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The Seaforth News, 1919-08-07, Page 2111-11E FIGURE IN T E FO REG ROUND 4. The Captain's Other Self Is Invisil le to AB Bttt One Man. To the Corporal It Brings a Crisis When Courage Demands Mutiny. By DOUGLAS DOLD, ILNoe far away, Chesney sat, very Events mgveclwith all the swift, mililery precision of war -law, having none of the halting mildness of ordi- nary courts. An hour before the mutineer would be called for court-martial, Lieutenant Henley came into the tent where Madison was waiting. Henley was a grave, kindly man who was givento looking under the sur- face of things. He had a queer feeling of disturbed interest in the mutineer. , As, the corporal rose respectfully from'edge the camp -cot on whose e os he had been sitting, Henley made hart silt down again and, in his quietmanner, took a seat beside him. It was morning. In the thin light, Corporal Madison sat hunched on the cot. From his usually military figure all effectiveness of poise was gone. IIis haggard, unshaved face was gray with sapping despair. "Look here, Madison," the lieuten- ant said gently. "You saved my skull yesterday from that bochels lifted gun -butt. Maybe you saved my life. Anyway, I'm here as your friend, But this attack of yours on your captain looks mighty rotten. You've declared ' to all who would listen that Captain Chesney had gone temporarily mad; you reiterated that he boasted he was going to give an order which, as you quote it, of course no sane' man would give; you assert you saved the com- pany from an insane officer. You vow you saw those three privates coming. "But what are the opposing state- ments? "Captain Chesney recovers con- sciousness and proves perfectly sane. He declares, on his honor as a gentle - m: e he never even heard of the sana- ter'•.r: y an sae he e a,, placed in. The sheet r r to :...-r that the way you were e a'v,r aim: you could not have seen them before yr -u struck down the cap - tea "Furthermore, it develops, from the story of one of them, Private Grey, a man from your home town, that on your home road, Captain Chesney once gave you a severe thrashing. Madison started fiercely up. His dull eyes cleared with fire; his strong g fingers clenched. "Grey said that, sir? The damned liar! He knows I thrashed Chesney! I done it thoroughly, too! Blast him!" Henley looked at him sorrowfully. "Then there was ill blood 'between. you! Even way back in your early twenty es." Madison dropped down the cot. He groaned. "Grey! They'll believe him, of comae. The favor -currying dog! He hates me, too. I laid him out once." "God knows everything is against you, Madison! Why, even your car- riage isn't that of a fearless, inno- cent man. Look how you slouch!" "Because, sir, I ain't fearless any more," the prisoner said wretchedly. "I don't see any use in lying to you, lieutenant—the one friend I got. I'm afraid. I'm damned afraid." "You were brave in the fight yester- day," Henley said uneasily. "Because I still had the men's re - street; exeeptthose three, which I'd no time to think of. I see now what courage I had was built on people thinking me the right sort. I was the right sort, And I done what I orter done. But if I could have known, full an' clear, what it would be like to sit huddled up here an' wait for the of- ficers to decide. as of course they will, that I'm a sneaking, mutineerin' hound whe tried to kill my captain to settle an old grude, if i had realized completely hew I'd feel waitin' to he set up for even the sutlers to spit at, an' then to be shot an' tumbled into a hole with 'Damn you!' for a salute over me—I'd have let the company go to hell, an' have carried the message! he told me to carry back where I'd been safe an' respected now." "Arc—are you glad you didn't real- ize it?" Henley asked doubtlfully. He felt his faith in Madison had been steadily diminishing. "Oh, yes, I'm glad," the prisoner said wearily. "Only I wish to God they'd settle me now. I don't want to be court-martialed. I know just how it'll be -so what's the use?" And Henley secretly assented, as he went pityingly away. Very shortly afterward he was present at the brief trial, as one of the court. When the prisoner was'' brought into the dingy, shell -scarred hut, and had doggedly asserted, under questioning, the same story