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CBPTER XXX.
- It ,Vare hot ab' 'Weed' Gieera.; nut it. Wee'
liotter atilt la Ilaytair,...,Where.the Beason
therWing to a close with alL'ethe agn
l'ong-sponacrat'' an erbausting:
Solution-. ',Women were waxing, pale under
the prolonged strain of entertainments
tehleb .for the laet week or two had boon
matters of duty ,rather -than pleasnre, and
Mang ob1 who bad entered the lists of
" eteolety w blaiehing and hopeful debuta.nte
with perhaps a ducal tioronet in ber
anind'e eye, .wae beginning to think she
'would -have to be content with. say, the
•etraplerono of a vieountess; or even to.
• wed with no coronet' at all,- litany of the
men were down et, Cowes or golfing at St.
• Andrews; and «thcoo unfortanetes who
were detained in attendanoti at the House
which continued to sit, fike a "broody
hen, no 'Howard sold, longed and sighed
..for. the coming of the magi° twelf th of
Auguat. before which date they aesured
. :themselves the Houae,anust riai. and so
bring .about their long-delayed holiday.
• •
But one man allowed no sign of weari.
twee or a desire for nest; Sir Stephen's
ate p was; light and buoyfort, ae ever on
tite hot:,taayetnent dr Pall Mall, and on
• the still hotter one of the City; his face
• 'was -as ey ath manner.as.gay,. and
his voice. as bright and free from care
. as theee young ratan.
There is no elixir like success; and Sir
• Stephen .was drinking deeply of the deli -
clove draught. He hen teen well kuown
• foi• yeare; 110 wale famous 'now. •Yen
eould not open a newspaper without coin-
• ing "aeon his mama in- the City Aerticie,
and in the flisinionable intelligence.Now
it wao .xeport of the ineeting.el :some
great company, at whieh-eir Stephen had
Peesided, at .another UM° it (motored in
• a graphic acceunt.er a big party, a.t the
houeehe had rented -in Grosvenor Seiner°.
It aims a huge mansion, and the rent ran
trite ninny figures, but, an• llow.ard re-
• marked, at. did • not matter ; Sir Stephen
Was rich enough to rent 'efery house in
the square. Sir Stephen bed taken over
the army of. servants and lived in a, state
Which was little short of princely: and
Xived 'alene.; tor Stafford, avhe " was' net
'fend of 0 big house and still less fond or
• a large retinue, beggeci permission to re-
-main at this own by no aneane,overauxun.
• ions but raiher modest rooras.
It is not improliable-that ke would baree
• liked to bave ateented himself from the
grand endlavish entertainments 'with
whieh lits father oelebra.ted the success of
-hie latest enterpnise; ,but it lens, net pOe•
e-ible, and Stafford was present at the dm-
•.nere and lanehoons, receptions and eon -
00010 -waive went on, apparently without,
a break at Olarention House.
" Indeed, it was netemary that he should
be present and in attendance on hie
Mince )oho -appeared at every function.
• Maude was now almost as celebrated as
Sir Stephen; for her beauty, her reputed
wealth, and 'the feet that Oho -was engaged
• to the:son-of Sir Stephen, -hatl raised nor
to an exalted position tin the fashionable
ererleli-and her name figured in the newe-
na,pers very nearly as often as that of the
great Rummies. $ite had ateinied" from
obecuritY into that notoriety, dor wine/a
we 'al/ of be have Such a morbid °roving,
almost, in a single day; and she queened
it with a languid graoe and' self-posseseion
which established her position on a Drill
.bosts. Wherever tihe went she 'was the
centre and tiniest of -a small orowd of
• courtiens: the men admired her, And the
women envied her; for nowadays most wo-
men would laths(' marry wealth that
gamic, unlees the latter were accompanied
bya long rent woll--and in these haeel
times for landlords, too misty. Beglieli
• noblemeo have no rent roll at all, short
Or Ong.
EXeepting his father's; Stafford went to
•
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very few houses, and spent most of his
tinfe, when not in attendance on gaud*,
in the solitude' of lila own ehambere, or
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„An the sinolcing-roora of one of the quietest
. o his clubs, Short as the Mine had been,
'the anatter of a' few weeks only since he
had Parted from Ida, he had greatly
--.--elionged;:ao changed that not neldoni the
bright end buoyant and overbright 'Sir
Stephen seemed to be younger than Ide
son. He was too biley, too absorbed 111
nunsuit of. tie ambition,. the skilful
• steering of the enter,prine he had so suc-
cessfully launohed to notice the change;
:but it •was noticed by others, and eePecial-
Iv by Howard. Often lie watched Stat..
• fordmoving moodily aliont hia father'S
- crowdedspume. with -the AulnuesiVo faeo
ethich men woes when they lave some se -
ret trouble oz' anxiety which they eon.
• -^ coal as -the Spartan boy modeeated the
fox whit:a was gnawing at his .Vitals; or
Howard dame unOn him iti the corner of
a half -darkened •entoleing-roora, with an
expered cigar in his lips, and kis eyes fix-
ed •on a newspaper which wee never
turned. .
