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~he Between = === pe CHAPTER TV.--(Cont'd.) "That was beatuiful, John--beauti- : full" she said to him at home, still in a flurry of agreeuble excitement. "But don't belong to them -only, you il you belo to me too!" y Whereupon John smiled jendetly but abstractedly, being in spirit sti in the pulpit. : It was, after all, a great thing to ong to a man who understood his business, Ella reflected, having noted the emotion of the .congregation; for those few final moments had com- Pletely covered the negative effect-of e rest of the service. This, revived enthusiasm served very well for carrying her through the ordeals of that first trying week; for Adam in his Sunday coat and a collar which visibly hampered his breathing Jppealed to her scarcely more than in his duck trousers; while the round- «eyed, shiny-faced Jean, whose gloves » were evidently bursting, and who held + her pocket-handkerchief in her hand & during the entire duration of the visit, did not appeal at all. What could { Ella have in common with a woman who thought she was making conver- SO nen she was discussing the S "col nm. of oat-cakes? 4 The mes rg of John's sister, Polly, **F were 'even Jessisympathetic, for Jean was at') «profoundly respectful, whereas the blowsy, carroty-haired Polly, in virtue of her elder-sistership, took it upon herself to be familiar, and even Joculat, to a point which offend- ed Ella's finer sensibilities' : "Many's the time I've skelpit him," she laughed robustly, right into Ella's face, and pointed a red finger at the minister. "Not that he much need- ed skelping," she presently admitted, "except for forgettin' the things he was sent for. "John always was a bit moonstruck." The return visits were a harder task still. The thought of entering a thatched hut as a visitor had cost Ella some sleepless hours; and would , have cost her more had she not fortun- ately remembered in time that even! great ladies have been seen in cottages | --as benefactors, of course. It was] from this point of view only that the! thing became bearable. This was not | a case of distributing bread; but other things could be dispensed, such a kind counsels and admonitory words, cal-| culated to elevate the rustic mind, It' was with this view that she began to] cultivate an amiable condescension of manner, and that particular affabliity which she understood to-be the char- acteristic of the Lady Bountiful. - In this way, she succeeded in weathering an experience which, after all, need not be too often repeated. And there were compensations; for Mrs. Modley had returned, and the happy moment of crossing the episcopal threshold dawned for Ella, with consequences to her mental equilibrium which she herself was scarcely aware of at the time. . So also came that other proud moment of returning Mrs. Gordon's visit--in a boat, perforce. There was a dark blot upon that delight, however, for John seemed to take for granted that Polly's visit should be returned at the same time, and could absolutely not be got to see that there was anything in the deast indecorous in going from the. big house to the gardener's cot- tage. At a later period of domestic felicity she would scarcely have yield- ed, and even as it was, she did so with a rather bad grace. "Well, let it be so, in Heaven's name!" she acquiesced, with a sigh; "but I do think it looks odd." It had not previously occurred to John that that large, mobile mouth held in it possibilities of peevishness, but it did oecur to him now. The impression produced by Ella upon the mistress of Balladrochit will best be given in a letter to a friend, osted on the 'day of that first visit. he passage in question ran as fol- lows: "I've just been interrupted -by a visit--such a visit, my dear! I wish ou could have been here to enjoy it. Pye told you about our 'stiudant,' haven't 1?---John M'Donnell, who has recently got the Ardloch living, Well, brought a wife with him from Glasgow, on whom I recently left a card; hence to-day's visitation. He is nothing new to me, of course; I've seen him in the garden often--such times as the quarries were resting-- helping his brother-in-law. He's much the same in a black coat as in shirt-sleeves, and the metamorphosis doesn't really call for "special notice. * His elevation (the social-one, I mean) embarrasses him frankly, nor does he dream of throwing any veils over the past. By way of filling up a pause in the conversation he inquired polite- ly how the briar hedge was getting on he had helped Alick to plant. You should have seen the glance she threw him at that! But her first appear. ance was what nearly-did for me, They usually come in 'their Sunday clothes, ou know, but this young woman nows a thing or two yond that--a Cousins; [& OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR. gethe i towers ale oves Dl 5 tuned cust ter sto ora nd dog-s Sp 100] 'tammy' a | (or et us pi Ee dog-skin) ily before your eyes. Shes pocket of her right one at the latest angle. 