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WHEN YOU ASK A FAVOR.
If you want to borrow something
from a neighbor, or wish to ask a
favor of some sort, state the purpose
pf your errand immediately upon en-
tering the house. Avoid putting it oil
and putting it off until you are on the
point of :leaving. To do so will only
spoil your visit, All the time the
thought uppermost in your mind will
be: `Noor, I must ask her about that
matter right away," The longer you,
put off broaching the purpose of your
call, the longer your call assumes the
nature of a friendly little visit and
the harder it becomes for you to state
your errand. Andlour neighbor, for
her ,part, is .very likely to have the
keen edge of the pleasure she felt be-
cause you came to see her, dulled by
the knowledge that you came only to
borrow something or ask a favor of
some member of the family. Had your
request been stated at first, and you
remained to visit, mutual pleasure
would have resulted.
The: same is true if you use the tele-
phone or write a letter; If you are
calling a friend for some particular
reason, state that reason as soon as
possible after she answers you! Then
have a pleasant conversation. Or if
you are writing a letter which is not
induced by friendliness, state "the
reason why" in your first paragraph.
It is, perhaps, a queer little kink of
human nature that we do not in the
least object to being asked to do a
favor if the favor is frankly asked of
us, but that we feel resentment if an
endeavor is made to veil the request
so that it is not at first realized as
such.
The call or the letter which until its
close has had all the earmarks of being
purely friendly and social, seems, of a
sudden, hollow, insincere, false, when
a selfish purpose is at length revealed.
A person who continually puts off her
errand until she rises to leave—or
until some one becomes impatient for
the use of the wire or until she is
nearing the end of her sheet of writ-
ing paper—soon becomes known for
her habit. If she makes a call her
neighbor begins to think at once:
"Now, what did Mrs. A. come over
for, anyway?" She will hardly be
credited with having come just to
make a call. If she uses the telephone,
the person whom she calls will be con-
tinually saying to herself: "Now, what
Will she say next? She must have
called up for some purpose: what can
it be?"
We all require information at times,
desire favors done, may need to bor-
row oocasionaliy. We like to do things
for others; we expect them to be
pleased to do things for ue. Then why,
Why try to conceal the purpose of
your mission? Out with it! Right
from the start! Then both you and
"the other party" can enjoy to the full
your call, your telephone conversation
br your letter.
can be seated comfortably beside it—! come pe '11y th it f her She was awakened by Ann Christy
L
ve Gives Its
THE STORY OF A BLOOD FEUD
BY ANNIE S. SWAN.
J 1
CHAPTER I. in her voice. "Then I should have re
joked to -day, if only he had been in
THE HOME OF THEIR HEARTS. time l"
Judith Rankine, sitting at an east- She crept away with that, for the.
ern window in the old house of Stair, vision splendid called forth by file
was waiting for the dawn, dawn, and all its wealth of promise;
She had kept a long vigil which had faded, as all visions do, and the grey
ended at that mysterious moment reality crept up about her heart. Fort
when night flies, vanquished, before Alan, the' heir, was coming home to a
the heralds of the day. They were sorry state of things—to grinding pow
flaunting their supremacy now, on the erty, to pressing obligations, to air
gold of the far horizon, their pathway uncertain future.
deepening blood -red on the sea. • Yet when she crept, presently to her
Judith was tired, with that mortal bed in a distant wing of the old house
weakness which comes to a woman- she fell instantly on sleep, that heavy,
creature on whom a whole household dreainless sleep which follows on long.
has rested, and who, slackening a physical and mental toil, and is na
, moment, knows that the burden has ture's best restorer. 1
rr ons near a im o
enol wide enough to go through the endurancee; companions and shadows standing at her bedside --a tall, angu-
door readily; The sides are six inches. theTLord of Life had ste r ed le, and, - " ' ith a i """ •''
1P starched, a parchment -like face, and
high. In it three inches of sand is from the chamber she had just raver- eyes black as the sloes.
