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Nations may war and soldiers may fight,
And Emperors totter f
neath their divine right;
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But the King in his
palace andthe yokel in his
� br
shod
Must always and everywhere be thrice daily fed.
dessert
Thefor _ Or now
==and.. ... ,...
always
So economical—so tasty—so easy to make and good to eat
that you should serve it often. Your folks don't grow tired
of dishes made with
BENSON'S PREPARED E'
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RED CORN
because there are half a hundred different ways to vary the
taste and the appearance. Each new dish a new delight.
Keep a package of BENSON'S' PREPARED. CORN handy in
the pantry. It is a prime necessity in the making of sauces
and gravies.
Send a post card to -day for the
daintiest little recipe •book you
ever saw. .It tells exactly how to.
use BENSON'S PREPARED
CORN, and gives some recipes
you will be glad to add to your
collection.
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Selected Recipes.,
Grape 1Viiie.:- Wlash and stem
grapes. and squeeze 'through a
coarse cloth. Alio* one q'uar't sett
water to each rt;lree quarts juice
and 'three pounds brown sugar 10
four quarts juice. Lett s'band in
an open receptacle for six weeks,
covering only with ;pie•ee of clean
cloth, then bottle.
Pork with Chestnnfs.-,Melt but-
ter in a pan and put in a roaslting
piece of pork with a little onion.
Brown well, and add. some Ibou'i1-
Ion, Cook over a moderate fire,
• and when the meat is almost done:
• a'ctcl roasted .,eihestnu'ts without (their
shell's. ' Then finish the cooking,
and se1ve'ithe. pork with cheotnubs
arranged •
lacI 1't.'
Iloltey Cookies- - Mix together
one cwpfirl of honey, one cupful of
granulated sugar, two eggs, well
beaten, tWo level ..te•a o'onafrtls of
soda -and ";a lmbtle dale. A ur
c Add. !Flo
enough to knead into asolft dctuglh,
and let it Stand ovet'night:. In Jthe
morning roll out.the dough, and
cult it into tfancy shapes. Bake in
a slow oven.
Boll's ]i,
c.
y-lJ.11hs is a variation
fi
roma the _usual forms in whioh eggs
appear at the !breakfast table.
Take as many eggs as you 'nee'd,
heat Mlle whites stuff and 'make '1511 -
tie nestle by putltiing the beaten
whites into eneffin rings or small'
cups drop the yolk of;an egg into.
the ce'ntr'e of each nest, and put.
the nectts and the contents 11350 the
oven : to brown. Garnish a, platter.
w'J1'3 tparsley, and serve, the eggs on
buttered ttoast; - _
Cottage Cheese 1 Pte. -Take one
pine, of eet!ta'3e cheese, seasoned
evith iaa1'b ,ancl pepper, •bhe 'stiffly
beaten yolks 'al two eggs. oneehalf
cupful of. granulated 'sugar, one-
half cup!kil of sweet cream, and a
clash .of,nu'tmeg, 'Work all 'bhe in
gredienibs ,together and fill one .pie
crust. Ilrlien'the pie 'isbaked, never
it with the 'beaten •whites of two'
eggs, sweetened with. 'cryo table-
spoonful's
table-
spoon t s of ,sugar.
f 1'1 Let it stand in
the oven a, Moment. Tit is good'
servecl either •warm' Or .eo1d.
Cnetmibrr Fingers. -Cut white
'er !green-.cnctumibees intothin slices
lengthwise, eiprinkle salt over lthem
and let remain in a. cool place for
three 'hour••s. Then wipe away' all
moisture and tli'y the slices care -
felly in a cloth. Dip each slice in
lbeaten egg, then lin ' ground breed
crumbs e,1' :cracker, crumbs, .and' fiy
ltlt.eni in a frying pan in lbubter un-
-61- they are golden brown 'on bot(
sides. `It is a pleasant'clfange to
,serve•eu'cumbers taus with salan011
instead of with'theusua
la.e
lse;sing
of iePaer, sadahid vineger,
Why take chances
by asking for "A
Dollar's Worth of;
-Sugar ?"-
Iiuy REDPATH in
Original Packages
and you'll be sure
of full weight --
highest quality --
absolute purity.
CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED,'
MONTREAL.
.Orange Marmalade. - Quarter
slice and 'thin as possible one dozen
oranges and -four lemons. Do not
peel. Remove seeds. 1'Veig', and
• to each pound add three pints of
corer water. Leib stand over night
01; for biventy-lour hours. -Let si'm-
mer until rind is very tender, and
sett aside for another twenty lime
flours. ` Then :take augur and frnit,
pound for pound, and cook until
mixture 'holdis up peel. It will
'thicken•mome upon standing. 'So
do nolt let get' too thick. Stir oc
'casionaily while cooking to prevent
burn'in'g. Any amount of marma-
lade may :made, using one lemon
'toevery three or.,four oranges•and
three pints of water to apound of
!freshly cut fruit, Seeds may :be
cooked separately and the water
added af1erwalvcl, 11 bitter marina
lade • is :wanted.
ll euseholdl Villas.
Shower hot wager poured'from a
height o't a few feet over a sprained
ankle..
Asi'nile dessert is 'boiled rice
41
and 'stewed figs, or prunes served
together with ,cream,
Onegallon of ioee'crelm, cif 'served
S
on .plates, will serve 24; of in slier
.bet glasses, 30 at least.
Often discoloration on . enamel-
ware may be removed by rubbing
with a :cloth dipped in vinegar.
Salt in ehe oven placed over the
baking pates will prevent the pas-
oP P 1
'try from scorching at the !bottom.
Eat much fish. It is cheap, and
many authorities asseeit i.t ie ,more
hellth'fr1 in summer (than meat.
Eat many fresh vegetables a:.7d
Ruche. They are plentilful a•ncl
den and it is (best t0 eat them
while you can.
Don't eat calmed vegetables.
Conserve the supply for winter.'In-
stead, put up .all the vegetables
and 'Fruits you cam.
Mice have a 0110315 antipathy 'to
peppermint, and a little oil el pep-
permi eprinkled around .their
haunts will help keep !Chem awa4,
The addition of st000'g vinegar o'
dilute sulphuric acid to chloride off.
lime 'materially i'n'creases' its effete
5iveness as a disinfectant.
Ordinary baking soda is ,an excel-
lent cleaning medium for ictal
stains. Dampen a cloth, clip it into
L'he soda' and rub the offendi'nng
ep'otts, -11 pressing i'e necessary de
it on the wrong ei'de of the material,
Vegetarians say that if' ,a ripe.
marrow is.sliced dicclg:ed with
flour, and friend in clarified chip
ping it is an excellent substitute
for''Ibacon, Invalids file marrow
&teamed and served with white
001ee,,
Or, .tlie Belle of the Season,
(.111.prlr1L •XXIV (Oontinued),
Wh,rt splendid condition t)1tt horse,io
in Pot ti ngere the 'said. 'Ila.' coat is
like t a tai 1 aupposo you wore in fho
army?
Of conies Pottinger was flattered and
ass wiecel in .the nieeative gory ecludt
Ant1Y. •
Not but what Mr. S104100d, Miss, Isn't
tie uertioulaa es. shy armygent could' be
I hould' be sorry to turn ,out a badly
groomed neo for: Mae, Stafford's ogee to
rest on, MAX!. Ito'e-0t 1nnsJrearted a ,sins
ter ae a man could desire.to have, but
theta about Ute '•m1e
thing Mr, 14tnffol•1
wouldn G at tr1c1, miss
I suppoeo not," sho said, "Are you go
Inge to ride into 13ryndernloro thee more
Pottinger? If eo: I'ehould be glad if
you would take .•these notes to the linen
d'raper's and tho"-clt,emlet's,'.and bring
back thethnlge I: have nvritten Ler,"
'Certainly, mist,' said -Pett ager;.,then
lie rememberedStxiford11 order; and look-
ed anything ,but certain. "Would it:<10
late in the morning, nlfsot 1 ,have to 'go
ssssnhore fist,`
"Oh, yes oho replied: "Where shall I
put the lettere-in this wallet?'
Pottinger 'anewe'e11 in the alrm.ative
,tad thanked her, .and she lutfastenecl the
wallet, talking lb lbem 0:13 ehe did so. "10
that a, swelling en that near fore leg,'Pot
the e said;- suddenly, pointg to
Adonis..
