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AMY, BRUNER ALMY.
PART II.
"We've got to try : to ride the
horses,' Selma' gasped. •
"We'd: better get back intothe
sleigh and cover up," , advised her
level.
"No! No! We'll freeze to death?'
Selma wad prairie -and -storm wise.
How they succeeded in loosening the
horses, tying, the two together and
amounting, they ,could not afterwards
tell. The animals stumbled en; their
riders were. silent,
eltni going.
•
1'antern,"
"You aro not going!" he cough
to sum She lookedhim full in th
face, " "Then 'P11 egotoo;' ' he said
"We'll both'go. If we die , :."
` "llotego and leave her alone? No.
One meet stay with her."
"Selma, dear, listen to rne," Anson
said, .puttlg0 on tis'. coat. She won-
dered if liis voice were ouddenly
changed or if she fancied it. Gently
then he -took off her cap and kissed
flee ;""Since - you persist, 1 will go
and you stay. 1 was brute to refuse
you. 1 .. 1 didn't quite realize. I'm
going' Cori your sake, dear. I'd do
anything in the world for yeti.
"Doe's say that," -'she said, shrink
ing from om him. `I wouldn't ask it "
"That's-whyI'm •going , . for you,"
ho laughed oddly, almost harshly. IIe
went out, then, with the ' lantern, into,
the storm, no longer in its fist viol-
ence, yet raging fiercely enough.
Selma built up the fire.. She would
have to use the fuel -sparingly. In the
morning,' she would look for more. Sho
rook her place at the side of the bed.
1'My friend has gong for the doctor.
Whenu;:you feel like it, tell lire what
you can : what I' ought to know,"
>ema;said gently Gradually, little
by little, she learned the facts. The
woman was Annie Eaton, the wife of
George. Eaton. They had been mar-
ried two ,years and they were very
y
'happy, , on their little . farm, Three.
months ago George had 'gone north to
-the lumber camps, for times" -were
hard acid they needed the, motley. He
had expected to be home . fully two
weeks ago. If he were only here nowt
1kt that: thought the wife began to
cry. However, she dried 'her toaxs
because she had promised,George.that
she would • be . brave. See, thiswas
George. She drew a much -worn photo '
graph from under her pillow. It was
a thin' face, homely, honest -looking
and kind. The -wife kissed it hungrily:
"If George were hero .. ," She tried
again to be breve. She told Selma
where to find the tiny, waiting gar-
ments. The girl,searched the rude,
homemade clipboards 'and' found plenty
of breadand butter; . eggs, canned
goods, cereals and: a jar of broth. This
last she heated and made Annie take
some of it.
(To be' continued.)
ole
of
he
0
Tell mo what you want us to do for
you? There'll be' a fire in a minute.
We'll do all wo can. Are you alonev"
"My baby... it's our baby,.;:..com-
ing
coming , . George is away. e want Dr.
Hallett . get him .
"Where, is, your telephone?"
"At the next house a mile east
"We'll do the very best we can,"
Selma gently laid her cold hand on
the woman's burning forehead. She
went be Anson then, and told him the
Suddenly Anson, whose horse was situation. "We must get Dr. Hallett
in the lead, gave an exclamation of by 'phone, some way or other. He's'
pain and at that moment hisbeast probably miles away from town. He
niey even be near here," she added
hopefully. "We came just in time."
"But it's,;iinpossible," Anson said.
""I could not face the storm again. We
mustkstay here . have food'. "- -'
Without answering, Selma went 'to
the window -and strained lien eyes out
tato the`darkness.
Tell. Selma clung to the harness with
stiffened' halide and 'slid to her feet
es her horse sank to his knees and
stood still.
'Don't move," Anson warned,
"we've struck' a wire fence. Perhaps
I can let .the horses through."
".A light!' Alight, Anson! I see e
light!"
They both sazv it then flickering
through the veil of the storm. -
"It can't be far, Anson?'"
Fortunately the posts were not hard
to knock down and the horses strug-
gled toward shelter. •
"Can you .walk, •Selina? Can you
reach the light?"
"We can do it together . . We must
it's near."
