PUNIS GR, LADY BLANCHE'S BITTER ESRIENT a CHAPTER XXX.--(Cont'd) he shrank back from his blaz- -eyes and wild, wicked words. did: you wrang,"' her lips quivering. - He controlled himself as if by a mighty effort, and drew a long preatin «io: . 'We will not bandy words, she sz " he aid, sad-| 'i this torture! ans T dreaming ?"' é looked at him, reproach and to you! "Why do. you force me she said, in a low voic can it matter now? All is tween us. You are marri "Nol? he thu ndered. faid. grimly; 'I will not -- She panted, then her quick eyes ou many moments longer. I want|tead the truth. P to say this, and then J will go. "Ah, not yet, but gcing to When I heard of your treachery--|{Is it not so, Bruce?' and his--I swore that. wherever | He hung his head, then he looked Emmet him, let it be when and where] up -_¥ might, I would kill hin. But| "Never mind Blanche,"' he sa » {J have repented of that rash oath ;| hoars +61] me what ». 1 should have rememberec iby my being false to you Ss m sacred to .| lies have told you our love made hi itell him that he gor--that he lea not fe ~ your sake he shall - unpunished = fo1 as black a piece of treacl as the world has seen s | eut her hand to ges no a WE Floris put ee "What a¥e you séying?' What : are these wild words? Whom am [| to tell? Ob, am F dreaming?' "Whom? The yaan who ae le you from me--Berti¢ C yrde," he said white to the Mps and calm. Floris put/her hands to her bro "Bertie , Clifforde--the man-- Oh, Heayén what a es He lovked doubt risin oO Cu not marric "io,"? lips. / Hei clutched the gate f *'No! Then, do you tell no, he would vile as that. T fled with him; gether! Will you : Floris came in her. fac innocence eyes. "JT deny ! with Lord O floe----"' He made a" "Why s =~ Good-by, kim Be rat- ing eut 'Stop 1'? e stood stock-s Jord Norman, not be so hey nen Rasa ee from clear a a terrible, Lord Clifforde met me at Ballyfloe station, he Lond don or care for. by accident acoeginpanied me to n, having done all that could do to comfort and conso under my heavy trouble, he left Since that hour I have neither seen . nor heard from him! There is my nswer to the f oul lie you heard and; ved Me glared at her--white, breath less. "VYou--you received a him!" 'KK telegram?* she repeated. "Ah! From him? No, from home. Ic was to say that my mother was dying "Great and merciful Heaven! Floris--Floris!" he cried in a voice of despair, 'is this true? Oh, how blind, blind I have been; how mad! Floris, forgive me! Forgive --oh, my poor darling! Why are you here? Why did you not write} to me? Why--my brain is reeling. ; Have pity on me, Floris, and tel me all; this hideous mys me in a net |' he saw the sweat standing in great drops upon his brow, and his hends clinch on the gate unt ul they were white as his face. "T am here--earning my living,"' she said, simply. "I came here to be away from lingland, to learn to forget, to--to--I must go now -- Lord Norman. Good-by." ? rs 3 "not" he eried, hoarsely; "'not yet. Gel by Heaven, you shall not go! Floris: Floris! My dar- ling, my long lost darting |'? and he stretched out his hands. A light, a beautiful light, shone in his eyes, and she made a step forward. 'Then suddenly she stop- ped and shuddered. "No! Nol'? she wailed. forget--you have forgotten Blanche i"* Be started 'and a cold chill fell ser upon his passion. "Blanche !"? he echoed, huskil Great Heaven! He was to be mar- ried to her in a few days, married to her; and Floris---- She put out hor hand to him. Vou "Oh, Bruce, Bruce, how could you have been so wicked ?"' He hung his head. "Be just!' he murmured. "Vou left me. I was alone in the world! LT had lost you--what did it matter whom I married----"' She moaned and hid her face, then she looked up suddenly. 