The Wingham Times, 1906-06-14, Page 7r The Adventurers
By II. 0. MARRIOTT WATSON
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know where friend treed is, and this
begins to get interesting,"
I felt iu my pocket eviler& my re-
volver lay safely, and, seizing the can-
dle, plunged auto the evil looking hole.
A stairway of stone ran downward,
but very steeply, and I had the utmost
difficulty in preventing myself front
pitehlug forward against the rough
masonry of iho opposite wall, The
;walls brushed me upon either side es I
descended, so narrow was the funnel.
Down, down I went, until presently I
reached a sort of landing, which broad-
ened into a little irregular cbaluber..
Here a ray of light caught my eye, and
I followed it till I happened upon a
tsmall door in the wail. A buge key
was in the lock, but the bolt was not
turned, and by wrenching hard I
forced the door open. 1 now looked
•dm
down upon the waters of the mo
at,u i
;which my tiny Mune danced iu the
growing darkuess.
After a little consideration 1 saw
;viler° I was.. This must be a sally
port. giving iccee:; to the fosse. In-
elee('., tete water lapped the lowermost
step, tum which 1 etood. Was it by
'The slab of stone lay open.
this ivay that hood had escaped? It
'seemed certain, and, if so, there was
nothing for it but to pocket my chagrin,
go back and communicate my melan-
choly news to my friends. Retracing
my steps, I shut the door and proceed-
ed to reclimb the stairway, but in the
act of doing so I paused, for the lan-
tern flashing on the obscure corners re-
vealed to me a second flight of steps
leading still downward from this level.
Without hesitation and moved by some
•excitement I abandoned my first inten-
tion and plunged down this new well.
The second flight led downward even
farther than the first, and must, I
reckoned, have brought me under the
foundations of the castle. At the bot-
tom X was in a square, damp hole, and
before me stretched a tunnel the height
of a tan man and very bistek and miry.
The thought of entering upon that
mysterious and horrid gallery gave me
a momentary pause, but, dissipating
mny forebodings, I marched forward
end was soon buried iu the bowels of
the earth.
• The tunnel was barely six feet in
.height, and I was obliged to walk with
•a slight stoop. To add to my discom-
fort the roof, which was rudely put to-
gether of huge stones, was very wet,
Mad water trickled at intervals on my
bead. Moreover, I was being grad-
ually coated with filth from the sticky
nature of the clay through which the
gallery was driven and which had, in
the course of time, percolated between
the stones. But I was uow resolved to
see the end of the adventure, and so I
pushed on, undeterred by the incon-
venienoos and almost oblivious of my
fears.
A. sense of suffocation accompanied
me, but soon that feeling wore off, and
I strode slang at a sharper pace, light-
ing my way as well as I could with the
iantern and stumbling at intervals over
the debris of earth and stone which
cumbered the footway. I must have
gone some 300 yards in this fashion
,wrimen I began to find the passage grow•
irtg lighter. Some tune afterevard X
discovered ahead, but shining as it
seemed from a great distance, a point
of brightness that grew as X advanced.
'This was undoubtedly the mouth of the
tunnel, and, assured now of reaching
:some goal and no longer oppressed by
the terror of that dismaj alley, I in-
creased my pace, moving forward to
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• 'sous 1 drew near to the'jaws of that
exit and carne presently from the gal-
lery itself into a wider space of cavern
facing the heavens and rallied upon by
stars. About me the hollow, shadowed
and hidden under the thick autumn fo-
liage, was very gently luminous.
1 bad now to determine my position,
and l will confess that I could not
make the least guess of my where-
abouts. A noise of water ran in my
ears, coming from my right hand, and
toward this I pushed any way. The
trees were close, and the undergrowth
of bracken and bushes rendered my ad•
Lance very gradual, but by degre}s I
arrived at my point and found, what I
had lately begun to suspect, that the
sound rose from the little brook, which
here descended the face of a steep
slope in a pleasant gushing waterfall.
.A. great gout of Nater, flung from the
stones, dashed in my face• quite mer-
rily, and, heated with the confiuentent
of the gallery and may long and trouble,
some passage, I stooped and bathed
my face and hands In the running
stream. 1 uow began to see whore I
was. This was a point in the Gwent
below the castle where the brook left
the park tied where the hill fell sud-
denly away into the valley, clothed
with a deuse forest and traversed by
few save charcoal burners.
