FREEDOM FOR TWO

By WIARGARET WATSON

SELLS HIM A TICKET

Bhe laughed with him, with no hysteria. this time. Only a quarter l v! an hour ago r was told that I ' drive splendidly. She laughed again. 0f course, 1 wasn't so crazy as to believe it.

You'll have some private belong- kigs in there he hazaxded, nod- ding towards the wreckage.

Vly case —that's all.

I hope you haven't very far t0 go. he said, his voice muffled as he fumbled with the shattered ton- neau and brough‘. out the case. It had suffered more from the crash Rian she, and as soon as he step- ped tipzrn tho muddy road with it. it broke opcu in his hand and shed concert tickets right and left in a

ink sntw-storm. They fell upon them together in haste, gathering them tir~=v

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(1.1 r- 11-4011 his Nona: ur-‘(l butter" get you home out of the ruin.

shr- began to say that she was

tic “w to eoi but she stopped ~~ u» ms cxzimining the concert 1 "s. Hc looked up found lier eyr-c on him, and smiled.

You must forgive me. Concert tickets are recorrnizable the world o‘: and I hhppcn to have seen fn" ilii~r particular concert in on" of ‘lac shop window.- in Brand- forri Arc vou one of those en- grzv-tic ywoplo who sell tickets.

f tr" to. she said gravely.

Wwil. will "on see me one?

Willi lll"f'~l‘.l‘f\ “for ten shillings. ' The most ambitious I noticed in pi 1:" ‘hrni up. ho suitl with mock mco were marked five.

Yes. I know thcv are. But for the otlzci" five shillings I'll sell you a piece of advice without which the ticlvt is valuclcss,

“n Yvfl= bruised and cold; but nrvv Hint she was enjoy- ". tin‘ she. would 110l- ;. 0 r-l ‘this for the world. Sh!’ my in tho dim deflected light of the torch his muddy cheeks dlP irwnrl‘. for that peculiarly self- "mf" “of Quilt‘. He put a hand

nlo hi‘: yrucltet. flllfl extended a L?» pile of silver to her. Now give me the piece of ad-

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A Morning/Smile

SOME COMPENSATION

“I 1011* lilze the look of your hunch d. alild Lhc doctor.

"Ne; her do I," the wife pqplkd. ‘but he's good to one children."

‘VRONG MAN

A mun was called to the tele- phone Sunday morning and the voice at the other end of the Wire mid. "Hello, what are you dointf?"

"Gming ready to go to church." rvifiml the mun.

l ‘Vi/run: number," was the quick fnaiffilt<fi and the receiver w-as hunt! up with n. bang.

hack into the case as best‘

w" “n mam‘ and had only a m“; coqniribie depression which shc '

He laughed. but instantly asked: 8o you don't care for music? M11616? 0h .1 nee. Oh. 3N, I love

chestral Society.

T7191’ lauflhed together,

But: there'll be soloists, there? Surely they'll help.

They'll have to be better than usual. said Erica. to compensate for the Society. There's a pianist by the name of Eson, possibly good. probably fairly good, anyhow.

He put the ticket away very cure-

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pile of half-crowns into her hand _in its place. There were six of them; corners of her mouth lifted.

I think. he ilSSllfed her, that.

difference.

disappointment invaded Erica's mind. She could not tinder-stand l why it should be so. Was it pos-

tumwm w“ m“ batch mm it ,.=ib‘e that she really contemplated

changing her own mind about tht‘ lconcert if he went to it? It was i not. a reassuring thought; but even ‘less comfortable vras this rc-

felf. now that he had practically . said he would not go. In the reac- tion from her reasonless excite- ment, she had time to feel cold, i and a little shaky. She shivered. and tried too late to conceal the ‘ iveakhess- t I'm sorry! he said, in quite a l new tone. 1’ forgot -—this is pro— ,

» bably your first accident. Come on.

we'd better- make for home.

It isn't yours she said with i conviction, as they fell into step l together. 1

Bless. you no. It's just about 13 , years too late to be my first. He l slipped his hand tinder her arm. and qulckened the step-

Erice was more than a little glad of that firm and solid arm under her own before they reached the close where Brandford church slept. She was not, after all, of the l perfect temperament for adventure; i she could not even tip her car into the ditch without feeling distinctly l faint afterwardm But on the fink-Q l of the church c‘ose she did stir i herself to end the scene with dign- ity- l

This is home, she said. My father is the rector. My name is Erica Manning. Do come inandbr- thanked won't you? I'1 like, after doing my best to run you down. . at least; to mend the sleeve of your l coat. , l

He stood with hlshandtiponthe , swinging gate, which defied any i latch to keep it closed and looked l at her over it. -

And I'd like you to. But unfor- l tunately I'm already rather lntc a

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for an appointment which can't be shelved, so I must run. I'm at the Brandford Arms, so I haven't ‘ far to go. -

She thought as she gave him her hand I suppose I shall never see you again. And whether because of his undoubted good loolw. 01' bB- i cause her independence hated to l see the slightest debt go unpaid, l, she found the reflection unpleas- I

ant,

Don't bother about the car. I'll get the garage people to bring home the pieces for-you, if you'll let me do so much. And —-may I ring up w-mormw, Miss Manning, and assure myself that you're all right?

