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© was experienc CHAPTER XIX.--(Cqnt'd.) neta tha p For another moment Albert! ins of h bh stared, almost pes at his sister, as ing of hee though at an utter ir. Was| fq this indeed the Fenella he' 107 for eighteen years--so sweetly rea- sonable, so amenable to guidance? He the unpleasant sur- prise of a who, putting his teeth confidently into a sopt and deli- cate ooking peach, finds himself bit-| ing ageinst a hard stone. What had some over her? hysterical note was be nning to Look here, Fenella," he said, mak-' pierce. & 3 . ing an attempt at a smile, "we are Fenella, standing now with her back both a little excited, it seems, but against the wall, as though repelling excitement won't do here. Let us try a material attack, and with tears of and talk this over quietly. I under- mortification gathering in her eyes, stand from you that Duncan M'Donnell' held out as long as she "was able; then has presumed to make you a pro; osal | abruptly, in the middle of a double of marriage, and that you have a low-| stream af reproaches, gathering her- ed yourself to be persuaded into ac-! self "together, 1 quiescence. You also'imagine your-| and out by the door. It looked like self to care for him, and I am sure you an ignominious flight, but it was in are gincere in your belief. Probably reality hore of a rescue excursion your fancy has been excited by the cir-' than a flight,--an abrupt calling in of cumstances under which you met him, | reserves.' in the thick of this uni- ~perhaps by the unusual sort of ac-|versal disapproval the desire of sym- quaintance, and, of course, also you pathy had iddesistibly seized her. She are sorry for him in his love-plight; thought she knew where she = would for though it is cheeky of him to be in find it. - love with you, it isn't at all incredible.| Left together, Albert and Julia be- I:don't blame Jou for having let your gan by staring at the door through fancy be caught, but I do blame you which their victim had fled, and then for having given him an assurance at each other. which you know you will never be able! "Surely she is mad!" gasped Julia. to fulfil, for you cannot seriously see "Oh, Bertie, you will never allow it, yourself as a workman's wife. It is will you?" an awkward business, certainly, but "No, I will never allow it!" he said I have no doubt I can arrange it. with sharp, almost venomous decision. Leave Duncan to me; he will listen to He had 'flung himself into a chair, reason, and the more readily the more as though exhausted by the excitement he cares for you," ! of the last half-hour, and now abrupt- "He will not listen to your reasons,' ly sank info a moody silence. It was Bertie," said Fenella, with a curiously not clear whether the stream of in- confident smile upon her lips, a re-' coherent lamentations, surmises and mark which Albert preferred mot to prognostications which for several mi- hear. . | nutes flowed over Julia's lips, even "He will not want to spoil your reached his consciousness. future, and such a future as it might Suddenly he got up. "Is father at have been--as it might still-be--for I, home?" am certain that it wauld only require "Yes, I believe he is in his room," e--"say? : Sill me over; nd ha ng Duncan as » law. Oh, Fenella, Fenella? = No, you can't! you can't!" - In shrilly ascending voice an darted across the reom a note to bring back Mr. Macgilvray. | Let me write that note, Fenella--let door. ed up That danger must be forestalled. me write it. 1 will arrange every- thing. TI will get you out of the, scrape into which you have got your- self. See if I don't!" Bertie." The very steadiness of her tone was the beginning to unsteady him once more, could not 'but acknowledge that the He went on talking more quickly, and final decision did not rest with himself, | was bert found it 'wecessary seriously to "I don't want to be got out of it,! reckon with the actual head of the family. He was already striding towards the his memory. t the first time in his life that Al-| like a warning in Writhe as he would under A 'word of Fenella's had start-|- consciousness, the young man with an eagerness which betrayed the Forlorn hope though an appeal to com-| anxiety behind the show of assurance.' mon sense in that quarter must be, He appealed to her head,--it had ap-, the in favor of her ing died a knew him so little as to find it parently abdicated heart; to her ambition,--it had yet, Think- hope must be attempted. he still to know his father so well, sudden and mysterious death; to her conceivable that worldly blindness family affection,--it had been crowd-' could be pushed to the point of accept- ed out to the first place by a new and in mightier; to the memory of her dead | mother, --it could not stand against the living presence. He even de- scended to taunts. ol see what it is," he openly snheer- looking than Ronal rant you that. a fine piece of humanity, no doubt-- but I never for a moment that you were the sort of girl to suc- cumb to such allurements." There was insult in his glance now, but his thought, lay too many miles away from Fenella's comprehension to let offence be possible. - The serenity of her reply told him that his shot had missed fire. "1 don't think I understand that,|His brown eyes Of course I love Duncan's|yet with a haze, since I love himself; but it remnant of a | floating mistil Bertie. black eyes, is not those sort of things I'love him for most,--I am sure it is not," she repeated musingly, as though striving | about Duncan, + "Tt is not: prise." to puzzle out the question. 