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About the House
The Hidden Ilour:
ing !melt to London. She wondered,
but without fear, whether London.
would have the power to send her
spinning once more down the 'torrent
--whether London would mean are-
newel of the fight to save herself. She
was not afraid, because she felt that
she now had the strength and health
and clearness of thought which would
BY �, enable her to hold her own.
are, --,.-.-; She arrived at home about two
8 J. BURLAND : -- o'clock, and all the servants seemed
CHAPTER XVI,—(Cont';.) If there had been anything real, lie very pleased to see her. Fletcher, in
Mr. Kane took the envelope from argued,it was very unlikely that Mrs, particular, was effusive and almost
the hand of Mrs. Jurby, and befoi,•e he Jurby ould have shown him the it -„let liona e— ix to uninliker theasane d
examined the contents he noted the ter.
t
date, time, and place of the post mark, "Queer woman,” thought Mr. Kane;asubdud,
moods,had been rather reserved and
and gazed for a few seconds at the "doesn't have much of a time, 1 "ITow you could and live down in
scrawling handwriting. say, with that fat, jovial husband of go
Then he took out a single sheet of hers. The chap has a violent temper
petepaper and read the letter. —so she said."
That statement had rather interest -
"Madam," he read, "this is to tell
lice you cannot hide from me. 1 knows ed ham. Aman with a violent temper
you that what you bides from the po- is always a potential murderer.
all about your little goings on—you
and Jurby—a pair of thieves and mur- • CHAPTER. XVII. ,
derers. I'm watching you all right, Ruth Bradney stayed at South Bar -
and I've got eyes what can see most ton for four weeks, and then decided, tiful furniture and the atmosphere of
things, and through a brick :wall if quite suddenly, to 'return to London. wealth and luxury! She looked round
ice to build it up in front of me. Eve weak -end: her husband had mo- her bedroom and saw it in a new light.
onyou yet, for I likes�to tared down to see arriving on
wrigg e, squashyou . Saturday morning andone admires everything.
Sundayevenin - . Save for these visits And as yet tl}e peace that she had.
nothinwhatever had 'happened to found4.at South Barton was still with
break the peaceful monotony of her her. She had, as it were, brought it
life. She seemed to have slipped into up with her, just as she had brought
that little place, my lady," she said,
"at this time of the year. I wonder
your ladyship hasn't caught your
death of cold."
Ruth was almost glad to be home
again. The splendor of the house .ap-
pealed to her after her humble . sure
roundings at South Barton. The
warmth and the comfort and the beau -
JOY
..__ you lavery
I won't dropher,It was like paying a visit to a friend's
JOY FOR STORMY DAYS. would any other. A happily employedtsee you 1 But I'll u returning on house, where m
It was just an ordinary farm home) child is usually a good child. one of these days, just as I'd put my
' time to get this busy-work res y
them how to use it than it
and one could see at a glance that the • less k d foot on a worm.From
task of making both ends meet was,d t b continually scolding and
and show "You Knows Who."
far from; an: easy one. Mrs. Blakeslee. ish. sand is far better both fox Mr. Kane read the letter through a large, deep, silent pool, where no -!up her personal belongings.
did 11 herwork, helped in the p g' twice and then he laughed tl•st rred the surface of the water I She hada late lunch by herself, and
a, coax d dozens of chicks` them and for me, » "Does this really keep you awake at .lin i ' -she found pleasure in the good food
garden and 'See what I m Join cousin Belle g q For n little while life had been like a
intoplumpboilers. And to Cousin g, , night. he ueried, raging torrent, full of noise and swift -and the quiet movements of the two
cabs; Maisie from near the window.: It do, sir I mean it will' I' onl
Belle, visiting therefor the first time, „ „� ?' Hess. One event had followed another the d nnnand�me sombre stateliness of
three little Why! I thought that was another got it by second post to -day, with incredible rapidity. Fear had g -
it seemed' Maisieas though the cupboard," exclaimed cousin Belle.
"And you've not shown it,to; your followed fear, and.she had been dash -1 But afterwards, when she was alone
folks, and Mildred and baby "It looks like one until you pull back husband?" �� ed about in such a tumult of deceit in her own sitting -room, she began to
Jim, must surely be allowed . to run "laughed Maisie. "Then Not yet, sir. and terror that it had seemed impose wonder why these things pleased leer,
the curtain, "Have ?„
loose and that they would doubtless, it's a doll -house. Father made it for you any idea who wrote •it. sible for her to escape destruction. and 'she was just 'a little afraid of
after the first few hours of "company
manners," prove annoying beyond the.
average.
