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Apple
Recipes
By MAY IRWIN.
THIS Is tie season when applet
are at their best firm, fresh,
possessing the elements ot
health building. We should be glad
that the apple season Is long, since
It provides us the best of fruits.
These are some dishes that I make
of apples and which my family think
are among "mamma's best prod
ucts": Apple Pie.
Peel and slice four or five firm
our apples. Use an extra deep
is plate and line It with paste.
Pack the sliced apples in evenly
and fill to almost overflowing.
Cover the apples with a teacup of
brown sugar. Oust over that about
a teaspoonful of cinnamon, and
over all some flour. Dot the top
thickly with bits of butter. Pour
In about four tablespoonfult of Ice
water.
Place the top crust on, wetting
the edges and prssslng them well
together to prevent the Juice from
boiling out Pierce the top crust
My Secrets of Beauty By Mme. Lina Cavalieri
A FRIEND of mine complains
that a marked pufflness under
her eyes mars her beauty.
She asks how this can be corrected.
I advise no local application In such
cases. The pufflness indicates a con
dltlon that demands the service of a
'physician.
. Many women are In doubt about
jthe quantity of Iron that may be
safely Injected Into the system when
the stomach, revolts at any further
.'doses ot Iron. I take Iron In that
manner under a physician's direction.
Mo one should undertake it other.
t Vise. Such Injections . are given
I when the stomach is weakened or
delicate. A physician must determine
THE
((V'M glad I'm not fat," said Ma
I sell.
"You could weigh double
and itlll be thin," laughingly re"
ponded Patty, his wtfe.
"You have not looked ao fit since
you returned from Burma," Bald
Tatty.
"It was a healthy. Interesting and
profitable Jaunt," Maselle admitted.
"I annexed the pool there much
more easily than I anticipated."
"I was rather nervous."
"Bonn, my dear! Nerve! You
have none. What about the Up
shlre pearls? You would not have
er borrowed these If you had
had an average woman's supply of
nerve."
"It wa a figure of speech."
"Never mind the Far East," said
Maselle. "Let us turn our attention
nearer home."
The great Sullivan diamond, fount
of untold liquid Are, had com to
rest In old Amsterdam.
England calmly valued the gem
at $23,000,000 could a purchaser
have been found. . In the Netner
lands Its worth in guilders sounded
Imposing. The sovereigns became
in Amsterdam some 60.000,000 guil
ders. The stone had been uncovered In
Africa's earth by chance, It would
remain in Amsterdam a year, said
'he newspapers.
Maselle, the arch-plotter, had
other designs. Callous ever, he,
without regret, allowed his former
dupes to pass to punishment. He
alone of them all remained at large.
His army was one of Amazon',
lighting under the banner of tlte in
imitable Patty.
Just a handful of women, owning
many nations aa mother, prepared
to risk liberty for lucre.
Frau Weesper, wife of the bosom
of Cornelius YVeesper, Director-tn-Chief
of the Diamond stronghold,
had a vacancy ifor a serving maid.
Frau Weesper was In despair,
when there entered to her an ap
plicant for the vacant post.
Elsa Pontet the candidate was
called Geneva was her home.
It was soon known In the circle
of acquaintances of the Weespers
that they possessed that envied ar
ticle, a good all-round cook. Frau
Weesper began to live In happiness.
Elsa was a great success; Elsa,
indeed, was much more than this.
Mhe was Maselle's .first card of the
live he had to play in the game of
catching Amsterdam napping.
Now It chanced that In the Jon
ker Straat, close to the busy docks,
there lurked, In an apologetic, un
obtrusive manner, a certain small
curiosity shop. Old armour, dusty
cut-glass and stuffed fishes of leath
ery and careworn aspect jostled
prehistoric spur and other bric-a-brac,
the prospect of the sale of
which, to the nautical lounger-by,
seemed too absurd for words.
The owner of the unobtrusive
bop. a moth-eaten as hi natural
ly historical specimens, might be
seen in the doorway any day, and
all day, sucking an unfilled pipe, his
characteristic proportions effectu
ally preventing Ingres should a
customer call.
Shortly after Elsa's arrival In
Amsterdam, our friend the proprie
tor of this rubbish emporium fur
so It appeared was honored by a
:;3p :
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;."IV--
Diagram 8howlng the Small Perceit
age of Waste in Apples. All But
Six Per Cent of a Good Apple It
valuable nutritive material.
