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. i 1 is the best at any price--Try it. Repaying Mrs, Mullancy BY ELIZABETH GUILFOILE. PART L "Joe, it doesn't come out even." Joe Hayden laid down his book and looked up into the puzzled eyes of his Peete young wife. 's remark rought him not to a realization of her problem but to a realization of herself. The lamplight gave an added sheen te ae carefully brushed hair. She looked vi and small and young, in the big. hale ar divan, biled high with sushions, One day, when he came in from the jiareess ld. at noon, Joe had found lying still upon the floor. "Heat prostration!" the doctor said. Three weeks of tender care h brought her to her feet again. But certain lines between her brows had deepened. These lines caused Joe a vague distress. He noticed them now particularly and came around to her side, displacing some of the cushions on the divan, He was strong and brown and weathered-looking with an air of freshness and cleanness that farm work in the open had given him. He laid the tips of his strong, gentle fingers on hér white brow over the lines. "Ruth we have a big job on our hands, Lifting a mortgage while founding a home isn't easy. But we have a good start. I can't see why it is Faking scars in your forehead." Ruth the brown fingers down with her own small white ones. "Thinking bothers one more when one is not working," she explained, "I'm going to start in to-morrow and do the work myself. Dr. Kellar said I might," she added quickly as she saw the protest in his face, "You needn't worry. I am not going to be foolish and overtax my strength again. But there is so much to do that when I just sit here and think it worries me. I had just i fot thin going right when I got.si It's in planning and management, Joe. What we country people lack is sys- tem, you know." She said it with a pretty little air of including herself. But Joe knew she meant, "you country People." He had married a ¢ity girl. In her three months on the farm she had mention- ed many things which her late em- ployers, Baker and Co., would have considered bad management. She 'tapped a little block of paper with her silver pencil. "I have been trying to figure out what we owe Mrs, Mullaney." "Well, we owe her a great deal more than we shall ever able to ay," declared Joe warmly. "Little -- 'te-erazy-for-a io and I think I'll give him that Shetland, Job. Job is old and rather moth eaten but he'll Ned Mullaney more good than a six-cylinder -automobile. 1 knows if he is ever shorthanded in his crop all he has to do is whistle for me." Ruth's small hand suddenly came down on the wicker table with a force ' that made the lamp shade dance. "When you contract a debt do you start paying it on the installment plan for the rest of your life?" i "Why, R troubl ng "do you thin . Mullaney with money?" "That is exactly what I think we Should do. A geht is 8 debt. The best y ay it is fully and promptly stop the interest. The carer we "country people get to using money, she greatly, the word money, "the better will be for all concerned. The Mul- | need goodness knows, | monet: all that you and Al Grimes say is | th @s common currency," WRIGLEYS| 4 ad what we owe her. And Mul-| Look, uth," the man's voice was! and his Ses were full of | you could pay] true. And Mrs. Mullaney certainly earned it here. You write a cheque and Ill mail it to her with a nice little note. I'll promise you she will take it without protest. e must not start out in life with a lot of obliga- tions, We had better pay as we go. I don't like the idea of Mr. Mullaney feeling free to call on you just be- cause his wife has been of service to us. He is notoriously lazy and depends on his nieighbors too much, anyway: I don't like to think of you plowing his fields with their knotty old roots, and sawing wood with his rusty saws. He would impose on you if he got a chance. It is Mrs. Mullaney evieally owe. I don't think that pony is wort! vr I have figured it ou "How do you figure it?" "Well, Mrs. Mullaney did more for me than an ordinary nurse would. On the other hand she was here only a few hours a day after the worst was over. A nurse would have cost us five dollars a day. We owe Mrs. Mullaney that much at least for the first week. In these last two weeks she has put in as much as one week's work. en she did the work around the place. We might have had a girl at three dollars a week. Three weeks would have been nine dollars. That makes seventy-nine dollars. Then the doctor might have to make two or three more trips if we had had a less dependable nurse. It comes to eighty- five or ninety dollars, I think. How much is that pony worth?" Joe's head was turned away from the light. He was looking out into the starlit night, "Not more than seventy-fivey' he answered quietly. "That wouldn't be enough. I think we cugll to give her a cheque. With Dr. Kellar's bill it will make my illness cost pretty high. I'm sorry it had to s happen," she added softly, "when you have to work so hard to make ends meet." "My God, Ruth! Do 'you think I count the