It was quite to her amazement, then,
that on themorning after her arrival,
with the wind blowing the snow into
drifts out of doors, she was greeted
by three sunny little faces.
"Isn't it a lovely morning?" Maisie
asked seriously.
"Why do you think it lovely?" Cou-
sin Belle asked in surprise.
us out of boxes and Mother helped us
paper the rooms. We had some paste-
board furniture given us and we used
that for patterns to make more. Some-
times we play with paper dolls in it
and, sometimes with our littlest china
dolls."
"I must go out and attend to the
chickens now," Mrs. Blakeslee an-
nounced.
"I'll write some letters while you
are gone." Cousin Belle settled herself
"Oh, there are so many nice things to write in peace and quietness so ab -
to do on a day like this," Mildred put sorbed were they all in their occupa-
in. "That's why we're hurrying so to tions from the Surprise Cupboard.
get our dusting done. Mother's going
to let us . choose what we want from
our surprise cupboard."
"I'll have to explain to cousin Belle,"
laughed Mrs. Blakeslee as she stepped
about briskly putting the livingroom
in order. "You see, I've quite a job
on my hands, taking it all around. But
I call these three the most important
part of it. Much of the time they are
happy out of doors or playing with
their dolls. I've tried to teach them to
amuse themselves. When days like
this come and times when other am-
usements grow tiresome and I am
too busy to give them much attention,
their happiness must be considered.
These are the times when our surprise
cupboard is a big help."
"We're all ready, Mother," Mildred.
announced. "We've dusted every cor-
ner and taken care of everything,` as
neat! And we've all, decided what. we
want -to take first."„,
"I want the Nose ark," Jim shouted.
"I'd like the sewing cards," Mildred
said.
"I made same new ones,' the other
evening for a surprise," Mother re-
turned, taking the box from the shelf.
"You see," she explained to cousin
Belle, "the nice box of sewing -cards
they had for Christmas were soon used
up. So now •I watch for suitable out-
line pictures, collect bits of cardboard,
lay the two together and prick around
the edge of the picture with a hat -pin
or big needle. The children love them.
We, have needles with big eyes, and
Maisie has learned to thread them.
Mildred can, too, unless the yarn is too
heavy. We use all sorts of odds and
ends of colored thread and yarn. After
the needle ..is threaded we pass the
point through the two threads a few
inches down, draw the needle through,
and that fastens it so it can't slip out.
A little wax helps in threading it and The Rompers % yard, The Suit and
A NEW DOLL SET.
"None at all, sir." And then the torrent seemed to have them.
"Come, thinly—surely--" , carried her' into this large, deep pool , "While �I was at South Barton," she
"I don't know, sir—indeed 'I don't" of quietude, that was like the broad thought, I imagined .that I should
"You may not know, but you SUS-1
us green lake of the marshland round never want anything more than a cot-
pect someone." I tage and simple food." She was not
orf
Barton.
"No one, sir.,�I don't know the writ- Nothing whatever had happened.' pleased with herself. It seemed as
ing, and I dont know what they're
She had not 'seen Trehorn again, nor though, already, she had lost some
talking about." had she heard from him. The visits thing that she had gained in that soli -
"Of course you don't know, what of her husband had been pleasant and tude by the sea. She could not forget
they mean,"said Kane, or you tranquil. Never again had she looked that she had married Alexander Brad-
wouldn t have brought the letter.to up at him and fancied that she was ney for his money. During the last
me."He looked at the envelope again.;looking at a stranger. He had given :o years wealth and all that could be
"Posted in Maidstone—late last night her news of Merrington, who was bought with it had seemed to be of
or early this morning. Any friends in growingstronger day by day. But:very little importance. If it had not
Maidstone?" ieyondthat hey had .said nothing, been so she could not have run away
"None, sir—not as I can think of."about Paula's death. i with John Merrington. But now she
Mr. Kane put the letter in hit, Mrs- l The police, too, had left her entire passionately enjoyed her surround-
et. "Don't you worry about it, N. ly alone. No doubt they .were doing ings. Here, too, in this great, well -
letter."
