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Zurich Herald, 1923-11-15, Page 2The Eccoirtorii:Y of BY j, Dr. Trehorn, after CHAPTER X. a . work, thing himself into a eb,alr the the that burnt brightly in h GRE N irEA . R466 dining -room and lit the tobaec igsi vier: rot the I 314121rag r _Ili 0 saselTabc ieorvi :1 f ,C UT:: itt. eplidoa, re shi sre il Ithtlrs („aaPsgi Pliteri- 43 waet me e ;5147 ta tog :In,I comfort in the room. lie had ed on a journey -a lone which might end in ruin and "si -----__----- --___- -------.-------------------- For the sake of his word, giv woman in distress, he had not only to lie to the police \11 About the House lin his statement, he. Trehori0 been accompanied by a wcui , , asked him whether Merring was true that the coroner lia commit perjury in a court of , . -1 ' abousg mentioned the woman, and . WHEN CHILDREN WANT TO then discover that the silver taken it for granted t HELP. have been polished. I'd stock my lard- had rington had been alone when er with all kinds of goodies ad find been picked up on the road. "Please, mother, can't 1 do that? that the storeroom should have ueen 1 1 just know I could if you'd let med order. I'd spend a week oval) tune has been with me. 13ut "So far," thought Trehort and I'd be so careful." How many I Put in the much-needed sewing or canning, last?" saying, and the whole house seemed del That was doubtful, but cent mothers have listened to that plea t when busy and answered by , moralized. to the present he had had th "No, you would just make a mess "I began to see that no woman who luck. On the day following, of it." does all her work can hope to Iseep I dentJohn• I Merrington bad Most children, when they are little, i • . every department in perfect condstion. into unconsciousness, ad vs are eager to help, anxious to learn to 1 So I worked out a sort of system. tective-Inspector Dittonlhad c do things around home, but as they I "Once each month I go over the , for the patient to be question ' see him, it has been quite im : attic, cellar, storerooms and suehlwire had been sent to a Londe get older and are not allowed to do 1 any a these things they lose interest. parts of the house as do not receive cialist, and Ditton himself hada Of course it is a lot of bother to let regular daily and weekly attention. ed the services a a police v, Mary wash the dishes, and her work This keeps them in very presentable As a result of the consultation is not the best in the world. But I I 1 conditionandreally does not take been decided that no good' knew one mother who told me that she i much time because they never get . coulde served by tellingsger b ' washed all her dishes over for a per- I actually out of order. that hi S wife was dead.M er nod of time when she was teaching her I even when he had recovered hi little girl to do it rather than not let polish the silver, dean and oil the give any evidence in regard to, "I have a stated time to clean and would have been obviously Si ' the little girl learn when she was . • . sewing machine, clean the cupboards d d seasonable sewing. In this The Shield. GO, give me laughter tor a buckler, Lest to the blows a use I Yield; 110 u r When my head is bowed to rasa of foemeu, Lord, give me laughter for a shield, Grant me will to light, if not to cons _________.----• quer, BURLAND--------' Strength to keep my spirit from eclipse, g house. you must have been •Aild let, Ale hold at midnight and at None at all. It's the most, tninter- ep. And besides you'd had a very noonday \ ,leneck on the head. Do you The shield of laughter on unshaking lilt any woman would have behaved, lips. hat extraordinary way?" gaumps that he had selected out of There .!:,'33' one so strong can overcome That Was his trump card -the ace many cards to silence any doubts -a the part, of asani assereingtem No Black rage, red scorn, or Serpent rdina.ry living woman would have guile; ehaved in that peculiar fashion. Magic lives in weakliest defences- ... , 'j 'thought it -rather odd," answer- Even in little twisted smile. d Merringtcm, "and. it's worried me es, "Well, don't twdone'te."worry about it any In theedeunfiskieta,nd through the Murk of e house thatsnight but the servants. Fighting on against the driving • spears, Ore' , old chap. There was no one in ou just had a rather pleasant dream. • sat's all, Now it's, time for your More flags will rally round to laughter edieine, iso't it?" -he lookedssat his Than ever owned the sovereignty of atoh. "Yes, it's quite