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~~ "The look of the village--of the - Between Cousins; © OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR. tween your labors, never fear! #nd a retty one too; for Tmean to be a credit to you, John. Just see if I won't be that!" » : Upon which a pair of hands met im- pulsively across the too broad table. "And since we're talking about meals, John, I heard that woman in charge saying something about sup- er. Of course it's all right for to- ay; but from to-morrow I'll take all that into my hands. Tell me, at what hour are you accustomed to dine?" ' "At one o'clock. = From one to two is the quarry hour." The white brow ruffled slightly. CHAPJER IV.--(Con'td.) "The Bishop's residence," said John, Bhaver to her eager question, ! la actually turned in her seat to take a better look at it. The thonght to enter those majestic tes would be her privilege--nay, her: du ~ ----eould not but make her heart swell. "I suppose we shall have to call there at once, John?" "I shall go immediately, of course; but Mr. Wodley is away at present." Ella said nothing for some time after that. "What is all that black stuff 7" was her next query, as a turn of the road brought them into view of a miniature mountain range, dusky and bare, which here rescended abruptly to the vex side of the road. "Slate refuse," came John's answer, in accents almost of pride. "We shall be passing the gates in a minute, and then you will see!" What she did see was only a smok- ing engine-house, and beyond what Ssemed to her a great black hole in e hill, on which John's eyes rested times. You're not bound by quarry hours now. I really think that in the matter of meals we ought to keep the same hours as our neighbors." "All the neighbors dine at one." "I don't mean these neighbors, John. Now, for instance, the Bishop--he dines in the evening, doesn't he? And when he asks us to dinner, as I sup- ose he will do occasionally"--Ella some difficulty in governing the "Oh, but that was in the--former She had heard before of the garden ing brother-in-law, but had carefully kept his existence in the background of her mind. Er «'"But 1 mean the house itself; who| - does it belong to?" ~~ © "To Mrs. Gordon, a rich wi ; She's a great help. to the rilla; or "And © does she come to this church?" : * 4 "Yes; she's very regular in attend-{ ance, except on, those days when loch is too rough to cross." = "Do you think she will call on me?" |; "I daresay she 'will.' tare fp With newly-fed Vigour Ella return-| ed to the charge about the dinner- hour, successfully overcoming John's not' very determined resistance. It was the newness of the idea m than anything else which had s \ him; in itself it could have no import. ance. Once it was proved to that even his work would be benefit- ed by the arrangement, he acquiesced without another word. he "Two more days till Sunday!" he mused, as he rose. "And after that, to work!" : "Yes, to work!" echoed Ella, with another of her semi-critical, * semi- piophetical glances round the room. ere was another shock in store for Ella that evening; for about 'an hour later, while perambulating the house, with a view to deciding future arrangements, she was astonished, on opening a door, to find herself con- with a tenderness quite incompre- hensible to her. Beyond that, more of the refuse: black, shiny, and loose in the more recent deposits, dull and closely packed in the older ranges, the crevices filled up with green moss, and here and there a wild-rose-bush having taken root upon the inhospit- able slope, to which it clung like an eagle to a cliff. At one place a pas- sage had been cut through the pro- jecting mass, and the stone arch seemed to groan under the weight of the slate above. "This part isn't pretty," said Ella, glad of an object on which to vent the thrill in her voice as she said it--'"you custom yourself to it at once. there may be other people too. the trees? house. I near." "You will see it near, for that's where Alick is gardener--my sister Polly's husband, you know--and of course we shall go to see her." : "Oh!" said Ella, burying her face in her enormous tea-cup. will have to eat your dinner in the evening; so surely it is better to ac- And ) By- | beard were of two diffepent shades of the-by, who lives at that big house red, which did not match, and he was just across the water, there among actually sitting down in John's pres- It seems a very handsome ence and talking quite easily. should like to see it] fronted by a rather uncouth-looking individual in a much stained blue serge Jacket and grimy white duck This person's face and | trousers. vision; but sprang up | door upon this startlin {with a radiant face, John and stopped her, | "Don't run away, Ella! Adam--my cousin, you know. be very glad to see you." (To be continued.) ' Ella was for at once ¢istons the It's onl He'll still Faukling disappointment. "Why, y it's positively ugly." "Is it?" queried John, genuinely astounished. Perhaps it's because I know it so well that I never found it out. That black heap represents the labor of two centuries, you know." straw-thatched cottages, with the grass flourishing on the roofs, and e green mildew creeping up the walls, undoubtedly picturesque though they were--astonished Ella more than & : it enchanted her. But the Rectory 2 p, raised her spirits. True, it was rath- er too much mixed up with the cot- Too Much Dessert. In the average family the dessert tages, but it was a real modern stone house, with real bow-windows, almost problem takes up more time than the more substantial courses. as good as a Peebles villa, and with a front garden which presented pos- Traveling through a farm district recently, the writer found that the sibilities. From experience -gathered particular branch of cooking in which during school-feasts, she knew that gardening was quite a suitable occupa- women were most interested was the making of cakes and desserts. At tion for a lady, and even before she had alighted from