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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News Record, 1913-12-25, Page 3er rent Leive, Or, A Struggle For a Heart XXXX,-((Jon Lineal). on Ibe floor. The portrait as 1 1 I .am glad you have come to tem me so (MO sttid'1(1itt only eight thee. ItO1iitt.0,1nT.,ullital•rniw:Y aticeetil,e6 treViXt,t1,1u6ViVie.' draw Prom her engagement to vom Mr :•1ffereetoti.". liceehon..eterted . from hie chair,end recklenoiL . • "W:ents to --to break it off!" he said, huskily: "Why? Why ebould the wen" to i break it ofr?" With her asual directnees end Weed re- eard for truth, Lady Paultifie anowereci grevely t ''ely niece does not love you." - -'Merehona pallor 's'as etttrtlieg. Then he laughed tineanily. ''I think understand," he said. "She- lties thieks thee eitandal-that I ellen be , angry and mit ((10111,11.. Well, 64)I " am: iJett at-avoiet make any differeeee to ',no. 01 mMree. I don't like it; no man , arme(1 like to have his future wife Mixed 313) With melt 0,31 awful bushiest; , lig tido, and -and some fellews would want to draw beck; but I'm not that kind of a - man. 'Veil Decio that I stand by teir weed; Yee. thee I eay thet evou now, W11011 • I dono 't .kaw 13)1(7 131131 went, G ete auntei rooms, or whotbee the ex Md sinached in the ilre•place The deceased wee covered by a fur cOat. Yee, it wee the pmeter's, Lord Gaunt's; but she wag certain, gene (elite certain, that he could not have done it. ' The coronee etoppe4 eer;avitti uplifted hand., The (301131100 foe the Tretteuvetetelt- ea a few sUectione of small details, anti then Hir jamee rose. "You heard no cry for help, no !scream. L)1(( or ehrieltivar *tette Mr. Only loud talking; the deoese- ea a voice, mit Lord eatothe" "Tito deeeased asked for Mr. Deane?" " Y es." "liave you over eeen the deceaeted be- fore?" "Oh, yes." said Ja•no, "She had dined• with Mr. Deane at a dinner -party with Mr. Thorpe and Mr. Trevor. No, ehe ned •novee before seen Lord Gaunt with the deceased. Did not know that he Wee mar- ried; dielea quite believe it oven now." Mr. Boeltetit get' up, and hi the tiofteSt and blandest of voicea asked: "Now, will you tell us-alotet. be afraid -Yon heard voices at various times lame eveniug. Did you hear Mies Deane's. voice after-ruied, eattir-the deoetteed had en. timed. the room?' *0 1(03, Juat tea her that, Lady Paulloo," vo'iNee°eil.fstaelid, thnient,e.thalidhoo"oeairroder': (IndlYllwr4° Lady Pauline reee Th en 1 • , . e . . .. • eAntl you did nob see Miss Doane leave the Mansiope? She might heve left a few minutes after the deCeased had en- tered?" . "Yee, sir; I think she must, becaugo I didn't sea her to aftervtard; and, of and mottanosa simply ..multzed her, Wily, vrhy Defame P(C10;Ti4r5nitprgOl6itaedgg111,.z, z .1ilr1yietWiayousay, cloirae- aitny."ehe said: "hitt it may bo 00010 before She le well enough to ao:seure pour meseagee and t,I3,11,1onkt,4 e,;1,Veje..epen . not 71(11-. thal .0100 8o1)(3111 103)0631 yoti, 711.r Mensbon 4.tofilletx 1:et aud deefec. :$1win te ie red mod Etnd plateked at hie elevate eourse, I•wae,wei leg „to he ren. fer to jet the tiesitorseeilt are ueua,11.11 "And Auto Deane halted for her brother ited_not for Lord Gana?" - 700.1116;Int Imre the young lady know what /th.13,4....13,4... "Bliesho Willa off her heatt-ehe didn't 't know " anything about it. isle is e Sayleg when she told the(1060111 oweetest The coroner stopped her again, and Mr. 110111(41131,with an encouraging smile and a glanee at the jury, mera rured audibly: "No ono suspects 10r1' Thou, a:oud, 110 said: "Now, tell 'me, you found the Inner door of the drawing -room looked? On tee bedroom eider "Yee, sir." - "And no one entered the drawing -room, eo far as you know, ufter ehe deceased? You must have heard them-" Sir James rose. "Really, that 10 scarcely a fair mei- Mon he said. "Ste want all the information we can get,' remarked air. Ileskett, blandly. The coroner nodded, awl Jane snid; you she wanted to break oir the eugago, , Ile etammered. .0t1 the tontrary, she was quite eon. scious, (1)1(1her worde were perfectly lucid 011(1 0103.3," said Lady Pauline. "/' fear can nOt retuatn away from lam. snyilongor, • Mr tiorehon Sim retie, aud Mershon, almost too frt. • r106t1 10 mutter the conventional adieu, left the houge. Had there been anything between Dace - 1 ma and Gaunt? he &eked himself. Hie ealousy arose Mid tore at him, vulture achice, as lie thought of Cauut's and Dcoillta'n friendship, of the way in winch she had helped to restore the Hall and cal.re vitt Bright's plans. And then she had come up to London all of a viudden &ad had gone to Gaunt% rooms! A fierce hatred end ettentoion of Gaunt took pota- toes:doe of heirts r u011Zliaigen4,lid4rtiO aflS'thiflg 330 lle wenttaight to hislWu n unto Man ner whim he peesed you in the corridor on 111,5 way- • eitY aterne in y had acted foMershon eutP" "Terrible affair this, Mr. Metebon," began, for he knew of Mershon'e ougege- . anent to tato Blies Doane who was mixed up in the 'muter in Prime's MaileiOne,' eild he 'inspected that efersbon had come to comalt hun, and he watt Ilea. 