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One Reason Why "Shall I meet you in London? Send me a wire when you get this. What I Ibould like to do would be to conduct you personally to Priorsford. I think “Besides, you ought to nettle " home for a bit now, don't you think? First, your long exploring expedition and then the War: haven't you been across the world may long enough to nuke you want to stay at home? You no one of the very worst upecimens of an absentee landlord. . . . After profound cnkulations I have come to the conclusion that you will get two letters from me from Prioeford before K,' leave India. I am sending this, to on Said to make sure of not missing you. You will have lots of time to read it on board ship if it is rather long. It " . . . It was a tremendous treat to Set your budget this morning after three mails of silence. I got your cable saying you were back before I knew you contemplated goin ' so I never bed to worry. I think tie War; has shaken my nerves in e wey ll hadn't realized. I never used to worry: about you very much, knowing your! faculty of falling on your feet, but now I tremble. I CHAPTER IX. Tour.'",',',',',,"',':,' it. The ',ir,',fq,",it', is ave ,an aterawee or owe stable?” from Pamela Keaton to her; couldy go somewhere for Christmas. " . iThe Chtunpertountr have asked me to . . . It w” . 1remendoy trent to go to them, and of course their invi- Set 'our..budeyt .t.his morning ‘fuf'tation would include you. They are three mays of silence. I got y"‘"lsecond or third cousms, and we've cable saying you were back. before llrG7ii' seen them, but they are our knew you contemplated fn'llnth Mt rii,Toieriii people, and I luwe alwa Si gov" :ad to worry. I th.ink t e War wanted to see where she was broughtl " , “a? my nerves m . "y I up. owever, we can settle all that! mutt realized. I IS.'tr tee. to Vomilater on. . . . I n In“ - -- -_------ --_--_-, "Shay I Inge: you in London? If you like to boil your white cot- tons. Rinso will give you inst the sale cleansing suds you need in the boiler. If you use a washing machine. follow the advice of the big washing machine manufacturer.--. use Ringo. lust soaking with this new kind of soap loosens all the dirt until a single rinsing leaves the clothes clean and spotless. However you do your wash. make it easy by using Ringo. Ree n ideal for any wank-day method you use. You do not have to change any of your usual trtemr--iust use Rinso where you med to use ordinary soap. GREEN TEA In: I. and more (but: my other brand to bounce the delicious fuwqtr - V‘s-Ion. - Try it. I!!! was II "in In - m. mun." "I." lee."-""' I” in" m tshot-tut, pm: or Mme. hm solo-n and] Bor--"- plain. plan. in better who lot Rinse is sold by all your; and department slam PENNY PLAIN ht to settle " fo.n't you think?! Cortte4gubtrG_D-C.. Ive did, but love her-it would have! ,been as discouraging as petting a} Imam road-roller. We hadn't even a' fmotherly old nurse, for Aunt Eleanor) liked machine-made people like herself l Pt serve her. I don't think it did you I ‘much harm, you were such a Bunny-l jtempered. affectionate little boy, but; (it Itlade me rather inhuman. l a "As we grew up We acquired crowds of friends Ind acquaintances, but they were never like real home-people to whom you show both your best and Four worst side, and who love you simply becnuse you are you. The "rdines give me that homey feeling. "The funny thing is I thought I was going to broaden Jean, to show her what a narrow little Puritan she is, bound in the Old Testament thrall of her ttreat-.aunt Alison, but not a bit of it. She is very receptive. delighted to be told about people and clothes, cities, the-tres, pictures, but on what she calls 'serious thines' she is an ab.' solute rock. It is like finding a Round- head delighting in Royalist sports and plays, or a Royalist chanting Round-" 3 N've been thinking, Biddy, you and I haven't had a vast number of people to be fond of. There was Aunt Elea- nor, but I def anyone to be fond of her. .'