Ross Gazette 4th June 1914 - Page 10
Ross Gazette 4th June 1914 - Page 10
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| Date | 04/06/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 4th June 1914 |
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SPLENDIDLY BUILT AND WELL FINISHED . ALBION CALL RIGHTS ABSERVED ] THE ROSS CYCLES Easy Payments from 2/6 weekly arranged without fuss . arranged as soon as Mr. Lessingham knows To say that Mr. Arnold was surprised at THURSDAY , JUNE 4 , 191 FROM £ 4 10s CASH . TYRES GUARANTEED BY THE DUNLOP RUBBER CO . FRANK HILL & CO . , Call or send for further particulars . FOR BETTER OR FOR of ready where you would care to settle . I brought the quality and number of treasures stored north country town were fraught for John DRESSMAKING AT HOME . WORSE . BY MADAME ALBANESI Author of " Susannah and One Other , " " The Young Man from the Country , " " The Glad Heart , " " Capricious Caroline , " & o . PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS : JOHN LEITH , who , as John Lessingham , is heir 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 XV . Nesta was some time before she answered Mr. Arnold's last speech . When she spoke her voice trembled .. " Although you are telling me something that is very strange , " she said , " it does not surprise me very much , for I have always known that there was something connected with - with John's Bomе story childhood which he himself did not know . Sometimes I have even doubted whether Mrs. Leith was really his aunt , although , " the girl added quickly , she loved him as much as if he had been her own son . " She paused an Jerome Arnold did not speak ; he instant . was still looking at her , still fascinated by the charm which pervaded her , still conscious of that curious sting of envy that this delicate creature should belong to John Lessingham . When Nesta spoke after that little pause " I am there was a proud note in her voice . sorry he did not tell me this himself . I wish he had come . " " Oh , I am sure you will not be angry with him . " Mr. Arnold said , in his manner , because you must know how much he has to do . When great men die they leave all sorts of difficulties and business which must be attended to ; that is why your hus- band has found it impossible to come to you He does me the honour to regard me as his best friend . " " suavest why he has asked me to come in his place . Some colour stole into Nesta's delicate cheek . Despite the disfigusing shade , Arnold saw that colour come and then die gradually out . " I was not aware , " the girl said , in that same proud , cold tone , " that Mr. Leith had so important a friend as yourself . I never heard his aunt mention you . " " Possibly , said Arnold , lightly , though he was annoyed at the faint suggestion of doubt which these words conveyed . " But then I don't suppose that your husband told his aunt everything . It has been my good fortune to render Lessingham certain services before he came into this money , and , unlike the gene- rality of human beings , he does not seem anxious to forget this . Hence you realise the position , and perhaps you can understand why it is that he has confided so much to me -going so far , indeed , as to give me the true story of your marriage . " " He noticed that the girl winced sharply , and the fact gave Jerome Arnold pleasure . " Of course , you must realise that he is more than anxious that you should share with him , Mrs. Lessingham , in all that he has , but but " " But he recognises that he made a mistake , I suppose that is what you are going to say ? " Nesta added , very quietly . " Oh ! you mustn't take it in that light , " Arnold exclaimed . " Of course , it was a very hurried matter ; you neither of you had much time to consider , and I daresay if you had had time the position would be very different to- day . But that is not the point . " I am sorry I do not agree with you , " said Nesta , in her quiet , pronounced way . That is the point ; it is on this one fact that everything turns . " She was more hurt than she dared confess to herself . It seemed to her so out of keeping with what she had known of John that he should not have come to her himself - should not have spoken frankly to her . It was hor ribly humiliating to her to have her marriage discussed in this matter - of - fact way by one who was a stranger to her - one whom , in- stinctively , she distrusted . to " It is everything , " she repeated ; " because on this lies the arrangement for our future . " " Now , you are not to trouble about your future at all , " said Arnold , in his lightest and pleasantest tone . " I am here to discuss this matter with you . Mr. Lessingham is desirous of surrounding you with everything suitable to your position as his wife . He wants you to choose where you would care to live ; he will make splendid settlements upon you ; and later on we shall hope that you will naturally drift together ; but just at first there is so much that he wants to do . He means travel to see the world - and he thinks it ad- visable that he should travel alone . " Nesta's two small hands were clenched tightly together now , and she was quivering from head to foot . Arnold could not , of course , see her face , but her lips were pale , and he knew that she was suffering as he meant her to suffer . Had she been a different type of woman it would have been very much more difficult for Jerome Arnold to have at- tempted to carry through the task he had set himself ; indeed , he had settled with himself that he could make no definite move until he had seen Lessingham's wife , and realised the class of girl with whom he had to deal He had , as a matter of fact , prepared himself for difficulties ; but luck was with him , for here to his hand was the very material on which to work , not only successfully , but swiftly . " I think I think he is quite right , " Neste said , speaking with difficulty . You will which- The days that he spent up in this little . Nesta interrupted him by putting up her mildly ; he had heard of old