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C.PYricktfili hr Thomas 41100a •
.4 t'Vtlialidisit cheet4teg.1
'-Will*Ont it° Wei sixth Alla
Ifther -died etessetot,berend het lion
Allneateseesesilt leatttr '41,4046 tame bole
ro00774.. -804*er settlemehtenisar
likko„ edibles ,gstelere °ova
truatim,, to% the vim-
. Jobruitoni‘itbout-tis proeco#011-
,..1*, atenhops, • es's% yak ,blind
lama, Ird1:411 ilevea,'neXies from a
rider itable.-• A :will Made b a
he do it take her in hi.s emit 'and dde • 4'
b
on 109.
ask her to foreve him for ihe old .` reuses seeesdesd
Meddler he -Ives? Perhaps he had Suddenly I noticed the tracks
erred in this. He did net want to hinilSelf 114 ;Ile anigrj wh° Ilents ute" eggs and add -the sugar, 'Which has much money: At that time he wail ea.sy.
• •
. me twiner in enamels and. passionate
been mixed With the spices, Add the making $30 a week ails] woneering , of a Man headed in the 'direction in-
hdr iother. that morning it Might again." br b which hav been soaked
e .could buY anYthing lie wanted. like he which L Was walking. "Ah," I thoueht,
e ow mus e n
thin* so. But she looked ao much like not to smoke until :is qiite Hiebad temper workalien the the time would ever cense when be
• • ' 11.e broods over the • trouble, • mutes- "that f 11 t b uraki g for camp
$30 a Week The Tracks in the Snow,
jumps+ to $75() 3,U:old) One morning, 1.1eys Mr. G. O'Hare..
••••=4.4•••,••• • dirriting in the Wide World Magazine
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Out la Chehalis, "Weehlegteen 10.S.A.,
llvda W. B:•Peece, dElectrical EXPertd
Chetahs Ise% very much of a town,
Q r his adventures m North Canadian
wilds, I started Mit ler adetdoll iil.the
People -rand Penee •deoesn't pretend 4o ..ffight ef the .ankteS: 1 began to meow
ehmewhere •between 3,000 and 5.,000 treats of e deed. one hopmg to itteta, .
W::: .Soo.n• I came acres/ the bleat
be a , whirlwind "Master of .FIegeiced
.A. ;1.iiirti'TtlwiepoS, tatilkveilichld tiido„voia wittil,semenful eabh of is and all4 le'bIalIe lettallayeCitthesaenthtsoe. wb::::ehWiosfitibliniCeg°re:aleeteitPsTriattlila9e1 knewtheththateeenricaglid if?? dir2n0c4wonvurh,111111c°atibi"erwitdi: I Cilii! tn abandoned .
the tortuous . trail of the deer and
and,one thav tries ear,p4t4enetris ate 0Piee. one Pound eedessecofinnaino
semi?, one-half Business, which show aenet profit of
' '' struck off .through :the . woods. / ,
tramped on and on and, seeing no 1
Se:7:0:011v: *.-dreasited:. of earning so signs of Oivilizations began te, feet un-
efiitrove ne elle-fourtit of a Pound
eggs, orieshalf nutmeg Pens.° .htinself says that two yeers
sullen child He =ekes ne oUtlet for itr fftolLif,
if d • d 'Beat'
insiue hd- • • • I ' BillY 144. dawn his'Icnife and f's* distoriing mursnlarging it by 'dwell- 'n ttalt graPeluice tor A •few now sal•o do • .
or eyrapathy end seems to enjoy
. *' T:1111 faltiurel7afnilitthilfne :dreletiZ:froutrh.1 • . Owes Success' to: ''hidetrieitY.- ' geeetd tilfertile.:te°16::17,71,ed- 14::::701:::::adtet9r
"Daddy.' • _. and ' smiled reminiscently. ' i abe t ,.
• He cense oat or his eessieseetten, with jest thiohie; of es. Beery eeptiliedr gdthl,!..i..11P011 it. He, usually..reduees e
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a start and glanced, 'at bed; ahnoet said, answering •the- question. in ,her iidh-"uitiug... himself ...Iva. from every, :atir the mixture, well,.. then; Place du. Pence doesn't talk much *beet his
woithy. bet,mit.,, seroggle ,, in, s n,, guiltily. Yes, Chick, , . ' eyes. "He's quit • a bad habit, too. ?
o' He's quit, drinkhd° don't touch a drop greased pudding inolds,• onespound' suddessd . He •Isift 'that kind. , But mile 'until I begen to feel unesdey. Pere.'
