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BY KATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARD
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Copyright by Hodder anti Stoughton.
CHAPTER XVII.-(Cont'd.) "There's only one girl I'll be mar -
Deirdre was breathless with run-
ning across the paddocks to reach the
turn in the road. The wind had blown
her dark hair into little tendrils about
her fgce, and there was a sparkle of
anger in her eyes.
"•I heard what you said to father;"
she went on, "and if you haven't any-
thing .
ny-thing: better to say to me, I'll go
back:"
Davey ,gazed at her. He gazed as
though he had never seen her before.
She seemed another creature, nothing
like the ragged little urchin who had
climbed trees, with him and ridden to girl you'd be wanting to kiss it would
school straddle -legged behind him; be the, Davey!"
nothing like the sedate housewife his The bright shy glance that flew to-
wards him, and the quiver of her lips,
fired the boy. ,
• His arms went out to her. He
caught her shoulder and held her to
him. For an instant he did not know
ed nervously at trails of the scarlet- whether it was night or day. But
runners which overhung the bank, and when he withdrew from that moment
put the end of a runner between her of unconsciousness, wild, uncontroi-
teeth and chewed the stalk. labia joy and possession, his eyes were
Davey saw that her lips were as humid. And her eyes beneath his.
slcarlet as the flowers that, like were like pools in the forest which
broken -winged butterflies, hung at the fallen -leaf mould has diarkened
the end of the trail. and the twilight striking through the
He slid off his horse and stood fax- trees makes a thine, mysterious mirror
of.
ried to," he said.
"Yes." leer eyes leapt to his. "Jess
Rose!"
"Who says so?" •
"She does," Deirdre laughed. "She
says she's the only girl you've ever
kissed. And her mother says—"
"When she eras a kid, they put her
face up to me; but I never kissed her
-or any girl," Davey •said.
"I didn't believe it, of course."
Deirdre laughed softly.
"Why?"
"Well -I thought; --if there was any
mother had made of her, either.
Deirdre stared at him, too, •as
though he were quite different from
the Davey she had known. A shy
smile quivered on her lips. She pluck-
ing her. His limbs were trembling.
"What's the matter?" she asked, a
little distress creeping into her voice.
Davey's face was tense and color-
less.
To the trouble which had surprised
him that day, a strange soft thrill was
added when she put the runner stalk
"Deirdre," he whispered, as of he
had never before said her name, and
to say it were like singing in church.
He kissed her again, slowly and
tenderly; the first pressure or her lips
had made a man of him. -
You're my sweetheart, aren t
with its scarlet flowers between her Deirdre?" he said exultigly, holding
ng
teeth. It struck hint with a strange her in his arms and gazing down at
pang that Deirdre was beautiful, that her. "When you come back .we'll be
her lips were the same •calor as the married."•
flowers hanging near them. "Yes," Deirdre whispered.
It was all translated, this emotion Her eyes reflected the gloW of her
of his, in the shamed, shy smile that heart.
came into his face as he stared at her. "I've always meant to marryyou,
Deirdre understood• well enough. Davey, though I've sometimere
She scrambled down the bank and tended I liked Mick Ross,; or Buddy
went to him. ..i Morrison b'.tter. She drew a tittle
"Yon are sox we're goring aren • h; ,
eau, Divey?" si a ask set-
Heded, finding he could not es marry each other."
speak.
,
v �' sigh. But Jan
so glad its all
nod It1ed, now ... and we're really going
The sunset had died out of the sky,
The gloom of the forest was closing and the forest was dark about them
round thein, the sunset dying. She when they kissed and whispered.
sighed and slipped her hand into his. :"good -bye -for a little while." Davey
After a few moments, as he said I could scarcely say the words. He
nothing, she spoke again. (watched Deirdre as she fled up hill to
"It'll be all changed, I suppose,the shanty;then learn on his horse
when 'father and I come back,'` she I he sent eclattering down hill, all
said. "We will come back, by and by, I his young manhood -the tumult of
sometime, you know, father says. i his love,awakened senses, rejoicing
We'll come to see Steve, perhaps. But and drems-orchestrating within him.
we'll be grown up ... quite, you and i
,
` I, Davey. You'll be married, and I-'
"What?" CHAPTER XVIII.
Davey had wakened.
In the earliest days of Port South,
"I was saying, we'll be grown-up ern, settlers tracking inlanu or further
and married, perhaps by the time -we along the coast, had to cross the Wir
see each other again," Deirdre mur- ree, driving their cattle and •herses
mined, "None of the tiries'Il come before them. The shallows of the
again like the ones when we went riverwhere they crossed began to be
home on Lass, or in the spring -cart, called the Wirree Ford. The tracks
or walked, and chased wallies and converged there, and it was not long
went after birds' nests. I -wish they before a shanty appeared on the left
could! I wish I could be just ten when bank a few hundred yards from the
I come back and give you a race down -broad and slowly -moving river.
the road, Davey."
