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It”. “Seems that hue bough- voll. punk-11hr” errod thin norm“. wouldn‘t. you hie to rant“ no by com- "ttt up to the Hull and "my: your lynch mm the? Do; it's well. mater solitary un there." no looked at. Bobby, but qlaoeed " De- was "All ht." aid Bobby. pro-pub. "13th:!“ Donn Begins; but Babb! 'tyd. the objecting aside. _ _ - '"riiitGF%iiGtiiuiriit%sd . Ill" of "err. " " den, you [myjj .htt “it. "Besides. there no was] thing at up Malt I nun. in and fault vi ." and (hint; that ho turned in Utat direction at no homo. u it taking her nun: for (Quad. - - been. yielded without another word. Ind may fused up the avonue~thero VII ' [who than working on the road-Ind my t null. ._ -yairii Tagged round, and the: " Do. a... _"'.' ulna look. very ditterent to what u did on your ttnet visit." be aid. an!» t.. “The" In. been some nun-Mn. in mot no." ma booing. innocently. "That " window wanted cleaning. I In. no nervous about it. for l w" amid tiny with! bunk mum of the gunned um; Ind l in: it oouldn't non-ml, b0 replaced; bat they were very good uni did I101 brash even the times; pane." _ n. -' “"03. you." ‘uid Devin“. innocently. no replnced the mini-tum in the eats. That " window wanted clennllll. I inet and turned to the picture. lie had n:- no nervou- nbout it. for I w“ Afraid laid thnt he did not understand them: any mint Dre-h name at the unmet] but he ulna not". them 1'ln'dg,fdl, trustr, Ind I know It couldn't possibly be enoth now; no eloquently. that in} replaced; bat they were very good nnd did lintenod with her trunk eyes tized on his not break even the timut pane." {we so intently thnt. now and nun. he They went Into the morninrroom, where hslterqd And stopped. Then he ctsuqht lulu-h was laid. and the butler And the night of tho tattered pr, depmsdintt from batman promptly net the neceunry nd. the united roof, and e told. her their muons for the three unexpected cue-tn. history. not hoastiully, bat simply and Then Gaunt :lucd Da-rlmn'e ohnlr beside carelessly. . his own. pa with a nod dismissed the “You can see them more sru.irrlt-rfm "Hints, can lee the ehot and shell holes m them--- "You "hall help the potatoes. Denne;. if you “and here." he and; and he drew and perhapu Mica Deane will cut tho her to n {notable spot. . . bread. Well wait upon ourselves. That} She stood quite close to him slam. all cluret. if you‘ll "pen it, Bright. while “unconscious still that the tough of her u-nrva the fowl. Mum Deane. I hope you! Ilee'e - thrilllnt throutP._1tiPc.,. w "You shall help the pontoon Deanorl and perhlp. Min Dune will out the bread. Well won upon oumlvea. Thu“ claret. if you'll open it, Bridal. while l curve the (owl. lin- Deune. I hope you are hunny. l have the lppetite which I feel I deserve. A thick “lice. please. Ah. mind your handy' he broke cl. 1 Del-inn laughed. "l Iholl not. eat myself. You lorlet that l m used to it-now." "she eat herself two morning running " the that to oil." said Bobby; "and I - on her wield a tulle without I shudder, lent. the weapon should slip Iron her hunt and " law none purl. ot my anuwmy. ' Deana laughed 1hUr "Don't believe him. rd (hunt. It WM only once. And it we: an old in". with a "harp buck. Bobby is an e-rtstor. I " not so alum-y us he may?!” out]: (Baum. looked u the facet!!! 11mm. " tho white hand: 00 do". r-and yet with . oer-tam girlinh caution using the his caution min. the " knife, 1nd "niud. ('Iumny! The girl‘s every action 3nd Ilw'rmrnl was grace itmrtf. Then he looked away suddenly and begap to talk. Wu this the grim. preoccupied nun she! hnd met in the Zoo? Davin"; thought. u; nhe 1uterted--iiaterted with her eyes Bxed on his lace. had her eloquent mouth "molded to . smile? A: tor Bobby and Bright. they were in the seventh heavgn ol enjoyment; for with the tart and skill of a man of the world. Gaunt was mab ing the meal . delightful one for than all. And through all his elortniso Der. !eotly eorteesie - ho glanced now and Again at the beautiful (use health him with a curious exprnaion in his eyes. He did not overwhelm her with attention. warn-l! midi-mod tter dined], but he trot 'tyu,.'""'"'"' she wanted with his own In B. “You ttnven't ("and my fault yet, Lord Gaunt." said Dennis. snddenly. Be, looked up and "and. "You wait." he “id. almost like Bobby. “Wail mm] ynu have had your lunch and "re mtremrthened to bear it. 1 NY. I [rt-1t deal to my. I ammo you." ' -rrn ttttite ready." said Decimal. leanm. back. her one smiling into his. "I don't helirve you have .ny halt to Md." "Come with me. then." he "id. "You'll ttmt some with” Md (“manual hl the tide-board. you tellowp. smoke when you like. It": Bachelor'tr"--ror tut instant. he named. and the faint smile faded trom his cyan: bat the heuitauon was only mo. menta-f and not "otierd by the other.