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l Cousins;
OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR,
CHAPTER XXL -•(l ont'd.) room and into the garden, where that
In the solitude of the room his heavy-
! chill of the clamp air struck grateful y
face expanded. The bully within eyes. heShet�was cstilllrthere, shelterI
him was gloating over a congenial by the half -stripped hushes, when the
prospect• little iron gate clanged and she sa v!
When on the next "first" Duncan the narrow black figure of her father'
M•Donnell, coming up with Inc crew vet -eine up the path.
for the renewal of their holding, found In a moment she knew what she
it already disposed of, while one of the{.sated. In another moment she had
poorest and hardest to be worked bits reached his stile, Shyly—for it was.
of the quarry was indicated to him as. the first time she had ever turned tut
the only one available, he knew what him in any inner difficulty—she laid
that meant. So little astonished was the question before him: Was it '
he that he actually smiltuged foto cthert right., could it always be right to be
manager's face un rvee}vthe uhappy? Was happiness always legiti-I
information, and with a resolute heart 'nate?"
set to work upon the poor holding. He shyness had no reflection in
It was hut another instalment of the. John. In the moment that the sense
price to be paid for his happiness; and, "f her action be -came clear to him,
but for the difficulty of keeping Inc even the appearance of diffidence for -
father in comfort upon lesser earn -
smelt him,
ins., he would riot have had it other"Is happiness always legitimate?
wise; for the very pressure of the dis-
comfort Not when it is purchased at the cult of .
made the happiness seem another's happiness."
But the men who worked beside
more real: He spoke with quiet authority. The
him did not smile, and presently bo- priest within him was moving in hisown element.
can to frown, the quality of the slate Fenella thrilled as though a wound
having revealed itself as even worse had been torched.
than their surmises. On the next eThen perhaps I have no right to be
"first" there were defections. Through- happy"
out the persecution of the summer ,,You, my child?" Ile looked down
they had held to him faithfully, but at her in mild surprise.
hu
this unexpected renewal t t hostilitiesspeaking It
Pe "Jail'' has been toint:.
was more than even staunch friend- is such a difficult case. I will tell
ship could stomach. To be in Dun- you all, father."
can's company clearly meant not only And hanging upon his arm, in the
being shut out from all the good slate, h it red walk into which she had
drawn him, she repeated the conversa-
tion just passed. At the end she saw
that he was smiling.
".AOfficult case, you call It? I
think it is very easy, If it was their
happiness that was in play, your duty
would be plain ---you would have to
give up your own. But what is real-
ly in play ? Their material interests,
and especially their vanity—that
Pride of Life which reigns over se,
many souls." Ile spoke the word'
with, in his eyee, that same glitter of
hate which had shone there in the pul-i
pit upon a certain Sunday, "To these.
you are not called upon to sacrifice•
a pure affection. It would he like
buying dross with gold."
"But if loth marriages fail because
of me—"
"Then you will have saved them
both from unworthy unions, since true
affection --if such there were ---would
cast off worldly considerations," •
"Oh, thank you, fath-r! Yes, I see -
it now, said Fenella, with a deep,'
ecstatic 'breath el' recovered peace.
How simple it really Was theu'th it
had required a< simple a faith as John
M'Donnell's to onen her eyes. In one
moment all the else arguments had
dropped away harmlessly; the doubts
of the past weeks had been killed
with one stroke.
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The 'nen who lives in a continual
tete-a-tete with one iri - -wvho has in
it a fellow -workmen, an unseen guest
at his table, a companion in his
leisure hours, and a bed -fellow to boot
—soon begins to show the symrtoms
of this slavery in his face. In `hese
days it was noticed by some that Al-
bert's narrow physiognomy vias sharp.
ening visibly, while his keen eyes as-
sumed sumtd this peculiar lur.h..ncy and in-
termittent fleite of look which betrays
an inner cur .tin n, fir{. That "some-
thing" v.h ch was to avert the family
misfortune still retrained formless, or
rather it showed a new and more
fantastic form each day. The moat
fantastic, perhaps, being the wild idea
of enlisting Ronald tee ellvray per-
sonally, and entrapping Fenella into
a marriage with him --••perhaps by
means of a compromising situation,
not harts to construct. But nothing
promised well enough.
With Mr, Berrell Inc tacit ally, he
had taken no farther direct counsel
until ono day in late November, when
on the point of returning to his work
••-now rapidly approaching completion
---he followed him to the quarry, 00 0
small personal errand. Just before
tho week -end, the hist of Itis spirit -
levels had come to grief, smashed by a
clumsy workman, and, despite a wire
to Oban, no substitute had yet arrived.
