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OR, A DECLARATION 3F WAR,
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CRAFTER a.—(Cont'd.)
"Is it that you would rather not be
seen with me?"
With a rush of eagerness she ans
,erect: "No -.-oh, no! Please do not
relieve that, Duncan!'"
"Then let as get along," he said
shortly, and tramped en,
Accepting the inevicnble, she kept
by his side, not, without a certain :in-
ward trepidation, since a meeting
would undoubtedly be awkward. Yet
what choice had she in the matter?'
Only the choice of offending him again
by flatly refusing his escort; and she
was feeling far too glad of having
made her peace with this so nnman-
ageable pian -a gladness which at
this moment amounted to light-heart-
edness••- to court that danger so soon
again.
With the minutes the trepidation
passed, perhaps diverted by the inter-
est of the subject started, for Dtuman,
fresh from a conflict with the man-
ager, had got launched on a theme
round which his daily life was wrap-
ping itself more and more closely.
"He thinks to frighten nee out of
going to law, buthe'll sooner frighten
the deer off the hills and the seals out
of the loch.,,
Fenella listened with the alarmed
interest which the subject always
aroused in her, yet to -day she was
listening with but one ear, as it were.
With "the other she was hearkening
to the voice of the leaping burns
which, through the darkness, called
on: "I come! I' come!" to the impatient
river below. Their hurry and their
shout 3 served but to makemore pal-'
pable the cool, blossom -scented peace'
of the glen.
Fenella was quite astonished when
the bridge was reached, beyond which
protection became superfluous; and
the good -night she gave her escort
was devoid of that condescension
which hitherto had markedher most
gracious mood, and all the warmer
for that consciousness of a reparation
due.
CHAPTER Y.
"Red wi' plood, ;and piaci( wi' smoke
—that's what it was— the most hell-
like night that th Almighty ever sent
to curse this mortal earth."
Thus spoke. Lame Liz, propped
against a mound ` of chintz -covered
pillows, her large flat face—enlarged
yet by the supplementary frill of a
perpetual nightcap—looming out of
the shadows of the cupboard -bed in
which she spent her days.
This was the sort of thing she loved;
thus to hold her court in the midst of
a half -circle of attentive listeners, the
very doubt and half -repulsion of whose
gaze flattered her secretly, tribute as
it was to that uncanny reputation
which it was the object of her life to
live up to. For there were gruesome
things said about Lame Liz. That she
possessed the t°second sight" no one
seriously doubted; but it was not this
which calked most people to choose
the further side of the road when pass-
ing her hut—nor was her supposed
familiarity with the spirits of the dead
calculated to lower here in her neigh-
bors' esteem. She might be frete
coehon with as many ghosts as she
chose, and 110 one think the worse of
her. But Ardioeh's large -minded-
ness in matters -occult drew the line at
the arch -enemy of manhind, and itwas
with no less_ thanintimacywith him
that Lame Liz was universally credit-
ed. Unholy rites in lonely places, the
assumed form of both four -footed and
feathered beasts, all, this was put
down to her account. Her very in-
firmity hal, :according to popular be-
lief, been caused by a stray shot fired
on 'a certain full -moon night on which
was ' was inasgnerac?ing as a -hare,
which, hitting her -for the time being
lull, hip had ever since kept. her
tied to that bed, so often abandoned
with evil intentions."
Upon all these points Mabel had
been informed "before entering the
sibyl's hut, where, to her deep disap-
pointment, she found nothing but a
very ordinary old woman in a night-
cap, and with surroundings which had
nothing whatever in common with a
sibyl's cave -for the unwashed plates
and soiled linen, in^Adam M'Donnell's
hut so conspicuous by their absence,
flourished here unchecked. Whatever
other uses Liz 'might be supposed to
snake of broomsticks, their normal,
domestic; use was obviously much, ne-
glected within these walls.
But when she began to talk, matters iii now and find ye all here, he'd guess
improved, for the store of incidents in amoment what you've peen alter;
which, with °' a vigour of consonants and he whiles coos in. at this very
highly diverting to Mabel's English hour," finished Liz, the frill of her
ears, she laboriously produced, was dingy nightcap visibly quivering iri a
well calculated to further that rare crescendo of agitation.
luxury: a genuine shiver. Already
DOMESTIC SCIENCE AT fIOME
Seventeenth Lesson—Meats.
