Zurich Herald, 1923-03-08, Page 2VT r!r !f
The Pioneers
BY KATHARINE SUSANNAH' PRI.'CHARD
'about her real self and make.':,
her --even when you *don't wan
The Schoplmester threw b
back in his chair.
Deirdre gazed at him, their she t
ed away with a little sigh.
I His face wee almost a mirror to er
now that he was blind, She eo =ee
his thoughts in it, It was ",s ,;to
her, that thin, lined face, all;rts tr-
enee and emotion:. but she e7 1, net
bear o look at 'it and fool: that
'stealing his secrets when iiia Fes
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CHAPTER XXXIX. It was an eager, tremulous greetShe to the seat ing dew and sat there thinking e
idlyf
Deirdre watched Davey going out of that ra. Cameron gave her. uI am lesaIy, for awhile. Recol'leetion,
Narrow Valley in the dim starlight of "It's you, dear* she said.Mrs. Cameron were always thosrer
the earlyrim morning, the mob, glad to see you, indeed! What can woman` aceup'ied vrith her :home,,
t tJl �PTeddyand the dogs, a you tell me of Davey? He was to have 1'iuebanid and • son. Deirdre' WO
hustled red led come home to us and I haven't seen' how her father came to be in
stream of and brown and dappled ,, 1 am eon'. debt as he hard said he•. , as,.
hides before luau. Thesows him or
a
re..
,)ou� the ]:lLouse
The Business of fIor,>sekeepi
What constitutes geed. housekeep-
ing? •
• ' Haven't we women all asked oux-
selves.tlhat question some time in our
lives—ere, on whom the'hons�ehold de-
pends for its management?
When we first tale up housekeep-
ing, or homemaking for one term
should embrace the .other, in• order to
make honia+ekeeping really good—how
easy it all seems! What is there to
lafied f weeks
their Beads, bellowing protestingly; , There was much to tall and yet how it was he owed hermytohrng ell worry aver?
thein" breath steamed before them in much that the girl, in her tender solid.- all. She seemed toowe athexed•:up to• the neuters have
haises and dogs, v 's mother, cauls not tell. The cows had g p thing! Good
the child air. Thetide fox. Da ey* _ that f�„Np near the bails for the milli}nl,.
Th
were laving quietly;. the'sun- early married
heeling: and WugGa•+M,� them, and 1G SV'U'U lNl terrify
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trampling hoofs of the herd, beat a someone had shot at and nearly alliedI shine making a luminous mist behind ing "Jabal," giving haul what he likes
wraith -like mist from the cold, and Yim, that Davey had an enemy w
still sleeping earth. would oto these lengths. When he them; the birds. were laughing; and to
eat, keeping the house. looking
Davey was to steer by the stabs till was heel with her, he miglit.teld her hooting among the trees. retty, which ie not hard when every-
o the
a bugbear our
made of a. very simple
housekeeping, in one's
days, eonsi•sts in pleas -
Volt/ snnall children :mon show their
fondness for music when they hear it.
and are taken into a�eoceint in it. In
this way a love of >.m si'e is fostered
and developed, and when the child is
old enough to begin its musical
studies there is •a feeling of entering
into a familiar and keenly anticipated
land in place of into a strange terri-
tory which means little. We are re-
peatedly told that the child is born
with a social and religious nature, It
is equally true that the normal child
is born with a musical nature as well.
Environment has much to do with de-
veloping this.
