The Brussels Post, 1915-2-11, Page 7b;p
Money Makes Money;
Or, A Strange Stipulation.
. OECA' 3111 XX,--iOcntlaced).
Ile hailnot known until -be began met.
'tem limn Nee question of followingup
1b;id's movomento . of forcing bimeelf, ae
it 'were,, onoe again Into her 'lite, was go-
ing to ecet hint.
Ile never doubted (not for on mutant)
that oho would 1011 111m. 1Y -ben she wee
found, and hie,'wiphes were made knew,
to her, oho scull unhesitatingly consent
to doall that wee required of her, Some -
timed. the thought waled conte (aucl this
wee o1,lcfy at night, 'when he lay vainly
t.r061 be tfound,n sleeve
pothole alrettle ady might
e
.freedom he wee sehemlng to obtain be-
longed to hen, that perhaps— Ile never
let himself quite finteh that steltence-h0
'called hieneelf a cc'ward, and he did all
he could to work up hard steed bitter feel.
lege fox Enid; bet he,never.00uld let him-
-all go. - hrough with the *uplpoeltion. that
-she v as dead. The very uuggoutloc was
like a p'hysioal pain,
The 1nnvyers who were noting for hien
took the matter urn In the meet praotioal
-eon of way. There nus no question of I
sentiment, no fear of intrusive question.
Ing. To them it was, a very ordinary ease,,
and, when ono Mr:, Bryant nvao found,
would be cerrted out ae expeditiously tee i
possible. Money wan buy nearly every
thatg, and money would buy Julian Dry -
ant hie freedom!
He was new 'beginning to be; tortured
with the thought that 11 Avaa- wlsolutely
due to Lady Ellen that she should be tit•
formed of the real pceltlon of atfadrs.
The -morn he caw of Iter-tho.more, her
•obarming, bright, halt"boylo'h comparnion-
Shlp, cheered and Gcanforted him; 1110
more dishonorable it deemed to him that
this ,woman should not know what was
Dewing and, yet he could not bring hire
-sell to speak to her.
He dreaded to loco iter,. Sho stood for ao
much in hie life naw, and be had the very
•oenvluoian -feeling that he meant so
much to her. ale never deceived himself.
Ino was almost sure that Ellen Oro00or
wasnot in love with hint, thee sent0111 ng
was holding•bur back. But he did know
that ehe trusted him, that ohs turned to
him as to one who would not fall her,
and that certainly coustitutod the only
real hteaminces that Julian Bryant had 10
hie lite now!
Kis mother had gene •baok to Italy, She
had worn bereelf out In aline of Ale Pley-
dell, and in writing frantic letters of re.
.yroaoh .and 'pleading to her eon; but Ju-
lian bad been firm. Be would have no.
tiling to do with lite mother.
Ifud elle been poor, struggling, unhappy,
Ito ,'Quid nave, to -ken all her burdens from
her, but she wanted for nothing, and he
•0ould not forget that in his hour 0f
greatest nerd, when he had edited for
hip. she had denied him!
lie spoke frankly and easily to Lady
4
• R
Li10�1 about h` another. elle was not
1 s t ,le 1 .
thoY [n sympathyp
athYw'd
with him,
Ona afternoon, ea they sat together, ho
ventured to tad him the.t she thought that
he had been a little cruel.
"Yon don't understand!" Julian said.
"•It is my another who was cruel, You've
enly known me since I have had all thie
money. If you had known me in the days
when 1 was walking the etreets for come
means of earning daily bread, perhaps
Yon would and it in your heart to for.
give me what I have done my mother."
!I 'wish I had known you in those days!"
Lady Ellen said softly. "It 10 0o ni0e to
be able to do things dor anyone one likes;
and. what .:an I do for you? You have
everything.'
"Not everything," said Julian Bryant,
"not everything -yet."
The woman glowered a little and drew
book It wa1 so often that .he spoke like
the, and yet he never aotuelly enm0 to+
the point•
Why did he net speak more definitely?.
Sho wanted hint to speak now, she seem-
ed. dings to be albsotutely settled. Sho
wanted to put dreams and reticles and
sweetest (11cughte all behind her and to
face a new -future. She wits revolved that
he wee going to be happy with Julian.
There wee so much in him thnt appealed
to. her. Sha could be of ouch help to hem.
Ino was overweighted now with his
100110'.
y Ile seemed almost helpless tat
a 3
limen and Lad Ellen had begun to make
i Y 6
all sorts of little plane and schemes for
the -future In which thla money of hie was
to Onlay swell a big part. not trivolone
crbemt0 or, foolish ambitions• but big,
real wveak.
