Ross Gazette 6th August 1914 - Page 9
Ross Gazette 6th August 1914 - Page 9
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| Date | 06/08/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 6th August 1914 |
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THE MISSING BRIDEGROOM lover ; and was now threatened with greater bereavement till ? How far away that morning seemed when she stood arrayed in her bridal dress - the happiest girl , as she then believed , in all England ! How strangely remote it was all becoming ! She half - wondered sometimes if she had dreamt it all , or if it had happened in some pre - existence . As she recalled the BY SILAS K. HOOKING Author of " Who Shell Judge ? " The Shadow Between , " " A Desperate Hope , " " God's Out Her Benny , " Yours and Mine events of that tragic morning it hardly seemed to her like a page out of real life . SYNOPSIS OF OPENING CHAPTERS ! The baffling mystery of Frank Carleon's die- The granddaughter of a famous Cornish smug appearance seemed to shroud everything in a gler , and the only care of her father , sweet May mist of unreality . She had not fully recovered Trefum is to marry Frank Carleon , Sir Ralph yet from the numbness caused by the shock Carleon's second son . The country - folk wor- the full sense of her loss she had scarcely ship May , and it is generally thought that Frank realised . She was fully alive where her father Carleon very lucky man . The wedding - morn was concerned , but in all other respects she preparations , bus was half - awake Hept George Tregony watched her day after day Frank Carleon , who , with his She was steadily THE ROSS GAZETTE THURSDAY , AUGUST 6 , 1914 . He got up and walked snently about the room looking for a book , then into the dress ing - room ; but there was not a book to be found of any sort . of together and made for the library door DRESSMAKING AT HOME was whip the insertion to the neur which stood ajar . She was determined she would not play the coward , whatever might happen . Holding the candle well in front of her she man BY SYLVIA A New Cloak Wrap . Below was the library , crowded with books . He lighted a candle , pushed the door The holiday and travelling season is here , open silently , and passed out on to the land pushed the door wide open . Then she gave ing . The large lamp that was suspended in start , and a low cry burst from her lips . the centre of the hall was kert alight all Lying almost at her feet was the body of when wraps are required , and so this is fol- night . He walked down the broad , thickly . For moment only she stood irresolute , lowed by the autumn , when they are sure to carpeted stairs silently and rapidly . Crossed then all her courage came back to her . Ad - be in request , I have selected for my first the hall without a sound , and pushed open the library door , which stood ajar . Then he ancing boldly she knelt on the floor , and the sketch this week , No. 1,808 , a model which stood stock still , as if transfixed . Half - way light of her candle showed her the face of feel sure will appeal to travellers and country George Tregony , but so pale and distorted by dwellers . It is taken from a French design , pain that for a moment she hardly recognised and combines the looseness of a cape with down the long room , and dimly outlined in man , or him . the comfort of a coat , which makes it an woman , or demon , he did not know which . " Dr. Tregony ! " she gasped . " What is especially desirable model . The Raglan cut the darkness , was the figure of a He was not superstitious man , and had the matter ? ' Then her eyes rested on a dark of the fronts helps to shape the neck portion , always scouted the idea of ghosts ; but here stain on the floor , and she knew it was blood . and allows of openings for the hands to be " Are you not able to speak ? " she wailed , slipped through , which are protected by rather was a shape that was horrifying in its un- The fronts are double - breasted , and are cold in his veins . His heart seemed to stop , was breathing loudly and painfully , and his the perspiration oozed in big drops upon his eyes were tightly shut . She placed her hand faced with the material ; but if you wish you He can face them with silk or plaid , if you want was evidently unconscious . the wrap to be a trifle smarter , as when worn " forehead , his hands shook so violently that he upon his forehead , but he did not move . nearly dropped the candle . Springing to her feet she ran swiftly up- open it has much the appearance of an ordi- stairs , and made first for the room of her nary long cloak . UNGEN maid . " Matilda ! " she cried , shaking her The material chosen for its manufacture violently , get up this moment and dress ! depends , of course , on the purpose for which Something has happened to Dr. Tregony - it is required . For a dust or light travelling something terrible ing dawns with many gay and Vainly with growing anxiety . corner of the big house , which used to be known exhausting herself , mind and body , and yet couth dimensions . He felt his blood running and she bent her face almost close to his . He wide mitred wraps . at the Trefusis , nowhere to Bir Ralph Carleon and Mr. Trefusis search , every and Frank Carleon's name WAS men- never he was powerless to help . all the country B3 The Smugglers Keep , round . The servants maintain that Frank must on the premises somewhere , as every door and tioned . He would have given a good deal to be know how much he was in her thoughts , but window had been found bolted as they had left them overnight But they cannot find the missing he had no chance of diagnosing the depth and Sir extent of her trouble . bridegroom , and the search is abandoned . One night he arrived at the house about ten Ralph leaves in anger , half - accusing Mr. Trefusis o'clock , and , after examining the patient , of having spirited " the bridegroom away . When May is told that her lover cannot be decided that he would remain a few hours at But she is a brave least . He saw that a crisis was rapidly ap- Found , she sheds bitter tears . girl , and proudly subdues her grief . Mr. Trefusinproaching , and that that night would , in all carries on a dogged search for the missing man along the cliffs ; but his health is undermined by probability , decide the issue . the worry , and he is now laid up with a sharp attack of pneumonia . May and the women - ser vants nurse him . Dr. Tregony , a popular mem- ber of a well - known Cornish family , attends the sick man , and May's white , worried face wrings his heart , for he had always loved her deeply . Her engagement to Frank Carleon had been bitter blow to him , for he himself had cherished the idea that he might one day ask , her to be come his wife . And now he is again brought in Bontact with her . CHAPTER V. almost tragic in its intensity . Day after May's appeal to Dr. Tregony was pathetic day when he called she would come to him " Oh , with parted lips and wide - open eyes . Dr. Tregony , " she would say , " you will save my father , won't you ? " And he would look pityingly into her upturned face and answer , I will do all that I can do , Miss Trefusis , but the issue is in the hands of Heaven . " " But do tell me he will get better , " she would plead , " or at least tell me there is a good hope . " " There is always hope while there is life , " he would reply , and there is this to be said in his favour he has never abused his con- stitution . " " Oh ! but he must not die , " she would answer , and the tears would spring into her " Think - think - I have no one but Byes . father in all the world . " " I understand , " he would say , with a bitter pang of regret that he could not offer her the protection of his love , and he would turn and walk towards the sick - room . were Those Brief interviews with May among the most trying things he had to en- dure . He was not a weak man , and yet he found it very difficult to keep his love in check , and never , in word or tone or look . reveal what he felt . Her distress drew out his heart to her in a deeper tenderness . He would have given all he possessed if he could have taken her in his arms and comforted her . She was always beautiful in his eyes ; but her sorrow seemed to give a fresh charm to her loveliness . " He mentioned his intention as casually as possible , but May took alarm in a moment . " He is worse ! she said , drawing him side into a large dressing - room that opened out of the sick chamber . worse . " You believe he is In- " Oh no , " he said , as cheerfully as he could . " Not - necessarily worse at all . deed , I hope before morning we shall see a distinct change for the better . " " But have you any ground for hope ? " she pleaded , earnestly . " Now " Most decidedly , " he answered . sleep . I shall request Mrs. Luny to do the let me advise you to go to bed and get some same . " " Mrs. Luny will be only too glad to do so , " she answered , " but I don't think I can . I really don't . " " I wish you would , " he said , scarcely dar You have nearly ing to look into her eyes . worn yourself out already , and I must not have you on my hands also . " " I am not concerned about myself at all , " she answered . " It really does not matter what becomes of me . " A " It matters great deal , " he said , " It matters to your father if to earnestly . no one else . " " But he may not get better . Oh , if he dies , I hope . I shall die also ! " " Have you so little regard for your friends ? " he questioned , with more emotion in his voice than he usually allowed to creep into it . " Friends ! " she repeated . wistfully and thoughtfully ; then , after a few moments added : " Oh , yes , you have all been very good to me ; but - but - oh ! Dr. Tregony , I cannot explain myself . . . understand . " He tried to speak , but his tongue refused . That moment there was & flash of light , a confused sense of noise , of pain , of something terrible having happened , and then he lay bleeding and unconsgions on the floor . CHAPTER VL May was the only one who heard a noise . She had laid down in her clothes , not expect- ing to sleep . She was too painfully anxious . If she could get a little physical rest she would be thankful ; but mental rest seemed out of the question . She closed her eyes and straightened her tired limbs , and tried her best to withdraw her mind from the distracting thoughta that had almost driven her mad . She knew that worrying would do no good . It would neither restore her father to health , nor bring back her lost lover , nor explain the mystery of his disappearance . Then , for a moment , she found comfort in the thought that God knew all , that nothing happened without the notice of His eyes , and that , whatever failed her , His love and pro- vidence would remain . It was in that moment of hope and trust that the angel of sleep touched her , and she passed unconsciously into the realm of for getfulness . How long she slept she did not know . Indeed , she was by no means sure that she slept at all - it seemed more than probable , she concluded afterwards , that she had been awake all the time . She remembered thinking about the good Providence of God , and then she started up with a confused sense of some unfamiliar Bound having penetrated her brain - a sound like the snapping of a tree - branch in a gale , or the crack of a farmer's whip . She sat straight up in bed , " alert and trem- bling . Had she been dreaming ? or were the sounds that had disturbed her real ? She puckered her forehead and listened A sound with strained attention ; but not broke the silence . The night was almost painfully still , even the wind had ceased to rumble in the chimney and whisper through The moaning of the sea was too subdued to be heard . the trees . You cannot " Not altogether , perhaps , " he said , slowly , " But we all know without looking at her . what suffering and disappointment mean- " Have you suffered ! she asked quickly , and she looked searchingly into his face , but he did not meet her eyes ; he was afraid to do so . Afraid even to continue the conversation . " Excuse me & moment , " he said , and he passed hurriedly into the next room . She waited some time for him to return , and then followed him to her father's bed- side , where he stood with his fingers on the sufferer's wrist . After awhile he went out on to the land- " Let Fortunately , she had no suspicion of what he felt . He might have held her hands much Longer than he did , and it would not have crossed her mind that he cared more for her than for any other girl of her age . She was so concerned about her father - so staggered and benumbed at the mysterious disappearing , and beckoned May to follow him . affce of her lover , so racked with fears and me urge you again to go and lie down , " he misgivings that the world around her might said . You can do no good by remaining up . " " But if he should grow suddenly worse ? have no existence . Nothing mattered , except " In that case I will see to it that you are her father's recovery . If he died there would be nothing left . called at once . I hope , however , that no such necessity will arise . " Old Dr. Polwhele , though he was getting far advanced in years , made his way up to was still in the Smugglers ' Keep - as he habit of calling it - nearly every day . Tre- gony was always glad to have the benefit of He might not be abreast of his experience . the discoveries of modern medical science , and some of his methods might be exceedingly antiquated ; but he had had a large and varied experience , and experience always counted for a good deal . May