In half a dozen places with a fork,
and bake three-quarters of an hour
in n oven that Is not hot enough
to scorch the crust before the ap
ple are cocked.
For the crust use a scant pound
of flour, one Ublespoonfui of but
ter and the same of lard and a lit
tle aalt. Mix with Ice water and
set it In the refrigerator for a few
minutes. Then roll It out thin.
Apple Sauce.
Pare and slice four pounds ef
apples. Put them on the fire with
two cups of water, one-half pound
of augar, two tablespoonsful of but
how much should be taken at a dose
and how many doses may be taken
daily or weekly.
A face massage cream that will
not make the hair grow is what every
woman wants. The following is
simple and is the foundation for
most of the more elaborate but not
more effective creams:
Almond oil 8 ounces
Spermaceti 3 ouncea
White wax... 3 ouncea
Add a few drops of any essence of
perfumed oil you prefer. Two drops
of oil of orange, five of oil of lemon,
or five of oil of bergamot or two ot
oil of rose geranium, according to
taste.
Here is my advice tor the treat
ment of enlarged pores:
GREAT
visit from a dapper young native,
representative of an estate acency
In the most fashionable quarter of
the city. Was the business for saleT
What was the price, good-will,
"lock, stock and barrel"?
In short, the sale was effected;
the old and bulky tenant with
drew, and a new proprietress en
tered Into possession. For It was
an old lady who had desired the
vineyard, though few grapes were
crushed therein. A certain Frau
Detterllch. A dear old soul, with
spectacles, of course, and a coarse,
knitted shawl and tin trunk, for her
wants were few. A dear old lady,
anxious to please and to sell, over
sowing with the condensed milk of
all kindness, human and otherwise.
A gushing, pleasant old soul, to
whom all wished well particularly
Maselle, for she was hi second
card. v
Every morning at six o'clock aha
wended her way to the scene of her
labor from her home In the Spaarn
dammer quarter. From six to seven
the lower offices and corridor oc
cupied her. At seven o'clock she
started on the stairs, and at eight
o clock at the changing of the dia
mond guard she was admitted to
the all-Important strong-room,
whence a few minutes' work re
moved all traces of twenty-four
hours' accumulation of dust.
Now there had come to stay In
the Spaarndammer Straat, next door
to Minna, a kindred spirit, also a
wlelder of duster and bass broom,
and for some weeks there had been
a nodding acquaintance between
Minna and Greete Hans. Friendship
succeeded casual acquaintance, and
soon, when work did not part them,
the two were Inseparable
Frequently the two old folk might
be seen taking frugal lunch at a
humble restaurant, sipping potent
schnapps with a gusto common
enough In a land where town end
in wicked expletives. Evidently
Greet used her brushes to better
purpose than Minna, for It was
Greete m-ho generally managed to
pay the bill. Minna was the older,
and Greete, who had no early
morning duties, expressed much
pity for her friend, forced to rise
betimes every day at her age. too.
Minna ended by agreeing. It
was bard. It had not seemed ao,
but It must be yes. It was. A
longing to lie abed began to assail
her.
I Greete had said, over and
over again, every other day would
be bad enough, but every day !
At last Greete had an idea which
he Imparted to her dear Minna.
Why not change their duties every
other day? Lt Minna go early to
the Weesper safe-house one day
and Greete on the following day,
when Minna could take Greete'
duty at the Rljlks Museum In the
afternoon.
That very day Minna remarked
darkly to Herr Weesper that she
was not equal to so constant a
strain. She wanted to divide her
duty with a dear old friend. The
age of the frlenuship was not
stated, but the words were the
words of Greete.
Herr Weesper hated domestlo
matters. They bothered him. He
could not make Minna come every
day. And so the old friend was
brought, inspected, approved. In
structed, and set to work at her
new duties forthwith.
Now, Greete Hans was the third
ter, a dash of cinnamon and the
juice and grated rind of a lemon.
Stew until soft. Remove from the
fire and beat with an egg-beater
until amooth and light. Keep In
an ice box and It will last, the ap
petltea of your family permitting,
for aeveral days.
Baked Apples.
