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YOUR ALARM CLOCK
By C. S. Endere
THE STORY OF A BLOOD FEUD
13Y ANNIE 8. SWAN.
°"Love gives itself and Is tint bouggkt."--Longfellotl,
CHAPTER XVII,-(Cont'd,)
"Author! Speech! Author! Speech!"
came in a deafening roar; and Madox
at length was prevailed upon to say'
the few necessary words which re-
vealed to the delighted audience that
he was responsible both for the writ-
ing of the play and for its production.
"You have rallied round me in a
difficult eri; but the success of this
evening is largely if "not altogether
due to the accomplished lady, who
came to my relief and rescue at the
, eleventh hour, When the time comes
, for me to write 'Finis' across my life-
, work,one of my proudest memories
r
will be
that I have had, the honor to
it present Miss Margaret Tenterden to
the British public. That she. has al-
1- ready svtu your hearts it is easy to
see, and I pray that the •tie forged
o to -night between' you and her may last
through many happy years."
if Carlotta, now trembling . and in
tears, bowed her acknowledgments,
e and hurried off the stage, but not be-
fore she had 'stooped to pick up a
d, little bunch of violets, tossed from the
s- Ieft-hand box, which she had given
t Claud for his button -hole. These she
put to her lips as she moved• out,
Then Judy sat back, and suddenly
° burst into tears.
t "Don't be silly, Judy. There isn't
- anything to cry about!" said Claud.
d in an undertone which betrayed that
1 he himself was moved in no small
t degree.
"I can't help it," answered Judy as
n she dropped into a chair at the back
e of the box, where she was secure from
observation. "That glorious being is
too far removed from us ever to be
t any good to Stair!"
"Oh, come, it's only Carlotta after
all! And she was simply ripping this.
afternoon," said Claud in his boyish
way. "You can't say she put on a
bit of side!"
- "No, no. But how are we going to
keep her, and how is Alan—away
across that horrible Atlantic, with.
heaven knows what in front of him—.
ever to hoid her to her promise?
That's what's troubling- me, Claud!
Why, the whole world will be after
her simply, and I don't just see how
we can have the presumption to expect
• her to belong to us." ,• .
Claud had no convenient answer
ready, It certainly was a puzzling
Clocks and watches are so common
that one seldom estops to consider the
real value, and how much they actua
ly do mean to us. If all the faithful
timepieces in Canada were suddenly
cease running, the result can fie bet
ter Imagined than described. And
it were not for the thousands of alarm
clocks which "tick" faithfully all th
night and then ring merrily to warn
us that time for slumber is at an en
well—there'd likely be many cats
trophes in the business world firs
morning!
It is sometimes advantageous t
have a . number of alarm -clocks abou
' the house. One of them makes, an ex
' cellent timekeeper for the kitchen, an
the alarm feature can be used to tel
when to start the meals, or call on
the time whenthe bread or cake should
be taken out of the oven. Another i
the bathroom enables the man of th
house to figure train -time to the min
ute, while he is shaving, and he'lI mos
likely be on time for breakfast, too!
Alarm -clocks may be used to advant-
age in the library, the living -room or
ithe garage; one installed in each of
!the various buildings, such as the
i dairy, tool -house or barn, ,enables the
busy farmer to tell the time without
!stopping to consult his watch. On the
business -man's desk it has a place,
I while in the factory it may be used to
ladvantage on the foreman'`s bench, to
regulate special and particular shop
I operations. But these are only a few
of the uses for your alarm -clock. A
you discover others • peculiar to you
needs, the clock will become more and
t more serviceable to you.
I My, How We Abuse Them!
i+ Alarm-olocks suffer abuse from the
!average owner, and this abuse often
itests them to the limit. Perhaps it is
t because of their usual faithfulness
i that they are so badly neglected. But
2 whatever the cause, it is certain that
I the life of an alarm -clock may be -great-
ly prolonged by proper treatment.
