Walkerton Independent, Volume 34, Number 20, Walkerton, St. Joseph County, 30 October 1908 — Page 3

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SYNOPSIS. The Escapade opens, not in the romance preceding the marriage of Ellen Slocum, a Puritan miss, and Lord Carrington of England, but in their life after settling in England. The scene is placed. Just following the revolution, in Carrington castle in England. The Carringtons, after a house party, engaged in a family tilt, caused by jealousy. Lord Carrington and his wife each made charges of faithlessness against the other in continuation of the quarrel. First objecting against playing cards with the guests, Lady Carrington agreed to cut cards with Lord Strathgate, whose attentions to Ellen had become a sore point with Carrington. The loss of SIOO,OOO failed to perturb her, and her husband then cut for his wife’s I. O. U. and his honor, Carrington winning. The incident closed ex- . c ept that a liking for each other apparently arose between Lady Carrington and Lord Strathgate. Additional attentions of Lord Carrington to Lady Cecily and Lord Strathgate to Lady Carrington compelled the latter to vow that she would leave the castle. Preparing to flee. Lady Carrington and her chum Deborah, an American girl, met Lord Strathgate at two a. m., he agreeing to see them safely away. Ellen fled, Strathgate driving. He attempted to take her to his castle, but she left him stunned in the road when the carriage met with an accident. She and Debbie then struck out for Portsmouth, where she intended to sail for America. Hearing news of Ellen's flight. Lords Carrington and Seton set out in pursuit. CHAPTER Vlll.—Continued. The ground was somewhat soft In the shadow and footprints were discernible in the low spot where the carriage had fallen. There were marks of a woman’s shoe and a man’a

vi a, wumau s snoe ana a man s, albeit a man of small feet, by the side of the carriage door and other marks around the horses. From the trampling and hoof marks Seton concluded that the horses must have stood quiet for some time. He surmised that the inmates of the carriage had taken advantage of the stop to get out and go ahead while Strathgate lay stunned. After a final search of the interior of the carriage in which he was rewarded by finding a tiny bowknot of scarlet ribbon which he thought he recognized as one that had trimmed Mistress Debbie’s gown, for It was a color she affected, and which he tucked carefully away in his pocket. An hour from the carriage he came upon a bay coach horse straggling by the wayside, with certain portions of harness dragging from him. Here was another mystery. If there had been two horses, where was the other? Why was he abandoned in the high road not a soul being near? The horse permitted him to get close enough to enable him to see that the traces which dangled from his sides had been severed by a knife. There could be no doubt that this was one of Carrington s coach horses. Theie was no reason on earth, if they had started out on two, for abandoning one. He galloped down the road and in a few minutes came to a little fishing village. Some of the fishermen had gone off for the day’s work in their boats, but one grizzled sailor was moodily pacing up and down the little wharf. Reining his horse in on the shore, Seton hailed him. “My man,” he said, “have you seen anything of two or three people, two women and a man inquiring for a boat this morning?” “No,” growled the man, “but I had a boat at this wharf, the best boat in the haven, and when I come down this morning at five o'clock she was gone.” “Gone!” cried Seton, dismounting from his horse in his excitement. “What do you mean?” “Just what I say, your honor,” returned the man. “She was tied right there”—he pointed to one of the spiles—“and when I got up I was the first man down here at the wharf, she was gone.” “Was there any message—any clew —any sign?” “Naught but this,” returned the sailor, pulling out of his pocket a handful of shining guineas. Here was proof positive to Seton. “Well, my friend, I don’t see that you have anything to complain of.” “How’s that, sir?” queried the sailor. “Certainly the boat was hardly worth more than five guineas.” “Now, I want to know how far it is from here to Portsmouth?” “A matter of between 30 and 40 .eagues, uepeudin on the said the man. “Would your boat be big enough to make that distance?” “Lord love yer honor, she’s big enough to go to France.” “But could a woman handle her?” “If she knowed the sea and a boat —a child could do it.” “Was there any provision aboard?” “A breaker of fresh water and mayhap some hard bread.” “Good!” said Seton, reassured that the fugitives were not starving at any rate. “Now, I want to get to Portsmouth, and I want to go by sea.” He judged that since Carrington was probably headed in that direction, by land, it would be best for him to follow directly upon the course of the fugitives which he bad so luckily run down. “That’ll be easy enough, your honor," said the sailor, “there's other boats in the harbor.” “There's Will Hawke's boat yonder. Will ain't abroad to-day, bein’ down with a spell of fever.” “Very good,” said Seton. “Go and see him. tell him that Sir Charles Seton wants to charter his boat for a run to Portsmouth. Are you free to take charge of her?” “That I am, master.” “Set about It at once,” said Seton, “while I arrange to leave my horse at the tavern. By the way, what's your name?” “Whibley, sir. John Whibley, at yer honor's service.” Whibley was as good as his promtee. A half an hour found Sir Charles