belles fAvot, • could, uttts !be fond. '• 'Have yini told .Mr. Hinter yet?! ; . e „ ,
(Tie. He is iili uSelallf : senesitidd.ehild-
h. s 14 in, baking -powder cans my be used, Fillewheen heerldes: talk about ElectrIcitY Imps the straneer wassheadirig• away
.,
' serovaleta. )akiatotote end appaipist sbe .asked suddenly. • • ,..,, . , I ceded to dwell. upon nimoold ton,ninch:. the *folds - two-thirds full" and. ateend'and the" 'great future which -if holds :from eamp. Perhaps he Wee lost; per -
• - .. ' I any.,,piore-nasn't fer over . a month e „Y, -a eg eels e ce in un e ,
(j7t.ph isn't that ailtindid;""Cried- t1)er What can we do with such a child?* lilt 'Si* 110111' 'dee peieding ina lid foi nien and -boyes-die 4. L& •'Eght. frome haps I leap losti •••• • s.d „ , .
beir 'taked d *session. ‘' Twin Olak$ •'"Yes;" -he answered. 11 t lt! him i n d. d.
-*heft he's sebeis Do yeti sunrise he'll high -tempered child andunwise .a mold, or t may dis s ieed - g .
girl.... He s such ,a Oar old. fellelle wont talk the 'trouble out, like ;the. Tea! hy.sternning it in theorrgih- :the .shoelder."'• Without, any reilervae I looked down and to MY, aatoniSh4
*store iC'rebred, 410,17 O'Infie that same day. Told' him • that ycu • • 44
the stolen;',gocds old -SereiggSe's said yens -could never be more toI 'be •into1' lion he ivea creditfor ment else:a:Nosed-- that :second / heah
an what amill now. I be strong enough to give . up 'j to Put him bs; himself at! you would. •• • •
4 IC*1)11.,.'14201111V. as the Imitated .lidhee•in
nter,mdIeaged . -and owell-toide,
es waning Erie loandon,:loal sweet-
„ of StarihOpee end daughtei:01
the invalid lishtlionse keeper. ;'-'r't 0
strangers imam. :frilitithiseadarele of
01.)Wa 13.11IrmeOtr Weir &fog,
- and Hinter with the drivers' of
• wagon loads' tiniliets hild pipes.
BillY;faihr love with VnteSesroggie•
• The new teacher is meiPoputex.
7.4nestkon4 ,•brother about li.intor's
b°11ng °vitt. s -riMav'br'ngs-•a don't know, Chick. • m afraid he still
4 tWentY*I•1Iar gold piece Of--Mre. hopes. He has as much as told me
„so. 'We've been too hasty with her,'
he said, 'we must have patience.' ”
• Erie's fate went very white. "lie
mustn't come here any mored.' she
said quickly. "With your pernussion
I shall tell him so, Daddy." ' i• '
aft WaS. silent for a time. "Just as
you like,"' he said. at length. '"lf his
condn' annoys, you, dear; you tell him
• .the breakfast table, dimpled chm :dup.. so." ' •
herShrovsis hand..Itwas early She bent and kissed him. "Best
inorrAhg; Sired. sun was just lifting Daddy. ever was," she •whispered;
• above the -Point to. wipe' Away the Then jumping up she ran to the Stove
White- nalits of the channel and the and put the kettle on.. • •
•bh3d, The Arpertean, yacht. which had "I saw Billy Wilson 'yesterday When
• pot into the harbor the night before I was out sailing;" she balled,
citared and wasnowbot .a white ! he •had the sweetest little girl with
. Specks in the. distance, . •• him. • Ifer tumid. is Lou Scroggie and
4$11ke ought to ttake:•,Cloveland bee,I fell in thee with .her on sight."
i'd2Iore der*. if ,thisi,I$reese:helds," -the 1 "Billy with a 'girl!" cried Landon
"d's. • lightlionsf,:keetier said as he tivieted, in wonder. • * • .
' 'ate, mit,Cigiit4W4tivIL the, .commodore "Yes. They were out in Billy's
',Isatlegiven Aber about in. Ids drigers.fpunt, gathering waterlifies, .and, oh
quit what word *4 it ,thatlawyer Daddy, they seemed .so .happy. r could
, ober, Oliddec, *anted -us to .get tot have hugged them both. • Billy. told
• Swanson, •at the loot, -Erie?" • " . I me that be and Maurice Keeler were
• "Why, he asked un, to: tell Swanson, going shooting sleeks this morning
that he andlifiriend a*nooming tolls and' I -asked him •t9 come ovec here
'Place to stay for a couple of weeks , for breakfaet as usual., The marsh
• 4124 -sheeting, Daddy," • Erie ans.:shooting is ell over by sunrise, essu
Wered. know." .. • ' •
• ?" .' • . • es," ,• Iler fithee. nodded. dill' bet -a cookie
•
"Early • in Maddoe that was Billy's old muzzle-loadee I
dewed , ' d • • • .• sheard down in the 'duck -ponds- about.
