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The Exeter Times, 1923-8-2, Page 2,GREEN TEA a reflected ever cup. '. "&ac+ smsast deallicii ,s s Gnzarx TEA x 11843 woi 1d. rf UST TRY . Ills Name Was Preserved Fish -BY RICHARD CONNELL. PART I. A new baby lay in the old cradle It was very red, very small, and very noisy, and in` no way strikingly dif- l ferent' from most baro-day=old babies• Its mother, from the bright. brass bed its father had given' her as a silver' wedding present, regarded it with'in- terest, but without excitement. New babies were no treat to her; this. was her' ninth. Her name was Mrs. Fish, and her husband's name was Mr. Welter Fish, and so, by the custom of the country, the net, infant in the'old cradle was also named Fish. ' Mr. Walter Fish, who blew glass for a living, came home presently. He bestowed an affectionate smile, nod, and `grunt on his wife,'as was his wont, and' poked his newest son medi- tatively with his forefinger. "What'll we call 'im, Lulu?" he asked of his wife. s i 'knew . S]ie n she n smiled to herself, fol the' question to be purely a rhetorical one, requiring; no answer from her. Mr. Walter Fish l -new perfectly well what he wanted. to call the child She remembered the brisk debates that had ' attended' the choice of names for the:: other eight. However, with every appearance of'finality, she said, "We'll call him 'Douglas.' Mr falter Fish snorted. . "Douglas!" he ejaculated. "After an actor? And a picture' actor at that?':: Myson? Neverr r» \ er,. His ,rejection of "Douglas," as he drew himself' up to his full height, five feeti, inches, felt . not was dramatic if even: superb. "Vire °will call the child." he said in the tones he employed as past grand inside guard of his lodge, `Nathaniel.' After my great-grandfather," he ex- plained. "After Grandfather Nathaniel Beainish, who was arrested for steal- ing geese from Boston Common?" ask - 'ed Mrs. Fi h, with well -simulated in- nocence. "No!" was Mr.' Walter Fish's in- stant ..and indignant reply. "After Grandfather' Nathaniel'' Babbitt, the undertaker' and=" "Never!" broke in Mrs. Fish. "Embalmer," finished Mr. Fish sternly. "Besides," he added, with. a touch of persuasion, "Nathaniel is a good old Scripture name." 'But' 'Douglas' is so pretty," insist- ed Mrs. Fish. She was. of the Romantic School, he of the Biblical. To avoid family strife, they had compromised by talc- ing turns `naming' the successive Fish- -es. To Mrs. Fish's credit were Gwen- dolyn, Millicent, Dewey, and Galahad Fish. Mr. Fish was proudly respon- sible for Zacharias, Eiihu,`Dorcas, and Joshua . Fish. The: score was even. And now here was, the ninth and, quite certainly, the last Fish. Both parents realized that:the question of Alter EveTy A universal -custom that benefits every- body. Aids digestion, cleanses the teeth, soothes the throats a o rti&eE13 to remember _.a Sealed In its Pl!rity Package R LASTS 1' ri «` cue ;#o. 3O---°'23. ()USC LABOR -SAVERS WHEN FEEDING I1UNGRY MEN• The 'telephone' bell out its int- perative jingle as Mrs., Stamey was in the midst of her usual Wedneeda7 niortring bread -mixing ' act. As She began to hastily rid her fingers of the dough, Julia came in from th• gar- den with a pail' of ;.big red straw- berries. "I'11 answer it, mother. I think: it is Jane calling aboutthe' picnic," :he sang as she hurried to the telephone. But this is what Mrs. Stanley heard: "Hello!" "No, this is Julia." A minute's pause. • "les, Mrs. Gray, I would be very glad to help you. When do yea ar ant nie to come over?" "1 es,. I have the berries all .pieced and will be right over." As• Julia turned away from the tele- '/ .lihor. e, there was .a determined look in f their ultimate offspring her expression. was'. a lc - is one. ea en 3 name for " tlother, if Jane calls, tell her I t Illi h Neither intended can't to if s, said. I ' gothe picnic ,•" e < ' " to give way an inch. 1tn stn Gwendolyn Fish' came home from ` going over to help Mrs. Gray with her work: in barn -raising," in the telephone company, '.Ihe Stanleys had recently. unloved and entered, spiritedly, into the ,de- A -DAINTY FROCK FOR bate, Gwendolyn always.. described from the city and were new . at ehe herself as "a hello girl," and she wore farming gaine. With' plans to marry MOTHER'S GIRL: `- buns and read novels; she voted for a young farmer of their community in, 4337.Thisi will be charming in "Douglas" without hesitation, but said, the fall, 'Julia was anxious to ;?rasp 'organdy, crepe, or voile. It is also "T Kennet Eugene." "More actors!" snorted Mr. 