HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1922-1-19, Page 6NEVER COOK UP COLD MEAT WITHOUT IT
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Every Marl For Him
By HOPKINS /1/100RHOUSE
(Clopyriglat y iNineama Compa
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a stick hi; mind was busy
ht"gealitli the surfac* o his-- caltizt".1-alsd•-
erie, Nvas trying to reoall every-
thing ilon 1V1acte Iiint that
inorning they had ridden tr.' the tenet:
platform of the president's priveke
oar and the exact way he tad said it;
bat there was little which c' old have
any possibl,e bearing upon the need
of ;posting a Irian at Sparrow Lake. ,This' New -Freedom. Stuff
Wade's get Yall W0lklfl on ' that The"' ` 1 te 1 '1"‘"
N icleiebv, pe air; he?" mull, d qU'll 4'0 S,R1 ',a w -
McC argue& f ttil
le are fire y s •,,te, along 'el a d e c $1•• ao, 11,-
10g beneath the kettle to his eelaa.,iligalWati, drinking in- tlie
faction. "He bad me mocailiin' aroun-cloft aWeet Wotltle and fields.
on it Ter a :while, but they') e 4 'pretty rinelights Wel'e eating up the, dar'1,1*-
smooth bunch, them fellers, an' 1 h;td /less •alle'ati Of them, !lite ea -menet -et'
'be quit "final " , •rushing, dpi. its victim; there'was
"How wae the,t?" aek-ecl Kendrick 'iasolatation 'about it that, kept them
avstitinvii„atereat, "Did, they catch Ycl.1 both preoceapled •each 'thinking' intli-
,
vaamd.thoug-hts. At Last 11 fachraanestl-
ing 010.50,aft'-i' at • el -.6 ho;ilder
spoke" Softly. ••
"Y01 .1,
1cia
atrelg;ie,?)
0isng,,t9 teach nie to -dr
theea
Iiae
ii.:7edon.1•11i.it eh the euat r aa' di en lnteoc rveoiccp
to
Seeing . his face Madge' tooit the
answer for geretted as she conzir tied
warml y.
-'My mother had no way of going
anywhere tilile.ss: there was sonieen
"Cateli me?' rep'eated MeCercfrio-
dale -with 'a11 injureal, air. "Not me,
....... 'cid! Y'seta 1 hires out to. that Brady
a ata:
a ' " Detective Ageocy that Nielt,leby does
Clrowing Anxiety,
4: T
Co" gum:lade, "1 east you to dry uP, aiblnlab'sotilhl,l'e:ioisel;;:giilvid,lt*'*;id",1_,I,e,i'eff-oll:0,5111-eild,"I'lli•ositen..o,a1,,,ii'a;iillzfeill",,:ii,7g.'1,1'1111pti".
't I?" •
teor scLme moments Keiviriek wat,e,,,, ,,,1 1"0I w. .dre. off," SAlliled Phil, a ea „ , a ..„.., , en - e ,..... , _ _
tird Wan, aa he moved CalltiOUSIY. fT0,01, PV14,ng •tl' h'IS Wet. trii:a-'•••"rei '11Yliesre'z' j,OV'''tealiNeeY1* ilat''its“•1-ittase(1.00151*glr''01--tel'ern\e--.**i3a:fibrasdt
one vantage point to another, not, a this camp of youre f.• -, with Brady. They eat me to tr411 a
little surprised to discover that the I "0,ee that av•ay,” rs,atid MoCergtio- kid. with a tan satchel from the A'kler-
itetruller was 'spying upon the tiott.age. I catee, p intik,."We d bet -el „et thern son coies,truenion company's offide
. 1 P )• ie ro• they th if Its too faa over to ,a, aa wy aids or....,... ,,....., -,- did ,
$0m.e 'belated oa.raper, probably. 'beats firet, ,. . _.
_ace at:. a ;
130t ther'e avas no harm in malting 1 away. then ,they turns ,aroural an' says some -
sure, - Phil crept noiselessly off the i 'rhey -fecund ria_ a floating caose to- body's gone art 11 (91 'what was m to take her. :when. 1 ,w..a,..a -1,i,ttie g,irt
balcony and slipped quietty down- ;gather, clown nese" the point, ,ancii Mc- the satchel ' hiames ine far not she used to beg for a chance. to go (0
hsstairs and out the back way. It was; cargura6a.,1.-e, itittleatook, to swim out lo.oltiii,' afte,r, it. But there wasn't -rieL.
hrs. idea to come upon the man ' from ' and 'bring thein in. It ava-s a tribute thin' taken 'out o' that there s,atehei town- ur to the neighbor, and ,toere
• have paddled inshore very quietly. No from the lake about a quarter ,of a the dashes and toed: another look at ' . ; •
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into a small 'launch. which he must ; He had pitched. his small tent back hlack.,. Mr, Kendrick?"
behind and demand what he wanted; to hint that he was permitted 'without for I was righ•t 'helalrel it ell the aer,ay, handy- ever was a horse that dia not
top sneer/. through the bush to the 'Kendrick's. judgment that lie took no "Olt, just soute legal papers o' some . There.e.vas sile.nee ..,..e:xcei,t ,,,fo.r , tire
e,laae of the lake -Where he jumped a.fivarta.:ze ,o,f it.
preach and sent t•he fellow running at tamity of escaping and a tribute to
but a •carelese step revealed his, tap- demur to have such a goldea oppar- Somethin' 'damn- funay :bout that." have to 'plow •or 'harvest or something,
kin& Say, d',,asou like Y'r tea PretY• soft purring pi the ear happy -as it
"What 'was in it? -----1h1 l'bte satchel?" And •poor, -,Mother hfid to stay helne."