'Yee staid Mershon, abruptly. "Look here, 011eby; 'Btu In this. after a fashion. 1 Witut you tO aol for me. Of course this fellow, Lord Gaunt. fa the nmrderer." Mr. Gileby leoked rather startled. "Well, the eVideuCe- ----Te enough. to hang any man," broke In Mershoe. 'When's the inqueetP" / ShOUld imakine; I can Ascertain • • Jane heeitated. "3110 lordship looked upset and -and wor- ried, sir.' "AllYthing peculiar about his dress? muinkl" "Ho knows something," whispered Mr. Belford to Sir James, Sir James did not move a muscle. Jane hesitated, and look- ed dietressed. "Come, speak out," eahl 31lr. Beskett. gently and perenereively, and Jane, with a kind of sob, said: "There-thero was blood on his wrist. band,' A thrill ran through the crowd. Mr, Beekett glance(1 at the Jess hi a casual kJ d • S rro o nd seed he' re, r o, 0(343rmo‘f tnhe T r ith y ousal66 'L Gauun001111114)11-l0.30w barrietersGetbeInegad", . t b Oe cOleoedtotln7-e baAylk o. d sa tnie, fa ogT"' Yehthee,ae sn"nosratteiewd itWZ. anS -w rMtBahuand let himtd e.Andhe woe allowed ere ndar'(0111211.tited. •13'""&erweeneatcaled,andgaver * One had enterd Lord Gnttflat afte .eo ahff"ra, Dr. a g n9r d ord,ad all that, endhey--his Piula600, Lord Gaunthat1001(e4 313123131.6480130 1100 heaven and earth to50b3111°and negate and.he, the porter, had noticedNew, I say thee it would be a 11110- ' g t h e ib rno old-ns a n o n tuh4e.wrestbgad.of luetiif-they6(10,100404, A ete Ielrilkine. thehekler 0 mmen whod eltoot a woman in hold blud emo,htnoorriedhovimato„nde-• -er-or-eouht tbe linn" Debit further by tellin how hheel enotthatmattGauntid it, he ought not .008e0140"00100elY.8°3013''ehelctw .Omitwnitereeyes."He's a swella110A0 ebr s to gel off,cntinued efhoayoldg ; oaeoonsea. fiee"T" an,ellg Lrtainl08011080111111%'," assentd Mr.Glist. Vet Yoe need have ma fear. Mr.Movehort, The 111102013(31 will 1)80±4013110-" I"fl tha!broke in Mrhon,w • - t d e a bi oi 11. Get thbeat Man you men, and 3d 3111(1 appear atthe leanest, and -and sthat thee enorreninrntrLoreGaunt that lea rtee i - t 0.11(1 goutan3tonbutheara fr10 reauntwhen caving in themorning, dict• the cabman to drve ar ChariugCross. Hd renlarked that LodGaunt end not wear hie Per coat when heretuned the preceding ui ht and h A rdII•iy,lneekt :r,.3NnsSoauarxre p a y a G, ' rhat%ennitla.n'.neeaegdd.i-i"d derahiouee• sMe , sl eil t ' ihl i , 30hn attempt tohoodwesee. Re nod- aliVi lic.A:glirTtorpe wee caled. He"Beekett is our man, r. (08630011," le waLnPie0lrVeclae10. rh:ruailamid,3111(01311'. "141 •Imef hiAvid you e vahggari etayilgte thdnhedded,ashe21111131 on 1,15 htt Rea left tea °necmidbamboozlethe- itaeteIn J T h r d a ue. heuer" co'wiexchnged glances, and em, e thi.k I.,Gati„yaganmad wadofit"I'bi. ur tremulous and pale. Ie hd beedlukg, but not enough o steady hiBshaking hands andvolee. ,31 111 reiiedar. Gilety, oohd at the closed door 1tiseyesenlianced round the emit wihthouhtfly. It opened again suedoela "'n,"_thking look, Bobby could eettreely 4:1rrM61!"Antti;t,eo/.r000eeee tet:bmheeloiweveeereehitmandead tt eras. alltrla iem 3130.11w3130.11e mY'waehreo4°14°t0°bin'03Mr'Ttne1;(Vitgt'07aT1.0001')!, haven't you?"he inquired. .1'11 1,.3) Ivlir1le eligbt. a mo, want 2ats-ti:P'ei . o e'wIdass ragetiouofh. , , 11 i orstd hetG e May wantodo 13r'± ried.dseYws) su Who mar, wire elet,' You'll drop down 00 Deeee ried her wider the name of Barnard. Had See?" not known Barnardes real name and title, Hie Meter and her husband had separated tgoon atter the marriage, and she had Dv.. CHAPTER XXXLI ed With him, the brother, elnee them Tier ltueband had dietuppeared, Quite dleap. The lageeet was held on the following peered. She had not seen him, to hie, day. The room was crowded with lawyers, elorgan Thorne's knowledge, between tbe repo/tore. and as many of the ourloue pub- 'hour of their parting and the might of 110 as mould folte and squeeze their way the anurder- • int Net ,for 11141111, Yeareehad so 0011NILM011- Ste Jamee Jooked.up. al end `intereeteug", a, murder bowl coin- "Dro Toth use the word ,trituirder.' Mr, regglint:Iltatl!:felveViiiterTittivaul. tft(Z. egit jury hay 0101 every 40.1,ai, with a:n eagerness wh1011 even Morgan Thorpe Merest. at him reeent. the moot enterprising of the newepauere LAY, ootthi not satiate. Aud 031I30 00 M10111. it "It wee Murder, foul and cowardly 30111'- 111104113 be atimitted. Ilea done 0.13,4,. 