» SIUBLE £3 2 i 0 EVELYN APPEARS TO BE RECONCILED TO THE INEVITABLE (Copyright, 1816, by the McClure Newspaper Syndicate) Evelyn was not inclined to be com- my her sudden marriage, despite the fact that the circumstances under which she was placed might naturally be expected to cause her to open her heart to the first friend who appeared at her bedside. The average girl, I. am quite sure, would have rattled out the whole story, not only of the elopement itself, but of all the incl- dents leading up to it, But Evelyn was. not an ordinary girl, as I had had frequent occasion to observe. Even in her present plight she kept her affairs to herself, telling me only so much as was necessary to confirm Harry's statement of a few moments before, 4 I do not think I was impolite enough to show how eager I was for information, but I did invite her in an outburst of enthusiasm to tell me "all about it." That is where the average girl would have shown her feminity and such a girl would im- mediately have proceeded to tell me "all about it." But Evelyn seemed to gather her cloak of reserve more closely about herself and to retire to an even greater distance. "There is very little to tell)' was her reply. 'Harry and 1 decided to be married thig evening, and we just went and were married." And that was about all I could get out of her, except that she was sorry that her father did not know anything about it. "Should I not better telephone him now about the accident?" I in- quired. "Oh, no!" si» would be bad enough for him to learn - of my marriage. I am sure he would be ill if he heard that I had been injured." "But you must do something very soon." 1 advised. "He will dis- cover yoi are not at home and he will be worried." "No, he will not," she replied. "I am quite sure he will not know I am absent. Of late I have been lock- ing myself in my room, and when I left home this afternoon I locked my bedroom door and brought the key away with me. protested. "It THE CONFESSIONS | why 1 do not know | CE J JL SL RAL JET JC VER Ri I did it, accident tion that some would be- | fall me." | viva | words made me think of Mr k with me several months | *n he told me of going t y m and hearing her mum- | I! li sleep, | at Evidently she had discovered that | he was prowling about her foom at | pight and had taken to locking he | self in to stop the practice | "I sincerely hope that he will not | discover your absence," [ observed. | "Meanwhile, Harry is very eager for| you to » brought into his room He insists that he can bear the pain| much better if you are there." | "Harry is a-dear boy, but very foolish," she replied. "I ! not move from this room. He would | never rest with me so near him. He! would ask me a thousand questions | and might insist upon getting up to ascertain just how serious my injur- ies were. No, indeed I shall remain here and Harry must get along with- out me as best can." "1 shall tell him what you say, but I know he will greatly disappoint- ed." And he was But as Evelyn was obdurate, and as the nurses as- sured him that even if his bride would permit it the hospital rules would forbid such a change, he fin- ally subsided into a semblance of quiet resignation. "But don't, you ever think we will| not be out of here after breakfast!" Harry said. "If Evelyn ig able to go hér husband--note the title, please her husband will accompany her. He will not have Arthur Pembroke's car to ride in ,becadse Arthur Pem i broke's car is a bunch of junk, but he will have a;very comfortable tax- icab., By the way, what has become of Arthur?" "I do not know what is detaining him," I fibbed. "I will go and see. In the meantime I think you would better rest. Even if I find Arthur I shall not bring him here tonight. You need sleep, He will stop in on his way to the office." "Tell him he'd better come early, then, because I shan't be here after breakfast. My wife and I will be early risers for omce in our lives." On my way home I could not help wondering what Arthur would say when he learned of the Plopement: (To Be Continued.) he i he be | The Whigs Daily Menu | eee Menu forWednesday BREAKFAST Stewed Prunes Dolled Whole Wheat Cereal Fried Philadelphia Scrapple Cream Mufiins Coffee or Cocon LUNCHEON OR SUPPER of Pesaut Soup &* Ralsin Bread and Butter Rice Pudding from Yesterday Tea or Cocon DINNER Skin and scrape 6 bananas, cut in half lengthwise, then in half again. Put on buttered cheesecake pan or pletin, dust with !