I reflected that this was a valuable
edit to the castle, and then upon that
fell like a blow the second thought—
that Hood might have chosen tjais mode
of, escape, in which ease the gallery
was a drawback to us rather than an
advantage. And yet it appeared ridic-
ulous to suppose that a fugitive would
hunt about to follow the longer and
more arduous iioute of sight. On the
whole, I decided that hood must have
fled by the sally port and across the
moat. Anyhow, he was gone, and it
behooved us to renew our defenses and
concert our plans afresh.
As I reached this conclusion In my
reverie, with the sound of the waters
pleasantly dulling my ears, I seemed
to catch sight of a reflection Bathing
} black among the tangled lights of the
I pool below me. The next moment I
was hurled headlong, and when I was
awake to my position ten seconds lat-
I or the blood was drumming fu my
ears, my temples throbbed with pain,
and two men were kneeling ou my
1 chest.
"Let him be, Charaxost Loose his
throat, you fools" sttid a voice wlmicb.•
had a familiar effect upon me. I stag-
gered to a sitting position, the two ruf-
fians holding me, and stared about me.
"Very sorry, sir," said Hood. "Hope
they didn't choke you too much, sir.
'Twas a near go."
• I gasped, considering him. "I came
to bring your supper, hood," I stam-
mered, and to this day I nm glad to
think I took the reverse with so muck
coolness. For it was no mean feat, I
can assure you, with the breath out of
my body and my wits wandering and
my head ringing from au ugly blow.
"Thank you, sir," said IToocOvith his
usual effrontery. "Thank you kindly,
sir, I'm sure."
I could have sworn the man was
more of a gentleman than a valet, and
be was certainly more of a scoundrel
than either. But, having discharged
this civility, be turned his back and
paid mile no further attention, merely
issuiug an order to imis cutthroats. The
two dirty Greeks, one of whom was
my squinting acquaintance, marched
me along without more ado. And if X
had considered the possibility of es-
cape the fancy teals dispelled by the
presence of two more besides good
himself, which I discovered when We
began to move, I said nothing, keep -
lug my eyes wide open and my bptin
as ready as might be, nor was any
word spoken upon either Side until we
drew up at the Woodman, stopping be-
fore which Hood requested inc to en-
ter in his most conventionally hospita-
ble manner.
I was much exercised in my mind as -
to the use these brigands could have _
for me, but as yet tile situation was
too novel to allow -me consecutive
thought. I was led into et targe, batpl
like building beyond the inn and reach-
ed by a flight of wooden Steps outside.
•The room was' large sued airy and had
evidently not been used for a granary
these many years. Indeed, it bore the
plain marks of recent habitation, and
It came across me that maybe this bad
been the biding place of the Greek
sailors.
Into this eels the Greeks thrust ing
and, locking the door behind them, dist- I
appeared, leaving Inc to my own refteee
tlons, That these were not ebeerfltl I
need not assure you. Although I was
but partially awakened to my misfor-
tune, I had no difficulty its seeing
whither it tended. hood, as I now per-
ceived, bad discovered the secret gat.
lery and had nude his escape by that
and not by the early port. Balt why
was he lingering about the entrance to
the passage? And how came be in
tompan with his allies? X tot
y bad
contempIat
sn tins problem for five
fninutes ere the secret of my capture
dawned eu me and, is will confess, I
fatly Welled any stomateh. Through
the gallery. lay" the one road to the
treasure, end Hood and X vete the
only two peon. in the drama Who
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urtow teat. ttly seizure meant, thele,
that the way was now clear for Kinn
and bis enterprise, The treasure of the
\'yvians was at Itis mercy.
In these desperate considerations I
spun out the better part of tut hour, at
time end of which time the key creaked
suddenly in the door, and Sercombe en-
tered, bearing a heavy lamp. This he
set down upon the rade bench table
and turned to me, seating himself in a
chair and disposing himself with com-
fort
"I regret, Mr. Greatorex," saki he
suavely null pulling at hie cigar, with
kis slat on the back of his head, "'l re-
gret that I mu somewhat late to my
ttppolutntent with you. It Ives to have
been 0 o'eiock, 1 fancy,"
Now 1 recitiled what, to say the
truth, 1 had completely forgotten in
the adventure Which I. had experienced
--that 1 had myself named such an
hour to receive the eapltulatlan of the
captain, It maddeued,me to remember
the fact and may tel uniphaut diplomacy
of time afternoon in the face of any
null failure i'ailure and this bland and sprawt-.
fug, creature, But I was not to take a
tebufi' with my ears down, and so I
spoke up as calmly and as politely as.
himself.
