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and lemon peel and bake until tender.
Beat the whites of two eggs until stiff /;
add two tablespoonfuls of sugar am
when the pears are cold cover each
with the meringue. Place in the oven
to brown. Serve with a custard made
from pint OF milk, two eggs, a quar-
ter of a cupful of sugar, and a pinch
of salt. Cook until smooth. Chill and
pour around the pears on a serving
dish.
Pear Fritters.-Mix one and one
third cupfuls of -four with two tea
spOonfuls of baking powder, and a
fourth of a teaspoonful of salt. Add
gradually two-thirds of a cupful Of
milk, one egg, slightly beaten. Pare
two large pears and cut in slices. then
etir into the batter. Drop by spoon
fuls into hot fat and fry until brown.
Serve with q hot liquid sauce. For
peach fritters use cupful and fourth
IF flour.
Chicken With Sour Cream Gravy
Cut up a chicken or fowl as for fri
cassee and cook until tender; do not
salt the meat until it is nearly cooked.
When perfectly tender remove to a
platter and place around it crisp bak-
ing-powder biscuits, split and buttered.
Take cupful and half of the chick
en- broth, add three-fourths of a cupful
of sour cream; cook together a table
spoonful and a half of butter and the
same of flour, then add the hot broth
and cream; do not boil after the cream
Is added. Pour this over the meat that
has been dredgcd with flour and
Drowned in butter.
An old fowl may be cooked tender
and delicious If covered with sweet
fresh milk and set in a slow oven to
cook until tender; add salt at the last
of the cooking. A small piece of onion
adds flavor to the dish and can be
added to the milk.
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CHAPTER Ill.
Mrs. Whitaker.

He lived through long, bad quarter
hour his own tensed nerves twanging
in sympathy with the girls sobbing-
like telegraph wires singing in q gale
his mind busy with many thoughts,
strangely new and compelling. wearing
fresh complexion that lacked alto
gether the coloring of self-interest.
He mixed a weak draught of brandy
and water and returned to the bedside.
She made an effort to rise. The eff
feet was quickly apparent in the color
that came into her cheeks, faint but
warm. After y moment she asked:
'Please-whO are yOuY"
''My name is Whitaker" he said
Hugh Morten Whitaker. 81 didn't
want to be known, so registered as
Hugh Morten. They mistook me for
your husband"
The girl swung to her feet.
81 want to tell you something" She
faced him bravely, though he refused
the challenge of her tOrmented eyes.
won't you listen?"
He crossed to a window, where he
stood staring out. "rd rather not" he
said softly, 'but If you prefer"
81 do prefer" said the voice behind
him. Tin Mary Ladislas."
Eyes," said Whitaker.
II ran away from home last
week-five days ago-to get married
to our chauffeur, Charles Morton -
She Stammered.
please don't go on, if it hurts" he
begged without looking around.
I've got to-Ive got to get it over
with. We were at Southampton,
at my fathers summer home L mean,
that's where l ran away from. He
Charley-drove me over to GreenpOrt
and l took the ferry there and came
here to wait for him. He went to New
York in the car, promising to join me
here as soon as possible. :"
"And he didn't come" Whitaker
wound up for her, when she faltered.
How much money of yours did he
take with him?"
There was brief pause of aston
ishment. 'What do you know about
that?" she demanded.
81 know a good deal about that type
of man." he said grimly.
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uOOOu vi uHt u Die outdoors. lbc and 30
SAW ADVERTISING IN SONG
Concert Committee Baked at Sugges-
ton Made by the Close-Fisted
Coal Dealer.

