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Please sit alt cvrt i rain. Yoti1
t t t1 o mani'teal revile e end! "Welt. 1 #,
looked Into the wild v •, ,
bowed his head in bitter repentance. Sing, which, as you know, is one of, flew sansei no babbles come to the sin --
Tile
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Tile evil doings had indeed turned on the rites of marriage." ,lace, then seal. The neighbors used
eyes, i n'o.
shreds. ' "N one need ever know, .pue i 1 the pies during wanitar; drain sill
, so as i'es r rep.
ing, /sails. into saris then turn cold
incl ° i bhio a, es 'be brought Inc to your be xeie, Chu water slowly into cans letting .it over
ur
Ins own heart and were rending it in Chu„Sung avoided the girls J „ same process .and we keitainly. e J y
"But the rite has been fulfilled;
CHAPTBR XV, am according to my , country's law urates and u f 1 p' lint ,
"St do anissee much good is she go
one
siJtth your wife, If you still wide! One
culce- Half cite? sugar,
out"' ino for •your wife I am willing, that one egg, one teaspoon cinnamon, one
Te Hee raised her • head; sbook it the other rites shall be' performed.") teaspoc i soda, Half cup molasses, half
listlessly, and sank farther into the With a cry Chu Sing sprang to his r cup sour milk,. two tablespoons short-
dePths..of the upholstered chair. «No- feet. His dark face was •transflgured. - ening (buttes: oe lard), one and one -
5 ,: You rneazr that, ' u Iiee You " half cups flour..' rot water can be
,
thing can do me good any. snore, a resin you care that 1lnucla for me?,
4 t"; x = dP r: "It not good zx�isese read thal every The blue eyes met his sadly. Tu
g484 day fox' month” Hee shook her"head: "No, Chi/ Sing,
Tu Hee folded the newspaper spread , 11 cart
out on her lap. "No, take it away. i
den't mistake 1y h
ou
know by heart now. hew my untie died with Uncle
melancholyenpartrn ner
seas taken from me.. If he had only I may be sad, partner
waited for, the later tram;; as he in- for 'Sou. You had better not be hasty.
Consider well: There are many happy
tendedeeal1 would have been well, but
poor UneIe Weng, he, felt something young Chinese maidens who would
be only too glad to be the wife of, the.
was wrong at home, so he tools an; prominent official,' Chu Sing•:,,
earlier .ane. .Then just outside the: „
0F� �*' cit . came that awfl collision, He ll care far onto one reawaken
maiden. I
• �: , y , � shall. lave only to reawalten you r
didn't live long enough to send ;me a heart, my little Tu Hee. I have loved
message; -no, not ane word) 1 you from'the time'1 held you on my
Even the stolid Chinese heart was knee and played with you."
touched by the hopeless tones, and bye The manwas bending low before
the tearless misery in the blue eyes. roc Hees chair.
Tu' Hee tried to overcome the repug-
Hance that filled her as. his breath
touched her hand. Why did a pair of
penetrating grey, eyes intrude at that
e era fps". , voice,moment and. a soft, well modulated
e e s e wondered, if their ride had Tu:,liee studied him a moment. voice sound in her ear; "Do youe'mind
lastedn five rninuutes loner? Her day Then` to the man's surprise, said: my telling you that it is, only -when 1
srnev ere v.
So strongly did dream engrossed hex' so entirely that `rChia `Sing, bring a chair over here: ani with you I am' happy?"': t
Ther whereabouts.l She did not hear the door open and .I'want. to talk to you, 1 But Chu Sing sensed nothing amiss.
Tu Hee wish this to be the case.that] close: Unmistakab ly pleased, Chu:Sing did He drew his tall form : to its full
towards noon - she .really believed it
d Chu Sing stood silently watching her bidding. !'height. His 'shoulders" swung back like
was, ante offered up of Mer yn gratis rface - softened a little as anwho has received great
•� his prisoner. ,..His. face was drawn and. Tu Hee s sof those of a m „
titde to the Goddess : Mercy. pard .and his eyes bespoke a sleep, she watched his eager clumsiness. I
haggard, y P g draughts',of-hew, enei•giziug life. His
GREENTEA
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f The
BY PEARL FOLEY.
