Ross Gazette 25th June 1914 - Page 9
Ross Gazette 25th June 1914 - Page 9
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| Date | 25/06/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 25th June 1914 |
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" When I got that letter from her I realised how horrible the position was for her . I felt that she was en- treating me not to tell anyone . " Well , you did wrongly . You were married , you were man and wife , and you had no right to let her go as she has gone . I quite under stand your sentiment , but your proper place was to have been with your wife , your duty was to have looked after her . " " You are hitting me very hard , Wynter , " John Lessingham said . You вге BY SYLVIA A Small Boy's Blouse Sult . letters , and that no neup was forthcoming from her , he resolved to see her . He mu DRESSMAKING AT HOME . get in touch with Lessingham at once , and he Enew that Rachel had been receiving fre- quent letters from John . He himself had . received no letter from Lessingham since the one which had reached him containing the The silence was money he had asked for . rather ominous ; but at any rate , if he was out of favour , Rachel remained , and he re- solved to put instant pressure on her to make her see the necessity of appealing to Lessing- ham . The night he chose was perhaps the worst he could have selected , for it happened to be an occasion when , with the restless peevishness of a very sick man , Mr. Cohen had refused to stay in bed . He had been dressed with some difficulty , and had been taken down to the drawing - room . propped up with cushions , he had sat and " I have got to hit you very hardly in many ways , " the lawyer answered , but not un- kindly . " Your great fault is that you are so splendid , unpractical . just " generous , loyal creature yourself , and you endow your fellow - creatures with the same I haven't interfered very much qualities . with you or with what you have done so far , Lessingham , because I wanted you to feel your feet , and I have every belief that you quivering in her throat . will eventually stand on firm ground ; but , my dear boy , you have so much to learn ! Granted that it was guixotic , foolish , what you will , to have married in the way you did , it was in- finitely more quixotic and foolish to let this girl act in the way she has done . " " You mustn't misjudge her , " the young man said , hurriedly . " I am the only person to blame ; besides " -his lips quivered " be- sides , how do we know what has happened to her . Oh ! Wynter , you don't know what I have suffered coming home . What is Miriam going to tell me ! She must have something pressing on her heart . I almost dread seeing her . " " If you like , I will go in your place , " said Mr. Wynter . But to this John shook his head . " No - no , At the present moment there is a return To favour of the knicker suit for small boys , which , inasmuch as the knicks are generally buttoned on to the blouse of which the upper part consists - remind one of the suits in which and one's male grandparents great - grand- parents were clad in their youthful days when last century was young . In the majority of cases the suits are made of washing material , for which they are especi- ally intended . There , The mode of fastening the lower to the upper part makes for simplicity and comfort , as it obviates the necessity of wearing braces , which are apt to hamper the small boy's movements , though they may add to his personal pride and make him feel that he la indeed " grown up . " . had made his daughter play to him . Rachel sat played , with her heart It seemed to her that death was creeping slowly but surely , to her father , and now she clung to him . There was no pretence about her love nor her devo- tion ; he was the one being dearer to her than anyone else dearer to her because of that horrible secret which for the time had divided her from her loyalty and taken from her the sweetness of her filial devotion . he had rested his hand on her hair , when a She was kneeling by her father's side , and maid - a new selvant came into the room . She brought note , which she held out to Rachel . " you please , miss , " the servant said , " Mr. Arnold says he'll wait . He must have an answer . " Trembling in every limb Rachel got on her fest , and held out her hand for the letter . Before she could take it her father , with a spurt of strength , reached out his hand and grasped it instantly . BETTER OR FOR for her husband and herself whither farmhouse from which old Miriam had sent he said to the maid ; and she , understanding WORSE . BY MADAME ALBANESI Author of " Susannah and One Other , " Young Man from the Country , " Heart , Capricious Caroline , " & o . " The The Glad PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS : JOHN LEITH , who , as John Lessingham , is heir to great wealth . JEROME ARNOLD , a needy adventurer , secretly married to Lessingham has parently hopele blind , and is in life for a blind person ? the world in front of him ; why should he be hampered with a useless creature , for whom he can't really have the smallest sentiment . " " Sometimes , " Rachel said , sadly and slowly , " sometimes it frightens me , Jerome , to realise how far apart we stand , you and I. " " I have never pretended things to you , Rachel ; it is you who have idealised me , making me the sort of man you want me to be . I'm only an ordinary being . " one . " She shook her head . " No , not an ordinary " Well , at least , " the man said , looking at her with that smile which he could put on so I must go , but I would like to have you with me if you can spare time . " So they travelled together straight on to the The country was beginning her little letter . to respond to the splendour of the spring sun- shine . The earth was putting forth its beauti- ful scheme of colouring . Spring was in the land and summer was coming very near . John had seen many varied scenes in his brief travels , but nothing was sweeter to him , nothing more beautiful , than this journey through the English country in the spring time and yet he had very little thought to give to such things . His heart was in the grip of a great emotion . He had known already that he could love Nesta - it was reserved for this hour to let him know how sincere , how beautiful , that love could be . RACHEL COHEN , daughter of Morris Cohen , a easily , " at least there is nothing ordinary had ceased for the day when they reached if . wealthy Jew . about my love for you . " The woman got up , and stood with her NESTA GILMORE , a beautiful girl who has hands pressed together . lost her sight . " Oh Jerome , " she said , " I am beginning to doubt even that ! " CHAPTER XXII . Jerome's quick eye saw instantly that Les- singham was irritated at meeting him , but he was an adept in smoothing away this kind of irritation , and before very long he had sue- ceeded in reinstating himself in John's good In the first place he heartily ap- graces . proved of this tour abroad . I'm The best thing in the world , my dear Les singham , " he said . " I wish I could come with you , but unfortunately I am one of those unlucky creatures who never can do the things that other men can ! I daresay you think I am a selfish sort of beggar , Lessingham , an idler , one of those who want the best of every- thing without doing anything for it ? rather afraid that is my generally accepted character ! But I'd like you to know , my dear fellow , that that is not the real me . Though I seem to be alone I carry no end of burdens on my shoulders - most of the troubles with which I have to deal are not my own . must do things for my family . dozens of people practically dependent on me . " Jerome I There are While he was talking in this specious way was trembling in every limb with eagerness . He must ensure himself in some way before he let Lessingham go . Never was there a worse piece of luck than that this young fellow should take it into his head to rush abroad in this fashion to be a gold mine for other unscrupulous people . " I shall miss you , Lessingham . " he said , " you've been so good to me . I don't know anybody in the world who holds the same place in my opinion as you do . Don't stay away too long , old chap . I can't do without you . John Lessingham found himself responding to this frank and apparently sincere affection , and his only half - confessed doubt of Arnold slipped into the background . He shook the other man heartily by the hand and promised to keep in constant touch with him , and Jerome Arnold was far too stute to spoil the success of this last inter- view by asking directly for money . What he did do , however , was to write a note and send it to the P. and O. steamer on which John started on his journey for the East the next day , and a week or so later a letter came for him enclosing the cheque for which he had asked in his very cleverly worded letter . Arnold had no intention of letting his wife know of the arrival of this money . Curiously enough , there came upon Rachel Cohen a brief spell of peace after that one momentous interview with her father . Mr. Cohen was carefully nursed back to con- valescence ; he even returned to his office and work , but Rachel was always anxious about him . She frequently drove with him to the office , and she regularly fetched him in the afternoon . A new and , as it were , a deeper bond of affection seemed to have sprung up between the father and the laughter . They never spoke about Arnold and only very occa- sionally about Soldini , who , fortunately for Rachel , was not in England for the moment . It would be impossible to describe what this restored sympathy between herself and her father signified to Rachel . She no longer dreaded to be alone with Mr. Cohen - they took up their life it had been before Jerome Arnold had come so closely into Rachel's existence . The peace which fell upon her arose , too , from the fact that Arnold was leaving her alone where money was concerned . Indeed , from outside sources Rachel heard that the man was doing well , as and though she longed for him , and counted the hours till they met , the relief of not being called upon to raise money at a moment's notice and with every kind of difficulty was In truth , these were the happiest very great . days which had come to Rachel Cohen for a very long time . She would have gladly lived on in this atmosphere of tranquillity , although in her heart there burnt always that longing to be allowed to stand openly in her hue- band's life to take her proper place in the world . She received frequent letters from John , and she wrote to him whenever she knew a letter would find him . In all his letters there was the same theme - the anxious craving for news of Nesta , for knowledge about the girl he had married . Once when she was spending a stolen hour alone with her husband she . spoke about Nesta , and asked Arnold frankly if he could throw any light on this mystery . Jerome laughed . dear Rachel , " he said . this girl out of the way . " Rachel was silent a moment , and her heart beat very quickly . " What - what did you do , Jerome !! et " she asked , in a low voice . " Well , I only told her a few truths . I let her see what a mistake the marriage was ; and you can take it from me , Rachel , that though Lessingham makes all this fuss he is fully alive to the fact that it was a tremen- dous mistake . " " Why , of course , my " It was I who got That is his business , not ours , " said Rachel , half passionately ; then she spoke on with almost a cry in her voice : " Oh , Jerome , the girl was