HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1913-08-21, Page 3Her Great Love;
Or, A Straggle For a
Heart
CHAPTER XIV. ((Jont'd).
' He them it away sharply and lips
twitched, then—ae she lookee
d aellim, half
etartleci byshie, sudden geetnee—he slid hie
band back' and laid it on her arm.
"You—you -forget an that you have done
for me. Deoima."" He bit his lip. "I beg
your pardon, Miss Deane! The name sli
ped out. hear your brother acahli
you so—so often."
"But, &Me it mattm?" she ask dEm
, hl -
Ing at. him innocently, "Why e7houldn't
You *ell me Decitna; if you like? Xt is
better than' Miss Deatie. And -Bede is
better' still."
10 locked at her steadily, les lips cum-
ereeeee. See wee torturing him, asscall
so inuceenely I
"rm afraid that—that it Wouldn't be
quite the thing," he said. elbut—well, you
must it Me think of you ale., ---the name
seeined too dear, too sacred to be epoken-e
.eas Bede—sometimes."
As he walked ne with them ' to Tb
Woodbines—.he gained another half hour
with ,her by doing so—he gave some keys
to. Bobby. • 1-
et7se anything there as it it were yeur
Own," heesaid, in a emsual way. "The W
Man cooks very fairly, and earl manage a
little dinner -party; it's more comforeable
than dining at the olub. You'll write to
.me for anything you want." And no on,
and Bobby could only stammer his
.thanice.
Decima seed not another word, but as
ho wished them good-bye, she gave hi
her, eand and looked at him with all he
,grateful soul in her levele eyes:
He took the look home with hira—i
• haunted /aim as be eat smoking ',adieu
pipes, in ' the chair' she had bought to
• him. If •followed bine te he room, where
' having dismissed llobeon, he etood wit
be' ribbon in his hand,
"I am IS fool!" he mid. "I am living i
a fool's paradise, and I shall wake pre
eently to find myself in—the other place
Pll burn this. Yes; 3.11 burn it—and—an
fey to forget her." Me held the poor lite
tle ribbon to the oandle—but drew it bac
with something like a mown on Me lips
The ribbon slept on hie heart that nigh
--and every night; and his heart said to
it: "I love her—I love her!" and the rib
bon murmured back, "X know it."
f
.., When they got outside, Trevor eaid,
.4 gloomily:
"Why the devil did you tisk lam to din.
nor? it wasn't necessary., I don't know
much of him -an old aohool-fellow,"
Morgae. Thorpe emiled. e
"ley dear fellow. teat's no reason by
you ehouidn't know more of him, rye
taken a fancy to Lim—have indeed: Be-
sidee, liewill be a mleaeant addition to
our petite parte".
Mr. Thorpe hummed a bright, little air,
and Trevor muttered something under las
breath: They walked to Cardigan. Terraee,
. s ; and Thorpe :stopped outside No. 31.
er,00 I
No use aslcittg you te come in, I sup.
pose? he said. blandly. '
"r11 get you eeme," he said.
He went off the bridge end knelt, on the
bank, and slipfed bace his coat and shirt-
sleeves from his left arm, Deanna was
,wetaene eke, with a soft smile in hz
arm. It- wee nMe to have met him,
see and hear him—although he Seemed so
grim and.stern. The day appeared to have
grown brighter; and yet the eun had been
eltinenge just as it was now, when she
ulet him.
Suddenly, as he pluaged bis 'arm into
the water and ,drew up the lilies by their
long etems, she caught sight of :mine
black marks or soars on the. bare flesh.
"What ore thoee marks on your arm?"
she asked.
He wee busy ()teeing the steme, and Vele
off his award Inc a moment.
"Oh, nothing," he eaidepulling down his
sleeve. "Caustic: marks. I got a scratch
Or two •from a young lion— There- are
e the IBMS. Let me put them in your bas-
ket." , .•
She stood stock still, the blood rushing
to her face and then away from it again,
her eyes fixed on his face with a strange
look in them. She remembered the Zoo
and the young lion, the swift ontetretch-
ing of his arm to Gaye her, the sound of
the rent cloth. The lion had torn his
arm, then! For a moment something
beat en her heart, a 'pulsation Whieh
most deprived her of breath, She longed
to take the viral and -press ,her lips to the
blaek marks; twit° had got them in sav-
ing her. They should have been on her
aim instead of his. Her eyes grew hot,
t and filled 'With tears, and the first thrill
✓ of love fan tbrough ler veins. Troubled,
✓ perplexed, fiehtifig against thie feeling
with all- a girl's instinctive, dried of pas.
