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X *S@i r-f WHAT CHRISTMAS BROUGHT TO THE AUSTIN FAMILY v ™ By-Gladys .T. Jackson, M.E., Newcastle, Ont, . so many kinds. One small tin makes heaps of taffy, and anyone who has ever tried it knows that taffy-making is heaps of fun ! An excellent table syrup too ! And it makes delightful pudding sauces. 2, 5, 10 and 20-lb. tins MADE IN CANADA Sold by All Grocers Send for the Edwardsburg Free Recipe Book THE CANADA STARCH CO. LIMITED Part I. It was supper-time at the Austin h-cmeotead, at least it was half-past five by the kitchen clock, and that particular half-hour always meant- the gathering of the family for the evening meal. The Austims* were very systematic people. Mrs. Austin Austin had ia certain regular method in connection with the running of her household, which was, as a rule, generally carried out. During her consent to lifer marriage with Roger, Roger, she would go - without it. She ^ never did care a snap for F rank, Scotch family, the younger mam away in the dame manner as her sister. When the new Presbyterian •minister arrived ip Mayfield, ihe worried father was kept, as the saying saying is, "in hot water" for some time. Mr. Forster was' a young man o-f pleasing appearance and unmarried, unmarried, and this was the th.c,rn in Mr. Austin's side. Op .the farm adjoining adjoining the Austin's \there lived a Harding with all his money. "Well, I suppose we'll have to put up with another doleful holiday. holiday. I really wished Florence had left .any other time but Christmas, for we always Peed to Have such But now it is so bers of whom were the closest friends of the Austin young people, ' and Jean often attended the Presbyterian Presbyterian socials and tea-meetings in company with them, and naturally met the young minister many times. On her arriving home from • these jolly times then. _ different. Well,, we'll have to make .social gatherings, father Austin o the best of it and try and cheer up would spring out of bed and peer girlhood - days, she had not kept "up mother and Jean, because they miss intently out of the window, just be- rigidly to such a system, but her more than we do, though we nearth which was the front door, after her'marriage with Mr. Austin miss her enough, goodness only but as it always proved the McDcm slhe found it necessary to have one knows." And with a sigh Fred aids who were bringing Jean home, if she wished to get the numerous picked up his pails of milk and fol- Mr. Austin's fears were somewhat duties finished which, as the years lowed his brother to the house. _ j allayed. The young minister had went on, kept piling up. Then Mr. While the boys were engaged in ; now been in Mayfield for almost Austin always said°it was owing to the foregoing conversation out m j two years, and nothing had as yet his "system" that he had prosper- the barn, mother and daughter were happened, so he began to- breathe ed so well on his farm, and some- in the sewing-room likewise discus-1 freely again and enjoy a good how" that rigid rule had crept into sing the same* subject. There was | night's rest without having to- jump the kitchen, and from there per- - a close bond of . love and sympathy , from bed about eleven-thirty. :at vaded to other parts of the house, between Jean and her mother-- J night to ses " j--- This orderly arrangement also- ruled doubly so since the elder daughter the evening meal. Promptly at and sister had gone. Tnough loyal half-past five the- family -sat .down to her husband and always ready to supper. Mr. Austin always be- to stand up for him, Mrs. Austin of- 1 Laved in early tea, and usually ten wished he was less stubborn what Father Austin said was car- sff Manufacturers of the Famous Edwardsburg Brands Cardinal Fort William Montreal Brantford if the divine I ~ young were not standing at the door bidding bidding a lingering good-night- to the •fair Jean. This evening, as Jean and her mother were busily engaged in the slow, heavy 'step No Place for Doctors. "Healthy V' said the proud resident. resident. "I should say this town is healthy. Why, there's only ^ been - one death here in ten years." "Indeed !" replied the visitor. "And may I ask who it was that died V' "Our doctor ; he died of starvation." starvation." g, Jesil: Declared That "No Man Can Serve Two Masters." "No man can serve two masters : . . . Ye cannot serve God and Mammon."--Matthew Mammon."