep in and vanish again as if ashamed of stomething. The house was deadly quiet now, for Mrs. Henson had fallen asleep worn out with exhaustion, and Enid had instantly stopped the dreadful clam or of the bell. The silence that fol- lowed was almost as painful'as the Iroise had been. One the coffin we?e wreaths of flow- ers, Enid sat in the drawing -room with the door ore, where she could see everything, but was herself un- seen. She was getting terribly, ar- scions and nervous again; the hour was near eleven, and the hearse might arrive at any time. She would know no kind of peace until she could get that hideous mockery out of the house. She sat listening thus, straining her ears to catch the slightest sound. Suddenly there came a loud clamor at the front door, au imperative knocking that caused Enid's heart to come into her mouth. Who could it bo? 'What stranger had passed the dogs in that way? Sho• heard crabbed, sour, but cour- ageous old Williams .go to the door. She heard the clang of bolts and the rattle of chains, and then a weird cry from Williams. A voice respond- ed that brought Enid, trembling and livid, into the hall. A young lean With a dark, exceedingly handsome face and somewhat effeminate mouth stood there, with eyes for nothing but the shining, flower -decked casket on the trestles. IIe seemed beside himself with rage and grief; he might Leave been a falsely imprisoned con- vict face to face with the real cul- prit. "Why, didn't you let me know?" he cried. "Why, didn't you let me know?" His voice rang in the roof. Enid flew to his side and placed her hand upon his lips. "Your mother is asleep, Frank," she said. "She has had no sleep for three nights. A long rest may be the means of preserving her sanity. Why did you come here?" The young man laughed silently. It was ghastly mirth to see, and it, brought the tears into Enid's eyes. She had forgotten the danger orf the young man's presence. "I heard that Chris was ill," he said. "They told me that she was dying. And I could not keep away. And now I havo come too late. Oh, Chris, Chris!" He fell on his knees by the side of the coffin, his frame shaken by tear- less sobs. Enid bit her lips to • keep back the words that rose to them. She would have given much to have spoken the truth. But at any hazard ehe must remain silent. She waited WI the paroxysm of grief had passed away, then she touched the intruder gently, on the shoulder. "There is great danger for you in.. this house," she said. "What do I caro for danger when Chris lies yonder?" "But. dear Frank, there are others to consider besides yourself. There is your mother, for instance, Oh, you ought not to have come here to- night. If your -father knew!" My father? He would be the last person in the world to know. And what cares he about anything, so long as he has his prints and his paintings? He has no feelings, no heart, no soul, 1 may say." "Frank, you must go at once. Do you , know that Reginald Henson is here? He has ears like a hare; it will he nothing less than a miracle union; he hears your voice. And The young titan was touched at last. The look of grief died out of his eyes and a certain terror filled them. "I think that I should have come . in any case," he whispered. "I don't want to bring any further trouble upon you, Enid, but I wanted to see the last of her. I came here, and some of the dogs remembered me. If not, I might have had no occasion to trouble you. And 1 won't stay, Owing that Henson is here. Let me have something to remember her by;. let me look into her room for a mo- ment. If you only knew how I loved. her! And you look as if you had no grief at all." Enid started guiltily. She had quite forgotten her role, for the time. Indeed, there was something unmis- takably like relief on her face as she heard the porter's bell ring from the lodge to the house. Williams shuffled away, muttering that. he would be more useful in the house than out of it just now, but a glance from Enid subdued him. Presently there came the sound of wheels on the gravel outside. "They have come for the -'the' cof- fin," Enid murmured. "Frank,, it would be best for you to go. Go upstairs, if you like; you know the way. Only, don't stay here.. The young man went off dreamily. A. heavy grief dulled and blinded his senses; ho walked along like one who wanders in his sleep. Christiana's room door was open and a lamp was there. There were dainty knick- knacks on the .dressing -table, a vase or two of faded flowers—everything that denotes the presence of refined and gracious womanhood. Frank Littimer stood there looking rouna him for some little time. On a