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The Tea That N Black, Green or Mixed Sh PART IL e, was right. As she urged Toby across the field behind the 'Puttses' barn, she saw an automobile anding xt ihe door of jhe fury . len slippl rom .horse's i and approached the vee on Although the day was chilly, the hi Was ajar. ithin was a babel of voices. Mrs. Putts was expostu- ng hysterically, and several chil- were crying. Ellen caught a { of a stalwart man with a aha between his teeth and his hat rakishly over'his ear. "That's all right, me'am." The| deep voice sounded compellingly | above the shrill tumult. "I'm sent by | the governient to take the surplus that ain't wed a family "the size! of yours. / I've got orders to' Jlace under arrest anybody that of- ers resistance." The rumble of that deep voice had 8 peculiar effect on Ellen. She had planed to confront the man and to! orm his little scheme. She had not count- # on his being quite go broad across, e shoulders. The idea of walking up to him and telling him that he, was an impostor did not appeal to, Ber, and, moreover, it would do no| good. That big, brutal man, looming so large in Mrs. Putts's little kitchen, would take whatever "tre wanted, in spite of Mrs. Putts's 'tears and her own accusations. Ellen turned and looked at the ma- chine." It was a touring car, of the same make as Arnold's, she thought. ! The rear was filled with the results of the day's collection. Ellen ap-: ached near enough to see a basket, Bled with jars that had come from, her own house. She read in her own handwriting the words, "Plum mar- malade." ! Her anger dispelled her misgivings' and stiffened her courage. Plum mar- malade! They had been saving it for ; very special occasions, like Thanks- giving and Christmas! Walking to the front of the ma-| chine she began to crank it. She was nkful for the turmoil in the kit- chen. Mrs. Putts was holding out gallantly. Toby, cropping the scant ss, paused to look inquiringly at! js young mistress. The engine be-' gan to throb like a big heart, but it did not beat so fast as Ellen's. | As she went by Toby she gave him! cut with the whip. The animal ped aside, snorted, suddenly real- that he was free, and started for, Some. phaking from head to foot,! Ellen climbed into the automobile. Fortunately, it was facing the road,! for she could not possibly have turn- ed it; but she knew how to start it,| and she did. All of the controls and A pedals were identically the same as' Arnold's car. ! 'When she had almost reached the way she heard a stentorian shout ind. her. To the start it gave her, ! Ellen attributed her collision with 'the, wooden post of Mr. Putts's fence, She left the post wrecked as she sped on! fer way. There was a ternible ptoar| back in the Puttses' od children; were screaming, dogs king, and a man's voice was roaring hoarsely,! "Btop, or I'll fire!" : There was nothing about the voice that made Ellen desire an interview with its owner. Instead she said to herself, "Now, what was it Arnold said I must do if I wanted to go faster?" After & minute she remem- | BY HARRIET LUMMIS SMITH. '[bered, and the little car skimmed } ever Disappoints Sealed Packets Only, A along the highway at a very credit- able rate of The noise nd her - grew faint. She did not look back, for Arnold had told her that that was an inexcusable offense in a motorist, but she knew that the hurrying figures about the farmhouse must be dwindling rapidly. If the man with the button had kept his word, and fired, his aim, had not been true. Ellen's destination was the town ten miles away. As She approached it she began to meet vehicles, but she was relieved as well as surprised to! find that, instead of insisting that she should observe the traffic regulations, they showed the utmost willingness to, take to the gutter and give her the, entire road. Abgorbed as she was in her task, she vaguely realized that | the drivers of those vehicles seemed! immensely interested in her perform- ance. Once inside the limits of the Yow she slowed down. Progress of any| him that she had seen through | sort was becoming difficult, for there' on were many carriages and automobiles' oing apparently in all directions.! he presence of pedestrians, too, was' terribly confusing. In trying to avoid { a couple who undertook to cross the! stréet in the wrong place, Ellen nar- rowly avoided a collision with a gro- | cer's wagon, the driver of which yell. ed at her angrily. | But at last she reached the goal | she had set for herself--the low brick! building adorned with a gilt sign that! informed the public, that it was the! police station. The chief of police was sitting back comfortably in his swivel chair, when an automobile stopped in front of the. building. But it did not stop quite 80 soon ag it should have done; it] bumped a telephone pole, and the driver went out sprawling. | The chief oft police jumped from his chair and hurried to the scene as! Ellen was picking herself up. ""Are| you hurt?" he inquired. | "No. Not a bit." "I guess I'll have to arrest you for