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The Brussels Post, 1915-8-19, Page 2is the Sugar for Jams and Jellies. When you pay for good fruit, 'and spend a lot of time over IL you naturally want to be sure that your jellies and preserves will turn out just right. You can be, if you use Aga Suger, Absolutely pure, and always the same, REOPATH Sugar has for sixty years proved most dependable for preserving, calming and jelly -making. It is just as easy to get the best—and well worth while. So tell your grocer it must be REDPATH Sugar, in ene of the paokages originated for RSDPATH- 2 and 5 1b. Sealed Cartons. 10, 20, 50 and 100 Ib. Cloth Bags. "Let egefr,cil'4' 142 Sweeten It" CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL , rittieSt • THE FATE OF AZU A; Or, The South African Millionaire. CHAPTER XXL—(Continued). "Why, Azuma, we are both coming in a few months, we are going to spend Christmas there. What shall I bring you from London for Christ- mas, Amine?" He spoke brightly, trying to make what he told her of no importance, ignorant of the storm which raged within her, the hate, the grief, the impotent wrath and hate, and the realization of prediction, fulfilling it- self, filling her with dreary, dumb de- spair. She had seen it in the sand, and the pebbles that day, in the bright stars that night, which for all the lamplight and electric flashes across the sky from the roofs of shops and buildings, yet twinkled mysteriously, secretly communicative, above, that she and the Baas were going to part, that they would never see each other again, and that with her departure his for- tunes would change. She had seen it, and yet she attri- buted her departure to the jealousy of the beautiful white woman who treated her, Azuma, the daughter, too, of a great chief, as if she were dirt, or at least a servant, a common woman, and they would never have been rich, never, if she, Azuma, had not known the secret of the mine. And that morning when Lady .1u- dith had come to fasten on the brace- let it was because she was afraid, afraid that she would tell the Baas dreadful things which the pebbles and the sand had told her, and which she had read in the stars, things about the past of the beautiful white woman, which if he knew ld ,nake hini hate her. And in her silence he read some- thing ominous. Then gradually some- thing of the old feeling for her had returned, the pity which had been al- most love in the old days when she was the only woman near him, and he had not known Lady Judith nor thought of marriage. And he took her silence for stony grief. "Don't you want to help me, Azu- ma, don't you want to go?" "If I go,. trouble," she said stretch- ing out her hand into the night. It was as if she were uttering a curde. For one instant her manner, her ut- terance alarmed him, he had been so long accustomed to take her serious- ly, and she had proven herself so often right, that her words sent a cold shiver down his back. This matter was going to be more. difficult to deal with than he had anticipated. Ile felt inclined to be stern, while something else made him feel that the supreme sorrow of Azuma's life had come to her, that he must deal gently with this girl who, because her skin was black, yet had a heart like other women, perhaps a tenderer one than many. But he laughed at her suggestion, it seemed the only thing to do, while he told himself that she, of course, did not know how he had protected his fortune, placing funds in this bank ti and that, in this country, and the' other, in sohemes all over the world, and he held the concession of every available mine in South Africa. Ile might not make all he expected to, but be was already the richest man in Europe, and if he lost some money he could never lose all, unless the world itself came to an end. To -night he told himself with new gladness, that even if all failed, the love of Judith, her new gentleness and meekness were the most valuable things he possess- ed, that with it he could even meet re- verses, that without it life would not be worth living. "You mustn't let trouble come, Mime," he said lightly, "you must prevent But she shook her head. "What can Azuma do?" she asked, end he noted the sadness irt her voice. "Well, there's no hurry, of Course, • if you don't want to do it, I'll have to find somebody else." There was a little note or irritation in his speech. "If the Baas tells me to go, I go," she said, presently. "When I go?" "Oh, well, we can talk it over by and by, to -morrow we'll see." And because the whole scene was distasteful, because he wanted to be kind, he spoke of this and that, of his business, of a hundred things. When he left, she stood there gaz- ing after him for a few seconds, while a hundred thoughts coursed through her brain. It was not the Baas who wanted her to go, it was the white woman, Lady Judy, and she hated her. When Adolphe told Judith what he had done, she was silent for a few mo- ments, then she said, with something of dread in her manner. "Somehow, Adolphe, 1 feel as if perhaps we oughtn't to send her away, not if she says all that. You know that somehow I