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r FOR DINNER meals are the accepted 1 way - of saving work these 'busy days’, we must ...strive to have a well-balanced meat, at tractive and at the same time appetizing. It is imH always easy trr suit nil members of.a family, but if we endeavor to bring mi'this generation By,VICTOR ROUSSEAU Wwm r <»v / :>✓>, ;?>•>.< v/</. rtA NEATNESS-IN=GIRLS’ “ “I MARRIED THEM.” Paul Hewlett, loitering at sight In MtidHnn jKjuare - New York, 1« approaches by an Eskimo dog. He follows the dog 10 if gambling house and meets the animal’s mistress coming out with a large amount of money, bbe Is beautiful and in dfb- treas And he follows* Fer After protecting her from tw'o ‘HsaaJlantw— he* takes her Jn charge, and puts her In-his own rooms for the rest ~7if the night. He return® a lltUe later to find a murdered man In his' . rooms and Jacqueline dazed, with' - her memory gone. He decides to protect Jacqueline, get* rid of the body and prepares to take her to Quebec In a search for her home. Wmon I^roujt, searching, for Jac queline for aoine unfriendly' pur- ~ pose finds them, but Hewlett evades him Hewlett Calls the girl his sister. In Quebec he learps'that she Is the daughter of a recluse In the wilds. Charles Duchalne. CHAPTER V—Continued. . I could not hut connect him with our presence there. Lermix was due to arr^rt* imnV fnomenf. T realized that great Issues were at stake, that the man would never cease In hla ab —7*- tempts to get hold of Jacqueline. Only when I had returned her to her fa tier's house would I feel sufe froth Mm. After dinner 1 had some conversa tion with one of the hotel clerks. I discovered that St. Boniface was little known, the only occupants of those purts being trappers and Indians. “You could hire dogs and a sleigh • at At. Boniface for wherever, your dual destination i|s,” he said, “because the dog mall has been suspended- owing to the new government mall boats, ami their stetvha are idle. I think Captain Dubois would take you on his boat na far as that point, and 1 believe he makes his next trip fn a couple of days" He gave me the captain's address, and I resolved to call on him early the following day and make arrangements. I took Jacqueline for a stroll on the terrace, and while we walked I pon dered over the “problem. Jacqueline was very quiet, and I wondered what she remembered. I dreaded always • wakening her memoryr lest. with that of her home, came that other of the dead man. ^ , Our rooms were on the side of the Chateau facing the town, and us we passed beneath the arch I saw two men ktandlng no great distance uway and watching us. It seemed to me. One wore the cassock of a priest, and T could have sworn that he was Per* Antoine; the other resembled the auspicious sti anger. As we drew near they moved behind a pillar. Thus, In exorably, the chase drew near. . * “ My suspicions received confirmation a few minutes later, for we had hardly reached our rooms, and I was. In fact. . • — .. , - - - standing nt the door of Jacqueline’s, bidding her good night when n bellboy came along the passage and announced that the gentleman whom I was ex pecting was coming up the stairs.* I said good night to Jacqueline ami went Into my room-and -waited. I had thought It wotild. be the stranger hut _. It w as the pHest. t I invited him to enter and he came In nud stood with his fur cap on his hcaij, looking direfully at me. “Well, monsieur, w hat is'the pur pose of this visit?” I asked. “To tell you,” he thundered, “that you must givT up the unhappy woman Who has accompanied you here.” “That Is precisely what I intend to do,” I answered. __ “To rue,” he said. “Her husband—’’ I felt my brain whirling. I knew mow that I had always cherished a hope, despite the ring—what a fool I had been! r “I married them,” continued Fere Antoine. _ "Where is he?” I demanded. He appeared disconcerted. I gath ered from his stare that he had suj>- posed I knew*. "This is a Catholic country," he went on more quietly. .."There is nu divorce; there can be none. Marriage 1a a sacrament. Sinning as she is—7" I placed my hand on his shoulder. “I will not hear 'any more,” I sald.