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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1923-01-11, Page 2e'`t ., . BY KATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARD Copyright by Hodder end Stnug'hton. CHAPTER XXXI. the insentience he erepected?but o In the yard Conal told the School- a whimsical smile to convey that master of MeNab's arrival, Schoolmaster knew why he had coin "Settles us," Farrel said shortly and was amused for the reason, "That's what he carne to do. And we drepped into the tdtaix'he had tnk can't afford to let hint think tkeere's and sought to cover the unexpe anything an. He's given his stele- mess of his visit by unusual affability cions to M'Laughlie most likely and He was sitting in Steve's chair the delay to -night 'll give them time the , fire when ?erred came into room that was kiteben, dining -roc sitting -room, and living -room in gen oral at 'Steve's. Deirdre slipped he's on the wrong track. Then when with a job for water as the Sehoo this .blows over—in a couple of master eat" in. Glancing over h mantas, perhaps__" shoulder, he saw her talking to Con Conal swore bitterly. in the yard ee could have wrung his neck when When she returned her Taught I saw him. It was all I could do to and gaiety surprised him. She set keep ane hands off him," he said. jug of grog between Steve and M 'Don't be giving the game away, Nab on the table near MMNab's alba Conal,' the Schoolmaster cautioned. "Mind, we're taking chances." "It'll be a couple of hours to moon- rise after dark," Conal said restively, glancing at the waning sky. "If you her eyes met his reassuringly. g could keep him busy, playing wards y g y and drinking --let him think we caught their message, calm and pu weren't upset at seeing him and he Aosefttl. He knew that elle was pia seems to be settlin' down and leaking ing the woman to McNeil), and w foolish findin' we're all about—I The knowledge angered and humiliet might walk out after a bit. I could ed h e' and Conal came into th get the beasts, with Davey aid that Y blithering half' -breed. seines easily long, barely -lighted' room. They thre worth a couple of men with cattle." themselves an a bench near the door "Do you think I'm likely to be able Conal, taking a pipe from his be to keep McNab so busy, he wouldn't smoked morosely. Davey did not loo notice you were walking out?" the at McNab, and McNally took no not' Schoolmaster asked, impatiently. of him, enjoying his position of im 'You and Davey had better come in portance by the fireside and elhuckli and hang round loose presently." over the gay chatter Deirdre threw He went towards the house. His greeting of MONab was as luke- warm, negligent and friendly as it you about it. The place is gotthe a 'bed name with the children growing up not able to make more than a, mark for their• names. in the hills, of course,' yore taught the first genera; tion, as you might say, so the older ones can teach the others coining on, but down there it's different. We've never had any school or school teach- ers. The people can't pay enough -- just a few of them—to niake it worth your while , , .but if we built a school got ''ean all together .-, . it might 'be a goad thing. I'd maybe put up the money for the school—maybe--" He fidgeted- in his, seat. Re did not want to commit himself too far, and yet he vas irritably •conscious of the weakness of hie explanation unless he did, He had.a soap ciolt that Dan Far - eel was laughing at him up his sleeve toe, . An ill humor ens rising in him i There was an ominous 'silence—a moment of suspicion and suspense. A word from either might have been a spark to the long -hidden train of en- mity between them. Deirdre broke A. the silence. she threw down a peek cards and pulled herh ' exclamations of Steve and MMNab Steve was soggy with anise; but Mc - Nab was net as drunk.ea he seemed His eyes caught hers with .a curious expression when .the Sehoolmastex had gone from the room. "And who's the man Canal's going to kill for 'corrin' between you, Deir- dre?" he asked. "How do I know?" she said, a little nervously. "P'r.aps it's, the man sent you the gild chain," McNab Inurmured. His eyes glimmered at her out if the darkness- "They tell me Conal went round like a madsnan loolcing for Pat Glynn to tell him who it was, threat- ening to break the last bone in Pat's body if he wouldn't speak " "Yes; T tilinlr it was - him," Deirdre said, meeting his eyes. "Conal said . if ever he found him, he'd—" "Consul's