By that 'unwritten code by winch we
are all.governed nowadays, Howard could
:mot bt0uo1g by queetioning his friend,
and Stafford elmwed no signs of Making
any voluntary statement or explanation,
Ole isuffered in ,11. silence Whtch n• e
nein at aran's,length even his closeet
frfend; and Howard pondered and worried
• in e lutile attempt to slices. at the trouble
which had changed fltelford trom a light-
-hearted man, with an immense capecity
Sor enjoying .himeelf, to a moody indi-
vidual to whom tho -pleasures of life seem.
ell almolutely distasteful.,
• • One afternoon Ifolvard sauntered into
Stifford'e noora and tound,him Gibbing in
Otto easy-ohair with a book tanned fano
downwards on his .knee, and bis.nipe in
his Mouth, Ting, the blackand-ton tee -
Iter, who was lying coiled up on a, cutthion
at bie master's -feet, beard Howard 'top
• on the ebairs and barked eharfely for a
moment', 'then slanting at Stafford, with
O abasauring air, ealsd.himaelf up again
and eubsided into apasModie grOwle end
Whines of'weleome; for the mite was fond
of Howard.
"Asleep,. Stare F” bo ealted,•ae he -dropped
Otto hat on .the table and sank on to the
couch By JoVe, yon have 'the best of it
in here -it is oat of 'the sun, .at any rate.
How that dog can lie en a stuffy euehion I
I thought you .were going •down to LatiV
Brook's,, at, Richmond, this afternoon?"
"Was it this "afternoon?" eakl Stafford.
"I'd tea•gotton. I'm sorry; but my father,
will be,tifere and 0411 look after Mande."
Howard glanced at the weary -looking
• to as he helped bimeelf to a, cigesebte.
"You're well out *of it! A laity who
would- give ri garden-earty on' ,such an
afternoon as tbie, S, indeed, la belle
dame eans morel! Good heavenel velten
' 0 • think of the suffering votaries Of
Taehion undergo in one Beason, I've no
nity left 'fox' the benighted Ilindoo women
-who aucrince themselves to juggernaut.
te,hiet .creminde Me that there le or ire-
mendens swagger function on at (Marcie
'den lloliee tomight, len't there?" •
• Stafford nodded, and refilled and rola
• grog," he amid, "I had forgotten it:
but Maude sent me round a note to re-.
• airtind rae Of it. and, of course, I mallet go.
• -i. 0 envy you, Howardi'you can stay amern,".
Sliat I entilt'ilo.e 'said ,Ilowaril
with ,a -whimaleal smile "1.am-drawn:It-.
to the vortex; I am dragged at the, !cher.
; iot ewneals of wonderful' lather o
Youre. age the victim of a peculiar kind
oO faeoination ,which is. es inreeistibie as
the mesmerle influence 'or ItYplintrein. I•
, 'feel towards. Sir Stephen s 1 should .feel
,00.wards Hapoleon the Great, if Ile were
•'alive. I follow and 0000 01 him, so_ to
speak, .with 1117 Ploatfh agape and a fato,
' ,outi einile over a conntenance -which X art
r,• once flatteeed reyeelf vrae inteltigeet.
dazed..,bewildered. by his genine, his
• autlecity, Otto Marvellome courage and ae.
Source. Do, you know, Stafferd, X think
. it would be an excellent idea to abolish
the Ifouse of. Imrds, the 'lleuee of Com.
• .11fona, the motiarclaial rgoVernvient, and
'„nlees the whole buainese in the hands e¢
'a 'board to be presided over by $10 SW.
tafferd drew at hie Oino. grualY and
;Odd nothing, and Howard went on in the
, gentle 'monotone characterietio of him:
• ,lairathe 'Wag, the mysterious rind, pro:
little bird has whispered' to me
• ,tuaii sir 180010110,will not be Sir .Stephen
sepa tenger, In fact, that 'they ore go-
ing to. make a '90010 of Inin very ehorlAy.
Aladvapian 14Y word they eouldn't find a
better -Matt for the plane; for, unities some
, noble lorde yen • and I could imeation,
• Staff, he .will wear Me robes and eoronet
-40 they- ever wear them now 1 -right
, nobly; and 1 or once the House Of Lords
will got a roan who knowsliis ewn mind,
knows whet ho wants nini the. army 01geb
, it: And if you won't take offence, Staff,
And throw thinge at me, 1 ebouid leko to
remark that Ins sOn will' prove a, eve ithy
• wucces.por. Can you taney yourself in a
• eer's robe with a velveteined coronet,
Stafford grunted for reply, and there
Was silence for a minute, during 'which
'toward tamed over'the pages 02 0010 ot.
the illuetrated weeklies ssyluch hay •on' the
table, and enddenly ho looked up eitri ex -
'Dave imu eeen One?"