She was growing a little thin and be-
coming nervous, she did not attempt to
disguise •from herself that she wad ton.
aimed, thee she was quite sure that he in.
tended to asle her to marry him; but what
she did not understand was why ho cover
did do this.
Site laughed a little hurriedly, and 'said;
Pe.e.nee I am thlukiny, of things from
your •=Mem 'q potn.t of x401. 1 often. (m -
Ilene how I Should have felt if I had had
a eon. I believe I should he a horribly
jealous mother!"
,There is no 04mpar1eon between Ruch a
nature se sage: and my mother's na-
ture." Julian answered,
They changed the 0onven;;ttlon abruptly
and he told Iter about Eetclt'e departure
the day !before, and of the man's ent11u-
si0am, and of tho 'wonderful fortune that
h0 really believed Wes in etOr0 for thiel
humble born fnventer.
' It aoands 1l11 a fairy glory," said
Lady Ellen. "How lovely it must hem
been for you to have done sometblug for
/due"
110 was yore good to 1,11 once," amid
Judian.
He shut hie eyes and his memory watt.
ed hila baolt to the cold, (lark morning
home 111 the garage. to rho rough work,
and to 11111 Reteh's etu:rdy friendship.
'there 00118 a little pause, old at that
moment the door opened and Colonel Doll'•
114' was announced.
With a little catch iii her voice, almost
like a cry, I.041y Ellett got 111).
"Adrian( Oh, .you stranger! Where
have you been Some one told 100 that you.
had gong to the Reverie."
"I 11nR1 a flying visit to Nice," Colonel
Downey 2.1114 0e 110 shook Mande with her,
and then nodded teette01111y to Bryant,
You k12010 me" *sister Milly le utero, 1,207
she has not ban well lately, so I x012
over to see hew elle wag."
Lady Ellen's hauls were trembling a
little, and there vine a nervous, °rotted
thrill in her volae.
Please ring the bell, Mr, Bryant," she
amid, "We'll have some frail tea., alai
eerlirm0.-we had better have Dome light,"
As one 11011 'used to !lis surroundings,.
Julian Bryant turned 011 the Yarloue
lant110 and then took his frtadld on lite
he0rthrug. with lois book 1.0 the ilio, Nie
ettitndo seemed tosignify p0B0eani011.
When 'ten Wed brought Adrian Downey
looked at him thoughtfully.
What a. find, eple1diddeoking mal he
was! Suet the sort of man to team the
heart of a young ereature lite Ellen
Orocper.
They chatted together lem on11313' for
itunt0 half an haus, and then Colonel
D10tvney got. 1001.
Lady Ellen got up too,
0111--obI you're not going,and I've
mole a list to bay t0 you, Athena( If y0)1
clicoppear now, .00odn(80 11naw0 when - I
shallaceyen again. Can't you -can't.' we
;lino .10 Mer?"
With pleasure," said Colonel DawifeY1
'as a matter of Tact I cane to ask you if
you would ease to ditto with some friends
of meletins evening, the wile of my roe•
tor is in them, You 0.1010 her that day at
the tern, you remember, Sho lo 81071 ng
for n. little while 'with her sister, and I
knot, oho woulti like to meet yea,"
Lady' Ellen *lapped !tor hands. Site wets
quite 0001 Led,
"011, ft 20nnds lovely I" Then elle turned
quite apologetlenlly to Bryant. You ntr0
nlRrOadY C,1gaged, erevett you, nets Oen.
Juliat laid "Yea," and then presented to
1a1c0 !tie letWO,
I'll otme'with you," paid Pawnee.
'1Ye Jnet onnlewl to /Operate 1Lpen. Lady
Ellen the tlnno, and tell her that he Avenel
be waiting for' hor et the entrance of the
Ritz, and then they 'went down tho ataire,
and and
the house together, he and Julian.
They 'walked eohie little dlotanoe in al.
Mose, and then as Julian "was Mout 10
Make some Casual remark, Colonel Ilene
eey staid to hint rather Aruptly-
'-I 'wonder, Mr. Bertnt; if You 'would
wive ice ave minutes quest chat"
"Of course," said Julian, though his
heart began to 'beat a little. nervously, I
'shay) be del'.ghte . W111 you come to my
hotel?. I am not in gay house dor the neat.
anon t."
Tk.at 'will do very '00(1" Bald Dam/110Y,
and they walked on Weekly.
Whenthey were. in Jm11an'o e'otttna•roaln
Adrian Daryney mut down hie- het and
otlok and unloceened hto'big e0at.
, hope You 'won't think me intrusive.