Pette neer started 'and regarded her with
a Seek of horror, and, of couree, instantly
knelt ,clown to oxamiuothe suspected
member. Long - befer° he. had Come up
agniu with a breath of relief. arid -a, shi.
IngNo 'mi a thorn la nothingthe omit,
tewith 1t, �'rr,he had lookedintothe 'wall
let a a,nd .erten 'Stafford's doctor.
IiOh, 1 +thouglit there was," the said.
am,eou finished your horses?"
\o, anise, ho replied. ,I have the
r-master'e hunter and the mare youride
to ,do yet.'
Sho nodded and .wont Mit of the stable,
humming one of her songs, but she did
not govery far. In five minutes the was
back again.
"0h, Pottinger,• don't trouble about
n r hder•
thous. lettere.' I will ride . into to B y
more mysselfle"
Pottinger woo in the snare's stall, and
Maude stopped h+mr as he: was eoming for•
ward, 'bv ooying:
"Don't troun:•ao; I'll take the lettere from
the 'wallet."
With $taa'ord's letter ;amongst. her. own
tn her pocket,, ehe went quickly, and yet
without apparent hurry, to :her own room
sent away her maid on un errand, and
supped the bolt in the door, Rapidly .she
lit ,her eiiver spirit -damp and heated the
water almost rte boiling point, and held'
the envelope of Stafford's letter over le
until the gum was melted - and the flap
eam0''open. Then she took out the letter.
and, throwing' herself book in an easy
chair; read it slowly..
At first, asthe Dead, her face burned,
then it grewale, and,.still paler; every
word of ,the bitter farewell, of the renin
elation, written as 11 with a. anan'e heart's
blood. stabbed her and tortured her with
the pangs of jealousy. Once she etartos
to her feet, her hands clenched, her head
thrown .hack, .her eyes flashing; a se
perb figura-the tigreos aroused. At that
instant she was .minded to take the 'let-
ter and fling it in Stafford'a face, and
with it fling back the pledge 'which ho
had given her the night before; then she
collapsed, as it were. and sank into a
chair, dropping the letter 'and covering
her face with her hands. She could not,
The otrengtlt of her love made her worth
as 'water 'where 'that love was concerned.
'191origh her pride called .upon her to sur-
render Stafford, She could not respond to
itSwaytng to end fro, with her oyes
covered us if to hide her ehaane, she tiled
to tell lter0011 that Stafford's •wee only
a transient fancy for this' crl, that it
was a mere flirtation: a vulgar liaison
that alto would teach Ilim to forgot...
• IIe shale, he shall!" She cried behind
her hands, as if the words were wrung
from her in her auguioh of wounded pride
and rejected love. I will teach him.
There le no art that woman ever used
that I well not use -they say I am beauti-
ful: if I am, my beauty shall minister to
him as ne .woman's beauty has ever niin-
istered before, 'Cold to all the rest of the
world, I wile beto hien .a -are whtoh shalt
warm hie life and make it a heaven-,
It le only 'because he ail,' her first; if ho
1044 seen ire-- 011, cures her, came herr
Loott while ha• wee talking to night, , v
g Vat
BB a Welting .010 he . •v
even while he s g
thinking of her. But she churl not have
hin11 •Shekeep hashi..los�t sand I have won -anti
I wIll ll" '
Sha dashed her hand across het oyes,
though ,there were no tears 'n them,' and
-stood nppright holding herself tenacity no
if she Were battling for calm; then 'she
repined the poignant letter in its en-
velope, and wont back to the etoiblos.
Again she met no one, for thole w'ho, were
dawn were in at breakfast.
I have Changed my .mind again, Pot.
Finger, ehe said; "and will be glad 11
yyqu wi'l'l take the notes, please. Sae,
1
hove put them 'back in the wallet." '
' Cortafril , 'miser said' Pottinger, and
la':touched hie foreheadtwo or,, three
times, end colored and smiled awkw•ardiy
and looked at her with a new and vivid
interest. One et the maids hod run' into
the: stable, during Mande's absence, and
hadtoldhim the newo that his mneter
was engaged to Miss Maude Falconer; for
the. eervanta,.who aro 00- quick to die..
cover -all oar little secrete, had already
learnt this open .ono,and the servants'
hn7.1
wee bn00100 with it.
