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on. your ceron . chum to any n tom and - woman‘s. Bur . con- hr"& homo tibia and they Tritt spend on on" an. tn the healthful or n my or 811th In an. would look moo In you:- In“. room, dining room or kitchen. W. In!" than I It 0. and " x t. Cu: In 1'%N with mun round or ttttNap, would min a very n]- woulfl ttttr,. tm", P,',?, mg te, y a 9 man but to you-cu Mm. Write for price- and eatatoIt" to ngasant Winter Evenings “Certainly tad' answered, holding out the block; "but it isn't finished et." y “Will it take long.'" "About an hour, I think." "Just " you like,' he answered “Ma! I 199k at it?” was pull. vulgar, ill-tempered; the chief ought to be kicked for letting her gene” him.' This was what she had n told. She laughed softly to herself. ', Nt in very good indeed of you, Mr.' Trent.” she said earnestly. " was quite nervous about coming, for II had no idea that iso", would be so. kind. Shall I tlni my sketch firlii,l and then perhaps you will be able to; spare-sue a few minutes for the inter-l SAIUBL MAY a co.. 108-100 We " Wat. Toronto. She could scurcely believe in her good fortune, especially when she re- membered the description of the man, which on: of the an}! had given. He u, - “a -..--. '__r.WV "an _ Of course I oughtn't to have begun this sketch without permission. If you mind that, I'll give it up." He found his tongue awkwardly, but vigorously. "You con sketch just as long as ever you fuse and nuke whit use on like " it," he said. Nt'a only I in of I ploce though!" "Row nice of you.' And the inter- Mew.'" “I'll tell you whatever you wont to kngw." he_goid quigtly. N l "___ __ ..--.- """"'"""9. " rally won't ask you many ques- tions, and it would do me quite a lot of good to get an interview with you. 0, A.......-- -__._LL,n. . . - “Doing what ?" he asked blankly. “Interviewing you! That's what I've come for, you know: and we want a little sketch of your house for the aper. I know you don't like it. I hear ou’ve been awfully rude to r little {Morrison of the Post; but 'lr,',', very careful what I say and very quirk. He stood looking at her, I dazed and bewildered man. From the trim little hat, with its white band and jaunty bunch of eorNtowers, to the well-shaped patent shoes, she was neatly and daintily dressed. A Jour- nalist! He gazed once more into her Nee, at the brown eyes watching him: now a little anxiously. the mouth with i the humorous twitch at the corner of her lips. The little wisps of hair, fUshed again in the sunlight. It was: she.' He had found her. I She took his silence for hesitation, 'e continued a little anxiously. l you "Oh, it's not " all an uncommon thing," she answered him. "You won?" mind my interviewing you, will v - -- ___ ---- """""'"""b a picture of my house; I don't mind that." She dived in her pocket and Produc- ed n card-case. "PII make full confession,” she said, tek. “I'm a journalist.” "A what.' ' he repeated feebly. ‘ "A journalist. Pan on 'the Hour. Thin isn't my work " a rule; but the man who should have come is ill, and his junior ean't sketch, so they sent me! Don't look as though I were a? ghost, please. Haven't you ever heard,' of a girl ’iournalist before?” I "Never, ' he answered em hatieallr.' “I didn't know Indies did such things!" 3 She laughed gully but softly; end; Trent understood then what ween newt by the music of a "o"""", voice. "How nice of you to say so!” she answered brightly. "But then 'g,-, haps you'll change your mind w on you know what I have been doing." He laughed shortly. "Nothing terrible, I should say. Loolts as though pouhre been puking "Ph, tsorry-didn', man to frighten you," he said. Nt's the but. I get an attack like this sometimes. Yes, I'm Mr. Trent. I don't know what you're doing here, but wou're wel- come." '" '" , Yes, can't imagine how delicious meal Porridge become. when it is swee1 Brut-J 1wa Syn). Have it for breakfast to-morrow-watch {Sparkle with thffint 'Tomtftt1---see how the True GOLDEN KEY Or “The Adventures of ledgard." By the Author of "What He Cost Her." CHAPTER IX. Trent laughed heartily. The situa- tion began to appeal to him. There was humor in it which he alone could appreciate. "Does he expect me to send you an t" he asked. _ .l':trT/a'L'e',"rt!1, Min Mpngressor af-j Y Trent's appearance upon the lawn 'was greeted with a shout of enthu- piasm. The young lady in blue exe- ' cated a pas seul, and came across to , him on her toes, and the girl with the yellow hair, although sulkf, gave him to understand by a side ong glance that her favor was not permanently l withdrawn. 