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Exeter Times, 1916-6-22, Page 2Tee THE CABLFMAN AN EXCITING PRESENT.DAY ROMANCE BY WEATHERBY CHESNEY CHAPTER „Elsa turned to Scarborough. "You were right," she said. "The enemy whom my father feared was not 'one of the circus tronpe, if"—she turned swiftly tothe other girl, and added:— "if Mies Ryen is speaking the truth," Mona finehed angrily, and then broke into a little laugh. "Monti de la Mar, Equeestrienno ef the bailee ecele in Val B. Montague's American Touring Circus Combine - tion, can Only eefee you to her employ- er for her character," said she, with a mocking little curtsey. "Miss Ryan has Merged her identity in that of Mademoiselle Mona. Shall 1ring for Val B. Montague to come and give me testimoniel of veracity?" "I think we shall get on faster if we take it for granted," said Scarbor- ough, quietly. Why, he wondered, did Elsa go out of her way to say such things? "No doubt," said Mona. "Still---?" She went to the bell rope, and put her hand on it, turning to Elsa with a Mile of questioning. "I beg your pardon," said Elsa. "I think youare speaking the truth." Mona waited, a moment, With the smile, half mocking, half angry, play- ing around her ips. Then, with a sudden movement' she let the rope drop, went to Elsa and took her hands "Why can't we be friends?" sh e asked, gravely. "I like you, and I think I. can make you like me, if you 'MB let me. I want to be your friend. Won't you let me?" Elsa drew her hand away; but Scar- borough, watching the pelt thought that Moan's impulsive action had in a few second s done more to make Elsa believe in her than argument would have done in an hour. "I don't think friendship is possible between us," she said; hut she said it ts though she were sorry, "Why not?" veld Mona, "There is only one thing that can make it im- possible. It is impossible if you still believe that I had anything to do with your father's death. But I don't think that you can readily believe that" "I told Mr. Scarborough this morn- ing that I still believed it," said Elsa relentlessly- Mona drew back "You are honeeti" she said, and there was resentment in her tone. "Bwe if he askad inc the e ques- tion now," Elsa went an, "I should glee him a different answer. I believe now that you had nothing to do with it, But I don't think we can be friends." • "If you won't, of course we can't," she 'd " y to maiie you. I liked the way you defended your father against me, the other night in the fog. I think you are brave, and I know you are loyal. I think I even know why you say it is impossible that we should be friends. May I guess? It isn't 'because I am a common circus girl, earning a month- isr wage?" • She paused, waiting for Elsa to an- swer. • "Of course it is not," said Elsa. "Because, after all, I don't think I am very common! Is it because you have got into the way of regarding me as your enemy, and don't feel that you can change round all at once?" Mona nodded, and laughed again. "I didn't think it was that either." she said "Now I am going to tell .'''MM:MMEEZMM:Mitra Thorough mixing is what makes cake delicate and tender makes the best cake be - eau se it creams quickly and thoroughly with the butter which is the hardest parte f the mix- ing. Its purity and extra ``fin" granula- tion make it dissolve ,„ at once. 2 and 5-1b. Cartons 10 and 204b. Bags 4 " The All -Purpose Sugar" 1100111111111111111111111112 you what I do think it is. It is he' cause your father did inc 'an injury." There was a moment's :silence, and then Elsa said quietly: 'Tiutt was the clefficaltg that s'ood 111 the way, anti Scerborengh marvelled at the quiekness with which the eriel had seen it, An elemental law of hu- man nature was involved, for if you have done an injury to' anyone, you can never afterwards stand in the re- lation of Perfect friendship with that pewit • The injury may be forgiven even forgotten, by the one who has suffered it, but the one who has in- flicted it does not forget. Elsa was not guilty of the injury, but her father was, and loving, him as she had done, she could not wholly disassociate here self from what, he had done. Sear- boroeigh had net thought of this, hue Mona de la Mar's sensibility was more acute, and she hail been able to enter ! into the other girl's feelings with a ' perfect understanding. "I think I know what you feel," sI