.'il'et./p/'ft.qe'r' one might. tepr her l "The Jardines remain my great in- terest. What a blessing it is when people improve by knowing-so few do. I see the J ardinee once every day, sometimes oftener, and I like them more every time I see them. acquaimed with Gene (if -tjii/pGiriirU. we l-to-do, hospitable, not at all inter- stiélg (with a few exceptions), but In . "I feel myself quite an old resident in Pri.orstord. pow, and, lave become LEVER BROTHERS Thin rinse and dry-- you will have a clean meet snow - while If you use a Washing Machine. soak your clothes in the Rimo suds as usual. lathe morning add mére Rinse solution and 'tyk the muchine. TORONTO w - __ a"... - ...... amy... "I love the river, and the wide bridge, and the old castle kerping watch and ward, and the pevdr, through which you catch sudden glimpses of the solemn round-banked hills. And Must of all I love the lights that lwimde "at in the early darknoss, every llglz‘. running a little home, and .. ,,W_. --""e'"'" Lunch, UL". I never realized the full delight of shopping till I came to Priorsford. You can't think what fun it is to order In all your own meals, to decide wheth- er {on will have a "finnan-haddie' or a ' ipper/ for breakfasts-much more exciting than ordering a ball gown. “I I_-‘- AL - . _ - naps at the beginning of the year I "It is strange that our old friend shall have had more than enough of Lewis Elliot is living near Priorsford, it, and go gladly back to the fleshpou a tPt called Laverlaw, about five of Egypt and the Politician. imi es up Tweed from here. Do you "It is a dear thing a little town, ‘a remember what good times we used to lovesome thing, God wot,' and Priors- have with him when he came to stay ford is the pick of all little towns. I with the Greys? That must be more love the shops and the kind, interested than twenty years "o-you were a way the shopkeepers. serve one. I have little boy and I was a wild colt of a shopped in most European cities, but girl. I don't think you have own- an... I -_----- ,,,.. ' .. - .. .7 " 'You may say it. Murder it was, h'attempted murder, I should say, for of course it would never do to murder the vilet~h’edyed 'eroine. As it 'appen- ed...' an so on. "One of the three months gone! Per- haps at the beginning of the year I shall have had more than enough of it, and go gladly back to the fleshpou of Egypt and the Politician. "'l don't rightly know,' Mawson confesses. 'kind of a fancy dress, I believe, but anyway 'er h'eyes were at- tracted to the picture, and as she fixed 'er Yeyes on it the h’eyea in the pic- ture moved.' " 'Oh, murder!' says Bella, much thrilled. - -___ -_- ,.... " 'Yes, she was called 'Ermione. Well, Evangeline finds 'er h'eyes at- tracted to the picture of a man dress- ed like a cavalier.' " Truth, that?' I "'D'ye mean to tell me hooses hev "rittyIe-tral1erjes?' says Bella. “Course they 'ave-all big 'ouses.' "Juist like the Campbell Institution --sie a bother it must be to dusty " 'Well,' Mawson goes on, 'Evange- line finds 'er h'eyes attracted---.' "Again Bella interrupts. 'Wha was Evangeline? I forget about her.' "'Oh, don't you remember? The golden-'aired 'eroine with vilet eyes}: "'1 mind her noo. The yin wi' the) blackvhair was the bad yin.' l, " I --- R, -- _ fl "'And,' says Mawson, describing some lurid work of fietion, ‘Evange- line was left shut up in the picture- ttallttry of the 'truse.' I "You will be glad to hear that Bella IBathgate il'm taking a liberty with her name I don't dare take in speak- ing to her) is thawing to me slightly. rlt seems that part of the reason for ;her distaste to me was that she thought I would probably demand a savory for dinner! If I did ask such in thing--whieh Heaven forbid.cshe would probably send me in a huge xpudding dish of macaroni and cheese. "Miss Bathgate spends any leisure moments she has in doing long strips of crochet, which eventually become a bedspread, and considers it a waste of time to read anythin but the Bible, The Scotsman, and lid