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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Seaforth News, 1923-04-26, Page 6."�PrrmMp ifw�l.aa4e4Wxh YF' � '.� Delicious I A,'J 9°kLARGE.K JACKET TEA EN NO ares ALE 011' ANT TH AMERICA. s BY KATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARD Copyright by Had CHAPTER XLVh—(Cont'd.) Cones resting place was on a sun- ny hillside under a blossoming white gum in which the bees hummed drows- ily in the spring time and through which the green parrots flashed all the year. It was good to think that Steve would draw his last breath in freedom, and then sleep there under the blue sky. But for her, there would be no freedom, no open spaecs. Life had become a prison from which there was only one gate—Death; and that she would not be able to open because she was a hostage for other lives. Dan's and Steve's—perhaps Davey's. Cameron's buggy rounded a turn in the road. Mrs. Ross and Jessie were in it, and there was a man's figure beside their's —only one though. The horse, moving at her slow, steady jog -trot, drew nearer. Deirdre saw clearly the man who was driving. It was Davey. The Schoolmaster was not with him. A panic seized her. She flew out to the road, the horse stopped auto- matically. "Where's father?" she cried. Davey stared at her, He scarcely der seal Stoughton. knew her—this wild, white-faced crea- ture with burning eyes and colourless lips. The Graaf Canadian Swcotn-, a5 provides pleasant action for your teeth, also penetrating the crevices and cleansing them. Then, too, it aids digestion. else WRX1 LEY'S after every meal—see how .much better you will feel. The Flavor lasts R 4r„] hip ft Pests &Mist THE whole body is re- laxed, the ironing is done far more quickly, and the end of yourironin gfinds you with unfired arms and wrists, if you iron the way. The thtunb rest, an exclusive Hotpoint feature relieves all strain from the wrist, and makes ironing an agreeable duty, rather than a weary task. Tor sale by dealers every- where. "Made in Canada" by Cenadiaa-'GeneraIE1Ccktie Co; Limited Head Office, . Toronto "Hasn't he conte?" she asked. "No," he said slowly. He got down from the buggy. His heart ached at the sight of her. He hardly knew how to speak. Ile moved to take her hands. She shrank from him, "Why didn't he come?" "Because . Oh, Deirdre, it breaks my heart to tell you," he broke out. Don't look at me like that. I did all I could, but it was not good. Some cursed brute gave information—" "Oh," she whispered. "It was that then!" And after a moment: "They took him again—for being at large before the expiration of . . sentence." "Yell" His eyes were all tenderness and pity for her. "When, Davey?" "Just before we were leaving, four days ago. Don't look like that, Deir- dre! I won't leave ;a stone unturned to get him back. And I promised him that we—" She laughed, a strange, cracking little laugh. "Deirdre!" He was perplexed and hurt. "Don't come near me!" She turned away from him and ran nto the house under the swinging ign of the black bull with red -rimmed eyes. Davey attempted to follow her. He aw McNab in the doorway. "What the hell's she doing there?" e muttered. Mrs. Ross and Jessie eyed each ther anxiously. They did not speak or a minute. Then the elder woman aid nervously, uncertainly: "P'raps . p'raps she caste down with Steve to meet the Schoolmaster, ut we'd better be going on, Davey. on't risk any trouble with Thad Mo- ab to -day. Your mother's waiting eagerly for you. You're her only ought now. All she has got," Davey climbed into the buggy gain. His face was sombre. He did of got over the shock of his father's death and Deirdre's manner wounded nd bewildered bim. He thought that he was distraught with agony and isappointment on the Schoolmaster's count„ He had imagined how ten- erly he would tell he what had hap- ened, and comfort her. Now to find er at the Black Bull, not at Steve's, h here he had thought she would be, rid Mrs. Ross and Jessie beside him, en he wanted to fold her in his rms and assure her that he would ever rest until Dan was with them gain! He swore at every jolt and r on the road to relieve his impa- ence. It was Mrs. Ross who said to Mary ameron, taking her aside when other and son had met, and Davey as turning Bess into the paddock ain: "It's true what we heard about eirdre Farrel going to marry Mc - ab. She was married to him this coning. You'd better break the news Davey. He doesn't know yet. I rsn't tell him for fear he'd go to cNab. I wanted to bring him safe you. Jessie and I'll go home now. o doubt you'll like to have the house yourself, but if you want anything, there's anything we can do for s h 0 f s B D N th a a n s d ac a a ppd w a ja ti ag to du to to or you—" "We're always glad to do anything for you, Mrs. Cameron, dear," Jessie said softly. Its a queer, heartless girl Deirdre is, to play fast and loose with the love of. a fine fellow like Davey," Mrs. Ross