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Exeter Advocate, 1914-5-28, Page 24I1IIl uIft Sing -a -song -a -Sixpence, a. Pocket full of Rye, Four and. Twenty Black Birds Baked in a Pie. When the Pie was opened the Ki*ig began to sing: "That's the way I wart my chef to sweeten everything." rand Corn 5 So many kinds of delicacies can bernadewithCrownBrandCorn Syrup—Delicious Candies that are simple to make! Good to eat, too, becaue Crown Brand Syrup is absolutely pure. Think , of the fun of making these, and how little the cost. Q Kiddies love Crown Brand Syrup on bread. It is an excellent sweetener and lends a delicious flavor to cakes, puddings and pastry. drr Our Free Recipe Book tells how to use it in a host of dainty dishes. Send for it. Address Montreal Office: The Canada Starch Co. Limited Manufacturers of The Edwardsburg Brands 6 MONTREAL CARDINAL TORONTO BRANTFORD VANCOUVER The We ding Eve ; Or, Married to a Fairy. CHAPTER Z1V',--•(•Continued). "Very, very nacre,' Site answered etcgerly. "Everything 1 want, in fact. Ilut 1 ur-e. perfect little demon for spoil- ing my dresses. I never can keep any- thing decent more than a week or two. But I will try and take more care of thinge it you buy then for me.;' .;•lm accnmpanie(d this speech with an- other of those ,upward looks of •hers, :tarry blue eyes in liquid hlutah white, such a Iook, half -audacious. half-inno- gent: that only I.ilith could give; and, needless tri :lay, she had her own way about the hat and the umbrella„ and in- sisterd upon sporting both, and having leer old hat put into a bag for ere to curry. together with the shoes. I,u kily, it was September, and there was hardly arty one ataout. 1 do not car+e a straw for faehions as a rule, but I did not particularly relish being seen parading the fest lend laden with: such awkward -sized and shaped parcels as a wide. shady itat, a pair of new slipper`s• r, pair of old boots, and a large bag oC trnnboits. Lilith as a t'ainpa111011 was i11 herself sufficiently conspicuous. Her delight at iter new patent leather shoes with steel 1 twkles, and her big black hat crowned with marguerites, knew no bounds. She tripped along, wreathed in smiles, stop- ping' at every shop-whelaw, flourishing her new silver -handled umbrella, and every now and hien standing in the middle of the pavement to lift the edge ,1fher skirt and gaze admiringly at her feet. '-t eouiri sarearn for joy:". she contlde.d to me. "New. when I have the gloves 11,1 the handkerchiefs, and the watch ate th • purse. end the 1•0se0. I steal he. Perfectly happy, acrd ,hall want to dance it:ste d of 'w11k. 1'I rly a. decorous deuortiilent v,h11+1 ;:hopping in the West :End of. London 1,1111, 11 1)1.'ug 111 the West Eitrl had 1•t•,e,• nue of the items negite:la i 11, the. '1111.i,.rg' curriculum at :Woriand IIr••ae• '•lt yeti re311y won't have your 90.110ler eteetdteest to Bristol. you 'meet at least let me , h;;rter a. baptist for them." I :41 la. ate, forthwith hailed a. cab, -tier Hely.' she objected you nee go,nv I , g 1 rue 1(0111hing to eat? • ON w; Wase Day 25 i ori tt ,;15' 1t cents. Maines the C£otlies 0.5 Whitt AO Snow Try, It X Manetartiued 1Y 'i he• Jottesee-lt!chsrdlbti t:a L4,ntted, Montreal, Cgs. MINCE PIES 1 Pound of Lean Boiled Beef. 1 Cup of Crown Brand Syrup. 1 Pound of Tart Apples. One Half -pound Chopped Suet. One Half -pound cleaned Currants. 1 Pound of Seeded Raisins. One-quarter Pound of Citron, cut up fine. One-half Pound of Brow&1 Sugar. One-half Pint of Cider. 1 Teaspoon' each of Salt, Pepper, Mace, Allspice, doves and Nutmeg. 1 Tablespoon Cinnanton. 