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BY ROBERT J. C. STEAD.
(Copyright The Iduseon Book Co.)
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eteatineed, when they had nornnieneed
*tenger, "but Vv e alreadyeveretayed
my holiday. W1 1 ha d -a good ex-
enee, I feel that 1 eerie trevel noW,
ellel lily -leg 'will be pretty strong by
the tittle 1and bank Best. Ea-Vn
will oblige us her •gaing ,te 0WrI. tq
hoxen to say
'Morrow i41,1g1 'bringing baele. some:one
CHAPTER III,--( Cont'd ) 1 tunate habit of folding up, after -the
The shadows had deepened into !fashion of a jack-knife, upon einfoee-
darkness, and the infinite silence of i seen .occasions, and precipitating the
the hills hung about them as they owner in a huddled mass on the
dropped from their saddles at the I ground. At, rare times, when heaven
Elden door. A light shone from within, I must have stooped close above the
and Dr, Hardy, wile was now ahle tonherdetheenpether instinct would! assert
'lancet744 Ica the aid Of il' home- I ltielf, and tile" e'onv" would return to
her offspring, licking it lavishly and
encouraging rt with meoings of deep
affection, but such periods , of bliss
were of !short duration.. The hire of
thing of the joy of little children in "the life" was ton great for her; she
their companiariship. The young folks felt herself born for nmee important
watched, for a moment through the roles than mere mothexiboo.d, and she
window, and in Dave's heart some would. PTesentlY rush away to her
long -forgotten emotion moved inn- favorite, ,cir•cle, leaving her begotten
merOa-rily at the sight of the good to such fates as might befall.
fellowship 'prevailing in the old house. It was on such an .occasion. when
Irene, too, was thinleing;. glimpses of left far behind, that !one of the un -
„hes „awn Inatiered, ht-Vr”, and then this gainly legiii found tits, war into a
backgimmd of primal simplicity, bad.gerhole'. The collapse was harder
• where ' th.e 'old cow -man eooked the and more complete than Utual, and
meals and the famous specialist set' the little sufferer would have died
the plates on the bare noardtable, and there had he not been found by Dave
then back of it all her mother, sedate 1 and. Irene in the .course of their rides.
and correct, and very much shocked 1 Dave, after a moment's examination,
over this mingling of the classes. But ! drew .his revolver, but Irene pled for
the girps reverie was cut short by .A. 1 the life of the unfortunate.
.stiliden affectionate licking • of her I "Oh, don't kill it,Dave," she cried.
finger.s, arid. glancing downward she "You couldn't kill it! Let's get the
famed Brownie, adopted early in her Iwagon and take it home. It'll get all
visit at the, Elden's, expressing its ' right, won't it?"
fanclites.s in the only fashion at its "Never be worth a " said Dave,
command. ,. ' checking his vocabulary in the nick
The. calf had been an incident in of time. "Once they begie to give
her ranch experience. It was a late' trouble you might's -well knock 'em on
. •eomer, quite unable to keep pace with the head." •
the earlier feuits of the herd, and had
"Bift it's cruel•," she protested. "Just
the additional misfortune to be' born te kill it 'because it's hurt."
of an ambitious mother, who had no "I don't know about the •eruel," he
thought of allowing' her domestic du- answered. "You see, they're all rais-
ties to impair her social relationships ed, every one of 'em, to be killed, any -
with .the matrons and Males of her way. Jus' like people I guess Sooner
immediate set. She had. no place•for or later. But if your' heart's set on
old-fashioned notions; she •was, deter- this little crittur, we'll save it 's
made •crutch, caul& be seen setting the
table -while Mr. Eiden stirred a CQM-
'position, on the stove. They ehatted
aa they worked and there was time-
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her hair, it "9141.$ evident that, for
econd time, Direha.d 4
ii.017(in strewn into her ears and about/
nothing to strangers ali,ont ber pres'-
ence at :the ranch, But that was not
what lbreigeht the color. She was ad- '
dressed as a menial, as a hired helper
in the Elden hotes,eheldl lIer own
who eau thine' a •car we will be able honesty teld .has that even that was
te start the following moening, I not what brought the color. It was
will just take the car to town, and not even the man's olent
farnflir
either sell it there or ship in." ity; it -wee his assumption that biS
The follavving morningfound Dave familiarity would not be resented. Her
ear on the trail 'leading a saddled father and Mr. Elden were ie Dave's
horse by hi$ side, The hours were room; Dave had, stopped •eating, and
leaden' far the girl ail that day, and e.he saw the yeiris iising in his •clench-
leolcing into 'the future she save the ed fi'e'.Ps. But the •aliallenge was to
spectre of her life slia.dowed down the her, end the would aecept it; she felt
years by an unutterable loneliness. no need of his protection.
