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OR, A t I:CL ARAT1ON OF WAR.
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.ithe seed of
CHAPTER fi'vI-�-(l(ntd'.t nevertheless
uless aware that
"Nut so far—tat tt ., eeming -_•rover seine scut of a new idea haul been drop -
fear! I've. e:Ot 131 idea e;ideli I ltepo ped into hi: minrl,
will work IMean to persuade my
father that lamella ou;;ta to leave us;
for a it. 'We've got friends in (ala1•
gow; I'll ret liar an invitation; and,
once --it;'., gene, there .re 111its rf
possibilities. She's : o pretty thee
she's bound to pick up admit r.. , and if
Duncan gees jealoue• -e u i his devil's
IIAP'fl1R XXII,
Between Ardloeb and the le..h-011,1
the eeed alga- epee", 11ith a leveed
kt tt i e•er•; fer whish thata, •t, t
pat tin„ piemef new.: Iasi to be Orme-
ed. ,Rebel to b,• hack within t veed
and nothing yet Imo to blot n,:t 'hc.
pride will eerve well here --11 mistake, flallily'd1 (,i ao! Onee epee the sprat,
so easily arise:4.' mould it be r0' -11:l' t1 hide from her
He were s••eaking with that hurried quirk eyes the bra i eeee of lamella's
eagerness, that brillan.•y .:f gaze which guilt? Altd was not revelation
betrays a fewer of mind end atmos: of syn.'nylneus With the renunciation of
body. As Mr, Derrell watched hint a hie h„eee e
curious smile distended his thick lips. I.t it net be forgotten that the man
"I see. And if a mistake refuses now reveille,• his herd over the Koh -
to arise. I suppose it wouldn't be so lent was the same who, months ago,
difficult to give it a shove, eh?” had said to Mabee: "When you are
Alberta. flesh deepened, but his eyes marehint;' towards •1 goal, you can't
did not drop. ' stop to negotiate with obstacles; they
"If it was to •ave hoe from life-long have got to be either cleared away or
misery I Amid consider even subter- else tramplc',l deem,"
fuge allowable." ! Ile had tried the elearing-awav pro -
It was boldly said, lender the instine cess, •rend had failed. There remain -
dye •.1-,viction that here was no need ed the trampling—not so completely
for o•er-delicate consideration of nice uncongenial an idea to the descendant
points of honor. a such tueeesters as Albert 1I'Donnell
Mr. Berrcll said nothing. Ile was could boast of. The uplifting of his
looking away from Albert now, tee narrow head and the quiver of his thin
wards the face of rock opposite on nostrils, as he viewed the prospect,,
-which the human ants were busy. said as much. Worldly wisdom not -
"It's not a bad idea. I think?" per- Wichst:ttnlitti•, Mabel had probably
listed Albert. • been right when she surmised that a
"Deuced slow, and deuced 1 n•:er- dirk in hi:; hand would prove a more
twin. There must be quicker ways than usually dangerous instrument.
than :hat" Tie untamed Gaelic blood might be
"I can think of no quicker way deet-'ly overlaid by utilitarian pain-.
which 130011n't collide with the law of (epics, but for all that it still lived, as
the land,' said Albert, with a nerv-
our laugh, devoid of all gaiety,
"There he is!" remarked the mana-
ger suddenly. pointing a big finger
across the abyss at their fret.
,.\';hers ?"
"That fellow on the ro1'e—there be-
side the long cleft ---the one swinging
just now --see?"
Ablert strained his eyes towards the
man, who. suspended from a height
of some forty feet, was at that mo-
ment swaying rapidly from side to
side in aveidanve of some loose stmt's
from above, and with a sheer wall of
some two hundred feat descending
straight from corder him. The face
of rode on which he v l:d bristled
with iron spikes as a miwuehion with
pins. After five: or sin lively swings.
he checked himself by one of them,
and astride upon that perilous seat,
set to work again with his tool, Al-
though the sight was not new to Al-
bert, yet merely to look en gave a
slightty sick f.•elime.
"It would 1 awful f 11 " h
'e 3111 awe a n e
said. speaking lee-. -He would be
sm::ehed to Ideees, I suppose?"
To smith r ono! • That's a quick
way, if you like!"
