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"Who did, this?" he asked in
amazement.
"We did," she laughed. "Mr.
Maslen carved it and I colored it
I knew you were always worrying
over the thing because it wasn't per-.
feet, so we were preparing _ a little
surprise for you when you eame
home so suddenly and caught us."
Kent was dumb with horror; his
foul jealousy had brought him with-
in an ace of murdering his wife. It
was thanks only to her gentle ling.-
ers that he hadn't done so. With
an effort he pulled himself together
and said huskily.' `,`Stay here, both.
of you, until I come back." lle went
into the garden and smashed the
poisonous little figure to pieces und-
er his heel, ` Then he hurried into
town, for he suddenly remembered
that the Towkay had, said something
about a ruby bracelet.
-London Tit -Bits.
ARMORIES FOR 'SEAFORTR ern 'science. The late, lamented Bes-•
• I'sie (we will call her Bessie for want
Lieut. B. J. Duncan anndtmced`this of a more suitable name) had been
week that ,arrangementshad been brought in front the pasture to be,
completed for the establishment of milked, and was standing placidly,
armories in Seaforth. The Oddfel- tied to a pole holding up a clothes
lows' Hall has been rented and the Iine. Nearby was an incubator house;
militia will use the ground floor electrically heated, with the 110 volt
auditorium and basement. Few alt- wires passing overhead from the
erations are being made according farmer's house. Maybe the seeds of
to Lt. Duncan and it is expected discontent had been planted in Beer
that the new quarters will be ready sill's mind or maybe the- heat made
for occupancy shortly. Brig. D. J. her restive, but whatever it was,,
MacDonald and Major H. 0. N. Bessie began to stir about after be -
Brownfield, of M. D. No. 1, while ing milked. The more she stirred the
in town this week, visited the build- greater was the strain on the clothed
ing and expressed themselves as line pole. Bessie_ tugged and pulled;.
greatly pleased. -Huron Expositor. and even ,Poles Can stand just soy
much before they come down. Bessie
pulled just too hard and down came.
WI+J•DDINGi 1t1Nli HJS,'I;.VVEKED (polcarrying the otho
withthe e
it. The clothes lineclfell
es -acroslins
When two weeks ago a bather at the 110 volt electric wires leading to
the Lions pool, Seaforth, reported the incubator house and at the same
that she had 'lost a gold wedding time fell across Bessie. And that's
ring in the 'pool her chances of re- the end of Bessie and this story.
covering it appeared to be about RS Orillia Packet..
slim, as that of finding the proverb-
ial needle in the hay stack. However
an Wednesday as the pool was be- DOINGS IN THE SCOUT
WORLD
ing drained foe, cleaning, Mr. Sol
Williams, caretaker at the park,
noticed the ling lying on the bottom
at almost the identical spot at which
it was lost, The ring has been re- A DOLL A MONTH
teened to its owner Mrs. A. Glazier,
R.R. 4,'Goderich.-Huron Expositor. The purchase of "a doll a month;'
to be given to the Boy Scouts for
their next Christmas Toy Shop, is
CAN Y0111 DUPLTICATE THIS? one of the year -around activities of
the Lethbridge, Alta., I ).D.11.
The other day at the home of Mr.
and Mrs. John Simmons a jar of
black currants was opened and
A NEW BRUNSWICK SCOUT.
thoroughly enjoyed by those who ate PILGRIMAGE
them.
That's not news we hear you say, A pilgrimage of 200 Roman Cath -
but this is news.. That 'two -quart olic Boy Scouts from the Madawaska
tar of black currents was preserved region of New Brunswick attended
by Mr. Simmon's mother thirty-five the National Eucharistic Congress in
years ago. The fruit was perfectly Quebec City. The pilgrimage was
Commis -
preserved. There was not a. suspicion organized by District Scout Commis-
of mould on it and it tasted as fresh toner J. L. St. Onge. The boys de-
and delicious as any that has been frayed their own expenses,
preserved this season.,
Post. SCOUTS FIND LOST CHILD
WHAT DOES PAVING OF
HIGHWAYS COST?
