The Clinton News Record, 1913-05-22, Page 5CHAPTER I.-(Contel)
Ile eot ont a eigarette-ease-got it ou
mecheniesilly-thed glanced at her
Was putting it away again, when sh
.ehild-a mere ehild. YOU 1111184 never do
such a thing againl"
" \Vile Pot.? Whet harm have I done?"
" insiseed taw 'girl, .
"Aro you goieg th smoke? De, if you
wish. I do not mind"
Ile lighted his cigarette and leaned he
elbow on the table
"Yea live with your aunt?" he said,,no
,
bemuse he wielied to know, but Just t
make conversation She dd d I
ie --it is eot usual; it le bad etiquette,
mnone form, toe walk about with e
strange man; to -take, tea with him ie
worse. Any Strange gentleman es had
oriole -Mali -at that man of all men in the
t "WilY WUB it worse to walk about and
0 Bit down totea, with him than any pile
else, aunt?", Deeima asked. '
LaoiyLascoiie5 bit her lop.
"Bemuse -my dear 'girl, you ' would not
understand-,
, "But. 0111a -why?"
"Because be Is a bad, wicked man -one,
of the meet wicked men in the world!"
L And Decline wae silenced at Met.
CHAPTER IL
, ,
"One -of the most wicked .inen in the
world" meaawhile walked slowly across
the gardens to the Clarence Gate, and
calling a eab, told the man to diem him
to GaVendish Squdre. Stopping the cab at
the house Of Sir Tames 'Starke, he inquired
If the great phyoician were in, and WiLB
shown -auto the eonsulting too=
Sir Jernes Starke had Just come hi from
his rounds, 141111 had still' got hie hat on.
Ile tilted it bp with an expression of a!e.
tonishment at 'sight of his visitor. '
"Hello, Gaunt!" he said.' "I didn't know
'Yee were in England,. Hew are you? Sit
down! Anything the matter?" and as he
shook hands, he surveyed the weary,
handsome face with the physic:lanes all -
seeing, penetrating geze,
,Lord Gaunt took off hie coat, and -rolled
thb sleeve above his left arm.'
"Just cauterize that, will you. Starke?"
he said, quietly..
511..30,211es turned the arm to the light
-an arm well made and muscular, hard
'as iron- and . smooth as marble,
"Whe-what le It?" he said, ,"A dog.
bite? No, e cat' s scratch? 'What i it?"
"AL lion sorateh," said LGeurit. "Got it
at the Zoo, fooling with the cub I brought
Over. It ien't much; but itefelt angry, and
well -I've seen a nigger or two go mad
With blood-poleoning for lees than this."
Sir Smiles nodded gravely, and got the
caustic.
, "It's not like yeti to come to harm in
this way, Gaunt." he said, "you must have
been preeioue careless."
"Yes, 1 wee," eaid Lord Gaunt. coneiee-
1Y.
After he had performed the simple ore
eration, Sir James looked at his patient's
face, and ran a finger on his pulse. Then
he [shook hie head.
"Same old game, Gaunti" he said, grave-
ly.
Itord Gaunt smiled grimly. •
"Same old game," be said. quietly.
"Pityi pity!" murmured Sir jamas
"Can't you do something better with your
life than waste it?"
"I don't knew. rye never naked myself
the question. Perhaps 1 don't waste MY
life more than you waste youre. It's all
a point of view, you know Starke."
"My dear follow!" eipoetulated the great
physician; "I work -earn money-"
-"And loutige, and laze, mid epend it.
Who shall may which is the wiser? Life
febnly a chance for making mistakes."
Sir Janne 'nodded sympathetically,
"X know. But -'but -o441,, mistakes are
lived down -forgotten."
"Not my kind," said Lord Gaunt. "Done
with Llthis arm? hig,ht. Thanks."
He rolled down his sleeve and put on his
coat.
"Where have you come front now?" ask -
Sir James, regaeding hire with an ad-
miring and- yet pitying eye; for the face
and form were handeame and even grand,
but the expression of the eye and the
Mouth was that which make women, when
they see it, sigh" and grow end, though
they know not why, ,-
'"Africa. Think I'm going back. / should
have gone before this, but my man, the
!steward at Leafmore, has been worrying
.me. Bays that the place is going to pieces
and that he 'wants me to go down there.
Let it go to pieces! 'Who cares! Certainly
net I!"
"Why not go down there, and try and
settle down -..for a time?" .said Efir .Tanits.
"Look here, Gaunt, YOU know the bld story
of the machine that would go too fast."
"I dart, say. Stopped' all la once, didn't
it? And you think I .shall sten like the
maehine? Well, why not? What does it
matter?" lle laughed a grim, shorelaugh,
"You doctors think life's the most iniport.
ant'of all things; that's where you make
the mistake. No no,, offering you a fee,
I siumose?" •• ' .
