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CHAPTER. XXV. •
Lord Barminster , conducted_ Mr.
Harker to the Octagon room, aopnam-
ed from its :peculiar s ape,
66If you will wait here," ha said
courteously, "I will have some re-
freshment sent up to you and', the
`"" ladies, whe . their -arrive.'"-- n -.
• "Thank you, my lord," returned !sir.
;darker gratefully
•
Seating. himself, be waited patient-
ly for•the arrival'.of Miss Lester and
Jessica, secretly congratulating. hint -
self on tithe success' of his .interview.
° The time passed quickly; and, while
waitingg. Lord' Barminster and Morti-
'eller Shelton hold a hurried consulta
tion•with him as to the. best method of
i
-ex ibefore
exposing m Longo e
n Vermont.e
g
l?
they had finished, Miss Lester and her
niece had' ur'rived,, the former flushed
with excitement and triumph at the
prospect of at lasts as she expressed,
it, "getting her own back," with Jas-
per., ...¢
Lord Barminstenr= .end ' Shelton • de-
- scended to the terrace, ace where h r they
e
found Lady Constance; and almost
immediately after, came Adrien, with
his inevitable companion, -Jasper Ver-
mont. -
Lord Barminster . had already ar-
ranged ;for his three visitors to be in
the_ .rning-room, which opened on to
the rrace, as they would there be
wi nn i h.earshot.
11 an also hi
ca d w t
,
A word with you, Mr, Vermont,'
began Shelton sternly,
Jasper smiled, as usual, and turned
towards., him.
"As many as you, like, Mr: Shelton,"
• 'he said.' smoothly.
Mortimer lookedat him :steadily;
then he said in a voice which was hard
as steel: • •
"Mr. Vermont, Lord Barminster has.
'kindly allowed me. to speak first. •We
have every reason to believe that you
have had soma „connection with this
affair of Har}cer's, notwithstanding
your profession of friendship for
Adrien." -
Mr. ' Vermont drew himself . up
proudly.
"I?" he said indignantly. , What
should 1 have to_ do with money -lend
-'Ing?
"Be careful, said Shelton • sternly,
• "there are not -people wanting who
will fight for Leroy's honor, evenasit
were their own."
Vermont smile
e i dcca
11Y.
Y
ni
"It is not I who am mad, but you,
who foolishly handed aver your wealth
to your son before it was his by right.
You should have let hien wait till
death had removed you, before you
gave him full power over Barminster.
Such lavish expenditure as his would
srmpty the-eofers•oi-siesiatu n...• „lis
folly has melted every stone of your
preeious castle in the cup of pleasure,
and has poured out the costly draught
at the feet of his, friends and paras-
ites. Friends? He has never, had
any—leeches, perhaps, who have suck.
ed him dry of all liis .possessions, and
then deserted' him."
"Speak for yourself, you cur, r cried
helton, "since it is.you, and your
ishoreet management of his esttates
that have, ]�reught Min to thiel pass."
Jasper's diiled sardonically. ry.
"Say rather that is is .h ,who have
constantly ,warned him against every.,
.fresh extravagance, knowing full well
what must happen. Ask him your -
if, if ou doubt ppr d
se m • word; asktint
whether I have not implored' hm, time
and time; again, to relinquish at least.
some of his many ruinous pleasures.
and follies; to deny himself at least
one expenditure.
Adrien turned his dark eyes to- his
father's. stern face.
"Sir," he said gently. "I really do
not'se. whythisescene should con-
tinue.
l
If any explanations' are necess-
eery. Mr, Vermont• shall give. them to
Me." •
•Vermont'turned .away.with a scorn -
fill laugh,-- but Shelton grasped his
arm. •
"One minute," he said, "before you
sneak away."
"Keep your hands" off 'me, you
monied fool," cried Vermont, wrench-
ing ..himself 'free from the other's
erase. "I know nothing about this
City business, you must- . apply Ito
Harker himself. It is your name
that is- forged, ,not. mine—though 'I
suppose you want to screen the real
criminal and fix on me 'as' a 'scape-
goat " I •
Shelton was about. to. retort, but
Adrien intervened. •
""Tell me one thing," he said quietly:
"What has been your` motive for all
this,? ` L cannot believe that. gain was
your sole object. What •harm•have I
ever wrought you, Jasper+ Some-
thing else must have inspired your
g
p
a
conduct.Iaskyou to give me the
reason."