feel as if she were really wrapped up in our fate, indi- visible from it, and she has brought me luck, too, you know." CHAPTER XXII. The next time Azuma and Judith met, Judith was in Adolphe's arms, seated by his side, on the wide divan in the little room where they had tea the day he proposed. She feel- ing tired lately, and had not gone out so much. London had grown very hot, and in a few days they would be leaving London, going abroad for a few weeks and then returning to take up their abode in the exquisite coun- try home which Adolphe had been busy adding to, and embellishing whenever he could run away from town. To -night she had persuaded him to go to a party without her at which he wanted to meet someone on business, but for which he did not like to de- sert her. Now and then lately she had said: "I feel so lost in this big house when you are away, although there are so many servants, I always feel that it is so huge, that something dreadful might happen at one end of it while no one would hear at the other." Adolphe had laughed at the idea, a detective was always on watch guard- ing the beautiful things, and the in- valuable jewels he had heaped upon his bride, while at night a watchman walked about the house from roof to cellar, while every modern device against burglary and fire had found its way to the palace in Park Lane, putting aside the fact that outside burly policemen patrolled the streets, and that a small side door opentd straight on to Park Lane itself, Why, little u.eman, you are as safe as if you were in an mon safe your- self," he had told her, ascribing her morbid timidity to her state of health. And this evening she felt particularly loth to let him go, while she knew the necessity for his doing so. To -night she looked particularly lovely, dressed in a tea gown of some yellow shimmering stuff with a girdle of amber round her waist, and he had never known her so caressing. "Hulloa, Azurite." He had stooped to kiss Judith's lips, as she lay with her head so close to him, and as he raised his head Azurite stood in front of him holding out a letter. He looked at the direction while she held it, because one arm was around Judith, and the hand of the other held a cigar. Judith had not moved when Azuma entered, treating her with a sort of lazy indifference, as the white races genera* treat the dark ones. "Front Elliott, perhaps 1 needn't go to -night, read it to me, Azunia, will you, there's a good. girl." "Oh, let me see what he says." ,Tu- dith had meant nothing by her words, nor by the gesture with which she caught hold of Azuma's hand, and took the letter gently from her. "Azoraa, how pretty you look in this room, I always think of you when I tun here, de you remember the (ley when you gave us She wan opening the letter as she spoke, talking with easy familiarity to Azuma, Whom she was trying to I win over in these clays. • Yes it was true that Azuma seem- ed to belohg to this room, and to -night lit up, it was twice as pretty, the elec., trie light bringing outa little more vividly the golden tracery in.the dark slashed grey and black and brown of the violet wood, and where she was standing the rich dull red brocade cur- tains made an exquisite background to Azuma's shapely dark head. For an instant, Judith without any repugnance to the feeling of the dark cool skin held Azuma's fingers with her soft white ones while she scanned the letter, but Adolphe looking up at Amnia caught a look he had never seen thee°, not, at all events, so plainly visible. "Let her read the letter," he half whispered, and Judith did as he told her, looking up suddenly a little sur- prised at his tone. "I can't read a word, the light some- how doesn't fall properly. Yes, Azuma, do read it to us and the two lay back on the big satin cushions with their arms around each other, while Azuma read. "Isn't she wonderful the way she can read English?" Judith said half aloud. "What time does he say?" He glanced at the clock. "By George, it's late, he says that he must see me to -night, you say? Azuma." "Eleven," Azuma repeated, "at eleven he must see the Bans." "Then the Baas must go. I shan't be long, my darling.. He stooped and kissed Judith again, and she sat up on the divan and rearranged her dis- ordered hair, while he sprang up the stairs to change his coat. In a few seconds he returned, and found Judith chatting with Azuma. "She's telling me all about the mine that night when you both went out in the night together, very improper I call it," she said with a mischievous laugh. "Oh, we've done dreadful things, haven't we, Azuma?" Ile laughed, and Judith got up and followed him across the big hall to the front door and let him out her- self. "What an exquisite night, if I had thought about it, I would have slip- ped on something and driven with you." "Will you? I'll wait." "No, it would make you late, you have only just time, and I'm tired." She yawned a little. "I'll go straight to bed." "Well, I shan't be long. She wateh- ed him get into the carriage and drive off, then she stood still for two or three moments drinking in the night. Then she pushed too the