'lla; neither of them no- ,ticed the somew at ominous air of civility with which he received their "rreetintts, or the 'ie,t,e,','tt, in his Ewes"? he looked them li ently over. “Momma and her rag of a daugh- ter are in the drawing-room," ex- cleimed Miss Montresadr-the young Indy with fluffy hair who dressed in blue and could dance. “Such a joke, General.' They don't approve of us! Momma so? that she will have to take her Ju ie away if we remain. We are not fit tttmreintes for her. Rich En’t itl The old ch'ag'e “screwing no his courage now with iGGff"' GC, .011 to tell [0990!" They reeehreTi it}; JiGTirs,n with pitr.e.intr shriek_o_f laughter. - "Where Gl/ iii; foUGriiriiv'he"'i",i..' quired, as the girls, one on either side, eetrted bin} to the house. "There is one question," he said, I“which I should very much like to I ask you. It will sound impertinent. I Idon't mean it so. I ean't explain ex- [ actly why I want to know, but I have 1 a reason." h: "I didn't know," he answered slow- ly. "Thank you. You will come to- morrow?" teur t . "Not until afternoon, at any rate," he said. "Come tprmorrow, certain- ly-whenever you like. You needn't be afraid of that rabble. I'll see you g don} have to go near them." "To earn money by all means," she answered, laughing. "I like the work, but I tshouldn't care for it half so much it I didn't make my living at it. Rid you think that I was an ama- "Ask it by all means," she said. "PII promise that I'll answer it if I can." "You say that you are--a Journal- ist. Have you taken it up for a pas- tire., or-to earn money?" w lurulu on man rabble. UU see you don't have to go near them." "You must please not make any dif- ference or alter your arrangements on my account," she said. "I am uite used to meeting all sorts of Jl'ul in my profession, and I don't object to it in the least. Won't you go now? I{shin}: that that was your dinner- I." l He hesitated, obviously embarrassed butuietermined. - V_ 0-.-, ...... um. u. i a pale blue dinner dress was dancing to an unseen audience. Trent’s eyes flashed with anger, and his cheeks _ burned. The dance was a music-hall one, and the gestures were not refin.. ed. Before he could stop himself an I oath had broken from his lips. After, that he dared not even glance at the) girLby his aide. r . ~~ ..._-- """tl'L"P. "This will take me a lime longer than I thought to finish properly," the said. "I wonder might I come down early to-morrow morning? What time do W'. lease. foy the City ?” She looked up for a moment, sur- prised at his sudden vehemence. There was no doubt about his being in earn- est. She continued her work, with- out looking " him, but her tone when she ripoke was Pore friendly, A “They'ref fiBFnT; iiiiiiiiiiiy he ex- claimed passionately. "Pli clear them ouet,,netk gm! crop," "You mustn't disturb your friends on my aeeount," she said quietly. She did not look up, but Trent felt keenly thtyytetation in her manner. - “Phi vervGGr," he muttered, "Pll stop that riitht., altar.", ter from the EVE--51. rTiiit" iiiiTu"G sharply out, startling them both. A young WP'"?. with !lufry hair fund in Then he set his teeth hard together and swore vigorously but silently. She had become suddenly interested in hfr 1T11t. A ahrjll purstpf laugh- "Pshawf inn?“ "thy, cl:;;r;-ess- that counts for anything that makes moler'1 "You are very clever," he said, with a little sigh. She laughed outright. "People are calling you the clever- est.eyyri.n Eonsloxi to-gay,” phe said. '" "You “The old ;6E;:7£';o;:v$hl§: - ---e___ -, Mrt see how they come for 'more' --watch the kid_dies‘ eyes CHAPTER X. ficious a dish of Oat- is sweetened with " Crown A Pelee Promise. When little Mary Green came home from her first forenoon " school her mother asked her if she liked it. "Oh, I don't think I like it at all, mother. The teacher put me on I seat, and traid-Sit there, my dear, for the present.' And I not, end tru,, till I was tired, but she Uan't ""l me the present yet!” able!" said she. "That man in the pew in front of me destroys all my devotional and pious feelings when he attempts to sing. Couldn't you ask him to change his pew?" The good pastor was sorely perplexed. Af- ter a few moments' reflection he said: "Well, I naturally should feel a little delicacy on that score, more especisl- ly as I should have to give a reason; But I will tell you what I might do. 