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•^'«ic^.'*vs;^-»iit.;7"-c:^.t7t â€" '^SE Between Cousins; OR, A DECLARATION OF WAR. v: ^ CIIAPTEK V. A year later the question of how they would "pull tugrthei" was bfiim partially answered. Durinj: this year a good many prosaic facts had poked their plain faces riprhl through the rose-colored veils of i!lu^^iotl hitherto shroudinK them . Thinps had not turned out just as Ella expected. John's social educa- tion, in paiticular, dra^Ked sailly. Curiously enouKh, he had not yet be- pun to jrrasp ihe extent of his duties both towards herself and towards his own po.sition. It was all rijxht, of course, his <le\ (.tins himself to his ministry; but did hi.; duty demand of him tu be at the beik and call of every rheumatic old v.cman for miles around, who was tou stitl' on her legs to come and fetch Ihe spiritual consolation she inKSKii'-ed herself in need of? What strenf^'lh could he have remaining for th? r<'a!, urgent calls, if he cxhai;sled himself in those purely optional ones â€" fo;- this wa.i a parish of widely scat- tered crofts, an<i many a mile of rough wiilking was entailed? It was for the sake of his work itseif that she pro- tested, she assuied him. As for her ov.n ch'iins, she did not wish to put them forward, th()u„'h it was rather lonely sometimes of an evening, and tirisome tio, to have to wait dinner at least four times a week. Once or twice sh(; had ha/.arded a gently re- proachful remark in which the word "neglect' had been playfully inter- polated; but ho had looked at her with BO naive an astonishment that per- force she held her tongue. .And this blindiiesif of his held good with regard to others of her wishes. Theoretical- ly, .she had of course been aware of the existence of all those humbly sit- uated blood relations, but had not doubted that they could be "kept in their place" by ju<licious troatnuiit. And so they could have been, if only John would heai- reason. As matters stood, they acted as a dead-weight to the soarings (if social aspirations. The neighborhood of the qiuirries was in itself a griuvou.-s trial. What was the good of carefully avoiding every reference to them, when .J(jhn on all possible occasions plumped out with Bome reminscence of his own work- ing days? And that ubiquitous slate- stone, from which there was no get- ting away, in the ^hape of door-steps and seats, and even queer, irregular palings, just as though it took a special pleasuie in provoking Ella by rcminder.s of the .sore subject! If .John, on his side, was only indi.s- tinctly aware of something in his mar- riage which fell short of his expecta- tions i'. wa.s principally bec.ai.se the niarri:.):'- itself had never been to him the evciil whiih it had been to Klla. If gr.-uliially he dropped out of the h:ibit of dis>os^i:ig his work with his wife, wli'im he found generally too much ociii|ji<(l with domestic "im- provements" to lend him an undivid- ed attention, this was no great sacri- fice. Reticence was far more natural to him than expansion, which had, in fact, been only a passing phase, urtifi- cally provoked. With scarcely a pang he returned to his former exclusive self-communions. 1 Occasionally, aas he viewed the "im- provements" Ella ssured him were essential, a mild bewilderment would come over him. The white cap and apron whicl^ the maid-of-all-work was rigorou.-ly compelled to don before opening the dour, the dessert plates and the linger-bowls (out of which he had began by trying to drink) â€" there were things so strange to him as to be almost disquieting. Gently, but fnmly, ho had been trained to change his coat every evening, and had got used to the silk blouse in which Ella sat opposite to him as she dispensed the roast mutton, without quite realising that the increased smartness of her appearance belonged to the process known as "dressing for dinner." Though unable to see the ncce^^ity of these things â€" and even at niements uneasily aware of something that jarred between them with his private conception of his life-task â€" he ' never actively resisted them, partly because they did not seem to him of ' enough importance, and partly because rebellion would have appeared to him ungrateful. Could he, in