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Synopsis of Later Chapters, been removed from the earlier courses
Martin, in posaess.ou of Dert gay 1 of the banquet, and, taking e knife
fortune, line to pay Havener silence iwith hint, he descended' the stairs, He
muney, On Stoll is birthtley 'daxenterlsaw now that the kitchen wee littered
giros her the Dareig'ny locket, StclleM• with the remains of cooking, and he
mother recognizes the crest it heave, told himself that, not only the master,
tae the same as that on a ring handed but the servants of Adderbury Towers
had left their posts at very short no-
tice.
There was plenty on the butler's
tray to stay Robert's .appetite, the
remains of a cold chicken', some sal-
mon and (bread and cheese, As he at
on the corner of the table, enjoying
hie impromptu feast, ho saw for the
first time the state he was in. The
square mirror tilted over the mantel-
piece above the range showed him the
figure of a young man, indescribably
dirty, and with chin and lips scored
with cuts on which the' blood had dried
in ugly Iittle brown patches.
His 'evening dress, torn and stained,
with plaster and cabwe4ts, would have
disgraced a scarecrow, On his fashion.
able soft -fronted shirt the blood had
dripped from his chin, and he was
without collar or tie. Evidently his
jailors had. mercifully .reproved them.
Robert paused in the set of eating and
reviewed himself.
down from Stella's grent-grandmother,
the long lost Sylvia L it'tigny.
Baxenter, his suspicions aroused, ac-
cepts Dartin's invltatloit to Adderbury
Tower's, On the hall table ready for
the post, Baxenter notices an envelope
in the same handwriting as the scrap
of paper picked up in Mortimer Ter-
race, Heverton, unobserved, was -
watching Baxenter, and the two
scoundrels etre on their guard. They
drug Baxenter, leaving him bound in
a cellar. Two days later he manages
to free himself,
CIIAPTPR XIX.—(Coned.' •
• There had again been rain nt the
night, and the morning had broken
dell and cheerless and the leaden sky
seed destitute of promise. To his
left he could melte out the rower
bricks in the creeper -covered wall, and
leFore him a few tree trunks, old and
l ten patched. Between them he
could see 1 k icltee garden, with its
roses rf 1 ea stiedis and '1 partly dug -
over potato pabcit, in the ground of
which wm'. a long•hanllod spade. The
garden ;repented to have been well
tenr;ard, end u basket lay on the
grcnr:1 aetwuen the pea -rotes, It
seemed
teal certain to the mart behind the
grating, that the house in which he
was haat been recently occupied.
But now there was no sound save
' the ripple of water in some gutter,
1'1 i the patter of raindrops shaken by
the wind from the trees. The garden
Wee as deeoihid and silent as the
house evidently was, and Robert cont_
tnenecd his attack upon the door. re
gardless of the noise he made.
For over an hour he- worked at the
halt, us ht;: as a tool his pocket-knife,
With which he whittled away the wood
ftrrcunding it until, striking on a hid-
den nail, the blade snapped off close
to the han;l'.e. It was the sguare-
rtt:'.c 1 appearance of the broken blade
titan cn:'tested to Robert that he
might he more successful using it as
A . r'ewdrivrr 1, lake out the screws
r° the hineen 911th ptnred to be a
rtttca s'tn+t'cr :.little than his assault
v ilia i ek, bit
0.0w1 then, the work
telim : end Blow; it was near
r•.idcl g l:efot•e the door was hinge -
le•'.
The man levered with tl'o handle
of bit knife until he chtainod F. finger-
Lofd, then, eee'ting all his strength,
lee puked, mate:ling until at last the
lecle f.:et•: pings, already weakened by
J: r l'a' t'a eerie- efforts, could na longer
:tared the pressure and parted, and,
v 11.1 0 splintering of wood and a
I:r. ttl'cr of Aust, the door fell in.
Robert stepped over it and groped
his tray along the passage, which
ehnwo:.l hefo'e him in the dim light
,; hieh carte thvuugh the grating. Then
at the first tarn, be was plunged into
inky •bl elentiee, and he had to proceed
more cautiously, He felt in his pock-
ets, but his match hex had evidently
hemp taken •from lifnt, or he had left
it in the billiard room, and he had to
feel his way, with outstretched hands,
one tou lting the wall as 0 guide, the
atter held out at assn's length before
Lint.
