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j jill of the fields a romance by kennaway james stxopsi motherless jill merrmfcw lmcons o th datb uf hr fatter own of a farm mht counts on mark hanoi head iian to assist her in tht management mark kjk remarks made by a stranrer who visits the farm he h ptaulip barhiur ivho professes to be investigating the history of old county families jill per mits him to make notes on retuntiii to london he meets two foreigners the reason for phillips interest proves to ie 4 chemical fertilizer discovered by jills father which he had not made known to jill meanwhile mark hanson surprises jill with the declaration that he is in love with her jill evades the issue hut is jealous of freda lane the parsons laughter who openly admires mark harbour interrupts mark and jill in a conversation and mark departs in a s chapter v contd once outside mark let his rage have rein he cursed audibly as he plodded bour away and sank into a chair an action he was too much of an artist in these things to make niisf assistance few housemaids and general female farm helpers old jasper mcrridew had had an electric bell fitted in this wing and connected with his bedroom it gave him great satisfaction to ring it at length every morning to make sure that the men were at their work be times when jill took over the farm sh had the connection laid on to the ladyes room though for a different purpose she preferred to leave the hour of starting work to the mens honor and the vigilance of mark but she felt that in an emergency such as fire it would be essential to call takes what would be the outcome of the- present perturbing situation he could not anticipate his quest for the fertilizer formula had gone from his mind who could think of fertil izers with a pretty girl sobbing on ones breast my poor girl he whispered you must tell me about it afterwards ik- kissed her hair so lightly that she was unaware of it suddenly she gave a utile cry oh whatever is the matter with me she said between her subsiding sobs then she almost pushed bar- back to his cottage he had purposely called jill by lvsr christian name he would show this london pest on what terms he was with jill if only he could meet him and pick a quarrel with him he could get some satisfaction to give the fellow a good hiding would give alii a world of pleasure perhaps sooner or later this would happen intuition told him that it would he returned to his books but they hid lost their savour he was definite ly asyrry with jill and deliberately endevored to turn his mind to freda ane nc without success for hive he thought was a girl who understood him meanwhile barbour had settled down in undisputed bliss jill was annoyed with marks attitude for des pite his polite words she had seen the anger blazing in his eyes she disliked pettiness especially in a man and she felt that mark had been childish in his bejiarforr barheufs ease of manner his witty conversation and breadth of know edge began again as they had on hii previous visit to take hold of her yet her heart was sore having put senti ment aside for the sake of the farm she now felt more affected by it than would another girl her quarrel with mark his declaration of love her knowledge of fredas slight triumph and the events of this evening all com bined to bring her nerves to an un usually sensitize condition she found herself listening absent- mindedly to barbours technical des cription of the coatofarms it seemed that he had taken much pains to get information for her and she was grateful meanwhile barbour who by now had decided that he was as much in love with jill as he had been with any other girl which perhaps was not saying a great deal was doing his best to make a good impression his london friend mr dogsbody had discovered many interesting facts from the coatofarnis concerning jills family proving it to be of greater antiquity than even her father had known the merridews are a great and distinguished family he said and it is a fine thing for you to represent it in these equalitarian days jill looked wearily pleased and he continued ah stone town what a history he had risen to examine jnottr- gram engraycdoii the oiil stone kthtelpiece jill had automatically risen with him yes what a history you have a great heritage in stone town and its farm may it ever prosper as he spoke these words jills eyes travelled to the set of farm account books on the table and the account ants words of warning came back to her the heritage was not exactly pros pering at the momtnt a sudden wave of helplessness came over her and her eyes filled with tears with desperation she fought to keep them back but soon was compelled to turn from barbour as the sobs came and convulsed her jill the farmer jill of the strong will had become jill the girl emotionslas any other for a moment barbour stood amazed why whatever he was about to ask when a protective instinct forc ed him to an impulsive action he made a step forward and took jill in his arms and gently smoothed her hnir her head was on his breast as nho sobbed she did not care the impropriety of his action which would othervvjvie have angered her was no thing k her she cried almost con tentedly her extreme loneliness was mitigated what would mark not have given for that heavensent oppor tunity barbour was ccrwhelmed with pity and astonishment he like others would