'l might ask him to Join the choir!" ll I They entered the dinjntr-room, l where every one else was already as- lsembled. Mrs. Da Souza, a Jewess, :' portly and typical, resplendent in '1 black satin and many gold chains and (bangles, occupied the seat of honor, " and by her side was a little brown I girl, with dark, timid eyes and dusky icomplexion, pitiably over-dressed but with a certain elf-like beauty, which‘ it was hard to believe that she could ever have inherited. Miss Montressor and her friend sat on either side of itheir host-an arrangement which ers. Da Souza lamented, but found [ herself powerless to prevent, and her husband took the vacant place. Din-i I ner was served, and with the opening I (pf the champagne, which was noti long delayed, tongues were loosened.‘ Positively Unbearable. One of the wealthy members of a fashionable church approached her pastor with the complaint that she was greatly disturbed by one of her neighbors. "It's positively unbear- uuvluus snyness. "Uome, drink up Da Souza, drink up, girls'. Pve had a hard day, and I want to forget for a bit that there's any such thing as work." (To be continued.) _ - WV _-... ..... "Very kind of your daughter," Trent answered, looking directly at her and rather inclined to pity her obvious shyness. "Come, drink up Ih,t Soyzy, drink pp, girls'. I've iilil "It was very hot in the City to- day," Mrs. Da Souza remarked to her host. "Dear Julie was saying what a shame it seemed that you should be there and we should be enjoying your beautiful gardens. She is so thought- fuh,ho, 'tyr,n,rm,thetiy.t Dear girl!” 7 I iiiii, Da Souza cough at his host’s hand, but Trent snatc ed it away. "My deap--my noble---"' "Here, shut up and don't paw me," Trent interrupted. "Mind, not a word of this to any one but your wife; the girls don't know they're going them- seizes yet." l "Well, I'll tell you this, and you can let the missis know,my fond father. They'll leave to-morrow. Is that good engugh?" "Yes, I understand, Da Souza," he said. No doubt you are right, ft', cannot too be careful. You do wel to begraryeulary' Us Souza winced. He was abet spelt, "but.,,T.rey intttrypted _him. Trent had finished his toilet and stood, the hair-brushes still in his hands, looking at Da Souza’s anxious lit with a queer smile upon his "For myself," he declared. “I tind! them charming. It is my wife who! says so to me, 'Hiram, those young] persons, they are not fit com any for;' our dear, innocent Julie! R','] shalli speak to Mr. Trent. He will under- stand." Eh ?" l Da Souza spread out his hands-an old trick, only now the palms were whit} and thtiktmopds real. I "We-er-men of the world, my dear Trent, we need not be so particu- lar, eh?---but the ladies-this ladies are so observant." "What ladies ?" Trent asked coolly. "It is my wife who has been talking to me," Da Souza continued. "You Bee, Julie is so Young-our dear daughter she is but a child; and, as‘ my wife says, we cannot be too par-) ticular, too careful, eh; you under-I stand!" "You it t" "Hadn't noticed it," Trpnt answer- ed, drying himself. "What about it?" Da Souza tugged at his little black imptst,riai, and moveq ungasily abqut. "Exactly! Two very charming young ladies, my dear friend, very charming indeed, but a 1ittle--don't yo.u'_fanc_y, just alttle fast!” "What! Miss Montressor and her friend?" Trent remarked, thrusting his head into the cold water. "Phewl" “Certainly, certainly,” Da Souza murmured, closing the door behind them as they entered the lavatory. "rt ai,epro,ryeerpj.irtCthes.e young ladies." - "Come and talk while I wash," Trent said shortly. "Dinner's on, and I'rtat_.hutyr.rr" "There 'wiirfriiG; kacir,"ritiC.ir marked, "a little word I wanted with you; Trfiriiiriiii"ii'iiietG'"a't';out with the hee,isters, and .fhyy11y folloyvgd him. "Ah eighth" -aiiGiirih aii%/r.. eduase3ndintrAhe stairs. "Baek from the coining of the ahek- els, my dear friend " he exclaimed. "Baek from the spoiiing of the Egyp- tiagey eh.'