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The Exeter Advocate, 1923-9-20, Page 2r V niers Ir u;4,2as. +Sv GREEN TEA i have nApt tasted the best. e h, fragrant and pure Try it. t � w ails —BY WILLIAM MACLEOD RAINS I (Copyright, Thomas Allen.) CHAPTER X. i the goods on me. I can't deny I'm the leIRBY ASB,S A. DIRECT QUESTION. I man the police are lookin' for. Mrs. The story of the Cunningham mys-' Hull would identify me. So would tery, as it was already being called, this reporter Ellis. All you would filled the early editions of the after- have to do would be to hand my name noon papers. The "Times" had the to the nearest officer. An' I can't run scoop of the day. It was a story sign- away without coniessin' guilt Even ed by Chuck Ellis, who had seen the if I had killed Uncle James, I couldn't alleged murderer climb down by a fire do much except tell some story like escape from the window of Cunning- i the one I've told you." ham's bedroom and had actually talk -I Itwouldn't go far in a court- ed with the man as he emerged from; room'�� Jaek”said. the alley. His description of the sus -1 Not faritted Kirby. "By the gest tallied fairly closely with that of tvay, you haven t expressed an opinion, hire. Hull, but it corrected errors in, Jack• Ao you think 1 shot Uncle regard to weight, age, and color of ,James?" clothes. 1 Jack looked at him, almost sullenly, ' and looked away. He poked at the As Kirby walked to the Equitable corner of the desk with the ferrule of Building to keep his appointment with his cane. "I don't know who shot him. his cousins, it would not have Sur- You had quarreled with him, andyou prised him if at any moment an offi- went to have another row with him. cer had touched him on the shoulder :A cop told nae that some one who knew and told him he was under arrest. i how to tie ropes fastened the knots Entering the office of the oil broker, around his arms and throat. You beat where the two brothers were waiting it from the room by the fire escape. for hint, Kirby had a sense of an in- A jury would hang you high as Ha- terrupted conversation. They had man on that evidence. Damn it, there's been talking about him, he guessed. a bad bruise on your chin wasn't there The atmosphere was electric. when we saw you yesterday. For all James spoke quickly, to bridge any I know he may have done it before you embarrassment. "This is a dreadful put him out." thing about Uncle James. I've never; "I struck against a corner in the been so shacked before in my life. The darkness," Kirby said. crime was absolutely fiendish." 1 "That's what you say. You've got to Kirby nodded. "Or else the deed of explain it somehow. I think your some insane person. Men in their story's fishy,you ask me. Then you'd better call up the po- right senses don't do such things." lice," suggested Lane, No, agreed James. "Murder's one, "I didn't say I was going to call thing. Such coldblooded deviltry is the cops," retorted Jack sulkily. quite another. There may be .insanity; James looked at his cousin. Kirby connected with it. But one thing is Lane was strong. You could not deny sure. I'll not rest till the villain's run his strength, audacious yet patient. to earth and punished." I He was a forty -horsepower man with His eyes met those of his cousin. ! the smile of a boy. Moreover, his They were cold and bleak. I face was a certificate of manhood. It "Do you think I did it?" asked was a recommendation more effective Kirby quietly. `than words. ' The directness of the question took, "I think you're wrong, Jack," the James aback. After the fraction of older brother said. "Kirby had no a second's hesitation he spoke. "If 1 more to do with this than I had." did I wouldn't be going to lunch with j "Thanks," Kirby nodded. you." I "Let's investigate this man Hull. Jack cut in. Excitement had ban- What Kirby says fits in with what you [shed his usual almost insolent indo- saw a couple of evenings ago, Jack. fence. His dark eyes burned with a I'm assuming he's the same man consuming fire. "Let's put our cards Uncle flung downstairs. Uncle told on the table. We think you're the man you he was a blackmailer. There's one the police are looking for—the one de- lead. Let's follow it." scribed in the papers." I Reluctantly. Kirby broached one "What makes you think that?" , angle of the subject that must be "You told us you were going to see faced. "What about this girl in him as soon as he got back from the • Uncle's office—the one in trouble? Springs. The description fits you to I Are we goin' to bring her into this?" 1 a T. You can't get away with an There was a moment's silence. alibi so far as I'm concerned." Jack's black eyes slid from Lane to "All right," said the rough rider, his brother. It struck Kirby that he his low, even voice unruffled by ex- was waiting tensely for the decision sitement. "If 1 can't, I can't., We'll, of James, though the reason for his say I'm the man who came down the anxiety was not apparent. Fire escape. What then?" ! James gave the matter considera James was watching his cousin tion, then spoke judicially. "Better steadily. The pupils of his eyes nar-, leave her out