Ross Gazette 11th June 1914 - Page 8
Ross Gazette 11th June 1914 - Page 8
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| Date | 11/06/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 11th June 1914 |
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SPLENDIDLY BUILT AND WELL FINISHED . THE ROSS GAZETTE – THURSDAY , JUNE 11 , FRO ALBION CYCLES ( 410 [ ALL RIGHTS RENTED . ] Easy Payments from 2/6 weekly arranged without fuss . OASE FOR BETTER OR FOR couragement to one who loved her so dearly . shut up there all by herself , ill and miserable . " thank you I can't tell you what I feel for WORSE . BY MADAME ALBANESI Author of " Susannah and One Other , " " The Young Man from the Country , Heart " " Capricious Caroline , ' & o . The Glad PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS : JOHN LEITH , who , as John Lessingham , is Hair to great wealth . JEROME ARNOLD , a needy adventurer , secretly married to RACHEL COHEN , daughter of Morris Cohen , a wealthy Jew . NESTA GILMORE , a beautiful girl who has lost her sight . CHAPTER XVII . manner exerted herselt to be cheertal and give all en- She had remembered the address of the lodg- ings which Dr. Cuthbert had spoken to her about , and after a long drive they found them selves at last in a very quiet square . Good luck was with them , for some rooms were to be had at the address , and in a little while Neata was lying on . a sofa , and Miriam was fussing about making tea and giving vent to exclamations of surprise and disapproval at every turn . After a long , sleepless night Nesta rose with the intention of at once approaching the oculist . The sale of the farm had given her little money , so that she would be able to pay for her treatment , unless , of course , it should be terribly expensive . But she felt convinced that Dr. Cuthbert must have fully explained her position and her case to this celebrated man ; anyhow , she was resolved to make every effort to get back her sight . Though all was so grey and so hard for her to bear , she felt that she might pluck up spirit again if only she could lose the sense of being a burden on others . Miriam was too exhausted to accompany her to the oculist ; but the landlady of the rooms - s very nice woman - expressed herself as ready and more than willing to accompany Miss Gilmore . She was an old acquaintance of Dr. Cuthbert's , and that constituted a link to Nesta . 1914 . TYRES GUARANTEED BY THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO . FRANK HILL & CO . , Call or send for further particulars . FACTS AND FANCIES . THE USEFUL REINDEER . In ab Arctic countries the reindeer takes T ROSS . DRESSMAKING AT HOME the sleeves , make the cuffs , and how these on BY SYLVIA . anne's death - she must nave suffered so much voice was definitely broken , " can't " You did what you thought was the best you but oh , I must do something to show my to do , " said Rachel . " I am sure you friendship . have nothing to reproach yourself with a me to flud , my wife , " Lessingham was unfortunate , of course , that she had to be answered her . " You're right . I believe left ; but your position was so difficult , and woman's wite will be keener in this than any after all , you were thinking entirely of her man's , but oh ! Easy find her . I must take you had to come back here , and work and care of her . I won't bring her into my life , make home for her ; and yet at the same nor will I insist on sharing hers ,, but oh i From the milk the Laplander makes time , I understand so exactly how she must must take care of her . It is such an irony cheese . It is true that those who have tasted have felf Where could she have gone ? Ha isn't it , to find I have all this money and to do not praise it ; they say it is hard , and its agree with her . she many friends ? " know that this sweet woman is actually lack rank of taste . But that may be due to bad " I know very little about her , " said John ; " but I don't think she has many people being daily necessities ? The thought is too cheese - making . At any rate , reindeer - milk longing to her - none , in fact , in the imme- diate neighbourhood of her old home . Oh ! I must find her ! I must find her ! " the place of ox , sheep , and horses . It gives Child's Slip - On Frock . milk , meat , and clothing , and is a good beastwything of the " elipon " or of burden . " So you shall , " said Rachel , and I will help you . A woman's wite sometimes are of great use in a case like this ; anyhow , you will rely on me , won't you ? " Lessingham gripped her two slender hands in his , and thanked her quietly .. " I feel as if I had broken faith to that poor dear dead old woman , " he said . " Fancy tha helpless child wandering about by herself . What money has she ? How is she going to live ? Oh it is torture to me . " again . horrible to me " said Rachel , and in that moment she was She shall be found she must be found ! " absolutely sincere . She hurried her depar ture , because it hurt her to stay any longer playing her game of deception ; and when he heard that he insisted upon going , John rang through and ordered his car to be ready He would have accom to take her home . " panied her , but this she prevented . She was always afraid of her father and of her cousin . Her nerves were so jarred and unstrung thai she preferred to be alone . So John put her into the car , and stood moment watching it roll away with a strange contraction of his brows . He moved about the room restlessly , and a that moment the manservant came in , fol- The woman's bysterical condition troubled lowed by waiters preparing for dinner . " You don't know how pleased I am to have him , and somehow he felt in a vague , far - off you here , " John said , after they were alone way that Rachel had been playing a part this " I have so much that makes me night . He gave no second thought to the money , but he was genuinely sorry , for her , envied by other people , and yet I have and he longed to do something more for one who stood to him for so much that was beau- thing that came into my life when I was poor tiful in human patare When the and nothing . You may judge how much I The car carried Rachel swiftly back to her I