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comé CUREC: "I will come if you wish it so much, of course," she said. with a simplicitly that «mote bim. "Ob. look at those â€" waterâ€" lilies!" she exelaimed, pointing to a bunch Boating near the edge of the waier. "I want you to," he said. "It will be the only thing that will make it tolerâ€" wble." He paused. ‘"The Mershons will eome, I hope. You know them?" "Ob, yee," she said unsuspiciously. "We see more of Mr. Mershon than ever. He is always at The Woodbines. Father and he are engaged inâ€"well, rll don‘t kno what it is; but they spend a great Jga1 of time poring over papers. And Mrs. Sherborne is often there. I have gone out driving with her several times. It has heen rather dull lately. I suppose I m‘ss Bobby," ahe added, innocently. ‘ 1 a T. ‘ *o",m Smehpnrty may â€" amuse vou," he said. "I hate the thought of it; I «hall hate it worse if you will not . His heart was beating with the joy of | being near her, the delight of hearing her | voice again. They reached the brid‘el which spanned the narrow, rippling river, and they stopped and leaned on the rail, | looking at the stream. | "I am going to bare a big dinner," he| said. "I have to feed thoze who have Ied! me, not wisely but too well. I want you | 10 come." | Decima shook her head and smiled. \| "(Â¥1, I Ron‘t think so." she eaid. Bobby‘s | not here, you know, and fatherâ€"and faâ€"| ther wod:o be lost in a big party. He ; never goes anywhere. No, I do not think ; I will come, thanks." 4# Tap â€" ghe s â€""I am pleased to hear it," he eaid There was a silence. "And did you hear from Bobby ?" "Yes," he eaid. "Me wrote me such a long letter. And he told me all about your rooms. They are beautiful, be says, only much too handâ€" some and rich for him. And he is so proud of being a member of that fashionâ€" able club, and 1 was to try and thank you, because he never could. He says he is working hard. but having ‘such a good + Decima nodded brightly. She had been pale and sad a moment or two agoâ€"he was eure of it. Was she pleased to see him? "Oh, yes; we have gomne on just as if you were here. Mr. Bright wanted to ask you about things; but I begged him not to worry you, but to let you go on enâ€" joying yourself." "Thanks!‘‘ he eaid, through his elosed weth. "That was very kind of you." Enjoying himeelf! Yes, Mr. Bright agreed with me. He is so delighted at your goivg out so much." ‘Oh, he is*" "It was not dull," he said, trying to ak more cheerfully; "ard if you think 3:‘ a course of dinnerâ€"parties is provoâ€" eative of pleasure Ah, well!" He lookâ€" ed round. "Is everything going on all right?" be asked, as he walked beside her. "No," he said, looking away from her. "Iâ€"have been busyâ€"* "I know," she said, quickly. "We have heard of your visiting andâ€"and dining out; and 1 am so glad." "Glad! Why?" he asked, moodily. on. I{unusg_ it must be so pleagant for you," she said. ‘Pleasant!‘‘ he said, grimly. "Isn‘t it?" she eaid. "I think it must be to meet new and nice rxplc. And it was so dull for you at the Hallâ€"all alone, and seeing no one." "Oh, yes; ago. . And know. But lage lately As he raised his eyes, something whot through his heartâ€"a dull, aching painâ€" for he thought she looked pale and sad. But her aweet face brightened as she saw him, and her eyes darkened with pleasâ€" ure as he stopped and regarded her awkâ€" wardly and in silence, for the sight of her unnerved him. He kept away from The Woodbines, and avoided the village while he was going through his course of "diversion" and making the attempt to forget her. But instead of forgetting her, his mind dwelt on her day and night. She came upon him as he sat at a big dinnerâ€"party, and he would lay down his knife and fork and look straight before him with an expresâ€" wlion of abstraction which not seldom startled the lady who sat beside him, and to whom, a few minutes before, he had seemed all attention. He avoided Decima. But one davy ha met her coming through the village. He was riding aloug, his head bent gloomily, the dogs runmning silently at his hee‘sâ€" how quick the dogs are to understand and harmonize with their master‘s moods!