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CHAPTER XXIT.---(Contad.)
Although the :partition wall was
now a mass of flames, Jerry, holding
his' overcoat up before his: face, rush-
ed again into the re:orn of the horse
stalls. He muffled the licirse's head
and got him out of the stall and
facing the doorway but then 'the ter-
rified animal would not Macre. The
flames were: darting aCrOS'8 the open-
ing, growing thicker every -mom-neat.
Snatching up a kmdtte ofIrak, Jerry
lighted it and touched it to the horsie's
rump. The animal leaped forw,ard
in frenzy; Jerry, holding bje hands
before his Sace, plunged after it. He
reached rdlia street, with his uniform
ablane, and this arms and neck and
hands feeling as if they _were being
devoured by fire. Sheehan :smother-
ed the flames and wrapped his own
overcoat round him; than the fire-
men arrived and took charge of the
fire. Jerry walked to the police 'sta-
tion and reported and had his burns
dressed. The next• day he went on
duty swathed in bandages. The
owner of Q4E-three horses that he and
Sheehan had save ca?I'nd at the station
hor.se\and left' a five -dollar bill or
hini.
CHAPTER XXIII.
The court refused Dave a new trial;
probably, as Trask said to Jerry, it
would have done no anyway, but after
Michael Scanlan's vief,ent act 'the re-
fusal was a foregone conclusion.
‘i •
Juat from the point of view of his
son!s interest, it was the worst thing
he could possibly !have done," Tr;ask
observed regretfuliy. ! "The charices
of eyet getting a pardon have s.hrunk
a:kindred per cent. In the mind of
any governor the father's act wilt1
create.:a presumption agaiine:t :the: son,
and y.-'111 confirm the idea that he's a
daegerou.s man. Scanlan is the victim
of a most unfortunate chain ef
--events." ' _
"Yes," Jerry admitted!. "I don't
see that there's any use in 'trying to
d.3 more 'for him news"'
"It would enly prejudice his chances
Ail you can do for him is 'to
"go and me him once in a while, and
keep him cheered up."
It was Oat easy ;to Is-ean Dave cheer-
ed ups Jerry paid toe monthly visits
that were permitted and ',eat with
Dave in the guard -room for the allot-
ted hear: • Each visit renewed and
strengthened his liking for his old -
:friend, his belief in him, and his sor-
row for bine
Dave's grief over his dealer's end
seemed quite to have supplanted pi;ty
ter himself, and to have inceee;secl the
-weight of his; remorse. There were
tearin his eyes evh:en be talked about
his father to Jarry. "ide was a good
dad once—he .always would have be:en,
if things had gone right and he
hadn't taken to the bottle. And what
he did at the and he never would ;have
done but for rile. He was plumb
-crazed; Jerry; I drove him to. it."
"I don't think you need to. f.eel
that,- JBrry .answered. "Set your
face to the future, Dave; 'you'll be
coming •otet, ;S01313 time, you know; and
do ethat you ;can While you're here so
the.t it won't :all he time wasted."
",I know; that's what I've S•alcl to
myself. But honestly I •clon't be-
lieve I've got the stuff in me. If it
was -only a year,ar, two ye.aes, 'or even
three 1 mieht stick it out and
ainonnt •th something at the eac1;• but
twenty—"
• (J.t's pre.t.ty stiff, bet yoUll• are it
Jut keep saying to. your-
eelf, Tome clay rid be coming but arid
Inc got to 'heready,? and don't think
how long a time it :may: be. -4's as
to talk, Dave. I'sl ui-'oth-
er
er -way if I could."
"I know you 'avotili.b Jerry. 'Yak'
talk does ,belp."