Mr. Bryant}" Ile geld; "but I have to put
a "00:'y pertinent question to you. For
some little ttmo'paat the Duchess of Wilt.
shire, myself, and other,a conne0ted 'with
Lady Ellen '!twee been rather perplexed
lien to act.. Wo. leave been 'waiting. and•
et eeelns to me`nve are likely to wait in-
definitely to know what your intentions
nee, I must tell you," Deemer went on
very quickly, "altbouuh I am mot eetually
a.relatlon of Lady Ellen's, I have known
her all my lite practically, and S --have.
stood to her very much in -the light of a
brothel', sterhnps even of •a father. Hence'
the reason I approach you."
"I won't misunderstand you," geld Ju-
lian Bryant. He had grown very .pale, and
had moved to the fireplace, and was stand-
ing with one Moot on the tender, "You al -
ludo to my drtenddhip with •Lady Ellen?"
Yea. What the Duaheee and we others
aro anxious t0know is, le your sentiment
for Lade 1111en eriendahip only, or have
you other views? You eee," Colonel Dew -
now added, with hie ()harming smile, "she
isvery young. I don't know ,what her age
le really, but ehe is one of those sort of
women who never grow old, and rho needs
to be looked after, to have all aorta at
care lavished on iter;" -
Bryant looked at the other man for a
mome11, nod then said -
It is my earnest deetre, to give Lady
Ellen this care."
"Iieve you spoken to her?"
He shook hie head,
No."
"Why not, lir. Bryant?"
Julian caught bis breath very quickly
and then said^
"There are reasons ,why I hesitate"'.
"If your mind. is not ours; Downey said
'sternly, "'then you most not give the world
the reason to eapp00e otherwise. You
must not eulor Lady Ellen's name to be
whispered reboot. You muni not e0mase her
to gose:pf uatd comment; Iu short, Mr. Bry-
ant, 11 You do not intend to ask Ludy El-
len to bo your w•'fe, then you meet !veep
away from hal altogether.'
f do intoed to u La • Ellen b
t alt d 1 et to 0
, 5
et wife," Julian Bryant 01 done! now,
very puietly. "If I have not done so' bo.
fore, .it is tbecause, ss I said, Suet now I
Have 3'e-idated--but I have been wrong!
I will speak to her tomorrow."
"I thinkI -can guess what her anuwer
will 'be," said Adrian Dawney; and he
otretohed out his hand, smiling again;
•sad I hope you will both be very happy.
I think --you are just the typo of mean to
suit her. I hope you trill not harbor any
very hard feeling for sae ,beoouse I have
spoken *0 you ao openly."
That ,vould be im:posuible," said Bey.
lust; and he gripped Colonel Danwney'a
hand almost p0esiouatety,
Ile walked with his Ifueet out into the
halt, and they parted with a feeling of
mutual liking; but after Adrian Dawnoy
lied none, a sudden chill gripped Julian's
heart.
Ile !lad ,pledged himself to speak, and
Yet he knew that if he did speua he moat
tall all, and that 'would mean that Lady.
Ellen would never consent to be hie wife.
CHAPTER XXII.
I,ady Ellen thoroughly enjoyed the din.
ner, She dell in love with Mrs: Gretsham,
and elle liked llre. Hammond too; but she
was not at all favorably impressed by.
etre. Hammond'e Batt, tirho came 19 fetch
ho, mother and. aunt.
"What a earl •oua'
y S eau!" shesaid t
g a o
Adrian Downeo, ho out hor into a car
to take her home.
"Was it my, idea, or
did be mean to be disagreeable to you,
Adrian?"'
Well, I rather think you nee right,
Nell. I really don't knew very much about
young Hammond; but I have come ceruse
him once or twicelately, and non• that
you menti -on tt, I remember that he al-
ways bus 'been rather rude in his man-
ner."
I don'•t nupp000 31e counts for very
much," said Lady Ellen casually; "but he
isn't at nll bad looking, sad hie mother
adores him, doesn't ehe? But that ie only
natural."
Alt the 'way 'tome, which was not very
far, Lady Ellen chatted away as happily
us possible, and oho enticed Colonel Dluw'
neY to c0•m0 in duet for a moment.
I have lied such a lovely dime," ehe
mold. "Oh, I do wish, Adrian, you'd nek
mo out very often,"
"I'm euch a dull, etu7;id old -frump,"
Danny auewered, 'not a bit of good, for
all. tho gay, light-hearted things you
level"
Sho answeredhim very, veru titdes irltri
like e manye , amid things besides y
01113'. Sometimes, Adrian, I don't believe
you understand .me one little tiny '1)11"
He looked at her tenderly.. Site was
very, very pretty tonight, with a gush on
her cheeks and a wonderful light In her
eyed, and her elite body moving eo 9recc-
fully about the room, inat gown . of dia-
phanous black stuff. wee most flsbinatieg.