time." tears. ,`,• Be poured out some medicine into ' glass and held it to Merrington's Though I have no armor that is ----- A that ho siver:tilalsoeuvoteorym After . EveryAids digestion, Meal cleanses the teeth,' soothes the throat. trusty, "How is my wife?" said Merring- And nothing but a wooden sword to n . when he had swallowed the wield, aught. Have you heard -any I sh 11 downlighting and not a go di "Yes, half an hour ago," Trehorn traven news -.since --since--. • 'answered glibly; "the doctor rang up. If Thou, Lord, give laughter for a ' She's going on splendidly." "Good," said Merrington. "Good - lie , Paula and I -we are very grateful to you-ye,s, very, very grateful -so es 'Much trouble -so much—" , -1 Thewords died away in a whisper. Merrington was asleep. Trehorn mov- ed the lamp so that the light fell on e1Mrington's face. The eyes were 1.1.Selosed,and a tear was trickling downi one of the white cheeks, , "Poor devil," said Trehorn to him- self, • "However much he has sinned thing that had happened durni t el - The young doctor seated himself by ..', he is going to pay -in full." previousseven months, and the:i.„ in'a the side of the bed again. He was int brain specialist had cant med! glad -that he had invented such a .at simple story to explain the entrance ellg of the unknown lady into Merrington's ,„I room. • Its very simplicity made it al- eiimost unassailable. At first: Trehorn s• had intended to say that the visitor When we are busy we cannot be • way all these tasks that di° not come bothered trying to teach the children Trehorn's own opurion-name g how to do things, but too irony of us; in theregularrou me wor t.never get the shock of the news might ver axe inclined to use the term "busy" as neglecteduntil they crowd into other duties and simply must be done. prove fatal. It had been left to Trehorn hi. an excuse. The reason so many garls I 1 "Of course, there is nothing rock- to deal with Merringtorils, ques housekeping and cooking is becausei . never think of staying home from a ' his wife tvas ill with inflOenzal-not some woman who had been passing sister, or a friend, or grow up with so little knowledge of i bound about these plans -I should,He had simply told. Meraitigtonahat aims his own d rousl ill but quite unable to in, a car a.nd had helped him to get sarite to hira. Trehorn had evengle- , lie had thought over the matter he the house. But when come down and see him, or lev,en to Syseasington to Glared that she had, sent Merrington rhad decided,•and rightly, that a false - her love. , !hood of this slescription would ulti- sWell, at the time, that had seemed rnately involve him in endless explana- an easy way out of the diffieulty. But tions and difficulties. 1VIerrington now, as Trehorn smoked his pipe be- might have questioned the servants fore the fire, he began to realize that later on or Ardington, or even the .11 11' their mothers would always rather do• . • togo taheticiienllar. But gen- introduced into the when this is the day' fogr igte" Pe rl cant 11 ye thekewnoereknithsem.selves than be bothered. domestichselsienace wereeat done nany people said it was all nonsense, as the girls could learn thOse things A NEAT AND PLEASING FROCK. at home from their mothers. It is very true that they could -but it had been conclusively proven that they didn't. High school girls were found • who had never sewed on a button or mended a garment. They could not • cook or gerve,,, pis,„Rississ, „Aner.17 . and leg atananyia%coulasentsetessresassmi4ssasat. aMa.ry ots My: Will probably SSvatte" good butter and eggs in their first at- tempts at cake baking, but if mother • is helpful and patient it will not be long until she is telling her neighbors • with pride that she never has to bake a cake any enore, as the girls do it for her. When the clothes are brought in off the rack, freshly ironed but in need of buttons before they can be put away, • little fingers can make shorter work • of it and maybe mother can tell a story while the mending goes on to- gether. Let each member of the family feel that he is carrying his share of the burden of work which no family can escape that is oat surrounded by skill- ed servants, and he gets a bigger con- ception of the unity and beauty of family life. Children who are waited on from childhood up find life pretty hard when. thrown upon their own resources, so in justite to the children it is only fair that we should teach them in the home all the things we canswhich may be of benefit for them to know