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The Exeter Times, 1923-10-4, Page 2LEN TEA 11-1461, Nil eoy green .eZ 701-11 will be sable* ith no ether. blend, Tr"- it The 11 lour geo -up to London, and the news had better be kept from him—The did you say? IT'ou'd better come round here iit once. I'm blessed. if I knew what todo in be matter, I tell you the man can't be moved for a month, and if be' e told, it'll probably kill him. he Come rental here, thet'e a good chap— a Eh, what's that yeti say ---a lady in I'llE SECRET OF TRUE the car car with hira?--Nonsense. You're talkthat'll be beet; come along at oece,ng. rubbieh—absolate rot. yesLOVE " "My dear," said one Woman to an- , i , Dr. Trehorn may riot have been a ataaa, ea hear your on is go i lig to veoeoriy abnrciillil7veti.,)ixoouanaged7enlii,cibite hven(w,e4ri.S. broken,,, , be married. Your poor heart must be a Om is business. ' ' t r InleineSS WaS to 100k after hie patient rhe ieother laughed. "I am not an and restore Merrington, to health. Be- object of pity," she Said; "I am a sub- yond that, always thinking of Mer- jeet for cengratulation. rington in the first place, his business „ "What!" eried the first woman. "Do was to keep hie word to the unknown you mean to ten me that you are will - woman who, had. thrown herself upon iag to other womaor give up your only child to an - his mercy. He saw, clearly enough, that the fact -a Morrington's wife be- a ' ing dead would "let in any way solve Willing and glad," replied the the problem of the eternal triangle' for in this case it had not been a tri- angle. From what the yeoman had said he had. gathered that she was married and that she had gone back to her husband. He filled his after -breakfast pipe, lit it, and looked at the clock. It was BY J. 13. HARRIS-BURLAND yet quarter -past nine, 'At ten o'clock he usually started out an his hew you Would get along. Well, you CHAPTER V.--(Cont'd.) Mrs. Merrington had been poisoned by rounds. But to -day he would have to did, by working your fingers to the . , "I am sorry to trouble eia. cyanide of potassium or prussic acid. leave the house a little later—perhaps 'bone. you, A16itander," said Detective -Inspector He was certain of that, sir, but as you he would not be able to leave it until "You went without everything your- Ditton; when he Ives shown into the know, the symptoms are similar. The nearly noon. self, but your boy was always led and library, '4'but we cannot find Mr. Mer- glass and the bottle have been remov-I "The house will have to be guarded l lied c ot , and by hook or crook you put ringtori. The servant told us that he ed for examination and analysis. Did like a fortress," he said to himself. It him through school. Now he forsakes had left London in his car, and tlia.t you see either glass or bottle when would have been easy enough to guard " i if the polios had t b dragged you for a pretty girl. I say his duty lie was going to spend the night with You called, sir? i t e no been is to you. He has no right to marry "I did not, Ditton. Shall I be want- , into the matter. But the'whole situa- n ,Mr. Aedington, -who lives .at Ded- ed at the inquest?" tion had changed. as long as you levee: bury in Kent. Mr. Arclington is on .t- e Cf f 2 the telephone, and we managed to find ' '-'11 afraid s°, sir. Suicide, he thought,"possibly "Nonsense," replied the mother. "I his number and get on to him. He said Well, I hope youll ' arrange to call murder—no, not Merrington, someone did my duty to iny- child, but am I a me out of working hours. I am very, ele s." that he had expeeted Mr. Kensington female Shylock to exact a poued of ry busy." 1 It seemed impossible to him that flesh - about e'ght o'clock, but that he had yein payment for having taken not arrived." 1 "Yes, sir—I know. I suppose you Merrington could have nnirdered his care of him while he was young and dI can't help us to find Mr. Merrington?" wife. That face, so gentle, and so helpless? "I see. And what o tl i k I 57ml 1 n 1 "strikingry , not the face know about it?" t mother, "for I want my son to be happy." "Children are ungrateful • creatures," said 'the' first Woman, bitterly. "We spend our lives telling and sacrificing for them, and as soon as they are big enough they leave us. I remember when your husband: died, we wondered I'm afraid I can't. Mrs. Merring- beantifulwas t "Well sir the servant told us you ton told me just what the servant told of a murderer. you.,, had called and that you'd had a long, Sir Alexander rose from his chair. talk with Mrs. Merrington. And we "My wile is not very well," he con - thought that perhaps she had told tinued, "but, of course, if you want you of some change in her husband's, to ask me any mere questions—" plans, and besides, we should like to "Oh, no, sir—and I have no time to know, whether Mrs. Merrington was 'waste myseLf. I suppose her ladyship quite cam )os mentis so to- 3) He stretched out his hand and rang the bell. The