Slowly they ,forged ahead, .sttmibl
ing"and falling beaten back repeated-
"The''storni is abating, Anson.- It's'
no't snowing so much now and the
hind's going down'','
"You want me to go? Now? Did you
hear that?" .
"Bugs. life . . What time is it?"
.Anson looked at his - watch. "Six,
nearly." •
"It will.soon clear, I think."
"Are you going?" gasped a voice
from th bL. I .. need . s"
Same went to her. "He's going . .
' very soon when he is' a little warm:
ly li the wind aril snow but at last We were lost and nearly frozen," Set-
thankfully discerning the dark mass ma did not` 'ant to look at him. Every
of the. house, In a few minutes now and then',a moan come' from the
though it seemed hours, the light was bed
directly before them. Their flet "We've got into a ,horrible mess!"
stumbled upon the porch: Anson beat he exclaimed.
upon the door. No answer came, He
fumbled stiffly for the knob, Shelter
at last! Blinded, breathless, half-
frozen, . they'. dropped into chairs, too
exhausted, too stupefied; to move or
At a pleading cry from the woman,
Selma's hand went to her throat.
Again she stated out of the window.
"Anson," she whispered, coming
to speak. ,back, "now you can find your way!
She says if you follow,.the poles, you
Gradually they became aware of can't mise it and there's a lantern,
their surroundings. ' Tho room was cleaned and filled.' There's hardly any
large, plainly furnished, neat, evident- storm now—not to what there was."
ly serving both as kitchen ,tend bed-
room. The fire had died ottt in the
cookstove though 'there .was still a
little .warmth• in the ashes;; a box of
coal stood against the wall end there
was some wood. '
"People must be .gone," said Anson.
"I'll make a"Are. You must be nearly
dead." ;
They werestartled by a Moan. Was
it from the bed in the corner?
Rousing herself, Selma went to the
bedside and there found a young Wo-
matt, her eyes wide with 'anguish.
"You've come to 'help ire?" she
whispered:
"The storm .. we saw your Iight
you're sick? . There's a gentle-
man with me .. We'll' do what we
can ... p a_
"I'm ..' going .. to .. die," said the
ghestly whisper.
"Tell me!" Selma bent closer, for-
getting., her own suffering and weari-
ness. "Tell me what is the matter! the man was oh his feet..
"You are crazy; Selma! •I am not
going. Wait till morning ."
"She may die, Anson!" Selma said
in a low' voice. "It's not a blizzard.
For God's'sake;' Anson! It's a ques-
tion of life ` . . two lives ... "
"You're beside yourself to expect it,
Selma. Hallett wouldn't come on such
a night even if we did succeed in
reaching Him," he said, his voice ris-
ing .in exasperation.
The woman heard him:: "He will
conte .. always .. Dr..Hallett never
fails." '
"Go, Anson," Selnia pled in a sob-
bing whisper. "She may die!"
"Then let .. is her life worth inure
" he "'did not finish.
Selma turned her back on him but-
toned her coat around her,'dreW her
cap, down over her ears, pulled on
her gloves:
"What ` are you, doing?" Startled,
WHEN WILLTEA
' PRICES DROP?
A shortage in the world's tea supply,
in'the face of an enormous demand, is
fercing prices up': to very high levels..
Tea merchants reali`z`e, however, that
tea atet dollar a pound only brings' the
day of a 'drop in price so much nearer.
Tea growers are making •stale -Me-
mendous' profits that oder-Production
is boundto come' et,any time.
the street car"
"Not long ago.I sawanad in the
stkeet car, 'Soaking takes the place
of rubbing', The next day I sent
for a•package of Rinso and tried'.:
it, I was delighted with the result
and now wash my children's
clothes' without any effort what-
soever — they soakthemselves
clean in the Parise suds. )(just had
to 'write and tell yoi,how `won-
derful' I think Rinso is and have
told several of my friends to try
it.
"It is wonderfult for ,ecrubbiisg
floors. Without a doubt the best
thing I have ever used, '1 alae
cleaned lay enamel sink with it
and it is splendid."
•
Tho foregoing letter to but ell
Of the Matey received by
unkera ''ol`' I'1 s o
t lire satit}rsticabout t>j,
eager; better way to Waal
cir:.tu-'chs :tine, avay.
I a:er A otheta Lindted,
2 orottria.
