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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1914-09-03, Page 3Foolish Young Wan; Or, the Belle of the Season. Haat 'Ita infer later:their' ,weet slonly the etepa again. Staitird'e head eves atjU nurning, he still -felt. confused, like e, man moving in a dream. Slime he had kiceed her he had ertid. very •littM; and the eileneee lied been broken more 01 .100 by Maude thee by him. She had told him m a low voice, tromidone with .love, and hesitating now and again, how' 51, had &lien in love .with him the day he had rowed her an the Lake,: bow she had etruggled and striven agasnet the fee1. ingand how it had conquered her. _How mieerable. she had,been,, though she had triee. to hide hex misery, lest he should never, come • to ' care forhen. and shO ehould have to Gutter that moot merciless 01 all miseriee—unxequited love. , She eeemed aa if she ecurcely wanted him to speak, lie if ehe took it or granted that he had spoken the truth and that he had loved her; and ae if it were a joy to.'her to bare her Smartt that he might, eee now ' devotedly it throbbed fox him and for Lim alone, Every now and then Stafford spoke a few wordy in reeponse; he scarce- ly knew what he eaid, ha could not bare told what they wore ton minutes, atter they were said; he sat with hie arm - round her like a man playitig a part me. ohaneany. ' In the Game condition ne moved beside her nog- as term in arm they entered the house; be looked straight before him with a set fate, a forced emile, oho vvitla now raised,- now drooping eyeglowing with triumph„ a flush on her usually pale face, lier lips. avert and tremulous. The ball was breaking up, sumo of the women,had already gone. to the .dreaying-room or their own apartments; a, stream of e'r&e.fi were vaalcing their. way to the bil1ion/1- room from which came the pinneing of che,mpegne-corke and the inset -lig ef sY- Phone. Ae they entered the haill;'Howard Dame lounging ont in hisleisurely. wItYi- froth the dreaving-r,00ni.. and at eight of him Stafford seemed to awake, to realize what he had done and how lie stood. Ife looked from Howard to Maude, then he said: ' "Howard, I want you to congratulate me,' Miss Falconer—Maude—has promised to be MY wife." IlowarVdid not start, but he stared in silence Inc 0,11 instant, then hie eyelide flickered, and, forcing tbe netonishmeat from his,..face, he took Stafford' hand and shook it, .and bowed to Maude. "I do congratulate you -with all my heart, my dear Stafford, and 1 hope you'll both be no happy aa the happiest pair in O fairy etrory.' She drew her arm threw Staffordee. "I will go up now," she said. ''Clood. night!" ag the bend in the staire; then Howard, who had discreetly gone on. turned to go bads to him. But as be came up with a word of wonder _and repeated congratula. Hone, he saw Stafford put his hand to hie forehead and, as it seemed to Howard, alnetet stagger. There are moments when the part of even one% beet friend is silence, blind- ness. Howard 'turned aeide, .and Stafford went on elowly, with a kind of enforced steadiness, to the billiard -room, WhIle Howard, 'with dismay and apprehension Was lookieg after him, he heard eldr. Froward!" called softly, mockingly, from the etairs, and looking up, eaw Maude Faleoner leaning over, with her arm ex- tended, her hand open. lia understoodeen• a moment, and, .re. moving his ring as he ran up the stairs, plit lb o11 the eat, Mak Palm. She gave a little triumphant, &necking laugh, her hand closed over the ring, and then ahe glided avray from him. The smoking -room was crowded mil .Stafford Made his way in. Through the clouds of. smoke lie saw his lather etand- ens at one end, surrounded by the nionere spinning crew. Falconer seated in a chair near him with a black- cigar be. tween his live. The group were laughing and talking loudly, and all had glaesee In their handa femme of the younger men who had jtist eome from the ballrooin, were adding their laughter and chatter 10 tho noise. Dazed and eonfused.. been mad with rage and dempair. with a sense that Pate 'was joining her mocking laugh- ter with that of the men round him, Staf- ford took a glass of wine from the butler who advanced.with it, and drinking ib cdf held it out to be refilled. The man re. filled it twice, and Stafford, his eyes aflame, almost pushed his way through the various groups to where hie father stood. . tafford stood until