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or Mixed eee Copyright Houghton Mifflin Company by special arrangement with Thos Alles L - CHAPTER XV.--(Cont'd.) | "It's all right, boys; we. haven't' come for any of you to-night," said: Sheehan, and the reassuring 'words! brought a cold smile to some of the faces. There began then a whisper-| Ing conversation at the tables, but all, the eyes remained hard and watchful. Sheehan in a low tone sketched the different characters:--"That fellow with the fat face and hair slicked back is Heinie Schwartzfelder, known as 'Heinie the Dip'--just out of prison' where he's done a five-year term for robbery. Next to him the big-nosed,! lop-eared guy is Owney Burke; he's! done time for burglary, but got par- doned out. There's a couple of gangsters over in that corner, Marty the Nib and German Otto--" | But at this moment Jerry's eyes fell upon Dave Scanlan, who was sitting at a distant table; and without wait-! ing to hear more of Marty the Nib' and German Otto he made his way eagerly to his old friend's side, un- mindful of the scowling glances that were shot at him by'those he passed,' and Dave's sullen, unwelcoming face. His hearty greeting overbore Dave's reluctance; "Come and tell me all about the family, Dave; I haven't seen any of you for nearly a year"; thus he drew him away from his two un- savory companions and led him to a corner of the room. "Is it going to queer you with your friends to be seen with a cop ,Dave?"| "No." But Dave was red and ill at! $ "I didn't know you'd got this job." | "I've just got it. How are things going with you?" "Lost my job a month ago for drink: ing. =~ Been on the bum ever sinee."| "What's happened to the family?" "Dad works when he's not too boozy." Dave's voice was defiant; his eyes, now that he raised them to Jerry's, were hard and cynical. "How's your mother, Dave? How's Nora?" "Mothet's about as"you might ex- pect. I don't deny it's hard on her; still, a place where all you get is a tongue-lashing ain't much of a home. Nora's living out at Millvale--going to have a baby next month.' I don't know as she's any too happy." "I hope she will be, k hete, Dave; I think maybe I can help you to get a job. 1 was working for Murray, the wholesale grocer; you come round to my flat, 84 ite Street, to-morrow morning before: nine, and I'll give you a letter to him; | --mno, I'll go with you-and.see him, ! He's a fine man, and there's plenty of | ood chances in his business.--Now 've got to be moving on; Sheehan's waiting for me. Don't forget, Dave; 84 White Street, and come before | "He'll want to see my references; | when I say, 'Fired for drinking--'" "Maybe he'll take me: for a refer- ence. Try him anyway." "Oh, I'd just as soon try it. All vight, Jerry, much obliged." hey parted; and Dave had to re- habilitate himself in the esteem of the two comipanions who during this! interview had been eyeing him with | distrust and contempt. There was | only one means at his disposal; in a short time all three were gloriously runk. Later in the evening he' separated from his two friends and; after wandering uncertainly through | the streets chose to pick a quarrel ~~ with a man whose stare re .garder 'as insolent. - The man knock- * ed him down, and Dave found the re eumbent position go comfortable that he chose Tot to get up. He remonstrat- ' #d. with two policemen who finally bundled him into the patrol wagon. + -- the Be: ae Animal 'pame, he plea e ; *Drunk and disorderly," and was sen- the reformatory for thirty |® as A i order to the flavor. If must be kept over, keep in the ice box 'or some other cool place. © Let wilted vegetables soak in cold paring, covering with cold water will prevent wilting' and discoloration, wa Before cooking, put head végetables and greens in cold water for an hour, with one tablespoon of vinegar, to re- move insects, then wash very care- fully. : : Drain all boiled vegetables as soon as tender--they become soggy. if they are allowed to stand undrained after * soon in kept feeble and superannuated men on the city's payroll; the influence that he was always willi to exert in onder to get jobs for those who need-| ed them--never asking/in return for: 0 much as their thanks; the ed women and children. that he was for-! ever befriending and looking after; cooking. The water drained off may the funerals that he Faia Jor and the' be saved for soup stock. wi @ at he made; it was x a ode mn ents pu rather vague in Most vegetables should be cooked ih spots, but enthusiastic and credulous, |® Small amount of water, because a "And a special warm place he has in Part of the mineral salts-dissolyes out his heart for the men on the force," inte' the water, and is lost if the wa- ito continued Rafferty. "He knows us all by name, and he takes an interest in a fellow too. Why, once last win- ter I met him on my beat, and he turned and walked a couple of blocks with me, drawing me wut, kind of, Whenever I gee him now he asks after the missus and the kids. The last time he put his hand in his pocket and gave me a jumping jack to take home to the baby. suppose he car- ries things around like that all the time, just to give away." A week later Jerry was assigned to a patrol which led him past Maguire's house. That was the quiet end of the patrol; most of it lay through the saloon-infested streets of the river front. It was always with a sense of relief that Jerry turned for the few moments each morning and afternoo into the pleasant gtreet of small houses in which Maguire lived. There were ailanthus trees shading the side- walks, and the neighborhood was one that more than any other through which Jerry passed expréssed a sense of norma] family life. In the morn ing the women were busy sweeping the sidewalks or polishing doorknobs or carrying on cheerful activities within doors; in the