â€" and he saw Decima coming toward him. She had a small baeket on her arm, for she had been visiting eome of her sick people. "You have been in There is measles there?" he said, by "Oh, yes; but I‘ve on her him as he wou look st will the wickedne cination for them times whe bored, Ga deathâ€"was reputation men cease L NOC ETTP OPPUBO PRERIHT AEERTTY MR the sort of man to catch a girl‘s faficy. They raved about his good looks, his disâ€" tinguished manners, his travels and adâ€" venturesâ€"his very grimnessâ€"for eomeâ€" came back wearied to death, and in a very bad humor; and in a few days the usual invitations poured in. He accepted them one and all, and went the round of the dinnerâ€"parties and festivities which, all too palpably, had been got up in his homor. And he did his best to be agreeâ€" able, and. harder still, to be amvwsed and "diverted." There was a large familyâ€" mostly girlsâ€"at the Cattermoles‘, and t[my were all mad over him. Gaunt was sudden resolution. He would fo into soâ€" eiety ; he would meet the people he had avoided, see fresh faces, "divert hie mind." In the afternoon he had out his mail pbhaeton and pair and drove round payâ€" ing calls. The Cattermoles, the Petterâ€" gills, and all the rest of them received hbim with great, and searcely concealed Joy. They thought him rather absentâ€" minded and grim; but they were only too delighted to have him in any mood. He In the morning he cursed his folly. Was this the way to forget her? To brood in the solitude of the great house over his secret love? After breakfast he came to a sudden resolution. He would en ints an. ; _ . % D0l: be said. "I am living in a fool‘s paradise, and 1 shall wake preâ€" sently to find myself inâ€"the other place. I‘ll burn this. Yes; T‘ burn itâ€"andâ€"and try to forget her."" He held the poor litâ€" tle ribbon to the candleâ€"but drew it back with something like a moan on his li?. The ribbon alept on his heart that night â€"and every night; and his heart said to It: "I love herâ€"I love her!" and the rib bon murmured back, "I know 16." s"Tle‘u! soul in her lovely eyes. He took the look home with himâ€"it haunted him as he sat,. smoking endless pipes. in the chair she had bought for him. It followed him to his room, where, having diemissed Hobson, he stood with ber ribbon in his hand. .l am a fool!" he said. "I am livine in DLz OW COete SÂ¥ 1 own," be said, in a casual man cooks very fairly, and little dinnerâ€"party; it‘s mo than dining at IL club. me for anything you want and Bobby . could only thanks. Decima said not another he wished them goodâ€"bye, her hand and leoked at hir grateful soul in her lovaly so innocenly ! "I‘m afraid thatâ€"t» quite the thing." he s; must let me think of seemed too dear, too a "as Decieâ€" sometimes." As he walked up » Woodbines â€" he gained with her by doing 3e to Bobby., 80 in BP s db iscc "But does it matter?" she a, ing at him innocently. ‘"Why you call me Decima, ;f you 1 better than Miss Deane." And better siil)." He looked at her steadily, h‘ pressed. .She was tartaniw@ o you soâ€" He drew hl: twitched, ; Startled by h bhand back ar _ T ow for me your p; so anything there w oa 0 PC E cheq ,, â€"_***y sharply, ; ched. thenâ€" as she looked tled by his sudden zâ€"«tn: 1 back and laid i+ on her onâ€"you forget al} that y« me. Decima." He bit his ‘ pardon, Miss Deane! TY OtK Iâ€"I Hear wniim Lecs when he was more Gaunt was almost was voted an added > been in those cottages again. measles or something, isu‘t said, by way of greeting. but I‘ve had the measles long they‘re nearly over now, you you baven‘t been into the vilâ€" have you?" Iâ€"1 hear your so often." CHAPTER xIy he was more than usually nt was almost as grim as vroted an added charm; and his for wildnessâ€"well, when woâ€" to be women, and only then, ckednees of man lose its fasâ€" CHAPTER XV Her Great Love; _her steadily, h‘s was tortaring him goodâ€" bye lho ;av'o“hl; here as if it were 3 a casual way. ‘"The another word, but as ‘J, and can manage a it‘s more comfortable club. Y.ou'" write to Or, A Stl’ugx]e For a heart that it wouldn‘t be said. ‘"Butâ€"well, you f you as"â€"the name sacred to be epokenâ€" with them to The 1 another half hour â€"he gave some keys "@a"ply, and his lips e looked at him half " 2 «tmn:eâ€"he