Unwilling to return to the loch -end
without the almost indispensable in-
strumentf he had bethought himself of
the manager as the passible possessor
of one.
But the shot proved a. false one.
Mr, Merrell too was out of spirit -levels.
"It's the donee 1,f 'n bore," said Al -
beet. "1 can't {Tait for it, and I can't
very well do without it, just for to
morrow's ,lob."
"It's 1,01,nd to he here by next post.
You'll just have to make your sisters
send a boat."
"i suppose so," grumbled Albert,
and was about to tette leave, But
•'s he put out his hand in farewell,
Mr. Berrell's eyes bored themselves
into his.
"Iluw are you getting on? Made
any progress towards upset}ng that
accursed
marrt-ge?"
Albert flushed rather painfully.
(To be continued.)
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Every pcuud added to the nourish -
but likewise being put off with the --_- in„ thing's to cat, --animal or vege-
worst tools agoing, and submitted to —" tilde; .will count in this momentous
a series of petty annoyances in the ' y' I year of 1918, No one should shirk
matter of blasting regulations and taking up work on a small plat
other so-called safety measures. Most r`s= r• I through too modest an idea of its
of them were too poor to set as loyal- w 'wa P
ly as they felt, - value. Food Control has to begin
"It's not that I'd be for turning my a1 (' ` on the small 'reale. It will be chief -
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back on you, Duncan," one of them Pl_t fir ; 7"r '•: ly effective through its thoroughness
explained, "but it's just that I've five
children at home, and so I can't afford
to be in the manager's black books."
"You're the best workman in the
quarry," assured another; "but what's SOL p BY INSPIRATION, •ing in capon -table food and to that cx-
a good workman without good slate? I was once accused of making soup Rice, barley, macaroni. split peas, tent an increased amount of food will
and
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how are Jessie and I ever to get by inspiration. It is myconviction navybeans and other cereals and len- r,
'..sled, unless I lay a fewv pounds he be released. .cr shipmeet to the Allies.
fore spring? I'm sure you'll under- that good soup is a dish which must tils are all useful.. Every new bu'•hel of vegetables next
stand." be more the result of good taste and Here is a roughly prepared list of Spring and Summer will release !is
"I understand perfectly." judgment in combining ingredients, ingredients which have appeared or equivalent in wheat. It is the drops
"I'm blest if 1' know what the man- than of any closely followed receipt. I rather disappeared in soups of mine of water in the ocean that go to snake
ag got6 y Indeed soup ought to appear frequent -that have received highp of at mighty talc of tg
in the small but innumerable house-
holds in the land, So, if more foods
can be grown on the home plot, no
matter haw small, there will be a sav-
er has against you this time," a e • ivod n isr.up ig Bay of
1 think I know," said Duncan, in a ly on all dinner tables and it is some -j Batted apples, lemon re -I cu°ked Fundy, The essence of more produc-
wonderfully good humor, thin that an housewife, whether ;oatmeal and various cereals, sere,; of
And couldn't you make it right g y tion does not mean simply more aeras
with him?" rich or poor, ought to be able to make bread, crackers and _oast, mashed put to wheat, but more eatable 'hinge
"Of course I could; but I'm not go- fur herself, without a cook book, which turnips, gravies (either thick or thio), from each man', labor. A small acre
ing to." may list a number of ingredients that left -over portions of hash, stew, cold
well looked after is often more profit -
"Then what will you do?" are not on hand, meat, ham bones, sausage, bacon or able in an unfavorable matt.°.,.n than a
"Just be my own crew, I suppose." For instance, on my morning visit salt pork, conked vegetables, potatoes large area. An English farm is often
So in November Duncan found him- to the ice box, I found these left -overs: prepared in any form, liquor left from measured downwards, i.e. by the depth
self
oucuwoaking -witto be h two bay_ youngtered at their admit- one small cupful of stewed tomatoes rooting meat, vegetables or pualtry. of its l:raductive sail, rather than
half f l f
rance to the quarry on any terms—he a cup u o coo
meanwhile doing the work of three fried sausages, some scraps of beef- ; most anything that is clean and whole- O= the Hoed for all exportable
men, and whistling gaily as he did so' steak with a good-sized steak bone,' some may be added to the soap pot,
Canadian 1111 food products 1.0 o:. l
—a habit quite lately acquired, and some outer stalks of a bunch of , with benefit to the family health Lind long.,,, be in doubt. The first of a
This part of the persecution, being celery, i great saving to the family pure, mei 1,,s of fortnightly c blegrstms from
purely material, was really lighter I cut the sausages and celery into' "' Ir ore to the hood Cuntrnller state"
than the •moral mart ''loin under ono Wartime Kecipes. ]i inn' h would be iii
ked eabit twat In short, with a little practice, al- vicehted fur its ,here. ecr -mee
y g pieces and placed then' with the other) with apt t_, that P
by Fenella, for whom Albert's sue - ingredients in the soup kettle, To ; Golden -C'o'n Tea Rolls.—Sift loge. fol if it were not : a ?able, how badly
bear t silences were even hale e them I added two onions sliced, four the' one cupful of cornmeal with one off the French cis illans are, "Tisa
bear than Julia's inexhaustible spared re- white flour four te; e1m,,on- - �.
