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THE LAPSE OF ENOCH WENTWORTH By ISABEL GORDON CURTIS, Author of " The Woman from VVolvertons " â€" - â€" - â€" -3 y ^ [throbb«l from head to foot, and she ; felt aa if the emotions of a lifetime had been crowded into that sinRle hour. Tliere was a babel of noise be- I hind the scenes; in front the applause : sounded like a tempest. At intervabs the handclaps died away as from wearines"!, only to begin again I tremendous vipor. "Come," said Merry; "we must go Wt again." i "Again?" whispered bhe girl. ! "Yes " Meny smiled; "this time the , two of us alone." I "The two of us?" "She is not fit to be seen with a de- cent man." "You give me bhe credit then of be- ing â€" a decent man?" sneera i Enoch. "To a certain limit â€" I do." "Well, what do you want?" Went- CHAPTER XII.â€" (Cont'd). The singer sank in a chile exhaust- ed, then she rose and pushed her way down from the balcony. Dorcas watched her with a pitiful gaze. Per- tpirat'iiin was washing white .'^treaks thro>;gh the patches of rouge on her checks. "Who is the woman?" she asked. "Twenty-five years ago her name was famous from one end of Italy to the other. When she wenb to Genoa to fill an engagement the whole town turned out to meet her, the shops clos«l, and it was a public holiday. The people pelted her with flowers and screamed themselves hoarse in a welcome. She was the star of the Bellini in Naples. She sang in Paris and London. She came here, grew sick and could not fill her engage- m-nts. A manager went back on her, she lost what money she had, friend.s deserted her, she came down to â€" • this." "Oh, the poor soul! ' Dorcas' voice was a whisper. "Her's was an unusual case,' ' said Merry, "She is only fifty-three now, so I've heard. It makes you realize into what a .short bit of our lives fame is crowied â€" if fame comes to us. The has-beens in our profession are an army a pitiful army. Unless one has a home and some one in it to cherish and love, the lonely days of old age are â€" " Andrew laughe<) cheerlessly. "Well, I never think of them." He stretched out his hand to in- tercept a boy who wandered between the t'.ibles with a tray fulf of crimson roses. lie laid a bunch of them be- . , .. ^ fore Dorcas. She buried her face in - J"mped <« h's foet. the cool netals. "Shall we go?" asked Merry. As they pushed their way through .'he maze of crowded tables they pass- es . a woman who sat dining alone. She wore an orange velve'f gown, and a shabby lace scarf covere<l her naked shoulders. Dorcas paused for a moment, lai<l her hand upon the wo- man's arm, and spoke a few words in Italian. The singer looked up and put a grimy, ring-bedizened hand up- on the girl'.s fingers. Merry stood watching them. The woman looked very olf. and failed under th cwhibe frlarc of the electricity, but her face (fre» eager and tremulous while she ou^ly- poured out her soul in her own Ian- sister. ^UM;c. Dorcas took one rose from the Master in her arms and laid the re.-t of the fragrant blossoms beside the singer's plate. "Yoi'll forgive me for parting with your flowers?" she whispered a.s she rejoined Merry. "I'm rrliid you did it. Once upon a tj'me stage bouquets were a worn-out sensation for that woman; to-day I guess she is showered with roses jibout once in a blue moon." Dorcas paused near the door to nod pood-by to the singer, who sab gaz- ing after them with her chin burial in the red roses. Suddenly Dorcas to Merry. Her face had vhit^', and she put her arm his. He clasoed it with a grip, but neither of them At the same moment they had caught sight of Enoch Wenbworth. He was seated in an alcove at a small table hedged about with palms. Zilla Paget sat facing him. Enoch's , over I want to make a dicker with | "The two of us â€" alone." There was you." • I a low, tender thrill in Merry's voice. Wentworth stared at him blankly. | He took her har^l and led her out "A dicier?" he repeated. "Is it ; upon 'he empty stage. The curtain money T' ; was lifting slowly. From where she "Money!" Andrew's face grew harsh stood she saw Enoch standing in the with scorn. , wings. His face was flushed with ex- "What is it then ?" | citement. The audience looked to the "I was dining last night at Colga.