Cream half a cup of sugar with
a tablespoon of butter. Stir Into
a tabtespoonful of flour the grated
rind of one lemon. Mix well with
the creamed butter and sugar.
Pour this mixture Into the spaces
left by the cores of a half-dozen
apples. Place In a moderate oven
and bake until apples and filling
are soft
Southern Apple Fritters.
Into a cup of milk beat two eggs.
Add two tablespoonsful of eugar
two tablespoonfula of melted but
ter, a pinch of salt and a dash of
ground cloves or of cinnamon.
Thoroughly mix and then stir In
two cups of flour, Into which have
been sifted two teaspoonful of
baking powder. Mix with this
four applea that have been well
chopped. Fry In butter or olive
o I. After removing them from
the frying pan sprinkle thickly
with powdered eugar.
Stewed Apples.
Peel and core six large apples.
Place them In a boiling syrup
They require an astringent, to
be applied once a day or oftener,
One of the simplest of these Is
tincture of benzoin. Ten drops
sprinkled In a bowl of warm
water are sufficient There are
also several preparations con
taining tannin, which are valu
able. Tannin la one of the best
astringents.
This, which contains both benzoin
and tannic acid, la in most cases
quickly corrective:
Elder flower water-... 1 oz.
Rose water 3 ozs.
Tincture of benzoin.. yi oz.
Tannlo acid......... 8 grain
DIAMOND
card of Maselle.
e
M. and Mm. Bona; p had arrived
In Amsterdam. Had the city been
able to boast ot a visitors' list the
fact would have been ultably
chronicled therein. It was a visit
of Important personages for whom
the finest suite of room In the Bible
Hotel had been reserved.
M. Bonappe, who had large Inter
ests in ships, wish-j to make fur
ther Investments. Hence he wa
present In Amsterdam.
He was enfeebled In health, al
though manifestly of great financial
strength. His eye had seen better
days; hi coughing wa distressful,
his gait pitiable. And yet life to
M. lionappe wa not without com
fort The poor Invalid, quarrel
some and querulous as he was, had
every attention paid to him by
Mme. Bonappe.
Truly Is the worth of a good
woman above Sullivan and Kohl
noora The other hotel residents
pitied and wondered at Mine. Bon
appe, always patient, always affa
ble. The pity was misplaced, ot course.
It frequently 1. Love, which
claim kinship with pity, alo suf
fer on occasion through being
Hopped down upon arid soil. They
did not know, a we do, that Mme.
Bonappe was Maselle fourth card.
She wa also Maselle' sister, and
her soidlsant spouse was Maselle
himself!
Although the relatlonahlp between
these two wss fraternal and sororal
only, Massell' wife, the adorable
Patty, accompanied them. Kind
and considerate though Mme.
Bonappe wa, her duties were
shared by a little attendant, en
tered In the hotel regtster a Clair
Lan worthy.
Tt Clair wa to fall the major
portion of the Intrigue hatched by
the Maselllan brain.
Claire mi IJulselle' final card!
Easy It Is In the world-renowned
game of nap with a fairly good
hand to score four tricks, but how
dubious Is oft the last card! Maselle
recognized this; but this card wa
really a strong one.
Claire was piquant, petite, rvelte.
altogether lovable. Her role was to
capture a heart what heart Indeed
could withstand her? Many a Dutch
eye rolled heavily after her as she
tripped along, many a Dutch heart
bat faster at the passage of the
little English girl.
Although the "ible Hotel Is all
that can be desired, ths invalid
guest had dally manias for article
not upon the usual menu. Hence
Claire made a regular practice of
tripping forth, market-basketed,
every morning in search of new-laid
eggs, honey, or strange fruits.
It chanced that she passed the
Weesperlan strong-room every
morning exactly at eight o'clock.
Just a the night-guard ot the dia
mond was coming oft duty. The
sight of her caused a diurnal thrill
to invade the breast of Corporal
Blahoff. a thrill much accentuated
by a glance from Claire's innocent,
bright eyes. They soon knew each
other well by eight. Of course,
they could not speak without formal
Introduction.
Day passed. It became Increas
ingly difficult for HmhofT, corporal
of the guard, to restrain his feelings.
Warm hearts oft beat In Teuton
breast. Ignorance alone place
Copyright, 1B13,
made of two cupe of water, the
Juice and grated rind of a lemon
and a quarter of a cupful of sugar.
