The Huron Expositor, 1917-08-24, Page 7en hair, So Hughiels shot fell bana-
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",And *lien will you be going to the
sugaring -off Mistress Murray," said
Maim*, miruielting Ranald so cleverly
that in spite a herself Mrs, MairraY
smiled.
It Was his mother's smile that per-
fected Hughie's fury. Withmit a
word of threat pr Warning, he seized oFilekvesto 100,Bei
L.dipper of Water and threw it over ti
Maimie, soaking her pretty ribbons
and .eollar, and was promitly sent up -
Stairs to repent.
"Poor Hughie!" said Ida mother
after he bad disappeared; "%amid is
his hetros and he e..stmot bear any eriti-
vent of hint." .
"Be doesn't look much of a hero.
auntie," staid Maimie, drying her face
anii'Vearylide'
letv heroes do," said her aunt,
quietly. "Ranald has noble tpaalitles
but he has had Vero feW advantaae!'es "
,1 Then* Mrs. Murray told 'her niece
how Ronald had .put hip -11141f between
her and the pureeing Wolves. Midee-
ie's blue eyes were Wide With horror.
"But auntie," she cried, l'why in the
wotki do you go. to suc3Places?"
"What places, " said the
dninister, who had come to the room.
"Why, those awful laces where
the woltes are,"
"Indeed, you may as why," said
the minister, gravely. e Ittal heard him to be, but a particularly bold
the story from his wife he night be; young rascal."
fore. "But it would ne d. a an to "Poor Ranald," sighed his wife; "he
be on guard day and n ght to keep has no mother, and his father has :lust
your aunt from those j Jae." let him grow up wild."
"Yes and your uncle to ," said Mrs. "Aye, that's true enough," assent -
Murray, shaking her hea at her bus- ed her husband passing into his study.
I band. "Youlsee, Mani:.., igwe live in But he could have adopted no bet -
`those places'; and after they are ter means of awakening Mantie's in -
as safe as any. We re in good terest in. Ranald than by the recital
keeping." of his various estapades. Women
"And was Hughie out -1 night -with love good men, but are intereeted in
those two boys in those woods, a men whosd goodness is more or less
tie?" impaired. So rilaanie was determined
that she would know more of Ran-
ald, arid hence to'ok every opportunity
of encouraging Hughie to sing the
praises of his hero and recount his
many adventures. She was glad, too,
that her aunt had fixed the sugnring-
off for a time when she 'could be
present. But neither at church on
Sunday nor during the week that fol-
lowed did she catch sight of his faee,
and though Hughie came in with ee-
cited reports now and then of having
seen or heard of Ronald, Maimie had
to content herself- with these; and,
indeed, were it not that the invitation
had Or- eady been given, and the day
fixed for her visit to the camp, the
'Chances are that Mairaie's acquain-
tance with Ranald would have ended
where it began, in which case both
had been saved many bitter days.
rywhere •soui4 re
own to medicine _
!ugh this
Compound% ma
ateassititlat
"•V
11. emd
Ig, Aneklettorosei
tastriet
41011sP.
me the racist famous man of b.
Luther Burbank, the horticultun,
wasborn In Laneaster, Worcein
County, Mass., March 7, 1840.
liUTrIFirt BtRBAN
was edueated at Laneas
y. At tha age of.1.8 he
ceater, Mass., to- learn
ning and pattern making
ps of the Ames -Pio* Co
for three year w&&Ifl
y of that company. 1He
rned to work that was whoa)"
uk aud, buying a 20 -acre f
4 nburg, 'mass., he began
eat -e with fru, vegetables,
.wers, with the object a pF011
siienies aid varieties. The
wn Durbault potato Was on
ef efforta in this dire
warmer climate than that of
.neland being essential to co
ee work, Mr. Burbank remove
rtosa, Cal., in 1875, esta
his principal experiment gr
Sebastopol, in the tiaras
-lora)), where every conditi011
and climate best suited to -
rk of propagation wag f
re• fruits, flower, vegei
ants. trees. shrubs and
been developed—Stcia woo
il reeuits being seeured witIdgo-
;tort eeriod of time that Mr. 31".grf
-auk ie not inaptly called the Wi*:
of horticul t u re. At 000
tzhtyiitoueand iilies, representinie
aiut. ot one-quarter million' dollar*
ere to he seen there in fun bilc**r
horticuiturist has ever weskst.
r-1 iUYaSta scale„ nor in SO SCIaad.
c a manner as Mr. Burbank:
ett
•
Barrister, SolieittiteFonveyancerand
Notary Public. &Muter for tlee Do -
=Won Bank. Office,ht reseed the o-
nline= Bank, Seafeeth. Money to
loan.
