< | é i " to pass her days in a nursery! For { The inv itation ; Or, The Bird That Pecked at the Window. CHAPTER III.--(Cont'd) | The Major had been told to come | early, because a party was made! to visit certain ruins about eight miles off--Castle Owless, as it was called--to which Lady Wanless was accustomed to take her guests, be-. cause the family history declared that the Wanlesses had lived there | at some very remote period. It still belonged to Sir Walter, though unfortunately the intervening lands had for the most part fallen into other hands. Owless and Wanless were supposed to be the same, and, thus there was room for a good deal of family tattle. "T am delighted to see you at Brook Park," said Sir Walter as they met at the luncheon table. "When I was at Christchurch your father was at Wadham, and I re member him well.'"? Exactly the same words had been spoken when the Major, on a former occasion, had been welcomed at the house, and clearly implied a feeling that Christchurch, though much super- jor, may condescend to know Wad- ham--under certain circumstances. Of the Baronet nothing further was heard or seen till dinner. Lady Wanless went in the open carriage with three daughters, So- phie being one of them. As her af- fair was settled it was not neces- sary that one of the two side-sad- dies should be allotted to her use. Young Cobble, who had been asked to send two horses over from Cob- ble Hall so that Rossiter might ride one, felt this very hard. But there was no appeal from Lady Wanless. You'll have plenty enough of her all the evening," said the mother, patting him affectionately, "and it is so necessary just at present that Georgiana and Edith should have horse exercise." In this way it was arranged that Georgiana should ride with the Major, and Edith, the third daughter, with young Burmes- ton, the son of Cox and Burmeston, Major that evening. Georgiana had | brewers at the neighboring town of Slowbridge. A country brewer is not quite what Lady Wanless would have liked ; but with difficulties such as hers a rich young brewer might be worth having. All this was hard upon Mr. Cobble, who would not have sent his horses over had he known it. Our Major saw at a glance that Georgiana rode well. He liked ladies to ride, and doubted whether Alice had ever been on horseback in her life. After all, how many ad- vantages does a girl lose by having a moment some such idea crossed his mind. Then he asked Georgi- ana some question as to the scenery through which they were passing. 'Wery fine, indeed," said Georgi- ana. She looked square before her, and sat with her back square to the horse's tail. There was no hanging in the saddle, no shifting about in uneasiness. She could rise and fall easily, even graceful- ly, when the horse trotted. 'You are fond of riding I can see," said the Major. "I do like riding," an- swered Georgiana. The tone in which she spoke of her present oc- cupation was much more lively than that in which she had expressed her approbation of scenery. At the ruin they all got down, and Lady Wanless told them the entire story of the Owlesses and the Wanlesses, and filled the brewer's mind with wonder. as to the anti- quity and dignity of the family. But the Major was the ffsh just at this moment in hand. "The Ros- siters are very old, too,"' she said, smiling; "but perhaps that is a kind of thing you don't care for." "Very much indeed,"' said he. Which was true--for he was proud of knowing that he had come from the Rossiters who had been over four hundred years in Hereford- shire. "A remembrance of old mer- it will always be an incitement to new." "Tt is just that, Major Rossiter. It is strange how very nearly in the same words Georgiana said the same thing to me yesterday." Geor- giana happened to overhear this, but did not contradict her mother, though she made a grimace to her sister which was seen by no one else. Then Lady Wanless slipped aside to assist the brewer and Edith, leaving the Major and her second daughter together. The two younger girls, of whom the youngest was the wicked one with the penchant for the curate, were "MY STOMACH IS FINE Since Taking Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets" Mrs. J. Merkhuger, Waterloo, Ont., enthusiastically recommends Na-Dru-Co Dyspepsia Tablets. Her experience with them, as she outlines it, explains why. "TI was greatly troubled with my stomach"', she writes, "I had taken so much medicine that I might say to take any more would only be making it worse, My stomach just felt raw. 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No; I won't sit on the wall, thank you, because [ should stain my habit." "But you'll be tired." "Not particularly tired. It is not so very far. I'd go back in the carriage, only of course we can't because of the habits. Oh, yes; I'm very fond of dancing--very fond in- deed. We always have two balls every year at Slowbridge. And there are some others about the country. 1 don't think you ever have balls at Beetham."' "There is no one to give them."' "Does Miss Dugdale ever dance?' | The Major had to think for a mo- ment before he could answer the question. Why should Miss Wan- iless ask as to Alice's dancing? "I am sure she does. Now I think of it, I have heard her talk of danc- Mamma the question ;-- | i ing. You don't know Alice Dug- dale?' Miss Wanless shook her head. "She is worth knowing."' "T-am quite sure she is. I have always heard that you thought so. She is very good to all those chil- dren; isn't she?" | 'Very good, indeed." | "She would be almost pretty if she wasn't so--so--so dumpy, I should say.'"