all alone in the world - she she was helpless . What do you think has become of her ? He looked at her with a frown . Of course , he had long ago regretted his marriage , more especially , as Rachel had developed so much in her character which annoyed him ; yet , though he never hesitated in his thoughts to make his future without her , she was still valuable , still necessary to him . Luck was with him for the moment ; but he was too reckless a gambler to keep that luck . He knew in- evitably that there would be dark moments ahead , and he could not , therefore , afford to alienate Rachel , at all events just yet . So he began to make love to her , and he said all sorts of endearing and caressing things to her . But the heart of the woman was not stirred as once it would have been . She was not even thinking of herself or of him ; she was thinking of the girl whom John Lessing- ham had married - that young , lonely , help- less , delicate girl - and she was conscious of a great horror for the man who so wantonly had destroyed this girl's chance of happiness , perhaps , even , had sent her to her death . It was a very modest little farm , and work A woman who was driving two cows into a shed stopped to ask them their business . She looked rather hardly at John , and then she said : " You've come too late . We buried her a week ago . " CHAPTER XXIII . John Lessingham turned as white as the apron the woman wore . " I was in India , " he said , trying to speak easily . " I came as quickly as I could . " " Well , she tried to last , but it wasn't in ' er , poor old body . Seems like as if she just fretted herself into her grave - I don't know . who was to blame for sending her along in the way she came , but if you'd got anything to do with it I don't mind telling you straight you didn't treat her none too well . " Then the woman pushed open the door in the porch . " You'd best come in and sit down , " she said . " If you've travelled that far you must be tired . John stumbled more than once as he passed over the uneven flooring , and as he sat in the little low - roofed parlour he put his two elbowe on the table and buried his face ' n his hands . Mr. Lea " What was Aunt Miriam to you ? " asked the woman , looking at him curiously . Mr. Wynter answ ed for him . singham has reason to believe that your aunt was attending a young lady called Miss Gil- " She After that interview Rachel was possessed with one idea - a desire to satisfy herself about Nesta . She , too , got into communica- tion with the Vicar of the village . It was im- possible for her to leave her father , but she fell back upon an old servant , whom she sent up to the North with instructions to make cautious inquiries in that little northern vil - more . " This woman was away about a week , lage . and when she came back she brought with her what was to Rachel a merciful relief . No one apparently knew where Nesta Gil- more was , but it was gossiped in the village that she was supposed to be abroad - at least , that was what the doctor gave out . He appa- rently had had news from the girl . The mere fact that Nesta was alive seemed to lift Rachel's spirit . She sat down at once and wrote this information to John Lessing ham . It might be weeks before he got the letter , but at any rate it eased her heart to write . As a matter of fact , John Lessingham never got that letter . When it was despatched he was on his way back to England , hurrying all he could , using the power of his money to hasten his return ; and he was doing this be- cause a communication had been sent on to him through Mr. Wynter which changed in an instant the whole outlook of the future for John . most It was a few scribbled words illiterate , al- undecipherable - written by someone who signed the letter " Miriam Simpson . " This note would in itself have conveyed very little to John ; but with it there came an explanatory letter from Mr. Wynter , who stated that , he had received a communication from a certain Dr. Cuthbert , who lived in the village , and had attended old Mrs. Leith , and that Dr. Cuthbert had been desired to for- ward this letter to Mr. Lessingham with all haste possible . " Evidently Dr. Cuthbert has only just realised , " Mr. Wynter wrote , " that you are one and the same person as Mr. John . Leith , the nephew of his former patient . He received the enclosed letter sent to him from some farmer people in Somersetshire . I be- lieve it is written by an old servant who at tended Mrs. Leith ; anyhow , the relations seem to be very urgent in asking Dr. Cuthbert to get this communication forwarded to you with as little delay as possible . " John's heart was beating rapidly as he sat down and deciphered the almost impossible writing of poor old Miriam . Aye , that is 60 , " said the woman . lived along of the Gilmores pretty nigh all her life . She was kind of strange to us ; we don't move from here , and she never come anigh us till this time , when she come to die . I were Miss Nesta as she were grieving for all the time . ' " John lifted his face , and his hands fell heavily on the table . Tell me , " he said , hoarsely , " why - why did she grieve ? Was it because Miss Nesta is dead too ? " The woman looked at him with something like compassion . It was impossible not to realise that he was suffering , and he was BO young and so good to look upon . " Nay , but I don't know nought about Miss Nesta , " she answered . " I only know that poor Aunt Miriam fretted about her - seemed Like as if she'd something on her mind . " We are very anxious , " said Mr. Wynter , " to get some clue to the whereabouts of Miss Gilmore . " " Well , I can't help you , sir . I suppose that's what was troubling Aunt Miriam , but she was very close - she said nought to none of us . " " Why did she die ? " asked John , in a low voice . " She never had no heart in her life when she come here , sir , and she caught a cold and took to her bed , and just simply seemed to fade out . Our ways were strange to her , you See . " " I wish I could have seen her , " said John . " I know that she was very good to my aunt , Mrs. Leith , and I know , too , that she loved Miss Gilmore very dearly . " " Aye , she did that , sir , " said the woman . " Won't you be staying a little while and perhaps you'd like some tea ? " But both men refused the hospitality . It seemed an endless journey back to London , though Mr. Wynter talked cheerily all the time , bringing forward many arguments to comfort and encourage hope , but all the while cold , dread conviction lay on John's heart that Nesta's disappearance could only have ended in death .. It took him a long time to grasp what the old woman wanted , but at last it came to him that she was very ill , and that she prayed to see him before she died - that there was some - meeting Jerome Arnold , and by this time it thing she wanted to say to him . John was reached him . in Bombay when this letter He immediately sent a cable message to Mr. Wynter announcing his re- turn , and desiring his lawyer to communicate He stayed a couple of nights in town with Wynter , but did not approach Rachel Cohen . He was conscious that he was anxious to avoid had come to John slowly but surely that there was some bond between Rachel and the man whom her father distrusted When he left London he went back to the Manor House . " Tell Mr. Arnold he'll have his answer , " nothing , but frightened all the same , turned and almost ran out of the room . Rachel closed her eyes for a second , and then stood erect . " Dear father , " she said , " I have a favour to ask you . Don't read that letter . " It was almost a semblance of the old Morris Cohen who eat . upright and looked at his daughter . " Why should I not read this letter , Rachel ? " " Because , I ask you not to , dearest . " The old man looked at Rachel , and then , with hands that shook , tore open the note . Jerome had written only a few words . " I'm desperate , Rachel , and you must help me . You must cable to Lessingham and get him to come to the scratch . I won't be refused . If a man can't get help from his wife , where should he get it ? " For one instant Rachel Cohen feared for PATTERN No. 1,798 . The auf I have had sketched for you in No. 1,706 is a very simple one to make up , and , therefore , is just the thing for the home - dress- The blouse is cut maker's purpose , on the wee bit her life , so terrible , so awful , was the aspect lines of a sailor's jumper , with just a more shape at the armholes , and has no more opening than the neck , which is finished off with a sailor collar . You can , though , if you wish , still further simplify it by outting it quite high to the neck , and finishing this off be with a false hem , when a white collar can worn instead of that shown in the sketch . In this case , however , the fronta will have to be it , faced , and finished off with buttons and buttonholes . of her father as he rose from his chair and drew near to her . Then she crouched on the ground at his feet , awaiting his blow . Morris Cohen did not strike her , however , he cursed her instead cursed her in that way she had feared , and tortured herself with imagining so often . A scream broke from her lips , and she tried to stem the torrent of those awful words ; but some unknown strength had entered into the man , and his rage was appalling . The sound of Rachel's screams brought the nurse into the room , and as they tried to lift Rachel to her feet her father issued his last command . " Go out of my house , and never darken its doors again ! Go and live with the man you have chosen ! Here there is no place for such As you ! " They carried Rachel out of . the room , for though she was not unconscious she was not able to move or speak ; and then they went back to the old man , whose fictitious strength went from him suddenly . All was confusion in the house . One per son ran hither , and another thither ; and after a while , hearing these sounds , Jerome Arnold came out of the library , where he had been standing waiting , and the maid to whom he had given the letter informed him hysterically that Mr. Cohen was dying . " I went in with your note , sir , as you mad it was particular like , and master he took the note from me and looked too awful . Oh , I'll never forget how he looked ! " Arnold took up his hat and coat , and , open- ing the door , let himself out into the street . If he had been desperate an hour before his position was even worse now , for what the servant had not told him he could guess pretty shrewdly for himself . The blow had fallen at last , and Rachel was an outcast from her father's house ! And yet it was not all so bad ! " Rachel has been play- ing a good game lately , and even if he does die , " Arnold said to himself , " he won't have had time to alter his will ! Rachel must have got round the old man and made things pretty sure for herself . " Nevertheless , as he walked through the sum- mer night he swore terribly to himself . Ruin stared at him from every corner . If only he could find out the whereabouts of John Less- ingham To approach Rachel at such a time as this was out of the question ; to hope for any help from her was equally out of the ques- tion . But there was John - John always to with his great wealth , with money which Arnold had arrogantly determined was mean as much for himself as for the man who had inherited it . The fact that Lessingham had not written to him at all since he had been abroad might have been a set - back to another man less callously sanguine . But Arnold had no inten- tion of letting John drift ; he had to be used to the full before the other man