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qliin, taking n backward step and
staring at me with open mouth.
La Tournoirep came in faint,
horrur-stricken voice from behind me.
| turned and beheld madefnoiselle,
who had come out from the inn on hear
ing my call for Blaise. With her were
Hugo and Jeonnotte. Behind were
the inn-keepers and the gypsies. On
mademoiselle's face. which was lighted
BY a torch which Hugo carried, was a
death-like pallor, and such look Of
horror, grief, and self-reproach, as | had
never seen on any other human counte-
nance.
sMademoiseller | cried, fastening TO
her side. atWhat is the natter"
.'Tis but--surprise,- dc la Tour
noirei" she answered, weakly, raising
her hand feebIy as if to keep me from
approaching her, while her eyes, which
were fixed on mine as by a terrible
fascination, seemed 70 be starting from
her head An instant later, she fell in 8
swoon, and was just in time TO save
her from striking the ground and tc
pillow her head on my arm.
As for De Berquin, he had made 8
| rush at me, but Blaise had repulsed him
with such fury that, seeing no hope oil
being joined by his men, he soon turned
and fled
| i bore the senseless body of made
moiselle into the inn, vainly asking my
self why she had shown so profound 8
distress at my disclosure.
Presently mademoiselle recovered
from her faiutness and went up 10 bel
chamber, supported by Jeonnotte. Hel
ewes met mine as she was about to go
but she immediately dropped them, ane
seemed by an effort to repress som,
kind of emotlan.
| With a heart saddened by the sigh
of mademoiselles distress, / then mad
arrangements for the night. was to Ii
at the front door of the inn, Blaise at tn
rear door, Hugo and the gypsies In tn
horse sheds, Marianne in the chambe
with mademoiselle and Jeonnotte, oil,
Godeau where he chose. 1t happene,
that he chose q place before the smoul
dering FIRE in the kitchen.
| Any further attempt TO find Plerr
that night was out of the question.
dared not leave the inn again, lest
should expose mademoiseIle to possibl
|. molestation, or myself to an encounte
| WIN tiloS9 from WIloltl Aau JUST escst Ile0
Had mademoiselIe's safety not depends
on that of myself and Blaise, Nigh
have invited such an encounter for my
self or for him or for both, but | woul
not have her undergo the slightest ris
of losing her protectors.
/ had little apprehension of seem
De Berquin or his men again that might
Not that he would probably remembe
his promise to give me my life an
liberty in return for my bringing L
Tournoire before him. Even tha
promise, il still respected by him, di
not affect him in regard to mademoisell
: But he would consider that, though
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had brought up several families.
But Gyp Dog did not have fit; he
was Laughing at something he had
seen that happened beneath the cherry
tree and had frightened Pussy Cats
nine lives nearly out of her body.
Gyp Dog had been sitting near by
the cherry tree and he saw Jack Robin
almost as soon as Pussy Cat.
Jack Robin was busy eating the
largest and ripest cherries when sud
denly he spied on the ground under
the tree the very largest cherry he had
ever seen, at least Jack thought it
was a cherry.
He stopped eating and hoped to
the end Of the limb and looked down
at it, then he hoped step backward
and then forward and looked around
just as if he had no thought of flying
down 10 the ground.
All this time Pussy Cat nearby and
hidden from Jack Robin was watch
ing every move he made and as soon
as he flew down Pussy began TO crawl
up behind him back of the tree.
Gyp Dog began TO look pleased, for
while he had no intention of letting
Pussy Cat catch Jack Robin he
thought something very funny was
sure to happen if he kept still.
Jack Robin hoped close to the big
red object on the ground, hoping all
the time that his sharp eyes were the
only eyes that cav it.
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was not accompanied By any Of my own
men except Blaise, medemoiselle's boy,
Hugo, would WELD stout arm on our
side. Unless he knew something OF
Pierre's disappearance, he would count
that active youth also with our forces.