They were getting up charity con-
cert in the small provincial town, and
the committee determined to work
hard to make great success of 1t.
The local magnates and tradesmen
were called on, and to one of the
latter, coal merchant, whose place
was somewhere in the North, an ap-
peal was duly made.
"Ah'm very sorry" was the coal mer-
chants reply to the committees rep
resentative, "but Abs stopped sub
scribin' tae a these things"
"Well, you'll give us an order for
an advertisement on the program?"
suggested the caller.
The coal merchant shook his head.
Then a sudden inspiration seized him.
"Ah'll tell We what Ah'll dae, though"
he said. "Ah'u get ma dochter tae
sing for ye."
Fright you are" said the other
what will l put her down for?"
"'Keep the Home Fires Burning"
Cant be DONE" declared the con-
cert man emphatically, folding up his
papers. eff you won't subscribe I'll
take jolly good care you get no free
advertising on our program. london
Answers.
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half cupfuls of steamed raisins that
have been finely chopped. When part
ly frozen add the juice of two lemons.
Summer SaIad.-Cook quart of
fresh shelled lima beans in sailed wa
ter. Drain and chill them Peel and
cut into dice two tart apples, chop
two sweet green peppers and mix all
together with mayonnaise dressing in
which tarragOn vinegar has been used.
Mint Cucumber Standardization
light summer refreshments dainty and
delicious sandwiches may be prepared
by dipping thin slices of cucumber In
French dressing and sprinkling with
chopped fresh mint on buttered bread
These sandwiches should not be made
until they are just ready to serve, as
the cucumbers lose their crispness by
standing.
Nuts and Green Peas.-A delicious
salad may be made by combining
cooked green peas and English wal
nuts, using two parts of the peas to
one of the nuts. Serve on lettuce
with mayOnnaise or any boiled Dress
Ing that is well seasoned. One Of the
reasons why mayonnaise is not liked
Is because it may be made of oil that
Is not good or 1t lacks seasoning. May
onnaise should have as much season.
Ing as any dressing. Onion juice, salt,
mustard and red pepper in sufficient
quantities will make a well-flavored
dressing.
Tomato and Cucumber SaIad.-Peel.
slice and chill a half-dozen ripe toma-
toes. Slice two or three cucumbers
Rub salad bowl with a cut Glove Of
garlic, arrange foundation of lettuce
and put in the cucumbers with the to-
matoes for border. Sprinkle with
finely chopped mint and serve with
French dressing.
A most delicious dressing for plain
lettuce salad is the French dressing
with a tablespoonful of chopped par
sley, half cupful Of chopped Spanish
onion, tablespoonful each Of red and
green pepper, finely chopped, and a
tablespoonful Of powdered sugar with
salt and pepper to taste. Use cup
full of oil and a third of cupful of
vinegar for this recipe.
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in Mid-Victorian DAYS.

. Trollope, the English novels. of
mid-Victorian days, was neither critic
nor commentator. He pointed no NOR
al as he wrote. One is scarcely curl
Gus to inquire whether he himself per-
ceived a moral.
He saw the dim shadow of social
transformations without wish to
hasten or retard them. He sketched
the life about him, an inchoate con-
temporary scene.
We turn back to his books with the
mingled amusement and respect which
good son may feel as he turns the
pages of his fathers diary.
We gather as we read the unearned
increment which comes to truth from,
time.
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The DESTROYINGANGEL
Louis Joseph

couldn't gain his own consent to do
so. She was in no condition to be
left alone, this delicate and fragile
child, defenceless and beset. A strange
girl. to find in a plight like hers, he
thought: not pretty, but quite un-
usual; delicate, sensitive, high-strung,
bred to the finer things of life-this
last was self-evident in the fine SIM
plicity of her severely plain attire.
variety of impressions crowded
upon his perceptions in little more
than a glance. For suddenly Nature
took her in hand she twisted upon her
side, as if to escape his regard, and
covered her face, her palms muff1ing
deep tearing sObs while waves of pent-
up misery racked her slender little
body.
Whitaker moved softly away. :.
Once, pausing by the centre-table.
he happened to look down. He saw a
little heap of the hotel writing paper,
together with envelopes, a pen, bot
tie of ink Three of the envelopes
were sealed and superscribed, and two
were stamped. The unstamped letter
was addressed to the Proprietor of the
Commercial house.
OF the others, one vas directed to
a Mr.. c.. w. Morton in care of another
person at a number on lower Sixth
Avenue, New York; and from this
Whitaker began to understand the sim
gular manner of his Introduction to the
wrong room; there's no great differ
ence between Morton and Morten,
especially when written carelessly.
But the third letter caused his eyes
to widen considerably. 1t bore the
name of ThurlOw Ladislas, Esq, and
Wall Street address.
Whitaker's mouth shaped still-bOrn
whistle. He was recalling with sur
prising distinctness the fragment of
dialogue he had overheard at his club
the previous afternoon.
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Whitaker nodded without words.