table by the 'bedside stood a phot- ograph of a girl in a silver frame. Littimer pounced upon it hungrily. It was a good picture—the best of Ohristiana's that he had ever seen. He slipped out into the corridor and gently closed the door 'behind him. Then he passed along with his whole gaze fixed on the portrait. The girl seemed to be smiling out of the frame at him. $e had loved Chris- tiana since she was a child; he felt that he had never` loved her so much as at this moment. Well, lie had something to remember her by—he had not come here in vain. It seemed impossible yet to realize that Christiana was dead, that he would never look into her sunny face again. No, he would wake up pre- sently and find it had all been a 'dream. And how 'liferent to the last time he was here. He had been smuggled into - the house, and he had occupied the room with the oak door. He— The room with the oak door open- ed and a big man with a white bandage round his throat stood there with tottering limbs and an ugly smile on his loose mouth. Littimer started back. "Reginald," he exclaimed, "I didn't expect to see you here, or—" "Or you would never have dared to come?" Henson said, hoarsely. "I heard your voice and I was bound to give you a welcome, even at consid- erable personal inconvenience. Yelp me back to bed again. And now, you insolent young dog, how dare you show your face here?" "I came to see Chris," Littimer said, doggedly. "And :C came too late. Even if I had known that ` I was going to meet you I should have been here all the same. Oh, I know what you are going to say; 1 know what you think. And some clay I shall break out and defy, you to your worst." Henson smiled as one night do at the outbreak of an angry child. His eyes flashed and his tongue spoke words that Littimer fairly cowed bo - fore. And yet he did not show it. He was like a boy who has found a stone for the man who stands over him with the whip. With quick in- tuition I.ienson . saw this, and in a me'nsure his Manner changed. "You will say' next that you are not afraid of me," he suggested. "Well," Littimer replied, slowly; "I ant not so much afraid of you as I was." "AM so you imagine that you have discovered something?" Nen t yhr X0 }!gestic) and Reg'iiato the Action of the Bowels You past Use Or, Chase's ,id ey-ever Pins The Creat Specific for Liver and Kidney Diseases. It is clic liver that is largely re- sponsible for indigestion and co nsti- aaarr1 dcrnn cuitS that are acol- stant source of trouble, '] he bile, which, when left in tlio blood, is a poison to the system, eausing biliousness, Headache and meekly complexion, becomes of price- less a - loss valuewhen passed into the rn teetines to aid digestion and ensure regular action of the bnwels. The Healthy liver separates bile from the blood and sends it into the intestines. IR 'SOU FIND YOUR LIVER ST,i'tl'C4GXS;E1 AND TORRID IN AC ,TIOIT DI`.,. CHASE'S XIDNE'9i- LXVER. RILLS WILL 1311X11/411, -r` LIEF .A.N]D CURE MORE 'ICOM P CL`Y` T .Aid ANY TREAT- lvfENT 'Si'oV COULD x! 'IND, I3y enlivening the aetion of the liver they remove the cause of bilious- ness, headache, indigestion, constipa- tion and other accompanying synnp- tones. This specific action of Dr. Chase's Kidney -Liver Pills on the liver is what male aqtam '11 of sog n•oat worth as a family medicine and ensures them a lasting place in the home, Mr. Rogers Clancy, farmer, °hep- stoWe, Bruce County, Ont., writes:— "I x hay e used Dr. Ch ases Kidney - LinerLiver Pills, and would say that there is no medicine that equals them as a cure for stowed/1 troubles, biliousness, torpid liver and • headache. I ' was trotified agneat deal -with these ail - Merits before using Dr. Chase's Kid- noy-Liver Pills, and they Have proven Wondlerfully stleerasfu;l in my ease," Orbe sill a dose at betltitele and Dr. Cliasee Kidney -Liver tills will we- enie healthful, regular action of kid- neys, liver and bowels; 2t1 cents a bolt, at all dealers, or l 'dmanson, Bates as Co., 'Eorohto, The ison'traie atd signature of Dr, A. W. Chase, the famous receipt bools author, are Ot every box. Littiuter apparently struggled bo- tween a prudent desire for silence. and a 'di:sposi'tion to speak, The sheer on the Bare of his oueibty 'fairly mad- dened him. "Yee," he said, with a note of ela- tion. rti his voice, "I have made a discovery, but I am net going to tell you how or Where my discovery is. But I've fouled Van Snack." A shade of whiter pallor memo over Henson's face. Then his eyes took on a Murderous, purple, -black gleam. All the same, his vette was quite steady as he replied. "I'M afraid that is: not likely to benefit you