- "Bm-heor‘s Hall, and I smoke everywhere. "Come with me. then." he "id. "You'll ttmt some with” Md (“manual hl the due-baud. you tellowp. smoke when you like. It": Bachelor'tr"--ror tut instant. he named. and the faint smile faded trom his cyan: bat the heuitauon was only mo. menta-f and not "otierd by the other.- "Bm-heor‘s Hall, and I smoke everywhere. t'itme with me. and rn show you." They went mm the hall. Decimal walk- ine treeide him. and entered the drawing- tt 110w have you managed to transform this grim old place into a palace of beauty P“ he said. looking round the new- ly deeorated ind furnished apartment. "It is Wonderful, wonderfull And tho Than". the transformation. runs .1] through the house. I've sat in this vital! who ordered it?" They had [one Into tho library. but Bobby and Bright had remained in the hall. "Who?" u'nid Drcitna. unconsciously. ly "Hau- wr Mr. Bright and I ranked 10H"; too much?" she said. "You will be 90" e. that you have cogne. Perhaps you are if. ready?" y “in eyes rested on her with a strange yt "one. l "No. I on not sorry." he said. " hope .. you are not will never be." I broil-a opened her an upon him. I, “on. why should I he?’ she and. inno- 'l cently. l Be looked down at her rather gravely. t "I meant that I hoped you might not be I , tc,avroinsmt Ill me,” he "id. " all) full is at good intentions. aroused " you .1de Mr. Bright." he added. quickly. "But , . good iniirntions-oreu, we all know how” unreliable they are." " she was ailent a moment. then she said: "You mean that it will be very dull for ', you. and that you may want to go? But I. will it he no dull? Bobby lays that Eiil will have plenty of visitor». that all tho county people will come and we you. andi on eager to welcome you.” lie took a pace or two moron the room. "I shall see no one." he said. ouietly! bat decidedly. “I hate society. I mean"; tor he was cor-unions that the [rank eye“ were regarding him with grave annulus; " like uninude. solitude." l A hint valor grew in her cheeks. , "And ret- yet you naked Bobby and me, In mine here today.‘ l "That is didrront." ho said. quickly. "I meant solitude shared by your and youri brother. You do not understand. You auld not. unless you huew whit my life has been 't He broke oi. warned. on to speak, by her wonderinl cyan. “Society. as it it understood. in hateful to no." he said; "it drives the lad. But it you will let no see Fot and your brother an often as you can well. mhgood intuition. might. pron more dun . than -t. It” Dom-" ll. noppod. lrownod. than wont. on. Dull-ah on- f1sed on hir- wpth gon- tlo into-turn. "I have taken a liking to your brother. I want to have him tor a his“. I haven't aloha friend in the world. no my not can to have my "to-thin: l on no Inch older." . "Am- val go very old?" she paid. With Oh m, I did. It In: u like it? Have any r-omfonablei Ht is." he paid. CHAPTER XIII. -tCont'd). 'rc'.iira%',orGa- Gif iodine? Gi" Min "timid- nun you 90 Terr him. osrttrUr. It. looked It her curious mile. "Rot quite so old on"; Are you loo] 'ia?" for her on up n! ttrr feet. "I" which had come dn Her Great Love; have you managed In old place into . he paid. looking n rated and furnish: wonderhai. wonder! THE "iiiFixt SHOE FOR sunning f.te.OR'm Or, A Struggle For a Heart was!" she said. "Are you Ian". with this?" gnu-wot for . moment. but. at her as it lost in thought. ttet. Inn Lu: mu x -...- -___ee_i_ --'ee - , ao old In I look. orrhamr. tet very Niel; 'that she pulled thew 16in, you looking at that 21°03‘21“ man-p; anyway. me made a false slap. an: her "as had dram!” £111: Denna would have mien: but Gaunt was feet. one of 3 Cf,','"',,'.?, '.'.ly, her: ‘close heralds her and Hugh}. her. "am dorrtt trom " . “n l, He hold her N his man tor n locond: sa-----""'" it wan namely - that her head rent. Tts, scum-t. his butt. . k h u A - i__-_A A o.'