always welcomed the old doctor with a smile of gratitude . She had known him ever since she could remember , and though she had not much faith in his skill as a physi- cian , she loved him as a friend , and in some things could open her heart more freely to him than to her father . He would pat her on the head and tell her not to overtax herself , and that she would be well advised to leave the nursing to the housekeeper and Mrs. Luny ; but May would take advice from no one on the matter . Dr. Tregony had told her that more depended on good nursing than on medicine , and so she resolved to keep her eye on every detail . Mrs. Lany , she knew , was not to be trusted . The old woman was a bundle of conceit and pre- judices . She honestly believed that she knew more than one - half the doctors going , and had no faith whatever in modern methods , Dr. Tregony she regarded with ill - concealed contempt . A young upstart , choked full of ponsense , " was her mental comment . She believed in strong measures , such as blisters and bleeding , and had she been allowed a free hand Tregony's care and skill would have gone for nothing . May came into collision with Mrs. Luny more than once . " You trust me , my dear , " the old dame would say when she wanted to try some ex- " Half the people periments of her own .. buried in the new churchyard I've nursed off and on . Those new - fangled , easy - going ways I've no patience with . " " But I have faith in them , Mrs. Luny , " May would answer firmly , " and what is more , I have faith in Dr .. Tregony , and I am deter mined that his instructions shall be carried out . " Then you must abide by the So May kept constant watch night and day . Mrs. Luny never knew when she would come upon the scene , and Dr. Tregony was almost a erratic in his movements as she . To be thrown so con- She looked at him for a moment , then walked slowly away to her own room . " Tregony returned to his patient and eat down by his bedside . stantly into the company of May Trefusis was , he knew , the very worst thing that could have happened to him . All the fight- ing and self - repression of months was being rendered useless . The wound that he hoped was beginning to heal was torn open afresh . The longing for possession was greater than ever . It seemed clear enough , from the brief conversation he had just had with May , that her heart was with Frank Carleon , and even if he never returned to claim her , she would remain true to him . Instead of forgetting him she would idealise him . She was begin ning to surround his memory with a halo of She would compare every other man with this ideal lover , who had tragically disappeared . romance . BO She lay back again for a moment or two , but she could not rest . Some unusual noise had disturbed her , or the impression of it would not be so clear in her brain . She felt sure also that the noise was within the house and not outside . Could it be in her father's room ? Did it mean- -1 She sprang out of bed and struck a light . Her thoughts were too confused to be shaped into words . An irresistible impulse led her to her father's side . The door of his bed- room stood open - she rather wondered at that . She crept in noiselessly , and looked A shaded lamp was burn- swiftly round her . ing near the bed , but Dr. Tregony was not to be seen . Tilda was wide awake in a moment , and sprang out of bed with a bound . " Dress quickly ! " May panted , " and come to Mrs. Hyder's room . " The next moment she was scurrying along the passage like a frightened deer . Mrs. Hyder and Mrs. Luny took some rous- ing . They were both of them almost worn out with long watching , but after a while they were made to comprehend what had happened . May stole back to her father's room , and , seeing that he was still asleep , quietly closed the door . In a few minutes the whole house- hold was astir Baker , the coachman , who sept over the stables , was knocked up , and despatched at once for Dr. Polwhele , and within half an hour the old man was kneeling by his young partner's side . " We must have a bed made up for him in this room , " he said , after a hurried examina- tion . " And make haste about it , you women , " he added , turning to the frightened And be care- group who stood about him . ful that you make no noise ; not a sound if you can help it . And , above all , this must be Whatever happens , kept from Mr. Trefusis . he must not know a word - must not have a suspicion . " In a few minutes a camp bedstead was brought from an upstairs room and erected in a corner of the library . ) May was sent to keep watch by her father , so that if he awoke he might not find himself alone . She was thankful to find that he still slept , and , sitting down by his side , she hid her face What s in her hands and tried to think . whirl of excitement and agony she had lived in during the last few weeks . Mystery had been followed by illness , and now tragedy was What was the treading on the heels of both . meaning of it all ? What demoniac power had been let loose in the house ? Was there any connection between the disappearance of her lover and this accident to Dr. Tregony ! She felt as though she had reached the last stage of sanity . She had kept her reason up to the present , and carried a brave face be- fore her father and the servants , but she seemed to have reached the edge of a black abyss she had got to the limit of human endurance . that wrap , silk or cotton Shantung would be an excellent choice , whilst others might prefer alpaca . For a wrap of a more protective kind light waterproof cloth or tweed would PATTERN No. 1,808 . make up a very useful cloak at no great out- The light of a new day had stolen into the lay of time or money , as the pattern is a very room when John Trefusis awoke . May bent simple one to make up , consisting of four over him in a moment , and kissed him lightly pieces , half - back - the centre of which may be placed to the fold or have a seam accord- on the forehead . He smiled on her feebly ing to the width of the material - one front , and pathetically ; he was too weak to talk . half of collar , and wrap . The front facing is She felt sure , however , that he had taken a cut from the front of cloak , and no pattern turn for the better . The fever had burnt it- is given for this . The front edge should be She walked silently up to the bedside and self out ; his forehead was once more moist bent over the still form . No , he was not and cool . Unused as she was to sickness , she placed to the fold , and ample turnings should be allowed when cutting out . When this is the thing to be dead ; he was breathing softly and regularly , saw clearly enough done face the fronts , make the buttonholes , more regularly than he had breathed for battled against now was excessive