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Or, A, 4truggle For a. Heart
'anidn'ene, exre.-Mentt'ad
t. He 'hadt-been Changing Uneonationolsti
Ifet knewn,,realixoth what, that
,Wabrking the tratiefointritien. ,
• %13i1t he knew noW. And he eat with hi
'
to '44nt .a1d hits egos eovered,: and faced,
• the 'thing: ffor Gaunt, though not a good
Ithstyt, was no fool and no thward, Uo had
' Ife,placed the whole ao boforoitfni, no
:10 soak; mid tried to regard it calm's,
and.judinfally. c
He etas in love with Deanna Deane. )1e,
70aPL5 older than she -and a 1i:tarried manl
•Ite wined the sweat from his face with
tuleteady band. It seemed, ridiculone
•.and alaeurd; but there it was, and all the
he could pour on it would not
•.guench or down the truth. He tried to
•i laugh, as he thought ,of the differeuce in
age, of the bond that held and galled
but the laugh rang hollow and un-
•natisfuetosy.
• Ho. loved ler. And he knew it was the
first rdill love a hie life. The fancy for
• the yeoman who bore his flame had been
lancy ..only, and had died; &wised,
.r18tI102 tO contempfrand loathing, He had
. never really loved until be had met IN-
. -ninth. And the girl was everything in the
world to him. Lifehope, joy.
Her face rose before him as' he sat and
thought. The sweet, .girlieh face with its
•*blue, and- ever-changing Oros. -its mobile
month and its bright and innthent
-• the soft brown hair clustering in tendrils
'on her white brow. Her voice with its
intmeent tone -
Yeo. the was intheent; 80
•.ohild.lilie, that ehe did net leuess how it
was -with him. lie was not a good man;
but be thanked God that she did not know
that -the Must never know.
Re taunt go array, go away at once. Ile
retie, stung to movement by the resolve,
and ahnost groaned. A shudder ran
through him ap he thought of returning
•. to the world, of going away , from the
'sight of her face, the eound of her voice.
TheY were lifo to hint, and his days with-
out them would be abadowed by the dark-
alrfaTliieell.orkotnot know, gum,
of his love for her. Ho would keep a
°lose Watch and guard over every look
and word. 1Vby ehould he not have the
oonsolation of being near her? Shehad
been like asguardian angel to him; she
had, all innocently and unconsoiouely, led
him out of the dark forest of deepair and
gloom to higher and brighter lands. She
• lad been his saviug angel. If he left her
be would slip back into the old life -the
-old life he hated and loathed.
.As; he -paced up and down with bent
, head and hands tightly elinehed. he tried
to persuade himself that he ehould be 0011.
tent to be near her. to see her occasion-
ally; that he would bane for. tbinkof;
. nothing more. Yee, that -was how be would
work IL She should bo just an angel of
light to him. Ile would go on loving her,
but as the sailor loves lho beacon star
that lights him home through tho storm;
as the light -that burns M the shrine of a
saiut. inspired by that. love, he would
keep his Ill'o dean and sweet; he would
-devote It to her. He would be )ler slave,
would do everything s'hewanted done far
the place and the P00D10,
"Yes, that is bow it must be," he said,
. vrifh a deep breath. "There is no hope
for me. The child would never love me,
evrin.---oven it X were only lier age aisd
free. Very good. Let me accept that,lat
sue reme.mber it always, when I am with
'her or away from her. She is not for
•ens. She can never Ire mine, but I can go
ort loving her. I will never lot her sus.
pact; will keep a cloee guard on my
.eeeret, and she shall never know. /1 woold
-only pain her, and, God knows, I would
-rather die a thousand deatha than she
thould suffe_r a moment's pain."
He 18113013811 dieoordmrtly,
"Virhat a pits, ono ean not die when one
lae said bitterly. "It would be EO
80.87 a Way ant of it. Dirt nee got to
live -end I gem not live without ber!"
The last worde were uttered almost Nay-
agelY. We all know how. at some time
Or other, we stand at bay with Pato and
light him tooth and nail. Gaunt was light-
ing• Vete for all he know
The dannorhell rang, and be went and
.4recsed.'t Hebron looleed at the haggard
fece anxiously and woedered what was
lle knew nothieg of the great t
• some ludden screens 'in Its master's life,
mistake, lint he eusnested the ordate000 of I
and be wondered whether it had cropped
UP again, tn.!' he had notieed the change
t lato for the bettor in Lord Gant's
manner and imPeax"altee.
Gaunt went down to the elaborate din.
ner, but he coul4 not eat, and presently
he roe* and went out into the air.
There wall a faint moonlight; a night-
ingale was singing on one 01 the treee on
the lawn, He saw .D0011.234VB face in the
soft lights he had her voice speaking
through the hird's. Pees„ently he got his
hat, and, half luechauthally, went up the
avenue and along the road to The Wood-
bines.