much, he said. "Would you mind banding me that oblong black book from the dressing -table ? I want you to do something for me. What's that?" There was just thefaintest sugges tion of a sound outside: It was Enid listening with all her ears. She had not been long in discovering what had happened. Once the ghast- ly farcical incurables was oft her shoulders she had followed Littimer upstairs. As she passed Henson's room the drone of voices struck on her ears. She stood there and listen- ed. Sho would have given much for this not to have happened,' but everything happened for the worse in that accursed house. But Henson's last words were enough for herr. She gathered her skirts together and flew dawn the stairs. In the hall Williams stood, with a grin : on Ms face, pensively scraping his chinwith a dry fore- finger. "Tow what's . the matter, miss?" ho asked. "Don't ask questions," Enid cried. "Go and get nee the champagne nip- pers. The champagne nippers at once. If you can't find them, than bring me a pair of pliers. Them come to me on the leads outside the bath -room. It's a matter of life and death." CITAPTER XXL, David did not appear in the least surprised; indeed, he was long since past that emotion. Before the bot- tom of the mystery was reached a great many more strange things were pretty sure to happen. "So you bought that cigar -case yourself?" he said. "Indeed, I did," Ruth answered eagerly. "0f course, I have long known you by name and I have read pretty well all your tales,. I—I lilted your work so much." David was flattered. The shy, sweet admiration in Ruth's eyes touched him. "And I was very giad to meet you," Ruth went on. "You see, wo all liked your stories. And we knew one or two people who had met you, and gradually you became like a friend of ours—Enid and Chris and myself, you. understand. Then a week or two ago I came down to Brighton with my uncle to settle all about taking the house here. And 1 happened to be in Lockhart's buying something when you came in and asked to see the cigar -case. I recog- nized you -from your photographs, and I was interested. Of course, I thought no more of it at the time, until Enid came up to London and told me all about the synopsis, and how strangely the heroine's case in your proposed story was like hers. Enid wondered how you were going to get the girl out of her difficulty, and I jokingly suggested that she had better ask you. She accepted the idea quite seriously, saying that if you had a real, plausible way out of the trouble you might help her. And gradually our scheme was evolv- ed. You were not to know, because of the possible danger to yourself." "At the' hands of Reginald Henson, of course?" "Yes. Our scheme took a long time, but we got it worked out at last. We decided on the telephone because eve thought that we could not be traced that way, never imag- ining for a moment that you could get the number o your caller over the trunk line. Enid came up to town, and worked the telephone, Chris was in No. 218, and I brought the money." "You placed that cigar -case on my doorstep?" • "Yes, I was wound up for any- thing. It was 1 whom. you saw rid- ing the bicycle through Old Steine; it was 1 who dropped the card of in- structions.' It seems . a shameful thing to say and to do now, but I— well, I enjoyed it at the time. And T did it for the sake of my friends. Do 1 look like that, sort of a. girl, Mr, Steel?" David glanced into the beautiful shy eyes with just the suggestion of laughter in them. "You look all thist is loyal and good and true,""And exclaimed. I don't think I ever admired you quite so notch as I do at this mo- ment." Ruth, laughed and looked clown. There was something in David's ;lance that thrilled her and gave her a sense of happiness she would have found it hard to describe. "I am so glad you do not despise me," she whispered. "Despise you! David cried, "Why? 11 you only knew how 1', well, how x loved you! Don't be angry. 1 mean every word that I say; nay feel- ings for you are as pure as your own. heart. If you could care for me as you do for those others 1: should a friend c hv• fvd ed.. , have "Youu have made me care for you very much indeed, Mr. Steel," Ituth rih.ispered, "-Call mo David— How nice my plain name sounds from your lips. and David.But Ruth ar ' t 1 must hold myself in hand for the present, Still I am glad you like me." 