The Kington Times - February 1917
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Kington Times 3rd February 1917 - Page 7
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| Date | 03/02/1917 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Kington Times |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 3rd February 1917 |
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Marnin's well e school life and f our textbooks g as this book . citizen , and his and business , of the relation of The volume is . d none can read YVASSALI- NE . s . 6d . en other books . pleasure to read his best work so on of Catholicism strong , yet reas- esolves itself into stianity true ? Is . Catholic Christi- the last question and every reader .. way in which es with his deli- he book deserves if not more , by It will elucidate remove innumer- to lay whatever ys ignorant of he importance LISHED . of With Macmillan ; The Chronicles of Low : Students in and The Great Vorld of Dreams ) ,. BUILD HUTS oung women car- ndon for France , for the British Mr. W G. Tar- builder , who has " will be in the war , and are the bases , They own social super- liqusekeeper and by piecework and om 25s . to 35s . a fficulty in obtain- n fact , we have we could deal ! THE KINGTON TIMES . FEBRUARY 3 , 1917 . LLOYDS BANK LIMITED . HEAD OFFICE : 71 , LOMBARD ST . , E.C. CAPITAL SUBSCRIBED- CAPITAL PAID UP RESERVE FUND £ 31,304,200 5,008,672 3,600,000 DEPOSITS , & c . ADVANCES , & c . 151,815,945 55,856,841 FRENCH AUXILIARY : LLOYDS BANK ( FRANCE ) LIMITED . Night Wings . BY MORICE GERARD . While this conversation was taking place Miss van Annan , with deft touch , had been restoring her hair to something like order . Charteris , watched her with intense satisfac- Author of " The Red Farm , " " Love in the movements which appealed irresistibly to his tion ; there was a subtle grace about all her Purple , " The Pursuer , " " The Heart of a Hero , " " The Unspoken Word , " etc. CHAPTER II . The horses had obviously benefitted by their short rest . They raced along side by side at a pace which was accelerated owing to the ground being on the incline , sloping down- wards towards some meadows bisected with thick blackthorn hedges , with here and there a streamlet , hurrying on to empty itself into the Cor , the river from which Corford took its name , The keen wind was in the riders ' faces , blowing back Sylvia's hair and showing the shell - pink of her ears . While Charteris kept one eye on the direction they were taking , so as to select the best route , he did not fail to see also the animated countenance and pretty figure by his side . In the distance they could hear the hunts- man urging on the hounds , evidently at fault for the time being . " We shall be up in time , I am sure , " Charteris said .. " I hope so . This is all new to me ; I can not tell you how I am enjoying it . " The words came in spasms , talking under difficult conditions , the pace and wind alike taking away her breath . Just in front of them was a hedge of mode- rate height . Charteris pointed to it . We can go round if you prefer ; there is a riding - path close to my boundary wall . We should only lose about half a mile . " " Oh ! please not . Lulu loves jumping - so do I. " So saying , Sylvia gave the mare a slight cut over the haunch and set her straight at the hedge .. The mare took it like a deer , leading the way , then tried to gallop off in wild excitement ; but the rider had a will of her own , and showed it now to some Furpose . Charteris had followed in some anxiety , as the girl's impetuous action had taken him by surprise . His own horse took the hedge as a matter of course . attention . sense of beauty and the fitness of things feminine . A sudden seriousness had come to Sylvia's face . Her mouth had lost its smile , there was a depth of meaning in her eyes , which for the moment puzzled him . It was as if into a cloudless sky there had come the shadow of a gathering storm . " You promise that ? " " Promise what , Miss van Annan ? " He had forgotten his light word , said in jest . " That if the burden should weigh upon you , you will let me know . " Then it seemed to strike her that she was making too much of the half - jesting remark . " I am taking for granted that we are to see more of one another , while I am staying in the neighbourhood . " " Oh yes . Our circle is a comparatively small one ; we have