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bj f r v u c lilii- a xdtftufit wbkhbmbhr 1 193 livttv j-l- j th acton jpree pkess paobthhab x i- i an adventure for mother td hat in the worldheimatter asked emily jane pausing with the potato masher poised in her hand mother who was occupied with the gravy turned to listen- walter and hugh i suppose she said walter never can resist a chance to tease no but listen to father said emily jane hejitftrirltshoutlng over some thing ihavent heard him laugh so bard fop just then father burst into the kitchen like an uproarious schoolboy with walter ond tl 1n i- piirnnti titetenjl be commanded waving the evening paper- impressively and read the louden burglary case is the first on the docketofthe next eession of bourtand will therefore come up tor trial an june 18 that session of court will be unique as the first one in the county with wo men impaneled its jurors those whose names have been drawn are aa follows mrs martha j berbower wife of father youre fooling exclaimed anily jane running to look over his shoulder look at mother i cried hugh shes as white as a sheet youre just in fun arent you father inquired mother leaving the gravy to its fate while she reached for the paper with one hand and sought her reading glasses on the clock shelf with the other not a bit of it declared father look for yourself i here it is mother read the brief paragraph sev eral times in silence emily jane having satisfied her doubts went to rescue the gravy its a joke on mother declared wal ter heres mother who always said she didnt want any vote because it would be so horrid to have to serve on a jury and she just wouldnt do it shed pay her fine or go to jail or do any thing at all to get out of it and isnt she the very first woman in the county to be drawn for the job o my whatu you do now mother skip the country or bide in the coal bin i dont see why she has to serve argued hugn who always argued about everything they ought to let people off who have to keep house and get meals for a family and keep still boys said father give mother a chance tosay a word for herself must i really do it asked mother with a quiver of her comfortable double chin isnt there any way to get out of it oh i just cant cheer up said latner its a big honor you know and if you get drawn for the louden burglary case it will be the occasion of your life why that case has the whole town stirred up masked bandits and all that and then since its the first time women have served on a jury the courthouse will be jammed oh thats just it lamented mother upsetting the flour sieve in her excite ment why i never even went to see a case tried and theyll get me tangled up and hold on mother walter interrupted her youre not going to be summoned as a witness you know youll just sit and listen and then go out and vote whatever you think is right after youve heard the evidence i wish i were in your place suppers on the table and getting cold put in emily jane we can talk it all over while were eatingr- oome boys come father never you mind mother she added gently pushing her into her chair youll do it all right and well all be proud of you great hilarity prevailed during the meal i understand now said walter over the mound of potatoes on his pufte why they have a woman with scales on top of the courthouse i always thought it was drawn for duty an the traverse jury at the coming session and that she should present herself at the courtroom on june 18 her period of servicejwas to be two weeks and such longer time as might be necessary to finish any case for which she was impaneled as a juror while she was reading the awful summons over and over with a rapidly beating heart emily jane came home from her shopping she had purchased a beautiful soft brown voile that showed a silvery satin stripe when it was turned to catch the light little later mother set the scissors in it with the air of a martyr begin ning her execution robe but the beauty of the material and the joy of planning the new dress quickly won her to a hap pier frame of mind presently she was immersed in problems such as no male jury was ever- asked to solve and in mysteries such as would baffle the keen est of legal minds panels or- a tunic effect panels of course for a jury said walter overhearing the discussion a square neck or a v kimono or set- in sleeves a vest or a surplice front such questions the prospective juror faced and decided without a tremor she was on familiar ground and could give her verdict with promptness and decision apparently mother was now herself funny when women hadnt a thing to do but no one except emily jane guessed with settling the cases but people are the sick pang that made her heart turn cdmlng tnlthelr u nnw and living ijp to their emblem and youre it mother do let mother alone pleaded emily jane she isnt easing a bit of supper when the mel was over and the dishes removed mother sat down in the kitchen weakly i ant do it emily jane i sjmply cant