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the snowshoc trail by edison marshall begin here today and key of the light had vaguely billbronson guidis virginia tre- cha mont and her fiances uncle kenly lounsbury in their quest in the clear- water of northern canada or vir ginias fiance harold lounsbury who vanished there six years previously bill also expects to look further for the lost mine of his father who was murdered by a false partner biil saves virginia from drowning in griz zly river and takes her to his trapping cabin kenly lounsbury and vosper the cook left on the other side of the liver desert them in the cabin bill and virginia find many comforts go ox wpii the story virginia smiled and fished in the the north wnd bill said simply virgiiias eyes grew wide whit does it mean she asked breathlessly winter the northern winter ive seen it break too many times theres no chance for doubt any more perhaps we can drown out the sound of it with music he walked toward the battered in strument her heart was cold within her and she nodded eagerly yes a little ragtime i havent any ragtime the man explained humbly i could only bring up a few records and so i took just pockets of the great sicker cnatshe thej simp had worn th she produced a litte whit roll and with high glee 6rd it for him to see wrapped i a immature fae towel wja her comb a small brush and a toothbrus- bill then walkel with sw2 triumph to the bunk on which viina had slept the night hefrt- a i lifting it up revealed a grat box beneauth bags of rice and brans dried apples mariraiadc and enrn goad enough for some we at ba the cro thing we havent got is meat bui told her except a little jerky but iheres plenty of that in the wocu ii v cin just find it and i dont intend to delay about that if the snow gets much deeper wed have to have snowhcss to hunt at all you nea go hunting today sorry i havent things im r ore she looked at this man with grow ing wonder he pi on a record she recognized the melody at once it was drdlas souvenir and the first notes seem ed to sweep her into infinity it vas a moment of enchantment the music rose high fell in soaring leaps trombled in infinite appeal and slowly died away outside the storm increased in fury and it was well for her peace of mind that she did not glance at bill he was watching the girls face his eyes wistful as no human had ever seen them the soaring notes with the dreadful accompaniment of the storm had teach virginia to shoot the rest day uey had target practice while yirgima cooked lunch bill cut young sptase ires and ma ie a sled and after the meal puhed out through the whlritg snow to bring in the remainder of he moose meat it was the wcrfc of the whole after- toon to urge the sled up the ridge and then daw it home through the drifts virginia was lonely and depressed all the time bill was absent you can call me virginia if you want to she told him lp nes art silly out here bill looked his gratituda and she helped him prepare the meat some of it he hung just outside the eabin door one of the great hams was suspended in a spruce tree fifty feet in front of i cabin- the skin waa fleshed out and hurg up behind the stov to dry its going to furnish the web for our snowshoes he explained in their talk that evening she was surprised to learn how full had been his reading other evenings ho told her nature hre the way of the living creatures tr at he observed and in the daytime he illustrated his points from life to be continued brought home a truth he had tried to son a w can sllr up a meal j you virgin crjed the inaudible voice of his soul oh virginia i love you i love you draisiiv wariiy they ventured out into the snowy wastes till walked in front breaking trail he carried the ancient rifle ready in his hands- he earnestly hoped that they might run into game at once ltter the moose would go to their winter feed ing grounds far dewn the heights every dav trv delayed their chance of rrcciriiig rival was i he led lr oye the rid is to the marsh- sh res of grav 1 ake they chapter vi it was one of bill bronsons basic creeds to look his situation squarely in the face he had tried to avoid a truth that ever orew clearer and more manifest his love for virginia he had told himself he wouldnt his love to her- he would hold wa1 in th- shadow of the spruce if that back at least he had reminded dont m- he ceititnsd theyve got e it was not eay to stand still in the snow and cold waiting for game to appear virgin n was uncomfortable withi half an hour shivering and tired it was a cni wait that they had beside the laki nnv needless motions i and dont sneak alou 11 himsel the b rap tllat and ears like hawks i separated them but there was no use of trying further in the stress and passion of the melody he had found out the truth but if he couldnt keep this knowl edge from himself at least he could hold it from the girl it- would only bring her unhappiness it would dc- then the ik felt his hand on her j th u adeship p- still he whispered here he 18 to observe j her it would put an insurmountable had never seen such wall between them virginia had no suspicion of his thoughts slue was still enthralled by the afterimage of the music but soon the noise of the storm began to force itself into her consciousness vaguely she knew that this night was different from the others the i two previous nights she had been ill and half unconscious her very help- arm he comes although an animal lr nixed its kind the great fr nose belonged greatest of ar at once c recog- the sorea ling horns the long grotesque to th moose the rean wild animals- at the roar of the rile she cried out in excitement the old bull had traversed the marhas for the time last chapter v the thouwr of a bull moose vas never a lead for a weak back bill skinr out the quarter with great care th stooping worked it on his back v took his gun and led the wiy back over their snow tail twilight 1 fallen again when thev nvee shir bill showed her low to broil the steak in its own fat and he cooked hot bcuits -an- macaroni