For the Winter Party.
p Apple cake -4 cusps flour, 1 tsp. ca'lt,
thing is bright and new, and making G tsps. baking powder, 1 beaten egg,
milk -
it
he carne to a point on the road that hin>self what had kept hint away, b Deirdre rose to go aald.d
wouldgive him a clear and easy des- i would stretch her soul to the limit: ing, but Steve burst open, the" door
cent t, h•e sale yards on the outskirts of ana"uisih, Deirdre knew, to tell her from the tap -room.
of. Me"raouxnne. It was too late in the e
now. A momentef on theore shinglethere
hadbean a
year to try the usual route. He was , , .> aver told ine he was coming clatter ofhoofs .
cslc .on the edge 'The, Davey stood' ,on the sheshold, the muselee of
to take a winding track between theg•home,,, Deirdre said, snullna. hips face twitching.
ofe the swamp that la's, mother's with , M'Goll from the 'Wixree,"
southern hills and Fort Pllilliip. Only Her eyes met Davey's "Iva Pete .got
theblack knew the rathe through the their secret no secret; but Mary Cam- he. gasped."He says—they've g
1 in g I f h ' boy, and Davey at; Port Phillip for•diuffing?""'
(To be' continued )
Women oanen Can Dye Old
Faded Tlnings,New, ;
in Diamond ,Lyes
Each, package of "Diamond Dyes"
contains directions so simple ' any
woman can: dye or tint, her wenn,,
shabby (tresses, skirts, waists, coats,
stockings, sweaters, coverings, : dra-
ut
brown -feathered reeds and dense ti- eron was th kin on y o ei
tree serisb•s. Conal had tried to cross in her anxiety, although she realized
it once in the summer andgot bogged that Davey and Deirdre understood
there, losing a more of fine*beasts. If each other, she did not ask any ques-
Conal could not find his way :levies 'tions, and Deirdre said nothing, think -
it, the Schoolmaster did not think that! ing it was for Davey to tell
Davey could. It was only in case 'of : another. •
untoward happenings that be advised' "I knew you'd be anxious about
trusting to the black boy's knowledge hini," the girl :said with a sigh, - `and
of the tracks through the swamp, and : tha-t'•s why I came. He's gone over-
taking'to the cover of the mossedark,' land with some of Maitland's cattle;
almost imrenetrable, eciub that cover- but he ought to be back in a week
ed it. 4 now, and then he'll be coming straight
Davey had • given his word to the ,here."
S•ch•oolnnester that if he met Conal he "Ah, dear!" Tears welled hi Mrs. ponies, hangings, everything, even if
would give the .cattle over to him and Camerons eyes. How glad Ill be. she has never dyed .be€ore. ,.;Buy
return to the hills.
Deirdre went with her into the well- "Diamond Dyes"—iso other kind --then
"I'd give everything I've got in the ,-mown parlor, and they sat downd
and
perfect home dyeing is sure because
world if you'd never been brought into talsked together awhile. There was a Diamond Dyes are guaranteed not' to
this busanes;s," he had sandy Ileoply newv and tender understanding between Spot, facie, streak, or run: Tell your
nioved,.just before Davey rode out. thein Mrs Cameron talked of leer the material
you
"Fathers ' blaming himself, Davey,"
Deirdre said.
Davey wrung the Schoolmaster's
band,
"I wouldn't have been in it, if I
hadn't broken niy ward to you," he
said. "I promised you when I brought
up that first mob for Conal, I'd clear
out after, didn't I? But Gonal offered
loneliness and the joy Davey home- druggist whether 3 no matter how ordeady they appeared.
coming would be to her. wish to dye is wool or sill:, or whether To my mind, good housekeeping
"Oh, I have prayed so, Deirdre," she it is linen, cotton or mixed gocds.'
said. "It has nearly broken any heart consists iii making the best of the
being without hini .. what with the situation, in keeping one's temper
} 'z under control when there is friction in
long nights here, and the sorrow that � , , g
has come upon us. r' "� t the kitchen, •and in trying day in and
That was all she said of the other i 4 � r' day out, to snake peace and happiness
trouble, yet it had almost broken hes, :� r' the paramount features.
