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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1924-05-15, Page 2you may obtain 3 caps of liMe. XA648403 sit for a trial pitchage today. Delicious is Economical ! The Hidden Hour � — BY J. B. HARRIS-BURLAND m^'=,----" CHAPTER XXXIII.-(Cont'd.) "I' cannot make up my mind about i that," he said after a long silence. Two toan were standing, by _that i „But 1 : am quite certain that Mer - queer, 1twisted, ere was mase) , oe I ;• steel. One of them was the village! ,zington is not guilty. Of course. there policeman, and.,ths other a fa'rre'lab-'maY,'. be circumstantial evidence orer. As the ear canal to a standstill against' him—evidence o which ave a little beyond the front door Trehorn know nothing, but enough to justify came running out, his arrest, as it has 'just}fled^ the'ar- „ ' I rest of many innocent men; But I do I saw you coming up' the drive," knofv that he is not guilty." he said, quietly before she could: ask: He spoke without hesitation- He r �"'� him any questions. "Poor Arding himself was in love with Ruth' Brad' - ton's dead—billed outright. Merging i ney, but he would not say a word to ton's leg is broken—don't be fright -!shake her faith: in the. man she loved. ened. He'll be all right.' Come ,inside And= sh did love him still.. He had' I and I'll tell you everything." . learnt that during the ` hour she had Trehorn caught her by the arm and been in his house. Her love for Mer - 1 11 ed her into the dining -room. l'rington had glowed like a clear, About the li, e eouldn'r tell you• out there," he steady flame in the depths of her eyes, „ FOR THE VERY YOUNG COOKS splendid practical problem in arith- said' with those men listening. I'm His ,own love would never trouble f I ead.. lrer at all, She would never oven If you would have gifts for your ing them to thiol you might be aux- know of it. He was' content, in his. daughters or for the little girls of her recipes. Ahnost before Mother ions about Merrington. Ile wasn't in simple way, to do her service. -our acquaintance at small cost ,per- knows it the little girl can be trusted the smash at all. He jumped out of Ruth rose from her chair and went = q to make plain cakes, muffins and drop the car a few yards this side of the to the window. Another, man had haps you will like my plan which seems to give pleasure all out of pro- portion to the expense and effort re- quired. Whether they grow up to be very domestic in their tastes or not, there is a time when all girls love to bake cakes, biscuit, cookies and pies. They usually, drive their mothers quite dis- tracted begging to stir mother's bat- ter and soon after begin to tease to be allowed to "bake one all by my- self." This stage of wanting to bake some- thing without help is usually even more troublesome for Mother because she fears the result with its waste of eggs, shortening and sugar when there is a failure. Mother 'knows how soon, at best, her sugar sack gets empty and sugar must not be wasted.. Yet, how can Mother expect her girl to grow up to be the good little helper she needs or later the capable egg, d tsp. cinnamon, rie tsp. ginger ,'• I could not see very clearly, even in wife she should be if every desire to ya tsp, soda in flour, few grains of the moonlight, after the glare of they CHAPTER XXXIV. help 'tend learn how i squelched? salt. Drop by teaspoonfuls on ureas- lamps in my eyes, But e few moments later, before I could reach the house, Ruth stayed to' an early lunch at if girls seem to are edlpans. rzs—? tine.1 there was a great sheet of flame that! Trehorn's house, but left soon after - g. they ffiP egg, P. reached the first -floor windows. The ward without seeing Merrington. enough to be of real help if never sugar, 2 tbsp. milk, i'a tsp. melted car was burning like a furnace. But Trehorn, as a matter of fact, would allowed to begin earlier.shortening, 4 tbsp. flour, % tsp, bak- Ardington•-well, he was killed' out- � not allow her to see Merrington, "It Many mothers who would really ing powder, few grains salt. right :flung clear of the wreckage, will be some days before he can see like to begin their daughters' training Baking Powder Biscui• t-14 cup or Thank God for that. It would have anyone," he had said, "and we must early find it hard enough to divide a 4 tbsp, flour, rA than, lard, few grains been horrible if he had been pinned keep him ill as long as possible. The recipe for themselves when theywant salt, bakingpowder,2 tbsp.under the car," police will not do anything' while he P tsp. He paused, Ruth's face was very is ill. Very likely they won't do any - to make' only half the quantity called milk. Mix dry ingredients and lard, white, and Hien she began to cry. She thing at all." for; and when it comes to dividing a then add milk. Mix lightly, roll one- sank into a chair by the table and She left Dedbury'at one o'clock and recipe