Ile got out teryi-at,'d'',,2,0,0 6. suatlirp-s*ssir.aighter.. ''.tilre roan--
,
enell. eantlun marked ins, actions now, 'mile in ac gtillY: where it Was hidden. the kitchen fire. "'`Wren't my fault -I
however. He "started his englne and" completely by thick undergrowth. A had to get 'ell* that :irib•Id hooked ocialllY Sarni woinert•-a-arce .conting
went putt-pu,iting madly out acroa's sprinar bubbled not far away 'and the tnern realere 'ap viniathis here whisky., ,,11to a now ,Tlieedom, ,slte stater 10
' 'a' Ostl
,
the. lalte. I nrasic .01 -the tiny creek that trickled ruoni'll' gang up north as "sure as. morO 'acrlcaus' tones. "Stiffrag•e . is, a
'Thoroughly arouse•d, ICendrick ran front tit through a bed of, water -cress allootin' if rd had a chalest• -They're part of it hilt it ier not all': 1 lisy'e
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studied the. investigation 'orliat :mile as
that farm 'Women werlc. from eleaten
to thirteen hours -a day. That 'shows
how necessary they are to the- farm!
And when I read that- siagy out .of
every hand red ef them, raise_ poultry
and make butter for sale' and thatonly
eleven Per:cent. -of that sixty have. the
money for their ovin lase, it makes nay
blo ociaboll I", : • • ' • ' ' ' ,
The carelarch,e.d forward at a Slight-
ly 'accelerated pace. . ' - •
"Aild ' what Would you suggest ? "-
_Charles,' .question waS put inea biting
tone tut -elle aid not seem to notice it.
a Paeeage. witheut dirfamIty, ' tent. "I've been here goin' on two aTt;eler/ he's a sina'atIll Pebble:- that's • "Some' kind of independence in
Kendrick headed etmight for the weeks an 1 figger to make in:self -nom_ Fn. ''llis stan-din's fake'cl an 'behind inerey matters," was her prompt ens -
half coneeaded entl'ar-ze to il-li's ehan' for -tall -le when I goes flehin e, , at ;he's layin' low or f misses my !best 1,Ver. "An a,lilowarrce might do ;it .niee.
nei. The stranger hod a)'011e tearing "Fish much ab nigh t ?" iriqu i red glle-3';'• 11- he ain't a ere.eit . 1 never lye perhaps a careful f arm btteleet,
off to round. the point. The result of Kendrick suspiciously, • seen °he." ..A... er,rith .the. net profits divided- ,hetween
• •
Phal was silent for a moment. '
the channel manoeuvre ava,s that P1111 "Yep. 'Night's- best time to catch , , _ , .
came out Into 'open water directly In my kind o' ,fish," grinned his host." Pirafao•erinutlid- liVaIes.Ctaorq.buhoediallee.alitarcclonicitoent•tiloseesofte r ,-..ou,'-'8 and, the balm", so til'at W el e
the path of the fleeing launch just "You conie on ca•-•er here to. the fire there was•a convenience added in one
ae it had rounded the point. an' get dried an' if y'll. promise tol that tali' se -belie -I he had been assign -ad place,. there would be in the other.,
Az, owe eh, intruder shut ofi- his keep it to Y'r-aelf" rll Put You wise."' to guaa`d. Wade. and • Cranston were That 'Weald be only' jast. * At deaat it
110',. 1.; Lit ti. that en the gunwale and So -while Kendrick sat on the "ippo-• -1°' °1's Lug' a -lab line of investigaticin wou'Al, grve the wife a -chance to '
tarok a header into the lake, swimming' site side of the fire mecerquedaietund.er cover for the tittle being 'Rut "I know now ray -mother doesn't feel
vigorously for the E'hore close by. This volunteered the information that he I it ti 10. NT -Ay' 01) ..0 thirags," the man re -
was likely .that the bootlegging op -
1 erations had' rio eonne'ction avhatever .
to escape and ler the moment it did, attached to the Special Service De with
COn1e$F.i'011 01 an intense anxiety was a detective -in 'short, thra't he was! with th,e amis;sing money ,azd that the•
s-pencledellis -resentment flow showing
plainly in hiS tone. --- .