Strafford sho'olc hia ime.d,
"I mean this portrait of Miss Falconer,"
eahl l/olvard, In a lew voice. "It ig won-
• derfully good," he went 00, ae 01 eontem
- . I
platedthe full:length pietur'e;' ."wender-
- Ole the vapor a...redo and Staffor I
lookedlet it. it was an echnieablerepro--
•duction, of, 0,. photograph of Mende; in,
eveging-drees, and made a iguly- eplendie
'Picture; and looking at it, Ame felt im
stently how well a coronet, even a-cluen,
one, would fit these bevel brows., tenantl
which the eyes leeked out upon- the world
with a eetirCely aerie/fed hauteur 'and We-
deln. A anon might well be proud of ouch
0. weintin fee, his /fixture wiYe; hut there
woe no pride in Stafford's face as .his eY0
dwelt moodily on, the almost perfeet face.
the tall, svelte figure in its loim-trained
robe. The solendor of her beauty optima.
earl him with a eense of shame; .anti wital
an involuntary excearnatien, vh1o4o eound
ed ,sonlething like a 'groan.the lot, the Pa
Per Min .frour his nand, tend drooped Vial
leaner in his chair. The sight of him 'was
more than Howard could bear in sileneo,
and lie roeo and laid a. hand upon Eitel
fordei elioulder.
"What'e'veroug, old man?" he euquired
in a rery low- voice.' "Year are out of
eorts; 900.0e boon oil' color for 002110 tinie
Anot. Of conree, I've noticed it. I've eeen
the /ook you -wear on your face new come
over it at tuornenis when yeti ouglrt to
have been at your best and brightest.
I've seen a, look in your eyes when your
line have been availing that hae made me
--uncomfortable. In ehort, Staff, you aro
getting on any nerves, and although /
knovr it'e like my cheek •to mention the
auatter, and that you'll probably curee 1100
inninclenee. I really tahould be, grateiful if
You'd tell me ethat aile you, atill mere
greteful. if you'd let me help. You to get
rid of it .0 know Pm.en interfering idiot,
but rm 'fool enough 10 be fond of You-It'e
about the only weakness I've got, arid X
am ashamed of it; but there it is."
Ho laughed with a touch of self -eon -
tempt, with an ttempt at his old cynt
eism; but Stafford understood the ficti-
tious character of the laugh; and as be
leant hie chin in his hand., lie gave a
short nod of anknowledgment.
"Howard, do you remember that titne
when you aud•I were at Palermo?"' he
said, in a IOW Toles, and as if he wexe
communing with. himself r other than an-
swering- hie friend. "Do you remember
that Italian we met there. tbe man who
seemed 00 057 and careles4, the mum who
appeared to have everything . a fellow
could. desire, and to be fife -embodiment of
prosperity ant). suecees? Do you remain.
her how onee or twice you and I saw a
strange look on nis filen perhaps while
be Wne at dinner or fooling with the wee
men in the salon -e, look ae if ho had sud-
denly remembered oomcthing, as it some.
thing had flashed upon his mind, in the
midst of the. laughter and musk: and
brought hini fame to face with bell? You
pointed him out to me one night; and
we wondered what vim the mntter with
him --until he fell off his horse that day
Yon and I were riding with hire? Do you
reme.tnber hew, when we lied unbuttoned
his ridinges'hirt, we found the 'D' that had
been ;branded on his chest? We know
then what wan the matter with hint. He
had ibeen a, deserter. The pain of heft
11.0n had died ont long ago, but the ecan
remained, Ole wae no longer a common
soldier, but rich and prosperous, a social
suedes; witb, pethape, his ambition vat!,
fled; but the 'IV was there all ,the time,
and every nOW and then, oven 'while be
was 'enjoying' bimeelf, he could feel .the
Lot iron burning into his flesh, and he
know within the miserable little soul of
him that he was 10 cur and a coward:.
that driven bY fate, perhaPs by some dev-
Dish accident df • circumstance, be had
loot Ins honor and sold himself to the
devil."
Howard's face went pale and grave,
"I don't eec Where the applicatien 0011105
-in, Staff," he said. "I don't zee, that any-
thing in your ctase-positton, resembles
tbet poor wretch's," .
Stafford rose, his face grim and - stern.
"No; and I can't show you, Howard,"
ho said "Do you think that Pooe devil
'would have bared Ins, breasb,and eliown
that 01)' to even Ins dearest friend? Good
gracious, man, why do yott badger me!
Ant I to. wear the cam and bells ahveys,
7011 expect tem to he det»oing Ince a
clown. every moment of the day? Do X
not play any part . as well ae I cam? Who
gave you the right to neer•and pry"-
He recovered suddenly front t7ao fit of
fury and gripped Howard's arm rus he al-
most shrank back from the burst of des-
pairing rage,
"Forgive me, old man! I didn't menu
to turn and rend you like this. I know
you tsee there is something wrong 'there
le. But /Can't tell you Or any other man,
There arb Rome things that have to be
borne in silence, some anarke of the brand-
ing -iron which one dere not show to even
One'e dearest 'friend."
Howard turned aside and began to Pitt
on his glOree With great care. Rio hand
shook end Ins voice also, slightly, me
without rateing Ins heed, he ertitl:
• "Sure there's no holn for it, Staff?'
"Sure mid certain," responded Stafford.
"Hot even 'your wit a,nd wisdem. (fan he
of any' avail. I won't aek 700 not to
sneak of tbis again; it isn't necessary;
'but I will ask you never, bar look or Oign,
04 remind me di what I have Just said to
yen, ' 00 eecaped me uttaweres; ifut 010
keep ft better watch on Myself for the
future, and not: even the knowledge of
;Nur elmimithy shall lune another Inman
out of me." He made a gesture vitt his
hand and threw his head back a3 if he
Were sweeping something away; and in
something like Olio usuel voice lie said,
evith tolled, calmness: "By the way,
Maude asked me to tell you not to be. bac
toulight; to come before the crash ar-
riven. I think she is relying on you to
help her in some way or other." .
