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dot only the inoFt economical on. accotu 4 of
its ire t strength but you have.e ref eslii �g
An d+ liciousAtmliti •s as wen. *$
Ask ydur Grocer. n eared Met:N.1, 40(4(.
to than Allies last year. 'l'i=e laved
that We
.tire table too.
• e hope to fla' e 100,600 tures <r
liui pa' a year. by spotlntula.
All this has been clone just as "Lit-
tle drops of water., Little ,gl^ains of
Sands, Make the' might .aceast, And the
pleasant\.lead "„•
li=i}l oh1 -'reniembee tt ,is in y of l
:minds'? l `
:l� ROitil” .: G�1I"i I�'h: ItUN S .
My Poor, Feet, :' eonh bare ,toff is e, eighty -Tour!
Where ray sister least visited nie shy, atePs.
alive peer 1l
ve mea peanse `Woman agile• Iron). barn to windmill., thruty, steps.
"elks I gaid trig- a 'better traria '34'1'0111 hare to piotic hundred
would Wi
have.beens lVoma'a1 :''ho 7,Weensi Steps,.
for I was Stiffeningso rnihch o��:ith 1n; r t om :'�v.liadrnill" to , p g'pen (laden
feet that I had 'frequent crying spells., v,, IL I Wo pa s 0. 'A a az , one ;11- c z
rheic tirere touzltleeb' xersoze i).iMu'- thirtyy steps. , (Lovely When.it , ,
ecunticss laps have to takeevt v 8nx1 blow)
day, tl long day of fifteen flours blest • " 1'r041 `pantry- to kitchen table, foie -
, :r,„; reheats it -elf oven time aween be- teen tee.
Cause chores 2t'id, housework, hese; ”: Ptomm:kitchen-table';to „dining table,'
rv;hy of claiming Qua with deadly re- tell stl:las.'
gularity even u11..Senders and heli- From kitchen upstairs to my bed
da�,s room, fifty steps..
'I`he Yughl before si�tei visiji,end• . 1 could go on piling up figures by
counting the ;steps I tool.. every ,day
ed I was ilius cr 1 iuotsoze , I th ar bark audfor'th and crass crass over
myself on ache ldvnye find cried so hirci hcl, over, 'vith heels run down, boea.
drat ,he 'vas ;a tfr ed. .: f;package riot well idapted to my work' there came fr'3m 1t"�r a .pRekage
and letter,' I opened the letter first
and read:
"Dear Sister:" For, ire ' first tirxac,
since you were `Big Sister' and I was
Baby, tugging at, your. ,skirts, I..find
y'ou down and out-dovi7 as to .coir•'
age and decidedly; nut -at -heel asto
common sense, so here `1 come with a
lecture and a present•
"Since those two feet of yours form
the actual physical connection ;bebw-eeri
your body and : your. daily `path of
duty,' wily don't you take as' good.eare
cf your feet as I saw you: take of the
litter -carrier, the day it screeched on
its cable and ran hard? You cleaned
and oiled the bearings and observed
while you worked over it, `I always
feel'sorry for neglected machinery.
It is made to give service and since it
cannot repair itself I am always con-
demned when I do not, give it a
chance to do its best work.'
"Please use the contents of the box.
I am sending to give your feet a
chancei" e
Here is what sister sent me r
A shoemaker's iron last; a shoemak-
er's hammer and sharp pointed' awl; a
keen, strong -bladed knife" for cutting
leather; a bow of shoemaker's nails;
an extra large bottle of sweet oil and:
a dozen pairs of new stockings..
Every- article bore a, tag . and the
sentences on thetags were character-
istic of the writer. This was on the
tag fastened to the iron last: `
"When the engine of your lighting
plant 'broke down you were provided
with tools and knew how to make the
simple repairs needed,,Why,;not
straighten up the rundon heels on
your shoes, and hammer down the
nails that bruise your soles? A wo-
man's feet are more precious than: a
shop -made machine. Take care of
them."
This was fastened to the stockiiits:
UMW Commatag•.atlt +elail arrantalment vriti, Thom. Atoll>
CHAPTER XXIV,—(Cont'd.) j the hones a couple of times a week
'
don>t believe itdid. I think it an - +.d give our little. girl ;lessons on the
I ',,
probably depressed him; I think he, pl.ano.
