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THE ORCHID
By DANA
Tl RN ET.
CHAPTER III
Two days later Ramon Alvarez
made a second visit to the great house,
on the shore of the St. John's. His
ostensible purpose was to return the
slave Zacharias; but he confessed to
Sophia, with a charming, ingenuous
air, that he had come eh>eity in the
hope of seeing her again. "It is ouch
a pleasure to meet a countrywoman
in this land which is no longer Spdin,",
he confided to her with his gleaming'
smile; but his eyes said boldly: "You
are the most beautiful creature that
I have ever Seen. I dream of you. I
long to posses, you.'
As it happened, the colonel was not
present at this meeting, having gone
to ride over his vast estate. Hence,
it fell to Sophia's lot to entertain
Ramon until leer husband should re-
turn. This she did by showing him
:;bout the premises, by conducting
hint through her flower -garden and
by walking with him along the edge
of the river, where ran a delightful
little path canopied over with Spark-
ishmoss. V •.natty they came to the
great oak, and Ramon letting his gaze
rove for an instant from the person
of his companion, eaw the marvelous
golden orchid growing upon a 1?raneh
of the tree.
"Look, senora! There is a flower
that alight be your fare reflected
from heaven. Let me climb up and.
get it for you?"
"No, no!" cried Sophia, in horror.
"You must not! It is not to be picked,
that flower! My husband would kill
us.-..,-"
Then, rather itreathlessly, she told
Ramon the history of the Gardiner
orchid. When she had finished he
looked at her with his 1 -.ad, flashing
eyes. and said that a flower was :a
frail Unmet: upon which to impose
so large a faith. •'1M,,pet:allean he
aided. nee beaUt.t'al .tottr are mean
to iae it eked!"
"I'S that true, senor?"
"Is it not. senora? Of what use is
a tilos sam that gruwe ann ot'ced
the gleamy ehede of an oak been
What put'poae does it serve, or what
Soy does it taste, hidden there in <o'd
chastity from the waz 'th ofacnnar:'rg
eyes :"'
Sophia a::need up a t him Sidelong
"Ah, st t or, " she said, with a sigh,
"how well you understand the nature
of flowers."
At this moment Colonel Tsailip rode
up, mounted upon a powerful white
horse, amt the interesting botanieal
discussion came to an end. It was re-
sumed, however, on subse ;tae nt occa-
sions, for Alvarez demonstrated that
he was not the man to abandon a flor-
iculturai adventure merely because
the affair presented difficulties. He
became a frequent visitor to the Gar-
diner home and was .always welcomed
with cordiality by Sophia, who said
artlessly that she found , him very
sympathetic.
The colonel, for his part, continued
to treat the young Spaniard with im-
peccable consideration and regard.
Alvarez had been presented to him by
his life-Iong friend, Judge Oidmaster;
therefore, the former was entitled to
all the privileges and immunities that
the latter might have claimed, Colonel
Philip, would have felt it a shame and
a degradation to betray the slightest
distrust of one whom circumstances
had invested with the sacred mantle
his little clay pipe, downing his occa
sional glass of whisky and gambling
away thousands without the slightest
test
evidence of excitement. On the eon-
trary , he at last threw 'flown his cards,
and looking across at Alvarez, re-
marked politely that the game seem
ed to be a trifle dull.. "I suggest, sir,
that we eliminate the deal and eut for
stakes."
Alvarez- hesitated' for the fraction
of an instant,: then said softly: "I
am at your service, senor."
So they cut for stakes, wagering
huge sums upon the turn of .a single
card, seeking to overwhelm each other
by the sheer magnificence of their
folly. It became not so much a con-
test of riches as a trial of nerve. They
played all night, and Colonel Philip,
by systematically increasing the size
of bis bets, won hack all that he bad
lost, At daybreak a recess was taken
and the colonel, flinging himself down
on a couch, slept for an hour,
it be awoke, Alvarez was site.
ting at the table, calmly shuffling
the c rds, "If you ere sufficiently
refreshed, senor," he said, "we will
continue our game"
"I regret to have kept you waiting,
sir!" responded the colonel, and ris-
ing he walked stiffly to the table.
