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Ittf i,t.i , f. L. 372‘ f3 _ " EDWARDSBURG ,,' i w Crown Brand 2 CORN St/til-ji: ' It is a. dailv treat--the horn-p1» Impa’ 1..-. _L_L A- escaping a little from its eonfinement to ripple about her forehead, and show more clearly the delicacy of her; complexion. Trent was an ignorant man on many subjects. on others, his) taste seemed always intuitively cor-' rect. He knew that this girl belong-l ed to a class from which his descentj and education had left him far apart,,' a class of which he knew nothing; and l with whom he could claim no kinship. She. too, was realizing it-her inter-i est in him was, however, none the less] deep. He was a type of those pow-I is which to-day hold the world in, their hands. make kingdoms tremble. and change the fate of nations. Per-l hops he was all the more interesting, She looked at him euriouslr--at his ugly tweed suits, his yellow boots, and up into the strong. forceful face with eyes set in deep hollow, under the protruding brows, at the heav jaws giving a certain coarseness to his ex- pression, which his mouth and fore- head, well-shaped though they were, could not altogether dispel. At the same time he looked at her, slim, tall, and elegant, daintily clothed from her shapely shoes to her sailor hat, her brown hair...ptrttd in the Middle, said. "1've stoL) , twice. I may tag-i1 milljongirg ttday." breakfast time that you had accom- plished something more than ordin- my wonderful in the City sud had made-l forget how man hundreds of thousands of pounds. When I show- ed the sketch of your house to my chief, and told him that you were going to let me interview you to-day, I really thought that he would have raised my salary " once." "It's more luck than anything,” he said. "I've stood next door to ruin twice. Imay again, though I'm a She looked into his face with some interest. "What an odd thing!” she remarked. "Why, I should have thought that to-day you would have been _arniability itself. I read It Probably nothing else in the world could so Boon have transformed Scar- lett Trent from the Gold Coast buc- caneer to the law-abiding tenant of a Surrey villa. Before her full, inquir- ing eyes and calm salute he found himself at once nbashed and confused. He raised his hand to his head, Only to find that he had come out without a hat, and he certainly appeared, " he stood there, to his worst possible advantage. "Good morning, miss," he stammer- ed; 'Wm afraid I startled you!" She winced a little at his address, but otherwise her manner was not un- gracious. "You did a little," she admitted. "Do you usually stride out of your! windows like that, bareheaded and} muttering to yourself?" “I was in a beastly temper," he .t.f.:l mitted. "if I had known who was outside nit would have been differ-; ent." 2 and 5 lb. Carte- , to, 20, so and 100ib. Cloth Bates. M "Let ,lAgggiit Soeeten it" CANADA SUGAR REFINING CO., LIMITED, MONTREAL Jtgitgrg 3am Everybody--. , young and old m-loves the rich, delicious flavor of THE GOLDEN KEY Or "The Adventures of ledgard." By the Author of "What He cont Her." CHAPTER XV. lread ai had accol- than ordin- i "it was only our revolvers which I kept them away," he went on. "I shot {eight or nine of them at different ftimes when they came too close, and ', to hear them wailing over the bodies was one of the most hideous things iyou can imagine. Why, for mont a |and months afterwards I eouldn't :on the banks of the Congo with the oolies, a slave in everything but name, when the sun had burned the brains of men to madness, and the palm wine had turned them into howl- ing devils. He told her of the na- tives of Bekwando, of the days they had spent amongst them in that squalid hut when their fate hung in the balance day by day, and every shout that went up from the warriors gathered round the house of the king was a cry of death. He spoke of their; ultimate success, of the granting oil the concession which had laid the! foundation of his fortunes, and then of that terrible journey back through the bush, followed by the natives who had already repented of their action, and who dogged their footsteps hour after hour, waiting for them only to sleer or rest to seize upon them, and hau them back to Bekwando, prison- ers for the "erifice. "l ean't understand," he began, "how people are interested in the stuff which gets into papers nowa- days. If you want horrors though, I can supply you. For one man who succeeds over there, there are a dozen who find it a short cut down into hell. I can tell you if you like of my days of starvation." "Go on."' Like many men who talk but seldom, he had the gift when he chose to speak l of reproducing his experiences in 'iii) though unpolished language. He told her .of the‘days when he had worked! He led the way across the lawn, and they sat under a cedar tree. He was awkward and ill at case, but she had tact enough for both. "You are going to talk to me about Africa, are you not?" she reminded him. "Couldn't we sit in the shade somewhere. I got quite hot walking from the station." 