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That was a loungdremmbered day at 21 Blakemo‘od Square~ Mr. Slimp arriv- ed at twelve o’clock, mad with a for- midable paR'Chmemt enTequpe. which he married in his hat up no Mrs. Lamshed’s mom. The old lady dismissed h9e~r maid with instmotions not to return and to event others disburbmg her until she giatrd the bell, as. she was going to be busy with the v‘isltldr. Charlss Lake- worth called, and; for the first tima during his amuaintance, was told that his patigst was engaged, and mid .om his remissn more sqverely ulnse hm eyes errand, and ex esty whose m. whbse child is He had no with her at the War appointed. “I may wash my hands of it now, I sup- pose.” he said as be affixed the tele- graph stamp. “I may sit dmvn and wait 1hr this egrbhqnmhe.” . earning out he: directions; it would look disinterested and might have a softening effect. Awardingb’. he Wir- ed, tellmlg Mm Wad that she m}g‘htaexpeqt Mir. Reginald Slimp to be on his remissness, and visit it aim the more severely won him. No; he must ulnse his eyes to t’hie nature of his errand, and exeoulbe it with that hon- esty whose mother is necessity and whose child is sediâ€"imtea‘est.. \ He had no difficulty m finding Messrs. Starbbne and Smuggles’s of- fice, “meme he was received by the sur- viving partner, a gamut, melancholy man, who dwdlt in a little back room lineq wigh batjieljgl tin deed-boxes. MI. Meson shook hands with him and withdrew. He_intended tn telegraph down to let his mother-in;- lmw lip-ow thag't he had lost no time in The melanuhtfly golicitor chewed the stump of a very old qui‘ll pem tzblougfhb- fully, and refetred ho a memorandum slab on the tabla ”TO-day is Wednes- day. I will attand Mm W at noun,” he said in a funemeuad voice.â€" “\Vi.ll you be gdod emoug'h .to say that Iâ€"Mr. Reginald SHREpâ€"will be in at- tendance at noon?" i â€" v â€" Hvâ€"w ‘ V1135 Lowland?” said the gaunt man wearilyâ€"“Inm'Bihodfiâ€"AAM, yes; '1 re- altembor: 10 Potfie'ld Gardens, isn’t l i’ \ ‘ one time,” mid Mr. Dattfleson. “My motherr-inr-law now resides wiflh. me, at No 21 Blmwood Squaw. She is mrticulalrly anxious to See You as soon as possiblb- Gould. you Com'v‘enltiently call_ upon 56; at about_ mid-day?" "V “V 0‘.) DU D‘r. lakewprth. He turned ed under her .seamihmg eyes, amd hastily dis- ;msslng ins halt-formed design, prom- used to attend to Her Wishes without fail. After all, it wound answer no good purpose to neglect them; she could easiily semi enotihlor messengecr, if she distrusted Lhmm; and he felt that he had little claim to her confidence. Sihe‘ would put the tame interpretation She was breakimg mp rapidly; a fem} days, in all likelihood” would see the lasL;~i16 mum fomgm hm commission totday, “and Whapflfâ€" ‘ He said nothing moire; bru-t as his gaze rested on the form of the old lady, who seemed 1:0 be drawim-g near her efnd, a dark thought crossed his mind. She could not last very long; "Azre you weld enough to attend to brusimess tor-day?" asked Mr. Dottleson anxiously. “Yes,” said Mrs. Lamshed' . “Send him to me {nowâ€"a1; once.” Mr. Dottleson bowed, and quitted the room; he was in no hurry to discover the nameless individual Who was to as- sist in altering the will. “I’ll wait un- til to-moa‘row,” he thought as he went to his own clh’am’beir ; “she may have changed her mind by the morning.” But morning came, and Mrs. Lam- shed was as firm in: her purpose as she had been the evening before. Her Sotn-i-ndaw went to her room to make inquiries about her health before he set out for the City, and was startled at the change fbfl' the worse which had taken place during the night. Her breathing was heavy and labored, and there was a listless apathy in her manner which contrasted painfully with her wonted brightness. She seem- ed indisposed to speak to any one; but when he referred to her demalnd for “Smuggles’s pa:,”rtner she roused her- self with am efflorrt. “Its Starborne and Smugglesâ€"Lint‘xoln’s Innâ€"ask forâ€"his: partner.” - A'llhiough the order was ostensibly addressed to the maid, Mr. Dottll'eson krnew that it was in reality given to useless; he pulled (mt his watch