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CHAPTER, XXXV II - ; (Cont'd.)
'"Carrie Egan's an old flame of
Phil's," Lois whispered to Alice,' but
loud enough for everybody to hear, "I
should-keep'an eye on him if I were
yon.,,
On top of this carne her arrival,
of:cuehions and a hat tilted, over her
face to keep off the glare.
"Dick's asleep," she said, "and -Phil-
ip and that'etaffy old professor -person
,have gone off somewhere by them-
selves . I: say, Alice -what' do you
suppose,Carrie Egan came dOWn here
which caused a further set -back to 'fort'''
Alice hesitated. doctor's wife
did not matter and an- ever -zealous shouldn't gossip about her husband's
- "Philip aslted her to lunch,"' she, The little children that are dead,
said, They feel they have'hoon long abed;
I, "Oh yes! Well she certainly be-
" the meal, a flutter of apologies coon
tered by hospitable assurar cee that it
attempt on Phillip's part to, make u patients even to relatives
for. any awkwardness and for Mon
sietzr Carre's outspoken resentment.
Because the light disturbs their sleep,
Thinking, for lust -a moment; they.
I Must work through yet another day,
I wonder it the women there,
With dist".of Iflies�'in their -hair,
Keep tight -their lids against the gleam
Lest it should drive away their dream.
..But.I am sure that -there are those
To'. whom the. lantern-candie,'glows
IWith all the gladness' of a rose: •
"Anyway," said Mrs, Egan,
didn't come for lunch, 1 came to se
you, Phil. You needn't -have waited
TZE. r* The -bars of soapare laid ,out on: a I don't -feel I can touch a thing,"
During the further progress of th
raffish -1 board to cure for 'five. weeks. 13y this belated meal she made it all too plain
erent• time every • bit of the fat. has, gone that she had,' indeed, taken the trouble
has Into combination: with the alkali. The to come down -for 'the sole purpose of
,soap should be spread out so that the seeing ,Ardeyne; Her haunted eyes
air. can circulate ` around it,;or mold dwelt . upon `him constantly and she
e sue., is likely to appear. Bars should not was barely civil to anyone else„ Alice,
of the be piled one on top of another. she completely ignored.
Finally lunch was over -and an ad-
d, icor Rancid lard,: old butter, meat fry- journment to the garden suggested for
have, roes or tallow may be used; separately coffee.
o how or in -combination to make this soap, Monsieur -Carrs wished to get Philirpp
'nods, except' in the case' of tallow, where a to himself again, -bat -Mrs. Egan bo:d-
in the soap made with more' than half tallow ly intervened, and he' finally invited
'est be will be crumbly, • Freezing during the her to; come into; his study. ,
'toeess will also cause it "Carrie, you're behaving father
drying eP If quantityofsalted badly,' he told her severely._"I
annot crumb a large haven't mentioned the reason for your
alik, butter is used, . or if old' salt pork is visit,and it must be a little bewilder -
stored fried out and . used,, it l; best to -boil ing o `my wife,",
1 'eon- these up with. water and allow to cool, Oh, don't be stupid!" she retorted.
1 state, when' the clarified fat can be taken "Are you not a -doctor`? -Have you no
nee we off the top. - other patients? ..And above all,, don't
Borax may be added to the dissolved be a prig,- Phil, T can't stanct prigs,"
Iye in the beginning,' but.Mrs. Wise Irddeyne lushhd ae ngrily, 'Sit down,.
preferstoleave it out of: her own soap, Please, I'll just look up that address
and add it whenever whitening is a �ior you in the Engadine.
