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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1902-4-17, Page 7The Strike tit At Little's. be to seberne the plots the men were HOW A PEON CARRIES. scheming in hope of btinging Liit s Io their knees. And it seemed to Mary Caseell that there was some-. thing ominously significamt ht the fact that Stains had been the one • ' out of five hundred odd who bad called to know if her husband was in. Thed Stains heen following ber husband? There was a bad strike up at Lit- The man who is carrying it is a ' Very heavy is the beam of timber which the man shown in the accom- panying plettire is carrying, and yet the burden is not really so onerous as it eeents to be, since it is so poised that its weight rests as light, ly as POssible 011 the inan's back and shoulders. ties . and the locked -out iron work -1 H , - ths- in the mines of that country. Like Had he waited outs 1 e, i Mexican, who for years Is worked ers weie) desperately resolute. Just some shadowon the chance deternunea were the „meters. covering something more then what- ' ever he bad learnt; and hod he watched Cassell leave the house Again, and thought it a fair chanCe to see what evidence of Cassells per- fidy might be visible there? The idea fitted in with her knowledge of the man, whereas the notion that he had actually called to speak with her husband did not. The two were rivals still; starvation's bond had bound them in no sympathy, and Stain's steely eyes still gleamed when they fell' upon the face of the woman be would have wed. "There -s 111 a-growina” was Mary's final conclusion, "anSam is at the 'andle end of IL What'll I do?" 'Messrs. Little 4 Son. Black ss the teem of the men were wont to be With the grime of toil, now they were bleeker still with the passion Of hatred for the two ricll men wile Were as obstinate as themselves aad ttronger. The attike fund was gone; erecitt there was none. Every man's family were hungry, hollow-eliceiced a -ad inlia.rse. 1?.very day fresh famil- ies were thrust from their homes in- to the streets, snow -clad. or frost - hound, or sodden with rain -thrust Dot bodily, scant goods and all. Lit- tle & Son were behind the landlords: tattle & Son were wealthy, and away the power of gold: jaarery day Sbe glanced hungrily at tile knee- • the men gathered together . five hun- kW' 0E bacon Ogahle, and Winced. tired of them. and '3,153wed that day "Is that the Price 0(10Y Mater silo should end the strike, for Little 4 ' imittered- "IS tluit, and thema'--i Son should give in; hut noon Came. nodding at, the other pactseges-"to dragged on to eretting,;„ evening, to tennh112 num to lay luesellf o11t? nigh1. and still the strike went, on. -1-C°t 14 23•I5- lumina is 3+1.417;. att. :ray and the Viten Sit/Wiled t0 their bottles,' triats is as g30.1. a% 1111 :Whatever kind of places they were,',suatelted up her shawl and' growling threats against Litt,e ao.liihoosi it aver het' ilead and should." Solt smelt as aught have turned '* • 41 t th` mane 111111 the inn red None Little 4. son dame: went away, lockiog the door 44 444 1tt their dinner. her. s, of au deaparoto trit;,,rs .1.1. Willi 11 E:tt Itopg•less mission, *"-* • h •.1 • •-•- t .1 to I-4 o • the truth haps the west desperate was James , • :Casale!, Tessa w 100 e„ r o Ilion ami wits gOilig Lit1107s g-reat 11 own hunger .1 0 +think about___ther, 011s0 lear11 it • 1V012141 tile rich consent was ais wise nd aomit, other of entitles -yrs ever 1.0 Fee 1110 LitiWg Men 114111 Wilt 5 It1111 Childrt•n-' ""r strikr1 r`ig-eia" ivifr? She thought they would, for She intended' in Metmost of 411140 hade-Ime to e,„,4 „ 110110 of them west their hintile's --1"lig ill 3 111."'lg+0 10 SO' 1110 Mat. • gel, ow as *44 c,as,;ors for ter was must tig•gent atld cigncerneti no loan itt the town a Grittily 101.'ed jatnle.'1 she ei31elklated' *II 44 " 4441 ht -.b tall were the 1115 Wife and rhild as he loved histhee saythey would be too !pier- 1%issell. was