M. MIST.
Barris Convey& er
and ;_ NOtky ate° ups" a xs
over Walker's Store, Mein D's A TALE 'Or THE
Street, Seatorth.
from
ngarr
PROUDFOOT, ItILLORAN AND
cooKE.
Barristers, Solicitor, Notaries Pub-
lic, etc. Money to lend. In Seaforth
On Monday of each week Office in
Xidd Block W. PrOudfooteK.C., J.
L. lalloran, H. J. D. Cooke.
• • • • • • • • •
• VETERINARY.
r. HAltBURN, V.S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College, and honorary member of
the Medical Association of the Ontario
Vetainsay College. Treats diseases of
all domestic animals by the most mod-
ern principles. Dentistry and Milk Fev-
se a specialty. Office oppoeite piers
eellotel, Main Street, Seaforth. er-
ase let at the hotel ter tve
prompt attention. Night calls re ilve
ad at the office.
• • • • • • • • • • • • • • .• • • • * • • • • • •
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Honor graduate of Ontario Vette in..
*x College. All diseases ol domestic
Shitnals treated. Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges modera,te. Vet-
.minaey Dentistry a, specialty. Office
aad residenc,e on Goderich street one
door east of Dr Scott's office, Sen-
ior*.
OTTAWA
,........
By Ralph Contior
(Conthified tient Last *eats )
Whim Renal& and Hughie &Wye UP
to the manse on Saturday evening the
whole household 'rushed forth to eee
them. They ,• were worth seeing
Burned black with the sun and the
Marele winds, they would have easily
passed for young Indians. Hughie's
clothes were a melancholy and flute
tering ruin; and while Ranaid's stout
homespun smock and - trouserh had
successfully defied. the bush, his
face and unkempt hair, his rough
dress and heavy shanty boots, made
him appear,' to Maimie' eyes an un-,
couth, if not pitiable, object. '
"Oh, Mother!" cried liughie, throw-
ing himself upon her, "I'm :home a-
gain, and we've had. a splendid tune,
and we made haps of' sugar, and I'Ve
brought you a whole lot." He drew
out of his pockets three or four cakes
of maple sugar. "There is one for
each," he said, handing them to his
mother.
"Here, Hughie,", she replied, • speak
to your cousin Manilla."
Hughie went up shyly to his cous- "Oh, there was no danger. The
in and offered a grainy hand: mom% A wolves will not conae ne a fire, and
looking at the ragged iieue figured the boys have their dog i and guns,"
BADLY
AFFECTED
Ills Dalton Centlion
682 ehumant BaimpoiToseepii).
',or tete .yealse I wail n 'Victim of
Agate Yetdigeethea and C48 :In The
SioneeeN. It afterwards agacied "'pit
Heart and had painsallovermy body,
so that I could hardly move around.
I tried all kinds of Medicine but non.
el them did me ay good. At last, I
decided to try "Fruit-aAives ".
bought the first box last etane, and
POW I am well, after :Isla: only three
6oxes. 1 recommend "Fruit-a-tives"
to anyone sufferhig from Indigestion".
FRED T. CAVEEN.
We. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size, 25c.
'nlit all dealers or sent postpaid by Fruit-
astiyes Limited. Ottawa.
• could hardly hide her disgust as she • said Mrs. Murray; "be k ides Ranad
MEDICAL. took the dirty; eticky little hand very is to be trusted."
GLANFIELD, M.A., M.Be gingerly in her fingers. But Hughie "Trusted?" said the ' ister; ' in -
Phyan,, Ete. - .Honor Graduate was determined to do his duty to the deed, I would not trust 1 im too far.
of University Of Toronto, sin years' full, even though Ranald was present, He is jtist wild enough, li e his father
expeiience.- Briteseleid, Onte.rioand shaking his cousin's hand with before him."
great heartiness, he held up his face "Oh, papa, do don't how Ranald,"
k to be kissed. He was much surprised said his wife, warmly, "n r his father
GEQA,GE HriimiANN. and not a littre relieved,, when Maimie eyther, for that matter. I- never did
osteopathic physician of Goderi refused to notice his offei andturnedtill last week. They have kept aloof
`allot- in women's and childeen'es to look at Repaid.