Whitaker nodded without words.
The youth shrugged and scrawled
a hieroglyph after the name. Here
Sammy" he said to the boy-"Forty-
three" To Whitaker he addressed the
further remark: ''Trunks?'
NO"
The youth seemed about to expos
tulate, but checked when Whitaker
placed one of his hundred-doIlar notes
on the counter
Il think that'lI cover my liability, v
he said with a significance misinter-
preted by the other.
Il amt got enough change"
That's all right; I'm in no hurry"
The eyes of the lout followed him
as he assembled the stairs. On the
second floor as Whitaker came into
view, the boy thrust open the door,
disappeared for an instant, and came
out minus the bag. Whitaker gave
him a coin in passing-an attention
which he acknowledged by pulling the
door to with bang the moment the
guest had entered the room. At the
same time Whitaker became aware of
contretempS.
The room was of fair size, and it
was tenanted by woman in street
dress. She stood by the waShStand,
with her back to the light, her attitude
one of tense expectancy; hardly more
than a silhouette Of figure moderate
ly tall and very slight, almost angular
in it's slenderness. She had been hold
ing tumbler in one hand but as
Whitaker appeared this slipped from
her fingers; there followed a thud and
a sound Of split liquid at her feet. She
moved forward a pace or two, her
hands fluttering out toward him, then
stopped as though halted by a force
implacable and overpowering.
II thought" she quavered in a
stricken vOice-'I thought. you
my husband Mr.. Morton
the boy said :"
Then her knees buckled under her,
and she plunged forward and fell with
a thump that shook the walls.
"Fm sorry-I beg pardon" Whit
aker stammered stupidity to ears that
couldn't hear. He swore softly with
evaporation, threw his hat to chair
and dropped to his knees beside the
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woman. 1t seemed as if the high gods
were hardly playing fair, to throw a
fainting woman on his hands just then.
at time when he was all preoccupied
with his own absorbing tragedy.
Even while this thought was run
ming through his mind, he was gather
ing the slight young body into his
arms; and he found it really astonish-
ingly easy to rise and bear her to
the bed. Then turning to his handbag
he opened it and produced a small,
leather-bound flask of brandy; little
of which would go far toward shatter-
ing her syncope, he fancied.
1t did, in fact; few drops between
her half-parted lips, and she came to
with disconcerting rapidity. opening
dazed eyes in the middle of a spasm of
coughing He stepped back, stoppering
the flask.
That's better" he said pleasantly
Nov lie still while 1 fetch you a
drink of water"
AS he turned to the waShStand his
foot struck the tumbler she had
dropped. He stopped short, frowning
down at the great, staring, wet, yell
low stain on the dingy and threadbare
carpet. Together with this discovery
he got a Whit of an acrid-sweet
eff1uvium that spelled "Oxalic Acid
Poison" as Enthusiastically as did the
druggists label on the empty packet
on the waShStand.
In another moment he was back at
the bedside with a clean glass of wa
ter, which he offered to the girls lips,
| passing his arm beneath her shoulders
and lifting her head so that she might
drink.
She emptied the glass thirstily
Look here" he said almost roughly
under the lash of this new fear-syou
didn't really drink any of that stuff.
did your
Her eyes met his with a look nf
negation clouded by fear and bewilder-
ment. Then she turned her head away.
Dragging a pillow beneath it, he let
her down again.
"Good," he said in accents meant TO
be enheartening; you'll be all right
in a moment or two
Her colorless lips moved in a
whisper he had to bend close to dis
tinguish.
please
"Yes?"
"Please don't call anybody. ;"
II won't. Don't worry"
Tho lids nuivereG down oyay- har
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Improvement on asks"