said, when Jess was outside setting their bundles and baskets into the cart. "Oh, she wouldn't do that -Deir- dre," Mrs. Cameron replied. "It's something dreadful that's driven her to it" "Yes ---I suppose it ie," Mrs. Ross. sighed. "Poor child. Perhaps I'm spiteful about it, Mary. But maybe now that she is out of the way, Davey may think of my Jessie again." Davey's mother smiled sadly. be sorry for any woman he married but Deirdre, for she has the whole of him -heart and soul," she said. "Oh well, it's a pity!" Mrs. Ross kissed her good-bye. "Jess had hetter snake up her mind to have Buddy Morrison, then, and that's what I've been telling her this long time. He's a good lad, very fond of her, and been wanting to marry her for the last five years." When Jess and her mother had gond, driving off in their high, jolting buggy, Davey and Mrs. Cameron went indoors together. He had aged considerable' since she last saw him. It was a stern, etrange face to her, this her boy's. There were sorrow, self -repression, a bitter real- ization of life and what it means in heartache and disappointment, in his expreaslonj something of power and assurance too. She. was wondering how she cou tell him, coveringhim with: tende pitiful glances, and praying• that would not leave her, that no hu might come to him, when he ask suddenly: "Have you seen anything of Del dre mother?" He had been moving restless about the room, lifting things fro their place on the mantelpiece a putting them back again. She called him to her and, puttin her hands on his head, told him wh Mrs. Ross had said. Davey's face hardened and white ed slowly. He put her , hands' aw from him and wheeled unsteadily fro the room. She heard hien go acro the yard, and saw him stumbling u the narrow' track to the trees on t far side of the hill. CHAPTER xLVII, Mrs. Cameron was feeding he chickens when she thought she heard someone calling. She listened, and of decided ind tinathewas trees that whispering scaught. her ear. The mild light of the evening linger- ed about her. Her eyes lay on the hill that rose with a gentle slope beyond the yard, the barns and stable, and a score of low -built brushwood sheds. Mists were beginning to gather among the trees that fringed the top on either side. Davey had gone up among those trees. The sound of her name called faint- ly again. disturbed her. She looked down towards the road that' wound uphill out of the forest. It was wraith- like in. the twilight, the long white gate that barred it from' the paddock about the house, growing dim. The gum saplings of two or three years' growth, with their powdery -grey leaves pressing on the far side of the fence behind the barn, shivered as the surface of still water shivers when something stirs beneath it Her eyes were directed towards the centre of the almost imperceptible movement. Someone called her, faintly, whis- peringly. Going towards the fence, she saw a wan face and wide eyes among the leaves, Tho lines of a long, dark dress went oft' into the shadows among the trees. , "Deirdre," she cried. The girl came towards her. Her dress was draggled and torn. There was a red line on her cheek where a broken branch had caught and scratched it. "Where's Davey?" she asked. "Deirdre, what has happened?" Mrs. Cameron recognized a tragic urgency in her face. "Come in, you're exhausted. You don't• mean to say you've walked from the Wirree." She took her hand and led her into the kitchen. The fire was sending, long ruddy beams of light over the bricked floor, glimmering on the rows of polished metal covers on the walls, and the crockery on the wooden dress- er at the fax end of the room. It was very homely and peaceful, Mrs. Cam- eron's kitchen. She pushed Deirdre gently into the big armchair by the fire. ` Sit there, dearie, till I get you a hot drink," she said. Deirdre sat very still, gazing before her. "It's this marriage with McNab. is too much for her," Mrs. Cameror. thought. "Oh, child, why did you do .it? What could have driven you to it?" she asked. The shadow of a slow and subtle smile crept for a moment about Deir- dre's lips and vanished again, "If only you'd have told me your trouble," Mrs. Cameron cried. "I might have been able to hell] you." "Oh no, you wouldn't," Deirdre said. 