Ross Gazette 2nd July 1914 - Page 9
Ross Gazette 2nd July 1914 - Page 9
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| Date | 02/07/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 2nd July 1914 |
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Warwick Castle , from the Book of the Raleigh . RALEIGH THE ALL STEEL BICYCLE with Dunlop Tres , Brooks Saddle and Stay - Archer 3 - spand Gear in the Empire cycle on which the sun nover nots . Guaranteed for ever , it is built by cyclists for cyclists , giving that perfect e which ensures cycling pleasure . Prices from 25 19 or 9/4 per month . Send a postcard for the Book of the Raleigh BUTCHER & CASSON , LTD . , BROOKEND - STREET , ROSS . The Raleigh Racer . Raleigh Cycle Co , Nottingham . " Palais les Crelli " 1. Of all [ ALL RIGHTS RESERVED ] FOR BETTER OR FOR WORSE . BY MADAME ALBANESI THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , JULY 2. 1914 . durious expression on his face . He was re membering now his last interview with old Cohen - remembering how the old man had hated Jerome Arnold . When the maid had spoken to him she had mentioned Arnold's name , and John could not but realise that Rachel was in some way connected with the man in whom he had tried so hard to believe for whom he still wanted to preserve a loyal and generous feeling . the terrible trouble which had fallen on I am was forgery At Brit a flood of almost over- helming inger possessed John Lessingham SMAKING AT HOME . instantly he guessed the hand that had written this forgery . By now he despised Jerome Arnold so com- pletely that there was nothing left for him to there was anger , a bitter and quiet anger that learn about the man ; but with his contempt he should have been so easily fooled , that he hould have been so easily the plaything of this other man . He took his housekeeper into his confidence " This time he has gone too far , " John said to the extent of telling her that Miss Cohen to himself , and he sat down there and then was in great trouble , that she had been very to write to Mr. Wynter , instructing his lawyer good to him in former times , and that he to take measures to arrest Jerome Arnold and meant to do everything for her . bring him to justice ; but as he did so he he said . og to leave her here with you , " will go to London ; you can com - topped . The man was a forger , the man was municate with me constantly by telephone or thief , one of those black natures which no telegraph . Cohen thing apparently would ever touch - but he Everything that Miss was something more than this ; he was the wants she must have . If she does not seem man whom Rachel Cohen loved , the man she any better to - morrow , I shall send down s doctor from London . To me she seems very ill . " had married , the man for whose sake she had Back in London , John took rooms at Whilst Rachel was alive Jerome Arnold mush been denied her father's dying blessing hotel He purposely avoided letting Mr. she coula aiscuss with him the possibilities of Wynter know of his presence in town , but he go soot - free , for the woman's sake ! work . " I have had no hospital training , and I have taken no degree , " she said to him , " but I have nursed all sorts and kinds of illnesses , and I believe that I have the real nature to do this work . " 1 " You have the right sort of nature , my got into communication with Jerome Arnold and asked him to come and see him . Morris Cohen had been dead nearly two months before Ben Soldini arrived from the East . His firm had large business connections with Japan , and he had been compelled to go out to Tokio at almost a moment's notice . Arnold replied that he would be delighted to dine , and fixed his own hour . He arrived punctually , looking handsomer than ever , and seemed to be in the beat of spirits . He expressed the greatest delight at meeting From here he had travelled through Japan , Author of " Susannah and One Other , " dear , for any kind of work or any kind of John again , and put forward all his power of and so at times had been out of reach of news Young Man from the Country , " " The position , " the oculist answered , thoughtfully , charm , which on other occasions had been so from England . When at last he learnt of his Heart , " " Capricious Caroline , " & e . PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS : but for the time being you must take care of yourself .. What I should propose would be to find some place for you myself as a nurse- companion more than a nurse who would have to grapple with some serious case . It is JOHN LEITH , who , as John Lessingham , is bele not easy to find this kind of place , but I shall to great wealth . keep my eyes open , and I shall not forget you . " Nesta thanked him very quietly ; but as she as leaving him she turned . JEROME ARNOLD , a needy adventurer , secretly married to " I have something to ask you , Mr. Pin- RACHEL COHEN , daughter of Morris Cohen , asent , " she said , " and I want you , please , not to - to misunderstand me . I want to be wealthy Jew . NESTA GILMORE , a beautiful girl who has known in future by my mother's name - in- stead of the one by which you know me . I lost her sight . She intend to call myself Mrs. Shurston . " paused an instant , and then , with her face hot with colour , she added : " I - I am married . " The oculist looked at her for an instant as CHAPTER XXIV . The great oculist found Miss Gilmore a very helpful patient . Every rule of his was if in doubt , She had so young , so girlish an observed ; nothing was too irksome , no re - appearance as she stood in the doorway ; then He was deeply inte- he smiled : " Call yourself what you like , my strictions impossible . rested in the girl - he found in her a very un- dear , " he said . It is all the same to me . usual character , one possessing sweetness and I shan't misunderstand you . I do more than yet great strength . It was at Nesta's desire treat the eyes , you know - I read human that Dr. Cuthbert was communicated with nature and I took your measure a long time and let into the secret of her whereabouts . ago . " She had one rather awkward quarter of an hour with this old friend , for she entreated him not to let anyone know where she was or what she was doing . " Some day I will tell you everything , " she Baid to Dr. Cuthbert when