HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Herald, 1912-07-12, Page 11CHAPTER XXXI.-(Cont'd)
TQ this Irene gladly.00betened.
She did not realize until she attempted
to walk across the floor, just how weak
she was,
•Would ,you like me to get you a Iittle
aed•glass to show You jest how loVelY
ou look, Irene?" asked Mrs. Clyde.
"It does not matter," returned Irene.
eerily,
But she was • a little surprised at the
ace diet looked out at her from the little
reeked mirror, whenthe goodfarmer's
lie broughtthe glass. A face white as
know -drop, with great, staring, mourn-
ul dark eyes, looking out from it -a face
11
framed in clusters of dark brown curls
hat [Cavo to it an infantile beauty.
Irene raised her hand quickly to her
sad.t
headlfa brof
Biuulg, dark be shorn
Mrs.
lyde; "but really, you look a thousand
met prettier now -just like a school -
At that, moment the sound of a child's
ugh fell upon Irene"s ear; she started
P with a low cry.
"I hope my little girl didn't annoy you,"
id • Mrs. Clyde, "I will tell her she must
and play on the other side of the
use."
a)nitxtesI-houdikeo means!" exclaimed
child'svoice
would be great comfort to me to watch
r at play; I -I -should like to hold your
t1e girl in my arms a moment; may I?"
fidis. Clyde called the little one; and a
Deny little lass of some four or five sum.
ere responded, coming timidly into the
onld bewRuby'ssmage
,ew thdItuby ah
faxene
ris, great red cheeks and large, dark
es.
he child with a cry of "Mamma!" ran
MrsMR.Idrenesat silent, unable sped eto r ispean k
rte and trembling with agitation. She
d not realize when she made the re -
est to see the little child. how the sight
nld effect her.
'Go to the lady, Dora," said Mrs. Clyde,
d the child timidly approached Irene.
ith trembling hands Irene lifted her
her knee, with trembling lips she kissed
pretty baby face; her whole soul shone
her eyes as she talked to her.
e oClyd like little children?" asked
I love them," faltered Irene, and as
looked at the child, Irene thought of
by -her own darling -whom she was
see never again in this world; and the
light was so bitter it almost killed her
nth. fell back in her seat, white as
he farmer's wife took the child from
ne's clinging arms -quite frightened at
change in her. '
2I °MAY. Dora," she said, "you tire
lad,3`k.•'ybu are toe heavy to have.
died on her knee."
yet her stay," said Irene, piteously,
t at that moment, through_ the open
y, Mrs. Clyde had beheld :the doe.
ing tin :naive. airs:
+,ha do'>tim!a "=ecexies, -ehRresaid; "she„if Wort
l
He saw her Shudder as. though an IV
wind hlad swept over her.
"And' if you were free, 'Irene, I would
dare tell you how much you are to me,”
he said, hoarsely, carriedaway at that
moment in spite of himself by his deep
love for her.
I will hold out my arms to you cry.
ing out, be my wife, darling, I have al-
ways loved you; I-"
Stop!" That one word that fell from
her lips, sounded like nothing human. As
he spoke he had attempted to' take the
little hand lying on the back of the chair
to which she had been clinging for sup-
port. He never forgot in all the long years
of
has after-
life,
turned toward him. Tbeauty
e pictu etas
he saw it then never faded from his mom-
ory.
felhabout cher fiinugra efulefolda hessimple
t
white rosebud at her throat, and the back.
ground the open 1 window y that which eshe
stood.
her white hand -aspsilentbcomn andl that
he should not utter another word,
"Are you -are you daring to hint at the
Possibility of my ever _marrying you?"
she asked.
angered at hedloathingvon her declared,.
face.
Then take my answer.," she cried. "In
the sight of God and man, I am Frederick
Esmond's wife, and shall bo while I live!
The law may set it aside; but that will
never change it as it is written in thee'
recordbook in Heaven, by the recording
angel who saw and who knows all!"
"In the face of all that pretty senti-
ment, what of Leon Forrester?" asked Dr.
Victor Ross, maliciously.
CHAPTER XXXII.
Dr. Ross saw the question strike Irene
as lightning strikes a .fair flower; she
shrunk from him, her eyes dilating with
horror, her lips moved but no sound came
from them.
You are cruel," she gasped, at length.