--Matthew vi., 24. In nothing did Jesus show Himself Himself more fully the master of the art of living than in His -clear discernment discernment of the absolute and permanent permanent contradiction between the love of righteousness and the love of money, or, as He phrased it, between between God and Mammon. Myriad are the attempts which have been made to reconcile these two passions' passions' of the soul ; mvriad are the teachers who have thought to find the middle way. *But Jesus never wavered in His understanding and declaration that "no man can serve (these) two masters." Let but the slightest fondness for money, or for the things that money can buy, find entrance within the heart- and we have a situation parallel to the entrance of a disease germ within the body. Corruption of the Spirit follows as inevitably in the one case as corruption of the body in the other. And in both cases no health is possible until the minutest trace of infection has been _ "burnt and purged away. The rich young rul er in the parable must sell all inward dreaming ; too. generous . to hold back a single penny in the face of another's need* these people drift along through life to the exaspera tion all whose fondest boast it" is that they know the value of money. And exasperating these, persons certainly certainly are from the practical standpoint standpoint of the practical world. Arid yet it is these very qualities, of apparent apparent .shift-lessness, care-freeness and Worldly simplicity which, when united with A High Order of Intellect, or deep springs of emotion, give us prophets, saints and martyrs ! However However ridiculous when divorced from the mental and spiritual elements of genius, these are yet the qualities which constitute the sine qua non of all human idealism in thought, word and action. There is reason in the famous paradox of Paul, "If any man thinketh that he is wise among you in this world, let him become become a fool, that he may become wise. For the wisdom of this world is foolishness with God." ried out. • So, en this particular evenin only a week .Lacking of Christmas, the family gathered around the tea- table. It was a pleasiant sight. The big farm kitchen was spotlessly ■clean ; the shining tea-kettle sang merrily, keeping time to the crackling crackling of the cheery wood fire, and the bounteous table was Laden with good things. All these added bright spots to the general picture, but the faces grouped_ around the table were not in keeping with the surroundings. An air of -depression seemed ' to have settled on the group.. In fact, for the last -couple of Christmases past- a general cloud of gloom had settled on the family. family. Strange, too, at this festive season of the year when evei \ one is overflowing with joyous good spirits. But not so with the Austins. Austins. Robert Austin sat in his •place at the end of the table with a c'oud on his brow and his mouth set in a firm, hard line. Mrs. Austin sat at the head, a tired, wistful exD-ressicn on her f ace, now - and then glancing anxiously to the opposite opposite end. Even the boys, seemed to feel the "'Austin, fog," as they termed this yearly depression of spirits. • "It's always the way every Christmas now," commented Fred, as- he and his brother Bob, after betook themselves, to the and self-willed. All might have been j sewing-room, a harmony but for that, for .their. sounded in the next room, and a home was a comfortable one . and | moment later the springs -of the sofa they enjoyed many pleasant times ! denoted that someone was lying 1 down. "'Your No, Alonza, it isn't the best man at a wedding who is roped in. Bridget's Axiom. "Why,, is it only one o'clock I thought it was two," said Mrs. Bronson as the clock struck one. "Naw, mum," said Bridget. "It's niver lather thin wan at this toime uv day." Well, What She Buys Is Hers. -Alice^-Does Maud's new gown fit her figure 1 Marie--It fits what she wants people to think is her figure. as Long as they did not come m contact, with Robert Austin s un- ben dab-le will. On so-me points- such as education .and the financial question question he was- inflexible. Wont he believed • he believed, and * no amount of arguing oh reasoning could turn him from it. He clung as tenaciously to his idea- as a limpet limpet to a rock. "So- much e-duca.