Grand Rapids Herald-Review Newspaper, February 3, 1909, Page 8

—— —_l EXTRAORDINARY INGREASE IK FARM LANDS, “SOUTHERN ALBERTA IS A MIGHTY GOOD COUNTRY.” No stronger or better evidence can be given of the merits of a country than that which comes from the testi- mony of the settler who has deter- mined to succeed. This is why we reproduce the following letter, which speaks for itself. These people were in- duced to go to Western Canada through the solicitation of a Canadian Government agent, who secured for them the low railway rates. “Carmangay, Alta., Canada, 12-15-’08. “Mr. C. J. Broughton, Canadian Gov- ernment Agency, 135 Adams Street, Chicago: We had audacity enough to tackle the proposition of buying four sections of land in Southern Alberta, thirty miles east of Clairsholm and heading up on the Little Bow, and our two boys each got a homestead ad- joining. We fenced three sections and the two homesteads, and built a house, barn, corrals and granary, and have since enlarged some of these build- ings. We have broken 200 acres of land, which has been sowed to oats and wheat. During the severe winter of two years ago the winter wheat killed out somewhat, and our crop yielded only ten bushels to the acre, but the spring wheat went 24 bushels to the acre. In this country we must be prepared for storms and cold, at times 20 to 30 below zero, yet on the whole the winters are mild; and while there are exceptional crops, it is fair to say that the average farmer can depend on having a yield in average years of from 20 to 25 bushels to the acre for spring wheat; and winter wheat in our immediate neighborhood yields from 25 to 30 bushels to the acre on the average. We have now quite a bunch of horses, over 50 in all, about 350 sheep, after having scld 140 for mutton this fall. We have 20 head of pure’ bred registered Shropshire, which are worth $20 each. The average price received for mutton sheep was $5.00 and a little over. Pork brings 5 and 6 cents a pound. We have about 30 head of cattle on our ranch now, and last winter they picked their en- tire living from our pasture, running to the straw stacks for shelter at night. “The increase of land values has been extraordinary. Our land four years ago cost us a little less than $6.00 an acre. We have sold one sec- tion for $15.00, but we would not sell any more for less than $25.00 per acre, as we expect the railroad within four miles of our ranch within the next 18 months. Southern Alberta of West- ern Canada, is a mighty good country for any manor woman wholoves outdoor life, and who wants to get good re- turns for their labor and investment. “We have been pleased with our treatment from the Canadian Govern- ment, and can heartily commend South. ern Alberta as a splendid country in which to locate. “Yours very truly, (Signed) “JAMES S. 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After that the days passed away slowly enough, and the first thrill died down into a feeling of great long- ing and expectancy. It was very sweet to be loved, and sweeter still'to love in return. But was that passion- ate assertion of his affection to be | the beginning an end? Was there to be no following word? Was she to be left there wondering and hoping, and never another syllable to break the long silence? It seemed like it. The days passed away one after another and length- ened into weeks, but no letter came. Whether Grayton was better or worse, living or dead, no one seemed to know. He wrote once to Clement soon after he got to Yorkshire, and then com- plete and absolute silence fell. He | seemed to desire no further communi- cation either with Clement or any one | else. Meanwhile, however, Mr. Jackson was making the most of his opportuni- ties. Business appeared to call him | frequently into Cornwall, and every time he went down into the Duchy | he found an excuse for calling at Mawgan Chase. Mrs. Mawgan was always delighted to see him. It gave her an opportu- nity of hearing more about her son than Clement chose to tell in his let- ters. Moreover, with Mr. Jackson’s help and friendship, she saw how Clement might in time work’ himself into a much more prosperous position Hence she considered it good policy to keep on friendly terms with her son's em- ployer. Esther was no less demonstrative, and put less warmth into her welcome She liked Mr. Jackson very much, and a spin in his motor car was always a delight, but she could not quite un- derstand why he should come to Maw- | gan Chase so often. She understood a few days later, and found herself faced with the strongest temptation that had ever as- sailed her. CHAPTER XXXI. Question and Answer. Mr. Jackson did not propose to Esther till the day of his departure, | and then he begged her not to give her answer at once. He was willing