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Exeter Times, 1915-8-12, Page 2asw..as... isthe Sugar for Jams and Jellies. When you pay for good fruit, and spend a lot of time over it, you naturally want tobe sure "that your jellies and preserves will turn out just right. You can be, if you use ,f /r4 Sugar, Absolutely pure, and always the same, REDPATH Sugar has for sixty years proved most dependable for preserving, canning and jelly -making. Itis just as easy to get the best --and well worth while. So tell your grocer it must be REDPATH Sugar, in one of the .packages originated for REDPATH- 2 and 5 lb. Sealed Cartons. 10, 20, 50 and 100 ib, Cloth Bags. "Let 142 Sweeten It" CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED. MONTREAL. ITrent took it with an odd sense of i cost us weeks. and months in the bush shame which puzzled him. He was' and amongst the swamps it cost a not often subject to anything of theman's life, not to mention the niggers sort, I we lost. Come, Pm not here to play "It belongs to you, Trent. I lost it i Skittles.. Are you on for a deal or on the square,, and it's the only se -1 not? If you're doubtful about it I've cial law I've never broken—to pay i another market. Say the word and my gambling debts, There's one word ^ we'll drink and part, but if you want more., to do business here are my terms, "Yes." Five thousand for a sixth share!" "It's about that clause in our agree- "Sixth share," the Jew screamed, ment. I never thought it was quite "sixth share?" fair you know, Trent!" I Trent nodded. "Which' clause?" ` "The thing's worth a million at "The .clause which—at my, death--- least," he said. "A sixth share is a makes you sole owner of the whole' great fortune. Don't waste any time concession. Yon see—the odds were turning up the whites of your eyes scarcely even, were they? It wasn't at me. I've named my terms and 1 likely anything would happen to shan't budge from them; You can lay you!" your bottom dollar on that." "I planned the thing;" Trent said, Da Souza took up the document "and I saw it through! You did no- and glanced it through once more. thing but find a bit of brass. It was (To be continued.) only square that the odds should be e---- in ---in my favor. Besides," you agreed. ALE%ANDER OF SERBIA. You signed the thing." "But I wasn't quite well at the Formerly Crown Prince, Is Prevent - I1 THE GOLDEN KEY Cr "The L dvehtues of Ledg�rd.,, By the Author of "What Ho Cost Her." CHAPTER. V.-(Cont'd). Monty was sitting up when they reached the hut, but at the sight of Trent's companion he cowered back and affected sleepiness. This time, however, Francis was not to be de- nied. He walked to Monty's side, and stood looking down upon him. "I think," he said gently, "that we have met before." "A mistake," Monty .declared.'; "Never saw you in my life. Just off to sleep." But Francis had seen the trembling of the man's lips, and his nervously shaking hands. "There is nothing to fear," he said; "I wanted to speak to you as a friend." "Don't know you; don't want to speak to you," Monty declared. Francis stooped down, and whisper- ed a name in the ear of the sullen man. Trent leaned forward but he could not hear it—only he too saw the !shudder and caught the little cry which broke from the white lips of his partner. Monty sat up, white, despairing, with strained, set face and bloodshot eyes. "Look here," he said, "I may be what you say, and I may not. It's no business of 'yours. Do you hear.? Now be off and leave me alone! Such as I am, I am. I won't be interfered with. But---" Monty's voice became a shriek. "Leave me alone!" he cried. "I have I tell you, no past, no future. Let me alone, or by Heaven I'll shoot you!" Francis shrugged his shoulders, and turned away with a sigh. "A word with you outside," he said to Trent—and Trent followed hint out. into the night. The moon was paling —in the east there was a faint shim- mer of dawn. A breeze was rustling hi the trees. The two men stood face to face. "Look here, sir," Francis said, "I notice that this concession of yours is granted to you and your partner jointly whilst alive, and to the surviv- or in case of the Leath of either of y� "What then?" Trent asked fiercely. "This! It's a beastly Unfair ar- rangement, but I suppose it's too late to upset it. Your partner is half sodden with drink now. You know what that means in this