Part of the cleansing process, as in "Phil, don't he cross with me" Her
laundering. lips began to' tremble. "You've no
According to Mrs. Wise, stirring. up idea how wretched I am. Max doesn't
a -batch. of soap is quite as easy as seem nearly se well this morning. I
stirring up a cake. - hated leaving him, even for :a few
"Don't fuss about it,".she says, "and hours. You• must try to forgiveonxe
your soap will, come out all right. If if I've seemed `rude—"
Its all right, my dear, Ardeyne
it gets 'lumpy while you're stirring it, said quickly. ' "Don't let your nerves
it's probably because your -fat -was a gave way. Here—this is the doctor -
little toa,cool when you added it to the His name is Rault. I'll send him a
lye water. rust keep en stirring it long wire, and I should advise, you to
and it will dome out smooth and nice. take the boy off at once. Even a- few
Or if when you `cut the soap there is days' delay •is dangerous. .A London
wateiz in the bottom ofthe vessel, don't hotel is no place for- him."
think you've fizzled the whole thing. • �„ , you don't believe he will get
Let it stand and all of this water. will " "I can't say,Carrie. I don't want,
be absorbed in a few days." to mislead you with false hopes, and,
on the .other hand, I certainly don't.
want to discourage you."
440h, it's a judgment!" She wrung
her hands together. -"I know I'll lose
him. Poor little fellowl".
"If you talk like that, he probably
Will die. Look here, you'd better leave
him with Dr. Itault and come away
4S3r again; I don't believe you're doing
hina any good." •
`I've never done.anybody any good,'
she said tragically.
She fell on her knees and, elutchin
one of his hands,. kissed it eonvulsivol
"Save my boy; Phil—save him! 'I'I
do anything you say, id only you'll
look after him. I'm afraid of the long
train journey .."
The door °pencil as ho was making
her get up and Alice stood there, be-
wildered and frightened, not knowing
Whether to stay, or to go away again.
The dear; clear children greet' each
a'"haved curiously. I believe she's still spark'
• vin love with him. After Tony Egan With "smiles, fol ehildrea ,dread the
was murdered, she made a dead set at dark•
e
Philip,' although "hoc years -older : than --Reginald Wright Kauffman,
lnut-
4'ex
house-
ces ,re_
is per-
y done,
which
iferent
ectad . a
had the
father's
5, with
atone
ize the
e when
brown,
e hang -
in fawn
rniture
, • which
res may
n. Cre-
-drapes,
bring' a
into a
is well
Wally to
"Is this
ful? Or
,because
appear. -
1 SOAP,
'One can
he meth-
1 by her
and is a
that is
I though
it—one
pinta: of
'grease."
Uglily in
oediately
;ion that
L to cool
e grease
est pour
radually
rring all
ring for
vhen the
fined and
out to
;fight flat
fish:
!s made,
earthen-
g meat
depend -
will be
ee' hours
Weather,
han this
r
IT
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laden
r lips
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A SMART "CARNIVAL Olt
MASQUERADE COSTUME.
4581. This may be inexpensively
developed in'crope paper, which may
be purchased already printed with
various designs. The model would be
Mee in tarlatan,sateen, taffeta, or un-
finished cambric: A decoration of
gold or silver stars on' tarlatan would
be effective.
' The Pattern is cut in 5 Sizes:; 6, 8,
10, 12 and 14 years. A 12 -year 'size
requires 4% yards of 36 -inch material.
If upper flounce is omitted ?,'s yard
Iess is required. The hat alone tre-
quires t yard,
Pattern mailed to any address" on
receipt of 20c in silver, by the Wilson Egan's uestion had been intended
Publishing Co., 73. West Adelaide St., a leeeasaiitry. for
Toronto. "Oh, I don't ;mean to elope with
Mend] 15c in -silverhim!" the woman -exclaimed derisively.
far our up -to Y
date Pall and Winter 1924-1925 Book "I eniy want his attendance in a pro
of Fashions. fessional capacity."
" "Are you ill?" Alice asked.
Ardeyne looked• anxionoly at, Mrs.
Egan. It was the moment for her to
explain. If she didn't, he would have
to. Ile didn't intend to be played with -
by a capricious woman.
"Don't .I look ill?" she replied.
"It's Mrs, Egan's -son who is i11,"
Ardeyne said. "He has, lung, trouble
and I' have advised her to take him
to the Engadine."
"•I'm so sorry," Alice murmured.
"Of course Philip will go with you, if
you need him."
