Zurich Herald, 1915-08-27, Page 8re
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Or ` "`The A! dventures of Ledgard.,,
my- the Aers,hor of "What He Cost Her,"
CHAPTER VII',—(Cont'd),
Once mohe re e pg ink raised
pot was his
Yet how hard to be dignified with t
man from whom comes one's dail
bread,
"You are mistaken, sir," he said. "
am quite happy and quite satisfied."
Scarlett Trent laughed scornfully.
"Then you don't look it," he'ex
claimed.
"I may not, sir," the young rn
continued, with a desperate courage
"but I am. After all happiness i
spelt with different letters for all o
ork
ed `hard, carried have denied
burdens an
run great risks to become a million
aire. I too worked and have trugg ed myself,
a a
home for the girl I cared for. You
have succeeded and you are happy. I
can hold ith s ---I beg your pardon.
my wife's hand in mine and I am hap,
py. 1 have no ambition to be a mil-
lionaire. I was very ambitious to
win my wife."
Scarlett Trent looked at him for a
moment open-mouthed and open-
eyed. Then he laughed outright and
a chill load fell from the heart of the
man who for a moment had forgotten
himself. The•: laugh was scornful per-;
haps, but it was not angry.
"Well, you've shut me up," he de-'
dared. "You seem a poor sort of a
creature to me but if you're content
it's rib busiues:: of in' ae. Here, buy:.
Yourself anovercoat,rcoat, and drink a glass!
Re
a bank-nse from his seat note over the table. aThend tcle k!
opened it and handed it back with a'
little start.
"I am much obliged to you, sir," he
said humbly, "but you have made a
mistake. This note is for fifty:
pounds," t
Trent glanced at it and held out his
hand. Then he paused. d
"Never mind," he said, with a short 1
laugh, "I ,.eant to give you a fiver, i t
but it don't make much odds. Only I ei
see. that you buy some new clothes." p
The clerk half closed his eyes T
and steadied himself by grasping the b
back of a chair. There was a lump in s
his throat in earnest new.
u
tl
"You --you mean it,sir ?" he gasp-
ded, "I-
; you!" afraid I can't thank
ho
take it back" Trent unless said .strollinou want g •t
the side board, "Lord,.how those Cit
,I chaps can guzzle! Not a drop of
Lchampagne left. Two unopened bot-
tles, though! Here, stick 'ern in you
_ • bag and take 'ern to the missis, youn
man, I paid for the lot, so there's n
an' use leaving any. Now clear out a
quick as you can. I'm ori!"
"Yon will allow me, six----"
f; Scarlet Trent closed the door wit
_? a slam and disappeared. The youn
man passed him a few moments late
_`as he stood on the steps of the hotel
e ! lighting a cigar. He paused again,
intent on stammering out some words
1 of thanks. Trent turned his' back
upon him coldly.
even if we were permitted to enter
he could not possibly 'belong. Re
turned such glances as fell upon h
with fierce insolence; he was ind
somewhat of a strange figure in
ill -flitting and ina apropriate 'clot
amongst a gathering of smart p
ple. A lady looking at him aro
raised lorgnettes turned and whisp
ed something with a smile' to her c
panion—once before he had heard
audible titter from a little group
loiterers. He returned the glance
a lightning -like look of diaboli
fierceness, and, turning round, st
upon the curbstone and called a h
50m.
o A sense of depression swept o
° him as he was driven• through
City crowded streets towards Water
The half -scornful, half -earnest; p
phecy, to which he had listened ye
• ago in a squalid African hut, fias
g into his mind. For the first tinier
o began to have dim apprehensions
s to his future. All his life' he had b
a toiler, and joy had been with
in the Ii waged thate day. combat He had fought
g' battle and he had won—where w
r the fruits of his victory? A pt
miserable little creature Iike Die
son could prate of happiness amid t
a shining face to the future—Diel
son, who lived upon a pittance, 1
depended upon the whim of his
ployer, and who confessed to a
tions which were surely pitia
Trent lit a fresh. cigar and snti
things would surely come right
him—they must. What Dicke
could gain was surely his by righ
thousand times over.
He took the train for Wal
travelling first-class, and was tr
ed with much deference by the._.
ffcials on the line. As he alighted and
passed through the booking -hall into
the station -yard a voice hailed him.
He looked up sharply, A carriage
and pair of horses was waiting, and
inside a young woman with a very
smart hat and a profusion of yellow
hair.
"Come on, General," she cried.
