Exeter Advocate, 1912-9-12, Page 2ONLY A MONTH;
, A CURIOUS MYS `hRY EXPLAINED.
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nd then with an pleasant farewell
the sxranger bowed and we Td out
of the shop, leaving behind hinaa
memory which did more to prevent
the blue devils from gaining the
mastery of ,h'rithiol'e miud than
anything else (veld possibly have
done. When he left, however, at
Lie ueu at dinner honer he was with-
out the slightest iaaelfnetioii to eat,
and with as cravfng for carne rebel
from the monotony of the glaring
streets he wzallrea up to Regent
Park, hoping that there perhaps.
he might find the fresh air for which
he was. lungi;ig,
"Come . along, will you!" shoutm
ed a rough voice behind hizn. He
glanced round ,and rtaw au evil=
looldng tramp who was sgea'king,
to a most .forlorn little boy at leis
!Leel$,
Tfia� child
loutWW1 a
and effort,
M oup!
nig Wire as wee
at the !reels
aped on doggy
ramp paused.
se.
Tait ter time then
to the child, ...
be direction,
he little fellow went on
cliently, until, just at the gate, n
caught siglit of a, casteraiongez' s
barrow hiele eoel green leaves
atitd ripe red strawberries were
splayed. Erritlz"iof lir
to see what woul
Wag Happened
oc1 there las
d r4'ady to deo;
ry and iea
aul to see ar
curried ori
tlq sort as
r 1 , .
chiefly by a sort orf instinct, that he
found his way beck to the shop,
"€good• heavens, ?oar Feick ! how
ill you are looking!" ex,elaiuied the
head man as he glanced at him.
"It"s a good thing, Mr. Robert will
be back again soon. If I'm not
eery much mistaken, he'll put you
into the doctor's hands."
"Oh„ it is chiefly this hot wee -.
:Said Prithiof, and as if anxi
ous to taut an end to the conversa-
tion, he turned away to bis desk
and began to write,. though each
word cost hien a painful effort, and
scented to be dragged out of him:;
by sheer force. At tea -time be wait-
deredt out in the street, scarcely
knowing .shat he was doing, and
a
flunted always lav Blanche e sadly
altered face. When lie returned he
that the boy who dusted the,
hoohad spilled some iuk over anis'
^der -hook whereanpozn he flew into
of those violemi. pansssone to
to i of late he had been liable, SOI'
irely lesiiag his self-control that
about him began to look
ed.
can bear it xio longer," 14
o bimSelf. "I have tried 't
life, brat it's Ile rise—nn
bile there rose wit
tight which Checked th
suns of failure and th
death, He remember-
which bad so greatly
the day before, and
those kindly words rang tri
rx
"Courage! the worst will
eisng time came. Hca,
back to Vauxhall,
hall,
his dreary little
table toward tbbe+
began to 'work at
xauslaathing. But
the veru end of
violent shivering
Liz li`iiin, Werk Wee no loll»
ossible; are eeuld only stagger
bed, with t'haat terrible eon-
usness of being utterly and
!coaly beaten, which too man
'bard to bear,
on, when the summer tw i-
epened into night, and be''
longer make out the hare
the shipping, and the faa-
riaeuntaams, he buried his
'Ace i e pillow and asobbed aloud,
ern misery which, coven .in,
Paradise, must have 'wrung his no..
eliean°s aeare.
Roy Boniface cause back from De-'
1onshire the following day, his Loll -
day being shortened by a week ,on
account of the illness of Airs. Her-
ner's uncle. As there was every
reason to expect a legacy from this
aged relative, Mr. Horner insisted
,on going down at once to see whe-
ther they could be of any use,
Like` many other business men be.
relieved the monotony yof his daily
work by always keeping two or
three ,hubbies in hand. The mania'
for collecting bad always been en-'
couraged at Rowan Tree House,
and just now botany was his keen-
est delight. Hee 'vas corr"fente211y
mounting specimens on the night
of his return, when Janne Horner
looked, in, the prospective • legacy
making him more than ever fussy
and pompous.
""Ah, so you have come back;
that's all right r." he exclaimed, "S
had hoped you'would have come
round to us. However, no matter,
I don't know that there is.anything.
special to say, and of course this
sad news has upset my wife very
much!'
""Ah," said Boy, somewhat skep-
tical in his heart of hearts about
the depth of her grief. "We were
sorry to hear about it."
"We go down the first thing to-
morrow," said James Horner, "and
shall, of course, stay on. They say
.there is no hope of recovery."
"By the bye,"' said Mr. Horner,
"I have just remembered to tell
you that provoking fellow, Feick,'
never turned up to -day. He never
even had the grace to send word
that he wasn't corning."
Of course he must be ill," said
Roy, looking disturbed. "He is the
last fellow to stay away if he could
possibly keep up. We all thought
him looking ill' before we left."
"I don't know' about illness,"'
said James Horner, putting on his
hat ; "but he certainly has the worst
temper I've ever come across. It
was . extremely awkward without
him to -day, for already we are short
of hands."
