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The Exeter Advocate, 1916-2-17, Page 2The. Green Seal By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby," "The Time Lock," etc. r12.. 1‘.ft CRAPTER XXV. 1 "I never quite lest myself," Lois Our very simplest undertakings - slyly informed him in a subdued voice. seldom if ever develop along the lines "I knew what was bappening. When we fondly 'believe they will. As a Mr. Ferris—when I felt that I could matter of fact, oftener than not they be of some use I recovered myself surprise and upset us by originating quickly enough!" the most unforeseen and exasperating Sbe knew, then! I had by now got - complications; hidden snares for our ten the night's happening s in true per - confident feet, unsuspected deadfalls spective, and I recalled everything for our sanguine heads; and in the end right up to the moment when my key - turn out in a way quite contrary to ed -up nerves could stand no more and what we had all along expected they something snapped; when everything would. went suddenly black and Partin and Here I had been for weeks bend- Strang and Struber plunged at me to ing every mental and physical energy relieve me of my precious burden. 1 to the unravelling of a tangle of mys. She knew! She was not insensible of ! tery, in which I had become involved those burning kisses, nor the tune - without choice or initiative of my own ultuous outrusb of my newly' kindled I and now, when the snarl was about to passion. And she had rallied and fall apart and disclose all the underly- ministered to me when I beolte dowi1 e, * • Vaseline Capsicum Pel etroleum Xiti Breaks up colds in throat and chest. Better than a mustard plaster for rheu- matism, gout, sprains, cramps etc. Will not blister ;he skin. Sold insanitary tin tubesat them- ists and general stores every- where. Refuse substitutes. Free booklet on request. C.A.P510P.4 ; CHESEBROUGH MFG. CO. (Comolidated) 1850 Chabot Ave. Montreal -- nave hesitated an instant over tertinge it; but he would have apodigized for the inconvenience and diseomfort he was putting me to." "The scoundrel!" I exclaimed. "And I had hoped before this to enjoy the memory of having wrung his neck! What were his planar lie wanted, Pent of all, the ring; next, the diamond. Then he gave me to understand that before I left him 1 must submit to having my tatoo- mark obliterated." "So that's where the Careassi wo- man comes in. Lao, with all his cun- ning, chooses poor tools to further his schenaes. I wonder," I added, "if he really belleeed that any decent or re- fined American girl could be per- suaded by that blowsy woman to sub- mit to her alleged treatments' Fought" "I can see," Lois said reflectively, "where a Chinaman of even his pow- er and influence would be at a dis- advantage in dealing with white people. There's no common level upon width they ean come together and op- portunities to advance his schemes are correspondingly limited. White men or women who would lend them- selves to his purposes would have to voice to a whisper. "My darling, be low indeed to de so. 1 suspeet he ing motives and causes, 1 contem. under the terrible thought that she. me' plated the impending process with at-. was dead, ; beautiful girl! When the realization has some hold over the Careassi NVO- ter indifference. i Well, H this officious man would burst uPon me that I loved you; when t man or her son." I came to myself in a perfectly sat- only take himself away I would tell I could only see you in fancy being "I wouldn't be surprised if you're lsfied frame of mind. Lois was safe her again, and yet again. It 'would dragged to God alone knows what hid- right," I agreed. "But go on about and unharmed; her arms clasped my make ;etre that she knew. I woulin eous fate, 1 thought I would lose mylL".' neck tightly; he was holding TAY leeve no room for doubt to ever creep senses utterly," "His ultimatums were in the na- head to her warm bosom. And I could into her mind respecting the depth! She eaught her breath in a short lure of a climax to a story he started feel her heart beating with excess of of my devotion, the height of iny ad- gasp and freed her hands, whine to tell nee. But his evening's pro - the emotions which rny first compre- oration—, once more I had imprisoned in mine. grain suffered an interruption that heading look read in her lovely face "0' course he had his get -away fix- / "Please •do n't, Mr. Ferris," ebe' threw everything lute disorder; it bendiug so close above me; the keen- ed, just like we'd said; but we nailed said gently. ee—I — oh, you are turned out so differently from what est distress and anxiety—marvel of that fritzer Dave Maguire, and hishurting me more than you have any he must have plannei—when he tlearn- marvels! — a passionate, eager love mother, the beauty doctor, ant --"w . idea of!" ed hat you and the officers were that yearned over me and cried out ' "What in thunder are you taking' There was a genuine ring of sue- coming, I suppose — that I got no to the love for ber that as in mown about?" I broke in, all at once real- ' tering in her voice that worried and very elear idea of w e was telling heart, izing that Struber had been talking wy puzzled me. There was no present op-, "You know, I was supposed to be or for Lao Wing Fu? And what ear- stopped and looked queerly from rm. What cared I then for the diamond, ever since he had come up to us- Be portunity to force an explanatioe. Had that glorious love -light in her eyes waiting for you and Mr. Strang; I was me ed 1 whether James Strang told bis to Lois. With a short laugh he then been only a vagary of my disorder- principally occupied in wondering why story and showered riches upon my moved toward the open forward dean ed brain? I could not believe it to you didn't come.was growing ner- yet the warmth of ., dearly beloved, or carried them with "Reckon the sooner I get you two be so; my yous ever the delay, and Lao got only hat h him back to Johore? back to town the better it II be for szasrn was eeing aeUDex. 