climate. You've the wit to keep sober enough yourself. You're a -strong man, and he is weak. You must take care of him. You can if you will." "Anything else?" Trent asked. roughly. The officer looked his man up and down. "We're in a pretty rough country," he said. "and a man gets into the habit of having Inc own way here. But listen to me! If anything happens to your partner here or in Buckomari you'll have ine to reckon with. I shall. not forget. We are bound to meet! Remember the !," Trent turned his back upon him in a fit of passion which choked down all speech. Captain Francis lit a cigar- ette and walked across towards to- wards his camp. 11 ting a hit eaeier--I fancy we're on the right track and we've given those black devils the slip! Nurse your strength! You've a chancel Let me be:' It's ere use carrying a dead man." Gaunt and wild, with the cold fear of death before him also, the younger man broke out into a fit of cursing. "May they rot in the blackest cor- ner of hell, Oom Sam and those mis- erable vermin!" he shouted. "A path all the way, the fever season over, the sit -amps dry! Oh! when I think of Sam's smooth jargon I, would give my chance of life, such as it is, to have him here for one moment. To think that that beast must live and we die!" "Prop me up against this-' tree, Tx-At—and listen," Monty whispered. "Don't fritter away the little strength you have left." Trent did as he was told. He had no particular affection for his part- ner, and the prospect of his death scarcely troubled him. Yet for twenty miles and more through fetid swamps and poisonous jungles he had carried him over his shoulder fighting fierce- ly for the lives of both of them, while there, remained any chance whatever of escape. Now he knew that it was in vain, he regretted only his wasted efforts—he had no sentimental re- grets in leaving him. It was his own life he wanted—his own life he meant to fight for. "I wouldn't swear at Oom Sam too hard," Monty continued. "Remember for the last two days he was doing all he could to get us out of the place. It: was those fetish fellows who work- ed the mischief, and he—certainly— warned us all he could. He took us safely to Bekwando and he worked the oracle with the King!" "Yes, and afterwards sneaked off with Francis," Trent broke in bitter- ly," and took every bearer with him —after we'd paid them for the return journey too. Sent us out here to be trapped and butchered like rats. If we'd only had a guide we should have been at Buckomari by now." "He was right about the gold," Monti faltered. "It's there for the picking up. If only we could have got back we were rich for life. If you escape—you need never do another stroke of work as long as you live." Trent stood upright, wined the dank sweat from his forehead- and gazed around him fiercely, and upwards at that lurid little patch of blue sky. "If I escape!" he muttered. "I'll get out of this if I die walking. "I'm sorry you're done, Monty," he con- tinued. slowly. "Say the word and I'll have one more spell at carrying you! You're not a heavy weight and I'm rested now." But Monty, in whose veins was the chill of death and who sought only for rest, shook his head. "It shakes me too much," he said, "end it's only a waste of strength. You get on, Trent, and • don't you bother about me. You've done your duty by your partner and a bit more. You might leave me the small revolver in case those howling sav- ages come up—and Trent!" "Yes.' "The picture—just for a moment. I'd like to have one look at her!" Trent drew it out from his pocket— ,awkwardly—and with a little shame at the care which had prompted him to wrap it so tenderly in the oilskin sheet. Monty shaded his" face with his hands, and the picture stole up to his lips. Trent stood a ]ittle apart and hated himself for this last piece of inhumanity. He pretended to be listening for the 'stealthy approach of their enemies. In reality he was struggling with the feeling , which prompted him to leave this picture With the dying man. "1 suppose you'd best have it," he said sullenly' at last.. Blit Monty shook his head feebly and held out the pieture. CHAPTER VI. A like flame and an atmosphere of sulphur. No breath of air,not a single ruffle in the great, rooping leaves of the, African trees and dense, prickly shrubs. All round the dank, nausceous odor of poison flowers, the ceaseless dripping