a hot head doesn't mean half he says," MoNab rrluttered.. "But he means that, I'm sure," Deirdre said. "And Canal'a ea strong; Look et his hands, lie , could put them round a man's throat and wring the -life out of it—just as easily as you wring a bird's neck, Mr. MW,Nab. And he's a dead shot, too, Canal— th say " Eh, then it's somebody's neck he'll be wringing, or somebody - he'll be shooting, for sure," MeNab said. "For it's not him you'll be marrydu', and it's net hint your heart's set on. It's the other." The quivering of her face, a dilat- ing of the Impute of her eyes that were wells ,of darkness, told him that he had scored.' He leant forward, fol- lowing up• his advantage eagerly. "And it's .not Conal, for all his blustering, I'm afraid of, my pretty," he whispered. His eyes were narrow- ed, the smile in theta leaping across his face. "It's not Conavl,.or all his blustering, though I • dursay y' think he'd kill me for lave of you. And. you'd break his heart for love of somebody else—by way of reward. But it's rite all the same that'll get you." Deirdre pushed back her chair. Then she rentenvbered the part she had bean playing all the evening. She steadied herself, putting her hands on the edge of the table, and looked down into McNab's eyes, laughing. .. "Why," she cried, "you're as drunk as drunk, Mr.' McNab! And so is Steve; you'd better see each other to bed. I'm going myself." She went across to the corner next the Sehoolnsrter's, when slept. When she had heard shambling before McNab to the off the bar where occasional vi sites put, she went back to th kit- chen, raked over the embers o fire, and put out a flare that was • try to make something that may turd: out to be a failure. •, In one month this girl made and sold the following costumes: Eighteen crepe -paper false costumer. for, two dollars apiece; one jester outfit for five dollars; three dimity schoolgirl..cos- tuntes, with dimity. hats to match, for five dollies an outfit; a gypsy caesurae of gay sateen for five (Dollars, and a clown costume for three dollars, That makes a total income of sixty- four dollars. In the reels season she seldom averages less than `that. ' In elac'k times she clears from thirty dollars to thirty-five dealers a month. Already see has saved something for the course in dramatic costuming that she wishes to take eventually; and since she never sews fox more than five hours a day, the mark does not tire her or keep her from other duties and pleasures. of cairsapto the table. , "All that 'll keep till to -morrow, Mr, MeNab, won't it?" she asked. elle , `[Have a game of euchre with Steve he -..e, now. Let's play cut-throat It's more exciting. Father can en think over what you've said and tell cd'' you in the morning." 1 `Yes , , yes . , , think it over, by, Farrel," McNab said eagerly. He was glad enougdi to shely d' to get the word oast .about vs aleslg the road. So all we .can do is Ile low, Play .civil to McNab, let him think mr cession of thisa oh ' had brought him urgent the matter ewhito out talk to the Sdhoolmaster, seeing that ]- it was not at all urgent and did not 11 a1 look like it. Deirdre pushed the bottle of rum between him and Steve. She sat op- er posite to them, the broad yellow glare a of the dip on her face. e- The liquor was alseauly beginning Ifs to warns .MeNab's brain. His head was steady enough on his shoulders; but there was a glow within him. He watched the face of the girl before him es in a dream. Farrel sale the arabesques of red' e and blue the cards made under the r- light as she threw them on the table. Y- He heard her gleeful and triumphant ha. exclamations. He realized what she was doing for him, was sore and anto do e but to but play up to there her, He sawas t at the w far end of the table joist out of the bel light: eir".dre's laughter hflashedd. drooped. ['Look at father," she cried, "he's iC0 dead with sleep!" Farrel started and shared at her, nys sleepily. "It's no good your blinking like an owl and pretending you weren't tale. ing forty winks. You'd better go to bed and have done with it," she said. lie struggled to his feet. k "I'm clog -weary," he muttered. 8. "Think I will." o "Good -night," Ise added after a mo- ll ment. "And be sure you see the fires g' are out before you twin in, Deirdre. You're not to be staying up late, e• either! I won't have her getting too as fond an the cards, Steve." 