He laughed in a fashion w-hii•11 grat-
ed strangely upon Albert's mer1 es.
The young man could not eerecar a }Ie had barely dare eating it, vvtth-
i
shudder. out the emal'eet relish ---since nothing
"But ±eso aeeidente are very rare, n ,ova ue a sc me e to have any taste
are they not I 'm his mouth—when, gazing idly
"Pressu rare. if they slip offthe thromeh the, window, in one of the
peg. there is the rope, you see." i comparatively pen cf)1 intervals, he
And does the rope rover break?" ` le out an "Ah!" of surprise, for upon
" Never is a big word. They're the tumttit,+ons 1111(1 of water a black
periodilxlly inspected. of course; but, :neck which could only be a boat was
with the ammmt of friction they go- ploughing its way onward.
though, mishits can't he quite ex "Can it be my spirit -level, after d instead f thefish, tomatoes
uha must cups ]Dram winch has been soaked noon from line, p
or if the rs oe bets rt:bhcd through. it's finer,•!" ted. 1?i pounds fish (fresh, salt or P y
he who is responible." • ! That the craft was making for the c ' overnight, Cook in a double boiler bodies of men who had been "over the
Albert laughed in his turn, a little canned], J potatoes, peeled and cut in
loch -end was clear, from the : imple small Pieces, i onion, sliced, cups ,for four hours or in the fireless cook- top" with me a few hours before.
shrilly. "I shouldn't like the man fact that thane 1111: novahere else to carrots cut in pieces, ?:1 Pound salt er overnight, this maks: G cen- Somehow I fart neutral, I seemed
above to have. e. grunge against ore.", make for, - This recipe may be increased and en to be a leisurely spectator who had no
"Might be awkward, certainly, eon He waiter] until the shape of the' pork, 3 cups milk, pepper, 11 table ough cooked in different ways for sev- ;business with all these active men,
sidering that one ;1)(e of his pnr'ket- phntginw• boat becarne plain, anti then, :aeons flour. Cut pork ill small
eral meals. Hominy is excellent coo-' digging trenches, laying linea, bring-
knrfe would tuned yeti to glory. And taking 1)!s -can, vra',k •d down to the Pieces and fry with the chopped onion •bleed with dried, tamed, or fresh fish,�ing up ammunition, l was out of it
the men el -Tem e isn't a man at all in water's edge, and ;toed there expect for five minutes, Put pork, onions,
this case, t. you .tee, nut a mere boy. "fly. The tide was at its highest carrots, and potatoes in kettle and coy- °r meat and vegetable left -overs may all, and I knew it, and somehow the
He can't, get anvthin but a crew of y be used. Here is one combination: I knowledge hurt,
t just then, and the rocky galleries, er with boiling water. Cook until cum; cooked hominy, 4 potatoes, 2 Revulsion of lreetin
boys nowadays. Strikes me a bit running along for a mile or two 011 vegetables are tender. Mix threw; ettps carrots. 1 teaspoon salt, x111 pounds a 'at g
fuclhjaven of him pot his life into er.her side of • the nithrlvonlvahsome tablespoons of flour with one-half cup dried beef, 2 cups mills, 2 tablespoons Hearn eat ersrnto helpms mealong, allon
as
de0nly suhnerged of the co1c1 nu and stir in the 1lqurd q
"1 0(113+1(1; beyond treed:," said A.1- trailing and of their seaweed di 11 er_ fat, 2 tablespoons flour, olclMe11 the fat
bort, with conviction, in the pot to thicken. Add the rest walking was very painful, I put my
With an elaborate trent the mann.- les floating u r at moments into .,irhl, to in the flour, add the colt] milk, and; aim around his neck and he put his
y• The four g(1r up
boats tethered at of the milk and the fish which has mix 1011, Cook until it thickens. Cut'rouucl mane and so we hobbled along.
ger turned, and gave a melte super- the lendin:;-stage were curtseying been removed from tato bona and cut in >
flnous kick to a broken wheel, -'bed 1)y' pieces. Cook until the fish is ale hem ae r .and carrots in dice, ofd In what had been our first objective
tumultuous y. and, W11.1 the ratee of :mall i+ all the materials in a baking dish, and; .
