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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1917-3-1, Page 6-00 41 ''•:r'e'v'}, ERA Every Leaf is © V ir ate. Quality Sealed Packets Only. r4eve.u° in Bulk. Blades Miered or Greens E 217 spirit of a degenerate age must be sought, it was found close et hand Cows were no longer to be ltad far the taking, but slates were available for the cutting. Instead of sitting clown to lament their fallen fortunes the M'Donitells, burn philosophers n they were, set about their new busi nese with all the steady energy they had devoted to the old. John M'Donnell had, like every lec. for a couple of miles around, bee Minot literally brought up upu slates. Before he was fifteen, h had been earning a pound a week b, picking bits out of the rubbish. truck on the bank; tmd before he was eigh teen the proud moment of inclusion i a "crew" had lifted him to the le -vel o a quarryman. Looking round now at the scene o past label's, his tnild brown eyes vis ibly yearned. Over the reek they passed—the grey rock, stained wit the yellow of iron, speckled with the white of quartz—over a solitary dog rose bush, which, laden with searie hips, stooped over the abyss,—pas that to the smoking engine -house, the grimy smithy—objects not beauti ful in themselves, but each with n tongue for his ear, --further out yet through the rickety motes to where . beauty indeed lay even' en this damp and heavy October day; in the grey gleam of the salt -water loch alive with the ever -restless sea -birds, and so like in feature to an inland lake that the border of seaweed at low tide same almost as a surprise; in the ;background of mountain and cloud, intimately interwoven, and so near akin in their misty tints as to leave the eye hesitating between rock and vapour,—and against that background the firs of the Burial Island on which slept his fathers, looming like some- thing pot quite real. Upon all these things did John M'Donnell look with ;oyes in which a farewell stood plainly written. After u moment he turned back to his companions. "The hammer," he said, and the Gaelic sat softly upon his tongue. "Let me have a turn at the hammer, Adam. I've handled all the tools but it to- day, and I've a mind for feeling it once mare between my fingers." Taking the "jumper" in exchange for the hammer, Adam sat down in front of the half -bored ` hole. Be- side hint Johrt M'Donnell swung the ponderous instrument high above his head, bringing it down with elook- work precision upon the top of the metal borer. Half -au -inch to the right or to the left would inevitably result in maimed fingers of a split . skull; but neither the man who wield- ;ed the hammer, nor the one who held the jumper, moving it about delicately between the strokes in order to reel gulate the shape of the hole, seemed even to glance at such a contingency.' Drawn thus to his full stature. and, despite his dirty white duck trousers' and much -worn corduroy waistcoat,' John 111'Donnell was a picture. His shoulders, indeed, were not broad en- ough for his height, and his dark -red; head might be disproportionately, t sm .1 f • both heightand breadth, bn • a an o h L g the straightness of the features, the' fairness of that particular grain of skin which never tans, and, above all, i the luminous brown of the eye, made' of that head alone a small and strik-1 ing masterpiece. Outside the gparryl his eyes had that peculiarly indefinite gaze which stakes even the person on! whom they are axed wonder whetherj1 he is being looked at or only looked' through; but let his hand but touch't an instrument and the dove -like eyes' lireame those of an ,eagle, As he NURSES WANTED Pupil Nurses wanted for the Train - Selma hospital for the Insane, S Toronto. Three years' Course; 113 per month, with board and uniform. Apply bliss 1). West, t 990 Queen St, West, 'Toronto. n• e v swung the hammer above his head s there was as little want of. keenness -in them as in those of his companion n C on the groumi, closely watching the f borer.. Allem, too, was red-haired, though f In a more aggressive, almost carroty - fashion, but bore otherwise no tamely likeness to his cousin John, being h broader, heavies', duller, and altogeth er more everyday -looking. "How many more minutes to the t whistle? "inquired John, between the t strokes, breathing