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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1913-04-24, Page 364113"41112:141r2"520/26414"1° IT SATISI'lEIVIIiLIONS OFPEOPLE ' 'Worth '37,our :while to 'test i I TON ustanas and Cheers. Offir~kisfals~1103/4101410- , FOR,HIS LITTLE' m GAT..,'S-SAKE I had been on. the sick-Iilfor a fortnight, and so had missed inter viewing 11 ,2).4 no raception. The "institittional" "smell, a, conmound of, corduroy,oatmeal, and htiman- had knocked me over, writes a • prisonchaplain in London Answers. But, I-had...read the case in the papers, arid looked forward with some little interest- to seeing the gentlentass who had been nobbled .and put 'by 'for seven,3rears. 'detereki his cell, and he greeted nie with za: grin ,and outstretched hand. ,1 ShoOlc it, although as '`.Er rule I reserved kgrip of -the hand fpr some poor chap whose . tears were nearer thaw smiles. ' He jerked his thumb towards the • cell door, , ' "All eicar, padre 7". • 'Wee," 1 said. - He came nearer. On the Straight. "Want to earn twenty quid?" he 'asked. huskilY. ' Whon 1 brolce the rules I ilid for nothing!, • ""You're a straight' pilot, they "...tell me,' and it's like this, The missus was had up when they nab- bed rae;-and be;wa,niting a bit of heln. There'sca, matter of a hun- dred quid under a board in ;the floor, want her know Yours'?" I. 'ailsed significantly. He grabbed' a. • Bible. from. hiS shelf, and .swore a mighty oath it • "11/1ade it fair and -square padre. • -Savings afore I went c,rookhcl." , Perhaps I looked dubious. /t was only nattiral, for H g164. -was a sWell cracksman, and his jobs avedged a couple of thousands apiece. ''• "There's an old savings book With it, padre," he went on eageriSs, "-with a few bob gtill in. Look at it, and you I see it took me nigh on three yeart. to save that. It's all down there." - Wife been ill?" I asked. • '-`Yes. padre; else I might have - go's- it -through to her. I ain't seen her" -and there wassa catch in his voices --:"not since they come and took me. Police Went all through the house. but they never found it." I !thought for a. minute. It was •risky -very, .I didn't want the twenty founds. But I knew the povertzr., 1tha awful fight against starvation, the degradation, that came to convicts' wives when they • Were left absolutely penniless. ForegiVOlieSS Earned. "She Dever knew I worn"t 'run- ning straight, padre," he' added, with a little touch of ,strange ide •'I* still .hesitated. It wasi hopeless- ly wrong, in one sense, yeat in an- other ---- He Zaune closer, and put his hand on any •sleeve. His eyes blinked, •then .filled with tears --a MAR'S tear are compelling -as he wins- . perecl wjth agony: ' "There's a aitti 'un, padre -the first -a little ,seal I" - Ilia shoulders heaved, and for a minute, he souM not speak. "A. little gal -sand I ain't seen her yet! tdek a deep breath. "T11 do I said. On a ;Saturday afternoon I cycled out for some miles to the junction, and then took the ,,train. The nurse took rue to the parish cless,vmasi .and I entered the room at once. She. left us alone. The c6riviet's wife was ill, desperately 'ill but making a brave fight for the 'little galSs Bake. Then I gays my messages, and .1re sure they lest nothing irr the tell- . The. hopeless look left •her eyes, '• arid a flush stole.. over the white • "Tell Bill I forgive him, and ----I'll‘ ,wait for him; and ,,qay baby's just -like him and --and God bless you, -mrsuPpeseLl S,houldn',t have clone . but it -was for the Dttle-garsi" sake-a:Ma t110 1110ther's-and` the man's. So I may be forgiven. Flattery Defined. Tonnny--``Pop, what is flattery?'' • Tommy's Pep - "Flattery, iny son, is having ,sesneon6 else tell us the nise ,• things • we -have always thbu'ght, about ourselves.'' PL.2 0-,4-4W.23/41 • d Of WORMS HINSStskos ale the (111,11ANitST,SINIPLESTould,13E,ST uosns !Wit, ,,doChP buy-l:NYI,fy you dofre eimst hive to irnow'ev:Itet 'e[r7D'or melt your Goode ere Mlfie ot.,•So Ttletnkee ern itnposelblo;-, flood for Free tofor Curd, Story Booklet, end Iloo!clet r:Iyingreenlee of ni,,05 over °titer color. The .101-0I3014-RICUAR1/8074 CO., Lifulte.1,:, 110(0 oel. flonathi. , ueeeeeeeueeeeeueureeeeenee.e.er r wca. or for Woc. Or, A Dark Teniptatio9 CI PrI1ER. XXXIV,-(ContJa) . . • • , • , on evOrs hope on treeing Gay failed s'itnally. Mr. Lennox , 'adopted the last meashrry that W110 tOtt- IllUt-t0Olt tale ev- ;ling train for Pa•Ma.ie, and Proceeded r lute to Olio home of Evelyn St, Glair. The horns.