' It. dees• heat all what :daylight," he laughed. "Maybe," he
e, .foolistd•ddeas take.1 added. hopefullly,dithedr, fetch us:
• Thiek or, them twb comin' all the way -brace of ducks." • ,
frorei,•tie;/eihnd here • just to sheet "Why; there he now," She pried,
•-s:e-s-ddareeks;._., MarCRiraitiOtt: knows wis glancing through the window: "Maur-
-chargel:them sports dee isn't with him, .though. I know
•awddlepekeses nine dollars a week that old punt as far as I can see it:
enub and -makes 'em oleo -giro ti must .get the . Potatoes and 'bacon
beds:et...that; and everY;fall,411e- old on; he'll be. hungry as. •a, bear."
mblinLbeuse_of_his., ket,, nden_put_on..)ais_hat _and,. went
• ant fah '"-Of doWnstosthe beetle taXelconie
'Landon. Was :much. -improved • in tor.. "Well, Bi•lly," he ;called ses: the
liesiltilidd-Hed4Olteewithdlittref Wert, Ptint4Ppearedearoinidethishendsinsthe'
the "hollows in his cheeks were :filling shore, 'how many.ducks did old Liza-
, wick iika,r0es-- were. brighter -than the 'nue deeps_ out... of,_ the Sky sthis
• "sieeri them for many -a sky, nuirnint?" • • .
....4EUE,..gitiod.longittgly (Iowa at the cigar; "Two greys and a mallard," BilIy
tben gianeing up to retell his - &Sigh-, answered over hissehoulder."Couldia
terd'a reeiroachful, look, sighed and laid killed more, but what's the use. They
•.. en on the table: ; • • • wouldn't. keen .weather's too waren"'
•----vikuive,to,omoke be confessed; "Well, now„ -I can't see ArhY id�zeii
you needn't worry, Chick. I'm wouldn't' keep. as well as thae," re-
brinigh-Arith,-tollsacco-till-ItMeirryereal..turned:_the.ekeepersetisehespulled-sth •
itapigro.... But t feel so darned Mich' punt high shore -
.:Entttet- since quit sniokin' I sindily
leizat to. enieke all the more." • ,
',Peet old Daddy;„"' Erie :latighed;
,coming around to sit on the arm of
•.10*.Altire dwt. [ROM too bad you
•.can't have your srmike. I'M sure you
- Axis- it, dreadfully; but you see you
-0,700e-much-etmtger-,...,,ind-bettel
ask, Erie? ' • •• altogether, BillY?" th hi te red ild. Give him
cominf •here, she said •slowly. Y u
° about it I fell/. don't think he'll emInthing to be blIsY about junt ne ' . . . . .
"I have wondered why be keeps,. e ,g - mpe .• • Latlies. •
I "Well he seems to be 'in earnest •
•
Ing success to the had joined the ,fellaw i;kose trail
'training which he has idoelved
thorough hllectrical
le was following. 1 plucked.up eourage
spare time' sluriee elle past months, epee.• ; • • . •
But let .Pence tell his own story, After anotittl keg spa of traveling
scarce y 'need his cempanionship, now;
drink any more. °.lie says that lie's soon as .possibled Work is 'even more, Pushing •aside the letter •she was Read hiS letter dated October- 9, 1921, I discovered that. a third man had join -
need whisky. He's changed wonder-' type of chddefer wernust get him out She had been expecting the knock. ,
neer of Vie ed the pair. Feeling' uneasy again, 1
there," she broke off, with a smile, "I, got, his tin whistle an his cat an'. don't necessary for him than ,far Any other Wilting, Couia ui
Yrfit are busy with yaw. duties. But ! , as. ,, , ,,
have no right to doubt his sincerity; 1 ful, there's no mistake about that Ma of himself. If posetble, have him_ work 'Come in, Noreen!' she cried. ' C.,Dheiceargo Engineerltig Works:, .
Mr. Cooke: ' : , , closely, Each man wore moccasins,
stooped to .exembie. the tracks, mose
word toe me that he should not speald
I am sure he has never spoken one, saw . en
ni yesterday. He was dressed. where he will have the companionship! The little cousin enterdd. Her Cheeks
and I know he is really fond of you. Ma says he was . that changed she h ° he' • deh e h , and each had a patch on, the right,
in his Prince Albert an' plug hat, an' arLyeams 4t31=21eyeeaarern"t7 Is2s :In so3rodina- be ei 1
of his brothers and sisters, or perhaps were hot, and her eyes heavy. "Cousin,
de* Portia ?' she asked brokenly, "what week. To -day, thanks to You, I am an- ed h the 1eel!
I lifted my eight foot and thole -
Erie laughed softly, "I 'knew. vety- Work is a bleming. for mOst persons,imakes a ladY • ". . . • . at a pate on e ee . ,„ i had been
i n.
• now him afirst' e can p you m a you are mg. . , , .