(Copyright.)
As the woman left the room, Chu
CHAPTER XIV.-(Cont'd.) tion the young foreigner, Captain Sing entered. He glanced , appre-
WTu left alone a faint hope rose
Marsden. She stood' now recalling hensively at the figure in the chair.
in Tu Hee's breast, which grew their last meeting A shy smile part- "Feeling better?" he enquirednin a
d h 1 What would have hap somewhat abashed hesitating g
stronger: as the-- morning advanced,
that Chu. Sing', had blundered and was
held o e h pending his confession
Su was surprised at the relish her
prisoner displayed for her lunch. She
was mistaken' after all., in thinking her
young charge had been pining over a
secret lover. Well, it was .better so,
less night. A sudden change swept „I think Chu , Sing, you really do harsh features looked almost hand-
over rim however,as his aze dweltfor ine in our way. No,, please some in the glow -that suffused them.
ov him, g care y Y
on the girl before him. It was like a don't interrupt me. I believe yon are Tu Hee's •misery partly"evaporated
ht darting
across a black sin • you are sorry for in the surprise, of it all. Wonder seiz-
x•ay of lig g sincere in y g y Y
learn]cloud•
of course. She could more easily
e husband, for Su didn't"Tu Hee!" he •cried, starting to-
- to love her e' ds outstretched.
doubt her master's intentions in that: wards her, ban
respect. TaHeeswung around, a frightened
resp : For a minute she felt
cry on her lips.
er " prayers, I
risenfrom. r
Tu Hee had her P y ,
In which she had not forgotten to men- physical pain. It was as if Hope had
cut a jagged path through hex heart
as he fled. She shrank back out of
reach of the outstretched hands. ,
Chia: Sing dropped his : arms and a moth ago. I have considered you shut it away with the cultam of
i 8tnnd. loek;n at her, while a bitter and treated you as an honored 'guest' ental prejudice. • Was she not a
smile banished the gleam that had, Aimee the night delirium seized you." t Chinese maiden? Besides, had not his
brightened his dark face. !eyes what you say is true, Chu` action in going back to his own coun-
Tu Hee, buoyed up by her belief de-
veloped from a wish, had been taken
entirely off guard.' Her face looked
pitifully white and 'young under its
make-up, and her blue eyes Height
have been peering into the very depths
of hell, so great was the horror mir-
rored there.
Perhaps it was a flash of pity that
caused' the man to turn his back and
cross to the other side of the room.
After a few minutes of silence, in
which he had studiously, avoided a
glance at the girl, he said casually: "I
evidently startled you, Tu Hee. When
you are used to my presence I want to
talk to you." As he spoke Chu Sing
wheeled about .and faced her. "I am
sorry if I frightened you. My love
sometimes blinds me to. the -fact that
you have none for'me." As he spoke
he crossed to' within a fewsteps of
where she stood, enveloped in her old-
time poise and her eyes gleaming., like
blue pools of ice. .
"You, of course, know why I
brought you here," , continued Chu
Sing, goaded by her mariner--c`be-
cause you are to be my wife, as I al-
ways swore you would be?" '
Tu Hee's hands clinched, and her
lips formed the word -"Never,", but no
sound came.
All at once the man's tactics chang-
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Aids .di$estion.
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Allays thirst. .
Soothes the -hrnat.::
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quitoes, roaches and other pests
will] protect y o u r Livestock,
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Cows, protected - from flied, give more
aaiIk Iiorsas' do more work. liens,
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it win: not stain Or irritate, is ,NON
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1sirds, end tans even be applied to
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One application keeps caws free from
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Insects.
Iiepho Pastor la also useipl So kill-
• ing grubs or edible plants.
