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Exeter Advocate, 1913-1-2, Page 3The Millionaire "Sri you hope to get married next wear? As they drew near the en- trance to Seiwitla & Company's big chemical works, George Bingham shook his head doubtfully, "You'll Ailed it pretty difiloult, though, un- less you get a geed `rise' before then. Or perhaps you re .like old Peter, and expect to turn into a millionaire one of these days." He laughed, pointing to the figure of a middle-aged man : passim through the doorway in front of them, "Poor' old Peter !" muttered.' Charles Spence abruptly, At Selwith's they had grown quite accustomed to Peter Grale's eccen' tricities. He was harmless, his eompanioris admitted, and spine times, in jocular mood, they would tap their foreheads significantly, For Peter Grale was the victin of a delusion that at any moment h might find himself the possessor of boundless wealth. It .was, to conn from a property abroad, which ht' declared he had bought with his say• Ings --in the United States. sonic. believed. At any rate, he had at one time .lived out of England. What most amused a• certain of elwith's employees was to temp' him to enter into details. Men and women clustered round him in th dinner -hour, nudging one anothe deliehtedly. It was queer how ex sited a scoffing expression of doub 'would make him. He had even in vented a partner called Durwent who was looking after their wonder ful property, and would sooner o later send reports of its success. For nearly a year Grale had beer in Selwith & Company's employ anent; and he still affirmed that an, post might bring him a letter of good news ; he still stated that ht would not have to work at Selwith': for very long., `Heard from, your partner late ly, Peter?" was a favorite witti elem. "1 tell you what—he's rut off with all your milions. and he's having a fine time somewhere !" "I trust Jae Durwent," he woulr' answer gravely. "Some day he'l' Write." "Speaks," chuckled George Bing ham to the amused listeners - "speaks for all the world as if thi' chap Durwent was really alive!" To a few the pathetic side of Pe' ter Grale's delusion was always up pe'vtest. Edith Cranway, tc w whore Charles Spence was engaged was sorry for the shabby, gray haired man. To her it seemed vers hard that, though Peter Gral' could never earn more than a pit- tance, he dreamed continually of the immense fortune which would soon be his. She would not laugh at him with' the rest. He was apt to be absent-minded One day a serious blunder was made in the chemical works and the eul prit was soon traced. Selwith & Company were ready to discharge Peter Grale forthwith. The newr went round that he was to receive a week's notice on the following Sat- .. urday. Edith Cranway asked if it We're- true. "Very •likely." He shrugged hit shoulders. "Tchah ! Let them sack me if they like! I'll be rich enough sown to buy up the whole concern. , and never miss the money." She touched his arm, stifling a sigh. "But how are you going to man- age in the meantime?" "I'll be all ' right. It's no busi- ness of yours to worry about me, is it? Why do you do it. then?" "I'mn sorry if you're angry, Mr. Grale." "Oh, I'm not angry," he growled : "only surprised. I s'pose you're like the rest—think I'm mad." '. She could not speak for fear of hurting his feelings; but he did not appear to notice her embarrass- ment. "I'lI tell you more than I've ever told anyone. That property of reirie—of ours, rather, because my partner, J'oe Durwent.' owns half. e' course—we hadn't got the capital to work it; and over there"—he waved his arm—"nobody knew us well enough to advance the money. They didn't believe we were right, didn't believe there was oil any- where near---" He shook his head sadly. Edith Cranway felt a lump rise in, her throat. "So I came back home to Eng- land," added the grey-haired man, "I raised every penny I could and ent it out to Joe. Hadn't even enough over to pay my return pas- sage" so I wrote and said I'd wait till 1 heard from him. I said I'd Tub along somehow. He answered that letter!" Peter Grale fixed his eyes madden- ly om her face. She nodded,, flush- ing. "But somehow or anther I ' can't find the mote he sent back. I can't And it nowadays." The voice grew quorulous and depressed. The girl turned aside. ; Ile • had evidently irnragined it allso often that no* the whole affair was to him actual feet. She pitied him. 