~ '*0oJ“ I pointed toward the door. *1 am going to take her away with up," he said, and crossing the thresh old into the corridor placed one hand 00 the door of Jacqueline’s room. I got there first. I thrust him -vio lently "aside—ft was like pushing it •onumenD—turned the key, wh.iclr happily was still outside, and'put it in ny pocket v “I am ready to deal with her hu**~ band." I said. “I am not ready to deal with you. Leave at once or ) wlH have you arrested, priest or no . prlMt. How do J know she haw a bus band? How do I know you are not in league with her persecutor*? How d*» I know you are a priest at allF He seemed atnaxid «t tbe violence mt mj nuinoer. , •This la tbe first time my priesthood baa beta denied." he said quietly. *«TrlCl have offered you youx efcaore jad will hflsg year awn • iff ff ' Copyright, W. Q, Chapman the unhappy woman'Whom you have led Into sin." X "Go!” I shouted, pointing down the pussnge. ^ r . weight of the rtiptaln’a overcoat ol ’raccoop fur. > -* "That Is my overcoat Voice,” he o*T plained, stroking the child’s head’ “My He -turned-nnd-* went, hi** srmtnnr- 7itpcu,Trton«lirtiP; BJr the fdne In which sweeping against the door of Jacque line’s room as he went by. I unlocked the door of Jacqueline’s room. I jfaw her standing at the foot of the hed. r Her face was white. As I entered shty Tooked. up piteously nt me. "Who—was—that?” she asked in a frightened whisper. _*’■ - " “An impudent fellqw—that Is all. Jacqueline.” “I thought I knew his * voice,” she answered slowly. "It made me— almost—remember. And I do not wan? to renfember, FatiL.” Site put her arms about my neck and cried. I tried to comfort her. hut it was a long time before I succeeded. . I- locked her door on the outside and that night I slept with the key be neath my pillow.-' 1 CHAPTER VI. At the Foot of the Cliff. The next nfternoon I went to Paul street anti found M. Dubois nt home. When I explained that I wanted to secure two passages to St. Boniface his brows contracted. ' "IMen! So you,* too. are going to the Chateau Duchalne!" he exclaimed. "Is there not room for two,more on the boat of Captain Duhatnel?” "Why do you suppose that I am go ing to the Chateau Duchalue?" I in quired angrily. . " He -flared up too. "1 Mahle !*’ he burst out, "Do you suppose all Quebec doe* not know what Is In tiie w4«d? Bt.t since you are au lgitornnt, monsieur, I will enlighten you. Let us suppose that the affairs of M. Charles I>u- ehnine hnve Interested a gentleman of business and politics whom we Will call M. Leroux—Just for the sake-of giving him a name, you understand." he resumed, looking at me maliciously, “And this M. I>eroux Imagines that there is more than spruce timber to be found on the seigniory. Blen, but con sider further that this M. Leroux Is n mole, as we call our politicians hero. It would not suit him to appear, openly In such an enterprise? "I^t' us say, then, that \he arranges with a Captain Duhatnel to convey his party to St. Boniface, t-o which 4*olnt he will go secretly by another route, The KPeateat gift the H^rc/leaves his race, > •’ I* to have been a hero. ;V “ -EH tot “There is a hard hand and a-- tight one In oook.lng, as well as on, a horse's rein, and It-almost seems as tf,butter and eggs knew their mistress and in stinctively obeyed'her orders, feeling themselves In the grasp of a superior power.’’—Kate Douglas Wjjigla _ SUNDAY Nl&HT LUNCH. Dishes jwhleh-mny be^prepared on the table In n chafing dish or with lit- I call Madeleine knows whether It Is my overcoat or my pipe or slippers that I want, or whether I am growing 1 hungry.” - A \ thought that the captain’s hunger voice- mipiF shake the rafters of the old building. tie w-orfe tiefhre- hand are> always fipprecinted. English Monkey. —vSonk umr cupful of stale bread crumbs in one cup ful .of milk until . . . „ . soft. Melt one ta- , " .T". n ™ r .