Howard nodded, and Speaking with Ido
usual drewl, said:
Wake and call me eirly. mother.' I
will be there in good time. Miss Falooner
doseone the great honor of permitting me
to natter inyeelf, that 'I am. sonietinnas of
motile slight service to her, 0 iraagine it
ie something about the cotillon,-, concert.
ing which I aril absoautely ignorant, and
am therefore capable of offering min
amountof advice. I am a, 'whale at giv-
ing advice, and any only consolatiou
that no one 'is ever fooliell miougli to Tot
lew it; so that 0 can humor any little
foible •withoat euffering the terrors of re.
spottsibility. Au revoir;nfy dear Stafford,
Until this evening. Goad -bye, Tiny! What
a e2fl01i little beast it is; he won't even
raiee hts been!" .
„Stefferd leughed aud picked up the dog
by the eeruff, of its neek and it 1lostiled
An Incident of the War.
French rea,valryin.en aiding a wounded eamrade.
voted courtiere who Will throng round 70U
in the hopeless pangs of deseter--"
She repeated the gesture of impatience,
"Hare You seen Stafford .to -day?" she
Biked, looking down.
"I eaav hint a few hours ago." he rePlied,
"et his rooms."
"At his rooms," she repeated, 'with a
alight frown and a quick glance. "Ole
Promieed to come to Richmond. Why dui
be not do so? Is be -ill?" .
"III?" said Howard, raleing hie brows
and mien:4, tor he knew the remelting of
loyalty to a friend. •",1 never saw Men
hiniiaberitotueer.emirite in. my nee, he was quint
Her eYee flaehed upon him keenly, but
he met them them with bis falow, egtalcal
smile.
"He must have 'been very different to
Whet be usually is," she said. "I have
not seen him laugh eince-sinee we left
liryndermeam." Her lips came tightly to-
gether, and she looked. at him and then
away bora him. "Mr. Howard, you aro
hie friend, hie closest friend, I want. you
to tell me-- But, no•, you 'would not,
:sneak if you Were on the rack, would You?
No one sew, no ono aneaate' it is 014
who, always watching him, 'see that ore
is something wrong. And I -X eo
helpless!"
The outburst was so unlike her, tee
dropping of the mask of pride and Self-
noeseesion Wan BO sudden that Howard
was startled; but no sign of his emotion
revealed itself upon the placid lace, upon
which Ins serene smile -did not •waver for
en inetant
"I think you are aValling yourself of
a ladY'e 'privilege and indulging in a
faney, Mine Falconer," he said. "Stafford
is perfectly •well, and, of course, is pen,
featly hanpy-how could he be otherwiee?"
lie bent hie head slightly, "Perhaps be
may be a little tired. Alas! We aro net
all endowed with the splendid energY
which the gods haTO beet0Wea On Ton and
Obr,Steohen; and. the tient is enough to
gtaifitteed.the baolrbone mat of anyone less
She cemented a nigh, as 11 the ;understood
that it was useless to ammo to hint tuna
after 001)0000 Howard said:
"You haven't told 311e the great secret
She seethed to wake from a reverie, and
saki, listlessly;
• • Xt -will not be ft secret for many hours.
Sir Stetthen is expecting tho peerage tip
night. The offieml intimation should
have reached him by anlettladr; but the
wrime •minieter did not retunn to London
till this afternoon end the formalities
veto pot completed. thing it will be
announced to -night."
(To .be continued.)
.14
1
REVENGE AFTER 44 YEARS -
How the • Second Rattle of Sedan
Was Fought.
During the stratte,gicae retreat of
Oho allies .southward from the Bel-
gian frontier, the French traope ex-
acted from -the Germans bloody re-
venge for the Feenab defeat fat Se-
dan 44 years before.
On this seine battlefield, second-
ing to the Paris oerrespondent
the London Daily Mail, the Ger-
inane suffered one; of the wonsth de-
feats Of their present invasion. They
weee led into -trap -whieth eost
them tbouttra,nrds of men, he says.
The French could 'beam held ;their
position indefinitely; but strategy
required thern oontinue felling
back with the remainder of the
allies along the line. Here is the
story of bhe seerond battle of ehe
Sedan, as told by fare reerrespon-
clene: •
"The Freneh general ordered his
troops to fall back across the xiveai
agarnet him lovingly, and licked' his and take up prosations on the oppo-
cheek. Howard event downstairs, etill put. Site, height5. The bridges were
utibing on his gloves, and fie he opened thei
door, he ewore under his breath fervently.
led but were left standing n
order to .cleceave the Germans into
thinking that the French were, re-
treating hastily. The rage 'mewed,
ed. The Germane advaneed across
the bridges in elese formation.
When several German, reetmenes
r h
had erhosse , e I xeno ew up the
bridges and the French artillery
isiartecl firing et a hundred Gerraen
columns; which retreated bast* to
Silo diver, only to finrcl, the bridges
CHAPTER XXXI.