swiftly back to father's house , but she stopped it some yarde value you and your friendship . " away from the door . As she walked towards the steps someone approached her . her husband , It was The oculist only kept them waiting & very little while . Apparently Dr. Cuthbert must have aroused his interest in Nesta's case , for he seemed to be fully aware of all the circum- stances attached to it , and at once expressed his desire to take her in hand . question of money was approached he put this On one side . It would be impossible to set down in ade quate fashion the condition of Nests's mind and heart after that interview with Jerome Arnold . She felt humiliated in s that was almost unbearable ; but worse even than the humiliation was the pain . For al- most unconsciously she had grown to care for John Lessingham . Listening as she had lis- tened day after day , hour after hour , to her old dead friend's loving remembrance of this young man , becoming acquainted with him through the medium of his letters ( which Mrs. Leith always read out to her ) , it was so natural that a sympathy should have sprung to life in this girl's heart , a sympathy which had taken on & deeper , & newer significance when she and John had met . Though her woman's pride had rebelled against the suddenness of their marriage , against the mere suggestion that she should have been made John's wife , perhaps against the man's sense of what was right , yet it would have been impossible for any young his supervision , and the treatment would pro- creature placed . as . she had been placed obably be a very lengthy one . Part of the not to have responded to the note romance which this unconventional marriage time , in all probability , the girl would be sent had conveyed . And in these later days , when out of London . she had been waiting in the old farmhouse , there had been many times when her heart had thrilled at the thought of John's coming and of their future together . The advent , therefore , of this stranger , this third person coming into their life in such a cold , matter- can buy things but you are some- Rachel got up hurriedly and threw off her " The matter will go through Dr. Cuth - cloak . don't want you ever to speak like that again , " she said , almost fiercely , to John , bert , " he said ; " and I have no doubt we In " You you hurt me , and you are exaggerat She looked about her , and shall arrange things very satisfactorily . " Somehow the meantime , yours is such an unusual case ing things . " don't like these rooms . How did you get that I am disposed to take it up purely on changed the subject abruptly . that ground . " them ? " she said . " They were recommended to me by Arnold . He has been awfully good , has helped me no end . I don't know how I should have got on without him . " He then dictated the arrangements . Nests was to go at once to a home which was under wrist - edges , or , if the material have no right wrong , you can make these all in one by merely stitching the upper edge on the right side , voring the lower part of the seams whe in the armholes , make and sew on the collar is waist band . " this is of the material , then make and w The overall will take 8 yards of 80 - inch goods . HOW TO OBTAIN PATTERNS . Our paper patterns are specially but for dealgas expressly prepared for this column , nad the cost of each complete pattern is Bid . post fre Altstrians House , Carmelis Address letters , enclosing stamps for pastore Bow , and the fewer the fastenings ons as have to one's frocks and garments the better Dame sablon likes them . Weber follower children's frooks , and washing ones in par this rule applies with greater force to um , I feel sure that mothers will approve of mer he lives on a frugal diet of curds and This little frook is intended to be made up in cheese is the Laplander's chief food during pretty little tub " frock I have igned the long winters of the North . In the sum - So them in No. 1,792 . whey .. He makes no butter , but the Fin - washing material , but could , of course , be madember of the our attention , however , is its simplicity It anders do ; it is of a very pale colour - nearly is anything else you prefer . Its chief claim At the end of the summer the reindeer be - piece affair , with only one fastening , domes very fat , and the flesh is excellent . It note ; also the fact that it is intended to be afrocks , and possibly wear out some which is regarded as the greatest delicacy by their over blouses or guimapes or bodions of last owner a delicacy to which they treat them- cod not be finished off " , in any other way , selves only on rare occasions . The reindeer has the thickest skin of all northern animals , white . and the warmest for clothing As draught animals , the reindeer are used not only for drawing the sleighs in winter , but for agricultural purposes during the short As civilisation pushes further and further north , the reindeer will become of great economic importance . summer . PRESENTS TO BE RETURNED . If a modern bride were requested kindly to return her wedding presents to their donors at her earliest convenience , the probability is that she would have some species of fit from sheer surprise and indignation . But in the days when England was ruled by the Norman kings this was the custom rather than the ex- ception . It was an understood thing that the wedding presents were only lent . Later , things came to such a pass that not only did the young couple expect to receive no pre- sents , but were even expected to make a sub- fendal baron whose tenants they were ; and stantial gift to the Lord of the Manor or was enacted that the value of these presents was not to exceed one - twentieth of the total " I thought Mr. Arnold had better taste that you are the cleverest creature I've ever for the protection of newly - married people it " I heard that you had gone to him . I've been waiting for you to come back . Tell me tell me , Rachel , how much did he give - yout " " He gave me , " said Rachel , very quietly , " a blank cheque . " " A blank cheque ! " said Arnold ; then he Rachel , my dear ; haven't I always told you laughed . " Ah , ah ! that is the way to do it , known . Why , the game is almost too easy . be rich and happy . ' She turned away worth of their possessions . Let the young rooms , Mr. Lessingham . They are not at a Just a little bit longer , dearest , and we shall " Happy ! " said Rachel . She bride be thankful that the times have suited to you ; have something simpler . " " I don't know what I shall do , I don's from Arnold , and went up the steps . Before changed since then ! know what my plans are , " John answered , he let herself into the house with her laton- " till I have satisfied myself about my wife . I key she said : " Please go away from hero . had pictured making a home at the old Manor father may return at any minute . I will Without hesitation Nests sccepted all the than this , " conditions imposed upon her ; and as she drove home she felt her heart thrill with a sense of hope and joy in the thought that the darkness which veiled all the world from her might at last be lifted . Her next task was to get Miriam away from London . She received woman in whose house she was living , and by the middle of the next day poor old Mirism , weeping very flood of tears , was driven to the station and put into a train to go and live out the rest of her life with some of her rela tions who had offered her a home . Baid Rachel . " Get rid of these She never doubted that Arnold had been the greatest help and kindness from the House , and having some place in London to all in the cheque with the amount you said of - fact way , was a dreadful blow to the girl . sent by John . How could she ! He was too well versed in the situation .. He spoke like one who knew everything , and had been con- fided in . There had been a note in his man- ner which Nests had quickly caught and as quickly resented . Miriam had hovered round the girl , hardly able to repress her curiosity , after Jerome Arnold had gone away . She was devoted to Nesta , yet she symbolised to the girl in this moment the attitude of the world ; and Nesta shrank almost with physical pain from the mere suggestion that her hasty marriage might be discussed and judged - her position in John's life be made a subject of gossip and comment . " I must get away , " she said to herself , fiercely . " I can't stay here . " Miriam waited a long time , and then at last could contain herself no longer . " And when's the master coming ? " she asked . " What'll you be doing , my dear ? " Nesta paused only an instant , and then she said , deliberately : " I have to go to London . I want you , Miriam , to travel with me , then you will go as we arranged to your cousin's , in Shropshire ; but I want to get away from here quietly , Miriam . I don't want anybody дом which we could come when we wanted , but He walked off with a sigh . Rachel stood and looked at him ; her heart was beating al- She was here at her hus- most feverishly . band's bidding , doing , her husband's work , So in the simplest way , and yet in the yet she hated it even more now , when she had surest , Nesta had taken herself out of all actually started , than when first Jerome had chance of being traced , although each time ' made the suggestion to her that she should she trembled lest she should be found and be , nse John to enrich themselves . She loathed called up on to bear what now would be to the sensation of the man being surrounded on her the greatest mental suffering - a meeting every hand by Arnold's influence . There was with the man she had married . The cold bur something so simple , so straightforward , eo den which lay on her heart would have been honest , so clean about John Lessingham that lifted from her , no doubt , if she could have Rachel was conscious of a great humiliation realised that in these hours in which she that she should have part in this scheme of thought so easily to hide herself John Less tricking him . Her colour faded , and she ingham was searching eagerly in every diressighed unconsciously . tion for some clue to her whereabouts . CHAPTER XVIII . was not at home he was told . back from the Lessingham looked at her quickly . " Here is dinner , " he said . " We won't talk busi- ness till you have had some food . " " I don't believe I can eat , " Rachel an- swered him , with a faint smile ; and then , you know , I must get back early . My father is a greater tyrant than ever . " Ever since she and Jerome Arnold had met she had been turning over in her mind the John the amount of money which her husband required . thing in the morning . you wanted . I will post it , to you the first Make it double , " said Arnold , with Hight laugh . ( To be continued . ) Cadbury's milk Chocolate " You can taste the Cream . " " Does baby talk yet ? " asked a friend of the family of the little brother . " No , " re- plied the little brother . He doesn't need to talk . All he has to do is yell , and he gets everything in the house worth having . " " I'm introducing a brand - new invention- combined talking - machine , carpet sweeper , " Got one already , " briskly into an office . COINS AS WEIGHTS . PATTERN No. 1,799 . Three pennies or a five - shilling piece weigh This , however , is but a suggestion which I offer one ounce , and ten pennies placed in a line for your benefit , as you may like to make one or two new ones to wear with the frook , Where are equal to a foot . The diameter of a five - fore I have included the pattern of a blouse for shilling piece is 14in . , of a halfpenny in One pound in silver weighs exactly four ounces . A CURIOUS SUPERSTITION . Many Greeks firmly believe to this day in a curious heathen notion , which holds that the fate of every child is controlled entirely by three mysterious spirits , who are spoken of collectively as the " Moral . " These three " Fates " are supposed to be invisible women , who come on a visit.of inspection shortly after the birth of each child . They always come after sundown , says the superstition , and the Greek parents , when a newly - born baby is in the house and a visit from the " Moral " is expected , carefully leave the door open and lay a feast and money - offerings all ready for the Fates when they should arrive . & belief that every child , when first he leaves In many parts of England there still