\- Kirl like a blur of color and human zi's. I " I forms. The people swayed forward Wenbworth's face grew sui'.denly i eagerly, and the applause became up- scarlet, then it whitened. I roarious. A voice cried. "Speech! "I saw you there." Merry's voice ! Speech!" lb began to come insistent- was relentless. "I don't know a ly from the back of the house. The blessed thing about the Pageb woman, \ cry was taken up by men and women for or against her. I do know this, ', everyvhere in the audience. Dorcas though: every man who has lived turiicd to Merry, Oswald was beekon- among goo<i women knows she is not ing to him from the winjfs, but the fit company for- â€" your sister for in- actor shook his head, stance." I "I crtjld not make a speech to-night "Who said she was?" snarled Went- I if "ly life iJepended on it," he whis- worth. "I had not thcwght of thtow- ' pered, and the curtain descended slow- ing her into my sister's society. : ly. Dorcas would not have to tolerate A new cry came from the clamor - even a passing acquaintance with her ! ous house. Some one was shouting behind the scenes if I had my way." ; author. Dorcas laid her hand upon SOME FORGOrrEN TREASURES. Studying Life of Ancient Egypt From Cast Away Papyrus. It is a strange story that reads more like a romance than cold fact, with i ^°^ "^^ most intimate thoughts and emotions of two thousand and more years ago lay buried in the rubbish of ancient cities to come to light in our day. Papyrus was the writing ma- terial of ancient Egypt, used in of- ficial and private correspondence, in business tran.sactions, in legal ac- tions. When it had served its pur- pose it was thrown away. Much of it also was used to wind the embalmed bodies of the dead. Fragments of it passed westward in the early part of the last century without attracting much attention, says the Christian Herald. The schol- ars of those days v.ere interested in classical lore and literary remains, and could not foresee the infinite pos- sibilities for studying the life of a past age from its private correspond- ence. Within the last decades, however, interest changed completely. Ex- ploration parties were sent out to go over every inch of ground and ga- ther the remains. A host of scholars set themselves the task of decipher Important to Wheat Growers . J his is important to you because it who are just making a start mast of course buy their foimdation stock, ineans dollars to you. In a short anri it is important tiiat these be se!- time you wll be preparing for the seeding of your fall wheat, and it» is necessary to keep in mind the danger of loss from Smut. Especially last ected with care. A bunch of culls ii^ not avery good start in the building up of a dairy herd. This Ohio report also shows that year, Smut was \ ery general in On- i fall calves can be raised more cheap- tario. Grain dealers advise me that ! ly than can spring calves. This bhat it has meant a difference of as should fit in well with dairying on the much as 10c. per bushel for the grain general farm, for there is always delivered at elevators, aside altogeth- more time to devote to bhe cows and er from making some of the wheat i calves during the fall and winter unmarketable. This means a loss of months than during the busy season $3 bo $5 per acre, while the cost of whan the crops are demanding a treating to prevent smut and prevent great) deal of labor, this loss is only a few cents per acre. Pure Milk For Butter-Making. It is most essential to use only pure uncontaminated milk for the prcriuc- tion of butter when the finished pro- a Merry's arm. "They want you," she cried. He smiled and shook his head. She heard Oswald urge Enoch to Be sure this year anj breat your seed for smut. The method usually adopted is as follows:â€" Mix one pint of formalin with 40 gallons of water, or two table- . .. , ^ , . ,. .- ., „ spoonfuls bo one pail of water. Place , '^"'=* '* *° ^' °' P""'"^ ^T'*-^" ^ ^" ng and interpreting the document3."lhe grain to be treated in aheap ^n «T?"^ F'^^, "^^i^^ ^â- ^!'"*.^"''-*''" ''*® ?" But still an immense amount of ma- clean canvas or floor. Sprinkle the I oojfct»onable flavor it is due to t*e terial is stored away in Oxford, the formalin solution over the gr^in then '. P"'' employed being badly contam- British Museum, Berlin, Paris and shovel. Repeat this untl every | '""^'^ ^*" ""'*®^'''^'''^ ''^'^'*'''^- other places. grain is moistened by the solution- I Cream is npened by bacteria, and In a group recently examined there | then cover the pile with sacking and "^ '* ""'^ ^'^*° *^^ ^^^^^ species of are three letters from recruits, j leave for three or iour hours \t bhe «^^^^ predominate in the cream that young men who had passed the mill- ! end of this time spread the grain out ** ^'" "P^" properly. The germs tary examination and were taken | thinly to dry; shovelling it over three i ."