a sociable way of meet- ing in this district . " In his heart Charteris was well aware that in spite of a hundred preoccupations this graceful girl had thrust herself into a niche , from which it would be difficult enough to effect a displacement . " Will you mount again , or would you rather walk ? " " Walk , please ; my nerve is a little shaken . It will be all right again soon . " . " I am not surprised ; I think you have been very brave . " " Brave ! " she echoed . " Sometimes I am glad I am not brave ; that I cannot do what some women manage to accomplish in these days . " There was a seriousness in her tone again . Charteris felt sure she was thinking of someone in particular , but did not feel he knew her well enough to question hér on the point .. Charteris walked between the two steeds . Miss van Annan gathered up her riding - skirt , and took her place at Lulu's shoulder . She was walking stiffly , and had evidently been bruised more than she cared to admit . Her face had lost all its colour . While guiding the horses Charteris kept an eye on his companion , fearing she might faint . He was relieved when they came to the strong oak door in the paling . Dropping Hector's rein , he drew a key from his pocket , unlocked . Norwich Union Office ire Founded 1797 With which is incorporated the Norwich London Accident Insurance Association . Head Offices ; Norwich & London . FIRE . ACCIDENT . MARINE . Sickness . Employer's Liability . Third Party . Fidelity . Burglary . Plate Glass . Property Owners . Hailstorm . Motor . Loss of Profits following Fire . Live Stock . PROMPT & LIBERAL SETTLEMENTS AGENT : J. B. DOWDING , LEOMINSTER . For High Standard Tailoring - at Popular Prices , You cannot do better than give us a trial : Our Garments are Dependable - Distinction outside , Dependence Inside - Value both ways . Suits and Costumes from 42 / - : Made on the premises . J. WELSH STRANCE SCENE IN CHURCH . 3 , West Street , LEOMINSTER . MILLIONAIRE'S SON'S DEATH . VICAR AND CURATE CONDUCT A PATHETIC INCIDENT AT YORK . OPPOSITION SERVICE . The death is reported from York of Lieuten- Police - court proceedings at Louth , Lincoln - ant T. H. Beit , son of the South African mil- shire , as a sequel to an attempt by two lionaire , Mr. Otto Beit , of Belgrave Square , clergymen to hold a service simultaneously in and Tewin Water , Tewin . Lieutenant Beit . the Parish Church at Grainthorpe , on Decem- was found in his room at the barracks in a ber 31st , are reported in the Yorkshire Post . dying condition , with a sporting gun by his Some time ago an ecclesiastical inquiry was side . Mr. Beit was orderly officer for the day , held , and a curate was appointed to assist the and the tragedy was discovered when he did vicar , the Rev. T. C. Simmons . o ass not present himself for duty . Tom Janney and John William Janney were charged with a common assault on the vicar , who in turn was charged by John W. Janney with " riotous , violent or indecent behaviour in the church . A further charge was made against the vicar of unlawfully disturbing the Rev. J. W. Bevan , the curate , during Divine service . It was stated for the vicar that he had Upset After his death a letter written by him was found , in which he stated that his room had been wrecked and that he could not stand it any longer . It appears that some of the contents of his room were in disorder , the bed had been converted into what subal- terns describe as an " apple pie . " and On Friday night a number of young officers were playing a rough game called " Bear rooms . It is said that deceased was to have He re- Mrs. " For England , Home and Beauty , 1645 " Original Drawing by Rex Osborne PURITAN SOAP is all that name that its implies Made by Thomas , Bristol , Soapmakers for nigh 200 years . 