"You are right," said 1. "Nine
o'clock it was. Ilut, like yon, 1 have
been unavoidably delayed. So please
don't apologize."
A smile lit up hes face—and Ile was
always best wlien he smiled --and his
eyes twin .led
1
"1 begin to see, Air. Greatorex," be
said, "how it is that you have come so
near winning thiscalupaign."
"I brave no doubt I shall win it yet."
I returned.
"No doubt," he replied cordially. "But
forgive roe, Mr.. Greatorex. I see you
have no refrosiuneuts here, and 1 am
sure you are in need of them. It was
unpardonable of Hood," " So saying, he
rose rand went to the door, shouting
some order to a man below, whom, I
judged, 1 must consider my sentry,
Presently, and before the captain re-
sumed his seat, hood himself eutered,
bearing tat his hands a tray containing
a bottle of whisky, a earilfe of water
and some glasses. Ile cast an eyo of
scrntiuy ou Sercombe, who lolled once
more in Itis chair, but he said nothing
and retired. to the door. Sercombe
filled two glasses.
"Allow me, lair, Greatorea," he said
and purled for some minutes in silence.
indeed, It was I Who first resumed the
conversation.
"I presume, Captain Sereonlbe," 1
said, "that you have come to tell me
that you do not accept my'offer,"
"Precisely," he owned, taking his ci-
gt.e from his mount, "That is ex-
actly the position, lair. Greatorex, I
doll t know how you aliened 'It. but
chore It 1s, I (lo uot. feet ju.tilie.i, in
coaia:deratiou of any reit:limas with
ale. !load, in (tcccptine you prapoea ls."
"•Shen," I sunt blulriy, but iaeteeng tris
the farce, "I see no reason for our eon-
tiutttug this interview, and, as 1 amu
somewiutt tared, if you wilt excu,ie
sue"—
"I would not trespass upon you in
the slightest," rte fnterrupteti. "But I
had an idea that perhaps we might lir-,
rive at a compromise." I said noth-
ing, for I had not the faintest notion
of what be was driving at.
"Yon are aware," he continued in his
pleasant voice, "that there is tum access
to the dungeon in which, justifiably or
otherwise—I express no opinion—you
confined our host."
I bowed and sipped my whisky and
water,
"You are also aware," he went on,
"that uow you, tile only other person
who has kuowle(lge of that private
road, are, let us say, enjoying the hos-
pitality of the Woodman, the treasure
chests are not Likely to remain lona;
where they are,"
lie waited on my answer as if some-
thing nasions, but I merely uociclell
and watched trim. Captain Sercombe
from bis comfortable attitude bent his
red brows at me. "May 1 ask you.
Mr. Greatorex," he said quite coolly,
"if you happen to have locked the door
of the dungeon?"
For answer and without giving the
matter a thought I predated the key,
wbieim, as I have already narrated, I
had put in my pocket.
aere0tube's eye lightened. Ile rose
and event to the door, opening it and
;lancing into the darkness. Then be
returned and drew Ids chair nearer to
mine.
"Yon made me a proposition this
afternoon," he said earuestly,
"I did," said 1, "which I now beg to
retract,"
"et was not good enough," he went
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—"net nearly good enough. Ilia what
do you say if 1 matte ono to you nowt"
T shrugged Amblers, "1 am at
your mercy," I said.
"I Ct1S-y y01i ydmlal' 'powers Of ease," iso
said. "3 atm pretty good, but I admit
you beat tae. Ililt ('oume, 1 ant makin,4.",
you a proposition. What do you says"
"I have already said it"
"I see 1 will get no more chauge out
- of you," be said soberly. "But I know
a maul to trust wheat I see hull. That
Imes been my safeguard, Mr. Greatorex.
And I know a man to distrust, though
sometimes it is unavoidable"— lie
hroice off. "Your friends don't know
where yon went tonight r' he asked
suddenly.
"Why do you ask?'
"If the dungeon d is
impossible that the it.