'Well, you have been so good and kind, We have clone, you a great deal of injury and you hover Warned us. And you ate just the roan 1 have .always pictured as the man 1 c0ultl, love, David.!'' ."Well, it Was only one little kiss, and I'm Sure nobody saw es, dear. And later on, when you ,are tiny "Don't you think we had better keep So business for the present?" thtth said, clef erely. "Perhaps, 'There is nue little point that yoan ,must defer gip before we go any farther. How did you manage to furnish thwso two big dining - rooms exactly alike,?" "Why, the furniture is them. At the too of the house,, in alarge attic, all the' furniture is stored.', "13ut the agent told me it had been removed." He: was wrong. You can't expect the agent to recollect everyth'in'g about a house. The place belonged to the lady whom we may call .Airs.. Margaret Henson at one thne. When her beano scheme fell through, she sold cue house as it was, In the other she stored the furniture. Enid keew of all this, of course. We inane aged to get a latchkey to fit 218, and Enid and a man did the rest. Her idea was to keep you in the dark as mueli as possible. After the interview the furniture was put back again, and there you are." "Diplomatic and clever, and decid- edly original, not to say feminine. Tn the light of recently, acquired knowledge I eau quite see why your friends desired to preserve their sec- ret. But they: need .riot have taken all those precautions. Had they written----" "`They; dared not. They were fear- ful as to what might become of the reply." "But -they might have come to me- openly. "Again, they dared not for your sake. You kuow a great deal, Dav- id, 'fruit. there is darkness and trouble and wickedness yet that 1 dare not speak of. 'And- you are • in danger. Already Reginald Henson. has shown you what he can do." "And yet he doesn't know every, - thin verything;" David smiled. "He may have stabbed ine in tho back, but he is quite' ignorant as to what advice I gave to Enid Henson, which brings tireback to the cigar -case. You saw me looking at it in Lockhart's. Go on.' = - "Yes, I watched you with a. great deal of curiosity. Finally you went off out of the shop saying that you could not afford to buy the cigar - case, and I thought no more of the, matter for a time. Then we found I out all about your private affairs. Oh, I am ashamed almost to go on." The dainty, little face grew crim- son; the hand in David's trembled. "But we were desperate. And, af- ter all, we were doing no harm. It was just then that 'the idea of the cigar -case came into my mind. We knew that if wo could get you to take that money it would only be as a. loan, 1 suggested the gift of the case as a memento of the occasion. I purchased that case with my own money, and I placed it with its con- tents ontents on 'the doorstep of your house " "Did you watch it all the time?" "No, I didn't. But I was satisfied that nobody passed, and I was sum- ciently near to hear your door open at the hour ap'poietod. Of course, we had carefully rehearsed the tele- phone conversation, and I knew ex- actly what to do." David sat very thougbtfully for some time time. "The case must have been chang- ed," he said. "It is very difficult to say how, but there is no other logi- cal solution of the matter. At about half -past twelve on that eventful night you placed on my doorstep a gun-metal cigar -case, mounted in dia- monds that you had purchased from Lockhart's?" "Yes, and the very one that you admired. Of that I am certain." "Very well. I take that case with me to 218, Brunswick Square, and I bring it back again. Did I take it with me or not? Anyhow, it was, found on the floor beside the body. It never passed out of my possession to my knowledge. Next day I leave it at the office of Messrs. Mossa and Mack, and it gets into the hands of the police." (To be Continued.) •"Uncle John," queried the pretty girl who was seeking information, "would I. be justified in writing to a young man who has never written to me?" Only on very important business, my dear," answered the old man. "Well, this is important busi- ness," she explained. "I want hire to marry ine!" tS T A YE 14? 1 If not, something must be wrong with its food. If the mother's milk doesn't nourish it, she needs SCOTT'S EMuLsloN. It supplies the elements of fat required for the baby.' If baby is not nourished by its artificial food, then it requires Scott's Emvlsioo Half a teaspoonful three. or four times a day in its bottle will bring the desired result. It seems . o have a magical„ effectupon babies ie g ,,b s and children. SCOTT & BOWNE, Chemists, Toronto. Ont. see Of EXquisile Flavo d Abselu'te Purity. CEYLON NATURAL GREEN Tea composed only or fresh fragrant leaves, it istothe Japan Tea Drinker what " SALADA" Black Is to the Black Tea Drinker, pealed lead Packets only. By ail Grocers. laNeRELD f�'oeW +�D(wfdl L PUT THE