of poisonous moist- ure. From the •face of the man who stood erect, unvanquished as yet in the struggle for life, the fierce sweat pooled like rain—his older companion had sunk to the ground and the spasms of an ugly death were twitch- ing at his whitening lips. "I'm done, Trent," he gasped faint- ly, "Fight your way on alone. You've a chance yet. The way's get- time," Monty faltered. "I didn't quite . understand. No, Trent, it's not quite lug a Balkan Agreement. fair. I did a bit of the work at least, It is one of the little jokes a fate and I'm paying for it with my life!" that the young man, Crown Prince "What's it matter to you now?" Alexander of Serba, who was treated Trent said, with unintentional brutal- with such contemptuous condescen- ity. '"You can't take it with you." sion by the exalted • personages as - Monty raised himself up a little. sembled at London in June, 1911, for His eyes, ht with ,ft�v,.,__erish, Are, were the coronation' of Ueorge V.—that he fastenedeupo the offer man. "`iriere's my little girl!" he said Prince Alexander, should be, in June, hoarsely. "I'd like to leave her some- 1,915, the arbiter of the immediate thing. If the thing turns out big, destinies of Etzrope. Trent, you can spare a small share. Bulgaria's entrance, into the war There's a letter here! It's to my law on the side of England, France, Rus- yers. They'll tell you• all about her." sia, and Italy would, it'is quite open - Trent held out his hands for the ly stated in each of their capitals, letter. "All right,"he said, with sullen un- shelp to bring. about an early termina- graciousness. Ill promise something. tion of the war. It would release I won't say how much! We'll see." Rumania, now fearful of a Bulgarian "Trent, you'll keep your . word," attack on her flank if she flung her - Monty 'begged., "I'd like her to know that I thought of her." "Oh, very well," Trent declared, thrusting the letter into his pocket. "It's a bit outside our agreement, you know, but I'll see to it anyhow. Any- thing else ?" Monty fell back speechless. There wassudden change in his face. Trent, who had seen men die before, let go his hand and turned away with- out any visible emotion. Then he drew himself straight, and set his teeth hard together.. "I'm going to get out of this," he said to himself slowly and with fierce emphasis. "I'm not for dying, and I won't die." He stumbled on a few steps, a little black snake crept out of its bed of mud, and looked at him with yellow eyes protruding from its upraised head. He kicked it savagely away— a crumbled, shapeless mass. It was a piece of brutality typical of the man. Ahead he 'fancied` that the air was clearer—the fetid mist* ss chok- ing—in the deep night -silence a few hours back he had fancied that he had heard the faint thunder of the sea. If this were indeed soy it would be but a short journey..With dull, Prince Alexander 01 Serbia glazed eyes and clenched hands, he reeled on. A sort of stupor;had laid hold of him,but through it all his self at Austria's throat in. Transyl- brain was working, and he kept stead- vania. It would furnish the allies ily to a fixed' course. Was it the sea with a veteran Bulgarian army to in his' ears, he wondered, that long, upon march Turkeythrough Thrace, monotonous rolling of sound, androw g and it there were lights beforethis eyes—the .would -give the allies the Bill - there of Buckomari, or the lights of death! They found him an hour or two later unconscious, but alive, on the outskirts of the village. • * * * * * * * Three days later two men were seated face to face in a long wooden house, the largest and most import- ant in Buckomari village. Smoking a corn -cob and showing in his face but few marks of the terrible days through which he had: passed was Scarlett Trent—oppositeto him was Hiram Da Souza, the capitalist of the region. The Jew—of Souza's. nationality it was impossible to have any doubt—was coarse and, large of his type, he wore soiled linen clothes and was smoking a black cigar. On the little finger of each hand, thickly encrusted with dirt, was a diamond ring, on his thick, protruding lips a complacent smile. The concession, al- ready soiled and dog-eared, was spread out before them. It was Da Souza who did most of the talking. Trent indeed had the appearance of a man only indirectly interested in the proceedings. "You see, my dear