There was. a dead silence as'the
gentle words were spoken. Jasper
raised his eyes to the pale face of the
„fi' he had so basely betrayed, and
bit -his bloodless lips 'a. dogged silence.
At . this • moment 'a' .commotion • was
heard • at the; loyver end of the terrace.
Some of the - servants were trying to
prevent the approach of a man, who
was striving to' get nearer ,to the .lit-
tle group: But he was too strong
for them;' with a.,.bound he'had freed
himself • from % their restraining arms,
and sprang forward;, as if about to
strike• at Adrien. But Shelton thrust
himself forward and bore him back. `.
"Who• is: this? ..Are we to •have=al
1
the scum of the earth in here? Do
you know this man, Leroy?" he•;asked
hotly..
"Indeed; Shelton,'' he said, • "it is
hardly for you to speak. After all;
it was you who nearly ruined Adrien
'by your denial of the bill, not I." •
Lord Barminster .strode forward. ,
"You• cowardly rascal," ' he ex-
' claimed furiously; . but- Mortimer
placedhimself between them. '
• "My lord,", he said, "leave him.` to.
me. . If force is necessary, -I :will
punish him." •
• Jasper smiled. '
"You wrong me,Shelton,"-he said
gently; "and not only me, but Adrien,
'whom you - pretend y p e end to care .for, I
have_ stood, his: truetfriend, - as• he
knows, and' have done my best to keep
trouble from him, whew indeed; none
other could'
have done so. ' But I sup-
' pose 'this is all the gratitude I can
expect from you for the discharge of
friendship's duties. Adrien will no
longer be of the fashionable world,
you think after yesterday's case; and
ibis high time to get rid of hishumble
friend,.-Jasper Vermont." --e- -.
• Adrien, who had been talking to
Lady. Constance, , now glanced ap-
pealingly tewards Mortimer; but with
a gesture, as if . to silence him, Shel-
ton turned to Vermont again. „
"Friend!" he exclaimed bitterly, "A
pretty friend!' But no more of this.
I advise - you to leave thee astle while
' you are safe, ..for we, have sufficient
• proof her to send. you •to penal seryi-
' tude." •
• "Yes," ,Lord . Barminster repeated,
"leave the house at once. ' If I find
'you within my grounds an hour hence,
I will thrash you within an inch of
your life, old mann as I am."
Jasper Vermont's face grew livid
with anger, `and 'something approach-
ing fear as well; he clenched his hands
•so tightly,.that.the carefully manicur-
ed nails dug deep into his flesh,.' But
with characteristic insolence` hetried
to brazen it out.
"Your grounds ?" he exclaimed, in
virulent ,scorn.: "Your grounds, .my
lord! First tell me where I shall find
them?' 'You have no grounder' Bar:
minter'' Castle is in the hands; of a
moneylender; these lands as.' far as
the eye can reach, are tie: property
of Mr. Harker, the city, capitalist, by
right of countless bills and : deeds
which your precious son has made
over to him." •
nth --a ex%amntiorr- rf•"pcaii -an
w AP s%c►liisirr ettt, Au ren .• ,fuzed tint Elie" 'a potxn pie
• "Yes, I do,"".answered his friend: in
the low, restraining tones so habitual
to him.
s "Yes, I should just think you do!"
exclaimecLthee.man,.steuggling to Tush
past Mortimer's ' outstretched arm.
"It isn't likely as you'll: forget Johann
/Filter, Adrien Leroy,s .,nor ,me you
either." • .
"Thisis tdb much!" cried Shelton;
now' thoroughly enraged at thin fresh
interruption, and again'he made as if
to thrust the man away. •
"Stop," said Adrien, glancing al-
most' -sadly at Constance, who smiled
lovingly back: "Let him speak, since -
he is here. Come,.sir, why have'you
forced your way in like this? What do
you want of me?" •
(To• be .continued).