How .eould the •ever drop it all—all "Fill your sterna:eh " she said pass -
this wild free,dom, this boun'dles•e ing more panes:keen "your head is
health, this great outdoors, this life, hopeless."
how eould she drop it all and ao'b'ack , 1 -le attempted a laugh, hut the meal
into the little circle where cenvention was finished in siletice. The stranger
fenced .out the tiniest alien strearniet, lit a cigarette, and Irene went to 'the
although the Circle itself might lie door with Dave, An over -lace of sil-
deep in mire? And how would she ver' moonlight draped the familiar
-give up this boy who had grewn so .cbjects near at hand arid faded 'into
imperceptibly but to intimately into the (lark, vague lingerie af night
the very soul of her being; give him, where the spruce trees .cut their :black
up with alt bis strength, and vivil•itY, wedge along the valley.
and—yes, and oesvrseness, if you will "Come for a walk,' he whispered.
—but sincerity too; an ess.ential man, "The horses are -tired, so let's wal•lc.
as God made him, in exchange for a. . It's our last chance,"
enachine-neade counterfeit with the' She ran for her syroatei•, and re -
stamp of Society? Deeply did she joined him :in a moment. They welked
!ponder these questions, and as the in Silence 'down a path through the
day wa•re on she found herself Resses- fragrant trees, but Dave turned from
eed of a steadily growing •determina- time to time to catch a glimpse ,of
tion that she would not follew the het face, white and fine as ivory in
beaten trail, let the by-paths lean the soft light. He had much to say;
wihere they might. 'he felt that the ages could not utter
Darkness, save for a white moon,' all he had to say to -night, but he was
had 's'ettile,c1 ,over, the foothills when torigue-tie,c1 under the , spell of her
the boy returned with another young , beauty. ,
man. The stranger ate a ravenous' 'You •Entielched him, all right,", he
-supper, but was not too occupied to broke out at length,,
essay ,eonvereation with Irene. Indeed, "Justein time, taa. I think," she re -
from their meeting at the d•berway Plied. "I was watching your hands."
his eyes_ scarcely left her, Ile those' He smiled a quiet but., very ..conifi-
to call her co•ok. !dent shiiii. "Reenie," he said, "that
parecakese cook." was his fellow makes nee Sick. All the way
opening remark. . "Can you. find an- eutlie talked about girls. If it hadn't
other for yours truly?" 1 b'eert that 1„ Was makin' 'the trip for
She refilled his plate withoutnyour father llama „lehn on the
an swer.eoa.d., •sure. , He's a city chap, an'
citTsed to know a girl mighty like' wears .a white collar, lent he ain't fit
you," he went on. l'Waitress in the to •speak your name. Another minute
Royal Edward: Gee, but she was an' I1 a' had 'irri by the peck.", He
swell! A pipPin! 'Class? ' Say, she selied a spruce limb that stuck affrOSS
had "em all guessing. Had nie guess-Itheir ip.athe It was theJsize of a stout
ing myself for a while. But jest for ;stick, but he -snapped it wibh a tern
a while." He voiced these -remarks, of his wrist. It was very tough; it
with an air of intense self-desproval I oozed •sticky stuff where he brohc it.'
more offensive than the words. l"Hs neck," he said, between his teeth.