80 much because he is big that I love him, as because, with all his bigness, he is so kind to things that are small and weak,--to Begsie's baby, for in-| stance; he will hold it for hours, told me, and he-is so patient with father, and so sturdy and so strohg, and lives the life of a--" "__of a workmen," threw in Albert sharply. : "Of a man, I was going to say; a man who relies upon himself and not! upon-=mere accidents." "Thank yob in name!" said Albert, with the fury struggling back into his voice. / "I can't help it, Bertie; I can't help comparing the two. - SEmpty--with all that echoed Albert, with a naivete of ac- cent and expression which lay nowhere within his intention. © During nutes he raged and threatened after, the fashion of ordinary mortals, at a 'winds, and with a countenance so "inflamed that Fenella instinctively re- : ad 'him, as though in fear of physical violence. It Was alm : antagonist. angry with Fenella? oor, Albert pu to the ue "Duncan is bigger and better | broad arms sat Fenella. Macgilvray; I, right His eyes are very| face and the old face turned towards lack, and his shoulders very broad-- | each other. imagined ' stood still in her eyes swimming in tears, whic were not tears of griefs to keep the triumph out of her voice. "I have been speaking to father--he will tell you---" {liberately aggressive movement walk- ed up to the very edge of the table. she father. his You cannot mean by this surely that you intend to give~"your consent to this ently, still keeping Fenella's hand | face turning of that livid pallor pecul- Mr. Macgilvray's iar to red-haired 3 smile. I believe I have father~--think!" un been doing it all summer--and the one ' ing the old man by life seems to empty beside the other." though:in meney!" ing reason into him. band a workman} five mi- er was." pther. pjish of voice which cast prudence to got tdoes it not, that her affection genuine? y with French sala wholesome and easy A bushel of seed wheat 93; fn the | ground is worth fifty skut up in & bin to mold and spoil waiting for a Duncan M'Donnell as son-in-law. n the moment that he opened the The two Jhands were clasped, the young With an oath uporr his lips, Albert the doorway. / Fenella looked across at her brother, "Come in, Bertie," she said, trying John turned calmly towards his son. were soft and happy, which seemed like the great bewilderment over their clearness, "Yes--Fenella has been telling me-- It was a great sur- Albert shut the door, and with a de- "Surprise is far too weak a word, It is a scandal--a disgrace. iece of insanity?" "I have given it already," said John tween his own. "Tt is social suicide," said Albert, his| men. : John smiled his vaguely -abstracte: i "Do we need Society?" "But think what you are doi ped Albert, clutch- is thin shoulder as the desperate hope of shak- "Fenella's hus- 'A laborer! "Her husband will be what her fath- ound his teeth upon each ut he is nothing,--he has nothing! 2 » "That makes it all Albert | the more certain, Hou is (To be continued.) br White cabbage crisped and salad dressing {3 always N hot and 'mixed | ps spatched outside, station was forbidden. This applied to all passengers as well. The military guards occupying parts of the station and the environs were ordered their posts and pile their arms. The only persons allowed on the platform |, o were the station master, his empl appoin military chief. There was no of honor, no manifestation whatever. "This clearing of the station takes place at every station through which the train passes, which it does at the maximum regulation spged.' At Brus- i-| sels the detraining took place opposite the Place Rogier, which is a military post. since the occupation, "During the presence of the Kaiser the officials always display the utmost nervousness, in fear of anything tak- ing place, and they always breathe a sigh of relief when their master. has gone. The fact that even the military are obliged to retire and pile their arms seems to suggest a distrust of his own army." re ert Providence has given us a goodly heritage. Let"us worthily care for it. { to work the signals and the | = guard |' map air 8 had delayed | 3 my little 'bus I don't know, but voor; very soon, they were right there wi the "How do y' do?' busiriess. "From the illuminatiofs below it was plain that while I remained