Eternity...
°--The human' mind' cannot grasp: the
full meaning of such terms as etern-
ity and infinity. Time acid time again
preachers ,hrld men of science have
tried to. hit upon some illustration that
would give us some imaginative real-
ization of what the words mean.. Many
NEW BRITISH ARMY WILL. LEAD.
ALLIES TO VICORYY
Troops of King George Come to Repo
cue of Noble France, Bled
" . White.
An American,. •correspondent in
France writes the following article. --
Ari -f left-the-#3€itish• frontfor-Paris
early in March, an English officer said
to. alae:
"Stranger things couldhappen than
that the final blow against these ° bar-
barians be .delivered by the armed
force .of the great English-speaking
nations of the world, two nations with:
laws and customs eVapproaching
approaching
similarity." • .
I' had spent forty-eight hours with
his command, and I take off my hat
to the Ring's army.. They are the
real • goods.. They liaise that which'
France had in 190 and now lacks
youth. And every man is in the game
heart and 'soul, toot only for the honor.
of England and the cause of France
and right, but as a sporting ; proposi-
tion, full of .enthusiasm, grit, gayety
and the stuff that wins.
The niarvel of it is 'that they
all trained soldiers;, there is absolu
ly nothing of the recruit about them,
Whi1c withc�h
em I was permitted
that
rare thing for a correspondent, to ad-
vance. in their conquering company
upon' territory relinquished by Ger-
many. I ,was .deeply impressed . by'
their earnestness, their eagerness; and
I could not but think of the doggerel,
the . slogan if. you.. will:
We don't want to fight, but,' by Jingo,
if we 'do ,
Wo've got the men, we've gotthe'
ships, we've got the money, tech
There were not any ships aroupd,
although' a boat would not have been
by any means an .inappropriate thing
'
in the sea of Somme mud and .water,;
and •I did not. see any money; .but the
men•were• there by :the hundredseea d
hundreds and hundreds .of thousands,
each alert, bright-eyed, vigorous, im-
bued to the core with the spirits that
counts. I saw in it all sure Beath to
o • for the Boche is.: 1 a
Huth aw as
holies; Y
'Hun to the Englishman.
Recovered territory.
They have taken in the last ' seven
days almost 5,000 prisoners and ninety
officers' in addition. They have plant-
ed theflag of right over what 'is left
of the villages of Ligny-Thilloy;' ThoI
ley, Le Barque; Warlencourt,:. Pys,.
M-iraumount, Petit-Miramount, ..grand,,
court, Puitieux-au-Mont, Serie, Gom-
mecourt. and, some iiore. They have
advanced upon a front ofthirty-seven"
kilometres• long and from five : to' nine.
-deep, 'changing 'the , German sine -from
dr i -z - d lir
a crooked z g ag -that- would meastire
e
thirty miles on a straight line, to the
halt of an eccentric elipse measuring
less than. twelve. • They hold every
road to Bapaume':(Bapaume has fall
en since. this was written) and the
railroad' from' Arras to Peronne is at
the__rnerey of.their heavy .guns. , The
road to Cambrai, twenty kilometres
away, is an open book to them, and
the town with it,' Look at the map.
and see what this means. '
•
Huns the Only Iyead..
I was with their advance as it ' en-•
tered two of these villages ilege,
as -yet: given ,to no other spond-
ent is this war. These villages
are but mutilated' effigies, peace=
ful ,hamlets of early 191 t they
are part of the great Objectiveof re-
deemed Prance. And ,the Boche,
the only Hun, within and them,
is a. dead one. f'
Off in the distance, bey e' new
German line I saw :Baps rough
'my glass; Bapaume, the, of a
Prussian victory in 1871,: on. to
be the scene of • an Englishvictory • of
1917. Its church spire d up
into the gray sky, while e: 'and
of the efforts have been picturesque, behind it. shells tore the ai
but among all . those that' : the. writer I saw thousands of ltha d Eng
can remember at the moment none is ]ishmen covering. thousandssquare
more striking :than this: Were one of feet of .martyred ground pick
the smallest.known ,insects .to take an' and shovel. They we're 1 crotvd
atom of this earth, an atom • so small of ants,. each touching ther, or
as to be invisible `t 'the naked like a great erowd of feverish .gold
seekei.s a s
tl xid"'e��....� ._ a •.`_ �' ° s. air �star` t --seas a
villages,
corse
two
of the
4.'Bu
only.
about
and th
ume through
scene•
and so
reached
befog
-kzcla
of
with
Ike a
other;
o e nae eye, ver ish
1 errismber ceeii g upon_ customer for:, t11e' goads
them *peke either French or English.