1.,,.,tier-. Short, and teleartaltigly inaoeurate biegra. "Silence!" emit' the coroner, sternly, phiee -of Lord Ge.iint had appeared, to. "Confine yourself to a abatemeet of weat • g,ether 'wile portraits Itideonely unlike Yo111 actually know." lum. .Elr jamas roue. Seine of the skotallee of his Ole lemma. "You stay, Irr. Thorpe, that, go far aa sented him as a. man 'who lia11 extent attest 71011 are aware, your Slater !let kiloW of his days i,8 the goolety of savages, and the Wliereahr)nle of Lorti•Genut?' was therefore feet the non to commit' a' "81(33 41,1 not; I elvear It." flecidiarly feronlotte murder. -You knew 0)10 W)113 going to Prince's Bobby and Bright had almeet lo !lett Mansions the night of the ethr ebeir way into' the room, and it was seine Therpe hesitated. Otrilla he *venture ttt mitratee liefore 111031 (000311)1 6001(11 the eon- deny it? As he paused, Sir James care, tore' table, where Mr. Belford, the bead lesaly picked up a blue paper fro111 the of tee Dem of Gaunt% 10307061, 30330 sitting, table, and (0,9151111Thorpe e eyee dropped. beside the famous comae!, Sir james Leg, "I knew it.' ton, whom Belford & Mang had retained. Sir James Itended him the bill. Xr. Belford bedded te Bright, "This was found in the pocket, of. the "We'te gob Sit 41111/1113, you see, Mr. deceased. It 10a bill, uneigned, for two Bright, he 11011 in a harried under -Mee, hundred Denude, Cali you explahl ler" 03141 evelythilvill bit done tha,t eati be Thorpe glauced at Bobby', and his face r0e foe Lord. amine but" -he shook lila wont White. end gravely-" ease 00031010003101.eery hadm , "My -y poor eleter was in want of you wee that 138v, Beekett is here?" and mone,v. She-eha thu oght Mr. Deane would he glanced tolvard duct eminent gentle. lend it to lier- Ifie voice grew inatelible. MITI. "Ito appeare for atitie ,Deaue. Bobby 1131e7 itie head as every eye in Bobby //barbed. ' 001111 was diretted to' him, 2.13±3 dui nee oneetae him," he said. "I "May I take it that you seat hee oti this never thought tot it. • erraud?" said eir Jtenes. "He is Instructed hy Mr. eliteby," said Mo(3etti) Tlieree raised his head and Ill% Belford in rather a dry velee. "Ire stared at him ineoloutlY, is air, Norehou'e nolioltor. atenoliou le "Yon inay take it as you please," be -Suet 11o11104 thatpartition. You mut not Said, defiantly. see -hint from Itere. Yes, the 51031 looks "That ie sufficient," sSid Sie james, iterieue; 'letteeetell, Sir James will- do all gravele, tliat'cati' be dune.,eest aesured." tree Beekett nee, . • eAfter tho 1011101 1017113 SA 00eiralaatie0, "One moment, ittr, Thorpe. Were you this pelted- begfen te'oall ete witnettaee: and, awrve of .the real 1101110 1113(8 16331113 of the as one after 'the other aPpeared end told deeeaSed's husbalid? Olt, don't hesitate, hie or liar etory.'Mr. Brighee ;welting face eleasel"- he atided,. with the Alta note of grew Mom ailationa'and mere -worm Brick eharpness in hie voice; and Thorpe 1(04- 31 .33(314(11, as it were, the solieitor for 'the 'Peevaury Wee building tep the otme against "Yes? And yoti kept your kuowledge Lora tlettnt. from your sieter?" First came the nage, who tale how be rherpc. looked round like a, hunted reni- had let in Miss Deane. Thee jene, who mat Reel/lite for dome inettre eccupe. had aditilbeed Lord Gaunt an4 the deeeae- "I -I dit I t,hought 41, bece" theikett turned his glittering eyes "Did not Lord Gaunt endertake }A pay Mr. Beckett matt with the leismrely air yen a gum of money to keep his identitY valeb. marked Ida tartible keenneee, eeeret? Attswer, pitmee."