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,,r,jl,1,j,_' 1 ff. _ f? . wamwwr. i" . . ' Jg. :7 fi The incensed skipper made no reply, but, pooling upstairs, turned the bed- room topoy-turvy in a wild search for his property. It was as unsuccessful, and he came down with I look in his face which made hits respoctod host get close to his wife. - "Are yd: Toiiir"to give m ran” t" demanded he, striding wt. - _... ...... "one. 'you know w “l've lost my purse," said Flower, "WUtt" regarding him sternly, "My purse has "Go to the been taken out of one pocket and some his little slit silver out of the other while I was'beleful grin asleep." lyour money, The old man raised his eyebrows " "het 'em his wife and scratched his chin rough-l house," said ly. lop spirit. “I s’pose you’ve lost my threeltwo years an younds along with it t" he said rssp-‘and fetch th ily. l Flower st: "Whereu my purse t" demanded the; concern. ' $lrg: roughly; "don't play the fooli and violence wit me. It won't Kay." 4He went tt N don't know not inc about eurliiiraiiii it, st purse,” said the other, regarding him ; until, after a closely with his little bloodshot eyes; ! ing couragel “gou're trying to do me out o' my prepare brea t ree ttget,-"'"' what'- took you in and drawing .ng- 'i _ you." -., _:|A_AL, "Whrt'a the matter new?" demand.. ed the old man u he and: 4omtstaira, precedod by his wife. "One would think the place belonged to you, mak- his!" that noise." He conpleted his dream] slowly while walking about the room looking into nil sorts of likely and unlikely hiding-places for his money, and " length gave up the touch in disgust, and not down to nit until such time as his host should apron It was a] eomplieation for who he had not bar- gained, and unable to endure the sus- pense any longer he put his head tm," the stairway and buried to the old} mall to come down. ' EXEEQSfiW FOR BREADS - Seated Packets Only " Never in Bulk BLACK. MIXED or NATURAL man "u _ use. mm,m The Greatest Relic! Work in Hinton. Belgian Iiid"/et-iii'i"md weekly, monthly or-in ene uUGirtiTaiiiiii or Provincial Committees or " m allows nun: To Tum - - - . " -_e. -vv-uua uu all Have you done what you could for any of them? 1ttttro.vantrye,edrourssesptio,, "l was an hungered, and ye gave me meati I was thirsty, and yogaVe me drink....... naked, and ye clothed me......." Then shall they answer him, tsaying-- "Lord, when saw we thee an hungered, and led thee? or thitsty, and gave thee drink?. ....or naked, and clothed thee?" And the King shall answer....... "Inasmuch as ye have done it unto one at the least of these my brethren, ye have' done it unto me". Overseas, in ravaged Belgium, more than 3,000,000 of “the least of these” are hungry, thirsty, thinly clad-looking to us! " - ,7 - . - CHAPTER Xi-iconoy. The Bride's Name; Then shall the King say unto them on his right hand...... Tea is Delicious an?! an; Or. The Adventures of Rte.. me my up to ‘ He fdfTiit"iiurht without a we] >old man smiled almost amiable ihim go; and the old woman. wl ', concern. Threats were of no use, i: and violence was out of the question. ‘He went to the door, and, leaning Giraiiii it, stood there deep in thought I until, after a time, the old woman, tals), ting courage from his silence. began to !prepare breakfast. Then he turned, {and drawing his chair up to the table, Mite silently. ' He preserved this silence all day, ideapite the occasional suggestions of; ;the old man that he should go for the,' oolice, and the aggrieved refrain of the old woman as to the length of’ "ter married life and the number "i he; offspring, 7 - 7 -"'.."i. I‘IUWHI'. "Go to the police." aid the old man, his little slit of a mouth twisted into a beleful grin; "if you think I've stole your money, go and tell the police." "Let 'em come and search the house," said the old woman, plucking up spirit. N've been married forty- two years and 'ad seven children. Go ang‘fetch the police." l N've not got money," snark ed the other. 