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t jill of the fields a romance by kennaway james synopsi motlieiiess jill uerridsw beaomes on the death of her father owner of a farm she count on mark hanson head man to assist her in the management mark resents remarks mado by phillip bar bour who professes to bo investigating the history of old country families on returning to london he meets two for eigners the reason for phillips lnter- eat proves to be a chemical fertilizer discovered by jills father which ho had not made known to jill on returning to the farm phillip finds jill upset over mark hanson who had declared his love for her a body of a man is found in one of the wheat fields a lighter is found under the body which proves to belong to old george barbour returns to the farm and rushes jill into an engagement she receives a letter from mark hanson giving notice jill is furious that her engagement is an nounced in the papers mark demands to sea her chapter v continued look here jill mark said i havent come to talk about the letter i sent you well forget about it for the moment it is something else what is it mark asked jill knowing full well the reason for marks call the look in his eyes was enough to show that he was in no sentimental mood its about this damned newspaper he said i suppose its true enough because you as good as told me you were going to marry him in fact you couldnt do much else when half the farm has seen you being kissed by him but why have you been fool enough to get engaged and announce it on the very day of the murder however did yen got to kiiow about it he asked lor bless usl replied the land lady havent you seen the paper this morning why theres ever such a long piece in it about you and miss jill wait a minute ill go and fetch it for you a moment later she returned with mr hossopps great organ of public opinion barbour swore softly as he looked at the fateful page for a moment or two he was puz zled as to its source then he remem bered his remark to hissopp that he was engaged to jill he had said it of course to keep the newspaper man in order these chaps needed to be kept in their lace but who on earth expected it to go straight into the paper if he ever encounter 1 that hissopp fellow again he would show him where to step off then he remembered the promise he had given to jill that he would not tell anyone of their engagement what she would say to him about this was something about which he could only conjecture his thoughts were interrupted by the landlady who had not left his side yes we all hope youll be very happy she repeated little knowing barbours sickness of heart funny you should go and get fixed up on a day like that though but young folk do funny things nowadays ive heard some girls choose the thirteenth delicious quality tea also in black and mixed kings pardon for wrong man it flushes off stains without harming enamel or plumbing how to get rid of those ugly toiletbowl stains its easy with gilletts pure flake lye once a week pour this 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was unlucky to get engaged to a girl on a farm where a murders been done that very day xow if you ask me nothing would make me do a thing like that but there you are theres no accounting for taste barbour made his escape from the garrulous old dame as soon as he de cently could and went out into the street from everywhiv came glances some of them barbour thought not expressing much good will for his future at one point crop to revive tract in south spartanburg sc south carolinas gigantic soil reclamation project to rekindle tho spark of productive capa city in moro than 100000 acres of badly eroded lands in three counties is rapidly nearlng tho stago when ho gaping red clay hillsides now denuded of fertile topsoll and cut to their underlying rock bono by deep gullies and huge slices taken piece meal from tho rich earth by cver-re- currlng rains will bo replaced jn th tyger itlver basin by fields of green crops especially adapted to thwarting tho ravages of nature tho first shipment of lespedeza feocd to bo used in clothing tho baro illls and fields with verdant grow ing crops designed to build up tho coll has been received and the re mainder of th allotment of 125000 rounds of this legume 13 expected within a short tlnio lespedeza will comprise tho prin cipal staple crop in the planting pro- ram now being initiated on tho pro ject although other crop3 peculiarly qualified to meet tho needs of tho de vastated terrain havo been selected a cwa forco has already planted approximately 100000 trco zoedlings in unusually badly eroded sections jbtich as gullies and hillsides on aban doned areas cut her short well you got engaged anyhow and the whole affair looks as ridicu lous as it is callous youll never live it down jill never i dont care said jill with an at tempt at defiance which did not de ceive mark he knew she was going to cry but he went on regardless tell me if you didnt put it in that newspaper who did i i dont know mark whispered jill as a tear stole down her cheek really i dont i was as surprised as you well if you didnt put it in im pretty certain who did said mark and thats your precious mr bar bour what nice gentlemanly taste he has if he