Irene felt the color rise about her i"Jtire' like, that."
neck and cheeks and run like ;an over- (To be .continued.)
inined to keep tip with the iierdand lorsg as we
the calf might fare as best it could. So the calf was taken home and be -
So they rambled from day to day came Irene's special care. The mother
she swaggering along with the set' was captured and tied up in the cor-
lint turning- now and then to send an' nal, and the 'calf, ulthaugb l'an'e, began
to thrive and wax strong. It would
gallot, in its Ungainly way about the
yard, in its exuberation of youthful
innocence, while the mother pined for
the latest scandal from the great
impatient moo toward the small
brown body stuck on four long, un-
gainly legs—legs which had an 'unfor-
anie are
15 ,favored
!Poor Old Coffee. Pot,'!
whispered the enameled
Double Boiler to the ,Crip.
"Mistress was awfully mad
at hint today, wasn't she?
She scraped and scoured
and rubbed him, but he's
almost.,as black and dirty
as ever. 'And when he ar-
rived here he shone like
silver.
"How about me?" groan-
ed Sauce Pan from a cor-
ner, "Mistress says 8he's
ashamed to have me hi the
kitchen. Once I was just
as shiny and sitvery as
Coffee Pot. 1 wish t were
like you, Double Boiler.
You enameled ware fellows
are always so clean. Yon
are the favorites in this
kitchen."
"Cheer up," squeaked the ,
enameled ware cup with a
sleepy yawn. "1 heard
Mistress say today she is
going to replace all you
fellows with SMP Ena-
meled Ware utensils,"
"She's wise" adniitted
tLre dirty.facetSauce Ea/1
eadiy. And silence descend -
ea on the kitchen-
Insilt on the Clean
healthful '
.OV LOS41
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tie
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-AiNEVY delicious breakfast bread. Full -
fruited raisin toad A. new delight for
the eniire farnily.
Made With big, plump, tender, seeded
,
raisins—Sun-Maid brand.
The raisin flavor permeates each slice.
You can get such bread 'from any grocer or
bake shop if you insist'. No need to bake at
home.
Once try -it and you'll always have this kind.
You'll serve it at least twice a week.
Fine food for business men and children
due. to the energizing nutriment and the iron
of this famous, healthful fruit
Make dainty bread pudding with left -over.
slices. No need to waste a crumb.
Order now fcri• tomorrow's breakfast. But
lie sure to say you Want' "one of those full -
fruited raisin loaves."
ufl
al
.131it'e fack-aie
Seeded
Make delicious bread, pies,••pudelirigs,
cakes, etc. Ask your grocer for them. Send.
for free book of tested recipes.
Sun,Marici Raisin Growers
344.mperskip 13;000 ,
, Dept. N 43.f3 Prisho, Calif.
-aisins
Wedding Plans. bags for each guest. The tiny bags
water th v te fifteen min -
h ie e are Made from gweinennein ennare !twenty to thirty Minutes A
Foe an informal churn or m
wedding, an aftern,00n frock of silk of tarlatan, by 'bringing the foar coin n or
o er a ,
wri.i..4q uptpeusii: disn i;aremersesuressacieltoteer invert Crepe, taffeta satin; is geete approis -
'clever Idea to ni4ke :and cool. The •disadVaritage of • this ;
priate. blue „or' 'grey shades ribbon. - Anoth'er
ate sMart in this east -Mine. There are. a elipPer-shaped bag ,of the tarlatan
wonderful possibilities in an out-of-
door ceremony which seemsto call
for 'crisp organdies for the bride and
her attendants. .
AnCienteliote decIares:June to be the question, "how to invite th,em." W -here
only. renatives and a few mtunate
lei:eldest Month of all`for ,the br.ide and
fniends are to be invited, it would :be
surely nature sends her chteiceet mos.
some to grace Jane weddings. Who quite lovely if Yen ask them in PeTsell.