afloat in a small lugger with Whibley for captain and two boys, the own- - er's son and another that he had * picked up, for a crew. - “You said this was a fast boat!” , Sir Charles remarked to his sailing- ■ master. ! “Ay, ay, sir. With a wind like this” . —and indeed there was a ripping • breeze blowing up the channel —“we ’ ought to reel off between 10 and 11 ’ knots an hour.” “Spare nothing.” said Seton, “an ’ extra guinea apiece to the three of you if you overhaul the other boat.” “Beg your pardon, sir,” said Whibley after a moment’s thought, “but bein’s as they’ve took my boat, I should I'ke to know how, if ’tain’t too bold, who or What them parties is you’re chasin’?” “Two women,” returned Seton, bravely. “Hum,” said Whibley under his breath, “I’ve knowed of a man chasin’ one woman half ’round the world, but I’ve never heard of a lover chasin’ two.” CHAPTER IX. The Hard Riding of Lord Carrington. Lord Carrington’s best horse was named Sailor. He was a magnificent black, built for speed, but not without great powers of endurance. Like all Englishmen, my lord was a famous horseman, although he followed the sea for a livelihood. He was a

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case In contradiction to the ancient adage that a sailor is never so much out of his element as when he is astride of a horse. Generations of fox-hunting fathers had given him a heritage of horsemanship which the years he had spent upon the sea could not eradicate. Not only was he an expert rider, but he was thoroughly familiar with what could be got out of a horse. He knew how to ride him to the best advantage, when to spare him and when to press him. He'had but one desire, to ride down Strathgate and wrest Ellen from his hands. He had no doubt that the three were headed for Portsmouth. As if to punish him for his misuse of a noble steed who responded gallantly to every incentive of whip, -pur, vejee. and appeal his master brought to bear, Sailor had the bad luck to cast a shoe. A few leaps and he went instantly lame. With a bitter curse Carrington dismounted and examined the horse. The poor beast stood panting and exhausted, his flanks heaving, his heart beating, his head drooping. The groom had been distanced and left behind. Carrington was alone with a lame horse miles, apparently, from a posting station or a blacksmith’s shop. There was nothing to do but wait. He sat down by the roadside, his eyes strained backward in the direction whence he had come, looking for the groom. After half an hour or so of delay, which fretted him beyond measure, he discovered the fellow leisurely trotting over a hill. Aroused by the halloos of his master, the boy suddenly quickened his pace and soon drew rein beside him. “What do you mean,” cried Carrington, furiously, “by loafing along in that way? I told you to keep up with me.” “My lud,” said the boy. touching his hat and dismounting, “no man on earth could keep up with you without killing his horse, and there are few horses, even if killed, that'd be equal I to Sailor, sir. 'Tisn’t in this mare, 1 i know. She was in distress several ] miles back, and I pulled hei up. If I ( hadn't, she wouldn’t be here.” There was sense in what the boy ' said, and Carrington could not but acknowledge it. “Give me your horse,” he said, | “and do you take Sailor. He's cast, a