justice, re- proach Ella with wanting to beautify her home and his â€" with .striving to minister to what she took to be his bodily wants? Hccause, jiersonally, he happened to be a born ascetic, ' supremely independent of creature comforts, could he therefore fail to be touched by her efforts to do things which she evidently considered ought to please him? I At the end of that year the situation might have been summed uj) as a mutual but not yet acute disappoint- ment, conyciou-! on one side, subcons- I cious on the other, and here still veil- ed by the concentration of mind on ' what had remained the chief object ' ri;;ht through the episode of marriage. To say that Ella had entirely cooled towards her husband would be unfair. ; Her admiration for his person per- I sisted, but of her enthusiasm for his ' work there remained but the ashes. The social drawbacks of her surround- : ings hopelessly outweighed the de- lights she had expected to draw from I their picturestiue elements. The very ' picturesqueness was not of the sort which appealed to her, except in theory. All that rugged grandeur was too high and broad - in one word, 'too big for her personality, whether of mind or body. The peevish twitch of the lips began to predominate, betraying a growing fietfulness. The excursions in the mental balloon afore-mentioned had likewise been resumed. The picture she saw from there was extremely! touching: a young wife, living a life' almost forlorn, cut off by her present delicate state of health from any as- sistance she might otherwise have given her husband, and thus virtually ! shut out from his life. Or, from an- other point of view, a woman of educa- j tion and "aspirations," exiled in a land of .semi-barbarian,s, and tied to a man who would not understand her leal wants. The vision caused more than one flood of tears to rise to her eyes during those idle days spent per-; force upon the sofa in the much-im- ! proved sitting â€" no, drawing-room. ] That even the prospect of becoming a father should have changed John so , little was, in Ella's opinion, the worst, symptom of all . True, he had beam- ed at the first intelligence, and thank- ed God upon his knees for the favor; but his remarks upon the coming event only too clearly betrayed the subjec- , five jilace it took in his mind. I "If it were a boy, Ella â€" oh, if it were a boy!" had been almost his first i words. "What happiness to think that perhaps some day ho may be. able to take up the work I shall be forced to lay down!" Upon which Ella had only smiled a little faintly, while inwardly register- ing the wish that it should not be a 1 boy. A daughter would he in many ways preferable, if only because she \ dd be more exclusively given into her own hands to be trained up in the way she would consider fit. It was in favor of her wish that the balance of Fate inclined . The new.i met John six miles from home, and under circumstances which remained in his mind ^or many a day to come. He had been nut of the house for twenty-four hours, summoned to a dying woman in the wildest part of the hills. His task had been done ere nightfall, but a violent thunderstorm had kept hi .1 prisoner all night in the distant croft. Even by daylight the smaller burns, the slippery rocks made piogress slow and difficult. As he tramped through the wet heather beaten all away by the violence of the pa.-t downpour, he was thinking a good deal of Ella, and hoping that his absence would nut have distressed her; but he was also thinking a good deal of the old woman whose eyes he had closed last night and of the mar- vellous way in which the lines of care, drawn by eighty years, had been smoothed out in a few minuter; by the hand of Death. (To be continued.) JJbquf the What the Doctor Orders. I pint of boiling water, and let stand Often the doctor will say, "Give the i one hour. Strain through cheese-cloth. baby barley water. Easily said, j Serve hot or cold. thinks the mother, but how does one! Flaxseed Tea.â€" Wash c.^refully two make it? Or, worse still, she doesn't', tablespoonfuls of whole flaxseed. Add think at all and hurries home to cook four cupfuls of cold water (one quart). up something that is far from the Cook slowly one hour. Add a little healthful thing the doctor intended. | lemon-juice and sugar. Dilute with .Here are a few recipes for foods fre- hot water, if necessary, and strain. qucntly used in caring for the children. Plain Tapioca.