3' He stumbled acmes the room to the Y, far end where a screen of brushwood and bagging against the back of the s I shanty made another ssnall room, f •he Schoolmaster swore beneath breath when he saw McNab's eyes on her. He trembled with rage when he heard Deirdre talking to McNab; but -___e ,.,---always was. Deirdre saw no flicker era ielety in his face. McNab's eyes over their supper to -night you'd thin were quick and keen on it for the first they'd never seen a bed for week few minutes, but finding no trace of They ve been saying they're going t repressed excitement, not a spark of icn m early because they've to go o mustering first tihfng in the mernin When to Toronto visit the and father and Steve would have sat Royal Ontario Museum here dezing by the fire for a whit 283 Bloat - St. West, Near Avenue Road and then gene off to bed tea, I w Largest permanent exhibition in Canada. :thiriking I would have to take out m Archaeology, Geology, Mineralogy, pal- sewing and talk to the cat , .. till i deontology. Zoology. Open daily, 10 awn. was a decent hour to be saying m to 6 p.m. Sunday, 2 to 5 p.m. Bloor, prayers. But now p'raps yeu'll ha Belt Line, Dupont and Avenue Rd, cars. a game of yards with me, though ameeselesessemsnisimain don't suppose Canal and Davey 'll go ��• to bed early now, seeing we've go INVE1`� T1'�, NS company." y Davey sat belt upright against *Eh 80110fortyaiunesv4cvmbc neutenby Mon I C. wall. It froze the blood in his vein Ideas. *Terme Protection" bookie, on request. hear her on such terms of easy HAROLD �1iaF't45� CO.'familiarity with Melia)). Genal shift ,PMENT ATTORNEYS ed uneasily, New ACOe aTTAWh. CANADA � But we can get along withou can't we?" Deirdre asked blithely. "There's no need for then to be sitting up trying to be polite is there?" None at ale" McNab chuckled. Ile thought he was getting on very weld with Deirdre and that she was playing him off against Conal and Davey in a spirit of pique. "Right. Good -night, McNeil), see you in the morning," Conal said angrily. He swung out of the room. Davey followed hen. And now for the business that ,brought you, MeNab. Mighty kind of • you to have come after me with it?" The Schoolmaster sat down before Thad McNab facing ham squarely, his one eye played on MnNeb's shifty face. There was just the faintest ironical emphasis in his voice, MaNab stirred uneasily. "Fact is," he began, his eyes shifted under the Schoolmaster's gaze, "Feet is—we're wanting a sehoal in the Wirree," he plunged desperately. "Before you go away I thought—I thought, not knowing exactly what your plans were, I'd have a talk to "We eat our heads off, sup here,'Mr: McNab," she said. "And sleep! Davey and Conal there, to see them[ yawnin roam 1 she Steve room sitoa's e f the burning low in its tin of rancid fat and belching forth streams of ileevy black smoke. • She opened the door of the School- master's room. The bunk against the wall on which be slept was empty, the window open. She entered, closed the door and sat down by the open window. The moonlight was waning. The silver light in which the forest had been bathed an herr•before, was dim mer, the seadews the house and sheds east black against it. Where the light stauek dead trees. they stood out wraithlike from the dark wave of the crest, Listening intently, she heard the distant cracking of whips, the long lowing, belched and terrified Dries of cattle. Deirdre laughed again. "I'm winning all the time," she said gaily, "so they won't want to play Yong." a The cards went backwards and for- s wards across the table to the tune of ' her exclamations and the chime of - her laughter, the muttered oaths and tit OWE T Manufacturers always consider good inventions. Fortunes are made from Now idea.% to suit modern times. Bend ter free list of Ideas and Circular,. TWA ueraasY OOdSPRIffX Patent Attorneys 673 Banks 6t. - - - Ottawa, eau. 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"I could just remember grand- mother, but I had heard from many sources that she was a sieve to wash- ing on Monday,. ironing on Tuesday, and so on, through all the years of her married life, and I know poor grand- father knew just what life with such a victim of -routine meant, "Very soon I had the thence to heed the dear old man's advice, for Bob and I bad been married only six weeks when he came in to breakfast one Tuesday morning very early, looking as eager and happy ae a boy. '1 say, Jessie,' he began, 'I have half a dozen ernamds to de in the city. Pat off tate leaning until to -mer ow, can't you? Pub on your bonnet and ooze along with me. We'll make a