If a woman succeeds in keeping her
home in fairly good •order, in supply-
ing well -cooked. and nourishing meals
to the fancily at regular hours, in
keeping herself neat in her dress, and
in -being quiet in her demeanor, she is,
to my mind, a very good housekeeper,
and deserves much more credit than
she ever will receive.,,
`• For there is qne thing quite certain:
a'."geoid housekeeper is only t>;uly ap-
preciated when the house has lost her.
either •vvhobr or teniporari'ly. Then
the .fanrils* realizes' how much depend-
.od alien "Mother," a:nd, if her life was
made up oif'httle things, how much
theree sarile ] the things meant to the
comfort and happiness of the family:
Many women would gladly run their
homes differently from what they do,
if they had, time to stop and make
changes they have in mind; but life is
so hurried, .ar d there is .so much to be
done that, as they say, they just do
the best they can.' If they .:really do
that, . what more -•cin they do until
oneself the most attractive figure in
the picture. That is good housekeep-
ing and Reny good hontenlaking.
"John" is sure to be satisfied with it,
and if it continues, he never will have
just cause for complaint.
By and by, however, little rifts will
appear in the lute. The wife may bo
just as anxious to please "John" as
she ever was, and just as desirous as
she was at first to keep everything in
apple pie orcI r; but children have a
way of changing •one's ways, whether
or not one wishes to change them, and,
with all the best intention in the world
to keep up to a 'certain set standard,
the wife and mother will often find
herself making compromises, and con-
ing down a little from her first high.
ideals.
This is where .good housekeesping be-
gins to show;; for merely keeping a
house immaculrate; looking just like an
exhibition of furnished rooms, is not
really good homemaking. One might
be very uncomfortable living in them,
4 tbsps. butter, 1• tsp. cinnamon, MI
cup sugar, 1 cup seeded raisins, ap-
ples, 2 cups milk. Sift together the
dry ingredients and rub in the butter
as for biscuits, add the 'beaten egg and
the milk, work to a smooth dough and
spread on a sh,allow baking pan."
'Spread the top with melted butter and
4 tbsps.sugar nixed with 1 tsp. cin-'
nasion. Cover this with one cup of.
raisins and cover the raisins with
'peeled; cored anal, sliced apples. Bake
in a moderate oven thirty minutes.
Orange and raisin compote -l1/2
pounds seeded raisins, 3 cups cold
water, 3 naval 'oranges, 3 pounds cur-
rants, 3 cups sugar. Prepare oranges,
euttin!g in very thin pieces with a
sharp knife. Let them .soak overnight.
in the water.In the morning pick
over and wash the currants •and add
then with the raisins and sugar to
the oranges. Boil hard .for about 2
hours and put in glass jars, closing
while hot. Serve with meat.
French pastry—la cake compressed
east diss,olvedl in Gu 1 kerwarm
and= give your
stomach a Mt.
Provides "the bit of
sweet" in beneficial
iormr.
Helps to cleanse`
the teeth and keep
them 'healthy.
whites.- 1 cup whipped cream. Soften
gelatin ie. cold water'. Cool: raisins
and hot water slowly 10 minutes. Heart
mills and add sugar and gelatin. Stir
until dissolved and add raisin mixture.
Chill. When 'mixture begins to thicken
add nuts and egg whites and fold in
cream. Mix thoroughly and, pour into
molds. Serve with yellow sauce.
Yellow sauce -2 egg yolks, 1/s tip.
salt, 2 tbsps. sugar, 1 cup hot milk,
ala• tsp. lemon extract. Beat egg yolks;
and add sugar and salt. Add hot milk'
and cook in dauble boiler until mixture
thickens, Cool and add gaveling,
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Quadruplets are twenty times as
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times as rare as twins. Roughly the -
pnosp:ntien is one set of quadruplet
to 250,000 births,
me the job, and—you bet I wouldn't and hard taken all her fortitude and pa-
ve been out of a nioonliblrting either, tient wifeliness to endure. An instin.:t
if I could 're helped it" of blind fidelity was part of Mary
"But this business—I never meant Cameron.
you to be in it," Farrel said bitterly. l When Deirdre was going she ferried
"I never meant to be in it myself, • her. There was lingering affection in
Davey. Circumstances were too strong i the pressure of her lips.
for me. A Srowhing man clutches a "My heart gees out to you, dear,
straw, they say.