1 Cup of Brandy and one of Wine. Mix all thoroughly, and warm on stove until heated through. Remove from fire, and when nearly cool, add brandy and wine. Put in a crock, cover it tightly. Keep perfectly cool. but do not let it freeze. Will keep good all winter. :(9...""" rir--"r'` � 111i111111111111111111111111111111r v. •i���6 "I thought of that," 7 said. "We' will drive to Paddington, and I will get you some tea in the station—" "But tga in the station isn't good enough for me—not nearly good enough! is called the best «oclety, the good girls I want to have some dinner, Just when •of which are usually dull anal narrow - Yon have yours, 1 am sure you would minded; and the more amusing ones - too let me if you knew how hungry 1 ars," often scandalmongering and vicious in "But, my dear child, your traine--- thought, if not something worse. Too "Oh there are plenty of trains!" soon I should. be ` MI the shelf," so far tat nine---" even as an innocent sliopnitrg stroll with „The lat goes to Bristol stet a lovely :little .Bohemian was 'cont 8rned. "But there is a later 'cue at ten." and I determined to make the most. cif "It is not in the time -tables:" any girl of seventeen 1 had ever net, except—ah! fatal exception which 1 hated to remember!—the little models and grlsettes of the Latin quarter in Paris. Yet Lilith was perfectly modest in her manner, and 1 had clearly seen how angry, undesirable attentions from strangers could snake her. But there was a})out her tone, her looks, a.nd her gestures, a spontaneity, a sans -gene, which smacked CVtheworld of Bohemia,,, but which never for one moment sug- gested the cultured and decorous influ- ence of Morland house. Truth to tell, 1 loved her • better for that hint of untrameled vagabondage about her,for her tinging laugh and as ready tears, her- naive greediness and love of finery, and: her harmless delight in her own prettiness. 1. was :equally sick of the shams and the slang of what "It i:; only on Thursday during the summer. Besides, what does it matter it I don't gu bark to Morland House to- night? Mrs. Worland doesn't expect lee, and my friends at Weston -super -Mare think L have gone to Bristol. Why shouldn't T have e. lovely treat, and stay ih London, and have some ddnrler with you, aud go to a theatre---" "cabildl What are you 'thinking of?" ":>nd upend the night with liars. ;lack - "You must certainly go back to Bris- tol to -night" 1 :said, h a firm, Judicial tone; "but if you are a good girl You shall go by thelast train. First of all, we will drive to Paddington, leave these parcels of yours in the cloak -room. where'T suppose you left your tither>lug- gas;a-----" No; it's to be sent on from Weston - au per -Mare." 1 did that evening "Well, In any case, we will .drop all son, raise eae Battersea, as.fifteen tion alga aye." these impediments there, andfind out 1 < I -looked at her in dismay, Was It if that trait, you speak of really does possible that fifteen months of the care- go—" ful ful and expensive repressive training "13ut1 know it does—every Thursday. of 1Torland House, and the example of no you suppose that, living . there, 1 that most 'well-bred and exemplary Iran- shouldn't know?" tiered person, Mrs, i l fl1 oPe Worland, Then, I said,ignoring the fnterrup- r .tp• Mrs.. had so utterly failed to r adleate the r1a- tion ` "we will send. a telegram tine I;ohelnianism and unconventionality Morland, announcing the time of your. of :any little tn.u'sh - agrant? return—you 1'i11 be fearfully late, by She was quite In earnest'. l-Ier blue and bye—aa a:s frankly tip into trine as . "Oh. the telegram Is already sent, thous g were nothing of u start- Just before 1 met you 1 telegraphed. to ling' 31 there 1m. g Brig' nature in her irroli0sitiotr, r1gaittst tell alis.'Worland not to expect me be- my will the thought flashed into : my