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l*^. Heartsease and Gentian Hy GEUTRIJDK UOIilNSON. PAKT III. I "What was the teletriain, mother? Hori..-e Ludiow spent the manv.ng. I^'>'t he coininK?" making provision for the care of the; iMadam Cheney 1)iir8t into tear.'-. lumberman who was too ill to be She shook her hend. left alone; then he packed Ills lie- "Never, mother?"' asked Eloise. longings for a journey. 13y noon he "Never, Kloise. I will explbinâ€" was swinKin? aloni? the road to the ""'"e time," jfasped the mother nearest station, behind a loam of fresh ll>i<'i'ph her sobs, post horses. By ni^ht he was at ihej "Oh! 1 am .so jrlad! So ^lad! So â- station, impritientlv waitinp for nn'^lad! I never wanted to irlarry him, express. He ha'd but five days to pctj '"o'-^er!" exulted the 1,'irl. Like a hi's proof in regard to her dauRhtcr'si SP"'^ a^""* to be freed from chains, betrothed into tangible form and; -"he rai.scd her haiids to pull the veil present it to Madam Cheney. j f""*"" *>"' head. It was exactly five days later that,, ^»^'""''"*'' ^'>^ ^'f ?'"''â-  '"°^'>^'- '^'^ .Horace Ludlow interviewed his man '^^„ '"^f""^'*^^' clergyman. Horace 'in the office of the South American j ^^"''"7 '^'J'^f f-^.i;^",' ^"'l gently consul. A detective had caught him '°°'' 'l" ^^t^^- . ^°" t»ke „t off just as he was about to board the'-^''^^' '^'"'^'f' ,^'\ ""P'o^*-''- ^ ^ boat which would land him in Halifax^ . ^''°'^.'' '"°'^«'' ''^'^"^. f^": t^« ""t^ time since she entered the '5«f' <^A. v>\4 V. x^ ^t^feSitj W. I«. HoXiaaon Oemn K. FfrttM SOLDIER SETTLERS Men who fought In the Great War breaking land in Sasltatchewan for next year's operations. Such scenes are quite common In the central pro- vinces now. -' the next morning' .'n time to catch the train for liirch Point and his wcddinK. There was a stormy se.?sion, but at its conclusion Horace Ludlow folded away in his pocket a signed document that wouM put a stop to the wedding scheduled to occur the next morning in Birch Po'nt. Harper, the disap- pointed sea-captain bridegroom. room. "Why, it is you!" she breathed. Parson â-  Weathei'by blundere.l to- ward the door. Hi.s hand was on the knob when Horace Ludlow spoke. ' "Wait a moment, Parson Weather- by. Don't send the people away just yet. It may not be necessary." "Eloise," he said, with the air of a man who knows that he i< master -:i2l. boarded ft .South American tramp jof ^^^ situation, "will you-walk- steamer, glad enough to buy imniumtyj down the church aisle-with me-to- by leaving the country even though j^y ? I have loved you all these hi3 own boat wa.s in a St. John dock I y^aj.g " for repairs The stateroom he had re-j -why, I_" began ..hocked Madam served on the Halifax boat was used! ci.eney, drying her tears. by Horace Ludlow, who was deter- p^^ ihe first time in her life, Eloise mined to carry in person the details j chenev did not heed her mother. She of h,5 investigation. He had already I stopped up to Horace Ludlow and took dispatched a telegram announcing the; hj^ fa^e between her two cold little vmans (^h >QPQ Alake Your Iceless Refrigerator. ] back of John's bad temper or Mnry's Do not let the food spoil! Here's' sulkiness, famMy life would be a much a way to keep it cool for $3.17, andj pleasui.ter thirg. If there is ever a it's nothing but a wooden frame with I *^»"' for b<.'rg good-natured i! .s a cloth around it. Any smart girljwicn the mercury runs up to l.-.e nineties and every mother should real- ize that upon her depends tiie good will drink. Keep him out-of-doors all day, if possible. Dress him lightly and bathe him night aTO morning with water at about the temperature of the air. To keep fly-paiper from blowing off the table, or wherever it is placed, tack a sheet of it to a small board about thp same length ns the paper. It will be found much easier to handle. When your feet grow tired and ache, and it is not practicable to take off your shoes, lie down and raise your feet as high as your head and higher. The blood will fiow away from them and they will feel easier. This is the plan somet'mes used by soldiers on a march. In the se.ison of thunder storms It is wise to have ladder;, and buckets of water at hand. Often a fire that would dastroy buildings, and stock could be extinguished if instant means were taken. Chemical fire extinguish- ers, not too heavy to be handled by a woman or child, that are simple in operation and non-explo.