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BY J. B, HARRIS-I3URLAND - ---?
CHAPTER XXV.--(Cont'd.) there wassomething strange and un -
1.41, Suddenly and swiftly, it came over real about 'all- this gaiety, And, at
Ruth—that Qverwholming wave' of °ne' m°meat,' when she glanced at her
pity, sweeping away all her own fears, husband's face, it seemed to her that
0,d the thoughts of her owri safety, all there was mockery in his keen little
or desire to do her duty to her hos eyes, and that he was like solus imp
band, Hot color came into her cheek; of mischief, dancing Taal griniacizig
atrtd died away again. She tur•ned,alzd before it flung• its dart of misfortune;
took offher fur coat and laid it en a But when they reached the cottage
chair, Then she went to a rnirr•or stud again, and .she was alone fora few
looked at herself, find touched her minutes in her bedroom, she wast sud-
halt with hez fingexs. denly stricken with remorse. 1 or-
a "It was the fur coat," said 1.1 rrhi haps he is ill," she thought, "Perhaps
ton with a smile. "I must have re- something is going to happen to frim.
membered you in a far coat. No doubt the had la arned of peon le Being what
the Scotch called "fe "—filled with
you wore it when you came to the
sudio „ some uproarious spirit of unnatural
s fresh,
Try
Abo
!.TIT SCHOOL LUNCH TO TRE
WEATHER.
went to
When. � children first w
n
my c
school' we were living in town and
they were dismissed at 11.30 and
tame home for dinner. . Row they
used to rush into the kitchen "hungry
es bears," wash and comb, and be all
ready when- their father arrived.
When we came: to the farm to live,
school was too far away, so I packed
their 'lunches. At first they liked
staying at school during the noon
hour..
But with the season for. coats and
caps and mittens, the cold lunches lost
their popularity, A cold lunch may be
very nourishing, but it is not satisfy
Ing in cold weather, and"the children!
really need something -earn-
tr
fun and laughter when they were near
Oh, yes,,, said Ruth, the
t d th`
o ea
•
often, I expect. It was the winter; you • This melancholy idea vanished when
Jean. "She told Mrs. Austen to come know,„
She paused and then she they met again at the evening meal,
'any tune,' and now she won't actin t turned and said in a low .voice "I Again hc praised the Watsons and
even to herself she wishes the time suppose it—it hurts you terribly -,the cooking, and her own good 'man -
were any other time. If it were any_this loss of memory!,i agement of the house. And after-
o s •"Yes, LadyBradne agement
when, theyplayed piquet, he
one but Mrs, Austen! The most ex -1 y. You see I had , q
so little time with Paula—only e few had such extraordinary luck that he
quisite, fastidious, elegant person ear y
we've ever .known!" y s, and every hour is precious to won two pounds from her- in three
to , 1 me. All those- months—of happiness games.
Mother rallied enough to sa 1 pP ” knewto-night," y, —lost forgotten—oh, this won't do, I I should win he
said her she would find us s.im. 1e' eo ' v e
p p Lady Bradney. You've conic here to said. - I feel as though I could win
plc living simply in a little country have your portrait painted, and I'm anything' I chose from anybody."
town. We don't want. topretend." wasting.our time—andP `� '"Idow> absurd you are,Alec," she
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"No, but we want to be at our bolt, make a start, shall we?" � replied with a laugh.
n t our worst! ' "OneLtick`' alt cards he said, unlucky the Priory, Ardington went up to Lon-
0 o And everything s moment, Mr. Mezrizigton. I } and :Mervin ton went to ata ' for'
wrong, and we're none of us ready—
not
eady— only want to say this to you, •You in love. Oh well, we Avon t talk of love, don g 3
Lon -
unless ' she's may remember the ha Ruth. We're two old married folk, you two days at Trehorn's house. It had
ss •rt s grandmother; and al- ppiest part le and I. And we don't, quite hate the.'been; arranged that Herrington should
ways ready for anything! Did you your life, and a good many people ?" not do: an thin more to the portrait
notice how she colored uppink and I don't glad' thatto be in your positron. sight of each othhim, b y g
I mean . you were not happy She smiled at but he did not of 'Lady Bradney until Ardington's
pleased and pretty when she heard, in those months . you have forgotten— wait for her- to reply. return.`
the letter?" butyou m' y g "I had good news this morning," he (To be continued.)