im going tofcave a sick headache or something im sure i am why it gives me a headache just to think about it dont think said wise emily jane youre not expected to think till the time comes i i believe you would enjoy it said her mother enviously all i can say is i- wish you hadhechance i dont- yearn for adventures at my age now mother dear dont begin to s at my age emily jane warned her the thing forus totntnk about is what are you going to wear a mystic change of expression passed over mrs benbowers woebegone face a sort of lightening and uplifting of the features here was something definite to hold to in the chaos of her thoughts oh i suppose my gray suit she began but emily jane had been planning before she spoke youll melt she declared you know haw hot it has been all the month and the paper says its to be- hotter yet next week the courtroon will be a per fect oven she stopped herself just in time she had been about to add wmhrjsjrthat crowd init yes i know said mother sighing but its all i have thats suitable you must have a new dress 1 said emily jane firmly you always put your money into new curtains and table cloths and things like that and you never buy anything new for yourself that gray suit la at least six years old now im going shopping tomorrow morning and when i get home were going to get out your patterns and cut you a new voile dress you need one anyway you cant wear that heavy suit to church a summer like this yes i know youve done it before but weve had cool summers this one is tremens dously hoti no dont object please as mother began a halfhearted protest this is absolutely necessary and we can just get it done in time if we begin at once mothers spirits had risen visibly at the prospect and emily jane now lured her to the front porch where they spent the rest of the evening discussing styles and also peacefully tor father and the boys had gone to a twilight baseball game next morning a policeman brought mothers official notice that she had been rriday it was really kind of the boys thought- emily jane to have ibuch un usually large holes in their socks that week by saturday noon the house was jnorder and the baking ftfdone then amottcar eclipse of spirit seemed about to fan on mother but fortunately an advertising handbill thrown in at the door gave emily jane an inspiration mother youve simply got to come up town wlthme this afternoon miss markellls having a sale of hats this is your chance to get a new one- towear with your brown dress you cant wear tbat rusty old black one with this beaut iful brown voile mother objected o emily jane it too much expense no it isnt mother persisted emily jane come along anyway and see what she has you donti have to huya two hours later emily jane and mother emerged from miss markells with something to a paper bag its a wonderful bargain emily jane was saying three dollars for seven dollar hat that braid is beautiful and its just the shape for you and its exactly the shade of your brown dress when they got home walter was standin l thu wen mbther7 to theprlsoner at the bar the lady of the scales thats you you talk as if mother were a mer maid said hugh grinning anyhow its going to take some brains to decide that louden case say i wish td been round when those fellows come driving up to loudens jewellery store in a oar and then going in and holding up did louden and his clerk with revolvers andbasks on and im glad i wasnt there said mother shivering slightly itll be bad enough to hear them tell all about it if i do but the men got away didnt they 1 sure they went right on before any body could catch them said hugh but of course everybody in six countries got busy looking them up and when this girl over in jacksonburg got a diamond engagement ring from a fellow who was getting two dollars a day scrubbing cars in a garage people began to talk then when mr louden went over and identi fied it as part of the stock hed lost and the fellow wouldnt tell how he got it why jt is as plain as daylight he must have been it well you dont have to decide it said walter thats mothers job and dont you be scared mother well all go and 4it in the front row and when youye sworn in well all burst into tears and tell the judge youve geen a good mother to us and wunt he please make the sentence as light aa possible and oyer wheneve s th t-of- 1 room the crowds the inquisitive lawyers the watchful judge and that dreadful unknown quantity the prisoner whose fate she was to help decide by the following tuesday the dress was almost done as she was sewing on the hidden snaps melancholy began to settle down on herand emily jane who was watching knew that something else must be done to keepwher mind occupied until the important moment while she was debating her next move the telephone rang mrs benbower this is the clerk of the court you were drawn for jury ser vice beginning on thursday well this is to inform you that the session is post poned till next monday the judge is sick o dear groaned