fore one o'clock' or a little after." mind—What vi e tild be the 1utttte of such. "Then she knows you are in.:town? is ,•ii•1--•Young. coctuett.ifih,-extravagant, "she'll ,:now by this time. Iiut she te girl -IOvi10', and atthe scin0 time , will think I am with my 'friends, so i't'. wrholly' ilmocent, confiding ..t r1 :(tfectiml- all right. So that; you see, Mr. Hervey, ate,sbould she fall Ir,to the hands of to rve needn't go to Paddington Station, villain. •which is a nasty, ugly place; but I can l of thele were certain "Darty d01dne(1 just have my'dinner now directly. Here "meets of d1.'fo ere. between tale 10 1' t': is a shop 111111 1o.1ely reel tomatoes and tuteenventirun.l maidet, of 10 -day nee dear little live lobsters and sma11 bot- the, c'rll1 of ayear 1110 whose hag 1:1t. ties of ohantpaglle In the window. I've ideal had' been to live and die my ser- E ha.dnptllillg to ('at .since nine o'clock•in vent. 1 the ,m0t'ning, and lis seven. After ditr- This girl knew the power of her (11.vn ser you inert tape 1l ie to a theatre, Just 'beauty, a.nd her as dn1:ei•, 1101.511 friend- tie see a little bit of it -1'd rather go !( coquettes'', sonteehe,'0 where there's (lancing, like Iy, utaltogel. art( est them , Karl altogether , lest, the r"art i :i: atSfac° ti 'burlesque or a, ,ntusio-hall. And ,you tIott which had moved .1ft: etre ee e(13111l'- can keep your ryes en your watell ail ly delt,;lrtfuland embarrassing. Mer the time tat 113 to 01110lc me oft like a ,yea were as bright find clear. her 5n111e Cinderella when the elurk ,strikes -ha•ll- 1.21.1 i as sunny and alta•eet- RS.ri1 3(tte.' but . poet nine, Thee 1 shall havehad a 1110 111 both was n1121glt:d a shade more. 1(100,13• beautiful day, term ill go back as g ood in, almost as if an echo of the 2111111,s,,ea gold 10 the blackboards 'and the iii1 1111(1 aIr00(3' reached 1 1• ear. 1:'1411(01' 01 , at 'STnt•la,nd Rotise 101' a:ni a nt 1f 'one word better than another wa outer ;1• • ni0nli,s; until f aria sterni" • eolute incliffet•onee_ ,loth Nic'hoias VVi c,Y tarot "tars•. Ittorlatld hail prophesied that such would De the corse, and at had been My own wish let now, as we sett side by lido in the (cab. with J,ilitlt's arm Mose against my otvn, .anct her breath on any aleck while she cltattere(1 into MY ear above'; the 1101se of the cab- whorle, t beealne suddenly iroesesaed Jay an insane desire to oohs nor in ley ares 'and•kias my heart: Met on her raft, red lips tlatil she had promised to love me again as she used to do. a'Iore than .once indeed, t bad: to Turn my lead sharpy from her that I nitrate not be tempted, beyond tnyeel'r by the iaitl000nt provotratien of her flowerlike beritety' and the cat elese affection nonose 02 her manner, Zaneeially 'Syhed' she laughed, as she dict e0astantly,,ant thoso two even Lowe of small peariv teeth peeped out froti the fresh rodlte1•$ nl',iter mouth, .1 laird to set nay face'hard, and remind myself' doggedly of toy e agttfienlent to Lady Madge, of .Edith's dependent po'ttion, aud of Et hundred other things, to keen myself avant kissing liar parte( lips• And the worst of it was that 1 knevv She would not' have tntirded it the least bit.. My kisses; if they were trot too passionate, would bave meant lust no- thingto her, but very 1nu011 to tee. For 1 loved het' with every heart' beat of my 1 lots ed her tea, ti n sGm011 tore snow lin and early womanhood; loved her with a y>ea;rning • tenderness tb ruiner tic adora- tion, and a longing that was • fierce in its intensity, with every element indeed •that goes to make up the one passion of a mans life for a woman. S1ie did not know, she: did not under- stand, he never suspeeted'it for a mo- anent, She was by no means a good