Landon knit his s aggy brows. I
d- (I'd 't k if t
vrell you've had a hand in his reform,
Billy," she said . ' ' . : but for no one more than for the child• 14
who •iii inclined' to tide his. little life . There's cule definition that
=it"'
This type of child "A heart at leisure from itself,
"Norse," denied' Billy. "but I ain't inside of himself:- To soothe and sympathize.. -
sayin' but that my owls an' 'stakes is usually reserv xl and tikes things , .•.an
u
might have played apart in it." And hard, but to. the few people he loves Perhaps that is as near as. you ed
he proceeded to relate the deception he gives a wealth of affection and nnalq
he had practiced On Harry 'while. the loyalty and usually lie has a .deep Cousin. Portia. ' , •
in a dozen Words," answer
' 'Noreen ainsideresi. itt,. then "
• she financially independent, and a highlY ; a horse. I,got up, and crossed a little
old man watt in his cups. .
; stronsr nature -Which is, sincere And - respects& business man la ttis coin I dear'n Suddenly the underbrush
at the stoey. "And you let him think e* . • . munity. . ' parted and not
Trim me ,
' 4tee never red many People at one
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Electrical Expert, in business or
following my own thail. I was lost!
,mYself, and ina.king'over $750 a month.
111y succeSt, 11k. Cooke, is eutlrely.i Panic seized ine, ad I started,to run,•
dee to the Invaluable help you have !then to Walk a few Steps, then to run
given me. The thorough; practical again. .. • • .
'training I sedured•throush your Easily- 1. Toward evening flung myself down
learned, Spare - Tillie, Home - StUdy at the foot of a tree, utterly eihansted.
Course in, Electricity, has made me , Then I thought. I heard the sound of.
son, . and -following Crogiker the hOdid
of Muting the %Writ.' board. AillY
-VoMes `to the haunted, house,' He fails
to discover thScaver .th0 but -Ineets,.LoU
ogee instead. .• • " '
,,CHAPTER XXL
AeDaY With.the Diets.
EriesLahdost faded her father eel:on
"They would, 1 s'pose," • laughed.
Billy as he stepped out, followed, by
Moll, the little- spaniel- "but tliese
we
The girl clapped herdhinals in josi tru • • • • shook her head. .itt deesn t e I
5y
et".
*declared poittively. • • , •
he had the -delirium tremens! Oh,
Sinterely Yours, - :a big bull moose ' burst. into view.
Billy, is there anything you wouldn't • W• E• Pince." [Again park seiiad me, and I turned
i3illy shook his .1mads
he replied. dThat's a hard Miestion spare time, for I31g Electrical Post- i Under an immense birch log, I get
to answer.", . ' , •
Silence fell between them. He knew
that she was thinking 'that last year
on the opening morning of the duelc
season Frank Stanhope' had sat it
:this table with him. Sho•-was gazing
from the window, far down to where
the Point was lost in the Settlement
forests. He., saw her bosom. rise and
fall, say a, tear grow up in 'her eyes
and roll unheeded down :her cheek.
• In boyish sympathy his hand reach-
ed out to clasp ,the .slender brown one
. clenched upon the 'white cloth. Hi,
longed to ask her if whatthe Settle- ful each Of powdered nutmeg: and to learin,• Were they 'Bitch very *heausi n the : nited States end Canada, to 1 1 'ET ' • ' ' ' ' t' IP' 1 C. • y . o . .... •
g --r---' supply trained men for eledVical work.' A
1,'Fihaliy, unable to':decides I eterted off '
most was saying--thet she was going • -
ginger. Mix and &tend aside' to shill tiful things, :Meisel:I', that . the i le
TO. meet these. deinatids Mr. COoke 1
tat random down"thc trail. Ihed welle- 1
to marry Hinter -was trek. And then
as quickly as the thought itself came for One hour. Roll idet, eut into fancy talked about .at the. lentheosid" • .
shapea and bake in % it. niedeeate oven. "No -o," Noreen admitted. "PeePle -is .noW enrolling a Special. Class for. '; e -
d for; perluies: ten' minuto3 when I:
shame of .it. His hand clasped lier
, . quiek :tra,ining. He expects to develo ! lisd'one. of thoSe queer Seprations that ..
Fancy cutters furnish an asdortneent and "music.al comedy and ma:airing plc.:: .
do I wonder?'" ,
' eas°13a611° *Satbieet',* - time," Cpusi Portia replied. "You are
: Serve foamy sauce with plum pudS net thinking about little things like
dieg,. To. make. it,,eream together :one, forks and pistons and whit to riai
half cupfiil of butter, one Awful of when you are introduced?" . :
powdedetit egged, add' gradually one ' Noreen's 'hot coder deepened, But Atone; and he has received thousands up and discovered that the log •was.. •
wellebeateid° egg , and • one-half . tee- things like that do iiisikedaedifferMice;" at letters like.the above. iIis system, halloW. The temperature had 4rop-
in: a. double boiler, heating If, tb,or_ she *ProteStea'
spoOnfnl. 'Of .Vanilla.. Heat the mixture
queer and Peehle notice if you don't 'chance to bedome.
