HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1913-06-19, Page 3Her Great Love;
Or; A Struggle For a Heart
CHAPTER ,V11.--(Cont'd.).
'Bravo! Net ba<1 tor a,retort, my' little,
Quaker!" he said. "Bu1 lies a dusky lot
•
311 other ways."
"What wayor ahe aslced, with her pure,
innocent oyes upon him,
Bobby fidgeted,
all sorts of WaYti. 1101 ELik
.0013,0. '10 011 give tlat, 11l3<11 hie duo; he.
.410e$111 drink." '
"That would be .horrible!" said neeirea.
' Bobby 11011(11011.
"01 is only quite recently, during, the
last three or four years, leo, Dothan%
that he lifes 'been so bad," lie Bain. "They
8tty that he was all right at starting. lie
came into the title and the estates when
he quiteyoung, and slid hie'duty by
01,0,11 ill 11<0 most exemplary, 11100<001.Vont the straight lige like a' pilotseusenut
for a time, thee suddenly he swerved off,
and has been rushing down line ever
eines."
Deeinia looked puzzled
"I don't underetand how .a Man with
.00 beautiral a, house 'as thie to eonie to
0011 be so wicked," she sale, dreamily.
"ling,. Bobby, that reminds me, aren't
we t1'eSnesemg3" '
"No," he said. "I know Mr. Brignt, the
steward. De's an awfully downs chem.
Stle's as fond 01 thd place, and Lord Gaunt,
himself, es it it and he belonged 'GO him."
"130 likes Lord Gaunt, then?"
"Rather! Sie thinks there 15 no ono
like him, and •he'e awfully fond of talk-
ing about. him. Aceording to him, tor<1
gaunt le a kind of detui-godesthe best
Tido:, the best shot, the coolest, bravest
Man in all ,the. world. Ile's known him
-ever shoe lut 00310 a cnild. Bright 0001
steward here in Lord ((ant' s father
*time, and he says there never was mush
a bey, or suell a young mans as this Lord
• Genet 000. Bright will talk about; him
for hours. Sometimes, When I'M fishing --
there's a splendid :stream runs through
this place; it's just below that 11111-110
conies and walks beside me and jaws
about 'the yonng lord,' as he calls bini,
• though Gaunt must be quite 11111170110 or
• two; I think." •
"There xnust be 801110 good in a non
for another man -and uot a relation -to
be so fond or him," said Deehua, thought -
Bobby nodded.
"Oh, yen. :Bright Rays that Lord Gaunt
WaS ea good 1,3 good uriil something Imp -
petted to change hlni. What it was. be
itneetet kno*. Something with a 000/111111:
111 it, 1 5321XI5101."
• W0111010" said Deoima, turning her
- eye)1 upon hint. "Why do yen say that?'
Bebby lowered his essee under the (G-
reet, innocent gaze.
"Oh, 'it's usual to say that. I don't
'know anything about it Bright himself
doesn't, know. All he knows is that Lord
001000 i0 letting this estate -and all the
°there, I suppose -go to rack and Tllill
front neglect. Ile won't come down to
*RV 11, ho (10101)1 answee any letters, and,
in short, b.:haves as it lie didn't rare a
brase farthing for the place. Bright dove
what he can to' keep things etraight, but
of COliratl there are heaps of things he
sme't-seto, and that's why the place looks
so desolate."
"ThislicluRe 3,1 Bice that poem of Hood's."
£300ll Deeima, dreamily.
"It's` a lovely place inside," said I3obbY.
"I'll take you 131, .10100 day. Bright hue
given me the run of It, So far as I int
concerned, I don't care hoW long Lord
• Gaunt keeps away, I come Imre to ffeb,
and I often onto hero to work, and some-
-Mime. I take a turn in the picture -gallery
-there le a perfectly lovely collection, a
filpv pricelees eolleotion of the old masters,
• espeeially. the Flemieb-and now and
• again I almost faney rm the proprietor
of the whole show. I wish I were."
"Perhaps you would be as unhannY,"
Ls". saidDecima.
• Bobbylaughed-the young man's laughs
"011.,I don't know about being unbapPY,
11 shonld tbink Lord Gaunt hem a high
• old time, of it. Be ie treuxondously rith,
awfully handsome, according to. Bright,
_ and a clevil--maymire sort of fellow, evi-
dently, or he 2,00111(101 101< thiuge here slide
ad he does. Bright says the tenante'
places -the homesteads, and all that -are
• Vine. to Tack and ruin; and he -that's
Bright -can't do anything without Lord
Gaunt's authority, and Gaunt won't write
or take any notice. linhanny I I bhould
say he 9003* (((1 llaPDY 80 ,0 sand -boy."
"Aunt Pauline aays that to one is
happy who does not do hiss dutis."