CRAFTER XX:V.
That morning Ida, carne downstairs.
singing. net: loudly, but in tho eoib under -
10:10 :which a girl 00000 when she is ea
promely happy aril ehe has hopes of gee-
ing the cause o4 her happiness very goon.
All through breaddnsb, 'while Mr. Boron
read iris lettere, opening them and read-
ing '. them stealthily as. usual, her -heart
viae singing its I1ovee.song to her, and .she
was -wondering whether oho would meet
Stafford by the stream. or among the
hills. That elle t11o,n1d meet, - him she felt
had vet failed to
Live for he . 1i t rover 0
qt min,
leave the Iran eructs at the Vida to caro
over to her every day,
Perhaps ho had .spoken to 111s father,
and, in the wonderful way men have, had
sweat merle all the obetaclee which stood
against their. union. He wee so strong,<so
Self-reliant, so meetorfibt--though so
gentle with Iter --that suety no obetaeles
could. stand against him, -She wile so rub -
sorbed in her thoughts that she -almost
started when emelt appeared and, look-
ing from her : to Mr. Heron, .announced
that Ivir. Wordley,.:the ft5111u1y lawyer, was
in the library. Mr. heron flushed and
oorambloxt hie lettere and papers to.
gether His Ise ecce.
"Wotf't Mr. Wordley Dome ie and have
some break( .st?"..tnggebted Ida. But her
father, shaking ` his head impetiontly,
Bata -Shat X1;'. Wordley wa0 0111.0 to have
had :his brorrkfant, dict shuffled out of the
room, "
A few minutes after lee had gone, Jessie
calve infor the dey'a orders, and - -Ida
dragged her thoughts awayfrom the. all-.
0beorbing subject and plunged into
Ifouec-kecping It was not lengthy or a
very elebore10 busineee alto! but when
it was over eesi0 fingered and began
eolleeting the le eakfae .tir:nge, glen IIng
I'It➢Ncr U. ` SCI1LI➢SIVIG
• f0tsareix,
Reported killed killed i'n a•ation,
wa
eiky1nt0d atto:s, pg,aloe , alw ys did whe-
n ahq.
Ea1gq sl
4eicre was fine doings up, at the Vrl a
last night 'Mies Ida!" the began, reetii 1
timidly, for Ida teldem encouraged her
obattore. Theren vas a .ball Lhor0, Such
e tremendous grand Metter 1,There .haa 't
been anything' him 1•t ever -known in ti 413
10111Ary Wieliteros, waa up tho'0 thea
morning and ineie,teld hist that 1t; was
like fairyland, what with ehe beautiful
0,00 -MG and t11o, Snusto.nnd the lodie& rich
dreeme and • ,o'welo, She got ,„Peep
through one of tho open doom and `she
San it quite took her breath away."
Ida lemllod, She was rot envloue; for
would' motSt•ttford come -)000 presently
and tell ler•uil about it: who was there,
with whom ha had danced,. andhow all
the time ho .had been longing to pe by
her eido?
Susie, aaye that the eadiee was beauti-
ful, efisa Ida, and that. the 711oetbeauti-
fal-of-ehem alit'. war Mies^Falconer: Susie
saye.. she had the meet lovely dross, like
a cloud od emelee. with eliamonde epark-
ling • all over it like.stare.
Wrist sounds very pretty and, poetical,
Jessie;' said gds,
Whet 'would he cars for a disco like a
cloud, or the cllamonds'thet shone -like
stars au 11? Did oho not lcnow that he
loved. the little redrawn/bed habit which
a 100101a,rtnstto country lee'weeo,'better
than : the choicest production of Wattle?