3,ernueo. 1 eared not a Whit They were erowd- yule This mire bus been one bolster. ' "Please don't, Mr. Ferris," she The extraordinary aspects of this inc," she was saying, "until 1 van ex- adventure that she was recounting so ed completely out of my thoughts. ous night for people what ain't used . Every interest and concern that the to boisterous nights . . . Giddap!" Plobn" simply, and with a restraint that was want had to offer had grown stale and he yelled happily as he threw over the "But, Lois—my darling—" habitual with be; filled inc with sordid by comparison with the rushing starter switch, amazement and admiration. ; "Don't--ob, don'tr Her voice, low' and strained, quivered with repress-* (To be continued.) stream of happiness and contentment While the big machine gathered ed emotion. Realty, really you must -- that swept swept over me. But such bliss- headway, he said to us across nis, '11 not talk so. Do wait, please. Let SIR BRYA.N MAHON. f I i t 1 have a ainful h Me : "Hari an' Strang1 divided attention." The Virtue of the Natural Leaf is perfectly preserved in the sealed 11 B104 packet. Young tender leaves only„. grown with utmost care and with' flavour as the prime object, are used to produce the famous Salada blends. • • • tll 0,0 4.04/ ien -ere _ - head of young stock, it must be most unprofitable. Again one notices that four 2 -year-olds should have weighed at least 1,000 pounds aid -10040h means that they were sold at enly 0 cents per pound live weight. Prone ably they were worth no more, but had they been properly finished they might easily have sold for two to three cents more per pound live weight. The ridiculous part of the meat question is that the four 2.year- old steers did not produce as much in- come as was expended in the house- hold far the butcher Mlle. Again, the seven cows produced ap. proximately 9 gallons of cream and 46 pounds of butter per cow, or a total of approximately '75 pounds of butter per cow. The cow -which doeit not produce 800 pounds of butter per annum on a hundred acre farm valued at $100 per acre is a losing proposi- tion, Generally speaking, this hundred acre farm is not producing either in field crops or in manufactured pro- ducts, namely, beef, pork, and dairy products, one-quarter of tie amount will& it should. However, in this statement one notices that improve- ments in the fields, etc., if such were made, are not credited; also that im- provements in the stock, if such were made, are not credited. One also no- tices that the twenty ewes bave pro - dined no income either in lamb, mut- ton or wood. Generally speaking, the following suggestions for the immediate im- provement of conditions might be made: - 1. To increase the production of the farm two, three or four times, as soon as possible, by a good system of rotation, better tillage method, and probably better selection of crops, to - 'What a 100 Acre Farm Should I Produce. Previous to receiving your letter 11 had read the article in your December I 81st issue, and I would offer the fol- lowing criticisms ,pf the conditions of affairs on this one hundred acre farm. Perhaps you will not agree with me; in every point, but I certainly think that, witb the limited knowledge, which I have regarding this proposi- I tion, the criticisms are justified, writes Mr. E. S. Archibald, Dominion' Animal Husbandman in Canadian Farmer. u n erva s. alas:paunw, s ou r 7 disappointing way of abandoning one come along in another ear. Harry's three With Good Record. me tell you about to -night about at the supreme moment of entasy; a auto shark' y' know, an' he'll have Nt a alenen • hey are• ee e n, %, e . • •mangels, say 900 bushels of po- :epos in the sun. ' a wonder yuh bad anything left but to cape with this situation. I could. A Mahout is a person who, by the' As eoon as LOiS perceived that I the air in the tires. Autos ain't ' aid of a small sharp spike, controls an , nips and mangels. tatoes and 1,200 bushels of tur- not persist, and so I listened. wen in possession of ray senses and made for chs.shn mountain goats ar' "When the note came I hadn't the • apparently unwieldy and unintelligent; tinting up into her heavenly eyes with elimbintrees. Harry 11 bring in the: slightest suspicion that I was not to bulk, and it may be that this fine' 5 acres of peas 100 bushels ail the burning ardor that possessed, prisoners." ' meet you. When we met the man soldier earned this sobriquet in the 5 acres of wheat 200 bushels w :ne, she underwent a change. It was , "Prisoners?" I eachoed. "In'ho?" . they