The time eeemed endless, until at
Met he evade out a patch of diffused
light. te which he groped his way. He
found it to he the open door leading
into the scullery, which Dentin had
left ajar, perhaps by design, to assist
the croute who would come searching
for the solicitor on Thursday.
The weather had evidently taken a
turn fcr the bettor whilst Robert had
been at: work on the door, and he
reeled a little and put a hand over his
eyee as he came into the strong sun-
light which was pouring in at the big
kitchen windows; then he crossed the
room to the stairs and ascended to the
time shove.
It canoe 118 710 surprise to hits that
he wee still in Adderbury 'Power; he
heti not 'thought it likely that his
0nctnies would -have given themselves
ti'e trouble or taken the risk of his
rota ,::ll. He threw epee the great
Peet noir earl stooii in the porch,
ereeeee in groat brc•tths of the sum -
me.' air. The relief .from the oppres-
Sten r.f the shut -up house was very
:r=th,ful, and the man felt his strength
-reter'1!! ; to him, and, with it, the re-
tn"o:t!tt tint be had not eaten a
tend anent since dinner on Sunday.
5'venire.
tis treated the dining -room as he
laid late hall, drawing up the blinds
c n.l pushing open the French windows.
Tice sunlight tle:Ave:1 hint the robin as
he bed last Seen it --the oval table
a.liil strewn with the l'.L'i:er of Sunday
ndeltt'B feast, the choirs pasted back
:,s the Lline•s had left intern when they
•'coo, Serviettes lay crumpled among
the nuttihclle im,1 eignr-ash, and in
:mine of lint. glasses there still remain -
ml a little wine, d3efo•t'e the colonel's
Ogee ,els a litter of wooden matches,
where the 6ofeddlod old gc-ntlemat
Mel tried t•t show' titin some abetted
trial:,
The hungry man dt•ev: a chair up
to the tattle and intestig'ated. There
evae not much cit that .= nuts might eat
wile had medically starved for three
days, Sweet biscuits; chocolates and
nrc;ervcd ginger and •fruits were
loudly: the• here for whir -11 Rtrbort was
looking, neither was his the thirst to
be slaked with Chartreuse of Hummel.
And 'thee bit remembered that on. his
way (*Dough the, kitchen he hail seen
a butler's tray containing whet ,hacl
t•
"I think, Robert," and he nodded to
his reflection, "a bath is what you
want—and a three day's growth of
beard does not suit your 'particular
type of manly beauty,"
He slipped off the kitchen table and
returned to the dining -room.. where
he opened a bottle of •Moselle. New
life etemed to flow in his veins as he
drained a glass of the sparkling bev-
erage. Then, entirely refreshed, he
net about staking a search of the
premises, He chose Dartin's study
first as the room most likely to yield
any information that might be useful.
to hits. I3ere, as elsewhere, were signs
of a hurried evacuation. The drawers
of the desk had been ransacked, and
in the wide hearth a tall heap of ashes
showed how the late owner of the
Towers had spent his last hours under
its roof. Robert did not even glance
through the papers left in the draw-
ers; he knew too well that any incrim-
inating documents would have been
burnt or carried nway.
The windows of the room were close
shut and curtained, and two candles,
which had stood en the table, had
burnt completely out. The air was
acrid from tobacco smoke and the
smell of charred paper. Evidently the
Wren hacl stayed long at their work
of destruction. There were glasses
and a half -empty whiskey bottle on
the desk, and the little silver clock
had stopped a few minutes after ten.
The other rooms Robert did not
worry about. Falling on his knees, he
carefully sifted over the heap in the
grate, blowing upon them gently with
a pair of brass bellows that he had
found beside the fireplace. 'The black,
cheered paper scattered to left and
right, leaving those which had in part
escaped the flames. There were not
many of these—Dartin had done his
work too well for that—,but, such as
they were, the solicitor placed them
carefully in an envelope to examine
on hjs• way to town. The words written
on the scraps of peper were in French
and English, but to Robert's casual
glance they afforded no light on the
secret of the Clrauville inheritance.
It was a telegram which he found
screwed into a ball and tossed into
the wastepaper basket that decided
him to lose no time in reaching Lon-
don. It was addressed to him and
was from Cantle, dated the previous
afternoon and asking why he had not
returned. Robert wondered what lies
Dartin had made up about him and
what excuse they had sent in reply to
the wire.
