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A TALE. OF THE DEEP SEA FISHERMEN BY FREDERICK WILLIAM WALLACR Copgsight by the Musson Book Company CHAPTER TWELVE--(Cont'd.) Landing at the North Station,|ber Shorty immediately proceeded to a jeweller's, where he bought | a nag. you nificont diamond solitaire ring. he! gazed at the glittering Ei Je remarked to the smiling clerk | a upon him, "Ye think that'll be a gocd one, eh 7 Good for an engage- | ment ring, eh? I don't know nawthin' "bout them gadgets an' I'll hev t' take your word for it." The clerk laughed. "Captain," he said, "that is a mighty fine stone, and any "girl, no matter who she is, would go crazy over a.ring like that. Be- sides, in buying a diamond, you can always' get value for jt if the girl ehould go back on you." Shorty smiled. "No fear o' that," he said confidently; and counting out the money, he put the ring into his pocket, while the salesman, who was a philosopher in his own way, won- dered what there would be in the Jowairy business without the tender passion and the vanity of women. With a light steps and a heart flut- tering with expectant joy, Frank walked into the hospital and féund himself in the same severe waiting- rcom, It was a Friday evening-- Carrie's off night--and Frank pictur- ed her surprise at his unexpected visit, ! "Tis nigh eight weeks sence I saw her last an' I'm 'most crazy t' see th' rosy cheeks an' blue eyes of her once more. An' this ring! Wait 'til I spring that on her. Wonder how she'll take it?" And he communed with pleasant thoughts until the door opened and the matron, Mrs, Kenealgp entered. "Why, how do ycu do, Captain?" she greeted him, "It's such a long time since you've been here." Frank acknowledged the salutation with a confused murmur. ' He had ex- pected Carrie and not the garrulous old mation. "Miss Dexter?" he asked. "Is she around?" P | "No," answegéd the other with some Tittle hesitation, > "She's out to-night." Wes Haver's? Theart fell. "Oh?" he maraged to ejaculate. "Hez she gone t! visit.friends? I cal'late sha didn't expect me?" 4 The matron flopped down in a chair Deo replying. "We'l," she said slow- "I don't know 'whither she went: x vigit {riends or mot, but a cousin of hers called, and she's gone -some- where with him." | "Him?" exclaimed Frank. "A cou- sin? From Lynn, was he?" "N--no," answered the lady doubt- fully. "He is a seafaring man---" "What was his name?" | "Morris, I think----" i Frank almost jumped in his seat. | "Morris?" he gro in surprise. corsin? Sha ain't pot no Morpises relations o' hers" Then a thought __ostiuck him, "'Twarn't Morrissey, was it? Surcly not!" *The matron smiled. © "That's the name-- Morriseey -- Captain Morris- | Can Stanfield's Usss with a very enquiring turn of mind |g, tion of the thought. mother -to all the girls: here, and Ii as Winter is Cold nkable Underwear portant case "In Rong 1p yeti n the receiver up with'a perplexed fi "Didn't know: them 'probation ers hed | iid anythin) t' "do do with with inportanc cases" 5 muttered, " scrubbin® floors Thats a Hel" I aietly Dorrned vie rant washin' folks be called important | . Pn ox hol often. hez Captsin| o HE 1] jake os round Morrissey bin callin' 7" man' fn.an' sing up aged n Inter he The: 'matron felt that she had hit! the Toe mes he gut the } Sib , upon something which was likely to! jhe phe neaged. The last time prove interesting, and being a woman suspect somethi and with a penchant for anything 8p ap- Few a Dn proaching scandal, she made 1m Danes a 3. Selegrapti of about answering the perplexed haver's questions. It would, at Your. Yelogran © rie Dexter, - Hospital, be something to gossip over in the dormitories. ton. Can I see you to-night and where? reply care Lomax Hotel.--Frank." sey! She introduced him to me o us] cousin" "Well, now," she replied, "I don't rightly know. He's been in Boston for long time--his ship i¢ being over- hauled--and I've seen him here twice or three times. Once he came on one of her on-duty mights, and here for quite a while. getting flowers and a him, I know, She's an awfully pretty girl, y'know, and she's got lots of admirers. Some of the students who es as ta Tite BF her, but no falsetto shout of "Westhaver!" greeted his ears, and the desk clerk grunted; while the matzon continued | {503% urd at the stocky, sun-bronued among the patients who have >" ben | Young ng man who came to him every ere. (sure," he said to the operator as he| {handed the form over. All--afternoon he remained in the rotunda of the hotel smoking and keeping a vigilant eye upon the desk and the messenger boys who scurried There were bell boys with , 'who called various names, around. halt hous, with - the question, "Any Shorty listened ina daze wid fng- Euroa ass.) Comaver---Capen | Wes. ered the brim 6f his hat nervously.