day of iii. Come an, won't you?' "I gleamed at the basket of clothes waiting for me, and the new house - wile's pride bade me stay and get that work-out of the way batiste midday. But there was another side . to the question, I glanced at Bob's hopeful thee, and then grandfather's waacle flashed into my mind. "'I'll go,' I said, and go I did. "I thunk neither of us will ever forget that day. We joked like chil- dren on a holiday. We finished the ehappdng and went into one of the ex- hibitions and goat hone late that night; and when it was all over I knew my belated heating was a petty matter .compared with the sympathy, and companionship .that we 'had known that day, "That was the beginning, As the years went by, and cares increased, I studied hard and long to.'avend elle ruts: the pitfalls of so many farmers' wives, My husband and ,children grew accustomed to little surprises -baked potatoes for Thursday or even Mon- day, instead' of alWays on Satitorday i — B win ail our ave n, n en its, e n ^as ark I I n n en night. It was a treat on a wi night when the snow fell quietly round the house—a treat that Children will never forget—to h supper in the warns, cosy kiitebe whereas the usual supper in the di ing room would have made no im pression at all, "Sometimes in early June, wh Bob had spent a hard dtty in the field tired face would brighten at th sight of a substantial tea spread o the table under the oak tree that u our pride. It was a little more w for me, but the children learned very early in life to save me steps, and was amply rewarded for any effort had ever made when I heard my so say to a boy chum, 'It's always fu at out' house, You never. know wh mother is planning a euuprlse,, ,, The "Costume Girl." A girl who likes to sew haus found a way to gratify he taste for it and to esan a oollsideralrle amount of pin money. She makes costumes for school, chur'eh and college plays. Many mothers and boy etndenits have work far her to de, and in the six 02 seven months of active dramatic Work in her commmini�ty she makes /moat two hundtred• to three headrerl' dollars. Hex patrons furnish patterns and materials; therefore, since she has the nee of her nuabhel's sewing machine, her eamning;s are virbualln all profit. • Crepe paper oasturites for fairies or flower girls -are the easiest kind for the "costume giml" to make; she,selis them fee two dallsaes an outfit. Simple dimities, down eosttumes and bloomer costumes bring her from four to five dollars apiece. Costumes made from complicated patterns sell far five to eight dollars- .a price that marry wo- men eare. willing to pay rather than ttreastOmenthofo eeypilepety. Twenty Thouaauda ofteuti- tiZenfals. No case 'should be consider- ed hopeless. Free booklet, Wm. Stinson Remedy CO, - of Canada; 2611 Yonge :1't.,. Toronto, Ont, Graham Drop Cookies. One cup sugar, 1 egg, 1 cup sour cream, 1 tablespoon molasses, 1 tea- spoon salt, 1 teaspoon •soda, 2¢ aerations flour, 1 teaspoon cinnam to seezen. Sift all day materials gether, floe, soda, salt, oinnamo and ear into the creamed egg, saga and cream, drop' in email spoonfuls battered tin and dot with raisin mrtmeat. - on to- n Sam became indignant. "N -o, salt," on he said emphatically. "You been hear- or ing 'bout Samuel Johnson. My daddy's black as the ace o' spades." New Zealand is the healthiest coun- try in the world. NURSES The Toronto .Hospital .for Incur- ables, in affiliation with Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New ,York City, chore a throe years' Course of Train- ing to young women, having the re- quired education, and dbeirous;el be - (Miming nurses, This Hospital has adopted the eight-hour system. 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Paper flour sacks can be cut down one side and around the bottom se they will lay flat. The inside is clean and usually a pleasing ehade. This heavy paper can be used in many ways about the house. Lay it under the carpet or rug; sew together, lay on top of mattress, to shut out cold; cut in strips and paste over craoles. To remove indelli'ble ink stains first soak in salt -water and then wash in water to which ammonia has been added. If necessary, repeat this pro - es before. boiling. Three old broomsticks can be made into the best kind of tripod si deport for a home-made dress Porn. Sugar to be used in iced tea, lemon - e, coffee or hot drinks, can be made into a heavy syrup and served at table in a 'small pitcher, greatly economizing the sugar. Childiren'e Cake.