he had previously told, the verdict was already readable in the set jaws of the court; in their unsuceessful effort to mask their stern contempt for this corporal who, in the very heart of a fearful battle, meld stop to settle a private spite by half murdering his captain. W. L. Mclannon.. Dean 1i. Totted u ViCtOrY ade fetters of Viotory Bonds will find definite pekoe quoted on the financial page of the Toronto morning papers. W. L. McRINNON & CO. Sealers in Government axed Municipal Bonds McKinnon Bldg., I9 Merinda at., Toronto Pete . but gracefully composed. His head was neatly bandaged, for in falling it had struck on the edge of a sharp stone. He tirade a superior, handsome figure. Sanity spoke in every line of his coal, suave couraten- ance; in the cold, impartial look he now and then swept over the gather- ing. Henley's last touch of faith in Madison vanished; the man carried guilt, in his slouch,, in his down - dropped, shamed eyes, his furtive glances. When it cameChesney's tutn G eine ' t y o testify against the mutinee.:, he rose and calmly reasserted his own 'DIM story of Corporal Madison's private grudge, of Chesney's own sanity, of the non-existence of the hypotheical sanatorium. Thereafter came Private Grey, who testified to the former thrashing Madison had had from Chesney— "and he powerful well deserved what he,got"—Grey viciously added, shoot- ing a side glance at Madison, for which he was rebuked. The three privates unitedly gave their danauatoey tale. And when they were dismissed, a physician in the service testified' that Chesney was perfectly sane, and must always have been MT .inee.c' Mhilison listened dully, in no a'pxieet De seemed to himself to be t ate alone on a "very, very little and muddy island, around which ran drea.lful' floods of hate and Mid scorn. Grey en4..,4errigyi an{I gilelp,y they. were all alive because he haaacself had' willed they should be. Theiclay �iluyl' been saved because he had willed that, too, 13ut- these • now seemed queer,' muffled, unrelated facts, fax, very, very far away from the matter in hand. Because the matter in band waS merely a matter of 'lonelinees,•.of standing all by oneself and hearing, the acid floods hiss closer every min- ute. To be In by oneself—lithad such a dulling, funky feeling. And he wee ashamed, terribly ;aghan:aeslt Ise ab- sorbed a horror of himself f o;n•the general abhorrence felt fpr him. His innocence was a weak, dilly, wobbly fact that was no good—to be consider-, ed a houneellbeing a y•was ba g ones-oi' course—after a while—a party pf men wonld some on his nicuatly little island of isolation -they would stand him up —somewhere—near a hole—there would be a quick creek of rifles and the island would not be there any longer. He began to perceive: he wee getting snore and more afraid—some- thing in him seemed to say he had once been known as a daredeviiI--yes —that was it—"Daredevil Madison!" But if a man got to so alone— (To be continued.) Rest Rooms For Farm Women. What is the value of a rest room in the nearest town or village to the farm women in the neighboring com- munities? It would be difficult to estimate, but I have not the slightest doubt that women who already enjoy these privileges would not part with them for the world- `All state they have many times been repaid for the time and money spent in their estab- lishment. The country woman, especially thewoman who has young children, knows what it is to get them nicely dressed, all looking spice and span, ready for r a drive of anywhere from six to fifteen miles, to the near- est town to do her shopping. The day is hot, the roads are dusty, and when they arrive at their destination, the children are all mussed up, and the mother feels tired, blown about and untidy. How nice it is to know that they can go straight to their rest room, have a wash and tidy up gen- erally, rest a little while, and per- haps make a cup of tee, before they start out to do their shopping and to meet their friends. Even if one is lucky enough to own an auto, the rest room is none the less valuable, as even in an auto one gets pretty well blown about on a windy day, and after battling with the elements for even a comparatively short distance, one appreciates being able to get one's hat on straight once more and the stray ends of one's hair pinned