"It is unmanly to torture a weak woman
as you are doing now, If you would not
have me despise you utterly -leave me,
-and-and-I will try to forget that you
have so far insulted me as to dare speak
to me of love,"
She had stung his pride. Ile took a step
nearer her with blazing, wrathful eyes,
and for a few moments they looked at
each other steadily.
"My love an insult!" he repeated,
hoarsely, "take care, Irene. you are speak-
ing words which I shall never be able to
forget."
I do not wish you to forget them, Dr.
Ross," she answered, proudly. "I wish
you to remember always, every word I
have said, that such a scene may never,
be repeated,"
He gaged at her steadily -the lovely,
frowning, . avei+ted face, the scornful,. . cur -
H. 14 a, and er dilated, dark eyes.Y
inga% the most in
cc,-singlemoment to
hoarse voice; 'take
;make ail enemy of
t" .poe-
me," returned- Irene;
fait M•of a Tian so lost
no w, e " .
ehov youreelf to
•t .
e
n ld '
b
co �,
eh tinge " g words that
hatred."lave in a breath, to undying
"Beary trine r think of you or look in
Your face this Scene will recur to.mo," he
said, hoarsely. I will make you rue this
hour, my haughty Irene, I will trample
your heart beneath my feet to the very
dust as you have trampled mine. I know
a way. My love an insult, indeed! No
doubt yon look forward to a reconcilia-
tion with Esmond, but let me warn you -
that shall never be -never!"
Weak as she was, Irene rose to her feet.
"Go!" she said, pantingly, pointing to
the door, "never let me see your face
again. '
d tiata;reaei;.td, the
her-thergh.te enirrossed tri cumin.
over ;the past-alzi upeon!♦tafons that
e one had' crossed the room and was
riding:elose by her chair. Suddenly a
d fell' lightly on her shoulder and a
ee whiepeeed hoarsely the ziame-
e,,,
c turned with a Cry of amazemoot,
ring faintly: -"Dr. Ross!"
ene," he said, hoarsely, "thank Hea-
l' have found you -at last."
ie looked at him with bewildered, di-
d eyes.
od,lei coherently, and
for wild hope
ung up in her heart, that, perhaps
crick
e m message fromthiim. She was not at he oto
leapt in suspense long.
have searched all London over for
Irene," be said; 'I was just about
ng up in despair. You -you should
e told me your destination.'
Vhy should that interest yen?" she
d, wonderingly.
t interested me as nothing else in this
Id could, Irene."
e rose to her feet, drew her slender
up, haughtily. I would beg that
do not make use of the name Irene,
addressing me in future," she said,
ace to remember I am Mrs. Esmond,
Ross."
ardon me, it I refuse to admit that,"
said with a slow, insolent, cruel smile,
ping round his mustached lips,
e shrunk from him as though he had
ek her a blow. Poor soul, she had
ottcn!
t was cruel to taunt,me with that,"
sobbed:
neve me; you forced the words from
lips." p , he said.
ou will tell me why you have been
robing for me," asked Irene.
Imply because I did not wish to lose
t of you," he returned, hushing under
clear, wondering gaze of the dark
e turned upon him,
t was by the merest chance I hap•
ed to run across you, and learned you
1 been lying 111 here three weeks. You
not know," he went on, "what has
p transpiring in London since you
Si," she murmured.
drew a London paper from his pock-
luting to a marked paragraph.
ead that," he said.
tally , Irene's eyes devoured it; and
he road, the cold dew of agony gath-
t over her face; her white lips twitched
' her little hands clenched themselves
ether, tightly. She did not cry out, or
er any moan, but it seemed to her in
t moment, she was dying,
was but a short paragraph and read
follows: -
Our readers will doubtless remember
t es e her
sudden flight of the beautiful and am -
/dished young wife of Mr. Frederick
ond, the well-known safe manufaetur-
of Oxford Street, which was duly ehron-
d in these columns at the time, and
ich created a profound sensation. 11
&Ince been ascertained the young hue-
id has commenced suit for an absolute
orce, and prays for the custody of the
id."
o word broke from Irene's lips,; she
stone
at the paper like one turned
Yet expected that, did yon note" asked
s.