would be done with him . To cut out as sketched , open out your length of material - two yards being , needed - fold in half - widthwise , and pattern then place the thereon , as I have shown in the diagram . Mark round carefully , also the notches , and the cut out , allowing very good turnings on kaiokers in particular . When ready , take the Fold Trick Blouse Slover Cut Edges Fronts of Knick Copar Selvedges of 28 inch Goods parts , and finish off neatly . DIAGRAM FOR PATTERN No. 1,796 . latter in hand , make and stitch the pockets to off the foreparts , finish the fronts ; seam up with the sides and the upper and lower leg - i seams , turn in the waist - part , and face with a band of the material cut selvedge - ways . Stitch to the knickers ; make the buttonholes - cutting these perpendicularly , and barring them well at the ends . Now turn up and hem the knee- For the blouse , make and stitch the pocket ; seam up the sides ; make the collar , " which has the edges turned in and stitched to- gether ; then secure to the neck and finish off very firmly in front , to prevent it being torn down . Next join up the sleeve - seame , pleat the wrist - part , and secure it with the band which are out on the straight - and fasten at the back with a button and buttonhole . on Arrange and sew them comfortably in the armhole , and finish off neatly . The vest worn with the suit should be made of fine white flannel . Lady's Pyjama Sult . I have been led to insert this pattern be- cause , having just returned from a sea - trip from the South , their exceeding popularity and suitability for wear on board ship has been . As the very forcibly brought to my notice . holiday season is just approaching , when such tripe are undertaken , whilst many may be re- turning to their homes " down under ' after a As he walked along he turned over and over trip to the Old Country , I feel that such a pat- in his mind all the means he could think of to be might be very welcome . bring himself in contact with John , and finally arrived at the conclusion that the most direct would be the best and easiest . Hastening back to his rooms he looked up Mr. Wynter's telephone number in the book , and put himself in communication with the head of the legal firm who had handled all the Lessingham affairs . He pretended to speak for Rachel Cohen , and he asked for the latest information about Mr. Lessingham , " Mr. Cohen is not expected to live , and Miss Cohen would like to get into communi- cation with Mr. Lessingham with as little delay as possible , as he made her promise that she would let him know if anything should happen to her father . " BO violently . The answer that came back on the tele- phone made Arnold bite his lip sharply , for he was informed that Mr. Lessingham was for the last month , and would be found at his already home , had , indeed , been in England country house . with old Miriam and tell her that he was get - awhile , " he said to his lawyer- " I don't " I don't want to travel any more just yet ting back to England as quickly as it was humanly possible to do so ; and though , in want to do anything . " fact , he travelled with something like miracu- lous speed . it seemed to Lessingham though the days would never end , and the dis- tance would never grow shorter . convinced there was something to be told about Nesta , some secret which old Miriam na Now he was could not keep to herself any longer . At times there , would come upon the young man a sense of dread , a cold , apprehensive feel- ing lest all that would be left to him would be to stand by the grave of his lost wife ; at others hope ( the birthright of youth ) ran like fire in his veins , lifting up his heart and fill- ing him with courage . Conjecture , imagina- tion , dread , and hope , however , all merged into one restless anxiety - a craving to be back in England , a veritable aching to have news of the girl he had married . He landed on one of those glorious English spring days which are not to be matched in any other country or in any other clime . To John the sunshine , the exquisite spring weather , were as a good augury . Mr. Wynter was waiting to welcome him when he landed , and as the two men drove away in a motor from the docks Lessingham felt that the moment had come in which to open his heart to his father's old friend and make a full confession . " You are surprised that I have come back in such a hurry , Wynter ; but you won't be " I don't trouble myself about it one way or the other , " Arnold answered , quite calmly . curious sound . It was one of those moments in which she realised how cruel this man could be . " But don't you see this is something you ought to think about ? " she said , almost pas sionately . " Separate them , if you like , al- though that seems horribly mean , but you've no right to drive another human being to " To what ? " asked Arnold , with a sneer . " Don't be so emotional , Rachel . " Rachel drew back from him with a little surprised when I tell you that I regard this summons in the most vitally important manner . " Then he spoke of his marriage , and told Mr. Wynter all that had happened up in the North at the time of his aunt's death . But Rachel was shivering . is dead !!! " Suppose ske " You will come to us whenever you feel that you care to come , " Mr. Wynter said in And John shook his hand and hie kind way . promised that he would do this ; but he heaved a sigh of relief as he found himself chip of one who was so sympathetic and so alone . He felt that not even the companion- present mood . helpful as Mr. Wynter was bearable in his He did not trouble to have the house opened , but lived in two rooms , and gave in- structions to his housekeeper and his eer- vants to try if possible to keep the news of his return secret . So the days went by and became weeks , and the weeks went by and summer was full in the land . In his gardens the flowers were blooming , the very air was scented with their fragrance , the splendid trees were gorgeous in their summer garments , but John Lessing- Arnold thanked the speaker courteously , but as he replaced the telephone his expres- sion was ugly . So Lessingham had been one whole month in England and had kept this secret from himself and from Rachel ! Or had he kept it secret from Rachel ? In his present mood Arnold was ready to distrust everybody , and his wife for the first . It was not , however , the moment to stop and think matters over - it was a time to act . He went out at once and sent a telegram to Less ingham in Rachel's name : " My father is dying , am in very great trouble ; hear you are home , will you come to me ? " " He'll get that the first thing in the morn- ing , " Jerome Arnold said to himself , " and he'll be with Rachel before twelve o'clock . The best of dealing with soft - hearted fools , " Now , though the idea is taken from a mason- Hine garment , there is no need to emphasise this side , and I think you will agree that in PATTERN No. 1,797 . the pattern sketched in No. 1,797 the artist has relieved this severity of outline by the dainty feminine touch of embroidery . This you can easily carry out , as these are supposed to be by sea you dan manage with one pair . as they be eneily washed and dried in the day , you use crêpe cloth for them , as I sug- they need no ironing ! The mak and is simple , as the jacket is cut on ham was blind to all the beauty about him . the man mused on cynically , " is that one for a special occasion . If you are journeying He had before his eyes always the vision of can be pretty sure in making one's plans for Nesta groping with her delicate hands , them . Now it is up to Rachel . She is all moving like a graceful spirit from the shadow broken to pieces to - night , of course . I sup of his aunt's death - room . The memory of her pose the old brute must have given her an would loosen . took hold of him with a grip that nothing she'll have to face things , awful time , but she'll have to turn round and ter's reasoning had deepened tortured him . The remorse which Mr. Wyn- She is out of her father's house , and it he lives she is out of his Whatever her fate , he accused himself as the money too ! Someone's got to take care of ber , and if she only plays her cards well she'll get all she wants out of Lessingham , " one to hlama He nad been in the Manor House a month before the fact that he was back in England The luck had gone against Arnold once more , came to the knowledge of Jerome Arnold . and thousands had gone with it . The man was in a desperate position . He had , of course , turned at once to Rachel , but for the first time his wife had been unable to help said , when he had finished ; and Mr. Wynter Rachel's whole time was given to the le " I give you the right to reproach me , " he him . Her father was very ill again , and did reproach him . man . She waited hand and foot upon her - " I think you ought to have told me this . Father she seemed to live only to minister to I could have been of some use to you . ' him Things were so bad with Jerome that I only wanted to study her . John an- when he found that she did not answer his ( To be continued . ) LA & KEARSLEY'S ORIGINAL Widow Welch's Female Pills and reliable for Ladies . The only Gaming Awarded ORATED TOATE MERIT as the Tamsalan Exhibition , 100 , tation . Ordered by Specialists for the Oure Hill Female Complaints . 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There's nothing like fresh air to do away with worry . Beware of gossip ; stones can always be thrown back . Our repentance is usually in proportion to our dilemmas . " Early to bed " has had a lot to do with many a man's success . > It takes many kind words to wipe out the WISE AND OTHERWISE " Is the cashier in ? " in he expected back ! " pet , sir . " " No , sir . " " When " There ain't no clue " So Wobbler is dead . " " Yes , and it's the Arst time he ever arrived at a definite con- olusion . " Had the late Mr. Methuselah been a woman the world would never have known how old she really was . Mother : " Don't cry , dear . Which one of the twins hit you ? ' Dear : " The one with the black eye . " It's easy enough to keep a woman in her place so long as you remember that her place is at the top . If every man were as valuable , as he thinks he is , there wouldn't be money enough in the world to pay wages . " You're kinder to dumb animals than you " are to me , your wife . " " Well , you try being dumb , and see how kind I'll be . " " Isn't that lawyer a rather extravagant man ? " " By no means ! I've known him to make one suit last for several years ! " Friend : " You seem to be frightfully busy of late ; regularly run off your legs . " Doctor ( thoughtlessly ) : Yes , it's killing work ! " Golfer ( apologetically to caddie ) : " Missed again ! Shows I'm out of practice , eh ! " Caddie : " Oh , you have played before , then ? " " Where's your little brother ? " " How ! " himself . " " We were seeing who could lean out of the window the furthest , and he won . " He hurt " You say you're your wife's third hus- band ! " " No , I'm her fourth husband . " " Heavens , man ! you're not a husband- you're a habit . " one Two next - door neighbours quarrelled , and of them exclaimed , excitedly : " Call yourself a man of sense ! Why , you're next door to an idiot . " Magistrate : " Can't this case be settled out Mulligan : " That's what we were trying to do , your Honour , when police interfered . " of court ? " the Lost Property Office Clerk : " Lost a parcel of poems ? Can't you write ' em over again ! " Poet : " Yes ; but there was a ham sandwich memory of a harsh one . Words break no bones ; hearts , though , wrapped up in it . " sometimes . - ROBERT BROWNING . " Halloa , Sandy ! Thinking of the future , eh ? " " No , " replied the Scotsman . " To- The man who knows he is sometimes a bit morrow's the wife's birthday , and I'm think- of a fool is never a hopeless case . Lot's wife became a pillar of salt . Let this be a warning to wives who get peppery . Keep your heart up and your fortunes aren't likely to go down so very much . Usually it is the person who knows all about it that has the least to say on a subject . The sins of our neighbours are our busi- ness only when we can prevent or lessen them . Nothing in this world is so powerful for happiness as a really loving and united family . Don't start your world's work with the great delusion that it's everyone else who needs reforming . Let no soul despair , As a great philo- sopher , Carlyle , has said , " From the lowest depth there is a path to the loftiest height . " This is the true nature of home - it is the place of peace ; the shelter not only from all injury , but from all terror , doubt , and divi- Bion . - RUSKIN . Appetite is the will's solicitor , and the will is appetite's controller ; what we covet ac- cording to one , by the other we often re- ject . - HOOKER . Be serious and exact in duty , having the weight of it upon the heart ; but be as much afraid of taking comfort from thy duties themselves as from thy sins . - WILCOX . The world goes up and the world goes down , And the sunshine follows the rain ; " And yesterday's sneer and yesterday's frown Can never come over again . " -CHARLES KINGSLEY .. Strength of character is not mere strength of feeling it is the resolute restraint of strong feeling . It is unyielding resistance to whatever would disconcert from without or unsettle us from within . - CHARLES DICKENS . 116 Death hangs over thee while thou livest ; while it is in they power to be good .. There are many grains of frankincense on the same altar - one falls before another , another falls after ; but it makes no difference . - MARCUS AURELIUS . Some people have a positive genius for los- ing time just a plain throwing away , and not a thing to show for it . Those who work can't afford to throw away time . The efficient worker is the one who eliminates waste move- ments . No minute is just as good as another , so don't throw it away . The things that bring success are the things that belong to character . To succeed one must mould the character aright . Nothing much as com- of weak influences the character so Make companions panionship . people and one becomes weak ; make com- panions of strong people and one becomes strong . But exces- THOUGHTS ABOUT PLEASURE . Pleasure used in rightful moderation is a tonic , cheering us up so that we may face our daily trials with fresh strength . sive devotion to pleasure is a deadly , clogging weed , which robs us of our best qualities and makes us useless weeds ourselves . Pleasure at another's pain is a mighty accurate kind of boomerang . It is going to come back and hit -hard . The only kind of pleasure of which never tire is that of giving it to others . The old maxim about " Business first " is not dead yet , by a long chalk . No decent man or woman can have a thorough enjoyment of pleasure while many tasks are shouting to be done . Half the misery of the foolish comes from confusing happiness with that very shoddy imitation , gaiety . " Tis a false religion that condemns all pleasure . The abuse , and not the use of it , is wrong . one can HIGH - CLASS NOTH PAPERS at lowest prices . Largest and choicest stook in the district to Belect from at the Gazette " Office - Advt . ing o ' the present . " " Come back for something you've forgot- ten , as usual ? " said the husband . " No , " re- plied his wife , sweetly , " I've come back for Bomething I've remembered . " " What are all these men doing here ? " asked the visitor to the gaol . Most of them , " answered the guiding official , " are doing time for doing others . " Briggs : " You must have a lot of trouble keeping your wife dressed up in the height of style . Griggs : " Yes , but it's nothing to the trouble I'd have if I didn't . " in use on First Traveller : " I see that some carriages this line date back to 1851. " Becond Traveller : " Really ? I had no idea they were so up - to - date as that ! " He re- A schoolboy was asked to give his defini- tion of an optimist and a pessimist . plied : " An optimist attends to your eyes and a pessimist attends to your feet . " . An advertiser in a morning paper claims to have " worked with Canadian cheeses for nine years . " We understand that on . the whole he found them very friendly . " I woke up last night with the feeling that my new gold watch was gone . The impression was so strong that I got up to look . " Well , was it gone ! " " No , but it was going . " Blobbs : " Which do you prefer - life in the Dobbs : " I'm not country or in the city ? ' sure . It depends on whether I am in a mood to be attacked by a cow or a motor - car . " " When you look at me , my dear , your eyes always have 8 stupid expression . " That is , without doubt , my dear , because they always reflect your adorable image . " Mrs. Enright : " Suppose I were to die , what would you do ? " Mr. Enright : " Why , I should simply go crazy . " Mrs. E. " Marry again ? " Mr. E .: " Oh , not that crazy ! " " I see they are thinking of putting meters " It will only cause . on the telephone . " trouble . " " How so ! " " My wife will insist every month that she never said that much . " " What's the matter , little boy ! " ** M- ma's gone an ' drownded all the kittens . " " Dear , dear ! Now that's too bad . " " Yes , an ' she p - promised - boo - hoo - that I cud do it ! " " I see now , according to a famous doctor , that the human family is likely to become a ..Well , one - toed race , " said the pessimist .. that means fewer corns , " replied the optimist . Hodge : Eard about poor Bill Sim mons ? Dodge : " No. What's ' e done ? Hodge : " Bin an ' died in ' is sleep . " Dodge : " Oh , then , ' e don't know nothin ' about it yet . " " One thing I like about our new , mah , " said a member of the firm to his partner , " is that he is reliable . You can always tell what he is going to do next . " " And what is that ? " " Nothing . " Mother : " There were two apples in the cupboard , Tommy , and now there is only one . How's that ? " Tommy ( who sees no way out of it ) : " Well , ma , it was so dark in there I didn't see the other . " came " What are you wearing that thing for ? " asked Mrs. Gabb , when her husband home with a band of crape around his hat . For your first husband , " replied Mr. Gabb . " I'm sorry he died . " . Lady of the house : " Why , you were here two weeks ago looking for a place as cook ! Have you been out of a situation ever since ! " Cook : " No , mum . Sure , an ' I've had three places since thin , m'm ! " Willis ( in the cemetery ) : " This can't be Hardupp's grave . The inscription reads , Mrs. Hardupp . " Gillis : Yes , but you see he had his tombstone , like his other things , put in his wife's name . " " Yes , " said the girl who collects , " it is one of the best autographs I have in my col- lection . " " But are you sure it is genuine ! " Positive , I cut it from a telegram that his wife received from him , with my own hands . " MRS . WINSLOW'S SOOTHING SYRUP . For Children teething . Over 60 years ' reputation . Soothes the child . Allays all pain . Cures Wind Colic . Is the best remedy for Diarrhase . Contains no poisonous ingredients . Sold everywhere , 1/1 per bottle . Printed and Published for the Ross GAZETTE LIMITED , by GODFREY M. MORTON , at their Offices , High - street and Church- street , Ross , in the County of Hereford . THURSDAY , JUNE 25 , 1914 . Sheep Dipping Sheep Dipping J. BENJAMIN , Cash Chemist , Ross , Keeps large Stocks of all the leading makes of Sheep Dips , and would appreciate your orders : VOL . XLVIII . No. 2 SALES BY AUOTION . COOPER AND PREECE , STOOK SALESMEN AND GENERAL AUCTIONEERS . PROBATE , ESTATE , & HOTEL VALUERS [ ESTABLISHED VER 70 YEARS . ] GENERAL INSURANOR AND SHIPPING AGENTS TIMBER SURVEYORS , PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS ESTATES MANAGED ; RENTS , TITHES , AND DEB COLLECTED . Bailiffs ( by appointment ) under the Agricul tural Holdings Ast . Mr. Cooper , F.A.I. , County Valuer under the Finance Aet . 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 CHAMBERS , MARKET - PLACE , ROS SALE FIXTURES Store Catt This Day . - Ross Stock Market . at 11 ; Fat Cattle at 11.45 . July 16. - Stock Market . Early Entries invited order to insure publicity f buyers and sellers . July 23. - Sale of Freehold Farms , Resident Property , and Cottages , at King Head Hotel , Ross . - See advt . Farther Appointments respectfully solicited . SALE THIS DAY . ROSS STOCK MARKET . THURSDAY , the 2nd JULY , 1914 . ESBRS . COOPER and PREE will BELL by AUCTION , in the ab Market , a large Consignment of ME FAT & STORE CATTLE CALVES , SHEEP , and PIGS . Commencing with the Pigs at 10.30 sha PRELIMINARY , ASTON INGHAM , LINTON , and T LEA . Re RICHARD GARBOLD HOWELL , Deceased PREE ESSRS . COOPER and Mthe Trustees to for SALE by PUBLIC AUCTION , in Lota , at the KING'S HEAD HOTEL , Ross , On THURSDAY , the 23rd day of JULY , 1914 At 3.30 p.m. the following Importan FREEHOLD PROPERTIES . Lot 1 HILL VIEW FARM , in Parishes of Linton and Aston Ingham , a 96a . Or . 32p . Lot 2. - The attractive RESIDENT PROPERTY known as " THE POINT the Parish of Linton . Approxim 8a . 1r . 13p . Lot 3 - COTTAGE and LAND , at Crews , in the occupation of Miss Jac about of an acre .. Lot 4 - WARREN FARM , in the Far of Aston Ingham , Linton , and the 144a . 3r . 2p . or thereabouts . Further particulars will appear in f Advertisements , and can be obtained orders to view from the Auctioneers a bion Chambers ; or from the Solicitors , Messrs . BURT and EVA A PAIR of Stone - built Semi - det RESIDENCES , with small Ord Gardens , & a . , at Tudorville . FOR SA Apply to CooPER and PREECE , ROBB . " N the fashionable village of Hoar In the Wye , FOR SALE , & COTTAG GARDEN - Apply , to CooPER and PREECE ANDRINGHAM VILLA , Ros decorated throughont ) , TO LET , SA rent . СВА RADOO VILLA , Gloucester TO LET . Three sitting - rooms , o tory , seven bedrooms ; bath ( h . and c . ) ; I Excellent walled garden , with tenni Near Golf Lin Immediate possession . olose to Town and Station . - Apply , Coo PREECE , Ross . Ro Iv OSS ON WYE . An DETACHED RESIDENCE , wit Court , Flower and Kitchen Garden , St Garage , TO LET , from Michaelmas . R -Apply , CooPER and PREECE , Ross . NOR SALE , between Ross and Three - quarters of an Aore , fully stool Tw Fruit Trees in full bearing . Dwellings . Piggeries , and Shed . Price hold ; £ 190. - Apply to CooPER and PREE FOR Compact little PROPERTY FOR NOR SALE ( owner leaving the a fine - toned COTTAGE PIAN ( by Broadwood ) : nearly new Five - strin and TOURNAMENT SET of ORO Price and further particulars of Co PREECE , ROBB . Several superior RESIDENCES also good BUSINESS PREMISE positions in the Town , TO LET DENCES TO LET from one to 12 TWO COTTAGES and GARDENS FOR SALE , cheap . Kindly write and state require COOPER and PREECE . of Ro ( whose advertisements reach Par India , U.S.A. , and the Colonies ) will do their utmost to meet san SESSIONS & S ( LIMITED ) , TIMBER AND SLATE MER GLOUCESTE AND CARDIFF . and Factories Depôts MOU JOINERY , TIMBER , BLATES TILES , LATHS , BRICK GOODS , and PIPES , WHITE'S CEMENT and WHI STOVE GRATES , RANGES OHIMNEY - PIECES FENDER BATHS , SANITARY WARE STONE , MARBLE , BLATE , EVERY REQUISITE FOR B |