Ross Gazette 18th June 1914 - Page 8
Ross Gazette 18th June 1914 - Page 8
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| Date | 18/06/1914 |
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| Type | Newspaper |
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| Language | English |
| Area | Ross Gazette |
| Collection Holder | Herefordshire Libraries |
| Date of Publication | 18th June 1914 |
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[ ALL RIGHTS ABSENTED . ] FOR BETTER OR WORSE FOR By MADAME ALBANESI Muthor bl " Busannah and One Other , " F Young Man from the Country , " Hlear Caprigious Caroline , & he PRINCIPAL CHARACTERS : JOHN LEITH , who , as John Lessingham , is hels to great wealth . JEROME ARNOLD , a needy adventurer , secretly married to RACHEL COHEN , daughter of Morris Coken , & wealthy Jew , NESTA GILMORE , a beautiful girl who has lost her sight . CHAPTER XIX . Although Arnold emphatically impressed upon his wife not to trouble to give John any real explanation as to why she wanted so much money , something impelled Rachel to try and put herself right in John's eyes . She Bent him the next day a long letter , in which she dwelt on the fact that she was very unhappy , and that it grieved her to the heart to have been forced to ask him for money . She did not enlarge on the subject of the mihical people whom she was supposed toe be- friending , but she reiterated the story that she was overwhelmingly troubled . Coo From £ 5 19s . 6d . , or 98. 4d . per month , THE ROSS XKWETE - THURSDAY , JUNE 18 , 1914 , You want to give me back Reuben La sighed more than once . His longing for news property , when already I have more than 1 BY SYLVIA . of Nesta was taking a hold of him in a way DRESSMAKING AT HOME . that was affecting him bodily and mentally . He not only grieved about the girl , reproach- ing himself because he had not taken more He felt that care of her , he wanted her . there was something clear and fresh and sweet and pure about Nesta . His latest experience of Rachel Cohen had unconsciously influenced the man against her . He was still deeply in- debted to her , and knew the power of her Know what to do with ? " " Yes , I want you to take it off my hander it - it seems as if it had brought me bad luck . Things have gone altogether contrary with me for these last few years . I've done lots of hard business deals in my time one can't be too particular if one wants to be successful but I think what I did to Reuben Leith was the ugliest thing I've ever done , and somehow it seems to be coming home to me curious conviction that there had been some " What should I do with this propertympathy and her personal charm but that asked John Lessingham , in his quiet way . He thing withheld from him , that she had not might have uttered a hundred reproaches , he been absolutely honest , stuck in John's mind , might have spoken of Reuben Leith's un- and would not be swept away . timely death , of the penury , of the unhappi- ness which had fallen to Mrs. Leith's lot after her husband's death , but he couldn't reproach a man who looked at him with those strange , pleading eyes . " Turn it over to someone else , " said Morris Cohen . " It joins your father's lands , and could easily be worked by your agent . " " I'll think about it ; I can't decide without thinking . You want to ask me something else , Mr. Cohen ? " " Yes , " said Rachel's father . " I want to know if you are very thick with that fellow Jerome Arnold ! " John's face contracted sharply . " Mr. Arnold is my friend . " " Is he ? " said the other man , and he laughed shortly . " Well , I'll tell you my opinion . I don't think Jerome Arnold is a good friend for any man to have ! You'd be best without him . I've made it my business to know a little bit about Mr. Arnold and his doings ; he comes of good stock , but he's rotten bad himself , and I wish that I'd never Let such a fellow come into this house . " " Have reason for speaking 60 The stairs , and after he was in bed he called John answered , after a little pause . " You may be prejudiced against him , " her up and she sat beside him . She played her part so well that she deceived him abeo - you any definite strongly ? " lutely . Rachel hated herself for this decep- tion , but the look on her father's face struck a pathetic note through her heart . She could not bear to hurt him . When he was well again and strong , then then perhaps ahe might be able to tell him the truth ! To do so now would be to kill him . After he had dozed for awhile Mr. Cohen suddenly opened his eyes . He put a question to his daughter . " Where is John Lessing ham ? " he asked . Rachel caught her breath . " I - I am not sure , father . I believe he is living in the country . ' " That house to where you went the other day ! Well , I want you to write to him . Write and tell him that I want to see him . There are some things that I've got to say to that young man . He'll come if you ask him to come , Cohen added , a little grimly . " I'll write at once , " said Rachel She sent John a few hurried words , and on reflection she decided to address this to the country , because she was terrified to arouse any suspicion in her father's mind if John were to answer the letter too quickly ; more over , the night before , just before she had left him , John had told her that he had in- tended to return to his father's house before going North again . She told her father