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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Brussels Post, 1949-11-9, Page 3`Helpless' • Anne By *tabard fled Wilkins** Through the opening In the trees above the woods road Langford could see the dull glow against the sky, It was growing brighter by - Me minute, and now the smell of smoke was strong, in his ears there was the distant and ominous roar of crackling fiances. He stumbled forward, his breath a sobbing gasp in his throat, his face white and drawn from the strain of running. It seemed that he had run a thousand miles, though he knew it was not more than eight. Eight at the most. That meant there were still three to go before he reached the river. Then he'd have to swim across and make another utile up the slope to his cabin. By then it night be too late. By then the fire might have swept down on the little log structure and destroy- ed it, and what it contained. Anne and little Bobby. He closed his eyes to shut out the picture, After a while he stood up and went on. 'The glow against the sky was brighter, bright red and orange and yellow. Against it he could see billowing stroke clouds and occasional showers of, sparks. That meant the flames had reached the ridge behind the cabin. In an- other moment they would be sweeping down the slope toward his clearing. His spirits sank. He choked as the smoke grew thicker and the air suffocating. Above hint he heard the wail of a rising wind, and above the wind there was the increasing roar of the fire. Anne wouldn't un- derstand until it was too late. She was helpless about such things, It couldn't be much more than a mile, he told himself, •IIe called on his last ounce of energy and fought ahead. Suddenly a wild hope beat in his heart, He looked up and there at his very feet was water. The river! He had come faster than he thought. But abruptly, the hope died. Look- ing across he stared into a solid sheet of flame and smoke belching sparks, The entire slope of the hill, He called on the last ounce of energy and fought ahead, which .was between the river and his cabin, was afire. Groaning, he sank to his knees. Before him the river hissed and steamed as flying fragments fell into it. Its black depths mirrored the licking tongues of flame with terrible bea uty, Watching with horrible fascina- tion, Langiord's heart suddenly gave a bound. He leaped to his feet and plunged into the water, shouting, Fifty feet from shore a dark sil- hoacte had conic into the path of orange reflection, wabbling crazily Inn moving steadily toward the dee of something, that moved and shore, Atop it, was a huddled bun - propelled the silhouette forward with awkward, clumsy strokes. Langford wade to his armpits and then started to swim. He called again and a voice answered him; •telling hint to go back, But he didn't. And presently the silhouette ranged alongside and Anne's frightened eye,', were looking into his own, "Bobby?" he gasped. "He's here, under the blankets, And 1 saved the hens too, and a lo' of our personal things," -augford helped push the itn- ptovised raft ashore, But it wasn't until Anne had alighted and he had carried Bobby to stfety that he discovered the raft was the Itch - coop he'd made for ,Anne's chick- ens, Four or five boards were laid across its top and lashed together with part of the wire, " t was the only thing I could Barr}," Anne was saying, "I took the hoards from the fence. The chickens are all in the burlap bag, and our things are sunk in a box on the other -side of the river," Longford stared at her and for no'accountable reason he began to laugh. It was a curious sound, not wholly rational, But the incon- gruity of it was justified, for lolled occutred to hitt what a stupid fool he'd been to think Anne helpless, "We have now been married ten 'years Ferdinand, and hot once in that time have I missed baking you It cake for your birthday, Have I?" "No, my dear. I tan loon back on those c"!res as toile -runes in my Iifr.'r Table Talks 1 probably don't need to tell most of you that Cht'isltnee calve is one delicacy which --if you want it to be eaten at Its very beet—asset be made and wrapped well ahead of time, So, if you haven't already done so, it might be an idea to get busy and make that fruit cake right away, thus allowing it to age prop- erly and attain its finest flavor. Very likely you have your own "pet" recipe; but in ease you haven't, here's one I can highly recommend, together with full in- structions for snaking it. Sounds like a lit of bother, per- haps, but well worth it, and after all, "Christmas comes but—" This recipe will mak one