,
"Why, Mr. Maguire!"exclaimed
was ',arab-abb.' unhappier after it than; Nora. "How did yon ever think of
before.. If I could have assumed! such a thing! Of course I'd love to
something 1 didn't feel while I was 'do it! Why, I never had the Least
with him—but 1 couldn't. Sitting in id f Ig i d I 1 I h 11
that ,place I felt as' if I was polluted.
I don 't do Dave any good by going
see ee him, and I do myself 'harm."
ea o gem as ce now s a.
be so proud of any little pupil some
duty -shan't 1, Laura, dear;;"
She. caressed the child affeetionate-
lyand the child looked up ,at ,hes
Jerry questioned that assertion, but with a serene; self-confident,virile.
she insisted that it was true. Of In her heart' Nora fell a little as -
course, she ' explained, she did not homed of her subterfuge. But, as
mean that she wouldentirely give up she said to herself, who wouldn't' be
going to see Dave. And perhaps in Just as disiligopous scheming, and
time she rnigh't get used to the sur- triehky a;s necessary to Ker a brother
out of prison -a Inether unjustly sen -
rouiidings' and not mind them se much
tensed. for -twenty years?
Again Jerry had a vague desire How she was going to accomplish
such as he had felt when Dave had in her purpose she didn't yet know: but
timated diroppointmel t over Nora's' ' early she felt certain that .P,atrict
sMaguire would -be hertool.
attitude—a desire to defend' and pro-
tect her—this time against herself.
He knew that she did : not do herself
justice when she talked in such a
strain. He withheld, however, that
peculiarly irritating comment, and
contented himself with feeling sorrier
for her than before. Poor Little far from proving' a prodigy of prolnise,
soul, with her sensitiveness and her revealed a singular inaptitude and a
softness, it was not to be wondered disposition,. after ;the frrst, novelty of
at that she rebelled so bitterly against interest wore off, frequently sullen
this last, this 'uttermost sordid and t and at beet indifferent. To teach a
squalid experience. stupil pupil is a supportable trial, one
He -did not go to see her very often. • of the eornlnonest, endured creditably
As, he said to himself quite truly, he by quite unheroic persons; but to
had no time for calling .on people. maintain the pretense, against all the
But his real reason for staying.away evidence of one's senses and the eon -
as lie dui ways that be did not want to elation of, one's spirit, that the dullest
expose his affections ag.ain to capture, of scholars is brilliantly endowed and
and be feared :;her power, erten in is making e ,trAerelinary progress—
voluntarily, to annex ahem. It would that was the tatsk that Nora had reek -
be most, unsettling if by again found Iessly" assumed and that grew daily
himself thinking of her and looking at more oppres e. Either Mrs.
her with desire in his .heart; and this O'Brien or Patick Maguire—and
was too critical a period in his life to 'ssonhetimes both of them -.sat within
justify his running the risk of such hearing of the lesson; and Norasoon
unsettlement:' Even as it was, he wondered at the blindness to obvious
had hoe for a while too much on his faets that maternal and avuncular af-
mind. fection could engender—wondered at
Notuntil the nest autumn did Nara it, was irritated by it, and grateful for.
finally secure employment, and then %t. Without its assistance she could
it
Waz desultory apd not very rye -; never .. have carried through her part;
nl'inel;ative. Twice a week 'she served : it seemed almost right to trade upon
CHAPTER XXVI.
Just what burden -Nora had taken
upon herself in engaging , to , give
music lessons to Laur O'Brien she
very-- soon learned. The child, so
ings roughly darned a nd'wrinkled,•feet.
none too. well bathed, nails riot al-
ways trimmed.. But the time! ,H6*
find time for hissing oyer •my;feet?•
Sisters 'gabels' insistently , ans'} ered
are and I realized`hoiv I hadbeen fool-
ishly wasteful of any strength sand
nerves.
"1 will;.reforrn," I resolved; "and I
will referni , methodically and; sensi-
bly,.'"
ensi-
bly '" It ,would take resolution .arid
;time but if it -saved, me from,fits of
crying. and crossness,, it I; could; do
my work better, if I could be a bet-
ter partner and. wife, surely it' was.
worthwhile
That night I bathed by :feet in :hot
water, plunged then for a minute into
cold water, dried them thoroughly
and then gave then a good• massaging
with oil. What relieved feet! Ally
whole body felt the comfort, Ir slept
like a baby. ..