"How fifienerous of your" Mrs. Egan
whilst the dog has always aeon regard- cried. "Do you hear, Phil? Your wife
d^ in northern mythology doesn't mind
e
gy .as symbolic I'm Sot a Lung specialist"Ardeyne
of wind, Consequently, when a heavy said a.little shortly. "And Pin afraid
rainstorru was accnmpitn]ed by high 1 can't get away. just now. However.,
winds, sailors would say "it was coni- I may be able to'frnd somebody else
ing down cats and clogs. for you, and. I'll look, in early` to -
We' shall use the expression 'big morrow morning." a •
wig," although. these articles aro afes `•Perhaps I can^'eoax you to change
pion of the past • In other days, how-; your'. mind," paid Ii'ii•s. Egan, "You
ever, a peraen'S, importance was
Judged by the size of rho wig lie wore;
and therefore the, highest in the land
were known to the -less fortunate. as
"big wigs."
' Pin'meney" is an expression that
scrves: to remind us of the dayswhen
pins were expensive, auti lnlsband,s al
lowed their wives special ''sums for
their purchase. Liter on the eypres-
cion was applied to a wife's pocket-
money.
Another word that has .au
interest-
ing ,ortgin hanica1p.1 rs
is mob-
nicer
rb
ho is.„
"Her husband was murdered?"
Recognition.
Alice repeated. -
-Little Mrs. Hemmersle raised her- It Is a common feeling among 100n to
self on one elbow. y • ,lielieve that one is doing worlt whose
"Didn't': yon know? Ho odd ea -inert Is Insuflic ntly rewarded, We
y ' - labor on spend and are spent and are
Philip not to have told you. Tony w
shot by his business partner—a man inclined: to believe that others far less
by' the name of Smarle. It was`a fa- valuable than ourselves are getting
mous case in its day, but you -would snore titan they deserve. .No coir
have been an infant at the time. It Plaint is ;easier to make or more conn -
happened about fifteen or . sixteen mon than that of •diocrimination. It 15
years ago. ' Smarle—Hugo Smarle, I a 'sop and a salvo ` that cowards and
think `his name was—got sent to sliiggards apply to 'their dilatory, un-
Broadmoor:They said he was insane. ambitious, oornfort-loving souls.
Lately:: he was released, and'Philip Stories of business suecess that
was on the medidal board that set him should stir ambition often rouge„envy.
free. Haven't you heard anything the Lazy man de-
instead. The moral .
about,it?” rives is not that he ought to go and
Alice sat very quietly. Her •hands do likewise,' denying himself and work -
were claeped in her lap, her gaze fixed lag hard, but that the man Who rose
on the river. No one Would have had'the breaks of rho luck, and was
dreamed—least of all'pretty Lois peculiarly fortunate in finding arcaln-
Hemmersley—the distress that pas- flnential friend, It is far more cora-
sessed her. Portable to rail at fate than to go to
"I heard about Hugo Smarle," she work and stem the tide or turn the
said, but I didn't know it was Mrs. current of adversity,
Egan's husband .he—he shot." Tho world is triad o1, paying Yat
Her mind flashed back to that morn
ing in Bordighera when "Uncle John"
had spoken; to 14Irs. Egan and de. their -claim to big pay for services not
marded twenty thousand •pound§ rendered, Instead it intends to dis-
which lee said was owing to him,
Its my opinion, hazarded Mrs,
Hernmersley, that Carrie: Egan 'was
glad to get. rid of Tony. They had
only. been married a little. over a year,
but they didn't get` on. very' well. to-
gether. I was about twelve or fifteen
myself at the time but I remember
the case very well, Philip was' a
great friend of Tony- Egan's, Tony
"isms considerably older, and n `reck-
less sort of fellow with a fiendish tem-
per. They said he' embezzled some of
hie partner's money; but I hoarsely
believe that. However, he died penni-
less. Mrs. Egan's money comes from
her own people.' I believe her father
is a sugar.or'coffee planter somewhere
in the West: Indies. At one-time we
all thought Philip was going to marry
her. Pin glad ha didn't. It's much
salaries to those who do not earn
them, ,though they loudly asseverate
criminate and bestow its rewards on
those who deserve -them. Most men
who do work that ie worth recognition
are content to "take the cash and let
the credit go." They do not forever
rise in place to cry "1 did it!" and to
trumpet their own excellence. _
In fact, if,a man is clamorous for
praise, moat'ofthose who might give
,it feel like abstaining. For if he sits
attentive to his own applause, as a
spiteful critic said' of Addison, there
seems na need of adding to thaself,
acclamation,
Recognition •in time rarely fails' to
come to those 'who are actually worthy,
The world's occasional neglect is mot
so surprising as the fregnenoy with
nicer that he married you, Alice, which people are moved to seek nut
dear.a those• who have done some finely es
"Thank' you," said Alice, trying to ceptibnal thing and pay tribute to
smile.
