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Zurich Herald, 1923-04-19, Page 2Always keep BOVRIL in the House Bovril Prevents that Sinking Feeling., The ioneers BY KATHARINE SUSANNAH PRICHARD ,0.0..E Copyright by Hodder amd,Staughton. CHAPTER XLIV.--(Cont'd.) While Conal was there he would dominate, convert him into the shak- ing; shrieking thing McNab became when the fear of violence, or a violent death, took possession of him; but afterwards, when Conal was gone, his brain would get to work—that cun- ning brain of his, quickened by a Anse of his injuries and his splut- tering, passionate fear and hate of the man who had humiliated and thwarted him. Deirdre wondered how it would fare with Conal then, wheth- er McNab would outwit him. He would try. .He was made that way— McNab—to scheme out of holes and corners. If Conal would have to ' reckonckon with him in the end, she real- ized that it would have been better to let the reckoning be before any now, •a • and give your stomach a lift. 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Steve had come out And was stand- in beside tandingbeside her, er face was very wan to his old eyes; her dark hair blew in tendrile about it. "I—don't know!" She saw the anxiety start in his eyes, "Oh, it's all right!" She took his arm and they went towards the house again. "Fte'll be having a gaine of cards with the boys. It's too soon to expect he drop him, that's all. We'll go in and have breath from De rdre's body. best possible worlc. To tell how many 1 supper." He threw out his arms and stagger- chances you have had—well, it's like She spread the - table and put:out ed forward. He would have fallen if telling' a man that he isn't keen the hot dinner she had made for she had not been there to hold hizn.I enough to stye what good work you do. She dragged him indoors- leaning. against her. "Steve—Steve !" she called. The old man was beside her in an instant: Conal had fallen, his legs crumpling up under him. There was a stain 'of blood on his clothes. Deirdre tore them from the place where the blood welled. She put the brandy Steve brought to Conal's lips, and sent Steve for water and rags, telling him where to find the .soft scraps she kept together for burns or cuts. "`It's like the wound Davey had," Steve cried, when he saw the way the flesh was plowed up on Conal's breast, "only nearer the heart." Conal moaned as the colds water struck him. A damp sweat lay on his forehead. "It's all up -I'm done for," he mut- tered. "Give me—your hand, Deirdre —never—never thought I reach I'd you —but I couldn't die—there— the in 1 dark—down by the creek." His voice failed. "Don't try to talk, Conal dear," she begged. "You'll be all right If you The Toronto Hospital for Incur- abies, in affiliation with Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New York City, offers a three years' Course of Train- ing to young women, haying the re- quired education, .and desirous of he - coming nurses. This Hospital has adopted the eight-hour system. The pupils reeeiVo uniferins o1 the School, a monthly allowance,' and travelling. eicponses to and from New Yorlt. For further information apply to. the Superintendent didn't miss nay chance, 1,'11 tell the world! I just hinted that I had had three .other positions offered me." "O Meta, you didn't!" Martha ex- claimed. "0 Martha, I did!" Meta mimicked angrily, "Why not, Miss Last Cen- tury? You've got to do your pwn pushing if youwant to get anywhere. I've never discovered that anybody was standing round waiting to do it for me! It strikesine it workspretty well." Meta's glance swept from her gown with its unmistakable air to end opening the door again, stood by Martha's plain trineess. it waiting. ' drRut Martha did- not notice Ginger swung round the corner, and . glance, "Oh T believe in pushing, r -"but I think huddled against her neck..The waY yourself,"'replied, bt Conal on. her, He was riding low, ourself ' she the r perom the saddle drove the" the right way to do it is to do your further mischief was done. Yet her mind shuddered at the thought. She knew that she had meant to delay it. When Steve came shambling into the yard; blinking at the sunlight, she told