'Fish. ed experience ha feeding farm Help on "Call a son of mine `Kenneth. Eugene' , the farm. With this ° in view, the pie or `Douglas'? What would the 'boys nit did not enter into consideration..: in the bottle -room' think of me? I say,And so, armed with an apron end `Nathaniel'."a Ford, she was very soon in•' Mrs." she preferred K g 1 the opportunity to get some first -hand - When Elihu came home ;from has studies at the barbers' college, where' Gray's kitchen assisting' her in prepar- he was ; a sophomore; he sided with ing the dinner for fifteen or more hun- his father and voted for 'Nathaniel.", gry men. It was all a wonderful'reve- a'Douglas, is sissy," he pronounced. i kation •to ' Julia.: ` She had lived the "Give me a name out of the Good Book greater part of her nineteen summers every time." 1 in the city"and small towel, and to her nice for linen, with. the guimpe of con- trasting material. The sleeve may be in wrist. length' with a band*cuff, or in short length as illustrated. The. Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 8, 10, 12 and 14 years. A 10 -year size re- quires 3i/x. yards of 40 -inch material. Pattern Mailed to any address on receipt of 15c in silver or stamps, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Allow two weeks fag receipt of. pattern. It lookekd like a deadlock in the the haying time,. threshing time, and . ;, to"hate to her `mothers question as w she had learned that' afternoon, she, sat down beside her to tell her all1 about it MrsGrayis certainly wonderful . x ya little housekeeper. With the three Children on thea farm, she gets along- splendidly. long splendidly, She had planned a very simple but ample. meal, and it seemed to appeal to every one of the hungry men. She served:.' Fish family, "silo -filling time on a large farm was Mr. and After supper that night, M . an enormous task, one greatly to be Mrs. Leo Dole came in from next' door . dreaded: But that afternoon as 'she returned ,home it was with a much I , to inspect the infant Fish- I i?�Irs. Leo Dole cried. "Didum was?, changed viewpoint, and she was eager Isn't um coot? Wuzzum scared by •r" T Mrs. Dole' to tell her mother of the new things lady?'' The child was. gratuitously suggested that "Tenn,-` she had learned., g y suggested I soli'' would be'a nice name. Mr. 'Leo. She found her mother on the porch Dole who ran the baseball scores pool doing the mending and in answer ha the bottle -room, advised' that the' baby be called "George" after either' y Mr. "Ruth or Mr: Kell. both of which l Kelly, heroes. he pointed out. by a remark--; able coincidence, bore that name. :He further advised that immediate steps be taken to cause George Fish to grow* up left-handed. Cousin Ellie Tucker dropped in to say that the custom among rally swell people was to give the child for a first name the mother's family Mr. and Mrs. Fish exchanged quick,' meaningful ,glances. "What is your:. name?" asked Mrs. Fish genially., "I never' did know for sure." "P," said the uncle solemnly, 'stands for `Preserved."" "What?" "Preserved," repeated , the uncle. "It's a-, fine old name, too, Comes down from the Pilgrim, 'Fathers of Plymouth Rock; that name does" "It's sort of odd," mused the mother, name. As Mrs. Fish, before her 4mar- riage, had been Lulu McGillicuddy, the idea was dropped without serious {consideration. "Nope," said Mr. Fish to all sug- gestions. "Nathaniel." "Douglas," _. I Doaglas,»said Mrs. Fish, from her brass bed. An animated discussion was in pro- gress,' punctuated by small, protesting squeals from the old cradle, when the door opened briskly and a loud voice, that made them all jump, sang. out, "I -leave ho, me