?' Then they got on their horses again and rode back to Brook Park. Let Georgiana be ever so tired she did not show it, but rode in under the portico with perfect equestrian grace. "T'm afraid you took much out of her," said Lady Wanless to the gone to bed a little earlier than the others. This was in some degree hard upon him, as he had not proposed the ride--and he excused himself. "Tt was you arranged it all, Lady Waanless." "Yes, indeed,'"' said she, smiling. "T did arrange the little excursion, but it was not I who kept her talk- ing the whole day.' Now this again -was felt to be unfair, as near- ly every word of conversation be- tween the young people had been given in this little chronicle. On the following day the young people were again thrust together, and before they parted for the night another little word was spoken by Lady Wanless which indicated very clearly that there was some special bond of friendship between the Ma- jor and her second daughter. "You are quite right," she had said in answer to some extracted compli- ment; "she does ride very well. When I was up in town in May I thought I saw no one with such a seat in the row. Miss Green, who taught the Duchess of Ditchwater's daughters, declared that she knew nothing like it." On the third morning he returned to Beetham early, as he intended to go up to town the same after- noon. Then there was prepared for him a little valedictory opportu- nity in which he could not but press the young lady's fingers for a mo- ment, As he did so no one was look- ing at him, but then he knew that it was so much the more danger- ous because no one was looking. Nothing could be more knowing than the conduct of the young lady, who was not in any way too for- ward. If she admitted that slight pressure, it was done with a retir- ing rather than obtrusive favor. It was not by her own doing that she was alone with him for a moment. There was no casting down or cast- ing up of her eyes. And yet it seem- ed to him as he left her and went out into the hall that there had been so much between them that he was almost bound to propose to her. In the hall there was the bar- onet to bid him farewell--an honor which he did to his guests only when he was minded to treat them with great distinction. - "Lady Wanless and I are delighted to have had you here," he said. "Remem- ber me to your father, and tel] him that I remember him very well when I was at Christchurch and he was at Wadham." It was some- thing to have had one's hand taken in so paternal a manner by a baro- a coat. And yet when hereturned to Bee- tham he was not good humor with himself. It seemed to him that he had been almost absorbed among the Wanlesses without any action or will of his own. He tried to,comfort himself by declaring that Georgiana was without doubt, a remarkably handsome young wo- man, and that she-was a perfect | horsewoman--as though all that were a matter of any moment! Then he went across to the doctor's house to say a word of farewell to Alice. 'Have you had a pleasant visit ?"' she asked. "Oh, yes; all very well." "That second Miss Wanless is quite beautiful; is she not?" "She is handsome certainly."' "T call her lovely," said Alice. "You rode with her the other day over to the old castle."' 5 Who could have told this of him already ? "Yes; there was a party of us went over."' "When are you going there Montreal, 143 again 2" net with such an eyebrow, and such |' Now something had been said of a further visit, and Rossiter had al- most promised that he would re- turn. It is impossible not to pro- mise when undefined invitations are given. A man cannot declare that he is engaged for ever and ever. But how was it that Alice knew all that had been said and done? "T cannot say that I have fixed any exact day," he replied almost angrily. "T've heard all about you, you know. That young Mr. Burmeston was at Mrs. Tweed's and told them what a favorite you are. If it be true I will congratulate you, be- eause I do really think that the: young lady is the most beautiful that I ever saw in my life." This she said with a smile and a good- humored little shake of the head. If it was to be that her heart must be broken he at least should not know it. And she still hoped, she still thought, that. by being very constant at her work she might get over it. / Pee CHAPTER IV. It was told all through Beetham before a week was over that Major Rossiter was to marry the second Miss Wanless, and Beetham liked the news. Beetham was proud that one of her sons should be introduc- ed into the great neighboring fam- ily, and éspecially that he should be honored by the hand of the ac- knowledged beauty. Beetham, a month ago, had declared that Alice Dugdale, a Beethamite herself from her babyhood--who had been born and bred at Beetham and had lived there--was to be honored by the hand of the young hero. But it may be doubted whether Beetham had been altogether satisfied with the arrangement. We are apt to envy the good luck of those who have always been familiar with us. Why should it have been Alice Dug- dale any more than one of the Tweed girls, or Miss Simkins, the daughter of the attorney, who would certainly have a snug little fortune of her own--which, unfor- tunately, would