> Hat- • in the library; ---her blonde head. ;bent ember jeweled handt, Not „once but a thousand MCA since I er thrilling interview with perey bad she regretted the astounding revelation that hail slipped from her tongue in Oho heat of the moment.' •lithe had been a fool to reveal the fact that the loot love whemhe, had so bit- terly mourned was etill etive. "Sloe uttered ' desperate, mirthless . • . • - It waA. a glerieue revenge, but 10.00 not Satioiy me," she' muttered; "1' The rest of the' sentence has never_ ut- tered, a peal of the bell interrupted hor reverie, •"and the' ,,ext moment a servant entered bearing ,the card ',of Russel Len - Evelyn St. Claire frowned. ' .Tell this bereon I will not see him,'L -Lille exclaimed angrily. _ "You must ' see hins, my dear ,youhg ladY," nal& a determined voice eloae be- hind the servant,' and,.. pushing the eaten- lehed onto aside, he strode into the room, 'bowing low te was. st. Claire:, as ' he 'She sprung to her' ,feet fairly couvuleed with -anger anti amazement, staring at the .1.1ow dared you force` • your way here?',. sim demanded furiously,- • "John," -the exclaimed, calling sharPly to 'Ohe Fiervant, whipietood. staring,help- legsly at the -stranger, "she* this per- son .014, at Onee-losd no time., 51 he re - fusee to go q•uietly-athrow him: hat." ...and she emphasized the Mat three \verde with a stamp of her dainty foot on the jvolvet hearth -rug. '.QaMk as thought' the deteetive threat the servant from the threshold, closedthe door, and quietly -turned the key in the "And in ihat 'instant Evelyn .50. Claire recognized Min aa the very obliging , gen- tleman who had' secured the paper, that was missing' from, the file, no' her in' the NeW York newspaper. Office. , "There M 'no ...occasion for. hysterical alarm, /Msg. at., he 4 saidsternlY, that mnt ome.:ditiplaynfg. his' official bodge. "5 ittive,n0 wishtto'harta you. I am here in -the cause-et:justice, YOU Ttiltillt tell 'rine , what...Yew have dodo with' Little Gay, the adopted Mullet:ter of Mk. Rem- ington, and where •the.ie to be found now. Eying er dead. You are my Prisoner, Mies St.', Claire, .until, this anyetery is cleared up' -You must sreak.P • - A harsh, discordant . laugh fell ire= Evelyn St. 'Claire's crimson lips. . "It; is.strangei," thought the_ detective Pthat one so.beautifm should be so otterlY hettitleed, do 01111e0" She faced. the man defiantly; a. mock- ing still Coeving 'her red 'lips. *At• whoSe Instigation to this arrest madefF she 'inquired with superb indif- ferenee. His adswer changed her into a fiend "At ,the instigation of One who loves Otto girl better than life itself -Mr. Perm, Granville, of Redstone Hall." . .A blood-eurdling laugh' interinptMl him; Evelyn St. Claire sprung te her feet with a face fairly livid . with passion. • "Go back and 0011 him this for ine;" ehe blazed out furibusly, "I do know the fate of Little Gay, but no power on the face *f earth can force me to reveal it! It ,will he a, hard rnatfer for Yen to prove that she did not fly fre'm his arms 1011- e00,1511,.” "You shall be compelled to reveal all!" declared the "deteetive; angrily.' "Never!" slie, retorted. "You may lock me up in solitary, confinement while illy life lasts, you may torture me- on the rack, you may hill me, but I will never distloso the fate that, has overtaken Gap nell Esterbrook, come what niaYl" "Tell tee- ono thing, that I may 'Mare those who love the girl as moth suffer- ing as possible; il3 she living or dedd?" "You shall' never know," replied Eve- lyn St. Claire, "I will carry that secret with me into my grave." CHAPTER XXXV. The detective looked. tut° ,the beautiful face gravely. • ."I will give you .