up. It is also nice to have a place where one can meet one's friends and have a chat, instead of having to stand in the street, or in some store. Undoubtedly women will come to town much oftener if they know that when they have finished their shopping, they can go to a nice bright cheery room of their own, where they can sit and talk with others or read a magazine while waiting' for the men to get through with their busi- ness. This meanslon drearyinter- val n er- a g t val spent sitting in the car or buggy, if there is no rest room, which de- tracts very considerably from any pleasure which the outing has for the women. Many farm women say they had rather stay at home than stand around. Rest rooms have a variety of uses. In most places they are social centres, where the meetings and entertain- ments are had. It is very much easier to get a good attendance at a meeting when it is held in a bright comfortable room where the members are at least sure of warmth in winter. Dishes are kept on hand, and' as a rule there is a small stove where a kettle can be boiled, so that a light lunch can be. served with very little trouble, which is greatly appreciated. The establishment of a rest room is not a very difficult problem. It i$. necessary to secure a room centrally located in the town or city. Rent is paid for this, met by an annual tax. The next thing to do is to furnish the room. This need not be expen- sive. For the ideal zest room let us suggest a couch, sense chairs, includ- ing a rocker or two, some benches, a few .shelves for dishes and a small stove. The main idea should be to make the room attractive with the least possible expenditure. Wonders can be performed with empty boxes and some prettyinexpensive muslin. For instance, an empty apple or orange box can be transformed into; a washstand, while another would! make a dresser. A looking -glass, needless to say, isa most essential article, as are also jug and basin. Paper towels, cost very little, and are more sanitary than the ord- inary kind. Book -shelves should alio be put up, or two or three empty orange boxes `might be put together draped with muslin and made to serve the purpose of holding a library. A nice linoleum or congoleum on the floor will add greatly to the attractive- ness of the room, and -muslin` 'curtains on windows should not be omitted. There are women's organizations in every community willing to take care of the rest room, though some perma- nent organization must stand back of it to see that it is properly equipped, eared for, and of continual and de - e Fendable service to the community. tty. My Veranda. The old-fashioned house in which I once lived had a long front veranda facing the north. But it was little comfort eve derived from it, for con- tinually we had to watch to keep the babies from rolling off of it. When niy third baby came I deter- mined to alter that veranda, so that I would have a safe, cool place for the little folks to play and a comfortable place for all of us 'to sit when the day's work was done. I had the veranda screened in, a flower box built at the east end and a Japanese screen hung at tate west end. Clematis and honeysuckle climb- ed up the netting in front. With a hook high enough on the screen door to keep little fingers from unfasten- ing it, r could put the three little tots out there to play with their toys and know that no harm could come to them: Later I added a long strip of matting, porch pillows, a hammock and a veranda table. The summer that the veranda was screened in I noticed that our living room was nearly deserted. I took my sewing out on the front veranda, my husband read his paper while he rest- ed in the hammock; the hired girl found the screened veranda the coots est place to shell peas and beans in the morning and to crochet in the after- noon; in the evening guests always said: "Let's •sit on the veranda, it's so cool and pleasant here." When it came my turn to entertain the missionary society they voted to have the meeting on the big front veranda. When I needed three rooms for entertaining a large crowd one summer evening the screened veranda made the third and was the most pop- ular of the., three, Banked with flowers and green branches at both ends, it certainly did look inviting, My veranda became so popular that the next summer