New did you like Julian Bryant?" she
asked him abruptly.
Very, very much," he answered her at
02100.
IIe ie a -great friend of mine," Ellen
Creeper enid. with a curious note in her
voloo, and this other men answered her -
"Yee, I kOOw, and I think --7010 are
Welty to have such a good friend."
Shall I ter von again soon?" Lady E1.
len asked, ae he stretched out hie hand in
farewell.
Very, very 801,: and if anytltlag big
happen to you. Nell, you'll write and 'toll
me, won't you? Remember, your happi-
ness la something very dear to me,"
"My kavv)ineoeI" Lady Ellen smid to her.
eelf as Bl20 stood alone, "Oh, A0ria11
Adrian!"
Sho covered hor -face with her Slmtde and,
eitting down, ehe pried unrestrainedly.
There vas Ito ono to mare 1100 grin£,the
males had gone to 'bed: She wits tulle
Monet •and title night tt seemed to her
so surely that it Wee a 'warded gift to
laeleh love on Adrian Downey and that
the dieser of tate pointed absolutely to a
fuer with Stilton Bryant,•
. » #
Norah Pawte was Bitting writing. in her
cosy little sltl1ntger00ln late next day,
when a sharp kneel at 'the door aroused
her, 0114 she gave a little exclamation of
elenear0 ne 0110 caw that Lady Ellen
Croopor come In,
sty deer, she said, "I wits just thine -
lag about Yea, 'wondering when we were
gamy to meet."
Lady Ellen put on a plah1t1v0 expree•
Y.
0(034olr rover -do cotn0 and toe m0," the
said. - '1 believe von forget nil obolt enc:'
"Silly child," sued the other woman.
"Take off your furs and sit down. What
a wretched afternoon! Pansy coming all
this wag, Ne11, in suolt dreadful .weather,'"
'Well, I want' to sea 7011, dear, "Ory
much," Lady'1011on said as slut drew off
leer *oat and Pura and sat down in a 00se
chair( and then I mended to ask you
Validating,"
"1 hope it Jo something that I eon do,"
edit Mks Pawls,
It isn't difficult," Lady Ellen answer,
ed. She .aortmedd n2tldned and leaked pale)
though she mailed, her mulles vented to
come with an effete. "Do you remember
ohne upon n time .you took 1110 off for a
2'Arat4,0 0 0111,'ttremember what 1,n. 1200 710,3*e
o� ie twee. I wonder it I could go there
Husband and Father of this Falsity in Danger.
This picture shows the wife and children of Private Lonsdale, a Bri-
tish prisoner of war at Doberitz in Germany, who was sentenced to
death for striking a German officer in the concentration camp, It was
only through the intervention of James W. Gerard, the American am-
bassador at Berlin, that his life was saved, and it is 'now stated that
the drastic sontenee will probably not be carried out. Instead the
soldier may have to undergo the original sentence of ten years' impri-
sonment. The entire matter may be taken up by a higher military
court of the German army.
now? I Avant to got anvay I must got
away, Norah."
"It isn't the best weather for the sea.
side," Haid Mies Po1ie in' her quietest way.
but you rather enjoy roughing 16,
and I think it would ado you good to get.
out of Iondon.'
Sho paused a moment, and then ehe put
a hand on the other woman's ahouldere.
"What's the matter, Note something
'worrying you?"
Yee," geed Lady Ellen in a stifled sort
of 'way. 'I'm not a bit hsmpy, •Norah."
She changed very owiftly; I'm ao stupid.
I can't get into the truck of taking the
beet that life offers ale. I always want
something more."
"Well, my dear, ,that is not pe0uliur to
you only," said Mise Pawls brightly, "We
all sigh for the unattainable at times, you
know."
It tent any consolation to know that.
W111 you Five me the addrette of the little
hotel, Norah, and thentell me can yon
come down and stay a week -end with me,
or are you piled up with work?"
"I think I toted run away' for a couple
of days; said Mees Powis; "and I should
love to. It would be very delightful to
be -with you and this dull, grey, foggy
weather doge get on one's nerves.'
"Well, your life is .full of Interests,"
Lady Ellen went on. "You never have a
moment to ott down and think about
yourself. It is so dull thinking about
one's self. I'm sick to death of me."
"Phe beet thing you can do is to run
sway,"' mid Mies Powis.' "All the cob•
webs'will disappear. You tweet 'be out in
the air all the time, never mind the titin
or the wind, however bleodt it 1st"
Lady Ellen laughed a little bit more
like her teazel cheery soli.