^ Produce lactic acid, and thus from simple home surroundings to or four times will hasten the drying ' "P*" cream, have the power of over- the cosmopolitan Roman army. The Forty gallons of the formalin solution <=°'"'"» "'''^^r species of bacteria un- go in front of the curtain. The noise first is a letter from a youth in Alex in front grew louder. The girl flew andria to his mother. He writes: worth turned an apprehensive glance ] acvross the stage and put her hanfl i "Send me two hundred drachmae. I upon him. "P"" ^"^r brother's shoulder. have nothing any more. When bro- "I want you to promise, before I "Enoch," she pleaded in a whisper, ther Gemellus came I still had four turn over this manuscript, that you "take Merry with you and explain." I hundred drachmte. They are all gone. will have nothing to do with Zilla ' Wentworth left her without a word. I bought a team of mules. Send me Paget except in a business way." Oswald and the stage manager back- i monthly allowance soon. When I was "Why, arc you interested in her ""cd to him from the wings. She ; w-ith you you promised to send my yourself?" , book a f(?w flying steps as if to hold brother before I came to the garrison. "My God, Enoch!" Andrew stuflTed ^'"^ hack, then stopped. Merry had But you sent nothing. You left me some years as others, being influenced ^^""'^ °"t> •^'^^P '''rt out of the milk, the roll of paper in his pocket and called her. She paused, staring into to go as I stood, nothing in the poc- ! to some extent by weather conditions, I "^'^ means care in milking and care ' ' •"â- t. Also my father on his visit gave \ Treatment, however, is a form of in- *» ^^^'^ t^« '"'"« utensils clean. Keep- me not a penny. All laugh at me and ' surance. You do not expect to have i '"^ ***^ *"'"* cool will retard the de- say: 'Your father is a soldier himself your barn burned down every year be- ' velopmenb of the bacteria, that do is suflficienfc to sprinkle thirty or for- ty bushels of grain; smaller amounts in proportion. Bags, machinery, or anything with which grain comes in contact before being put in the ground should be bhoroughiy treated. Immersing the grain in a bag is sometimes practised and is equally ef- fective. Of course smut is not as prevalent i ^^^ •"'"* '^ warm. To keep the bac- less the cream is very badly contam- inated, in which case the cream- ripening organisms could not perform their functions. Why Milk Soura. Bacteria cause the souring of milk. Bacteria usually get into milk in dirt and the bacteria develop fart when "Here, sitdown. I want this affair straightened out â€" now." Merry did not answer. He walked across the office and stood beside a table where a litter of photographs lay. He pickeil one up carelessly and glanced at it. It was an exquisite portrait of Dorcas. Her eyes gaze<l into his with a straightforward look which was characteristic of the girl. "Will y«.i tell me," there was stern demand in Wentworth's voice, "will you explain why you are so concerned about my morals?" "I don't care a damn about your morals." answerel Merry contemptu- "I was thinking about your I am still fool enough t) be- lieve that you have some decency left. I will hand over this act, rewritten as you want it, when yon promise to have nothing to do with Zilla Paget." When Merry stopped speaking h" took a seat opposite Enoch nml waited for a reply. A visiting card lay on the table. Wentworth picked it up and tore it into halves. He sat tearing and ic- tearing it in perfect silence. When it was reduced to fragments, he gather- ed them into the hollow of his hand his eyes with terror. (To be continued). .^ JERUSALEM IN WAR TIMES. and still he sends you nothing.' My cause you pay the insurance every get into the milk. Cans or vessels father tells me when he gets home he year, and it is equally important to *^^t have had milk in them should be will send me everything. But you keep up vour insurance on your wheat rinsed in cool water first, as hot wat- Dumpmg Ground for Young Germuns sent nothing. Why? There is the crop. -This is imnortinf nt thp nrp,- i cr hardens the albumen of the milk of High Family. To Western minds the idea of the Holy City serving as a base for mod- ern military operation* must be full of incongruities. And, as a matter of fact, it was an amazing thing to s!?e the streets packed with khaki clad soldiers and hear the brooding silence of ancient wall.s shattered by Ih'.; crash of steel shod army boots. Here, for the first time, I saw the German officers â€" quantities of them, says Alexander Aaronsohn in the .