lingers his mother's room , should be carried upstairs before he is taken down , as this will ensure his progress in the world and make him auc- the topmost room of the house , then the nurse , holding him in her arms , steps up on to a chair placed on the threshold of the room . If this is done , they say , then the child will set out in life with every chance of success . It was a pitiful little letter from Rachel that brought Lessingham North , leaving his search to be carried on by other people . He went direct to the Cohens house on his arrival in London , but Rachel He left a little note for her , giving her the best story she could invent to draw from and letter - opener , " said the agent , stepping cessful . If the baby happens to be born in address of the rooms in town which had been taken for him by Arnold , but which as yet he had not occupied ; and he had barely reached these rooms before a telephone message came through from Rachel asking him if he would allow her to come and see him that evening . " I can only run in for a few minutes , " said ; " but I want to see you so badly - oh , so badly , Mr. Lessingham ! John awaited her coming with eagerness . He was so anxious to let this woman know by some outward expression how much he valued her friendship how much he cared for her sympathy . He forgot his own anxiety in " He told wondering what trouble could have come upon her and in what way he could serve her . to know that we are going . Oh ! can you manage this for me , manage it so - so that we just disappear and leave no trace ! " If there was one thing that Miriam loved better than another it was the idea of a mystery . " You leave it to me , " she said , eagerly I'll do it all . I'm glad you are going to your husband , my dear , though I do think he might have come up to have fetched And who was yon fine young gentleman who turned up to - day - a lawyer I'll be think- ing ? And did he tell you what had happened to Master John - what the something was that has changed everything for him ? " " Yes , " said Nesta , very quietly . you , me , but I - but I can't tell you , Miriam can't tell anyone . " " Oh , I'm asking no questions , " Miriam answered , lightly , though , of course , she was very much disappointed ; but the mere sug- gestion that she had to use her woman's wits and arrange a departure in secret was 60 she She arrived about eight o'clock . " Father is dining out to - night , " she said , " so I managed to slip away ; but ' I can't stay very long . " She let her hande rest in John's , and , in- deed , she had sense of something like B attractive that for once she let her curiosity happiness in seeing him again ; for the now go unsatisfied . I The journey to London was a source of the greatest excitement to old Miriam , who had never been south in her life . She plied Nesta with questions , which the girl answered evasively for the most part , but Miriam quickly gathered that though her young lady was going to London there was no immediate plan of her joining her husband ; in fact , as they drew nearer and nearer the terminus the old woman began to be greatly troubled .. " I'll not be leaving you , my dear . thought that you were going to join the master , but if you are going to be by your lone self , what will you do ? " " You shall stay with me a day or two , " Nesta answered , but after that I think it will be better for me to be alone . " Then she opened her heart to Miriam a little bit . " You know that Dr. Cuthbert has always been very anxious that I should have expert advice about my eyes . Just before we lost her poor darling - he was urging me to come to London and put myself into the care of a great oculist . He arranged everything , and gave me the address of rooms ; but when the time came to go I couldn't leave Mrs. Leith . She wasn't fit to come with me , so I remained as I was ; but now , Miriam , I must try and get my sight . I can't be helpless all my life . I - I want to be quite sure that there is a chance for me before before I join my husband . " I'll stay with you as long as you like , Miss Nests , " Miriam said , " though Heaven knows it'll be a strange thing to be shut up in this kind of place . Why , how do the people live and breathe ? Oh ! look at the fog over the tops of the houses . It doesn't seem as if the EUB would ever shine here , Miss Nests . " " I will let you stay just two or three days , but after that I must be alone . Oh ! don't be afraid ; I shall be quite all right . I daresay I shall have to go into some home or institu- tion for a time , and I couldn't possibly leave you to live in London lodgings by yourself . " Miriam reed to this at once . In fact , when they finally reached London , and were standing on the crowded platform , the old servant found herself clinging to her young mistress , and although she led Nesta along . it was really the young woman who supported her . When they were in a cab driving through the streets Miriam began to cry . " Oh deary me ! " she said , " but this is a dreadful place . Where is Master John ? He should have been here to take care of you . My heart misgives me , Miss Nesta ; it seems to me we're done a foolish thing . " The old woman's trouble and weakness called up all Nesta's courage , and though her own heart was sad and sorrowful enough she MRS . WINSLOW'S Soothes the child . For Children teething Over 60 years reputation . SOOTHING SYRUP . Allays all pain . Cures Wind Colic . Is the best remedy for Dianthand Contains no poisonous ingredients . Sold everywhere , 1/1 per bottle , answered the proprietor . " I'm married . " You must have a home of your own , " Mother , after relating pathetic story : John said , gently . " I should like to see you " Now , Reggie , wouldn't you like to give your properly , placed . I - I am not going to abuse bunny to that poor little boy you saw to - day , your father to you , Mies Cohen , but- " who hasn't any father ? " Reggie ( clutching " Oh ! I understand , " she answered him . the rabbit ) : " Couldn't we give him father in- " There is a very big but ' where father is stead ? " concerned . It is not so easy for me to have a home of my own , " she went on , eagerly , al- most