five -pound cake, or five one -pounders, CHRISTMAS CAKE Fruit and Nuts pound seedless raisins 3z Pounds pitted dates, finely cut 154 poundlt mixture of candied fruits, including candied cit- ron, lemon peel, orange peel, candied pineapple, candied cherries, all finely cut s cup walnut meat+ % cup pecan meats Dry Ingredients 2% cups sifted all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1 teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cinnamon 54 teaspoon allspice teaspoon cloves teaspoon nutmeg. Other Ingredients 1 cup shortening 54 cup brown sugar 1 cup corn syrup 4 eggs, well beaten 54 cup orange juice. Method; (1) First weigh all fruits and nuts, then meadua'e and sift to- gether- all other dry ingredients; then measure separately alt the other ingredients, (2) Cream together sugar and shortening until very smooth. Then add syrup and beat with hand or electric beater until the mixture is light and fluffy. (.3) Beat the eggs until fluffy; add to creamed shortening alternately with orange juice and 5 cup of the mixed dry ingredients,' Beat until smooth. (4) Combine nuts and fruits. Dredge them, until well coated, with X cup of the dry ingredients, (This keeps the fruit and nuts from forming lumps in your cake.) to (yo r batter add tThen he ts atblance of the dry ingredients. Mix well, For one -round cakes, line 3 x 534 - inch loaf pans with waxed paper, and pour in batter, (6) Bake one -pound cakes about three s at 250°. Larger cakes should hberbaked / hour longer for each extra pound. For glaze, bake over a pan of water in the oven, Decoraalmonds etc., can betadded s of lduring the last hour of baiting. Cake, when done, •should be medium brown, with a smooth, shiny glaze. Completely cool cakes before wrapping and storing. Clear or colored cellophane makes a good protective wrapping. Make the cellophane tight and seat with waren iron, Store wrapped cakes anywlhere. Anywhere, that is, out of reach of juvenile hands, Too Lucky Vlrhen the mune of the plaintiff was called out in court, much to everyone's amazement, he stood up in the jury box, "What are you doing there?" snapped the clerk. i was called to serve on the jury," was the meek reply. "But you must have known you couldn't sit on a jury and try your own oast." I suppose not," admitted the plaintiff ruefully, "I did think it was a bit of luck," ^cwen^'�.mr^ m,ttWu:?i'isFXk,"••i.` .��v�inlA•-•••. "It's A Natural"—That's what the judges said as they awarded this picture the grand prize in the eleventh annual Newspaper National Snap shot Contest, The shot of the dice -throwing - kitties was made by A. E, Altera and won prizes totalling $1,500., se .. ��"'�^• .:. s ,.avow HRONICLES 76111914 FAT:1 It's a weary woman I am—lrav- iieg just done the last of the dishes after a Monday threshing. Not only that, but we had visitors here over the week-end—that is until Sunday night—so I couldn't get any thresh- ing meal preparations done ahead of time and had it all to do this morning. Fortunately, we had the men for only one meal. But who am I to grumble? In fact, as I went about my work this morning, I thought how much more easily one can deal with a threshing with a few modern conveniences around. For instance, a pressure cooker looked after my carrots; electric Warming oven kept meat hot with- out drying it out; hot water on tap was ready for the mete to wash; ati electric kettle boiled water for tea after the threshing machine had stopped, and the kitchen wasn't overheated and uncomfortable. "Gwen," I said to myself, "you don't know you're living! Think back a few years, Remember cook- ing your meals over the oil stove, arranging things so that you had a burner free to heat the water for the men to wash with? Remember how you used to scheme and worry to have things cooked on time and then how to keep them hot and appetizing afterwards? And sometimes, no matter holo hot ft was, you had to have the kitchen range going, too. And nearly al- ways, you asked someone to help you, because even one meas in those days was quite, an ordeal?" "Yes, I know!" I admitted to myself, "But now I don't need any help because it is quite possible to do the job by myself," Yes, it is possible, but tiring nevertheless — and the variety of ,aches and pains that one develops at tihe end of the day is indicative of the passing of time, Ah, web , , no more threshings this year —and we can worry about next year when it comes. However, there is still one thing that bothers me when making these compari- sons. I realize that there are still plenty of women all over Ontario wlho must still wrestle with things the old way; endure the heat