-a .weelc to ;think the matter over, detaining you in safe cus- tody in the interim; at the end -of that time "if yon still refuse to rev6a1 to us whom we gait find Little Gay, Jiving or dead, you will be called upon to answer for. a crime you ,would not like to heati, me name - Evelyn St. Claire fell bath in her cash, lotted arrd-chair with a low cry on her lips; but her fright, however, was ...only momentary, ,She laved him with defiant, shining eyes. , -I repeat; once for all, that, I will carry the secret of Little Gay's fate down to Otto grave with me witheut reheating it. Percy Granville eller,: ter clasp her to his heart -my , rival thrill never trianiph over Inc,", shosaid vehemently. The .detective looked at his waMh medi. tatively-it wanted a Quarter to nine. • "We are in time- for the through ex- press back to the city," he said. "You /nest come with me, Mies. St. Claire.." "Where do you pronto taking' me?" she asked, with a gasp, shrinking -back 'ffdin him,- her fhce- paling to a dead white.. "5 keep' you a close Prisoner at •the Remington 'mansion ,for oue 'week in order to^ bring you to Your senses. After that Motet depend -entirely Upon youreMf.". Bravely defiant to the laet, 'she' utter- ed no Word of comment when:he rung for her wimpli to be brought her, , Ha led her to the earriage 10 waiting,, and in silence they made the moinerable Journey, Mr. L071110X kept a obis° watch- on the haughty. benalty!s every, moven-tent 111 they entered the railway ear. ' Ile believed the; would make a sudden dash for liberty, and ho meant to .frue, 'trate any such attempt, • In this he „was quite mistaken. She al- lowed herself,to be Conducted to the Rem- iogWn inansMn without the • slighteet re- monstrance. • The. banker's, wife met 'them in Alto .corridor. 'eyeli were red ,n,riti swollen ‘with weeping.. The greeting between the ladies wee constrained and embarraesing. Mrs. ,Itemingten _followed her into the apartment, that had been set anart for her use, "begging her with,till a woman's eloquence, in toll, them the fate of Little Gay "Tem' prnyern and. pleadings are all in SrelYtt -declare& • ,tYou shall _never learn, the Ortrtli from me." lirtve Yen no heart?" sObbed the ban- ker's wife,. bitterly: , 1'Thinit of the livers] You have, wrecked. ; -Poor _Little Gay Wall 10 nweat'.ancl itinecerit-think •how shame- 0001'„,hare ;betrayed. her girlish frieirdshiP:rshe„ never harmed you,' yet yen beim eirpiled'irdr life." • meeking 'laugh fell from Evelyn .fit. "SPOiled, her lac,. have. I?" she repeat - ell in sliamelesic trinniph. "I am well pleased, to aeknowledge it, 'Otto ,,tele my lover from mo -,but for her, ,he would have been mint. I hate her. She should uot have croseted 1317 path if she would have escaped a riVal's •terrible venge- 'For hours Mrs. Remington pleaded 'with her, but she might as well have prayed to 'a 'heart of inarble, 'neither •tears nor entreatMe soft,elled or moved her. ' This who; tlte message Abet she was obliged to take down to the drawing.room. to her husbnied, and to Perey, who was pacing up and down the room like one Evelyn' St. Claire acknowleriged,that she, and •shet alone, could unravel the darle mystery that shrouded the fate of Little eould tell them whether she xyas living or (lead; but, they might imprison her for' lifo,torture her on thesumek, but the?' 0hou.ld never force her SecAlot Preen hot- Sae would. go ,d0Wn her grave Hat the feirible secret locked sacon.ely, Percy'e iliterne grief wan terrible to see, tint in reeltlesn desperation he resolved o seo Evelyn and plead w1tli ber Ilim Self: Re Must do, it for, -Gay's' tlear 'sake, ,Evel,vn St. Cleire's heart gave a etrango hole startled -throb as she heard bin quick step on the corridor without, and recog- nized. it:, A moment later the door 01,0- 05 adatit Mre, Remington, quickly tot lowed by PoreY. ' Ho' creased the room to whore Evelyn sat, etanding ;pale and haggard before 'EVolyn was .struck with the groat change in him) he looked as though yearn lind ;menet' oter him, . "Evelyn," be cried hoarsely, his hand. Some white face 'working. with pitiful MOKOD, "I have sent my friends' te plead itit you to reveal to us . Little rlay's to, and you have cruelly repulsed tssis • • one and. all ;,,,now I have COiTle ,00 70L1 111 YADIt. ;Woad .10,, -"be 00 -007 nee 00'0110 00 0011 02 implore you to be ,rnerciful 'It would not be of the slightest Mlle,' she -answered steadily; "You relief, b Mad to thinlr I would restore nty. rive to your arms. T would, rather see yo lying dead at • My fent than know you LYDA) happy. eiith • her,'TY0a, are a heartlessl- girl!' he crier angrily. • "l shall denounce you and fore . 