shoe. Lead him on the road to nearest shop and come after me as fast as is safe, but don’t kiil the horse. 1 m bound for Portsmouth. You'll find me at the Blue Boar ito, Here's money for the journey. If anything happens, you can leave your horse and come forward by post horses, you understand?” Carrington gathered up the reins, sprang upon the mare’s back and without looking over his shoulder, galloped on ahead. The delay had given him time to come to his senses, he swept over the ground rapidly, and alter two hours of terrific going he pulled up at a wayside inn. He sprang from his horse the instant he stepped before the entrance. Lord Carrington was well known in the vicinity, and in a moment a dozen obsequious hostlers and horse boys scrambled about him while mine host came bowing before the door. “A horse, the best you have in the stables!” My lord,” began the host, “I’m very sorry—” “No words,” interrupted Carrington, “bring me a horse and a draught of wine.” “My best horse has been taken, your lordship, some three hours ago, and I have naught but indifferent ones left” “Bring me the best you have. I don’t care what it is,” said Carrington. “Don’t you see my mare can go no farther and I must have some sort of a horse. How far is it to the next posting station?” “A matter of ten miles.” “Well, give me something that can make the distance in an hour, and if I founder him or kill him, I’ll pay you well for him.” “Here, Dick,” said the landlord, “you hear my lord. Bring old Joe. ’Tis the best we have. There's a bay horse in the stable, if he were only fresh. He came in two hours ago, and Lord Strathgate—” “Who came, did you say?” cried Carrington, turning quickly. “The earl of Strathgate, your honor.” “Was he here?” “Two hours agone, sir. He took a

bite of breakfast and a draught of wine and our best horse and rode on.” “Was he alone?” “Alone, your lordship. There’s suml mat strange about it, too, for his head | was all bloody, his coat was streaked i with mud, he was riding a bay horse, ' looked like a. carriage horse, bareback ■ with bits of harness dangling to it. I He had no hat on—” i “Where is that bay horse?” cried , Carrington, tingling with excitement. “Yonder, in the stable yard being j rubbed down.” “My horse Betty! By heaven!” he ! exclaimed. “What is the meaning of this?” He turned and faced the astonished landlord once more. “Did you say that Strathgate was alone?” | “Absolutely alone.” “Did he ask any questions?” “He asked me if there was a woman i and a young man had got hprses and i ridden on ahead, if anybody had seen ‘ anything of any kind of coach, or wagon, or carriage, or people on horseback.” “And what answer made you?” “ 'Cept the coach for Portsmouth, I which went up empty, and some farm ; wagons driven by men, we knew that I nobody had passed this morning.” ! “And you say Strathgate was in a : hurry?” “I never seed a man more in a hurry, your lordship, unless it was i yourself,” added mine host. “You’re right,” cried Carrington. He was utterly bewildered by the : situation. His calculations were all at ! sea. What could be the meaning of Strathgate alone upon the road, with a broken head and a muddy coat, riding on a coach horse and driving the beast even as he had forced Sailor and the mare? Where were Ellen and Doborah? It must be that he was pursuing some one, but if so, who? Who, but Ellen and Deborah, and how could they keep ahead of such furious chasing? They had not gone off together, i then. In some way they had given I । Strathgate the slip. Lord Carringi ton jumped at this conclusion and his I <heart bounded. j My lord rode with as heavy a hand ; ias before, but with a considerably । lighter heart. Os one thing he waa i certain, that Ellen was not widi I Strathgate. (TO BK CONTINUED >

n It’s the singing hen that is the layer. Slick up around the place before the snows fly. The neglected hen is an indifferent profit maker. Overcrowding means under profits with the poultry. * — Open furrows through\ the grain field to carry off the surplus water. _ J&- — - Take a little pride in-your place and have it trim and tidy or the road side. Sunlight for the cal^pWs!' Remember that you would Jiave them thrifty. y It is a mistake to keep ewes that are over five or six years old. Fatten and market. Do not breed the ewes before they are from a year to 18 months old, if you would have large sheep. The better farmer is evolved from the farmer that sees his mistakes and tries to do better next time. Certified milk is simply clean milk whose quality is vouched for by the producer and some accredited party. Whatever it is that you have not done that you have intended doing quit your promissory attitude and DO IT NOW. Be sure that the stables and pens are thoroughly cleaned and whitewashed before the winter weather sets in in earnest. Dirty, musty bedding does not make good feed for the horses, and they will not eat it if given enough good hay and feed.