him that Conal had returned and that he had gonedown to the Black. Bull, but would be back by the even- ing. He exclaimed all the morning about Conal's coming, and had a thousand questions to ask. • Where had Conal been? What had he been doing? Why was it hehad gone off the way he did without saying a word to anybody? All of which Deirdre had not thought to ask. But they talked about Conal all the morning. Steve came in from t LAea1: Conal. Steve's hunger :increased at the savory smell of it, and because it was later than they usually bad their meal, he' ate steadily and with ready relish. Deirdre sat down at the table with him. "Aren't you going to have any- thing?" he asked when he saw that. sl.e was not eating. "I'll wait for Conal," she said. Steve dozed in his chair after- wards. The night that closed in on the forest was of a soft, thick dark- ness. arkness. Deirdre stood ,.in the doorway looking out into it for a 'while. Nos a star hung its: silver lamp' over the hills. The .wind crept with slow, un- certain breaths about the shanty. She shut the door. She carried her work -basket, with the socks that she had been mending the night before, to the table. But she couldnot work;, herhands would not stir. She sat listening, listening, cutting ferns for the cow -shed to ask listening. if Conal was going to stay long. What g was he going to do? Was he going Steve had taken out his pipe and up to the trial? Had she told him fire. it, nodding in his chair by the what McNab had said to' them? fire. His teeth relaxed their grip as Deirdre wanted to be verybusyall. he dozed; the pipe fell on the floor. Deirdre started to her feet as ` the day so that the time would not seem long till Conal returned.. Steve with his questions made a sound broke the stillness. It wakened keep quiet—lie still—Davey was' • hien too. He stared stupidly about him with sleep -dazed eyes. "What's that?" he asked."Has Conal comeyet?" "No," she said, picking up the pipe. him." "Yes ! Yesi'; he muttered testily. ""course I'll wait." He sank'back intoii chair and presentlywas sleeping again. Deirdre wentbacktothetable and sat there staringbefore her, listening xeHour afterhour went quickbreathcrossed,herlips; she ran tothedoor andthrew itopen. gust f wind rushedinto the room it broughtthe soundo a horse on the road. She Slammed the door and went back to the hearth, raked the tubers andpulled backthe o so t fell with a shower. of: sparks 'and the flames leapt up over the new wood.She movedthe pots withon- But- there was a greyness about little current of joyous excitement. h t?"yk d Conal's face, a dimness that Davey's had not had. Ordinarily the days were very still h 'd k' h "Davey?" he muttered.. "Davey—"' and empty. She swept and dusted, P p His eyes opened; they were the cooked their food, washed the dishes "Perhaps you d better not wait up for wild; bright eyes, reckless and chat- and sewed, with latterly only anxious lensing, of Fighting Conal. thoughts to occupy her mind. "You—believe--I shot Davey?" "How is he lookin'—Conal?" Steve Of "No." Deirdre bent over him, her asked, coming to the door when she H h" h ' breath coming sobbingly. "I'don't 'be - was beating cream into butter in a lieve it now, Conal. The same hands delf bowl. He had come in as the idea D ' d that did this to you—did it to Davey, for a new question occurred to him. too—" "Oh, well," she said, "but he'd been' fixedly. sly fte by. "A dame whispering slug in the riding hard and was tired out. I A her dark!" he gasped. "It was by the cul - think he's a bit thinner than he used p vert over by the creek too from the to be, and he was awfully hungry." A o h cover of the trees— And I know whose "You gave him a drop of grog?" he and ' f 1 hand it was—I saw the slinking asked, anxiously. k d h hound. By God—why did I let him Deirdre nodded. e p 11 d e g off? Why did I think I'd got him "He was wet through. I thought that i p tight enough." he'd have his death of cold to -day." . (To. be continued.) .. "But he was all right this morn- t C e. ing?" al's dinner in them nearer the fire M!nerd's Liniment tor. Corns and Warts 'Oh, yes." "Where did he come from?" She shook her head. "Hadn't you better finish laying down the ferns," she said. "He may be back sooner than we think—and then you'll want to talk to him." "Oh, yes!" He shuffled out of doors again: A moment `later he put his head in the window. His shabby, drooping hat was outlined against the blank of sunshine. His face looked in at her under the shadowof his hat, bright with a question. "What did he go to the Wirree for, Deirdre?" "Oh!" She hesitated.