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CHAPTER XXXIL—Cont'd,) I had better return to London and start
Something queer in the tone of, your old life. You musn't be a cow-
Ardington's' voice—something quite" esti, Merrington. Your health
ag "I'll leave that to my doctor, Ard-
Scr g uralart nquotation—made the odd ( Merring-1 ingtort?,
ton glance sharply at Ardington's "Ah, but the health of your mind
face. And curiously enough, Merring- and soul,"
ton saw Ardington smiling pleasantly. Merrington was silent and lit a
The Ardington of the portrait had ci •arette. The waiter returned with
given place to a gentle, sorrowful
Ardington.
"He's thinking about that ghost,"
said Merrington to himself. "He
thinks he is going to die," and sud-
denly he felt very sorry for Arding-
ton.
"Yes," we will make the most of the 'indeed:"
daylight," he replied. "It will be a
folly drive. But are yon sure you
feel u to it?"
"Of course. Why not?"
"Oh, I thought you looked rather
tired, Ardington, I don't want you to
tire yourself in orderto give me
Measure."
"My deal old chap ,we haven't been
thirty miles yet, and we shan't have
been seventy by the time we get home.
What are you talking about?"
Certainly Ardington did not seem
at all tired nor even odd in his speech
as they proceeded on their journey.
On the contrary, Ardington seemed
to be in the mood to enjoy everything.
Again and again he slowed down the
car and pointed out some bit. of scen-
ery or some effect of light on hill and.
field and tree, or some glimpse of the
Channel and the distant white cliffs
of France, And when at last they
&+cached Canterbury he suggested that
they should look at the cathedral and
some of the old houses in the town.
Ardington seemed to be intensely in-
terested in every detail of architec-
ture. He took Merrington to see some
of his (Ardington's) work in one of
the churches. And then he suggested
that they should have dinner at a
beautiful old inn and drive back in
the dark.
"It'll be a change for us," he said
"and I can phone to the house an
tell them not to keen dinner for us."
Merrington offered no opposition to
this scheme. He had no desire to re-
turn to Dedbury at all. Now that he
had overcome his fear of motor -cars,
he found keen delight in the swift
movement, He would have Iiked to
start off there and then on a tour
through England and Wales. His de -
tire for peace and solitude had left
him. This little trip had whetted his
appetite for fresh scenery and build-
ings and faces.
They had an excellent dinner and
shared a bottle of champagne between
them. Ardington was as normal as
any man could hope to be. It was
not until the waiter had brought the
coffee that anything happened to dis-
turb the pleasant atmosphere.
"Have you any pink noyeau?" Ard-
ington asked the old waiter.
"No, sir I'm sure we haven't, sir.
There used to be some, but no one
ever asks for it now."
"Well, you might asst the good land-
lord if there's any left in the cellar."
"Yes, sir, but I'm sure—I haven't
seen such a thing for years."
The waiter departed, and the two
men looked at each other across the
table. Merrington's eyes were alight
with fierce resentment and his face
was very pale.
"Isn't this—rather cruel?" lie said
in a low voice.
"No, my dear chap. You're making
a fresh start to -day. A week ago
you'd have told me it was cruel to
take you out in a car,"
"Well, even if they have the stuff,
I shan't drink any of it."
"It used to be your favorite liqueur,
Merrington. Come, you mustn't give
way to your fancies. You must live
down the past. Next week I think you
a bottle in his hand.
"There is just this one, sir," he said,
"but "there's no call for it. And I'm
afraid, sir, that if we open the bottle
you'll have to buy it."
"How much?"
"Two pounds, sir. It's very scarce
after every meal
Cleanses (mouth and
teeth and aids digestion.
Relieves that over-
eaten feeling and acid
mouth,
Its 1 -n -s -C -1 -n -g flavor
satisfies tiiae craving for
sweets.
Wrigley's is double
,value In the benefit and
pleasure it provides.
Seated ire it. Purity
Pachna
"1'11 buy it, And you needn't epen
it. I'll take it away with me as it is.
Bring me the bill, please."
The waiter left the room, and Ard-
ington said. "I'm sorry, Merrington.
I don't want to hurt you. But ,I do
want you to put all the past behind
you.rr
Merrington, was silent. He had
glanced at Ardington's face, and once
more it was the face of the portrait
—grotesque and horrible. He was
sorry now that he had come on this
expedition. For a few moments he
even thought that he would stay the
night in Canterbury and let Arding-
ton return to Dedbury alone. But he
was afraid of Ardington's annoyance
and of rousing Ardington's suspicion.