'TJ left you!" she said, in a low, intense tone. "You had lost me! Oh, Bruce, Bruce, you we false 'to me before I left Bally ade! You think I do not know - He started. "T false to you before--I false to you! Floris, what is this? For "Heaven's sake, speak plainly! 'Speak out et once! ZI am almost unnaturally | piteous| 4 | at mad story you have heard Lg . : ' 4 = ow not. The truth is all I know nd} 3 telegram | { | 1H Ay ery holds} Lany Ihave seen me with Blanche, as Ww ha tis this , recked and ru both What have they told you? nearer. mournfully, ' en, wr tceld me would have mz } } e tle, but--I saw for mys Gea for yourself! § i was after between y< saven forgive ' and the te ath. tc bias me, slowly, ce you mean ; what you thi I heard you implore hex lyou. I heard you tel ll is t never loved-- { pce ye mé. e that ac. ar cat h fanned her har breat to me as if the v ey = {speak were those of | Floris, you could not 80 on that day--you jas-you descr it, on a lthat time; but on th: ! you solemnly, here icae: to with Heaven above us to hear me, that T did not come back to Bally- a drew back her ad oleae hin ; = Brvee | "I did not come back," he re- | peated, in a frenzied voice. eat went straight to Scarfross! Great He aven !|--do you doubt me! A d zen witnesses can prove it. There | were men whose side I never left, | Lord Harry--Donald. Go bac did not. go back for iwhy I lw as nearly killed the | y? | morni ae: wz WAI? sh in quick s struck dow n 'by a stag, Scarfross for weeks bed--to my room. All ved! Are you list- you stare at me weeks; follo wing e breathed, her breath coming gasps. COW a kept at fined to 1 this can ening so?' 'Then--then, that is why you did not write?' gasped, an awful sense of mystery enwr apping her. 'Yes! At first I was senseless fox days; unable to write for weeks. When I was able, they told me that you had--had fled Zitn Bertie! Now do bio ancevstand that you ¢annot you ea and con- ee t Wi By TOV do sho suppose?' : She uttered a cry of despair. "Bruce, I saw Got _ = "Great Heaven! I mad }"' "And if it ho ee He looked ened face. 'Who was it? you speak to her. sine----' "Josine!'? he muttered. "Josine told me that I should do me to the place; stood be- was not you--who was t her scared, IT saw you--heai The girl Jo- 80 } led side me. If you speak of proof-- ask her. Oh, Bruce! and yet--and »? yot--- He laughed grimly, savagely. "And yet you think I speak the truth. My poor Floris! My brain is recling! There is some devilish at the bottom = of. this! ; Heaven only Ane OWS; will learn. The 2 you say--where is | Blanche--"' "Who told you" that with Lord Clifforde! 2 gi Ee icsly. : ae anche !" he: eames. quick- es oe : A cold shudder ran through her, and her head drooped. "Do you mean to say that--" he could not go on for a moment -- "that Blanche lied, and purposely deceived me? --deceived both of us?' he said, hoarsely. She shook her head wea rily. = do not know! I eannot say! all Se lark te me!' hall be light!"'. he him, deathly pale, her op parted slowly, sadly. "Poo late Saris ae g ack the wron DO: he side, uffe r? ave honor. You 're has Lines | moto rs la calcul will Bese 5 about five to The heavy t are nidaectos oc] eines of eight ¢ 200 horse driving the speed ed at be each. 400 horse BOWEr: hour. The British airship pected to be ready five months' time. foul aa 2 It looks, however, as if Great Britain will not be allowed to re main long in possesion of the larg est airship, for from Germany somes the information that Albert Vet nee an enginee tr, has completed for the construction h nu4f his ambi- 1 oject is realized take the lish airship look like a dwarf. Me vessel is have a length of ine vessel is to have a length ol 984 feet, with a diameter of O57 feet. The envelope is to be of mag nalium alloy, with a capacity 3,031 eubie feet. The builder intends to fit the airship with mo- tors of 1,200 horse power, with which