not be the case with Alice Dugdale? It had been felt that Alice was hardly good enough for their hero--Alice who | bad been seen about with all the Dugdale children, pushing them in perambulators almost every day since the eldest was born! We pre- fer the authority of a stranger to that of one chosen from among our- selves. As the two Miss Tweeds, and Miss Simkins, with Alice and three or four others, could not di- vide the hero among them, it was better then that the hero should go from among them, and choose a fitting mate in a higher realm. They allsfelt the greatness of the Wanlesses, and argued with Mrs. Rossiter that the rising star of the village should obtain such assist- ance in rising as would come to 'him from an almost noble marri- age. (To be continued.) A MODERN APPEAL. "Could yer help a pore feller dat has a sick wife and dogs?' six starving f Sparrows Attend Service. Four sparrows attended a harvest festival service at Bolney (Sussex) parish church, flying into the build- ing just as the congregation started the 104th Psalm. One of the birds perched on the organ and nodded its head to the music. Tiring of the organ, it flew across the church, and in doing so knocked off the or- ganist's glasses. The bird was then attracted to the choir, and feasted itself on some corn within a few inches of a chorister's head. It stayed until the collection was about to be taken, and then flew out of the church. Definition. A tip is a small sum of money you give to somebody because you're afraid he won't like not be- ing paid for something you haven't asked him to do. Be More service, rather than more money, is the real standard of suc- cess. Teacher--" What is velocity, Johnnie?' Johnnie--"Velocity is what a fellow lets go of a wasp with,'"' ONE DYEFOrALL KINDSor cooes It's the CLEANEST, SIMPLEST, aad BEST HOME DYE, one can buy--Why you don't even have to know what KIND of Cloth your Goods are made of,--So Mistakes are Impossible. Send for Free Color Card, Story Booklet, and Booklet giving results of Dyeing over other colors. The JOH™"SON-RICHARDSON CO., Limited, Montreal, Canada. ae A GOOD HABIT Tea when you are tired, particularly if it's TEA Goes farthest for the money MARY WOMEN WHO GAMBLE POKER SAID TO BE SUPER- SEDING BRIDGE. --_= Cause for the Startling Increase of Play' in Feminine Circles, The passion for gambling among women has become so epidemic in all the larger cities of Europe that the police authorities of Vienna were recently compelled to close a number of women's clubs and arrest some of the members. These dras- tic measures were taken on the pe- tition of many unhappy husbands, who resented the absence of their wives from home every evening and the use of housekeeping money for wagers. "Practically the same conditions prevail in London to-day, though perhaps not so openly as on the continent," said the manager of a well-known detective agency, in dis- cussing the subject with a London newspaper representative. 'It is doubtful, however, if the example of the Vienna police will be followed here. No official action can be tak- en in any case without the filing of a formal complaint, and English- men, as a rule, prefer to settle their family differences at home, without airing them in the courts. Yet there are many husbands and fathers in London who have ample cause for such complaints, for the gambling craze seems to have bitten deep in- to the younger women of the pre- sent day. Perhaps the swiftness with which we move in these times of whirling civilization has some- thing to do with it by creating a high nerve tension that can only be relaxed by the keenest excitement. Gambling seems to supply this need, especially with women, who are denied the thrills of the Stock Exchange and other masculine safety valves. London Women's Gaming Clubs. "As a result gambling; and high play, too often of the most reckless character, are to be found in almost every grade of London's feminine life. There are as yet no large clubs like those just closed in Vien- na, where carbine is the custom, but there are many smal] ones. A few of them have permanent quar- ters, but, of course, their real pur- pose is disguised. Most of them, however, are small groups of inti- mate friends, who have informally organized to preserve a measure of secrecy. These groups hold their gambling sessions at each: other's homes in regular turn, usually twice and sometimes three or four nights a week. It all depends on how tight a hold the passion for play has tak- on on them. "There are also many instances where otherwise respectable women make a comfortable living by hav- ing regular poker parties at their rooms on certain nights. A percen- tage of the play always goes to the 'house,' -- and this frequently amounts to a very considerable sum by the time the party breaks up at sunrise. Moreover, if Saturday night happens to be chosen for the party, the game is often prolonged throughout Sunday and . Sunday night without a break. The play- ers drop out singly in turns for their meals, but somebody is always playing and the game never stops. Play Staggers Old Gamesters. "To become a member of these parties one must be personally known to the 'hostess' or vouched for by some of the habitual guests. Sometimes an especially favored man or two is allowed to take part in these meetings, but as a general rule the players are all women, a few elderly ones, but mostly young