â€" Add to one cupful Barley Water.â€" Two tablespoonfuls ! <^f scalded milk, in double boiler, one I of pearl barley, one quart of water. | ane one-half tablespoonfuls of gran- jBoil continuously for six hours; as ulated tapioca, two teaspoonfuls of the water lioils away, add more, keep- sugar, a little salt, and a dash of nut- ling the quantity one quart. Strain | meg. Cook for fifteen minutes. > through coar.se muslin. It is well to I Plain Bread Pudding.â€" Scald one !.soak the barlev before cooking it. cupful of milk. To :•. beaten egg add I Barley Water with Prepared Flour, ""e tablespoonful of sugar and a pinch -One tablespoonful of prepaied bar- "f salt. Pour on this mix ure gradual- ' ley flour, twelve ounces (one and one- ly the .scalding milk. Add one cupful half cupfuls) of water. Boil twenty "f stale bread cut mto half-inch cubes. n,|„ut.t"s. Bake in buttered pudding-dish, m ;„.',,,, ^ _ ... , , I moderate oven, until custard is set. ; Oatmeal Water.â€" One tablespoonful _ .., .„ e . 1 Y 1 II It. i i-r- I Serve with milk. of oatmeal b ended with one table- . ,r . • , , Albuminized Milk. â€" Beat up the white of an egg till light ; add a good- sized pinch of salt, four ounces of fresh sterilized milk, and sugar if spoonful of cold water. Add speck of salt. Stir in one quart of boiling water. Boil three hours, adding water as it bolls away. Strain through, line sieve or cheese-cloth. After the | '''â- '?."''^,, . _, ,,.,,• .., sixth month, eitTlei barley or oatmeal Beef-Juice.-Chop and bro.l slightly water may be used in preparing the ''"•â- '" "'^^t from the round Squeeze infant's food, instead of plain water. I'V «""'"« °^ . '*'"''" hand-press or Barley water i.s to be used when there lemon-squeezer into a warm cup. Sal is loo.seness of the bowels, and the oat- »"'' serve immediately. One pound Cleaning and Dyeing w BLANKETS CAPvPETS LACE CURTAINS FEATHERS FURS DRAPERIES COWNS TABLE COVEKS QUILTS GENTS' CLOTHING Quick Service Excellent V/ork Send for our Catalogue on Cleaning and Dyeing Moderate Charges W« Pay Carrlagn Charjas On* Way. PARKER'S DYE WORKS, Limited CIcansr* and Dyort 791 Yonge Street - - Toronto meal when the tendency is toward con- stipation. Barley Gruel. â€" Blend two table spoonfuls of barley flour with a little cold milk, and stir into one quart of j scalded milk. Cook in double boiler two hours. Aild a little salt and sug- - ar. Strain. 1 Oatmeal (iruel. â€" To throe cupfuls' of boiling water add one-half cupful of coarse oatmeal and one-half tea-, spoonful of suit. Cook five hours in double boiler. Dilute with hot milk, and strain. Farina Gruel. â€" One tablespoonful of farina, one pint of water, one tea- 1 the diet, and not as a staple supply- of round steak usually yields from two to three ounces of juice. Beef Tea. â€" Cut in small pieces one pound of round steak from which all fat has been removed; cover with one pint of cold water; let Boak one-half hour; put into a preserve-jar, and cov er closely. The jar is placed in an- other vessel containing cold water. Hciit this slowly. Cook for two or three hours, strain and season. Value of Cheese in Your Diet. Canadian women have long regard- ed cheese merely as an accessory to spoonful of sugar, one-half teaspoon- ful of salt. Put into one pint of boil- ing real food value. In fact, most women believe cheese, when used in City Eye Specialists Tell How To Strengthen Eyesight 50% In a Week^s Time In Many Instances A FroT! I'rrsrrfpllon Tou fan IlaTP l''llli'<l niul Isc at Home. Boston. M:iKH.â€" Vlrdie.s of eyo ptrr'ln ktwl oilur ev" we;ikncsH€!S, ami tlio>u *ho wear KUases, will lie ii\a<i to know tl.at Doiiiiis and K.ve Hpoelalisls now ngiei: lliire la i tiil hope iiiul help for Ihem. Alyny \vhuj*u e>«8 w©r« f^illtiiK fay they li.ive had tlmlr oycH restonid and many who onco wire BlnH.se» nay tlioy fiiivc thrown thtfcu .'iway. Ouo nun ;-:i'j'. aflor uslnif It: "1 w:i3 al- iiokU oi:ii(]. <*oKl(J not HCQ to road lit nil. :\'iW 1 ran read tevt»rylhinK wllh- «jii; iiiy Klaf-'ies, mid my «ye."