Aa I *id et the outset of this $tory',
I teke off my hat to the King's men.
No man who has seen its yeutbg lits
vigor, its splendid , morale, its etu-
pendous .amaunt .of artillery of all
calibers, its acres and aeres ro€ unex-
ploded shell, and the soldierly quality
of its officers, can do otherwise. They
hold the Boche on their section of the
front, an increasing section, too; and
the Boche knows it, They have men
in France and more coming,
THE EMPIRE'S FOO17.
Ther -Fine �"evenn`ent` Qf
adian Railway.
What appears to be new light upon
the policies back•of the construction of
railways in Canada is furnished in:a
Paragraph in the last annual report of
the Canadian Northern Railway issued
recently.
'This, • paragraph. deals with the
handling over the `rails .of the 'Can-
adian 00
adian "Northern •d some x32,00,0.
bushels of grain destined chiefly for
the feeding of the Allies overseas', and
tuns:'
""Inasrnucli as many of• the; security-
i funds i
the
holders invested the r n
eompany's • undertakings, 'believing
that the heart of the Empire would
some day need to draw heavily upoT
the wheat fields. of the Canadian West,
it is with;'pride that the directors pre-
sent „
resent„ these figures, illustrating the
extent to which the prairies have been
opened up, made. productive and • the'
r
produce marketable .by the company's
railways. There were probably few
who thought 'that the crucial necessity
would come so soon; but having come,
it, must' be: considered fortunate that
the Canadian Northern system and
'the country tributary to it were suf-
ficiently. developed to take an import-
ant part in supplying.' the Empire's
food requirements.:"
'.Twenty years ago. a new epoch
cominenced in Canada, and also ap-
parently in the Mother Country.: In
the ""Tight. Little isles" across' . the
Atlantic, earnest minds were occupied
with the problem of feeding the peo-
ple of Britain, a problem that woutd
be 'a very -sober . fact in the event of
that country. being involved 'in hos-
tilities with any -European power of
the first class. :The policy seems to
have been arrived at then; to rely''
upon the power of the British•navy;to
keepthe seasopen for he passage of
e p n o f p g
cargo vessels,and'- also to- rely
upon
s
the opening up of vast areas of wheat
lands in suitable localities overseas, in
order that .an adequate supply of food
products .12e produced 'to fill the holds
of the ships for the.'people of'Great'
Britain for -call- time to .corne. e
•Tetvards , the ' close of the century,
the people in the west began •to . clam-
or for rail facilities for the vast areas.
without . railways lying to the . north
of •.thte' Canadian Pacific,: and therein
lay the cause' of the origin of the .Can .Oranges, grape fruit, and cranberries, punched in the metal box or, can "Will
• keepin or -di ar. -rooms, --but, . a
9adtan .Northern: Railway $ystem,:.:.an: will Ordinary r ms, to let in sufficient •dir:::.,-
1896. Apparently--tliebability, to,.grow.-better.spread-out-on„sheives,.,,r , - ::When -there are -several children
�.
._Watch__fre.sh fruit stdres closel_ytand
- ,.mss � r...- - - - a.�iousehold�o>lo�vhom, lunches - must.
it it cannot De used wnile�tresii, stew be put up,' strong,° well -constructed
or preserve it before •it spoils. jlunch boxes with compartments for
At the beginning of t1re. preserving keening food hot 'and cold and held -
season it is a good plan to'•get out the''ing , lipuids are . very satisfactory.
and the funds necessary to complette jars, match up : jars and •tops, : and ewe children are finicky about hay
-
the initial construction were re dil make:sure the are thoroughly clean
forthcoming. n__, •_ the a YY .are b y. °, ing sandwich filling of any sort soak
BRRISN RAIDS ON
GERMAN 1RENllES.