house-parlormaid, grey-haired woman of fifty, came into the roorn. She had entered his father's service at the age of twenty-five and had worked for the family ever since. The cook was a:few years older and se b d h hdborn —Well, q 2 , could not help as in any way? i mem ere when e a been. speak. For a few mo-ments Sir Alexander Ilradney was silent. Then he said, "Sit down, Ditton, and have a cigar." He liked to be on friendly terms with the police, and he knew the detective quite well. "Thank you, sir," said Ditton, tak- "I don't see how she could." Could he rely on these two women to "She must have known Mr. Mer- see hina through a difficulty , that did rington pretty well, sir." not in any way threaten his own hap - "Well, she had about twenty sittings Piness? . for her portrait." (To be continued.) "She has not seen him lately, I sup- , e: pose, sir?" 'Oh not for over a month and I ing a cigar from the case that was don't believe she's ever met Mrs. Mer- Have you ever wondered. how many 'held out to him, and biting off the end rington at all." ' books there are in existence? On the with a sharp movement of his strong "Could I ask her ladyship a few average, two hundred thousand vol - questions, sir?" umes are published each year through - "Not now, Prn afraid. She is M in out the world, and, as eight and a The World's Book -Shop. teeth, He was a sturdy fellow of about forty, with a small black mous- tache and a reddish f ace. - bed. But if she has anything to say ecu - "May I ask how you come to be half million book -s appeared last sle can say it at the inquest. Well, if wry one .can obtain .a fairly good idea mixed up with this?" queried Brad- youu ,,, excuse me—" , ney when the detective had lit his The detective took his departure, of the.size of the world's book -shop. , and Sir Alexander Bradney walkedi Addin,g together the number lotevol- cigar and seated himself. ' "The police telephoned to the Yard slowly1. published in each century since at once, sir." up the marble staircase. On the nines first floor landing he leant asrainst the Printing was invented, the astonishin,g "Ala so bad as that, eh? You sus- pect suicide?" "Yes, sir—well, if you could tell "Certainly," Sir TAIexander ,inter - rented. 2yirs. Merrington was quite well whe.fn I saw her, but she seenaed toalleeWorried about something." 'ssidAh, that is what we want to.know , horn s question. "My studio. Is in ndebook and writing in it. Worried? - d d ought to have got that out of me last ascent' of which would take several bronze rail and looked down into the! total of sixty.millionsf DS reached, The hall. His face was very white, and ainount of energy, time, paper, and he iseerried to be out of breath. printer's ink which have gone to pro- duce all these books is incalculable. A great many of these publications CHAPTER VI. "7, Romney -mansions, Chelsea," said Merrington, in answer to Tre- Sir " said Mr. Ditton, taking out a King's -road -173c. I say, I'd no idea you n t knew my address. You would form a fair-sized mountain, the know there are mothers who think that their children belong to them body and soul, and that they have a perfect right to exact any sac- rifice of them. I have known talented women who have been balked in their ambitions by tyrannical and exacting, mothers, and I have seen pretty girls grow into faded old maids nursing neurotic mothers who :would not em- ploy an attendant. . "And I've known more than one whining old woman who kept a bach- elor son dancing attendance upon her, and who told you how it would have killed her for her son to marry; how she made him promise he would never leave her; how she broke off a love affair that he had in his youth,' and how she knew he ades so much hap- pier with her than he would have been with a wife, because no wife would have been as particular about cooking him the things he wanted as she was. "Personally`, I feel that I could do no more wicked thing than keep my son from marrying. He is, to -begin with, a born family man, the s'ort of man who could never be happy living in clubs, playing cards, and listening to men's gossip for a lifetime. He are eacb worth more .than five thous. must have his..own hanlealus awn wife gretorme would be attractive, as would and pounda, and the total value of the and children, and I would be worse also crepe with trimming of a con - world' s book stocks must run into than a fiend if I kept him from the tasting color or with rick rack for nianv 'nuliious Staekecl together. they sweetness of a wife's love and corn- a finish. further guarantee against shedding arid detiacts nothing frem its attrac- tivenees, Do not neglect to gather an areirul of pussy : willows or catidne next apring. Dried before they become too ripe, they will keep several seasons, if a new Supply is not to be had. 