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Exeter Advocate, 1915-4-8, Page 2,Sen For Free Book THE FATE QF AZUMA; Or, The South African Millionaire, CIIAPPER• III,--tOontinuedl•' No (lake, who finds his eon rejects both hes 'taloa and estates,' and lrrefere to -work in a Mine, or turn leociaelet, could have been more disappointed than Heinrich Lieb when his eon had seotred at the idea of becoming a jewellerII'e or at least a big Reduce Your Roofing diamond merchant. had regretted Costs, Protect Your for himself, for the uselessness *'f his et- perienee vhieb must end with. bamec'f when at might have aided hie son to he. Buildings From Fire,;' come cue of the aigaest metchante of the Lightning and Weather day, Ile had regretted it for hie son, for be keiew the delight of labor, the pleasure accomplish all these results byeven of its deeps#h°,, the iutox.cation of its sw.cesses- using our heavily zinc coated "Eastlake" "It is a good thing that he went to South Africa," he said aloud. Mere he had come .back enthused, and already the old man seemed to see him metalled in 'the office at the back of the modest tittle pshop, reeeivicg this great personage and metallic Shingles ! that, and mingling with the nelat•ty of Shingles the laud, as he Illeuirieli Lieb had ming. They give longer service than any lfed vast it through r ,1b. Adolphe for 2,11 o b jewels. other roofing. Cost less to lay, way be permitted to do, without Are rust-proot and do not require that medium. And nosy. Adolphe return• painting. Those laid 28 years ago ed, carrying a small leather bag, and are Still giving good Service. Send proceeded to spread out on the white for free book that shows how cloth illty or Snore diamortia, of the first "Eastlake" shingles make your waer. "Lieber t are eery, very etralallt, scorning to re- move their neighbor s landmark, and of all the Jews in Frankfort none was more eernpulotia than Jlelurirh Teieb. The Gel - hugs had been his son's hosts. It Zeas ow. itis to their courtesy that their son had found the mine and no good ever came of sharp practice, however much the world might approve. It had taken a long time to think it out, but the final decision cause .quick 'without hesitation. "You 'will have to tell them—you will have to let them in. Adolphe made a gesture of impatience. "you ask me," said his father, and I tell you.' a few moments they discussed the question. If it were the other way, if they. bad *ores to us and found a mine here ' Adoiphe laughed They would have seen themselves in Jericho before they would have told us. " "Well, perhaps that is why we don't want to do the same thing" "Your father is right,;' said, hie mo- ther quietly. raising her eyes a moment from her work, and letting them fall again. And that seemed to clinch the question, Then old Lieb xnSde a 'very wiee re• m•a. You will have to go carefully at first buildings lightning fire and foe' The old rash's eyes A.dolpbe, if your mine is all that on g r t:WinklLtl; then he Crew grave. Adolphe} think there must be other mines. South' weather-proof and why they letter of credit did not inetify each an ex- Africa will soon cut out every other (-marl- cost less per year than any penditure, even if lie had get these very try, and diamonds will be so cheap that b they 1\111 become a drug on the maret. other roofing. cheap. Then the buslnt'ee inetlltet :set• gg serted itself. Probably Goliuig, the Then it wee the • old Lab realized h:a we eueesectere s complete Gas of Shed agent Adolphe had ]leen pray ng with ;.ons bti inese geu'ue+, .which, if it had Metal BaiMing Material bad tried to do a deal hent them o;l ate lain dement all tluee years, had gather- lticval for e'd oe comm.mioi2, and Ile ,ad es it were force for thnndertlofs, He TIlE METALLIC ROOFING CO.,Limited didn't know how he could get t -d of them wee pale with emotion, trembling with an 3 Manatee:revs for him, nor i.o matey at- that now, when excitement which i,ecmed to stiffen him, 797NO3,eDameAte,, WINNIPEG tveryothc ;tits leaving Franlef+]rt• fere, the, co re e shat unnaturally calm, mycter• emorner. Theft another idea, slued relate away .c, a=air:st. NieteadDaffaiaSta•, TORONTO ) through Ills, brain. a et'saa;reea'ile one. "y t are :lea, father. that iv the dan- le hoped tris sou lraetu t Sone anything ger. There must be diamonds there, ooliele enough! for this generation and the next. t "Well, and what :ire you u same to do for hundreds of yeana to come, and it with them?" Old Lieb was sitting at the muet not be known. That is what I want table, now flashing one after the other in you to help me for, and I know you will. tight, scraping ti 1'11:o bit here, You alwaYs Said that if I would work you blowing on them, turning tliim hither and would help me, and I am ready, aehirg thither. with pram teed hand, while his to go to work. I want to .