Missionary Magazine (she is very keen on For- eign Missions), but she doesn’t object to listening to Mawson's garbled ac- counts of the books she reads. I some times overhear their conversations as they sit together by the kitchen fire in the long evenings. l 1 "He and Mhor are fast friends, and J it is an inspiring night to see them of la morninfg, standing together in the lmiddle o the road with the whole iw,id.e world before them, wondering 'r.which would be the best way to take for adventures. Mhor has had much liberty lately as he has been infectious 'after 1vht?opine-eough, but now he has [gone back to the little school he at- ;tends with some twenty other ehildren.I 'I'm afraid he is a very unwilling! lseholar. I "She and Mawson have become fast friends. Mawson has asked Bella to call her Winifred, and she calls Miss Bathgate 'Beller.' Her .edainkyitGt-iiiri 'iiiiiiri Hana "Petef attends every function in Priorsfortj--funenus, marriages, cits cuses. He meets all the trains and ekcorts strangers to the objects of in- terest in the neighborhood. He sees peorle off and wags his tail in fare- wel as the train moves out of the station. Iway and says, 'I'm no' guist sure,’ a.n.d 'ambies away, leaving t e visitor quite [undecided whether she is intended to .remain on the doorstep or follow her tin. I know now that she means you ite remain meekly on the doorsteii, for , she lately recounted to me with tr e of Vanother caller, 'Pd went awn' up the istair to see if Miss Jean wis in, an' iwhit d'ye think? When I lukit roond ‘the wumman wis at ma heels' The) other day workmen were in the house doing something, and when Mrs. W- Cosh opened the door to me she said, i'Ye see the mess we're in. D'ye think gee should come in?' leaving it to my l tter nature to decide. I "She is always serene, always smil- 1ipst. The great love of her life is; Peter, the fox-terrier, one of the wick-I edest and nicest of dogs. He is always in trouble, and she is sorely ut to iti sometimes to find excuses gr him: 'He's a great. wee case, is Peter,' she generally finishes up. ‘He means no: ill' (this, after it has been roved that he has chased sheep, killed) hens, and’ bitten message-boys) ; 'he's Juist a wee thing playful.' I I " told you about Mrs. M‘Cosh? SheI is the Ordines' one Bervant-aut elder-' fly woman, a widow from Glasgow. i', like her way of showing in 'v"iiiiirrs".l. She was a pew-opener in a church at one time, i lh may account for it.; When you ask if Jean is in, she puts) her head on one side in in considering, way and says,“l'm_ no' juist sure,’ and; 'That can easily be managed,' says Jean, and goes without a new winter hat. She tmd Mrs. M'Cosh are wonders of economy in housekeeping, and there is Phys ‘abnndance of plain, well- “I only with I coyld help to make things Quiet for Jean. I have far more now than I want; she has so Mk. Pm afnid she has to plan and worry a good deal how to clothe and feed and educate those boys. I know that she is very anxious that David should not be too scrimped for money at Oxford, and consequently spends " moat nothing on herself. A warm coat for Jock; no evening éown for Jean. David finds that he must buy certain bgpks and writes home in distress. ma pMtmtr--M on enstLirnagthte gin evangelical “wag-W . Amway. it Is rather a. fine combination. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO _ rm, '"""'"""", "it a "ittle home, and arb33._;;,;;6 Here is the recipe: Pare tho; large in a huge or four small old potatoes; boil until and cheesu: dole, Pash fine through a strainer to _ ‘t,.. _,v ,vu “at a little boy and I was a wild colt of a girl. I don't think you have ever seen much of him since, but I saw a lot of him in London when I first came out. Then he vanished. Some years ago his uncle died and he inherited Laval-law. . He came to see me the other day, not a bit changed, the same dreamy, un- iembitiogs ereatutie-mther an amt-11. ___.