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See this new Mill nowâ€"or get my booklet. J. LL'NAU Richmond Hill Boyle Studio Telephone 54 I\‘ 2. SELF -OILING ~ SELF -REGULATING Manufacturers of M arbelite Brick RICHMOND HILL, ONT. T. COUSINS The Wamengs Nmk W. H. LEGGE, Manager Ont. Residence, Nights and Holidays n’t eat bay fish, its so dirty there.” The boy’s slogan swmed to be “Eat our catfish and you’ll nev‘er eat any other kind.” Week after week they went fishing and brought home quan- tities of the biggestk fattest catfish ever seen there abouts, and had no difficulty in disposing of their whole stock. , The $uspicious customer, a Mrs. Merton, While agreeing with the boys that the fish were delicious, kept asl<~ ing rather awinv'ard questions. “You surely don’t catch all these with a hook and line, do you? Yes, “Oh, up the creek, eh? Well, creek fish should be ‘nice and clean. I w0u1d~ n’t eat bay fish, its so dirty there.” “Did you catch these big fellows in the bay?” asked on_e suspicious lady. It was Saturday morning and “The Gang" had gone away up the river to the Deephole to swim. This was the usual Saturday morning proceed- ing, but the unusual part of it was that the boys returned without the swim and with a large number cf fine big catfish. They went into the' fish peddling business at once, and sold their catch that afternoon for a very satisfactory sum. Catfish are such ferocious looking beasts that several houseâ€"wives refused at first to have anything to do with them. The boys, however, Were very obliging at demonstrating the method of beheadâ€" ing and skinning the fish (at only a slight extra charge.) And really, as as, they explained to their customers, catfish when properly cooked is hard to beat. “No, indeed, ma’Am, we got them away up the creek," was the answer. The Fish Trap Telephone 2112. 1‘10: '0 \‘uFAWAvimfimumwnmnfi {\v | JOAN SELKIRK Mr. Merton stood up to watch the)?!1 as they went down to the water’s ledge. Stooping, they dislodged four [large stones which concealed as many [rope ends. These the boys put over ltheir shoulders and with 3. “Yo heave,” tugged with all their might. To the watcher’s horror, a very large and very dead horse with 'a rope at- tached to each leg, rose majestically to the surface of the erstwhile still {and peaceful pool. A strong pull Ibrought it and its burden out on the 'bank and then the scramble there was gto catch the big feIIOWS before they escaped! For by this time poor old Dobbin was picked pretty clean and the fish could slide out between his ribs. _ The money the Gang seemed to be ,making so easily ar used envy in {many a boyish breest. The envious 'lads suspected that the fish were caught in the Deer'xole but it was too long a trip to take after school to investigate and, as the Gang was Icomprised of the six biggest boys in 'the school, no one cared to follow {them on Saturday morning. Then jthere was always a ball game or Isome such attraction on Saturday gafternoon, so the Gang had things all ltheir own way. So it came about that, when the Gang started off with their baskets on Saturday, a sleuth was hot on their trail. Or rather, they were nn his trail, as he had preceeded them by half an hour and hidden himself in a clump of bushes within sight of the Deephole. There was no sign of anything unusual that he could see from that distance, the dark water looked as still and peaceful as ever. The boys came along, finishing their trip on the run as if eager to reach the pool in a hurry. “I’ll bet there won’t be many this time," said one. “Well I migl’it if I happened to be up that way,” he said. “Aw, go on,” said another, “there was lots of bait left.” “Well, I’ll bet this is the last trip anyway.” “I wish I knew where those boys get the fish,” said Mrs. Merton to her husband one day during the Week, “I have a funny feeling about them right from the first. You have a holiday on Saturday, couldn’t you follow the boys and see what they are up to?” I’ll take four please, wé like them for supper and Sunday breakfast.” “No we don’t use a hook and line,” admitted the fisherman. “Well you surely don’t use a net, “No it isn’t exactly a net,” he said, not seeming at all anxious to discuss the matter. So this was the source of the de- licious Saturday night suppers and Sunday