Jerry looked nt the other e eea,tecl in
the semicircle before the officees
table. It was like a !schoolroom, witli
the pupils all Culprits: and the teacher
ono whose aim was not to teach kit
siarip;ly to intimidate and control. The
convicts, in their gray homespun anti-'
form ,were:ofaril types, Tram the balk-
ing and binticli :to the ;delicate' 0eid
even asistocra tie; 'their, visitors' rang-
ed from the disty -Jew of the Ghetto
'to the women in ifarts: whoeslinionsine
was. perhaps, :waiting at 'the.gate. iusd
jerry: reflosste:,Pthat each one of ;hese
friends or relati'Ves: :Was there' "
Ib fulfill tile sasiI purpose—trying in
G6me W450,/' to.liedp:blircaigh 'talk. And
.the light ;01 that ithatight, how
I:nag:real thetsilendea, and ;tho :obvious
inexpressiveness of their ;speech! In,
, to one hour efieli month they niust
pack all :the comfort and hone and.
;sympathy that they could give --and
haw little of these could theY convey!
The turnkey, :whose eye liact been on,
the clock, came up and handed Dave
the yereloev elip. signifying tlait Ije
11111,;:5 re.tulin to his ce,
Jerry- stoc.l. Tor a fe,,V mon:lents
waitiniT :fcr :the outtor :door to be epcii-
^od. With ibm waited ,f,Wo women,
with Thos. -416*
whose visits with their 'husbands aiad
been terminated at ,thc_ same time.
Tey were wom.en of, respectable 'ap-
pearance, and they lookedUt each oth-
er comaniseretingly.
"It's a lhard pla;ce to come to-/' 'said
one.
"It's hard to come, and harder still
to go," e.raii ;the other.
Jerry lout that the remark must
epitomize lithe emotions Of a convict's
another or lyite. -
On a 'subsequent visit he was glad
tie() find Dave in a more cheerful mood
--eseekng to the fact that he had been
admitted to membership in the Prison
lerase 'band. Dave beat the drum
with profiiciency, and his ability was
promptly recognized. The band re-
hearsed t,hree times a week` and gave
Concerts -on the various holidays that;
as, it seemed to jerry, formed one of
;bite nu:ICI-series of prison. life. Any-
way Dave was ahnest exuberant in
teliling Jerry of his achievement. -
"And the -re are Isorno mighty good
fellows in the' bend," he assured
Jerry. "g0111ca crack musicians too.
I feel laving -this just as a tecreation
is going to he me a lot; its' made
the work in the shoe -shop go btter.
And I"get plenty of tirnletho rad.
to have lessons on ;the cornet; the Tel -
Pic*/ that, plays that is in here for
eight years. I told Nora about it
when .the came to see me, ,but she
:didn't seem much interested. I guess
the dram and the cornet aren't high-
toned enough to appeal 'to her."
He ;spoke with jest a trace of bit-
terness; t suggested that Nora had
been les.s appreciative of the solace of
Y.13 recreationhour than he had
ithoughtb fte shouM be.
It made Jerry unoomfortable to
• have Nona criticized even by implica-
tion. He wanted to defend her, and
without knowing ,desinst ,what she
was 't� be aefencied
. CHAPTER XXIV.
After Michael Scanlan's death,
No and heat mother did not retain
the rooms in which they had been
living. Nora s inherieence made it
possible for them to seek a more
agreeable *neighborhood, and in a
quiet and respectable street of small
brick houses they -found a haven•such
I as they desired. It was one flight up
and extended all ihe way through
from the sitting -room with a" bay
window and -rubber plant to a bed-
room :that looked out upon an
thes tree 'and a clothes -line. The
landlady furnishederneels in the front
room on the first floor, where o earel
ary swung and rang in its cage. There'
were TrO other boarders; the land-
lady—from 'whom, or bourse, their
history could not be concealed—pro-
ved• to be sympathetic' rather than
censorious; and elle eves re- consider-
ate as -not to advertise the identity -of
her ledgers—except to a few intimatg
friends, who hovered' about' for side-
long glances at them land spread
throughout the neighborhood :the news
of the interesting :arrivals at 21
Gurney Street.