4'lll nn honest man." He started back in alarm, nnd his! wife gave a faint scrum " Flower' ,caught him by the coll-r, and, hold-l ling him against the wall, went ‘through his pockets. I "Don't hurt him." cried the old wo- 1mnn; "he'a only a little old man." I "lf you were younger and bigger,” said the infuriated akipger, as he Cave up the fruitless scare , "Pd thrash you till you gave it up." "pm an honest man," said the oth- er, recovering himself as he saw that his adversarx intended no violence; "if you thin I've stole your money, you know what you can do." “yin”: derngndgd F/lower. Captain Fraser without , yard. The st amiablv to see woman, who had them irt_wrrtthfut -r N-"'"".' u null: I". cold water. Place the count?” on a plate and tosx the rice ‘about with a fork from the centre to the sides, to stop the boiling. Boii rapidly without the cover for twenty minutes. If the rice seems hard at the end of that time boil ten minute. longer. It must be dry and Inc-1y, like potatoes, not wet. Drain it in n colander Ind pour over it there, quickly, 1 quart of “LI -b-, V“ .. - Wash the rice in sevenl cold wa.. ters. Have ready a large ."-h nearly full of rypidlrboiliru water. Sprinkle in the rice slowly so u not to stop the boiling. Boil rapidly new“... a- a.MN_--- w, . . - E Rice is about the most abused of all our foods in the cooking. “Just boil it," they say, but "lust boiling" may result in a delicious appearing and tasting food or-t cross between paste and yon-idge. Let no house- keeper come out of the war days with-1 out learning how rice grains may quadruple themselves in the cooking and be the nourishing, delectable food that doubtless they were resigned to L. _ .s___- m; *ul.v-|F ed of all the starchy foods. It is readily absorbed and leaves little or no waste in the intestines. All starches in their final digested are converted into sugar. Rice is really our best starchy food. It contains also a small amount of protein, a trace of fat, and some min- eral matter. Starchy foods supply heat and energy to the body, and are, therefore, really more "liable than meat, which produces muscle. It ls‘ four time " nourishing as potatoes. Most of us in the past have only :associated rice with eggs, milk, ralslns " the principal ingredient of pud- dings. The majority of Canadians have still to learn the use of rice as a vegetable which our American friends, especially the Southerners, learned, long ago. It is the most-easily~di¢est- M " -ll AL, . . - - On this dry the juniors were quite certain that secret proceedings of a highly interesting nature were in the air. Miss Tyrell having been out since the morning, Mrs. Wheeler was looking {award anxiously to her re- Onrn “A; A “fr - . . -- 1,, It is one of the first laws of domestic I economy that the largest families a must inhabit the smallest housetr--. state of things which is somewhat a awkward when the heads wish to dis- t; cuss affairs of state. Some preserve . l a certain amount of secrecy by the use t of fregmemarz sentences eked out by [nods and blin s and by the substitu~ l tion of capital letters for surnames; a , practice likely to lead to much con- ' fusion and scandal when the names of , several friends begin with the same :Hetter. Others improve the family ,iorthogrsphy to en extant they little l dream of by Tlie, certain vital words instead o pronouncing them, some children prptiting so much by this form of vicsrious instruction that they have been known to close a most _ ';intetestintr conversation by thought- ‘lessly correcting their parents on a i ‘point of spelling. I Iwghere wereI tytt, few secrets in the 1 _ - .V-... mu AEeFV “new m me {Wheeler family, the younger members relating each other's misdeeds quite freely, and refuting the charge of taler)karing, but keeping debit and credit accounts with each other in which assets and liabilities could us- ually be balanced by simple addition. Among the elders, the possession of ti present secret merely meant a future conversation . l rt, - .,_-_ - v was; In.