slid his . on her arm. ! that you have done bit his lip. "I heg ane! ‘The name slipâ€" our brother aâ€"calling him with all her you like? It is Cont‘d) stammer _ hie 1e asked, emilâ€" Why shouldn‘t . and all Decie is lips com | ed to take more interest in chatting with | Bobby than in the game. He talked â€"well, |Bobby thought he had never met a more | charming man, or one more frank and candid, and really, almost childâ€"likeâ€"in 'hin genial simplicity. In the course of an | hour Bobby felt as if he had known Mr. | Morgan Thorpe for years. Trevor eaid !littla. but played with a kind of moody | absorption, and made â€" some _ splendid | breaks. He took a card from his case and gave it to Bobby, with a charming emile. The eard bore this inecription: "Mr. Morgan Thorpe, 31 Cardigan Terrace, 8.W." Bobby put the card in his pocket, said he would be punctual, and the two menm left the club. "'l'hzul)k you." said Bobby. "I shall be ver @ s "'.‘og. tgat'- very good of you," said Mr. Morgan Thorpe, gratefully. ‘"We dine at sevenâ€"thiriy. Early, isn‘t it? But you won‘t mind just once in a way. My sister â€"well, my sister is rather delicate, and goea to bed early. Sevenâ€"thirty. How stupid of me! I had forgotten the adâ€" dreas." | "Ab, I know the Deanes of Leamington | very well. Leafmore?" He ehot a swift | glance from his blue eyes at Bobby. | "Leafmore in Downehire? I‘ve heard of [ it. Now, what sball we do? What do | you say to a game of pool?" Trevor did not respond with a smile to the emile, but glanced at Bobby, and then sullenly made a red hazard. I say! timeâ€"time! D:ar me, how quickly it bas flown. That‘s thanks to you, Deane." He had dropped the "Mr." ulready, which was really very friendly of him. "We must be going, Trevor. We dine early, you know. Oh,. by the way, Deane, 1 wonder whether I could persuade you to waive ceremony and come and dive with ‘us‘â€"I mean my eister and myselfâ€" and Trevor of course. We shall be quite en famille, you know, and I can assure you that my eister will be very pleased to see you. A friend of our dear Trevor has the surest passportâ€"eh, Trevor?" Presently Mr. Morgan at his watch. Trevor got up with a kind of reluctance, and they went into the billiardâ€"room. Treâ€" vyor and Thorne played, and Bobby took his first leeeonâ€"in marking. Thorpe playâ€" ed, as hf said, illldiflerentlly; _and appearâ€" "Never too late to learn, my dear felâ€" low!" said Mr. Thorpe. "I‘m a deuced bad player myself or I‘d teach you; but Treâ€" vor is a firstâ€"lass performer with the stick and the spheres. Come on, Trevor, and give us both a leseon." "Deaneâ€"Deane? Let me see, are you one of the Deanes of Leamington?" continued Mr. Thorpe. "No," said Bobby; "I live at a place called Leafmore." _ Bobby had to confes« that he know billiards. "Ah, I envy you!" said Mr. Thorpe in the same flattering way. ‘‘Nothing like the service. I was in it for some yeare." "What regiment?" asked Bobby, who of course knew his Army List by heart. "Not an English one, alae!" eaid Mr. Thorpe, blandly. "I was in foreign serâ€" vice. A free lance, Mr. Deane, a free lance. 1 have my brevet eolonencyâ€"but of course I don‘t use it here. I am a civilian in England; but over thereâ€"" He smiled and shrugzed his sboulders. Bobby would have asked where "over there" was, but didn‘t like to. "And what are you doingâ€"just on a pleasant visit to the little vilage?" askâ€" ed Mr. Thorpe. "Shall we sit down, Treâ€" vor? Mr. Deane, will you join us in & drink 2" Bobby said he would have coffee, and it was brought in in company with the soda and whiskies of the other men. "I‘m lrindinz'"lovl"_vs-a;d‘l;namt Bobby. There was something fattering in the speech and its manner which made Bobby Aush with pleasure. "It‘s an 'nl‘dflV&'h:;)l-‘!’;l-l:;woz.l.v;‘i‘;:'e. Mr Deane. This is a friend, Deaneâ€"Mr Thorpe, Morgan Thorpe." Mr. Morgan ’l'hor?o held out his hand with a winning anmile. "Delighted to know any friende of Treâ€" vor‘s," he said. "And very glad to find you are a member of the old club, Mr. Deane." "A meeting of old friends, Trevor?" he said in a soft musical voice. "Will you introduce me, my dear fellow?" Trevor glowered for a moment at the thick Turkey carpet as if he had a grudge