An alternative is the phone. call: or
would eall upon the florist shop • 'when
right. in -our own garden are rases, Personal notes. Engraved invitations
sweet pease lilesee or oin-fashioned on .unglazed white paper are used for
church weddings ,or wheti many guests
are bidden, These are mailed 'Train
two to four weeks dn adiVance. If You
prefer announcements they-ishould, be
mailed just after eke wedding.
and fill with 'rice; or if you could
•escape the rice shower, provide bas-
kets or bags of rose petals.
There will be guests, hence the
"Brownie, we'll call it," said Irene, flowers for old-fa.shioned bouquets'?
"on account of its -color." '
e , A ,sh,ower, ibouquet of white is for the
"All riebt" said Dave, "on account
of your sweater. That'll sort o' eheger bride who 'wears white. With the in-
tbe conneceion." formall wedding frock, :the coraage
So this night' she rubbed its nose, bouquet, 1,e...usually worn. .
and Matched+ its forehead, and then 4 wild flower weeding fits into the
reproved its affedtion, which had a ou,Oof-doon ech,egne. Dafsies, violets,
buttercups or mountain laurel -will be
habit of running to extremes., And
the mother cow mooed from the car- .
rale and , Brownie, fonget his bene- in bloom. Some d the il,oveliest sum-
factress arid ambled away at. the call meg weddings nowadays are arranged
of the blood. • , , on. ,the lawn. , A ,shady, 'grassy Spot iS
"Well, you youngsters mus.t have quite essential and a flower garden
this country pretty -well explored," or grcinp of ishrubbeey makes an ideal
said pr. Reedy, as they 'entered the background, white, ribbons 'looped
prairies, the. foothills, ,er the eeart•fele. betlieen' 5takes niark-the:7‘Vath of the
house. Where was it to -day;- the
w•edding -p•arty from the house to the
lows b.eliind?" , • . . •
"The canyon, up the river," "said arch of wdd flower's milder whieh the
Irene, drawing 'off her sweater. vows of "love; !honor and 'obey" are
'What's the eats? Gee, I'm hungry. taken. " , .
Getting pretty euppie, Dad'dykins, In setting the day for the wedding,
aeen't you?" clen't forget this old rhyme:
"Yes, 'an' Pm sorry for it, Miss" ,
said the old rancher. "Not veishrn, ' . Monday for health,
was jus' talkin' it over, an' your Wednesday 'the beet day of all;
father thinks he's spry enough for Thursday" for losses,
the react again. Ain't ever goin' to be Friday' for eeosses,
like it use to be after he's gone, ani Saturday no luck at all.
you." Fashion diietates the orange Western
him any harm, or yen neither. We Tuesday for Wealth,
So the afternoon's conversabions in '
the canyon, and the Icabin had been on ring. No longer does the pl'am geed
band ,suffice. It has been replaced, by
the same theme, although. prompted
by very different emotions. Yet the the, chaeed or en•gnaved ging. with
girl wondered whether the loneliness dain$ty ,orange blossome ,standing out
in the old rnan'e heart, which ,cried relief. These rings are not half so
out to his own. sex, might not bear wide as our mothers t wedding rings
some relationship to a strange, new and, are rather thick 'through. -They
sense the herself was experiencing; a
sense which reminded ,hei• that she
was incomplete—and alone And it
called, across the barrier of sex for
complletion.
"We'll be sorry to go," geld, the
d.octor. "That's what I've been saying
all day, and thinking, too. If misfor-
tunes ean be lucky, -ours -was one of
that kind. I -don't know When I've
enjoyed a holiday so ninth. What, do
you say, girl?" he asked, as he rested
an arm on b.er eound, firm shoulder
and 'looked with fatherly fondness into
the nue brown of iher face.
"I'ne never known tunything like it,"
she answered. "It's Woriderful. It'e
life." Thee with a eud.cleu
scream she exclaimed, "oh, Daddy,
why -can't you eell your practice and
buy a ranch? Wouldn't that ibe wen,„
derfnl?"