Cook the apple In this syrup until
they are tender, and when done
remove them with care ao as to
preserve their shape. Strain the
syrup and pour It over the apples.
Apple Pudding.
Mix a third of a cup of Gutter
with a pint of flour, one and a half
teaspoonfula of baking powder and
a large pinch of salt. Beat ons
egg Into a cup of water and add to
the dough. Spread the dough In a
well-buttered pan. Pare, core and
quarter four large applea and
apread ever the dough, sprinkling
with a half cup of augar. Bake
from twenty minutes to half an
hour. Serve It with hard aauca or
with cream and eugar.
Apple Nut.
Dlce four large apples. Chop a
cupful of date. Prepare half a
cupful of the kernels of any favor
ite nuta. Stir apples, nuts and
date well together, and serve
with a dressing made as follow:
Stir together half a cup of apple
Juice, the juice of a large lemon,
half a cup of augar, a tablespoon
ful of cornstarch and the whites of
two eggs. Heat In a double boiler,
stirring continually while It thick
ens. The following hair tonics are In
general use, and have seldom, If ever,
failed. This Is much used In France:
Oil of almond 6 oz.
Oil of rosemary 2 drams
Oil of mace 60 drops
An excellent tonic for the scalp is:
Alcohol Yz pt
Oil of mace oz.
One that has many advocates is
this:
Fluid extract of Jabo-
randl Yz oz.
Glycerine 1 oz.
8ulphate of quinine... 10 grains
Cologne 2 ozs.
Rosewater 10 ozs.
Bay Rum 2 ozs.
THEFT
them solely In Latin q. rters.
At last fate came to the cor
poral's aid. The morning' wa
damp, the cobblestone slippery.
Claire's eyes had Jimt lmplunted a
stab, more dangerous than usual.
In the heart of her military ad
mirer, when she slipped.
With a little cry she fell, grace
fully, to the ground.
For two seconds she remained
there.'
Ere three had elapsed the cor
poral' ready arms were around her.
Hoou she wa; telling him In his
native tongue. Just tinged by a fas
cinating foreign accent, that her
ankle was sprained, thnt she could
not walk, that, above all things, she
desired water. Her eyes terribly
dangerous weapons! looked long
ingly at the door of the cttadel.
Blshoff, corporal of the guard,
etalwartly bore hi lovely burden
within. Inside the doorway he en
countered Greete, in whose charge
he temporarily left her. In the sol
dier's presence Greete bustled about
looking after the want of the
strange young lady. No sooner had
he withdrawn, ' however, than
Greete'a ministrations ceased. The
two exchanged confidences, one eye
winked, one pair of Hps smiled
meaningly.
Thus began the love-affair of
Blshoff, corporal of the guard.
By dally meetings, by an occas
ional caress, by sweet half-promises,
he became more and more enslaved.
The old street of Amsterdam were
paved with air when Blshoff, cor
poral as before, promenaded with
his or nearly his Claire. Once
they wandered down the Jonker
Straat. and Claire perceived In the
old curiosity shop a dirty lump of
glass, labelled as being a model of
the Sullivan diamond.
"Oh, Jan!" aha exclaimed (for so
was be now termed by the rapidly
advancing Claire), "do look! Here
is a copy of your diamond."
"Not a bit Ilk it." replied Jan.
"The real one I larger, and much
brighter!"
"Can I see It one day ?" coaxing
ly. "Bring It down one morning,
just to show It to me."
"Impossible!" replied the stout
corporal. his military training
triumphing over his love. "It
must never leave Its little glass
box In the strong-room until the
plan for cutting Is settled."
"Then," pursued the temptress.
"I shall peep Into the strong-room."
"Do, If you can," laughed Jan.
"I don't mind your attempting the
Impossible."
Here the tender converse was re-su-ied,
always upon the Maselle
model.
Maselle was working darkly, but
his plans were fast maturing. In
his diary a small tick appeared
against Thursday, the 23d of Ju!y.