some decrepit track ;'care ago, and the Met 013 111 barely spent, its sur-' tender, about 10 minutes, Serve hot,' ,that morning, German trench much
bake for 0110 hour. ; damaged byshell fire, where the regi -
rusting awry peaceably under the (tweeter Was already Pushing it, black You can omit salt pork and use a
shelter of nettle' and darken -leaves, heed rotund the -hon] Ier of the hill.' tablespoon of other fat. These dishes supply all five kinds of, mental aid -post was reported to be,
Well, a fools blood will tail an Thr, hcrcnl that` dwelt among the ash Dried Peas nitit Rice and 'Tomatoes. fond,. Each is enough for the whole:I came across a man from my own
nobody'e head but his own. But no , trees above came flapping back un-' 1 w •cups rico, 3 cups dried • peas, G dinner fora family of five, Ent them I regiment, a machine -gunner, I re-
daubt he'll have a feel's luo1- It's al- easily from a brief fishini„ egeursinn,' , • tte teeth bread and with fruit or am for
onions, t tablespoon salt, t teaspoon j member resenting the breezy way in
ways the inronc(411 (t a:ec;(leuls that; �',hei the boat was within a hundred 0 denser„ Then you will have all the which he greeted me.
happen," yards of the. shore, Albert suddenly; pepper, 2 cups tomato (freeh or can g'
He gave another awkward laugh, craned his neck and kept it rigid, his. nedn Soak peas over night in two • "e•. -I t1) e landsaar0y� arm -1. Milk, cheese, "Hallo, ,you've taken the knock, too,
his white -negro feet, ;meting almost eves narrowing in their soekete. quarts of water. Cook until tender in have you?
feensh as be 'lid s0, For a moment! Surely It could net be—yes it was,1 t r in whichthey smelted Add rice mews, fish, meat, Beans, peas, 2. Cereal: I told him esthete testily friss his
a coal lives .ender the ashes. A wild
desire to fight out the matter with
Duncan, physically and palpably, came
over him again to -day, as it had come
over him on the day when he had all
but sprung at his throat in the lane
beside the spat'; fife's grave. Projects
--mediaeval in their simplicity-- of
proposing to his antagonist a sort of
rustic duel. upon whose issue the de-
cision should depend, whirled through
his brain, only to be as inevitably re-
jected as the Meet tggeetion. What
remelned? N'., pini that he could
see. beyond a general resolve to keep
his serves on the alert. and a vague
confidence in than 0.yi1:3• which as -
setts that the gels have a habit of
helping. those wh,, lolp themseh-es.
Ah, haft they would have to help
quickly. eeith Saturday so close!
The -ditty" weather predicted by
,lir. B(rreil had become dirtier by next
do So wild was the morning, and
tate loch so formidable with white
e0eets, that Albert, having taken a
look round, perforce gave up all hope
of seeing his spirit level that day.
Smithy work was about all the day
wee fi• for. ilpperontly; so, having
given his aree, for a general over-
hauling of implements, Albert retired
to his dem and to his primitive lunch.
Fooda�1�pr .t,r tpt j� p ..• n,/� ',.',tie p not t.y eF fr(d 3101. pin• lv t(..y i' �'ta !r lS
tl,vL,"L�iQ.6sit9 f>7a.'L'y�,;l iv,;n to the .,•!c't.sa t,., y le t,e It:l INEEN CO' f"d€111
thst meth '. it he lute tem (m eee
1(11-: u(((tr "; a h(. tr 1 or
1tr. H. 11. Manson, i' elrr I . two.' .all t It 1 of bee led and'
,rr. Controller, •o taws Ilse riot's t -.•! 1..•1.lth of;
the num. T11 Uldi.' , "•r•.
, ehe(1 to (�ie 03. 31(0 the p •:t flee of "HOW 1.)0ii`i I'1' FEEL '1'O 1i P:
11.i, ie d=t. a; to tt 1 •,s ia WOCNI)ia)?''