he hesitated . " Now all I ask of you is to keep my secret . Very likely no one will bother about me ; you know I have drifted out of touch with all my own people this last year or so , but if anybody should ask questions , please - please , Dr. Cuthbert , know nothing about me except that I am alive and well . " " I don't know what bee you've got in your bonnet , " said the old doctor , in his brusque manner ; it doesn't sound like you , Nests . How you managed to get away as you did- you blind and not able to take care of your- self - is something I've never been able to grasp . " The resolution to drop the name of Gil- more and to adopt that of her mother was written by Nesta a day or two later to Dr. Cuthbert , who answered her in a character- istically abrupt note : " I've given up trying to understand a woman's mind , but I suppose you have some very good reason for what you intend to do . As long , however , as you don't drop me out of your sphere of action I shan't make any complaint or any difficulty ! " Nesta smiled as she read this note , but there were tears in her eyes . It touched her to the quick to realise how these two men gave homage to her nature , accepted her wishes , and only desired to be her friends . CHAPTER XXV . The telegram Arnold sent in Rachel's name " If I hadn't had Miriam , " Nests answered , was answered immediately by John Lessing- it would have been impossible . Poor ham . When he reached the Cohene ' house Miriam ! Ok did I do wrong , Dr. Cuthbert , the next day it was to find it a house of when I let her go away from me ? I never thought , poor old soul , she would fret ! She seemed so strong , so well , why should she have died ? " " Now it is against the rules that we have any troubles ; everybody has to be cheerful when Pinsent has them in hand , you know . " " I can't be cheerful when I think of Miriam , " Nesta answered in her quiet way ; " and I can't be untroubled , Dr. Cuthbert , unless you give me the promise I want . " Well , I give it you , my girl , on one con- dition , and that is that if I find myself in any difficulty or feel that it is right that I should speak out - mind , I don't know that such con- ditions will arise - I shall be at liberty to tell the truth . But now tell me , what are you going to do when you leave here ? What is your future ! Have you any money ? " " A little , " Nesta said , just a little . Mr. Pinsent has been letting me help him since I have been here under his care , and he has insisted on paying me for what I have done . most mourning . He was informed that Mr. Morris Cohen had died in the course of the night of sudden heart failure . When he asked for Rachel he was referred to one of Mr. Cohen's nephews , a stern - faced Jew , who curtly an- nounced that Rachel Cohen was not in the house - that henceforward there was no place for her among her father's people . It was with some difficulty indeed that John Leasingham traced Rachel's movemente . Her maid had taken her away very early in the morning . It was supposed that she had gone to some hotel , but after searching and inquiring in every direction Mr. Lessingham discovered some hours later that Rachel was not in a hotel . The maid had taken her to her own home - a poor little house in a nar- row , ugly little street leading off the Edgware- road . When this maid saw Lessingham she broke down and cried . From her incoherent words John gathered something of the tragedy which had occurred . " The master - the poor master - he cursed I He finds that I have certain gifts which I Miss Rachel . Oh , sir , it was too dreadful ! was ignorant I possessed - for instance , he He said such terrible things to her , and he tells me my hands are very valuable . I have turned her away from his house . He told her already massaged one or two of his patients - that she was never to go into it again . those who are nervous and terrified thought she'd have gone mad in those hours about themselves . " -we had to wait till the morning came . She " So , " said Dr. Cuthbert , " you are going knew that the master was dead , and when all to take up massage and sick nursing ? " the family came in she turned to Nests smiled at him faintly . She had left asked me to take her away . She was afraid off the disfiguring green shade - sight was to stay any longer . I didn't know what to do , coming back to her by slow degrees . sir , so I brought her here . " That is what I should like to do , " she answered . " Well , I have every faith in Pinsent ; and let me tell you , my dear , you have gone straight to his heart . If there is one thing Pinsent likes , it is a patient who obeys him . " " What would I not do for him , " Neats said , almost passionately- " the man who has given me back my sight , my strength , and the power of taking care of myself ! " The old doctor went back to his own work , and after a while he had to report to Nests that people were inquiring about her . " You are evidently a person of greater im- portance than you imagine , " he wrote to her . There have been various inquiries made about you . The person who seems to be most interested and most eager to have news and some knowledge of your whereaboute is old Mrs. Leith's nephew , who , as perhaps you know , is now a very rich man . Don't forget , my dear , to let me sake the seal off my lips at the first opportunity . " To this letter Nesta wrote one of the first letters permitted by Mr. Pinsent . " Now more than ever , " she wrote to Dr. Cuthbert , " I entreat you to keep my secret . As I told you when you were here some day I will explain everything , some time later ; just now I can't . " me and swift to act upon the younger man . " You know you can't order a good dinner , he said , " so I hope you are my dear John , " going to let me do this for you . " He declared that the cuisine " at the hotel at which John was staying was impos- sible , so they drove to a very smart restau . rant just recently opened , and there Arnold gave orders in his usual reckless and lordly fashion . He rattled on lightly as they eat at the table , but after a while found that the conversation was very one - sided , and in his usual frank way went straight to the point . " What is the matter with you , Lessing- ham ? " he asked . " I'm worried - worried about you , " John answered . Arnold laughed . " About me ! No ! Why ? I ceased worrying about myself a long time ago . " " I'm going to ask you a question , Arnold , " John said , and the colour rushed into his face . " You mustn't think it intentional or imperti ment , but it means so much to me . " " Go ahead , dear old chap . " " I want to know if you can throw any light on this dreadful business of Miss Cohen and her father ? " Arnold frowned for the fraction of . second , and then he said : Yes , I can . I have a sort of idea that you Gave practically guessed our secret . " " I is only just lately , " said Lessingham , #hat I have felt that there was an attach between you . " " Rachel is my wife , " said Arnold , tersely . " Your wife ! How long have you been married ? " he asked , in a low voice . " Well , very nearly two years now . " A curious feeling came over John Lessing . ham . He remembered all those delightful hours which he had spent alone with Rachel Cohen - those hours in which he had dreamt unconsciously so many dreams in which the woman had seemed to put forward all that was sweet and charming to allure him . He had never disguised from himself the fact that had he been differently constituted their friendship might have drifted into something stronger , even though at that time they had stood so far apart in a social sense and she had been married to Jerome Arnold ! That delicate young , woman , who had seemed to him so beautiful , so precious , embodying all his ideals of the real and exquisite woman drawn love from another man . Jerome Arnold's wife , and yet she had almost The shock hurt John - it was the breaking up of 60 much , the crumbling into dust of something that had been so beautiful . " Are you 80 horrified ? " asked Arnold , uneasy laugh . with And John little B answered , simply : " Yes , I am horrified because I realise that I have been deceived ; and I realise so much else . " He got up from the table . " I am sorry , Arnold , " he said , " I have no appetite , and I am to - night . " not in the humour to pretend * Does this mean good - bye ' ? " asked Arnold , between his teeth . " Lessingham passed his hand over his eyes . " I don't know - I don't know . I only know I want to be alone , to get away from things that hurt me . I hate lies , Arnold . I hate secrecy ; and when I think that that old man has gone to his grave cursing his only child , when I remember that I - I have been fooled BO completely , I " He broke off , and walked away quickly , not finishing his sentence . Jerome swore softly to himself . It was the and , and he was quite unprepared for such an end ! Fool that he had been ! Why had he of this as quickly as he could ; things were too hot for him as it was . Rachel had made a uncle's death he lost no time in coming back to England and to Rachel . There was any number of relatives to give their version of what had happened when he arrived . Shoulders were shrugged , and ugly expressions were used . The news that Rachel had been cursed by her father struck a blow at the heart of the man who had loved her He was one of since she had been a child . her race , and he knew what this would mean to her . He had not troubled to question the mem- bers of her family , but he resolved to get the truth from her own lips . He knew enough to be sure that some big racial trouble lay at the root of her father's terrible anger ; and when he found out , as he did very quickly , that Rachel had been helped and cared for by John Lessingham he too passed for awhile into a state of rage which was almost un- governable . He spent a terrible night , but was calm when the morning came , and his plans for Rachel's future were settled in his mind as he travelled down to the country house where he was told he would find Morris Cohen's daughter . He did not ask for her on his arrival ; he asked for Mr. Lessingham . The servant in- formed him that Mr. Lessingham was not at home . " We are not quite sure where he is at this moment , sir , but we believe that he is in London . Mr. Lessingham has not stayed here , " the butler added , " for some time past . " Mr. Soldini hesitated only on instant , and . then he said : Miss Cohen is staving here , is she not ? " Yes , sir ; she is very ill . " " I am her cousin , " said Soldini . " I want to see her . " " Will you come in , sirf I'll go and tell Mrs. Shurston - that's Miss Cohen's nurse- companion , sir - that you are here . Will you eome this way , sir ? " Soldini followed the servant through the spacious , low - roofed hall , which , as his eye quickly saw , was studded with art treasures of every description . He was shown into a charming room , with long windows opening on to a lawn . Summer was just beginning to wane . There was a mellowness in the air and the colouring , a whisper of the autumn in the soft breeze , yet all was very beautiful . To Soldini , however , there was no beauty in what lay about him . He hated this house , he hated the man who owned it . It was tor- ture to him to think that Rachel , the woman he meant to marry , was living practically on the charity of some stranger , and one who was not a Jew . He meant to change this - he meant to deal swiftly and harshly with Les- singham , for everything pointed to the fact that this man was the actual cause of Rachel's humiliation and tragic sorrow ! ( To be continued . ) Cadbury's milk Chocolate " You can taste the Cream . " " Uh , dear , what a downpour ! I feel It is a poor place told John the truth ? Well , he must get out awfully anxious about my wife - she's out in for Miss Rachel ; but we don't mind what we do for her she has always been very good to me . " " Ask Miss Cohen if she will see me , " said John , very quietly . He found Rachel sitting crouched up in a chair in a dingy little sitting - room . She was not weeping , nor did it seem that a tear had escaped her . There was too great an agony in her face to find relief in tears . He spoke to her once or twice before she seemed to realise that he was present ; then she stag- gered to her feet and gave a great cry . " Oh ! he has cursed me , " she cried- " he has gone to his grave cursing me ! Oh ! my father ! My father ! " John gripped her two hands , and spoke to her almost sternly . hash of everything , and she must stay and face the music alone . He sat down again and ate the dinnes through