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Or, The Adventures of Captain Fraser
CHAPTER VIII.—(Cont'd)
"The next thing is to slip ashore at
Wapping, Jack," he said, after he had
finished his meal; "the wharf '11 be I
closed by the time we get there."
"The watchman's nearly sure to be'
asleep," said Fraser, "and you can
easily climb the gate. If he's not, Il
must try and get him out of the way
somehow."
The skipper's forebodings proved to
be correct, It was past twelve by
the time they reached Wapping, but
the watchman was wide awake and,
w let, much bustle, helped them to berth
their craft. He received the news of
the skipper's untimely end with well-
bred sorrow, and at once excited the
wrath of the sensitive Joe by saying
that he
was
notu
sr
rise
p d.
"X 'ad a warning," he said, solemnly,
in reply
to t
p y he indignant seaman.
"Larst night exactly as Big Ben struck
ten o'clock the gate -bell was pulled
three times."
"I've pulled it fifty times myself
before now," said Joe, scathingly, 'and
then had to climb over the gate and
wake you up.' '
"I went to the gate at once," con-
tinued George, addressing himself to
the cook; "sometimes when I'm shift-
ing a barge, or doing any little job o'
that sort, I do 'ave to keep a man wait-
ing, and, if he's drunk, two minutes
seems like ages to 'ire,"
"You ought to know wot it seems
like,." muttered Joe.
"When I got to the gate an' opened
"I knew it was a warning," continu-
ed the veracious George. "W'y 'e
should conte to me T don't know. One
thing is I think 'e always 'ad a bit of
a fancy for me."
"He 'ad," said Joe; "everybody wot
sees you loves you, George. They
can't help theirselves."
"And I 'ave 'ad them two ladies
down again asking for Mr. Rpbinson,
and also for poor Cap'n Flower," said
the watchman; "they asked me some
questions about 'inn and I told 'em the
lies wot you told me to tell 'em, Joe;,
p'r'aps that's w'y 1 'ad the warning."
Joe turned away with a growl and
went
below,
and > Tim
and the
after greedily waiting for some time
to give the watchman's imagination a
further chance, followed his example,
George, left to himself, took his old
seat on the post at the end of the jetty,
being, if the truth must be told, some-
what alarmed by his own fertile inven-
tions.
Three tunes did the mate, in re-
sponse to the frenzied commands of
the skipper, come stealthily up the
companion -way and look at him.
Time was passing and action of some
kind was imperative.
"George," he whispered, suddenly.
"Sir," said the watchman.
"I want to speak to you," said
Fraser, mysteriously; "come down
here."- '
George rose carefully from his seat,
d lowering himself gingerly on
ard, crept on tiptoe to the gallery
ter the mate.
`Wait in here till I come back,' said
latter, in a thrilling whisper; "I've
go .something to show you. Don't
move, whatever happens."
His tones were so fearful, and he
put so much emphasis on the last
an
it there was nobody there," contiiued bo
the watchman, impressively, "and of
while I was standing there I saw the `
bell -pull go up an' down wit 1
)lout ands, the
and the bell rung again three times.'
e cook shivered. "Wasn't you
frightened, George?" he asked, sym-
pathetically.
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adieu Volunteer Reserves towards manning the ta"hw ships of the
Imperial Royali.Navy, Imrnedlnto overseas eervtce. Only ten
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Pay $1.10 Minimum per day— [tree Kit
$20.00 per Month Separation Allowance
Apply to the nearest Naval Recruit.
Ing Station, or to the
Dept. of the Naval Service
OTTAWA .a 1
ID AL TO
When your head is dull and heavy, your tongue furred, and
done -tip and good for nothing, without knowing what is really the
matter with you, probably all that is needed to restore you to health and
FOR
1. vigour is a few doses of a reliable
digestive tonin and stomachic rem -
STOMACH AND LIVER* cIy such as Mother Seigel's syrup.
Take it after each meal for a few
clays and note how beneficial is its action upon the stolnach,liverand bowels—
how it restores torte and healthy activity to these important organs, and by
so doing enables you to gain new stores of vigour, vitality and health.
sentence, that the Watchet
hurriedly out of the galley.
