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The Exeter Times, 1923-5-24, Page 2Di c riguis 1-1 332 "The most Delicious Tea you can huzir" ,1 An She 9 9 —BY VIRGIE E. ROE. PART I. The austere country of the coast range seemed the epitome of desola- tion, looked at with the eyes of un- familiarity. Its great peaks shot straight up from its narrow gorges and threadlike valleys, covered with fir and pine, with spruce and vine maple. To the woman who stood at the tiny pane of a cabin on a flat and stared with frowning eyes at the silent grandeur it was an abomination of dreariness. She picked at the ruffle of her neat apron and swallowed once or twice, for there was a catch in her throat that would not go away. It had been there for five nightmare months, ever since she had married the big, broad-shmaldered lumberjack that memorable day in Seattle and come away with him. She had been a waitress in a third- class restaurant in the shipping dis- trict and she had been happy. She recalled with a sick longing the warm feel of the long, narrow room, the shining -horseshoe counter, with its recurring oases of catsup bottle, salt and pepper, the steaming coffee ma- chine, and the faces of the men who came and went, always smiling across her counter, for she had been worth sinning at. She was known slightly along the waterfront as "Straight Rose, at Blunders," Many a sailor risked his leave and his digestion to eat the pie she shoved across to him, to watch her soft, white hand push a hairpin iiao the rebellious fluff. She was slim as a reed in her neat black dress and White apron, shapely and trim, and she was always sweet of temper and kindly. , So it was that she saw first Chad Harkness. He had come in out of the rain on a roaring night, and his huge bulk had filled the door of the restaur- ant aompletely, so that he had to stoop with his mop of black hair brushing the top as he pulled off has dripping cap. His cheeks were Iright as polished apples, and his slow dark eyes were smiling, even though he was a total stranger to Blunders. He hung the wet cap on the rack, turned to"the counter, and looked into Rose's face. The genial smile of general well- being slid off hie features in the won- der of the vision, for he had met his own right there, though he did not know it. He slipped on to a stool and continued to stare at the girl until she flushed ancl lifted her head with great hauteur. "Order?" she snapped. The, stranger drew a long breath and srniled again. That was the beginning, for the stranger could no more stay away from the little restaurant than he . could cease to eat, and he had a healthy young appetite. He "came regularly , and the girl came to look for his great form looming in the narrow door. It was at the end of that week that the thing happened which had brought her to the shut-in valleys, the etern- ally dripping conifers, and the activ- ity of the luir_ber camp on the river. She had been behind her counter as usual, her hair fluffed high on her small head, her gray eyes alert, the green bracelet glowing dully on her arm, when a Irian came in and flung himself on a stool, stating an order concisely. He was a big fellow, 'clad Lifeliuoy h the real woy to a healthy skin. It olefins not only tho ourfnce but the poree, It oettpnti with Its par° palm clad:vegetable oils, his deligbilial Io usa in good *garments, half dressy, half rough, fine belted coat, leather cap, gloves, riding breeches of leather and trim putteb:s. He was of that pitiable class, the highly educated and refined, whose polish had been wasted on the poor material beneath the surface. When his order came' he ate with rare nicety, without a look at her again. But when he rose to go he stepped near the bend of the horse- shoe where the matches and tooth- picks stood beneath the cash register, and as Rose stood there with her hands palm down upon the_ counter he reached across, caught them both, leaned over, and drew her helplessly toward him. His intent was plain and the girl struggled with repulsion and anger staining her face scarlet, but his grip was iron. Smiling, his eyes like a cat's he took both her hands in one of his, swung the other arm around her neck, and kissed her as many times as „possible before the scrap he, expected could take place, for there were several other men -oresent. They rose as one, too, but something was before them—the huge man just open- ing the door, who had seen it all. If a thunderbolt