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How to Cook Asparagus..
Much has been written and said
about the health -giving qualities of
asparagus, 'eking dill these quali-
ties for granted, here axe come in-
teresting wags of seeking 'this vege-
table so that at may be served many
times without palling on the most
exacting and fastidious appetite,.
Baked with Cheese --Drain leek -
ed eaparagne and arrange the
stalks neatly on a buttered baking:
dish. Fry e ehopped onion in bet-
ter and pour this over the aspara-
gue. Sprinkle over it bread crumbs
and granted cheese and bake brown.
The asparagus can be cut into one-
inch lengths for this dish:
Fried Asparagus.—Boil the as-
paragus, drain it, dip each stalk in
beaten egg and crumbs and fry an
deep fat. Serve with cream. sauce.
Creamed.—Cut a bunch or two of
/operagus into one -inch leuigtlts
:eel boil until tender. Drain and
put into rich white sauce, rather
track, for the asparagus contains
water that thins it; heat thorough-
ly, season with salt and paprika
and serve very hot.
)n Rolls. --Remove the centre
from stale, rather long, pointed
rolls, and fry the rolls golden
brown in deep fat. Drain on
brown paper and keep hat. Cut a
bunch of aeperague in the meantime
into one -inch lengths, and boil un-
til tender. Drain• and put in a
double boiler with e cupful of milk.
Add the yolks of five eggs and stir
until thaek and smooth. Season
with salt and a little grated nut-
meg and pour into the hot nolle.
White sauce may be used instead
of the egg sauce if desired, •
Baked Asparagus.—Out aspara-
gus into inch lengths and boil.
Drain and put a layer in a buttered
baking dish. Season with salt and
pepper, dot with bits of butter,
sprinkle with. crumbs and finely
minced boiled eggs. Add more as-
paragus and repeat in the order
mentioned until the dish is filled.
Have crumbs un top and bake
brown.
Served Cold.—Boil until tender
stalks of asparagus and drain them.
(.'hill them and serve them with
mayonaiee, with Hollandaise or
with tartare sauce. It can also be
served with a sauce of oil and vine-
gar, sprinkled with chopped cucum-
ber pickle.
Boiled.—Boiled asparagus can be
served with melted butter, pepper
and salt, either on toast or without
it; with drawn butter or white
aance, with a little hot cream
poured over it or -with melted but-
ter and lemon juice.
Asparagus and Eggs. — Cut a
bunds of asparagus into lengths o•f
an inch or two and boil in salted
water. Drain and put in a dish.
Add butter, melted, and pepper,
and thenfour well -beaten eggs.
Cook in the ovenuntil the eggs are
set. Serve immediately, but be-
fore sending to the table garnish
with minced parsley.
Asparagus in a Mold, — Mix a
cupful of white sauce with a quar-
ter of a cupful of chopped chicken
or veal and a cupfulof asparagus
tips, boiled until tender and dram -
ed. Add four eggs, beaten well.
and pour into a mold. Place the
mold in a panful of hot waterand
cook in the oven until firm. Then
turn out foe a 'hot platter or dish
and serve.
Try These hints.
Mashed potatoes are fluffier if
beaten with an egg -beater,
When making sponge cakes in
patty tins, see that the oven is very
hot.
When jelly will not set, add the
juice of alemon or some white vine-
gar.
Fasten a safety pin through the
last stitch of eroclieting, then it can
not possibly "pull out."
Biscuits should always be started
in a very plot oven, which can he
cooled a little later on.
A bucket of dry lime placed in
the centre of a ron!ma which is not
being used will absorb all damp -
nese.
To keep your linen w!hieh is not
in everydev use from turning yel-
lonv, wrap it in a, tarwe] which has
been hinted.
�Vlven. frying chickens or fish, to
avoid the greese from s!patteeng,
sift in a tiny bet of flour just before
putting them, i!
It has been suggested that one of
the best ways to darn stockings is
to piece the stocking over a beet-
,�y1.sb $l tact, and then proceed to
vltVPl them..
