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© sion. Dopyright Houghton Miia Company bY special arrangem Toronto him; he longed for the hour of deliv- erance. He raised his eyes and, lookin| {t was '® down the: road, knew that and. i There through the rain the troops came marching a dull brown line. | Jerry rejoined i CHAPTER VII.--(Cont'd.) "We weren't the first to shoot, and we. won't be the second," said Dob- bins. "But we'll shoot if we have to." Jerry Donohue, in the front rank of the strikers, tingled with excitement and suspente. Such a stillness had fallen that he heard the breathing of | the man next to him. Fasc he : kept his eyes fixed on the sheriff, al , red-faced man who had lost his! and realize that we ar a crisis, the most & j has ever witness whatso There used to be talk among farm- ers derogatory to the city man and | other inexperienced laborers who | sometimes. sought employment tem- Such talk is his comrades; silent- y they formed in front of the mill gates, true to their standard of mili- ii, hh gh Be mi ; then the advance P : hat n the scrimmage and whose bald, yu halted and the officer in a out of place now, oad | fisasned in the hot Au ast SUL 'mand came forward alone. sixty miles from Paris tions; sweat oe ETE. bi When he drew near, there was an, available man in Britain. face: but with the revolver in his hand exclamation of recogrition atnty| fighting to save not only his own he was not quite an object for deri-| he ranks of the men. Joo country but. this country as well. | Such Canadian farmers forget that Jerry watched him with the! : absorption of a mere spectator, one proved to be that offices who lad been they themselves have been farmers $ in not himself involved in the drama, an: : : y them their zeal for military discipline all their lives and in war time they wondered what, he would do. | ang instructed them in the manual of can't expect to secure men volunteer Soren aid f looked about lim: bis. arms. | ing from the cities with an experience ' ly he returned his revolver to his Roger Trask came on briskly and in farm work equal to their owi. That ya. ; sewed > search the thion oD is an impossibility. But it is not im- 4] don't propose to engage in a , : | possible that farm produ ~of this pitched battle with you men," he said.! the stiff alignment, but saying, "Hello, o untry be increased despite' the You defy the evil authorities; ve boys, 1 want to have a ta th you,' sh : well. In a day or two you are. likely be came ¢ up {lose and Shen greeted shortage of iy perience lobo 4 That ree or four by name. ello, Jerry; xper)- to find yourselves under martial law," | po" are you, Donaldson; come on; ence of this country in the manufac- don't Hold off; gather round and let ture of munitions, me talk to you--and then you talk to, When the war started Canada Was me, just as straight as your like." His absolutely inexperienced unskilled my manner was magnetic, there was sii" and without the machinery for the § Surity india yoies and eves, they als manufacture of munitions. But the gince the night before, when the £0 ew. Liat he | manufact ' y lend. Neither J Donald- | manufac urers got to work. They i { friend. Neither Jerry nor DOWEL ye gied the problem and they solved it. To-day Canada is turning out mil- overnor's decision to call out the : Rational Guard had been published. | gon. offered Jesigtanee when he took, ha on either sidé of him they ; lions of dollars worth of shells every others; neither of them' month from the largest to the small- Immediately upon the receipt of that : news many of the gieijere liad slipped standin 2 away. ey realize rther re- 3 sistance dle and oT ae sought. W Sacape from a position Of est, and the most minute mechanical ed punishment for past resistance i suet doubt oh nor, aduall a 9 contrivances in connection with fuses they remained. ut most of the) 3Pox® hi 8: 0 yg PR aa Ni closed o 4 time charges. Canada's record men, though admitting the futility of 8 wt im Tv pion h m8 ag in the manufacture of munitions is one rolonging the fight, were animated , . m Sorry e thie osel or Cm of the surprises of the war. It was y a resolve to make no premature y: ¥ Symp Hos But Bh Prot made by Canad i | «Ca ada surrender. Even es, Shey ail knew | YOUR you 18 308 DENG orders 'such Can't" but Toy adopting the motte at their rebellion had been alread as may a rise from violence or in-! "Canada Can". timidation--' fuse to try because of the scarcity of overcome, they chose to compel the ef- Canada did not re- "You mean," said Jerry, '"You'Te|ighor but set to work to organize and fective demonstration of the fact. was not a stimulating prospect, hi iwald 3 gent here to hold us away from the' Br a the drigslin) San hat gates while outsiders walk in and take | employed men and girls who had never i nil our places. trickled down inside upturned coat- "ugre must see that the law is. en- forced and that there is no