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The Exeter Advocate, 1915-11-11, Page 3th'.n Seal ARLES . , �,;>lf?:u: ,. ,'- .;LK By H Author of. "The Silver Blade,"= "ale eeger Ruby," "The Time Lock," ete. I Highly Recommended For the Complexion. • Everywhere.—from coast to coast- rd%4'z.w;: see .")1you will hear the praises of Usit.. This wonderful comprexiou restorer is bringing the freshness and smooth - nese of youth to, the faces of thou- sands of Canadian women.. .Everyone who has used i;t consistently h b CHAPTER XL—(Cont'd).. If the room suddenly had turned upside down, I could not have been more etaggeered. 1 vaguely heard Struber asking other questions in a tone that brooked neither disregard nor inattention. "Do you mean. one o' the fellas with the diamond was Steve Willets?" "No, no, no; I didn't say Steve— just Willets. - That's all I efer heard of his name. The other fellow's, that I forget." "Which 0' the two was Willets?" "The fierce -eyed fellow, ' He ' was jolly enough.too, though, when he lead anything to say'. He mostly sat quiet and watched, I rnmereber." Struber gave his head a short jerk as if the puzzle were perfeetly com- prehensible to him, "And the little ivory box they brought the uncut stone in, would yuh recognize it if yuh were to see it again?" "Surely," replied Aartsen, "It was square—about two inches" --.ho ins dicated the site with his hands--- "covered with funny Chinese carv- ings--" We all turned abruptly to Miss Fox, She had uttered an inarticulate cry of amazement. "Why," she faltered, suddenly blushing•and confused under our con- centrated regard, "that describes a small Chinos) box that has belonged to my aunt ever since I can remem- ber. But of course it can not be the same one." "Of course not," Aartsen readily agreed. "Just as there was nefer such another diamond as this one." "Don't be too sure," Struber drily advised him. "I can, show yuh inside of an hour a box I bet yuh'11 swear is the same one." He flipped the sheet of wrapping - paper across the table toward the ex- pert. "If the box had been wrapped in that," he went on, "wouldn't it just about fit those plain creases?" "Don't forget," I spoke aside to the - detective, while Aartsen, perplexed and frowning, examined the wrapper, "that there is another box that will fit those creases." I meant, of course, the ring box. The only recognition by Struber of my reminder was another curt nod; he did not remove his sharp regard from Aartsen. Presently the latter shoved the wrapper aside. "I should say yes," said he. "But that ineans nothing. Blenty of boxes, are that size and shape; any one of them would fit those greases." With a secret, crooked little smile, Struber recovered the wrapper, and folding it along the creases, careful. not to erase them, quietly placed it in bis pocket. "Mebbe you're wise when it comes to givin' diamonds the acid test," he observed to Aartsen, "but yuh ain't wise to the fact that this particular chunk o' ice was in somethin' else be- sides that wad o' paper when this wrapper was put on. Mr. Ferris ain't told us yet why he didn't bring it along." "Because I couldn't find it," I quickly explained. "It was precisely such a box as Mr. Aartsen described —a replica of the box you have al- ready seen, Struber. A verbal de- scription, you know,, wouldn't amount to much" "What does anything amount to in this case?" inquired Struber. "You don't know. You're not ready to say what's important an' what ain't. It's up to inc to find out, for it Iooks like I got to horn in without a invite be- cause niy reg lar duties 've brought me in. This here gent"—indicating Aartsen by a sidewise motion of his head—"won't even say for sure what the rock's worth, I reckon they're scarce all right; but them dinkey lit- tle boxes seem to be as thick as fleas on a dog. How many is there any- how? I'd like to see Miss Fox's aunt's." FOR 1Y digestion and i'lious eS Indigestion, biliousness, head- aches, flatulence, pains after eating, constipation,' are all conn' mon symptoms of stomach and liver troubles. And the more you neglect them the more pod suffer. Take Mother Seigel'a Syrup if your stomach, liver, or bowels are slightly deranged or MOTHER SYRUP have lost tone. .Mother Seigel's Syrup is made from the curative extracts of certain roots, barks, and leaves, which have a re- fnarkablei tonic and strengthen - big effect on all the organs o1 i estion d The distr g easing symiit tpals' of indigestion , or liver roubles soon disappear'under. Its benefidal• ac_tioft, Buy ottle to -day, but be su--�ra you et the genuine Mother Seigel's :9pThere are many !mita- ons, trt but not one that gives the Same health benefits. 