to go with it no meal of her life had ever given her greater rleasure afterward he lighted his pine its stra hat i dont want to smoke myi the girl told him you why should you i smoke at home i mean i did its getting to he the thing to do am ong the girls i know someway the thought of it doesnt seem interesting any more lie had an impression tllat she was speaking very softly- but he under stood when she paused he was startled to find that the whole tone drowsiness is dangerous weary miles seem shorter and the day is brightened when you have wrigleys with you its sugar peps you up its delicious flavor adds to any enjoymenr i twetace issuejso 22 lessness appealed to bills chivalry tonight she stood on her own feet she was suddenly face to face with he fact that the night stretched before her and she was in a snowswept ca bin in the full power of a strange man but all at once she looked up to find bills eyes upon her full of sympathy and understanding youll want to turn in now he told her you take the bunk again of course ill sleep on the floor im comfortable there and now ive got to fix your boudoir he took one of the boxes that served as a chiir and stood it up on the floor just in front of her bunk- then hold ing one of the blankets in his arm and a few nails in his hand he claimbed upon the box she understood in an instant ho was curtaining off the entire end of the cabin where virginia slept the girl3 relief showed in her face you can go in there now he told her but theres one thing i want to show you before vou turn in yes i want to show you this little pistol he took a light arm of blue steel from his belt the small calibre- ed and automatic weapon with which he had killed the grouse its only a twentytwo bill went on but it shoots a long cartridge and it shoots ten of em fast as you pull the trig ger you could kill a caribou with it if you hit him right yes and she wondered at this curious interlude in their moment of parting you see this little catch behind the trigger guard tho girl nodded when you want to fire it all you have to do is to push up the little catch with your thumb and pull the trigger to il orrow im going to teach you how to shoot with it i mean shoot straight enough to take the head off a grouso at twenty feet and so it will bring you luck i want yoi to sleep with it under your pillov- understanding flashed through her and a slow grateful smile played at her lips i dont want it bill she told him youd feel safer with it the man urged he slipped it under her pillow and even before you learn to shoot it well you could if you had to shoot and kill a man he smiled again and drew her cur- siin bill was true to hi promise to whatnew york is wearing by annebelle worthington illustrated dressmaking lesson furnished with every pattern youll welcome this distinctly new jaunty sports frock with yoked bodice it has an exceedingly flat hipline the skirt is cut so as to give utmost freedom of movement the color 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madcap brooks soft sing llttla breezes haunt tho bracken this is surrey in the spring allx thorn in tho new outlook no one need die from diphtheria yet thousands do new vaccination gives pro tection every family doctor can ad minister thi- ispart one of a twopart article ou diphtheria prepared by the cana dian social hygiene council practically every child who dies from diphtheria doe so because its parents are eiiher ignorant or care less hecause diphtheria can be pre vented just as vaccination prevents i smallpox so does the administration of a substance called toxoid prevont j diphtheria this process is easy and inexpensive when one realizes that between 1000 and 1200 canadians die every year from diphtheria while 13- 500 sicken ot the disease it would seem to be a pity that people are too lackadaisical to save their hve3 and the lives of their children from a dis ease which is preventable the purpose of this article is to tell canadians how to save their lives and tho lives ot their children from diph theria it will do more it will tell how this disease can be utterly stamp ed out from the atlantic to the pa- cifts within ten years causes of diphtheria in the first place it is necessary to consider what causes diphtheria and why this disease kills it begins when the diphtheria germ a tiny living organism attacks the throat these germs as they develop give oft a poison or toxin that spreads through the system and as any other poison would do causes illness that ge has made uem imnulne l0 ui sometimes results in death but there is an old saying that every at all grocery stores 4imlvataljmaiwhwjmyiabsb temmwwwaijjchaiya poison has its antidote and the first great advance that medical science made in fighting this disease was in 1s90 when an antidote to tho toxin of the germs causing it was discover ed i this they named antitoxin and for years it was mankinds great bulj wark against diphtheria it is developed by injecting the virus of th- dipmherin germ into the blood of a healthy young horse immediate ly the horses system develops a sub stance to fight the poison this pois- iiufigiiung substance or antipoison is withdrawn from the horses blood refined and made suitable for human use injected into the body of a diph theria patient this antitoxin counter- rcts the poison of the germ just as it did iu the body of the horse and years of testing have proven that there are few cases that cannot be cured if auti- toxin is administered shortly after the symptoms manifest themselves every hour of delay however means added danger and every year many children die of diphtheria because their par ents neglect to call a doctor early be lieving that their children are suffer ing from socalled simple sore throat when actually they have diphtheria important as it is to treat it early however diphtheria is one disease that completely proves than an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure for there is another substance called toxoid which does even more than antitoxin toxoid will actually