We believe a number of our read -
ASLEEP IN CEMETERY
A "Parent Night" entertainment
of the Thamesville, Ont., Boy Scoute,
was interrupted by an urgent re-
ers will be interested to learn how quest from the local police for all
much money is expended on a mile Scouts to join in a hunt for a mis-
of highway. The question was recent sing six-year-old boy. Shortly after
ly referred to the editor of the Oril-'midnight the Scouts found the boy,
ha Packet and he has obtained from asleep in a cemetery.
the Department of Highways the fol- I ---•---
lowing figures showing recent high- A "MONKEY BRIDGE"
way costs:
Concrete Pavement -423,000 per A "monkey bridge" erected by the
mile. This is machine finished pave-ment, 6 inches of gravel under the Scout Jamboree drew so many int- ,
Pavement and includes all costs of cresting comments that it was re -
the paving material and the scar, erected for display on a vacant lot.
Eying, The "monkey bridge" is a construc-
Mixed Macadam inch top tours,- tion of rape and sticks frequently
000 per mile. One inch top course built across rivers in.' Northern
and 4 inch base. This also includes India. .
gravel under the pavement and scari-
fying,
Penetration Macadam Pavement -
$14,000 per mile,
Retread Pavement.- $11,000 per
mile.
The above figures do not include
any grading, which vary under the
different' contracts, also culvert
and pipe installation is omitted.
HEAT POR POULTRY IS T00
MUCH FOR BESSIE
Z,00 131TES AND SCRATCHES
TREATED BY WATCHFUL
SCOUTS
Consistently for the past two sea-
sons on all week -ends and holidays
from May until September (quoting
The Calgary Herald), a group of Boy
Scouts have been performing a fine
piece of community service, perhapoi
little realized by inany vilsitors to.
St, George's Island who may have
Electrocution of desperate crimin- noticed four or five neatly uniform-.
als is now the most favoured and ed lads around the Old Log House
modern way of putting an end to at this popular park. But let lack
their careers as Public. Enemies No. of caution in placing hands or fing-
1. But why an innocent, cud -chew'- ers within reach of the Zoo animals
ing and milk -giving bovine should be result in bites or scratches -and the
exterminated in
such fashion is a toll is many throughout the summer
mystery. And yet that's just what ,--let any accident occur on the
happened. 'grounds or lost children need assist-.
An Orillia poultry farmer had two once in finding their parents, this
cows, but now only has one, and all squad of Scouts is ready to render
because of the advancement of prod- aid.
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THE CLINTON NEWS -RECORD
WHAT CLINTON WAS DOING IN THE
GAY NINETIES
Do You Remember What Happened During The Last
Decade Of The Old Century?
Free Press.
THE BOWLING GREEN -The
eighth annual tournament of the(
Western Ontario Bowling Association
opened yesterday afternoon and
promises to be a bigger success than
any of the 'seven previously hebdi1
The greens were in excellent shape,'
and some good work was done. The
scores:.
Clinton: J. Taylor, E. J. Howard,
B. J. Gibbing's, W. P. Spaulding, skip;
20. C. E. Dowding, H. Wilts', Dr.'
Agnew, J. Hoover, skip, 16.
Seaforth: J. L. Killora, W. D. Mc -1
Lean, J. C. Greig, R. S. Hays, skip,
19.'
Goderich: P. Kelley, Dr. Dickson,
•
P. Davis, J. D. O'Connell, skip, 17.
July 22, 1903 -The following ex- joys the distinction of being the old -
tract from the files of the London' est member in good standing in this
district, having been 'a member of
L.O.L. No. 189 for sixty-five years..
Mr. R. Marshall left, on Saturday
to take part in the Old Boys' Re-
union at Kingston, his native town.
He was accompanied by Mrs. Mar-
shall and,MasterBert, who had an
enjoyable month's visit in the. old
Limestone City.
Mrs. Eason and daughter,. Miss
Margaret, left yesterday for London
to take up • their abode in that city
where her other two daughters, Mrs.
Albert Kemp and Miss Minnie 17as-
om, have resided for some time.
Principal J. E, Henry of the Wal-
laceburg Public school was success-
ful in passing twentylhine out o£
thirty pupils. We congratulate him
on his good work.
Mr. John Rumball returned to Tor-
onto this week after spending the
month of July at his home in town
and visiting friends in Mitchell.
Miss Rena Pickett of the Postof-
fice staff is on vacation and leaves.
The Clinton New Era,
July 29, 1898
The other morning as A. Couch on Saturday to spend a portion of
and James Finch were driving into it with Parkhill friends.