=i'.ve, are a great protection, and should be found in every home. A broom will last longer if on each wash day, after the clothes are all boiled, it is dipped for a moment in the soapy suds. Then ahakt it as free from water as possible and hang up Po 1 paused a moment there by the handle. Slip an old r.'jwspaper i Watched the soft lights in her hair, underneath to catch the drippings. If j Watched her lips, we asked the lulsi there is a tendency to lop-aidednesa. If they wasn't ripe to kiss. ». press the broom into shape while it Victory Bonds BalKn of Vlc'oiy Bonds will nnd afftnlt* prlcea anoted on the flnaaolal DW o> tM Toronto momlnR' vagtrs. W. L. McKINNON & CO. Bcaitra in Oov*ntn>«nt and Kunlolpal Bonda HCoKljiDon Bldtr.. 19 Uallnda St., Toront» The Harvest. Summer's ainilin' and the oats Have rut on their yaller coats. Xoddln' 'iieath the skys of blue While the binders' song anew Fills the air with huminin' din, Singing, "harvests here ag'in." Bob o' link an' meadow lark Sweetly sing from morn 'till dark Near the brooks and in tho wood La2y Cattle chew their cud. In the barnyard mistress hen Braggs "I've laid an egg ag'ln. Yesterday while walking by Shocks of oats, I chanced to spy Sweetest vision of a maid. Resting in their coolin' shade, Eyes o' blue and lips so red Aiust a been where cherries bled. delay of the bridegroom. The Halifax boat was late; the j^e eyes, hands and looked him searchingly lin train was delayed by a washout. The town clock was striking twelve when^ the stage at last deposited him. at Point Inn. Everything was strangely j quiet, even for Birch Point. The inn- keeper did not recogn,'ze Horace Lud- "Is it because you love me, and not â€" because I've just been jilted and you are sorry for me?" she ch.illenged. "It is because I love you. I swear it by the little red psalm book I've carried about for five year.s," solemn- low as the shipyard worker of fivei,. confessed the" m«n years before. You l! have to wait a Y.\o\,<i turned to her mother. "Tell bit for .your dinner, unless a cold them to strike up the wedding march," unch will do,' the innkeeper .^aid. ghe commanded. The whole town has gone to churchi Horace Ludlow waited beside Par- ..'!> *"' "^1- ,^; , „ ! son Weatherby at the old church altar A wedding? repeated Horace an,, watched his maid o' dre.ims come Ludlow, vaguely (^10^.,^ .lo^n the aisle behind her •\es. boasted the innkeeper. "The; flovver-laden bridesmaids. In her hand pre tiest girl m Birch Point is going ..he bore only a small, shabby, red to be married to an English swell-; p,^,^ ,,,„,.. j^e'twcen its leaves was sea-captain He runs his own boat the only bridal bouquet she thought I can build one. I The iceless refrigerator is a fine , thing, simple and cheap. Missionar- ^Pif'*/'. "^ ^^"^ fam.dy. , ies in India discovered that if they! Babies are better if undcrdrossed I were to live in the intense heat of,"?'" overdressed in hot weather. If ; that rcgicn they must stretch wet!? ''^"'^ °^ fl^""«' '^ kept around the : sheets across the doors and windows, : ^J^,*'^ "^''^ ,'« ''"le danger from and the hot winds blowing through <^'""^' <=ven though the only other ^_^^ ^.,.-„,.. _. made the rooms comfortably cool, j sannent is a loose romper or bloomers , ^^^^ ^j^^ ^ ^^^^^ dressing This is the simple principle of the' ""J J,^.f,:.nrnnnrfl T father s and | t,,, ^^^^^ ^„a i„„^, „f ^he meat. I iceless refrigerator. A wet cloth sur- i "^1 ,^, !" Tf f ^ t' ^ T" i Blackberry pudding: Half fill a bak- 1 1 rounding a frame will make the space :l";,'l„:tt°lH/c.T *^' • f ^â„¢f ^ ing-dish with berries; sprinkle well on the inside cool enough to keep the' !"""'"* ^«"ti^th^7 1, f 1 ^''^ ^^^^'^ ^"'^ <'«* ^^'^h butter; cover enough to permit their being drawn' jjj, ^ ^^^^^^ ^^^^ ^ Seating to- is wet and pliable. Use short cuts in your work; one short cut is to punch holes in the bot- tom of a tin can and put it in your rinsing pan. When you wash the silver knives, forks and spoons put them upright in it and pour hot water over them. Drain a moment, then set on the back of the stove to dry. No wiping will be needed. A garnishing of shredded lettuce, watercresR, parsley, nasturtium blos- soms, slices of lemon, or hard-boiled #ggs, give to a dish of cold meat a more appetizing appearance and flavor. Left-over cooked peas, moist- also im- Now Tin gladest that I've been Harvest time is here ag'in. Ulnard'a Ualment durea Oartrat la Cow* Gold