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Love Gives itself
THE STORY OF A BLOOD FEUD
BY• ANNIE8. SWAN,
trUTO tNeti itself and is not boughth---Langfellose.
CHAPTER XXVIII.-e-(Cont'd.) Judy laughed then, responsive to.
au only. yon had liad an ye te the bit of comic relief.
main ehanee, like so many of the poll- Tru afrnid even a sale catalogue
ticians, Claud, you might have mar_ is not the halm I ,need; but thanks
for wanting me to come," she
red a rich women, and that would Awin.11Y
said gratefelly. Pll go up and beard
leave solved the bigger half of the
question. You could have gone back the lion."
as Laird of Stair then" She was cornleptely at home in the
Claud set his s in the long; par-
Bloomsbury house and welcome there
he
as the flovsers it May. She found Car -
pretty ht ttieular curve which Judy had seen lotta in the unusual position of lying
often since e goo man's
estate and which she stood th
on a tote, and her face at once underbe-
trayed the fact that either she -was
troubled or out of sorts, '
"I was thinking of 'phoning for you,
dear. I suppose you knew wante.d
Paean both thea•pproval and. some deep-
reoted determination.
"That will never happen, Judy, I
am sere, I've got my way to make, you, she said with genuine pleasure.
and I'm going to make t. There mu
st‘"I did not, for I'm in the full throes
i
be some alien strain in in,
e for I don't of worry and selfish grunabling my -
feel about Stair as you clo and " i self. The question is—which of us is i
Alan did. I'd like it as a holiday to have first chance a letting aft
place and to feel that my people were t steam?" said Judy whimsically as she
in it, so that 1 could go pretty much bent down to kiss Carlotta.
when I liked, but as a career, my dear, "Let me talk first.," said Carlotta,
it doesn't apral." . Ifor mine is of small Importance, and
*silty. "you'll have to take it on pos-
"But—but," ' said. Judy with (lin' I'm sure, from your doleful face, that
you have something big -.to tell. Who
ea. sibly if—if—by any chance we should do you think I've had come to see me
get proof that Alen will. never come this morning, net more than an hour
back." ago?"
"We'll wait for that disastrous day, Judy said she hadn't an idea.
judy, and meanwhile we have very "Mrs. Harry Fordyce on their way
good tenants in Stair. And old Rich- back from the grand trip! They've
ardson seams quite satisfied with the been practically all over the world,
present state of affairs. We are cer- and they're going to Scaland to-
tainly not doing much ta lift the mart- night, to take away her mother and
gage, but so Iong as we pay our way sister. They all sail for New York
and have a little margin left for you, next Wednesday. Some clever Glas-
well—I don't see that so much mat- gow surgeon has done wonders fer the
ters." little lame girl, and she is likely to
"I hate and loathe this life, Claud!" get almost well."
cried Judy with a sudden passion. "How frightfully interesting! It
"I'm just like a fly in a web. I'm per- is like a fairy-tale. And she's happy,
fectly useiest—the superfluous womaii you thm.101'
for whom the next generation is not Carlotta did not immediately ans-
going to have any -use." war but turned her head away.
Claud smiled tenderly, concluding "It was really. you she wanted to
that Judy was feeling a bit hipped by see, Judy, and probably she will call
the thought of impending changes, on you this afternoon about four
and in no way realizing that there o'clock. You see, she found roe easilY
Was so much truth. as well as passion at th.o theatre, but her only reason
in her words. for coming out here was to 'get news
Next morning, to Carlotta, in the of you. They beth look very well, and
I never saw more beautiful clothes
than she was wearing, nor a more
proud and satisfied'husband i 'We
mustn't grudge her her luck, Judy.
and he was not aware of some news She deserved it. Now, -what has hap-
whieh had come to his sister from pened to you to pucker your brows
like that?'
Bloomsbury sanctum, Judy however
further unburdened her soul.. Claud
had gone into the country with his
chief for inmertant political purposes,
Glasgow by that morning's post.
It was scarcely 110011 Judy
reached Carlotta's house, and she was
waylaid by Mrs. Carlyon for a mo -
"Two very big things, Carlotta.
