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� QRTUN }•RYORS Nt BRYt
OR, A LOOK INTO THE PAST
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ping and thinking vaguely how faint
CHAPTER XII.--(Cont'd),
Dorothy stared straightat her fa-
ther, and her lips trembled,
"Kicked that dear, beautiful col-
liel Oh, daddy, how could he do
it/ her face was crimson with dis-
gustand anger, "What did you
*107"
"I confess, my darling, my fist all
but met Mr. Crawshaw's head;'for-
tunately, 1 restrained myself sum -
gently to remember that I was his
host, but I think I let him, see
pometliiug of my contempt; and
I gave Foster orders before him to.
let the poor creature loose, and
take her into the paddock."
"And—and was she really hurt,
Papa
Sir Humpbrey's brows met.
"Yes, she was," he said, almost
shortly ; "she ran lame, and moaq-
ed at every yard.' On my life, Dol-
ly, I was never so near thrashing
a man in the whole course of my
career!"
"I wish you had .lone it !" Doro-
thy. crier'., ":vitii flashing eyes. "Let
Mr. Crawshaw kick his dog, or
show of any of his brutal ways
afore me, and—•"
But here Miss Leicester had to
compose her feelings and her face,
and meet her gueoes as they came
across the lawn.
"I feel as if I shall never be able
to touch his hand or welcome him
here again. I always distrusted
and bated him, now I loathe him—
coward and brute!" she said to her-
self, as she listened to the Hon.
Ella's glowing account of the match,
and watched Crawshaw saunter, in
his peculiarly insolent, offensively
pretentious manner, toward them.
"I know if I stay I shall be rude
to him, so I had better go before
he comes," she mused, and, with a
hurried excuse, she went up to
Mrs. Fairfax, and strolled with her
to the house. "I will wait till
Nancy is quite better, and then I
will tell her," she said to herself,
as she ran hastily upstairs to dress
for dinner.
"I know she will hate him even
more than I do. Ob, dear I wish
to Heaven it was permissible to
speak out one's mind to one's
guests ! I should not spare Mr.
Thomas Crawshaw!"
She tapped at Nancy's door and
peeped in, but no one was there.
"Gone down to meet me, no
doubt," Dorothy conjectured, with
some disappointment. "I wish I
had seen her, dear thing! Well, at
any rate, she is better, and that is
all I care about."
She questioned Baines carefully
as to how Nancy had looked, and
was very much cheered by her
maid's good report.
"Of course she is sure to look
pale, that is only natural. Do you
know, Baines, I fancy Miss Hamil-
ton must have had a slight attack
of sunstroke; she will run about
without anything on her head."
"Yes, miss; I think you're right,
but,
was Baines' reply ;
while she'brushed and arranged the
soft, golden curls, the maid was
thinking to herself, shrewdly and
quietly. "It weren't no sunstroke,
more like a heart stroke. There
were a look in the poor thing's eyes
as she smiled at me just now,
give me quite a turn. I wonder
what has happened to her? She's
a sweet young creature, as don't
that she
deserve any misfortune,
don't!"
And while Dorothy was chatting
on lightly to her maid, Naney was
making her way slowly to the far-
ther end of the garden, that quiet
nook that had been her one tryst-
ing ,place down by the lower lake.
"I must get strong, I must have
courage to meet them all," she
said to herself over and over again,
"they --they must not see that any-
thing is wrong or--"
She dreaded everything. She had
gauged Crawshaw to his uttermost
depths; she knew if she broke one
letter of her bond that her uncle
—that sole surviving link to her
dear, dead mother—would be dis-
graced. dishonored, perchance even
killed by the result of his shame.
And . as if to make assurance still
more sure, Crawshaw did nob fail
to remind her of her vow.
As she was leaving the plea -
gamin, .as the flower grounds were
called, and about to enter the wil-
der and rougher part, she met one
of the grooms, who was evidently
bent on finding some person, and
yet whose attention was drawn
every other moment to a dog who
crawled feebly beside him.
As he saw Nancy his face cleared
and he touched his hat.