that she had written to John , and the old man nodded his head . " There's good stuff in that lad , " he said , suddenly " real grit . I could have wished that he belonged to our race , Rachel . " And then he shut his eyes and said no more , and after awhile , seeing that he was sleeping , Rachel stole softly away to go to her own room - not to rest , poor creature , but to spend the night pacing the floor , half - cras with the multitude of emotions which crowded As a matter of fact , Arnold had made her fill in the cheque for such a large amount that she felt bound to put forward some sort of excuse , however vague , to account for this . Atte same time that she wrote to John she sent a her heart . very long letter to her husband . CHAPTER XX . John received both Rachel's letters at the same time , for he carried out his intention of travelling down to the Manor House the morning following their meeting . He tried not to think too closely about Rachel Cohen ; ret , somehow , she worried him . He felt in tuitively that she had not been quite open with him . He regretted this , only because he wanted to be of real use to her , and because he had such a splendid opinion of her that he did not like to imagine that she would de ceive him , eves in a little secret . And then he was troubled on her own " I want you to understand that it will be impossible for me to continue asking Mr. Of course , I don't Lessingham for money . know how you are situated , I have never known your real financial position , but surely , dearest , this money ought to be of the greatest help to you ? And if I can only feel that we could afford to walk independently , and that I might get rid of this horrible secrecy , this burden which rests upon me night and day , you don't know what it would mean to me You must not reproach me , Jerome , for I am sure you realise how eager I am to help you in every way I can ; but I have to consider my found her looking dreadfully ill - very much dignity as well as my love . Mr. Lessingham changed , in fact ; but her sympathy had all has been most generous . He has responded in the old sweetness for him , and he felt en- such a wonderful way to my supposed misfor - couraged and cheered by her attitude in con- tune that I can't impose on him again - I nection with his wife . simply can't ! " It was account . He The thought of Rachel was quickly set aside Although it hurt her to write in such a by the clamouring anxiety about his wife . strain to Jerome , still she felt relieved that The lawyer in the North had nothing to re- she had spoken so plainly to him . port to him ; he strongly advised professional It was just here that John a day destined , however , to be assistance . marked for Rachel in a sad and in an alarm- paused . He felt that he must respect Nesta's ing fashion . About the middle of the after wishes in every possible way , and he was con- noon & message was sent through from the vinced that if he were to employ detectives his young wife would certainly be subjected to annoyance . Confidence sprang up in him that in a little while he would have news of her . Anyhow , he made up his mind to try and find her without the aid of detectives . office to inform Miss Cohen that her father was very unwell , and shortly afterwards a cab arrived with Morris Cohen in it . He had to be assisted from the cab and helped into his house ; and in an agony of alarm Rachel rang He was in communication with the clergy- up for his usual doctor , and sat looking at her father's grey face with fear and grief man of the village , who had advised him to mingled , for , whatever his faults might be to write to Dr. Cuthbert . To neither of these men , however , did John divulge the secret of others , he represented to her the one being to his marriage to Nesta . Her letter had carried whom she had the right to turn , and certainly such a cry to him , and he so thoroughly un- a few years before they had been very much to derstood the proud spirit of the girl , that it seemed to him that it was his positive duty to wait till she permitted him to speak . one another . The doctor's report of Mr. Cohen was not very encouraging . He evidently regarded the He wrote merely as the nephew of old Mrs. man as being in a very bad condition of Leith , asking for information of Miss Gil . health . He urged the necessity of Rachel more , and as such his interest in the girl was keeping her father as quiet as possible . There most comprehensible . Neither the Vicar , was to be no excitement ; Mr. Cohen was not however , nor the doctor , could give him any to talk . The doctor recommended that he was information . It was not , indeed , until much to be put to bed and kept there if possible for later that Dr. Cuthbert was informed by his a few days ; but Rachel's father was not very colleague , the oculist , that Miss Gilmore was easy to manage . He hated the idea of being in London , undergoing special treatment for turned into an invalid . He persisted in re- her eyes . maining in his library sitting in a chair piled Lessingham was on the eve of starting go . He waited a little while in the big , empty drawing - room , and then the door opened and Bachel came in hurriedly . She stretched out both her hands to him . " Yes , " said Morris Cohen , " I have ! He is a orook and a thief , and he is up to his eyes in debts and difficulties " " I don't like to think that there can be any truth in this , " John