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The Exeter Advocate, 1920-8-19, Page 6Don. Trust to ': When ordering Tea, but insist on gettinggettind the reliable... Ben The Ten That Never Disappoints Black, Green or Mixed in Sealed Packets Only. Titi JUDGE By SAMUEL A. DEItIEUX. eameiess II. " passing the boy bird after •bird. The Steve Lind Cawthorn went on with luau in the yard had stepped chop- the hop-t e loan, like nwn loath to turn a' Ping, the expression on the sallow wo' serious top::. loose. Marian, busy' mans face had changed from ds- heeese«:fe, had left the wont. Burl-' approbation to eagerness, ingame draw a chair up ltefore her and "Come on, Cue:there!" called Buri- ieared forward. The talk cf the ether; legatee. "Time for another covey if mea eaime to her only in fragmentsd we'll huryy. Let's, give Gladstone a Burlingame knew everyhode. The' show." Co,hgressman frena her town? Tie was I Every window was aglow when they talldng to him last night at the club.; reached home. The other guests had He e tilled her celebrity by his first arrived that afternoon. Tt was long name. ' past midnight when Stella went up - conscious." We ourselves only know perfectly, he reminds uss those things, that we have done so often. that wo leave learned to do them automatically. That is the way with the boos and ants. ,When you are conscious of knowing a thing, he says, you do not know it absolutely. -Zak There is infinite interest, recreation• e- ,ytedy Your Children. If yeti plant to enclose your vex- andstimulation to be found in observ- andah this fall, give thought. to usinging our plant and animal brethren. ?.'here are that* cam taints, nova- Tho world le a great deal bigger, mare y p casement \umdows. They Flo not lteexl bars varied aaad more wonderful than any t be � ' d•tl a xti +•-- there etre far mere children's char- o . em ae an a• summa me actors damaged by being misunder- just opening thein wide allows euffi•- stood than by over -indulgence. event air and they're mighty handy when a sudden shower or a chilly day Some people seem to think child, should not be oho\vn too much tender- .conies along. noes. for fear they get "spoilt," as The back verandah cats conceal its P unsightly garbage pail, hose and Rile. though one mule+ really love a little droll appliances in •an attractive box child too much. seat, which the man of the house can You might as well .stand a flower- easily make. pot -in a cellar and expect it to -thrive as bring up a child without the mentalThe :Eliza Brown Kind, eunehine of love: We need not .be overindulgent slaves, but we must try "%Ier name," Janet said, "is Eliza to be the very acme of love and under- Brawn. And she looks. Eliza Brown. from such a fire; hardly any on an standing, if we want to help them, to As far off as you could see her, you'd iron or steel ship. The first protective build the greatest edifice on earth— .know that was her name. She has measure is to exclude the air, so that a'good character. an Eliza Brown foreheaxl, the kind the fire can only smoulder, Then the We should be very careful how we that bulges, you know,—and Eliza bunker is flooded with water, which punish children. hove and patience Brown hair, and she wears Elisa usually serves to, extinguish the Are. work wonders with the plastic child- Brown clothes; nmost•of all, her shoes Even in wooden ships the danger soul, where anger and punishments are Eliza Beown. I don't see why we, front smouldering fire is not half so g P had to have her, There was the sweet- great as has been pictured by lands - est girl who came and just begged for men. This is illustrated by the exp than others, and much more are is a room. She had the loveliest aolox peiienee of the captain of the Twin needed in dealing with then*. We must and the most stunning het—simple, E]rothers, engaged some years ago in not be too fussy about games and Z•ou know, but so chime. I know we the wheat trade between San Francis - should have been congenial. But co and Liverpool. The vessel was re. nossu, Children have a vett amountes another wrote and offered. Eliza Brown turning from the latter port with a working kos and vitaly energyavet that needs our xoom as soon as she heard she thousand- tons of coal in the hold as cif, They have the right t4 ballast.._ Just after she rounded Cape play, and it is only by allowing other was coming. She comes from the