Don't leave the potatoes in the ground too long. Water-soaked ground or blistering sunshine do not do them any good after the vines are dead. No farmer to-day can afford to let his boy, whom he hopes to have succeed him upon the old farm, go without a course at the state agricultural college. Not only oil the farm machinery when putting it away, but paint the wooden parts. It doesn’t take much paint, but it makes the machines and tools last it good sight longer. Money in raising colts if you do the square thing by mare and offspring from start to fiuish. But don’t think you can get a good animal from a scrub stallion. Remember that blood will tell. When weaning two or more colts at the same time take care that one does not become the boss and rob the others of their food. In many cases of unthrift it is due to lack of nourishment from this cause. A sup of milk for the cats will keep them tied to the dairy barn and make them good partners in keeping the place free from rats and mice. Remember that many a farmer loses a tidy sum in providing board for the rodents. If you do not clean the fertilizer attachment to the grain drill before putting away for the winter and oil the parts, you will find in the spring an incrustation on the i'^de that will be hard to clean and ■ich has eaten well into the iron. V Pianos, like many other things which contribute to th^ joy and profit of life, are finding tmeir way more and more into the funhouses of the land, and women folk Ware learning to play them, too. PleaW.ut on the winter evenings to have '^good play and sing. —y In severe cases of ‘nneestring” give the horse complete ® ;t shorten the toe and apply a highVeeled shoe and hot fomentations con'rtooiisly, or cold, astringent lotions. W’l€?n heat and tenderness subside the [gh-heeled shoe may be dispensed v^ i, the foot shod level and active b ers applied. lodide of mercury is L? best. Whitewash the hemouse. It will not only kill off the lice but will act as a disinfectant. It i? a mistake to suppose that lice muf’t only be fought during the hot molths. The vermin are ever present, though during cold weather they are not so active—and that is just the best time to catch them. The more 'iarefully you do this work in the fall, the less trouble you will have in the Spring. The highest yields of the so-called “Alaska” wheat which the Colorado and Idaho experiment stations were able to obtain under the most favorable conditions were from 20 to 30 bushels per acre. This is a great disappointment to those who were advised that a yield of 200 bushels to the acre was the usual result. Moreover, Prof. Hyslop of the Idaho station insists that this much-heralded Alaska wheat is nothing but the Egyptian wheat of sisappolnting memory; while the department of agriculture states that it is one of the poorest milling wheats knu-vn and is never grown where tb^ ordinary varietlai. will thrive.

Don’t let freezing weather find you unprepared. Sow some rye. It makes fine chicken pasture all winter. Weather-beaten, unpainted buildings are no credit to the farm. Sell off the surplus chickens, and thus save on feed and trouble. Improve your soil by putting humus into it by every possible means. The unthrifty chick offers the favorable soil in which to grow the roup germ. The farmer who is eager to get other folks’ thinks is apt to be a thinker himself. An office for the farmer! Why not? Good place* to keep his books, ac counts, seed catalogues, etc. Virgin soil should have a certain amount of cultivation with crops before being set out to fruit trees. The best feed for making muscle is oats, the best for fat building is corn, the best for milk production is silage. The only louse the poultryman can afford to have around is the dead louse. See that that is the only, kind you keep. Make friends with the new ideas. Don’t let them run away with you but harness them and make them work for you. Did you attend the fair? If not, have you a reason that will justify you with your conscience and square you with your neighbors? Always sort fruit intended for market. First-class fruit mixed in with that, of inferior quality always sells for less than it would had it been kept by itself. Get in line with a few trap nests and test out the best of the pullets. Then use their eggs for hatching next spring and thus begin the improvement of your flock. Put new planks in the approaches to the barn before the horse gets his foot through the cracks made by the decaying of the edges of the board and causes himself serious injury. Plow the ground this fall that is infesttd with wire worms, cutworms, etc., and then let the chickens at 'em. An occasional harrowing will keep the worms where the chickens can get them. No two horses require the same amount of feed to keep them in good condition, any more than do two persons. Intelligent feeding must be based upon knowledge of the individual traits of the animals fed. Have you tried getting a stand ot alfalfa? Prof. Ten Eyck declares his belief that alfalfa is going to do more for the western farmer during the next 50 years than any other crop which he may be able to grow. The farmer who does not read a good farm paper and take the bulletins of his state experiment station, cannot hope to raise the standard of his farming any more than the man who takes hold of his own boot straps can hope to raise himself from the floor.