'HOLDERS FOR BIRTHDAY CANDLES. I am anxious to tell the readers of my recent discovery, "Perhaps sOlile of you have made a similar one. Last Thursday was my little son Jerry's, seventh birthday. To held the family custom, he must have a birthday cake with candles. When I came to make the cake I found I had the candles but no candle holders. As the candles had to be lighted, the wax would run down and mingle with the frosting, and this would not do at all. • Having some maishmallows in the house, :I used 'these for holders, andthey answered the pdrpose very well. With cake coloring I marked the faee on each marshmallow, placing the candle in the mouth, much to the amusement of my little son.L-Mrs. F. W. A NEAT AND SERVICEABLE APRON, 4030. Percale with facings of linen is here depicted. Black sateen with ' 'Yess--prile and nervous—but mind she may have been always like that." met." houss. you, I have never seen her before and "I couldn't have sent a telegram to your wfe until this morning," the your three largest libraries in the "Did she say anything, sir, to lead i young doctor replied, "and I didn't world are the British Museum Libr- yen to suppose she was worried?" .Nothing, Ditton—nothing at all. I want to wake you fromyour sleep. ary, which has four million volumes; went there to see Merrington about Fee1in a bit lel 0 , ,t 9,, the Biblietheque Nationale, at 'Paris, painting a portrait of my wife. Mer- rington was away and I had a chat With Mrs. Merrington." "When dial you leave, sir?" "Oh, at about -hall -past niee." , . "Yes --aching all over. Your name's which has three millions; and the Lih- Trehorn, isn't it? Look here; I can't rary of Congress. Washington, with remember anything about this motor just half a million less. Thus, between accident You must tell me what hap- them alone, these three great inetitu- "The servant -was out, sir, wasn't d " "I only know I found you on the teens possess nine annifi d a halfslion hebook f 11 k' d . • road and the car was in the hedge. s. a M. S. "Yes, Mrs. Merriegton apologized Man's Days. A sudden welkin', a sudden wepin', A lin suckin', a 111 eleepin'; A cheers full joys an a cheel's short sorrows, W' poW rowser o' faith in gert to -mor- `,. for that, It appears that the servant to -mor - You'd got a suit -case with you, so I suppose you Were going to stay some- g•oes home every evening from nine e "Yes mrAnd where for the night." to ten. Hex paxents live close by. John Merrington closed his eyes, It so the girl told e, si. she was a e osnig e no return until 10.20. Mrs. Merrington could only remember Paula and the was then apparently dead. She was studio. It was Paula's birthday and ying on the drawing -room floor. on there was a crowd of people. They l a srnall table near to an arm -chair by had given a dance and supper and it the fire there was a wine- glass and• had cost a great deal of money. They a bottle of pink Noveau." "Deadly had quarrelled about that on the Way stuff," interruptedB d I home to the fiat. He remembered that ney, "and very difficult to get now." he had slept on the sofa because Paula "Yes, sir. And it was a claret glasshad asked a girl to stay the night , and there was still some of the liqueur with them. That was the last thing at the bottom of it. At first the ser - he could remember. And here he was vant thought that her mistress was intoxicated." "Ah, did Mrs. Merrington drink?" "No, sir—not that we know of—but that was the idea that first came to for his address. the servant. She telephoned for a I live near Dedbury," said Trehorn doctor and the doctor sent for the after a Pause. `,`I suppose you don't p • know anyone at Dedbury?" • • was an effert for him to think. He --in a strange room and a strange house, and aching all over, and a dull ain at the back of his head, and Tre- orn, a complete stranger, asking him "Why did he send for the pelice?" "He came to the conclusion that eteir elt1490,s A universal custom that benefits every- body. Aids digestion, cleanses the teeth, soothes the throat. odthing to remember Sesiehi d Pacltage 03dua "Yes, of course 1 do—old Ardington. I wonder if I was going to spend the night with Ardington. I've often stay- ed with him." , "I know Mr. Ardington. Shall I ring him up?" "Yes—please ring him up—very likely I was going to stay with Ards ington—I say, this is a queer business. What is the date?" "January the thirty-first." "January the thirty-first!" echoed Merrington. "And my wife's birthday is on June the fourth. Merciful Hea- vens! I've lost seven months of my life." "Oh, you'll get yoer memory back," laughed Trehorn, "even if we have to supply you with an artificial one." "Now what do you mean by that?" asked Merrington. "Oh, well—others can fill up the blank for you—construct something like the iron framework of a building, and then by degrees you'll be able to pet in all the rest yourself. New I'll telephone to Mr. Ardington and then send off this wii•e to your wife, And I shall have to see about the Wreck of the car, 1 suppose." He left the room, and as ho walked clown the narrow stairs with his hand on the