Whatever happened he must not let
Ardington know that he was afraid
of him,
Ten minutes later the car had left
the town, and Ardington stopped it
and rose in his seat, and pointed at
the great towers of the cathedral
rising black against a moonlit sky.
"Look at that, Merrington, he
cried.
"Yes, it is very beautiful," Merring-
ton readied.
"It is not only beautiful, but it is
strong," said Ardington and then,
after a pause, "I wish I had been one
of those four knights who killed
Thomas a Becket."
"Wh"Because they were not afraid to
kill when they thought it was their
duty."
Merrington made no reply. For a
few moments Ardington remained
standing with his gaze fixed on those
groat black towers. Then he seated
himself at the wheel again,and
laughed, as he let in the clutch.
"I've been talking nonsense," he
said, "but I should like to have lived
in those days."
CHAPTER XXXIII.
When Ruth's mind came out of the
darkness and she opened her eyes she
saw Fletcher bending over her, and
was first conscious of Fletcher as
something enormous against the light
of the lamp. There was a taste of
brandy in her mouth and the strong
smell of ammonia and lavender from
a bottle of salts that Fletcher was
holding close to her face.
"I felt giddy," she explained to
Fletcher a minute later, "quite sud-
denly, directly after Mr. Ardingcon
had left the room—I sat do-vn on the
sofa and must have fainted."
Fletcher asked no questions. Flet-
cher was capable and kindly and
practical. She insisted on her mis-
tress going to bed and Ruth offered
no opposition.
Ruth did not wake until the next
morning and then she was able to
think more clearly. At first there was
something horrible aiout the clearness
of her thoughts. Then she was able
to reason with her fear. Was it likely,
she said to herself, that the police
would have taken Ardington into their
confidence if they had been going to
arrest John Merrington? The idea
was absurd, impossible! Ardington
had invented the story. Ardington
was mad—queer in his head. Only a
madman could have invented such a
story—and, even if it were true, only
a madman would have struck at her
with it. No man of honor or even of
common sense would have behaved so
brutally to a woman who had never
injured him. She could not forget the
look in Ardington's eyes as he had
told her this horrible—this abomin-
able thing.. It was as though he hated
her and wished to destroy her. Or
perbape it was Merrington he wished
to destroy, and be hated her because
she had been in love with Merrington.
Her mind was soon broughtfrom
theory to the practical side of the
question. Ardington, mad or sane,
was no friend of the man he seemed
to have befriended. It was quite ob-
vious that Ardington had not told
Merrington this groteeque 'lie. But
perhaps he would tell him. Perhaps,
even now, Merrington, unable to re-
member anything in those lost months
of his life, was facing this horror—
this invention of Arlington's. Mer-
rington was weak. He would not dis-
believe Ardington. He would see no
reason" for disbelieving his friend
Ardington. He might even be grate-
ful to Ardington for warning him,
and they would talk over some plan
of escape. And then Merrington, who
had not so very much to live for would
escape by the only road that he could,
see, and take his own life.
Ruth Bradney rose from her bed
and rengl.the bell. No one answered
it, and when ,she, Iooked at the clock
she eawthat it was barely half.past
six. She,went to her husband's, room,
where Fletcher: was „ sleepingt, arid
knegked;et the door; She „roused Flet -
ghee fromhor sleep. In a few min-
utea„the house was astir,
By eight o'clock the, car was at the
door, and a few miiiutes later Ruth
was' ori her way to Dedbury. She told
Fletcher that he wee going to Brigh-
ton for the day, and ,it was not until
the car vvas a mile from South Bar-
ton that she told Phillips to go to
Trehorn's house at Dedbury. It seem-
ed to her' that it would be better for
her to call and, see Trehorn, and find
out if he knew anything about the
matter. Besides, she did not want to
meet Ardington again, and she
thought that Trehorn would go over
to the Priory and fetch Merrington if
it was decided to warn Merrington.
againat Ardington's enmity and take
him away from Ardington's house.