answered . He rose as he spoke , and moved about the room in a rather troubled fashion . " I'll tell you why , " he went on . " When you turned me off , Mr. Cohen , and I didn't know what my future was going to be , Mr. Arnold was very , very good to me . He he gave me work . " " Did he , now ! " said Morris Cohen , with little touch of his former cunning . " And I wonder what sort of work Mr. Jerome Arnold had to give ! " All at once he resolved that if he could not trace Nesta he would cut himself adrift from these close friendships with Rachel Cohen and with Jerome Arnold . He did not know exactly why he linked these two together in his thoughts ; probably it was because they represented to him the only two people who were intimate with him , and because it was through Rachel he had met Jerome Arnold , Still , it was not a pleasant thought to feel that perhaps these two people had a common bond where he was concerned . He had told old Cohen that he should believe in Arnold's friendship till it was proved to him that the man was untrue . He was still firm in that de- termination ; but with this trouble about his wife pressing upon him he felt naturally out of sympathy with the kind of existence which he now knew Arnold lived . In that long , sad letter which his father had left him a great wish had been expressed that John should travel should broaden his out- look and widen his sympathies ; so he said to himself now that if this journey to the old place where Nesta and his aunt had lived should again prove fruitless he would carry out his father's wishes , and he would make arrangements to leave England almost imme- diately . Thus it was a day or two later that both Arnold and Rachel received a blow . To the man the news that John Lessingham was starting on a tour of the world , and would be absent six or eight months , was little less than a disaster ; to the woman it meant the re- moval of one to whom , all unconsciously , she now clung as the one person in the world able to stand by her when she should be driven from her father's house . A Tunic - Blouse . Nearly all the washing frocks for river or outdoor wear are made with tunics , or costees which with their lengthened basques have the effect of tunica , Most of these frocks are carried out in pat- terned fabrics - such as crêpe - cloth , voile , or ninon , and are worn with skirts of a plain fabric . As they present an excellent medium for the smartening - up of a summer frock which has already seen much service , or a suggestion for wearing out a washing skirt or two , I have PATTERN No. 1,794 . Before leaving England John Lessingham partially confided in Mr. Wynter , the senior partner of the legal firm who had manipu fated all his affairs . Mr. Wynter had been " At the time , " John answered , " I believed deeply attached to his father , and was pre- that it was quite a genuine offer . I underpared to give loyal friendship to that father's son . John had dined with him and his wife added a model to the list of patterns which stood that Mr. Arnold was engaged on a most and his family more than once , and had made have appeared in this column , because I feel important piece of work , and required me as the most favourable impression . & secretary and someone to help him ; as 6 There was a great deal of business to be aure & good many of my younger readers will matter of fact , he sent me each day to the discussed , of course , before John could start like to have such a garment . British Museum to look up , statistics and other matter , but " " Yes , " said Rachel's father , " there was & ' but , ' wasn't there ? " No. 1,794 shows a pattern which is suited to any fabric , from ninon to linen , because you make it either with added sleeves , as can with these out all in one . sketched , or of the popular Magyar shape , If you prefer the latter type all you have to do is to place the aleeve pattern to the armhole edge and out round the aleeve and blouse outline only . In the diagram I have arranged the blouse on two yards of 40 - inoh goods , as most of the are double - width . on his journeys . The more that Mr. Wynter had seen of John the more he had liked the young man . It seemed to be fairly easy for " It wasn't until the other day that I dis Jerome Arnold . would have treated the matter John to speak about Nesta to George Wynter . covered that Mr. Arnold had given me this so differently . But Mr. Wynter understood so employment in order to help me . " Old Cohen looked at John for a moment or well ; in fact , it would have surprised John if he could have realised how clearly his two , and then he said , abruptly : You're a bit too simple , my lad ; that was your trouble lawyer did understand his anxiety to have If you'd been out some news about Miss Gilmore . More than when you were with me . out on a different pattern you'd soon have once Lessingham had been urged to tell the best clerk I ever had ! And you think that man ; indeed , would have done so if he had Place the pattern realised your own value . Why , you were the whole story - the whole truth - to this other fabrics mentioned not remembered that he would be hurting on the material as Jerome Arnold gave you work because he was sorry for you ? Why , man , it's as clear Nesta . As Rachel had done , so Mr. Wynter I have shown , and as the nose on your face ! Somehow this did . He pooh - poohed the idea of any difficulty then mark round fellow must have