passionately . " There are many , many things which stand in the way of it . " As they sat down she leant her elbow on the table and supported her chin in her hand . " I think one of the hardest things to bear , Mr. Lessingham , is to feel one is elinden in reality one has very little in one's life . " " I am beginning to test that , " said John , quietly . " It is early days , I suppose , for me to grumble , but there is something so ugly It carries a destructive , ele- about money . ment , and it only mocks one when one realises how little it can do in things that count . Still , I am going to try and not think about myself at all . I want to do all the good I can , and " It is just that promise that has brought me here to - night , " said Rachel . " I - I have a case which needs help , Mr. Lessingham . " " You shall not ask me twice , " said John , ledge that this man was so true , so strong , and that he would never fail her , was veremember , you promised to help me . " comforting to her . John genuinely Was shocked at her appearance . " You know , " he said , " I think yea look very ill , Miss Cohen . Can't you get away from London ? You ought to have change of air . " " I really am not happy anywhere except in London , " Rachel answered him . Though she looked ill , she also looked very beautiful . She wore one of her picturesque clinging dresses , and was wrapped about in wonderful Eastern cloak which her cousin had given her . There was a curious gold comb in her dark hair . " No , I never care to go away ; besides , just now I could not possibly leave London . " " You can stay an hour with me , can't you ? " said John . " I am going to give you I have the most wonderful some dinner . servant , " he added , with a smile " a man whom Mr. Arnold introduced to me and I am convinced that we shall have quite a nice little dinner in a very little while . " When he had given orders to the servant he came back , and he stood looking at Rachel " Now you are going to tell me all your trouble , " he said , gently . The colour came into Rachel's pale cheeks . " I don't want to talk about myself just for the moment , " she said . " I want to know what has happened to you . " She noticed that John's face changed in- stantly . " I have had a great blow , " he said , " I have lost my wife . " Rachel sat forward with a jerk . you mean ? Not- " " What do " No , " said John ; " at least , I hope not That - that would be too terrible . She is so young ; she has all her life before her . Oh , no , she is alive ; but she has disappeared taken herself away from me shown me , in fact , that I treated her like a brute ! " " Hush ! " said Rachel , sharply . " You are saying things which are not true . You are not the sort of man to treat any woman badly . Tell me more . " John drew a deep breath , like a sigh , and then obeyed her . He gave her the story of the last few days exactly as they had been , spoke of the letter which he had written , and then of his journey to the North .. " Your letter was forwarded to me , " he said , " or I should have answered it sooner . I have been searching in every direction . I cannot find a trace of Nesta . It seems to me eo remarkable that she , with her blindness , should have been able to get away without being noticed by someone . It only proves to me how determined and earnest she was , and how lost she is to me . " Rachel stretched out both her hands to him . " Oh ! here is something that I can do . You must let me help you , Mr. Lessingham . Poor child ! I feel so sorry for her . " " She haunts me , " said John , with a break in his voice . " You can't think what I have gone through these last few days ; it has been an agony to me of remorse to realise that she has taken herself so deliberately away from Oh ! I was wrong to have left her . I ought to have brought her with me after my me . in his delightfully quiet strong way . The Brida " It's a thunderin ' Mr. Fogarty ( in proposing the bride's health ) : " An it's meself is proud to say I ave knowed the bride this forty year . " Fogarty , me bein ' only turned thirty - wan liar you are ana - half , " Polite language . " What do you say , old bicon face ? " said a counsel to farmer at " Why ! " an- late county town Assize . were the farmer , " I am thinking that my a good dish . " bacon face and your calf's head would make Miss Leigh : " I admire your effects so much , Mr. Dauber . I wish I could carry some of your brilliant colouring away with me . " Mr. Dauber : " I think you will to - day madam . You're er sitting on my newly made - up palette ! " Someone was praising our public schools to Charles Landseer , and said : " All our best Look at our men were public school men . posts . There's Byron - he was Harrow The dinner was perfect . Rachel found her - boy . " " Yes , " interrupted Charles ; " and self looking from time to time at the young there's Burns he was a ploughboy . " man . When he had dined with them she had noticed his physical attractions , but she had also noticed that , though he was not awkward , he had a certain shyness about him which was now gone altogether . In woll - cut clothes Less- ingham was a very handsome man . which lies hidden in the heart Employer ( to his newly - appointed foot- man ) " Well , Donald , how do you like your Donald ( heretofore ghillie who trousers ? " had never worn anything but a kilt ) : " Aweel , air , to tell you the truth , I din them vera un- comfortable , especially aboot the sleeves I He drew from her that maternal tenderness A fond husband was seeing his wife off with of every the children for their summer vacation in the woman . She was not even jealous of his country . As she got into the train he said openly - expressed care for the girl he had mar . " My dear , won't you take some fiction to ried or his desire to come in touch with her read ? " Oh , no , she responded sweetly . again , for she realised that he would always I shall depend upon your letters from home give to herself an admiration and affection " I ' pose John is still takin ' life easy ? " which no other influence would touch . said the woman in the tram . " Yes , " an- During the dinner they chatted on casual swered the woman