MY COLORFUL: JAR.
A pottery jar of beautiful lines but
of an ugly brown• that: harmonized
with none of my possessions, bas be-
come a note of high colon in a dark
corner since I gave it a ccat of scarlet
enamel, rubbed down with metal wool
after it had dried, The metal wool
softens the hard color of the enalftel
and imparts a finish that suggests
clay pottery hand turned' on a wheel.
E. R. 11.
71 --
CAN
EAE OFFICE
A Sl sale ent o
" MONTREAL
Ren2arkable Frog
Entracte from B)rrectOre Report
'Xodr: D re leer lirrsent theta ,"iffy-Iburlb Annu'ai Report oitlx
unusual satinfietion,Tte raps, expansion of 'Operations,.nud the
steady upbu id 1G of re "ources, Wbtch I,nee so markedly charac-
terized the Compenys teertm:clioos-m.peetilous years, have con-
tinued daring the past trv.;lve tcontlis, aad•at n gre,415 lncry i 4
TimmCg oo Ureas th quoted allow the Oro,vtil which
hes•tnlian pithlaf tm'Caopera t ns, no
in lesresoumcs. Tho ggiiream te Piott-coming powc, sod firma-
nal strength me eecri more impressive.
As .th.proiits actually paid, the; ole of @6,001,0., 91 as bees '
iii,huricd damn$ the year' to polie5L,ldens nesse thi8 heading
As to provislou for the future the Compaq's po a, n hos uavir
.1sterially strengthened ,n ell dIvoS s,
Thew leas been.n further upbuildiog of the life. policy' reserves.
Heretofore policinv.lasucd prior to 1009 hip beers valued on the
Iasis'of aseumingithree and a time per cent: lotf'reot m the die-
countin }alt riot, the Company's obligations, -but this year the
entire liteteruraneo'cootraets have hien valued atthre.e per sent•,,
' the extra amouo= tb,u sot asidel,ciog $1,111,0952.
There has also baa'► 4trengthenlr g of the Annuity Reserves,'
Recent invertigetions have shown e.progremive increase in the,
aversyy lifetime ,et onnultaoth. 'A•special onnui(y .roicrve 05
memo lad thla.year been let up beyond the Amount required
by the:Goveranicatatandard, ;
Tho. eompngv a}fendQ!'9oe'si,d, bench buiktiogs and?tiler -:
teal' eniate, heve;bw
eeei n,ttoa do ra:by 0750,000
r"TlioConiinge rYlkiervd,"havpbeer strengthened b -v the addi-
lien of 10,000,00Q taken from the earnings, oi the year 55,000,000
umoust doing to the meld to proviso forposolblefluetua-
lions i i 11', markatvalue of•our securities, raising thatfond oto
$0,000.to0., aod:$1,0p0;00 going to Genital Contingencies lie,
eount,;ralelog lWt to tg5,50QQe0.Thvsc poutingeacy occo0ats thus
amount stow to $7,100A00,
After oinking there hravy`.alloentionr, the undivided eurplys.
hes yet been increased by $3i-46400,: bringing 11 15 4,4141 of
.The Company is; et course, inn position to iacrenoe its alnadg ::
seneroYboom0 mato of probts to policybolde, and your Directors boom
pleasure hi' announcing. For the gitl year is succcoslon, that such
an lucerco o wig I o made. •
While many faders have matrihuted to this remarkable strain • .
Ing. the most noteworthy has been the lore earning from invest-
rc reports, It hasfor o
. agate, /Mho been mentioned in previousp rna Y
" ycarsbeen the policy of the Company, to invest in long -tern bonds
and dmlldr theme amtirities, in order that by this means the high
rates eirinterest then prevailing as a result of the abnormal con-
dition, produced by the sear; eight ly,projected inlofuture years.
This polite. is now heartily fruit. Cnee It rates of intorest,thouglr
still very .atistactory, oro fnntetially lower than those or farmer
years; and as n consequence there has beep'* marked rise in,lbe
*quotations Inc most. or tbo o noities ned by the Company.
taring tip past'ytar same of these increased ;a bees lrav4bcen
• capitalized by enlea, and ,o net'p'bfit of el,601,450.48 hes been'
rrrlrud from. Ors source. In addition there ha Leto an,increase
of 10,911,577:60 in the market value of the 'securities itul held.