1015 is the Best .Res edy NOW SOI',%) IN TWO suis Ot1LY, FULL SIZE, D:dco1.00 TRIAL SIM Pehdo60c eeseessesmaustoraameelienemenow "You: may," she quietly told h m. "She'll show it to you if I give you'a n note to her." "Thanks, Miss Fox. I'll take a pasear out there some time to -days then," CHAPTER XII. I The proposal T wanted to offer re- specting the diamond may be suf- ficiently explained by the dispositi finally made of it. Before our pa. broke up and separated, it was wit the understanding that the priceles gem was to remain in the custody of the Citrus Exchange Bank, and t be delivered only upon either my or Miss Fox's application in person, an in the presence of Mr. Hall himself. No. merely written demand—less tha a court order, of course -•--would b honored, and should anything Kapp_ to me I imposed confidence enough i Miss Fox to trust to her judgment and discretion in. case of emergency. Fin- ally, unless Mr. Hall were fully sa isfied that everything was proper,. h need not deliver the diamond at all. ,climax more - astonishing than any- ' thing else that the baffling mystery OnlyF'ine,F'lavoury Teas had yet jolted nee with. She was only frankly curious, and her lovely eyes were aglow with a light of aiuticipa- tion. Then she saw ti e box and ut- tered a little exclamation, (To be Continued.) -es WAR AND BUTTERFLIES.. What Fashionable'women Are Doing in the. Great War. Centuries ago a chronicler of the n Y as a crusades recorded quaintly of a der-- tain vain and valorous knight: blends. Every leaf isfresh tamed splendid results and recon- aThree wounds he received ' • � mends it highly. The woman who is re ez ed in this tin Of ft natural .l deliciousnesss. o; seeking a perfect complexion will find battle, tihoreat he laughed; but the, i Usit an inestimable aid. All good ; eurynim who share his tall plume he 1n1 ,sealed packets only. druggists carry it. 35Tanufaetured fly ed deeply, and rested not -till he @lQ. the Usit ManufacturingCom an had, with his good sword, shorn e f p y' his head." on Limited, 476 Roncesvalles avenue, 1 That was in the day when every sty Toronto. wit gentleman who was not a priest must s , be a fighter,. and could , be a dandy Chinksign, and 1 e1 I all.like was feel only by the way, It was many years o der ew and tide -rip out over h was where getting me, later that another type arose, dandy d , I ain't no SherlocHolmes," , ; first and fighter afterward; the grace Miss Fox and I both laughed; but fol idler, the society fop, suddenly n right away be regarded me with transformed by patriotism,, at his e whimsical shrewdness. - country's call, into a hero: History eu",rust watch your Uncle Heinle," he proved him, fiction adopted him; he adjured; "I'll go plugging along in my became one of the most popular fig- own way, an'I betteha, when we conte ures in drama, story, and romauce. to cash in, my stack won't be all But until now neither fact nor fiction *h �vhie 4 •il Making Better Farm Butter. ' from the Churn, If the butter is some- early all butter sold by the farm- what soft when taken out, it can be t, s, , •�„ oing any ere pal rico', has su lied a r type er is of poorer quality than it should 'salted and set away for a few' hri4ra e lar to -day? he asked irrelevantly, 1 heroine p corresponding tyof I ile, By mare careful handling and until it gets hard enou h to finish, I considered, 1 Better methods there is no 'reason :Sutter is usually worked enough when y s rod 1I must be at the courthouse at two it demands of many of the noble wo- im ro P uCi should not only be the water leas been removed so that • have a motion to argue in department .men who have answered the call p zed in quality, but a betterprice it will bend without breaking. Tao t' ' four; that will take only a few min -greater ability, responsibility, and 10"1 u be received for it. tjo carry- i much working will spoil its grain and 1 utes, After that an engagement at thoroughness of training than has ing out the following conditions and male it salvy, while leaving too much • the Menne Building; then the inquest, • ever been dozuanded of women before methods a very much better grade of ;water in it will spoil its keeping goal- k You are not asking merely out of • butter should be produced: riles, Y curiosity, 1 suppose?" Chas also offered opportunities of sere' n ' `You suppose right. D ebbe l `31, ice to others, hitherto merely women l Hand separator or proc:ucee bet Pack or print the butter as soon as s have something to tell yuli before! of fashion and the gay world, which ter butter than that separated by any it has been worked sufficiently and night. something forget this --don't lef on' many have eagerly accepted. Women other method. The deep can surround -"put it in a cool place until it is taken like you're wise to your shadow. 