"You want me," she said, stop -
her own voice sounded in her ears,
and then her eyes fell on the collie
whose laborious breathing betrayed
its sufferings, and whose handsome,
pathetic eyes solicited her pity.
In an.instant 'her own misery was
forgotten, and she was on hor
knees beside the animal.
"What has happened? Oh! what
has happened to her ?" she cried,
sharply; her great, tender heart
could never bear the sight of a
dumb creature's pain,
The groom shifted his foot un-
easily. „
"She's only a bit lame, miss,
he answered, hurriedly.
"Lame 1 She is ill, dying; look
at her eyes, they are asking us to
help her. See, she cannot stand
upright; something has happened
to her—what is it'? Foster, meet
doctor her; be is so•.el8vzr'and good
with .dogs: 'uh, poor Zoe 1 poor
Zoe!"
Her little white hand caressed the
collie's sleek head, while a pang
shot through her heart afresh at
every short, hard breath that came
from the poor animal. Everything
was forgotten at that moment but
pity for the dog, who had grown
to know and like her even in the
few short times it had been over
at the Hall.
"She should not be out here
walking," Nancy said, coldly,to
the man; she thought him heedless
and eruel. "She must go to the
stables at once."
"Begging your pardon, miss, ldr.
Crawshaw made me bring her out
here."
"He—he could not surely know
she was in such a state," she mur-
mured, in faint, low accents.
The groom answered her rather
gruffly:
"He ought to, then, miss, seeing
as it's all through Pim she's like
this."
Nancy's blue eyeswere turned
upwards; for many a day their look
of uncontrollable horror lived in
the man's memory.
"Through him?" she whispered,
faintly.
"Yes, miss; she did something as
vexed Mr..Crawshaw, and he kicked
her. I don't suppose he meant to
hurt her really, for she's a valuable
dog; but Foster says she's injured
internally, miss, and he fears she'll
have to be poisoned."
Nancy bent lower and still lower
over the dumb, suffering creature,
till her pale lips touched the gas
head; a great bond of sympathy
suddenly riveted between this ani-
mal and herself ; bothee plunged
from sunshine to gloom,
hearts were riven in twain, to both
the bitter end had come.
"Poor Zoe, he might have spared
you 1" was the unspoken cry, on
Nancy's lips as she rose slowly to
her feet—her face was ghastly pale,
her hands trembling.
"You—you must do something for
her," she pleaded, rather than
r
said, to the groom, she cannot suf-
fer like this."
-"I'll fetch Foster to her, miss,
and we'll carry her between us to
the stable. Perhaps she'll be bet-
ter to -morrow, miss."
To -morrow 1 . Nancy shuddered.
What depths of horror wore ex-
pressed in that word! 'With bent
head she was tur,ling away,
when
the man stopped her.
"I beg your pardon, miss, but
Mr. Crawshaw told me I was to
look for you and give you this."
He held out a note as he spoke,
and Nancy took it mechanically;
"Go—go, and bring Foster quick
ly," she said, as a moan from the
dog broke on her ear. "I—I will
wait here till you return."
The groom obeyed her quickly,
and she was left alone with the
suffering animal stretched at her
feet, fit emblem of her own shat-
tered, ruined life.
With stiff, cold fingers, that seem-
ed to belong to an retic clime, not.
a hot summer night, she opened the
letter, written in the flourishing,
elerky hand that she knew well.
"In case any lingering doubt re-
mains in your mind, I send this to
tell you that if you breathe one
word of the truth about your uncle
to any individual here 05 hereafter,
I will at once commence proceed-
ings against him. TJnderstand me
plainly, not one word of the news
I brought you, or of the motive
that has prompted you to be my
wife; do this, and you know the
consequences• -your uncle will be.
convicted and imprisoned,
cofirst
to
a charge of forgery, then
hery. Ile is nob strong nor young,
and in, if ,you care to have the onus
of his death—for he is sure to die—
t "encs you—"
e
ld seeks crumbled the paper in her hand, "Shall I lank farther this w Y
i a n8 ` °F"" ,thee tare it into a hundred shreds, asked Lord Merefteltl, eagerly.