'to her because by all the ordinary standards of criticism, he would fail to be ranked, in the jargon of her class, as a gentleman. He represent- ', ed something in flesh and blood which 1had never seemed more than half real to her-power without education. She liked to consider herself-being. a writer with ambitions who took her-‘ self seriously-a student of human! nature. Here was a specimen worth) ihtpaling, an original being, a creature i of a new type such as had never come: within the re ion of her experience. It was worth while ignoring small idio-f syncrasies, which might offend, inl order to annex him. Besides, from a', journalistic point of view, the man) was more than interesting-he was ii) veritable treasure. l i "The worst!” A sudden fear sent in icy coldness shivering through his veins. His heart seemed to stop beat- ing, his cheeks were ‘blanched. The worst of him. He had not told her that he was a robber, that the found- ation of his fortunes was a lie; that there lived a man who might bring all this great triumph of his shattered end crumbling about his ears. A pas- sionate fear lest she might ever know of these things was born in his heart "H that is the worst," she said 'aft,,',',', on not at all frightened. You ow that it is my profession to write about men and women. I belong to a world of wornout types, and to lee anyone different is quite a lux- __ "_-___ r-"r‘"‘l uuuvnvcu. , am utterly and miserably ignorant. I've got low tastes and lots of 'em. I was drunk a few nights ago --Pve done most of the things men who are beasts do. There! Now, don't you want to run away?” She shook her head, and smiled up 'Y, him. She was immensely interest: I never had a scrap of education. My father was a carpenter who drank himself to death, and my mother was a factory girl. I was in the work- house when I was a boy. I have never been to school. I don't know how to talk properly, but I should be worse even than I am, if I had not had to mix "A' Atl' a lot of pen in the pity who tied. bee; 61:0;erlyw Ciuiiried', "I have given you no idea at all," he said firmly. “I have told you of a few incidents that is all. You have talked to me as though I were an equal. Listen! you are probably the first lady with whom I have ever Pete.: cl. Ar not wan} to. deceive y_o_u. . ---_ -_-_.. n... ”W... "You have given me," she said, "a very fair idea about some part of it at any rate." He drew a long breath and looked down at her. "You have a beautiful view here," she said. "You are fond of the coun- try, are you not?" _ "Very," he answered. "It is not everyone," she remarked, "who is able to appreciate it, especial- ly when their lives have been spent as yours must have been." He looked at her curiously. "I wonder," he said, "if you have any ideavhowl my lite has been _spent.” He had risen to his feet and was standing with his back to the cedar- tree, looking away with fixed eyes to where the sunlight fell upon a distant hillside gorgeous with patches and streaks of yellow gorse and purple heather. Presently' she noticed his ab- straction and looked also through the gap in the trees. "You have a beautiful view here," she said. "You EFF fond of the coun- 1 "Yes, and the other one, too. Pack- ied them clean off, and they're not coming back either!" "I am very pleased to hear it," she remarked. _ "There's a man and his wife and daughter here I ean't get rid of so easily," he went on gloomily, "but they've got to go." "They would be less objectionable to the people round here who might like to come and see you," she re- marked, "than two unattached ladies." "May be," he answered, "yet Pd gigs: a.lot to be rid/st them." "I sent ’em-awa); iii/Gig, "What, the young lady in shtyysked leTyrel/. "Well," she remarked after a mo- ment's pause, "you have surprised me very much. At any rate you are rich enough now to have no more to do with it." He kicked a fir cone savagely away. "If I could," he said, "I would