Lessingham's col- suffered a veritable agony of remorse ; again hand . " Thank you , " she said . " I have sui- lection of pictures , bronses , and china , but he and again he told himself that he had been a had not realised till now what wealth was brate , that no matter how difficult the post cient for the moment . If you would be so locked up in such things . His envy and his tion had been , he ought not to have left good as to write down these various matters about which you have just spoken , I shall be incipient hatred of the other man had Nests ; that in doing so he had broken faith so much obliged ; and will you tell Mr. Less - deepened sensibly ; it was , in fact , impossible ( so it seemed to him now ) with old Mrs. ingham that for the moment I am stating to keep a little bitterness out of his voice Leith . It was this very care , it was this per- and his congratulations ; his remarks had asonal comfort for Nesta which she had been here , but that I will communicate with him when I have gone more thoroughly into the very different ring from those expressed by so anxious to obtain , which had been her real Rachel . motive for urging on the marriage ; and how proposition he has put before me ? She rose as she spoke , and began to feel her had he fulfilled his promise ! Viewing his actions in his present mood , it seemed to him way back to the door . Once again admiration in Jerome Arnold's heart . that he had done very , very wrong . " She be and pity arose The grace of her movements , the beauty of longs to me , " he said to himself . " I married her soft fair hair , above all her distinction . her , we ought never to have been separated . " In his , trouble he wrote all that he felt on and dignity , made a strong appeal to him . this matter to Rachel Cohen . He opened his " I am afraid you are displeased with me heart completely ; he let her see more for coming , Mrs. Lessingham ! " he said . He saw her lips frame themselves into a than he was perhaps at that moment smile . " Oh , no , " she answered . " You are , aware of , and that was that something more of course , only acting for another person . than sympathy and regret was filling his don't think there is anything more we have to heart ; that this girl who so strangely had passed into his keeping , and now with equal say to one another , is there ? " strangeness had taken herself away from it , had struck note in the man's heart that would never die out . No intimate matter was touched upon by the two men ; they chatted as casually as pos- sible about everyday topics . Yet John Less ingham gave a great sigh of relief when the car carried Arnold to the station . He knew then that his feeling for this man would have been a genuine dislike had he been able to dismiss from his mind the remembrance of his great obligation to Jerome Arnold . " I must do all I can for him , " John Imused ; but I won't have him too much in my life . He seems to bring a taint on every thing - he looks at life from such a hard point of view . How he would sneer if he could know about my marriage ! " " Only that I hope you will let me serve you if I can be of any use to you . Perhaps there may be some way in which I can help you ? " That same night he sat down and wrote to Nesta . He would have sent her a letter long before only that he realised she would have to ask another person to read it , and this re- strained him . He did not want a third person to enter so soon into their life ; but to - night he put this aside . He felt that he must write to her , must tell her everything ; he also wanted to announce to her that he was coming . " I won't go to her , " he said to himself , " without letting her know that I want to come , because if she would rather not meet me just yet awhile this will give her an opportunity of stopping me . I hope she won't stop me , " the young man mused on . She thanked him very quietly , and rejected the offer . When he would have put out his hand to help her , she drew back from him so quickly that , the man flushed and felt extremely awkward . It hurt his vanity to realise that this girl distrusted him so surely ; but as he let himself out of the shabby little house these felings very quickly went , and he laughed to himself , for he guessed con- vincingly that Nesta had not the least inten- tion to stay on and wait for any action on the part of her husband . He was not sure what she would do - that must be his business to There was a little thrill at his heart as he find out ( he would remain in the neighbour- ing town so that he could keep his eye upon remembered the delicate young creature , and he began to turn to the thought of Nesta in her ) but one thing was very sure , she would & way which surprised himself . These days not turn to Lessingham . Whatever the future might bring forth , he had effectually divided that he had spent alone in this sad old house , her in sympathy from the man she had married . surrounded by everything which signified When he was back in the town he tele- luxury and money , had driven him uncon- phoned to his servant in his chambers , in - sciously to the need of possessing something outside his wealth . structing the man to communicate discreetly The shock of realising with Miss Cohen , informing her that he had the truth of his parentage , the real sorrow been summoned into the country to attend to which he had felt at the death of his father , some business on behalf of his father , immediately , Rachel did not share the contents of this letter with Jerome ; in fact , she and her hus- band had not met since Arnold's return from the North . She knew , however , that he had been instrumental in driving Nesta away from her proper place , and the knowledge was very bitter to Rachel . She had upon her the bur- den of a great wrong . Happily for Rachel a pressure of impor- tant business occupied her father at this juncture , but unfortunately this very busi- ness kept her cousin Ben Soldini in London , and she was forced to meet him frequently . Whenever she felt his dark eyes rest upon her tenderly , searchingly , Rachel winced . She lived in perpetual dread of what might lie in the future . Lessingham's absence from London quickly On his side he became annoying to Arnold . had instituted a certain amount of detective work in connection with Nesta's disappear- ance , but , equally with John , he was unable to trace the girl in any shape or way . One thing , however , was very sure , ehe had gone , and there was no danger to be apprehended schemes were being held up by this sentimen- tal attitude of Lessingham's . He resolved suddenly that the young man must come south again , and he therefore determined to make Rachel write , giving John the impression that she had great need of him . that he would be returning to London but had paved the way for this new , this wonder from any action by her . But Jerome's other At the very first He made himself as comfortable as he could in the provincial quarters , and late in the evening of the second day he went down again to the village , and turned his steps in the direction of the old farmhouse where Nesta had lived so long . realised glance he that the bird had flown ! But to satisfy him- self he knocked , demanding admittance . Aa he expected , no one answered his summons , and he turned away satisfied , and yet with a little uncomfortable feeling at his heart . He had been very clever , of course , but suppose he had misread this girl ? Suppose she had turned to John Lessingham - gone to him direct - and demanded to discuss their rela- tive positions not through the medium of a stranger ? Of course , she had not appeared to be the kind of girl who would do this , but no one knew better than Jerome Arnold how easy it was to be deceived by outward appear- & nces . He was himself so worldly , so grasp ing , so evil , that to suppose any human being would willingly turn their back on such a fortune was a little difficult for him to grasp , even whilst making allowances for a woman's sentimentality and injured vanity . He passed a bad night , and the next morn- ing he determined to go back to London " Well , if I have made a faux pas , " he said to himself , with a shrug of his shoulders , " if shall have put myself out of court with Lessingham by this , I can always get at him through Rachel . " His first action on returning to his rooms was to communicate with his wife . Rachel had been indisposed since her journey to the country , and was in her room alone when he rang up . feeling : A certain reproach stung him every now and then ; this was when he remembered that old dying woman , and how anxious she had been not to leave Nesta alone . It was true he had made the girl his wife , true he would have done all he could for her had he been free to do so , but even the harsh circum- stances which had driven him back to Lon- don , and all the remarkable events which had followed afterwards , did not seem to him now in his present mood a proper excuse for having left the girl so long alone . Had they remained together they might have drifted naturally into a sympathetic understanding . " I would have let her feel that she could trust me absolutely , " John said to himself . " How I wish now I had taken her with me when I went back to my work ! Rachel Cohen would have been good to her . What has she been doing all this long dreary time ? I shall go to her to - morrow . " He could scarcely sleep that night , the thought of Nests lived with him so vividly . He longed to put himself into the train and rush up North ; yet , though it cost him so much , he still resolved that he must study her . His letter had been despatched in time to catch the country post , and she would get that letter early in the morning . He had asked her to send him a telegram if she wanted him to come . All through that long , long day John Les- singham waited for this telegram to come , but nothing reached him from the North . Letters poured in on him from every other quarter , people travelled down from London on the chance of an interview with him ; all the im- portant families in the neighbourhood bad called on him , and were anxious to make friends with him . It had been quickly made known to John that the world was only too ready to do homage to his money . He searched his letters eagerly . There was one from Rachel Cohen , sweet and charmingly expressed , but nothing from Nesta ! Bleep was impossible to John the night following on this day , and when the morning post came again and once again brought him nothing from his wife , he resolved that he could wait no longer . He dispensed with the services of his valet , took with him only a small bag , and not until he was in the train travelling rapidly to the North did he begin to let hope take the place of anxiety . Her delight at hearing his voice brought a dry smile to John Arnold's lips . The news she had to tell him was distinctly satisfac- tory . He had prepared himself all the time he had been North for an unexpected meeting with Lessingham . He had tried to salve over the uneasiness in what passed for his con- science by assuring himself that he had not been very far wrong , and that Lessingham must undoubtedly be conscious that he had made a very terrible mistake - why , otherwise , should he have left this girl so long alone ! Why not have written to her to acquaint her with all that had happened to him ? It would not , of course , have been possible for such a man as Jerome Arnold to understand the deli- cacy of thought which characterised John where Nesta was concerned . He would only have sneered at the other man's anxious de- sire not to intrude on the girl , and have laughed at the care with which John sur- rounded Nesta . To him John's attitude to wards the girl he had married bore only one impression , and that a wholly wrong one . To know where . assure himself , however , as to the young The blow was man's real feelings , Arnold determined to go hither and thither like a wild creature . No down and see John . He sent a telegram to one could give him any news of Nesta . Dr. announce his coming , and was met at the Cuthbert , who had attended his aunt , was not station by John Lessingham himself . in the village . When he tried to find a trace disappeared . ration He walked from the town to the village ; he did not want to court any remark . When he reached the farm his heart was beating very wildly . He had to pause an instant or two before knocking at the old door . It was not Miriam who answered that knock , but a workman , who gave him the information curtly that Gilmore's farm was sold , and that Miss Gilmore was gone away , he did not terrible ! John walked from Arnold's companionship John had been passing through a rather uncom- The little shop in the village which served fortable period of thought . He awakened as post - office and general store informed the slowly and surely to the certainty that he was gentleman that Miss Nesta had been very ill not really in sympathy with Jerome Arnold . after Mrs. Leith's death , and it was thought It cost him a good deal to confess so much to that some relations of hers had come forward himself , because he could not forget that he and taken her away . Any how , she had gone owed Arnold a debt of gratitude . Not for an without saying a word to anyone in the vil- instant did suspicion of the truth flash lage . No one had seen her go ; there was not across Lessingham's mind . The news of his single creature who could give a clue as to extraordinary fortune had come upon himself where she could be found . like a thunderclap . It would have been im While John was still making eager in possible for him to have supposed that quiries the same workman , who was evidently Jerome Arnold , or anyone else , should have engaged in renovating the old farm for the been aware of what was going to happen new owners , brought him along two lettere one was his own unopened , the other was ad Accordingly , he appointed a meeting with his wife ; they met not at his rooms , but in a cheap little fes shop in the City . Jerome went to the point at once . " What you have to do , " he said , " is to let him feel that you will take on this business of tracing out his wife . You must suggest that a woman's wits are cleverer than a man's , and that you are convinced you will be able to find her . I want you also to let him know that you are awfully troubled yourself , Rachel . " Rachel was silent for a moment . She sat looking down at the tea - stained marble of the little table . The surroundings hurt her . The smell of the place offended her . It was all so ugly , and yet the ugliest of all was this per- petual secrecy - this hole - and - corner kind of life which she and Jerome were living . " What sort of trouble am I to have ? " she said , as she lifted her big dark eyes to his . Arnold laughed . " Well , my dear , there is only one trouble in the world , " he answered , " and that is money , or rather the want of it . " Rachel's face contracted . " Money ! But how can I ask for money ! Mr. Lessingham knows how rich my father is . " " He knows something more than that , Arnold answered , almost roughly . " He knows that your father is a mean brute , who won't give you a spare sixpence if he can help it . Rachel , an't you invent something ? Why , I know women who gamble away a few thousands in an afternoon , and think nothing of it . " " I am afraid I am not the sort of woman to do that . " " It seems to me , " said Jerome , " that you are going back on me , Rachel . Everything I ask you to do is so difficult . I don't like this kind of goody - goody air that you are putting on . I never deceived you . You know that I am a poor man - a man with enor mous obligations to meet . If you can't help me in a practical way , you must help me in another . " " There is nothing that I wouldn't do for you , " said Rachel , in a I only want to go straight , vibrant voice . " Well , my dear girl , " said the man , in his most charming way , " you know better than I do what stops us . You don't want to be cursed by your father ; you don't want your cousin to cut my throat . We're in a hole , my dear girl , and we've got to get out of this hole as best we can . As luck will have it , we've got a strong , firm ladder all ready for our use if we don't mess up things by ridiculous senti mentalities . " Br SYLVIA The New Cape . The ospe or , rather , the cloak - has returned to favour , and those who like this sort of wrap are glad to see that it is one of the modes of the moment In France it was popular during the winter season down in the South , and now it has made its way to London " everybody is wearing it ! " The new cape - cloaks are distinguished by their amplitude , and in the majority of cases are decidedly reminiscent of the Spanish " capa , " so far as externals go ; though , in the traps which hold some of them on , internally they remind one of the golf affair which had so great rogue some years ago . In their shape , too , they differ , as they are never the same length all the way round , and generally slope off towards the back , some very sharply almost from the waist , others more PATTERN No. 1,790 . gradually . In the manner in which they are held on , too , there is great variety of de tail ; some , as I have said above , being secured by crossed over straps of a more ornamen- tal kind than , though evi . dently copied from , the golf model . The smartest though , are se cured by means of a vest , and quito ampie , as the sides are seamed up , also the darts , when the back is hemmed or faced , the buttonholes made , and the buttons sewn on . The neck and armholes are neatened with tape and edged with lace ; whilst the flounce is made and finished off as in the sketch . About two yards of 36 - inch material will be required . HOW TO OBTAIN PATTERNS . Our paper patterns are specially out for us from designs expressly prepared for this column , and the cost of each complete pattern is 6id . post free . Address all letters , enclosing stamps for patterns , Whitefriars House , Carmelite to " Sylvis , " street , London , E.C. Be sure and mention the number of the pattern required when order- ing . Patterns