The slaughter house yard, the wagon Mrs, James Twitchell returned on
wheel unexpectedly struck the gate Saturday from Toronto. She was ac -
post. Finch was thrown out so heav- companied home by her son James,
ily that he has since been suffering, of Edmonton, who will visit for a
from the effects of the collision. time in the old home town.
A meeting of the Collegiate board} Mr. C. S. Hawke of Northwood
Trustees was held on Thursday even- was in town over the weekend. Mr.
ing. The estimates for next year,IHawke has had charge of a circuit
$1400, were submitted and approved.,at Northwood for the past year and
Three tenders were received for coal, finds the life congenial as he is al -
that of Harland Bros, at $5.03 being' w'aYs happiest when engaged in re -
accepted. Forty applications were re- 1igious work.
ceived for the vacancy on the staff,' Mr. David Churchill of , Goderich
that of Miss Edith Parlee, of Sti. township is having, his residence
Thomas, being accepted at $600 per raised a story and then will have
year. She was the only Commercial it brick veneered, a carload of brick
Specialist in the entire list of ap- having arrived this week from Bel-
piicants, grave.
On Monday a couple of men were
around town taking pictures. Among
the best they got were those of the
Mayor, Town Clerk, Councillors
PIutnmer and McKenzie, and Messrs
Paisley, Scott and Sam Cooper. Most
of them were in their shirtsleeves,
which matters not.
The Clinton New Era,
July 31, 1913.
The remains of Captain A. T.
Montgomery, a veteran of '66 were
Chas. Overberry is one of those laterreel in Maitland Cemetery on
entitled to a medal for Military Ser- Friday afternoon. At the time of the
vices rendered in 1865-6, and has
sent in his claim papers.
Joe Ryder was chosen by the
Stavely Committee on Monday to
oversee the mason work, but due to ceived his captaincy. He resided in
other work he has declined the job Goderich township for many: years
and has handed the responsibility where he was highly respected.
over to Architect Fowler. Last Friday night a shed belong -
Hugh Ross expects to move to his ing to Mr. James McConnell, of the
new residence on Isaac street in the 13th con. Hullett, about three miles
course of a few days; the house is from Londesboro, took fire and was
not exactly new, but ha$,been thor- burnt to the ground. Mr. McConnell
oughly renovated by Mr. Stevens and had been burning sulphur in the
is a very comfortable little spot. ,shed; which was used as a henhouse,
It has been reported that a young and intended leaving it burning over
bear, possibly six months old,. has night, The shed was only a short
been frequently sighted at • Trick's distance from the barn which was
swamp.tsaved with difficulty.
Fred Stanley, Holmesvilie, hast Two young men at .Bayfield are
been fortunate in seouring a position defying death and giving sightseers
with the London Street Railway. I a thrill by jumping from the new
Wilbur Manning, the efficient and steel bridge into the river below.
affable manager of the Doherty Org- ' This feat is dangerous 'as the water
an Factory, left on Wednesday on•
as very shallow, being only about
a holiday trip to Quebec, taking boat ten feet deep, whereas the drop is
at Toronto. being accompanied by fifty-eight feet.. The boys are "Gib"
his wife. They were ticketed through Atkinson of Bayfield,, and Joe Boyd
by F. R. Hodgen'. I of Hamilton, one of : the summer col.
Robert Coates, accompanied by his oily.
daughter, Mrs, Archibald and son, The L. H. & B. train, No. 32, was
Richard, Ieft on Tuesday for a visit derailed at Lucan on Saturday morn -
with friends at Kirkland: ing by a spreading rail. Joseph
Will McTaggart, of -Gordon, Me -
Flynn, section -man, living at Clande-
Kay & Co,, who grout his holidays boye, who was proceeding to Hyde
here, left on Monday for Toronto. IParl{ to work was the most seriously
Mrs. Dark. Louden, is visiting her injured, but will recover. Other
daughter, Mrsi. 'Rattanbury, of the !members of the gang in the wreck
Rattenbury House, and will remain
here for about a month. were HenryBagi and William
Moore, Clinton; William Stone and
Jack Tapp, Hensall; Harry Brown,
Clinton; R. Sander, Exeter; Arthur
When The Present Century Brooke, Clandeboye; Thomas Boyce,
Centralia.
Fenian raids Capt. Montgomery vol-
untered for the front. Joining "G"
Battery of Artillery, Goderich, he
was drafted to Sarnia where he re -
Was Young
The Clinton News -Record
July 31, 1913.
Early tomatoes have been report-
ed by Mr. James Steep and Mr. C.