and glanced at it We be answered, which he did in tones Whose coolness surprisâ€" ed himself, and were evidently not pleasing to Mrs. Lamshaed. “'Ilt’s now halfâ€"past six, and the office will be shutâ€"Do you know the gentleman’s name and his pu‘ivate residence?” His mother-in-lalw gloWereâ€"d angrily at him fotr a. few secomds before she replied: “No, I don’t. I want Smug- gles’s part-neat” lemed herself as if for a spring, and sat bsohL upright mfih her white hair falling uyorn her shoulders, Whilst she pointed with her thin trembling fill- ger to the door. Her sunken eyes flushed with suppressed excitement as she spoke the words which Montague Dbttl‘eson renembered till] the very 138" day of his life. “Sand for Snug-i glbs’s Partner,” said Mrs. LamshIe-d. MRS. LAMSHED’S WILL. ‘A comparm of glassworkers have re- cently discovered that ardinary plate glass will make a more durable manu- menrt than the hardest marble or gran- ite, for glass is practically indestruct- ible. \Vin-d, rain, heat or cold will ev- v“ “V. 9‘.)qu o Foiied! He crushed the paper into a shapelress lump and threw it into the waste-paper basket. ’Whatever the old harridan had done, it was done, and would hold good. {He swallowed his passion, and went up to see "his daught- ”Sir Alfred Blodge-‘t presents his oom- prnmen'ts tp Mr. Duttleson, and has pleasure m assuring him that Mrs. urnshxed was perfectly capable of trans- actmg any. Imam such as he refers to at the tune he visited her toâ€"daa'. ld‘n: par-l ' TT- -.____.n_ _ _1 u, "an ugly uau'u. Bum, Emere was a shred of hope Left. If such an author- ity as Sir Alfred Blodget could certify that he had seen Mrs. Lamshed hahf an hour after she had altered her will, and that she was then incapable of under- stq-ndigg What she had done. he was l . “Mrs. Lamshed seemed to me to be a *lruttle strange in 1161' manner last night and this morning; do you think her fa- culties are perfectly clear?" “Perfectly clear. She is very weak, and is growing weaker almost every hour; but her mind is quite soundi'.’ Mr. DottLeson had conceived the Idea. that his mother-in-law might if neces- 83-1‘5'. be proved mentally incapable of making a new will,. and did not intend to guve up the notion yet. 'He would send a line to Sir Alfred Blodget about it; Dr. Iakeworth‘s opinion was hardly worth having, and might, moreover, be prejudiced. He lost no time in writing to the doctor, and waited until late that evening in keen anxiety for his reply; ill: would be a great triumph if he snooeeded in getting his oodicil legal- ly set aside, for he had firmly persuaded himses’llf that it was in Charles Lake»- wort-‘h's favour. Whatever its provisi- ons might be, he would be acquainted with them in a few daysâ€"by Sunday or Monday,__at the latest. It was hard _-~_V~-- vku AMI-u that, After 51] these yeai's, a. slight blunder should throw out his calcula- tions when the end was almost in sight; it was very hard. Stiilfl, there was a shred 0f hone Left. If such an anfhnr- told. the older man that her lease of hfe had so nearly ezgpfied. He was charged with the duty of telling Mr. Dottjeson that the case had been left in his hands as hopeless. and he would have to break the news to Kate aiso, a task he cared for even less. He would not tell her yet, he decided; she had no idea of Mrs Lams‘hed’s real condition, and it would only prolong 'he-r grief to reveal it sooner than was actually ne- cessary. Mr. Dottieson must be told, of Icourse, and he waited until that gentle- man came home in order to see him. "You arrived here soon after noon, you say, Mr. Lalkewortlh,” said Mr. Dot- UBSOII. When he had been told Sir Al- fred's opinion. “Did you see Bits. Lam- shed at once ?" . “She was engaged when I came, and I did not see ‘her until her visitor had wwvntv her opinion of Sir Alfred, which was quite at variance with that usually en- tertained about him. . “You are intimate with the family, I understand ?” he said to CharlesLakeâ€" hvolllth as he drew on his gloves 111' the age . - “Yes; I have known them wel for Very old woman. Course of nature. I shall be surprised if she sees the light of Sunday.