roaches, Nor was she spared inner small potatoes sliced, salt and pepper ; cupful of i supply of breaJchiffs is causing grave
- doubts, not as to where her happiness to taste, a pinch of poultry seasoning fuls of baking powder and one tea-- anxiety. ImperLs are very short.
lay, but as to whether she had any and about two quarts of cold water, 1 spoon of salt, Work in three table- Our bread Bard machinery
right to claim it, according to conditions. 1 spoons of lard or vegetable shortening has been completed but present lack
Thus when Julia, entering the room I covered the kettle closely, let the with the finger tips. Add enough of cereals will not permit of its ap-
plication," it Bays. 'What does that
mean? Simply that France is so
short of bread that it cannot risk evert
a readjustment of what must be liter-
ally a hand-to-mouth system, lest
ac.nle should starve, 'Yet France fights
on gloriously! Surely a common
pride in an Ally fighting the bravest
fight of all the ages should be enough
to make anyone determine that in AS
far es in him lies he will aid such
a noble race. The cablegram adde
that sugar, farinaceous foods other
than wheat, butter and meats are all
dreadfully short and that oils and fats
aro practically unobtainable, As the
only ono of the British Dominions
practically nceeesible to cargo car-
riers it is manifestly "op tri
Canada" to strain every nerve to In -
creams the eportable quantities of
crease the exportable quantities of
overseas.
Potato seed should be purchased
without delay, to be delivered as soon
as safe to ship without freezing.
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in tears, pushed a letter just received
into her hands, with a "There now!
That's what comes of it:"—it was
guiltily that she began to read the
page. The note was from Mr. Ber-
rell's mother at Glasgow, with whom
Julia had been about to spend a few
weeks, for trousseau purposes. Her using a fork to press through some of over with milk or melted butter and
box was packed already, but might the very tender vegetables for thick -I bake in a hot oven for twenty minutes.'
as well be unpacked again, since upon ening. The soup was then set away ' War Calve. -2 cups brown sager, 1
a pretext which obviously was only a in a cold place so that the • fat that teaspoon ground cinnamon, 2 raps hot,
pretext, the invitation was now with- would harden on trip could be remove I water, 1 teaspoon ground cloves, 4;
drawn. There was ed hurry about the ed, The basis of the soup was then ' tablespoons lard, 1 cup raisins, 1 tea -
trousseau, it appeared, sines the ma.r-
nage was not in the immediate. ready and might be finished and serf-, spoon salt. Boil together for five mi-:
"0f course one knows what that ed in several ways, Cooked rice, !mites. Then roe' and add 3 cups of
means," gasped Julia. "Not in the macaroni or noodles could be added, or flour, and 2 teaspoons soda dil.solved
immediate future! Is it in the future a small teacupful of tomato catsup to - in 1 teaspoon of het water. Bake in
at all? That's the question. George make a variety of tomato soup, or it two loaves in slow even an hour and a
began by talking of November --this might be merely reheated and served I quarter.
very month, and now he's at February with crisp crackers. I Boiled Haddock.—Wash and scale
already, and presently it will be tilay. Any housekeal•e: will have other i thoroughly, wipe the inside, and fatten
And if before that yon haven't given leftovers as goo-} or better than those the tail in the nieulh with a skewer.