careless driving." Hig tone was less genial, "I was as careful be." "Where's your operator's license?" | "I--I 'haven't any." | "H"m! Looks like I should have to arrest you for that, too. Hello!" | The chief of police looked at Ellen as if he were expecting her to explain | something. t "Well?" she asked Zesighedly, "You haven't got any numbers on this car. I suppose you know that's' an offense in the eyes of the law." "This isn't my car. I just took it." Evidently the chief of police was | unaccustomed to such frankness in: criminals. He relieved his mind by a! long whistle. - "] took it because I thought the man was an impostor," Ellen explain- ed. "And I came right here as quick- ly as I could because I was sure you'd | knew the best thing to do." "Well, well, come insid as I kitew how to| hear about it" The chief of police! the room at least once a day was only human. His manner show-! 1 ed a markéd unbending. After Ellen had told her s was no more of arresting The chief of police agreed entirely with point of view. "He may have done it just to dis- courage folks, so there wouldn't so much pres year," he said. there S------e ; Who in the world is more interest- ad in good roads than the farmer? He 4s the one who uses the roads in his business year in and year out. Roads are to the farmer what street cars are fo the worker in the city--it makes \ business possible. Good roads im- e hig chances of success, while poor. roads hold him back. Paved ¢ ts are no more valuable to the than paved roads to the country, 'but the city has recognized their value while the farmers have just begun to c ehend it. I know that there fs a gingle community hat, Samos isgovey some considerable hat bad vous have catised. \y roads that compel all 1 'travel over them wit to ae double the motive that 1d be needed if they surfaced and brought | grade. 1 know when one ! The Farmer and Good Roads a big expense. If the farmers would just keep an accurate account of all the actual cost to them from bad roads, counting the extra horse and man power, extra time consumed, and loss from reduced prices, delayed work, depreciation of products because the roads cause directly they would soon realize that bad roads are most awfully expensive. Surely they are not pleasant! ~ The time was when farmers declar- ed the road campaigns were all in fa- vor of the automobilists, but since the 0st of the farmers own automobiles ey ate not talking so much, and they are talking roads more. We can 'readily see that country roads will be travelled mostly by country automo- k hired men to haul wheat from | impo a town over such a road enough more. for that er. | and canning next "Nothing's too much! of delays, and every other cost that |d The hand pictured above sh: the | foods which a child needs for proper growth. The hand calls for "bread, butter and more milk," and the thumb, "milk--at least a pint a day." The other fingers call for vegetables, | such as potatoes, spinach, peas, string beans, 'delery, beets, carrots; cabbage and turnips; such fruit as oranges, apples, raisins and prunes; cereals including oatmeal, rice, wheat and cornmeal; eggs, fish and meat. Menus founded upon this "food hand" will not go far wrong when it comes to fulfilling the requirements of a child for proper growth and maintenance. "An egg a day" should be the slo- gan for all young people. The egg- yolk contains about thirty-five per cent fat, which in turn contains growth-producing substances, called "vitamines." Foods containing these vitamines are absolutely essential for growing children. Eggs, milk and leafy vegetables are sometimes known as protective foods, because they correct and make up Tor the inadequate composition of seeds and tubers. Young animals fed wheat, oats, barley, or other seeds exclusively fail to grow, because these foods do not contain growth-produc- ing elements. The price of eggs should not pre- vent their frequent use in many forms. If the child does not care for poached or boiled eggs and refuses to eat them, they may be served in omelets, custards, souffles, puddings and drinks: The taste of the egg will be disguised without losing its nour- ishing and beneficial properties. Care of the Sick Room, It is only in exceptionally large and modern hones that it is possible to set aside a room for the use of the sick. The first thing to do in the prepara- tion of the ailing one's room is to eliminate, Make less work for your- self and less annoyancé for the pati- ent by removing all rugs, curtains and draperies. The less you have of these the cleaner you can keep the] room. Take away all unneeded furni- ture. Then clean the room. Scrub the floor, use lots of soap and water. Don't believe that old gossip's tale that washing the floor may give a pa- tient a "cold." The patient is not lying on the floor. And as every one knows, a good scrubber always dries her floor as she goés. Do not overlook the gift of good fresh air. Let in all the sunlight and fresh air you can through the door and the windows. If possible, lower your windows from the top. The-room