7 192 W £ 10,000 TO ADMIRAL JELLICOE . Probate has now been granted of the will . of Sir C W. Cayzer , first Bt . , Chairman of tne Clan Line . ( Ltd. ) , and of Cayzer , Irvine and Co. , who left gross estate of the value , of £ 2,204,148 . Testator left to his sons - in - law , They crossed the meadow neck and neck . The lower part of it was nearly always marshy , and bad going for horses . Charteris pointed to the higher ground with his whip . " " We had better keep to the gate , suggesting by a gesture that Sylvia begun to read the opening sentences of the hunting , " which involves hiding in different that side , " he said . " Lower down is miry . " should lead the way through the narrow open- service when the curate gave out a hymn , joined in the game , but forgot the engagement . ITEMS FROM ALL PARTS . ing ; he followed , leading Lulu , the latter " While shepherds watched their flocks , " and and went to a house of amusement . " Thank you ; yes . " AN EDINBURGH TRAGEDY . Lulu was occupying the whole of Sylvia's somewhat reluctant , breathing heavily , eyes that the vicar was reading the service while turned about 11.30 and found his room in par- The experience in a strange coun- dilated , as if fearing a trap were laid for her . part of the congregation was singing . Henry , a young woman living in try had visibly affected the mare , bringing Hector followed , in obedience to a call from by this , and wanting fresh air , the vicar al disorder through the game . The deceased Potter - row . Edinburgh , was found on the pave- was extremely sensitive , and seemed to think out not exactly vices , but tendencies to freak his master . Nee , obedience to a ca ment on Saturday beneath the window of her Miss van Annan uttered an exclamation of walked down the church towards the door , that what had been done in fun was done de- Rooms , on the second floor . The police found Adaniral Sir John Jellicoe , First Sea Lord , ish ways , which would have been unsuspected when the curate stopped reading and said that liberately because of his absence . people should not walk about during the in her native air . He was about 20 years of age and very Absolution . A scuffle in which the Janneys popular . He passed from Sandhurst into the were concerned was alleged to have taken 1st Royal Dragoons last October , and was in place near the door . The vicar said that in training with them at York . His father is a his sermon the curate alluded to him as director of the British South Africa Company . whited sepulchre . " All the cases were dismissed . a surprise and appreciation as soon as she had passed through the door into the park beyond . The long avenues of trees stretched away on Before them was more formidable ob- struction than the one they had jumped be- fore ; some parts of the hedge had been all sides , a herd of deer running off in sudden The contrast was great to the wide strengthened by pailings thrust between the alarm . thorns . Charteris looked it over so as to fields and marsh lands through which they select the best spot for the take - off and sub - had ridden , greater still to the landscape , to An instant or two sufficed to which she was accustomed in her native sequent , leap . show him where the hedge , negotiated . was best country . ar me as you can , " he su " Keep as near me as you can , " he sug- gested , at the same time pointing his whip at the briar section at which he was aiming . Both riders encouraged their steeds with a lift of the bridle , but as the take - off was reached Lulu swerved slightly , perhaps ner- vous from too close proximity to the big horse . Charteris could not stop himself ; he took the hedge first . Lulu rose at a much less favourable spot , not quite clearing the ob- stacle , catching the top of the paling with her back hoofs . This upset her balance , and , on landing , she went down on her knees , flinging Sylvia over her head . Charteris was off his mount in an instant . Dropping his whip , with one hand he seized Lulu's bridle , and with the other he helped " How lovely ! " she cried . I have never seen anything like it . " To Charteris it was all familiar enough , but he was gratified at her appreciation of it . " I am so glad you like it . I hope you will think the house as nice . " He led the way , again conducting the steeds . There was barely room in the bridle path for them to pass along it without striking the trees . After they had covered about a hundred yards the way became more open ; they In the centre was the wall , nearly circular in shape , which guarded the laboratory and the shed from access by anyone passing through the park . reached a clearing . a FALL OF ROCK AT TUNNEL MOUTH . WATCHMEN'S RACE TO WARN EXPRESSES . A WOMANS ' LETTERS . REMARKABLE STORY . the youngest child , a girl of fifteen months , whom he named as an executor , and Admiral lying on the bed with its head almost severed Sir Charles Madden , £ 10,000 each . Subject to from , its body . lay near at hand , together with a note writ- settled the St. Lawrence Hall estate