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The Clinton News Record, 1916-10-05, Page 6It. .t,5i,¢3A ,.. 'asxfr,7,�yViA1A1.,+•- e a o No Pr'3 hibjtjin on the purest and most refreshing beverage of all -- . - TEA The gently atimuiating effects of good Tea are of great benefit to all. The price of comfort and satisfaction is extraordinarily email when you can get genuine"SALADA" at less than one. fifth of a cent a cup. AT ALL GROCERY STORES e3iSetliY"eMpeem sen THROUGH r, E DARK SHADOWS Or The Sunlight of Love CHAPTER VII—(Cont'd). Diamonds glistened round her per fact throat, upon her head rested a magnificent tiara of the same stones, her hands flashed as if touched with living fire. She might have stood as a figure of Undine—as' beautiful and as soulless. AU round her the little band Of courtiers thronged, ever-changing, and passing on to the ball -room as others eagerly took their place. Half -past twelve struck, and she grew more impatient ; the blue eyes sparkled frostily, the red lips became more. tightly set. "Lady Merivale looks riled," Morti- mer Shelton said to his partner as they passed her. "You can set. that by the sweetness of the smile with which she has just favored Hadley. She wishes him anywhere—I know, Funny thing about you ladies ! the madder you are with ono poor dev-fellow; the sweet er and deadlier you are to the rest of us." His partner laughed ; she was a bright. little brunette, flushed with the dance, and thoroughly happy. "Why should we wear our hearts upon our sleeves for cynics such as you to peek at ?" she replied. "The art of dissembling is one of our' few privileges. But do you think the feountess is angry ? She is so beauti- ful." "Marvellous !" exclaimed the cynic, raising his eyebrows, "Dear Lady Chetwold, is it possible that I hear one beautiful woman praise another's looks ?" The little lady flushed, "It would be a greater marvel stip if you men gave us credit for just a little generosity. But tell me, Mr. Shelton, where is Adrien Leroy ?" "My dear lady," said Shelton, with a wicked twinkle in his eyes, "if I knew that Lady Merivale would be down on me like the proverbial load of bricks, He was to have been here ; but his movements are as uncertain as her ladyship's smiles. See, she has fairly extinguished poor Hadley— drowned in sweetness "You aro a horror," laughed, his companion as the waltz came to an end. "I shah be quite afraid of you ie the future—I'd no idea you were so cynical" "I could never be cynical with you," he said gallantly. "By the way,• have you seen Prince Pfowsky to -night ?" "Yes," said Lady Chetwold, "I am engaged to him for the next dance -- If he remembers it. He is always so forgetful," "'Put not your trust in princes,'" quoted Shelton, "But if his Highness should be so ungrateful, perhaps you will allow me the Pleasure—" "Certainly not," she retorted brightly ; "Caesar or nothing!" "Arid here he comes," laughed Mortimer ; adding softly, as. the �v Prince came up to claim his partner, r_ "and here is someone even more in- teresting—look." Lady Chetwold followed the direc- tion of his gaze and saw Adrian Leroy advancing up the rose -decked room. As usual, his appearance created something of a stir, for he was popu- lar with men and women alike, and no smart gathering seemed quite complete without him. But the young man ap- peared totally unconscious of the interest he was evoking as he bent over his hostess' hand with a mur- mured greeting, then turned to make his bow to the Prince, who, as firm he admirer as the rest of Society, had paused to exchange a word before the dance commenced. Adrian sank on to the velvet lounge beside the Countess. "Don't scold me, belle amie," he said in his soft tones ; "lay the blame on Mr. Paxhorn. I dined with him at the club. You know what Paxhorn is —there was simply no getting away. But, now, have you saved me a dance ?" "You do not deserve one," she said, all the irritation melting beneath the magic of his smile and the music of his voice. "It's a mercy," he retorted lightly, "that one does not get all one's de• sorts in this world !" "I saved you the next," she said, giving him the programme. You see, I am as foolishly forgiving as ever." "You are gracious and sweet I" he murmured in her ear. "How could you ever be otherwise ?" The soft phrase passed unreproved. "You have been down to Barmin- star again ?" she inquired. "Yes," he replied, es he settled himself more comfortably. "You have been very attentive to P Your father lately," she said a little suspiciously ; "I thought