Deirdre had ridden to the valley.
She had watched the mob go out
across the plains., watched until men,
cattle, horses and dogs, a. moving blur
in the rests, disappeared altogether,
and the faint lowing of the beasts
came to her no longer. comes home, won't you? .Oh, I could
She 'costed impatiently for .news of laugh and cry with happiness to' think
Davey, though aih'e knew none could
•
come for weeks:. There were few
teaveiilers on this averliand track..
Conal and one or two others had used
it, with Teddy to guide them if they
wanted to take the short out, across
the ecsuba of the sswwamip. There were
well-defined northern paths into New
South Wales: but it was• a long and
she said. "It'•s almost -as if you were
my own child. I love you like that,
Deirdre. It eves good of you to oome
to -day. Now.I will get Daveys room
ready for hint .. , and the little room
you used to sleep in. You'll be com-
ing to stay with us again when ' he
eoundeabout journey to Port Phillip ;gild to do what he wants, wdthout
from the southern ranges. angering hint. His father has lost.
"Father," Deirdre said impulsively, niany of the ways he had, and you
one morning soon after Davey mad wouldn't believe how he loves the boy, In a certain church once o1 the duties 's'ome of their burdens are lessened?
gone. "I'm going to see i Cam- in spite +of. everything. It's a .strange, of the sexton was to blow fcr the of A house that is orderly may not be,
exon. I've bean thinking slue must be dour way a man has of loving some- gan, The man was deaf. and perhaps
anxious about Davey anti wantir g
times, dear—bard to bear. It's love allaftee all, a happy home, and good
nova of him." i on that account liad Eslleir into thhe ' iouselteepine means a lot mere than
• ,, , the same—not love the way women somewhat embarrassing habit of quit-
"She'll
uit
`S ne a e love—that
"There's • cue subject ygu tv+Cir t; sacrifice a woman's lave; Deirdre. ib
speak to her of, though, Deirdre," lie "Sometimes a man loves that way One Sunday anew nnmiste7 rwa•s.eo� -
added after a moment's hesitatiosr.' too;' Deirdre said. ing, and the young lady 'who played
She knew what he meant. He (led' She had swung into her saddle and tie •organ naturally wanted to appear;.
not want Mr:-. Cameron to know thati wasloolung away before her, over the to •advantage. As soon as the servies
mist-�vre•athed hills. For a moment had started she wrote a note. and;
handing it to the sexton, told flint to
iead it at once.
Evidently the old man dill not batch
her words• correctly, for to hes horror
the old trines will •come again.
Deirdre 'laughed, a little laugh of
shy joyousness, She could not tell
Mrs. Cameron that she would be corn-
ing to stay with her altogether soon. -
"Davey will be able to get on better.
with his father now," Mrs. Cameron
continued, giving expression to her
dreams. "He will be able to get Don
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WARM LOVE ASSURED
Father: . About this young' n
of yours --how do you knew at
;after marriage his love will r of
• grow .cold?
• Daughter:',, Impossible, father
He's the owner of `sixtees tons,; of
coal!
Message That Miscarised
` `;1 'll be glad .to Sc*e you no draulrt I l th t tries to ma -ice life easy fol
lla said, the dear. one It's all tenderness and ti,lgdhis task before a hymn wee fin -
his sight' was ailmest gone.