from everything, and really---"
rheumatism, aett+ ehranic She found ein.e. scanning. her with a "And, whose fault is that?" inter -
and rlarione_disaa; eye'fiar, nese straight searching leUk as af seeking ranted the minister. "Why should
and threat.tteistion Office to discover of what sort* he was. She they keep aloof front the means of
In the kora Hews sesferth, ,Thees felt he had noticed her shrinking from ,grace?. They are a godless lot, that's
days and rmays, juin., till p.m. Thiene, and yeas annoyed to find her- *let they are.' The minster's
i self blushing under his keen elem. nation WaS rising. '
C. 3. W. -HARDT, M.D. C„)ie, But when Mrs.MtaTay presented Ran- , 'Bit, my dear," persisted. Mrs.
425 Richmond Street, London, t ald to her niece, it was his turn to Murree', I believe if they had a
Specialist, Surgery and Gedito-Ux e- blush and feel awkward, ao, he cane chance—"
in Diseases of men and womenforward with "a triangular sort of "Chancel" exclaimed the minister;
ooseo, movement and offered his hand, say- "what more chance do they want?
nig, with in -access of his Highland Have they' not all that- other people
Dr. ALEXANDER MOkIR accent, "It is a fine day ma'am." It have? Macdonald Dubh is rarery seen
Physician and Surgeon requiredni
, all Meae's good manners at the services, on the • Lord'a Day,
Mee and Residenee, main- stir t, to keep back the laugh that fluttered and as for Rated& he conies and goes
W
Pone 70 - Hews upon her lips. at hie etin meetill."
Slight as it was, Ranald noticd "Let us hope, Said his wife, gently.
DR,. JWPECK ,
the smile, and turning from her a- "they will imp.rovia I believetRanald
. .
bruptly to Mrs Murray, said: e would eome ta Bible Class were be not
Graduate of Faculty of Medic, 1, were thiiiking that Friday would be a so se,"
McGill University, Montreal; Memtit
er dav for the sugaring ell if that "Shy!" laughed the minister, scorn -
of College of Physician's and Surgeons •"i4- ' • fully; "he is not too, shy to stand up
of OntariceLicentiktaSit Mediced Coun- „ ,
en of Cji lessetaradjuita,membera wee, natuhdi" said the nun- on the table before a hundred men
of ResidetiteMereear:Steiff of:General aster's wee, and it ai very good 01 after a logging and dance the High-
i
--liedenteitelley he does it;
door; eila;t of Post Officer Plione 56,
"jiiiteA,)`tittetil,IX;i'oted ' 'I ng, al74:
, • „. .. land fling,
arrnie s e too," he added.
Resistalli- Onthrio. and seeing the dark dush on Ranald's "But for., all that," said his wife;
cheek, she knew well what it meant'he is very shy."
DREjURROWS "Genie and sit down a little, Ran- "I don't like shy people,"said Maim-
.. . . B .
office and nciertee, Gedeeeh street ala," she said, I've got some books ie; 'their are so awkward and dread -
for you and Don to read." ful to do with."
east of' the Methodist &well, Seafarth.
Phone 46Coroner for the County of But Ranald would not Sit, nor would "Well, said her aunt, 'quietly, "I
. .
Huronhe wait a moment. "Thank you, ratheii like people who are not too
.
ma'am," he said, "but I will need be sure Of themselves, and I think all the
going." more of Ranald for his shyness and
DRS SCOTT it'MOIC,A,"Y "Wait, Ranald, a moment," cried modesty."
C-. Scott,grarbiate of Victoria and Mrs. Murray. She rail into the next "Oh, Ranald's modesty won't dis-
-'
College of Phylicittasand Surgeons room and in a few moments returned able him," • Baia the minister. "Fer
.