"Well,I ought to be pretty !lardy. The
duke veal to 'keep me out fee bouts at a
time when I was up (n Scotland. I used
to tell him that I should look like a
weather-beaten sailor, but that didn't have
much effect,"
There was a knock at the door at Nee
momsnt and tete maidservant came in
with a mcesage,
If yon please, mils, can you 3)000fbly
iu
a ver unx o a
incl Y
Mrs. 9 .r. She seem a
9e0
haveto few minutes' eonweerlation with
you."a
"Mrs. Sinclair! Out In thio weather!"
extlaimed Hies Pelvis. "Ohl *mese let her
come up."
"A patient of mine," she exclaimed to
Lady Ellen: 'and ono who has no right
to be wandering in this rain, Yod don't
mind her coming in, do you?"
Good graoloue, no; said Lady Ellen.
!fess Pawls event to the top 0f the entire
to meet her guest.
"My .dens," 0110 said. "I'm -going to
scold you; although you are now almost
1 011, You know you aro hardly strong
enough to risk this kind of thing, What
would 'Or. Hughes say?"
Lady 111 len beard a voice say herrIed.y,
"I've something I watt to say to you. I
'tree obliged to come."
"Take o, your damn mat," said Kite
Powis; "azul then conte in and sit down.
Nell," site added, 'turning to Lady Ellen,
"let me introduce a patient of mine, MM.
Sinclair."
"Bow do you do?' said Lady Elloa, and
then she gave a little start.
She wee utandtng face to 'fete evitil the
girl avh0111 she had 'mot that by -goon after-
noon on the rough 'pat eves, Sending to.
Adrian D•uwney's farm! The surprise was
so goat an in die almost a shock.
On her tilde Enid drew back visibly. She,
too, had recognized. Lady Ellen, She ro-
membered 1101 much 010 ked admired
that pllotogroph ht 0010110 DUMMY'S
dra wing•rtovi.
This encounter with ono of hie friends
troubled her, hbw or why she hardly
anew-, only she was conscious of the
tion hie,
"You have met?" said Ales ROMS,
"Only Just met," Lady 1311011 Gail.
She was the first to regain composure.
She turned 'to Enid,
"'Colonel Dnstney vete ep0111ting to me
about- you not ee very long ago, I am
vas' glad to see you asatn, hiss Sinclair."
Thank You, aa10 Enid,
She was very, very pale; and she looked
Changed, still young and still very -pretty,
but changed!
Ellen Croopere were heart wont out to
leer. She haat such a delicate. nervous
look.
no be continued./
Always Forgetting.
They had just been married, and
were about to start on "their wed-
ding trip. As is the custom with
bridegrooms, he was embarrassed
to the point of forgetfulness) but he
meb the situation like an expert,
"Why, Harry, you bought only one
ticket," said the bride reproach-
fully. "Just like me, dear," said
Harry, quickly, always forgetting
myself."
Take every dhanoe ,you eon •p0s-
sibly ge•t to be kind; because Borne
day there may be no more chances.
Re \who gives toe much attention
to the business of other people is
surely neglecting his own.
Hitebatld—"After all civilization
has its drawbacks, People in the
savage state seldom get ill." Wife
--"Ilvonder if that's the reason
you're so healthy."
A WAR QUESTION.
Is Great Britain Justified in Fight-
ing for Belgian Neutrality?
Posterity is euro to hold the na-
tion that was responsible for this,
the greatest and most devastating
war known to history, in great ab-
horence, and it is for this reason,
mainly, that the German savants
have issued their special plea on
behalf of the Kaiser, and that her
Press has cotheir'r
n mo to air in a
stupendous endeavor to place res-
ponsibility anywhere, so long as
Germany and her war lord are ex-
empted. '
Neutrality as applied to nations,
means the refusal of a third power
to go to war in behalf of either of
two belligerent nations, and though
always looked upon by, hard fight-
ing nations unfavorably, .the right
is as old as history.
The N'tpoleonic wars broke up
very many of the small states of
Europe; and when that war ended
the five great powers that success-
fully emerged from it formed a
combine for the future government
of Europe, and worked out a new
seheme for the surviving small
states whish were especially impor-
tant as strategical ground from
their geographical location.
They called it a "perpetual neu-
tralization," tralization the signatory ewers
>g Y P
consisting of Russia,, ,Prnssis,
$
us -
trio, France and England, :entered
into a treaty that certain designat-
ed small countries should be re-
served from conquest by every other
power, and they united in what they
called a "guaranty of neutrality."
There were nine such areas, not all
in Europe, covered by this treaty,
among them Belgium, in 1821, Lux-
emburg, Switzerland, etc., coming
in at different dates later on.
The great. significance of these
treaties is that they indicate a defi-
nite purpose on the part of the
great powers to remove certain pos-
sible points of friction from the
arena of war.
