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Exeter Times, 1909-06-03, Page 2i.. All Unexpected €oofessioll; Or, The Story of Miss Percival's Early Life. ('11A1"1'EIl V11.—(Cont'd) Madge watched her in silence tee a moment or two, then she ob- terveal : "What a heavy head of hair you have! It is very even. too—the end of your braid is almost as thick as where it starts." "Yea, mamma taught tun to take good care of my hair, and never to break a single one, if I could avoid It That is why it is so even," Es- ther explained, but wishing that Madge would go away. "It is a pity about your teeth, though," the rude girl continued; "they aro horribly uneven, and those great tusks make you a per- fect. fright." Tears now rushed hotly to Es- thor's eyes, and a sob choked her so that she could not have replied had she been so inclined. It seemed, too, as if cruel fate had ordained that those obnoxious words, "a perfect fright," should be thrown in her face upon every possible occasion. "Why don't you have them straightened?" Madge pursued, af- ter a moment of awkward silence. Now Esther forgot herself, and turned an eager face upon hor tor- mentor. "My teeth. Oh, can I have them straightened'?" she exclaimed. "Of course you can—didn't you know it?" "No—tell me howl" "Why, the crack dentists do it right along," said Madge. "Some of thetn might have to be taken out to make room for the others to go into place, and then you'd have to wear a metal arrangement in your mouth for months, perhaps; they say it hurts like everything, though." "1 should not, mind that if I could have my teeth even," sa..t Esther, with repressed excitement. "Do you know of anyone who has had such work done?" sho added, eag- erly. "Yes; Annie Aldrich had her un- der teeth fixed beautifully, though they were not as bad as yours -1 never saw any teeth so crooked be- fore," Madge unfeelingly supple- mented, as she arose to go. "I sup- pose you know," she added, as sho reached the door and looked back over her shoulder, "that. it costs awfully." Esther sighed heavily as she dis- appearod, for Madge had made her feel her forlorn situation as an or- phan and a dependent a hundred- fold. Still, the conversation about the operation of straighteuing un- even teeth had given her something interesting to think about, and she found herself considering the pros and cons of such un experiment, in connection with herself, as she sat sewing that afternoon, while Daisy was having her nap. Once she arose and went to the glass to examine tho offending teeth. ' •They are not bad, if they were only even," she said ; "they are strong, well -shaped and as white as milk- there are simply too many of them for my mouth. 1'11 have a talk with some good dentist before I'm a month older," she concluded, decisively. Fortune favored her earlier than that, in this plan, for a week later, Mrs. Cushman ordered hor to take Master Frank to the family dentist could not afford to pay the price IT stated, and so 1 ani going to snake you a proposition. If you will allow me to experiment upon your teeth, for the sake of the good I may be able to do others in the future, I Kill charge you nothing for my work. What do you say—will you trust yourself in toy heads?" Esther flushed vividly as he con- cluded, but did nut reply immedi- ately. She felt that sho could trust hie, implicitly, for she knew that he was accounted one of tho best dentists in the city But her proud young heart rebelled at tno thought of having so much done in her voice that smote her listen- for nothing, and yet to her the er with a feeling of sympathy. temptation was a very great ono. At length aho remarked with a thoughtful air: "Dr. Weld, it is very kind of you to make such a proposition, but if the work should prove successful, I should feel under great obligation to you, and wish to remunerate you." "Nevertheless, you are risking something in according to ncp pro- posal," the man smilingly returned, "and I do not insure you perfect success—I can only promise to do my best for you, while it will re- quire a great deal of patience and courage upon your part." "I ant certaiuly willing to trust my fate in your hands," said Es- ther, gravely, "and I will accept your kind offer—upon ouo couch - Con." "And that is what?" "That if your experiment proves a perfect success, you will allow me to pay you the hundred dollars, if I am ever able to do so," replied the girl, with quiet dignity. "Well," responded her now friend, laughing, "we will not con- test that point. now ; we will take the first step toward success," and before she left his office, ho had fitted a metal arrangement into her mouth, for the purpose of forcing the