As Ile reached the house and stood
the ehadow of the trees ,on either side of
the road, he heard the piano, and then
her voice -the clear, oweet, vothe
-which ethoed in his heart all day. She
win; elnging OPP of the einaple songs she
used to sing to Lady Pauline,' and every
note, as it floated out to him, struck
u n a chord in his heart and filled him
th the pain of „intense longing,
Re went home again, with the 'sweet,
voice Pinging in his oars. Bat lie
would not go into tbe house, and he paced
under the firs in tbn, plantation until the
dawn began to gleam beyond the hills,
"I love her!" was the thought that
ached in this heart. "I love her; but she
ehall never know. She shall never know"t
In the morning some plans (Mine down
by post. Ile hml promised to take them
to her. Should he do so? He prayed,
thirsted for a eight of her. Why should
he not go? He would begin the watch
over himself.
After breakfast he went, vrith the plans
• bio hand, up to The Woodbines. As
he reached the gate he heard toiees--Dce
eima's and a raan'e-and then ha saw her
and Mr. Merthon in the, gurden. He bad
met tbe young man .once or twice, and
exthanged greetings with him; but it had
so chanced- that he had not seen him and
Decitna, together. He looked over the gate,
and there woe Mr. Memnon -holding a
thryeanthemum while Decima tied it to a'
stick. Deciraa Wore a eurtbonuet like -
and 'yet how unlike -Ws, Topper's, and,
as she bent over the 11111311, oho was laugh.
ing, evidently at Mr, gore/Jon:a awkward.
nese. And the young uteri. with his hat
on one side, nem lookieg at her with
• au intent expreesion in his small, sharp
Otto you see math of Mr. Mershon?" be
asked, and oorse& himself for belting.
Deanna 'looked np from the ,plane.ab
"Yes,, oh.' yes. Ito is here nearly every
clay. fl11 has ,bueiness with father.
don't understand what it is; it is all to
mystery 10 me -and to father oleo, 30 08.
acct. But what 4o the Matter? You --you
• look ao pale and tined.'
• She drew nearer to him, with 'child:
like affeetion and eantidenth, 'and laid her
hand upou iris arm.
.And the strong arm, lean and museular,
the arm which, had known no quiver nor
anoint:tints; even when it had been raised
in the face of death Itself, bad 'hard work
to keep itself steady under the lingers'
which touched him so innocently.
nrve-I've had, a bad night," he staid,
forcing a emile. "I used to suffer from
ineinn
oia, and I got an attaok of it rest
inghL'
"Oh,. I anx so 801117," she said. "Come
and sit in my arbor and reat for "a, little
while." Her hand closed OU his ,arat,' and
she led him gently to a rustle summer-
houee in the worst etate of repair. "hit
there anct restX she said. "11011 511011 not
talk, or evert think. And I will look ,at
the plane. Say!" ehe ra)1 to 0110 411 the
garden borders and picked some marina
of lavender, "smell those! Are they not
sweet?" •
She held them -up to him, and: 'unseen
Ire her, he toothed them with his ling.
Thou, with the innooence of a child, she
at Cloth beside him- and unfolded the
plane again. ..
Her arm touebed his -the suramer-houtio
waa 13 very small 'aftair-he could almost
hear the beating of her .heart; and his
own heart throbbed in harmony.
"They are beautiful!" she said, nodding
at the plans, as a child nods at a picture -
book. "How clover a man must be to
draw thean like this! Look at that tower!"
She opened out the plans so that they
reeted on her knees and hie. "There's a
bell in that tower: of course. Will 'it run,'
no Bobby would say, to a bell, Lord
Gaunt?"
"Oh, yea; it will run to a bell," he said,
mechanically, for her hand was touching
his arm, and all his senses were throbbing.
"Will it? I am so glad! And that is the
big school -room. What is the Mee? But
I am worrying YOU, and I meant you to
rest!" she exclaimed, remorsefutly.
"It is not worrying me," he said. "There
are the plans. If you like them, well
pase them."
"Oh, I think they are beautiful!" ohe
said. "And the school -house is too sweet
for words! I ehould like to be school-
mistrese!" '
"Yes?" be said; then the green jealousy
gnawing at hie heart forced Lira on. "Do
you like Mr. Mershon?"
Decima opened her eyes *upon him in
nocently.
"What has Mr, Mershon th do with the
schools?" she eon'. "Like him? 011, yes,
I suppose so. I never thought, never
asked myself the question. But now I
come to do so, yes, I think I do. How
foolish that sounds! Aunt Pauline used
th say that X should never master ayntax.
He is very good-natured, you know; only
this morning he promised me tiny pounds
toward"he boys' play -ground and gym
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"Why did Yoh ask him?" he eald, al-
most roughlk. "I would have given you
all you wanted."
"I know yon would," the said, eimplY;
"and that is why I didn't risk YOU. YOU
have done so much. Besides, it le only
fair that Mr. Mershon should thend nomo
of hia money for the benefit of the people
among whom lie livee. Ile 13 very ruin,
you know."