weakness . many daye and nights past . She stood look- Oh ! how she wished that Dr. Tregony could and sew on the buttons , which should be strengthened , as the fronts are not inter- the white , thin face for several be present . He would know what to pre - lined , by being sewn to small buttons on the ing at moments , her heart thrilling with a new Bcribe . She wondered if Dr. Polwhele was hope . Then she began to wonder what had still in the house . She had sat through all wrong side , which will prevent any pulling of become of Dr. Tregony . Why had he left the long hours till dawn waiting and listen- the fabric . his patient ? Had he anything to do with the ing , but scarcely a sound had floated up from noise that had startled her ? not help wondering whether the young doctor , on whose skill and judgment she had relied so much , was still alive . That he was seriously hurt she knew . It seemed a little strange that no come to relieve her watch . It was At the door of the dressing - room she hest tated for a moment ; then , holding her candle high , she crept in slowly and noiselessly . The room was empty - she could see that at a glance . A vague feeling of alarm took possession of her , though she hardly knew why . unlike Dr. Tregony to leave his patient But perhaps her father was better - perhaps he had passed the crisis . There was no reason why he should sit by his bedside all the night . at such a critical time . She came out again into her father's room and paused by his bedside , shading the candle with her hand . Surely he was better ; he had not slept like this since his illness began . But where was Dr. Tregony ? The question Some men in Dr. Tregony's position would worried her . Should she eit by her father's have found satisfaction in Frank Carleon's side until he returned ? And if she did would absence , and would have devoutly prayed he be annoyed ? Would he think she was that he might never be seen or heard of the - manger ' He did sometimes wonder what quality it was in Frank Carleon that had won May's heart . To a mere outsider they did not sp- pear to have two things in common they were as unlike as two people could well be , not merely in temperaiment and disposition , but in purpose and aim . below . She could edge , joining it neatly , then the lace to the FACTS AND FANCIES . top of this , which set on quite flat hem the sleeves , sew on the lace , and finish off . As to the knee parts , these are finished off in the sketch with a feather - stitched hent , ASAVAGE LITTLE FISH . It he piranha - described by Mr. Boosevelt with an edging below , of lace of a medium the most savage fish he has ever seen- width . You can , however , make these more about the sise of herring , yet those living ornamental by replacing the hem with inser near waters it frequents hold it to be more tion to which the lace is sewn , whilst the dangerous than an alligator . It will attent pattern lends itself admirably to decoration to destroy the steering paddles of a boat 1.1 motion , and has been known to kill men . is notorious cannibal , devouring at once any with hand embroidery . of its own species who may be wounded or in HOW TO OBTAIN PATTERNS . Our paper patterns are specially out for us from difficulties , and will fly at other fish enor designs expressly prepared for this column , dimously superior in size , and tear pieces out of the cost of each complete pattern is 6 d . post free . their fins and tails . Still , even the piranha Address all letters , enclosing stampa for pattern has its uses . Some Indian tribes leave their to " Sylvia , " Whitefriars House , Carmelite dead in the river for this fish to strip the street , London , EC Be sure and mention the bones , and then preserve the skeleton as a number , of the pattern required when order family heirloom . ing . Patterns will be despatched within throa days of the application being received . Bournville By test- the best . -- Cocoa WISE AND OTHERWISE You can always borrow trouble without security . Happiness depends half on what we do and half on what we don't . " In trying to get to the top don't place too much dependence on the lift . Most of us get what we deserve , but only the successful of us will admit it . Every dog has his day , but it isn't every dog who knows when he is having it .. The average man feels that he could bear our burdens much better than his own . Some people cannot stand prosperity , but the majority do not get a chance to try . Few men suffer so little from insomnia that they are not occasionally caught napping . Willie ( to visitor ) : " You'd better eat your pie slowly ; ma never gives more'n one piece . " When a man finds a woman for whom he thinks there's nothing good enough he asks her to take him . " Why do you suppose Mary married that " Got him at a poverty - stricken count ? " discount , I guess . " " Does your husband for play cards But those who I don't think so . money ? " play with him do . " Supercilious youth ( to tram conductor ) : " Is that Noah's Ark full yet ? " " Yes , all but the monkey . Jump in . " Doctor : " You are suffering from a compli- cation of diseases , sir - at least six . " Patient : " I suppose you'll allow me a discount on ha a dozen , doctor ? " She : " Men aren't any brainier than women ; they have only fooled us into believ ing that they are . " He : " Well , doesn't that show that they are ! " " Did the operation on Mrs. Gaby's throat " Oh , her husband is en- thusiastic about it . He says she can't speak prove a success ? " now above a whisper . " Admiral ( to Bishop ) : " How many couples " Oh , as have you spliced on occasion ! " many as twenty in two hours . " " Ha ! a speed of ten knots an hour ! " Bacon : " I gave my wife a rainbow kiss when I left home this morning . " Egbert : " What in the world is a rainbow kiss ? " Bacon : " One that follows a storm . " " Who are the fel- " Does the young policeman who calls so often mean business ? " . a lady asked her cook . " I think he does , mum ; he's already begun to complain about my cooking . " Curate : " What are you running for , Tommy ? " Tommy : " I'm tryin ' to keep two fellers from fightin ' . " lowe ? " " Bill Perkins over there and me ! " Rich Papa : " You foolish girl , that English nobleman who's courting you really doesn't look on you as his equal . " Wilful Heiress : " I don't care for that , papa , as long as he's my peer . " TARTARS IDYLLIC LOVE - MAKING . Wooing M done among Burmese - Tartar tribes is as simple as it is idyllic . On the first day of winter the tribe holds a great feast , at which all the marriageable girls gather and listen to the music made by the bachelors , who sit under the " desire thee " and play their favourite instruments . As the maiden he loves passes him a youth will play louder and more feelingly . If she