stragglers into line. "Now you will have to be brave," ho said, just as she was going out. "Your mouth will be very sore and troublesome for a time—I am al- most afraid you will give up the battle." "I'm not afraid," said Esther, spiritedly, a wave of hot color suf- fusing her cheeks; "I've been called 'a perfect fright" to many times not to be willing to snake a desper- ate effort to improve my appear- ance; " and without waiting to note the effect of her words upon her companion, she abruptly quitted the office. But she found her strength of purpose tested to the utmost dur- ing the next few weeks. There were times when she nas almost ill from the pain and soreness; when sho could eat no solid food, and was obliged to live upon liquids. But she dared not complain, or make any sign to betray hor sufs tering, lest Mrs. Cushman should forbid her to persevere in her un- dertaking, and so she patiently bore hor pain, making heroic efforts to be sweetand gentle with Daisy's freaks and whims, and to do her work faithfully. • The middle of May drew on apace, when Mrs. Cushman and her fancily usually went, for the sunc- iner, to Lake George, where they had a fine cottage, with ( very mod- ern improvement. "Even if you cannot afford the operation at present, it would help your appearance greatly if you would have some of them removed," he observed. "There is a bicuspid on either side, which, if removed, would allow the eye tenth more room, and those supernumeraries," touching the unsightly tusks, "ought not to be allowed here an- other day." "What do you ask for extracting teeth?" Esther quietly inquired. "Fifty cents apiece without gas; one dollar with." Esther opened her purse and si- lently inspected its contents for a moment or two. Then, looking steadily into the dentist's eyes, she remarked, with- out a quiver of a muscle: "You may take out the teeth which you think ought to be re- moved, if you please." CHAPTER VIII. "What, now ?" exclaimed the man in surprise. "They may as well come out now as at any time," Esther calmly re- plied. "Will you take gas?" "Oh, no; I caunot afford that,'' she returned, with a little smile. "I suppose it will hurt," she ad- ded, rather faintly, "but the pain will soon bo over." "I say, Esther, don't you do any such thing," Frank Cushman hero interposed, in a frightened tone; "I-1 don't want to see you have any teeth pulled." "Well, then, Frank, go into the reception room, and wait until 1 come—it will not take more than a couple of minutes." "But—but you'll howl, Esther, and I can't stand that," pleaded the boy, who could not bear pain himself, and sharnk just as much from witnessing it in others. "No, I will not," Esther assur- ed him, adding, "go now, for Dr. Weld is waiting." "I-1 don't believe mamma will like it," persisted Frank, as a final argument. Esther laughed. "My teeth are my own," she said, with a little independent toss of her raven head, "so, if you do not want to son mo hurt, you had bet- ter go." And the boy bolted for the other room, where, plunging his fingers into his ears, he threw himself up- on a lounge and waited in fear and trembling for the direful deed to be done. Dr. Wold, meantime, had been arranging his instruments, and was now ready to do his part, his 'face glowing with admiration for his plucky patient. In loss time than it takes to tell it, the four offending teeth lay up- on the tray, and the worst was over. Esther was as white as chalk, but by no other sign did she betray how terrible had heen tho ordeal to which sho had submitted. "You are a bravo girl," said the dentist, as ho brought her a glass of water ; "I know how hard those teeth come, as well as you. Now, it you can manage to run in, to lot me look at the others, in a week or ten days, I should like to have you do so." for the regular half -yearly inspec "I will," said Esther, as she tion of his teeth. But upon arriv- arose and resumed her hat. ing at the office, it was found there She paid her modest bill, the man was no work to be done, greatly flushing almost guiltily, as he took the money from hor. Ho was tempted to return it to her, but something warned him that the girl was proud, and would resent the act. Passing into the reception room. Esther went to Frank's side, and touched him on the shoulder. "Aro they out?" ho cried, start- ing to his feet, and regarding her curiously. "Yes." "1)id you scream?" "No." "Well, you are a brick, Esther," said Frank, admiringly. "You are right, young loan," Dr. Weld observed ; "sho neither moved nor made a sound. And the next time you come to have some work done, I hope you'll remember how bravo she was, and try not to squirm out of the chair." When Frank