7 a little bewildered at first, not bein used to the type, but after she ha hood' I got my cue. It's the {coun- -house' lady she's aiming at, and of whom she has evidently de an ex- haustive study. The result is not bad really. It would be interesting to that she think it's So ig her of the skirt; but sonsidering probably cut it out herself, wonderfully creditable. tivated nonchalance. She must have had some rather good models to go by. Now and then a vowel plays the traitor, as, for instance, when she complained of there being no 'hally' in the garden--she positively adores 'hally,' and is quite jealous of the Bis- hop's hedge. The Bishop is evident- Milk and Cheese Dishes. Mak and cheese, at present prices, furnish nourishment at a much lower cost than meats. The housekeeper who kncws their food valu: and how to prepare milk and cheese in a var- iety of appetizing dishes will use more of them. Secure the best milk at any price for the babies; their lives de- pend upon it. Whole milk, skimmed milk, butter-milk for the children, in- stead of so much meat, is both more wholesome and cheaper. If possible, buy skimmed milk for milk soups and puddings; it is a substitute for meat protein and costs about a quarter-the money. Milk Soups. 2 Tablespoons butter or dripping, 2 tablespoons flour, 14 teaspoon salt, 2 cups milk or 1 cup milk and 1 cup vegetable water, % cup vegetable pulp or flaked fish. The vegetable water is the water in which the vegetables have been cooked. (In the case of potatoes the water is not used.) The vegetable pulp is the cooked vegetable rubbed through a sieve. Since the vegetable is cook- ed before making into soup, any left- over vegetable from dinner can be used to make a hot soup for supper or lunch Onions, carrots, celery, potatoes; can- ned corn, peas, or tomatoes, are gen- erally well liked. In the case of tomatoes, a pinch of soda must be added to neutralize the acid so the milk will not curdle. - Remnants of cold boiled fish, or canned salmon, or dried beef may be used in the same way as the vegetables. Macaroni and Cheese. 1 Cup macaroni, 2 cups milk, 8 tablespoons' butter, 4 tablespoons flour, 1 cup grated cheese, 1% teaspoon salt, few grains pepper, % cup dry bread crumbs, 1 tablespoon butter, Add 2 teaspoons salt to 2 quarts boiling water. Drop in the macaroni, broken into inch pieces, and boil hard for 20 minutes. Drain and pour cold water through to prevent the pieces sticking together. Melt the 8 tablespoons butter in a saucepan; add the flour and) stir until frothy; add the milk and stir until it thickens. Season with salt and pepper, add the cheese and pour over the cooked mac- aroni, Melt 1 tablespoon butter in a baking dish, stir the crumbs in this, turn them out on a plate, put the macaroni in the baking-dish, and sprinkle the crumbs over the top. Bake until thoroughly. heated and the crumbs brown. This may be served in a vegetable dish without the crumbs and baking, but the macaroni must then be re-heated in thie sauce. Cheese Fondue. 1 Cup scalded milk, 1 cup soft stale bread crumbs, 1 cup grated cheese, 1 FIVE ROSES F FOR BREADS PUDDINGS PASTRIE " There whose "Can you guess it? Ske 39 ers forits meltin, try is famous ts firm Hight whose s bread wins daily compliments-- LIT are housewives whose praised--whose lings are noted for ib develo ert of the Spices alto-| I e flounced si aed Botnet aug the lection of Alick substitute in your Wh and skirt (the lat- ing short well above the you please)--an exceedingly dog: auntlets--and there you have her Bod took great care to keep her left hand in the at, and to give me her was inquired whether there jwere many country-house ladies 'in the neighbor- hear Redfern's remarks upon the set conversation, and the studiously cul- "| thinning the carrot bed can Evidently she do to be too pleased might lead one to imagine; don't you Jee? that she had no! heen u g tter things. ve ng is rather nice; the rooms, the 'sitooation,' ete. But she likes the 'sitooation' of the Bishop's house ever so much , The Bishop and everything pertaining to him has clearly been adopted as the standard 'of comparison. suppose it does not suit her so well to institute comparisons. with other Jleople neater at hand, though tHe village swarms with ev have houses and gardens--of a sort. "I'm rather curious to know whether they'll have gone to Alick's cottage after leaving me. He began saying