But if your frionds e
went on, growing v at
would happen? I i y
would open the do rd
flown and perhaps i e
secret passage disci
This began to inter as
the rascal's purpose
"Well?" 1 put iu,
IIe lotveret, his v =jai -
ed a certain effect o
"In which ease t would
remaiu in the posses "
"You speak like a I
returned, atter a p ,
captain, jot me ask at
proposition are you
• Ile considered for re
are three of you," h n -
fess I cannot reckonMont-
gomery. Let us sa Ira
williug to go 'hale In
which case, as you a
quarter for yourself.
"You would betra associates,"
I saki dryly,
"Pardon me," said e
are not here to pass r.
els. And, if it comes re
we all? I see no pn
us. I do not luvite s
on my conduct. I o
make you a proposal
The rascal leaned it
and watched me with f
satisfaction. Indeed y
was well grounded, n t
admit to myself theg
me a handsome offer r
his fear of hood was is
greed, and it was to is
unexpected futer'eesst d
turned clean against I,
it prisoner and with f
escape. The treasure
Y
of these vagabonds, is
moment the pieces g
through hood's lovingr-
edly I should be a f o
refuse Sercombe's e
must certainly haver I
in good faith, for all o
db was to surrender y
which could be of n o
him now that the
trance to the dungeon
covered. • X withdraw
et. 11e nodded confidentially.
"That is all I ask,"
"And I?" I queried.
"You shall be at libertyi.
est opportunity I can ,
ed. "Observe, lir. I
am taking a great rig
lug upon your Nord."
"If I give it," 1 i
depend upon it. You v
companions?" I asked.
"I will see that theyo
their prisouer," said
theywfil want little warning ""
"Yon may take ther
a pause. Ilut at that t
sound as of soft feet
stairway reached us. whit-
ened visibly and look e
door.
"It is better that 1
now," he said hurried set-
tle this tomorrow ,
showing clear signs ,
he left the barn. -
As for me, X sat with
hand, considering. I
nut a name on the ow .
" I sand.
door is locked it
y can get into
had the key," h
very earnest, "what
imagine that the
or, flail the bird
UM entrance to th
disclosed,"
est me. What tv
Leel which
fear to ley mind
the treasure
possession o1 the castle
book o1 Euclid,"
pause, "And now,
in my turn wh
making to me?"
a moment "".file
e said, "But I co
my friend
ytwo,then. 1a
es with you,
will see, there is
Y' your associates
the captain, "w
criticisms 0n mo
to that, what a
in prlcic between
your conclusion
have the honor t
back in his chs
li a curious air o
his complacency
and T could not bu
t he was makimt
. Iris distrust o
stronger than h
that we owed this
on when fate he
us. here was
no possibility o
lay at the mere
and even at this
might be slipping
fingers. Assur-
edly i thought, t
compromise. B
nide the propose
I was Invited t
r the key, a ke
o possible use t
subterranean en-
trance had been dis-
covered. from my pock-
et.
he said.
at the earl
find," he return
Greatorex, timet
k. 1 am depend
e;' d,"youma
u .viii warn m
pay a visit t
he, "and 1 reckon
aaning after that.
key," saki I after
moment a digit
13)011 time creaking
Sercombe
ed uneasily at th
should leave you
ly. ""\i'o ran
morning." And
of discomposure
the key
in my
thought 1 eonh
nor of those steps
CIHAI't'Elt XVI.
teilcOMME1: was not so good as
s , . his word. ho far from complet-
ing the bargain on the morrow,
he never vaunts near me, and 1
Passed the day quite alone, save for
the ' , iona • ei
oeeast 1 t i.,ts of one of the
i
Greeks bringing my food, I began to
have a very Intelligible view et the
situation. Sercombe had been fright-
ened off the arrangement he ?tad cou-
tetuplated by the feat' of his coulpan.
ton, or if that were not to, though I
was now quite prepared to credit it, he
deemed it wiser to postpone the ad-
V'etture 011 further, In Which case X
might still beep my lopes alive and
110:41m;k tut ambition of final success.
lint time truth tvas that cinch day lost
Witte No Metter gained toward the ae-
conmplireunent of hood's objcet, and
even ne I sat and gnawed my finger's
and reflected its this doleful mood the
treasure was fast leaving tile castle,
passing into the possession of talieu
and bloody bands.