{ teaspoon salt, then sprinkle with %% cup brown sugar. Bake in moderate oven 20 minutes. Salmon Croquettes with Cream Sauce Materials--I cup canned salmon, 1 tablespoon butter, 1 tablespoon flour, 1% cup milk, 3 teaspoon salt, dash white pepper, 1 teaspoon lemon juice, 1 egg and breadcrumbs. THE NEWS IN BRIEF FORM. Tidings From All Over Told In a Pithy and Pointed Way. Switzerland hag addressed a peace note to the belligerent powers. Fred , aged eighteen, of Mimico, was killed by a train while walking on the tracks. Sir Norman Hill, a. noted shipping authority, gives an optimistic state- ment on British shipping losses. According to figures the war has banished poverty from Toronto, but has taken a heavy toll in casualties. Jam edley, for thirty years edi- tor of the Monetary Times, died at his home, 79 St. Joseph street, To- ronto, The Toronto cuyl dealers, in view of the snowstorms and the holiday traffic, have given the railways a few days grace. ' John Ross Robertson assumed the roll of Santa Claus at the Hospital for Sik>Ohilaren, Toronto, for the thirtieth 0, Peter Alderson went back for his tools into a burning furniture fac- Hundreds of women and children from Camada, most of them to spend the Christmas holidays with their Utensils-- Mixing bowl, 2 measur- ing cups, teaspoon, tablespoon, plat- ter and small bowl, deep fry pan, small saucepan, Directions-- Put the fish into bowl, add the cream sauce and lemon juice, mix well with fork so that the fish {s well broken. Set aside to get cold; mold into cones, roll in bread- crumbs, then in egg (1 egg beaten with 1 tablespoon milk), then in breadcrumbs, fry in deep hot fat. | Sauce: Put the butter into sauce-' pan: melt, add the flour; mix wefl® and add the cold milk slowly, stir-| ring until thick and smooth; add the salt, pepper; boil 2 minutes. Meat Salad | Two cups meat, 3% cup finely cut onion, 1 tablespoon chopped pars-: ley, 2 teaspoons celery salt, 4 tea- spoon paprika, 1 cup finely cut pota-| toes, 1 cup mayonnaise. Remove all fat and cut the meat into three-quarter inch pieces; add the onion, potato, celery salt, pars-! ley and paprika; mix well and stand in cold place 1 hour. Line bowl with lettuce, put in the salad and cover with the mayonnaise. Garnish the edge with a few sprigs of parsley and ! 1 carrot, cut into dice. The carrot was _bofled in the soup. A A A ! soldier husbands and fathers, have arrived in England. Germany hopes to raise an ad- ditional 4,000,000 men for her arm- ies by the "combing" out of civilians and the employment of more women on munitions, ete, R. B. Bennett, M.P., and Labor| represenatives conferred on labor's attitude to the National Service re-| gistration, but were not able to agree! and adjourned till Tuesday. The body of James G. Wing, real estate agent, of Kitchener, sixty- eight years of age, who disappeared mysteriously on Dec. 11, was found in a cistern in a vacant house, Mrs. Alfred Brittle was acquitted by, the magistrate at Woodstock of the charge of shoplifting, and the Re- turned Soldiers' Association is de- manding the resignation of Constable Bickley, acting Chief of Police, who | caused her arrest. YOUNG MAN KILLED While Returning Hunting Trip. Perth, Dec.22.--Sad news reached town this afternoon of the death of a young man named Miller from Lombardy. The story is told of him going to the bush to chop wood and he had his gun along and while re- turning home the gun discharged killing him. A happy event took place here on Wednesday evening when William Priblon, son of Mr. and Mrs. David Priblon, and Miss Ethel Munroe were made man and wife by Rev. J. P. McLuman. The] happy young couple will reside in town. Herbert McCann of Toromto, is spending the holidays with his fa- ther, John M: Mrs. William J. Carey of Holyoke, , returned home after spen : Weeks Bennett, . Wife of the made the the unless I had a premon- | 204 PRICE TO GO UP. AUSTRALIAN TERRITORY | Vast Tracts of Federal Land to Be ' Opencd Up. The steady opening up of that vast tract of federal land in Aus tralia known as the Northern Terri is one of the most interesting he world's great projects, The al authoritivs have many diffi es to contend with, difficulties | which have been considerably accen- tuated during the past two years | owing to the war; but good progress s, nevertheless, being made in all | directions i One of the latest enterprises to report progress is that of Sir Wil- i liam Vestry, who entered into a con- | tract with the government some time ago to establish cold storage | works for meat at Port Darwin. Ac- cording to a recent despatch from | Port Darwin, the erection of these | works is now well in hand, and it is | hoped, in spite of all delays, due chiefly to the war, to be in a position | to commence work early next April. The importance of this project to the development of the country in the | immediate future js very consider- able. Hitherto, as is pointed out in | the despatch already referred to, the pastoralists, not being assured of an | outlet for their stock, have not given | due attention to the improvement of their herds. The effect of the | erection of the cold storage works at | Port Darwin has already been that pastoralists are devoting themselves | to this impertant question, and the | welfare of stock is being considered | in many ways, notably in the provi- | sion of wells along the droving | routes. One of the most important out- | standing questions in the Northern | Territory, as in most new countries, | is the question of transport, and it is :| welcome to note that the greatly needed extension of the railway from Pine Creek to Katherine has now been undertaken, whilst the exten- | sion of the pier at Port Darwin is to be ready to handle traffic by April | next. rs | "As the possibilities of the