of it. No need to smirch rowed. He took the answer out of 1Jnclers reputation unless it's abso- his brother's mouth, "Then we think lately necessary. We don't want the you probably know something about newspapers gloating over any more this mystery that you'lI want to tell scandals than they need." us. You must have been on the spot! The cattleman .breathed freer. He vers soon after the murderer escaped. -had an odd feeling that Jack, too, was Perhaps you saw hire." !relieved. Had the ;jroung Irian, after Kirby told the story of his night's, All, a warmer feeling for his dead adventure, omitting any reference uncle's reputation than he had given whatever to Wild Rose or to anybody him credit for? else in the apartment when he As the three cousins stepped out of entered. the Equitable Building to Stout Street After he had finished, James made a newsboy was calling an extra. his comment. "You've been very "A-1-1 'bout Cunn'n'ham xnyst'ry. frank, Kirby. I accept your story. A Huxtry! Huxtry!" guilty man would have denied being Kirby bought a paper. A streamer In the apartment, or he would. have headline in red flashed at him. left town and disappeared." Hoem eew e, VALET OF CUNNINGHAM.; The range rider smiled sardonically. "I'm not so sure of that. You've got DISAPPEARS. 44 Take it home to the kids Have a packet in your:. pocket for ar ever -ready treat. A delicious confec- tion and an ail to the teeth, appetite, digestion. lasU- The lead to the story below was to the effect that Cunningham had drawn two thousand dollars in large bilis from the bank the day of his death. Horikawa could not be found, and the police had a theory that he had killed and robbed his 'master for this money. • CHAPTER `; L Lzrr. They told me that Life could be just what I made itoe Life could be. fashioned and worn like a gown; • I, the Designer; mine the decision Whether to wear it 'vith bonnet or crown.. And so I selected the',prettisst pattern —Life should be made of the rosiest hue— Something unique, and a bit out of fashion, - One that perhaps would be chosen by few. But other folks came and they leaned o'er my shoulder; Somebody questioned the ultimate cost; Somebody tangled the thread I was One day I found that my scissors were lost. r.. the cabbage into it, and add also a tablespoonful' of salt and half a tea- spoonful of soda. Cover the saucepan for a few moments only -just long enough to permit the water quickly to boil again; then remove the cover and let the cabbage boil swiftly and con- Istantly for just twenty-five or thirty minutes=no longer if you value your. digestion: I Pour the cabbage into the colander and .drain it thoroughly, pressing it with a fork or spoon to expel the water; then it is ready to dress in any way that you may desire. It should be like marrow, tender, .green and white, and as delicate as cauliflower. Cabbage contains sulphur, mineral salts and much water,` but it is the sulphur which makes it both a very) wholesome vegetable and also a veryt easily misgnderstood one. All green vegetables require placing in very hot —boiling rather—water; at the begin- ning of their cooking salt• is added to preserve both their color and their flavor, and cabbage is like the rest in these essentials. But it is even more important that the water for its boil- ing be actually at 212 degrees, for the sulphur in the vegetable, if released slowly, 'as it would be in tepid or merely hot water., will become con- centrated, as it were, and after the water has really reach'ad the boiling stage it.will be ready to boil back into the cabbage again. Quick boiling is the secret of cook- ing properly all succulent vegetables; stewing or simmering will produce faded or discolored wilted products. The sulphur in the cabbage also neces- sitates the large kettle, the abundance of water and the uncovered cooking, for the cabbage must have room— plenty of it—tothrow off the sulphur, and plenty of water also. The steam produced by the rapid boiling must be given an opportunity to disseminate, then the sulphur fumes will never be- come concentrated, nor will they scent 'the house in the unpleasant manner they have in the usual form of cab- bage cookery. The soda is added to the cabbage to neutralize the gases formed during cooking, just as one sometimes adds it to beans when boil- ing for the bake pot. However, now the cabbage is cooked and drained, and the house is free from its sulphurous odor, how is it to be served? Many persons answer this question by simply adding butter and vinegar to it, but I like it best in a white sauce. So to dress it, place it back in the saucepan after it is thor- oughly drained, and pour over it about one cupful of milk. If it is a very small cabbage half a cupful of milk will be ample. Bring the milk to the boiling point, add one-quarter tea- spoonful of salt and a dash of pepper, then stir in carefully a tablespoon- ful of butter rubbed to a paste with one of flour. Simmer until the sauce has thickened about the cabbage, then turn it into a vegetable dish and sprinkle with paprika. And Somebody claimed the material faded; Somebody said I'd be tired e'er 'twas