I; :don, eh. held out the basket; then, ae
soon as he had placed the lilies in it, she
e turned her head away.
• "I must go!" she oald. "It ie late and
Good.byer and she left him sudtienly,
her whole being quivering. He had not
seen her face—he had been engaged with
k the lilies—and he suspected nothing of the
emotions which had swept over her young
heart,
That afternoon Bohby walked into the
Orient—walked with the sense of proud
possession which the young man feels in
his first clue. He made his way through
the imposing hall, with its eolemn porter
and Stately footmen, into the handsome
smoking.room, and lighting a cigarette,
took np a paper; not to read, but as a
ecreen frotn whieh Ite could look at the
other members who were preeent; for
Bobby was a stranger, and everyone who
• belonged to the Orient was of interest to
him. He knew some by sight, or from
their photogeaphs (lisp/eyed in the shop
windOsve—for there are some famous tnen
in the club—and he was wondering whe-
ther he ahould get to know ally of them
pereonally, when two men entered through
tbe great glees doors.
leeked at them curiously. One
was a tall, fair, verr-fair-man, with a
olcan-shaven face, frank -looking blue
eyes, and lipe wearing a, peculiarly pleas.
alst and -winning smile. The other was a
younger man—of Bobby's age—with red.
hair and a pale face. Re was einem bet
there wae something of suPpreesed force
In the rather mitten -looking face which
was notieeable. KM eyes were somewhat
bloodshot, and, as he looked from side to
side, they had a euggestion of ferceity,
of savageness held in °beck by their own.
er which made. them still raore remark.
able.
Bobby took a second ,glance at him;
then,. with an exclamarteon, rose to his
feet. For be had suddenly recognized the
YOung man as a fellow sehoottellow.
"Halloo, Trevor!" he said, holding out
1iis hand.
" The young fellow eyed him with a
frown for a moment, then he said, with-
out any great display of Job':
CHAPTER V.
In the morning he °weed his folly. Wan
this the way to forget her? To brood in
the solitude of the great house over his
Agecret love? After breakfast he came to a
sudden reeolution, He would go into so
cietYi he 'would meet the people he had
avoided, see fresh faces, "divert his mind."
In the afternoon he had out his tulip
phaeton Alla pair and drove round PRY.
ing calls. The firelaemoles, the Petter-
gills, and all the rest of them received
him with great, and scarcely, concealed
teney thought him rather" absent-
minded and grim; 'but they were only tee
delighted to bave him in any mood. He
mune haek' wearied to death, and in a
very bad humor: and in a few days the
usual invitations poured in. He accepted
them one and all, and went the' round of
the dinner-partice and festivitice which,
all too palpably, lad been got up in hie"
hanor. And he did bis beet to be agree.
able, and, harder still, to be amused and
"diverted." There wee a large family—
mostly girle—at the Oattermolose and
they were all mad over him. Gaunt was
, the sort of man to catch a girre fancy.
Teel, raved about his good looks, his dia.,
thiguiehed tuanners,'hie travels and ad-
ventures—his very grlmuese--for Gonna
times when he was more than usually
bored, Gaunt was alutoet ne grim as
deatli—wae voted an added charm; and hia
reputation for wildness—well, when wo-
men come to be women, amid only then.
will the wickednees of man lose its fae-
cination for them,
Ile kept away from Tho Woodbines, and i
avbided the village while he was going'
'through his course of "diversion" and "
making the Attempt to forget her... But
instead of forgetting her, his mied dwelt s
on her day and night. She male upon u
him as he sat at a big dinner -party, and
he -would lay down his' knife end fork and
• look straight before him with an expres- a
:sloe of abstraotion which not . Beldom h
startled the lady who eat beside him, and
tO Whom, a few minutes before, he had s
teemed all attention.
Ho avoided Deoima. But one day he'"
met her coming. through the village. He t
was riding along, his head bent gloomily, a
the dogs running silently at hie heels— ,
lear quiok the' dogs are to understand and D
harmonize with their maeter's mootlel— T
end lie saw Decima coming toward him.
'She had a small baekot on her arm, for w
she had been visiting some of her siols
people, .
As he raised his eyes, something altot
through his heart—a dull, aching pain— D
fer he thought elm looked 'pale and sad.
But her sweet faco brightened ae she saw IM
lim, and her eyes darkened With pleas. fl
tire as he stopped and regarded her awk-
wardly and in silence, for the Bight of her pl
unnerved. him. ed
"You have been in those cottages again. vo
There is measles or something, isn't dr
there?" he said, by way of greeting.
