;
A SISTER'S VENGEANCE
By CEORCE MANVILLE FENN
CHAPTKK Will. (Continued.)
The Hi a ii was stunned, ami lay perfect
ly in-rt as Humphrey anil his companion
struggled to their fi'i't, panting with ex
ertion, .vd listening for th returu of the
party-wltr had g--iic -olrr
I'.iit I hey hint nut hear J the noise of the
struggle, tin- maze-like turnings of the
path h'id shut it nut. ami their voices
now rami' inutlled and soft, as it from a
distunce.
Then Humphrey felt his hand gripped
ifirmly.
"l'li in way."
"Wti.it! Are you (roin:; to take me
back to prison';" s.iid Humphrey, niock
iti!y. "Iiil you wish to go straight to death?"
"I am going straight to liberty'." cried
Humphrey.
"Thin way. then." whispered his com
panion; and without a word Humphrey
'allowed himself to lie led. back a Inn the
Jdark arcide, listening to the heavy pant
ing of his guide, who seemed to be breath
ing heavily, ax if in pain.
For mime time no word wan spoken.
Then, as tie became aware of bin com
panion' purpose, Humphrey stopped
short.
"You are leading me back to that
curHcd prison," be said, fiercely. "Ijoose
.rny hand."
"I am leading yon to the only place
"where you will be safe," was whispered
back. "Have I not suffered enough,
man? lu you think I wish to die with
the knowledge that these dugs will seize
and rend you?"
"Bend me?"
"Yen. They have risen. That wretch,
whom ( have spared so long in my weak
folly, is at their head. Humphrey Arm
strong, believe me, I am trying to have
your life!"
"Then why not make for the shore? A
boat! (live me a boat and let me go!"
"Half the men who were faithful to
me are dead, treacherously burned to
tdeatli m their quarters. I cannot ex
fplain; hut the doorway was blocked by
ithose fiend. The landing place is guard
led by portion of his blood-thirsty gang.
To go to the shore is to seek your death.
Will you uot trust me now"
I
i
"It is to keep me here!" he cried fier?e-
!iy.
' "To keep you here when I would gladly
say go! Trust me. Hive me time to
think. I wan coming to save you when
we met. Will you not believe?"
"Yes," cried Humphrey, hoarsely. "I
v rust you!"
1 !!ar'
". hat was all. His hand was gripped
i. .re tightly; and, as he yielded it to his
r npjiuion. he felt himself led with un
erring decisioii in and out among the
moldering ruins of the edge of the clear
ing to the aide of the old amphitheater,
I faint metallic clink from time to time
indicating that a sword was being struck
upon the stones to make sure of the way.
"You are going back there?" said
Humphrey.
"Yes," cauie back, hoarsely. "Do not
apeak. We may be beard."
Humphrey was conscious that his guide
had led bira to the altar and sunk upon
it with a moan; but she stfll tightly clung
to his band.
There (hey remained in silence as if
listening for pursuit; and the deep, hoarse
breathing of both sounded painfully loud
in the utter darkness.
Humphrey essayed to speak again and
again, but he felt that be could not trust
himsejf to utter words.
It ws his compauien who broke the
painful silence as she still clung to his
hand.
"I ought to have acted sooner," he
said, bitterly. "I might have known it,
but in my cruel selfishness I could uot let
you go. Io not blame me do not re
proach me. It was my madness; and
now the punishment has come."
"I do not understand you." he said,
huskily.
, "You do," she said, gently. "But it is
no time to think of this. Listen! These
men will search every spot to find and
slay me and you; but you shall escape.
Now listen; Below this old place there
is a rock chamber, known only to mo and
Bart who lies wounded yonder and help
less, hut he will not betray the secret,
even if he think that yon are there. You
will go to the end of your couch, press
heavily with your shoulder against the
corner, forcing it in this direction, and
then the great stone will move upon a
pivot. There is a way down-: "
"You need not tell me," said Hum
phrey at this point, "I know."
"Thank Heaven!" she ejaculated.
"Keep in hiding there till the wret.-.n s
re off their guurd; and then cautiously
make your way by night down to the
landing place, and by some means seize
a boat There will be no guard kept
when I am gone."
"And my people my poor fellows?"