"I've done a skip and driven .clown to
meet you. Such jokes when they miss
me. The old lady will be as sick as
hey make 'ern. Can't we have a
drive round for an hour, eh?"
Her voice was high-pitched and
enetrating, Listening to it Trent
unconsciously compared it with the
oleos of the women of that other
world into which he had wandered
arlier hi the afternoon. He turned a
rowning face towards her.
CHAPTER VIII.
Trent, on leaving the hotel, turned
for almost the first time in his life
• westwards. For years the narrow al-
leys, the thronged streets, the great
buildings of the city had known him
day by day, almost hour by hour. Its
roar and clamor, the strife of tongues
and keen measuring of wits had been
the salt of his life. Steadily, sturdily,
almost insolently, he had thrust his
way through to the front ranks. In
many respects those were singular
and unusual elements which had gone
to file . lak , ; of his success. His had
not been the victory of honied false-
hoods, of suave deceit, of gentle but
legalizad robbery. He had been a
hard worker, a daring speculator with
nerves oo iron, and courage which
would have glorified a nobler cause.
Nor had his been the methods of good t
fellowship, the sharing of "good
urns," the camaraderie of finance.
The men with whom he had had large p
ealings he had treated as enemies
-ether than friends, ever watching v
hem covertly with close but unslack-
zing vigilance. And now, for the e
resent at any rate, it was all over.
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,shed, hermetically
ched to your table
vagrant odors ;.x the
le from Solana, Toronto.
e, f beating like a steam engine, but at
least able to talk intelligently.
(To be continued.)
Too hearty;
They say that a cannibal king re-
cently sent post haste for his doctor.
1 "Good gracious, man," the doctor
Is ' said, "you're in a dreadful state;
1 what have you been eating V'
o ' "Nothing," groaned the sick man,
s; e'"except a slice of that multi-million
aire whose yacht was wrecked on
i Cocoanut Reef,
"Merciful powers!" the doctor
d I cried, • "and I told you under no eir-
e, I cumstances to eat anything rich.,
e ! George, get the saws and axes . We
and more r, must operate at once."
ere had come a pause in his life. His
ack was to the City and its face was
et towards an unknown World. Half
neonsciously he had undertaken a lit-
e voyage of exploration.
From the Strand he crossed Trafal-
ar Square into Pall Mall, and up the
ymarket into Piccadilly. He was
v-;t•y soon aware that he had wandered
to a world whose ways were not his
ays, and with whom he had no kin -
lip. Yet he set himself sedulously
observe them, conscious• that what
e saw represented a very large side
:life. From the first he was aware
a certain difference in himself and
III
ways. The careless glance of a
unger on the pavement at PaII
all filled him -with a sudden anger.
e man was wearing gloves, an:
title of dress which Trent ignored,
d smoking a cigarette, which he
thed. Trent was cares -sly dress -
in a his
tic wore ae silk hat d suit nand d efrock d ' coat,
tent leather boots, and a dark tie
invisible pattern. Yet Trent
ew that he was a type of that class
ich would look upon him as an out-
er, and a black sheep, until he had
ght his standing. They would
ect hint to conform to their type,
e(ink
harn to th it speaktheir
tbrains jargon, dto to ti see
th their short-sighted eyes. At theit
_. ke and, older fora in the awi�e which
he had swallowed ata gulp , he told
himself that he would do nothing of
! the sort. He would not alter a jot.
1'hav must take ,-`---
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"You alight have spared your
the trouble," he said shortly.
didn't order a carriage to meet
and I don't want one. I am going
walk home."
She tossed her head.
"What a beastly temper you're i
she remarked. "I'm not particu
about driving.- Do you want to w
alone ?"
"Exactly!" he answered. "I do!'
She leaned back in the carriage w
heightened color, •
"Well; there's one thing about m
she said acidly. "I never go where
ain't wanted." • •
Trent shrugged his shoulders a
turned to the coachman.
"Drive home, Gregg," he said. "I'
walking.
The man touched his hat, the c
riage drove off and Trent, with a gr `
smile upon his lips, walked along th
dusty road. Soon he paused befo
a little white gate. marked privet
and, unlocking it with a key which h
took from his pocket, passed throw
likea ttle fielplantation
la He to k intof parkhisarhatan
fanned himself thoughtfully as h
walked. The one taste which hi
long and absorbing struggle with th
giants of Caper Court had never weak
ened was his love for the country, H
lifted
cameo d to weepingaacroste shfrobmethe
Surrey Downs, keenly relishing the
fragrance of the new -mown hay and
the faint odor of pines from the dis-
+""` dark -crested hill. As he came
the field towards the house he
ed with pleasure at the great bed
s`of gorgeous -colored rhododendrons
gone
which bordered his lawn, the dark ce-
dars which drooped over the smooth
shaven grass, and the faint flush of
color from the rose -gardens beyond.
