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Mischievously she rufflied her mothâ€" er‘s sleek head, cuffing her affectionâ€" ately first on one ear and then on the other, and, bending down, kissed her cheek. Hope turned now from the inspecâ€" tion of herself in the glass. s them for equally steady smiles when she realized the genius of her sonâ€"inâ€" law for making money hand over handâ€"lucky hands that turned everyâ€" thing they touched into golid. Then, completely reconciled, she gave them her blessing, bestowed upon them the family heirlooms and departed this life in peace. Her mother had pinned her last hope to Mary Lou; but before the rash gir!l was 20 she had lost her head over a rising young nobody at all, Loring Ranger, with less background than a chipmunk and no particularly subâ€" stantia! foreground, and had recklessâ€" ly married him. Mrs. Carter shed tears steadily, and only abandoned eon with us, and then go there with me. Do, mother," she urged. "Neo;, I‘ll not tag. You and Lucia will enjoy yourselves more alone. Beâ€" sides, I‘ve no end of things to look after. Are you driving down, dear?" "I need the walk," Hope shrugged into Silcott‘s and horry him up with those fittings. If by any miracle he is ready, 1 could telephone you to come down. Or, beter still, come to lunchâ€" eon with us, and then go there with me. Do, mother." she urged. "I don‘t know, thougch," Hope reâ€" @f:::L{)fpd, _“but _t)}a' I‘d better drop The man cutside had his ear against the door now, unwilling to miss a word of the conversation; but at the same time his eyes were watching alertly along the hall and down the stairâ€"â€" As Hope entered, her mother looked up with a smile from some notes she was writing. "Going out, darting?" she asked. "I‘m to meet Lucia at the Piaza," Hope explained. "Her mother will be there with some people, but we shan‘t bother with thenm _ After luncheon they are going on to a matineeâ€"that is, Lucia and her mother areâ€"but il's' *‘Philander,‘ and I‘ve seen it three times, you know, so I begged off. I‘ll! pick up some veils and a few things 1 need, and ihen home." The moment she had passed inside and closed the door behind her, a man rervant stepped out of the automatic lift a little further along the corridor and followed her noiselessly. He had some letters on a tray, but it apparâ€" ently was not his intention to deliver them at once. Instead, he paused close to the sittingâ€"room door, his head inâ€" clined, listening. Hope Ranger walked down the hall to her mother‘s sittingâ€"room. No one dreamed 50 years ago that such a fragrant beverage as "SALADA" Orange Pekoe could be producedâ€"pure as science can make itâ€"fresh, superb in flavourâ€"43c per halfâ€"poundâ€"and all black tea. A treat Indeed for tea lovers. , “SA <°ms;£ BA_' : PEKOEK &a""" 4 CHAPTER I TRMA . __"No," Mrs. Ranger‘s tone was posiâ€" tive. "I‘ve questioned all of the servâ€" ants. Then I called up the Thornes. Mrs. Thorne says that Hope left them a few minutes after two, telling them Just what she told me, about attending to her errands and then coming home. o‘clock," _ *"Where did she go*" he asked. _ _"To have luncheon with Lucia Thorne. Then she expected to do an errand or two and come home." Ranger laughed easily. ‘"She‘s gone to some party with Lucia. Probably she telephoned, and they‘ve neglected to give you the mesâ€" sage." ‘ Mns.Wu.';ty»: Woonprrow "Loring!" His wife‘s voice came quaveringly over the wire. "Oh, I am so glad to get you. I‘m terribly worâ€" ried. Hope went out this morning and hasn‘t come back yet. And it is nine ingâ€"room, ant man, he was wanted on the telephone. Ranger laid down the cigar he had lighted. Hope turned from the inspection of herself in the glass. A Western manufacturer, one of Loring Ranger‘s two guests at dinner that evening, was just reaching the point of a story which had been interâ€" rupted by frequent bursts of laughter when the club hallboy approached the table and informed Mr. Ranger that Meanwhile, the man who had been listening at the keyhole stole furtively out of the house by an area door and made his way to a telephone station in the back of a nearby store. She walked on down the Avenue, and ecrossing over at Fiftyâ€"ninth street, arrived at the Plaza just as her friend, Lucia Thorpe, and the latâ€" ter‘s mother alighted from a limouâ€" sine which had drawn up