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L FEAT Globeâ€" China {% Use im MA Â¥ Aerothrust \ Farmer‘s Binder : Engine *# :+ Lightest Motor In World, 220 ibs. Making Farming Also 2 & $ h.p. Portable Engine and Centrifugal Pumpling Unit. None better, All on show in the Graad Stand Buildâ€" Ing, Toronto Exhibition _ Free literaâ€" ture at our Exhibit Don‘t fail to call. CaH. BOAT & ENGLNXE uoni LTD. 43 Yonge St. = = cxonto m man‘s "How did you know it was Denâ€" man‘s* Mrs, Denman doesn‘t print her name on her butter. Her butter is always extra nice." t "You told me yourself the stuff was Denman‘s. Give me Dow‘s." Which floored the storekeeper. He hamded out a pound of 50â€"cent butter. Venman‘s. Give me Dow s." Which floored the storekeeper. He hargled out a pound of 50â€"cent butter. The cxplanation of this was simple. The stcrekecper had overreached himâ€" self, as stoarekeepers sometimes will. He had sold for Denman‘s, butter which was really the product of a less competent buttermaker. He had done the sam~ thing before. Ha will doubtâ€" less do it many times again. And inâ€" evitably he will pay heavily in injured goodâ€"will for his poor business judgâ€" ment. Money spent now in properiy drainâ€"| ing wet farm lands will serve the best interost of our country, and will pay a high rate of interest, often as high as 100 per cent. There is scarcely a farm in Canada where some drainage is not needed to make the soil proâ€" duce the maximum crops posaible with orcinary tillage. There are millions of acres where good drainage would double the annual food production. There are other milâ€" lions of acres which lie wholly useless for the want of proper drainage. In many sections the early Autumn frosts last year ruined the corn crop on poorly drained fields, but only slightly damaged that on properly drained fields. There are thousands of miles of ditches that need to be made now by dredging machines. Laterals should spread out from these further to carry off the excess water. In many sections ditches are blastâ€" ed out by the use of dynamite alone. Ditches from 3 to 1 feet wide are quickly loaded and fired under favorâ€" able conditions. Ar Ov tising this . ing 18 complet value. do not wrappe on a p sumeé th mol makers in the univer best r m a CLHDhinv?® the But there is another angle to the ncident. _ It revealed ‘the ugly thing hat was happening to the Denman eputat‘on, innocently entrusted to a rasping merchant. What this good arm woman gained at the separator nd churn she was losing because she verlooked a simple old thingâ€"the randing of her butter. Oldâ€"fashioned ousewives still make butter with heaves, cows, initials, and the like, nolded in the butter itself, a distincâ€" ive farm brand which no dealer‘s hicancery can remove. Many butterâ€" Mn akers in district where the brick is e universal butter form do not use inted butter wrappers. Some others _not use either stamp or printed rapper, but simply write the name a piece of paper and place it beâ€" ath the wrapper. Such slips, of urse, can be easily lost or removed. When a stamp and pad are used the print is often smutted out and unâ€" ciphcrable when it reaches the conâ€" The farm making poor dairy butter s no particular ground for adverâ€" ing it. There are a good many in is class, so many, in fact, that exâ€" lont buttermakers in selfâ€"vrotecâ€" ont buttermakers in self»protec-' 1 must brand their butter un!els‘ y deliver it to consumers in person.| > printed wrapper is ordinarily the t crotection. The cost of the printâ€" is negligible; the protection is iplete: the advertisement of great ue. The home buttermaker whose rket product sells at a premium on[ local market has something to nt to with pride. Such a reputa-l euard at To Drain Your Land AlY trove ctions ditches are blastâ€" : use of dynamite alone. 3 to 1 feet wide are 1 and fired under favorâ€" n form do not usel On the other hand, every crop’ rs. Some others} grown removes some of the oniginal amp or printed‘aoil fertility which has been made‘ write the name| available during its life by its own and place it beâ€" action upon the soil. Again we are Such slips, of| dealing with values we cannot ascerâ€" lost or remove_d.i tain, and we have to mention it on the: N h a reputaâ€" sreat pains th by a disâ€" Drou er hel debit side as an unknown variable "â€"| debit value. * fl-’ Now as to the account with soil | plots: In another part of the same T\ journal, or in another journal, if the Yâ€"| book is small and the farm large and i“’cmps numerous, choose a page for ®â€"! cach plot. Write the name or descripâ€" f‘-] tion of the plot at the top of the page. ss' In the date column write the year, m.