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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-02-22, Page 6err Leaf as _ ' Virgin 1, S ,- aled Packet Only. Never in Black, 1Vlixed or Green. link. IS 217 T Jit Name; ye ii �o0 }}i i ey 'kw Or, The Adventures of Capt:adda Frase CHAPTER XV..--(Cont'd), The wood was very still, and the shade grateful after the heat of the sun. Just beyond, the fields were shimmering with the heat, and he pricked up ins ears as the unmistak- able sound of wheels and hoofs cane across the client fields. He looked round wildly, and seeing a tiny cut-' Thorough Inixing is what makes cake delicate and tender uric Sugar makes the best cake he. Cause it creams quickly and thoroughly with the butter which is the hardestpart ofthe nli-c- ing. Its purity and extra "fine" granula- tion make it dissolve at once. • 2 and 54b. Cartons 10 and 204b. Bags 4 "The All -Purpose Sugar" IIIPSINaeffaegfalEffileaMareffERME- 19=3 tags standing in a nit of a cletiring, made towards it. A little old man twisted with rheumatism rose as he stood at the open door and regarded hint with a pair of biuodshot, bot shtu•p, old eyes, while an old woman sitting in a Wind- sor chair looked up anxiously. "Can I come 10?" asked Flower, "Aye," said the old mal, standing aside to let him pass. "Bagley," :mid the skipper, taking. o seat, i "No, 'fain't," said the old plan. "Nut so hot as yesterday,; said Flower, with a conciliatory stile. "its 'otter• than it was yesterday, said the old roan. "What ha' you done, to your fare 1" "1 was climbing a tree," said T'low-! el' wth a laugh, "and t 1 1 felldown; I'v•+ 1 g a lc i hurt my for too." (tyl ••Served i y(1) right if you'd bloke your neck,' said his amiable host, "climbing trees at your time o' life,' "Nice cottage you ve got here," said the persistent Flower. "I wish you 'ad to live in it," said, the old man. Iie took a proffered cigar, and after eyeing it for some time, like a young carver with a new joint, took out a huge clasp-knfei and slowly sawed the end off. Cal I sleep hero for the night?" asked Flower, at length. "No, you can't," said the ul,l man, drawing at his cigar. He smoked on, with the air of a man who has ;just given a very clever answer to n very difficult question. "We ain't on'y got one room besides this," said the old woman, solemnly. "fears ago we used to have four and al wash -place." "Oh, I could sleep un the floor here," said Flower, lightly. "I'll pay you five shillings." "Let's see your money," said the old man, leaning forward. Flower put the sum in his hand, "I'll pay now," he said, heartily. The floor won't run away," said the other, pulling out an old leather purse, "and you can sleep on any part ' of it you like." Flower thanked him effusively. He was listening stenin intently n ten` tly for any sounds outside, . If the Tippings and the man 1 in the gig met they would scour the countryside, and almost certainly pay the cottage a visit. "If you let n1e go upstairs and lie j down for an hour or two," he said, turning to the old man, "I'll give you another hall'erown." The old lural mild nnthnlg, but held out his hand and nfte r00eiving the .sum got up slowly, and opening a dour by the fire -plume revealed a few brok- em stairs which he slowly asmende(l, after beckoning hie gumot to follow. it's a 8)111)11 plaice,11e sa}1l, tersely, "but I dere may you've often slept 111 a worse," - Flower made no reply, He NM looking from the tiny (element. Through an opening in the trees he sow a couple of figures erasing the field towards the wood. 'If anybody asks you whether you've seen me, say no, " he hail, rapidly, to the 01,111 an. "I've e got into a hit of a mese, and if you hide ole here until it has blown over I'll make it worth while," "How ntu(h'?" said the old nnau. Flower hesitated. "Five pounds for certain," he said, hastily, 'rand more if you're put to 1nue11 trouble. Rum (town and stop your wife's mouth quietly." "Don't order nie about," said the old•man, el avly; "1 ain't said 1'11 do it yet," „ Chey're coming now'," .0id flower, impatiently; "mind, 1f they catch me you )(go your five pot'pds.' "All right," maid the other.- "I'm doing it for the five pounds, mind, not for you," added this excellent num. Ho went grunting and groaning' down 1110 narrow .