leisurely , then he called the manager . " Mr. Lessingham felt very unwell , and had the bill to the hotel . " to go away . He desired me to ask you to send He gave the address of the hotel where John was staying , and by - and - bye he slipped leisurely into his light overcoat and strolled towards his rooms . then he it ! " BY SYLVIA . A Pannier " Skirt . dressmaker just now , as , though the calls on Dame fashion is very kind to the home- are many to keep pace with her vagaries , our clothes really take so little material , and are comparatively so easy to make , that we do not mind the changes as much as we might do where our dress allowance is small . As skirts seem to be occupying the minds of many of those I know just now , it occurred to me that it might be the same with my readers , and so this week I this have devoted column to a descrip- tion with illustra- tions of two of the newest skirts for dressy wear - one for the maid and one for the matron . 21 PATTERN No. 1,798 . For the former 1 have selected one of the pannier models which have obtained so much popularity , because this style makes up so prettily in soft patterned fabrics such as voile or ninon , and is really prettier for these materials than the tunic model . And a frock of rosebud voile with the skirt made as sketched , and worn with one of the new " Dolly Varden " hats and a sash of rich blue silk , would be quite pretty and dressy enough for a bridesmaid or garden- party wear . The making is very simple too , and that is my reason for in- cluding it this week . As you see from the diagram , the pannier effect is gained by means of a wide dart taken at the side , which makes the skirt set out here in a sort of drooping " pouf . " For this lesson I have selected patterned voile for its expression , and as this is usually 40 inches wide all you need do is place the half of the pattern on this - folded as when bought as I have shown in the diagram , one and three - quarter yard being required . As this material is so very stretchy , I should tack all round the outline and join up the back seam before cutting out , unless you are a very experienced hand , or you will get The it stretched anyhow . darts likewise should not be cut till the rest is done , for the same reason . When you are ready , fold over the back seam to correspond with the front , only reversing it to keep the seams even - i.e . , Cut Edges Hay entre Back Shirt Cut Edges ! DIAGRAM FOR PATTERN No. 1,798 . keeping the edge of the fold to the right - and then tack down . Now join the darts , cut and neaten , then turn in the edge of front , also the hem of foot - part , and tack . As the skirt fastens in front , you must , of course , leave enough for the placket , and you may also leave one at the foot - part of you wish ; then pleat the waist and secure into the band . It is better to work such thin materials by hand rather than machine , as they are easily dragged and made to look messy . For the same reason , therefore , I advise you to finish off the skirt and get it into the band before you sew the hem , which I always do in sand - stitch , worked in coarsish silk , as this makes a pretty finish for all seams and hems . If you feel a little ambitious , and are good at stitchery , a pretty embroidered " motif " in the corners of the seam of back and front will be quite worth the trouble , and will weight these very successfully . More than half the matches used in Eng . land are made - abroad . ENGLAND'S GLORY MATCHES ENGLAND are made in . England . Every box you buy means MORE WORK FOR BRITISH WORKERS . MORELAND , GLOUCESTER . necessary to get the proper hang " and smooth fit at the waist . When this is done , stitch the seams , being careful to take the darts off to a fine point ; neaten , press , and finish off the skirt . About two and a - half yards of double - width material will be required . HOW TO OBTAIN PATTERNS . Our paper patterns are specially out for us from designs expressly prepared for this column , and the cost of each complete pattern is 6d . post free . Address all letters , enclosing stamps for patters , to " Sylvia Whitefriars House , Carmelite street , London , E.C. Be sure and mention the number of the pattern required when order- ing . Patterns will be despatched within thres days of the application being received . DELICIOUS COFFEE . RED WHITE & BLUE For Breakfast & after Dinner . WISE AND OTHERWISE . Wisdom is the receipt a man gets when he pays for experience , Beauty is only skin deep , and that's what makes many women thin - skinned . " I thought you were taking electrical treat ment ? " No , they charged me too much . " Some people seem to be of opinion that freedom consists in your doing as they like . A genius is a man who has aufficient sense to let other people do the talking about himself . " Sir , you have insulted my mother - in- law . " " Is there anything else I can do for you , old chap ? " drunk ? " Pri- Magistrate : " Were you soner : " Now , Mr. Magistrate , should I be here if I wasn't ? " . WORDS OF WISDOM , Our lives will be no higher than our sima . What a fool does in the end the wise man does in the beginning . B Character is the one security that , although Hsted , never changes hands . Failure is often the result of waiting for other people to do things first . Everything that you do counts ; see that it counts for and not against you . I go at what I am about as if there was nothing else in the world for the time being That is the secret of all hard - working men . KINGSLEY . It is a great folly not to part with your own faults , which is possible ,, but to try instead to escape from other people's faults , which is impossible . - MARCUS AURELIUS . The true strength of every human soul is to be dependent on as many nobler as it can dis cover , and to be depended upon by as many inferior as it can reach . - RUSKIN . Adversity is like the period of the former and of the latter rain - cold , comfortless , un- friendly to man and to animal ; yet from that season have their birth the flower and the fruit . - WALTER SCOTT . Who is the best captain of a ship ! The grumbler and the man of discipline , who will have things as they ought to be , even though he lose every sailor serving under him by his severity . - JOHN WAGSTAFFE . The true way to be humble is not