• appear for /flee Deane, air," he oald, 'lam reply was eeareely audible. "0 doubt your locus atandz, Interrupted "Good. Now, Mr. Thorpe, .you remember the merener, 'but go on. a certain scandal in Paris )0. the euturaer "Tlia.nk you, elr, said Mr. Boskett. "/ of 16-? A, ecandal in whioh 1347 8001 heve preeent enly. to ettate that Miss concereed. Was uot chef, lady year Me - Deane is very 13!' aud suite 'amble to be terr , here. She le, fact, untouscitme, and I "Yea" said Morgan Thorpe; end produce the dorotoreeesertificate." Me handea it in atel soe, down. The coro. iter read it, and nodded gravely for the "Id Mese Deane here?" asked. the corm upo'n him. 2101% vtitectim tb prooeed. ' , Jane told her etoey very Well. She had tattle tee 'in, for klies Deane, aud she had. not, eetel her ginoe, • , She 16111 thole, in the eozin, when Lord Gaunt had fettered, and Jane" liad, beard 'their ,voieee telltinet t.ogether. Then the deeeased , had, arrived.. lee, veto ellii net etsherther into 111W deavving-rtionte The lady, . itigetred •fter Mr. Demote, eittlem beim told- ' thateneeetatt not lit the lie.t1 (teed elle "would , go pled eit.•tiowti 3.1141 Wait for liim, ati,d: ete sins knew elm way; Jetta »eed tiot troubld she. 330.11 genie tato deceesed and •Iniel t44.11 11V toe1.1lor1: bUt 0110 bad beard them talk., lug, and orice--Itere. she hesititted Tor a' tsoleent.-t)icy weee speaking. ail' joudiT ticore eves' a 'steel of cry-thate she aneete. 'ed et 11ie door 1,111C1Ling elle was called. . Sbe ilea opt entered, A little, later, it intglit 'he hair an hour, Lord Gaunt' had' ettem (lova the corridor fronitoes of the; ether ,r0011(41, end emoted lier o)r hie way- dela_ elm wee talltuag to the porter in the lifta 1,01 Gaunt had ito ,eyelemat, She had felt, thallaMed at being' canght Retitle. lttgeatiel bad rilo.awaY into -the kitehen. No teAtt Oleo catUe t,hat nIglit, They 'Welted for 1 .-Beaate until peat eleven; then went to bed: hate had•leeked into the ernom,to.eeo the era, hat had tie/ noticed any one ef•e, or seen 'anything itatettlal. In the Phene she Poem( the deceased lYtillf on 4, emelt ae the dootok had deeeribed. 0 Wee deed:, there wee a wound right • Ilove liar inert, and..the dagger, which ,.tec Delecernatt• eletwea her mew, was lying , , teireete. Larkin'Cheered by Admivere 'When Released Prom PriSOn. "Yes, I did!" he said, with a efippreevied eagerness. "Gaunt was a violent matt. 0110 of the hotteettempered uten I have ever met. I wanted to proteet my poor Bleter-,--" The eoroner etoppeci hen: but it 13•243 t00 late. The Jury lied got tee impreselon Ur. Bookott had desired to 030 them. ,41 have finiehed with you," he eaidawIth that air ef eatietiection which. a clever counsel 0011 make 10 10111115, One or twomther witneeses were called, and tho doetore ,who had been summoned 01 106 the 'discovery of the body were re• milled by Mr. eloskett. "I wiek tO ask these gentlemen a ((1181, (1011, Sir, he said to the 4:teenier. "Tho Young lady, Idlest Deane, who is now. X re- gret to eay, lying unconaciene and. eem- ously 1.3 nufortunately .mm1110304 well tails Case bY one of those inseidento to which we are all liable, I do ttot think that the ellghtetst tstemleion had been dirceted toward her: but, noverthetese- perhape because I feel it my duty to pre- terit lee from any farther suripiciOu-I tie. sire to aelc question mu iter behalf. X ask you, sir" --he turned to the firet doe. tor -"if iu year *pinion it, 'would be pea sible for e young girl to have lined and placed the body 011 13110 0011011, ae wae discovered?" "No; eertainly noa" wait the reply; and the' second doctor repeated the avower. Then the eoponer wound up; and. F$ With the skill of experience he linked Mate evidence together, Briglit and Bobby felt as if a elmin 1790 b0ing, wound round Gaunt. The crowd listened with breethlese at. tention to every 'Ward, and'when he had finished, tented. their eye; upon the Jury with hungry impatienee. The Jury did not leave the box, but gathered together and 'whispered for a few minutest then pronounced the 'ver- dict. They found Edward Barnard , Gaunt, Earl of Wont, guilty of wilful murder of hie \vice Laura. Me. Aright roxe white and trembling. Bobby let hie head tall in Ids .hends. Some 0130 toothed hem en the arm, and looking up, he ewe/ Meralton beside lthn. (To ea continued.) TIIE RA]:NLEST SPOT. . . Almost it Daily Shower in Eng.. land's Lake Region. For so small a country, Great Britain shows a surprising varia- tion in 'rainfall bebween different places. Generally speaking, the western side of the island is the 'wetter, since it,is next to the At- lanbie, and is also more mountain- ous- But even on -that :nde 'the -variation is considerable. Devon and Cornwall, jutting far onb into the. ocean, get generous drenchings both winter and summer. Farther north, where Ireland 'bears the bruth of the sea -winds, Wales and the adjacent country receive some- what less; hut the mountainous counties of ()timberland and West- moreland, a litele farther actually suffer from the attentions of Jupiter Pluvius. , That is the famous lake region, the beauty -spot of England. 