They eut, and the Spaniard. drew
the high card. From that time on,
Ramon's luck never waned. Occasion-
ally it fluctuated, but hi the end he
won.• The tattle before him was soon
heaped With .eelenel's I. O. Ude, .ands
other promissory memoranda, .,The,
garlands of fortune bave white i
leaves," said Alvarez an 1 ebowed his.
teeth in a fleeting smile. ' -
The colonel threst out his handl
slowlti covered he little pile of paper,
and eriirntble + .t In his fingers. His
eyes' hunted.
"We are westing tamti*, sir" he r;iid, o
f e are rot :'old eitoegh!"
of friendship.
But though he eonformed punetili-
uusly to the code of his day—and it
was a very punctilious code—'he could
not help but feel within himself those
impulses and emotions which no
amount of •social discipline could era-
dicate from his heart. Beneath a
calm and imperturabable exterior he
a dislike for the elegant
earez t at grew s ortly to absolute
hatred. The cleverness of the roan ,in
avoiding any suspicion of impropriety,
the cool impudence with which he
wooed the colonel's wife under the
colonel's very nose, aroused in the
latter a desire to destroy Alvarez
body and soul. In addition, Colonel.
Philip was tortured abominably by
that baffling sense of Sophia's niets-
tery, by the enigmatical smile that
was like a veil upon her spirit. At
times he was consumed with horrid
fears and would have taken a grim
joy in questioning her outright con-
cerning her attitude toward Alvarez;
but that, of course, was ,impossible.
The tremendous strain of repression
under whicth he now lived found an
outlet in but' - one channel. Sines he
could not employ his strength, he in-
dulged his weakness. He would go to
town and play for days. His skill at
the gaining -table, however, lead en-
tirely deserted him. He played reck-
lessly and lost large sums—almost
invariably to Alvarez, for, the latter
alone would gamble for the stakes ,;he
named. So overpowering did these
become, indeed, that one night Judge
Oldmaster, taking his courage in his
hands, ventured. to suggest a limit to
the wagers -a thing without precedent
in the history of the Planters' Hotel.
Colonel Philip, sedate and self-pos-
sessed as always, agreed without pro-
test to the new ruling. In the morn-
ing., however, when the game was con-
cluded, be drew Alvarez' aside . and
proposed that they continue to play
mane.
"You, sir," said the colonel blandly,
"are a sportsman: after my own no-
tion. Let us sit down together, with-
out limit or' restriction, and see whom
good fortune will' favor."
"Mat is ,agreeable. to me," retained
Alvarez, mooting the colonel's 'pene-
trating glance with a cool unite,
"especially as fortune is, according
to the tvraters of mythology, a goddess
of get beauty."
'y -
-..�,,cupon zap yo-lonel engaged a
r ivate room and theybegan to ,
p �a :a1ay.
At the end of six hours the colonel
had 'Get heavily. His composure,
however, had not been - disturbed in
the least, nor apparently had he suf-
fr:ed the slightest physical fatigue..
lie'sat irk a man of iron, sn,olring
sled
Al h h
•
•,.Whaat do y tau nrei o�f'senor?"
� .
•
The ee;ere.'> Meed grew grim.
"Yon -own pr,?petty on this river,
S,, de I With t'en ntlo..ey that you.
nave tet.: f •,'re, a, e : r possessions are
adireit eoetne., 1 stirs staff;., my entire
thio;-ngs. sire -with the exception of
the oak that bears the Gardiner or-"
ehiii—eatittist your I ev.iuie the
-'ak :+ riientimertai reaeone. Other-
wise.: coy whine forteee is pieced on
the hoard. itnete. -°r. What do you
„art'
"It in :a herine wager." , spied
Alvarez stea+l,'t. ''But grass ea have
saga este l it—I aeeept
otl!erclainie.:l s o ore eaten
and :akin; penell and paper ne wrote
out an informal need of gift for his
ancestral estate, making reeserva..ur.
only as to the oak tree. This tlou-
rnent he paced in the centre of the
table. Alvarez diel likewise; then tali-.
ing up the cards, he shuffled them
and passed thele to the colonel. The
hatter, deliberately drew one. It was
the jack of clubs."
t "That is excellent." said Alvarez.''