'IBue on the following morning, xfith Cranway presented herself at tar, 8elwxth's private office. "Y -I've Doane about Mr. Grate, air -Teter Grille. U you ever ;ikotr,r hb of dieehargin'g him, I hope you won't do it. Please giver tri: another ehanoe, sir." The, bead of the farm frowned i. patiently, "What's he to you V' "Nothing, sir. Only I'm sor for hina; aril you'd be, too, if y understood.. Re''a pretty old, at he'd never get a place, anywhe else. And yen know, sir- --." sl hesitated, "He's a bit queer in his mann yes. Ralf -witted; some fol. would ca11 it. Weil, I think we,' been lenient in keeping him as lop as we have. Still„ there's somethit in what you say. Shouldn't like t man to starve. Make him uncle stand, though, there mustn't be al more mistakes." When she ran to Peter Guile wi the news, he merely nodded. "Him t P'r'aps 1 might as we ;top -just ti11 I get a line from Jo .Durwent," For almost the first time in the acquaintance ,rhe, and Charl Spence exchanged angry word when she spoke of Peter Grale an tuggested.a further course of a ion. She had learnd that the of 'pan was in debt to his landlady, "Lend him the money he owes fo rent? Not if I know it! Si,x pound ndeed ! I'd never get it back. An you know it's for you I'm saving, "Then give it him, to please me. But he only laughed, and she le him indignantly. It was two die before they spoke, and then Cherie cave way. "Mind you, Edith, I think it' very foolish of us." "It's nice," she whispered, "t+ ee foolish sometimes.' At first Peter Grade curtly refuse 'ter offer. "It's only a loan, just for conven fence," she protested. "You ca lay it back directly you hear fror your partner—when you're rich rou know." "That's true," the grey -hairs nan assented slowly. "Very well t'll use it, and thank you!" Two months passed. Each da' re seemed to grow more listless anc iesponderit. A gibe of "Hallo, mil lionaire I" now made him wince Finally, the whole of Selwith: vorkers were aenazed to learn tha he intended to leave the firm of hi: wn !tree will. "I'm going away," he told Edisl Cranway wearily. "I'm gettin; tld, and I'm tired of waiting. I'n- ;oing out to our property, to see what my partner's doing. He ought to have written by now, Maybe I can help him, anyhow." The girl was silent. aghast. "I'm in your debt; but as soon as I get to the other side I'll be able tc post you that six pounds, very like - 'y.. I've scraped up the fare—steer- ege. Ah, but it'll be in a grand private cabin I'NI come back." Mechanically she shook the hand he held out. She was near to team is she watched his retreating figure What would become of him when he landed? When would he realize the ^rush ? Would he ever survive the biter disappointment? When Peter Grale had gone, how ever, she had other things to occupy her mind. Charles Spence pressed her to marry him. "I'm like old Peter, tired of wait- ing," he pleaded. "We'll just be sble to manage if you can put up with what they call love in a cot- tage." It was half a small flat they took at last; and after a week -end hon- eymoon they settled down happily enough. But late one evening they were startled by terrified cries of "Fire I" Someone in the flat below had carelessly upset a lamp. Charles Spence and his wife just eseape•d in time. From the roadway they watched the building blaze. All their furniture and belongings were burning., Edith cried helplessly on his .shoulder. "We've lost our home I" she sob- bed. This unexpected catastrophe had turned their little world upside (}own. Neighbors sheltered them for the night; and next morning Spence had to leave her and start off for the works as usual. As he approaeh- ed. Selwith's he heard shouts and cheering. A man who had ..not heard of his trouble greeted him boister- ously and hilariously. "There's aletter!" he cried. "A letter from old Peter Grille to the guv'nor ! You'll never guess what's happened. Why, my boy, he's sent a hundred pounds—to pay for a day's outing for everybody!" Peter Grale 1" Spenee echoed dully. Then he started in amaze- menti "It was all true, then?" he gasped. "That property of his—he really had it ! All his tales about being a inilionaire one &y—" Directly work was over, Charles Spence set off to his wife. They wouldehave to take a single furnish- ed room somewhere. He hardly dared look into the future of dis- comfort and rigid economy. They owned practically nothing but the