Claud has got the Dublin appoint-
ment, and he is likely to be married
ment on her way out to a, shopping
expedition, which was one of the chief ave."
inside a month and go over there to
enjoyments of her life. Judy remain-
ed first favorite with her, and she "11°'w exciting and sPiendidi ex
lad! Aren't you, Judy?"
was frequently heard to bewail the g"So so—but it throws me out once
fact that men were so foolish and so
more, don't you see? Then I've had a
blind as to peas by the gold of a na- letter from Samuel Richardson, in-
forming me -chat the Stair tenants
want to be released from their term at
the end of two years instead of three
—family • reasons—good 'and. suffi-
sient It's another upheaval, and
Somebody ought to go to Stair and
out because when she's like that we
don't hit it off, and I'm always saying see just precisely how everything
stands. I suppose it will have to be
the wrong thing. •But, bless me, the
me, Carlotta, as there isn't anybody
heavens don't fall because a these
else sufficiently interested. Claud has
little tiffs, and I know what the artis-
WaShed his hands of Stair, so to
tic temperament is! Be thankful, my
dear, you don't possess it, or have to speak."
live in the house with it." Carlotta sat up on her elbow and
•
Judy smiled rueully. looked deep into Judy's eyes.
f
"I may have another kind of temp- 'Judy, I would give ten years of
erament equally difficult, Mee. cage my life if I could get away now—this
lyon," • very minute—to Stair, and shut all
t
"No fear of you! Come out and do the respf the world out."
a bit of shopping with me. I've got 'net° was something in Carlotta's
voice which stirred Judy's heart.
five sale catalogues in my bag, all of
them marked."
ture him, Judith Rankine's, and pour
their incense at other and less worthy
shrines!
"Carlotta's alone. I don't think
-she's very well this_morning, my dear.
She's a bit cross and short. I'm going
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"You are more tired than usual
and things have been. going wrong at'
the theatre—is that It?"
"They're all wrong, Judy, and
something will have to be done. I'll
tell you presently, but first lat me
hear more about Claud. When will
he go to Dublin?" •
"Why, just as stem as he can be
spared. He will be established be-
fore the election, .of coursesethough
after he is once there I think his post
is secure through all Administrations,
It's a very good post indeed for a
young man of Claud's age, but it
won't satisfy him, Carlotta. It is
merely a Stop -gap, and in the Mean-
time it enables him to marry." •
"And what about you?" asked Car-
lotta, with her hand caressingly on
Judy's head.
Judy had tossed her hat on the floer
when she knelt down by Cerlotta's
side.
"I? Oh, I'm the superfieous woman,
aa aforetimel Nobody in the world'
particularly wants me. I've no gifts.
Ihre never- been taught anything—"
"Except how to make a home-
-which is whet we were originally in-
tended for, Judy," put in Carlotta.
"And when we get away from that
things get vraong and lettere in oar
"Perhape. But owleg to the dearth
of homes we have to retake shiet with-
out; I wonder now whether there
ieret a Boys' Horne or Orphanage
where they would take me in at
ing wage? • I beheve 1 night have a
small sweets there."
Carlotta's eyes were far away,
oClaud hes too dispositien to tp
into hia brather'4 ahoes,judy
beelOitatell-le tatellikh- feh,
With =Other kinel'et Man, that yetield
have been,.;.a tempeetien„ and we eheuld
net have bed the right. to bleme him.
Da Yel4 think be believes ;that Alan,
will come baelt?"-.
"We don't talk about it, Carlotta.
Leave it et that. And rimy tell ine
what is happening at tlfe theatre?"
Carlotte's face flushed, and her eyes
hardened.
"Graliam Madox becomes 'more and
more inmoesible. I shali have to leave
him after the ran of this piece."
"You mean that he keeps on want-
ing you to marry him?" •
• Carlotta nodded. "
• "II* 'will take 110- refuaale and I see
that hie persisteace is eolormg all his
attitede towards me, and that we shall
het -be able to go oa comfortably after
Easter."
' "But. won't .it be Niel for you to
6 him?"
"It won't hurt me pidfessionally.
I shall eevett lack wee% now, Judy;
and I have refused a good many
tempting offers because Madoee, gave
Vie• "Duelyeschileankcn6oci that? I should leave
him in eio doubt if I were you."