did it mark i dont know i havent seen him today yet oh mark why are you so unkind to me she was cry ing now why cant i be left alore in all these troubles and you above all people yes me above all people answ ered mark its because i am me that im talking to you like this you know i love you and i on my side know that youve turned me down but it makes no difference i shal always regard you as belonging to me whatever happens and ill look after you as and when i like whether youre married or whether youre riot damned if i wont and heaven help anyone who tries to stop me jill ceased weeping for a moment and looked at mark with wideopen eyes from where had this new mark hanson come it was not the mark she knew the semiabased semi- sulking mark sho trembled as she stood there all she could say was oh leave mo alone mark im going to leave you alone noiv said mark i have said all i want to except that for two pins id give your mr barbour a thrashing jill made no reply for a full minute then she walked up to mark and caught hold of the lapels of his jacket her cheeks were stained with tears and she spoke hoarsely mark dont ever be like this to me again she pleaded mark looked down upon her and wondered at the new beauty which had como to her in her distress there was a strange light in her eyes which had he not known otherwise he might havo taken for love jill he said with sudden tender ness ill try not to if jmill try not to deserve it a little smile like faint sunshine after rain came across her face fortunately benson one of the farm hands called at that moment to see her on business concerning some cows so that she was compelled to dash away to bathe her face and to resume the business of being a far mer barbour reads the news there was liveliness at tho kings arms in denbridge barbour who had been the cause of much curiosity to its frequenters had now become a sensation ho had breakfasted be fore ho saw the one and only news paper which carried the story of him self he had noticed a number of strange glances from the people about the hotel but had attributed thorn to tho fact that everyone knew that he was acquainted with the people at stone town he was disillusioned when the land lady came to him after breakfast and put a motherly hand upon his shoulder thcro now she said i hopo you and miss merridew are going to be very happy phillip gasped she led the way into the house you shall come in out of the cold tho young man whose name was simmons followed her with visions of headlines dancing before- his eyes inside stone town mystery farm from within yes he could see him self being patted on the back by his chief when he handed in his copy for ho would fo it personally not over the wire and now i want you to send mr hissopp to me said jill a little later to be continued recent events from overseas orie more respite london covent garden opera house has secured another tempor ary respite- from demolition and sir thornis beecham will again be artis tic director and principal conductor for another eason ot grand opera this will open april 30 and last for eight weeks two eminent continen tal conductors both new to london will assist sir thomas clemens krauss of the vienna state opera and gino matinuzzi of the teatro re- ale rome the repertory will consist of the following operas in german fidello der ring des xibelungen meister- singer richard strauss and jaromir weinbergers schwanda tho ital ian and french operas will be ceiie- rentola bizets carmen verdis othello and puccinis boheme and turandot wellknovn actors arabella schwanda and ce- nereritoia will be new to london operagoers cenerentola dates from 1817 and schwanda from 1927 while arabella is strauss latest how placenames are decided where he stopped to look in a shop i work having been first produced seven window he found himself the centre months ago at dresden of a small crowd of boys i frida leider lauritz melehoir and a plague on the fellow hissopp he said then he nerved himself to the inevitable and decided to go over to stone town at once it was a very different phillip bar bour who stood at the old farm door today fromthe jaunty young man who had first entered the farmyard to watch the cidermaking a question of taste jill had been expecting phillip bar hour to call early as an outcome of the mornings news in the rvwspapers and when mrs blore announced his name she had already made up her mind to kecp him waiting jill had also taken another step she had asked a newspaper man if he could put her in touch with the man representing the paper which carried the news of her engagement why thats hissopp said the re porter who was young and eager but surely miss merridew youve given him enough of a scoop to last him a long time if you have any more news youve no idea how grate ful jill looked at him he seemed very young and somehow she thought he was afraid of his job possibly it was the first important case on which he had been sent for a moment she was inclined to give him some news which would have improved his self- confidence but she refrained because she was not sure of herself tho news would hav been a contradiction of the statement of her engagement she thought for a few moments won dering in what way sho could help the young