-Vtlanti:! Monthly. Strangely out of jilace they lookeil, with their pink and whiteness that no amount of hot sunshine could quite burn off. They wore the regu- lar German officer's wiform, except that the pickelbaube \Xs replaced by a khaki sun helmet. I vas struck by the youthfulncss of them; were nothing but boys, and there were weak, dissolute faces in plenty â€" a fact that was later explained mother of Valerius; she sent him pair of alj(iominal bandages and your crop. This is import:int at the pres- ent time, nob only on your own ac- ,.,,,, , count, but on account of the Empire, cruse of oil a basket of meats, and which requires the maximum supply two hundred drachma?. Send quickly, of high quality foodstuffs. The sh'p- I already went and borrowed from a ping of smutty wheat not only gives comrade. Also brother Gemellus sent this Province a bad name but reduces me a pair of trousers." the price you receive for your wheat. Further information on the subject may be secured for the asking, either from the local office of this Depart- ment in your County or from th eun- dersigned.â€" Hon. Jas. S. Duflf, Minis- ter of Agriculture, Toronto. and makes it hard to remove. â€" W. C. P., North Dakota Experiment Station. TITLES OFTEN DUPLICATED. Various Lords Greys, Two Lords Mor- ley. Two Earls of Mar, Etc. Sir Edward Grey will probably be known by the title of Earl Grey of Falloden. The peerage i.s already in „ ,, - well-stocked with peers of this name, i , °"^ "[ ^^^ important things for the There is, of course. Earl Grey, for- . f^,'"'"" *° ''"°"' '^ , '•^' ^'°«t "f the merly Governor-General of Canada, ^'*'"^ ''^ Pâ„¢'"'^^'"'^'^''*'" '^ ''e a crop Cost of Raising Dairy Heifers. when I heard that Pale<<tine had been and <liopped them in the waste basket; made the dumping ground for young then he looked across at .Merry. men of high family whoso parents "That was Miss Pagel's card," he were anxious to have them na far re- turned prown within strong gpoke. moved as possible from the dangtr zone. Fast's Hotel was the great meeting place in Jerusalem for these young bloorls. would foregather there to drink and talk women and strategy. I well re said harshly. "Im through with her." Merry took the manuscript from his pocket, laid it on the table before Enoch, and walked out. A few minjtes later Enoch opened the door which led intM the boxo ITice. A young man sat beside the window. "Dingley," he said, "I have locked member the evening when one of them the outside iloor. Don't let a soul in a slender young Prussian with no hands claspeil one of hers which lay on nic. I can't see Mr. Oswald, even back to his head, brnceletted and ' Tell him I am busy, writing." ' monocledâ€" rose and announced in tho Wentworth locked the door of the decisive tones that go with a certain office, sat down in his big chair, and "t"tfe of intoxication: picked up the manuscript. He read ' "What we ought to do is to hand it rapidly, slipped a blank .sheet of [ over the organization of this cam- paper into a typewriter, and began to ' paign to Thomas Cook & Sons." copy ib with slow <leliberation. When [ * it was fifinished he read each tynel The running track at the Canadian page carefully, He tacked them to- National Exhibition is one of the few gether and rose to his feet. H(i be- on the continent giving a '.J'20 yards who is him.-elf Baron Grey of Howick. Neither of the.'-e must be confused many -wHii Lord Grey of Ruthyn, nor with Lord Grey of Wilton, the eldest son of the Karl of Wilton, nor with Lord (Irey of Groby, eldest son of the Karl of Stamford. And all these are quite distinct from Earl de Grey, who succeeded to his father's Marques- sato of Ripton in 1!)0S). There is really no copyright in titles. There are two Lords Morley, an Earl and Viscount. There are two I Barons Monteagle, voting as such in Every evening thirty or forty the Lords, though one is known or an animal. Profits are g^erned as much by the cost of production as the price for which the prodjcb sells. One of the questions often discussed is the cost of raising young stock. Sev- eral of the UnibiHl States Experiment Stations have taken up the question of finding out what it costs to raise a heifer calf. Tho que.stfbn is an im- portant one ani should interest Can- adian dairymen. We would also be glad to have the experience of any of otr readers as to the cost of raising heifer calves for the dairy herd. hTe Ohio station has just conclud- ed such an investigation. Tho fig- the Marquess of Sligo and now Earl of Chmricarde in the Irish Peerage. "''*'^ P'^'^" '""c the averages of the re Scottish Representatives Peers in- 'â- Â°'â- ,'^â- ^,':^>'Pt °" 51 heiferj?