into quarters, fifths or eighths, half inch thick and cut with small buried her head in her arms and sob- told Philips to drive her back to Lon - bed like a frightened child. don. She had decided not to return to m a * South Barton. It had occurred to her "I have been with Merrington," saidthat people might begin to think that Trehorn half an hour later as he en- she had quarrelled with her husband,! And she did not wish the police to toned the dining -room. "I have -not think that. Any suspicipn of an agree -1 told him that you are here. He's asleep rent to se arate would at ',once be now, and I thought we'd better talk seized uponpby Mr. Crust and added things over as soon as possible. Poor to his little store of evidence. Ardington is out of the way now. He can do no harm to Merrington or any- She decided that she would not send a telegram to Fletcher until she was one else. Now it seems possible that bade in the' house in. Palace Gardens. Ardington told Merrington that he Then she would tell Fletcher to pack was going to be arrested on a charge of murdering his wife. One canup everything and be ready to return ' Pts- to London the following morning. ture Ardington doing that before he philligs could take the car down for destroyed Merrington• .0n the other her and bring up his own things with hand, I doubt if Merrington would the rest of the luggage. have made any effort to save himself,, She reached the house at three 0'- if he'd known he was going to be ar- clock, and then, at the suggestion of rested. Of course there is alwnys the- the chauffeur, changed' her plans, instinctive fight for life even in the! phillips said he would like to return case of a:suicide who flings himself to South Barton that ,night, that hel into the water." "Mr. Merrington must be told no- thing," said` Ruth quietly, and then noetic by letting her double and trip e a rale I said too much as it was, cookies for the family supper, first under supervision, and later alone. All these measurements are level. Plain Cake -3 tbsp. sugar, 1 tbsp. butter, try tbsp, milk, 4% tbsp. flour, e's, tsp. baking powder, few drops of vanilla, 1% tbsp. beaten egg. White grave. i not escape. The man was standing of egg beaten instead of whole egg "There's nothing in it," he said with his back to het', and she turned makes white cake. after a pause. "'Arlington must have sharply away from the window and Chocolate Cake -22-3 tbsp. sugar,, gone off his head. No one but a mad- said, `I told you about the man on the 4 tag. butter, 4 tsp. beaten egg, 4 tsp. milk, could have driven the car sands at South Barton, didn't I?" milk, % sq.melted chocolate feiv through the gate and Smashed it up' Yes—well, Ardington could easily" drops vanilla, r/ is bakingow few against the wall of the house. I saw have told you anything." P P . jt all. It was about ten o'clock last' "He is here --outside, looking at the 5 tbsp. flour. 'night, and I was standing down by wreck of the car. I'm afraid, Dr. Tre- Quick Coffee Cake -1 than.' sugar,, the gates and. smoking a pipe. I saw horn, that Mr. Ardington spoke the 3btbsp. butter (nrelted),1 tbsp, beaten the lights of a car coming straight truth." egg, 2 than.mills, 3 c. flour, % tsp.lat them. I yelled' out at the top oft Trehorn made' no reply. They look baking powder, 1 tbsp. • raisinst my voice and then ran for my life ed at each other in 'silence for a few Sprinkle thickly with sugar and cin- into the shrubbery by the 'wall, The, moments. Then Ruth said, "I'm. car came clean through the gate,. afraid, Dr. Trehorn, that we must be namon before baking, splintering it into pieces, and I saw ready to face the worst." Ginner Drop Cakes -2 tbsp. mol ,a man' jump out of it and .roll over( He smiled pleasantly. "So long as asses, 1 tbsp. sugar, 1 tbsp., lard, 11 and over on the drive. Then the lamps one knows the worst,": he replied, `one tbsp. boiling water, % tbsp. beaten went out and: I heard a terrific crash.' is able to face it." . gates and got off with -a broken leg— joined the two who were standing by fracture of the right thigh. That's the :wreck of Ardington's car. She bad enough, but I've set it all right. recognized him by his hal and his suit What are you doing, here, Lady Brad- of grey flannels. It was the man Ard- ney?' ' ington had ' pointed out to her -the She told flim in as few words as' detective who had been sent from possible, and his face became very London to see that Merrington did to make a cake or a batch of cookies biscuit cutter. Bake in hot oven. just right for a doll's tea party, why that's out of the question when mother is busy (and mothers always are!). "Thus do fractions make cowards of us all"—to misquote. To answer the needs of my own little daughter at five years and the rather envious young neighbors of six and nine whose mothers wouldn't let them try a big cake, I hunted up the individual class recipes which I