Stella, too, would be anxious, and
with this thought the solicitor turned
to the timetable on the desk. There
was a train which left Barchester at
3.30 that would just give him time to
bathe, And change, and walk down to
the town.
He never forgot the luxury of the
next half hour, the cold lave of the
water of his bath and the clean com-
fort of the shave. His kitbag had
been rifled, but his clothing was in-
tact; he missed only his writing case
with the "Dartin dossier," and Robert
smiled as he thought what pleasant
reading it had made for the finders.
The damage to his chin was slighter
than the blood-stained first view had
led him to believe, and, as he stood
in a suit of gray flannel before the
pier glass in the bathroom, there was
little to point to his having passed
through any adventure or experience
sash as his imprisonment in the cel-
lars.
He packed all of his -clothes and
possessions into his bag, with the ex-
ce,ption of the dress suit ttnd the linen
he had worn in the cellar. He glanced
at the clock as he passed through the
hall and found that he had barely time
for the train, as it was, and snatehin;g
up his cap, .he hurried down the;grav-
effed drive to the lodge gates. Every-
where was .desolation; there were no
servants to be seen, from the stables
came no sound of life, and the lodge
was as silent and deserted as the
house,
new quickly Dartin had moved in
the matter when once he had seen that
the game was up! Robert almost felt
an admiration for the man who could
so quickly and thoroughly adapt him-
self to changed conditions, •He felt a
distinct satisfaction that Dartin had
elected not to kill him when he had
him in his power, but the elation he
experienced at having unmasked the
Mae who had caused his cousin's death
was tempered with the thought of the
hours in the cellar, the indignity of
his cords, and the cool insolence of
Baptiste Dartin.
Full of his thoughts Robert, on
reaching the outskirts of the town,
took the wrong roatl, and the tine he
lost recovering lie's bearings macre it
impossible for him to catch the train.
By the time be reached the cathedral
the great clock was showing the half
Hour, end from the distant station the
Whistle of the engine came clearly
through the afternoon calm,
Robert slackened speed and looked
around him, 'A Tittle down the road
the colt -timbered archway of the
"Crown"' . yawned invitingly. The sun
was hot and, after all, there were
ninny worse places in which to con
gull a time -table then the dint cool
nese of the panelled smoke -tome. He
slopped at the post office and sent a
vi'.
tC
wire 1'
to the theatre e a., Ca•ditl
a hies.
nage that would still any fears Stella
might fool for hint, 1
i--0—and the worst is yet to come
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There was only one other occupant
of the room when the solicitor entered
it and took from the hook the local
timetable. IIe crossed to a table by
the window and, ordering tea, looked
up Itis train. To his annoyance he
found that there was none until 8
o'clock, and then only a local, which
took some two hours and a half to
reach the metropolis.
Perhaps a little of his annoyance
showed in his face, for the man at the
next table loaned over to him.
"You'll excuse me, sir; perhaps I
can help you—I saw you looking at
the London trains."
Robert turned to him with a smile.
"Yes I've just managed to miss the
three-thirty—I see the next is eight—
and that's a rotter."
"Oh, we're not served very well at
Barchester. You'll be quicker driving
over to Mayfield, if you're in a hurry
—that's on the stain line; you'll find
there's a train nearly every hour."
Baxenter thanked his informant,
and while he waited for his tea they
fell into conversation, in the course of
which the solicitor mentioned his visit
to the Towers, thinking perhaps to
elicit a little useful information from
one who was evidently well acquainted
with Barchester and Barcastrian mate
tens.
The other man woe interested im-
mediately,
"You know Mr. Dartin, then, sir?"
"Oh yes; not very well, but—"
"Then perhaps you know why he
has hurried off like this? My son,
sir, is head gardener up at the Tow-
ers; or, rather, he was, because he's
been shot out suddenly. All in a min-
ute. 'Here's two months' money.' Mr.
Dartin told him; and he did the same
to all of •thein, women as well."
Robert appeared to be mildly in-
terested.
"Then he has closed up the house?"
"Seems so, sir—can't make head
or tail of it. They all had to leave,
night before last—that is, then as
hadn't already left during the day.
The eerrier went up and shifted their
things in a batch. Mr. Dartin and
another gentleman motored through
here shortly afterward. They say he's
sold all his horses to the vet for next
to nothing. ,We'll miss him here in
Banchester—an open-0landed gentle-
man, and the life and soul of the
market -dinner at the 'Lion.' "
And the Bareastrian went off, his
head shaking dolefully, leaving Robert
to his tea and toast.