clothes they wore. "I'm sorry,". he ' assured her 'wearily. "I'd never brave asked you to marry me if I'd known this was going to happen." M "As long as we're together at won't really matter'," the girl an ewered. "What' did they say, up at Selwith's?" °'Oh, they're too, excited to trou. ble muoh about us. There's news from old Peter Gtrele, dear, What do you thin . ? Iie's turned out a l lost lionlll letter res, l a +�,, after all! A t oame "There'e. one for you, to*, Char - ie, It's been delayed—sent on from, your old address." Spence seized the envelope exeit- -dly, and quickly tore it open, "'yes, it's from him right enough, See the stamps `I Now surely he's "emenrbered that nix pounds be ,wed. What a godsend it'll be I" They read the cramped writing to - HOME Ink stains on boards may be re moved by vinegar or salts of lemon, Another recipe, if the above :fails as, e our the hoard with sand, wet with water in which a few drops of oil of vital are mixed, ar w►4r ,4 When stitching chiffon . or any Dainty Dishes. sue material on the: machino, use, the Finest possible thread and put spoon flour, one-half cups sugar, one ;goods and stitch ,thein top -tiler,. Lemon Erg $atice.--•Cee table. a strip of thin paper• under the cu boil urprese, beaten- Max sugar and flour thor- work is da nether, with many exclamations of• p rrrg water, one egg well then tear away the paler when the It appeared that Joe Durwent not nly existed, but 104 passed !trough a strange experience, In a rain accident, a week after receivi- ng Peter Grale's remittance, he tad been struck on the head and !ad completely lost his memory, Chat accounted for his long silence, lis partner found him helpless 'along strangers, but at sight of a miller face the past had come tack. Gradually Durwent recov- •red. - Then together they started opera - ions en their land. Almost mine - lately luck favored them, and they :isoovered oil in large quantities. "And I haven't forgotten your ;oodness," the letter ran, "You nd your' kind-hearted girl helped in when I was in a corner. You ent me money you could hardly af- 'ord, So now I've settled some of ny profits oa you both -just enough o bring in 4100 a year. You'll get notice from the bank about it. Rive a thought to 'Old Peter' some - Spence and his wife held each ther tightly, laughing half-hysteri- ally with joy. In their answer they begged Peter ierale to visit their( as soon as busi- ess allowed him. They never "cessed that he had told thele only 'calf the troth. The American pro- 'erty was rich, but its oil was, soon 'xhaaisted. Grale's share, afer he ''ad bought their annuity, Ieft him inns( enough to live upon—no more, man sausage and arrange on the top -- At Selwith's they wait for Peter of the pile sardines freed from ek ie, A Big European War Would Para- xrale to return him in a blaze of and bone and split in halves Cut' lyze the World's Business. 1 never come. some lettuce hearts {or .one thing, he could hardly af- placeround h d' h ford to pay for his .passage.—Lon- :ion Answers. A MARATHON TALKER *uglily in saucepan. Add boiling! When you Plaunder madras' our - water and boil three minutes;.: taints, they may be easily dried by Then add' one tablespoon .of lemon hanging thein on their own 'rods, juice and pour mixture slowly over, with a heavy brass rod run in the a well -beaten egg, Serve warm. l bottom hem to hold them steady. Eagle Cake --One cup: of sugar; The rods should first be covered scant half cup of butter, one eup with some white cloth, of sour milk or buttermilk, one cup of chopped raisins ,(seeded, of course), one egg, two cups of flour, Sandwiches. one teaspoonful of soda dissolved French Cheese Sandwiches ---- in milk; half teaspoonful of ground Brown bread, cream cheese, jam,', cinnamon, a quarter teaspoonful: of marmalade, or preserved ginger ground cloves, half a grated nut- Slice the bread thinly and spread meg. ?lake slow Iy, covering with xt with a layer of the marmalade of paper until the cake has risen to its ,lam. Strawberry or peach flavor full height. I should be used for the best results Buttermilk Cakes, -One uart of Spread a layer • of fresh cream buttermilk, one level teaspoonful of cheese over the jam and cover it salt, two eggs, flour to make a thin with another slice of bread, Press batter and one teaspoonful of bale- and serve for afternoon tea. ing soda. Beat up the eggs well,! Cream of Chicken