- "He *anted to see McNab." "Why?" Steve chewed the cud of a wonder- ing thought. "Why did he want to see McNab, Deirdre?" "He'll tell you when he comes," she said. The bare kitchen had the musky, warns smell of newly -baked bread and of curdy, sweet buttermilk by the afternoon. Deirdre had made bread and new butter for Conal. She had a good heal for him when House SIMPLE DESIGN FOR CENTRE- PIECE. Buttonhole around the linen' centre. with No. 20 white cotton thread. Then crochet the lace on with crochet cot- ton No. 50. - First. Row—Making '1 tr` under. esides, it doesn't seem—loyal--" "Bosh!" Meta interrupted her. But for .a moment the girl was uneasy; then the feeling passed. She'. was .quite as expert as Martha Erskine, and she knew what an asset she had in her air of health and competence! She felt very sure that no man in his senses would hesitate in choosing between the two in a matter of promotion. A week later, when a vacancy oc- curred, Mr. Rudolph did not hesitate. He chose Martha. Then he called Meta to his office and told her why. "`You do good work, Miss Carrick," he said. "But we value very highly a quality called loyalty. To boast con- stantly of opportunities elsewhere .seemed to us a bit inconsistent with that feeling. I. am • telling you this because you have.so much ability that itseems a pity you should isop- portunities - p Y ms p i ecause f thing portunit es b o a hang soeasily. remedied." Meta came from the interview with high color and angry eyes. "Resign?" s1'ie cried in answer to Myrtle Bright's question. "You bet I resigned! Any- body who would choose Martha Erskine!" Minard's Liniment for Coughs & Colds A Doubtful Compliment. Gushing Lady -"Major, do' you re- member the time you proposed to me and 3 refused you?" Gallant Major—"Madam, it is one moment in my life that 1 _remenmber -with the greatest pleasure." Tenth Row—* 5 tr between the two groups of* tr, `1 ch; 2 long tr in the first hole of 1 ch, 1 ch; 2 long tr in next hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 4 ch; 2 long tr, 1 ch; 2 long tr in middle hole, 1 ch;2 long tr in next hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr in next hole, 1 stitch of the buttonholing; 2 ch, 1 t ch. Repeat from * and join. under next' stitch. Repeat to end of Eleventh Row—Sl st on the first ionnd, and join to first tr. tr, 1 de on the 3rd, tr, 4 ch; * 2 long Second jos Dc 1 in next 2 ch, 3 tr in first between 1 tr, 1 'eh; 2 long ch; 4 tr in same hole, * 2 ch; 1 tr in ar in 2d• hole,o' 1 eh; 2 long tr in Sd each of next five holes with 2 ch Ile-,, hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 1 cls; 2 long tx, 1 tvieen each; '2 h; 5 tr in next hoie. ch; 2 long tr in middle hole, 1 ch; 2 Repeat from * to end of next hole; and long tr in lst, 24 and 3d holes of 1 ch; I long tr in ad tr of the group. Repeat loin. -' ,, from * and join to the 4 eh at begin- '!'bird Row—Make 4 sl st on the 4.ning of the row. tr at the beginning of the last low' Twelfth Row—* 5 ch and 1 do in prepared a 1 de in the next hole, 3 ch; 4. tr i he came home in the evening. After every hole. In the previous row there she had scrubbed the wooden table same hole (this occurs at the begin - is a 1 tr between the points, and the until it was of a weathered whiiteness, nrug of the next seven rows, se will do must come on the 1 tr, so there and redded the bricks round the be described as 5 tr to save space) ; will be 10 holes of 5 ch. Repeat from hearth, she looked about for'other * 2 ch, 1 tr in each of the next .tour in next hole. *an• i join. household' tasks to work at so that the holes with 2 -ch between each; -2 ch, 5. Thirteenth Row—S1 st on the first • d d th clay would" seem ' " ' "^" ""'"` " ' ` "' 2 st of revious row 1 c un er e It was late inshorter. afternoon when Repeat