big itu4 Is 125421 with' ested by Ixer message not to receive. a !newt oS teraavraess. Ile wore!. her !! a 141 141* which g+.1.4'W 4411 ;4114b)St 713 111717 nateirtil logic stood her in, toile pees, bat which wills not •ece good stead. The may difficulty slte':, *11474 Mit 0110 4.011111 100 SVe encogiutvred go;•;ks in gettieg the. foote l'amt naintb. U;Iala; 11l'Inided, nallt o34re44411. the doer to Mae ?Mort:fug teitt‘r, Morning Cassell lefther lateseage i*4. his home; his wife. and boyto sen Sine 51 4* 610 444444.44 wromied (10 1102'. .1110 atrihe 'was gailIgnight af-. iter mission to 44e4 4444144111 *4 ter Waite Ii4. went baeit with ato;;statactnng,- ;Amid such light and warenEW news to tell, no food -to give, tto:itancl ef 4111r Ite10170 114e two ?,trave tten- 11.10114'1; 10 5114,'n41, with his waist -II Ilt,14teat• She plunged strigight into tarap u. hole tighter ated 14 what she had to Foy. a1111 09 Sho. dartier look titan 42e1 on his face. (eitidL*. the, grove eepreesiou 44(111*fent Otte night he did not return vivant the faces Of her hearers - eery much later than usual. 4111W "1 trtde your laislhatoil 34 15 !wen: alary Past:ell was growing very anx.•'here. alre. Seid the white - Ions for hintfor iti such glint Oates 'haired Mr. Little. glancing at the:, no one knew what might happen 'sou; -but he alitl nut come to re-! next, when le) pm:shed the door open port to us the plots of the ntri1 ers. and entered. Ile kissed her as, that iS 11011e by ille ;OW he had not done since the early daysI may hay. alone has heel* the regrUlt Of the striae, with almoSt, hoyish eN-11 for our Itoldhog ilgtii11111, tie men's. Zitesnettt. and glanced joyfully in 'the' terms; but we could not eeneede :oriel' of the roomwhere point while: the men threetened. and' tie s1i111111.F. nieePing. lay. Than he' if any or 1 h Ittutv &crime; threats amen to empty his pochette of things bad been carried onte-tho that tilkel his Mary with speechleSsIl blown up„ ior instance -ewe should' a -owlet -meet. There evere butter cold above shut. (limn. Hever 14) open 3415' 41 test and a tamale of bacon, tigaia. Cassell knows this. The po-1 end sugar and rice. lice reported a teeek ago that thea "I'to stwiti ae.sela" ho said, sol- men bad eeased to USe threatS snotty regarding the provletonts. "an' against us. We wore anxious to don't !atom who's got the best of learn if this report Were reliable. and .114" 'Mediu se-tlwm or me." sent for the *Mittel' whom we thought 'Mary eprang tip and seieed Ws big could anti Would tell us the truth. UM+ 1017 We Were 01117 =Mang for the -Sold yereelf for them:'she ex- threats to cease to take the wee %timed. "An' what are yer goin' heel: gin the old terms. or bir some Xi do?" . threat to be eaeried out, for us to 11141747.14 310 (elute." he Muttered.' SIMI 110W11. We sent for your lius-' 'Cm goal' mit again." heed. and eeplained the matter to "jou. what )1 yet* mean? 1.3 the hun." 'ocheeets 'ate bought yer, T know "Maher unwisely." interposed the rtie the (leen and if LitIles 'eve smunger gentleman. 504014 (0111084 it widdy woe "f do. not think so. Your Moe emit itow. Take 'em back. jim; band fully corroborated the police lake 'len back where they come. I'd report, and in cousequence the foun- dry will be re -opened to -morrow. Your husband was anSious 1 con- vey the item; to the men -extraor- dinarily anxious, and, as did not aeth an effort to command a, 1701111- 251811 411111. gave ban money to ,suring inanner, "there's no prisott keep silent. That is all, my good nor grave in this job, so far XIS %%ammo. You have in) reason to (310W. 1104 there's rood." • think he has betrayed hiS "I couldn't touch a morsel," she strikers, or to fear that even if he she said, lookiug at the bacon with had he would be 331 danger of ego- aungry eyes. "if thought it was lence Irma them. Violence has gone paid for you. my Mall." 110 farther than it could go in words, 'You eat the food my wages* 12114 even that has ceased, bought, an