“,, _u lug-:1. I sometimes wonder if little Jean will one day go to Laverlaw. It would be very nice and fairy-tNe-ish!" ‘cs a lot. I love the nearncn of Hill- ‘view, to hear Mawson and B. B Cote [verse in the kitchen, to smell (this is the mos: comfortable and homely 'smell) the ironing of clean eioles, and to know (also by the sense of smell) what I am Ln‘ng to have for dinner hours before it comes. For Sore Foss-sears, Llnlment. ) To the remainder of your starter in , the crock add one pint of lukewarm :wator, one level tablespoonful of salt I and two tablespoonfuls of 8uttar-- !these depend on your personal taste, 'however, and after one baking you , can tell if this is too much or too little ‘of either to suit your own ideas-sift i and stir in flour enough to form a soft (dough a little heavier than pancake) “I daresay. But in the meantime I am hgg'trahtT,T, in a contented, quie't way that niver knew belore. " o G, 1.-.“.-- . -A -_-- _qg - . _ "Of course you will say, and prob- ably with truth, that what I oujc y in the newnete of it, that if I knew that my life would be spent in such sur- rounding: I would be profoundly dis.. tsatisfied. ' 'To live, as you and I hate done all nut lives in houses, where all the diff culties of life ore kept in oblivion, and existence runs on well-oiled wheels t, very leasant, doubtless, but one mis: . cy a It. , I love the near-non of Hill- , avoid lumps, add one cupful of granu- ylated sugar, half a cupful of salt, two ‘.cnkes of good dry yeast, previously [dissolved in a little lukewarm water. Stir all together thoroughly in an earthen crock and add two quarts of lukewarm water. Do this at noon, cover and let stand overnight. Next‘ morning stir well, take out a f'.','"T.'e.y (pint of the liquid and put in a glastl :jar with cover adjusted loosely and set in your cellar or a cool place to: ser’ve as your next starter. Do not; put in an ice box, as this kills iiii'l yearst. l a warm {halide und kindly people round it. So many people use the liquid start- er for yeast, or what is known as po- tato beer, that I am venturing to send the recipe. So many times one's start- er is lost or runs out and there is no one near who uses this method. Young Diek, who works for us, Laughed when he heard his father tell an insurance agent that Dick wasn't worth taking out an insurance for, but I've noticed he's been blue and hasn't acted the same toward him ever since. Why aren’t people a little more care- ful in what they say?~E. M. Clark.‘ Now, wouldn't it have been nice it Jane and John had had . small picture of Grandpa made and appropriately framed and rehung in the living- room? This way they have inflicted a lifelong hurt on Grandma-there are some things more important than "style" in a house. POTATO STARTER FOR BREAD, 'Wcll, maybe they aren't," said Grandma, "But I :otice you’re mighty glad to hold onto the farm Grandpa left )ou and John." l Sister Nellie just wishes her chil- ;dren’s lives away. When they're ba- I bies she wishes they were big enough Ito, walk; when they're walking she ;wishes they were older so that they'd iknow enough not to run away; when, j they're older she wishes they could go) ,to school, and so on. I suppose when‘ :thcy're getting married she’ll cry andl i“is‘h that they were babies again. I Grandma Jones wes' crying the other day when I dropped in to see ser. It seems that whvn she had last visit- ed at her son's she noticed that the large photograph of his father had been taken do.vn from the wall of the front room and relegated to the attic. "They aren't keeping pictures like that around any more Mother," her daugh-l ter-in-law Jane told her. 1 As Mrs. "Jake" and Mrs. "uuis" were coming home from the Sunday School picnic with me they were com- menting on Mrs. "Jim's" clothes. She must spend a lot of money for them, they both agreed-she always looks so nice. Now I know that Mrs. "J im" doesn't have anything nicer than1 either of them-she Just takes better) care of her clothes. But I don't quite} like to tell them htat. I When our two-yesr-old baby climbs out of bed, he usually runs