to stoop till you are smaller than yourself , but to stand at your real height against some higher nature , that shall show you what the real smallness of your greatest greatness is . - PHILLIPS BROOKS . Let our one unceasing care be to better the love we offer to our fellows . One cup of this love that is drawn from the spring on the mountains is worth a hundred taken from the stagnant wells of ordinary charity . - MAETER- LINCK . Be " What would ye do if a man called ye a liar ? " asked Pat . " Just what I did myself - do not think , and play no tricks with your go to the funeral , " said Mike . " What did your dog die of ? " asked the sympathiser . He went to fight a circular saw and only lasted one round . " " I say , old man . " " What is it ? " " Would you rather listen to some funny stories or He got the money land me five shillings ? " " He's a perfect duck of a doctor . " " For heaven's sake don't tell people so . " not ? " " Naturally , they'll think he's a quack . " Fishmonger ( to customer ) : " What ! you say my fish smells bad ! Why , it's been there eight days , and this first complaint had ! " " Why " He's never , made any effort to support himself . " " Oh , yes , he has . To my certain knowledge he's proposed to every girl with money he knows . " on . " " Oh , she'll be all right , she'll shelter in some shop . " " Yes , it's that which makes me so anxious ; she has a five - pound note of mine ! " " You don't make very good music with that instrument , " said a bystander to the man with the bass drum as the band ceased admitted the pounder of the to play . " No , " drum , " I know I don't ; but I drown a heap of bad music . " Some probable investors were being shown over a building estate in the country .. ** Come this way , gentlemen , " the agent said . " On the rising ground you can see how the land lies . " Or the land agent , " quietly remarked Sand - stitch . let me add , is merely a double --or treble - back - stitch , and is very quickly worked . When the skirt is done , neaten the band and finish off . A Draped Skirt for the Matron . The next sketch is , as you see , a little more dignified in style , and is , therefore , extremely well suited to the matron for " dressy " occa- sions and materials of a less flimsy character than the pannier affair I have just been de Soft satin , silk , cashmere , fine cloth , or broché would be suitable for this skirt . It is characterised by a Once there his mood changed . He sat down to his table , and took out some letters from drawer . First of all he studied these very one of the party . carefully , and started working " Keep the paper band , " said Mac to his closely . Had anyone peeped over Jerome friend , to whom he had just given a cigar . Arnold's shoulder at this moment they would " A collection of a hundred will entitle you to scribing . I have seen that he had set himself the task of a free gramophone . " " I am just thinking if copying a certain signature , and copying it so I smoke a hundred of these a harp would be accurately that even the most astute eye could more in my line . " be deceived . " You must make an effort , " he said , " to get your strength and courage together . am going to take yau away from here . I am in a position to help you . If there is no place in your father's house there is a place in mine . You were very good to me when I was alone and I had no one , and now I am going to take care of you , Rachel . " She shrank back from him , looking at him with a new pain in her eyes . " Oh ! " she said , " now I am sorry you have come , for you make my burden heavier . " " You are not going to talk at all , " said And yet , though she was so firm and eager to deny herself from any possibility of being Lessingham , " you are just going to leave discovered by John , the mere fact that he was yourself in my hands . He called to the maid , searching for her gave her a thrill of happi- who was waiting in the next room . " Dress She could not bear to part with her your mistress , " he said , " then call a cab ; we ideal about him . In the past she had weaved are going straight into the country . My so many little happy thoughts about John , housekeeper and you will take care of Miss had grown to admire and even ; in a sense , to Cohen . " love him for his tender , chivalrous nature , пева . It seemed like new life to the poor over- she 1 little drapery at the back , which is con- tinued from the back pleat and caught into the wide front width just below knee- " What is the trouble with your mótor- cart " " Something wrong with the carbur Late the following afternoon a note wetter . " " How do you know ? " " Because brought to John Lessingham . It was from the carburetter is the only thing about the Arnold , to announce that he was leaving Eng machine that I haven't had repaired within land , and that his whereabouts were un the last three weeks . " " Look here , waiter , " exclaimed the indig nant customer , " here's a piece of wood in Rachel , " he wrote , so I am not anxious my sausage ! " " Yes , sir , " replied the waiter , about her ; and if she should be inclined to " but I'm sure - er- " Sure nothing ! the sketch , as this fret at my absence , you can tell her that don't mind eating the dog , but I'm blowed if gives the side view in give her free permission to console herself I'm going to eat the kennel too . " order to show the with you or with anybody else . You are such drapery . decided . " I know that you will take care of The old gentleman's wife was getting into ment of these , folds is depth . The arrange- very clearly seen in The skirt is a two- piece affair , which seems the most popu- lar arrangement of Q the moment . The right . a prig , my dear Lessingham , that of course a carriage , and he neglected to assist her . you will be dreadfully shocked , but I canno , " You are not so gallant , John , as when you permit myself to be preached to as you were a boy , " she said , in gentle rebuke . started preaching last night , so I remove my " No , " was his response , and you're not so self to a convenient distance , I am a little bit buoyant as when you were a girl . " tired of London and its ways , and a change of One day in a café in the Far West an actor scene will come very agreeably . I leave you asked a waitress if they served a table d'hôte