"Yes.,I understand," Deirdre said, i her eyes lay on Mrs. Cameron's face
Socks, as sensitive to the keen air, with its grey -green eyes, delicate con -
the sunshine, the fluty 1 ippiin s and Itour, exquisite line of lips, loving and
joy -callings of the bird: as Deirdre i loveable, Her face had lost its youth-
was, rollicked fierily down the track to; fail fieslniess, but its beauty was un
Ga•nieion'S; His white sboekaugs • rill aired so tender its expression, so she saw him go to the minister, after
flashed as he.' thudded along; his ni' a c -0i + ei1n,�� :and• pure the light oofher the first hymn and hand frim the note.
shod hoofs Feld with a soft beat on e ,eS thou itlonely soul looked out Tihe minister opened It and read:
the grassy waysides. Deirdre sang y , g
of them, pedaled and wondering. "Keep blowing steadily until I tell you
softly to Ile se
if as they passed under.
I Deirdre pressed her heels into the to „toile,
the arching trees, Her thoughts went!
chestnut: she and the hone disappears- -�
daifting away dreamily- to the time
when Davey would ,come back and she
„
ed anion the trees, • Keeping the Floor Clean
Johnny cane back Ervin Lase ` oit'eus..
very. much excited.
"Oh, mama," he cried, as soon' as he
"But I can't see her any more," he got la the house. "Rate spiiled:•soma
said brusquely. peanuts, and what do yon think the
Deirdre •realized the worund that she elope eat did? He, picked 'emup
had opened. She had never quite for- with his vacuum cleaner."
given Davey's mother for the fact that e.a
g =rnruan She talked of Mer, Cameron to her
would. call going to AS , g oil gfarther.
home." i "I:t would break your heart to .see
the 'change in her," she sfiid.
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nail+k, % ° cup chopped seeded raisins,
i cup sugar, grated rinds of 1 lemon,
2 cups sifted flour, 3 well beaten eggs,
i/2 cup flours•, lh cup butter, rya, cup
seedless raisins. Add the ai cup of
flour to the yeast mixture, beat until
light and smooth and place iii a warm
place to .rise. Beat to a erean the
butter and sugar anSi add to the well
risen sponge with the 2 •cups' sifted
Hour,• beaten eggs, raisins and lemon
rind. Mix well and fill well buttered
muffin -tins half full. Place in a warm
place until light and double in bulk
and bake Ina moderate oven. Remove
from the •oven .and ewer at. once with
a frosting made from the following:
1 cup powdered sugar, 14• tappet. hot
water, 11/4 tbisps, orange juice..
Crean of raisihs-1 tbsp. gelatin,
cup milk, 2 tbssps. cold water,
cup. sugar, ea cup chapped seeded
raisins, la cup finely ehoipped mita, 1
cup hot water, 2 stiffly beaten egg
The Wise Mother.
The child who is fortunate enough
'to have a singing another- has a richer;
heritage than perhaps it may realize
for may IC -Year.
The home where the sound of music
is never :heard is one Tacking in the
time essence of the jciy of life for "Out .
of the fullness of the heart the mouth
sp•eeaketh " Anel where there is happi-
ness and the spontaiiiety of apprecia-
tion of bine skies, golden sunshine,
green grass and of the simple kindll: -
ness - of 'family and neighbors, songs
Will bubble forth as naturally as a
cold- pure spring from the heart of
Mother Earth.
Modern methods of child -rearing
have little place for the bedtime lull-
aby. But the wise -mother will find
a •place •and a time for it, for the child
who has not been : cradled in its
mother's arcus and sung to, has miss -
Dan had lost his sight,on her account. Mlnard's Liniment for Corns and Warts ,.ed much of the swee{.nees of life.
Mrs. Cameron never seemed to reeliee
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it and that had angered the girl. Per-
haps Mrs. Cameron did not knew
what the Schoolmaster had tion Teri'
her, Deirdre told herself sometimes.
But Davey knew and she could hardly
believe that Mrs, Cameron was ignor-
ant, though she never seemed to take
the 'Schoolmaster's injury as a per-
sonal matter.