pitch -pine rail the telephone bell rang, and he hurried into the eggi- sul ling -room. "Halle, he said, lifting the rece ver /roe its hook. "Yes, I'm Trehorri--:- oh, that's you, Ardington, is it? I was just going' to ring yon up. Yes, Mer- rnigton is here --My God, that's ter- riblel—No, of course Merrington can't Young blood red-hot an' the love of a maid, - One glorious day as'll never facle•; Some shadows, some sunshine, some triumphs, some tears, An' a gatherin" weight a' the lyin' years. Then old man's talk o' the days be - hied 'e; Your darter's youngest darter to mind 'e; A 111 drearnin', a 111 dyin'; A li'l low corner o' earth to lie in. —Eden Phillpotts. When the price of good tea Is high, rna-ny poor cheap, teas are offered to the public. Those who buy them learn to their sorrow that, price does not indicate their cost. To the pound more satisfying and, flavory cups can be brewed from a fine tea like SALADA," hence its real economy in eTh The Champ Wriggler: Turtle -,--"So you 'were in a pretty tight ho -lel' Snake—"Yea, but I managed to It must be eut before felly ripe to in- -wriggle ool of! it!" ' sure against its- shedding, and &fled adeording to the rule' for the Others. , Mn5rds Linaaent teitaisit U 13, A coat o/ clear varnish or .shellac 'panionship, and the -joy of feeling his baby's arms about his neck. - My son loves me. We are unusual- ly companionable. I am an old and experienced' housekeeper. Doubtless I 1( The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 31-36; Medium, 38-40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust meas- ure. A Medium size requires 4% yards of 86 -inch material: make him far more comfortable than Pattern mailed to any address on his young wife will. But 1 am not receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by foolish enough to think thaemy home the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West is really home for him, or that a Adelaide., St., Toronto. Allow two mother's love- takes, the enlace of a wife's love. ; - "Arai so, while he is"young and cap- able of loving and inspiring love, I de- sire to see him marry. Nothing brings out all that is best and strongest in a man as 'does having a wife and chil- dren dependent on. himoNething spurs on a man's ambition so much as desir- ing to get, the best for those he loves. I want my son to marry because I love my sex, and I want to pXesent to some girl the best gift on earth—a good husband." WINTER BOUQUETS. Even though Mrs. Farmer neglected to plant her everlastings, or ',straw flowers, last spring, she need not have to go without her winter bouquet if she is willing to go to a little trouble. Whereas the city sister must go out .weekfoe ,reempt of, patterns,: "THERE IS NO WORSE TEA." When Mary Antin was a little girl in Russia she was sent by her mother who kept a shop to 'deliver a package of teato a customer. It was her first important errand—so we learn from her autobiography, which the Atlantic Monthly prints—and, like most chil- dren in such circumstances, she was filled with a sense of 'her dignity and importance. As it provecla.she was more dignified than diplomafid. It was, she writes, a good-sized ex- pedition for me to make alone, and I was not a little pleased with myself when I delivered my package of tea safe and intact into the hands of my customer. But the customer was not pleased and buy hers, the country woman may at all. She sniffed and sniffed; she inched the tea; she shook it all out find material to make as attractive P ones in the woods and hedgerows. on a table. "Na, take it bacfc," she One of the prettiest I ever saw was said in disgust; "this is not the tea I made of the comnion milkweed. Alter always buy. It's a poorer quality." the pod has shed its seed, or is about tilisaptoktheeupwinomanagisuitivya.s "ch, b t I colors taken. So o o 0, p 1 t should be cut tak- ing most of the stalk which afterward no," I said; "this is the tea mmother , always sends you. There is no worse y may be discarded if found too long. tea." - The plants should then be hung, heads downtrard, in a cool dark place to dry. Nothing in my life over hurt me When "the last rose of suanrner is more than the woman's answer to my faded and gone" bring them out to aygurnent. 