•cruet the I dual: brain remembert•e] the tiara of the 4]aamcld mntket. Care or the Chicks, Young chicks should not be ailow- Ortaftn tit:ee, the ;t eld. ee of the Berman that, the appru selling marriage iatge of the CHAPTER IV. young Px n:e.cs eon lle a lebeu he rc t t•ed with prae+ •ed eye lust the stone. • I can't do it -1 can't do it! Oh. dear -- that was needed, which his:Ron had been dear' • eteking for eo long. No one would - have believed it ief the "Father»- " Adolphe came t vitae to h , had teem told that it wail Lady Judith • father •and laid his hand on his shoulder, Rotel► who Was *peaking like this.; no- liis eyt_v +pael.'ing, hip face wreathed in body but these who knew and even titer emiitt+, -what would you ray if 1 told you that I had a mine of those, a thine with hundreds and thousands of these?" ed to roost to., early. Let theta a "Yen:,• til;°rt r0aild with:In her lake a knife—the Beek the rtla�st of their own free The olcl twin eat back in Ii it chair ttnd bt•autiful Ltd Judith, who in a few gnztvi ,at ids >on, theti he lhutet out Iiowta Zroitld appear at dinner smiling, if trill. Care should be taken, how- laul;lling, than lie tack ftp another dila- a little pale, and whose smile was rho ever, that they do not ch-owd in the auont an looked :et f pens, or brood Coops, They will "wen --you ktie:ev what p ;person doesn't cpeala would not have believed that the utter- ance was sincere, wrung from her by gnawing mental pain, which seemed to I d] ki t t- ti 1 Id rno8 Innocen n the wwor , ave say ashen a ,And they* would not have understood, the truth?" lie those who knew, nor robably anybody sin]etimes persist in piling up sacs iituglted #t lavas aljoyous sal' 1 h f p f p ' 7 per- ;feeds out of hl„ ptrc etan to::lec t cal lttrhean, or occasionally in a letter from r iraticln is wet Loin d +t to h' ftthera plate: the Ath tael Club] that this was tihe p 'd'• g It waa gilt sabltmest anament In her life, the moment h beyond t and sen went to bed. The di�mallds lay in which her caul core above the re1Ig• d where they were on the table, slid the taus carcases of tho Bishop, to heights on servants who came to clear it worn sent ';which it could look truth In alio eyes 'with a sudden change of the tem away. The 1i -his, for the old man pre- and • cease to trompromiso with the flesh. perature. (erred wax can can't o it *ant o I ug t, else, texeept m- Lord I] she perhaps, who You won tray was a t ir. e , a- occasionally occupied himself with Lady the under ones suffer aecordingiy• thee? Heil, took at''tthis." lIe dre i some Judith's soul at odd momenta after The extra warmth producing and stunts t i :a far intothe ni •when father et ` i re tem poin • ox recover; They are also liable to catch cold dies on the table,burned "I d ' I d -t!" She low, till they 'nearly singed the Postale uttered. these 'words lying on her bed with of the flowers which sent out appeaing tears in her eyes, those dry tears which Study Climatic Conditions. merlumed gasps, that the lights night be last only a moment, but which burn like cxtin -ur 'bed as they were on other One ,� nights hot irons, °whish hurt the lids of the ye- £ the co]h]n]onest mist ea so that they could enjoy the cool dark. men who rarely cry, Once she even: bit which orchardists ]Hake is to try lass. the barchantee leered, and the fauns th Oh,-pillow,eoh, d dear!" to follow the same system of prun- ing frowned from the tapestries on the wall; Oncehher maid came to the door and she ing in all parts of the Country. Cll. his brother and sisters carne to say good- seat her away: and once, twice, three night, and seeing them deep in conversa- times she listened for the sound of a uratic and other conditions make a tion event wondering, away. 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'No reasonable offer 'refused 5, FRANK WILSON &,SONS 73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto and sat down in the chimney corner, as he had seen her that night in hie vision, for it seemed a vision now that had come to him fax away in South Africa, on the hill. And his father's eyes never left hie face as he told his tale, told it in the fluent, expressive German language, ac- companied by Oriental gestures, carrying them along with hint, as if lie were tell- ing some tale or the Arabian Nights, car- ried away himself as he remembered that night, the gloriouo moon, the stillness, the replicas of hills, the arid land, and the Kaffir woman 'beside him. He told them how he had wbank, to the - the day after his return to Kimberley, and dispatched an order that that bit of Iand was to be bought if possible. "Net a, -word about the mine, mind you, and I got it for a song—" he named the price. 