"Ole Yes; but I've bad the raeaeles long w
ago. And they're nearly over now, you a
know. But you haben't been into the vil.
lege lately, have yott?"
"No," Im eaid, looking awes,' front ker. '
"/—havo been busy--".. 1.11
"X know," she said, quickly. "We have th
beard of yonr visiting and—and. dining
out; and X am so glad." co
"Gladb war?" he asked, meodily.
"011, beoause it must be so pleasant for Th
you," she said, vi
"Pleasant!" he said, grimly, la
"Ien't it?" elle eaid. "I think it must be of
to meet, new and nice people. And it was oi
so dull for you at the alone, and
seeing lid one." • Bo
"It was not dull," he saie, trying to th
speak more cheerfully; "and if you tbink
thee, a course of dinner -parties is prove- of
{naive Of pleasure— 112, weal" He look. ef
ed round.• "Is everything going on ail '
• right?" he asked, as he walked beside her. ea
Decima nodded brightly. She /led .been
:pale and sad a moment or two ago—he was Pe
euro or it, was she pleased to see him? gl
ee"013, yeei we have gone On just as if "L
you were here. Mr. Bright ranted to ask it.
you ebout things; but I begged' him net so
-to worry you, but to let you go on en.
jos, ing yourself." . kn
eThaelisl" he. said, through his closed
teeth. "That was very kind of you." lo
Enjoying himself! pl
"Yes, Mr. Bright agreed with me: He is vo
se delighted at your going out so. muce." alt
"Oh, he le?" an
"And did you.hear from Bobby?" T
"Yea," he said. an
"He wrote me such a long letter. And vo
lie told me all about your rooms, They are hi
beautiful, he says, only'inuch too hand: ed
sante and _rich for elm. And he PI so ed
proud of being a member of the-tee:Mien, Bo
able club, and I was to try and thank you, Bo
because he never could. Ile says he is 'eh
working hard, but having `each a good cat
. his
"I am eleaied to hear it," Im Said. ho
There was a silence. ,, Mo
Rio beart was beating with tbe joy of lit
.being near her, the delight of hearing her ab
voice agaen. They reached' the bridge bre
which spanned the narrow, rippli»g river, P
and they stopped and leaned OD the rail, at
esolcing at the stream. "
• -3 am going to have a big dinner," he qu
Raid. have to feed those vvho have fed yo
me, not wieelY bee too 'well. X went you alr
to come." of
Deeitaa shook her head and smiled. din
"ph, I don't think ee," she eaidellebby's Do
not bere. you know, and father --and 3,01
_thee. WOUld 'be lost in a big. party. • lee wit
.!elever goes anywhene. No, I do not think en
, X will acme, thankS,'.
"I rant you toe he said. "It' will be yo
the only thing that wiH make it teller- to
ftbla" paused. "The Mershons Will lie
come, I hope. You know them?" ' T
"Oh, yes," she said unsuspielouely. "We the
A(30 112000 'Of Mr. .Morobon than Crer. AO
is aleetee at lthe ,nreodbinea. Father and "
he aye engaged •I done anew, we
What it .fs; hut they 'spend a greet, eleaS
of time poring over peeers, And Mrs. Mo
,Sherboene is .often gene out see
driving Willi her several times. It, hat: woi
boen du 11 latelY, uelmee X 151( 05 --V/
le:abbe," elm added, innocently.
glen:eel t!,k, her, _ sill
'WW1, the clunler-peety may amuse are
. he said, hate the thought, 01 311 le
retell hole it worse if you will not it
,emee." . eke
at will' emns If yen wisb it so raueh, of
eonrse,"' ebe seid, with a. simplicitly thee
'smote ben. "013, leek elmee water- 13
lilies!" -she exeleened, Nene he tree bremb he
left
"Halloo,Deenel Didn't kneiv you were
n town?"
"No," mad Bobby in les bright way,
A's a long time eine we mot."
"Not sinee we left that beastly Rugby,"
aid Trevor, gloomily. "Are you etayin
p Inc any time?"
"For a month or two." said Bobby.
The fair man :stood looking at them with
pleaeaut smile his blue eyes and on
is well -out leis.
"A tneetiug of old friends. Treisr?" he
aid in a soft musical voice. —Will you
ntroduce me, my dear fellow?"
Trevor glowered for a moment at the
hick Turkey carpet as if he had a grudge
gainst it; then he said, sullenly:
'It' an old sebooWellow of mine, bfr,
eane. Thie- is a. friend, Deane—Mr
borne, Morgan ThorPe."