elle had'got ae far k!n Jot 05. and j° ilges thel least expensive itemigthe'slagar ''.WET the sugar is the Most imp -orient ingredient becanse if its quality is net right, your confedions will ferment, spoil, not be sufficiently sweet or be flavoudess. With St,. Lawrence Sugar results are always satisfactory. , . St. Levnence Extra Granulated Sodor le sold 1» 2 ilrhslad lb.. 20 tbs., 25 lbs 5elba end 106 Order a bag sf St. Lawr nce Extra Granulated Sugar Blue the Medium Sire Grain—Thla size suits raat people bat ; good grocers everywhere can supply. you. St. Lawrence Sugar Refineries, Limited, irieetreal. ruc GRAIN 4-7-14 GRA.01 lia've come for Your congratulation, lor,.? hee mid. in. a. voiee Which..'ttseugh 01851 Innee wae el> elear as 01 break' through the (row. adiels Falconer has Promised to be my Wife!" A silence, so sudden as to be etartling.. fell upon the hot and crowded 3100211; time. ths Sir Stephen grasped his son's band, a ein of vomea erase, en exelted buzz of congratulations and good wishee. ritan ford hiced them all, hie face pale and set, his line cleaved with a fenced emile, hie eyes fleshing,. but lit -with ao eombre fire. There was a emile on his lips, te amiably in hie eyes, but there was so much of madmese in hie heart that he wee afraid lest at any moment he should dash the glass to the ground and break out into cursing, _ ' An hour later he found himself in his room, and waving alemom away from him. he went to the -window and flung a relde open, and stood there with Ws halide pressed againet hie theobbing brow; and though 'no word came from his parched lips, his heart cried: "Idal Ida!" with en the agony of de- spair. CIHAPTDB 'XXIV. The hours dragged along as Stafford faced the tragedy of his life. As he paced the room or flung himeelf inter a chair, with his head bowed in his hands, the effects of the vine he had taken. the eup. press0 excitement ;under evhich he had labored, paenedeavreen.andne the reaction hip brain cleared, and he began to real- ize the terrible import of the step he had taken,: the . extent of , the sacrifice he had made: Ilia OVill life vas wrecked and ruined irreparably; not. only hie, own, but that of the girl he loved. The etep he had taken wae not irreparable but irrevoc. able; lie could not go hack. Ile had ask- ed. Maude Falconer to lie hie wife, lio had spoken words atllleh must have sounded to her as words; of love, lie had , khised her lips. In a word, he was pledged tO her, and the pledge could not be broken. And Ida! What should he do in regard ..to her? He load promised that if his feel- ings underwent any change toWande her he would not go and tell her. And at thee moment, he felt that tha promise nad not been a vain one; for he knew that Me could not go to her, that at isht of, her Ms resolution would vielt snow in the sun, that his love for her wouldsweep.him away on a torrent of paseion, and that he 'Would be as false to Maude Falconer as he had been to /da, And yet be could not leave her,"desert her—yes, that vim the vordl—without making Boras sign, without speaking one 'word; not of exenee, but of farewell. What could he say to her? Ile could not tell her the truth; for his father's sake that muet never be diyulged; he could give her no explanation, -must permit her to think him base and faithleee and dishonorable. There was only one thing lie could do, and that' was to -write to her. But what could lie' RaYP Me went to Ws writing -table and took up a, pen. Hie hand was cold es .ice and shalsing, arid he hold it before him until it aim steadier. At the best of timeg, Stafford wile net much of a letter -writer: one deem not learn the epietelary eat either at. publM schools or the 'Varsitiee, and hitherto Stafford's letter -writing had been confined to the eending, or, accept- ing of invitatione, a ehort note .thout aomemeet, Or home dealing. How vas he ateaddress her? She wag hie.deatest the only worn= in the worbieherhadlov. ed or ever would love, but he dared not call hor so, dared not tell her so. Ile wrote ber name, but the sweet word seem - ad to look nn him reproachfully, &a- musingly; and though he had. written only that name, be tore up several eheete of paper, and at last, in deePeretion, Marce- ll, knowing what he was writing, he wrote quickly, hurriedly, and -without pausing, the foleowing 'ince; "I am writing pan this because you made. Tao peomise that if anything hap- pened, let it be what