call illagnire, and he climbed service for a somewhat similar attrnd 15 acres of oats or mixed oats and too inconspicuous to be defined, but , "Yep—three o' them. Madame Car- . in with the chauffeur, I was just a , bute. General Sir Bryan Mahon, who ' barley 900 bushels, not to be mistaken; an instinctive eassi, her crooked son, Dave, an' one , hit dubious, but I didn't really sus- is in command of the British forces in 20 acres of hay 90 tons -brinking away from me that made Chink who gave promise of realm:, Peet that anything was wrong. I Saloniki, is called by that name in the 16 acres of rough land and bush. me instantly sit up and take quick no- . din' to third-degree treatment." WLtS conftdent that soon 1 would be nrnxy. ; 20 acres of pasture lec: of the rest of my surroundings. The car now demanded his entire ' with you and Mr. Struber and Mr. Sir Bryan Mahon is only 53, and is! 4 acres of building sites, roadways, We were in the tonneau of ane of attention and for the present a pea Strang. therefore, one of the "young" gener- lawn, orchard, etc. • A hundred acre farm of good char-, actor soil should be producing a great deal more than this hundred acres nxentioned. In looking over the state- ment one finds that the live stock kept amounts to only 4 horses, 11 milch cows, 12 bead of young cows, 15 p g allages, andewes yet in the accounts one notices items for the purchase of bay, 5 or 6 tons; straw, 1 to 2 tons, and chop for cat- tle and pig feed amounting to over $70, with a total for feed purchased of $177.26. A hundred acre farm should produee average crops approx.. imately as follows:—• A Fine, Dashing Solaier of Fifty- 10 acres of corn ensilage 150 tons • • • G hl It's My riddle -tortured brain refused 5 acres of potatoes and turnips and 11. :he automobiles, which, it was mann iod was put to further enlightment 'My escor. — i. e amine — mus ais. xie nas ueen a . . , This is a rough calculation which, feet. had not moved, and the instant I from him. . . have had his orders, for he didn't nt-1 his service, and first went into the fith of course, would be varied depending gether with manuring, etc. Detail:4 looked out I saw Struber walking rap- ! I turned to Lois, and again was' ter a word all the time we were to- Hussars when he was 23. He was not of this phase of the -work may be had upon the layout of the farm, the china idly toward us. Lois instinctively ap- overcome with a rapturous sense of ; gether except to give me a few neces- long fn obtaining his baptism of fire, acter -of the soil, and the character free upon application to the Field plied herself to the arrangement of her nearness. The night could not 1 sa.17 directions. His conduct certain- as things went in those piping times of farming carried on. Many hun- Husbandry Division, Central Experi- eer hair, winch hung about her face hide her fresh, pure beauty; for ly caused me no uneasiness, far he was of peace, for when the Khalifa first, dred acre farms in Western Ontario mental Farm, Ottawa. sullen, gruff and ill-humored, as if the ' began to proclaim himself as the re-: 2. To increase the production of end upon her shoulden4 in enchanting every line of her dear faee, every; produce a great deal more than above eunfueion. eyes, , responsibility of squiring me was pos- incarnation of the prophet's first the live stock on, the farm. If these ! shifting light in her fine gray estimated. This foodstuff would be itively distasteful to him. 'Whenever lieutenant, he went to Egypt. This caws cannot produce, by the best In a seeond Struber would be upon every bewitching trick of expression,. , sufficient to feed at least twice the un I reached up impulsively and was as elear to me as if it had been I curiosity got the better of me and was in 1896, ! number of live stock maintained commercial feeding methods, more taught one of her hands. 1 crushed broad day. But by and by I grew eon- I tried to question him he would an- In the Dongola show he got a D.S. than they did during the past year, the builk of it to iny lips and laid the scious of a chill, if she were purpose- sever with a grunt and at last he, O., and in the fighting that followed . thereon. I Either the hundredacref e arm men- they had better be sold immediately eoft pelm upon my cheek. ly holding herself aloof, and by de- i lost patience and counseled me to • higher upthe Blue Nile,Atbara Om tioned is very poorly farmed or the and replaced by cows which can show "My darling!" I breathed at her, grecs my buoyancy and exaltation! 'hold by horses,' telling me I should durman, and Iebartoum, where K. - Th. , . . of a profit If the feeding methods are 1 son ust lee in a N ery poor state tut (Stz•uber Vat8 now within a yard oozed away, leaving me uncornfort-; learn everything presently from -----.