"1 don't like these inyst.
raid, plainly.,
"There's no mystery," said
pushing hire back again; "s
I don't want the crew to s
all. You're the only man I ca
He closed the door and cough
figure, which had, been lurkii
companion -ladder, slipped - h
deck and clambered noiseless
the jetty. The mate clam
beside it, and hurrying with
gate helped it over, and wi
satisfaction heard it alight on
er side.
"Good -night;' Jack," said_
"Don't forget to look: after
"Good -night," said the mate.
as soon as you're fixed."
He walked back ' - leisurely
schooner and stood in some pe
eyeing the galley which contai
devoted George. He stood
long that his victim lost all p
and, sliding back the door, -pe
and discovered him. -
"Have you got it?" heraske
ly. .
"No," replied Fraser, "ther
anything, I was only making
of you, George. Good -night
walked aft, and stood at the cora
watching the outraged George
came slowly out of the galle
stared about him.
"Good -night, George," he rep
The watchman made no r
the greeting, but, breathing h
resumed his old seat on the pos his arms across his p
bosom, looked down with majestic
upon the schooner and all ats co
Long after the satisfied mate ha
gotten the incident in sleep, h
there striving to digest the ins
which he had been the victim, a
consider a painful and fitting
bution. -
en burst
ries," he
the mate,
omething
es, that's
n trust.,"
ed, and -a
zg on the
astily on
ly on °to
bered up
it to the
ith much
the oth
Flower,
Poppy."
"Write
to the
z'plexity,
ned the
for so'
atience,
pee out
d, soft
-
e isn't
a fool
!" He
pardon
as he
y and
eatod.
re to
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scorn
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etsat
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nd to
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The
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and
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young
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him as
CHAPTER IX.
The mate awoke next, morning to
full sense of the unpleasant task be -
re him, and, after irritably giving
ders for the removal of the tarpaulin
om the skylight a substitution of the
genious cook's for the drawn blinds
ore, sat down to a solitary break-
st and the composition of a telegram
Captain Barber. The first, a
autiful piece of prose, of which the
ey-note was resignation,: contained
shillings' worth of sympathy and
urpence-halfpennyworth,of religion.
was too expensive as it stood, and
led down, he was surprised to find
aV it became unfeelin � a verge
flippancy. '[fltim iy ie' esti
ied it in a letter, which he pre -
ed by a telegram, breaking the sad
nes
in as gentle a form as could be
naged for one -and -three,
he best part of the day: was spent
elating the sad end of Captain
d Flower to various inquirers. The
ased gentleman was a popular fav -
e, and clerks from the' office and
her skippers carne down in little
is to Learn the full particulars, and'
ompare the accident with others
their experience. ' It reminded one
per, who invariably took to drink
n his feelings were touched, of the
of a little nephew from whoop -
cough, and he was so moved over
eture he drew of the :meeting of
two, that it took four men to get
off the schooner without violence.
mate sat for some time after
striving to summon up sufficient
ge for his journey to Poplar,
wondering whether it'wouldn't
aps be better to communicate the,
by letter. He even went so far 1
get the writing materials ready,
hen, remembering his pxpreise to
tipper, put them away again and
red for his visit.. ' The crew
were on deck, eyed him stolidly as
- parted, and Joe made a; remark to
ook, which that worthy drowned
olid and troublesome cough. -
Wheeler family were at home
he arrived, and recieved him
ome surprise. Mrs. Wheeler,
was in her usual place on the I
shook hands with him in a
ei fashion, and calling his atter-
o a somewhat loudly attired !
man of unpleasant appearance,'
as making a late tea, introduced
her son Bob.
"Is Miss Tyrell in ?" inquired Fra-
ser, shaking his head as Mr. Wheeler
dusted a small Wheeler off a chair
--= j and offered it to him. -
{I "She's upstairs," said Emma Wheel_
er; "shall I go up and fetch her?"
i 1 "No, I'll go tip to her," said the:
you feel Pd better see
; ertalone, I've tibadrathernews
!for her.,,
1 "About the captain?" inquired Mts.