Her voice ran an quickly; but
Davey's mind stuck on her first words.
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9f as the Wirree river design t, or the
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into the waters of Base ;Stra, as Op•.
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Arthur. , Sometimes their tread 'i tidies
were tossed by the sea on the sheres
they had been trying to reaele and
sometimes, steering by the '`inuddy
waters, of the river that 'flowed oat
from the :nearest- point eeliaosite the
Island, bearing silt and drift i tel; for
a (,oupleof .miles into the.sae they
reached • the land of promise else° free-
dom.
As the beaten grass pati id* the
sea-board`beeame the main etoejarotite
between, Port .Southern' and Re, a
newly-fduaded settlement at trh'„e; fur-
ther eastern end of the coast, a iawn-
sh'ip of curious mushroom rgrewtle
cropped up about the. WirreeeFord
and McNab's shanty, i '
It was a collection of huts,' 'attle
and dab, white washed, for flys encist
part; but some, o f, . thein we ee?„apn-
baked solus, plastered together w” of
the stories which 'were scatter cover
the plains or filled the eteek,,.leeds,
McNab's weatherboard shanty,-,. with
its signboard , of a black bull; ,,with
red -rimmed eyes en a white ground, -1
was by far the -most pretentious. The
history of, these dwellers abets Mc-
Nab's wits matter of spapicion.' hey
arrived "from nowhere, outof, -the
night, silently, 'arid it was surmised.,
crept up the river in cockle shell :boats
which had brought them ovee the
Straits and were sunk in the slovrrly-
moving river when they had s'e,ved j
their purpose,
The fertile flats,. strethhing ••moi -the
edge of the mountains., had been: taken
up before McNab got his holding on
an arm of the, Wirree, He set about ,
acquiring the 'selvedge of the • plains
which was cut off from the finer,' Mere
arable land by a scrubby line of depse-
ly growing ti -tree. Most of the Wirree
Ford men ran cattle on the,'' trips
of coarse -grassed land, thras by
the sea breezes. But they, were no
sticklers for the niceties of bounder
ies and property laws. ,They drove
their first, wild-eyed, scraggy herds
whither they listed, a cursing, :,,blas-
phemous crew, none dared gainsay
them. It was reckoned 'better to' lave
the good -will than the enniity,'of the
Wirree river men., : The body of •a set-
tler who had threatened "to have the
law of them" for grazing their beasts
on his land was, -a few days. ,after-
wards, found in the river, drifting
with the tide out to sea. Some • f the
Wirree men made a living as
men. Others maintained' the
by a desultory farming. The.
the grey land of the.ssabor
Wooden? 'hand -plows. But
them thrived out of what `'
make out' of.the stockmen
who passed through th
their way to Rene or
McNab was powe
in those days; and n
ohs' `were. the stories h
count for the presenc
came te, the Wirree Fore
As the : settlement gre
tice -to the:,runored ac
origin MoNabis was t
bad been known to eseap
the mainland. They made
gerous passage of the Seessit
b'oate, and sometimes were"
in aa cash:rusted canditlon b*;
policing' the coast, oz' •a tr 4
place, of stockmen, drovers and teanti
eters on the southern roads, and the
Ca-rwuses held there were !night -long,
It was recognized as a hotbed of
thieves and ruffians by the roadsters,
and no liar of substance or ariy pre•
teusioris. at ale, would lodge the night
in any of the mudeleailt hats within a
stone's. throw of the river.
Before long, the Wirree men hex!
fat rattle to dispose of. An open space
between the huts, not far from T'4e-
Nkib's, was used as a sale yard. It
eras then that settlers who wanted
good prices for their beasts had to
drive them to the Wirree market, A
better 'bargain Was driven in the Wir-
ree square than anywhere else. -So
Wirree Ford became Wirreeford., and
thrived udi prospered..until it was the
busiest cattle market in the south.
To a certain .extent,. it prosperity
threw an air of respectability over it.
At first, cattle -owner and farmers .:
from the hills entered the -township in
the morning and ]eft it before the
shadows of night fell. They did their
business, and left the Wirree not much
better off for their coming, venturing
into the shanty for a midday mea
only, and drinking sparingly, if at all,
of the curious, dark spirits It vended.
Then stores were opened. There
Were less fearsome comings and go-
ings, Mrs. Mary Ann Hogarty set
up a shanty and proceeded to deo
business with: an air of great pro-
priety. Women and children were
-wought into the township for the
cattle sales.. Sale days became week -
y holidays. They meant the donning
of festive ribbands by the 'women -and
children, the climbing into high
spring -carts and buggies, and driving
along. the -winding track • from the
sills to the 'township, where groceries,
dress stuffs and household furnish-
ings coded be. bought, and stowed in
the back of the .carts for the home
ourney. '
Sale drays, however, still ended in
gaming and drinking brawls at the
shanties, and sometimes in the drop-
ping of a i heavy, , still body into the
Wirree, when the tides would carry
rt out to sea.