------ - ------- .sr two of us ) , "I can almost forgive able, miserable. I was racked with' somebody who knew. 1 ve liad more, . e'er eneinies for all the trouble they impatience because Struber's now un- cheerful companions. neve inflicted upon us bee ause it has welcome presence put a restriction', "We got out in the road where a brought tale wonderful revelation of upon unguarded exchanges of se t' ' horse and buggy stood waiting off .in n in levee' ment and tenderness. ; a lane. The horse was hitched to a She had no time to reply, and, now . Presently she began speaking in wire fence. The automobile left us, nett was withdrawn farther away her office tone. , turning and going back to town, I from me, it was too dark to see her "The only hurt I suffered was to my! suppose, and my escort and I got into face distinctly. But I knew that she feelings, Mr. Ferris, and to my nerves ' the buggy. The horse was headed wee not reeentrul. so please don't worry about me. Be -!, down the lane, and in a few minutes She gently disengainn ' 'her hand, 'd I r t. rid of the tatto fark e! we came to a cluster of frame shanks. just as the detective bailed us. "Oi-yoi!" he cried, grinning at me. "Se yuh've come out of it — what? Stem as -you flickered Miss Fox came . , "Please begin at the beginning," I i "We stopped. Everything was begged, "else I shall never get it. dark and silent, and for a second I straight. I've been so frantic all experienced a twinge of apprehension, • ht t 'th d • d d ,- Jan inclination td draw back before it ft. en' said she'd look after yuh. Far- over you—Oh, Loin Lois!" Of a sud- i was too late. But just then a door lin' Strang an' zne's been pretty busy." den I leaned toward her and loweredopened, letting out an oblong of dim I light, and when I recognized Lae, Wing Fu on the threshold I was 0E! reassured; I naturally concluded that he was one of your party. ' "Well, an hour or more must have woolgtrataz,o otagoaarooxa 1/4 rs111 STIFF NECK' &714.1 :neentee Ay, ti? ILIteke'e C•F‘s•re,„7, lf ennene. ' Why bear those pains? et. A single bottle will convince you Sloari's int e; • Arrests Inflammation. •_Prevents severe compli- cations. Just put a few drops on, the painful ••spot and the pain dis- appears. L..;:avommramm Aawaaonozza elapsed before *I was dillusioned. It is hard for me to give you a definite I conception of just why I became so terrified—for I was, at the last, in an awful panic of terror." She laughed in an embarrassed way that told me more than her words did: she was not easily frightenen. "But that was when I broke away from them and ran—ran blindly, wildly out into the night—" "And into my outstretched atm," it finished for her: "I was. waiting for you. I had heard your cry for help." For just an instant one small hand was laid upon my arm, and after e quack warm pressure was withdrawn I heard a sound like a sob. But 'Lots immediately took up the thread of her recital, her voice quivering with indignation. "Oh, that horrible, horrible crea- • ture! When she touched me I • thoUght I wo-uld die with terror and disgust!" • • "Yes. But this was after Lao Wing Fu and I had. talked. You must un- derstarid that outwardly he was a eon- • stant model of courtesy and politeness. Behind that •courtesy, though, he was ruthless and cruel. He had made his plans, and as far as he was able lie. meant to carry them out, regard- less of me or my feelings, or any- body else's. If'my life had been an obstacle I'm confident he would not • General Mahon. - - • • • faulty, these should be improved im• very ra ica •mediately so that the cows may have steps in improvement. A hundred an opportunity to prove their worth. acre farm whicb is not capable of pro - This also applies to the handling of viding hay, grain, and other feeds for .the pigs and the sheep. the small number of live stock car- 3. The cash incomes from this farm ried thereon could not be profitable. must be increased two or three times. One notices in looking over the The present income is out of all pro - statement that two men are maintain - portion to the necessary expenditures ed on this farm, and considering the and also to the large amount of labor feeds raised there is far from suf• whieh is being maintained. There is ficient labor to keep two men busy, sufficient labor on this farm to pro. especially during the winter months, duce a cash income from the stock with thesmall number of live stock and also from the fields of at least which is being kept. Aside from this, five, times the present income. Gen - finally brought the Khalifa to book, he got a first brevet lieutenant-col- olency and later on•a brevet colonelcy and the Order of the Foierth Clase.of the Osmanieh. Loyd Kitchener has always known what a good man Sir Bryan is, and so when the South Af- rican war broke out ;he was safe for a command. He got a cavalry bri- gade, and after • Cronje had been smashed' at Paardeberg and Sir John French had galloped his cavalry's tails off in that melodramatic expedie Hon to • Kimberley, Sir Bryan set out to drive the Dutchmen away from Mafeking. "B. -P." and his gallant friends in the little Transvaal town were hard pressed and on short com- mons when "The Mahout" turned up to relieve the pressure. When in India, to which land he went back after South Africa, Sir Bryan commanded the 8th Lucknow Division. • Parenthetically, "The Mahout" is •a very fine bridge player and a tre- mendous consumer .of cigaretths, and if anyone in our army is ever going to srnobe one in the Yildiz Kiosk it will be he. one notices the special charges for cleaning well, sawing wood, and the like, which might be easily done by these men. Again, one notices such items as $30 for the grazing of cattle. 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