he proposes to attain a speed of from 45 to 55 miles an hour. According to the calculations the vessel will posséss a total. lifting power of 10344 tons. A vessel of such dimensions should weigh at east 75 tons, leaving a margin =f g3l/ tons for cargo. It furthsr would be possible sengers on board. it stated tha fo carry 4¢ you a quéstion, 'Ask your mo- tired father. silly question CAI right,* is it??? Well; if varia "T want fo Pa,'" said Tommy. ther," answere d the if: isn't a you.' "What "Well, but I want to ask wearily. a Re was Lo come balloon, where hen he eame wi 'That mud turtle down erying to make me believe fifty years old: very idea! and he not of his shell yet t 1??--Life. is over out are uture, we may awe voice some and with a groan step toward her, ren she favitios back--"in Pee nd I will meet as friends -- is--but no more, déstroyed while | For } \last batch of cream On the Farm $OF04-0-4-0-4-04-04040404049 PREPARING FOR THE CHU IRN. When cream from several separa- tions is collected, the churning should not be made for number of hours after the addition. of the } Unless this time is' given the fresh cream add- ed will not have soured throughout i of sour cream, and if in eondition much butter fat will 2, ah Mass lost in the buttermilk. 'Time be given for complete and thorough bl I of the various lots so that they are practically ene, the acid being developed in all alike. This may be done very nice- ly by ta 'King the previous night's the last and 'churn- ay, 18 giving ample proper ripening of the , cream added. good, it *hé to the or churn- that tempera- 0 be lowered sever- ee at the a period ion becomes neces er-fat -is°.a poor at and takes longer iperature than the familiar s cool ivery one i hat oils and fat of .ripening, tirred - occa- results ts. ehh ely ate no] but it i frequent ae entir craters and "finer flavor m n cream whic! TQ AQ SAS. WELL cows and pooi Whatever br are good | is. breeds business uce payin gx ere the farm d go to town Or, what would be better st some other employment the at once. Life is larg Do net urderestimate the earning power of the Taxicab. The Taxicab habit grows, and where there is one user today there will be twa 3 to-merrew. To the Taxicab patren all other methods + city travel seem common-place and ep acing i HOM HORMONE PIES. ee Pumpkin 1 ordinary. a : : We ad vis fe hy, per share, par value $5.00, because the pureliaed) of <a @. it has a big future, and isnow. Taxicab Stock at a big money earner. Subscrip'ions wil! bs accepted up to 189 ae ia the Beker received at this office, é Ri Ade! aide. 2n a : E. A. ENG cL ISH Victoria Streets 7 OROCNTO Send for our ilustrated popklet, : AS. 3 ful of mol sach pie... The flavor is dilicious, out not percep- tible as molasses. Jelly Pie.--One cup sugar, one- third cup butter, one' large -cup jelly, lemon extract to taste, one whole egg and yolks of four, sav- ing whites for merin aus for ton of pie. Beat thorough Make two pies. Mock Cherry Pie.--One cupful of cranberries cut in halves, one-half cupful of raisins, one table ful of flour, one cupful of sugar, two teaspoons of vanilla, one eup- ful. of boiling water... This makes one pie. Mosk Mince' P One egg, three or four crackers, or six: 'or small ones, one-half cupful asses, one-half cupful: of: su- gar, one-half cunful of vinegar, one- half Cc nup- vid ti eaten igs hee fire Ae: ox t orange and the crust Whip the | t water emeat.