For instance, changes in tempera-
ture are very injurious to the mechan-
ism. Your clock is in a warm room
all day, At night you wind and set it,
then open the windows. You can hard-
ly expect your clock to adjust itself to
any kind of weather—zero-cold or the
damp night air—and. ring exactly on
the dot the next morning. And yet,
these are the conditions under which
most alarm -clocks must serve, and of-
ten they stand up better under the
strata than higher -priced clocks. Bear-
ing in mind these facts may make us.
a bit more tolerant when our faithful
alarm -clocks vary a few minutes in
time.
Probably you've never thought of
your alarm -clock in just this way be-
fore. It's a pretty useful member of
the household, isn't it? And eo inex-
pensive, tool So much so, in fact, that
many people consider it a sort of
rough-and-ready, low-priced article
that doesn't require careful treatment.
Keeping Accurate Time.
But just here is where they err. Any
good timekeeping instrument must be
carefully adjusted if it is to do good
work. Do away with this careful ad-
justment and you do away with ac-
curacy. First-class alarm -clocks have
movements that are adjusted to give
better timekeeping • qualities. The
wheels turn on needle -fine pivots of
polished steel. Friction is greatly re-
duced in this watch -like mechanism.
Needless to say, the better you treat
your dock the bettei it will'serve you.
Taking good' care of your clock is good
business; it -will prove its worth to
you.
Once in two years your clock • will
need cleaning and airing. Let your
jeweler do this for you. He has a spe-
cial oil made for the purpose; and he.
knows how much to use and where to
put it. Amateur oiling usually does
more harm than good,
Steam .is injurious to
your
clock.
In the bathroom, kitchen or laundry,.
you can't avoid a steamy atmosphere,
h
ere
p ,
and, the steamy moisture will rust the
steel springs' of your clock. There-
fore, don't blame the clack if it doesn't
last quite so long under such usage; a
higher -priced clock would suffer in the
same manner. Taking it- all M all, the
alarm -clock, on account of its low price
and unusual faithfulness, Is the ideal
timekeeper for rooms like those named
above.
They Alf Say So.
Ile—"NOW, don't forget, dearest, that
for family reasons oar engagement
Must be kept a. secret!'
She ---"Yes, that's • `exactly what I'm
telling everybody!'
For First AI M rd's Liniment.
problem. .
"You'd better get on•our cloak, and
let us get back to the.hotel. then," he
"Fell, l believe you are groaning
prematgrely, •I don't know her very
well, but. I don't 'think she is that
kind," said Claud vaguely. "Anyhow,
it was ripping ofher to- do what she
did to -night, and to- behave like • that
to me, As for Alan, he ought to have
stopped at home and made sure of her
—that's all I've got to say about it!"
"I wonder whether she told him? I
think I must really ask her that to-
morrow," said Judy.
And she did next afternoon in' the
drawing -room of the hotel where they
were having tea together, Carlotta
having refused several tempting invi-
tations in order to spend the rest of
the Sunday with them.
She looked a little tired, and was
,rather quiet, though she did not at -
tem t
t-tempt to minimize her success.
"All I want now, '`Carlotta, is for
these horrid, back-biting women at
Ayr to come up in a body and see you
in 'The Searchlight.' If I had the
money I would even go to the expense
of organizing an: excursion for the
purpose," said Judy with an odd touch
of viciousness. "I suppose you always
knew you had it in you, Indeed, any-
body might have known if they had
seen you playing under all those ham-
pering conditions at Ayr,"
"I knew that I could act, of course,"
answered Carlotta as she sat back
smiling. "I have lovedit all my life."
"And why did you not go, on the
stage ever so long ago then?"
"Because my father objected."
"And does he not object still?"
Carlotta pondered a moment before
she answered:
"I am afraid that this time I did
not ask. him."
"Then- why—then' why— "began
Judy, but was deterred by something
she saw in Carlotta's eyes. "May I
just ask you one more question, dear?"
she said, sitting forward a little eag-
erly. "Has Alan an idea? Did he
know you were to appear to -night?"
Carlotta shook her head.