ngs'inst, it; tjhen‘he‘ said, sullenly : "Halloo, Deane! Didn‘t know you were in town?" ‘"No," said Bobby in his bright way. "It‘s a long time since we met." ‘"Not since we left that beastly Rugby," said Trevor, gloomily. "Are you staying up for any time?" "For a month or two," said Bobby. The fair man stood looking at them with a pleseant‘ smile in his blue eyes and on his wellâ€"cut lips. Bobby took a second glance at him; then, with an exclamation, rose to his feet. For he had suddenly recognized the young man as a fellow echoolâ€"fellow. "Halloo, Trevor!" he said, holding out his hand. The young fellow eyed him with a frown for a moment, then he said, withâ€" out any great display of joy : E7 es P EC APTMUITY TTen [in the elubâ€"and he was wondering wheâ€" ther he should get to know any of them personally, when two men entered through the great glass doors. Bobby looked at them curiouely. One was a tall, fair, very fair man, with a cleanâ€"shaven _ face, frankâ€"looking â€" blue eyes, and lips wearing a peculiarly pleasâ€" ant and winning emile. The other was a younger manâ€"of Bobby‘s ageâ€"with red hair and a pale face. He was plain, but there was something of suppressed force in the rather sullenâ€"looking face which was noticeable. His eyes were somewhait bloodshot, and, as he looked from side to side, they had a suggesiion of ferocity, of savageness held in check by their ownâ€" er which made them still more remarkâ€" whle. nb @iprenit sereullies Ar c a d id Mcfi the rent cloth. The lion had torn arm, then! For a moment gome beat in ber heart, a pulsation whic "Oh, nothing," he said, pulling down his sleeve. "Caustic marks. I got a scratch or two from a young lionâ€" There are :he Mlies. Let me put them in your basâ€" et." ‘"What are those marks on y&ui arm ?" she asked. He wase busy cutting the steme, and was off his guard for a moment. see and hear himâ€"although he seemed so grim and stern. The day appeared to have grown brighter; and yet the sun had been uhininr, just as it was now, when she met him. Suddenly, as he plunged his arm into the water and drew up the lilies by their long stems, she caught sight of some black marks or sears on the bare flesh. ‘I‘ll get you eome," he said. He went off the bridge and knelt on the bank, and elipped back his coat and shirtâ€" sleeves from his left arm. Decima was watching him with a soft smile in her eyes. It was nice to have met him, to I Thorpe glanced didn‘t said UNANSWERABLE. ‘‘Mother, do doors talk !" * ‘‘No, dear. Why do you ask t‘ ‘‘Well, I heard you tell Mary to smsewer the door." Gabeâ€"Who was it that said :â€" "It is better to give than to reâ€" ceive Steveâ€"Some bachelor who was buying wedding presents for a friend, I guess. Slowly moving his pipe from his mouth, he said, ‘"‘Beâ€"eâ€"gorra, Oi‘ve worâ€"rked wid Germans and Henâ€" garians, and Oi‘ve worked with Ooitalians, but if a man wid a face like that comes down to work beâ€" side me Oi gets up.‘"‘ Pat had been at work for three days digging a well, and as the foreâ€" man wanted it finished within the week he had promised Pat another man to help him. It was getting on to 11 o‘clock and Towser, the foreâ€" man‘s bulldog, was looking over the edge of the pit, when Pat said to himself, "I‘ll have a smoke.‘" He had filled his pipe and was about to light it, when he glanced up and beheld Towser‘s â€" handsome features. Lightning is said to differentiate between trees as well as men and women. Some years ago Mr. Mcâ€" nab, a fellow of the Botanical Soâ€" ciety of Edinburgh, investigated inâ€" to the generally received opinion that neither the beech nor the birch is ever struck by lightning. He colâ€" lected information regarding lightâ€" ning struck trees throughout Great Britain, and found no single inâ€" stance of either of these species beâ€" ing struck. Investigation in North America gave similar results. He found, indeed, that in the forest reâ€" gions there a beech tree was reâ€" garded as the safest place in a thunderstorm. Some have had physical reasons to rejoice that they had been struck by lightning. De Quatreâ€" fages mentions the case of a teleâ€" ’graph employee at Strassburg, who was struck senseless and remained paralyzed until the next day, but