from. '''to end of row and join. p she brushed her hair, twisted it up and sat y'ourth Row-' tr 5 in next hole 2 6 ch;* ch, 1 dc into each loop downanews to sew until Caner ut on a fresh rcame. Steve eh; I tr in second ho from tr just last row after 6 ;o h ti nsert the h hoott" ioiz went out to the road every now and trade, 2 cls; 5 tr hind hole Froin the 10th hole and first hole' of next then to see if there were any signs tr just made, 5 ch; I long tr, in hole point, and dei which will make 9 holes of him. l.eiwaen ,,the . two groups of •tr, 5 eh. around the paint. Repeat from * and Deirdre glanced at the shadows the Repeat' from * and join, 2 join, trees cast. She dared not expect Fifth Row tr in next hole, ch; Fourteenth Row—Like the 1301 .ex - Conal before sunset. Her needle flew 5 tr in next hole, 5 ch; 1 do under in and out of a piece of stiff unbleach-next 5 ch,1 dc on the long tr; 1 de in cept that you make 8 ch instead of .6 ed linen Mrs. Cameron had given herch,and insert the hoot in the 9th row some time ago; She _ thought of her next •hole, 5 ch. Repeat from 'r and and 1st holes. when she was afraid to think of join. j T b * 8 dc Fifteenth Row --10 ch instead of 8 Wirreeford. a ore, on one after Sixteenth Row -12 ch between each 5 "7t t Conal and what was happening in Siat i Roty r..' ch; 5 , one ch between do.. f before, threeand the The sun sank behind the distant line three do of last row, 8 ch, tri neY of hills, and the jackasses on the higlh 'Bole: Repeat from * and join, " Seventeenth !tow -14 ch between branched of a tree by the road laughed Seventh Row`—'" tr 5 in next hole of ;their good -night to the sun. She could g ch in hist row, 5 ch; 8 do in centre each de' e , ot and wentestrain her to tearoad.e He long-eyeof the 5 de, 5 ch; 5 tr.in next hole of each Eighteenth I strained to see Conal and his bay 8 ch, 4 ch. Repeat from * and join. horse, forging out of the gloom that Eighth Row—* 5 tr, 3 ch; '1 long LOST, A pRO11I0TION. was beginning to gather amongst the tr on second de, 3 ch; 5 tr in next hole, trees, bunging mysterious, impalpable 3 eh; 2 long tr, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 4 ch; Meta Carrick hung up her jaunty veils across the ends of the track 2 long tz, 1. eh; 2 long tr all under hat and fur coat and reveled a new where the trees met over it, ars' it the next 4 eh, 3 ch: Repeat from .* gown with the latest style girdle. But :dwindled into a wavering thread. 1 j .n oddly enough she *as not thinking of She lay down ear o the ie earth toe! arid An Ninth Row---* 5 tr in next. 'hole,:2 the new gown ; she responded absently, i f,orsthe sosed und of hoof -beats, but listenionly ch; 5 tr in next hole, 2 ch; 2.:long tr when Myrtle Bright spoke of it' the forest murmurs came to her, the in fir.st hole of -i. ch, 1 ch; 2 long tr "Yes," she said, "it is good-looking,• moan of the wind in the valleys, the in next hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 1 eh; 2' isn't it? Miss Reed in Mackenzie's' leafy murmur of the trees, the creak. long tr all in anddle hole'of 1 ch, 1 .gave ale the tip, It's a sample not' dc. Row -15 ch between A Lifebuoy bath .� Cool, fresh, rested skin tingling with :.health and comf ort— Peeling cleaner than you ever felt before- Beoeuseof the big, creamy lather of Lifebuoy. Tact. "You wish to marry nay daughter?'" she asked. He was a•diplomat. "Not so much that, madam. The keystone of my ambition is to be able, to point to you one day as, my 'mother. in-law. 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When she 'late taken the pails indoors, she wont again to the'. road, gazed down into the darkness', that had craw gathered over the traek,1 and listened for the rapid beat'of, n>aGt.VllikgiiQ. +lvoot'CS on the roan!. } ki : A glimmer of light in the shanty Young la,d!ea to tal',, a 'Three Years' on sale yet. Say; girls, I had a chat! with Rudolph." Martha Erskine's face 'did not. change. Yet Meta knew that Martha disliked hearing anyone speak of a' naafi without using the title mister,' Somehow Martha irritated her, though Cenerel Nursing Course in the. Ontario Meta never'lad taken the trouble to Hospital, 9;10 Queen Street West, decide just why. Now, looking straight Toronto, $2'0;00 a month with board, uttiforrn, autl laundry, for the first year, with inereaae each year atter. wards, Apoi icaUts ntust be Healthy, and under 30 years ot; age. Apply to Medical Superintendent, Ont:ark; NOS, !alta!, Toronto. at Martha, she repeated her state- mcnt, "Yes, sir," she continued,. 