In the morning I• put: oh.a pair of
the new, stockingsand my i est shoes,
resolving to cobble the crooked heels•
of the old ones as soon` as breakfast
was over. I am handy with tools so
in an hour the heels.wer>e straight and
1 had mastered the sharprlard on the'
inside Of the shoe over which I -shift'
lessly had been keeping i pad of
folded paper to protect my flesh.
After .dinner my,feet were not so
tired as usual. I had seine clewing to
do. Off came my 'shoe`s' and for five
minutes I vigorously pinch ledand
slapped. and limbered there, leaving my
shoes off until again I had to be on the
"What in the world are you doing?".
„asked my Husband; coning in as I` was
putting away the bottle of oil after
bathing and rubbing my feet that
evening. I told him the whdle story.
He listened thoughtfully.
"This house certainly, was not built
for a step -saver," he said when I con-
cluded. "I could move the pigilen--and
I've been thinking how to pipe wa-
"These stockings are a gift. A ter to the barn and the poultry yard-
woman's feet—but perhaps you now nigybe to the pigs too."
can say the rest for yourself!" "Oh, if you'. could, Martin, there&
I was touched by my sister's be,..•se much leas to do` I couldh'raise
thoughtfulness. A.'bit of resentment turkeys! There''s phoney in turkeys.
too crept in as I hurried away to the . When we are out of debt;-"
as pelmet, for . a: -children's dancing- , such serene, : complacent ignorance; barn to see if the latest ..lamb: was "Now isn't that like a woman! Take
clasp.. Among the, pupils 'was Patrick the `only thing that was really tiv:rong prospering. No one was' to blame be- one load off her and she'' goes hunting
MMZaguire's little niece; Laura O'Brien, was having to submit to such a strain! cause Martin, my husband; had to for another!",.
Maguire came occasionally with his I upon the temper. Always to be plea- leave the charge of all.. the olin Thwas a world of tender af-
slater' to look on, •and was introduced } sant, enoouraging, and flattering, even, g Y 8 There
stock to Inc.It v as our farm and our fectioil in this voice.
to the dancing -teacher and tq Nora, whenshe „wanted to scold .a lel "slap, "That's a t
-sale; was ignorant of what a privilege i was humiliating to her spirit and de- �'orl.. If my feet ached from the the way to 'advance, Mare
u ` it en hers until afterwards, vrhen traGtecl from her sense of personal naves I 'v,alked every day, ' let diem t' 2,
the dancing -teacher enlightened her..
Nora at. one grasped an idea. Patrick
Maguire wa a a,power, a political pow
tee Everybody knew that in sonic
mysterious May he had but to cam -
Mead and
omagree-,and his bidding was"done. . 'He
corl.id, get Dave pardoned if "he chose
t e. Slze must improve her a.cquain-
tence with Patrick Maguire she rnust
dignity. But she kept her great aim
always before her, and knew that to
accomplish it ,slie 'must win the likia.g
of Patrick Maguire. And to do that
she must always be nice to the little
girl, even in the child's most detest-
able moments, and' she must never tell
the truth about her.
Finding f; the man So gullible causal
win hia friendship and :mypatby and. her :both to .like •hint, and to be
prevail, on him to° -us a his influence in contemptuous-ef him. He was both a
Dave's behalf. nicer and a stupider person than -the
She did not think it North while to had supposed- one of such political
confidethis brilliant inspiration to,
.'Terry. Fortune favored her inten
tiahs; one day when she was the first
o arrive At the hl, Patrick Maguire
+•arae without his sister, leading his
niece 1.,N•" the hand. Mrs. O'Brien, it
nepeared, was not well—no, nothing
:;chug, thank you, just a bad cold;
aes1 as I.:au_a had wanted to come, he
had volunteoted to bring her. Nora cheesed men too—she saw them all
a6ieed thaf it would ,have 110011 the when they passed the open door of the
.oato,t pity if the little girl head parlor where she sat giving the lesson.