something about a second visit, but she promptly suppressed Poor girl, I fancy he must-be a hand- ful for her in some ways. I wonder how these two came to pair--and I wonder still more how they will pull together!" : (To be continued.) tablespoon butter, % teaspoon salt, 2 eggs. ' Mix first five ingredients, Add yolks of eggs well beatén, and fold in the stiffly beaten whites. Pour into a buttered baking-dish and bake tor, Stage of ins with first and second cousins who also im. | ection, to' der the skin,/or near the larvae of the | [insect it preys upon. * But the birds !are out great helpers, ' and every t life, eggs, larvae, "caterpillar and . mature - insect, fur-| : 'nishes food for some bird.: Warblers | "and chickadees clean up the eggs, 48 do the srespers,' A golony of warblers | and chickadees | number of orioles and _yellow-billed and black-billed cuckoo will keep an orchard free from the tent caterpillar. | Bank swallows feed on the adult mos- quito, and should receive absolute pro- Dr. Cosens deplored the de- struction of colonies of bank swal- lows every year by idle boys. This should be stopped. Ever§ bank swal- low is a public benefactor. The wood- peckers are the only check on boring beetles in the world, and are specially equipped with a beak apd a tongue for digging under the tak and lick- ing out the grubs. The bark beetle is the" most destructive pest. we have. The annual loss in forests in the United States alone js estimated at $100,000,000. Woodpeckers should be encouraged and protected. The sap- sutker is more likely boring for a grub than for sap. 'The robins feed on the brown-tailed moth, which was imported to this continent from Hol- land in 1891 in nursery stock and be- came very destructive in the New England States. . The gypsy moth has a caterpillar which weaves a silken sail and floats away on the wind to) pastures new. A twenty minutes in a moderate oven. Cheese Souffle. 8 Tablespoons butter, 4 tablespoons flour, 2-8 cup milk, 1 egg, 1 cup grat- ed cheese, salt and pepper, few grains of cayenne, dry crumbs, elt the butter, add the cornstarch, and when well blended gradually. stir in the cream and cook 2 minut Add the cheese and stir until cheese is melted. Season and serve on toast- ed crackers or on bread toasted on one side, the rarebit being poured over the untoasted side. Standard Food is the Cheapest. Important factors to life are air, water and food. = We can liye without ter from qne to four days and without food from thirty to fifty days. In composition the human body is three- quarters water, and of such a nature that a variety of. foods is necessary, but not all are desirable. The most important business of the housewife is to know and understand, with a working knowledge as a basis, this supremely interesting subject. Good food is most necessary for good health, and even_the best foods are often spoiled by incompetent housewives, who are not able or familiar with the necessary and im- quire intelligent and persevering work, sincere-efforts and determina- tion to have this important knowledge at their finger tips. Many women fail in their undertak- ings because they havea wishbone in place of their backbone, Roll up your sleeves and determine that high prices' will hold no terrorsfor you when you know that good standard brain food is the cheapest in the end. Do not permit 'any waste, Lut ufilize every portion of food, Thrift is not stinginess, as-so many people imagine, but it is carefulness in undertakings, that when used in the home, especially in the kitchen, nets to the persevering housewife wonderful result:. ~~ Housekeeping Helps. Spinach is in a class by itself, be- cause of its large amount of iron. Cooked squash left over from a meal may' be made a 'delicious soup. Always have the board well flour- ed before beginning to knead bread, If you feel very tired and drowsy, dash very cold water in your face, The empty baking powder can makes a good nut mincer. - ing hashed brown potatoes. are more wholesome and better flavor. is red hot your fuel is be Hot egg sandwiches n inexpensive dish for supper. Tins for the bak cakes may be ly lined with paper. ; a ' Fine linens and all pieces of hand-| some lingerie should be wrung out by hand and never through a wringer. The young carrots pulled up when cream "The sugar for jelly should alwa ' "hi Lin the 4 Vays a good ed and cooked and served air for only a short time, without wa-= |" portant rules of cooking. These re-{ Bacon dripping is excellen for fry-| Prunes cooked without adding sugar] When the top of the kitchen range | of large round| oven before using. | sen SAN A d 0 'S 1110 ROYAL BANK BUDE. 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