Mr. Morgan Thorpe held out his hand
it'll a winning smile.
"Delighted to know any Mende of Tre-
or's," he said. "And very gled to find
ou ara a member of the old club, Mr.
Teanhecie was something flattering in the
°rich and its iiianner which made Bobby
ush with pleasure.
"And what are you _aoine—sust on a
easant visit to the little village?" ask•
M. 'Thorpe. "Shall we sit down, Tre-
rP Mr. Deane, well you join us in a
ink?"
Bobby staid he would have coffee, and it
as brought in in conleany with the eoda
ed whiskies of the other men. '
"I'm grinding for Sandhurst," mid
•
°"bAbli.Y,. I envy Your said Mr. Thorpe In
e same flattering W.37. "Nothing like
o aerviee. I was in it fax same years."
"What regiment?" asked Bobby, who of
urge knew his Army List by heart.
"Not an English one, mister said Mr,
ore% blandly. "I was in foreign ser
es. A, free lance. err. Deane, a free
nee, X have my brevet eoloneney,but
COUrae I don't uee it here. I am • a
vilian in England; but over there—"
Ho smiled and shrugeed hie ohou/ders,
bby would have asked where "ovee
ere" was. but didn't like to,
'Deanc—DeaneP Let me see, axe you one
tlueDeanes of Leamington?" continued
r. Thorpe.
'NO," Said Bobby; 'I live at a place
fled Deahnore.'
Abs, I know the Imams of Learmington
ry well. Leahnore?" Re ehot a swift
an,ee from his blue eyes at Bobby,
eafmore in DownehireP _I've heard of
Now, wbat shall we do? Whait, do
u say to a game of pool P"
Bobby had to confess that he didn't
ow billiards.
'Never too late to leern, my deer fel.
wr said 1dr. Thorpe. "I'm a deuced bad
sYer myself or I'd teach you; hut Tre-
✓ is a firstedass performer with the
els and the-spheres.e. Como on, Trevor,
d give us both a lemon.'
mot. got up with a kind of reluctance,
d they went info the billiard-roone Pre -
✓ and Thorne played,. and Bobby took
s first leeson—in marking. Thorpe play.
, as he seise, indifferentle; and appear -
to take more interest:in chatting, with
bby than in the game. He
bby thought, ho had neeer nfet a more
aiming man, or oneanore frank and
Wide aud reelly, almost child -like -1n
geuial sireelleity. In the course of an
us Bobby felt as if he had known Mr.
rgan Thorpe for yea TB. TeeVOT (mid
tle, but played with a kind of moody
aeration, and made some oplendid
aka.
rasently Mr. Morgan Thorpe glanced
hie watch.
I sayl time—time! Dear me, how
ickly it bas flown. That's thanks to
m .Dealm." hae. cleopeed the 'Mr."
eady, which wee really very friendly
him. "We must' be going, Trevor., We
O early, you know. 011, by Inc way,
aim, I wonder whetherl could persna!le
2 tO waive ceremone and come and dine
mean my stater and m'O0h!-
ti of eourria We shall be quite
familia, you know, and I can assure
u that my, tester will be,very pleased
see you. A friend of our dear Trevor
s the surest passport' -el, Traver?"
revor did" not respond with a smile,,to
mile, but glanced at Bobby, toad then
lenly made a ned hazard,
Thank you," said Bobby. "I shall be
• pleaeed"
NO*, i1,.a1e very good iof said Mr.
egen Thorpe, gratefully. "lire dine at
en.thlety. Eaely, isn't ' it? " But you
et mind just 05100 10 a way.lty sister
ell,' my mister is rether delicate, and
a to bed earls,. 'Seven -thirty, Ifow
in,t 3 lied forgotten the ad-.
c took a card frorn his 4(111.0 and ga,ve
to ,Bobbywith a charming omile. The
d kore this inscription: '
"Mr. Morgan U`horpe,
31 Cardigan Torsos, S.W."
obby put tho card in hie pocket, said
'would be punctual, and .the two* Mee
the club
flee:tine nese the edge. of the satsr..
Trevor looked, with a kind of eaVage
wistfulness, up at' the windows, then *book
"No...I sliall be tliere at seven -thirty,"
"So long, them deer 'boy." said Thorpe;
and he went up the steps and rang the
The door was opened be a meid-servant,
middle-aged woman with the unmistak-
able face and manner -of a French woman.
(To be continued.)
STRUCK BY LIGIUNING.