to the window and looks out. "Pitty day. Mama," he will any, "Pitty day." He has made me appreciate the "pretty days" and the beauty that it is our privilege to see and enjoy. Think how different life would be if you could not Bee a pretty day. KITCHEN MEDITATION. ISSUE No: 33--'26. ( To be einii'Giiiri Woman's Sphere . you nave ever seen l but I saw a lot of an I first came out. Some years ago his inheritgd Laval-law. -rather an angel. y little Jean will Self-eontidenee is only sometimes the result of actual performances; more usually it's based on what we think we could do if we get the chance. A "hooked" pail will make the picking of cherries and other small fruit easier and outer. Any boy or girl in a few minutes can bend a strong wire into a small hook at one end and a large hook at the other.l The small hook fastens to the handle} of pail or basket. The larger hook silps over a branch of the tree. This leaves both the pieker's hands free, and as it may hang where the fruit; is thick the pail is soon filled without' bruising the fruit. l On the pantry shelf, ready for in- stant use, are a bottle of salad dretrts- ine, jars of potted manta and cheese, cans of plmentos, pennut butter, pickles and relishes, so there is no frantic rush when we are called upon to pack a lunch at short notice. “a ”I: llvuncw - ..w .v. Ilm‘lwl v": N"P"'"C. iincrio"thi. "c o"""""""', liars; returns, can: supal’led, and A strong roomy basket was bought: enema ohm paid. rite for as a house-furnishing store and all.” now. these things put into it, the whole ttor' BOWES CO., Ltd. . 10mm ing into a convenient Cornet of the) More room. I Mlnard’c Linlmem Hula Gun. _ For thirty-flve cents I got I large roll of white paper at the newspaper office, This comes about s yard wide and costs but ten cents a pound. It is used here for tablecloths " thresh- ing time and at informal affairs, and a table can be made to look very " tractive with the addition of a few vases and baskets of flowers. Then) it saves the housewife 1ruuttierintr' linen cloths. l decided to get a complete outfit to be! Good-will 1. the respect and eon!- used for this purpose. ”once of other people. At the ten-cent store, plates, cups.1 Good-will la .more than gotd--anr knives, forks and spoons were bought banker will tell you tttnt. Only the)“ for each member of the family; also one-seventh of the basins" ot the bowls for salads and hot foods, tseveral world in don on cull. Sham/cum rolls of waxed paper for wrapping is done on credit, which mum good. sandwiches, plain white paper nup- will. kins, a box of gummed label, with) Every worker who ig ambltloul which to mark the dishes, and paper) must "tt-"How much respect have I cups and a ball of twine. learned " well?“ my - How My family belongs to a number of: organizations-the farmers' club, the, farm and the home association, church: and literary societies and young pfon ple's elubs--at which picnic lunches;' are frequently served, outdoors in: summer and during the winter in the community hall, the church or " thel home of some club member. Often] silver became mixed or lost and some. of the best china broken; so I finally decided to get a complete outfit to be! used for this purpose. 5 PAIL FOR PICKING FRUIT Drink oof'coca-colai' Ice-cold, "with beaded bubbles winking at the brim," invites you to delight taste, satisfy thirstandrefresh yourself. A, glass or a bottle Pause Delicious and Itetreiiaii, . U The Coca-Cola company of Canada, Ltd. Head 005cc: Toronto fresh _ 1bff,'i',',',U, --__ “'V‘Y'Vlovlc .. 'yunmiGlfGi,di'. ttea. 'Pep.eismtidiif, atiwpeutiei.' Ship tiam- Cream to us and ob. I tam e best results with Mfr}!