The Seaforth News, 1945-02-15, Page 2CHRONICLES
of GINGER FARM — • • •
By
cwendoilne P. Clarke
It is surprising the things one
can find to do around the house
in stormy weather. For instance,
last week Partner and I got our-
selves a job of real hard work,
lasting for two whole days. It was
no less than wrecking our old
square piano. A black piano that
had long since become a white
etephant. There was no other way
of getting rid. of it. It wasn't worth
giving away; no junk dealer would
take it in its entirety; its case was
of no particular value and none of
its "insides" could be used for re-
pair work on any other type of
piano.
* *
This piano, you may rentember,
occupied a big corner of the room
we moved into when we went
"south". So imagine the state of
our bedroom for two whole days.
Almost the first thing Partner did
was to unstring the instrument.
Have you ever examined the works
of a piano? Have you noticed how
taut are the wires and how each
one is tightly twisted around • an
iron peg? Those pegs had to be
turned by brute force to release
the strings—and Partner's hands
are still sore from the struggle.
* * *
My job was dissecting the key-
board and in so doing I made
several discoveries. Haven't you
often wondered what makes piano
keys come up again directly your
fingers release them—or worse
still, why, sometimes, they don't.
Well, I ran give you the answer.
Away at the end of each key is a
tiny brass spring which controls
the action Of the key. And of course
you know what happens when a
spring becomes weak or breaks,
Really, it was quite fascinating, this
job. In fact it seemed almost a.
crime to deliberately destroy the
marvellous and instricate work-
manship that had gone into the
malting of this aged piano. Dear
knows how much glee was used,
for glue was everywhere. Not one
nail did we find anywhere; nothing
but screws, wooden pegs, brass
pegs—and glue. And yet, with all
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this fine worlunanship, the wood
was poor — nothing more than
pine with a covering of thin veneer.
The only parts worth saving were
the lid, the hinges, and the screws
—we won't need to buy any screws
for years. Of course, the iron frame
and brass pegs will go to help
beat Hitler, and if from the melt-
ing pot there emerge a few shells
to go singing through the air in
a death dirge for Nazi devils, then
the last music from our old piano
may yet be its best.
TABLE TALKS
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Serve Cheese
And Egg Dishes
Eggs and cheese are good com-
panions and, as with most good
companions, they have many things
in common. They are both pro-
tein or "building" foods and either
of them can step into the mealtime
role of meat, They react poorly to
high cooking temperatures which
turn them into "tough guys." They
like to be cooked over hot water
and when they go into baked dislt-
es in any quantity they ask for a
pan of hot water to sit in,
Cheese Puffit
12 half-inch slices stale bread,
lb. cheese, sliced, g teaspoon salt,
2% cups milk, 4 eggs, pepper and
paprika.
Trim crusts from bread. Arrange
alternate slices of bread and cheese
in a greased baking dish. Beat
eggs slightly, add milk and sea-
soning and pour over the bread.
Cover baking dish and allow the
mixture 4o become thoroughly
chilled before baking. (This is ne-
cessary to make the Puffit puff).
Set in pan of hot water and oven -
poach in a moderate oven 350*F,
until set, abort 45 minutes. Six to
eight servings,
Baked Tomato and Cheese
2 eggs, 2 cups tomato juice, %
teaspoon salt, teaspoon pepper,
1. tablespoon minced onion, 6 half-
inch slices buttered bread cubed,
1 cup cheese, cut in 541. inch cubes.
Beat eggs, add tomato juice, salt,
pepper and onion. Place a layer of
bread cubes in a greased baking
dish, pour on some of the tomato
mixture, then add a layer of cheese.
Repeat until all ingredients are
used, having the ,.top layer of
cheese. Set baking dish in a pan of
hot water and oveupoach in a mo-
derate oven, 250°F, for 40 minutes,
Six serving,
Spanish Eggs
6 eggs, 2 strips bacon, 1 small
onion, chopped, 1 tablespoon flour,
2 cups canned tomatoes, 1 green
pepper, chopped or 2 tablespoons
chopped pareley, 1 cup chopped ce-
lery, salt and pepper,
Hard -cook eggs: -- cover to a
depth of one inch with cold water,
heat to boiling point, set where wa-
ter will keep hot and let stand 15
minutes. While eggs are cooking
cut bacon in small pieces and cook
until crisp. Remove bacon from
pan and cook onion in the bacon
fat until clear. Blend in flour, add
tomatoes, green pepper and celery
and simmer 20 minute's. Add bacon,
salt and pepper. Remove shells
from eggs, cut in half lengthwise
and arrange in serving dish. Pour
hot sauce over eggs, Six servings,
Dressing Up
The next time that there is some
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poultry or dressed tenderloin you
might consider the following de-
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on bacon strips, roll up, fasten
with toothpicks and cook in the
oven till crisp.
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The Jade God
By
MARY IMLAY TAYLOR
p:Ant : • 7:4. :
CHAPTER IX
"Who's the man?"
Pam blushed furiously; for the
twentieth part of a second she hesi-
tated; she had a terrible remetn-
brance of Fosdick's "Byrom," and.
Mark's reply. But she had no hint
of its real significance.
"It's Stewart Byrom. Don't you
remember him at dinner that time,
Uncle Herbert? The tall fellow with
—with the different look?"
"I seem to remember quite a
number of tall fellows with differ-
ent looks," Burleson replied, mus-
ing.