filial aloe- e tion was not the Leroy's strong point." "Nor is It," he said with a laugh ; c "but it is business, my dear Eveline, h odious business, into which Jasper in- veigles me," "I thought Mr. Vermont was the i new machine that was to save you trouble 7" n "Yes, that's what I thought," was a the languid reply. "But one has to turn the handle, even of machines. s There are' signatures,. and leases, and ht Heaven knows what else besides." "How is Lord Bermdnster ?" she a inquired. Leroy smiled,, tie •kmsew• that to be "He will win, you think ?" she asked anxiously, • • "Oh, yes 1" was the careless reply. "Vermont says there is nothing . to touch him," - The Countess raised her eyebrows. "You trust this Vermont with.e great deal, Adrian, Your 'horses, your wine, aid your legal business, He must be a wonderful man." "Yes," he answered confidently., "Jasper's te treasure. Nothing comes amiss to hem.:I should be in my grave ii' I had to face half the wodries he wrestles with daily: Come," he added, as the fleet bars of the new waltz floated from the gallery and with -a sigh of enjoyment she rose for the promised dance "No one's .step suits me like yours," she breathed, when they paused for rest. "Adrien, shall I back King Cole for another two hundred ?" The two sentences were, perhaps, rather incogruaus, but • curiously oharaeteeletic of her ladyship for, en addition to; ml partiality -for betting on the, turf and speculation on 'Change -both, of course, sub rose: "Oh, yes," he said, as they started again, Jasper has -put two thousand more of mine on to -day. There he is," he broke oft, as the -sleek, carefully dressed figure of Mr, Vermont entered: the ball -room. - "Talk of angels," murmured Lady Merivale, but with a glance implying that she meant a being very far re- moved from that celestial grade. Jasper Vermont did not excel at dancing; yet, strange to say, he was invariably invited to every' function of the season. Indeed, the hostesses of Mayfair would almost as soon have omitted the name of Adrien Leroy himself as' that of his friend. It was dlificult to explain this other than on account of his engaging amia- bility. Probably Vermont would have transformed• the famous advice of Uriah Keep to "Always be obliging,' Certainly, no pleasanter company could be found, whether for man or woman ; whatever the hour, however mixed the company, Jasper Vermont had always a smile, a jest, or a new and piquant scandal, In the smoking room he would rival Mortimer Shelton in apparently good-natured cynicism. In a'duchess' boudoir he would enliven the afternoon tea hour with the neat- est of epigrams and the spiciest slan- der of her Grace's dearest friend Nothing came amiss , to him ; as Adrian Leroy had once said, he was "a walldng encyclopaedia," Yet with all Mr. Vermont's charm of manner, he could resent, smiling still an impertinence or a snub, and lea back a tongue thrust that would of fectuelly put his opponent hors do combat. Truly of him might be said "I smile, and murder while I smile." To -night be was apparently enjoy- ing the gay scene before him. His sharp black eyes were like little. snakes, darting here, there, and everee where, while he wagged his smooth head to the time of the music, as if in keen enjoyment. Mortimer Shelton noticed him• "gloating over his future victims," he commented, almost audibly, as he and his partner paged close to where he was standing. Vermont, however, ap- arently did not hear him, but con- tinued to smile amiably as the dane- rs whirled by. It was nearly daybreak when the' arria es g drew outside I is a the neat ouse to take the g guests to their re -I homes; and, having success- oilyfsteered a young Marchioness fa - o her electric brougham, Leroy found himself standing close to Vermont, of far from where his own motor wetted him. "They call this pleasure, Jasper," he aid, almost scornfully, watching the niggling, aristocratic crowd with a alt -contemptuous smile oh his lips. Why, it's hard work. They fight nd push for the sake of a few hears end in a crowded, poisoned room' nd there's no prophet to rise up and proclaim it madness," "No," laughed Vermont cynically• prophets nowadays have no liking r being stoned; and, after all, life mild be unendurable were it not for s pleasures, - Let me remind you at it is nearly four o'clock, and you e due at Lord Standon's rooms." With a sigh Leroy turned and "Splendid." sp "Lady Constance also well ?"