it might. to separate ve, I would not come and tell you. Some- thing has happened. I have discovered that I itm not only unevorthY of calling 100 10000 as any Man in the world, even the best, would be, but that I am up. worthy in the eense that would justify You in the eye e of your tether, of every- body belonging to 70ten in sending ole adrift. ILI could tell you what it is you -would understand and see how great a gulf reeves between us. You woeld not marry me. I can never be .anything tb You but a painfulmemory. Though you know liow much I love you, you will never guess what it coke me to relinquieh 011 claim to you, to tear Dared! away from Yon. But I mutt do so—and for weer, There is no nape, none vius,tever, for ma I 4.10 not aek you to forgive me—if I had known what I know -now I would' rather have died thaw have told you that I lov- ed You, but I do ask you to forget me; or, if' you remember me, to think of me as the most wretchea, and 411 -fated of ,mene as one who iss •libund hand an1 foot, and tonipelledi driven, along a path against his well. I dare not Say allY More, dare not tell you what tiles sweri- flee costs me. nehethee you forget or re. member me, I shall never forget you for ,s1ngle inetant, shall never cease to look baolc upon my lost. happiness, as a 01111 looks bale tipon a loot leaven, "Stafford." Ile read it over a dozan—trwenty teams, and every time it seemed weaker, meaner, less ,inexplicable; but he knew that if he destroyed it he could vette nothing bet, ter, nothing that could ,satusfy him, though it memed to him that his heert, would nave expressed itself more fully if he had written only, "Good.byel Porget At lost, end reluctently, he pot it in an envelope and addre,ned it, and turned it face downwards on his table, so that he Might net see the mune 'which had such nywor to torture hie heaxt. Fre was, as a rule, 50 moderate in drink. that the witte le• had taken, supra. merited by We roioor9. made him eel thysically 111 Ole shuddered with cold as atm on he dived into the water, and ae es swam out he felt, for the first time ia hie life, a slight twinge of cramp. At an- other time he would IntVe been somewhat alarmed, for the Strongest swimmer le ebsolutely helplese under an attack of eramp, but this morning he was indin rent, aed the thought struck him thee t would be were for him if he flung up 118 arms aed event ,down to the bottom of the Lake on the' shoree oE whieh he Mid experienced such exquisite joy, each TM. utterable mieety, , we mot no' 0115,011 his way back to tee honee, and went streaget,-.to ble Toone The seem had eemoved Goma 91 the traces of last night's work, but be eat looked haggard and Worn, and there 1101 that, expression in hie eyes which, ft man's weer when be nee been_ battling 'with a* great grief or struggling, againet am 05015 950181011111 fete. . he Ideas:nu was dressing bine he aelced' himself how ho ehould get ti,,h,o letter to Id.a—the only letter lie had ever •teritten her, the only letter he woulid probable, ever write to her. Ile deeiden that hp, tvould seed it over by Pottinger, whom be knew he collie truet not only to delieer the hitter, hut to refrain Iran telliee, wen - 'one thee, he bed been sent -With itfie put it in the pocket of his 5110011001000 and went downstaire, intending 'to go etruight to the stables to find Potti offer . but as ho gent that:nigh the hau. murray, the secretary, same Oat, of the library, and Sir Stephen .caught sight of stofrord through (01(9 081018 door, and called IR him. Stafford went in, aud hie- father rose ftorri the table on whieh was All'VerttlY pli- ed a. heap of 1t 10590 and popoXs, anti talc- ing Stafford:5 hand, laid a. hand on hie shoulder. , • . . "You axe early, toy ,boy," he said, '11 nOt 015110011, to eee you for hours yet; couldn't you sleep? You look rather tired, Stafford; yon 'wore lute Met, nisikt, 'fve111 there was' some exeufke. for a attffe. exoitemont and exaltation.' ae a father does at a, son who 'has for once' gone beYond tno elglet bounds of moderation arid look. ed upon iho vine map too .often. "Yee, i'vo rather a. head on ;hie aneran ing, sir," Gant Staltoial, eniellY, Laceeet ing the suggestion UM Rat exeuse for .0110 ill -looks. "0 drank and smoked, laet 010115 111 580 1 llellaalY do. You look ae fresh as usual, six," he added, with lI11001100100o irony. Str Stephoff threw 911, Ilea With a ahort losIgil "Olt nu, work vaisn't ilniehed last litchi-, my dear boy 1" he Dahl., "And Mem- ray nod .0 have teen nt it einoo govon o'to1; 0 118501 (0 put seam of theee,,pa- pose otraight, before 'Grifrenberg and the r0,Laer,ereeo c.Lc'"4i14." ,ehtoeley?" elilti Stafford. 