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; A ek Copy: Igh' Houghton Mifflin Company OY special arrangement with Thos. Allen grand opera, she will.be singing any- way in ins houses. I ph to her only this very night, 'Nora 1 said, 'you'll be a millionaire's wife before you die." " " "Well," said Jerry, "you needn't try to disco me by telling me that, Mrs. i Ma. one. of these days I'll be that millionaire." He rose, and Mr. Scanlan rose also, "Jerry," he said, laying his hand on the young man's shoulder and speak- CHAPTER IIL--(Cont'd.) While she was out of the room Cor- _ coran addressed himself to her father. What did Mr. Scanlan think »f the rumor that the Works were to 'gold? Mr. Scanlan grunted his con- # tempt for the rumor. The Purroy Steel Works were a family affair; would never be sold. : 'm sure I hope not," said Cor- coran. "For of course if they were to be sold, there's no telling what | might happen to all the men there.'ing not unkindly, "you'd better be put- They might be laid off, they might be. ting the notion clean out of your head. turned out of their jobs. A man i8' I'm wishing you well, but my girl is Jucky in these days if he has a good' not for you, and that's the fact. ~ In- business of his own, that can't be sold stead of laying up money for my old over his head." 4 | age I've t it giving her the be: "You don't need to do any worryin'. I could--she's had her piano and her on my account," Mr. Scanlan rep jed ' clothes and her lessons in music and testily. singing, and I've been glad to give "Oh. certainly not; oh, I don't sup- £ | them to her, for I want her to better pose there's any real danger," Cor- herself in the world. Now you un- coran made haste to say. "Only, as derstand how we feel." I look round and see the other young! "Yes, but of course it can't alter my fellows, like Donohue here, I can't feelings, Mr. Scanlan. it And I help feeling I'm pretty lucky, to be found that Nora cared for me, you fixed as I am." | couldnt expect me to hold off, just for "Them that are satisfied with what the sake of. obliging you and Mrs. they've + got have a right to feel Scanlan." lucky," retorted the formidable Mr. | "I'd like to know where you get Scanlan. "Them are the ones gen-'your impudence," Mrs. Scanlan ex- erally that have got more than they claimed. "Not from your ma; she deserve." | never would talk back like that. And Corcoran threw up one arm and your pa, ke was a mild, quiet kind of pretended to dodge. "Never touched man." me. You and Mrs. Scanlan know | "Of course I don't mean to be im- I must have more thari I've got if I'm ' pudent, Mrs. Scanlan." Jerry's voice to be satisfied. I hope you folks wish was as placating as he could make it. I may get it." "If ever 1 can get Nora to consent, I The severe and tight-lipped silence hope I can get you and Mrs. Scanlan "| too much sense to li 4] Mr, Scanla | cally, hospitably, into st | swam thick well, you cant" an: "And 3 him apologeti-' the hall and ed the door for him. 3 Ja tl Ta aad coul not Nora--no, not Nora." He strode briskly on to the gates, swung oft half a rough the lower the hill until he / nd then struck off But as he of dance' mile steps he ' y mounted the stairs. He paid twe! five cents for a ticket and Bi 1t was crowded with dai bump- ing one another, shrilly exclaiming, shrill: layghing, above the sound of the an Jane and the two raucous violins, aked gasjets flared from brackets high along the walls; those tore distant vers encircled 1 dat ce e ar hid above the dancers' hi The more rowdy of the young men of the town, the more brazen of | young women, were, oS epicuoosty resent, pushing, ng isterously, wooing and responding to advances with flagrant publicity. Jerry stood watching for Nora_to make her appearance, fair as a lily among the blowzy, loud, robust young women; he saw her presently; her slim, white figure and sweet, flushed face emerged for one shining instant, and 'then the profaning mob shut her again from view. From time to time he had glimpses of her, twice she assed near him but without seeing im; Sorcorat, Yoiding her close, was