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HomeMy WebLinkAboutZurich Herald, 1938-03-03, Page 2For lovers of green tea ft CHAPTER XI—THE STRANGE PASSENGER ACTS FOR HIMSELF So far from undressing and retiring to sleep. like a man with a clear cons- cience, the passenger who had given the name of Beldon, after bidding the station-inas:er good -night. sat upon a chair for a few minutes and listened intently with folded arms. His head gradually fell upon his bosom, and his eyes, which were heavy for want of sleep, slowly closed. The passenger breathed softly and regularly, and before he was aware of it, he was also dreaming. He awoke with a convulsive start, and looked wildly around him. Then he snatched his watch from his pocket and hurriedly consulted the Bands. They showed it was just one o'clock. "Ha:" he exclaimed, in suppressed tones, "What's that?" He walked stealthily to the door and listened, He heard the sound as of a key turning, and after that retreating footsteps. "Why, he's off again! What does this mean?" muttered the passenger. "Where can he have gone? Why, where should he go but to the sta- tion? And why to the station? Only one thing, and that's the telegraph. And only one thing he could want the telegraph for—and that is— The strange guest did not finish the sentence, but he smiled, not as every -day creatures smile, but with unutterable cunning. "So, my friend, you're seeking to learn—' The passenger checked his tongue abruptly, and addressing himself as if he spoke to some second person in the room said angrily, "What folly is this you're guilty of? Why should you trouble as to what the station- master does, and why he does it? Go and sit down again." A Stopper On The Tongue Obeying the command as if itcame from some superior being whose word was law, the stranger resumed his seat. "Think, and think hard," he said, and again he acted as if under the direction of an unseen commander. "Ncw what do your brains tell you is the proper thing to do?" he asked. "Get out of this place and fly from Is" as La's 211'1 A& far as you can," he answered himself. Continuing this peculiar conversa- tion he said, "And why should you get away? Because they ask you things CHILDREIN of all ages thrive on ,‘!CR OWN BRAND". CORN SYRUP. They never tire of its delici- ous Savor and it really is so good for them—so give the children "CROWN BRAND". every day. Leading physicians pro- nounce "CROWN BRAND" CORN SYRUP a most satis- factory carbohydrate to use as a milk modifier in the feeding of tiny infants and as an energy producing food for growing children. THE FAMOUS EN EROV FOOD The CANADA STARCH CCMPANY Limited MAKE YOUR LIVER Produce its bile Your liver nas a 145 Joh to du, Make It do what it Ps :supposed to, its job is to produce 18 to 36 field ounces of bile every day and send It thr.,ugh the system. U it fates down on its job you suffer. AND i. TOW' The most effective stlmutant for the liver known to medical science le calomel, which In small donee is of the highest use to conges- tive eondittons, especially those due to over. eating, over indulgence in alcohol, Lack of ex- ercise, etc. 'ranee. 'Tablets contain a certain proportion or calomel, blended with tessera and other medicines. They are mild and harm - teem gut your liver understands and takes the hint. tar sate at an druggists, toe, (9) they know nothing about; they pester you with stupid questions, trade upon your willingness to help, and wish to drag you into trouble over a silly drunken passenger who has—" Again the speaker checked himself violently, and not only that, but plac- ing his left hand to his mouth he snapped with his teeth at the flesh at the root of the thumb and bit it so savagely that the blood flowed. "There, fool!" he snarled, "watch and feel that, and let it be a stepper on .your tongue. There isn't a more powerful reminder of what you ought- n't to do than the sight of blood. Bah! how I hate it—the barbarous sanguin- ary fluid. There's butchery and mur• der written on it. Why are we made with such stuff in our veins? I must be up and doing out and mov- ing, running, leaping, jumping, shout- ing; anything but this accursed noth- ingness. I can't endure it—I shall burst, suffocate; the atmosphere of this room stifles me. 