shut up my office to-morrow, sell out, and live upon a farm. But I've got to keep what I've made. The more you succeed the more involved you be- come. It's, a sort of slavery." "Have you no friends," she asked. "I have never," he answered, "had a friend in my life." “'You have quests Ft any, tate!" i "I thought," she said, "that for those who took part in it, it possessed a fascination stronger than anything else in the world." He shook his head. "It is an ugly fascination," he said. "You are in the swim and you must hold your own. You gamble with other men, and when you win you chuckle. All the time you’re whittling cy conscience away-it ever you ad any. You're quite dishonest, and youve never quite honest. You come out on top, and afterwards you hate yourself. It’s a dirty little life."' "You wouldn't find it so,” he. said. "It is not a place for such as you. It is a life of lies and gambling and de- ceit. There are times when I have hated it. I hate it now." She was urydrlsetedly surprised. What a speech for a millionaire of yesgertjay! - 7 "I am quite sure of that," she an- swered. "And now tell me something about your career in the City after fill came to England. Do you know, have scarcely ever been in what you financiers call the City. In a wa'y it met, be intelettirgr., ”a, we were equal partners. We had an arrangement by which if one died the survivor took the lot. I didn't want it, though, I'd rather he had pulled through. I would, indeed," he repeated. with nervous force. I He faced the question just as he ihad faced death years before leering {at him, a few feet from the muzzle of 'a revolver. I "He was an Englishman. The only Iname we had ever heard him called by was 'IRontr.' Some said he was a broken down gentleman. I believe he was." She was unconscious of his passion- ate, breathless scrutiny, unconscious utterly of the great wave of relief which swept into his face as he realiz- ed that his words were without any special meaning to her." “It was very sad, indeed," she said. "H he had lived, he would have shared with you, I suppose, in the conces- sion , ' Trent nodded. - "Yes, we were eaual Dunner-s, w. "No," he answered; "my partner died within a mile or two of the coast. He was very ill when we started, and " pretty wall had to carry him the whole of the last day. I did my best for him. I did, indeed, but it was no good. I had to leave him. There was no use sacrificing oneself for a dead man." _ JP inclined her head 'sympathetic-l a y. "Was he an Englishman y' she asked. , “up. Pd "iu MI mm: I lead. steam Ix night-ti or deck More moonli; but it rising up o uni" _ She shuddcod. “Ru. a... bun. -- There was a moment's silence. The shade of the cedar tree was deep and cool, but it brought little reliet to Trent. The perspiration stood out on his forehead in great beads, he breath- ed for a moment in little gasps as though tstitled. mag: mean“ ;ricrai, Gil deck More moonlight, Pd seen to! may rising up out of the watch, Put you both camped?" she said. Pd with up in are night and! that I Mint: cursed yelligg; were aqua} pummel-s. We ',.')lit,,'e.'iiii?t,lit) Fresh from the Gardens flight!” blue? 9n Then he watched heraiGGiGame a speck in the dusty road-she had re- fused a carriage, and he had tact HE walked with Mfg-the gate, and they tajked abput rhododendron. "Thank you," he said simply, with a gigh of, immense relief. "By all means," she answered pleas- antly, "if you care to. I have a little flat in Culpole Street-No. 81. You must come and have tea with me one afternoon. time?” _ The earnestness of his gaze and the intense anxiety of his tone almost dis- concerted her. He was obviously very much in earnest, and she had found hi/n for fr?.m.uninterestiptt, She looked at him in surprise, scarcely understanding what he could mean. ."MAY I come and see you some "I am going," he said abruptly, "to ask you something very strange anl very Preyurnptty?uat.'l "Why, I should have to write a no- vel then to get them all in," she said. "I am sure you have given me all the material I need here. "You have not told me your name," he reminded her. She laughed lightly. "How very unprofessional of me! I ought to have given you a card! For all you know I may be an imposter, indulging an unpardonable curiosity. "My name is Wendermott--Ernestiie Wendermott." He repeated it after her. "Thank you," he said. "I am be- ginning to think of some more things which! "light haye told you.", l, She held out her hand, and the touch of it sent his heart beating