—with the slightest tinge of restraint in her voice. „ "Yes," - he answered indifferently ; adding, "but you haven't asked after no King Cole." "Ah, no, but you would have told th me at first if anything had been wrong ar ith him." gar feeds and. sweetens ro orti n to its purity. SltYrax4a a. '.:: If :+!G h FD DIAMOND D GRANULATE is refined exclusively from choice sugar -cane sugars and is absolutely pure. Government tests prove it. 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Power Bldg., Montreal SS tESSiNEMMElsiMaiffigitElagnS jumped into the motor, followed by his faithful squire; -and the Powerful car hooted its way through the twi light of the dawn. They reached Lord Standon's I chambers, to find the finish of a three-. tee party. The room was filled with ' beautiful women, mostly stars of the musical comedy stage, inoluding Ada, Lester, who was evidently on her best behaviour. Here, amidst light and laughter, the goddess of pleasure was being feted by her youthful worshippers, and none appeared a more eager votary than Adrien Leroy. Yet, as he. stood champagne glass in hand, propounding, the toast of the evening—or rather morning, for the dawn was breaking in the sky—there-was none to tell him of the impending cloud of treachery that hung over his head. None who dare warn him to beware of the friend- ship of—Mr. Jasper Vermont. CHAPTIBR VIII. High up in the Woods of Buckie hemahire stood Barmiuster Castle, old that one-half of its pile dated ba to Norman times; while the wh with the wings and parts added by successive generations of Leroy might have passed for a royal pal by reason of its splendour and magi licence, Needless •do say, the Leroys we proud of timer ancestral horns, f there bad been Leroys since Willie the Conqueror had calmly annexe the land on which it now stood, a had given it to his faithful bar PhilipLeRol. But they o . valued sti more the love and respect of the people, who in hamlet and village ea rounded the castle as: naturally as di the woods. Yet the present Lord Barminst had done little to keep the name o loyalty alight in the hearts of hi tenants, He was an old man, nearin seventy, tall, white headed and haul ty—every feature clear cut, as if car ed from marble. Few people bad ev seen the stern lines of that face eels in lighthearted laughter since th death of -his young wife, which had oc curred a few years after the birth o Adrien. None, outside his immediat family circle, had ever known the curt ness of his speech to• be softened un- less in sarcasm; and his habitual ex- pression was one of haughty tolerance. His friends feared him, even as they respected him, for if he had the faults of his race, he also poseseed its great virtue—justice. No man, prince or peasant, friend or foe, ever appealed to Lord Barnineter for that in vain. Now, in the clear brightness of the, spring morning he paced to and fro on the south terrace, (To bo continued), "BREAKING" HABITS UNWISE. They Should be Displaced With Better Ones, the Experts Say. Trying to "break" children of habits is an error of method. The reason is that habit, according to William James, a great psychologist, not only is second nature, but has become nature itself, and that nature is not to be driven, but must be coaxed and led. Displace habit with something else. Replace it on the policy of substitu- ting some better activity. An average child, even if only five years old, can, according to Dr. Dearborn, head of a children's infirmary, be guided judi- ciously if given careful, Clear explain - dons -adapted to its year and pointing out things really fundamental or es- sential. "But one must start with a normal. nervous system and muscula- ture." The doctor explains that he means outdoor exercise and plenty of sleep. Feeding Skim Milk :to Calves. Separator milk is not a balanced ration for calves. On this feed alone, and the way it is usually given to them, they are liable to get indiges- tion, as shown by a bloated condition, capricious appetite and diarrhoea. Most of this trouble can be avoided by adding a handful of Oil.meal, corn meal or cottonsed meal, to supply, in a way, the fat that has been removed in the skimming. The milk should be given to them warm and never when it is frothy. Never allow a calf to drink all of the milk that it, wants at one meal: It is bad prac- tice to allow several calves to drink out of one trough, some of them will get too much. Care in feeding calves is of vastly more importance than "cures" for calf somata a- so ck ole, the s, ace Ii- re or m d nd an, 11 • d or S er x e f ed cup to support the top crust. Cover, e with paste, fasten edges tight, slash • crust a bit to allow escape of steam and cook in quick oven about one-half hour, If crust browns too quickly cover dish with paper to prevent' burning. (/(/asG X11 Hints for the Home J Selected Recipes. Meat 'Puffs.