(To be continued.)
Forest Protection Advice
From the Clouds.
Even old woodsmen, who might be
supposed to he prejudiced in the op-
posite direction, testify that the print-
ed notice, the lire warning bill or post-
er, is the nlcst important weapon with
which to fight forest fires. Keeping is
close touch with every part of its vast
field the Forestry branch of the De-
partment of the Interior now prints a
completely different set of posters
each season, so as to keep the warn-
ings as attractive and striking as pos-
sible. This season two new forms of
notice have been added, the first is
conpcsed• of stickers to be placed on
the wind -shields of automobiles enter-
ing Dominion forests and the other of
slips of tiny hand bills to be dropped
by the men of the forestry air patrol
as they fly over camps and picnic
Parties. One of these latter bears the
words "Citizens! Help the Forest
Serice to protect your property by
being careful with fire in the woods.
Co-operatives Aerial Patrol—Forestry
Branch Air Board."
Bits of Canadian News.
A syndicate is being formed with..
Lord Morris, late Prince Minister of
Newfoundland, at its head, to take up
the development of Alberta coal re-
sources. The syndicate proposes to
acquire a coal mine in Edmonton dis-
trict and by a special process trans-
form the coal into briquettes, 31 'is
expected that a plant will be built
shortly and operations commenced.
A co. -operative marketing scheme
for the disposal of potatoes similar to
that already in force in Michigan and
Minnesota, will be tried out this year
by Alberta farmers, according to J. H.
Hare, commissioner of marketing for
the Alberta Department of Agricul-
ture. The scheme will involve the
establishment of a grading station at
which all potatoes will be graded for
shipment. Inspection will be given at
the other end, potatoes going through
in such cases subject to refection,
About twenty-five tons of oil drilling
machinery left Peace River recently
on board the steamer D. A. Thomas
for the Fart Norman oil Melds. This
machinery is being shipped by the
Canada -United States Oil Refining
Corporation of Chicago, which com-
pany has already sent a largo con-
signment of machinery to these north-
ern fields for the development of their
helditigs there.
.The value of bacon exports from
Canada during 1920 was $34,000,000.
An active campaign is being conduct-
ed by the Dominion Department of
Agriculture in co-operation with the
provincial departments to increase
trade and incidentally to maintain the
quality of Canadian bacon, which
years ago procured for it a steady mar-
ket in Great Britain,
A gold discovery has been reported
to the Ontario Department of Mines
by A. G. Barrows, It is located near
Godreau, Ontario, a short distance
north of Lake Superior. A number of
assays have been tnade giving a gold
value at the rate of $31.20 a ton and
quartz at $48.80 a ton.
Efforts of the Department of Agri-
culture to improve the varieties of
fruits and vegetables grown in Canada
are meeting with considerable success,
officials of the department state. SPe-
cial attention is being paid to the cul-
tivation of apples, plums and other
fruits. Experiments have also been
conducted for several years with po-
tatoes, tomatoes and lettuce in an en-
deavor to produce a strain which
would ripen faster, produce a larger
yield, and be of better quality than the
ordinary variety.
According to figures publisbed by
the External Trade Division of the
Dominion Bureau of Statistics, Cana•
da't trade with the United States is
reaching a more normal level. In 1920
goods imported from the United States
were valued at $660,509,487, while ex-
ports only amcunted•to $428,974,570,
with a resultant balance of *371,534,-
917 in favor of the United States, In
1921, for the year ended Juno 30,
Canada imported goods from the
United States with a value of $766,-
393,077, and exported goons valued at
$501,933,266, reducing the trade bal-
ance in favor of the United States for
the year to $264,459,811.
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Dreaming never hurts anybody if
he keeps working right behind the
dream to make as much of it come
real as he can.
In An Antarctic Crevasse
Dangling helplessly far hours over
a bottomless pit of ice while his arms
and legs gradually trate—that was the
experience of John Lachlan Cape, sur-
geon and biologist to the Ross party of
the Shackleton Antarctic expedition.