He had doubtless taken in at a glance
the group composed Of Godeau, the
gypsies, and Marianne; and he would
suppose that | could reckon on assist
ance Of one kind or another from some
or all. Of these Thus, having no odds
in his favor, and knowing that we would
be on the alert, he would be little likely
to make any kind Of demonstration
against US Moreover, two of his men
finding themselves without their
weapons, and all of them angry at the
manner Of their awakening, they would
probably receive very badly the curses
that he would heap on them for their
failure to come up to his support. Their
attitude would, for the rest Of that
night, be one of mutrny. It was likely
that he would retreat and mediate a
new plan. He would not feel safe in the
immediate vicinity OF the inn, for il
would occur to him that | might send
one of my allies TO my men with orders
to take him. So he would withdraw and
either give up the enterprise entirely or
form a new design.
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big country practice and was beloved
as "A magician.
Modern standards show. II must be
admitted. some Improvement on those
of even seven years ago. and for two
reasons, both due TO the war.
In the first place, during the war,
perhaps 100000 men either went
through hospitals or came up fire.
auently for hospital parade And,
despite their frequent dissatisfaction,
they thereby learnt very great deal
about medicines and medical and
surgical treatment
! They now know something about
what a thorough diagnosis is, and
they have spread their knowledge
among families and friends If they
fall ill, or il their relatives fall i'll.
they expect a scientific attitude and
some attention 10 detail from their
doctors. They are aware of some of
the latest devices, and they are dis
contented if the said devices are not
applied to themselves.
The day is going when the doctor,
on being summoned, could come and
chat miscelianeously and pleasantly
of nothing in particular for quarter
of an hour, and then glance casually
at the tongue for two seconds, take
the pulse in 30 seconds, and, mumuring
vague reassurances and a promise TO
despatch coloured medicine. depart
full of eomplacenoy and honor. a
doctor who behaved thus TO a man
who had been through a military hos
pital would stand in danger Of being
requested to clear out at a moments
notice.
And in the second place the doctors
have learned a lot. Doctors, includ-
ing panel doctors. We're called up and
put under the very best men in all
sorts of hospitals throughout the
country. Doctors were also attached
to medical boards and pension boards.
They necessarily acquired precious
information concerning the absolute
necessity of careful diagnosis accord
ing to a routine which omitted nothing
and they returned TO their ordinary
practices loaded with the said infor-
nation and habituated methods OF
diagnosis and treatment which at any
rate are not unscjentific. And so the
doctor is now more or less able 10
supply what the enlightened patient
demands.
Before the war, everybody who was
accustomed to both English and
French doctors must have been struck
by the more searching and thorough
methods of the latter. The difference
between the, two was indeed sometimes
quite startling.
/ do not desire to praise French doc
tors at the expense of English, and
/ am entirely convinced that English
hospitals both military and civil were
and are superior to French; bat
know from an experience extending
over years that the French doctor
had at least a scientific attitude
towards disease, and especially in di-
agnosis. which was exceedingly rare
in the English.
The reproach is now somewhat di-
minSshed, If not removed.
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Just as he came close beside il and
gave a sharp, quick peck at il Pussy
Cat jumped out from behind the tree
and pop" went the big red round OBJ
ject right in her face.
Jack Robin flew; he was quite GER
tain a shot from the farmers gun must
have hit him, and he did not stop un-
til he was far away on tree where he
sat spreading his wings and wagging
his head 10 make sure he was all to-
gether.
Pussy Cat turned right over back
wards then she jumped up and ran for
the flower bushes by the house, and
that was the reason Gyp Dog laughed
so hard and long as he rolled over on
the grass.
What happened?" asked Pussy Cat
little while after as Gyp came near
where she was crouching.
"Why don't you know what it was
that popped?'' asked Gyp- L was Little
Boys balloon. He put a big stone on
the slender stick to which the bal
loon was tied so it would not blow
away and Jack Robin thought it was
cherry on the ground, SO he peclsed
at it and it burst.
Didn't you ever see balloon before
Pussy Cat?"
YES" replied Pussy. "but one never
popped right in my face before"
Just then Little Boy ran under the
cherry tree to get his balloon. He
looked at the stick with a bit of red
tied TO the end and the big tears were
all ready to fall from his pretty blue
eyes.
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But he soon became so lax under the
influence of the wine that he did not
heed when the fat man and the ragged
dandy dropped off to sleep end mingled
their snores with the murmurs of the
forest insects. lie began TO narrate his
adventures, amatory, military, bibulcus,
and other. Presently, for he n Jest, drank
the health Of Henri of Navarro III return
for my drinking that of the Pope.