never have associated jill with tears or yet would ho have imag ined himself capablo of so prccipitats now came a period of embarrass ment probably more would have been more embarrassed had they known that the whole of this little drama had been witnessed through the window by none other than old george he had seen barbour in the neigh borhood and had guessed that he would be calling at stone town he had his own reasons for being inter- e ed in the activities of mr barbour he was by now convinced that he was in pursuit of the formula and intend ed to keep a close watch on the strangers activities but he had never expected such a treat as this bless his body and soul and dang his rags if he had he would have to tell mark ajout it mark wouldnt half laugh like those of nany old farmhouses i the windows of stone farm were without blinds there were heavy shutters outside but these had been meant for move nefarious days and were too much of a trouble to close without reason old george there fore had an uninterrupted view which as he said was better than a fiilum after moving away from barbour jill sat staring into the fire i dont know whatever you will the men had instructions therefore to come along to the house should this bell be rung on this night jill was sleeping fit fully and long cfter midnight woke to hear someone moving about down stairs she roe from her bed threw a dressinggown around her and crept out onto the landing then she quietly descended the stairs pausing to peer over the laniiisters the door of the room which had been her fathers study was open and jill could see the flash of an electric torch she was not lacking in cour age but in her present state of nerves did not feel equal to confronting a burglar therefore she crept back to her room and rang the bell to the mens quarters to be continued exquisite quality greem also in black and mixed think of me mr barbour she said brokenly barbour stepped forward and sat on tne arm of her chair his hand found her hair again in a consoling caress but jill gently removed it tell me all about it he said oh i cant exclaimed jill it is so many things all at once you have been awfully kind to me ini afraid ive been very silly in answer barbour bent over her and kissed her hair again this time jill reacted quickly and resented his action you had better go now she said with a touch of her old dignity very well said barbour he knew when things could be overdone but i beg of you to let me call again in the morning there are many things i want to say to you and im sure i am capable of helping you out of some of your troubles at any rate good night im going to risk a lot and say goodnight jill jill smiled up at him wanly after all he had been most kind to her and when you have wept on a mans breast and had his arms about you you can hsedi uijsya to ivaw yi ivive a liv use of your christian name when he had gone jill sat long thinking of the extraordinary half- hour which had just passed she had amazed and disappointed herself by her breakdown for she had imagined herself to have been made of sterner stuff she could still feel about her the comforting arms of phillip and hear his reassuring voice any doubts she had about allowing him to call on the morrow were dissipated on re flection somehow she needed him it was clear that mark could only make her more unhappy had she loved him it would have been differ ent but did she love him although her feelings for him were the tender- est she could not call it love as for phillip she resented his familiarity loathed the recollection of her outburst but still felt drawn to him attracted even though she feared him with these conflicting emotions in her breast she went up to the ladyes rodih and was presently fitfully asleep the eyes treasury oold of the reddening sunsol back ward thrown in largess on my tall paternal trees thou with false hope or fear didst never tease his heart that hoards thee nor is childhood flown from him whose life no fairer boon has known than lhat what peased him earliest still should please and who hath incomo safe from chance as these gone in a moment yet for life his owii all other gold is slave of outward laws this to the deeps of ether takes its flight and on the topmost glorious pause of parting pathos ere it yield night james russell lowell poems leaves makes to stone town on the night of jills visit from mark and barbour was wrapped in november fog this suit ed the purpose of a man who narrowly escaped colliding with old george on his way back home he had made a careful examination of the house and was waiting until the appropriate time to mack an entrance stone town as has been observed had its mens quarters in a separate wing the house itself at the moment housed only jill with mrs more and 158 men and women over 100 years old sofia recent investigations reveal that there are 15s persons in bulgaria who are more than 100 years old this figure in proportion to the total popu lation gives bulgaria third place for the world record lithuania being first and portugal second of these 15s persons only four have lived their lives unmarried eightyfive are men and seventythree are women among them are 143 bulgarians four pomaks three turks three gypsies two jews one armenian one kutzovlach and one rumanian of the women eleven have had five children four had eight eight have had nine tree had ten one has