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HomeMy WebLinkAboutExeter Advocate, 1914-8-20, Page 2The Crey Car 'What's the matter?" demanded Henry Barnet jerkily. His wife, pale and ,agitated, had met him in the pottage doorway. She rested her bands on his slhoni- eters, "It i.sn't -•isn't anything wrong with the boy, Emily ?" She bent her head. "If only I could say `No' 1 But Jack's been hurt ---knocked down its. .the road, poor little chap !°, "Emily 1" He gripped her wrist. "I sent for the doctor. He's here now," Henry Barnet drew a breath. "And what does he say ?" "The cut on the head's the worst part. That's--dangero s !" How did it happen?" "It semis they were walking along past Carrick's farm, Jack and little Rosie Webber, and a big mo- tor -ear came round the bend all +of a sudden on the wrong side of the road, Rosie was by the hedge; she wasn't touched. But our Jack--" Her voice broke. h, a motor -car ! ' Did they bring him back in it?" - "You'1l hardly believe this, Hen- ry; but—they just went straight on !" A spot of red showed on his cheeks.. "Never even stopped to see what they'd done?" he demanded incre- dulously. "No. I do think it's shameful!" "People like that ought to go to prison! If only I could lay my hands on 'em—" "'H'sh, Henry! Yon might dis- turb the boy!" "Rich folks can fly about in their motors," he continued bitterly, "but we—we're not supposed to complain ! Any ideawhose car it was?" "Rosie Webber says it was a grey color." "The Welmonts' 1" "Now, don't you get that idea into your head, Henry, before there's any proper proof." "I bet it was the Welmonts' 1 You know yourself that they're al- ways rushing somewhere or other through the village. Besides, who else has got a grey car about here?" He -choked. "That's an- other debt I've got against Wel- mont, then 1" "One can'tbe sure, Henry, re- member." "Not content with trying to turn me out of house and home, a month ago for a bit of rent that was ow- ing, he must needs run over Jack, m' little son! I'll settle accounts soon, though, I promise you!" • His wife silenced him with up- lifted finger. They heard foot- steps descending the stairs, and hurried out. "His condition's very grave, I wont deny-; but you mustn't give up hope, by any means. He has a lot in his favor, a healthy lad like tours. He's asleep now—that's ex- cellent! Just clo exactly what I've told you, Mrs. Barnet, and expect me early to -morrow morning." When the doctor had gone, Henry Barnet sat down by the fireplace, elbows an knees. Refusing supper, he continued to rail against the Welmont family, who lived in a • mansion on their estate, half a mile from the village. "Said the money` must be paid, his agent did, or out I should go— me, that's never been behind -hand with my rent before': But I raised the money just in time, didn't I, and paid up in full? So Mr. Wel- mont very kindly let us stay 1" "Forget all about it, dear. It seemed hard, I know; but, still—" "That's the sort of treatment we have to expect from our betters 1 Oh, yes; and we must touch our hats when they go by in their mo- tor -cars; and, if there's any acci- dent, it's all our fault for not keeping our children off the road !" Suddenly he rose. "I'm off—straight up to the house to talk to Welmont ! That was his grey earl No; and I won't keep quiet, Emily 1Nothing'lI make me ! I'll stand up to him, never fear ! I'm not afraid. He's got to prove that he wasn't driving over in this direction. .I'11 tell him—" "You're angry, Henry," pleaded Mrs. Barnet anxiously. "You'd say things that perhaps you'd be sorry for later on. Let me go. You stop and watch the boy." It was difficult to persuade her husband, but at last lie agreed. In half an hour she came back again. "Well?" he queried thickly. "Mr, Welmont was out. I saw the man who drives the motor— Clrickner, his name is, He vowsand declares, it didn't come this way." "Did. ;yon ask herr that before you told him about Jack or after- wards t" "Before. He answered a bitcon- ftlsed, though. At first he made out the motor hadn't been used .at all." Henry Barnet gave an xclaln - tion of angry triumph, "That shows you can't believe a word he said, It was their Car did ft—I'm dead sure now!' 