'tah, 7e51; there will be a gonorea.exod• , Ira A great many of the Peolde were mile ,staying until we eould be mire ve had pulled this railway eel -mute thronglf. Falconer and his daughter—I beg your naraon, my dear Stafford, I mean' 010100101 --Winced of going 1001117, But 0 pereuad- cd them to stay until to -morrow. I thought you would lilto to go to London with them." He smiled as It father Hellos when he le planning at plea.:-.,uro for Itie sort. - 'Yeo, I should like it," liaid Stefford, quietly. 'But eould I leave you here?" ' 0011.100," said Sir Stephen. "The others entertain thenneirea. Ifosidee, it was an' underetood thing you should be free 0.01 589 and come as you pleased, (:), 850111190; yen svould ilIso tO go With Miitlatt' "Of eounse," etheed Stafford, his 0503 rbgowth‘ohig;ofuaftaftlia.,. At,s,alt,leawii:tstete,itfvrionpig thth thble;hold 1,1, upatite,dedepecr it. '... „ -"eteeltnee wanting to Amy 0 little pre- sent for your ladY-love, Stafford," be vtaikl. "I aid id:Icing 1 thotnand pounds to your aredit at your bank, I don't know whe- ther you'll think that ie enough--" "Quito enough," sadd StaltOra, ill it low voice. "Thank you! You axe very genet, 0.6-1" Sir Stephen winced and held up his "What le mine is yours. frets this mo - meat, my deal' Stafford,"" Ise said. _ ,Seafford vent out by the door at the other exid of the ball, and made hie way to the tst,tublee. Jest an he was crossing the lawn the temntation to ride over to Heron Hall ,and lereee the.note himeeli ae. sailed him seroegly."alle took the letter feem hie pocket ' and looked at it 11101,- 111207. But he know that he eared not run the risk of meeting Ida, and with a Mel' he went on towards the etables, carrying the note in hie hall— And as he turned away Maude Falconer let fall the cur. thin which she had raiend at her Window de that elm might watch 11110 She stood for a moment with her dressing -gown bead together with one vrhith, haled, her lids half closed. ' "Ire has written to her," elie 'said to herself. "Hee he broken with her for good, orwill ho try and keep ,her? I would give something to ,see that letter, to know meetly how he stands. 0104 how , I .stanelt I wonder how. he will s9nd 111 He' IS– taking it to then stables. She thought a moinent;.then ehe smiled. "Pot unser!" she murmured. ' Stafford found Pottinger giving the last lovang touches with o eiek handkerchief to Adonie. His ceat and ‘withetcoatwere off; his shirt open at the neck and hie sleevea turned up. He touched hie fore- head with a respectful and -welcoming greeting, end without any surprise; for Stafford' very often paid an early visit to the stable, and heel. more than once lent a hand in grooming a ravorite horao. "Looks -well, air, don't he?" said Pottine ger, priming a hand ovor the giossy bleak and finishingup with .a loving steack. "I'm rather late thio morning; sir." He smiled end looked a 111,011e sheep - 18h. "We bad s little hit, of a jeleillein tion in the servants' hall, on our own .iiceonnt; eir, and were enjoYing oureelvea like our betters." "That% right," said Stafford. Scene. thing in hie voice caused Pottinger to glance at him with surprise and appro. heneion; but, a course, he could nob 007 .anything, but he dropped his eyes re. pecefullyatert ono 110.098 at Sta. LrashagrLdra "095000. you to take a letter for ine this morning, Pottinger," said Stafford. "You can take Adonis; it will exereiee him, RS I than not ride him to -day. Here is the letter. Heron Hall Iles on the other side of the river. I want the letter taken there ORSIY thie morning.' Pottinger touched his forehead. "I know the Hall, sir; I've ridden oviIr there with massages from the housekeeper and from Mr. Davis." "There -will be no =ewer," eald Stafford. ''Siraply leave it." "Yes, sir," said Pottinger. "Would you mind. putting -it in my eaddle-valeet, sire I won't touch it till my hands are clean.' ste,iford put the letter in the wallet, said a few /verde to Adonie and some of the other horsee, and•then left the stable. He heard voiceo on the terrace, and, to avoid meeting, anyone until lie wag com- pelled, he vent 'down the elopo..of lawn, and, seating himself on a bank, lit a cigarette. From her window, Maude