"Xe he?" he said. "I don't know any
thing about him." Then he got ashamed
of his petulance. of hie jealousy, for her
oyes score seeking hie with a rather pained
surprise. She had never before board hini
speak in this tone. "Oh, I dare say he is
a very nice young fellow. X'm-leu rather
boorish and ill-natured this morning. I
alwaye am when I don't sleep.'
In an instant her face melted, eo 10
eineak, with a tender ssonpathy *which
emote bit to the heart .
"I know. You could not be really un-
kind or unjust to any one, I think, Lord
Gaunt."
"Oh, couldn't X?" he said, grimly,
."174). 11 wee only because you are tirel
hat YOU' were hard upon 3Sr. Mershon -
if you were bard. For, after all, what
have you said? Lean back -see, yon earl
A pang shot tlnough Gaunt's heart.
"My God! I am jealeue!" he said, he.
twoon 11l elinched teeth, and hie face
grew sot .and stern.
lie tried to soften It me he pushed the
• gate open and entered, but Decline, as
she looked up and uttered a faint cry of
weleorne, eats the took mud encored her
innocent eyes upon him,
"011,' Lord Gaunt, is -it you? And have
Fon hrought she plans -hi that them in
-your hand?"
•"Yes; 'I've brought them," ho enlist try.
Ing th smi1. -,"But• it domin't matter.
LDon't let 33183 interrupt 'you,"
She looked at him with a faint reproach
in her love)y eyee.
"Why, we are only tying un some of
the chrysanthemums. Ae if they were of
0,07 consequence! Let MO 900 themj
do so want 3.0 -0130 them. tut what is the
matter?" .the broke. ofit as elm. looked un
at him with a sudden grave questioning.
"Notbing-notlaing," be said, haiddly for
• he felt Mr. tlemlion'e sharp eyes upon him.
That gentleman dropped the string and
glanted at hie watch. Me disliked, and
wasni little afraid of Lord Gaunt of Leaf-
.
snore
"T -I think I'll be going," he said, look-
ing at Deanna.
She had opened the plans and opined
quite absorbed in' them,
"Oh. will yen not etag? Well, good-bl'e,
and thauk You. We hate tied tin ever' se
many: haven't -we?" •
nYes." said 3,10. MershonnGood. morning,'
Lord Gaunt." ..te he went out of the gate,
Gaunt looked after bin:.
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just, lean back -and rest, quite restful."
She leaned back to show him the wav,
and the branobes of the ivy and clematis
caught in her hair. She laughed no she
tried to disentangle them.
"I forgot my, hair; but you ueed not be
afraid-yonn xs too short."
"Can't yort got it nudone?" he eaid.
"Let me try, will you?"
"Thankrs," she said at once. "Mind you
do not bring It all down; 13 10 apt to thine
down at a -touch. You see, I'vo not had
it up very long."
Ilia hand elmolc as lie attempted to free
the soft, silky coil from the branch. that
clung to it lovingly, His breath came
fast. and he brought about the °etas.
trophe againet. which she had warned him,
"There it is down!" she said, with a
laugh. 'She shook her hair looser and
smfled up at him as one echool-girl smiles
at another. "That is bow' r thoked a few
months before 7011 SaW 2110 at the Zoo,"
the said. •
He looked at her, and tbth suddeilly
away from her, lost She should read his
secret in his eyes.
"You muet have been rather a nioe-
looking little girt" he remarked, with an
effort at careless badinage.
"I waan't, really. I was a very ugly
child,' she said. ''I remember Bobby
treed to call me the plain bun. rve told
You about his expecting to see a long-
legged, ugly littlo girl at the railway ate,
tion, haven't I?"
While she was sneaking, oho was doing
up ber haie rapiclly and eareleesly. Ile
stooped to pick up some of the heirmins
whic13 liaxl fallen, and saw a niece of
brown ribbon Which had either fallen
from her hair or HOMO part of her (frees.
Ho waited until 1020 hod finished, then
be_picked up the .ribbon.
"Do you went this?" he said.
"What ia it? Oh, thanker
He held it in hie hand,
"If you don't particularly want it, I'll tie
up the, plans with it," lie said, with an
air of indifference.
"No, I don't want it Is 13 10030 enough?"
"Quite," he said., as he rolled UP the
plans and 'wound the ribbon round them,
"I'm going down to the village to see
Gobbet. Could you -will it, be convenient
for you 40 ,meet me there thie afternoon?
There aro Rome things Bright wants to
ask you about. You and Bobby 'might
come up to tea afterward, if you'd be fi0
granious."
"Very Well," the said at once and bright.
ly, I am going in to help to make a
1',1tdding. I am learning to cook, you
now. Bobby POSE X alwags forget the
principal iegredient-generally the sugar
--but, he always has two serves, and the
proof of the pudding is the eating there-
of."
She talked on -the talk of a hann7,
heartfree girl -and he listened with a
mingling of pleasure and riain. Ilex, lime-
cence and uneonsciousuess hurt Ithn that
morning. He got up almost suddenly, '
must go, ho said, abruptly, and
left her.