them, Nor does the praise all go to
Lola pulled a piece of grass and nib- those who have spectacularly per -
bled at it. She was a pretty little formed, Often the prizes and the
fate -haired thing, with' an appearance honors 50.50 to some who least expect
of delicacy which belied her prowess
at golf and tennis, and a complexion "ed them and are asteuuded to'receive;
which looked as though she had never them. They aye awarded to these who
in her life indulged In outdoor, games. day by day fulfilled a narrow, -humble
'Philip's head over heels in Love round, doing the best they could' and
with you,'.' she said, "You needn't be spreading. the beautiful contagion of
content •
CHAPTER XXICVIIT.
There was still room in Carrie
Egan's heart for resentment where
Alice was concerned. She stared .de-
fiantly at the doctor's youpg wife, the
ghost of a smile touching her lips,
her eyes smelting. ,
"I was thanking your husband for
his kindness to me," she said. "Your
husband is a very kind man, Mrs. Ar
deyne." ' •
"Don't be absurd," Philip said awl-
wardly. "What is it, Alice?"
He had been made to feel and look
somewhat of a fool, and in consequence
hie voice was crisp.
"Nothing—only Monsieur :'Caere
says he must be lea`aing early this
afternoon and he wants ,to see you a
momerit, if possible," Alice replied.
"But if you sire busy I'll ,tell hint'
"I am going," said Mrs, Egan. She
turned. to Ardeyne. "ShaII I .see you
to -morrow?"
"But I' thought you were to start;; for
Switzerland to-niorrowP'
"So did I, but there are lots of little
things I have to do first. Phil, couldn't
you manage to come with us?' , -. Mrs,
Ardeyne, couldn't you possibly spare
your husband for a week?"
Alice did not dhow what to say. The
situation was entirely • obscure to her.
She a ,tried to smile, as though Mrs.
Words That Make Us
Wonder.
Have you ever wencleeed'how some
of the queer- words and expressions"we
use to -day first came into • the Tang-"
-nage?'-
The expression "raining cats and
'logs" originated in the days when sea-
men used to refer to Waves on the
water ,before a storm as "cats paws,"
afraid of Carrie Egan. At the same
time—well, if I were in your place I'd
keep an eye on her. I wouldn't be t
all pleased if she's made it so plain
she was here. on tick's account."
Alice longed to tell her husband's
cousin that Mrs. Egan had come Metal-
ly, to consult Philip in a professional
capacity, but even the most casual ref
New Zealand's Land Costly,
Though Populiation is
Scanty.
Race .and sentiment combine to
crane to that would have provoked a make ,the people of .New Zealand the
storm" of .questions. Lois had no most essentially British community in
scruples on the score of doctors' sec the empire, and the .problem of ,in -
rets, and she was a bore gossip. She creasing the scanty population of the
had made no reference to Mrs. Egan's dominion is clearly one of vital import -
son. Alice descended-. to the ignoble anoe, writes "The London Time."
depths of "pumping" her. There seems to -be little doubt that
(To be continued,) New Zealand's sourse of wealth and
prosperity is fundamentally bagel up -
Many .la'panese Babies Two ,on her a ricultural'and Pastoral Indus.
g
tries., h e e f len of ch must.
Years Qldat'Birth.. rl s, t e d v lop, t 'which
Japanese babies are precocious, for consequently be, her chief concern. An
they area year old the moment they article by =Major General Matichope
are born, and two yawl old the first. paid tribute to the flourishing inane -
Now Year's day, That is the way the . tries—dairy, frozen niuttonv and wool,
lapan�ese reckon age,'counting- the le'pointed''out that the value of farm
ear' u which the i born on theproducts x
y 1 baby s one, p du fs a Parted in 1923 Was; rough=
next year two, and so''on. If yoit had ly speaking, twice that -of the exports
been born in Japan just as the- temple of 1913: Last .year New Zealand sup-,
gong was,,about to boom 12 on the plied -England with one-half of the
night of December 31, you would be, 'total imports of 'frozen- mutton ,and
according to the Japanese wind, two, lamb; while -hi 1022 the value of the
years old with the first 'resounding ' wool clip flicreased•by :£2,000,000 in
clang, writes Carroll Y. Zirnm�erman, the twelve months and reached'' a
In "7.3abyhoad." total of 10,000,000 sterling.