matrons and girls who have passed the butterfly age. The recklessness with which these women play is amazing. Many a professional gam- bler of the mining camps would be staggered, especially when poker is the game. Poker, in fact, is rapidly taking the place of the once popular bridge whist at these sessions, for the appeal to the true gambling spirit is more subtle. . There is greater temptation to take a lucky chance in the drawing of a card or the filling of a hand. As a conse- quence, the losses are frequently theavier than the plaver can afford, and all sorts of deceptions are ne- cessary at home to conceal the de- ficiency." Me Hindu Caste. The four grades of society among the Hindus are the Brahmans of sacerdotal. class, who are said at the moment of creation to have is- sued from the mouth of Brahma; the Kshatrya or Chuttsee or mili- tary class, sprung from the arm of Brahma; the Vaisya or Bais or mer- cantile class, from the thigh of Brahma, and Sudras or Sooders or servile class, from the foot of Brah- ma. The business of the Sudras is to serve the three superior classes, more especially the Brahmans. Their condition is never to be im- 'proved. They are not to accumu- late property and are unable by any means to approach the dignity of the higher classes, These divisions are hereditary impassable and in- co Knitting is something that a girl hopes she'll never grow old enough to learn. x LIPTON'S | Dainty Dishes. Quince Jelly.--Follow the direc- tions for mint jelly, using quinces in place of apples and omitting the mint. Pear thin, add an equal quantity of Chips.--Slice pears very sugar. Shave fine a little ginger root and cook all together until the pears are transparent. Curried Salmon.--Make a butter sauce with one tablespoonful but- ter, one tablespoonful flour, one pinch of salt, one teaspoonful curry powder, one cup hot water. Cook until thick and add one cupful flaked salmon, a little parsley and a few drops of lemon juice. Baked Ham.--Soak a whole ham overnight in cold water. In the morning put into a kettle, cover with boiling water and simmer un- til tender. Then remove from fire. Peel off the rind, sprinkle the ham with bread crumbs and brown su- gar, stick whole cloves into the fat part and place in the oven a half hour to brown. > Grape Relish. -- Pick Concord grapes from the stems, cover with cold water and heat slowly until skins slip off. Rub all the pulp through a sieve or colander. To eight cups pulp add six cups su- gar, one teaspoonful each of cin- namon, cloves and allspice and one cup vinegar, Cook until thick, the consistency of catsup. This is de- licious with meat. Mint Jelky.--Use crabapples apples (greenings are best). into quarters, 'cover with cold water and cook until soft. Put them in a bag to drip. Add to the juice an equal quantity of sugar and cook until it jellies on the spoon. When it is boiling, dip into the syrup a sprig of mint until the desired flavor is attained. To add to its attractiveness, the jelly may be colored green with fruit color- ing, especially if greenings are used. Ragout of Lamh, with Fritters of Cauliflower.--Cover two pounds of the breast of lamb with cold water and let simmer gently. Take off the scum. Pare and slice six po- tatoes and three onions. Pour boil- ing water over these and let them stand closely covered for half an hour. Then drain and add to the meat, with one carrot cut in pieces, a piece,of celery, parsley and sea- soning. Add to the gravy one cup- ful of cooked peas and thicken it with the yolk of an egg. Cauli- flower Fritters.--Boil one head of cauliflower in slightly salted water. When done, break it into pieces with a fork. Dip each piece in a thin fritter batter; drain and fry in deep grease. Arrange as a bor- der around the ragout of lamb. Butter Without Churning. -- If you haye one or two cupfuls of sour cream and wish to get a pat of fresh butter without much trou- ble, take a clean piece of white blotting paper and a piece of cot- ton--Turkish toweling is the best. Place the cloth in a bowl, with the blotting paper over, arranged so that it forms a hollow that will hold the quantity of cream you wish to use. Pour the cream over this and let it stand for two or three hours, then pour off any thin cream. that may remain; take a dinner knife and carefully raise the butter cake off the paper. It will roll up and leave the paper clean. After taking it off pour back the cream you have removed and leave it till all the thin part has run through or been absorbed by the cloth. Then with a fork beat up the butter cake, and in a minute it will break into grains and a little buttermilk will run out. Wash with cold water, beat till the grains. stick together, and salt. You will have a sweet pat of but- ter, with little trouble. Of course you would not want to make a large quantity in this way. The shallower the bowl the more quick- ly the thin parts of the cream run through, and ail the butter fat is left on the paper. or Cut Household Hints. Dingy towels may frequently be restored to normal whiteness by putting in kettle of cold water, ad- ding white soap shavings and lemon juice, and letting come slowly to a boil. Rinse in tepid water, then blue water, and hang in the sun. Very frequently when separating the whites from the yolks of eggs the yolk becomes broken and falls into the white. Dip a cloth in warm water, wring it dry and touch the yolk with a corner of