"Aunt Pauline ie as good 0B a CODY-1)00k
heading," said Bobby, irreverently. "No
wonder you are euelt a paint. But come
on; we'd better be going babk, or the
gitv'uor will blow .up the 'house -he has
Invented a new dynamic force.; it's to nut
ith end to the modern System of warfare'.
'You. fire it out of mn eighty.tonner,, (11131(11131it, annibIllitee • the enemy irt, one,slot.
• ' Deeinia rose,with her eYes still on the
pleteresque 'house,' lying eo. still
wa' and de -
warted. 1111 the moohlight, snit they went
". back 'through.the 'wooden, gate and along
As they approached ,'the new and 1111-
1, 0(11111) entrance to'The Firs, toebs
sniffed the evening ate. •
"Some one smoking a cigar; and a
stroug one," he remarked.
A moment afterward, Deehua saw a
mao standing jnet inside The Firs' gate.
Ife wee a shortish man, young, with a
clean-shaven race, he wits in evening-
dreSS, with the dinner -jacket bache-
lore nowadays affect, and looked par-
ticularly spruce and alert.
"Mr: Theodore Mershon," said Bobby,
under his breath.
As they mime up to the gate, Mr. :Her.
slum turned his head and looked at them,
recognized flabby, and raieed his hat in
a rather 000l and supercilious war; but
as Decima moved front the shadow of a
tree and came into 'the moonlight, bfr.'
Mershon saw her distinctly, andltie Otero
eyes scanned her with a critical stare.
As he looked, his manner changed, and
he took a etep or two forward and held
out his hand to Bobby.
"Bow do you do, Deane?" he said; but
though he addressed Bobby, his sharp
eyes were fixed on tbo girl'a lovely face.
Bobby replied coolly enough. and would
have passed on, but Mr, Mershon detained
hint with a question.
"Been for a Rtroll?" he said; and De.
elina,,noticed that his voice was thin, but
quiok and sharp, ill harmony with hie
face. „
• "Yee," said Bobby. "Ily sister and 08' -
,thio, its my Eleter, Mr. Mershon."
Nothing would have induced him to
omit the "Mr."
"Ur. Mershon raised hie hat again and
"X. didn't •kriew Miss Deana 'WWI CIOVill
31012e." he said- "in fact, 1' didn't kllOW
r°11.11:td a sister."
"She has ouly just' <Mine down," said
• BobbY, rather coldly, nnt's 001 00
"Very, And 7O 111,00 have only just come
to fitretion, Mies Deaner said Mr, Mer-
shon, his eyes Kenning her face for a
dieenient, sea then tueued aside, sO that
ihey were hidden -frchn her, as oho re.
"Only to -night." , ,
' it'e 'too early to ask you If you
• Ma it," he said. "tot I hOne you will.
Dave 'yen been abroad?" '
"I have been living with an annt,", said
•Decimal and elle, toe,' spoke rather cold.
TY, for something in the face or
hie Voice or his manner .was repellent to
her. ,
• . Be shot a glance at her, aml. averted 1118
"Ah, yoleve conte at n nice titne of the
year. The place looks at its liest now.
• By the way, Deane" -he 'glanced at 'Bob-
waS going to aalc it you end your
ftithee vmuld dine with me some night-"
"My father never dines out," said Bob-
by, somewhat btiffiy. '
Mr. Iter,slion looked from him to 13< -
'.'Oh! Perhaps you and -Sims Deare
.would holier me? I will have the pleasure
of calling .011 you, if yo -s will allow me,
and we earl arrange a night. 1 thould
like. to show Miss Dottas--your father -
the new ,palm -house. Will you eome?"
Ilo looked for an instant at 13011010-
(111 111(11101< ill which his sharp eyee oeemed
40 take in the whole .of her face and
form
Decima's frank' eyes reefed on "him
placidly, , •
"Terhane.," she Saidin her direct way,
"If my father or brother-". • ,
, "Better eay 'Yes,' and 110700 0anY•
Deane," he said. .' "Say next Tuersday.
111 coiaover and try and persuade your
Bobby 0000 old. enough to know' that
this Was not the proper mode .61 invita-
tion, and ho colored with boyish embar-
rassment.
Mershon glanced 111 )1110, bit his lisp and
colored, as if lie saw his mistake.
"III write," be (said. "Goodnight."
He did not turn into the drive, but
stood aud watehed them as they named
"By Ireaven! what lovely creatural"
he said. to himself, "Fancy that old man-
iac having a daughter DIM that! Locke
_like -like -I don't know \that, she lecke
11:11"931Th.” at a strange Man!" strl DdeiMa,
'when they .)lad got out of heneing.
"Ica, he's a rum fish," said Bobby.
"Awfully .bad form, pressing us to dine
with wasn't it?".
"I -I suppose it, was," eaid Anima.
"Shall you go?"
"No," said Bobby. Then lie added:
. Would you like to?"