used in the days when I taught cooking. These small recipes delighted the lit- tle girls. Because these little recipes proved so popular with both girls and moth- ers I wrote out a few of the best on good white paper, put them together to form a booklet, made a cover of heavy paper and tied prettily. Then with the cover decorated with a gay hand painted design, or easier still, by pasting on an attractive and ap- propriate colored picture from a magazine, I had a "cook book" to de- light almost any little girl. These little cook books cost prac- tically nothing and if one has a penny or so to spare, a few little tins add immensely to the gift. Tiny muffin or patty pan tins, a loaf tin about 2x8 inches, heartshaped tins, a small pie tin, a fancy cooky cutter, all please. If a tiny mixing bowl could be added, mother's would not be in use when she wanted it! I am giving a few small -quantity recipes here, perhaps enough for a be- ginner, though probably everyone who makes a cook booklet will have at least one recipe which she will want to reduce to about one-fourth the family size and place with these. Dividing recipes is not difficult if inmind a few rules.. one keeps A standard sized cup holds 16 table- spoonfuls, one-half holds half the number and so on. 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That side can then be fastened to the wall of the bathroom or washroom, and the other will hang conveniently open enough for placing articles of any sire into it, yet will not spill' any of the contents out. • {Lady Anne Westholme," Ruth was tsilent-for , a momeht„.and .then she said, 'Oh„ yes, ••my.lady +>;. "Is that. you,. Ruby? I can't hear, very well—the line's out of order." Yes, n.y'lady. It's Ruby '.speaasii g.'r "I didn't recognize your voice. Have you heard when Lady Bradney is corn- ing• home?"? No, my lady, but I don't think she -is expected back until the end of next week. Shall I tell Sir Alexander to ring you up?" "No, you musn't do that, Ruby. a meet Please tell him that I will ee him at half -past nine iinetead of quarter to nine. I said quarter to nine in the note I gave ;you." . "Yes My lady. Anything else?" "Nothing else, thank you, Ruby. Good night,"' "Good night, my lady." Ruth Bradney bung up the receiver. Her cheeks were 'hot with shame. (To be continued.) STARTING LINEN RIGHT. During a recent visit to the shop of a linen merchant who does a large importing business, I learned that all new linen which is not intended for immediate use should be thoroughly washed and irbned before being placed in chests or linen closets. Laundering reproves the dressing which is found nowadays in even the finest and most expensive linens, and prevents rotting along the creases. +Choicelineu which is to be laid away for some time should be carefully wrapped in gen- erous folds of, dark blue tissue .paper In order to preserve its snowy white- nees. would leave about six o'clock, and that he could take a message to Fletcher. after a pause, "Do you really think' So no telegram was sent, after all. Mr. Ardington was mad?" Ruth had tea and then went up to "Of course. Could therebe any her bedroom, more beautiful than other explanation of the way he be -lever, so it seemed to her after her hayed to you -of his apparent hatred long her clothes, and went down to the absence. Ruth hada bath, chang- of' Merrington—of the accident? ed "I don't know, Dr.` Trehorn. L—I I lihrary, where she got on the tele- was wondering," phone to Dr. Trehorn and asked for "He's always been a queer cher tolde lher tthatsthe patient f gwas still Trehorn continued, "and his-fatliier'aslee and that everythingwas ono was a bit queer. Well, I think you're' on all right. lie added tat he was right about Merrington. He must belglad she had returned to Lon told nothing of this terrible chargedon. "You see," he said; "we can keep in against him. , For one thing, it is very touch with each other on the 'phone." likely an invention of Ardington's. She hung up the receiver and was But Merrington would not believe about to leave the room when the tele - that. Merrington would be afraid phone bell' rang and she returned to that the lost part of his life contained the instrument. this awful tragedy. He is likely to be "Ballo," she, said and a woman's very i11 for. some time—no danger, voice asked if Sir Alexander Bredney mind you, as long as there are no complications. But any great shock is danger to a sick man." "Do you really think that the po- lice are going to arrest Mr. Merring- ton?" Trehorn was silent. had every reason to believe Ardington's story. Not only had Ardington himself told him that the police were going to ar- rest Merrington, but he, Trehorn, had interrupted a conversation between Ardington and Mr. Crust. And it was then, according to Ardington, that WAN 1000 MILE RADIO SET Crust had spoken of Merrington's ar- GREAT OPPORTUNITY FOR BOYS AND GIRLS• Wanted everywhere, bright: boys and girls to iutrodnco'-new high-class toilet specialty. Sells on sight To; DAD, ''OTTER and. SISTER—Customers . ih ';every home. 