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ADDRESS ALL ENQUIRIES TO LIMITED, 655 Choler STREET, MONTREAL. early dawn would be like, when ehe was alone again. She only hoped that the avould bo too tired to think, unless, tin - less , she couldn't think of what it 'would be if eel went well. When ehe thought of this, little runnels of joy seemed to fill everywhere in her be. ing, little veins od delight, of joyous glad- nees, that were like bubblinq. innocence, to burst and course all over her, tinkling like effervescent waters, sparkling, invig- orating, healthy, sane. And with agee• tune that was girlish,, she clasped her bands and said If it ehoold be, how good I will be. how good always, always." Yee, perhaps it it had come to pass, she would have been good perhaps who can tell? Sin repeats itself as often as his- tory, perhapsoftener and fate rarely 'woos us to righteousness by kindness, rather it crushes us into suenniseion by 'whipcords, and the chances offered are generally those of resistance to evil, only, the door open that leads to sell -destruc- tion, the latch drawn on the gate of the path of virtue; just a few try to win over their fellow humans by love --it is too fatiguing. Yet perhaps she would not hare been good after all, and the gods knew what they were about, Now sbe threw off the white dressing•. gown, and dressed hurriedly in her situp lest truck, and smoothed her hair and looked at herself in the glass. There were no signs of the fearful up- heaval her mind had been given over to, yet she looked anxiously into it, for it ie rocc seemed to her that she depended entire - she this only to hn, she realized thate ly on her beauty this afternoon the oughtnto have peddled lire .the And had it really been so, her beauty bathe watersaad not i have gone forth t- tale afternoon would not fail her, her bathe in which had proved them- beauty which had made her the prettiest selves to be fright, her-todeld debutante dour years ago, and'shich still It was all right, she theold herslf, el ranked her the piece de resistance of all long as you kept near edge. She heel the smartest gatherings in London. not realized that she was of those who Yet, when alto was dressed she could not, make up her mind to go downstairs, She eat on for quite ten minutes, then she got up and poured out a 'few drops of sal volatile and drank them off. Once she thought it would be better to write, then she looked again in the glass. and derided that she must tell him. She took up the photograph of a young man dresued in the khaki worn by the heroes of the South African was, andgazed and gazed into the features, as if she 'would read there beforehand, 'with the aid of some supernatural inner sight, how he would take it, what he would do, 'whether he would understand that just because she told him she was better, der better than many others, whether he would re- cognize the soul which" she had only that morning become aware of, in a body die- terrnpted him. love danger, and think they can deal "And whatwhatdid yourfriend, what did with it, who had within a hidden valor, Gelling `why to all which perhaps was a distorted inherit - Ah, that's what I want to ask you. I ance of her Crusader ancestors, and which haven't told him—now do you think I am made her it. go forward to meet din - ger,. to seek k it. bound to tell him?" It was the month of June, and she lived That ret a.matter of fact, was the only in a house in Piccadilly, overlooking the thing that had perturbed him- He had Green Park. It was an exquisie day, and not taken a great fancy to the Goslings, ,because it was only three o'clock the They had been hespits.ble enough, but blinds mere drawn and their rose tint from hes point of view they were vulgar, threw a soft warm glow over the room, and not particularly straight, their one like the bloom on roses. It wee beauti- idea in life being to do the Boers and fully furnished. Outside on her balcony, Rallies if possible, raspingly British, bright flowers strained to look at the and a little loud and bluetering, and he passers by from beneath striped awning, had not felt at all sure that they would and everything around was luxurious, re - give him good advice. They might, espe- eplendent even, and comfortable, every- clally the father, run it