Falconer, now attired in a eimple but exquisitely effect. ive morning frook, could see him. After watching him Inc n minute or two, she went to her writing.table and ,wrota two or three notes quickly, and; with those In her pocket, went downetairs and through the hall to the table courtyard. Pettit', ger was still finishine off Adonis, and he drew hineseilf hp and BRIllted Re elm en. tored the stables .As a rale her manner to the serVants and her inferiors was cold and haughty, hut, ae Stateord had discoeered east night, she could be soft and gentle when rine ehom, and ROW ehe sunilea 551 Pothinger amid 0.100 110010 in a raehion that almost dazzled that ingenu. ous youth. At the mime time hes eye bed noted Pottinger's coat and waiatcoat whioh hung on a hook at the etallepost with the saddle -wallet slung over them, The coat vas an edd ono with gaping poc. kete, and there vas no ellen of a. letter in them, or in the waistcoat. InetluctivelY, she knew ,that 10 170010 the wallet. (To be continued.) N 0111,E ItED CRO SS NURSE. Duchess of Sutherland Doing Ifos•• pital Work in Belgiem. Knglish.and Belgian doctors, arid nurses are eo-operating in hospital work in the theatre of hostilities. The active superintendent of train- ed nurses ie Milhcenb, Duchess of fatherland, who wears the white ;blouse, pinalove, end eepote with the little red cross in front that makes up the workmanlike uniform of the French ''secour aux Blesses." She is very a,pprecicutive of the way she has been welcomed, with Miss Gavin, when the treVelled from Paris to Brussels as a member The Duchess of Sutherland. Of a party of French narse,s. They foun<1 a special train Ivo:hang aelhe frontiee, and the Belgians cheered whenever they caught eight of the travellers. When they arrived at Brussels th.e travelic,r,s found that the 13elgiads had evolvedsit remark- able ambulance oroanization. ' The Duchess wats the English wounde'dtreated in Brussels Instead 'of being sent home. "They would he better off hem," elm said, "kr it is a, healthy city, and they could be Sant home or beek to the „front so easily w,hen fit again, Money would be well epent ,on hoeing the,se• rime looked after here." "How -much do yoe propose?" The Duchess said that she pro- posed to raise 626,000 for her work. Did yeu ever thank what a lob of good you might have done had you begun yest6rday mate -ad of waiting until to -morrow., valivollobAll"w4Avtosoa.11,44,41 Apply a few drops, of paraffin to a cut met rt will give lostane 're- lief and insist in the healing. Do not throw away one drop of sour milk. Many things can be made Wieh it if one knows how. , Instead of putting the sugar on tee of the frail, 111, 91015 'bre outtilia- llint's on Cenning it on the bottom crust mixed with 'The eerkie 02 -0.190 catsup and a small portionof flour, according grape juice bottles poPr the 'catsup to the jueiness of the fruit, grows dark almeSt 08 soon, as made, Straw 'sleeve proteetore, similar the pickles eaten at this seiteou el -to those worn by butchers, ere very inexpensive and anewer then per peep aelinirebly, as 'they are and <mei. • remove the leaves of a heed of lettuce easily, eta out the stalk and plunge the heed downward in- to cold water, and after. five or ten initiates the water will 1111 in be- tween the leaves so that they will readily fall apart. To remove red ink' stains, from table linen 'spread freshly -made mustard over the stain end leave for about hall an hour ; then sponge it off and all trace of the ink will have dieappeaired, When rust is stubborn, it maybe removed from' steel by covering with 'olive oil for a clay, thee rub- bing with a lump of fresh lime and polishing in the ordinary Way. At this season of the year it is a good idea to instantly peese.rve amy bit, of fruit that is left over from the table, even if it. only fills a glees ; -you -will -find it 'acceptable in the winter season. - The leftovers of chicken can be 'made into delicious shortcake. Make the laiscuit erust the same as for -old-fashioned shortcake. Spread the chicken between and Pour gravy on the whole.' If you have light-eolored blaek- ets which are too worn Ito use on your beds, you ean make lovely comforts by planing between eat- een or pretty eillroline and tacking them together with worsted. . , ehe year, whieh:i8 Most favor.eble to the _grett,th • '61 MicreSaaVical and invisilile,:forins. Of El:C. The 'housekeepers", wri:te aaleipg the 