In, obedience te Minn Talcoper's 0/01.
mad, Howerdipreeeuted himself at Clar-
endon Hbuse "at a -eotimeratively early
hour, that evening. There -were Some
gueile staYing tn the house. Among
theta Lally Olaneforti, who wan etili ob.
nutter etiousa to ratty the part of presect
tag genres; but they were all resting,or
dressing for the bell, and the drawing;
reonv eeto which. a,..conple of superbly
tiareried ;footmen ••ehowed. Howard. wae
empty, . Rat presently he beard the .feon-
Iron of satin, and Maude Palconer swept,
in; nee beauty, the .splendox ef her dress,
the ,flashing o3± 'the diamonds to km: hair
and' on her neck and arnis, her 1111.1111 111'
prenence, almost inatte Reward (made Ilia
She came in evitli a languid grace, the
air of hauteur which vatted her $o well,
but as elle eaw that Reward. wain 1110R1,
the languor and the hauteur almost elis-
appeared, end she came rove/filet and gave
.him her hand,' and he saw e look on her
Dice which reminded him of that 110011 the
HI -fated Italian, remark it die not re.
semble it. Poe the host tithe he noticed n,
ehnile 91 anxiety on the level 'browceome-
thieg like a pathetic curve in the perfect
07 nooul40)i bios; 101,1 1)e 0 0.100±040 atirelObmteln'et
Quiveree. - • .
"le, Staffor;i not wit') yotir, Slie naked.
thought lie was coming early. His fa.
th,eatfro,ex0P"ettilleedhhnal.0"ne,"
."Ilut no (Minn Straftoed' will be her 1)11/'
01111117.0
• She Mend, anon and itatuehque, but
with her 0700 (10400a0t. for a moment,
then ehe reieed them and looked at him.
"About this canton," eh e teen
elle broke off: "Do You afttow;whitt le go.
ing to happen re -night? It is a eeexet,.
but -but 0 feel as if anuet tell ' you;
though X nen ,betraying lir Stephen'COrl-
firlenee. ll e tells Trie everything-anore
than he tees even Stafford, litrapge as 11
MAY Seeln, ateesee 18 10114 of me:
"That dOes not seem strange to me,"
maid Howard, avith a little bone .
.She made a slight gesture dt impatience.
, 'It seems. extraordinary .1,0 Me," elm
sada, wee: a emelt of hItternees, "So01w
T11000/10 are fend Of me." ,
How n rd
'Tor 01101 0 awn; be ;teeny of 000tradia•
fag lb lady," he said: "When X refteet that,
to.night 0 alual rovm ono of a bend Of do.
"The lzrence regiments then ee1.
advanced with quick firers and the
ntereilese • relaying contintied
due, Many Germane threw down
their anne and attemptecl to ewiee
the rivree, and large numbers; were
drowned. When nightfall Quote the
French brought up reestarehlights !and
c.ontinued the work oftearrnage.
"The ;artillery threw rebells ab bhe
rats 0,11 dozen !rounds ra, minute
into the Getrmran ranks, .and varied
its titetics ,by throwing incendiary
shells into the forest whoa, part of
the German feeee had takeyi areruge.
The burning woods, lit up the wholo
front fifteen milee,
"In the swelling de armistice of
two- hours was granted to !allow the
Germans to bury their cleical. The
Feeneh had ,s,ufferrecl the lose a only
a handful." '
One on the Other -Doctor -You
should take three ox four eggs daily
for a meonth eo 'build you tip,. Pa-
tient -But doctor, 1 cennot afford
Deabor-Well then you must
take a bin to Europe,
laAvere..ovircioa..a.
teareasfaa
, Seleeted Recipes.
TeraMinute Cabbage.-Ohop a
;cabbage as fine ns kr 'salad. Have
ready a kettle of (boiling ,water.
Seat the water and put the cabbage
in. Let the weter boil aitaetly feu
-minutes, and then drain it off, Sea-
son the cabbage with pepper, salt
and butter.
•
Cider Apple Sauce. ---Boil font.
quarts of new eider unti•1 ft is re-
duced to two quarts. Add enough
pared end quantered sweet apples
to fill the kettle. Cook ;slowly over
a moderate fire for four hours. OA-
siamay be added if desired. In a
cool place this apple sauce may be
kept in '0 3300010 Jar withotrt sealing.
It may 'be served with almost aty
kind af meat, but it is pareicularly
good With roast pork.
Liver and Bacon Entree. --Cut
'four Bikes •of fried bacon, four
slices a iried ..aati two med-
ium-sized boated potatoes into very
small squares; add two eupfuls of
toast exumbsetsalt and pepper, to
;taste, andet „little savory. Place the
mixture 1110 11) belting dish, and pour
over it one pint of milk with which
you have mixed two ,well4beattee
eggs. 1Sprinkle grated cheese on
top and bake until brown. Do nob
tallow it to 'become boo dry.
Salmon and Green reilS.--Drnp
a can of eahnon into boiling waiter
and thoroughly heat. Open the
ean, drain off the liquid, break the
salmon up and spread on •a hot
platter. Have ready one cart of
cooked peas, Make a white settee
and heat the peas in it. Pour over
the salmon and serve hot.