laughing, talking in her ear an effect that was to Jerry of odious intimacy." joving it, to be responsive; Je saw er swing her head round look into her partner's face and laugh ly.. be A music ceased, the. dancers on the part of both Mr, Scanlan and to do the same. I should feel badly his wife intimated: no enthusiastic as-|if I couldn't." ; surance that they would forward their visitor's desires, Corcoran was so little abashed, however, that he laugh- ed indulgently and remarked, "I be- lieve Donohue has got you all hyp- notized." Incensed beyond endurance by this charge, Mr. Scanlan brought his fist down on the arm of the conversation chair and vociferated, "No man can do that to me. «No, sir. No man." And Mrs. Scanlan looking male- volently over her shoulder admonish- ed him, "It seems to me you'd better think what you're saying, Mr. Corcor- an. In Jerry, who was silent, disdain triumphed over anger. He walked to the table at one side of the room and, pickin up the copy of "Ben Hur," bound in alligator skin, began to turn the pages. Mrs. Scanlan, impartial in her fav- ors, at once admonished him: "I al- ways tell Dave to be careful how he handles that book." Jerry put down "Ben Hur" and turned to the music rack. And then Nora entered, raidant and eager, with a gray cloak over her shoulders," new white gloves on her hands, and a scarf encircling her face. "We're off » ping forwar to meet her. THE NEXT The next sixty days, we are told, will be very critical ones in the allied countries so far as food is concerned. If we are. patriotic, if we would win the war, if we want our boys to come back safe and sound--everyone of us must help out on the food problem. 1t is an individual responsibility which rests on every man and woman of this country. It is absolutely necessary that we eat less of wheat, meat, fat and sugar. Just now the wheat situation is es- pecially critical. We must reduce our 'consumption one-third. Use_only two-thirds or one-half wheat in breads, ple, muffins, cakes, and the like. Substitute in place of the wheat whatever you can .get--pota- toes, barley, oatmeal, buckwheat, corn- meal, etc. Use your own recipes, changing them to suit present condi- tions. Use less sugar and less short- ening. Substitute one-half barley flour, corn flour or cornmeal, for one- said Corcoran, step- 'By- Ys People. e took Nora's arm and steered her by the elbow in a manner that enrag- ed Jerry. Nora, however, did not resent it; the sound of her gay laugh- ter seemed to linger in the room even after she had gone. Jerry felt obliged to linger also for what should be a decent interval. Mr.| half the wheat flour. Scanlan, however, commanded him to' Here are some suggestive recipes. sit down, so he took a chair in front} Baking Powder Biscuits.--Two cups of Mrs. Scanlan's section of the con-|y, ey flour, two tablespoons fat, half versation chair, unwilling to receive any more of her Parthian glances. Mr. Beanlan, short-necked and stiff, screw-| od himself round to address the young teaspoon of salt, four teaspoons of baking powder, two-thirds of a cup of milk. Sift the dry ingredients to- gether, rub in the fat, and add the man. "T will have it understood," he said,' liquid until a soft dough 1s formed. "that Nora-is not for no drug clerk.", Roll to about three-fourths of an inch Though encouraged by the state-| thick, cut with a cookie cutter and ment, Jerry felt it unwise to offer any bake in hot oven. Somme. After a brief pause Mr.| Cornmeal Bread.--One and a quar, canlan continued, -- ter cups of liquid, one and'a half tea- "She if not for no mill-hand, either.! *°* ps quid, ona, Bhe is not for the likes fof any one SPP of salt, Ywoshinds of a sup of around here. That is not what we cornmeal, one-quarter of a yeast cake, have been raising her for." dry or compressed, in one-quarter of a "No," asserted Mrs; Scanlan with cup of lukewarm water, two and a dyspeptic vigor, "it is not. Would I half cups of flour. Pour the liquid have zuised het Yio a Jittle Jady Just over the cornmeal and salt and heat| or tha nty she was month, to boili int. k twen and her two still that white soft eh in he Rouble hotter or -- that she might have been raised in 8 p04 water. Cool, add yeast and flour. big house with a large lawn around it Knead, let ie itil double in bulk and an automobile to take her riding ' Xs u 1 . whenever she wished. Never a Knead again, shape into loaf, and let about the house have I let her do rise in the pan until the bulk has fhe hands, neither cooking nor scrub-' again doubled. Bake for fifty minutes. ing por Fashing nor Jrening; "% is| Potato Bread.