In spite of her bruises, her heart was uncommonly light as she turn- cd and went into the rectory.

To Be Continued

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IDNDON-(CPV-Result of the campaign for noise elimination peo- ple are complaining the big phan- - tom-like trolley buses are danger-

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yond The clouds that round you lie! Above them soon there will be found A clear and sunny sky. Just keep your eyes upon the gcod In everyone you sec; so oft we are misunderstood From lack of sympathy.

EXPLAINING THE CHILD PRODIGY

Precocious genius in children is commonest among boys and ex- presses itself mostly in extraor- dinary mathematical, m =1 1, lit-

Gough Golds‘

People are beginning to reco the fact that a cou b cold 1a a aenous ailment, an when on contract a cold or cou b the ‘rat question you yourse should be, ‘How am I going to get rid of it with the least possible dale and expense?" The answer is, "JD Dr. Wood's Norway Pine Syrup."

This cough medicine is composed of the well known pro rtiea of the Norway pine tree, wil cherry bark, and 0t. er soothing, absorbent, heal in and e mrant properties of ot cr excel ent. herbs, harks and halaama. A few (loses should con- vinco you it ia just the remedy you have been looking for.

Mao. H. Hanuaau, Cnmbornc, Ont. wrifaai-‘m father had a terrible cough, we u» e i... was never oing to get rid o it, as he had t_ri m many remedies with- out gettm any relief.

A nei h ur told us about. Dr. Wood's orway Pine Syrup, and wa.a_tbe only medicine that he] to give him relief."

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15TH ANNIVERSARY SALE

sin Linen Department SALE OF TRAVELLERS SAMPLES

Sale of Travellers Samples and clearing lines of Linens at these very

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PICKLED BEETS

Cook young beefs until they are tender, leaving on a couple of inch- es of the stems so that they won't bleed. As soon as they are done, drop them into cold water and slip skins. Malice a syrup of: -

.,. " nts and boll for 5 minutes. Add the beets and aumner for l5 minutes. then skim them out and paok 111w hot, sterile jars. Fill to overflowing with tzhe syrup and seal immedi- ateiy.

LAUNDRY SOAP.

Flour pounds clarified fat, 1 can lye, 5 cups cold water. Dissolve lye in cold water, let cool. Heat fat and

1 cool to cream.

Combine 1-2 cup cold water, 8 tablespoons borax. 1-4 cup ammonia i! tablespoons sugar, 1 teaspoon salt and add to fat.

Add lye slowly to fat, stirring all the time. Beat hard to mix thor- oughly, stining five minutes stead- ily. Pour in cotton-lined fiat box- oovered closely and let stand for 48 houm. Cut: in squares. (I put mine througih the meat-chopper and it is ready for the washing machine).

BLACK CURRANT JAM. Two pounds bladk cumnis. 2 pints cold water; ‘boil for ten minutes, then add five pounds of sugar; boil again for ten min- ufes. It is so simple and yet s0 good, and a few current-s go such a long way. Manly tihanlics for a‘!

help. GINGER ALE.

Boil togetther for 5 minutes 1 gal- lon of water and 4 pounds of loaf sugar.

Put into an earthenware bowl 1 pound of tartaric acid, and pour the hot syrup over it. when cool add 1 ounce of tincture of ginger, 1 ounce of burnt sugar, and 1-4 ounce of cayenne pepper. Bottle.

Don't Experiment-

Treul Colds

erary or lingusttc albility. says ILL. McNally in ilhe London Daily Mail.

The classical case of a prodigy whose life fulfilled his youthful promise la that of ‘Lord Macaulay, who when he was only seven wrote a universal history and at eight. composed a treatise to con- vert the nativms of Mala/bar to Christianity. After that he took to composing poetry.

John Ruskin was another writer who fulfilled remarkably early promise. At five he was a. book- worm; he wrote his first poem before he was seven. While still a. child he became known as "a savant in pattlooatsfi’ u a boy they called him a "poet in breech-

Before he was 20 he won the

, Newdigute prize .

Often Dangerous

Thbt ‘ was 1511c beginning of a. life which left l. lasting mark in English literature.

John Stuart Mill, the philoso- pher. began Greek when he was three: at six he had read Xeno- phone Herodotus. parts of Lucian. Diogenes Laertius and six dia- logues of Plato,

But these may be better aimed as geniuses than u prodiziel. ‘the prodigy has rather a Intel-like ufc, brief and brilliant, with mere- .y a trail . of sparkiets to show .:here it has passed.

