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If the sight of the old man had surprised the board- ing crew, the second apparition-- - for it seemed like an apparition to many, certainly to Dick Jordan on the deck of the lugger--created amazement and consternation, The newcomer was a woman, lightly clad, and with her hair streaming down her shoulders and back, half way to her waist. She had the appearance of enc who has been interrupted in the midst of her toilet, rushing on deck to ascertain the meaning of the com- motion. She glanced in the direc- tion of the lugger, shading her eyes with one hand, and then back at the old man on the deck. She spoke to him in a low voice, which he heeded, for he withdrew from sight, and permitted her to do the talking. "What boat is that?" she asked in a clear, bell-like voice. * * * Tucu hesitated for a moment be- fore 1cplying; then in his most persuasive voice, he informed her: "The San Miguel, Of Limon." The girl or young woman--it was difficult to estimate her age at the distance, but to Dick she scemed young and comely--seem- ed in doubt, hesitating before re- plying, but her eyes' were busy studying the boat's crew and the 1 § lines of the lugger. Finally, as if 2 sh had made up her mind, she : retorted in a sharp, peremptory ; way: i "Well, what do you want? You can't come aboard!" Captain Tucu smiled a bit craft- ily. "We took her for a derelict-- abandoned." 'You can see now she isn't," re- € plied the 'girl quickly. Then, as 4: if anxious to pacify them, she add- 1; ed in a pleasaeter voice. "Thank you for coming; but we don't need "any help. We can manage." Tucu 'was a little * nonplussed, but the grin hadn't left his ugly : face. "Y'can't get into port with 1 i that wreck. We'll help y'ter rig yl her up.' i "No, thank you, was the cool 25 retort, "We can manage." CR The small boat had been drift- Sli ing nearer all the time, and as if "alafhed by "this the girl added 4 > ssharper than before: "Keep away, bis please! You'll ger tangled in the id "wreckage." Oy # © Tucu turned to his mate and ex- £ changed a few words with him, and then addressed the girl again: ""Who's that old man aboard?" She drew herself up and frown- ed, "You mean my father, Cap- "tain Bedford?" "Is he cap'n?" There was a smile of derision on his face, which 'the girl caught. Resenting it, she nodded curtly, and said: "Yes! Now if you have no fur- ; ; : JAer business here, go back to / your own ship." 5 "I'd like to speak to the cap'n," Leo 8 "was the cool retort, motioning to yd "the Caribs to dip their oars again, as : "You can't!" was the frightened : "reply. "He's 'not well, and has # gone below." ; y «Eo» Dick caught the note of alarm "fn the voice. He gave a start and # glanced around him, The handful { : & of Caribs left on the hugger were * A # grouped forward, intently interest ; "ed in the schooner and the conver- de 0 # sation going on between the skip- i # per and the girl, No one paid the © least attention to him, "If Tucu goes aboard," he mut- tered under his breath, "Ill go too." He walked toward the stern and measured the distance from the lugger to the schooner, It was not great. Once under the pro- tection of the overhanging stern he could swim almost unobsery- ed to the mass of wreckage drift- ing on the port side of the dere- lict. But once more his attention was drawn to the others, A shrill, bab- bling voice came from the forward shrouds of the schooner. Captain Bedford was standing in them, waving and beckoning to the Ca- ribs. Instead of going "below, he had crept forward where, out of reach of his daughter, he was in- viting Tucu and his men to come aboard. . "Come aboard, mates! You're welcome! Throw me a line and I'lt catch itl Ha! Ha! Ye missed it that time. Heave again!" The girl in the stern gave onc horrified glance and then hurried to her parent's side, Captain Bed- ford meckly dropped down to the deck at her coming and mumbled thickly a mild protest. Dick saw the girl lead him away, and then return to the rail, * * * By that time Tucu and his crew had made fast to the schooner and were preparing to climb aboard. "Stop!" she cried, "I forbid you coming aboard!" Captain Tucu looked up and leered at her. "It's at the capn's invitation we're comin'," he said. "It ain't against the law, lady, to accept the skippers invite, is it?" "My father's not