The Belgian treaty was superced-
ed by a later one, hearing date in
1839, and all were in full force and
effect when the present •great war
began. The chief purpose of these
agreements was to remove the pos-
sibility of any one nation gaining an
advantage over its neighbor by de-
stroying or e enexing a region in
which other 1 -stirs were intensely
interested, and not so much to pro-
tect the weak nation from spolia-
tion.
This system of neutralization was
greatly strengthened by the second
Hague Conference in 1907, which
adopted a• chapter on "tile Rights
and Duties of Neutral Powers," and
the first signature to this \vas by a
distinguished officinal representative
of the German Government. Each
of the signatory nations (and this
includes Great Britain), gained the
right to demand and expect that
none of the other powers would vio-
late the neutrality of any of the
states enumerated in the treaty in
case of war. Each agreed to keep
"hands off" en'tir'ely, so that the
others might have no excuse for
Laying hands on I But, independent
of all treaties or Hague Conven-
tions, the right of any state to re-
main neutral has ever been recog-
nized throughout history, A state
has a right to be 'treated as neutral
simply because it is in fact neutral.
Switzerland has euocee'ded in main-
taining her neutrality because of
the peculiar eonfor111ation of her
surface,and while Belgium's ne11•
tralization ilea been threatened sry
sial tinges since 1830, because the
country, is flat and easily invaded tin
00017 Side, .
To proteot Belgium from the
Dutch, and still more, to proteel.
France, England and Prussia (Ger•
many) ream each other, 11,' of nr'.
said five great powers in Ise* rigs:
:ti
•
(1 treaty that "Belgium s11a11 form
an independent -and perpetually
neutral state, 'and shall be bound
to observe neutrality towards ail
other states" The first serious
danger to 13e1 lulu neutrality came
through the annexation of Remover
and other German states by Prus-
sia in la00, but the storm blew over,
and Belgian neutrality was only
strengthened tied eofirmed by the
stroIlg - stand taken -by the Glad-
stone Government at the time, and
to which the other great powers, in-
cluding Gemany, gracefully ae-
ced.ed.
Things remained in state quo, es
the lawyers phrase it, until' en the
4th of August, 1914, Germany, with-
out tttl)y other excuse than "military
necessity," as her Chancellor ex-
pressed it, invaded Belgian soil,
well ltuowing that Prance, depend-
ing upon the aforesaid treaty, had
omitted to fortify her possessions
along the Belgian frontier, and that
invasion of France by the Kaiser's
forces from that direction, would
meet with but little resistance.
Treaties, we were told by the saute
great German Lord Chancellor, are
of no more importance than serape
of waste paper, and thus lie meta-
phorically tore up the neutrality
papers and contemptuously ,scatter-
ed them to the four winds of heaven.
The foregoing official :tnnonnee-
rnents and historic dates should set-
tle the question of responsibility for
the war, but this has been stet by
German critics and apologists in
unofficial assertions, printed and
scattered broadcast throughout the
United States, claiming that Bel-
gium, between July 24 and August
4, the date of German occupancy of
Belgium, was guilty of hostile acts
justifying German invasion.
CHAS. M. BICE,
Denver, Jan. 18, 1915.
F
TUIE SOLDIER AND 111$ WILL.
now the State Arranges Important
!tatters for Rim.
The soldier, according to Kipling,
is an absent-minded beggar. The
British law itself seems to have the
prevalent idea about Tommy Atkins
being absent-minded, for it gives
him a special privilege which is de-
nied to the civilian. This is in re-
gard the making of a will.
ar to h ki
If the ordinary civilian in the Old
Country wishes to make his will he
has to comply with all sorts of for-
malities and teohniralities, Re is
practically bound to go to a trained
lawyer -.otherwise there will be
trouble and expense when he dies.
For Tommy Atkins none of these
terrors exist. He has the privilege
of ignoring them altogether, and
disposing of his belongings in a very
simple way. He does not need any
witnesses, nor technical phrases,
nor elaborate clauses. He can even
dispense with writing if he so de-
sires, and just say, by word of
mouth, what his will is with regard
to his property.
The law eayo that a soldier who is
in actual military. service may dis-
pose of his personal estate without
the usual formalities,
It can be either in writing or by
word of mouth. He need not wait
ant y
it he is twenty-one either,as a
civilian has to do. The imprtant
point which is always 'cropping up,
however, is, when is a soldier in
actual military service ?
There were some interesting cases
on the point, .after the Boer War,
When the War Office wanted volun-
teers for South Melee a certain
young man offered '- himself. He
passed all the medical tests and
wentinto barracks, whfoll happened
to be in the same town. He then
made his will in barracks.
Later on he went out to South
Africa, where he was killed in ac-
tion. His will was disputed, and
an attempt made to upset it on the
ground that he was not in actual
military service when it was made.