'She laughed; she simply laughed. But even before she had con - the light,- and with water colors paint' trolled herself sufficiently to talk I the inside of the open' pod. A delicate understo cl that I had spoken like a rose -pink blends beautifully with the fool and had lost for my mother a 7 Lifebuoy may be safe- ly used on the tender- est skin. It is wonderfully cleansing for little hands, faces and bod- ies. eieobttey baNas kayo harmed. frilhiaalIy When Love Says on't" Don't mall that sarcastic, bitter let- terwhich yeti wrote' in an angry mood, arid which gave you a feeling of spite- ful satisfaction because You thought you had clone a smart thing and were going .to "get square" with someane wile had insulted you—burn it. There is a better way, love's way. Try it. Don't say the mean thing you have been planning to say to someone you think has been mean to you. Instead, give him the love thought, the mag- nanimous thought. Say to yourself, "He is my brother. No matter what he has done, I can't be mean to him. I must show my friendliness, my mag- nanimity to this beether." This is Love's -way. Mlnard's Liniment foa-Dandruft Huge Forest. The isgancl of Madagascar has a belt of forest 20 miles deep which C0331- pletely encircles it. The Danube is navigable in its en- tire, course through Hungary. soft gray of the pod, u pt ler 1/4 may be tised to carry ont' tiny oust particu- onlar• lar color scheme. Combined with evergreen or, if that is not to be had,' with artificial green, they make tc, bouquet fit to grace any part of the ' home. In many localities a plant known ea everlasting grows wild. This may be dried in the same rriannee as milk- weed and, -when the time conies to make the bouquet, may be dipped in a solution of goad dye to "make it any , desired shade. Dry again arid combine with green. The blossoms are emelt, borne in clusters, and if dyed blue re- semble the fringed gentian or vvilci aster of summer time, The cat -tail, which grows profusely irl marshy placest, Is another good ono. universaVPortable Datil TU and Folding with or without hutantaneous water tidate attached, poimits all bathroom comforts o a millionaire In the room, No plumb ln ratuar.ly suitable for emultry o town home. 30 days' trial. 110d crate price. Ask about our indoor chmical closets. Universal filch] Products Company 86 Assumption St., Walkerville, Ont. ElYiP IIS TRAGIC RGUR DRIVEN FROM RUSSIA, IS 'LIVING IN ENGLAND. Queen Alexandra's Sister Still Cherishes Hope That Ex.... Czar and Family Are Alive, England, ever an asylum for exiled' royalty, has seldom sheltered a more tragic figure than the aged ex -Empress Marie Peodo,rovna ef Russia,. says a Itussian despatch. A frail, delicate -yeoman, now rears ing the fourscore mark, she has passed through agoniee clurieg the last few years that Might well have broken the body and mind of even a younger wo- man, , Once En -sprees hf a land that ems braced one-seirenth of the earth's sue - face, she' in now virtually destitute and dependent in large measure upon the bounty oil her eifster, the Dowager Queen Alexandra of England. In the last half dozeii years she has seen her son, Czar Nicholas, lose his throne.' Next came the murder of the Czar and Czarina and their five ehilcl- ren, and now her aged eyes see the prond Ruesian Dmpire broken, dis- tracted and ruined. Those of her kin and immediate friends who did not meet cruel deaths are scattered to the , four •corners of the earth, and most of them, like the aged ex-Ifenpress, are sunk in poverty, Copenhagen and- London. ' The consort of the late Emperor:. Alexander divides her time ieitween. Copenhagen, where she was born, and London. Here England's venerable Queen Mother shares her stately home, Marlborough Houses with leer unfairtunate sister, whenever it is Marie's wish to accept stetter. She has now been with Alexandra b),I* sev- eral months,, although reports that she... would adopt permanent residence here are denied. In London the ex-Enapress' life Is one of the utmost simplicity. She fre- quently drives out with Queen Alex- andra, but takes no part in. state cere- monials,. T•hus the two sisters are together in their old age as they Were in their girlhood. days slaty years ago in the Yellow Palace, Copenhagen, both daughters of King Christian of Denmark. Few lives could be in more striking contrast than theirs. Few- rayal personages in these days, when r monarchies are* crumbling all over r Europe, have had a mo're tranquil - existence than. Queen Alexadra. It s MATCHES svid by ov't: -14,000 General Stores and 16,000 Grocers ON asea evaagwimar. IN CANADA N. 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Witnessed Czar's Arrest. -Although this idea receives little credence in Englaiid, belief that the Czar and Czarina and their children stilhourvive is said to be spreading among the Russian peasantry. A myth It probably is, but none the less it has I taken. bold of the imagination not only of the aged royal exile but of the pea- santry -whose lot has steadily grown worse in the land from which' Marie was banished. Thus a consoling hope or piaus mem- ory or myth—whatever one chooses to calle it—makes a wide appeal and is /rapidly becoming a legend such as those which hitherto have been no - 7 -bleed in- Itusedan history and in the history of other nations under the yoke. Empress Marie Was an eye -witness to the last scene at when the Czar wa,s• arrested. Through the closed windows of h,er railway carriage she watched the departure of her fallen son. She never saw him afterward. Then followed the period, of her per- sonal persecution. 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