At 30 on the preceding Monday
Herr Weesper took as usual. In his
bedroom, his early morning cup of
coffee, prepared by the hands of the
treasured l.lna. At s:45, strange to
say. Instead of finding his faculties
awakened by the well-known prop
erties of the berry, Herr Weesper
evinced n uncontrollable desire to
sleep, nor could the surprised efforts
of his spouse thorouxhly awaken
him. At a quarter to eight, when it
was his custom to proceed to the
St run k house to unlock the door of
the strong room and to release the
night guard, he was still In bed. In
itiating, sleepily, on being left
alone.
by the Star Company. Great Britain
Cork Bath
Tile heat ot the body Is Its life,
and whatever we do to keep In
that heat helps us to keep life
full and glowing. Standing on cold
floors Is most harmful, because a
cold floor conducts eway the heat
from the body. It Is like putting
in a tap to draw away part of one's
life.
A metal floor, a stone floor, a
wooden floor and a cork floor may
be exposed to the same freezing
temperature, yet they will scm en
tirely different to step on. The metal
floor would be so verrlbly cold that
to step on It with bare feet would
give frostbite. A stone floor would
bo cold enough to give an actual
rhlll. A wooden floor would be quite
bearable, but a cork floor would be
really warm.
It in not the degree of cold which
determines the chilliness of the floor.
he difference lies in the ease with
which these various materials con
duct heat
In the same way a metal spoon,
if left in a pot of hot liquid, will get
so hot In the handle that you can
not touch it, but a wooden spoon
will remain cool enough to use con
veniently. It is all a matter of con
veying the heat through the mole
cules of the metal or the wood.
When one takes a bath, whether
hot or cold, it is unpleasant to step
out onv the tiled floor, because it
feels cold and takes away the na
tural heat from the foot Even a con
crete floor la not ao bad as stoni
or tiling.
After a hot bath. It is bad for the
constitution to step from the heated
water on to a cold floor, because
the difference in temperature causes
too much shock. After a cold bath
Frau Weesper being by this time
frantic, Elaa stepped Into the
breach with a suKwestlnn. Why
not let her run with the key to
the Incoming guard?
The Idea was approved, and Elsa,
the key In her hand, ran to her
bedroom to don a shawl.
Now, If Elsa was as wax In the
hand of Mnsclle, wax was In the
hand of Elsa; ere she flew forth on
her errand an Impression of the
key Iny securely In her drawer.
At S o'clock the key was delivered
to Herr Weesper' deputy, and,
thnnks to Elsa, the situation wan
saved. Herr Weesper's temporsry
somnolence soon passed off, and
was forgotten by most people.
Thursday morning arrived, as
Thursday mornings will. At 7:S0
o'clock Greete noiselessly Inserted
Into the lock of the strong-room
a new key, which opened the
precious chamber. Blshoff, corporal
of the guard. Ignorant of lock
smiths, lounged expectantly within;
expectantly, for he knew that Claire
wan awaiting .him below In fulfil
ment of a dally assignation, of
which Herr Weesper was aware.
The gallant director had himself
fallen before Claire's beauty, and
felt himself unable to banish her
to the cobblestones Tht-refore,
every morning, basket on arm, she
awaited her lover at the foot of the
etalrs.
Hoon after Greete' performance
with the key. It happened that she
slipped on the stairs outside the
strong-roorc door Many slips oc
cur daily, but here were a pair of
slippery slippers Indeed. The latest
exponent of the art managed to send
down the stone stairs an avalanche
the Ingredients of which were pall,
dustpan and brooms. Their fall re
sounded through the building.
Claire, the ever IhouKhtlul Claire,
ran up to ouer assistance.
The noise naturally roused the
earnest attention of KUhnfr, the
guard, hut knowing a locKed door
was betwixt him and turmoil, he
contentnd himself with grasping his
rifle. Suddenly, to his stupefied sur
prise, the door opened, and In walk
Claire, "Well," she said, "here I an-, but
where is Herr Weesper? The door
is open. Has he gone out auuln,
dear Jan? I ran because that
charwoman had an accident."
"Dear Jan" began to exercise him
self in that well-known mental
arithmetical calculation known as
putting two and two together. Evi
dently Jlerr Weesper hud been up
Slid would return directly.
"You aald I might look at the dia
mond whenever I came In," lauxhed
Claire. "Where Is It? Oh, there it
Is! What a sweet velvet bed it ha
In its glass cage!"