Fee, sales," Jeeeto went • on, "end 'Susie,
Gaya .that 1'MMr,"Stafford, the lord'.o son" -
the earinle dale -folk no 'often called Sig•
Seephen 'terry lord" as '-sir"-"danced. ever,
00 anany Limes ev11h her, and the ser-
vante'were easing that ho was making
lovo' to her, and that they shouldn't be
surar.oed to hear teat Mx. Stafford wan
going to marry M es Falconer." -..
oouid" 7101 prevent the color rising
to her afaco,-!but. ebe laughed unforcedly,
and with no misgiving; for elm had look -
ea into •Statford'a eyes ,and read his soul
•ho
111 them.. He ems ]lore let all t
through V
R
'-
women in the world be beautiful ,and
decked in silks and aatine, She ran up-
stairs to put on her habit, leaving 0003310
rather disappointed at the egeot of her
news, and she sang •wbilo She tied the
little thereat •eailor'a knot, and presently
comedown the stairs with a step ae light
no her heart. Ae-sho was mounting and
talking to Jason . about 'the east lot- of
steers, Mr. Wordley canto out of the house
to get hie horse, and Slurried to her, 'bare-
headed, in the .good old war. •
"No, I oan't 'stay," he said in nnewer
to her invitation- II have to be back at
the office; but I111. ride a little way with:
you, WI may. It isn't often I get the
thane of riding with 'the prettiest girl
in the county.. There Trow, I've made you
blush, as I- used to when you sat upon
my knee; and I told you that. little girle
had.: no right .to stars 'for eyes.'
Ida laughed.
• "But I'm a big girl now," she .:.0ald,
"and, too old dor compliments; besides
Sawyers should always. speak the truth.'t.
"Por•goodneso' eako1 don't'epread that
theory, my dear, or we shall alt have to
mut out shuns}'e up,'. he retorted, with
mock alarm.
Ho got on. his old red -roan rather stiff
-
3y, and they 'rode out of the court -yard
and on to the road, where, be. ouro, Tda•°
stnr.like eyes swipe the Mlle, and the val-
leyo loot perchance a young .anan should
be siding there. They rode in silence for
a few minutes, duringwhich the old law -
for seemed -very 'tllouglitfue, sod' glanced
at her 'sideways,' as ifhe were trying to
make up his mind about sometidllg.. At
last die said, with an affectation of casual -
"la' been pretty well of late, my
Tda hesitated for st moment. She could
not bring lremSelt to tell -even Mr, Word-
eey of her father's habit of waking In
his elect.
"Yes," she said, "fairly ,well.. Some-
times he is anther reetlese and irriatablo,
no if he were worried. IIao ho anything'
to 'worry him, Mr. Wordley-T mean any-
thing more than venal?"
He did not answer, and sho 100110d at
him as if waiting dor kis .reply.
I was thinking of what you just said:
that 'yYouwere a big ,girl. So you are,
thouget you allvaym seem to me like the.
lobIla chid& I used to nurse. But the
world rolls on and you have grown into a
woman and I ought to tell you the truth,"
bg'e 11YYie0, acid, at lost,
'The truth l" sho echoed, wati1 a,grr!ek
• ..
Yea, be Odd, nodding gravely. "Does
1 you ofyu inlay
your father ever talk t1 y u n s
my dearP I know that you manage rho
house and the farm; and manage thaw
well, but 0 don't know whether lie ever
tells you anybhing a,bowb the business of
alio scute. T ask because I am in rather
an awkward
'position. When your factor
ddemissed hit. steward 1 thought ho would
consult me. on the matters which the
steward 11,000. to' mauago;. but he has not
done go, and I' am really more ignorant
about 1118 affairs than anyon0 13011111 ere -
"My
lit, seeing that T have been the Heron's
family lawyer -I and mrino--sauce,. well,
say. since the Flood," •
No; my father tells ;n10 nothing," said
Ida.. "es there anything. the natter, is
there anything I should know?
He looked of her grave(ly, con e,0 o1on-
atoly.
' My clear, I think those ie," he said,
"If yon had a brother or any relative
near you would net worry. you, would
not tall you. But you have none, you
are quite alone,. you sea."
"Quite alone," oho echoed. And .then
she blushed as she remembered Stafford,
ural that sho was no longer alone in the
world.
Acid so I 'think you ought, to be told
that solve fa•tller'e a1faii•s afire -ire not no
ta, I Icri.tery as they should be,
I know haat we are Very poor," .said
Ida' in. a .law voice.