--Take five or six beef--a_ neck -and put to boil in igh to cover it; take off met H ae make it, and a youn ; the scum t rises when it 2 hes hould ca arefully Own 12-}the boiling point, add hot water clination Bue Ca cal lit choos- from time to time until it is tender, | very 'corate top with of soda, two cupfuls of flour. Bake two layers." Cream for same. The juice of one-half a lemon and one orange, one-half cup of water, one- half cup' of sugar; blespoen- } ful corn starch di: RNa Titile | water; boil until sh 3) when cold put. between eae cake. Gold € "One cupful 'C' sugat one-half eupful butter, yolks of 4 8, two-thirds cupfuis sour 'cam and one-half rspoonful soda. Mix one-third box seeded raisins~ into flour enough to make batter. Bake the ron cakes at same time and save work. figgless Spice :Cake. one ~One cupful tablespoonful of lard, » one teaspoon. oda (in milk), one teaspoon- cinnamon, one teaspoonful of aitepie ¢. Bake in loaf tin and frost. Devil's Food.--Cream two ex pfuls of with one-half cup of but- ter (good measure), add two beaten 6 one cup of cold water, one- half teaspoonful cach. of ground cloves and nutmeg, one teaspoon- fut of lemon or vanilla,-one small unsweetened chocolate square of (grated), three cupfuls of flour, and t of baking sugar hree level teaspoonfuls were rubbed . smooth with. c : sandpaper, and when im goed condi- tion were rubbed with eruda oil. This leaves 'a dull fintith, which pleased the owner better than one that shone, but if the polish is pre- ferred < could be given with var- nish. All ie marks of seatyice will disappear from a table ox other piece of Sosd treated in this man- ner, and the labor necessary to pro- dace the result is not gréat. White. Feathers.--M. ake @~ thin batter of flour and gasoline. tm- merse feather in this, bring it up and down until clean, and if soiled lay on hand aad rub gently with ee hand. When perfeothy clean and it will get white as snow). rinse ia clear gasoline and shake till dry and all flour has left. Bt°may be necessary to take a ecgrse comb to clean out flour more éffectively. This is excellent and ong need have no fear trying it with eéxpénsive plumes. Washing Silk--If you wish to have silk white, wash with a hike warm 'ater and soap. Rinse. thoroughly. Take a large cloth, wrap siti in it, and let it lie for half hour. Press while damp. Do not expose:it to powder. Bake in layer tins, _Cho- the air, as the air. turms tt yéllow. colate Frosting.--Put into a shal- colored sill may be washed low pa four tablespoonfuls of seraped chocolate and. place it , ' : it will mel ae dual) ly bus Sovak icak Fhe x not-scorch; when a exactly 64 cents, Here mf tablesgac 3) (do its: Buy 25 s' worth 'tnd one of ler's earth at drng acup- and s flo yur, Son t Api Be er, Shear butter, and with corn starch dis oe and fiour and hike gradually. Filling--One and cupfuls mi aple sugar, one eupful granulated sugar, one-half supful sweet milk, one-half cupful bu tter, one ¢ supful pecans, two tea- P Chop pecans all> in ahpipeunigs gcther in porcelain kettle boil slowly until thick enough spre ad on cake while very hot. a few kernels. DUMPLINGS. Almond Dumplings.--Beat one or two eggs thoroughly; add as many chopped blanched almonds as vanilla put 1 spoont i fine, to- and to D e€ - & the Spread the coat on a sheot, 8 it. plentifully with fullar's ubbine the powder well in bah with a soft cloth or brr lew. the coat to lie fer fort hours. -- Then "Bs earth off on to the sheet, brn coat with a stiff brush, and well. The. coat. will Jock Kk and there will be no odor as shake gasoline. Put the faHer's back in the box and tse it times more. Cleaners charge for exactly this same process. SOUPS Cream Soup.--For an invalid, that feels exhausted, or 3s trouk with a loss of appetite, a wowris} soup can be made in this way a warm bowl beat up an egg \ two tablespoonfuls of thitck, sv cream, season with salt, papper 9 little nutmeg, add some Grac] erumbs, then slowly peur to boil vater, beating constanthy to avo curdling. 4 Cream of Corn Soup.~-One = ex corn, one pint water, ket simme five minutes, add three cupfull milk two tablespoonfaks buiter i a pan, two tablespbontals flour, on tablespoonful onion, Ono etpfy milk, sieved yolks of two har boiled eggs cooked to a bubblir Add corn and milk, them stra Salt and pepper to daste. 