"Olt, no. Why should I?"
"It might be fun," said Bobby. "We'll
see. Did you eee the diamond Gtud in
his sbirt-frout? That sort of man always
wears a diamond stud. It is the mark
of the beast. And did you notice that
111$ eyes never met yours? Sort of man
I distrust. But I'm rather curious to Gee
what kind or a dinner he would put on.
Well see. Dere you are, 'the light of
home!' 111 go into the laboratory and
see it the governor is still there."
ft e opened the door and looked in.
"Gone to roost, the saints be praised!
And. you'd better go to your little bed,
31ih1<011 1113.11C. 011, you don't want to lase
me, do you? sWell, it's the first night--"
Re submitted to the embrace, and De-
cline ran up to ber room.
She silent like a top -if e'Ver 1110 goda
are envious, it is of the bleseed' sleep of
youth -and in the morning, 001110 CI0001
"fresh as the rode that's gemmed with
Por father had already breakfasted itiul
gone to Ills laboratory, and Bobby was
dashing wildly through. a :course of eggs
and bacon and. -marmalade, preparatory
to his moruinggrind with the "eoacb,"
who lived in the town, three miles dis-
tant.
"You'll be left to your own devices all
day, Boole. 'What shall you do?"
Deeima smiled rather nervously. "
.."3.001 going to interview the cook and
Sarah June,' she eani, •
Bobbe grinned.
"Well, if ,you live through it, you
as a reward, go fishing with me at Leaf -
more this evening, I generally take a
rod down before dinner, and today's a
good day. Meet me at the gate -you
know? -at five ,o'clock. Going to .inter-
view the slaveys, are you, my poor child?
If a brother's blessing and deepest ann.
patily-I've been there myself -are of any
service to you pray accept, them. I'm
off. Five, by the gate, remember."
After breakfast, Decixua went all osier
the house, mud then "Interviewed" the
cook and Sarah Jane. The former ,at
first met her timid remarks anent the
dinner of the preceding evening with a
bland contempt which gradually developed
tnto a ielitetaet respect and eivility, for
there 00/113 a oortain aomething at the
back of Decimans innocent blae-g1'03' eyes]
which had its effect. As for Sarah Jane,
she was instantly moved to tears, and,
remarking that Blin WAS an orphan, and
had been "brought up by a charity,"
assured Deeima that she would be more
careful of the crockery in the future, A
portion of the morning Decline, spent In
the laboratory, where her father submit-
ted to her preeence in an absent-minded
way. She. "lured", hint , Mtn 1110011 at one
o'clock, and In the afternoon she wrote
to Lady .Pauline 'a full eecount of this
first chapter in her new Ilfe: ' -
Then, at .0. quarter to, five,. oho went
doWn to the' gate, through which ,She and
-Bobby had pasinkr 'the Lea,fmore ay.
.Bobby was sitting 40 the hank,•
ing her, a, (11130 in hi0'. mouth and his
fiebing.rod ',by his' side: '
"(Mod girl!" he said. "Always; be in
time, though:. for that matter.; half an
hour later wouldn't have mattered, for
it's; too bright for trout. But there's a
cloud coming Ur., (lad '0 eau start pre.
sently. Meanwhile,' as you see, X aen hard
at work."
"Bard at work?"
"Yes; -smoking, Come and sit down."
Sho went and sat beside hini, and ex.
amined his fly -book with some intereet
for a few minutes; then she got up and
wandered •the avenue, Picking tilewild
flowers which grew along the ,border.,
. Bobby lay back with his eyes .cloSed.anci
half asleep, until euddenly he was aroused
by a clinking sound. He Melted -me' and
saw 11,. gentleman ehaking the • big en.
trance gates. ' ' -
.Boy -like, he watched him for a moment
or two ,..with bland enjoyment; then he
shouted: '
The gentleman looked round, saw the
recumbent figure, .a.nd said;
"Well?"
"13ate's lathed,' remarked. Bobby in hie
concise fashion, . "There's a door here, -
he indicated the gate -"If you want to
come in."
'"Ihanke," said the gentleman; and lie
mune along to the Wall, passed through
the gate, and stood beside ,the lad, look-
ing down at biro.
Bo"bTbhyat gate's always kept .locked," said
"Indeed?" said the. gentleman. "I ani
a stranger here; knovi."
Bobby looked at him. casually.,
"Are you going to Gee the. house?" he
.salsi. worta.oeeins; the earviug and
pictures cepemally.. ., 1 ,1 .
"Are they?" respouded the gentleman,
"Do :you live herb?"
. ems, nos that is,. not at the house.
1110 .111 thy village; 'but I know it very
"You are going to try your ,letcli with
the. trout, I see, 10 the sport geed?"
12011, Yes; a eadiltal. field
Bobby. '<Been neglected and a good deal
.poached, but there aresplentY of fish in
it still."