-â€"Good-day; very pleased to have met you." . The brougham roiled away with SLI' Alfred and Charles Lakeworth return- ed to Mrs. Lamhed's . room. He had @{npw‘jn‘ before that she was seriouslv ill. so guarte independently, without even askme' the 3’9’umger doctor if he didn’t agre'e?WL't.h ham. It was not much of a consmtatuon, reflected poor Kate, when the great man Went out followed by the wall 911?; and she told Mrs. Lamshed was a Little disappointed to find that he did not at once retire to the win- dow with Charles and earnestly disouss the case in 10w tones, which was her preconceived idea. of a ‘consufltation.’ On the contrary, he only patted Mrs Lam- shxed's hand kindly and told her to stay Whereashe was for a day ‘or two; said C‘ “Explain,” saiers. Lamhed to Kate, nodding at Charles Lakeworth and then at Six Alfred. ZNoflhing 10th, Kate in- formed the latter how the miscarriage of a. note had caused the mistake of the previous day, and introduced iDI‘. Pa-kewortih as the physician Who had taken cape of her g‘rahd-paEQntâ€"fvor the past twelve months. Sir Alfred was ex- fmmedxggaomus; but Miss Dottleson tiozn that something veu'y deep and mysterious indeed had taken place up- stairs. . 5 Sir Alfred Blodg‘eit paid his visit soon after the solicitor had gone, and found the invalid with her grandf-damighteer and the young" doctor for whom he had been kept waiting the day before. VCI‘he bell rang sharply at that moâ€" ment; and a. message was sent to the butler to go to Mys. Lamshsend at come. He WEB not defamed very long; he was only called upon to sign his name, after seeimg the 01d lady inscribe hers at the bottom of a. document; and a few minutes after he left the Boom with thede Salamwvhoalsowtedas a Witness. Mg. Siimz) with his papers 1301â€" lo'WIed. lookmn'g, if possible, mare meL. amchnly they ever. His aspect gave an imereased an; of sofle'mmity to the oc- casion, and 1mp;essse\d the undethOuse- [paid _‘_7Vh§_0 let huh- out with the convicâ€" kind last night, and grandmamma sent flocr her lawyer. I suslneot it’s about her will. He is with her wow; they've been Shut Up alone togethecr. for near- 1373:” waltz” \ a A C a n - STATUES OF GLASS (To Be Continued.) THE DURHAM CHRONICLE, April 29, 1897. i-n emphasizing the point. During the dependent period of the (:4th the mo- ther may herself be helgless to shell- ter it from the effects of an evil en- vironment. Society has already pro- vided for the education of children out- side the home. and partly for its own well-being. I-its duties In this direction do not end in the schools. They are manifold, and it should be a pleasure, not a burden, to Stll‘dy them in all- their bearings, and In this Way im- prove the World bilethe quickest and surest means. T mothers in con- The responsibility for a. child thus dwarfed or corrupted rests upon so- clety, and the mngres§ has dong right in emphasizing- the mint- Dan-mn- Hm of it. the answer to the cmwdm problems of the race lies in the conditions and possible development of the child.” The proposition appears to be sound. It is only necessary to look into the streets or into the households Where vice, im- Providence or domestic discord prevails to realize that a multitude of children. are not raised at all in the moral sense. They are simply spoiled for growing upuand in the end worse must come a more definite assurance that their phildzren are to be reared under good Influences and to be properly protect- edafs long as they are subject to the gmdlng hand of the parent. “Amid the maze of manifold theories and schemes for human betterment,” send one speak- er, "the idea has been growing. _that +‘LA nnM-wAâ€" 1â€" to be a congress for the benefit of children. As the daily programmes were developed, all the interests of mothers seemed to lead to a discus- Ision of what is best for the child in training, surroundings, education, phy- sique, recreations, moral safeguards, hygiene, home ties and the deep probâ€" lems of heredity. The mothers came to- gether for themselves as represented in their offspring, and if there is any- thing selfish in this then the most deâ€" voted unselfisflmess is Without a de- finition. Perhaps no