some time in life. WOODBOX ON WHEELS SAVES THE FARMWIFE. way to make it easier for Mother is to put casters on. the coal or woodbox, so that she can roll it right up to the stove, and not have to do all that lifting and lugging. It is a perfectly practical idea, and a good many farmwives who have• Put a thimble over the end of the h ,14 . to " th doctor replied. tried out the idea entirely agree. They curtain rod. This makes it slip eas ly 1 _II, uelirt% n, e beasleep." before them and they didn't want to 1 police have a long and difficult 30b saver. • • makes it too large, slide"an empty :came in Trehorn. But the night you "I g 1 w 1p. .thinkas as eep when you be askedgive evidence." e . to 'd nee " hampered by continually being say it is both a time and strength through the curtain casing. If this I "Jou0 The woodbox ought to be built large rifle cartridge in the end of the rod. . brought me here -do you remember?, consulting 1 suppose they,could sayjust enough to hold five or six buckets of To remove paint from cloth, a.ppay.saa woman came into the 11 little as theyhose." ' as eoal, or a •whole day's supply of wood. olive oil to the spot and then drop on room for a few seconds -a stranger-, muc or as as e ose. "Yes, and they want to say rio- It can be filled by the husband or by chloroform. When once the paint la and yet -she did not seem to be alto- thing And it's very unlikely that the childten before they go to Work softened, no matter how old it is, , g . the' ether a. stran ea. Do oil same er ' • g ` Y 11:11) aoyone but the pollee would come for - chloroform will remove it. who it was?" Herrington himself might be the • difficult person to deal •with. • rington had begun to worry about wife. • He was &instantly aSki - esa aJeas.E.-vt; e apse -I -Wore ne could • • Paula was dead. Atpresent Mern g- and this belief would last until he ha ton Was too weak and ill to do. etiY- recovered his memory. • thing but worry, but as MerrIngtoni At ten o'clock the nurse returned, grew better he would be more gincult` and Trehorn went back to the dining - to handle. He would not be so easily room. He had scarcely seated him - deceived. • I self in his chair by the fire when there • Well; there were the police, likely to was a knock at the front door, and a be active in attensim atng to solve the few later Alice showed Arid - mystery of this tragedy for montbs:tis:lington into the room. come. And then there was ,1VIerring- "Thonght I'd find you tip," said gtora shaking hands. "I was ton, •who had to be restored te health, Areal st nurse. He, Trehorn, would have been 'proved to be a liar,.,and that would have worried Merringtons Merrington4s i was,,would preb- elievesthat the beautiful, woman oriltaPpealasal ao. bin in a areain shield. -Edna Valentine Trapwell. • HIS REST TOO. Daughter (at seashore): Why Mother, what on. earth's the matter? Mother: Just got a letter from home from your father, saying he was en- joying his vacation very much. •a good thing to remember Sealed its Purity Package Milk in Sponges. • So important has the sponge be- come in everyday life that it is now • grown from "seed" like ordinary ,land P • • The sponges are brought up by divers, some of whom work naked, while others wear diving costume. The sponges present a flesh -like ap- pearance, and are covered with a firm skin in which tiny holes appear and disappear apparently at the animal's .„.. will. The inside of the sponge, not un- like raw meat, is intersected by nu- merous canals and cavities. These are filled with a sticky, greyish -brown., fluid known as "milk." This "milk" -must be taken out at once, for it is the only part of the animal that is actually alive. Should it be left, the sponge begins to decay and lose its elastic qualities. , • __-_-*--........ and there was the unknown Woman passing here on niy way , home and I whose reputation had to be saved. 'thought I'd ?just look in. How's old And then there was that queer fellow, "Oh, he's going on all right, Ard- me/Tines:me / Ardington, with his two red feathers.' i Of course Ardington was an old, friend. ington. Sit down and have a drink!, of the Merringtons and thoroughly to "No thanks, Trehorn.