actress, and she could :not have preserv- ed her unruffled friendliness and chatter- ing Joyousness had she guessed the 1eel- Jugs whic:lr Welre warring in my heart,. Had she -shown she eared for the even a little, 1^must infallibly have broken clown 1.n nay role of kindly allrl indulgent guardian, and taken en the' Very differ- ent ifferent one ofaardent lover. Rut had I been the vainest of mens 1 could not possibly have coustreed Liltth's light-hearted manner into encouragement for love- making;, and so honor•prevailed'and that kiss was never given. At .the variety theatre, which she her - sett chose as the Place of amusement she most ardently wished to visit, it was all I could (10 to prevent her fl:oni ins all laws of aravity..Jai, Baohe olapl?ping her hands and 'stamping her *e 'is stent is mane U's bleb t1L0 new umbrella on the ground in token. of 1' h s3 p y !ire accomplish their purpose with maximum. efficiency and minimum discomfort. tnereasing roses are not needed. 25e. a box at your Druggist's. 174 Nattonai"aping aid Che mbod CO. ei £,atoms. Lldriltt4. Choose whish Grain. you like best for your white ' Sugar and buy St. Lawrence Pure. Cane Granulated white, in ' original hags- Fine grain, medium or coarse. Each the choicest sugar. Ask your Grocer. V LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINERIES, LIMITED : t MONTREAL. 26 -tar} ' her Peen enjayinenY. ,Personally, I hast discovery that the effect of a ma,g. no taste for such shows; the "song -and - thence artistes" tired -stet,. the sight o1' fenitrline high -kicking and mushroom ballet -dresses I considered inartistie and more or lea's repulsive; the "comic" singers failed to amuse me, aud the mechanical evolutions of the ballet in- terested me no more than so much 111a- .chinery set in motion. But Lilith, whose sense of humor was far from ,teen, laughed ecstatically when a man with a reddened nose said a brok- en hat sang about going "On the booze from morn till night. From dewy eve till clear daylight," held -her breath at ,sight of a very or- dinary trapeze perfcirlllance and thought the Sisters Firefly; two plump and be- ringletted Jewish ladies, who delivered a nasal duet with the refrain, "Get away, boys!" followed by an • emplaatie clog - dance, "swee6a pretty and ' clever.". (Th continued.) A FEEN2V-IDIAYS INTENTION. 4?ondeeful System Deulouslrated to British Railway Men. A new and wonderful system which, it is claimed, willrevolution- ize high-speed traction throughout the world wars demonstrated in Lan- don recently before mechanicalex- perts of several of the most impor- tant British railways. This new system, which is the invention and discovery. of :a French scientist, a self took it very calmly, as matter of Entitle Bach eket, has at once e1 ici'ted course, to which she was. quite aeons- 1011,8(, but 1 could see that she Was fully an offer :of.:a. great: railway chief to— le of the effect she was making - go a special fire -mile circuit "It's a pity you d id l• t let me go on -the y stage and dance," she whispered to me track in order that the enormous confidentially across the dinner -table. s eea claimed .for it (300 miles an "Lou have no idea how the men would a go to Took at me." hoer) play- be testaci. "Don't talk like that, for Heaven's The systeni <ts clezn 'ii&trated by a sake," I exclaimed, in a low voice, bend- > ing my head over the menu and pretend- model of the largest 01Ze, dzd al:l ing to study it. "If you knew how 1 that was claimed to'r1t.. A Speed Of think of you h a little wild flower, set apart on a High bank away from the de SO'J miles . an hour was attained. retic coil on certain metals is to repel instead of attract. One of these metals Is aluminum, and the effect of magnetic electricity on aluminum is a great factor in work- ing the air train. As soon as the electric influence is set in motion the coils, instead of attracting, oan push it away, ' -with the resultthat it is immediately raised and held suspended in the air clear of the track, the only connection between the car and the track being the brushes used for contact purposes. 