the wages was paid feta' "I have explained all this to you, tue." he argued. "Pongee there ain't; the old. gentleman concluded, "as I none. that eau see." :want it to become generally hnown "Telt me who gave yer 'the! after tomorrow while we have held money?" she asked,. looking himi out against the men's demands while straight in the eyes. a dmi t ting they wero reasonable "No., when trade was brisk, as it, has since "Ten me!" "X.0, Mary no. Sec what it's bought, an' take iny word for it the men threatened us with divers nothin's wrong." perils unless We did. But nail to - Ile had not been gone again full morrow you and .your husband will twenty minutes when a knock fell on keep the matter secret:" the door. Before Mary could get to "We will, sir," said Mary breath - it the door opened and a man looked ?other starve to death thau die of eorrow on your grate, or 'eve a pris- on won between my man and me!" " "Ow yet- talk, Mary," Ile replied, beeome--I want it known that we could not give way simply because "The man 'ere?" ho inquired, look- ing round tho room, and his pale face darkening as his eyes fell on the provisions on the table. . "No, said Mary shortly. She was not pleased to see Sam Stains, for at, one time he was a. suitor for her hand, and Im and Cassell were bitter rivals. . "Back soon?" he asked, as if it really did not mattee. "I expect 'o will." . Stains - withdrew and closed the ' door, and sbe heard him muttering outside. This macle• her tmeasy be- cause of the look that had sprung in - 7. -to the man's face when ho had seen .the food upon the table, and because 'of what,hee husband Iniid said regard •ing the.way ho had obtained it.. Had he solo himsolE to Littles as a St), 'on the men's (lesions, and did the men suspect it? It .seemed possible: Mary understood that her husband would not coosider such- conduct tritifterous; ho would argue in his 5;1111)11.3 -minded w,ay that, his first duty wa,s to pro -vide for his wife and child, and. if lie could do so by warn - Mg the Littles of any illegal plots land plans that the strikers were !hatching, there was nothing on earth, 1 le no duty to his fellowestrilcers, no loyelty worthy of the name to make him" hesitate. Bet he would be run- ning through the deeest peril., If the men only half believed ,he was Lit- tle'e,spy ;his life would not lie worth a fair day's wa.ges, tor the mengwere ;141 1 desperate mood, 33 men mus and all the .strikers returned to work except one. Saul Stains was absent. To this day Little 4 Son do not know w1137, -London EIS :BEST GIRL. lie hurried up to the ()Dice as soon as. he entered the hotel, :Ana in mitred eagerly : "Any letters for me ?" The cleric sorted but a package with a IiegUgent attentiou tl t coulee with practice, then iliPPed one • very moult oue---on the counter. The travelling num took it witis a curious Futile. Ile smiled mere as he read it. Then, oblivious of the other travellers who jostassa bite, he laid It gently against his lips and actually kissed it. A. loud laugh startled him. • • • "Nora look here, old fellow," said [a toed vote.. "that won't do, you i know. Too spooney for anytlfieg." Said the tnevelling 2411111= "The letter is fienn toy best„girl," The admission was so maexpected that everyggix• stared. "It's Ito use, you've got to read it to us,” said. (tee of them. "We want to know till about your best, girl." "So you :4144)11." said the one ad- drtessed„ with greigt coolness. "I'll .give you the letter. and ,yott can read it for youriehes." ; "No,- Pil. i don't." said one Wil0 had been th•• loudest. in demanding . it. ; •hve iike to vitae' a little. bat we hope we are 44Y+73/7 ieltaett," other win' • f jobilltrlY 01111110.Yeti. auswer -there is tettlailtg to he "But I insist upon it." teas th• It is often los doh,: to carrY Pander: ashamed of, except the ;Telling ; teas logs of timber from olle Part 01 • that's a little :shaky. VII admit : titg• min0 to another. aud long ea- out she eere, pet -hetet: has touglit Imo how to place the timber on his heel; eo thet- a. will not prove an extiessive bur- . er sliame4,44-4etiv elt0111411 read 11 • .1.t the 100-u • .0 *0 1 t to east- 34414414t mot:, and acalge for ,50!44'- T11119 tweed. the other tooa the let- 41*1(1 - hr% r, • 3'4 na !First be 1.14•41*64143. then ettegleal 541' 1*a •ee - ;tl t • e ask.. ntyl many of pitionsix, „ip,,f 4414 4441 l4udkiii.