--. II. I GE in“ foam I. It, her lor an instant with n You ordered it Ama. unconsciously. It‘d an cany-thir. Do you “I. in it? In it for mid! Have in London. " shot. him in the Dengue“ ’unllg. no In , man-enter: and. I can?! GG tor n week. It wu touch and lo between In. I ton-nu which should bite the dust. There no two bullet-holes. you see. The "" made him angry uni thirst tor my blood; tha wound ttishsttod him. You "a tond of boob? Look " this. It in the ttmt edition of Lawn”. There are I good many but editions here. )ly treat- ttrandrather was a. bibliomantao. And there is a collection ot miniature. inlthe cabinet in tht gallery." Bobby and Bright. were toned In the hall, smoking aaarst'e choice Havanus. gnd Gaunt paid as he passed them: "Going to show Mix Dcano the miniatures." m cabinet was locked. but he burst it open and took out some of the content; They were ”(Bruits madman. ot Hillurd. Conway. and awrenoe. and " he named them and related their history. Dodmn atood place beside him. So clone that. once or twice. a: she bent to look at the paint- inr in his hand. the no". tendrila of her brown hair wept hiss cheek. she was not conscious of her Marne”. but as she touched him, and he teV the hair. like thittlettotrrh, against his face. Gaunt shiv- ered .litthtlr and hi. line came together l tightly. - wu- uuuuu. -...~,‘..... ---' "Oh. how proud you must. be of them!" lube "id. looking 119 at him with her In. nocent eyes wide open, her 1ipn tutart. "Proud of them; ashamed at myself~ there were sigma in those days; we are --what are itrtowt" . . , A "'u-B " Wt IN"- "You can't. titrht battles and lay down your Me for tho king's color». but yon- you can rebuild 4totttuees and "choois, and nuke £909!" happy,)' said the pupil ot Ludv auline Lawelles. "Make other people happy yes," he said ”I“. "Are you not hem,',',' she asked in a low I voice, her eyes see n: his face. “Yer now." he said. "Now that you have come back to settle at Loafmore?" she said. with I. smile. "Exactly." he said. quietly. and alter a. moment. "Decie!" Bobby called from below. “I must :0!" she exclaimed. "50 Boon FF said Gaunt. Hho looked It her watch. "It is quite late! Yes, I mug; Bo. I! have ever so much to do at home. But thank you so much tor telling me alll these things, Lord mt" . , "No: the thanks a eorrte from me.' Bobby aunt his praises all the way home. According to him. there never had been a man like Lord Gaunt. ', Hhe saw him every day. Sometimes he “value a: to The Woodbine; Me would lit in t e ivy-grown porch or walk about the old-fashioned garden with Declmn bo- eido him. Sometimes they would meet in the village. and he would go round and look on at the demolition of the pictur- euque and unhealthy cottages. with De. vim; beside him. Ind i',.'"'h would talk over the architectd plans. e left every- thing to her and Briithr-which meant her alone. for Bright was simply guided and directed by her. _ - . . " ull'u'veu u: nun. Sometimes she, and Bobby wont to the “all: and then Gaunt was at his best. No more delightful host could be imag- ined. There was a charm about the man which, alas! many women had felt und yielded to; and all that charm w“ exert. ed for Docinm. tor the innocent ttirl who never suroeeurd.tor I magnum. tho feeling aha: was grown): up within the mun can. When she woke in the morning her ttmtl thought was of him- -of the plum for the cottages. of the new twhco'B. of the pro- pose-d restoration of the dear old church. When she mot him-- and every day it seem- ed that she was fated to meet him-come thing. a sudden well of pleasure. gushed up in her heart. She thought of every thing he said. remembered every story of his solitary hunting days: who led him on, with childish cunning. Y? talk trf hips“! t And it seemed that he cared for her society _ and Bobby's only. The country people had come down. its cohort: tyll) |winning with mild. to meet with a de- ,omm re tthe The fyAttermolyy and tho tttertrillim the Sir William this. and Sir .Gcorxo that. had railed. but failed to see .Imrd Gaunt. m, had rammed their cards _ but that was all. Tho county was non- wlussed and diritatisf1ed.. but Lord Gaunt did not seem to 4'ttre. m, lived a solitary hire at the Hall. and saw no one but Bright gand the Deane. - fl - __, -to recount some of his wonderful ad. venturm. This man, against. whom she had Men warned. had entered into her life. To her he graduallv became the nob. lest. the most umwlfUh of men. Why there was nothing she could ask him that he would not do. He spent money on the village like water. It had been a. Heaven- forsaken plan- before ho came; it was now [xx-mun: prosperous and Bourkshimt, with new cottages, new schools in hand, and a church brintt rapidly restored. _ “Jun. bought her. Do you like her? Get your habit on." "But-" said