Lucky Thing for Some People—
Case of the Beech ant Birch.
Our forefathers had many theor-
ies about lightning. .According to
then1 no one could be struck by
lightning while asleep, and no tree
struck by lightning could be burnt.
Splinters from :such a tree, diligent-
ly chewed, were an infallible cure
for toothache, and were, of course,
pleaianter to the taste than the
dentists' forceps, says the London
Chronicle.
And the old time schoolboy firmly
believed that if he were rash eaough
to mention lightning directly after
a flash, the important part of his
raiment would be immediately torn
off. And many were his attempts
to land his fellows in that predica-
ment.
To be struck by lightning is still
is most lucky thing for the Greek
peasant—if he is nct killed. Such
a man, says J. C. Lawoon, • "may
indulge a taste for idleness for the
rest of his life—his neighbors will
support him—and 'enjoy at the same
time the reputation of being some-
thing more than human. This is an
inheritance from ancient days.-Ar-
temidortis, an authority An occult
matters who flourished in the time
of Marcus Aurelius, commented
on the fact that while a place struck
by lightning had an altar erected
Upon it, and was thenceforth both
honored and avoided, "no one who
has-been struck -by lightning is ex-
cluded from eitizenship; indeed,
such a one is honored even as a
god." The election of,Quintus
saa'Rburnus to the Oonsulship in 116
B.C. is attributed 'to hie having
been favored thus by the gods.
Some have had physical reasons
to rejoice that they had, been
struck by lightning. De Quatre-
fages mentions the case of a tele-
graph employee at Strassburg, who
was struck senseless and remained
paralyzed until the next day, but
thereafter enjoyed better health
than ever before. In Martinique a,
M. Roalde was deprived by light-
ning of the uee of his limbs for three
hours, but having previously. been
a man of weak healtli;"`was much
stronger from that time on.. Sevs
etal'atrellore refer to -cases inawhich
rheumatism wag cured by lightning.
And in this respect, also, trees seem
to be as men. Arago saw aapoplar,
one of an avenue of 1,600, near
Tours. which, having beeu atreuk,
developed such vigor that its trunk
soon far surpasses' in dimensions
those of all its neighbort. '
Lightning is said to differentiate
between trees as well as men and
women: Some years ago Mr. Mo-
rtal, a felkw a the Botanical So-
ciety of Edinburgh, irrireitigated in-
to the generally received opinion
that neither the beech nor the birch
is ever struck by lightning. He col-
lented information regarding light-
ning struck trees throughout Cleat
Britain, and" found no singhs in-
stance of either of these species be-
ing struck. Investigation in North
America gave similar results. He
found, indeed, that in the forest re-
gions there a beech tree was re-
garded, as the safest place in a
thunderstorm.
Ready to Quit.
Pat had been at work for three
days digging a well, and as the fore-
man wantesi it finished within the
week he had promised Pat another
matt to help him. It was getting on
to 11 o'clook and Tosvser, the fore-
man's bulldog, was loolang over
the edge of the pit, when Pat said
to himself, "I'll have a smoke." He
h,ad filled his pipe a,nel was about
to light it, when he glanced up
and beheld Towser's handsome
features. ,
Slowly moving his pipe from his
mouth, he said, "Be-e-gorras Oi've
wor-rked wid Germans and Ecen-
garians, a,nd Oi've worked_ with
Ooitalians, but if a man .aid a face
like that cornea down to work he" -
side me Oi gets up."
si.
• Maybe.
Gabe—Who was, it that said :--
is better to give than te re-
ceive
Steve--Sesne bachelor who was
buying wedding presents for a,
friend, I guess.
53.
TJNAN SWERABLE.
"Mother, do doors ialk 2f1
'No, dear. Why do you ask 21'
"Well, I the.ardsyou 1037 Mara to
answer the door.", ,
Caiseraser;veneesaialagelias.
eassallassuasasseeesseassea,
Seasonable Recipes.
Chow -Chow (pkin),----Cut a ma:l-
imn sized cauliflower into small
clusters ; peel half a pisa of small
onions; put with them silt green to':
matoes sliced, six green peppers
sliced ; one pint little cucumbers;
two large au -cumbers sliced.- Ar-
range a thick layer of vegetables
in an earthen crock; strew with
salt; make another layer of the
vegetables and of the salt and con-
tinue in this' way until all are used.