(t11ad t
The waste ref 1 e;l 'o , , t r,r r lr ••tc-, - —
ed
'only by tenting t :teen"'''a' t einem s Verner Who Has Himself
fancily and friend r. ,ire, Olt tb;•y
11; 1-1 nt11'• ase the e t••hn 1110 L'`:periceeed the Sensation, Tells
:a ca o =t,", ., rt >, feed1n t1); w
All •A.;o't
'the sitz:gem mi•rs:rs t. s•, cr^11, :1
that every nvenee1 ,f f,ol -etc roust" Fi,•si velee •\\horn's tin' officer'?"
be (dined, the st:-t Ment concludes. I Sc, odd Voice: "lie's buried, pore
beg art"
'1'hlyd Voie: "No he ain't! Ile's in
WOCTNDl'D II"RO!?: SI�RYING• the -\tell-hole yonder!"
- - 1 People are fond of asking men in
Needle Becomes War Weapon To Men , ho' 'ital what it feels like. to be
Eager to Serve. ; wounded, When I got my "Blighty
one,' the above conversation WAS the
Sewing is nu longer a despised art first intimation I bad that 1. was;
for men, The needle is nova clati.--1 wounded. At the same time, I was
among sinal] stens in this war, and the conscious of some warm fluid trickling
Wounded soldier: in the conva le.;ceut down the back of my collar. I founri
"Food Control viewed from the hospitals are still able to du their bit, my=elf lying on my back in a sleep
eminence of the parish pump is very A contented' Tinel is half the battle hole. I wondered dully what had be -
simple: but there are 110 parish of convalescence and to have at easy' come of the sky. I was making a
pumps in Canada of sufficient anti- mind, the =muted men must kill time feeble effort to focus my eyes so as to
tude to command a view of the forty -
with some occupation, • Sewing and • solve this riddle, when I suddenly dia-
ninth parallel from the Atlantic to the embroidery, even crochet and tatting covered myself looking into a dark,
Pacific, 3,S00 miles. hare been brought into service by the sunburnt face.
"The war is not being fought by
one man. Canada presents a solid The Long Sleep.
front of some •1(13l,000 omen in the
trenches. The Victory Loan of $•1 50; also direct the occupational work in 1 Then it dawned upon me—I was
000,000 was not raised by a few, but , the hospitals. wounded! 1 remembered hearing a
was paid for by one person in every The men in the Canadian Hospitals' shell `coming for me," as much ex -
nine throughout Canada. This was are not yet engaged in practical sew- Perienee of the sound of approaching
alt voluntary work under guidance.'tog as are the convalescents m many hells has taught men m the trenches
Nows• and of the continental convalescent hos- to say. Something hit me hard—and
the thatpressingthe whole situation petals where the wounded are engaged ' 1 gently went to sleep. I have often
the oducnechavey of puttrbeforeion int Taking clothes for the war stricken' thorrht since that Death must come to
and production each
have beene hinurn! peasants of Syria and Palestine, but' men in action like that.
the people, each of the eight minion to - thee.
citizens of should constitute they have many art nav elties which When I came round T was all Pain
herself Canada Controller. It have been sold to support relief funds
him or a FoodpP ,and very frightened. The mot with
is up to everyone of you to see that far such purposes. the sunburnt face bandaged my head
there is no break in the line. The convalescent soldiers in Europe and found a flask in my pocket. The
The echoic urgency of the rase is
were. given at first the straightfot-,brandy brought me back to my senses
y ward sewing of children's simple !to the extent cd' nim' suddenly realizing
summed Id up in two GeTHRIFT dresses which had been cut out and that war was highly dangerous, and I
and INDUSTRY. eGet to under- Melted together. They became so pro- longed—oh, how I longed!—to be
stand the meaning of both of these
words and then 'DO YOUR UTMOST.' ficient in a short time that they were somewhere safe, somewhere soft and
Miracles cannot be per ormed; but
allowed to cut them out as web, and : warm and clean, whore one need not
now they are skilled seamstresses or think, but only rest and sleep.
enormously greater good can be ace!seamsters." Sewing machines have Most men who have been wounded
complished if we all pull together," 1
!been installed through the agency of will tell you afterwards that they re-
ONE"
e-
le 1 Citi ller, in his firet 1
image n t eat to the halt n
I at' •11, celled lot' l.'i"o (1 mtnl a e,
etrue 1 a cp l'nti(nt b1' '1 tl 1'
pc "f ,h( I1u:uinioa, lie -1-o paid
('ihttte to the store of the lige. Mr.