Dr, Cope, who is one of England's
most experienced Antarctic explorers,
had been leading three mon over a
dangerous glacier and had failed to
notice a narrow crevasse that was
bt•ldged with snow, Soddenly he felt
the scow give way and fell headlong
through space, But twenty feet be-
low the edge the sledge harness,
which be had fastened routed 111s chest
and shoulders, caught and Held him
suspended. Fortunately hie tom:
pinions saw 101111 fall end immediately
made Ilse sledge repel fast,
(lope looked round hint, The cre—
vasse widener' downward until its
sides disappeared from view, and be-
low that -•-tie elcnoes and i1lIntl teble
depihsl
":'aro 1011 all fight?" mune 11 voice,
"Yes, brit Ican't get up; I'm inttig
Isere."
"flaw; on thoul shouted the man
above, "Welt melte a retie ladder,"
With that, he disttppesred.
It grow colder and bolder in the icy
crevasse. Cope's mitts fell off; and he
watched them drop, striking the ice,
until they disappeared. His hands
Were soon ntunb, and his body half
frozen. Now and then tate roar of ice
falling down same far distant crevasse
broke the silence.
At last the ladder was finished, and
the men towered it. Since Cope's sense
of touch was completely gone by that
Hine, ho had to watch his hands to see
that they clutched the rope as he
elinrbett. Stringing backward and fur-
ward over the pit, be gradually made
his way toward the top, But just be.
fare he reached ft his harness carte
off, le he slipped, nothing would save
hint from beteg dashed 10 ptecos. 130
was so numb and exhausted that he
could not stretch his logs far enough,
to reach from one rung to the next, lei
I3o called up faintly to the men, tial '
they lowered the harness until ho was I
able to push itis legs through 11. Half
r c
sittiing in it and feebly grasping tho i t
tope ladder he was hauled the few re- I n
Mai/ling feet cot to the surCane, He had t
been hanglhg over that apparently d
tottonless pit for Three and a half 7
bola's. a
health and Beauty,
Yoq,rtg people are frequently
tr'oublod with eru_ptlons of the mein
particularly on the face and neck, The
eruptions take various forms but all
Are an:leylus; meet of them are out-
growe after a time, but are usually
et their worst during the"moat sensi-
tive ,and self-eonsolous years.
Regular habits, free porspiration,
good circulation of the blood, fresh
air and .proper ,diet aro neoessary if
We would have a smooth', clear skin;
for without these, it is impossible to
attain cleanliness of the body, both
within and without.
Constipation, so general in this
country because of our food habits, is
a foe to health and beauty. We need
more roughage in one food, and for
this purpose there is nothing better
than 'bran in one form or another—
bran bread, bran muffins, or a spoon-
ful of bran sprinkled over the break-
fast cereal. Graham, torn and entire
wheat bread are also good. Such vege-
tables as peas, boons and corn also
provide roughage, while pop -corn is
excellent for the purpose. Fruit and
vegetables should be eaten freely, as
they provide the vitamins and act
as laxatives. When fresh fruit is ut-
obtainable, raisins, figs, dates and
prunes should --be freely need.
The pores of the skin •are also of
use in carrying off impurities, so must
be kept open by means of frequent
bathe and 'brisk rubbing. You have
probably noticed that people who per-
spire freely, usually have fine, clear
skin. It 1s essential then that the
pores _be kept open and not clogged
with either dirt, dead skin or powder.
If you must use powder, wash it off
at night.
Exercise and fresh air will help the
circulation, so they are also essential
to good health. Care should be taken
to ventilate the bedrooms; we need
fresh air at all times, but especially
do we need it at night.
Blackheads, one of the most annoy-
ing skin troubles, are due to the clog-
ging of the pores with sebaceous mat-
ter, a -cheese-like substance. The. pores
become filled with this substance and
the part which is exposed to the air
becomes blackened because of the dust
with which it comes in contact.
Clogged pores should be emptied,
but it must be done carefully in order
to avoid • injury to the delicate tissues
of the skin, Once a week, preferably
at night, the face should be steamed
by applications of cloths wrung out
of ]lot water; then, in front of a good
mirror and a good light, the black-
heads should be pressed out. This can
lee done by means of a watch -key or
the tips of the fingers. Then bathe
the face, rinse well and either rub in
a good cream, or rinse the face with
water containing aefew drops of tinc-
ture of benzoin or toilet water.
If the weekly treatment of black-
heads seems insufficient, use this
blackhead cleansing powder: Corn-
starch, two parts; powdered borax,
one part; almond meal, one part. Mix
these ingredients and keep in a wide-
mouthed jar or box. Hold hot wet
cloths over the face until it is wet
and warm and the pores are open,
then rub in some of this powder.