<tairs, and the skip-. per, cloning the door, went and crouch- ed down by the open easement, A few indict inct: words were borne in on • the still air, and volees 0111110 gradual- ly ,toter, until foot-eteps, which had been deadened by the gnaw, became suddenly audible on the stones outside the cottage. Flower held his breath with anx- iety; then he smiled softly and peats- antly as he listened to the terms in which his somewhat difficult hoot was addressed, "Now, gafi'er," said the plan of the gig,roughly, 71 , r0U R 1 "Wake up,grandpa," said Dick Tip- ping; i -pi1)g "have ant seen a nun go by here? --blue .serge suit, moustache, fame and head knocked tibout?" No, I ain't seen 'fm," was the es_ pt' "`ri•]ha't's he done?l" Tipping told him briefly. "We'll have hire," he said, savagely. "We've got a mounted pal -iceman on the job, besides others. If you can catch him it's worth half a soy, to you." He went off hurriedly with the other elan, and their voices died away in the distance. Flower sat in his place on the floor for some time, and then, see- ing from the window that the coast was clear, went downstairs again, The cid woman made Min up a bed on the floor after supper, although both he and the old man assured her that it was unnecessary, and thea, taking the lamp1 bade him good -night, and went upstairs, Flower. left to himself, rolled ex- ultingly on his poor couch, and for the first time in 0 fortnight breathed freely. If I du pet into trouble," he mur- mured, complacently, "I generally manage to get out of it. It wants 0 good head in the first place, and a'cool one 111 the second. CHAPTER XVI. He was awake early in the morning, and opening the door, stood delighted- ly breathing the fresh, pine -scented The atmosphere of the "Blue Posts" was already half forgotten, and he stood- looking dreamily forward to the time when the might reasonably re- turn to life and Poppy. He took a few steps into the wood, and, after feeling for his pipe before lie remem- bered that Miss Tipping was prob- ably keeping it as souvenir, sat a1 a freshly cut log and fell into 0 sentimental reverie, until the appear- ance of a( restless old man at the door of the cottage took hien back W break- fast. I thought you'd run off,' said his host, tartly, "You thought wrong, then; said Flower, sharply, as he took out his pulse. "Here are two of the five pounds I promised you; I'll give you the rest when I go.', The old man took the money and closed his entail, hard mouth until the lips almost disappeared. "More phoney than sense," he remarked, 044.11a- • gl S. y r � e :iy ' SERVICE PA � srrxii] Known Everywhere Available Everywhere Just because there is not a "Parker" Agency near you is no reason why you should do without "Parker Service." The excellence of our work is so well known that it need only be mentioned here. 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It on no 01,10(00(1 f em .09 good 410)1000) Fns 19 one 0I aha vary Tow prep0n,u0nn 1 eel ehould he temp nn hone for regular We as almost lio, tnmau.r 'tk0 ere If Drug Co, store 4, '1'uronta, nal all 100( Ottlutg a 1000 druggat cannot, Gattt>[3 b)GOSTlON-'•-- When your digestion is loony, '14opkaeae and sin are certain and Menem le invited. Mother Selmer. Syrup corrects pad Oscul1100 the digestive orEoot and ba1�ugl�Ac1 ! a m.nr ailments which at)se from ladi lo.doa, aescsss.is>Qa:..asa F 0 R STOMACH AND LIVER TROUBLE TOIL • ;h0.t0 n 001 kaa throe *Imes ea ;d i3tY9at S sl el m Meet, ii?I Ihkll t fir diiaat tw ra9a1�3y :ac 64C an WC sits sg,altsA, MYL lt ,& A,/ item NURSE�Jp p!�y1�pS �yp warn[ ) 'Int, one tablespoonful..of oil - S WANTED._..... N & „l bettor', one tablespoonful of sul,a, pinch of Balt, one egg. Beat the egg • lightly, yolk and white separately, add Pupil Nus es wonted for. tho Train- the warm mill[, salt, sugar and oiled ing School, hospital for the instill%, butter. Take the flour and mix into Toronto. Three years' t`ourse ; X1;1 it the cream of tartar, soda and the per numtll, with board laud uniform, other ingredients; stir into at smooth, �; tf Gt 5? 9b� �� . Apply Mies D, West, soft dough. Bake in the oven in small o iG. f !W 6'Cd std round tins, well greased, or ]ll sponge" aewO ngll c, O$aHnY )kniQtlfi s, cake tins; cook from twenty to thirty pert'vat stllmnanlr atparntm tap p�ly1l milk, l'r !o eltl0o0'nrnr inintites. Split -open land butte`11Ut, eranitoil" Mnitru+{u,nsyorlight rre n,.mewlasoul 1),yri e), I'hlin Tea CSltes.'