He extended his hand, looked straight
into the colonel's eyes and turned up—'
the king of hearts.
Colonel Philip Gardiner rose from i
his chair with a dignity that would'
have graced the coronation of an eiu
peror. PIacing. his right hand upon
his breast, he bowed superbly to the
Spaniard, "You have won, sir. Our'
game is finished. If you will call;
upon me tomorrow—shall we say be -f
tween three and five?—I will maker
arrangements to grant you full title to
cod day, sir]"
ray possessions I wish you a very
g So saying, Colonel Philip, holding'
himself proudly erect, passed froml
the room. He walked at his usual.
leisurely pace down the stairs and in -q
to the street. His dugout was wait-
ing for him .at the town . wharf. He:
epee in , an in ue •ime rear -
ed home. He went directly to its i
st d tat d d t h
wife's room and knocked on her door.
Sophia herself opened it, She was
in negligee, and her hair hung down
her back in two long braids. A won -1
derful Spanish shawl of heavy silk em-
broidered with crimson flowers, fell
from her shoulders to her feet. She
was inexpressibly beautiful.
(To be continued.)
The Chinese Way.
The inhabitants of the Flowery
Land, it seems, are not immune, any
more than the natives of less favored
countries, .from the attentions of cer-
tain very active insects; but -they are
much more ingenious in dealing with
them. ' They have invented a kind of
little trap, which they place. in their
beds and elsewhere!
The ,main principle of this trap is
that it contains a sticky rerface, which.
effectually trammels the feet of the
strongest and most 'active insect that
ventures upon it. There are charit-
able societies in China, instituted for
the purpose of supplying these traps.
to poor people, and many persons gain
their livelrily od by calling round re•
gularly to renew the sticky surface of
the traps.
Thrift in the Sanctuary,
An English periodieal tells the story
of a minister who' was asked to supply
for a Sunday or two in a quiet • country.
village.. When he went to the echurcle
the verger met him and asked him to
preachfrom the chancel:
"Why, my good man?" he inquired.
"Well, it's like this," said the verger
I 'ave a deck in the pulpit: sitting on
2ottrteen eggs,"
;fg Promote Legibility,.
in the interest'. of legibility Some
English. schools are teaching penman-
ship pupils a modern farm of "the print
writing used in the fifteenth century,
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lfiirtertler- nintaznetit Cares Diphtheria
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tient eireinatian-
NE.W Y. M. C. A, AT GAMBOL
• This new $43,000. railway Y.M,C.&., now under construction by Canadian national Railways, will --mean nnteb to the inhabitants of the little
radii°ay town of Capreol, which has sprang up during the last five years, on the main line of Canadian t'ationnl Railsr. s between Termite .an•t
,Winnipeg, and now boastsof a population of between five and six hundred railway employees who with their families have loeatcd°'there, It w-:1
"irovide a community centre where the people may meet together in a social lvay, and hold meetings and concerts., +
The new "y" will undoubtedly iIII a wide gap in the lila of Capreol in providing a community eentro or clubhouse, with its library, billiard room,
writing nein, cafeteria anti large nraiu hall or rotunda, which could be used to exeellent ad`antat,c for a lecture, concert, dello, or any large comtnuaity
nattering. :*
The building bas arconcrete founilatien, its Pouter walls are of brick finished with stucco and the sloped roof is covered withcedar shingles. There
s a Sarge lower and upper verandah acrose the front, supported by a portico of four pillars, and from the centre of the lower ver'ndah one enters
throu b. a vestibule into the main rotunda, in the centre of which and opposite the door, in ;a spaeioes alcove, is a large brick .fireplace. Just to the
left of tine entrance the menagerie room and oleo is situated, while itamediately to the left is the library and reading Toone Reek of the library,
"separated from the rotutuia by pillars, there is a large billiard room and a games room. An open writing room is also provided at the back of the
rotunda between the alcove and games roont. To the left of the rotnndn, between two columns, one enters the dining room or e:ifeteria,from width,
through swing doors, access to the lrtehe'i is obtained. The main stairs are situated at the itaek of the main hall between the linclu:a and au alcove,
Where there is also a street entrance to, the'building,.