door and the sound rang out through the house like a final doom pronounced. Then she stepped leisurely across the well -lighted hall. "Azuma I" renderLecimplete, entire, unreserved of a IMO and beautiful woman, If he lived, how would it be with bion, what would be live for ? To make money, for veltran? To love again, never, never; than why live? He did not want to set eyes again en Annul, he did not want to hear why she had done this thing, for he Icriew. Love, jealousy, hate, theme had been the instincts which had prompted her, and Judith had said truly when she had pronunced the words; "I feel that our life is irrevocably mixed up with her," • - And as if in death he defied Gelling, defied the English government, all those who had striven to cheek and tkrwart his gigantic plans, after prh- vnling for his family in Frankfort, he divided his fortune into two halves, One to build a Cape to Cairo railway, the other for the civilization of South Africa, Madame Dufour had said rightly whenfantshe called Judith 'Tette oeuvre en 'THE END. ALEXANDER OF SERBIA. Formerly CrownPrince, Is Prevent- ing a Balkan Agreement. It is one of the little jokes of fate that the young man, Crown Prince Alexander of Serba, who was treated with such contemptuous condescen- sion by the exalted personages as- sembled at Loedon in June, 1911,. for the coronation of George V.—that he Prince Alexander, should be, in June, 1915, the arbiter of the immediate destinies of Europe. Bulgaria's entrance into the war on the side of England, France, Rus- sia, and Italy would, it is quite open- ly stated in each of their capitals, help to bring about an early termina- tion of the war. It would release Rumania, now fearful of a Bulgarian attack on her flank if she flung her - At the foot of the stairs Azuma Prince Alexander of Serbia was standing watching her with a strange 'expression, an expression self at Austria's throat in Transil: which made Lady Judith feel uncom- vania. It would furnish the Ilies fortable. with' a veteran Bulgarian army se "Take care, Azuma, I am coming march upon Turkey through Thrace, upstairs." and it would give the allies the 'Bill - These words, addressed to the girl because she did not move out of her garian port of Dedeagatch, on the way, with a slight, very slight return Aegean Sea, for the landing of their of the autocratic tones of former own troops to co-operate with the days, with just a shade of impatient allied navies at Constantinople. annoyance at the fact that her pro- Bulgaria's Demands. gress was impeded, and she was Bulgaria makes no secret of her weary, anxious to get to her room to lie down, and to be undressed. willingness to be bought for such "Ah!" assistance. But she has only one A terrible cry rang out across space Price. The Crown Prince of Serbia. and seemed to lose itself behind the Regent in his country, can alone pay porphyry pillars, and to vibrate across it in full. This he persistently re - the pavement of the hall. fuses to do. ' When, two hours later, Adolphe re- Bulgaria demands, above all else, turned full of all sorts of little bits of gossip and news for Judith, and open- that part of Macedonia which is in - ed the front door with his latchkey, habited by Bulgarians and which is he found the body of Judith lying dead in the possession of Serbia. To re - at the foot of the stairs, and a little claim Macedonia from Turkey, and streak of crimson reaching from her in pursuance of the ideal of national - side to the door. ity. Czar Ferdinand began the first Balkan War, fortified by a solemn agreement with Greece and Serbia that, in the spoils, Macedonia was to go to Bulgaria. The blood of thous- ' Prince Alexander of Serbia. ands of Bulgarian patriots was shed CHAPTER XXIII. London was convulsed when it heard the first thing the next morning of the murder of Lady Judith• but it reached the fever bitch of excitement the same evening, when a late edition, and little newspaper boys shouting in the street, announced the further tra- gedy that Adolphe Lieb, the South 1 African millionaire, had committed suicide. The following morning there was a sudden panic on the Stock Ex- ' change, and all African bonds and mining shares went down. There was evidently going to be some dreadful I revelation. If Adolphe himself could I have come to life agam, it would have ' been difficult for h'ni to explain ex- actly what his motives had been for taking his life. Yet the lawyers said that he had seemed to do it with method Papers still wet upon the writing - table in the room, where only two hours ago he had held her in his arms, gave evidence to the world of changes in his will by a revoking codicil while a few brief lines stated that he had taken his own life, that no one was to be blamed. It would have been impossible for eafyone to guess at what his motive had been, for only he knew two things, one that an his mil- lions, all his wealth, all his schemee' and dreams of ambition and power had turned to dead sea fruit, become' valueless without Judith to sharethem with him. Judith, whose love he had I always been sure of, and who loved much because so much