—I•Ialf cull of pea- nut butter, one sup of sugar, one egg, o cups flow, one cup of sweet milk, see teaspoons of baking powder. Mix as directed and bake in patty ins or loaf. To remove old stain or varnish from cors, scrub vigorously with a strong olution of lye, using for the purpose stiff brush with a long handle, so that the Bands may not came in con- tact with the lye. If you wesh to keep the glues on our linoleum when washing it, use lukewarm water to wliic'h has been (ideal a tablespoonful of lccerosene to elf a bucket of water. You will find this is an excellent cleanser and at the sante time will aid in retaining the gloss of the linoleum. A strong seep will tend to remove the gloss. Here is a good dark cadre recipe: NMI one cup of brown sugar with ae f ad e tw th M t fl a a a Cr two egg yolks and • half etc of short- ening (half butter and half lard), then add three-fourths cup of sour milk, one teaspoon of oitmamon, half teaspoon of cloves, half teaspoon of nsltmeg, one and one-half cups flour, ane teaspoon soda, one cup of raisins, and last, fold in the whites of two eggs, beaten stiff. Bake 511 a moder- ate oven. Care of the Piano. "Your father thinks it is economy to paint,his hoose every four years, He lets the jeweller clean his watch at stated intervals, lie gets his suit pressed, the heels of his shoes levelled up, his razor honed, and he will just as readily have the piano tuned •at least twice a year if you remitxl him," said a music teacher to his pupil the other day when he noticed the piano was getting badly cut of tune. The teacher then added jokingly, "Don't wait until one of the neighlroas sends for a tuner to tune your piano," Dye: Dress, Skirt or Faded Curtains in ,Diamond Dyes Hach package of "Diamond Dyes" contains directions so simple any, woman can eye or tinct' her worn, shabby dresses, skirts, waists, cleats, stockings, sweaters, coverings, dra- peries, hangings, everything, even if she has never dyed before. Buy "Diamond Dyee"—no other kind --- then perfect home dyeing is sure be- cause Diamond Dyes are. guaranteed not to spot, fade, streak, or run. Tell your druggist whether the material you wish to dye is, wool or silk, or whether it is linen, oottpn or mixed goods, . Labor Saving, A dentist had just moved into a place previously occupied by a baker hien a frfead called. "Penton me a moment," said the dentist, "while I dig off those enameled letters of 'Bake Shop';from the front` window," "Wh'y not merely dig off the 'B' and let it go at that," suggested the friend. Knitted ties anal over-onnatnented walling-stioles have fallen under the ban of the best dressed !nen in Paris society, After Every Meal TOR o$$ each aneat with a bit ojl sweet ht the form off WRIGLEY'S. IIs satisfies the sweet tooth and aids digestion. Pleasure and benefits combined. MOTHER! Your Child's Bowels Need "`California Fig Syrup" Hurry mother! Even a sick child loves the "fruity".taste of "California Fig Syrup" and it never fails to open the bowels. A teaspoonful to -day may prevent a sick child to -morrow, If con- stipated, bilious, feverish, fretful, has cold, colic, or if atotuach is sour, tongue coated, breath bad, remember a good cleansing of the little bowels is often all that is necessary. Ask your druggist for genuine "Cali- fornia Fig Syrup" which }tea directions for babies and children of all ages printed on battle, Mother! You must say "California" or you may get an imitation fig syrup. • o ,,Y-�inter this win er 1 4 daily trains via the Santa Pa Pullmans via Grad Canyon Posit, also to Southern Arizona„ MaP'rr Iarsendmyou ourtbpict re. Folders? r. T. genre, Oen. agent Sant6' leo $phase 40412ree P7552 man, Detroit, P7ah.. ,rehouse 7-3aia 6047'. Grand Canyon Line CANADA'S POSTAL DEPARTMENT Maly of oto' greet industries would experience difficulty in existing 1 there was no'sultaltle nsediun through which contnmulcation could be con- ducted with distant points with des- Pateb and safety, and the part that the post office plays in the hone and business life of the Canadian public is seldom tbougbt of, but its value cannot be computed in nronetary,tet'ms, From, the International boundary to the Aro ' tic Circle the Canadian Post :Office De - pertinent handles Oho correspondence. of the public, and this never -tiring machine functions with an efficiency which seems remarkable • to the un, initiated, The Meese or parcel posted 10 the little grocery poet office la acme' oat -of -the -way country hamlet re- ceives the Same