"Gone," she said, quietly. "They reized
t boat and escaped long ago. All has
been confusion here since since I have
heed mad," she added, piteously.
"Escaped!"
"Ye; and yon will escape. And in the
future, when you are away and happy
don't curse me think of me as a poor
women, driven by fate to what I am
bat who saw and loved you, Humphrey
Armstrong, as woman has seldom loved
before. "
"Oh, hush!" be aaid, huskily. "Kor
Heaven's sake, don't speak like that!"
"Wo." ahe aaid, gently, "I will dot
eaeak. It I nearly over now. You will
forgive aaeT"
"Farglre yon year,'
She ottered a low aigh, full of ihask
faloeaa, aa ah still clang to his'hand.
"ft i nmigh." she aaid. "Now, go!
Too know the way. Be cautious, be pa
tten and bid four lime; and then Hear
as speed fun safely home! lie has for
given: ma," she sighed to herself. nd the
are upon a la bam! see men to in-
"Wall." "he aaid, after a few moments'
fMa. "why do you stay?"
Lat rate atartled him la its intensity,
tKt it Mtiaiil to echo through tbe place;
Clfc2t head had, aa it had been for man
f jSaa pant, graaaea hern with crushing
ttei tide mat t It f attest height
M St vtisw.
-fl fenid. -wut mm tea
I
"Wait here?" cried Humphrey,
will kili ymi!"
"Yes," she said, softly.
- -"'! 'lien why not share ury flight",
with me now while there is time.
"They
foms
I will
protect you and take you where you w ill.
I can uot leave you like this!"
"Not leave nie?" she said, with a sob.
"No. Io you think me such a cur that
I could leave you to the mercy of these
wretches?"
"It is too late," she said, "do!"
"I Jo?"
"Yes. while there is time."
"But you can hide as well as 1!" he
cried, excitedly. "Come!"
"It is too late," she said, and he felt
her haul tremble in his grasp.
"And leave you?" he erieiL "I would
sooner die!"
"Then yon do love me?" she cried,
wildly, as she hulf rose from the altar,
but. sank hark.
"Love you!" he cried, passionately. "I
have fought with it. I have battled with
it till I have been nearly mad! Love you,
Mary, my brave, true heroine! 1 love
you with all my heart!"
She uttered a wild cry of joy as be
threw himself upon his knees and clasped
her to his heart, her two arms clung tight
ly round his neck, as she uttered a low
moan of mingled joy and pain.
"Love you!" he whispered, as he raised
his face, and his lips sought hers. "My
darling! words will not tell my love!
Come, what is the world to us? You are
my world, my own. my love! Come!"
She clung to him passionately for a few
moments.
"At last!" she said softly, as if to her
self. "The love of one trne, noble man!
Ah!"
A low, deep sigh escaped her, and then,
as if roused to a sense of her position,
she thrust him back and listened.
"Hark!" as a low shout arose. "They
are coming back they will be here toon!
Quick! lose no time! You must escape!"
"I could not live without you now!" he
cried, passionately, as he held her to him
more tightly still.
"They are coming. It is too late for
me. Let me die in peace, knowing that
you are saved."
He raised her in his arms and bore Her
lo the great slone, and, as he laid her
gently down, the noise of the coming
gang could be heard.
There was not a moment to lose, and
any slip in his instructions would have re
sulted in destruction; but as he press -d
against the stone it easily revolved, and
he stooped once more and raised the faint
ing woman in his arms, to bear her down
into tbe tomb-like structure and place her
at the foot of the broad stone stair which
led into the vault.
Aa be loosened her arms from about his
neck and passed quickly up again, there
were heavy steps in the long corridor, and
lights flashed through the openings of the
great curtain. So close were the men
that Humphrey saw their faces as be
stood on tbe upper step and dragged at
the slab by two great hollows under
neath, made apparently by the masons
for mover's hands.
For the moment Humphrey, as he bent
down there beneath the place on which
he bad so often slept or lain to think, felt
certain that be must have been seen; but
the muffled voices came close up, and
there was no seizing of the great stone,
no smiting upon its sides.
He held his breath as he stood bending
down and listening for some indication
of danger; but it seemed as if the men
bad coursed all over the place, searching
in all directions. and.wpre about to co,
when, all at once, there was a shout close
to the place where he had raised Mary
from tbe altar.