sir," Da Souza was saying, "this little concession of yours is, after all, a very risky busi- ness. These niggers have absolutely no sense 'of honor. Do I not know it —alas --to may cost?" Trent listened in contemptuous si- lence. Da Souza had made a fortune trading fiery rum on the Congo, and had probably done more to debauch the niggers he spoke of so bitterly than any man in Africa. "The Bekwando people have a bad name—very bad name. As for any sense of commercial honor—ray dear Trent, one might as well expect dia- monds to spring up like mushrooms under our feet." "The doeument," Trent said, "is signed by the King and witnessed by Captain Francis, who is Agent -Gen- eral out here, or something of the sort for the English Government. It was no gift and don't you think it, but a piece of hard bartering. Forty bear- ers carried our present to Bekwando and it took us three months to get through. There is enough in it to meke us both millionaires," "Then why," Da Souza asked, look- ing up with twinkling eyes, "do you want to sell me a share in it?" "Because I haven't a darned cent to bless myself with," Trent answered curtly. "I've got to have ready money. I've never had my fist on five thous- and pounds before—no, nor five thous- and pence, but, as I'm a living man, let me have my start and I'll hold my own with you all." Da Souza threw himself back in his chair with uplifted hands. "But my dear friend," he cried, "my dear young friend, you were not think- ing—do not say that you were think- ing of asking such a sum: as five thousand hounds for this little piece of paper!" The omazement, half sorrowful, half reproachful, on the tnan's face was perfectly done. But Trent only snorted.. "That piece of paper, as you call it, Cost us the hard savings of years, it mil st be used "fora perfectly satisfactory infusion. Tea is the acme of perfection, being all pore, delicious tea. Black, Mixed or Green. B 19 Hints for the Farmer. c There is big difference between economy and stinginess. We have seen a man treat a $150 horse as though he was worth only $1.50. The telephone cannot take the place of a hired man, but it helps wonder- fully. Crows eat ants, beetles, caterpil- lars, bugs, grubs„ etc., which do much damage. Charcoal in a granulated form should always be kept before fowls of all ages. To get white cauliflower tie the leaves over the head as soon as the head is formed. A hog in a good pasture or one that is fed regularly seldom does much damage by rooting. Scald the drinking vessels in the poultry yard often so they will not harbor disease germs. Countries adapted to sheep raising become large consumers of mutton as they increase In size. A garden is more bother than it is worth unless you get fruits and vege- -tables that are really better than those you can buy. Make it a point to have some choice male lambs to sell to your neighbors who would like something better than they now have. • When setting any of the bush fruits the top should be pruned to corre- spond to the root pruning the plant gets in transplanting. It is about as profitable to try to do two things at once as it is to try to raise two' crops on the same piece of ground at the same time. The wise dairyman will keep his best cows, and not let the buyer tempt him even with a good price. The bet- ter the cows the better the profits. If the onions are not growing well, a little nitrate of soda -or hen manure garian part of Dedeagatch, on the Aegean Sea, for the landing of ti own troops to co-operate with the allied navies at Constantinople. Bulgaria's Demands. Bulgaria makes no secret of her willingness to be bought for such assistance. But she has, only. one price. The Crown Prince of Serbia. Regent in his country,can alone pay it in full. This' he persistently re- fuses • to do. Bulgaria demands, above all else, that part of Macedonia which is in- habited by Bulgarians and which is in the possession of Serbia. To re- claim Macedonia from Turkey, and in pursuance of the iaeal of national- ity. Czar Ferdinand began the first Balkan War, fortified by a solemn agreement with Greece and Serbia that, in the spoils, Macedonia was to go to Bulgaria. The blood of thous- Prince Alexander of Serbia. ands of Bulgarian patriots was shed in the victorious' campaigns of Ferd- inand. Greece and Serbia became fearful of Ferdinand's ambitions to 4 sownbroadcast, before or