| then on a line by itself the crops for h#\ that year and each item of cost for tâ€"| the year, such as tillage, fertilizing, is| seed, etc., placing the amounts in the flt] debit eolumn. Then should follow the Sei items of sale, prices being entered in n | the credit column clear of all selling toi expense. The balance of loss or gain aâ€"| should be stated below this. The plot s,! records of each successive year should Keep An Account of Your Crop. No farmer is in a position to exerâ€" | ciso justice toward his business unless , he keeps a record of itsâ€"details. He ‘ must keep account of each crop that | he raises, and with his various fields "u well. The latter is even of more importance than the former, for an l account with certain fields for two or three consecutive years will reveal !thnt land‘s deficiency and suggest its improvement. |\ _A great deal of money can be wastâ€" ed by growing crops on soil not adaptâ€" ed to them. Where one crop is grown upon a field having several different | soils, the tract should be roughly plotâ€" | ted as to soil, or a just estimate canâ€" |not be made. ' At the top of the page write the \ name of the crop, the year, and its | location. As each expense item, such | as seed, soil preparation, fertilizer | and its application, planting, cultivaâ€" | tion, harvesting, etc., cccurs, it is | written in the journal page opposite the date upon which the operation .occurz. The hours spent in working | the crop are charged according to the | rate the farmer is paying for labor. | & | Package, packing, and selling expense | must also be entered against it. No busy farmer has time for any elaborate system of accountâ€"keeping, but anyone can use an ordinary jourâ€" nal and keep it in this way: Credited to the crop are the returns from the sales and an estimate of fertility value of the root and crop remains. The lastâ€"mentioned item is difficult to estimate, because it cannot be weighed or measured in most cases. Rapd advance is being made in the improvement of preventive agents for each animal, and that for cattle now is being widely and usefully applied by veterinarians. "Pasteurelia vacâ€" cine," serum, and a bacterin are beâ€" ing successfully employed in staying the ravages of the hemorrhagie sepâ€" ticemia of cattle and our readers should understand that such treatment instantly should be given by the atâ€" tending veterinarian if the disease suddenly appears in a district. Let us sée, then, by what symptoms the disease is charactenized. Hemorrhagic septicemia of cattle takes several forms and is much similar to anthrax and also to blackâ€" leg. The lastâ€"named disease, however, is confined practically to young cattle under two years of_ age, whereas hemorrhagic sopticemia attacks cattle of all ages, but principally "stockers" There may yet exist much of the: applied fertilizers or manures whichl the season‘s crop has not used. This is also difficult to estimate. These fer-; tilizing values cannot be credited in} terms of dollars and cents, but sincel the full cost is charged against the, crop this may be mentioned as an} unknown variable credit value in the[ case of all crops known not to be exâ€"} hausting. ‘ Within the past ten or twelve years hemorrhagic septicemia of cattle has been rightly recognized and properly attributed to its actual cause. Swine and sheep have been found to suffer from the same disease caused by the similar baccillus of each of those aniâ€" mals, while a like discase has been found to kill poultry. Swine plague has been the popular term for hemorâ€" rhagic septicemia of hogs, and chicken cholera is the name of the like disease of poultry. In this way the farmer can know at a glance whether a certain soil section is making him sufficient reâ€" turns or is losing him money for his time and labor. It also shows him his crop successions and the tendency toward a richer or poorer farm. Hemorrhagic _ septicemia _ (blood poisoning), anthrax and blackleg a*e terrible scourges and used to kill live stock without man being able in any way to stay their ravages. Now they are well