Wo," she whispered in a heart -broken
ca.
ou and I know tbat that step was
atessary," pursued Roes, "even though.
ond does hot.'.
e looked :at him, with .the gaze of a
nded fawn, who•raises its humid oyes
the hand that has slain it.
o you know what I thought -the
tight that has lived in my heart ever
e read that?" he asked.
ern was no answer from her lips, and
wont on:- "1 theugiit if you were to
tua the same course in -regard to -to
caster, yon would be free ".
'I go," she said, mockingly, turning
back to add tauntingly, as he paused on
the threshold, "you will hear from me
quite unexpectedly in the near future."
How little Irene dreamed how soon, and
under what thrilling circumstances it
would be,
She heard the sound of his quick, ring-
ing tread as he passed down the stairw'y,
and a little later the sound of his horses
hoofs as he galloped away, and she knew
be had left the farm -house,
She made no mention of ever having
met and known the young doctor to Mrs,
Clyde, when the farmer's wife bustled in-
to the room a little later, announcing with
much regret that the doctor had dealer -
ed he Could linger no longer, much as he
was interested in his fair patient, and
bad taken his departure.
Dr. Ross had taken the first -train back
to London, and when he reached there, the
first erson whom
he me'
P t 55 he
stepped
d
From the railway carriage was -Frederick
Esmond.
Ere we relate the thrilling scene which
followed, we must go bark a little in our
narrative, to the fatal day and hour when
Esmond had discovered Irene's flight.
•
Searely twenty minutes had elapsed
from the time Irene had left the house,
ere Esmond entered,
Is your mistress in the library, or
drawing -room?" he asked of the footman,
to whom he handed has hat and cane.
"I have not seen her, sir," responded the
man. "1 do not think she has come down
from her apartment since her guests ]eft."
Esmond passed up the stairway, and
down the long corridor leading to his
wife's boudoir, and tapped lightly on the
door. There was no answer, and as the
door was ajar he pushed it open and en-
tered.
"Irene is not here," he said to himself,
glancing around the dainty bine and gold
apartment.
p t. n
Ile threw himself down on one of the
blueit
e k lounging
h •
e airs bythe o 0
g. m sane
centro table, and drew from his pocket a
square loather ease.
"How surprised Irene will be to know
that I have brought her that diamond
necklace she was admiring so much at
Courtney's," he thought, rising from his
chair and crossing to the window. He
drew aside the lace ourtains and looked
carelessly out into the still beauty of the
tranquil night. -
How brightly the moon shone down upon
the earth, bathing the trees, the flowers,
Iand white,
wh te,vsilveryy light. How the gold
stars glowed in the blue akyThe birds
had sought their nests long since among
the lefy branches of the acacia trees.
The flowers had folded the dewdrops (dose
to their hearts with their tender petals,
and were rocked to "sleep by the tender
night 'wind.
Esmond gazed on the fair scene with a
Smile on his lips. •
"How contented a man feels with a hap-
py
to 0 cupywhisthoughtsaatid atten
tion,' he ruminated; "as Irene said to -day.
there Ins been no wish of her life that I
have not fulfilled if it lay within my -pow•
er--thy beautiful, bonny Irene!"
He left the window, and walked back to
hisseat, touching the little silver hand.
bell., Impatiently, to which Nannette the
maid responded -from the nursery adjein-
Tell your mistress that I am here, Nan.
nette," be said; but before giving the girl
time to execute this mission he went on
Has little Ruby retired yet?'"
".Missy oh, yes, sir; she was put to bed
most an hour ago,bless her dear, little
heart answered Nannette, "Don't you
see her, sir?" she added pointing through
the portieres that were drawn back,.'re•
Pealing a large portion of the inner room,
and the low, Frenchbed, with the little
eurly head half buried in the eiderdown
.
piioiva.,
l .
Bless my soul, I did not notice," re-
sponded Esmond. "
"My mistress has gone out, sir," said
Nannette .
pone out!.'' repeated Esmond, in aston-
ishment; "why that is strange, when did
she go out, Nannette,"
"But a little while ago, sir," answered
the maid, "I knew she was going out when
I met her in the corridor, because she
wore her long silk cloak, with the dark
crimson hood. I spoke to her, but she
neither• saw nor heard me."
"You may go, Nannette," said Esmoud;
"not there," as she'turued to the nursery
again "but to your own room; I will ring
for you when you are wanted. I do not
anticipate that you will, be wanted, how-
ever, ]
f Rubyisasleep."
sl ep.,
The girl eourtesied, and quitted the bou-
doir.