Pam laughed uneasily, "Oh, you
noticed hitnl I saw that myself.
He's—he's not like anybody else."
Burleson glanced down at her
quickly and caught only the sweep •
of her thick lashes on a red cheek.
"Coins to think of it, I do re-
member the man you mean," he
admitted slowly; it occurred to hint
that it was the one whose face re-
called somethng 'forgotten. It had
been vaguely familiar "What sort
is he, Pain?"
* *
Pam did not reply at once; they
had come to a crossing and Burle-
son observed that she took advan-
tage of it to hurry him across and
point out the magnificence of a
florist's display.
"Those are blue carnations. I
don't like them; they're unnatural."
"I see that I'll have to observe
this blue carnation'young man, my-
self," Burleson retorted dryly.
"Uncle Herbert, I want some-
thing of yours," said Pam, coax-
ingly. "Will you give it? It's not
much, really!"
He looked at her and his big
mouth widened into a hard smile.
"Not to be caught, young wo-
man, What is it?"
"Your little jade god — please,
Uncle Herbert!"
"No!"
* *
She had coaxed for it before, but
never before had she been refused
with such violence, A red streak
went up over his thin face! it
Showed vividly between his eyes
like a scar. She was startled; for
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a moment she said nothing and
then she ventured.
"That's my business," he replied
sharply; then, seeing her face fall,
he qualified it. "It's not transfer-
able; a friend gave it to me long
ago. Besides, it's unlucky; you
needn't covet int"
His sharpness alarmed her; she
peeped at him as they parted to
pass through a crowd at the corner.
He looked at her shrewdly and
knew he had frightened her.
"I'm sorry," he said, more con-
siderately, "ask something else,
Pain. You can't have that bit of
jade! Before I die I'm going to
smash it,"
"I wish you'd tell me all about
it, then!" she pleaded.
"I expect to tell the Angel Ga-
briel," he said, "bttt no one else,"
* * *
She smiled, shaking her head at
him, but she said no more about
the jade god. Something inter-
vened, too, to sweep it from her
thoughts. They had come to an-
other corner, waiting for 'the traf-
fic. Suddenly she caught his arm.
"Look!" she said softly, "don't
you see that tall man getting into
the bus? See, he's had to'wait for
that old woman and the child to go
first. He doesn't see us — that's
Stewart Byrom."
It was a moment before Burle-
son found the young man in the
crowd at. the curb. Then Mark
stepped up and began to climb to
the top of the bus. Seen in profile
thus, his face showed clean-cut and
pale, Burleson studied' it.
"Did you see him?" Pam asked
eagerly.
He nodded. "You say he's Lan -
don's friend?"
"Archie brought him, You re-
member, don't you?"
Burleson assented, musing, "Yes,
I noticed him. I wonder if Landon
always knows his friends?" he add-
ed dryly, •
* * *
He did not hear the girl catch
her breath; she gave him a quick
sidelong glance from under her,
dark lashes, and then looked away.
She was angry — the blood rushed
up to her hair,
"Do you mean you don't like his
looks?" she asked after a moment
He turned quickly; 110 had appar-
ently forgotten her. "I meant noth-
ing or the kind," he replied briefly,
"he's extraordinarily like a MEM
knew once — in profile, that's all.
But you say Landon bronght him,
and he's a Byrom?"
' "That's what he's called," she
was ill at ease. Fosdick's horrid
stare came back to her. "Whom
does he look like, Uncle?"
They had come now to a corner
where some taxis, were signaling
for fares, He called one and put
her in it.
"You go home," he said authori-
tatively, "Pm going to stop at the
club."
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But she leaned out, calling to
hire. '.'Whom does Ile look like, Un-
cle Herbert? I've got to knowl"
He seemed surprised at her per-
sistence; he answered with a shrug,
shutting the door on her.
"Look like? Oh, like a dead
man!" and he ,gave his own ad-
dress to the taxi-driver. The girl,
pimping out of the back window at
him, felt a ueer tightening about
'her heart,
"How ill he looks," she thought,
"how broken and how old!"
She could not remember that she
had ever seen him really happy!
Teddy Banks had been losing
money since he won his wager and
forced the indignant Landon to,Miy
up. The young man had the habit
of losing money, but he had inherit
ed a good deal from those unimpor-
tant people whom he called the
"Mudbanks." The only difficulty
about it was the fact that it was
tied up and old Fosdick, that dry -
as -dust, crusty old lawyer, had
charge of it. Thus it happened that
Teddy had to make occasional vis-
its to the lawyer's office and take
— usually — a lecture before he got
his money. Nevertheless, he got the
money, beepuse under his grand-
father's will, he had a right to a
fairly large income, paid quarterly.
* * *
The day after Pant lunched with
Iiifaik happened to be quarter day
and Teddy Banks called a taxi and
drove down into the swarming
street where Fosdicles hive rose
Imposingly. He found the old law-
yer in his usual mood; he looked
Teddy over with his lizard eye.
"You've been gambling again,”
he remarked dryly, "drinking, too,
I should imagine froth your eyes.
Of course you're after money."
"I'ni broke," he admitted Cheer-
fully; "stony broke!"
"Humph!' Fosdick began to turn
over some papers. He had no valid
excuse for bolding up the legacy,
but he wished he had. He despised
the young man heartily! there was
nothing in Teddy's make-up that
appealed to him, "I suppose you're
In debt, too, as usual?" he snapped.
(To Be Continued)
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