You'll feel the skin absorb it. Rinse
off with hot water, dry, then rub on a
Iittle cold cream. This powder is quite
drying, necessarily, since it must mix
with and absorb the blackheads; the
cream, however, prevents any chap-
ping of the skin. You can use the pow-
der instead of soap.
When the skin must be cleaned in
a hurry or when traveling, use bay
rum or toilet water. Bay rum is used
full strength, toilet water is diluted;
one-third toilet water and two-thirds
plain water will do. Use either rem-
edy on a ,bit of absorbent cotton and
rub on the black spots until they have'.
disappeared. The tiny black spots
which appear on the nose and an the
neck and shoulders are easily removed
by this method.
As blackheads are usually accom-
panied by an oily skin, greasy and
indigestible foods should be avoided,
Chocolate should be eaten sparingly,
but pure ice-cream, plain cake and
simple candies ate allowed, if eaten
at meal -time, not between meals.
Those who favor fudge and rich cake
at any time or all tines must ,pay
the price.
Timely Recipes.
A spicy salad for a 'company dinner
is made thus: Arrange nasturtiums in
a shallow glass dish, the leaves and
flowers forming a border. Cover the
stems in the middle of the dish with
slices of cold boiled potato, over these
lay sliced` tomatoes sprinkled with
finely minced onion and parsley. Dress
with French dressing and serve very
cold.
Corn chowder: Fry out a large slice
of fat salt pork. When crisp remove
from the pan, put in six potatoes and
one small onion, cut in slices. Cover
with boiling water and cook until the
potatoes are done, then add a pint
of grated sweet corn and a quart of
rich milk. Season with butter, salt
and pepper, then add the pork cut in-
small
n
small .pieces, and when the milk comes
to the boiling point, serve.
Tomato olives: The little yellow
plum or pear-shaped tomatoes are
nicest for this; but any small green
ones will do. Wash clean a half•
bushel of the tomatoes, pack in a jar
or tub, mix with them two and one-
half pounds of fine salt and one-fourth
of a pound of whole mixed spices,
Weight down and cover with clone
cold water. In two weeks they are
ready to 050, but will keep for a year
if kept under the brine.
Tomato pulp, used for soups, sauces
and flavoring, eat be made of the 001'-
lus or imperfect fruit. To cat this
P Wash and stein the tomatoes,
peace in ei kettle over the fire and
cok until the tenatces break up, Rub
trough a strainer to remove seeds
nd skins and return the torea1008 to
he kettle, Coek clown until the mass
as
s es {hide as catsup, then pour into
Ars, put rubbers and lids in position s
rid partially seal the .jars, Sterilize
the jars in a wash.bt ilei .or steamer
for from fifteen to twenty minutes.
Roxnove the jars, tighten the carers
and allow to cool, then attire In et
dark place.
Apple and elderberry jam require
two nounde of windfall apples, one
Pound of eldettberriee, one pound of
auger, one-half pound of syrup. Wash,
peel end core' the apple», cut them into
quarters and weigh. Waah, drain and
pick the eldetiberries, Put the apples
and elderberries into an agatewaro
kettle with just eufflcient water to
cover them. Bring to a boil and stew
gently until the fruit is tender. Add
the syrup and Begat, bring to boiling
point and boil rapidly until the syrup
seta when tested' on a caid plate, Put
into glasses, cover, Beal with paraffin
.and store in the usual way. The thinly -
cut rind of a lemon may be stewed
with the fruit and removed before the
sugar is added.
Spiced cantaloupe: An old recipe for
this dainty calls for seven pounds of
cental•aupe, ,pared and eut in pieces
of convenient size, three pounds of
sugar and one pint of vinegar. Melt
the sugar in the vinegar, bring to e
boil, pour over the cantaloupe and
allow to' stand over night. The next
day pour off the vinegar, bring to a
bolt and again .pour over the canta-
loupe. Repeat the process the third
day. On the fourth day pour off the
vinegar; into a muslin btt,g put ono
tablespoonful of cloves and one stick
of cinnamon, plvuce the hag into the
vinegar, bring to boiling point, then
add cantaloupe, and when the .fruit
tae reached the boiling point, remove
from fire, pack in jars and seal.
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When You Invest Money.