Sous Cream Cake. -One eup !su-
gar creamed with one heaping
tablespoon .butter, .two eggs CMG
teaspoon vanilla, one -hall cup
sweet tnilk, one-half cup sour
aream. Stir one scant level tea-
spoon of soda into ,the eour ezearn
and one rounding teaspoon of bak-
ing powder into two imps Of flour.
Balke either in layers or loaf and
tfrost witlemarshinallow frosting.
Blared Iced Ceenas.-Lay a sponge
•cake one wnda half inches on km
thick pastelbelied a-nd place it upon
a granite biscuit pan.. In the cen-
tre of the calce place a brick of ice
rereaan, Cover the cream closely
with a meringue, of beaten :whites of
two eggs, with two ;tablespoons of
sugar. Be' careful that the merin-
-gue covers every particle of the
cream. Spribkle with &lopped al-
monds; -001 elicecl marshmallows.
Place in a hot oven tell slightly
browned. !Serve at once. Cut in
alices on ice cold plates.
Molasses Cocoanut Waters. --Boil
two euVfuls of molasses and one
eupful Of butter togethee for half
an hour. Add one -hale cupful of
'ear, to -thirds of a, cupful of (le -
'sweated ebcopout, and one tea-
'spoonful:Of soda. Boil the mixeure
ten 'minutes, and stir it constantly.
Deep it 11n. small lumps on st butter-
ed pan, and bale the lusaPS until
;they. Ibubble. They rsbenld. be .svell
;separated born one., another, for
they -spread much in baking: To
prevent the wafees ;from sticking to
'the pan, remove ,thein as SOCM as;
you take them front the oral]. Uee
this laceipe itt cool weather.
Samna Pineapple Dassert.-Bour
,one can oa ehreekled OY one jar ,of
peeserved ,pineerrole into a deep
dish. Add about one-ceureter .of
pound of marshmallows cut in
quarters, If canned pineapple is
urseci, allow more marehmallows;
preserved pineapple, less mettle -
mallows, 'for they sweeten, the des-
sert. Let the"maxtute stand over-
night in a cold piece. 'When you
are ;ready to !serve it:, whip hall a
pia of thick cream, and ewe -thirds
Of this to the mixture, and stir 11 ±11
thoroughly. (Serve it very cold in
Tench lean with bb e rest Of the
-crease; to garnish the top.
Noy 3'0101441d yrozce,
Toast ritireeineci broevn '/.3 -read until
it is crisp, then roll ov griud it in a
chopper until 10 ±0 fine. Allow one- e
-hall of a elipful of bread 1,0 each -`
pint of exesum. ;Shell tool- blanreh tri
;filberts, riiast ,thean slightly, and pyi
grind theta exceedingly fine. Allow in
• ne cupful of nuts to each pint
ceeam, Beat the, white af-tdv.fa
,entil it i's dry and stiff, and a
•'slowly a ayrup. made of one cup
Of' Finger and one-third Of a oup
of water codked to '218 degre
Continue to beet ,the !mess until
• is retiff and !cold; add the pint
heavy cream, beaten ;stiff, and
'nubs and bread. Put. the inixtu
into a mould, back it with ice a
'salt, and leave it for lohr or II
heurge ' ' ".
- Whole AYlitett •
"Gingerbreful
,
Four tablespoons fingtir, one -le
cap butter or lar,d, retro eggs,,
cup's flour'," twe rcupe 'whole whe
flour, one teaspoonful baking eocl
one-half cup •;seeded raisins, on
half ,eup ehopped ' Wahrut mea,
three tarblespoenrs ehopped, eltro
one and one -(half, -cup ayrnp, OD
half teaePoon "ground mace, o
•teaspoon ground (ginger, one ,te
epuon ground- cineemen, one -tine
ter ,cuptful sour milk. Mix flou
add epicee, oiarota, raisins aect nut
Melt lautter, syrup and !sugar, Ile
'cool. Add 'them •with well-heate
eggs and sour milk in• whielaeoel
has been dissolved, to dry ingr
clients. Mix well and bake in.
well -greased and floured tin in nt
derate oven kr one hour. Whe
baking graham bread, or who
wheat 'bread raised with yeast,
three tablespoonfuls of eyrua an
a half teaspoon:fel of ;baking sod
are adde.,d, ilarstead of sugar, te
bread wide !remain moiet longer and
-will not erureble so easily.
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Mending Hints.
If a glove eplits at the thumb or
near a seann a sure and perma.nent
wary to repair it is to battonhole
the kid either side the then
sew the ;buttonholed edges together.
The result will be a new firm seam
that will never law again. When
buttonholing be sure to tale a. good
hold of the •kid, otheewise the
stitches tvil/ ottt from the kid.
All ;gook -lugs, no !matter whether
eilk, lisle thread or 'cotton, Should
lbe darned with darning silk. It
makes a neater darn and is never
hard on the (foot, and also lb wears
better. Darning cotton is usually
poor stuff,
When a hand embroidered blouse
begins to show wear and libtle lioles
•appear, simply buttonhole around
the tear or embroider a dot aver
ehe worn place. The effect will be
good a,nd the lakutte will last wadi
longer if repaired in ;this way.
Ilousehold Hints.
gettn. tarnished silver with a
Piece of eorhanon raw potato dipped
in baking zoda.
• Tin and iron should not ;be:clean-
ed when hot, as they rttst. They
should be well dried.