Ilaun:t, hie ,•"edc e s (; Eu :he 0:11:e.
•\tion t1) history of Food ('ontrol
is weiti_ot b 111:11! heeding of a
meet '! ft t -t an l ( 1 !i-1tetl eitul-
ftoe we apps naiad. Not till theft
will ,h, week ,;1 the Linn. ;lir. I1anna
lee fnt'v re •"::: ,tl The people of
that et ntr}• will 111 11 come to the
11 1•,••;, ,, ibat eainada 1111; truly
f:' tuente in the •.:1'(te n of Mr.
lltcnna is Fon.! t' ,''t •eller•," said Mr,
T itentson.
"Now that the full seriousness o£
the world food situation has been
grasped by Canadians, all will devote
their energies to helpful and construc-
tive co-operation in this nation-wide
ark,
rs;n-^• �^ 499
O
vocational training instructors of the
Military Hospitals Commission who
the lied Cro:,s and the work is going enember only snatches of their subse-
After conference with General S. T. ahead with great speed. The completequoit movements, faint, ineonsequen-
Mewburn, Minister of Militia. the ; ed garment.: are going to the refugee tial pictures, like impressions of one's
Food Controller has issued a state-; camps. !early childhood. I have not the slight-
ment pointing out that it is entirely - ----- est recollection of getting out of my
unnecessary for additional food to be
supplied by relatives and friends
to Canadian soldiers while in this
country, in view of the liberal and
varied food ration issued to the troops
by the Militia Department.
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The statement adds that the aggre-
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sr eel up to the axles ill the 3111(3!.
There Wal t doter there in a Wood-
staiue•'l ;irge1 t t 01110A, 311)0 Said to
all and :poetry: Itf the Quiet Haim of the Sabiatth
'l'he Callousness of \Yar. Hearts Separated Held Com-
be
you can 3513113, please (0, iv ycol'l1 mullion One With Another,
be sparing 11 piece for t( mere :meanie-
9-2
wotln(i'•a nein!"
`to (11' LV11, 1E1111u11 and I trudged tee
A friendly r"nnucr, who emerged from
nowhere, gree us a drink of hot ten
nut of his mese tin, which m=ere the; "Nan ie ae;tterl en the cut:-dmvn'hait'
other 011ie er 11113, After this mw 1111- by the >-rand father clock, supnorthlg
presei0•>5 are Iliartod again. '[h0re n wt itlnte pod on her knee. liim and
Wea tl very deep 4111;-011t, 1 erne ether, Biddy ('hare the ink, the table, and the
Where 11 ('beery and bespectacled youth lamplight, whirr- 'Miele stands by the
changed the bandage 1•nuncl my head, obi oak dresser reading through het•
and after th tt an Euterittinr.ble journey' amen! y c ietIo het• brj113unt head a
P
TIE SUNDAY
EVENING E r l:'niq
TWO PICTURES 13Y AN ENGLISH
WRITER.
"One 1111 live orl t1) mat in f' entt
of the lire,. writing steadily," w'r:les
Hilda 111. Love in the London Deily
Mail.
over a11(1.1ous roads on tt jolting blob of gold agate• ,t the blue willow-
munition -limber, Of that journey I . patl.een plates.
only recall one little incident, The 'i
limber halted outside some kind of I 1. Amid the }tills,
i dressing station installed in big white 1 "Nothing. disturbs the serenityof
and brown neargeee8 by the roaulside., the cherming cottage set amid the
Just outside one of the tents theta/ hills of \Varcestw,hire sate the
stood a 111111 with a lant.e•n—for desk ; ecratehint; of pens, the rustle of pa -
had fallen--an(1 he was bawvling with ; per, x11 occasional quiet chuckle as
stentorian voice:. , some anecdote is penned, and now and
"Only bleeding wounds here! Only ' again an unconscious sigh as one of
bleeding wounds here. for all the the writers pauses, leaning' on her el -
world like a "barker" outside a picture bow, quietly ,.hewing the mid of her
palace. I pen.
