AY NURSE RETURNS AND 1 FEEL SORRY FOR HER SR ------ Copyright, 1918, the MeClure ! ewspaper Svadinate It was not long re I recover he strength which had left me esult of my ezertion. As as . felt hetter I began to wondef how * .erionsly Miss Thompson been "njured. The possibility of yiy being Jepel of my attendant : > king for me to con- v this alone with un- 1 L thoughts. I do not think hat my faflure to suspect that she vould return was due to any unsel- shnesk of my part. 1 just seemed o take WM for granted that she would .e back & short time, and that is recisely a It was about two hours after her ollision with the bellboy that she mped into the room on the arm of 'e woman who Myed across the cor- dor. Misg Tho bad not been reatly injured by experience, it the nervous shgek had had a ry telling effect upon her. There "as no doubt that her long confine- ent in my bedroom and her persts- nt refusal to take any outdoor ex- reise had rendered her more sus eptible to a collapse of this sort thas she had followed my advice and voen in the open air more. The good natured woman who was ith her assisted her to a couch. "1 think she will be alright in a 'w, minutes. That clumsy boy ught to be discharged. He might ave killed her." Miss Thompson protested weakly: "It was as much my fault as his." he said. "1 should have been look- ng about me," "Well 1 suppose all full-blooded oys are'the same, but it does seem | » me there ought to be some way to | revent them ruaning over people?" "Please do not make any ee ms a ---- laint to the manager about the! I drew a chair up beside the sofa hoy," urged Miss Thompson. 'He |tendant, . as really no more to blame than » and besides he mi have some- Eo L Co \ : | ous to attempting to foist those oN | bogus telegrams/ upon my credulity Jie dependent upon him for SUD- (1 could not imagine any one who and sat down to watch over my at- disease I have® always that, if my patients ill they would all mality of liked to think never had been ort." | would have employed her to attend | have loved me as dearly as I usually "Well. 1 shan't report him, but me. The fact of Mr. Gordon . or|/love them. Yet even this thought Jan't tip him again for a Week," | Mariam taking that much interest in| has not satisfied me. A mother can ud our visitor with some asperity. {me did not come to me at all. In fact, | always explain to her own. satisfac- That will be the greatest punish- |v pod hut a hazy recollection , of [tion why her children are not rent that I could inflict upon him, {either of those recently made friends. | thoughtful as they should be, but her 'nd I shall take pains to let him |; seemed to take it for granted that|explanation does not remove the 10w that the reason I am not UD- both of them had passed out of my | sting of their neglect. 1 am some 'ng him is because he is careless. | ite a5 suddenly as they had entered | times morbid enough to compare crhaps the lesson will do him {0 | myself to such a mother sod," I was still speculating on the mat-|dren----for all my sick people are "It will certainly be a painful ter when Miss Thompson opened her|mere children---do not always love 'aséon," sald Miss Thompson with 8 eyes and, after gazing blankly at me me as 1 would have them, but I ex: as My chil-| Br ms i I, pe 'an smile. "Indeed it will." . , The good woman chuckled, fter expressing the hope that both 'Yy nurse and I would seon feel bhet- or, she left. Miss Thompson and I did not peak for a few moments, She was vidently still greatly shaken, and | und myself. sympathizing very ¢eaply with her. A short time before had cordially detested her and had | solved to circumvent hor carefully id plang, hut at that time she scem- | | to be my enemy, | ' careworn and ill that 1 could not and | Now she looked | for a few moments, endeavpfed to rise. 3 ly Ng. no," I protested. »" Remain wheré you are. You are the patient now and I am the nurse." She smiled faintly at my raillery, |and sank back gratefully upon the pillow. She must have been thor- oughly worn out by her long vergil over me, and from the accident caus- ed by the bellboy. 