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The Brussels Post, 1916-2-24, Page 2AFTER A DAY' OUT DOORS You can prevent chapped halide and lips by rising Vaseline ts4eMark Camphorated: Cream It allays all irritations of the tide. Sold in clean, handy tin lobes at chemists, department and general stores everywhere. Refuse substitutes. nloserated booklet: bee on request. CHESFi,3ROUGH MFC. CO. 1880 Chab,aA n Wrted) Montreal E.i:z.c The Green Seal Coal liy CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Author of "The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby," "The Time Lock," etc. CHAPTER XXV.—(Cont'd), "What an experience for a girl!" could not refrain from breaking in— "for a girl like you, Lois! My brav darling!" "I suppose it was strange. 13u everything about the affair has bee so strange and mysterious that i didn't strike me as unusual that should be waiting for you in an ou of -the -way Chinese settlement." "Miles away from anywhere, alon 'and unprotected among a gang o Chinese criminals and their whit confederates."' I pointed out. "Why you hadn't an idea where you were!' "Not a glimmer," she acknowledg ed. "But—I—" She fell silent. "You trusted me," I uttered her un spoken thought. "Even when you learned that you were the victim o an elaborate deception, you felt deep in your heart that I would not fai you:" All along she had not resent- ed my ardor, yet remained unrespon- sive. I was grieved, perplexed, baf- needs a mother more than a—a"— I there was. an odd little catch in her voice—"than a wife," e In this tender mood she was so al- luring, soirresistibly winning, that I t nearly lost my head again. I had a very definite opinion about what I t needed (quite contrary to bers, it is I needless to say), but managed to t_ keep it to myself—for the time being, at any rate. f CHAPTER XXVI, e; "What else happened?" I asked with what I tried to make only a na- tural show of interest. - "The chief things centre in the 'story Lao tried to tell me but never finished. The important points as 'nearly as I could gather them, are f these: "He claimed that the ring belonged 1to him, and that he must recover it . to maintain his prestige in what I :understood to be some sort of Chin - t ese secret society. He tried to im- press up me its importance—the so- ciety's, I mean—its antiquity, and a lot more that I'm not clear about. fled; I chafed to be alone with her. I was impatient to convince her of my seriousness and to break down the harrier of her unaccountable reserve So.I added: "Now, for some silly, misguided cause, you refuse to be your natural, candid self. You are ndt frank with me." Again her hand touched my arm. "Don't—oh, don't!" she whispered in a distressed way. "I shall be frank and honest—if you will only wait. I am trying with all my might to do what is right and best; you make it awfully difficult for me." "If I must wait, why, I must, I sup- pose," I ungraciously returned. "But I can't see the reason in this reserve and caution now. If I loved you less; if my one chief concern in life was not devotion to you, you might have cause to deter me. But I love you. You must know it. No man ever brought to a woman a more whole- hearted, unselfish, undying love than I am offering you; that I shall con- tinue to press upon you until I am given an adequate cause why I should not. If I can help it, I'm not going to let any foolish notions of sentiment- ality or mistaken conception of the Lord only knows what destroy our happiness." "Then," she said with abrupt de- cision, "I shall give you an adequate reason—as soon as S know clearly how best to present it. It is mak- ing me very unhappy and miserable." "You can't," I stubbornly persisted. "And if you don't promise to wait," she went on evenly, "I'll get in front with Mr. Struber." "Good Heaven!" I groaned helpless- ly. "I submit." She relented a little, for the hand upon my arm closed a trifle and she leaned closer to me until she pressed against my shoulder. Mortal man couldn't fathom or account for the contradictory emotions that plainly were swaying her. Then my hungry look descried tears sparkling on her • Besides, I was not much interested in his explanations. "Then he claimed that the diamond was his. Ile seemed at first to think I had it, and when he became con- Ivinced that I hadn't, that I couldn't get it for him and wouldn't if I could, he seemed disappointed and chagrined. I declared, though, that if it really belonged to him and he could establish his right to it, you would give it to him without bother and fuss. , "He smiled skeptically, then for a moment his eyes rested upon me with a peculiar look. It gave me a strange, weird feeling of being somebody else—of trying to remem- ber things that were in someone else's mind; but the memories were gone before I could see them plainly. It was like looking through a veil, or trying to make out faces dimly seen through a swirling cloud of smoke. The same thing happened this after- noon when he called at the office." "I remember," I told her. "It was when he passed you in the doorway." "You noticed, then) I tried to brush the veil away. But right away the queer feeling was gone," "The villain was trying to hypno- tize you, confound him!" I angrily exclaimed. "Go on, please. 