Wheeler, sharply,
"Yes," said Fraser, turning sonic -
what red. "'V'ery bad news." I
1 -le fixed his eyes on; the -ground,!
and, in a spasmodic fashion, made per-;
'feet by practice, recited the disaster.!
" Igor,, .feller," said Mrs. Wheeler,1
when he had finished' "Pore feller,1
and cut down suddenly like that.1
1 s'pose he 'actn't made any - prepare -a-'
tion for it?" -
"Not .a bit," said the mate, . start-
ing, "quite unprepared."..
1"You didn't jump over after hint?"
"uggesi:cd Bike Wheeler, softly,
"X did not," said the mate, fii•nily;
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whereupon .Miss Wheeler, who was
fond of penny romancism, sighed and
shook her head.
"There's that pore gal upstairs,"
said Mrs. Wheeler, sorrowfully, "all
innoceit and happy, probably expect-
ing hini to come to -night and take her
out. Emma 'd better go up and break
it to 'er."
"I wilI," said Fraser, shortly.
"Better to let a woman. do it," said
Mrs, Wheeler. "When aur little
Jemmy smashed his finger we sent
Emma down to break it to his father
and bring dim some. It was ever so
long before she let you know the
truth, wasn't it, father V'
"Made me think all sorts of things
with her mysteries," said the dutiful
Mr. Wheeler, in triumphant corrobora-
tion. "First of all she made me think
you was dead; then I thought you was
all dead—give me such a turn they'ad
to�,give me brandy to bring me round.
When I found out it was only Jemmy's
OISM
ea,.
finger, I was nearly off zny 'ed with
jpy . ,,
ll go and
ll her,"
Mr.'Bob Wheeler, delicately,lusi ng the
inside edge of the table -cloth as a
serviette. `I can do it better than
Emma can. What she wants is com-
forting; Emma would go and snivel all
over her."
Mrs. Wheeler, raising her head
from the sofa, regarded the speaker
with looks of tender admiration, and
the young man, after a lengthy glance
in the small pier -glass ornamented
with colored paper, which stood on the
mantelpiece, walked to the door.
"You needn't trouble," said Fraser,
slowly; "I'm going to tell her,"
Mrs. Wheeler's dull eyes snapped
sharply. "She's our lodger," she
said, aggressively.
"Yes, but I'm going to tell her," re-
joined the mate; "the skipper told me
to."
(To be continued).
• F ,° BREADS CAKES
PLAD REVGS—PASTRIES
VOUR neighbour,
f imus for -her'
. baking—maybe she
uses Five Roses.
Use Rubber To Save Leather
—It .Is Needed In ' The War!
Rubber Supply !s Ample
Leather Is Scarce and Very High
Leather is being worn out faster today than ever
before in the history of the world, while production
is considerably less than a few years ago. While the
consequent shortage is keenly felt by the civilian
who has to pay half as much again for his own and
his family's shoes, it is even more serious for the
Government, which must supply hundreds of thou-
sands of soldiers.
Rubber, too, is being used in enormous quanti-
ties on account of the war—one British manufacturer,
for instance, is working on a rubber hoot order for
the ar.. y which will take 14,000,000 pounds of rubber,
fabric and chemicals. But the supply, thanks to the
great rubber plantations in Britain's tropical Dom-
' inions, is easily keeping up with the dernands, and raw
rubber, despite a war tax of 7%%, is actual! cheaper
today than before the war. So, though the fabric and
chemicals used cost nearly double, rubber footwear
has not gone up very ;much tri price.
These conditions naturally are leading thoughtful,
thrifty, patriotic Canadians to save leather just as
much as possible by wearing rubbers, overshoes, high
rubber boots and heavy farm rubbers. In addition
to the very substantial saving in cost, rubber foot-
wear has decided advantages for wet or cold weather
around the farm or in the woods. The men like its
warm, dry comfort under all conditions, and the
women like the way it sheds the dirt instead of bring-
ing it in to melt and track around the house. For
the children, too, particularly if they are walking a long .
way to school, rubbers and overshoes znean a great
'deal in warmth, comfort and protection against colds.