2041 10 tell. I am olosporate-picturim, • the herrors my darling may' be cuffering at this. very .1nomentwhile you TefilDe tO disclose hor whereabouts." - t -Denounce me -force me t telil Yox denounce -met" repeated Evelyn St, her bine "eyes flashing like stars. "You expose me, before the werld-you for when sake 1.'have' steeped 027 vcry,eoul sitf I would hove. committed 0007 0111020, Percy Granville, towin your Jove!" lie started back as though 'she had stabbed him, holding up lale hands with affrtrof abhorrmre, but she went itreiiei;;o "I loved you in 'spite of your coldness ,yotir -indifference. I urled out..to IteaYet for but one gift front the gods, and tha Was your lov.e; and when '5 'found tha YOU .loved that prettY doll -faced ereature and nottne, it made a- fiend inearaate 0 me.. My love fir- you: has. been' MY euree' "Rut, surelY,•'whei yeu are. Pleased te' -calk loher. Evelyn, -vieuld- other 'drive -you te the oonnniesion of oriffie,',. he replied in 'great, distress.- • "Oh, Evelyn,' repent and try to atone:for what you have done. Y•eit led Little Gay. awaY Iron" here an that "eventful- day; you aleo know- what has befallmi her 'since; and -again I be. neeell you to OlOpeAr` and. confess where she le, for I cannot'. believe you have - 01U1 dered her 1 YOU Could net have been BO .inhuman." ' • - • a"5 am not t erre% et Otte. repenting -kind," ' she retorted. "If it were to be done over again,. and, I had the hope of winning Your love, Percy, I would do all that I halm done; you cannot call that repent.- arum, and that lathe end of it. -No power can tempt tne to x.entore to your arint; the rival who has won your love front me. 'I do not eare what is done with me . I do not care whether I spend my lile 10 world palace- or a prison: Tell the that I aplrithd away your love, if you "will;, you can .talte what ac- tion against me; you please.. I shall still have the satisfaction of knowing you are not giving my hated rival the love and earesses winch should .have been mine." Perm./ Granville buried his face hands with a bitter grotto. • _ _ Ile ttar7 plainly that Evelyn bad the best of the situation, and meant to keep it, come What might. afre: Remingtou laid her white hand on his bowed head, pitying tears failing on the fair clustering curls that were pushed back from his forehead. - "Come away, Mr. Granville:" ehe said gently. "It is useless to plead longer; rest Assured Heaven will restore 7011 to your loot love without her aid." • ' Evelyn uttered a mocking laugh; still taevi.tovpobrdeesy'struelc borne to heriheart like "Why should _have eolith for alarm?" she told herself, in the next breath, "Ile can never trace her. I defy all the pow- ers of heaven and earth to restore his lost 1o50 -to him!" She ' wondered what they intended to do with her at, the expiration of the stipu. late& week, • - • Suddenly art idea 'occurred to her-. Where Wfitt POAlflY, the girl, who had been Gay's maid -whom she had bound by moth .10. strong oath of silence that eventful trightP . If theY would hat Send this girl to her, the could induce. her to aid ,her to eseapo. Iter hopes weresoon, dashed in this quarter, however, for she found that the maid had left suddenly, soon after' Gay's mysterioue disappearance, _•• The week that folloWed Was not one soon to be fOrgotten. Evelyn St. Claire remained steadfast to her purpose, . Ifer one answer to their passionite pleadings...WHO -that they should never Allow the fate that ,had befallen Gay, and that sh8 would carry the secret down to the grave- with her. 40 length the -detective pre-sented him!! self ,for her final decision. She gave a scornful, defiant laugh, clutehing her felVelecl hands nervouSlY in the felds of the dainty violet silk she w'''r03; 'Manswer- is just what it' has been from the Ort. I shall never restore 6ay to the man whose love should have been mine!". "Then you must come with Me, Miss St, Claire," he said grimly. "There lute been