thereafter enjoyed better health than ever before. In Martinique a M. Roalde was deprived by lightâ€" ning of the use of his limbs for three hours, but having previously been a man of weak health, was much‘ stronger from that time on. Sevâ€" eral authors refer to cases in which rheumatism was cured by lightning. And in this respect, also, trees seem to be as men. Arago saw a poplar, one of an avenue of 1,500, near Tours which, having been streuk, developed such vigor that its trunk soon far surpassed in dimensions those of all its neighbors. To be struck by lightning is still a most lucky thing for the Greek peasantâ€"if he is not killed. Such a man, says J. C. Lawson, "may indulge a taste for idleness for the rest of his lifeâ€"his neighbors will support himâ€"and enjoy at the same [time the reputation of being someâ€" thing more than human. This is an inheritance from ancient days. Arâ€" temidorus, an authority on occult matters who flourished in the time of Marcus Aurelius, commented on the fact that while a place struck by lightning had an altar erected upon it, and was thenceforth both honored and avoided, ‘"no one who has been struck by lightning is exâ€" cluded from citizenship ; indeed, such a one is honored even as a god." The election of Quintus Juliâ€" us Eburnus to the Consulship in 116 B.C. is attributed to his having been favored thus by the gods. And the old time schoolboy firmly believed that if he were rash enough to mention lightning directly after a flash, the important part of his raiment would be immetfi;tely torn off. And many were his attempts to land his fellows in that predicaâ€" ment. â€"Lucky Thing for Some Peopleâ€"â€" Case of the Beech and Birch. Our forefathers had many theorâ€" ies about lightning. According to them no one could be struck by lightning while asleep, and no tree struck by lightning could be burnt. Splinters from such a tree, diligentâ€" ly chewed, were an infallible cure for toothache, and were, of course, pleasanter to the taste than the dentists‘ forceps, says the London Chronicle. ‘"No. I shall be there at sevenâ€"thirty." "Bo long, then, dear boy," said Thorpe; ::I‘Ii he went up the stepe and rang the The door was opened by a maidâ€"servant, a middleâ€"aged woman with the unmistakâ€" able face and manner of a French womun. (To be continued.) _ Trevor looked, with a kind of eavage wistfulness, up at the windows, then shook his head. STRUCK BY LGHTNING. Ready to Quit. Maybe. ims; Satin, after washing, will retain its gloss if a little borax is put into the last rinsing water. * ® When plants droop, try adding a teaspoonful of ammonia to three To soften brown sugar when it has become lumpy, stand it over a vessel filled with boiling water. . Brown bread, instead of white, when making bread pudding, gives a most unusual and delicious taste. Mildew is obstinate and difficult to remove. If lemon and salt or javelle water do not remove it, noâ€" thing will. f A little turfientineflput into the water for washing windows or mirâ€" rors is an excellent method. Nut Molasses Cookies.â€"Oneâ€"half cup butter, oneâ€"half cup sugar, one cup molasses, two _ teaspoonfuls warm water, two and oneâ€"half cups bread flour, one teaspoon ginger, two teaspoons cinnamon, one teaâ€" spoon soda, one teaspoon salt, oneâ€" half cup nut meats, enough more flour to make a stiff mixture. Drop from teaspoon and bake fifteen minâ€" Chicken Fricasse.â€"A tough, lean, old chicken can be bought cheaply at any time, and treated this way is as attractive and tasty and tenâ€" der as a more expensive one: Cut up into the usual joint pieces and mince halfâ€"pound salt pork and two small onions. Put a layer of the minced pork in the bottom of kettle, then a layer of the cut up chicken, then a layer of onion, and repeat till material is all in the kettle. Bet this on the stove to simmer until tender, which may take three hours or more, without any water, as the onion and pork will soon furnish moisture enough to keep the meat from burning. When tender add salt and pepper to taste. Add water and flour to make gravy. 30 Quick Cinnamon Cake.â€"Threeâ€" fourths cup butter melted, one cup granulated sugar, four eggs, one cup milk, one cup flour, two and oneâ€"half teaspoonfuls baking powâ€" der. Bake in a dripping pan; sprinkle with sugar, cinnamon, and chopped nuts before baking. Pressed Beef.