ignores him and passes on , he knows she will have none of him . If she steps up to him and lays a flower upon his instrument he jumps up , takes her by the hand , taking care not to drop the flower , and off they wander . TRAPS FOR MONKEYS . The natives of the country near the Panama railway catch monkeys by means of a trap so simple that it is strange that it sue A hole ceeds with so cunning a creature . large enough to admit a monkey's hand hav ing been out in a cocosnut , the " meat " is doooped out , and a piece of sugar is put in . A string is next fastened to the nut , which is placed upon the ground , and then the blacks hide themselves in the bushes , one of them keeping hold of the other end of the string Soon a troop of monkeys come along . A sharp - eyed one , full of curiosity , spies the nut , drops down from the tree , and pushes his Paw into the hole for the sugar . Of course he cannot withdraw his paw with the sugar in it , and he is too greedy to open his hand to give it up . By - and - bye the nut is quietly drawn towards the bushes , all the monkeys in the When they have band scampering after it . come near enough for the purpose a net is neatly thrown over them , and usually twenty or thirty of them are captured . THE MUSHROOM . An average - sized mushroom will produce as many as 1,800 spores , and a common toad- stool , Shaggy Caps , has been shown to pro- duce as many as 5,000,000,000 . for the other inhabitants of the world , how The Fortunately ever , the probability of successful growth of mushroom or any given spore is somewhat remote , says an article in Knowledge . toadstool plant is formed of fine filamentous threads , which ramify beneath the soil ; and if we assume that a successful plant of the as ten mush- mushroom produces as many rooms or toadstools , we find that the chance against successful growth to maturity is re- spectively . about 18,000,000,000,000,000 and 60,000,000 to 1 in the two species mentioned . Even more prolific than the mushrooms and toadstools proper is the Giant Puffball , a large specimen of which has been known to produce as many as 7,000,000 spores . WHEN TO WEAR YOUR JEWELS . Wise men of the East declare that certain precious stones have certain influences upon Some stones should also only be worn on certain days . their wearers . All white stones , except the diamond , may be worn on Monday , there being special good luck in the moonstone . or Tuesday should see red stones , such as the for blue - turquoise Wednesday calls ruby or garnet . sapphire or aquamarine , to wit . Thursday , you should dress in red and wear Friday demands green . Now tack fronts to the corresponding edge , of back portion ; fit on if necessary , and then stitch , not forgetting the openings , which neaton , and finish off with the wrap , as you see in the sketch , and afterwards press all garnets . one had seams and edges . Next turn up and stitch the lower edge ; make the collar , and secure to the neck , finishing off neatly . The cloak will require 24 to 3 yards of double - width material . " Then , suddenly and without noise , the door was pushed open , and Dr. Polwhele entered . She glanced at him eagerly , and tried to read his face ; but she could discover nothing . He came up to the bedside in his bland , pro- fessional way , and laid his fingers on John Trefusis's wrist . He took no notice of May , and she stole quietly , out of the room , and hurried downstairs . In the hall she encoun- tered Mrs. Hyder . " Is he living ? " she questioned , glancing towards the library door . Mrs. Hyder nodded , and put her finger to her lips in token of silence . No one can hear , " May whispered , sharply . " What does Dr. Polwhele say ? " " Nothing . Dr. Pascoe is with him now . " " Dr. Pascoe ? " " Baker galloped all the way to Truro and fetched him back . " " Then it must be a bad case . " " I'm nearly frantic about it , " Mrs. Hyder whispered , tearfully . " What will people think ? What sort of tales will they There Invent ? First one thing happens and then another , and nobody is able to explain any- thing . " " again ; but there was nothing of " the - dog - in - pying on him ? She turned away from the bedside and spirit in Tregony's composi- tion . He would rather see May happy than walked towards the door , and then passed out on to the landing . Here she paused again , he happy himself . and stood for several minutes undecided . She could hear the big eight - day clock ticking in the hall below - that was the only sound that broke the stillness there was no sound of & footstep anywhere . The silence felt oppressive . She began to reason with herself . was no occasion for worry . Dr. Tregony knew Possibly he had left the house and gone to St. Olaves for something he needed . He would be back in a few minutes in any case . She walked to the head of the stairs and , lesning on the balustrade , looked down into the hall below . The lamp She had been reared in an atmosphere of affection and innocence . Shut off by high walls of propriety from any close contact with the outer world . Kept in ignorance of the coarse and scamier side of life . Guarded jealously from nearly every form of tempta tion , and taught from childhood to reverence what was noble and beautiful in life and character , in literature and art . what he was about . " But that is no fault of ours , Mrs. Hyder . " " No , it is no fault of ours , but people may try to make out that it is . Dr. Polwhele questioned me just now as though I were witch . " 4 Simple Summer Combis . It is not easy to make any alteration in the shape of the undergarment known as com- binations , but there are one or two points about the pattern sketched in No. 1,809 which I think will commend it to those of you who want a nice simple pattern for summer wear . In the first place , its looseness gives it some- thing of the com- fort of a chemise , with the lower portion arranged with legs of the wide French variety ; and , in the second , the neck opening is made wide enough for the garment to be slipped o : over the head , as the front seam is joined right up , and this saves the bother of sewing on buttons and making button- holes , the only fastening needed being the ribbon run through the slot insertion . You can , of course , make it higher in the neck PATTERN No. 1,809 . " " Was your husband cool when you told him there was a burglar in the house ? " asked Mrs. Darnley . " Cool ! " replied Mrs. Cowley . Why , his teeth " I should say he was cool ! chattered ! " " What are you going to pay your counsel if he proves you are innocent ? " asked the " Half the pro- magistrate of the burglar . was the candid but ceeds of the robbery , " unfortunate reply . " Tell me briefly your version of the affair , " said the magistrate . " Well , your worship , he offered