Bv this time Barmemouche and gaunt
Francois had added their breathings TO
the somnolent choir.
"You are mighty drinker, monsieur,
] said to De Berquin, admlrlngly, at the
same time refllling my own mug.
"Ask the cabaret keepers of Paris
whether the Vicomte de Berquin can
hold his share Of the good red vine
juicer' he replied, iubiantly, dipping his
mug again into the pot.
| took q g,ilp from my mug and pre-
tended to choke. In one of my convul-
sive movements, | threw the contents
of nv mug into the eyes of De Berquin.
followed il an instant later with the
mug itself, and he fell back on the grass,
half-stunned. In the moment when the
grasp OF my arm was relaxed, | slipped
away from him, narrowly missing the
wild dagger stroke that he made at me.
A second later and | was on my teet
NV first act was to possess the weapons
of Barbemouche and Francois, these two
being nearest me. ! then ran towards
the inn, calling at the top OF my voice
''Blaise! To armsl
Behind me | heard De Berquin, wht
had risen, kicking the PROSTATE bodies
of his men and crying:
sup, YOU drunken dogsl We have
been fooled After him."
Then | heard him running after ms
on the road, swearing terribly.
From the place where he had left HI
men, / could hear them confusedl'
swearing and questioning one another
all having been rudely awakened iron
sleep, two of them being unable to fia(
| their weapons, and none known,
rightly what had occurred or exactl!
where their leader had gone.
| Blaise came running out of the inn
with Sword drawn. When he joined me
| stopped and turned TO face DE Ber
-uuin. He was before me ere had tim
to explain TO Blaise. In his rage, h
made violent thrust at me, whicl
Blaise turned aside De Berquin the
leaped back, 10 put himself on guard.
At that instant, the first stroke o
eight came from the distant tower Q
| Clochonne.
Filthy cur, you have lied to mel
cried De Berquin.
"Nay, monsieur" / answered, throw
ing from me the weapons of Barbe
mouche and Francois, Il keep my WORD
promised you La Tournoire unauned
Behold himF'
i And | stepped out from beside Blais
and stood with open arms.
la Tournoirep repeated De Bel
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WHY GYP DOG LAUGHED.

From beneath the yellow noWerlne
bushes beside the house Pussy Cat s
frightened face peeped as she looked
with wide opened eyes al the spot
where the dreadful thing happened.
Gyp Dog rolled over and over on
the grass in the yard, then he sat up
frightened face and over he rolled
with mouth wide open and his hind
legs kicking, while with his front 1eet
he paved the air.
All the hens and chickens in the
barn yard ran TO the wire fence and
poked their heads through 10 see
whatever was the matter with Gyp.
He has fit or a spasnl." said old
Speckled Hen, who was very wise and
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The two following little suppcrs are
of the quick" variety, where canned
fsh rather than fresh fish Is a con-
venience.
TUNA Potato Baked Dish
Cocoa Date Cup Cakes
Tuna Potato Baked Dish. Cut cold
boiled potatoes in large chunks, and
put these In the bottom Of buttcred
baking dish or casserole. Make a
cream sauce in the ordinary way "a
cup Of sweet milk thickened a little
with -four, while boiling up, and sea-
soned with salt. pepper ana butter)
and put the contents of ! can Of tuna
ash in this When the fish Is hot.
pour IT and the sauce over the potatoes
in the baking dish. (The sauce viii
drop around the potatoes and the fish
stay on top) Cover with bUttered
bread crumbs and slip the dish into a
hot oven. It is ready 70 serve when
the crumbs are brown and the dish
well heated through
scaIIoped salmon
Tea Dark Chocolate Layer Cake
scalioped salmon contributed by
reader1: Cover the bottom Of but
tered baking dish with bread crumbs
Pick over and make fine one can of
salmon and mix with half Of It X
cup Of bread crumbs; put this part
that Is mixed with the bread crumbs
into the baking dish. pour over It some
Of the dressing given below, then mix
the rest Of the salmon also with bread
crumbs az cup) and add this 20 the
dish, once more pouring on some of
| the dressing. Spread buttered crumbs
over all. moisten than with table
| spoons Of milk and few bits Of but
ter, and bake in slow oven for
hour"
Dark Chocolate Layer Cake: ~
cups brown sugar. y cup butter. X
cup sweet milk, 3 eggs, 70 cups -four
sifted with 1 teaspoon soda, 2 squares
melted unsweetened chocolate. Put the
shaved chocolate into a cup on a warm
part Of range. to melt. Now pour into
| tho mixing bowl the butter and sugar
creanning them well together; add the
milk, stir well. and add the 3 unbeater
eggs. Beat thoroughly. then add ths
-four sifted with the soda. then after
stirring. add the melted chocolate
| Turn this batter into welI-greaset
round layer-cake pans and bake foi
IS to 40 minutes tn a medium oven
put together. while the layers are still
warm, with the following:
Filling and F'rosting; 3 cups con
lfectfoners sugar mixed with 4 table
spoons Of powdered cocoa; stir int
this / tablespoon sweet milk mixe'
with teaspoon vanilla. then continu
TO add milk (only drop at time
until the frosting is Of the consistenc.
