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The Exeter Times, 1923-5-31, Page 2The Co surner's Confidence in, is the Keynote ala, Success AndS e ailed I T start proceedings• to take out som,o of the stamps LL on the upper fiat. Look 'em over and see how much powder they'll tal Tlten he swims; away with the zest, and the lumberjeek felt his ears grow hot. This was a pointed insult, The stumps were in no one's way; And he had tacitly been taken, from his' job. He warted to do the thing evith -as little stir as possible— just bo gone ttz the Dooming, So he went en nz ade a pretense of look- ing at the., eat stumps scattered on the upper „flit t -while his senses seemed dulled by his tragedy, And presently he looked up and saw Rose, a charm- ing fi re in her gay garments, com- ing *re elope. "Why, Chad," she said, confused,; "I thought yea were behind the; yerder?„ The confession of his removal was I the last bitter drop, but be made it doggedly. "T was," he said quietly; "but Car- son put me here." "What for?" "Nothing," said Harkness, and to save his life he could not help the, bitterness that crept into his :voice. But, high on the crest, Carson 9 9 knew. He stood at the trail's' mouth' with his hands in his sweater pockets, and looked far clown at the flat where the tiny figures stood out beside the trail and knew why he had asked Rose to come 'on the work that after- ' noon, had taken her man from the real activity. I Itwas for the �ubtl� s ch' to of —BY VIRGIE E. ROE. PART II. To Chad, Rose. turned a new side, She met him with a coquette's smiles, the luring flash of eyes that went to his head like wine. With a consum- mate guile she drew him to her until he was helpless in his blind adoration, -and . neither man knew,'ever knew, that what he.got was'meant for the other, for that was the mystery of woman, and it has bewildered men. since vain and headstrong Eve went - doggedly from the garden at Adam's side and stuck by him to•.life's end. How could a man understand these complex creatures? So by her coldness Carson was sur- ; ed to desire, and by; her light and ' warmth `Harkness was bound in ever- lasting fetters, when she felt in the former a new tingling interest and to °'the latter the old repugnance made - sharper by contrast. Then Rose took to wandering a bit about the hills, clad in a bright sweat- er and short skirt she had got through the catalogues. Not that she was evil, mind you, for she was.not. But rom- ance had her by the threat, and she was delighted with its grasp.- It was not long before Carson noted these artless pilgrimages and thought a lot. And he was bold as a lion, full Of self-confidence. So on a day when And Harkness was beginning to straight across the log. He fell on his the other for my shoulder. Pam weak p Y ' gY with hunger' for you! Don't you know disparagement. Harkness mooning me yet? Have you forgotten our first, among the stumps—himself the head meeting? Ono look from your cold and front of the work above. He knew decided to his little vain Rose, had eyes made me take you their, even at the the risk of a long -odds scrap. What finish her with the big simp. now?"Yes, Harkness down and out and do you think will stop me And he gathered her into his arms Rose would turn before long. He with a sweeping force that would not would offer her a trip to Portland and be denied ! a long, gray racing car -the donkey her lips he drew down nearer and floes vis s necl, her lin gray furs=mmif nearer, smiling, holding her close, his n or silver squirrel—with a touch of slow repression admirable, the"tension old rose somewhere, and her'gray' of expectancy mou-nting until the wo- eyes shining beneath the golden fluff, man cried out foulard • with w spot makes this pretty sleeveless frock. Note the 'simplicity of the lines, . and the drooping side panels. The model's hair is dressed in the last. word in the Egyptian.mode. it cuts on nosed the butt of the head log; already When it seemed he meant to forgo' squealed, -bringing up the backing'log.1 the thou •ht was entrancin against- him. But he raised it again sion, se on ie gay glre 0 10 with that iron: hand—and kissed her. woman far below, grew introspeerive.l When he lifted his face he was snril Yes, he believed he'd marry her when' ing—but Rose was completely con- she had divorced Harkness—and