The shout was followed by a muffled
sound of many voices, and he listened,
wondering what it meant. Some discov
ery had evidently been made, but what?'
He shuddered and a chill of horror shot
through him, for he knew directly after.
It was blood.
CHAPTEU XIX.
With the deathly silence which ensued
as the heavy echoing steps of the search
ers passed away, the men being complete
ly at fault aa to why certain drops of
blood should be lying near the couch,
Humphrey descended tbe steps once more.
"They are gone." he whispered, but
there was no reply; and, feeling softly
about his hand came in contact with
Mary's arm, to find that she lay back in
a corner of the vault, with a 'kerchief
pressed tightly against her breast.
He hastily bandaged the wound, firmly
binding the handkerchief which she
held there with his own and the broad
scarf he wore, and after placing her in
a more comfortable position, liegati to
search in the darkness for the food and
water which was there.
The water was soon found a deep, cool
cistern in the middle of the Boor.
The f'Md lay close at hand, and with it
a cup. With this he bore some of the
cool, refreshing liquid to the wounded
woman, holding some to her lips and
bathing her brow, till she uttered a sigh
and returned to consciousness.
"Iton't leave ine!" she said, feebly. "It
is very dark!" ,
"But we are safe," be whispered, "They
are gone."
"Yes," she sighed; "I beard them. How
iag ia it to day ?"
"It caanot be long now," be said, as be
tank her baad.
She aigbed aa she felt tbe uawonted
tenderness and rested ber bead againat
his shoulder.
"No." she said softly, "it cannot be
long now. It will come too toon!"
There was so much meaning in ber
voice that be felt a cold chill, as if tbe
band of death passed between to separate
these two so strangely brought together,
"Are you in pain?" he said.
"I'ain! No. Happy so happy!" she
whispered. "For you do love me?"
"Ive youP' be cried.
"And she-at borne?"
"That was not love," be said, wildly.
"Bat now tell me about thia place shall
we aw the day when It cornea T
"Tea will," ahe aaid, aoftly. "I shaM
aerbaea" '
"Perfcaaat H yea eaaUf fe. whig-
"I?'" she said, with a faint laugh
shall wait here until they come."
pared, M
around ber, forgetting everything now of
the past, save that this woman loved
him, and that there was g future befor
them of iiupe and joy.
"Hold uie like that," she whispered,
with a sigh of content. "It is better ao.
It could never have been only my wild
dream a woman's thirst for the love of
one in whom she could believe. A wom
au's love!"
As the light grew stronger he saw that
his companion seemed to have lost the old
masculine look given by her attire; for
coat and vest had been cast aside, and
the loose shirt, open at Uie neck, h id more
the aspect of a robe. Her dark hair curled
closely about her temples, and a Hum
phrey Armstrong gazed down at the face,
with its jiiuteJJips and lous labile... lymg
upon the creamy dark cheeks, his heart
throbbed, for he felt that he had im
the love of as haudsouie a woman as auy
upon whom his eyes had ever lighted.
lie forgot the wound, the haiidjupiis
kerchief seeming in the semi-darkness
like .some scarf; and as he sat mid g;ucd
he bent down lower and soltly touched
the moist forehead with hi. lips.
.Mary woke up with a I'ngiiieued s:t
and gazed at him wildly, but as conscious
ui ss came her look soi'teiied and Mie
nestled to him.
"I did not iia-.ni to was-? you." lie said.
She started again and hioked nt him
wildly, as if she fancied she had de
tected a chilliness in his manner, but his
ejes undeceived ber. and as he raised her
haial to his Hps, she let it rest there for
a few moments, and then st.de it round
Bis neck.
"Tell me," he said gently, "your
wound?"
She shook her head softly.
"No." she whispered: "let it rest. Talk
of yourself. You will wait here two days.
and then steal out at nigiil and make
jour way down to the shore. You know
the way?"
"If I do you will guide me," he said.
She looked at him keenly to see if he
meant what he ttaid, and then reading the
sincerity of his words in his frank eyes,
she shiKik her head again.
"No," she whispered. "You asked me
of my viouod. it is home. Humphrey
Armstrong, this is to be my tomb!"
"What!" he cried. "On, no! no! no!