. l Prw 1""..m.?.ney to-day.'" Trent entered the house. Da Souls met him in the hall, sleek, curly, and resplendent in a black dinner-suit. The years had dealt lightly with him, or else the climate of England was kinder to his yellow skin than the moist heat of the Gold Coast. Be greeted Trent with a heartiness which was partly tentative, partly boister- ODS. "Right hot" the young lady declar- ed cheerfully. "Now a?) go 3nd prink up for dinner. e’re ready, Flosaie and I. The little Jew girl's got a new dressy-tthusk, covered with sequins. It makes her look yellower than ever. There goes the bell, and we're both as hungry as hunters. L021: sharp!” _ - - "I proGiaPUid Trent, "that when she goes you go, and not before. In tttpt sqtfieientt" n In), WWII," we rammed, “kit's him-ads prominent pro- mise, We didn't come down here to be made fools of_by I fat old Jeweas. You won't send us away because of th9_old metal: t" want them to go? Is that He was about to fill Catuimtwer.-Cut stalks close to flower, remove green leaves and soak in cold salted water one hour. Cook in cheesecloth bag thirty to forty minutes. Remove from bag and serve with Hollandaise or white sauce or scalloped with white sauce and crumbs. Peach lee Cream.-.-; two cup- fuls of sliced peaches for about one hour and put through colander. Add to one quart of cream which has been scalded and cooled. Freeze. I Canned Corn Frittem.---Canned 1eorn while only a poor substitute for , the fresh ear may be very appetizing if chopped fine after the corn has been emptied from the can and allowed to stand for several hours before using. j Drain dry and mince, then proceed as , with the fresh grains. l ’ Corn Boup.-cook six ears of corn in cold water twenty minutes. Cut off the cob and press through a sieve. Add two cups of scalded milk. Cook two tablespoons of chopped onion in three tablespoons of butter, add three tablespoons flour, one and a half salt, celery salt and cayenne, corn mixture, cook five minutes, strain, add one cup.of beaten cream and serve. Garnish with one cup pop- ped corn. I Bueeotash.-Six ears of corn, 1 cup I I shelled lima or string beans carefully ', i trimmed into inch lengths, % cup L‘milk, 2 teaspoonfuls of butter cut up /iinto 1 teaspoon of flour. Salt and _' pepper. Cut the corn from the cob {and add to the beans when they have ieooked half an hour in boiling water fslightly salted. Boil thirty minutes jlonger, turn " the water and pour le, the milk. (It is safer in warm! ( weather to add a tiny pinch of bread; Jsoda). As the milk heats, stir in l the floured butter, season, and simmer [ten minutes. If canned corn and beans are used, add half a teaspoon- !ful of white sugar. _ Green Corn Pudding.---" ears of l green corn, full grown but tender, 2; cups of milk, 2 eggs, 1 "iiiiu"i;iii'dil butter, 1 tablespoonful sugar. Salt; and pepper to taste. Cream butter; and sugar is for cake. Beat into asl, eggs when whipped light, add milk! and the grated corn (or shaved). Sea-f son, beat thoroughly and bake cover-) ed in a buttered casserole or pudding, dish 40 minutes; then uncover and‘ brown. Serve at once in the same, dish. _ a,“ v- “y... - yuy v1. Ill-An, Dbll‘ III a good spoonful of butter, then mix in potatoes and corn; season, simmer five minutes, and serve. l Chopped Potatoes, and Com.-ien [cold boiled potatoes and several ears ‘of boiled corn are left in the ieebox, chop the one into coarse dice and cut the other from the cob. Heat in a frying-pan a good spoonful of clari- fied dripping, sweet and good, and stir into this the potatoes and corn, sea- soning with salt and pepper. Turn and turn until thoroughly heated and} serve. This makes a nice breakfast! relish. Or heat a cup of milk, stir in) Green Corn Fritters.