II. David, both of whom have been.
enjoying home grown tomatoes for
the past week.
Jabez Rands had the misfortune
the other day'to have one of his
knees badly cut. While h should'
".
have laid up for a while, he has
kept up the daily grind in order not
to disappoint a single customer.
While Mr. W. H. Lobb of the 16th
con. was busy doing something in
the barn on Monday he stepped
through, a trapdoor or feed hole and
loll to the stable below, breaking his
collar -bone and otherwise injuring
himself.
An interesting figure at the
Orange celebration in Hensall on
July ' 12th was that of Mr. Thos.
Iliott of Goderich township. He en -
Here are the names of the boys
who put credit into Crediton the oth-
er night by beating them 12-3. in
baseball. Hawkins, McCaughey, Drap-
er, Tasker, Weir, E. Johnson, Walk-
er, W. Johnson, McEwen, Tasker
had a fine evening, allowing just 3
hits and striking out fourteen. The
game featured everything one could
hope for.
1
Norwegian royal By ro l command as
g
from June 8, the exportation of live
silver foxes and live -blue foxes is
1 prohibited from Norway without a
special export permit from the Nor-
wegian Department of Agriculture.
PICOBAC
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WEEKLY PROGRAM HIGHLIGHTS
Friday, July 29th;
10.30 a.m. Salvation Army. Hour;
11.00 "Clippings"
11.30 "House of. Peter MacGregor";
12.00 noon Canadian Farm & Home
hour
7.00 p.m. "Light Up & Listen Club";
7.30 "Honourable Archie"; 7.45 "Do
You Know?"
Saturday, July 30th:
12.00 noon Canadian Farm & Home
hour
12.45 p.m. CKNX Hill -Billies; 6.15
Sport Reporter; 7.30 Barn Dance.
Sunday, July 31st: ,
11.00 a.m. Wingham United church;
7.00 p.m. St. Andrew's Chuch.
Monday, August 1st:
10.30 a.m, Church of the Air;
11.00 a.m. "Clippings"; 11.30
"House of ` Peter MacGregor"; 12,45
p.m. Leckie Wakeford, songs; 17.00
"Light .Up & Listen Club"; 8.00
Kenneth Rentoul, songs.
Tuesday, August 2nd:
10.30 a.m. Church of the Air;
11.45 a.m. True Tale Drama; 12.45
p.m. Wayne King Wren.; 7.00 "Light
Up -& Listen Club"; 7.45 "Do You
Know?"
Wednesday, August 3rd:
11.30, a.m. "House of Peter Mac-
Gregor;
7.00 p.m. "Light Up & Listen Club;
Thursday, August 4th:
7.00 p.m. "Light Up & Listen Club.
COMPOSTING WASTE
MATERIALS
Sanitary measures for controlling
insects and 'diseases at times demand
that some of the waste products of
agriculture be destroyed by burning,
but so far as a permanent system
of agriculture is concerned only the
minimum amount of organic matter
should be so destroyed, Whether the
farming operation is large or small
or whether it is a garden lot, con-
sideration must be given maintain-
ing fertility with organic materials;
that is, plant growth or animal
manure. This is of particular im-
portance where barnyard manure is
not available. In India, China and
Japan the waste products of agri-
culture are handled according to well
recognized practices with the ultim-
ate objective of returning such mat-
erials to the soil after they have
become thoroughly rotted.
Whether composting is done on a
large or small scale, the principles
involved are similar. The compost
pile should not be more than four
feet deep. Good aeration must be
provided for in order that the or-
ganisms which hasten decay may
flourish and there must be adequate
supplies of moisture. The material
which goes into a compost pile may
be of many kinds, such as leaves,
lawn clippings, kitchen refuse, wood
ashes, weeds, plant remains from the
vegetable and:. flower garden, grass
cuttings front the roadside, or any
other similar material. An adequate
supply of moisture is often difficult
to arrange for, but a practical means
of overcoming this is to build the
compost pile near the eaves of a
barn, garage or other buildings. The
outlet from the eaves trough may be
soarranged that the water may be
directed to the compost pile and
under conditions of moderate rain-
fall, this will supply, fan adequate
amount of water. In building up a
refuse pile -it is advisable notto add
too much of any one kind of mat-
erial at a time or throw it on in
heaps. Where it can be uniformly
spread out better results will be eb-
tarried.