-I mean I be trusted. Ile had not taken Ard a won't have a think." • ington into his confidence. That was 'He seated himself by the fire, and on his conscience. Ardington might, taking a large pipe from his pocket I not be very pleased when he knew the began to fill it with tobacco. Nid in Cabbages. With the present flucteating ex- change in Germany many tradesmen and professional men refuse to 'take antt ;are. asking _for accounts to besett/id-in Itia177,-,Stsst .: • Even the doctors, "-most. conserve- ' NOT tive of professional mena have now adopted thig system. Here is the tariff •of a physician in one German town: 4504. The stylish side closing and truth the pretty basket pockets will pleasel • Trehorn smoked for half an hour, the little girl for whom this dress may; Enid then he went upstairs to see Mer - One' The nurse, a gaunt woman • with a stolid, sensible face, rose from "N tuntil then" "When do you think I can see Mer- rington?" he asked. "Oh, in about a fortnight's time, I be selected. The sleeve may be indare say." collar, vest pockets, belt and cuffs 110 her chair. by the bedside. She had wrist or elbow length. Gingham with tieirmeiwrenaedliing, and the shaded oil lamp contrasting material will be good fort D lig 't on Merrington's face. this design. Brown linen with tan or "I'll stay with him until ten o'clock, white for trimming is also attractive. nurse," said the young doctor. "You The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 4, can have a breath of fresh air if you 6, 8 and 10 years. A 6 -year size re- like. It's a jolly night." • ' quires 3 yards of 27 -inch material. Thenurse left the room, and Tre- Pattern mailed to any address on horn seated himself in the chair. For a few minutes there was no sound in receipt of I5e in silver or stamps, by theroombut the ticking of a small the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide Street, Toronto. Allow two c °A.nd then M ' t erring on, who was sup - weeks for receipt of pattern. SIX HOUSEHOLD SHORT CUTS "Pm afraid not, and perhaps not even then." "1 say, what did you think of the 'The verdict was in accordance with the evidence, Ardington." "Yes, I suppose it was. Bt thought the inquest would have been adjourned. Got a ,light?" Trehorn handeda matchbox to Ard- ington and said: "The' coroner "gave • his reasons for closing the matter."' posed to be asleep, said in a slow,, been,reason." hie"Ypeipse,yes,"-said Ardington, lightin "but he didn't give the re dreamy voice: "Something's worrying. me, Trehorn-tiothing mucn "What do you suppose to be the "Oh, you mustn't worry about any- • real reason?" "Well, you see, it was like this. The -limit a face.' inquest? For a consultation. during the d,ay: One large loaf. For a consultation at night: Two large loaves. For an X- ray examination: Thirty loaves, A farmer who had broken his leg and called in this doctor was clamed two pounds of butter, twenty eggs, .and a cabbage. For a case of rheu- matism, however, a sack of pota,toeS was considered sufficient remunera- tion. • • The nature of the goods demanded varies according to the trade of the patient. Thus, a butcher is asked for meat, while a -draper pays his bill in cloth. . But what happens when the medico visits the ice -man in the mid- dle of winter we are not told! or to school, iorn had expected this queS.- ward to give eviden.tee in the adjourn - Of course, it ought to be tight and The next time you blacken the stove Dia Trel later. Indeed he had ments. Therefore would have been try lathering hands plentifully with tion -sooner or thought 1- o not come whia:te of time to put, off the end of the tiest Look here Trehorn,I don't t dd that it •-- -not said her was laying up monessa- for a rainy day." " "And giit fooled by the first little shower that came along." Painting the Lily. The color of cut flowers may be altered to almost any desired hue in a remarkably short time by placing them in colored water. For instance, if a drop or two of red ink is dropped Into the water in a vase where white lilies are- stand- ing, they will turn red. But, although a white lily, colored pink, blue, or purple, may be an interesting novelty, to the artistic mind it is probably not a particularly attractive one, Even when • grown in soil, some flowers can have their colors changed or modified by the addition of abme- thing or other to the plant's diet. A good example of this is the popular hydrangea, the color of which can be ehanged from pink to blue by adding alum to the soil. Minard's Liniment for Dandruff. Many Kinds of Fur. At a fur auction held in St. Louis, Universal Folding BatIfTub for Town & Country Homes A pure white enamelled metal bath ;tub. with or without instantaneous water heater. Gives all bathing fa- cilities of city homes. No plumbing required. 