kept. We keep the box in a corner ently closed, the soul of the Laird of . "yiralcen up, Miss Judy! Meister
of a room that has a comfortable tern -i Stair had winged its way beyond the Alan has come hamel"
perature. Underneath we have a can-' glory of the dawn, to find its timer- i "Oh, Christy l" cried Judy, in a
vas to catch spilled sand. mast hest. choking whisper, and incontinently
We Have purchased some small ani-. An old man, and full of years, be burst into tears, for she heti had to
mals and figures, and little houses and loved by those of his own household stand by and watch the deepening
g and by neighbors and friends, Claud hunger in the old man's dying eyes
fences can be made. Twigs can be Rankine of Stair needed no man's pity as bisears were strained for the step
secured for trees. With these aids one now. Many mistakes he had made in and voice of his first-born son, the
can visibly depict in the sand some his life, the mistakes to which a gen- hope of Stair. "It was cruel of God!
story that is being told. If it is a erous and slightly undisciplined nature He might Have let Alan home in time!"
Bible story say Moses in the bulrush- is prone, but he had never willingly "There was a fog in the Channel,
es the whole steno can be laid out, hurt or humbled a human being, even my dear," said the old woman, with
Blue paper or cardboard can be used the lowliest. When he gave alms, it the direct simplicity of age, which set-
to represent water. The story of Sir was a lesson to all alms -givers what- dom embroiders facts. "It was better
Isaac Brock mi soever•. No beaud of charity, dies-for him to be a day late thantobe
Qneenston Heights caned by the Laird of Stair, could ever be drooped through the haste of a foolish
be shown. bitter to the taste! captain."
If you are seeking for a device to His daughter had no tears for him "Where is he?—and what o'clock is
occupy your children in the winter as she sat there, resting her elbows it?—and has he been travelling all
day, to appeal to their imagination, to on the broad window -sill, her eyes full night?"
aid their creative instinct, to add in- of a vague wonder which wiped out He's at his breakfast, and it is now
tercet to the story -telling. hour rat me three parts her years, and made her half -past nine, and he has been teavel-
commend very heartily the indoor sand 1 The beauty the Rankine women ing a' nicht. Onything elsewhive
, le -
box.—H, , P.
y are at it?
AN INDOOR SAND BOR.
When winter comes it means that
the .children cannot go outdoors for
days at a time, Fortunately for us
we have a hand box in the house. We
have known our little boy to spend
almost an entire day playing in the
pand. Our sand box is really a sand
hable, It is five feet long, two feet
igh -just high enough that a child
...lifter every meal
A, pleasant!
awe agreeable
sweet and as
pp a^6 -t -t -a -p
hertae1t as
+event.
Good for
teeter, breath
and digestion.
Makes eine
next olgate
taste 'better.
A UNIQUE BUT SIMPLE STYLE.
had not descended to Judith; even . "Bring me some hot water, Christy,
those who loved her admitted that she there's a dear!" cried Judith, now full
was plain. Slightly under the medium awake, as she leaped from her bed;
height, of squat, somewhat ungainly "and tell Alan I'll be down inrmedi-
figure, with a• sallow face, rather large ately."
featured, and a wide, kind mouth, no "He was not for wakenin' ye, but he
lover of meretricious charm could be has 'a forlorn look, my dear, and I
attracted by that outward masque; thought ye wouldna mind."
but, from the brilliant yet often mel-, "Understanding old woman!" mur-
ancholy eyes, there looked forth the mured Judy.
soul of all the motherhood in- the Never was toilet more quickly made.
world. Judith Rankine might never In little more than ten minutes' time,
have a child of her own at her breast, looking trig and neat in her skirt of
but she would mother all children to black serge and white blouse, with the
the last day ' of her life, because she black tie and gold safety -pin, Judy ran
was one of the mothers whom God down the shabby stairs, and into the
sends now and again into the world little morning -room where, since the
ready for their divine mission, and family had been so sadly reduced in
who, being taught by heaven, are able numbers, the meals had been mostly
to teach the ungrateful and the un -•served.
