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The Quality Twt "SAIAD/C wk EiAi â- CO CHBONIGLES 1 of 61N6EB FJiBM â- y QwMd«lln« P. dirk* When I was a little girl and k«anl a motorcar coming down the a(i««t I would run to ice it go by. I do tb« tame thing now becautc Mra An »ur inow-banked road* ar« aa grtat a novelty as they were in llioaa «arly days. In the mornings I watch to see ii the cars art get- Aag through â€" we know then wheth- er it will be possible for our milk to b« collected. We live on a pro- vincial highway and every effort Ii made to keep it open but there ii still only a narrow cut just wide •oough for a car or truck to get llirough, as the snowploughs have aot yet had a chance to use a wing, so quickly docs the snow All in each day. Our own car hasn't been out since Christmas By* but Partner has made several trips with the sleighs and John baa 'walked to town two or three times. But I â€" well, I'm a fair- weather traveller â€" I haven't left the house this year. There are plenty of stories as a ftsult of the storm â€" starling as it did on New Year's day. Many people were caught going to, or from, family "get-togethers" and had to stay wherever the car de- cided to sloiJ. Many farm homes had unexpected guests overnight, or for two or tliree days, depend- ing on wlitrc tlie farms were situ- ated, as the ploughs were only able to open the main ruads. Some of the back concessions are still im- passable even for teams. Milk ship- pers had tlitir own troubles â€" farmers having to take their milk to the nearest trucking centre, driving anywhere from one to five miles in open sleighs and often in a blinding storm. (City folk, please note I The milk doesn't arrive on your doorstep without some effort on the part of the farmers.) Doc- tors, too have been hard-hit, hav- ing sometimes to make trips by train to outlying districts. In other cases neighbours have spent many weary hours, d'Sgir.g and shovel- Iftijf, *o that the doctor might make Wfieez/ng^ Cougfi-ltockecl KIDDIES •dGROWN-UPSJOO get prompt relief and restful sleep whb Suckley'i Sluinleti Whit* Rub. A brisk massage over chest, bock and throat at bedtime with this faster penetrating rub creates Q glowing warmth that breaks up ooupy congestion, eases breath- big, looient the hard cough. Gel a {or of Buckley's Stainless White Rub TODAY. It must br'na relief FASTER or money bock. UCKLEY WHITE RUB ISSUE »â€" lB4i his way where Ma services were urgently' needed. During the keight of the storm, when there wasn't a road open anywhere around kcre, we heMd t plane overhead. Obviously travel- ling by air has Me advantagea. But we mortals are not the only ones with problems â€" our feathered friends have them too. One day I saw something flutter to the ground from the big poplar tree, just as a leaf might fall. Presently it moved and I saw it was an owl â€"a screech owl. It appeared to be stunned but after awhile it found itself a sheltered nook where a piece of bark had fallen away. At dinner time it was still there so John went out, caught it, and took it over to the driving shed where it could shelter from the storm. John said it was stiff with cold. Another time I heard such a com- motion in the back porch. It prov- ed to be a little nuthatch come in for cover I suppose, and then not at all happy when it found itself in close quarters. This little grey bird is sometimes called the "up- sidedown" bird, as well it might. I watched its antics for awhile and saw that it could hang by its feet from the ceiling just as easily as it could perch right side up from a level shelf. But I couldn't see the little thing unhappy for too long so I opened the door and away it went. Yesterday afternoon there was a sudden lull in the wind. The sun came out and it was a nice winter's day for about an hour. And in that time birds came to the field fence from every direction â€" hopping, flying and running â€" wherever weeds could be seen above the snowdrifts. We are often reminded to put out food for the birds in winter- time but I hardly think that is necessary on farms because none of the farm buildings is so tight but what little birds can find a way in, and can feed on chaff or even grain. But no doubt they are like humans â€" they enjoy a change of dietâ€" and when they can get out â€" then out i". <;> come, to feed on the most delectable weeds they can find. EVER SEE A BLACK MARKET? HELENE GARNELL A leading New York milliner sharci her sccrcta with those who need to save money, but wish to be smart and attractive. "IT'S FUN TO MAKE A HAT" In clear, precise language Helcne Garnell gives the fundamentals of home millinery. Each step is illustrated and there is no reason why the woman of to-day shouldn't have as many hats as