to prove to me in black and white that I was a fool , so I proved to him in black and blue that he was a liar . " " 1. Man at Desk : " Why do you claim a trom- bone player is less of a bore than a pianist ?! Man in Chair : " He is , because he doesn't get the chance . He doesn't find a trombone in every home he visits . " Mother , do fairy tales always begin with Once upon a time ? " " No , dear , replied mother , hearing her husband's step out le " sometimes they begin with , ' My dear , who detained at the office ! ' Bat " Why did Lucille break off her en- ooul " Bob : " Merely because I Ben : " She must be silly to Saturdays allow purple amethysts and other similar jewels . Sundays bring blue stones once more , or those that have a changeful sheen in which blue appears , such as the opal . By the way , opal a lucky stone , the East reckons the except the fire opal , in which a demon dwells . In all other opals an angel is concealed , who guards the wearer from poison , plague , and love - sickness . WHERE CHERRIES CAME FROM . Cherries are among the good things that have come to Europe out of Asia . For the tree was introduced into Italy about 70 B.O. by Lucullus , who obtained both the fruit and its name from the city of Carasus , in Pontus . It was first planted in England some two cen turies later , and soon became acclimatised , but the real impetus was given to English cherry - growing in 1540 , when various fine kinds were brought from Flanders and planted in Kent . And still , as you journey by the boat - train through Teynham , you may see the very first cherry orchard planted in England . How INSECTS PROTECT THEMSELVES . Insects undoubtedly head the list of those creatures which for their own safety assume They to har fancé stealing & from her ! " what is called the terrifying attitude . make faces with a vengeance , and often to Oh , I didn't steal is from her ! " such good purpose that they can depend upon The cultured young woman from Boston that accomplishment solely as a means of was taring to make conversation . " Do you Cure for Crabbe's Tales ? " she asked . " I safety . Some insects , it is true , have other methods of driving off their foes , but others never ate any replied the breesy girl from depend entirely upon their talent for " making Chicago but I'm just dead stuck on faces . " Take the caterpillar of either the lob lobsters !! was burning steadily , though not brilliantly . In what way did he question you ? " She could see the rugs on the floor , even the " Oh , in every way . He wanted to know if patterns of the cushions on the aaken settee . anybody slept in the house but ourselves ! If She trembled a little in spite of herself . A we had sean or heard anybody prowling strange , eerie feeling crept over her . There about the house ? If anyone of us was in the might be ghosts about . She knew that the habit of walking in our sleep ? If any fire- house had the reputation of being haunted . arme were knocking about ? I tell you , he In her great - grandfather's time servants had made me feel desperate uncomfortable . " if you wish ; but ster or the puss moth ; and it will be found refused to stay in the house on account of the " What did you say to him ? " A small boy made repeated requests for that when in danger they become so hideous noises and strange appearances ; but of late " Well , I told him - quite innocently - that in these days of more pudding , but , was told that too m that even a hungry bird hesitates to pick up years the ghosts had been quiescent . Still , the only one who was awake or heard any open - necked blouses few women care for any padding would make him ill . Looking wist It is not merely by such an ugly customer . thing high , and most undergarments of this ally at the desirable dish for a moment , he looking terrifying that many insects escape noise was you . " there was no reason why they should not return . She turned her head and looked timidly " Why do you say that you told him quite kind are low - necked . The combis sketched are intended to be said : " Well , give me another piece and send destruction , for some have an amazing way of over her shoulder , half - expecting to see some innocently ' ghostly visitant approaching along the cor " Well , you see , I wouldn't for the world made in cambric or nainsook , and the dia- for the doctor ! " " Did you find anything in that house's ridor . She had imbibed to the full the super- that he should think that you had anything gram shows the pattern arranged on two Nothing worthwhile and a - half yards of 36 - inch goods . The broken asked the footpad . stitions of her race and surroundings . That to do with it . " ghosts did walk the earth , that witches still " But it's bad luck lines on each side of the leg show how to answered the burglar . to come away empty - handed , so I brough existed , and that fortune - tellers could un- along the watchdog and a lot of burglar erringly read the future , she did not doubt for alarm apparatus . " a moment . She was not lacking in courage , however , on that account . If a ghost did appear before her , she knew she would not faint or go into hysterics . She hoped she would have sufficient presence of mind to ask its business , for she had been told that ghosta always vanished when spoken to . John Trefusis might have descended from race of smugglers and buccaneers on his father's side , but from his mother he had in con - berited a deep strain of Puritanism , and this sequences , " she would answer sullenly . " Age had passed on to his daughter . May's out- and experience seem to count for nothing look upon the world was that of an innocent with young folk . " child . There was wickedness in the world " What the use of a doctor if his in- she knew . She had once seen Jan Tuckey structions are not carried out ? " May would drunk , and was so horrified at the sight that retort . And Mrs. Luny would answer , under she believed she would never forget it . her breath , " Precious little ! " Frank Carleon had grown up in a totally different school , and had breathed & different atmosphere from his childhood . The Carleons for generations had been described as " lovers of life . " Life - full - blooded , red , and hot . They loved adventure , loved pleasure , loved sport in all its forms , loved the whirl and ex- citement of crowded cities . They rode reck lessly , loved recklessly , spent recklessly . Frank came into May's secluded Eden like young god handsome , graceful , debonair . It was no one quality that attracted her , but the last of the race ; of her mother's people every quality . There the charm of she appeared to know little or nothing . In spite of every effort , however , not to John Trefusis kept up no intercourse with novelty , the attraction of the opposite , the worry herself