had latinched itself at the offender it could scarce have been more swift and deadly. One great hand took him by the collar from behind, even as the other was flinging the cap it held away. In one second pandemonium was loose in the restaurant, for the man in the spiked boots and mackinaw had gone mad with rage and threatened to kill the other before the bystanders could rescue him, which they soon saw they must do. By the time the fray was over the ambulance was there for the stran- ger, the patrol for Harkness, and /tose was weeping with ,n_ervous ter- ror, while the proprietor was saying with cold fury; "You're the cause of it, with your everlasting tricks an' your refusals to handle th' fires you start. Clear out! You're -done heer Beat iti -And hurry!" But the lamberjack had . shaken himself free of the restraining hands of the law and faced the girl and the rest. , "Get on your things," he said harshly. "This is no place for you." That had all been five months ago, and here she was, shut like a toad in a well between the massive ridges, with the blue gray rain eternally fall- ing. She hated it all. And she almost thought, in some moods of depression and sudden re- bellion, that she hated the man who had brought her here. This day she flung the apron down with a jerk and struck her palms together. Then she heard his step at the door, abruptly, striking ' the stone steps , from' the carpet of winter grass that came flush up to it, and -he came in from the wet, sparkling with the drops. His dark eyes sought her face eagerly, and their light dimmed a bit, for it was cold and spiritless. "Lonesome, Honey?" he asked as he shook the raindrops from his flannel 'clad shoulders and tossed back the mop of black hair. ' Rose nodded and went to take up the meal. As she passed him he reached out and gathered her into his huge arms, forgetting the wetness of his garments. The woman drew back petulantly. They ate in silence, save for 'an oc- casional question and answer, for Rose, in her innate kindliness, was sorry for her outburst. "Work going well?" she asked, as she rose to clear away the plates. "Fine. That last stand of spruce between th' Dip, an' the big belt of yella pine is all cleared out an' the riggers finished slingin' the riggin'e to -day. We'll be cutin' th' yella pine in a couple of dayS.' Logs from that belt will be on th' rollway by Thurs- day. All ready to dig in for th'-new boss when he gets here." "It's too bad the company's chang- ed hands," said Rose thoughtfully, "Harrison has been efficient and got along with the men so well." In the, next few days there was a certain 'livening excitement in camp, due to the preparations for Harri- son's departure and the coming of the new foreman tinder the changed per- sonnel of the company, There were four married men in the camp, and their wives haci nianned a little feast in the eating house in the fore1Lati3 honor, and it was' pitiable how ao poor a festivity took 1 -old on these lonely women and made them happy. Joy Is contrast, assuredly. Rose was the queen bee in I he pleasant fussing, and the night was a, huge ,success, a regular party, adlli cake and ice cream and a salad. They played the phonograph afterward and danced in the narrow space between the two long tables. Chad could net dance, bilt several, of the yeting chaps could, and he stood back in unutter- able pride and saw a new beauty 110 his wife. It was the first thaw he had even thought of her thua, and the ace of her supple bodythe flash of ier slim feet, the flush of exeitenient n her dieclaa, set him, hushed and shining with an bailer rapture. On the morrow the new foreman was due to arrive. The work did not stop, for Harrison was the best of hirelings, the nunwho sees only effla eient accomplishment. The weinen were agog for the first sight of the new boss, The camp wagen had gene to the valley town to bring him, and when it drew up in the slanting yard of the cook shack every married cabin held inspection, Good. lookin'," said Emma Smith, the hook tender's wife, with contie- tion. "Young," thought Gail Harlin frorn behind her scrim curtains. "A bad man," was the mental coin - merit of IVIrs. Joe Hesler, Who was forty-eight and ha& had three hus- bands, "th' cold, hard kind." But Rose Harkness took one look at the man who descended from the wagon and shrank back from her win- dow with her hand at her throat where her heart was hammering. Her sullen eyes had suddenly flown wide