The famoue physician, Sir Jamee Starke,
and the famous` travelereLord. Gaunt, had
.been at eollege together, theugh Sir
3-11111.141 WAR ranolf the, elder, L
Sir Samos laughed and ehook 'his head.
"Go down to Learners, for awhile,
Gaunt." L
see,',' said his lordship. lle took
up his hat andheld it tn his hand; then
hn
keowseteLlaideysitieLsal.y0,0lieTe, you happen to
"Lady Pauline Laseellea do you, mean?"
"/ -dare say,' • L
"Ole yee; she is a patient of mine. Why
do you ask?" .
Olt, for no particular reeeon. I 'Just
met her -met a niece of hers, a Miss -Mies'
-singular name; I've forgotten 'it."
"You mean Decline Deane," said Sir
James, hie keen face lighting up. "Oh,
Yes -the loveeiest, deareet An.- the
world!"
He laughed and chuckled as at seine Ari,
rate Joke. ' L
"What are, you theughing at?" inquired
Gaunt, with languid surprise.
"Oh, at the girl," Said Sir James. „"YoU
know, or, rather, you don't know, that she
has been brought up by Lady LaSeelles'
em a syetem other own-/ meen her latly.
ehipes own. Ieudeent, 'absolute inhocence
and purity, combined With a knowledge of
everythieg but-er-but the things -most
girls know atetWo-thirds DO01111028 aga"
"Alt, does it answer?" asked Lord Gaunt,
looking into hie hat.
"Well -yes. That Is to say, the mestem
has produced the eweetent and most fan-
einating mixture of frankness arid inno-
Genes; Lite etudeeity of a child and the
erreetness of a girl; but , how• it will „hie
BWOY presently, when -a -lieu `the ,girl . end,
donly ; discovers that she It a. woman, we
o
ball ,see, lieve you, eeerteduch of herr
."Abotit! one hour and' a quarter," said
Lord' Gaunt, wearily. e"stud. Judging from
Lady Lasoolles' maneer, I non not likely
ever to make np the other three quarters."
"And 'Weren't you struck'. With her?"
"'Pst:haliTtaPli, no! The- girl-Pecima!"
"Dorn know. 'Pon my. word, I scarcely,
noticed her." L
He yawned, and 1,00/ 0-11t2 hiseeigarette.
Me -cup and munehed her eake for a ince
silent 'before replying.
"Yee; I have lived with her for the last
ten yeereseehe end I alone, together."
"Then -your parente are elcad?"
, "My mottle? shb said, Lquiotly, and
witio a sudden sweet gravity in theslovely
face. "I. went . to stunt when ray Mother
died. 'My father le aliVe, and I have a
brethor, ' R&M "younger time I am. Aunt
adopted me, you know. I had no mother
L moo. sieter, and father wee traveling about
euppese he was glall to get rid of
me, Girle are alwaye asnuisance, aro they
'I don't knew -not, always, I should
think, On 1 y sometimes/
aloe, seemed' struok by the reply, and a
faint -d eery , faints -blush stole over her
"Pethapts I em a nuisance to you now?"
she said. -e't, have kept you -I ,didn't
think; but YOIY peed' not wait. / can find
way, toLthe gate, and aunt'masa come'
• up any minute' Pleabe do not wait."
• She evoke quote frankly, without a touch.
Ofcoquetry�r pique, and he answered ne
frankly.
. "You are not keeping me; I asseure you
I have- nothing in the world to do. Land it
fevery- pleasant here. Besides, I feel in.
it way responsible for you, and should like
to see -you safe in your aunt's keeping."
"Why, what harm could c'ente to nie?"
she aeked, witlswide.open eyes and a emile
of amusement. "Do you think I should
tall into 'ehe bear's cage, or get run.ovei
by the -elephant?"
• "No; but all the same, I should like to
see you safe in YOUT auntes ,,are, By the
way, you did not tell me her name,"
"Laseelles-Lady Laseelles," said the
He -.raised hie eyebrow,, slightly, as if
' he recognized theename.
L "Anti, you did not tell me yours," he re.
marked. -
"Youelidn't ask me," she said, eh:BOY.
'"Is is Deana/ Deane. What le yours?"
She leaned' finevard, her chin 'meting on
her 'now ungloved hand -by no means
by 'the way; but beautifully shaped
and with a character of ite own -and re-
garded him with girlish, friendly, curio-
sity. '
The waiter came up at the monent, and
' the gentleman put hie left hand in his
pocket for his purse. Ho had kept his
. arm behind his chair during the tea, and
0000 .000 he moved it out of sight agein
quickly and shuffled his purse to the right
hands ,but, Decimals eyea were sharp as
well as bertiful, and She saw the rent
111 titO • She forgot about his name, and ex-
claimed;
•''Why, the lion did tear your sleeve,
011, &a it .scratch you?"