- . If | l,u«r uLof ,„i,l „ cpfO-ef Soft cheese, and when the cheese is seriously, when we had left the house, "Dam going to tell you a* much 4 know concerning the plans of that scoundrel, In brief, It Is known that n pnrtY- Df his'friends has been quar tered for some time nt the chateau; they come and go, In fact, and now he is either taking more or the same ones hack ngnin. and God knows why he fakes them to so. desolate a region, unless, as the rumor H, he has discov ered coal fields upon the seigniory and holds M. Duchalne In hTs power. Well, monsieur, a narty sails .with Captain Diihamel on tonight's tldg, which will carry me down the gulf also. Captain Puhnmel's Is berthed nt the same pier as mine upon the opposite side. “We stnrt together, then, but I shall expect to cnln several hours during the four days’ Journey, for I know fTn*~Cfa|re well, and she cannot keep pace with my Salnte-Vferge. Ton mtlsL. bring your lady aboard the Snlnte-Vlerge by nine tdhlght. . _"I shall tele£rnpb_to my, friend Dan- 1 ton at St. Boniface to have a sleigh and dogs nt your disposal when you arrive, nod^a .tent._fot>4 and-.sleeping : hags." continued (’np'aln Dubois, "/or It must be a hundred and fifty miles from St. Biwlface to the Chateau I>u- chnlne. start, voti will hqve nothing to fear . Tfnelted hdd the siqtked crumlia,“one egg . slightly beaten, half a teaspoon- Ttrb of salt and u few dashes of cay enne. Cook ’'three minutes and pour over toasted crackers or toasted bread, and sprinkle with paprika. Jellied Chicken Salads.—rut Into a saucepan three cupfuls of highly sea soned chicken stock, the whites and yolks of two eggs.Three tablespooufuls of gelatin and two tuhlespoonfuls of lemon Juice. Boll two minutes, stir ring constantly. Place on the buck of the range for—thirty ~mtnnTes, TMfl stTflTh through a .double “cheesecloth. Cover, flic bottom of imllvlrinal moulftL. w ith liquid Jelly’ and set ill IciTTmer. When firm -decorate with red asid gr.een peppers cut in fancy shapes; cover the decorations with the jelly- mixture. Moisten one cupful of cOokeil fowl with one-half cupful of mayonnaise dressing to wjilch hide been added one tcaspoonfu! <»f gelatin disstdved In two titldespoouful.s of wa ter. Shape In balls, put a hall'In each mold and add Jelly. Jo 1U1 yudds. ChiU. remove to lettuce and serve with may onnaise dc£8*lltg. Designers of ci.iililren's clothes for this Rummer featured neatness in them and found thr results ho good. The model np- To.vert clot'll hut If has over a go«'»d (piallty of and so satisfying to the buying publicnt^hipcord or other firm wmol- ...... 7 , ~ . tens, /flic skirt lias a three-inch hem lh« r th,.v ar,. amphaalalng this I nniK^a laid In ja .lri|)l- <rril plant nt m_ the. new fall nliowihKn. In .trnnne* j „ M , (r „ m lt ^ „„ for schtHilgirls, simple designs "^/Mplulh waist cut stiTplice style ami beautljfuHy exact pleats,-or tuckSj/br t-Vhaped neck optm+ng and revel*, rows of braid,' placed _.ln tinv/most jn'lie ncclc ojn-iiing. vm:ill sailor culbir.. u m IvimtnVtke ■ innnm-r. n<-comif* for am] tlie cuffs arc outlined with narrow ahout nil that nuthorilntlyf* mnnufac- ; silk braid. There is a wide, plain belt turers hnve turned out hr the way of Another tiicq cheese dish which is dec tratlon. There liking for eveu And so; with half a dav’e P rp P HTe tonsted chet-se sand- severely plain styles In dresses for wiches. Spread murids of brfitd with 1 schoolgirls In which the youthful. . - isve „ from Leroux onlr rernemher that he butH-r, and fill with- cheese mixed w ith 1 eorsetless figure .Is vaguely fitted and has no scruples. % Still I do not think 1 * rrn?n > Paprika and salt, put together -he will catch you ami Mile, Jacqueline . f aK bl»»n and fry heftire you reach f’huteau'Puchnlne,’’ ^.he ended, chuckling at tits sngnclty. "Ah. well. m'noslenrr'WTio efse could your lady he?” he asked, smiling nt m» .. , , , the sandwiches In. Scrambled Eggs.—To'make a few followed. Avlth plain bodices. ple»t**d, In buttery ]--*ktrts reaching below the knees nml a very little.' not to make them too dnl:>he«l with narrow- hems, and often greasy to handle. When brown on tjrt» Introduction of collar or-vestee of both salad. y to Handle. i\\Mt*n brown on the Introduction of collar or vestee of sides serve with n plain, lettuceorgandie or batiste, making up an en- . OJive t»ll may he used to brown semble that (Ucases everyone. of the dress material bound braid and a narrow ribbon tie. Young girls are likely to have very decided opinions of their oun in the matter of dres*». But us neatness and restraint ar** a part of their education, as important ns any **th«*r part ofHt* mothers must insist upon apprnprjute clothes for school wear, taking time to expluin why these plain and neat dresses, which expert designers hnve surprise. “J knew well that some day she must leave those wilds. Besides. | .SI. I B/mlfnce on mv return, less than s * / 1 week ago. when she pleaded for se crecy? I suspected something agitat ed her then. Bo It was to find a hus band that she departed thus?”