up that wretched Duncan then probe I , t,
ably it won't be at all. Oh, Fenella, I used. If there had been no tomato I Put 2 oz. salt into gal. water, and
what have I done to you that you an hand, a little chili sauce might have' when it is dissolved, put in the fish,
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should be so determined to rob me of been substituted, after the straining' Bring the water to a boil, remove the
my happiness." and skimming. When celery fails, 1 scum, then simmer gently (about Ve
Fenella sat there with the letter in there is always celery salt, seed or the 1 hour), until the fleet' leaves the bones
her lap, visibly distressed. I dried and pulverized leaves, If there ! easily, Take it up as soon ne it is'
t
"And it is not me alone—it is all of is no meat, a tablespoonful of beef ex- I sufficiently rooked or it will. be bard
us. Don't ,you see—.don't you know •
what you are doing to Bettie?" 'root (added after skimming) or a I and tasteless. Garnish with parsley,
"I am disappointing him very much,1 scant tablespoonful of melted 'at can and serve with melted'nutter, t
I know that," said Fenella, almost re take its place. I Barley Scones. --1 cup barley meal,
morsefully, - i This is the true secret of the femme 1 1 cup whalewhettt fluor, ?'i te,'sspoon;
"More than that! You are under French soups, a secret worth its: salt 2 teaspoons baking powder 2
mining his happiness just as you are' weight in gold to all housewives. It' tablespoons fat, ai cup mina' milk. 1-3'.
undermining mine. i all lies in knowing how to combine the; teaspoon soda. Sift fl,eur, barley
He tells me that he hal fully made up minute bits of good food that other- I meal, salt, baking powder and soda'
his mind to risk a declaration; but of • wise might he thrown away and sea-' together and work in fat with tips of!
course he cannot risk it, note, Fenella'I soiling them so lightly that the flavor: fingers o two knives, t'omIdne flour'
Fenella, what have we done to deserve
this? Ti it because, even in the: is delicate rather than pronounced. ' mixture and sour milk to form a soft
nursery, we always gave everything Too strong seasoning spoils soup for, dough, Turn out on 0 well -floured
to you that you use us 11, this way?" most, persons. ' board, knead elightiy, roll to one-half:
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"Julia—have merry. vvas all still another secret in Making in- inch thickness; cut in dr, ni uul ;,hasp's
'rusehotoven,
Fenella. could say between the quickly spilation soup is a discreet of and bake in a
risen sobs, for the slow torture of the vinegar, lemon juice and even a pinch! Rice end Cornmeal Griddle (',kes:—'
last weeks had unste;tda .1 her nerves.' of sugar. By the wise addition of one. I 1 cup cold eaft•boiled rice, 1 cup corn
"Rather have you mercy! Clan yoet or another of these valuable nide, the' meal, 1 110p of. milk, et; cup flour, 1
reconcile it with your conseieecf; to
sacrifice our hap y flat taste often nuileed iu homemade et;g 4 teaspeeins halting powder, 1'
em 's to our melee.'
or ret11 t to roe mere. feats- •for of seeps is lost. One rceedS to be very; teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons b,•0w•n so-t'
course tea can't really be happy lir-, carefully in the ave mud be sure o£ 1 gar. Put the rive and milk into a;
ing in 0 cottage, with sl raw to the. -one's own tasting power for a very` bowl end mix well; add the rest of in -i
roof, anti with betx3ler'e anent 00 the' small enema of any of them goes a' grediente and the well -beaten egg. If I
table twice a week, if that!" 1 long way. Soup to be good must bei it is too thi"k, add a little more milk;
To this .Fenella., evert In a saimer; tasted a -gain and again and seasoned last of all add the; baking' powder and;
urument, would have attempted no re to taste until jest. right. I mix well. Bake very brown on a hot,
ply. She had heard such arguments I'ol the proper suasaning of a!1 griddle.
before, and hart tai -en up all hope of
p,?towering there wash ve. prc,1pcet of soups these sueld1es should he kept on? Lima Bean Roasl.•- .:up , dried'
"rhutual r' -'-''ret f> i. hand: Herbs steel' as celery (the home � Lima Lewis, 1 cull pel1uut11, 1 rap.
Somehow or other she got. out. of the dried loaves; rubbed to a power and . tale bre ad c nnuis, 1 tr pnon 4,0111,1
r ,..-_.....,-,- ._W_ ]rept in a 005011.4 tin) thyme, sago, : juice, 1 ttvr pt un malt. pepper. err. Soak
soup come to a boil and placed it to ' Hulk and water in equal parts --from
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simmer gently for six hours. A fire- . three-quarters of n cupful to one cup- - `
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inexpensive soups. i out or a floured board, make into rolls.
When sufficiently cooked, I put the; lay on greased tins and let etond for. �:' e^ s
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RUSSIAN SENTKIF.)l.
Story of the French Revolution \Vhen
a 'l'ailor'e Bill Did Duty •
As a Pass.