"Ile knows it perfectly. But—leat
doziht want be talk about it any
more. Judy, it has come to a crisis.,
and I told him last night I should
leave hira .Easter,"
"And have you anything else dell -
mite in view?"
'I can have at any moment; but I
want .a long sununer at Stair. I. was
thinking of the Clock House. But
this has happened opportunely, Judy,
and 1. want you to fall inhwith my
plans. I want yau. to., go back to
Stair, dear woman, and to nia,ke it
your home."
Judy's eyes widened.
"But—darling--I can't! Where is
the mon.ey to come from?"
"The money? Oh, it ie here!"
She pressed her hand lightly to her
heart, and her eyes shone.
' "Your Money, Carlotta!" Judy
shook her. head.
, "Why not?" asked Carlotta fever-
ishly. "Just think for a. moment .�f
ell that happened through me. If
Alan hed never met me you might all
have been at Stair yet."
Once more, and this time very ere-
phatically, judy shook her head.
"We could not have afforded to live
there, dear. Alan had decided that,
even before he saw you on that fate-
ful Saturday afternoon."
- It was surprising how vivid and
precise with both was every memory
of these few poignant weeks in Ayr
before the break-up of Stain
But Carlotta appeared unconvinced.
"You say that to. comfort Me; I
know, 'Judy; but we both know that
I am right. Why do you suppose I
entered the profession? What do you
suppose 1 have been working and. sav-
ing for in the last two years? I
haven't spent one unnecessary
penny."
"I know," said Judy, with a little
mischievous smile, "They were talk-
ing about it.one day in the drawing -
room, not' knowing I had anytleing to
do with you. • And they were holding
you up on thehone hand to execration
for stinginess,. and on the other' as an
example to 41 the profession' of how
to husband the profits of a stage
career."
But Carlotta was not in the mood
for smiling.
"I have never felt that the money
was mine, Judy. It belongs to Stair.
I have all I want. My father and
mother are simple people, and they
have had all they wanted, and I .have
saved enough to make it unnecessary
to let Stairegain if onlY you will be
good and do what' I want. Donrt you
see how the way has. -been. elee.red?
Claud gets the Dublin post, and wants
to marry. He no longer needs you;
and the tenants want to go out. It is
the finger of Providence!" -
Ink, Judy's eyes -crept the longing
of the exile, but She continued -to shake
her head. r
"1 can't do it, Carlotta! I cant!
You Must understand that Stair can-
not be -bolstered up with your money,
though it is. very dear and precious
. ,
of you to want to do it." .
Then Carlotta quite slowly,rose to
her feet, and her face looked a little
white and strained.
"Then I 'Mist tell you, Indy, `if You
woe% go back to Stair, I will. Look
here!" She undid the 'fastening "of
her bodice with a swift hand that did
not tremble.. About her neck was a
gold chain so thin. and fine that hardly
was it visible against her skin. She
drew it up with a quick, proud ges-
ture, and held but to Judy what was
suspended upon it—a wedding ring.
"I am Alan's wife, Judy," she said
simply-4We were married that morn-
ing he sailed. It was my doing. So
you see all my money belongs to
Stair, and I have the right to go
there if I choose now, and wait for
his coming back."
Judy, had sprung to her le•et, and
now stood inthemiddle of the floor
staring straight at Carlotta ;. and .for
a brief montehtenone knew just how
the pendulum might swing.
But the look in Carlotta's eyeseen-
qu.ered, even before she spoke itgain.
• "When, saw Jean Dempster this
morning with her husband, Judy,
looking the picture of heppiness—he
so tender' and kind., she so jolly, her
face positively Shirting—I nearly died.
I could not have gone on another day,
without telling yea; so now what are
you going to do?" ,
"But, Carlotta, why wasn't I told?"
cried '..tudy rebellious:y. "I had the
right! I had the right. Alan ought to
have told me, if you didn't- I have '
not been vrell treated arnong you all. I
It is as if I were a child or a fool."