"And • you're odd •tind offers every nian, regardless of. age. '. pea ,.lrelcip- 'Airy, ped' I hes hoirlbly
educattondor previa:ma experience, the , doh]. After I had built a fire at cath '
mighty'. all the while. ' ' . . • . ". do ,air they -do. •inh very short ',cnii of the log .1 rral.ted ineide it 'and •
time an 'Electrical Exeert," 'able. to ',19. ' these shiveiSng •and expecting
' Cookies for winter gads: bream one- , "Bit . you: tan lea -en these thingain , - •
tarn *3.,500 th $10 000 a yea r,, ' ', 'e \cry minute to eca. ti wo:f mink in
half cupful of shortening .With one a week. They are only oetside thing's..
cupful of .sugais add two wellebeatmd that change With the fashions. - The ' •. Electricaliy-idained. Med seared .
. . Letivt-en ore ef the fares dna' the log'.
. daylIght -.I v.tarted 'cll. through
eggs, one. tablespoonful of milk or -.real thinga, courtesy of heart-, keen' Becuse of . its prominent position in ! Af'
cream, two and one-half easrcula 4 'sense of -Winer, love of the beautiful the Pilch:triter Field, Tne Clitago. En- agair';'' Ilid i51.°tICilel nii;111
flour sifted_ With two teaspoonful of nticf the fine every -where, interest in gineering .Worils' frequently is c4iiec, ,sindessly until I' came'•acr as in eld ,
taking-pder and one-half teaspoon,. others -those 'things: ire not So -easy , logging trail. '' 'Prehelily V.., -',ed . to a
uptilt, bi•industrias In. the larger cities 1 . .
"
• AFer.d5., years Mr. Cooke haS: been rsne ran. '•• • .
training' "hen' at - home during-. their About dusk found ii self : lying
hand more tightly.
tel4he- -100t .ofs.of000kieeand.are deairable when.:tbel turas meat of the time." from Ilits class :rEtectrical -FxPerts' I
• - P i • call "a, hunch" and, turning,' I.
. men
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the Causeway hist night,---arin;"• he • are by children -Lack- - • Cousin Pertia-medded. "I thought-so--I-who o .an-go-ont-ant -take/ over the hig •tne other.hire.ctionAft-6i
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said softly.
.She turned and the blood mounted
swiftly- 'to -her-: white -cheeks. -,-"•And
did he feel the- light again, Billy?"she whispered: eagerly. .
."He felt Ttlie• ilight,"* said the boy;
heeang sill-the'way back beanie-
"Olr!"-deb d-lid-hor -
on her arms. • •
hastily, .saying_.some.
*thin about helping her lather with
the cluelts and went outside -He found
Land -on Seated on a Soap -box behind
the boat •house,, mdnstriously strip-
ping the ducks 'of their feathers..
'Sasnidthemanas Billy came
up, "you know when ducks put on an
extra eoyerin' of feathers -a hard win-
ter isdin 'sight? t::g. these.
birds have all put on an extra ender-
hiS
hands up for inspect re 'How's that
for a coat o' down?" . •
"It 'surais heavy," agreed Billy, "I
three don't „have to keep long; r the ponds that ,says t's goin' to be a
w another sure el over there in
see iva'Tesalif....ta,liave. these, fer in-": hoed Whiter, ;One -never-• knoWed.
"se- ' to "fail, It was the inushrat hotiiies.
• , "Are, we now?" Landoll rebbed .The rata aro- throwird •up enightY
s-and-smacked-his--,lips---in-atbtiti kteke -
IU
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1
*Tjaij, I simply. „won't, let You smoke ation. "You're vein' to stay: and Umuywarm _37 bete .
' inn 'yets---tliddh-dalL." .. . clean hh on 'ear; Billy" ' • "Yep, an' warm. We're sure to have
-../lis fade had - brightened at the . "Yep, Pll stay. I'm goin IP paint a.rough eon ant- a hum:1*ga. of. 6,
rid,•iiif her. laughter. 'Noty. he pat, Erie's skiff ier her. I'll slip into the
• Jig her handas his eyes songht. the 'tiohad- Ailli on -1113rviat to "the -Settle: "And Is stesie a roughfall means
.
-Windiew.- Perhapiethe'-bld-,songs would ment an - kill-enough-dneks-fer-mir --063 dooicio-TnlautheddLendon. "Oh -
•. come backs evehs-as -the- leughter-had• -folks --aa'._ the. neighbors.."-. - --. — y the why -,---Billy, 'before I forket.
ddee0-ste. and .surprise him. Perhaps the Erie was waving to him from the Would 'you mind rennin' in to old
d•-• Was fergettin.g Stanhope. But no, kitchen door. ' "Where's Maurice?"
, -Med?, ashees'te well for that. Swanson's landin' on your way -home
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be. lie :WTI!' her ...-P 'the White sal
• d ired that • this should she called..