Ann Arbor, and member of the Col- with two or -three books and some my part, I think he is a daring YOU/114
lege et Physicians and Surgeons, of naagazines. "Tlaese," she said, hand- rascal; and indeed, if there is ally
Ontariiiing him the books, "are some of Wal- mischief g.oing in the countryside you
,
C. Mackay, honor graduate of, Trin • ter Scott's. They will be good for may be sure Ranald -is not far away"
ity University,' and gold Medallist of week -days; and these," giving him 'Oh papa, don't think Renate as a
Trinity Medical College, nember of the magazines, "you can read after bad boy," said his wife, almost plead -
the College of PhYsielans and Surgeons church on Sabbath." , •
mgly.
of OntarioThe boy's eyes lighted up as he "Bad? I'm sure I don't know what
.
thanked Mrs. g Murray *,and he shook you call it. And who let the, dani
hands with her dery warmly. Then, off last year so that the sa-wsnill could
with aeliow to the company, and with- not run for a week? Who abused
out looking at Maimie again, he left poor Duncie McBain so' that he was
the room, with Hughie following at carried home groaning?"
his heels. In a short time ,Hughie "Dunde MacBain!" exclahned his
came back full of enthusiastic praise wife, contemptuously, "gteatbig,
of his hero. soft, lump that he is. Why, he's a
"Oh mother!" he cried, "he is awful man, as big as ever he'll be.,"
smart. He can just do anything. dile • "Vinici broke the Little Church, win -
can make a spindid bed of balsam do -we til lthere wasn't a pane left"
brush, and porridge, and. pancakes, pursued the minister, unheeding his
5111—and--and--everything." wife's interruption.
'A bed of balsam' Walsh and por- "It wasn't Ranald that broke the
ridge! What a wonderful boy he must clutech windows., papa," piped Hughie
be, Hughie," said Melanie, teasing from above.
him. "But isn't he just a little queer?"' "How do you know sir? Who did
"He's not a bit queer," said. Hughie it then?" demanded his fatheie
steutly. "He is the. best, best, best "It wasn't Ranald, anyway, said
boa in• all the world.'" Hughie, stoutly.
"'Indeedhow extraordinary!" said "Who was it then? Tell me that,"
Maimie; "you wouldn't think so to said his father again.
look at him..."
ff "Hughie, go to your ,rown and stay
"I think he is just splen id, said there, as I told you," said his mother,
Hughie. "don't you, mother?" fearing an investigation into the win -
"Indeed, he is fery brawn what- dow-breaking episode, of which Hugh -
ever, mocked Maimie, mimicking ie had made full confession to her as
Ranald's Highland tongue, a trick at his own particular achievement, in re'
which she wag very clever, "-and—not venge for a broken window in the new
just fery clean." • . church. ,
"You're just a mein, mean red- "I think," continued Mr. Murray,
headed snip!" cried Hughie, in a rage, aS if closing the discussion, "you'll
find that your Ranald is not the mod-
est, shy, gentle"young man you think
E HUGH ROSS.
gasof Un
. duet& ivertity of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, memberrof Col-
lege a Physicians -and Sueteons of
Ontazio; pass gradtr
gradate torses in
Chicago Clinical' School. of Chicago;
Royal Ophthahnic Hospital, London,
England, University Hospital, London,
England. Office—Back of Dominion
Bank, Seafortho Phone No. 5, Night
Calls answered from residence,
toria street, Sea.forth.
• _U
ACTIONEERS_ .
THOMAS BROWN.
Licensed auctioneer for the coui es
et Huron and Perth. Correspond es
" fonts for sale dates can ee
aide calling up Phone 97, Seal tit
et The e *sitar Offtee. Zharges d -
mate and setisfactioneguaranteed.
• • • •
R. T. LUKER
Licensed Auctioaesr for the Coveter
et Rama. 8&s attended to hi all
Pests of the Canty. 13.31: a years' ex -
psis in Xenitoba and gas ts
MIL Tams reeaosakea Pkette No.
MIL Siestor, Centralia P.O., 1.1
Me. 1. OrdiLes 'aft at The Huron Zs-
Offlerts, -gawk, ragessaitly Egg- "and I don't like you one Int."
g But Maimie was proud of her gold-
persibartent ass
this first Mal
Totteritita
and 'jib. onnena0-
re,1110iled ISO 6. Saw
was a favorite name among ,the long -forgotten food produi
of half a century ago, . just i as it is among the live on
of to -day. Only e=ptional eau *
pennanent popularity.
"Le* Redpath Sweeten
Made i tade saly—the
•• 1 I 1 I • I • la • • I.