sod-• quered, trembling, flushed, half weep denly the donkey coughed and strain- i H 1 d her icked u her lit- ed, the cable - tautened," the backer tle yarn cap, and pulled g y her head. near the toppling point, and pushed "Go home," he said,, "my darling- it f o onrdh for that's what you are from' this day. N e ad `noticed the boss' fatal , nearness to the header until that i . I think -I 11 have ' you et from Hark - went no ness. At least, Il see.".went As they turned to watch the' From that day; Rose lost her grip of drop, always of interest, they yelled the situation. It was no longer hers, in unison, but it was too late.. but Carson's. Like many a woman Carson, feeling the urge of the tons before her, she had loosed' blindly beside him, moved; his foot caught 'ha great forces and found herself swept that small loose root, his othac one siva, by the flood slipped and -tossed him` sidewise A Pretty Summer Style. and hid her• face g g, and"his A blue'It a bite Cain high white clouds sailed in a sky of watch. The coquette's _.gayety that back, with his threshing• arms out - blue and all the slopes were green as had marked Rose's behaviour a month . spread, and dll the horror in the emerald, he too, struck away from: a o° and had -so piteously ensnared his, world pressed= down upon hirci as he direction, g - camp, though in a different d , heart,and soul was dead as a. quench- � felt the monster tip.: It rolled him and cause upon the woman an hour; ed light. The ' girl had lost her over bend§ -stomach;•. and with the des- • later as She rested on a fallen log,' g subtlety.; perste- instinct of `self-preservation her red cap in her lap and her fair He' was still in this bewildered state hie clawing fingers dug into the.hark fluff standingout a million ways from! and held. With t fl;.,._when Carson decided suddenly that he one slow heave the her 'little head. Rose--wasgreat logslantedtrail, did want - read for the into the burst "After a.month!' said Carson bold- open en bleak.' The. foreman went about shtvered,.andwas away with.the.m.in ly, "a whole. month .,of endeavor!"�� it with the bold dash and verve which in the bright sweater prone ecros:a it. "Yes?" said Rose, and now what? had characterized all his life. He! Dowd -on the flat below Rose was She was as cold as a north wind, began to make open love for her for' watching , the start, her guilty eyes as impersonal, all to see. Rose was; frightened by; anywhere but on . Chad's, but Chad. "Carson dropped. on the log and shut this time to the .foundations' of her: was watching her" with ' iteous `hula her hand in a grip of iron. a alsofar lost inger in his haggard face. And,sud_ nature, but she was hg' "What do you suppose? That red Mouth of yours, that has blurred my vision every time 'I've seen it. This little head that has kept me sleepless many a night! The one for my lips, the excitement of the game. idenly he saw the pretty month. fall "My God, Harkness," said Smith,' c,ien,^isle grayeyes bulge with a slow the hook tender, "why don't you do and unbelieving horror, saw the rose something?" 'Pink Literally ,drain from her, cheeks; But whad looked down and fiddled for the woman had recognized tl with his cap. He knew that with the crimson sp.otch on t e sinister thing coining of Carson the desperate drear- • that was shooting down the first slope. iness had gone from Rose's eyes, that! -Ie flung ground and glanced up. she had begun to live again. Chad Harkness had spent his life, ap- The rrcxi'matel in the man-size Libor The next daywas. bright and clear � 1. Y, of with high' clods again and -a thin; the lumber ,camps. Mind andsight gold sunlight sweping down the rain end instinct were lightning euick. .In damp slopes. Chad went out with the that orie instant he gathered the whole crew, as usual, for he wanted to finish tragic circumstance, clear as an et• h - up this week. As he climbed the mown= ing.. He,kni'av;-that the log was a big tain beside the familiar trail where one and: rode fairly steady. He know the sinister cable layhis heart was 'ha•t the man upon it had a 'chance— sick, sick, sick. a fighting chance '—to sling to its deep, corrugated bark. ,He knewthat The , trail, a deep ; and narrow g ha- it groove in the mountain's breast, lined would slow a bit as it struck and with logs which shone white with the