(1 threw 1110F0 551111 3* 1'4t'5* AlesiCan FOlt. urott 3 480 ,ktoi 444.4144 rule. *1442* 2*1431 these UMIAK 011 their' 1141e bell trite Irtel; (if 1111,--1 IV,11111 11I5 have wondered why nodes or donke;y:t eyes. as a 1,•imibleil 1.51411 iii14111.17!•14 of ision. "Paiute; ! if I had a !mg. -letter ..)1441.4.tioin silent e(11 were not employed in them- stead. appealing arms into the Merry sky. She thought, it probable sl3o wonld 4*4144 About the "0, House a gr-viwvovv-444r#+--oe 011A,NGES AND RIIIMARD. , Illotbard or "pieplant," the stensef, .01 the leaves of which are 00011e1*5 and, eaten as sauce, is an excellent' vegetable, 'The flavor is very tart and the fiber stringy ; but, wherai thoroughly cooked. it is rendered" soft and digestible. It is a mild laxative, and is therefore useful in eases of chronic constipation. should not he indulged in to excess by persons suffering from gout 111/43 rlaeumatism, owing to the fact that,. it produces calcium oxalate in the! urine. This wholesome vegetable has 4 not received the attention it justly;', deeerves. For instance, in Germany!! it is still enittvated as merely a11! lornamental garden plant on account of its iarg,e showery leaves. Below, !are given three dxoice rteipes for nee; :lam both oranges and rhubarb Eeparate or in combination 4 Oranges -The two principal species of orange from which all others laat-e4 flissued are the bitter or sour orange, t ;or bigarade, and the sweet or Chinn - 1 orange. The 4111 4144,4'. rad; ell for "ZiitirAtls":1ZP rSetile.a1(fortI:e v 211; Sp4w -where it grows elm:Watt : ; k • Tho rine 01 twas orauge • tesett for: purpneee. eeel when eatelzedi ;it is a favorite tvitli tie* (7011fee440nerli )14118 well es with the chef. and the; 3(30303ms lignonr "tairacria," derives its dislittetito and snbtle flavor :roue' , :eteelingly useftdeli " - artig1 4.f 4Ib't+ nod:f should be eaten freelly when in sea.,,, son : they aro then "at Moir iteq." The Pace of ripe oranges allays' thirst, and may Ile retained by a , 4)441 448*. where ekists eorishierabie: ; gastric irritation and a tet1*3en1';.7 to; tomiting. lt is only in estretne east-% of gastrie tifmnider that orange 1441ee dttaftree-.•therio 1.4 140 (had S01110 Of the :;teif-.ers loitering an une,e,y tenni). haeinte le) homes., might !dell be 1(d-1:you'll ;iota. tee that fah) a4. i4231 ,ire,++11/11K 1 41 ON +e++7; ic-• ling outside the fouralrseta bolted model le-asekettec 4 14 1°11 1"+°:4.3 2 till 7:601. frl* 5(4 al,Oilli,tiefk <;,0%..., h4 -3r :11141 I 2:40; that 648 11 to almost around the foundry wane. the, hood Was late. bait teeny of ttie etrilows, gates. 4 " 1 240v.lik Deer Papa. -4 sa tui '""114; "'14411 311 4. 14'11." e •• - ihilia s Pair•••irtmiwg gi,"^;s)*thce 44. patetSheremeltdthegatebutfoundirs dotc 4 no 0420 there; the square before the; Your ri,',4444ro ils% awl lile3,s'!4:414.43; linrg4* " gates was 434"44'i'14'41 Wouileitaser what Y011. 4 lood p.110,,. 13.117 he 44ddi1 46414 06f aoratge .p441:4-.. 441 site could 4141. she Melted up :et thellasirle. furtorY, and as tile lootted.sontetiging 41 small cloud passed ileitis% the.; (3 3 4 . "IAIN"Li1 "hrt311"4"14'1A-4"".91.'12.43(-114 ehyIt followed by anothersexouta•"---------------t 'I Ileter.ivr•rt they 00:4. mode op.,: :Mil 14i10.14 1.14VIC,CrOgi..