told his mother what had occurred sho shrugged her shoulders indifferently, and the subject- was never again referred to in Esther's presence. Her gums healed nicely, and a little over a week after the opera - then, ales presented herself again ir. ir. Weld's office, according to appointment. He examined her mouth ery thoroughly, and when he was through. remarked: "Miss Wellington., i hay* never had juet such a rase as this, al- though I have done a great deal of similar work. You said, when you were here last week, that you to that youth's delight, and then Esther made bold to broach the subject so near her heart. "Do you ever straighten uneven teeth ?" she inquired. "Yes," responded the dentist, fcow observing her with interest, or when she had entered he had taken her for a common maid. But now her lady -like manner, her well-chosen language. tegether with her mouthful of irregular teeth. claimed his closer attention. "Would it be possible to make amino a little more symmetrical 1" Esther pursued. "Sit down," said Dr. %Veld, indi- cating the operating chair; "let me have a look at them, and I will soon tell you." Esther unhesitatingly mounted the throne of torture, and gave her- self into his hands with the utmost cheerfulness. "You have beautiful teeth," said the dentist. after examining them carefully, "and they can lie made as straight as a die, but it would be a tough job for you." "How lung would it take 1" "Several months—I can't say Jest how long; but you would look like a different person afterward." "How much Would it cost 1" in- quired Esther. trembling with ex- citement. 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One morning, during the week i previous to their departure, Mrs. Cushman entered the sewing -room, where Esther was busy at work up- on Daisy's dainty outfit, and laid a dozen white aprons and some caps upon tie table. "Esther," she began, but without looking at the girl, "while we aro at Lake George you will not have much to do but to look after Daisy, and 1 shall want you to wear the cap and aprons of a nurse, both Ir the house and when you go upon the street." A great shock went quivering through the proud, sensitive girl at this new departure. But after a minute she laid down her work, and looked squarely into the woman's face. "Mrs. Cushman," she said, very quietly, but with a note of defiance in her tones, "1 do not mind wear- ing white aprons in the house—I like them, but 1 du object to a cap, and I shell never wear either upon the street." The woman was dumb for a mo- ment, in view of the girl's attitude. She had not expected the slightest opposition to her wishes, for Es- ther usually received her commands in silenco, and was always acconi- miodating. (To bo continued.) ++++++++++++++4•++ +++++ • tTheFlmj ++++++++++$.++♦++++++++ VALUE OF LIVE STOCK. Tho marketing of grain is al- ways attended by the loss of the elemental constituents of the soil which means fertility. These once lost, aro always rather difficult of satisfactory restoration, and the re- moter cropped -out soil, is a matter calling for a great deal more of common sense and application than any man guilty of the offence of juvenation of an old worn-out or allowing impoverishn`ent of the soil to happen would probably be capable of. It calls for judgment and determination, and it is a mat- ter of years of time at best. 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Dealtry and another clerk, Wil- liam Rayner Jenkins, were charged with conspiring to defraud their employer, Mr. Maurice Blood, a stockbroker, of Warnford court, E. C., and falsifying his books. Mr. Basil Watson, who prosecut- ed, said Mr. Blood discovered that his banking account was lower than it should have been, and questioned his clerks. He then found that Dealtry had opened an account in the clients' ledger without his knowledge, and had speculated in various American stocks and shares. "According to a statement which Jenkins made, the account was a joint one; he and Dealtry had been speculating in Dealtry') name," Mr. Watson continued. "When they could not pay the difference, they opened other acounts in the names of Mrs. Sharman and Mrs. Dealtry, in order to cover the losses. "Things became worse and worse, and they opened additional ac- counts in t -ho names of Schultz and Mra. Walter Stnith. This boy Deal - Baine time selling off the fertility. i try, who was being paid £1 a week, The man who buys both animals naturally bought and sold on his and feed to finish them with upon ii' own account something like £50,000 his farm, has always the extra penny in the transaction of the ' added fertility. The feeding of hogs, and the pro- duction