Deirdre, looked down on his face,
dark and sombre now. Scarcely any-
thing of its olds reckless gaiety was
left.' Lines had been carved on it by
bitter thought and 'brooding on the
utter night be was travelling into.
She rubbed her soft cheek against
hiss.
"Tell rue,," be said, with an effort,
"how she looks, Deirdre,"
"She looks," the girl said hesit•ating-
ly, "Slee looks—I can't explain how --
as if something that burned inside or
her hadone out,"
"But she's beautifellike she need
to lie," he begged. "She used to have
a way of looldm•• - at you that I never
saw with anybody elee•W----"
His voice was trenibinug.
"Yes," Deirdre said slowly; "She's
beautiful like she used to be, though,
her hair's got greyin it . . end the
color of the pink orchids has, gone out
of leer Ache And slid looks et you tbat
way ----1 know what you moan --'as if,
elle were seeing .. n7o t only the
I trtrts,itltt you. ... It's her, ewes and
i tile; way heti lips 1,re together tell you
i rT
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SAFETY Flfyt let THE mew 9At'IACIA
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A Financial Courts
Romance of Investments told
in Clever Short Story
CHAPTER I,
When James Allen died, be left
two daughters a small but com-
fortable hone and fifty* thousand
dollars of life insurance. He had
been a quiet, taciturn lean, taking
no one, not even his own daughters,
into his confidence. Not until he
was buried and his will was -read, new black gowns, were seated lir
did anyone have the slightest idea the little 1 uiely sitting-isori>, recti
of his possessions. He had hold the ing their father's last will andtes- .
tenant, 'tihioh was very brief, crier.
left all he posscssed to them jointly::
"1 srever bad the slightest idea of
how much father had," said Etam '
scall, staring into space,
"Nor 1." seid Maly. 'We alwayac
1
withcnit male kith or kin. There, -
was no man, no near relative, they,
couldo to for advice, and, With
the instinctive dread of �nr
gi voen of'`
exposing their affairs to outsiders,
they hesitated to take anyone into,;
their confidence.
It was the evening following the`
funeral, and the two sisters, in their
position of Clerk of the Court for
forty years, and had lived comfort-
ably, educated his daughters and
performed his duties as a good Oita
ren. His wife had died four years
before him. It now appeared that
he had adopted early in life the idea lead enough, blit we lived very
of living close to his income, sav-
econonmically, so I supposo we rail.
go on all right,
"Yes, but yoe -must reseemberR
five don't. have father's salary any
more.,,
"That's true; I never thought of
that. Can we live on what he left?".
And an anxious look came over the.
:face of the younger woman.
ing enough each year to pay his
life insurance premiums, and rely-
ing on the. insurance to take can of
his family when lie should be gone.
—rather a dangerous, but not un-
usual, policy. -
He had never discussed business
at home, and his daughters wore
absolutely ignorant of the first
principles of finance. They had re- "We must. It isn't as thouih-rve
ceived the usual Common school were young and could ;;o out and
education, and were now well ad • teach or become stenographers. We
vaned toward middle life; Ifannali are almost too old to begin now,
being forty-two and Mary, thrrty-
two,
When the first shock of the un-
expected death was overcome and
they found themselves thrown
wholly upon their ower resources,
they were staggered by the weight
of the responsibility. It is true they
had a comfortable home and a mod-
est fortune, but they were entirely
For the continuation of this very human story, road
"A Financial Courtship," which tells what happened
to the two sister's and their legal adviser. We will
send you one free, if you write for it, and mention
the name of this paper. Not only you, but ever',*
adult member of your •family will enjoy reading it,
and it will help you as well to tinderetand how to •
choose and buy good investments.
and it doesn't look, Mary, as though.
either of us would get married." A.
sad little laugh followed the verde
and, the quick tears sprang to the
gentle eyes of the younger sister.
The word "spinster" was indelibly
stamped on both their gond, honest,
kindly ;fades and they :knew the
world would pegs them by for
fresher :and more brilliant once.
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