on his A blood - stained table knife the life interest of Lady Cayzer , testator ten on the back of a picture : " Good - bye to daughter , Lady Jellicoe , for life , with everybody . Mind Joe and Willie . " Mrs. mainder to her daughter . The property called Henry , who had a gash in her neck , lies in Southwold , in the Isle of Wight , he gave to . the Edinburgh Royal Infirmary in a precarious his daughter , Lady Madden , for life , with re- condition . mainder to her son . re- BOY WHO DID THE WASHING . TRAGEDIES IN A FAMILY . A rentarkable case was heard at Norwich on Acton Education Committee has had ' ts When breaking the ice in a tank Cecil Tyler , Tuesday , when Francis Trenerry , a widow , of school of a motherless boy of 12 , who it the water and was drowned . It was mentioned attention called to a case of non - attendance at aged 5 , of Montagu - road , Edmonton , fell into Queen's - road , was committed for trial for de- manding money by menacing letters . is stated spends all his time at home looking at the inquest on Saturday that Mr. J. Tyler , ' case , it was stated , accused demanded £ 25 from In one after five younger children and doing house- the father , had lost six children during the past a Mrs. Mack . The letter , written on black- this the lad was only in Standard II . work , including the washing . As a result of few years . Three sons died as the result of edged notepaper , read : You can save Within fifteen accidents , one was killed in France , and two daughters died from infectious diseases . PLATFORM TICKET FRAUD . By a fall of rock at the entrance to the Penmaenbach Tunnel , near Conway , on the London and North - Western Railway , earty on Saturday morning traffic on the Holyhead main route for Ireland was interrupted for Madam , Your son - in - law and his wife are in over twelve hours . The night was pitch black , the hands of German spies . A CALLOUS FATHER . and two express trains due to pass through them by obeying our orders . Frederick Barwick ( 38 ) , street hawker , of Hox- the tunnel within a few minutes of the acei- minutes you are to leave your house with all ton , was convicted , at Old Street Police Court , A novel railway ticket fraud came to light . dent were fortunately brought to a standstill the cash you have and jewellery to the value on Monday , of assaulting his wife and causing at Crewe on Monday , when William Walker , of £ 25 done up in a parcel . Drop it over the unnecessary suffering to his two children , aged munition worker , of Leeds , was fined £ 1 and near the scene . Two watchmen named William Williams railings at the corner of Girton - road . Do ten and three . One night , when it was bitterly costs for travelling without having previously Sylvia came up to his side . She gazed in and Morris Williams , belonging to Conway , this , and your dear ones are saved ; fail , and cold , he turned them out of doors twice . The paid his fare . This is not the Hall , surely ? " she said . complete mystification at what she saw . were on duty near the tunnel , which is close their torture starts at once and lasts for a children were wearing only their night attire . It was stated that Walker travelled from to the spot where Miss Violet Charlesworth did week , when they will be put to a fearful death . To a constable he complained he had not been Shrewsbury and induced a boy on Crewe plat- Charteris laughed . " No ; only an adjunct . not fall into the sea . They had just seen a Only fifteen minutes . We don't value life . He had to use all his strength to prevent If allowed to complete dressing . " You didn't form to sell him his platform ticket for three- I am a craftsman as well mail train pass through when the crash of the rou don't keep silent about this your life is think about your wife and children when you pence , enabling Walker to purchase a ticket the mare , now thoroughly frightened , with It is my workshop . blazing eyes and panting nostrils , from gallop- as a soldier - a multiplicity of interests . But falling rock was heard , and they found the in danger , for some of your neighbours are in turned them out , " the policeman replied . The to Manchester . The boy , however , was un- line completely blocked on the Conway side of the pay of the German Secret Service , and are accused was described as a loafer and an assoc- able to leave the station without his ticket , ing away across the meadow . Sylvia was come , we have some distance to go yet . " So beware . He led the way , taking the circuit of the the tunnel . The Irish express from London all the time on the watch . iate of thieves , and as having a bad record . not hurt beyond a severe shaking ; but she and this led to the discovery of the fraud . wall . They had nearly reached the further was due , and Morris Williams ran in the direc- Mrs. Mack telephoned to the police , but be- Mr. Wilberforce ( the magistrate ) : I am going trembled like an aspen , her nerve gone for side , where there came the sound of creaking tion of Conway waving a lamp and placing fog . fore their arrival a large stone crashed through to pass the maximum penalty upon you , but FIRE FROM SLAKED LIME . signals on the line . Fortunately the driver the drawing room window . She afterwards you deserve a much more severe punishment . Just as Charteris subdued Lulu to obedi- of a lever from the shed behind them . for more brutal or callous conduct on the part Wood can catch fire from the slaking of Sylvia into They turned to look , including the horses , noticed the signals , and the train was pulled recieved a second letter , saying : It was natural Very poor she should , and the best relief the son of the latter visibly afraid . Even Hector re- " Do not rush into neighbour's before read- of a father it is scarcely possible to imagine . even the poorer grades of lime . up about 200 yards away from the fallen rock . limes may produce a temperature of 300deg . Madara , you Six months ' hard labour . On the Penmaenmawr side William Williamsing this , or shots may result . Cent . , which is sufficient to char the wood on , succeeded in stopping an express goods train The best lines can produce from Holyhead close to the entrance of the Miss van Annan to rise . the moment . He was tain , but it distressed her cavalier . tempted to put his arm round her ; but it hardly seemed correct . quired some management , while Lulu dragged with all her strength to get free . The roof of the shed was rapidly raised by some machinery within , then through the open space issued a great balloon . It was not allowed to ascend high enough to free en- tirely the lower part of the building ; then it descended as quickly as it had risen . She Sylvia staggered to Hector for support ; the horse was standing quietly near at hand . Her body was shaking with sobs ; then , in sudden revulsion , she stamped her foot . " What must you think of me ? " she cried . Either some exclamation or some movement Fiercely she wiped away her tears with a small handkerchief , which she drew from the Charteris to turn round to her quickly . on the part of Miss van Annan caused sleeve of her riding - habit . Then she made a little mone . Her hand- had been pale before , now she was white , her breath was coming - in quick gasps . He could kerchief was covered with mud off herditace : not go to her because both hands were occu- her hands , too , were in the same condition ; pied with the horses . His face was set with for though she had fallen lightly , and the mud by the hedgerow was soft and wet , she annoyance at the disability ; he felt she wanted him and he wanted to help her . had managed to get not a little transferred to her face , hands and habit . The bowler hat she had been wearing had , tumbled off , and rolled some way down the slope of the ditch . Her hair was in a tangled mass - none the less attractive to Charteris , as it glinted gold in the sunlight . I feel terribly contrite : " I am so sorry . " I am afraid , Miss van Annan , the distance thought . " is too great . You are hurt more than you Sylvia looked at him as if she had heard nothing . " That balloon ! " she gasped . " I saw it ! She came towards him and What is it for ? " laid a hand on his arm , with a look of en- " You have made it close treaty in her eyes . I wonder what Miss Howard - Vance will say when she hears how badly I have kept the trust she imposed on me ? She will never to the coast ; you do not think there is giong Charteris was astonished and bewildered at suggest my being your guide and cavalier again . " " Nonsense ! to be - war ? " It was my fault , or , rather , the emotion she displayed . Lulu's . She took the hedge at the worst place , and by trying to turn her I failed to give her the lift she needed ; otherwise we should have cleared it there easily . " Miss van Annan had dropped the