stayed hti. ,i. --she was such a; good Jit-. 'Then tete door of Patrick 'Maguires
power tould possibly be. Men were
queer creatures to let themselves be
hosed by that kind of a prson. Boss
—yes, that was ;the, word usually ap-
plied to Petrick Maguire. She knew
Ile deserved the name, because he eat
at home and had men come to see him
esepoliamen,' tough -looking, roughly'
dressed men, and sometimes well
tie dancer --one of ;those that Nora little room at the encl of the ba11,
liked especially to watch. It gas quite whets he Ivan an ,unseen auditor,,
"mulish for a child so young to show would be cloesd, sand—if Mrs. O'Brien
welt a sense of ;time; she rnh•rnt°be very was not somewhere about the house
mu,iral. Mr. Maguire thou ht like-';listening-Noia's manner could re
ly; else had never 'taken any: 'iesson;s. lax. She wan careful, though, never
Nora ,sorf,gestci that ;she sit down to let it collapse; Laura, even though
feeling resentful at titres of the ineX-
plicable alteration in treatment, never
had any grievance to treasure up and
make a ground of ;complaint.
When Nora'lcnev✓ ,that Maguire was
at Koine and unoccupied withcallers
at the piano and try a little fingering;
the young lady, in an. ,amiable frame
of lniftd after o mucheflattcring, wan
iiothing lo.i.t'?, aild almost immediately
• won surprised, enthusiastic admiration
for her nattural'taloiit, her manner of
touching the keys, the tone that she . site would fDhish the instruction ,period
produced—it was ;almost as ;ie ;she had
en instinct tor the instrument. . What:
,,a Se Lis fact ion to be ;such a ehildr's
11.7,asta . teathcrl Patrick • Maguire
beamed and nodded his approval of
such ,rpP'1eci1±i611.
"Yon really think she's something
l'ereIlk,abic ?' :h0 asked.
"Thick,!" exelaimod`Nora. "Ali I
can say i.;, 1'CI rather teach that child
than any ;teni ordinary children. I
know what in talking about," she at tete end express his :satisfaction and
added, ' Pie studied 'both piano ;and his hope that Laura would some time
roi e at the rameelratory for ±011r rearm to sing like that. Then Nora
esa1 s. 4 hl i oy, lin igI • that i1` I tried omitting this feature of the les-
i<duld find ,hest the eight kind of ,be- ;son; and Promptly foie pupil's una1^
;inner I'd love t teach, one:teed arid .asked het s..
Mr, Maguire ' merle '3133 rosin—moo to favor as 1,"i" 0t al)eclal
v�oalltlii t, oih. sdhtic bhialg
with a singing lesson—Which llvsays
meant that by way of illustration she
would sing a lsong to her pupil. She
did not coniine herself ;to songs of Ya
nursery '01 juvenile character; they
were iueh songs as "li'ati1er O'P lynn,"
"Kathleen hlavourneeii," areal "The
We0>tittta,-oi the (.*Peen," 'I11.1y 'would
dram Ittagufte:; Semis hie retreat as e
hurrty-gurdy draws a child; he would
come in'and seat him;self to listen, chid
I
1 a ,
ilea rel Nola I • 'Ir
i" rare 1 feat that her I r
;chalk had ',reek -est' ettesse , .stirts sot
the next m eting Of t1.i•r ni class
•
he appt'oaiehe1 het V3ft! l the pl'oposal
that :;he had longeel yet. -hardly dared
r
to heat',
"I've tail111(1 thieg's o Si•
Teter,'' he soil, ser,
leteew r f t; , ..•
•"Mori:; she \lent, name, Ile listened
with rapt attention to the old Trish
melodies; Nora spent 0 0005idera'blo
hart of ' the interval between lessons
311 t•`o1Ya tltting to memory and prae-
ticili't other• sem • ofaincl1 like-
ache—one must do the best she can.
Martin had not built the big incon-
venient house or planned Ise location
of the farm buildings. We had
bought the place and itmas -a valuable
place.
It was time to feed the pigs. With'
sister's preachment sounding in
mythoughts in spite of my flash of;
a
resentment, I set myself to counting
my steps. It grew interesting. By
bedtime I had begun an imposing ar-
ray of figures:
z
Food of trol ColTer
t'�
"IIoav eau we help the FoodBoard?"
The question is the most frequer
the correspondence with :,,which
central staff at Ottaeva and the Provin-
cial Commitees of the Food B
deal. It is' an expression not me
of individual good mill, but of
underlying' desire, a restless aspira-
tion, felt in a far wider -circle
those who say it, to do something
wanes bringing the war to the
end we .dare contemplate.