Pour in cold water to cover, laying
a weighted plate on top of all. At
the end of three, days pour off the
brine, piek over and rinse the
pickles, cover them with fresh cold
water, and leave them in this for
one day. The pickle vinegar is
made es follows :.One teaspoon each
of celery seed, white mustard seed,
whole cloves, whole black peppers,
whole mace, and grated horserad-
ish, °he cup and a half of brown
sugar, one gallon of vinegar, Bring
to a boil and cook for five minutes,
drop in the pickles., and boil to-
gether, for thirty mlnutes. Put up
in air tight jars. .
Chow -Chow (mustard). -- Pre-
pare vegetables as, in preceding re-
cipe.upto the stage when the pickle
vinegar is niacie. To the ingredi-
ents nailed add two teaspoonfuls
of ground mustard, °Co& all to-
gether for five minatei, and put the
pickles into the vinegar. Simmer
Lor five ininutes, take the pickles
out with a skirasner, pat them into
a stone crock, pour the vinegar over
them, and leave them in thia for
two elays. Drain off the vinegar,
heatoitaagain, add a tablespoonful
of curry powder, boil up once, pour
over the pickiest and when they are
coat" put' them in small jars and
seal. Not good to eat, under a
month.
Chili Sauce.—Peel twelve large,
ripe tomatoes and four good sized
onions; .seed two green peppers and
chop all together until fine. Put
them in a saucepan and stir into
them two teaspoonfuls each of
ground allspice, cloves, and cinna-
mon, two tablespoonfuls of sugar;
one teaspoonful of ground gauger,
and a quart of vinegar. Boil stead-
ily for two hours and when cool bot-
tle and seal.
',ornate Catsup.—Boil together
Litil resat eight quarts of tomatoes
and six large oaloani-areaS throes)]
a colander, and stersn the liquid
that comes from tlitIth, Put s this
over the stoves swth a dozen sprigs
.
of parsley, two bay leaves, and a
half teaspoonful of grated garlic
a tablespoonful each of ground
cloves, mace, black pepper, salt,
and sugar, 14 scant teaspoonful of
cayenne pepper and a tablespoonaul
of celery seed tied up in a bit of
cheesecloth or gauze, Cook five
hours,stirring frequently and
watching that the mixture does not
eoorole By the end of the time it
should be redueed to half the orig-
inal quantity and thick. Take otzt
the bag of celery seed, add a pint
of vinegar, and ;bottle and seal when
the catsup ie cold.
Cucumber Catsup. --To one quart
of peeled, seeded, and grated cu-
cumbers • allow two green peppers,
seeded and chopped; one grated on-
ion, one gill grated horseradish,
two teaspoonfuls of salt; put over
the fire and simmer ea hour. Add
one pint of vinegar, isottle, and
seal.
Pressed Beef.—Four pounds of
beef 'neck, wash thoroughly, boil
until it leaves the bones, salt while
cooking. When it is cloae, take out
in a chopping bowl and chop about
as fine as for mincemeat. Add pep-
per to taste, Use pot liquor to
moisten it well. Put in a crock
and place %plate and weight on it'.
Let it remain for three or four
hours, and terve cold.
Quick Cinnamon Cake.—Three-
fourthcup butter melted, one euP
granula41e,c1 sugar, four eggs, one
cup milk, one cup flour, two and
one-half teaspoonfuls baking pow-
der. Bake in a dripping pan;
sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, and
chopped nuts before. baking.
• Chicken Fricaase.—ai tough, leaf],
old chicken can bc bought eheaply
at any thne, and treated this way
is as ettractive and tasty ancl ten-
der as 10 more expensive Ghe Out
up into the usuljoint pieces and
mince half -pound salt pork and
two email onions. Put a layer, of
the minced pork, in the bottom of
kettle, then a layer of the mit up
chicken, then a layer of onion, and
repeat till material is all in the
kettle. -Set this on the stove to
simmer until tender, whioh may
take three hours or more, without
any water, as the onion and pork
well soon furnish moisture enough
to keep the meat iron.' burning.
When tender add salt and pepper
to taste. Add water a.lid flour to
make gravy.
Nut Molasses Cookies.—One-half
cup butter, one-half cup sugar, one
cup molasses, two teaspoonfuls
warm water, two and one-half cuPe
bread flour, one teaspoon ginger,
two teaspoons cinnamon; one tea-
spoon soda, one teaspoon salt, one -
'half cup not meats, enough more
flour to make a stiff mixture.. Drop
from teaspoon and bake fifteen min-
utes.
Rome Hints.
Satin, after washing, will retain
ite gloss if is little 'borax is put into
the loot rinsing watee.
A bistle turpentine put into the
water for svashing,winclows or mar -
:'op if3 an eeeeeliene method.