understood by trained veterâ€" inarians, and fairly successful methâ€" recorc follow ods of céntrol have been discovered and | put into practice; but no remedy has been discovered. [ A map of the farm plan should be Irawn and pasted in the front of such a book for ready reference. Hemorrhagic Septicemia We / UEN“F FARMUNG \ In anthrax of cattle the spleen is | greatly engorged with black tarâ€"like t blood and the blood does not coagulate. In blackleg the blood coagulates, the spleen is practically normal after death and blood does not flow from the natural or‘fices of the body, but it ‘does so in anthrax. In anthravy the | swe‘llings show a gelatinous fluid when opened, while those of blackleg crackle | when handled, as gas is present under ‘ the skin, and there is a strong smell | from the latter swellings when opened. ! When hemorrhagic septicemia is deâ€" finitely diagnosed the preventive bioâ€" glogical agent should be hypodermaticâ€" | ally applied at once by the vetorinarâ€" :Aian, and each animal separated and ; kept separate on a different pasture | than the one where the disease ocâ€" :curred, or in clean, wellâ€"ventilated i stables. Each snimal should be given drinking water from its own marked pail,. By such isolation and treatment the spread of the disease may be stopâ€" !ped; otherwise, it would be likely jJo ‘quickly kill every exposed animal. and "feeders," which have come through stockyards. Anthrax not only attacks cattle of all ages but rapidly spreads to sheep and swine. Horses may acquire it from the bite of an insect. â€" People take it in the form of malignant pustule from inâ€" fection of a wound, or the bite of an insect, and the attack tends to prove fatal. | _ Peonies, a June flowering perennial, |are beloved by every one, easily |grown, very hardy and have large ishowy flowers which are fine for |cutting. There is a great variety of colors from which to choose. It has 'practicully no insect enemies. The | flowers will not be as perfect the first \two years but by the third year the \finest kind of blooms should be proâ€" ‘ duced. a In hemorrhagic septicemia bloody froth may run from the nc@wils and mouth, and blood may be present in the passages before death. After death, red or bloody spots are found upon the serous membranes lining the chest and abdominal cavities, the cavâ€" ities of the heart and under the covâ€" ering of the heart and kidneys. Simâ€" ilar spots (small) may be seen upon the membranes lining the nostrils and eyelids, while large and small bloody spots or patches are seen upon the carcass after removal of the hide. Absolute certainty in diagnosis iis only possible by microscopic examinaâ€" tion and testing with laboratory aniâ€" mals, but the experienced veterinarian usually can differentiate fairy well between the three discases in question. Remove stains from _ the fingers by washing them with a nail bruzh wet with tea, and then in warm water. Pure glycerine will help to dissolve fruit stains from linen. For washing windows, which should be done when the sun is not shining on them, use warm water with a tablespoonful of kerosene added to each pail of water. This is the best season of the year' Aurea, Darius, Gracchus; pink, Her to plan the spring garden. It is much| Majesty; white, Mrs. H. Darwin; lilac, easier to think out alterations now!Queen of May; blue, Blue Belle, Deâ€" with the garden in plain view than it light, will be later on when it is deep in| The Larkspur is one of the handâ€" snow. The mistakes and successes of| somest and most satisfactory of all the 1919 season are fresh in one‘s hardy plants. Do not omit the stately mind and plans may be made accord-; and oldâ€"fashioned hollyhock, which has ingly. ‘been brought to a high state of perâ€" The most popular white peony is without doubt, Festiva Maxima, folâ€" lowed in popularity by Duchess de Memours and Marie Lemoine as midâ€" season bloomers, followed again by Gloria Mundi, a late bloomer. Of the pink varieties, La Tulipe and Eugene Verdier are early light pink beauties. Monsiour Jules Elie and Madam Coste are excellent midâ€"season bloomers. be had in various colors. To continue your Iris garden‘s sumâ€" mer bloom, select some of the white, blue and purple Siberian Beardless Irises and the Tall Border Irises, such as Aurea, Monspur and Spuria, Mrs. A. W. Tait. 3 The last of the series is this wonâ€" derful pageant