«i Doing Without "- Rubbers or Overshoes
Is Simply Thoughtless extravagance
1
On Storing Seed Grain,
,It is important to store seed corn
properly as soon as harvest is over.
The principle in all successful meth-
ods of storage is a good circulation of
air to carry off moisture before freez-
ing weather.
Never hang seed corn in the granary,
above other grain. Unless the grain
is very dry it will continue to give off
moisture for some months after stor-
ing, and this moisture will prove detri-
mental to the vitality of the seed corn.
Seed corn stored ck i
rarely satisfactory, over
the anlive ima)'
breath tends to keep the eorn damp.
Cribs used for storing seed ears
should be raised several feet off the
ground
sere best resultsptheyen should possible.
To secure be
lined with wire screening to exclude
mince and rats, and should in no ease
exceed four feet in width at the bot-
tom and five feet at the top if flint
varieties are to be stored. As dent
corns pack less closely, the cribs for
storing dent varieties may safely be
made five feet at the bottom and
seven at the top. While this system
is not to be recommended, this hint,
to those who follow it may not be out
of place. In case the corn is not
thoroughly dried when. damaging
frosts come, do not expect to find the
most vital corn in the centre of the
crib.
From
what has hese said pre-
viously regarding the necessity of ade-
quate ventilation the reason for this
will be evident.
A convenient and satisfactory meth-
od is the rack method These racks
are strong, light and inexpensive and
make it easily possible to make a care -
u
1 study of the corn at any time,
The corn rests on inch slats so as -
o admit air freely from below. Best
results will be secured by placing but
ne row of corn at a time, as other-
isetoo many ears would be together,
nd moulding and possibly germina•
on would result.
Some growers husk and store sweet -
orn as soon as ripe. On a bright
g morning they husk it and leave
in the field in small piles until the
iddle of the afternoon, when they
ul it to the seedhouse and' store it
e same as dent cora:.. Artificial heat
rarely used in curing sweet corn,
the cob is very liable to mould Ise-
re it becomes dry. When fernienta-.
n sets. in the grain is quickly dis-
ored, and its germinating power is
iously impaired. Sweet corn, if left
.some time in the shock before
sking, is rarely good enough for
siting, and if left untouched to ma-
re on the stalk will rarely give sate
actory results.
Mr. T. S. Hunt, of Ames, Iowa, af-
ter 'making a thorough comparative
test of the most common methods of is
storing seed corn as practiced by far-
mers, in which he tested mature, me-
dium and immature corn, stored in.
fourteen different ways, and continued
his investigations the following Spring
by conducting germination tests in the
c -
grludeerihouseed:, and in the field, con -
"When corn is mature the problem
of storing it is comparatively easy.
"All places of storing which had a
lack of ventilation show it distinctly
in the results.
"In immature and medium mature
corn the dryness of the sample bears
a close relation to the percentage ger.
urination.
"Immature corn cannot be made to
give a high enough test for planting
under any of the methods tried.
"Frost will not injure perfectly dry
corn, but it will tend to decrease the
vitality from the time the seed begins
to absorb moisture.
"The first essential in successfully
storing seed corn is thorough ventila-
tion." --,From lecture by Prof. L. S.
Klinck, McDonald College, Que.
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isf
Trees Increase Crops.
Trees will actually increase the
yields of crop. This was determined
by an investigation in Minnesota,
Iowa, Nebraska and Kansas. It was
found that 1-5 of the farm could be
.in trees without reducing the yield.
That is, trees in protecting the crops
increased the crops enough to makeup
for the space occupied by the trees.
Frohn this it is plain that the result.`
big trees would not cost anything ex-
cept the cost of the planting and care.
This same thing has been found to be
the case in Europe. As a result the
general plan there is to have 1-3 of the
land area, in trees. And the reason
is that this is the way that the greatest
returns are seemed.
The planting of trees would do much
to make the country more homelike.
The trees would also reduce the effe0ts
of winds and especially of hot winds.
The spreading of weed seed would be •
lessened. The light soils would not
blow and the snow would quietly set*
tie where it fell. ---W. C. Palmer,
North Dakota Experiment Station.