journalist then she said several of you cople have been here asking to bo allowed to look around the inside of stone town with a view to writing about it now how would it be if you came round you mean just me asked the young man incredulously yes just you said jill smiling ill promise not to let anyone else in would you like to come would you like to come miss merridew exclaimed the re porter you have no idea what a fa vour you are doing me i am easily the youngest fellow on this job and one or two of the others have not been too helpful you see theyre a sort of party among themselves like dealers at a sale and i am rather in tho cold that settles it then said jill as rudolf bockelmann will sing the prin cipal part in tttl- ring gertrude ruiigers reengagement will surprise no one after her success in parsifal last year eido nirena the norwe gian soprano who sings in paris and who scored a success in a london re cital recently will return to covent garden after a long absence greta stuekgold whose aida will be remem bered is also o reappear dogs and child on leads london cp seen in richmond park leading her grandchild and three dogs each including tho child with its own collar and chain a wo man told an inspector she saw no cruelty in the practice but promised to discontinue it canada week by week in a country si large as canada with many areas which have been ra pidly opened up particularly as the result of rich mineral jlscoverles the selection and authorization of new placenames becomes a problem of some importance just how are these placenames final decided upon all decisions in connection with geo- phy in the dominion rest with the geographic board or canada which was established by the dominion gov ernment in 7ss7 the board consists ot 20 members 12 of whom are mem bers of tho departments of the dominion government tho remaining eight are the menirers representing as many provinces quebec has its own board to deal with names in that pro vince the viewpoints comments and suggestions o the provincial re presentatives are obtained before any decision is arrived at regarding names which are open to question when the board reaches e decision the name is adopted and becomes official with regard to names of geograph ical features along the international boundary or which cross the bound ary line the geographic board of can ada maintains a close cooperation with the united states geographic board in the adoption of names which are acceptable to both countries the duties of the board during the 3fi years of its existence have become greater each year as th mapping ac tivities of the various government de partments have iucrea d about 30 maps a year come before the board each of these maps has an average of 200 names to be examined and passed making a total of approximate ly g000 names in addition a great number of inquiries from government departments libraries societies firms and private individuals requesting in formation as to tho authentic names of places and regarding the origin and meaning of placenames are received a peep into thefuture venetian gondolier fined for ignoring the traf fic lights on the grand canal fine is returned his majesty signs free pardon unusual case london john salisbury davles is a rarmer of bryneglw denblgsbire last july he fell foul of the law he was fined by tho llangollen mag istrates john salisbury davles who had pleaded guilty paid then the law began to scratch its head something wrong about this case investigation discovery the prosecution was due to a misapprehension sequel yesterday british justice john salisbury davles appeared be fore tho same bench of magistrates the village ot cuddlngton surrey a dodd the chairman ex- england is more than 1250 years old the m and proudly traces history back to year 675 and history records the existence of tha place in the year 675 with tho passing of athelstau and edward the confessor the neighborhood was famous from the reign o henry viii to that ot charlee ii as a center of royal festivities in the sixteenth century henry viii fenced in some 1600 acres of park and built nonsuch palace where for nearly two centuries the revels of the court wepe held later queen mary sold nonsuch to tho earl of arundel afterwards it was pos sessed by queen elizabeth and it was here that tho illfated earl of essex was arrested prior to his re moval to the tower of london in 1670 king charles gave the palace to barbara villiers wh dismantled tho castle and sold the contents no cattie involved kansas city mo jersey vs hol- steln was not a bullfight but the title of a lawsuit hied hero after everett holsteins truck struck rob ert jersey the defendant is a dairy man a judge has ruled that a slap on the back is erely a hailfellowwell met actoin detectives ot course have different ideas about this immmm presented john salisbury davies with a free pardon signed by tho king and the home secretary the fine was returned you want to know what john salis bury davies was supposed to havo done ast july thera were two charges of keeping dogs without a licence small beer for a kings pardon but thats british justice tho dogs concerned in the caso wero sheep dogs for which a farmer or shepherd is granted a free licence davies pleaded guilty to keeping