money that it takes to take care of you?" . She stood up quickly and went to him. Instantly he put his arms about the slight figure. "Don't you know you were mighty sick, Ruth?" "I certainly do and I know it is owing to Mrs, Mullaney that I pulled through. She left all her work to take care of me and she didn't even know me yery well. She said she hadn't much time for visiting and I had never been to see her. It had not oec- curred to me that I might need her so soon, That's the reason, Joe, I think we should do the right thing by her without any delay. It's an awful feeling to be in debt. I never owed a hundred dollars in my life and I hate to think of our owing it now. , Joe, I've got it all down here. Do you think I've left out anything? Her husband picked up the silver ncil and drew a line threw the items, "Yes," he said slowly, "I think you've left out a lot." Into that moment that was made, perhaps, for understanding, there came an interruption. The gate creaked----someoné was coming. Joe laid the pad and pencil on the mantel beside the clock. "Howdy, folks?" Al Grimes loomed in the doorway. "How are you, Missus?" Ruth gave him a pleasnt word in reply. She liked AL He was her hus- band's "right-hand man" and had been in the employ of the Haydens in the time of Joe's father, "I'd like to get my fishing-tackle. Forgot it when I moved out. I think there is a good mess of bass in Du- pits pond. Got a lantern handy, oe?" "Take a lamp," said Ruth. "You will find things about as you left them, AL I haven't been able to clean your room and I don't think Mrs. Mullaney got in there." . si x Joe reached for another lamp but 0 His, A1 if. you'll 1 " s, Al, 1 minute. I'm not oul wal keeping checked u; alt a keeping house-| Mirs. Mullane; x in ney lef and I don't much blame her. The hired man dropped easily in a chair. "How do you liki Ruth says she very well 'since| to take the helm to-morrow. | Al slowly, "that's Fr 'Joe returned with the light and the| two men t into the bedroom that had been. APs: before he moved: to. his When the Ring incl 'was. loca the hired man set off. "The boys will] waiting for ie over at the pon "lt coming, Ruth} 1 : room » in the dean" He locked the! od in the key on the "That room is empty--and there are six people in John Olsen's cabin," he said slowly. "Al likes this way best, doesn't he?" his wife asked sharply, feeling a di- vision of thought she could not ana- lyze. "It means more money to him." "Yes, hie says he does," answered Jos Shagntly and he laid the key on the mantel beside the notepad. Ruth Sarned away and then they talked of er '0 be continued.) epee PRACTICAL SLIP OR _ FOUNDATION MODEL I * 4728. Sateen, long cloth, nain- sook, silk or crepe gray be used for this design. It is suitable for slender and stout figures. Additional width is provided by plait fulness below the hips. The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: Small, 84-36; Medium, 88-40; Large, 42-44; Extra Large, 46-48 inches bust measure. A Medium size requires] 8% yards of 86-inch material. The width at the foot with plaits extends ed is 2% yards. Pattern mailed to any address on receipt of 15¢ in silver, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Adelaide St, Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of pattern. ~ Send '15c in silver for our up-tos|- date Spring and Summer 1924 Book of Fashions. rm lire WOMEN! DYE FADED THINGS NEW AGAIN Dye or Tint Any Worn, Shab- by Garment or Drapery. Diamond Dyes Each 16-cent packege of "Diamond Dyes" contains directions so simple that any woman can dye or tint any old, worn, faded thing new, even if she has never dyed before. Choose any color at drug store. li fel . A DECORATIVE TOUCH. To hide an unsightly flowerpot, cut a piece of cardboard or buckram to fit round the pot neatly with an inch lap at the back. Cover with cretonne to match the hangings in the room, with paper, or with heavy ecru lace. or ribbon can be wall A binding of gim) I glued on to fish 'the edges. For| QIMPLY sosking in Rinse suds loosens dirk J so that it rinses xi The old wearing method of wbbing on n ha ; s and th bbin, 4 away with. There ano oe it with Rhee » Only the dirtiest places--where dirt was : ill need just a light rubbing: in--will need ju ight ) clothes an ound: out this is necessary, use a little Rinso is made by the makers of LUX--the largest soap makers in the wo wash as wonderfully as Lux Made by Sho makers . It'does the family does fine things. with it you need 0 Jos the whole WSS no other soap SC _-- -- MOTHER'S - SHARE. There's a runt pig in the side lot That is coming safely through; There's a calf that's lost its mother Which our ma is tendin' to; There's a sick colt in the pasture That she's also carin' fer, 'Cause each spring the sick and neeay Animals belong to her. With her motherin' and lovin' It's a most surprisin' thing How them colts and calves and piggies Fatten up and thrive, by jing! Till when autumn comes they're ready + To be marketed, and then Comes an incident in. farm life That is some surprise again, For them colts and