For an egg curtail take one egg,
beet nicely i velel two tablespoonfuls
eugkr, l;tt pups of milk, one tee -
or eutnteg; bi}ke'
o ,. •he,
To poli.', ; rgse- Braeo • s1- c
with tteest oil and rotfe eteu1e v4)
h do a deep runt tone, The whit,
Y;} .hrjl.li .nt tease is causes! by
env.: s yr i.
tl,er< p , n lu,.
;,•.'f'„ leen white eat.in dipper); rub
fie'. entente 'VIN.4141, tvath at,' pieoe pj
tvlaite fleamel dipped, .in sprite ,of
WI"' If • lit s7lJg11tlyr
11i131. etai• k br.rnci or bet }'ern,
A. good way of strffnasng the 'bi b)•
tics of hair brushes after wa ln,igr
is to ctLp tihieni into .a mixture of
equal geentllies of milk .and water,
and then dry before the fire
A silk sap front for a baby's hat
or honnet is much better than a
lee •one. It does not ernrnpie ee
guiekly, or chafe the tender skin,
while it is quite as dheap in •tote
end..
While cool weather lasts, save
water from potatoes and all other
boiled vegetables, put in `ars, stand
in cool piece; use to boil meat
scraps or soup hone, it makes ex-
cellent soup.
Polished floors should be rubbed
with a mixture of one-third rew lin-
seed oil andtwo-thirds 'paraffin.
Use it sparingly, or the polishing
afterwards with a dry cloth 'will
be a long business.
To save time cook enough oat-
meall for two or three mornings
while sloe are cooking dinner and
put In glass jar and keep in the
refrigerator. In morning take out
amount needed and mix with wa-
ter.
When cooking oatmealor any
other article of food without a dou-
ble boiler and food should scorch,
set it immediately in a vessel of
cold water about five or teat min-
utes, and the scorched tube and
odor will disappear,
Do not throw away your celery
tops or the stalks you tensider too
tough for table use. Put them in
paper hags, tie string around top
to keep out dust, and hang behind
stove. When making soup use
these dried celery stalks to flavor;
large pieces may be strained out.
It also makes potatoes more pala-
table when boiled with them.
('.NNE CHARACTER.
Two Incidents Which Sliow His
• Great Intelligence.
"Nanook was a most independent
dog, a thoroughly bad dog, a thief
who had no shame in his thievery,
but rather gloried in it," says the
Rev. Hudson Stuck of one of his
dogs in 'Ten Thousand Miles with
a. Dog Sled.' "If you left any-
thing edible within his reach he re-
garded it as a challenge." Mr.
Stuck continues:
There comes to me a ludicrous
incident that concerned a compan-
ion of one winter journey. He had
carefully prepared a. lunch and hacl
wrapped it neartly in paper, and
bad placed it on the sled while he
put on his scarf. But in that mo-
ment Nanook took the package and
was gone, Through the anis, over
the brush, and in and out among
the stumps the chase proceeded,
until Nanook was caught. 'We re-
covered most of the paper, but the
dog had wolfed the lunch as he
ran.
Namook's aoquaintanee with
horses began in Fairbanks the first
aeason I owned him, when he was
a little more than two years old.
I was staying at the hospital wait-
ing for the winter. One of the mine
ing magnates had imported a sad-
dle horse, and as the mild days of
that charming autumn still deferred
the snow, he used. to ride out past
the hospital every day for a canter,
The do gg bead learned to lift the
latch of tine gate with his nose, and
when I put a wedge above the latch
for greater security, he learned
also to circumvent that precaution.
And whenever the horse and his
rider passed, Nanook would open
the gate and lead the whole pack in
a noisy pursuit that changed the
canter to arun, and brought ns
natural but mortifying remon-
strance.
The rider had just passed and the
dogs had pursued as usual, and I
had rushed out and recalled these
with difficulty. Nanook I had by
the collar . I dragged 'him into the
yard, slant the gate, put in the
wedge, picked up a stick, and 'gave
him a few sharp blows with it.
Then flinging him off, I said, "Now,
you stay in here I'll give you a
sound thrashing if you do that
again :•' The moment I loosed his
ail'ler the dog Went deliberately to
the gate, stood on his hind legs
while he pulled out the wedge with
his teeth, lifted the latah with his
nose, and swung open the gate.