'Move out of the way ! I'll go up there my - 'self, and I woxt't, be put off with any quick ch v. uses. either ! if Welanont'a not back, I'll wait I" His face was flushed, encs his eyes bloodshot, His wife trembled a little as she regarded him: ",Henry," she pleaded desperate- ly, "you won't leave me alone I'rn not myself. I'm nervous. Stop with ane, Henry.: I want you here." He muttered below his breath, but finally swung round again. "To -morrow, then!" he declared. gruffly, "I'll wait till to -morrow!" Next morning the child's condi- tion was unchanged. Henry' Barnet would :not have gone to his work, but his wife reminded hint that he could not afford to lose a day's pay, She promised to send for him, if necessary. By the evening they were both worn out with anxiety. "There's nothing to be done, Henry. Sit down and smoke your pipe, won't you ?" "1 can't I" he flashed. "Better stay quiet than walk up and down like that." "How should I rest a minute when I'm out of my mind almost about the boy 2' Talk sense, Em- ily !" She drew back, with quivering lips. "There, there ! I didn't mean to speak so sharp. But, whatwith• thinking about Jack upstairs, while those Welmonts have got off scot- free—" "I know, dear—I know," return- ed his wife .brokenly. "Doctor says there'll have to be an operation, maybe.'' "How are we to pay, then?" "There's things we can sell, per- haps, if the worst comes to the worst." Presently he sank into a chair, watching his wife ironing at the ta- ble; but even then he stirred appre- hensively at frequent intervals. Finally, he covered his face with his hands, thinking. The boy was in serious danger. Welmont, who was responsible, should be punished. Always there recurred to Henry Barnet a -Haien of the grey ear knocking the child to the ground, and then disappear- ing swiftly into the distance. Yes; he must get his revenge on Welmont. "Where are you going, Henry ?" "Not far," he• answered, evasive- ly. "Out in the air for a bit. My head's bad. I won't be long." Without a -backward look he left the cottage. This new scheme made him forget all his troubles for the time. He gave a short, exultant laugh as he hurried in the direction of the Welmont's big house, cross- ing fields whenever possible, so that he should not meet anyone he knew. What he intended to do must be done in secret. The garage where the grey car was kept stood apart from. the main building nearer to the hedge which circled the grounds. Henry Barnet climbed the railing unob- served, and tiptoed stealthily for- ward_ He wondered whether he would be able to force an entrance. The padlock, however, to his sur- prise and delight, proved to be un- fastened. Softly he opened the door, and, closing it behind him, paused in the darkness. Here for the first time he hesi- tated, deliberating whether, after all, he should carry out his plan. Minutes passed, and he still stood motionless, half inclined to return. Then lis remembered his little son, now no longer able to run and wel- come him home, lying in bed with bandaged forehead. With an abrupt movement he felt in his pocket, struck a match, and held it before him. But the garage was empty. The grey car was not there. He stifled a cry of disappoint- ment, staring forward until the flame burnt his fingers.. At the same instant he heard the sound of a motor -horn. Before he could escape, however, the door of the motor -house was ptashed open. Flaring headlights showed up his figure plainly.. The ehaukleur seized Linz. In a dazed fashion he realized that he was fac- ing Webnont and his wife, Who were seated in the grey ear. "Who is it, Criekner?" "A fellow named Barnet, I be- lieve, sir." "Oh, yes, of course! I recognize him now." Mr. Welrnont turned "What are yon doing here?" Henry Barnet, taken at a disad- vantage, struggled for speech, wrenching himself free, "I came to—to see if anyone was about, sir, because---" He broke off, The . glowing match, falling on some oily cotton - waste, had ignited the rags, which were smouldering. He stamped upon them. "Not quite out yet 1 . I happened to be walking along th eroad,sir, a few minutesago, and I thought I smelt something burning, so I—I got over the rails---" Mr, Welmiont was regarding him with a disconcerting stare. "Well, never mind about that' just now, I should get off home if I were you. Your wife wants you, She has some news." Henry Barnet strove to put a question, but the words would not come. "Good news. Your boy will re- cover. It's only a matter of time. We've just called there, my wife and I, Yesterday we heard about his. accident." "Emily came here—" "Exactly. It wasn't this car of mine that injured the lad, I'm pleased to say, although my man, Crickner--" "Why, wouldn't he give a, straight answer, then?" Mr. Welmont paused. The chauf- feur was busy in the garage. "Orickner, we found, had been using it