"His Ma wouldn't let lihn ,• carpi, and tellin' him that a couple:Of fellers
-.... :With his eyes. on 'Afraid he'd .get wet an' go sick ag!in. from Cleveland are comiid to his plate
neW sat fitly dot on the -boriten, his Gee! that coffeesmells good Er " early next -month to shoot. They wereie
eheresiesteiliehts_Onedefsendedishe
orig. la ail 1;P -due. li, white-i.ev yer named Maddoc an' he. give the this
. • ta itlitiseould never quite forget the have to let Chick see 'em.
Month ago, when he had told her of hot,' 'advised Landon. "I'll
"•Initter'S proposal and Of his consent pluckin' these birds. But first we'll
Say, BillY, .11, room. for 'eind! • d
start jn nioneto vase on ,to Swanson, gm's
the old codger would he sure and hold
• (To be continued.)
look that came into her face.
never marry Hinter," She
'had said, "I love one man -and to
*film r shall be true. always." ,they lovely!" She cried. "Put them
• Butbe is blind, child. . He has in the ice -house,, Daddy; .tfntil• Billy
given Nei ," Landon had 'reasoneddarts for home." „ •
And With her face aglow rhe had Billy, who had squared away at his
•„. Answered. "Be is blind, but he can breakfast,sdoke with his mouth full,
se•-• • -never give me up, because he IiiVes I. "We're goin' to have tern /er 'dinner ”
" ,
•:Reading in the dry, suffering .eyes
1:141 had turned upon him purpose
AtViger than life -itself, , what - torrid -
they re nigh as big as tame 'tins!" , .
Erie clasped her bands in: ecstasy
at sight of the wild (Wicks. "Oh, aren't
. The Fairest Things.
,
The fairest things are those that silent
mime; •..
You may -not hear the- Amt. approac
. 'of 'morn,' •- '
he informed his hostess. And though you listen as the golden.
-"But, Billie" • she remonstrated,
"they'll be expecting you , to bring Of hoers 'fade into duskeio sound is
some -ducks_ home. you know." - -
„'Billy says he'll shoot some more
this evenin',"• spoke up her father,
who did not allow anything to inter-
fere with a duck dinner if he -eituld
help it. ..-
.i `
Tilisse=duv
elZs_ Aouldn't_- -100-4111 I-_
get -home," • said Billy. - -
"No," supported Landon. "weath-
--__erts too--warine-dreseed-Chiele -I'll
start in,on dream !mit right now," he
chuckled, exchanging winks with
Billy. • ' - •
"You're a •cr
*pair . of plotters, " ied
_ _
Erie, "andbemg a weak, heIp.less girl
I suppose 111 have to .agree with you
and suisteissively Toast these birds to
snit yaw tatted s
'Timid find onionsand savory
hangin' totherafters urlstair ,''' ''4,.
sug-
gested her father as he carried the
ducks outside.' • .
tti while he ate, -Hemiled
Erie sat down opposite to Billy, and
Watched hi
adrosib At her. "Your Dad seems a
whole lot better," he. said, ' !
"Yes, ever se much. He's almost
his old self again. Hellas quit smok-
ing, ;you sec, and he has promised ma hiard'sqnimentlAsixtby Vitsirlitarjee
When.' the start deice on , high no
• 'bugles ,blow; '• •
• The footsteps of the flowers fall
As softly -come- the blossonie of the
snow; '
- -Andseloude-ficat by -in .palettanquil-
'llty. .
X0 voices herald moonlight.wi a lake:
---The sliVel", daw is still; these gifts
' are 'givens .•
As, quietly as Christ, who for our Wake.
Was sent to, US, the' greatest gitt of
. -
heaven.
. .
Tenderly 110!, hs in the yesterday- .
He leads eitithsweary ohildren In WS
s • -Elizabeth Sec/Herd.'
'
Domestk life and' affeetion is very
ighly 'developed emong wild ducks.
wheel can he. sed, or pattens Cut and over---juat • parrpt. ' tint. : -Would: Complete .. particulars': .and.
ing a 'variety of Cutters, a 'pastry Yeti will hear the -sense ;thing .oVert Electrical jobs that. tire now °Pen. • '
aglinal..1.,, to a camp in a clearing, ....I ivai savedl,.• „.
ree hens o s Lac,y wa•ktng cai..e
nd fot-'"Ereetri:,Liite-r7I-leh-rnedlliiit in -pie ether -
eiftf- sitifteardboard can -he laidOnyou-like to know who are the three "proof of thesgreat dema
di -
the dough, and the mitlines followed most rtearlY perfect -ladies I can think cal'Expdrts" is contained in a 'booklet .,reetihld the trail -led ..t.uallt 13:ri disft.ISe4. '
with -a . 'Slender knife. :. • . of. at this moment' ..-ope: is an -old, -entitled dliow TO Become. An •Electri: ',ddnip• almost forty miles id. • , - •___. --.:,
Cakes" Panhe sent long distances -by ladfc.„-urho-gaveLme_afternoon tea'histesealdExpertd,/ - which may•he,ba&-vrit ,..---F....7.,-;--.:-.--..--------.e.--.=.7=L--- .-
-pareel-st Without so much as crack-. 'room with a. bade -floor.-- he -narpliins•eoutoostehy. writing --to Chiet-Engineer ', w w: - • s.