might not have been quite so ,,
Louise stinted a 1't l s -ha " continued, -They're •oin • to make me
i t s squeal ofd py going
may. hag
y."
di
s-
"B t 't , e a judge of the FIi 1i Couitif-I11 allow Minard s• Liniment for Dandruff.'
made over her best lace cap•or mend- y Bradney " he sand, mwondering e?
teacher and the other mothers in re- ed her embroidered crepe stash "And I daresay you are ri ht. But I ought to accept. My income will drop CONDENSED -MILK PASTE.
gard to serving something; hot, but I They've P a=� when' I rememberedyour face, I hoped to five thousand a year. But it's a
hesitated to add to the work of the ey e been in..any closet ages. 4 oh well th ' P great compliment, anyway. What do Not long ago I found still another
j "She, d J f I at down t matter. I may u think about it Ruth?" condensed ilk I needed some
,try some- � gam, hats likely, isn't � use for condens d m
P ii thein to
first i thought of consulting the
y But she isn t ready! I haven t1 smiled grimly:,"You are a 11'1- g '
do so I' whetli
osopher, Lad
busy teacher. I decided to ,t - m : won t care, sal can coma- dream again. T y • it?''
yo«
1 dently. When there's anything to An hourI think di's splendid, she replied,andhdan't •a bit
thing else first. I b enjoyed' and a half later Ruth left! cc paste right.away I
e grandmother just :enjoys the house but 1 perfectly splendid, Alec. Oh, I amfound that condensed
It happened that we had thick rice, she did not leave the in the hguse I c
with
it and doesn't fuss about the outs. memory of John Herrin ton behind proud of, you.";. ilk used verysparingly right out
soup 1 noina> o sauce rot one
of She's as Basil - pleasedchild."her. She g "It will mean giving up my seat. in milk, p g y g
one night about that time, and -one of
"Um y as a carried it with her—a clear „,� of the can, answered the purpose ad
-
the Children aren't so easily Picture that she saw when she was the House, Bradney continued, and
the children estate ted me dish it oil' h ha
pleased with anything that's convert- back at the cottage in South Barton-; more t an that perhaps. • I might
and said, "I wish we might have some • r the ieture of a man broken down byAttorney-General one of these days,
of that for our lunch to morrow." dent:' ou hand Bettikizi a rag doll •' alone; Ruth -perhaps even Lord Chancellor.
when she's set her mind on a Teddygrief, in the world, helpless and ea
"Well, I guess you might,,' •I said. , i , weak to fight against Fate. NIerring Who knows . „
bear and you'll find out. She's no ton himself Oh, I hadat thought of that, -Alec.
It is one of our favorite soups and is if had never painted a pox.- ct „
perpetually smiling ,cherub —not size! trait more clearl >. My political career.will be'over.
very nourishing. It is made this way: Children are sophisticated and imperi- "It would be almostbetter"But you don't really care for poli-
Put into a frying pan two - table oncan't for him tics, do you?"
spoons of pork gravy, or lard, and,s persons nowadays;- you put to know the truth,"she, said to herself uI like the fighting part of_the
them off with any old thing and ,'Now as she sat on the balcony that over- ams that's all."g g
when it melts` add one cup of washed have a ' " ! looked the sea, The idol that he wor- g
good time dearze !. Ruth was silent for a few moments.
rice, Stir until the rice browns, then i «Krell, you can. randmotherl I shipped had been shattered. But for " �„
g This would mean less work for you .