4 "It is very good of you," she mur mured, "Not at all," .I objected. I am | feeling almost quite well, and am | perfectly able to nurse you. Besides, ut fecl sorry for her. | t |1 owe you something for all your | mally. hi wt] L urged her to lie on the Couch | warohfulness and care while) I was|of doubt and fear, but it is different agsuring her | ntil she was better, [* at 1 needed nothin ¢ and was feel- 'g exceptionally wo She was 50 my remark evidently affected | oak veak that she did 1 protest, but omplied readily with-my suggestion, oon she wag overcome by a reaction 4 rom, her exciting experience and | ozed, x I felt so much better that I got ut of hed and put on my dressing own which I had bagtily hung on | ne armolr. . § drew a chafr up beside | he sofa and sat down to watch over ¥ attendant. " . She was a delicately built litte 'Yoman, about 35 years old. I won- 'red as I looked at her how she was wile to bear the hardships which a irse must endure. Her face was Un and faintly marked with blue ois about the temples and fore- oad, and her neck and arms were 'most as frail as mine, Could this oman be the hard-hearted jailer at I had imagined her to be? The cory idea was absurd. I found my- Af omte more compelled "to alter ay previously formed opinions. But it Miss Thompson was not a "aard who had been placed over me, 'hy was she there at all? Was she here solely in 'the capacity of a iurse, and, if so, who had sent her, did not belibve for one moment hat Arthur had employed her, ~ithough had been very assidu- | went on. way | must confess that | was mean enough | who would be added to that few that j" A Miss Thompson did not reply, but her. came into her as she looked up at me. "There is another reason why 1 should do something for you," I "Not so very long ago 1 eyes to suspect you. I did not think you were here merely to nurse me. I thought there was something else to your presence." "What do you mean?" she asked. puzzled. "I mean that 1 have felt at times that you were my Jailer instead of being my nurse." She smiled, \ "That frequently is the base with patients," she said. "They some- times imagine nursesgre their worst enemies. This is easily explained, Persons who are ill can not be ex- pected to think normally." "But I fear my case was different. I made up my mind that yon were my: captor, and that while you were making every effort to restore me to health you were not otherwise friend- ly to me." Miss Thompson again smiled, this time more sadly than before. "It is our fate," she declared. "Try 48 we may to do our duty; to lessen suffering; to restore health; try as we may to bring people bagk to but de h------ ey -Aasidu- Keeping Cool and | i ¥ in Summer is easy ior man who knows what to eat. Keep cool and com- fortable by eating Shredded Biscuit with fresh and green. vegetables. health, there is usually some: cloud upon the horizon of our little sick- room world. As I said, I have al- ways coniforted myself with the thought that this was dye to-abnor- { plain it on that very ground---that | they are sick. It is very seldom | though, that a patient believes I am | his or her enemy," They, are peevish jor impatient or selfish or thought- {less or inconsiderate or something lor other, but they do not hate me | enough to call me an enemy." { There was'a tremor in her voice which went to my heart It was im | possible that this gentle little woman {could be anybody's enemy | "Dear little nurse," I said, taking | her hand and pressing it tenderly | "It was as you said. 1 was sick and | therefore my mind did not work nor- I was in a sort of delirium {now and I can see more clearly. You | have been a faithful and tender com | panion. 1 dread to think what might | have happened to me had any one | less patient and thoughtful watched {over me these last few weeks. For- | give me. "I haven't so many friends | that I can afford tq turn away one {1 have." She clung to my hand as the tears 1 upon her.cheeks. | "You are very kind," she said at [length. "I hope we shall be very warm friends. I do not with to be | considered too sentimental, but 1 | must say I was drawn to you from | the first day saw you, and during [oes long days and nights since 1 | fel began nursing you, 1 have become ieven more attached to you. It is | seldom one meets a person more ap {pealing than you can be, my little sick