"There can -hardly ,be much do-
ing,' said Roy. "London looks,
like a desert. `However, of course
I'll look' up Feick. I dare say he'll
be all right by. to -morrow."
But he had scarcely settled him-
self down comfortably to his work
after James Horner's welcome de-
parture when the thought of Fri-
thjof came to trouble' him.
Like most people,, Roy oras sel-
fish. With an' effort he tore him
self away from. hid beloved speci-
mens, and set off briskly fur Vaux-
hall where, after >same difficulty-,
he found the little side, street in
I which, among dozens :of others pre -
pa
res.
ixpeunywortii," said
costermonger; then
14 to £olloyr,, he led. the
the park, sat down o
xneaarest seat, put the basket of
etrawberrics down beide Lim, and
glanced at his little eoorepanipn.
"'here, reek sit dowelby me and
enjoy them," he said.
And the eland needed no .seeond
bidding, but began to ,eat with an
eager delight which was pleasant
to see,
"Eat, too," said the child, point-
ing to the. basket.
And Frithiof, to please him,
smiled and took two or three
strawberries,
"There, the rest are for you,"
he said. "Do you like thenal"
"Yes."' said the child ernphati-
eafy ; "and I like you."
"Why do you like mer
"I was tired, and you was kind
to me, and these is real jammy !"
73ut after this fervent little speech
he mid no more. Then before long
the father reappeared, and the lit-
tle fellow with one shy nod of the
head ran off, looking back wistfully
every now and then at the stran-
ger who would be remembered by
him to the very end of his life.
The next day, something happen-
ed which added the last drops to
Frithiof's Cup of misery, and made
it overflow. The troubles of the
past year, and the loneliness and
poverty which he had borne had
gradually broken down his health,
and there came to him now a re-
velation which proved the final
blow. He was dining at his usual
restaurant. Too tired to eat much,
he had taken up a bit of one of
the .society papers which some one
left there, and his eye fell on one
of those detestable paragraphs.
which pander to the very lowest
tastes of -the public. No actual
name was given, but every one
knowing anything about her could
not fail to see that Blanche Romi-
aux was the woman referred to.
The most revolting insinuations,
the most contemptible gossip, end-
ed u-ith the words, "An interesting
divorce ease may soon be expect-
ed
Frithiof grew deadly white. Feel-
ing sick and giddy, he made his
way along Oxford Street, noticing
nothing, walking like a man in a
clreain: Just in front of Buzzard's
a victoria was waiting, a remark-
ably good-looking man stood on the
pavement talking to its occupant.
Frithiof would have passed. by "with-
out observing them had not a fa-
miliar voice startled him into keen
consciousness. He looked up hast-
ily and saw Lady Romiaux—not the
Blanche who had 'won his heart in
Norway, for the lips that had once
been pressed to his wore a hard
look of defiance, and the eyes that
had ensnared him had now an ex-
pression that confirmed only too
well the story he had just read.
He heard her give a Tittle artifi-
cial laugh in which there was not
even the ghost of merriment, and
aft-: r that it seemed as if a great
hod d ,ace idod on him. He
• mechanically, but it was
cicely like it, was the house of the
three Miss Tumours,
A little withered -up lady opened
the door to him, and replied nerv-
ously to his question,
"Mr. Falck is i11," she eaid, "fie
seems very feverish; bait he was
like it once before, when he first
came to England and it passed off
to a day er'' two.
""Can I see him?" said "toy,
"Well, he' doesn't • like being clis-
turbed at all," staid Miss Charlotte.
"He'll hardly let, me inside the
room, But if you would just see
him, I should really be glad. You
will judge better if ho should see
the doctor or not."
""Thank you, I'll go up there.
Don't let me trouble you,"
"It is noise be seems to mind so
much," said Miss Charlotte. "S )`
if you v i11 find your way.up alone. a
perhaps it would be best, It is the
first door you come to at the top of
POVERTY A WHIP AND S 4 iLR
`"Appetite for tehieveraent" Grovw
Stale on as Diet of Sweets.
Poverty is capital—a ereative
force, a whip, a epur, an incentive..
Ambition dies on a diet of truffle
and goose liver, •says a writer in
Woman's World.
Ifard schools teach great lessons.
An unearned dollar is a, fool maker.
Those who do not understand how
t to make money can't retain it.
Don't mind these few Spartan
years, They are blessings. The
appetite for achievement, stales on
sweets—hunger lends zest to dog-
gedness.
You must work—you have no
Omit*. You must earn or you oan't
eat. There's no helping hand be-
hind yoga ynu're got to seize the
opportunity before you,
- Responsibility is riding on your
shoulders, but duty broadens char-
acter, Pack your chest with tour
age and begin to win. What you've
mza$ed in training you can make up
in -steadiness and readiness, Edu-
cation at its best merely points out
the most competent method, and if
you keep your eyes per and put
your heart in you task oonnnon
sense will show you as much as a
text book. You are ignorant of
theories, but theorv. after all, isn't
nearly ac important as practice*,
You can't aebie more than yon,'
believe, 'Yui' reward will be pro,,
portionate to your effort. Whatever
you can grasp wth Clean bands is
your, property, but you'll be "knock-
ed about, biooked and fought by:.
every roan who wants what you
seek, If you have A. yellow streak
Tee , haven't a show.