"How strange that Irene has gone out
at this hour of the night," he thought,
wonderingly. It is an uncommon thing
for her to do. And she has left me no
word -no message -stranger still. No
doubt she has been sent for by some one
hereabouts, who is ill -every one loves her
so well;" and his mind reverted to a poor,
young girl who, on her death -bed, had
pleaded tliat Mrs. Esmond might sit be.
side her. holding her hand while her poor
life drifted out. Irene had always been.
so kind to this girl.
Twenty minutes passed -half an hour -
still, Irene did not return.
Esmond grew impatient.
He saw a book on the table, and me.
chanically picked it up and opened it,
to se what Irene had been reading, turn-
ing it to the book -mark, placed between
the pages.
A few lines of poetry met his eyes; he
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glanced over them, recognizing the words
of an old hymn:
"There is a time, we know riot when,
A point we know not where,
That marks the destiny .of men
Tofor
g y or despair.
"There is a line by lie unseen,
That crosses every path;
That hidden boundary between
God's patience and his wrath.
"How far may we go on in sin?
How icing will God forbear?
Where does hope end? and where begin -
The confines of despair?"
Esmond closed the book; he was in no
mood for reading.
The pearl and gold clock on the marble
mantel, chimed slowly the hour of ten.
Esmond rose from his seat and began
to pace nervously up and down the room.
"She might have known I should feel
worried about her going out, and not
knowing where she has gone " he thought,
impatiently,
Esmond felt exceedingly annoyed over
the matter; during all the years of their
wedded life he had never known her to
do anything like this,
"She must be here very soon, now," he
thought; and it occurred to him he could
pass the time no better than by looking
in at little Ruby,
Entering the nursery he passed to the
li
file sou h
c onwl is
chie '
h little daughter
lav and stood crazing long and earnestly
upon P sed dimpled ledface of the rattle
sleeper.P
"Ef•ow much that little darling looks like
Irene," he mused, "There are the same
dark eyebrows, and long, dark curling-
lashes; the same graceful .poise of the
dark, curly head, and the same smiling
mouth -like crimson Rowers as some
graceful writer puts it.
He bent down and kissed the fair love
locks, that trailed over the lace pillow,
very lightly, that he might not waken
little Ruby, and as he did so, he caught
sight of the letter pinned to Ruby's breast,
directed to himself, in Irene's bandwr.it•
ing. There was no mistaking that fine
delicate chirography:
A broad laugh broke over his lips -now
What was the meaning of this -Irene was
as Mull of tricks as .a .mischievous school.
Esmond glanced eharply about him -ex-
pectang.to see a pair of dark eyes laugh-
ing at him from some remote corner, '
"A reminder, no doubt, that to•morrcw
is our little Ruby's birthday," he thought,
"and mentioning something see would like
me to buy her. Yes, our litre Ruby is
tour years old to -morrow, bless her. Ah,
how 4uiekly•happy years spent with one
we love pass."
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All houghtles's ei the blow that awaited
hind' 'smond returned, letter in hand, to
the outer room, and once more threw him-
! self down. in Irene's favorite chair, and
! leisurely broke the seal, drawing forth
the dainty, perfumed, monogram sheet.
As his eye runs over the contents swiftly,
his face is a study.
He springs from his seat holding the
letter out at arm's length from him, bor.
ror, amazement, bewilderment, depicted
on his countenance.
Once, twice, thrice, he had read the let-
ter .through, the lines standing out like
leters of are on the white page; then it
fell from his nerveless hands to the floor.
Ile was a strong man and a brave man,
but his hands trembled, his fate blanch-
ed,great drops of agony stood out on
his brow, his lips were white and parched.
"This cannot be true. It is false," he
cried, hoarsely.
"Gone," he repeated, "what nonsense.
She is not gone," he articulated in a voice
of thunder, that startled even the servants
on the floor above out of their sleep.
Then he laughed aloud. She was in her
ow • root, which was just off the nursery,
of arse. Irene gone! No, no. It was
an VII 'ek
; he must shake it off. He
ek into his chair with another
nlfaw of laughter, more terrible
hen cries wopld have been.
:I ha! how foolish I am; for one-
ent I almost .believed it. Of
s a jest of Irene's-a little
my confidence in her. No
watching •me from behind
,'. he: added, sotto voce.