• "No, no," he essid, rather shortly. "Mow
much, waiter?" . •
"Three ehillings, sir."
"That -Is eighteen pence each."' Said
Beanie, takingout her easter ehain purse;
atid Ore ,extrabted a 'shilling and sixpence,
'ancl.laid them dewn on the table.
The man !smiled griasisa It was evident
It,, ivee'ethe -fitst matt she had ever taken
public, to, With.
ePutieyeur money back," he said, lunch
ainueede
"011, Laity?" she asked, with wide eyee.
• "Why. should you pay for oner
"I don't know," he said,. "eel:misting that
0• it le eisual, and that it would be exceed-
ingly:bed form for yeu te pay` for it your.
"Now 41, can't undeestand that!" .the
said,"VrItItgirlieb. Insistence; and Just ae if
she Were arguing with a- echool-fellow.
"Why', sheeld a gentleman always pay for
ladies Pn L ,
"Because 'itis one ef the fevr privileges
we wretched men possees."
"That's, absurd!",she laughed. "Besides,
we are etringere. And I don't -know what
dant 'would say, She Bays that girls
should alWases be independent and- Oh.
Vera she is! Aunt, how did you lose me?"
and she sprung no and caught the arm
of the tall lady b gray, ovho approached
with Stately' eteps and ,a gea've emultea-
"My dear, Decialas Wherbeewhere have
you ,heen? And" --as, the gentleman rose,
and, remoYed hitishats--"and who is this?".
elle added in an anxioutieunder-tone. -
• Decima turned a el:ailing and. grateful
face,.toward her late and tompotary
"Oh. this 'gentleman ciao been helping
me to fled you, and we could not, though
we .went everywhere -0
Lady liasholles Val:iced at the 'tea -table
and -then at the tall and crept gentleman
In front of it; with a grave and stern eye.
• "And I was so thirsty," Deeima went
en, aneweritig the leek, "and he get genie
tea; and -well, then. you Mate up. X 'am.
r. so glad! But I should not have been Iota.
eliould IP I sheltie' have gone Us the gate
where the carriage was to wait. And oh,
aunt, will you please thank this geettle-
man for taking so much trouble-"
stedy Laseelles touched the girl's arm as
all exhortation to eilonce,' ami addressed
the gentleman.
''"1 am greatly obliged to you for your
care of any niece, sir. I am. afraid she
hag g1YOR YOU some trouble. To whom am
'I indebted?" ,
The (4,01a10111fat frowned slightly, as if
the question were an unwelcome ono.,Prom
Llis cigarette -ease. lying on the table he
took a mord end gaVe it to her.
Thee ie my name," he eaid, quietlY.
Lady Lascellese Startee slightly as She
crushed the card, in her palm, her face
• Ho hoWed as if he understood, hie lips
set tight, the weary, listless look back 111
dits eyes 'again. •
. The etately lady became taller and more
state's, and 'with a cold "Good -day,' she
, drew ,Dectina,te hand over her arm --as if
the girl suddenly needed litoMetion-and
WaS widking her off. But Deatina looked
beck with a troubled •Lexpression in her
oyes and about the expressive Mouth, end
swiftly 'remising her atm, she ran back
to where Lord Gaunt was Obtllobandlng,
' a faint grim enele of amusement in his
eyes.
"Oh, I haven't thanked you ee I „Might
to!" the mold. "You were so kind and-
patioutl And you showed one the private
lions, you kuow-and I am 00• grateful -
and -eh, pietist, do not be: offeeded with
'aunt, but -but shake hands!" le .
She held out her hand,- and he etreolc 1E.
Re 4141 not pees it, ,buOlet it fell, and
with °mother lifting ,of his hat, -turned
440007.
Lady,- Lascallee 'waited with her lips
tightly ,eet, ea frown Upon her broad
' "Decline., °eine, pleaee," she said.
Deeima returned to her aunt'S' slide, but
looked rather •wistfully after, the, tail, re.
treating ,forin of the men , who, had been
eo coldly treated for his lendnese-
"Whywhy were em44 so. angre. with him,
aunt?" she asked, just d Jbbtlo 1214e010417.
'Ile WW1 very, very' kind, end -and --and
'what has he done to make you so cross?"
"117 dear Peeinaa, you must .not ask
.questipnrwhich I can not answer. ,It wan
. very wrong of you to permit a gentleman
-a stranger -to walk about the Gardena
with yen. And how eould you possibly, sit
there and take tea with' him?" '
Lady -Laecelles almost groaned.
"Beanie, YOW aro nothing more than a
'FOP
7T% Everybody.