11 1* a popular region with tourist, but 'that le an extraordinary suanmer which the traveler does not have to face theme a business -like daily downpour, or else a succession of wild thunder -storms. High up above Borrowelale, on the way over from lovely: Derwent - water to a wild, little -visited lake named Wasievater, is the they vil- lage of Sestihwaite, the rainiest spot in England. It is a place of gray etOnee and gray rain. The roads axe of loose gray stones, the fences that divide the little pas- tures are of bigger gray stones, and the dozen or co }lenses are of still bigger gray otenee. The mountains rise close about it,-Sea,wiell, Groat Gable, Gleramara, beloved Wordsworthe-and many naore gray and miety 3513331310." A e brook rattles among the stoees, and on the davk sides of the mountairis you see here and, there a milk - white streak where some etream polars down in what the people a 'force" or "ghyll." But it is a singular fact that up . . on the mountant-stde above the loge, in Sty Head MISS (Sly is Cumbrian for ladder, and it is an • • • appropriate name), ,there IS a little strip of ground t -hat for some reas- on catches a, 110Si-tire 'deluge when- ever rain is falling an,ywhere in 1,1)e neighborhood, On that narrow ribbon of territory, only abet two hunched and fifty yards long b,y a few ya rde Wid the yein -ge ge shows a» average rainfall of about two hundred inches annually . - side that little space, there is an immediate, 'drop of some fifty inches in the annual rainfall. ()f co:tree • "'"I regret have to ° to Ode mot- theee le a r , eason 130, it is net 313.11")) Lord gauntle deeartioe of hie wife" ter, but I detilve to show the eauee 'of 1 to bile eye, m, tothe experience' a. "Not ,I000rtjonl'± eaid Sir Janina qujcle the natives. If 1'en ask the elpep- "SeParation, 13. you like!" eaid Bete herds, who form almost the whoeie .eett. "Ineetireto a -word,from Mr. Thtnpe, dia. not Lore male population of the region, they Sbie ,e•ife bee:rums diseoveved °erten' fame 1, connectioft you, "Ah,. chnnot Can tell with ber lire before her marriage?" ' Morgan Thorpe .ruoieteeed his Ip11. 'If any oho beee eaying-- he ea- ger': bol the enrener iuterrupted , Painful ae ,t)ns suoition mud' be' to 'Yea, Mr, %More!), yen meld artewer'et. ' e 7e0.-130 he Med," roptlea "Anti :these emit; you oettnealell from hile? 31131.ynu emeffel Prom. him this other Lest, ;Mitt you bed eutered-three menthe' imprieountent .fer freed cejmnitted two. ycare'befeee you made actetnee (semi I" "Witere, did he get all flee?" attked jaanes, testily. nf Mr. Belford, while the oeur31 was waiting. on Thorpe's reply, "If I' fita '10 teibmit tO my pest life ;raked ue for the' oanneemeet et e, erowd-- peened Motgeo Thorpe,. "Answev. Mr!' said the caroller, (item- ly; Nei Tborpe's Ilea. formed the " Y es, "Did you conceal tlic identity nY heieerne• band, and hie whereabotits, from tee do' -06060(1 Imeameo feared his violenee 13 they ehnuld 11140" agked Mr, Boekett In gentle tones. It wato Jeanne* a perenstilbie eneetion, and FarLuxes ware on hie feet m a Mo. meet; 1631 Thorpe bad got hie anewer 0)11 before ho cottItt 'be atappa+, ee,. 3011,1110)'. It, lawn .alles recatte, terble-like eip4101 t',ould Sty, seeeta (seest thou), when t' dar,J do be get - tin? "l'Vlia,b ere ,you grinning ab 1" enapned Mrs. Gable "A fermy bit in this ',Riper," smiled Mr. Gabb, '`'Whitt's funny about 331 341 asleed ',It says a, weeenn has been made o silent partner in a business firm," replied Mr, Gabb. Keen teb and noli will discover that at least half your disappoint- ments are blessings i11 disguise. eiteneegeesaterWeetweegueen OM veleeetelaelees•egeteel Fevorite Recipes. Balled Lima Ileans.