'look as al has chances oE g,ettang away pertinent of the . Canadian Lake' eddence 'S'Vade wanted was 111.erelY*011
were, excellent; the unexpectedness of Shores Railway. • I additionaft net with which to "cl.ose. in ',Madge ethought_ of the gray-haired
the action made it raece•ss.ary, for Phil "You'll be ititere.sted inthatthen," i on this man 11-110 had resanspell control -matheiF•afhbitte 'and -wondered' it the
to inake a wide parabola to bring, his sraid phii as ,he. ;S.1.1, &rte. d tan en-yelliapa..! of the 1-11-tenPrOk'incial Lean ,,f,g7Saiings .sani.---aa'..-reilleal.l.atad" -tc) Certain things.':',,iera.)
boat, equally olcee ine.hore and to froni the p-ap.ers which h' had sprea,deConaparey-inistise of trust,- fimds iter She ded iliolt follow 'her mental clues-,
elteek its speed. Without a moment's out to drat lay- the fire, I seniething -like that. '
kits--iitation, Ireavever, Kendrick also "Sort o' r'elated you an! ine,•-by ' "Listen to me, Cork. ' Pve;:been 1 ti.1:2;1*:1,ete°,.h:..n.cs.b...virio*euril,ini°.i.11'oh.h.er ha -S sacrifi' ced
:hut eff his engine and dove overboard employment," grinned .iVI-cCartmociale thiriihillg' out intan for getting' .to the - ,' - t - -
business that 'we've got a line on, but rilei.e than ,y60 Tea lze, ear. ee.a she
have Many- convenierrees inthe house,
bottom of 'this law-lareeking booze
tas he swept by. A strong swimmer, as• he pas'sed back the. credentials. "I,
ta, a as soon clinthing ashore I knowed. already ,yea was W'ade's new
By this time tile, man he was afterIsecretary, Got a letter from the Chief 1 need another man to work it. out ,Charles ?lDees• she have a Chance to
t :•.al et tarted• away_ , savish-swishlhinteelf 's morain.' so ' eel:vie-in' Fina right, • and- you're ' elected." . - ; see Other *omen?"
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provided- a pleasing lullaby. His via- 10 it somewheies. But 1 didn't get a
zo the little lauding' where the launch
rented for the F2J:l.SOTI was moored. He itor nodded approval of the snug ar- look -40." '
leaped for the engine, a moment later rangements. .Apparently MeCorquo- "What malces you think they're in
laati swung clear and was off in full e.:',e ve-,s an old hand at, this sort of it? Who do you 1119911? Nickile,lby?"
ehase. ' thing "Nick don't work •straight from the
Aa be nursed the engine to top aseam to have preba , , a - ,t shoulder. Mr. Kendrick; .but he', got
,
lett. ....oi quito . . , ,
lz, ,,,,00 0 became apparent that la ste..,,,,,, relmu,kett Phil, tarrAr,,, from. a hong arm with a lot o" elbows, in
to this he had' the aivalltage of a ; bean built into the
the "kitchen,- which had MeCercletIdal--i` shook his head thought -
embankment and fully and locked serious. "There was
t7,r141$.' much tha .superior boat. Added ..imapeetioa et
complete lenowledge of the inlets and :which, with its sheet -iron stove -top a gay ;named Weile.r llangin' around-
toleog•raphy of Searrow Lake. He eaad all, afforded eulinmey faa-ifitiee. of I damn°. It's just one o' them hunahes
a feller gets now 'n' then."
knew for inistar.ce, that the long neck- . a praetical kind. "I suppose you have
But a financier with the standing
111 1101 111 woo ded p Clain sale which. , your ref rig era tor stink beside the
, leTickleby has "
jutted: out for some distance in the sriage et- 1»
t 'Excuse 1110, but y're startinf off
immediate aticinity was bisected by a t "Got a tin box there -yep," eon -
oar eow ehannel of ;deep black water ' firmed -Tec,argria dale as he -rod the with the wrong foot," corrected Mc -
where a meter boat could negiotiate fire ite had staated in front of the ccirgil°6aie- '•‘1`lieltiebY. eillt no flrle
spite. a his,resentattent at them, sot
-him to observittg hie mother. She was
conscientious painstaking and devot
ecl, She book perfect care of shirts
and atocItings and looked well to the
ways Of her household. Sim did little
for lierself. When the egg's went to
town,. she sent 'lists by whoever took
them, ordening the things "that Iter
faintly liked best to eat or that she
needed for their comfort, And she
seemed con ten t. • '
One day, not long after tile cone
versetion jaast recoacied, sire met; her
son When he came M to dinner, There
was a float' on her face ancl.ber eyes
were :bright
"Oh, Charles!" she said excitedly.
"you :thrush take me over to 'Madge
Halliday'a this afternoon. • • There's
going to be a:party! '
"A party?" he rePeartecl, Sailing his
hat into the corner.
She Picked it up ;and put it on thia
hook. "Yes, a" party! We are to
come at three o'olock. I haven't any-
thing to wear " she added anxiously,
.pueltee el-milli-lg. the serenity of her
smile.