during a rain, often helps them to fill out. The cow's udder should be well washed and dried with a coarse cloth before milking, and the milker's hands should be washed after every cow. Warm weather is the time to make growth in the hogs. Push the shoats along, giving them good pasture range and feeding all they will eat up clean. There are many rough hillsides and pastures which are now bringing no returns that could be made profitable, were they planted to nut trees, es- pecially walnuts. Celery, cabbage, and other plants of this sort do much better if trans- planted once or twice before going into the field. They will form a much heavier root system, which is desir- able in all plants. A good many farmers who neglect- ed to plant an orchard and shade trees while they were young waste more time now wishing the? had them than it would take to plant them in the beginning. Use the spray pump to whitewash your poultry' house. Make a good whitewash, adding a little carbolic acid, and spray the building thorough- ly, covering every bit of the surface, and the house will be wonderfully sweetened. choosing a breed of cattle or any other class of live stock due consider- ation should be given to the question of environment. Where one breed would be a failure another would per- haps be a success. The silo is not the only way of pre- venting the usual loss from the corn fields, but it is the only way and the best way for preserving the feeding elements of the corn plant. The silo adds nothing to the feeding nutri- ments. On the other hand, there is a slight loss through fermentation, but it does increase the palatability greatly. dominate in the Balkans. They pre- ferred to entrap and betray him. Alexander, the twenty -four-year- old commander-in-chief of the Serbian army, captured Monastir from Tur- key, thus bringing about the fall of •the whole of Macedonia, arid from Monastir the Bulgarians were bar- red by the sword as from Salonika. Prince Stands Firm. Rumania is to -day feverishly edger to restore the Dobrudja if thereby she can quiet the dogs of war upon her flank and rush her force of a mil-, lion, men into Transylvania. It com- prises thousands of acres of territory and millions of inhabitants, Rumanian in blood, to the thousands of the Do- brudja, Austria-Hungary, at the pre- sent monient, could not defend Transylvania. • Greece will not give up . Thrace to ,Bulgaria, but England, France and Russia have offered com- pensation elsewhere which is accept- able. ccept able. Itis only Serbia which is the stumbling block, because it is Mace- donia which Bulgaria demands first and last, and for which she will not be compensated elsewhere. June 24 of last year King Peter a man of seventy-three and weak in health, left his capital and the Crown Prince was appointed Regent. Alex- ander has coldly rejected every com- promise which included the giving up of a foot of territory now held by Serbia. His father is ensconced at some watering place away from Bel- grade.: , His elder brother, Prince George, has been dancing and dining in the hotels of the Riviera. Canaries sing best in the subdued dight. Mt Grafi Medium Grate . Diene Crate FOR YOUR NEXT BATCH OF PRESERVES Buy good Fruit which must not be over -ripe, andwhatis equally important, use good Sugar. The slightest impurity (organic matter) in the Sugar will start fermentation in the jam, and preserves which were well cooked and carefully bottled, become acid and uneatable after a few months. You are absolutely safe with she ST. LAWRENCE EXTRA GRANULATED) SUGAR which is made front Cane and tests over 99.99 per cent pure. If you prefer a very fano grotty—a nmecli= one or ono quit Cf large, your grocer canvatt.ycertaste In Ct. Lawrence which isoffered Inthe throe grades In 2 lb. and 5 lb. Cartons, and bags of 10, 20, 25 and 100 lbs. Buy in Refinery sealed packages to ovoid instate. J and assure absolute' cleanliness and correot weights. Cold by most good Grocers GT. LA \MIR ENOM SUGAR REiINERICSy !._IMI-I'Edy MOr',Ii ZEAL... What to Wear and How to Wear It.. Time was—and not very long ago, either—when a gross of buttons were. used as a trimming for .a single gown, Now buttonholes are used instead of buttons. A very charming frock has two long godets on either side of the full skirt, and each seam is outlined with a two-inch band of black taffeta, across which, one inch