And as the car travelled north-
wards she was more and more certain
that Ardington was mad. If he had.
been sane he would certainly have told
her the story in a very different fa-
shion. And, having told it, he would
not have left her lying unconscious.
on the sofa without saying a word to
Fletcher. She, Ruth, had told Flet-
cher that she had fainted after Ard-
ington had left the xoom. But that
had been only a lie to explain an ex-
traordinary act of brutality. Her
last memory had been that of Arding-
ton's evil face looking down at her as
he caught her in his arms. Of course
the man must have been Fuad. And
the terrible thing was that he had
made no attempt to behave like an
ordinary human being. It was as
though he did not care -as though the
hideous story had been the beginning
of the end of everything, so far as
Ardington was concerned.
The car passed through Dedbury
and turned up the by -road that led to
Trehorn's house. And a few moments
later Ruth saw the entrance to the
drive. It seemed to her that the gate
was open, but as theypassed between
the gate posts she saw that one of
them was leaning at on odd angle and
that the wooden gate itself had been
splintered into fragments, and that
the fragments had been heaped up on
a flower -bed.
And then a little farther on she saw
a queer thing that she did not at first
recognize as a motor -car. It was ly-
ing close against the wall of the
house, a yard to the left of the front
door. Above It the bricks were smash-
ed and loosened and black, as though
they had been scorched with fire.
(To be continued.)
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TROUBLESOME WEEDS AS
GREEENS.
"If these country men and women
would learn that there are better
spring tonics in their meadows and
fields than can be found in any drug
store, they would bo better off," a
physician once told me. Many house-
wives would consider some of our
"noxious weeds" delicious if they were
sold on the market as early green
succulent foods. But when these same
plants may be had for the picking
they are scorned. These early greens
are wonderful blood purifiers and
should make a large part of our
spring diet.
There are many elaborate salads,
etc., in which dandelions and other
spring greens play an important part,
but to most of us the old-fashioned
"boiled greens" are the best. A simple
and reliable way to cook them is to
boil till tender in salted water, with
a good ham bone, or lacking this,
slices of bacon or salt pork may be
used. When tender; drain and cut
across several times with a very sharp
knife. Pour ham, bacon or pork fry-
ings, or melted butter, over them.' and
serve hot. If any aro left, they may
be reserved by molding in tiny cups
and French dressing added just be-
fore serving.
Never be careless in cleaning the
greens. Each leaf should be washed
separately, and on each side.
Purslane may be cooked alone or
with other greens. It makes a deli-
cious addition to stews and soups,
and is a member of the Portulace
family. It is one of the few greens
that isgood when served either hot or
cold.
Long before our garden greens are
ready for use—and sometimes before
they are planted—the sour dock is
ready for use. We consider it super-
ior to either kale or spinach, and 1
al-
though some people object to using it
because of the acid contents, there is
in reality not enough acid in the plant,'
to be in the least injurious. These'
samepeople eat rhubarb without al
thought of danger from the acid, and
yet there is more acid in a single stalk
of rhubarb than in enough sour dock
for an entire meal This plant will
furnish greens until there are plenty
of others to take its place.
Lambs' quarter is not liked by some
people because of its flat taste, but
when used with m>stard, or some
other leaf with a• -sharp taste, is deli-
cious.
Wild sorrel is good as greens, and
also makes a delicious and unusual
soup when boiled very gently in rich
beef stock, Bo very careful that it
does not boil' to pieces. When tender,
serve with buttered toast. •
Of course, everyone is familiar with
dandelions, but some people do not
p p
know that it is the best plant known
for the liver.
Cowslips are one of the best green
known, and are usually quite plentifu
in low, marshy land.
Of all greens, wild mustard is the
favorite in our family. It is fine cook-
ed with other greens or by itself. It Mlnard's Liniment rteale Cuts.
is easy to pick and easy to clean, and
makes a good substitute for lettuce.
The young tender sprouts of milk-
weed make an excellent substitute for
asparagus, It is cooked the same and
served the same. When the leaves are
larger they make good greens.
Greens are ready to use before the
garden vegetables and fruits are
ready to be canned, and as the house-
wife is not usually so busy then as
she is later in the season, it is a good
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INDIANS REAP
BSC a IFPS iN 1923
IMI' ItOVE'D METHODS
YIELD HIGH RETURNS.
Affairs.
'D igeiEl rx bf Inclt`ala
��� t� 'vest a 1,277,.
029 Bushels.
That the Indians of the three Prairie
Provinces, who up t111 a few years age
were nomadic hunters, produced in
1923 the astonishing total of 1,277,029
bushels of,gralns of all binds is infor-
mation most gratifying to all Interest-
ed in thewelfare of those.warde of the
Government. 'The sigulfloance ot.'this
great crop which is a half a million
bushels larger than the crop of 1923
will be made mor° apparent by son 11-
lnstration.
