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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,
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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
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coming nurses. This Hospital has
adopted the eight-hour system. The
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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
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ling of broken and swaying branches, ch; 2 long tr en next hole, 2 ch. Re-
ahe d mingl'dfaint lin 3ing.1 vague of wave of sound. all confused !?eat frtram * and join;
j The last hoot of the jacka✓ites in;
e finis y ep s o e l s i
air he
th t d ie f th h li dr Che 1
r
!across the quiet evening
cows had ,gathered against the pad - liar"
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doek fence and were lowing plaintive -,1
i ly for the evening milking.
Deirdre drove thein into the von/
and milked. 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
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at Martha, she repeated her state-
mcnt, "Yes, sir," she continued,.
"Wasn't it luck? I suet, hudelph on
the stairs, and he called me into the
office to. ask soniething about the
vouchers in the Dunlap contract. I
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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
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offers a three years' Course of Train-
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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
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ling of broken and swaying branches, ch; 2 long tr en next hole, 2 ch. Re-
ahe d mingl'dfaint lin 3ing.1 vague of wave of sound. all confused !?eat frtram * and join;
j The last hoot of the jacka✓ites in;
e finis y ep s o e l s i
air he
th t d ie f th h li dr Che 1
r
!across the quiet evening
cows had ,gathered against the pad - liar"
j AN E
doek fence and were lowing plaintive -,1
i ly for the evening milking.
Deirdre drove thein into the von/
and milked. 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
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year, with inereaae each year atter.
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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,.
"Wasn't it luck? I suet, hudelph on
the stairs, and he called me into the
office to. ask soniething about the
vouchers in the Dunlap contract. I
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