interfer- Yes, Jerry, collars made it_difficult for them to maintain the desirable spirited ap-| "with personal libert: ay: ou've stated what our unction must rance. They stood about discuss- ing the course that after the tapitula~ These gatherings at the gates must be discontinued; and I would 8 tion it might be best for each one to eat deal rather have Fie decide to Wa CHAPTER VIIL oup on duty before the gates at the end was near. e: it--had been The knew t whole town was aware of ascended from meditative +he moist "said Jerry. "there's no use against bayonets. credit any longer at tbe local stores. Tq Jerry, remembering the extrava- ant aims and expenditures of the amily, the gossi seemed only too likely to be well grounded. He thought of Nora in the unfamiliar at- mosphere of squalor that must now surround her, with a drunken father and brother sprawling before her eyes and a bitter, shrewish, and discourag- ed mother g em sand her and a hot desire to be her res- cuér, to bear her away to peace and comfort and happiness, burned in him, only to leave , with the quench- ing of it by common sense, more mis- erable than ever. e couldn' serve her, he couldn't marry her, even if she were willing; he had nothing to offer. He was himself a dependent now on his mother's little hoard--a dependent as much as the three motherless chil- dren that she had taken into the house --motherless and, as Je! thought, soon to be fatherless; Di was now but 8 tottering w of a man. Yet the thought of Nora in misery, want, drove him | ¥ follow. ost. of them were disposed fo seek, sgain their old positions in disperse quietly, no w my request "Not for me," said i an compelle order up the toa Seaton e8id Jerry = os pss roops gud clear the street by superior mark down opposite my name. I'm ores. : going to get a job of city, and "you re here . ust as the agent of then I'm going to night school; if you the m 1l-owners. : don't have an education you're boun It's an unfortunate fact that the| uy, yg js developing m ideas toe somebody's man all your life." reservation of order is likely to bene-', po 0 P A at "hn education's no guarantee vith. | fit them rather than you. But it's; erto unknown to most Ca ) en" replied one of the group "A job only the preservation of order that we| and the greatest of these is thrift. that you can save money in that's all | concern ouselves with." We hear it on every hand, from the that counts." Have they got another gang of|kitchen and linen closet; through "Where will you find one of those?" strike-breakens that they're going 10 every branch of home-making--and asked another." "Unless you've got a run right in under your protection?" in the streets it pursues us in the rich friend to help you to it." "1 don't know anything about their | go. of placards beseeching us ~ to "Sure, that's the Hn declared a | Plans. Jerry. T'sympathize with you 1 - different fund Ei hh th third derisively. "A zich friend! And! people, ut it's my duty to see t at Save for the erent funds whic! e where would we be getting a rich you disperse." war has made Tiecessary, friend!" "What if we don't?" Food we must save, and we're do- Smoke «Then we shall have te march up|ing it gladly and willingly. Linen we pipes and was dissipated in with bayonets. You'll find it better| can't buy anyway, and wool' is ls air in hopeless inquiry. in the end that you should be on good most out of sight. ' And we are find- Jerry iin is coat more close-| terms with us, Now I don't want to). =~ op 0 ht. lar Seatifull ly round him, settled his chin in his have to make it a military command; 1 ng that we can get along beau y collar more doggedly. Nothing to ask you, as a friend, to break up this with the Japanese lunch cloths for our do now but wait it out. His thoughts gathering. tables, and that while shoddy Isn't 50 at the moment turned, not to his own "Well," satisfactory as pure wool fo. gar: and his mother's uncertain outlook, frying te jgtand out merks, we, aan wear it ud be warm, ifficulti m . . is n| win the war. 1 the difficultion of the Sea a He detached himself from Trask's ye in ey miss just father for two days; when he had fae and walked away. JDonaldson| yo thefood board desires of them seen them, the were both unsteady ollowed; the movement became geN-| jo" njernourish their famili It from drink, unfit for picket duty, and eral. en a few moments later and. underfionr eir. Sam! ies. 3 had been led away to sober off. There | Trask brought up his men, the space is not thrift, but the worst sort of was talk among the men that the in front, of the gates wag clear; only | extravagance to rob the growing chil- Scanlans were especially hard-pressed | O% the neighboring street corners dren of the foods they need to promote -- without funds and unable to get oups loitered and watched with un-| the healthful growth of bone and mus- Friendly eves, tho ros Mationed ed cle. Adults may get along for quite a e i : e vacant land