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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1917-04-26, Page 6The Nati The Adventures of Captain Fraser CHAPTER XX,---(Cont'd,) "Mir Tracer!" said a alu'priee voice, which tried to be severe, Mr. Freser bounded from Ills shad and stood regarding the intruder wi a countenance in which every feutui was outvying the other in amazemen "I thought--you—were on th Golden (:loud," he stammered. Miss Tyrell shook her head an looked down. "I missed the ship,"she said, pe ive. "Missed the ship 7" shouted the otl ern "missed the ship? Did Fiowe miss it, too?" "Pin afraid not" said Miss Tyr•e1 even more pensively than before. "Good Heavens, I never heard o such a thing," said Fraser; "how eve did you manage to do it?" "I went to be down a little while o Saturday afternoon," said Poppy, re Electively; "I'd got my box packed an everything ready; when I got up i was past seven n o clock, and then knew it was no use. Ships won' wait, you know." Fraser gazed at her in amaze. I his mind's eye he still saw the dee of the Golden Cloud; but Poppy's deck chair was empty, and Flower, in plac of exchanging glances with her, WA walking about in a state equally co pounded of wrath and bewilderment "And you had given up your bort in the City?" said Fraser, at length in concern. The consciousness of a little color i her cheek whfch she could not repres affected Miss Tyrell's temper, "No," she said, sharply. "Didn't you intend to go, then?" asked the bewildered Fraser. "I—oh, will you give me my gloves, please, before I forget them?" said Miss Tyrell, coldly. It was Fraser's turn to color, and he burnt a rich crimson as he fished them out. "I was going to take care of them for you," he said, awkwardly. "I came to look after a pipe I thought I'd left here." "I saw you taking care of them,"" was the reply. There was a pause, during which Miss Tyrell took a seat and, folding her hands in her lap, gazed at him with the calm gaze which comes of perfect misdoing and the feminine determination not to own up to it. The room was no longer shabby, and Fraser was conscious of a strange exaltation. "I understood that you had given notice in the City," he said, slowly; "but I'm very glad that you didn't." Miss Tyrell shook her head, and stooping down adjusted the fire -stove oI nament. "Didn't you intend to go?" repeat- ed the tactful seaman. "I'd left it open," said Miss Tyrell, thoughtfully; "I hadn't definitely ac- cepted Caphain Martin's invitation. You jump at conclusion.. so; but, of course, when I found that Captain Flower had shipped before the mast for my sake, why, I had to go." "So you had," said Fraser, staring. "There was no help for it," con- tinued Miss Tyrell. "Didi't seem like it," said the more accurate Fraser. His head was in a whirl, and he tried vainly to thing of the exact terms in which she had announced her , intention to emigrate, and combated the objections which he thought him -1 self justified in advancing. He began; to remember in a misty, uncertain fashion that they were somewhat vague and disjointed, and for one brief Moment he wondered whether she hall ever had any idea of going at all. One glance at the small figure of probity! opposite was enough, and he repelled the idea as unw "No, thank you," site said, in a d manner which indicated reproof. Fraser drifted restlessly, "I thought that was what you meant," wit be said, indigntintly, "You jump at conclusions, as I said t before," remarked Miss Tyrell, -"It e wouldn't be right," "I don't see any barns in it," said d Fraser, stoutly; "We've been before, and Flower knows it," t1- The girl shook her head, "No," she said firmly. r_ To her surprise, that ended the mat- r, ter, The rattle of traffic and the hum of voices came in at the open 1 window; the room seemed unwonted- ly quiet by contrast, Miss Tyrell f sat reaping the empty reward of vir- ✓ tue, and bestowing oeeasional glances on the fine specimen of marine obtuse- ness in the arm -chair, I hope I ant not keeping you from d a wall she observed, at length. t "No," said Fraser. He toss in �o c , c nfu, k u w onclering t whether this was a hint for him to go, and after a supreme mental ef- n fort decided that it was, and nlurmur- ic ed something about getting back to the ship. Poppy shook bands with' e him patiently. It is always a sad O thing to see a fine young man lacking:; m- in intelligence. Some of her pity, perhaps showed in her eyes. it' "Are you going?" she • asked, with a shade of surprise in her voice. 'j Fraser gazed at her in perplexity.; n! "I suppose se," he murmured, e "Which means that you want a walk, but don't like leaving me here alone, I suppose?" said Miss Tyrell, resignedly. "Very well, I'ill come., She left him fora moment in search of her hat, and then, putting aside the gloves oho was about to don in favor of those be had endeavored to secrete, led the way downstairs. Her eomposure was suli'clolt for two which was just the quantity required at that moment. CIIAPTER XXI, The summer limed quickly, All tie) quickly for Captain Barber, who said that it was the shortest be ever remembered. But then, his memoir•, although greatly improved was still none of the hest, many things which Mrs. Church fondly and. frequently re- ferred to having escaped it altogether. He even forgot that he was to be married in October, and in these cit'= cumetances Mr, Gibson and Mrs. Church put the banns up. This act- ed as a specific, and Captain Barber, putting the hest face he could on the matter, accepted the inevitable. The wedding -clay found hien resign cdr but dazed, Tho morning air was OW and chill, with a faint odour of dent leaves and the aromatic smell of chrysanthemums which sleeked the. 