- tion," he was won't to say, "is .all tom-foolery and a waste of money. These h.iglh educated folks Are all right for friends, but I don t want them co min' .into the. family. Needless to say it 1 was ia sore trial to him when one did come in, and worse, with "the whole- alphabet,' as he termed it, "trailin' on behind." behind." Since Florence's departure Mr. Austin had kept a close watch, on Jean, less she should be spirited ss. he supper, barn to do the chores. "Ever since •Florence left.us it has been nothing but gloom in out house, and at Christmas-time it is ten times worse. Talk -about the London fog which usually shrouds that city, you don' t have to go out of doors j to get into' a fog.here. There is one j in our house now so dense that mo- i ther and father can t see .all the . home--nothing beyond their own brightness and comforts our gloomy, depressing thoughts." - ^ "Well, Fred," answered Bob, ' 'you know mother has never gotten over Florence going away as she did, and father is so stubborn he won't, give in. You know when the picture oî the baby came last Christmas, father wouldn't see it, and mother doesn't dare look at it when he'-s around." Such stubbornness makes ^me tired," commented Fred. "He might be proud that he has such a dandy, good fellow as Roger Irving for à son-in-law." "Well, Fred, you know father wanted Florence to marry Frank Worth a Guinea a Box the safest, . most reliable and most popular--for the common ailments of stomach, liver and bowels, is always BEECHAM'S FILLS Th* Largest Sal* of Any Median* inthe World Sold everywhere. In boxes, 25 cents S TEADY POSITION good pay, pleasant position to high yjaee man who can introduce an article that reduces the cost of living living Sells on eight even thee year. Only steady, persistent -workers wanted. The Simplex Ce., Owen Sound, Ont. State of Ohio, city of Toledo, ) Lucas County, ) Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J. Cheney & Co., doing business in the city -- ' , r» , , of Toledo. County and State aforesaid,. „ lw „ VlS se(fc on had and give to the poor as the final and that said firm will pay the sum of Harding. He tyas a > condition of-eternal life. And this, I one hundred dollars for each and that, and when Roger Irving c_ fhprp is anv virtue in every case of Catarrh that cannot be I here t-hait -summer to preacn lor ivli. 1 J cured by the use of HALL S CATARRH Gordon and started to come up here CURE. " -- 1 1 FRANK J. CHENEY. Sworn to before me and subscribed in my presence, this 6th day of December, A, D. 1886. (Seal) A. W. GLEASON, Notary Public. not 'because poverty*per se, as so many have er- j roneously supposed, ~ hut because there -must be evidence that Mammon Mammon is no longer disputing the master master v of the soul with God. What the absence of the love of money really means is clearly seen in the case of those amusingly pathetic pathetic people who live under the reproach reproach of inherent inability to make a- living or keep any money in their hands. Too easy going to. enter the struggle for riches, too indifferent to material things to allow the quest "or money to interfere with the Quest- for nature, friendship or to see Florence, it knocked father's plans out completely "Well, I'm glad it did--but, say, it was a joke- in ia way, though, because because father was so eager for him to come and supply for Mr. Gordon Better light and More of It K erosene light is best for young eyes and old eyes alike. The Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken internally when he was taken ill. You know, and acts directly upon the blood and foe thought Roger was such a -splen- Mucous surfaces of the system. Send I speaker for a young" mian just for testimonials, free. coming out into the ministry, but F. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O. the tables were turned when he be- Sold by all Druggists, 75c. . . _ came friendly with Florence." Take Halls Family Pills for constipation, J "They surely were turned," --r Procrastination is the thief of a good time. Laughed Bob. "But father never wants any of us to marry unless there is money in it, and Roger, didn't have much, beca-use he had to put himself through five years of college. Then he was well educated, educated, -and father doesn't believe in so much education. If y-ou have a fair knowledge of the three R's, he thinks that' s sufficient to carry you through." : . "Well, it won't be sufficient for me," Fred said, as he. viciously kicked the snow from his rubbers. "I mean to have more education than I've got now. I do-not intend to stay oh the farm. I want to b£ a dentist. if, I possibly oapt, 4hd next year • if father won't let me have the money- to go- to school with, there'll r .be vacant seat at tl%e table." . j "And ianotÉier storm," echoed ! Bob, "like there was when Florence left. ; Say,; wasn't father angry, though wfoen he came home that day abd found that she had g-offNf I He vpWedffhe .should never darken his dop>r #gain eyad never a .penny of hisiehouTd go* to any Irving: He lamp gives you kerosene light at its best a steady, generous glow that reaches every corner corner of the room. The RAŸO does not smoke or smell. It is made of solid brass, nickel-plated. It is easy to light, easy to clean, easy to rewick. At dealers everywhere. Made in Canada KB AUTE OIL W Imt he «B un THE IMPERIAL OftOR*. JiatoaiL Ti <- father is very. tired tonight, tonight, Jean," remarked Mrs.. Austin, Austin, a.s ©ihe laid down the scissors-. "It. seems to me he gets more tired than he used to. He is feeling unusual! unusual! 