will be despatched within three days of the application being received DELICIOUS COFFEE . RED WHITE & BLUE For Breakfast & after Dinner . FACTS AND FANCIES . disdained to take a ANCIENTE BOWLES . this is the Bowls is certainly an honoured game , for model I have not conquerors have selected for il- lustration in throw , and , if story speaks aright , even the No. 1,790 , which strength and supremacy of our Empire stood I hope my in the balance until Sir Francis Drake , on readers will ap- Plymouth Hoe , had finished his game . prove of . The ROSS . MANUFACTU TO H.PL B KING GEORGE V SANITAS FLUID THE NON - POISONOUS DISINFECTANT AND AIR PURIFIER . WISE AND OTHERWISE . High words between ow words . пеш are frequently Many a damsel who is a kitten with men is a cat with women . Sometimes a man misleads people by being perfectly honest with them . There may be pleasures in being poor , but it takes a rich man to see them . If there is anyone who should be " rapped in slumber , " it is the man who snores . Effe Mother , when you and daddy was engaged did you engage him or did he engage you ! " Before they were married she thought him a treasure . Now she considers him her treasury . only thing you can judge by its trunk is an Hotel keepers will tell you now that the # As to mate - game is mellowed by antiquity , for it is one of elephant . rials , these new the oldest forms of sport on record . England " I had an awful fright last night , " he said " Yes , I saw you with her , " said the capes are al especially has reason to be proud of the to her . ways made of game , for she , it is claimed , was the land of other and jealous one . " the softest its invention , although in Scotland it has as- Parent : Tommy , don't you think you've fabrics , very serted a dominion , almost unchallenged as the had enough chocolatest " Tommy : No , fine thin cloth , national summer game . Now , although with mother . There are two left . " or satin , black a little practice " bowls " is a game which being the anyone can play , it is a game which few can favourite choice . play well , and probably this difficulty is the The linings , reason why in form it is so simple , and why though , give it has escaped the elaborate and complex relieving rules which govern so many of the more note of colour , as these in the modern games . As it was played in the four- models , which teenth century so it is played to - day . the were shown me recently were of striped or now compara tively cheap NOSE - RUBBING . plaid crêpe - de- Maori women of New Zealand know chine ,, or plain nothing about kissing . Nose - rubbing is their silk in rather form of salutation , and when two friends bright colour- ings . As satin is meet they hold each other by the hand , bend their heads until their noses touch , and then rub them gently from side to side . This form and the woollen - backed variety at 2. 114d . of greeting is not , confined to the women , but per yard is excellent for the purpose a satin is practised by the men ; they seldom meet cloak is really not an extravagant affair as without rubbing noses . In times of lamenta- to cost , and you will find it extremely useful tion the Maori women will sit for hours with during the coming summer and holiday season , their noses touching and moan for the loss of to lip on over light gowns in the evenings or some chief whom they have in all probability chilly afternoons . The diagram shows half of the wrap - which you will note is very full - placed on two and a never seen . EVOLUTION OF THE PENCIL . " Why aren't you dancing , Mr. McXixe ! " " I was out of town for the week - end , so I don't know any of the new steps . " Of an empty - headed , bore , who was tall and very thin , Whistler said : " He is like & pin , but lacking the head and point . " the " Good morning , James , what did you think of my latest sermon ? " " Oh , magnificent , vicar . I always did like that sermon , " library " Every book in my has author's autograph . " " How do you manage it ? " " I never borrow any other kind . " myself ! " Post Office Clerk : " Well , you can Pompous Lady : " Must I put this stamp on if you like , but it's usual to put it on the letter . " It was Sheridan who , hearing his landlord intended raising the rent , said he was glad , as it took him all his time to raise it himself . Beggar : " Can you help a poor gent , mister ! " Passer - by : " Hum ! What sort of a gent do you call yourself ? " Beggar : " An indigent , sir . " The whole question of surgery is likely to come in for some criticism in the near future , quarter yards of 44 - inch goods opened out to says a medical paper . Some cutting remarks its full width . The lining is cut the same , but When the Egyptians , Romans , and other may be expected . Parson : " My son , do you know where little as this may be joined you can do with half a yard or even a yard lesa , if you do not mind ancient races wrote on papyrus , or parch - boys go who go fishing on the Sabbath day ! " joining on pieces here and there . ment , their instrument was a pointed reed . Boy : Sure . Get your hat and foller me . Mark round very carefully , and cut out , al . When they used wooden tablets or wax they I'll show you a good place . " lowing the necessary turnings , and then outline made their tters with a sharp stylus of bone Mr. Newrich ( reading a with a tack - thread run rather closely . Tack up or bronze . newspaper head- It is true that a bronze nib was line ) : " Japanese Turu Agnostics . " Mrs. the darts , taking these off to nothing at the found at Pompeii , and that silver pens were tips ; tack up the back seam , and then fit on , sometimes used in the Middle Ages , but they Japanese acrobats can do ! " Newrich : " Isn't it wonderful what these taking it in at the neck where necessary . were merely the curiosities of princes and Stitch up the seam and darts , open and press great men , and until the nineteenth century carefully , turn in and tack the edges , then cut the quill was , the only pen in common use and join the lining to fit ; enip selvedges , open