Unshaven and Begrimed. 1 "It was a peaceful enough war
After that someone, somewhere laid ; scene. The soft glow of firelight and
me on a bed and gave Inc hot beef -tea !lamp showed the healthy, keen, happy
to drink, a seemthgly endless drive in a ;faces of the girls who for months have
motor char -a -bane, loaded with groan -`braved sun, wind, and rain, growing
ing wounded, followed, glad at length, fruit and vegetables for the Army; it
shivering with a rising temperature, I ; rested on their moving fingers, dis-
reached a casualty clearing station, ' playing the honorable—if ueloveiy—
vvltere the doctors promptly labelled marks of Much recent onion weeding
me a lying -down ease. Four sturdy and sprout picking.
and ,very youthful German prisoners Finally, the lengthy stillness 33115
caroled mo to the ambulance train; broken by a search for ]tumorous c•ar-
they paused n minute to wipe the per- toons, a wrapping up of maga:hies,
spiration off their foreheads. journals, and Sunday parsers, inset;
is that one?" said Hun No,; tion of snapshots of the girls in the
1, fields, a late violet slipped into an an -
"He is an Indian," promptly replied valope, addresses verified, and a ftna1
Hun No. 2. sealing and stamping of letters,
"He has not got a turban," said Hun
No, 3, doubtingly.
! 2. At the Y:M.C.A., France.
"But he is black!" retorted Hun No, - "It all brought hack so vividly the
2 scene on which I gazed a week ago--'
Then I knew what the sun and the, a Sunday scene familiar all over
mud had done to my complexion,
Go back to the simple life, be con- shell -hole, but I have a hazy idea of
seeing a knot of dishevelled and very
tented with simple food, simple pleas-' meek German prisoners,and of being 1)a Not Use Coal Oil..
ures, simple clothes. Work hard, pray told that I was to take them down to A. prominent surgeon has called
hared, play hard. Work, eat, recreate,• Battalion Headquarters with me. I attention to the fact that every year
and sleep. Do it all courageously.: don't in the least remember what be- there are several, cases of fatal burns
'W e have a victory to win,
f them but the ordeal who from coal oil being used to hurry up a
! I canoe o e , y
slow fire. Sometimes also people
escorted me back told me afterwards lay a new fire, thinkingthat the will
I that lee handed them over, with num-
France.
"A long Y.M.C.A. hut where from
!morning till night the pens and pen-
! cite are busy, After church pavado
till the camp sleeps, khnhi men down
from the line, bound for the line, con-
valescent or permanent bases, are
writing on the statinnery that leers
the scarlet triangle known to all wo-
men.
"All through the morning, right on
through the afternoon end evening,
the huts are thronged with men writ-
ing—writing home. They are deaf to
the conversations going on' around
them, to the tea and coffee drinkers by
their side, indifferent to the variety
of humility that passes down the
herbed wire fence outside the camp,
They, too, occasionally lean on their
i elbows tied pause as they \m'ate. They
are trying to visualize scenes so differ-
; ent, to realize the simple things that
begs complete. one is out, and pour on a little coal ,
"Out of the Game." oil, with the result that the oil takes '
lire explosively, catches fire to the oil
A wounded officer has always seem- pouring from the can, which in turn
1 is ]r-
ed to me lilts a man in a tenni. tot ignites the clothing of the person, and
I nament who drops out early in the perhaps the building.
contest. Once he is beaten, he has no If you are accustomed to use real
further personal interest in the game, oil, ponder over the possibility • that
o „? t, ,., and he likewiee ceases to engage the death by burning is exceedingly pain-
, 't31.e` attention of the other competitors who ful, and that if you continuo the prim -
TRY THESE ONE -DISH DINNERS. !are playing or waiting their turn to tice you many be the next victim.
Fish Chowder in your -stove so that you can cools it play. This sensation of being "out
for a long time, or use a fireless cook-' of the game" was, I remember, very ; xoellent bread can bo made of
:Rabbit, fowl, or any meat relay er Heat 1' -is quarts of water to boil- 'strollgly on niy mind as I made my wheat bar
eluded. . It all depends upon the man 11112" he asked himself, well -pleased. used fns ea o s , or in • add 1 teaspoon of salt and 2; way down on a sunny autumn after-
abavr. If the faate:tinl isn't serum_, '•1 u•t have bribed that fellow instead of milk. Carrots may be omit- g' r m the front ant the dead
or so the two men, avoiding, etude oth- though! Every instant and every
ors eyes, stared across at the grey (To be continued.)
wall of the amphitheatre, with the ---.-.
scars of the blames, and the white Their Fathers.
quartz veins running over its face,
while the familiu.r "chip, chip" sound-
ed loud in their ears.