worn; Somebody's fingers, too pointed and spiteful, Snatched at the cloth, and I saw it was torn. Ohl Somebody tried to do all of the sewing; Wanting always to advise or con- done. Here is my Life, the product of many; Where is that gown I could fashion —alone? —Nan Terrell Reed. MISUNDERSTOOD CABBAGE. If properly prepared, cabbage can be as delicate and tempting a vege- table as one could desire. Too many housewives are of the opinion that, because cabbage is somewhat difficult of digestion, it must be given long hours of cooking; therefore it is placed over the fire in a closely cqver- ed saucepan and boiled some one, two or three hours, according to the tra- dition prevailing in their families; and as a result it conies to thetable tinted a pale mahogany shade, smell- ing to heaven, and almost poisonous. No one would dream of treating the delicate cauliflower so rudely, and yet it is first cousin to the cabbage; and the very aristocratic Brussels sprout is another relation, highly prized by epicures and all discriminating per- sons. Kale is another member of the cabbage family, and likewise that very good and useful vegetable, kohl-rabi; and every one of these satisfactory vegetables is cooked in just the man- ner that is best suited to it, every one is thoroughly understood and appre- ciated; only the poor cabbage alone is mishandled. I know that I shall shatter ideals cruelly when I say that no cabbage is fit to eat which has been cooked for more than thirty minutes; twenty-five is ample, but for tradition's sake I am willing to admit the other five. And no cabbage which is cooked in a covered kettle should ever find its way to the table of right-thinking persons. But suppose I tell you what the cor- rect -method for cooking this vegetable is, and then explain the why and wherefores later. Select your cabbage first, and let it be a firm, close head; then cut it into quarters and trim away the outer leaves and the core.. Next wash it thoroughly through two waters, and let it drain until all the water has left it. Meantime place a big saucepan en the fire—one which will hold a gal- lon of water --for cabbage must be, cooked in a large quantity of water, never in just enough to cover it. Bring the water to the boiling point—it must be bubbling merrily .all over its sur- face before itis ready for the cabbage —when it is in .rapid motion plunge evidence against her, he could not be- lieve her guilty. Under tremendous provocation it might be in character for her to have shot his uncle in self - A JAUNTY CAPE FOR A "LITTLE MISS" 4476. • Practical and all together comfortable in this design. The fronts defense or while in extreme anger: are double-breasted, and rolled to form But all his knowledge of her cried out revers that meeta broad collar in that she could never have chloroform- notches. The Pattern is good for any ed him, tied him up, then taken his of the cioakings_now in vogue, also for life while he was helpless. She was fur, velvet and other pile fabrics. too fine and loyal to her code toe per and vinegar mixture, add a.dash of sugar and paprika.—Mrs. E. McD. For burns use equal parts kerosene and sweet oil with all the camphor it will cut. If a bottle of this is kept in the house, much suffering will be saved from burns.—M. B. M. Ill -made or badly hung curtains are as fatal to the appearance of a house as a mutilated or distorted face to the appearance of a person: New electrical conveniences are be- ing contrived by inventors as a substi- tute for manual labor in the routine hone duties. Boiling Pins in Beer.. It was not until 1840 that solid - headed pine came into general use. About Oat time an American named Wright ' patented a machine which could turn out 180 pins a minute. In the manufacture of modern pins brass wire is used. It is drawn to the required length and pointed by means of a revolving cutter, while the heads are shaped by a die. At thee stage the pins are boiled in* weak beer to remove grease and other matter. Then they are given a bright silvery appear- ance by coating them with tin, or, "coloring," as it is called. Tho. most costly pins are those made of very fine hair-like wire; these are used by insect collectors. In the middle ages pins were made by a very slow and tedious method, each pin passing through sixteen, dif- ferent hands before it was finished! The head, which consisted of a small piece of wire, was made separately and secured to the shank by compres- sion. The Saxons made their pins chiefly of bronze and bone; they were euri- ously faslxlonned, Some being in the form of a horse-shoe, while others re- sembled a cross. Specimens of these ancient pins have been unearthed from the prehis- toric cave dwellings of Switzerland. In length some of them compare fa- vorably with our modern hat -pins! They are wonderfully carved with or- namental heads, some resembling ani- mals, while others, with round amber heads, look like modern scarf -pins. During recent excavations at Pom- peii, safety -pins were discovered re- sembling those in use at the present time. The increased cost of fine teas has tempted some to try cheap, inferior teas to their