The decomposting of organic mat-
ter tends to induce acid conditions
and to overcome this wood ashes or
agriculture lime should be applied
for about every six: inchesof depth
of waste. product. Decomposition can
be hastened by adding at intervals
as the pile is built up, well rotted
manure or fertile soil from the gard-
en or a previous pile. Specially pre-
pared chemicals may be added which
are sold by agricultural supply
houses( or to equal advantage the
following mixture ` may be used:
Sulphate of ammonia 8 pounds,
superphosphate of lime 7 pounds,
muriate of potash lone half (pound,
ground .limestone' 4r,/i pounds. This
fertilizer should be added to the pile
as recommeded for lime.
To hasten decomposition it is ad-
visable to turn the pile in late sum-
mer. In the fall coarse woody mat-
erial should
rio ld be kept to one side. The
following spring the pile should be
turned again and a new one started
for the current season. ; During the
second year of decomposition the
large supplies of water rea-uired the
first year are not necessary. After
two years of composting practically
all material will be broken down and
should be ready for application to
the garden, lawn, pasture or berry
plantation. Under small, garljen con-
ditions it is perhapsmostsatisfact-
ory to build a box -like structure
around the refuse pile.
Chinese Screen
By Tanjons
(Member Story Tellers' Club)
For seven whole years Kwang pleased with his "handiwork and when
Loo worked on the screen, deftlylhis partner came in he called his at -
carving the design with oriiy tra- tention to it.
dition to guide his hand. He cov-'I. "What do you think of that, Mas
ered it with many coats of red lac- len?" he 'asked, pointing to the ab-
quer, polishing each hardened layer surd little figure.
to satin smoothness before applying' "Not too bad," replied Maslen
the next. generously. "It does look a bit like,
In a few weeks it would be fin- Gandhi with scarlet fever."
ished and then he would sell it tot Kent shook his head. "No, it's
a dealer for one, perhaps two hund- a rotten effort," he said. "That
red dollars, and the dealer would re-' sort of work needscleverer hands
sell it to some rich mandarin for one, than mine."
perhaps two thousand dollars; for Frank Maslen was a man of thirty
although Kwang Loo regarded his who had recently came out from
work merely as a means of buying England to undertake the surgical
rice, he had created a notable work side of the practise. He lived in one
,of art, almost a masterpiece. of the secondary bungalows attach-
Hardly had the finished lacquer re- ed to the Chinese -built house and
ceived ate final polish.: when the little rarely came in the main building ex -
town was raided by bandit soldiery.' cept for professional purposes. His
Houses were Looted and fired, and apparent shyness was a disappoint -
those of the inhabitants who were Pent to Kent, who had counted on
unable to escape were ruthlessly companionship' for Beatrice when he
slaughtered. Kwank Loo's joints were was absent on his extensive round.
so stiff from many years of crouch -I Missing From the Bridge
ing over his work that he could not One afternoon' when Kent was
run away. I half -way. on his road to a distant
Among the loot (piled into the mission hospital, he suddenly dis-
carts was the lacquer screen, and at covered that he left behind 'a packet
the last moment a soldier threw an of serums and' immediately turned
iron cooking pot on the top, break- and drove back. Fearing to disturb
ing some of the carving and damag- his wife, who was sleeping through
ing the lacquer. Two years later the the heat of the day, he halted the
screen appeared in a shop in Can- car in the road and walked across
ton, and there it caught the sharp
eye. of Christopher Kent.
An For Love
Dr. Kent was well-known in Can-
ton. • Among the white population of How had that happened? One of the
the Shameen he was regarded as a house -boys must have pulled it off
worker of medical miracles; • among 1 while he was dusting and neglected
the Chinese curio dealers he had the to replace it.
reputation of being too keen a barge' As he was reaching for the figure
ainee for the good of their pockets; `there was a sound of a door open -
but . it did not deter them from try- ing and he heard his wife's voice
ing to "gain face". Therefore, when saying," Tomorrow as usual. I think
Dr. Kent remarked casually. "That's he'll be out, but watch for the signal.
not such a bad bit of lacquer," the I There were footsteps in the pass-
merchant replied, "A beautiful, age, and Kent hastily hid himself
screen, worthy of the Doctor's bon on the verandah, from where he saw
durable notice. It is very old and' Maslen creep out of the house and
perhaps came from the Pekin Sum-, hurry across the compound. A mo -
mer Palace," I ment later Beatrice came into the
"And perhaps not", said the doc-I room; she took the little figure frorn
tor, dryly. "The lacquer is not more the top of the screen and pressed it
than three years old, and see, this back into its place.