â€"Four pounds of beef neck, wash thoroughly, boil until it leaves the bones, salt while cooking. When it is done, take out in a chopping bowl and chop about as fine as for mincemeat. Add pepâ€" per to taste. Use pot liquor to moisten it well. Put in a crock and place a plate and weight on it. Let it remain for three or four hours, and serve cold. Cucumber Catsup.â€"To one quart of peeled, seeded, and grated cuâ€" cumbers allow two green peppers, seeded and chopped ; one grated onâ€" ion, one gill grated horseradish, two teaspoonfuls of salt; put over the fire and simmer an hour. Add one pint of vinegar, bottle, and seal. _ Tomato Catsup.â€"Boil together until soft eight quarts of tomatoes and six large onions, press through a colander, and strain the liquid that comes from them. Put this over the stoves with a dozen sprigs of parsley, two bay leaves, and a half teaspoonful of grated garlic, a tablespoonful each of ground cloves, mace, black pepper, salt, and sugar, a scant teaspoonful of cayenne pepper and a tablespoonful of celery seed tied up in a bit of cheesecloth or ~gaure." Cook five hours, stirring frequently _ and watching that the mixture does not scorch. By the end of the time it should be reduced to half the origâ€" inal quantity and thick. Take out the bag of celery seed, add a pint of vinegar, and bottle and seal when the catsup is cold. ‘ Chili Sauce.â€"Peel twelve large, ripe tomatoes and four good sized onions ; seed two green peppers and chop all together until fine. Put them in a saucepan and stir into them two _ teaspoonfuls each of ground allspice, cloves, and cinnaâ€" mon, two tablespoonfuls of sugar, one teaspoonful of ground ginger, and a quart of vinegar. Boil steadâ€" ily for two hours and when cool botâ€" tle and seal. _ Chowâ€"Chow (mustard). â€" Preâ€" pare vegetables as in preceding reâ€" cipe up to the stage when the pickle vinegar is made. To the ingrediâ€" ents named add two teaspoon{u‘s of ground mustard, cook all toâ€" gether for five minutes, and put the pickles into the vinegar. Simmer for five minutes, take the pickles out with a skimmer, put them into a stone crock, pour the vinegar over them, and k}ave them in this for two days. rain off the vinegar, heat it again, add a tablespoonful of curry powder, boil up once, pour over the pickles, and when they are cold put them in small jars and seal. Not good to eat under a‘ month. Colk Seasonable Recipes. Chowâ€"Chow (plain). â€"Cut a medâ€" ium sized cauliflower into small clusters; peel half a pint of small onions ; put with them six green toâ€" matoes sliced, six green peppers sliced ; one pint little cucumbers ; two large cucumbers sliced. Arâ€" range a thick layer of vegetables 'in an earthen crock; strew with | salt; make another layer of the vegetables and of the salt and conâ€" tinue in this way until all are used. Pour in cold water to cover, laying a weighted plate on top of all. At the end of three days pour off the brine, pick over and rinse the picklés, cover them with fresh cold water, and leave them in this for one day. The pickle vinegar is made as follows : One teaspoon each of celery seed, white mustard seed, whole cloves, whole black peppers, whole mace, and grated horseradâ€" ish, one cup and a half of brown sugar, one gallon of vinegar. Bring to a boil and cook for five minutes, drop in the pickles, and boil toâ€" gether for thirty minutes. Put up in air tight jars. Home Hints. ONTARIO ARCHIVES TORONTO Motherâ€"‘I gave each of you boys an orange. Charles, you said you wouldn‘t eat yours till after dinâ€" ner. And you, Jack, said the same. Have you deceived me!?" Charles â€"‘‘No, mother, we didn‘t eat our oranges. I ate Jack‘s and he ate mine |‘‘ ‘"Oh, and what did he do t‘ ‘"He went to the cupboard and broke a plate and the top of the jam jar.