equally but deeply to "Abort. ten, I reckon. We'11 be - ready for the blast" I Alittle old man with a face alines Between Cousins; 9 OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR. l PART I• CHAPTER L Afternoon in the slate -quarries. As John NI'Donnell stood up, in his hand the "jumper" with which he had been at work upon a blasting -hole, he looked round at a scene familiar to his eyes since life itself was familiar. A small world of its own, this amphitheatre of dark -grey rock, clos- ing almost to a circle. Once aeross the threshold of the wooden entrance- leignelleemeereaMIESSOKESTalatila Thorough /nixing is what snakes cake delicate and tender tic Sag Makes the best cakebe- eauseit creams quickly and thoroughly with the butter which is the hardest part ofthe mix- ing. Its purity and extra 'fine" granula. tion make it dissolve at once. 2 and5-Ib xt . Cartons 10 and 20.1b. Bags "The _411 -Purpose Sugar" imsmammo•ma gate, everything that was not slate lost infallibly in significance. At first sight, and despite the smoking chim- ney of the engine -house, despite a crawling line of trucks upon the rails, the place looks so little alive that the clattering and chipping sound which tills the air calls for explanation. It • requires an expert eye instantly to pick out the grey figures against the face of the grey cliff --at times hang- ing from ropes,- at other times astride upon Iran pegs, or seemingly glued to inaccessible ledges. The place is, in fact, a human ant -hill and that mo- notonous "chip, chip" the only audible voice of those creeping, sprawling, dangling creatures. John NI'Donnell had no need to strain his eyes after those fig -tires on the cliff; nor would his head have swum at the end' of any of those dangling ropes, or on the • extreme' edge of the abyss, into which the heart of the amphitheatre abruptly descend - cd, and in the depths of which a min-' iature lake of dark -green water mark- ed the base of the oldest working in the quarry. Matt and boy, he had known it all for close upon a quarter of a century; just as his fathers bee fore him, and the fathers of all his fellow -workers had known it for a space of two centuries back—ever since a certain memorable and bloody day in the annals of the M`Donnells, which, with one fell swoon, had put an end to the original industry of an en- terprising clan. The name of that industry? Superfluous question, surely , In view of those trackless hillsides, of those yawning chasms—j natural fortresses inaccessible to all! but the initiated, and requiring no more -than a stout tree -trunk to bar out an array ---.in view of women hun- gering for bread, and men thirsting' fur adventure, what else could that in- 1 dustry he but the picturesque and 1 tine -honored one of "cattle -lifting"? i The neighbors had borne much; yet' her dawned there lnce t he day when they, would bear no more; and upon that; day the wrongs of several generations had been washed in the blood of the M'DonnelIs—hut not washed clean—! since in what is sufficiently described as "The Massacre," pure and simple, treachery grinned broadly behind the' I political maple donned for the occasion.' It was that memorable moment - which gave birth to the Ardlork slate-' quarries. 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Vegetable Water Soup, The basis was water in which a small cauliflower had been boiled, and whieh'contained some of the best pro - perties ofthe vegetable, .a scrap of the cauliflower, a dash of pepper, a thought of prepared spice, a spoorful or so of dried celery tops, about a table spoonful of left -over gravy and t a scrap of fried' onion. The whole was thickened with ground bread crumbs from a gem jar, which is con- stantly replenished with all left -over crusts and crumbs. The water in as white and woolly as a lamb's, look- ed np from the blocks he was busy with. "Amt aching, eh?" he inquired, with a defective grin. "Supposing you passon the cup, or let it be—hammer, hi, hit" and,he stretched e hairy paw ' in John's direction. But a freckled Ind, angular and solemn, came between. If the ham- mer were to change hands, it was into Ms it must go, he declared. He had not had his turn to -day. In the man- ner of both last speakers there pierc- ed a suggestio,n of anxiety. One of them was aware of being there on suf- ferance, the other of being