Meat is a bundle of lean, muscular butcher or grocer will giye you much
fibers that are held togetler by -better service•
connective tissue, containing albumen, 1Vlany housewives feel very/ me -
or protein; gelatinoids, or gelatine Pr.'fenced at btrying, \ 7heTit
about to
anal extracti os or flavoring. Purchase meat and unable to make a
There are two factors to be remenv. chviee of cuts she invariably falls
berecl.when e„ein • meat; back on, Oh, I guess steak or chops
g will do." Qr, guess
don't, know
First. When making soups, broths ,what to get; I'm tired of .meat, any-
and teas, the meat is placed in ' cold 'way." Many butchers, realizing this
water and brought slowlyto boil and state of affairs, gladly take advantage
then cooked on the simmering burner of it and play' i uol. >e to the utmost
l•at a temperature of 1(15 to 180 de- of their -powers.
grees Fahrenheit. By rising this l snow'the Various Cuts
method, a rich, delicious broth is ob- It will be found that knowing the
,'twined which contains , all the nutri cute of meat and being able to"judge
rent of' the meat. try appearance will help; but first and
Second. ", When searing the outer foremost tlie.o. eir.of the meat ill
surface of the meat -quicklyuse ad W
strong: heat. This setl e give you a definite idea about its.
1 ps e juices condition. The odors of poultry and
and nutriment in the meat. Then curl- fish will help you in the same way.
tinue cooking the desired length ` of. Meat should have agood 'a ,earance.
time. By using this method all the By this' I mean it' should have a good
gelatinoid,^ and extractives are kept in
he meat red color shortly after cutting. The"
It ,,is as knownfat should be creamy white and firm
feat that albumen, ,
in ; appearance; and should have a
gelatinoids and -extractives or flavor pleasant meatythis
. odor....:' Alli is
absorstely essential forgood'meat.
About.26 per cent. of the beef car-�
sass is in the fine and fancy .cuts of
meat and, therefore, accordingly high
in price, because three out of five wo-
men usually say "steak."
minute and then rush out to buy'any= Here are a few recipesfor the
ing in meat are ,soluble rn cold water.
Marketing
e.
Many housewives try to eliminate
this feature of the household regime
much as possible and so order by
telephone or leave it "until the last
1 thing, helter-skelter. The purchasing cheaper cuts of.meat, which are de
of food'supplies' shpuld be the most , they
important duty of the housewife. In
this day of advancing 'prices it be-
hooves us: to husband very carefully
our resources. Get full value for
each penny spent.
By this I do riot, mean. purchasing
cheap foods, ,,but that you must know
just what, you want and the time to
get it. `Cook in air appetizing manner
and serve temptingly and you will
feel well repaid by the hearty appre-
ciation of your. family.
Da not ; order by telephone if you
can possibly help it. Slip on your
hat and coat and see for yourself just
what you are paying for, Under
your own personal supervision your Then serve,
licious and nutritious and will
be heartily welcomed by the man of
the family:
Casserole of Shin Beef
Prepare two pounds of shin beef by
browning quickly in two tablespoon-
fuls of fat in hot frying pan.. Then
put in casserole dish, or baiting dish.
and add four 'medium-sized onions,
six potatoes, one pint of -water. Put
the cover on the dish and bake for
one hour in a moderate oven. Or use
a saucepan that can be covered tight-
ly and then cook on .the simmering
burner. Thicken the ' gravy with
browned flour. Season with salt,
pepperand finely chopped, parsley.
re,. .. .. -, Roman Catholic ---
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the company had been regaled with ed Albert, aside to 'Mabel; then aloud:
supernatural anecdotes, and had heard „
expounded the meaning of the "corpse- Father Grey isn't anywhere near,
lights," whose mission, floating over and we won't betray you. Come: Liz;
the Burial Island; was to forefell`' a what was the truth of that nightly
death hr-one.of the three chief families adventure thirty years ago,—or was
of the community. And now Albert it thirty-five?„
M'DonnelI, leaning insinuatingly for- But Liz, though visibly tempted,
ward upon the stool that was his seat, continued to shake her large head.
and exchanging meanwhile a glance of The delight ofposing as a genuine
amused understanding with Mabel, "spaewife" evidently fought hard
against her dread of Father 'Grey, with
whom, upon- this very subject, she
stood in a chronic feud. - For Father
Grey, despite his mild white hairs, had
declared war to the knife against be-•
liefs which he termed "heathenish.."
"He can't take it in, poor man, and
how should he?" Liz would say, with
hands, folded on the top of the patch- a pity which was real. "He's no o'
work coverlet, unclasped uneasily, and folk, and they Southerners have
then shakily refolded. no imageenashun."