people their rights that we shall get town where another lived when she Horn it was discovered that the goal petty round, .of business, society and politics. Exciting Moments on Ships Afire. Common enough are smouldering fires on board ship. In many cases they are comparatively harmless. They arise mostly from. spontaneous combustion, caused by piling largo quantities of coarin close quarters. ismuch danger It is said therenot Oa home," she smiled, „we tlAittl+.', stars, flushed with the old-fashioned our own. was a girl. I be he ,.ppoints the Presidents:' t dzli ees through which Burlingame had Sometimes it is the parents, who, tacrine were at school together, And He threw back his head laughed. leas Iter. It \vas he who had dotninat- having shown so unwise and poor an mother said we dd be fortunate to have i , ande�I the rFaerrunent. It 'was about hien example, really deserve the punish- "I'm unish- her in the house, that the Browns were Yeti sheet. dont you I" he asked.' Flat women in their evenitz; dresses thealways depend " 1 m drum Texas. Mr. Burlingame." had gathered. He had followed Stella mento. We parents avast* aim not only Ithittzlc she \valets her to be niiu laid veu lass,,^ a nun . t tl t t # th t H b ._ at showing our children worth -while • was on fire. There was a steam pump.on board, and atter closing the lower hatches the crew flooded, the hold until the ship had settled about four feet lower in the water, No one was frightened • a the foot o e stairs. , e was e , once in mylife, Eliza. Brown an in and every one was confident that the "No; nor a Buv c knife nor a lariat' ginning to make up for that lest time examples of truth and sweetness, but t„ ship would be safely -brought into port —trey gut .s, , , . -; in Ar.zona, he said, his compelling we must remember the debt of grab- fluence, isn't ?:, at San Francisco. Call was made at Ar, ,.. ,.:ma. he aided, his ac,.n,r. ; eyes deep in hers, tude we owe to them, Its queer about names, sn t at » Valparaiso, but not a man deserted the ing gene searened her brelit eyes.; The door of her room was ajar. What about "father,,: "r:ho carnes Rose relied. "I know a girl named shag, "reit est shoot quuiz, den't you'!" , i. Before her fire dozed Frank. She Beryl Mae. It sounds like a film .star, The vessel was seveuty-two days in borne avearieu w_th his mark, and finds -I've sn,..t Chinese Pheasants in smiled down at him as he lay humbly his •anxieties and tivearaness' smoothed doesn't it2 And site looks like one. reaching San Francisco from the Arizona." " proud h',f, re her tend rai zeal his eyes away by the magic touch of the little, .She has suet thrilling adventures. I Horn, and all that time the coal burn, "'When?" to her, his tai, wagging self-conscious- g last winter ---Dail and I.' she ly across the rug. o nestling figure in his arms. Row often wonder if anybody with a high knobby ed, and little streams of ,smoke could added. "That': all right, old man," she as- does "mother" learn to forget the bard sort of Sorehead—like Eliza. Brown's— . be seen coming through the cracks in Last winter? I shot pwasants n sexed him, "This is your fir,. I'll lessons of life and the apparently un ever has adventures. the deck, Arriving at San Francisco Arisen,: myself lest winter. and didn't leave my door open. You come up endir, work of the day when at even- "Most decidedly not,"Janet replied the Twin Brothers sailed out on the knew you were anywhere about. Veil,' here any time you want to, and stay t:de she lacks down at the little,rose- positively, "Nobody could who looks mud fiats and was flooded until she you must have a gun. There's a till bedtime. Oh, I was proud of you flashed, sleeping face, that brims like Eliza Bra."'"settled almost even with her upper twenty -gauge in my rooms in Wash-' this .afternoon! What do you think of such blessed to her soul,.a d Two days later Janet, white •and. deck. This extinguished the fire. ;,.glen. I tc sen -1 a telegram to -night iib ._some shot, eh tet peace terrified,was staring at the doctor. The appearance of the vessel after tie the gun'll he here to -morrow." t She drew up a rocker beside him. mallet her feel that, after All, even Mother with the influenza—mother! all this was pretty fair evidence of lie rose and leaned against the He had accepted her assuranze; he the drudgery has been worth while And foundl what a ship may t..e h , looking ,sown at her. knew no guile•' the matter was settled Let us, then, study our children and - n no nurse to be Why, they w ha. p survive in the way of fire damage. In a dozen places the bottom had burned through, and all that was between the crew and the deep sea was the thin sheet of copper bottom. The weight of the coal and the pressure of the water kept about equal strain on both sides of the cop- per sheeting, and, it had not broken through, although it was little thicker than an ordinary tin pan. .