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They cuL so easily arta with melt sidle""ptaah" Itfoferiol mord Worknar✓shio Guaranfeear At rvegv I-taiibWAR' SYorit windows : tpld' 'Deirdre that Steve had lighted up. Re oanie to the door. ""Conal s late, Deirdre?" he called. "Yes," she replied, She stood there quite still staring down the road. "What do you think can have kept him?" Steve had come out And was stand- in beside tandingbeside her, er face was very wan to his old eyes; her dark hair blew in tendrile about it. "I—don't know!" She saw the anxiety start in his eyes, "Oh, it's all right!" She took his arm and they went towards the house again. "Fte'll be having a gaine of cards with the boys. It's too soon to expect he drop him, that's all. We'll go in and have breath from De rdre's body. best possible worlc. To tell how many 1 supper." He threw out his arms and stagger- chances you have had—well, it's like She spread the - table and put:out ed forward. He would have fallen if telling' a man that he isn't keen the hot dinner she had made for she had not been there to hold hizn.I enough to stye what good work you do. She dragged him indoors- leaning. against her. "Steve—Steve !" she called. The old man was beside her in an instant: Conal had fallen, his legs crumpling up under him. There was a stain 'of blood on his clothes. Deirdre tore them from the place where the blood welled. She put the brandy Steve brought to Conal's lips, and sent Steve for water and rags, telling him where to find the .soft scraps she kept together for burns or cuts. "`It's like the wound Davey had," Steve cried, when he saw the way the flesh was plowed up on Conal's breast, "only nearer the heart." Conal moaned as the colds water struck him. A damp sweat lay on his forehead. "It's all up -I'm done for," he mut- tered. "Give me—your hand, Deirdre —never—never thought I reach I'd you —but I couldn't die—there— the in 1 dark—down by the creek." His voice failed. "Don't try to talk, Conal dear," she begged. "You'll be all right If you The Toronto Hospital for Incur- abies, in affiliation with Bellevue and Allied Hospitals, New York City, offers a three years' Course of Train- ing to young women, haying the re- quired education, .and desirous of he - coming nurses. This Hospital has adopted the eight-hour system. The pupils reeeiVo uniferins o1 the School, a monthly allowance,' and travelling. eicponses to and from New Yorlt. For further information apply to. the Superintendent didn't miss nay chance, 1,'11 tell the world! I just hinted that I had had three .other positions offered me." "O Meta, you didn't!" Martha ex- claimed. "0 Martha, I did!" Meta mimicked angrily, "Why not, Miss Last Cen- tury? You've got to do your pwn pushing if youwant to get anywhere. I've never discovered that anybody was standing round waiting to do it for me! It strikesine it workspretty well." Meta's glance swept from her gown with its unmistakable air to end opening the door again, stood by Martha's plain trineess. it waiting. ' drRut Martha did- not notice Ginger swung round the corner, and . glance, "Oh T believe in pushing, r -"but I think huddled against her neck..The waY yourself,"'replied, bt Conal on. her, He was riding low, ourself ' she the r perom the saddle drove the" the right way to do it is to do your further mischief was done. Yet her mind shuddered at the thought. She knew that she had meant to delay it. When Steve came shambling into the yard; blinking at the sunlight, she told him that Conal had returned and that he had gonedown to the Black. Bull, but would be back by the even- ing. He exclaimed all the morning about Conal's coming, and had a thousand questions to ask. • Where had Conal been? What had he been doing? Why was it hehad gone off the way he did without saying a word to anybody? All of which Deirdre had not thought