-Grate or shave off with a keen blade the grains from 6 ears of corn. Have ready 2 eggs beaten light, a cup of milk added to these with a tablespoonfu1 of sugar and same quantity of butter warmed and rubbed into a heaping tablespoon- ful of prepared ttour. Season with salt and pepper; beat hard and fry as you would griddle cakes. hour and leave in hot water until ready to serve. Cut stalks " with the husks close to the bottom of the ears and send to table wrapped about with a napkin on a fit dish. Boiled fhrrs--Strip off coarser out- er husks leaving the thin silky envel- ope next the ear on the stalk. Pull this down and pick of the sill: from between the grains, adjust the inner husks in their place, tie together at the top and drop the ears in plenty of boiling salted water. Boil half an ttyt1ifrnoseontdtiGiirrturrnestsheuuTi youngleaves. . . . BttauMiaredaUGmen Seasonable Dishes. About the Household Good Corn Recipes. TORONTO Wa1li1owers are society girls who have been nipped in the bud. I Very often when making a pie the Juice from the fruit soaks through the undercrust and spoils the whole ap- ,pearsnce of it. To prevent this try ( brushing the crust over with the white of an egg, and you will never be troubled in this way. When your vegetables become wilt- ed and stale before you have an op- portunity to use them place them for an hour or so in a gallon of water to which a teturpootdul of soda has been added. They will then be Just as crisp and fresh " when gathered from the garden. I It is always wise to boil a new clothesline before using it, as this not only prevents it from stretching but makes it last much longer. New pegs should be. soaked in cold wster for a few hours, as this keeps them from splitting. If when sending or takihg a hat by train it is secured to the bottom of the box by a few strong stitches of thread the most delicate hat will not be crushed, as no matter how the box is turned about the hat will not move. To separate the yolk of an egg from the white make a hole in both ends of the egg. Then hold it up- right, giving it a gentle shake, ‘and the white will run out, leaving the yolk unbroken in the shell. fo,'I"l,U'at 100 gum ms "Let J%git Sweden it." l CANADA SUGAR MINING CO.. LIMITED -- .-.21' Grass stains will disappear if coal oil is poured on them, then rub with the hands and wash same as you al- ways do. Lard rubbed in well before goods are wet will remove axle grease or machine grease. . ”Wm” H """"""""J. Should any foreign matter alight in the eye immediately apply one or two drops of castor oil; it will almost at once allay the irritation. makes them dry and fioury. Borax for washing plates and dishes is to be preferred to soda, as it does not crack the skin of the hands. . The fact that an article is advertis- ed in a respectable newspaper should prove it worth buying by somebody. When boirmriGitoet, do not " salt till they are nearly cooked. This makes they dry and f1oury. Don't bile}: Jstove while it is hot It takes more blacklead, and a mud logger time to polish. New brick floors should be washer with soda water, and when dry rub bet: with parMn. To skin Guia; Elicia; and eas ily immerse them for a second or tm in cold water. Soup should be atititGsirior Bode when washing silver and plated good: A very hot irGGiouid never b mid ftfunneior woollens. N Make starch with soapy wager, add in; a pinch of borax. enough to roll easily. Be careful not to wet the cheese cloth. Things Worth Knowing. "This is thsAugay: - for J @311; and Jellies" Then strangely tilCbiitG" Tiiii himself the question: "But can a fierce and bloody war ever conduce to And so, this being a Day of the Lord, the good bishop donned his khaki as n chaplain of the army and went to heathen the men in the f1e1ds. "It is an utter mistake," he says, "to suppose that the Old Testament virtues are to be laid aside because the New Testament supplements them by humility and tself-tsuffering and personal weakness. No; courage, fuwless, undying courage, is the spe- cial characteristic of the Christian soldier as it was the special charac- teristic of Christ himself." And so; he girded himself to rouse his fellow countrymen and to stimulate himself to play the man in this great “Day of God." ing to the men in the camps from W.