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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1913-10-9, Page 2In Waterman's Ideals it is a notable. fact that gold pens can be had to suit everyhand and character of writing. The more particular the writer the greater the satisfaction in suiting him. Back of the wonderful range of points in Waternan's Ideals, how- ever, are other essential features which ,have made for fountain pen success; the fatuous spoon feed, the ink -tight chamber, frictiota cap, Ideal Clift, practical shapes: pure Para rubber, the sizes, types, etc. Avoid substitutes. Booklet on won Sold by the Best Local Dealers L. E. Waterman Company, Limited, Montreal PiT_10te)4,,, ,,, ,,,,, , 410-01444 '' ''' ',,, . RO ►1A CL Penthorn Road was one of those oroughfares which have gradual - come to a state of shabby gen lity after aperiod of affluence.. The houses were tall and bleak fend fronted with grim stucco; all in hat manner which our forefathers ` ound so desirable. Once they had leen expensiveo u e a .ted houses ten us , n by eople of wealth and social stand- ing, but now The Gables, half -way down the road, struck the only firm t¢iote of resistance to the general air of decaying prosperity. Curtains Always hung primly in its case- ments; the frills of the muslin win- dow blinds alwaysseemed newly etarohed, and the ,steps of the front (door were always a, marvel of !whiteness. People wondered why Miss Mar- ;garet Weston, who lived there in •state with her servants, did not move out of a locality which wae de- teriorating so rapidly. Some bolder .spirits even asked her why she stayed on at The Gables, instead of letting it, and departing to reside in a street more befitting her qual- ity. To these Miss Weston answer- ed gently that she had lived in The Gables most of her life and had no desire to change now. Miss Weston always . answered `everybody gently, for gentleness was the essence of her being. The neighbors referrd to- her as an ``old maid," but, even as they used the .(phrase, they knew it,.. wee not the exact term by which to describe her, There. was none of that. sharp- ness about her which the epithet .of ""old maid" habituaily implies. Long ago, when she was a. little ,orphan girl of seven, her uncle had adopted her and brought her to live 'in Penthorn Road. But now both her uncle and his wife were dead, and Miss Weston was left alone in the old home, save for the servants. • Rather a pitiful romance, was Miss Weston s. • It was simply the old story of the man who had not dared enough, the man who had leapt to false conclusions and gone out of her life, to leave her alone. Sometimes, when she tenderly took a packet of letters out of her bureau, there was one particular missive which she had not the heart to re -read, for it was -too sacred with poignant memories. But always she remembered the night when it wae handed to her, She had only to close Jser eyes again to visualize the scene completely. She saw herself, quite young, sit- ting before the fireon"an autumn evening. She was trying to under- stand something. Why . had her cousin, Harry Dutton, gone 'off to the Colonies without a word of fare- well to her 2 He had made quite a sudden departure, though he had told her that he was going. And yet he had never said good-bye to her. And while she was •seeking to un- derstand his attitude., the small son of a neighbor had come into the room shamefacedly. "I say, Miss Weston," he blurted out,, "I'm awfully sorry; but I clean forgot." "Forgot what `E" she asked, puz- zled.. "Why, this letter: Mr. Dutton gave it to me to give you. He want- ed to make sure you'd get it the same: evening,' I've just remember- ed it," • "When did he give it to you V' she : whispered. "Last Thursday. And I'm awful- ly sorry---" "Last Thursday," she said to herself, when the small boy escaped from the room in relief, "That was two days before he sailed !" She opened the letter and read its contents. "Dearest Margaret," it rest,- "As you know, I sail for South America the day after taenlorrow. Before I go, I want to ask you something, but. I fear it will be too much to ask you. You must have 'guessed that I love you. I know it is, presumption on my part to aspire to your hand, for you are the odopted daughter of a rich man and I am only the ne'er-do-weer son of a poor blether. But, I mean to make money in South America. I want to come• hone and marry you There, I've blurted it " out quite bravely 1 Will yo uivarry mea I want you to wait for me. "I suppose I'an asking too •much, but I •shall hope. If you 'reply to this note, I will come and say.good- bye, but if you do not answer, I shall know what you mean. Yours, Harry." There was the. explanation. She went