there on trial. This was Willie Robson's first inclusion in a "crew," and presumably 1 Tim M'Laren's last, since workers, however experienced, whose hands ;have begun to tremble, are no longer sought after as partner's. Hence the burning anxiety of the one to prove himself up to his worse, and the equal anxiety of the other to show himself not beyond it, Hence, also, the , ostentatious jocularity and the arta. ficial solemnity, The trustworthi- ness of age was what the lad aimed at—in appearance; the lighthearteu- cdness--and, by implication, the TO- bustness—of youth eases what the old man labored to display. The time for going back to the rubbish -heaps on the bank (whence Willie had late- ly come) mi'oht by such means be staved off a little longer; for on that bank both infantile and palsied hands worked side by side. The rubbish - bank was at once a scboolroom and a nursery for second cbildhaod. To- re- turn to it—sometimes after an inter- val of fifty years—was equivalent to being laid on the shelf. John M'Donnell shook his head smil- ingly at both candidates, and continu- ed his clockwork strokes. When the steam whistle sounded, all was ready. John, having put the match to the long twist of saltpetre - impregnated paper which was to fire the blast was the last to gain the shelter of the rough bothy, piled to- gether of slate refuse. Close to the entrance he crouched down, where he could watch the face of the cliff op posite, yet acutely aware of the other three pairs of eyes beside him. In the "working" there had been no eure for desultory c oreersation; but here was an enforced pauses and' from he personal remarks impending, he knew there was no escape. (To be continued), Hot Cakes For Tea. 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Add 14 cup of butter and week into the flour thoroughly with the finger tips, or cut in with two knives, Beat two eggs tvell, add V2 cup Of cream, and add slowly t., the flour, mixing with a knife to a dough. Lightly roll the dough out to about 'Ar inch in thick-. nese, cut into diamond or triangular shapes,and Mike a e r a hat oven twelve to fifteen minutes, Soda Sconce. --One pound flour, one teaspoonful Soda, ane -half teaspoon- ful cream of tartar; pinch of salt, one- half pint of huttotmilk or sour milk, Mix the'mgi'odients to a soft dough, roll out to a half inch thick and cut into rounds with a rookie cutter, Heat the griddle, grease a little and cook the seones. When one side is brown i turn tlib other until both are a good even color, then split open, butter, and serve at once. 13utLerreilk ,cones, ee- Take one pound of flour, one teaspoonfUi ei Salt, about half a pint of buttermilk or milk, one small teaspoonful of soda, one small teaspoonful of cream of tar- tar. Mix all the dry ingredients to- "gether and add enough butermillc to ; make a light dough, which should be turned on to a floured board and quickly kneaded until it le smooth. Press the dough into a round cake and divide crosswise into scones, which should not be mach more than a quar- ter of an inch in thickness. Bake the scones in a quick oven, then split them open, butter and serve. The scones may be cooked on a griddle, and if tilts is done they should be turned once. Soda Muffins. -Two cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of. cream of tartar, one teaspoonful of soda, half pint of warm milk, one tablespoonful of oil- ed butter, one tablespoonful of sugar, pinch of salt, one egg. Beat the egg lightly, yolk and white ,separately, add the warm milk, salt, sugar and oiled butter. Take the flour and mix into it the cream of tartar, soda and the other• ingredients; stir into a smooth, soft dough. 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FACING A GREAT NATIONAL CRISIS HOW GREAT BRITAIN PREPARED FOR WORLD -WAIL Never Before Has the World Seen Such Astounding Effort cat the Part of Any Notion.' .A Canadian visitor to England at the outbreak of war, suet "I found the whole nation straining to expe- dite its war mobilization, Britain -was lin its shift sleeves in the public parks, I creating volunteer battalions et a rate undreamed of 111 history. In the great parks of London—Hyde Dark, Re- gent's Park, St. James' Park—men marched and counter -marched 3411 day Jong under the direction of oltl'and ex- perienced sergeants. These Wren were the first of