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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1924-08-21, Page 2GREEN TLA 11491 is used more than any other brand is because the delicious flavor never -varies. — Tryit. FREE SAMPLE of GREEN TEA UPON REQUEST, "SALADA," TORONTO i Brothers Under the Skin BY EUGENE JONES. PART IV, Cameron w.as leaning forward, star -1 ing at O'Grady through the pipe: smoke which floated in odoriferous strata about them. A light, burned in' his eyes; it was as if the red -skirted, I whiskey -smelling foreman had open- ed a door to a new world. "Go on, tell me more." "Well," continued O'Grady, "thin guys down in Montreal don't know about tryin' ter blast a right av way through bedrock. 'Tis me belief they've forgotten the work this same gang's done before. They went back on Uncle Stan because th' idjits thought itas his fault,whin wall 1 th' toime waz th' fault av this blessed coun- try. And along you come whin we've been breakin' our backs ter make good ter th' best mon thot iver lived, and you up and says: 'Men, yer not put= tin' out!' ... Awhile back ye asked me to put meself in your place. Now, Mister Cameron, put yourself in our place if it piazes ye." Mike drew on his pipe furiously, his one visible eye blazing. "We ain't none av yer blanked Mexicans; we're white men buildin' a railroad fer th' iveriastin' fun av buildin' it. We'll work loike blazes with ye, but we won't slave under ye; and thot, sor, is' me honest opinion." For a moment the tent was very silent. Cameron passed a hand across his eyes as if sight had been miracu- lously given them after years of dark- ness. Then he got up. "Mike O'Grady," said he, "you're right; I'm wrong. Do you think with your help I could learn to work with you fellows?' So we can all see the railroad go through?" The foreman was on. his feet like• a flash. He grabbed the other's hand. 'Tis sure av it Oi ain, sor! Oi waz a drunken fool to -night, but there'll be no more boozin' in this camp because Oi kin lick ivery mith- er's son av 'em barrin' you, sor. And Oi ain't sure Oi can't do thot whin Oi'm sober." What particular brand of magic Mike O'Grady worked before break- fast the following morning is strictly Mike's business. Suffice to say it was a totally -changed construction gang that fell upon the cliff with a will.. Cameron, watching then, could hardly believe his eyes. No, O'Grady had been right; this was not a collection of drones, but a gathering of nen—ofa'brothers under the skin—giving their best whole- heartedly for a far smaller recompense than he—Cameron—received. ' He looked up at the sky and thank- ed God for all the O'Grady's in the world; and asked God that, through the corningyears,he might be blessed g s with a larger understanding. Suddenly he saw the gang melt away from the cliff path. Somebody shouted "Blast!" A moment passed; then with a muffled roar a great sec- tion of rock tore itself from its bed and hurtled into the valley: The engineer knew another blast would follow, as it had been found ad- visable to time the explosion of two charges, one after the other. He joined the group of waiting men, but nothing happened. A minute passed two, three, five. Something had gone wrong; the detonator had failed. Of course the loose rock might part at any time of its own weight, or it might remain where it was indefinitely, blocking the work. O'Grady, in charge of operations at this particular point, swore. "Sure the domn thing's dead! 'Twill be best to go out there an take a look, Oi'm thinkin'." The engineers practiced eye swept. the cliff path, saw the mammoth crack in the rock upholding that path.. The next blast would have established a new and firm bed; but there couldn't be any next blast until somebody placed a fresh detonator on the charge and connected it with the firing wire. 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LEVER BROTHERS LIMITED TORONTO pressure. No Way to test thele exeepti with human life. The foreman picked up a rape pre- paratory to knotting It around his waist, Willing hands would 4Wd the rope; thus, should he :be precipitated into the gulf below, he eol:ld be, pulled beck to safety, Safety? Something closed around Cameron's heart, 'Aftezethe man fetch- ed up against the cliff, after the frag- ments .had showered upon his body what use would there be in dragging what was left to safety? "Hold on, !!like!" snapped the en- gineer. O'Grady grinned, "'Twill be all right, sor. dist a ticklish moment while Of stick on another cap. Oi've done it before----" Cameron had seen others flirt with death. He had taken some long chances himself; but now the conic- tion came to him that the ,grinning, red-headed Irishman was worth more to the road, ,more to progress, than a mere engineer, Plenty of engineers, but O'Gradys were scarce! Cameron jerked the rope from his foreman. "I'll 'tend to that!" he snappid. A dozen men