hand hold- ing the handkerchief , but was still leaning slightly on Hector . Suddenly her anxiety was roused . " Is Lulu hurt , Mr. Charteris ? " ( To be continued . ) " ATTACKED BY AN ASS . FARMER KNOCKED DOWN AND SERIOUSLY INJURED .. tunnel . know what it means to refuse to obey my orders . What will you say to a rifle shot POSTAL OFFICIAL'S DEATH IN A SNOW exposure to air . through your windows , or a bomb ? We have Your money or The railway company promptly inaugurated our orders to stop at nothing . a road service between Llandudno Junction ing , others like you who refuse will soon be your family's lives . Sensible people are pay- and Penmaenmawr . Every vehicle for miles wiped off the earth . ALL CIVILIANS BE ATTACKED . DRIFT . Mr. Wilfrid Mason , a Sheffield postal official , was found dead on Monday morning on the Derbyshire moors . He went out for a tramp on Friday from the Yorkshire - Derbyshire side of the moorland stretch from Hazlehead to Bam- ford . As he did not return search parties went out , and the body was found near Howden around was hired , and at both ends of the tunnel passengers , baggage , and mails were loaded into all sorts of conveyances . A num- A similar letter , said the prosecuting solici- ber of soldiers returning to the front from tor , was also sent to Mrs. Beaton , through Ireland were held up at Penmaenmawr , and a whose window a large stone was also thrown . ridge , on the moorland leading to the Derwent . young officer gathered the men together and In the third case , of demanding £ 25 from He had apparently tried to climb the ridge , marched them across to Conway , arriving in Miss Callis , headmistress of a private girls ' and failed , and overcome by the severe weather the square in the early hours of the morning . school , the letter ran : sank in a snowdrift and died . Practically every regiment in the British Army was represented . The first train to pass through after the clearing of the line was the Irish mail at a quarter to two on Saturday afternoon . According to the chief engineer of the com- pany the tunnel itself has not been affected by the fall of rock , which is believed to be due to frost . LADY'S LOSS OF MEMORY . a slaking temperature of 400deg . Cent . , so it is dangerous to slack them in contact with wood . POISON MOULD ON BREAD , It is harm- A toxin obtained by Professors . Gartner and Brakeslee from Rhizopus nigricans , a mould ; growing on bread , is reported to be one of the most powerful organic poisons . less to a rabbit when eaten , but injection into the veins of even so minute a quantity as 1 / 275,000 of the animal's body weight quickly proved fatal . This indicates how a thing ap plied normally may be non - poisonous but most malignant when otherwise used . " Madam , the Kaiser has issued the order that all civilians are to be attacked if they fail to meet his demands for money . You as the A well - dressed woman went up to a police- keeper of so many lives will be the cause of man in Fleet - street on Friday night and told HOARDED GOLD STOLEN . the lives of your pupils all being sacrificed un- him that she had lost her memory and neither less you pay his price . This is £ 25 , and the knew where she was nor her name . The matter Three hundred sovereigns , which he had manner of payment is this . Within 13 minutes was reported to the Lord Mayor at the Man- secreted between rafters and the roof of his of the receipt of this note you are to leave sion House on Saturday . It was stated that a cottage at Ballymore , County Westmeath , our house with cash ( mostly cash and £ 1 or large quantity of jewellery was found upon her , were stolen from an aged labourer named 10s . notes , no other paper money ) , and jewel- including a lady's gold wrist watch with green Moran , and at a special court on Tuesday a lery to amount to £ 25 tied in a parcel and leather strap , a gentleman's gold half - hunter young man , who had been seen near the house , bung so as to fall inside the railings at the watch and gold albert double chain , a locket was remanded in connection with the loss . TRAFFIC IN ARMY PAPERS . corner garden of the house turning from Earl- containing the photograph of a woman and a No trace of the sovereigns has been found . ham into Mill Hill - road . If you leave the piece of hair , a gold bracelet and a Manx DISCHARGE FORMS SOLD AT 14 FOR A house for any other purpose , or for any other