girl. Your tempermenf is su:h that you seem to twine your person | ality about another's heart strings {1 hdve felt its influence and hope to | cherish it." & We both became suddenly silent, she from weariness and emotion and iI from confusion. Oné of ordinary { modesty cannot easily bear tributes |of extraordinary warmth such as | Miss Thompson paid me, Yet there was nothing effusive or blatant about her manner. Her words had much the same effect 'upon me as might |those of a child who runs to you, throws her arms about your neck lisps that she loves you because you are Beautiful and good. (To be continued: CHEER UP! LIVING COST IS DROPPING SLIGHTLY Thirty Staple Foods B Cerits Less Than in June--Many Ottawa, Aug. 18.--The index num- ber of the Labor Department for the month of July indicates that the cost of living is dropping slightly. This applies both to'the budget of retail food prices and to the index suwmber of wholesale cost. A list of thirty staple goods cost $8.46 In July, as compared . with $8.51 in June, $7.80 in July of 1915, and $7.42 in July of 1914. The wholesale price index number stood at 178.8 for July, compared with 180.6 for June, 150.2 for July, 1915, and 134.6 for July, 1914. In retail proces, button, salt pork, milk, butter, potatoes, beans, evapor. ated apples, and prunes declined {ducts Teather, rs what. In wholesale prices, fodder, cattle and beef, sheep, fresh [ruit, soda, raw silks, jutes, tallow, metals, chemicals, and raw furs averagad lower, but grains, hog products, dairy products, vegetables, bread- stuffs, woollens, cottons, flax «pro-. implements, paints, oils and glass, iron beds and sundries averaged higher. Retail : prices in coal and wood also averaged higher. As compared with July last year prices were higher in all groups ex- cept grains and fodder. In the retail prices of foods all commodities were higher than in July, 1915, and July, 1914, except milk. Rents, however, average lower. b Walter L. Whitney, 49, well- known business man of Oneida, N. Y., was instantly killed when an au- dfomobile driven 'by Dr. Frank <. Drake.of that city overturned when the machine welt over an embank- ment one 'mile west of North Bay on slightly, but beef advanced -some. "Thursday. v Not Expensive Equipment, but Ar- rangement Counts; . STEPS IN GETTING MEALS. An Expert Tells Us the Necessary Work In Preparing and Clearing Away Foods, While Cutting Out Al Pottering That Takes Time and En- ergy. 3 ~ Have you ever watched yourself pre. paring supper? What are all the steps you must take from the time you take the roast from the refrigerator until on its shelf? 1. Remove foods from refrigeratos. pantry or other storage. . : 2. Beat, cut or mix materials and put in cooking utensils. ! 8. Place on stove or cooking device. " Serve completed dish to dining ta- These four steps are taken in prepar ing any meal in any kitchen and are always done in this order, although we may not notice it. This is the reason why the equipment which corresponds to these steps or on which they are done must also be arranged in the Same order--that is, the equipment which correspbnds to step 1 is refriger. ator or pantry, to step 2 the table or kitchen cabinet, to step 3 a stove or fireless cooker, to_step 4 another table or working surface, Because these same steps are taken i every kitchen the arrangement of this. equipment ean be exactly the same. In some homes a larger re frigerator may be required, or there may be an electric stove instead of a gas stove. But the placing or the ar rangement of them will be the same in their respective kitchens. So you can arrfinge your particular equip- ment in the same right order, so that the refrigerator, table, stove and serv- ing table ave in one group on one side of the rodm. For clearing away meals-- 1. Take soiled dishes from dining ta- ble and lay to right of sink. 2. Wash dishes, 3. Drain to Jeft of sink. 4. Dry and lay away Therefore on the other side of the kitchen we arrange the equipment to correspond to these steps. In other words, the "clearing away" equip- ment of drainboards, sink and shelves are in another separate group from those of "preparing." ' The basis of the labor saving kitchen is here: Keep the equipment of