there was quite an epidemic of screened -in verandas in our neighborhood. Sandwiches, Delicious and Dainty, From .the. Garden, The most delicious of all the sum- mer sandwiches can be made right from the +garden. ' Nothing` makes a more acceiiteble lend for a summer day than a vegetable sandwich, with a crisp, cool filling and a bit of :mayon- naise and a glass of iced tea. Cut smaller in fancy ..shapes phis is an ideal menu for the porch tea also. Lettuce sandwiches have for a long time been favorites. To make them pick the lettuce the night before, wash thoroughly and put in a eheesecl'oth bag on the ice. When ready to use it will be eery crisp. Vegetable sand wishes are always better made just before using, as the dressing softens them. If this be out of the question, they may be opened and the mayon- naise or cooked dressing spread on them. Anotherg ood an ' made sandwich is EXPANDING CANADIAN TRADE a a. • Canadian Voya eur under Di'reotion of Cani'adiari"N iltibdisl 'Railways, clean LC ng for the West Indies from Mon rjeal,-July nth; with a cat'go Of -general merchandise. She is; snheduled to` ieturu with auger. L from ripe tomatoes simply sprinkled with a • i of ad The tomatoes are bit salt. cut very thin, and either ;brown or white bread is .used. A particularly dainty and delicious sandwich for a refreshment sandwich is made from cucumbers. Try to pick them all about the same size. Peel and crisp on the ice. Cut small circles of bread a little larger than the slices and put one slice between, covered with a bit of mayonnaise. If a more .substantial sandwich is desired, a supper sandwich for ex- ample, make a potato salad with chop- ped chives, cut large slices of brown bread, spread with butter, put a let- tuce leaf on each slice and fill with the salad. Another sandwich that is popular with the masculine side of the family is an onion sandwich. Cut the onions into very thin slices and let them stand for some time in cold salted water to extract some of their strength. Spread thin slices of brown bread with butter and a thin coating of mustard. 'Season withpaprika and salt. A vegetable club sandwich makes a splendid emergency luncheon. Toast two slices of bread for each person and broil one slice of bacon. Have ready lettuce,, tomatoes, and cucum- bers sliced. Put on half the slices a large deaf of lettuce, tomatoes, then the bacon and cover with cucumbers and snore lettuce. Add a spoonful of mayonnaise and the second slice of toast and serve at once. A very good sweet sandwich is made by mashing bei'nies; gooseberries and currants should be cooked a bit, sweet- ening them Find spreading between when of white bread W n cool. tics slices Unusual sandwiches for a garden party can be made by picking nastur- tium, clover or rose •blooms and pack- ing them about both :the bread and butter to be used in an air tight tin box the night before. Wrap the but- ter in a cloth. When the sandwiches are made they will have the flavor and odor of the flowers used. Serve on sandwich plates garnished with the flowers. Oldest Countries Least Advanced. The history of China dates hack to thousands of years before human toot - marks began to appear in Britain. From Asia civilization spread west- wards, travelling right across Europe, and thence to America. To -day Japan, instead of absorbing the apathy of her nearest neighbor, is touched by the westward flow, and is raising her head. The majority of domesticated ani- mals are Asiatic in origin, such as horses, dogs, mules, donkeys, sheep, goats, honey bees, chickens, ducks, etc., and this alone shows that domes- tic man had his first kingdom in Asia. Yet it is strange that the countries with the longest human histories are today the least advanced. • Ideal Marriage Age. Interesting points regarding matri- mony are raised by a clause in the will of a London magnate. Much of his property is left in trust for his child- ren, the income from their shares to be paid to their mother until each child attains the age of twenty-seven. The maker of the :will, expressed an "earnest wish and desire" that no child should marry until that age was reached. 