•Have you seen nay setter, Glad -'.„this was hisfire, discipline ourselves, if we want to be 'must stone? You know Steve's dog. Frank, ` "Old man," she asked, "which of ideal fathers and mothers. The doctor shook his head. has ahva, s put it all over every dogthose men do you like hest? Dad says "I don't know where. There are ave could bring outnhere, But I've got you know," Preparing School Lunches. families that are all down with it— •and no daughter or maid in the house, have one—they must! e ,ti c\r—\vell, tt »I sae a dzt#erent He rolled his eyes toward her, held sto y. Gladstone walked away with them there a moment, then turned his Putting up the children's lunches You'll have to follow daieeiiona exact - the Eastern championsh p this fall,! gags to the fire. The afternoon's hunt used to be such a bugbear at our ly, tut you can do at. you — ,° . teve , 'where's the phone? was going through his heats. house until my husband bought the Stela looked up suddenly. Cawnew white enamel medicine closet for "Can I help?" a quiet voice asked. thorn's eyes were upon her face, He "Oh, you make me feel lonely, "I've just heard; Billy told me. I'm P Frank. the bathroom and put the big golden d .hatis epsen in gray ym eyes. ev There have He looked up at her apologetically.; oak one up in the kitchen -over . my can oto not at � orders" fratd I'm strong aped Ile tapped the rug with his tail. Then, table. • It always used to be such a S reetrc ed teeny a strange picture. They ;mice more he studied that fire in whose scurry every morning, looking around The doctor and Janet both had turn - were young eyes, too—unspoiled, you eoals he seemed to see endless hunting to see what there was for their bas - met The doctor's face cleared as he a, ape! say. There was a bovtsl. sort ;fields, endless triumphs. He was un- z Whet the steady eyes.. t f eagerness on his strong. sunturned approachable to -night. Girls' affairs kets. Now I can put up ail three in "You're in luck, young woman," he fe e, He must not have paid much at - .were girls' affairs. He was a mighty a very few minutes. In the first place,, told Janet. tenticn to the loan after all. He must hunter. I keep on hand in the top shelf little have leen looking at her all the time'. i For the old mansion, that was a cans of potted meats, cheese, fruit, Three weeks later, •when mother The gun which Burlingame had sent week out of its picturesque past. Each pastry, etc., for emergencies, and it was out of danger, Janetmade . her for .alma out next morrong, and in the sunlit morning it saw parties set out never is such a canistra ho 'if there confession on to Rose. of e ,.ocn he and Stella and Cawthorn 'for a hunt or a stroll or a ride. Each , p "She just worked; night and day. hi:reed over rolling hills of broom -i evening it wet -sallied them back under` is epos enough chic:ten left Exam dinner The doctor says she saved mother's straw Fromnd ugh first tlhere es af vepine i seal, a� its sheltering eaves with a grave, here ripe,! are packageto make s of sandwiches i prunesAnd { and life. She was steady all the time oak. 1'rivalry.1 impartial courtesy, and listened in-; P g x --whish . dog would find the mostdiligently to the laughter that echoed nuts and a jar of hard candy for sur - coveys. Prank or Gladstone? i in its generous halls and rooms. 1 prises when there is not any dessert. Ar for Frank, he didn't seem to; Burlingame stayed on from day to There is always a roil of waxed parer. care veteran that he was. His chief, day, business could wait, even foreign and two or three very sharp knives interest seemed to be that Stella r loans; he transacted necessary details that are not to be touched for any sh , tld go levee with a pocket full of by telephone or telegraph, then dis- thin else. birds. Time and again the three ad- nhiyse bu°iaigas from his mind.