“ to u Providence, irrKi'Uiltl the winter- found other terms, twiu lending his filtering footsteps to " orerl' dinners in tin cans and red handkerchief: . At 8tratford he pewned his watch and chain and set down to a lengthy meal, and then, with nearly eighteen shillings in his pocket took train to Liverpool Street-. The roar of the city greeted his are like music, es I investing in a pipe and tobacco he trot ion a 'bus bound eaatward,i%ii secur- l ing cheap apartments in the Mile End Road, tratiown to consider his plans. The prompt anpearance of the Tipping fami y after is letter to Freser had given him a wholesome dread of the post, and until the connection between the two was satisfactorily explained he would not risk another, even in his new name of Thomgson. Having come to this decision, e had another supper, and then went upstairs to the unwanted luxury of a bed. Rice A. Potato Substitute. _ a, - - nut-envy, "Kl W" I!“ tetitAtet.tg1Pjir'yGiijiii"ir%til', he did not matter so much from hung; er u might have been "poeuddd something which he Pet, referred to " Providence. but cur-H4- “-- . - - gun-on. W I!!! k'l1,,tht,htuityif,iitt"iiT,.fgiiiiiit term. a a I 1e4)7,lttt'tu' Sue,,', by “commandant ', He hiked an that night molest-1 ed, his foot givinghhn but little trou- ble and passed the fthtt day _iiii.lyiii"ri'rTt7'k,rltdl'l'l"l'd Rn.. tUt.iA,eieriidacai"iiiai"iu"i'ti' 1m..t.inAirroekk. Trauma; by night Ind trioegrt 1tjEiiii,iDoiru'ir""hr","'L"CtM the city in three days. Ctmaiderin iil that he" had no money, md ya: my on - A» - A__, . '5.- in Mate of m - iiiii2i'itilk tA; taes g m launch t','fottPtrd tin - about My: $770056 CHAPTER XVII, lhe tiiandiri% I ht and aloof ar, he _'/,1t'e'l.lS I. Gtmaiderin r, and Wu 'l'li'l'4 PM!!! his watch, lunch from lee: been expeeud-d.' (mi If}? Wcli - iG by apple phddiri.‘ Stead it on the heck of the Itove or " the oven door, when heat will pose through and dry it. Turn it " once Into A shallow dish or platter, toning it out with e fork, being careful not to break the ruins. If these direc- tlone ere followed eech grain will have swollen to four timee its neturel size and no two groin. will be lacking together. It should be " white as now. A nourishing meal for school chil- dren " noon u a plate of boiled rice with e slice of bacon on top, followed L_ ___._ ... 11qu Help. It is a mistake to not}: fowl of ;m a heap on the shelf, and putting on her hat stood at the door commenting h'lrli,t,l,'li1,ii)t; upon her parents. and shrilly demanding of the small Wheel- ers whether they were coming or whether she was to stay there all night. She also indulged in dreary prognostications epneernirther Tu-l ture, and finlulr, driving her small fry! before her, closed the street door withI a bang which induced Mrs. Wheeler“ to spell: of heredity and Mr. Wheel-I er'e 'siesr,arys's temper. _ t "I a‘vuruul OWN]! It." 9 M?W% Limited, Moittreat. "PII go and smoke my pipe in the ,tumhoiise," said Mr. Wheeler, who had his own notions of healthful re- creation. troptl,, Pdtei.Y "Do as your mother tells you," com- munded Mr. Wheeler, with excellent sternness. "I want a little quiet," said Mrs. Whelelgr; Ie,,little fresh air will do you on!" "6.o. - TORONTO l "8han't 'ave time," replied Belinda, taking her books from a shelf; "they'll take me all the evening. We've all got a lot of 'ome lessons to-night." "Never mind on take 'can out," persisted Mrs. Wieeler. "When I want to go out," said Belinda, rebelliously, "you won't let led what Bob had “got the humL) 1.alropt," was sternly ordered to finis Alt breakfast in this washhouse. Con- aequently there was a full meeting 'pfter tea, and when Poppy entere , it was eonfidtptly expected that pro- ceedings would at once open with a speech from the sofa. "Take the children outside a hit Belinda?' said her mother, after the, tea things had been removed. i "Got my 'ome lessons to do," said, Belinda. "Do 'em when you come back," said My, Wheeler. q 8lllillltllllii,,'s She nevi.