to ask. But they talked about Conal all the morning. Steve came in from t LAea1: Conal. Steve's hunger :increased at the savory smell of it, and because it was later than they usually bad their meal, he' ate steadily and with ready relish. Deirdre sat down at the table with him. "Aren't you going to have any- thing?" he asked when he saw that. sl.e was not eating. "I'll wait for Conal," she said. Steve dozed in his chair after- wards. The night that closed in on the forest was of a soft, thick dark- ness. arkness. Deirdre stood ,.in the doorway looking out into it for a 'while. Nos a star hung its: silver lamp' over the hills. The .wind crept with slow, un- certain breaths about the shanty. She shut the door. She carried her work -basket, with the socks that she had been mending the night before, to the table. But she couldnot work;, herhands would not stir. She sat listening, listening, cutting ferns for the cow -shed to ask listening. if Conal was going to stay long. What g was he going to do? Was he going Steve had taken out his pipe and up to the trial? Had she told him fire. it, nodding in his chair by the what McNab had said to' them? fire. His teeth relaxed their grip as Deirdre wanted to be verybusyall. he dozed; the pipe fell on the floor. Deirdre started to her feet as ` the day so that the time would not seem long till Conal returned.. Steve with his questions made a sound broke the stillness. It wakened keep quiet—lie still—Davey was' • hien too. He stared stupidly about him with sleep -dazed eyes. "What's that?" he asked."Has Conal comeyet?" "No," she said, picking up the pipe. him." "Yes ! Yesi'; he muttered testily. ""course I'll wait." He sank'back intoii chair and presentlywas sleeping again. Deirdre wentbacktothetable and sat there staringbefore her, listening xeHour afterhour went quickbreathcrossed,herlips; she ran tothedoor andthrew itopen. gust f wind rushedinto the room it broughtthe soundo a horse on the road. She Slammed the door and went back to the hearth, raked the tubers andpulled backthe o so t fell with a shower. of: sparks 'and the flames leapt up over the new wood.She movedthe pots withon- But- there was a greyness about little current of joyous excitement. h t?"yk d Conal's face, a dimness that Davey's had not had. Ordinarily the days were very still h 'd k' h "Davey?" he muttered.. "Davey—"' and empty. She swept and dusted, P p His eyes opened; they were the cooked their food, washed the dishes "Perhaps you d better not wait up for wild; bright eyes, reckless and chat- and sewed, with latterly only anxious lensing, of Fighting Conal. thoughts to occupy her mind. "You—believe--I shot Davey?" "How is he lookin'—Conal?" Steve Of "No." Deirdre bent over him, her asked, coming to the door when she H h" h ' breath coming sobbingly. "I'don't 'be - was beating cream into butter in a lieve it now, Conal. The same hands delf bowl. He had come in as the idea D ' d that did this to you—did it to Davey, for a new question occurred to him. too—" "Oh, well," she said, "but he'd been' fixedly. sly fte by. "A dame whispering slug in the riding hard and was tired out. I A her dark!" he gasped. "It was by the cul - think he's a bit thinner than he used p vert over by the creek too from the to be, and he was awfully hungry." A o h cover of the trees— And I know whose "You gave him a drop of grog?" he and ' f 1 hand it was—I saw the slinking asked, anxiously. k d h hound. By God—why did I let him Deirdre nodded. e p 11 d e g off? Why did I think I'd got him "He was wet through. I thought that i p tight enough." he'd have his death of cold to -day." . (To. be continued.) .. "But he was all right this morn- t C e. ing?" al's dinner in them nearer the fire M!nerd's Liniment tor. Corns and Warts 'Oh, yes." "Where did he come from?" She shook her head. "Hadn't you better finish laying down the ferns," she said. "He may be back sooner than we think—and then you'll want to talk to him." "Oh, yes!" He shuffled out of doors again: A moment `later he put his head in the window. His shabby, drooping hat was outlined against the blank of sunshine. His face looked in at her under the shadowof his hat, bright with a question. "What did he go to the Wirree for, Deirdre?" "Oh!" She hesitated.