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Liquid Air Explosive. When liquid air containing from 40 to 50 per cent. of oxygen is mixed with powdered charcoal It forms an explo- sive which Is said to he comparable in power to dynamite and can be ex- ploded by means of a detonator. This explosive has been tested in coal mines. The liquid air must be used within a few minutes after it is prepared. EARLY APRIL ,IN :GRENSTONE. The freshets are free and the ice is afloat, And the stems of the willows are red in the air. The crows in long companies echo their note, And the little birds dare, With 'their breastsof dawn and their wings of noon, To tell that the bluets are following soon. Then a sudden cold night over hollows and hills Lays a thickness of snow, for the inclines of day And the meadows and bright multi- tudinous rills • To gather away . As yesterday's beauty, returning, shall blend With the morrow's new beauty—as I with a friend! —Whitter Bynner. FOUR KINDS OF PIE. FOR BERKSHIRE RHUBARB PIE beat one "egg until light, add a cupful of sugar, a cupful of finely sliced un - peeled rhubarb, two soda crackers rolled fine, one-half cupful of seeded and chopped raisins, a pinch of salt and two tablespoonfuls of butter. Mix well, pour into a pie plate covered with pastry, add a top crust, and bake slowly. ONTARIO APPLE PIE is worthy of at- tention. Pare and cut into quarters or eighths (according to the size) sour apples that will cook easily. Se- lect a pie plate having a rim, and cover with pastry which is not too rich. Arrange the sliced apples over the crust in circles, placing the slices in one layer, but very close together. Pour in enough cold water to half cov- er the, apples,- then sprinkle with enough sugar to sweeten. Sprinkle the surface with cinnamon, dust with flour, dot with butter and place at once in the oven to bake slowly. • LEMON PIE made by this old recipe is especially good. Mix together one cupful of hot water, one cupful of molasses, one cupful of flour, one egg, butter the size of a walnut and the juice and grated rind of one lemon. Pour the mixture ipto a pie plate covered with pastry and place over the top shall- squares of a sweet dough made with one small egg, one- half cupful of granulated sugar, but- ter the size of a wainut,'one teaspoon- ful of baking powder and enough flour to make a dough which can be rolled and cut; Bake slowly. This quantity makes two• pies. , , -' DREAM HE is all that its name im- plies. Bake three flat' sheets of rich pastry, the size and shape of a dinner An INVINCIBLE Treat Everyonein the family will enjoy the delicious desserts - made from McLAREN'S' INVINCIBLE Jelly Pow- ders. Sixteen Fruit Flavorings; Easy to make. Economical. 1 Package Serves Eight People. Ask for IVPCLAREIM INVINCIBLE Made by MCLARENS LIMTTED, Hamilton and Winnipeg. 7 pplate. With a, fork prick each sheet n several places to keep them flat while baking.. Make n filling of one pint of milk, one-half cupful of sugar, two egg yollm, two level tablespoonfuls of corn starch moistened with three tablespoonfuls of milk. Heat the re- maining znilk in a double boiler, and mix, with the other ingredients. Cook for ten -minutes,' flavor with one tea- spoonful of: vanilla' extract and allow mixture to cool. When ready to serve, spread tho filling between the layers of pastry and cover the top sheet with a frdsting`ntade with two-thirds of a cupful of confectioners' sugar, enough water to moisten' and a few drops of vanilla -extract, High Ransom. Treaty of Bretigny allowed John 55. of France, a prisoner of Edward III., of England, his freedom on payment of what would be $8,000,000, in six years, Great and formidable among men is the power of laughter—no man is proof against its spell. East or West Eddy's` Best Insist on having EDDY'S! - Medals for Minerva, "Annie," called her mistress, 'Just oome into the dining room a moment. Now look at this. Watch me. I can write my name in the dust on this table." Annie grinned. ' "It be a, grand thing," she said, "t'ave a eddication." Mlnnrd'sl Liniment for Coughs & Colds` Smooth, white hands--, Clear, bright collnplexion—. Fresh, clean skin— Simply that Lifebuoy cleans the whole depth of the pores, and opens them to Lifebuoy's softening palm and cocoanut oils. The health odour van- ishes quickly after use. LB52 Serve Raisin ir'ood—Raisin Week—April 23 to 29 tlrtit Trie from your modern bakers' ovens? -These big, brown loaves of "old-fashioned" full -fruited raisin bread? Note the raisin flavor that permeates these loaves. Count the big, plump, red- der, juicy raisins in each slice, It's real raisin bread—the kind you're looking for. Ready -baked to save bale- ing at home, . Delicious and convenient and economical in cost. We've arranged with bak- ers in almost every town.. and city to bake this full -fruited raisin bread. Order from your grocer tat a neighborhood bake shop. Say you want the bread that's made ..with Sun laid Raisins. Good raisin bread is a rare combination of the benefits of nutritious cereal and fruit—both good and good for you, ao serve it at least twice a week. Use more raisins in your cakes, puddings, etc. You may be offered other brands that you know less well than Sun -Maids, but the kind you want is the kind you know ie good. Insist, therefore, on Sun -Maid' brand. They cost no more than ordinary raisins. Mail coupon for free book of tested Sun -Maid recipes. SUN- 4AID AISINS The Supreme ;::read Raisin Sun -Maid Raisins are grown and packed in California by Sum -Maid Raisin Growers, a co-operative organization com- prising 14,000 grower. members.' r CUT THIS OUT AND SEND 1T Sun Maid Raisin Growers, ' Fresno, California Please send me copy of your free book, Recipes with Raisins. _ _ CITY......._ PROVINCE._...:.. -. .. I� Fatly nil/MIRwer`s that cut with razor -like keeness. ASmart§'Mower will keep your lawli'trbit endneat Tf araughe.,ir/ea6/e, edsokirey gaorawtred. At your hard- ware duelers. JAMES SMART PLANT O BROOKVILLE ONT. Blue Package THE PORT OF QUEBEC '5 The Port of Quebec, in the 'leasorp which ended in December experienced a brisk activity, and anticipates a yet busier year le 1923. 