'Thi a rich soup. Chicken and Celery Soup.-- a few stalks of celery in with ch en broth. Remove them whendo little thickening may he a¢ desired. we ocean emg DAILY RE CRRA PTO ® HER "tn oul to, Keep fischdlo?, & Wile Tad Ne ly Hier From 3 ing an occr sae for then remove the lid from the ef absorb: and' one: -half teaspoon- has no naturai liking salt, let boil till almost dry, turn-|fu!' sugar. Pat into a flat ball and as takes ing the meat over occasionally in|frv in. butter, i aciniaes on both be se the ra pes 3 ee the ine; Ks sides. Drop in meat soup and boil f animals ae ieee eee & isk he BES. U ef up just once and serve. The dump- . : oughly cold; pick bones, gristle or|lings may be maue and fried the sary adjunct stringy bits from. the meat, chop] day sPaaOlis: te using. " little nent of the farm. fine, mincing at the same time three |cracker meal may be added if one --_-- pounds of raisings, wash and dry |wishes not to be quite so extrava- SYSTEMATIC FARMING four pounds of currants, slice thin!gant and use less almonds. Simple sas ioe e. a pound of citron, chop fine four AR Pe Lo keep accounis which giv ve re- quarts good cooking tart apples; Danek Dumplings.--Take one Bits GOmp ass ble from year to year,| yt into a large pan together, add|oupful of flour, one teaspoonful of farm must be Mone d accord-|two ounces of cinnamon, one of baking powder, one teaspoonful of ee tem, try must) cloves, one of ginger, four nutmegs, butter } mix with a little milk and laid out, preferably In| the juice and grated rinds of two|drop from teaspoon into hot syrup ; Be a eae os rota 4100S }jemons ,one tablespoonful of salt, |}cover and boil ten minutes and that the number of field: in aa one teaspoonful of pepper, and two}serye with whipped cream. DEG group a the bis ovine of years! oinds of sugar. Put in a porce- the rotation runs; tnat there may lain kett > quart of boiled cider é6 Duriplings' Boil ove mitasfind be the same acreage devoted to each} 4; petter still, one quart of cur-lof rice until tender. me ee cf the three great clas of rota-| pant or ¢ Je juice (canned when!cold water squares tion crops ee of th ntly urning preen to | Sy aaa FY the eded crops the | -urple), one quart o 10 molasses! about one-half inch : '| grains, the grass cro} and -- the syrup, also a good lump of butter, |Jarge 'as a saucer. 'Lay on it 3:1 cultivated crops. Che live stock at it come ee boiling point and |ot apples that cook quickly, Gather and other means of reducing the pour over the ingredients in the up the. corners of the cloth and tie|d erops to more finished forms, bring- pan after having first mixed them|jn a ball. Drop them in boiling | ing higher prices per acre, must)...)] then mix again thoroughly.|water for ten minutes Removed} also be me anaged in a more syste-| pack in jars and putin a cool place, |cheesecloth carefully and cel matic manner, so that the general and when cold pour molasses over|with ercam and sugar. results in their relations (0 pach the top an eighth - of an inch in tom crop can be re worded and compar thickness and cover tightly. This ee ek ed, that the unprofitable enterprises]. 3] ,oon two months, Fe sd baking CLEANING. may thus be reduced and tore at- take gome out of a jar; if not moist Serubbing Carpets.