—Make ao puff -paste with dripping or lard, roll out about a quar- ter of an inch thick and in oblong pieces; place a spoonful of cold meat of any kind, chopped fine and well sea- soned, on each piece of paste, roll up and brush over with egg., and bake ina quick oven, Cheese Sauce, -Talc three table spoonfuls of butter and add four of Hour when the butter Is bubbling hot. Mir well and add a half teaspoonful of salt, a few dashes of paprika, one and' a' half cupfuls of milk and -a cupful of chopped cheese. Cook: the sauces well before adding the cheese and serve are soon'ai it is melted Stuffed Beet Salad. ---Boit several medium-sized beets without removing the skinn. When tender plunge into cold water and rub off the peel. Cut out the centers, leaving shells to be stuffed with a mixture of peas, nut meats, breadcrumbs and mayonulaise. Serve' on lettuce leaves with brown - bread sandwiches, Curried Cauliflower.—Break a cauli- flower into flowers and put them into boiling salted water. As soon as they are tender drain them in a colan- der. Dust them all over with curry powder and fry them in hot fat; then put them in a ste-span, pour over them a cupful of stock and let them cook for five minutes. Squeeze over the juice of half a lemon and serve 'with or with- out ,ries. Rice Croquettes With Cheese Sauce. —Cook a cupful of rice in two and a half cupfuls of milk. Season with a teaspoonful of salt lntil tender, add- ing more milk if needed. Add- two tablespoonfuls of butter, a dash of paprika and mix with two beaten egg yolks and then dull. When cold and stiffened mold into cones, balls or cylinder forms, dip In crumbs, then in egg white and in crumbs again. Brown in fat and serve with cheese sauce. Peanut Soup. --One cup peanut but- ter, one cup chopped celery, three cups milk, one tablespoon each butter, flour and chopped onion, one and one-half cups boiling water, one teaspoon salt, one-eighth teaspoon pepper, three tablespoons minced red or green pep- per. Cook celery and onion in water until tender, adding waterers ft evapor- ates to keep to one and one-half cups liquid. Add one cup milk to peanut butter and blend, Heat remainder id double boiler, thicken with flour and butter, creamed •together, add stock and peanut butter and milli mixture) season and serve, garnishing with pep- pers., App's Croquettes.—Put one dessert- spoonful each of water and butter in enameled stewpan, add three cups tart appk'Y which have been pared, cored and sliced. Cook slowly, avoid- ing scorching, until soft and dry. Mash or put through vegetable press, add any seasoning desired and pinch of salt. Mix one-third cup cornstarch with a Iittle water, and use to thick- en apples pulp. Just before taking from fire, whip in one beaten egg. Turn into wet mold or dish, and set aside to cool. When cold, shape into any form desired, roll In egg anti hrea dcrumbs and d Ery In deep fat. Dust with powdered sugar and serve hot. Oyster Pie: 'Forty large oysters, two bard -boiled eggs, two tablespoons flour, four tablespoons butter, one-half tablespoon each chopped onion and chopped parsely, a little grated nut- meg, salt and pepper. Put oysters on to cook to their own liquor, thicken- ed ing it with the better and flour mix -4 ed together, Add egg and season- ings, Stir until butter is thoroughly melted and pour in deep dish lined bottom and sides, with half -puff paste.' In the center of the dish set an invert -I Tasty Pies. Beef and Tomato Ple.—Slices of cold beef should be arranged in a pie dish with layers of thickly sliced tomatoes and onions, then add seasoning, Con- tinue the.!ayers till the dish is full; add sufficient gravy to moisten the whole cover with parboiled potatoes cut in slices and bake in a moderate oven for one hour, Beef and Potato Pie,—The ingredi- ents required are one pound of beef- steak, one largo onion, two and a half pounds of potatoes, salt to taste. Cut the meat into small pieces, also the onion, Put it to stew for about two hours, then add the potatoes, which have .been out into pieces about the same size as the beef. Cover over with a pie crust made from half a pound of lard amid half• a teaspoonful of baking powder. About forty min- utes should be allowed for the bak- ing of time pie. Cheese and Potato .Pia --This is an unusual dish, but will be found savory. The ingredients