Beyond question, the most pressing
thing for which the Board now
ask the aid •nf outside workers is
combating, of the misconception
we may 'rest oh our` oars," Fur
food' saving and greater farm Produc-
tion axe" as .imperative an ever.
clearer one sees thewor'ld's noels,
more' loci; :methodic' Paving seem
quisite.
Tension iti the food 4situation
Enrolee, let it be repeated, has 1.
caseTho acuto shortage of
winter is. test presents,13ut t
have not relascd. a particle off t
sir ret lndivilu tl rationing in - ter
1;1.1t'ain, Prestos or i=tal�r�,
ldeslrlr , ,icysn is the gaunt fad,
tiG 'fTy 5,000,000 people have.diel
gt r a�tltof or ,111nlihutr'ition •t11ro
the war, :Can we, dare we, h Can
zgnote a decimation'which 'would. t
over one-half of our own population?
Pootl workers at the beginning
the wvinter season can do nothing
bet-
ter, nothing more patriotic than to
pent again•and. assail) that our share
1' food war wolf: i, only just, be
\Jeiiinn id by our unprep"a
ltin
the
gvin-
oard
rely
1111
pita
than
to-
wards
can
the
that
Further
duc-
ThL
t11e
r'e
7.71.
been
hast
lies.
herr
'cert
that.
of
u gl;
0(131
oral
ni'
bet-
rare
begins
red -
The next time I went to town 1
bought walking shoes and decided that
it was poor business to use worn-out
best shoes to work in. `
Life looks better to me now!' The
nightly bathing, the every -other -night!
oil rub, the shoe heels kept in repair,
e piped water andthe fine brood of
i=lle
young turkeys are reasons enough for
mygain in flesh ` in nerve and ingood
g g
temper. I ani •still the Wonsan -Who
Walks and my husband says I am also
tel. `'Woman -Who -Smiles.
mess of fifteen Months agoa we have
done 'well. • But a higher standard
than ,ever has °been set by Mir own
success. -To-day we have the ;Organiza-
tion; we have a mucth .better under-
standing among the people, and we
have, consequently, a.. far greater
obligation.: The -Work must be ter-
rigid 'on.
You surely have not missed the lit-
tle less wheat in your bread? Yet it
has reduced our Canadian consumption
by 200,„000 barrels a month, or 12,000,-
000 -bushels a year.
We Sent ±20,000,000 -:pounds more
pork and 75,000,000 pounces, more beef
�,o1'a 7d6 8C t�Jo Gw,6�tigtti,
,a:
Thoughts •of Home A.hnida'ihe Com-
forts; of Prison Caznj».
'11110 excellent treatment received by.
Getman prisoners of was • zrl. ateb;s,.
'Scotland <:alhs be glen ictl from the
coluieris of the Stobst.hcle, a little peel-
odical issued in the prison; camp in
their awe. Iangi age, -A recent issue
._v hioh hqs arrived here telly, of thea-
ti lege perforle nces in the camp thea
tre; of 'concerts, dancing and laughter.
lout now and ethen the merriment
giti eel way to sadness and melancholy,
'as the following extract shows:
"Dsp
eite a11: our comforts and con-,
•Yeriiences here,thpught's' of ;home now
and then eyerwhelrn us. Are -We to
remain here forever? . .Yonder is a
prisoner stanching on the hill, calmly •
smoking his' pipe He 'IS thinking. He
look aroind'at the vistabefore him
4
:andelzersees the � ouses With the
roofs in the ,valley. Then lie thinIts,.
'Of home; of wife rand chlldrei. Those
red roofs remind him .•af 'litt;le•houses
on .the Rhine. Yet ;;how 'long. back
that wondrous "'happy • time. now
seers ? His heart is heavy and gloomy..I
ti
'4 [rope 0 (ir $2 ;14 wr l c, 1t.eemi hoW 11rri
1i+►rtip 1 10cokiet .tet trent. ROYAL WIMA
.C1Y 719 160 40ihtlui An., btvwNr Car
thoughts overwhelm him. l.'hoee red
roofs have brought,.; back •;memaeles,
and he .turns. slowly' and _w'alks-down
the hill, still thinking "
Described.
"What sort" of a patriot 'is he?"
"He's the kind that will eheel' the
boys marching off to war, slid then
grumble about having to pay ail
income tax," •
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