'front garden. The house was as' clean es a new pin, or the deck of the: Foam, which, having been thoroughly scrubbed down in honor of the oeca • Sion was snow slowly drying in the sun. Down below, the crew; having finished their labors for the day, were anxiously attiring themselves in the:0 Sunday best. The grizzled head of Ben popped out at the companion and sniffed heartily at the smell of wet deck. His coat was of black, and his new boots creaked deliciously as he slowly paced the deck and nffeetedignorance of the little cluster of heads at the forecastle hatch. He went below agai murmur, gentle, but threatening, rose against Tim. (To be continued.) 4, Vegetable -milk soup; rice with maple ;multi, and butter o1• with milk i or cream. Potato chowder; crackers; jelly sandwiches, i 6, Cold meat; creamed potatoes; pons, bread and butter; frozen custard Or plain in cream and plain eake, Lamb chops; baked potatoes; bread and butter; sliced mixed fruits; ('0ilkies . 8, Baked omelet with spinneh, kale or other greens; bread and butter; apple sauce; cake. 0. Milk toast; string bents; stewed fruit; calve. 10, Boiled potatoes; codfish gravy; breed and butter; lettuce; custard, Casters for the Kitchen Table, ` The most convenient thing in my weld -equipped kitchen, says a good housekeeper, is the table, which is movable. We bought four ordinary casters, which we fitted in the legs of the table, so it can easily be rolled to the sink to receive the dried dishes, then to the pantry, where they can all bo "placed" with a single effort (thus saving much walking back and forth), or to elle stove when canning fruit, ete, You will find such a movable table a great source of help in the con- servation energyand valuable Aea time saver, The Right Way. To give your blouses and handker- chiefs an exquisite, subtle, fresh and flowery odor, put a small piece of orris root in the rinsing water when washing them. To cool a fevered patient, add a lit- tle bicarbonate of soda to bathing wa- ter, To prevent green vegetables from boiling' over drop a piece of dripping the size of a walnut into the center of them just as they commence to boil. Fish that is to -be boiled will be im- proved if it is placed in a dish con- taining melted butter for an hour bes fore boiling. Scrambled eggs and onions is made by first frying the onions, then turn- ing the eggs into the pan, and stirring as usual. I Too Much Dessert. sect, and whose taste has been e lucat- • In the average family the dessert' ed beyond simple desserts like rice problem takes up more time than the ; pt•tlding, cornstarch or fruit an 1 who more substantial courses. desires more elaborate puddings with 1 To make a tight shoe more easy try eying a cloth wrung out of hot water across the place where it pinches. This should be renewed several times till the moist heat has caused the Bather to mold itself to the foot of the Traveling through a farm district sauces and, worst of all, ac lipped wearer,recently, the writer found that the cream. particular branch of cooking in which Whipped cream in itself is unob- women were most interested was the jeetionuble, but when added to an - making of cakes and desserts. At other food which is sweet a _d fat the a demonstration lecture at a western combination often proves disastrous university before 600 women the to one's liver! The cream itself is 1 whole time was devoted to serving practically all fat, so that it should afternoon tea and showing how the never be used with desserts which con - cakes and ices and other desserts tam a large amount of fat or sugar in should be made. some other form. Now I do not wish to disparage the It is the exceptional dinner among arts of confectionery and the making middle class families across the At - of delicious sweets, but I do think lantic which has anything for dessert that perhaps our women over-empha- except fresh fruit, cheese and crackers. size the need and tune for making Or stewed fruits which are called desserts. Many girls proudly boast "compotes" may be served with a that they can make cake and fudge small offering of tiny cakes. There and concoct delicious, if overly rich, is much in favor of this simple type salads, but can these gills make equal- of dessert which would mean so much ly good bread, prepare meats so that less work for the homemaker and few - they are luscious and tempting and er overburdened digestions. Fruit, stew the plainer fruit,; so that they either fresh or canned, without much are wholesome and attractive? sugar, is the dessert which could be I I have said often that meats and served every day and which would be vegetables are more poorly cooked in by far the most wholesome for ail - this than in any other country, and dren and old people, who particularly this statement is based on extensive need the salts and mineral values that travels abroad. On the other band, food offers. Another more wholesome plan"is to make a combination salad dessert at the end of a hearty meal. So many delightful salads can be made even in winter or between seasons, that one often Wonders why another course is "I believe that you are sorry I didn't go," said Poppy, suddenly. I'm sorry for Flower," said the I other. He will be hack in six or seven' months,"• said Poppy, gently; "that; will soon pass away. I shall not be very