huskies! "Good gracious, it's Uncle P. Robin- son!" cried Gavendolyn. • A fat ancient, with a wind -redden- ed face framed in white whiskers, so that he always looked as if he were just about to shave, rolled info the room on brief legs like furniture casters. "An' how's the little tar this evenin'?"' he roared, giving the child a prodigious dig in the ribs with a thumb the size of a cucumber. Uncle. P. `Robinson wore' ` a double-breasted. blue serge suit and a yachting cap. He made no attempt to conceal the fact that he was nautical; in fact, he fre- quently described himself as " a sea- going son of a sea -cook from binnacle to barnacle." He carried a walrus bag, so large, so old, so wrinkled and worn : that it must have been made from the primal father of all the walruses. This vol- uminous, bag he tapped mysteriously and winked at Mr. Fish. "I got 'ern," he said. "Got what?" asked Mr. Fish. - "If you knew, your eyes would pop out," was the cryptic answer of Uncle P. Robinson. It was, apparently; not the first time that the strange bag and its contents had been mentioned dark- ly, since Uncle P. Robinson had come to be a paying guest in the Fish home a month before. "Can't pay much—now," he said at the time of his arrival. "My capital is tied up. But just you wait—" Mr. and Mrs. Fish thought it wise to take in their • relative and wait. He was little trouble. He slept in a hammock, and spent all his time down at the G.A.R. Hall telling how he helped sink` the "Merrimac." "What's all this pow -wow over?" inquired Uncle P. Robinson of the Fishes and their guests. "We're picking a name for young Nathaniel,' explained Mr. Fish, with a jerk of his thumb toward the cradle.. "For little Dongias," put in Mrs. Fish. "Ah, 'Douglas; Douglas, tender' and; "and sort of romantic "It's a Scripture name, ain't it?" asked the father. "You're both right," the uncle re- plied amiably. "It's sort of romantic and it's sort of Scripture. Why, a child with a name like that is prac- tically sure to go straight ..to the Promised Land. The Lord will pre- serve us, you know." "We'll think ' about ' it," said the father, eying the walrus bag. "Can I help you upstairs with that grip?" "Oh, no, said the` -uncle hastily. Dont bother. I" guess this old craft can '-carry a cargo yet a while." He rolled out of the room on his caster legs, puffing and wheezing be- neath the weight of the bag. When the visitors had gone, Mr. Fish turned to his wife. "P'raps ,it's gold," he said. "Or precious jewels , and gems," murmured the romantic Mrs. Fish. "He was to India once." Mr.Fish poked his head out of the room and called, "Galley! " Galley! You come here to poppa." Galahad Fish, a tow -headed little demon of seven, came. "Galley," said his father, 'you go sneak up to Uncle P. Robinson's .room and peek through the keyhole and sed what he's got in that big black bag. Sneak like you was an Indian, Galley." Galahad sneaked ; from the room with elaborate caution. "His eye just reaches the keyhole," remarked the father with a touch of pride. • Galahad returned shortly, visibly excited. "What's in the bag?" his father queried in a low voice. ' "Moneys," cried Galahad. "Ssssshl" hissed the father. "Not so loud! What did you say? Money?" "Moneys!' repeated Galahad. "Heaps an' heaps an' heaps an' heaps an' heaps—" "For pity's sake, stop : saying `heaps.' What kind of moneys, Gal- ley? Shiny moneys?" I, "Nope, Felipe, paper moneys. Heaps an' heaps an' heaps—" "What color?". his :father interrupt- ed, gripping, his arta. "Greenan' yeller. Mostly yeller There was heaps an' heaps an' heaps." "Are you sure it was: yeller,?" The father's grip, on his.' offspring's arm tightened. "Ouch!" cried Galahad. "Yes, sall- ies. al ler. heaps an' heaps an' heaps— "Galley," said Mr. Fish sternly, "you go; right straight to bed, and if you' say a word about peeping into- 1 your uncle's keyhole, a single little word, I'll skin you alive, that I will." When Galaha had gone, Mr. Fish turned to his wife. • "Well, that settles that,"' he said with a hearty, pleasurable sigh.: "We needn't 'fuss about "a name any