the dogs without a licence but subsequ ently found that he had applied for the licence before the proceedings were taken liver salt clears tne system of impurities jci tins3sc and 60e ne large bottle 75c properties at cornwall to be developed cornwall keeping step with corn walls industrial expansion th stor- morit electric light and powei and cornwall street railway companies will carry out extensive development of their properties here during the next few months according to an nouncement by e a macnutt vice- president ot the sun life assurance co of canada and president of local utilities companies a new car barn and power substation will be erect ed and the entire power service and transportation systems will be im proved fi ame darts sbukg children at 37 lisbon a portuguese woman age 37 arnianda do gouvela has celebrat ed her wedding day by presenting her husband with their third pair ot twins this lrlngs the total number of their children up to 23 qpure wholesome and economical table syrup children love its delicious flavor the canada starch co limited montreal london ont coeds were complain ing recently that undergraduates have been sihooting darts at them from blowguns apparently having found a scientific application for tha famous weapon of the african pys- mies the darts they explained are not poisonous but they are ex plosive j a short section ofglass tubing from the laboratories serves as tho blowgun and a common match con stitutes the dart the trick is to shoot it at a stone wall beside the unsuspecting coed the dart lauds with aneat explosion and bursts into flame old churches are tottering cathedrals lack mfoney for restoration engbsh assembly told ttxichre atlantic city i vhe preeminent hotelachlevement london eng seven historic english cathedrals are on the verge of bankruptcy this disturbing state ment was mado by the bishop of der by beforo the church assembly the cathedrals being those of carlisle chi chester lichfield peterborough iii- pon salisbury and wells naturally the ukeep of the fabric alone of such enormous buildings de mands constant expenditure it is questionable if any ot theso great houses of the faith is ever completely free from scaffolding according to tto bishop of deby tho smallest amount en which a dean and chapter can effectively maintain a cathedral is about 45000 a year several cathedral bodies other than thoso cited above havo in recent years been obliged to make an appeal to the widest posslblo public for funds to preserve their buildings westmin ster abbey was in process of complete decay when it was saved by an appeal to which tho late lord northcliffe mado a generous contribution st pauls has also undcrgono complete restoration stately t incoln cathedral is now almost completely restored thanks to tho energetic appeals mado by tho late dean fry who somo years ago visited america where ho secured a considerable sum of money jtojf sovlkoat i 4 t crush and dissolve 3 aspirin tablets in njf a glass of 2 gargle thoroughly throw your head way back allowing 3 little to trickle down lour throat 3 repeat irge and do not rinse mouth allow gargle to remain on membranes of the thrct for prolonged effect remember only medicine helps sore throat modern medical science now throws aspirin is the trademrk of the an cnlircly new light on sore throat bayer company limited and ihe a way that cases the pain rawness name bayer in the form of a cross and irritation in as little as two or h 0 each tablet they dissolve three mmulcsl comnlrmv onmn i i u hogs scarce in essex county st joachim although the price of pork has reached a point that ii tempting to the producer buyers havo to cover much larger territory than formerly to purchase a car load of hogs all buyers repeat tho same story that fat hogs are getting scarce and a buyer said that many farmer would not have pork for their ewa needs next summer if their fore cast is correct it will be an unpre cedented happening for essex county once the champion corn and pork producing county of ontario or of the whole dominion its sure sign spring at hand fort erie ont with a nonchalant gesture last week a l sprlngland threw his line into a hole in tho lco of lake erie and hauled out a lake trout weighing a llttlo more than 25 pounds tho first caught at this point in a decade to prove he was not fooling sprlngland caught 30 moro smaller fish knife in herring sault ste mario ont mis fred paquetto has a pearlhandled jack- knife gift of a herring her husband caught mrs paquetto opened the fish and discovered the knife 21 inches long insido issue no 1234 it requires medicine like aspirin to do these things that is why throat specialists throughout the world are prescrib ing this aspirin gargle in placo of oldtime ways be careful however that you get aspirin tablets for this purpose completely enough to gargle with out leaving irritating particles atrisro tablets ask ma0c fn canada his death came way he wanted it denver colo ltonian enge 64 a barber was shaving max mantison they wero discussing illness when i die said eugle i want to go just like that he snapped his fingers he barely had uttered he word when ho collapsed beside tho barber chair ho died in a hospital a few minutes later tho coroner said it was a heart attack