had been for -1 given her. Judith who had climbed the third wave, and who must not be left alone on the other side. The other that the next day he would have to be the one on whose evidence.depend-I ed the fate t.,f Azt ma, the woman from whom his whole being now recoiled,' vet to whom he owed so meth, even: indirectly Judith. Azurite would be hung, and some- thing eecrned to whiener that without those two women, life contained no- thing; that his life heel rem to an 1 end to -day, together with his luck, that he had known whet life Sh rarely gives together, greet ec•looen1 wealth and deep, deep love, the love, the sur - erf must be used T et vi soatisfaraperectictory A ti f fy infusion. if:Zet,titteit X.. A ttikerSes2,i, ievote ittio net' ta,e 8 119 Tea is the acme of perfection, being all pure, delicious tea. Black, Mixed or Green. Hints for the Farmer. There is big difference between economy and stinginess. We have seen a man treat a $150 horse as though he was worth only $1 .50. • The telephone cannot take the place of a hired man, but it helps wonder- fully. Crows eat ants, beetles, caterpil- lars, bugs, grubs,, etc., which do much damage. Charcoal in a granulated form should always be kept before fowls of all ages. To get white cauliflower tie the leaves over the head as soon as the head is formed. A hog in a good pasture or one that is fed regularly seldom does much damage by rooting. Scald the drinking vessels in the poultry yard often so, they will not harbor disease germs. Countries adapted to sheep raising become large consumers of mutton as they increase in size. A garden is more bother than it is worth unless you get fruits and vege- tables that are really better than those you can buy:, Make it a point to have some choice male lambs to sell to your neighbors who would like something better than they now have. • When setting any of the bush fruits the top should be pruned to corre- spond to the root pruning the plant gets in transplanting. It is about as profitable to try to do two things at once as it is to try to raise two crops on the same piece fields, but it is the only way and the of ground at the same time. best way for preserving the feeding The wise dairyman will keep his elements of the corn plant. The silo best cows, and not let the buyer tempt adds nothing to the feeding nutri- him even with a good price. The bet- ments. On the other hand, there is a ter the cows the better the profits. slight loss through fermentation, but If the onions ane not growing well, it does increase the palatability a little nitrate of soda or hen manure greatly. sown broaocast, before or during rain, often helps them to fill out. The cow's udder should be well washed and dried with a coarse cloth before milking, and the milker's hands should be washed after every cow. Warm weather is the time to make growth in the hairs. Fish the shoats along, giving film good pasture range and fee!ng all they will eat up clean. There are many rough hillsides and pastures which are now bringing no returns that could be made profitable, were they planted to nut trees, es- pecially walnuts. Celery, cabbage, and other plants of this sort do much better if trans- planted once or twice before going into the field, They will form a much heavier root system, which is desir- able in all plants. A good many farmers who neglect- ed to plant an orchard and shade trees while they were young waste more time now wishing they had them than it would take to plant them in the beginning. Use the spray pump to whitewash your poultry house. Make a good whitewash, adding a little carbolic acid, and spray the building thorough- ly, covering every bit of the surface, and the house will be wonderfully sweetened. In choosing a breed of cattle or.,any other class of live stock due consider- ation should be given to the question of envirorahent. Where one breed would be a failure another would per- haps be a success. The silo is not the only way of pre- venting the usual loss from the corn a Si the victorious campaigns of Ferd- inand: Greece and Serbia became fearful of Ferdinand's ambitions to dominate in the Balkans. They pre- ferred to entrap and betray him. Alexander, the twenty -four-year- old commander-in-chief of the Serbian army, captured Monastir from Tur- key, thus bringing about the fall of the whole of Macedonia, and from Monastir the Bulgarians were bar- red by the sword as from Salonika. Prince Stands Firm. Rumania is to -day feverishly eager to restore the Dobrudja if thereby she can quiet the dogs of war upon her flank and rush her force of a mil- lion men into Transylvania. It com- prises thousends of acres of territory and millions of inhabitants, Rumanian in blood, to the thousands of the Do- brudja, Austria-Hungary, at the pre- sent moment, could not defend Transylvania. Greece will not give up Thrace to Bulgaria, but England, France and Russia have offered com- pensation elsewhere which is accept- able.It is only Serbia which is the stumbling block, because it is Mace- donia which Bulgaria demands first and last, and for which she will not be compensated elsewhere. Tune 24 of last year King Peter a man of seventy-three and weak in health, left his capital and the Crown Prince was appointed Regent. Alex- ander has coldly rejected every com- promise which included the giving up of a foot of territory now held by Serbia. His father is ensconced at some watering place away from Bel- grade. His elder brother, Prince George, has been dancing and dining in the hotels of the Riviera. Canaries sing best in the subdued light. 