open. The dullness had left her face in a flash, At noon the men came drifting down from the mountain's breast, and at the footlog across the swollen river the new boss stood to greet them with a handshake impartially. They sized him up swiftly, as the men of these far places are wont to size a stranger, d passed. But in the middle of the line Chad Harkness swung along, his great body moving with the grace of a panther, and as the man ahead stepped off the log and he lifted his eyes to the fore- man's face he stopped so sharply that the rest bumped together. A silence fell abruptly, so that there was only the voice of the river menacing be- neath.. The two men looked hard in each other's faces and their extended hands dropped. The lumberjack flung up his head, swung off the log, and away without a word. He had seen again the long blue eyes, the sensuous lips, the fair head of the man he had sent to hospi- tal in Seattle! When he reached the cabin and entered in a pregnant silence his face was white as a candle. Rose was bending over the opened door of the oven and she looked up with flushed cheeks. , The outcome of the evening that followed was that Chad went out to work next morning in the dark and the rain with tight lips and a deter- „mination to do as Rose wanted, no 'matter what it cost him in repression and humiliation. And he found it easier than he had expected, for the new boss, Carson by name, greeted him on the work as he did the others, and as if they had , not met before. . A few uneventful days went by. Then Carson met Rose on the footlog and he estopped and 'smiled knowingly. The woman raised her beautiful eyes and looked at him as hanghtily as she had that far past night in Seattle, but there was a faint upward tilt to one corner of her mouth, 'a coquette's mark. The man was swift of comprehension and did I not miss., that slight shadow of ex- , pression. , I "We magain,” again he said disarm - a ingly, with his winning smile. "I hope you don't hold spites and grudges?" h - She told Chad of the meeting and of Carson's fair words about letting the past rest, but she did not tell him of that final whisper. "Yes, fair words," said the lumber- jack, "but I'll watch him just the same." That gave Rose something to think about. (To be concluded.) The Difference: . In those first days she often heard him tell Of many sacrifices ,hhad, made, hamade, And listening, she grew to be afraid That his dissatisfaction mig:ht dispel The little dreams that sprang like April flowers Within her heart ---the bones of home d anchild, His thoughtless phrases seemed to have defiled ' The atmosphere, and turned her sun to showers,. In after years when lie had found con- tent, She did not say she had foregone a thing— A vision sweeter than the heart of spring—' Instead, through hours -that weary were, and long, With a bright fortituae she came and went - And hid ter sacrifice beneath a song —Elizabeth Scollard. Minard's Liniment for Corns and Warts 11:9 • Her`tittle Way. Pretty Susie- Smith, had beea study - lug medicine, and although she did not - make much actual progress at the work, she managed to get along very well with the lecture, for she had what is coalled a way with, her." • *, Whenever she was askerl a question I, she could, not answer she would smile in a most appealing way. When the examination came along she was equal- ly enceezdul. , "Now, Miss §mith," said the exam- iner, "tell me how- yOu would treat a case of typhoid?" • "Well, sir," waS the hesitating re- ply, should "Yes, yea!" said the professor im, patiently. "Go on. Then with a rush, alamild call voii infor consultatien." She pa,srecl with honor. An" I am. more powerful than laws or d t' 1 sway nt ihaVni4eg. and decide the des- tinies of Iceas, insone of the biggest factors suein I bring you love, friends, approcia- tn and personal' satisfaction. ain more potent than ability, for I often boost the" one -talent man into high positions while the ten -talent man anwithout me remains at. the bot- tom.- l influence juries; I sway judges on the bench; I impress congrega7 tions; I attract atidiences; I open hearts and purses; I quell mobs; I draw men and wonien as a steel mag- net draws iron filings. The school teacher who has me has more influence over her pupils than the one who ha a not. The lawyer, the clergyman, the physician, the actor, the father, the mother—everyone, no matter what his office or position— is reinforced a hundredfold,by me. 