â€" 21) Jersey; elude the Earl of Mar and the Earl upon the table. They were engross- ed in each other. Dorcas stopped abr.iptly when they reached the foot of the steps. "Oh!" iihe whispcre 1 appealingly. "Andrew save Enoch from that woman!" CIIAPTEU MIT. of Mar and Kellie. There arc Haron (Clifford and B.iron de Clifford (a minor); while two other titles which are often confounded because of the and ',22 Holsteins. Thi^ involves large enough numbers to merit con- sideration. The items other than feed are as follows: Value at birth $6, labor W'entwortVi sat in a small room at the theatre, which he had appropriat- ed as his own. It led directly off tho box office. He was glancing over a heap <'r press clippings when the door opened and Merry walked in. "Good morning," There was a sur- priwcd glance on Enoch's face while he spoke. Andrew nodded urospon.se, then he ' puper knife until each one spelling ai> Viscount Midlcton and ^H-^^O, bedding $1.50, service fee $1.50 Baron Middleton and the Earls of tools, etc., U.'>0, shelter $-1, interest De.sarl and Dy^iart. Lord Midleton ""d taxes $4.68, or a botal of $32.8(5. Dy^iart. sits as Haron Uroderick in the Peer- age of the United Kingdom. gan to search the office rapidly with conrso straight-away. de- Giving up smoking brings oiie great Many records I compensation with itâ€" the joy of be- his eyes, then he turned to a wa.sh- have been equalled or broken on ' ginning again. This is not to be bowl in the corner. He crushed into Athletic Day in past years. I spised. a loose bunch each of the sheets which held Merry's v/riting and boucheil the paper with a match. It leaped into a red blaze. Ho watched it care- fully, poking the sheets over with a ' * â- ' ' " " away fell drew a package of manuscript from ! into a shivering back ash. When his pocket. Wentworth's eyes turn- {every spark had died he turned on a faucet, and tho light ashes were swept down the waste pipe. He rubbed a ed on him curiously while he flattened ib ouL on the table before him. No unnecessary courtesies passed be- tween them. •T rewrote the scene as you sug- Ifested," said Andrew carelessly. "That was good of you." In his sur- prise Wentworth showed an impulsive friendliness. He strebi'hed out bin hand for the manuscript. There was no <ordiality in Merry's face. He glanced (|ui(;tly throiurh tho written sheets. "You counb this change in tho play a necessity?" he asked brusquely, "I guess that's what it might be called." Wentworth's voice was impa- tient, and a frown chas* 1 across his face. "Oswald's been asking for ib this morning. When a <iuict fellow like him makes up his mind to have a thing, he's apt to be confoundedly in- sistent." "Then you want it?" "Cerbninly," "I sat up until daylight to write this It's nil improvement on the other neb: I can Bce that myself. Oswald will tell you, I think, that ib carries out his ii'eas exactly. Before I hand it speck of grime from his hands and opened tho box office door. Oswald sat on a high stool beside thm window. "Here is the second act," said Went- worth brusquely. "I imagine it will suit you. The changes are exactly what you suggested.' "Oh, splenlillid!" Oswald's voice was cordial. "I'm ever so glad you felb like it. You will say your.nelf it is an improvement." "I hope so." Enoch spoke listlessly. "And, Dingley, while I think of it send a message back to Miss Paget. Ask if I can see her now, in her drcs-sing room for a few minutes." He turn- ed bo Oswald. "I must explain to her tho change we're making. Bet- ter have the part copied at once; It must be put into (juick rehearsal." . -X CHAPTER XIV Dorcas sbood motionless in the wings, with Merry beside her, leaning against a table. The curtain had fallen on the third act of "Tho House of Eaberbrook." The girl's body COMPILING THE CASUALTY LISTS. All official HrltUili photograph taken "somewhere" along tho region of Ihti F7ng:ish drive showing a British company lined up for loll-call In ono Of the advHiicea trsucboi after the gruelllns battl* of July tub. Nino dollars is creiited for manure, leaving the net cost $23.