to her uncle and ,showed him the note. He counselled cables and letters to Harry, but, ou the voy- age, Harry altered his plans so that the message lay waiting for him and never reached him. And he never wrote home; he just droppedout of everybody's life. • Would-be suitors dangled about Miss Weston for a, time, buts receiv- ing no encouragement, went off elsewhere. Friends 'married, 'ae- quaintanaes 3.71,0V ed out of the neighborhood. Margaret grew from agirl to a woman, froma woman to an old maid. And still she waited for :Dutton in the house where last he had seen' her, and where again he might seek her. II. Sometimes she epictured his re- turn. She saw him whirling up to the door magnificently in a motor- car. She saw him on foot, tenta- tively examining the, old house from the further side of th eraad. Al- ways she .pictured him.coming back prosperously to seek that . bride whom mischance .heedso long with- held from ,him. And then, one day, quite unex- pectedly, she met him in the street and he was woefully shabby and down-at-heel and his face bore lines of want and recklessness: "Harry l" she faltered.. "Har- ry 1" The light of recognition leaped into his eyes, but he shook his head, "You're home again !" she.: ex- claimed. ``I— I've been expect- ing you. I've been waiting for you !" "Expecting me? Waiting for me he muttered, astonished: "Ever since you went away," she said, simply. "Waiting for you in the old house. There was a, mistake I never gnat your letter till it was too late. And then we never heard where you were. But I waited." "You—you're amaking a mis- take," he. said slowly. "I don't know you !" Ile swung away from her at that. Miss Weston took s few •steps after him, but a faintness came over her, And when she could see clearly again, Dutton had.' gone. But even now her simple faith in love did not abandon her. "He'll come hack to me one day," she said to herself, going slowly home. "He known I'm wait- ing for him.. He's ashamed of him- self because he's poor. As if that mattered!" Indeed, it was quite a cheery M:is Weston who arrived honae at The Gables: And now every rnorning the thought was still stronger in her that thee day her lover of long age 1 might Ball to see ,her in the house where last he had left her. But the days ie;lipped by, and though often glanced from her windows,.- ,she 'saw no sign of him m the street outside. And so a month, these months,. another six month$, passed by, xTI. "Gentleman to see you, mum !" "A gentleman to see me, Janet I" asked Miss Weston, in surprise. '‘How strange i" A cater of any sort was indeed a rarity at The Gables, Miss Westonrose from her chair. She was trying to persuade bersel:f that it •could not possibly be Dut- ton utton who had come to Penthorn Road after all these years. Al- though she had hoped for hiss 'com- ing every moxlung, it suddenly seemed to her that this was alto- gether too much to hope for. She went downstairs slowly, hold- ing tightly on to the banisters, and steeling herself to meet disappoint- ment. But it was Dutton who awaited her in the roombelow—Dietton far better dressed than -when *she had seen n him last and now holding him-. •self with a resolute bearing "Harry !" she exclaimed, holding out both her hands to him. "So you've come back'? I knew you would—I knew you would`!" "I ,had to come back," he said slowly. "1 wanted to 'see you just once more before I went . abroad again," "Abroad again 1" she. echoed. faintly. "What':s the good of my stopping in England 4" he asked. rt'There 's nothing to keep me here. Abroad I shall do better, I did, not do well when I was there before,, but that was .because I had nothin to work for, I had last you and—" He stopped for a moment.' "You thought you had ;lost me, amended MiGs :Weston :softly. "I—.'I knocked about e bit over there," he went on. "A rolling stone, you know. Then I had a whim tU come back to England. I —it's no good disgnising it—I was on the downward path: I'd Iost in- terest in things — worse, I'd lost in terest in myself. And then one day I met you onthe street. • You re- memberS . The man you remember,• ed as ' Harry Dutton' was dead then," 'he said, "and" in his place there was a mereshiftless ne'er-do- well. I felt utterly ashamed to 'find your eyes on -me.. I saw' you still believed . in me, long after I had. lost faith or belief in, myself. And -and I resolved to ,try again to live mi life straight." "And *now 7" "For close on a year -ever since that day—I've struggled. I think I've left the wastrel behind. I'm trying hard to be the man you thought mo to be, and I think rem succeeding.'' "And you've conte back et testi" "Yes, I wanted to isee you again, not as I was that day you met me, but as -I axn new. I