To zoften brown sugar when it
has 'become lumpy, stand it over a
vessel filled with boiling water.
Brown bread, instead of 'white,
when making bread Pudding, gives
a most unusaal and deliciove taste.
Mildew is obstinate and difficult
to remove. If lemon and salt or
javelle water do netremove it,
no-
thingNThenWianiants claoop, try adding a
teaspoonfel of asniconia, to three
,
3
quarts of water and water the
plants fully,-
Any Chance of tins rusting is
prevented by placing them near the
'heat for a little 'while after they
have been washed.
Fine linens and all pieces of
handsome lingerie should be wrung
out by hand and never throdgh to
wringer. .
Sweet oil, will remove -finger
marks from varnished furniture.
Kerosene on waxed or oiled furni-
ture gives better results.
A mixture of kerosene and atn-
monia cleans porcelain bathbebs
and sinks instantly, and does not
injure them as greatly as -acid sub-
stances do.
When,grease is spilled on the
table pour e'old water with a libble
lemon juice on it immediately. The
grease will harden quickly and you
can remove it with a knife, without
lea:l
v)2gcoamiarkoO
Ifarkstlarge for a bottle
in whioh you wish to ruse it, lay it
on its side and with a little board
or ruler roll it under all the pres-
sure you can put it, It will be
elloensgated to fit in a very few min
tt
When the coal -oil lamp has a
tendency to smell badly, saturate
the wick with good vinegar and
allow' it to dry perfectly before put-
ting it into the lamp. It will never
smell, no matter- how small the
flame.
When washing new curtains you
will generally find that they are full
of lime. A. great deal of trouble
may be saved by soaking the curs
taints over -night in water, in which
a little :salt has been dissolved. The
salt"clraws out the lime and makes
the curtains easy M wash.
This is a good way to clean car-
-pet. Get one ounce of wormwood
salt from the druggist; put it into
a rail of warm water then wash
-your carpet as you would the floor,
or,if very dirty, scrub it. When
finished, all the dint and grease
spots have disappeared and the car-
pets looks like new.
When the travelling bag becomea
dirty, wash it all over with tepid
water and a little soap. After it?is
diy, put a Hale oxalic acid in a cup
of hot water and wipe tbe bag well
with a soft cloth dipped in acid.
When dry, br,ush the bag with the
white of an egg and it will look
fresh and new.
the soda water, leaving the handles
on -the -Outside. This will cleanse
as soon a,s possible after the knives
and quickly remote atein and rust.
without putting the handles in wa-
jug or vessel with soda, water, and
have been used stick the blades in
ter is as follows: Have handy a
very good plan to cl,e.,:t2 lives
Berberine Belief.
Everything that goes wrong is at-
tributed by the Berberines, a tribe
of the Sudan, to the devil. Ethel
S. Stevens, in "My Sudan Year,"
quotes a atory told her by Bishop
Gwynn& of his "boy's" coming to
him one, day ancl announcing, "The
devil is in the house."
"Oh," said the bishop, "that is
very interesting 1 When did he ar-
rive?"
"He came in -with the cook from
the souk market yesterday even-
r'Really t" commented the bishop,
puzzled,
"Yes, and in the night he came
out of the cook and passed into
rne."
"Oh, and *hat did he do?"
"He went to the cupboard and
broke a plate a,nd the top of the
am jar."
A light broke in on the bishop.
"Oh, he was after the jam 1 I
suppose he ate some?"
said the boy, "he did 1"
The idea, of devil -possession is
not merely an elaisorate form of ex-
cuse ; the native eerve,nt really be-
lieves in it.
Mother—"I gave each of you boys
an orange. Charles, you said you
wouldn't eat yours till after din-
ner. And you, jack:said the same.
Have you deceived me?" Charles
mother, we didn't eat our
oranges, I ate Jaok's and he ate
mine 1"
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with
The next mornw
morning . Walter as
to the office. He went
The six -0'431°,0k ,be11 had rung
and the clerks at Munger & Ath-
wold's were putting away the stock
that had been left On the countere.
Two young clerks, Harry and Wal-
ter, 'friends and eecent earners to
the store worked at the same coun-
ter. When the last box had, been
put in place, Walter turned and
began to study the labels on the
rows of boxes on the shelf.
"What are you doing, Walt?"
asked Harry, with languid interest,
as he drew 023) a pair of new gloves.
Harry was good-looking, and he
knew it, and he had spent all that
he had earned, so far, on clothes.