are the Japanese Irise:, which are not nearly well enough known. â€"Many people confuse them with the Siberian Iris, and think them small and, therefore, uninteresting. On the contrary, they gre huge, umâ€" brellaâ€"like fiowers. K £ For those who like red, the followâ€" ing peonies are good. Adolphe Rosâ€" seau, one of the darkest, is the early blooming variety; Felix Crousse, a rich shade of red; Berloiz, currant red, which bloom next; Rubra Superba, a desp red, is known as the best lateâ€" blooming crimson peony. To have an Iris garden in bloom from tulip time till August, get some Dwarf Iris, which are the first to bloom in the spring. They are excelâ€" lent for borders. â€" The Iris is the flower to grow. Follow these with intermed‘ate Irises, which are next in height and next in time of blcooming. These can be had in various colors. To continue your Iris garden‘s saumâ€" mer bloom, select some o7 the white, Excellent varieties are: Yell The Best of the Pereanials easiest possible 10W, TORONTO EXHIBITION BY MOTOR AUTO GUIDE COMPANY :82 King St. East â€" Toronto The A B C Automobile Road Guide of 96 pages. 75 Sectional Maps, Key Map, Legend and complete Index: All Roads ciearly shown. Improved County Roads in Heavy Red Lines. If your dealer can‘t supply you we will mail one direct for $1.00. When I hear farmers bragging about the hawks, owls, weasels, and minks they have kilied, my "dander" begins to rise. Here in this Eastern Ontario commnity such wholesale killing of rodents, owls, and hawks was the common attitude when the country was newor. But there has been a radical change. _ After the killing and trapping of these soâ€"called "pests" had continued for several years, a plague of rats and mice assailed us. With the rodents‘ naturâ€" al enemies killed off they multiplied until corn and grain fields, meadows, orchards, and buildings swarmed with rodents, big and little. Half, and even more, of our grain crops were someâ€" times destroyed in fields and storage. We got our lesson, and now we make our poultry houses pestâ€"proof, and give a kind welcome to weasels, owls, hawks, snakes, and toadsâ€"all friends of the farmerâ€"and song and game birds as well. What is the loss of an occasional chicken, a few cherâ€" ries, and small fruits compared with the damage done by hordes of desâ€" tructive rodents and insect pests?â€" The Farm Tractor. ‘ The tractor on the farm arose Before the dawn at four; It milked the cows and washed the clothes, And finished every chore, Then forth it went into the field Just at the break of day; It reaped and threshed the golden yield, And hauled it all away. It plowed the field that afternoon, And when the job was through, It hummed a pleasant little tune, And churned the butter, too. For while the farmer, peacefulâ€"eyed, Read by the tungsten‘s glow; The patient tractor stood outside, And ran the dynamo. â€"The O.A.C. Review.. Black lead mixed with turpentine instead of water gives a brilliant and lasting polish and prevent! the stove from rusting The Larkspur is one of the handâ€" somest and most satisfactory of all hardy plants. Do not omit the stately and oldâ€"fashioned hollyhock, which has been brought to a high state of perâ€" fection and displays a variety of colors. Phlox is another flower which should find a place in every perennial gatden. During late summer and fall months they are a rich mass of bloom. The following varieties are especially beautiful: Africa, a royal purple; Asia, rich shade of mauve; Doreen, salmonâ€"rose; Etna, orangeâ€"red; Jeanne d‘Are, white; Lord Kelvin, red; Rynstrom, bright pink. The Oniental Poppy makes a gorâ€" geous display, whether planted singly or in masses. Golden Glow has flowâ€" ers of the brightest goldenâ€"yellow and attains a height of six feet. It is excellent to plant along a fence that you wish to hide. Sweet William is n beautiful, â€" oldâ€"fashioned â€" border ylant. _ Columbine is a favorite for early summer blooming. Canterbury Bells should find a place in every garden. Chrysanthemums give life and beauty to the garden from Sepâ€" temiber to November. They need a covering of leaves â€" during winter. Coreopsis have goldenâ€"yellow flowers, borne on long stems, and are a mass of bloom from June until frost. The Bleeding Heart is an old favorite. The Foxglove is a handsome plant of stateâ€" ly growth. Of the flowering vines the following are