before the entrance. f Hope ran down the stairs. A moâ€" ment later she was walking through the cross street on which they lived, and at the corner she turned down Fifth Avenue. , ‘You‘ll telephone from Silcott‘s, you say, if he‘s ready for your fittings? That will be about three o‘clock, I suppose?" "Or even earlier." The man servant was at the head of the stairs with his tray of letters as Hope came out. "Anything for me, Fitch?" "No, Miss Ranger; they‘re all for Mrs. Rarger." He She had reached the door when her mother stopped her again. "No reason on earth." Hope nodâ€" ded. "Choose something neither of us has geen. A slushy, weepy oneâ€"the kind you like." r "Goodbye" "Oh, wait a moment!" Mrs. Ranger caught her hand. "I forgot to tell you, your father won‘t be home this evening. He‘s having some outâ€"ofâ€"town men at the club. Why shouldn‘t you and I do a play?" ‘ made his way through the dinâ€" om, a big, goodâ€"lookirg, dominâ€" an, and into a telephoneâ€"booth. ring!" His wife‘s voice came MLUSTRATED By Y RW SarreamtLDp CHAPTER 11 . Minard‘s Liniment for faTli?m halr, Borrower (loftily): "I hope you got my cheque?" His Creditor (bitterly) : ‘"Yes, twiceâ€"once from you and once from the bank. Girl‘s Mother: "If you married my daughter, it would kill me." Suitor: "Could I count on that?" Outside, Higby caught a passing taricab and giving the number of the Thorne residence, slammed the door and sank back wearily. "Thanks, old man," Ranger‘s voice was husky as he followed him to the door. "I don‘t know what we should have done without you." _ Higby considered the matter. "I‘ll tell you," he decided, "we‘ll make it five thousand to start with. Then we can increase it to ten if necessary. I‘m right on the job every minute, and there won‘t be a stone left unâ€" turned. I‘ll keep in touch with you, too, so that we can advise each other immediately of any developments." Ceal ols oo e cepnenratiagns "Anything." Ranger gave an inâ€" different wave of the hand. ‘Whatâ€" ever is customary." "If it comes to thatâ€"yes. There‘s no use fooling away time in halfâ€" mensures or with private detectives. To get the best results, though, I‘ll have to offer a reward, I suppose. How high would you be willing to go?" So stil this winter place! Yet I am confident Safe in the frozen earth Lie color and the scent. God‘s gift I cannot see Is safely kept for me, Joyâ€"green and white and goldâ€" More than my heart can hold! Louise Driscoll "The commissioner of police?" Ranâ€" ger drew his brows together, wincing at the thought of the attendant noâ€" toriety. _ "I‘m going downr to talk to Lucia Therne," he said. "She was the last person we know of that Hope saw, and her most intimate friend, wasn‘t she? Wellâ€"" in answer to Mrs. Ranâ€" ger‘s cager nodâ€""that young woman is in for the stiffest kind of a crossâ€" examination. If she knows anything she isn‘t telling, trust me to frighten it out of her beforc I get through. If she‘s a blankâ€"" he paused and pursed his lipsâ€""then I guess there‘s nothing to do, Loring, but go to the commisâ€" sioner of police." Scented and white, set free; Too fine for our sense, Asking no audience? Smail bells that never ring! Is there some finer ear That, if it came tihs way, Would understand and hear Exquisite melody, The lawyer sat thinking, pulling at his chin. Then he got up with an air of decision and reached for his hat. Where white snows drift Over fUrled leaves and brown, Spring will lift Sharp spears of tender green, And folded safe between Two leaves so closely furled, Bring beauty to the world. ’ He busied himself at the telephone, his investigations lasting socme time, owing to the extreme care he took to avoid any opportunity for publicity; but in the end he was able to announce that no young woman answering to the description of Hope Ranger had been reported at any of the hospitals or station houses of the city as the victim of an accident or sudden illâ€" ness. | Here in this quiet place "I‘m satisfied you two are making a mountain out of a very insignificant molehill," he insisted optimistically. "Still, to relieve all of our minds, I‘ll make sure." \ But as the explanation procecded, the lines about his eyes begsan to crinkle, and at the finish as Ranger had predicted, he gave a mirthful chuckle. Lily of the Valley "Something _ wrong sharply. But it was Higby, the lawyer, not Hope, who