1 used only to organizing balls toil on ed by cold water is second best; pans " to the market. Remember that the b Yuh might scare 'em of, and I want • committees; women who have shone and crocks are third best, and the appearance of the package, as well d 'em to keep followin'yule for a. } in foreign capitals interpret for hap. water -dilution method .comes last, as the way the butter is packed,has o while." He turned abruptly to Missy r , Fax. less refugees; women who have play The cream should be kept in es a great deal to do with the selling -� "If yuh'll give inc that note to your / ed with petted children in charming nearly a sweet condition as possible Price. aunt,,' he said, "I'll bother her just+nurseries establish orphanages, care untiI enough has been gathered for a In order t *'- , o long enough to let me see the ivory for destitute mothers, or adopt war churning. This should then be soured butter for th mntir a ear, sm colored at box you spoke about." babies. Other women, of the modern er ripened. To ripen the cream warm ma bes e e tore icor, ,tome color it to a temperature r used, Very little will b,, i e- y We moved upcloser to the building, ,athletic type, untrained in nursing, perature of 75 to rid de- quired during the spring and su,'rni:r away from the jostling sidewalk! devote their nerve and muscle to slay-: groes, until it is sour enough; then months when the ca v� e throng, A sheet from my memaran-i ing in hospitals,—hastily improvised, cool down to a temperature of from ,. s are getting dun -book, my fountain pen, the mem- ill equippd, overerotc*ded, under- a5 to 60 degrees, which is right for "icon feed, Colored butter is not ' orandum-book itself serving es desk, - only more appetising,, but cell be soil and the note was written right there, manned hospitals,—where they fag churning: Let it stand at this tem- on the market far a very much better She appended a street and number; for the real nurses, and turn. their perature for an hour or so beforeprice than that which that 1 identified as being some dis-,' hands to anything from writing wills churning, if possible. This will cause ch is not colored, The color should be added to the - , trance out on Boyle Heights. "The' and messages for dying men to Hien- the butter to come in better condition. churn before starting to churn. Thus w an inesrnnaDle ireasu4 seemingly ownerless, safe„uardec and my burden of responsibility light ened, Three of us—Struber, Miss Fax and myself—emerged upon the wal together. At that moment a rang gray automobile spun by, so fast the t caught only a hazy glimpse of it occupants, who were two in number the driver, and a figure in the ton. neau, muffled -to the ears in a dra motoring -coat. A feeling that I ha seen the car before impelled me t watch it until it rounded the cor.ne into Fifth Street and disappeared to ward Hill Street. 1 I was engaged thus perhaps tw seconds. Then I became aware th Miss Fox's hand was clutching nl arm and tat Struber was regarding us inquiringly, as if to ask why w lagged, "Did you see that automobile?' asked Miss Fax in a dropped voice. I glanced. at her, surprised that she should have been attracted to it too. I saw that she was disturbed. Auto mobiles of all shapes and sizes and vintages, were passing in both duce tions in two continuous streams but I knew very well the ane she meant. "Yes,,” I replied. "I was wondering where I had seen it before." "All during our morning ride," she deelared, "it followed us." Iter tool was troubled as it met mine. She let hor hand drop from my arm as she continued hurriedly: "When we paused, just before turn- ing into Vermont Avenue, it ;paused. too." Struber had approached and.was now an interested listener. At that instant a light of compre- hension broke upon me; something surged up into my conscious mind and exacted recognition, something that intuition or subconsciousness had ap- prehended all along: there had not been a moment when I was abroad during the past week that I had not been followed? niy every movement watched. Without being able to connect it with any certain, definite occasion, that gray automobile dart- ed dimly in and out of memory's field, personifying the shadow that had hung persistently upon my trail. In my mind 1 saw it as through a veil. Miss Fox's perturbed assertion served to fix the conviction; yet I was sure I had not noticed this particular automobile during our ride -I had been too engrossed to heed insigni- cant details, like automobiles, or even solar eclipses or earthquakes. So .,I questioned her assurance until I could no longer conjure up a doubt. "You know," I said, "it's a common thing to imagine that another car is following yours. They do, too, but inadvertently; it's a sort of hypnosis, one driver riding aimlessly and un- consciously letting the car ahead act as pilot—too lazy or feeble-minded to choose a route