:i
simple treatment of stucco h,•ams with a plain cornice mould and plaster eolui:els is used throughout the main floor. The Roar is finished with
c..' , s dile partitloz s and trim are of Georgia pine s+dined and varnisbed.
Qn tete Feeond fiber there are'' l`;t bo.lranuts, a sick bay, large toilet and bathroom en1 Them Closets, and from tit? corridors. there are, (alts to .four
balconies, wlaieh may 1'e used es sleeping porches, end wo'n't prove useful in ease of ere, On the third zloor there are also as single rooms, a double
rooni. large toilet ami S'nen closets and acees to haleon?es from the eorridor, . •
Provision bee ;Ila Iron vele for two bowling al; ys, which will be put in later.
w: ,a§ca.vtar.s*n::1,., - xM'T:,T^M:,.axa,t,,xM^a-. ^a Aatrx':':,�+nc,er ,xan,K7.N+=g1caw".rx,73.,^7,rr,.z..-•, o+ec
Gaels Who Make }f_elticf.
" I cart's mane out whet I've sleets to
ondereil -1 lLi rson," ray ehum Paris
ser .wed ale min Cray. 'Re seemed
.o ir.ereetecl, end new I rr Tay think
Fie gore out of leis way t,a zvaime."
We are both in the sante office.and
Jim is one of the nicest -Tanking .leen
there, art! I had hotted that the inter-
est he evinced for Doris night enc
day develop into something more seri-
ous.
"What about Mabel?" I suggested.
"I know you will never listen to me.
when I try to tell you she's not a true'
friend, hut I think you'll find that
she's at the root of the trouble,"
And what I saki turned out fo be
true. I found out afterwards that
Mabel, who was very keen on Jini her-
self, had, with sugar-coated cattiness,
chaffed him about Doris, and the ef-
fect on Jim, who was only beginning
to be attracted had been to t f hten
him off.
I wonder how many romances are
spoilt in the early stages because girls 1
of one's acquaintance, under the guise
of light-hearted banter, are deliber-
ately spiteful, and tease a man out of
his fondness for another girl by mak-
ing him feel awkward and shy?
There are so many ways in which
a girl can easily ieake mischief if
'she wishes to.
She may put into her friend's mouth
words Doris would never have dream-
ed of saying. Silly little intimate.
things that have been told her by an
over -confiding Doris and exaggerated
tenfold.
She may say something in the most
subtly innocent way possible which
conveys to him the idea that the girl
in whom he is interested has been
bragging about his attentions. She
may hint that she is already "booked,"
or may leave the impression in his
mind that he is being made fun of.
There is nothing the average man
hates more than being laughed at, and
the natural effect of this is to make
him cool off.
And there is nothing annoys the girl
who is 'beginning so fall in Iove with
someone more than to:.feel that her
every attitude is being watched. She
feels self-conscious and: shy, and the,
result of being "chipped" is that she.
will be cold and frigid in her manner
and a misunderstanding may arrive
which willenever be cleared up.,
It is not only girl. friends who make
mischief. In many, many cases sisters
are behind a broken romance.* It is
so easy for a sister to find the weak-
est spot in a.girl's armour, and if she
doesn't approve of heft useher knowl-
edge for all she is worth.
If she is really out to end things,
she can; with the help of a mother
and few relations snake things so un-'
pleasant that, in spite of a dawning'
fondness forthe man, the girl is only]
too gird to see the last of him and,;
his people.