'Y4 Fame and Otherwise. "Every ,time 1 see grandfather's sword I want to go to wars" c`well?'r "But', every time I notice grand- .father's- wooden leg, 1 cool down." The 'Disaentlller. Gibbs—I'd really 'like•, to know the secret of social success. Dibbs My boy,, there. are many secrets of social success, but One 01 the. most important is to be able to pretend you are having a . good time when you're not. secretion . of the popular tare the vol- The automatic p?'o 7u15ioi1- and stop - gar criticism of the Jostling crowd, you would rate yourself more highly!' ping of the car were demonstrated, She gazed at me in silence for a min- the position of the car at any, point ute or two, westing her chin on her durin t e chine ..was indicated b hands, and her elbows on the table. g ) y by "•:f think 1 like the vulgar crowd," she an electrical signal', and an:almost said presently. "And wild flowers are madeabsolute a•bs0enee of vibration was tobe "And east•. away to die by the .road- obtained. side when the plucker wearies of. them,", through space S hardly know why . I spoke the bitter The train trati els t , g p words,' but their effect •on Lilith was without visible means of: support, startling. All. the ,color faded out of either' above Or below. Ef t a wit- her oheel16 and Iips as suddenly as it had done when she first recognized the at art tAlich it 1S away like a flash, Oxford. Circus and a piteous expresstotr came into her eyes, such ns one sees -in those of s, dumb. animal unjustly treat- ed. "What is the matter child? Are you Ill?" T inquired anxiously, seeing that tears were gathering in her eyes. "It's' nothing—lm tired—something you said. Do give me. a glass of Cham- pagne;,it will pull me together." 1 carted to a waiter,' who at once serv- ed her, and in a few seconds: she was laughing. at me over the edge of her foaming glass, and toasting our next merry meeting. "You will send .me down` some cham- pagne when you are married to Lady Margaret Lorimer, won't you?" she said. "So that I can drink to your future hap- piness, For 1 suppose 1 am' not grand enough to be allowed to come up and see the wedding?" It. Jarred upon me intolerably to hear her allude to my wedding, arid I ant ashamed to say that her matter-of-fact mention of It and the total absence of feeling she displayed on the subject, hurt me .more than 1 can say. "1 del -lope, she said, later 0n, a little timidly "that you will think better of your determination. not to allow me to go on the stage. After all how am 1 go - "You to live: after I. leave school," "'You will marry," I said a little bit- • telly "Never!' The answer came 01.11 wit11 unexpected force and dil'eetness; and, looking across at..her, 1 sale tbat her sensitive face had- grown pate again. "'frau will .certainly marry," I reiter- ated. "13ut,'my child, 1 d0n'1 want' you to feel forced into 'a loveless marriage ,,Joe mere memo's sake. 80 I bave.