who was carrying a subjects , but afterwards , when the servanta bundle of clothes . " John has only got two had left them , Rachel's heart began to beat regrets in life . One is that he has to wake up nervously . and est , an ' the other is that he has to give up eatin ' to sleep . " " AN INVISIBLE CLOCK . It A public clock which can be heard but not seen is one of London's curious possessions . It is in the tower of St. Mary Abbots Church , Kensington , and is the only public clock in the immediate neighbourhood . chimes the quarters and the hours , but com- mits itself further . It has no dial , no hands , no outward and visible sign of any kind to show that it is a clock . This eccen tricity , it is explained , is the result of causes , one Besthetic , the other financial . When the tower was built in 1879 à clock was suggested as an afterthought , but the architect protested that it would mean the addition of 16ft . to the tower , and the ruin of its cherished proportions . A second point was that the church , having but slender funds , could not afford a clock with a dial . compromise was arrived at by installing the works of a chiming clock in the belfry without dial or hands . CHARACTER TOLD FROM BIRTH - MONTH . According to the students of astrology , the month in which a person is born has a con- siderable influence on his natural tendencies . January people are usually gifted and capable of rising to great heights if they develop their talents in a worthy cause and worthy manner . Lack of concentration is a fault against which they should be constantly on their guard . your benefit also one - piece affair . The two diagrame show you how to place the pattern on the material , No. I. representing the frock on 1 yard of 40 - inch material , linen , piqué , Canton , matting , or any of the pretty If washing fabrics to be had in such variety . you une 86 - inch goods the placing will be the same , only a larger piece will have to be joined on at the sides . No. II . shows the half of bodies placed on 14 yard of 20 - inch allover muslin Mark round the outline , or trace it with a wheel , and then out out , allowing ample turn inga Mark the notches and contre - front , and then , when out out , join up centre - back , open and press the seam then turn in , face , and stitch the neck and front hem ; join up the under - arm portions , hem the lower edge , fold , press , and tack the side and back pleats of skirt , catching them securely to the seams . Then turn in and neaten the wide armholes with a atrip of and Cut Edges . Clages Selvedges DIAGRAMS FOR PATTERN No. 1,792 . tape or crossway material , which atitoh to it ; then make the band of double material , stitched at each edge , secure this to the frock , make the the blouse , join up the front and aide ama , hem the back and lower edge ; sow on the fastenings at former , and run tape through the latter , then make the cuffs and fasten off . An Overall or House - Frock . C. Be sure and mention Tag Patterns will be required when order despatched within the days of the application being received . GROWS NEW HAIR IN 14 DAYS . LOCAL READER'S AMAZING * EXPERIENCE . DEAR SIR , A paragraph recently appear- ed in your paper in which noted doctor recommended Lavona Hair Tonic for dand- ruff , falling hair , baldness , etc. , and being sufferer from these hair troubles , I gave the preparation strial . The result was really astonishing . After applying it for four days the dandruff decreased consider- ably , and at the end of a week it had en- tirely disappeared , leaving my scalp per- fectly clear . I continued the treatment , and in another week the hair had not only ceased to fall out , but I also noticed a dis- tinct growth of fine downy hair where pre- viously my scalp had been elmost bald . My friends are continually remarking upon the extraordinary improvement as a result of my using this excellent preparation . Any of your readers who wish to . can try Lavona Hair Tonic without risk just as I did . You simply deposit the price of a bottle and the chemist gives you his per- sonally - signed agreement to return your deposit intact , if , after using the Tonic , you don't feel perfectly satisfied . I know for s fact that several chemists , including Albert Porter , 18 , High - street , sell Lavons Hair Tonic under this guarantee , and I strongly advise any sufferers from hair trouble to give it a trial at once . Yours . " GRATEFUL . " Neaves Food Useful Booklet Hints bent Baby free . Sample for 2d . postage . Mention this paper . JOSIAH NEAVE & CO Fordingbridge WISE AND OTHERWISE . The man who does what he pleases is sel- dom pleased with what he does . Swelled head is the only disease in which the suffering is done by other people . " I went to the riding academy with Alice to - day . " " Well , how does she ride now ? " " Oh , on and off . " Mrs. Startup : " Did you ever read Pope's ' Iliadt " Mrs. Mushrom : " Certainly not ! We are Protestante : " " How did you like the actor who played the king ? " " Ever since I saw him I've been in favour of a republic . ' " * 1 " Was her marriage a happy one ! " should say it was . She was drawing alimony in less than six months . " " Did that dressmaker give your wife a good fit with her new gown ? " " Yes , and ahe gave me another with its bill . " " Then you think my play would take too long ! " Manager : " On the contrary , I'm afraid it wouldn't take at all . " . Wife : " Yes , in a battle of tongues & woman can always hold her own . " Husband : " Perhaps she can - but she never does . " The man who steals his own time is an in- der even when he catches himself in the theft . Pompous Lady : " Must I put this stamp on myself " Post - office Clerk : " Well , you can if you like , but it's usual to put it on the latter . " " Yes , " said Thomas Edison on one occa- sion to a disappointed man , " the ladder of success is composed of round after round of failure . " The wise woman and housewife particularly she who has just taken up housekeeping - will be careful always to have neat and nicely - fit ting frocks or overalls in which to attend to her morning household duties , and not think , as o men what ope wears in the morning ! " " Why