'reasons for all this. little realizing that they are asking questions .which have puzzled and ommeied the minds of the gseetest 'ecierstists of the last fifty years, The harm IS done bekee aneny housewives begin to think about it. There are ' many, imperceptible form s of decomposition which she cannot „see until the food is whollY spoiled, but she caw leitrn Whoa, conclibione produee fheaea,nd be- ware. • •She ,sees her pickles groiv soft, her bread and cold vegetables inolcie Exactly thle' . same ceases give 'her family Moines or W.Yrge troubles after meals. The same agents that spoil her food 'because they 'have been Swallowed often beingher to play puree during the stuninee 'season, since meat of them week with enormous-- rapidity at the body temperteturewhether they happen' to he in th'e aliment- ary tract or standing eXpesed, to summer air. Cold ham, -sausages, ahel fresh meat Taa,y look all•right and .act all wrong, .when eaten, just tie uncleau milk does, causing all sorts of gas- tric troubles. It is not safe to cut out bad spots. The whole must be thrown away. It ia•more seri- ous to have ,food decompose in the stomach than in the can. The same agent accomplishes both. Only the inost scrupulous cleanli- ness prevents these agents from beginning- work, and when they have onee begun there is no sav- ing food, This means beirig clean in different and more ways than Housewives yet 'realize. It meaes that all who handle food must be cleaner than any, but a few are. It meane, that it is useless to make pickles anel preserves of raw Ma- terials that have been much hand- led and subjected to dirty. air with any ordinary care, The -kitchen itself, in which pre- serving or ,pickling is done, may be .spotless, hut if there is a dirty garbage pail just outside, or per- haps some blacks away,breeding tiny things which ' throw their spores the seeds of ,the. lowest 'forms of plant life) 'into the light and dry stennaer air for the breezes to carter where they will, then the raw material to ,be pickled orpre- served will have dirt on its sur - lace -which cannot be seen and can only be destroyed ley high temper - Metre, or what we call sterilize- tio n . Any one can sterilize foods, to be preserved in some wav lay us- ing enough temperature and for long -enough time, but bath flavor and color are often destroyed by high temperature. A temperature higth enough to de,stroy a spore in .one cooking that is sometimes on 'peas, for 'instance, would cook the peas to a mush. Sterilization means "to apply heat to destroy micro-organisms ,or to hinder itheite vegetating power," in other welds to prevent this tiny .vegetatble form from growing and eating up our foods, Bacteria whieh do not produce spores mai 'be destroyed- at tem- peratures below the boiling point,' but this point is the safest.. Steaan heat is better than dry heat of the same temperature because it stroys these low forms much quicker. Different foods require different times and the same food may re- quire a different treatment at one timetfrora what it doe e another. Manufacturers have learned this to their ,sorrow. The same fruit grown in different localities altso regeires different treatment. It is harder to sterilize foods in glass then in tin; a high temperature is required and this mast reach the centre and be held there, 'Though not aleva,y.s so regarded, cleanliness and proper disposition of wa,ste materials ere great fac- tors- in sterilization. Some processes whichare good for perfect vegetables or fruit with- out bruises are not good' foe im- perfect and beeiSecl food. Bruised Materials must be carefully sterile The weather often , has an influ- ence on the chemical composition of raw matteriels just as it does on the finest vegetailtles in the field,s; the best corn ,spoiling and the beet tomethes.eromking open 119 be mold infested shortly, in the sueshine following- rain. All fruits and vegetables should be cennecl as soon, es possible after being picked and not allowed to stand ,exeosed, Raw materials piled too closely soon wig grow slitny as will perboiled vegetables It may be neees.sa,ry to parboil vegetables, bet if they etand ex- posed atterwsted even for twenty minutes bacteria mity eauee them tit 1 hitfee. Green Itomate,pickle sometimes is bitter on this ac- ' count. .Sealeled and peeled teinai- toes should be ,put in the mute' as soon as pessible, doiag only email lots at a time. Things Worth