care and attention as that posted in the neat, attractive red letter boxes in the larger centres o; community life. Never for an instant does this "machine" relax Its vigilance in safeguarding the property of the public, and its responsibility does nog cease until the letter or parcel is de. livered to its destination.' Thirty-six thousand miles of railway aro used by the Post Office Depart- ment in distributing mail in Canada. There are over 12,000 mail routes, many of which 'are a considerable dis- tance from the railway trade, and which can only be reached by a motor or horse driven vehicle, dog -sled, or canoe. The Department operates 12,- 000 post offices, or one to approximate- ly every 700 of Canada's pop:tlati0n, as well as 5,300 money -order offices. Many of these offices are located in palatial buildings, the property of the Federal Government. To receive the mail from the public the Department has distributed at convenient points over 8,000 street letter boxes and re- ceptacles, as well as 200,000 rural de- livery boxes. In the cities anti towns the letter boxes are cleared several times a day, while the country mall is collected regularly each day. Half a Billion Letters Carried. Over half a billion letters, and post ante were carried by the Department n the fiscal year ended March 31st, 922, according to Government statis- ts. In addition, the Department andled 350,000,000 newspapers, 50,- 00,000 parcels, and 250,000,000 circa- ars, making in all well overs billion issives carried for the Canadian pub- s during the past fiscal year. At all ours of the day mail is proving from ne point to another. Inclement cashes does not retard the delivery the mails. Even though other pub- c utilities fall to eerfarm their duties,. ile mail service must go on, and it is at Idea of unfailing loyalty to the rvice that has resulted in Canada eying one of the finest of postal xys- ma. The Post Office Department can, with justification, claim to have the rgest money order business of any ganization in Canada. During the period under review the Department sued postal notes and money orders the value of $296,000,000, of which m money orders represent 3270,000e 0 and postal notes the balance. oney orders issued and handled by e' Department totalled 10,000,000; ostal notes 6,000,000; Canadian er- rs issued on Great Britain 520,000; nisi orders Wetted on Canada 55,- 0; 5; 0; Canadian orders issued. on the sited States 680,000; and United ales orders issued on Canada 340,- 0, In all ,15,595,000 money orders std postal notes were issued and hand d by the Canadian Postal Depart. tit in the year meted March 31st, 22, . c 1 1 tl h 0 1 m 11 h 0 w of 11 t th se It to la or is to sn 00 ]II th 11 d Bi 00 Ui St 00 a le me 19 Ten Thousand Persons Employed. To operate this huge organization great skill Is required and the expendi- ture al much money. Approximately 10,000 persons are employed by the Department, to whom an annual salary amounting to $14,407,000 is paid. In addition, the rural mail carriers must be paid, the railway for transporting the main as well as innumerable other small items which are necessary in the ration of this business. The an- al cost of rural delivery service els $2,750,000; "salary expenditure ,407,000; railway mall service $15, ,000, making a grand total of alight,. over $30,000,000, or an expenditure approximately .003 cents for each ter, package and newspaper carried the Post Office Department of amm- o offset this huge eacpenditure the of 'stamps .nearly equals the e Dunt of expenditure, being_ esti- ah ed at $28,860,000, In addition, the element derived a considerable int of revenue from the male of tall notes and money orders, which" hies 1t to operate without expanse the people of Canada, and fat adds Ieaves a -fair surpiue on bind st- all t all expenses have been paid. The artment has been active in pro- ing a campaign for the more gen- se-sang of money ey the public, the Poet Oflice- Savings -Bank, un• the direct spper•vision of the Poet ea Department, now has several mend customers and. deposits to- ng over $25,000,000. The Wood Wood Lot, est people underestimate the value woodiot, A New ,-'York man who e a planting o•, white pine hoe offered $600 an acre for the tim-`- on the stump. Under favorable itiona an acre of white pine will age a growth of one tb0usand feetar, which is not bad when it is rev tbered the trees will grow on other+ rather unprolttable land. op nu tot $14 000 ly of let by. da. sale am m Dep amt