Decima. eyeing the horse wistfully. l "But me no buts," he said. with a smile. l“l‘ve been Ioohintr out, for a horse for .you for weeks bus}. This one is all right. use I think you will say. Don't be longer lthan yuu (an help." I She had learned to obey him, and ehe Ihiiiiiaiai only a moment; then she ran ‘without a word. n had come to this. In is very few minutes she reappeared in her habit. end he lifted her into the waddle. ;The color bloomed in her cheeks: her pure ions new dark and brilliant; joy Veiled Inn in her heart. , "Yes." she said, tstter they had gone Hm" A mile or no and he had kept. close 'iwatath over_her,_"rou. can rw." __ .. One day he rode up to The Woodbine: on Nero, leading a handsome half-thor- oughbred. There was a. lady's saddle on her. and when Davina came down to the gate and stared at him with mac-open eyes. Gaunt yak}. quigtly: -.- .. - - W I'llllnu uuu - .. " It was but I. mum of time; but her heart had beaten against. his, his lips had almost touched her cheek. I Me wen}. very white. and his face grew .ntern end so: whtle the moment hated: ibut Decigna recovered her teat Pith g Eiiiec with the unconscious latte o il thud. She had not seen hie lace. had not I now!) how near his lips had been to her. l "Nearly on?" she “chimed. "But it was my fault. Let me try her again?" ] y.yo. no!" he and. elmcet Iegg"'t; "I wgll ride her for a duh or two mt-l ii'iig' oow you." no can scarcely spent. and he unwed his head away. I lie was tthgtogt silent. on the way home. A graom wu walnut at The Woodbine" I"; took the men from her, and.Gaum ‘fode home Ilowly. He went straight to his uudy_and lighted a cigar. He could feel the lithe, graceful "ure still in he I Dr... mu be] her breath on big cheek. ' Suddenly he has no cit" in tho ttrt "Oh. you." said Decimal "Aunt Pauline had me taught. She said that every lady should know how to ride. just us she should know how to play the piano and dance. What a beautiful creature " lo! Why did you take the trouble temp". it for me? Why are you always so kl to me?" He looked at her. then turned his, eyes away from her. Her Terr nnconncioum new hurt him. "You merit some amusement." ha said. "What with architect'. plane. and build. ‘o-r's estimnzcs. you were in danger of be- :in{ '.",t,rrt'iW.r Are you balmy?" he Ito ed, nuddrn w.. _ _ . . A She looked at him. and her eyes-violet nowrimet his innocently. "Qnitemuite happy." m naid. The] rode tttrough the village and over the moor beyond. Ind Gaunt still kept a Ink-hm] on npqn age ugrg. . . . He [knead at her lovely tare, with the color of a blush-tone on her checks. the light of joy nnd hnguinem in her eye, and his lit" [rt-y ti: t a.nt. compressed. -"iiriiiuir"%i"v" hohfdirard they dame to I Beld with a mouthed”. and Devin“ look. ed " ttttlatter ,riy.t.hrt.ls. . . .. . A "tiiGrGtii""iGiiii"ntid naked. "Aunt Pnulino would never let me Jump: but I have 3lwayq 1omttd., to (loft. ...llrtvd fr.rr' "She can jump." he said. “Try her, but be careful." He led the way over th bit of timber in merged”. guy Dfcimttfoyoytd. It in in the hedge. and vacuum wuoww. n. In very likely that she puny}. Pt your]! Mrs. George Cornwt Latest picture of Win ill's mother. formerly dolph Churchill, and TO /ced phage. and threw his hand above ... a_-..l..iw- -.ur6% ylmw. u..- w.“ -- with a wild, despairing noun-e. "Oh, my God!" he cried. "Not that-- not that!" Bat the prayer came too lube. and he knew it. "I love her!" he cried. an the want of his nufuish broke upon hrs brow. "I love her- love her!" " love her'. I love her!" , The words run: low through the room ' with a note of intirtlte pain and desptit; ' and Gaunt sunk into a chair and hid his , [ace in his hands. . l Now, there has been no attempt in th.s history to whitewash Lord Gaunt. or even‘ to make excuses tor him. He was not a Rood man: he bad been guilty of excebsvsl which no good man ever commits: but lie[ was not bad at heart. Until the greatl mistake ot his lite, he had steered the‘ atraizhi vow-so of Virtue on life's rough; way; and he had been driven to the Wide} road which leadeth to destruction by m .. /"if and despair. l _ in, since he had come to Lenfmore a {change had taken place in the man. Ther! old life of dissipation had suddenly grown 1 hidoous to him; at no time. even when in I the very midst or it, had it been minim-l larly enjoyable. He had played high, andl cared little whether he won or lost: he. had moved in a last set whose motto is "Love and Lauchwrf' but love