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Ey KATHLEEN NORRIS
In love with Peter McCann, con of
Judge McCann, noted New York jur:
ist, Sheila Carscadden learned from
the boy's own lips that he loved her
but was to marry another girl, Ger-
trude Keane. They met secretly in
an unused roof of a law library on
Broadway to discuss the situation,
then prepared to leave. The doors
were locked, the building deserted.
While trying to make their escape
they encountered two men, bootleg-
ger gangster who (for reasons of
their own) kidnapped they,,, taking
them to a deserted fa*.mhouse where
they spent the night. When they were
released two days late,, Sheila's fam-
ily doubted her story, Her bre.
ther Joe produced a telegram, sent
from Boston, not New York, which
read "Peter and 1 married here.
Sheila. "She had asked the gang-
sters to assure her family of her
safety and this telegram was the re-
sult. When she denied they were
married, her family was shocked, and
she became very angry. She had
just declared she would leave home
forever when Frank McCann, Peter's
oldest brother, appeared. He quiet-
ed Sheila, explaining that he and Joe
had given a marriage announcement
to the newspapers as the best way
out of a difficult situation. The next
day which was St. Patrick's Day,
Judge and Mrs. McCann proposed
that Sheila. and Peter marry. "And
admit we were lying!" Sheila ex-
claimed angrily, hurrying from the
McCann home. As she was passing
an employment bureau, she stopped
to read of the positions offered.
Shelia grew older, her manner
a new graneyes were wiser.
Physically there was a change too;
she was thinner, the contours of her
face were chiseled to finer lines.
She had been ten days on the job
when one morning, in the very heat
of the between -lunch -and -breakfast
flurry, Frank McCann found her.
At the moment Mr. Benny was
making himself particularly disagree-
able to an unfortunately argumenta-
tive girl named Mabel, and Sheila,
listening to 1VIabel's feeble self-
defence, in an agony of sympathy
was inwardly saying to Mabel, "Oh,
shut up, you're just giving him
chance after chance—shut up, you
poor fool—he's just leading you on
—" when Mrs. Kearney, who was as-
sistant manager, Suddenly appeared
on the scene.
This caused a�lull, for Mrs. Kear-
ney- silk -clad, eye -glassed, authorita-
tive, was a power at the Pendergast.
"Which girl is Mary MVloore? Mary,
there's a gentleman wants to see
you," Mrs. Kearney said. She sensed
• mutiny. "What's going on here?"
she asked sharply.
It was so delightful to see Mr.
Benny cringe, becoming instantly
conciliatory to Mabel, so gratifying
to hear Mabel's demure answer, that
•
Sheila quite forgot to worry about
any significance her own message
might have. Unsuspectingly she fol-
lowed Mrs, Kearney to one of the
little consultation rooms near the
main office. One of the guasts of the
place had asked her that morning if
she had ever posed for trade photo-
graphs, and had suggested that she
let him have her photographed work-
ing a vacuum cleaner, and if Sheila
had thought of anything at all ex-
cept Mabel's triumph and Mr. Benny's
discomfiture, she would have found
soave such explanation of the sum-
mons.
But it was Frank McCann who was
waiting for her.
Instantly she was frightened, of
what she did not know. She tried to
back out of the door.
"Sheila— it's all right, nobody
knows but me!" Frank said quickly.
What Mrs. Kearney, outside the door,
thought Sheila had only a wild min-
ute to speculate. Then the older
woman closed the door and she and
Frank were alone.
"Listen, it's all right, nobody
knows but Die!" Frank said. ' Sit
down, nothing's going to happen to
you. Honestly, I promise you I won't
give you away!"
"How'd you find me?" Sheila
whispered, sitting down.
"I never lost you. There was a
fellow named Buckley waiting for
me in the hall that day," Frank ex-
plained, with a touch of his char-
acteristic. complacence. "I had him
follow you. He's done that sort of
thing -before—he's a plain -clothes;
„1, am..a..nilitt.,-r_.oi.`...geet.; µfl saw
you go 'into the ageney on Lexing-
ton."
"But after that I went home!"
'I know you 'did. But an hour
later your brother telephoned; they
couldn't locate you."
"That was it," she said.
Frank was silent, he half smiled
at her. •
"Never a dull moment where you
are!" he observed dryly. "You see,
you didn't run away at aIl!"
"I wish people would Ieave me
., alone.".- Sheila said simply:
"So you're a waitress, eh?"
"Sonne job," she said, with a smile
and shrug.
"Is it hard?"
"Oh, help !"
There Was a silence.
"That woman --O'Connor, in the
agency, did she tell on me?"
"She had to."
"Ma know?"
"She knows I- know. I told her
that night you were O.K."
"Is she all right?" Sheila asked.
It began as a casual question, but
suddenly her Iips trembled, she was
crying.
"She's fine." He stopped, studied
her for a minute. "She misses you,"
To this Sheila could make no
answer.
"How�7�long you going to keep t
'up r'
"I don't know,"
"Well, we've had a great tine
since you left," Frank told h
"There's been a reporter on t
front step about half the time.
mother doesn't answer the to
phone,"
"How is your mother?"