shown in the sketch- one bit of advice . Don't build too many meal . After scanning the menu card for a but has no drapery , She returned with the in- arranged tuck - wise , to left that which is side is similar to the churches . You might be possible as a man few minutes she excused herself and went the seam being . into the kitchen . for his unceasing thought for the old woman wrought maid to find someone in authority . with whom she had lived , that to think of Rachel herself was passive . She made no ob- him differently was a sorrow to her . jections ; had fallen back into that Mrs. Leith had talked of him every day - al- strained , unhappy calm , and scarcely seemed most every hour - and it would have been to realise that she was driving through the strange if the girl had not grown , as it were , streets and that someone was ordering her into intimate touch with John Lessingham . life . She cherished the remembrance of those Lessingham had sent a telegram to his house- keeper , and all was prepared for the sick woman when she reached the end of her journey . When John would have carried her upstairs she refused . " I can walk , " she said ; yet she put out her hand and clung to his . May you never , done much to destroy this faith , but it had never regret what you are doing , John Les He opened it in almost desultory fashion , for good , my boy ; no good , " said the American this is a point where not gone altogether ; indeed , many a time in singham , " she said . " Remember , I am he had so much pressing on his mind . His manager . They won't stand those medical most amateurs go going over in her mind what had passed be- thing accursed . " tween herself and Arnold , Nesta reproached return to England had signified the usual plays on our side . " you left off trying to play the saint ! " John was down in the country again , Rachel was lying fighting for her life , whenation that the only meal they served was correspond with that the sequel to Arnold's departure was brought It is on record that an author recently ap- As no lining is re- quiet , sweet hours alone with Mrs. Leith . It was the knowledge of the love that the dead woman had lavished on John that kept alive in the girl's heart a yearning to be able still to believe in his generous and chivalrous nature . Her interview with Jerome , Arnold had A moan broke from Rachel's lips , but she said no more , and then walked up the stairs to the large room prepared for her . door Lessingham paused . At the oatmeal . shown . to his knowledge . His bank had received his proached a famous American manager , and quired the pattern is orders to send his pass - book regularly each week , and as he sat working with his secre suggested that he should take a play that he not a difficult one to tary the post brought his book from the bank had written , called " The Optimist . " " No make up ; but - and " You are my dear friend , " Lessingham rush of beggars some real , the majority im Spectator , on sports ground , to official herself in that she had permitted this man , answered , " a woman who has given me the tation - the usual demand for charity , and all " Look here ! I've paid 10s . entrance , and an absolute stranger , to have had so much affection of a sister , the sympathy I have the multitudinous claims which make the there's nothing to be seen . " Official : " The weight with her . Of course , she was not always lacked . You are going to get well and daily life of a man of wealth . reason , sir , is that the aviator is flying above aware of John's heavy anxiety about herself , strong to please me . " Rachel's illness and her mental condition the clouds , the champion swimmer is under yet she felt on her side that she had done him was in itself a leorrow , a responsibility , the water , and the racing car is going round a wrong in acting as she had done . trouble greater than he could describe , and too fast to be seen . " Now , however , it was too late to go back ! always first and foremost in his mind was the She planned instead her future alone . She memory of his lost wife , the girl who had so was so skilled in nursing that she felt that " Is there no one you would like me to cruelly and deliberately taken herself away this was her vocation , and since Mr. Pinsent write to ? That cousin of yours whom I saw from him , who had so completely hidden hen had given her occupation she felt already with you a little while ago ! " better and stronger . When once she was " Ben ! " Rachel said . " Oh , no - don't let Ben come The thought of Ben frightens me . " Lessingham shut the door and went down to his study . His brows contracted in started in her self - elected life of work she resolved she would communicate with her hus band , and would propose to him that he should take some measures to have their mar- riage set aside . Nesta was very ignorant about legal matters ; but she supposed that there might be some way in which she might be able to give back his freedom to John . This , at least , was what she longed to do ; she wanted him to stand alone unhampered by any tie . Thus it was that she entreated Dr. Cuthbert to keep her secret . Mr. Pinsent was so pleased with the pro- gress that she was making that she felt that to me . Prevents hair falling off . Restores it to its natural colour . THE MEXICAN It is not a dye . Prevents Dandruff and is HAIR The best Renewer known . Should be on every toilet table . Of all Chemists and Hairdressers RENEWER Throughout the World , price 3. 