S,intlwiches,— acld to them the buttermilk, then ,Half cupful of white chicken meat, add the salt and mix thoroughly. one - teaspoonful of gelatin, half Dissolve the soda in I int of whi in cream one two table P pp g o cup - spoonfuls of boiling water, then ful of milk, seasoning of salt, but' stir it into the buttermilk, Now tered white bread, Dissolve the gradually add the flour, stirring all gelatin in two tatblespoonfuls of cold. the time, until you haul, a batter water. Pound the chicken fin, l -y that will pour smoot}:ily from a and add the liquid gelatin and salt spoon. Give a good beating and to taste, Put over the- fire and bake quickly on a hot, well greased stir until it begins to thicken ; then griddle. !remove from the fire and add the Sardine Salad.—Take some call Cream, previously whipped, a lit - cooked fish, haddock will do, :free tle at a time. Stand away to cool. it from skin and bone and flake it. ( and when very cold spread on thin- Place a }ager of this in a dish and ly cut, buttered bread. sprinkle it over with minced gher. kins and a few bruised capers, ar- range on this layer of sliced Ger- MAINTENANCE OF ARMIES. -loxv But he oil ear s into' quarters, What would be the cost of a Euro - t e is worth hard peen war at the present day?- This boiled eggs, also cut into quarters, question is being much debated in Euro - Then pour over the following economic- circles in Paris, France, sauce: Take the flesh of three sar- dines and rub to a smooth paste just now, and the Gaulois has just opinions with the yolk of two hard-boiled printed some interesting on that subject from reconizzd ex - eggs, a pinch of cayenne, a grate of The member for the City of Lon - ion is known both inside and out - hie the British House of Commons tis the champion long-distance ,pouter of the day. He is a terror to friend and foe alike. He is credited with having remarked on one occasion that he was prepared to talk "at any Sir Frederick Banbury. nutmeg, and two tablespoonfuls each of olive oil and vinegar. Beat the sauce well'before adding it to the salad. To Cook Tough Beefsteak—If you want it for an early diunerj:..• your steak ready about 9.30 or '10 o'clock. a.m. Pound it well with a the sake of-extere,:.;e, thatethe,-ser: potato beetle. Sprinkle liberally perts on such problems. The most striking of these is that of M, Jules Roche, former Minister of Commerce, who made some re- markable calculations on the point. Taking as a basis the expense in- cuyred by Franee during the war of 1870,'11o.wackons that, assuming for with flour, salt, and pepper at dis- cretion and fry to a nice brown in the usual way. Then lay in a coy - axed roaster, cover with water and cook slowly (covered) until noon. If the water boils away too much add more from the boiling kettle from time to time. You willnow have a deliciously tender steak. Tak© it up,' thicken the gra�y with browned flour and send to table in a gravy boat. Fresh Oyster Soup. --Ons pint oysters, one pint cold water, slice onion, stalk celery, dash mace, three cups of milk, two and one- half tablespoons butter, salt ti ti pepper to taste, two egg yolks, Wash oysters, chop fine, add onion., celery and water and simmer twe-.- ty minutes. Scald milk and thicken with butter and flour rubbed to- gether. Add oyster liquor, strain- ing out oysters, trace and salt and pepper as needed and pour on to beaten egg yolks. Let reheat, but do not boil.. Old -Fashioned Chicken Potpie.— ne (3 -pound) fowl. one-half cup ,at salt . pork (diced), three cups boiling water, four tablespoons hour mixed with one cup cream, salt and pepper to taste, short bis- cuit paste. Clean and disjoint chicken. Heat a small iron pot and put salt pork into it. Try out fat, then toss in fowl, and cook un - length, at any time, ont, , sub- O ject," and throughout his political career he has justified the state- ment. When he rises the House empties as if a plague had entered the chamber, but Sir Frederick is un- perturbed. Like the brook, he am- bles along until he has talked time t out. If he could run like he talks a the great Marathon race would be a gift for England. sixty-two he exhibits no lack of breath, but ap- pears in splendid condition. Dull- a ness and prolixity are natural gifts 2 with him, and they have proved of great service to his party in Perlis,- rp�o mentary Warfare. li nations of the Triple Alliance and the Triple Entente went to