the "machine" -- a demonstration lecture at a western university befure 600 women the alas! with only a group of bare-foot- whole time was devoted to serving ed urchins as spectators, and while afternoon tea and showing how the John, with all sorts of things in his eyes,'was looking up the village street towards where a modest grey spire pointed above the roofs--she had re-| cakes and ices and other desserts solved © buy a gardenin Hanval 4 should be made at first evening mig' e likene 7 ts x to a sort of moral see-saw between ov 1 idk, wish to disparage the elation and disappointment. Some |2Its of confectionery and the making things surpassed her expectations; of delicious sweets, but I do think others fell below them. The sitting- | that perhaps our women over-empha- room (which, from the first, she firm-|size the need and time |for making ly called the drawing-room) was larg- | desserts. Many girls proudly boast er than she had dared to hope, and the (that they can make cake and fudge gnirance lohby Vas distinctly "super- ard concoct delicious, if overly rich, ior"; while, again, the N - : en over from their predecessor, posi- Salads, but can these girls make equal- tively cried out for new coverings, !'Y good bread, prepare meats so that and the carpets were certainly as ripe | they are luscious and tempting and for retirement as had been their ven-| stew the plainer fruits so that they erable possessor, The tea-cups too, are wholesome and attractive? roduced in a hurry--since John's| I have said often that meats and any ides Shouts [landestine arrival | vegetables are more poorly cooked in ing ready--were of a dreadfully com-|, . : A _-- hoe' Ji But all the same, the this statement is based on extensive possibilities were there, inside as well travels abroad, On the other hand, as outside. we seem to emphasize the need of pud- "At last, Ella!" said John, as for dings, pie, cake and wrongfully stimu- the first time they sat at their own|l.te too great an appetite for them hearth, with the primitively set-out in ou. families. tea-table between them. "Ah, I am| rr wo want to classify the family thankful!" 1 | accordirg to taste, we might well be- " John. Do you k y : + s : ad aul a pected yo nO | Ein with father, who feels tiie meal is dow? You never mentioned it. It|incomplete unless he has a hearty will do beautifully for a flower-stand. | triangle of pie at the end. Now, there And with new chintz covers on the is nothing about' a good pie to be chairs and a folding tea-table, and one | criticized, but it is the one dessert of those neat little cake-stands to! which must be well made in order to Dg rey it, the room will real- po wholesome, and, wecond, it does "Isn't it all right?" asked the in- take a considerable amount of time. nocent John, opening his eyes rather| Just why it should be a staple des- wide: "And what do we want a|sert in many a home cannot be fath- cake-stand for, when' we only eat omed, since all dietitians agree that bread and butter, and there's room en-| the crust is not wholesome if eaten frequently or on top of an already ough for that here, surely." lla smiled indulgently. generous meal, Then there I§ the "There's far too much room, John. (this than in any other country, and! child who will not eat the rest of his meal because Le is so anxious for des- sert, and whose taste has been educat- ed beyond simple desserts like rice pudding, cornstarch or fruit and who desires more elaborate puddings with sauces and, worst of all, whipped cream. . : Whipped cream in itself is unob- jectionable, but when added to an- other food which is sweet a .d fat the combination often proves disastrous to one's liver! The cream itself is practically all fat, so that it should never be used with desserts which con- tain a large amount of fat or sugar in sefe other form. It is the exceptiona! dinner among middle class families across the At- lantic which has anything for dessert except fresh fruit, cheese and crackers. Or stewed fruits which are called "compotes" may be served with. a small offering of tiny cakes. There is much in favor of this simple type of dessert which would mean 6 much less work for the homemaker and few- er overkLurdened digestions. Fruit, either fresh or canned, without much sugar, is the dessert which could be! served every day and which would be by. far the most wholesome for chil- dren and old people, who particularly need the salts and mineral values that food offers. Another more wholesome plan is to make a combination salad dessert at the end of a hearty meal. So many delightful salads can be made even in winte> or between seasons, that one often wonders why another course is passed after thé salad. A sweet dressing may be used; especially with fruits, and if accompanied by crackers or wafers and the cup of coffee or tea the stomach really should not crave or need anything else. ---- - Menus For The School Children's Dinner. 1. Eggs, boiled, coddled, poached or scrambled; bread and butter; spinach or other greens; cake. Nobody has these big, set-out tables nowadays--I mean nobody of the bet- ter sort.. I've seen how they do it in thec ountry-houses. And of course we'll have to give our guests some- thing besides bread and butter. We can't help having guests, you know. Pon't trouble your dear head about it; Just leave it to me. You shall have » comfortable home to come to be- or 3 fruit; cake. Pe 10. Boiled potatoes; codfish gravy; bread and butter; lettuce; custard. Casters for the Kitchen Table. / . The most 'convenient thing in my well-equipped kitchen, says a good housekeeper, movable. casters, which we fitted in the legs of the table, so it can easily be rolled to the sink to receive the dried dishes, then to the pantry, where they can. all be. "placed" with a single effort (thus saving much walking back and forth); or to the stove when canning fruit, ete, table a great source of help in the con- servation of energy and valuable as a time saver. 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