he said. "I'll deal with this 'something to solve the mystery of ordered house, there was peace. She
le
tter." I the poison, but, so far as Ruth knew,' was in London, but set apart from the
"Oh, if you would, sir -it'd take the newspapers were quite dent on oar and the noise of it.
such a load off my mind. I don't want the matter. Even Fletcher was ap- At four o'clock she thought that she
to show it to Jurby. He's 'a violent parently no longer to be feared. would like to go for a short walk in
man, he is, for all his good temper and Fletcher had, for some reason or other, I Kensington Gardens. She was so at• -
chaffing with customers. And, it do changed her mind about leaving her . customed to being out of doors that
take a man to deal'with a thing • of situation, and had taken a fortnight's ;the warmth of the house had begun to
this sort, don't it, sir?" 'holiday. 'feel oppressive. She put on her hat
"The police will deal with it,'f : Kane. It was as though everything had and made her way downstairs to the
answered coldly. "Don't worry -about' come to a dead stop. There had been hall. A footman opened the door for
it. But if you get any other Ietters time to breathe and regain one's her and she found herself face to face
from the same source bring them to , strength—plenty of time to thin!_. with the woman who had travelled up
me, or if I'm not here, send• them to i And even her thoughts seemed to in the train with her from Dedbury
me at Scotland Yard. Good -night, Mrs. have come to a standstill—during the on that terrible night -the woman who
Jurby. You have done the - right, last fortnight of her stay at South was only known to . her as "Lady
thing."
"hope as I have,. !Barton. Her fears had been lulled to
Oh I do
sir, and I sleep, and during that last week end
do hope you don't think, as Jurby and she saw her husband as no longer a
myself are what we're' called in that man_ to be feared, but as a friend to
letter." ` • I whom she wasvery grateful for- all
"Don't' be absurd, Mrs. Jurby,", that he had given her in life. . Of
la ghed theAlgtectiee. "T er .course sh'e ceuldnever; love him, be-
* "` eractical e or some seethe eeT is cause she was still in love with John
4196. The little doll mother may going to try and get yourlicensetaken ,Merrington. But she intended to de
not only make dolly's clothes but also away from you. He'll probably write vote the rest of her life to an. ended=
the doll, from the models • supplied fdr money in a few. days. But you vor to give him happiness. She owed
'herewith. The bodymay be of drill,must let us know at once, whatever he him that, at any rate.
ywrites." " I Even her love for John Merrington
unbleached muslin, oil cloth or sanitas, "Yes, sir, indeed 1 will—and thank..had not troubled her. The fierce pas -
with a stuffing of bran, kopek, or you very much. Good -night, sir, and I elan of it seemed to have died away,
do 'hope as you'll sleep comfortalilee annd left behind it the quiet, deep of
She left the room and closed the fection that comes to a married couple,
door behind her. Mr. Kane seated sometimes soon, sometimes after many
Dressed as a clown this doll will be himself at the table, took a small mag- years. It was almost as though Mer -
very attractive. The suit may be of nifying glass from .his waistcoat rington were dead, as though she and
calico, cretonne or scraps of silk er pocket, and examined the letter and Merrington had been married for a
satin. One or two colors of materials the envelope. hong time and Merrington were dead.
maybe used. For the Rom ere—ore. He came to the conclusion that the i "Well, he is dead,"she thought, as
p letter had been written by.a woman, she travelled up in the train to Lon -
tonne or gingham is pleasing. Dolly and that the woman had tried to dis- don. "The part I have played in his
will be so glad of the dear little pock- guise her handwriting. She had used life is dead; I am a stranger to him;
ets in her rompers, and "Pierrot" the a fine pen, so it was probable that she I shall never see him again."
clown will do all sorts of tricks in his usually wrote with a thick one. Ther That was a cause for sorrow, but
comfortable costume, if his arms and paper was thin and common in quality, even sorrow itself was forgotten in
legs are fastened so as to be movable. se that the ink had run in places and her keen desire to make amends to
made blots. There was no sign of any her husband. No longer would there
cotton. Eyes of shoe buttons, nose and
lips of yarn, or, the features may be
embroidered or painted.