apart, are but- tonholes done in white silk. Little godets—or dog's ears—give a flare to the jacket, and the seams of these are outlined after the same manner. The effect is most unusual. Contemplation of the stitches'.taleen in the hundreds of buttonholes i ' posi- tively paralyzing to the woman "who hates to sew." Although buttonholes are profuse and numerous, buttons have not lost theinvogue entirely, though they are no longer employed in squads andby the wholesale, They are used now in embroidery on net, taking the places of spangles and sequins. The best quality of jet beads come from Bohemia—or did come be- foie the European madness broke loose—and, since they are scarce now, buttons are used instead. in the embroidered nets the leaves. and blossoms of the flower designs are helped out by tiny buttons, a flat yel- low satin button posing gayly as the heart of a daisy and a little red but- - ton doing service as a make-believe cherry. Often the buttons are held by hand embroidery. Only the light- est weight buttons are used, as nets appear toe grow filmier and frailer every minute. set It is all one's memory is worth to keep up with the names of new col- ors. How the clerks in the shops man- age it goodness only knows. Among the new grays are field mouse gray and metal gray. One never hears of battleship gray, which was "it" early in the spring. Belgium blue has just become famile iar to the human ear when it is crowded out by raven's wing blue and soldat.: The best green now is "sage," which is an old name given to a new shade, and "sulphur" leads the yellows. Watermelon pink is luscious in the new taffetas and has a glimmer of frost, as if the melon had just come out of the refrigerator. It is almost a peril to wear this de- licious color; somebody night come along and eat you! z_ Black crocodile plush is a new ma- terial suitable for the first. cool days of autumn. Duvetyn, a most expensive, unsatis- factory and perishable material, is about to return to favor. The more it costs the worse it wears. If zeta fancy this velvety stuff, by all me4ns select a coarse weave and heavy texture. The fine ones flatten and fade at the slightest exposure to dust orr the ele- ments or the most ordinary wear. .Ili is predicted thatcertain shades of green duvetyn and the new blue ones will be popular. New coats fasten with a single but- ton. The effect is stingy -looking, but smart. Ribbon ruching is appearing on some pretty summer frocks. Some- times it is knife plaited; again it is box plaited. It comes in satin and. silk both. For the finish of flounces it is very good. All ribbons are extensively used, either as bands going straight about the short wide skirts, or as edgings and general trimmings. Neck ruchings of maline and tulle are sometimes edged with the nar- rowest ribbons, either. in Belgian blue, banana, shade, plain white, sage green or raspberry. Box plaitings of rib- bon are appearing on the, new drop veils. Ribbon is used instead of braid for binding skirts, pockets and jackets. This is decidedly a ribbon summer, though it is a season in which all the fussy little la -la trimmings are worn. This is the natural reaction against the plain, plainer, plainest styles of the last few years. - —' _— THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY. When a madman directs the con- duct of war it can end only in defeat. —Dr. M'Lone Hamilton. There is no use in looking back and brooding over the past; forget. -it, and apply your energies .to the fu- ture.—Duke of Wellington. He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loom, and will find the new when he may have for- gotten its cause.—H4 Ward Beecher. In Christianity the self-conscious- ness of the spirit is awakened in many through suffering; disease spiritual izes even the lower animals,—Heine. Do not not be answerable to to- morrow. Do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forwari•�to things you dannot see and would riot under- stand if you saw them.—li;ingsley. True it is that one can scarcely call that education which teaches woman everything except herself—except the things that relate to her own peculiar womanly destiny, and, on the plea of the holiness of ignorance, sends her without a word of just council into the temptations of life. --Harriet Beecher Stowe. In tree years a beceh tree grows 1 ft. 8 ins:; a willow, -9 ft. 3 ins.