Although most of this increasod Value is undoubtedly penhanerit,.
` and due' merely to the readjustment of interest mho to a more
nor!,el.basis, •t will she rated that the Company base tattled
$4,000.000 qt the Amount to conhnannA, ndeormto, 6r".Iready
ezpiafned,
' horaleofinterrsleameddozllog the yearoyrthe mean ioveatcd-
assets bre bnn 0.55 percept:; exclusive of profits ham gala. Thi% -
is a anlutanticl,incrase overtbe steal the prov{ous year, and hoe
-resulted from our having realized on some of our lioldings of goy- •
emmeat and other bonds which badrlsen to high figures,: the pro-
erod.+ being then reinvested ja ;Scarifies yielding better returns.
'1924
New Assurances Paid For
Increase .. . $30,075,000
Total Income
Increase . e .: $15,280,000
Payments y
ets to Policyholders
and, Beneficiaries
(Total paid since organization,
$iss,7�S8,000)
A.taseta itt December 3lst• , , {'
Increase , , a,: $4,873,000
Reserves for Unforeseen
Contingencies . • e-
Suitable Over All Liabilities qc�.g P �La�q{�
and Contingency Reserves . e�p1G6,Bil� 1,000
Increase . , .. " $4,234,000
,
0�
Assurances in Force (Net). , 87 r636 y
Increase . , $167,871,000
137 466 Or
v
44,000
31,881,000
$274B1 0 000
4't
.Policies in force(excluding Group Policies) 'ra, 384,113
Employees of firms protected by Group' Policies.,' 30,160
Dividends to policyholders again increased
The, Sun Life ranks amongst the Foremost
Life Assurance Instittitions
of the World
incorporated 1865
' PIQUANT PIG'S FEET.. "Wand one quart of string beans me pea
We could not conscientiously call beans;
pig's feet a poetic food, but itis really When they are done put the beans
wholesome and digestible and denote in a shallow baking dish. Arrange,
ical. They would be served frequently the pig's ,feet on the top, 'splitting.
if the were:cooked with care and in P g
ythem.o en and covering as many of at spring .housecleaning time last year
a different st le from the; plain Pickled the beans as possible,.
pig's.feet usuahy,obtait d in a gro- ; Thicken one cupful of the liquor ih I paintedthe:inside of it light blue.:. It
eery ; store, Here's 'how: which they were boiled;: adding a is really nearer robins -egg blue. You
scraped teaspoonful of onion. Pour have no. idea how much lighter this
Pig's Feet a, la homestead•—Boil this over ail: Cover thickly with makes the inside of a cupboard.
until tender four fat and well -scrubbed . It seems like a far cry from decorat-
read crumbs' and bake until brown
pig's feet. Season only with salt and Easter eggs to painting designs on
in the oven
pepper and use as little, water es pas- Stuffed Pig's Feet; Cold.—After ulniture and maltiilg.a flower plaque,
sible, but cool{ covered so that they boiling ixntil well cooked, loosen rhe, but the process .is very much the
aro white but delicate looking when lt' d "d t 11 the me t and same, I' am sure you have seen the
loop for ell the world like the:real
thing. At present` I have the varnish
scraped orf the top of the dining -room
table and all but two of the leaves. I
am going to paint it black all over and
put a glassy finish of varnish on top.
After. that I shall cut the oilcloth
table cover into runners—but . I'm
painting air castles and I only meant
to tell -about what has been accom-
plished.
In the ease of the kitchen"cupboard,
I never groped for a kettle or a,stew-
pan in' its dark -brown depths that I
didn't get awfully out of patience: So
r s ,, an sir ¢ ou a a little varicolored papets "fol' sale at
done ` When they era cod slit them b f th . , f t � 5 te. p p
ones. tom a j)tg s ee spar a
several times, dip into melted butterEaster time When 'moistened and
and shop the meat finely, adding. one ,
and then into fine fresli bread rumbs'
brown over a.hot Lee, tablespobnful of minced green pepper, pressed onto a clean surface they
Place them on a buttered broiler and one tablespoonful of °iuiricad ;celery leave a celored picture: This is called
stalk and one teaspoonful of"minced decalcomania, and painted furniture,
Arrange them on the patteron onion. Bind'. this together with n ,particularly bedeora furniture,' i9'
which they are to be served Spread tablespoonful ;of thick cream and stud' sometimes decorated with flowers that
with butter that has had a little pars -'the skins with this mixture. Place the,Easter.