longer!' ' "Niro,".agr•eedMrs. `Fish, from out a revery. "He said heaps an' heaps an'" heaps, didn't lie?" And so it came about that o:° ,lrtill, red, noisy baby was christened Pre- served Fish. (To be continued.) r Lintmset Co Corns and Warm IN iiia dal. r true,'" sighed :Ars.' Leo Dole. "Babe Ruth's name is George," I ventured Mr. L"c Dole from his corner. Uncle P. Robinson scratched his frothy tangle of whiskers for a full minute, and then 'exclaimed: "Well 'why not name the little', fella for me?" ': or uv„ e`p, for me," the old mariner: "I ain't got any heirs, nor assigns either, whatever' they are. So when I pass on to ,my reward on high, who will get' this?" Hetapped the walrus bag. No' one answered his question, so he answered it himself. "Why," he said, "my namesake, . of course. ' Roast Beef Mashed Potatoes .Browned Gravy Bread and Butter StringBeans Cucumber Pickles` Radishes Fresh Cherry Pie Lemonade "The meat she had roasted yester' day, so it had only to be re -heated. I peeled the potatoes and got them ready while she prepared the string beans. I helped to make .the : cherry pie, too,and now I know' how to keep them from running over. . Just add about one and a half or two teaspoon- fuls of flour mixed with sugar, and they will never run over a:bit, Mrs. Gray., also ' added about one-quarter teaspoon of soda to the sugar for each pie,. and it didn't take only about three-quarters as much sugar, and the flavor was just as good." SWEETEN LEMONADE WITH SUGAR. "In making the lemonade, we used half oranges and half .lemons, and sweetened it with syrup instead of the dry sugar, and this helped to beat Mr. Sugar Profiteer, too. Several of the men complimented her on'how good it was, and said that in warm weather they preferred it to coffee. • "It was no trouble at all for us to arrange the dinner on the table, as Mrs. Gray"has'.one of those handy lit-. tle wheel trays, or tea carts: We could put so many things on it at once and wheel it right in beside the diningroom table. It was just' made of one of those old-fashioned washstands like we have up in the' back bedroom, painted in white, trimmed in 'buff and blue. But it saves a good many steps and the drawer is used for silverware." "I am so glad you went," interposed Mrs. Stanley. "You have gained some good experience that will help you when you and Jerry start housekeep- ing on the farm," Lifebuoy may be safely used on the tenderest skin. It is wonderfully cleansing for little hands, faces, and bodies. It leaves a-. delightful fresh- ness and softness. 44febuoy-babies' have beautiful healthy spas• At the mention of her future, a maidenly blush crept over Julia's cheeks. "But" she continued, "the best part of it all is that 'there was "no extra washing to do." SAVE ON WASHING DAY. "I don't see how she could eliminate that," said Julia's mother, "there must at least have been a few towels." -"No; not even any towels," declared Julia. "She had purchased a'rol1 of paper toweling. and the men • never complained about using them at all. She had also purchased ,large paper tablecloth and napkins. When the table. was ,cleared, all were chucked into the:stove: and •.there was no thought of extra washing on Monday;" "I have missed you to -day, daughter, with the canning," said her. mother, "but I am so . glad you went, for you certainly have come home with a pocket full of experience." Liniment. for Cau ha & Cold,' Minard's Ltnim 9 "%: R:•: C' .GT •k � '•fit :L'•'i.;`��iti8.7`vi:=•: ,.:•��•....a>".3<s�., .. �,..., ate r,.Ea•:�".?t�:•�St4.`�..,a•. .Si "�'��. ::x%•'.vs`sm: You'll like this beverage as surely as sunshine and fresh air make thirsty. It is a dis• • tinctive blend of choicest products from nature pure and whole. some' • 1..ai EYLO.ATS : l:oq• FUEL: L: Before 1ici:4ving 1.3uencrs -Airee,.li�on,nd for tiro Strait. oil N a1 e•1i`an ']nd, then north' 10 Valparaiso, tire "captwin"switids for his, chief engineer, "Plenty of coal` ort, Loa>:�,1., c:1t!ef?" he asks. ' ' c' have rt,Welve cleats' ete'an- ing to Coronet. ?-low muck have you?" •r1 ,. 