there a hot time was in store for me. First the blighters sent up the searchlights and the heavens around me were punctured with shafts of whitish blue or bluish white, and I dropped a bomb, showing that I was there all right, and I realized that they knew some- thing was wrong. "Through a Fiery Lane. "Flames and flashes came from be- low, and the Boche appeared to be ex- tremely industrious. I casually drop- ped an egg or two more on the sore LSE MAKING THE MOST OF MEAT. Spreading the meat flavor by com- bining it with other food, the intellig- ent use of leftovers, care in cooking "inferior cuts and the study of variety,' are important steps' in the great ef- fort to conserve food. ~ Try the new recipes or revive the old, if they meet present-day requirements, "and 'you will. scarcely realize that we, like all the rest of the world, are on rations. Hungarian goulash will provide 2a good dish for a large family. ' It re- door he, knew that he was forestalled. | quires two pounds of / chuck steak, The minister had pushed back the worn, leather-covered armchair from three onions, three large tomatoes or the writing-tgble, and upon one of the one-quarter'of a can, two green peppers or a red pepper-pod, one-half pound or more of spaghetti, salt and pepper to taste. Cut the meat into small pieces and brown in a pan. "Add three pints of boiling water. Cut all vege- tables into small pieces, add them to the meat and cook slowly until the meat is tender--four hours, perhaps. Baked lamb with barley is a whole- some dish. To make it use one cup- ful of barley cooked slowly in just as much water drgravy as it will take up. When tender add butter and salt and two or more cupfuls of chopped meat. (The mixture should be moist but not too wet.) Put in a casserole or bak- ing dish, cover with buttered bread- crumbs and bake until brown. Beef can be used instead of lamb. ~~ To be at its best, meat for Hamburg steak should be ground at home, While it is made of inferior cuts of beef, it is delicious if properly prepared. Work the seasoning in thoroughly so that it is equally distributed, and form the meat into:little cakes, or one large flat one. The latter ¢an be broiled over clear fire and, when done, transfe to 'a hot platter, brushed over .with melted butter, and served at once Leftover Hamburg steak may be sliced Macaroni Salmon.--Mash one-half can of salmon with a fork. To one- half cupful of rich milk add four table- spoonfuls of fine bread crumbs, heat hot;-and add one tableSpoonful of but- ter, two beaten: eggs, a little salt. cups well buttered, a dash of pep- . Mix well, Have and lined with "Hamburg steak is to-season, rn DISHES FOR MEATLESS DAYS. pep-| simmer the oked macaroni, and fill them with| 'the salmon. : Set cups in a pan of} water, and bake tiventy minutes. |: cold; or it may be broken up, warm- ed over ingravy and served 'on toast. Another appetizing way of serving then broil or fry it; meanwhile have some fresh- ly boiled and mashed potatoes, sea- soned with salt, pepper, a little onion juice, cream and butter. Pile this in a baking dish, make a hollow in the middle, fill with the steak and reheat in the oven. Instead of fried meat cakes, serve leftover and unsightly; pieces in a pie. They go further, are more wholesome and reduce the use of fat. Fury pie is made as follows: Arrange ina bak-! ing dish a layer of mashed and season- ed potatoes, then a layer of 'cold chop- ped meat; repeat until the dish ie full; with a layer of potatoes on top. Pour over this a cupfal of milk, stock, or gravy, dot with butter and bake un- til brown. 3 Shepherd's pie is just as good. For this, fill a baking dish with chopped meat, well seasoned. Moisten with gravy, cover with mashed potatoes, dot with butter-and brown in the oven, A small meat loaf is made 'as fol- lows: Three-quarters of a cupful of cold minced meat, one-half cupful, of white sauce, one-half cupful of bread- crumbs," one teaspoonful of grated onion, one * stéaspoonful of chopped parsley, Seasoning, a little gravy. son the chippped meat; add the bread- crumbs, the white sauce and the other ingredients. Mix well and put in a greased mold; brush the top with gravy and sprinkle with bread-crumbs. Cover with buttered paper and bake for twenty minutes; take off paper and bake ten minutes longer; turn out and rred | serve either hot or cold: White sauce, ¥equires two tablespoonfuls each of flour and butter, a cupful of milk, and salt to taste. . . shies one and a haif inches thick and sprinkle with salt. "Boil 'two sliced onions until done. Pour off the water, season with pepper, add two cupfuls of hot water, and a listle parsley; in thie ohet the Be def rs ame, a little liquid left in the th a little flour an our over: fish. Sea- | some] and number of his 'Archies' But what could Tdo? Just plunge on.ahead and ino Hust to luck in getting out of the said | suance lights, showed up perhaps even more |" distinctly than I would have in the. {vy CT "My machine was struck seers] times by the shrapnel, and, as ill-lu would have it, the patent point of "my ized magneto fell out just when I reached | the spot where the fire was thickest. ~*~ On a Scouting Expedition." + "The chances of getting home then seemed pretty slim--engines out of whack--lighted up by fireworks-- twenty-five hundred feet in the air-- a target as plain as a pfkestaffi® It seems easy to keep out of-the way of the guns, but of course there's mo deriying 'that they have a demoraliz- ing effect on a man in the air, but not' go much at night as in the -day. I managed to slide in the direction of the ship, gratified with the glare be- low chused by the bombs I had left, The shrapnel followed, and: I turned and 'slid, and now here I am, glad to get back." : "Tell us about what happened -to you yesterday," said onejof the listen- ers. The seaplane artist picked up his log from a desk-and read:-- "Had a run-in with two German ma» chines, wind blowing about thirty knots, I was merely out-scouting and | therefore did not carry a gun. The two hostile planes were joined by a third; and then they courageously came close to me, They shot away my aileron control, and we were in a very bad way: For twenty minutes we were .continually under fire, and below there was a heavy swell. It was really only through knowing what a funk the en- emy flier was in that I dared go for them. I let the enemy planes come nearer and neafer, and by the time they were ready for firing I dived at one of them. This so upset the poise of the three machines that they at first turned tail and then swung! around to come at me, making huge circles to get on my flanks again. "Prussian Politeness, " "But all that took time, and mean-| while I was nearing my base. Some- times the enemy machines were like too many cooks and the broth, nearly crashing into one another, which, of | course, upset. their nerves, Only one "of us seemed to be moving, for 2 lay- man should understand that when you !aye in the air only the other machine | appears to be moying, while you seem still. I was glad, I tell you, when I saw one of our fighting pl ' German does not like them, and when they saw. this fighting Briten they took ~ "to their heels. They probably knew, | too, who was. the flyer, as a man's style in the air is characteristic and "this happened to be a chap who had 'been very successful at air fighting. When a German trio turns tail at the sight of one British plane we call it | 'ithe Prussian code,of politeness.' We, admire the respect they show for our fighting machines, which, you can im- agine, does not detract from the confi- dence we have in our own superiority. ~ "I have had a string of luck in the last week, for it was only four days | ago that T sighted a Boche submarine and dropped a bomb on or near? if, Can't say whether the U-boat was| e in ok not, though.' After that I. was lonely; but I saw a torpedo boat near Zeebrugge and heaved a little; something at her, raced back' and let} 38 " 1 per whose goods have been sold. For failure to provisions of the order a penalty is provided of a fine of upto $500 or imprisonment for a term not exceed- ing six months, or both fine and im- 80! ' 40 ; Ps The Food Controller, through the Fish Committee of his office, is start- ing a campaign to increase the usd in Canada of frozen fish. This effort will be part of the larger campaign to increase consumption of al kinds of fish in order tp release , bacon and other meats for export to the Allies, . A member of the Fish Committee 'mand for frozen fish should result in Ithe decrease in ,market price as an 'abdhdant supply was available. Many pedple have a prejudice against frozen fish simply because they.do not under- stand the proper method of handling it. Whatever have been the practice in the past, the present method of freezing fish shortly after they are caught 'prevents deterioration and the fish is delivered 'to the consumer in ideal condition. : To prepare frozen fish for cooking {should be put in cold water and left there for several hours inl order that frost may be entirely thawed from it. It will then be in x ve same isi of condition as before it Ww Many people meke the : pouring hot, or éven boiling water, on. frozen fish in_order to thaw if. "This has the result of breaking down the tigsues'and leaving the fish in a flabby condition which makes it undesirable for. cooking. This practice is re: sponsiblé in 8 large measure for the prejudice among Canadian housewives against frozen fish of any kind. Li A million pounds of Canadiah frozen fish from the Pacific and 'Atlantic aré being consumed in England weekly. Be very careful not to scorch the - rendering it; but if you do, throw into it while melted a heap- ed tablespoonful of baking-soda for each gallon of lard. Lei it cook a while, then cool: ; i I wish there was a HOUSE. our fellows know about the German warship sneaking out" ; Lis of the opinion that an increased de-