keep the disease out of the system al together when you take your child to the doctor for this treatment he will in ject about seven drops of toxoid un derneath the skin the process not a painful one 13 repeated at monthly intervals until a total of three injec tions have been made the sooner it is dono to children after six months of age the better occasionally the injection produces a very slight soreness for a day or so and sometimes tho child feels a little bit sick for a few hours but outside of those trivial discomforts which are negligible when one considers the great good that tho treatment does thero are absolutely no ill effects toxoid made in canada toxoid is manufactured right here in canada and distributed free by most provincial departments of health so thoroughly has it proven its value that many local boards of health administer it free there is no question but that if almost every one availed himself of tho protection that it affords diphtheria would pass off the face ot the earth in very short order one says almost everywhere be cause thero are sonio people who do not need toxoid because nature her- and a skin test has been developed whereby a physician can tell whether your children are immune to this dis ease or not it is called the schick test about three drops of a test toxin are injected into the skin of the forearm if the subject is susceptible to diphtheria a little red spot about as big as a dime will appear on the i arm a couple of days later the test i is quite harmless one of canadas greatest authorities has said that the day will come when i a coroners jury will investigate all deaths from diphtheria to find out i who is to blame you know the sorti of deaths that are investigated by coroners juries deaths that are be lieved to be altogether unnatural or in which somebody is believed to have contributed by negligence so that if the time ever conies when diphtheria deaths are so investigated it will mean 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winter use welldraiued muck is th ideal soil but celery can be grown ou any rich drained soil provided it u not too compact heavy application of manure are advisable with nitrate ot soda during the early stages ot its growth water plants well before re moving from flats and if possible have soil moist into which they are being transplanted give them six to eight inches each way in rows about threa feet apart cultivate early and con sistently during the season iu the fall the simplest way to bleach the celery is to place boards close up against the plants on both sides of tho row and hill these up a little with earth to keep them in place celery will keep half ot the winter in cool fairly dry storage tender vegetables willi all danger ot frost over the tender vegetables may now go in chief among these will be tho squash types watermelon citron muskine- 011 cucumbers marrow pumpkin and summer squash can be sown up to tho 1st of july they all do best when given warm rich light soil and an abundance of wellrotted manure they also require good drainage an old chip pile where some wellrotted manure has been dug in and which is soaked with sunlight from morning till dusk is the ideal location plant six seeds to a hill three feet apart and thin later to four plants which should be traiued iu different directions the summer squash marrows and most ot the cucumbers should be picked ami used when about half grown the leu being more tender then tuai later this rule of course does not hold gootl for melons which must be dead ripe to determine whether they have reached this stage or not simply presn the end nf the fruit with the thumb and if it is a little soft one can safely consume them this is also the time to plant lima beans which will give a good crop if sown immediately limas need richer soil than string beans and there must he plenty ot humus to retain the moisure tho pole limas give the largest returns and a ually do best with the amateur they need seven feet of climbing space water well iu dry weather but keep the water off tha leaves th is also the time to set out egg plants and to jot their maximum yild which is three or 11- fruits to the plant they must have lioh soil but not too heavy and an abundance of moisture place them two feet apart in he inv growing perennials from seed the cheapest way to start apercn- nial garden ami also probably tho most interesting is to sccme the seed this is the best month to sow it and with the exception of poppies which are best planted iu the ground in which they are to grow permanently these flowers should he started in a special bed select a wellgained piece of soil which is sheltered from tho wind and is partially rhaded and work up the s ii into a very fine stalo of tilth sow in rows about an inch apart iress the soil down firmly over the seed which should not be planted deeper than about three times the diameter in order to prevent the seed washing out cover with some coarse sacking before watering and this may be left on until the seeds germinate when the seedgs havo developed their second set of leaves transplant into a nursery bed giving each way depending upon the variety then from an inch to three inches in the fall it the plaits have dono very well they may bo moved to their permanent position in tho perennial border but it is usually best to loavo them where they arc until spring these young plants will need extra protection hi the form of loose straw leaves or similar material during tho winter and it is best to dig a deep trench around the bed to make suro that they will lower next season and be at their best two years from now suggestions keep a sharp lookout for bugs and fungus pests and have sprays ready to attack them on a moments notice cosmos planted along the fences will make a good scree and provide an abundance ot cut flowers in lata august and early september alyssum cither normal r- dwarf is tho ideal low edging plant alter nated with the deep blue lobelia in clumps a 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