•g v need on coveys, Stella in the middle; He was a fine horseman, and he and' A small white tin box sits under this time and main she missed; but al- Stella rode all over the country in the' cupboard, and in it I keep the bread wars nut kr the -confusion ahead came' crisp, clear winter air. Burlingame , for the sandwiches and the simple They der': not need words.I� rank to her, a bird, 0 killed by one or was full of keen observations of men cakes or cookies that I make for them. 4 otherof his mouth—came *hoer ,n saving nparticularlywhat a this • ^r-, and women, of women; Nobody knows his k « ` » , stra ght t� her, his e; es gloving with Stella s repartees were spaced with a rangement is in time and worry until The Human .Side of Plants. Seaplanes. to Hunt Whales. Bus+iness� men at Aalesund, north of Bergen, Norway, intend this summer to -alae seaplanes for aeal and whale hunting in Denmark Strait, between Iceland and Greenland, says the Na- tional Tidende» The first machine will probably be sent up in a week or so. Many ships are already in the strait. Keep Minard's Liniment in the house. when I was so frightened. She could se bulge all over if she wanted to. I'll never, never forget it as long as I live." "Beryl Mae," Rose relied ,thought- fully, "went home seared to death. when there was a case -here she boarded " • The two girls looked at each other: rade. charming unconventionality. Their they try +it. The boy of thefamily In a recent book, Royal Dixon main- lal. heti over ill andhim, old an," she laughter rang out as they galloped or could easily snake a little cupboard for tains that plants have "a human side." didn't." , y lowered along, and Stella returned' this purpose, Of course, it is wise to He tells of plants that walk, plants oldie',. 'p po from the rides flushed and glowing. that fly—or at least use airplanes to But each time he stead in front of Cawthorn was a walker so was she.'have a lock to the door, or you will her. bird hanging from his mouth, un- The Ihills and woodlands were travers- miss some of the things you have enable their seeds to fly, of plants that meeed. His yeas were yea, his nays ed by winding dry paths; full of sun- counted on some day. nay. She had to take the bird to get lit surprises. He said striking, solid- rid cf him; even after she had done so things. He had done mare than build Fixing Up the Verandah. he waited until she had dropped it in railroads in impossible places. He had If the verandah needs a fundamental ed and her galloped , p et.Then, nsatisfied, he turn- recorded the essential aspects and sus- . r toms of these laces. He narrated "fixing up" such as a new flee, er And he won out, too, won out over I with bold strokes as he swung along. new pillars., these -suggestions should a rival who had taken champ•ionships., There was an expansiveness about be ;interesting When at sunset the hunters turned' him like the horizons of her own A cement floor harked off in "tile" home, the score stood, Frank five prairies, and a humor that laughed squares; er a floor of any of the so- coveys, Gladstone three. "Earle's dog has an unfair advan- tage," declare Burlingame; "he knaqves the country?' Stella glanced at him quickly, her head tilted. He was frowning a bit at the dogs, still scouring the fields be- -side the road. She had' been right- things must go this man's way. "No alibis, Burlingame," said Caw thorn, "We've hunted with him before: in the eyes, removable tops esau readily be placedmaintains that beth plants. and ani Th Frank d • A irl—I—must have time to think. the boxes: should be well' lined ' etre not .merely of a human sort, but in allow for proper drainage. I some particulars' above the human - A shelf 'placed inside the verandah standard. He accounts for all such railing about •a foot from the floor an•d:.marvels • as those mentioned above by a foot wide makes a great hit with the explaining that the plants know exact- men -as a footrest—and is mighty, iy what they are -about -that they do handy for books, 'needlework, maga-! what they do because; in the, course of eines, newspapers, etc. A shelf placed long and shrewd experinienta.tion, they along the,hous•e wall or railing; at con-! have found that that is the *pest way venient height is very useful for hold- for them to. get along. Likewise with ing flower pots, books•,. etc. animals. The chicken creates an egg, -If you'd' like to have a reading light he