add four or five raw tomatoes or some mean,if there's a good time possible,him it was still perfect, and its feet•
tomato sauce and set on the edge of ' were of pore white marble and not of she said after a- pause.
the stove to simmer for an hour.Sea- shell have it.'If childlike means— :clay. His grief was not for the shat- t "'Yes; ' plenty of work, but nothing
means—well, unspoiled and happy- tering of the idol but for the removal like_what I m' doing at present. I had
son while cooking, with onion, salt fourteen hours straight on end the
and pepper. If necessary add water. hearted, she's the youngesember of of it from this earth'to some place other day."
this family; now isn't she?"(where he' could no longer see it. He "Then you must accept Alec: You
When I put up the lunches next fry es," said mother, pulling herself could 'still worship it—make it even y• p ' „
hriorning'I put the cold, thieve soup in together. C°I more beautiful andpure and have been working yourself to death.
g . believe she is. When holy in Bradney .shrugged, his shoulders.
the bottom of a broad, oblong dinner his thoughts. But its was no more rc ,
pail and laid the anyone has lived as long as she and • I m wondering if I should be a suc-
wrapped sandwiches faced as many, troubles and perplexi-'than memory
now cess as a judge," he laughed. "One
en top of it. The dessert and fruit 1 If lie were 'to know the real
'r last. ties and always done her full share Paula," thought Ruth, and then her gets into the habit of ons y looking at
I of the hard things in life and yet has pity for. Merrington extended to the one• side of the;question.
At. noon the ciir I'r•en 'look out the managed to keep a heart that opens dead woman—the poor little dead but- Later on•when .Ruth Teas alone 'she
other articles and put the soup on the easily to happiness, like a daisy to the terfly that had only lived for sunshine' felt as though a burden: had been lift-
eratove to heat. At night they . were sun -dears, that's somethingrare and and was now for ever in darkness. ed from her mind. For a little while
very .enthusiastic over their warm John' and Paula' M r ' she could not : quite understand. what
fine something for the rest of us to . e r What
She she that qui cued her And
lunch, and I found that I had started livet M Q ' , pictured them both What were her PP
something, for -they all wanted to little ad
know what they could take to warm;
en the following day.
So I began saving out something,
from supper or breakfast, or making
something extra to put:in the lunch
pail to be warmed. Sometimes a small
granite dish of baked beans, some-
times scalloped potatoes, creamed car-
rots or turnips, macaroni and tomato
sauce, stewed meat with vegetables,
mashed potatoes with gravy, or some
e:C the rice soup.
o
P
-Every day that winter the children
bad something to waezu in their school
hunch; On mild ways and cold days,
in sunny weather and stormy weather,
when there was a path to follow and
when they had to break their own, the
children went to school., They were
not sick once and never missed a day. !
Just how much the warm lunch had
to do with it I cannot say, but I be -
Move it helped and they never went
tanwillingly to school. And when their
father and I sat down to our own.
Warm dinr-er we ate with more relish,
knowing that the children too had a
>ratisfying meal.—.Mrs. E. H. D.
up o. Mrs
HAPPY -HEARTED AGE.
"If it had been any other time !"
said Jean tragically. "The blinds all
off and the house hair' painted--"
"And 'Maggie with a swelled face
and as arose as two sticks,' poor
thing; I only hope she won't give no-
ticeat the word `company,'" added'
Louise dolefully.
Oh, bother!" said Nan. "Those
are trifles! What's gnawing my very
(goal is that. I'll have to ,wear, my old
glue dress, because Miss Conover
won't have finished my new brown,
and the tailor's got my only suit, put-
ting the new lining in. He's got yours,
too, Lou; have you forgotten? And,
3'e•an, I don't believe you have a single
`fresh, good-looking dud to your name;
you haven't even begun overhauling
youi.' things as Lou and 1 have."