"Will you. Set, me loots at your ..flies?"
.said the gentleman. fisherman
. Bobby handed him the book with. an
angler's promptitude, , '
'3m goihts .10. put .on 10 14114 uprights
and R. march brown."' 3
_ "7e'0," estid the other, "Ami a. 'coach-
man an hour or 1<000 111(121', Y011 have
some 'good files.. I hope you will have
good sport" ,
"'Pitman:./. think, 1100011.10get1100011.10 the
river.; si:Ustrt below: here.' . •
"Yes; 3 saw it a 0 mune up the hill,"
lobby' nodded. and gave Ishii goodelay,
and, rod in band, eroseed the avenue,
ooIlilIg to Decimes.
"All right," she called back; "I will
follow yeti. .Here are the loveliest 00930.
111)11103 I meet, get a bunch." ,
"Very well; follow the track," he ebout.
ed back, and went on his •way whistling,
The gentleman looked after him, then
sat dews) on the bank, took out his cigar -
case, and lighted a cigar.
The Illatoh wao still in his baud edien
Deeinut tames like Diana, with fleq
step doWii the avenue. • •
She 10110 arranging her flowers as clie
eatne, and,flid.not flee hiin *until .sho Mt
nhnlo upon him Then she paused a mo.
went ari51< glaneed,athire with ,11 faint
finvprise, and 0000 passing On again, when
he 13000 and raised his bat. .s
She, :donned short with a slight cry of
recognition, and affteniehment oil her lips,
Por she saw that it was the geutlesnan
who had befriended her at the Zoe,
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He had recognized her at the firat mo-
ment, and his eyes reeted on her fano
inquiring1k, as if lin were halt curions
to see what she would do. • • •
Ife had not long to wait. With a. touC11
• of coke3 in her cheeks and a shy, ems
'barraseed elAiression in her eyes, Death=
looked at him, then looked beyond him,
over his head, and passed on without a
sign of recognition.
Gaunt smiled g00mly, ausl stood, like
O soldier, erect and unbending, his eyes
fixed on her, as if the oat direct amueecl
rather than wounded. him.
As she passed on, her lovely face sot and
cold, she continued the arrangement or
her flowers, and-perhape her hand trem-
bled, for it was trying Monsen, thio mit
Mug of a, man who had been. kind to her
,Id 11 large number of them slip
througll her fingers. '
• She dimmed, and, biting her lip softly,
begam to pick them lips and Gaunt etas).
pedcforward and, aosieted her- ,.
As he handed' the yellow blessoins to
her, he mid, Tens quietly:
"Dave you forgotten me?"
The blood rushed. to Bochum's face.
"No," she said.
"Not forgotten me? And yet you would
not bow to me? Why was that?"
Decima looked from side to side.
"I -I eau not tell You," oho Gala.
"But -forgive no- don't you think you
owe me some explanation? Let me put
the ease the other way. -If you had deign-
ed to bow to Ine, and I had 4100)111ml in
1001)01(113 11 I had cut you, would you not
think au explanation duo from me?"
"Yes," said Deeima, her browe coming
straight, her lovely eyeS growing dark -
la tie.
"Bo kik then. Do unto othem as you
would that they should do unto you," he
said. %here was a suspicion ot bantm
in his tone, and at the same time, a grim.
. "l1he said a troubled
icy:tit:10, of appeal whieb. troul3led Decline.iitst I tell you?" s
"Yes, I think you, ought."
"Then -oh, I wish You would not , ash
mel -my aunt does not wish mo to -to
know you."
"Why?" be asked, very quietly. "I ad-
mit that it is a, sufficient reaeon for the
cut, but I ant eurious to know lier res..
00"8"ePeause-beeause you are- Oh, I can
not tell you," she broke off, =Ain to the
very neck.
Ire Ruffled. -
"Too bad for you. to know?" k,o said,
with a smile.
Decline hung lter head.
oltd.ebeyrou," ho !mid, "I AM answered.
G
She turned and went' a few steps from
111111, then elle swung round and canto
back;,lier innocent soul shining through
her eyee.
"Why aro you ao wicked?" she said
painfulbs, tlel if the nuestion were forced
from her. "You were so kind to me."
• Ifis face grew hard and vet, then ho
smiled to me."
"That would take a lot of answering,"
he said. "Wait a moment sada s decide
;whether I can tell you,"
' (To be continued.)
A Pious Aspiration.
Mr. Reginald McKenna has dis-
covered ore this that the Horne Sec-
retary's life, is not a happy one in
these hustling days when one see-
Iiooneof women are insisting on their
vt,
As a married man of several
yeais' standing Mr. McKenna
should be in a position to give the
,suffragists a. little homely advice.