You must live to bless me with your
love!"
"Live to disgrace you with my love!"
"Mary!"
There was such a depth of love, such
intensity in the tone in which he uttered
her mme. that she moaned aloud.
"Ah, you are in pain!" he cried.
"In pain for you." she whispered, "f ir
you sutler for my sake. Hist! lo you
hear?"
She clung to him tightly.
"No," he said, "there is nothing."
"Yes," she said, softly. "Steps. I can
hear them they are coming back."
Mury signed to him to listen; at that
moment the stone slab moved gently a
few inches', for some one had seated him
self upon the edge.
"Now, my lad," cried a hoarse voice,
"you know all about it. and I'm captain
uow. V here's that prisoner?"
"Sure and how could I know any way.
Black Mazzard?"
"Captain Mazzard!" roared tbe Orat
speaker.
"Oh. murtber! I'ut them pishtols away,
and I'll call ye captain, or adhmiral if ye
like!"
"No fooling! Where is that prisoner?"
"Which one, sor?"
"No fooling, I'addy! Captain Arm
strong!" "Fail, an' he must have run away,
skeart loike, whin be beerd you were
coming."
"You know where he is!"
"I'aii, and that's thrue," said I)inny.
"Where is he, then? Tell me the truth,
and I'll let you live this time. Tell me
a lie, and I'll bang you."
"Och, don't, captain! Y'e'd waken yer
crew horribly if ye were to hang me."
"I'll bang you as sure as you stand
there, if yon don't coufess."
"Murther! Don't now. captain, for I
shouldn't die dacentiy if ye did hang me.
It isn't a way I've been accustomed to.
Ah. moind! That pishtol might go off."
"It will go off if you don't speak. He's
hidden somewhere here, and you know
where. Speak out!"
"Shpake out! And is it shpake out?"
said linny, slowly, as with advanced
blade Humphrey stood ready to plunge it
into the breast of the first man who at
tempted to descend. "Oh, well, I'll
shpake out then."
(To be continued.)
AN EASY PROBLEM.
Peculiar Fiscnring of an Indolent Vil
lage Couplet
Hubbard I.awtou, familiarly known
as "Hub," was by common consent tbe
most shiftless tnun Id Plnevllle. He bad
lieeu known to "saw and spilt" In a
desultory way for a few of the summer
visitors, but beyond that Hub and la
lMr were strangers.
Tbe most easy -going woman In the
town was Lucy Harmon, who did a lit
tle dressmaking when tbe lit seized her;
hut as a rule she sat tranquilly on her
front doorstep In summer, and in ber
front window- during spring, autumn
and winter, doiug nothing whatever
with great contentment of mind and
body.
Huh required financial aid from bla
relatives every month, and it was un
derstood that Incy received contribu
tions from ber neighbors without any
false pride. When It whs announced by
Hub that he and Lucy were soon to be
married, a plain-spoken neighbor asked
a minted q notion.
"How are you and Lucy expecting to
live?" she Inquired. "Who's going to
earn your bread and butter, IIubT
l-ticy'a folks nor ber neighbor! won't
feel any call to feed ber when abe'a
married to an able-bodied man."
"Why," aaid Hub, reproachfully, "1
don't know wbat folka are thinking ofl
Half a dozen people bare asked me that
aaine question. 1 can almost support
myself, and Lucy can almost support
herself, and I should think anybody
wltii a bead for Aggers could aee that
when we J Ine forces there'll be some
thing left over for a rainy day."
Mvlng on Mlcroacopto Pay.
Millions of Hindus live, marry and
rear famllle on an Income which rare
ly eimed 00 centa week. They never
at mat wA need hardly aay oVjOv
BI::,' f m t u.; 5crJ3m,. ! . CT-J-annMni - -
-- In an lois?-e4 H m-.
The only wniiiaii in the world In
charg - of a lightship entirely surround
ed by w liter lives in New York lay. She
is .Mrs. Katy Walk
er, a n d she lias
charge of Itobbins
lteef liglitbu"-"".
which rises mit of
the w ater live tulles
ditli of tie- But
tery. Kor sevelileeii
years she hns liee;i
at tills post. Tor
three of Ihese years
her husband ns
keener, but xmeo
wits. WAi.Ki.lt. death she has
hud sole charge, und It Is to her credit
that the Bobbins Beef lighthouse Is one
of the cleanest and best kept in the
country.