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giving in to your headlong impulse ed her that she should be the cause of
to bring me here five weeks ago; but,' such. a transforxnation. - Surely she
frankly, Chu Sing,no words could was making no mistake in giving hap -
believe byou. What has piness to her uncle's life-long friend;:
hap-
make me believe _
for in spite of differences, Tu Hee
is
proved to me .your reap repentancet , P. ,
your treatment of me ince I've been knew an adisseluble tie .had bound
your prisoner." the, two men, If the image of a manly
"Prisoner? You are not my prison-, young form in the khaki uniform of a
er Tu Hees I gave you your freedorn l3ritish soldier obtruded itself, she
)
Sing." - .Tu- Hee's voice was a little try, without even a word or note:, of
weary. "You gave me my freedon,l•farewell, been sufficient proof that the -
but I no longer cared for it. Where foreigner had thought of her only as
was 1 to go? When, any mind grew! a' passing diversion, easily forgotten?
sane;aainUncle Wenghad been bur- (Yes; the folded newspaper had dealt
i"ed, and'I could not bear the thought' two tragic^'blows to her young life. So
of going back where we had been so there was nothing left to. do -now but
happy together. But now I feel di -I pick up the broken threads and weave.
ferently about it. Perhaps because anew. Perhaps the fabric would be
I am stronger.�- I want to go to my less colorful; have many desolate, bar -
home, Chu' Sing, just as soon as you, ren spots, but at least she would do
can take me there." . her 'best and not be ashamed when the
A shadow crossed the mans face. gods saw fit to let her join her beloved
"It shall be as you say, Tu Hee. 'We anoostor. And so Tu Hee entered .a
so." (To be continued.)
can start to -day --at once—if you say) new cycle .of life.
o DISHWAS.ITING-MADE EASY. , placed at the left without awkward
Did you ever stop to think of . the reaching across or changing hands.
time the average housewife ehas to
spend in washing dishes, three times LOWERING SUGAR „CONSUMP-
a day, twenty-one times a week, over TION.
a thousand times : a ;year? A farm During calming' time and fruit• time
my slogan is, "Take it with a Pinch.
of Salt," but literally, not figuratively;
the salt saves sugar.
When cooking fruit for canning or
to serve as "sauce at meals for the day,
I add a pinch of salt, not enough to
,give a salty taste, however, and I
always dust a little salt over the fruit
used i,netead of sour milk. Bake in
two layers. Ilse jell' or marmalade for
filling and spread thinly ois top, then
sprinkle with shredded cocoanut.,
Makes pretty and good 'flavored cake.
—Mrs. J. C.
ed. He came a step nearer, and his housewife with milk things, to care
voice was almost pleading: "Tu Hee, for, often averages two hours a day
don't you see r am mad over you? 1 in washing dishes, if she should. at -
didn't Want to do this thing, but I tempt to do a year's dishes at one
was mad the night I' brought you here -time it would take her over sixty days,
—mad, when I saw the foreign devil even though she worked .twelve 'hours
standing in the road accepting your each day without, stopping. to rest.
seniles as his right. Something snap; How can these hours of constantly
ped.in my brain as 1 watched you; and repeated work be shortened`
wheii:the •gatesclosed_ bribed tie inn epe i' in a pie before adding sugar, and over
eters to bring you here. It wasn't a A timely- suggestion has usually the fresh fruit.' intend to serve at any
• been to get the equipment . which
makes the work the easiest.
premeditated thing,, It was .forced on.
me by my love for -you."
"Love! -you don't know what love
Y
is, Chu Sing. Y"ofi elon'tebeeen know
what friendship is or yon' couldn't
have betrayed my uncle as you have."