in response to the butler‘s direction turned into the library. ‘"The trouble is, we‘ve given her too free a hand, Mary Lou," Ranger grumbled. "Ab!" starting up as he heard the hall door close. "There she 18 "I‘ve sent for Higbhy," he said, reâ€" turning. "He‘ll probably laugh at us as a couple of fools. But I don‘t care. We nced the cool advice of an outâ€" sider." Eustace Higby was Ranger‘s attorâ€" ney and a warm friend of the family, with an apartment only half a block away. He lost no time in excusing himself to his guests, and, hurrying out to a taxi, told the chauffeur to take him home, and "step on it." Making a brave effort to control her agitation, Mrs. Ranger recounted as faithfully as she could the conversaâ€" tion between Hope and herself that morning and the program the girl had outlined for her movements. Ranger, who had listened intently to her report, gave a puzzled shaks of the head, and, stepping into the hall spoke to the butler. "so I‘m coming home at once. If she isn‘t there before I am, I‘ll trace her for you in no time." He glanced at his watch as he hung up the receiver. Twenty minutes after (To be continued.) 199 CHAPTER III 999 wWIN I AMKIVY â€" AKG TORONTO he â€" asked " _ ®~~~~2C l0 every day scenes. Forâ€" get the crowded streets and city din; see the things you‘ve longed to see; visit the places you‘ve read about; hit the open road that Beckons to fun and adventure, for a week, a month or a year, WALTER ANDREws LiMITED, 346 Yonge St., Toront;."o-nt. Bid goodbye to every day scenes Applicgnt (to magistrate): "I want some advice about my husband, sir. He left me twentyâ€"fivs years ago and I ain‘t seen him since." Magistrate : ‘"Well?" "What about me ‘aving a separation ?" "In decorating a room it seems to be the main thing to have a clear picâ€" ture in your own mind of just how you want it to appear when finished. After you have formed this mental picture, make a rough sketch of the details and if you possibly can, color this, even if you do it crudely. Right here you can catch any unharmonious details. You may find your walll paper will not harmonize with the chosen materialsâ€"the furniture that‘ is not to be covered may not be set i off advantageously by the pieces that| are to be glorified with alip covers.} Look well to the lamp shades, ornaâ€"| ments and picturea;_that they harâ€", monize with the lighter touch of the | summer furnishings. The few hours‘l time you spend on planning the whole] wiul be wel; spent." L "Shabbiness that has a â€" certain charm by firelight," he writes in ‘"Your Home", "is hopeless when the sun shines brightly, so if we are to hold our own with Nature we too must take heed and wipe away all dullness and dreariness and make every nook and corner of our own little kingdom as bright and cheerful as possible. There is not a room in the house that cannot be made beautiful and sumâ€" mery. Here is a partial list of mateâ€" rials that may be used, Glazed chintz, chint?, cretonne, heavy dimiâ€" ties, flowered French ticking, cotton damask, French percale, sateen, ging-l ham and unbleached muslin. 1 their houses Too many housekeepers think that when the lawn is nicely cropped, the garden planted, the trees sprayed, the porch fixed up and perhaps the house painted everything is all ready for the summer, points out a writer in "Your Home Magazine". But they have forgotten the most important thing of all, he says, the interior of (tures soft shirring to mold the hipline. Shirring is repeated at shoulders in |‘front to provide fulness to bodice. The lFrench V.front adds length to silâ€" houette. Crepe satin, sheer crepe, flat 'silk crepe and wool crepe are fashionâ€" able. Pattern in sizes 36, 38, 40, 42, ’44. 46, 48 and 50 inches bust measure. Size 36 requires 35% yards of 40â€"inch material with % yard of 36â€"inch conâ€" trasting. Price 20c the pattern. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plainâ€" ly, giving number and size of such patterns as you want. Enclose 20¢ in' stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and gédress your order to Wilson Pnttern' Service, 73 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by return mail C Bring Summer Inside Novelty woolen is used a great deal in daytime models, and it is particuâ€" larly smart in combination with canâ€" ton faille crepe or plain woolen in harmonizing tone. Style No. 901 feaâ€" PARTICULARLY SMART One swallow doesn‘t make a but several of them are sor good for a fall. (Elearor Hammond in Child Life Magazine) Where are you off to, little Road, Running away~from me? Down to the ocean, over a hill Where winds blow clean and free? Let me take your hand, little Road, Let me go with you and see! l The red pine is one of the most ’beautiful trees in Canada for ornaâ€" mental planting. Its great masses of long _ darkâ€"green, closely _ bunched needles contrast strikingly with the reddish color of the bark on its straight ragged trunk. It is a splenâ€" did tree for drives, borders, and lawns of large grounds. For the third: Before you make the dough, beat the two egg whites till stiff and put them in the iceâ€"box. Then mash the berries, make the cake ,â€"a]l as before. While the cake is baking, drain the juice from the mashâ€" ed berries (there should be oneâ€"third cupful at least). Add % cupful of sugar and dissolve well. Boil for four minutes, stand in a warm place while you take up the cake and fix the berâ€" ries on it as in the other methods, Boil sauce for two minutes, pour over the beaten whites and beat for three minutes. Pour into sauce bow! and serve at the table." till stiff. Fix the cake and mashed berries as before. Cover the shortâ€" cake with the whipped cream and then add the whole berries for garnâ€" ishing. "For the second: Do everything exactly as before, except while the cake is baking, y\'hlp 4 pint of cream on one half the berries. Put the secâ€" ond layer on top and cover with the rest of the berries. Add the whole berries you saved for garnishing and serve at once. A bit of powdered sugar shaken over the finished cake just before it goes to the table is a pretty addition. The cake may be eaten with or without cream, as preâ€" ferred. oven. The cakes should be ni(‘ely browned. Put one layer on a dessert plate and butter generously. Spread & cupful of sugar over the berries. Toss through with a fork, then put in a cold place till ready to serve the shortcake. Sift together twice into a lmlxlng bowl 2 cupfuls of flour, 4 teaâ€" ’spoont‘uls of baking powder, 4 teaâ€" spoonful salt, and *4 cupful of sugar. With the fingers work in 4 cupful of butter. The butter must be very cold at the beginning. Make a hollow in the centre of this mixture and pour in 44 cupful of milk. With a fork, toss till blended. Work quickly and with few motions, as this dough must be handled as little as possible. Divide into two portions. Drop each onto a floured cake pan. Pat out t!ill the pan is covered and the cake well shaped.‘ Bake 13 to 15 minutes in a quick | First: Select a few of the finest berries and set aside for garnishing the finished cake. Mash the rest, using a wire masher. Crush the berâ€" ries gently and only enough to start the juice. A half dozen motions with the masher will be plenty. Sprinkle Strawberries take the cake literally as well as figuratively as a June desâ€" sert. But even strawberry shortcake, as every housewife knows, no matter how delicious, can pall if it is always the same. The only remedy, in order to make the most of the berry season, is to vary the recipe. Here are three new ones: _ The fire for heating is in a trough which encircles ‘the hut, chaff being used for fuel. With the top closed, the fires are allowed to smoulder five days. The top is then opened, and the fires damped down to smouldering until the fourteenth day. From that time on the Reat from the incubating eggs is sufficient to keep the eggs at the right temperature, and on the twentyâ€"first day the little animated balls of fluff begin popping out and start looking for something to eat. The eggâ€"hatchers all come from the village of Birma in the Delta. Strawberry Shortcake Can Be Varied Too :rhe Beauty of Red Pine The incubator used here is practiâ€" cally the same as that used thousands of years ago. It is a domeâ€"shaped affair, about five yards in diameter, built of mud brick. There is a hole at the top, the hut being divided into six compartments, with a small passâ€" age ... the centre. Each compartment has two platforms which hold about 500 eggs. Inall the incubator has space for approximately 6,00€C eggs. An old saying in Egypt is that artiâ€" ficial incubation has been practiced so long that the Egyptian hen has about given up all hopes of ever beâ€" coming a clucking mother. Egypt‘s eggâ€"hatchers‘ union is one of the oldest trade organizations in the world. There are but few apprenâ€" tices, and these come from families which have been in the business from time {immemorial. Cairo.