Kor weeks at a time In winter Mrs.
Walker never closes her eyes in sleep
when night cotueH. Then it is that the
windows inclosing the light can he kept
free from frost only by coiiKtutit cleans
in;. Night after nisl't td"' remains at
her post, ami often in the day time
win n fog overhangs the bay sec looks
after the fog whistle or sets in motion
the mechanism which kei f the fog
hi II ringing- The duties of the position
are very exacting and wearisome, yet
In all her years of service she has not
received a reprimand nor had a com
plaint lodged, against her.
A Girl's First Offer.
There are two extremes, into one of
which a girl often falls on receiving
her first "offer.'' The worst and the
must frequent of these is tlutt of fan
cying herself in love, when, lu reality,
tlie doesu't care a fig for her lover.
The other consists lu a coquettish
pride, which leads her, against the dic
tates of her judgment and the Inclina
tions of her heart, to reject a suiton
however worthy.
When an honest man offers a woman
his hand, with all accompaniments of
heart utid fortune whether these be
exalted or lowlyhe pays her the high
est compliment In his power.
ITndeulably she Is complimented, and
she must be untrue to her womanhood
does she not In some measure feel so,
even though her nuitor be beneath her
regard; but tbe compliment will be val
ued very much in proportion to her es
timation of the man.
Many a woman has blighted her own
life and that of the man she loved by
indulging in a passion for coquetry.
Having charms of which (she Is fully
conscious, she proudly measures her
power and says to herself; "I am
equal to great conquests, and shall 1
thus early lie conquered? W hen I have
had a surfeit of these delights,
then "
But the time referred to In the long
futurity of the little word "then" sel
dom comes to the ooquette. It will
always be "then." The accepted time
Is never near when we have once let
the opportunity pass. At IS the co
quette asks: "Who is he?" At "S,
"Where Is he?" New York News.
Some of the new models of tlm Monte
Carlo coat are made without a collar,
baving'a wide stitched band curved to
cover the collar of tbe dress and form
a novel square effect'ln front.
The woman past her first youth can
get the Norfolk effect In the jacket of
her walking suit without Its looseness
In the neat new tight-flu Ing jacket Hint
hns stitched box -plea I a, patch breast
pockets, belt and all.
Flowered silks and satins and loo
cades will be fashionable, A few of
these gowns were seen last year, but
did nut become so popular as It Is ex
pected they will lie this year. There
are double-width silks and atlns with
large flowers, which cut to especially
good advantage In a circular skirt or
In a skirt with the shaped front
breadth and circular sides. As Is right,
ao beautiful a mater' Is left plain as
to the skirt, while II waist is lliilsbed
merely with a berth of real bice, ami
la cut In tbe old-fas omsl round low
neck, with a small lucked sleeve al
most bidden by tbe bice, which fulls
over It, Tbe satin crepe de chine and
liberty satins, white, black, or blue,
spangled with steel paillettes, make
op most charmingly. Harper's llav.nr.
What One Woman Far About Colds,
For ten of tbe twelve year of his
life my aoa auffered from Influenza,
which do amount of precaution could
ward aflVaad whioh. with or wlUioat a
alaetar, waa aftaa wooka la lag Its
Hit,
4 ..fuuxsiv. at. tl;t' .cm! of which .time, he
f was alwnit ready fur a fresh attack.
! At last I lieiume convinced that nil
i over indulgence in sweets was one fer-
tile cause, anil many a box of candy
' the gift of unwise friends was sup
! pressed, and the colds became less fre
quent. On his tenth birthday he be
gan, upon rising In the morning, a
series of cold sponge baths, followed
by friction, with a coarse towel. That
year his cobls were limited to two.
When 1 lie Mi-ond began to make ha
appearance we determined to try lie
role measures, and for thirty-six le.urs
ho went without food with the e.c (,
tlou of ft cupful of hot wator and the
juice of an orange taken on I he ni'. rti -ing
of the first day's fast. The second
morning he awoke without a vesilsa
of cold, and a happier and more tri
umphant boy It would have been hard
to find. As many of my friends and
family have tried thia with equal suc
cess I do not hesitate to recommend it.