had not enticed him, and iGsirtsterrwtH, few men had neon Lord Gaunt laugh frt law years. Then he came to Leafmore, weary of every- thiutr. of the foolish talk, the hollow l, laugh of the {an let 'of life itself. And the met a young wan girl as innu- lee 423 a child-dull everything had ber role changed tow Life had roan. its savor; something like peace- and yet a peace full of wist- (ulnm had fallen upon him. and ho had Mann to ioiiei-aeptal1.r to {onetime yuan made no bitter by the great mistake. . Jo be continued.) “A cross-country walk," announc- ed Miss Molly Dale to her assem- bled pupils. “How many children would like to go with me l" Fourteen hands fanned the air] vigorously while the remaining' hands in the room wanted to wave assent, also, but Saturday morning brought household tasks, chores tor the boys and music lessons for many. "Very well. Those who would like to go with me can meet me here lat nine o'clock to-morrow morning. ‘You must be on time, for I must be home at noon. School is dismiss- Saturday morning found thel eager fourteen at the schoolhouse warmly equipped for a tramp across the snowy fields. When Miss Dale appeared they set up a shout of wel- come for the teacher, who was a pretty sight in her short blue skirt and sweater with crimson taarvo'- shanter that matched the red of her _ lips. - - . ... 1:.n_ -..c..1 luld. She looked like a little girl. "Now, we are ready. I shall go ahead and load the way. Four boys next-then the girls-and the rest of the boys to bring up the rear. Remember, boys, you are to look out for the girls and help them over the rough places." The boys grinned sheepishly and the little girls giggled together un- til the group straightened out intoi a long line across the schoolyard. l It was only a. light snow that had fallen, and with every thump of their sticks the pedestrians struck the frozen ground beneath. In the woods the trees creaked in the light wind and sent powdery whiteness idown to sting their faces. A Mow" u.) nahlnla y‘.v.. .._-" Now and then a rabbit scurried across the snow or, a. squirrel poked bright, eyes out of some safe retreat. In places where the sun struck warmly one could glimpse trails of green and dots of red where the partridge berries grew. - , -- " .,A___1 :..;,\ n“ 1"" .. ""W' .. u Presently Molly turned into an , old wood road that led no one re- 1 membered where. It is great fun 1 to explore unknown roads, and all l the, chlldrnn skipped joyfully. Un- doubtedly they would come out into some snowy held, and that meant a tramp through the untraeked white- wessrpet1harts startling a flock of quail-over fences or under them. l A barbed wire fence snarled _ across their way, and they got over l it and under it somehow, and found lthat they had lost the wood road. This was all the better. _ Suddenly a laurel hedge loomed before them, and with a wild whoop _ the group separated and broke' _ through. Miss Molly smiled and trailed after them. ‘, When she looked around for her pupils she saw to her diamay that '., they were romping and racing b about the grounds of a handsome' :‘houee. ': Surely she had seen let house pupils she saw to her dismay that " nu: ma, . they were romping and racingl “Please, min,” chirped a little about the grounds of a handsome girl, "it's the bobble skirt." . house. ..-i-- Surely she had seen that house Hardest‘ Kill ttt Work. betore---trom a different angle. " want you to/understand that I Suddenly she gasped for breath. got my moneyfby hard work." Now she knew! "Why, I thought it was left you It was the home of Jared Smith- by your unele." ers-irascible old bachelor and one “So it was, but I had hard work - _. , , "Him: it awav from the lawyers." LVUW 31“: nu: u . It was the home of Jared Smith-l ers-irascible old bachelor and one of the trustees of the school. somehow-she had blundered. This escapade meant farewell to an- other you”: touching in the Glen George Cornwallis West. CHAPTER XIV wands fanned the air while the remaining [ room wanted to wave but Saturday morning Winston Church- nerly Lady Ran- and recently di- his head Hollow m, ind. Holly did like her position so much. Desperately she darted down past the house in . mad desire to gather her shouting flock and rush them out of the yard. As she flew past a "Gr,, Tair Jammer-house a. ions arm shot out of the door and caught her arm Molly .screnmed in surprise, and when she saw h.” captor she be- came quite jimp ll? his. strong gmgp. lt was Mr. Smithers. peering