sorrow. < It is real economy to use "SALADA" since it yields to the poue'd more cups of a satisfying infusion and besides has such a fresh, delicious flavor. Folrowing Directions. A doctor brought a dyspeptic farmer a big brown pill. "I want you to try this pill at bed- time," he said. "It's a new treatment, and if you can retain it on your -stom- ach it ought to cure you." The next day the doctor called again. "Did you manage to retain the pill on your stomach?" he asked, eag- erly. "Well, the pill was all right so long as I kept awake," said the farmer, 'bust every time I fell asleep it rolled oft." A Lifebuoy bath Cool fresh, rested skin tingling with health and comfort -- Feeling cleaner than you ever felt before— Beeauseof the biI, orentoiy lather of Lifebuoy. • Lb64 Solitary. Maisie—'Aud did they go into the Ark two by two?" Mother --"Yes, darling." Maisie --"Oh, mummie, who went with Auntie?" Time to Leave. Lecturer—"Allow me, before I close, to repeat the words of the immortal Webster." Hayseed (to wife) "Landsakes," Maria, let's git out o' here. He's a- goin' ter start in on the dictionary.' ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART' Grange Park - Toronto DRAM fl G•PAINTING•MODELLfNG•DESICN DIPLOMA COURSE • JUNIOR COURSE. TEACHERS COURSE • COMMERCIAL ART G•Se•REID R'C-A Principal SESSION 1923.4 OPENS OCTOBER 1ST Prospectus malted on application. CANADIAN ALLTHROUCH -since 1851 He—"You seem to think money grows an trees. What kind of trees does it grow on, I'd dike to know?" She—"On some family trees, ap- parently." Minard's Liniment Heals Cute. Plan Miscarried. Voice at the other• erd—"Is that you, darling?" Gouty Pater—"Er—yes." Voice -"Oh, good! How's the old boy's gout, my pet? Imean' to say, 'If he stili has it, I'll conte round to -night, but if he hasn't, we'll go out to some show!" Lord Joicy, known as England's good a sportsman,fartoo tender- The Pattern is cut in .5 Sizes: 4, "coal king," started life as an office 'hearted, for such a thing. 6, 8, 10, and 12 yes!rs.. A 10 -year size boy and won his way to a peerage and IYet the evidence assaulted this con- requires 2% yards of 40 -inch materiald a place on the list of England's mil- viction of his soul. If the Wild Bose Pattern mailed to any address on honaires by sheer hard work and THE CORONER'S INQUEST. l y court -room had been his .. , m the dingyg• receipt of 15c in silver .x stamps, by: business brains. Two pit..ponies and friend of�tlxe outdoors aces he � lel •� 1 If Kirby had been playing his own hand only he would have gone to the have rejected as absurd the, possibility .the Wilson Publishing Co., 73,West two miners'picks are enshrined on his police ancl told them he'was the Yvan that she had killed his uncle, i Y Adelaide St,'.Toronto Allow twoi coat of arms.- But his ho had been seen leaving the Para heart sank when he looked at this we`Al.s for receipt of pattern. I' _ dox Apartments by the fire escape. wan -faced woman who carie late and But he could not do this without run -'slipped inconspicuously into a back PASS IT, ON.: ring the risk of implicating Wild seat, whose eyes avoided his' who was' To work buttonlielesasmoothly and Rose. A wkward questions would be so plainly keyed up to a tremendously ` quickly, mark the size of the button - Ile at him that he could not answer. high pitch. Si,e was dressed in 1 He decided not to run away from ar- rest, but not to surrender himself. If the police rounded him up, be could not help it; if they did not, so much The room was ,jammedwith people. , helpful in working on serge or ma- ths better. Every aisle` was packed and hundreds aerial that ravels easily.—C. D. When baking cake grease your pans and then flour good• This will prevent the cake from sticking and is good quest, where he had gone to lean) all The coronerwas a short, fat, little for making cupcakes.—M. M. dark -blue tailored serge and a black hole on the material with a softpencil. sailor hat, benath the rim of which After it is worked, cut open with a the shadows on her face were dark. • �: sharp penknife. This is especially He made two more attempts to see were turned array. In the audience Wi'-" Rose during the day, but he was a scattering of fashionably elress- could not find her at home: When he ed women, for it was possible the in- at last did see herit was at the :in- quest might develop a sensation that he, could of the circumstances man with .a highly developed sense of Another way to keep potatoes or surrounding the murder. his. importance: It was his hour, and vegetables warm, is to place towel. There was a risk in attending: He he made the most of it. His methods over top of vessel and put cover on. recognized that. But he was moved were him own. The young assistant Towel absorbs'. moisture and cover byan imperative urge to find o t all district attorney lounging by the table ]e keeps the contents hot and iiuf'fy: played second fiddle (To be continued.) Minard's Liniment for Dandruff. that was possible of the affair. The force that drove him was the need in -- his heart to exonerate his friend. o: 37-'23. 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