Apropos of his marriage to Miss
Parrnela, iTels-41,..111 1903, an
sing irsCid.ent oticuaredfin the Hmise
of Commons. "Mr. McKenna had
jus t returned. from his 'heneynaeon
and was speaking in IaVOL's Of the
GOvernment's • Old Age Pension
"It i's relatively cheaper Lor twei
Rt. lion. lteginald
persons living together than one,"
he argued.
"You ought to kno,w, anyway,"
cried gr. Will Crooks.
"Well, I hope it will be cheap-
er," said Mr. McKenna, and the
house laughed at the pions aspira-
tion.
Otic Objed ion.
"If the wages I pay you here in,
the store are too small to make it
poseible for you to live on them,"
said the stony-hearted merchant,
"I'll tell you. what NI do, • My
wife has becn ndve'rtising Ler three
weeks fer it housemaid. .Xou take
Che Joh and we will pay you $7 a
week," give you excellent board,
provide you with a idea roona and
let you have Thursday and Sunday
afternoons off. You tan save prac-
tically every cent you get. The
work W011'1, be as hard as it is here,
-
"Yes but here 11 aro allowed to
come in the fecint door,"
"This office you are applying for
will require your consloot atten-
tioo," warned the eminent official.
"That's all right. I don't believe I
will bave to hustle any harder to
held it than I have done to get
Wwwirlbreviviswowirloivai.
MA of Mutton From Many Lands.
Mutton is one of the most widely
liked meats in the world, and it is
a eons- land indeed that cannot add
a recipe to the vast number which
define its cooking.
FrOln 0111011 a recipe, for mutton
hash \vie& gives an idea for a new
w'ay of malting a leftover dish.
'First, free cold cooked mutton from
all tione,, gristle, fat and skin and
chop it line. IVIeasure a teaspooe-
ful and ishalf of melted butter into
a shallow saucepan, add a finely
' minced green pepper and a finely
minced small white cnison, and
brown delicately. Add half a tea-
spoonful of euery powder, stir care-
fully while cooking for a moment
or two and then add the minced
mutton, 113113 an ounce of minced
lean ham, two teaspoonfuls of salt,
two apples, pared,, cored and cut
into thee , and a cupful of white
broth. dook the hash 20 minutes,
stirring carefully from time to time,
and serve very hot.
From the Home of Good Cooks
ing.—Frono France comes a braised
saddle of mutton. or lamb, which
well upholds the claim of that coon,
try to fira place among the cooks
of the world. 'Select a fat saddle,'
remove 'the spine -.hones' without
tearing the meat, season the inside
with salt and pepper, rollthesad-
dle tie it in shape and season the.
outside, Put a covered roasting
pan. on the top of the stove and
Cla into it two 0111011( 0.0(1 one car-
rot, and crush a bouquet garni over
the vegetables... Piit in the meat
and nearly. cover it with stock.
iCover first with a piece -of buttered
paper and then with the cover to
the pan and cook slowly on the top
of the stove for three, or four hours.
At the end of that thne remove the
mutton, strain the broth, skim it
and cook it until it is re,ducecl to a,
quart. Pour ib over the mutton
and put it in the oven to r•isast un-
til brown. Then remove the meat
and add a tablespoonful of flour
rolled with one of butter, cook mitil
thick, and then add the yolks of
two eggs and half a cupful of cream.
Remove from the fire, add the juice
«3 hall a lemon and serve Mame-
dA. Northern way.—The Norwe-
giane prepa,re noisettes, or small
cutlets of mutton, in the following
fashion Have six four -ounce cut-
lets cut from a leg of mutton and
trim them until' they 8,re round. On
a plate mix a tablespoonful of
V10091112, a tablespo,onful and a half
of olive oil, a little thyme, crushed
bay leaf, salt and pepper. Put the
cutlets in this and turn them occa-
sionally for an hour. Then roll the
noisettes in broad crumbs, broil
them for four minutes ,on each side
and serve them immediately on a
hot dish with the following sauce,
passed separately : 'Cook four ap-
ples, after coring and peeling them,
for 15 minutes with an ohnce of but-
ter and two tablespoonfuls of sugar.
Put the mixture through a sieve,
add the yolk of an egg, stir and
cook for two minutes. Then add a
teaspoonful, of freshly grated horse-
radish, mix well, and the sauce is
ready to Serve.
German Pudding.—To make a
German mutton pudding mince a
pound and. a quarter of lean, mut-
ton and 'half <a polincl of bacon in
the meat chopper. Soak .two ounces
of .crumbs in enough milk to make
a thin paste. Add. Six 'eggs,' two.
tafileipoonsfill of salt, a table-
ipeoriful• each of mustard, capers
and chopped parsley, and six
minced sardines. Then main the
meat. Pnt the mixture in al but-
'tered mould and boil for two hours.
'Serve. hot with onion or caper
,59.1110.
Italian Mutton Stew. --Cut three
pounds of mutton frcirri the should-
er in medium pieces to make an
Italian Stew. Roll each piece of
meat in flour and brown in butter.