'What wretched- ness can equal mine; what prisoner in his cell feels himself so cruelly oppressed as I? What—take it off my neck—you choke, you strangle me!" Contents of the Bag With a violence for which there seemed not a shadow of cause, the passenger tore his cravat and collar off and flung them upon the floor of the room. Then he wrenched rather than unbuttoned the neckband of his shirt until his chest was exposed. Af- ter this he stepped to the window and raising the sash leaned his head and shoulders out and took long deep breaths. "How choice a feeling:" he exclaim- ed returning to the room, "how glor- ious to have the fresh cool breeze blowing upon you, brushing the cob- webs from your brain, removing the sense of oppression from your chest, and banishing fear and terror from your heart! After all, thank God for the country. Now I feel as if I bad the limbs of Hercules and the cour- ag'e of a lion. A glorious sensation— a feeling known to man alone of all creatures that live and breathe. What's that? God help my soul, what's that?" The stalwart frame of the passen- ger shook as if palsied as he hast- ened, but still with the utmost stealth- iness, towards the bed on which he had put his little bag. The snap had given way under the pressure on the sides and the carelessness of putting the bag upon the quilt; and the con- tents had partly thrust themselves out. 'If lie§awihkticl)ileI tiesinthe room, I'm—the passenger once more checked himself, bit his hand for the secondtime savagely, and clenching his jaws determinedly, made no furth- er sound. With a face in which cunning was the strongest characteristic he took the bag from the ked and held it for a moment in his hand. While stand- ing he thrust the contents, which seemed soft and pliable, back again, and snapped the lock. Replacing the bag he stepped to the, door and turned the lock softly. Not less softly he tried to open the door, but it remained quite firm. The look of cunning, for an insanit only, gave place to a look of fear. Then the jaws became tighter shut than ever, and the expression of the f°ce grew in craftiness. in The Fireplace Seeing that the floor hail been fast- ened upon him from the outside the passenger set swiftly to work to carry out the object that was clearly in his mind—to get free of the house and its occupants. His actions spoke as plain- ly as words. The window was still raised, and he leaned out and measured at a glance the distance to the ground. The night was clear enough for him to see that ten or eleven feet below shim was a flon'erbed, raised somewhat about the level of a trim bit of lawn. To drop onto the bed was as simple as it was safe, and there seemed to be no ob- stacle in the way of reaching the old road by which he bad corse from. Braynor station. The passenger smiled as he re- turned to the middle of the room af- ter reconnoitring his position. Then he took up his hag, and giving a final Wilifft . , $P81RT$ Siding; dog teams; sleighing, hockey and skating—,every, thing in Winter out.. door isle- Inoupen. siva Zook now. 7 Hot Celery Soup To 13ring Sleep Jt':,5 Easy to Prepare and Most Palatable Folks say celery is never so good as when it has been frost -nipped. This is a superstition, but it does go to show that the colder and Crisper celery is served, the better, And shred it sometimes very, very finely, and put Mao cold potato salad where equally fine onion bits also lie. This, too, should be served ice cold (if there's no lee, stand the salad bowl in another containing very cold Sat- er, constantly changing till the meal is ready).. Not Miraculous Hot celery helps one to sleep. No, it is not miraculous, but go to bed early with a clear mind and a bowl of this soup—and see. Cut a stick of celery into inch -long bits, green and all. Cover with water and stew very slowly till quite soft. Beat up in the pan, season to taste (but not too much pepper), add slow- ly lowly to it some warmed milk, bring to just below boiling point, and drink as hot as possible. LADY BALTIMORE CAKE Lady Baltimore Cako had Ha oi'ld.itt away back in the days when people had the leisure and the desire to live and entertain graciously But lel those days, when they cooked by lnstitt't. and 'lay guess and by golly," only the experienced cook could snake a Lady Baltimore Calm, Now you eau levet all the glamor of a Baltimore (totil11t plus the accuracy, and the unvarying goodness that a 20th coutury recipe and ingredients give you. Standard recipes and standard tit• gredients which are available to all women today have considerably facie- itated the modern woman's life. She can now spend her early years in business or professional work and a year after marriage turn out wonder• ful dishes and boast that sho "didn't know the first thing about cooking," when she married. Sho doesn't have to spend time