9aine,rd'a Liniment Cures Diphtheria. IFPS WHICH `�IDCH i T N FMLT RF OIC POSTED AS "MISSING" AND "LOST" AT LLOYD'S. "Chamber of Horrors" In London, of 'Which the World at Large Knows Nothing, In the very heart of the city of Lon- don there is a "chamber of horrors" which none but the privileged may 'en- ter, andeef which the world at large knows nothing, says a London maga- zine, ; There is nothing at all gruesome in the aspect of this chamber, which Is, in fact, a small, cheerful room leading east of the great ball of Lloyd's, and on the walls of which is an array 'of flimsies, yellow and brown. It is in these innocent -looking pieces of paper that 'the latent tragedy lies, for they tell of ships missing and lost, and each telegram has quite a tragic importance to some of the 160 underwriters who haunt the room. Whenever a ship leaves port she is Insured by her owners at Lloyd's against loss .or damage to herself or her cargo; and this risk is : divided among a number of underwriters, Who insure her for certain sums ranging from £100 to thousands of pounds, in return for a premium. ,Huge Gambles. A slip is passed round from one um derwiitsr to another,and-on the in- formation supplied as to the destine. tion, cargo, and class of the ship, the names of her owners and captain, the insurance required and its rate, each underwriter puts down on the slip the sum for which he is prepared to make himself responsible in case of loss or damage. The limit is entirely at the discre- tion of the underwriter, and there have been cases in which a man has ven- tured £60,000,and even £100,000 on the safe voyage of a vessel, When, a man thus risks hundreds or thousands on a stake so full of uncer- tainty as the safety of a ship, which naturally encounters so many dangers, her voyage is a matter of daily anxie- ty to hint until she reaches her des- tination. When she Is overdue the anxiety of the underwrites' increases, and each day that passes without the ship's ar- rival at her destination being reported. adds to it. He begins to see the wis- dom of reducing his rias: by "hedging," and at this stage the "doctor," as he is called at Lloyd's, `conies on the scene. AGENTS ANTED To BELL FosteirOri Burners We want a live man In every district to demonstrate and sell a proved seal - oil burner. Fits any coal -burning range. Cheaper than gas or coal, and has no pressure tanks or holes to block up. No dirt, no smoke, no . odor. A real money- making Dropositton for a' hustler. ,bOsn ezow 1Ftt. 00., 118 Ba oeall vee. 0., Hamilton, oat. "Doctor" Deals In Risks, ala The "Dogtpr" • is fr man ,who deals, in overdue risks, and for an increased s ks 'preinipim 10 'h'illing to takethe origiva/ under'vriter's responsibility on his own shoulders. Where the original premium'wae, say, 26s. per cent, the "doctor" demands five guineas -or, as the risk increases through the continued non -arrival of' the -overdue ship, ten, twenty, fifty, or' more guineas for earn £100 insured, In some cases an underwriter has paid ,as much as seventy and ninety guineas per cent. to reinsure an over- due vessel, which has turned up safe- ly after all, to hie chargin and the "doctor's" great jubilation, It is thus easy to see with whattre. pidatlon a man who has staked` a large+sum on an overdue vessel must enterithe "chamber of horrors," dread. mg dIsy, by day to see the fatal an. nouncement that must mean a heavy loss, and may mean absolute ruin to him, • —4— Mineilea Valmont Oaxes eargot in Cows A grades. Write for prices. TORONTO SALT WORKS Q. d: GUFF TORONTO 1' vigialtronreassif SEE THIS! IT'S ON BEAN AND IS A .11Yf7P]�,�, �VIW Et WARM OF , x ITT Y�. # LARKMIM,00,,.„T,,M. .mettimaimmi For Tomorrow's Dessert The question of variety in summer desserts never troubles the woman who knows the possibilities of Benson's Corn Starch, the choicest' product of the corn. Benson's Corti Starch is equally fine for crisp, delicate ]pastries as it is for simple puddings; it is good for cakes and for pie hlhiigs to say nothing;of' Blanc Mange, Custards and Ice Cream. Writ, for Cool, Booh The Canada Starch Co. Limited " Montreal Try one of these recipes for 2e - - • tomorrow's dessert-- p, Pf,,,T.,DENgg a Cor$ .cn�r,nan PREPARED CORN in? couivk rpuRfOSSS.. "l„ q", SI a d auw4ew,aai T1.7720 nut., Ths mk^?