-Soak over night in cold water a pint of dried lima beans, hi the morning rinse and again cover with told water and let heat slowly to the boiling point; then let ib situmer until nearly tender, adding at the last a teaspoon of soda,. Drain and rinse tvith cold water. Put a layer of ehe beans in a baking dish, sprinkle with sweet red peppers chapped fme, and a little salt also a slice or two of bacon mit in tiny pieces. Coneintm the layers until the beans are used, Have ready stewed and strained tomatoes. Add the t,oeia- to Sallee to the beans until they are well covered, Bake in a hut oven about two hours. Breaded Veal Baked. -Two slices of veal leom the leg, out about one- half inch thick. Remove the bone and cut into suitable pieces foe eerving. Dip each piece in beaten egg, .then in cracker crumbs, and ft', to a golden brown in hot drip- ping or other frying material. Re- move from the skillet and arrange he pieces in a eingle layer in a eoasting pan. -Season well with salb and pepper, and pour over enough milk to Just cover Lim meat. Place a cover on the pan and bake in a moderate oven about ene and one- fourth hours, dr until the milk is 'entirely absorbed. The meat will be delicieuely bender, and i5 good eubstitute for fried chicken. -Will serve six people generously. Spaghetti with Belf Peppt•rs. - Here is a, recipe fpr cooking spa.glietti. Put two handfule of spa- ghetti into enough broiling water to cover, salt to taste, and when ten- der allow 131 31 boil dry. This is preferable to draining, ib retains all the nourishment. In another sauce pan sEce two ripe tomatoes, add -one onion, chopped fine, and Iwo. chopped bell peppers; put in a pinch of salt, half a level tea- spoon of sugar, and four table- spoons of olive oil, 'When this mix- ture is done pour it in with the spa- ghetti and leb simmer slowly for fiftieen minubes. Filling for Sandwielies.---Here is a delicious filling for eandwichea. Get et, piece of beef (from the neck preferred), cover with boiling Wa- ter, and cook slowly till very ten- der. Let it stand over night in the liquot 38 16 cooked in. In the MOrn- ing teke meat out and put through meat grinder. The liquor now -will be like jelly; mix it into the ground meat, Ereason evell with salt, pepper, and mustard and enough vinegar to make the meat -spread well. Put a crisp lettuee leaf on a slice of bread and spread the meat on the other side quite generously, ated pub to- gether, Spiee Cake. -One -11013 cilp but- ter, one and one-half cups sugar, cream butter and sugar together. Add three-fourthe cup milk leo whole eggs and yolks, one cup mincemeat, one rounded teaspoon each of cinnamon, cloves, and all- spice, one teaspoon vanilla, two allti one-half -cups of flour, two rounded teaspoons baking powder, pinch of soda, and a pinch of ealb, Make in loaf or layc.r. Icing : Two cups of sugar, one cup of milk, one tablespoon butter. Clook until syrup hangs from fork. Pour while hot'over stiffly beaten whites of two egg. Acid nuts or encoanub and one teaspoon extract of vanilla Or .lcm(in as -desired. Beat unii1 stiff. sefni 131113,4<. A deliciens sweet saudwielp is made of thin slices of white breed epeead with jarn, topped Wit11 creaail cheese, 'It -is best to give linene a long soaking before washing 333--thie 2)113,110(1 1±4 „followed, stains will Wa,ely out etieily. If the larighe parte of the kitchen range turn black from heab, clip a cloth in vinegar and rirb on the blackeiled parts. A few ef1±en0 of imralrin nAded to alioe-httickiitg will impart a good polish to (l)0mp Sliocie and also help Ib preserve leather. Tiine will bo 1031611 3! a frying pan or gyiddle is wiped with,a piece of newspaper to remove the surplus ereace before it is washed, ilrlien hats have beetane greyish and shabby they can be lprightenecl lev relphine ever Omni a -flannel sprinkled with a few drops al kero- If the enamel inside a rusty tea- kettle is nob cracked, it env be tiporooghly cleaned by putting 101 00da and, cold -water and bringing to a boil. To dean a,- braes plate without soiling the woodwork girouncl cut a piece of cardboard the sha of the plate and place it around when cleaning. Clean White enamelled furnitu by dissolving one tablespoonful baking soda „ill a pint of warm iv ter. Saturate 11 SOft ClOtil and wit the furniture. To keep milk toast from bocoi ing soggy, serve the boiling butte ed milk in a covered pitcher, thab each person may himself po ib on his toaet., Aluminum ware ean bo ,polishe with Et mixture of borax and am wont*, and water applied to tit article with a soft cloth. Rinse we through several 0603101-1, - A"verygood filling for layer eak is made by mixing a 1)01.11141 of final minced shelled alrinnele with 1±weggs, a cupful • of confectioner' sugar 013(1 a teaspoonful of vanilla, Try rubbing the scorched mark on linen. with half a raw onion, thei wash in the usual way, Eind if the scorch is not a veey bad one the linen will be ,White again. Delicious sandwichee for the af ternoon are made of