country Says "Kit- | become more fully known, and a | largerfdmount of capital is available for its development, its progress will, of course, be steadily more rapid. At present, many enterprises are hampered for lack of capital, a lack due very largely to the fact | that so much of the work in the | Northern Territory is still in an ex- perimental stage. The government, however, is carrying on experimental | and research work with welcome wR : 2 of energy, and already, especially in hag continued pour in ur! | one Ye of rie "most Post-Oh ee JEInal address and the | gratifying results have been obtain- Io 'Office Department has now de- {ed. The outlook -for the future in rormined 1a the new name must be | the Northern Territory is, indeed, in gnized. Dd way encouraging. The Loss of the Bremen. | The Bremen is gone. This is now | admitted by the German officials at | Berlin as well as at Washington. | Sometime we shall know where she | has gone--whether to the dark, un- fathomed caves of ocean or to the | temporary oblivion of a British port. It is altogether probable that the British have "got" her, in one way or the other. Their net-and-trawler campaign against the German subma- rines, involving the mysterious dis- | appearance of certainly more than | fifty under-water boats without the slightest indication to the Berlin ad- miralty as to what has become of thém, has been one of the most im- pressive and also the most dread- ful features of the war. For what could be more appalling than this steady dropping of boat after boat 7 : into the nameless void? The Bremen is supposed to bd a "merchantman," but we imagine tBat there is no great sorrow in any neutral country; out- side of militant German circles, over the submarine's loss. Her purpose, with that of her predecessor the Deutschland, was purely mischiev- ous. It was just as much a part of Germany's war on the Allies as any attack in the field has been; and the disappearance of this boat, if it was at the hands of the British navy, con- tributes just so much to the deliver- ance of the ocean from the peril and | nuisance of warlike operations. | several Households To Share in The Times, Dec 26. --The Times, | recently raised its price from! Liree has notified its| s that there will probably be a ncrease owing to the restric-| o tion of paper| fede Is and the the fe by whic ndon, » thr cents, seg IMPORTED BLO photograp K TO STOP THE NONSENSE Post-Office Department chener" is Name. Ottawa, Dec > Post-Office Department notice that "on and after » all letters | addressed Berlin, Ont., are not be delivered, but are to be returned to | the senders, marked 'No such post- | office in Ontaria'." Since the name Berlin zed to Kitchener, Ont., as the result of a petition, sign- ed by ratepayers of that city, mail } 1a was ¢ to | Boys in War Game, Rear ean The war threatens soon to become with a fringe | ® Struggle between mere boys. The } There is pace is said to be entirely too fast fed muff of the for the older men long to endure. It , 'reach Canada, IS asserted here that next year the -- Entente allies will be facing boys of St. Catharines, | 17 in the German army. General Sir Douglas Haig, ecom- manding 'the British expeditionary charming W. B. Burgoyue, re-elected mayor by acclamation, Success oF A New Remeny Fan forces, is said to have .objected to the sending out of men of middie ™ WAAR age He wants men from 18 to 25 Backacae; Kindiers, Recomimise, years old. After the latter year it CC -- is said the fighting value of the hu- Dear My. Editor--1 suffered for 'man unit shows a rapid and steady with backache. Last March I tried decline. The good soldier of to-day, ®Anuric" and bave used this new kid- it seems, must be of the age which ney medicine recently discovered excels in the more strenuous athletic Dr. Pierce, and it was wonderful the games--the football player ype. The way it eased the and gave me older men have their place, but, gen- relief in such a sho time. I have erally speaking, it is said now to be ral , but ® . |in "the army behind the army' -- | the men back of the line, in the sup- ply and transport divisions, where the strain is not so great. These older men are too susceptible to trench diseases to be of great use on the firing line. England already is registering boys born in 1899, pre- paratory to calling them up when they attain their eighteenth year. * Norm: Folks in town and adjoining i with the results *ANURIC" . Pierce, who emttidiiiemm---- Famous Athlete in Khaki. Capt. "Sine" McEvenue, who is well known in Canadian Rugby circles, because of his connection with the Argonaut club as coach of the team of the Double Blue, has been appointed aide-de-camp to Brigadier-General Meighen at Bram- McEvenue, ; gF if gif i Those 's hi el 52 1 : dl it £ i of i ils i i i Dr. snd : : ail Ei gd 1] i I i i fi | i i Eg 1] i TWO METHODS OF 'as his reason his beliet PRISONERS ARE CONTRASTED Teutons Have Returned to the Cruek ties of Historic=Semi-civilizations While the British Act as Though the Captured Huns Were Guests, Even Though They Are Very Un" | welcome Ones. H™N it can be said that in