• "No, no!" aaid Carlotta quickly. "II
alone am to blame. Alan did not
want to marry me—not because he
did not love in4, but because he said
It was a crazy venture for any wo-
Mae, but especially for me. , I told
hien I wanted to be bound and zee,
and he gave in. As for' you Judy—
What good would it have dohe to tell
tee? I tried once or twice, and in
New York last year I very nearly told
you but something held me lattek, I
think on the whole dear, it has bean
better for you not 'to know"
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da1114 10 a.e. to 0 suittior, a ta p.m.,
• glom Day, sut1 Clumb, ears,
judy seemed at a loss where to
look or what to say,
“So
no W What are'yon pixie' to do
with ine, aid have the right to bol-
ster Stir?" asked Carlotta with. her
most" adoreble simile. •
I "Only if you put that ring on, Car-
lotta, and go abut your daily bust-
nees with it," said Judy with a mook
I severity. "You (night th have been
wearieg it, all the time. It would have
kept Graham Madox quiet, and thiege
would not have -come to the pass they
hay e at the theatre!' •
"Right you are, most, wise counsel-
lor! But the deed is done. Will you
put it cin then, Judy? It was' 'Alan's
hand that Put it an before. Nobody
but a Rankine has touched it,
She swung the .chain, frem her neck,
undid the clasp, and Judy took the
ring ,and slipped it on the wedding'
finger. Then sho began to cry.
"I can't help thinking how dreadful
if You ere a widow befere, you've ever
been a wife,' Carlotta," she cried.
But Carlotta merely smiled.
"I am no widow, niy dear, and
things aro marching on. It is time
for us to go back to Stair, and we,
ehall be there when its master comes
list* his own,"
(To be continued.).
A Poem You Should Know.
;John Grumlie.
The iter,y of the misfortunee that
overtook the man who had to mind the
house is an old one, and appears in
many forms. Here is an excellent
form of the story in verse. :
John Grumlie aware by the light of the
moon
And the green leaves on the tree,
That 'the could do more work in a day
Thais his wife could do in three.
His wife rose up in the morning
,INVIth cares and troubles enow;
'aohn Grumlie, bide at hame, John,
And 1,11 gas hand the plow.
"First ye mann dress four children fair,
And put them a' in. their, gear;
And. ye maun turn the malt, John,
Or else ye'll epoll the beer.
And ye -maun reel the tweel,,John,
• That I span yesterday;
Andye maim ca' in. the hens, john.
Else ther'll a' lay away."
0, John did dress his children fair,
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The well-dressed •Zvornari requires a
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tucks at the shoulder to give fulness
.over the bust and the side closing is
emphasized by a band of plain -color
material trimmed with groups of
buttons all the way down. A set-in
pocket is conveniently placed at the
right side. The shaped caller .and
cuffs finiehing the' short sleeves are
rnade of the ,same material as the
trimming -band. The pattern provide,
long sleeves, and the'.diagratn shows
• the simple design of the' frock. No.
1134 is in sizes 86, 88, 40, 42 and 44
inches bust. Size 88 'bust requires
3Ve yards of 36 -inch, or 31,e yards of
40 -inch, or 3 yards of 54 -inch ma-
terial. .For the dress with short
sleeves % yard less material is re-
quired. ,Price 20 cents.
The 'designs illustrated in our new
pu t eni a in their gear; Fashion l3ook. are advance styles for
But he forgot to turn the malt,'
the home dressinaker, and .the woman
And so he iipoiled the beer. er girl who e deSir,etse to w,par garments
And he sang' aloud as he reeled the dependable for taste, simplicity and
tweel
economy will find her desires fillfilled
That his wife span yesterday;
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in our patterns. Price of the book 10
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John Grunilie's.'..wife came harne at purchase of any pattern.
e'en, • HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
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When ;she .sete. the house M• suck a eye geeing number and size or such
• plight
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Minard's Liniment used by Physicians.
•
- I'll be no more glide wife." '
"Indeed," quoth she, "I'm well eontent
. yeateep it the rest o' yo iii life!"
He—"Want to see me swim to the
light house and back?'
.She—"No—just to the lighthouse."
Keep Minard's Liniment in -the house
--Finger Prints.
• Talk as we may of people having
.doeblee,,the truth remaina. that nature
never dui4ihates, and that ho two per-
sons are precisely alike in every par-
ticular. There is always some differ-
.ence, however minute.