"-you looksweet just as you, are,
Mothea.." Theigworos did net mg's -
Ole -;1. el • • •
Charles longed for and feare,c1
'meeting With Madge, laut he ,dritifully
took his iniother. Madge: came out to
meat them, nodelod nt him brightly,
saying, as she 'gently took the older
wofnan's arm, "You might come after
her about -seven thirty 1if you will,
Charles!' ' •
- Man -like he thought the trouble
had "bleivn ever" ,and he returned at
the 'appointed time, eager for a chance
to see her alone.
He was doomed "to disaPpodniment,
however. There 'Were a nut -titer of
-gueets staying, later than his mother
aaecl the hostess ..was very- mucl oc-
His moblmr Was bubbling with new
and could hardly wait to get out of
the yard. "Ch, 'Charles!" she' Saki,
"we are 'going to' have the nicest time!'
• • : •
All the women in the, neighborhood
are going to" join together to form a
Community C-luila and we're to meet at
the schoolhouse "next week Friday 1'
• oat -are you, going to ge,,, a , e
women in the neighborhood I didn't
see but a few there -to -day."
"Olt, we're going tci. ;call them up
and invite them to come -all the wo-
men in .the three 'districts. Miss Ord-
way was, there' from -Walkersville.
She is trairtedashe is a wonderful in-
spe x‘ip'' x:Aeactntido adtoi " ai1s1k e1 cYoi 711' s lel n n'‘di / t°;y1
Club?"
' • "Oht, all sorts- of thiness-"'"
'Miss Ordway told- • -
plane We S111091 I -
program. Once a week' she tyilil tell
us the new methods" in canning and
demonstrate taiern; and sewing---Laow
to fix over our clothes'. I need that
for one,"..gq;ancing down at her laded,
throtte•li the underbrush. but', he was ir man to work for Wede..is. He never
arli-y a few rads in the lead, and one I overlooks no -thin' an' 1 guess •he flg--
ol build was no match for1 gered you'n 1110 might -meet up here.,
Ke -al -rick in a foetrace. As Phil over -1 s,eein'rs it's my special job just, now to
hauled brim he turned suddenly and tavatch your aunt's cottage."
firecely grappled with his pursuer. I Since Kendrick had seen hint last
This agratn was something at which the "Iron Man" had grown a little
• Kendrick was proficient and he threw moustache, .a weird affair of ii•ecidish
ate man easily enough with a hall- bristles which a sear on his 'lip corn -
nelson. They were wrestling it out pelled to Ism mostly in one direction
an open space in the hushes where , with. a windswept appearance. It
the light ;was not quite, so dint, and looked like ;an old toothbrush which
at last Phil had the hold, for which has had 'desperate adventures in an
he, had been playing% overpacked travelling bag. This hi,r-
"I cart break your 'arm -quite eas- I state a,nomely Mr. McCorrqurodale now'
lily," he panted 'in sharp warning. !stroked compla.eently, enjoying the
"Are you ready to behave if 1 let you ',effect of 'his surprising speech.
LIP . I "The' reason I beats- it just now,"
lflpon receiving a strangled grunt of;he went on "is 'cause I thought 'twas
affirmation he released his antagonist.; Long Jawr, the butler, -as avas after
"Gee! 'ho. ain't there nothin! y' ain't line. 1 gotta keep incog with the ser -
good at? That's second time--y'vel vents, see, '11 I'd 'a' Imowed it was
got nay nanny fer fair!" . you'as Was Chasin' me -that's differ -
At sound of a familiar voice Phil ent; see." -
opened his, waterproof matcliesafe anci, Kendrick's questions came in, a
struck a light. He found] himaeltt t fusillade. Ile was more than sur -
gazing avith some amazement into the prised; he was vaguely -alarmed. Wade
grinning homel-y face of "Iron Mao" had said nothing albout haying placed
McCorqu.adiale, the ex-pugilis•t withone of the C.L.S. detectives at Spar--
whom he had exche'regerl sparring row Lake and- -the knowledge that such
canapaine-nts ±110 night of the fog. la course had been deemed ;advisable
"1\1 2C Orclu °dale! 'Hosted you get was disturbing. Why was it .-neces-
here 1- isary to watch the Waring cottage at
"On the too -too," responded the this "peaceful _summer resort? The
ivon Mau, rapidly recovering both thin:g wasgridirculaua.
breath altd good humor, I The detective was ready enough to
-Don't get fresh, McCorquodale. answer .to the best of his ability, but
What were you doing just now, nit was soon, -evident that his own in-
arteaking around our reottage over' .Formation -was limited. Cranston- had
there I -milted hint in off another job to :tell
• 'Try up, kia, on thate'sneale stuff• him that the "Old Man" wanted hirn
I ain't anaaverin' a damn thing, see, :For some persona.1 work, end therefore
r• -at till -we gets over to where Pin he was excuzed front officially report-
rampinr. An' if, that ain't s'uitin' you, ing for ari indefinite period. Mr.