"No,' but I havehis consent, Judy,"
she answered. "He gave me full lib-
erty if
ib-erty'if I' ever wished it.
As she spoke her hand went up to
her breast again and rested there with
a little gesture which Judy had noted
once or twice before, and wondered
just what it meant..
CHAPTER XVIII. ,
RAVELLED ENDS. •
While all. these extraordinary cur -
said practically; but at the moment rents were flowing in the lives of Stair
there was a knock at the door, follow- folk, a singular and unmitf ated gloom
ed by the entrance of one of the had
descended upon The Lees.
theatre attendants. • True, • they had callers inplenty;
"Please, Miss Tenterden wishes you carriages that had long forgotten, if
to come -to her dressing -room now. If : they had ever known, the way. to The
you will follow me I will take you." Lees, now rolled throw h its gateway,
Claud helped Judy on 'with her and Mrs. Garvock 'and:. Lucyuwer
clSak, took his overcoat on his arm, hard put to it to answer all te ques-
and, full of fresh surprise, they fol -"tions with which they were plied.
lowed the attendant by tortuous ways Peter had given them a 'formula,
behind the scenes, where Carlotta but, as his .mother informed him, there
awaited them. was no formula under heaven which
She was standing in the open door- would' shut people's mouths or their
way of the dressing -room, and she eyes, and she was hard put to it to
drew them .in and closed it on those keep her temper.
ho
w were
wa'
rtrng out a'
. rde.
One afternoon, not long after the
It was on. Judy's face her glowing sailing of Alan's boat, a very smart
eyes were fixed with a keen scrutiny dogcart, driven tandem, came up the
which she made no attempt to hide: ( short drive to The Lees; and the lady
me
"You are not angry or vexed with i whop handled the reins with such con-
.tt 11'
to yesterday, and again this after ( ground. It was Mrs. David Sillars of
noon, but'nl simply couldn't. I ;decided/Kildoon, who was still often spoken of
it would be.better to leave it, and letas "Meg Hamilton," at once the most
you judge for yourself. Did I do well?" , beautiful and popular of the younger
ear, or no a ing you? I tried spicuous grace swung lightly to the'
"Well.! Oh, don't ask us," murmur- matrons in the county. -
Now the mother of two finesons,
ed Judy. "We are quite overwhelmed!
Of course we are proud of you! But she scarcely looked -a clay older than
are you coming. with us now
back to when an adoring husband' had -his eyes
the hotel until we can talk things opened regarding the creature he had
over?" won. The color was clear .and 'health -
Carlotta shook her head,. ful in herrounded cheek, her eyes
"I'm sorry I can't. I have . to go were beaming with happiness, her
to supper with Mr. Madox. He has whole aspect was that of a woman con -
asked some •peop•le to meet me. But tent, nay more, in love with life.
we can spend all to -morrow together. "If they are at home; William," she
Good night, Judy, dear. Try to sus- said to the young groom, "you may judgment until I explain. Good go round to the stables, for I shall stop
night, dear Claud, and thank you for to tea:"
my little posy. ' I shall put it away He touched his hat. Ramsa y a -
to -night beside a little stuffed black peered at the moment, admitted her
eat my mother sent me for a mascot" with every sign of welcome, and the
She kissed Judy, and, after a mo-
ment's hesitation, lifted her cheek to
Claud, who, blushing like any school-
boy,, touched it with his lips.
door was closed upon her...