The, house itself was small, but pic-
turesque. It was a grey stone build-
ing of two stories only, and fronn
jwhere he seemed was completely, em
1 bowered in flowers and creepers. In i
a way, he thought he would be sorry
1 to leave it. It had been a pleasant
summer -house for him , although, of 1
course, it was no fit dwelling -house
for a millionaire. He must lock out
! ^omething at once now—a country
house and estate. All these things'
1 would come as a matter of course.
He opened another gate and passed ,
into an inner plantation of pines and
.
shrubs which bordered the grounds. A
winding path led through it, and
coming round a bend, he stopped short
with a little exclamation. A girl was 1
standing with her back to 'hie t rapidly
sketching upon a little block which �.
she had in her left hand.
"Hullo!" he remarked, "another
guest! and who brought you down,1
young lady, eh?' ,
She turned slowly round and look-lt
ed at. him. in cold sprurise. Trent '
knew at once that he had made a mis- I will
take, She was plainly dressed in 1 e
white linen and a cool muslin blouse; ! ,
but there was something about her,. -10
unmistakably even to Trent, which 13
Placed
her very far apart indeed from
oinan likely to have become his
en guest. He knew 'at once that
s one of that class with whom
never had any associet•oli.
self
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as he was or uP
e hirn. He suffered his thoughts
well for a moment upon hi look
th, on the years which had he winning a it, on a certain
eless day, the merrioey of which
now sent sometimes the bl d
running colder through his veins, on
the weaker men who had gone under
aye your Jain to d
weal
berries, norhow thoroughly the nam
jaxn is cooked, nor how clean
th even
rs are, preserves are
absolutely sure to spoil if the
sugar used contains organi0
rnatter,--Impurities--and ma*
a
was
value
Herne Jam makers Should of th
ain. The delights of the world
e nnght prosper. Now that it
his, he wanted the best possible
for it; it was the natural desire
e nzan to be uppermost in the
others and insist On being behin
profit by the experience of barg
supplied with
ful competitors the grosser pleas- for
d, it seemed to him that he had
already drained, The crushing of his
, the homage of his less success -
of wine, tlie music -halls, and the
ited spending of money amongst
e whom he despised lead long
palled upon him. He had's) keen,'
g desire to escape mace and for i
from his surroundings. Re
ed along, smoking a large eiga'r,
yed and observant, laying up
or hunself a store of impressions 1
eious y irritated at every step
ense of ostracism, of being in
ndefirxable manner without kin-
nd wholly apart from this world
eh it seemed natural now that
uld find some plitee. Re gazed!
great houses without respect
y, at the men with a fierce con-'
at the wornoneevith a sore feel -
at if by chance he should bo
t into contact with any of them
ould regard him as a sort of
purely as a matter of eelf-intereet any w
The vary brightness and brilliancy of , ambidd
their toilettes, the rustling of their she wa
dresses, the trim elegance and dainti- he had,
without being able to understand, only aaeek,ess
zerved to deepen his; consciouenees of 0,11t nis
the gulf which lay betlareeteahim and tae„.fe!
thom, They were of a world to which, "i
hal he felt ,himseLf now as helpless as
a child. A sudden pallor had whiten-
ed his face to the lips, there were
strange singings in his ears, and a
mist before his eyes. It was h
There was no possibility of any mis-^
take. It was the girl for whose pic-
ture he had ganibled in the hut at
Bekwando—Monty's ' baby -girl, of
whom he had babbled even in death.
He leaned against a tree, stricken
dumb, and she was frightened.
"You are ill," she cried. "I'm so
sorry. Let me run to the house • and
estorneiel;h enough to stop her.
A few deep breaths and he was hira-
self again, shaken and with a heart
Bobby's Ideas.
A few Sundays ago Bobby's znother
was hurrying him to get ready f
1 Sunday School. Bobby (aged seven),
ployed for pipings, bows or other
I was grumbling all the time about
not being very fond of Sunday School, 1
forms of decoration.
i schools in general and Sunday schools I . A beautiful gown, showing these
in particular. Finally, to give vent to deftly contrived flowees, is of bronze
1 dykes. To give irregularity to the
there was only one Sunday School in
his feelings, he exclaimed—"I wigh i
upon tier of fluffy ruffles, cut in Van -
colored chiffon, the ekirt having tier
,the world, and that—er—that on.