Production. The gold production of the British Empire was in 1916, the latest year In which complete Hgures are available, 14,229,844 ounces, or 64 per cent of the world's totaL According to statistics' in the Canada Year Book, the Dominion' comes fifth as a gold-producing coun-. try. Australia Is third. In silver pro- duction Canada takes second place In the world. Patience is the right bower of sue- I cess. milk sweet, the butter hard and the other foods in good condition. If, up into position and no pins are re- quired to hold them. worth cherishing â€" a frail spnig of heartsease, dry and faded and i-oady between St, John and Rio de Janiero. ' It is a big matoh for a Birch Point girl, though her family ,is the best ; t„^7aTi7nt''o dust."now"ihar its' mission hereabout5=. \ou can go to the wed-, „,as so successfully accomplished, ding If ycu want to; everybody isi The audience gasped with aston/ish- inyited, he addj-d genernu.sly. ^^^^ „t the sif^ht of the strange brids- It must be aoout ^beginning ' ^^oom, for few had known and none' He race Ludlow started off- brisKly! remembered the young shipyard in the direction of the church. His I worker of five years before. But while brain was in a ferment. Had some-; the marriage serva-e was being rea.l, th.ng gone- wrong after all? Had his failed gether two eggs, two small cupfuls you live where ice is hard to get ori "'"i^^lL)," j"'"'" Jj"""' i- u* 1 1*4.!"* lour and enough sweet milk to if you have no ice house or cellar or ,,„'"' °^„^uf tW * j^'^V,^'^^^^; : make a batter as thick as ri.'.i cream, even if you have a cold cellar, save 11^ '"J^.^^J.^Vt W f f ''^ ^ ' Beat well, add two teaspoonfuls of steps with an iceless refrigerator. i^„"L ^.^L th<f ^ .,! * '° baking powder.' a littlr salt, pour over There are four corner nosts each' v v • ^''^^'^f^^^ ^^^ wiith tears and ^^ berries and bake for forty minutes 3 f?^rin^'^higtand°m:de^:ri;ri;^^rnricfestra°^^^^^^ - ^ -''-- --• ^'-^--^ " lumber. The shelves should be made ! will make up for the lack of break- of 1x12 in. lumber and the corners' fast. sawed out 1x2 in. to fit the corner | Early in the morning throw one posts. The shelves are 15 in. long.; downstairs room open to the cool, The middle shelves may be made of ^ fresh air, and as soon as the sun is strips or of poultry netting so as fairly up close it tightly, shutting out to let the air through. | every possible degree of heat. Im- An easy way to frame it in your, mediately after dinner tell the little, . , , , mind is to "play" you are going to people, and children are little people' fP'"> "y "early unanimous consent build two ladders, one on each side.^rom two years of age to twelve, that' ^"^""^ ^^'^ ^""^'^ controvert It would SALT All grades. Write for prices. TORONTO 8ALT WORKS O. J. OLIFF . - TORONTO Blueberries can be used in the same way. ff HINTS #^OR INVENTORS. Suggestions That Will Keep Their Brains From Becoming Ossified. That "nothing is impossible" is one of the most popular of theories, ac- , J. ., , , . some of them knew intuitively how telegram f.ailed to arrive, or had ^^^row had been the dividing line be- Harper eluded ihe detective hired to | twcen romance and tragedy. The' see him safely out of the country? ' There was an unusually large crowd around the church door. Birch Point carriages waited in the street. Strains of music camo through the open windows. Straightening his fhoulders, and w,ith a grim face that bore scant resemblance to that of the young man who had once made love to the bride who was waiting out there in the anteroom, Horace Ludlow strode into the hall. This, too, was packed with people. \ glance into the church showed rows of seated specta- tors. He hastened on to the little room at the end of the vestibule. Parson Weatherby appeared at the door, his face blank with surprise. "Have you any news?" the parson implored. "The bride is ready and wa.