- _ set Price for number one qud ty. , ai y returns. can: supplied. and gCREAM Edvmhm at Every worker who I: ambition: must tua-"How much respect have I earned " well as my wages? How much good-will have I stored up?” Good-will u we gr'oatm power In the world. Good-Will. The sun nine- 164 cubic mile. of water from the world'- ooenns daily. [were also Important contributor, to 1 the total. i One result of the war was the keen- er renlixet‘on by the Dominion of the enormous ttotetttituitiee ot the mineral wealth or the country and the last two or three year: have witnessed a re- mnrluhle netIvIty In this Industry. Large sumo of money have been in. vested In mining enterprIsee not only by Canadians, but " Britishers and American. Much ot this new capital is employed In the gold mInIn: are“ of Ontario and Quebec. The other provInceI hue also been receiving their share of new eqital, end In on lIkelIhood the next decade will wit. neu on nnusnel “venue In the Con- dlnn :11qu Industry. 1 As the perioid from 1910 to l' " a fairly comprehensive one of the il.!.. ling industry, I review of the “nun... (production values shows a sit-tut)" and 'gratifying increase from year to t. it'.' Iln 1910 the value of the output who ‘placed at $106,823,623. Two wars l later production had increased “1313.? 048.296. At the outbreak of the “al' 1914-- the value of the output had tic creased to $128,863,075. owing to tlo, economic depressioin prevailing .tt ‘tltat time. However, the war brought about a greatly increased demand in: various minerals, and production it] the following years showed a Mosul) increase. until in 1918, when it amount ed to $2i1,t0t,t_ new high l'th cord. The following year recorded a ’Iharp drop to $176,6M,t90, but in 1920 the value of output rose to $227,559.- (tts., the highest mark ever reached in the history of the mining industry of Canada. A slump followed the boom year of 1920. and production in 1921 was only valued at $171,923,342. Production In 1023. With the gradual rehabilitation of the European countries and the return to normalcy ot the United States and domestic markets. the mineral indus- try took on a brighter outlook and the value of production last year was $214,010,882. which is very tttttiMac. tory in view of the ttost-mir-tvenus of unrest and is indicative of the pro- gross made by the Canadian mining industry in the last decade. An analysis ot the minerals going to make up this total show that gold sud coal were the two most important items. These two minerals were largely mponsible for the splendid showing.“ Ontario. British Columbia, Yukon. Alberta and Saskatchewan. Asbestos, lead, sine. silver. nickel, cop- per and various non-metallic minerals in connection with Canada’s out] u' ot gold and silver, it in of intere,t to note that Chanda is the third lure-t producing country. I Intimates of the mineral wealth of ‘Genuin have been mode trom tinw lg time, but these vary :0 much, and ill little cognizance In: been taken " the tatttrrotrtrectard regions of tho Nur'r: little faith can be put in them. and many Cnnndinnn have. come to when that the mineral resources of the (mix. try an "tgtttitttited." Ot course vin- iu not no, but such estimates as hut, been mode more than prove that Ihe report at the pioneer prospectou WCltr not omitted and in many 'rtyA-s were unduly conservative. The Dominion'e Production. At the present time mining lw'm _ tionn ere curried on in all parts of mo lDominion, Ind recent azure: ~lwu lthet Canada with only .5 of The world'n population produces nppnu: motely 90 per cent. of its calm“. TL per cent. of it: asbestos. 85 per t't m of its nickel, " per cent. of its Him:- 3 per cent. ot its Bold, and 3.: 1w cent. ot its copper. According to up Bureau ot Butt-tics, the mineral pro auction of Canada, during the period 1010 to 1028, amounted to $2,309.44r. 094. or Approximately 8265 per mama Onurio led ell other provinces with a: total of ”28,410,881. followed in order ot importance by British ('o.umhin with “46,915,322; Nova Scotia, 3301'. 085,457; Alberta, $M8,070,tgt; Quebrr $220,362,800; Yukon, $64,177,i,54; Morn toba, $82,812,82t; New Brunsu» k $20,317,429 and Saskatchewan. tl'.,' 895,505. to yuan ofumtitt " ill an ta no" wk up pm the omi omi tl or I “In “eh-d n aimlln a p at pin PM t w HE pou Efficiet W " W ll " Tr, Tl lug DON w Mu r " rpr'u pig RN AI