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It cannot be described; the finest photographic processes, the most faithful biographer cannot re- produce it, but it is felt by everyone who comes within its atmosphere. No statistician or sociologist will ever be, able to find out, no one will ever know, --how large a percentage of the unemployed, or the might -have -1 beens, of the poverty-stricken fail-, ures, of the hard-working but unsuc- cessful men and women who have failecttto realize their ambitions, owe their failure to the lack of me. The most hard-headed business men the largest and most powerful corporations, the oldest and most suc- cessful business houses, banks, insur- ance companiesaschdols, colleges, pub: lic „institutions of all kindsoOpz:ogres-i sive and practical men and women, everywhere, lay great stress en my_ importance in the supreme business of life. I overtop money, and all material possessions, all adcidents of birth and fortune, as the heavens overtop the earth. I am more to you than anything outside of yourself can ever be. With me you can cominand for- tune. I give you power that nothing else can equal; that no one can' take from you. I make you superior to kings and millionaires. , In multitudes of cases I -make all the idifference between a superb car- eer and a mediocre success. The world will receive you coldly or with opbn arms according to the degrees in which you manifest me. I haye everything to do with the impression you make upon others. I help you to be a good mixer, to dominate situa- tions, to be a leader instead of a fol: lower or a trailer. ' I am no occult or mysterious force which the Creator has giNien to one and withheld' from another. i am the esSence of the'spirit, andHe has given to everyone the -power to develop. me from within. lam made up of steong positive qualities, the most important of which are„Faith, Love, Generosity, Self -Confidence Truth Courage, De- cision, Cheerfulness, Hope and Char- ity. Cultivate thcso, and weed out their opposites, 'the negative qualities, from your human garden, and you Will have me -- 1 ani—A Charming' Personality. —"Success!' A MATTER OF JUSTICE TO YOUR DAUGHTER. One of the most pathetic situations *cif married life is that of the young wife struggling with the problems of Thome-making for which she has had no.previous training. With only her enthusiasm to guide her she finds her- self with the responsibilities of house- keeper,. home-rnalcer and wife and with little knowledge how to bear them. In justice' to her future a girl should be as carefully prepared for her duties as a boy is prepared for his future as a man and -a burden bearer. From the age of tWelve if eggs were extra large and fine look- T affeetelt meal wi'ka but of sweet Eln tIkle form cot VITRI9LEY'S. sattsties t e sweet tooth and adds dtgesttoi, • Pleasure and ,henefit combined0 , • and I knew they were fertile, nohc:ttiess even, h o -lie lad: lbieer'allcoetrttAedintolihtteireahsolmiere flharg' they had started -to develeP' bat' share of the general responsibilities and she ahould not be, Permitted they died at different stages till hatch - shirk them. If her excuse is that she tt; big time came, When only about half were alive. - - '' I will be late for school let her be late Looking at my basket of about for school that one Morning and Point three settings, it came into my mind -... out to her that she must plan her that it must be rather difficult for, n orr lig so a she the hen to turn them as her lead : time the next i ii th t -will not be late. neck and bill did not in the least xe:! The work itself should be occasion- salable a 'duck's' have fallen short of her abiltY to meet on opposite's sides and put them under So for that hatch I marked the eggs ally inspected and, if it is founel to a reasonable standard of excellence, hens as usual. I intended, when 1 the fact that she has not dane her went to feedeand water the fowls, to best should be made clear to her in sympathetic and motherly talk. Few women have an adequate ap- e preciation of the value of time, and some pains should be taken to teach it. Remain with your daughter dur- ing the performance of her duty for three or four consecutive mornings, the third setting, was nearly ruined Vises to do her work. ' reset them and all hatched. by a goose. We rescued three eggs, where both of you can see the clock, and make note of tlie time that she The first morning she will be Last