even The pencil as we and press the seams , making these . face those of among Western peoples . cloak . Place the latter as flat as you can on now know it was an later invention , the table pin and tack the lining smoothly in says the Graphic . The earliest black lead pencil known in history was mentioned in a Cut Edges book printed at Zurich in 1565 ; but it was not until the eighteenth century that a little stick of graphite enclosed in wood became familiar to all classes of society , as manufac- tured from the Borrowdale plumbago mines in Cumberland . wedges Centre Half of fload Collar Cal Edges DIAGRAM FOR PATTERN No. 1,700 . side . turn in the edges of latter to face the material , and even with them , then slip - stitch Jessel , when pleading very recklessly , was asked by the Judge if he was trying to show his contempt for the court . He said , " No , my Lord ; trying to conceal it . " A remarkably thin gentleman was sitting on the top of a ' bus , when the conductor came to him and asked , " Please , sir , are you the gentleman with the two ' insides ' ! " You Barber : " Do you usually shave yourself , sir ? " Customer : " Of course I do ! don't suppose I've time in the mornings to go fooling about shaving others , do you ? " Was George Washington such a terrible liar , mother ? " " Liar , my son ! Why , what do you mean ? " " Well , if he wasn't , why was such a fuss made when he told the truth ? " Counsel for the Defence ( to client who has been dozing during the verdict ) : " Wake up You're acquitted ! " The Ac cused : " Lor ' lumme . Wot ! Not guilty ? " THE NUPTIAL RING . Few brides in these days have any idea why the fourth finger of the left hand is chosen for the wedding - ring , except that it is more con- venient to observe a regular custom for all and get out . alike . The fact is that the Romans , with whom the wedding - ring , originated , selected that finger because they believed that a nerve went from it direct to the heart . THE GREATEST INVENTIONS . " I am going to marry your sister , Willie , but I know I am not good enough for her . " Candid Little Brother : That's what sis says , but ma's been telling her she can't do any better . " Two men were talking together , when one said , " Have you ' eard about poor Jim ? E's about it yet ! " " You seem rather elated this morning . " " Last night The Scientific American offered prizes for the best essay on the ten greatest patentable turd in and tack the edges ; then arrange the and readers were asked to record their votes , replied Mr. Meekton . and stitch the material portion to the neck , inventions of the past twenty - five years . Some said the other , " then ' e don't know nuffin with a strip of stay - tape to prevent stretching ; of these essays were afterwards published , facing to this , which must come over the little revers - like piece of front of cloak , which The following twelve inventions secured the shables it to roll over neatly ; then slip - stitch highest number of votes , the number printed my wife mistook me for a burglar . It's the edges together , fell those of the lining over after each representing a percentage of the only time in my life that Henrietta was actu- the turnings , and press well . The vest is lined with the silk , the two edges plane 15 , X - ray machine 74 , automobile 66 , votes given : " Wireless telegraphy 97 , aero - ally afraid of me . " being turned in , whilst the points of shoulder motion pictures 69 , reinforced concrete 37 , tender flour , please . " Young Bride ( to , shopman ) : " One pound of Shopman : Tender and underarms are caught together by broad phonograph 37 , incandescent electric lamp flour ! " " Yes . That I had last week . was latio or bands of material crossed over at 35 , steam turbine 84 , electric car 84 , calculat tough . My husband complained of the baked the back . It is secured to the cloak under the ing machine 38 , internal - combustion engine 88. I made being hard . " collar at seams of the darts , and the fastening hole or a simulated one . may be by means of a real button and button WHAT IS AN INCE ? " What's the matter , girlie ! " " Why do you want so much money ? " asked Rachel , suddenly . " Just now you sneered at me because I can't give you thou- sands . I wonder if you realise how much money has been wanted only this last year , and then - then there are my jewels . " Jerome gave a deep sigh . " Oh ! I am During these few days of solitude and sepa- of Miriam , he failed here also . She , too , had right in for it , I see , " he said . " I did think , you were a cut above the ordinary woman , Rachel . You have always seemed to me to be Bo broad - minded , so free from catty ways and meanness . Surely you must know that it's hard for me to have you throwing in my teeth any little thing you may have done for me ! " Heaven forgive me if I have hurt you ! " Rachel said , tremblingly . " You know - you know , my dearest , there is nothing in the wide world that I would not give to you if I could , " Jerome shrugged his shoulders . " Well , you've got the chance now ! This man be lost my ideal . He has married another . lieves in you - le half - way in love with you ! If you can't pull off the game now , I don't Lost mine in a slightly different way , " said There was at one time some dispute as to the older woman , reflectively , know when you are going to do it . I tell you straight , Rachel , if you don't grip this oppor which mothers will be glad to see ; and now The pattern sketched in No. 1,701 la one the correct length of a yard . A very long time that ! " " He married me . " ago there was an old brass rod kept in the Chauffeur : " Bir , I'm afraid our gasoline is to get out of this old country in double - quick the moment time , and if it comes to that - well , I shan's petticoat of care what becomes of me in the future ! " the kind The woman looked at him with eyes dilated sketched is in- with fear . Her heart contracted too ; she had dispensable . never heard him speak like this before . At Iti in . that moment Jerome Arnold looked up , and