-ter- ranged with my lewyers to settle a lit- tle income upon 3^ou--c.nty a hundred:. and flfly" pounds a year'- '-that whetever ]sore you want"S'nee yin say 300 arc•. so very exttavagaut-;'you shall haye .I f Yeti come to me. 1. -don't want 3100 over to icna1v What poverty n1031110 any snore. Tier' lovely eyes sought mine with an Tough Luck. "Boo, hoo l All the:kids has a holiday from school 'cep'n she. "My ! My: How's that?" "I'm too young to go to school yet ! $oo, hoo !" Row Sweet of .)Ater. `"It is Carlyle, I believe, who sap; it is not well' to tell all one knows. "Oil, never mind Carlyle! You don't wahib to sit around and never say anything,, do you ?" There's nothingso gloriously un- certain certain; as a sure thing. It's :he they Its easy 'to tell utters Tion tl y t �in dus�tance at -the( terrific 'might have slICitieade' l after they devouring S' speed of 'five miles a minute, defy- :fail.. p , 11•a.ritod•ta dcscrilie the 1n111.1.831012 grlten to s urn, 1111. tt t 11lCeIY roaste expressioal in tltertt, half. -puzzled; Ball' 1�; 11211110 233 110er, it was. ' 1 0111111 ,.J,t She was in huhblirrg good. homer eyes tearful, which 1 could fact understand. ttf a:n in its elci se:nsn. 1.3 Da ilia and tills laughing, and Iittle dimples vu aln ng "V a doing all this for me she mur.n7ureri; "although you dont even.. V•a,nt me For yvur'eelf. I cant under- stand It!" t 73 PT.IIR XV, \ 'that evenitrg's experience was partial rlelil','htfui, and partly a painful one t0 to ole 1±11th'' freed; efijoyment., her ex.quis- Ito betill.y-•-that `eatifieseent beauty 11300h fires the blood and "clouds the un- derstanding—the irresponsible child like gaiety that seemed to radiate from. her, all these things charmed and be- witched 'tee, Willie her apparent resigna- tion to the idea or' y nta.rr}age,.atrd her wary or talking• as th0t1gli :our -Future lives must necessarily lie apart, filled' me with a sharp regret, Of r.onl'se iN was ,notonly r•igli1. and proper, rthat at her lrfainolion. f01 11,3 should have buvori(0 s0•s;0eedily 12anal'ornre1 into ab - :,.n(1 Hanel its 1,111.01 11111 signification,. : the 1' ptll5 in a.11tt out of ser (;11,301.8. 3' tools 1v,,tlthy: noise irte51171ritg of 101711er 0 the resines 11 which had ca.p- 1ting singing. itis 1,, hail In•,!ngstork- dye tad her i'a11ty, 1sy, no means the 11r'ka,'s 10(1 flier, 11nd 'ad iltlre, 101 tate place I 311ou1(100.1,1 "hus(n Well dinner nd-1 ' ha-llluutit, 1c nl>1 i rl It (1133', half.- with a lady, although it woewell. known tears, 1123f smiles e lr+ie'tet of sit trg for the e'at ellen0e of its 'c uleine, It would .Iit1R pacts, •pa.fti1El s and acriri't,rtnet . 0. t e •taut)y be tine last time that "I arid my life that 1 had known clsest in rl y I1 r3e ward would dine out together, a:pd Paris tur111111 clays, was 141ltt+ght hater' elle alight as well have 1rer own way.in too 1rres3sti111 yby title lotei;.•, Iti.alduiy eery'thing, . dressed 11,2111, with the 1101.11 111'i0e1 the <weedless to 1133 1 .irnritedi3 t.eiy ea1- t,att•i,ed ,loves; 8111 the thin, sv cotcountered, ,list the very person 1 did not voice. Pulri, :4110 12901(0 gre nlua iec lty Want TO dee--11Srber•t ;1111x011,the little on this wi!ole, 6rr4 'without either (13th- black -and -white ti'tlst With Whom T had. ti, . o pi'oviitelel -*Pewit her aspirates parted to Regent :Street, about an 11001• •i3-0 tit duly tiered, and cite expressed her' age, :•+elf ,n rrt 1.211 the satne 20'rn11 111 . wouh11. 1_sa'w him r'ei,se his eyebrows, at. the ilace'been elaPi"ynd h•v the ladles 211 of• 2117 sight-, of my lovely, talkative 0olnlratlion, r artnuail,t01100. atria Vet there ,vas a I,very man In the 1,1.aae, 'in!ieert, tnt•ncd loathed•' -•^'ail tl11rr13takable llef'rlel' be- round. to leek at he.I.' 714 she OM/ 1 DOSS- ¢ tweets them and her. eel u11 the room together., and the watt - Vo ono th'n1 she 1F•as Infinitely raar< el i flew ti tion( 110(0 he, .1. 11111(3:11' pelf terieeeeed Kith to yotsng nidlr anew 1 whether. "r Was pleased air annoyed " She her whir;lt'tea Q cent pa,wati1a at,ranFl1, thana.t ihe M;t;ir her beauty created, c. 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