STABLE. RIGHT. Now is the time to change tno old, dark stable, over to a fit habita- tion for the cows. Put in as amity Windows as you can and then figure If you can' not add two or three more. There is nothing cheaper end better than plenty of sunlight for a cote stable, and' there is nothing sear - car. ' Most farmers seem to be afraid of it,. Maybe tliey don't care to see liow dirty the stable is, and so keep • dark about it. Make the stable so that it will keep warm by the animal heat. It is rarely that ...o'er stable goes be- low 55 degrees to 60 degrees in the very coldest of weather and yet the cold fresh air is pouring into it con- stantly from 30 registers 10x12 inch- es in size, But the stable is made tight, with four dead air spaces in:t the walls, with all hay shutes or silo shutes, or other openings leading up- wards closed when not in use. Tf the side walls are made eof wood, as they should be, it simple thing to make it over in the right manner. Starting with the 2x4 studding and cover on, the in- side with building paper; then nail a 2x2 piece to each studding and cover with paper as before; then nail on another 2x2 strip and go over I with paper as before and finish by ceiling with ship -lap boards. Here we have a stable wall with three dead air spaces. Then ceill overhead with ship lap and you have a stable room that will bold the heat thrown.off by the cows and keep warm and cornier -1 table. To' make it not only warm' but Healthful, with pure air constant- ly coming in through the: layer of warm at the top of the room, and the foul air being as constantly drawn out at the bottom through the large shaft, put in the King system of ventilation and you will have a stable room that will be a joy to you and your cows, as long as you use it. Many fanners are hindered from making over their stables in this way, by reason of the side walls being constructed of stone. But holes can be cut in the walls for more windows and the walls can be furred out with two of the 2x4 air spaces spoken of on the inside, and the room celled over. One farmer, to whom we recommended this dhange, was surprised at how cheaply it was done, and said he had never known what it was to Have a comfortable stable for his cows before. Holes can be chiselled through the walls from the outside near the ground, or at least, three feet down from the top,- and the fresh air let in behind the paper fur- ring, to rise and coxae into the stable at the top of the room. It is neces- sary to have the fresh air start from an opening several feet down on the outside and come into the stable • at the top, so that it may be warmed by the warty. air. The warm air is prevented from flowing out through the fresh air openings because it is lighter and cannot sink, while the cold, fresh air will constantly rise and flow into the room through the warm air at the top. When the stable is made over right, then take a small force pump with a Hose and give it two coats of thin whitewash. A little money laid out l in this way will pay grandly in the increased health and efficiency of the cows. One thing, more: Tear out. the old rigid stanchions and give every cow her individual stall. FERMENTATION OF MILK. Thirty years ago it was supposed that the fermentation of milk was a chemical process. Just what chemi- cal changes took place had, of course not been explained. Pasteur rendered their explanation unnecessary about 1870, when he announced His theory of bacterial fermentation of milk and backed it up by proofs. These bacteria are'certainly wonder- ful organisms. They are just on the dividing line between the animal and the vegetable world and so very min- ute that they can be seen only with. a high' power of the compound micro- scope, yet placed in a' suitable en- vironment, as in .milk at the proper temperature, one will produce about a million in twenty-four hours. These bacteria aro, the little bodies which cause milk to sour. Mose souring r l n. which: cause sot ti l g a C called Ca e, ab t1C germs or ferrnento. There are abort, thirty species, known of these alone, This shows how complicated the sub - n f k c: souring o mi 1 be owes. lea of the ' e the the tactic ferments are not only once found in milk. Some of the others which may Work in milk at the Same time as the lactic are,. 