Now Mrs. Garvock had been one of
the matrons who might have mothered
David Sillars' wife in the stormy days
e was young enough to be carried of her unprotected youth, but her
clean off his feet by this token of tongue had been One of the sharpest
favor from the' woman of whom so and most critical. Born .in the strict-,'
many were talking at the moment; est and most conventional of,houses;
and as he drove back with Judy to the she had neither pity nor understand-
many
she had to listen to his1
,praises ing of the poor, desperate young
of Carlotta. that had beat itself against the bars
But Judy seemed to be in the thrall of 'apprison without realizing that,
of mortal fear. with all its so-called freedom, it was
"It's begun already, Claud, with this a prison;where her woman's heart.
supper to -night! And they'll pour was not at home,
incense at her feet, and, through time, But since Meg had :,riled so magni-
she ll forget poor old Alan and her ficently into port `as Mrs. David Sil-
vow to Stair."lays of Kildoon, wife of one of the
"Well, we can't help it, Judy," said richest as well as one of the most
Claud philosophically, "After all,' respected men in the' county, • on inti -
neither we nor anybody else could ex- mate terms with its most exclusive set,
pact a woman with gifts like that not she was `a very different creature,.
to use them simply because of our old= Therefore, though she heti not
fashioned prejudices." !tg o crossed,
"I haven't any prejudices,"said the thresholdas of The Anes for many a
day, she was more thanwelcome.
Jud Judy hotly. "Only I !lope I'do'pos- Meghad always chosen her
seas alittle. • • �' own
Common
sense
and.. nidi- ,company, •and she. chose it now. Her
nary perspicacity. What chance has; inner circle was small but intimate
Alan? Why, all London will simply be and dear. But she was sorry"for thel
at her feet now! Did you see them in Garvocks, 'whom so many were blain -1
the theatre to -night? I'm only groan- ing. Since the partition of Stair,
ing because of poor old Alan. somehow, they had forgotten the pro-'
vocation Peter Garvock had received, I.
and the. county was `inclined to cut:
.both him and his for. their shabby
treatment of their kinsfolk.
-And all on account of Carlotta Car-
lyon, a woman of 'less than no import -i
ance, too! ' That was the rrubl I
Mrs. David SilIare then received'
'warmest welcont,e at The tees, though l
the time had been when the doors' were I
closed •against her;'
"I suppose you have heard that I
have
beenout
of Ayr for over two
n
Monthsf Mrs.Garvock? ? My husband
and I had a tri to T n i the s
tee not boiled
any garments since„
"A friend suggested that I stop boiling the clothes I
washed and try Rinso, which I did, with such delight,.
tfug. henresults. garments I have not boiled any since
-
"I found that Rinso is excellent for retnovin fin
g gear
prints from white paint and for washing all woodwork.
"It' has cut my house cleaning troubles in half and.
consequently I felt that it was only your due to know
that Rinso has a much bigger work to do in our house
than just to clean the dirt from our laundry."
:'The makers of Rinso receive many such
letters as this. For Rinso not only does the
family wash merely by soaking -it is also
excellent for many household duties, such as
cleaning 'woodwork, scrubbing floors, etc.
Order Rinso today.
and since our marriage. We went
there for our honeymoon," said Meg
blithely. "We only returned a few
days ago, and I carne up to say haw
sorry I am about all this upheaval in
your family. And, 'perhaps, to hear
the true set of it," she said frankly
I myself have suffered from lyin
and evil speech, and it is one's dut
to get at the truth as well as to liv to it. Ah, Lucy, how do you • do?'
Cambridge, where she can have her
own things, and that the old nurse,
yo
Anngi Christy,no.more." is with her. I can tell
-
"It is mighty, sad," said Meg mus-
ingly, and her" beautiful eyes grew
limpid and soft. Wherever Judy is
g she will make a home, and we need
y not break our hearts about her. She
ve will come out on top. But Alan gone
, to America! 'And without money! It
Lucy entered -at the moment, look
ingsweet, but rather fragile, _in t1
slight mourning .'for, her uncle. _ t
Stair.
Now Mrs. David Sillars did no
greatly care for Lucy -Garvock, wh to the narrow-iainded; sharp
tongued' order of women, from who
Meg herself had suffered many things
in the days before her ship came into
port: She:forbore to remark upon th
change she noticed an the girl's looks
for rumor had been busy with. Lucy
Garvock's name and it was freely .sa
that she was fretting her heart out
about the handsome cousin to whom
she had given her hen tt unasked..