known what was going to in tracing out Miss Gilmore's movements , and before cutting out , happen to you - that's why he thought it he promised that this should be done in the allowing ample good trick to get you , and it is through that most delicate and tactful way . He further pro- turnings women- supposed generosity and kindness of his that mised that he would instantly inform Mr. ing so . If you em Lessingham when he had any news to give , ploy he is going to bleed you ! " " I hope you're wrong , Mr. Cohen , " John and with this poor comfort John had to be stretchy Lessingham said . " It would be a great blow content . to me to doubt Arnold in this . He tried to forget his anxiety in the natural travelling pleasure and excitement which " Well , then , you'd better be prepared to take the blow , for I know I'm telling you the brought to him . He had no intention of evad truth . You've got lots of money , and some of ing Jerome Arnold ; at the same time he kept away from London as much as possible , and in the aleeve edges it , I suppose , will have to be wasted , seeing when in town stayed as Mr. Wynter's guest at at armhole , tack , the kind of man you are , but there is no need his comfortable house in Kensington . But he and stitch to cor- for you to let yourself be fooled to enrich a reckoned without his host if he thought he responding position scoundrel like Arnold , is there ? " could get away without further intercourse in the blouse , and with Jerome Arnold . The other man hunted neaten ; then face , him so persistently that finally he ran John to turn in , stitch , and earth the very night before he was about to finish off fronts ; join the backs to- leave England . gether by the centre seam , which may be made more orna- " It will have to be proved to me that Jerome Arnold is a scoundrel , " said John . He smiled and held out his hand . " Thank I appreciate your consideration . You have given me some- you all the same , Mr. Cohen . thing to think about , something I shan't forget . " He shook hands and went away , and down- stairs he met Rachel again . Though she asked no questions , he felt that she was anxious to know what passed with her father and himself , so he lightly touched on the farm , and then he told her about Jerome Arnold . " Perhaps if I had not known that your father was very prejudiced against the class of man to which Arnold belongs I must have been a good deal upset by what he has said ; but I'm not going to let myself believe hard things of a man who was so good to me till I am forced to do so . " Rachel had turned very white ; her lips trembled . She had not expected this . " My father hates Mr. Arnold , and I - and I will tell you why . He he thinks that I care for him . You won't let yourself be prejudiced too quickly , will you ! " " " No , " said John ; " it will take a great deal to knock out of me the feeling that I owe Mr. Arnold a very big debt of gratitude , one which I am glad I may be able to pay . " As they clasped hands Rachel asked him about Nesta . " Have you no news ! " He shook his head . No ; I am going up North again , but I do not expect to find her . " It is troubling you , " said Rachel , sud- denly , and she looked at him with her large dark eyes full of concern . " It is so big a trouble , ' John answered her , with passion , " that I hardly know how I am going to endure it ! " CHAPTER XXI . up with cushions , and he refused to let Rachel for the North again when these two letters leave him even for half an hour . He read thought- from Rachel reached him . It must not be imagined that John Lessing It was a terrible ordeal to the woman to sit fully through the longer one , in which she in ham was dependent entirely on Arnold for His father's death and his there and to remember the truth of her posi - a sense had opened her heart to him , and companionship . accession to so much money had given him a tion . Somehow she imagined that her father when he heard of her father's illness and of was going to speak to her on that matter Mr. Cohen's eager desire to see him he at prominent place in the thoughts of many which she had dreaded to hear all this time , once determined to postpone his journey . people . As has been described , he could have and , sure enough , about an hour or so after He smiled a little faintly as he found him easily formed acquaintances with those people who lived near and about his country house ; the doctor had left them Mr. Cohen began to self standing at Mr. Cohen's door , and re- speak about her future . membered how magnificent this house had but he was shy , and shrank from meeting He turned , however , quite natu- " I don't say that this is going to be my seemed to him only a few months ago ; and strangers . end , " he remarked , feebly , " but I have had how his heart had beaten with excitement and rally to those people with whom he was forced nasty turn , Rachel , my girl , and I can't little nervousness as he entered it the night to come into contact his father's lawyers , for I want to have of Rachel's party . Memories , too , of his hard instance , and various men who had been in expect to live for ever . " active connection with the late Mr Lessing things made firm and good for you before I days of work at the office and of that last un- I'll let you into a secret - I've had some pleasant interview with Morris Cohen could ham's charitable schemes . The groove into ugly times lately ; business isn't what it was not be wholly set aside , and he found himself which he desired to drift was not big in a I've lost more than I care to tell you , so i wondering a good deal why Mr. Cohen had social sense , although a little while before this world of prosperous professionals would shan't be able to do all I wanted to do for you . " desired to see him . have seemed absolutely out of John's reach . " I wish you wouldn't talk about these things now , " said Rachel , nervously- " they with the lawyers ; but here he was powerless Arnold would have prevented any intimacy only agitate you . " to influence Lessingham . The young man " I feel a lot worse if I don't say out what " Oh , you are good ! " she said- " how turned quite naturally to respond to the I've got to say , " her father answered her . good ! Father will be so glad to see you . I homely influence and kindness which " Look here , Rachel , the time's come for you think he has been worrying about you , Mr. offered him by men who had been closely asso- to marry . Ben's only waiting for the word Lessingham . He seems to have something on ciated with his father . from you . Many another man might have got his mind where you are concerned . I am go- tired with your shilly - shallying , but Ben's sing to leave him alone with you , so that he firm as a rock ; and , what's more , my girl , can speak quite freely . " there is nothing the matter with his business ! John was shocked when he saw Morris He quite agreed with Rachel they had a note Coben . To him the man had the stamp of about them death on his face . There was " We'll talk about this to - morrow when you pause as the door was shut and they were be made suspicious his interview with Morris an instant's though he was the last person in the world to Cohen had left an uncomfortable feeling upon " No , we'll talk about it now ! " said old alone , then Mr. Cohen stretched out his hand . " You needn't take it if you don't want to , " him . Cohen , with a touch of fierceness in his tone . he said , in his old rough way . " I know per- " I shan't feel better sill I know that you're fectly well you can't bear me any good will , John had just as much personal pride as any No man likes to be considered a fool , and safe in Ben's hands . I'm not sure about you , for I treated you a little hardly , didn't It " other man . He felt that it would be at least Rachel . There is something different in you " It was hard at the time , " John answered , more agreeable if he were not brought so fre- lately ; perhaps you think I haven't noticed it in his old frank way ; " but I don't bear you quently into contact with Jerome Arnold . but I've watched you , and I know I'm not any grudge , Mr. Cohen . " Before returning North , therefore , making a mistake . It is all this cursed mixe moved forward , and took the old man's ing with people outside our race that has up - and . instructing them to mind . " I want to see you two fixed up just as soon as it can be arranged . " feel a little better , " said Rachel . Bet that has put bad ideas into your " Bit down , " said Rachel's father . " E have sent for you to say two things to you . Rachel went across to him and knelt beside I was good of you to come . Reuben Leith's him . " Father , " she said , " I don't want you wife is dead , they tell me ? " , to agitate yourself . Dr. Loraine will be very " Yes , " said John . " She died only a little angry with me if he knows that I've let you while ago . You will remember that was why talk like this . Won't you be satisfied , dear , I went up to the North . " I'll - I'll do all in my power to give you " Yes , remember . I didn't treat your happiness . " uncle too well , John . I daresay that won't Her father stooped suddenly and kissed her surprise you ; but perhaps what will surprise on the brow . " That's my own good girl , " he you is the fact that lately it has been rather said ; and now I think perhaps I'll go to a bitter memory to me , for Reuben Leith When you look like that , Rachel , and trusted me . The farm that he worked and on when you speak in this sort of way , why , it which you worked belongs to me now .. takes load off my mind . For I fret about bed . you , Rachel , perhaps more than you know or could ever understand . " . She went with him in his slow progTAGR you know that ! " " No , " said John Lessingham . Did " I thought maybe you would like me , to make it over to you , " the old man said . Was After leaving Mr. Cohen's house John went back to his chambers . He arrived at a sudden decision - he would give those chambers up . which jarred upon him , and he wrote to his lawyers settle the matter of his chambers , and to pay whatever was required , in order that he might be free of them . His manservant , too , he de- was an irksome cided to dismiss - a valet person to John ; and he had never quite liked the man who had been strongly recommended to him by Arnold . As he iourneved un to the North again he Prevents hair falling off . THE MEXICAN HAIR Restores it to its natural colour . It is not a dye . Prevents Dandruff and is The best Renewer known . Should be on every toilet - table , Of all Chemists and Hairdressers RENEWER . Throughout the World , price 3a . 