3' low-spirited to-night, too." "I g uesis we could all see that, mother., at the ©upper-table," answered answered Jean ; "but it is very seldom anything different now, especially at this time of the year." "I know r , Jean, it isn't right to be like this before yo*i young people, but- when your father isn't feeling in the best of spirits, it always effect© effect© me." "Well, father is the cause of his own Low spirits ; he has no one to blame. but himself. ' ' "Hush, daughter, you must-n talk so of your father. He has, I know, his faults, but still in many ways he- has been a good husband and father. " "I don't call it very fatherly treating Florence as he does. Just think how happy we could be this Christmas if only she and Roger could come home, and I do- so want to see the baby." "Well, so do T, dear, but I'm afraid I'll never see it, for your father won't give in. But Tie isn't all to blame. Stubbornness has been in the-Austin family for generations- generations- back. Your father's ancestors ancestors were very ©tiff, ©elf-wil.led men. So you see, it is born and bred in him, and any trait of character character so deeply rooted. a.s his. un- fa end able will, cannot be easily |changed." j "I think I have often told you "about the quarrel between your Uncle George and. your father. I don't just remember what it va::- they disagreed oh--merely .a trifle anyhow--but neither would give in. and they parted when just young men. They have not seen each other since, and it is almost- twenty- five years ago. Your uncle is oui West some place, and I have heard he is quite wealthy, but that is all we know about -him. To-night your father mentioned him for the firs: time for years, and he ©aid he wished wished he could meet- George on-cc again. . They are both older now, and I think if your father could only see him, he would readily for- j give and forget for the sake of their happy boyhood days."' | "And yet he won't give in to | Florence," remarked Jean. "Yes, I know," sighed the mo- * ther. "It is ©trange to be ©o unforgiving unforgiving toward© one's own child. 1 mentioned her to-night when I noticed he seemed more yielding, but I saw him set his- lips together in that tight,, hard way he has- of doing, and I knew" it was of no use to -say " anything more." "Well, mother, I think it- is a sin for -him to be so- obstinate ; it is enough to drive anyone from home. I don't know- what will happen when the bo-yis g.r-ow up. Fred is so determined to go to college, and you know, father wants- him to stay on the farm. I am .afraid there will be trouble there sometime." "Let us not cross . the bridge, dear, until we reach it. In the meantime, let us hope something will change wour father and lead him to see in what way be is ©handing, ©handing, in his children's -light. Somehow, Somehow, I feel that ©erne thin g will happen this Christmas---something that will make it different from other years. I was very .downhearted .downhearted at tea-time, but during this talk of ours a strangely joyous feeling feeling has come to me--a feeling which tells une that there is a pleasant surprise in store for us--that in some, way Florence will once again join pur family circle." "Well, I. sincerely hope, mothprie dear, that that joyous feeling of yours will come true. I'm sorry I can't be ©o. optimistic as you are, but you deserve to have it realized, for if-anyone *hia» this with patience and enduratiCê, it Is you." . And Jean, rising, from her chair, I kissed her mother tenderly on the I cheek* at the sanie, titne, sippothingf k ! back the hair, now fast silvering, * from the low, white brow. (To be oonUnued.) I-' | t;-- DAVEY, Bowman vi Me, 5% GOVERNMENT DEBENTURES PROVINCE OF ONTARIO Interest 1st April and October . Dae 1st October, 1919 e Denomination of $1,000 Issued free from succession duties, Provincial and municipal municipal taxes. 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