1 am profoundly interested." "There isn't much more to tell. While we were talking Chinamen were coming and going through the room, in the silent, unobtrusive way they +have; but they didn't seem to notice us. There must have been a score or !more about the place. "But pretty soon we were interrupt- ed by an excited babble outside. Lao Wing Fu abruptly broke off what he was saying and listened with a start- led air. Next several Chinamen burst into the room, and what follow- ed was pretty much all confusion, They jabbered and gesticulated in an agitated way, and Lao Wing P u seemed to be trying to calm thein. He was the only, one who remained cool, but I could see that he was wor- ried. "Presently he stepped away from the rest and seeired to be debating something in his mind. In a little while resolution came to hint. "He returned to where I sat watch- ing and told me..that he knew about miserably contrite and remorseful. "Forgive me!" I burst out. "I am, after all, only a selfish, unthinking brute. And you are the dearest, loveliest, gentlest lady in all the world. You are a blessed angel." She suddenly electrified me by smil- ing up into my eyes, "And you," she said, "are only a big, silly, stupid, blundering boy who ••••••••••00013 DIGESTION Mother Belgel'e Syrup coarrects end stimulates • When your digestion is faulty, weekneee and ,1 Vim ails dveh organ, indigestion.the maov psin are certain mad disease la invited. ' FO R 40YEARS REMEDY R• FOR' STOMACH AND LIVE RTRESTANDARD OBLE •• !g' it ym , .Q+t'•M1�7:1-1 1 a f.t " _ At n0 Druggists, or direct on receipt of price, 50c. end 51.00. 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'If you acquiesce, you will suffer neither discomfort or pain; there will be no shock to your sensibilities, for an American woman will do the little that is requisite just you and she alone in this room. Will you con- sent?' "I was frightened now, of course; but I was enraged, too. I don't recall just what I said, but I gave that cheeky Chinaman a piece of my mind. He clapped his hands twice. Two Chinamen seized me and bore me fighting and scratching into another room whose walls were lined with tiers of bunks. There were no win- dows—only the door through which we had come, and one other which. was opened once or twice, disclosing a glimpse of the stars. A little wick thrust through a cork and floating in a common tumbler of oil agorded the only light. "But 1 could scream; and I did un- til a third Chinaman clapped a hand over my mouth. Then they forced me clown upon a stool near the spark of light. Lao stood looking on. He had the nerve to say. 'You see, Miss Fox, how unpleasant you are making it. This has to be done, so why not sub- mit to something that can not harm. you and that any normal young lady would want to have done?' "I was so outraged and indignant that I would have flown at him if I'd been free, "Then that awful wornan! Her face all at once bent over roe. She loosen- ed tiny collar and exposed the death sign. But she was half -scared to death herself. Her hand trembled so that she slnlled the vile stuff she was dabbing on my throat all over her- self. I know how it burns, for I couldn't feel the needle pricking me, and she handled it awkwardly, too." The episode was so outrageous as scarcely to be credible!' My blood boiled; I could hardly contain myself. I swore under my breath. "They'll be made to pay for it!" I hotly averred. "I hope so," Lois echoed my senti- ment. She pursued: "About the time she was through I got my chance. The Chinaman whose hand was gagging me forgot himself an instant, and in that in- stant my teeth came together in one of his 'fingers. He tore himself loose with a shriek, hurling the others aside and sending the table holding the dim light crashing against the bunks. For a second everything was noisy confusion. The place was pitch dark. But somehow I got outside and went plunging through the dark, screaming at the top of my voice. You know the ,`est." Only a minute'or two more, and we an end to my irresolution, Pausing with one foot on the first step, she looked back and extended a hand to Sn0. "Come with me," she invited in a low yoke. "We will have the parlor to ourselves. Mrs. Fleming can think what she wants to," •t Through the half -drawn curtains an all-night light in the front roots shone. I took the outstretched hand in mine, and we went up the steps to- gether. We would have afforded a remarkable spectacle, had there been any eye to see; both of us hatless, torn and disheveled, but still borne up and stimulated' by the excitement of what we had so recently undergone. ' There