near-sightedly at her. He wore . housmat and thin slippers, and [his thick brown hair was tossed Emily about his head. 1'Little girl," he roared crossly, "what are you doing in my yard-- ch’l" . r,.t"I---1 don't know," stammered Molly, feebly. She squirmed under his clutch. "You are hurting my arms, sir," she added. arms, bu, nun “my... [ “I beg your pardon,” he said gruffly. He released her at. once, but still he stated down at ber drooping little figure. "What are you doing here-ami those others? Are they your brothers and sis- ters?" Molly stared aghut at the four- teen, and then a smile crinkled her ‘lips and the corners of her brown teyes. . .. ' .. , ___-c. “What? ttut-tus-what do you meant Ah, 1 see, you are playing a joke upon me-well', clear out, all of you-right now i'vu I"'" - A " . . I ‘v ,_ 'se, - L -- "they are my children." P""""'"" i But Molly 'was teminine---and [somehow she did not relish being Jtreated so cavalierly by any man. [old or young. She risked dismissal {when she lifted her brown eyes so 1innocently to his and said reproach- ifully: V‘ JV“ --u--- -- - . Molly hesitated. Ndw gs her chance to vanish with her i Bapnt pupils; if Mr. Smithers had notcitr cognized in her the teacher of the fourth grade whom he had barely noticed, why they would all escape judgment and punishment tor tres- passing. -_- n A, 5__t_, -I “II ‘am afraid that you do not cognize me. Mr. Smithers." - . tq , t A A ('Ugllllc luv. all. um....».... "1vhy--why-----r' he bent dodn lestily and looked at her through his glasses. What. little girl was “as that spoke in such a grown-up this that spoke in such a grown-up wayt "Who are you?” "I am Miss Vale, the school- teacher," admitted Molly-with a sinking heart. Mr. Sniithers stared at her. That is, he stared until he happened to see the crinkly smile that, still trem- "sled on her lips. , One could not say that he smiled in return. But his lips did relax their grim lines, and a. queer look came into his blue eyes. "No, air," she said demurely, Molly told him with a sweet In dignity, that somehow melted hard, knotty place in his heart. ""r/iiiriiU-uht" Well, what's all thist" 7 ._ . Illllu, nlI‘Jllb.’ 3"“‘V ... V... __ "We did not mean to trespaMr-- we win go at once, Mr. smithers," she concluded, moving away from him "Wait," he commanded, and l - then, grinning in rather a shame, it faced way, he went on: "I'm afraid li, I frightened you, and er-it you're A out for a good time, why, let thele youngsters slide there on the iceli if they want to. LII have Mrs. 1 Powell, my housekeeper, hurry din- ' ner along, and they can stay. Per- l [ haps you would like to come in and I see my pictures and books?" l Molly's heart was dancing wildly. 1 but she put on a little prim-school- I ma'am air and shook her head. "Thank you. Mr. Smithers, I will come in by and by with pleasure,! but for the present I will remain) with the children and see that they I do no harm to your lovely 1 grounds." l -_ N . ' ., I ..-1....A....o l Dunn“.-. Mr. Smithers assented reluctant- ly, and went into the house, while Molly hastened to the wondering children and told them the startling news. At first there was an inclination for wild Bight, but when Mr. Smith- crs and his hired man appeared with two old bob-sleds that had been found in the barn, they changed their minds. . “"i'iizfaiso changed their opinion of the gruffness of Mr. Smithers. for now, in thick ‘bopms and warm sweater, he coasted with them down the steep hill back of the house and quite forgot that he was a school trustee and a w.opan-hattr. Molly grew pinker and prettier and happier every moment, and " ter they had eaten a delicious din- ner in the big dining-room they all trooped into the library, where Mr. Smithers wound up the talking mtb- chine, and they had a feast of fun land music. _ It was almost dusk when they bade their host good-bye, and they stood before the house and gave three lusty cheers, and he waved his hat frantically in response. Somehow that dag Jared Smithers had found his lost youth. In spite of this day of pleasure,‘ and many others that. fell to the' little school-teacher, Molly Dale did not come back to teach in the Glen Hollow school, for when Juno came she had promised Jared Smithers that when her wedding clothes were made she would return lto Glen Hollow a his wife. What It Was. Teacher (in a; girls’ class in a Sunday School trymg to indicate the meaning of evil irhuesveesy--Nyt.t is it causes us to stumble and fall by the way? -- . Tt I,:___.l .. no”. y told him with a swett little re- Choice Recipes. Tomatoes With Cream butter.