had eleven one as had twelve four have had thirteen ane has had fourteen one has had fifteen and two have had sixteen of these men and women thirty- seven were parents before they reach ed the age of go but twentyeight be came parents between the ages of 60 and c5 fortyon between the ages of 65 and 70 twentyone between 70 and 75 nine between 75 and so while two had children when over 80 longevity appears to be hereditary for the parents and grandparents of these old people mostly lived longer than the average thirtythree of them are teetotalers while 125 drink moderately but only fortyeight smoke a curious fact in a country which grows tobacco they are all eventempered cheerful folk sixtynine of them have spent their lives as shepherds or shepherdesses fortyeight have worked upon the land eighteen were servants three were blacksmiths two dressmakers two gardeners and one nondescript only fifteen spent their lives as house wives budapest ayone really wanting to be a centenarian can do no better than settle iiivcrbasz macedonia of the 400 inhabitants twenty arc over 100 years old and no death has occurred in the village for more than two years with tho single exception of a new born baby the aged inhabitants cat drink smoke and avail themselves of all the village fun they can get physicians say the climate is ideal but they have found no other reason for longevity in verbasz diamond trade on up grade government aid to employers has cut labor costs for manufacturers amsterdam it goes without saying that the diamond trade and the dia mond industry in recent years have suffered seriously from events in fin ance and economics in a world of de creasing prosperity diamonds are find ing fewer and fewer buyers while the people who are still buying have of course smaller means available for the purchasing of precious stones the direct consequence of this situa tion in the diamond business has been a general demand for smaller stones but at the same time the demand for expensive stones went on although to a far smaller extent than before this symptom was generally accepted by the diamond trade here as proof of the confidence which the public has in the stability of the value of diamonds diamonds are found principally in south africa although they occur also in other parts of africa and in south america about 00 per cent of the production is controlled by the dia mond corporation ltd of london this company has therefore power to maintain prices with th decline in the world demand production was re duced and as a matter of fact most diamond mines were closed long ago because of various circumstances prices of small stones are much lower than before and the wage factor is playing a big role in the total price of tho finished product wages of dia mond workers which used to be rath er high had to be reduced in order to meet foreign competition the dutch government then came to the rescue of hollands diamond in dustry it made an arrangement with the employers which provides for a special allowance on the wages paid for the manufacturing of small stones thus enabling the dutch industry to fight foreign competition and at the same time maintain the high quality of its product which is rightly world- famous this resulted in a distinct revival of the diamond industry several thousand diamond workers were put back on the job here and it looks as though this number is going to be in creased in the near future although the goods which are most in demand now require a lot of labor because of government support the real wages which the manufacturer has to figure in the cost price of the product are lower than at any time during the his tory of hollands diamond industry tho manufacturers tor their part are carrying on a buy now cam paign putting big advertisements in the newspapers over here something which was never undertaken before pointing out that diamonds these days can be bought at minimum prices the lowest prices in the history of the modern diamond industry and ex plaining the investment angle taken all in all prospects seem hopeful for the diamond industry and amsterdam seems to be ready to maintain its world reputation cold hands feet due to poor circulation a girl came to see me recently writes a doctor complaining that her feet and hands were always cold and blue in cold weather they were very uncomfortable and she found the trou ble in her hands affected her work badly i went into the question of her diet and suggested the usual things about plenty of fresh meat vegetables etc but the most important thing i told her was to stimulate her circulation by exercises when you get up in the morning take a cold bath if your doctor agrees or a hath with the chill off get in and out of it quickly and rub yourself down as briskly as you can immediately afterwards do a series of exercises before dressing skipping is prhaps best otherwise jump up and down on the toes at the same time whirling your arms round and round at the shoulders before during and after these ex ercises stand still with the head well back and breathe deeply through the nose continue the exerciss until you feel warm and just slightly tired but stop if they make you kiddy at first you will do much less than you can later on in addition you should take a walk once or twice a day land plaster deodorant gypsum is a naturally occurring sul phate of lime and is found in vast