at Home learning her mother's cooking secrete. With a few China l s for Tea T As crisp and pretty as freshly starched and ironed gingham, these unusual tea towel motifs will appeal to gotta- . ?agination for they are colorful and gay ... and surprisingly quick to work. Quaintly styled china and glass has been used for the design. Running stitches form the squares with here and there a solid block to complete the pattern. Fun to work ... and grand to own. The pattern includes transfers for six towels, complete working instruc- tions, stitch and color charts and keys and stitch diagram. For Design No. 385, send 15c to Mayfair Pattern Service, Room 421, 73 West,Adelaide St., Toronto. Print name and address plainly.. glance round to see that he had left nothing to show that he had ever vis- ited the apartment, moved towards the window. His hand was already on the gas -jet, to put out the !lint, when he More ttirfl8u back, and (1:11-perately resumed the seat he had j,Pe.iously occupied. Placing his bag upon his knees he pushed down the knob, and the receptacle opened. In an instant the contents had been placed upon the floor and the passen- ger was eyeing them closely, and put- ting them into two separate lots. From the contents he glanced to the fire- place. and from that in turn to the contents. The fireplace was of cavern- ous dimensions, and this being the height of summer, it was filled with a variety of elegant shavings, by way of ornament. These the passenger, rising from his seat, carefully remov- ed, and in their place put the articles he had taken from his bag—a small roll or lump of material resembling a ball of knitting worsted, and a quan- tity of small stuff of considerable springiness. The roll was put at the bottom of the grate and the other ma- terial aterial on top of it. Above all the pass- enger placed a covering of the shav- ings, and so neatly was the task ac- complished that It would have required ` a close examination by the sharp eyes of the station -master's wife herself to show that the fireplace had been 'and;^iered with. Not Caught Napping Hexing rjr ne this the station -mas- ter's guest extingnisbed the light, leaned nut of the window, threw his bag gently forward. and seeing that it had alighted safely and noiselessly on the lawn he himself dropped from a window onto the flowerhed. He acted in perfect silence and with the utmost coolness, and through- it all there was the same cunning smile upon his face. The passenger walkt:cl on and gained the road leading to the station. For a moment he paused, turned deliberately round, and with an air of the most perfect good breeding raised his hat and bowed to the station -master's House. Having thus bidden adieu to his temporary prison the passenger walked towards the station, swinging his bag airily, at times continuing his journey in absolute silence, and at other times breaking into fragmeiits of song of whistling—but all in the subdued fashion of a matt who was not to be caught napping. (Tl) nim live, Household Hints Chocolate v. weoa stains will disappear from. washable materials with a little soap and hot water. If they become stubborn, however, and there are still some traces of brown coloring, they can be bleached out with hydrogen peroxide. Non -wash- able materials should be sponged with clear water, and then the grease spot which is left can be removed with a grease solvent such as naph- tha. `Dishes which have contained starches or proteins should be soak- ed in cold water before being wash- ed in hot water with mild soapy suds. The hot water tends to cook the starches and proteins, making them twice as hard to get off the dis:.. Sugary or syrupy dishes should be soaked in hot water before being washed, as cold water solidifies the substance. The addition of sour cream to cer- tain gravies enhances their flavor, particularly lamb and veal gravies. Silences Away in shadowed depths of Sum- mer woods, Where through the noon of day no sound is heard, A hush that throbs amongst the flag- rant flowers Soft wings the air, and mutes each singing bird. Arid o'er the sleeping purple -breast- ed moor A haze -heat quivers far across, and tells How bees drop down, with honey sweetness cloyed, And breezes shake the heather's soundless bells. And in the secret places of my soul,. Where no man -enters,-thoughts go dreaming by; I stretch beyond this world of time and space, .And find in silence there—that God is nigh, issue N. 10—'38 ]itlpfill attt1geet-ttu►11 Mid i.eod recipe% ehtl t'itn lie no 110011, if nut a be11tor (10011, tltnll her mother. hero h1 tt ettitii 0111011 wilt prove our 111.000‘ alto intuit a bit at t.lio smut= time, Lady lea ltilttclro Cotillion Cake a e'upr sifted otths flour 3 tonspooiln halting 11ua'dor ,i tomwoolt salt. Yt cop bul!ty' or other ollorlo.oing 1% eupn Antler tit c'1lp 1ni11+ callPs\vtuiler 1 t ipI n \a11111ai 34 10821)002 ,11111011(1 011101'! 