± • their C4al`,44114i34t 30444 and a tr.tin of ,J(141 s, they 8001104140 to rise front behind the Stack. drifthat away. 1 -Oh." she gat -41011. She 0011111 hard. ly contain the pleasure, the sight gave bier, The Weli1-1116li W1111helms, kindled, It wan maw weehs ' she sew the sinuthe that had meant bread and Meat to her and hers. ; But who could he kindling the fires',h Site could only think of one mom and lie was her hashand. hint1 1.313" '113 Son bad rounded their se -,*1 cret intention to re -open 1114. worts, next day, end he Would naturally ite 1 the 441.1212they would appoint to hem., tho fires. •t, Mary tried the gates but they Were; locked, barred and bolted. OS they :2 1141.41 been for 4110348past. Supposing----: A, terrible 1bought sprang into her mind. Supposing, the ort -repealed threat to blow up the 'West -Mill were to be carried 0441 that :night? ITer husband, the man who auled her life, the father ot her brown -haired Stains had called that evening. • What had he called to learn? Supposing Stains had been non pointed. or had resolved of his own Outlet., 40 carry out the :mini threat *42821. nigh t -had by soine strauge chance heard that her hus- band would be in the 111111! She t urned a sharp corner. and started bark to avoid a matt who was springing to the ground 4170111 a low part of the wall. As he set off af a hard, noiseless run she reco- gi • nized Wm, and she felt full sure her awful fear Was shadowed by the truth. for the 1114111 Willi 11(ille other , you 0,1044,itedg s T44. :a W40144114 WIDOW / thi4 latt,4 ettla old ifi'V . H1'4114101' " dd age te wool:Nile es mete the the beta, allot), 1,144,,,,,esoertiet. rerfect bbann of her youth, Yon 1,„„oa of ('*'42'-.441'4 aye sneer for wouder ia OW tins. has 1"41314+0 .4110116, itti111)4 tit fr•114. lptiertsvs,. You worsins how it is that her life et -ming the »,2,i,in fear do eetiene has 1 e-te, a long and happy tow. f„en t( 111 20 1,11,,, ,414 4,24; , 1,,4p 1,1,44 '[14'4'4' are ',nue et' the teamnas ; ; mi 41 eranite eaerepar. teteer witli snip 1,1+,,,,v+ ittAV 40 ferge 1 111',14.reo--(1)0413ea w,..i.o.r, rootgetatly remit it IS 4.4410 thiew ,, i! tooter latent piereed with a email she tole iii r 1,'4'241'4"SIMI 111 11.11111. weenie:1 elo-aet; strain elei remete ell onan ion" i"n 11"111 011 11° 41/".7, 4110 Witit11 11.1t1 itlg bet ihe thin. rehe alestered thi1 art 01 4.4(3441111. yellow rind; rut rind holt harrow deasant thiatts. , sttipe ailit sheave: by tratieg the 6l* .140.1 Itot ce1.0-1•1 loo ninth fro414 piets.s together lei- may he 4400(48* - ) ,'4' irhuggls. . :flute Lpgiehly, lletame all She made uli.giel.er mode thalie. oio.. pert -------------------- - ins , ene to len coupe:n.)1. :4 4'j • -4 i -4 .tite pithy renter and 1431 tteelitt, lint, ,108111 into prieersoise Isettle, brisig to uurruNt; 121,11 MS 1.I[13.1?. :a boiling point. add sugar and elan - She retained her illietione, end dill mt. helieest all the world aieked end 1113831,41, WOKAN'S MORNING 5.40 gT. Tasteful morning jacicets are es- sential to every woman's comfort and become an economy, inasmuch as they take the place of weists that eau be reserved for the latter part of the day. This pretty emodel is well suited to dimity. Lean, hotiste and all the familiar washable faltries. but in the originad is made of old blue atallic dotted with Week. the trianoing being stitching with Iiiack corticelli silk, and narrow ribbon frills. Closing the front. and holding the 24u419 1120 Carved gold buttons With a trzming of black. and at tho waist. iS 1111,2ek 10121 4240 ribbon howed at the centre front. To cut this jaeliet the 1440410414size, yards of inaterini 117 ineitee wide. tl Yards 341 feehes wide. or 2,a yards 44 inclieS wide will Ite re- quired. grease w bed as F es diesolted. Wheit pan make light biscuit, roll 4) 41 tiae doNglt. and ctm (girt the enit with the cutter. 445t as; ;eon no ,yosr short ld,acquit. duidier. Inthe ft•e'-iter. and ?le ly uniform in 4•21ze• Of ail the dried Fohot nane is better than tile 1114140 To c•o34. wash them thqtrotagitly. "%or night in cold watt.e.• enough to 4 -oleo 111;e444, tihee v.ery sl.;•;tt-tly for !wit or titre'. haetrs. feet a pc•r••eg ny, tender 115% not cool; tili th.v art) 4iro4i•n. $eason with waile 1,111131, wild lemon. cre.1421. \1410wo, ud,47; ieto 44 44:04iceete4 seep by Itiattilig theta 411414:14431 a .2444141,. 