- Wipe, peel and slice three solid to- matoes. Sprinkle with salt and pa- prika, dredge with flour and saute to a golden brown in three table- spoons butter, place on a hot plat- ter and cover with one cup white sauce. Lemon fihertret.--Four éups wa- ter, two cups sugar. thrie-fourths cup lemon juice; white two eggs. Make a. syrup by boiling water and sugar twenty minutes. Add lemon te: cool, strain and freeze. When rozen add beaten egg white and stir thoroughly. Scrambled " Eggs “in: Tomato tl"tTrr,-f)f, fine three tomatoes and cook for Lin minutes in two table- spoons bgtter, one-half teaspoon salt and it few grains of paprika; then drop in three uphoaten eggs. Cook, stirring Constantly until the eggs are cooked. Berve"at once on hot toast. _ ' V Creamed Carrot Pulp. - Wash and scrape carrots and irra,te'ou.ftr red portion into bowl. Season this pulp with salt and paprika,' mots- ten with cream and beat very hot In a double boiler. Place in a. baking dish, cover with buttered crumbs and brown in the oven. Codtitsh Balls-One cup eodfitsh,s tivo cups potatoes, one tablespoon butter, dash of paprika, one egg.) Rut fish in bowl of cold water and' pick it apart. Boil potatoes and codfish far twenty minutes. Drain, mash and beat well with fork. Beat in butter and pepper. Cool and add egg. Drop by spoonfuls in deep fat Danish Cooos.--one and one- half cups sugar, one and one-half cups butter, three eggs, four cups sifted flour, one-fourth teaspoon soda. Sift soda in flour. Bake in buttered pans, using a pastry tube to shape It cookies. Dru’ngo JiC--Four cups water, two cups Attgar,ctwo cups orange juice; (pn/r-fourth cup lemon juice. Make syrup by tsdifing water and sugar twenty miMites: add lemon juice; cool, strain and freeze. __--- n I l\,, 11..» ”_ ‘4" Juice; cum, an..." a...“ .9'-""""" Chieken RoyaL---One five or six‘i pound chicken, four sweetbreads,ly one can mushrooms. Boil chicken I fy before it is to be used and allow to stand in the liquor over night. Then out up as for salad. Boil sweetbrekds. Into a saucepan put! one qudbt of cream; into another) put four tablespoons of melted but-l Lter and four tablespoons flour. Add) (heated cream, stirring until mixture I thickens. Flavor with a little cyst-l en, mushrooms and sweetbreads to-l gather; stir into the cream mixture, 1 put in a buttered baking dish and} cover with buttered bread crumbs.' Bake twenty minutes. “n -- - -....L in-.- ' , Dunc LWCHLJ ”Una“... Chocolate Cake With Sour Milk! --One cup sugar, one cup sour milk, ', four tsblespoons butter, twoi squares chocolate. one and two-i thirds cups flour, teaspoon (“113,1 one egg. Heat, chocolate, butter,) one-half cup sugar and milk until the chocolate is melted. Add egg well beaten, flour and soda and the. remaining one-half cup sugar. A Tomato llish.-Panned tunm-i \toes are tempting for very warm) days. To cook them cut firm to-l (matoes in half and dip them in flour, , seeing that they are lightly and} evenly covered. For each tomato heat a teaspoonful of butter in a ifrying pan, and when it is hot put ‘in the tomatoes, flat side down. [Cover the pan and cook them until 'tliey are tender and brown. Make a (Kell-seasoned white sauce, put the tomatoes in a hot dish and pour the sauce about them. Strew with _ minced parsley. Individual Pineapple Pies.-9fake i a flaky pie crust from any good re- . cipe, roll out thin and bake in six . RT f___t...... Ann“ nun ostlre TORONTO W of nut end thickened with uhle-l spoonful cornstarch dimlved in halt cup of water. Add meringue of two stiffly beaten whites of eggs and half cup of auger. Return to ‘oven to brown lightly. Serve with lcnndied cherry or strawberry on top. Strawberries or cherries any be substituted for pineapple. These individual pies are more attractive I end easier to nerve than a large pie. Date Bars-thte-halt cup of gran- ulated sugar, three eggs, one cud o,ne-Ult cup: of poetry flour, one teaspoon of baking powder, one- half pound of dates, three-quarters cup of chopped nuts. Cream yolks and sugar until light; add baking powder, nuts, and dates to flour,l beat in gradually. then add the slimy beaten whites. Mix well, then bake in Gt, ungreaeed square layer pane. When cold remove from tin, into oblong bars about one ine ide amipthree inches long. Sift confectionh 'k sugar over. If an extra "iii'i?l?,' is desired, cover [the bars wi chocolate frosting. Dates