Of thick butter. Spread Il at once be
tween the three warm layers and o.
top the cake.
"A Constant Reader-answer: Th
, above recipe answers your letter. Her
! is the. other recipe you wish: Two
) Layer White Cake: Cream togethe
liz cups sugar and II cup butter. Sti
, in - cup sweet milk, the beaten yolk
OF 3 eggs, 215 cups -four sifted with
) I teaspoons baking powder, the stiffly
! whipped whites Of the 3 eggs, and
| / teaspoon vanilla. Bake in a hot owe
) 30 minutes.
All inquiries addressed TO Miss Kirk
man in care Of the Efficient House
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LITTLE BENNYS
NOTEBOOK
BY Lee pspe.
- PARK ~. ~

THE PARK AVE. NkWh.
Weather. Mixed.
Exterl Puds simkins Goes Under a
Operation A spcck of dust vas
blowing err0und last satidddy anf 10
blew in Puds Simkinses ere and BE-
cOuldent make lf come out no matter
wat position he stood in vile be rus-
bed it. 80 be went errOUnd tO Wlfos
drug store and Mr.. Witc boid hls eye
open with one hand and took ~ out
with the other. amung those prcsent
making different remarks during the
operation being Benny PDftF. Ariie
Alexander, skinny Martin and L<roy
shooster.
spoarts LeY Davis has , favcriie
indoor spoarts. ferst. eating. End
sleeping. and 3rd. dreeming ~ eating.
Pomo by skinny Martin
THE IONORENT INsEcK
! found a homeless grass hopper
And tried 10 make % my pct.
But Il dident trust my intentions
or elts I mite stili have 70 yet.
sissiety. Miss Maud Jonson nafs
muIiasses candy last Thorsdsy on the
cooks day on, not terning out ~
ackly like she Expected @ 20 but being
better than no candy AZ az.
All kinds of china and fancy glsss
fixed with invisible glue - you cant
see the cracks unless sou Try. Write
or gee me on the street. IA Wernick.
I (Avvertizenent.)
Intristing Facks About Intri~tirg
People. sam Cross cant draw good
\ but he can shade fine.
I Lost and Found. Nuthing.
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lust i'm time. Another day and l.
shouldn't like to think what might
have happened. However, / was for
tunate in my treatment, and the dan
ger is over now
Fooled Even Himself.
Patients We're enormously impressed
At the end of his splendid career that
doctor had the conviction that he had
positively saved the lives of han the
community which he adorned. And he
was not alone in the conviction.
Hence his triumph.
The patient will naturally ask;
But how can T. judge the professional
skill of a doctor?" The answer is
that he cannot To a certain extent
the laity is at the mercy OF the medi-
calls. But the patient can at any rate
Judge his doctor on the manner in
which he approaches the case. The
doctor approaches the case in a spirit
OF scientific inquiry. He will not limit
his attention to the particular ailment
or symptoms which are the occasion
of his visit. He viii know that an
ailment seldom stands by itSelf. He
will inform himself about the patients
age, vocation, daily habits and medi-
cal history, and he win note these
things down. Then he will get at
the history of the particular ailment,
the present symptoms, and, especially,
Just what made the patient send for
him at Just that moment.
Then he viii make a thorough ex-
animation of the patient. and. il the
case is serious, he will make several
examinations He Will consider the
PATIENTS physique as a whole aud his
existence as a whole--and then he
viii prescribe.