.N INTEIIESTI11,0 REPORT.
Published elsewhere in this issue
fa the Annual Report for the peat
year of the Beard 'of Directors of
the Canada Cement Company, as
read by the President, to the Share-
holders, at the Annual Meeting held
in Montreal on the 2lst of Irebru-
ary.
the alio
statementh
faof l
The r nk P y
and the general attitude of fairness
evidenced by this address, are such
as to warrant more than passing
comment. Any lay member of the
community reading the Report must
surely feel disposed to echo the hope
expressed by the Peesident, that the
increased demand and increased
output in the year to come will re-
sult in further savings in the cost
of manufacture; and it further can-
not be but felt by the public at large
that any such reductions that may
be obtained will, according to the
broad-minded policy of the C• m-
pany, be used as an advantage' to
the customers of the Company—the
concern -depending for their rprfita
upon increasing volume of business.
Especially interesting is the state-
ment that the policy of the Cern-
pany is such as to tend towards
equalization of the price of cement
throughout Canada so far as pos-
sible.
Another noteworthy feature of the
Report is the provision made for
employes to become possessors of
stock.. Thea is, as pointed out, a
"policy already ih feree in sonic of
the largest .institutions,' and scows
that the Canada Cement Company
are quick to appreciate any means
of stimulating interest andconfi-
dence upon the part of the staff.
The strong financial position. of
the 'company is a well known fact,
and all that is necessary to ensure
the continued success of the con-
cern is continued prosperity of the
country. together with an increased
realization of the importance and
economy of cement as a building
material.
Sbi1oh
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.gItltililh stops eoodhee ^,
t6 tweet emit luras.
Dorothy sheek her head.
"No; no; dinner has been kept
waiting as it is. I must hurry
batik, She is not far; but I do wish
I mould see her. I shall eertainlyy
send for Dr, Knowles if she is not
better to -morrow. I feel uneasy
about her."
"Oh, don't worry dear, Ten
know -•---,t
The i. 'ean Nancy
T voices died away,d
e
was safe to emerge from her hid-
ing place when she oared.
Stunned, amazed, overcome with
Horror as she had been ever since
her interview with Crawshaw, she
had not realized one half the dif-
ficulties, the mental sufferings that
lay in store for her,
"What will they think of mel"
was the bitter eiy that broke from
her heart, as she stood with bent
head and arms hanging nerveless
at her sides. "What will Dorothy
say 1 How—how shall I explain to
her my strange conduct1 She has
seen that I loathe this man; she
will think I am tempted by his
money, that I am abhypoerite; and
Derry—Derry, who is my very life!
—Derry, who has given me the
whole of his great, noble heart;
Derry who spoke of,his poverty,
and, oh Geri! I can't bear it—I
can't endure it—it will drive. inc
wadi"
She crouched on the ground in
her. abject despair,• while the leaves
fluttered in the evening breeze, and
the lake murmured serenely at hex
feet. Stretch her hand out where
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hor, no haven, no refuge—the sac-
rifice had fallen to her share, and
she must go through with it alone
to the end!
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(To be continued.)
CARE OF THE LAMBS.
At eight to ten days of age lambs
will begin to eat, At that time a
creep ehould be built'which will
give them access to a feed box
containing grain and a trough with
hay. Box, trough and feed•should
always be be keep sweet and clean.
• A good grain, ration fel, lambs is
made as follows: Mix one-third of
oil -meal with one part each of bran,
oats and fine cornmeal. Red alfalfa
hay or the second cutting of alfalfa
hay are the most desirable form of
roughage. Of the two alf"lfa into
be much preferred.
It is a good idea to keep up'the
grain feed right along until the
lambs are sent to the market, By
so doing the lambs are kept fat all
the time and are ready to be turned
into cash on short notice should the
market take a sudden rise.
Here's a Home Dye
That
ANYONE
Oan Uso.
HOME DYEINQ has
always boon more or
less of a diA'irulf uuder
taktag- Not so when
you as.