Jerry came 'occasionally to zed -
them. Mrs. Scanlan was very much
broken by her ;sorrows and had failed
in health as well as in spirit. .The
personality that had' once been 'so
dominating had became almost negli-
gible. She seemed always to be sit-
ting idly, submissively, in the bay
window beside:the rubber plant, and
looking down the street with apathetic
eyes.
Nor -a had not yet deeided what's.h.e
-Should 'do. Of -course, there was now
no urgent need for 'her to do anything,
but the felt, se she said to Jerry, that
ehe would be happier if she had an
occupation. She might try- to ,,"teeeit
,some, music pupils, though she doubted She had. the :patience that a teaclia
er ought to possesS. Some;times She
thought it ring4ht be interesiting
learn stene,graphyi if it 'didn't take no
long she al:ought she world do it.
She confessed that as yet ;she hadn't
plucked up heart to seek rwerk of any
kind; it ;seemed ;to take'a loag time to
;get ;battih a- normal :feeling about
things. It didn't 'a•eem an if she
could ever sufficiently free her mind'
of :the awful ,experience:s she: had lived
throng -1i in the last six irionthS7so that
it Would be fit for W•oric oritudYL—
and as for pray! She smrlecl.;a.t
pathetically-. :
ide apoke of Dive to her and of bis
brave :spirit, but he felt, tiVeu before
she replied, that •the :topic Was &I.'S':
tasteful; there was a contraction af
hqr Pretty (lark, brow's, a thinning of
her gentle 'lips.'
'Parc' been to see Isini twice, hut I
don't know that 1 Cfill go: 'again --not
often anyevay," she :confess:ed. "It has
the most dread,gul, effect on me—worse
even the second time than :the firSt.
To see him ;these Clothes—with all
the se vile oreatures—and those" :jail!'
ers watching tu--anct the place smells
So nasty and lool<8 'so helpless. I
couldn't; even ptetend. to be cheerful;
and when he told ime about his play -
1--seesee-
Reconstruction and Home Folks
A great queation—the greatest of
tho war--dePends for its Solutioa
upon the folks at home. 1'hey,•M.01:e
than soldiers or military autboritie.3,
have to do with the succesful working
out of that wonderful thing oil which
every one talks and about 'which so
ery few seem to have even one de
-
finites idea7-iteconstructioi . ' It is
not true that every one firmly be-
lieves that with the coming of peace
theac will also arrive that other greet;
blessing, reconstruction? is it not
also true that with this placid assur-
ance theee exists the other assurance
that some one else is managing that
"problem? No one feels personally re-
sponsible, but each one feels sure that
some one else is working hard on this
stupendous p-aszle.
There are niany rOOSOnS why every
individual interested in this war
'should take a personal interest in re-
construction, and never allow that in-
terest to lag until he has found the
fountain -head of reconstruction activi-
ty --either found it or eeetecl it. To
begin with, individual homes must be
, thoroughly and consciously reccn-
structhcl. Habits =at be reformed
; or abolished according to whether
they are required for the inaclel home.
The men retlarrillik; frOC11 OVerSeaS are
bringing back thoughts and feelings
to which they were utter strangers
before enlisting. Moet of thein have
grown, mentally and spiritually, by
leaps and bound's. Have their wo-
men folks and their children kept
, .
I pace? Will they understand what
the men have gained? Will they
appreciate its value? Will they
I agree or sneeringly criticise the at-
titude of the men towards life? Will
they have such a broad outlook them-
selves that they can be bath patient
and tolerant wit; what seems a mis-
take view and finally either persuade
back to the best way or forsake their
own nal:le:eV vieWs ?
There are many reforms which
should be well On the wayjto 'being
Worked out before the men came back.
They are reforms for Which women
are plainly responsible. No One has
a better right than women to take
full charge of every form ot legisla-
tion affecting ethildren. • Baloy wel-
fare as a national reqUirement, . in-
stead of a local manifestation of" san-
ity on the part of parents, in a form
of reconstruction that leads straight
to the doors of women at home to-
day.