tended for a then he smiled . And when he smiled and put girl of six to tender expression in his eyes , when he eight or ten stretched out his hands , as he did now , and years of age , though the took her slim one , holding it in pressure styl is suit that was almost painful , there was nothing able to an that Rachel would not have done for him . " I will write to - night , darling , to Mr. Less ingham , " she said , hurriedly . " I'll tell him that I want him , and that I - I am in great trouble . " to him when he had been dismissed so rudely A Child's Princess Petticoat . How was kindly convey to Mr. Lessingham my desire to therefore , he still saw in Arnold's sympathy dressed to himself , written in the most tunity it means the end for me ! I shall have that washing frooks are among the realities of Tower which was supposed by some to be the going to catch fire . " He : " Is that the same work in with him in every possible way . " " I shall certainly do so . I don't think he understood that you would be quite quite so amenable . If you will allow me to saу Bо , Mrs. Lessingham , you are very different from most of your sex . " " " I presume that you have something more to say to me ? " Nesta answered this very coldly , very proudly . " I have to discuss with you the question of man with a fine nature and a big heart . It was the more difficult , therefore , for A certain income will be placed at father's death . He tried hard to set aside the money . your disposal . Your motor - cars , carriages , feelings which judged Arnold , and he gave horses , and all your appointments will he his quest the heartiest of good welcomes . FOREIGN MATCHES Gilmore . " His " Nesta from his work in Mr. Cohen's office & won - laboured and uneven manner , in pencil . derfully kind action - the action , indeed , of hands trembled as he opened it and his eyes were blurred . The words read like a cry from broken heart . John to assimilate this phase of Arnold's " I want you to know that I am going away , character with those traits which had uncon- It was all a dreadful mistake . We ought not sciously revealed themselves to him during to have done it . Please don't try to look for the couple of days he had spent with the other me because I don't want to be found . I man immediately after he had known of his must be alone . " She signed this It must have taken her hours to have set down these few words ; indeed , he hardly knew how she had managed to express herself so clearly , when each letter must have cost her so much trouble . He went back to the town , and there he consulted a lawyer . He desired this lawyer to trace out Miss Gilmore's movements . " I only want to let her know that I shall study her wishes in every possible way ; but she was very good to my aunt , very dear to her , and she must let me provide for her and protect her . She is so helpless , " he added , More than half the matches used in Eng . land are made abroad . ENGLAND'S GLORY MATCHES ENGLAND are made in England . Every box you buy means MORE WORK FOR BRITISH WORKERS . MORELAND , GLOUCESTER . with a break in his voice . ( To be continued . ) older one - in fact , any age up to the early teens . It should be made in long- cloth or nain sook for ordi- Bary pur- ers Tommy has an elder sister named May , of poses , though whom he is very fond . who is also very fond of her , a fact which has moth May has an admirer good many Purposely he avoided speaking of their heart . In fact , Tommy is so touchy about the ing silk for created some resentment in Tommy's boyish choose wash- marriage to this solicitor . He did not want affair that he has never inquired the name of er under Nesta to be frightened ; he did not want her May's lover . The other day Tommy's uncle thin fabrics , to be annoyed ; he only wanted to be sure asked him the name of May's young man . " I and there are all was well with her . At least , that was call him what he told himself ; but deep down in his April showers " cried his uncle , in amaze both wear April showers , " replied Tommy . of silk which heart he knew it was not quite the truth . ment t ; " whatever makes you call him such a foolish name as that ? " " Because he brings May flowers . " CHAPTER XVI . Several days went by , however , and John still remained in ignorance of his wife's move- menta , where she had gone , or what was passing with her . It seemed to him at times almost incredible that the blind girl could have taken herself away with such successful secrecy . She must , of course , have had help from someone ; perhaps she had turned to some or another of her relations , or possibly Miriam had arranged everything . many makes and wash The petti coat consists of back and front , the lat ter of which darte The THE Prevents hair falling off Restores it to its natural colour . is fitted by MEXICAN et adre Prevents Dandruff and is HAIR The best Renewer known . Should be on every toilet table . Of all Chamlats and Hairdressers RENEWER . Throughout the World , price 31. 6d . Bounce is quitestraight , edged with lace and set PATTERN No. 1,791 . an with ribbon insertion . The making , therefore . He " Not the real thing , while other folk maintained that a stuff I use in my automatic cigar - lighter ! " sir . " brass rod kept at the Exchequer was the true Chauffeur : " Yes , standard . There was another at the London slightest danger . Drive on . " Guildhall , and yet another owned by the " Won't you be very , very happy when your Clothmakers ' Company . They were not the sentence is over ? " asked a woman of a con- same length , though the difference was not viot in prison . " I dunno , ma'am , I dunno , " very great being about seven - hundredths of answered the man . " You don't know ! Why an inch . How much that is , of course , de- not ? " " I'm in for life , ma'am . " pends on the length of an inch . SENTENCED TO GO TO CHURCH . Sentenced to attend church nine co " Willie , go to the grocer's and get a pound of treacle for me , and take two juge with you . " " Why are you sending two jugs ? " in- terposed the husband . " Well , if he hadn't both hands occupied , he would have one in tive nights , and occupy seats in the front row , where the minister could watch them , was the the treacle . ' penalty imposed in the Kansas City Police " Has that cooking book any pictures ! " Court on two men charged with disturbing said Miss C to a bookseller . " No , the peace in church . The men were arrested madam , none , " was the answer . " Why , " ex for disturbing revival meetings , says the claimed the witty young lady , " what's the Philadelphia Record . The judge fined each use of telling us how to make a good dinner man 100dols . and accepted the payment of if they give us no plates ? " 10dols . each , with the proviso that they at- tend the services in lieu of the rest of the fine . " How is it that those potatoes you sold me last week are so much smaller at the bottom Well . " of the basket than at the top ? " replied the dealer , " potatoes is growin ' 60 A domestic servant was lucky enough to win fast now that by the time I get . a basketful the first prize in a lottery . A reporter asked dug the last ones is about twice the size of her why she had chosen the number " 51. " the first . " She replied , " Ah ! sir ; that was all through my dreams . For seven nights running I dreamt of the figure 7 , and seven times seven being . 51. I chose that number . " 1. && KEARSLEY'S ORIGINAL Widow Welch's Female Pills STIFICATE of MERIT at the lation Ondered mista , or post free , 1/3 and 1/10 CATHERINE KEARSLEY ( DEPT . 01 , 42 , Walerloo Rd.London , S.E Beautifies the teeth and the gums . FLORILINE Renders the teeth pearly white . FOR THE TEETH . Arrests the decay of the teeth . Acts as a detergent after smoking . Renders the gums hard and healthy . Is the best Liquid Dentifrice . The favourite over 35 years . Sold everywhere , 2 6d . per bottle . Printed and Published for the Ross GAZETTE LIMITED , by GODFREY M. MORTON , ht their Offices , High - street and Church- street , Ross , in the County of Hereford . THURSDAY , JUNE 4 , 1914 . Purity , Freshness , & Price . THREE GOOD QUALITIES You may rely upon : - 1 - THE ABSOLUTE PURITY . 2 - THE PERFECT FRESHNESS , 3 - THE FAIRNESS IN PRICE , of all Drugs sold by ' . J. BENJAMIN , M.P.S. , QUALIFIED & CERTIFIED DISPERSES , Tel . 33. BROAD - STREET , ROSS , VOL . XLVIII . No. 24 SALES BY AUCTION . COOPER AND PREECE , BROOK SALESMEN AND GENERAL AUCTIONEERS . PROBATE , ESTATE , & HOTEL VALUERS . [ ESTABLISHED VR 70 YEARS . ] GENERAL INSURANCE AND SHIPPING AGENTS . TIME SURVEYORS , Pustic AccoUNSARTS . ESTAENS MANAGED BENTS ; TIES , AND DEBTS COLLECTED . Bailifs ( by appointment ) under the Agricul Sural Holding Act . Mr. Cooper , F.A.I. , is . a County Valuer under the Finance Act . AGENTS FOR TEEN County Fire Office ( Limited ) , Provident Life , Railway Passengers , General Assurance Co. , Dommercial Union , Beottish Insurance Co. , Guardian Plate . Glass , Hailstorm , do . FURNITURE WAREHOUSED . ADVANCES MADE on Sales , if required . Mortgages Negotiated . T ALBION OHAMBERS , MARKET - PLACE , ROSS BALE FIXTURES June 18. - Btook Market . Early Entries invited in order to insure publicity for buyers and sellers . Store Cattle . at 11 ; Fat Cattle at 11.45 . July 2. - Ross Stock Market . July 16. - Sale of Freehold Farms , Residential Property , and Cottages , at King's Head Hotel , Ross . - See advt . Further Appointments respectfully solicited . M ROSS STOCK MARKET . THURSDAY , the 18th JUNE , 1914 . ESBRS . COOPER and PREECE will SELL by AUCTION , in the above Market , a large Consignment of FAT & STORE CATTLE , CALVES , SHEEP , and PIGS . Commencing with the Pigs at 10.50 sharp . PRELIMINARY . ASTON INGHAM , LINTON , and THE MR LEA . Re RICHARD GARBOLD HOWELL , Deceased . ESSRS . COOPER and PREECE are instructed by the Trustees to offer for SALE by PUBLIO AUOTION , in Four Lots , at the KING'S HEAD HOTEL , Ross , On THURSDAY , the 16th day of JULY , 1914 , At 3.30 p.m. the following Important FREEHOLD PROPERTIES . the Lot 1. - HILL VIEW FARM . in Parishes of Linton and Aston Ingham , abcut 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 Lea , 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 . SHOP , with DWELLING- THOUSE , in High - street , Roas . Rent £ 18 . Apply , Coop and PREECE . PAIR of Stone - built Semi - detached A RESIDENCESilt Semi - deter Gardens , & o . , at Tudorville , FOR SALE.- Apply to CooPER and PREECE , Ross . IN the fashionable village of Hoarwithy on the Wye , FOR SALE , & COTTAGE and GARDEN . - Apply , to CoоPER and PREECE , Ross . ANDRINGHAM VILLA , Ross ( re- rent . СВА RADOO VILLA , Gloucester - road , TO LET . Three sitting - rooms , conserva- tory , seven bedrooms ; bath ( h . and o . ) ; laundry Excellent walled garden , with tennis court . Immediate possession . Near Golf Links , and olose to Town and Station . - Apply , COOPER and PRZECH , Ross . NO LET , No. 14 , BROAD STREET , Trior Family Residence , containing Entance Hall , Lofty Drawing Room 20 ft . x 16 ft . , Dining Room 15 ft . x 15 ft . , 7 Bedrooms , Bath ( h . and o . ) , W.C. , Airing Oupboards , Kit- chens , Good Cellars , and usual Offices , Prettily- laid out Flower Garden , Lawn , Greenhouses , Stabling , & o . Possession , June 24th . - Rent and further particulars , apply , CooPER and PREECE , House Agents , Ross . 1 ' A TEN - ROOMED HOUSE in New - street TO LET £ 20 a year . Lofty Rooms . Lava tory and Indoor sanitation . A TEN - ACRE ORCHARD , productive o choice Fruit , in the garden parish o Herefordshire , TO LET . FOUR COTTAGES and GARDENS , and DETACHED GARDEN , in Ross , FOE SALE , cheap . Several superior RESIDENCES in the dis trict of Ross FOR SALE and T LET , at £ 50 , £ 75 , £ 100 , and £ 120 and also 3 particularly good BUSINES PREMISES in A 1 positions in the town FOR SALE ; and 3 chastely furnishe RESIDENCES TO LET for the Summe 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 the will do their utmost to meet same . T.A. WATKINS CHIMNEY SWEEP , 27 , NEW STREET Ross - on - Wye , Soliciting your kind patronage and support All Orders promptly attended to . |