"Mother feels very badly'
ab
you, She feels that we could ha
shown a little more confidence
you that day."
"She didn't believe me."
"She was all upset."
"And your father didn't belie
me."
'"Well — he did, kinder—"
Sheila was looking somberly ahea
of her, resentment smoldering in h
eyes.
"I can't blame you, if my owh:
mother thought I was a liar!" s '
said bitterly.
"I believed you, Tight through,
Frank said.
Sheila's look was scornfully i
credulous;
"Honestly I did," he said, "Trul
But it seemed to me that anywa
true or not true, you and Pete
might want to be married.",
"I don't love Peter. I'm not goin
to marry anyone I don't love."
Frank shrugged.
"Perhaps you're waiting for some
thing you'll never find," he said,
"If I had known that you kne
where I was," Sheila said; after
long pause, during which her blue
eyes had rested steadily on his face;
I would have run away , again
from here, I mean."
"It wouldn't have done you any
gond."
She looked up suspiciously.
"Wouldn't?"
"No, you can't run away from
things. It only makes people think
you've got something to hide."
"I don't care what people think."
"We'd have had to find you. But,
knowing where you were, I could
tell them you were all right," Frank,
said. "I knew it wouldn't hurt you
to work off your mad. I was down
here the day after you came, and:
saw Mrs. Kearney. She's a good old
girl," Frank said. "She said she'd
keep an eye on you and not talk. I
didn't tell her much, of course."
Tears of helpless anger stood in
Sheila's eyes.
"You did it up in style," she com
mented, dryly.
"Ah, now listen—" Frank began.
"Listen nothing!" she said, with
a sudden choke in her voice. "You
double-crossed Inc. You've • all been ';r
laughing at me, all this time. Main -r
ma and J•oe and everyone--"
There isn't one of them.`,:
faintest idea:' where
r- : a '
...interuptecj. •'.
"Why, Sheila," he added, as
did not speak. "Do you suppose„your
mother'd let an hour go by without
coming down here after you?r She's
breaking her heart- for you. "'She'll
never forgive herself that she didn't
believe you'that day."
"Mamma—" Sheila said thickly,
and swallowed, and was still.
To tie Continued
The Cook's Ode To Spring
Greet the summer in any way you
want but don't forget to do it with
Strawberry Shortcake as well. Let
poets and robins sing all kinds of
odes to this joyous season but your
family and friends would appreciate
it if you servad your ode, There is
nothing that quite takes the place of
strawberry shortcake: In anyone's life'
and if you see that vacant, starry-
eyed look in the eyes of the younger
generation, it may not be love but
just a longing for this delicious des-
sert.
Just Imagine it! Rich and flaky,
spread with butter and juicy red ber-
ries, and crowned with a fluff of
whipped cream. But do more than
imagine it — make it. This straw-
berry Shortcake is a triumph indeed,
to set'upon your table.
When nature has given us such a.
delicious fruit, don't fall down on
your end of it an'd •serve a poor short-
cake. By using only the best cake
flour which means the most finely
milled — on the market, you can pro-
duce a superb cake which is deserv-
ing of praise in itself but really ful-
fills Its 'purpose when smothered in
strawberries.
Strawberry Shortcake
3 cups sifted cake . flour; 3 tea,
spoons baking powder; 1 teaspoon
salt; 1/z cup butter or other shorten -
+rose
• ing; 3.4 cue milk (about); 2 quarts
fruit.
Sift flour once, measure, add bak-
ing powder and salt, and sift again.
Cut in shortening. Add milk gradual-
ly until soft dough is formed. Roll
i/.k inch thick on slightly floured
board. Cut with 3 -inch floured biscuit
nutter. Place half of circles on bak-
ing sheet; brush with welter butter.
Place remaining circles on top and
butter tops well. Bake in hot oven
(350 deg• P.) 15 to 20 minutes. Cut
fruit in small pieces or slices and
sweeten slightly. Separate halves of
hot biscuits, spread bottom half with
sort butter and sweetened fruit. Place
other half on top, crust side down.
Spread with butter and remaining
fruit. Serves 8.
MEAT VARIATIONS
Lamb Chops With Dressing
6 lamb chops; 3 onion chopped;
11/2 cups bread crumbs; 2 tablespoons
fat; 1-6 teaspoon pepper; 3-4 teaspoon
salt; 1/2 cup hot water; 1 beaten eg,;,
Mix bread crumbs, fat, seasoning,
water and egg. Spread on lamb. Put
chops in a pan close together; add
a little water to cover bottom of pan
and bake in a moderately hot oven
one hour, basting occasionally.
Flank or Round Steak Stuffed
and Rolled
1 lb. top round or flank 1/ inch
Crocheted Rug front Odds and Ends
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Prosioeetors Are Out
In the bush the snow has left the
ground and within the next few days'
a small army of prospectors will 'start
the assessment work necessary_ to
hold their:; claims.
Altogether 10,324 claims Have
been recorded in the Sault Ste. Mar-
ie mining division, and of this num-
her roughly 3,000 are entirely new
stakings, chiefly in the Goudreau
area.