The establishment of a natitiiral
Board of Health belongs to 'the goad
times corning in the Reconstruction
Peeled, and the-i.esponsibility for ;its
eStalairliments rests naturally on the
mothers of the laud. The same is
true of the entire educational system.
Laws relating- to food are women's
work. Theac are what might be
called house-cleaning work without
which any reconstruction work would
be hopeless and they should be wise-
ly planned and started at once. In
both France and 'England many of
these reforms ere already under way,
made necessary and possible by the
violent overturning of old method's
:found inadequate in war. Those
countries have waged war and begun
reconstruction simultaneoua,v. Their
wome.n are cognizant of all these pro-
blems and working on thorn honestly.
Is theiie not a too general feeling that
the absolutely necessary reconstruc-
tion will drop from the sky or come as
the result of earnest wishing? The
answer to any- such attitude is the
question: "How eid the things recon-
struction is to replace come into be-
ing—by wishing or, worse yet, by
indinerenct . Were th,e women re-
sponsible for 'them? Nu. But to-
day the ewornen are substitutiog at
home as well as filling their own place,
Have they began substituting in the
Vital places?
ing •the drum 'arid having leessons, on
the cornet :and seemed to expect that
I 'would feel that 'was something to te
happy about—I couldn't; that's all.
To see Dave trying to draw comfort
out 'of such a thing ---it -was too pitir
"Even course your/ visit' did
him good." '
(To be continued.) '
,The Wrong Kind of Powder.
,Madaine Botehkavera, Colonel of
the Russian Women's "Battalion: Of
Death," has been describingto an
Elnglishavonian her method of select-
ing recruits. Having obtained per -
'mission 'to fOrill a battalian she
speedily found herself overwhebned
with 'offers to serve. Elimination was
necessary, and she told how one` of
her methods eyes to moisten the ,tip
.oil a finger and draw it actoes the
cheek of the would-be Amazon. If
any powder or rouge became evident
the candidate was rejected fotthwith.
By this -and other Gideonalike cleviaes
She Chose 2000,stalwart women fi'oiri
over 15,000 applicants, '
Serviceable Crockery.
MataY a hotisewife who daily listena
to the crashing c'ati•er of china break-
ing in the kitchen will ilee something
beYtmi la mos in the suggestion of
ibis houSewife.
"..rolm,'„' said Ate. Jenkins, looking
dJi reem, the evening -paper, "you
Syrup From Fruits.
.
Aippl eyrup made from apple juice
conlains about sixty per cent. of
sugar. A gallon Of aPple SyruP maae
from eseven gallows of apple juice has
approximately the sweetening valm.
of three to lour pound.', of cans
sugar. ^
SYruiP from apples, pears and
popes eon he used in cooking and on
the table to replace sugar to a great
extent. Try it with baked apples or
pears. A little cinnamon adds to the
flavor, This syrup is , suitable for
use ou her cakes mad in making gin-
geebread. With ginger and batter
it makes a-flavory het sauce 'for pud-
dings. When the family demands
I sweets the inventive housekeeper 'will
I discover many Other use for her fielit
- Cider Jelly.—Siveet cider jelly can
be Made without sugar. Boil 'apple
syrup inatai the jelling point is reach-
ed. This jelly makes' an excellent
relish with meat,
butter- can be made without
, • •
sugar. Add one quart of apple ekr14
or geo,pe syrap to one quart of fruit
pulp. Ilofl down to a thick buttery
consistency and seal hot. This is el
tart butter, and an excellent relish. If
a 'sweeter butter is wanted eadd .sue
ger, Or molasses, when these, are avail-
able, rehe.ate and seal. If there is
no fruit syrup on hand proceed as
follows in making fruit butter: Cook
peeled and pitted fruit in enough
, fruit juice to prevent scorching; press
through a sieve; to each quart of this
pulp add three quarts of apple or
grape juice and to each four quarth
of the mixture add two teaspoons of
ground einnam.on and one of ground
cloves and proceed as above.