A lightning change swept over the
man's .face. -It was like the lash of
grief. -His :eyes avoided Tu Hee's
clear gaze and his hand went to his
forehead. •
Seizing her vantage point, Tu Hee
continued: "I believe, Chu Sing, there
is a humanspot in your soul„ Tell me
I ain not mistaken: Take me back to
my uncle. He will be so overjoyed T,
shall persuade him • to even forgive.
you, 'and these black days and nights
will be buried out of sight in lasting
forgetfulness."
The man's hand dropped to his' side.
Tu Hee started at the wild misery in
the look he bent on her. Shaping his
head he said: "It is••no use, Tu Hee,
I've swornfor years you would .be
mine, but now that you are here
within my power, the gods have made
me powerless." -
Tu Hee sprang forward. Grasping
his hands she exclaimed: "Yon mean
A wheel tri saves perliaps the most
`Y
p. First, it can be used in setting
the table. After the meal, all of the
dishes, may be stacked' • on it and be
carried to the •kitchen in one trip
insteadof theusual five or six. Many
types of inexpensive trays may be
purchased, ` or ° very' satisfactory- - ones.
can be made by the hoate carpenter.
If an old-fashioned wash stand,
with handles at each end, and a shelf
underneath is among, the family pos-
sessions, it can easily be fitted with
small wheels or castors. .The small
drawer makes a .splendid place for
silverware. Where a wheeled tray is
not available a fair-sized hand -tray
can be used to very good advantage.
On.flne china, or where chihten,are
scraping the dishes, a rubber dish
scraper is invaluable: Every bit of
food may be removed from The plate
withthe fewest possible motions: For
cleaning. the cream pan it has no
equal. Some women like best the plan
you will take me home? 0, Chu Sing, of rinsing off the food particles under
may the gods bless you for this! Let running water in the sink. Where
us lose no time then. Take nee quickly this is done a fine sink strainer should.
to Uncle Weng Toy!"
It was almost a paternal look that be used to prevent the food particles
Chu Sing bent on the, eager, pleading from getting into the drain,
face before him. His harsh,: domineer- A- small garbage°pail or a pan with
ing manner had fallen from hien, and a good cover is most convenient; for
there was a melancholy note in his the waste food.
voice' as he replied: "Tu Hee, I- Plenty of water, both hot t?nd cold,
not do what you ask."
"You cannot?„ questioned Tu Hee,is another necessity that helps greatly
bewilderment in her voice, "You say in making dishwashing easy. If -this
you cannot take me to my. 'Uncle can.be running water: at the sinit it
Weng?" most coir'venicnt. If net, three or four
Chu Sing ))shook his head: "No.. telpe to the stove must be made for
Weng Toy, my friend, the best I had, hot water dulriiig the dish washing.,
is with the gods." Thcsink, whcia equipped with drain
To .Ilea looked at him ulieompre- boards, Makes the most practical place
bending the tragic meaning of his for wldebilrg di�-he a. 1l place for stackM
words: Then , as the :awful truth sat; its, dishes on one side, and for drain-
orated her mind, scream after scream, ing them on the outer, increases five
heart -breaking and `tel dile, echoed g'
, li
through the room. value of the ell*, so many' are equip -
Chu -Sing rang a bell that stood on lied with two drain boards. If there is
a nearby table. "retell ine'a sleep- room for o1117 one, the left -band board
ing potion," lie ordered, as Su opened is used rnottt by the triajority of wo
the door. men. If the dishes are stacked on a
But many minuteselapsed before table ol• hett�r rear tl:e ri 11,11.arl'
the quieting drug took e'l`ect on Tu ' , g d
Ifeo. This last blow': was too much fiot', drain board, they may be washed and
the brain, already shocked from Yrs CiJllnartl'p L111r��1gt 'i`
normal hebntce, and as Chu Sing lis
uto,
meal. UntileSne lies tried it it is hard
-to' believe the difference it makes in
the amount of sugar uired.._
required.