Stir in slowly a quart of warm
stock, or if this is not at hand a
quart of warm water. Add a table-
spoonful each of chopped. parsley,
thyme and onion juice and salt and
pepper to taste. When the meat is
half cooked skim off the fat, 'add
half a bunch of small turnips, al-
' ready parboiled, and cook for 30
minutes' more. If the stew is not
thick'
enough froin the flour in which
the meat was originally ,rolled
thicken it a little more with flour
and water.
Nearer :Hume.
No orte 'who, has read .."David
Copperfield" can forget the. des-
• cription of one a the supper parties
which DaVid planned ansl gave. He
planned. to have roast Or. boiled
mutton cooked to a. turn, hitt when,
he and his jovial guests sat dowa
they found thedmiitton, almost raw,
lough and imeclible. So theY sliced
it thick pieces and broiled it be-
fore the fire'and seasonin 't
ate it piping hot. In 'the land
where mutton is much eaten per-
haps no more delicious recipe 303'
bringing out its best qualities has
ever beemdevised than this.
The English know how to broil
meats. They use a clear, steady
fire,, and all meat Lo be lirollecl is
cot thick enough so that it is rich
',in juices and f1a4'01,. is seared
first on une side and - then on the
other, and then turned agaia a
cottple of times if it is necessary
to cook it, longer to have it suffi-
ciently well clone.
To broil mutton ehOP.R as 'they
are 'broiled in England, have a
clear coal fire, Cut the chops from
the loin, an inch and a half thick;
any thinner, according 10 the Eng-
11.sh (1ii-af 35 41, 0)1G10.10Ar.9it.tlheni
until they are done, and 'scirrei. 'them
-with salt and pe,pper or, with to-
mato or piquant sauce.
The 'Scotch have a tried and test-
ed method of making Mutton broth.
To copy them, free two quarts of
mutton broth from fat and strain
it. Add two finely minced onion.;
-
cupful of uncoolced oatmeal, salt,
PeiVer' and chopped parsriV, and
cook three hours, covered and
slowly. Strain and' eerrve.
for the Home.
Keep a box on the back porch
for rubbish, and the yard will be
much cleaner.
Sleepy pillows can be filled with
clover and hops, as well as (11111
pine needles.
Whitening dampened with water
will be found very efficacious for
cleaning white paint,
'10 whiten a doorstep mix a Itttle
quicklime with half a pint of skim
milk. Having first washed the door-
step, paint it 00e11 With this . mix-
ture, and the rain will not wash it
off.
To clean plaster casts dip them in
field liquid starch; who; ,ciry the
starch is brushed off and the dirt
comes Off with it, leaving the casts
as clean and white .as when new.
To keep 'a carpet in good condi.-
tion go 01r011 it .039ne- a week with a
brdom clipped in hob water to Width
a little turpentine has:been added.
When making a cup of cocoa put
.into it (when mixed), a pinch • of
salt,- and you will find a [Vela im-
provement in the flavor. This also
takes the watery taste away.
The air of a room may be purified
in twe hours by setting inside of it
a wide-mouthed piteher filled with
pore and very cold water. In two
hours it will have absorbed all the
gases in the room.
To remove typewriting ink from
linen, soak the inked 'Parts in tar-
pentine 24 hours then pour boiling
soda water on ft rinse thormighly
and dry.
To clean bone handles of knives
or any bone article, rub first with
lemon jnice and then with salt.
This will remove grease spots and
all kinds of stains.
Meat which is cooked in a casser-
ole shcaild be dredged with flour.
This will thicken the gravy a little,
and the flour will be most tiler-
ou,ghly eooked.
In cooking puff ball, if, after the
slices on the puff ball are dipped in
egg and ertunbs, a little grated
cheese is Sprinkleicl over them, it
will add to the flavor.
To keep a silverlike lustre on your
saucepan lids and tin goods, dip
them in- boiling water into which
soda has been dissolved, to remove
all grease; then rinse .113i111 cold
Water and polish with a cabbage or
a rhubarb leaf and rinse again -with
cold water. De not wipe them, but
put them before a fire to dry.
Before washing blankets with col-
ored borders first dip borders in
pail of eold water in which a hand-
ful a salt has been dissolved. Dis-
solve soap enough to make a good
suds in boiling water, add a table-
spoon of aerot ammonia e when
scalding hot, turn over your blank-
ets. If convenient, use a pounder,
or any way to work thoroughly
through the suds without rubbing
on a board. Rinse well in hot
water. There is usually soap
enough from the first suds to make
'the second .soft; if not, add a little
soap and ammonia; and after being
put through the wringer let two
persons, standing opposite pull
them into shape; dry in the sun.
'White flannels may 'be washed in
the same way without shrinking..
NEW CONSUMPTION CURE.