have Jones and Miss Wimms quar unfortunately do , that it doesn't relled " She asked him to apologise on his matter bended knees , and , being bow - legged , he took Here , then , in No. 1.798 , is a design which is it as an insult . " aminently suitable for the purpose , as it is aimple in design and outline . First Diner : " Let me see . I think I'll This frock is cut all in one , and is fitted by order some lamb . " Second Diner : " Don't ! I aide - places at front and back . The two front never order lamb in this place - it's mutton are alike , and wrap well one over the other so before you get it . " the model is quite good one for the youthful matron , as she can easily enlarge it by merely altering the fastening . February people are usually very loyal , and , their confidence once gained , make excel or a frook , a little washing piqué or lent friends . Untidiness and general lack of muslin vest and collar , such as can be bought method are their main weak points . March is the birth - month of folk with obstinacy are evil inclinations they must fight broad , quick intellects . Jealousy and often against , or these will bring them much un- happiness . June people are apt to lose heart too easily . They are , however , usually unselfish and hard workers . " It sounds so crude , " she said to him , but , after all , my trouble is money . " April folk are most often brave and Lessingham looked at her for an instant , The ' bus stopped opposite builder's yard . Quick temper is a vice against and then said , quietly : " I am glad . Here at An advertisement outside the gate read , generous . least I can be of some use to you . I was " Roofing felt . " It caught the eye of the boy which they must fight constantly . on the bus , who had never ceased to sa May people are the most complex charao- afraid that though I might have been able to give you all the sympathy in the world , you start of the ride . " Pa " he said , " why does spiritual heights , but at the same time are questions of his harassed parent since the tere They are capable of rising to great might be worrying about something which anybody want to feel roofing inclined to put too much value on things would be really out of my power to help . " earthly . " You know , " said Rachel , stringing her- The gas company's lecturer was making a that popular address . Think of the good the gas self up to her disagreeable task , though my father is very rich , he is not - not company has done ! " he cried . If I were generoue in fact , he is a very hard man , permitted a pun , I would say , in the words of Mr. Lessingham . And there is one very great the immortal poet , Honour the Light Bri- July claims for its children most of the peculiarity about him , he hates any intimate gade . " " Voice of consumer from the sudi- well - balanced folk who are able to see both connection between members of his own race ence : " Oh , what a charge they made ! " sides of a question and judge it impartially . and those outside ; therefore , you will under A young man , his suit having been rejected , All the same , over - hastiness is a weakness of stand when I tell you I want to help hissed : " Why , false girl , do your spurn me theirs . some of my family who have intermarried after having led me ont " How on earth August folk opposite to the with Christians , and who have now fallen on did I lead you ont " the girl asked " Didn't February ones neatness is part of their very hard times - you will understand that it you tell me , " he replied , " that the fortune nature . They are a little inclined to snob is no use for me to turn to my father . " teller had predicted that you'd marry a hand- bery , putting wealth and position before " Why should you turn to your father when some , brilliant young man , with the face of a worthiness . you can come to met You know it is quite Greek god and the voice of an Kolian harp ? impossible for me to deal with half the amount of money that I have at my disposal . Just let me know what I can do , and the matter is settled . " " Oh , but you must hear more , " said Rachel . " I must go into detaile with you . " He shook his head . " It isn't necessary . ) All I realise is that you are troubled , that you want to help some of your own people , - that you have no means of doing this except through me . My dear Rachel , the matter is already settled . " brokenly " much too good ! " Oh , you are too good , " the woman said , And even now you don't perhaps understand I don't want little sum , I - I want a great deal . " " You shall have what you want . " Lessingham went to the writing - table , took out his cheque - book , signed one of the cheques , and then handed it to her . It was a blank cheque . " Dear John . " Rachel said , and now her DELICIONS COFFEE RED WHITE BLUE For Breakfast & after Dinner . the are September is the birth - month of the light- hearted , sunny - natured folk . As a natural consequence of this virtue they are inclined to be too happy - go - lucky , and should beware of rash speculation . October gives to its children a quiet The October folk are strength of character . cool , calm , and determined . But they fall easy prey to flatterers unless they are careful . November folk have a perfect genius for PATTERN No. 1,793 . hard work , which alone should carry them ready - made for eld . to 1a . Old , will me w far . Over - bluntness in speech is a fault of pretty finish to the neck . theirs . For everyday useful wear drill or linen can December people generally make good choice , as it wears splendidly and washes well . be employed , the former being an excellent managers , whether of a home or of a business , but they should guard against deceit , which allowing , of course , the usual turning , join the To make the frock , after having cut it out , is liable to get them into serious trouble . sides to the front and back panels , then the shoulder and under - arm seams ; hem the side- front of akiri , which is secured to the under part HIGH - CLASS NOTE PAPERS at lowest prices . far up the placket - opening ; then face the Largest and choicest stook in the district to material cut on the straight , to prevent the Crossway edges