wanted to win back a little of your respect.' "And—and you're going abroad again 4" "Quite soon: I've no tees,. no wife or family," • "There's me!" pointed out Miss Weston -with 'unprecedented bold- ness. "Have you forgotten ree'i" "You'?" • he said in amazement.' "You don't mean—" "I've e waited : all :these years for you to come back to me," ,she re- plied steadily. "We • wereparted by ill -chance, but I was loyal to the memory of you, for I knew you'd return one day!" "And =I," he said, "hive been. true- to you in word and deed, be- cause all my love was with you: Other women" -he dismissed, them with agesture, "You were always the only woman in my thoughts." "I knew it, she said simply, a.nd. told him how mischance had ,led their paths apart those many years ago. "Ah, if the past could but come back again," he said. "If only °I were younger ! But now I cannot ask you to marry me. I'M getting old, I'rn poor. And you—you're rich, I suppose, and you haven't altered in the least," . Gently she smiled dissent. "But I have something to tell you," she said. "Uncle George left nee all his money, •but he left this House to you. Nine years Ago he died, and we inquired ,about you everywhere. We advertised in the papers, too, but could get no tid- ings of you," "Nine years ago l" he answered. "I was up -country then. I stayed up -country three years. That was why I was undiscovered.' ,,Well, nine years' rent ' is yours," she told him. 'rZ've, been keeping it for you, waiting for you to come back. So, you lase, you're not quite ,so pooras you thought, "And not quite so rich as l'd dike to bei" he sighed. "I'd like to he rich: enough " He paused, "To what V' queried Mies Weston anxiously, "Surely you're not go- ing to balance rie,hes against happi- ness 2" "I've got my prick," he held, ertubbornly, "Arid you've got your house," she said. ".And I'm goring to shove AI Lr OAD 0.0 Telegraphy Goursos cf the most Rom late and luoderu kind taught right at your owu home layp Shaw's Telegraph stud Railroad School, x Gerrard St. !seat, Toronto• Write for particulars and sample !essence W. H. Shaw, Pres. out of it at ogee. You must come and live in your own house." "No, no," he replied, uneouifort- aby. "I shall go," she said with firm- mess, and added artfully, "though after all these years it'll break my heart to leave it. "Then—them let me continue as your—your landlord. The house is far too big for me;" "1 won't stay on es your tenant a day longer," she said. "And it's going to break my heart to go. Can't you see what T—what I'm trying to make clear 2" "No," he said, in perplexity, "I can't, And 'yet -but no, I'm too poor and ashamed to ask ` you to marry me:" ".Rubbish !" retorted Miss Wes- ton with the most asperity she had ever been known to show, "Either you're going.. to break myheart by making me leave the. old house, or else you're going to let me stop on as your wife, Which is it to, be 1" Her unwonted briskness gave way and she took a faltering step to- wards 'after after all these years—" she quavered, "My littlo sweetheart!" he whis- pered, and she and he forgot that youth had left them:—London An- swers. ANYTHING- INSURABLE. Everything and Anything Insured in England. Of late years -especially in Len- don—it has become quite common for gifted people -beauties, musi- cians, artists, and so forth—sq in- sure separately those parts of their anatomy on which their suc- cessdepends. An American actress, for ex- ample, who was recently appearing at a London' theatre, insured her eyes, upon whose power of fascina- tion she relied very largely for her effects, for £6,000. Similarly, Caruso has his voice heavily insured, whilst the hands' of Paderewski,the great pianist, are said to be insured for something like • £80,000, - Many artists, of. course, insure their hands; and not long ago a .noted scientist, on ao- count of, the heavy strain imposed by research, work on his eyes, de- cided to insure his vision, despite the high premium demanded: Countless "freak" insurances also have been effected, < To take a ease in point—a certain erstwhile society beauty, terrifiedlest her nose, which is at once her pride, and creaming glory, should be dam geed in. a motor accident, � has for ten years past regularly been pay- ing ata extravagant premium in or- der that she may, at least, get some compensation if a "road -hog" or unforseen occurrence . mar her beauty. Fact aid Fancy. Gossip puts two and two to - gather and makes nine. Beards are taxed. in Japan,. A good deed is better than gold, but not es negotiable The Dutch. consume the most to bacco , Some people never get any high- er than a, towering' rage. Baked bananas make a good brain . food, Airing other -people's faults never made them