y'knew what y'can don't yous?" 'Made merely had told him to4 go- and
"You seemed Iteen enough to get , take a holiday at •,Sparrnay Lake-
. • . crantp mit • and fish; incidentally, to
"1 1-ta4 ratrea,s,e.na," grunted 141c.- keep• an eye on tile cottage Which the
•• Warings occupied. 1 -le was- to report
Pnr, Fo.ITS ANTED• instantly 'to the president personally
zat ato..i it he noted any :suspicious tharaeters
hanging etround and , to tr.ail the •
tag115 stnanger or strangers- without 'fail.
l'aNte." MAN wanted in each district. 'You He knew nothing of the, reaacins for
are au line to earn :from 4;2,4 00 tonbi-
41,000 bh,ese instructions, -He -wished all his
• annual net return if, you hawe the ar
tion to,rnanage a salebranch for oer' assignments were "as big a einell"
11•
;stras-e calaajt,8. 'welt .a,dyiefrttlysoetili.r 6wNrof knew that MeGote'queralale .was
Iler in veur district. Dacia- as this one, •
eompetition. You may apO0.1 _ trot concocting` a
dealers and sub-agenlz, sihawal anxiety.
• at business Yon have ad es
"Pe linsinese once established. 4 thetiV co_ ,710.ris,,siolte,,stthot that
ane$ntaa'e and more a year can be easily
.,..Moaddet:r3IL)ytovi.,,etaolx di,laertrzndicirtlgacFlieAlrfsi L1.11 grnatiallrYq "V'"*ir ,a4ltqatie10 a ni ` 01011
veritable gold mine for onleyt 0 t.d1 ert°11,1i(:telid nn.:er heca, • 00
locality -117110 is alive to et pto that, . w0h rt,s eatia,‘ y,atlywaya
like
naidtal to finance
'ity Must haTe. IeaSt a cn sjr. ; a !
•and carr,v s, allyi.o:iaiilensor,,,o,trit.elac4 ATI,
wri
l'etei(w)Yerw1maallti-tr133!'ouna4.b_,e1 w g toast it.err pa1inecr"•,e4,S1___Vel"';'.he
• r.13' f‘'e0 0011. A3' bf°1(3 1 'rabbit or hot ogs, (ear . t
ci*,1'41.103- tabu' propositien with you, he 1 I
2200 0110110 read> 009,. r'e:aPst.:01;1111.ir;InlilleCtrkol, autizcizilecrillaaatiahliahyt':inteh:en'r'c'erb,swGau:s
00`ltat•Ila.v,.° at,13hro have tile required S'011ieb mg _
he.1,14,4113,,, invited tri epirwesPo'lld alactodilluittoedua....itilet.otheTtatteirri.•
4un
:513713Yonge Street,. '.17orolzo,. •
r it7leatrectineltlerice with enitger,1)03 0,seaa4atit of
troul,)10,
, ,
• ISSC,,J4• tam treoug, 4_11;f:
out toasted the brew. on -
"Attabayl", cried McCorquoclale en-
thusiastically. ' '
(To he continued.)
. There's An End.
,
Tere's ail end to all things -
To jejt, to laughter;
To love and the tears , •
Th at fellow- after.,
The house shall topple
Frain cellar to :rafter.
Now that the idyl
Is Crumpled and ,broken,
The cruel little words
So Casually spoken,' .
Our hearts divested
Of love's last 'token.
This is a glad,
Little phrase to borrow -
"There's an end to all things,
For even sorrow •
Will melt in laughter •
Some to -morrow?"
A Purchasable CornMedity.
• A Belgian "woman, who lost her hus-
band la a railroad.accident, received
from the company $2,000 by way of
compensation. Shorty. afterward she
rea,c1 -of R. traveller getting twice as
mitioh for the loss 'of a"leg. She went
to the company and protested that `the
'difference was unfair. • •'
said the official, "the twb
award's are; perfectly fair. Four' thous,
and dollan's won't•proYide the man
with a new leg, but for $2.000 you can
get anew husband." •,
Minarcrs Liniment Used by Vete rInarles
Mother ll.1:1rae-sn'ii care fcir those
things, e etc' be andagnaint13,. She
lo esSent.ially a • home) wonta;re. ',She
ea,res for 'her family's harppinesS not
her own. ;;This .`n.ewgfreedern" s.tuff is'
-
bolshevism, Madge, and I dont want
to hear .anotherint: of it. Why, girl,"
he said, ptitthig his arrn about her
niarstenting figure, "I love you and
you love erne, I _hope, and that's all
there is to- it. .The rest will take care
Of itself!'
"Just as it -has clone for other women, I suppose,12, was the girl's ans-
wer-y/4h a bit of chilli in it "Eleven
to thrteen hours of hard toil daily;
no vacation, no recreation, no money:
no thank you, Charles!"
• He wondered if he were dreaming.
He. }tad n9t seen that side of his
'sweetheart. What did she mean?