gracious the elements of their busi- A very tall figure sprang up from
pass. the table.at the opening of the door,
Left motherless at the early age of and a mist swam before its kind blue
eleven; Julith Rankine had practically, eyes.
mothered the whole family of Stair, "Hulloa, Judy, old girl! • There
from her father downward. She had
been comrade and loyal friend to Alan,
the son and heir, then trying to earn
a little money in the East to help to
fill the empty coffers of his father's
house. She had mothered Annette, the
beauty of the family, who had made a
brilliant marriage, and would one day
be entitled to wear a coronet. And
Claud, "the little one," as he had al-
ways been called, the gentle, bookish measure every inch of that noble, well -
lad whose sole interest in life was carried height, to take stock, as it
scholarship, to each she had given the were, of her "pick of the market"
necessary care. bunch.
Yet now, when she closed her fath-I "It hasn't done you any harm, Alan
er's eyes, and received the last word —three years! It has seemed like all
of love and benediction which would eternity! Oh, wasn't it hard you
4616. etas portrays a one-piece make her brave for a troubled future, couldn't be in time?"
straight line model, with a sleeveless she was absolutely alone in the house. ! "Very hard. But I've seen him,
overblouse in tunic style. It is a good With the assistance of old Ann Judy, and he knows, where he is, that
model for combining two different ma- Christy, who had been nurse for two I did my best."
Carfare.. Velvet and figured crepe, or generations at Stair, she had done all Judy bowed her head, for, though
lace would be a cod contrast. Or that was needed in the chamber of the words did not rebuke, they stilled
g death; no alien hands had ministered her instantly.
satin with brocaded silk or chiffon. to the Master of Stair, nor touched; "He looks as if he has got the
The pattern is cut in 6 Sizes: 84, him after death. And that was as she thing she had set his heart on, Judy,
86, 88, 40 and 42 inches bust measure. wished. land I believe he has. Our concern now
A 38 -inch size requires i yards of one Judith was not thinking of the probe, is for you and Stair. You are tired
there, buck up, buck lip! Don't cry,
Judy. You must not cry—do you hear?
You must go on being the buttress
and the stand-by of Stair! Never did
it need you morel"
But Judy, unabashed; cried on,
clinging hard to the big, kind arm.
But, presently she drew back to an ad-
miring distance, to look keenly into
the lean, brown, handsome face to
material 40 inches wide. To make as
illustrated requires 2% yards for the
tunic and 3% yards for the dress and
facings on the tunic. The width of the
dress at the foot is 1% yards,
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt of 20c in silver, by the Wilson
Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St.,ithe end was peace. ;that I can't even be sad? Eternity,
But her loneliness was supreme. ,you said, I think, a minute ago? It's
About half a mile distant; in a low- the right name for it!" •
lying house she could just see nestling • "But you don't regret going, Alan?
among the sparse trees at the base And it has been worth while?"
of Barassie Hill, dwelt kindred of herr Alan Ranlcine seemed to ponder a
own the nearest she had; but she had moment.
no desire to break in upon their sleep I ' "I don't really know whether it has.
with the fatal news. The Morning, ,I did my best, Judy, but I question
she knew, would bring some inquiry, whether I have the necessary instinct
probably her cousin, Peter Garvock, in; for success in business. It takes a
person. She would wait till then. !man Bice Peter, don't you know? One
"If only Alan had been in time!" ;who can. look at both sides of the
she whispered suddenly, with passion :bawbee or the rupee, the same prin-
iciple holds good. The commercial in-
stinct of the- Garvocks is extraordi-
nai ! Why, even Frank, at seventeen,
could give'me points!"