with a most unusual emotion. He was aghast at the idea of her imminent departure. He realized that, when she passed out of his gate, she passed into a world where she would be hope- lessly lost to him so he took his cour- age into his hands, and was very bold indeed. your ti " 7 m-'"- -___- .. "‘ 2'llu"1e,' 2t'it,'.ldi, "I am so Tia; have told me , Itnh rent, for all you tettystiryr.l' . as been most in- She rose, jl,iiie,iCe,iiiit,.ectet into her pocket, and raw on her gloves. "I have ,taken up. qy.tte enough of "He is a beast,” Trent answered, and go he shall. I would to Heaven thet I had never segn him." "You "miriFiuGiiiGiii; "t7ieifiir,t; she gaid gravely. "What a horrible man. ' ,v- .....v u." uv-uc'yuuu. He went swiftly, pngraeious, scowl- ing. Trent returned to the girl. She 10015ng up at him and closed her book. Da Souza snorte', but at that mo- ment he felt a grip like iron upon his shoulder, and deemed retreat ex- peditsnt. "If you don't go without another word," came a hot whisper in his ear, "r'l,1 throw P.'. into the h.orse-pond.f' - Heevp - .......vuuuc, nan "c, m133 ." The girl, who was making some notes in her book, continued her work without the slightest appearance of hazing: heard him. "Well, get out, and don't come here again, he said shortly. "There's plenty of room for you to wander about and poison the air with those abominable cigars of yours without coming here. Da Souza replaced his hat upon his head. . "The cigars, my friend, are excel- lent. We cannot all smoke the to-: base of tmillionaire, can we, Miss?"; I The sound of a fpotatep close at , hand made them both turn their heads. 'Along the winding path came Da iSouza, with an ugly smirk upon his iwhite face, smoking a cigar whose ‘odor seemed to poison the air. Trent I (tlurned upon him with a look of thun- l, er. _ "What do you want here, Da Souza?" he asked flereely. l Da Souza held up the palms of his hands. "I was strolling about," he said, "and I saw you through the trees. I did not know that you were so pleas-, antly engaged,” he added, with a wave of his hat to the girl, "or I would not have intruded." Trent kicked open the little iron) gatei which led into the garden be-i yon . at that moment, leave him. Sealed Packets Only. Try it-ies delicious. BLACK GEE] of the finest Tea-producing country in the world. 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(To be continued.) enough not to press any hospitality Uppg her. NOTES OF THE BIG WAR. NEB St. Lawrence is not a new or untried sugar, in an experimental stage, but ' sugar which has a reputation behind it - a sugar which under the severest and most critical tests, shows a sugar purity of 99.99per cent” as per Government analysis. For successful jams and preserves you can always absolutely depend upon St. Lawrence Sugar as its quality never varies. Remember, the slightest foreign matter or impurity in sugar will prevent your jellies from setting andcause your preserves to become sour or ferment. of special constables Metropolitan area is FOR . PRESER VING he murmured B14 and Corn Omeut.-'ro 2 eggs, the yolks and whites of which have been beaten light and separately as usual, add the pulp from 2 ears of corn grated. Sea- son with salt and pepper and add a little parsley if liked. Mix with 2 tablespoons of water. Cook in a hot skillet in the usual way, fold, and serve on a buttered platter. Many variations may be played on this theme, just as with other omelets, us- ing tomatoes, cheese, etc., if desired. I Baked Omelet-Heat 6 tablespoon- ‘fuls of milk and melt a small piece of butter in it. Do not let it boil. Take 6 eggs, beat the yolks with a tea- spoonful of salt, a dash of pepper and a tab1espoonfu1 of flour. Stir into the hot milk, adding lastly the stiely beaten whites and a little parsley. Pour into a well-buttered frying pan. t'at into a hot oven. In a few minutes it will have risen, delicate brown. Slip on a platter, folding it in the middle. I Bread stusee.--Put crumbs from a stale loaf into a saucepan containing lone pint of water. Tie in a cloth a few peppercorns and one small onion and a blade of mace. Boil a few mo- menta and then remove them. The sauce must be very smooth. Add a piece of butter and a little salt. Add before taking from the fire a spoon- ful of milk; this will give it a nice color. The sauce must not be too thick. Serve in a sauce boat. I l Comment hhstriruc-Sift together a 'cup of cornmeal and a half cup of flour, a teaspoonful of baking powder and a half teaspoonful of salt; into a pint of milk whip three beaten eggs. I tablespoonful of melted butter and two tablespoonfuls of granulated su- car. Make a hole in the meal mix- ture and gradually pour the liquid into this, beating steadily. Beat hard for about five minutes, pour into greased and heated muffin rings andi bake in a good oven. i Apple Boaur.