Then, standing in the opening, he
turned round and said to me,
"Bowwowwow !" It was so pointed
thee a passer-by, who heel paused
to watch the proceedings, said to
me, "Well, you know now what he
thinks of you. That's the dog -
gond -est dog I ever saw l"
SOME ODD FACTS.
According to a British scientist
color •blindnese is hereditary, but
is transmitted by women to their
children, never by men.
A babbling fountain for horses,
in which the water is turned on by
an animal st'e'pping upon e, plat-
formerrounding it, has been ie.,
voted d' A, ,,, es. rat)
W i�.,�.
A wheelbarrow has been patent-
ed which is emptied by resting the
legs On the ground and pressing
dawu the handles.
New shackles for oonviets permit
a roan- to walls s e usual butlock
should lie freed his knee far enough
r••o lr tot ii'•
A New !oafs: ornithologist hatie-
yeaitesl a collapsible galvanized
tape bird house than can be taken
apart for cleaning.
A pgck rest for thotorcyeiiate, to
he f sleaacd arcoiul the 'pleb frsun
}lie }'andle (bars of a miseeines is an
English 'novelty,
A gun which fires a six Around
pr;,jeetile without recoil has been
invented for use on aeroplanes.
CLOSEST SIIAY ON ORCONO
SYDNEY ' 11'ltLG.il t' S 'NARROW
],SCAPI, FROM 1>li, '1'll, •
Lost ills Hal:loes, Pell ']'eu Stories
unit 1 season! With at Few
• Sertatehes.
There is a young man in Sydney,
Anstra]ise to -day --Sydney Wright,
a builder's laborer—who recently
experienced ono of the most re-
markable escapes from ,death eeer
dhronieled. He was fixing a scaf-
fold on the tenth store of a very
lofty building in Bridge street,
Sydney, when he dost his balance
and went hurtling down toward the
roadway -far below, Everybody ex-
pected to lee him dashed to atoms,
but by marvellous good fortune, af-
ter falling 50 feet, he dropped into a
cluster of telephone wires, caught
hold of them, serambled along to a
pole and slid down to the pave-
ment, says the Wide World Maga-
After the narrow escape he ac-
tually went back to his work, but
presently "came over dizzy," acid
accompanied by a policeman, wwl•k-
ed to the Sydney hospital, Here it
was found that, apart from a few
cuts end bruises on legis, name and
head, ;and a general feeling of
shakiness, he was quite uninjured
and in no need of medical treat-
ments- In a very few day's, in fact,
Wright was fit for work again,
This astonishing affair was fully
reported by the .Sydney Evening
News, which interviewed Wright
at his home in Great Buokingihaan
Street, Redfern, and other well-
kno'wn, jonrnees. Wright's ole-±,
story of his remarkable experience
is as follows:
"It was my first day on the job.
Rd been out of work for a month
--drifting round Sydney for four
weeks looking for a billet—and on
the very day I got a. start this busi-
ness happened
• 1'p Ten Stories.
"I went to work first thing.in the
morning. • It was a lofty new build-
ing in Bridge Street, being erected.
for Messrs. Birt & Co. I tackled
the job with a will, for it wars quite
a change after being idle for so
long. In the afternoon I was put
on erecting scaffolds. I was up ten
stories—about 225 feet above the
footpath -sand before I got busy I
had to look down into the street.
I noticed the telephone wires that
later saved my life, and it occurred
to me, just in a casual sort of way,
that they Might. ct me in handy if a
man happened te, fall. I little
thought that before very long I
should be sashed down headfirst to-
ward those same wires..
'Well, I was up on the scaffold,
with my back turned toward the
street and had started to nail a
board onto an upright, when I rea-
lized that the post wasn't firm
enough. I took it between my
knees and was about to hammer at
it, whep all of a sudden the top of
the post shifted eutward and I lost
my balance.
`I couldn't do anything to save
myself; I just had to go over. For-
tunately, however, I kept my head.
I dropped any haaremer and grabbed
at the post as a forlorn hope, but
it came with me, and the next in-
stant I felt mysalf going. I was
on the outside edge of the scaffold,
and es I slipped back into space I
thought again of those telephone
wires far below.
"They offered a bare chance of
life. I knew that if. I dropped
etraight down I should be smashed
to prep -es. Bub those wires might
break my fall.
Turned a Somersault.