* So Jacqueline had left her home nof . _ . _ , _ _ I eggs go further In serving, use from f ft quarter to » half a cupful of well- washed rice; brown theTice In butter or sweet fat V any kind In a frying pan. When yellow add water pr milk and cook unti) the rice Is soft, then- add three, four oryflvr eggs (depend- ........ ing upon the number to be served), . ^ . . _ *7 with mHk and buttery salt and pepper Any of the woolen suitings are suit- | turned out, nre better than funoler able for making u... dress like tluit ones. *.-4EJ, m - t , •a :r FROCKS FOR INDIAN SUMMER t “Who—Was—That?” and that he wl)J Join them there aud io short, monsieur, take yourself -nml. your friend to the devil, for I Won’t’ give you passage. Go hack to him^- for I know he sent you.to me—and tell him he cannot hire Alfred Dubois for ' all the money in Canada.” j - "I am glad to hear you say that," I answered, “because Leroux is no friend of mine. Now listen to nie, Cap tain Dubois. It* is true that I am go ing to tlie chafeau, if I can get there, but I did not know that Leroux had made his arrangements ^already. In brief, he is in punsui* of me and I have urgent reasons for avoidlj^g him My companion Is a lady—” - •”Fh !’’ he .exclaimed, looking stupidly ftt me. . . the chateau, where w-e xrtiaTl be safe j/rem the man—” "A lady!" exejafmed the captain. "A young one? Dlnhle! Why didn’t yot> tell me so at first, monsieur? Hi take you. I will do anything fox an enemy of L*m-o"ux. ,—- "But a lntfy! 1 do not know your business, monsieur, hut I can giTnya. perhapa— 1 " ’ "But rtm must not misunderstand me." I Interposed. “}?be 1s not—" “Diable! BVCftlt right **44 the explain. Mapping me upon ths -hark “No explanations! Not a word. 1 a# ■are you. I am the most discreet of Madeline f - , This last * ord was a deep-cheated and la response a Male gtrl l» ander the captain had no suspicion that she waa married th«ui! Yet I’ere Antoine claimed to hnve performed the cere mony. .. To whom? And where was the man who should have stood In my place and shielded her ngnlnst Leroux? 'T made Pnbois understand, not with out difficulty, that we were still un- mn r rled. His face fell when he re alized thnt I was In earnest, hut after a llttle4ie made the best of the si*ty- ntlqn* two ugh It was evidentMtnrt some of the glamour was Scratched from the romance, in his opinion. By now-we had arrived at the wharf. Wedged In among flu* floes lay tbe Claire and the Saintc-Yicrge respec* Ttvcfr. Ttre lnttcr rc^er my-nfion bur right ns we a]»pronch<*d the end of tba wharf, ——- * There was a small cabin for Jacque line and another for myself ad Joinings I was very well satisfiod -anrrinquired the tennis. “Dlahle! If It were .not foj tiie chil dren there should h<* no terms?" ex claimed the captain. “Itut it is hnrtl, luonsieur, with prices rising and the hungry mouths always open, like little birds.”. He was overjoyetf at the sight of the-fifty.dollars which I tendered him. “By the way,” I said, "do you know n priest named Pere Antoine?" - r C "Ah old man? A strong old man! Why, assuredly, monsieur,” answered the captain. "Everybody -knows him. He has the parish of the Riviere d’Or district, and the largest in Quebec. A saint, monsieur! You will do vlell to make his acquaintance.” ' ~—.. The captain parted from trio oc th« whnrf on his way to the telegraph Office, repeating his instructions to the effect that we were to be aboard tha bout by nine. It had grown dark long before and looking at my watch; I was surprised to v see that it was already past si* o’clock. I had no time to lose in I'e turpjng.tp tbe-thateau. But though I ( could see lt outlined to season. Stir and cook as scrambled eggs, an<l the dish will tie ns good as one mude using double the eggs. Would I’d a rose pn my bosom to lta. But I shrink, from the piercing thorn; 1 long, ^but I dare not its point defy*; I long and I gaze forlorn. * WHAT TO HAVE As simple meals are the and expected way of savi these 'bus And I am anxious to take hereto- upon the cliff I soon found myself lost unu*ng the maze of narrow afreets In which I was pandering. A man wns coming up the street behind me, and I turned to question him, but as t'de creased my pace he diminished hi* also, and when I quickened mine h* went faster ns well. I began to have an uneasy sense that he might he fol lowing me. and accordingly* hastened onward until I qjunc -lo w hirl seetfMMj-to,'I^a’d up r!uv»M1’ tow aril the rampart*. -.