6d . ( To be continued . ) MANUFACTURIN TO H.M. KING GEORGE V SANITAS FLUID THE NON - POISONOUS DISINFECTANT AND AIR PURIFIER very thin , material , like ninon , it will be better to outline the whole with tack threads before cut- ting to shape . When ready , turn mental by lapping it over and stitch- ing on the right side ; then join up the under - arm seams and neaten . Make the collar , which may be double , A MORNING BACK Does your back " Every Picture telle a Story . " ache constantly ? Do you feel dull , miserable and tired all the time ? Do you have the " blues " -and restless nights ? The beneficial effects of Doan's Back- Kidney sickness silently exhausts the strongest person . A dull dragging ache ache Kidney Pills are often found after in the small of the back will tell on the the first box or two - the bladder acts healthiest man or woman . And if the more freely and without pain , the water . kidneys fail in their task of filtering in dropsy is released , and the urio soid uric acid poisons from the blood , it deposits in rheumatic patients are dis- leads to painful attacks of neuralgia , posed of . Other cases are harder to rheumatism , soiation , gravel , headaches treat because they have been neglected to worrying attacks of dizziness , longer ; but Doan's Pills have been nervousness , heart palpitation , scanty , successful in even advanced cases of painful and too frequent urination . dropsy , stone , lumbago , rheumatism and inflammation of the kidneys and bladder . - Sleeve Cuff Facing Collar Facing Centre Brack Centre Front Haist Barynen Selvedges of 40 inch Material Half of " Blouse Front Cut Edges DIAGRAM FOR PATTERN No. 1,794 or can be faced with silk , like the revers ; secure to neck , and finish off ; then face the cuff - part of the eleeves , and likewise finish off . The tunic which is shown in the picture is joined up at the back , when the fronts and lower edges are hemmed , and the waist - part secured to a band , to the upper part of which the blouse is sewn and neatened by a folded silk belt . The hems are better done with sand- stitching than machine - stitching , as this gives a pretty finish if worked in silk , and the latter is apt to drag and pucker the fabric . A One - Button Blouse . Just now everyone is asking for patterns of blouses or coats with as few fastenings as pos- sible . Where our blouses are concerned only one fastening seems to be the desire , and for the next sketch , No. 1,795 , I have selected a pattern for a washing affair owning this virtue which I hope you will all send for -or at least that a great many of you will do so . I am sure you will like it for a morning blouse , What's that ? " cried the new doctor in or , indeed , for an afternoon affair to accompany the mining camp . a akirt of washing material . It would look very " You say you have ' shoot Why , you're pretty in fancy voile , with collar and cuff facings ing pains in your back . wounded , man ! " " " That's what I said of soft silk , whilst washing silk , or broché , which shooting pains , " said Piute Pete . seems likely to carry all before it just now , will make up charmingly and be very useful . Jap " The evidence , " said the judge , that you threw a stone at this man . " silk , by the way , can also be had in patterned " Sure , " replied Mrs. O'Connor , " an ' the varieties , and is a delightful fabric for the purpose . looks av the man shows more than thot , yer | Honour . It shows that Oi hit him . " " showe An old woman in Sussex was severely re- proved by the parson for curtseying whenever the name of Satan was mentioned . Asked why she did so , she replied : " Well , civility costs nothing , and you never know what'll happen ! " " It's hard , " said the sentimental landlady at the dinner table , " to think that this poor little lamb should be destroyed in its youth just to cater to our appetites . " " Yes , " re- plied the smart boarder , struggling with his portion , " it is tough . " " For the making of billiard balls 500 ele- phants are needed every year , " said & famous big game hunter in his lecture on India . " How strange , " said one lady to another , " that people can teach such great beasts to do such delicate work ! " He : " What a time you have kept me wait- ing 1 " She : " Quite the contrary . It is only six o'clock , and I did not intend to be here before seven o'clock ! " He : " Just so ! But you have mistaken the day - I have been wait- ing here since yesterday ! " " Oh , Georgie ! Who opened the canary's cage ? " " I did . As you told me a little bird was a - whispering to you when I was naughty , I new it must be him , as there was no other Little bird about . So I opened the cage , and the cat's eaten him . That's wot he's got for splitting on me ! " Tailor : The postal service is in a wretched condition . " Friend : " Never noticed it . " During last month I posted one hundred and eighty statements of account , " Well , I have . PATTERN No. 1,795 . It is Magyar in shape , and the one fastening with requests for immediate payment , and , so is contrived by means of a rounded tab out in far as I can learn , not more than two of my the slightly crossover front , which is faced with oustomers received their letters . " . material , the edges being run together and the then turned inside out like a bag . It would look better and be firmer if these edges were The schoolmaster was explaining to and the particular periods of the season at class the nature and uses of various fruits , finished off with a piping of crossway mate- which they were picked . " When is the proper time for gathering apples ? " asked the ing . may be arranged by means