6d . self . It was no wonder that John's youth and brightness were fading a little , and that his housekeeper fretted about him because he did not eat . Though he had all that the world envies , he realised never more so than now that he was a lonely man . He dismissed his secretary , and began to go through his pass - book in the methodical way characteristic of him . Suddenly he came upon a very heavy item ; a sum which he cer- tainly had not drawn out , for which , indeed , he had had no need . Taking the cheques from the pocket of the book he went through every one , and when he came to this cheque bearing this particular sum he stopped , and the colour rushed into his face . The cheque THE KATY - DID 36 STYLO new and simple writing in- strument with distinctive features made by the " BWAN Pen People . Bold by Stationers . By post , 3/7 . TRY ONE TO - DAY . MABIE , TODD & CO . , 19 & 80 , High Holborn , London , W.C wrong very great at- tention should be paid . to tacking , and the ' whole pattern- notches , darts , pleats , & c . should be indi- cated in this way be- fore you attempt to PATTERN No. 1,799 . put the skirt together . This is really a very important detail to observe if you wish to avoid the " home - made look . " The Barber : " Your hair is getting thin on top , sir ; you will soon be bald if it keeps The Victim : " Not so bald as I shall be if it doesn't keep on . " " Oh , Harry , dear , do order a mouse - trap to be sent home to - day . " " But , my dear wife , you bought one last week . " " Yes , dear , but there's a mouse in that . " She : " So sorry to hear of your motor accident " Motorist : " Oh , thanks ; it's nothing . Expect to live through many more . " She : " Oh , but I hope not . " Parliamentary Candidate ( in impassioned speech ) " I am willing to trust the people ! " I wish you'd open a grocer's shop , then , " said a little man in the audience . Hus- honest with yourself , whatever the temptation ; say nothing to others that you own mind . Of all the evil spirits abroad at this hour , in this world , insincerity is the most dangerous . - J . A. FROUDE . " There is no wiser use that those who have great possessions can make of them than wisely to put them into life , into character , day by day , while they live . The time will come when it will be regarded as a disgrace for a man to leave vast accumulations behind him.-R. W. TRINE . It is something to be able to paint a par- ticular picture , or to carve a statue , and so to make a few objects beautiful ; but it is glorious also to carve and paint the very atmosphere and medium through which we look , which morally we can do . To affect the quality of the day , that is the highest of arts , -H . THOREAU . THE LITTLE THINGS . Opportunities for doing greatly seldom occur life is made up of infinitesimals . If you compute the sum of happiness in any given day , you will find that it was composed of small attentions , kind looks , which made the heart swell , and stirred into health that sour , rancid film of misanthropy which is apt to coagulate on the stream of inward life , as surely as we live in heart apart from our fellow - creatures . - F . W. ROBERTSON . MAN AND HIS PILGRIMAGE . our efficia GETTING THERE QUICKLY . The devoted servant who knew nothing of Directness largely determines punctuation meant well when she inscribed on the wreath for her employer's funeral the ency . The manual worker whose hands move words , " At Rest From the Cook . " through twenty feet of space to do a thing . Young Wife : " I won't stay with you any that they might have done in fifteen feet will fall behind the fellow - worker who has mas longer ! I am going home to mother ! " band : " Here's the fare . " Young Wife : " But tered the shorter process . that is not enough for the return trip ! " " What business are you going to put your Bon to , Brown ? " " Well , I haven't decided yet ; but judging from the hours he keeps I should say he was naturally cut out for milkman . " Miss Caustic : " Your friend , Smythe , brags that he is a self - made man . You never hear a self - made woman boasting about it . " Critic : " No. They like everyone to think it's natural . " It is the salvation of a noble nature to have some task of self - denial , some motive for self- sacrifice left when all that made the daily burden of life endurable has passed away . Happy he who has habituated himself to look upon his whole earthly career but as a task of which the reward , though not given here , is as priceless as it is certain . I have remarked that a true delineation of the smallest man , " It's simply fine to wake up in the morning and his scene of pilgrimage through life , is and hear the leaves whispering outside your capable of interesting the greatest man that window . " " It's all right to hear the leaves all men are to an unspeakable degree whisper , but I never could stand hearing the brothers , each man's life a strange emblem of every man's , and that human portraits faithfully drawn are of all pictures the wel- comest on human walls . - T . CARLYLE . grass mown ! " She ( dressing to go for a walk ) : " Why are you looking so concernedly out of the win- dow ? " He : " Oh , I was just looking to see if you or that new building over there would be ready first . " REMORSE . I believe that remorse is the least active of Jane , up from the country , appealed to the all a man's moral senses the very easiest to policeman with tears in her eyes . " I've been be deadened when wakened ; and in some robbed , " she said . " I had two half - crowns in my purse one mine and one Eliza's and I've lost Eliza's . " Diner : " Waiter , you may possibly recol- found out , and at the idea of shame or pun- never wakened at all . We grieve at being ishment , but the mere sense of wrong makes THACKERAY . lect that I ordered roast lamb a long time very few people unhappy in Vanity Fair.- Waiter : " Yes , sir ; it will be ready ago . " directly . " Diner : Well , kill another ; I don't want mutton . " " How can you tell when a woman is only INSPIRATION . Follow the fine of your inspiration , do what shopping ? " When they intend to buy they you must do , do what you cannot help doing , ask to see something cheaper . When they're yield to this the whole strength of your per- shopping they ask if you haven't something sonality . If by force of circumstances you are more expensive in stock . " mum . shut out from the work which you love with Mary : " Love never did bring me any luck , your whole heart , wait ! wait and think , wait Mrs. Smith : " Really , I fail to see and consider , wait and plan , wait and pre- how that can concern me , Mary . " Mary pare . If you are correct in your estimate of " No , indeed , mum ; only now Eve broken your gifts and talents the pathway of achieve . your statue of Venus , mum . " ments will open up . This world is too hungry " I suppose when you left home your for new voices and new ideas that the man of When outlined and cut out , start with the make your own way in the world ? " father spoke the words that helped you to gifts should wait forever unrecognised . So back , and get the pleat arranged and