summer it was necessary for of 'enthusiasm and will hurry to see full the children to take care of the hens. how quickly she can complete her They would not bother to turn the task. The second mo • i eggs and the hatches were poor again. a - . —Mrs. E. S. ** . in lig sorrie or the novelty will have worn off, and the mineral's Liniment for Coughs a Colds task will appear more as a task. The aa third morning will afford the real That's Al!. "What tine is it sonny?" asked a traveler of a small boy. She vrill then have learned two im_ "Almost twelve o'clock', sir," replied the boy. "I thought it was more." portant lessons: that the day is di- "It's never any more here," returned nvliodvee•cl onintaondhaourersiosatn fdorienvienrutseosmteh oast onetit laagda, jinn. surprise. "It Juat begins at , which belong, to play arui others to I work, and that she is not an idler turn -those eggs that the hens did not turn .once each day; but they oc- casionally went over to forty-eight hours. At hatching time one ' hen got twelve ducklings from twelve eggs; the second. hen, ten from eleven eggs; test, for then the girl will know how inuch, time the task needs and. will clearly understand *hat her share of responsibility is. • order by doing her share of the Imase Mrs. Nextdore -- "I noticed year A JutilIee. the home but is helping to keep it in I in the time that she gives to it eery Mr. all lighted up last night." "her duties should be increased, oi-der Just completed a week's service, with i matorfailelogUrse, as the girl grows Hiram Offum—"Yes. Our cook us and ,we were giving her it party in al- b°nonaof the oocasion." though never to the point of being irksome, but always with the object of training her for a home of her own. The girl who has borne those • small responsibilities from her early years will have formed the habit of sharing in the home -making and will -"feel lost" without it. She will assume large duties naturally and cheerfully,' and that in itself will be of great value to the mother who, as the years pass lind the little girl grows up, will • find many of her own cares assumed by a helpmeet trained in her own methods. I It is a mistake to postpone the training in household duties to the 1 age of seventeen„or eighteen years, To expect a young girl -to begin to as - surae responsibilities after her tastes and habits have been partly formed is unfair to her, and the effort to cur- tail her freedom will inevitably caue friction betWeen inother and daughter and may even lead to serious estrangement. HATCHING DUCK EGGS. I could not get satisfactory results from duck eggs set under hens, and so I began to look for the reason. The - WHERE ,FiNE ENGLISH CHINA COMES FROM. wITIchis nnsu passed The collecting of the dUstry, The picture where the clay meosatimoIrmeoratt.orincr,Itnharrnicps.m,ontacgx;on 7777 :England precludes; many Varieties, of fine china - anywhere in the. World for 'its beauty and delicacy.; E).1!)..±,Cli,A,;t:lil,0,,erk.!;0.0AiaaelAl,rma 0,. ,?,.i,aalleb,ildvi,nt,dif,,E5Ai • clay i„vhl,ch Is Used In its manufacture Is an important. ca ° st, l':st..:111',1' T,L, (I`Cr::::, trolro' nri°0*, s'h'a:\v' some °' f'qie L' e ttlfng11 oll'C'Is ' ' ilar 5 t” All L el l' C is collected and eanafterwards dried, for Shiproen .4...., , , , . , , , 4 4, _ ? ,.. A ' ANDms ; U I 0 specialize in uniforms for Bands, Police, Firemen, etc. j Write for style book . and Sainple,s, 'Crown Tailoring Co., Limited 533 College St., Teronto, Ont. MATC H E S First in Safety First in Convenience, First in EcolicKITY AvArA,A, • nvItRywHER,IN ..A1\7A.DA Asl< FoREDOV's mATenzg owe af uarantee " Smait's Noirefs ave made' theway thesriarem4de guarantee durabie and siisfactory service, ' The ltecoegi aint4eryetsr money, eart buy. Aelefer, , &nart Mower JANiES sivtART PLANT. Zetitetils•Ottr. ;` 1W1410410, /row* Alt /./ CHARACTER A$ A BUSINESS ASSET In the terrible flood in Dayton, Ohi,o, speavneiZ1, ykeidoil'ns Homes ow, etil.te tdlei ssiatorioeyre was al., Nwv17;eelii°1i3vtel4illociotigde•ePtetbil.(bl:Idne-Vseer; 11;1117n113: - ed. The directors, of MO k the finest. manufactories of Dayton met one inclining to apinlalse their loss.' Their factory was gutted', they were Stacked. ap witb, orders which could not be ad 'for months, their financial credit was d•ostroyed, These men were also directors; of, DaYtorad, leading banks, but the ruin was so complete that they dared not, in justice to their deposit- ors, loan money even 1,o own con. cern. ,One by one they cbnfessed. de- ra''.1-kt. quiet man had been listening to their discussion. He represented their chief creditor, Perhapalhe most Power- ful corporation in America. As they were about to separate, he rose and apolce. "Gentlemen," he said, "you have forgotten to mention one of your assets. I know what your liabilities , are; I counted them before I -came to this meeting. They amount to $400,. 