Kitchener's ao'miee. It was a privilege to be in London then. Mr. Lloyd George, seldom unhappy in his eloquence, employed the phrase `Through Terror to'Triumplt? in writ- ing of the war recovery of the Country from the conditions of that early per- iod, There was no terror. Bather the London -and so the England --of the war months of 1914, was a ltpnclon of - great spirit and high courage! a Lon- don whose heart and Bodi Anil mind were concentrated on the mighty and imperative work to be -done. .It was a proud city—a city that typified a nation and a past and saw in vital challenge only the more tirgent neces- sity for aggressive measure's. London personified the spirit of thio raeo. Great Voluntary Raspootbe. "And Glasgow looked down upon London with an easy, if unexpressed, assumption of superiority and raced for a higher enlistment. Little Wales created its own 'Guards, Ireland -- within a few hours of iivilwar-- turned from civil strife to maintain its regiments of old and gletious tra- ditions. In thousands upon thausaads, men surged to the colors. Companies gave place to battalions, 'battalions to divisions, divisions to aritties. The world was witnessing the grdktlest vol- untary response to public ditty in the history of all time, a response which thrilled our friends as it dumfound- ed our enemies. Britain's Military tl•engtlh "In the winter of 1914„ orb of the best informed men in London mule an estimate for Me of Ala prabiJ)le nitli- tary strength of Great Brialin, A iter a study of census returns, he said: 'There are, rouglely, 8,000,000 men of military age, 26"per cent, will be re- quired in essential industries, another 25 per cent. will be physinall unfit, Britain should ratio and ego* 41000,- 000 men; Practically that whole force was raised under the voluntary sys- tem. Such an achievement is without parallel. There oro fs a legend of one who sowed c dragon's teeth and armed men sprang up from the _ground, ready equipped. These men did- not spring from the ground. They vera not ready equipped. A nation vaned and worked with a mighty brain and other men followed until Derby's armies succeeded ICitchenor'a and eon- scription finally closed the net on the few who remained. To -day, Aver 5,- 000,000 men have enlisted in Great Britain. Five million men—legion upon legion—a giant host, the equiv- alent under an infantry calculation et 4,250 battalions -6 battalions a day for every day of the ver --practically 6,000 men a day for 860 [Jays, Fail- ure? Blunder? Slowness.? It is col- ossal. And Britain is only reaching the height of her military power. She wants 62 more divisions oe the firing line. For two years and a half site has marched from strength to strength, She is still marching. The British Navy. "And as she has marched the . British Navy has protected her. It rides the seas to -day as it has since Drake smashed the Armada -invincible —the supreme arbiter In human af- fairs. Let us not forget this in over - anxiety about submarine cainpaigns or in undue emphasis upon channel raids. A thousands years of strain, a thousand years of thought, a thousand years of challenge found Britain fac- ing the war. with the most perfect fighting machine of all time. Never since Britain trusted the future of her peoples and the destiny of Iter >m- pire to aggressive steel on the 'waters has her fleet been so great so power- ful as it is to -day. It is the Central Empires who are under siege. It it's the German navy that is 'blocked jt Kiel, It is German commerce that a destroyed. It is Germany. that .hail 1o`s$her colonies. No foreign forco4 have landed on English soil. Not,tha such a landing would be a hatter oo real concern. It le conceivable that the enemy might' succeed, in crossing the channel, He' /night � g t Ian[} .60,0.00 .on 100,000 mon, To do so would be t murder everyman for a political et. feet which would be o4 no value out- side of his own country, 13ritafn is prepared for any such extreme fhoae- ure—and has long been prepared, iia there have been no such landings. I they wore ever to have ball real value they must have been carried 'out In the early months of the war. Today only desperation would even suggest sha attempt" Vegetable Sponge. The wet flat lands of Ecuador pro. duce a vine yielding a fiUit which when dried,fortns a sponge ;said to be superior to rnnimal.spongea.