while we were away to give some of his own friends a ride ; so he leaves my service at the end of the week." "Wasn't—your--car, sir• ?" Hen- ry Barnet blurted. "No, no, not mine. It must have been one belonging to some strang- ers. I intend to offer areward to anyone who can trace it. Hoerever, I was going to speak of another matter. We'd engaged one .of the cleverest doctors to visit our youngest daughter. She's very ill— away at a hospital!' In embarrassment .Barnet wait- ed. ' "We've come from there to -night. Before Dr. Woodbridge 1,eft, my wife remembered about your boy; so we stopped at your cottage on the way to the railway -station." Henry Barnet breathed fast. "He and Dr. Trape-they , exam- ined your son. Don't worry any more, Barnet. ge.'11' get• well." Huskily Henry Barret echoed the words. "You see, our child was i11, too, so we sympathized with you. Be- sides, I wanted to do you a good turn if I could. A while ago you were told you'd have to leave your cottage." "I owed rent—" "But you'd have paid later on. I knew that. My agent ought ne- ver to have bothered such agood tenant as you. A few weeks back I tried to stop you to say I was sorry, but you passed tight by. Felt sore about it, ehl" "That's true, sir." "Well, let bygones be bygones; and I'm going to pay all expenses till your son's quite well again. Our children are spared to us both, thank heaven!" He held ' out his hand, but Henry Barnet drew back. - "No, sir; I - can't take it. I've told you ,a lie. I came here on pur- pose to set light to your car, sir— to burn it up 1 I'd made sure— made sure that this was the one—" "The one that had injured your boy ?" "I've done you a wrong, sir. I've thought badly of you, when all the time you were feeling sorry for me ! And now—" A lump rose in his throat. Mr. Ii0M13 eieereeseeee Pickling Time. Utensils for Piekles.---1)o not use chap earthen crocks for cucumber pickles: The vinegar eats into the enamel, in the manufacture of which lead and other poisonous minerals .are used, The wooden cask or the glass jar should be us- ed, A recent test with the best of vinegar combined with the cellulose of raspberries so as to .form a thick blanket of "mother showedthat it would eat through very heavy white enamel on iron. After the blanket was much reduced in thick- ness it dried into "-a thick and tough paper, Vinegar is strong stuff. Ficklest iJOrserallisle--Grate the horseradish, pub in bottles, and cover with vinegar toeach pint of which has been added one beaspoon of salt and one tablespoon of. sugar. Easy Cnexunber Pickles.—To one gallon of vinegar add one cup of salt, one of Mustard, and one of sugar. Wash medium sized 'cucum- bers,never the small gherkins, and throw into this mixture. No cook- ing is required, and the pickles will keep withoutsealing for a year;' but the addition of a ,horseradish root will improve them and .,add to their keeping qualities. This pickle has various names. It is sometimes called "lazy wife pickle." . Leaving out the sugar and horsera-dish, it is called "mustard pickle" by humble people who have not porcelain, ket- tles for cooking nor sealed contain- ers for keeping pickles. Pickled Celery. — The Orientals pour cold vinegar over a great num- ber of •single things, or combine bions of fruits or vegetables to make a pickle or "tourshon." The fol- lowing recipe from this source has been tried ; Wash and out stalks of celery into two inch long pieces and salt or other seasoning to taste with a crushed clove • or two, if you choose, of garlic. Cover with vine- gar and then with a tight cover. In two or three days this is ready to use. Green peppers, pierced, sea- soned with salt, are treated the same way and reedy as soon or they may bestuffed. - Green tomatoes are treated the same .as green pep- pers. Onions, garlic, cooked vege- tables like carrot, etc., are treated in the same way. Uncooked' Chili , Sauce.