- gons. "Por if the cause wss hold, then the duty of the Church is not ‘only to mobilize the tspiritual re- sources of the nation, but to give the clear cell to unity and service." Banned the Khtki. The Bishop went to recruit. A "battling bishop".' No; not a bit of it--a gentle churchman turned logi- clan. “Ons can," said the Bishop, for he was a good logician. "Of course, war is wholly inconsistent with Christian principles, but meanwhile the Chris- tian has to make the choice of the .eeond best. Because our Lord mid t a particular moment that his ser- ants were not to tUrht, He could not neon that they were to see their wo- nen end children treated as the Bel- jan woman and children have been, and do nothing." 1' So it is necessary for the Bishop) 0 represent God alone, like the Pope. i l fe can also represent the nation/ nd, fortunately for the Bishop, when 1 hat nation believes it has a Christian ' ause. l, There was a cloistered hush aboutl he room we set in. The Bishop’s; sindly face seemed incongruous with the picture I drew of him, dressed in khaki as he was last summer, speak- 1 Just " Loud” m diacuuinz the Pope'a poaition of neutrality I found myself in the study of the Biahop of London, who quite plainly did not think he had to live up to the dualism of a division in the temporal and spi- ritual power, writes Mr. Richard Payne. Should the Church be neu- tral in time of war? ls it making a compromise in the support of this wart "Thou shalt not kill." How can the Church compromise with the commandment? Smithulinnheulayw BntirelrtheouNtat-"t. HE HAS WORKED IO STRENGTH- EN TIE ARMY. The Bishop of London. mtEirgBIBrr inCuudeo} Although in public life somewhat cold and Inshore, Mr. Asquith in pri- Ivttte life is the moat genial of men. Like Mrs. Asquith, whom he married In 1894, his first wife having died three years previously, the Premier seeks relsxation in golf. Be hes two dnutrhterts--the elder of whom, Miss Violet Asquith, has just become en- gaged to Mr. Maurice Bonham-Carter, Mr. Asquith's private Beeretary--and five sons, four of whom are serving their country in the greet war. It is 1 Net not generally known, by the way, that both Mr. Joseph Chumberlain and Mr. Gladltone were so impressed by Mr. Asqui'ux's nbili- ties that he was offered l6 different But: before he tittnily accepted the invitation to land for East Fife. ( At the City of London School Pre- mier Asquith is best remembered " n ‘quiet, studious boy who did not are for games, but preferred to spend " dinner hour reading the Times. It was the master of Balliol who re- marked, “Asquith will get on, he is I. direct." And after s brilliant area " that college, Mr. Asquith wu all- ed to the bar in 1876, and became e q.c. in 1890. Four years preview!) he had entered Parliament on M.P. for End Fife, Scotland, which he hu always represented since. Olen-ed Sixteen Seoul Before I. Stood for But Fife. i "But what if France shall perma- inently be atirred to aee what she wan {eating away in her Church? What if the English and French churches liisolt1it learn greet truth: from one 'another? What if the Ruuian ’Church should be touched with that miaeionary seal which it only needs to make it one of the created churches in the world? What if the great German people ahall gain through pain and suffering a new faith?" - I "We are fighting," any: the Bishop. "for the holiest things ever intrusted to the care of meut--the freedom of our country, the honor of our women, the right to live for the mailer na- tions, international honor, " the con- dition of the future brotherhood of nations, and the Christian principles which nre to govern the future of the world. What if the churches that believe in the Inclination of the Son of God are drawn together in a wuy in which they have never been before and fused into a united missionary Church? I And he answers himself: "Yes, but [what if this in . war for peace'. 'What if the idea" which have and. pence up to now impouihle as - nnd forever killed.' What if the col- peiatshomttotreatshnmf Whntif the m is stripped of ita (Mo? and seen in its native hideounneu for all time? in the the urn-dingy! the Gospel of PM ciaijirtltt1liiii ASQUITH'S ABILITY. world t " War for Peace. 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