was' something in" Lois's at- ' titude that mystified and eluded roe. Despite her graciously sweet and ten- der mood, something in her bearing Tare's a Subtle Charm RUSSIA CERTAIN TO COC BACK about the delicious flavour of rrr I� r'. `� i{n�•i'�l n' � ��r ni'rd._9 � L' i0G' This flavour is unique and never Round in cheap, ordinary teas. fret us mail. Mixed or Green. you` a sample. Black, . warned me to be careful. I felt that D ,} . the initiative no longer lay with me r-' O�A //s r 4 s \FG but with her, And heaven knows sheRJJJJ\j: was beautiful now! She had assume: eel the regal splendor' of a queen, She'd N psi t le was at once firm and decided and soft; and yielding; she carried herself ` haughtily, but did not hide a glimpse. :' �-.��•,�,.� _ �,� N -._ of humility and sweetness. She closed the parlor door, wheeled round and stood with her .back against it, regarding me. Her splen- did eyes were unnaturally brilliant, Y like two stars. For a moment her color was high, but gradually it ebb- ed until her face was as pale as ashes. But her glowing eyes con- tinued to meet mine steadily, and presently her bosom began to rise and fall in an agitated way. I longed to rush over and clasp her in my arms• but somehow I knew that • Raising the Dairy' Cow 1 especially when being raised' for dairy c. A profitable cove eannotbe raised in Purposes. a year. It dates back to the ancestors if the calf is dropped in the fall it and if they were unprofitable the will bo able to go on pasture in the chances are that their progeny wi spring and look after itself. If it is be unprofitable, and vice versa. Hate -a spring calf, it will be best to keep mg bred right, the dairyman must it in the stable or paddock all sum - start his feeding when the calf is: mer in order that it may receive at- tention. As a yearling, the best Win - drew up at Mrs. Fleming's. A hush 11 fell upon us, and we quite suddenly became aware of the profound silence. that brooded over the city. My watch bad been rendered useless by my own vigorous encounter, but Strubcr informed us that it was past three. "flow dreadful!" murmured Lois in a shocked tone, nervously trying to remove the last traces of her ail - venturous night, As he machine moved atvy, Stem.' bei added;' "Strang and 111 be with yuh some time during the flay—soon es we get rap," When we were alone on the walk together, with a recollection of . the numerous rebuffs I hadmet during our'' ride still 'tingling in my mind, I hesitated, unwiIlinng to leave Lois so toabruptly. It was past three o'clock, too, But init decisive way she put ing forthe mother, and then be pre - the embryo stage, by properly car- ter quarters will be to run a number pared, to care for end feed the young of them loose in a large box stall or calf from the time itis dropped, the sheltered shed. It need not be too never again would I encounter pre- proper rations required to produce strong, cicely that glorified expression in her lusty,animal. It is well known countenance, and it would have been '.at a neglected heifer calf never makes the most profitable dairy cow. sacrilege to break the spell. Presently she walked up to me and The value of the calf at birth depends laced her hands upon my shoulders gr butc feed warm, as nature.' will supply them with a coat of hair sufficient to keep them warm. Silage, roots and good clover hay, with n little salt and plenty of water, will bring them largely on its breeding, th through the winter in prime condition. p P y and important receivesctowhile young is an The heifers should be bred to drop Her eyes were nearly upon a level factor in deciding is fut- their first calf at about thirty months with mine, and I am a tall man. g "Brice," she said in a voice of won- ure usefulness. of age, and then milked as near the full year as possible, it being irked derful softness, "it would be idiotic Whether or not the calf is allowed ed that a heifer that is only milked to pretend that I don't know—noxi', to run with the cow the first two 'or when I am at once the happiest and three days is a matter of cust.,m, but seven or eight months the first tact athe wretehedest girl alive." With an it should receive whole milk for the gtion period will have a tendency to: first two weeks at least and then rad- go _dry in succeeding years after! impetuous movement, she laid her two g milking about that length of time. palms upon my cheeks and held my ually be made accustomed to shim- It is a good plan to frequently face steady. milk. The change miry bomade at the handle the heifer before she freshens "You have told me to -night that rate of one pound per day, and in- the first time. Less' trouble will you love me," she continued in the creased until the calf is getting about then be experienced ingettingher ac - same rich, thrilling voice. "1 want fifteen pounds of skim -milk' per . day. customebeing milked. tos the t to hear you say it again—here—in the Many feeders fail to have their calves dairy animal is more or less of a nerv- light—while I am looking into your do well when fed on skim -milk, and ous disposition; kindness at all times eyes." !immediately decide that skim -milk is is essential if the highest returns are I gazed into depth beyond measure of little value as a feed for calves. to be secured. The cow will also give less depth of those twin . wells of Other feeders will point with pride to a larger flow of milk throughout the purity that met mine so unwavering- a thrifty, sleek-laokhig calf, and be year if fed and milked.atregular in- ly. Words retreat from and evade particular to .mention that it was tervals.