During these troubloue day:' of up.
heave' and contusion in Russia there
have been minty curious iurideuts,
some tragi', some farcically funny,
owing to the dense ignorance of the
peasant population. Naturally there
was trouble when sentries or self-ap-
pointed guerdiens of the publ'e weal
who could not read, came to d, al with
the passports and papers of suspects
whom they had halted oe arrested.
Ivan of Russia, seeking his freedom
to -day, often goes about it blindly and
blunderingly enough; but so, 0 century
ago, did Citoyen Jacques Bonhanuno
of France, Citizen Ivan is at one mo-
ment too confiding and at the next
oversuspicious; but so, in the murky
dawn of the French Republic, was
Citizen Jacques.
Recently a foreigner, who escaped
from the danger zone of Russian tur-
moil, related with pride that be had
bluffed his way past an ignorant but
suspicious guard by presenting, with
r' r
an air of mingled authority anian-
noyance, the biath certificate of his
baby daughter. She had been born
abroad, although not in Russia, and
the documentand !mime-
ing.
was official es-
p
ing. A glance at it quite satisfied the
dutiful but illiterate guard.
In the days of the French Revolu-
tion a young noble, disguised and fly-
ing for his life before the Terror, once
did better than that. After escaping
desperate perils, he had nearly reach-
ed the frontier and safety when, at a
small village inn, a moment's relaxa-
tion of his carefully rough demeanor,
an inadvertent glimmer of native ele-
gance, brought hint under suspicion.
He was seized and searched on the
spot; but nothing incriminating was
found upon his person, unless it were
a paper that some one produced from
a bole in the lining of his bag, into
which it must have fallen unnoticed as
he was packing.
Saved by a Doctor's Wit.
His captors could not read, but one
of them ran out and bailed a country
doctor who was riding by and brought
him in to decipher it. He was a
known and trusted patriot, with no
love for the nobility; but as he stood
on one side of Lhe hearth and the
prisoner, firmly gripped by the arms
by two scowling peasants, stood upon
the other, he felt a sudden di:,taste for
the guillotine; he could not bring him-
self to doom to the knife a head so
• young and held so courageously. He
I met the prisoner's eyes for a moment
and then broke into laughter as he
accepted the paper.
"Liberty! Equality! Fraternity! he
cried gayly, "My good friends, you
can let this young fellow go without
endangering the republic, I assure
you. This paper is the rough draft of
an oration that our friend here must
have delivered at the dedication of a
liberty tree, doubtless in the square of
his native town. He is an orator, that
is all that ails him; that accounts for
his fine manners. I warrant he de-
livered his little speech with an airl"
The prisoner drew a long breath,
and their oyes met again; thanks were
impossible. The good doctor rode on
his way, and the youth, who was re-
leased with good-natured apologies,
left as quickly as he dared. Once
more, when he was only a short league
from safety, be was almost held up
on the road by a farmer and his man,
who were suspicious of a stranger rid-
ing in haste. But, with his recent de-
liverance in mind, he pulled out the re-
stored paper as soon as he perceived
their intention, waived it authoritative-
ly in their faces, calling out that it
was a pass from the government, upon
whose urgent business he rode, and
galloped on without slackening speed.
The modems document be carried
•. was neither pass nor oration. It would,
indeed, have been sufficient to prove
his quality and secure his condemna-
tion before any tribunal of the Terror.
It was a tailor's bill for the making
of "one cherry -satin coat, laced, and
embroidered on the flaps and pockets
: with flowers in divers colors, the lin-
ing of white satin, the buttons of shell,
cameos with silver settings. Also a
pair of white satin breeches."
Fixed Prices for Bran and Shorts.
The Food Controller has fixed the
prices for bran and short's at $24.50
fS J 50 n c ; , silver per ton h
and C yt
i� I ,
bulk, f.o.b., Fort William, The prices
1 for feed at Western points will be the
fixed prices Isis freight to Fort Wil-
lbun, At places west of the points of
milling, the prices will bo the Fort
\\'triton fined pricey less freight from
the trills to Fort William, plus freight
from the point of milling to destina-
tion. At Eastern points the prices
will be the fixed prices, plus freight
from Fort William. The cost in bags
will be abort $ti,30 per ton higher ill
each cane...
When it is learn.'; is a pow, time to
Mend the roof.
While the censor MIS trying .to
peep it re setons that the Prince of
\Voles had teachers 'iso Italian front
the Prince hinetci1 wee ?taking friends
without knowinie. It 'Vt nOle war zone,