The gluss cage happened to be
about the size of a Havana cigar
box, and was fashioned with brass
corners. Curiously enough, a simi
lar box had quite recently Leen con
structed In London, whence by a
circuitous route It had reached M.
KonappH. The tottering old mt-n-tleman
had also Income possessed
of a crystal model of the diamond
quite unlike the parody which had
appeared upou one occasion only in
a certain old curiosity shop. 1
The copied box and the model
now reposed, under a butter cloth.
In the banket of ( I. lire.
"Can you open the glass box and
let me hold It?" came breathlessly
from Claire's lips, her eyes adding
eweet appeal.
Right Reserved
Mats Are Best
for Preventing
on to a cold floor, because tho body
Is already chilled and it is desir
able that the reaction should Pet in
an quickly as possible.
A dry cloth, euch as a towel or a
huckaback mat in as e,ood as cork
as long as tho toweling is dry, but
the trouble in that such a bath runt
soon becomes wet and wet cloth Is
a good conductor of heat. The re
sult la that a wet towel balli mat
YOU MIGHT TRY-
More Salt and Less Surrar.
IN cooking very sour fruits put in a
necflasarv.
CamDhor for
A CLOTH moistened with camphor
ture.
To Make Oilcloth
;! F oilcloth be occasionally rubbed with
1 lln. a, 111 1 . . .
una ii mil Mai uiucu longer.
TVl a TJocf XXTn tr
h v -vuu
yj.u anouia do cieanea wun soapsuds and salt and then polished with
Kerosene
THE most effoctlve method of cleaning an iron sink is to rub we'l with
.I.Ik . I . L ,.
cloth wet with kerosene oil.
To Make Stoves Shine.
JUD the nickel trimmings on stoves
a J
polish with a dry cloth.
V AVVAUV T O
POAK the stains In cold water half
oruiniirv launnrv anitn nomra aanriinrr in tho
r a-
Flour Baths for Delicate Woolens.
DELICATE white woolen things can be easily and quickly cleased by
giving them a bath in a basin containing only a few handfulls of
ordinary wheat flour.
A tSto1T 1 1 IJiL: which
Came to an Ignominious End
"Why, no," replied Corporal Jan;
"the box must be broken to be
opened, and no one but the governor
can do that."
Strangely enough thl wa no
news to Miss Claire.
"Oh," she panted, "I did so want
to be Able to say I had held It In
my hand! I know Herr Weesper
would let me."
"Well, since you nre here," said
Jan, with an Indulgent look, "you
may just hold the box, and then, of
course, you will have held the dia
mond." Claire advanced to the steel shelf
upon which It stood. Everything In
that vuult-llke room was of steel.
A flicker of a smile moved the edges
of her rosy Hps. Her hand knew no
tremble. Truly the calm Maselle
had chosen a fitting mate.
She lifted the little box and
poured out rapturous epithets.
"How lovely! How largel How
clesr!"
"Corporal Blshoff," exclaimed a
voire ut the door, "there is a man
on the stairs!"
ItlshotT of the gunrd wheeled
round. For two instants perhaps
for one his eye was ofT the Jewel.
It was sufficient. The gem In its
transparent case was In Claire's
basket. The counterfeit Jewel, In a
facsimile case, with the same rich
velvet, of the same rich blue, was
oil the shelf.
Blshoff of the guard could not
bother with any man on the stairs.
The Jewel was In his charge, and.
though his visitor was very dear to
him. ha was relieved to find it back
In Its accustomed place.
In due course Herr Weesper ar
rived, and with thoughtful mien
considered the puzzle of the open
door. He did not say much, hut
the lack of speech wss more than
counterbalanced by bis meditations.
So Claire tripped away. Itudlanl
and trlumppliant, nne was showing
her prize to Muaelle In his private
sitting room at the very moment
wlili Herr Weesper was closeted
with Amsterdam's ricteoiive general
Ko.thwlth this official desired to
have speech with Ms chief assist
ant. The chief assistant, although he
had a charming bouse In a charm
ing suburb, was residing en
Kiirnon at the liihle Hotel. This
was strange. Ilia room was on
the third floor, three windows from
the corner. Maselle's was on the
second Door, also tin en: windows
fro the self-same corner; this was
remarks ble.
There was a loose a very loose
board In the third door room. This
secret legal limb must have been,
however, a considerate man, for he
never chanced to tread thereon,
and therefore never disturbed his
neighbors underneath.