stitched did . He said , Son , don't come back here follow the bent of your nature . first of all . Next turn in and tack the edges until you are able to pay board . " " of the front width ; tack the darts ; then tack Little Girl : " My mamma is awful strict . the skirts together , pleating up the side- He But drapery as shown , and according to the Is yours ? " Little Boy : " Orfull " she lets you notches : then fit on and make any alterations go anywhere you want to , and- " Oh , she ain't strict with me . ' " Then who is she strict with ? " " Pa . " SECCOTINET will mend any break in any kind of material . And the mend will last . Sold everywhere in pin stoppered tubes 3d & 6d . Receipt Book and Sample free from M'CAW . STEVENSON & ORR , Ltd. , Loop , Belfast , and 312 , Shpe Lane , Loadon . E.C. Beautifies the teeth and the gums . FLORILINE Renders the teeth pearly white . FOR THE TEETH . Arrests the decay of the teeth , Acts as a detergent after smoking . Renders the gums hard and healthy . Is the best Liquid Dentifrice , The favourite over 35 years . Sold everywhere , 2s . 6d . per bottle 0.4 KEARBLEY'S ORIGINAL WidowWelch's Female Pills Prompt and rollable for Ladise . The only Genuine . Awarded CERTIFICATE of MERIT at the Tomanian Exhibition , 1891 , 100 Years Reputation . Ordereby Specialiste for the Cure of all Female Complafate . Bold boxes , 15 and 1/9 , of all Chemists , or post free , 1/2 and 1/10 from CATHERINE KEARSLEY ( DEPT . ) , 42 , Waterloo Rd.London , S.E . Printed and Published for the Ross GAZETTH LIMITED , by GODFREY M. MORTON , st their Offices , High - street and Church- street , Ross , in the County of Hereford THURSDAY , JULY 2 , 1914 . 1 Sheep Dipping Sheep Dipping J. BENJAMIN , Cash Chemist , Ross , Keeps large Stocks of all the leading makes of Sheep Dips , and would appreciate your orders . VOL . XLVIII , No. 2 SALES BY AUCTION . COOPER AND PREECE , STOOK SALESMEN AND GENERAL AUCTIONEERS . PROBATE , ESTATE , & HOTEL VALUERS [ ESTABLISHED VER 70 YEARS . ] GENERAL INSURANCE AND SHIPPING AGENTS TIMBER SURVEYORS , PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS . TATES MANAGED ; RENTS , TITHES , AND DEBT COLLECTED . Bailiffs ( by appointment ) under the Agricu ural Holdings Act . Mr. Cooper , F.A.I. , County Valuer under the Finance Act . AGENTS FOR THE County Fire Office ( Limited ) , Provident Life Railway Passengers , General Assurance Co Dommercial Union , Scottish Insurance Co. Guardian Plate Glass , Hailstorm , & c . FURNITURE WAREHOUSED . ADVANCES MADE on Sales , if required . Mortgages Negotiated . 1 ALBION CHAMBERS , MARKET - PLACE , ROS SALE FIXTURES This Day . Sale of Furniture and Garde Effects at Ye Olde Market Hous ROBR . See advt . July 16. - Ross Stock Market . Store Cattle at 11 Fat Cattle at 11.45 . Early Entri invited in order to insure publicit for buyers and sellers . July 23. - Sale , of Freehold Farms , Residenti Property , and Cottages , at King Head Hotel , Ross . - See advts . July 30. - Rose Stock Market . August 18. Sale of valuable Household Fur ture , Live Stock , and Out - do Effects , at Thatch Close , Lla garron , the property of S. Russell , Esq . , who is leaving . Farther Appointments respectfully solicited . ROSS STOCK MARKET . THURSDAY , the 16th JULY , 1914 . MESSRS COOPER and PREEC will SELL by AUCTION , in the abe Market , a large Consignment of FAT & STORE CATTLE , OALVES SHEEP , and PIGS . DARK BROWN CART GELDING ( 9 yea a real good worker , the property of a gen man who has no farther use for him ; PONY CART , in good order , suitable for hands . Commencing with the Pigs at 10.30 she SALE THIS DAY . YE OLDE MARKET HOUSE . MESSRS . COOPER and PRE have received instructions from a Ge man who is leaving the Town , to SELE AUCTION , THIS DAY ( THURSDAY ) , JULY 9th , 1914 , A portion of his FURNITURE & GARDEN EFFE Consisting of Dinner and Tea Ware , Jardinieres , Carpet Sweeper . Copper - h Oak Flower Pot , Kettle on Stand , P frames ; EBONIZED SETTEE . spring ed ; Bamboo Tea Table . Pictures , F Elephant Gun . Fire Screen , COTT PIANOFORTE ( hy Broadwood ) ; Music ( nearly new ) ; 5 - string BANJO in case ; umes of Books , including Family Histo England ; Ornaments , Copper Moulds , Dish , Lamps , Stoves . Knife Machine , E Cruet , Toast Rack . Tea Caddy . Kerbs Fire Irons . Table Billiards , large B Placque , Hunting Flask , and a Collecti Greenhouse Plants . Chrysanthemums , den - hair and other Ferns : 500 Flower ( various sizes ) , LADY'S BICYCLE . T Marker : Set four Croquet Balls , Tourna Hoops , Mallets ; Poultry , etc .. etc. Sale at 2.30 prompt . Albion Chambers , Ross NORN EXCHANGE , ROSS . - Tw venient ROOMS ( 30ft . by 15ft . and C by 18ft . ) may be Rented cheaply , either as or for occasional Committee or other Me Dancing or Music Classes . - Apply , Coop PREECE , ROBB . A PAIR of Stone - built Semi - det RESIDENCES , with small Ord Gardens , & a . , at Tudorville . FOR SA Apply to CoоPER and PREECE , Ross . " N the fashionable village of Hoa GARDEN - Apply , to CooPER and PREECE SANDRINGHAM VILLA , Ros rent . decorated throughout ) , TO LET a RADOC VILLA , Gloucester TO LET . Three sitting - rooms , ce tory , seven bedrooms ; bath ( h . and e . ) ; Excellent walled garden , with tenni Immediate possession . Near Golf Lin close to Town and Station . - Apply , Coc PREECE , Ross . OSS ON WYE . - An Iv R DETACHED RESIDENCE , wit Court , Flower and Kitchen Garden , St Garage , TO LET , from Michaelmas . R -Apply , CooРER and PREECE , Ross . OR SALE , between Ross and Three - quarters of an Acre , fully stool Tw Fruit Trees in full bearing . Dwellings , Piggeries , and Shed . Price hold , £ 190. - Apply to CooPER and PRE FOR SALE PROPERTY To 10 LET , a convenient 2 - stall S and COACH HOUSE , with loft of Rent . free of re centre of the town Apply , CooPER and PREECE , Ross . THE HE " LEAPING STOCK , " 14 acres rough pasture , TO LET COOPER and PREECE , ROSS . Several superior RESIDENCES also good BUSINESS PREMIS positions in the Town . TO LE DENCES TO LET from one to 1 TWO COTTAGES and GARDENS FOR SALE , cheap . Kindly write and state requir COOPER and PREECE , of R ( whose advertisements reach Par India , U.S.A. , and the Colonies ) will do their utmost to meet sa HIGH - OLABS NOTE PAPERS at lov Largest and choicest stock in the select from at the " Gazette " Of |