stuffed with peanut butter and then rolled in sugar are a pleu- ing change from dates stuffed with nuts. If a curtlin or portion pole is tubbed with hard soap before be- ing put up, the draperies will slip on easily. . . :szgw'balls which are ousted in butter after being boiled are deli- cious. They should be served with .... . _“:_AAJ <Avun- -uv‘, ~_-..,__ 7 1 .generous sprinkling of minced paisley. I A bare broom splinters matting easily. If you have no longhnndled soberusn, make a grey canton Bart- nel covering for the top of the broom. . ' acme“ scorch marks from lin- en . an onion in half and rub the sec ed.part with it. Then soak in d water, and the marks will disappear. Grease on a kitchen floor can be softened by pouring kerosene over it and letting it remain for IO or ‘15 minutes; then scrub with soda Hater. . . , It or lard; then washing with soap and water. A frying basket should be dipped in boiling water or heated in the oven before being put in the hot fat. It will thus not reduce the itemperature of ‘the land. A "‘i’gint and varnish can removed from the hands rubbing Tell into.them 90: tempErulurc u. tn: m.-. ..___ _ When scrambled eggs are served-‘sllpout of a kettle I make a tomato sauce. adding to it Bv this means the a few Spanish pepper!” foppeditutri.n.kty the wool, . . . Hunt d. ily Paint stains may be removea from woolen fabrics by rubbing with turpentine. It the stains are old and do not respond to this treat- ment, add ammonia to the turpen- tine tint. Some housewives always make their ironholders of marble cloth, using suitable material for inter- lining. The advantage is that they may always be wiped off when soil- cu. When post card photographs curl and become brittle, rub them over with a cloth dipped in a. cupful of water to which a teaspoonful of gly- cerine has been added to soften them. _ plates with lard and put them on the floor, with a few sticks for the ants to climb up. Soon the plates will be covered with ants, which prefer lard even to sugar. Turn and varnish can be easily from the hands by first well into them some grease then washing with soap and destroy red ants, grease tin Home Hints. r be removed the plates upside down tire. _ . Never sit on the edge of a sick poncn‘s bed, and never place your ohair no that he must strain his eye; or turn his head to so“ you. Get directly in range of his. vision, so that he may see you comfortably, Never whisper in u Iiclu'oom. Lamb's liver, which is very deli- cate. and not to much used .5 it de- serve: to be, is delicioun minced end served on tout. It in also excel» lent diced. cooked two or three min- 11t' in n tablespoonful of butter, and folded in In omelet, with pep- per. and a minced olive or two. A Iweet biscuit an); be made with ordinary biscuit dough, with the. ad- dition of chopped dates. Roll the dough quite thin, spread with plen- ty of soft butter, and then put on 1 thick layer of chopped dates. On top place another layer of dough, and cut out with I small cutter. Ale in a hot oven. ! Gingerbread, or my cake with [molasses in it, should hive a slow oven; sponge cakes require the . .t -.-- mun gunk-st heat, but not be too hot, as t In firing all kinds " point to be aimed at in to even, steady heat. Before beginning to In: cake see about the oven fire; preplre the tin and g nether all ingredients and No matter how carefully a been mixed it may very ruined in the oven unless. GILLETT'S LY: EATLDI RT . The much-traveled y just returned from f, and, of course, be n his rich old aunt-wid in tavor---with sturie derful sights he had 1 he “id. in the cou marks, “there are til that can never be tot V 1'""ca"a'TlTrfles' -- A, y, EL "Dear me sent-minded get me a mi V - -"L" (ti,i7'liti, 'l'o%wFriitr.? \‘Tononro GliCLe.1'Jt, go to ttte l and tell him I I ordered? Willie-Se “it”; --.v. . Mr. iyunsonc1vell, here is u trunk, but no strap. Willie-Yes, pl , gut I told him W ill ie-- thought y at " p. Mrs. Insured: “Just think of it. dearest one I Twenty-five years from the day before yesterday will be our silver Anniversary y' "Why did that marry that rich cause he vowed her, nnd she too Slimsun-r Willie. 1 the trunkmgker's Prudent " illie. chi hidn't betu 'alt' lid that pretty young air! It rich old miner?” “Be- vowed he would die for she took the chalet" l should have I slow cakes require the but the oven mun; as they burn euily. is of cakes tho great led at hi to keep an " pa Willie. didn't you maker's yesterday nd round the trunk I hot have any the