You have heard of the muslin curtain front for poultry houses. Why not try such a covering over at least one of the windows of your poultry house this winter? Verdict of those who have tried them is that the hens are healthier and lay better where houses are so equipped. Never let the cream become overaeated or overripe if you wish to pack .‘.he butter made from it. Remember shat the best butter can o»ly be made from cream that is in the best of condition, and that the keeping quality of butter depends upon the condition of the cream from which it was made. If you use hay caps and have been bothered with inconvenient weights for the corners try cemr.nt weights next season. They can be easily made by molding a ball of soft cement weighing about eight ounces into which inch and a half wfre staples are set. Cords can then he used to tie the cement balls to the hay cap corners. Where Saturday night ends every bit of farm work save that which is absolutely necessary—such as stock feeding and milking—and Sunday is enjoyed as a day of rest tod attendance upon the house of worship, the farmer begins the week’s work Monday morning with a cles r brain to phm, a vigorous body to make light work of every task, and a hopeful, cheery heart that fills all ’'he hours of the day with sunshine. Where cheese is made ’in the farm, a new tin washboiler wilt serve as a cheese vat, and a clean, splint basket will do for a drainer. The mold can be made from a discarded peck measure. If rennet tablets Cannot be secured rennet can usually oe purchased of a butcher, since it comes from the lining of the fourth stomach of a calf. Tablets are the most convenient, and can be secured from most drug stores, or all dairy supply houses. One tablet will make 200 pound;; of cheese. Alfalfa is the dairyman’s friend, surely, if the figures of D. H. Otis are correct. He figures that a ton of alfalfa contains 220 pounds of digestible protein, which at six cents a pound would be worth $13.20, and. if we got four tons to the acre, we could have a value of $52.80. Os course, for a dairyman to realize this much from an acre of alfalfa, he must feed judi ciously and in proper combination with other feeds; but if he realizes only one-half of this amount, he is getting excellent returns from his land. Wheat bran, long the standard feed for dairy cows, contains only 12.2 pounds of digestible protein in every 100 pounda