gllded across the flat where he stood; ' burning friction of those which came that its last plunge over and clown shooting down, went steeply up from would he at sickening speed. the hill's foot where' the rolhva layHe tore off' his. mackinaw, knocked beside the river bent over• the shelthe cap "from his head,` set his legs of the little flat that cut the slope, fingers spread. crossed this, and went sharply up to • a�ad`give your the crest. Here there was a broad! As the flying log `thundered down tableland covered with yellow pine; upon them the muscles under his blue ` l� ;fine as one could wish -great trees shirt rose in. ridges, his .legs worked two hundred feet tall and six and up and down like springs,, and as it apart and crouched, elbows crooked, Provides " bit of the seven feet through. sweet l!st beneficial On the edge of the crest the yard- isms. ' ing donkey „stood, precariously, an- chored to its pinesines a fuss y. country had ever done before, but love ` Helps to cleanse� screaming little giant of an engine was behind it and utter indifference to 1 the teeth and keep that had pulled its own' self upthe the life beyond. themieu�a healthy.slo e by And he landed, like a cat, astride "" p;cables. Here it reached back with these same cables and, picking the log, close in front .of the uncon= D35 a up the trimmed logs, one by one, scious figure of the foreman, his back brought them to the edge and the' to the head end. He had -barely time passed he leaped for it, high, with his feet spread wide. It was a desperate feat, something no man in the lumber trail's mouth. When one brown mon- to fling himself face down across Car,- hzimannammzummealonwom sten lay ready the choker was removed son and dig his fingers into the deep *� `,, and set to another behind, .the engine bars. with a, death grip, when the log e Odd screamed, pulled and the log behind tipped over the edge and started on m.pushed theonethe last lap of its journey. at the edge into the After that he had no clear conc'e , u our trail, out till it toppled, tipped, settled'. p pp - ' Pi? ' , tion of that monstrous ride. He only into the' huge grooae, and.: started. y 'i shoes From that moment the brown To -g, knew that the slopes shot upward be - ceased b 1 MFILftitaG33 17111itUllltrl3ii111t"dtidliM'1 r r. MATCHES .iii haler a.3`•t`ezai" inte,,Y"oj//F1ads' izd.stearnsTl w use EDD' cieches,heecims Cfldortcya ad ec izvmy" AZWAvs ASK FOR TOSM EW NAME SSU ' No. -21—'234 ceased to' seem a log and became some- thing alive, shooting down the first incline, faintly hazed with ,the blue smoke of its own friction, slowing as it struck the little' flat but sailing on across, tipping over, the second crest with its own momentum, and, finally, 'side him, that his fingers bit the bark -to the : ra, that all the pressure . in the world seemed tearing his legs from their hold, and that above -ail else he was pressing down on Carson's sliding body. The vast roar sank to peace. A great hush held him and all shooting swiftly down tothe flat the world. And Carson's inanimate above the rollwa and the .river,body was still pressed under. him, its o e c where booted feet hanging within ten inches it slowed' and stopped majestically, to g be picked up.hy the cable of the lower donkey again, and pulled on to the ! g rollway which' sent It gently to the weitin water. To-dayChad stopped e pp d at the moun- tains foot and watched the Cable trembling in the trail as the engineer te+itod his spools. Perhaps the thing might break and send him into etern- ity if he: etood long enough beside it --he had seen the like, But he was a faller, and his `work lay far from the cables, As hestood thinking dully of men went b ; .the rhee.ing slin ers `. and in their midst was Carson. The , , e i' boss wore a brilliant crimson sweater Price List 'Trailed request, I andsome with his cler skin and his of the trail's edge! Then. as he rolled stiffly from his place, there carne on the thin air the wild, high keening of a woman's screar s end he looked up to see the. little bright figure of Rose flying down beside the trail, its, pigmy arms stretched high above it, in an abandon. of anguish, ite bright hair shining afar in the light. "Give me a band, boys," he said per his flannel shirt;and he was Gibson Radio Supply long,blue es. 