They met in the village in the 13430111108»,
Interviewed Mr. Bright, and then met
Bobby,and. went up to the Hall to tea.
It was served en the terrace, and she
presided, as she bad done on (several me,
0.011ti othaeions. Gaunt watched her. Nev-
er had she 'seemed more perfect in every
tone and movement. Lookingat her Vas
like listening to an esthisite piece 64
11111810 whielt makes the heart ache with
an infinite longing.
"Show Bobby the plane, Lord flaunt,"
the said, presently.
Gaunt -went into the library and brought
!nein, They wore untied and in eon.
tusien.
"Why what a jumble you have got them -in.
. Where ia. the ,ribbon 'you tied themnp with?" eke' asked.
•• He colored for '021 instant 'and' looked,
with the "87181*0840e3» of a man,
"8-4 Must, have •dernMed.'itt," he eaid.
It was foldedneatly his 7311810001
pocket, ovor hie heart:
"AIL" said. Bobby,, "Want MY eninicilf
Well, my opinion is that you are pauper-
izing the whole place between You; and,
rni rather glad that rrn going ,ont, of it,
and 60 can chuck what little of the roe-
ponsibilitt that bae ,fallen th'sny share."
"Going mit ot it!" said Dachau:
Ile nodded as 'h,f lighted a digarette.
"Yes, old Brown',-Brbwn was his teach
-"thinks that I ought to go op to ,London
to polish UP 'MY Wallah and 31310800 00
Int goh,ig right ewee; that le, in a week
f'Oh, Bobby!" said. Decima, tigaet,
fl)on't cry. Is its brother going to leave
it for a few weeks? • Never mind! ;Hell
come back soon and 'being. his thkle 'eiSter-
a nice jab) '
"Going no to London," said Gaunt etie,
heart eunt, for lie`kne.w that, Bobby 'away,
he should not lie able to. see 80 111 1101' Of
DeeinPU, SOr Obby Pad Wand the mobil
part of chaperon. "Yon'll go into dig-
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are different in that theY
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continued use 'lessen their
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"You --you mean 10"
"Of courao I • mean it," said Gaunt,
rather marbly, "Itti better for the rooms
to be mempied." Re gave Bobby the f04-
.01ress, 'And I'll put up for the -what
olub Would you like, X wonder? What do
You say to the Orient?" _
Hobl3V flushed With pride and (3190031110,Will You reallyr 1/03y awfully good et
you! The ,Orient r
He had heard and read of the aub-ene
of the best -but had never honed, never
.dreamed of besoming a member.
"Not at Bald flaunt, briskly, "X'llt
write to.night.
Bobby was so moved and excited that
he jumped up and paced away. Deciana
looked at Gaunt with a sudden Moisture
in her eyes, .
"I wonder why you are ao kind to us?"
elle said, with a little catch her voiee,
• lie could not have found a, quicker road
to her heart, -
• Ile raised his eyee th her fame for a
moment
"Nonsense!" he said, almost . roughly.
"What is there cepothilly kind in that?
I ehould do it for anyone."
the said; "I think 'you Would.
There 40 no one so kind, eo thoughtful, no
generous. ;Roble,oan't thank you, X gee)
and Oh. I, wish I tholkl tell you Just
what I think!" She loaned forward and
touched his hand.
' (To !al continued)
. WILL CROOKS, M.P.
British Labor Member Proud of
' His Careful Better Half.
Will Crooks, the 'British Labor
Member ef Parliament, is essen-
tially a ham° man. • There ie no
place dearer to hie rugged h.eart
than his modest' littl31 house in Lon-
don. He putters in and around
day in a.ed cla,y out, and in the
evening takes his ease at 'his
hearthstone beside his svife,
When he left for hie. 'lour to Can-
ada, Anstralia, otnd Seitth Africa
with the/ British Parliameutary
party he eaarieclwith him a heavy
consignment of baggage. 14u 'wits
observed by one of the .newepamer
men in the party that Crooks ir"'Fts
able to tell just ill what part 01 1310
luggage 'to look for any given ob-
ject. , There, appeared to be some
trick about it, and at last, °rooks
explained.
"See this little card, here," lie
saki, drawing out a diagram from
Will Crooks, M.P.
his pocket, "well, that is &list of
everything I have, together with
marks showing ,in just which bag
and which part ,of which bag the
thing is. Cough dams? Yellow
portmanteau, pooket No. 2, lower
side. Slippers, bag No. 6, bottom.
Clean hankies, black satchel, and
so on."
Then he pointed to one very
heavyslooking grip.
"Guees what's in 111 7" he said.
"Can't ye 7 Well, it'e preserves
—Nome made—by my wife. '
"Preserves I"
• "Aye—real preserves, none of
your facteryeanade jam,"
And it was so. But wheent the
bell boy can1e. to remove the lug -
'gage he did not carry the pre-'
eerves. Will Crooks 121101 it, and
walked eircumapectly, too. ,
•' Fact atid Fancy.