of a cook stove in stsnanler, or do the best they can with scene sort of oil stove for threshing. I can only say, I hope the tine is not too far distant when you, too, will have Wan Sta/ir IF YOU INSTALL A SINK sTRAINER IN THE BOTTOM OP A WHEELISARRow THAT IS USED FOR CARRYING VEGETABLES, YOU CAN WASH THE PRODUCE RIGNT IN ,TNE WHEELBARROW Wim A HOSE, THE STRAINER ALLOWING THE WATER TO RUN 111R01.)G9 , THE BOTTOM. P" —; By Harold Arnott the conveniences that have come to mean so much to roe. That is an objective to keep in view—an end to work for. * * Well, our lovely mild weather still continues and although the glorious autumn coloring is almost a thing of the past, nature has been giving us other treats to delight the eye. Did you notice the beauti- ful sunrises last week , : , and the wonderful display of Northern Lights, often quite early in the evening? The other night, the sky Sets Vets. Buzzin'—Seeing that National Honey Week was just around the corner, and being prodded gently by some press agents, the veterans of Man- hattan Beach Project got to- gether and voted gorgeous model Mary Collins, 'above, "The Girl we'd Most Like to BEE With." SALLY'S SAII,IES was like an inverted bowl spilling out cascades of green and old rose —always changing, never two min- utes alike, and very beautiful and fascinating to watch—but a little chilly unless one remembered to put on a coat before running out to watch the display! Brilliant North- ern Lights usually indicate a change in the weather—but so far it hasn't come—except for white frosts at night. Do you know, last week I real- ized all over again, that there ie always some new experience com- ing up in connection with farming, no matter how long you are at it. This time it was a barn raising New to ate, but I must confess it was not new to Partner or Bob. This barn raising was over on the next concession so, of course, I had to go over—so as to be sure not to miss anything! It is positively a huge barn our neighbor is build- ing—stabling tor 56 stead of cattle, besides box stalls, horse stables and pig pens—and enough barn room, I would think, to hold all the hay in the district, When I got there, the men—about 30 of them—were in the middle of raising the heavy timbers by means of ropes, pulleys and a derrick. It was interesting to watch, but I was even more interested in the conversation that went on around me— about the old-tihte barn raisings; how the men would divide into teams with a captain for each team, whose job I(I it was to put sad, man to the task he was best fitted for—and, of course, there was greatcompetition between the two teams. Naturally, all the work was done by hand and there were not many idle moments, The proof of how well the work was done is in the old barns on old family homesteads today that have dolled wind and weather throughout the years. Modern methods speed up the work, aid T imagine there is less danger than formerly, but there must have been suspense, drama, initiative and courage --yes, and in some cases, tragedy—fn those barn raisings of yesterday. Now they are like a tale that is told, pretty soon we shall only know about them from old history and folklore, Truly, "the old order changeahl" GI/etii I/e !'7 t V f////f/////L Says . e . ='APPLESAUCE UPSIDE DOWN CAKE" made with FIVE ROSES FLOUR is extra -delicious I New And Useful ONE-PIECE pLUa One-piece electric plug makes stripping inaulation from cord un- necessary. Cord that is cut square and split down the centre slides into tilde of plug. Plug is then locked Into place and sharp teeth make electrical contact, * * * BURGLARPROOF LOCK Lock said to be built so, prowlers can't detect the combination by sound or touch when tumblers drop into place, Comes with either key dial or knob dial. Both work on same principle, but key said to give added security, * * * EGG CONTAINER Aluminum egg carrier designed to hold six eggs. Cellulose wadding is used to line the container. Lid can be opened out so that upper and lower halves together form a rack for dozen eggs. * * * READING LAMP Plastic -cased reading lamp which clamps onto any book or magazine goes on and off automatically. Seven -watt bulb goes on when tilted forward, off when tilted back. Light is directed only on reading area. * * * NEW MUSICAL INSTRUMENT "Keymonica," designed as an ele- mentary musical instrument for teaching basic finger techniques and co-ordination, is said to be a cross between clarinet, harmonica and button accordion, Made of styrene, the instrument has 10 button keys regulating the tone of 20 notes in key of C dietonic scale and is capable of covering a wide range