"Mother isn't saying anything, but
theta's despair in her eye!" observed
,
_ osseus visit won t own i e affairs—her then she remembered that she h
fears and
be under quite the conditions we couldbeen ,she
a little•° frightened at her
wish but if we forget them and enjoy troubles and. anxieties beside-thisettie- husband's exuberance of spirits. That
' J y mendous' tragedy. It: seemed to her
her,—as grandmother'ivill in her old that hitherto she had thought too little was it, of course. And now there:was
cap and second-best-shavrl,—I believe'of Paula. Even. when' Paula had been nothing to be frightened at all. Ye
our guest will forgetthoughed them too and alive it had been as she had had naturally been pleaseded and exert
1'
enjoy us. I'm sure ofat the honor it was proposed to
it!" !never existed. She had not even seen.confer upon him.
"Oh, well, we can try," conceded Paula—only a picture of her `that p
Jean, "and anyway, if ` she's disap- I Merrington liad painted -and the
Ed in the newspapers. There CHAPTER XXVI.
pointed in: everything else, she won'thad always been soinething unreal Mr. Peters was worried about that
be In grandmother. One smile and about Paula as though Herrin '
one toss of a gray curl and she'll come g • gton s small iron door in the old bread oven
under the spell. Grandmother's ourl wife had been some woman she, Ruth, of the studio. It'was a small enough
phad read of in a book .or seen in a matter, but it had been drilled into.
a sma ma era were
irresistible charmer and our •del- play. - - Mr. Peters that ll tt
child!" is But now, as Ruth sat alope in the his especial`,province, that he need not
sunshine, she thought of the darkness expect to meet with any wonderful ad-
in which poor:little-Paula slept; and ventures at Dedbury„ Priory, that he
that other darkness in .which the mind could not hope to find out anything of
of John Merrington lay waiting for stupendous importance. So far he had
the daiyn.been unable to report anything except
n - ," " Jr
May he never remember," she saidwhat Crust called im cessions. Mr.
sel at top. By doing this you can. , Ps
to herself. Ardington seemed to be''a very kindly,
safely leave the food. to boil, without And that ni ht.when shea clever artist who lived' like' a entle-
watching. This is especialI nod . g - Was in herg_-
y g bedroom she fell upon her knees and man of ,means and position. There was
prayed to God—that John Merrington nothing suspicious about his 'conduct
might always forget. or his ' conversation. : He was very
>x s; * well liked in the village, as his father
The next week -end Sir .Alexander' had been before him. And there were
came down to the cottage, on Friday even old people who remembered his
afternoon. He was' in high spirits grandfather, a very eminent doctor
and" inclined, so it seemed to Ruth, to who had made a fortune and had pur-1
look on the bright side of everything. chased the Priory estate. .. 1
For quite a long time—in fact, almost Mr. Peters, finding nothing of l
it again before her family, let her try ever'since"her return from that tragic greater importance to occupy his
it under this guise. Cut the 'cold meat 1,ourney, he.had" been `good-tempered mind concentrated his attention on the.
alnd genial and quite unlike the man -door of that old bread oven. It would
into cubes, To two cups- of meat have who had' driven ' her—so she always have been easy; enough to break it
one cup of cooked macaroni, two caps tried to think -to take the first st p open with a hammer and a chisel, but!
of. tomato sauce, one Cap of cracker on the road that had led' nowhere at that, was precisely what Mr. Peters
crumbs, two tabiespoonsful of butter, all: But on this particular afte'noon could not do. He had `asked Kane's
salt and. pepper. Ina well buttered he. seemed to have grown quite young advice, and Kane had distinctly said
enamelled ware .bake dish . Tut a. a -er• again: His happiness was like that to him, "If you open the door at '' all,
of macaroni bread crumbsi 'ayes. • of a boy who can find pleasure in the Peters, you must close' it and leave it
and tomato tl it before. I t
POTS THAT WON'T BOIL' OVER;
To prevent foods frdm boiling over,
grease the inside of the cooking"ves-
when boiling candies or preserves.