of his own." "That may be the explanation," she assented, so dubiously that I knew she didn't think so at all. ` It appeared' that Struber had not observedthecar; but when I present - y admitted that. Miss Fax possibly had been correct in her suspicion, that he gray car probably had followed s with"intent, not only that morning, ut had trailed me. closely all week, e was disposed to view the matter eriously. He even expounded a heory elucidating the problem. "Yulr start out to shadow a fella," e averred; "stick close to him all he time —I don't care whether he sees yuh or not, or hasn't any reason to uspicion he's being ` followed—he'll et next to it . in time. Funny thing, ut it's so. Ile can't pick .out the hadow, but, after n few days he gets uneasy and fidgety without knowin' why—gets to jerkin' his head round nd lookin' to see who's behind him. You walk mostly, don't yuh'?"' e abruptly broke off... , "As much as I can," I told him. 'Ws about all the exercise I get." "Wish 'you'd get the license.num er," he went on, "ot could describe hem better. It. don't' look good to e. Them ginks is prepared for any his Isee the g how work i t• they're he re , Y pretty foxy, all right. As long as you're welkin' the guy in the back seat' walks' too, 'shadowin' yuh, while the other trails `along with the auto, keepin' him in sight, Then ;.if yell hop a car, get a taxi, or- anything like, that, this guy, signals his machine, climbs -aboard and don't `lose yuh. Au auto followin'.a fella on foot would be spotted by flim right off, so this gray auto keeps out -o' your sight as< much as possible—but you've got a line on 'em, just the same.". - "But v' w by the dickens should they want to follow ?" "Who are thelye , I deznlulded: anyway?"they, 1 "Search me," he returned gloomily, "What with that diamond and the "Why," I returned at length, "I' The great war of to -day, although eel thf First Street car goes within two ia1 - blocks of the house," she told bin. Struber gallantly doffed his shabby ; derby and murmured his thanks. To me he said over his shoulder, as he moved away: "I'll drift back to your loft as soon as I can. I've a hunch it'll help c things along if we compare notes." willing'," I agreed. And the detective, in Iris illusory shiftless fashion, went rapidly away. 1 h t u b h 5 t Ii t s b s a m t CHAPTER XIII. Up to this time I had spoken of the death -ring to Miss Fox only in the slightest and most casual way; be- cause, prior to Steve Willets's death --I never could bring myself to think- ing of him as her father her interest • en horrible tasks of wash- Cream that is being ripened should be ing, scrubbing and disinfecting. thoroughly stirred several times be - Others give themselves, with their fore it is ready for churning, automobiles, to the Red Cross, and It is often advisable to save some drive their own ears, filled with of the buttermilk of one churning to wounded, over war-torn roads and be used as starter ((the same as yeast half -wrecked bridges with sldll and in bread making) for the next batch daring. Often they run them under of cream. Add a small amount of this fire, and not one of them has flinched. buttermilk to the sweet cream when "If ever this terrible time, which enough Inc been gathered for a seems an endless nightmare, does churning; thoroughly stir it, and it really end," the American wife of an' will ripen very- much more rapidly. Englishman of high social position, Care should be exercised to keep this who Inc been loyally working with old buttermilk in as good condition as the rest, wrote home recently, "and if possible. I wake up to peace and pretty clothes Strain all cream into the churn, and gay doings, and life as it used to This will remove all clots and ' be—sometimes I wonder who it will particles of curd, and there will be no ; danger of white specks in the butter. Do not fill the churn over one third to one half full. Give the cream room for agitation, which insures quick churning. Turn the churn just fast enough to give the cream the greatest amount of agitation. The butter should be gathered until the grains become about one half the size of wheat. Then draw off the but- termilk through a strainer and wash the butter in cold water two or three times or until the wash water is re- moved practically clear. In washing, a care should be exercised not to bring the grains together in one mass, but rather keep it in the granular eondi- tion. The washing of the butter re- movesBullet Taken From Heart and Soldier the buttermilk and makes the Still Lives. The opening of a chamber of the heart and extracting a bullet is re- ported by Professor Freund and Doc- and the salt sprinkled over it before tor Casperson in the Munich Medical , it has been worked together. Usually Weekly. The patient was a