| * When five o'clock came and no 'Gone out with Bob Morrissey,' had | gnewer, Frank strode down to the tele- she? A great hulking slob with no-|oraph office and saw the operator. thing to recommend him but his|" «gayi» he said snxiously, ye Yo. bounce and fancy airs!" He gripped| ember tha repaid wire 1 sent. this the hat in his fingers 'and almost afternoon? "Kin ye tell ef it was de- wrenched the brim off with the emo- jivered? Will ye find out?" The girl rang up the sulmirban office | The matron watched him, and there and Frank loafed around impatiéntly | was something of sympathy in Wei | awaiting her reply. Js | Joie When he asked him, a Ta le| "Yes," she said. esi y, "Are you engaged to Miss at four-fifteen nd the messenger's Dexter, Captain? Excuse me Tor ask- | slip "is "signed & Dp Dexter.' orb ing such a question, but I'm a kind of | that the reply was not given to him." * "Thank ye kindly," answered Frank, and he went out into the street like "It was delivered | generally keep bab on them as a mother should." a dazed man, The young skipper's eyes fell and| "What'll I. do now?" he pondered. he blushed. "Waal--I ain't quite pre- And he stood -on the pavement while pared 't' say, though I cal' late some | the hurrying erouds fostied him as 'ud gay I was. Ye gee, we've known they passed. "Humph!" each" other sence we were kids an'-- his shoulders and strode back to yes, we kinder hiév an understandin'." The old lady nodded. "Well, Captain, 1" ell on her oro, called. will you be in = hE be fos A da morrow. 1 was: plannin' t' leave for r Portland th' nex' mornin'? Mrs, Kenealy rose 4s a bell rang. "TH tell you what todo. Ring her up to-morrow mo; yt and' if .you night, TU let he A n let hex. to go with you. You'll have to excuse me--that' ins Making Your Own Mops'and Brushes. bell. Good-night, Captain, " The farm wife has innumerable uses Outside thé hospital gates' Shorty | for brushés, brooms and' mops and to the "A crammed his hat on his head savagely,| somé women have found that many Boi} Morwistey, gh? ? Awful file 8 flirt | of them can be made at home with taj dO o presents an' owers-- ti i humph!" And striding to his hotel, suijay ee I hich the | 2 he went to his room and threw him. self fully dressed upon the. bed to| SYoCeT ties around packages can be; >" commune: with his thoughts. After] ti into excellent dustless mops. | Crochet the twine in chain-stiteh and! make loops of the chain, fastening the loops to a handle. This makes inter- esting rainy-day work for the chil- dren. The crocheted loops can also be fastened to the handle of a wornsout | I dust-brush, resulting in an excellent | brush for dusting woud Work. is: recommended = for Linde over bread-mixers or griddles, swab. To do this, tear a strip of | Shorty ng meer iver Nay (Sibly "An' I'll prepay a reply t' make anted Dye old Curtains, Sweater i Diemond Dy " "Diamond Dyes" add years of wear ta worn, faded ckirts, walsts, coats, stockings, sweaters, coverings, hang: ings, draperies, everything... Every packago contains directions so simple any woman can put new, rich, fad Jose colors into he worn garmonty draperies even if she .ias never ved before. Just b.y Diamond Dyes--no other kind--then your matorial will come out right; because Diamond Dyes | are guaranteed not to streak, - spot, fade, ior pun, Tell your: druggist. whether the n.aterial you wish to dye Ais wool or silk, or whether it is linen, cotton or mixed goods. A ga x ? No Relation, : tr Pirst-Scholar -- "Who was Nero, Bill? Wasn't he the Chap who was al- ways cold?" Second Scholar -- "No. That Zero---another man altogether." was He squared | + reo the Grooms in overs with an old stocking, and the legs of other old] t are cut twelve inches' long, then slashed in one-inch strips bo within two inches of the top, forming a fringe. This fringe is then sewed Onsto the covering over the broom in rows about one inch apart, until the mop is of the desired thickness, The, | made of one-half | after this solution has deied the mop Le ishdly rolled and pressed into a bread and cakes, or for greasing pans, clean white cotton cloth two inches shion) until the opening. is closed, ': then continue to wind around the; clathes-pin until the swap is of the «size, fastening the end with tack, h 'be TH Ba. 1 the Somers of sepa i be Bord if an old broom cut diagonally across the brush oo, | and the pointed part used bo sweep out had 48 'accumulations 'of dirt in inacoes-| mible corners. The scut Should from a point Meat one corner of the SW edge across toa' point A inch below the dowestirgw of stitching. Ceiling brushes can aldo be manu- i : \ The.