When •sflie had said al -frigid geed -
night, Charles "went home, his heart'
full of dismay, anger and wounded
pride. He had always intended to
Make Madge his wile; and there had
been ,a sort of 'silent understanding be-
tween them but he had not known she
was this kind of a girl -feminist, was
it? It might be due to the Influence
cif her frierul -Miss, Ordway, the home
demonstrat,or. • He rather 'be.lieved,
though, that these rebellious ideas
were a_part of -the cankerous and can-
tankearouri, nontsense that was eating
ttp, the Werld. •As for ;himself, he was
perfectly satisfied With the way his
father end mother .had always done.
He had no doubts -Whatever that it
was the only safe laTITI sane method.
Ne-verelleless 1Vlacige's words, in
• Mother
He gathered all the dewdrops from the grass,
The silver -tinted i
'shadng of the skies
The rays from sparkling pebbles from the pass
• And made my mother's eyes.
With poppies from fair gardens of the East,
Sweet honeysuckle golden a,t the tips,
A budding rose with petals shapely creased,
• He made my mother's lips.
From green Septemberls whispering -voice of Spring
When all the valleys waken and rejoice
Through laughing brooks and happy birds that s
• .1 -le made my mother's voice,
He gathered kindness; hope and faith that holds'
Forever to the better, sWeeter Part;
aid, wrapping all about with love's clear folds,
"He made my mother's heart.
—Adele Hodgson,
unstylish black. "Some clay we're en-
ing around to see Fanny James .new
kitchen, and Silsio'Brown's I
fern t ur •Itv`- alled 't-
end 0101 of other things,that will be
worth while.*A-nd we're •going •to.learn
how th use out vote. 'Do you know,
Son, I wasn't going to becans'e I didn't
know blow!"
Son gazed at lai•s mother aston-
. -
Shethad. always seemed' to
care for .so little outside ,of the house
end farm.
After 'that there appeared s,eateral
changes in. -Mrs. Bat -nerd and her
house., • There wa,s a new. pudding,
"like Jennie Henderson's"; the things
in the kitchen twe,re changed round --
"to sa;ve steps" And Mother told -lit --
tie stories of what this and that and
the other woman had 'said, or done,
detailing harmless gosisip and spread-
ing conarnunitY-improvement neves.
f'IVLadge Halliday 'is getting pretty
well known around here," she said one
day. ,• "She started this club 01
with fifty members, you Itnow, that,
they're getting hee to help other
places. MT, Jamieson, 'the county 'rep-
resentative Carrie tb get her to
with him and ot•ganize one like curS
at Evon. You avan,t to look out for •
him, Charles, ;he's rather handsome:" • •
Her 9011 left the room, without 41
word. That • shaft went honie Ile
had aeon them' together himself.
Grudgingly, -during the next weeks
and months, he watched his matter
unfold from her 'ohralsalis. Her alil-
pearance was 'improved, though he
did not 'know just how. She coals
ave o 11111. or air was sorter
and the ends tuckecl under an invisible
net; there was plain lace collars for
every day, rand MOTO expensive ones
for other times. Orto,e he actually
saw her with a bead necklace -just
like a girl! Neighbors dropped in,
sometimes to supper, rand she seemed
• brighter, more talkative,
(To be concluded.)
NURSS
The Toronto- Uospitai for 4naturr
gbieri, in affiliation with,3eilevue and
Allied 1-i.oenttalo, Now York CltY,
offer11 three yea's' Genre() of '1-219111-
In to young women, having the re-
guined Axitiettidon, and denivotte of be,
connng nurses. This, 1?-1(n3pital nee
atdopted the eight-houi., eyeteat. Tin)
untfonnis of the
;ea:notably allowanoe • and trayelling,.
0?(Penses to and front Novi For
lurther infovitiatien, apply to, ,103
Superintendent.
Mti'shr4x410 Are' Amaiing—ly
Powetfuit.:
nyt; so- very; long age the, boyst.and
girls of .a certain, public •:school .were
SiarprIsted to fi.nd, titat the :asphalt of
their , playgrotand. 'was bulging and
cracking, 'Next day they saw -that •the
asplial,t had been lifted, bodily above
the, ground .011 WiliCh, it rested: .i,t; was.
as it there were some giant beneath
the plaYgtound,- like- th0 giant inthe
fable who is said to have caused: an
eruption of the "volcano at the bottom
of which lie -lay whertewee ,lae. turned.'
over in his sleep. •
• Ditt 'no giant heti caused' tlie up-
heaval 'of this, playground, non had'
there been an earthquake. • The up:
heaVal had been canason by mush-
rooms. When this ha.ppented people'
remembered that they had seen other
upheavals of a samilar ,elearactor in
that part of the country., Pavements',
had been raised and=roaftWays strong
enough :tti bear the heaviest 10affic had
had their surfaees thrust above their
surroundings. In every cas•e, the die,
turbanrees had:been cause'd. by Mush
Eftliii•ga 0000one of London's, . sub-
urbs, not so many. yearago- was a
rural distriet, aa.nitere. neusliraoras ,airere
oultiya.ted. :-Bu± tinie± changed, tha
fields were built upon, and everybody
forgot the maishrooms. ;tilt the; mush. -
Timms, were not, dead. The life.gernas
from which: the mushrooms springere
mained ;active dowo in the soil.