British Doctors Praise' Dr. Mehnars
to's Contratoxin.
It is now possible to give some
further information regarding the
tests of Dr. 1VIehruarto's contra.-
toxip, which ±1±a eitid is fulfilling
the highest hopes entertained by
the experimenters.
During the last week ten more
patients -were discharged -from Mar-
garet Street Hospital, London,
England, with the reeord of treat-.
await marked ``arrested." All
were in advanced stages of tuber-
culosis a.nd it is reported that no
doctor eould find in them any trace
of any sort of disease. They will
be examined monthly for the next
12 months at the hospital GU as to
discover whether the treatment con-
fers immunity for that period.
From every other insitution where
the treatment is proceeding oomes
the sante story.
One discovery the eh:eters made
some time ago, though of course of
no importarice,compared with the
other ,properties of the serum, is
tha.t three injections of the contra -
toxin. effectually cure the wide,.
spread unsightly 'complaint, acue,
vulgarly termed ``blackheads." -
A wonde,rful $urprise for every-
body except Dr. Mehnarto, whom
nothiug seems to surprise, is the
manner in which opsonic tests, eon -
ducted by Dr. Rajehmann, Prof.
Newlet' s assistant, worked outs
Here are the opsonic indices taken
bY Dr. Rajehrnann •in ,a. few cases
seleOted casually out of large
number :
Name. May 8 ' May 1,13.May 9`)
Kemp ...... .32 O.. 36
Mrs. Greeo , .26 .6 1.08
Taylor ......• .19,
Thompson .. .16 .66 2.02
Mayil ew •........08 .63
Boobli .T1'
Paaki ....... 1.07 2.04
Sheer ....... .91 .
(This patient suffered From gas
Leo lever between the in-
jections).
Miss ,Smith.. ..„, ,89 1.81
All these had -doses of the eontra-
toxin on the Slates mentioned, the
b3-110-
tblieo7e.cil•d 015i8 taknbe
ThoiIsfibrustt ejfitv eiisnf:e never e t
irvi lyhe'±pat4In
last four have. In evealt ease where
en aslegmatefismortanity was found
for _peeking full sets of tests s. re-
tnarkahle' improYeinent inss been
found except In the case Of
If happines,s ever comes 10 001110
mein it will have to do so against
their wills.
We unhesitatingly
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FROM ilERRY-01.0 ENOLANO
NEWS IlY MAIL- A.DOIJI JOHN
BULL A.ND IIIS PEOPLE.
Occurrences in The Land• -,-That
Reigns Supreme in the Com—
mercial World.
The area ef the United Kingdom
is 131,000 square miles.
Out of every 100 Oi the popula-
itniontoivnEngland and •Waless '78 live
Ninety per cent. of British peo-
ple can write, only 2'7 per cent. in
Spain, and but 16 por cent. in Russ
The United Kingdom imports
more fruit than any other eau-I.:try
in Europe, apencling :C6,500,000 n
year on it.
Next to Yorkshire, which has al-
most four million acres, Idneoln is
the largest English county, Devon-
shire stands tided.
There were 1,013 persons killed
a.mti 8,700 injured during 1912 on
railways in the kingdom, says a
Board of Trade report.
Great 'Britain carries on more
trade with Germany than with any
other country. France and the
United StateS are her next best
easterners,
The premis.e,s of Henry Foster,
tallow and grease manufacturer,
Lee -ds, were gutted by fire early on
tho 16131 ult., the damage amounting
to ,several thousand poonds.
-By the pu•blication «3 •editions in
nine additional languages the Bri-
tish and Foreign Bible Society has
raised to 449 the number of tongues
in which the Scriptures are issued.
The Countess, of Aberdeen hiss
been invited by 20 national weinon's
couneils of Europe and America to
retain the presidency of the inter-
national Council of Women for a
further period of five years. ,
Sir George Riddell' says the print-
ing trade is the recording angel
which chronicles the thoughts ,and
ideas of mankind. His only regref
was that, like most romances, it
w.o,s not so profitable as it, should
be.
The ehange,s ±11 weekly- hours of
labor taking effect in 1912 affected
72,067 workpeople. Of these 701
.had their hour•a increased by 386
per week, and 71,366 had reduc-
tions amounting to 175,068 hours
per week. •
Sir Sohn Hare, the fasnotts actor,
on the entered his 70bh
year. He made his first •appe.a.ranca
on the professional Stage at Li -ver -
Pool in September', 1864, HO that
next year he will be able to cele-
brate his theatrical jubilee.
The London Scottish Regimental
Gaae,tte gives a fairly good photo
of Lieut. 'T. Ross, Scots Guards,
who has just been promoted from
the rank of SergtaMajor. The edi-
tor . says that the "Scottish" have
always found him "a good Soot, a
good shot, a good sportsman, and
a good soldier."