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What to Wear and Row to Wear It.
The long, puffy handbags are
known as "Juliets.
All of Shakespeare's ladies appear
with little money purses of satin dr
velvet, and, so far as we• have ob-
served, they never carry anything
more than a "hanky" in them. Not
so the real wOmaa. I give a beautiful
live Juliet the other day carrying a
Juliet of satin brocade, and she took
from its luscious and expensiVe
depths more articles than were esier
dug frorn the pocket of a busy Small
boy whose business was that of coi-
Many women make the mistake of
carrying theee ,elaborate bags when
they are attired in everyday costume.
Such grand affairs are really for tea -
dances and other dress -up affairs. One
looks overdecorated lugging about a
gold-lane-trizraned silken Juliet when
one wears a serge goven and a plain
sailor. Good. dressing requires a lit-
tle heavy thinking, and that is why it
is desirable that the feminine packs
shall pay heed. Anything that ex-
ercises the human mind is for the wel-
fare and advancement of the human
race. , With that out of bur editorial
system we pass on to other subjects.
Puffy roses made of satin or velvet
are used'and snake wonderfully effec-
tive trinunings on dancing frocks.
was in Germany."
There are 175 different pieces in
an average watch.
fi
Where Profit in Poultry Lies. I
In order to make as greet profit as 1
possible we should use economy in the!
production as well as good judgment 1
in the marked f ggs an peal- I
try, writes Mrs. A. J. 'Wilder.
The farmer has a great advantage
here over the poultryman who has all
ee to buy and we must not for -1
get to make the best use possible of
this advantage.
At sowing and planting time is when
we should make our piens for a var-
iety of feed for the poultry through' t
the year and especially for the win- c
ter.
you will want enough wheat, oats, a
rye and barley sown to supply these I s
grains in the buadle for the hens to b
work on. Sow some millet also to t
add variety and to furnish seed for a
next year's little chicks. Mangle or o
stock beets make a very ood • '
I food for the hens in the winter, so you ; .
and the amount received .for „the mar-
keted products.
Besides comfortable quarters, the
chick, to thrive, must . have exercise
, grit, a variety of grain
es ey are caught up here and
there with huge roses of dull blue
satin and velVet The color effect is
warm and living, and the entire cos-
tume takes on a flowerlike fullness
that is beautiful.
The corsage is a mere wisp of
chiffon—nothing more than a high
girdle, in fact—with nerrow shoulder
bands, from which fluttet bits ef flow-
ing chiffon caught with more blue
roses. There is a narrow band at the
waist of dull blue brocade, laced front
and back corslet-fashion, a little
vogue mile that prevails just now and
which is youthful and pretty and gives
the little curve at the Waist which is
much sought -e -after years of straight
front and huge Waist lines. Glory be!
Wee there ever anything ao
as the new silk sweater jacket?
ows tip everywhere, in every coi-
n every kind of a woman and of
, lent
green or succulent food, and casein or
ea foods.
Exercise is as essential as food
ac of it indicates wrong m
ods of rearing. The nataral way
a chick to take its food is to
for it, taking a little at a Elbe
small chickens are put into a box
a bare floor and 'Ted from a tro
hey will become weak. IVIany wil
orne clogged behind with the ex
ments accumulating on the do
nd it is generally concluded
omething hes been fed to ea
owel trouble. As a matter of
hey aro weak from lack of exerc
nd the appearance of diarrhma
nly the inability of the chick p
y o expel its excrement,
If chicks cannot be out of doors,
eir feeding -floor should be cove
eth-
for
ro-
I coats
i knows
rbeed almost
as c a from
e straw stack or 'leaves from an al-
lfa loft. Place the feed in this lit -
r. If small quantities are thus
ven, and given often th
every kind of a silk that loorns ever
contrived to weave.
Glove silk sweaters are as thin as_
chiffon, almost, and in thes th "
es predominate. There is eer-
y- a madness for awning and rain -
stripes. Worn wits white skirts
are very sinart.
pe de chine is the lat6st and new -
brie for these absurd little coats,
t comes in all colors. Taffeta
retonne have been tried, but buy-
on't have them. They possess
e, clinging qualities of either
r coarse ribbed silks, The car-
s are a bit gone by, having ap-
p e early in the season. Voile
are seen, too, and eVeryons
how cobwebby they are. It is
an absurdity to call such gar
coats. Certainly- they give
neither warmth nor protection.