THE PERFECT SHOE
FOR SUMMER SPORTS
, ASK YOU,It DEALER. I
eseeseeeseseesseesseeewee----eees-----
"Goodbye, Starke. I'll thiek"over your
"And won't take it?" " •
"I, dere ser not. Goodbye." ,
Ileeleft the house and walked heroes the
park to hie flat 111 Regent' Mansions. Men
and women-eepecially the latter-glaneed
at the 'handsome, listlees face curiousiy,
and now and again the paesers-by seed
eoinething like this, to each other;
"Tbat's the famous Lord Ganne Great,
traveler, 0ncl7br-YO41 3n1°W."
Ut "the famous Lent Gebel" 0i -retie on,
taking no heed, hie eyes, fixed before him.
His„fiat wee on the first floor, isnd es he..
entered the vestibule, carpeted with:lion
and leopard -thins, and lined with trophies
of the chase, he snlelled the scent of' a.
eteareste corning from the library:
He pushed the Mita emit door Mune and
standing on the- threshold, leOhed at e
inen lying ,full length on -the, saddle -bag
couch.
The man rOae with a smite and'a 'Hello,
Gannt!" and Lord Giemt stood stock still,
with a face setand white, and !said no.
thin g. ,
, CHAPTER II/
The two men stood and looked at each
other; Lord Gaunt white and stern, ehe•
with a pleasant but half -mocking
Ilo Was a fair noan-ono of thiSe aeri-
cat,aly fair men whese age it 10 ISO 411110111
to ten -with a good-looking, alnicet
some face, with bright bln,e „eyes, and
ishapely lipa which 11,01.0 310i CORCOR1Od by
a moistache, but seemea, together with the
eye% to thy, "Bellew me, sera owser.10
the eersonifeetion of inebeende and guild.
ieesness. He hae nothing to clone -cal, no
bad oonsoience 1,0 werry, no remeree L
10
torture him, and no be faces the world
with a bland and /11 smile, and
wishes all 00011
Ohlo 1± what the face had beon trained
to say, and et needle with eAmoef, invert
Ip
The TEA of Surpassing
Excellence.
Last year its, Sales
„ increased over those
of ma previousyear
by almost a Million
and a Quarter
Pounds.
Appreciation is the final
test of amerit. 167
ack
ighied and Green.
able auceoss; only on very rare owns/one
did the meek slip and the real nature
behind it, reveal itself; for, with all his
smiling lips and hie blue eyes, Morgan
Thorpe was RS 1111000'llp1110119 a villain, as
false ei man, as ever trod this villain -ride
den earth. .
He dressed in to met oflight tweed which
fitted his fraceful figure to perfection, and
ate be raised his hand -white 0.11(1 well -
formed as a woman's -and lightly meshed
116 eadekb 'by stloheesaivIk7enb asieriaWchuilliobea,da beenslile
ttcbid
ring shone on the taper finger- '
The two men formed a marked. contrast.
Lord Gatintswith his classical, face, tragic
and almost uwe.inepiring in its whiteness
and, sternness, with his dark eyes lighted
se,br .4 smoldering flee; the other man
fair and debonair, with the smile of an
audacious thild, or a heartless woman
laughing as ehe wounds,
It Ives Morgan Throne Who 0polco first.
"Now do you dor he` amid.
His voice was low and soft,Lethe voice,
that eeeme to eing, so supple, so flute-lilte
is it, TheY have that klud of voice in
sunny Tuscany, and there must have been
twine southern blood in Thropeefeveins to
account for the voice and the smile, Lord
Gaunt's eyes remained fixed on the plea-
eant, boyish tees. 0
"You have found me," he said, with that
kind a calm which cometo the brave
man in supreme moments.
,Morgan Thorne laughed.
"My dear fellow, how curt, how'brusquel
Is this the way in which to reeeive an
old friend who has been searching for
you for --how many weary monthe, years?"
Lord Gaunt placed hie hat on the table,
and going to ehe fermffiled .fire -place,
leaned his elbow on•the manteledielf and
regarded lois visitor steadily. '
• "How did you And me?" he asked, ae a
haw asks of 'the phyeician how he had
discovered the fatal disease.
The other man dropped back on the
couch, stretched out hie hand to the cig-
arette -box of sandal wood which stood on
table.within reach, took a cigarette and
lighted it, arranged the cushions menfort-
ably, and smiled up at Gaunt's stern, set
face.
"117 clear tarnard-I beg lour pardon.
I should say, my dear Lord Gauntl-why
do you glare at me so repreachfullye and
Ike a Banquo's ghost?" he eaid, with the
soft voice pitched in a tone of banter
which made, Gaunt's- teeth *lope • tiehtly
and (mused hie hands to clinch at his
side. "It is I wive ought, to look bleeds
and overwhelm you with reproaches, Jura
think ot it. Two year,, ago-
Gaunt's face worked, but his vOice wee
stern and cold as he broke in;
"There 10 no need to go book to the
Pa4taCdon Me; but / really: think there
s I" retorted Morgan Thorpe, stretchir g
himself luxuriouely, like a eat on a soft
hearth -rug. "Your Manner Is so -what
shall I sayP-inhospitable, not to ear 're-
pellant, that I feel it -to be absolutely
neoeseary to state the case for, shall we
Say. the plaintiff?"