1 unedreed touts," Yc gL cs, ., title' oil »or ; ",uificont fin c i'c.i �tEe1'1 d,ay . That's l'ieat.y; beanie coal 1a 'o: pen- ,6�1Y5 llel'e;'', • Out from Buenos 'Aires and down 'into the, Roaring horeties they .0O3, whore always the wast- wind blows so"tih i reaiit,nng'forc�e, piling gap. Snoun-;' taints of seething water, Gale'follows gt' and sLc'u1 , 'very s11owly, the tramp; ete.10:r plugs her way sout.Ii.' Coal is flung into the fur. race with g', ne eu, hands, but a bare six .knolls '.s th'a result. An Anxious Time. ' Throtuneh the Magella.0 Strait after teen weary days, and then up the Pata- gonian coast.. But -here it is no bet- ter; ; the westerly gales blow straLght ao des 'tile Pacii'se on the rocky coast to leeward, and the ponderous gait of the old shill- is as heartbreaking to the weary ry officers, tramping up and down the spray -sodden bridge, as to the' engineers, who, with •.anxous° eyes, see ,thie small stock'of ;CORA rapidly Eight bells, and those ragged _clouds to windward speak of another night of shrieking wind, and high -running seas, The chief engineer, clad in overalls, clmbs ag�a�inst time wind`: to the upper bridge, in search of the captain. '''-- In '� In the oha.rt-room lie finds liim:'-.goes.---, "Sixty tons is ;all wo.have," he la- conically remarks ' But the captain, with tired, eyes pouring over thle chin:rt; does not re- ply. I e 1s° measuring the uncomfort- ably long line between the ship and. the nearest coal.depot--gat Coronet, "Si hundred miles. is the exact dis- s ta'nce," he says "and if the weather was at.all decent we could do it; but `_" I e tapsthe baa,ometee as it iS � , and the chief s�e.es the inddeeutor full of friction. "Oh, well, chief, we clic but do our hest!, .Better reduce her to half -speed; • she won't burn so• much," p , No Coal and Fifty Miles to Go. Another day and another night pass over, aii,d' still- the old ship. covers thosie long miles all too slowly, at a �trcns•ndou& cost- in fuel Fift miles to ar,the last, shovelful Y 1; . is,. g0110,: and if -once the steatti goes back very, far it will be: almost. an im- passfvliiiity. to raise it again. " Something must tie clone to get bier over the 'last lap, especially -as.. the weather looks better. ' So then it ie. that the asst •dra,siti�c .resource is used. The ship'must_ be burnt -to• drive the engines. :First the paint and ,the varnish and the whole contents of the bos'un's store go -down to the stokelrold and,into the ' cI:v+ing,furnace.'Alrready the H.P.-crank- 'shaft goes over with a- more d�eter- rniried thrust, and the flamez leap,out of the ship's. funnel. • Now the derrick -booms are uns!trip- ped•, cut into short lengthis, soaked in coa-tar, and thrown to the flames", Slowly, very slowly, the patient log records the 'Ales as we pass along.' Now the dstaace to go is down to 1 forty, miles; another watdbi brings it nto tuow thirty,but the �aru�er nc -fuel Y ge rattans ane running low. Next, the cabui.fuvnitv,Te; bunks are ripped out. .Gaily -painted• eli�esr'n re- lies of Li!mnitouse and Conxmer•cial Road, E., all melte their contribution to the common oauso. Bookcases,;'. chairs, tables, and all the parepher e irili�a of cabins aro rentorselesoly inrnt. l3urnincd Then• Heats. . Here is someone's trouser press, there a mahogany bridge table. It is heartbreaking to, have to part with the companions of many a long .voyage;,,. bat it has to be, for the alternative will be infinitely worse. The last resource is the Iifeboatei, and every man 13,opes that thoy,;abov+e alllotit,elr thiing,s, can be slaved. But no, there still nenvai�n's the Bust ten milia,_ so the carpenter and.a couple of 'sea - oven start wdeth axes on .the captain's deingfthy, and the,broken ribs, planks, and seats are handed down bellow: -_ In tis red glow of' the dawning a hail comes front the .lookout: "Something ahead, sir!„ Bvnocltlars are whipped out 'and levelled. Is it? • Yes. t Coronet piers are no more than two miles, away; we shall slave once boat, at Least.•. A tired smile flits across the cap- tain's weather-beaten face.-. when at len geth,he gives the order, 'Prepare to ••. caal ship." ea . 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