--Wnsh, quarter and t'emove.cores of six tart apples, but do not peel. Put into aaucepan with two quarts water, one teaspoon salt and one-half cup rice. Cook until tender, rub through sieve and return to fire, with one-half teaspoon ground cinnamon and one-half. cup finely chopped eitron added and sugar to taste. May be served hot or ice cold. l Duck StuIed With Potato.--Chooae young, fat duck, with webbing of feet soft. Dress, tstuff and truu for roast.- ing, as chicken. For potato stuffing, have ready two cups hot mulled po- tato, one-half cup salt pork cubes, two tablespoons onion, one teaspoon poul- try seasoning, salt and pepper. Cook onion in pork until yellow; add re- maining ingredients. 1 ' Pineapple Pu.-cream one-third cup butter with half a cup of sugar. add two cups grated pineapple which has been heated to the boiling point. Then add two beaten egg yolks mists ed with half a cup of rich milk and one tablespoonful lemon juice and the grated peel of a lemon. Fill pie, bake and cover with a meringue made of the whites of the eggs. 7 Toasted Corn.-9fter boiling new corn six minutes to insure partial cooking, remove to bread toaster Ind toast over hot coals or in broiler of gas oven until evenly browned. The delicious flavor imparted this way is worth the extra trouble. Current Jelly tHuee.-Mntte - of three tablespoons browned butter, four tablespoons flour, one cup milk or brown stock, and one-fourth ten- spoon salt. Add one-halt cup current jelly and one teaspoon lemon juice. Hints for the Home, ABOUT THE HOUSEHOLD Selected Dishes. or l Always scrub the way of the groin iof the wood. Have plenty of clean warm water. Only scrub so far as the arm can reach at a time, then wash and dry that part. Change the water " soon as it is dirty. Do not use more water than is necessary u clean the. boards. When urubbec clean rub the boards well with a clan flannel wrung out of clean ws- ter, and then dry with a dry cloth, rubbing 'the wny of the grain. After scrubbing wash the brush immediately Ind hang up to dry, so as to hut-den the flbres. When grease is spilt on the kitchen table or floor pour cold water on it at ionce to prevent iquking into the trod. It will quickly linden and can 5be lifted with a knife. For white spots on furniture hole a hot stove lid over the spots and they will Boon disappear. They can also be removed by applying spirits of camphor or ammonia. To prevent the juice running out of a fruit pie make a roll of clean paper, hold it upright, and insert it through the crust. The steam then escapes, and the juice remains in the pie. The "vor of an apple pie may IN improved by sprinkling the fruit with lemon juice after it is filled into the crust. Then cover with tiny pieces of butter, and add sugar and nutmeg or cinnamon. To remove paint and varnish stains from woodwork, apply Javelle water by means of I brush. Repeat if no- cessary and rub with a cloth. Washing fabric: that are inclined to fade should be soaked and rinsed in very salt water to let the color be- fore washing in suds. If the stains on 1 dirty mackintosh will not come off with brushing take a raw potato, cut it in two, and rub the soiled parts with it. To get onion juice, slice " the root end and proceed to put half of the onion " you would half a lemon in the juice extractor. . ! Add 3 little monk to the “can (in which you ml: silver Ind glut _ It brightens both of them won. derfully. When preparing rhubarb dip and stalk into boiling water. “is will not injure it, and it will require lea ’sugar in cookilg. Old brass any be cleaned to look like new by pouring strong ammonia on it and scrubbing with I brush. Rinse in clear water. To prevent 'blue from streaking clothes. mix " destsertapoonfu1 oi god- in the bluing umber. Baking soda. of course. Before baking apples make a emelf slit all the way round each with a knife. This will prevent their split. ting when cooking. is the but method for cleaning wit low in”. EW.GNErTr0LTD. VIMIIPEO iii'ii"ii'?i'i'ft)ti'iC' YEAST CAKES 3915 MADEINCANADA 1?eet',Wa' " of tl " (pong that u three l dialing The h: " de rein Bent “'t Tr ed ACROSS mt it? com um " W Mic! rts I ottt Mick Banned. Conde- p Rd