^-Hewlett is wayfaid and krpeked out. but escaoe* to rejoin Jacqueline \ -tw'eil "conked and served, pcrhnps-vAn time we may lmve a generation of Americans with normal appe.tites._4Ve I may hot like all things equally well, j hut tiiere is-^Jin TeFtson, except where 1 there is some physical disability or idiosyncrasy, why we may not cat something-ofnitrToods placed on the table. The physical development of a child depends upon Ids having a variety of the various'seasonable vege tables and fruits, and it should be the first and important thing to teach u 1 child to like till kinds of roods. A child may be handicapped* all through life because in his youth he did not become accustomed to eating' various foods that needed special ciire in preparation to make appetizing, or The importance of such foods was not understood. It is worth while to la bor with children to teach them to like different vegetables, if for no other reason than it makes them more -livable with. VVe are reaching the fttage in our civilization when it is something to be ashamed of to say: “It doesn’t run in our family to like cabbage.’’ The fact Is the average person who doesn’t like cabbage ^>r celery or carrots or any of the other good things,, has not been property brought up. and none of* us like to nd- mtt Thmr" * Summer Squash.—Tills delicious vegetable mint be cooked until tender jind ns much of the liquor evaporated as possilde. Then season well with snIT and butter. This i* Important, use plenty rtf buffer, Co Without it on th^ bread for dinner,- (the English pe^tpl# think it at range that we ae L rve htnier nt dinner with qjeit»-smd *eg+H»bi«*s). ID *JC OUMTUilteiAi Pf proper cooking and aerviiig. "HiUx* 7hf+miL Summer styles do not carry over In- 1 designer that is especially becoming to fall now-a-days, nny more thnn those ! to a thin woman. It Is low in front, of wifit^ into spring. Fashion takes ' filled in with a becoming chemisette more and more note of the demi-sea- 9011s. In January the provision made for tourists, who go South to meet the spring, leaves winter styles behind, and in August the new frock and top coats" for autumni-biake, their appear ance. There has Been an organized effort this year op the part of cos tumers and milliners to make fall styles characteristic of the season, and of lace nnd embroidered batiste. The three-quarter length kimono sleeve* are very prettily finished with the snmeidnlnty addition of batiste and Iaee. They are short enough to reflect vaguely the French*-abbreviation o? sleeves. | The second dress of .black and white foulard and black georgette, is n con servative lnte-summer model In which the new apparel seems toi interpret our [the tw-o fabrics are cleverly combined, glorious Indian summer. New pilks, j The twn scant flounces of georgette set lightweight and supple, in lovely col- 1 belb'w the hip at each side forecast ors, are interwoven'with gold and sll- the widened-hip line, hut they do n^jt <’or tlTrends^nTaT thenr’nre many metal broaden the figure nny, so that tlds Is -brocades that axe_ lightweight also, n better choice for full figures than the havinff^volTes and crepes as a. back- newer model. ‘ The pleated panels at ground for the broen<led_J}£ures.- _ the hack nnd front of georgette, nnd , One of ‘lie new Tall uipdelsJa_*hownJ the brilliance of black and white In the here In■ company-with a frock designed nmderdress of foulard, give’this frock ■ for summer-wear. The fall model will an unpretentious disfUictiog ihat wilT~' rA J^ Ut , U * f it y W—la t j e slender womao.because U apptaf to awoeofst Th-r-have more —f" eapeclatty If ffm are trying to tegfh fj| ^ thoS<B t b nt advocate* tbe need for dresses of this character than some ooe to like them. Theproper h f p | t uia( j e ^ fpr more pronopneed thing*, sonlng I. fully as Important aa the ^ wllh uhite , lot * embml? ered 00 lt In row*. The “V” neck, cut high at the back, la, another bit at on tbe pari of the