'.there was yet another alternative,
about which I ecoid not make up my
Maul. flood might have bought the
allegiance of hi;; traitorous _associate,
nmol, if so, I Wished therm both joy of
their bargain together, I would trust
uelther scoundrel beyond the reach of
my amts or the audit of my Cady, and
1 was pretty suro that neither would
trust time other. Their whole assoeia•
tion rested upon a mutual compact of
greed, and It was odds but, the gold
once under their bands, they would
fall out in mane mortal strife, neeord-
ing to the unelent proverb, If that
should happen, perhaps, according to
time ancient proverb, eve, as represent -
Ing honest men as nearly as possible
in the circumstances, might comae by
our own, or, speaking more properly,
Some one else's own.
For time present I had gained nothing,
and lay, a (lleconeotate prisoner, in that
airy cell, guarded by watches of the
Greeks. So far as I could determine,
we, the defenders of time castle and tite
treasure, were in a bad position, and
there was uotbing far it on my part
but resignation with as civil a grace as
might be. I had already taken account
of the defenses of may prison and saw
Iittle prospect of escape, but I will con-
fess that throughout the first Clay of
may captivity I was sonmetvbat •under
the influence of hope and hourly ex-
pected it conference witim Hercombe,
This, as you may imagine, drew my
attention from the immediate scrutiny
of my surroundings, but upon the
morning of the second Clay, when Ser-
combe still failed to visit ate, I cast
about for other means of escape,
First of all, I exatnhmed the baru
very carefully, It was a huge buihliug
and rose at the apex to a height or fif-
teen feet or more. 'I1ie sides were of
wood, but the top was composed of a
skeleton of rafters, thickly coated with
thatch, Two windows shone in the
room, ommo at the back part and away
from the door, time other inee,et'n.I in
one of the remainleg walls. The doer
wits, of course, kept locked, rut by
screwing my face against the side win -
dew and craning my neck I. could see
time Agdre of a man ou guard, evidently
at the foot of the ladder. 'There was
little chance Of breaking out this way.
The second window gave on a low ly-
ing stable at time back, and beyond that
there were the great trees and cool
deeps of the forest. It was securely
barred and fastened, and that, from
all appearances, quite newly.* The
second exploration seemed to offer no
more eucouragement than the first, but
I was not yet resigned to defeat, and,
sitting down upon the floor, I fell to
thinking, mechanically opening a small
penknife wl4ch was iu may pocket, and
paring ley najjs,
I do not know if I were conscious of
the act, but I remember that it was
quite a long time, and when I had
grown almost desperate in my coun-
sels, that the advantage of this tiny
weapon occurred to me. The wooden
walls were not . higher than six or
seven feet, and above them, as I have
explained, rose the superstructure of
thatch to the pinnacle of the roof. I
paused in my occupation and rose
quickly, By standing on a chair I
Together we str tooled on the housetop.
could easily reach the thatch between
the rafters, and without a momentary
hesitation I plunged my knife into the
mites of reeds. Sharp as at razor, the
sulail blade eut through the straw at
a stroke, with a slight rasping noise.
My blood flowed in a strong stream of
excitement. here surely was a road to
the outer air.
But this was a venture to be essayed
by night and after my Jailers had re-
tired for time evening; consequently I
put aside the knife and waited very
impatiently for the fail of dusk, It
was not until 10 o'cloemc at night tilt
I dared to make nay experiment. By
that time my supper had bean cleared,
and the Greeks bad been gone for an
hour. The barn was in solid darkness,
which was all the bettor for toy pu>-
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ORIENTALS WILL I3uIL ARMY
IN GERMAN STYLE.
Minister to Berlin Recalled and Ne
Kay Be Xntrusted with Work
Future Never Brighter Than
Now, Says Gen, Yin.
Berlin,—China is' about to organize a
modern enlisted army of 1,000,000 risen,
on the German model, in order to form
its own bulwark 'against foreign ag-
gression, regardless of the Anglo -Japan-
ese treaty, according to Gen. Yin
Tchang, the Chinese minister at Berlin.
• The general has been recalled to Peking
, and will probably be intrusted with the
reorganization of the army in the capac-
ity of minister of war.
"China's future was never brighter
than now," said Gen. Yin. "The Anglo -
Japanese treaty guarantees us such a
period of security from foreign aggres-
sion that we have resolved to create a
real army. China must work out its
own salvation, At present it is not ready
for foreign treaties."
When asked if the army, when organ-
ized, would be employed in a race strug-
gle against the whites, Gen. Yin re-
plied: ,
"Have we reason to love the whites?