Linoleuan which has been ;rolled
and put away tan be prevented
from cracking by placing it for a
few -minutes ila frorit of fire be-
fore it is unrolled.
• When ironing have.a number of
coat hanger's upon whieh to put
a'aiste, bhildrenis dresses, etc.
Before ele.aning knives on a knife -
board ;dampen theta slightly. Tlhey
clean more quickly Ealii gain .a bet-
ter polish. -
To bake .potatoes quiekly, plot
them in ,seltecl w.ater and boil ten
minutes, then prit them into the
oven and they will, be heated
through and tso will .bake less eime
in the oven.
.11,,ipe ;tomatoes are exteecliegly
gobd kr the complexion. They may
be rubbed on the fece, neek and
hands and ,allowed to dry, ,then
washed off with deer water. They
are very bleat:biog.
If peaelt etains ofe removed at
once they will ;come out readily; if
nob, a bad:brown stale will ibe loft.
Wet the spot with cold water,
stpreacl on aethin laYer of oream of
tertar and lay it in the rsun.
For delicate personfs who are
weak and anaemia ;the nourishing
qualities oa linseed tea will he quite
a revelation. It producets flesh, .133
sofothing and laxative and easily
digested. •
Little squares of blotting paper
hung in tate dress closet, moistened
once a week with perfume, wiR be
found to be most efficient sachet,
for the odor oteins to permeate and
remain in the garments longer.
It ie a good plan to pepper ear -
pet thickly just where any heavy.
p ace off ;furniture • has . to rest on
it, at ehis helps to keep the moths
and other insects mesa. ,
Never throw away 'cake no matter
how dry -;but the next time you
bake a onatard 'slice it. 'oil top be-
fore, putting in -to the oven. This
ina,kes a -delicious caramel crust.
Befolie derning stockings, hold
the reerd Or skein of wool over the
epout of a kettlo full of. boiling wa-
ter. The steam shrinks .111e wool,
and when the stockings are again
washed the mended portion will not
shrink ,and tear the other parts.
iAs egron ite the celery has a 'fine
lavroe 'combine it with oysters for a
salad coarse for your .Sun.clay night
tea. ,Fry half a dozen large 0700e10
rolled in ceapker or bread crumbs
10. 10 24)1911 and so± 11110101 .a.way tnolueloolf li,trithaertrl
add ;six tables-poonfuls oil celery and
A Lessen. lo
toArtd moir thisiVd1ToOes.11/10anae,OcXiot;i1As,;algw11.11.fys
youn,geet ;son kiele Savroifite pup.
Your ainanitenetly young, cub 1"
roared the irate anyone 'ttlew Clare
you kick my clogl teach you
how .to behave yonesell better 1"
'When the offender had been sound -
17 thrarshed tbe father wirpecl the
p e reed ration 01-0111 fo eire ad .
"Lea -this be ,a lesson 'to you," he
said, "how to break any dogs 1 And,
now that !think of it, you've been
disrespectgul to your mother
la71}1.e.::iftOrnan .bellie,g a story ,sa,id
lay aim irs always to tell the
Oa.", "Yes," ;said hyother
vete, "but you're 'the worst shot
;the regiment."
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THE AMOR GERMAN ARMY thsmel,:eiL:a. couple of hews.
AN ARTICLE S11OWJNG ITS
WONDBRFUL DETAIL.
United States Newspaper Corres-
pondents Write
of It.
Six Amerioan newspapermen' , re-
presenting Varloue newspaperre and
•news assoahationsa-1,rving S. Cobb,
Roger Lewis,* John T.,1VIcOutcheon,
James 0. Bennett, Heavy Haueon
and Arnold Desalt -taut themselves,
arrested intentionalila by the Ger-
ma,lle in Brussels in, ceder to get
within the Germain lines. They have
been permitter to fallow the Ger-
man army provided they keep twen-
ty miles away ;from the firing line,
'Phey ,a,re having the tiane of (thethr
liver. They axe extremely wen
treated by the German offieens. Osie
of the lettere smuggled out, 'contains
the following interestingeletaile/
the thoroughness of the Getman
army organization :
"Before the, present war began
no one outside 03± 01 few in the aemY
Icnew the "color *f the uniforms that
were to be worn. Four million new
unifoyans made of the Randier dust
colored grey that blends so com-
pletely with fa landscaaer, awaited
the men who w.eee ;to wear .thern.
Double Buttons.
"An item in the snaking ol tbliese
unifbrese illutetrates the German in-
genuity vela thorolighoeas ;of Wen
-
tion to minute details. Surspendee-
hattuna were Seerel doubly upon
trousees instead of ;singly, ea that,
ia ease df-'th-e bursting of e, button
under 'the ',strain of Moving anal-
leby, .soldier simPly molves the sus-
pender !plata to the twin buelon.