000and you do not know how you can meet, them. You have lost your fac- tdrye your: machinery, your ,financial credit, You have even lost -your faith, faith in your own banks and in your- selves. But the corporation that I re- present knows other thipkgs about you. They know of your long and honorable career; they know /that whenever there was a question ,as to.somesmall detail of service you never tried' to cut cbrners or to shave your customers.. You .owe 000,000, but you have an as- set that is. inore than equal to it—it is you•r character. Gentlemen, my or- ganization is proud te carry all the ob- ligations of such a concern as yours until you areon your feet again and in order that you may achieve this it ex- tends to you an a,dditional credit of a quarter of a million dollary." Britain Leads in Stock Breeding. There Is no other country in the world that can compare with tile Bri- tish Isles in the number and variety of breeds of domestic animals'. Take cattle. The Duke of Hamilton still preserves wild cattle which are said to be direct ciescendantsdof the ancient British breed. Absolutely dif- ferent animals from the big red Der - ons of the south -west, -yet equally dif- ferent ••from white-facedy shert-hOrned Herefords. Both of these vary enormously from the shagg-y, long -horned Highland eat." tle. Yet I-Iighland cattle are only' so by adoption, for originally the -y came from England, the herd froin which they des•cended having been part of the dowry of Princess, Margaret Tudor when she married Sames IV. ,c11f Scot- land. The real, Highland cattle are the Polled .A.n.gus, which are hornless.. , If you; want to find. a coMple•te con, trast' to any of the cattle mentioned, you have it in the slim'', sleek, deer - headed Jerseys, which give such won. --,,derfully rich milk, or in the Kerry 'oat. - tle, w•loich are tho smallest of all. Turn to horses. 'Could you find any 'tivo breeds more different than the tiny Shetland pony and the huge Suf. . folk Punch? The original Shetland breed is said to have come from Nor.- „-,tway, but has long since become small- er, stockier, and in every way different. Devonshire has two completely dif- ferent races of ponies, the Dartmoor and the Exmoor. The former is hi h withered, ewe -necked, and lanky; the -latter almost as stocky as the Shet- land pony. The Welsh pony, one of the best in the world, is said to hake inherited its fine shape and staying qualities, from horses left behind by the Romans when they abandoned Britain. Sootland has, its, Gallway nags, be- lieved to inherit a Spanish strain, while the Fetlar Island breed of ponies undoubtedly poss•ess• Arab blood. All the best terriers 'belong to Bri- tain, and so do most other sporting • dogs,. There are dozens of different strains of sheep, ,and nearatye.alr the b es t, Pigs , also , originated inothe. tisk Even cats may be included, for it re- mained, for the Isle of Man to produce a cat vrithout a tail. Lights Float on Me.rcury. There is said to be an inereaaing —demand for quicksilver in manufae- 'attires of electric aliPliancesa An in- te•esting arid haoreasing use in Scot- land ds the floating of the lights of " lighthouses 'upon a body of quicksil- ver. The metal is not eonsunaed," of Opuyseatuid the loss i11 uSe is insignilla cant. ' It appeara :that the commiasionora , of riorthern lighthonses In Edinburgh have,in their charge ninety lighthouses on the coast of, Scotland. Up to a few - years 'Agb the revolving lights were borne on rollers. The "float" system has been gradually 'introduced' "however, and is nowin operatibn at thirty coast stations and will be -used at all others, The lighting machinery, rstki on a pontoon which- runs •oir ver in a groalre. The quantity of mer- cury required for this ptirpese in a lighthouse is from seven to eight flasks of seventy-five peunds• each., What Did He Mean? "I wonder If Professor Kidder meant anything by it?"•• "fly Wit? "lie advertised , loctorP. on 'Fools,' 'lid ',Alien I bought a, i,toltet 11 was - Adniit One.' ISSUE No, 20-123.