smell any sweeter. "America has most tramps,. True pearls are .often found in the cocoanut palm. Every man has his own peculiar bent, and that is why so many of us are crooked. Porcelain coins are a feature of Siam: REVIVED. Old -Tinto Health, Eating Grape Nuts. "I had been sick for,10 years with dyspepsia and a lot of complica- tions," wrote a Western woman. "An operation was advised, change of climate was suggested, but no one seemed to know just what was the matter. I was in bed three days in the week and got•so thin I weighed only 89 lbs. No food seemed to agree with m,e. "I' told my husband • I was going to try •some• kind of predigested food to see if I could keep from this feeling of oontinued'•hunger. 'Grape -Nuts and cream was the food I got and nothing has seemed to .satisfy me like it. . I never feel hungry, but have a natural appe- tite,' Have had no nervous;`.spells sinee T began "this food, land have taken no medicine, "I have gained so inu•oli strength that. I now do all my housework and feel well and strong. My weight has increased 9 lbs. in 8 weeks and T shall always oatGrape Nuts as it is .fat pleasanter than taking medicines." Nano given by Canadian Peetiian Co., Windsor, Ont. Beed "The Road to. Well - vine," in pl.gs, "There's a ems son," • ever riad the Above littler? A nay, b:ir appears iron, time to Limo, Thor art somite, truer and fUil at human iiitevatt, stesseeisesssesseesoaesheesess Selected' Reeipos. Sardines with Lemon ---Remove the bones and skin of the sardines .found the flesh, and with a, large piece of butter make a paste of it Add lemon -juice to taste, Spread w thiteh pasghertekiinns. a dish, and garnish Cinnamon Cakes.—Take one cup ful of molasses, one-half cupful of Wiling water, oneteaspoonful o isaleratus, one-half teaspoonful o salt, one teaspoonful of cinnamon, and then stiffen thema:attire witl flour until it will just pour. Bake in gem pans, and serve hot with whipped cream, Crowded Eggs.—Chop the whites of twelve hard-boiled eggs, and mix the yolks with a teaspoonful and a half of melted ,butter and a cupfu and a quarter of sweet milk, Sea son. with onion, salt, pepper an mustard, Add to this mixture th wMtes of townh, e eggs and one cupfu of soft-boiled rice, and bake to a light br A Spanish Onion Dish.: Take the skin from one or more large Spanish _onions.; remove the core, leaving a hole large'enough to in- sert a sheep's kidney, nicely sea - coned. For the kidney, minced ham can be substituted, Put the onions on a, well -,buttered baking - dish, baste them freely with melted butter, and bake until a. golden brown. Breakfast Disk. --Slice very thin half a dozen good-sized boiled po- tatoes. Put them in a frying -pan for a few minutes with butter; let them sizzle until thoroughly heat- ed,, but do not let them'really fry. Take six and boiled eggs, sliced, and one and 'three-quarters 'cup- fuls of finely chopped ham, ruoist- ened with a cupful of cream put potatoes, eggs, and ham in layers in a buttered baking -dish; sprinkle bread -crumbs with small pieces of butter and chopped parsley on top. Brown in the oven. Egg Salad.—Boil half a dozen eggs. Remove the yolks. Cut the whites in rings. Mash the yolks to a paste and season wall with salt, pepper and a, dash of mustard. Add half a cupful of finely minced ham. Moisten with a Iittle mayon- naise dressing. Roll into balls and place one ball in each ring of white. Garnish . with watercress and stuf- fed : olives . and serve with mayon- liaise dressing, Vegetable Soup. --Cover a good sized soup bone with three quarts of ld ; - coater " and cook. slowly for two and one-half hours. Add three teaspoons of salt, one cup of to- matoes, two medium sized potatoes diced, one medium sized onion into which stick three or four cloves, one carrot diced and one table- spoon of oatmeal. Boil until vege- tables are tender. A little water may be added if it boils down too much,, (The Ladies' Aid Cook Book, Charleston, Til.) Fruit Salad (half quantity ample). -One medium sized -pine- apple, three .. bananas, three oranges, cut into small cubes, pour the dressing over it;, let: stand on ice a half hour or mare 'before serv- ing with Golden Dressing Two eggs, oue-fourth cup light colored fruit juice (orange, apple or pine- apple), oue-fourth cup sugar, one- fourth cup lemon juice. Bean eggs slightly ; add the fruit juice, lemon juice and sugars Stir constantly in a double boiler until it begins to thicken. Cool and serve on the sliced 'fruit, (One Hundred Recipes, Battle Creek, Mich.). Fig Cake.