down, -and then except the heart and eof Lady possess themselves of it. His actions hag- Judith, who, so ;far as her deelings went all been carried on in secret and he had might have been a milliner's assistant had considerable difficulty in covering working under a red-hot roof for lila - She eras conscious of fearful misgivings his zotc'cemeuts would.probably not have dame Somebody. She would probably I as she looked on that Face; it -was so been able to do „o, had it not been for e,ren have been happier for though lux- boyish. If only he had been a little older the help of a young German from Frank- ury is a delightful .accessory to happi fort, who was employed in the bank at nets, it has never .been able to create it. Capetown, and to whom he had written Yet Lady Judith was vaguely conscious from Kimberley, and who had carried that she was 'wiping out a good deal, all, out the whole tthusiness for him, It- was except what could not be wiped out, by a wonderful stroke of luck, a. "eronderful the decision she had taken. Once, she deal for so 'young a man to have carried realized that the dressing -gown she wore out. and his father had caught the fire was white, and she caressed it with her t of his entlhusiasm, fingers delicately, reverently, prayerfully "Do you think I ought to tell him?" almost: That was what Adolphe had come to If only her soul werelike that. ask his .father.,She said that to herself, with a distinct Hie father put his hands in his pockts, understanding, that it could never be so and he shuffled up and down the room, again, that it had never really been so and all that could be heard for a. few since she was a child, that she had never, moments was the click click of his ma till to -day, desired that it should be, that. ther's knitting needles. Once she looked as a matter of •fact she would not wish it at him and smiled at her dear son whom to be so, except because of what it led her she teemed in so firmly. whom she had to do to -day. Hitherto her remorse had, always felt would some day do something been limited to the extent of her fear great She too had had visions of future of discovery, and only expressed itself ae dare when lie Would marry -sonic charm-. intervals- very hifldl9 indeed; for in- ing girl far above him in position, per- stenos during a 'po•ewerful - sermon in haps the daughter of- some imperuuiaiis church, or a ..fearful thunderstorm, or noble, who yet loved him. now and then '-when she saw children The .7ewe are all more or less dreamers, playing in the Parlt. New, even to -day, it and the nucleus of their success is formed 'vas not remorse which seized her ley elm by the fact that they combine business threat and seemed to hold her againet with dreams. Genius might almost be the wall of life—threatening; it was a described ae the power to put dreams blind desire to weave future happiness by into practical "form, of reducing colossal sincerity, to win a reward, to lay down an ambition to endeavor: And, as Hentrich intolerable burden, -which wearied and Lieu: ,paced the room, he found that the hampered each action, each thought at. problem set before him by his son woe most; to secure herself against revelation one of the most difficult that had ever and surprise, coupled with .a hope that been presented to him. Was he hound to truth would reap a harvest out of all pro - tell them? From a business point of view portion ;With the punishment ofin, and —no. that hope, :Naming unsteadily, undulating, at was Adolphee awn find, the result of beneath the shadowof a. great fear, a hie passion for austice, hits instinctive great dread, -which she had not the cour• chivalry in sawing the Kaffir woman from age to tell herself was a certainty, ., the tyranny of the white than. He had Finally she looked at the clock, and e purellesed the ground: -with hie own: money. fine sense: or humor inspired the idea. From a business point of view, he had grimly, whimsically: no obligations_. It is strokes hike thle 'Drive in the pi ,k at twelve, luncheon that, have made the greatest fortunes. It at two, tragedy from three to four, fear - was an accidentof fate. An American ,fol grief from four to five, Yvette Gilbert would It.ave said: at'the Plorian's al six, drainer at, eight, "What the deuce has (lolling got to do Foreign Office at eleven, : dance at the with it?" Belmont's at ono, and thea e But the Jews, -when they are straight, bhp could not picture, herself What the She thought, a, little more worldly-wise. And yet just because of that boyishness she loved him, because it was so different to that other matt, She spent all her life