I ~say,"' he cried, throw -
handsome head, .with a
"Come, now, this is rather
ou, any darling."
no reply.; The silence that Tol-
e broker only by the ticking of
iek on the,mantel, and by the throb -
Ides own heart.
d to the silken hangings, draw -
aside with a shaking hand.
ligure fr8 hed harms, with gal gay,nme ry
au h.'
ene!" he cried, excitedly. "Come here,
I l.y-•'I . am in no mood for light jesting.
I do not fancy it. Come, and be reward.
ed by seeing what I have bought for you."
"int no Irene replied. Only the clock
with its slow, measured ticking, and his
own loudly pulsing heart, broke the ei-
lane, as he listened intently for the sec•
ond time.
He turned the knob of the door quickly,
which led to the inner .apartment; a chill
cold as death swept over him, for he saw
in a glance the utter confusion of the
apartment. Bureaus are open, trunks ran -
smoked, and wardrobe empty -all standing
wide open.
There was no sight under heaven more
Pathetic) ;than the sight of that empty
room; everywhere he turned, he saw traces
f bet presence -a tiny slipper with a
rosette on it, lying on a hassock, a brace.
et and a fan lying on the dressing case,
pretty home dress of mull and lace she
0
t
a
the
quer
yet
vorn•only that afternoon, lying across
�xint+ bed, and on the table a bon-
er her favorite roses; they had not
ummenoed to wither.
Me!" he cried again, but only the
wind among the clambering roses
• o -,y y' a the casement answered him, seem -
like ike the moan of human soul out-
siYs41 al the night.
"` Mom is as cold as death!" he
crit!' 'leaning heavily back against the
vraill.
bus passionate love for itis fair,
young•wife stirred in his heart, his breath
cam=, n great mighty gasps. How he
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against his own, and the clasp of her
white, soft arms round his neck.
Should he never see her again -never
look upon the face that was dearer than
the whole world to him?
"Can it be true that she has indeed left
me?" he cried, incoherently, putting his
hand to his forehead and brushing the
great beads of dew from it. "If I thought
it was-"
"What did she mean by kissing me so
repeatedly when she returned from that
hospital trip, and crying out when I left
her -'Good-bye, Frederick -good-bye?'
"I saw her with her face pressed close
against the pane watching me out of
sight as the carriage whirled dowe the
drive.
"Oh, Heaven! it is true; Irene has left
me -I feel it in my heart. It is no jest -
it is a horrible reality. Oh, Irene! -Irene!
-Irene!-my wife!"
He falls heavily into the nearest seat -
buries his face iu his hands, while sobs,
that are no disgrace to his noble man-
hood, convulsed his strong frame.
—Talk not of grief 'til ye have seen
The tears of warlike men—"
The extraordinary commotion awakened
Ruby; she sat bolt upright in her bed,
her great, dark eyes, staring open in in-
fantile dismay.
The sight of Esmond sitting there -sob-
bing, her handsome, genial papa in tears,
is a sight Ruby has never beheld in all
her young .lifts, before.
"Papa -papa," she cries, in hee., shrill
voice, are you Il? Oh, papa, •a;re'you"
Esmond springs to the conch and snatch -'f
es •the Mid In his :arors with .so Quick. a
move t as to almost take her breath
away. s her on his knee. holdingher
at arm's length' from, him. Ill! lie tinks
what was all the illn`eas of the body in
this world to the torture of mind ho was
suffering then.
"Papa, do not look et me R0-00
strange, your eyes look wild, papa; just
like the old duke's after he has drank
brandy with lots of lumps of sugar in it.
Oh, papa, what do those awful eyes
mean?"
He was looking down into the lovely
infantile face, so levels, and ah, God! so
much like Irene's, with all his soul in
that concentrated gaze.
"It means -oh, my darling, it means
that your mother has left us, -and you
are a deserted child!"
And as he utters the horrible words,
deep sobs shake his frame again.
Ruby looks up at him with wide-open
Puzzled eyes; her father's manner fright-
ened her.
"Do you comprehend, my darling?" he
asks, with a groan. "Do you realize what
Papa is telling you?"
And he strained her to his heart cov-
ering her little face, her shining hair,
and her dimpled hands with burning
kisses.
I want mamma," she cried, attempt-
ing to struggle from his embrace; you
squeeze me so awfully, papa, you hurt
me. Is mamma coming?"