England the interned German prison- | ers of war are being treated as guests, even if unwelcome | ones, and that on the contrary the British and Allied prisoners in Ger- many are being rated as galley slaves, | The to contrast can g0 no further. world, indeed, is just beginning realize that the German system of | working its 2,000,000 prisoners of' war is a return to conditions the an- | alogies of which can only be found in past savagery or in the historic | semi-civilizations of the Orient, re fined on the surface but inhumanly cruel throughout. In consequence Doctor Curtin, the American corre- spondent of The London Times, who has recently returned from Germany and is giving that paper the benefit of his close study of German social and industrial conditions during the war, is doing humanity a public ser- vice in painting things just as they are. Up to date Germany has been more than adept in keeping the truth hidden from the world at large, but the manner in Which this new form of obligated slavery is carried on in her prison camps cannot forever re- main unknown, end any light at this juncture is welcome. As for the British side of the bal- ance sheet, most people do not know that, partly from humane - reasons and partly from the pressure of the trade unions, England is not work- ing and cannot work the prisoners of war in her mines and factories and her swamps and fields, as is done in Germany. . Moreover, not only has the American Embassy in London reported officially on the British prison camps and given them a good recommendation, but the attitude of the press of Great Britain is against any reprisals even against proved German cruelties. A typical editorial runs as follows: 'Compassionate prisoners of war has for centuries been a British characteristic. At the best the condition of prisoners of war is a hard one, and it is the duty of a civilized State calling itself Christian to mitigate their irksome lot by every means in its power. Whatever the enemy may do or not do, it is not for us to imitate his bad example. Let it suffice that our own duty is plain. We rejoice that that duty is being performed in the right spirit by the commandants of the in- ternment camps in Great Britain and Ireland. In so acting they are main- taining a noble British tradition of which we have a right to be proud." Indeed, the charge has even been made in England that some of the prisoners of war were pampered, which again is in contrast to what Germany does, since over there when the British sent some prisoners of war to France, here they are being used as workers, but not under the conditions obtaining in Germany, the German authorities, though they had been working the British pris- oners since the beginning of the war, considered the act outrageous, and as a warning and in reprisal shipped a large group of prisoners into ser- vice in Poland, a kind of Siberian exile. Under the circumstances one can well believe that German prison- ers of the French or English write home that their camps are "'palaces," while it is incredible that any British prisoner in Germany who is housed in the industrial camps, where their service is parceled out' very much as the South has parceled out its negro criminals, could declare that his accommodations were palatial unless he were unbalanced. And while it is known that official Ger- many is still contemptuously indif- ferent to the criticisms of outsiders, the work of critics like Doctor Curtin will tell some day, and in the final reckoning there will be an account- ing for all the unnecessary and un- provoked savagery of which any of the combatants may be guilty. It is unlikely the world has heard the last of the German industrial prison camps. treatment of Has. Learned His Lesson. Discussing the relation of the United States to the European War, President Wilson recently declared that "this is the last war that in- volves the world that, the. United States can keep out of." He gave ] that: "the business of neutrality is over," and that "war now has such a scale that the position neutrals sooner or later becomes ifitolerable."" He add- ed that the nations of the world must get together and say, 'nobody can hereafter be neutral as respects the disturbance of the world's peace for an object which the world's opin- ion cannet sanction." Financial. A teller's story. Compound in- terest is a powerful thing. Bill and Jim, both in kbaki, breasted the counter the other day, and one-- che finapcial member of the party-- asked: "Does this bank give com- pound interest?" On being told that it did, he piaced 3d. on the ma- hogany and said, "Bill and me want to know how long it will take this traybit to double itself, so as we can both have a drink." It took ouly two minutes.~--Loundon Opinion. Lists of Prisoners. German prisoners held by the Brit- ish are: officers, 729; other ranks, 36,165: naval officers, 150; other ranks, 1,976; total, 39. 020 Briush prisoners of war held in Cermany are: Military officers, 923; other ranks, 37,770; naval officers, 47; other ranks, 361: total, 30.101. 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