Economy in Milk, Fruit, and Vege-mill, grease mould and steam 30. min-
tables. ... I Utes Serve. with white sauce with
Secure the best milk at 'any price gherkins,:parsley or hard boiled eggs.
for the babies. Their lives depend Clarified fat may be used in place
upon it. of'butter.
Buy skimmed milk for milk soups „
and des r h coo Lunch. n se ts, because it is a s bsti- The School .l
tete for meat protein, and costs about Hemmed or fringed squares of Iot-
a quarter the.money. , ton, crepe make good napkins for the
Home-grown fruit is cheaper than school, lunch box. . They ,are' easily
any „other. A small garden ;hay be' washed and do.not need to be ironed.
made to yield a great variety.. Use. two napkins --one' for packing
Fruit from the grocer or fruit -deal- the' lunch and. one ,for the child�s use
er always costs more because, in 'addi when eating. his lunch. • In dusty sea -
tion to the dealer's profits,. the con- sons food should be wrapped especial-,
sumer must pay enough to cover the -ly well. Sandwiches and other arti-
cost of the package,. the cost of trans- n. cies should , be wrapped separately in
portation, and the cost of `what spoils r neat parcels with paraffin paper,
on the dealer's hands. , , which may be bought at a low price,
e policy to buy poor It ' always o n i r
s c
Y P P 1, p
Y Y I i li ' purchasedlarge uan•
fruit; not onlyis the flavor usuallyespec a y if l in la g
titles. Small jelly glasses, paper.
Poorer, but usually the same money, cups, and:peanut butter or cold cream
spent on good fruit will . go farther. 'ars of various 'sizes maybe used for
.As •a rule it is well to see fruit be- the i •foods. • -
.moist
fore purchasing. Telephoned- others In choosing u ventilation
h nga1_nohrboac,. ,
frequently result in mushy berries, ;•ease of peeking, and carrying, -and
bruised fruit, or green fruit. particularlythe ease with which it can
As much as possible use fruit when • be vashedand'ecalded, should' be con
fresh, and at its best and cheapest sea- I sidered'. : Metal'boxes and cans.may'
son,when itmostwholesome; the
s
is
be More th sou hl ca ded •and
0 1
r g y s
family enjoys it better, • and it takes „cleansed 'than` baskets or elaborate'
the place of cooked dishes, which take lunch boxes with separate comport=
inore'°time and labor to prepare.. meats for dishes, knives, forks and
Store fruit supplies with care. .Turn
'berries. and small fruits out on' plat- I spoons, but if the latter are carefully
P&eked. so that food cannotspillout,
tern or trays in'a shallow layer to pre- the have the advantage of being
vent their •further crushing,; and ` to ! more quickly filled than.Any other
prevent moulding, and keep, in' a cold ,.type of box. This is important for
place. Pick. ever the basket' of •ap- the. mother who must prepare th
pies, plums, peaches, etc:; remove .any Ichil ren's lunches et the -busiest --hour
showing. the least decay, spread. the' d
of t e' day. Baskets are.naturally
rest on trays and keep in a cold place. ! we11 ventilated, but several holes
i ,
wheat of the . country:.it< 'ro o el _ t
open up, and'. the backing the people
of Manitoba granted the' enterprise,
were sufficient inducements to the men
British gold continued steadfast, and„
as the'Canadian Northern extended
its. netWork of lines throughout the
Prairie Provinces, before reaching out
with its easy grade lines to the, sea-
ports an thp east and on the Pacific, a
steadily increasing supply of wheat
was moved out from the territorY cul-
tivated for the first tinie by the
settlers whq had poured in hard'Upen
the heels of its construction gangs.
During 1915, when Canada harVest-
ed the largest •crop in the history of
the countris and incidentally the most
sfaluable, the yield along the lines of
and reedy for sterilizing, and do .until fruit is On .one's hands.