said. "I see the barrier which you have set up between us. I will go on trying to break it down. eleaawhile, if we can't be friends, we can be al- lies. To prove that, 1 will tell' you! , what I know," She went on at onee to say that on . the morning after the arrival of the 1Sea-Horse at Ponta Delgada she had received through the post the 'letter I ; of which she had told them, The ;writer asked her to eineet him at the last house on the road which led out ; of town to the north. She was told I to inquire for Senor Mandel Bernath), land the hour of the appointment was a quarter to five. Immediately after I the afternoon performance, at which Elsa had seen her -ride the big hunter in the circus ring, she took a bicycle, ;which she had hired, and went to meet • the man. The house to Which she was directed was a "N, enta" of the common type, an open-froneed wine -shop, with no win- ! doens, but, to compensate for their lack, o doorway that took up the ; whole breadth of the shops frontage. 'Above this door hung a bunch of bog ;myrtle, the sign to the illiterate Ithirsty that wine might be had there, and a bough of box added the addi- ,tional announcement that if the wine "It dilVt OA° nee at the tinee,'" said. Mona, “but nent that you epeale of it, I eeene to104113.)*that thete 'WM something fenny ebout his We. Mies Carrington, you know him! Who is he?" "I think," said Elsa, “thet he is the man -Ate was my father's emelidential elerk. What was the proposition Which you say he Made to you?" "He offered to recover my fortune for me, at a commission of fifty per cent" said Mona. "He seemed sees prised, and rather -pained; when I ree fused. I suppose there is no doubt thee he is a scoundrel, is he s,fool, "It's a sensible enough cormniseieri," said Searborough, langhing, "if you. can exact it But if he thought he could get the diamonds, why did he (neer you a partnership? It seems to me it would have been just as easy to keen the lot himself, and make cent, Ler cent." "Re mentioned his conscience," said Mona, smiling, Scarborough frowned. that sore, is he?" he remarked. "The cant- ing type, Who eine on religious grounds! Then he's probably more dangerous than you thought him, Go On. How did he propose to work his .coup? But of course he didn't tell you that!" "No," said Mona, "but I uneerstood that he was under iv doubt as to hie being able to do so. He said that he had already spoken to Mr. Carrington, on the subject." "On the subject of restoring the diamonds to you?" asked Elsa quick- -1 "No, on the subject of paying black- mail to the Senhor Memel Bernardo., What's his real name, by the way?" "Andrew Gillies," said Elsa, "Did he ; admit that it was blachmailr I "Oh, no! Commission was his word.1 He said that he had worked faithfully and well for your father, and coin- . plained that his services had not been adequately rewarded. He -quoted a text or two, and I got the impression ethat he did so with a very definite purpose.. He saw that he couldn't do businees with me, and he was trying to make me thenk that he was e mere halinless crank. He rather overdid the thing, though, and I cameaway thinking him a daugerous, and plebe- bly rather clever ecoundrel. Just at the end, he dropped the mask a little, and said thaLsince I would not accept half, I should probably get nothing. He would be satisfied wine the thirty per cent, which he meant to get from Richmond- Carrington." "Was that the iast you eaw of him? You didn't meet hire again on the road?" askel Scarborough. • "No. Why do you ask that?" Scarborough turned to Elsa. "1 shouldn'te mm is ," he said, "if Andrew Gillies turned out to be the hooded' woman. And if so, it is, possible that both he and the diem - ands are by this time fax away. He wouldn't be likely to prolong his stay in the islands with them in his ' pocket. "What about the man who watched as at the Ring -Rock yesterday?" sale Flee twere not enough there were spirits also. The legend in white letters ,"Tobaco e Vinhu Habilitado," was ' meant for the further information, to t ios.e who could iced, that the veleta was only duly Ikea:Jed to minister to their necessities. Having supplied whieh generous ireormefol, the pro- prietor evidently thought that he had • pandered etiffieieutly to public curios- ity, for he had not added his name, but in thie he Val,S not peculiar„ for . few Azorean tradeemsn do so. I Mona