required are three- quarters of a pound of cheese, ere pint of milk, three pounds of potatoes, three ounces of margarine or dripping, pepper and salt. Mash tiro potatoes with the milk,. Add three-quarters of the fat and cheese with pepper and salt to taste; mix well and stir over the mixture into a well -greased pie dish, Sprinkle the remainder of the cheese on the top and add therest of the margarine out into small pieces, The pie may be baked in frontof the fire or in the oven, and will be ready for the table when thoroughly brown- ed. Sailor's Pie,—Many years ago this piewau popular'. The ingredients re- quired are one pounu o2 scraps or fresh uncooked meat, four onions, three pounds of potatoes, a little pow- dered thyme, one pound or so of suet or dripping crust and a seasoning of salt and pepper. Clean and slice the vegetables and cut the 'meat in small Pieces. Put all into a saucepan with the thyme and - seasoning, Simmer until the meet ie tender and then cov- er with pastry rolled out to the size of the saucepan. Fit it well into the saucepan, and cook for about. an hour and a.hale after which'" cut' the crust into medium pieces and arrange them round the stew on a hot dish, Things to Remember, Have a day for everything. Cracker crumbs are better than bread crumbs for scalloped oysters. Small children can eat bananas if they are thoroughly baked.' All fruits should be .peeled and seeded for very young children. Olives, a small quantity of minced red peppers and a spoonful of capers increase the savor of potato salad. Sweet corn should never boil more than three minutes. If it boils longer it will lose much of its sweetness. When a baking dish becomes burnt wipe it. off with. a damp cloth dipped in salt, It is a wise precaution to put a quantity of sand in the bottom of a very half vase. This will prevent its topping over, Preserving jars should always be kept from direct contact with the bottom of the preserving kettle, other- wise they may break. Ilse cold milk to soak the bread or Cake foe pudding; the pudding will be more light. - To hurry the cooking of anything in a double boiler, add salt to the water in the outer boiler. A slice of potato is an excellent thing to clean white oilcloth which has become disfigured by hot cook- ing utensils.. Whenever the rubbers on cans of fruit "bulge," they should be remov- ed, the jar of fruit resterilized and fresh rubbers put on. A good soft icing is made with two cups of granulated sugar and three- quarters cup of sweet milk. Boil nine minutes; Cool, heat and flavor, In cutting the string binding a package pick the knot up and cut im- mediately below, and you will release the string entire, unless It has other knots. A tablespoonful of turpentine, ad- ded to a copperful of water in which clothes ar+e.boiled will cleanse, whiten and disinfect the garments. Steel knives, after being used far fish or peeling onions, should have the blades put in the ground for a short time, as the earth removes the smell. Cheese will not become mouldy: if you keep it covered with a cloth wrung out In vinegar. This will keep the cheese fresh Indefinittely. If your Cake looks hard and tough, set In a deep dish with a bowl of het water underneath and leave. - The steam will moisten the cake and make it soft. To clean white gloves in a hurry, scrub them with a mixture of powder' ed alum and fuller's earth. Bruch off, and sprinkle them with whiting. Tar spots, if they can be removed at all by the amateur, should be rubbed with clean lard and let lie. This, in turn, should be removed with gasoline or hot suds. After washing oiloloth and linoloul$ be sure to dry it properly. If left damp it will speedily rot, and finally become totally spoiled. It is a great mistake to use too much water for washing it. The cloth should be merely wrung out and passed over the surface. Veteran Begs to do Woman's Work. So eager is a British army veteran, living in Wallsend -on -Tyne, to help in the war, that he is *willing to do woman's work. Be wi'tes to a news- paper which has appealed for 10,000 women to do Red Cross needlework: "I am not a woman; but I have knitted two pairs of soaks. I am 73 years of age in November, and have served my time in the army and am a pensioner since December, 1882, if you will let me be a woman in this show I shall feel much obliged." Our forefathers deemed it to be very unlucky if the bride did not weep on her wedding -day. e47art, ats'ftWac t Sask tchew Farm Lands Large .Easiest Terms. 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