"Your mother might not see it -that
way," he replied, and her eyes fell.
les, that was the obstacle. She wool:a
boo to 'go back to the +city, and talk
by derpse by rnie, and, be-
have by rule, ind be entreat. She Won-
dered bOW often her father had tutni-
ed front the !path of the trine adVeriture
beeatite her blether "might Wet See it
that ^Way'P '
"Tt's +been igood time," e -doctor
_Canning -Rhubarb.
Fortunate it is that the first fruit
of the season to be .canned is one of
the most easily and ,safely done. As
a rule, all fruits- and vegetables with
a' large amount ,of, acid "keep" well.
l3ecause of' the extreme acidity of
yhubarb it is possible to -can it with:,
'out -cooking or sugar, like ,cranberries
and gooseberries. If it is cooked, the
sterilizing process is More simple than
for the less acid fruits.
•
A combination of the "open -kettle"
and "cold -pack" methods is good, 'as
it does" away with' the waste -space
in the jar from shrinkage, but keeps
. .
all the flavor. Cut the rhubarb in
one -inch. pieces and cook with •ene or
-two tablespoonfuls of water and sugar
(one7balf to one ,cupful for each pint
of fruit) TOT three Cr four minutes.
Pack in sterilized jars and sterilize
in a water bath ten ta twenty minutes,
or under pressure (five pounds) ten
minutes. If the fruit is to be used
for pies, omit the sugar. Seal, invert
and COOL '
Some people prefe,r hot water can-
ning without sugar—which is the
ane seatniese, nu§e, a,,s tradition tells us same as recipe No. 2, substituting hot
thevshould be, to s.ignilfy endless lovel,•water for the syrup, Pack the stern -
the 1-19:pes Id A prosperous marriage
are :expressed by the bltissoine, Even
the long-suffeeing geoont. may have An
orange :blossom 'wedding ring designed
eepecially far mitsciutin,e use, I-tei'rloom
, , •
wedding a -Inge may be made oven into
one of the new Orange blossom Tina
and inay :even be !overlaid' with !plati-
num or white gold. '
The ibricile's ,dalee„ is frosited 1,6-1 S Possible +because of the !ex.:
white icirig, A thimb,te., weddhig ring trerne acidity: To do this, wash the
and !dein anti baked' irf, the cake; 'Which
is 'Ant' by the bride at the 'Wedding
!breakfast, The giel who draisia, the
Piece a .eti,Ite containing the, criniiwill
, ni4
npirectlow nn, ineen/nnif,:at )51.in 1. tee'olti 'w"Itter lei "Placing if -under
do Evetir sliest will wish to esilm" i; air a21.11.1.4SP'-algteWSI.:11!(Ibf4tile4itweltteor'
youlvp4A?
•suPp y it nitO6ftatil iet,e botle,de cooled
Witten): Addifst ,t+Itite rubber ellcIn4eal,
1 Cobl, pack canning—For •CtoOk6g7
OWeet;0116C1 siti.tee, pack the rhnbarb hi
Ajar and All th;overflerivilig with
hot ,sytup Made of equal quantitiet qf
Sagan and-Weter and, hell five mintites.
ut,ett ettaoess providt • totkrlaittia Actiiitt the' tillsberand • tOver, and gene
ized jars with uncooked pieces, fill to
overflowing with boiling water and
sterilize twenty to thirty minutes in
a water bath, or ten to fifteen minutes
a Presebre booker at five pounds
peessure. Seal, invert and cool.
Cold water canning—The quickest
and simplest way of handling is to
can without cooking—a procedure
process is that the rhubarb shrinks ,
during the sterilization and space in
the jar is -wasted: A remedy for this
difficulty is to blanch' it far .one min-
ute and cold -dip !before packing in the
• f 11 • will b
jars, butsome o awe e
lost.
- And the purple asters
I would go adventuring
When I was A child:,
_ Riding clown* garden paths,
Fancy running wild.