' (To be continued.)
. THE PRICE OF EGGS.
An Old Negressllale It Soar When
TheY 'Wore Opened.
There is often to be heard some
attive revolt and mere ,angry pro-
test et the high prioe of eggs. Rad
all "hen -fruit" as prceibus it core
as tbliat mad acme forty years ago
by an olki negrese, no erusaele, of
leusekeepers, league of considerate
dealers, or rebellion of ultimate'
consumers could hope to keep the
price frame soaring far beysied the
reach of ooramon purees.
• "Horw do you sell ego, eunty
she was welted one day by a plea-
sant gentleman she had never seen
befere.
"Dem eggs," wee the reply, "am
worf a ,picayune apiecefresh, too,
de last one ob 'em. 13"i'led 'em my-
self, and. know de,y's fust -rate.."
The gen.tlemen was hungry, and
the old wernan'a gay turban, neat
ciresi'and brinesaing besket made an
enticing picture. He laid clown it
small coin, easel took all egg. "Rave
you pepper tund sa,lt i" lie inquired.
"Yee sir; here cley is," the re-
sponded, beaming upon her new
eustomer, who, produe,ing a smell
penknife, proceeded leisurely to eut
his egg exactly iu half --when it
bright new quarter was revealed,
lying embedded in the yolk. Quiet-
ly pociceting hie find, he picked up
apother egg, and asked jibs price.
Iler eyes still fastened upon the
pocket which held the' treasure-
troee, the old woman hesitated,
then announced.:
• "Boss, dat egg am well .0, dimes
suah."
He paid, and 'welled it, as he had
the feet. Within gleataised a shining
gold querter-eagle, svhich he calmly
transferred to his pocket before
priciag a third egg. The old Wo-
man's eyes were fairly bulging as
she .gasped:. -
"Dare's no 11,,55 anaesee,
ean'tlet you lhab dat egg nohow
for le,s,s deri a, quarter ; I- declare I
"Very" good;• there your quer-
ter, and here is the egg," assented
the purchaser, and he opened it, to
disclose, snugly eneconce.d in the
tWo five-doller gold pieces.
Jingling them carelessly, he ob-
served, with it nenehalant :
"Very good eggs; I like them. I
think raa take a dozen. Iffhak will
1 ri e2"
"Price!" burst mut the excited
nogress. "You couldn't buy dean
eggs for a.11 de monoy 'yeu's got.
I's gwine take dem eggs all home,
I is; and dart money es ern gwvile
belong to one. Couldn't ' etil no
more o' dein eggs, noth,ow I"
They were geed eggs ; hut' their
/shells otancealeel no 'Beare buried
treaeure: „Her cestemer wee
thalarcions sleight-of-hand pore
.ifermer., ,
,
• told him I would not see him
again,'" said the frill,' girl.
,07identi‘t,' Oinks You meant
Whab you aid."
• - 'Well; ,said.'
no reason why he
shouldn't call like np by ' hone "
teaseasealesesesseelees-asee
Souse Maple Dishes. -
Delicious desserts and sauces ode
made from maple sugar and map]
syrep. The syrup, of coulee,
kept in tightly closed jars or eat
tainers, will be quite as rich in' fin
vor next winter as now, but suga
even under the best of conditions
does dry gut.
• Maple parfait is simply made :
Take the yelics of four eggs and beat
very light; gradually beat in a cup-
ful. of maple syrup, put the mixture
into a double boiler and stir until
it thickens so' as tsf coat the spoon.
Remove from the fire and aalcl a pint
01 cream, whipped, Stir in half a
pound of- walnut meats, place in a
mokl and pack in ice and- ealts f et
four house This will serve ten oi
twelV:e people. ,
Another parfait recipe eel's fou
three-quarters of a cupful of mapl
syrup brought to a boil; then edd
the yolks of two eggs beaten stiff
and cook till very thick. VVIien
cool, fold in a cupful Oerrn
f eabeat-
en etiff and a little vanilla. Place
in a mold and pack in salt and ice
for three hours. .
MaPle 'syrup roils are cielieiou s
for tea. Make crust of a, pint of
flour sifted twice with .half a tea-
spoonful of salt and two teaspoon-
fuls of baking powder. Then add
gradually ti cupful of milk and three
teaspoonfuls of melted butter. Roll
out the dough till about an inel
thick, spread with butter and cover
with a cupful of maple sugar
scraped' fine and - mixed with
chopped citron and chopped wal-
nuts to taste. Roll up likens roiled
ou
jelly cake, t in slices an' inch
thick and bake in a moderate oven.