congress of mo- thers is conceivable in which the wel- fare of the rising generation could fail i to take precedence of all other qmes~i tions. Let it therefore be understood! that an improved mother is one who seeks the best way to raise an improvâ€" ed child. Some subjects were brought forward and some things said at the mothers congress which will come before the world with. increasing force as the years go. A child is a promise and an opportunity as well as a. prophecy. The twig may be bent and the tree in- clined. A time will come in later life when the prophecy will be written out in good or evil lives, and the day Will long have passed when the decree can be changed. What the mothers 1n the convention seemed most to desnre was It is characteristic of motherhood that the first general assembly at \Vashinsgton called in its name proved -vovvuva. ” “ml ILA-16 UIL‘lU .LULLE E strip, which is rolled into a ball. If the garment which she cuts up is not clean, lit is washed first. XVhe‘n she thinks she has enough rags for a rug she braids three strips together until she has a goodly number of yards of this braid, from which she sews a rug, round or square, using strong thread and a stout needle. 'ery often she cro- chets her rugs. She had a heavy wood- en orochet needle which her husband made for her. If the colors of the rags are not as bright as she wishes she pro- cures some dye, and makes them .red, as any others. Old clothes which are to be used for the children may be rip~ ped apart and cleaned, and only the best parts saved, If rolled into neat bundles the mother will know just What she has and just Where to fimd it when wanitied. If put away in this form the old clothes will occupy less room and may be better taken care of. If they are not worth keeping, that is, if they cannot be made over or given away, they Will make very nice carpet rags. One housekeeper who knows how to make use of everything cuts up the old clothes, cotton or wool- en,_ as soon as they are useless, into strips an inch wide, These pieces are then sewed together,,.makirnig one long Q+F:n "'L:AL : of any value. To leave woolens lying about carelessly exposed is to simply invite moths. Those garments which are to be made over should be brushed free of dust and just/331 ca‘refiully p_u_t_away I OLD CLOTHING. I There are many housekeepers who , have a false idea of economy in keeping I old clotshizng from year to year in the g hope that “some day it will be found useful.” Every little while each piece i must be looked over and put away again to guard against moths, and in this way the housekeeper [gives herself more work than she needs to have. Where there are a number of young children some of the old clothes may be used to adVfiLIltage for garments for them, and this is often true economy if the gar- ment wears long enough to pay for the makimg. Before commencing the spring: cleaning it is a good idea to se- lect such old clothes as are worth keep- ing and for which one is sure there will be a use, and give away or utilize the rest for something. There are many People who would gladly accept old clothes, and those which are not giv- en away may be cut up for rag car- pets or rugs. \Voolen garments which are not to : be used for the summer should not be left hanging in the closets, but should be put away, and especially if they are LMPROVED MOTIHERS. THE HOME, Nor any pearl deep hn 1n sighing sea, Is half so precious as one smlle's dear Worth. _Did 3113 but smile on me. Not any star in purple skies aglow, Nor any cloud o’er path'less hills _ afloat, . â€"~â€"- -- -w " “16 boats are for hire to visitors, and as soon as the oars tench the water they seem to peas thrdugh gal-d. A young girl who lives with the keeper of the property can be ixndluced, for a trifle, to pil'wnge into the water and swim and spllash about for the delight! of her audience, when she appeaps enveloped in “filamepn 8‘ glmg In a lake of bun'mng 011. ( € s , I . . This peeuflisar phenomenon may be seen at New. Providence, near Nassau, in the Bahamas. It is an artificial any other small lake, hurt at night, which is the proper time for visitidg it. the