-ting. This is terrible." He seemed to realize intuitively that this stanger held the key to the situation. "Yes," said Horace Ludlow, simply. "I must see Madam Cheney at once, alone." "They are waiting in my study be- yond," directed Parson Weatherby. The study door opened and Madam Cheney advanced. In her hand flut- tered a slip of yellow paper. "This has ju?t come," she faltered. "What throng of men and women from whom romance had departed sat in hallowed quiet. The fingers of the organist faltered-for a moment at the keys. After the stately marriage service was read, and Horace Ludlow walked down the aisle with his bnide, they passed the pew where he had sat that Sunday evening so many years before. Horace Ludlow smiled to himself as he pressed the fingers of the bride. "Have you d%ne it yet, dear?" he whispered. "What?" arked Eloise. "Prayed for me â€" as I asked you that Sunday evening five years ago?" Eloise, suddenly aware of the real- ity of the man beside her, flushed as she did on that same evening. "I think," she said demurely, "that Parson Weathertiy did it very well instead." (The End.) top of the posts They should fit between them, and the pared for just this use early in thei nails (8-penny finish nails) should be i morning with heavy cotton comfort- j driven through the posts into the end ables on the floor and cool pillows, of the bars. The second "step" should be 12 in. below the first and the third 12 in. below the second. This makes the fourth bar 15 in. below the third. Now when you have the two ladders or sides done, you can fit your lower shelf right on and nail it, then the next and the next and last of all the top shelf. To brace the whole frame there really should be a cross bar under the top shelf in front and back, and the same unde:- the lower shelf, also. The door is too simple to need description. The pan was made to order to fit the top and cost $1.00 but .vou can mastery of Inventive genius. Naturally, we are reluctant to invite such accusation. However, we deem It , . ~ _ ., . . . , to be not out of order to submit a par- and, us,ing firmness if necessary, insist .. ,,,.,»_ 1 . » • *• *i,„f n,„7 t 1 Ti I tial list of i?*t)ducts of inventive gen- that they go to sleep. The average!, , â- ,â- ,•»•» > *• » „u;i 1 , 11 1 i-i ii, J, lus whose possibilitity, from time to child will sleep until three or four ., , , ,« â-  * , 1 „i„, , 1 iv 1 • I L X -time declared^ femains to be demons- clock and the most intense heat of the day will then be passed. After supper allow them to play in the yard until dark, and give them a special bed-time treat either of fruit, ice cream, a cold glais of some kind of fruitage, or any delicacy easiily prepared. How To Do Things. Ice cream is a real food and not a delicacy. Families having their own freezers should serve ice-cream often Care. Peace and put off all care from thee. Endure a little and be strong. And lo! this ever-rising sea, Thiia mounting tide of misery, S'hall sink, shall ebb, 'ere long. can it all mean! And the people are \Vhal though the years have brought gathered und the music begun. I must say it is very inconsiderate of Captain Harper; I supposed he was already at the- Inn." "I have word for you concerning â€" Captain Harper," said Horace Ludlow. ".May I see you and Parson Weather- tiy alone for a few moments?" Parson Weatherby closed the <ioor on the curious crowd in the hallway. \Vith tlie aid of his document it took I about ten minutes for Horace Ludlow to convince Madam Cheney that the man she had chosen for her daughter to marry was a scoundrel. She listen- ed to him quietly, the mounting color in her cheeks alone revealing her in- to grief The days of warmth, the days of ease. The blossom odorous and brief. The bursting and ephemeral leaf; Good fruit shall follow these â€" Gifts, that whate'er the gods may send Shall lift us high and bear us far, And these are Labor without end And Courcge, which is man's last friend, And H.inor, his ono Star. « . Conclusive. "How did you get on?" The sweet maiden breathe;! the tense agitation. When she fini.^hed j words Into her lover's inanly ear as rending the signed dtclaratiop that she mot lilni in- the passage. Lad been extracted from Captain! He had been "acoiug father, Hi.rper, she gave her hand to Horace ' she wanted to know the result. Ludlow. "Oh. your father Is Heartless! "Some day. perhaps. I can thank the yoiing man indignantly. you adequately for saving my dauph- told him 1 could not live without you ler from that â€" scoundrel. Uut 1 do and ' and said "Iâ€" I not under.stand how you came to take ijUch on interest in our affairs, for I do not remember ever seeing you be- fore. Parson Weatherby, will yoii tell the people â€" what i- necessary â€" and Ft-nd tliem home?" -At that moment the studi/ door opened and Eloise walked into the "Yes, yes!" -- Impatiently. "What did he say?" "He merely offered to pay my funer- al expenses!" « Lord Jcllicoe was received at Port Lincoln, Australia, by "Black Fanny," _,,,,,., . the oldest of the ilistrict aboriginals, room. She looked like a woman of ^y^^ swathed in a Union Jack, play- snow in hc» trailing white bridal ^ov.n, with the rare lace veil that h.id been Jier mother's nnd her grand- r, .