Vie in !inch the same way as
ley, chives and lemon juice rubbed in a square pan; put another on top of the aster. egg decorations.
into it; a:so' a 'litt.o salt . and it and put on a heavy weight. ' When It was this that gavpyme•tho idea
e er. Garnish with cho ;ad dill read to serve, slice in inch -thiel.- for• amts? p.aque °I' picture '"only I
p pp l, y transferred the design ante black oil-
pickle and rliv cabbage, equal' apes: slices, serving tartar sauce with it and cloth and went, over the eolbi'ed p15 -
Pig's Fest, Epichrean,-Cook until garnishing with sweat 'pickled beets a
tender• three -nice; pig's feet. When cold cub in strips. tura with oil paints to give the iiti-
pression . of.; the old-faishioned . flower
remove the skin and cut' into two ' pictures done in 7i1, 11 was as very.
parts. One will have the bone and the PAIN C -BRUSH 'ADVENTURES,• easy, for I was just doing copy work.' "'
other not.''Cover these all over with Several times each. yearI. get paint,' lee black_oil :0th yeas stretched over
tartar•. ,sauce, first having chilled the er's fever, and . do` something, ,over wall board first, before tree design was.
feet well. Then roll in finely minced Wheat the house or make something transferred, :and tacked ,down on the
ogg parsley, y> ed y, kitchen wrong side with tiny upholsterer's I,
ce-Te`r chives and hardhoil new. Last ' year it was th
eyolk, cupboard; a flower plaque for -the dip- tacks The whose thing was eliade. of!
Arrange on a fresh crisp lettuce ingroom and a bowl of zinnias and a"sire to fft`into a deep tvaiilut framal
leaf, with slivers of green pepper and dahlias made: front pine cones ,that with t narrow edge of gilt close to,
celery heart as a garnish. the picture.
Scalloped Pig's Feet.—Boil until1 But painting zinnias and. dahlias'
tender enough to slip the bones out tacaAglitGlag!„12/13,9,.
tp made from pine cones was quite thei
His Lucky Number.'
Therecruit was a• tau, Lanky. Irish,•
man, and. he had very large feet, .In
foot, it was rumoured in the regiment
that he took size thirteen, and those
who hadseen his extremities saw no
reason_ to doubt it. One night he hap -
'polled to be included in a party that
had to do a jolt seeeffal miles from',
the barracks, and, on their return and
theroll being called, he was found to
be absent.
"Has anyone seen O'Halloran?".
asked the sergeant before dismissing
the teen. "• '
There was silence for a moment.
Then one of the Pommies took a step
forward, came smartly to attention,
and saidi—
"Yes, sergeant. He's just gone 'lip
to the cress -roads' to turn round,"
Prohibited.
An English angler, says a London
newspaper, asked a fellow sportsman
whether he could tell him df a good
fishing ground. "Yes," the man re-
plied, pointing to a path marked "Pri-
vate." • "Go along there till you come.
toa fiold�nark
Marked 'No Road,'
Crosslt
and on the other side you'll find a
small "weed •wleerethere's a board. that
'says 'Trespassers Wilt 13o Prosecuted,'
In the middle of the wood you'll find a
pond .martrod 'No Fishing 'Allowed.'
That's the- spot."
When Eggs Will Rain.
If eggs are tlroktped' out of aero-
planes, from a height of several thous-
and feet, they disappear 'into Sure egg,
rain before reaching the ground.
It is claimed that a Chinese states-
nran'was' the inventor of paper, w'ticit
was inuse in Asia'bef'ore the Chris-
tian era.
OfrraftPotafoSou
1
Here'9 a tasty nourishing
. dish you may not have
tried. Every member of
the family will relish" it..