of a button and schoolmaster . A sturdy young pupil , with a smiling face , promptly replied : " Please , sir , when the dog's on the chain . " . A countryman in a restaurant ordered roast lamb , and the waiter bawled to the cook : " One lamb ! " " Great Scott , mister ! " cried the countryman , " I can't eat a hull lamb ! Gimme some fried oysters instead . " " One fried oyster ! . " bawled the waiter , " Gee , whis , mister , one fried oyster ain't going to be enough , Gimme a dozen of em . Durn these city eatin ' places ! " rial ; but this is an optional finish . The fasten- &&& KEARSLEY'S ORICHAL Widow Welch's Female Pills 42 , Waterloo Rd.London , S . Don't neglect weak kidneys . There Doan's Backache Kidney Pills are con- is danger of running gradually into venient and pleasant to take , and are dropsy , Bright's disease or diabetes . guaranteed absolutely free from any At the first sign of backache or dig . harmful ingredients whatever . orders of the urine , use Doan's Backache a chemists and stores , or from Foster - McClellan Co. , In 19 bones only . 6 boxes 1819 ; never sold loose . O 8 , Wells - street , Onford - street , London , W. substitutes . Kidney Pills . DOAN'S BACKACHE KIDNEY PILLS buttonndle or a press - stud , when the button serves merely as a decorative finish . The making is very simple , as there are but the underarm seams to join up and the lower edges to neaten before finishing off the fronte , as mentioned , and sewing on the collar and cuffs . About 2 yards of double - width fancy wash- ing , crêpe 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 6 d . post free . Address all letters , enclosing stamps for patterns , to Sylvia , " Whitefriars House , Carmelite street , London , E.C. Be sure and mention the number of the pattern required when order- ing . Patterns will be despatched within threa days of the application being received . Bournville Chocolate Perfect Chocolate Flavob A schoolboy was asked to give his definition of an optimist and a pessimist . He replied : " An optimist attends to your eyes and a pes- simiet attends to your feet . " " How do you account for the publishers always refusing your articles ? " Weally , I haven't er the ghost of an ideah ! " " Ah ! perhaps that is the reason . " " " I suppose , " said the employer , " you Refuse WISE AND OTHERWISE . It is easy to take the skin off an orange , but mighty hard to put it on again . Lovers are said to be blind , but they often make a pair of spectacles of themselves . No one looks so ridiculous as the fellow who puts on a martyr's crown that does not fit .. The man who won't advertise will soon have the official receiver doing it for him . " When a man feels that he is doing his duty , he does not often worry about losing his job . " Is he highly educated ? " " Yes , he always refers to the norm instead of the normal . " There are twenty - seven women in one town who never listen to scandal . They are all deaf . " Doesn't your husband ever give you any- thing ! " " Oh , yes ; often . Last time it was influenza . " A little girl told her mother she wouldn't like to got to Holland , because it was a low , lying country . Truth , it is truly said , lives at the bottom of a well . with a splash . But she comes up now and then Diner : " Wait : ess , this meat's as tough as leather . " Waitress : " Just so . It's a saddle of mutton , sir ! " When a man appears to be listening atten tively to your talk he may be thinking of something to say . " How did it happen ? " " They say he threw her out of a tenth - story window and broke her heart . " . Fair Lady ( to lawyer ) : " Can I sue her for slander whether she proves what she said I said she said or not ! think you could teach me to run my own business ? " riage than there is in it . " " Probably , " replied young Mr. Freshwell . " But it would take time " Mrs. Pas : " Everybody says my daughter got her beauty from me . What do you say to that ? " Her Neighbour : " Well , I think it was very unkind of her to take it from you . " " If you judge things by their titles , You are apt to come to grief . Just , for instance , there are few things Longer than a lawyer's brief " Seeress : " You will soon marry a man with loads of money , who will give you a princely The trouble with many married people is that they are trying to get more out of mar- Willie : " Father , what is a Father : " A body of men organised to find out who has the best lawyer , my son . " jury ? " Mistress : " Rose , please see whether the barometer is falling . " New Servant : " No , madam . It is still hanging on the nail . " There are three kinds of men who do not know anything about women . They are old men , young men , and middle - aged men . " I don't know what's the matter with me , I doctor ; can't sleep , have no appetite , allowance . Half a crown , please . " Customer : and- " Why don't you propose to the girl ! " I'll pay you out of the allowance . Good " I once S & W .bye . ' an Egyptian smoking an Egyptian cigarette . " " I'm a better liar than you are . I once saw a Turk taking a Turkish " I must complain about this steak ! " cried the diner . " It is not tender enough ! " bath . " " Not tender enough ! " was the rejoinder of the waiter . " Do you expect it to jump up and kiss you ? " eye ? " " Hello , Mike , where did you get that black " Why , O'Grady's just back from his honeymoon , an ' ' twas me advised him to get A reporter , was interviewing