breakfasts! Mr. Merton was furious at the trick the boys had played on him, but when. he remem- bered how many of his fellow towns- men had been fooled, too, he began to see the funny side of it. The boys had been too busy and exâ€" cited to notice him, but by this time their baskets were full and. as thev The boys had been too busy and e: cited to notice him, but by this tin: their baskets were full and, as the rested from their labors, they looke These boxes are made to pile one on top of the other. They are a convenience in keeping spoons knives and forks separate. and they are also a convenience in setting the table for the boxes may be carried to the dining room and the table set with small effort. Every house has need of a tray. The straw type is inâ€" expensive bought in an undecorated state In order to make it perfectly waterproof, a circle of Chintz is first glued to the bottom, and then the entire tray, including the chintz is given a coat of varnish or shellac. A glass may be cut to fit over the textile, which is thus protected from spots. The housewife with a taste for craft work, will find 10 cent stores or the house furnishing department of depart- ment stores full of very inexpensive articles which can be ornamentedby her nimble fingers, so that they acquire a decorative appearance. ' ' Boxes for flat silver are very often of unfinished wood although the stores occasionally sell them completed with a coat of yellow varnish. When these boxes are used for good silver, the careful housewife prefers them to be lined with cloth slightly padded. It is an easy matter to add a thin fiadding of cotton batting, to cover this with cotton flannel a,nd to cover the boxes inside and out with crotonnc, the edges being turned down over the top and glued down inside. Then a strip of cretonne should be glued around the inside. of ‘the box and the edge turned over andglued onto the bot- tom. The edge of the cretuonne is coered by the cotton flana nel which is cut exactly to fit the bottom of the section, an glued down around the edges. Inasmuch as these boxes will sometimes be set on the poli- shed surface extend the edges of the boxes, 50 that it will cover the turned over edges of the cretonne, hiding them as well as providing a surface that will not scratch. Kitchen Conveniences Made Decorative sea To obtain a good I) yeing cotton mater one~quarter to an ent black dye to the navy‘ After washing handkerchiefs, them soak over night in water which a bit of cream of tartar been dissolved. This Whitens then: To clean kitchen walls dip a dalnp cloth in baking soda, wipe walls and wipe them with another damp cloth works like magic. To clean a leather bag, wash it well with tepid water and a little soap. Dry, then brush over with white of egg. Rocking chairs like to travel. To prevent this glue a narrow strip of velvet on the part of the rocker touching the floor. Save cereal boxes and put jars of fruit in them. This is far preferabie to wraping them in paper to keep them dark. And she never knew why the boys didn’t deliver catfish to her door that afternoon. “Well,” he said at last, “if you’ll drag this old carcass over to: that bit of woods and leave it there so the Deephole will be fit to swim in again, and if you’ll promise not to bring any of your filthy fish to our house today, I won't tell on you.” “Yes, dear, I went up the river this morning as you asked me to but I din’t catch anything.” up -nd saw him coming towards them. They couldn’t lie out of it this time, cii gumstantial ’evidence was a bit too strong. \ ‘ \So this is your fish trap,” he said. at have you to say for yourselves you young scroundels?” He left amid their profuse thanks. And went home and lied to his wiie â€" as men have ever done about fish. ' ‘It is as well,’ muttered our hero, To obtain a good navy blue when las he sprang away from the gasping dyeing cotton material, add from beast. The next moment he had dis- one~quarter to an entire package of appeared in the dense dark wood.Ah! black dye to the navy. lhow sheltering, how kindly. seemed lthat sombre sanctuary, with its dark Never Pat boning Water into 3 hot [grey tufts beneath his feet, and the water bottle. It is likely to burst lthick dark green branches of the fir the bottle as well as making it so hot and pine! The