(;8. To this must be added the feed cost. The botal cost of raising the Jersey heifers to two years of age was $78.1 'J, and the Holsteins $81.80, tho difference being due to the larger animals eat- ing more feed. They were charged 30 cents a month for pasture the first year, and 00 cents the second. The pasture had to be supplemented with grain in order to keep the heifers growing properly. The heifers were bred bo calves at twenty-six and one-half month of age, an I at calving time the cost averaged $01.30. The high cost of heifers as brought out by these different studies, clearly shows the folly of raising inferior in- dividuals. It costs just as much to feed a heifer sired by an inferior bull as one sired by a high class bull. The figures also show why dairymen are justified in asking good prices for well-bred dairy stock. As a dairy farmer recently stated, they cannot afford to sell really good heifers for $(10 or $70. Tho dairymen who insist on buying only cheap stock will get only culls, awl would be better off withoub them. They must expect to pay good prices for well-bred heifers that have been properly grown and developed. The economical thing for the dairy- man who is just getting a start, is to give the most careful attention to bhe reeding of his heifer calves, saving only those having the right kind of parents. Even though the cost of bringing a heifer up to calving time does seem high, it is the safest and most reliable way of adding to the herd and is cheaper in the long run than to depend on buying. Grain for the Skim-Milk Calf. Calves are usually fed whole milk for two to three weeks, then gradually changed to skim-milk. About the time of changing, begin to feed a lit- tle grain, but ilo not think that it is necessary to use oil-meal or any oth- er high-priced feed high in protein or fat, or both. Experience at the Mis- souri Agricultural Experiment Station shows that a mixture of two parts corn and one part oats, by weight, gives as good results as oil-meal and ready-mixed calf-meals often purchas- ed at much higher prices. Bran is not especially good for the young calf because it is too laxative. The grain mixture should be fed immediatsly after the milk, and neither should be fed too liberally, or scours mav result. « STORMS HIS MOTHER'S HOME. Son Knew Germans Had Driven His Parent From It. The Chateau La Maisonette, France, so often named in recent bulletins on the Somme fighting, is the property of Mmc. Fernet who has lived there for many years. The property is close to Biaches and Peronne. The owner was there in Augu.st, 1914, when Von Kluck's forces passed through during their rush upon Paris. She remained in her house and for months after- ward no news was heard of her. One of her sons, Victor Fernet, son-in-law of Gen. Boisdeffre, although free from military obligations, volunteered at the beginning of the war, and the hazards of war sent him recently to the Somme front, where he has shar- ed in all the attacks made. A letter from Germany had inform- ed him that his mother, who had re- mained until a short time ago at La Maisonpette, had been sent away with almost all her aged servants, so that he was able to take part in an attack which meant the destruction of his homo without the fear that his mo- ther was still there. The Germans made six desperate efforts to retake La Maisonnette be- tween 11 p.m. Sunday (July It!) and Monday afternoon. Each was made by at least a battalion, but eacb. was defeated. 3000 SHIPS UNDER JEM.ICOE. Sur. Tightness of the Blockade passes Expectations. In an article in the current number CL "Cassell's Magazine of Fiction" on British effort on land and sea, Mr. Frederick Palmer, the well-known American journalist and war corres- pondent, tells that "including the re- gular naval and the auxiliary vessels, some 3000 ships are under Sir John Jellicoe's command. Success in keep- ing tight the blockade between Ice- land and the North Sea surpasses ex- pectations. It was feared that a number of raiders might get by, and, considering that the fog in the North Sea is often so thick that a man can hardly see his own hand held out be- fore him, it is amazing that only one raider has got through at the time of writing. The fuss made over that single one is proof of the pudding to naval experts, who realize the diffucil- ties if the layman does not. It was as unusual as in the c«9e of the mnn llvo»« I biting the dog." T ~ ! >