CHAPTER VIII
The Sugaring -Off
The sugar time, is, in many ways,
the best of all the year, It is the
time of scrip mornings, when "the
crust bears," and the'boys go crunch-
ing all over the fields and through
,the woods; the time toe, of sunny
noon and chillsr- 'nighte. Win-
ter is still near„ butite has lost most
,the (serial- has heard the call a
soospiln.g,heiro-110a4tr,s6t-,. krtino7vInei,;tbasvt,
of his grip, and all terror. For
dances, in the. sunny Spaces of the
-leafless woods. Then, by and by,
from all the open nadathe snow is
deiven back into the fence corners,
and lies there in solid and sullen
heaps. ,In the woods it still deep;
but there is everywhere the -tinkle of
running water, and it is not long till
the brown leaf carpet:,hegins to show
in patches through the white. Then,
overhead, the buds begin to swell and
thrill with the new .'life, and when
it is broad noon, all through the woods
a thousand voices pail; the glad word
that winter's day is* gone and that
all living things are free. But when
night drashs up oyer the treetops and
the shadows steal dOwn the treetops,
aisles, jubilant voices die down and a
chill feat creeps oveidall the gleeful,
s -welling buds that they liahe been too
sure and ,happy, and,all the more if
filen the northeast, there sweeps down
as often happens, a stinging storin of
sleet and snow, winter's last savage
slap. But what matters- that? The
very next day, when the bright, warm
rays trickle down through the inter-
lacing branches, bathing the buds and
.twigs and limbs and trunks and flood-
ing all. the woods, the world grows
starer of its new joy. And so, in al-
ternating hope and fear, the days and
nightii go by, till an evening falls
when the air is languid and agsoft rain
comes up from the south, falling all
night long over- the buds and trees
like warm, loving' fingers. Then the
buds break for very Soy, and timid
green things push up through the leaf -
mold. ;and from the -swamps the little
frogs begin -to pipe, at first in solo,.
butsoon in exultant chorus, till the
whole moist night is vocal, andethen
every one !mew that the sugar time
is over, and troughs and spites are
gathered up, and with sap -barrels and
kettles, are stored in the back shed for
another year. -
But no rain earne before the, -night
fixed for the sugaring -off. It Was a
perfect sugar- day, wa,rrre bright, and
still, following -a night of sharp frost.
The long sunny afternoon was deep-
ening into twilight when the Camer-
on drove up tothe sugar camp in their
big sleigh, bringing with .them the
manse -party. Ranald and Don, with
Aunty Kirsty, were there to receive
them. It was one of those rare ev-
• nings; of the early Canadian spring.
The bare woods were filled with the
• tingled rays of light from the setting
stun. Here and there a hillside fac-
ing the east lay in shadow that grew
black where the balsams and cedars
stood in clamps. But evrywhere else
the light fell 'sweet and silent about
the bare -trunks, filling the long ave-
nues under the arching maple limbs
with a yellow haze.
In front of the shanty the kettles
liuna over the fire on a long pole
which stood in an upright crutch at
eithet end. Under the big kettle the
fire was roaring high, for the fresh
sap needed much boiling before the
syrup and taffy -could come. But am -
der the little kettle the fire burned
low, for that must not be hurried.
Over the fire and the kettles Ran-
ald presided, black, grimy and silent,
and to Don fell the duty of doing
the honors of the camp; and right
werthily did he do his part. He greet-
ed his mother with reverence, cuffed
his young brother, kissed his little
sister Jamie, tossing her high, and
welcomed with warm heartiness Mrs.
Murray and her niece. The Airds
had not yet cornee but al lthe rest
were there. The Fhalaysons and the
Melierachere, Dan Campbell's bdais
and their sister Betsy, whom every
one called "Betsy Dan," redheaded,
freckled ,and irrepressible; the Mc-
Gregors ,and a dozen or more of the
• wildest youngsterthat could be
found in all the Indian lands. Depos-
iting their baskets, in the shanty, for
thee had no thought of fasting, they
crowded about the fire.
"Attention!" tried Don, who had a
"gift of the gab," as his mother aaid.
"Ladies and gentlemen, the program
for this evening is as follows: games,
tea and taffy in the order mentioned.
In the*first, all must take part; in
the seeoikd, all may take part; but in
the third, nbne need take part."
After the laughter and the chorus
of "Ohs" had subsided, Don proceed-
ed: "The captains for the evening are
Elizabeth Campbell, better known as
'Betsy Dan,' and John Finlayson, fa-
miliar to us all as 'Johnnie the Wid-
ow,' two. young people of excellent
character, and I believe, slightly
known to each other."