Send Lok Semple
Cord nod Storm
nookl.l 9s
r'rtICHAtn50N'
CO„Limited,
nient 991, Cgn,
JUST THINK OF' IT!
With DY.O.LA you can color either Wool,
Cotton, Silk or Mixed Goods Perfectly with
the SAME Dye. No chance of using the
WRONG Dye for the Goods you have to color._
tour. Sao c+
RATES TO
CANADIAN NORTHWEST
VIA CHICAGO & NORTH
WESTERN RY.
April 4, 11, 18 and 25 from points
in Canada, Excellent train service
via St. Paul or Duluth. to Winni-
peg. For full particulars address
03. H. Bennett, General Agent, 48
!rouge Street, Toronto, Ont.
and cast it to the soft summer
breeze, to be carried away to the
uttermost corners of the earth.
"Oh, Zoe, Zoe," she moaned,t ,
crouching down by the dog,
have we done that we should be
tortured like this/ I may have,
committed some wrong, but you—
The poor creatuie tried feebly to
lick her gentle hand, and at the
touch a flood of hot. tears broke
from her eyes, while a shiver of
dread and repugnance pasted.
through her frame; as if a shadow
of the future that crept near to
make her misery greater/ Was
it a grim prognostication of what
was to come'? She did not know;
but she was faint and ill when the
two mer came back through the
trees.
"Carty her carefully, Foster,"
she said to the old head groom, who
had lived at the Hall for nearly half
a century ; "and, Foster, do not let
Miss Dorothy know if you can help
it; she—she will be so grieved. Poor
Zoe! Good-bye—good-bye."
She bent and kissed the dog
again, and then she turned and
walked steadily away down to that.
dear, well -remembered spot at the
lake's edge. •
"Oh, love—oh, life!" she cried,
to herself, as she stood alone be-
neath the low -hanging branches of
the trees. "You will never know
what I am enduring—you will never
know. Pray God you may never be.
given such agony as has fallen on,
Inc I"
The episode of the wounded dog
had unnerved her—her strength and
courage were fleeting fast. In a few
short moments he would be return-
ed—he would rush to seek her—he
would call" her naive. Nancy cov-
ered her pale' lips with her hands.
to still the bitter cry that escaped
from them.
'yes, he would come—love's
knowledge is almost infinite; he
would trace her here, and then --
Then what 1 How would she greet
hint1 What words could she use?
What manner could she hear? An
icy band stole round her heart.
What explanation could she give/
How could she tell him the horrible
truth'?
Her breath seemed to stand still;
not till now did -the full hideousness
of her position come upon her. She
was bound by affection, graft tde,
honor, to seal her lips, and tet ----
She stared suddenly; upon the
breeze came the sound of her mama,
tittered in a soft, musical voice.
It was Dorothy's—she was heel-
ing for her.
'Nancy --Nancy, where are ;•ou
—where are you?"
She paused an instant, then pain
gave her strength.
"1 cannot meet her yet," she said
to herself, and she stole down to
the waters brink and crouched be-
low the bushes.
"Nancy --Nancy l"
The voice came nearer --then near,
err,
How Naney longed. to spring for-
ward and cling to that dainty form,
kiss that lovely face, and nestle
close to the loving 'heartl
"She is not here. Oh, dear,"
murmured Dorothy, dispiritedly ;
"it's no use, lt2ereficld, she must
have gone back to..the house by
die—
upon your conaci y
She could read no farther. With some other path. T do hope she
litre a gesture of intolerable pain, she ,°13:1° ill again," a ?"
CANA
CEMENT COMpAN •Y LIMITED
Annu.ij Rert of the A t>errf Direct i -R
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS:
Your Directors beg to present herewith the annual statement of the affairs: and financial posi-
tion of the Canada Cement Company, Limited, aa of the 31st December, 1910.