her alarm steadily increased . his wife's relations . He gave no reasons . It delight in strength and beauty . Dr. Tregony , as was natural , did not like She was sure it was hazardous to leave her Frank Carleon . What man in the world yet father so long unattended . He might awake While Tregony was ever liked his rival ? at any moment . It was so unlike Dr. Tre- was acting . The dashing gony to run risks of any kind . thinking Carleon man of the world had won the prize before She ran lightly down the stairs at length the slower and less confident doctor had de- cided how to begin . disease advanced . The patient grew weaker and weaker as the Whether he would pull through was a doubtful point from the begin ning . Tregony often wondered what would become of May if John Trefusie were taken from her . She seemed to be without a relative in the world . On her father's side she was was understood that he did not like them . They were Devonshire people , and that was Whether any of about all that was known . them were still alive no one appeared to know , and John Trefusis instituted no in quiries . May could not help contemplating possibility of her father's death , and some- times a sense of unutterable loneliness crept over her . What had she done that she should be so tried ? Why had she been bereft of her DELICIOUS COFFEE . RED WHITE boxes s & the BLUE For Breakfast & after Dinner . was Tregony turned his attention to his patient , and tried to put May out of his thoughts . John Trefusie lay quite still . His breathing was deeper and a little less rapid than it had been , For half an hour he sat there and scarcely moved . The house was strangely quiet . All the servants had gone to bed . He hoped that May , among the rest , was fast asleep . Trefusis turned his head slowly and opened his eyes . Tregony smiled back at him , but did not speak . Raising his bead gently , he gave him something to drink , and a moment or two later the sick man's eyes were closed again , and he was breathing quietly . Tregony kept his fingers on his wrist for several minutes , then smile of satisfaction stole over his face . He felt sure the crisis had passed . The ebb in the tide had reached its limit , and had begun to return . Tregony looked at his watch . It had only just turned midnight . There were good many hours before him before he could be re- lieved His patient might sleep on now till morning . What should he do ? If he sat still staring at the face of his patient he would fall asleep . bolted . tence . " May almost jumped . " You don't mean , " she said , with dilated eyes , " that he would " but she could not finish the sen- think The suggestion was altogether too horrible - too absurd . " Dr. Polwhele will think no wrong , " Mrà . Hyder interposed . " He has too much sense , and he knows the family too well ; but the mischief is Dr. Polwhele is not everybody , and if the tongues of St. Olaves onde get a - wagging , there'll be no stopping of them . " May dropped into , a chair and breathed In an instant there had opened up hard . " before her B realm of possibilities more awful than anything she had ever in all her life imagined . ( To be continued ) and examined the front door . It was securely Dr. Tregony had not left the house , and she drew a long breath of relief . But the old question rose to her lips in- down to the well and draw some stantly - Where was he ? It seemed hours Mollie ! " since she left her bedroom - since the un- accountable noise startled her . Then she made a sudden movement , and grew pale to the lips . Was that a sound ? She stood with wide - open , frightened eyes , listening intently . The eight - day clock gave a terrific whirr and struck one . She waited another moment or two , but no other sound broke the silence . She felt her- self trembling from head to foot . In spite of the cold the perspiration stood in big drops on her forehead . Her limbs seemed paralysed . With tremendous effort she pulled her Beautifies the teeth and the gums FLORILINE Readers the teeth pearly white . Arrests the decay of the teeth . Acts as a detergent after smoking . Renders the gums bard and healthy . le the best Liquid Dentifrice . The favourite over 35 years . FOR THE TEETH . Sold everywhere , 2s . 6d , per bottle . water for Master ( to coachman ) : " John , just go John : " I was engaged to drive horses and not to draw water , sir . " Master : " Oh , well , just get the horses and carriage out and drive Mollie to the well , then ! " " Way , Willie , " said the teacher in a pained voice , " have you been fighting again ? Didn't you learn that when you are struck on one cheek you ought to turn the other one to the striker ? " " Yes'm , " agreed Willie , " but he hit me on the nose , and I've only got one . " Father : " No , you cannot have any more cake . ( Very seriously ) : Do you know what I shall have to do if you go on making that Yes . " dreadful noise ! " Little Girl : Father : " Well , what is it ? " . Little Girl : " Give me some more cake . " And she was quite right . A lady took her little daughter out to tea , and was much shocked to see her try to put a thin piece of bread and butter into her . pocket . " Whatever are you trying to do ? " asked the mother . The little girl replied : " I thought I would take this home to nurse for & Baltern . " Selvedges of 36 inch Materal Front Fold за Half of Combinations Cut Edges Selvedges of 36 inch thater DIAGRAM FOR PATTERN No. 1,800 . make these narrower if you do not care for the wide legs sketched . Mark and cut out , allowing good turnings . Proceed to join up the seams , making these of the run and fell order . only quite narrow " As excellent Food , admirably adapted to the waste of Infanta Sir Ches . A. Cameron , C.D. , M.D. Neave's Food Useful Booklet " Hinta about Baby free . Semple for 2d . postage . Mention this paper . JOSIAH . NEAVE & CO . , Fordingbridge Beautiful Hair- long , thick , glossy , and free from every trace of scurf and dandruff - is always . possessed by those who use Lavona Hair Ponte Hair specialists and physicians advise its use , and chemists have such faith in its efficacy that they give purchasers a signed guarantee to refund the price paid in full should it fail to give satisfaction . If your hair is thin and lustreless -if it is being choked and killed by dan- druff you should obtain a bottle of this . wonderful guaranteed Lavona Hair Tonia to day . It is sold locally by : - ALBERT PORTER , of 13 , High - street , and other high - class chemists everywhere . lested . so changing their appearance as to make them- elves resemble oreatures less likely to be mo Thus one caterpillar in a marvellous way manages to represent a big spider , an- other becomes snake - like , while quite a harm- less little insect plays with great success at being