*.;â- . :r"s flcatinfe from her hciid. fully tapped his Lordship on the hecks Micard'i Uulmaut Cnraa Slvlillierla. J During hot weather give the baby all the cool watiir â€" not ice water â€" ^he use a bread baking pan that fits snug- ^'"' '•assert. Its cost is no greater ly. Or this can be tin, painted and '*"*" "^^""^ °^ P'* ^"*^ ''^'^^ *"'' '* '"^^ then enameled to prevent rusting '^"®* nourishment^. The whole frame should be painted "^^"^^ ^^^° ^° picmckji?g should bo.il to keep it from warping. A wire!"" drinking water and milk before screen may be put around the sides '''"'"•""&. People who have been auto- and on the door if you wish to make! ""ob'l'ne c picnicking in an unfam- it stouter and to exclude injects I "'""â-  ne.'Bhborhood often bring home A cover of canton flannel, burlap or ' ^" ^"^^^^ ^°'"** typhoid-fever germs duck is made to fit the frame. Pdf I ^^""^^ develop later, the smooth side out if canton flannel '^'"'^ '^''"''^ *"*" '^^ '"''''® "°^ ^"'^ is used. It will require about three r^'"'®"^ "®^' father the leaves when yards of material. This cover is but-' '''"y ""'^ '^'®''"' '^'^°P f^r^^\}i, put in a toned around the top of the fvame"^""'® """^ *^^' "''"^ ^'"^'^"'â- ' '^°'''' ^â- Â®''- and down the side on which the door i ^''^" "^®'' P"^"" """^ ^^® quantity de- is not hinge<l, using buggy hooks and i ^"â- Â®'' ^""^ ^^ivoring, and. add to it more eyes or large-headed tacks and eye- '' ^''"egar and sugar to taste, lets worked in the material. On the front side arrai.ge the hooks on the top of the door instead of on the frame and also fasten the cover down the Tatch .side of the door, allowing a wide hem of the mattrial to overlap the place where the door closes. The door can then be opened without un- buttoning the cover. The bottom of the cover should extend down into the lower pan. Four double strips, which taper to 8 or 10 inches in width, are sewed to the upper part of the cover. These strips form wicks that dip over into the upper pan. The iceless refrigerator has the ad- vantage of not drying out. The cloth folded into the pan of water at the top acts the same as the lamp wick which draws ihe kerosene up to the fl;\me. The cloth around the refriger- ator drawn the water just like a wick nnd the cloth is kept wet all the way down to the bottom. k\\ you have to do is keep the pan filled with water, just as you mustfreep your lamp filled with oil. The iceless refrigerator should be placed where the air is in motion. The Comfortable Child. The uncomfortable child is .llways cross. If mothers would spend n little more time in discovering the cause trated by accomplishment. Those that just now occur to me are: Power for Industrial purposes de- rived from tidal movements. Storage of the sun's summer heat for use in winter. Extraction of gold, in paying quanti- ties, from the waters of the ocean. Perpetual motion. Storage of winter atmosphere tor use as a substitute for Ice in the sum- mer. A cheaper substitute for gasoline. A device for supervision of the opeation of the law of gravitation in case o( accident to aircraft. Comiuuniciation with the inhabi- tants of Mars. The harnessing of atmospheric elec- tricity. Prevention of earthquakes. Production of rainfall when it is needed. Accurate weather predictions. .Doubtless, in many minds there are riiany other theoretical possibilities whose realization would be of great benefit to mankind. To avert contro- versy, we shall not dispute the asser- tion that everything is possible, but patiently await further practical de- moustraUous of Its truth. LARK'S 0yps mmvm mmm F0BPUR5TY W.CUARK LIMIT£O.MON1IIKAV B-BKBf â- v*^''y: ?i^^"^^a?^w BENSON'S Corn Starch Desserts â€" Rolls Sauces ENSON'S is pure prepared corn starch, delicate and nourishing, unexcelled for all cooking purposes. It improves the texture of bread, biscuits and rolls if one-third of the flour is substituted with Benson's Corn Starch. It makes pie crusts light and flakey. There is a recipe for the most delicious Blanc Mange on the package, together with a dozen other uses. Benson's is the best corn starch for making sauces and gravies smooth and creamy. Write for booklet of recipes J26