�—'S�rhen broad is p i`ix ptnnprd, ut�t'rrnnt t,pm cordially, as the skipper renhtieed his batted at home it is a good plan to c Pt cliy ��u�,�nie';plbtjueuui ouiy purse, take a pound or more of the dough MnnthlupaylnentPlan 1'Iuwar 011140 00 reply, Some after it has )risen and rub into it taro ahroawat0lm,do rmn)0 from slices o£ fat bacon were sizzling ,In on)ices of butter, lard, or even drip- W!j l!��+oukansiearonN'f,°woi a pan over ll vtbi' figgle, (1 the ping, and perhaps a beaten egg; then �nlrYYtolnr�,eePl`wllnla,wl9aeaaor pungent :dllle]1 of the wiggle, mixed Then ;fess uatalala and ansY with the teharpi oas of the morning air, leave it to rise again. Then bake in pav,aent pmt, gave hint an a petite to which, :,duce shallow round tins, and butter hot tee D ;nrCMgr Sts,Rag n°'Y }I anon eo it comes from the- oven, or , a greased. convenient, and beim ingl e tin Comar4 TRIAL roue GVADAKELD CREAM 091) Queen tat. West, '1'ol'011t0, Ms unforced ht1incss, he lead began a stranger. Ho drove itis chair up to the re kety little table with its e.nvmr- ing of flayed oil -cloth, and, breaking a couple of eggs over his bacon, set to eagerly. "Don't gut ag'ga like the1.0 in Lon- don," he saint to the old woman. Tito old Neoman leaned over, and, keep for another clary, toast brawn and butter. to the depth of ono and a half inches, Apple Cake.—One pound of flour, til] nicebrowned on top—about half six oumet:a of lard, one tenspootful an hour. Cut in strips and serve trot baking powder, three 0uneos of brown sugar and six apples, Rub tho lard into alto flour and balking powder, add with o1• without butter, .o� inspecting the shells, paid a tribute to the sugar and the apples, peeled, cored Sovereignty Recognized. the 110010 who were responeihle for and chopped the sizo of currants. Agent --"Is the boss of the house tliom, a1111 01100s1 h10 -k a genealogy Mix into a rather dry paste with a in?" Proud. Father --"Yes; lie's "kb. 14(1111(1 have bal1led the entire beaten 'egg x)1(101 ills, or water is more asleep up -stain's in his cradle," College of Heralds ----a genealogy hot- claimed by the ell man, who ^-._ - _ _. �_. - -_.._ _. •-^^+ ..M "^^—" claimed a bar sinister through three - • " eggs bought at the village show some generations before, "You've got a nice little place here," said blower, by way of ehtnlgiag the conversation, which hitt, well on the way to becoming personld; "but dont y(0 find it rather dull 8(0111 mos?" 'Well, I don't: know,'' said the old woman, "I Pulls plenty 11) do and 'e potters about like. 'E don't .do much, y41 ' •,e• but it pleases '1111, and it don't hurt The object of these compliments took them as 0. matter of course, •n f lnnitin' e and after u the stun) of p 1 last night's ,, art ( shredding i s 1)dit a , withis 7 C crammed mel h. 1`llf 1 it into- a clay lie and smoked trnntuill , y pipe I Y Flower found as ,:olita(y cigar, one of the "Blue Post's" best, and with a gaze which wandered hilt' from the chest of drawers 00 one side of the room to the old china dogs me -the lit- tle mantel -shelf on the other, smoked in silence. The old man brought in news at din- ner -time, The village war. ringing with the news of yesterday's affair, and a rigorous scorch, fanned into excitement by an offer of two pounds reward, was taking the place of the more prosaic labors 0., the country - j 'If it wasn't fol• ole," said the old man, in an excess of self ;sudation, "you'd be put in the gaol --where you ought to be; but I wouldn't do it if it wasn't for the five pounds, You'd better keep close in the house. There's some 111010 of 'em in the wa0d 100l1- ing for you." Captain Flower tools this advice, and for the next two days became a voluntary prisoner. On the third day the old man reported that public ' excitement about him was dying out, owing' partly to the fact that it wa14 I thought the villain must have made his escape good, and partly to the fact that the landlord of the "Wheatsheaf" had been sitting at his front door shooting at snakes on the King's Highway invisible to ordinary folk. The skipper resolved to make a start on the following evening, walk- ing the first night so 00 to get out of the dangerous zone, and then train- ing to London. At prospect his spirits rose, and in a convivial mood he pm -- Chased a bottle or red currant wine from the old woman at supper, and handed it round. e watt .till cheerful next o • H 1 Lminmg as he aro; and began to dress !heli he paused and in a