The large ,prices received for farm
products during the war made the
farmer the target for all sorbs of in
vestment propositions. Because of 'his
location away from the business world
and 'because he had little surplus to
invest, until war -time prices made the
money available, farmers as a class
have not been trained to select the
best sort of investments. The best
investments must be diligently search-
ed for because the man who has large
funds snatps them up, The poor in-
vestments are the ones that are ped-
dled. This explains why the oil pro-
moters, the packing -house salesman
and all other investment sharks, so
diligently endeavor to get the farm-
er's money.
When there is money in your family
chest to invest, it is well to remember
that there is Practically n, method
of magically increasing it beyond its
usual conservative ir>iterest-(bringing
power; also, that it should be put to
work either in a responsible bank or
as a mortgage or as a good bond;
furthermore, that one of the best in-
vestments may found right on the
home farts. It may be a new barn
that will make extra profits possible.
Better yet, it may be a new house that
will bring increased comfort acid hap-
• loess Or it maybe the installation
.
P
of the conveniences and home com-
forts that should be added to the old
hone, When all these investments
have been made and not until thein,
the farmer and his wife will do well
to smile at the get -rich -quick stock
salesman who calls at their door and
tell him good-bye,
At Sunset.
When work is almost done, I softly
steal
Up to my tiny window where I kneel,
And watch the sun in clouds of won-
drous light,
Sink low upon the moors and out of
sight.
And while I watch this radiance, I
seem
To lose myself completely in a dream,
That carries ane a million miles away,
Where troubled thoughts of work can
never stray.
My room becomes a bower, my house
II place,
The fairest lady would be proud to
grace;
Position, beauty, worldly wealth will-
power,
Are my possessions forthis precious
hour.
Then, from my dreams I waken with a
start:
"11Tuvverl" A voice Is tugging at my
heart;
"Coming, dearheart," I call, and with
a smile,
I travel back from dreams to things
worth while,
—Katherine Parsons,
1.
Testing Canadian Woods.
The announcement has recently
been made that the Board of Works
forthe United Kingdom 11as added cer-
tain Canadian timbers to the list of
diose= used by the department. That
the qualities et Canadian woods 1050111
be understood and the timbers there-
by put to the best possible use, was
the abject of the Minister of the in-
terior, Canada, in e,stab!islting the
Forest Products Laboratories in con-
nection with the Forestry Breech, The
laboratories are making mechanical
and physical tests of Canadian woods
and the results are published from
time to time as the investigation of
each ,species or group is completed.
The information obtained Is proving of
great value not ottly to timber use's
In Great Britain and other countries,
but also to Canadian engineers, archi-
teets and builders. Beginning with
the mere important species the in-
vestigatlon is to proceeduntil all the
Woods having any commercial value
are tested, Bcllletins 119 and 60, the
two Sb farisseed on this subject, may
be llad tree upon application to the 1:11-
rooter at Forestry, Ottawa,
A lass of "more than 35,000,000 in
world population hes been traced bo
the World Was. Battle deaths were
(),000,000. The other lose was caused
by War epidemics, food blockades,
threaten end the fall in the hernial
bltth ratty
Superintendent.
Rut
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pita
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tut'
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1te "Putonto 1TosttfUtl lot hemp -
aline.,
111 aAhilation with Nnrlttuu un1
cud JAospllala Now 'York <;icy,
ore a titt'co yours flours() ar lratlu-
Jc young women, having inn ru-
rttd oductaUou and dealt 11 11 or bn.
tlnd3 nu'su8. this llottl7ezl has'
adopted Iha Vi�'ht harm ,If9trm 'J'ho
illy rooelva wlhanma of the H tool,
monthly Itltotvnnao and tt tt enfnrc
caeca to nail from Iigty j r,llt. D'or
tiler Inf.-irritation an,iJy to tiro
How the Pine Squirrel
Fooled the Magpie
My grub stake was running law, and
11 was.twenly-three niilos to t110 near -
eel; town, Sine» I did net relish the
journey I beeaIt to conserve as math
as possible,
On my last provislon trip I had peek-
ed out a sack of petatoee—a dellcaoy
when your fare consists mainly of
game, Sheep -herder's biscuit, and
black coffee. Of the potatoes I had
eaten speringly. I counted the re.
waffling ones, and, allowing myself
two a day, estimated that 1 could post-
pone going to town ac toast another
week,
7''wo days later I was surprised to
find that I had only a few potatoes
left. I would have been inclined to
suspect pack rats had it not been for
the fact that they had never been in
evidence in my cabin on the North,
Pork. At any rate, I decided to keep
an eye on my. provisions.