it. The yolk mk Gi emo ee ie a = cot a Conforms z0.the age Metts aoe Ss Useful for -- tive hundred Purposes. "all it 4 1) nauudgs [ a Duets eite will adhere to the cloth and may easily be removed. A stale loaf put into a closely covered tin, exposed for half an hour to a heat not exceeding that of boiling water, then taken wut of the tin and allowed to cool, will be restored in appearance and pro- perties to the state of new bread. Remember that it is never eco- nomy to put cheap lace or insertion on a garment that has to be wash- ed frequently. It will frey and wear out long before the garment is worn and will have to be renew- ed, thus incurring double expense. Before using table oilcloth paste at each corner on the wrong side a square of cotton. This prevents the corners from wearing out as soon as they otherwise would. The finger marks on a door can be removed by a clean flannel cloth dipped in kerosene oil; afterward wipe with a cloth wrung out of hot water in order to take the smell away. If the pan of boiled potatoes is drained as soon as the potatoes are done and it is then shaken for a few minutes in the open air the potatoes will become very white and feathery. Ink stains may be removed from linen by putting it for 24 hours in raw linseed oil and rinsing out in hot turpentine, repeating the pro- cess till clean, or wash in hot soda and water and soft soap. A yellow frosting is made by beating the yolks very light and you would the whites. It will take a little longer to harden than if the whites were used. Ammonia and water will usually make grass stains disappear. When this is not effective dry soapsuds with a little bicarbonate of soda. Molasses and alcohol are also ef- fective. Always put a cauliflower in plain water, so as to draw out any in- sects. If salt is placed in the water it kills the insects and they are left in the vegetable. : Corks steeped in vaseline are ex- cellent substitutes for glass stop- pers. Acids cannot affect them and chemical fumes do not eat them. Boiling water will remove coffee stains, cold water and borax tea marks. Ether and chloroform are the best remedies for iodine stains. Lard and olive oil are the best remedies for brass stains, ECONOMY. "T notice that as soon as you have smoked a cigar you use the stump of it to lightanother. Don't you think it is harmful to smoke so continuously ?"' "Well, it maybe; but matches cost money."' ee thickening them with fine sugar as | HOME WORK IS A CRIME. The Child's Work Should Bo Con- fined to the School. Home work for school children is commented upon by American Medicine in this fashion: ""'Home work' for school chil- dren has been condemned so thor- oughly by both teachers and phy- sicians that it is not a little surpris- ing it should still be the routine practice in s0 many schools. The medical objection is based on the fact that the evening--the-only time a child can do the work--is the per- iod of greatest fatigue in the twenty-four hours, Results are ob- tained only at great expense of energy with the inevitable exhaus- tion, In addition, the fatigued brain does not retain impressions well, if at all, but in the morning hours, when the brain is fresh, more can be accomplished and re- membered in a mere fraction of the time spent when tired. é "Evening is 'story-time' the world over; and to deprive the little hungering minds of this delight is nothing short of a crime and a cruel one at that. The enjoyment of stories or games is highly recupera- tive, and if not carried to excess, it is the best possible preparation for a sound sleep all night--nature's sweet restorer. Night work often irritates the brain so greatly that 'sleep is impossible and the child has to be taken from school for that reason alone, "Home 'work for high school stu- dents is a subject we have not cared to attack because of their greater age and the impression that a little home work was really necessary, though the same principles apply as with younger children. We are now delighted to know that the Newark High School has tried the plan of having the 'home work' done in the . schoo] house with results so good as to be beyond the wildest dreams of the advocates of the new system. "Not only have the students made better progress than ever be- fore, but from reading between the lines of the reports it is safe to as- sume that they are in far better health both physically and men- tally. The system seems destined to become universal, but why was it not tried out long ago? We have known for years that 'half-timers' who had to work for their living half of every day made more pro- gress than the full-timers who had not the recuperative benefit of a half day's exercise. "Schools seem too quick to take up fads, but too slow to correct de- fects in the system. Now let us go a step further and try to induce college and university students to give up night work and go to bed so they can get up early to work in the mornings, when they will be able to do more in half the time without any drain on the nervous system." INSANITY IN IRELAND. A report of the Irish inspectors of lunatics shows that at the close of 1911 the asvlums of the country held 24,655 insane, or 5.63 per 1,000 popu- lation--an increase from 2.50 per 1,000: in 1880, the increase rate, however, having been only half as great in the last five years as dur- ing the entire period. 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