â€"Eggâ€"hatching has been acâ€" complished by artificial means in Egypt since the days of the Pyramids. Artificial Hatching |â€" Hen Has Given Over Hope of Being Cluckunig Mother, Is Old Saying of Country Eggs by Egyptians | Old as Pyramids A&;ntures spring, _ _ Dr. Donaldson of Wistar says the | brains of dead men reveal nothing. | Which is also true of the brains of quite a few who live and breathe. The curious fact that two of thei greatest English musicians were re-i spectively a bird (Byrd) and a buil‘ bas been noticed and the name otf William Byrd and of Dr, John Bulli have given risen to a number of| punning verses and skits. "When! England was a nest of singing birds" | bears direct reference to Byrd‘s | period, while in his lifetime Dr. Bull was the subject of laudatory couplets, of which the best known runs:â€" The bull by force in field doth raigne: But Bul] by skill good will doth gayne. Some people have even got the 1dea | that the name John Bull for the inâ€"| habitants of these islands was takenl irom the musician. A reliable antisepticâ€"Minard‘s. MOST people know this absolute antidote for pain, but are you careful to say Bayer when you buy it? And do you always give a glance to see Bayer on the boxâ€"and the word genuine printed in red? It isn‘t the genuine Aspirin without it! A drugâ€" store always has Bayer, with the proven directions tui:kedy: every box : Thus, for instance, an arrangeâ€" ment on the edge of a wood calls for a background of such trees sas Red Maple, Birch and Cedar with perhaps some of the flowering Dogwoods or Red Buds; against these should be set such shrubs as Wild Rosemary, Pinkster and Mountain Laurel with a foreground planting of Canada Violets. | There is usually a spot on every | | country place, large or small, waiting | |\ to be developed with native plants‘ | into a wild garden. Few people know . ‘how to utilize these spots and also‘ lwhat constitutes a wild garden. | in the assortment and arrangement of its plants as the rock garden. In fact on the selection and position of material depends its success or failâ€" ure, after, of cousse, one has deterâ€" mined upon the proper site for this refreshing garden group. And this site must be a natural one. The terms, properly signifies the reâ€"| produciion of any native plants in l! habitat that is as near !Hke the ones‘ from which they were taken, at any | artificial home can imitate the origl-i nal. It means really the use of no only native materia but its use with the flowers and shrubs which grow babitually together, which like a | similar exposure and â€" temperature,| and which lend themselves to thlsf gort of treatment, _ The native garâ€" den, while its inbabitants are gatherâ€"| ed from meadows and brooks and hl:l-‘ gides, requires as much skilful thought | Why Not Plant a Wild Garden Byrd and Bull Mode in Canoda â€" No Alum! 1SSUE& Mo. 22â€"28 mAGIC your baking, use BAKING POWDER ror aul C Threeâ€"yearâ€"old Mary was having an unhappy morning, fussing and crying without cause. To change her thoughts her mother said to her: "Mary, run (o the window and see the big dog £« ing by," Mary watchad the dog out of sight and then turnec to her mother and said: "Marma what was it 1 was crying abortt" Members of the lona Society wo! willing to take advice from this sic« and to do something for what )« might call vocationa) teaching : training for the Mighlanders of Soo land. Their scheme embraced mor than the maintenance of the Gaeli language. It embraced romance, cul ture, education, and industries, an« when they had got it clarified thes would do their best to collect th« funds for the purposes they had in view . The real intention of the Jona ciety was wider than just the ; viding of a Gaelic college. The nw bers of the society had an into love for the Hihglands, and thes alized that there was no better s« in America than that which hai from Scotland. Consequently were grateful toward this coun and while they desired to see S« men emigrate to America they a wished to do all they could to impr: this well of Higniand humanity wh waters were always flowing wostwa f Inverness, Scot.