emily jane to her self how shall we get through with it but mother had solved the problem for both of them emily jane she said excitedly do you hear that the ses sion is postponed tilt monday well have to do the washing and ironing the ried thinking that next week is our week to wash of course we couldnt have done it earlier this week with the dress to finish isnt it good that we can get it done after all washing ironing and mending occupl ed wednesday thursday and part of county she did not like his face it looked sarcastic and disagreeable fine did not- look ibng at him for he made her uneasy the groups near by were safe tojlook at that pale girl with the handkerchief in her baud must surely be the one whose engagement ring had brought her fiance into trouble that also made mrs benbower uncomfortable and she was glad when the drawing of jurors began as chances would have it hers was the first name drawn somehow she answered to her name and then the disagreeable lawyer from barker county began to ask her questions she hoped nobody could hear her heart beat it sounded very loud in her own ears ah mra benbower said the coun sel for the defense suavely you are quite sure you have formed no prejudice against the prisoner i why no sir 1 hope not replied mrs benbower shakily you have never seen him do not know him in any way presjsted the lawyer where is he please she asked un certainly looking round with bewilder ment at the maze of faces there he is said the lawyer point- he called theyve given you another reprieve the session is postponed an other week th judge has the gout rr jaw groaijjgd in spirit how should they get through that tveekjwrth no washing to do flather she said privately to mr benbower that night weve simply got to get a crate of cherries next week cherries my dear girl cried mr benbower do you know how scarce cherries are this year your mother said she wouldnt dream of paying the price for fihem i know said emily jane but its cherries or doctors bills ive done all i can but she wont consent to any more dressmaking or millinery and we just cleaned house in may weve simply got to keep her busy till this wretched jury service begins its all that keeps her up and cherries are the only thing i can think of s all right grumbled her father i suppose we must but it will worrry her knowing how dear they axe thats why i want you tq get them father said emily jane you neednt tell her the price only say you had a chance to get some and it made you so hungry for cherry preserves that you couldnt resist she wont grudge the price anyway if you want them so to spite of the heat mrs benbower spent the next week happily enough over hor preserving kettle a further inspira tion had added two dozen pineapples fox marmalade and once more mother made momentous decisions this time of quan tities of sugar stage of preservedness quality of rubber rings she formed rapid and accruate conclusions without any undue strain here again she was in her own sphere and could almost forget that she was ordered to leave it for the un familiar jury box by this time mr bewbower had be come aware that the impending jury duty was not a joke to his wife in spite of emily janes devices she anticipation was teung on her nho tossed- atnighi and talked in her sleep ill tell you what well do mother be said one evening when she was almost through with the preserving you know l- get my vacation the latter part of july well you and i will just run off and take a little trip all by ourselves out to see the folks in iowa you have all these new clothes and emily jane can manage with only the boys to cook for what do you say he was repaid by the brightening of her face and by the eager plans she began to make for three whole hours she arranged everything beautifully and had the first two days menu all planned for emily jane before the fateful jangle of the teleptfone bell interrupted her after she had answered the call she looked so startled that emily jane ran bb her session postponed mothei gasped feebly postponed till july 151 of all things cried emily jane in dignantly oh well raspberries are ripe and then blackberries come and you shall have a trip some time mother dearest las fcsryptian liniment al- ways in the stable ready for immediate use removes proud flesh and inflam mation thrush or hoof rot and lnfec- t o cowsteat the long weeks wore themselves out at last the louden case was up for trial and the expected crowd had gather ed it wasnot often tbat so sensational a case disturbed the quiet of the rural county seat even before daylight the carriages and automobiles had come in be neighboring towns and the scattered farmhouses bringing a curi ous throng as soon as the doors were opened people went pouring in deter mined to obtain seats by nine olock when court opened even the window sills and the radiators were occupied and man spectators were content merely to find standing room the benbowers sat not indeed in the front row but in prominent places and