—Twelve ripe tomatoes, six onions, six small peppers, one-third of a eup of salt or less may do, and be better for the eaters, ,especially if the sauce is not to 'be kept for months, ;ane etip'of sugar, two cups of the best genuine cider vinegar, -yeei• and chop fine the tomatoes, -onions and peppers, and add to them the sea- sonings, mixing well. - Sterilize the bottles .and' fill them ,when cold. This will keep well in a cold place in bottles with tight stoppers. It is .a very agreeable .sauce, or even a 're- lish, and will do nicely to mix with mayonnaise dressing for the Thous- and Island salad dressing, or what is sometimes called cardinal ma3ron- naise or Portugaise, etc, I Ep" TMs~ LABEL, . poli THEPROTECTION OF THE {CON* SUMER THE INGREDIENTS 'ARE PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LABEL. IT IS THE ONLY WELL-KNOWN MEDIUM* PRICED BAKING .PoWD'ER MADE IN CANADA THAT DOES NOT QONTA,IN ALUM AND WHICH HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS. PLAINLY STATED ON. THE LABEL. Selected Recipes. Walnuts. --Mix one-half of a cup- ful of sugar, one cupful of molasses, -one-third of •a cupful of melted but- ter, one egg well 'beaten, one tea- spoonful of cinnamon, and one-half of a teaspoonful each of ginger Welmont patted him on the • tihoul- der. "That's all right. Pll forget I saw you here . this evening. Now, hurry off." "But I'd like to try and thank you, sir, for--" "That's not necessary.. Good- night 1 I see my wife wants me ; and yours is waiting for 'you."-- London you."—London Answers.. MNG E PORDof N N6 IN6pCa wo NOW OTIIN ONA iO SWANSS RAW Kwerea D - Stl!au[r�r �orl urAN ALUM IS SOMETIMES REFERRED TO AS SUL* PHATE QF ALUMINA OR SODIC ALUMINIC sULPHATE. THE PUBLIC SHOULD NOT BE MISLED BY THESE TECHNICAL {'LAMES. . W. GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED WINNIPEG, TORONTO, ONT. MONTREAL cloves, and salt. Add one teaspoon- ful easpoonful of soda mixed • with one tea spoonful of boiling water, and three and one-half cupfuls of flour. Pinch off small pieces, the size of an Eng- lish'walnut, roll them in sugar, and bake thein in a quick oven. They will keep •a long time—if locked up, Carrots Creamed in>a New Way, —Take eight carrots, serape and boil them for ten minutes in salted water, a dessertspoonful of salt to every quart of water, and strain them. Cut the . carrots :.;in rather thinslices, put thein in a stewpan with two ounces of butter, half a gull of water, pepper and salt,, Put the cover on the pan, . and let the mixture simmer for twenty minutes, shaking thepan occasionally to in- sure even cooking. When the car- rots are tender, add the yolk of one egg and .half a gi11 of cream, beat- en together; also half a teaspoonful of chopped parsley.Stir the mix- ture over the fire until it is thick,, but do not boil it after the cream is added. Date Pudding.—Six slices of but- tered uttered stale :bread, two eggs, 1-3 tea- spoonful of salt, two cups of &bon ed'chopped dates, if drip of milk, grated rind of Ye lemon, lenion sauce. Remove the crusts of bread, and cut the .slides into dice; place a layer of these in a greased pudding dish, then a layer of dates, then more bread and so on until all are used, having ,bread for the last lay- er and putting .a little of the grated lemon rind between each layer. Make a custard with the eggs and milk, add the salt and pour over the bread and fruit. Let the pudcllng stand half an hour, then 'bake in a moderate oven. Serve hot with a lemon sauce. Two 1!'e* Conserves to go With Meat. -Green tomatoes and Limes. —Take an equal number of green tomatoes and pickled limes. Grind them together, and cook them until the mass is thick. Add half as many cupfuls of cigar as the numberof tomatoes; that is, if there are twelve .tomatoes and twelve limes, and six cupfuls' of sugar. Boil the mixture ten minutes, or until it is very thick. Ripe Tomatoes and Ginger.— Pare and slice four pounds of ripe tomatoes. Let them stand' until the water has run from the fruit. Add three ounces of preserved gin- ger cut into fine pieces and the juice of one lemon with the grated peel, grated well into the white' inner skin. Cook the mixture until it be- gins to thicken, and add four pounds of ,granulated sugar. 'Con- tinue boiling the mass until it is very thick,stirring it coutinually to keep it from burning. Pour it into glasses, and when cool,' cover the glasses with paraffin. Household ][lints. Meats should not be pierced while cooking._ A dash of salt added to the whites of eggs makes them 'whip better. Never slam the oven door, or jar any rising material while it is bak- ing. When watering a garden remem- ber that a thoroughsoaking is bet- ter than frequent sprinklings. A French Armored Train A Modern Battle "Ship" on Wheels to Protect Railway Modern A,'Iiiored.Train--Latrst,.War.l'eettipment to be Used by the French M'uiy. • modern .et fl 'htie de ices. It is a, train'of armored . cars and rapid-fire guns, and eiit the moat mo nl rx g is e ttr g' r I to is France has jug added q it bed byt i i ,, it isthe most modern rn of anythings �of he nations The coning 'towers and fighting tope, As .a death -dealing• war appai.ati s o f