The years that fico ygi are Roll na
pKo wise. To -morrow is• talwcr.y
mightier than yesterday.
The newcomer ?refits by' the
trials and struggles of the past, and
more knots have been untied, more
problems have been solved in this
single ,generation than is Any pre-
vious century.
Legislation is tearing vbip a f r
whip from the band of I" rivilc
hours Are shorter, sanitation is et
ter, and fau,ilities ol; every sort` acro
at the disposal of fall who, arida tea
improve their minds and bodies,
Tut we offer no eh arity--sanly
-cowards and shirlkers whine for eon.-
cearsioras. We want the grcaatest
ability at the top, so we are mere
less to quitters. It's the only way,
in 'eevlrich we eza,n truly test eiiicieuey. .
en you are discouraged, weep
your own. shoulder—pluck .Lar
limed to display' its tear.rs.
Id hard to hope—fling your
ixl the teeth of ridicule, disas-
enmity,
aar�--we build dose to the
a-rs in this century. Think with
unlcaesiied imaginmtion.
the last flight of stairs,"
Roy went up quietly, opened else E
door as:noiselessly A$ lee could, and
went in,
"I wish you wouldn't wase Iia,
again," said an irritable voice from
the bed. `The lightest footstep is1
torture,"
""I Last looked in to ask ,low you
were," said Roy, niuela stocked to
see 'tow ill his frieideemed.
"Oh, it's Yon!" said I'`z tbi ,
turning his flushed face in the dam
reetioa4 of the speaker "Thank
God you've come ." 'rho, t 'ttorua
will be the death of nee. She does
nothing but ask questions,"
'Tve only, jtnst got back from
Devonshire, but they said you
!hadn't turned up to -day, and i
thought I would come and, ..see after
iota,,
,lr rit iof :di aaggeci laianseif' up and,
rank feverishly f'xoixa the ewer
h stood on a °Lair beside lum.
Led tai eonie this morning,"
, "but I was too giddy to
4 gave it up, ¥y head's
,tg somehow,"
fellow: you, shomld have
givers up before,"said Roy, "Yon
seem, in terrible pain,"
"Yes, yes; it's like a band of hot
I iron," moaned peer Erithiof, Thein
suddenly starting up in wild excite.
anent. "There's Masao; there's
Blanche 1 Lett me go to her ; Let me
go! I will see her once mere- only
this *nee 1"
Roy with some difficulty hel
down, and alter awhile he scorned
to come to himself: "Liens I twalf
ing nonsense3" he said. "It's
!reread feeling not bei able
control ones self, If I go cra-
yon can just let medie',, please.
Life's bad enough. now, and would
be intolerable then. The She is
again!. She's smiling at ,nie. Oh,
)31aancite! you did care once. Come
back ! Come. back! He can't love
you as I love Iiut it's no use—no
Ise!, she is worse than dead. I
tell you I saw it in that cursed
paper, and I saw it in, her own face.
Why. one might have known 1 All
women are like it."
And then, he fell into incoherent
talk, chiefly in Norwegian,
(To be continued)
.incl
With
SIR IIURBERT'S
Sir Herbert Beerbohm Tree, the
famous English actor -manager, has
a reputation as a wit also.
When he appeared at the Palace
recently, a .fellow variety artist,
given to hailing everybody by
Sir A. Beerbohm Tree.
Christian name, saluted him with
"Hallo, Herbert!' Sir Herbert,
who was accompanied at the mo-
ment by
oment;by Lady Tree, responded by
shaking hands and; asking leave to
introduce "Aly wife, Maud."
One day, at rehearsal,Sir Her-
bert asked a youthful actor to
"Step back a little:" The player
did so. Tree eyed him critically—
and went on rehearsing. ' Aftera'
time he repeated the request: "A
little fur her back." The youth
obeyed. f3urveyin him, Tree. went
on with his work: ': Shortly after
'wards he again asked him to step
suiil further back. "If. I do," e,ri-
posttilnted the youth, ``1' shall be
right off the stage;" "Yes," said
Tree, "that's right."
4>>
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West, a gentlernan entered a small
township en order that he might
make the purchase of is watch and.
chain.
The st-orekeepenx was very pleased
to oblige, but as he wrapped up the
articles purchased ha included with
them a fearsome -looking revolver
of very respectable dimensions,
"I saay," observed the astonished
traveller, "what are you doing 1 I
didn't offer to buy a revolver.'
The watchmaker, puzzled in turn,
and thinking his customer ,must
have lost his sense and reason, re-
plied :
"But you have bought a gold
watch. If you are going to keep it
in these parts, you'll want the 'gun,
.too !"
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