12Vhen not in use, folds • up out of the way. mounteemt castors. can • be moved any- where. Moderate in price and lasts a lifetime. Write 'for folder and trial offer, also information on Indo or • Chemical Closets. UNIVERSAL METAL PRODUCTS CO. • umption St., Walkerville, out. Then after your work is done the . roigton had been too ill to talk .at "What do you mean?" - the list of the different kinds of furs well -made, and high enough so that, 'strood soap and let it dry thoroughly. . s with a tight, clean cover, it can be a 'swore. an course for some days Mer- think yousee playing the game. cl as a, little table, if this top is use There should be a small door near In or ------------ ard pie an even tliere had been a brief . Juat this. I took you into my con- numbered silty -two. It is i•enitirkable neatly covered with oilcloth. Iblacking all conies off with the soaP• Rut on the morning after the aceident • the bottom from which coal and wood nice brown, I sprinkle a little sugar IVIca•rington had been able to talk of llerled when fidence and you -you ought th have that so many diffes•ent .fers are on trusteci me. You ought to have taken the market. Among the offers Were i RAW FURS WANTED Hlahest Prices Paid for Skunk, Coon, Ighik, Fox, Deer, Skins, Hides, Calfskins, &c. Ship to Canadian Hide & Leather Co., I. • Ltd., Toronto, Ont. Put stop.catcli inside the box just the oven. ton had said nOthing about the un- as wellt,11.1sivII do.. thato.there wassa veo- You know skins of monkeys and gazelles from ' Atria, poties•/from the steppes oE — can be taken without raising the top.: over the top just before putting in his own affaies. rehorn had expect- • I ed the question then, and as'ISIerring- me loth your confidence. above thie door, so the coal or wood As was troubled with rheumatism to known ,adY, Trehorn had haped that maill 1w1 (To be c.on seri inatorti.in the car." Russia, giant wolves from Siberia, will let down evenly. A stop such as .one of my hard jobs was stooping the incident had paSsed Mit of Mesa: polar bear from the Arctic, dog skins ' is used oil phonograph 'most' get the dust out of the tornete of my negatonnsw's memory. But Trehorn had, •Reailrish frem China, kid skirts and goat skins convenient to support the top lid while 'Icitehen' P"tDY' andbickpOrdh.I got er carefully prepared f or the . t a eb• y I an ' au was astonished to re - from Greece, Turkey and Near East : evolved that by nailing little brass time 'when migh v iepl, to 2 InSbni countries, kangaroo mid fox from t stair corners in all these corners, and the question without hesitation, ceive the followieg letter • trmll 'a's Australia, and strange but useful pelts I iW THIS IS TITE DA'Y, feW cents a dezen and are neat -I Trehorn aid.s"It could nothave been' "Dear Fether,--I am in a deuce of of furbeavers from many other disd it ie a great help, They oily eost l a,"You mtist haye been ' 4aeaming,", soe in London:-.. Opened to be filled, .. 'Let Ilse see," meditated the little looki ng. neighbor, finger osi her notebook, eyes! on the calendar, "First Thursday fill PREVENTS COLDS FROM thernauth, the month, Yes, this is the day to SPREADING. Seeing look over the cellar." my Aston:Wanda, affe eori-11 I heard of a Vise mother who has 1 she turned round and walked out get it back. 1 can only pray the tinted laughingly:u think Itis aaoldsfashioned salt, box which • elle agaiin and the door closed." will uot reach yon" . ! keeps in her kitchen, When ally seenal Treliorn shook his head and smiled. 1311t who could he more as,oriished 1 "NI d " lellew " h° l'Pliefl/ "you than the gen. when he received this reply:-- 'Dear Soil, -Your prayers are ans- wered. The letter did not reach me-- natter." one of the se va "Oh, no -certainly tot -a servant,- ft woman in a fur coat -a very beauti- ful artsman," said Merrington. "She came into the roornaand then she stop- ed as we looked at each other, Then a hole. Kindly send nie OA, and oblige:-Vour loving son, Pat. "1"3. -After writing this letter was so stricken with remorse that ran after the postman and tried to queer have partleu ar ay , looking oVer the cellar, don't 5,1yeiber of the family "has a cold this er-1 t have Well, let the tell you, it it not. son' else is kept ill the salt 1)°t t° rt-n-t5"eanvaivneg "yeoeuu, autlaiX7hien eIantleembtnoll-{ "After I had kept house long', prevent any other person using it you were sound itSletp," enough for the newness to wear off oritil he is ',yell?he,.". the gla" and Vox. 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