responsible for what he says," she cut in sharply. "I'm in command here, and I for- bid--" Dick didn't hear the finish of the sentence, He had quietly drop- ped over the stern of the lugger, and was 'once 'more battling with his old enemy--the sea. Swimming slowly, with his head low down in the water, and mak- ing a wide detour around the stern of the derelict, Dick reached it with- out attracting attention, Nobody on the lugger had noticed his de- parture, and those aboard the schooner were too interested in their prize to give heed to any- thing else. Dick climbed up the rigging hanging over the side opposite the lugger, and secured a firm grip on the deck rail with both hands, Tu- cu and his men were still for- ward, 'arguing with the girl. 'Dick could hear her high-pitched voice raised in remonstrance, * * " "If you put a foot on this deck, I'll shoot!" she was saying. "The law allows it. You're boarding my ship against my will." Dick thrust his head above the rail. The men hadn't reached the deck yet, but were hanging over the side, with heads in view. The girl 'was facing them; with a defi- ant glitter in her eyes, and an ug- ly-looking automatic in one hand, Her cyes were deep blue, but just now they were dark with pas- sion, The face, tanned by 'long ex: posure, was sct in hard, deter- mined lines, Perhaps in repose it was beautiful, but there was a fe- line strength and passion in it that rather suggested the tigress at bay. There was not an ounce of fear or cowardice reflected in the eyes and face. "Y'father asked us aboard, lady," Tucu replied after a pause, an insinuating pleasantry in his voice, "an" we came because o' that. Where's he gone?" "I told you I was in* command here," was the short, curt reply, "That's sufficient. Now get back!" Tuer glanéed aft and then for- ward, 'Where's the crew?" he ask- ed, smiling, The girl woman- paled slightly "through her tah, but answered un- hesitatingly. "There's no crew aboard. No one hut father and me, Now you know the truth" (To Be Continued) TABLE TALKS .. Apples and Plums Canned Applesauce Applesauce is a versatile addition to any fruit cellar. It can be used as an accompaniment to meat, as a basis for a pudding or in a pie. It also is a way, at the present time, of conserving those windfalls from the orchard which might oth- erwise go to 'waste. Applesauce may be canned without sugar, and then sweetened later when it is used. In this way, it need not make inroads on the canning sugar want- ed for doing other late fruits. Make applesauce in the usual way, but omit the sugar, Pack hot into clean hot sealers or plain tin cans. Leave a headspace of ¥% inch. Adjust rubber rings and glass tops on screw or spring top sealers, and partially seal. Com- pletely seal tin cans. Process in the boiling water bath for 15 minutes for pints, quarts and twenty and twenty-eight ounce cans. Plum Jam (using plums other than Damsons) 8 cups pitted, quartered plums 14 cup water 4 14 cups sugar Place prepared plums and water in a kettle. Simmer uncovered, 10 minutes. Add sugar and boil 6 to 8 minutes, stirring frequently to prevent sticking. Pour into hot, sterilized jars, cool slightly and wax. Yield: about 6 V4 cups. To test consistency of jam, remove kettle from the heat, place a spoon- ful on a chilled saucer and cool quickly, If the jam does not set to the proper thickness, return ket- tle to heat and continue to boil a: minute or two longer and repeat the test. Plum Roly Poly 3 cups halved or quartered, pit- ted, sweet plums 1¢ to 2/3 cup sugar 1/8 teaspoon salt 1 1/3 cups boiling water Wash plums and cut in halves or quarters, removing pits. Add boil- ing water to sugar and salt, bring to boiling point. Add plums and sim- mer 5 minutes. Strain off syrup and reserve. 