It was decided, however, that as
soon as he had taken certain steps
under orders preliminary to going
Fie, L$ab.tetling
Rust mad Storm } roux
1rabI4 and
q
Or Pa ameI10ts'34
Let n0 know tho 81E0 of any roof
you are thlnitIng of covering and wo
will make you 4111 interesting offer.
eta G Hoofing Sea
I-imlto(1
MA. NUFA.CT><7101EIIlu
TORONTO and WINNIPEG
to the front he was in actual mili-
tary serv'i(te, and the will was de-
clared to be a geed and valid sol-
dier's w111.
The privilege extends not only -to
soldiers, but to sailors as well. In
the case of a sailor he must be at
sea when the will is made. As
usual in these eases, it is left to the
courts to say who is 41, sailor within
the meaning of the Act. For in-
stance, a purser on board a warship
had made a will without the usual
formalities. Subsequently the will
was questioned and the question
was, "Was a purser a seaanan 7"
The court decided that he was.
More than one will has been
made on the battlefield, and more
than one soldier has died front,
wounds within a few minutes of
scribbling out a dying message
which has been construed into a
will:
During the Boer war, one of our
soldiers, before going to the trench-
es, told one of his officers that if he
were killed he wanted all his pro-
perty to go to a •eerta'in person. The
officer happened to make a note
of it.
Later on the soldier's name found
its way an the roll of honor. and a
dispute arose over his he1o
nein
;s,
The officer produced his notes of the
dead man's wishes, and it was held
that they were a good and valid
will.
Lastly, it may be remarked that
this privilege of the soldier is no
new thing, for it was introduced by
Julius Caesar for the benefit of his
Roman army. It was introduced 111
England in 1837.
"You claim that you love n.c,"
said Gladys. "And so I do," re-
sponded Clarence fervently. "Do
you love me enough to die for me?"
she continued, "Well, hardly
that," said Clarence, "because
mine. you see, is an undying love."
MRCNIW,E��,
SALE
Contents of Large
Factory
Shafting one to three inches
diameter•; Pulleys twenty to
fifty Inches; Belting four to
twelve (itches. Will sell en-
tire or in part.
No reasonable offer
refused
S. FRANK WiLSON & SONS
73 Adelaide St. West, Toronto
FOR
D1STE1 .PIER PinstEpypl'ngp100011,
R and Catarrhal Paver.
Sure cure and pomtteve preventive. 310 antettcr heav 0toracv
at any age are intcoted or "exposed." Liquid, given on the
tongue, note 0n the Mood and Grande, expels the poisonous
germs from the bods, Cures Distemper int Dogs end Sheep
end Cholera in poultry. Largeet Belling live stack remedy
Cures La (frappe among human beings and tea ane kidney
remedy. Out this out. Keep it. tthcnv it to your druggist,
who will get It for you. Free 301013let, "Distempper, Causes
and Garet." DISTRIBilmons-A,T.T. WIRoldege ,11 moo.
-PORN MEDICAL 00., Chemists and Baoteriologlets,
GISTS.
GOS;HEN. IND V.S.A.
t
eeseeseseveeseelesessessesisessis
On the Farm
V•111 a.•aa416gt„41Is1Vaw. .at,o.
Plan the Diary Barn Carefully,
1'.aperience has shown that elttb•
orate 'and costly barns are not ne
cessary for permanence, sanitation;
1 consiort of cows, or Convenience In
the production of clean milk.
Money invested in elaborate barns
is seldom recovered when the farm
is sold. Some of the most expen- -
sive barns have been the Most 111-
10nveuient and hnprectical, In
1 many cases this is due to' the fact
that they were planned by city
architects knowing little or nothing
of the operations necessary in hand-
ling cows and milk, In building
such barns, display and fancy ars-
pearance are often the first eon -
Sideration.
Ordinarily the building of a barn
is an event ivhich occurs very sel-
dom in the life of a fanner and for
this reason a great deal of thought
and study should be given before
beginning the project. By, careful
planning, the labor of caring for
the cows may be reduced ane half.
Many mistakes may be made in
building a barn and frequently
these are not discovered until it is
too late to correct. them. Mistakes
to arrangement may compel a great
many unnecessary steps and require
work to be done at a great disad•
vantage, day after day. year in and
,year out. Mistakes may be made in
the location of the silo, in the plac-
ing of doors, or in the dimensions
and platforms, gutters, passage-
ways and alleys, and the location of
posts. These details should all be
considered beforehand and such
mistakes avoided.
The cost of the barn should be go
keeping with the value, size and •
income producing capacity of the
farm, and within the bounds saho-
tioned by oonservative business
management. Money invested in a
dairy barn should be required to
pay at least ten per cent a year.