Again a shout went up from the
company, but Betsy Dan, who eared
not at al Ifor Don's banter, contented
herself with pushing out her lower lip
at him with scorn, in that indescrib-
able manner natural to girls, but to
boys'impossible.
Then the chbosing began. Betsy
Dan, claiming first choice by virtue
of her sex, 'immediately called out,
"Ranald Macdonald."
But Ranald shook his head. "1 Carl- I
not leave the fire," he said, blushing;
"take Don there."
But Betsy demurred. "I don't
want Don," she cried. "Come on.
Ranald; the fire will do qiiite well."
Betsy, as indeed did most of the -
,school -girls, adored Ranald in her se-
cret heart, though she scorned to
show it.
But Remold still refused, till Don
said, "It is to bad, Betsy, but you'll
have to take me.'
"Oh, come on then!" laughed Betsy,
"you will be better than nobody."
Then it was Johnnie the Widow's
• choice: "Mairaie St. Clair."
Maimie hesitated and looked at her
aunt, who said, "yes, go my dear, if
you would like."
Marget Aird!" cried Betsy, spying I
Marget and her brother a coming down
the road. "Come along, Marget; you
are on my side—on Don's side,
mean." At which poor Marget a tall
fair girl, with sweet face and shy
anawier, blushed furiously, but, after
greeting the minister's wife and the
rest of the older people she took her
place beside Don.
The chosing went On until every
one present was taken'not even kunt
Kirsty being allowed to remain neu-
tral in the corning games. For an
hour the sports went on. Racing,
julping, bear, London bridge, crack
the whip, and lastly, forfeits.
ilisisto4.6-4astabail
Everyone will
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three times a
day—shining,
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You know, if a thing is worth doing at all,
It is worth doing well. So, for your dishes
and utensils, use Sunlight Soap; Its soft,
creamy lather ensures a shining cleanliness
that will be a delight to the eye.
has great clean mg power, yet It never
dens or hurts the sOftest hands, being of
surpassing purity
eira
A saw° ausessaso of
boa. Sadight goaLi.
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31
into the bucket, and
Meantime , Ranald superintended barrel, and from the
the sap -boning, keeping on the oppos- big kettle.
it side of the fire from the ladies, "Then from the big kettle into the
and answering in menosyllabis any little one," he said, Walling up a big
questions, eddresselste Win. But dipper tied to a long pole, and trans -
when t `was tline t make the tea,. 1 ferrrag the boiling sap as he spoke
Mrs: iCainerearhanitilh tratstyr trigs frern 011.6 kettle to anothei.
on taking charge of thia and saris, ''But how can you tell when it is
Murray, oomiOg rot*d to Ranald, ready?" asked Mrs. Murray.
said:, "Now, Ranald,. I came to learn "Only by tasting. When it is very
the others aremaking tea, I want you sweet it must go into the little ket-
to teach nie how to make sugar," tie."
,Ranald gladly agreed to show her "And then?"
all about sugar making and whileHer eager determination to know
all he knew. He had been feeling 'all the details delighted him beyond
awkward and miserable in the noisy /measure.
crowd, but especially in the presence "Then .you must be very careful
of Maimie, He had not forgotten the indeed, or you will lose all your day's
smile of amusement with which she work and, your sugar bsides, for it is
bad greeted him at the manse, and his very easy to fburn."
wounded pride longed for an oppor- "But how can you tell when it is
tunity to pour upon her the vials of ready?"
his contempt. But somehow, in her "Oh, you must just keep tasting
presence, eontempt would not arise every few minutes till you think you
within him., and he was driven into have the syrup, and theu for the sug-
wretched silence and self-abasement. ar you must boil it a little longer."
It was therefore, -with peculiar grati- 1 "Well," said Mrs. Murray, when
thence into the
barrel into Ole
tude that he turned to Mrs. Murray it is ready what do you do?"
as to one who both -understood and "Then,' he said, "you must quickie*
trusted himt
knoek the fire from under it, and pour
"I thank youfor the books, Mrs. 'it into pans, stirring it till it gets
Murray" he began in a low voice; nearly cool."
That Rob Roy and Ivanhoe, oh! they "And why do you stir it?" she
are the grand books." His face was asked.
fairly blazing with enthusiasm. "I "Oh, to keep it from getting too
never knew there was such books at
all."
"I am very glad. von like thetre Ran-
ald," said Mrs. Murray, in tones of
warm sympathy, "arid 1 shall give you
as many as you like."