So. 1n Nippon, one of a pair of twins �' , TlieSsere notable figures for a pope
might indeed' be, a year older than the lotion be `fewer than 1,500,000 souls,
other. This addition of another yeas' but their inai'oase• in the future by the
to a person's age on January: 1, irre- aid.' of new' settlers from overseas, is
spectivo of 'the actual' month of his a difficult and delicate problem. Tho
birth, came about in .this way: when best lands of the dafeilnion have bong
in 1870 the Japanese calendar. was ago been" "sold, aid ,Where good land
changed totenform to the Europeen. remains available its 'price is'abnor
really high.-
,Does
igh, - '
•Docs' He "short -Circuit/";
He "Hera comae a friend' of mine,
He's 'u'huinan dynamo." -
She "Really ?"
Ht--Yee,"everything he hes on is
charged:'
months, the people at large could not
understand why they should be done
out of their,.real, as opposed to , the
official new year, and so, at the begin-
ning of February, the same thing
etarts again, and'ever�ybody considere
it his duty to celebrate the occasion
just as His ancestors did.
Weren't such a difficult person in the -
old
day, slut" - '
t`I'1i Aust see ;about yoirl ear," Ar-
deyne intdl rupted hastily.
He fled, -leaving the two women to-
getTrer, and a Sew moments later, when
her car came around, he said good-bye
to Carrie Egan : with a feeling. of
relief.
AIice wandered out into the garden,
She was thoroughly miserable and
wanted to be alone, but Lois Heminers-
ley discovered her retreat before long'
'and tools for granted that Alice would
l
° be lad of her cam an ,
ably derived from "hand in the ca g p y. The dawn .Dare is said to be ogd of the oldest banes
nn
�'' sloped 'down to the riven; it was a i
es in former tines it was the custom warm day, and Lois made herself' ata .bc,dn Stazl(ling 100 0000 100 j'cars. • lOor ninny
to draw lots from ahat or 00P• school hoose icr the;rhildren 00 Pioneers.-
�" comfortable on rile grass with a couple •
5
St;aibero, Ontario, which
Years it was used as a.
Two ,Musical. Anecdote:
One doge +i7ot yiway n -hto So' to
a aver 't 'alisnbv s tP get,a thrill rho
s'tori�a of`! the 11 @, of atony of our
gzeat musl�iane re' full of iz tetttytit
I artd thrilling anecdotes ----and provide
ust thcse,touchef.of human intereot
which the average person - likes to
need.- Here are two s0011 e.nocdotee
one deals with young Liszt and bee•
thoven—the other with Mozart,
1Vhen Liszt was but twelve years of
age (in 1821.1)' -he was'• advertised to
givo e. concert; and upon the soliclta.
Hon of Schindler, Beethoven went r to
hear and encourage'this youthful pro-.
digy. When the little Liszt "'demo out
on the platform, he saw Beethoven sit-
ting in the• front row. Insteacl of be.,
ing unnerved by the ga•eet.ivan's pre-
sence; it was an inspiration to him and
he played with great lire and abandon.
In the storm of applause which follow-
ed, the great master 'was seen to step
up on the platform and kiss hint on
both checks,. Liszt never forgot this
incident'and• used to repeat It with
great"pride, for he felt that the mast'
ter had sot the seal of greatness 'upon
hini in that hiss
Now for Mozart. Mozart once
created quito a seneation.in a theatre:
he was visiting:' It.was at Marseilles.
He had gone Co the opera incognito to
hear one of his own works' performed.