There is a tendency to regard ini-
tial staking lightly, as something of
little consequence, yet this year,
through the performance of the 40
days' work required on°each'of the
3,000 new claims staked, Algoma's
prospectors, in wages alone will con-
tribute roughly $300,000 quid an ad-
ditional $100,000 for board and mer-
chandise incident to the work that
must be done.
SIGNS OF THE TIMES
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With the return of better times, telephone construction camps begin again to dot
countryside along many Ontario highways. For 1937 the 13e11 Telephone Company's gross
outlay will exceed 13 million dollars. Recent reductions in rates for farmers' telephones
have induced many farmers to restore the telephones discontinued in depression ears an
amany new rural subscribers are being added to the telephone community,y, d
MAYFAIR NEEDLE -ART DESIGN NO. 164
This attractive rug was made of old silk stockings, bits of silk
and rayon knit underwear, dyed. It is great fun to snake and gives
one a splendid opportunity to make use of discarded stoexangs and
dresses of crepe de chine or satin. It is quickly made and the fin-
ished rug is extremely effective. The pattern includes full crocheting
is instructions without abbreviations, directions for assembling and color
suggestions.
Meeting kI)evoted
: ° ® Child Wefare
"Protection of infancy" Congress
k " To Take Place hi
Rome
The second "International Con-
gress for the: Protection of Infancy"
will' be held in Rome October 4 to 8,
'following the fourth International
Pediatric Congress. The first section
.of the Congress will discuss such
questions as preventive measures
against infantile mortality from nu-
.tritional ailments; institution of
•what the announcement desc, ibes as
-"climatic colonies" for pre-school
children; health work for children
of Europeans in colonial countries;
physical training in schools; meas-
ures to improve the health of chil-
dren born out of wedlock. The sec.,
and .section is concerned with legis-
lative and social questions, one be-
ing "The destiny of the sons (there
is no reference I daughters) in
cases of annunnert m• diszolntion of
;marriage," and legislation for the
Protection of minors, as well as "ob-
ligatory nraastance to the mother and
to tho ill:, -;;timate children."
ae .c11 Street Safety
rush Children
LONDON —In an endeavour to
teaelt British children how to cross
ths road in safety, the Save the Chip
dren Fund here, in conjunction with
the Ford Motor Company, is sponsor-
ing the distributions of working
models of traffic lights in card-
board.
"Learn how the traffic lights work
and cross the road in safety," is the.
slogan printed on the top of the in-
genious card. By turning a movable
centerpiece on the card, traffic lights
are shown working in their proper
rotation, red, red and amber, green,
amber, red.
As each light is made to appear
an explanation in red print comes in-
to view. When the red light is
shown, the print underneath the
drawing of the lights reads, "Danger-
ous to cross." With red and amber
together, the print reads, "Caution,
wait for green." When green ap-
pears, the child is told, "Safe to cross
now," and with the return of the am-
ber, "Caution, do not move."
Copies are available for all, free of
charge on application to the Save the
Children Fund. Copies are being dis-
tributed to schools throughout the
country, and the Ford Motor Com-
pany has made arrangements for
their agents to distribute further
copies of the models.
Every bird has feet adapted to
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Stuffing.
1 .cup c limbs, 2 tablespoons butter)
(melted) ; 2 teaspoons parsley; % tea.)
spoons onion juice; 2 tablespoons ).
claoni5ecl celery; % teaspoon salt; 1,8
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Trim edges of steak, spread stuf-'
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on onion and carrot in pan with suet ;
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2 1/2 pounds Veal cutlets; -2 cupfuls )
soft bread crumbs; 1-8 teaspoon pep.;
per; % cupful minced onion; 1/a, cup-
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Brown the bread crumbs in the fat
and season with the salt anti pepper, )
Cut the veal into two-inch squares ).
and pound until thin and the pieces
are as large as the _palm of the hand;"
spread with the filling. Roll and tie i•
up with cord. Make the birds as )
round as possible, browning them in )
a little fat and when thoroughly
browned remove the cords. In the 1
meantime make a stock from the on-
ions, gristle, bones, etc. Make a gravy
in the pan in which the birds were
browned, using a tablespoon of flour
mixed to a paste to • each cupful of
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bake gently for four hours in a 350
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Advice to a Young Lady
There is a certain young lady who'
lives in a great castle on a hill in'
Burlingame, This beginning sounds
like a good opening for a fairy
story, but, alas, the daughter of the
financial king of whom I write lacks•t some of the perquisites of a fairy-,
princess. For although she is very
rich and has everything in the world , •
that she wants well, no, bot""e'v= I
erything, for it is said that the choice'•
of her heart is a most unpleasant ,
one in her father's eyes ... she nev-a
ertheless is uncharitable of speech
toward others. Sometimes, even, she •
goes so far as to make unkind state-
ments which she cannot possibly back
up.
If these lines should chance to fall .
beneath her gaze, let ner remember
that kindliness and tolerance are
admirable, but that malice and
truth are an abomination,' and
things which should never be found•
in the best society
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