Fruit Preserved in Fruit Juioe.-eAny
fruits may be preserved in grape juice,
but apples, pears and sweet plume
are particularly good. Boil rix
quarts of grape juice . in an open
Preserving kettle, 'Until it , is rethieed
to four quarts. Have the fruit wash-
ed and pared, and, if apples or pears,
quartered and cored. Put the pre-
pared fruit into a preserving kettle
and cover generousl.y Viith the boiled
grape juice. Boil gently Until the
fruit is clear 'end tender, then put into
sterilized jars. -
For preserving in eider, prepare ap-
ples and pears in the same way, cover
with boiled cider (boiled until reduced
one-half) and cook slowly until clear
en•cl tender.
Personal Efficiency. ;
How many of you have read Prof.
G•rinrshaw's new book, "Personal
Efficiency?" There are, ;heaps of goad'
things in it, but one can't help won-
dering where a mere man ;secured so
much knowledge of women's work and
their way of doing it.
The good housekeeper works ac-
cording to a timetable and plan,
figured out beforehand, with refer-
ence to the various tasks to be per-
formed, .and the time, money and
assi'stan'ce at her 'disposal.
"She saves much work and many a
step by attending to things prompt-
ly. When she leaves 'her bedroom
in the morning she turns thebed-
clothes back to air them while the
prepares and takes her breakfast,
instead:of leaving the r00111 untouch-
ed end Wasting all the thrie daring
the morning Meal. Before leaving
the bathroom she wipes around • the
washstand, So th# VT-Ork will not
want mtflch more afterward.
Many a woman 'starts meals with
table -laying. , She should first put en
the .fire all that has to be •cooked or
warmed; during this .procesaishe will,
find ample time, to attend 'to the
table. ,
The efficient housekeeper is 'through
long 'before others, viith much less
to do and more means todo it With,
have finished their task. The goad
housekeeper is through on time; the
peer- one only in time—an entirely
different Matter.
know howmany dishes Kate has bro-
ken lately?" . .11,4 ••.!'
"Yes," replied .John. "What of it?"
"Well," continaecrlia wife, "there
is something here in the paper about
steel plates. I• don't known jest what
they are, but I nhotild think they
would be indestructible, and the very
thirig: 'we need."
-- The potato is native to the contin-
ent of Arneriee and, Was first import'
ed to Ertarope frop. Peru,
_
the I
e,
,.
leirda
.„
Fveijther:,$ srna'ilest portionscan be rnde intQ appetizingdishes when combined with
q srnail quantity pf
Food -Control Corner
The' world is aot forget: that
there are 10,000,000 people'l3elgians
and French, who have to be fed and
clothed by the sheer spirit of what
we call humanity- in the rest of the
white peoples. Impreving war news
has not alt'ered the position. of most
of them. There are children who
have never known anything but the
-state of white slavery. Over 200,-
000 tons of shipping secured by Or-
,
rangefnent from the Swedish Govern-
ment for use in non -war zones have
been devoted to earrying in the com-
ing year the food and clothing which
we must' send from this slide of the
Atlantic to this• trampled -on. ,but
eonqueiable -people. • The foliowing
toodstuffe will have to be transport-
ed across the A.tlanati in the next
twelve months.
Wheat, barley, rye
corn .for bread
poses ......
Beans.......
Rice ......... .a.
Conned beef .....
Pork products
Soap ,
Coffee ' . .
Feed for 'children
Cocoa
Condensed -milk .
and
pur-
. 42,500 000 bus.
2,200,000 bus.
... 8,300,000 bus.
... 26,400,000 lbs.
277,200,000 . lbs.
„..'66,000,000' lbs.
26,000,000 lbs.