of pork returns to the soil the food elements which the grain had taken away from it, but there are still further possibilities in the feeding and finishing of cattle or sheep, as in feeding them the crops which give the va,ue to crop rota- tion, clover, alfalfa and corn, are made very profitable use of, and it is the growing of those which makes the modern orop rotation such a powerful factor in conserv- ing and icreasing wme fertility of the fields. The fertility of the soil is only maintained at the expense of thor- ough cultivation. It is cheaper and better to grow one's own horses than to buy them, as the horses watch are eating the products of the farm are thus, like the cattle, growing into tnoney instead of out of it. The keeping of a few sheep means a great and valuable neeist- nnt in keeping weeds down. Their cost in actual feed is small, and the balance is almost always on the right sole of the ledger. This is the true doctrine of mix - en farming. It docs not embody any insane attempt to produce profitably from the same herd of cattle both milk and beef. nny more than it does the preduction of prize-winning. heavy drafts fled two -minute trotters from the same stock of the farm. GROW ('ORN ON SUMMER - FA LLOW. Grow corn on the summer -fallow. In otter words use corn as a cleaning crop. If well attended, as it niay be with comparatively little expense, by using a two - horse riding corn cultivator the field will be as thoroughly rid of weeds and grass as though cultivat- ed all summer with a crop, and the owner will have a thirty, forty or fifty -dollar corn harvest to show for his work. Fall -wheat growers may object that corn is not off the land in time to sow wheat, and yet secure a good top. In some eases this is true, but the purpose can he ac- complished by sowing wheat after peas, and spring grain after corn, alternating with each course of the rotation the areas en which the corn and the peas are planted. Thus, if the rotation be n three - course one. each field may have peas, as well as corn, once in six years, or once in eight years, ac- cording as the land is left one or two years in sod. Corn, well culti- vated. will clean the land ; pens will add nitrogen and supply a most valuable feed in the form of both grain and straw : and if the pro- (iuce of the farm be devoted mainly to the rai=ing of stock. and the manure carefully saved and applied fresh. the term will grow richer year by near. and it will he found pro ¢ressively easier to grow large crops of wheat and secure enol catches uort.h of shares between March, 1903, and February last." Mr. Blood said he took Dealtry into his office in order to oblige the boy's father, who was a client of his, and he paid him £1 a week, although he did no useful work. "I would not have permitted hien to open an account," he declared. "The loss I have discovered on the existing account is £1,700, and I estimate my total loss at £3,000.' The case was adjourned. 4. NO TIPS IN FINLAND. Maid's Surprise Upon Receiving Money From Guests. A country where t -here are no tips and where small services aro rendered to the stranger without hope of reward would seem hard to find—yet such a country is Fin- land, says the London Post. So far the tourist has not appear- ed in any great numbers, and con- sequently the commercial spirit which his advent always marks has been absent. As an example of this Mme. Aino Malmberg, a Fin- nish lady who is paying a visit to this country, tells an amusing story. Two English friends whom she had met while over here had been stay- ing wit -h hor at her house in Hel- singfors, and on leaving gave the maid a tip. She was very much astonished and did not know what it meant. See- ing Mine. Malmberg's son coming downstairs, she ran to him and said, "They gave me money. 1)id they givo you any?" Hearing that they had not dono so, sho was much mystified. "I cannot under- stand why they should givo it to me and not to you, when they know you much better than nie," was her perplexed comment on the incident. + A baseball team can't win with a pitcher full of beer. The New DAIMLER The I9o9 type Daimler is a petrol -engine of remarkable efficiency, which for sim- plicity of construction, economy, and silence in running is incomparably superior to any motor yet designed. its introduction has called forth letters of appreciation from a number of leading I lotorists who have tested it, and all whom bear out the claim made for it by the Daimler Co. A full illustrated description, together with the above mentioned letters, repro- duced In fac sitnile, will bo sent post free to all applicants to m The Daimler Motor Co., (1904) Ltd. COVENTRY, ENGLAND. In our