lug- the- icing; ifildeiaie • picka-- Endre& red:fringe, and the tea*as ardk-11-07-0Olie; -Chic46--Rifibielibig .1-Vorks, . ,-Att VFAP.OriYiricing bt011*---.---------
this way. _Place the Cake on a_larBO._n_ary, and the ...wVera were cheap S)lef...2_1,4114.1.)trel_Lee Averkke.,,..Q.ktouFa.77„.g•A., ,,,._ _Some ,rei:c.s egeseaysdan..Ateerken. 1_, __ ......s• , _
sheet of heavy waxed papera nnd-ap- never -thought arapologizing. She was! ' • . writ, whirCI was crossing ,the ocean
ply. the frosting, Awing a generous giving me. her_beautiful .mind and' ' Canada has a greater are e than the 'there was a Passenger on board frairn
portion Of the frostingto extend on heart, • and Why shenild other-Viings; 'United States, but- 'population less t,he • Middle West who lied never aeon .,
, .
. .
than New York .State: •• - •salt water before` in her life. ' ,The.:
'afternoon before We left Boston' Hare
box a 'tierce inortheaster -Sprang tip; •
the paper. :Plastering tbe cake to
the paper helps't9 keep :jt 111 poeition,
Fold the rest .of the paper . neatly
arcemdethe_calunand slip under et,,A
-•piece ofscardboard, -or -thine-boards-the
exact size of the calced Put both 'cake
and board:into. a if'tronreatdbbdtd'ts:ix:
A corrugated box is preferable ei it
lessens the jar upon, it contents. Fill
the box with sawdust or bran, which
ehould be allowedste settle to the bet-
t,era of all the creyidea_Finally, wrap
the box in heavi•papei-iiiidtie itwith
'•a 4mpg-cord. • -
lutir-pnilding-107.N.--convenient-d--
sart_to_itaVe_on hand, esitirePtwe's
with age and is easily, reheated. A
good recipe for the pudding calls for
one- viand of 'currants, one p�undof
•raisins, Orie pound of -shredded suet,
-three-fourths. of a --pound of bread
crinnbs, one-half cupful of grape -juke,
one tealspoonfel of cloves, one tea -
matter? The second is a little Italian,
*Mien who gave me preserved fruit
in her tiny two-rocnn house. The third
•iyour mother." • . s.:
---"Motherl" •••
"Isn't, she .a lady?" s
d---d"Of deinisids- Only"-ddolessttime?
bled. trying to put her thoughts into!.
words -"she doesn't, dress like the).
We earn money arid we spend it, and
it seems toless;%,driei'tti_aeee but the lay .aed-. from .the time we edited, the seas se
•we'eern and . ' forms ahits that was Tell "ugh. : ' . T-7•77
ddegseeseeeseelas, cud - ehereetees„....e.e. , .„•I're„n.,11'd aike,1_,,t.tethpeat vie ship's
intiv6s1Fiteae .cliii1;11...itstii•nees,e,,ingtd .....::
were made fast as far as. possibk. The.
tiel5Pledhsgse:eher '(,)r. talk: aht.mt ;the 'Bernet 1.25earesertn:f.gerp:m:::::Woeenheitill.td:ge.nd.d76151vitedr"Aeeruvatiell:haugdCdaed.,.e4:aadradelli.1:. ' pants should not be",dasbed • ou• . • -.; .
eTiourtfatieesbeZes:fra..isti4t.ilFiti.°04.r.luo04ignIrrasrrtit.,4"- . ,Nevedii.t4err:di4hw.ea.sbised.yas-ftitroken,-etheditiMiddleeeedesss•-..s.d•
th"Sut -slie6wsordj be Ault° at A
1, to .p.m. Moor, w and e next - .
stateroom .berths had their high sides
put on so that their *suffering oeciii 4
wouldn't be thinicing. --..about herself; .1.2,.1.“01 morning we both managed somehow
-but -would-be. finding---other.people-inl
_ l: : . sd- --"---
: to reach. cur ehaire, which-wexe Jashesi
leresting, Gb;home and study' your toowrail:1)1X: the. pitmen:gide-deck V
mother, Child. 1`ithie thatteriiidethile
do not know how My•friend got, te'lier • .
-
place, but as for myself I sat &Wit ,-
drren aren't ladles yet. • ' Hitt r hope.
they'llgrOw-to. be Some day." on the 'deck and'inehed myself adoided .