All overour skins, for instance, are
tone& of tiny pores to allovr the pees -
age of perspiration from our glands,
and the exact arrangement of these
pores differs ever, so.elightly -with each
individual. It is the little canals in.
which these pores are set out on our
fingers that give lie our ridges; and So
It cemes about that ,whcn we examine
them realiy closely, as by taking a
the-systein of ridgea will be seen
to vary with.every iedividual,
According to solenee the differences
between individuals are due to the fact
that Nature is perpetaally trying to
iniprove, and therefore never casts us
in -an exact mold. What improvennent
can be 'worked by the distinetions in
the ridges that give us our finger
prints, however, we cannot say.
Pig -raising in 'Australia is said to
offer a living in a shorter time and
yeah less capital than any other form
Of stock -breeding.
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• The Gleaning Bell.
In many part of rural England dur-
ing late August and early September,
one may hear a church bell being„rung
morning and evening. at times when no
seevices are being held.
• This is • the "gleaning „hell," whichh,
was once sounded in practically all
villagea and hamlets throughout the
countryside at 9 age and 5 p.m as
seon as the harvest. was 'sufficiently
advanced, to tell the villagers when
they might begin gleaning end when
they mast cease. •
The cus-thin stil101ingers ,even though.
the modern machine -rake leaves less
wheat to be gleaned than did the old
hand -rake.
Indeed, the high price of bread, in
comparison with what it was before
the war, has Lea to a revival of glean-
ing. '
Inaccordance with the old custom,
‚wherever the gleaning bell is rung, a
penny for the whole period is paid to
_the bell-ringem by each faniily 1 the
parish that goes. gleaning. •
• In telegrams any number cottain-
ing up to five figures is counted as one
word, and each additional five figures
as' further words.
Oleic
Noyour grocer has
the cheese you like
so well in this handy
size.
'USE -enough Rinso. to get
good lastingsuds that stand
up after the clothes are put
• in. These rich soap -suds
• SOAK 'dirt out. No ino.re
harmful rubbing! •
OAK clothes an hour—'
overnight if you wish)
Then rinse. Becau seRinso
dissolves completely, it
rinses outthoroughlyleai-
ing clothes *snowy white.
•
,* *•
Rinso is made by the makers
of Lux to do the family wash
as perfectly as Lux does all
fine things. Get Rin so from
your grocer today.
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A Queer Fii"0. •
Every Part of the world, writes A OOr-
respondent, bag its animals of peealiar,
Mterest to .thetourist. theegoess
eolith, to the country or tne sreth; he
Will lie() alitteaP'SWIloate Very eitist-
enoo he might deem iMpossible. 11 110
gO08 out to this Prairleti, the "'Audi:era
tbatcountry will tell Wm incredible,
stories, of that ;cuneing
coyete; if , ' goea• farther west
into that little region of dry lamI1P-
IyItisil Colembia ,bot: Okenagan
Lake, he will fled some very reit
'able .fornie of life.
S ea tea ettely ppe • warm September
evening On. .a hotel verandah in. that
country, Siame tourists were comparing
the strange 'creatures they had seen.
When they had eared awhile a native
-
of the Place volunteered to introduce
them to another .curiosity of, natural
• ,
history that they might add to their.
eollectiong Sb at bee invitation they
followed him down to • a mountain „
streem that emptied into. the: lake etas e
by. It was.only a, yard or so wide. Jut
it shot down Over 1tS, steep course in
treetendoue hurry to reach the like.
Close. unclet.the Lank lay what seemed
to he reddish; stones, from eight.; to
twelve inches long. The tourists Were ...
.told to walk.cmietlY to the edge, kneel
down, place their hands slowly in „the
water, then Just as deliberately to
grasp ,thoee rech things, keeping- their'
dealt's carefully towards the end paint-
ing upstream. To their omizentent
they founa on lifting. their peize from.
the water that they had a "leickeinnie,"
a species of trout, and not ,a stone, at
all. The fue had started. NeVer-be-
loreshad they caught a fish with imp-
ing but .their bare hands, and en less
thai . half an hour the three men had
caught enough Ser the breakfast of the
guests at the smallhotel. •
The kickainitie, begin to rise from
the lake bottom 'when the Septentber
inooe begins to, show, and the "run"
Is most 11111110T01115 " as the moon be-
comes hill. Then gradually they de-
crease M number. At n,o other time, of
the year are tliey,to be seen. They will
ha the lake. Some peepl say
not bite at a hook; so they are
caughtipee,r
'they are a. deep -water fish and. that
they • come fromthe alepths for • the
spawning season only. They dart with
wonderful swiftness up the current
and come to rest in a pool for a few
minutes, then. on up again'', taking ad-
vantage of stones! and twigs to clamber
up the raids oe the stream till they
can go no farther.