Maselle was not particularly en
amoured of natural history, but he
hud provided himself with a certain
iiiHTy-liioking stulled lish, such as
s.iilor-meii I, rink home from "turrln'
parts" The stuffing had been re
moved, and the defunct specimen
was dextlned to be the temporary
iircophiigus of the diamond.
Well did Maselle realize that In Us
present form the gem was valueless
to him. He was quick to act as to
think. A vice was ready, a binart
blow with the hammer and chisel,
and the inimitable Jewel was shat
tered. Two large ami several small
pieces remained to tell of former
g reat nees.
Cold Feet
is 'almost as cold as a tiled floor.
Cork, ot course, does not soak up
water at all, that is why it Is used
to plug up bottlos. This is the same
as saying that cork docs not get wet
through and therefore it remains as
warm to the foot after water has
fallen upon It as It was when dry.
The cork bath mat Is the most com
fortable and healthful thing for you
to titaud on when you get out ot the
tub.
little salt and much less sugar will be
Furniture.
will remove white spots from furnl-
Wear I.rmrrer.
a mixture of beeswax and turpen-
In niann Tin
ti visual 4-1 111 Is.
for Sinks.
with kerosene oil and whiting and
Al Ull UliaXAllS.
an hour and covar them thickly with
v. w t,uu v assru
Carefully these were packed In
their strsnae receptacle, a fishy
prize In a fishy tomb.
A few deft stitches from the needle
of Claire, otherwise Patty, and th
fish with Its freight was tossed, to
sink or swim. Into M. Bonappe'
trunk.
Ths following day M. Bonappe
completed his shipping Investiga
tions. He would not start a new
line from this or any other Dam to
any Halifax, whether In Nova Scotia
or elsewhere. And to they departed
bag and baggage. Pride at hi suc
cess tilled him with perverted Joy.
"Patty, old girl," said Maselle.
affectionately, as they watched the
beacon of the Hook grow dim,
"your a Sullivan yourself; hard
to get but easy to keep."
"I shall be glad to be In Eng.
land again," responded his too
obedient spouse, "for diamond don't
lloal well" And she sipped her
eparkllng cure for mal de mer. It
happened to be a criminally merry
partly that proceeded to hide In that
moat lonely place on earth London.
Prior to the departure from the
Hook of the Great Eastern Rail
way Company's new turbine steamer
Stratford It had chanced that a hur
ried conference had taken place be
tween certain Dutch legal officials.
Our travellers, however, wort all
unuware of thl, and proceeded an
hindered, "It In better so," murmured a
respectsble Dutch cltlxen on the
quay to his companion of similar
reputable appearance. "No Inter
national complications, we want.
South A file.! angry, England cross,
our yueeii uriousl Ach. not 'tis
better o. and better, too, for Herr
W ecspcr!"
The Harwich custom-house
caused Maselle no trouble. He paid
duty on various horrible Imitation
of cigar, and with ease passed
uirouun. i'ne officials appeared
surprised at his punctilious hon
esty, for he even produced from bis
pocket a balf-empty flask Of eau-de-vie.
Maselle's surprise came when he
unpacked his trunk In town. Smil
ingly did Patty take out the fat.
dry Hull and laughingly stroke It
leathery sides; but far from smiling
was Maselle when lie ripped open
the stitches and drew out hi orig
inal crystal model!
We have learned before to-day
that Dutchmen are slim. Truly
those who dine with them must
wear wooden shoes, or tholr toe
will sutler under the table.
Carefully an Maselle had plotted,
suspicion bad been aroused. In
vestiKation hud continued suspicion,
il every action had been under
the e-e of the watcher abovel Aa
electrophone, artlully fixed, re
corded Incriminating conversation.
It was proposed to make a red
humied arrest, and to recover th
Mune there and then.
His prompt cleavage of th jew
had dumbfounded the detective.
'1 ney hud held their bands too long!
They had bundled.
A hasty cunfereuc took place,
rather than arouse hostile criticism,
thev would let the conspirators go.
The broken gem wa recovered
dunii.t the niKht passage of the
Sir.titord, and Maselle learnt a
leesoli.
The story may be Inaccurate It
may even be false. But the stone
w i deft, ho much is Indisputable.