4,43*44 1,14.341403 gun g4*''13*47 desitel ,'4*143**t3�,5' 434144.4114 With 44 bit 1%* iit14V++++1' etiratexi 411.4 • I:V*1W 'Tito 14.401.s mai heat:lies ellimm Ore:sae!. 2.14•11441 rablied over ;vita a 2*')''.' !Ott., boiled ifivseed efter wasittog, and bele rehired, with 4,t, 44)41 (444'.4414 till eeery tefetigo of oil 14 4,41208541.3, Special care is needed 314 efe:3331r3t' init MIS 4,3n thcco. mad flatly tery etiolate moieleteed whiting el:wad les te lel. or it is apt to lea•ve a wine. white mark on the Wood, whivit 3,3 (Ntrenely difficult to re-. 14441;'.»1 ti breshing the whiting 4)11 xifter sleatting lie careful not 144 eel...telt the ebotte. for 0140e 'NO, MI ILI VI'fl Ile' 1111-0.ritlitt• and gently f„e owe Neer. 140, not1. Ole eels 014. leita eief t 103 sympethized with the sorrilefel. ; boil herd: nseistare etatioratee too . was Las inat diery. It lied hetet Sir* iirtrr 4.9444"4 lb"! Nrt*riis repi(1ly: k41141 421441 11Z -I) thin 0.; Inf.', *44% 14 hint us a 1141 *1411 preeent. Wel 111111 -1 amlle 1,4184 1111thing• 144" (If lemon dud, ellewleg one lemon%tent 3tl+1111it3 141 41+ 11:41 l'i45o1 with 71 4)14e..14-85 t 1V217.11i eS 411 41111 diW1.11117^ ; Lo five 441.,1144 eS: (lint itegr 184,113:, irea tact sire 1111104I118g (4441 aged, ne•ring for 11114* hour Imagor; pour i front. „ Sh" "1" 11140 (*411241*5 , 4.4",. "1"1". 3); 4.34155, eggter with a thin; lie 111e4t.1 leegin well kind 4. 4* and aow that oid age laeer ot paraIlito teem' ;old putso he carefully wrete, "Got up at has eeme to her, told there is a halo , away. : eetee,•" Then. tteetwilieg 2411 WI1I10 IMIr 4411001 1414. IIP;01/ She IS' tyron!_;(1 and Ithltharh Mar112a38411..-s, Lions. ht.' took it to his gotallaa.e for 1 and 'eansidPrini, t lig l'repare sieleiet emir saiemed oteinges '11)1)1115 -*1 vette- law eyes dilated !'e4.f."1 nf 11)844 3211."nd 114/131IY , as for 4m1ego nalrnialede. bee' mouth opened Math) hint ohe oranges into eighths, 211114020 the feel eneouffortable, end he woulleted than Sam Stains. "Stop!" :she cried, when she lutd , thrown off her amazement 10 some' extent. But, the man wee elreadH lost to her sight. It was uselees to run after him! she could never eatch hinn and even; if she could- his capture would not save the situation if it were what she fearcd. Without allowing herself longer tot wtinden; she began to attempt to scale the wall. On her third at- tempt she got her hands on the, ledge, her boot in a chink, and was able to draw herself up It, was an ugly drop on the other side, for tile ladder which Stains had apparently used had been dropped back to the. ground; bet she did not hesitate. As, het. feet touched the ground her right ankle gave way, and Avith. 0. moan of , pain she fell In a heap. For a moment or two the pain of the sprain blinded her and made her forget what she might have to do. Then she raised. herself and looked across the yard towards the West - mill. What she 5922 chilled. the '4411111 - row in her bones. It was a small light, the size of a 'pea, perhaps, but. hi, the deep statdow of the West -mill it was clettrly visible to her. And it sputtered. She tried to rise on her feet, but sank on her knees and began to crawl toivards the burning fuse. • It was a race between thefuse and her- self. Weield she .win? Yard by yard she -drew eeares to it: She grew faint and sick with pain, fear, and excitement. , "I can't do it," she groaned. "It's g, °ll.sig$:he said 14. ' it AShe. 8114? a figure suddenly dart out of a back door- way. The next instant the fuse spluttered vividly, as 12 12. had been dashed to the ground and Stamped "Jim!" she eried, "Jim!" "Mary!" said the voice of her hus- band, in geeat surprise, "what are you <loin' 'ere?" "f. was .21f she panted as she fainted.. Little opened c:i; noon neitt .day lessly. "1. am only the W3441 of one of the strikers, but I say ITeaven bless yolt, geetlemen, for giving in." "Ybu