For a falling for maple, sugar
cake, boil a: cupful and a quarter of
the syrup till it hairs; then add an
eighth of it teaspoonful ef cream of
tartar and poar this on the beaten
white of ansegg, beating all the time
till it is of a consistency to spread,
Maple cocoanut pralines are made
by mixing together a cupful of
maple syrup, half &cupful of shred-
ded cocoanut and two tablespeon-
fele of butter. Boil the mixture till
it is a „mass of bubbles; pour on a
buttered platter and mark when'
cool. '
' An excellent pudding sauce is
made by beating a cupful of inaele
syrup and then adding .a table-
spoonful of melted' butter'. Cook
for five minutes.'
If scraped maple -sugar is used
for sweetening whipped cream it
will be found a delicious saute for
any pudding.
Still another settee is made by
creaming butter and stirring in
scraped maple sugar, in place of
confectioners' sugar, till it is the
right consistency.
,
•
try giving it broths, egg and cere-
4410,
A paste of e110114 ailed' lemon juice
applied hot will polish old brass
Always stand the ironing board
on tile wide end to present displac-
ing cover by slipping downward.
Baeseas thet are, met guite yilpe
,
'mite Vaked their sicinS los'
e fleet 20 to 30 rninutes and served
if hot with cream.
Is When bleaching linen or lace
keep ±14 1» the bright sunshine. To
r keep dud tett of ehe bowl place a
, piece of glass over e.
Green tomatoes may be fried the
eame as green peppers. Sl,ce them,
dip them -.in oil, then in • crumbs,
elect fry in fat or butter.
When cooking tomatoes Le strain
and use for tomato jelly, the flavor
will be improved by a bay leaf and
a p4110 01 mace added.
Afflict' you spill grease upon the
floor irnmediatoly pour cold water
upon it. This coels ,before it can
• strike 111140 the wood,
if a strong brine of salt water is
3011.ii.gheet,i., over the coal less soot will
e collect in the flues and chimneys,
The fire, too, burn clear, and
)
By placing thin silk between two
pieces of tissue paper one can cut
it as straight as though it were
heavy cloth; there will be no, an-
noying puckering,
To clean wind:owe easily fi'rst wine
tholaughlyewith a dry cloth. *Then
rub with a chamois, skin which has
been wrung out of cold water. No
further polishing is needed.
When you have roust beef for
dinner save the water in which it
wes washed, as it 18 a splendid
tonic for plants. Roses and gera-
niums especially aree.improved by
this treatment. '
As hot weather' approaches the
wise housekeeper plans to make
simple deatterts early in the day,
so that she can put them away and
have them chilled hours before din-
ner is served.
If your child is not clever at his
lessons alo not wary. Perhaps he
is elever at .putting watches to-
gether, or mending electric bells
and he'll be all right about his
bookslearning later on, The world's
work isn't all done on paper.
To remove old wall paper use the
following solution :—IVIake a thick
pastry-aolution'by adding flour and
salt to boiling water, and add to
this a few ounces of acetic acid
(which Mee be purchased 'at any
drug store). Apply this with a
brush to' the old; wall paper. After
a few minutes the paper can be re-
moved very eneily,in big etrips anal
with very little dust and dirt.
With the Pineapple.
Canned Pineapple—One stud one.
half pounds of granulated envie°,
one quart water, six pounds of pine.
apple cut in small pieces. Put all
together in a kettle and cook until
pineapple can be eatily pierced with
a fork. Cart hot.
Pried-Pineapple--Beught:pineap-
ple, eanned ill- slices, is excellent
fried in butter, turning frequently
until tender and browned to egol-
den eolor. • Use as a garnish to
meat, pork particularly. It' takes
the place of apples in that ease and
is delicious, Use no sugar, Goes
:well with a broiled steak, too.
Home canned pineapples ere just
as good fried this way, only one
must sprinkle on a little' sugar to
make them brown. •
Pineapple Salad — Pineapples
served upon lettuce With a French
dressing or mayonnaise makes a de-
lightful salad. Filling the cen-
ters with cheese ballS stuffed -with
nute is an improvement on the fore-
going.
Pineapple Compote—Dice pineap-
ple, grape fruit, oranges; stoned
white cherries, white grapes, can-
died green and red cherries and a
few dices of candied rhubarb make
a charming compote.
In preparing 'pineapple Jernove
Lilo eyes with a different knife than
the one with which yeu slice and
dice the fruit. There is an acid
about pineapple eyes 'which causes
sore mouth, The juice from pine-
apple is exeellene for frozen 'ices.
Combine with lemon to give the de-
sired tartness.
,
Hints for the Home.
Dry cake may be used for bread'
pudding in place of the bread.
Bamboo furniture is best cleaned
with a clamp cloth.
Wild flowers will not wilt if put
into'a paper bag as seem as picked.
Moths will rarely bather woollens
which are aired atid perfectly clean-
ed. •'
In choosing bible china the simp-
lest designs are always the sefest.