K.xchange.
Women Io Not Meep Knnnith.
The thing that makes many of our
women look cross, tired out, old and
prematurely wrinkled Is lack of sleep.
All the twentieth century women the
professional woman, the shop girl, the
domestic servant and the society belle
- seem determined to defeat the ef
forts of nature's gentl.: restorer for the
tired brain ami b dy. The hustling life
of this age leaves Utile time for repose
even for the lady ..i leisure. Tli.it
term is a mere nothing, for there la
truly no leisure class In this country.
Kveryone is so busy that the demands
of uature go unheeded.
But ili-spite the fact that sleep is the
great strength giver and that health
ami beauty an well ns happiness de
pend upon It, women will persist In
giving but from five to seven hour
to it when ten Is not too much to
kii-p them strong and beautiful. All
the powders and lo'iotis iu creation
cannot so effectually do away with
wrinkles as can sullicbnt deep. If
every woman would drop all these
things for one year and make prepara
tion! to sleep as long In each twenty
four hours as nature required, it would
be eurprislug what a change for the
better would come over the femluicii
portion of humanity.
A Haclielor Olrl'a Reflections.
Many a man marries a girl because
she Is as "pretty as a picture" aud
then growls at the price of her pletura
hat.
Man was made from dust so that
woman might sweep all before her.
The brilliancy of many a society
leader depends largely upon her Jewel
box.
Men allow their wives pin money ant
then expect them to buy tiara.
No man Is really blase who retains a
single Ideal.
No man yet was so high up that bla
wife could not cull him wn.
Men select (heir wli much as
women buy looks chielly because of
a pretty cover.
No man Is a hero to his (rained
u u rsi-.-Chicago Tribune.
Ireland's Viccrein?,
The Countess of iMidley, the new
Vicereine of Ireland. Is the wife of
Curl Iudley. recently appointed Ixird
I.leuti mint of Ire
land. Her husband
will be piactically
a reigning sover
eign. In Ireland she
will at all timet
take p r ecedence
over every other
woman. ave Queen
Alexandra h.Tself,
even the Princess of
W'ules, should she
visit Ireland, being
obliged to giveplnce kf.w vickrkike.
to the Vicereine. The Countess Is one
of Kngland's most noted beauties.
Little Hints.
To make n candle burn all night put
tinely powdered salt on the caudle
until It reaches the black part of the
wick.
There is nothing equal to finely sift
ed coal ashes for brightening metala
of all kinds -brass, tin, copper, nickel
Bub over with a dump cloth dipped In
the ashes.
To remove mildew mix lemon juice
with salt, powdered starch and soft
soap. Apply with a brush and lay In
tbe sun; or you may ru! soap on the
spots, scrape chalk on them, oioltten
and lay In tbe sun.
ftoups and arravles are richer and
better If tbe meat and vegetable are
put Into the saucepan flrst with a little
butter and allowed to cook alowly for
nearly half an hour before adding tbe
water. I
To clean rusty tire Irons rub them
well wllh sweet oil, leave them wet
for a day or two and then rub then
with unslaked lime. Th.s will remove
the rust and then the Ore Irons may
be imiIIhIiciI ns usual...
Motives of economy aa well aa re
llneiiienl are stitlsflcd by keeping i
scrupulously clean refrigerator or lea
chest. One article that has been al
lowed to remain lo tbe Ice cheat after
It baa lost Its freshness will aaoa com
municate the con lamina Ilea to every
thing elae la the bos.
Honeycomb l'uddln.
Ona-half cupful of butter, one half
;upful of sugar, one-half cupful of
ullk, one-half cupful of flour, one cup
ful of molasses, four eggs and one
teaspoonful of soda; mix the sugar and
flour together, add the molasses,
the butter in the milk, then add the
eggs, which must have been well beat
n; lastly, put In one teaspoonful of
soda, dissolved In a little hot water;
Stir well together and bake lialf an
hour In buttered pudding dish. Herve
hot, with sauce. To make the siiuce,
heat the whites of two eggs and one
h.ilf cupful of powdered sugar to a
stiff froth; add a little wine or lemon
Juice.
l'illot of (hlckrn limited.