war, the cost of maintaining the armies alone would work out at no less than X5,400,000,000 a month, -with- out taking into account the other expenses, "And what would be their inter- nal condition?" be asks. "The bel- ligerent nations would be struck with general paralysis, and would see their very means of subsistence disappear. Suspension of work would be forced even on those who were not included in the general mobilization, since whom would there be to work for? To whom would they sell their products? How could they be exchanged or transported? All the large works and factories where the divisiofi of labor is complete! would have to be shut. Even agriculture would be impossible. "No more purchases or sales, either the economic or the financial death of labor, an abrupt stoppage of the heart's aetiou in the national organism of all the nations at war. with profound reaction on all others—such would be the conse- quences of a general conflagration in the present conditions of Euro- pean civilization. Similar opinions are held by Paul Leroy -Beaulieu, member of the In- stitute, and one of -France's leading ii well browned. Add water, .:over economists. He thinks, however, nd let simmer, on back of range that in such a crisis France would r in oven til] tender. Season, add suffer less than the other great our and cream blended, let boil powers, since being self-supporting, up once, and set paste in position she always has at her disposal an s follows: Cut strips of paste in immense accumulation of agricul- -inch widths, and line inside of tural products of the previous year ot. Pour in chicken. Set a round whereon she could draw for a long ver in place, over top of boiling period. She would thus be in far quid, pinch the two edges to- better circumstances than Ger- gether, set in oven, and bake till- light and brown. Invert on plat- ter, and serve surrounded with pens. Tips to lll'ousewives. It is now twenty years since he entered Parliament as Conservative member for the Peckham division of Camberwell, and he is still refer- red to as "Peckham" inthe current slang of the House. Ile lost his seat in' 1906 owing to the opposition which he put up against the propos- al to carry the tramways across the bridges. His constituents and the majority ofthe dwellers in South London were in favor of ' the pro- posal, but Sir Frederick refused to alter ;his opinions, and so he was compelled to seek a, more congenial atmosphere. Amongst aebills Sir Frederick ck has talked out was that giving to the press the statutory right of ad= mission to meetings of public bod- ies. He loves.animals, but abhors trades unions, and he is a strong apti-vivisectionist. Sir Frederick Banbury ,is a stockbroker, and from the point of view of his constituents in the City of London, has proved an ideal representative. "Pa, why do you always insist 'he on my singing when Mr. Spoozle- p, ton comes here?" "Well. I don'tae, like that ,fellow, and yet X hate to goalie right out and tell him to go," c leave When peeling•a pineapple always the top on to hold it by. For pumpkin pie use one egg and three tablespoons of 'fine cracker crumbs to a pie. It is better than when more eggs are used. To dry' a woollen sweater so it will not lose its proportions, shape tilde sof commercial, industrial and it while it is wet and lay it flat on financial interests, as well as the It folded Turkish towel. A vest enormous expansion in credit and should be hungon a coat hanger. s g business :generally among the six A few scraps of fat meat that have nations which would be engaged, been saved will brighten up a dy- asserts that the consequences of an ing kitchen fire. Then put on a abrupt cessation of all this activity few hits of charcoal and when this throtte'h a general war would be in is burning add the barn coal. calculable in its vastness. To remove perspiration stains from waists,..sponge the risco with.