—Farmer's Advocate. me when I try to describe to myself raised on skim -milk. Why the differ - what I saw there. By and by the long, encu? The one has neglected to pay dark lashes fluttered, then lowered, attention to' keeping the pen clean Owing to the scarcity of efficient. and hid them. and dry; the milk warmed to blood farm helpand also to lessen the cost. I swept her up into my arms. ;temperature; the pails clean, or the of winter milk prodution, we have (To be continued) same amount of milk fed at regular found it necessary to have the stable Good Stable Arrangement. z !intervals. These things are import -1 n NEW PERILS OF WAR. 1 ant, and attending to them or not at- tending to them is the difference be. Wounds and Resultant Tetanus Cause tiveen success and failure. stable equipped as conveniently'as possible. In our stable the cows stand in two rows, running lengthwise of the, both rows let fed from th ' g e Most Casualties. I Skim milk contains all the nutri- same alley, which I think reduces the The ratio betwen deaths by dis- ment found in whole milk for the work of feeding a great deal. We ease and deaths by wounds is revers- building of bone and muscle. It have a silo at each end of the feed al - ed in the present war as compared merely lacks the fat content, which ley, the silage being thrown directly 1with the Boer War. In South .Africa goes to supply heat and energy in the .from the silo into a feed truck and disease was responsible for a large body. This can be supplied by the .from this is pitched into the man- percentage of the casualties whereas cereal grains or linseed meal at -a ger-.• lin the trenches in France disease has lower cost than by feeding the fat of The different grains are mixed in been reduced to a negligible minimum. milk. Neither whole nor skim -milk the granary overhead, coming down The wounds in the South African is sufficient in itself for the growing a chute into another feed truck, war were usually neat bullet holes, ! calf. The calf should be taught to which can be wheeled to wherever re - which looked as if made with brad- i eat concentrates, as ground or whole quired, thus .doing this part of the awls, while in the present struggle oats, linseed meal or bran, also al- feeding with as few unnecessary { not only have shells and bombs falfa or clover hay. By putting a steps as possible. The cattle are wa- ,brought new and terrible kinds of little meal in the bottom of the pail tered from individual basins,- which wounds, but a highly cultivated soil after the milk is finished and keeping are supplied from a tank in the barn, full of micro-organisms, such as te- fresh meal and hay before the calf, the water being pumped to this with a tanus, have added new dangers to the it will soon learn to eat. After it has small gasoline engine. most trivial kinds of fleshwound s, become accustomed to eating, only The stable being reasonably wide The difference between sources of as much as it will clean up, should be gives ample room behind each row of casualties in the two wars was the fed. A calf silt weeks old will usual- cows to drivet hrough with the ma- subject of a lecture before the Royal ly eat from one-half to one pound of nure spreader, -and in this' way the College of Surgeons by Sir Anthony concentrates per day. An important manure is hauled directly to the field and spread with very little extra labor. • By using these few conveniences, an abundance of light, good ventila- tion, and punctuality, winter dairy- ing becomes more of a pleasure than a drudge.