�amiama,y Wnam,, oar, meaosr tr mens ta xm t ,. ,,nue. OXFORD AND `CAH BRIDGE AFTER WAR STUDENT WARRIORS RESUMING THEIR STUDIES. Master of Balliol College, .Oxford, Gives Interesting, Facts ijegerding War and engine: The great universities of England, whose student bodies and teaching staffs were greatly depleted by ser- vice in the army or In government of - flees clarbag the war, -are ngaiti filling with students and restiming normal life, , According to an estimate made by the )Master' of Balliol College, Oxford sent approximately 12,000 of ltsemen to; the war or, into the Governus-enl ser- ,vice. , Of these 2,394 were killed and 100 are missing. More than, 400 won honorN l the war, Including sixteen - Vict eta.Crosse . Thefigures of Cam. bridge University would be about the saaiie,' the writer estimates, 'Effect of War on Attendance, Outlining the services rendered by mon of the forty colleges of Oxford and Cambridge, the master writes that owing to the response for war service the •student*life "dwindled to a thread." He adds that "tile importance of the response' of these two older universi- ties was that it filled np the gap be- tween the destruction of the old Re gulag Army in the fighting of August and September of 1914 and the com- ing forward of the newly trained Terri- torials in the spring of 1016. This im- mediate response to the call of the country and the present courage and' devotion of these young men were a complete and decisive answer to any '.class' jea3,ousy or feeling that the workers were being made to bear the brunt. "We doubted how many of the men would want to come back," continues the master. "We are finding that prac- tically every man who possibly can is applying to be taken back, at any rate for shortened courses (Mating on on. average of one and two-thirds years), and already the colleges are overfill]," The general -tone and character of these men Is described by Balloil'a master as remarkably high. There is. quite as much life end cheerful activi- ty as before the war, and a great deal more seriousness of purpose. The: master notes not only a marked Im- provement in the strength of character shown by the returning students, but that they even gained intellectually what they had lost in book knowledge,. r more amadeupfor this and have 7 7o thanr loss by the power of coming to the point and by a sense of reality about. their work. This he concludes, shows that their previous university education was far• too boyish and abstract. In , type ,and "neglected too the, the, intelieetual effect of beginning things at the mac - tical anti coucreto end. These metre - ed men are nut only keener to worts but they work with. more swiftness -and directness than before they went out; for, as one of them said, 'You. had td do a lot of thinking in the trenches or else your number was soon Important Modifieatlods. Oxford has made many concessions to these men which the master re - garde as justified by the showing they now are snaking In their studies. Formerly nine terms residence was es- quires to obtain an Oxford degree; now the men who served in the artily are excused from half this require- ment. These concessions will enable the majority of them to take their degree and go into the profession only a year or two later than would have been the case but for the war. "In character and Id general Intel- lectual development they will be bet- ter men than they would have..been under normal conditions, and in Intel- lectual equipment of knowledge hardly if at all inferior," writes 'the Ilailiol master, \ "Au Revolt., Tommeel" Good -by Tommes Atkins, au revolr mon cher ami, Peut•etre you comms encore a la belle France; -he 'stn 'e finish now—no more 'e goose- step a Paris, No more se kaiser mak' ze grande advance, W'en Franco spits; "Angleterre, be queecic, le jour est arrives," Tcmmee, 1e lieau soidat, come wiz 'Is smile. 11 sit, "Elio, Froggy, wot's up?" mon Dieu 'e was-si gal, Il eft toujours, male vaincus all ze wale. he boche say 'e was sueprlsable--Tom- nies laughs an' say, It eves a long, long way to Tipperary; An wen 'e was so 'urted what ze Fran- cais say blesse -'E ask us fora "fag"—le pauvre Cheri. An now 'e go to Blighty an 'e say. "Hood-hy, Francais, It's been a lovely war," 'e mean la guerre Xl sauffeit beaucoup--still 'a smile et taus les Froggies say, "Remcrciez-vous, Tommie! Vivo I'Angl terve!" A Forgetful Urchin "What is It, sonny? a "I'm tryin' to 'member what m'r wanted me to git in this, jug." "What jug?" "Gee! I forgot the jug."