So, girls, don't be catty! You may
try to appease your conscience with
eatcuse that you were only jolting,+
never really meant anything, but you
know quite well that ,you did.
Even if you are jealous,try to re-
member that by deliberately interfer-
ing in a budding romance and separ-
;sting the lovereLt, ' t cif. citta :`
s; ici"in or C't srwist reel a'e
reseen ?`t . en eta eesif.
:tn.! t:_; re is the ..,aa ,....trip in to
e .. whir. Oen nee yet! t . v.the
,',n teed we tnic;...tt
as your own.
ratio !y encrer , ,k,
We are a laigen fit. l -s nave
had good: time : t , w::` to : a
snbskribe.. tet , . ' 111 not 'e ,u
now until e sant:'-e; • o we a.,- milk-
ing a sect: h:oll« to help us remember
what our parents have told ne a:iout
the family and what we want to Leets
fresh in mind of our men days in the
old home. We are using a spring
cover and loose leave - so that et any
time any one of cls eau take out cer-
tain pages without interfering with
the Important part, which we intend
to keep together.
-In the front are the genealogy and.
copies of our grandfathers' and grand-
mothers' and great-grandfathers' and
great-grandmothers' pictures. Then
there is a brief, typewritten history
of the few faral y relics—grand-
(lather's hunting knife and Great -
Aunt Editha's beads, and the rest.
Next come the pictures of father and.
mother, andthe printed accounts of
their wedding and of other important
events in their liven. Then come our
own pages, on which all of our photo-
graphs are kept, so that here and
there are groups of snapshots of each
of us: John when he was a curly -
headed baby, and ,Toseph riding the
cultivator, and Clarkson in his new
uniform. , There are our graduating
programmes,and the poems we wrote
in college --and laugh over now! There
are snapshots of the house and: the
well and the road,-apd of some of the
trees we loved best; ,and there are
Blackie, the horse we rode, and ¢Villa,
our dog. It will be a very interesting
book to look at years from now; and
I„ think, too, that it will help us to
keep up the'tradivtioes; and the spirit of
our old home.
Insects 'on House Plants.
Plants grown in the house inwin-
ter do not•have the vigor they have
in the summer or as the days get
longer_ in theearly spring, and they
are much more subject to insect at-
tacks, or rather they are much easier
injured by them. Insects are always
present in most collections and it is
the constant attention given their
plants by some growers that keeps
them healthy, rather than the lack of
insects. They keep ^t the insects reduc-
ed to ` the minimum . by preventive.
measures.
* Hot soapsuds is.the handiestinsec-
ticide which most of us have to work
withe,and if we will give the plants
that permit it a good: washing every
wash day we . will . not be ' bothered.
much by any of the common pests.
As this is a busy day many will prefer
to make a suds 'just for the purpose,
andfor such •I would suggest the ease
of whale oil soap, oe fir tree oil soap,
as they have special: value as.insecti-
cides, Fir tree oil has the same qual-
ities, and is somewhat easier to handle
than the soap, as it mixes with water
by the simple process of pouring it
irto s= aetseli Thee will rid plantia Gasoline sold fax 6 cents
a 't,:'a:, reel sp,.l, shale. and aro r an li=tl8,
t+.. i°ii'c . i. • ";1 ne .. ":..i' to at -a ,.�.,.�.-.,.._,..� ,.._..
to:off:: h ..t, ;a". :' Pr mealy
eer et,.eeiee t t_ • a a l in ap-
th,' T.r,lt •i, r.i. ,a# gi,c,ew:
ti°`. i;ru h - s ,sell hire
by
. !: I in ;, hzre, they
a±. ' eeett net 'heir 1; ',lies wet
E r neepine t. -r. , est a gift Camel
'try,'" '^ret 'a: i beet. :linen*
h: g dog;
�,
tittirett term, are en tine meet be
treerie l with the fir ree t'il ends, hut
dei it car: tel y,. ant then rinse tha
?en vee with clear wt tor ani In care-
ful. to get ei! s hp•as water enonged
tar re "tis' ' ,r, n .t•la. eoo•i
""aiif. ''s s k tl, :+. have
.,t,'r 11r.it offer
.Title::et tre.il.Ie . I bave :'een and
igen the teener. hrente lhr"rned when not
i Er'ot* sit it
�4D ',,,-t, s die =us 't at t)ii ferns or'.
peens it is heard tet met rid of, es-
} ciniiy on -the feels. as every scale
must be di t1o,iged fr" positive effects.'