"In four million lockers, in brae --
reeks throughout the ernipre were
these tutifoims, each locker marked
with the narnae of the man who, wae
to nee ehe oontents. In each ;backer
was fa oottn,pierbe unif.o.yan, under-
clothing, tocks, hoots; helmet, rifle
already keeled 41.33G1 oiled ready ;foe
instant use, 33)110 100 canteen alreedy
filled witth fresh water, Ewalt clay
this water into been replaced, by
fresh water,
"In .eacth locker wale a atone pa-
per bag with 'string !attached, and
on the ,bag tears written the address
to where it shorufld be isant Wthen
the meter .bo mobilize earner every
intern subj,ect to ital. first *all rto army
duty consulted his badge and found
that he wars to go tat once to a, oar-
-been locker in a ;certain place, and
in that locker the would find his
complete equipment.
Amazing Detail.
"Arriving lath ditbe locker he was
.to put on .his and in a few
minutes he area 0 soldiee, complete,
from the &ilea el hie heavy hoots to
this eari. Almost instactly he woe
ready fora the, field
"He was, then to weep bis eitizen
Clothes in the paper, ,a,Irrearcly !ad-
dressed,. rand leeve the bur/idle by
'the looker, from Where it would be
collected and rsent to hi -home,
"By means of !slab tho.rough
&Ahern the German army WM inle-
bilized wo quiokly anrcl webereatifeality
menr, evdii baud, were `.reardy fo
"Even the German reservist in
distant ,eountries knows that
uniform is waiting for him in os!
locker fee wbich he rea.yries the key.
'The sweet of German military
efficiency, said a Germain, offieer,
Ives to good; infant:fry, good cantain
and goad cooking. Every morning
the eoldier.s, axe given 00o !hot break -
fest. They 'March 0-t fight until
noon, when they lane given a hot
lunar '; then they meret or fight
have00 hot sapper, and
Emergency ItatiOnS:
l'Ortan ,tn the evening 1.. have
heard soldiers ;tinging, even after a
long, gruelling day On ;the field or
on the march. In :the windows, of
thoiv quarters 'they may be seen
gathered about in groups of singers,
while through other windows may
be eeen the officero Poring over
maps.
'These rations,' 'said one of 'our
officers, 'are 'placed in little tins,
where they remain good for years.'
Re looked at the dote on a, box of
lintel and, said it was packed in
191r,
" will be goodi until 1931,' he
remarked. -
`'`It was like vintage zoup.
"Vrom one 'fin lan excellent
eoup its anode, sufficient for. 0.050 0133301
A n stogie meal. '
"Wibh Ithree hot meals a day it cis
not to be wondered that the Ger-
man soldier is SG sturdy and effi-
cient. A Idolr at a column of march-
ing men dhows theta to be hard 47
muscle, with the strong, lean faces
of wen 1 ispencltid- training.
"The German army supplies fine
fiekl glasses to its commissioned and
non,canarnissioned officers, but in
many eases the- officers like .to pro-
vide their own glasses.
Carries No Tents.
"The Gorman wormy carries no
tents. Its officers and ,sokliers are
quartered in the houses of the
;towns and viitingen through which
the array pasfses. Every th.oute must;
fuenish temporary quartera accord- '
kg to its (rapacity.
- "Ilhe Genesen offioens clueing these
stinging days tever turfiress, One
• bald us rhe, had not had.hisi eilothee
off for three weeks. Not 1110/11their
borate or leggings, are. removed, Eso
time, asleep or awake, the offieer Is
inetantly ready kr duey.
"Among the mese each wean8 a
ponderous boot, etrongl and ample
in size and -whioh will Cut alanoot
101147 0131100 soldier.
"While we waitedl'ar lona some
of our ;newspaper party, tired; by
the long and usracenstottnecl walk,
lay down and 60041 were ,asleep.
While they slept, In °these, ;tiptoed
to Cie door and ,closed ;so that th,e
noise outside woulicl not disturb
them
"A_snong the, many evidences otf
kindly thoughtfulness that we en-
countered!, this little act is on00 that
we have often spoken of, 10 '41011,130-11
.type ihat ware often repeated, a.nd
when we hear ;storiee of alleged Ger-
man atroeittiee 1041 cancot help but
think bow iniprebable &ey must
General' Douglas.
General Sir Chaoltee W. R. Doug-
las, Chief of the Imperial General
Staff, is little lenrown to the
A dour Scoteh ;soldier, he paatici-
patted in Roberts' Lemons snatch to
Oanclaltaa; an,cli served with: (uaine-
'Mon ill India, Egypt ,amel Smith Af-
riea:" in the, lea Boer wear he was
on the staff rand. ;so 4111 ]title of the
ahOwy work, but his Mel; of "men-
tioned 1 despatches" has rarely
been excelled. Douglae would be
mightily' astonished if ,enybo.cly
cheered him, and he would probably
consider it ,an imp.ertinenee. Any-
way, hie ie not one of the faces that
p.oat:ciate.der, end ThOt
ll
Oe in it thotteand would recognize.
vi.m
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rtfim's Measurement.
'Here, Jima' the Old mat;', mae-
ter said., "take t3ii,s fookrula and
measure that inerble rseat
garden tor me. Jim said on los re-
turn :-"The seae is the le-egth ol
the rule, eie, ,with 'three engero.
oteto and this pleee 'string, and
'the breadth of Me hand and
from here. 00 ben:, obarryib' a
'th unser. "
ugar
does make the
bread and butter
taste good!"
'T is when you spread
it out on bread or
pancakes, fruit or r
porsidge,.that you notice most the sweetness and perfect
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