can call it that, if you like" said Mr. Little, Smiling. • Mary's heart, was battled for by happiness 'and fear as she left the ironfounders' house and made her way to the town. The prospect was delightful, but the situation full of perils menacing that prospect, If the night passed as the other nights had done, without any violent acts on the part of the strikers, and Lit- tle 0.1 Son remained in their belief that the strikers had ceased to threaten them, the lock-outswould be raised at nom But for the last few ,days the men had been threatening less in words but more in looks and gestures, which was significaat; .and there was, Mary felt assured some desperate plot afoot. If (hat plot were fixed for execution that night, and carried oet, thevery worst would come of it, And 'what had the men to deter them? If the men keen' what she and her hushes -4d knew the situation would be safe. But they did not! Was it not her duty 'to 'tell them, hind them not to be- tray 'that she had done so, and so arrest them in any evil designs they had conceived? She felt it. was, But how Was she to hunt up five hundred leafing men, oe pick up 'just those WhO might happen to have been ap- polo led to execute seine tareat til 41 See quickened her s. tees aad made in the direction of Um 2011114114", witose t gaunt ,stnokestacks stretched up, like 111 II: CO 1.0X1 13.1 . CO 1):At: 1;:. seeds anti pith, put into preeert ing whether a nyoue luiti been teineeeing kettle. add tell tionItti8 of rhuh.o•h with his literary production. It is !dated that the tiers roius for 1:e,",t hlt° "ut?'",2",lif 124011 pieces 4(41) not 1 'Tim up 1.- 1-141.. 1.11:10'14111041. "got tiw, es,haas dicer jet s,,il par ee,,,t tlihlit it Faring 1(2 11, boilitig point , up ! You itxteglity boy ! Does the ticuiars from thoee that are heieg tate! coot; ql•igt*- 1111115 17d2alai.8: add snit get up ? No : it riees " 4;:isni:4111.,,:powtheTiiiiel;i_ltahvoNiii,eutt.ilfik:Nri.r011:2$12:.itei 0:tligiiiiit 1,1i:(114.1,111:11::ti of icitt-ii:si.lagtgli.le::;414 geilli,g:44.ti.11*. ,.. baa;:le.i?;01111s01421:41"vill.2.147,1; .4ei;tantdellnelda(liellat :jig by th„. de smiat,a. ihe ia,eie:her te • root Way be tilidell t0 Ittete if eou : write "Ileee at 1.41+5011." 'rids settled •.•••••••6 the !weal Atha. alai was alto emit.. desire it. SI111111er tut' i1014r.. Master Toni 1/0 111x111. 111b+4.41.C.t. 414 ukis,ionett th1 the English coin,-•e•tvereti' Put "It° '1"14" gl'1""*. "‘""• this hi" for him; °gal° iut„. Hci has, howom. tivatol the • er with a thin layer of patettlin. ' on retiring for the night he 1 • 1 f • I • t' 1 • I „"tiloce ett‘ers ell told pea away. I svrt)tt., nith the air tt matt whoI*I P.. • . . •, ithnitarh Sauce -4'1410210 pound of i. knew his business well, "Set at in quite a deferent. manner. As in . ra,ihst" , i into 1 hrise.-ff/lirtilS 131031:reight.'" some of the issites of the Vieteru ia: itiotti„..Ibe h t ,...t., t . (,pieees witlomt peeling. Wash. dnian: is and pet into halting dish with one! cup of granulated sugar, one and i A IlOCI- CENSCS. ing the -crown. The head, too. smaller, with inert. of the bust 4144 '4l'' end King Edward Is portrayed 0"411111 inch Piece Canton 1 A foreign correspondent has just. -and throe shoe ings of lemon peel seta to England a copy of the Euro - in uniform, with t he illibon of Lite thrce-fourths hull long. Coter and pean dog census, a perusal of svhielt place in m 1444 he 44311 43 rhubarb is , afters iconic amusement . France IlEMARKAIILE tender, volume from oven. Cooi and gaily leads the wtvy with 2,804,000 se1-4e, This is the correct wily to • dogs, au overage of 75 to every There has been added to the South cook rhubarbiloth ginger autil 1,000 human beings. Trish dogs. Kensington Natural Illetory Brauch lemon may let omitted. I curiously, come next with a. per - plaster east of &endow, to represent rentage of 13 per 1,000. England of the 13ri sh 24111S0111141 a full-size Garter. has ooly 38 per thousand. Germany earle FOlt