“ curtains” " lb: trial the new at troi, Mulch-Rh oomph“ at partial Maud“): and" Wro- quenttr than. out of?" the whole Minivan» . t'ggfta'tg them and ofgoodUtilt wins you: don-eh. inrnnd bowel. a"ttrriiworeriaitiGdGiiicieiitrf. flrM'gl'M'dllittit','l,'g, . ARE SIGNS OF INDIGESTION. PAIRS AFTER EATING 1 ii "ii,"eiiii'i'r2'id, . ASSISTS 4 DIGESTION SYRUP MOTHER man use my: mac per bong;*" aea="r==ar===::= “up u and Mutton brottFktiGarreGiii' gems in it is a nutritious winter soup. A delicious vegetable stew can be kind in water. It will destroy tho flnvor. The ironing board which in thickly padded is the easiest to iron on. Bone stock can be made from bones alone, with vegetables to flavor. These natural fertilizers stimulate the plat. without “mover- tahlng the soil. They nourish both lend and CNP. They are We from blood, bones, trimmings. etc.. end have no unneceeeen tttur in them. Every ingredient m prover: fertilizer value. Every one at our twetttyMve different fertilizers itr a proven eucceu. Write tor bulletins and booklet, We will promptly mail then to yen free ot charge. OUR SERVICE AVAILABLE EVERYWHERE Why envy others who rap larger cro produces , Commerdu fertilizers, properly the war-time profits of grower- everywhere. while to look into this great opportunity t I duclng big crops you can get bigger and bow money by using Increase Your No matter where live PARKER Service is right at your door. Wherever the postman or the expect company go we can collectend deliver whatever you want cleaned or dyed. Our service to distant customers in carefully landled so that goods are insured of safety in trust. The excellence of our work has built up the largest dyeing and cleaning business in Canada and is known from coast to coast. Altestarvtrttestcaauci-d by one process or another, brought back to I freshness that will In:- prise you-or made new by dyeing. We my the elrriuze on. my on an Ink-Jon not to u. 41.1113 of PARKER'S when": you think etch-ah. or g. Semi/or a FREE cory of our useful and interests]: but u l den In" and dyeing. These a 'tet RM Sweden te" m Jor a FRI-",5 copy of our new and {alarm}; boot DI llll‘ anddymug. m to “than Mandela-rtytonedvh; an. 791 YONGE ST. 5Ni1U?Iry WORKS, LIMITEB Ontario Fertilizers, Limited, West Tomato. no 5"me or growers everywhere. I: it not "Att- ERETG ok into this great opportunity t Even if your had In [no g',',",'," you can get Must and better mm. and link. more " n.- stew ein be -- {329.}?! 9?” mm, than Cream soups Ire III and sometimes made of fish, with milk 3nd ere. scanning. Yields and Profits TORONTO - --e. "--Vu.n, I little and Bervar. i 9 alwnrs thickened;' e of uaiiiii"i'i'd' cream and I little --"" we, no no: appreciably ttti by dry eve-then In the spring rth".?,e'.e"PtahoitiriGd coral. the plant needs Ione thinning; but there is no waste, for the dim when cooked form en emu dish of the an“ of aunt-cue. The feet that to cut seventy-m meuive head. fymn I do. Phat. b no manual achieve-en: give. an idea ofturroaGiiiii a! this m anon; cabbage; their In demand their re ,- T"'""""'" and I. their rootu thrust “Inadve- deep int. the toil, they are not Ippreciably wedded by dre “*h- " "' _ -- - an.“ “new. "groeial1r if he happens to have an odd comer when he can let the plum grow undisturbed. Once do, become established they “can. the propor- tiom of young but“. and throw out their head: in " directin- “-- able nlué ---- - out w then new plant. from which the [rowa- an “M tine head. " or Seven inches in din-“er. The broccoli than” be of J - tble valu- " a- __ " “util- That h mt In In. ‘turilt "tetntlraehievU. Chamber-5 Journal tells these new plant. Pb.-. 