â€" desirable: Dutchman‘s Pipe, Trumpet Vine, Clematis, Honeysuckle, Wistaria, Cinnamon Vine. Perennials, whether in plant, vine or shrub form, ar st satisfactory from â€" every ;tam;nt, and . are especially the sort to be chosen by the busy person, as once planted they require little attention from year to year. Hardy Flowering Shrubs will give a variety of bloom from early spring until frost. The earliest is Forsythia (yellow), then Flowering Almond (pink, red, white) blooms in May, followed by the Spirea, (white), Dentzias (pink, white), Weigelia (pink, white), Hydrangea (white), and lastly, the Rose of ESharon, from August to Qctober, having lovely double roseâ€"shaped flowers of blue, pink, red and whitt, FROM THIS TOWN Posts That Ars Welcome. Lucille:â€"There does seem to be much mystery about making introâ€" ductions, does there not? When a girl introduces you to a girl friend, just say, "I am very glad to meet you." Say the same thing to a boy whom you are meeting the first time. Your friend who did not introduce you to the young man who came up to talk to her while you were standâ€" ing by, was either rude or knew no better. Even if she did not know you very well and knew the young man much better, it was her place to introduce you. There are many proâ€" ple in the world, who neglect the opâ€" portunity to make people known to each other, whether because they are not sure of the propriety of the thing, or whether they are not naturally gracious and kindly, I do not know. It is far better to err on the side of introducing people too freely than on the side of withholding the few words that may be the seed of a very happy friendship. Mothers and daugkters of all ages are cordially Invited to write to this department. Initials only will be published with each queston and its answer as a means of identification, but full name and address must be given in ea¢ch letter. Write on one side of paper only. Answers will be malled direct if ltampc.q and addressed envelope is enclosed. & ___ A. B. C.:â€"You write me that you want to go to the city to train as a nurse and that your very best girl friend wishes to go to the city likeâ€" wige, but does not care about a nurse‘s career. Also that her parents do not approve of her going to the city and might not let her go, anyway. eW e en En e v e & Address all correspondence for this department to Mrs. Helon Law, 23" Woodbine Ave., Toronto. "Miss Edith, I wish I could see my daffodils once more. They looked like a river of gold," and Michael rubbed his old coat sleeve over his eyes. Just because you are close friends, you do not both have to become nurses do you? I grant it would be nice to be in the same work but in your case, if you insisted, you might force her to do something she did not like and really ought not to do, and then if some day she was not happy in her work, you would regret having inâ€" fluenced her. As to her family, there is nothing you can do to make them change their minds. The girl herself must talk sensibly to them and preâ€" sent her case fairly and trust that if she is in the right, they will see A Real Little Neighbor. Michael was poor and old. Edith first saw him one Sunday when. he hobbled up the church steps and sat in the last pew tqisee the flowers and the children on Children‘s Day. Then she sawffim when father hired him to mow the grass in front of her home. Micheal loved flowers and trees and grass. Once he had taken care of the flowers in a rich man‘s garden. But that was long ago; now the rich man was dead, the garden was gone, and Michael was old and poor. He told Edith many stories about his happy days of long ago. When winter came, there was no more grass to mow. Michael‘s place in the church was empty; he was ill. How sorry Edith was! But just beâ€" ing sorry wasn‘t enough to give to Michaely Edith knew that. She said to herse: "I‘ll tell other people, and they‘ll be sorry, too. I‘m going to shake all the money out of my bank." 3 Some other people shook money out of their banks also, when Edith told Michael‘s story. The grownâ€"up people opened their pocketbooks. When Edith counted her own bank money and the gifts that ofhers had given, her face shone with surprise and gladness. Then a happy thought came to her, because happy thoughts are apt to come to those who are busy about doing good things. f "Mother, may I buy a pot of flowâ€" ers? And father, may I change the money into two gold pieces and hide them in the leaves?" Mother and father helped, for it was such a splendid plan. The flowâ€" ers were bought at the florist‘s, and the money was changed at the bank. The florist heard the story, and gave the prettiest blossoms in his store. The At the Exhibition this Year Be Sure You Hear | 1. T(}:\t "’(;ll:OI"IJa"' 'h“tm\‘\\f}ifl'XGAl;"ll" 2. The ALLâ€" WOOD OVAL TONE _ recorés witi e exac â€" _ CHAMEBERâ€"built liks a violinâ€"â€" Bep LE Notkhing to iake of â€" Which eliminates metallic harshâ€" nothing to put on A simple twist ness. LET YoUR FARS 3B THE of the wrist adjus}l it instantly to JUDGE . > s all records. ] tp s n mes n i d n ote $ The Brunswick Ezhibit is at the South West entrance of the ; Process Building. Free Recitals Daily. THC MUSICAL MERCHANDISE SALES COMPANY 8193 YONGE STREET i x * 4 * TORO! glrcper DIAPHRAGM and cofrect EEDLE. Nothing to take offâ€"â€" nothing to put on A simple twist of the wrist adJus}l it instantly to all records, _ _°"_ ja . oo 94c kh SIE THESE TWO WONDERFUL NEW INYVENTIONS: it her way. Friends must learn this tremendous lesson: Each individual must live out and work out her own problems for herself. Friendship does not mean and cannot mean an identiâ€" cal life path. In every good landscape the artist uses all the colors there are., You do not quite believe that. _ Then notice next time you see a fine view |or a really natural painting. . The illndmpe, even though it seems at the first glance all one green, will ‘show tones of yellow and red, all |fitted into a harmony of complementâ€" ing colors in the light that envelops lthe whole. A good painting of outâ€" doors has its mixtures of red, yellow and blue, the three primary colors, no matter what amount of light may determine the color values. That bit of color theory does not sound as if it had much to do with 'doing over the living room. But it .has. As a matter of fact, the nearer { one approaches to a natural outdoor !arrangcm(nt of colors in decorating |a room the better the effect. lt is lone step in the right direction to use ‘a single or two harmonizing colorsâ€" [a blue bedroom, a green living room, and so forth, The next step toward a Iperfect room is to adjust several color | values so that people will say: "Why, {anything looks right in that room!" Gertrude:â€"You should not accept presents of jewellery from this man unless you are engaged to him. L. C. K.:â€"I would like to hame my farm. Can you help me find an apâ€" propriate name? I keep about fifteen head of cattle and sell milk. The land is level and a brook flows through one end of farm. More than one person besides L. C. K. has been puzzled by this same questionâ€"what name shall I give my farm? Of course, it is purely a perâ€" sonal matter, one for the owner himâ€" self to decide, yet it may be of some assistance to state in a general way what has influenced some people to select the name which they did for their farm. Many times some naturâ€" al object or distinguishing feature of the farm suggests the name. For inâ€" stance, a nice spring brook that can be seen by passersâ€"by suggests the name of Spring Brook Farm, or a grove of oak trees suggests the name of Oak Grove Farm or Oak Lawn, or Maple Crest because of a grove of maples which are on a rise of ground, or Orchard Grove, Hillside Farm, etc. In fact, any individual characteristic of the farm can well be used. Again, any characteristic of the buildings can be used. For instance, Green Gables when the gable of the house are painted green, and especially if the house is so built that the gables are a prominent feature. banker heard the story, and gave the brightest gold coins he could find. You can probably make a choice from the following: Meadowbrook, Green Meadows, Running Brook, Hearts‘ Delight, Maplerow, Dairyâ€" land, Sunlit Lands, Golden Marvest Dairy Farm, Fallingbrook. To keep drawstrings from pulling out of garments sew a small brass embroidery ring to each end and butâ€" tonhole it. New tins should be set over the fire with boiling water in them before food is put into them. Flour snust be kept in a perfectly dry place. If it is allowed to become damp, heavy cakes and bread are the result. 54% % INTEREFEST PAYABLE HALF YEARLY Allowed on money left with us for from three to ten years. Write for Booklet. Loan Company. Toronto Office 20 King The Great West Permzanent Color Scheme 20 King St. West. TORONTO <l1O0 ARCHIVES TOROoNTO "Now, there was my sister‘s husâ€" band. After Eva was married, I boarded with her a while so that I could attend school ip the vilage. I | was only fifteen, but I was pretty | observing, and mt first I puzzled conâ€" | siderably over George. He seemed |to be kind and loving for the most | part, but he had the meanest way of |picking faws. Me certainly had no | oeccasion for it. Eva was a spickâ€"andâ€" | span housekeeper and a splendid cook; | and she never wore an unbecoming | thing iém her life. But George was |\forever making insinuating remarks. | " ‘Getting most out of saleratus?‘ he‘d ask, and that would be a hint ‘that there was too much of it in the biscui‘ts. Or, when Eva had on someâ€" ‘thing especially protty, he would want |\ to know if she were trying to set a \ new fashion. And when he had got off | one of those speeches, he would grin |in a way that would make me just | want to shake him. |\ "One morning, at breakfast he had | been more than common aggravating ‘in that way; and after he had gone Ito the store I said to Eva, ‘If George wants to find fault, why don‘t you :give him something worth while to |find fault about?‘ ‘"Men are curious creatures," said Mrs: Hobbs to her recently married visitor,. "Almost every one of ‘em has his own peculiarities, and when you get one you almost need a book of directions to go with him. "That was a little forthputting for a slip of a girl like me; but Eva only laughed and said she had a good mind to try it, and when I came home from school for dinner I found that she certainly had. The meat was burned, and the gravy was oversalted, and the potatoes were soggy, and the coffee was drowned in water and the pie had run over in the oven. It was my job to set the table; and at that age I didn‘t have to try very hard to leave things at sixes and sevens. "Eva put on a faded old dress, and her hair was every which way, and there was smut on her face. Then we waited for George. ‘There he comes now,‘ I said, ‘and there‘s a man with him!‘ " ‘My stars!‘ said Eva. ‘It must be that Mr. Arnold, the traveling man that George admires so much. He said he might bring him home to dinâ€" ner some day.. What in the world shall I do?‘ "There wasn‘t time to do anything before George was in the house, But he had no one with him. The man I had seen was only a ncighbor,. So we sat down to dinner. Eva had had such a scare that she still wore a hunted look, but was in high spirits. But George took no more notice of what was wrong than a real polite stranger would. He got off his little jokes, but not one of them had anything to do with food or the way anything looked. As he got up from the table he said: "After that I liked him better; and though I guess it never was in him to be a real polished gentleman, he has .lmeen a kind husband and a good \ er. Of course he has his outs. But, land of love! what man hasn‘t? They are all curious creaâ€" tures." « * ‘Mr, Arnold is to be in town this afternoon, and I thought of asking him to supper. But perhaps I‘d betâ€" ter let it go till next time.‘ ‘But Eva wouldn‘t hear of that, She insisted on George‘s bringing Mr. Arnold home with him to supper, and he promised to. Before he went off George got a word with me in private., Eva, and his pretense of faultfinding was only his way of bragging about her. " ‘Look here, as," says he, you turning up your nose and s ing to yoursel{ at dinner. You not to do that. Might hurt Eva ings. Everybody has an off da in a while.‘ "Every time ©George would make such a remark, Mr. Arnold would twist it round into the prettiest kind of compliment. Then George would seem to swell up, and his eyes would shine. It wasn‘t long before I saw that he was just running over with pride in " ‘All right!‘ I says, ‘I‘ll be good after this, if you will‘ 1 am afraid I was pretty pert, as a girl. "Fva must have spent every minâ€" ute that afternoon in getting ready, and I‘ve seldom eaten such a supper as Mr. Arnold had set before him. The food was delicious, and Eva herself was a picture. Well, the first thing, George broke open a biscuit, and put on a silly grin, and asked Eva if the saleratus was getting low. Then he asked Eva if the ribbon at her throat and the one in her hair weren‘t sort of swearing at each other. 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