to wait, he said, till hiS next visit to Cornwall. On the whole he was exceedingly diplomatic. He led up to the proposal by a long talk about her brother. He admired Clement very much—ad- mired his patience, his pluck, his per- tinacity. . “But you see,” he went on, “he will never do anything for himself until he starts on his own account.” “No?” she questioned, wonderingly. “No man ever grows rich,” he ex- plained, “by the work of his own hands. It is only as he can exploit the hands or the brains of others that he will prosper.” “Is that so?” she asked, still look- ing puzzled. “There may be a few exceptions, of course. A very clever barrister or surgeon, who can demand wickedly exorbitant sums ana get them, may grow rich in time. But your average man, who can only sell his labor or. his skill at the market price, has no chance. It is not the man who la- bors that gets rich, but the man who can exploit the labor of others.” “I suppose that is so,” Esther said, quietly. “I am quite sure it is so,” Mr. Jack- son said, with conviction. “Why, when I worked in the mill as a young man, I couldn’t earn more than two pounds a week, try my hardest. But I saw that if I employed fifty men, and made a profit of a couple of shill- ings out of each, I should be nearly three times as well off, and need not do anything myself.” Svea?” “Well, I watched my opportunity. I began in a small way, of course, and the thing grew. I don’t say that for- tune did not favor me at the start, for it did. I had a run of good luck, and there’s no denying it. But, then, I had my nets ready when the fish came along, and that’s everything, after all. Opportunity at the flood,” he continued, still further mixing his metaphors, “is not a bit of use unless you’ve got your boat ready—” ‘And you've prospered ever since?” she questioned, innocently. “Well,” he said, smiling a little ex- pansively, “when a thing is fairly startled down hill’ it goes of itself.” “And it is getting rich going down hill?” He hesitated for a moment and then laughed uneasily. “Oh, I don’t mean it in that way,” he said. “l wanted to point out that .a thing goes by its own momentum, shall I say? You see, Iscon had a thousand hands~at work, and I made a profit out of every one of ’em.” “Yes?” “And I paid ’em good money, too. I never believed in cutting wages down belowe the market price. ‘Live and let live’ has been my motto. Treat your men well and they'll treat you well.” “And are you still in business?” “Oh, no. I retired years ago. And a good thing I did, mind you, for soon after I went out there came an awful slump in the woollen trade, and big fortunes were lost much more rapidly than they were won.” “You saw the bad time coming?” “Oh, no, I didn’t. It was only that I hankered after something different. Money is not everything, after all. You see, I was always fond of books and pictures and. that sort of thing, and I wanted time and opportunity to read and think.” “You have a very fine library, my brother says.” “I think it is fine. I should like you fo,see it some day. But to come back’to your brother, I am paying him a salary. It is all right so far as it goes, but he will never get rich on it. As I said just now, no man will get rich merely by his own labor. What I want is to see your brother started on his own account, and I think it can be managed, too. It will depend on several things, of course. He will need a friend at his back at the be- ginning, but with a good start he will go ahead. He has knowledge, taste, pluck and ability. Oh, yes, I see great possibilities.” Esther did not like to ask what those possibilities were, and the con- versation drifted away into other channels. But the subject occurred to her again and again during the day, and during the following day also. It occurred to her while Mr. Jack- son was proposing marriage. She saw as in a flash—or fancied she. saw —that her own and her brother's for- tunes were bound together. It shut her lips in silence, when she would have spoken on the impulse of the moment. Mr. Jackson was very honest and straightforward in his declaration. There could be little or no doubt about his sincerity. Esther knew by instinct what was coming, and would have prevented him speaking if she ecald. But Mr. Jackson was a deter- mined man, and usually got his own way. There was none of the burning pas- sion of Grayton’s simple avowal—‘“I love you! I love you!» I love you!” But in his own way he showed that his heart was deeply and sincerely touched. Esther watched his motor car dis- appear over the hill and then re- turned to the house, almost like one in a dream. For an hour she shut herself up in her own room and tried to think. When she came down stairs again all the issues were before her clear and distinct. She could not miss