prepar- ing the meal and clearing away the meal entirely separate. The reason some kitchens are difficult to work in Is just because the sink is next the stove or the refrigerator is away from the kitchen table, or there Is some other poor arrangement which makes it necessary for the worker to trot back and forth, taking useless steps. You will know how to arrange gvery single plece of equipment in your kitchen if you see that it is so placed that in working you move continuous. ly in the same direction, making a "chain of steps." For instance, you know that it- must be wrong to have a sink at the right of the stove because you never take the hot pots from the stove and lay them into the sink! No! You need a table to the right of the stove, do you not? Similarly you want the shelves on which dishes are to be laid away near the sink to avoid earry- ing hh some distance. DAINTY NECKWEAR. Georgette Crape and Organdie Are Vying For Popularity, For hot weather 'Is this stock of georgette crape crushed and wired to flare, with a rippling jabot picot edged, THE KEW STOCK. This is most practical, because it laun. ders well dnd is becoming with almost all kinds of dark shirt waists. ------ Removing Mildew. An excellent remedy for mildew i to saturate an article with kerosene Roll it up and Jet it stand for twenty four hours and then wash In very hol scapsuds. Be positively sure that kindness is powerless before you resort to brute force. : . 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IVORY SOAP " excellent for sterilizing articles in 5 CENTS (=) 99 IT pLoaTS Procter & Gamble Factories in Hamilton, Canada 44 100 % PURE A ep im em | "Low Cast of Living' Menu cs -~ Menu for Tuesday BREAKFAST Bolled Rice With Fruit Syrup Crenmed Bacon on Tonst Raisin Bread Coffee or Cocon Cold LUNCHEON OR SUPPER Corn Chowder Pickled Beets Banana Fritters with Jelly Sauce Milk or feed Ten DINNER Iced Grape Juice Baked Hamburg Steak ed Potatoes Encalloped Tomatoes Relish of Cholze Peach or New Avnle Tart Iced Coffee or T -- Corn Chowder Materials--Two cups diced pota- toes, 2 cups grated corn, 2 cups vege- table rice stock or milk, 1 tablespoon diced bacon, 1 tablespoon finely cut onion, 1 tablespoon flour, 1 table- Spoon parsley, 1 teaspoon salt, and pepper to taste, Utensils---Saucepan, double poiler, two measuring cups, teaspoon, table- Spoon, grater. Directions--Put the potatoes on to boil; when tender put in top of dou- 'I ble boiler with corn and 1 cup of stock or milk. Put the bacon in faucepan with onion and fry until onion is tender, but not brown. Then remove pan from fire; add the flour {and stir until smooth; return to fire and add the other cup of stock or milk, (1 of milk and 1 of stock can be used). Stir slowly umtil thick; then add to potatoes dnd corn: add salt and pepper and boil ten min- dittle rice stock.--Put-on-hot platter] utes. Serve with crackers, Banana Fritters Materials---Four ripe bananas, 1 cup flour; 1 teaspoon baking powder, Ye teaspoon salt, % cup milk, 1 CEE. Utensils Mixing bowl, measuring cup, teaspoon, tablespoon, flour sift. er, eggbeater, knife, silver fork, | deep frypan, manilla paper. Directions----8ift flour, baking pow- der and salt together; add the milk and well-beaten egg. Skin, scrape | and split the bananas then cut in| half, making fout pheces; dip in bat- | ter (remove with' fork) fry in deep hot fat dr oil; drain on paper and | serve with thin, tart, warm apple | sauce. { Baked Hamburg Steak | Materials--One pound of round | steak, 1 cup stale bread, 1 tablesp sun grated onion, 1 tablespoon finely chopped parsley or celery 'top, salt end a little pepper. Utensils-- Mixing bowl; food chLop- per, measuring cup, teaspoon, table spoon, shallow bakepan, platter. Directions--Have the meat put through food chopper. Put stale bread in bowl cevered with cold wa- ter and let stand for five minutes. Press between hands: add to the meat and all seasoning and mix well Shape in loaf, brush shallow pan with a little drippings and put the meat in centre; sprinkle with bread- crumbs; put a smal piece of beef suet on top. Place in hot oven thirty to thirty-five minutes. Baste with a and pour the gravy over the meat. 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