o. c any h wheels - consists of an armored locomotive, two rapid-fire gun carriages, and two armored' cars for transporting troops. The battleship on e' insuch a manner that the can be swung ;and directed at any point of the compass. Rising from the ear' rapid-fire 'guns are mounted y in locomotive' is a cortin., tower, from which an nfYi,cer. takes observ'atie a and directs the fire of the rapid -five guna. Bails run- ning theg on top of the cars ermittro�o troopers firing from the roof of the cars. For opening railway •communications this ..battleship on wheels is p p Ea unexcelled, Crumbs grated directly from the loaf give a more delicate color than dried crumbs to fried articles, In a :special section of the book dealing with dinner -giving, the. hostess will find many valuable sug- gestions, When washing neckwear the ad-' dition of ammonia or 'borax to the water will make the .articles white, A diet of oranges will clear mud- dy complexions and -reduce fat. Eat half a dozen a day, if you like then, • :;Milk : and butter should be kept in closely -covered vessels, as they readily absorb flavor.and odorfrdu other articles. A. -frying basket ehould'be warmed in the oven before being put into hot fat. It willthus not reduce the. teinperature of the fat. Fish will 'be crisp and brown if it is thoroughly dried on both sides, then dipped in"flue cornmeal and plunged into boiling -fat. A teaspoonful of dry mustard rubbed into the Shands, after pre- paring onions or fiat, will remove the odor completely. It, should he rubbed in as if it were soap. A piece of art gum will cleat. white leather girdles. A gentle rubbing will remove all spots that come from rubbing against objects( in the hand or on the outside. A thin coat .of, potash left on the sink over night once .a week will re- move the ugly stains that will not yield to kerosene. I•t should be ap- plied with care, as it is poisonous. Soiled and finger -marked birds - eye maple can be cleaned by wash ing with a soft rag and lukewarm water to which a little kerosene has been added. Rub dry quickly and polish with a soft cloth. Most people do not realize that a stocking that is too tight is almost as bad 'for the foot as a shoe toe. small. Its most common effects are' ingrowing toe -nails and enlarge- ment of :the big toe joint. Care should be taken that stockings be long enough, A foot 10 .2-3 inolle ''' long and 3 3-4 inches wide carf„eir wear a stocking ander size 11 with- out inducing :a tendency to ' the above-mentioned complaints and tore ° r crumpling of the toes, "Don'ts" For Wives. Don't forget that cookery ii not subject to the law of experiment -- on husbands. Don't forget that fine dresses can only come from a fine. salary. Don't let your tidiness become a tyrant. Don't forget that a man who has tasted kisees does not appreciate pecks. Don't set out to prove that .a wo- man's tongue is length without depth. Don't forget that, whenhe took •you for his wife, he didn't promise; to give up his friends. Don't forget that the firstsign of love ending is ,hissed mending. See to his socks, -- Don't forget that a man whose slippers arealways warm and ready finds it difficult to refuse a new hat., Don't try to stop a man's smoke and continue your own chocolates. Don't forget that if you make his house his home he'll stay there. The spotlessly -clean house is not always the sweetest of sweet homes.• Never forget that where one won't quarrel, two can't. Compete to bei the one. Innocent Old Age. "Youthful. innocence" is one of those expressions which is untrue so far as criminals are concerned. It is a remarkable fact that a cite niinal is at his worst when he is. young,`and th.e older he b,econies, the better the life he leads: Crimi- nal statisticsslidw, as a matter of fact that the most virtuous age of the average wrong -doer is between fifty and sixty. It is in the very earliest part of their oareers, he, tween the: ages of sixteen and twenty-one, that :men and women. criminals areat their worst. :Front twenty-one to old age they gradual-, ly improve. This also goes to provee another remarkable fa:aboud'` criminals, and ehab is, Ibhat mar,, ruga helps to reform u man or way man. At the average age at Which most people marry there is a re- markable drop mcrx m n a1 st t ls, en ties. Between the ages of ,��xte and twenty-one, the ,time when a man is at his worst, criminally speaking, are just those years whet a child isbreaking away from lie parents and is allowed to go free a tl r1 a' h!I t t' n tl 0 e }' a a In n I lb a 1c'