see- ing them if she tried. If her mother guessed anything, she kept her own counsel. But in her heart she se- cretly hoped that Mr. Jackson had proposed to her, and if he had the fortune of the whole family was made, for she could not imagine that Esther would be so blind to her own interests as to fling away the chance of a lifetime. Esther scarcely slept at all that night. She saw her mother’s point of view clearly enough. It needed no lantern to show her that. She saw what her acceptance of Mr, Jackson's offer would mean to her brother. She also saw what the acceptance would mean to herself. She was by nature of a generous disposition, ready at all times to sac- rifice herself for the good of others, and the first question that rose in her mind was, “Did filial love or sisterly duty demand that she should make so great a sacrifice as this?” Another question arose a little later. How would she be able to endure Mawegan Chase and her mother if she refused the offer? Life was not a bed of roses at the best of times. The pinch of poverty was felt every day, and in the main she was the one who felt it most. Her mother wore black constantly, and wanted but few dress- es; but she, being young and sensi- tive to the influence of new and beau- tiful things, was always in want, and only on rare occasions could get what she wanted. But if she refused this offer, what would happen then? Would she ever | dare ask for a new dress again? She imagined the reproachful looks, the reproachful words, the pathetic com- plainings that would go on from Janu- ary to Christmas, and she asked her- self with bitter tears in her eyes if existence would be endurable under such circumstances. She did not love Mr. Jackson. She was quite sure she never would love him. She had no illusions on those points. She had given her heart to Tom Grayton, and though she never saw him again she was quite sure that her heart would remain true to him to the last. But was there any place for ideal. ism in this sordid world? she asked herself, sadly. her mother, she would not have de- bated the question a single hour; but she had not a penny of her own, and unless she married there would be the same sordid grind to the end of the chapter. But marriage without love? The thought was horrible. It made her flesh creep to her finger tips. And yet, girls did marry without love. Of that she was quite sure. There was the case of her friend, Ada Pendower, to go no farther away. Did they put all the attributes of maiden- hood beneath their feet, or was it true what the cynics had said, that a wom- an’s modesty was a lure and a lie, and that they were all ready to sell them- selves body and soul to the highest bidder who would give them legal pro- tection? ‘No; that was not true. She scorned the insinuation as an insult. It was only true in part—of the worst type of woman. There was a nobler them spotless; and lived by it; it sacred and unstained. They might not be numerous in comparison with the whole, but that they existed here and there and everywhere she was quite certain. But to which class did she belong? As far as she could see she had a choice of martyrdoms. There was the martyrdom of remaining in poverty with a nagging mother, after she had rejected wealth; and there was the martyrdom of marrying a man she did not love, but having as compensation all the luxuries that heart could de- sire. Putting sentiment and idealism aside, Esther Mawgan knew which would be the easier choice. But would it be possible to put them aside? She felt through every fiber of her being the degradation of her woman- hood that would follow a loveless mar- riage. How could she marry this man when her heart was in the keeping of another? The very thought of it seemed to flow over her like a stain. And yet the other questions would come back. There seeme® to be no compensations that could possibly who had faith, erty. Nobody would be benefited; her mother would grow more bitter and discontented; her brother would be chained down to dreary routine, with- out a chance of betterment; while she would have to bear a constant and un- deserved reproach—a daily filing of the nerves. And in return she would have the consciousness that she had preserved her womanhood, her purity —the chastity of body and soul; but were these things counted of value in these sordid days? If, on the other hand, she married Mr, Jackson, she would suffer in an- other way. It would still be martyr- dom, but martyrdom of a different kind. Her self-respect would go. She would sink herself down to the level of the common, vulgar herd who ney- er saw the higher things, whose ears never burned with the passion of a pure and perfect love. (To Be Continued.) Vegetable Ivory. 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