panel has 'been damaged ,the figure For a moment Kent stood paralyz-
of the jealous husband is missing ed with astonishment, then the truth
from the bridge." (flashed into his brain. Beatrice and
. eA man does not live among you Maslen! What a fool he had been
for thirty years and not know your to throw opportunity in their way.
legends," laughed th'e doctor. "The The beast of jealousy, dormant in
tale is almost as well known in the every man, was gully awake and as
West as in the East. How much do he stole back to his car he planned
you ask for this imperfect screen?" revenge.
"A thousand dollars. It is very His quick mind fixed on the words,
cheap," "Watch for the signal", the figure
"It might be worth five hundred of the husband removed from the
to one who wanted it." screen meant that the lovers were
"The Doctor shall have it for five safe from interruption.
hundred if he will buy the amethysts That night when Beatrice had gone
his wife so greatly admires, said the to bed he took the little figure from
Chinese, aiming shrewdly at Kent's the screen and did strange things to
one weakness. I it. He hollowed out the, body, filled
Christopher Kent's marriage to a it with a drop of concentrated venom
girl many years his junior had been and inserted a tiny hypodermic
an experiment which would have needle, closed the hole with red wax
been perfectly successful had he not so' that moderate pressure would
been foolish enough to fall in love force the needle point into the pres-
with her immediately after their, ser's finger. Then the replaced it
marriage. From that moment his an the screen and went to bed.
usually calm temperament was dis-I The following afternoon he again
turbed with fears of losing her af- started for the mission hospital, but
fections. He was almost childish in 1 this time he drove no further than
his efforts to please her. (the outskirts of the town, where he
"Show me the stones, Towkay," parked his car and returned to the
house on foot.
On entering the room his first
glance was for the screen. Yes, the
Tittle figure was again displaced and
"If my wife likes them, that is lying on the top; the "all clear"
enough," replied the doctor. "How signal. He picked it up and exantin-:
much do you ask," ed it, to see that the needle was stili
"Three hundred dollars. There is undamaged, then he retired to the
also a ruby bracelet, "the merchant,verandah and waited.
added insinuatingly. Soon he heard the door -opening
Kent slipped the necklet: into his and footsteps in the passage.. This
pocket. "Tell your coolies to put the time they came into the room toge-
screen in my ear," he said. then. Maslen stopped in front of the
Beatrice Kent was delighted with screen.and appeared to be doing
the gift. "You spoil me, you dear something to the carving. Presently
thing," she said. "But what are you he stepped backand said to Bea-
going to do with that great, ugly trice. "Well, what do you think of
screen? It won't fit in my drawing- it?"
room." I "Wonderful!" she replied. "What
So the screen was placed across a surprise for .Chris."
the doorway which divided the con -1 "What shall we do with the otli-
suiting room , from the rest of the er?" asked Maslen.
house. I "I'll' hide it," she said, reaching
for the figure on the top of , the
Revenge is Poison screen.
Imperfection in ` anything animate
or inanimate, was anathema . toRubies For Remorse
the garden to his consulting room.
As he passed the screen, he noticed
to his surprise that the little figure
was missing from the bridge , and
resting on the top of the screen.
he said.
The merchant laid on the table a
necklet of fine amethysts. "Are they
not -.beautiful?" he asked.
Christopher Kent, and the space left Kent awoke from his stupor.
by the missing figure irritated him "Beatrice, don't touch that!" he
every time he looked at the screen. cried, and rushing' from his hiding -
He set to work to replace it, and fa- place , he snatched the poisonous
shioned out of a. fragment of hard- thing and flung it out in the garden.
wood a travesty of the original.cary-' "Chris!" she gasped. "You startled
ing of Kwang Loo. It was a poor. me. T thought you were miles away.",
attempt, but better than the ugly "What have you been plotting
gap. against me?" he demanded.
Fitting it into its place was a dif- "Look!" she replied pointing to
ficuIt matter, but he eventually sols- the screen. -
ed the problem by fixing a peg in Kent looked at the screen' and saw
the base of the fixture and forcing in the place of his clumsy attempt,
it into a hole bored in the top of a figure as beautifully carved as
the bridge, but he was not at all the rest of. old Kwang Loo's work.