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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Times, 1922-1-19, Page 6NEVER COOK UP COLD MEAT WITHOUT IT " ^4,AWIA.V.Sfi Every Marl For Him By HOPKINS /1/100RHOUSE (Clopyriglat y iNineama Compa I 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 ' . ; • . 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 . .• . . , . • , . . 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?" , CIIAPTEX, XL 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