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Sevres H ht sas by' sped oughton Poppany. Pe CHAPTER XXII.--(Cont'd.) Although the partition wall. was Lbow a mass of flames, Jeng, holding "his overcoat up before his face, rush- ed again into the room of the horse gtalls, He muffled the horse's head and got him out of the stall and facing the doorway, but then the ter: rified animal would not move, The es were darting across the opén- ing, growing thicker every monment, Spatching up a bundle of hay, Jerry ¥ighted it and touched it to the horse's . The animal leaped forward renzy; Jerry, holding his hands Bi his face, plunged after it. He reached the street, with his uniform with ablaze; and his arms and neck and hands Toeiinm as if they were: being devoured by fire. Ehechan smother: ed the flames, and wra; overcoat round img 4 men arrived and took Shards of the fire. Jerry walked to the police sta: Sion 8 aid 're rted and had his bums next day he went on tassel ewathed in bandages. The owner of the three horses that he and Sheehan had save cated at the gation hiouas and left a five-dollar bill for . - CHAPTER XXIII The court refused Dave a new trial; probably, as Trask said to Jerry, it would have done so anyway, but after Michael Scanlan's violent act the re}. fusal was a foregone conclusion. "Just from the point of view of his son's interest, it was the worst thi he cog; hed y 'Possibly have done," Tras regretfully. , "The chances of ever wh ogre a pardon have shrunk a hundred per cent. In the mind of any governor the father's act x create a presumption against the and will confirm the ides t that Ap dangerous man. Scanlan ig the victim of a most unfortunate chain of admitted. "I don't see that there's any use in trying to do more for him now." "It would only prejudice his chances Jater. All you can do for him ds to ge and see him once in a while,-gnd eep him cheered up." te was not easy to keep Dave cheer ed up. Jerry paid the monthly visits that were permitted and sat with Dave in the fe ard-room for the allot ved tour, ch visit renewed and mahre ened his liking. for his old , his belief in him, and his sor ioe for him. Dave's. grief over his father's end seemed quite to have supplanted pity for himself, and to have increased the wi is remonse. ré Were tears in his eyes when he falked about his, father to Jerry, "He was a good dad once--he always would have if things had gone right and' he hadn't taken to the bottle. And what Ae did at the end he never would have but for me. He was plumb Jerry; I drove him to it." dont think you heed that," Jerry answered. "Set yout be face to the future, Dave; coming oGt some time, you ; and do what you can while you're here 80 Ba it won't-all be time wasted." that's what I've said to a But honestly I don't "lieve Hive got the stuff in me, to feel three, I might stick it, out and amount to something at the end; but tw : "t's preity stiff, but you'll eee it Just t keep saying to your- Fi day I'll be coming out and T've Fre to be ready,' ug don't think ati time it may be It's easy b talk, A help you any oth, : a) you a Jerry. ilk does help." : Your 4 I RE was only a year Or two years, or even] + long "she areatgement itn h J Allen whose visits with their husbands 'had been terminated at the same time. They were women of respectable a pearance, and they looked at each ot! er commiseratingly. "It's @ hard Place to come to," said one, "Ty's hard to 'some, and harder still to go," =aid the other. Jerry felt that the remark must epitomize the emctions of a convict's mother or wife. On a subsequent visit he was glad to find Dave in a more cheerful mood --owing to the fact that he had been admitted to membership in the prison huata band. Dave beat the drum proficiency, and his ability was read recognized. The band three times a week and fe on the various holidays on he ons. of, m life. i Jerry. Seme crack musicians: boo. I feel havi this just as @ recreation is going oc) me a lot; its' made thé work in the shoe shop go And I get plenty of time to read. I'm jod have lessons on din the drum and the cornet aren't igh-| are toned enough to appeal to her." He spoke with. just a trace of bit terness; it suggested that Nora had been less ajpreciative of the solace of his recreat hour than he had thought ¢he thould be. A It made Jerry uncomfortable to have Nora criticized even by implica- tion. He wanted to defend her, and without knowing aegffinst what she was to be defended. "CHAPTER XXIV, After Michael Scanlan's death, Nora and her mother did not retain the rooms in which they had = been living. Nora'ssinheritance made it possible for them to seek a more agreeable neighborhood, and in a fyiiet and ctable street of small brick houses they found a haven such as they desired, It was one flight rouah and extended all. the way th from the sitiingroom with a Day window and ru plant to.a : room "that looked out upon an ailan- thus tree and a clothesline. = The landlady furnished meals in the front room on the frst Aor, pete a oan swung and san; its cage, re re no other or the land: lady--from whom, -of Sours 3 their history could not be ¢o gesled--Dro. ved to be A ei oaiee n cenzorieus; and she 'was so consider- ate as not to advertise the identity of her lodgers--except to a few intimate riends hovered about for side- long glances at them and spread throughout the oS ghborhao the news of the jilisresting arrivals at 21 Jetry ni 8 oconsjonally to see effi. 0: Mrs. Scanlan was very much her sorrows and had failed gith ds well as in spirit. ty that had once been si a Hp beconie almost negli- seemed always to be sit- , submissively, in the bay ide the rubber plant, and locking down the street with apathetic Nia had not yet