In canning rhubarb or pieplant, I'
wash stems well cut up without par-
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A KELSEY
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In your cellar %AM'eneUrethis.
the Kelsey lethe roost efficleret
end economical System of
home heatnt averdevt*,ed' '
nrid.will heatifhc,sniallest. "
pelnrlsioyropyad healthful j
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CAWAt A FOUN DRIES & FOV GS
JAMBS SMART PLANT
tit Oceeeleee PRI; ` e
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Lifebuoy may be safe-
ly used on the tender-.
est skin.
IL is Sin; on ul1y
cleansing for little
hands,. faces and bod
nee.
L ob f lhas1ilY*i„$sautt-
A SIMPLE COAT STYLE • FOR
YOUNG CHILDREN.
4438: • Serge, broadcloth, "taffeta,
crepe or"linen could be used for this
model. 1. Back and front have fullness
from the shoulders,. which may be
r ss -rows.
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gather
The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 1, 2,
4 and 5 years. A•.k_ year size requires
2 yards of 40 -inch' material.
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt of 15e in silver or stamps,>by
the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West
Adelaide St., Toronto.' Allow two
weeks for receipt of pattern:
CAN THE CULLS.
To can chicken dress :the bird care-
fully, wash and dry. If you desire to
have it roasted or fried, this process
must be completed as serving'for the
table before• the canning process is
begun; excepting perhaps, that it ie
not .cooked quite ,ase done as when
served directly.
Remove; the cooked chicken from the
bone in pieces suitable to be •easily
packed • in thoroughly sterilized jars,
i her sday, Sep
Ilbwkr.c,
Size canal Strength 0
Dogs
y Ii• ID. Eubanks
The largest dog I have ever heard .
of was the. St.w Bernarud, Plinlilz�2non�-
we'eltt 210 poi}nde,: and height . (malar
sured at the shoulder), 3432 lnclre ,
\ 11 en we oonadd,er mere bulk an4
welget, the St. Bernard Its utiquestiomh
ably the largest breed of dog, though
some others are stronger•—anyway,
seem to be, because of, more pep and
aidaptobility.
Many p,eopie will tell Too •that, the
mastiff is the w'orld's• largest dog,
probably bacau spa this breed is known
to Have been used years ago on draft
ptrrpclses,. ` The ma -stiff is a strong tog,
and a useful one, but he is; not, on the.
average, as heavy as a St. Bei'n,aed.
The cornnion impression that New
foundiauds' are very large comes from
the: stories o8 their rescue a work in
the water and on the mountains. Tiaeix
seize is .eaztily ,su paseetd by that ' of
several 'other bree,ds,.
"Of course the Great Dane iv a big
dog ---and "a.11 meat," ,,ted, aseonishing-
ly muscular and powerful,: and not a
bit slow to exercise his, great strength,
Lb69 Once breeder teles of locking •a Great
Dane' in a barn and s,e,eeig the dog
tear the door coinplet°ely down to get
fill the jars to within half an inch of out. A few instances, of 34, inches at
the top with gravy. If there is not the shoulder have been 'recorded, but
sufficient -gravy for, all the chicken to' usually Danes are consiababiy below„
be canned, distribute it evenly -between this in night.
g
the jars and fill with boiling -water. 'The most magnificent pair of d
eiSs.
Processpintjars jars thirty minutes' I ever saw, from the vie-npoin: of sloe,
in a n t - and efiicienc were "Ze
under 15 -pound steam pressure stre g h Y, a�
ressure eooker,'or for two hours in arid "Arctic," 'huskies brcught ;to
P
a hot .water bath.
Mina rd's Liniment for Dandruff.
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not 'ust'eustom that makes people
,
les ) with their meals. Musty
take: mustard tw d helps to assimirte ,.
lard aids digesIt-is- -a good habit t
le
acquire.
mea.
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A pure -bevera
bottle& In olio. a1 so
lut 1y s ,sAilit4r# plana
here every •bottle is
-.ste;t zed.
Buy it by the case
'from your dealer and
keep a few, -bottles on
ice ,at home.