i (ABSALOM REBELS’! J AGAINST DAVID I B Sunday School Lesson for Nov. 1, 1908 1 $ Specially Arranged for This Paper LESSON TEXT.—2 Samuel 15:1-12 Memory verse 56. GOLDEN TEXT—‘‘Honor thy father and thy mother; that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.”—Exodus 20:12. I IMh. The exact time is uncertain, "lie following dates are as exact as can well be obtained; David begins to reign nt age of 30. B. C. 1063-1012. David’s sin and repentance. B. C. 1642-991. Amnon's crime, one year later, B. C, 1041-990. Absalom kills his brother, two years later, B. C. 1039-988. Absalom’s exile, three years, B. C. 1036-955. Absalom two years In Jerusalem, B. C. 1034-953. Absalom’s, plotting, three or four years, B. C. 1030Bi 9. Death of David. B. C. 1023-972. f LACE.— (1) Jerusalem, the capital and home of David. (2) Hebron, the oldest town of Palestine, 20 miles south of Jerusalem, where Absalom began his open rcliellion. IiAXID. About 62 or 63 years old, in me thirty-second year of his reign. SOLOMON.—Probably eight or nine years old. DAVID’S COUNSELORS. -(D The ptopliet Nathan, who was also one of David’s biographers (1 Chron. 29:29). (2) Ahithophel, the grandfather of Bathsheba, and a man of marvelous sagacity, whose advice was like “the oracles ot God” (2 Sam. 16:23). (3) Hushai, a wise friend of David. Comment and Suggestive Thought. Th a Young Man Absalom.—Absalom was the son of Maacah, a princess, the daughter of Talmai, king of Geshur, a region northeast of the Sea of Galilee in the foothills of the Lebanon mountains. He was born soon after David became king of Israel, and hence was between 25 and 3” years old at the time of his rebellion. His Inheritance. Being the descendant of kings in both lines of descent, of distinguished appearance and princely manners, Absalom inherited all the handsomeness, manly bearing, and beauty of his father’s handeonie and manlf house. The sacred writer expatiates with evident relish upon Absalom's extraordinary beauty. In all Israel there was none to be so much praised as Absalom for his beauty. From the sole of his foot ev»n to the crown of his head there was no blemish in him. And the hair of his head is a proverb to this day.” —Alexander Whyte. But this was not all he inherited. From his mother he inherited all that a corrupt court and heathen tendencies and environment had impressed upon her nature. From his father he inherited a great mind, a strong will, a large nature, strong passions, but also a power of self-control, an enlightened conscience, a religious nature, and all that the training of his Bethlehem home could impress upon his character. Conditions Favorable to a Change of Government. 1. It was a time of general peace throughout the wide empire. For all restless, warlike spirits an opportunity was given for internal dissension, fault-finding, and opposition. 2. There was a growing dissatisfaction with the king. The business of the law courts, over which the king himself presided, had become too vast to be attended to by one man. Appeals from inferior judges and cases brought directly before the king could not all receive a fair hearing. 3. David was very busy preparing materials and gathering money for a future temple. Nothing was visibly accomplished, yet the taxes were high. 4. David would naturally at his age be less active, less in the people’s eye, doing less for the outward glory of the kingdom. 5. It is possible that the events described ip the last chapter of 2 Samuel took place before this time. The enrollment would be unpopular. The plague that followed would intensify the discontent. 6. In this case David was near the end of life, and Absalom would try not uo much to take his father’s kingdom from him, as to insure that he himself should be the successor. V. 1. “Prepared him chariots and horses and 50 men to run before him.” The orientals are very fond of such display. Dr. Trumbull says when his little party started from Cairo for the pyramids a handsome young “Sais” bedecked with scarlet and blue and preen and gold ran before them at the top of his speed, calling out for a clear path among the camels and donkeys and foot passengers.—Oriental Social Life, p. 215. V. 2. “Absalom rose up early” to be on hand when the people came to present their cases to the king. Business in the east is held early, in order to escape the heat of the day. They retired early, for modern lights were not in their houses for evening work. Kings therefore held courts in the early morning. “Beside the way of the gate.” There was usually an open market place near the gates for business and public meetings. We should Inquire of our own hearts whether we are grateful to God for all his benefits to us, and whether we are showing our gratitude by our lives. The story of King Lear is a commentary on ingratitude, V. 7. “And it came to pass after 40 years.” Some think this number is counted from the beginning of David’s reign, but most regard it as a transcriber’s error for four, a mistake easily made when numbers were designated by letters often very similar. The R. Y. margin says: “Some ancient authorities read ‘four years.’ ” So does Josephus. “Let me go and pay my vow, ... in Hebron.” A place conveniently distant for his purpose, and at the beginning of David’s reign the capital of Judea. Far worse than ingratitude of man is ingratitude of children to parents. Extinct Sea Elephant. The latest large animal to become extinct, the California sea elephant (Macrorhinus angustirostris), is a species belonging to the seal family, and the male had a tubular proboscis that could be elongated and dilated. Specimens taken to England a few months ago by Walter Rothschild's collectors are the last. They were taken on the Island of Guadaloupe, off the coast of southern California, and will be preserved in the London Natural History museum an,i elsewhere. Until now uo museum has had an adult male specimen.

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