One of neatly a hundred
tested recipes in the Kraft
Cheese Booklet. It's free;
mail caupon,f
t ..... I fait• lociarea..
tSrv, Chcr,o5e,1411iiited'
Send =Chem Recipe Boob, Monticol.
brae
Address._...:..,
illEMENEWa
reSei
of four,, pig's feet and separate into
Miter—size pietes. Araiige them in' a
glass baking dish and pour over them •
a thiel: rich tomato sauce and coven
with buttered bread crumbs thickly.
For the sauce,•take one can of tomato
soup, heat it withoutadding water.
To it add 'one teaspoonful of chopped
onion, one- teaspoonful of chopped
green pepper andnono tablespoonful of
butter. Simmer a litt'-e before pour-
ing•ovei' the meat.
Pet -Roasted Pigs I set.—Ciean'we:1
and trim nicely about six good=sited
pig's feet. Place thein in a small 00v:
Bred' roaster, and around" them .place
small carrots, onions and short ,pieces
of'celery statics. Season wen with
stet and pepper. Cook slowly until'
tender; and lea:1' an hour•. before. ,oerv-
ing, open the lid and pour over- the
.roast without moving thein 0110 cupful
or strained and sbghtlythickened to-
mato 'juice. .
Lift carefully on p:atto., and stir -
round the feet:: with time (-coked veg,
tables._ Serve" the sauce in a small
iter every met! ".
)Parents - ege,outvgn the
;�Isfldrert
to ciasrfdrIrefrteetkit
•
'Ci!ive 'Lilc tn' Wivi Jley' ''
It remcsvea food ' par%iclen
•front the teeth. Sirengtltesc9
#hcousea.. Co/.1)m o acid
enou .
Uefressltirig and bemoficial g;
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Pig's Feet, Courtly ° f1 Cooicto-
res
gether until tender three fat pig's, Ci'nC,
most fan of all. ,Poi- " the dahlia
flower, cat across the central stem of
the cone, leaving two layers fir petals.
Alter trying several cutting iniple-1
nents, 1 found that a'Small meat Saw
worked best. This sort of chews bff
the central: stem, leaving a quite real-
istic flower entre. Add a` few daubs'
of Yellow paint and you have' pollen.
1for the zinnia, the cosec is severed l`
just, back of where it begins to round
q F: Oil liafi is ihintied c. er so little 1
with gasoline, adhere veli and cam--,
p'.eto the flower, For• the stem use
wine wound with green paper.
Myo,lc:eth table cr,'er of t•-...Atck with
half-inch border ori ow 10 t01
pretty. - Ain' enamel .of good qu'alify
which don z:ot crack with frequent
waohiag wits' used for the border. --
Keep License Tag 'Clear.
old r.-
Keep:License:'Tag'Clear.
Litense tags 0111151. 1101.• be 2bsuirre;1
by"beu11 e 5,'c.1i 1 tiers , c air 1 1110.51
l:e'kept flee 110111 groan?. o 1 1 ant ti1rl;
so;ta at they are 'legible rl all ai ase:
'rho o lir itiih lila oti .,e hbrar
colt -.:ill's 1,000,000 ve U111es, "
ONTARIO
nein h Li!
The security afforded by the Province of . Ontario
Savings Office, together with the • facilities ' extended by
every Post Office in Canada and other countries, make it
possible for, everyone to deposit their savings in this institu-
tion. Interest is allowed, compounded; half -yearly, with full.
checking privileges. •'
The confidence the, rural communities -have shown in
this. Savings Office : is indicated by the large' increase in de-
posits, which are now -over $20,000,000.
All deposits are secured by the entire resotit'ces of the
Province of; Ontario.,
should be made by Post Oflice'inoney order,
Remittancesqe,xpr etter, and should
bank cheque., express order or registered l .they�willrecaive�'
be addressed to your Nearest Branch, where
prompt attention.
Ode
HEAD OFFICE.: 15 QUEEN'S :PARK, TORONTO
Toronto, Branch Offices:
ay F•:rl Aelelo:dr, Stn. Cor. Unlvcrs:ty and Dundas Sts.
513 banioi•th Avenue.
Other 1lranches at
Vt. Catr,'orines,.., St. Mary's, Per•a5rokko,
Wood tock, : Owen .Sound, Ottawa,
• 'Walkerton, Newmarket' and Aylmer,
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Hamilton,
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