she wanti at a very little cost. Send Postal Nol« of $1.50 to SMITHERS & BONELUE^TORONTO 1 170 BAY STREET Photo above shows a crowd of eager shoppers crowding the "main aisle" in one of Home's liveliest black markets. The mart, dealing chiefly in food, operates openly in broad daylight in the via Tor di Nona. Business took a setback recently when several black market pastry shops were looted, but in a couple of days the crowd was back in full force. The Jade God • By .MARY IMLAY TAYLOR Keep the home fires burning in a heart-and-f lowers s;ron! Small size. Pattern 4820, takes just ONE YARD I Easy embroidery included. Pattern 4920 comes in sizes small (14-ie), medium (18-80), large (40- 48), extra large (44-40). Small size, ONE YARD 86-inch material. Send twenty cents (80c) in coins (stamps cannot be accepted) for this pattern to Room 481, 73 Ade- laide .St. West, Toronto. Print plainly size, name, address, style number. • CHAPTER V 6 ark lifted his head. "No, I wasn't there by any chance. I don't know her, Mrs. Lynn." His hostess looked perplexed. "But sire should be your cousin; there are so few Byrams. You must cojiie in on the Tom Byram side?" Mark caught the gleeful malice in Landon's eyes. "No," he replied flatly, "not on any side. You're mistaken, Mrs. Lynn. I'm not related to tlie Utica Byranis." .She was a little taken aback. But a woman of the world passes such things over lightly; she turned the conversation swiftly, though her eyes flaslied one keen question at Landon. He reddened and moved uneasily in his chair. It was Pani who spoke softly to Mark. "I'm so glad! Those Utica By- rams are so stodgy. I didn't see how you could belong!" "I might be a hop out of kin, you know," he answered quickly, and then, in an undertone; "Suppose I'm not a Byram at all; what then?" "Oh, but it's your name!" she lauglied, as if at a luige joke. "But if it wasn't my name?" She lifted hre shining eyes, mis- chief in them. "What was it Ju- liet said? 'A rose by any other name?' " "Do you remember about that?" he asked her daringly. "The play?" she laughed out- right; "of course I do I" "With Romeo it was love at first sight," said Mark. * • * Again the flame that played in his e;res held hers. She drew a .quick breath, smiling, clmging des- perately to the conventions. She did not kijow that prison had made a pagan of him, like a pagan he was wooing her, and he knew he had no right to do it. The dinner ended too soon for him. He out- stayed the other guests. There was music and a little dancing again. Burleson took off a few to the opera. Pam taught Mark some dancing steps in the deserted ball- room. Landon had been carried off against his will, by Burleson. Mrs. Lynn was in the drawing room. "I can't see where you could have been!" Pam laughed. "Why, you know steps I never heard of â€" and not one I know!" "Noinansland has only one â€" the lockstcp" â€" Mark replied recklessly. He might have stayed too late but for Mrs. Lynn's entrance. She sent him away, still graciously. If he was not a Utica Byram he was something of a man. She was wo- man enough under her worldliness to be a little thrilled by that. Be- fore she knew what she was doing she had told him her days at home. "But, of course, Archie will bring you," she ended, suddenly cooling. • ♦ • Pam said nothing. She had told him all these things already, and another â€" she was in the habit of riding her pet horse in the park, mornings. This was something Ar- chie Land6n did not know; she did not want Landon and Banks there! It was after he left the house that Mark had his bad quarter of an huor. He had gone there as an im- postor, on the wager ot two worth- less boys, under an assumed name. It would be black enough for a mere joke, but he was an ex-con- vict. Given that, and they found him out, he would deserve some- thing worse than mere expulsion. "A man does mad things when One Gesture â€" Two Desserts! If you're at a loss for time, try out this quick-method system for preparing desserts for two meals with litHe more effort than it takes to make one dessert. Make a dou- ble batch of pastry. Line pastry tin with half the dough and fill it with a spicy Pumpkin Chiffon filling. Mold the other half ' f the pastry into tart shells, and fill with Lemon Chiffon. It's as simple as 1-2-3, and you're all set with a pic for dinner one day, and tempting tarts for the next day! Pumpkin Chiffon Pie 1 envelope plain unflavored gelatine J4 cup cold water 3 egg yolks '/a cup sugar 1}4 cup- pumpkin (canned or fresh) ( % cup milk Vi teaspoon ginger }i teaspon cinnamon )/^ teaspon nutni<|[ '/i teaspoon salt H cup sugar a egg whites Beat egg yolks, add one-half cup sugar, pumpkin, milk, spices, and salt Cook in double boiler until thickened, stirring