their gaze rested on a matronly figure a few rows ahead in one of the seats reserved for the talesmen she was dressed in brown voile her double chin quivered now and then and her eyes seemed not to dare to look their way mrs benbower having that morning broken three plates salted her coffee and cut her fingers with the bread knife had finally been robed in the brown voile with emily janets assistance and had walked to thp courthouse with a queer shaky sensatloitjjft her knees now she was trying to accustom herself to the strange surroundings and pick put if she could the persons who were to play the leading parts in the days drama it end of this weak isnt itfortunaterfwas ntt harttotcourse to distinguish you know id been getting quite- wor- mrs benbower turned to look and the defendant raised to her the face of a boy a boy no older than walter a face worn- and haggard but with a straight gaze from brown eyes tbat some how asked her to believe in him what that boy she exclaimed is not the prisoner he is the prisoner madam insisted the lawyer you never saw him be fore oh no but he cant be the prisoner surely i that boy with a face like that he never challenged snapped- the prosecutor andvmrs benbower still dazed was escorted from the stand i dont understand it at all she said to her family who met her at the front entrance after struggling through the delighted crowd tta all right mother said mr ben bower you gave your- verdict a little coo soon thats an and probably a correct one added walter ill back mother every time for woman he quoted knows all man knows and in addition knows every thing by intuition i dont see why they had to put her off the jury for that grumbled hugh all the rest probably think the same only they arent saying so ril bet theyve got the wrong fellow never mind its over now whis pered emily jane and you looked so nice in your new things mother mrs benbower still slightly bewild ered straightened her new hat and de clared that person who interrrupted me was very rude i must say he didnt even let me finish my sentence im rather disappointed novto have gone on after all it would have been a real ad venture to sit on a jury you had beeter believe that if i get a chance on any of the other cases they wont throw me out so easily planting herbaceous peren nials in the milder sections of- the country moat perennials can be planted success fully until quite late in fall but where the winters are severe care should be taken so that plarrtfngis finished several weeks before the ground is hard frozen and aunulch of straw or other suitable material applied perennials that have grown from seed sown in spring- and transplanted during the summer shoulcv be ready to put in their permanent places in september if the ground js dry water thoroughly so that the soil adheres to the roots when the plants are lifted if olantfng in a border group three jiq five plants pf each variety together leaving ample space so that eaeh plant can develop to its full size iris plants can be divided quite late in september although july and august are generally considered the best time to do this at the central experimental farm we have found that iris plants generally begin to show signs of falling after three or four years when the flowers begin to grow- smaller the plant should be dug up and the oldest parts of the rhlaome discarded pieces with several fans of good healthy leaves should be chosenand lheetirfour can be planted about a foot apart ina clump in a larger border- in small border a single division is sometimes sufficient the soil where they have to go should hefbe well dug and some hone meal added before replanting the roots should be made firm but the rhizomes should be just at the surface of the sou a sunny position should be chosen for the tall bearded varieties peony can stay in the same place for many years but in time the flowers begin to fail and grow smaller than they used to do when this occurs it is time to move and divide them september is the best season to do this if it is possible to givethem a new bed it is better to do so if this cannot be done then the plants should be dug up and the old soil removed and new good soil put in its place a handful of bone- meal for each plant should be mixed in with the new sofi after digging the plant wash off all the soil and divide the roots as carefully- as possible divisions with four or five eyes are the best for anordlnary garden though smaller div isions can te made if a larger number of plants ate required peonies should be planted so that there is two inches of soil above the eye too deep plant ing is one of the causes why peonies fall to bloom ttear hew woitdem wew world enterprise ofoutstatidingprominenee recognized institution pf canadian life the big annual event looked forward to with keen anticipation by hundreds of thousands of canadians how to select seed potatoes selecting the seed is one of the most important factors in successful potato culture unfortunately