Esmond released her.
"Your mamma is never coming to yen
again, Ruby." he cried, hoarsely and
fiercely. You must forget her. Do yon
understand? you must forget her. I say "
I'm just as sure as ever I can be, that
you've been drinking brandy and lumps
of
augar," a a deer
p p aped Rub
decisively.
Nannette always says when people talk
funny and look wild out of their eyes,
they're toxi---toxi-topsipated."
"You must learn to forget your mother,"
commanded Esmond, never heeding the
child's remarks -"forget that she Inas ever
lived as I will do. I will tear her image
from my bosom, though my heart he et
the root."
(To be continued.)
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buttermilk is curdled by heating to
80 degrees, and left undisturbed for
an hour. It is then heated to 130
degrees and after standing quiet
for about an hour, the clear whey is
drawn off the curd, and the latter
is placed on a draining rack, which
is covered With cheesecloth. Here
it remains half a day or over night, .
until as dry as desired, when it is
salted with 1/ pounds of salt per
100 pounds of curd, and is ready •
for use. Buttermilk cheese can be
made from buttermilk, from cream
which was pasteurized before ripen
ening, or the buttermilk may be
pasteurized during the process of
cheesemaking, in either case insur-
ing the absence of disease germs.
Packing and selling the cheese
requires special attention since the
public is not familiar with the pro-
duct, and it must be thoroughly ad-
vertised to secure a market. It may
be shipped in butter tubs and re-
tailed in paper pails or other small
packages. It will keep for a week
or ten days at 50 to 60 degrees, but
can be kept longer if stored at 32
degrees or lower. It may be sold
for three to five cents a pound at
the factory and retailed at seven to
12;f; cents per pound, and prove a
profitable product for both the
creamery and the retailer. If high
color is desired, it may be secured
by adding Cheese color,, the same as
used by Cheddar cheesemakers.
Where only a few pounds of but-
termilk cheese are made at a time,
as on a farm or for home use, the
buttermilk can be heated in a pail.
or in a clean new ..wash boiler
.the stove. ` After the second heat-
ing, i. •, to 130 elegrees,.if the curd
•has settled, ilie;WheY':0ili .,be nxa titll�y,
poured .off by' tippi :g ,,tlie pail, an
the Burd poured Into a. small Cheese-
cloth bag to drain. If the curd is
floating, it can be dipped off the ;
surface of the whey with a dipper -
or large spoon and put in the bag
to drain. A small wooden draining
rack a foot square and five or six
inches deep, with the bottom made
of one-fourth of an inch mesh gal-
vanized or tinned iron wire netting
and covered ,with cheesecloth, is
useful for draining small amounts
of buttermilk cheese.
Buttermilk from rich cream, con-
taining 50 per cent. or more fat,
as well as buttermilk from cream
which was pasteurized when very
sour, is not suitable for making
buttermilk cheese. The curd from
such buttermilk is always so fine
grained that it runs through the
draining cloth and is Lost.
A WHITEWASH THAT STICKS.
There are many brick and stone
walls, as well as wooden outbuild-
ings, fences and the like, about a
suburban place which, lacking •
paint, detract much from the gen-
eral appearance of the home. But
paint is somewhat expensive and '
cannot be applied with too lavish a •
hand by the average citizen. There
is, however, whitewash, which is '
easily made and applied, is inex-
pensive and which for most outdoor
work will answer quite as well as
oil paint. For chicken -houses, brick
walls and the like it is excellent.
To make the whitewash, slake half
a bushel of fresh lime with boiling
water, keeping it covered during
the process. The lime should not,
of course, be confined, but merely
covered, as confined itpossesses
eases
p
considerable explosive force. Strain
it and add a peck of salt dissolved
in warm water, three pounds of
ground rico put in boiling water
and boiled to a thin paste, half a
pound of powdered Spanish whit-
ing. and a pound of clear glue dis-
solved in warm water: Mix these
well together and let the mixture
stand for seven days in a .reasonably
cool and shaded place. Keep the
wash thus prepared in a kettle, and •
when it is being used put it on as
hot as possible, using a painter's
or . an ordinary whitewash brush.
Always• use magnesian Lime for
whitewash. •
The devil put envy into the human •
equation just to iv;.l:e' his buainc s
a sure thing,.