The moment the rim of grease is
reached, the boiling -over tendency is
eliminated.—M. S. D.
Mutton and Macaroni.
When the cold mutton has lasted. so
long that the housewife dreads putting
l
i
sauce then a layer of mutton sm hest matters. He Braised the tea, exac y as was La er on
y n with bits we ma be able to break it
of butter, pepper and salt. Alternateavid ate greedily et some little cakes perhaps y
until the pan is filled. Sri made by Mrs. Watson, and said how open, but not now.
Sprinkle. bread jolly luckyRuth was to have two such' Mr. Peters had been handicapped by
crumbs on top with enoughextra list J -wants as Mr: and Mrs. Watsn. the difficulty of not being able to
ter toor-
brown then.. Serve in the' dish s Then he had. been to see the•� work' en job for any 'length of
P' during
'in which it is cooked. trait, and he was' delighted with that.' time without interruption.But
mirably.—M. B.
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boiler when: boiling clothes. This not
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but gives your clothes a delightful
fragrance which will last for days.
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For soups, sauces, gravies, savoury
dishes, meat jellies, beef tea,:and
restoring the flavortoleft over dishes.
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ON Siu.:b ati'ERYWX E52
111 CANADA
The Rueful Kangaroo.
The kangaroo slipped on the ice,
And, both feet 'upward new:
Ile sat down unexpectedly,
Which made the kanga rue.
"Of course," he said, "it's only in the the fourth week of his residence' at
first stage, but I can see Merrington's �i
idea. A clever chap, Herrington." PET"' y
d a �Al� D l E AN
And then he began to praise Mer- p', �y �q�!�y,��+
sin ,ton, and he said how sorry he was GAi'gtiIVI Nr& , DRAPERY
for him, and how much he should like '
to help 'Binz, and so on. • _,
"One > . Dye oa 'That Worn, Faded
One can only , mew -amend lion to
Minard'e liniment Hulas Cute. one's friends," ho Jatighed, "but that • - Ings New for 1st= cents.
is somng."
And ai"ethiter tea they went far a waIlc
on the sands, and Sir Alexander pick-
ed up shining pebbles and threw thein
into the sea. It was wonderful how
far and how straight he threw them,
and how pleased lee was with his own
prowess. Don't wonder whether-' you -can dye:
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he.salt!, there is no place like it
in the eeoledes home ,dyeing is .guaranteed with "Dia -
lee ;lalu d and laughed and would mond Dyes even If. you have never
scarcely talk se:riouely ee anything. dyed before. Druggists hive all col -
Ruth wo;id ,, e:!, and --she was just a ors, Directions 1n,_aach package,
littleat:e:iclShe eosed not rive any leBUi, l�lo. 1Q 24.
reason for her fears, but :she felt that
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Invention 'TAW", .Has
Revolutionized C u'inxercC,
Next to the typewriter. '2r±h"qg has
helped- • to revolutionize
much as shorthand, it firma ve
saved miilione' of money' to bus iiess
men the world over, stud °. lned a tre-
mendous increase' in reveeue for the -.
Post' ()Mee, for whereas formerly a
,'van might spend a whole afternoon
distating 'three or 'four` :e --ere to to
long -hand writer, to -clay scares ot°
eominunicatioes can be taken down ixt
shorthand almost in as imany minutes.
The advantages of shorthand, do not
end here, for we•all knots how import-
ant it is on the editorial side of ,news
papers, in Parliainent, in the courts;.
and so on.
Used by the Romanis.
Theugl shorthand play such a won-_
derlul part in our lives, most people
know nothing, or practically, nothing,
of its fascinating history. ;loin rnansr
are aware, for instance, that the an-
cient Romans, em ,
l.loyed: it with suc-
cess, "or that znany pioneers, had pro-
duced various systems long before Sir
Isaao Pitman cane upon the scene
with his more practicable method?