beds or deposits in several provinces of the dominion crushed or ground it forms the wellknown land plaster gypsum may be valuable agricultural ly in furnishing lime for plant growth as it is fairly soluble in water but since this lime is combined with sul phuric acid and is present in a neutral condition it follows says the domin ion chemist that the gypsum has no value for the treatment of sour or acid soils for this purpose it can not take the place of quicklime slaked lime marl or ground limestone which as is well known are essentially alkaline in character land plaster possesses the property of fixing ammonia and for this reason is largely used in stables and cow barns thus employ ed sprinkling or dusting the finely ground material in the stalls it serves to retain the nitrogen in the very read ily decomposable stable fluids and in cidentally to keep the atmosphere of the building pure and sweet free from ammonia surgeon has heart attack completes operation dies rome in the midst of a delicate obstetrical operation dr giovaechino triolo suffured a heart attack he continued however and saved the lives of mme luisa giorgi sorivalo and her baby as he left the operat ing room he died killoran gold syndicate units calling for 400 shares for 10 each situated in tflblemont quebec gold district fvr full information and- map write cord1ngley pike co 02 star itipa toronto vlphone your i order collect czechs easetravel prague the czech state railways with the idea of encouraging travel y rail are introducing special coaches for dancers with good dancing space jazz band and buffet trains will be labelled dancing just as they are now marked restaurant car for ex ample furthermore a czech inventor has invented for travelers spectacles which throw shafts of light from tho i readers forehead on the book or news- paper he is holding these are likely to he supplied on trains also tho glasses arc a little heavier than tho ordinary kind the lenses arc on tho eyebrows instead of in front of the eyes electric wires connecting these lenses with a small battery carried in the pocket ordinary spectacles may be worn with them praises harmony among canadians london replying to the toast to canada at the annual dinner of the wolfe society commemorating the 207th anniversary of wolfes birth held at westerham kent lieutcol g p vanicr who was guest of honor said as a descendant of the first set tlers of canada he was happy to pay tribute of admiration to the gallant englishman wolfe with whose name he coupled that of the gallant french man montcalm the monument erected to the com mon memory of two armies symbolized the harmony in which two great races were going forwrrd like brothers hand in hand for the greater good of the country over which they had fought years ago he said how to quick as you stop how to keep fit tvlcn your pbytlcal retuhrity is duturbed nd you fl rundown nod headachey the niae thine to do is to tve andrews liver salt en mvcuiu auccesslva day until tn norms rhythm is fully tublubed andrews will five nature- the aid rhe needs to do this for you by ttimulatinc th inner cleansing func tions then when normal habits ax recov ered follow th andrews rules of health eat moderately gel iota of aleep fb air and exercfm and take bracing efferrescintf of andrews livtr halt once or twice week flustftiud toed health will amply repay jou get andrews from your drucrtt in its at 35o and 00c naw urf bottle 7ao eola acenti jcbn a huston co ltd- toronto take 2 aspirin tablet drink full fclass ol water repeat treatment m 2 hours almost instant relief in this way thesimplcniclhodpiclurcuabovc is the iradcmark of the 13aycr is ihc way doctors throughout the world now treat colds it is recognized as ihc quick est safest surest way to treat a cold for it will check an ordi nary cold almost as fast as you caught it ask your doctor about tills and when you buyl see that you get as pirin tablets aspirin do j not harm 111 htcif issue no 3 34 henry viii letr as to anne soisyra now pilkbe love story that enav in be trayal irtrresting epistles of iormer king london seventeen of the most poignant love lettes in the english language written by a poet who was incidentally a king are now published they are the love letters of king henry viii to anne boleyn the originals are i the possession of ihe vatican henry is revealed as solicitous j adoring he swears constancy and perhaps he means it neither of them eoud wltnout any real to the dnik future and visual ize annes betrayal of him with its dreadful consequences he wrote this song about it grene grouth le holy so doth the ivie thow winter hlastys blow never so hye as the holy grouth grene and never changeth hew i so i am ever hath bene unto my lady trew as the holy grouth grene with ivie all alone whose flowerys cannot be seen and grene wode levys be gone now unto my lady proinyse to her i make from all other only to her i me betake adcw myne cv ne lady adew my specyall who hath my heart trewly be sure and ever shall public outcry the letters to anne boleyn date back to 1528 henry was fortytwo he was seeking to have made invalid his marriage to catherine he had fallen in love for the first time his attentions to anne had caused a public outcry which resulted in the king sending her away to sil ence it in his first letter to my mistress and friend he says i and my heart put ourselves in your hands begging