old to marry even then. Per-; haps it is all for the best—S don't like "Don't Like?" prompted Fraser. "Don't like to be hurried," euntinn-, ed Miss -Tyrell, looking down. • I There was another pause. The girl got up, and, walking to the window,' gazed out upon the street. "There is a nice air in the streets now," she said at length, without turning round. Fraser started. Politeness and in- clination fought with conscience, The' Allies won, but inclination got none' of the credit, "Wold you care to go for a walk?" he asked. Miss Tyrell turned and regarded i him with an unmistakable air of su e - prise. we seem to emphasize the need of pud- dings, pie, cake and wrongfully stimu- lt.te too great an appetite fee them in ou: families. If we want to claseify the family according to taste, we might well be- gin with father, who feels the meal is passed after the salad, A sweet incomplete unless he has a hearty caressing may be used, especially with triangle of pie at the end. Now, there fruits, and if accompanied by crackers is nothing about a good pie to be or wafers and the cup of coffee or tea the stomach really should not crave or need anything else. Menus For The School Children's Dinner. 1. Eggs, boiled, coddled, poached or scrambled; bread and better; spinach or other greens; cake, 2. Beef stew with vegetables; milk; crisp, thin tea biscuits; honey. 3. 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Flory drums stance of time, place, and memory is combined to warm the heart and fire the imagination in General Maude's great achievement. It is as'eharaeter- istic a British victory as one could possibly desire, "After all the talk, it will bo a British and ld not a German -made C31 - gine that will be the first to enter the city of Haroun A1-Rasehid from a Pdr- sian Gulf terminus. Sinbad the Sail- or, not Fritz the Frightful, will have told the last and best story in 'The Arabian Nights.' "The occupation of Bagdad is an event in a unique setting. Historic cities have sprung into importance again in the vicissitudes of the war, and tiny hamlets emerged from a shel- tered retirement into a light that will not soon fade. An Ancient City. "Bagdad is a city which can look to a civilization when the great centres of Europe were unconsidered settle- ments. Its story is so old that its chief home is in the imagination, where it rivals the appeal of Babylon and Nineveh, of Darius and Alexan- der. "It has fallen to an Irish General in command of British and Indian troops armed with the fruits of the specula- tions of the last quarter of a cen- tury." 31'r. Edmund Candler vividly de- scribes how the British and Indian troops entered into this famous city— the neighbor of the great Babylon. "Our vanguard entered Bagdad soon after nine o'clock this morning," he writes from Bagdad on March 11. "The city is approached by an unmet - tailed road between palm groves and orange gardens. The British Entry. "Crowds of Bagdadis came out to meet us, Persians, Arabs, Jews, Ar- menians, Chaldeans, and Christians of divers tects and races. They Lined the streets, balconies, rand roofs, hurrah- ing and clapping their hands. Groups of school children danced in front of us, shouting and cheering, and the women of the city turned out in their holiday dresses. "As soon as the Gendarmerie left at two o'clock this morning Kurds and others began looting. As we entered from the East this morning they were rifling the bazaar at the other end of the city, and among the first citizens we met were merchants who had run out to crave our protection. "Regiments were detailed to police the bazaar and houses, and pickets and patrols were allotted, but there was mull that it was too late to save. Delany shops had been gutted, and the valuables had all been cleared. A rab- ble were found busily engaged in dismantling the interiors, tearing down bits of wood and iron, and car- rying off bedsteads. They had even looted the seats from the public gar- dens. Law and Order Restored. "Our entry was very easy and unof- ficial, and it was dear' that the joy of the people was genuine. No function- aries came out to meet 'us; there was still fear of reprisals. Our own atti- tude was characteristic; there was no display or attempt at creating an im- pression. The troops entered dusty and unshaven after several days' hard fighting and bivouacking. "The people of the city have been robbed to supply the Turkish army. "The bridge of boats, the Turkish army clothing factory, and Messrs. Lynch's offices were blown up or other- wise destroyed last night, and the railway station, the dvil hospital, and most British property, except the Residency, w'hich has been used as a Turkish hospital, were either gutted o damaged." Irony of the Sign Posts. The Somme front in the snow and brilliant sunshine was magnificent, writes George Bernard Shaw. The irony of the signposts was immense. "To Maurepas," and there was no Maurepas. "To Contalmaison," and there was no Contalmaison. "To Po- zieres," and there was no Pazieres. On the road to Ypres the trees had stood,ae unbroken old guardlining the road, with hardly a gap in their ranks. But beret With every limb shot to bits, beheaded, halved, cut off at the shins, torn out of the earth and flung prostrate, these woods seemed to scud with bare poles or broken jurymasts before the wined as our car passed, all their rig- ging blown and shot away. As to the ground, you cannot find enough flat earth in a square mile to play marbles on, Few collisions occur on the path of virtue.