—Five eggs `(whites), One-half cup butter, one and one- half cups sugar, two cups flour, two teaspoons baking powder,one- half eup sweet milk, one -hall tea- spoon each of lemon and vanilla flavoring. Cream butter' and sugar together until verylight, add flour with baking powder mixed in it by thoroughly sifting together, and milk. Add well beaten whites and flavoring last, Bake in three lay- ers and put together with fig pre- serves. Canned Asparagus. --Fill an as- paragus boiler nearly full of hot `salted water, bring it to a boil, and. when this. point is reached lay' the asparagus in the water. Boil un- til the asparagus is tender, but not until it is soft or broken. Take it out carefully, stand it on end, the tipsuppermost, in fruit jars. Tern the boiling water in which the as- paragus was cooked into the i', filling each to overflowing, and sea1 at once. Be sure that your rub- bers are in pelfect condition and that -the tops fit closely. Keep the jests in a dark. place. Good Things to 1Cnt►w. "Clean glass with ammonia,. Clean piano keys with alcohol: Clean wall paper with stale bread, Paint can be removed by rubbing with spirits of ttirpentiee, Unvarnishori furniture can be polished with beeswax and turpen- tree, Scratches on fuenituee can .be taken ,from varnish by rubbing with kerosene, Remove white sena ftoin f tulle tura by rubbing with camphoric,, Wash linoleum with wane soap water, then: Apply " equal parts of linseed oil andvinegaz tahad, 1741l/J 1 �1/ 7rr'4. 'Ig A° iirarev ems f THE CLE•AN,LJN ESS' OP sINKs,CLOSETE. BATHE, DRAINS. ETC., IS OF NATAL. IMPORTANCE. TO HEALTH: ; usg mot .0.11.110-.1114 TED ' oRTCOM COMPANY Ifsweet oil • is applied to the akin immediately after a blow -or bruise, it will not turn black and bine. When cleaning, use a child's long handle broom to brushunder the bath tub and under gas stove < in kitchen. It is much easier than reaching under with a cloth or shed handle broom. In making a cocoanut pie or cus- tard, soak the.eocoanut in the milk for a few minutes before adding the other ingredients, A liniment for inflammatory rheu A. liniment for inflammatory rheumatism is made by taking one ounce of pulverized saltpetre and putting it into a pint of sweet oil.. Bathe the ,parts affected. An external remedy that is good fora bad chest is an ointment com- posed of an ounce of pure white vaseline, in which ten drops each of spirits of camphor and turpen- tine have .been. stirred, Or hot gly- cerine may be rubbed on the chest,: which. -cover over " afterwards with. soft fine flannel.:" Instead .ef:using a flat irefec to steam velvet, try a soapstone tinct see how much better and smoother the velvet will be. Stains on flannels may be remov- ed by applying yolks of eggs enc. glycerine in equal quantities. Leave' it for half an hour and then wash out. Fold apiece`of emery paper in the centre and draw the knife re- pidly bale and forth several times, turning it from side to side. This is an excellent sharpener for paring knives. By placing thin silk between two piecesof tissue paper, you will f nd that you can cut it as straight as though it were a heavy cloth; there will be no annoying puckering. For simple hoarseness take a fresh egg, beat it and thicken with pulverized sugar. Etat freely of it and the hoarseness vrall.soon be re- lieved, A tight shoe may sometimes be made easybe- laying a :cloth wet' in hot water across where it pinches, changing several times, . The lea- ther will shape itself to the foot. An old tablewith marble top may be utilized for a number of purposes in the kitchen, such as rolling out pastry, cutting meat, etc,, and may be cleaned easily. A candle may be made to fit any candlestick if you will soften the wax by dipping it in hot water. Then push the candle into the can- dlestick. If its is too small it will squeeze 111; if it is too large, the soft wax will spread and hold the candle up. To prevent the contents • of a ket- tle boiling over on the stove wipe the inside of the kettle around the top with butter. Rine should be washed in several waters before cooking it. The best way to de this is to put the rice in e sieve and plunge it up and down in a pan of water, ' Hot water is far better than cold, for if the rice kernels heed been coated with pa- raffin the 'loot water will :wash it off This is impossible with the cold wa- ter,, By the way, how many of your acquaintance let their religion in- terfere with their business ? Constipation----* is an enemy within the camp. It will undermine the•strongest constttutialt and ruin the most vigorous health•4.,'' It leads to indigestion, biliousnes , impure blood, bad complexion, slag (f headaches, and is one of the most frequent cause, of appendicitis, To neglect it is slow suicide. Dr. Morse's Indian Root ills positively cure Constipation, They ate entirely vegetable in composition and do not e sicken, -weaken or gripe Preserve your health by taking r. Mors&s ds •