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Vine was—and not very icing ago, either --when a groin; of buttons were used as a trimming for a single gown. Now buttonholes are need instead of bottom, A very charming frock has two long godete on either Aide of the friul Skirt, and each seam le outlined with a two-iech band of black taffeta, across vvhich, one inch apart, are but- tonholee done in white silk. Little godets--or dog's ears—give a flare to the jacket, and the seams of these are outlined after the sel manner. The effect is most unusua Contemplation of the stitches taken in the hundreds of buttonholes is posi- tively paralyzing to the woman "who hates to sew." Although buttonholes are profuse and numerous, buttons have not lost their vogue entirely, though they are no longer employed in squads and by the wholesale. They are used now in embroidery on net, taking the places of spangles and sequins. The best quality of jet beads come from Bohemia—or did come be- fore the . European madness broke loose—and, since they are scarce now, buttons are used instead. in the embroidered nets the leaves and blossoms of the flower designs are helped out by tiny buttons, a .flat jlel- low satin button posing gayly as the heart of a daisy and a little red but- ton doing service as a make-believe cherry. Often the buttons are held by hand embroidery. Only the light- est weight buttons are used, as nets appear to grow filmier and frailer every minute. It is all 'one's memory is worth to keep up with the names of new col- ors. How the clerks in the shops man- age it goodness only knows. Among the new grays are field mouse gray and metal gray. One never hears of battleship gray, which was "it" early in the spring. Belgium blue has just become famil- iar to the human ear when it is crowded out by raven's wing blue and soldat. The best green now is "sage," which is an old name given to a new shade, and "sulphur" leads the yellows. Watermelon pink. is luscious in the new taffetas and has a glimmer of frost, as if the melon had just come out of the refrigerator. It is almost a peril to wear this de- licious color; somebody might come along and eat you! Black crocodile plush is a new ma- terial suitable for the first cool days of autumn, Duvetyn, a mdst expensive, unsatis- factory and perishable Material, is about to return to favor. 'The more it costs the worse it wears. If you fancy this velvety stuff, by all means select a coarse weave and heavy texture. The fine ones flatten and fade at the slightest exposure to dust or the ele- ments or the most ordinary wear. It is predicted that certain shades of green duvetyn and the new blue ones will be popular. New coats fasten with a single but- ton. The effect is stingy -looking, but smart. Ribbon ruching is appearing on some pretty summer frocks. Some- times it is knife plaited; again it is box plaited. It comes in satin and silk both. For the finish of flounces it is very good. All ribbons are extensively used, either as bands going straight about the short wide skirts, or as edgings and general trimmings, Neck ruchings of maline and tulle are sometimes edged with the nar- rowest ribbons, either in Belgian blue, banana shade, plain white, sage green or raspberry. Box plaitings of rib- bon are appearing on the new drop veils. Ribben is used instead of braid for binding skirts, pockets and jackets. This is decidedly a ribbonsummer, though it is a season in which all the fussy little la -la trimmings are worn. This is the natural reaction against the plain, plainer, plainest styles of the last few years, THOUGHTS FOR THE DAY. When a madman directs the con- duct of war it can end only in defeat. —Dr. M'Lone Hamilton, In Christianity the self-conscious- ness of the spirit is awakened in many through suffering; disease spititual- iees even the lower animals.—Heine. There is no use in looking back and brooding over the past; forget it, • and apply your energies to the fu- ture.—Duke of Wellington, He who is false to present duty breaks a thread in the loore, and will find the flaw when he may have 1 or - gotten its Cer.120.-11. Ward Beecher. Do not not be answerable to to- morrow. Do not weaken and distract yourself by looking forward to things you cannot see and would not under- stand if you saw them.—Kingsley. True it is that one can scarcely call that education which teaches woman everything except herself—except the things that relate to her own peettliar womanly destiny, and, on the plea of the holiness of ignorance, sends her without a word of just council into the temptations of life.--Hartiet Beecher Stowe, • In the Middle Ages sovereigns used to be worth twenty-two shillings,