pushed forward . "Not on yer loife!" yelled Mike. "'Tis me own job!" And he caught an end of the line. One second Mike stood grinning, de- fiant, determined to . face the rock shelf; the next he sprawled upon his broad•:back, catapulted there by Cam- eron's fist. "I said," repeated Cameron, "I would 'tend to setting that cap. Any- body who interferes will wake up be- side O'Grady!" The men hesitated, fell away. Countless fingers gripped the repe-the engineer tied about his waist. A hush fell upon the gathering as Cameron, detonator in hand, moved toward the cliffath. Then he stepped p Pp outfrom m safety, on his right the sheer wall brushing his shoulder, on his left the abyss reaching for his toes.. He did not look below, but kept his eyes riveted on that portion of the rock a'hundred feet distant in which w.as ' buried the dynamite charge. Every ear waited for the fatal crack which would mean ,probable death to{ the man on the path,. Pressing against the cliff, keeping his feet as far from the crumbling ledge as possible, Cameron continued to decrease the gap between him and his objective. Fifty feet -,-twenty ten—flue—a great sigh went up. Ike w.as leaning over the hole, adjusting the cap and malting the connection with the firing wire. Suddenly the dreaded sound cut the stillness—the sharp crack of parting rock. The men tightened their grip on the rope. Then Cameron stood erect, waving his arm. "I'll run for it!" he yelled. "Ready!" Well he knew that herein lay his best chance, that the shelf could sup- port his weight but for a moment.. Crouching, he shot forward at full speed, one shoulder brushing the cliff, the ,other extending beyond the path rim. Somewhere below him a rumble broke forth, . He had covered the greater part of the distance and the men were helping him with a taut line. The rumble increased. He was near now— "Jump!" somebody screamed. "Jump!" It was Mike; who had been watching the cliff through narrowed eyes. Blindly, Cameron obeyed; andat the same .instant those dragging in the rope gave a mighty heave. As his feat left the ledge it parted from the cliff, spinning into the valley below. For a moment his ' body was whirling through apace. It was Mike O'Grady who ducted him off and pressed his dirty rag of a handkerchief over a cut on Cameron's cheek where he had struck a project- ing fragment of rock; and: it wag Mike O'Grady. who kept screeching at the top of his lungs: "Yer a fool, sor—a blanked fool! B'ys, he's a blanked fool, but we're with 'im-ivery mither'sson av us!" (The End.) Minard's Liniment Heats cuts. About the House DINNERS FOR THE THRESHERS.' And instead of cookies make drop Planning carefully in advance will cakes and the work will go twice as eliminate many of the threshing -time fast. These, too, xnay be full of sugar difficulties in the kitchen. To, be sue-' and spice and everything nice. cessful, meals for -'threshers must taste; When the machine pulls into the good and be hearty enough for hard-` field unexpectedly, the meal must be working men -so that the crew will;I based on supplies that are on hand. work cheerfully and come back eaalOne clever housewife holds over in a erly the following year. [safe place enough of her own canned And for the benefit of the housewife, ,goods—meats, vegetables and fruits— they must be easy to prepare and to servetwo o_ r three such unplanned - cooked in large quantities, for `second for meals.' and third helpings.. She *ens a few cans and starts Those who know. in advance z, a their contents cooking, gathers what exact day and hour of the' arrival of the garden will yield for salad and the threshers -have the choice of sev- fresh vegetables, and soon a real 100 eral menus, depending on what is per cent. meal will be ready for sero -- most easily obtained and what is most ing. easily cooked. j A few cansof corned beef plus Po - Last -minute cooking, like frying and tatoes will give delicious hash; mois- broiling, is best avoided. The last ten it with milk and bake in the oven minutes are busy enough with table until brown and crisp. A baking dish setting and serving. or casserole is -excellent. Top -of -the -stove cooking should be Baked beans are • emptied into a kept down to the minimum, for that large dish and covered with strips of space will be needed for coffee and bacon before heating in the oven until tea making and last touches on gray- the bacon is crisp. ies and sauces, unless, however, a A scalloped dish of alternate lay - steamer or pressure cooker takes its ers of salmon green peas and white triple burden of the cooking on one sauce with bread crumbs, seasoned round of the stove space. And both with onions, parsley and paprika and the steamer and pressure cooker` are baked in the oven, makes a good meal. admirable for large -quantity cooking Canned beef emptied into a big covered baking dish with new carrots, peas, diced potatoes, onions and