T t COCA-COLA COlviPA1! "
Toronto,Ntontteal, V fixnlpcs; t7aixooi Wer
Seattle from "north of 65." ' Fat
pounds,
w-eighed 120 and together' the
could draw as1er h weag1ed
wit
1,000 pounds -of freight. On senie oo.`
ca.siona Mre S-cotte, owner and driver;
found it necessary to load each dog
with a pack of 100 pounds, and as a
reward .:gave them a,;d,aily. feed of
twenty pounds of moose meat.
Any ordinary dog of, average size is
much stronger than is commonly sup..
;,posed. .A 40 -pound bull terrier will
drag a '200 -pound man -all over town'
unless the man wraps -the lead -cord,
around a post, or resorts to aonxeothe'r
stratagem. ` The dog',a feet are better.
prepared' for gripping- the ground, 'and
he has more of. them, . four as- com-
pared to two, four points: of .contact
with the earth, better traotiont than
I leave referred to the .strengt'fi• of•
the northern sled -dogs. Not .aril,• otf
them are as big as, Zerb and_;A,.rctio,
but they are all: surprisingly strong.
Even the Eskimo dog, -regarded at too'
eight for freighting purpos:es•,• does
valiant service, and the Indian dog, •
being larger, mattes a still better
"horse." 'However, tlte husk+ie - are
the ..preniter sled (legs..- -:W eighiing, oas-
the average, 80 to 90 pounds, and with
the fighting spirit and determination
of an African buffalo, they do net
kisow what it is .to give up. ,Four of
them will draw a lead of 6efe pounds,
and, go 40 miles a day 50 or 69 under
pressure.
The Real Sunflower
Flowers uiay remain ;th-e-sane, but
their names alter. Take tlne-sunflawer,,
for example. Had you lived: in: -the
eighteenth • century and: ',been•told to
piick"•asunfiower, you.would leavegone
straight to what we neee•alta,,,e epA eeeri..
gold. Meelgoids. ere . the eieleeun?.
flowers. The eunfiow,er.of to-ddeeetow.
Bring to a great height, was called••'-
and quite correctly--tivo 'ieleioacels
meaning, the sun -flower. ,,1.
...0aae
:Ins
TThenthere is the, daisiy. t s.
tni,eears- have spoilt the; °a•i na it et
Y 'p b''i ,, .
ter and much more," beautiful • mete,
Chaucer called the d'atey the "Da'y's
eye," and not moth observation is re,
quired to, note how fitting that liana
A final Instance may be given. The
old, names, of fiewens were Mabe; than
mere names. 'MeV. -mare• s ettected . tp
teach natural liisltory otc to -'draw. atter'
tion to sorsa • oharacteiistic shape ,or
form: The "danto,.eliom" by that lysine
teachers'nothing Bwt if°it were stile
ealteed• thy, "dentdesl9on"-ltion'e• tooth
—we ethqubd•-b'e: more interested in it.
Its, ,citrling petals, • erne perfect .lions'
teeth: is °miniature„ -
Longing.
1 said in my- heart, "lee sick of four
walls and ,a ceiling..
1 have need of the sky.
1 have business with the r,ass.
I will up and get me away where the
ligwk is svbeeling
Loneand high,:
And the elouds-go.by.
• I will get me away to the -maters that
glass,
The clouds as they pass. . . .." -
--Richard I'Iooey _.
couldn't Be Caught..
Up to the present time the Freneh.
have done little prospecting torr oil in
France, but have, bought nearly; all of
their motor fuels abroad; Recent'
changes: in the French mining laws,
advantageous to proepectors,',and a
govertnmeirt subsidy make it 'likely
that borings will now begin: The :most
promising regions seem to be near
the Auvergne•:Mountains and in the
department of Ain.
T110 largest storage tank in the
world has just been completed in Calle
fornia. It is of concrete, sued' halt
litlder ground level. It covers twelity
acres •end holds a million and .a gnat»
ter barrels of oil.