next advertisement a full list of price' will be included. - 1 MECCA OF ONE-LEGGEG 1 UNUSUAL SIGN OF "011D HOOTS SOLO til ill ." Brings Thousands of One-Le6ged' People to Shop to One of London's Byways. Where do one -legged pule bu their bunts 't The u►ystery not in- soluble. As a tact, many t eusand of the great army purchase their footwear at a eertamu shop in one of London's byways, whim especi- tidy eaters for theta, and which is known to cripples living in all parts of England, as well as in some of the colonies. BUSINESS IN SINGLX BOOTS. Hero a curious business is done in single boots. Beneath the shop, in the cellar, aro many thousands of odd boots, shoes, and slippers. Bins are choke full of ever) kind of footwear, from ward shoes and dancing pumps to navvies' ponder- ous, hob -nailed earth -crushers, and the rubber boots worn by sewerrnen from Tiny Top's "firsts" to the giant's No. 12's. There are football boots, cycling shoes, tennis shoes, elastic side, Blutcher, and Welling- ton boots; boots of all the colors, materials. and sizes in the trade. And yet there is not a pair together anywhere. These cannot be found -- even on the shelves above the bins. L. 1 Here are the usual lines of card- board boxes, each of which appar- ently contains a pair of boots, ready to bo taken away by a cus- tomer, but, though there are two boots in it, they are both either "lefts" or "rights" of the same size. This huge assemblage of "odds" consists largely of bankrupts' stocks, etc., though a surprisingly large proportion is made up of travellers' samples. A traveller will, on leaving headquarters for the north, take a "right," while its fellow, a "left," will accompany a man who works the west of Eng- land. So they are separated for - over. Both ultimately reach the Mecca of the one -legged, BUT NOT IN COMPANY. From the shop the "odds" go far and wide. Many arc ptit-'based by or on behalf of tile Ois-logged. From here is supplied a certain school for cripple girls, the manag- ers sending for three or tour single boots at once, while for 4 lady in Canada some friends living in Lon- don purchase single boots tend send them to her. "Among our customers," said the manager, "aro some who have come here regularly for twenty; -or thirty years, because by dealing - with us they save money. 11 e can supply a single boot for a man at as low as eightpence. Now, you go to an ordinary shop, and you'll have to pay as much, or very nearly as much, for one boot as for a pair. Some customers have stuck to us from the time when they wanted children's sizes to now that the) want adults'. Our old customers include several one -legged cyclists;' who buy single cycling shoes, as well as single boots." SIXES ANI) SEVENS. But all the "oads" aro not pur- chased by or on behalf of the one - legged. Many aro ultimately worn by those with the normal numbers of nether limbs. It is a daily oc- currence fur a person to tuns up with a boot or shoe and require it to be mated or because the other has been lost or accidentally des- troyed. Sometimes the customer, in taking home a pair of new boots, has lost one of them. At others a boot has been lost during a removal, or. having been put to dry too near the kitchen tire, has been partly incinerated. • Every mother knows, again, how ad: pt children are at kicking off a shoe, which disnppears forth witlpe do there is a steady- demand foi• single boots and )soca merely to replace those which have been lost ar des- troyed and to make of service such as are in hand. Thosands of pairs are, however, made up of boots which are. strict - 1y, odd. One tnay be a "0" and the other a "7," one unlined amyl the other lined, one brown and dui - other black. And great is the rush for these more or less dissimilar couples. At the annual sale -here is a sidelight on London's poveity --barricades have to he erected to prevent accidents and keep bar- gain hunters in order. COST OF TARGET Plt. if you give a Tittle const( to the matter you will find the to get practice in the British Navy i an expensive necessity. Every tim at 12in. gun is fired hung goes of the taxpayers' money; a 9 lin. stun fires a cordite cartridge which costs $70; and even the cin. g'tn, which is a modest. weapon, 11505 s $13 charge. Shells run from ta60 to 81b for the common, varieties, though armor -piercing ones (nr,t used in the ordinary competitions, of course) may cost as much as $130. Then there is the ,rear and tear of the guns to consider, and this may be reckoned ns expensive. seeing that, the "life" of each weapon is brief : and while a 4in. gun mets $s,3e0, a 9-I In. runs to $ 6,:3n, and a wire bound lli.f. means an expen- diture of quite 111)0,(100.