Knowing. To renew the lustre to leather, apply the White of aft egg with a sponge. If a chicken or cluck IV- tottAlli., titulars it for an hour before roast- ing. It the outsides of wire ecreens a,re given a, coat of white paint the outside world canitob see hi, KITCHENER NOT HEARTLESS AN INCIDENT. OF THE SOUTH AFRICAN. MAR. A Reservist Tells How Famous Sol- dier Cut Short Itis Impri- sonment. "Kitchealer a hard man? Well, I suppose be is. But his is such a peeuliae type of hardness that an - less yen 'have been mixed up in close relations with the man you don't 'get 'him," ein old country reservist 91.55 speaking. "I knew something about Kit- chener," he neontintted, "and if you have ta minute to spare I'll tell you about him. To begin with, a Tenafly doesn't fea,r Kitohener; it's the offi- cers be keep e hustling. 120wo men .oemear before, Kitchener, both wearing his Majesty's uniform, they both look alike to him, even if One of thent has got stairs on hie shoul- ders. Kitchener of Khartoum doee- n't look at the stars, he just, looks at the men, and before they have spoken, hats gob them weighed off. "I'll tell you a little story about Kitchener, and I can tell it to you night, because it so hapPens that I was one of the principal charactiva in it. Itt was one of these times when th.e field marshal and the 'Tommy' cliside,s tthe honors. "In South Africa there were hun- dreds of men raised in rank, with- out possessing the qualifications which King's reguletions insist en in time of peace. As soon as the war wee over, they started 00 send all the nen-commissioned 'officers who had been raised 510 &e field, to echool, to qualify far taw ranks they already held. 1 was among them, but possessing a good edu.eatien when I enlisted as a raw recruit I qualified from details for any rank I maig•lit get before I joined the regi. merit Clash with Sergt.-Major. "Our sergeant -major wa,s one of the finest that ever lived. He could take .one of Gale and Poklen's drill books and give you every word in it front the preface to the appen- dix. It had he.en the figures that had fooled him, and he had been struck off all regimental duties be - toe° the wax for six months so thet 190Cociiii,lodatqtaa telii1Le ,‘sd as soon, ee the war was over, a,rad at the end of --P-0--411:1.1.01)101,91011!101,11110,40tiplogitumulimniummiptiopmuniiimutiliwitillimplimnin--- BEST, YEAST, IN, THE WORLD-. DECLINE THE NUMEROUS IKFEFUOR IMITATIONS THAT ARC BEING OFFERED AWARDED HIGHEST HONORS AT ALL EXPOSITIONS ENV. CILLPVTT COMPANY LuvirrED. WINNIPEG TORONTO ONT. MONTREAL. &he first (school parade ithe orderly sergeants weao paraded at the or- derly room tenth to give their school reports. -1, of course, was absent for the reason -that I didn't have to go. He didn't knew that, and on looking over 'A' Company'e re- ports found that I, who had been juinped from laame eorporai in the field to itaff eerge,ant, was missing, "A bellowing voice from the en-- derly tent called me up: "Why was I not at school? -Did net realize that I had committed o 0.0.'s erime in abeetating myself 7 These were some of the questions that ware flung at me by the pom- pous sergeant -major . I answered, 'Why, sir, bekre the war broke out pcussed for the necessary qua/Hie-a- tions to take me up to the best of warrant ranks.' "The ordeely sergeants, +tenacious of the story that lay behind the ser- geantemajor's elevation to woinrent rank, gave a quiet snigger. Injudicious Prank. - "A few nights later I went out with 'some of the boys.' I must confess that I absorbed more liquid refreshment that night ishan I would have done had I been 'going to prayer -meeting later on. „ "It e was -fully an hour after 'lights'eut' bed sounded that I fume bled my way back over the sand to camp. On the way back we passed the Naatiport station of the Cape Government Railway, Outside were piled up some barrels Almeiro. grapes. The temptation was too strong. It was but a, moment's work to hoist one of Omni up on my shoulder and the mereh back to camp began. 