•• ,•"1- suppose,' Noreen retortAd_witit
- • ,
between the breathless diving's laid
-a• sigh that was •IsaH envy, half ,relief;; re,aring,s end rolls' of ...the ship- which d .
.."that's what . You're., thinking about
me!" There•Were almeet.. no • other pasSen-,
When to Toronto visit •tho
Royal Ontario Museum .
_
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-birds. Act- quickly
with sick birds and "
prevent spread of
. disease by this prov-
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larirzcE Our pouliry ex-
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perts will heiii you. Write
• . • seemed eeer on the,Polist .
WLet 4hEyea Mean to search with aching eyeballs: But the
arp ,
proofreader can find the reversed let,
. .3saitzsim . •
tor-in-a---few-talmttarrand-n6ver-Stm
his eyes In the twist.
We never see anything that Is
us, and no two of us ever sees precise-
ly the same thinge. Each sees 'what . • SonneL:
hie prdelMis trelnieg and his habit , '
mind. have prepared Min to' see. When:WhenI was far too young to comPre-
Atnerican • scientist .ivas iri 'tend, •
genie' he. fell in with a card nlayer who. My, great.grandfather. one tiee• Mikan
told him tha.t"taivays' atter *the first
efet•Atr hreoucnedrds s11as ththe egyawmeerhe edekanlet.w; dhseomree-s AP'
. :1:e:: aged friend
' • 4: •
-cegnitid Mina by . difference so
I. can remember how hie Yoked was
slighe that another man could not de-, • mit ,
teet it when it WaSPdinterl'out to htsrl.
But, what he said I could not .under-
- -Nsierethen Betel:diet ulentimied .an
t a nu ; • . •
ornithologist, and he says that 11115 Only these Words citing 'oddly in my
same pre -naturally Sharpeyed Man mine: • .
was greatly surprised wheli he was
-•--- "To burn . out like a Candle in God's
told that lalf a dozen kinds or spar. ,
rows Were fodding and [angina ..about. hand!" . , • ,
-vvnat- other-wordslin iiitered IC forget':
the house. He had never seen - any These are like rubleo frOln a ring ilth
difference in them, , he 'said. In • size,. rolled .
-.c°14r.- elms' and antinandt-"Ydn'al'a afl--ThatelneitiedlltigeheiValtstodbeekediit-
alike„ andhet alt sang and twittered When I•learn better how to work with
like, so tar as he had ever noticed. . gold.' .
Native atagontand, like other sav-
Yet when he spoke them, all Idid Was
age peodal s, 'have .very keen eyes for . stare .
certain. t inks, things which their And weeder alt the whitenees of his
modes °filth! have `niade it indispens-
:able that they shonld noticein other
matter or deurselthey • excel words, they are dpecialiats, andas.ta:eetr
,oWn particular line. But it dem net
follow that they have better eyee than
are pinsiesitid by Men of cfvllfzekl
.cotintries; .• • • •
• Bet the tcr Add a tevereed "s" in
the Middle -of. a printed page and the
tears Would run down, their brown
cheeks and they **Mild give nip the Minard'aLtnimentioe. Glow iii.cows,
gers in .sight, and Che,few of ua who,
had -Venture& Out were Warned that we
must .not/stir from our seats.'
there we sat and looked at the •
worst storm I have ever known. I have'
never seen the wares run So high as
they ran that'day. They
ing precipices:, and 9.tir groat ship
climbed straight Up then. till 1 Was
sure that nothing tould.Save 'her from
failing over .backward; then when she
gotto the top' she 'literally plunged. '
headforemat ever 'the edge, •and
pro/polio:se:sticking straight Up in the '
air, raced Eke marl rtnd threetened to..
.taektheshtpt� pieces. - • r •
• The ladyfront the Middle West
kelted- en. -with 'deep interest. •Present:-
ly,:-CatalVng sight' of the captain, she
hailed hint The captain saw her sig.%
- nal, anti tseked on his dIfficult course
to 'find ont What she wanted. Shouting
at,the tell Of her roke;.slie saki, "Ow
tainl ac. you think we're going to
have a storm?"
.:•,,The_captain stared ether .then.
'claimed; "Goal' Lord, triartaint Good, - -
Lard! What -under the heaVena do
ion call , • .
With, that he rocked off oj)his heav-
ifig way, cluteldng. at .Whiftetier ' woe
fixed soars to keep himself from fall-
ing..
4 When he was otit of, sight the lady
-
turned toward wkii and With a puzzled -
air -Inquired, "Do you suppote he
meant that t,i.,e're having ,a storm
now?" •
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stantly weaving itaelf into the fahrl•
1 our career, beaniftik ti part ef (Mr.
IselVes, increasing the power,. of 'our
mental Magnet 'to attrract•thdore things
we most ardeli*IyAlsiiire.
, • If top-notch effort yields you tits
happiness; there's something wrong
either,with yen. or yottr effertil, fitt
down and do some analyzing. e.),