In presenting the Balance Sheet, we tall attention to the Company's strong financial posi-
tion as disclosed by the large amount of•cash onhand, and: other quick ' assets, and the com-
paratively small -amount -of current liabilities. After providing for interest on our Bonds and
Dividends on our Preferred Stock for the year, we have been able to set up reserves for deprecia-
tion, extraordinary
eprecia-tion,-extraordinary repairs and renewals, bad debts, etc., and carry forward a substantial bal-
ance to Surplus Account:
The consumption of cement during the past year was not as large as anticipated. Our busi-
ness also suffered on account of the Railways not being able to meet our full requirements for care
during the heavy shipping season; consequently, wecarry over from last year..781,110'barrels of
cement. •
Early in 1910 the price of our 'product was fixed at a lower price_ than cement had ever
been sold for in Canada, excepting for a short period in 1909, but your Directors axe pleased to
state that the anticipated savings in manufacturing and distributing our products were such that
they were able to still further reduce this price.
We trust, when you consider the above mentioned conditions, and also the fact that during
1910 our plants were only operated to 57.6 per cent. of their Capacity, the profits' shown will be
satisfactory to the Shareholders.
During the current year, we look for a larger natural demand, which demand will be sti
mulated by continuing to manufacture a strictly high grade article, and by selling it at the lowest,
possible price. This anticipated'inorease will enable us to operate our plants to better advantage
than in the past, but we do not expect that the demand will be sufficient to enable us to put into
operation eitherof the two plants which have been idle since the organization of this Company.
However, it is confidently expected that the increased demand, and increased output, will result
in further savings in the cost of manufacture and distribution, and it is the policy of your Direc-
tors to give your customers the benefit of these reductions.
The Shareholders' profits will depend on the increased volume of the Company's business,
the policy of the Company being the maintenance of such a stable position as will insure regular
and uniform payments of interest on its bonds and dividends on its Preferred stock, and at the
same time be in a position to withstand any unforeseen emergency that may arise consequent on
business depression or otherwise, which condition naturally necessitates the accumulation of, and
the maintenance of, a large cash reserve.
It is also the policy of the Company toequalize the price of cement throughout Canada in
so far as the physical conditions make such possible, and in furtherance of this policy, your Di-
rectors have arranged to purchase a site near Winnipeg, on which they will erect, this year, a
mill to grind clinker, which will be shipped from one of our Eastern mills. The buildings, ma-
chinery, eta., will be planned so that, should it at any time in the futtire be advisable, a Burning
Department can be added, and the clinker produced on the property.
And further, an agreement has been entered into whereby this Company expects' to ac-
quire, in the near future, a property at Exshaw, which, added to our Calgary plant, and the
projected plant at Winnipeg, will put us in the position of anticipating any extraordinary
growth in the consumption of cement in the Great West.
With the view of educating the public, and popularizing the use of cement, in addition to
the ordinary advertising, the Company has published a small book illustrating some of the many
uses to which cement may be put, for which book there has been a great demand, 25,000 appli-
cations for same having been received during the. past six months.
For the purpose of stimulating interest in the Company on b<+lalf, of the Employes, both
in efficiency and cheapening production, es well as creating a feeli; g of mutual goodwill, your
Directore deem it expedient to introduce a system, already adopted' by several large industrial
corporations with beneficial results, viz., to enable employes to become the possessors of Pre-
ferred and Common Stock at prices which will be attractive to them, the employes paying a
fixed amount,per share per month out of their earnings, and the Company carrying the stock
for them, charging a rate of 5 per cent. interest. If the plan is put into effect, all dividends
will be credited to the employes applying for the stock. Said stock will be held in trust for the
employe for a term of five years, excepting in exceptional cases, such as death, when his heirs
will receive what' benefit a deceased employe has derived from subscribing to the stock.
Your Directors feel that the policy, as herein' outlined, will, as nearly as pt,ssible, snake
the intermits of the consumers, the employes, and the shareholders identical, and will in{ire to
the most enduring and beneficial results for all concerned.
All of which is respeetfuIly submitted.
On behalf of the Board of Director: a
WILLIAM 0. EDWA1tDS,
President
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On the warm
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11;ElaP ONLY GOOD HOGS.