'Ile stoppedled and spoke r,� Y pl p to Chea "Harnees," he said, "I wish ,'you'd,..... Toro -nt.o's IJa.rgee,t Radio Store, I liavert t the `faintest idea what if la 104 king i , V',/.- Toronto, Ont. I in l;oolriii g,, dully. "We must : show her he ain't dead." . . Harkness Stood up and watched her come. - God!" he said aloud, unconsciously, "How shre can. :love !" Fleet '' as a deer, unconsciously graceful in her abandon, the woman ran on. She neared thegroup, and her wide eyes were staring, the rain of tears blurring their vision. "Chad!" she screamed. "Chad! Chad! Oh, Chad!" . -- And And without -a look at Carson,be- ginning to stir on the rough:ouch which' had so nearlyebeen his bier, she leaped toward Harkness , and flung herself on his breast.` Her wild arms went round his neck; her eyes strained on his face with the unbelieving won- der of -rim who has looked upon the dead and seed it live. I didn't know," she panted. "I didn't know! Not until I saw you go rom' me' into death itself! Oh, Chad! Can you forgive me. Will you ever forgive 'me?" She was whimpering like a child, clinging to hini, piercing his face with her tear blurred eyes. "Please, please, Chad! -Give me one more chance to love you!" Stupidly 'Harkness stared at her Fos a long time he stood inert, un- responsive, a veritable lump,, while he strove desperately*" , to understand. Then a slow smile began- to 'break round his lips; a light to shine in his haggard face and he' took her wrists and held thein. "Are you sure, Honey?" he asked: "Sure?" "Dead sure," whimpered Rose: "What about him?" and he"jerked his head toward the foreman, fitting up in bewildered silence. "Nothing;" she answered; %"nothing• in this world! Is he alive?" . And with' a look like nothing much as a Conquering `"`king's,' `-'the lumberjack. foldecLhis wife to -his heart. (The Lnd.) , Like Some Other Art. "She's as pretty as a picture." "Can't agree with you In that—but she has a fine frame," Minard's Liniment for Coughs & Colds Words Unnecoeaary. "la the boss in?" asked the visitor. "The ofRce boy, with his Chair tilt. ed• back and his legs stretched out on' a desk, made no reply. - "I ,asked if the boss was In," said the visitor: The ofllce boy, glanced at him, but remained silent, "Didn't you hear me?" snapped the' visitor, .: " 01 course I heard. you," `nnsWered' the boy, scornfully,' • "Then why the dickene didn't you tell me' if the boss `" In " s Y "Now, I ask you," retorted the boy, ani he crossed hie- legs -on the (Lesk, does it look Tike it? ". ,t, Up In the Air, Mrs. -Newlywed—"01i, Jack, you left thekitchen, door:o en and the; draugh P .r� has shut my cookery book so th t now 1 ,. Just to wash your face and hands in Lifebuoy is to be refreshed The bag treaty later: of L ifeb o r thoroughly cleans yo?ilr, Sk11$m, The daily use of Lifebuoyis the simple sure way to sin heal 5 X G0 a.` fl Y:ut -. t ' THE SILVER WEDDING. Twenty or forty or sixty years old. It comes to the same when the tale is is all told! Her eyes are the brightest, Her kisses most sweet, Iter touch "is the lightest, ghtest, 'Her waist -the most neat- Twenty or forty or sixty years. old, It comes to the same when the tale is all told! Eyes blue or hazel, coy, winsome;, or - bold, It: comes - to the sazneev,*hen the tale is all told! She likes pretty dresses, She likes to be shy; She likes your caresses When no one is by— Twenty or forty or sixty years old, It <comes to the same when the tale is all told! Hair brown -or silver, black, auburn, or gold, It comes to the same when the • tale old is all �.t 1 Her love is your treasure, Her beauty pour pride, is l our peasre nt ,Her` will : le . 3' ,., , Her judgme your guide— Twenty or forty or osis ty "years old, It .comes .to ;the ;same;.when the. tae is all told! , ` CANNING- AND, PRESERVING. . GOOSEBERRY CONSERVE requires four pints of gooseberries, three pints of sugar, one cupful of seeded raisins and one orange. Make a heavy :-yup of the—sugar •and a little water, cook- ing until the 'syrup, will spin a thread; add the gooseberries, raisins, the pulp and juice of"the'or"ange' and the skin, finely chopped. Cook until thick, pour into hot glasses and seal. "• CHERRY AND 'GOOSEBERRY 'PRESERVEs: Use equal quantities of cherries (which have been pitted) and goose- berries and to each pound of fruit use three-quarters of a pound of sugar. Make -a. thick syrup by adding a small quantity of water to the sugar, cook the gooseberries -in the syrup until they are clear, then add the cherries and cook twenty minutes longer. CI•IERRY CONSERVE is made of the red sour cherries thus Cook three and one-half pounds of cherries (pit- ted) for fifteen minutes, then add two and ono -half pounds of sugar which has been heated in the oyen, ;one- quarter pound of seeded raisins, and the juice and pulp of three oranges. Cook until the mixture is as thick as 'marmaladepournto�lassea and' seal. .1 ASPARAGUS should, be canned as' soon as; possible .after gathering. 