- "He *anted to see McNab." "Why?" Steve chewed the cud of a wonder- ing thought. "Why did he want to see McNab, Deirdre?" "He'll tell you when he comes," she said. The bare kitchen had the musky, warns smell of newly -baked bread and of curdy, sweet buttermilk by the afternoon. Deirdre had made bread and new butter for Conal. She had a good heal for him when House SIMPLE DESIGN FOR CENTRE- PIECE. Buttonhole around the linen' centre. with No. 20 white cotton thread. Then crochet the lace on with crochet cot- ton No. 50. - First. Row—Making '1 tr` under. esides, it doesn't seem—loyal--" "Bosh!" Meta interrupted her. But for .a moment the girl was uneasy; then the feeling passed. She'. was .quite as expert as Martha Erskine, and she knew what an asset she had in her air of health and competence! She felt very sure that no man in his senses would hesitate in choosing between the two in a matter of promotion. A week later, when a vacancy oc- curred, Mr. Rudolph did not hesitate. He chose Martha. Then he called Meta to his office and told her why. "`You do good work, Miss Carrick," he said. "But we value very highly a quality called loyalty. To boast con- stantly of opportunities elsewhere .seemed to us a bit inconsistent with that feeling. I. am • telling you this because you have.so much ability that itseems a pity you should isop- portunities - p Y ms p i ecause f thing portunit es b o a hang soeasily. remedied." Meta came from the interview with high color and angry eyes. "Resign?" s1'ie cried in answer to Myrtle Bright's question. "You bet I resigned! Any- body who would choose Martha Erskine!" Minard's Liniment for Coughs & Colds A Doubtful Compliment. Gushing Lady -"Major, do' you re- member the time you proposed to me and 3 refused you?" Gallant Major—"Madam, it is one moment in my life that 1 _remenmber -with the greatest pleasure." Tenth Row—* 5 tr between the two groups of* tr, `1 ch; 2 long tr in the first hole of 1 ch, 1 ch; 2 long tr in next hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 4 ch; 2 long tr, 1 ch; 2 long tr in middle hole, 1 ch;2 long tr in next hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr in next hole, 1 stitch of the buttonholing; 2 ch, 1 t ch. Repeat from * and join. under next' stitch. Repeat to end of Eleventh Row—Sl st on the first ionnd, and join to first tr. tr, 1 de on the 3rd, tr, 4 ch; * 2 long Second jos Dc 1 in next 2 ch, 3 tr in first between 1 tr, 1 'eh; 2 long ch; 4 tr in same hole, * 2 ch; 1 tr in ar in 2d• hole,o' 1 eh; 2 long tr in Sd each of next five holes with 2 ch Ile-,, hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 1 cls; 2 long tx, 1 tvieen each; '2 h; 5 tr in next hoie. ch; 2 long tr in middle hole, 1 ch; 2 Repeat from * to end of next hole; and long tr in lst, 24 and 3d holes of 1 ch; I long tr in ad tr of the group. Repeat loin. -' ,, from * and join to the 4 eh at begin- '!'bird Row—Make 4 sl st on the 4.ning of the row. tr at the beginning of the last low' Twelfth Row—* 5 ch and 1 do in prepared a 1 de in the next hole, 3 ch; 4. tr i he came home in the evening. After every hole. In the previous row there she had scrubbed the wooden table same hole (this occurs at the begin - is a 1 tr between the points, and the until it was of a weathered whiiteness, nrug of the next seven rows, se will do must come on the 1 tr, so there and redded the bricks round the be described as 5 tr to save space) ; will be 10 holes of 5 ch. Repeat from hearth, she looked about for'other * 2 ch, 1 tr in each of the next .tour in next hole. *an• i join. household' tasks to work at so that the holes with 2 -ch between each; -2 ch, 5. Thirteenth Row—S1 st on the first • d d th clay would" seem ' " ' "^" ""'"` " ' ` "' 2 st of revious row 1 c un er e It was late inshorter. afternoon when Repeat from. '''to end of row and join. p she brushed her hair, twisted it up and sat y'ourth Row-' tr 5 in next hole 2 6 ch;* ch, 1 dc into each loop downanews to sew until Caner ut on a fresh rcame. Steve eh; I tr in second ho from tr just last row after 6 ;o h ti nsert the h hoott" ioiz went out to the road every now and trade, 2 cls; 5 tr hind hole Froin