If the garden yields little fruit at
a time, the preserving is lightened if
sugar Syrup is made by the crockfpl
and itored awaY. It is then' an easy
matter •to fill a jar or two :With the
fresh.fruit, fill up with the syrup, and
place it in the. oven on 'a block of
.wood to ceek while other. work is go -
Fruit supplies valuable naineral mat-
ter, -which helps to keep the bleocIsire
good 'condition, therhtere it is unwise
to do' without it ' K frifit bill yields
more satisfaction than a doctor's.
.:_,-Home-grown •vegetables are the
into bread and fel- this reason many
mothers simply slice the hread, but-
ter it lightly and.. let an older Child
prepare the sahd4nehes at the-ichopl.
Bananas, oranges,' and•other food hav-
sandwiches and, cekei and ,so shoeld
bp packed separately or the rest qt
the lunch properly proteeted by spesial
An Ordinary piece of pie "is very
seldom palatable •by the time it has
been pecked 'in. a .box with ether-feod
for four hours. . Individual pies, on
the other hand, delight the children
and are in perfect conidition whenthe
thes_Canachan Northern. in the -West . tards, cup cakes, and simple puddings
was enormOuS, and from this terri, cheapest, And a very' small gerdep in custard dishes are simple to pre,
tory came the .132,000,00o bushels. of Yields ,great •Vatiety. . pare, and there is 'a fascination for.,
grain 'that were handled' over the lines
le children in. this method Of service.
'of -the. syetem during 1915 as °utilised 'for their .mineral matter, end somd Scalloped .corn, baked beans, rice With
in the cempany's annual report ) yield a good deal . of earbohydrates, cheese, and other dishes may be put in
But the effect of the investment of while the legemes yield cheap protein. ,cuitard. dishes fitted with 'a lid, and
this Beitieh gold in the Canadian,Nor- There ii great opportunity to lessen these may be heated by. the child on
them Railway is not confined,. to the the vegetable bill by using more of the -the Acheol Vteves-----------
production Of feod-stuffs tratisparted root vegetaldes, ,especielly in ,winter, Whore milk, skimmed milk, butter -
and less canned, stuff or expensive 'lk f t h' ' '
Cartadiini need to pay snore a
':-- ' mueli -meat; is both more wholesome
To9 frequently thescare spoiled by ere .
tention 'to the cooking of „vegetablei. will. take. 2, ..._
across the Atlantic to feed the war-
oceupied- nations of; Europe. .Erery
settler in the Vast regions opened up
by the lines of the railway •bes been a
in Europe. It would he almost int- substitutes, or meat -seasonings-is:not
to c m ute the numb th half appreciated. Too - • frequently
inines —o
•
ma e
ed. There *as no mistaking tbe bit- another infinitesiznal sPeck and k
tee hatred that was ' in Vermoot'S another million -year trip, and so on.
tones. At last, his eyes Wdre .be- until this whole plenet with all upon it
and in it had been' reznoveds etehity'
would then have; only begtin; •
Weak fences to the beg -runs Make
"Oh, no, no!" -- laughed Vermopt -the farMer run. '
mg opened to the man's true char -
Lord Barminster regarded him
Shoe Polish
/S. 10 TERPROOf
If y -on use- iNtiggei" :water will -not -des--
troy the shine, Brnsh off the mid and.' •
'the original, Pallah is still. there. Buy a.
Black Tan, Toney Rod; Dark Brown
1,krAke CARE OP' YOUR SHORS."
death. For theBoche is a gentleman
'who plants little minds to kill the
•
HOW .' THE SOLDIERS PREPA' ..
I'OR TIIE ATTACK... , ' • •
Success of Raid • Deiiends on Its
' 'Suddenness and Swift
• b Accomplishment., ,
The. night o' a`s.
h nwas itte r1 cold, b c. s
te , Y
gY
Patrick McGili,,the. famous Irish auth-
or, in a story to the hTew York Sun,
and a wind, keen as a knife, sweeping
across the snowclad levels of No Man's
Land, bit the . ears of thellsentries
standing.on the fire -steps of the Brit-
P
ish trench. " Now and again mail
would bend dawn, shelter his ...ace be-
hind the parapet and look at his lum.
inous wrist watch; then he would
stand erect again and resume his vigil. •
In one of the dugouts a• dozen men or
more were busy, fastening bombs to
their equipment and buckling iron ra-
tions• to their belts: They were mak-
ing ready for. . a raid, one • of those
'"shows" in which the British soldiers..
delight and which keep the Germans
constantly `apprehensive and jumpy.