1 with the barrel of groses on my ehoulder taking the iaa'tit lees 80 0000 after the war tha't many of the barbed wire barricades had mit been removed and into one of' these 1 stumbled the wire just catching across the facie below tbhe eyes. My comments were vehe- ment enough to awaken the ser- geant -major. - Ender Arrest. "I presented a sorry ,spectatele when he emerged farm his tent in his pyjamas. The grapes had fallen from my Shoulder and my fame was badly torn and bleeding. I was put wilder close arrest for the charge of felony, whith permits of a non- commissioned .offieer being planed in the guard tent. I appeared before the Commanding Officer on the dou- ble oharge of cltranken•ness and theft, pretty bad from a military standpoint. , was- tried, end four daye 15' ter, just as the Commanding Offi- cer's parade opened out on the 'sand, with the sun pouring down, the nutted of the day paraded at the totramoe of the tent, and I was per- emptorily commended to sibs,xxl to atte•ntion, and mareh to the middle el the peratie ground, where the regiment had assembled, forroing these sides of a equare. 1 woe marched into the hollow of the three sides, the adjutant and officers filb ing the fourth .sicle. Court illiartialled. " The proceedings of a district count marial,' commenced the .a-dju- tent as the coinpa,nies were -com- mended to stand to attention, end the officers drew the swords, for bhe purpose of trying 6— Sergeant E— 0--- on the charee of drunk' ennese and that! "As any 105100 was mentioned, I felt my cap taken front -my head from behind by the zergeent major, who was being pertietderly regi- mental on this occasion. I lied seen other prisoners 'reed out' on the square, end mechanically I stepped mit haeeheaded, two Nees ahead of my guerrls. Yon knew, if you eire a good soldier, that even supposing you are 'heeling your own sente•nce read out, you wouldn't think for one m,oment el doing anything that would ,eause a hitch an thet preceed- ings, It was for this eeaso•n. that I had made a special study of how to de die right thing at the right mo- ment, and ,partieutlarly I wanted to do it wibh,out the, necessity of the sergeant- major telling nhe what to, , Heavy Sentence. "To ettt a long story short, ithe adjutant finished up by stating 'and the sentence of :this court is that the said ' be eon - fined. in the military prisma at Mid. dieburg, Cepe Colony,for the per - id of 112 days.' This of course meant that I lost my reek, too. "The next day I was taken over to the caaivae jail at Middleburg, and was put to work on the rock . pile. I omitted to say that when the p,reeeedings went before Gen- eral Lyttelton, then centanancling all the troops in Cape Colony, he remit. ted 58 clay.s of my se.ntence. • I had just put in two days en the rock pile, when the Prevost Marshal, eame to me, and, comanandieg me to stand to attention, said, 'Left turn, to your quarters, quick inereli.' I meld not understand this at all, .and any wonderment in- creased the next morning when a Cape ca,rt arrived te ooevey 1118 across the.veldt to .my old regi- ment—with permission to smoke. Enter Kitchener. "Again I found 'myself in the guard tent, and the next morning the regimemt was drawn up ie the same formation in which it had been three mornings previously when I was sentenced. And here is where ICiteliener comes in. The offi- cers drew their owords, the com- panies etood 010 attenti' oe again my hat was lifted fnom my head as I stepped forward. Then the adju- tant stetted to balk. The same old proceedings were read owe! and then: 'Field Meeshal Teorti Michele en commanding all his leloijeety'e troops in South Africa,hes been pleased to remit the entire sentenbe on Sergeant El— 0—, and •aelds as minute 5, If itailroad compenies with eatables in their charge are so foolish as to tetore goods in the open – within a few hundred yards ef san infantry regiment, the members of which &to net getting any too remelt to eat, I can only say th.at the; de- serve to loo e the said, eabables. This nen-eananiesioned officer must be released inam.ecliately, — Kitchener, F.M.' Will Fight for llim. "And then you tell me that Kit- chener is a, heartless man Well, so he might be in some epees, but if Kitchener wants me, all h.e.'s get bo do is to .say so. I'll follow any nian who's a hundred per cent. a man, like he 'showed me he wee." Told the Truth. "That ,sailesnaan prevaricated," '`As to bow 7'' "Said this color was fast." "Well, did you ever see a color go more rapidly ,when it ()nee start- ed lo 11111 1'' , lIard Times. "We're baying a hard time get - tong a, jury.'' ''How's Uhnb 1" "The defense won't accept sine,le men and the iproseeution bars all married chaps." 4,07WW`,.ZA Irghtt.'""Z't* OurNewPalene 141%4 EasyOp fling Box Twist the Coin" in F. bAllanle SUFPAO. Ileiviturof-i. Olen 'fikt