Judy seemed to grecs' anxious at
these words. •
When the affairs of Stair were at
the 1'oweSt ebb and •thero .seemed no
opening of,any kind for Alan Rankine,
,lin cousin, Peter, had offered him a
est in the Bombs Hou a of 112e
ems she must rmmedtately face, but my dear, but you've—you've done it
was trying to picture the meeting well. There isn't anybody in the world
which, she did not doubt, had taken :that could have done it like youl"
place somewhere beyond and within �, "Done what?"
the bars of gold. No tears were in ; "Bolstered and mothered us all, my
her eyes; nay—she was glad. For dear. 'Come and sit down, and let us
nearly two years her father had suf- eat and talk. Do you know that I'm
fered from an incurable malady,, and so ridiculously glad to get home, Judy
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dens upon the land, foreign competi-
tion—all of which have to be com-
bated by qualities which the Rankines
certainly lacked. In some respects
they had been like the lilies of the
n that they toiled not nor
hero, i 4r�••,
yet their place in the county was a
unique one. They were beloved by all,
and sympathy had never been with-
held from them even in the hours
when they deserved it least.
(To be continued.)
The Curse of Scotland.
Why is tire nine of diamonds called
the "Curse of Scotland?"
Probably the most satisfactory ex-
pllanation is thet connected with the
massacre of Glencoe. The order for
the slaughter wa,s signed by John
Dalrymyle, Earl of Stair, the man wlio
was instrumental in bringing about
the union between England and Scot -
lad.
The coat of arms of the Dalrymples
bore nine lozenges or diamonds on the
shield, and it was because of this, ac-
cording to many students of heraldry,
that the expression. arose. It is cer-
tain that the phrase goes back to 1746,
because on October 21 of that year a
caricature appeared showing the
young Chevalier attempting to, lead a
herd of bulls across the river Tweed,
with the nine of diamonde lying be-
fore them.
Another ingenious explanation le
ss
Leeautifulirometiye.is parvock,•Garvocic HurYYe, The Ran-
tng and tinting is 1;iiYes, more than any ether family in
guaranteed w i t h'tho eounty, perhaps; had held them -
Diamond Dyes: Just I selves proof fron Cite more commercial
dip in cold water to spirit of thh age; •and hatT tried o up=
tient soft, delicate ; hold .and cherish alh Cho traditions of
Stair don after the substantial
shades, or boil to St g means
dye rich, permanentifar thr.. purpose heel sun]c almost to
Alm hihiu
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ILt a causes'wirmh are cont•
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rections so a mple any woman can dye te,the decline of a grea't'house. There
or tint lingerie, silks, ribbons, skirts, had doubtless•been incompetency, want
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of foresight; deliberate scattering onwaists, dresses, coats, stocrin s, ,
sweaters, draperies, coverings, Jiang- the nart of sonic of the'Rankines. The
lags, everything new: family characteristics, 'certainly, had
er been of tire careful rodent
Buy "Diamond Dyes " --no other rev, p , or
kind -and tell your druggist whether hoarding order Thrn, there were all
the material you wish to color is wool the economic ret ions- he decline of
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at. mixed goods.. _
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diamonds. To replace these a heavy
tax, referred to as "the curse of the
nine diamonds," was levied upon the
Scots.
Kill time and you kill your career.
CLARI
Iiy
SSA'S ClF1AI�iC1;
George W. Tuttle
Middle life and a washer—this was
harry Vanden -tau!' It waS born and
bred in him, the product. a1 :three
generations of wasters. No wonder
the great Vamdemau farm had shrunk
to a seaut 60 acres. Thriftless habits
had fallen on bis shoulder,e. like some
never -to -be -won eent gement, The
old farm was nativist -1y fertile, but the
smallest leak will drain the largest
barrel in time,- and the mortgage was
about to bo foreclosed.
Certainly the farmor's ers0 seemed'
hopeless, Ono grizzled farmer remark-
ed: "You couldn't shoot thrifty hablte
into Harry Vandeman with a shot-
gun!" and still another remarked: "He
would plant corn in Indian summer
and sot out fruit trees in clog -days if
it were not for that daughter• of Itis!"
Ah, here was the only Ivey that could
wind that run -clown Vandeman clock,
his only "daughter Clarissofl now 18
years of ager The .family mantle of
shiftlessness was surely sliding from
her well -formed shoulders. It seemed
likely to skip a generation entirely.