raisins 031(1nuts ehopped togebher very fine no With a little whipped amain and seasoned with little salt. NY,lien icing runs put it hack on the stove, on top of au asbestos mat, .and ear until proper consist_cy is restored. This can be clone after syrup is added to the white of thr egg., Stains on blaekets and ()the' woollen goods can often be remov- ,ed by using a mixture of equal p00113114 of glyeerine and yolk of egg. Spree.,d this on the stain, leave half an hour and wash, Cream cheese lends itself to 350.3)- 11101111335 as well as being palatable. Its softness makes it easy to mq,uld in any shape, and it can be imaged with various condiments into deli- cious eanclivich paste. A fresh mildew spot can be re- moved with lemon paice and 0)3)1)0- 1000to the sun. If it is an °ID spot dissolve a tablespoonful of chloride tif lime in four parts of cold water and soak the fabric. Putting a coat of varnish on the linoleum yearly will make it last fur yea.re and look bright and new. If white potatoes are inclined to teen black with cooking, try adding a 'few drops of vinegar to the wa- ter. WALE: UPSTAIRS BACKWARD. 717t weirmel.% o theme men rt ceNr1663410 MO° Claim READ 7-1-1E LABEL OR THE PROTECTION Or THE CON- SUMER 731E INGREDIENTS ARE PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LASEL, jr IS THE ONLY WELL-KNOWN MEDIUM - PR ICED BAKING POWDER MADE IN CANADA THAT DOES 3107 CONTAIN ALUM AND WHICH HAS ALL THE INGREDIENTS PLAINLY STATED ON THE LABEL. MAGIC BAKING POWDER CONTAINS NO ALUM ALUM IS SOMETIMES REFERRED To as at/L- PHATE OF ALUMINA OR SODIC ALUM INIC SULPHATE. THE piratic SHOU LD NOT BE MISLED BY THESE TECHNICAL NAMES. 10MM.. E. W. GILLETT COMPANY LIMITED WINNIPEG ToRoNTo, ONT, MONTREAL INOTES OF SCIENCE Sino))' 1909 Japan hae more than doubled its exports of toys. Seventy per eont. of the woricPa cork i peodueed in Spain and Por- \ China now has anore than. 5,900 IlliTes of railroads and is building 2,273 miles more. Rotterdam is to have the world's , argest .artihmal 'harbor, 760 aeree 3331 area and 28 feet deep. Edinburgh has established a monopoly of produeing and distri- buting electric turrent within the city. An experiment seation for the study of flax culbivation and manu- facture has been established at Moscow, "' For kitchen use there has been invented a machine to eliarpen and polish steel knives at the same tilnett Astralia will establish' an avia- tion echoed to teach her militia offi- cers to become aeroplane ;pilots. Mote than 12,000,000 -gallons of gasoline wore produced frona natur- al gas in the United States last year. Hardwood liftwanst, dried and sterilized by intense heat, ie eoni- ing into nee in Germany for dress- ing wounds. Dancing slippers with rubber plugs in the soles to prevent their wearers losing their footieg are a novelty. The Isle of Wight, is to be con- nected with the mainland he, a four - mile subway containing an electric railroad, If Your Heart is Weak -Prevents Tendency to Hurry. Walking up -stairs 'backward 0603 urged by a London physician as 41 useful practice in ease of heart weakness and as helping in a more equal distribution of muscular wear and tear. "Firstly and most imporbanie" he said, "walking upsbairs back- wards would prevent any tendeecy to hurry. No matter how inveter- ate a 'stair -rush' a man might be, he wouhl have to moderate his pace if going backwards. This enfereed deliberation would, of course, be of great value in heart disease. "The eec,ond effect would be to relieve the strain from the ordin- ary walking aed climbing museles (thoee on the fronb of the thigh), and to press into service those On the back of -the beg, which ordinar- ily do no work in climbing etairs. The total result, therefore, might be a saving in muscular wear and tear throegh a more eeenomkal distribution of effort. This, of course, would also be of value in cases 03 .13511331 weakness," Choiee ht the Matter. The following conversation took plaxe during a country court came: "I tell you -candidly, I -don't; be- lieve 113 word of your wife's story," said the judge to one man. "Yer may do tee yer replied the latter mournfully, "but I've got to." Coogan, the Customer -There's as much nourishment in a pint av Peanuts 11/111 in two pounels av that steak. Grogan, the 331ctehee-l-But there'no gravy, nothin' ler th' cat an' no hash the nixt day • An organized effort, will be made to measure the ,5006 and dust in the a,tniosphere of Birmingham and ether English cities. More than 