174 cups sifted all-purpose flour 3 teaspoons baking powder 34 teaspoon salt 2 tablespoons sugar 3 tablespoons mild-flavoured fat 4 cup milk Mix and sift dry ingredients, Cut in fat, using two knives or a pastry blender, until the mixture resembles fine bread crumbs. Add milk to make a soft dough. Turn out on a lightly floured board and roll in a rectangle 14 inch thick. Spread plums over dough and roll like a jelly roll. Place in a greased bread tin and pour % cup of the plum syrup over the roll. Bake in a hot oven, 425 T, for 25 to 30 minutes. Serve hot with the folowing sauce, 174 cups syrup' from plums 214 teaspoons cornstarch or 5 teaspoons flour 2 tablespoons cold water Ya teaspoon almond extract Measure syrup remaining and if necessary add water to make up 1% cups. Bring to boiling point. Mix cornstarch or flour with cold water and stir into boiling syrup; cook 10 minutes, stirring frequently, remove from heat and add almond extract. Yield: six servings. Two pretty ways to make Pa« tern 4941 'for your 'little girll A tulip-festooned apiondress of trim jumper. Blouse is cut in' just ONE piece! Pattern 4941 in sizes, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10. Size 6, jumper, 1%4 yds, 39-in.; blouse, 74 yd. 35-in. fabric; 1% yds. 33-in.; 5¢ yd. contrast, Send TWENTY CENTS (20¢) in coins (stamps cannot be ac- cepted) for this pattern to Roomn 421, 73 Adelaide St. West, To- ronto. Print plainly SIZE, NAME, ADDRESS, STYLE NUMBER, 1 JAPS' FOOD OUTLOOK BRIGHTENS WBE BAS BYR ERE With the best rice crop in four years being harvested a: month early, Japan looks forward to escape from the starvation which ruled the country last winter. Above, Jap workers begin processing the firat bales of rice to arrive in Tokyo. CHRONICLES By Gwendoline P. Clarke: of GINGER FARM . . . . Last week Joy and I were ab- solutely moved to tears. We just couldn't keep our emotion under control at all. You see we were making mustard pickle, Not just a pint, or even a quart, but twenty jars of it. So why wouldn't we weep? Why is it that onions make one weep--and is there any preventive? The best thing I have struck so far is peeling the onions over the kitchen stove with one lid off. The fire doesn't have to be alight either --the draught will carry the fumes up the chimney. It isn't a hundred precent but it does make the job a little less sorrowful. Here is another remedy you might like to try. Bob told us that if you kneel on the floor while peeling the onions the fumes will never bother you. So Joy and I tried kneeling on the floor--and the kitchen looked like a miniature prayer mecting, But we soon found the idea didn't work--it was just about as crazy as it looked. Bob said we didn't do it right--that while on our knees we should still have kept the onions above the ta- ble level. Another way I have heard recommended is to stick a piece of raw potato on the end of the paring knife--but I never found that worked very well either. Something tells me that anyone who could invent, or propagate; an odourless onion might live in clo- ver--sweget-scented clover--for the rest of his natural life, . ® ® I say "his" advisedly because many household inventions are doubtless the result of a man: be- ing left with some ordinary every- day job to do at some time, which his wife, without giving it a thought, has done every day for years, putting 'up with the incon- venience because she thought it was just one of those things that couldn't be prevented. Then some twist of fate puts her husband on the job.| He works at it for pos- sibly half-an-hour, gets fed up with it and starts figuring out some' easier way of doing it. And thus another invention is born. Experi- ence is a great teacher. Give a man half-an-ahour. with a galky washing machine, or a kitchen stove that has to be humored, and you ac- complish more in that way than by wecks and weeks of grumbling or cajoling, Of course it is just as well while preliminary experiment- ing is underway to do the disap- pearing act. . § » @« » Yes, experience is a great teach-"" er in more ways ithan one. Partner. was fairly chortling carly in the, week because Joy had an appoint- smentr.tophave avwisdonrotooth ex tracted -- (an "extraction ~ being: an entirely new' experience': for her. "And now, my girl", said Partner, "like the rest of the nurses, you have done plenty of needle stick- ing in your time, now we are going to see how you like being on the receiving end!" Tomorrow came and ncice Joy. didn't like 'the nee- dle--or rather the efect of it -- any better than the rest of us. But Partner, very generously, desisted - from teasing her. until she was bet- ter able to take it. Afterwards he really enjoyed himself, This week-end was much as us- ual-<the only: way in' which it vas ried from any other week-end was that 'everyone was down to break- fast on time Sunday morning, Sat- urday' night we really thought we were in for a. comparatively. quict time but just as Partner.and