The next afternoon, while cleaning
my rifle, a slight noise in the kitchen
attracted my attention, and I peered
cautiously through a chink in the.
logs. On the edge of the potato bas-
ket sat a little pine squirrel, lugging
away at it potato much larger than
liltnself, After repeated attetnpts, be
dragged it to the edge of the basket
and dropped it to the floor. The nolse
frightened him. He ran to the door,
hesitated on the step, and then peered
back. Apparently reaeteuretl, ho carne
in again and, sinking his teeth into
the potato, 1)0500 to back slowly, pull-
ing his load after hire.
Once at the base of a hollow tree a
new problem confronted him. A squir-
rel can come clown a tree head first,
but cannot back up it, especially with
a heavy load, He considered tate prob-
lem, and then made a few unsuccess-
ful attempts . to carry his burden up
the tree. Finally be buried it in a
niche under a flat rock, probably to
be left until he could devise a tray to
take it to the main base of supplies.
Upon investigation I found that tete
hollow tree eontah,tetl several bushels
of cones, leaves, and seeds. That
store, representing tremendous work,
convinced me that the four or five pine
squirrels around my cabin were wnrk-
iug with definite plans from morning
to nigh,;
Tliey are as industrious, cheerful lit-
tle animals as one trill feud In the
West. During their busy 1013011, from
July or August until after the first
blizzard, they waste practically 113
time in useless occupations, except to
scold and bark at humnnr, beings who
cross their pathway. In h1is they take
iceen dellgbt,
A few days later I opened a box of
dried apples, and, finding them moldy,
decided to donate them to my little
friend, Inunder
box laced the
tree
r e
close to the door of Inv cabin, where
I could sit and watch without being
observed. It did not take one et them
long to locate th,e apples, nor to notify
itis family and friends that they must
store this delicacy before the magpies
found it.
Magpies are great rivals of the pine
squirrel in their uncanny ability to Ice
tato a store of provisions, Indeed, 1
believe they take delight in hindering
the pine squirrels' storing of food.
However, the squirrels are not beyond
reproach, for in the spring they spend
most of their time robbing the nests
of magpies and ether birds,
When the squirrels begin 10 carry
away the apples, I noticed the. they
did not go to the hollow tree, but, ba
order 10 notice baste, tock each plena
out to tiro end of a pine branch 0011
hid it at the base of the pine r-ced:es,
which were proof, against the thieving
magpies. It was a clever idea, indl-
eativo of logic rather than instinct.
The- next morning the °Meters et
pine needles near my cabin were ,raid-
ed 'with dried 111)1110^•. l y t gilt. 111' fa•
dustriune otluirrels hail t:ttnaforrea the
whole stock- to the. matin 111110, of sup.
plias.
believed that lay 1100010es Would
go un mot es ter', in no Islam as o.pples
were certain to be more palatable;
Yet, in order do remove temptation,
I hung the Lasker tt here they could
not reach t1. --J. Clinton Shepherd. 6
Saving His Face.
A recent writer on the old -tine ln11'
chant marine says that the ,first steam
ship to visit Chintz was the ,Taneainn
from Bombay. When .she entered 111e
Canton River end in accordance with
old custom hurl taken on her Chbteee
pilot at Linde site resumecd 1.30 course,
proceeding under steun neatest wind
and tide. The pilot showed no curiosi.
ty and asked no questions. Soon in a
perfectly uuttler-of-cnuree manner lie
begun to give teeenelonal diem:tions to
the holine 11011 --•such directors as
be would have given if the ,ta..%•eInx
had been 0 nailing vessel, 'That was
too notch for the Rritf.;11 Cutttain, and
he called the hilus':: attention to the
fltet that the ship was propelled not
by wind but by steam.
"Oh,' replied t1te, Chinet coolly,
"It is 0 method that i3 no secret in
801110, [mete of the empire: it was cone
stun once, hat it has now for Borne
time Pelle: into '5leuscl"
No }amens being has a second stone
ach; but every boy lea a :second ap•
petite.
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Tho tiled Cin' dealer Who shows you
how they run instead of talking about
what they are like,
USED AUTOS
100 Actually in stock
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