Once or twice he had seen Mr. Ath-
wok' himself looking over with
what he thought was an approving
glance, and 'he bad remarked confls
dentially to Walter that "it paid to
keep well-groomed. The manage-
ment wasnit likely to promote a
-clerk whose looks were not a, credit
to the store." '
Walter understood the insinua-
tion. Nature had not gifted him
with good looks, Moreover, he had
a widowed mother to support, and
he had to wear a suit that was not
exactly shabby, but that was far
from new,
Now Harry had to repeat his
question before Walter answered.
"I'm going to study stock a few
minutes. I don't know just where
everything is, yet."
Harry laughed a contemptuous
little laugh. "You 'clon't.catch, 'die
chile' 'studying stock after hours.
Ii-yestalmilstknefw where a thing is,
ask 'somebody erse. • sTileiVa my
motto."
Things went on as usual for ties
next three weeks. Then one day.
Mr. Athwold walked down the
aisle. He stopped at the counter
where the two friends stood, and
asked- Harry to wait on hira.
"Will you show me some pajam-
as?" he said.
"What size?" asked Harry.
Mr. Athsvold appeared to hesi-
tate. "I really have forgotten
what size I do wear. What size
would you suggest?"
Harry had no suggestion to offer.
"Let inc see the largest size you
havo," Mr. Athwold saisi, finally.
Harry pulled out several boxes,
and began to rummage through
them. Then he turned to Walter.
"Say, Walt, aro there any larger
sizes than these in stock?"
Walter put his hand instantly up-
on the size desired.
Mr. Athwold chose a suit, and
then asked to see some hose, size
1134. Harty hunted aimlessly for a
=haute or two, but could not find
any half -sizes. He called upon
Walter again, and Walter imme-
diately found the right box.
Next Mr.. Athwold asked for a
pair of extra -length suspenders,
then for some ecdlars of a shape
that differed a, little from the kind
equally sold, and finally for gloves
with cadet fingers,. In not a single
instance could Harry find the arti-
cle desired. But Walter got it with
fear and trembling, but when lie
came back his face was beaming.
"What's up'?" asked Harry, cur.
i(nislirler told him. He h7
Waral been
promoted to the position of head
elerk with a sabstantial eaise in
salalss:Yr.i
H'y's face fell. "You 155 he ex-
claimed. "Why, he almost prom-
ised that to me. He told father
three weeks ago that Jerrold was
going to leave, and that I was in
line for promotion. But 'that's just
it," he added, with easy philoso-
phy. "You can't put any de,pen-
clence on a man's word nowadays."
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Although TomMy Atldn's is an
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habit of repudiating his jast debts
to civilians, still he is not compel"-,
ed to -discharge them if they amount
to less than a certain sum, says
London Tit -Bits. This is because by
military law he cannot be sued for
any debt or damages under 830 in
value. Accordingly, if Private At-
kins can persuade a, confiding
tradesman or stockbroker, or per-
haps an accornmo,clating financier,
to give him credit up to £29 198.
114d. there is no legal machinery
that will recover the money. It
cannot be stopped from his pay or
deducted froni his pension.
In order to protect civilians frem
possible loss by giving tick to sol-
diers, a system is in force of crying
down credit. Whenever a regi-
ment arrives in a fresh station the
pc°niriblmicil%ajra kl?1,47011,111w;:,:, itfre2s-sbifil%cl—w
• that cl'i-ta y,`.a. Wise arraits the
troops tasaatn pp bills, will do so
at his own risk. The course gener-
ally adopted is to send a color ser-
geant with a drummer and a couple
of privates through the principal
streets the day after arrival. Every
quarter of an hour or so the peaty
halts, the drummer sounds a warn-
ing tap, the non-com. expands his
chest, clears his throat, and calls
on the inhabitants to take notice
that "the lieutenant colonel com-
manding — reghnent hereby de-
clares that he will not be respon-
sible for any debts incurred by the
officers, non-commissioned officers,
or men of the regiment; and that
any civilians giving them 'credit, are
not entitled to reoover the amounts
when under £30 in value."
This exemption, however, only ap-
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lowances of a military debtor. Con-
sequently, if a soldier has a private'
income, or a gold mine, or a parcel
of gilt-edged securities, or wins a
£600 "Heads ox• Tails" prize, sueh
property can be seized to satisfy
a judgment summons. Of course,
mosb soldiers are not in such a posi-
tion, or have anything more than
the bare pay of their rank.
What is the difference between
repartee and impudence? 'we are
asked. The size of the ma,n who
says it, we suppose.
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