Idounted on a lecooles•tick
1 would journey far,
Leading fairy fighting neen
Gallantly to war.,
Flouniehing a wooden sword—
Mober to see, -
stalks and Out them into desired
lengths --either one inch pieces or in
pietes long' enough to staredgepright
i'to the neck of the jar. Pack a -Steil--
ized jar iend to everflewing wh
Beside the farm -house, old and gray,
The lilac waves its purple plume.
And blossoms, bright with dewy spray,
Shed all armind s‘sweet perfume.
a •
And as the purple b nueis toss
Amid the breezes of the May, .
Th I t b • k with sense of
e leer turns ap
' lost,
Minard's Liniment tor piens, etc.
Turned in •cirea.d.from
NoW, 1 am a groWn-up man
Passing 'strange it 'seemen ••
• When I hear the world say,
He is need with dreams. '
Edgar 'Daniel Kraal
'To May -time and a garden gay.
There, 'Macs bloomed beside the door,
An enchanted spat it seemed to be,
And one, whose voice is -herd no more,
Was there t� shares ies joys with
rive!
And ever now when spring returns
And 'Maas bloten beside the gate,
For her loved voice my spirit yearns—
While I can only trust and Await.
--Helen B. Anderson.
Minard's; Liniment for -Dandruff.
The two words, "skirt" and "shire,?
were ,oiriginally the same:
on the Wedding,c 'eke, of,,e,Oureer so,,they
701 ;either. :cart* ,aviay: a isto,61,112piete
-of :the bfgeshe,. Or be' given, individual
-bride's ea:keit:in tiny:white. The'
greeriesitlethe is ;dark,aind is: Ant by
th'o ' ;
Poi„ibliie"sh,t4or Of ries', trotti
, ,
Canada has over 38,000 zriiles of
way, or one mile for every 224
sons. ,6
er„,
IrittinSdaY, Xtelie '1922.
TIIE WORLD'S
GREATEST ROOKER
HAT IN GREAT'
SALT LAKE.
Flocks of Young Pelicans, IJ
gainly and Fat, -Present
Strange Sight.
What is probably the most densely
populeted rookery in the worldeis Hat
Island, in the Great Salt Lake. Too
remote from the mainland to be die -
tubed save by the passing boat
parties, On a., rocky mountain top tnat
Jute .a hundred feet above. the 'brine, •
with not a drop of fresh water to be
found and where there is nothing to
-excite th.ercupildity or commercial
stinct of men, thee* birds make their
The island can, be eeen at a distance
of ten miles, rising like a cocked hat
out of the sapphire of the inland sea.
As one nears "the Hat" great pelicans
'kith their enorrnotre pouches showing
distinctly circle near tho'craft and set,
tle lazily into the water: Seagulls, at
first singly, then in pairs, and finally
by hundreds, also join in the "recep-
tion." As t -he boat comeseto rest in a
little 'cove of the island tens `of thous-
ands ok shrieking, ,s,areaming bird e fill
the air. The birds are utterly 'fearless.
Protected as they are by the, laws, of
the State, they have had little cause
to fear man and his death dealing
rail-
per-
4, I
yeT.got.aum qemy:
'A VERY efficient,
II antiseptic .when
used as a 'first-aid
dre-ssing for cuts;
scratches, bruises, in-
sect bites, etc. Keep
a tube in the house
for emergencies.
CeeneEertounse mi10. COMPANY
(bonselidaied)
MD Chabot Ave. Mottreat
luvrewswasuranuanne
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The $185 Tractor (F:6.a Toronto).
Plapt More • Itqws and
Get Bigger C.rops
Theie'noijilantin*do
ffiays when ,yeu' outdone' with
SpryWheel.-OnlYi incheA wide,
irw* id45tb1Me deeps, and,'
:Agenciet (inen in tame; • ,
I tioa I Iti '
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TORPISF,I9'
MULTIPII
Moo Peter by,
PRY. 11E1.41,
WeaPOOS.
Circle in a Living Cloud.