ITOUSISKEEPERS. twentieth century. The statute is s 1 A anen Orleans chef 1411, aid Sweden only 11. It is state the muscular development of the 411 -like tts a WO ill plaster inveighs! ed that Germany claims to have. al- lifecan against the usual method of cookinemost two and a half million dogs, possibly be ; but i1 is mit impro- turkey with the back to the bottom , Ituesia only one and a half million, atble hat ill the course of time it of the pan. Ninety-nine out of 41111(1 Turkey, oddly enough, only material, The cast is unique in that positiou. The right Wtty is to place hear that in the Vast territories of It is equally surprising to may be e0Pied. in a More enduring hundred place the turkey in that , 11.)0•0(10. it Wag taken While ail S0.14(1022'1 the breast down. Then the meat, in- the United States the estimate is museles were "fixed" -that is, Ile stead of being dry and tasteless, is only front one million to one and tt raise(1 them to their highest ten- sweet and Juicy an1 riehly flavored. half 111111 1011, sion while the plastei eas [1)141)144 put All the role flavoring of the turkey, on. There is said to be no other and the juices of the dressing flotv statue of the kind in the world. -. AN OPEN 1,7. ITOIlfeerirtischileteAlt111111edisl fhtte.;ty- oift lildb ttielfoao,1 1021 -the slowness of 3011111 older people to. take a. hint. It, is often quite a. In order to facilitate dietetic haat- tanced, for it certainly "stands tO street ant good manners to be meat for patients with scanty means reason." tivet the chef is right, And obliged to reeaforre a suggestion an open kitchen" has been folleduCi if a turkey's flesh is thus improved, that, should have been adequate in down intu the breast, and when the white meat is served vett get all the A KEEN SENSE OF SMIIILL. .One of the sorrows of childhood is by charitable persons at Berlin, and has already a year of useful exist- ence behind it. Pon -tions of food are obtained front the "open kite:lieu" by tickete, which are $0111 at. a very low price : but some of the out- patient hospitals (policlinics) at Berlin buy a number of these tickets and distribute them gratuitously to needy patiente. Charitable indivi- duals hale likewise bought, the thick- ets and distributed them to those in want. During the first year of 11,44 existence the kitchen provided 36,000 portions of food, some bottle, con- sumed on the premises and others being seat out hot to patients. Why 1104; 411118 of 41. chicaen also : Many a housawife who thinksshe knows the best. way " to eradicate grease' spots, the meet. common of ell stains, *Inds that witbin a few weeks after treatment the garment has an .unsfghtly ring where the spot wee. This was (lee to the fact that when the stain was rubbed and Gm grease loosened, it, lacking an absorbent; sprevel itself into the sur- • rownding fabric:. ThiS is the right w.ay to remove a erease spot : Take benzitie, e;aseline, turpentine, or best of cal, ether, and moisian te large ring around the grease spot, gradually working toward the cen- ter; when this is :readied, immediate- ly saturate two pieces of Netting paper with the spirit, place One heeeath the other on top and Press with et Weight. By this means the Croquet iS tao .direet descendant of the old English game of Pall Mall. It assumed its present form in ire - itself.; A little girl, calling at a neigh- bor's house, sat near a plate con- taining apple -parings. At last, un- able 'to keep silence any longer, she said, smell apples•" "Yes." returned her hostess, "it's thOPO parings.- • said the little girl, solemtay. "I smell whole apples." TOWERS AS CEMETERIES.. The "towers of sileece" are two tall towers used by the ParSeeS 4.1:74 (.101411et0'I1,S. alley ; never bury tapir dead, but leave the body exposeitton the top of oue of these towers aned: tbe elm and the rain and the jowl."( of the air have cleaned the bones of 14.41- flesh. Then the bonen are colleet- ed ttlid 441 4.4 hi (ho other towee. ,