somewhat anxious fashion patted ids trousers pockets. Minute and painful investigation re- vealed a bunch of keys and a clasp - knife. He tried his other pockets, and then, sinking in a dazed fashion into a chair, tried to think what, had be- come of his purse and looee change. His watch, a silver one, was under his pillow, where he had placed it the night before, and his ready cash was represented by the shilling which hung upon the chain. (To be continued). Hot Cakes For Tea. Oven Scones—Two pounds flour, two teaspoonfuls of baking powder, three ounces' shortening, two ounces sugar, two ounces currants, one egg, one pint sour milk, pinch of salt, Rub the shortening into the flour and bak- ing powder, which have been sifted to- gether; then add the salt, sugar, cur - ants, well -beaten egg' and mills, Stir into a soft, dough that will not stick to the hands and divide Into four pieces. Rol) each into a ball, then flatten out into a round cake about an inch thick. Cut across into four triangles, thus making sixteen sconee. When risen in the oven and partly baked brush over with beaten egg, or water, dust with powdered or granulated sugar and finish the baking. These take a lit- tle more than half an hour to cook as a rule and should be split while hot and buttered. Serve at once. They can, however, be reheated o' eaten cold. Cream Scones.—Sift together two level cups of flour, three level tea- epoulls of baking powder and half level teaspoon of salt. Add ?a cup of butter and work into the floor' thoroughly with the finger tips, or cut in with two knives. Beat two eggs well, add 1/o cup of cream, and acid slowly to the flour, mixing with a knife to a demerit. Lightly roll the dough out to about !.g inch in thick- • 'mess, cut into diamond or triangular shapes, and hake in a loot oven t:1ve10 to fifteen minutes, - Soda Scones,—One pound flour, one 'teaspoonful soda, one-half teaspoon- fun cream of tartar, pinch of salt, one. !half pint of buttermilk or sour milk. ' Mix the ingredients to a soft dough, 'roll out to a half inch thick and cut into rounds with a cookie cutter, heat the griddle, grease a little ani cools the scones. When one side is brown turn the other until both are a good even color, then split open, butter, and serve at once. Buttermilk Scones. — Take one pound of flour, one teaspoonful of salt, about half a pint of butterntill, or milk, ohne shall teaspoonful of sothl, one snail teaspoonful of cream of tee. tar. Mix all the dry ingredients 1 ,• gether and add enough butermill: to make a light dough, which should Ir turned on to a floured board a1,1 quickly kneaded until it is smooth. Press the dough into a round cake aid divide crosswise into scones, which should not be much more than a quar- ter of an inch in thickness, Bake the scones in a quick oven, then split them open, Netter and serve. The scones may be cooked on. a griddle, and if this is done they should be turned once, Soda Muffins,—Two Cups of flour, two teaspoonfuls of cream of tartar, 0110 teaspoonful of soda, hall pint of 14 tela till 11 II It IIIIIMI11101 (11t1III01PHI= Sure Success in Sowing Seeds FONT waste your efort0 and thou on scads of questionable quality. Buy Hruuo'0. Per 60 yore we have sold seeds and each your wade satisfied Cuatomer1. 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More contributions than ever are needed, because the higher prices of foodstuffs, parti- cularly wheat, have seriously increased the cost of feeding these millions of dependent Belgians. How much can you spare the victims of one of the blackest, most cold-blooded crimes? Send whatever you Calk give weekly, monthly or in ono lump sum to Local or Provincial Committees, or SEND CHEQUES PAYABLE TO TREASURER e RChCfrUid 59 St. Peter street, Montreal. 