Abe 5, -Co," he said, "And so are a great
many of the. (landed gentry nowadays;
but, they will struggle on, and I had hop-
ed . that by some stroke of good luck I
might"have helped your father tostria•
gle an and perhaps save something,,.mttico
sanlo provision, for you. - But, my dear
— See nowt. I am going ,to treat you
as if you were indeed •a woman; and you
will be brave f renew, for you aro a Ife-
ro.n,. audit IIaron-Lt soundly like a pam
doxl-tae never shown the white. feather
--Your : father's affairs have been growing
wore° ,lately, I am afraid, You know.
that the estate is encumbered, thrt the
entailwas oatoff so that you might in..
torp; 'but advantage. hen been oaken of
the 'cutting off the entail to raise emelt
10010,: s1n00 the. °toward. 0010 1110m10sed,
air I have been .ignorant or yam 10111er%
a tell
e to•tl to .
.a��r. Icaur y
and
m, ate s
ave i
hien -tha•t the interest of the heaviest
mortgage •wee long .:overdue, and that
'time anortgagee, who says thatt,lle has ape
plied several Witco, is tb1'oatelt'fng fore-
cilosiire. • I -felt quite sure that 1 should
get the, money from your father tie
•alorting, but, he has but inc off. and
awakes comb difficulty. Re made a o'amb-:
litrg,•almost incoherent; statement, twhich.
I did not undoretand,'thoug'h, to be sure,
'I 1'etened tory in•tently.;. and frolu a word
or t'aid:two thahet—" iocautiou,s.y. let drop, I aur.
a't
puckered
Re ne ae i ::roll frowned and 00.
his lies ae if reluctant to contln ue.. Ida
looked at him isteaslily with her deep grey
eye0.
'Oo 0n," see said. "Do: not be afraid
to tell me the truth. 1 eau beer it. 1
wouecl ralh,r know the Worst know, what
1110we t0 1ase, 1101 some time pest I
have feared my ' father vvS.o to trouble. Do
veal tlnrk I am • ait..toll P10 ee tell me
'In a Word then 111y dear," said tln
cid 10,30 e1 W a1 a• sigh, 1 am afraid
your father lute been speculating,, . anal,
like ninety-nine out o.f a hundred that
do co, h0a been eosnlg: Tt is Hire playing
egteinet the batik at Monte Carlo; silo
main may break it, Inst the advanta.go is
on'. the bank's tido, and for .the one who,
-wine thourn aces 100e. fan you tele me if
there are, any grounds for my- anprchen-
' Ida'vvei silent for a Moment -oa eke ee-
c 'God lice father's manner of .late, lee
habit; of shutting himself up in, the li-
brary, of koelfitie bee: letleee from bei, of
ee0r;e1ing alnace a, and, - above •all, alto
fnrtfvo 01Alte00"ghioh she. load now amd
0303111 0een Mm. ame't at, her, •
I. tem afraid thiet, it is only too true,"
• sho said Mw poor father! What 133 to
be dote, Mr. Weedley? Can' I 110 any-
thing P"
,l7ie odtl Men shook hie head,' He knew
too avelll that'anco a man has really lik-
en to' gamb]iatg, whether it bo on the
SteckIlxehang0,- o0• at' a .green table, or
on 'the burr, ,thorni0 very 11tt1r Hope of
saving hien.
I foal your can do nothing," bo replied',
sadly. "-1 YIeron never'yet broolced inler-
ferene0 even, by.1, 3 nearest and dearest.
leo, you nine, sea' moblling b1)0111 it, Even
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mo
ae he used to do, Now, parvo, remem-
ber' e You are not to 'worry yourself, my
deal,' but to leave it entirely to me,
Things aro rarely ae bad as they seem,
and. there .f0 ahvuys a gleam of light in
the darkest sdiy,Perhapo, cone `lay, we
.eh all eoo':Heron Hale, end the good old.
family en all its old glory; and wJi0n that.
drys -cornea, Airy little X11111 'with th+i star
eyes will queen fe in 'the dale, like one
Of the heron ladies of the past:"
Re patted -her hoed ae lie held it, Pat-
ted and stroked it and looked at her
with a tondex and smouragfulg 3301110,
which made ' Ida'o eyes grew moist, She
lode down. the dale gravely and sadly..
for some minutes' then the thought flash-
ed through 'her mend, warming her heart,
that ,she was - not - Moue, that 'there WWI
one: who loved her and to whom sho could
fly for oonoolation and encouragement.