• The boys 'go .out at night to these
streants With lanterns and gaff the
fish as they dart by for the kickeinniee
prefer to go up by moonlight rather ,
than In the daytirne.. This practice of •
gaffing had to be stopped, as- the fish..
were so easily catighb that, 'It was fear-
ed they would be exterthinated. One
"old -tinier" used to., build a dam across
the stream and catch thern by the
hundreds to spread as a fertilizer on
his land. Be took for his own wants
,what he could use, salted down what
heneeded for a Winteresupplystand the
rest he spread about under his peed
and apple trees. Now, however, the
law forbids any such wasteful use of
,aazg,,,,,gma25rgj the fish, which without sone ,proteo
"A Nixie.”
What is a Nixie? It is a piece of
niail se incorrectly or incompletely ad-
deeseed, or so 'improperly prepared
that it can not be delivered Of. retureed
without special treatment, and it goes
'to the post -office hospital Ler an opera-
tion. It differs from a dead letter in.
that a dead leter, parcel, or circular
can neither be delivered nor returned,
and goes, to the post -office morgue for
burial. See that your letter is not a
"Nixia"
Cyclists and pedestrians who wear
something white, such as a scarf or
hat, are much more easily seen by
motorists on dark country roads.
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• Fill an BM P Enameled Tea
Kettle. ret it on the stove.
No Kettle will boil water
quicker. That means con-
venience, time saved, too.
- All SMP Enameled utensils „
are very fast coming to the
boil and in their job of cook -
lug. Not only quicker to
Cook with, but easier, more
quickly cleaned after, The
beet anyway you look at it.
Think this over.
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DidPuss Reason it Out?
• Cts ,usually take good cere, of their 4111--4/1
offspring and 'bring them up M the ,way
that kittens should go. Do they rea-
son about it? There seems to be nO
other way to account for some of their •
Performances. • For examele:
A fine tortoise -shell cat, weites a
correspondent, once had her home in
our fo.mily, and 'there -were occasions
When she showed an intelligence that
• seined almost. human. She lye's a
diligent huntress and provided -well
, for her growing families. One deer -
when sha brought in a mouse her two
kittens got hold of it at the,same time,
and neither Would. let gb. 'They growl-
ed and danced and hissedand. claWed
and hung on. Their mother walked
round and round them, gravely anxi-
ous. But as it appears to be a tenet
1,0 cat's code of conduct that no cat,
b.owever strong, shallemeddle with the
game of another, however weak, after
it is once in Ws possession, Mother
Puss, did not interfere. Th.e kittens
held ext`with constantly increasing bel-
ligerence. They set their teeth in
more firmly and pulled and pulled until
the couse tore in two, ,Puss watched
untli the portioneyere clecvourede and '-
then she walked away. ,
• That did not, as we supposed, end
the matter, Pehlueps'putis thought that
the Scene was. too shocking to be al-
lowed to occur again. At eny, rate the
next 'time she returned- from a hunt
she had two mice -in her mouth, one
for each .1citten; and, thistime there
was no quarreling-.
From' that day on,natil the kittens. -
were large enough to hunt for them- •
selves if puss 'brought mice atall she
brought two at a time. How she man-
aged it no one knew. Probably, she
caught tine and stored 11 10 a sere place
and then hunted again untie she caught
second. Theu She must have return-
ed to bei' cache and got the twoenice
together in her mouth-, before goin5e-
hoine,
Such a preceeding wculd -seem na-
taral enough in a dog, but it Is certain.
ly not the way of the ordinary cat, "
What one we think eXcept that she rea-
soned that tliat was the best way to
satisfy her greedy youngsters and yet
keep them from quarreling over their
food?
aobeters Colored to Order._
A ,selentist in Gerreanr b as • &IS co v er.
ed a prooess in which lebsters can be
Made any hue to,d,,,C the.. colOr'sCheme
of a dinner,•
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