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"Dear old mother, weak and sick and dear to me, what a day this has, _. been in my solitary thoughts. For ex- cept a x-cept:a few words to Jane I have not spoken to anyone, nor indeed hardly seen anyone, it being dusk and dark before I went out -a dim, Silent Sab-' ' bath' day, the sky foggy, dark -with damp, . and a universal stillness ' the consequence, and it Lo this day gone flfty-eight years that I was•born. And iffypoor mother, Well, weare all in God's hands; surely God is good. Sure- ly we ought to trust Ilim, or what is there for the sons of men? 0 my dear mother, let it ever be a comfort to you, however weak you are, that you did your part honorably and well while in strength and were a noble mother to the and to us all, I am now myself - grown "old, and have various things to do and suffer for so many years that there is nothing:I ever hall to be so much thankful for as the mother I had. That Is a truth. which I know well, and perhaps this day again it may be some comfort to you. Yes, surely, for: if there has been any good In the things 1 have uttered in the world's • hearing, it was your voice essentially that was speaking through ale, -essen- tially what you and my brave father meant and taught le to mean; this was the purport of all I spoke and wrote. And if in the few years that may remain' to me I am to got any more written en for the world, the es- sence of it, so far as it is worthy and - good, will still be yours. "May God reward you, dearest anoth- er, for all you have done for rue. I never can. Ali, no, but will think of it with gratitude and plous love so long as I have the power of thinking, and I will pray God's blessing on you now and always." The- Beaver's Waterproof Coat. Wo do not wonder much at the fact that fish can stand it to be wet all the time; they are strictly aquatic crea- tures. 13ut how about those animals that are organized for a dry -land exist- ence, yet spend a large part of their time in water? How do the polar bear, the mink, muskrat, atter' and beaver manage to keep the lnternal orgauism dry and warm enough to prevent fatal chilling? Nature takes care of these problems invarious ways. Perhaps the most. interesting thing oP its kind—positive- ly astonishing, if you have had no . knowledge of it—is the water -proofing methods of beavers, ltveryone Is more or less familiar with the "houses" and dam -building activities of the beaver, and we know he is in the water a great deal indeed. The reason he does not suffer is found in the nature of bis coat and his method of oiling it. His fur is of two kinds—long, coarse, red- dish -brown hair outside and under- neath, an inner fur of soft gray. The inner fur provides warmth, and is kept dry by application of oil to the outer fur. Let me tell you, in the words of Raymond Thompson, how this oiling is done. The front feet of the beaver are much like human hands having long slender fingers. The nails are long and slightly curved, to aid the animal In digging and in handling the trees, mud and stones which he uses in his work. The hind feet, on the other hand, are very large and strong and aro fully webbed for swim- ming. The nails on the hind toes are rather short and stubby, in compari- son to those of the fore feet, as they are not.used for any especial purpose. - The beaver's hind foot has five toes.< On tile:nextto the outside toe the nail is split or divided and at the first con- sideratlon One would naturally sup- pose this to be a freak. However, this split toe -nail really explains the ani- mal's waterproofing process. Connect- ing with this opening at the toe- nail al,.• tiny ducts which lead from the oil sacs,. In waterproofing his coat the beaver 'Dimply combs his fur' with his hind feet,ihis action causing the oil to flow fron"00lie saes to the opening at the split nail, -'Mr, Thompscn 'says that when he was first-4tolll this, by an old woodsman, he regarded, it as a joke. But afterward he took eveiy'"Op portuuity to watch, and, like others, found the statement to be absolutely true: -L. E. Eubank 1 —Y An Error Somewhere. It was simper -time In the'children's ward of a London hospital, and the nurse on duty was taking round the 1 food. All the.Children eagerly looked for- ward to being served, but they all managed to curb their impatience un- - Cil the puree carie round. All, that is, except One rosy -checked convalescent, whose appetite clamored to be satis- fled and prompted her to aslc to be served next, "Aren't you just a little impatient, Dorothy?" asked the nurse in reprov- ing tones. "No, I'm not," was Dorothy's reply; `` "I'm -a little site patient:" 11 0' eI The hearts testimony ; is stronger than a thousand witnesses.