Still keeping it up seen without muck
brushing will finally got them all.
Some may be secure eaiii time, but at
some time they will be so that the I
ail all penetrate t -'i diem, I
Rea Spider is pi,:.hahiy the'most de-
structive house ins: st, as it is so min
tete it is never noticed until the plants
are so bardly infested that they are it
almost past saving. When the leaves
begin to lookrusty and yellow. and
to drop, then they have about finished
the plant. Because of this it is best
to give the plants a thorough clean-
ing every. week or two. -
Cards. Worth Keeping.
Are many pedple preserving the
Chr'istmas . greetings which they re-
ceived from the f-r'ont in 1914-18?. They
are certainly worth keeping for his-
torical, no less than personal, reasons.
In 1914 there was .a run on cigar -
boxes, and many people in this coun-
try had delivered to 'them finely -
carved lids of such receptacles. Coins
were subsequently used to the same
end by some of our soldiers, and many
a bit of aluminum was beaten Vat arid
made to bear a Christmas greeting to
the folk at home.
In some units the men combined
and produced au annual, on the front
of which was printed the old, old wish.
One was the Winnipeg Mlles, which,
for at least two years in succession,
brought out the "Trench Echo."
Another device was to send home
the menu of the Christmas dinner.
Usually •though,''designed on the spot;
it was printed -in England, and only
needed a few words scribbled on it to
}hake an interesting "card:" In 1918;
at Steenbecque, the 2 -15th Transport
Section, R.A.S.C., did an eight -page
menu which thus served a double pure
pose. •
When, too, the war seemed to have
settled down into a -permanent thing,
whole div:sions went in for a develop-
ment of that great Army institution,
the regimental Christmas carts. Some
of the divisional greetings were real
works af. art.
Perhaps the most singular, Christ-
mas "card" of the war was one print
ed at Salonica. ,It wee a four-page
Ieaflet setting forth the achievements
of the British forces there, with
blanks at the end for the name of the
sender and that of the addressee.
Plenty of fresh fair isnecessar
Keep the `hens busy to' keep them'
warm.
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SCHOOL far NURSING
Tke ,Tertian Hoi prim, Plymouth, Blase..
Beautifully situated in 12 erre%, of
land overlooking the •ata, offers to
udnratr,l ; +•oag woman' i. ts:a year
and niic aeon hie coarse in tinr•vng,
two to four months of which aro
spent In a largo Boston hospital.
dordnn Heeuital has a ••opacity oft
67 Ueda. Modern Rouse for ISarsesn,,
separate from the hospital. Clausen
atitnitted tobruary ana October ase
utaaiiv. Prospectus of School sant Tose
epeucetion.
L.°tura E. Coleman, Supt.
All grades. Write far prices..
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cotton or mixed goods, -- dresses,
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everything.
The Direction Book with each pack-
age tells how to diamond dye over any
color.
To match any material, have dealer
show you "Diamond, Dye" Color Card.
Assessment System
, Whole Family Insurance.
The Order furnishes insurance to its
tnembees at Ontario Government Stand-
ard;rates.
Sick and Funeral Benefits are also
'given' if desired.
The Juvenile Department furnishes
the best pos`aible insurance benefits to
the children of our adult members.
The Order has already paid over $660,-
000,00 in Sick and Funeral Benefits, and
rsneailyurance. Seven Millions of Dollars' in In-
'
n-
600 Councils in Canada. If there is
snot one in your locality there should be.
For full information write to any of
ithe ,following Officers:
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GraCiGrnR.ecodor
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