Spinach, acting on the liver,
freehens the complexion,
Better be tireless, than tiresome,
Muehroora brandy ie 11 T1CW im-
portation from Siberia,. s
The ave,rage man doesn't get any
foresight till he's too old to' haVe
,a'nything to look forward to.
During her firat week of Widow-
hood the .Coreica,n widow is blind-.
folded with a black b,andage.
In the average euenmer hotel
there is no room 'even for argu-
Many stage. dancers wear, fire-
proof skirts,
It's mean to snake money one of
people's necessities, and besides,
there is ever 'so Much more te be
01180143 out of their luxuriee.
• Pianos in Beelin, (formally, mueli
ali ehut up by 11 o'elock at ,ffight.
"Now, children," said the Sun-
day +school teacher to the juvenile
clads, "can any ef you fell nie what
a11 epistle is 7" "I can," answered
it little fellow at the feet of the
class. f 'An epistle is the wife of ao
ape Ea°.
•
° Willie had been absent from
school a whole clay, so tc,acher sent
his /nether the usual excuso blank to
be filled out. When it svae returned
to her it held the following excuse ;
"Dear teetcher Willie, got wet in
the a.m. and sick in the pan."
s,welesveloolleftfalearalfamselleaseefesa.
• jams, MHOS and Pickles.
000'8cl/errs' Juna—Top and ten
the gooseberries audboil one hour,
stilling constantly, To each pound
of the =cooked frith you should
have allowed three-quarters of a
Pethesl of , sugar. After ethe" hour's
boilieg is ended dip oat any euper-
fluous juice --which' Will make de-
jelly—pee In your sugar, and
000k an hour longer. Turn the jam
iuto glasses pr snuall jara and seal.
When this is served with 'cottage
cheese or cream cheese it is a fair
equivalent for the imported bar le
Plum or Deniaon dam. --Stone
your damsong 03. plume, stud after
this weigh them. • Be careful to
save any juice that comes frail the
fruit while, stoning it. Allow half
a, pound of sugar to each pound ,of
fruit, unless it is exceptionally tart,
in which case increase the propor-
tion to three-quarters of a pound
of sugar to a pound of fruit. Stew
the fruit for half an hour, put in
the sugar, and siramer gentleafor an
hour. By this time the jam Should
have cookedadown until it is quite
thick, and may be mut into glasses
or jars and sealed. Small, tart
plums may be used for this jam.
Peach Marmalade. — Peel and
stone peaches. The smaller or Yel-
low varieties will Serve for this.
Weigh the 'pared and pitted fruit,
allowing to every pound of it three-
quarters of a pound of sugar, and
cook the fruit by itself for three-
quarters og en hour, stirring it con-
stantly. At the end of this time
turn in the sugar and cook for ten
or fifteen minutes, taking off any
scum which may rise to the top. You
may either put it up at this stage or
you may add to it the kernels of a
dozen or so of peach stones, chop-
ped fine, and the juice of a lemon
for every three pounds of fruit, or
you may put itt a tablespoon of pre-
serving brandy for every poued of
fruit. With any treatment the anars
malade is delicious. There should
be a good deal of extra Aim, and
if this is dipped out after the addi-
tion of the sugar an,d of any fla,vors
ing and sealed in 'bottles it makes a
fine sauce for baked or boiled Pud-
dings.
Apple or Crabapple Jelly.—Quar-
ter and core ripe crabapples or any
well flavored, tart apples, and heat
slowly in a preserving
kettle. U11-
less they are Juicy addenough water
to protect them from scorching, and
cook at a gentle simmer until the
apples aro broken to pieces. Put the
pulp into a flannel bag and let it
drip. If you squeeze the pulp the
juice is'likely to be cloudy. Measure
your jaice, and to each pint of it
allow a pound of granulated sugar.
Put the juice on the fire in a clean
kettle, cook it for twenty minutes
after it comes to a boil, skim care-
fully, and add the sugar. Let the
jelly return to the boil and cook
for one minute and take from the
fire. Have your glasses reedy and
fill immediately, but do not close or
attempt to cover with paraffin un-
til the jelly is entirely cold.
Peach delly.—Make by the preced-
ing recipe, but add a tablespoon of
lemon juice to each pint of the peach
juice, and put this in after strain-
ing the juice from the fruit.
Sinai' Cucumber Pickles. — Lay
firm, small cucumbers of uniform
eize, none of them more than three
inches long, in a large earthen
crock, with a layer of salt upon
evcry layer of cucumbers. Pour in
enough cold water to cover them,
placing a heavily weighted plate on
top to prevent floating. Eyery
ether day stik the pickles tip. from
the bottom, and leave them in the
brine for ten days. At the end of
this time pour it off and pick over
the pickles, throwing out those that
are soft. Pub those which are left
in fresh water and leave there in
this twenty-four hours change
again to fresh water, .and let them
lie in this another day. Line your
kettle with grape leaves and place
the cucumberon these'sprinkling.
each layer of them with a little
powdered alum, pour in cold water,
lay several thiekneasee of the grape
leaves over the top, cover the kettle
closely, and simmee slowly for six
hours. Don't let the kettle boil,
Take out the cucumbers, which by
now ;should be well greened, throw
them in cold water and leave them
in this for a couple of houre. Pre-
pare a thick pickle vinegar of one
cup of sugar, a dozen blades a
mace, a dozen and a half whole all-
spice'8thre-e dozen each Of whiele
qbluacoatkpoepipveirnseagna?:.dcloves, and four
Boil all :these
together 'for five mint/tee after the
boil begins, and pear over the
drained cucittabers, which you
should have pecked inte small jars.