decided what she the 'not: true 'that. every ote . emis be there will also arrive that other great blessing, reconstruction? Is it not! also true that with. this placid assur: stupendous puszie, - There are many reasons why ory 'individual interested in this war should take a personal interest .in re construetion, and never allow that in- -| terest to lag until he has found the fountainhead of reconstruction activi: lieves that with the coming of pefice| ance there exists the: other assurance | . that some one else is managing that], 'problem 7 No. one feels personally re- syru sponsible, but each one feels sure that) some one else is working hard on this be ty--either found it or created it. Tole begin with, individual homes must be thoroughly and consciously Teccn: structed. Habits must be ref, or abolished acgording to whether they are required for the model home: he men returning from overseas are ringing back thoughts and feelings to which they were utter strangers before enlisting. Most of them have grown, 'mentally and spiritually, by leaps~and bounds. . Have their wo- T® | men folks and their children kept pace? Will they understand what the : men have gained? Sa they dppreclate its value? ill , they agree or sneeringly criticise the at-| titude of the men towards life? Will they hate such a outlook them: selves that they ohn be both patient and tolerant with what a mis take view and finally either persuade back to-the best way or forsake their own narrow views ? There are many reforms' which ehould: be well 'on 'the way to being worked out before the men come back. hey are reforms for wh! responsible. - No ne has a better right than women to take tion; affecting. children. = Baby wel: fare as a national requirement, ~in- stead of a local manifestation of san- ity on the part of parents, is a form to the doors of women at home to- ay. : The establishment of a national Board of 'Health belongs to the good times coming in the Reconstruction. Period, and responsibility for its establishments rests naturally en the smothers of the land. ~The same is trué of the entire educational system. Laws relating to food are women's work. These are what might be called housecleaning work without which any reconstruction work would be hopeless 'and they should be wise- ly planned and started et once. In both France snd England many of. these reforms are already under way, made - necessary 1 onside by the; violent overturning of old methods| found inadequate in war. countries have waged war and Thoms reconstruction simultaneously. Their women are cognizant 'of all these pro- blemis, and working on them honestly, Is there not a too general feeling that the absolutely necessiry reconstruc- the result of earnest wishing? The answer to. any such attitude is the question: "How Cid the things recon- ing--by wishing or, worse yet, by indifference ?". Were the women re- sponsible for them? No, . But to: day the women are substituting at home as well as filling their own place. Have they began wobsttunng in the vital places? rnet and beemed to a re ROW happy about--I couldn't; tha fi occupation. She might some music pupils, though = if sheTind the patience theta i to possess. ~ Sometimes {hong t it. might be interesing ; leatn ste a dt re so that as Td hadn't ¢| To see Dave teach, b "Fven so--of course your visit did im (To be continned. ) found herself HE cloves and; proceed as f 4 i CARY full charge of every form of legisla: |D! of reconstruction that leads straight] -aswistance at her dis ose instead 'of 'leaving the réom untouch- od and wasting all the time during] tion will drop from the sky or come as] ta warmed; during this process stig will] struction is<to replace come into be-} table. ing the: drum and having lessons onlkn Shak ing to draw comfort | out 3 such « hing.--it wes iso pie e ts. Having ghisined yer. ie mission to form a. ee gar, or molasses when able, reheat and seal." no fruit syrup on hand followsin making fruit bitter: peeled and pitted . fruit in conn fruit juice to prevent scorching; press| Soa through a siéve; to each quart of this| Coffee pulp add three quarts of apple. or grape juice and to each four quasia| Cocoa of the mixture add two ground cinnamon and may be preserved in srape Juice, oe Phry-good Bel ed and pared, and, if apples or pared fruit into a preserving k grape juice. fruit-is clear and tender, then put'into}' sterilized jars. For preserving in cider, prepare ap les and pears in the same way, cover with boiled cider Minti] reduced | onehalf) and and tender. E. Personal al Efficiency. - How many of you have read Prof. Grimshaw's new. book, "Personal Efficiency 7" There ave. heaps of good things" in it, but one' can't help won: dering where a mere man secured so| step farth much knowledge of women's work and their iF way of doing it. The good housekeeper works ac cording to 'a. timetable and plan, figured out beforehand, with refer- ence to the various tasks to be per formed, 'and the. time, money 'and She saves much work and many a step by attending to things prompt ly. When she leaves ter bedroom in 'the morning she the bed clothes back to amir them while she prepares and takes her breakfast, the morning meal. Before ledving the bathroom she wipes around washstand, so that work will, not want much more to abbend to 'the The efficient housekea Jong before others, bo less 0. do and wore Tuesns to de it with, have finished their task. housekeeper: is through on. time; -the 'poor one only in time--an. _ entirely different matter; : find 'ample tim s Kate has bro- John "What of it?" trac his wife, "there ng here in the paper about nom ET slowly until "lento The good |. 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