A ,story told about the Prince of
Vales is worth, repetition. Not long
ago he was dining out with some
friends, and on leaving the lionee
was helped on with his overceat by
his host. "What a niee coat, sir,
remarked his host. "Yes, ion't it,"
replied the yoting Printe, "it was
father's,''
Bigger Ships, or Smaller!
When that :magnificent veseel, the
Titanic, wae last on her maiden
voyage, not 'a few critics confidently
predicted 1111011 -111110 stunning disas-
ter,would lead to the abandonment
of the; monster, vessel -building. The
new Hamburg -American liner, Im-
perator, with her tonnage of 8,009
greater than that of the ill-starred
White Star vessel, is the German
answer to this predisition. hose
best eompetert t to judge are of opin-
ion that ships uf from 80,000 to 100,-
000 LOTI8 will be seen ploughing the
'Atlantic without fear of disaster.
For the time being, however, the
Germans, in their It -operator, own
the largest vessel afloat; but before
she had made her maiden voyage
her supremacy Wee threatened., for
two rival companies, the Cunard
and the White Star, had com-
menced the building of stfll larger
ehiPs. So long as they can be _made
to pay, there seems to he end limit
to the size ,of 'Atlantic steamers.
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accomplish their purpose
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and minimitiii-disCoari.
Increasing doses are not
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JOKES BY THE TODDLERS
11.1;1110R.FROM THE MOUTIIS OF
LITTLE CHILDREN.
loys and Girls Say Some Really
Witty Things quite lano-
ceutly.
Stories of children. have ,a charm
all their own, 'and there is a reason
—the humor of a child's rnmark ie'
unconscious. '
:Willie, aged four, had been in-
vited out to tea with his mother,
and, while. hot was being dressed for
the occasion, the .clelights in store
Lor him had been depicted in glow-
ing terms.
While his mother chatted with
their hostess, Willie sat in solemn'
silence, an.d at last the la,dy of the
house rose.
"Now I must bring in tea," she
announced; then added: "Would.
Willie like &Cann tem?"
His Star of Hope.
The child eyed her in astenish-
mept, and, in a deeply -hurt tune,
responded:
"Why, that's what we came for 1"
Outside it was snowing hard, and
the teacher considered it her duty
to warn her charges.
"Boys and girls should be very
careful to avoid colds at this
she said solemnly. "I had a darl-
ing little brother, only seven ye.ars
old. One clay he went out in tho
snow with his new sledge, and
caught cold. Pneumonia set in, and
in three days he was, cleacl."
A hush fell upon the school -room;
then a. youngster in the back VOW
1)00{1 up and asked:
"Where's his sledge?"
It is to, be feared, that Tommy
was not so kind to his little brother
Robert as he ought to have been.
He tried hard to shake him off, so
that ho naight go and 13I0y with
older. boys; but Robert, stuck close.
"You should he ashamed to treat
your little brother in that way,"
admonished father. "He oughbto
he sacred to you,"
Tommy made no reply; but later,
when he believed himielf to be free
from parental observation, he ad-
dressed Robert fiercely:
"Ahvaystaggin' after me! If you
weren't sacred, I'd. bras your face
for you."
Edith, aged six, had, juab, been
told that she had' now two. little
baby brothers—twins.
She looked' thoughtful—very.
thoughtful, At last .she spoke:
"That's funny V Minnie and I
both prayed 2012 11. baby brother', but
We meant the same one!"
--
Their Selection.
Another story told by two little
girls, this time on the way from
school, in 6qua11y worth recording.
They had quarrelled, and Mabel
became vindictive.
"I don't care,"- she said. "You
are only am adopted child. Your
mother and father aren".t. really
Y°111.8i"
''Dont Cate either!" retorted
Jenny. "My father and mother
picked me out 1 Yours had to take
y.ou just; as 3,011_1741712E)1"
Titi3 inspeefior hail called to in-
speet. Had he known how well
Miss Primly, the school -teacher,
hacl all her little boys and girls
trained he would have been:on his
guaed. .As it was, he eyed the
youngsters -benignantly, ' roelcing
back and forth on his heels, and .
with his hands thrust deep in his
"Now, ehildren," he began, ia
a-netts:am tones, "1 wonCler if you
kn.ow who I am /." -
There was an expectant silence,
and one small hand wae raised.
"Well," said the inspector en-
couragingly, "who am IV'
`'Y.on're 7)0 gentleman," was the
piping reply, "(112(10111 wouldn't have
your hands in your pockets!"
Force of Example.
Jane Waa the elder, and, at the
party, f:elt responsible for the be-
harlor of her younger sister,
• TifereFe,re, it shocked her terribly
when. 1VIiidge' prdeeesied to put a
hard,hoileicl' egg into her itiouth--
whole. Straightway Jane rose from
her Place ,at the talole, walked over
to the delinquent, and administered
a hound box on theear.
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ali"Tther
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