Yee, it was only right h h :•toll
p gh N ate o 0 void
Stafford all• there should be no'conceal-:
pneut" from lvim. • :
She rode along thehighway looking for.
him, but rte wee nowhere to be seen.
When oho 'eaane ,to the opening by the
lako .sho maw • the-. large, white Wale
gloaming in the sunlight; a launch was
putting 'off : from the landing -place with
men and 'women on board, and she could
almost'fancy that she hoard the sound
,of laughter.. The contrast of the prosper-
ity typified by the great 'white place and
•the poverty de Heron Rall smote her
sharply. She was "poorer even than ehe
had thought: !waist would the great, the
rich eeir 'Stephen say to such a daughter -
'whiny? She watched the launch dream -
fly as it shot cuirass the lake, and won•
tiered whether Stafford wee on board,
laughing end talking perhaps with the
lieeteeiful. Mies Falconer, In this .ma:
urea of her trouble the thought waa not'
pleasant, but there was no jealousy in it,
for in her assuranceofhis love he wag
free to talk and jest with whom he pleas
ed. She turned, and attar makieg cher
usual circuit;. rode. 1e plewarde. Eta she
reached the o4osaro she heater the
seiutal of a horse eami ung from 'the li'dll,.
and she pulled up. her heart beating
fat; then 'itanll,r with disappointment..
,For the bor'm ion came round dile bend and
she saw that 1t was:a groom., He touched
his hat as he passed, and rode 071 eft a
sham) trot - in the- .direction of Brynder-
lmere. Ida wondered why he had been to
the. Hall, eat .concluded that he had gone
there with soma message about the harm.
produce..
When she rode into the etabde-yard,
she saw .Tests and Jason .standing by tho
small hall door and talking eagerey, and
Sessile came .forward, and taking a fetter
from under her apron, held dt out with
a salla.
"Iia ,u'at 00000 from the 03110, MiGs
Oda," she 00dd. "And oh, mise, what I
toed you this manning -nes quite truce
It was •Mr: Stafford's- own groom - ae
brouglut•the note, and he says that his
master is engaged to .'Mies Falconer, and
that the whole place is in excitement
over it. Ho -was ae proud as Puneh,-Mies
Ida; for he says that hie new mistimes is
terrible rich as well as beautiful, and
that there'll be the •grandest of grand do
rage upP chore,"
Tho bloodrmmhod :to Ida'a fano for a
moment, then faded, and she slipped the
note into the rocket of her habit and
laughed. For it sounded too ridiculous,
too dncredible to cause her even a'ehadow
of .annoyance. Sh0 gave one or two or.
dere to Jason then w.ent into the hall.
took Lite note •from her pocket and looked
at the-addree+, lovfugly, itngeringly; for
instinetivelly ehe• knew whoa° hand had
written it. It was the firob lettee she had
xeoatved from Wane what nvould it say to
her? No doubt it was $0 tell her why he
had not been .able to meet her that morn-.
d later n e
to si tar
n to ask her 1 meet h
i
daY- With a brach of anatdendy shame
ehe lifted the envelope- to her lips and
kirsod oaclm n rd.
('1wr0.i
..botteoouwol4nwad.)
S'o.iLore are eup•elsti,tious, and
should Ith° British. Government
inane 'anothier. vessel Ainp'hion' it
enay be difficult to get o crew to
serve ,withou't being impressed..
1,111 VAST 111VEXPr.OI5ED.
Still Work for the Explorer on
Every Continent.
In a recent address to the Royal
Geographical 'Society on the occa-
sion of his retirement from, the office
of president Earl ,Curzon hold( his
fellow scientists .that vast and rich
fields, of explcmoh'iosu were still left
open to. 'them. Explorers and
scientists have done a great deafly
bulb plenty is left yet to be drone.
iNot until the ']just corner of the
earth has been mapped ooad' the last
of nature's secrete wrested from
her unwilling grasp will the intre-
pid pioneer nlee'cl 110 sigh for HOW
worlds to investigate.