The water rice is cooked in makes
an excellent foundation for seup.
A stiff paint brush will get dust
out of cracks better than a duster'
will.
If a year-old baby refuses milk',
Bodausc they act so gently (no
Utilising or griping) yet so
thbrougbly „ •
Ai" R
Ire" beet for the children as well pa
the grown-ups, 25o. a laix at
your druggist's.'
Mahone! Omenna cheeksl ag• 041 e4141da,L61116,
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• MR. W. HINES PAGE.
Walter Hines Page, the newly -
named ambassador te the court of
St. James, lives at- Garden City,
L.1. • Years ago Garden City was
founded by A. T. Stewart, the
Hr. W. Hines Page,
great merchant. Mr. Stewart
hoped to make 114 44 centre foe relig-
iously inclined persons. To that
end the first buil*g erected -was
a greet oithedral. '
"Then," said Mr. Page's friend,
"Mr. Stewart hed built twelve big,
hip -roofed, high .ceilinged, wide-
tioore,d, ugly, old-fashioned houses.
No houses could be more comfor-
table, provided their occupants do
not unduly worsiiip beauty. Garden
City pronaptly named these the
Twelve Apostles, Then Mr. Stew-
art built twelve other houses on a
lesser plan. They are known as the
Minor Prophets,''
Mr. Page lives in one • of the
Twelve Apostles. ,
"His friends used to know it a$
St. James,'' said the informer.
"But last 'winter 'the furnaae blew
out, the.pipes Were frozen, anti the
roof sprung 3, leak. Whereupon it
Wag' YedllYiStelled Judas Iscariot."
14,
WON'T WEARB.INGLISII DRESS
Chinese' of Swatow are Returning
' to 'Native' Raiment.
Shortly after • the revolution of
1011-1912 in China there W11,0 11.
marked tendency ,areolag the middle
end better elated of Chinese to
adopt, European 'arose. Mose of
these Who could afford to' Made tire
clange but the bulk of the people',
laborers, .a.rtiactess and small easop-
kee,pers, could not afford.it. How-
ever, there wilts 14 lasgo dentanel for
011 E1C1Tt8 of foreign wearing apper-
el. But letely, according to Consul.
C. L. L. Willitters, stationed at
Swatow, a etistetion hes set in and
about ep por cent. of these, who'
adopted foreign dress lad year
le -ye gone back to native clothing,
ae"I"dree, eesteieR‘ -,1eirteci greatly in. price
ebout it year $10,
up 20 per cent. of thet' Issies„. This I
in itself is -definite preof that :ATI
Chinese are tali
'tiring of en raiment.
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IIUSIUNDS POR PRINCESSES,
Ring Will Try to Get Duchesa and
Princess Married.
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Great efforts will bo male this
season by the King and Queen to
find euitabile husbands for the
.Duchess of *Fife aryl her sister,
Prieceas Mastd, who, by -the -bye,
has recently eelebrated her twenti-
eth •birthday., -The Princess Royal
has intimated .her wishes in this re-
spect to thb Ring, and this geed
lady's wishes wre, generally re-
garded as law in the royal house-
hold, The Princess Royal wants
her daughters setelecl—happily, if
possible, burt settled anyway; for
the health of lier mother, Queen
AIlexamairas gle-es her much anxiety.
The severe shooks Which the Queen -
mother has received latterly in the'
sudden deaths of two of her -bin-
thesis and her nephew'the elder
br.other of Prince Eamstef Cumber-
land, have naturally: affected her.
The two young prtneesses.will be
chaperoned thi.s year by their aunt,
Queen Mary, for though their
father has heen dead slow for over
a year, the Peincess Royal will not
o into society for another twelve
naoniths, The girls certain:its have
lad the worst hick since they came
out. The elder girl's debut Was
followed irame,cliattely by the death
of Ito grandfather, Ring Edward,
but they hael -he sooner emerged
from their mourning for him thee
their own father succumbed, and
now the assasaina,tion of their
great-uncle has spoilt some .of their
fun. •
Severe' princely nam-
es have been
mentioned in e,onabottion with the
elder girl, King George has sug-
gested the Crown Prince of Greece,
who is eminently ealtable. Both
her mother mid Queen Alexandra,
too, are keen on this match, 10(1 11
the young Duchess of Fife is
pleased to look favorably on the
Young man, all may yet be swell.