The Pattern, comprising the Doll finger -print. There was no water- be anything fierce .and passionate er
and the garments, is cut in 8 Sizes: mark on the gaper. There were no strange in her life. She would be
Small -12 inches, Medium 16 inches, mistakes in the spelling, yet it`:wes Lady Bradney and be spoken of as a
Large -20 inches in length. The Doll obviously meant to be the letttr of an very lucky woman.
requires for a Medium size % yard. ill -educated person. The waters of the pool into which
It might be a practical oke," he the raging torrent had carried her
thought, as, half -undressed; he seated were like the waters of Lethe. The
himself before the fire and smoked his quietude and silence of the marshes,
last pipe. "Or there may be some in which she had spent nearly five
thing against these Jurbys—nothing weeks, seemed to have soothed her
real perhaps, but apparent." brain and heart. And now she was go -
drawing the entire thread over the
wax prevents knots and tangles.
"I'd like the old catalogs and scis-
sors and paper doll things," Maisie
announced.
Cousin Belle was interestedly look-
ing over the remaining articles in the
surprise cupboard. There were bubble
pipes, horse -made peg -boards, crayons
and pencils,' odds and ends of wrap -
Hat, 13,. yards of 27 -inch material.
Pattern mailed to any address on
receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by
the Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West
Adelaide Street. Allow two weeks for
receipt of pattern.
DECORATING CURTAINS.
T saw a thrifty little woman make
ping and waxed paper cut neatly in new curtains out of some old scrim af-
rather small sheets or made into little mfairs with faded stencil border. The
books, modelling clay, a small hammer,
ablewas still good for consider-
able wear but the faded borders spoil-
ed a soft -wood board into ed the curtains' looks and apparently
tacks a
which little Jiin loved to pound the made them useless.
tacks and pull them out again. A small,But my friend gave the old curtains
washboard, flat iron, moulding board a careful laundering, boiling them to
and rolling pin were there, also. remove all stains and the remnant of
"What are these for?" cousin Belle tinting in the less sun -faded places.
inquired, opening a box of dried peas.?
"We soar: thereover night," Mrs.' They were next put through a thin
starch to which
Blakeslee explained, "and the children . a little strained ochre
use them to fasten toothpicks together water had been added, to give the ma -
and make all sorts of things, tables terial a pretty cream color. Doubtless
and chairs and letters and: stars, men many other tinting' colors would have
and animals. done as well.
"Where do you get all your ideas! " The resourceful housewife then
sin exclaimed. bought 'a few yards of inexpensive
he ton light -weight ht flowered cretonne and
g g
"1 have attacked this problem as I cut it into strips of a width to cover
the old borders. The cretonne was
Make, a Start neatly stitched to the scrim.
When hung, the curtains were most
attractive and gave a fresh, cheery
look to the room.—Josephine E. 'Tal.
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Ten Greatest inventors.
In an article called "The Ten Great-
est Inventors," the author, John S.
Seymour, names the following;
Eli Whitney, Elias Howe, Charles
Goodyear, Sir Henry ry
Bessemer,
Sem-
ite!
am-iter
F. B. Morse, Thomas A. Edison,
Alei[ander Graham Bell, Nikola. Tesla:,
Cyrus lull McCermlck, Wilbur
Wright.
1Aprtarti's Liniment Hees Cute
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(To be continued.)
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Cause Found.
Poet—"My wife declares that last
poem of mine you published almost
stopped her heart."
Editor—"Ha! So that's why our cir-
culation was set back!"
N U Nw $
tee Toroftq• Koepital for !doer,
tie ee, In affiliation with lielleyuo and
4111ett ITorpitnir, New 'eek (,"1ty.
offers a three years' Cogree er Train -
los to roans women, hnvins. the Rw
e! read edeflation, and dt',1roua of b..
coniipg Miriam Than Hospital hes
;opted ti•a ela:;t-hour eYstem• The
retain reeeive unlforma of toe' School,
e, monthly, ailoWknef and travelling
w9penees t, and from Now York. Per
fltr"uut ■ informatloa anUly to the
rapepintendOnt•
Her Courage.
In a missionary school in the mound
tains of the Southern States there hag
been for several years a girl who when
she earns into the elate has, aA 9, pat.
tient teacher put it, "hew peers for .qD.
couthness of manner and density 01
mind." Year after year the place at
the bottom of the class has remained
hers. Yet she is the ode girl whom
the principal of the school and aslo the
teachers are most anxious to keep.