young a scant ounce of salt is added for each soldier who had recovered from a bul- let wound through the liver. Upon X-ray examination preceding his dis- charge from the hospital a foreign ob- ject was discerned in the heart. It moved synchronously with the Heart's in it had seemed so remote that the n idea did not suggest itself, and after- n wards I was restrained from speaking n of it by a reluctance to mention the instrument that had been the direct i1 cause of that death. a t b 0 0 d t e that will wake ? Not I, as I am ow, or it wouldn't be waking, and of 1, the old I of before the war; that 1, my dear, is as dead as if she ad been shot, I want to be happy nd jolly again, yet when I think of the old life it seems no mare possible o take it up and live it than to go ack and be a little girl. I have died, r grown up, or been born again since then—I don't quite know which! I my know that I am, and must be, ifferent, and that I cannot even tivish o be the same again." Sometimes to lose a self is to find soul. MISSILE FOUND BY X-RAYS. ' But now, with the potential con- nection between the ring and the ivory boxes in mind, and the manner in which they had come into the mys- tery surrounding her own life, I de- cided that she was entitled to have all the information relating to it that I could impart. The circumstances of her attitude toward the bandit being nearly, if not quite, impersonal, re- lieved the situation immensely. She fostered no tender memories of the man; in his death she had known no grief. The only sentiment respecting him that she could possibly entertain was regret that he had been the sort of man he was. His taking off had been a blessing instead of an afflic- tion.• Aecordingly, therefore, after Stru- ber left us and we were once more back at the office, the instant I found the opportunity I called Miss Fox into my private room for the purpose of telling her about the ring. The story of the diamond, of course, she had already heard that morning, ex- cept one feature that I purposely had not referred to at the bank, name- rly, the coincidence of its apparently miraculousarrival,and her having come into the midst of that astound- ing situation with 'what was to me the most extraordinary story of all. My principal purpose, however, was to give her the ring's history, as much. as I knew of it; and as I un- locked the drawer where I had ,hidden it beneath a mass of old papers; I said: "The diamond coming as it didwas enough to upset any man but the two boxes being exactly alike was the limit." I was fumbling for the ring box. "You know, there is an atmos- phere about this box, as if it had be- longed to the ring for ages. , It was hard to believe that. there could be another just like it. Right on top of that came your story, then, a day or two later, the Strang letters ---well, it's been a pretty strenuous week for. My hand encountered the box, which I drew 2.prth. The instant Miss Pox beheld it T knew its appearance was not strange to her. But how lit- tle'did I dream that this relatively un- important episode was to end in a FREE H,allam'c trappera Oyer Enatieh or P'reneh;. 9,i pp,aes toys how and \Tara to grhp -. and other valgable Ynfo k• tion for the dripper •'Raw Fur Fre List' Fpr Sry)e 8e01" ofb beautiful utl•u ,i tug _ . oct A motto, ciao "tap,yins gni sportsmen's ar d Spertsmeos Snego4AtAIngGins Tirana Anmol 13e,16,, viral Neta, t lowest,' ' r,c,,aillust;stud. sent 1(EZ. itdarde,, J0 ' H' ���• Li 6;5 364 Hall D, TORONTO butter keep for a longer time. It also puts it in better condition for salting. The butter should be taken from. the churn in the granular condition pulsations, and the physicians decided that it was a shrapnel bullet. To prevent possible dangerous com- plications it was determined to re- move the bullet. The breast was opened, the pericardium slit sufficient- ly to permit the heart to be brought forward, a quick incision was made in the right ventricle, and the bullet was immediately found and removed. Much blood was lost, but the bleed- ing stopped after a prompt stitching and the patient made a complete re- covery. The bullet, which -- eighed' . 12" grams, had taken 'a most erratic and extraordinary course. It' struck the soldier on the left ehoulder from above, as he was storming forward, inflicting only a flesh wound. It •pass- ed down and diagonallyacross the body, barely marking the skin, was deflected bya cartridge box and d en- tered the liver, passing completely through it into the vena cava, one of the two trunk veins 'that empty, into, the heart. The bloodstream convey- ed it thence into the right ventricle of the heart. Sure He Would. Did you ever have a cold you could not get rid of? No—If. I did I'd still have it now. 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