"A11 this passed through my
mind in the veru act of failing, and
as I toppled backward from the
scaffold I pushed off from the edge
with my toes in the"hope of reaoh-
ing them. At the same. time I
twisted myself around so that I
could see where I was going, and
hurled the post that I had been
clutching into the street. These
violent movements caused me to
turn a complete somersault in the
air, but I was now looking where I
was aping, and that contented me.
I wouldn't have liked to have drop-
ped down with my face toward the
sky. I had a sort of idea I could
pink oub where to •ad1. You may
not believe it, but I had my wits
practically everything that was go-
ing on around me, I could see the
workmen on Ube building. I no-
ticed the people walking in the
streets and, 1 could hear them
sheath me 0. the time and knew
ehauiangt out.
"14dtat (114 the fall feel like? It
was w onderffui—gloreous 1 I really
eouldm't describe it; it was such a
strange mixture of sensations. But,
eddly enough, I 'wasn't afraid—mot
to the least. Though 1 knew I was
travelling fast, the drop Seemed to
it ke ,a tremendous time. Of oom'as
last �l.only h. eiy peeomds, but it
Seethed like an eoret.
rtI cannot explain it, bei: all the
;ire I was dropping I reckoned I
had a demote;
i Never Rxpeeteal to (tet Rilfeel.
I could see myself right, n.vcr tta•,=r,
telephone wires, and 1ht•c
owiftly oominie up et nic et ne . I
Pelt certain I h : ail 'lee..., ' ,'l l j
was hopef+,l a.;:.1, t ' ,. 1
Wealthiest Titled Woman In World Aids in Relief Work.•
The Duchess of Devonshire, wi fe of the largest landowner in Eng-
land, Sir Victor Christian William Cavendish, is devoting all her time
to relief work for the English midi ers who were wounded at the bat-
tlefields. The Duchess was former ly Lady Evelyn Fitzmaurioe, eldest
daughter of the 5th Marquess of Lansdowne, and has two sons and
five daughters. Her husband sus seeded to the title in 1908 upon the
death of his uncle. Some of the D uke's finest estates and homes have
been thrown open to the care of the wounded,
down below getting ready to. gather
up what was left of ane.
"Then there came tlhe bump. I
hit the wires—I think with my
head and shoulders—and some of.
them snapped under my weight.
My head went rigtht through them,
but my legs caught, tangled, and in
a twinkling I got -a !hold with my
hands,
"Even then, huwever, I wasn't
out of the woods. I was frigltbe•ned
of causing a short circuit or tome-
thing of the kind—I don't know
much about electricity—and I
moved very carefully. The fellows
down below, wildly excited, yelled
to me to stop where I was, but the
wires weren't comfortable eno'ug'h,
and I thought I might fall. into tlhe
road. So I scrambled along' to the
post anti slid down to the footpath.
"You should have seen the fuss
they made of mei One of the boys
told me that 'the devil always took
care of his Awn-' Maybe he was
right, but I wasn't worrying about
that just them. I feat all right, but
just a bit shaky.
"There was a huge crowd round
me in ma time, for hundreds of peo-
ple, it seems, had seen me fall, and'
they came running from all direc-
tions. They were amazed, to see
me alive and able to walk.
"I wasn't a bit sore, and after a
tew minutes I went back to the
building. I climbed up to the seal -
fold again and was going to start
my job once snore when they made
me come in; they said
I'd Done Enough for One Day.
Shortly .after that I came over
very dizzy. My limbs felt sore and
I had a sensation of sickness, so a
policeman went with me to the hos-
pital.
"They found some , outs and
bruises, but nothing calling for
treatment, and they told me to go
home and rest.
"Curiously eauough, my accident
was practically foretold. On the
Sunday night I was playing about
with a pack of cards at home, end
au friend of mine killed time by
telling my fortune. Being dark, I
was represented by Clue jack of
spades ,and almost every time the
cards were shuffled the jack ahowed
Op with the ace of spades upside
down on one side and the nine of
spades on the other. That, said my
friend, was a sure sign of sickness
or death—and the prophecy cams
very near proving true. I suppose
a pack of Dards can't deal with
such tabin.go as telephone wires 1 1
thought of the prophecy just be-
fore I fell,"
Peopie with a superstt alts turn
of mind will be interested) to know
that Wright WAS. horn with a caul
over his face, and ro, according to
an ancient belief very popular
among sailors, is immune from
death by ,accident. He has twice
been nearly drowned, but the fall
hese described is likely to remain
his closest :flans,
.Y,
No man is so illiterate that he
cannot teach others something,
A paste made of salt and vinegar
will <deense enameled ware.