'Various factor& have contributed of late to increase the business 'of the port and cause greater attention to be directed upoi;< it from .all parts of the' continent. Que1- bec Port, on the St. Lawrence, sharinl Canada's Atlantic traffic in the mum mor season with the Port of .Montreal, Is. at the head of navigation for ves- I eels of the largest draught, deep enough to accommodate the largest passenger and -freight vessels afloat.. The port is within siX days' run from Liverpool and is five hundred "mile nearer Liverpool than New York. Quebec is in direct touch by rail oomtnunication with the South. Shore of the St, Lawrence and the United States, Its port:faetlities may be sum- marized as follows: --modern landing sheds containing 528,000 square feetof fiodr -area; deep-wator bertha for 28 vessels drawing up to 40 feet, at low tide; a •50 -ton floating crane; dock and 'locomotive cranes available at all times for -handling cargoes;; one gratia elevator with capacity of 250,000 bush- els;: fireproof concrete grain elevator with a capacity of -2,000,000 buehela. with grain' galleries and conveyors; loading capacity of 60,000 bushels pelt hour; two graving docks capable at' taking the largestvessels. Shipping and Export. Export business through. the Po$ of Quebec in the past season amount. ed In value to $12,984,029 and impor trade to $16,629,548. The, port in, the course -.of tite season -received 3,888,- 763 bushels of grain, of which It ship- ped out 3,602,728. The total "number of vessels which entered during the year was 601, of' tonnage amounting to 8,888,600. Of these, 154 of 139,566 tons were coasting vessels, inward from sea; Si. of 104,488 tons, coasting vessels from Montreal and.'the' Great 'Lakes; 259 of 2,473,273 tens, ocean steamers inwards from sea; and 107 of 871,205 tons, ocean steamers out- wards, from sea via Montreal and Que- beo. During the 1922 season there was ample evidence of the belief in the in- creasing prestige of Quebec Port in the elaborate program of extensions and improvements undertaken and car- ried through. Considerable dredging was carried out to widen. certain chan- nels; the efficiency of the grain eleva- tor was improved and alterations and additions made; railways were im- proved; berth accommodation extend, ed; and provision made for an in- creased passenger traffic confidently expected and in fact indicated. Par- ticularly significant is this extended arrangement for passenger travel arid the arrival of immigrants, anticipating the needs of an immediate future rath- er than present needs. The City of Quebec exerts many ap- peals upon the people of the American continent, and its port -and facilities aro only coming to he' truly appreci- ated in their real importance. As the port of disembarkation in the summer • season for immigrants front the Bri- tish Isles and European countries, it is of interest to those across the At- lantic, and -whilst ranking only'second to Montreal, it is, in the growing fav- or of the St. Lawrence route to Eur- ope, coming to attract greater num- bers of travellers 'from the Unite States, many of whom sojourn for a while in Its most modern and commo- dious hotel, the Chateau Frontenao, Blind Road -Maker. British roads aro second to none,. and Britons owe their predominance to three men who lived. as the beginning of the last century. The first was John. Metcalf, who, al- though totally blind, was a,sueeessful road and bridge builder. He improved the old roads cut of all knowledge and, built new ones where there had been swamps and marshes. He was followed by Thomas Tel- ford, who originated the system of making roads .consisting of different sized stones placed on,a level surface: The third road -maker was 'John Macadam, whose •name hes, long been associated with the method of road - making which he invented. This was to employ broken stones plaited on a drained and flattened foundation. The weight of traffic soon caused the edges of these's'tones to unite and terra a solid surface. These' inen rebuilt the old Roman roads which hail fallen into disrepair, and made Britain the finest country in the world for rapid communication. She "Why was it yrou took such a liking to me, George?" He "'Well, I wanted a woman who was a good housekeeper, and all my friends said you were a fast worker." The 'British Empire's wounded in the wo]Id war, totalled 2,121,906 men, dr