calves and piggies That was ma's stock yesterday Change to pa's stock on the market, And it's him that takes the pay; Takes the pay while mother wonders Till the springtime rolls around, When she stills her heart by tendin' To some sickly pig she's found. --Jay B. Iden. - j en RS OUR FIRST MAHOGANY. With the optimism of youth 'we were married when our only assets toward a home were faith-and a roll of rag carpet. ; y Sa Later we scraped up money to fur- nish the guest room; and selected {dollar and fifty cents in premiums, and two dollars for plants sold to a city woman! ~ That night we spent the extra dol- lar on a concert--Katharine Henry. HOME-GROWN BEADS. Aside from cutting paper dolls there -is probably no occupation -that keeps the childrgn quiet and contented longer than stringing beads. = There are large wooden and porcelain ones on the market for this purpose, but i -- home-grown ones are very satisfac- tory. Bear this in mind when the fruit and 'vegetable season comes along and dry a quantity of the seeds suitable for this purpose. : Many watermelon seeds are black; these may be strung alternately with white pumpkin seeds or yellow corn.! The seeds of ripe citrons are bright red, and these are used effectively with the other colored seeds. White and yellow grains of corn may be used alternately on the string. Just give the children a box of the different colored seeds mixed, with plenty of needles and strong cotton, and they will do the rest. : EASY BLEACHING." For everyday sheets, pillowcases meant for steady wear and man things from catalogu d' advertise- ments. But the' that so pretty in the pic cheap and shiny in One of it lay "Tol nishéd with a mahogany yo was exactly what we wa carving, good lines "and beautiful wood. But the price for three pieces --bed, bureau and dressing table-- =| Bees on Farm | | was precisely what we had for entire Zoom, and we -- y y dollars of it into | Bu a the three pi WRITE FOR OUR FREE CATALOGUE--JUST OUT "2806 Dundas W. Toronto other uses, I find a good grade of un- bleached cotton or sheeting preferable to the bleached fabric; it wears al- most twice as long, is much easier washed, and needs ironing. To bleach these quickly, boil in a good suds to which enough bluing has been added to make a good blue. Lift from hang up without' ; ing. When dry dip.in suds and hang up again. They will soon be beauti- fully bleached. emer men 3 Minard's Liniment Heals Cuts Sn i tte Drawing the Line. Joe didn't want to go to see his aunt Sarah, and his mother finally coaxed from him the reason. " "She's got a new washing machine," | the boy declared. "It's bad enough to wash myself by hand, but I just ain't shed by any hine FREE AT Corn, 450 bushels; total, 7,081 'bushels s Ave In addition to this the Sadish » Thised bi hels of potatoes, 9,238 bush- a an. 57,697 tons | of hay and 9,980 tons of green feed. 6,896 aces of new land, ed 20,5619 acres, and 'acres of gardens. 1 progress was also made. In stock raising, the number of cattle on the reserves having increased by about two thousand head during the. year. In this article, however, atten. tion is confined to the field crops, Best Crops In- Alberta. In common with the crops of white farmers those of the Indians were not 'uniforms Generally speaking the smallest crops were harvested on the Maaitoba reserves; returns were bet. ter in Saskatchewan, and bumper hap vests were re in Alberta. On the | They. broke | reserves In the last-named province ! 417,951 bushels of wheat were har vested from 13,166 acres, being at the ~ rate of 31.8 bushels per acre, a high 'average for any farming community: Agents report that the work of pre. paring fhe sall fs being better done each year and that cn some of the re- 'serves It compares with that of the The big crop of 1923 was «f eourse primarily due to the bountiful har- vest, but it was also due to the in- creased area sown and to the good enl- | tivation given the land. The progress made in regard to the two latter fact ors has been owing tg the methods adopted for the teaching of farming. Farming is, of the chief indus | try. taught to the boys of the residen- tial schools maintained by the a oo a Aftgirs, but In addition " on Sleln: senio: snualape: oar {elder on "Torente. Fill in this coupon and we will in» dit ng | to that the teaching is brought in a most practieal manner right to each Indian farm. 'On each reserve there is a farm instructor who, instead of carrying on a model farmy for the In- dians to admire, is constantly on the move in a buggy or light motor car | visiting all parts of the reserve advis. Iw. E. CANAVAN] ing, encouraging, exhorting, and re- : i Thus, there is no one "show" farm, all farms on the reserve are raised a higher level than they would be Hon. Charles Stewart, Superintend. t General of Indian Affairs, whose : dge of farming' operations in 'Western Canada enables him to ap- 'proach this subject from a practical 'standpoint, has given this matter per- { | sonal attention 'and he is naturally eased with the results, ~The Indian of the prairies have still ; to