'utrofactic, which .cause the putrc; !,action of milk, This is much differ- ent from the souring caused by-tho lactic gerrns. When for any reason the latter are not present or do not work the putrofaci:ic ferments multi,- ply rapidly. They grow best in dirt and filth and give butter a bad fla- vor; hened cleanliness in the care of Milk is imperative if good butter 15 Co be produced. Butyric ferments may' be present in small numbers even When the lactic are produced it will cause rancid but- ter. Slimy or ropy ferments cause the ropy condition sometimes seen in milk enabling it to be stretched out into strings. At other times it ap- pears slimy. These ferments are undesirable. Bitter ferments develop in largo numbers when milk strands for sever- al days at a temperature too low to sour. This should be aboided as the ferments give butter a bitter taste. Still bthor ferments will cause milk to curdle much as rennet does, to be soapy, alkaline, blue, etc. Many of these ferments are undesir- able and are present in large num- bers only when conditions are not favorable for the developmentof the desirable lactic ferment, hence we should see to it that nothing is ' al- lowed to check the desirablefermen- tation. Cleanliness, a temperature of 60 to 65 degrees, and the 'use of a home-made or 'a commercial starter; to hasten the souring process (the` lactic fermentation), are necessary to. give the lactic germs the lead and ripen the cream without introducing undesirable flavors. GOOD BUTTER. Good butter always has a good flavor. The flavor counts for a great deal more than anything else in the judging of. Nutter. One observer of the scoring process says that it niay be accepted as a quite general rule that the higher the score. It is . probable thatthe judge is sometimes prejudiced in favor of butter by its high flavor even to the extent of not marking it off very severely on color, grain and salt. In flavor the cliief qualities is what the butter judges call a clean flavor. Just at this time of year we hear complaints of a weedy flavor in butter, which is evi- dently due to the dry condition in which. some ,of the pastures Have been recently. The clean flavor spoken of above can be secured only when the milk is made from good, succulent feed and is handled under perfectly clean conditions. COLOR PHOTOGRAPHY. German Scientist Claims to Have Reached Success. The German scientist Dr. Koenig, of Hoechst, announced to a congress of scientists assembled at Breslau that he had succeeded completely in solv- ing the problem of colored photo- graphy, which has hitherto baffiled the most expert photographers. Dr. Koenig said lie had „discovered a perfectly 'simple process whereby every shade of color in the photo- graph object was reproduced to per- . in the photograph. The pro- cess was so easy that any amateur ' would be able to carry it out with the same facility that ho now takes isnapshots. Further, it Is only a fraction more expensive than ordinary. photography.' The process reveals whatever a man wears, a black or dark blue, whether a gold or silver watch -chain, whether he has ruddy or. pale cone piexion, and other details to perfec- tion. After the negative is taken the col- ored -photograph can be copied in forty seconds, and retains all the shades of color in the copy. Dr. Koenig is to explain the techni- cal details to the congress. Experts who have investigated his clothes de- clare that the discovery is amazing. _Q. MARKING THE SALMON. Plan Adopted to Get Information About Fish, With a view to obtaining further information on the growth and mi- grations f s 1 o i ' o amu (ucledtng sea trout, salmon trout, peal, seavin, etc.), the 13ritish Board of Agricul- ture and Fisheries ' have caused a number of such 'fish to be "narked" with a small silver label (oxydiied or blackened, and bearing distluetive lettere and n.umners) to the dorsal; or large back fin. In a paniph- let on the subject issued by the Board it is announced that rewards, varying from sixpence for a label returned without particulars, to three shillings and the market value of the fish for each fish deliv- ered immediately after capture in marketable` condition' with the label intact, 'These experiments are to be continued fora member of years, and the Board of Agriculture solicits the co-operation of all who are in terested in the iiitprovement of the salmon fisheries, in order that the fullest results may bo obtained. • Teacher—"Johnny, ' can you tell mo anything you have to be thank- ful for in the past year?" .Johnny (Without liesttation)-"Yessur." Tea- cher—"Well, Johnny, what is Johnny -"Willy, when you broke your arm, you couldn't licit` us for two mottles,". ''Wiiio is that attractive -looking wo-: man in black?" "You mean the one in mourning? Why, that's Mrs. Jen- kins." "You don't mean to say that Jenkins is dead, do you?" "loot at all: Yon See she married ill germs predominate,: 1f ,too, Many, king' money, and he fabled '4