--One and two-thirds my own ve worked all these years,' cups of mashed potato, one teaspoon and without complaining, No fit wife pire one-quarter of a yeast cake in would. she be for a poor man, Jerry; ro tablespoons of lukewarm water, ree cups of flour, ind 2 "T gues it she fell in love with a Clean the potatoes, boil, pare, and wr Serey shed be & good wife to, 5 thoroughly, add salt, end when oe with a he er omy flour and let rise thd pon of the a poor man," rs.! flour . or | the remainder of the flour and kpend at g e : y means of her talent. If she n't be singing before long in SIXTY DAYS. thoroughly, making a very tiff dough. Let rise until treble in bulk and let rise in pan till double in bulk, Bake forty-five to fifty minutes. All the flour may be added at once, but the dough is difficult to handle. Oatmeal Bread--One cup of Mquid, one teaspoon of salt, one cup of rolled oats, one-quarter of a yeast cake in one-quarter of a cup of lukewarm wa- ter, two and ome--quarter cups of rye flour, two and one-quarter cups of white flour. Scald the liquid, cook till luke- warm, add salt, yeast and sifted flour, mix thoroughly, knead, let rise till double in bulk, Knead again, shape into loaf, and let rise in the pan un- till the bulk has again doubled. Bake fifty minutes. / Note.--If you have a good rule for bread use it, but in place of one-quar- ter of the bulk of white flour use one of the other grains. This amount will not greatly either the texture or the flour of the bread. The sponge may be set with white flour and the mixed flour worked in later, If pota- to is used as a substitute, allowance must be made for the extra water con- tent, and enough flour added to make a very stiff loaf. Yi PIANOS! PIANOS! In order to get our justly high grade plano in each town, village or town. ship throughout Ontario, we shall offer one instrument, and only one, in each place, at-factory price, as far as it can be done , These pianos are made in Canada and have been before the Canadian public for over twenty-five years, and are sold on a straight guarantee. For further information apply to BOX 427 + TORONTO, ONT. LULLED ELH TEU ELLE ELL wel- Ne is te on ait 3 mile Seached. 0d And she seemed to be en-| gan 8 EL am va Our price 'next week wd Corcoran Jsbed them until 3 dor hep es haga room, be OOM AWAY Nora E els 8. throng. They rea; ioe dows the within a few : i 51588 ped from Coreoran 'Look hare! cried Corcoran, ed; but Jerry whirled her away lau, exulting and mured in his ear. "I didn't J Rd : "i pound his face." . Jerry stop- ped dancing, to sweep the room wi a eyes. "No; it wasn't bad enough for that." She tugged gently at his arm. "Dance with me a moment and then take me home, Jerry." He held her more closely, more firm- 1y, in the proud consciousness that she was seeking his protection. And soon Corcoran a in their path, with the smile of one who had been good-naturedly tolerant. He Afred out his arms and shouted; t's right, Donohue, bring that ship into "I feel you've had me on your hands enough this evening, Charley," she said. "Jerry's promised to see me home." "I thought I asked you to this ce "Yes, and it was nice of you. But Jerry's asked to take me home, and I was sure you wouldnt mind." "Oh, sure; I don't mind who takes you home." (To be continued.) ------ pees Never sweeten a war bread. [BoB Lo OVERALLS SHIRTS & GLOVES ly. ; "He kissed me," she" sudden - e me, su Tie it; «| Leave It to Parker HE postman and expressman will bring Parker service right to your home. We pay carriage one way. 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