----�--•'t°- a clean rag wet in clear cold water. "!'hen cover with Powdered chalk The i[lpliftl and brush oil' carelly with soft "We all feel the yearningfor brtush, better things sometims," remark - Water bottles and deeenters can ed Mr. Wombat. cleaned with salt and vines-ar. `'I'm glad to hear you say that," t n dessert spoonful of rough responded Mrs. Wombat, "Now. i+ ixtr"o a. clecartAr: and tm-i' ten .t you will understand me when I tell w many, for instance, which would. find the greatest difficulty in ob- taining imports, being cut off by the English fleet on the one hand and by Russia on the other. "But," he adds. "it is after the war that vanquished nations would have the hardest times, for Many years would be necessary to repair the losses and heal the wounds." (`lift' d Neymarck, vice-president of the Society of Political Economy, after pointing out the huge magni- thAii shake iltc� r?e- y'ou that I positively must have anter until the stains are removed a willow plume." neat ,t with a .ea; real fun with e,4"1#Iay ing. "Late raze Mr. W. E. .Wr'igh leg book "The bearspht had coampleted ui ars og'• tri � ter ,I got settled, let 4 litatle t,ezi "1'e girn r'fap'comeblran ,tirxre ' here and there, ur to playing. Sixcd- the very Ittlast of an TO • .. ling. match, the smaller ' o drew away,stood u,•, : legs, and isteaaed flax and then went up•a cailexii. while his eompanion tools another one. "I was much interested o've turn of affairs, cittwa c1+as'` watch to see what was going b h.f c, - pen next. Ent air,, a hat e wait, the bears seemed ake.up ther.,; minds that it hadbeen', wlarm, and eemloo . down,:_'- tlheir respective t�;the)* re u`�.,. their rough -and anal ie "Not for longi, hertivever. It wags" only a minute or, t ;o h it tbeJ„: repeated their forme manoeuvres,' and this time they ap carred ,to ht` doubt to srasaarxnerree rked the - way over to my side "`� re c�leaz'cxng and when they bre rto;r shelter, # little bear took refu, o �xn� the sal pine -tree ander which:mY,o.asrh p stood, and his ronipanieri seleotect larger tree a little further away "And; `sure enough almost as srr as they were well off the ground; ar` old grizzly came stalking out, of the woods down the trail' upon which ; my camera was'. set; But he had evi- dently noticed that something, tines tinonable was going -on, and he walked over toward the tree 'where the Iarger bear was sitting. "The latter, conscious of it„ vantage of position, greeted grizzly's approach with a vol: . puffs and snorts. After 14 1' round him in a disdainful w grizzly sauntered over ;tow.» smaller bear's tree, where comedy was performed- - ever, the grizzly fr that roused ,itis cu ' covered ray'pol'a stood up on h' the top o2 coveriii without f, t -G where. it was fas "Then his curiosity got ti of him. and raising one front' p • . he pulled the, bush toward bim .• whereupon the charge of powder exploded with a huge puff of smoke As I steed up in my retreat to get a better axiew oT the outcome, I, caught c ;glimpse wl .ane av' big grl•tzly tur+'ing a doub somersault:while with ti saw i mall black bear desperate leap from the br hie pine -tree and disappea woods in long jumps. "The grizzly never. again, but I could •see tha bear near me had become my presence. I once more ';c ceased myself but the bear k suspicious eye in my directio when, at the end of five mi. so, the smaller bear retu tiously to the scene, and coax his friend to' come resume their play,.it w to watch them, ` "For the one up the afraid ° to oome down, could not explain the cir , to the other; and the ter r was utterly unable to make h ::' d o .. tail of the other's actio;is.. H'. fin- ally wandered away into the wloode, and at the end of half an hour'{' se the other bear, evidently with seri-' ous - misgivings, came carefully down the opposite side of bis tree and made off at double-quick." no ou: t asthe . HOW DOTE'. TUB ;WA.Sin Unloved Insect Systematic l+ "Wasps appear to be 'well nigh as. industrious as ants or bees, One . authority has declaredthat the care ding! doctrine of the 'wasps is: "If any wasp will not work, neither . shall •he eat." Division of labor is clearly ;seen in the wasp's nest. Some of they workers seem to be especially epi ployed as foragers and soldiers,; others appear to be told "•off' , s nurses: and guardian$, whitee y` others are engaged as paapea-make. and masons Wasps are, at all times .partioullai t ly fond orf honey. Toward the;`er of sunt'mer as' all' b kre ^i• -ixo they will force the away into b ewel� - f'vesazdcmrry 0ff�� force as nue ,,as theycap gor eoff he�wino nelghbors'ihoney The drones of the cr instead of being:idle and. are sober, inustrious; behaved members of the. They clean the streets', with eitemplary diligetxc ',;+ public scavengers or faux cera. And they ha">ve' for, unlike the bee:erSe their allotted 'life i; quietnesss until *into them and their one ooiltl trmsti i •