of the bodice with a strip of select from at the " Gazette " Office . - Advt . attahing . ad sew on the fastenings Join no Teacher : " Willie , you've been smoking . Do you know what happens to little boys that emoke ? " Willie : " Mother said they get poisoned by Nicodemus . " Bister ( who has just sung for charity ) " Well , I never thought my voice would fill that big hall . " Brother : " Neither did I. I thought it would empty it . " " Bobbie , why did you take your little als- tar's toffee and eat it ? Why didn't you ask her if you could have itt " Why , I did , mamma , and she said I couldn't . " - Casey : " Do yes always shmoke after yer dinner , Moiket O'Brien " Di do . Shure me dinner don't taste roight whin Oi ate it , onless Oi have a smoke afterwards . " re- The burglar was about to leave with his booty . " You brute , " said the housewife who discovered him , " why are you laughing ? " " Because I never take things seriously . " " Do you and your neighbour still quarrel about that dog of his which used to scratch your flowers ! " No ; never now . " Buried the hatchet , eh ? " " No , I buried the dog ! " " Jimmy is such an unfortunate boy , " marked old Mrs. Simpson . " He joined an athletic club , and the first time he went there d . " he broke one of the best records they " My kid talks back to his mother , " said Mr. Enpeck . " Of course , you correct him for that ! " " Oh , I correct him ; but I can't help having a sneaking admiration for - him . " " What makes you weep ! " the old man cried , " Your eyes , I fear , are weak . " " Oh , no the little boy replied , The onion makes me leek . " &&& KEARSLEY'S GIGHAL WidowWelch's Female Pills ETIFICATE MERIT for the Oure of 1/4 and 20 , of all 1/10 from CATHERINE KEARSLEY ( DEPT . D ) 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 Hereford . THURSDAY , JUNE 11 , 1914 . 1 . Sheep Dipping Sheep Dipping J. BENJAMIN , Cash Chemist , Ross , Keeps large Stooks of all the leading makes of Sheep Dips , and would appreciate your orders . Vot . XLVIII . No. 24 SALES BY AUCTION . COOPER AND PREECE , STOCK SALESMEN AND GENERAL AUCTIONEERS . PROBATE , ESTATE , & HOTEL VALUERS . [ ESTABLISHED VER 70 YEARS . ] GENERAL INSURANCE AND SHIPPING AGENTS . TIMBER SURVEYORS , PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS . ESTATES MANAGED ; RENTS , TITHES , AND DEBTS COLLECTED . Bailiffs ( by appointment ) under the Agricul- tural Holdings Act . Mr. Cooper , F.A.I. , is County Valuer under the Finance Act . AGENTS FOR THE County Fire Office ( Limited ) , Provident Life , Railway Passengers , General Assurance Co. , Commercial Union , Beottish Insurance Co . , . Guardian Plate Glass , Hailstorm , & o . FURNITURE WAREHOUSED . ADVANCES MADE on Sales , if required . Mortgages Negotiated . ALBION OHAMBERS , MARKET - PLACE , ROSS SALE FIXTURES This Day - Ross Stock Market . Store Cattle at 11 ; Fat Cattle at 11.45 . July 2. - Stock Market . Early Entries invited in to insure publicity for buyers and sellers . order July 23. - Sale of Freehold Farms , Residential Property , and Cottages , at King's Head Hotel , Ross . - See advt . Further Appointments respectfully solicited . SALE THIS DAY . ROSS STOCK MARKET . THURSDAY , the 18th JUNE , 1914 . PREECE MESSES . COOPER and will BELL by AUCTION , in the above Market , a large Consignment of FAT & STORE CATTLE , CALVES , SHEEP , and PIGS . Commencing with the Pigs at 10.30 sharp . At 11 o'clock , MOWING MACHINE ( by Samuelson ) , in good working order ; also a consignment of HAY FORKS . PRELIMINARY . ASTON INGHAM , LINTON , and THE Re RICHARD GARROLD HOWELL , Deceased . LEA . ESSRS . COOPER and PREECE Med by the Trustees to offer for SALE by PUBLIO AUCTION , in Four Lots , at the KING'S HEAD HOTEL , Ross , On THURSDAY , the 23rd day of JULY , 1914 , At 3.30 p.m. the following Important FREEHOLD PROPERTIES . Lot 1 - HILL VIEW FARM , in the Parishes of Linton and Aston Ingham , abcnt 96a . Or . 32p . Lot 2. The attractive RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY known as " THE POINT . " in the Parish of Linton . Approximately 8a . 1r . 13p . Lot 3 - COTTAGE and LAND , at Aston Crews , in the occupation of Miss Jackson , about of an acre . Lot 4 WARREN FARM , in the Parishes of Aston Ingham . Linton , and the I.ea , 144a . 3r . 2p . or thereabouts . Further particulars will appear in future Advertisements , and can be obtained with orders to view from the Auctioneers at Al- bion Chambers ; or from the Solicitors , Messrs . BURT and EVANS Ross . TO LET SHOP , with DWELLING HOUSE , in High - street , Ross . Rent £ 18 . Apply , CooPER and PREECE . A PAIR of Stone - built Semi - detached RESIDENCES , with small Orchards Gardens , & c . , at Tudorville , FOR SALE . Apply to CooPER and PREECE , Ross . TN the fashionable village of Hoarwithy GARDEN . - Apply , to CooPER and PREECE , ROSE SANI ANDRINGHAM VILLA , Ross ( re decorated throughout ) , TO LET , at a lov rent . YRADOO VILLA , Gloucester - road CTO LET . Three sitting rooms , conserva tory , seven bedrooms ; bath ( h . and c . ) ; laundry Excellent walled garden , with tennis court Immediate possession . Near Golf Links , and close to Town and Station . - Apply , COOPER and PREECE , ROBE . A TEN - ROOMED HOUSE in New - street TO LET £ 20 a year . Lofty Rooms . Lave tory and Indoor sanitation . FOUR COTTAGES and GARDENS , and DETACHED GARDEN , in Ross , FO SALE , cheap . Several superior RESIDENCES in the di SALE and T trict of R FOR LET , at £ £ 75 . £ 100 , and £ 120 and also 3 particularly good BUSINES PREMISES in A 1 positions in the tow FOR SALE ; and 3 chastely furnish RESIDENCES TO LET for the Summ months . One for 12 months . Kindly write and state requirements COOPER and PREECE , of Ross - on - W ( whose advertisements reach Paris , Berli India , U.S.A. , and the Colonies ) , and th will do their utmost to meet same . SESSIONS & SONS ( LIMITED ) , TIMBER AND SLATE MEROHAN GLOUCESTER , AND CARDIFF . Depôts and Factories for TIMBER , JOINERY , BLATES TILES , MOULDING LATHS , BRIOK GOODS , and PIPES , WHITE'S CEMENT and WHITING , GRATES , RANGES STOVES CHIMNEY - PIECES FENDERS , UEA ) BATHS , BANITARY WARE , STONE , MARBLE , SLATE , and EVERY REQUISITE FOR BUILDING |