The attack for which 'the men were.
preparing had a definite purpose, A
machine gun had been worrying the..
sector f. r days, and ration .parties
crossingbe 'open en' at night had paid
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toll to th - icious'wea n. Its exact
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location could not be °determined,, but
somewhere out there in the confines of
the enemy lines it lurked, and though
the English guns pounded at the Ger-
man trencihes from time to time they
did not silence;, it.: ,
• A Storni: of Buliets,
At midnight, after .a comfortable
allowance of rum had been served
round, the raiders crossed•the parapet
and made. then; way over No Man's
Lando. ,'•. he frozen: hard,.. la
T,4 snow, Y ops
d 1 sip._the_.she I-_1
.rn--the.- ground ,an _fi led
holes. The advance was made silent-
ly at. a slow, steady: pace .a yard inter-
val between each man Aid his neigh-
• The men's sheepskin coats
blended with the snow; and at a. short
distance off the raiders were invisible
Os • an Onlooker. They had just got,
halfway across when the machine gun,
w ich had been- silent for :.a good' "'two'"
hours, suddenly woke up and a hail of, •
;bullets fie" .over' the raiders' heads.;
The men -dropped flat on the snow ands'
lay there,•t,heir rifles stretched out int
front, the bayonets showing like 'black:
straight lines` against the ;whiteness.
A Message came from the officer, `on.
the right "Advance!:' The machine
gun wad merely searching for ration,
parties; its object;• was the road im-
mediately behind the • British front,
trench. The raiders wereelafe as yet.
They went forward for, a dozen yards,
then threw themselves flat again. 4
star shell ha"td' risen from the enemy
trench, lighting up the whole vicinity.
The.men,._lying down,` peered tensely
'ahead, their eyes, dazzled by. the . star
shell's reflection on the' snow.. A
million ".spans fell earthward„and the.
flare died. down, The men'continu-,
ed their advance.
Piles of coals eoyeringseceres of
9to. acres, l'e being heaped up around
hated enemy . after he has taken army of workingmee wile kave drawn their I valuable' mineral matter,
ground, comfortably installed' him- their wages in this dirept way from chierexcuse for buying them, is pour- the. eollierieg at Charlerpis Liege end.
Mons, where nearly .50,000 Belgians
ed down the drain with the cooking
self ind is enjoying his op of tea.sthe western wheat bin, and no figures ' , are working hi night and der shifts.
Although there is great:shortage of
I saw unearthed. It would take three tent and value qf the businega Previd-' .
less than a kundred
Canadians heed te sthdy the. pos.
bilitie of the le ume .vegetables coal at Places
figura alone in a spuce, 2,000 meters ed the manufacturers of eastern 'Can- •
Eyen ae present Prices theY furnish miles awase.none of the ceal is being
. __....,„,.. ,. _ 7_0(ftee bicumes beighteei, "It, Jeametae i.:baked beans are,. not the onlY dishes quire all aveilable Means of transport
moved, as the German authorities re-
eheaP -protein, Split 'pea soup. and
Devaadtioi Wroit ht b Si 11 western market. As the vospeets of
One sector:that the Boehe relin- tion that there will. be a rtiovemeht ib•-•Be-inade4rOin for.-YritlitaryLpurp-osts-_,
quiShed was moat ekceptionallY. forti- :from atroad to the fertile lands , s'4es at • tha Pra"ant Priee:leteme • -
' dishe:3 are cheap substitutes for both Thi . •
*fled months abd months ago. At two westetn •Canada greater than. any -
s• is a good time to order the
Pecasions during. November and Jana- thing the country has yet experienced, meat end
shrubbery for the improvement of thp,
rests upon a front of three kilometers part of Canadians ' generally., Should an Investment In beauty and.wi,11 act-.