of musical selections, makes states. Can be washed in warm water be- cause reeds are of plastic construc- tion, * * * KNOW REMOVAL Snow-removalinachine is equipped with a standard 154 -hp, gasoline engine; cleans a 16 -inch path. A multiblade impeller is said to throw the snow as much as 25 feet away from the cleared path. Adjustable snow discharge spout regulates dis- tance snow is thrown from machine, * * HOME POWER TOOL Said to combine five power tools into one at less cost than compar- able machines. For wood and metal -working, unit can be used as saw, drill press, lathe, sander or grinder, Crosscutting or ripping work is done with an 8 -in. blade. Work table for the saw adjusts to any desired height or angle of tilt quickly and easily, makes states, Table also has removable centre for dad* cutting and molding. Super- shop can be used vertically or hori- zontally as a drill press. Neutral A social worker recently reported this cgsrversation with a housewife, "What religion do you belong to?" "Oh, we've lived Isere 12 years, thank you." Yes, but what church do you attend?" "Never go to church," "Web, where do you send your children to Sunday school?" "Oih, they never go to Sunday school," "Pel put it this way—are you Roman Catholic or Protestant?" "Olt, we don't mind what govern- ment gets in." Christmas Parcels For Britain I'ethlie responese to the anceouarce- ment by the United Emergency Fund for Britain that there will he a CANAID Christmas parcel, that may be forwarded to designated re- cipients in Great Britain, is beyond all expectations, Sir Ellsworth Flavelle, national dltairman, de- clares. As a consequence, he urges all those wishing to avail them- selves of this aervite to send their orders as soon as possible for the supply will be limited. The special CANAID Christmas parcel is offered at $9, insured, and delivery guaranteed before the holt. days. These packages, containing 12 items, such as a one -pound tit of boneless turkey, two -pound tin of ox tongue, butter, cheese, pima pudding, sausages for the pie crust mix, rice and tea, are being packet' in Canada and shipped to tht U.E.F.B, distribution point in Grea• Britain for dispatch to the racial eats. In the event the orders continu, at the present rate, it will be neces eery to establish a deadline, alte which no additional ones may in taken, Reason for this restriction it dye to the supply situation as it of fects several items in these parcels However, an ample quantity of i1 *triter standard CANAID parccb are always available. Informatiot may be obtained by writing CAN. AID Parcel Service, P.O. Box 397. Toronto 1, Ontario. Overheard at a jet plane display "If you can see them, they're obso- lete!" Start a Fire But Once a year! Enjoy an abundance of clean, healthful heat at lowest cost and greater convenience wide a WARM MORN/ NG Coal Heat- er. Amazing patented interior construction causes coat to burn slowly—saves fuel. Holds 100 lbs. of coal Heats all day and night without refueling, holds fire several days on closed draft Automatic Draft Regulator: vie- gfres less attention than moss furnaces. Deas* API Kinds of bard and toy code colts, briquets, of wood, Yore Wooed B, WASM evorsMORNINO r„e*,ds,,, of the weather. The eek Reuse Oleo lisle taeiewor&L Man thaena,atikesta' AA eon as dealer. Writs for free s.: Manu)actured deli attributed bb soosoloo_SOON-SSTRRAA,CBAtdpeN COAL CO. uossi s 7mt ills; Twns.M"" ag. saure.'' titktPURPOSE fll FiVE 0050 FLOOR ,r t e moo - las attlit�, etu.•wn., n.t.r stu nosesmorn 34( cup butter 3 tapas. baking powder 1 cup brown sugar 34 cup shortening 2 large baking apples 34 cup granulated 34 cup seedless raisins sugar 134 cups Five Roses 2 eggs, well beaten Flour 34 tapn. vanilla aft tepa. salt 3f cup water Melt butter in baking dish, add sugar and stir until melted. Cool. Peel, core and slice apples; place on sugar and sprinkle with raisins. Sift flour, salt and baking powder together. Cream shor- tening until fluffy, add sugar, gradually beating until light. Add eggs and vanilla and beat thorougghly. Add sifted dry ingredients and water alternately, beating well w th each addition. Pour over apples and bake in moderate oven 350 deg. F. for 40-50 minutes. Director. the Plea Rotor 05 P,O, Bot 6401, Montreal, P.Q. FIVE ROSES FLOUR "The bon is losing, a or ads Pur lose baking Mn*e argument with hist wee JITTER • * DOES YOUR DOG -CHdS1 CARS rh) ONE WAY TD PREVENT DOGS FROM CHASING CARS 15 TO ,.r ATTACH A SMALL RUBBER MU TO ONE OF THE DOG'S FONT LEGS. THE SALL WILL PREVENT THE DOG' FROM RUNNING FAST. SERIOUS ACCIDENTS' HAVE SEEN CAUSED SY DOGS CHASING CARS, 4 4 4 4 4 4