â€"â€"Presiding at the annual dinner of the Gaelic Society at Inverness recently the Duke of Atholl, chief of the society, said that he was much interested while in America in meeting some of the memers of the lona Society because they woere the people from whom the idea of a Gaelic college in the HMighlands had emanated. . The long stretch of wat er between the two countries gave opportunity for misunderstanding and he was glad to be able to put the pos! tion in this country more clearly 1« fore the lona Society. According to Mr. Sleeper, un whose supervision the airplane ra research will be carried on, th« mediate problems to be solved inc‘ the development of successful rec« ing equipment for telegraph, teleph: and visual indicating, the determi tion of suitable antenna arrangemer most efficient wavelengths, and : design of lowâ€"power transmitters communicating with the earth. Radio equipment to be commer successful must stand up under tinued flight, month after mont! must be more free from mainte repairs than radiacast recelvers pilots would rather do without than be concerned about its po: failure in time of need. |_It may seem as if it should be an easy matter to design airplane reqgiy ing equipment, but the fact 4s Thai ordinary methods which are entirely satisfactory for operation on the ground do not stand up under flying conditions. Most sets fail hefore the plane gets into the air, from jerks and bumps as the plane taxies amcross the field. In the air there is a continual vibration under which wiring connec tions fail. If the apparatus lasts through the first flight, it may break down in a rough landing or taxiing back to the hangar. | * All the ignition system is shi ’w prevent sparking interference |\the receiving instrument. _ j metal part is wired together, grounded to the welded stee! n whlce comprises the framework cause of the unreliability of air« generators, a special gearin= wa: for this plane by the Wright Comy by means of which a generator ~a riven from the motor. Instead of the aluminum pain: dinarily used to cover the w lacquer is emplioyed. That is duce the capacity of the short 1 antenna stretched across the » Behind the cabin is a large com ment which is arranged as the ; laboratory, enfrance to which is tained through a large door, T is also a door in the side of the i lage, opening into the laborator; be used when the machine is on ground. A radio antenna, designed for =) wave transmitting and receiving. tinguishes the airplane radio |ab tory. It is stretched across the foot span of the single wing. In dition, a trailing wire can be le: through the cabin floor to be used wave lengths of 600 meters or mo; The -lcy‘o embodies every mod em‘ta from the newest type of Wright irlwind motor to specia springsâ€"inâ€"oil landing gear. | Balsap wool sound insulation, packed in the walls of the spacious cabin, gives sut. ficient quiet for ordinary conversation All windows are of shatterâ€"proo!f glass _ An airplane for the specific purpose of research in airplane radio + phone and telegraph equipmen. ; big 1â€"passenger monoplane, built by E4j Stinson for the Pllot Electric Cop. pany of Brooklyn, was exhibited |» the recent airplane show at Detroit, Mich. This fying radio laboratory, sister ship of the one used by Mossys Stinson and Haldeman when they y» cently broke the world‘s endurance record, hbas many unusual features which make Jt distinetly unique Pilot Now Operating Stinson Monoplane Equipped for Aviation Research Airplane Radio _ Laboratory !s First of Kind Explained Scheme n rt big die »mâ€" in it rt h d Thos. Alva Edi Inventing W An Appreciation Deliv Arthur Williams at : ner in Honor of Edison in New Y on May 24th Rep duced in Part The ancestors Fdison, in whic gathered tonight from Holland, land «on the shore of Btaten Island, at John, the grandfat) the greatgrandfat whom this evening UaFry he wen perhaps resulted neigh bo gan, Y months school « ble and for his pT bis cl @nd th he was ©xp gan pha fact whi In th graph, a application . made two y« of the work ing APL tha t 61 an ejecU he will ® example which + on« facts n lab Anotber Oou! of Mr. Edison which he reac the «simplicity language with them. An 4 his remarks w markable illu: Exposition sof extensive and tuag. ‘Gazlt wery m»ch d Cal LIFE AN INSPIRA Wls 5 rlef () At rt 1y h and ! work n# T n# nndln( b'- " mp . flamer irvelous off not All a Au Interes 11 re A€ tt