He will assuredly not give the i'm
preston to the patient that the
malady is accidental. or that the
treatment consists wholly or even
chiefly in bottles of medicine and
powders and pills.
II a doctor conducts his professional
work in this spirit. with this thorough
ness and with this sense OF proportion
and of perspective. the chances are
that he really knows his job and has
the character and ability to execute
his Job successfully. If he doesn't,
then the chances are that, despite
good golf, dignifed department and
!. nice smile, he is not a competent
doctor according to modern standards.
And all these things viii count for
little unless a dfligent attentiveness
is maintained You may say that the
most foolish patient would take stock
OF a doctors attentiveness or lack OF
il, and act accordingly. Not always
so. once knew doctor who said
TO a patient:
An Uncomfortable Prescription.
cit is OF the greatest importance
that YOU should eat nothing, you
understand, nothing, until j have seen
YOU again. Please remember,
nothing"
Ana he called again in precisely
three weeks. And this was not un-
Characteristic of him. Yet he mad
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GOOD HOUSEKEEPING
BY Laura A. Kirkman

keeping department VIII be answered
in these columns In their turn. Tbis
requires considerable time, however
o fing 20 the great number .,ceiyed
so IL personal of quicker reply 10
desired, n stamped and self-addrcased
envelope must be enclosed With ths
question,--The Editor.
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There's a story in this paper of a
woman that used a telephone for the
first time in SO years" She must be
on a party line."-Notre Dame Jug
oil
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AN ENEMY TO THE KING

OF In
of
Of
OF Georsana. Cemen mas Highwayman
L. c Page Co. the
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One Good Law.

The trade IN drugs must be teTrif1c.
and though / object TO our liberty
being stolen from US bit by bit by
government that is worse than 40,-
boo mo'hers-in-law admit that
when the British government pro-
hihited IN. unfettered sale of certain
Very dangerous drugs il won my ap-
ilaus.. only Yesterday we could walk
into a shop and buy as easily as bis
cults. enough sulphonal. ceronsl and
frional to ruin the lives of a whole
family. This meant liberty to perish.
and government are not entirely vile.
We have not yet arrived at a COM
fsehens.on CT the deep truth that a
insn who IL his own doctor has a fool
fnf his patient. Gwen doctors rarely
treat themselvesi) But you must
know how 10 choose your doctors
MANY persons regard a doctor as a
magician. and In this respect we have
not improved much on the remote past
when maTicians were the only doc
tors A patient Will believe simply
anything from a doctor who attended
sh. patients father and mother. The
family doctor" Is infaliible. and no
amuunt Of funerals will affect his in
fnilihflity. Nevertheless we are like
.svas.s in another point. that some
times we kill our magicians, that is
te SAY. we change our doctors. often
for no reason except that we want
frsst magic. Then we have 10 choose
doctor. How?
Well. VIE are apt 10 go 10 'the near
est man" not because high speed is
essential. but because sometimes it
A.. ats 40 M IA hZ
yss. and IL happens sometimes that
we ehoose a doctor because he plays
sood golf, or good tennis, or because
his motor car looks smart or because
hss political opinions coincide with our
e~n. or because he takes dignified
,art in the public life OF the town,
OF because he has a nice smile.
Most ailments get cured or cure
themselves in the end. yet if the new
doctor has a nice smile or plays good
golf and the first case is success
then he ls unalterably established in
our esteem as magician for years
ta come. The fact Is that doctors
stmpiv are not chosen for their pro-
fsns,onal skill. and professional skill
Ia only one Of the ingredients of a
,ncoessful medical practice, and not
IN. most important one. Not seldom
inds-ed a very successful practice is
achieved without any professional skill
worth mentioning. AT best doctors
are chosen for their character-and
hsw many OF us are sure judges OF
character Human nature is such
that the best OF US may be deceived
hy \ doctor who is honestly deceiving
himself ! knew doctor who built
up a fne practice and considerable
fortune on one method. He was a
mediocre physician. but he had the
SIR ~ p.rsuadlng himself that il he
had been called I'm 20 hours later the
eAss might have proved fatal.
My dear sir, or madam" he would
say 20 new patient, after the first
..~ days. speaking in quiet. restrain
et and authoritative voice. II didn't
Are 40 speak earlier, but / may tell
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