constantly. Soften gelatine in cold water and dissolve in hot custard. Cool, and when mixture begins to thicken fold in stiffly beaten egg whites to which remaining sugar has been added. Pour into baked pie shell or .crumb crust ai.d chill. Garnish with whipped cream if desired, just before serving. Lemon Chiffon Tarts 1 envelope plain unflavored ge- latine ]i cup cold water 3 eggs Ji cup sugar yi cup honey Ya cup lemon juice Ya teaspoon salt 1 teaspoon grated lemon rind Add honey, lemon juice and salt to beaten egg yolks, and cook over boiling water until of custard con- sistency. Soften gelatine in cold water and dissolve in hot custard mixture. Add grated lemon rind. Cool, and when mixture begins to thicken, fold in stiffly lieatcn egg whites to which sutjar has been added. I'"ill l)a!;ed tart sliells and chill. Just hcicre sirviin; ^i>r--a<l a thin layer tif "h ' > d r ; ni over tartSb if dt'Mri'd. Mt lo level" be thought. B«t it troubled bim. He tramped the atreeti, thinking of it, wretched at heart. It was past midnight when be went in aearcl: of Teddy Banks. He \»anted his own clothes. Besides, it was part of the bargain to report to the young scapegrace. He found Banks alone and sulkyâ€" his rooms, a bachelor's suite, thick with cigarette smoke. "I won." said Mark, beginning to take off his coat. Banks stared at him, biting his cigarette. "I know I Archie's been here, rip- ping mad. What the deuce did you do there, anyway?" "Got asked to dinner. Did he pay his wager?" ♦ ♦ • Teddy nodded. "He did, and swore he'd like to murder miel Come, what happened? Tell me I" "Nothing happened. I was well received and asked to dinner." "By the great lady herself? Ted- ^y slapped his knee, laughing up- roariously. "What did I say? Any fellow with a clean shirti I got my money out of Archie." "Archie says you threw back five hundred dollars. Why?" "Vou'd better ask me why I took It in the first place," Mark retort- ed bitterly. "I think I was mad." Some remnant of conscience stirred in young Banks. "It was only for tonight!" he ealled after him thickly. "Only for tonight; that's flat, rememberâ€" you can't go back there, you knowl" Mark thought the boy had been drinking again. He did not answer. He shut the door on him and went out to walk the streets all night. There was even an exhilarating freedom in doing it. It was nine o'clock when Mark Grant, sleepless and breakfastless, went back to Fosdick's office. To- day he would receive His aunt's leg- acy. It would give him the means to go away. He remembered his rehef at that thoiight yesterday; today it means exile! * ♦ ♦ Fosdick, coming in to find him there, waiting, was no more cor- dial than on the previous day. But he took the matter up; it was ap- parent that his idea was to get done with it and with Mark. "You'll have some papers to sign,' he said bluntly. "Come over to the courthouse, there are form- alities." Fosdick showed scant courtesy, but the money was intactâ€" thanks to the little lawyer's scrupulous care. "I wouldn't have let her leave it to you if I'd had my way," he said bluntly, as they closed the business up. Mark reddened in spite of him- self. "Mr. Fosdick, do ycu remem- ber Herbert Burleson?" The lawyer shot another look at him. "Sure, I do! He's the great Burleson, now. Why d'you ask?" "I saw him yesterday." Fosdick started, and then he remembered that it might have been the merest chance. He nod- ded. "Very likely. He's got a kind of palace here." Mark, folding some papers in his pocket, assented thoughtfully. "He was with my uncle thai last day; he knew there was no quarrel be- tween us. He could have testified for me." Fosdick drummed on his desk. "It's late to think of that.-" he said coldly. "I tried to bring it out; no one believed me." « * * Fosdick shrugged. ".•Vre you try- ing to imagine Burleson will clear you now?" Mark rose. He had money in his pocket; he looked grimly down at the sneering little man. "A man has a right to fight for his life, Mr. Fosdick. I'm young still. I've got red blood in meâ€" I'm going to light for my life." F'osdick looked him over thought- fully. For the first time he seemed to realize the man who had come back. There was power in the fig- ure and the face; Mark stood up- right, unashamed. In spite of him- self the little lawyer was impress- ed. But he fingered the papers on his desk impatiently; he was not one to adii^it he had been touched by anything. "Better go west and live it down," he advised dryly; "no easy thing to dig up evidence after fif- teen years. It would take your twenty thousand all right. 1 sup- pose -^ when you find the evi- dence â€" " he grinned â€" "you'll set up your claim to the Barton fortune." 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