more leuiency shown you than arou de- serve." Again she allowed .him to condnet her to a carriage which stood in waiting, but there was that in her eyes which should have warned him that he had a ,desper- ate woman to deal with. She had not believed thes, would carrY out their threat of openly denouncing her because elm refused to sneak. . . „Now the full • horror of prfson walls loomed up before „her mental vision in all its lorrove. . AD the coaeli "whirled oit through the gathering,darkness of the night, she tried to coax, to ;bribe the man to set her free. It 'was quite useless. ' - You shall have your freedom the mo- ment after you divulge to me what you havedone with that poor young girl - never until then!" he anetvered sternly. -Evelyn relapsed into' silence. - . If he would not aid her to escape,lihe would make the daring attempt limpeif. 414 if she could open the carriage door softly', gently, upon the side. on which she sat without attracting the detective's attention --then withnue.swift motion leap fromthe vehicle to frestionit Oho glanced' at him fattrvely-he -Wes •gazing <Mt of tile opposite window in .deep thought,. 'Now is my ththight Evelyn, still watching him narrowly; the light in her determined, eteel-blue eyee deepening. ,A•mid the rumbling of the rapidly-re- Volvfng wheels the detective 41 not hear Otto handle of the coach -door turn ever 00 .lightly and cautiously, He must have been thinkinrdeeply that !ledid not feel the etiol,breeze Ulf it Waft - 'ed across his face.", ' • Ever BO cautiously, the desperate, guillry girl, little 117 little).-g4hered her g'Ir- meats closer about ter, nlanted her foot firmly on the carriage step; than -there was a swift, Sudden movement, a light- ning -like lertp, and in a, .flaeli the detec- tive 'realized what had" happened -his beautiful captive -the only Denson who could' unfold the .darlt myotery which 9hronded Little illay's fate -hod slipped Ile, the great -detective, hart been clev- erly 'foiled by this desperate, daring Ile 'was ,furions with 'anger •and clfagrin. The. terrible Jerk had frightened the' inettlesome-horses and they doubled their Pace, .trenkinginto- a paid .gallop. • "Stop those hors, 'will ,yeirl"-he cried hoareely-"etop those horses,' or I will Shoot.thetn .down, 1, 110, harness." - The frightette,d driver did his best; 0110 to add to his terror, the reins broke un. aer the terrible tension, the hornets seized the bits h; their „mouths, and- tore down the road, drawing.the -coach after them With lightning -like 'rapidity. pollowing •Eyelyn example, the detec- tive /eared front the vehicleswilt1;r doeh- ing back over the ground --and ne he neared Ole placmfrom which Evelyn took that terrible leap, a thrilling event hap - "CHAPTER 75771. ' We.witl leave Mr. 0,00,400, the deteaMye, haotlly retraoing his steps in march of Oho glri who had given him. the slipso cleverly, and return to. Little Gay whom, out -„readers will remember, we left In sltelr thrilling circumstances on •the night of the 'storm -As the* light:hing flashed through .tlie 1.00111. t4t,0 r004te,Ar letL1rti000r 0011 0,1, potri- NA.1.712U-CO" "XATIVES ere entirely „diffetent from others both in their composi- tion and their offeat---cornplete evacuation withal purging or I dtsoornfort. • 25e, a box at you) druggist's. NATIONAL 0000 AND CHCMICAL CO. ,00 CANADA. LIMITED. Fresh fromthe C-holcest Gardens 'of Ceylon, • Sold in sealed lead \ packets to preserve It• s goodness: Black; Mixedand' Green. 063 ' fled with lierror and•diemay. The eleetric, current. had shfitfered th atoms the mar- ble' reeejitaele aperr whieh.Gay's form had been placed,' and from the" dehris',GaY slowly struggled -1111 tO a sitting posture, gazing around her with a; bowlidered pite-, •.,l'Where I?"- she exclainted ly, . • r.Then a shriek et mortal terrier rent the itir, "Oh, remember, I remimilier," elle' cried out 'sharply; '''he would not 'release me from that horrible place, and I made up my- mind t6 die.", • 11..p Ilew•theh ;little white ands to her breast, into which ehe had plunged the slender silver dagger;- as 'though ,she hz- „pected to find it there ,still. ^ • . - 'I' tried to end my' fell at, Iris feet- with the darlosesit of death closing, in around me.. What.place thief. Who brought me hero?" - , - , ' The piofessor had coMpreliended the eft- ua.tion in a eingle installer -the girl had fallen hito a tramte, and had been brought to them under the supposition that she "Ife isprung forward with a 1,01vcrY. 