(To be continued.)
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Common Sense and Science: `
Science is the mother's background;
but '-she cannot stop to count the
calories for the school child's break-
fast, and :children have the royal scorn
of youth and ignorance for dietetic
principles as compared with desire. It
is one thing to preseribe oatmeal, eggs
and milk, and another to admiins+bex
them!
But she can have facts and she can
weigh the children instead of counting
the calories. It's much simpler, 'and
if they Weigh trio little by the stand-
ard caret in'c'rease thebutter, the milli,
the whale wheat bread, take a look
over the spinach and orange and apple
supply, and for the rest make., the
fend attractive. Spread the beieed
with butter and honey or good ;old-
time molasses, and the whole wheat
and" butter go -down with it.
Sugar is bad, principally because it
makes the plain foods *interesting
and decreases appetite for them. It
is a good energizer in itself and,; tlie•
growing, romping child eaves it na
turaily. One wise dietetian in an
statution gave the Children permission
to make candy whenever they wanted
to -taking pains to see that they had
a 'well balanced diet, e , espocially a good
mineral supply (which means milk,
whole wheat, egg yolk, fruit and fish
vegetables). Result, the "candy per-
mits" were not often demanded. Pro-
vide wholesome sweets at the petVeier
times -such ea-6gs, raisins; plain
candies -at the end of the meal, in-
stead of heavy sweets, continuously
"nibbled."
We know of one woman, the soder,
eesefu•1 executor of a great eomii$r,�'1
tial food house, who, in two y"sett,
putoseventeen pounds on a child with
a tubercular tendency: This by science,
plus careful, grandmotherly super-
vision of every meal -slipping the
eggs' and milk and fresh vegetables
Into the menu .and sitting by until
they were oaten! The doctor in pre
notated/1g the child cured and normal
eald: "]hat is one of the finest pieces
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And there is much such vital wort
housekeepers who are not martyrs at
all. They go frisking round the world,
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places except 'near the domestic
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and to make others gay, as if there
were not a : brush . or a broom in the
world. But look at their houses --or
perhaps it is as well not to look at
them, There pare unwashed dishes and
unmade beds and dust in the 'corners
and so many things out of place that
you begin to wonder whether the,
things ever had any `places.
Observing all this, you :decide that
your way will -be different. You inay
not be quite so gay; but the broom
ill be respected. The theirs will be
in their accustomed spots, the floors.
will, be clean, the table will be proper -
set at the proper hours, with neat
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not Eke' the food you and Jim had dee
Sither-da,,, 'at'that 'gk dy Mrs: Jones's.
You mean your husband • and your
children to have a home, to know the
peace and comfort that come from
good, careful housekeeping, and that
can come from nothing else.
Which is all very well. Only, don't
overdo it, Your husband and chil-
dren, for whom all this is nominally
done, are too likely to be martyrs
themselves, to feel that the home, in-
stead of being a paradise of unlimited
freedom and exquisite relaxation, is a
prison of restraint, of perfect con-
venience distorted into the acme of
inconvenience. And that is a dismal
state of things. A jolly good-natured
disorder, even with a little untidiness,
is better.
The Mother's Hope.
Is there when the winds are singing
In the happy suanmer time -
When the raptured ab, is ringing e
With earth's music heavenward
springing,
Forest chirp and village •chime -
Is there, of the sounds that float
Unsighingly, a single note
Half so sweet and clear,' anti wild',
As the laughter ,cif a ,chili?
Organ (finer, deeper:, clearer.
Though it be a stranger's tone -
Than the winds or waters dearer,
More enchanting to 'the hearer,
For it answerebh to his own,
But, of all its witching words
Those are sweetest, bubbling wild,
Through the laughter of a child.
Harmonies from the time-toudhed
towers,
Haunted strains from rivulets,
Hurn of bees among the flowers•,
Rustling leaves and silver showers
These, ere long, the ear forgets;
But in mine there is a sound
Ringing on the whole year round-
Heart -deep laughter that I heard
Ere my chilli could speak a word.
'Tis •a mother's large aifectioe
Iiears with a mysterious sense---
Breatleiags that evade detection,
Whisper faint and fine inflection,
'Mill in her with power intense,
Childhood's honied words untaught
Hiv'eth she in loving thought -
Tones that never thence depart;
For she li teles with her heart.
--Lainan Blanehard,
In the Bible.
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atter his mother had been telling him
the story of their invention. 'Teacher
read about one in the Bible the other
day."
"In the Bible?" exclaimed his Moth.
er, 'Are yoti sure?"
"Oh, yes!" replied Sammy. "She told
us that Esau sold his .heirship to his
brother Jacob." '
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