> do not Jiurl any riore. At nlnlit they would pniii (111 t.dlully. Now they feel fliia all the tirrie. li wii.i liUe a mlraele lo nic." A b'ldy ivh'j iiHL'd It Hays: "'I'lie atnioB- Iihpro !â-  ' mod hazy with or wlihout llla.si.es. Iriit after unliig this pre.scrli)- Uon for lifleen days nverythinjc Heeom rle.ir. I run lead even hiio print wllli- out Khisaes." Anollicr who u.Mid R BayF; "1 was holheiud with eyo «lri;in rniiK. .1 hv ovprworked, tired eyes which Indueed herein headache.s. i havn wi>rn Hius.HeB for Hevtiral years, hoth for diw- taiiCi! nnd work, and without them I couhl not road loy own n.ii.ie tin an Biivclope or the lyp. « i It liiK on the loaehliKt I,ffore ino. 1 can do hoth now, and lM.\e dis>.-<rdfd my hoiK dlHtan.e plasKeH altopeth'r. I onn count tho rtuMerlnt; leaves on llio treea uitubh tho Kircet now, which for roveral years have lonKed ',:)<<•. a dim i.rein l)lur»to jrie. I e:ine,ot e?. prosa n:y joy at wh.it It hii:^ fliMi'j for ire." It Is 1, !!i;Ved that \'\i us.iiid.H who ^•ear KhTH.ies r.in now di.wai-d them In H reasoiKililo thoe. nnd iiiiill lliideN mora Vlll !•« iihlo to Siliennllieii Ihclr cyea BO aK to li« M].ared the liou'lu und un.- pciiHc of cvtr ifelting KlasuiH. Dr. Ucck, an eye sipeclalUl of nearly twent./ years iMiirllee, Bayts: "A patient ranie lo mo who was loii'ferliiK from Blcpharllla JI:ir:;hi;ili:i with .•â- 11 Ihi! concomitant Byniptoms, an inoinlnj; Aff::1utliutiun u( lliu Udu. ehrun;it tuu- jiinetlvitls nnd cphlphnr.T. Iter eypn when not eont;e.st(Kl b.id tho dull, mif- fioo'd (-xproHslon (uininion to HUeli iraHOH. Ilavint; run out of her nudlclno a friend .suKKCstod Hon-' ijiic. Hlio used this treatment ami not only overeamo lier dh'trcH.-ilnB eonilitioii. but HtiaiiKe and .•iiiiazliiK a:> It may »eem, no HtienKthened her eyesight that she was alilo to disprnne with her distaiuo (,'hi»arH and her hoadaeho nnd nouralKia left her. Jn this In.slaiico 1 should aay iier eyeplfe'lil w.iii Improved llKi'^;,. I iiaeo NJncti verilu-d tlut cUlcacy of tliin treatment In a numl c r of easoB and have Keen thu cyo:ni4ht Improve from ITi lo 7!i lur cent In a remarkably short lime. I can s:iy It woiii.'i more uulekly tlian any other rcmr.dy 1 havj jiro- Boribed fur tlia cye.s." Jir. Smith, an ocnllHt of wide oxperl- eneo, B.iyB; "[ have treated in prlvu.o piaelleo a number of Beriou.s i>pthalinio diiiea.'iea with Hon-Opto and iim ;ihlii |.i rc|iort ullimato recovery in both reulo and chronic cabea. Mr. U. eame to iny rilllco snri'erlnii with an lufeeted eye. Tho condition wa;^ so Berhuia tiiat an tperalioii fi»r enucleation Hoomni liii- per.itiso. Heforo resorting to tlio operative treatment I prescribed Hon- (i|ito and In Jl hours the seeretion had h .sHened, Intl-injmatery «ymptom;i he- Ran to BiibHlde. and In si'ven days the eju v/ttB cured and ictain.jd ll.s nor- iiKil vision. Another cubo of extreino cnnvBrKunt Btrabinmus irvi-a eyes) eHiaped l!ie auigeon's kniio by the timely use of your collyilnm. The lightened external muscles yielded to the Hoothinfj and anodyne effects of Hon-Ojilo. 1 hlwHva in.'<til Hon-Opto after removal of foreign bodies und apply It loially to all hlirn.s, ulcers and rpots on the eyeball or th.i lli..'i for \Ut therapeutic effect. By eleansi- ing the lids of accretions and acting' as a tonic for the eyeball Itself tho vision 1.1 rendered tnoro acute, heneo tho number of caBeu of dlBcardod tIasseH " I If. I'onner gays; "My eyit were In bad uuiidltlun uwlajf tu thu fi>;verc ing water the salt and farina; cook for , large tiuantitiea is indigestible and twenty minutes; strain, and add suf- harmful. ficient milk to obtain tn'c desired con- Kxpertn of tho Department of Agri- sistencv. culture have found that cheese is sel- Kice Water. -Wash two tablespoon- dom a cause of physiological distur- fuls of rice. Add one pint of cold i bailees, and may easily be lued as the water nnd a little salt. Cook one chief source of nitrogeneous food, hour. Dilute with boiling water, and When cheese is served ns a sub- strain, stitute for meat or other staple â€" and Toast Water. â€" -Toast sufficient ; this has been done very successfullyâ€" bread to make, when broken into small housekeepers shot Id regulate care- pieces, two