'lift- ed EttrY 00 her feet, and before she had tithe to g1ance around the ghastly room into xvhieh she had been brought, had hurried her to another apartment. • Gay clung to him in terror, begging hint pitcounlY to tell her where she was, and why she was brought -there; but before he could ansiver her, exhausted nature hid 'asserted itself and She fell back hi hie arms in a deep swoon, that resembled death closely enough. "Here's a pretty affair!" exclaimed the professor, nervously; -*hat in the world 10 to be done with her? Not a line --no- thing about her gives a clew a:s to her identity!" Of course it was elearly out, of the question 'Eh send her to a, hospital under the circumstanees-the only way out of the- affair was to take her to hie ewn home. And this plan he executed without de - Ire explained the embarrassing situa- tion te .his wife, who received the lovely stranger With open arms. 1'What a pity wo,•do not know who the is," she e'olaimed, gazing admiringly Ott the waxen face, framed in soft, curling locks. "It's a shame we cannot let her people know she is alive and well -of eourse they aro rneurning her as dead, Doer pretty child... "After a few hours' rest she will come to, and .be able ,to give us their address, and they can be sent for," predieted the professor; but in tide he was wrong. (To be coutinued ) Dlt. TALKS OF FOOD. „ Pres. of Board of Health. "What shall I eat?" is the daily incluiry the physician is met with. do not hesitate to say that in iny judgment a large percentage of dis- ease is cafised by poorly selected and improperly prepared food. My persobal experience with, :the ful- ly-000ked food, known as Grape - Nuts, enables me to speak freely of its nieriti. "Prom overwork, I suffered sev- eral years •with ,malnutrition, pal- pitation of the heart, and loss of sleep. Last slimmer I was led to expos/in:lent personally' with the new food, which I used in conjunction with good rich cow's milk. In a short time afsfer I commenced its use, the disagreeable symptoms dis- appeared, my heart's action bes came steady ancl normal,' the funts tions of the stomach were properly carried out and' I again slept as i soundly and £15 Well as in my youth. I "I. look upon Grape-Nuts:°as a perfects food, and no one can gain- say Mit that it has a most promin- ent place in a rational, scientific system feeding, Any •one •who vises this food will soon be con. vincsd of the sousidness of the prindiple upon which, it Is manu- factured and may th,relly knew -the facts as ,to its true worth." Name given by Canadian Postum 'Windsor, Ont, • , "There's a reason," and 1±.,ixex- plained in the .little book, "The Road to Wellville," in pkgs. Ever read the above letter? A new ono : Inman front time to time, They aro minas true, and full of human interest, NO E/VII)ENC:111. - "011, George, they tell me you go to prize fights, but I don't believe it." - "Why not?" "Because you never bring home any prizes." Mrs, Kaller-Pooks are such ig- rant, things now -a days • 'Just*ed-Aren' L they. They do the simplest things. I asked mine to. make some sweet-' breads the other day and she said; she couldn't. , 05. THE SQUARE DEAL PAYS. And square with the enemy every ream gets when he separates himself from Ills corns by Putnam's Corn Extractor. For fifty years "Putnam's" has mired every -man it treated -nee "Putnam," only -it' painlots and • sure, 20, at all dealers, It doesn't "i!ake a very big fluent tto s-ivell a small head, ost olh-lsossiseesslysisli•Issesivts Ave/Lig 'now to itroil. 