The vinegar must go oia them scald-
ing hob and' the jars. be covered
<itemise • Let them season for at'
least two months befoee eating
them, and keep in a dark, 'cool
Mixed Pickles. --Make these by
the preceding recipe, using string
beans, nasturtium pods, clustersof
eaelliflewer, and- tiny onions, The
onione and the cauliflower do not
need tohe greened.
•
' Useful Riots.
l3rittle netts should be rubbed
with vaseline every night,
If 'vegetables are put to cook in
hot water the flavor will be des-
troyed.
Seeded raislnif cut in half and add-
ed tothe nub salad will make it
taete. niach ,betters
;Orackere covered with grated
cheese and toasted in the oven are
good served with salad for lunch -
:When the knob comes off the teas
kettle licl, lay putting in a edik;
select one larger than the "hole,
soak it, and force it•in while wet.
Linoletnn which, has 'beat) rolled
up for some time should be placed
before the fire far, a few minntee
beforeruerolling, .1b will not crack.'
If ram is ceoked in water it will
abserle about' three times itsmeas'
ere.- If it is molted in milk, at
leash, half -as much, liquid will be
neceSeary,
`Pertleiration etaine oan be re-
trioyed, by a eolution. of oxalic acid'
and water in a proportion of one
drop ot oxalic mid to•20 drope •of
•' A fish that is to be boiled will be
improved 11 113 ie placed in a dish
coat/titling melted butter 'and al-
lowed to staed, fox an hour before
After boiling salt beef leave two
or three carrots in' the liquor until
cold, The carrots will absorb the
salt and the liquor ca,n be uged for
Whee sheets wear thin in the mid-
dle, cut them in half down the mid-
dle and sew the outer edgee to-
gether; the sheets will wear twice
az long.
A oretonne shoe bag Made the
size of the het tray in your trunk
is a great coavemence. It can be
attached to -the hack of the trunk
with thunib tacks when you arrive,
For economy excellent lamp wicks
can be made from men's old soft
felt hats cut into strips the proper
width and' soaked in vinegar fot
two hours and drying before using.• ,
A steamer box is a delightful pre-;
sent for an ocean-going friend—,,
eaaterand gaiftbemainredththe
day p
which it is to be opened. e.
Sash curtains, after they have
been starched, should be foldiiel,
downthe middle, lengthwise'and
ironed double; then opened out and
the fold ironeel. They handle very
well when ironed in this way.
To keep the c,olor in linen dresses
launder them in' bran water, Pelle
scalding water over half a pailful of
bran, let stand for half an hour,
then drain the water off and wash
the liners/in it, using no soap.
'Cold cocoa made without cooking
is a good invalid's dish, Mix one
teaspoonful of cocoa and anther
of sugar to a smooth paste with a
little cold milk; then beat in a glass
of creamy milk with an eggbeater.
Everybody doesn't know that
huckleberry cake, baked aboub two
inches thick, in a large oblong cake
tin, can be served as a delicious
pudding simply by cutting it in
squares- and serving with a s-weet
white sauce.
Before cutting buttonholes in
thin materials, baste a piece of In-
dia linen underneath where the but-
tonholes will be, Cut the button-
holes through both and work. When
finished, cut away the piece of goods
underneath.
• To bake cakes at home success-
fully put the cake mixture into a
well -greased tin, then stand this in-
side another tin, The cakes will
never burn at the bottom or stick,
and will be successful whether
baked in a large or small oven.
4.
ON IIIMA.LAYAS' PEAKS.
Two Women RidsnYaks Over Roof
of the World.
One of the most extraordinary
holiday trips ever 'undertaken by
women travelers was a ride across
"the roof of the world," that part
of the Himalayas which separates
India from Eastern Turkestan, Two
English -women, Mims E. 0. Kemp
and Miss McDougall, well known
as a •Chinese explorer, were the her-
oines of the trip, which they des-
cribed at the Lyceum Club, Lon-
don.
The two 'set out in May of last
year and crossed mountain passes
which never had been trod by wo-
men travelers. They met a saint of
Thibet, conversed with him and
made ot sketch of him and told him
they visited man.asteries filled with
figures of local saints and devils and
serails of many colors,
With the smallest of caravans
these two women meb the caravans
of sportsmen, large and elaborate
affairs, with long trains of ponies
bearing the heads of dead animals.
They discovered that the natives on
the road were al keen as the sports-
men themselves •and that the sole
topic of native conversation wet the
largest game bag.