1f allow- ed to stand for more than' a few )ours after being eut, the delicate flavor is'i destroyed and It is more difficult to keep. The stalks "should• b<j' cleaned and any hard portions removed, They may be canned whole or cut into half-' Inds p , pieces, depending upon the foam.4 fn which the vegetable is to be served,' Planoho the prepared asparagus in hefting a f• iso, n� er w t z for three of four min- utes, cold dip, then pick in jars, sr hover. With water, and add one teaspoonful of salt to each gyart ddpi, Then'adj tst R covers looseX , Vlaec, to a v,! atAl^-;iatlr, and bolltwo honrs or in a steam pres- sure ' cooker (ten pounds ' presenz•e) for one -halt hour. Remove and tighten -the :covers while they are hot. WHEN..RHUBARB -IS CANNED by the cold -water process, ° the success of this method, it is claimed, depends not alone upon" careful ' work in • canning,. but in the storage. The , jars should be paperp n i d e wrap in order to keep P out the light, thenP laced on shelves in a dark, cool place and left undisturb- ed until., used. - The cold -water pro- cess of panning rhubarb consists in filling sterilized cans with the fresh fruit • cut, in cubes, then pouring in fresh, cold water 'until every particle of air is excluded. The cans may then be' sealed: For the -filling r -dens some housewives set the cans under the faucet, allowing the water to run,in until its, own weight expels all air bubbles, while others prefer to lunge the can ;in a pail of water for, a short .time. Whichever' method' is used, every crevice should be filled with water, with, no room for the tiniest air -bubble. To PRESERVE, STRAWBERRIES, make a syrup of one-quarter of water and seven pounds of `sugarand cook in an -open kettle until a candy thermometer registers 266' deg. F. Add ` eight. pounds of berries (washed and stem- med) and cook .slowly, just at the boiling point. Stop the` cooking when the thermometer registers 210 deg, pour, into•sha}l!?w P& a .tg .egpl...and is slciin while' coo.in pia co`Id ack b� P into jars and allow to stand unsealed, but covered with a cloth, for four' days. Put rubber and lid in position., not tight.: If using .a hot-water• bath outfit, sterilize twenty minutes; if us- ing a water -seal. ,autfit, or ' ..a five pound steam -pressure outfit,,., or a pressure -cooker `outfit, sterilize for fifteen minutes. Remove jars, tighten covers, invert to•: cool and test for. leaks. Wrap. jars with paper to pre- vent. bleaching and store in a ,cool, dark ,p1 ace. Minard's Liniment for Corns and Wart. YOUR WINTER `FURS.°' If you have only one or two pieces of fur to' Pack away, and have.no provision for taking care of these, get a clean`pasteboard suit box. You can get one of these in a good heavy qual- ity at a':Store or a• tailoring establish- ment for five or ten cents.' Clean your" furs. Lay into the box; sprinkle with powdered tobacco. Put 'the cover on the box and paste a- strip of paper. tightly over the opening. This will prevent any,wandering insect •crawl- ing up under, 'and feeding on your valuables. „Whenwant to use the articles you •_ in the fall, all you have to do is to break the seal, ;shake out the furs, hang them in the open air' for a little while, and ahoy are ready for use. Flowering a n d Decorative Shrubs, Boxwoods, Ever- greens, etc greea�s, Climbing , a All imported B.t o ' ed stock. 