He that0
forgets gots Isis friend is un-
grateful to trim, but he who forgets
is awl is• m •
1 nn rr•atefnl x> him,:srlF: -
g t
Bunyan,
An at.f;,<1. tent has beery invented
fel' fain,- .. ;PI 1,!r 1.oArc (11 street
1; is a•; 111t•y
PCIIELY PEIISONAL.
Interesting Chat About Famous
Polk of the Day.
Miss Marie iCerelli is a drilled
mandolinist.
Mr. Asquith,. the British Prem-
ier, is a. Yorkshireman by birth.
General Joffre never has leas than
two hundred officers working with
him at headquarters.
The German Drown Prince will
be thirty-three years of age next
May. He married the Princess •C,e-
cilie of Meeklenlburg Schwerin in
1908, and has four sons.
Lord 'Curzon once wrote a book
which has never been published.
The subject of it was India, and
when "O. of K." was appointed
Viceroy it had almost reached the
proof stage. Then the authorities
intervened. A book on India ,by
the Viceroy was not considered
"the thing," and in proof the work
has remained ever since.
Emperor Francis J'ese!ph, when
he ascended the Austrian throne,
had a!bitter curse pronounced upon
him and his family by an infuriated
countess. Since then this daughter
has been poisoned, one of his bro-
thers shot, his wife and his nephew
assassinated, bis niece and his sis-
ter-in-law burned to death, while
his son and one of his cousins have
committed suicide, and his son -ie -
law has become insane.
"Rita," the famous novelist, has
just had a great compliment panel
her, for a complete -set of her works.
has 'been ordered by Queen Mary.
"Rita," whose real name is Mrs.
Desmond Humphries, never dic-
tates. She writes everything in
her own hand, and it is afterwairde
ty-pewritten. She writee for five
hours a day—three in the morning
and two in the evening—and sell
produce a book of 90,000 or 100,000
words in two months if she is put
to it. In the afternoon she never
writes. That is a time when her
brain refuses to act, so she goes
out into the fresh air to interest
herself in .something that will take
her mind ,from her work.
Victor Emmanuel, King of Italy,
is a keen flsherrnpp and spends hour
after hour with fns rod, though the
best of luck does net always attend
his piscatorial expeditions. Once,
after several hours' angling had
brought frim only three poor fish
and he was returning to the castle,
he was met by a peasant with a
magnificent catch of troub. "You
seem to be no great fisherman, to
judge by your catch," commented
the peasant, "I should say you
were about as lucky as the Xing."
"Why?" inquired his Majesty.
"Oh," replied the peasant, "he
thinks a great deal of himself as a
sportsman, !but he is a poor body,
much more fit to lbe a ]ring than a
Asherman."
3
Bible fn 000 Tongues.
'ole Bible is new printed in N0
langisageo and dialects, and every
year from. eight to ten new tape
gttoges or dialects are edged to the
list, It is, not known how muny
dialect's are ep; ken on earth, but at
i ast!nutted that emelt out olevery
ten of t61e human. p ,15olnl,ia.n .had
provided for tlre•m the (9'ere) itnry
in their own tongue..
ERIN'S VALIANT .I'OLIGEMR .
Ireland IS 'Proud of the Iloeel
!'ousts bal<w'y,.
In an article which nppeaa'esl to
London Answers, ,September 20011,
l013, ft leforetold that fn 'rho
event of tearas, the men of'tse Boyar
Irish Constabulary oottld vilovide a
aontingent for' actave service, 'I']iis'
statement has beet more than ryeal-
A short time ago the inspector•
general, 'Colonel Sir Nevills 'Cham-
berlain, issued a circular a.skingfoe
two hundred. volunteers for the
Irish Guards: en a few days two
thousand .applications were receiv-
ed. As only' young unmarried con-
stables were eligible, this menet
that practically every suitable man
voltlntesred,;,
• Without (oixbb, tale Royal Irish
Oonsta:bularly is .composed of the
very piek of the youth. of Ireland,
Ib is a milibary force, first formed
in 1830 ender the name of the Inieb
Constabulary. In 1867 Queen Vic-
toria conferred upon it the coveted.
prefix "Royal," to show her ap-
preciation of the effective manner
in which the Fenian rising was
quelled.
Before being appointed to ata -
tions recruits are given six --months'
rigorous military training, They
are armed with rifles and sword
bayonets, end every eonstdble must
secure a certificate of proficiency
in musketry.
In. eountry tlistriots the sergeant
keeps' his men up to scratch by
daily drill in the ibarraok-yard.
There roust be no laxity, for the
monthly or quartertly "full -&'sen
parade" inspection's• of the district
and county. inapeobors "lire always
searching in character. Occasional
Morris -tube practice keeps their
aim true.
The officers, as well as the rank
and file of the force, have also a
wonderful spirit of sterling patriot-
ism. Numbers of them have been
granted commissions as captains in
.Irish regiments.
Then, again, ex -sergeants and
ex -head -constables, who were en-
joying their well-earned pensions,
enlisted in Kitchener's army as in-
structors.
Ireland is proud of her soldier -
ions. but it still prouder of her
martial 1polieemen:
ETIQVE'PTE OF ▪ 'J▪ 'H.E D]1O SB KY.
The Genticivan Must Hold the
Lady In the(,arriage.
The Siberian. method of riding in
a
droshky requires am etiquette all
its own, which, although some-
times surprising to the English tra-
veller who enco•untems it foe the first
time, is based upon ;practical eon-
siderrations. The danger of being
thrown Ant has determined the pre-
vailing usage, says Mrs. John
Clarence Lee in, "Across Siberia
Alone."
If a gentleman escorts a lady, it
is his task to hold her in ,the car-
riage—not am easy occupation, Ile
aced plishee it by putting his arm
round her waist. A man who taile
to do so is considered ,as lacking in
courtesy. Whet-) you have become
acquainted with the' oilstone it
aeemms entirely selnsible and conn
fortable, but it seemm, strange at
first to find yourself settling back
into a stranger's arms.
An Adlervean, who had lived in
Russia. and whom we inet in China,
told es that lie wlas driving with a
womap physician, a Russian, rnirl-
dle-aged, and of the rotund •Rus-
Sian type. He knew nothing about
Iris duty toward her, and they
tlhraslh,ed 'round that three -by -five
droshky. until the, woman turned
angrily toward. him.
"Have you been brought up in,
the -backwoods that you don't lonely
enough to hold ane in' this drosh-
ky?" she said.
He immediately put this arm
round' her wads* as far as it would
go, and held on hard.
I
POINTED PA,RAG]IAPIIS.
It's better to be • ignored -thee
bored, •
Even a new deck is apt to show
the marks of time.
The woman who la thoughtful is
never a successful gossip.
High living cloesnit hsip much
toward theuplift of humanity.
Praise the man who asks you Inc
advice and .he will be satisfies.
Cupid usually hits the mark, but;
he tselects, some mighty pool tor -
gels, " r .
It's easier for a man to e'+,t ;•
a 100 -tun, safe tette a 100
wife, •
A move!' tusuali3 endx with tete
mairri'age of the hero and heroine,
just as if it was their finish,
%rhe world is a Gage in which hu-
manity is tamed.
Your fr'ieede twill smile if you
let your Money te;]k, .
The mule that gets in the; first
kick usually wins lbs 5001a1).
',PIS Brills,]} f4tybgl limper is a.
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Young lltrt, Barclay ,stopped •, •
oatoil her !breath and tuck the fres
white napkin more neatly rounek,a,
plate 01 steaming hot rollla,
So nice,” she said to herself, ."b¢;
have a neighbor, It takes come bfi
the loneliness out of 'camp life to
run over with a plate of something
hot, And mien are so helplesaalbotib
baking. Mr. Greenhut'e biscuits,
are pitiful."
She hurried up the, trail. AS she
cleared Mr, .Greenliut's cabin voices
came to her through the trete.
"0h, he has company," she said.
"1'm just in time with the rolls."
She was about 'let rap when Mr.
Greenhut's voloe cense distrnetly
through the open window,
"Yes," he said, "it is more . like
civilization with a woman in .camp,.`
and Mrs, Barcalsy is a ewest, Sunny ,.
little thing, too. But she's 'selfish
with her neighborliness—"
Mrs. Barclay tiptoed noiselessly
away from the cabin and fled away
through the trees. Back in her own
eaibin .she pushed the plate of rolls
out of eight under the table cover:
"There," sire said, with tilts tears
in her pretty gray eyes, "I'll never
be neighborly with him again. Sel-
fish indeed 1 I left my own work
unfinished to take those rolls over
for his dinner,"
When Tom Barclay came in a
few minutes later is wet little dab
of a kiss instead of the enthusiastio
pee that usually greeted him told
him that something bad gone
wrong,
"What1 Lonesome again•t" he
asked, e]ipping an arm round the
tearful little figure. "Never mind,
honey. When we get a• little farther
under way and start shipping ore
we'll go Ibeek to civilization, and
parties, and clothes, ani neigh -
bone"
"It's not that," she said, with
her lace buried in his blue juniper.
And between sobs she told him the
incident of the morning. Tom Bar-
ela-y patted his wife's hand.
"Do you know, dear," he said,
slowly, "your neighborliness is a
rattle selfish. You keep all the joy
of the giving, and let Mr. Greenhut
have only the taking. Do you re-
member when he offered to bring
your water? Another Lime it was
wood. Things like that would be a
real help to you when I'm away.
And when you refused --the water-
melon I think it really hurt him.
When a man carries a watermelon
over seven miles of mountain trail,
it means he thinks it's going to
give some ons its weight in happi-
ness. I imagine all the joy of'.n-
ticipation he had in bugging that
melon' over the range vanished
when you sent Mm back to his own
cabin with it."
blrs. Barclay looked up compre-
hendingly. "How stupid I've
been," she said. "I wanted thee
melon, too ; but I was afraid he
meant to 'pay beck' for the rolls
and things. That was only two
days ago. Do you think maybe—"
I saw it," said her husband,
laughing, "this morning in the
pringhole. It must be deliciously
cold 'by"now. Shall you ask for
it?,,.
'Just wait and see," was all she
said.
Tom. Barclay came home that
night to a gay little supper •scene,
Has wife, in her fluffiest dress, was
spreading a talblecloth on the rough
pine table, while savory odors float-
ed from the`oe-en.
"Ohioken l" he cried. "1Vhere
did you get it?"
"We .from Mr. Greenhut•," ex-
plained his wife, "and it's grouse.
He says it',s exactly the right size
for two people to make a dinner
of,"
"Hello!" caljed her husband, ex-
ploring further, "So you slid ask
for it 1"
"Indeed I did notl" said Mrs',
Barclay. "Nothing could have
looked more ao<ridentel than the
way I came across Mr. Greenhut
getting his water from the spring
hole this afternoon, There are
some beautiful flowers up the hill,
and .I had my apron full of them. So
I 'said, 'You •haven't eaten your
melon yet, ,Mr, Greenhut?'
'No,' he said, 'I- I don't care
very much afor melons.' I knew be
wanted to oiler it again but slicle't
Vile date to, so 1 said
"'I with I'sl known that when
you offered into .me, •1rlelons are
the only thing I dream of up here-
-except chicken,'
"Well, before I lrnsw it he had
brought. out this !beautiful grouse,
all picked and cleaned, aatd loaded
it into a pan with the melon, and
brought them right down to the
cgbin, And the way he beamed !
tI3 's the dearest old men!"
"Didn't you ask bins to stay and
help us eat all the grand things1"
"Q Torn, you'd have bungled the
whole thing. DO -you think I wait
going to, spoil it all 'by offering hien
• a• Ibaclt u .
� y s piror ? Of course I
wanted to, I went to the door live
times to e, ll Min, beak ; and the last
time took se1f in bans."
Barclay,' 1 tail, 'you
leave things just se they are for a
tylwle week—and then you 'can be
sure votir•rolls have the neighborly
flavor,' „ youth's Ckanpanaon,