In Leh they were received at the
king's palace and provisioned them-
selves for the moat arduous part of
their journey. They took with them
a cook. who, when at home, in Leh,
was alio a pillar bf the church, a
surgeon's assistant, eportsmaa,
hymn writer and general handy
man. Four men eerva,ats, inter-
preters, eight ponies to carry tents
and two yaks—the stately chargers
on which the wommi rode—complet-
ed the -caravan. - •
They started in the direction of
"the• Paamong Lake, noted for its
brilliant olox, and ascended to a
height of 18,000 feet. For a month
they Hired away frOM eivilization.
They climbed glaziers and precipi-
tous meunbains, forded .clemeled riv-
ere and explored gorges that toyer
bad knosimthe presence of white
'women.
. The way across these heiglite was
strewn with carouses of horses and
'the perpetual symbol of death was
the raven, - They suffered "terribly
with headachee and eclopted ohlors
ate of potaill as a cure.
"Was it worth " 7they were
asked, ,
"Well," replied Miss Kemp, `'"'I
tbink it we,g. There aomes a time
in our lives when itsia cle,sirable te'
broaden oar intereete. What struck
me there in those Solitudes was the
wonderful eolid,aritereof huslian
"We felt. tam we were allessenti.
ally one. I think it quickened our
perceptiora ; gave us a new "poise
and a greatee capacity te take "a
broader view,"
11 11 man is too pseud to beg mid
tee honest to steal, 'what 'ffiesinees
has he in Polities
While a young man ft/a admire e,
kittenieh girl, he should remember
that lcittens grow up,
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•
-Queen Wilhohnina and King Far
dinand Never Touch Liquor-
- Alfonie Dislikes It.
King Alfonso of Spain does not
drink either wine or spirits, nor
does his mother, Queen Christina.
'Queen Victoria"of Spain sometimes
takes a glees of wine at dinner, aud
it was noticed that during her visit
to the French re,publie she siPPed
champagne 'with the President.
Wit'h Alfonso total a,b,stinence is
not a matter of policy or principle,
but simply one of taste, He really
finds all wines and spirits unpala-
table, but the cellars in. the Span-
ish palace at Madrid are famoue,
and wine i,s served at every meal.
King Ferdinand of Bulgaria fer-
swore beer'wine, liquors, and
stimulants of all kinds eome years
ago on the advice of his clever mo-
ther, who he always 'declares was
his most sagacious political adviser.
Thanks perhaps to this policy his
nerves are always under perfect
control; he never loses his temper,
never displays any elma of irrita-
tion under the most trying circum-
stances., and this gives him a tre-
mendous advantage in dealing with
the hotheaded races of the aouth-
east of Europe.
Queen Emma of Holland
is a rather fanatical blue ribbener,
and, she instilled her temperanoe
ideas into the mind of Queen Wil-
helmina,, Neither in,other nor
daughter touehes any kind of liquor
on any oceasion. Indeed vsine ne-
ver used to be served at the palaca
until the young Queen raarried.
Then her husband, Prince Henry,
took a firm stand on the question,
and after 'considerable discussion
with his mother-in-law, as well az
his wife, finally suoceeded in, hay -
lag wine ,served ±0 him and ta ids
guests.
The two Queen,s Sweden. mid
King Gustavus Adolphus aro all
absbeiners, but the cellars of the
palace are alwaye well 'stacked with
fine wines, and these are eerved ta
guests, though at family dinners
water and lime juke are the only
bevera,gee.
The Dowager Queen Sophia of
Sweden is really the influence baok
of this temperance of the royal fam-
ily and no wine, is served at' her
own table. She has for forty years
been -the most powerful .a.upporter
of the total abstinence movement
in Scanditavia, and has devoted
much of her 'wealth as well as her
time and influence ±0 tho cause.
Her favorite on, Oscar, who is the
chief heir to her fortune, although
he ,sacrificed his place in the line of
suceeseion ±0 Ile throne to marry
her maid of honor, has for several
years been the president of the To-
tal Abstinence Society of Sweden.
Aleetemions Rulers.
The Emperors of Austria, Russia,
and Germany, and the King of
Italy are not teetotalers, but they
have always been abstemious 111 the
/natter of stimulants. The Kaiser,
indeed, has done everything in his
power to en courage teinperance,
because, as he dee/axes, "the next
war will demand healthy men; war
calls for 'strong nerves, and victory
will crown tbe colors of tale nation
which eonsumes the least alcohol,"
The Crown Prime of Germany
does not drink, and while a 'student
at Bonn he gave offence to the uni-
versity by • pretesting vigorously
agaiest the drinking of an exagger-
ated. quantity ,of be.er as part and
pareel of the procedare of the old -
established student meleties, ,
Information differs widely in re-
gard -to King George. It is sorrie-
tim es stated that he &hike only
milk,. and it is true that ho ha.s
beton seen partaking of this inno-
cent thiiU-queneher, but he does
occasionallystake wine 'as, Of
courae',a,t one tiane in his youth he
eves a hard drinker ; in fact, it was
net until he' married Queen Mary
teat he mended his ways and set-
tled down. to milder beverages,
The Late King Edward.