says, because the chicken has on the verandah, your handy man can learned exactly how to; do it, with a arrange to drop- a one -bulb electric definite purpose in view; and the. egg *natures of a home on` an exclusive cord at the place desired and you can in turn creates a chicken because the Washington avenue:. Buxlinganle's easily make a, pretty shade for it from egg knows by oft -repeated experience friend were `people of distinction, and cretonne or some isabric to harmonize' just how to go :about that wonderful she saw herself the centre of a .bril- with your verandah cushions. Izist.ea�d'task.. The acorn produces an`oak be Thant soc.ety. Long after the rest of the house had grown quiet she lay of purchasing the we hraldee far thel cause it wants to do it, and knows how. awake,,looking at the moonlight that shadeyou can put a piece of cardboard The flowering plant knows all 'abauti fell across- the floor, her life parading in round shape, large enough to;hoid bees.: and produces flowers -espech,ally itself before her like a stately pro- the shade, and remove enough `from"~designed to attract them ,. aril have cession. the middle of it to allow :it th pars them distribute its pollen (To be continued next issue.) over the top -of the•electric bulb: You'1",l ,;The knowledge of the plantor ani- 't' find it holds the shade very securely mal is all the"' more perfect, `Butler argues, because it is so ,largely' `un- -�and of ;co -arse, at no 'colt, g fish, that keep servants and domestic. animals, that use animals for transpor- tation, that forecast the' weather and tell the name of day and. accomplish many other marvels that seem to ape human intelligence. We know, of course, that,plants are not really "human," as that term is usually. understood, and that they are ls not at people but with them. oalled "tile" floorings, which are easy not even: on a par with the .a th up. It was Burlingame who spoke first on the feet and Very durable, would be Bthat itwis -Consider so• far beneath tell us, —before the week was out. He and a paying proposition. It's much easier wheret admittedly hard to e tell just Stella had ridden out together with to clean, very attractive, and -if proper- to draw the line between plants their guns and only Burlingames set- 1 laid will last' attractive, forever. and animals and men, and the more ter. The dog might have birds for y y one studies nature with an open all he knew. His mind, like his eyes, New pillars in• square effect, with mind, the more there does seem to be was concentrated on the girl's face. heavy square box.railing to harmonize, some sort of Intelligence and feeling She jerked her horse back, her permit the placing of flower boxes in common to all. living things. cheeks fiaming, and looked him level the railings in summer time and flat Samuel Butler, in one of his books, The moldroldwas made m is "I'll have to wait, Mr. Burlingame. over the railings in \enter. Of .Course, mals actually do possess intelligence, broken, "I thought I could hit thehn," said "It does not call for thoughbi" ,Stella ruefully. "The Arizona There was a flush of impatience on his pheasants made a target like a barn •face as if he were not used `to being door compared with quail." put off. "I have ever thin you need," "You don't need to hit 'am," assured e pleaded. "From the fi t. time I Burlingame. "I really think you got a few," con- soled Cawthorn. They were riding straight into the "Let me settleit foe you, Stella!" huge ball :of the setting sun. Their Again she drew her horse back. 'balk ceased. Gradually the quite pen- "All right,,, he laughed, confidently. �.veness of purple bilis and Bold, "Ali the time you want." �engthened shadows fell' over Stella's She did not talk to Frank that e frit. They passed a poor old house. eight; she only "patted his :head as she man chopped woad in a littered put him out;: Her mind was filled witli- yard. A sallow -woman on the tumbe- flown porch regarded them with nag- aw, disapproving eyes. A:boy with a bundis of pine fagots had started -to rce•s the road. • Ragged and wistful he stared up at thein. Cawthorn dropped' behind. "Like birds atthe house?" Stella hea�r�d,' him ask. "Yes, sir." The J,oy's voice was shrill like a girl's. Stella turned, her gloved hand on her horse's rump. Cawthorn had lean. - ed down frara his nadide. 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