60 menufaeturere were represented recently at London's first exhibition of industrial motor vehicles exclusirely. The City .of Dundee will erect 0011116a -ion with its municipal gas, works 11, plant for the production of tar and other by-products, The Portuguese GeTernment has planned en extensive system of wireless telegraph .etations to link Lisbon with its colonies and other Eit rep eau capita) s The opening of e new railroad in German East Africa, early next year will develop 384,000 square miles of territory with a. population of 10,000,000. Carlebad, 'Germany, by law re- quires all buildings to be ea nearly fireproof as possible, :with the re- sult that the city's firemen Dan) most of their wages as chimney sweeps. An iron 111011)111301131 111 the form of stepped pyramid surmounted by a globe, 90 feet, high, has been erect- ed at Leipzig to symbolize the Ger- num iron and steel industry. Year rings on tlse. scales of fishee are 3)00(1 111 Norway and France to determine the age of sardines, whether they have reached their full growth an(1 when they' will spawn. The Chiller, Government is, giving much attention to tfie development of goal mines of that couyatry, which in time Etre expected to pro- duce enough fuel to- supply the home demand. Por destroying dirigible balloons, Italian army officers have invented aliens carrying oxygen and plati- num sponges in their heads, the latter becoming red hot on enter- ing 1,he hydrogen and exploding the mixture of the two gases. To detect gas in mines there has been invented apparatus wherein a rat operates a treadmill to furnish power for a sinall incandescent lamp, the dinamiug of the light in- dicating that the rat is affected by gas. THE WILY CHINESE. Schemes They Adopt to Pet Into Australia. Auetralia. has to resort to all 'sorts of measures to prevent the Chinese from landing there, and in Spite of all precautions the wily Chinamen seems to he able to get through. The attractions of Aus- tralia. are so great that organized, efforts -are made to effect ,a landing, -and to evade the, customs' officers. There is evidence that Chinese, syndicates are operating between Australia and China, for the pur- pose of "emuggling" Chinese into the country. There are, eourse, prohibited immigrents. Atistralia is striving to maintain her high per- eeutage of British. To -day 96 per- cent. of her people were either born in the Malted Kingdom or are des- cendants of those who were born in Great Britain. A favorite method of the Chinese to gein admission is the personation of Chinese to whom exemption certificates have been is. About five months ago a Chinese, whose name is unknown, landed ab Brisbane withoub being required to,pase the dictation test. He presented a -certificate issued at Freernantle, bearing his own photo- graph and an impression in ink of his own hand, and was readily pa, - ed by the examining officer. A more careful scrutiny of the cer- tifieate, however, showed that, it bore the Appearance of having been "fakeel," and accoreliegly it was sent to Fremantle to- be eompared With the duplicate in the possession of the Cuetorns boarding staff there. The photograph on the dup- licate did nob correspond with that on the original certificate. The elan who had 'bluffed" the Cus- toms officers at Brisbane had re- nioved the first photograph and had replaced it with his own, anti over the hand impression he had made an imprint of 11311 0060 very rauch larger hand. This wily 3103150-13 18 being anxiously :sought after. Obeying the Injunetion. "You shoulcl. mend your ways," said the good man, addressing the "light-fingered gent," who „had- --Owe been caught at it. 'Why yeu coecluet yourself in accordance with biblical teachings?" "1 do...I-never let my left band know. whose pocket my right hand is picking." Angel Food. Mrs. Nicker -Do you have eggs for breakfast 7 Mrs. Bocker-No; but we have a phonograph record of a eaekle. eel The only building material that has not increased • • In 'once is :CANADA Portland- CEMENT Itmak. concrete that you can depend upon for satisfactory results, whether you use it for a silo or a gamlen walk. 3'16 quay end low price are made possible by riceeient organization and manufacturing eeenomiea due to a large and growing demand. See that every bagrof" cement you buy bear.; the "Canada" is your guarantee of 846,184,.. Canada 'Cement Company Limited, Montreal irrimfir a fro MO of dm Leah " Whet the Farmer C:av Do With Cancro...." nv;.te 11W 4,43wrialm,