Ali went well till, in a certain passage;
through some error of the copyist; the,
orchestra played "D" where Mozart
had written "D sharp."' This change`
of one note'made a` decided 'difference
in the harmony, and turned the suiieri-
or harnibn1c effect intended into a very
ordinary sounding affair,
• No sooner was .thisr done than Mo-
zart, apritng' to hie > feet, crying Cut:
"Play IT eharp'will you; play D; sharp,
you' wretches!," It may be imagined
that such actions, produced quite a
sensation. The orchestra'and-singers
stopped their performance •and the
etudience began to hiss him down and
cry, "Put hint, out!" and he was about
to be siiinmarily' ejected from "the'
theatre, when he announced who he
When it was knonan thatitwas Mo-
zart, the tumult subsided, and. cries of
"Mozart! Mozart!" rang through the
house. The very one's that were about
to expel' him now conducted him to the
orchestra, and he was compelled to di-
rect the opera, which was. taken up
anew. This time the missing D sharp
wad played in its, proper •place and pro-
duced the intended effect. At the
close of the opera 4 perfect ovation
was tendered the composer, and the
people were not content until they had
escorted him in triumph .to his hotel.
Not Long Enough Here.
Ame1toap—"You play Mair Jong, of
Course?"
Chinaman—"No=me no livee in
Ameliea long 'nough for that"
Where Fish Are Used
as Com.
"Fish" in Newfoundland means ood
and nothing else. Rod and fly work is
calla& 'trouting.t' Fish are used as
cola on the west coast, one dried cod
beteg considered worth a cent or a
half penny and a" large Iobster is
valued at a penny. Communication in
the Winter Is so difficult that in the
Spring the missionary who visits the
northwest coast flnds wholesale chris.
carting and marriages awaiting-him..A
hunter who has lest his bearings or
finds himself in a fog has no difficulty
It findinghis a - o
w a9 Win to •e�e0
y,the n
g
,s'tant' west winds the tops of all the
trees point east. This fact renders a
compass. unnecessary. In the cod-fish-
ingseason-acresot.ground are covered
With the drying fish placed Bead to
tail so'that scarcely an inch of ground
remains uncovered,`. All. :these fish
must be'staoked by nightfall in a.heali
much lilte'small-hapsh'acks, •
Many queer superstitions exist with
regard to diseases, and remedies. On
til reeeut years :people avoided enter
ing a hospital as they would- the plague
itself, 'Similarly they would only have
recourse to medical aid after every
other,renxedy-bad failed. old women
were in great- demand to .: "charm"
away the toothache. For diphtheria a
herring wee often- applied to the out
side 62 the throat; a favorite remedy
for the earache was to wear' the wool
from a black lamb in the ears;. dry.
nnistard in a tennis/ bag Nal siipp•osed
to prevent chest trouble:, and people
have been ,known, -to swallow small
leaden allot to overcome; lung disor-
tiers,- Another curious superstition
WAS theitshermen's•dread of banks, as
a result of which 3% million dollars
worth of gold' brought into the Colony
during the past thirty years
dian banks doing business in New-
foundlanct has . dlsappearel, having
been taken out by the-fislrerfo]k and
put into private boards to ,bo kept and
used as occasion arises.
by Cana.
• Former, .arta Lot.
.Once there was a fence herb,
And, the grass came, and tried,
Leaning from thaieasturo,
To get ia1sule: ' •
Bat colt feet trampled 10,
'fuming it browii;
Until the farmer moved,
A.nd rhe fence fell down,
Thou •try hindsaw,
Uncles the wire,
Giga 3 nibbling inward
Likegreeu fire,
larlc
AVan i)oron.
Lint US, the noted botanist, in 1?44
referred t`o the fog' ns the poor man's
bread,
The 'Passing of Wild Animals
The •-picture that presents itself to
Moat mindseat the ldea,of the death at
wild', animals -is one of violence and
agonized' pain. As a matter of law+,
few ideas are noise ersoneons. Most
wild animals die quietly,
Both ,animals and birds dislike any-
thing unusual; they will not tolerate
the deformed, maimed or crippled, so
that when an:animahfeelsany unusual
symptoms, instinct makes him steel
away from his fellows. Ire• goes as
far as possible, and then rests in as
retired a place aa he can find. A Masan ,
gid feeling comes over, him, and he
closes his eyes in sleep. He has no
fear of not awaking;: any image that
might cross hie elementary sense of
memory would be of waking as he'•bras
always, done hitherto.
lairds In whom the tide of life is
running low often Ay out to sea, and
close their eyes In lasting sleep" be-
fore their tired bodies touch the
water. •
Even captive bred canaries feel this
primeval impulse to fly away at the
end; they will flutter restlessly against
the bars of their cage one day, and the
next morning you will find' them
"asleep.", Most birds of prey have:
their own hunting grounds and do not
poach on their fellows' groan&.