... 18,000,000 lbs.
55,000,00' lbs.
Sugar' .....-......,... 40,000,000 ....lbs.
At best, the Geist will be nearly
$280,000,000. _The Dutch and Span-
ish governments, through their agents
in Belgium, Will 'see' that these sup-
plies are not misused byabehe German
army.
(No estimate)
Haw will the fair price -food projeot
work? In essence it is briefly told.
Each municipal area having appoint-
ed its committee, will take evidence
exactly as in a public inquiry. From
this it 'will learn the average prige
which, merchants buy. Taking all
local laetors into consideration, the
cominittee will then decide on a fair
price which 'the ,consainer should pay.
`Phis' rrinst give the retailer a reason-
able profit. It the findings do not
coliform to the notion of the -majority
of consumers in the district, they have -
the means either of verifying the com-
mittee'e decision, or of having it ilia
mediatelY -revised in theelight of local
'knowledge. ' Is not this ithe essence
of local self-government carried out
step farther than has ever yet been
done in Canada?
^
ConsuMers 'will be made acqualated
with "fitir prices by means of state ,
ments.'ussually in table form, publish
ed in the local newspapers. Thu:
prices given below were ihosb in l'Ore
iNYileelVikabse9gaidininliLegtt Os ccane±ar e3sduring t1
CommodifY Retailer pays Should pas!
1P4m1r:— Per -tAtrrel Per Patln4
BRaylei: in,ey$1.0.75-$12.50 ; 61/4-8c.
Per barrel per pound
$9.50-$12.00 160-7-11/2iuce.
per pond
Grenulated, '
per 1 dor.' oases per cal
Canned salmon, $2,00-$2.35 20-24c.
per -100 pounds per pound
Potatoes, white $2.50-$2.85
Language of the Road.
A former railroad brakeman now
serving in Frenee was bringing in a
bunch of prisoners.
"Whet have you got there?'" ill-
quirid an officer whom he met back
of the lines.
"just a string of empttes, sir!" was'
his prompt reply.
lgummied f-ruits in orch&cls 'left e ‘'
undisturbed, either onthe trees ex
on the ground,' give rise it6 "a: new
outbreak of brown ret in the spring.
D441
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96
CANAIMS vicTjoRy ',GAN
1918: -
it is
Use our
Subseribe.for Canada's forthcoining.
loan. .
5 AND 10 YEARS.
5 1/2 % BONDS
$50.00 $100.00
Without the Victory Loan
Our soldiers could not be maintained in
France.
Our far:piers could not market' their pro-
ducts.
'Our factories would have to close down.
Our general trade and commerce would
stiffer the most...serious depression:
a duty, and every person should buy a. Bond.
Paymen Ian." It makes it easier.
(Members Montreal Stock Exchange)
105-106- Transportation Building Montreai
.
IiidIKESINIItAD IN 3 MINUTES
Flitninates all guess
*or.k. Makes light,
kulsolcaorrso btead,
rella, etc,. :.vithous
*droisble. Saves flour
°and helps COOSErYC
thc (Yahoo's food
supply, ,,„„ctas
Convenlenl, quick
i'and cleao
do not touch clou5(s.
DeliveredaSeliailes
paid to yow home, or
through your dealer --
four loaf size,, $2.75
eigist loaf site $,5.25.
E,T.W11101-11'00.
Linirrrto
HAMILTON
CANADA
at er's
The clothes you were flet.'prolicl Of when,
1-Aiw---ean be made to appear 'new again.
Flabrics that' are dirty, shabby or spotted
will be 1.,eotored to their' 'forrntr beauty by
”seudIng them to Parker,
N1NG an EVVEING
Is properly done at Parker's
Send artle4A )5y :post pr express, We ppy-
cirrge rine `WaY ahd otIr tharaes are reasqn-'
able.. _Ora:0'1* a card or ourAmiclet oh
how.tellokl-helps that savo
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