2m "The non {I handpicked, to free it from leaves, sticks, evergreen needles, do. and it in then allowed to dry in wide, lhellow bugs. Subse- quently it is enclosed in ch we" cloth, or glue, of the size reurirod f .r vari- ouI pads, different quali'i~- " m. moss being put to dim, rr-r' uses. Splint pods, bed path n' t elbow cushions in made of 51km" nurser- moss than tint used for tr, a' whent pads, which ere made in ,. :r nos. N Voluntary workers were given per- mission, A year or more ego, to gath- er Iphqnum in the New Forest for the British Red Creel, and it in be- in; used elm in the French and Bel- gian hospitals end in Helm, Alann- drie and Serbia. With the famine in the Cotton nur- ket and the “may of ”In"... which li.etmMrtotuuiiriri Brt. tain end In: allies. than one. cor. robontion of the linemen of new man of ode-see. that ao-here Dene Nature in new“ for new m of Inn'- A“ 1““: __ " New Cuban Ree-at Active-out at Al Euclid Meetieuitarat. tl,.,,,'.'.,'?.?:,"-.,?--,,," in. two binde- of m where only one new before in one of the mm benefactor. of unkind, the: I be te.iiaii,Liiiiiiiri"iClilhrltethti': or eight heads of the cabbage-like broccoli when only one pre- vioully. and, whet it Damn and. the plant e peanut]? than cotton or mu; it In aseptic. that is, heath will not (up! in itt it in said to be trpringler 'nd, them. fore, does not puck as does, cotton wool, and its cost, " you Bee, is pne- tionlly negligible. ' Canal. to Supply Mon. Weadertal Absorbent Qualities. Not the most metal examination with the naked eye would Iced the ex- [aminer to Inspect the mo" of its won- derful absorbent qualities, but the (i'n"i2'i'd'i'1' revealed its hoe-like struts. ture end the way in which Mture en- lables it to take up and hold in the minute cells of which it is composed lilanide, such es blood, which mks l ', through sbsorbent cotton to bendaces land bedding and to render antiseptic lwhsteverduid ”new its own flemtioet pleat. _ “Ofcouree.thebestmoes in the world is gathered in Ireland," ssld the professor. So far we coniider that the best Canadian med-lens come from Nova Goods end (we Breton, when stmospheric cond one ere something similsr to the cilia-tic eon- ditiona in Ireland. It is also found in Northern Ontario. In this part of the world I Snd thet the no“. luxuriant growth and the latest leaf ge is to be found under trees ',k'gTtll', motl- ture is held for a greater length of time. “Medically and economically the dis- covery of the properties of sphegnuln neems a godsend. Its absorbent quel- ity is 'tix--- authorities say seven Ttimes greater, weight for weight. 'llt. “usually u light yellowish green. .WI plentiful], In the team“ use, and than are nineteen varieties on the North Auction continent. " form the not! In which orchid; nour- ish, sud u it diet it transforms itself into the peat bop which give the Irish manta their Net. In and: and the sum, its chief use“ have been f1orUta nnd nurserymen, the for- mer melting it the bed for Botal ‘de- sign. because of its eapaeity for hold- ing moisture, the letter wrapping it about the roots of young tree, and shrubs to preserve them during trum- portatiom" “WWW“. umuwmm I088 " "" WA. "Bm'; USED NI SURGICAL mas. “Sphmun pogo." er'? natural- nu where'ohl' the of the mm M m lb. bu to 'ltt'tl III the “Mile-lib one pre- ' “mm and. lt md. A Writer t all. .9 m. Prom which the I” “I six or A Much {rd Him to replace Medan shipyd lug. lost by th “M (mp-11y urine campugn on “arid-y by 1 - that the 1 ”than for Nu! cam-going :hipl to 12,000 Ions, wit Bethlehem Steal of the hips are tt River shipyards. Sparrow's Point,, am. It the Uniq Fund-co. A (lo-Md! trt ordrr-irtAemmcit mm pin for on Wain W totally dis “hum of 27 k Ir. " this sum Iblo the soldier I " to his trvrore vi" Ow given in Yarrow, the fot builder, write I order to encoum aherp lookout he d f20 up to an e to unynnc on boa " who ttrat drw tetttiget to II en: large Number B) CONTRACTS " oct “I. dull weekly he I Bugs 0 Might l l (I a will “I” to e: the M first y after Cable on England tion of impor plements "a Great Britain work “rains! who have In ties. To met Win for g Inn need of 1 Canny her boon making over 600 haw Land. Ind " It the preset: tieul. of the on one hind will bur um yd. order " on Wedneado: min- 1 to whirl can hal r New din Ann-r1 Atlant $100 , Ghsgow The EC ed" Mini. “in! 6 Pt FLOWS " or .00 M I er m“ If "r, (Om fl