Co the whites love us? We can easily
understand the restrictions against the
poor, diseased and vicious coolies, but
the shutting out and persecution of edu-
cated Chinese, as practiced in some
countries, cannot be defended and now
must cease, Any friendship between the
yellow race and the white race will re-
main impossible until China shall prove
itself able to defend its own interests,
Then that friendship will grow on a
basis of full equality. I am happy at the
prospect of partieipatiug personally in
the reform work my country has decid-
ed to inaugurate, 1 hope that our seri-
ous efforts to bring the old Chinese civ-
ilization up to date will benefit all
humanity."
Gen. Yin Tchang is one of China's
most brilliant soldiers. He was edueat-
ed in the German army and speaks the
kaiser's ianguage tike a native Berliner,
Confidence in Dr. Cytase
My mother has kept Dr. Chase's Sid.
neyLiver Pills in the house as long as I
eau remember, and we are all well
acquainted with their merits, I have
used them for kidney and liver disorders
and they always helped me, 'Mother
has had Dr. Chases Receipt t3,ek for
twenty years and I tell you that it is a
Rend one." --!kir. John Miller, South
Saltspring, B C.
A delicious crust may be formed upon
the tcp of a slonge cake by dnstiug it
with pow dered sugar before putting it in-
tt the oven.
Abu' stains on a black cloth esu t i r
sometimes difficult to remove. Rub-
bing them with a slice of raw potato has
been found effectual.
Beats the
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Trio l(Sui You Nave ideals $til t
To keepbread and fresh -its
betterd
most pill it is a cool glace, cover close -
1y with a serviette or cloth scrum, cut
of cold water and many hoots after it
Will be as mole` es robes cut.
're clean white paint take as t.mu 1
quantity et whiting on adodo piece of
old flannel, and rah over the stnface
lightly. It will leave the paint remark-
ably bright and now.
Zf now cluthespfus aro first put naii
hot water they will not beta in using, r
Remove grass steins by saturating the
spa's a tit a'cohol ; teen wash in Wear
water.
To prevent the unpleasant odor front
ocokirg cabbage put In small bag of
bread io the pot, to boil with the cab-
bage.
' If alum is tided to the paste used iu
covering boxes with paper or for scrap-
books, moths or mice *will not invade
them.
A teaspoonful of melted paraffin wax
mixed with the hot starch insures it
beautiful Raub and keeps the irons from
1 sticking.
Ilk and fruit entice, may be removed
from wi.•ite litmus and cottons by wake
ing theta for a few hours in kerosene, '
then washing in hot water.
Allow a shorter rah:inn for bread to bet
Otuktd by !:team, dime the dough will
{ lis. during the cooking because of the
t lower temperature ems:eyed,
If sherbet is tree 1 icstead of baking
powder when making maderia, seed or
other plain cakes, they wi:l be mnnclt
better and of a delicious flavor.
Mustard and hersersmlish mixed makes
an excelleet rental for cold meats. Mix
yellow mustard and acrd to it au equal
quantity cf gratel horseradish, whielz
has be(n betted ten minztes in Water,
Thin the mixture with a little of this
water.
If ick is spilled oma deiioate material
wet the spot! wait skim :Wilk and while
they are moist rub into timer all the
starch they will hold, leaving it un-
torehed for e, week. When the dried
starch is brushed oil' net a treed of the
ir,k will be vieibie.
If you suspect the pickles have been
colored, you can satisfy yourself with a
v. ry simple test. Pat some pieces of the
;tinkle into a vitmI oorit^eiri'mg a mniettirq
tgnal pan Le of ammonia t.r.cl water. fi
there is any copper present the liquid
will become blue in color.
Now that strawberries are in the mare
ket, try a strawberry salad, something
that has the merit of novelty and some-
ti i g l ra,:do Bake cups of branched
lettuce leaves, and put in each a few ripe
berries. Dost with pow leered sugar, and
place on top a spnonfnl of Inayeunai5e,
irate which whipped eretmhas been stir-
, red.
Another very geed frail salad is made
with pineapple. First cat celery into
matehes and throw into ice water to
chill. Peel a pineapple and shred it
vfith a silver cork. Chop a green pep-
per and n few pimentoas, and put on the
ice Dry the celery in a - nmpkin, anal
mix it with the leppertt. Combine with
the pineapple and t.erved with maayons
tsetse mixed with whipped cremes.
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