014 The Greatest relief Work in History. FACING A GREAT NATIONAL CRISIS now GREst'C BRITAIN PRTiI'ARI'ID yon 11roltlrl)-WA1i, Never Before Has the World Seen Such .Astounding Effort on the Part of Any Nation. A Canadian visitor to England at the outbreak of war, says; "I found the whole nation straining to expo - (lite its war mobilization. Britain was 1n its shirt sleeves in the public parks, smiting volunteer battalions at Ih fate undreamed of in history. In (he great parks of London—Hyde Park, Re- gent's Park, St, - ,lames' Park --leen marched and counter-mat'ehed all day long trader the direction of old and ex- perienced sergeants. These men were the first of Kitchener's armies. It was a privilege to be in London then, Hr. Lloyd George, seldom unhappy in his eloquence, employed the phrase 'Through Terror to Triumph,' in writ. ing of the war recovery of th country from the conditions of that early'per- iod, There was no terror. Rather the London --and so the England ---of the war months 'of 1014, was a London of great spirit and high courage, a Lon- don whose heart and soul and mind were concentrated on the mighty and imperative worts, to be done. It was a proud city—a city that typified a notion and a past and saw in vital challenge only the more urgent, neces- sity for aggressive measures. London personified the spirit of the race. Great Voluntary Response. ase. "And Glasgow looked down upon London with an easy, if unexpressed, assumption of superiority and raced for a higher enlistment, Little 'Wales created its own Guards. Troland—. within a few hours of civil war — turned from civil -strife -to maintain its regiments of old and glorious tra- ditions. In thousands upon thousands, men surged to the colors. Companies gave place to battalions, battalions to divisions, divisions to armies. The world Was witnessing the greatest vol- untary response to public duty in the history of all time, a response which thrilled our friends as it dumfound- ed our enemies. Britain's Military Strength. - "In the winter of 191.4, one of the best informed men in London made an estimate for me of the probable mili- tary strength of Great Britain. After a study of census returns, he said: 'There are, roughly, 8,000,000 men of military age, 25 per cent. wilt be re- quired in essential industries, another 25 per cent, will be physically unfit, Britain should raise and equip 4,000,- 000 men.' Practically that whole force was raised under the voluntary sys- tem. Such an achievement is without parallel. There is a legend of one. 1 who sowed dragon's teeth and armed men sprang up from the ground, ready equipped. These men did not 1 spring from the ground. They were not ready equipped. A nation called 1 and worked tvitll a mighty brain and other men followed until Derby's armies succeeded Kitchener's and con- scription on- sc l•p finally tion final] closed the net on the !few who remained. To -day, over 5,- 1000,000 men have enlisted in Great Britain. Five million men—legion upon legion—a giant host, the equiv- alent under an infantry calculation of 4,250 battalions -5 battalions a day for every day of the war—practically 6,000 men a day for 850 days. Fail- ure? Blunder? Slowness? It is col- ossal. And Britain is only reaching the height of her military power. She wants 02 more divisions on the firing line. For two years and n half she has marched from strength to strength. She is still matching. The British Navy. "And as she hes marched the British Navy has protected her. It rides the seas to -clay as it has since Drake smashed the Armada -invincible --the supreme arbiter in human af- fairs. Let us not forget this in over - anxiety about submarine campaigns nt in undue emphasis upon channel raids. A thousands years of strain, a thousand years of thought, a thousand years of challenge found Britain fac- ing the war with the most perfect fighting machine of alI time. Never since Britain trusted the future of her peoples and the destiny of her Em- pire to aggressive steel on the waters has her fleet been so great, so power- ful as it is to -day, It is the Central Empires who are under siege. It is the German navy that is blocked in Kiel. It is German commerce that is destroyed. It is Germany that has lost her colonies. No foreign forces have landed on English soil. Not that such a landing would be a matter of real concern. It is conceivable that the enemy might succeed in crossing the channel. He alight Land 50,000 or 100,000 men. To do so would 110 to murder every mann for a political ef- fect which would be of no value out- side of his own country. Britain Is prepared for any such extreme meas- ure—and has long been prepared. But there have been no such landings, If , they were ever to have had real value they must have been carried out in the early months >f the 00111. To -day only !desperation would even suggest the attempt.'; 1 Vegetable Sponge. j The vol flat lands of Ecuader pro- duce 0 vino yielding a fruit which iwh('n dried, forms a spemge said to bre superior to 11n1n11)1 sponges.