"I cannot thank you enough. I
hav.e not the words," said the boy,
looking as if he might fall down at
her feet. Mrs. Murray was greatly
touched both by his enthusiasm and
his gratitude.
"It is a great pleasure to me Ran-
ald, that you like them," she asid,
earnestly. "I want you to love good
books and good men and noble deeds."
Ranald stood listening in, silence.
"Then some day you will be a good
and great man yourself," she added,
"and you will do some noble work,"
The boy stood looking far away into
the woods his black eyes filled with a
mysterious fire. Suddenly be threw
back his head and said as if he had,
forgotten Mrs. Murray's presenee,
"Yes some day I will be a great /nen.
know it well."
"And good, Softly added Mrs. Mur-
ray.
He turned and looked at her a mo-
ment as if in a dream. Then -recall-
ng himself, h answered, "I suppose
that is the best."
"Yes, it is the best, Ranald," she
'replied. "No man is great who is not
good. But come now and give me
nay lesson."
Ranald stepped out into the bush,
and from a tree near by he lifted a
trough of sap and emptied it into the
big kettle.
"That's the first thing you do with
the sap," he said.
"How? Carry every trough to the
• kettle?"
"Oh, I see," laughted Ranald. "You
must have every step."
"Yes, indeed," she replied, with
determir' iation.
"Well, here it is."
He seized a gucket, went to another
tree, emptied th sap from the trough
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FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR!
hard.
. "Now I have learned sontething I
never knew before," said the aninis-
ter's wife, delightedly, "and 1 am very
grateful to you. We must' help each
other, Ranald."
"Traded, it is little I can do for you,"
he said, shyly.
"You do not know how much I am
going to ask you to do," sh said, light-
ly'. "Wait .and see."
At that moment a series of shrieks
rose high above the shouting and
laughter a the games, and Melanie
came flying down toward the camp,
pursued by Don, with the others fol-
lowing.
"Oh auntie!" she panted, he's going
to ---going to—" she .paused, with
cheeks burning.
"It's forfeits, Mrs. Murray," ex-
plained. Don.
"Hoot, lassie," said Mrs. Cameron,
"it will not much hurt you, anyway.
They that kiss in the light will not
kiss in the dark."
"She played, and lost her forfeit,"
said Don, unwilling to be jeered at by
the others for faint-heartedness. "She
ought- to pay."
"I'm afraid, Don, she does not un -
o be healthy at seventy prepare at
forty" is sound advice, because is the
strength af middle life we too often for-
get that r*.ne melessUeatment of aches
and pains undermines our strength.
Keep your blood pure and rich and
active with the strength -building and
.blood-nour,Lshing properties of Scott's
Emulsion which is a food, a tonic and
a medicine to sustain your strength,
alleviate rheumatism and avoid sick-
ness. No harmful drugs in Scott's.
seat & Bone, Toronto, Ont.
derstand our ways," said Mrs.
ray, apologetically.
"Be off, Don," said his mother.
"Kiss ,Marget there, if you sari—it
will not hurt her—and leave the
young lady alone."
"It's just horrid of them, auntie,"
said Maimie, indignantly, as the oth-
ers went back to their games.
"Indeed," said Mrs. Cameron,warni-
ly, "if you will never do worse than
kiss a laddie in a game, it's little
harmwill be coming to you."
But Maimie ignored her.
"Is it not horrid, aantiel" she said.
"Well, my dear, if you think so, it
is. I3ut not for these girls, who play
the game with never a thought of im-
propriety and with no shock to their
modesty. Mucla depends • en how you
'think about these thinge."
But Maimie was not satisfied. She
was indignant at Don for offering to
kiss her, but as she stood and watch-
ed the games going on un,der the
trees—the tag, the chase, the catch,
and the kiss—she -someltqw began to
feel as if it were not so terrible af-
ter all, and to think that perhaps
these girls might play the game and
still be nice enough. But she had no
thought of going back to them, and
so she turned her attention to the
preparations for tea, now almost com-
plete. Her aunt and &amid were
toasting slices of bread at the big
blazing fire, on fork e made out of
long switches. *
"Let me try, auatie," she said, push-
ing up to the fire between her aunt
and Ranald. "I am sure I can do
that."
"Be careful of that fire,"' veld Ran-
ald, sharply, pulling back her skirt.
that had blown dangerously near the
blaze. "Stand back further," he
commanded.
(To be continued N gek.)
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