gloomy background you caYmOt tOUCh it- seemed to invite him further into _ the heart of its shade and silence. No A" Ol'fhnal'y Steel 1111" PiCk is- a bird whisted through the -glaucous handy kitchen tool. It can be used [green of this silent, majestic Wood; to remove the tops from milk bottles 'nor was there any treacherous bramble and the I'llbbel‘s from jaI‘S- lto crackle beneath his feet. For up- u _ . _ 'on this chill carpet no flood of sun- To open fmlt Jars eaSIIY SGt them .shine ever came to coax tiny sprays upside'down in hot water for ahout out of the ground; and the layers of v 3 fixe minutes. Dont have the water lfine needles, or tufts of dank, Sunless too hOt or the tops W111 CraCk- Ilmoss were soft and noisless as down The flavor f h _ . _ A gunder his tread. The stately trees 0 5 “mpg 15 Immuved , grew far enough apart to allow him 'f b 'l' ' a - - u . :1 q:;;:gti::atirfls poir‘d UVP‘ them ‘to move with conSIderable speed, and Z . . .e e "e .t 93 P” ,SeT‘Ed I after he had satisfied himself that he Never put boiling water into :1 hot [grer tuft: water bottle. It is likely to burst Ethick darl the bottle as well as making it 5.0 hot [and pine! An ordinary steel nut pick is. a handy kitchen tpol. It can be used to remove the tops from milk bottles and the rubbers from jars. The flavor of shrimps is improved ' if boiling water is poured ovq: them i a short time before they are served and drained away immediately. To open fruit jars easily se upside down in hot water for five minutes. Don’t have the too hot or the tops Will crack. To clean a bread mixer, pour ing water into it cover it with a el, put the cover on and let stan minutes. It shortens the labor. Do You Know That boil- ‘12! S ‘No; you must attend to him. Be- sides, as I expected here come the officers, good-bye.’ In a moment he was upon his horse, and galloping across the stubble stretches, and Hear- ing the snake fences that divided field {from field, like a bird.‘ The'magis- trate and two constables, for such Were the officials that comprised the interrupting party, no sooner saw Ro- land in flight, than they turned in pursuit at a rate of speed equal to his own, and called upon him to sur- lrender. He made no reply. ‘Twoâ€"three!’ Simultaneously with the word ‘three’ there was a pistol shot. The gentlemanly Mr. Ham had fired before his opponent turned. Before he could see the result of the shot. Gray who had turned pronmtly At the word, fired; and with a fright- ful yell Mr. Ham fell to the earth and lay there. The doctor ran up, and putting the fingers of his left hand upon the fellows wrist, with the other made search for the wound. To The Edge of Markham Swamp ‘Swishâ€"h-h’ went the 'clumsy slug past Roland’s ear. He grasped his revolver; and the resolution of the moment was to stand at bay and fight the churls. But the reflection not 0c- cupying the hundreth part of a second showed him that such a course was not to be thought of. His antagonist had fallen but this was only a crime of honor. To shoot the Queen’s offi- cers would be a vulgar 'felony. So he kept upon "his course, confident in the mettle of his noble horse. 'Who with nostrils distended, and neck thrust Out, would now lay back one ear and now the other, as if listening to 1:he progres of the pursuers. ‘I would most certainly advise you to get out of the way, Mr. Gray. He seems to have no pulse. By the way, are you hit?’ ‘Yes.’ ‘Good God, where?’ He pointed to his breast and to the horror of Bar- land, blood was oozing through his waiscoat. ‘Let me attend to you,’ the doctor, who had the heartiest symmthy for our hero, cried, springmg ‘up. At last our hero reached the road, which lay along a level country skirt- ed on one side by pine groves, and up- on the other by recently harvested fields. Turning in his saddle be per» ceived that while he had distanced two of his pursuers, the third, the fellow with the blunderbus; was gaining slightly upon him. He noticed also that the officer was, engaged as the horse galloped along in putting an- other charge in his weapon. About fifteen minutes more of fierce rid- ing followed; and although Roland's horse showed no signs of exhaustion, the pursuing beast, which was taller in limb and more lithe, was remorseâ€" lessly, though slowly, lessening the distance. The road began to sink into a valley, the thick forest grew upon either side. Roland’s pursuer was not more than fifteen paces be- hind, when the fugitive heard a Scuff- ing sound; He but too well divined what it was; and the next moment his horse fell to the road. struck by the slugs from the pursuers carbine. ‘I cannot say; but I really have little hope otherwise.’ It was hard to weigh the value of this statement. It was decidedly an equivocal one. ‘Then, men, fire upon him,’ the mag- istrate shouted. One of the consf’ab- les raised his carbine and fired. CHAPTER IV. ‘Here it is; you have shot him in the left side.’ ‘Do you think it is fatal?’ Rz‘lznd asked composedly. was beyond sight bf his pursuers, he changed his course and proceeded in a direction almost opposite to that by which he had come. He believed that such a move could not fail to delude the slueth hounds, who would suppose that he continued his flight directly away from the scene of his offence. In a. little while he sobered his pace down to a walk; The following story is founded on fact and as the author aptly said “everyone in this part of the country who is not deaf has heard of the gang at Markham Swamp." The s§ory was first published in 1886. It will run as a continued story in The Libei‘al. Fhe Robbers of Markham Swamp It is only just, however, to say that this was a precept more honored in the breach than the observance. .The long-lipped, ,witch-buruer would draw blood with his knuckles but he drewrthe line at the sword. The state of public feeling upon duelling ‘Roland very well knew; and as he thought of Aster, with her sunny hair ,and glorious, yearning eyes, and the exile that lay before him a numb 1feeling of despair began to gather about his heart. He was able to per- suade himself that she would look ’up- on the unfortunate affair as necessary for the assertion of his honor; but how could he hope for any further happiness,' a criminal in the law’s ‘ eye. and an exile from the country of Aster? I Why, however, he asked himself, was Aster the the central figure in )th picture of desolation that he. was ‘painting. He had never given her ,omre than a passing thought before; had never thought of her save as a frank, generous, sunny-hearted girl. ‘Now he began to recall words that she had spoken of which he had nev- er before taken heed. The rippling laugh half like the notes of a silver bell, and half like the trilling of a lbob-o-link’s song, came back like ' . I . . l musm now into hlS desolate soul, mak- ': ing him all the more disconsolate that j'he was never again t3 hear it. But lhad she not looked wistfully into his }eyes when he took her hand in his ‘garden to say good-bye? Was such a thought not comforting now? Ah no. Too truly has our poet sung it: 1 Eyes Examined It is true that duelling was at tllis period as much in ‘yogue in genteel circles asgit was in England; yet the victor in an affair beyond the water, had no difficulty in slipping away from the scene of his offence, and in passâ€" But in the colonies it was different. Godliness had taken a deeper hold in the soil; the Puritans of New Eng- land, who, in their zeal, had burned old women because they were guilty of sorcery, had much to say in correct- ing morals, and removing evil. The duel they considered one of the most odious sins of society; and no doubt it seemed all the more odious to them because it was the sin of an exclusive class who put an estimate uyon honor that passed the understanding of men who believed it to be their duty to offer the left cheek after the right had been smitten. Full well he knew that before the set of sun nearly every inhabitant of York would hear of the deed; and that a hue-and-cry would be speedily rais- ed by the officers of the law. ing across the channel. Here he re- mained for a decent semen; and when he returned, the law in deference to its toleration of the code cf honor shut its eyes.{ Friends of the van- quished never, or hardly ever, insti- tuted proceedings. “Comfort! comfort scomed‘of devils, this is the truth the poet sings;â€" That a sorrow’s crown of sorrow is remembering. happier things.” Continued Next Week and shortly afterwards he sat down in the sombre solitude to ponder the situation. NORMAN J. 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