No, no, Mr. Albert! Ye know full! But for all that she writhed under
well that that's forbidden _talk, . just. the spiritual threats of the man of no
calculated to bring Father Grey downP
upon me with his penances. I'm imagination, and submitted to the ex
thinlcin' he wad no be ofer well pleased tent
legendnever
concening h positively own confirming
ame
to have peen listenin this last half- I g point of ad
hour. He's just wild against any:tallc4misssing missing—as wouldhaveher do—
llthe seem ,—'suppersteeshun, pe 1 that nothing more occult -.,than "the
lis it. If b ill-lu k h h ld
made an approach to a moi e -delicate
subject.
"Will you not tell this lady, Liz, how
you came to be confined to your bed'?"
At this, in the dim light of the `re-
cess, Liz might be seen to straighten
—perhaps to= stiffen herself upon.the
pillows, while her large,' lc/lotted
ou• y c e s ori coon
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77 BAY ST., TORONTO a wee bit, an because of that wee bit
the bloody order was given. They do
say that the auld chief's submeeshun
was kept from the English William by
the M`Muirs, of course, who stood in
favor just then, and who for a hun-
dred years had been thirsting for our
blood. 'And wherefore? Because of
a few -head 0' cattle; forsooth, which
the puir fools had been too feckless to
guard, and which our folk had better
use for than they. And it was done
in cold blood too -in cold, Saxon blood;
for the company of red -coats that
came from the South were too weak
to• do it alone, For fourteen clays
they sat in our huts, satin' our bread,
warmin' thernsels at our hearthstone,
l issiu' our maids, and all the . while
waitin' for the' other red -coats from
the loath that were to help them in
-the butcherin'. Fearfu' must have
been the oaths that bound them to
silence; for some o' them had hearts
the stone in the glen it's"no far off
the monument to which one o' the
red-coats—ole o' those that kissed rho
lasses, I'm tl inkin'-=-tried to speak the
truth wi'out breakin' his word. `Oh,
in their bodies. They'll show you
stane,' he'said, and; stood before it, cif
I.was you I'd lift mysell'out o' a place
where such black deedsare gettin'
ready, and I'd leap ower the noun-:'
rlierunatics" forbade her putting her
foot to the ground. At this humiliat-
Mg;'confessi.on> she stopped short, to-
day as always,while the darkness of
the hints which she allowed to hover
around the subject, and which, issuing
from the depths 'of the cavernous
bed, gained considerably in darkness,
might be supposed to reconcile con-
science and desire.
From this point the company, per-
haps gorged with the supernatural,
had turned to more earthly matters.
"Red wi' plood, and plack wi' file,'
repeated Liz, obviously pleased with
her own choice of epithets, and settl-
ing herself .in her pillows for the nar-
rative of the "I'vfassacker," for which
she had been called upon.
"Maybe ye've read in yer history
books"—("No, I haven't," interpolat-
ed Mabel, from mere force of habit)—
"how the usurrper called William putt
his heel down on our folk, and ,how
the chiefs were ; held to make their
submeeshun by a certain day, or else
to lose their heads: Well, our chief,
Alan Macdonald, held out to the last
God. piess him!—and when he did set
out wi' heavy heart and ` his auld,.
weary feet; the road was ower bad; or
else he made a mistake about the
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tains rather than look upon that which
be comin'.' But our folks were deaf
and blind, as honest. folks are, and=
they went: on feedin' their murderers,
and the chief himself lit. the 'candles
every evenin' on the card -table, to` do
honor to the English captain who was
quartered upon him.
"It was at the card -table they were
sittin' when the. signal -;shot was fired
by the company from the North, coin-
in' clown' the glen. They'll show.' ye
the thorn -bush where the gun went off,.
and they'll show you the waalls'ep the
glen with the'mark of the smoke still.
upon them and the'brackens giowin'
out o' them,—for it was at that shot
'that the murclerin'"and the firiii' began.
Wi' the chief it began. Upon his own
doorstep Ise fell, whither he had step -
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ped out to hearken if more shots were
cumin'—stabbed in the back by the
very man who had sat at his table for
two weeks. And in the huts the Eng-
lish swords held fine harvest. Like
bullocks our people were butchered—
wherefore? Wherefore?" asked Liz,
sitting up slowly d her,..bed,;,one.big,:
gaunt hand clenching in raid -air. "For
the sake of those very bullocks which
those feols ha not known how to herd.
Ah, it was a night that the M`Muirs
had .seen in their dreams for long -for
long! And yet, by the mercy of. God,
they did not get all the blood they
wanted. The old bull fell, but the
bull -calves got away over the hills.
It was the snow that helped the brave
boys, the heavy snow and their own
wits. For more than a mile they
walked: as folk say the crabs do—hack-
wardi—and so made fools o' the thick.
skulled English murderers. Red wi'
plood-red wi' plood—that's what it
was!"
(To be continued.),
Geo. Wright 8r
Co., Props.
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