on the hillton where a While on diminished rations, bub they were to pitch their tents children need certain foods to maks Th - of | the cells which build up the orga sk. | and it is nothing short of criminal to at afternoon the importation foreign labor was resumed. Tra stood at the gates and watched the) rocession pass. Among the faces Pr recognized a few; some of the! that he had drilled had and were seeking re- their old jobs. He looked in vain for Jes Donohue. He noticed one man, el erly, haggard, emaciated, who 'walked with feeble steps and coughed feobly. e next afternoon when the guard was_bel changed, Trask was again at he 8 4 mai samme running out, crying that there a n an 8c-| necial Cit is an cident. Not wal the! ich. ly cause and 8 The milk be in progress, deprive them of these things. Milk, which just now is plentiful in Ontario, though there are differences of opinion about its cheapness, is one of the hest things for the growing boy and girl. And we are not asked go save on that. On the other hand, are y buy it and save on meat. Few chil- dren dislike milk and they should be given it freely--to drink, in custards and puddings, milk gravy and vege- table cream soups. In the soups, es- oung men allen into line instatement in | ucosry for gromih 5d, Oe e cream is en out, eo yards. and ° he vegetables give the mineral salts nec- ind one of the grea essary. Any vegetable may be cook- fron sheds. Li ed until soft, put through a ricer, and was the man Who the water in which it is cooked, with 16 the pulp, added to scalded milk, the whole thickened with a little corn- sarc, wad sored Pi ot milk, vegets | fruit, and a certain amount of dimple sweets may be given the without interfering with the program. ~ And if the yo or ag gem of, i ks "| oatmeal breads, they will est 3. Feed the thrift rs do "say 'a pancake turner, Lah the fifth army under was overwhelmed .and It looked inevitable that the Huns would break through and capture were soldiers, cooks, railway construction 0 Inbgrers, medical service wen, fans: port men, or whatever they were and organized them to fill the breach: With these men he succeeded in doing what the 5th Army failed to do--he ne!" With no training in and no fighting eral Carey gathered them together, and this nondescript gathering of troops kept the Huns back for six days and nights until re-enforcements arrived. General Carey did not say «] can't use this untrained class of men", but he set to work without a monment's hesitation 'to make the best of them, and he succeeded in sav- ing the British arm and its allies from a desperate an Similarily, if the Canadian farmer OUSE DIFFERENT IDEAS OF THRIFT. cleaners, mangles and acetylene ranges which every woman longs fof but which many cannot ord, but the dozens of little things which every wo- man could have and doesn't buy for the sake of saving a gent. For in- stance, a carpet sweeper can be bought for $4.50 which will last for years. Brooms are to-day $1.00 apiece 'and the carpet sweeper will outwear twenty-five or thirty brooms. Yet how many women go on without this very handy article when they might just as well have it. Charcoal and gasoline irons cost no more than a good set of the sort which must heated on the stove. But how many women §weat through the heat of July and August because they won't invest in a different iron? And the host of little things wnich help. Think of getting along without when you can buy one for a nickle. Or without a ten cent paring knife, or an egg-beater or whip, either of which costs a dime. Strainers, spatulas, wire potato mash- ers, knobs for covers, dippers, can fill- ers, can openers, méasuring cups, soap shakers, basins of all sizes, market baskets, scoops--why, what can't you | buy for ten cents? Turn a woman foose in a ten-cent store with two dol- Jars and she could pick up enough to to they are ideal dinner or lunch |" furnishes tho protein | save herself hundreds of steps a day. Yet how many women keep on saving money and losing time and temper, under the mistaken impression that thrifty. ./ Let us be thrifty, by all means. But be sure that what we practice isn't niggardliness. : re Wash Boller as Canner. children] won. bo y Man's ghamly race with Death will be fil » » Bes gtis No longer Then shall He shail oo soaring as the eagle es, to Ro Unwearied, and with strength re-} newed ari se; He shall obscure the sun--when wars are done. ' The lion and the ox in calm shall dwell, a The little child shall lead them with- out harm, The grey, parched desert's oys shall tell, g The vineyard's yield, the presses over- run, When earth is swayed by love's all- potent charm, Peace shall eclipse the sun--when | wars are done! © repaint TELEPHONE DEAFNESS. blooms its May be Avoided by Proper Holding of | the Receiver. Telephone users--and they are all of us--will be interested in the sub- ject of telephone deafness. 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