That this was only half a truth
made small difference. It is seldom,
indeed that the woman
gets the bane-
ut of the doubt in an ill -balanced
•Qorid.
"You •
are a lucky woman to have a
husband who takes you off for lovely
trips like that, Mrs. Sillars," said Mrs.
Garvock. "We have to stick here
whatever happens. We were surpris-
ed, knowing you were out of. Scotland,
'when we heard that Mr. Sillars had
bought some of the Stair land."
"Oh, his lawyers cabled to Santa
Lucia for instructions, and David was
pleased because that particular farm
lies so nicely to Kildoon• that he was
very glad to get it," answered Meg with
perfect frankness. "Tell me, Mrs.
Garvock—unless there is any special
reason to keep it quiet, in which case.
forgive the question—what has actu-
ally become of Alan Rankine?"
She forbore to look at Lucy as she
spoke, for it was no mean spirit of
prying that had brought' her. to The
Lees, but a genuine desire' to learn,
that were possible, exec ly what
happened during her absence, so that
she might adjust her own conduct'
accordingly. -
"How should. I know, Mrs. Sillars?
They say he has gone to America."
"America!" repeated Meg, !cursing
her lips. But why America?"
"I don't know, Mrs. Sillurs."
"And what has become of Judy? Is
it true that she has gone to Cam-
bridge to live?'.'
"I have heard so. But really, Mrs.
SridSillars, I' know no more than you. do,
that only from hearsay. My niece.
did come here to say good-bye, but it
was while Lucy and I were away."
What I understand is that she 'has
taken a small house; or` rooms, -in
k_ does not sound well for Stair."
is . Mrs. Garvock made no reply, and at.
a the moments Ramsay came in:to serve
tea, arid. the• conversation had to be
t removed from topics so dangerous and"
ho personal.•
_ ' It was impossible to resent Mrs.
m Sillars' frankness, for it was without
a spice of venom or vulgar prying.
When the man had left the room again
e she leaned forward and spoke out with
still greater frankness.
"Can't anything be done, Mrs. Gar-
d vock, to mend this frightful breakage?
. Was it worth while for Peter to be-
have as he did? Was she _worth ..it?
Now Meg this . time spoke out; of
ignorance, for ' she had no personal
knowledge of Carlotta Carryon,. At the
time of the rehearsals, after the per-
formance which had laid the -founda-
tion of the tragedy, she had been con-
fined to her " house at Kildoon for
domestic reasons and therefore Itad
missed the opportunity of which Judy
Rankine had made such good use, '
"Decidedly not!" snapped Mrs. Gar-
vock. "But things are like that in
life. It is the insects who torment
and' make --it intolerable!"
"Oh, I shouldn't call her an insect
eaxctly, Mrs. Garvock," said Meg with
a little sigh. "I have something- to tell
,you. We spent tw'o'nights in London
on the way home, and we went to the
Imperial Theatre to see` a play all
London is talking about. And the
lady who has made the play such a -
success is—Miss Canyon!"
Mrs. Garvock's face expressed the
horror appropriate to the occasion,
and a full meed of surprise.
.(To be continued.)
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be motionless."
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FOLLOWING THE FLY
The fly is not lit cornpaniou..for
human beings, The objection to him
is Piot on the score of his language,
a Itirrd of musical Mime -though That iso.
annoying enough at times, It Is on
the score of its habits'that•human be-
ings object to the fly. Objection to it
on this score'is more then objection.
It is a disgust so strong that it stimu-
lates a desire to slay so that we may
ricl our habitations and ourselves •of
the enforced attentionsi3f these flf thy
insects.
After he has stretched` his little
wings to dry where does the fly. go? •
Most likely the fly lies a keen sense of
smell. Where cines if lead him? Like
the beep to the pink or orange or blue
petals or the sutnmer flowers? Not at
all. Attar of roses has no attraction
for him. The 'odoriferous fermenta-
tion -s of the garbage can, t'he manure
pile, or thestinking emanations of the
cesspool have -the first call upon him.