131oiling means tu burn cir sear, and is applied to the hottest form of cooking known, i4 which the food is brought into direbt contact with the, lire, burning being ed • by frequent , turning, quico cooking, in the air, Which cir- ciliates. freely about it, gives a de- licious' flavor unlike that obtained by any other method. Only' 'those parts of meawhich are tender 'as'well 'as juicy are suit- able for rapid cooking. They are found in the tein:an.r.1 roll/1,d of beef and the, loin a,ncl.ribs of larnb artcl mutton. Young poultry, fish, small game and birds nyAy -be broiled whole because thin' in comparison with the size but meat should be cut in slices not over about an inch and a half in thjeltnets, that the in- terior May 'be cooked before the outside hat become dry and burned. In broiling the fire should be the firsiseonsideration ; it should be al- most bright red, and should be near the top of the fire box. A bed Of hard' wood 'coals, charcoal or coke is better than coal, as there is less flameth, therefore, less danger of smoking `e meat; a -shovelful of setilblhco:..of , the latter may be added to a coal fire With the desired re- .B.oilecl meat may be Smoked. froom two eauses---the coal flame condensing on the cooler -surface of. the meat will deposit a film of coal tar, while the fait flame .will cover the meat whir a thin layer of burned fat. • .•_ • In turning or lifting the meat if a. fork is stuck into it the juices will flow out and be wasied; if neces- sary to - use the fork it should be stuck in the fat. When suffioiently cooked the meat will be slightly puffy in the centre'and if pressed with the bla.de of a knife it 1mi11 feel firr00, but not hard. When cut it should be pink and juicy; if pur- ple 111 ±0 still raw; if dry and browns it is over -cooked. In wiriter, or when the meat has been taken from Vie ice immediately before cooking, a little longer time must be allowed., in which to attain the proper tem- perature. Broiled Steitic.-Trim off anss ex - Ass of fat and wipe with a damp cloth. Rub the bi•oiler with a bit of fat. • Arrange the thickest part of the steak toward -the back of the broiler. Affirst hold elose to the coals. Turn every 10 seconds until both sides are well geared, then turn each half minute. .4. steak one inch thick will broil in from four to six minutes if liked rare; a little longer 'if preferred well done. When half done seaso11 both sides with salt and pepper. Let a spoon- ful of butter melt oh.the host plat- ter. Hold the, steak for a half 11)111.' site over paper to let sooty fat drip off. Lay on the' platter and turn once that both sides`may be but-. tiered., Broiled Chiekeii.-Singe, split down the back, clean and wipe ,with a damp clofih. Rub inside and out -with a little butter, then iprinkle with. salt and pepper. Ar- range on agreased wire broiler., Cook -with flesh side toward the fire at first, 'When seared hold. a little farther away from' the fire. Turn occasional] on the skin side but be careful, as it readily scorches. A thicken weighing two pounds and a half will take from 18 to 20 min- utes; if not well done it be tough. Transfer to a hot butter and rub again with butter. Good. Recipes. Chocolate Pie. --One and one-half cups sugar, four tablespoonlela Bour, ono. tablespoonful grated ehocolate; flavor with lemon', Mix well together, then put on stove and thicken with two cups boilifig water. Boil for a few minutes,. Be sure 00. keep stirring while boiling. Bake crust,and then add ohocolate filling. A mica frosting may be made with the whites of two eggs if .desired. illayonnake Iltressibg..—One cup ef vinegar, two scant tea,spoonfuls mustard, two tablespoonfuls sugar, one-half tes,spooliful salt, two tea- spoonfuls butter, four tablespoon- fuls water, s-olks of four eggs well bealten. Stir all together with egg- beater, then pnt on the iiove .anel cook a few minutes, stirring until thiele: When ready to use, thin with 00011' or sweet cream and pour 1 over salad, Apple and Nut Salad's -Pare and ' slice five 'Or six medium-sized ap- stains from was a. few minutes i If you have troublesome tc plaits before iron and .rernos fine- thread. After therein potatoes, boil through the "r ing. The skins ricer, the, petal white and meal; Place somo p granite cup. 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To remove ,y.uatma marks. fseom paint, • rub first with a slice of le- mon, then with whiting and wash with soap and water. Blankets, after being washed and dried thoroughly, ShOUld be well beaten with a carpet beater, 'Wood, alcohol will take -Vaseline