a scorpion .. MONEY IN NETTLES . re- But The nettle has for generations been garded as a useless , annoying weed . to - day it is put to a score of uses abroad . It is high in value as food for swine and poultry : in Sweden nettles are cultivated for cattle fodder . Poultry eat the seeds with avidity , and so do horses . In England nettle beer made from the stalks and leaves was once in great demand in some localities . Yarn and cloth , both fine and coarse , are made of the fibre ; and even carpets . Both fine lace and ade from the Siberian strong ropes are nettle . One of species nettle produces nutritious tubers , which are eaten boiled or raw in India . Another species supplies chins cloth or ramie . The roots of nettles , boiled in alum , yield a fine yellow dye . The juice of the stalk and leaves is used to dye woollen stuffs a brilliant and permanent green . &&& KEARSLEY'S ORIGINAL Widow Welch's Female Pills and reliable for Ladies . The only Graine . Awarded station . Ordered by Spotfallata for the Care of Complaints . Bold in boxes , 1/14 and 1/9 , of all Chimata , or post free , 1/2 and 1/10 from CATHERINE KEARSLEY ( DEPT . ) , 42 , Waterloo Rd.London , S.E Printed and Published for the Ross GAZETTE LIMITED , by GODFREY M. MORTON , st their Offices , High - street and Church- street , Ross , in the County of Heroford THURSDAY , AUGUST 6 , 1914 . 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 GENERA AUCTIONEERS . PROBATE , ESTATE , & HOTEL VALUERS [ ESTABLISHED VER 70 YEARS . ] GENERAL INSURANCE AND SHIPPING AGENTS TIMBER SURVEYORS , PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS ESTATES MANAGED ; BENTS , TITHES , AND DERS COLLECTED . Bailiffs ( by appointment ) under the Agricul tural Holdings Aet . Mr. Cooper , F.A.I. , i s County Valuer under the Finance Act . AGENTS FOR THE County Fire Office ( Limited ) , Provident Life Railway Passengers , General Assurance Co. Dommercial Union , Beottish Insurance Co. Guardian Plate Glass , Hailstorm , & o . FURNITURE WAREHOUSED . ADVANOES MADE on Sales , if required . Mortgages Negotiated . ALBION CHAMBERS , MARKET - PLACE , ROSS SALE FIXTURES This Day . Ross Stock Market . August 25. - Sale of valuable Household Furni ture , Live Stock , and Out - doo Effects , at Thatch Close , Llan garron , the property of S. C Russell , Esq . , who is leaving . See advt . August 27. - Ross Stock Market . Early Entries invited in order to insure publicity for buyers and sellers . Farther Appointments respectfully solicited . SALE THIS DAY . ROSS STOCK MARKET . THURSDAY , the 13th AUGUST , 1914 . ESBRS . OOOPER and PREEO will BELL by AUCTION , in the abov Market , a large Consignment of ME FAT & STORE CATTLE , OALVES SHEEP , and PIGS . Commencing with the Pigs at 10.30 aharg M THATCH CLOSE , LLANGARRON . ESSRS . COOPER and PREEC are favoured with instructions from S. C RUSSELL , Esq . ( who is leaving ) , to SELL H AUCTION , On TUESDAY , the 25th day of AUGUST , 1924 , His valuable and well - preserved HOUSEHOLD FURNITUR ] Being the Appointments of Three Reception ar Six Bedrooms , Kitchens , & o . , consisting of . Ir French Bedsteads , Mattresses , Marble - top Was stands , Dressing Tables , Swing Glasses , A minster and other Carpets , Hearth Rug Curtains , Fenders , Brasses , Wardrobes , Pioture Chest of Drawers , Night Commode , Chesterfiel Conch in Silk Tapestry ; fine tone Cottage Pian forte , Drawing - room Suite in Crimson Plas Lamps : Easy , Chippendale , and other Chairs Dining - Room Suite in Morocco , Bookcases . It laid Curio Cabinet , Walnut Sideboard with Plat Glass Back , Dining Table . Quarter - size Billia Table . Bronzed Figures . Ornaments . Davenpo in Mahogany , Secretaire , Gramophone an Records , Wire and other Mats ; Flitch Hom cured Bacon ; Wringing and Mangling Machin Barrel Churn ( by Hathaway ) . LIVE STOCK and OUT - DOOR EFFECT 8 Cross - bred Dairy Cattle in Calvers , and Wean Heifer Calves ; 12 strong store Pige , Sow wi her litter of 13 Pigs ; 60 Head of Poultry ; Emp Casks , 36 Iron Sheep Hurdles , Horseworks wi Shafting , Chaff Cutter , " The Clipper " ( as ne ente three lengths ; Large Portable Fowlhou on wheels ; Riok of Hay off 7 Acres , and Barl off half - an - acre ( all to go off ) ; Patch Potatoe Two and Four - Wheel Dog Carts , Spring Mark Cart , Chicago Clipper ( as new ) , Sets of Black ar Brown Cob Harness , Lady's and Gent.'s Saddle Single and Double - rein Hunting Bridles , S Breaking Tackle , Greenhouse Plants , Galvaniz Oil Tank to hold 84 gallons , Flower Pots , S Croquet , Single and Double Light Cucumb Frames , Garden Seats . Balanced - handle Gard Roll , Lawn Mowers , Tennis Marker , Nat . at Poles ; 31 - rung Ladder , Lady's Bicycle ; Plan Hoe and Seed Sower , Cambridge Roll , Ho Hoe , Plough , Chain Harrows , Long and She Handle Pruners , Reel and Rubber Hose , G vanized Corn Bine , Meal Tubs . Avery's Scal and Weights , Pig Troughs , Wheelbarrow a Watering Tank on Wheels , Dog Kennel . Tread Grindstone and Water Holder , Converted Timb Wire Netting , Fowl Coops . Farm Tools , a numerous other Effects , fully set out in Ca logues , to be obtained of the Auctioneer , 10 de prior to Sale . Sale at 12 o'clock . Tea and Light Refreshments will be suppli at moderate charges by Mr. Dew of t " Three Horse Shoes . " Llangarron . Albion Chambers , Ross . TN the fashionable village of Hoarwit GARDEN . - Apply , to CooPER and PREECE , Ro YMONDS YAT . A most convenie Overlooking the Yat . Two Reception , F Bedrooms , Bath ( h . and c . ) ; prettily appoin Flower Garden , & e Immediate possession Fuller particulars of COOPER and PREECE , I perty Agents , Ross . NOR SALE , between Ross and Newe Fompact little PROPERTY of ab Three - quarters of an Acre , fully stocked Fruit Trees in full bearing . Two en Dwellings , Piggeries , and Shed . Price of EECE , R hold , £ 190. - Apply to CoоPER and то NO LET , LAMBS ' CROSS , Gors from 29th September next , compri four - roomed COTTAGE , with good Garden Buildingg , and Three Acres of PASTU ORCHARDING . - Apply , CooPER and PRE Ross . COMFORTABLE , TO LET at Christ OMFORTABLE HOUSE , with Th next , two miles from Ross . Rent £ 25. - Ap COOPER and PREECE , ROSS . 10 LET , in the the centre of the To TT STABLE , COACH HO and a large Corn Loft over . Suitable fo painter or oarpenter's workshop . Rent lo COOPER and PRERCE , Agents . Ross . TO LET ( Furnished ) , at 15 / - a w from the middle of September , a BI COUNTRY RESIDENCE . Three Bedro 2 Sitting - rooms . Modern sanitation . .In midst of pretty scenery , and convenien church , station , post office , and village . - C and PAEROE , Agents . Several superior RESIDENCES TO furnished ; also good BUSINESS MISES in Al positions in the Town . Kindly write and state requirement COOPER and PREECE , of Ross - on and they will do their utmost to meet the |