1p Write. far 'Catalogue s i 50 Bay Street Toronto A TALE OF !MINS Cynthia and . Rachel were twins. These were not the names, their motie- er would have ehoaim fors them, but unfortunately, before they were chris- tened, their rich aunt expressed a wish that the children should be named af- ter her — 'one Cynthia, the- other Rachel --in consldei^atioa of .which 'ship wdu1d leave her money to them, The mother thought it expedient to, do as requested. The twins were exactly alike, and. bad it not been Ian- the; taut that Cyn- thia remembered that her name was not Rachel, and vice versa, it •is prob- able that outsiders would have been quite unable to distinguish one from the other. Now, Rachel was the nicer girl. Con- sequently she had a steady flow of ad- mirers. When she reached twenty, she had received three proposals, and had accepted a fourth. Assisted by Her Sister.' It had always been the s•istens' wish tole wecl on the same day, but though Cynthia had: plenty, of young men friends, she had not received an offer of marriage. The twins .usually spent their holi- days together, but one summer, as their mother was "run down," -.1t was decided that Rachel should accompany' her to the seaside, while Cynthia re °~. mained at home. Rachel and her mother decided to stay at a boarding-house an the sea front. Rachel soon made friends with:. another guest, ' a pleasant -looking young fellow. They (lid no't meet at meal times, as Mrs. M— had taken a private room; but in the. afternoons Rachel was free, and she and Tom used to go for walks together. Soon lie was "head over ears" in love "What is your Christian name?"' he as,lie•d on. one occasion, "I know it be- gins, with 'C,' because I saw it on your box." Rachel had brought 'Cynthia's box, her own being out of repair. "Yes, she said. without a blush. "My name is Cynthia." "What a lovely name!" he murmur- ed, From the beginning, Rachel had in- tended to land this young man for Cynthia,but before the holiday was over the young man proposed to her. Rachel, who had taken the precau- tion to,:nfove her en a gement ring.to another finger, said she could not ac- cept him until he had seen the family. , She-wiauid like to know hint at least six months longer before she decided: Women Can Keep Secrets. Arriving home, Rachel told her els,- ter is,ter about her ';adventure, C r •this w ed n ototheide a and tha Toni arrive d she It waif' tday he who met him at the station. Rachel went -out for the day. The -following' suinmexy iC ,hthia and. -Tom spent .znany -delightful days• � gether, "Have you met my twin sister, Rachel?" Cynthia y asked, ane day. "No;; I'have" not had the pleasure. I hear she;. islike you," he replied. - "Exactly; in fact,' people cannot tell us apart." "I could,' he replied, Confidently. "1 could tell you, if- there were forty like you." -"Don't be extravagant," she,.repl}ed. ;That evening Tom was- introduced to Rachel,: who had alterdd "the style of her hair by having it bobbed; but even then the xesemblance;wa,s•ren arkable Rachel rarely spoke. At first :ehe `gave him a ,blank share and appeared sliy ,and -nervous. Tom was completely der ceived. The following year the twins were married on the same day, and Tom never knew lie had courted both the sisters. Yet there are still men who think .that women cannot keep a sec= MpotPlight.. ,What time the meanest briele and stone Make op ;`a beauty not their own; ° And vast the flaw of builded wood Shines the intentirn whole and g And ail -the little-homes-of•manyid -RLSe to-..a.dimmer, .nobler. spat?:, , When color's absence gives. lecaPe To the deeper spirit of- the sage. —Then do the clouds like ;si ve lags~ Stream out above the tattered crags, And black and silver all tlieCoast Marshals its hnnched'and rocky host, Anti, hea.dls"snds striding somberly 'Buttress the land against the sea, -.The .darkened land, the brightening • wave— And moonlight: slants through,1VIerlin's cave. —V. Sackville -West. Acdidents WIlI 'Happen. A country inlnister .was •driving a spirited boric through a village when he overtook the local clootor and of- fered him a lift. 'T'en minutes later the hore.11.?oltecl, 'spilled upset the carriage, .Mid -both p men Pito doctor' rose to tis :feet and felt liiniself over to see Wl etlf-er. lie-, .was .injured. Then he.;tur•n.etl• angrily towards the clorg; ztiaii: "What' do you mean by invltieg me to rine behind such an enimal'?' "Well," replied the Minister, mildly, ' "it was 1-upky that this time there were no bonen- broken. But I always like to have a:-doctor"with nio when,I drive that horse," 'Our doubts are trance' And make us lose the good .wo ott: • iniglrt'wit} 13y fearing to atte ipt. Shape,§pelire,: