"Wliyfla," he cried in amazement. , "you don't mean to say he's gone?†' "You. huh fer, An’ I I’m you?» nil-led. you mutiny cow-pun- .ha in _ Oath “or atmted ._trr QM. Ml!†our] in kid .. tho tuehar an " var ray-i in ES gain. mimhwntrbk " . m "m." h=rtt'flhS"Jll'S,tt: ma; Which-h." Wilson nah-nu Billy, who had anticipated what via eoeieg. e'eJ. "H.491!!!“ m In; picket up the gold piece and. for-Lin; u iuvingly, waited until An- son-z had passed outside. Then with " vr_.ccvristii deliberation she placed 1- "rt'v'C,' away beneath her saucer. t‘yroby signifying that the incident $Vl, dosed for the time being. 1' was not until Billy had finished hm 'rreAfaat 'and was about to slip quierly out that his mother who "am. Then flxitttr him with cold, m:- ming eyes, she acid: "t want 'n how what you had to do with urin’ the M tea-her so to won’t nova come hack to the Van-y School (it: “in.†l duunce; prgsemly ya tol " the the Mu t, “in! two Laps and sighodi r-: ...- t 1:); then as his mother arose to! hr 4 '.he came-pot from the stove he (an . ‘f'r'“ quisk ar 1 distinct premns' arv 't -!'»:-I h.s head just in time to m 2 u t-virctinsr,, open-humid slap fr _'. Mrs. Wi' 3n" heavy hand. its; m. ,irsing 's.'it-eyed and gleeful '4: k “14"" him. received the sbp w-ar‘ u l'm‘sz' that knocked his face In: ' hh ng'rnlze bowl. l. Mrs “its†recovered her ba!. 3. . mi squared away for a an!" atâ€. ', Crnuker swooped in through tttr' .35: Joe: and, with many muffled "rrssk.. .mizf'od in the eentre of the trr" I', In Hi trhwk beak he held ‘15- at}: "sr'itterittsr gold piece. which he drciped m front of Mrs. Wibaon's plan-s. Then picking up a fat M- mt Arum the platter he hopped to ’h lino-i!» "G,rl Bless Our Home†and, perch 4 h;mseit on its gilt frame pro-' mic; , appease his morning’s lulu.“ th lore is robbed. Hurry o'DuU by!? we stolen goods in old Mott". wahm. known " the haunted brute. timter, middl..e ed and well-to-do. goes wooing LtlEgd'l' loyal sweet. .vart of Stnnhc a. and daughter tt yt? mvalid liming†[new T. , SHED-ll of Funding Chute". ; "You shet right up, Tom."' com- m, Wilson, no lives mm in mended his wire. "Ain't i.Ue.t),tlnl..t.t mm -nd stepmother and he: tttCe! t.1.tat you; son are“ up wild and Anon, " the lender union: the ttorsluneddieated? (f‘Sxma, a tionur "absent no“: "But he had no right to on! us Lake Erie. Cabin Kaela, one of ttlnvages. Ma," protested Bibby. L'Lsteen, tell: nu ma teacher“! "Oh, hadn't ho then! Well, who up yr, Jchrrstott. about his 1edt'r,'tl'.ld and deliberately stole his horse, N {was A St; mops. s"tet. was yindH like to know?" Mrs. Wilson held hot Ivmle tryin t'o'nv. horn: from . burning 2u A will may]! by . wealthy hermit, Scrogch. in Stan. hope’s favor, could not be found. .'s mama's namesake md "ttttpet her takers possession. Fri? IPP, The' n nuts ti m " 1 the pa up 'e? tell upcn the family after int gar“) of surprise at sight of Told piece. Even Amon checked rv:ailirut to sit with his lift eyes open than ever they been a an! it we: he who broke the ' t'. ht?! had tallen-broke it with wk,. fear-ridden voice as he cried. oe _trrrdness sake, Ma, don't touch Haul? It's bewitehed, I tell you!"1 ' mother glared at him. "ph..'" she snorted. "you're be- »! yourself. you poor coward. Now then. another word out o', -attd you get the strap. Ain't I. y J, Anson, time and ag’in. that! iear crow has found old Semtg- pi'e , You git up from this table Je; no out and any within callin'; me; IT. want you back here he mil {can he house. " (curl hi: on seated a as he tack us of a for, m. The con ht SON OF COURAGE’ CHAPTER xxu.--(ccatt'd.t '2; caught his breath quickly 3nd al ar’le drove the shadow from '.1'. "CanvaMyaeksy' he murmur- 'They'vc come early. I bet any- Lhe' Backs I heard comin’ in ..:h the night was Humpback, "n' redhead.' I must. go tight after hrnkfnst an' tell Teacher ripe; h-‘ll be sqre to any 'Lees t,'t'. "C'tuwaMtaeka.' They've come early H12- ftocks l hem ich the night was an' redhead.' I n after breakfast an' 'cpe; he'll be sure " Inn.' Oh, tree.'" carl his father, mother and >01th at the breakfast table he tsok his place he was con- J a foreboding of impending The conviction was strength.. 'lert his (Ithnr's foot. reaching Ivtically underneath the table, his aver s , gently. With pen :gfroid be spewed a strip of with {is fark and held " 'S he u {ted fur the worst. Two that foot meant "On your thee ups "Watch out for) back toward the house, as the mellow "whirt-o. quail sounded from the h bordered the meadow ce.i. “Old Cock quail." scftiy, “I wouldn't give 1! too often if I was on. st might hear you. at ' you to whitt1e is 'Bob In won't be whistlin' that me: ag’in." that the white-throated brown covey in the stub- e murmured warning ot, he did not whistle again} I hn his lips. Billy vanit-i we and sought the path; BY ARCHIE P. MCKISHNIE Copyrighted by Thomas All... “First " when he sees us. he asks us if we'd happened to find any tracks of his horse. lt was funny to see his snaky eyeq callin’ us liars at every polite word we said to him. Philly he cc mes right out flat-Noted an' talk as that he knows we had somethin' to do with ol' Thomas mrnderin' oe. an' he says he's goin' to make our fathers pay_fer bis loss." _ “Course we trot real scared then-- loastwise Johnston thought we was-- an' Jim he ups an' tell: him that we Billy nodded. "Ne an' Jim Scrogie bought him from Mr. Johnston, n he got a receipt provin' our ownership, too, you bet. This is how we did it. 1.011;; 'bout the second er third day after ol' Thomas disappeared me an' Jim met up with Johnston waNn' hone from school to Pturfield where he boards. Jim had fifty dollars, all his own, an' we'd planned jest what we'd say t9 the teacher. to say. "Yes, Ma'am; I mean jest that. You woe. Ma, that ol’ horse don't belong to Teacher Johnston any more. We bought him." "Bought him!" exclaimed man and woman in a breath. wants." _ t “I was goin' down the path to the Mrs. Wilson cou! I scarcely believe road, Anse with me, when the teacher her cars. "You don't mean that havrht')went, past, runnin' fer all he WM tank rim you hat any thoughts of worth. Come to think of it his coat keepin' him, Willium?" she manogedlhld hep clawed Borne, 9n'__l monk» "What's more, Ma, that ol' horse is goin' to stay right where he is. betty- deep in cover, till it gets so cold we'll have to stable him. Then he's goin' to have all the good hay an' oats he wants." tl "Oh, hadn't he than! Well, who up Ind delibentely scale his horse, N like to know y' Mrs. Wilson held her breath waiting for the answer. "Nsbcd stole his horse," replied Billy. “'lyhe poor thing was so lean an' hungry that it weaved when it walked; all we did was sneak it out o' the school-yard an' hide it where there ya: goal pgsLure." "Well, maybe hat sn't stealin' it, but if it ain't what would you can it, William?" . “I'd can it bein' kind to dumb Ini- mal's." spoke up Wilson, his 0 es meet- irsrthe mm eyes othisjnf‘n' a. 7 _. “mmuwmmumeHV-AMMmu‘mowm“F1 mun-automaton... “OCH-II. . by...“ e *hlburucl-mm ‘4 gunmumnnge'muumâ€"Ju'rw.u "m - s.,l he didn't stop. He kept right an goin’.:M1d of his chair seat. He knew that 'Anse an' me went on to the school,' if he did not summon ail his sect lum' there we found Ringdo jest ftnd'rmstmint he would surety spoil all he inhin‘ the teacher's lunch. I brought had accomplished through st-ntezy. thim back an' put him in his citre.:He longed to swoop down on his That's all, Ma, an' it's every blessed mother Mid hug hee, tslap her on the (wT,'.,t.rrv',.', lbnikéi‘ndyg'ltinherearbhgdshm _ rs. iron remained thoughtful. I n' ., em .ataaettt _mltr, watching her with furthmmclgiém. And, was, 'lla'; m- 1mrecuratipn, hoped from the relaxing toned, re was um lonething more Hines in her brow that all. was we}! to be accomplished. l, 1titl the world once more. Hope lye-I "I say we kin have Louie over, tom] lcame an assurance with her nextiWihlium," Mrs. Wilson osotrgeated omeq iwords. lmrrir. h - 7 I "What's The matter, don't 'ou want him ?" asked his mother. V thought maybe you’d like to have him, seein’s you're such cronies an’ there must be some good in him in spite of his looks. I could have them partridges that Joe Scruff sent over roasted with bacon strips across 'em, an' baked po- "You kin have that Jim Serotrtrie over to supper to-night, Wilium, if yoy.rapt.to." _ A H Billy's heart Jumped with joy. He wanted to hug his mother, Init re.- trained the desire and sat gazing pensively q his plate. “Win“: In: “Mar alnn't van we“. now his face was bleedin' from s scratch er two. He didn't see us an’ he didn't stop. He kept right on goin'. Aryean' me yent_or_1_to _the_ sehppl, clothes fair off his back an' chased him up the road? That's the thing that seared him so he quit the school ferever. plow, Wiliiumehat did you Mrs. -wilson, arms folded on thel IAMHU VI. UIIV llrlb‘ulvc lelw thwu white table-cloth, was gazing cut of tt, leg,' forms: soft ball, the soft- the window now. Perhaps she saw a E ge " rue od.. poor old horse, belly deep in luscious The hard ball .tatro " reached when grass, making up for the fans of hard a hard ball forms, by the game test. and stern days. mercifully behind it The thread stage is when the sum forever now anti. enjoying lifts, to the forma a thread when dropped from a full-the new life which Billy hadlapoon. The crack or brittle stage is heftfdtgg.tt,'.t, le had lost much I when a fow.dwpe, when dropped from of its harshness aso'sheé asked: “Mt the spoon Into cold water, " once what about the wild animal that ttrr "ati: an? e.peklt. into the school an' tore the teache a . . "td ru.lt "Fl nut tytiltrt1 cup "So we give him the money but we made him give us what Jim can: a regular bD. o' sale receipt fer it. An' BO, you see, Ma, we've trot Mr. Johna- ton there, cn' he won't ever lay the rctiprn PSiT ot' Thomas, no Tore." _ '"Ihen Jim begged him net to do that. 'We'.1 pay you whatever'. right fer yan- horse sir," he sayi, biit John- ston just snorted. "Where would you get fifty dollars-2' he pays, but Jim, he nudged me to kcep'quiet, an' said: "I've got fifty doilars of my very own right here, sir. We'll buy your horse an' take chances on findin' him, if you'll iseil him. to us.’ A -- A {met to but the te ntt' let the horse out. Then Janitor: rat real 'tt0_MMirt4)r than I we; see him get, an' that's sayin' quite a lot. He said he would tumble}: with us my 'ut'.erview--that't, the word- he used, whatever it nteans--interziew our fathers. " 'Gimme the money,' says Johns not ask either of 'em, Ma. Maurice might hear of it, an’ wonder why he wa'n't asked too. He’s awful funny that way, you know." "Why, bakes alive!†cried his moth- er, "I never give Maurice a. thought. ty course we'll hate him, too., An' it there happens to be anybody else roa'd like, you beat any so now, Wil1iurn." (To be continued.) "Yep, we could do that, I s‘poae," said Billy, "onty _....-.." He trovmed and 'hpokAis heed, "I gpess ye best Mlnnrd’a Llnlment Uud by Voter-marl.- "Well," flared hie mother, "ean't he fetch her atorrg with him, if he wants tot What's to hinder him from tetehin' her? 'She's a sweet little thing tut' Pd be piouftoutia helix" _ , 133% big eye: 59d took tight Billy sighed. “That's awful good of you, Ma, an' I same would like to have Jim over to supper, but he's so fond of his sister he won't go anywhere whim? Jyy, we free." _ _ _ Fruit toreetg--t cup dates, 1 cup flgs, 1 cup raisins, 1 cup nut med“. 1% teaspoons omge juice, grated orange peel, % cup honey or corn syrup. Put fruit and nut meats through food grinder. Add orange Juice, grated onn-ge peel and honey or corn syrup. Mold into balls and dip in cocoanut or chopped nuts. _ Vines" earsdr--8 cups man, 1%; Gland fruit and nut baihr--1 cup dates, 1 cup figs, 1 cup raisins, 2 cups nut meats. Wash and dry fruit. Pit fruit and nuts through the meat grind- er. Mix well and roll into shape. If desired, glue with the following ghee mixture: 2 cups corn syrup, lk cup water, 1 tablespoon vinegar. Boil to.. gether till brittle when tested in cold water. Place pan in pan of hot water and begin to dip the bolls at once. Put balls on oiled paper to cool. H, upon testing in cold water, a little of the mixture tolled between the flntrers forms a soft ball, the soft- ball stage i; reached. A great deal of care needs, to be exercised in determining wien candy is ready to be removed drom the fire. A thermometer may be used in test- ing but, with a little practice, the soft ball, hard bail. thread, and crack or brittle stage can be easily recognized when a few drops of the hot cundy mixture are tested in cold water. 's E . il.'sz)xi ' (--' "di2iej_i,lii'.i.iiii_,'i,,,, _ :'ijyCv.i) i_.-_(._i.i'i,.'._i:_.,':,i1vi_'s'i'/"_'t"t '.'"ii'"iii Sweets for Winter Parties. "The last is the best of a“ the game! Now for Rosamond Fleet!" cried Selma Andrews, who after years away was revisiting all her old playmates. “I can hardly wait to see her. I used Pop eon barbs-t cup corn syrup, % cup sugar, 1 teaspoon cream tartar, 2 tablespoons butter, ’4 teaspoon soda, 4 quarts popped corn. Boil syrup, sugar and cream of tartar to the soft ball abuse. Add the butter and soda, pour over freshly popped earn and dupe into balls. Peanut brittle-t cup white corn 6rup, 1 tablespoon vinegar, % up spoon salt, 1 cup roasted peanuts (halved), 1 teaspoon vanilla. Cook syrup. vinegar and salt until it forms, a soft ball when tested in cold water. Add peanuts and cook until syrup is I goidervbrosm, stirring constantly. Add vautibla and.pour into a buttered pan. Cool and break into pieces. [ Honey tai-2 cups honey, % cup sugar, li teaspoon soda, 2 tablespoons vinegar. Boil together to crack stage. 0001 in buttered pan. Pull. Cut and wrap in waxed paper. Evolu- taIr--4t cups brown - boiled briskly with % pound butter, few drops lemon juice, 1 teaspoon mnirla or lemon. Boil sugar, butter and lemon juice togethcr briskly for ten minutes, or to crack stage. Add Bavorintr and pour in buttered pan/ Mark in squares and lumen it fromI the pan by running a knife under the candy before it bemmes entirely 00111.] Coconut tsweets-I pound shredded coconut, 16-ounce can condensed milk, 54 tea-spoon vanilla. Mix thoroughly. Form into small cakes on a greased tin and bake 20 to 80 minutes in a moderate oven until bmn. Halted chocolate may be added in the propor- tion of two squares to the wave Coconut cram ettndr--S cups sugar, 1 cup milk, 2 teaspoon. butter, 2-3 cup shredded eoeoanut, 1 teaspoon vanilla. Stir sugar, milk and butter until sugar is thoroughly dissolved. Boil 12 minutes. Add coconut and vanilla, and beat until creamy. Pour into buttered pan, and mark in squares when nearly cool. Chocolate earamebr-1 cup choco- late shaved fino, 1 cup brown weir, 1 cup cresm, 1 cup white sugar. Stir until dissolved but do not stir after it begins to boil. Boil until brittle stage but not too hard. Pour on greas- ed plates. When nearly cool. mark in squares. Chocolate dips--i% was com syrup. 36 cup mild molasses. Boil together until it cracks in cold water. Pour into greased pm. L'dol and pull. Just be- fore eattdy beehmu 'hnrd, pull into thin rilsbotrehaped _piecea about 'd inch Fide. Cut into one-inch strips with scissors and not away to cool. When hard, dip into well-beaten melt- ed sweet chocolate and place on oiled paper to cool. o T,"""-"'" _ . cups vxnemr. Boil sugar and vinegar together until a drop harden: in cold water. Pour en greasetlatiates, cool and pull until white. Cut with shear: into email pieces. . "You Help Me, Selma." TORONTO The fingernails ire dated by cer- tain bodily diseases, thus forming an indication to the general health. heading "ll)..1ril ITE Red hair in common atnotdttte'rortu families of Europe. It is stated that I railway train travelling at the rate ot one hundred miles an hour could not be pulled up in a distance leu- than two mu.- The largest block of Jade m the world, according to the New York Times, is In the American Museum ot Natural History in New York City. At firtst glance it looks almost " large as Plymouth Rock: actually It Is 4rtrTNrtt feet long and (our feet wide. It is not so heavy as Plymouth Rook, but weighs approximately three tons. It was found on South Island, New Zen- land. in 1902. and Is of the green variety ot Jade, with shndm that range from green to rich emerald. Minari's uniment to: 00m, etc. "Yei; children Selma." Martha shook her head. "Cnly as Rosamond has made it herself. Will adored her and in spite of everything adores her still. No, the matter is that Rosamond hasn’t changed; she's ‘just what the always was. although :we didn't recognize it. Dan". you remember that the was always coax- int; us to do every Grd thing for her in school? "You help me, Selim," whether it was algebn or French or, physics. She never would face a hard, thing herself." l Selma was silent; she remembered. "And you know," Martha mt iii,) "you can shirk in sehool--sometimes', --and get may with it after a {Miami But you can't tshirk in life. So Rosa-,' mend. who went right on expecting other people to do all the hard thin: for her, has had to pay the price." 9 "Poor gravely. Out in the October [maniac Selma drew a hung breath. “I can't believe it even now."' she cried. “I never new myone so changed in my life. What is the matter? Ru her nurriage been unhappy?" . Martha, who was acting as guide, [hesitatecL "You must be prepared for a big change in Rosamond," she said. 1“People ean't any children forever; and like everyone else Rosamond has had trouble. She isn’t werl--" baubles. They were not terrible “cables, but clearly they so filled Rosamond'l vilion that she could see nothing beyond them. The cal: was uncomfortable for everyone. When Martha rose to end it even Rocunond'r protests were half-hearted. Por a moment Ronmond's face? brightened, but only for u moment.’ She led her and: into her pretty; parlor and bean to recite her mMam0ou. BeT I “on? tter, '"'". I We la a country not of one, hm _ Martha, who wasnctmg Is ttttide, ot lay climates" with roses bloom hesitated. "You mustbe [Hm I?" in; at Chi-Inna- time on Vaumuu _ a big change in Rosamond," ahe said) Island. while Winnipeg Montreal a: t "People can't stay children forever†Quebec are tretttnq ready tor theh 'st.', and like everyone else Rosamond haa' ttttttt curling bonapfe1. As . mam»: m had trouble. She isn’t well--" lam. the climate of Canada comm. , But Seine was not to be diaeouru- one ot its greatut advantages. A: _ ed. “She can't help being Wd.â€[me qrtttt will take the trouble ir she declared; "not if she is " at: “3 glonce " a map of the world will ' r, a badger." lurid that Canada lies in the F;h', "Oh, she isn't my!" Martha Pe-) latitude as the virile white "tcet. plied. 1iiiiFiF, and there can be no quest A little later the two old tic-MOM that the climate ot the northern t, nautes Btood at Rosamond'a door. The' pernte latitude in more favorable woman who opened it wane a youthful: the development of healthy races t1 dress that was none too fresh; her; are the more southern climates. Tr hair was arranged like a trirl's; her, statistics bear thin out. Nowhere T fretful face was rouged. Selma gasp- the world will a healthier class ed. Could that be Rosamond? [children be found than in t‘anada. a Por a moment Roaamond’a face the state of health of the children brightened, but only for a moment.’ perhaps the best indieatirn of the : She led her gum: into her prettyu'antaxee of the cllmnte. Cacao parlor and began to recite her death rate per 1.000, tor example. T baubles. Sher were not terrible, lower than that of England. German troubles. but clearly they " !ille1 Hungary. Spain, Sweden. Uttit ', Insomnia vision that she could see States, Chm. etc. But Selma was not to be discourag- ed. "She can't help being Wad," she declared; "not if she is u guy as a badger." never Wu anyone who had more wheedlrste 'trieka and manners' than Rosamond. Yet I adored her, too." to be fearfully jealous; of her; there Red Hair Common in Royalty A Remarkable Piece of Jade Keep on the Track. and poor Will and the poor that's the wrst of it, Rosarnomiyr Selma said than two- In"; Thu 'rroi"i7ritu. the humor. 1‘ than Bttd awn. For inâ€? up In“. like Jack ML V Io green, "-'. _ The home ot a million "on ud_l_trou. That 195 oiiiif he hm _ built. his is the match. so I small. Thu m thrown by a thinking It All. Down Into a bulb how Bil, m but " the Inn-I Tim was and In an In" that In i built. This In the forest. " broad and " In". The tom. of the tree no all and w strain. (And thou-and. of other, " (In as smog) That farm the lumber. well ttttite en and sum. Thu an. Thu " used In the Malena: Jack built. This I: the tree, so an Ind so “may That tttrttitrh-tse lumber. all dune and an. Thu Ia the hon†nut Jack bum Tim 1: the lumber. all an... " From the Canadian [techies to the 'shorel ot Nova Scotia. the first snow- Itau is hliied with delight. Lumber- ' men move into their Winter camps and 'prepnre to make out logs; trapper: ( and hunters look to the string- ot their lsuowahoea; can: In‘ tom or. Wrought from their summer resting rpilces and enthusiastically over-hut Fr, ski-er: dream u record jumps as Ithey usher in winter with on initial run; out! hockey players get down to [training tor ttte strenuous some: that put the Canadian “Moons" into the premier place It the Antwerp Oiym l pie ettnaurtortsttip contest: ot 1019. The)! recline, " have others before than. that Can-din winters my wen be dded to the long list ot this coun. try". natural m, um that Catu, an: winters we undoubtedly taut. --and in out“! lotto". The rtutumrta--Dutrertn Terrace at old Quebec, tote on e picturesque appeerence little dreamed ot in the any: ot Wolfe and “antenna. Here withitt I‘Mlus ot 150 yond- ot the to man: enough] “Gheteur Frontenac.‘ skating. curling, ski-jumping. and to bomnlu hold sway. A hleidoscopk "my ot colors and costumes puts the uni-hm; touch to on Infectious at Elam-re at the joy or lulu. Those who know it not-who annually Bo on sadder-lug to Florida. Culltornln Oi Bermuda, whose experience yet locks a tune ot Canadian winten. will con tittue ta be “non; the crates. but once hula: tried It, they and It good and they come buck. " ll it were not tor (‘mndn‘u climax" 1 we would not be producing the an! " milling when in the world; tl {priciest of beef cattle; the nevi. [ output ot timber and (um and the m " vigorous nee of young men and w .‘ men tint so cheerfully demonstrate. a (the recent Armmdden its ability , _ endure Ind locomplish. I hang summer days. with short grow ,3â€: “on. put the quality in "No. l 'Ns. them": brain; tt:A+ weather put» bone and muscle. in: n:.;l hide I,, horses and cattle: mow selves the lumbermac‘s and fur trapper'ts inns. gnorlaiion problem, while to the love: 1 ot endear sports. winter time is I oeu- 'son to be anticipated. “unh- 'iliit"iiriv,,, -""""-.---. A III-5m . - at the 'deft, h 'lele"" TUHmaseTutaaNiit. WINTER B ASSET RATH- t ER THANLIABILITY. ' mm RODNEY 'CiTtrfrL,," - mm; ar ttltitlt “MATES tt,lll!lthilditlll BY m we unmet. well sin-v Ind sum. and In the hone that r." k t up the forest f-het l. B Ch. lumber. all shaver: and " 00M ' " Mead and l, lighted :04 ». sum, withuu’ " .l A L MNNe. w“ .VchhbusuL lkcm Yaw was, -. - _.-- or 'iiGerdvf D..e " Berss mm. v hum: ME Whth !Tu.ts NM New DEA! kt. S l? dus an" N lint the not up ll sped grad: lun pow dro Pla IN