charm . Two handkerchiefs were found upon person , they risk being shot at , and every win- her , one of which bore the initials " E.L.S. , " dow will be shattered . No more schooling for and the other " L. Chitty . " - you . All your lives at stake . So runs the order of the highest . SOVEREIGN . Three persons were charged at Westminster Police Court on Saturday with complicity in obtaining and uttering forged military dis charge certificates . They were : - Here again a large stone was thrown through the window . The police kept observation up- on the accused and caught her throwing a stone into the girls ' school . A PATRIOTIC COLONY . THE QUITE SAFE FOR THE LION .. " I am very anxious to buy a pet to present to my son's regiment and have decided upon a young lion cub , " wrote a woman to a London naturalist . The principal event of 1915 , writes the Gov- She asked four questions , to which he re- ernor of the British Honduras in his annual plied ( 1 ) A healthy male lion cub would cost report , was the despatch of a contingent for about £ 25 to £ 30 ( 2 ) It would be perfectly safe active service abroad with the British West for the lion to roam about the barracks ; ( 3 ) It would grow " some " ; ( 4 ) It would want Slb . to rolb . of meat a day when grown . No reply was received . James Ahearn , ex - sergeant in the Australian Forces ; Cecil Henslow Cheeseman , attached to the Australian Headquarters Staff , Horseferry- Mrs. Trenerry , who pleaded guilty , said she He had already glanced over the mare , al- When John Reilly , a farmer , of Ben , near road , Westminster ; and May Isabel Slim , was asked whether for a certain sum she would Indies Regiment . The cost of recruiting and though , it must be owned , his attention was Fore , Castlepollard . County Westmeath , was Arundel - terrace , Barnes , until recently clerk do certain things to test the police . transport was borne by the colony , which has She was also undertaken additional liabilities in regard principally absorbed in her mistress . passing through the farmyard on Saturday at the Australian Commonwealth Offices , Vic asked to try how long things could go on un- Now , deteated . thus appealed to , still holding the bridle in morning an ass . his property , rushed furiously toria - street . She was asked to trace certain let- to separation allowances , etc. Legislation was at him and knocked him down , tearing his Against Ahearn and Slim there was a fur - ters to be sent out and she traced dozens . It passed , placing the men of the contingent un- chest and arm . Reilly managed to get away ther charge of stealing and receiving jewellery , der the was a compact that if one was caught the name Army Act while away from the and shouted for help , but the ass dashed after value £ 150 , the property of Helen Frances of the other should not be divulged . She stood him and again knocked him down , inflicting Priest , wife of an Army lieutenant . alone and would not assist the police as she further injuries . Captain Hewitt , prosecuting , said had given her word of honour . his left hand , he passed the other over the knees , fetlocks , and flank of Lulu . " Mud has rather spoilt her beauty , " he said , but it has saved her any abrasions or other damage . She will want a brush down said . Ahearn even a scrub - before she looks right . " Reilly was speedily released , but not before was the principal offender , and as Slim , who " I am thankful she is not hurt , " Sylvia he was seriously injured . The ass was subse- was engaged under him , had said she simply obeyed orders in handing him some blank mili- Then , in a different tone , she addediquently shot . tary forms , it was not proposed to proceed with this particular charge against her . Cheeseman had parted with a number of parchment discharge forms for which Ahearn offered £ 5 , but had given him only £ 1 for 14 or 15 forms looking at Charteris from between the masses of her hair : " I am afraid Lulu's mistress is in the same condition . She , too , must find a an opportunity of making herself look more respectable . You were talking about ' brush ' a while ago ; the one I want now is a more ordinary thing than the one you half promised me . " She tried to laugh , but it was not an easy accomplishment in the circum- stances . Charteris considered for a minute , then he said : " My house is not more than half a mile off , and there is a convenient