admiSte: that she did not like the appeaeance ef the place and al - 'most came away without pursuing the ' adventure further. But she plucked ,up her courage, and went in and asked for Senhor Memel Beinarda. See. -Arai receined with exaggerated ; politeness, and it was tvident that she I wae expected. She was taken to a troom upstairs, over the shop, and soneethlng was said to her in Porta - 1 guesc, which she gueested to be that ithe Senhor Bernardo was at hand, and It was a small mem, with a carpet- ! lees floor, and two or three dilapidat- ed chairs. Papers and booka were lit- tered about on the table, and Mona Ino'iced that the papers were English, ' and the book; were mostly works of I controversial theology. While she was wondering, with a certain amount of nere-ousnese. what sort of a man he I was whe read theology in a small room over an Azorcan wine -shop, the man himself came in. He was dressed in the faehion of j Azorean of the middle class, and locked the part to perfection, until he began to speak. Then his tongue betrayed him, and he stood confessed cn Aberdonian Scot. "He 'apologized for having put me to the trouble of coming to see him," said Mona; "but explained that there were reasons why he thought it more prudent that he should do so, rather than risk commett by himself asking for me at the circus. Then he apolo- gized for his room, which was, how- ever, the best he could afford just now, He said next that it was not very plea- sant weather, was it 7—and seemed to wonder whether he ought to apologize for that, too. I had come into the room feeliag rather frightened, you know; but the feeling didn't last. You can't be frightened et a five -foot -five Scotchman who who does nothing but apologize." "What was he like?" asked Elsa suddenly. "In appearance? I've described him haven't I? A five -foot -five Azorean with a vile Scotch accent, I think he squinted a Bette, but I'm not sure. It play have been erey that he couldn't look anyone straight in the face. Any- way I never caught a full glance from hint" "Had he a slight, a very,, slight, lisp?" Elsa ;eked neet. ScaAorough Wined to her with an exclamation of surprise. "Do you thiak yon krieW him?" he asked. "I don't know," said Else, hurriedly, "Yes, 1 think so, Had he?" woulnl be told of her arrivel. (To be continued.) High Buildings. The old Statesman ane the Yankee' were arguing about the respective merits of their countries. "Well," said the. American, "you can't deny that we have the fine high, many- , storied buildings in the States corn- , pared to the ones in your country.", i "Hoots, man " replied the Scot, "there's a building in Stirling no high 'that they had to put the two top stor- ies on hanges." "On hinges!" ex- ! claimeel the American, "what for?" "So that they can lower them and let the moon go past!" 1 The man who foots the bills always has a kick coming. ts T ih6 requese of the lading !manufacturers). and dealers of the Dominion, the Guaranty' Securities Corporation has established its 'Canadian' office in the National Trust Building,: Montreal.. 1. tilt., 4 :Rod: An! Thee Emblem in the Dealer's Window Sign no pc.irchase papers that do not bear the Guaranty Emblem The Guaranty Plan provides' a privaW, dignified and 'standardized system of credit, fully safeguarding die bankin 'proprieties, and offers accommodation ,to reaPonsible an ;worthy .persons who can afford to own:and maintain cars.. ,but desire credit in their purchase., The Guaranty Plan is free from -annoying red -tape—a) direct and simple businesa transaction; giving— "Time for the Buyer—Cash for the Seller -7 -Safety for AIL,', - • , See the Local Dealer in the car in which youarein- 'Wrested. He should be fully equipped with full instructions and the simple form,,,,of, purchase contract Which you will sign. If, by any chance, your dealer is not equipped with this information, write 'us giving his name and address: and the make of car that he handles. Also ask himto'write . us without delay: We will see_that 'your requirements are' .taken care of promptly. The Guaranty' Plan is apPlicable1n 'the purchase Of a number of the best known cars, produced by permanently established Concerns who -maintain Canadian service organi- zations adequate to meet the demands of Canadian Owneral! , A description of the Guaranty Plan,- and a list of they' cars recognized, will be sent