far too many farmers seem to neglect this essential point there are generally three ways of selecting the seed 1 putting aside a certain quantity of tubers in ths spring 2 choosing the nicest part of a field 3 selecting foundation seed in iso lated hills the first method is the most popular winch does not mean that it is the best as its adoption is due to the law of min imum effort rather than to its results it consists in putting aside in a corner of the cellar in the spring a certain quantity of tubers corresponding approx imately to the area which is to b plant- ed the second method a followed by a fair number of potato planters who wish to succeed and it is more logical than the first the nicest part of the field is chosen for the future seed and all dls- eased plants ura removed finally here is the most methodical and rational method which a very small number only has adopted it consists in using foundation seed which has been submitted to two field and two cellar in spections and an extensive- selection the procedure is very easy the best looking plants are marked at digging time four or five tubers from- each of these plants are taken and kept separ ately the folowing spring each tuber is cut into four sections which are planted in a single hill during the season growth all the grower has to do it watch for anipull out the diseased plants if a plant in a hill shows symp toms of disease pull out the whole hill by following this last method the prescence of the- qualities in the tubers necessary for a successful crop is assured these qualities are production varieted type vigor and freedom from disease the judge he looked the part with his grave judicial face once she thought she caught a twinkle fn his eye when one cf the lawyers spoke to him but of course that could be nothing but her imagination the lawyers were mostly familiar figures but the counsel for the defense had been brought from another persian balm the one toilet requisite for dainty women delightful to use leaves no stlcktojsssvlfyyabsortedjty the tissues delicately fragrant imparts a velvety loveliness to- the complexion tones up the skin seethes and banishes all unpleasant roughness or chafing caus ed by wind and other weather conditions makes hands soft and white creates an elusive essentially feminine charm pers ian balm is lhdlspenslble to women of refinement when to stick you hear so much in praise of the people who stick to things that some times you lose sight of the fact that this may also be a mistake some of you may know young people who took a fancy to each other when they were about fourteen long ago it was appar ent to all their crowd that they were not congenial they never think alike on any subject the little peculiarities of each one irritate the other yet they have a queermistaken idea of- loyalty sojhat they will probably stick to each other and some day add one more to the number of unhappy mar riages mmi twenty yea ag6 a youngman who had been a rhodes scholar and had a position in a small college received a dazzling offer from a business man of his acquaintance the business man believed lin the young fellows ability and promis ed to make him a millionaire to the young scholar tbat promise had a plea sant sound and he took the job offered him after about three years he made up his mind that he was paying too big a price for beffig a millionaire he gave up his job and went back to teaching of course there weri plenty of people to shake their jheads over him and pro nounce him a rolling stone but a few thought him sensible for not sticking until he had pund the thing to which he wanted to stick the fact that he has since risen to the top of his pro fession would indicate that the few were correct in their judgment m readymade medicine you need no lphysician fir ordinary ius when you have at hand a bottle of dr thomas eclectic oil for coughs colds sore throat bronichlal troubles it is invalu able fpr scalds burns bruises sprains it is unsurpassed while for cuts sores and tb like it is an unquestionable- healer it needs no testimonial other than the use and that will satisfy any one as to its effectiveness children pojft to his bright infant whats wrong son 12 years old i had a terrible scene with your wife 1 pageantry recreation agriculture art music science industry education fashions travel sport engineering automotive construction bessesothbam band t mr fred roylt itu bac fbco director from england the oldest and finestbraaa band hi europe winners of 250 awards thirty other bands the triumph 1 beautiful and dramatic pageant depicting empire ascendancy heroism chivalry and sacrifice of great peoples 1600 performers on worlds largest stage spectacular pyrotechnic finale every evening in front of the grandstand horses cattle sheep swine poultry judging competitionat horti culture international dog and catshows trotting and pacing races and 6000 futurities 2000voice exhibition 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