Take the career of William James sidls, acclaimed 28 yearn ago as America's greatest prodigy. educated on the nwst erudite prin- ciples by his father. Dr. Boris Sidis. a celebrated authority on plycho-patholon. when young Sidis was two he could read and write.

At seven he mastered arithmetic and passed Harvard Medical School examination in amtomy.

At eight he spoke berth, Rus- sian, English and Genmn and

lhadaknowlewe auun ma am:

At 11 he lectured an astounded gathering of professor: and mathe- matlcians on the fourth ddmaxiai l-

A 18 he graduated with a. bachelor of arts degree.

Yet. at 25 the flame of his gemus had burned itself out. He wal wanking a meolzl-nionl adding ma.- chineinanoflfieeforflfl aweck.

The strangest thing about m.st prodigies is that. they disappear from public ken. Edward R/ochio Hardy, of New York, when 12 and the youngest boy at Qolumbia. Unf- versity, was master of twelve lan- guages. eight sciences, music and mathematiw. and, as hobbies. he studied Assyrian and Bebyloniau history.

In England we have child pmdf- glel. ‘There is little Gilliam 000p- er, of Poolsion. Southampton, now 6, who at 4 read newspapers, at 5 wrote poerty, and for pleas- ure today studies the Encyclo- paedia Britannica. In a month she masters I. year's school work. Smlsdeaeendedfrmnnlotigllne of brilliant men and women; the talent of generations appears to itself in her.

Proved Way

D blv proved-in world's largest. ‘ colds-clinic, and by everyday use in

any other medi- cation of its kind. No "dos ." Just ma!- sage apoRub on throat, chest, and back at bedtime. Re- lief begins almost at: once. And long after sleep comes, Vaploilub kee right on g/orking. Its >ou ce-an -va. r ac on oosens , relievegoirritation and erg break local congea-

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'Men Always Remain Like Little Boys and

Want a Certain Amount of Mothering, ’

But They Prefer to Have it Done by a Wife Near Their Own Age

A famous paychdlogiatadviaea men to marry women

cf i than themaelvesonthegroundstbatallmmllha to begun-Io“ becausamoldarwoman

the: would m: at hur husband's mum with Jilaiét moths eye ailm- thm with the hud-boueq gua of a. young wife.

Th“ h m interesting theory. ma the onl objection to it a8 a matrimonial tip is tbal things don't work out that way in real my- riage. After having severed mother’; lpron. 8111108. few men want to tie themselves to i. again. The wife who in older than her hus- band can't. keep from housing him to save he; life. She is always cure that “mother knows best." and looks upon him as a mor- onic lnfimt who has w be mid Where m get on and where to get on’, what to eat. and not '10 let his feet wet or cross the street in front of an automobile.

' The trouble ll thit women are so much older than men, even at the same B8B- Men never quite grow up. mere is always something of the little boy left in them. But when a. woman grows up she is mature. ‘There is nothing of the little girl about. her. She has put away childish things for good and all at an ale when a boy is still playing with his inya. _ '

That is the law of nature, and it is why, 11 a. husband and wife are tc be congenial, it. is best for the husband to be from flve to ten years older than she is. It. is also why the marriage of a young girl to an old main oftcn W111i 311l- hflllilllll’. While the marriage of a young man to an older woman never oes.

Of course, chronological age and spiritual age do snot always coirlcide There are both men and women who are octogenarians in their cradles and others who are still merry lads and lassies in their eighties. But must of us are our age and we have the best chance of happiness 1n marriage when we marry in our age class. .

This is what makes it so dangerous for a man to marry a. women older than. himself, ” between them is that river of time that. not even love and mutual respect can bridge. They look at life from different atandpoints. They have different tastes and desires. The woman's looks are fading. She is getting the nziddle-age spread, or the elderly scrawni- ness. She wants to stay put and read. a good novel of an evening instead - 0f BWDPiHB out. while be is still a. boy and wants u» play around with youngsters of his own age and not to be always explalifng to strangers that his wife is not his mother.

If the man who marries a. woman older than himself takes along shot at happiness, the elderly wife of a young husband virtually commits hara- kiri for she let sherseif in for the most wearing and hopelus Job that any woman ever undertakes. Not for her are the blessed privileges of let- ting out her corset strings and slumping by her own fireside and growing old in peace and comfort.

She dare not add mother pound to her weight. or another wrinkle tn. her face, or another streak of gray in her hair. she must endure the pangs of starvation and the martyrdom of being pounded and parboiled, dyed and frizzled and caiclnrined in a futile endeavor not to present tm invidious a. comparison with her youthful spouse. And, worst of all, ah! has assumed the task of keeping a boy amused and entertained, so she ha: to drag around with him to places of diversion, while her old bones an crying for rest. She has to do the things he wants to do instead of tlu things she wants to do herself ,and vainly attempt to fit herself into hi: group of young friends with whom she hasn't a thing on earth in oom- mon.