The air is literally alive with birds
--beautiful 'white crested "•-sc.agulle,
terngulle, darker and more slenderly
built but larger than tbe other guile;
blueherons, coramonly called blue
cranes; floc1-0 of huge, unwieldly pelt -
cans that measure six to nine feet:
frbni tip to tip when full gecieva, and
an' occasional cormorant. They rise
from the grumed when man approach-
es, deserting their nests • . an,d thel
young,. and circle in a livi•ng 'cioud.
It ie necee,sary•to ex-ercise ale great-
est- care to avoid, stepping on tlie
nests, aud„ egga of the tens Of -Inoue-
ands- of sea fowl that have establiehed
their rookeeieseon that islet of twelve
acres: The eggs o11he gull, cole-red
like those of the Baglish ,sparrow but
almost as large is those of, the chick-
ens, are found by the hundreds in the
hot, white Sand, Win, no proteetion
from the elements. ,There are'eggs of
the tern gull, too, a little 'larger 'and
darker than thos-e of the ordinary gull.
Then, too, there are tine: pelican
eggs, larger than a goose egg and
chalky white. The eggs. of the blue
or crane are a beautiful blue, sePn"
almost like these of the robin, but ot
course muchelarger. Thoso o•f the car-
Morant axe white, with tiny freckles -
of rusty brown.
Thensande of „yming seagulls, look-
ing almost like young barnyard chicks
but.with longer -tharpeigbeaks, scram- ,
'ble from the path of thenntreder and.
squawk feebly if too young to -scamper •
to safety., . .
, The strangest sight .ef all is pre.
sented by the ,flocks.of young Pelicans;
which act likeso many sheep, Great,
ungainly bodied, buttet taL,a clumsy
bleat they can scarcely waddle out of
the way; these young birde flock in
'droves. With their long yellOW beale,
sharp as eward points;' their woald je
able but f�l. their' chimsrness, and help-
lessness, to make it extremely uncom-
fortabie far anf, man: ' Bite they are
sohelpless that -they_ may :be herded
together lite sheep and dffien at will
aerose the sand and in the eaie brust„ •
• • Pouches Filled. VVitIT Fish.
When the,se ungainly birds are pm -
Sued they ditgorge' the oo.nterits of
their. pouches. It has be -en charged
that -the peli-cans destray many trout,
baps and. -other game: fish, but among
the thousands of dead fish one tece ea
Hat island there will be fount less
th-an a dozerrtrout OT beet, • •
As the sun nears the weste,rn rim
of the lakenan uproar' is heard. Far-
away to the northeast speoks,are seen
in the air. They are the adulepelicane
returning from. the in,outli of the Jor-
dan River or from ,,,Bear lien; er, fifty
and seventy miles..clietent, laden with'
ilsh for, the, young. Their potichee. Inc
,disternieti With Carp and othet fish,
and theyoung p el icane"; al ways
'hungry, Set up maddeneag screams
when they see the old pirate approecli-'
,The cormorants are as numerous on
Hat. Island ,as, the gulls and. pelican's.
The cormorant is a famous litbermair
and although he 'has a "gripsack" be-
neath his bill like the p,elicau lie car-
ries 'great carp acres's the seemingly
limitless expanse of beine to his young.
'Pall'ineLitliakSerbtnirtei:1:(3111111go()..f pelicans,
•
Debt Of Honor.
EffOrts' are. !being made to se,ctire
that in, the oomingeseason hospitality
and .r.eereationfon weunded 'men in the
Lenisloneliospitals ehali be forthcoming
as in the T1tere -are gill some
6,000 itrenin'haipitglWillein the lenVniee
'ate 'in: honor JeOtrnid,' not to forget -
Drive, river tripsei,,coheerts and
theatrital and other parties were given
last year. The ICing invited many ex-
itiV,reeelheri to' the' graundof Beek -
Ingham Paiace:•L-Lantion Tintes Week-
Rapid Sand Sifter.
A sieve shaken by' compressed air
nts.,thiriery at a Speed; Of; 1,800
thin ,et 'Minute has been,herented for
kiftieg fotindrylisitheL •
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