cupfuls. Add to this one [ fully the other part of the same menu as they now select vegetables accord- ing to the meat they intend to have, as green peas with lamb. With cheese ciisp, fresh vegetables, as lettuce, celery and water cress, should be used, with or without dressing. Fruits, plain or in saUul fwm, arc also very good . It is not generally known that cheese has nearly twice as much pro- tein, weight for weight, aa beef, and tl at its -ood vail e is more than twice as great. It contains 2,') per cent. more protein thn.. the same weight of porterhouse steak as purchased, and nearly twice as much fat. strain arlnlnrr from protracted mloro- Bcopieal research work. )lon-l)pto used nee.iidinK to directions rendered a Bur- Iirisint;' service. I found my eyes re- nuirkably Htrenpthened, ho much so I have put asiiie my glasses without dis- eomfoit. .Several of my colh hkucs havo nl.o used it and wo are u^^reed as to ilH rcnullH. in a few daya. under my oliaervation, the eye.s of an aBtiKmalla cane were ro improvtrd that Riassca hii\ been diiieardeil hy the patient." Kye troubh'.s of many descriptions may ho wonderfully li(iioMtcd by tha line of no'n-V)|ito and If yuu want to Htrenelhsn your ey< .m. go to any drus (itoro and get a bottle of Jton-Dpto laMeta. Iirop one llon-Opto talilot In St fourth of a gin. ri of watt r nii'' ' I It hi.-.'iolve. With tills liquid h:. . the eyes two to four times dr.lly. You should notice your eyea clear up pcr- coptlhly right from the start, and In- llniiim.'\tlon and rediiesa will quickly (iiaappear. If your eyes bother you even a little it la your duty to taka Miepa to save them now before It la too late. Many hopelessly blind nilfrht have Baved their Bight If they had cared fur their eyea 1(i tiiiio. Ni'le: A riiy physlclim to whom l!ie above nrlklo wns eubiiillli-tl. said: "Yes, llun (iplo la .T ri-nuirknble e.ve rciuetly. Its cunbtlUlcnt lo- Krcdloiits are well known to eminent eye spe- (ialisU nnd wlili'ly prcserllipd by tllein. I tiafO iM'A II vi'ry juriissfully In my own prni'tlic oa pitlriits wlieflo e.vci were Ktralnod throiiKli over- norl; or liilslll fbojrs. I run blchly teconmiinl It In eiisfl of woHk, watery, aoi.liifj, mnarttnir* llrhhiK, bnnilns frm, red lldn, hlnri'd vision or fur e.v,'8 hitbiniod from exposure to nmoka, aun, iliisl or winil. It la one of the very few prepara- tliniH 1 ft-fl Khoiild bo kept on hnnd for regular iiho la nliuost every family.'* Hon Opto Is not & patent niedlelne or siM-ri-t renipdy. U la aa cUiliTil preparation, tbo formula bring printed on the pnrhn^'e. Tho maiiufaeturera fruarantee It to fitrunKtheii eyealiflit fiO pit cent tn one week'a time In many ItiHlaiiefK, or refund iiie money. It la dla* pelised l.\ all |;uod dniKKlals. IlieludInK general stores, also by C. Tamblyn and T. IJatoii & t.'o., Toronto. i Biscuits. I Things to remember in biscuit mak- ; iiiR: Select the best flour. I Have flotir thoroughly sifted. I Have li(iuid chilled. ! Have shortening just soft enough to rul) in with tips of fingers. I After adding liquid, handle as lit- tle and as lightly as possible. Baking Powder Kiscuits. â€" 2 cups flour, 2 teaspoons baking powder, 1 teaspoon .salt, 1 cup milk and water (half each), 1 tablespoon butter, 1 j tablespoon lard. I Sift the flour, salt and baking pow- : der together, twice. Cream butter and . lai-d together, and add to the tlry in- gredients, using the tips of fingers. Then add the liquid, mixing with a i knife until you lave a very soft dough. Place on a mixing board and pat out lightly until three-quarters of an inch thick. Cut out and bake in a hot oven for 15 minutes. This v,-ill make 2 dozen biscuits. I Cheese can be combined with many : more vegetables than ia generally sup- ' posed . vss ^ Ross Self Sealers for the Home Canninif of Fruits, Vegetables and Meats J. 7. BOSS CAN' OO. 660 Einff St. W. • ToTonto ^r„rrxr,-^ WUAT A PEOM© J^ "MWEUmm GOOD "PAINT MAIKEi â€" for Interior or exterior pointing on woodea surfaces Ramsay's Is unsurpassed. The quality of the Inftredienta and the well-balanced per- portions (iive Ramsay's Paints unusual apreadlnii and covpfinfi capacity aa well ua durability and protective properties. 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