3 eat' 1\'liit et=, N1lffl\' t,e tl'll Sift flour once, me0itur0, acid bilk ing powder, salt, and sift, together three times. t'ren111 butter (ltorc1t11;11b ly, add sinter gradually and eroaut 10. gellted until light and fluffy. Add flour, alternately with liquid, tt mall amount, at. a. tilne. Cleat after mmtoit addition nnlil snto0lle Add flavor- ing; fold in egg whites, flake i11 two greased :emch layer pena in moderato oven (375 degrees 1'',) 20 minutes, Put layers together with Lady Baltimore Filling and cover top and sided of cake with. Lady Baltimore. Frosting, Double recipe to snake three I.0-iltrh layers. Lady Balti,aore Frosting ansl Filling 13 cups sugar teaspoon light corn syrup 2-3 cup boiling water 2 egg whites, stiffly 'beaten 1 teaspoon vanilla 6 figs, chopped cup raisins, chopped ani cup pecan meats, chopped Combine sugar, corn syrup, and water. Place over low flame and stir until mixture boils. Then boil rapidly until a small amount of syrup forms a soft ball in cold water, or spins a long thread when dropped from tip of spoon (240 degrees F.). Pour syrup in fine stream over egg whites, beat- ing constantly. Add vanilla. Continue beating with rotary egg beater 10 to 15 minutes, or until frosting is cool and of consistency to spread. Use wooden spoon when too stiff for beat- er. Add fruits and nuts to half of frosting. Spread between layers. Spread remaining frosting on top and sides of cake. Makes enough frosting and filling to cover tops and sides of two 8 -inch layers. If this end -of -the -winter drabness seems to have got you down and you feel that spring will never come, try this cake to cheer you up. It fairly shouts that spring is not far off. Daffodil Cake 1 cup sifted cake flour 114 'cups sifted sugar 1 cup egg whites % teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon cream of tartar teaspoon vanilla % teaspoon orange extract 4 egg yolks, beaten until thick and lemon -colored, Sift flour once, measure, add 3-4 cup sugar and sift four times. Beat egg whites and salt with flat wire whisk. When foamy, add cream of tartar; continue beating until stiff enough to hold up in peaks, but not dry. Beat in SORE THROAT' COLI. Given Fast Relief Take 2 "Aspirin" Tab- lets with a full glass of water. Crush 3 "Aspirin" - Tablets in 1ys glass of water—gargle twice every few hours, '1'110 speed with which "Aspirin" (.111)14 is act, in reli eving the distressing 5 UIptoms of colds and accompany- ing sore throat is utterly amazing and the treatment is simple and pleasant. This is all you do. Crush arid dissolve three "Aspirin" tablets in one-third glass of water. Then gargle with this mixture twice, hold- ing your head well back. This medicinal gargle will act almost like a local anesthetic on. the sore, irritated membrane of your throat. Pain eases promptly; rawness is relieved. • "Aspirin" tablets are made in Canada. "Aspirin" is the registered trade -mark of the Bayer Company,, Limited, of Windsor, Ontario..Look for the name Bayer in the form of a cross on every tablet. Demand and Get "ASPIRIN" MADE IN CANADA remaining sugar, 2 tablespoons at a time. Sift flour over mixture in sma17, amounts, folding carefully. Divide int two parts. To one, fold in vanilla. To other, fold in orange extract and. egg; yolks. Put by tablespoons into ult.; greased angel food pan, alternating! mixtures. Bake inslow oven (275 dei! grees F.); after 30 minutes increase'' heat slightly to 325 degrees F., bake'' 50 minutes Ionger. Invert on rack! until cake is cold. . - s 'Talking in Whistles The whistling Ianguage is "sio- ken" by a section of the populatiotlj of Goinera, one of the Canary Is -j lands. In a remote part of the is- land the people of the villages com-' municate with one another by whist- ling across the deep ravines which' separate them. The whistling language is centuries old and is produced without use of fingers. So expert are the people that they can send and understand the' most intricate messages—and call' make themselves heard four miles' away. $1,000 -a -Year Mouse: Minnie, a' singing mouse, earned 51,000 during; her first year as a performer over( the radio in Chicago. 1N PACKAGES 10c POUCHES 15c l/2 -1b: TINS - 70c