Hcr mother had passed away when she
was only twelve years of ago --livlug
with a waster was such discouraging
business that Mrs. Vandemaui threw
up the job, As Clarissa was an only
child she now kept house, for her
father.
About a year before ,this, ambition
had begun to have its inning in her
life. Now the oiesis• was at hand, the
enol was In sight unless she could stem
the tide. The mortgage was overdue,
the interest was unpaid.
Swiftly as an arrow from a bow
went Clarissa Vandeman to the keen -
eyed manager of the •Slatervillo Say-
ings
ayings Bank, which held the mortgage,
"Try my plan;' said slie, °and allow
father more time Drovidetl he will turn
over every cent that be: receives to
me and allow me to make all pur-
chases and pay all bills. Then I can
guarantee that you will receive your
interest regularly. I will also start an
account in your bank with any spare
money, and every six months it can be
applied on the mortgage.
"•Phen," she 'continued, "I have an-
other plan. The odd farm is well
adapted to berries. Father has always
said: 'Too much work!' I shall supply
the summer resorts at. Shoal. Beach
ivith raspberries and strawberries;'
Manager McAthur never spoke in
haste and repented at leisure. "Come
in at ten o'clock to-meirow for my de -
°felon," he said. Clarissa was on the
dot and the smiling president said:
"Favorable decision, Clarisea; you
shall have your chance. True, it Is
only a fighting chance, but the color
that you have in your face just now
looks as if you had fighting blood in
your veins."
Vandeman turned over his few dol-
lars in cash to his daughter and a new
era Vegan. The -next day Vandeman
mane to the door.and,sa.id, hesitating-
ly: "Clarissa, that cultivator' agent
says I need a new cultivator."
Out went Clarissa, clad in new-found '
authority and a dainty gingham. "One
tooth -1s broken," explained the glib
agent, "and I notice that the cultivator
is very shaky. I advise purchasing a
new cultivator."
"Father," said Clarissa, tersely, as
she turned to her astonished Parent,
"get the wrench and tighten up those
bolts. Then go down to the hardware
store and get a new tooth—here ie.
thirty-five cents." Then turning to
the astonished agent she said: "Non-
sense, that cultivator is, good for ten
years yet! I am cashier now; I shall
make the purchases and pay Ore bills
in future:"
"That Vandeman has been an easy
mark," groaned the agent as he
cranked his Ford—he had expected to
put in a eelf-starter with the profit
' from that cultivator sale—"but his
daughter is, a corker."
I So she was. The way she caulked
the farm leaks was a caution. The
Slaterville stores no more worked off
their unsalable stuff on Vandeman.
"No smallpox at Vandemsees, is
there?" inquired a friend of the agent,
for stock in the Latest Marvel got
' mine, as he drove his fever straight
!past the farm. "Worse than that,'
said the discouraged , agent, "Vande-
man is taking thrift by proxy!" Those
who had found Vandeman an easy
mark soon said, one to another,
"Watch out for Clariasal"
How the farm prospered) The cows
and the hogs fattened on what had
been.beforetime was!ted.' The hens
cackled: "IOggs.,eggs, eggs for Ciarls
ear" The berrleS gairly elbowed each
other from the vines: Prosperity
smiled, and said, "Clarissa and I are
partners." Nat only was the interest
paid regularly but the Savings account'
flourished. The hand of thrift was at
the`helm and, the old farm responded
nobly.
When difficulties °ane a very deter-.
miped Clariesa saideeThis thing is go-
ing through!"
o-ingthrough!" .Sure enough, that
mountain of difficulty .'was- tunneled
through in just five yeare',:and .the last
payment was made on the mortgage.
About that time a prosperous young
farmer engaged Clarissa as assistant
g s .
manager and life partner, ' a permanent
stivationat raising berries, and—welly
children wl itli thelft and .ambition fort
that' mantle of Vandeman shiftless -
Hess w a
a.s clean worn out.
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