Possibly there is no other faun
animal that can offer as poor an
excuse for his existent:, as the sera/
hog, He is an unp> oiltable animal
any way you tale him,
As an economical, pork producer'
he is a failure. Even his ability to
shifb far himself doe§ not1 reco-
mond him to the people within the
limit of his range, as he has the re-
putation of preying upon neighbor-
ing cornfields when food is scarce.
His build naturally adapts him
to his ,manner of living, since he is
long-legged, narrow in the chest,
bas a long, narrow spout. This
adapts him to his manner of living.
With the scrub hog it is "root, hog,
or die," hence the long snout. His
narrow body aids him in getting
through small fence-eraoxs and if
he fails to find a place large enough
to go through the fence, he can
soon dig under with his long snout.
There is no standard of excel-
lance for, the scrub -hog, since he
may possess almost any form except
a beautiful ane; he may be of any
color.
He has the reputation of being,
able to stand all kinds of rough
treatment and still survive.
He is regarded as being able to
resist disease better than the im-
proved breed of hogs. We very
much doubt whether this quality
attributed to the scrub -hog is true
since we have noticed that hog chol-
era takes the scrub as well as the
well-bred hog.
Ono thing is sure that the scrub
bog can consume more valuable
feed and give less in return than
any other animal that we know of.
A farmer who owns a herd_ of
scrub hogs seldom needs any other
corn -crib thanhis hogs.
He never gets rich selling pork,
and in fact if he depended upon his,
hogs to make him money to buy bet-
ter bred hogs he would never own
better ones.
The scrub hog usually keeps his
ownerso poor that heis not able ,
to buy better stook. In fact, this is
the excuse usually given for his ex-
istence. Poor farming and serub.
hogs are usually found associated
together.
They are near and dear compan-
ions. Bothmake a rapid retreat
before a progressive spirit and
there is not a better evidence of the
general progressiveness of a people
than the absence of the scrub hog
from a community.
CARE OF THE DRY COWS.
I know dairymen who do not feed
strippers or dry cows any grain
food during the winter until they
freshen late in the winter or early
spring. This may be a cheap wax.
of roughing them through the win-
ter, but such methods have never
returned a profit on the writer's
farm, says N. M.'Ke11y.
I know that it seems a loss to feed
dry cows, but it is not so much a
question as to whether a farmer can
afford to feed them grain as it is
whether or not he can afford to
have them become run clown in
flesh and be unable to give a good
yield of milk after they freshen in
the spring.
Two pounds of good, wholesome
grain food a day to each cow will
help wonderfully and in connection
with good ensilage and clover hay.
will maintain her in very. good con-
dition.
We have found early cut clover
hay one of the best winter feeds
for dairy cattle. We have often •
changed from clover to timothy
hay and invariably the yield of
milk would fall off.
Well cured clover hay comes
nearer to being at balanced food
than any other one crop, we grow
on our farms. If the cow could
hold enough clover hay we would
not need to feed anything else, but
she likes a variety and does decid-
edly better when fed ensilage with Jt
her clover hay. Corn ensilage adds
palatability and succulence to the
ration and makes it easier to mas-
ticate
asticate and digest than dry fodder,
The silo is also a great saver of
labor and barn roomand four tons
of corn ensilage can be stored in
the space occupied by one ton of
hay.
The dairyman who is without a si•
to to provide succulence during the
winker months is certainly tip
against a hard proposition.
•
FARM EQUIPMENT
R PMDNT.
Q
Few farmers realize the extent of
their investments in the small items
of equipment or the time and incomes
venrence involved in buying numef
ons articles single or in small l,itfs.
Before planning the farm equip-
ment due consideration should bo
given to the necesseryputlay, for
ruiner items, and, where possible,
the latter should be securedat one
purchase, thereby saving time, and
usually money. ,The purchase of
these articles in such a, manner
will mean a total expenditure sof.,
fteienb to impress the farmer with
the need for their systematic care.
The minor items for general farm
of 180 acres will probably coat from
$200.00 to $300.00 by the time the
cquipinont is completes