upon request, but .see, your, Local Dealer fiat. Guaranty Securities Corporation, NatiOnal Trust Building , Montreal, ez.s36 pavago.. ,E9.0tAsi:11,411.114.10., ..11.74-7....R.1,1r.6.1e,...11.14.21M161111161 ^ 'S":7,177-46,40 6,1 A of? es Feeding the Hog. 1 While almost any man can' . make , substantial egolits in feeding hogs itt present prices, an intelligent consid- eration of cost and menagement wili tend to greatly lnceeaee them Every stage in the bog's rnevglopment should be cerefully studied, the object being to get maximuin resultat min- imum cost. Great care particularly necessare at weaning time to get the pigs saf • ly over this crisis of their lines are well started withoue any eerioue set- back. Very often the profits are sacrificed from a beteh of pigs be- cause of lack of skin at this time. A stunted animal of aby kind is alwave unprofitable and this is denelee erue of it pig. The feeding period in his life is tee) ehort to recover the loss due to I it setback at weaning. A common error which must be avoided is that of feeding a strong grain ration to compensate for the loss of the mother's milk. If pro- perly managed the pigs will be eat ing so freely at the trough as nearly to wean themselves. About the only change to be made in the ration is to give them a. sufficient quantity of skim milk and it is better to do this be- fore the removal of the sow, as the loss of the dam's milk, small though it may have beccme ini quantity, is change enough at one time. A good many farmers make a small trough in the pen,- protected front the mother, in which the young pigs are fed. If this is done there should he no set- back at all when the pigs a: e weaned. Build lerameg.Not Fat. The very young pigs require a ra- tion that is easily digested and that is rich in protein, that is to say in flesh and blood forming material. The mis- take must not be „enade, however, 'of over -feeding, Before the removal of the sow just as much feed should be given as she and the litter will clean up at each feeding; when. the ROW is taken away the pigs should receive just what they will eat with relish. If food lies in the trough the weanlings, missing their dam, are tempted to overtax their digestive system and Colffit Plunkett, Head of III -fated the portion rema.ining` hi the trough lihF ji • is apt to ferment and become foul, In either case digestive troubles will in - Count Plunkett is a well-known evitably follow and these, if not fatal Irishman, he and his family having to the pig, are disastrous to the own - figured prominently in the late Irish er's chalice of profit The ideal Rebellion. Joseph Plunkett, son of method of feeding would be to feed at the Count, was executed in Dublin re- regular intervals as much as the pigs cently for his share in the proclama- tion of Irieh independence. The Count's two other sons, George and Sohn, were sentenced to ten and five years, respectively, in prison, for their part in the plot, and it its re- ported that the Caine himself is now success, in prison. The Count' title is a Papal one, having been conferred an him „as an appre6ation by the Church. He and his family are well educated, cui- tured, and refined, and very popular throughout Ireland. will clean up in a few minutes after feeding. While it is not often pos- sible to make our practice confornt fully to this ideal; it should be kept in mind that the nearer we can ap- proach to it the greater will be our • .4 fat. It is also palatable and eaeily di- gested. Skim milk should always be provided where possible. If it can't be secured, some product such as tankage, which ca.n be obtained from , the large packing house,s in 'Agent° i 'should be given in the proportion of one part of tankage to eight or nine parts of meal. For pigs under twelve weeks, the oat chop should be passed over a coarse screen to remove the helle. The very best rsults will be obtained :1 a quantity of bran is ad - dc, equal to that of the oat hulls re- moved. The bran is more palatable and more easily digested than the oat hulls and it lightens up the ration, preventing the meal from lying in too close and solid a mass in the stom- ach. Green Feed Half the Ration. 