should be ventilated night and day. In cold weather, to avoid draughts, lower the window from the top, or move the bed, carefully, so the patient will: not be exposed to a wave of freezing air. It is a very e and let's| Necessary thing to renew the air in air- Jng it thoroughly. -- > : To do this, first cover the patient warily, leaving only the face ex- posed. Open wide all doers and win- dows in and near the sick room. the patient to fill his lungs full of trouble for that kind, and nothing's so small that they overlook it, either. Then again it may be that he's onl a sharper who saw a chance to s up for the winter wi t any ex- se. We'll find out when we've 'ound the owner of the machine." at armen drove Ellen home, and the wa e an 0] or the lh e had in Firs. Rutts's house. But the self-styled represen- preter charges gainst the prefer a; girl who had stolen h ny The SE in ay an unu y interesting exhibit at the lice sto- tion, were finally re C s. The odes made a etl And "To banish from thelr minds all thought | {into the room. If necessary, : . | the patient's eyes with their | ght is healing. 'beyond the patient's. reach, and pre- ferably where he cannot see these evi- dences- of his illness, and possibly be worried by them. Do not rattle newspapers. Do not forget that when aggerates s! normal health~would not at all annoy. Do not emtertain a sick person by re- lating all the troubles of the neigh- borhood. Be cheerful and optimistic. Radiate good health. Keeping Mother Young. "Well, then just' look at Carrie Marvin--" Pen Morgan thrust her fingers into her ears, "Don't say Carrie Marvin to mel" : Beople, appear sincerely to have bel Russia were hatching '| more ready to suspect it because they | '| needs the confidence of the individual "that France and Hngland and . They were the were themselves, through their lead. ers, intriguing to circumvent. France and England and Russia. The sus- picious person always has a tendency to do 'the things that he suspects others of doing * §a : What the world needs more than anythifg else.tc-day is confidence. It man in his own powers, but even more it needs his confidence in the decency, the sincerity, the honesty of his neighbor. Suspicion is to-day the chief foe of eivilization, : ----e pe Fooling the Bomb Droppers. The' 20th Forestry Regiment, "the biggest regiment in the world," was made up of lumbermen and foresters, and a pretty sharp crew they were. An amusing story is told of the way in which the 20th fooled the German bombers and saved their hig sawmills and ammunition dumps from destruc- tion, - The biggest mills operated by the regiment were at Eclaron, in the v she cried." "I simply can't abide Carrie Marvins. Don't misunfer-| stand me; it isn't Carrie herself that I object to. If I could conceive of her | dirty or mussy or ripped for, once! in her immaculate and agonizingly | neat life, I'd have no objection to her at all. It's Carrie-Marvinisti that I protest against. She fairly, reeks of gasoline. I'm perfectly sure that she couldn't go to sleep at night if she hadn't cleaned her gloves and skirt and shoes. If she were wrecked on a desert island, she'd be cast up on the shore with her hair -properly tucked up under a bathing cap, and, needles, thread and mending tissue in a bag on her arm! Talk of pre- paredness and thrift! Carrie Marvin is thrift itself. If you could take her to pieces, you'd find she was made up of remnants bought at a bargain for their wearing qualities, beauti- fully pieced together and cleaned and pressed. every night." The girls enjoyed it as they always enjoyed Pen. But it puzzled Mayda , Kline, who was a new comer. "But you look exactly as neat as Carrie," she declared. - "Oh, I!" Pen tossed it off lightly. "It's none of my fault. I could have a beautiful time even if I had a rip in each glove and a hole in my heel. With me it's environment, not con- genital traits." "Well, there's one thing you'll have to admit," Del Conner remarked. "Carrie has kept her mother young. She looks as young as Carrie hér- self." - "She is probably a hundred or two years-younger," Pen retorted; picking up her racket. 'Bye, girls! See you to-morrow." i It was a warm afternoon. Pen had not thought of it on the tennis court, but the kitchen where she found her mother was really hot. Mother was pressing Pen's blue skirt. She looked warm and tired and even a little old, but. she smiled bravely at Pen. Some- how the sight fretted. Pen. "O mother! I wish you wouldn't Tell | fuss over my "things on a day like this!" she cried impatiently. couldn't go like that. What is it, dear?" For Pen was staring at her with startled ey "Nothing," Pen answered. But in her heart certain words were "echoing over and over: "There's one you'll have to admit: Carrie has kept her mother young---she has ! kept her mother young!" - | My Prayer. la i I pray for time to-do my work and do}: it well, ; chance to show to others how the subtle spell before the set of sun : Has power to comfort past the gift to i + . 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