This is necessary to eover interest,
depreciation, taxes, insurance, etc.
Thus,if $1,000 were invested in a
barn to house twenty cows, $100 a
,year would have to be charged for
barn rent. This would amount to
$5.00 per head. If mills is sold at
an average price of fifteen cents
per gallon, 331-3 gallons of the
yield of each cow would be required
to pay rent on the stall which she
occupies.
.A good business farmer seldom
puts more than $50 per cow in a
dairy barn. Good substantial barns
are often 'built for much less.
Wealthy men sometimes built barns
which cost $1,000 to $1,500 per cow.
If rent were charged the cows for
use of these buildings it would
amount to $100 to $150 a year for
each cow. Such expense, of course,
slakes it utterly impossible to se-
cure profits from such dairies even
with the most economical methods
m
of feeding and management.
Sometimes too little money is in-
vested
in dairy buildings
in which
case undue labor is required in
'taking care of the cows. Work is
often done at a great disadvantage,
as. for instance, when silage ,lust
be carried to the cave in baskets.
Dairy work must he done twice a
day, every day in the year. and a
slight fault in arrangement may
mean a large amount of extra work
in a year's time,
Stonily Days Rude Useful.
Instead of spending the stormy
day in lounging about and napping
at intervals, the farmer may find it
a day of profit to him. There are
broken pieces of harness or machin-
ery that need attention, The har-
ness needs oiling, e,ane sick stock
may need doctoring. The stormy
I day is an app, rtunity for this worn;.
We know a man who has built a -
teolhouse for stormy day work.
Here he mends harness, makes new
parts for 111acitinery, manufactures
new double and single trees to re-
place the broken ones. Often he
makes senile article convenient for
the home. In fact, his workshop
often consumes more of his time
than the stormy days give him.
Defective'Vision.
$500 FOR s :+ A E
This is the beautiful new perfume, rude m
Canada, endorsed and used exolueivol7 by lido.
Pauline Dovalda, the 4ttmous Canadian Prima
Donna.
Wu wanta suitable name for it, and 00 will
give.
na follower.
5000.00 for
50.00 for perfume,
25.00 for
10,00 for ,
6,00 for
and ten 31deeoria
tions.
The winnerdei by a
oon3m11tee eing mon
and their d two or
more contestantsme the
prize will O1 ddltiona1
pt'100 to the each eno•
oeenrid con ember of
this arra he eon -
test closes 10113.
NOW TO contestant
to try 4,010 n their
suggestion following
Special effort -For, wo will
emit 000 of es of the
Perfume -regular together `with
Pros Coni Coupon.
All for 10 e, the Free
t'nl:teat blit
Write to with the
08r•flume, an Ida 'Prize.
RODGERS, GRAY & ST FRS
5600 IN CASH PRIZES
the beet 119000.
1110 beat description of the
(ho 000004 boat name.
'W0 second beat description
10110 third beat description.
.00 prleee for the next bast
of 't'110 00111 alt. 10311 be decided.
of Montreal's loading adverb
eofsion will bo (Inst. Should
.send in the wining mine
0 03111131113 divided, and an 9
value .01_yy5.00 will be given
contestant. 130 0012)107@0 0I' 00
shalt anter the tbntest. T
at midnight, March 91st,
ENTER: -To enable every
now 113)11(0200 11810ro submitting
tea a name. 1 0 make 11)9
0310111500*, ton cents
0111' .010101 Souvenir 80213
gular 25 cone size-
Coulee} Slip, 11.1411 ono Premium
cents, 11 is n01*88011y 10 have
SIM to enter.
-day. 100 hill be delighted
and tlohn.nee to win the
i
WART, P RFCJ
Ospt. W.I. 532 n4Enne' Si'„ MONTREAL.
She was of a somewhat haughty
nature, and, being on a shopping
expedition with a friend, happened
to catch a glimpse of an acquaint-
ance she did not wish to recognize.
"Let es go this way past the silk
counter, I just saw someone 1 don't
care to meet,"
"Who is ehe?" asked her friend,
who did not sec anyone near them,
"Oh, some horrid woman with a
smirk on her face. Of course I have
only a bowing acquaintance with
her, and although her farce is famil-
iar 1 Cannot remember her name."
They finished their shopping anti
the two women found themselves at
the same point where one of them
bad seen her disagreeable acquiaint
11116e,
"There she is again. Why, 0 do
believe she's been here all the
time." she said, painting to the per -
5,111 in (Illeeti0n.
"That, woman? Goodness sakes,
that's yourself you see in the mir-
ror there 1,)
i;vee the thirsty chap tries to.
dodge the bar of justice.