How is a-. mushroom, so fragile and
teeh,10; 'able to force- its' way through
concrete end asphalt? • How is it able
„to -carry -with it h.uge s'tonas which
have been ,cementod (-lawn?: :Hew is
it that a nuushroona 'cart split a, stoat
brick. wolf? "The, mushrooms. in 'gar-
den •at -Berke-111mm did •thiS- sionte, Tittle
time agni.pnihing out a blacle of laticka
work and mortar weighing 170 neuntle,
though the mnsairc.poins themselves
Weighed 1ess than three; and. Onerhadil
pounds. It is the result of ogle of the
wonderful forces of nature witicla men
ean, examine' and explain/ and yet 6a,n-
nrot cease to marvel at. By its gentle
and continuous pressure, the growing
and etc -Pending inushreont c-an.1111
weights. big- enough to crush things a
thousand times as strong .aar itself.
The Careful, War ravish,.
lair. adct-Itavisli attenaed 41 a:Etta:sten.-
ing where the hospitality of the host
Itnewano bounid,s except the-,canacities
In'tlie midst of the celebration Mr.
Mc,Tavish rose up anal 'made, the...eau-a&
o • the compaaay, bidding aeon person
present , a profound, farewell.
• "But, Sandy-, '121011,", 'objeeted •the
least. "ye're' net gr6iii.` yeta • with the
eat Cilia' just s,tar tin° ?" ••••
•-• "Nay,' said the prudent MeaTairish,
1 m. no- &In 3 •u 1 111 teller' ye
good night while.' know jie "
' •
' " To preserve. 'children's teeth, wash
bl-iiein ininnealatelat' -after' each meal
with- lultewerin 'water" Containing a
little ,beriax.
rj 2lrrhn, 4
ld
laY:4aikcyo:sEeggso:he
10
• y0u:iyetier
Keep
thernheatyani
Get eggs by 'adding .to titan:
„feed • Nature"S.•-eg'g-naalt'ing„,
tonic found ;to '
Pigt3'''Pealitiry Regulator
5o00121. 011411 us •
your trouble.
,
PRATT Foc.DD CO),, OP
" 04N4.I311,• IEJIINETIFID,,
.,
- r'll'ORONTO` - ,
,
Dad's Avvfol Fix.
A tiny inside held up to heat' her
father's voice on the telephone, burst
into` team. "What are you- crying for?"
asked her mother,
"Oh, mamma," sobbed th 6 child,
"however can we get decide ou1 of
that little hole?"
• WOOden ,Tornb, --
„
There IS7'in WeataninSter 'Abbey 0210
W00Clen'toin16-thirtit off AYIlmer deVo.
lence, cousin of Edward
tvlinarol's Linitnerit. for 'Colds,
a
Jft Off A,7)1(Eh Ffriigers
Doesn't 1 urt a bat! • Di'op a iictie
"Freezaae” on an aching Corn, insta,nt,
ly that corn stops iturtitig, ,then slim -L. -
1y you 111 it right off,. with lingers,
Trulyi •
Your druggist setts re, tinjt bottle of
"Freezone" for a few eenta, sualctent
to „remove every hard earn, eon- corn,
00 00110 between the 1,003, and the
108251 Wit4101it aorericaaa or irritation- Inftlo
•
HE ROYAL
OF S MING
A 'liviAgNiFx:ENT THOUS-
AND -ACRE FOWL
In His Norfolk HaDA6 the "Kiiivg
Drops His Royal' ;S:ifte
and, "Becomes a Countay
• Gentleman. ,
cv. bo -meg, King George roAkera •
no 'secret that he, loves Sandringilant
hest, where, as 'usual, the Ro'i3ral. Painily
opeuit
,"-M; 13ucklii.gbailI-P-alace and Win&
S'Of Cantle," he has said, "1 taut 'never
allowed --"to forget for a inement that
am the' King. Evens at Balmoral I
eannot al -together get away from pomp
and geremonial; hut at Sandringham
:can &Ando mySelf into the • belief that
am 'Itf.e•t a ,plaln.,q0uutry
a P- '7.0"
Ever „slace,, sixty >‚0i11111 ago, the
Sanctriniglea,na 6'state We0 plirCliaSed. for
4'43 fa,ther for $1,000,000,
N
pri0-h9rlrrigtht lo the monarch who lifua
made his country- home in her beauti,.
141 colrqty, Tibietright leas always been.
graciously- re-Cepoized.
• "La my be,haved N.oraolia"?....,King 01
ward once sal -c1„ "1, Wish ,only to be
as p„ country ..,geabletna.n. with. '
0 jealous• love of my countrY, and an
earnest wish tor the reg,ard and avelll'
being ot my neighbors -and Ocilianta."