A glanoe at any map will suffice
to inchoate how much yet remains t0
be explored. To be sure, the high. -
poi'nts eiif exploration have been
toughed. Both Poles leave beeii
peached, the heard gf ;unknown re-
gione on .every continent has been
penetrated. But between the slen-
der dimes that the routes. of explor-
ing expedition's have woven like a
network over the Tittle known place's
of the earth there are vast spaces
unmapped and unknown .
Nor will honor and glory be lock-
ing to those daring spirits who may
succeed in accomplishing these les-
ser tasks of exploration. The con-
templated 'expeditionx'of Sir :Edward:
Shackleton across the An'tabctfo
Continent promisee to be the most
spectacular- aoh'ieveantent *1 his Ca-
reer, The University of Penn.eyl-
vanta expeciobion in the Amazon re-
gions, under the leadership of Dr. '
F,arabee, leas already oovereel'i'tselif
with much glory, t'hough its 'task is
but half completed.
Thiejs a big earth after all• ;1001
all the centuries of exploitation
have not' s'uffi'ced 'to revealifs every
aspect. There is still -work for the
explorer on everycon'tinenit; and he
lies to -clay the inestimable advan
Cage of the moving picture o'am•era.
He who will fighb the devil with
his own weapon nnust not wonder
if lie finds him an oVerinatch.
TILE NAME."AMI'11IoN."
S000nd Vessel-of'the Same' Name to
Be Blown Up.
There seems to be •a fatality about
the name Amphioxi ias used for a
British warship- The light cruiser
Amplli'on, which was blown up by a
floating mine in the North Sea on
August ot11 was the second of that
name to be blown rip, end en each
occasion 'the 1'o•ss of life was con-
siderable.
The first Amphion waa a frigate
of lthirty-two guns, and she beoamle
quite famous in the ware, of the end
of the eighteenth eentury. She was
in command of Captain Iwrael. Pel-
bew, and on September 22nd, 1795,
while' playing in Plymouth harb,oi',
she caught free and blew up. The
.cause of the accident was . never
placed. C'apta'in Peliew 'aoi'd 'ten
i 'uto
T•e
and v
312 officers men n
crit of ,
on board were lost.
It 'has' always been .customary in
the British 'navy to perpetuate the
name's of vessels that win dietinc-
Alava-lion was
pion and so another
built. She Was of the same'eize as
ib
the one brawn• up in a Plymouth har-
bor. All• ones time she flew the flag
of Vioe-Admiral Nelsen,, and was in
command of. Captain Thomas Har
dy When on the way to Ibe Medi-
terrale1'n to wennland.the British
fleet there' in 1803, Nelson :shifted
his il.Igfrom the Vic;bory to the
Am•ph'ion in order ' to save time.
When he transferred 'agaan 'to the
Victory he 'Look: CsipLaln 11 tidy
with hint.
Captain 1l'i]liaiu Hosie had
dh.orge of Lite,A.nrphion aher that,
and took part in several.: engage-
ments, the most important of which
Vias the ba!iit?e elf Lissa, in the Adri
retic when a Briti.lh squad•rop of
foul vessels, the largest of only
thirty-eight buns, igave battle to a
least ee 11011 J'tcnciu 4011(1 Venetians.
The .Briiisih vessels ea•rried in all
1.24 gnus, against 280 on .the oppos-
ing fle'e't. 7^.n: Capt: Ilesee''1, squadron
were. 883 m'e'n against 2,500. IRao.
Briihish were v1c'to'raou's•, andthe
wars made'the subject of it
F'anS'oue painting, while Capt. Hoyte
and other officer's 1 eOe:ivied) gold me -
Before, the British had an Am
lihi'on there was te vesselof that
octane in the Prenclfl navy, which
was oapitui0d•in the battle' off Oslo-:
arra on Tully 27, 1978, After the
second Anapllmon had, finished her
career of usefulness there was no
Amphloa7 until the cruises' ' was
built in 1912 She could, make
twenty-five anile an hour, but 1101
1•i'ttle op'porbumiity to distinguish
herself 'atter she 'sank the German
'min's -laying- vessel 1i0enig'in Incise,
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