some tomatoes, makes a corking good stew. With a couple of packages of mac - in small -quantity space. The oven is to be depended on for the bulk of the cooking. A big pot or pan of beans; may be baked the day before and warmed up aroni, a can of tomatoes or tomato as wanted. Roasts will give hot meat soup and some cheese, a hearty sup - for dinner and cold slicee for supper, per dish of macaroni, with tomato- Macaroni and cheese for supper is cheese sauce, is possible. Dried beef, browned for an hour in the oven lee- sausage or canned meat is also good fore serving. Even a meat stew will with macaroni. cook away merrily in an earthen dish' Kippered herring or the large sar- In the oven and will be the better dines put up in sauce offer possibili- flavored for it. ties for supper with some scalloped The garden will supply potatoes, potatoes, salad and fruit with cake. green vegetables and salad. The vege- The fresh vegetables will depend on tables call for the top of the stove, the season. If time and •help are but the cooking time is relatively lacking, open up some canned ones short. Limit the vegetables to one' and heat with seasoning and butter. variety unless a steamer is used. To Noodles or rice may replace potatoes save time and labor substitute pack- if drained well and buttered gener- aged noodles for potatoes, which de- ously. Mand preparation. Something for a salad will surely The salad depends on the season— be on hand, and a bottled dressing on sliced tomatoes or cucumbers, radish- the shelf will replace the homemade. es, onions or lettuce—and cabbage, If bread is lacking, try cornbread-- especially ornbread-especially the real slaw with sour- easily made and baked. Next in time cream dressing; is a universal fay- of preparation come muffins and drop. orite. For dessert nothing surpasses, to most men's mind, berry or fruit pies, baking -powder biscuits. But dessert must not be forgotten! The ingredients for gingerbread aro Made the day before, they can be always at hand and it is quickly mix - warned up at the last moment. Fruit ed. Baking while the meat is being and cake nalce good alternatives for eaten, it comes out hot and Spicy to the last course. Fruit jelly -full of' go with canned fruit or fresh fruit berries or fruit—with cream, is a or by itself withr'rich cream. day -before task and easily served, Sas i Others may prefer to,make a rich' are many .other puddings. But they' biscuit dough, pat it into shape, bake must be prepared ed a day ahead. it as a shortcake and cover with what- The- women who has an ice cream ever berries or fruit are in season, freezer with a right -sized son to turn or lacking either, with canned fruit and cream. With ingenuity "and foresight the emergency will be met successfully and the guests more than satisfied. A word as to takes and cookies. And the threshing is over for another Put all the good things into the year.. Here are some good- combinations; Roast beef, browned potatoes, sum- mer squash, radishes and lettuce, berry' pie. Corned .beef and cabbage, browned. mashed potatoes, sliced tomatoes, nut it can serve this cooling but hearty dessert. There is nothing more de- licious, and all but the freezing is done in advance, cake proper .and omit the laborious frostings, Nuts, lots of them, cocoa- nut, raisins, candied cherries make a frosting superfluous. Pour the batter. in a loaf or a shallow square or ob- long pan, sprinkle with cocoanut or granulated sugar to give a nice finish, and bake. Serve in slices ar squares. ISSUE. No. 33--'24 •cake and fruit, Boil the corned beef the day before and finish it in n .coo- ered roaster in the oven.. Baked ham, boiled maadles, sum, tash, cucumber's and pickled bents, green apple pie. Baked beans with pork, brown bread, mixed vegetable salad, fruit jelly and cream. Macaroni and - cheese, buttered string beans, slicedtomatoes, fruit and drop spice calces. Canned red kidney beano, crisp bacon, corn on the cob, sliced tomatoes, fruit shortcake, Creamed salmon and peas, rice, cab- bage slaw, hot gingerbread and fruit. Sliced ham baked in milk, boiled po- tatoes, carrots with butter, lettuce salad, fruit tapioca. PAIL FOR PICKING FRUIT. A "hooked" pail will make the picking of cherries and other small. fruit easier and safer. Any boy or girl in a few minutes can bend a strong wire into a small hook at one end and a large hook at the other. The small hook fastens to the handle of pail or basket, The larger hook silps over a branch of the tree. This leaves both the picker's hands free, and as it may hang where the fruit is thick, the pail is soon filled without bruising the fruit. THE CURE. Sometimes when things turn up- side down and inside out and look dark brown I rush outdoors and gaze into the topless sky's eternal blue- so calm and cool—so still and deep with soft contented clouds like sheep. 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