She is a cripple and is halting in
speech. She came from a home of ig-
norance and poverty. Her handicap
was so heavy that at first' It seemed
impossible for her to overcome it. Yet
under its terrible weight stirred a 11T-
Ing,
1-ing, struggling will. That was the in-
terest, the dramatic conflict, that made
all the lookers-on want to help the
crippled girl forward:'
She herself knew her limitations,'
but she had 'an ambition, and she
pressed toward it`daily, forgetting self.'
She was not discouraged; she had a`
living faith in. God. Though she could ..
only stammer slowly, she determined
to start familyworship in her home
when she went back in the vacation.
Never had' a prayer been heard in the'
poor little hut. "My knees shook,"
she said : to her teacher afterward,'
"and so did my voice. But I wasn't
ashamed." Every day she presevered,'
and when she left home for school
again her mother promised to continue
reading the Bible daily.
The poverty of the cripple has., al-
ways been extreme; during her years -
in the school she has been able to sass
little money. Yet by patient effort she
has earned enough to give a small
weekly offering. At Thanksgiving one
year when all united in a thank offer-
ing she brought one dollar and a half,
earned and saved through no one
knows what toil and sacrifice, but
given with a grateful heart, tor she is
happy in her school, in her teachers
and in her opportunities.
Her mind may stay at the foot of
her class, but her soul is at the head
of it and is always advancing. Is it
any wonder that even with her dull
mind and her halting speech she has
still a power beyond eloquence upon
all about her?
�.--
The Russian Winter. -
Keeping warm in Russia is a feat.
The people of the lower classes in Rus-
sia encase themselves for the winter
in shaggy sheepskins and look .un-
kempt indeed, but with such a warm
covering these people have great
powers of endurance and can stand.
certain kinds of work in the cold that
would kill. a Canadian. . For instance,
every house has a "concierge" or pore
ter, and it is his custom• to take hie
seat on .a chair Just outside the front
porch at nine o'clock 'in the evening
and stay there all night long to 'pro-
tect and safeguard the house. Another
odd sight seen in every large Russian
city, is the great cones of fire built up
at the intersections of the streets
where drivers and footmen may re.
main in order to warm themselves and
be comfortable; while their masters
are at a ball or opera.
Inventions Needed.
Further suggestions have been made
to the list of things wanted. The lat-
est contributor is Prof. A. M. Low, the
inventor and man of science, who has
made the following entries:
A process of instantaneous color
photography.
A selective methodof radio 'com-
munication with really sharp tuning.
A light, efficient, slow -speed inter•
nal combustion engine.
An internal 'combustion turbine.
Greatly simplified clothing, not
strange in appearance.
A loud speaker that can be control-
led without distorting the sound.
Improved methods of electrical stor-
age and power transmission.
A cheap house -warmer, that can be
installed by anyone,
A new game of skill.
A new method of conveying speech
direct and readably to pa1pe1
But there are some, things spiritual
and not material' that are needed more
than anything in this list, and they are
things that any man can find for him-
self if he will without the serv'-ces of
any inventive genius.
The Complete Liar
"Why do you believe he is so ens
tirely a liar?"
"He told me he couldn't believe hies
own eyes."
Kindness to animals is a theme that,
ought to be touched upon frequently
by every preacher and every writer
whose aim is to make this world bet;
ter.
A RTISTS—INSIST ON HAVING
colors,—the standard of the world.
the best. Winsor -& Newton's
I order through your ,dealer, and if not
IN THE LUNCH BOX.
A country school,where the brevity
s
.,.•,., of the noon hour and lack of time to
make earlier preparations made it im-
practical to ; serve a hot lunch, has
worked out a very satisfactory solu-1
tion of the problem. Each child brings `
a potato in his or her lunch box. At
recess the potatoes are tucked into
the ashes in the front of the heating.
stove. By dinnertime they are well
done and form a satisfying supple -1
meld to the contents of the lunch
boxes, and pails.—Dorothy Porter.
•it�,rx�t,.o�toa �,�.:; >�o1�r���'i�F1A The basis of education should be
• ": .:.�.:...„>::.•.... ::.::•..before a superstructure ofsoca -
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