1 As the pig grows older, roaes, clov- er, rape or some other kind of green food, either in the form of pasture or 'soilage crop should he gradually in- troiuced, until they constitute aboue half of the ration by the time the pig is three months old. Intvhatever form the green food is given it has been proven that it enables gains to be made much more. cheaply. In On- tario the praetice has been to pasture the hags. Owing to present labor conditious thisreef , doubt . '11 be' rather extensively followed this , , year. Experiments conducted at the Ontario Agricultural College have proven, however, that much cheaper tgains can be made when the green 'crop is fed as soilage, cut and fed in , the pen, In every case the ho'gs should t have access to earth where they may ; take plenty of exercise. This will being them through in a vigorous and , healthy condition and there, will be no trouble with paralysis or with pigs going "off their feed." ' i In the experiments with soilage, ' aforementioned, it was founi that 'while green food was fed in the pen it ' only took 395 pounds of meal to pro- ! duce 100 pounds of gainee-whereee when hogs were turned on pasture it took 525 pounds, The meal ration in each case consieted of ,two parts FoundeTubarley to one part middlings, by weight. The inside pigs were fed all the green food they would eat, re- ceiving tares until August 6th, and A mixture of middlings and chop- ped oats has given very good resalts. This is rich in ash and protein for the nourishment of the growing' bone and muscles thus enabling the pig to build a strong frorne eather than to lay on Tbasommarbs.veromMll rape after that date. The outsiele hogs were pastured on these sam crops. After the hogs were killed it was found that there was no difference in the quality of bacon produced. HAS BUILT SEA TERROR. Startling Innovations on New British War Craft. While some of the newspapers in England are making a great display over the New York reports of a Ger- man submarine service between Ham- burg and New York, the general atti- tude is one of skepticism ,on the as- sumption that Germany's shipbuilding yards are more likely to be employed in the construction of vessels of ,en offensive type instead of "mail -car- , iers. Naturally what is being done is kept a profound secret. Strict pre- cautions are also taken in Great Brit- ain to prevent news of British naval developments from reaching enemy . That these developments particue laxly in the matter of construction, have been extraordinary is the gen- eral belief. The following story will indicate surprise by some of the things accomplished. In British waters there now floats a certain ship which embodies many novel features of extreme import- ance. So cartfully were these sec- rets guarded while she was being built that the ve.ssel, while on the stocks and during the period of her equippment, was known by all work- ing upon her as H.M.S. Hush. Then came her launching, when she was christened H.M.S. Rampageous, (This, by the way, is not her real name in the navy list—the censor might ob- ject to the publication of her real name.) Now, after she has been the cynosure of all British naval eyes for some time, her novel characteristics are found so startling that she is commonly referred to by the navy men as H.M.S. Outrageous. Live and Leafii. The aesthetic householder, whose nostrils had been offended by the odoes arising from a torn -up street wont out to remonstrate with the workmen who were digging tinder Ids dining room window. "I shall complain to the uthori- ties," he said. "I havt never been used to such smells." "Never mind, governor," said the overeeer. "You'll have plenty of time to get used to them before we have finished." he: Liiii For nearly 60 years, Edwardsburg "Silver Gloss" has been the standby. In one pound packages and six pound fancy enamelled tins. t CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED 236 MONTREAL, CARDINAL BRANTFORD, FORT WILLIAM. Makers of "Crown Brand" and `2111) White" Corn Syrups and Benson's Corn Stara', Silver I, 4.1.4 1'1" From Erin's Green Isle NEWS BY MAIL FIRONI LAND'S SHORES, appenings in the Emerald Isle of . Interest to Irish- men. Lance -Corporal 11 S. Robinson, son of Mrs. Robinson, Carmel has been tahlv:gnde'eict the :teal% enr ‘gallantry itt BAvealt:ran Ulster field marshal has passed away in the death of Sir Chas, Henryrowalow, G.0.13,, at the age of 86ye Belfast publicans and grocers have resolved to increase the prices of the half glass of epirits and bottles of beer and stout by one ent. The death Is