the 10th hole and first hole' of next then to see if there were any signs tr just made, 5 ch; I long tr, in hole point, and dei which will make 9 holes of him. l.eiwaen ,,the . two groups of •tr, 5 eh. around the paint. Repeat from * and Deirdre glanced at the shadows the Repeat' from * and join, 2 join, trees cast. She dared not expect Fifth Row tr in next hole, ch; Fourteenth Row—Like the 1301 .ex - Conal before sunset. Her needle flew 5 tr in next hole, 5 ch; 1 do under in and out of a piece of stiff unbleach-next 5 ch,1 dc on the long tr; 1 de in cept that you make 8 ch instead of .6 ed linen Mrs. Cameron had given herch,and insert the hoot in the 9th row some time ago; She _ thought of her next •hole, 5 ch. Repeat from 'r and and 1st holes. when she was afraid to think of join. j T b * 8 dc Fifteenth Row --10 ch instead of 8 Wirreeford. a ore, on one after Sixteenth Row -12 ch between each 5 "7t t Conal and what was happening in Siat i Roty r..' ch; 5 , one ch between do.. f before, threeand the The sun sank behind the distant line three do of last row, 8 ch, tri neY of hills, and the jackasses on the higlh 'Bole: Repeat from * and join, " Seventeenth !tow -14 ch between branched of a tree by the road laughed Seventh Row`—'" tr 5 in next hole of ;their good -night to the sun. She could g ch in hist row, 5 ch; 8 do in centre each de' e , ot and wentestrain her to tearoad.e He long-eyeof the 5 de, 5 ch; 5 tr.in next hole of each Eighteenth I strained to see Conal and his bay 8 ch, 4 ch. Repeat from * and join. horse, forging out of the gloom that Eighth Row—* 5 tr, 3 ch; '1 long LOST, A pRO11I0TION. was beginning to gather amongst the tr on second de, 3 ch; 5 tr in next hole, trees, bunging mysterious, impalpable 3 eh; 2 long tr, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 4 ch; Meta Carrick hung up her jaunty veils across the ends of the track 2 long tz, 1. eh; 2 long tr all under hat and fur coat and reveled a new where the trees met over it, ars' it the next 4 eh, 3 ch: Repeat from .* gown with the latest style girdle. But :dwindled into a wavering thread. 1 j .n oddly enough she *as not thinking of She lay down ear o the ie earth toe! arid An Ninth Row---* 5 tr in next. 'hole,:2 the new gown ; she responded absently, i f,orsthe sosed und of hoof -beats, but listenionly ch; 5 tr in next hole, 2 ch; 2.:long tr when Myrtle Bright spoke of it' the forest murmurs came to her, the in fir.st hole of -i. ch, 1 ch; 2 long tr "Yes," she said, "it is good-looking,• moan of the wind in the valleys, the in next hole, 1 ch; 2 long tr, 1 eh; 2' isn't it? Miss Reed in Mackenzie's' leafy murmur of the trees, the creak. long tr all in anddle hole'of 1 ch, 1 .gave ale the tip, It's a sample not' dc. Row -15 ch between A Lifebuoy bath .� Cool, fresh, rested skin tingling with :.health and comf ort— Peeling cleaner than you ever felt before- Beoeuseof the big, creamy lather of Lifebuoy. Tact. "You wish to marry nay daughter?'" she asked. He was a•diplomat. "Not so much that, madam. The keystone of my ambition is to be able, to point to you one day as, my 'mother. in-law. 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When she 'late taken the pails indoors, she wont again to the'. road, gazed down into the darkness', that had craw gathered over the traek,1 and listened for the rapid beat'of, n>aGt.VllikgiiQ. +lvoot'CS on the roan!. } ki : A glimmer of light in the shanty Young la,d!ea to tal',, a 'Three Years' on sale yet. Say; girls, I had a chat! with Rudolph." Martha Erskine's face 'did not. change. Yet Meta knew that Martha disliked hearing anyone speak of a' naafi without using the title mister,' Somehow Martha irritated her, though Cenerel Nursing Course in the. Ontario Meta never'lad taken the trouble to Hospital, 9;10 Queen Street West, decide just why. Now, looking straight Toronto, $2'0;00 a month with board, uttiforrn, autl laundry, for the first year, with inereaae each year atter. wards, Apoi icaUts ntust be Healthy, and under 30 years ot; age. Apply to Medical Superintendent, Ont:ark; NOS, !alta!, Toronto. at Martha, she repeated her state- mcnt, "Yes, sir," she continued,. 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