Lovely Garde.ML,
To tais character 'Me remained true;
and his mantle:4as fallea 00 vvotting
-shoulders in 1112S Eau' and sucoettacale
, With its 8,000 acre") of Yie.h. Ian:a/ate.,
and its revenue of $3.5,000 0 -year,
Salactringlia,m,pravides an Ideal estate, ,
for a country -loving King. And When,
in 1871, 0 new anti splendid inans,lor
rose an the she ot its small and Mean-
atenient precleoessor, the "Squire" -wad
turnisated with a home wcatlry, of the
lord ort. Ro-yal estate.
in ite,setting of wood and hill and
rich pastures, Srandeingliain House ti
,ea perfect lier-mo of betnity and luxury,
fa••ent hie antanitemt hall, witbi its lofty
"ceiling of beautiful C0.1 -Mi 04111, 110
(.1,01,C,:•C1 01-111 paintings,, and its
rare curios and ebjecta of art gathered
fro01 the far eornerts et the earth, to
the suite of three :stately rooms avhitit
form its library, "the magesiVe
at its dining -room, and. the :rich old-
ganee et its dravaialet-room.
• •-Dat tit& tine glory ofaSertaringliam
lies in itie gardens, whiell
spread their beauties over many am -es.
racia,:ilinet":1111;a.-at:8,11;1'wdr,aincaedria:1171-l- fla'brY:ftn:11•
;:i'at;,:t0)::11"14.1;r11:11
glowing rad among ,
tail -rough velvety latrinea to the 'I4tle,A
with their tree:clustered ,islandi:
•'AA learrner.on a Small Scale.
Everywhere in saurame.r-tiine arc
flower:bed:se R riot of rainbow lutes;
stone vases filled ,with pyramids of
blossoms ; ros es . and rho do de nal mats at
bewildering variety and heap:by. -There
aro, too, a weld garden whieh, no rand
of gardener is allowed, to touch, an
Alpine garden, Welled -gardens which.
yield tantS, of delicious; trait,' and, a: kit,
Chen- ardien• sPrerding over tvienty-
four acres- •
Such, in brief outline, is the King'a
:Nerfolk home; althciu,gli his Majesty
pre•ters..the ihore nuiclest accommoda-
the Year -with his family and, 'a; fe in'
timate friends, •
i,,itiohn
enef4teh,es:p,.rieeitghtli:),:cerionilgusifinogiricniC,001:tt:70te,
, 'Like his• father before 'him,
George takes- the keenest interest in
lets' home farm of a thousand acres.
Idis,- IVfa,jesty is at least aseproud: et
his' prize-winning cattle as of his
Cravat regalia. •• '
Some time 41.g6 the King, said in a,
:speech to his tenants a.nd -neighbors;
"I think I may' style myself a -colleagUe
et many -a1 yeu present a.s, a, farmer on
e smell ,atc.alen It is inipe,seible, foe any
British ,ge,ntle.m;an to live at his coati-
t:rjr plece.Wiahout taking an Interest„ la
agrieulture."' • • '
Sandring-barnehis Majesty
leads, a buisy life. Several hours daily
are • spent .....oyer 'his correspondence;
far he opens practically every fetter
himself, and to most of th:ern -dictates
the, anSWera, while storesi'Cf .tileSso.gos
fly: 'daily' overthe' telephone-wirca
iielt link him with :Louden.
• ,
Oat With the' Qttns."
-Naturally,....however, has :chief work
toati cledilrleia•.o1:1'pti:l'tYllollitl" 1811 1.1 o7ccSiltalt'isal-it'In.'eag'111:711:°:nr'Lf.11;b:lrelj:tljg:
friendly gossip With a cottager,
' Fie likes, taro, to have the house full
ef Idn.dred apir•its with 11-11010010 0011
drop ceremonial aticri pla,jegthe hospit-
able squire MOthr,.-"eNCLITS OTM , 1)1
Herds, cards, and.in ten,.
nie ,and 'croquet fill , the day4,$lapPilv.,.
for a man ot his simple tastes*
, But, above allnhis, gun given him the
1.1"1.110°:.slitaps c))1aliseu'loerf a tthSe41111'zideritit:t4g'iaaen.'"1,ti rigHeerte--
tater' in. the 'co,untry, Over ten thlaus-
and pheasants are eeared antatiaily,.1
and, with -wild duck, teal, and w;idgeon,
lop-ladtisd71,0i0o0hmtelaaci;giasaft
re-rectiotc
iliu±„tItough 11
a
Wheo he sallies forth, one of tea
gli00,, and with an army of beaters Ia.
aloft` Royal blue bleu.ses, IOW -Crowned
hata and. brown gaiters, for, a dear
among the pheasants, King George Is
at 1110.1.10-ppiest, exCept, verbays, trtran„
on 1110 1)irtliday, he is dispensing h10.
plta-lity to hundreds, of k..2432° clInrernio
and bignaell laelptraa; noel), bis
,nt