afternoon they layed on the dogrsteps with their bies or sat by the windows reading The brick" houses, 'with or sewing. their green shutters, were uniform in type, and the uniformity imposed up- on the occupants a rivalry in neatness. A clean, tidy, self-respecting little neighborhood it was, yet hardly one in which a commanding figure was to looked for. Maguire's domicile was as neat and clean and unpretentious as any other; a green pamrot in its cage in a window was the distinguish: ing feature. Jerry had a weakness for pets; he was disposed to a less rigorous judgment on Maguire after seeing that parrot. \ ype he needed to call up all his old predispositions and prejudices in order be properly stiff in his first en counter with the man himself.' - Ma- guire came out of his house one day just as Jerry was passing. ¢ "Morning, officer," called Maguire. "Just-a minute; I'm going your way." And he came bustling up and fell into step with Je "My name's Ma- guire; I take gq an interest in the force. In fact, I $hink I know every man on it. Rerhaps you'll be sur- rised, Mr. Donohue, at finding that I now-your name." : "Not in the least," gaid Jerry. "I suppose when you try to block & man's appointment you know him by sight." |" , I like a man that's frank." Maguire laid a friendly hand 2 Jerry's arm and halted him while he delivered his explanation. "I'll be equally frank 'with you. ly true that I did oppose you, Dono: hué. There was another fellow that 1 had in mind; he hadn't passed as well 2s you had done, but still he was re riends But you got influence to working in your behalf, and that was too strong for me. T had nothing against you, you understand." "I don't see how you could have," Jerry replied, o k "Well, then," said Maguire, ping his hand and resuming his it "there's mno- occasion for eeling fod od Jad 0 work fos my 2 nd, ul uen pre SO : k Is almost too much for me," sald Jerry with a grin, And Maguire went into a convulsion of almost noiseless laughter. : : He laid his friendly hand again on s arm, ) 4 ue," H o th#ig happened to her I wouldn't want It's perfect-| good and he was one of my|. , ter is thrown away. Cook whole when | possible. |. Delicately-flavored vegetables should | be cooked slowly in a small-amount of | boiled water until tender and the wa- ter boils away. Strong-flavored vegetables may be cooked uncovered in a large amount of rapidly-boiling water, and the wa- ter changed several times during eook- ing. Peas, green ... iy 20-30 minu Potaton susie: x 304], Bes 20-30 minates| - Vice-Admiral, TLBIDS + 1+snssssses. 80-45 minutes Whose -- v substitution, for foods needed Over-' \ seas, of products which are available' This squadron was a portion of the in this country, but not suitable for Imperial Fleet, and the different export,' will not be dver when this) States contributed various sums year's harvest is gathered. The food | its maintenance. resources of the world, except for] At the commencement of the pres- those ~ comparatively 'few "ent century the contributions were as which are practically inaccessible an follows: Victoria, £67,883; New South der present shipping conditions are' Wales, £47,207; Queensland, £28,200; and it is a prime military' South AugStralia£16,642; Tasmania, and mic necessity to build up and £6,065; West Australia, £4,626. to mi in these resources. The food' ew Zealand added an asnual con- situation will not be safe at least un-| tribution of £20830. ~~ til the 1919 crop situation is known. Taemania, before coming into' the The- people of Canada have already general scheme, made an effort to sup- done splendidly, both 'as regards pro- Port a navy of her own. If consisted duction and conservation. Their ef--OL one ng-class torpedo-boat. forts must and wil be continued, for!' In 4 Australia decided to have a they are a factor of great importance WAT f eet of her own, and she set. aside in feeding our soldiers and those of £3,700,000 for this purpose. . ~~ Starchy vegetables should be put on to cook in a sufficiently large amoupt ing round just the way she left them | --I didn't want to have 'em touched or | pug away; I felt somehow if any- But she's Jou the world to have 'em moved, ever, all right now, and 1 tell seems a different place. < | Walking along the street, Maguire greeted nearly every one that he met.] erry could not but be impressed by the pleased expression on the faces of those whom he thus recognized or by the democratic salitions of many obviously unimportant men and wo- men,--*"Hello, Pat," There must be something genuine and meritorious . about such a man. panied Sheehan he was taken to see | some of the homes of protected vice. { Gambling-houses and brothels flourish: | ed behind as fair-a front as that of any respectable dwelling, "Take note of 'em; write the num- bers in your little book," said Shee: han. "It's a wise thing to know all | the joints, even though you're not given the power to go in and smash I em " " ' "Why aren't we?" {. "I guess it's because it's profitable to some of our bosses to have 'em do business .® ~ "Aren't they ever xaided *" "Oh, once in go often there's a raid, after every one in the district has been tipped of kh" _ "What's the reason? = Who is it that's crooked?" "I've only-got my suspicions." (To be continued.) errr Russian railroads in the Caucasus have been given locomotives which burn the waste products from the oil The next time that Jerey accom-|- our Allies who are ffependent upon us.| Great Britain offered ner a quarte oy of a million a year towards her" ex- penses, but she declined, preferring to shoulder We whole burden herse'f. When war broke out, Canada had no navy. She never made monetary contribu- tio'.s tothe Imperial Navy, Lut.short- ly befcre the war she presented Greut Britain with three Dreadnoughts. 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