It is to these spots he Makes his first
visit: To dist all his subsequent rest-
ing place would he too disgusting. Ob-
serve
for yourself and make a mental
note of them,
Sooner,. or later, the fly makes 'his
way into our, dwellings. He enters to
get relief from the heat of summer' or
the cold of autumn: Afterwalking on
filth, -corruption and, as likely as not,
infection; does he manicure? Not a
bit of it, •
With feet clogged with fodlness he
is seen on the spoons, on the forks, on
the butter, the sugar, the rim of the
drinking vessel, the meat, the edge of
the milk pitcher. And be sure that as
muddy boots will leave a track across
a crimson carpet so the Ay will leave ,
his tracks on everything he touches;
Ts he satisfied with making his call
en• the eating utensils? Not at all. lie
finds rest for the soles of his feet upon
our hands our faces and he particular-
ly affects the cradle where lies the ,
heiples infant. ' Imagine how easy it
must be when the fly alightson the
baby's lips- for it to leave behind the
germs of disease. It has been proved
that the house fly may carry the germs
of thirty distinct dise•d•ses and parasti-
cic organisms. Think also how logi-
cal a connection there is beween the
fly and the prevalence of such a dis-
ease as diarrhoea among infants in
summer..
It is an. established fact that flies
can convey typhoid fever. In _'army
camps and in many municipalities
where ineasures are taken to stop ty-
phoid fever a campaign against house
flies is considered one of the most int
portant ineahs to this .end.
Plies multiply as they have oppor-
tunity to°feed and End breeding`places,
Therefore it is' important to prevent
breeding places` such as manure piles
and to starve them by covering -food
and garbage. • Absolute -,cleanliness
anil.,the removal or destruction of any-
thing in which flies' may breed- or feed
are _ntial, .. ,4
Tresseaps or poison pray be used to
catch aclult flies but it is more effective
to starve them than to. swat this dan-
gerous encmy'ta nankin:c3.—T';D.
•' acts. -
The original manuscript of "Kid-
.
nape -ea,"
Kid -
nape -ed," by Robert Louis Stevenson,
brought $10,000 at an auction in New
'1 ort.. City recently.
Texas produces 40 per cent. of -the
cotton of the United States.
The authorities in charge of several
big hospitals in England have decided
to lift the ban against women nurses
smoking cigarettes while on duty, hav-
ing concluded' that it was impossible
to enforce the rule prohibiting the
practice.
Montreal is now the gtteatest inland -
port in the world.
The water of the Dead Sea is five
times as salty as that of the ocean. -'
The history of almanacs has been
traced back 'to very early times. It has
been ascertained that Alexandrian.
Greeks had- them, though it is not ex-
actly known when they appeared in.
Europe. The oldest existing almanacs
in manuscript form date from the thir-
teenth and fourteenth; centuries, where-
as the earliest printed almanac .was by
the astronomer, Purbach, and appear-
ed between the years 1450 and 1461,
The unpleasant odor ofrLirriburger
cheese is due to specific fermentations
induced during ripening. This' cheese
is made from sweet milk, the curd be-
ing formed into cakes about five inches
square and two inches thick and not
pressed. The main cause of the putre
factive fermentation is the extlremely
moist condition in whichit`is kept.
The Electric Waiter.
In a certain restaurant in Detroit,
the meals are served by electricity.
The diner enters the restaurant,
selects histable, notes on the menu,
1 the food he requires, drops the Menu
through a slot in th'e table, and waits
am minute or two, Presently there is a
humming noise, and In the centre
of the table, on, a four-poster tray, ap-
pears the food he has ordered.
'When -the menu , Is slipped into: the
slot it drops to the kitchen below; the
server there attends to the order,
presses .a button, and the food la on
its way to the table.
When the diner has finished his
mean he takes the bill, which has also
been delivered by electricity, and pays
at the usual cashier's desk, '
Weil Njmed,
Teacher (to new boy) --"What do
they call you at home?"
os - FI nil r
a el, ctlssa
'But why?" '
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