"It's shocking to think of," said AI -
Two little Scuttle girls were boast -1
ing about their respective soldier!
fathers. "My father's a soger,"! The Clean Plate.
bent quickly, after that moment. 1(1111, said Jeanie. "my father's a sager tae," "Please don't eliminate the leftovers matter which cannot be argued. "I
for the second time to -day, put out his retorted Jessie. "Ah, but my fath-� altogether, 14Iy husband and boys' hate to bo so skimpy about my sere
cannot tell whether ing that I t'1 m
y
hand.et,
For the seennd time 41 r, Berrwil da- eats a brave man a terribly }crave like sumo of my left -over dishes b children are satisfied or not;',.cads a to nothing, and one may thank trod
laved taking it. jerking his eyes heck man," persisted Jeanie;. "110 s been in ter than the originals." letter from a person who preaches and for Et.
to the other's face. a war an'he's got medals, a terrible Thus reads a letter just received practices generosity. This is the old A Good Samaritan.
"You've heard of the return?" lot o' modals; an' he's got the Victory from a reader. From what she set's Canadian attitude. But look at it in The Germans were shelling that re
"Whose return?" Cruse, and the King fastened it on and from the examples of the (lathes this light: The generosity you show trench, fitfully and inaccurately, 1 ex-
"Tha Attertnns, Dur. at Ballad- with his own him'. "But my fath- he makes from t1) a loft ores:, it rs in servir(g your children and your
Fe
roehit on Saturday. er s a braver nittn than yours, said very easy to see that she is one of
"Holy do you knew?" netted -Albert guests more than they wont is de-
precipita.teiy. Je sit', :sicking up valiantly for the thorn rare cooks who waste nothing praying other human beings some -
"Had it from Sirs. Perkin, who had honor of the family, "an" he's got a that good cooking can make eatable. where in the world of food which is
it from the Balladrochit hotel:ekeeper. wudden leg 'at the 'King nailed on w! For her a little extra cereal 0r• a few actually necessary for their existence.
It's quite fixed,"
Albert stood for a moment longer,
apparently trying to collect his
thoughts. Then finally took his leave, Unless all signs fail, the coal short- trate the left -overs" is this. Nothing the habit of taking huge helpings of
"I'm afraid you're in fora bad spell, age next winter will be more acute should -be left over that cannot be butter which he or she dues not use,
Looks like dirty weather.
"I'm afraid so ton. All the more than this winter, end every effort used, anis remember that left -over The remedy is simple. Cut slices off
reason fur g. ttin;t twee in time," should be exerted to provide a supply dishes which are Most rattly after the the oblong pound of butter tt quarter
He walked tepidly wiry, -.it ares, icy of airy har9si'on.i. P'arrners and oil- necessary additions ere macre to trans-, of an inch thick, and cut each slice
a new and strong feeling of repndsinn lag(:r•: will b('. e3p";-' 1 w lock after form ihem 1 ,1 , ntl:,lnhl•• fo- d than Int" ",,I' ,'; •e :ra4),�en the butter the (Meter loft me. I never saw hire
for his Futuro brother. -in-law, but themselves, but in cities and towns the entirely new dishes would the are not, is Der seal, 1:,1 31111.11 trencher' 1: tlidle-PL-ngtt u, 1(111 1 never knelt/ his mime, but
responsibility is: devolving upon the an economy. The cook who can use! ily take one small piece at a time, It I hope -ti? Itp,Wording Angel booked
municipal 4060011ies, These slrould the extra servings to goad advantage. ] sounds like a mall economy, but it what he dict for nie•flvtegee,credit side
lose tie time in ort arde1ng to have meed not worry about cooking a little, is one, whlrh careful (lip housewives of }tis acrmtnt.