now trying to think of that other man. It made her sick, pained her with almost physical pain, and yet she knew that what had attracted her in this one was the difference—the innocence. Yet in the innocence lay the ,danger of disaster. The bell rang, She could hear it very faintly. Then there wan a knock at the door simultaneously with the opening of it. No one ever waited a second at Lord Glaucourt'a door, and she knew that be- tween her and a future of renewed con- tent, of peace, or a future of colorless wastes, Of deserts without oasis or mir- age, itage, on the herizon of which, id re man appeared. he would be no more to her than the Bedouin guide at the head of her camel, or the porter at the railway sta- tion, even if lie culled himeehif her hus- band,there ebbed and flowed but a few brief moments, yet she knew also, that the flux and reflux of those few moments might 'bring her ecstasy, and renewed self. respect, or east at her feet the dead body of her dreams. '-(To be continued.) When a, man fall's lie never seems to hit the ;bottom, "Dinah, did you wash the fish before you baked it I" "saw, ma'am, what's de use of washin' er fish what's lived all his life in de `water ar'' "Why, what in the world hasbe- come of your watch•;'; The one you used to have had a handsome gold wase:" "I know it did, but cir- cumstances alter oases." FROM MERRY EU MNOANO NEWS BY MAIL ABOUT JOHN BULL AND HIS PEOPLE. Occurrences In the Land That Reigns Supreme in the Com- mercial World. An effort is being made to raise 100 miles of pennies for the Queen's Work for Women Fluid. This is said to represent the stun of £22,- 000. The headquarters of the; fund are 33 Portland Place, London. Mere are about 9,500 British ves- sels of nearly 11,000 tons, engaged in 'the home and foreign trade. The Germans have destroyed less than 12,000 tons, or about one-tenth of 1 per cent. in the fist seven days of their blockade of British commerce. Great Britain never hadan. army No fewer than 93 vessels, of a to- of more sober, self-sacrificing and tai of 346,455 toms, were launched : devoted men than she has, and the on the river Tyne last year. Every month a thousand tons of fire wood are sent to the British troops in France and Belgium, An Australian contingent arrived in England on the 10th inst., and was enthusiastically welcomed. The Dover Straits are only 21 miles wide at Calais, which has been connected with Dover by ca- ble since 1851. Gas was used to replace candles and lamps at a factory in Manches- ter in 1805, two hears before the illuminant was introduced into Landon. Sir Charles Hartley, the distin- guished engineer, who played an important part in the development of the River Danube, has died in London. The death last week at Coylton, Devon, of Sir George Turner is an- nounced. Death was caused by leprosy, contracted during research work to discover a cure for the dis- ease. l Ge u A huge woollen mmill of five stor- eys, belonging toGeorge Crosland 3z Sons at Crosland Moor, Hudders- field, was on the 26th ult. totally destroyed by fire. • News was receive d at his resi- dence at Bournemo th on the 1st inst. of the death at Madeira of Mr. Frank Thomas Sullen, the well-known author of sea stories and writer on naval subjects. spirit of patriotism which the men have exhibited has been emulated, if it has not been increased, by the example of the women they left be- hind them.—Sir Samuel Chisholm. It is estimated that there are in Great Britain 70,000 barrels of her- rings pickled in salt, the war pre- venting their export to Russia and Germany. Dr. .1. H, F ullarton thinks these should now be ob- tained'for the feeding of Britons and their families, and the nourish- ment of interned prisoners and "Tommie&' in training, In these 770,000 barrels are 21,000,000 lbs. of flesh, or / lb. of salt herrings for each one of the population. A woman in London who used to make $1,800 a year 'by teaching mu- sic Inas not been. able to earn more than $15 since last July. This is a typical case, said Mathilde Verne the other day. She is president of the Women Musicians' Employment Fund, and she declares that the women teachers, of music have been the hardest hit of all. The Distinguishing Conduct Me- dal carries with it a gratuity of £20, paid on discharge, or an in- crease of pension of fid. a day. The Victoria Cross carries, in the case of a private or non-commissioned officer, a. special pension of £10 a year, which, by a, comparatively re- cent regulation, may be increased to £50 if the 'holder is incapacitated from work at any time. 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