annorinced at Dublin of 'Miss Margaret Therree daughter of the late Mr. Commiesioner Therry, of Castle Therry, Cork, at the age of 104, Tem To-wn Tenants' Defence Asso- elation is making great progress in Belfast, and there aro now eleveu largebrumm eheseobfertshbeip,organization,tied a. The Athlone Town Connell have adopted a resolution calling fax a substantial increase in the salaries of Irish teachers and the monthly pay- ment of salaries. An appeal is being made to the citizens of Belfast to clear off the adverse balance of $10,000 upon the working of the Royal Victoria Hos- pital for the past year. The death lias occurred of Ma Adam Turner, at the age of 71 years, the oldesteauctioneer in Belfast. He was one of the pioneere of the taxi -cab in. Belfast. Owing to the -large number of 'chil- dren, unvaccinated in Athy 'Onion, the Guardians have decided to direct the officials to issue summonses against a number of the parents. The Meath Committee 01 Agricul- ture are agitating fax some action to be taken to bring railway facilities nearer to coalfields in Ireland, and to end out where coalfields exist in Ire. land. At the meeting of the Athy Board of Guardians, the clerk reported that a girl had been admitted froni an out- lying district to the hospital, where she died, suffering from spotted fever. The Mount Beileev District Council has decided not to introduce the den rect labor scheme into their district until after the termination of the war.' It is stated that its introduction will mean an extra expenditure of $10,0'00. At the meeting of the Newry -Urban Council it was agreed to ask the local constabulary authorities to allow some af the policemen ta practice with the Fire Brigade, so that they might assist the brigade when called on for service at fires. The death has occurred of Cant, William Charles Coghlan, J.P., firma nor Co. Waterford. Captain Cogh- lan, who was 86 years of age, served in the Crimean War, old was a mem- ber of the Waterford County Council and Board of Guadians. Dr. T. P. Coulon, R.M.S., Monaghan Asylum, in his annual report estates that at the close of the year there were 23 more patients in residence than at the close of the previous year. and that the number resident was 147 In. excess of the accommodation. The war has caused a ehorta,ge of Supply of two products, both of which are abuudant on the shores ee Ire- land. One is Cariageen or Irish moss and the other is the stalls of the com- mon carweed. ' At the meeting of the Connuittee ot Management of the Trim joint scheol, it was .stated that of the large num- ber of pupils who have enlisted, nine have been killed, several wounded and one was a prisoner of war. WREATHS AND TROUSERS - !Incident of the Fighting on the Italian Front. How near tragedy and eoinedy are in the happenings along the battle line is shown by this incident of the fight- ing an the Isonzo River front, which a I Vienna correspondent tells: A Caproni fighting aeroplane that thad gone up from the Italian side w -as lbit by the anti-aircreft guns and fell 1within the Austrian lines. The pilot was killed, the observer was some- what scratched, but otherwise unlrorte* His trousers, however, wore ripped "from A to Z.." Captain Amegliano, the captured flyer, was inconsolable, and , to an Austrian officer who sympathized with him he said: "My poor comrade will be buried and I =nee even pay him mg last respects --not in this gear." "If that is all," kemarked the Ales - bean, "we'll soon mend that." And after obtaining permission, he weet up, in his Fokker =amine and threw a letter into the Italian lino, acquaint- ing thin with the fact, and requeetirig "a pair of new trousers fax Captain Am eel tato." Sure enoegh, an hour or so later there was an Italian machine high in the air; and' apaekage dropped that. contained a laurel wreath for the dead and a pair of troueere for the, living.. That's Sol The capression: "Seeking safety in light" doesn't eecre vele" senseele when we remember how man aviatore have been killed, "How is year wiee ,lohn ?" Jobe (the waiter)----"Weel, I done: know, Miss. 'When the !gin doeeidt ehine inIeerrible, and when it dotes ehe eage 1± :fades the caepet." ItT! strees (to :ter var,OL--,"No.\\:, leeete, CCYUSIdCij n g th at you ape, eget to tn les ili dv of ang idiot . °Mere it to sr.t.ttl 1 an n 't thin k why et, le 'le et you will nevcg Heigh to me."