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onions, tomato, and seasonings and, earn, nee, oats, rye, wheat, a. Syrup, surmise was absolutely accurate, and
cook 20 minute;,, ;sugar• 4. Fats: butter, oleomargar- asked him the news
Potted Hominy and Beef i Ino, G. Vegetables, fruits.
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"Jack's killed," he said, mentioning aromatic lather. Sold ovetywhere.
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Now Jack was a particular friend of E
the speaker, but the latter's voice was a pr j v
steady, and he spoke quite unemo- 1t "
tionally. In action one realizes next C tot h to
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Prepare For Next Winter.
slices of toast too many arae tot a' Carelessness about butter is a come
waste; they are an opportunity. `mop Canadian sin against thrift. In
But the moral of the slogan "Mimi -
nearly every family some member has
pect, as no shells burst neat' us. But e
the old feeling of panic came over me
agaht,
Near the aid -post my escort hand- ..
ad me over to a doctor, who was going
down to the dressing station, That
doctor was a Good Samaritan. He led
ole very gently through the barrage
and on to a road inhere our ways part-
ed. Thera we fell in with an officer
who had been shot through the ]Knee,
who was hobbling along, using a rifle
as a eruttle With a pat on the ]tack
wood cut, hauled and stored to dry
during the emitter. If this is not
done, the situation next winter prro-
miece to he very serious indeed.
too much, but the less 1esnul•ccfttl l have practiced few years, and now The next stake of my journey that •
hon• ewife will do well to count heads I that am a'rr naked r i „risky in ono
I iv: (3131! es the cb meing station, n great
and ane, lso.c cai•eftlity !serve butter, (n.,ntry women will do ,jumble of ettet(ltcre and muddy walk-
llowever, the •'ahaa11 plate" rccom• well to follow their example. ing' wounded, alit heree embuletlee1
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But you have oft' heard tell.
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Was located down in--well1
It doesn't matter 'bout that snow
ball,
Which 0olltd never last,
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And I know PEACE and JOY and
HAPPINESS
To ora would flow,
If there was just one WALICI"sle.
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In each town where Igo.
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the folic at home will be doing at this
minute, to shut out the grey camp, the
barbed wire, and the signs and sounds
of war.
"In -the evening it is easier to con-
centrate. The drawn blinds, the de-
parture of gayer spirits, the compara-
tive quiet of the camp, aid expression
and help thoughts to reach the pen.
It is on Sunday evening that some.
thing of the shy soul of the fighting
Man creeps into the lines of his let-
ter. -
The Sabbath Bridge.
"That Sunday evening letter has be-
come an institution buil 'at home' and
'out there]
"Mothers of families, when the
children are in bed, when the duties
of the day are mostly.finiehed, when
peace descends upon the household,
choose thea hour to write to the hus-
band or soar away at the war. Woolen
and girls of 1110 business world cherish
that hour of Sunday for the letter to
,'hitn,'
"There is a pectillar fascination
about that Sunday evening letter,
"Out of the crowded clays of work,
of heartache and anxiety, this quiet
hour of the Sabbath conies a, a bless-
ed respite; heats separated hold come
minion one with another, unseen
hands of comfort seem to stretch out
and bridge the distance, the new week
stretches ahead with nal its wonderful
potesibilities, fresh vigor seen], to com0
Por the individual effort; weeds of
love, words of optimism and cheer,
flow freely from the peen, and a special
benediction seems to fall upon the
prayer for rection, pence, end victory,
"Probably that is why the Sunday
evening letter is treasured so clearly
by those men of ours beyond the we-
: tent, and by the 1,11011Ien at home who
!read in the loved handwriting: 'It is
Sunday evening. I aT picturing what
you ru•e all doing at home, ,
"Maybe on the night
of the Sabbath
our spirits bridge for awhile the semi
that divide."
Largest Bud
The largest flower in the world
grows on the Island of Mindanao, Its
habitation is fax up the Ptu'ag Moun-
tain, 2,500 feet nbovo.the level of the
sea. ,I'he natives give it the name of
holo, Its full-blown blossoms is con-
siderably over throe feet in diaietete,;
and weighs twenty-two poundal, The
flower woe first found in Sumatra and
wase called Rafftesia Stharicele .gia, in
honer 1,2 it, diseovetor,