If; was in King Edward's day that
tile cellars at Backingliven.
were worth, considering. His late
Majesty was -as particular about Ids
wines as about everything else. Ile
drank steadily, yet no one ever ,saw
him the worse 'for liquor, and he
/elided -himself on being a great
jadese• of all food and drink. His
favdrite ,hostessee were these Who
gave him wellechesen made. , with,
just the right ;winos. He waFe not in
any sense of the word a gourmand,
hut he was a gourmet, and his peoe
ple rather admired him for it, just
as they secretly admired labia for
having the beet of everything all MS
life.
Queen Alexandra is not a tee-
totaler, and her favorite wine,
which as served at luneh and din-
ner, is a rather heavy burgundy.
Oecuionally ehe has ehampagne,
but n.ot as she did in King Ed-
ward's day, when a very fine brand
cliaenpagne was always served.
HOLIDAYS IN TURKEY.
One Would Not Know That Turk Is
Celebrating on "Holy Day."
In nothing is the natural sober-
ness of the Turk more manifest
than in his holidays, .eayis a writer
in Scribner's Magazine. Ile keeps
fewer of them than hie Christian
eombatriet, and anost of them he
celebrates in 'such •a way that an
outsider; would marcely ,suspect the
fact. This is partly, perheps'a mat-
ter of temperatemt, and partly be-
cause Isla,m has not yet passed
certain ,stage of evolution,.
A birthday, that is, is still a holy
day. Secular and patriotic festi-
vals are everywhere of compara-
tively recent origin. In Turkey,
where church and State are one to
a degree now unknown. in Waste=
eountries., there was no real na-
tional holiday until 1909. Then the
first anniversary of the re-esta,b-
lishmett of the constitution was
celebrated on the 23r01 of July
(July 10, old style). A highly pic-
turesque celebration it was, too, in
Conetantinople at leiet, with its
magnifieent array of rugs and me- ,
diaeval tents en the Hill of Liberty,
its review of troops by the Sultan,
its procession of tM guilds of the
city, and its evening illuminations.
Illuminations, however, were not '
invented by the eonstitution, Long
before a 23rel of July was, the
splendor -loving Sultan Alimet
discovered hosv unparalleled a the-
atre ,for 'such displays were the
seeep ,ehores of the Golden Horn
and the Bosphorus. The accession
day of the reigning sovereign made
am annual occasion for great fami-
lies to set their houses and garden's
on fire with an infinity of little oit
lamps and, in all litoealness,
keep epen house. Thi a was the no
purely eecular holiday of the year -
811110(35 I ex.cept the day of Ilkir
Elyese. Hidr or Hizr Elyeas ie 61.
distant relative of the Prophet Eli-
jah, of the Gad Apollo, and I sus-
pect of personages st.ill mere an -
tissue. His slay .coincides with that
of Greek St. George, namely April
23rd, old etyle, or May eth, accord -
±11(3 to our mode of reckoning.
muet add that he is frowned upon
in orthodox eireles, and feasted
only in Constaatinople or other
localities zubject to Greek influ-
ence.
8--,
TIM SNARE AND TITE BOY.
An Incident of the Perils of Life in
Africa.
A lady living in, Africa was in the
habit of dotting her little boy oat
his porridge outside. One morn-
ing on going out she was horrified
;to find the, boy .silting on v, stone,
and by his side a huge veno,mous
snake, Alternately the amazing
pair took a spoonful of the por-
ridge, the bey holding the spoon to
the ,snake. All et ono@ the, reptile,
raised its head as if to Strike, but
instead, curving its head down-
wards, it took loam milk out of the
plate.
In angar the boy struck it with
the epoon, saying a,t the same time, ;
"No, no, Bom Siong ; my turn
now." The re,ptile only cowered ,
down, watching the ehiki. oat Of its
tiny eye. The dhild finished "the
porridge, and petting .the ;elate
down watched 'the` snake chink the '
milk he had left foe it.
After watching for eome tithe'the,
mother alloyed forward, calling- te
tsnileby'and
akeolaiseciitenlielfwiecan8cldlgherinsuen3eaat.edh°,
ew(i
while dsotrs. eeeized the 'child and rash -
Next morning, petting a plate of
warm milk on the gtound, the fa-
ther waited fel' the snake to make
its appearance. It eame, and al-
though somesvhat puzzled at, the
absence of She elaild, began feadrink, ,
the milk, while the Man railed 'him
gun and ehatiit.
For some lime afterwards the boy
came every day to the ,spot, and
Wept because his straeige eolepagl-
lel] failed to make lag 'appearance.
Men who ean be bought imagine
they can't be caught, '
the elnatAkpnt of AvioultuTo
Ontar!o -#Vvizith, Re.opons
Veterinary e
of OntortO, , Apply. fox, Calendar. ,
A A OfiANOS V S.
OOTOPER
College Tort:onto, Canada • . Prin°'Pah ist 1913