‘" A light broke in on the bishop. ‘"Oh, he was after the jam! I suppose he ate some ?" ‘‘Yes,""‘ said the boy, "he did !" The idea of devilâ€"possession is not merely an elaborave form of exâ€" cuse ; the native servant really beâ€" lieves in it. â€"*Yes, and in the night he came out of the cook and passed into ‘"‘Really ‘ commented the bishop, puzzled. "He came in with the cook from the souk market yesterday evenâ€" Everything that goes wrong is atâ€" tributed by the Berberines, a tribe of the Sudan, to the devil. Ethel B. Stevens, in ‘"My Sudar Year," quotes a story told her by Bishop Gwynne of his "boy‘s‘‘ coming to him one day and announcing, ‘‘The devil is in the house." ‘"Oh,‘‘ said the bishop, "that is very interesting! When did he arâ€" rive 1‘ A very good plan to clean knives without putting the handles in waâ€" ter is as follows: Have handy a jug or vessel with soda water, and as soon as possible after the knives have been used stick the blades in the soda water, leaving the handles on the outside. This will cleanse and quickly remove stain and rust. When the travelling bag becomes dirty, wash it all over with tepid water and a little soap. After it is dry, put a little oxalic acid in a cufl of hot water and wipe the bag well with a soft cloth dipped in acid. When dry, brush the bag with the white of an egg and it will look fresh and new. a pail of warm water; then wash your carpet as you would the floors, or, if very dirty, scrub it. When finished, all the dirt and grease spots have disappeared and the carâ€" pets looks like new. This is a good way to clean carâ€" pet. Get one ounce of wormwood salt from the druggist ; put it into When washing new curtains you will generally find that they are full of lime. _ A great deal oÂ¥ trouble may be saved by soaking the curâ€" tains overâ€"night in water, in which a little salt has been dissolved. The salt draws out the lime and makes the curtains easy to wash. When the coalâ€"oil lamp has a tendency to smell badly, saturate the wick with good vinegar and allow it to dry perfectly before putâ€" ting it into the lamp. It will never smell, no matter how small the flame. If a cork is too large for a bottle in which you wish to use it, lay it on its side and with a little board or ruler roll it under all the presâ€" sure you can put it. It will be elongated to fit in a very few minâ€" utes. When grease is spilled on the table pour cold water with a little lemon juice on it immediately. The grease will harden quickly and you can remove it with a knife, without leaviag a mark. A mixture of kerosene and amâ€" monia cleans porcelain bathtubs and sinks instantly, and does not injure them as greatly as acid subâ€" stances do. / Bweet oil will remove finger marks from varnished furniture. Kerosene on waxed or oiled furniâ€" ture gives better results. Fine linens and all pieces of handsome lingerie should be wrung out by hand and never through a wringer. Any chance of tins rusting is fi:evented by placing them near the at for a little while after they have been washed. quarts of water and water the C § sc ic e 5 l MAbKEal vit;r)t’:in of complete success in your concrete work _ CANADA Portlana CEMENT Berberine Beliet. It vou hawe not received a free copy of ‘‘What the farmer can do with Concrete," sorite our Jaformation D Department and get one. It‘s a complete practical concrete u:)wlydiu. Canada Cement Company Limited, Montreal Be sure to ask for Canada Cement, in bags. Next Mr. Athwold asked for a pair of extraâ€"length suspenders, then for some collars of a shape that differed a little from the kind usually sold, and finally for gloves with cadet fingers. In not a single instance could Harry find the artiâ€" cle desired,. But Walter got it with Walter put his hand instantly upâ€" on the size desired. Mr. Athwold chose a suit, and then asked to see some hose, size 11%%. Harry hunted aimlessly for a minute or two, but could not find any halfâ€"sizes. He called upon Walter again, and Walter immeâ€" diately found the right box. Harry pulled out several boxes, and began to rummage through them. Then he turned to Walter. ‘‘Bay, Walt, are there any larger sizes than these in stock?" _ "Will you show me some pajamâ€" as?"‘ he said. ‘‘What size?" asked Harry. Mr. Athwold appeared to hesiâ€" tate. ‘"I really have forgotten what size I do wear. What size would you suggest!" Harry had no suggestion to offer. ‘"Let me see the largest size you have,‘"‘ Mr. Athwold said, finally. Things went on as usual for the next three weeks. Then one day Mr. Athwold walked down the aisle. He stopped at the counter where the two friends stood, and asked Harry to wait on him. Harry laughed a contemptuous little laugh. ‘"You don‘t catch ‘dis chile‘ studying stock after hours. If you don‘t know where a thing is, ask somebody else. _ That‘s my motto."