deep, a vo.st• and iiractidally. dernolish- it develop, -this potential development ually improve the selli I
ng pr ce of a
Oinclett&--1,4!" cup cheeped par-
ed fortifieationi pot a- -single square' o-rnadeepossible- solely beeause- thee lace • -
free froze the pot mark of shell. Its1 lilies serving the lands which will be yolks add fish, parsley and seasoning.
trenches no lenges' existed, the she's developed by the incoming tide of hu -
Work it until creamy.- Beat whites
till stiff, lightly stir fish mixture into
wire a mass. of tangled nothing. There neW 'business of the.industriiis in On -
whites. Melt butter, pour in mixture;
was not a living 'thing ebohtoOot even tario and Quebee, and new armies of
spread evenly. When well puffed and
a trench rat. But there were a foti.3! workmen will be epgaged upon the
delicately browped, fold and turo
dead ones, and dead horses, and some task of supplying the needs of the ;
. 1 omelette. Peas dry knife through
unburied dead -Men. western people, 1 folds if„)t comes out dry, omelette is
' I Paw where three German 240 bat- Britieh gold—and, since' 'the war
teries had worked. tThe guns thens- • American gold—has been, the mean; ' ° e• •
Fish Pice,te lb. fist, 1,4 lb. maca-
selves were still there, intaet save for of facilitati4 a great deal of the ties
spiking and missing esSential parts. velopment in Canada in other ways void, I cup white sauce or strained
'Beside them were a quantity of per- but there ean seareely be any • doubt 2 cupe bread erumbs, little grated
fectly good unexploded* shells that that'ite greatest ischievement in this
presently *ill go upon a death jam:- country has consiste in t e.. ',emus - Cook mdearoni until tender, drain and
nor in the opposite direction. big of.the funds for the budding f 1
e.- I chop into small pieces. Flake fish,
The prisoners I saW, three lots 'of the railways opening up .,,mipeOpled4
1 greaie pid or -bake -61st, put in half
them venders hi tinder Tommy escort, territories within. the Donenoon, Por macaroni, half sauce. Put in fish and
were, net the second and third' rate upon e e praen o . e selgoh . Put in remainder of maca-
ei ti ones ing . gi e. a i roni arid eauee. Cover with buttered
iir°sPaitY of all the Pe°Ple i" Canada' bread eruitibs. Bake in moderate
There, Will no 4oubt be a good de- Steamed Pish Paddirig.-2- eups
mend for, rhubarb this Spring, after flaw fish, 2 -cups oft bread crumbs,
the Wiuter's shortage ef irtzit;- it! 1 egg, 1,..i cup.milk, season with chop-
sahtrtainicidb,py a.y8 etttbinfgoraeti aoiriltar ii•Oefgth°! pod parsley or little anchovy, salt and
ergo over the roots. and season. Stir in beaten egg end
men I Iiiiit'seen on other seetions of
the front. They were from twenty-
two to thirty years. old, giants in
stature, ahd seehaingly well fed, One
WoOld ,say they Were the very flovver
of what is, left '.of the , &elle , array,
and in the shell -torn- bell they hail.
evacuated only the best type. of Sol.
dier could stand the gait. Muny• of
The Keintrad:Cry.
They reached the rim of the trench; •
na wire entauglements obstructed
their way, the British' gunners' had .
.dowri on the ecettpants, s Here stood
a sentry half asleep. He looked up, •
whined: ...On his right a mate. made
fight, a shoe rang out; then
somebody'uttered a Piercing yell.
A xeid depends for success on its
suddeimesssanci swift accomplishment
Of those. qualities British soldiers lir
masters. They get about their labor
with • zest: "got dOw_n_43 it," as thee,
phrase has it, One'simad jumped
to the trench end moved toward the
number of bombers fellowhige. An.
other squad went toward the left. A
third party spread .Z)ut behind thes
trench on the loeltoet for the machine
gun, cmplatement, The-eleering of
the trench ivas done ,rapidlye the en.
emy was too" surprised at the sudder
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