An increase of ser eral yards in the
jump of ski-runners is a rather sur
lizing objects by means of a spray. In
Switzerland, a coating of aluminium of
the thickness Of thin cardboard is be-
ing applied to the ski-blades by this
method, and this not only adds greatly
to the durability of the bearing surface
but it also very materially lessons
friction, and tends further to prevent
caking of snow on the blades. 1t is the
diminished friction that lengthens the
jump.
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mend your Compound to other ladies'"
Mrs. MARY RIDGwAY, Durand, Wis.
A Massachusetts, Woman Writes:
Blackstone, Mass. -" My troubles
were from my age, and felt awfully
sick for three years. / had hot flashes
often and frequently suffered from
pains.s took Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound and now am WE'LL"
Mrs. PIERRE CoURNoYER, Box 28a,
Blackstone, Mass.
Such warning symptoms as sense Of
suffocation, hot flashes, headaches, back
aches, dread of impending evil, timidity,
sounds in the ears, palpitation of the
heart, sparks before the eyes, irregu-
larities, constipation, variable appetite,
weakness and dizziness, should be needed
by middle-aged women. Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound has carried
many women safely through this crisis.
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Sermon of the Stove.

An Alabama darkey was telling a
friend Of a certain church service he
had attended
"De preacher wasn't feelin' so good
last Sunday" he said, San he made
de stove preach de sermon"
made the stove preachW
"Yessuh; made 1t hed-hot from top
to bottom, an den ne tells de sinners
to take a good look at it, an go to
thinkin'!"
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SUM merry DISHES.

The idle man does not know what 1t
is to enjoy rest, for he has not earned
1t. Hard work, moreover, tends not
only to give rest to the body, but what
is even more important, peace to the
mind. If we have done our best, to
do, and to be, We can rest in peace
Sir John Lubbock
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Can you imagine a more tragic
inquire than young girl deserted
IN ratty hotel by the man with
whom she eloped, and given no
tice that her people have cast
her out of their lives and she
must shift for herself? One lit
tie maiden in such plight
thought there were but two
courses ahead for her. One was
dishonorab!e. So she emptied a
little black bottle into glass of
water and-welI what happens
is told in his .insta!iment with
dramatic effect.
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the palate. The follow
ing is one which fills
both requirements:
Pear Meringue With
Custard Sauce. - Take
even-sized pears and peel
them, leaving on the
stem. Place in a baking
dish. add sugar. water
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Lydia E. Pinkham's
We ge table Com
pound. When l was
45 and h a d tn 9
CHI ange of Life,
a friend recon-
mended it and it
gave me such relief
from my bad feel
ings that / took
several bottles. I
am now we'll and
healthy and recon-
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many that one may have
a variety of these whole
some desserts. The Iowa
station of agriculture
originated this popular
dish.
Raisin Lacto.-Beat the
yolkS and whites of two
g 6 gS separately; add
three cupfuls Of sugar.
mixed with two quarts of
sour milk and one and q
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Twelve field parties will continue
this year the government survey OF the
mineral resources of Alaska.
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60 THE
Il 1KITCHEN -
k1CABINE TIA
cool FOODS FOR sULTRY DAYS.

Wondrous is the strength OF cheer
fu,ness. and its power of endurance
the cheerful man will do more in the
same time. will do 1t better, win per-
severe in it longer, than the sad or
sullen.-Caryle.
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Must Be on the Level.

No man can be at his level best
who doesn't do all he does on the
level
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SYNOPSIS.

Young Hugh Whitakers doctors tell
him he has but a few months to live and
his sweetheart jilts him. His friend, Peter
Stark. finds him disconsolate and proposes
81 sea voyage.
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ELDERLY WOMEN
SAFEGUARDED
Tell Others How They Were
Carried Safely Through
Change Of Life.

Durand, Visit am the mother Of
fourteen children and owe nv life to
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The frozen dishes made from sour
milk and fruit combinations are so
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Gerlnany's sugar production this
year will exceed that of 1915, accord
ing to statistics now available, by
about 100000 tons. The yiel9 indi-
c.ted between 100000 and LOO, 900
tons
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ireland is outside the zone pre-
setibed for Zeppelin attacks. So far
as the Zeppelins are concerned, Ire
land is not regarded as enemy terri
tory in the sense that England and
Scotland are, and the Emerald Isle,
for the present at least, will be as free
fl en- Zeppelins as it is of snakes.
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A dish to be thoroughly satisfying
should appeal to the eye as well as
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The autumn fair at Leipzig was
opened August 26. Exhibitors number
$500 more than is usual even in
times of peace. new section has
been added for the display of food
StuffS.
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King Ludwig III has been stricken
with apoplexy and his condition is
grave, says Rome dispatch to the
Petit Parisien. King Ludwig is sew
enty-one years old He married the
Archduchess Maria Theresa of Austria
and assembled the Bavarian throne in
1918.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-14
U. S. PROTESTS BELGIAN DRAFT.
Berlin Told Forced Labor Of Civilians
Is Contrary to Humanity.