door in the paling by which we can enter the park . I think you had better entrust yourself to NOSTROLINE REPELS INVADING GERMS . You need not suffer from Cold in the Head , Nasal Catarrh , or Influenza if you use " Nostroline . " Smeared in your nostrils it strengthens your defence and repels invading Guard yourself against infection in gerius . crowded assemblies , places of worship , meet- inga , theatres , picture houses , cars and trains , by using " Nostroline . " Prevention is better Nostroline than cure . clears your head instantly , destroys the germs , soothes , and heals . You need " Nostroline " now . Get it to - day . Tubes 1/1 and 2/9 , most Chemists , or post free from makers- H. E. Matthews & Co .. Chemists , Clifton , Bristol . Mrs. Mason , my housekeeper , while Lulu is being looked after in the stables . " " Thank you , very much , " she assented gratefully ; " I am afraid between us we are giving you a great deal of trouble , Mr. Charteris . " Leominster : H. R. CHENKY , Pharmaceutical Chemist , " The burden does not weigh upon me , at 21 , High Street . present . I will let you know if ever it does . " Presteign : A. R. DAVIES , Chemist , 2 , High Street . Kington : J. W. CAUNT , Chemist . colony . REFEREE'S EFFECTIVE RETORT . Why aren't you in khaki ? " shouted a knot of spectators to the referee at intervals during the first half of a , football match at Bristol on Saturday between Bristol Rovers and a Royal Flying Corps team . After blow- ing his whistle for half - time the official walked across the field to this group and showed Lieutenant - Colonel William Sedgwick , Royal them four gold stripes on his sleeve , and , Engineers , retired , A DOG'S DEVOTION . GUARDING THE BODY OF HIS RECLUSE OWNER was buried at Godalming , All TWO CHAPELS BURNT DOWN .. The Wesleyan chapel at Pontlottyn and the Baptist chapel at Penydarren . Glamorgan- shire , were destroyed by fire on Sunday night . The water hydrants were frozen . HEAVY MAIL BAG STOLEN . 1,000 LETTERS LOST ON TRAIN TO GLASGOW . An important mail bag containing 1,000 let- The magistrate passed sentence on Ahearn Surrey , where for seven or eight years he had opening his coat , the D.C.M. and a Russian ters , which was placed in the early morning of two terms of six months ' hard labour , to lived the life of a recluse in a large house medal pinned to his waistcoat . He was Ser- train at Helensburgh , was found when the geant Holder , of the Gloucestershire Regiment . train reached Glasgow to have been stolen . run concurrently . In the case of Slim the with a bull - terrier for sole companion . The inquirers were silent in the second Some men have been arrested on suspicion . sentence was six weeks ' imprisonment , and the doors were kept padlocked and bolted and The inquirers were silent in the second half . Cheeseman , who has other military offences to the windows were strongly protected with wire netting . answer for , got six weeks ' hard labour . CHARGE AGAINST GIPSY . A gipsy named George Boswell , fifty - eight , was remanded at Stockport , charged with in- flicting grievous bodily harm on Louisa Heap , thirty - six , a soldier's widow . It was alleged that the accused in a fit of jealousy caused by meeting the woman ing out with a man attacked her with a knife , inflicting wounds in her throat and face . She was unable to appear on Monday . מן No one was ever allowed to enter the house , BLIND MAN'S ALLEGED CONFESSION OF MURDER . and the gardener , who did the shopping , had to hand the food in at the door . Failing to About midnight on Saturday an old man see his master for several days , he had a for- entered Greenock police office and told the cible entry made to the house , where Colonel officer on duty that he had cut his wife's Sedgwick was found lying dead on a landing throat with a razor in their house in Market with the bull - terrier standing guard over him . Street , one of the poorest quarters of the The dog had to be shot before anyone could town . Officers went to make investigation , approach the body . and found a woman lying on the floor dead , several with a wound in her throat . published The man , who scientific and theological subjects . was detained , has been blind for several years , His eccentricities were attributed to an attack and sold boot laces in the streets . The woman of sunstroke in India . is 68 . 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