‘ Now Harry had to repeat his question before Walter answered. "I‘m going to study stock a few minutes. I don‘t know just where everything is, yet." Walter understood the insinuaâ€" tion. Nature had not gifted him with good looks. Moreover, he had a widowed mother to support, and he had to wear a suit that was not exactly shabby, but that was far from new. l ‘‘What are you doing, Walt! asked Harry, with languid interest, ‘u he drew on a pair of new gloves. Harry was goodâ€"looking, and he knew it, and he had spent all} that he had earned, so far, on clothes. Once or twice he had seen Mr. Athâ€" wold himself looking over with what he thought was an approving glance, and he had remarked confiâ€" dentially to Walter that "it paid to keep wellâ€"groomed. The manageâ€" ment wasn‘t likely to promote a clerk whose looks were not a credit to the store." TIwo young clerks, Harry and Wa)â€" ter, friends and recent comers to the store, worked at the same counâ€" ter. When the last box had been put in place, Walter turned and began to study the labels on the rows of boxes on the shel!. The sixâ€"o‘clock bell had rung, and the clerks at Munger & Athâ€" wold‘s were putting away the stock that had been left on the counters. t In order to protect civilians from possible loss by giving tick to sol diers, a system is in force of crying down credit. Whenever a reg!iâ€" ment arrives in a fresh station the commanding officer has to issue a public proclamation to the effect that anybody who permits _ the troops to run up bills, will do so at his own risk. The course gener ally adopted is to send a color serâ€" geant with a drummer and a couple of privates through the principal streets the day after arrival. Every quarter of an hour or so the partsy halts, the drummer sounds a warnâ€" ing tap, the nonâ€"com. expands his chest, clears his throat, and calls on the inhabitants to take notice that "the lieutenant colone! comâ€" manding â€"â€" regiment hereby deâ€" clares that he will not be responâ€" sible for any debts incurred by the officers, nonâ€"commissioned officers, or men of the regiment; and that any civilians giving them credit are not entitled to recover the amounts when under £30 in value." This exemption, however, only apâ€" rlies to the professional pay and alâ€" owances of a military debtor. Conâ€" sequently, if a soldier has a private income, or a gold mine, or a parce! of giltâ€"edged securities, or wins a £500 "Heads or Tails‘‘ prize, such property can be seized to satisfy a judgment swuftmons. Of course, most soldiers are not in such a posiâ€" tion, or have anything more than the bare pay of their rank. What is the difference between repartee and impudence! we are asked. The size of the man who says it, we suppose. E meu® P uiinichitnan? Arsaistisis Wls css es ascach 3 to give him credit up to £29 198. 11%,d. there is no legal machinery that will recover the money. It cannot be stopped from his pay or deducted from his pension. Although Tommy Atkins is an honorable person, and is not in the habit of repudiating his just debts to civilians, still he is not compe|l|â€" ed to discharge them if they amount to less than a certain sum, says London Titâ€"Bits. This is because by military law he cannot be sued for any debt or damages under £30 in value. Accordingly, if Private Atâ€" kins can persuade a conhding tradesman or stockbroker, or perâ€" h&ps. an accommodating financier, _ _Harry‘s face fell. "You!" he exâ€" claimed. ‘"‘Why, he almost promâ€" ised that to me. He told father three weeks ago that Jerrold was going to leave, and thai I was in line for promotion. But that‘s just it,"‘ he added, with easy philosoâ€" phy. ‘You can‘t put any depenâ€" dence on a man‘s word nowadavs."" Walter told him. He had been promoted to the position of head clerk, with a substantial raise in salary . Cannot be Sued for any Debt or Damages Under £30, ‘‘What‘s up!‘ asked il;:\,a(nr jously. BRITISH soLDIER®‘s PAy.