washington.-A note to Germany
protesting against the deportation of
Belgians for forced labor as contrary
to all precedents and human princi-
pies of international practice was
made public by the State Department.
The note was cabled to Charge Grew
at Berlin Nov. %. the day Ambassador
Gerard discussed the subject with
President Wilson, with instructions
that he read 1t personally to the Ger
man chancellor.
A decision to protest formally
against the treatment of the Belgians
followed unsuccessful informal eff
forts by Charge Grew under instruc-
tions that he say informally to the
Berlin foreign office that the deporta-
tions were having most unfavorable
effect upon neutrals, particularly the
United States.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-14
new BRITISH CABINET
FIVE MEN CHOSEN TO CARRY ON
WAR FOR EMPIRE.
Lloyd-Georse Premier, curzon Presi-
dent of Council; Law, hender-
son and Miner Others in
Ruling Body.

London.-The official list of the new
ministry follows the unofficial forecast
with two or three minor changes. Mr..
Lloyd-George. Lord Miner, Earl Cur
zon. Andrew Bonar Law, and Arthur
Henderson form what is officially
termed the War Cabinet, while the
others. who ordinarily have been des-
ignated as Cabinet ministers, are
called heads of departments. The
other members of the ministry who
are not in the War Cabinet, are:
Lord High Chancellor, Sir Robert
Bannatyne Finlay.
Secretary of State for the Home De
partment, Sir George Cave.
Secretary of State for Foreign Al
fairs, Arthur j. Balfour.
Secretary of State for the Colonies,
Walter Hume Long.
Secretary of State for War the Earl
of Derby.
Secretary of State for India, Aus
ten Chamberlain.
President of the Local Government
Board. Baron Rhondia.
Minister of Labor. John Hodge.
President of the Board of Trade, Sir
Albert Stanley.
First Lord of the Admiralty. Sir Ed
ward Carson.
Minister of Munitions, DR.. Christie
pher Addison.
Minister of Blockade, Lord Robert
Cecil
Food Controller. Baron Davenport.
Shipping Controller. Sir Joseph Pa
ton Maclay.
President of the Board of Educa-
ton Herbert A. l.. Fisher.
First Commissioner of Works. Sir
Alfred NJ. Mond
Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancas-
ter. Sir Frederick Cawley.
Postmaster General, Albert Hing
worth.
Minister of Pensions, George N.
Barnes.
Attorney General, Sir Frederick E.
Smith.
Solicitor General, Gordon Hewart,
K.C.
Secretary for Scotland. Mr.. Munro.
Lord Advocate, James A. Clyde.
X. C.
Solicitor-Generalf for Scotland, Thos.
B. Morrison. X. c.
Lord Lieutenant of Ireland, Baron
Winbourne.
Chief Secretary for Ireland, Henry
E. Duke.
Lord Chancellor for Ireland, 1gna-
thus ]. O'Brien. X. C.
Sir Robert Bannatyne Finlay, in &C
cepting the office of Lord High Chan
cellor stipulated that his right to a
pension be waived.
The Elk Mountain pilot., 1916-12-14
Guardsmen Ordered Home.

San Antonio.-Major General Funs.
ton gave out partial list of the des.
tinations of the 5,G76 national guards
men ordered home from the border
All will leave between Dec. IL and 1s.
Battery A, Utah field artillery, sta.
toned at Nogales, Ariz., will entrain
for Fort Douglas. Utah. The Second
Idaho infantry, Nogales, will go to the
same point for mastering out. The
First battalion, California field artil
lery. on duty at Nogales, will go direct
to California.
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Business eooms In Every Branch.

Washington.-Conti favorable
business conditions throughout the
country. with all markets extremely
active. prices still going up in many
lines, and high levels of production
set in others, are noted in the federal
reserve boards monthly tabulation of
reports from reserve agents made
public here. Serious car shortage was
reported from nearly every section
during the last month. and it was said
to be the chief impediment to in
crease of commercial and industrial
activity.