' This crop of grain, if placed in box.
cars of the 'average capacity, would
fill 816 cars, which at 61 cars to the
train would make 16 trainloads of .
grain, These trains, with their' limo -
motives and cabooses placed end to
end would reach a dlotanee:of six and
one-half miles,
As there' are 31,066 Indians In the
Prairie Provinces, or in round num-
bers 6,200 families, this moans a crop
of over 205 bushels per family, and.
this In spite of the fact that, of course,
with many engaged in hunting and
fishing, all the -Indians did not partici-
pate
artici-pate' in growing this crop,;
The kinds and quantities of grain
grown were as follows: Wheat, .638,-
213
638;213 bushels; Oats, 679,906 bushels;
barley, 62,304 bushels, rye, 2,167 bush
els; Indian Cern, 450 bushels; total,
1,277,029 bushels.
In addition to this the Indians raised
58,809 bushels of potatoes, 9,233 bush"-
els
ush=els of turnips and 'carrots, 67,697 tons
of. hay and 9,980 tons of green feed,
They broke 6,896 aces of new land;
summer-fallowed 20,518 acres, and
cultivated 279 acres of gardens,
Good progress was also made in
stock raising, the number of cattle on
the reserves having increased by
about two thousand head' during the
year. In this article, However, atten-
tion is confined to the ,field crops.
Best Crops In Alberta.
In common with the crops of white
farmers those of the Indians were not
uniform. Generally speaking the
smallest crops were harvested on the
Manitoba reserves, returns were bet-
ter in Saskatchewan, and bumper bar
•vests were reaped 1n Alberta. On the
reserves In the last-named province
417,951 bushels of tiheat were har-
vested'from 13,165 acres, being at the
rate of 31.8 bushels per acre, a high
average for any farming community.
Agents report that the work of pre-
paring the soil is being better done
each year and that on some of the re-
serves it compares with that of the
best white farmers.
The big crop of 1923 was of course
primarily due to the bountiful har-
vest, bat if was also due to the in-
creased area sown•and to the good oul-
tivatiou given the land. The progress
made In regard to the two latter fact-
ors has been owing to the methods
adopted for the teaching of fanning,
Farming is, of course, the chief indus-
try taught to the boys of the residen-
tial schools maintained by the Depart-
ment of Indian Affairs, butin addition
to that the teaching is brought in a
most practical manner right to each
Indian farm. On each reserve there
is a farm instructor who, instead of
carrying on a model farm for the In-
dians to admire, is constantly on the.
move in a buggy or light motor car
visiting all parts of tho reserve advis-
ing, encouraging, exhorting, and re-
proving the Indian farmers. Thus,
while there is no one "show" farm, all
the farms, on the reserve are raised
to a higher level than they would be
otherwise.
Aon. Charles Stewart, Superintend-
ent General of Indian Affairs, whose
knowledge of farming operations in
western Canada enables him to ap
proach this subject from a practical
standpolnt, has given this matter per-
sonal attention and he is naturally
pleased with the results. The Indian
farmers of • the prairies have .-•still
much to learn and much progress to
make, but the fact that in about forty
Years these wandering hunters have
become settled and have progressed
so far in farming as to reap a harvest
91 over twelve hundred thousand
tiuphels of grain, shows that the of-
-mita ei the people .Mid Government
of Canada onetheir behalf have borne
,good fruit.
LowcII's,FIy..
The small boy is muchtlieesane to
day es lie was .yesterday --and prob
ably he will be much the sane tomor-
row. - His nature does not change with
the ages.' Inthe extracts from 39r9.
Sames T. Field's diary, collected by
Mr..111„ DeWolfe Howe and publish•
-ed.,as the Memoirs of a Hostess, James
Russeli,:,howell is quoted as relating
scene experiments that the boys at his.
School need to (hake on • files to see
how IOW weight they could"carry.
One day he attached a thread that
he hail pulled out of his silk handker-
chief to a fife leg, and to the other
and a bit of paper- with "the roaster
is. a fool"- written on it in small die-
tinct letters: The fly flew away and
lighted on' the master's nose, but, re-
ar ess of all excc t the
g dl n lessons, he
brushed it off, end it rose with its bur.
ceiling.
den to the
That which is to be established once-
for all should be considered long.
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