If your skirt is plain you must wear
a striped jacket. 12 your skirt is
striped, your jacket must be solid col-
or, That goes without saying. Tea
striPes spoil the tout ensemble.
hey make your eyes go ziggy.
, Will need to plant plenty of them. th
ith sand, and over this should
the fowls, so raise a few extra for th
th
Plant mammoth Russian sunflow- efa
ers in the corners and waste places , te,
and if there are not enough corners 1g,,
aise a good many, plant a patch of I oi
them. Sunflower seeds are great nee
, egg -producers and also snake the ;
plumage of the fowls bright and 1,t,s1
beautiful. They are fine to feeda Gn
through the moulting season as they '
nourish the feathers and cause them
exercise is solved. Brooder chicks !many
ed more care in this way that do
case it is worth while to make Also, t
icks with hehs, but even in the lat-
ent scratch for their food when they TII
e raised indoors. •
The notion is prevalent that a chick Lear
ould begin. his diet on boiled eggs, more u
ead and milk 'or some other so
T is notion has probably liumi
sen froin the knowledge that most practice
Extra Granulated Sugar tmlirn
Which has alwaye, and sinee
for Many years, given stroll
ever
loung
It tests over 69.99 per cent
pure and ie refined excite.
sively from cane sugar.—
Buy fri refinery settled packages to by a S
avoid mistakes and assure absolute ,„„„., 4
cleanliness andcerrect weights -2 lb. aa"". e
100 lb. bags. grid your choice of t hreo whi
sizes of groin: fine, medium, or coarse. 1.
—Anygcod dealer can fillyourorder. 8"°
ST. thIVREStIE SSW IlEfliellttS, at the
motatreel. ", or env
tempt,
ing th
they w
to grow rapidly. Ilsah
•Variety 'in the food is more than fere
half the secret of egg -production and '
it is much eheaper to raise these tiff- y0
ferent foods than it is to buy them, 0
so o not orget the poultry at the faa
planting time.
1
you
Grit and charcoal can be found and thi
made on the faxen and the expense of
be saved. If there is a creek bed wh
near haul gravel from that and place qua
near the henhouses where the poultry ent.
can find it. Charcoal can be made by ter
eking the live coals from the stove it 0
and pouring water over them. They way
an be ground or broken up into the and.
etter do this work ottt of doors as
n to say—No! and it will be of
se to yen than to lie able to
ft read Latins—Spurgeon.
lity is a virtue all preach, ntme
, and yet everybocl-y is con.
d tent to hear. ---Selden.
e Earnestriess in life, even when car-
e ried to an extreine, is something very
noble and great.----laurnboldt.
- 'Whatever the occupation of a man
is, to it he should give his first and
d greatest attention.—Blackstone,
1 That state of iife is most happy
- where superfluities are not required,
s ,arid necessaries Are not wanting.—
world seems to us to be up -
n we may be sure that it is
e fact that eve are standing
al pro,gress le the sum of in-
ndustry, energy arid upright -
rational clecaer is of ipdivida-
ss, selfishness and vice. —
ung animals cannot digest har
s. ut when we coasider th
t that dee natural food of th
rig marnmalais milk, we see wh
s principle does not apply to chick
ittle chicks should first be fe
en 72 to N hours old, Peed sine/
ntities and as often as is conveni
/2 the feed is buried it deep lit
they must work longer in gettin
ut. The idea is to have them al
s hungry enough to hunt for food
alevays a little food for them to
If the 'chickens are at liberty
ing often is not so importaat--
e Imes a day would be sufficient;
e if they roam far in the fields,
ng much food, niorningetexad even -
not a matter of great importance
what grain a chicken is first fed.
important thieg is that they be
lied with a variety of grain as
as with casein or meat, grit and
steara and ashes will fly. from the wan
coals' when the wiiter is poared on alma
1 'frig
In these waye ean greatly re- It is
ace the cost d keeping. poultry and just
veil pay as to give tineo and The
hought to otnetwork as the profit in suPP
e poultry busmen, as le any other, well
es between the cost of productio gram
e firet lady whom he had ever 1 .14.,
ed, aad he could have bitten
tongae when he remenThered
in of his doing so. j th
g your pardon, miss," he said
•
Nation
al idlene
No mat
whose wo
there is
work wit
blessed ar
1 is borne into, the world'
rk is not born 'with him;
always work, and tools to
hal) for those who will; and
the hoeny hands of teal,.
•
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