The system of shorthand used by
the `aucientsroba l • consisted p b 3 s>: d of con-
tractions of words. The brat' real
shorthand known to Britain made its
appearance' in 1588; when Timothy
Bright brought his invention before,
the public. This, system erjeyed• eons
s erabie popularity, and it is said that,
some of S•hakespeare:is ' plays were
transcribed from it.
Many other methods of "secret writ-
ing," asshorthand was, called in these
days, made .their appearance within
the neat few. years. „Gee, the work. of —
John Willis, was employed -by Samuel
Pepys., ` the famous diarist. After
Pepy's death his diary had toabe trap.
seribedsbefore it could bepublLshed.
Reporting In Parliament. •
Charles Dickens„ when hewas a
soleitor's clerk, tried to learn short-
hand. He tried a .system produced by
Gurney, and his impressions may be
gathered from the fact that lie made
David Copperfield say that shortlia.nd
was "about equal to the mastery of six
Ianguages." It'was Gurney, '.by --the
way, who got shorthand - otlicially re-
cognized. In 1740 he was appointed
shorthand writer to the -Government.
A number of'his descendants" also held
the post,' and -Gurney's •shorthand is -
still used sometimes in Parliament.
It wase. in 1837• that Isaac Pitman
came forward with his method of
stenography which- was destined to
win such world-wide approval. His
'first system was very crude, but in
course of time many improvements'
were made. .It 1s ,=interesting to note
that 'one of those who helked Pitman
was Mr. "Tim" Healy, the .present
Governor-GeneaI ` of the Irish Freed •z'
State. -
Not What They Said.
In a letter to the annual festival"o2'
the Pitman Fellowship recently, Mr.
Healy declared .that he himself had
written slorthand for fifty -years, and
during Sir Isaac.Pitman's<lifetime had
.maintained a correspondence with.
him.
About 1877 he suggested to Sir Isaac{
that the "Teacher," which in those
early days' was a rather crude school-
book, ,required :reforming. Sir Isaac
then accepted from `Mr. Healy, maj
illustrations for the new edition: ;" `"
Sir Isaac was., as sMi-. Healy de-
clared, one of the greatest men of his
centur .
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Many amusing mistakes are record -se
ed in connection with the transcribing
of shorthand notes. Thus Professor
Blackie was once' made to comment
upon the "greasy atmosphere;' of Edina
burgh, whereas he had actually said
"breezy."
The late Lord Carnarvon was once
reported to -have said: "In these days
clergymen are expected to have the
wiedone and learning of 'a journeyman
tallor," whereas• he had referred to
Jeremy Taylor, the famous divineand
author.
17,000 Miles for a Bride..
A Canadian recently crossed two•
continents and an ocean to marry a
Greek girl and take her bade with hint
to Skagway in the remote. North-West4 `
Tlie journey to Greece and back en=
tended over. 17,000 miles and •cost near-
ly :£1,000.
An • even -more trying journey was
undertaken by a Russian,who Bari eini-
greted to the United States. He heard
that his sweetheart in Russia was itT
danger from the 13olsheviks. Immedi
ately- he sect sail for China. Thence
Ire travelled overland, mostly on foot,
across Siberia, to his sweetheart's
-home in European Russia, where he
Sr
was ur. 'Ute;` jauniiey
occupied -able eighttorescmonths.ehe
Long journeys to get married some-
times have, unexpected endings. 1I,
girl who sailed several thousands ol~
miles to Marry her lover, changed they
mind en ;'tbe way. The unl'acky man'
wee one of 15g lraclzelors exiled :in
settlement where there' were fool,
white Ivonren. On learning of her ret
fusel, the. other 149 13 clot's, petition-
eel the girl not to return to EngJOn ,•
but to choose a husband,from am c:
C them.li the for
S o dill ��, and nd
fiance acted, as "best rnan" at the 'wed-
ding.
One should never touch an eleotri l'
switch while he has caro hand in. c°
tact with a sink or other damp plaoC,
A brain is no siren
9 `weakest think.
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