From the breast of n chicken cut the
four llllets, which can be eusiiy separ
ated, and remove every particle of fat
ar skin. 1 mst lightly with salt. Butter
a piece of heavy white letter paper and
wrap It lightly about the meat. Lay on
a broiler over a char lire and move
constantly over the h-ut. The paper
will brown and gradually char, but be
fore It takes fire you must lift It from
the Are just before this happens yon
will tlnd the fillet nicely cooked and
amch b ss dry than If cooked directly
ver the coals. Oood Housekeeping.
Heale 1 II it m.
(jjt from the ham large siloes as for
(he table; remove the outer rind, heat
thoroughly l:i the oven (nearly done).
Have a large crock or jur ready, Into
w hich put the liain In layers, and after
It is full, or the ham all !n, cover with
the fat deep enough to conceal It from
exposure. T';is Is always ready foe ;,
mid "it Is especially good for famillee
(hat have no good cold storage and can
not always get fresh meat. Knough
can be taken from the Jar for a meal,
when It should be sealed again for fu
ture use.
Cranln rrr W hip.
Slew one quart of berries mil II soft-,
press through a sieve; return pulp to
stewpnti and add same measure of
sugar; stew until like marmalade. Bent
four egg whites until stiff, then drop
the hot pulp In by spoonfuls and beat
constantly; then add one teaspoonful
of vanilla extract; turn Inlo a mold and
bake In oven for thirty minutes. Un
mold and garnish with whipped cream
and plumped Sultana raisins.- What to
F.at.
Crystallize I Popcorn.
Put Into an Iron kettle one table,
spoonful of butter, three tablespoon
fuls of water and one teacupful -4
white sugar; boll until ready to candy,
then throw In three quarts of nicely
popped corn, stir briskly until th
randy is evenly distributed over tha
corn. Care should Is? taken not to
have too hot a lire, or the corn will
!e scorched while crystallizing. Nuts
of any kind may be treated lu the same
way.
8 iiffcil Kins.
An excellent dinner sweet Is stuffy
figs. To prepare them, cut an opening
In the side of nice fresh ligs and taka.
out the Inside, wllh a spoon. To this
add some sailed almonds or salted pea
nuts that have bii-n chopped line. Mia
these thoroughly together and moisten
with a little brandy. I'ut this mixture
into the tig shells and press the shb-a
of the opening together. Boll the filled
figs In powdered sugar.
Kernel r for Itnrna.
One of the best remeilles for burns I
the following: But the yolk of an egg
!n a very hot pan, turning and pressing
It constuMly till all the oil Is out of it;
let cool and apply to the burn. Tills hng
teen known to cure several burns tba
were considered incurable by n pbysi,
:lan. Of course It requires several
eggs, as one makes but a small quan.
tlty of the oil.
UncheM l'o In tors.
Bcmovc tbe inside from hot haki-d po,
latoes and whip tills well with a fork.
For half a dozen medium sized ismitoe
have two eggs well beaten, tin- yolki,
nnd whites separately. Scus m tie po,
latoes wllh pepper and sail, put In th
lgg yolks, tin ii the whites, and put ni
into a bnklng-dlsli. Sprinkle melted
butter over the top, and brown very
Quickly in a hot oven.
I.ciiioii Taffy,
Boll together two cnpfnls of grant
lativl sugar, one-half cupful water,
three tabhpoonfuls of vinegar, ona
1easKonful of cream of tartar. Whea
done add a teaspoonful of lemon exj
tract and a teaspoon of fruit acid, and
pour the candy upon a buttered tin,
When aiifflclently cool to pull, btittei
tbe tip of the Angers only and pal
until white.
Chocolate Cream.
Melt some chocolate over boiling wa
ter and after the little balls are dry
tick a piece of wire In each and rol
In tbe melted chocolate. The ant and
fruit candlea may be dipped la the
chocolate If desired. The cream may
be flavored and colored brown by stir
ring In melted chocolate before shap
Ing.
Virginia Muffin.
To one quart of sifted flour add ona
pint of buttermilk, one tableapoonfnl
of butter, three well beaten egga and a
pinch of salt Heat the mom rings
ery hot. then greaaa them. Whoa thia
la dose add to tbe mixture oat trea
taaapeeafml of eoda dlaaelred hi Kt&a
hat water, aadaakeat mm.