He is, of co.unse, a great nephew of
Queen Alexandra, being ehe grend-
son of the ill-fated King of Greed',
who was recently a,sea,ssineted, He
s a cherming young fellow' end
quite nmedooking, too, and „Ring
George would have huge sighs of
relief 11 14110 anatch 'could become a
fait ateeompli, °
Princess "Ma,tiel is Ring George's
favorite of the two, and. he is not
likely to have suth a hard'task in
his matehmakiag with her as with
her elder eister.. People who speak
of her are wont to say, "Oh, the
ought to have been a, boy." She is
es lively sund as full ef fun as her
sister is dignified, and when a
finial child, tiles.% was nothing the
enjoyed so much as it romp with her
favorite "'Uncle George." Their
friendship is etill ae drone as ever
and finds its roots in their trusteed
love for eslanon fishing. But all
outdoor sports appeal to Prineess
Maud. She is a good cricketer, and
a rattling good swimmer, having
been a member of the celebrated
Bath Club for several years.
WAITED FOR LO trER 90 YMES.
llerlin Claarac—ter*Dies in Charity
Hospital.
Lindell julie, who took her name
from the linter dee Linden thor-
oughfare, Berlin, Creeniany, on which
she kept a, vain watch daily for 42
years for the return of her soldier
lover, is dead, '
A mild insanity seized Julie when
her sweetheaet failed to refern from
the Franco-German War, in 1871.
She neyer lost faith that he would
some day turn up, and, rain or
shine huddled up in a shawl, tthe
kept watch in the streets, stech year
growing more ragged end white-
haired. ' The :police made an excep-
tion of her 'case in the rule 'which]
does not allow loiterers on the;
street, as they had -compassion upon I
the faithfui -
• A little more than a year ago she
was so worn with age time she was
taken to the Charity Hospital,
where she died recently.
Mrs. v.dla t
maices that dog so afraid of me. He
alwaya acts as ±1 110 thought I was
going to kill him." Little Daugh-
ter --"I ,daresa,y he'a seen you
spankin' Mee'
TILE CATLIN FISII.
It Is Very Prolific and Is Food for
Larger Fish.
apTohneturafirait 611,thriinkignseyrnapyroc,tleed
.apenby
the caplin, the little fish tha,t, so to
&peak, underwrites the great cod -
fisheries. 'The caplet]: or cepelin is a
small,' slender, silverY eea fish, akin
to the smelt. It inhabits the erotic
seas, especially on the Atlantic, eide
ef the glebe. It spends the winters
in, quiet 'depths, where ,it feeds on
minute marine creataress and forms
the ,etaple -fixer ef latter deep-sea, -
fishes.
In late epain,g the caplin rise in
hordes. to the surface, and, guided
by incomprehensible instincts, has-
ten toward the land to fulftl the
duty of prepagatiort. The schools
are preyed upon as they go by
, every ereneuee beneath and above
the tumbling rollers, enel are
&waited with cruel impatience by -
foes on shore. Thue only the
etrongest reach the. strand—but in
countless numberel
Nearing tb,e shallows, they rush
in recklees haste toward the sand
where their yelloweggs insist be de-
posited; and thei,r coming te the
shores of Newfoundland, Labrador,
Greenland, and all 'along the Scaa-
dinstviam *oast, is awaited with
eager anxiety. It means the pros-
perity of the fishing season, upon
which the Efe of .the people' de-
pends. Sone halt on suitable bot-
tom fifteen or twenty fathoms deep;
butt most prase on to the strand,
and fleeing before their par:suers,
crowd up into the surf t1*s highest
verge. The heats that ecelemble to
higth-water mark are amazing; emelt
felling • tide, leaves thousands
7tra`inociedti Can take up with ti, ehe.ve-
net as plentiful es you do wheate jin
a Sher:311s" _wrote Parkhuret in
1578, "suffieient 114 th,ree or four
hours for a whole aide." Soon the
dropped' eggs appear in inereclible
numbers; "the beice beecznes a
• euiyering mess of ego ani sand,"
People celled at fa,ves-able places
to gather the harvest. They go - out
le boats end scoop up'eaplin by the
barrelful, to be eaten, to be used as
bait, to be dried for winter deg
food,' and in Newfoundland to be
salted, a,nd dried foe the English
market. Formerly they tiveze gath-
ered by ihe wagon -load in that
ool-
ony for manuring tho land, but this
waste is now prohibited. Ellen the
oceen is net inexhaustible in its
treasures,
• Who that hats read Ripling's
"Captains Courageous" dad not
recall the vivid scene when the
Banks. fleet, clustered about tho
Virgin Islets, seethes' with excite -
es the eapain arrive, end the
men, in a mob of jostling &mice,
dip them up or feverish haste to
bait their tr'
a,tiele knowing that new
•the big fieh wi.11throng° the waters:?
With the* first arrival of the cap -
lin, the ba,ys are filled with pur-
euing fi,sh of every'sores And this
is only the beginning,. foe Cod and
halibut and other food fishes stay to
devour the fry as they hatch, amd
linger at the feast, exposing them-
sfierlev:Let: hook end net, until eekl
weather drives their prey to the
dep the, and the fisherman to their
No fewer than 85,941 motor -ears
of all sorts are registered in Lon-
don; of these, 22,110 are motor-
cycles.
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