Edison . And married . " you , sir , " he said to the inventor , made the " If I were a scientist , " said a man in the first talking machine ? " " No , " Mr. Edison club , " I would cure insomnia by crossing the replied , " the first one was made long before germs of that disease with those of sleeping my time - out of a rib . " sickness . " Willis ( in the cemetery ) : " This can't be Hardupp's grave . -The inscription reads , Tirs . Hardupp . ' Gillis : " Yes , but you see he had his tombstone , like his other things , put in his wife's name . " I've got you down for a couple of tickets ; we're getting up a raffle for a poor man of our neighbourhood . " " None for me , thank you . I wouldn't know what to do with & poor man if I won him . " " I had occasion once when in Colombo , " writes a correspondent , " to hail a gharry- wallah and ask him to drive me to Borella Cemetery . He hesitated a bit , and then said , Are you coming back again ?! " " Tired of living on mutton and beef ? Why don't you have a bit of fowl occasionally ? " " Can't very well ; none of my neighbours keeps poultry . " Beggar : " You won't give me a couple of shillings ! But you know we are told that we must help one another . " " Yes , but you are always another . " 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 18 , 1914 . Sheep Dipping Sheep Dipping J. BENJAMIN , Cash Chemist , Ross , Keeps large Stocks of all the leading makes of Sheep Dips , and would appreciate your orders . VOL . XLVIII . No. 2 SALES BY AUCTION . COOPER AND PREECE , STOOK SALESMEN AND GENERAL AUCTIONEERS . PROBATE , ESTATE , & HOTEL VALUERS [ ESTABLISHED ( VER 70 YEARS . ] GENERAL INSURANCE AND SHIPPING AGENTS . TIMBER SURVEYORS , PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS . ESTATES MANAGED ; RENTS , TITERS , AND DEBTS COLLECTED . Bailiffs ( by appointment ) under the Agricul tural Holdings Act . Mr. Cooper , F.A.I. , i County Valuer under the Finance Act . AGENTS FOR THE County Fire Office ( Limited ) , Provident Life , Railway Passengers , General Assurance Co. , Dommercial Union , Scottish Insurance Co. , Guardian Plate Glass , Hailstorm , & c . FURNITURE WAREHOUSED . ADVANCES MADE on Sales , if required . Mortgages Negotiated . ALBION CHAMBERS , MARKET - PLACE , ROSS SALE FIXTURES July 2. - Stock Market . Early Entries invited in order to insure publicity for buyers and sellers . July 16. Ross Stook Market . Store Cattle . at 11 ; Fat Cattle at 11.45 . July 23. - Sale of Freehold Farms , Residential Property , and Cottages , at King's Head Hotel , Ross . - See advt . Farther Appointments respectfully solicited . M ROSS STOCK MARKET . THURSDAY , the 2nd JULY , 1914 . ESSRS . COOPER and PREECE will BELL by AUCTION , in the above Market , a large Consignment of FAT & STORE CATTLE , CALVES , SHEEP , and PIGS . Commencing with the Pigs at 10.30 sharp . PRELIMINARY . ASTON INGHAM , LINTON , and THE LEA . Re RICHARD GABROLD HOWELL , Deceased . MESSRS . COOPER and PREECE are instruoted by the Trustees to offer for SALE by PUBLIO AUCTION , in Four Lots , at the KING'S HEAD HOTEL , ROBS , On THURSDAY , the 23rd day of JULY , 1914 , At 3.30 p.m. the following Important FREEHOLD PROPERTIES . Lot 1. - HILL VIEW FARM , in the Parishes of Linton and Aston Ingham , abcut 96a . Or . 32p . Lot 2. - The attractive RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY known as " THE POINT . " in the Parish of Linton .. Approximately 8a . 1r . 19p . Lot 3. - COTTAGE and LAND , at Aston Crews , in the occupation of Miss Jackson , about of an acre .. Lot 4. - WARREN FARM , in the Farishes 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 APATRIDe - built Semi - detacha RESIDENCES , with small Orchards Gardens , & o . , at Tadorville , FOR SALE . Apply to CooРEB and PREECE , Ross . " N the fashionable village of Hoarwithy In the Wye , FOR SALE , a COTTAGE and GARDEN . - Apply , to COOPER and PREECE , ROBE ANDRINGHAM VILLA , Ross ( re decorated throughont ) , TO LET , at a lo SA rent . VILLA , Gloucester road CRADLET . Three sitting - rooms , conserv tory , seven bedrooms ; bath ( h . and o . ) ; laundry Excellent walled garden , with tennis cour Near Golf Links , an Immediate possession . close to Town and Station . - Apply , CooPER an PREECE , ROSS . Several superior RESIDENCES in the di T SALE and trict of Ross FOR LET , at £ 50 , £ 75 , £ 100 , and £ 120 and also 3 particularly good BUSINES PREMISES in A 1 positions in the tow FOR SALE ; and 3 chastely furnishe RESIDENCES TO LET for the Summe months . One for 12 months . TWO COTTAGES and GARDENS in Ros FOR SALE , cheap . Kindly write and state requirements COOPER and PREECE , of Ross - on - W ( whose advertisements reach Paris , Berli India , U.S.A. , and the Colonies ) , and th will do their utmost to meet same .. LAMBS ! LAMBS ! Beware of Tapeworm . Prevention better t Cure . Drench with the Never - failing LAMBLIN . 8/6 per gallon . Three gallons , 22 LAMTABS . 200 Tablets , 1/6 ( by post 1/8 ) SKORIN - A SPECIFIC For SCOUR in CALVES - A most succes Drench , and well recommended . Trial Bottle , 1/6 ; Half - gall . , 6 / - ; Gallon , RUBRUM DRENCH , For Feverish Colds , Chills , Blackwater , and Calving Drench ; also a useful Purge . Drench should be in every Homestead . 1. each ; 10 / - per doz . AQRUBRENS , A noted Redwater Cure ; an improved comp from an old farrier's receipt . 1 / - each ; 10 / - per dozen . SOLE MANUFACTURER- JOHN FROS AGRICULTURAL CHEMIST , MONMOU |