Fwere thinking of retiring | for the night Daughter and friend Bert blew in. Partner was sensibléd, -after a lit- tle: while he went to.bed. The rest of us tatked away until well after midnight, And now for a little animal in- stinct--or bird instinct whichever you like to call it, The other morn* ing Partner looked out the kitchen ISSUE 38-1946 window and called to me to "come quick", I came, and what I saw was a great big hawk perched calmly on the top of a fence-post right by the chicken-pen which houses the smallest of our chick- ens, He was just sitting there, watching his opportunity to swoop: down on his prey. He might well be watching because there wasn't a chicken to be seen anywhere, Joy said from her room she had heard a 'wild scurry of 'wings and wondered what on earth it was. The chickens were not all in the pen, They were hiding under shrubs, trees, a roll of fence wire and anything else that came handy. It isn't unusual for! thiugs like that: to happen of course, but I still marvel at the instinct which tells chickens that danger is near. And chickens are usually such stupid things, Sunday School Lesson The Practice of Neighborliness Exodus 22: 21-23; Deut. 24: 14. 15; Matthew 25: 34-41, Golden Text--And the King shall answer and say unto them, Verily' I+ say 'unto 'you, inosmuch as ye have done it unto one of the least of these my brethren, ye have done it unto: me.--Matthew 25: 40 [Against Oppression The + word . "stranger" is the name for foreigner, The children of Israel as foreigners iri Egypt knew what oppression meant.' Out of their sufferings was to come the wisdom which should reveal to all mankind sthat- human -relationships are to be governed by love and not by tyranical cruelty, It is a christian duty to care for widows and orphans. Their prayers will be heard by the Lord if they are neglected, If we are truly christfan in our sympathies we will be tender and' thoughtful 'to such who are poor and burdened. Empleyers of labor are in- instrucied not to oppress those who work for them nor to with- hold from them their due wages. Against slavery and economic op- pression God speaks in no uncer- tain terms. As for the worker, he is to 'do his work with all his might, in good conscience, render- ing service as to the Lord and not to man As for the employer, he is to have due regard for the wel- fare of the worker as one who must give an account of his trustee- ship to God. "Blessed: of the Father" The inheritance of the kingdom is not.something. we earn, it is a gift. The kingdom has been pre- pared from the foundation of the vworld and it was prepared for us. Jesus gives as a reason for invit- ing them to an inheritance in' 'His kingdom .the fact that they had ad- ministered to Him in His need. The whole: destiny of «man hangs on his faith; butithe proof of faith is conduct. It is deeply significant that the righteous were not conscious of the good deeds they had done, Jesus so identifies Himself with His people that: any act done to them He regards as done to Him- self. The real test whether we love our brethren is--do we minister to their need? The one thing that shows whether or not we have re- ceived Christ is our reception of those who belong to Christ. Christ identifies Himself with the least of His brethren. "What we do for Christ's brethren we should do for Christ's sake. ee ee ee me em me Beware of Flies! It has been said that the common house fly -- Muscadomestica -- is more dangerous than the dger or cobra, Flies feed on filth and spread cholera, dysentery, small- pox, diphtheria, scarlet fever, ty phoid fever and other diseases. They should be exterminated by all means possible, Beware of flies] FOR A HAPPY HOME. serve Maxwell House Coffee. Its blend contains choice Latine 'American coffees. Those who are most particulas about coffee vote it "Good to the Last Drop" | » hs "Our Family Reguiator is DR. CHASE'S KIDNEY- PILIS LIVER Kellogg's All- i * 'Wheat is Canadian ' 2 MORE AND. MORE PEOPLE serve cereals anytime 5 Ie [83 Here's. an -idea- that can. help ou save time and work: Serve Kellogg's ready-to-eat : cereals mot only. for breakfast, but for . 1 mid-morning snacks, chil + | ' 1 (] - E dren's Te. +L lunches or suppers, before-bed. whole wheat in: its 0) ) » WRAL e0 xan All-Wheat; Pep, Corn Flakes, : 1 A ale form. 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