An eagle had long been known round
about a certain mountainside. One
day hewas seen to be sailing dowfr-
wards on outstretched wings, but his
head drooped.unusuelly,, as If It were
too heavy dor a tired body. 'Lower and
]ower he sailed, dropping, slowly at
last into a quiet. wood, There he was
found the next day by a boy who brad
watched him fall,
A bird -lover once noticed a little
songster sittting silently on. it. frond
of evergreen over a little stream. He
was old, for his feathers ware streaked
with gray and he had wrinkled scales
on his feet. He showed no Bear of the
man, who often visited the place; pre-
sently he settled on his finger and
closed his eyes: Me took a drop of
Water • from a finger as if glad 02 the
friendly action, and then the man put
him back on the evergreen,
A. day later the man saw him hang•
ing`trem It spruce root, his feet holding
on iirmly,•hie beak touching the water,
prate tread—asj~a3,ep and at peace.
There are, -of 000250, • tragedit s in
animal lives; the lien and the deer, the
fox and the mouse, the hawk and the
sparrow. But we are wrong In imagin-
ing violent deaths' of this type to be
painful. The agony is mental, and oc
ours before the attack, when we cat.
ter In anticipation. In other words,
we suffer because of our trains.
The majority of the animals, &now- "-
ever, pass In natural sleep,—Ernest
Clarke,
OBESITY.
The human body has many uses fox
fat, When properly distributed 11
serves to relieve the sharpness of our
bony augle>i and make us more beauti.
ful. It is an, extremely helpful agent,
in keepx
g our heat m our bodies
serving as insulation in`that way. > I,
acts es padding in our "insides" enc
helps to keep the kidneys,` spleen, stem•
ash and intestines,in their proper 10.
Cations... It fills in the chinks,g ener-
ally.
But. is we reach middle life the
danger comes that we shall accumu-
late more tat than is good for our
health. 'Without giving a long table
of, weights and measures I will just
say that the average weight for a man
of sixty-nine inches is 159 peunds,and
for a woman of sixty=slh inches is 1 a7
pounds.' You can judge how far you
are from standard. If you are mote
than ten per centeuverweight give the
matter careful consideration.
The chief item in reducing, weight
is to reduce food. If you are only Dry-
ing to cut down some tela or •fifteen
pounds you sari do it -Ly, restricting
the fats in your diet, such as butter,
oil andfat meat, and by severely lim-
iting the sweet ;stuff that you ea-.
But it•le-the follce in the 200 pounds
and better Glass that are chiefly in
need of reducing weight. Many e mar -
and ,woman With no definite symptoms
of ill health, yet a gereral feeling of
wretchedness, Would:clear up womiee-
fully'by a. reduction of thirty. to, fifty
pounds' in weight,
There is only one definite way to do
it. Redraw your intake. Don't try,
do it too raiwlly. De content to pttko
off three or Thai p1unds a week Cur,
the amount of ;ur• food ton, per cent;
When you beve'i:ecome aceustomel tt
that, cut it ;mother ten per• Cont, I7
thatdoes nit do the business the S.il
person is generally pretty safe in out.
ting it yet fen per cont. more, a. feu
weeks later, Alta -you have reduced
the Weight thirty or forty pounds yor
will be glad to discover that you
have regained your old efficiency:
Anything to iPlease Z -;Bear.
.- A Chinese who wa,0 visiting Jasper;
Park in winter, happened toglance
over his 000111der and spy a huge boar.
snniffng at his tracks in tl'e.snow, Johrr
nt once began to run, s:
.cutin cedar
g x g
extitodly,as lie did, so:
"You lilted my tracks?" f meleey ou
seine. more!"
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