--Thres pints tention devoted to those which give SnauEh cada Witte Not water! and tor water: Bix ounces comp-batks boll the best profits. strew 6 few whole raisins over each |{wenty minutes and strain; add poiggrenReMceR - ei inciereiest pie. Instead of boiled beef a beef lihree gallons warm water and one heart or roast meat may be used, | half aint ammonia. To'one gallon JUST WANTED A SENSATION. /and a good proportion for a few | of sabi edd five bars of laundry The pirl was very rich and the pies is one-third chopped meat ae soap shaved thin, and boil until The girl was very rmch anc Se) two-thirds apples, with a little suct,!soap is dissolved. Add one pound young man was poor but honest. Fnising. apices, Buiter and: wal. of pulserized: Boa aid at ris She liked him, but that was. all, . : minutes, stirring all the time. Stir aa -- Salen eS Ge | a ---- n s, 8 ring a aoe goes sg -- page va CAKES. pt doses adding eight gallons more water, ; cae - - Nut Layer Cake.--Two 'cupfuls of | To Clean Comks.- W are Very. T1Chy he ven sugar, ome scant cuz pful of butter |t> clean eo? nbs. 18 cto anes d. aye ; creamed together, three € beat-|far ten minutes in a basin of tepid 'Yes ; replied frankly. ut @} well, one eupful of { milk, "4 to which you have Pt laod uWwo ans worth one milhon: two hundved three pfuls of flour sifted > to-| table spoonfuls cof' household am and fifty thousand Soares gether with two teaspoonfuls of |monia, then take a s iff 5-eent brush foe ae baking powder, Ae teaspoonful of} and brush down between the teeth. cowl " narry. me y? vanilla. . Mix all well 1 together, then You will be surprised to see with ing yen sey add one cupful of chopped w arn: what little labor all oil and dust "T thought you wouldn't.' This can be baked also into ag a are Ttemov ed. gece Se "Then why did you ask me?' Frost with st asses Ai = = site _Defaced Table.--A we Ms - Hoge "Qh, just to see how a man foals lows: Two cupfuls of brown sugar, Piful wood, whieh had lost: its eauty st to. see how am one-half cupful of milk or eream,|by having hot things set on 1, when e loses one million two hun- piece of butter the size of an ¢gg. Sees BS theoigh the varnish und dred and fifty thousand dollars.' Boil ten minutes, then heat until | down ee the wood, was made to look Sony Y A QNRT thick enough to Bpree vd 3 add one i as ood a8 new by this treatment: A BAD SIGN. teaspoonful of vanilla before beat- First ib was washed with a strong "Do you believe that she really | ing. solutio nof lye putyon yith a brush, intends to tert Ly George ?" Laver Cake--One cupful of suzar, las if is bad for the Nands, This " don't know. "Her mother and /one-half cupftul of butter, creamed } looser cit the ¥ ae ry tae th fathe Yr think $0 W ell of him that 1a be y KE ther + one cee, one-half cupful was scrapec d offen tirely with a pice fraid there'll be no wedding..' of sour milk, one even teaspoonful The boards, pois bax of glass. Mrs. Marie Mann, wife of Jchn Lester ann, 2 bonanza, wheat, lrancher in Spokane cour Wash ington, shows in her p On for divorcee, filed in the Sipe tor Court Papas that the routine of ber four years of married Hfe lett mo time for visiting relatives or ndighbors, to say nothing of whist aud music Stripped of their legal verbiage, the allegations set fort') in the com. plaint p nt the appended sched ule of duties: Rise at four o'clock A. M. Exercise with a crossent it ay on A pile of logs. : Get breakfa st hveshing of thirty men, e&ggy possessed a he ee 'appetite. of After breakfast ~- plat potatoos and other chores | Clean the bart Likop wood for the cook stov Load several wy with racked rain to take to ti. Cook dinner f ty thresher- men, with appel as mentioned Afternoon Re Lon Bateher hows and mak, Sa, Chores and wood also naling a dozen cows tek supper for the same ec bungry threshers Evening at agome--Darn -- socks, and clean th, make breud ton o'cloe straw ont The com vd do other werk till bed on a pallet of E ftoor of the eoakhouse. 'amt closes with the de- clarAtive (hat Mrs. Mann was lit- erally. teveed by her husband to perform, the tasks mentioned, alleg- ine alse thateawhen she wag too ill te he refused to permit her to z mother's hamo, ' asin iar ee Fe ' 'ry love oeffair ie the hest 2 mov foxoey broken: hear 9