—Gordon Harrison in Farm and Dairy. Bowlby, who attended the King dur- point is to 'keep the feed box, pen and ing his recent accident in France. He pails perfectly clean. With proper laid the destructiveness of modern attention along with suitable grains warfare to close -range fighting and and roughage, •a thrifty calf should the use of high explosives. Shells gain from one -and -one-half to two have such varied effects that there pounds per day. The aim should not are no typical shell wounds. Even be to fatten the calf, but to keep it rifle bullets tear the tissues badly, in a vigorous, growing condition, owing to their terrific velocity at short range. In Africa the bullets traveled a half mile or more and lost their force. Bombs and band gre- nades throw up large quantities of trench dirt, which enters the wounds and infects them. Men when wound- ed, usually fall into mud and water in Flanders, or into the dust, if it is summer. Sir Anthony said the building of communicating trenches had, however, considerably lessened the danger of infection. In the early clays of the war, before this means of passing un- der cover to the rear was tried, wounded men had to be kept in the advanced trenches until night afford- ed some protection to the stretcher beaere, for any attempt to collect the wounded in daytime drew the enemy's (Inc. One man he treated lay for` 10 clays before he could be rescued and consequently lost both feet as the result of gangrene, Now the men are !carried out of the trench- es by means of chair stretchers, which get around the corners. But men falling in front of trenches have to be rescu d at night es formerly. Not only the time elapsing before. aid is received bub the physical con- dition of the men due to lack of food, drink or sleep must also be taken in- to mount in estimatingtheir chances of surviving. The loan who eon conteillute end will not is a traitor. 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He lived close to Granth Duke Nicholas while the lat- ter was commander in chief and talk- ed to the czar after he assumed first command. Russia started in to do what was eut out for her to do," said Mr. Wash- burn, "but she didn't know what she was going to get. Her 'industrial systems was not prepared for the long hammering, "In five or' six months she was out of everything she needed. She is now pulling up;: in the . epring she will have the best equipped army she has ever had. Character Praised. "I've been with the Russians in any number of retreats and evacuations. Those are the circumstances under which you test the real character of men, not under victorious circum- stances. I watched the troops_ They. lacked ammunition; supplies failed; losses were .tremendous. -But never was there any demand for peace without victory, never any thought of it. There are two- fundamentals in the character of the Russians, loyalty to their religion and loyalty to their race, the Slay. They fight for Russia and then they fight' for the Czar." Grand Duke's Leaving. Mr Washburn was asked what brought about the reorganization of the Russian army. "You mean the Grand Duke's Ieavt in ?" he asked. "That was a eul- mination of a lot of things. One, that the Czar it sentimental. He wanted to go to the front himself. He wanted to clo that at first, but it didn't seem advisable. After the army was beaten back and back he felt that his place was at the army's head: "Then tante a definite reason. Af- ter Warsaw fell there came an in- sidious propaganda for a separate peace for Russia; perhaps it war fostered by Germans. Anyway the rumor spread. It was getting dan- gerous because it might get back to the army, where, of course, it would be demoralizing to the troops. So the Czar went to the front and took his little boy to show the peoiile that be staked his dynasty on Russian success "The Czar is an intelligent man," he said. "You hear many strange things about him over here, deroga- tory things. But he is an intelligent man and a sincere man. Ile is more intelligent than the Grand Duke, but he hasn't the 'punch' that the Grand Duke has." Born Diplomat. "Harry, I am beginning to believe the baby looks like you." "Are you, dear "Yes, I notice it?" more and more every day. I'm so glad!" "Do you really want him to look like me?" "Of course I do. I've been sorry ever since we had him christened that we didn't give him your name." "Sweetheart, you don't know how happyyou make me by saying that" "And, Harry dear, I found the love- liest hat to -day. I don't believe I ever saw anything that wan so be- coming to. me. It's $25. Do you think I ought to pay that much for a hat?" 1"he grip of war as no interest for the fellow who is in the grip of In grippe. Ono of the richest actreeses in Eng- land is Miss Lillah M'Ca'thy, the wife of Mi. Granville Barker. Under her father's will she came into a fortune some time ago of £60,000. Sir Oliver Lodge, who has declared the present war to be "the holiest war we haveeverengaged in," is famous for his . plain speaking; and many youthful scientists can testify to this characteristic of the great man,' Sir Oliver clotests elaboration, or "side." Once ha was passing through a .phys- ics laboratory when he came on n youth performing an experiment, in Which he had to make the water" in' a basin rise up through 0 tube."How are you going to manage that?" asked Sir Oliver. The young main, seeing- a' chance of displaying his knowledge, embarked on a lolls; •wind- ed discourse in which he employed every complicated technical phreee Ito could call to mind. Wht•,t he had done, Sir Oliver gazed at film grimly. "Wm!" said the great roan drily. "Weil, if I were you, 1 sbenld jusi Mick. it!"