ieast disturbance of the wa- ter causes it to emit phosphorescent light. When. agitated, the Whole lake looks like a. teea of fia;e. Rowing HOW TO \VASH CORSETS. To wash corsets, take out the steels in from; and sides, lay them on a flat surface and with a small brush scrub thoroughly with a tepid lather of white castile soap. ;When quite clean let'cold water rum on them by holding them under a running faucet until the soap is all ‘rinsed off. Pull them - lengthwise 'until they are straight. and shapely. and let them dry in a cool: place, pulling them again and again until perfectly dry. Do not iron. Little Cream Cheese With Anchovy. â€"Weigh four ounces of finely grated Parmesan or Gruyere, add to it in: a bowl a tablespoonful of made mustard, adessert spoonful of the best French; vinegar, six fillets of anchovy and the yolks of three eggs; work the Whole through a hair sieve into a bowl, and add to it a gill of whipped cream: Have ready half a dozen little saucers, cold, fill them with the mixture. dust over with Parmesan and serve. . ' so"llln'rlppl‘Olachable or so Eternally remote. a .mo'ldanver the mold, bind the joinfcs Wltb pleoes of waxed paper, pack m salt and ice and stand aside for two Frozen Charlotteâ€"\Vhip one pint of cream to a stiff froth; cover a quar- ter of a box of gelatine with a quar- ter of a cupful of cold water and soak for a half hour; then add four table- spoonfuls of milk, stand it over a kettle until dissolved. Add to the Whipped cream one cupful of powdered sugar a dessertspoonful of vanilla, and, if you use Wine, four tablespoo'nifuls of. sherry or one tablespoonzful of brandy. Strain in the gelatine and stir constantly un- til it_ begins to thicken. Put this into Rice and Chicken Pieâ€"Select a THE; fowl, draw, singe and thoroughly cleanse. Place iii two quarts of boil- ing water, with a sprig of parsley, 3. slice of. onion and a bay leaf, and let-‘ it boil rapidly for 10 minutes; then lower the temperature, and let it sim- mer until it is tender. Add a teaspoon- ful of salt to the water half an hour. before removing the fowl. Pick over and when the chicken is taken from the water put in the rice, and when it is thoroughly cooked stir into it a ta- blespoonful of butter, a cupful of. milk, and one well-beaten egg. Joint the chicken; season each piece with salt and pepper; using a teaspoonful of salt and one quarter of a. tablespoon- ful of White pepper. Spread half the rice in a baking dish, distribute the pieces of chicken upon this, and cover with the rest of the rice; dot the top with pieces of butter, using a tablespoonful in all, and bake in a moderate oven until a crust is formed. This is a favorite Southern dish. and is much. more wholesome and nutritious than chicken pie with a rich crust. . and run a. fluted roller over 1t before baking.’ \Vhen baked it should be half ° thick, tender and delicious. Hot Water Gingerbreadâ€"Owe cup molasses; one tablespoon’ful of melted butter; one teaspoonlful soda in the molasses; one tablespoontful ginger; half a teaspoonful of salt; one-half cup of. boiling water and two cups of flour. Mix in the order given), beat Well and hedge in W811. buttered shellow pans. Sugar. Gingerbreadâ€"Half a cup ofl butter; one cup of sugar and half a. quarter teaspoonfiul of soda; two tea- spoonfuls of paklng powglqr and flour Soft Gingerbreadâ€"Cream half a cup of sugar with the same quantity ofi butter; add one beaten. egg. Dissolve half a teaspoonful of soda. in a little water, stir it into a half a cup of moâ€" lasses and put with; the rest; add a tablespoonful of ginger and half a. teaspoonful of salt; sift two even tea.- spoonfuls of baking powder with two cups of flour, and after beating halfi g1. cup of milk (sweet) into the other! ingredients, stir in the flour. Bake half an hour, in. a shallow Qan. These A PHOSPHORtESCENT LAKE. nobler and fUNlATTAINABLE. ose that fronts the SOME GOOD RECIPES. dazzling Waite; neys and 118‘ Kettles, Columns, Church Seat Ends, Bed Fasteners, Fencing, Pump-Makers’ Supplles, School Desks. Fanning Mill Castings 00d shingles. d _ .. vuLJLACLJ. in“; Pills. 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