you to recommend us to your favor and not to let ab sence lessen your affection to us in- his second letter he shows him self alarmed at reports of her health the third expresses his relief that she is well he begs her not to be too uneasy at his absence for whever i am i am yours and yet we must sometimes submit to our misfortunes for whoever will strug gle against fate is generally but so much the farther from gaining his end wherefore comfort yourself and take courage and make this misfor tune as easy to you as you can and i hope shortly to make you sing with joy of your recall the fourth letter shows him love sick and uncertain i beseech you now with the great est earnestness to let me know your whole intention as to the love be tween us two for i must of necessity obtain this answer of you having been a whole year struck with tho dart of love and not yet sure whether i shall fail or find a place in your heart and affection reassuring answer her answer ryizvzvs riim arid not long aftc having heard that the papal legate who is to decide on the invalidity of his marriage to cathe rine is in paris he is jubilant ardent and hopeful the legat which we most desire arrived at paris on sunday or mon day last past so that i trust by the next monday to hear of his arrival at calais and then i trust within a while after to enjoy that which i have so longed for to gods pleasure and our both comforts no more to you at this present mine owne darling for lake of time but that i would you were in- mine arms or i in yours for i think it long since i kysfc you his last letter to her is to inform you what joyo it is to me to under stand of your comformablcncss with reasone the business of the legate looks promising and all looks as if it will end well it ended ill for anil boleyn ants and men observes john langdondavles the forum new york what w call instinct in the social behaviour of an ant is merely the result of its having doiio things so often that it knows how to do them by heart our use of intelligence in tho same social function may be merely tem porary and duo to our not yet having nad enough practice to do things instinctively our use og intel- leu is a locky ability to osa tu lechnlnoe of trial and error until we have had enough experience as socia beings to dispense with anything sc cumbessonie whatever its value ihe parent of philosophy art rclig or and science thought is a confessior of weakness and infantilism in tu field of social behaylour and it m3 no that it is because he still has think that man is not yet so eeru of survival as a social animal as thl anl tho editor of punch nas once criii- cized by a man who grumbled onr paper isnt as good as it used to be he replied it never was discipline child mothers are afraid of losing affection so they humor children nature arranges many things and among them probably is that very thing shouted down so often by child experts the desire of a mother to hold her childs love by humoring him somehow or other 1 believe it must be meant for a good purpose or it would not be there at the same time there is something elso to be considered civilization does something to us the higher we go in intelligence and education the more sensitive becomes the nervous makeup and normal emotion is exag gerated what culture brings compare the average highstrung woman of any cultured nation with her savage sister one a sensitive violin capable of a million tunes the other a primitive instrument limited to a few thus constructed our civilized moth er is vulnerable to hurt much too easi ly she fears too quickly and goes to great extremes to preserve what she holds dear the dearest thing to her is the love of her child for her she puts it even above her love for him i do not think that children love their mothers altogether as we are so often told because they are selfish and their mothers mean merely con venience and comfort this does en ter into it of course but 1 give all children credit for a higher emotion than that they love their mothers because they love them thats all mothers attitude therefore i think there is less dan ger of a mother doing a little discip lining than she may think she must put aside this exaggerated ler of los ing her boys or girls affection be come a little impersonal at times and take the law into her hands she will have herself to fight of course but if she stops and reasons thus she will see there is small risk i cannot go on letting junior have his own way as he grows older he will respect me more because he respects himself more at any rate it is better to sac rifice a little of his devotion to me now if it means that he will be a bet ter man anyway there isnt a chance in a thousand that it will make any difference in bis real love at all there is one thing i think that does make a difference this is age a mothers control should be put to work early when a child is older he is more likely to resent any change of system on bis mothers part observe a method in the distiibu hon of your time every hour will then know its proper employment and no time will be lost bishop home ifthroatisorccrusbnnd dissolve 3 aspirin tablets in 1 nah glass ol water and gargle according to directions in box company limited and the name bayer in the iorm of a cross is on each tablet they dissolve almost instantly and thus work 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