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0n sept. 4th., Mrs. James Roper entertained the members at their regular monthly meeting oi Cen- tral Royalty W. I.

The meeting opened by sinsirq the Ode.

Twenty numbers answered roll ¢all hy donating books ior the school library.

Minutes oi last meeting were read and approved.

Reports oi committees were heard and discussed.

it was decided to purchase some playground equipment, tor the school. consisting 0t swine! and teeter boards.

The following new were appointed:

School: Mrs. Alex Anderson and Mrs. J. Roper. '

‘ Sick: Mrs. Howatt. Mrs. Osborne, and Mrs. J. Roper.

Red Cross: Mrs. Osborne.

Program: Mrs. Agnew and Mrs Uarmody.

Lunch: Mrs. Maoslal’. Mrs. Mac- Rae. Mrs. Martin and Mrs. Osborne. llrs. MacAusland invited the mem- bers to her home ior next meeting roll call to he a donation lor ba- nar. _

A number oi thank you notes were read also other correspond- ence. It was decided to canvas the

committees

district in response to the salva- tion Army Appeal. Helen Agnew to be convenor oi committee.

It was agreed on motion that a teacher be secured to teach music in the school.

An interesting quiz program. in charge oi Mrs. Alex Anderson and Mrs. Bartlett. was much enjoyed. Mrs. Everett Anderson winning the Oscar.

lteireshments were served by hos- tess and committee alter which meeting closed with the King.

PIl-NATAL WOUND

N0 DAR. ‘I0 HEALTH BYDNIY. Australia. dept. 1s — (autrmns) - A baby. Mm two months prematurely with a bullet wound in her thigh has developed into s healthy youngster of nine months. The wound was inﬂicted live d s belore birth when the mother as accidentally shot while rabbit hunting.

The case was reported in the Medical Journal or Australia. A doctor. who drove 2o miles to oper- ate on the mother alter the acci- dent stayed to attend the birth which was "uneventful."

No ill eiiects have been lelt either by mother or the child, whose nsmeswere not revealed.

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"This is a lovely bungalow." she "You are lucky. with that ‘

"Yes. I always hoped I might

live here one day because oi the position. It was built orlginaly as

a retreat ior a Mslisrani."

As Sonia was about to say ﬂood- bye and get into the car. he said, “You once lived at Sui-eye, up to the North. didn't you?"

"Yes. HOW did you know?"

"l go there on tour. and the Pillotts told me about the isotory that used to be there. There arei only traces oi it now. No one lived there alter you people, they said." I

"I. wish I could see it." said Sonia. "There might be something leit that 1 remembered."

"Would you care to some ionel ﬂy when I'm going? It's g longllh, drive irom here but you can goi and come back in s. day."

. "I should love to."

"it's ioo hot ior you to‘ ge new. but perhaps one day early in the rains. May I wrie and suggest it when it looks likely? That is. unless You're too bu‘y rric-rming Myri- pore."

"Or unlesu you're about ta Judge a case against us." said Sonia “You must look aiier your reputation first."

Hall and hour ago. she could not have spoken 53 lightly or mg position. Now. with the pasal-blity oi working to improve it. it loc-ked quiie diifercnt. The interview had ‘turned out iar beiter than she hoped. And so had Mr. Brlerly.

CIIAPTEJI XI Getting Pawn To Buflsrss

? When Mr. Gedse returned and heard oi the crises during his ab- sence. h only said. "l must go and see ahshir singh and tell him I am ready tn go to gaoi ior my iorgeliulncss."

Sonia looked st him heiplzsly. What was the use oi meniionin! the worry and suspense oi the Past lew days?

"Mr. Maaiarisne end Nurslssgh

|Lai both thought his son mlsint be trying to make thins diiiicult ior yc-u. ior scme schem cl his own." she ventured to say.

"Possibly. I don't knzw the young man ss l do his lather."

While waiting ior Mr. 00d!" authority. Sonia and Nursingh Lal had gone into every means oi rais- ing quickly the amount due in Mahabir Blngh. and had round it oould be dcne i! sire used the

Jnoney Mrs. (ledge had lelt in her '. Hands.

I Mr. Gedge objected. but

~was iirm.

i “We can put it in the pool again when you‘ve had time to g:t in the rents owing to you. Aunt

‘ nmily meant it ior emerlencies. and this is an emergency."

She hsd burnt her boats. but ielt satisfied and determined.

Mr. (ledges inter-slew was pl-as- ant and friendly. with no mention o! legal proceedmii. Sonia was left wondering whether it was he w o saw more clearly than other p - pie in refusing to befieve it motives loss simple than his ciwn; or Iruld the remit have been diieront ll he had not taken Mahablr Binlh

lihe mo-ney provided by the work oi Nursingh Lal and herseli?

, Her next stop was to ask h"m i1 she might take n regular part in the work of Mynpore. She did not say Ml‘. Brlerly. had suﬂgested it. Instead. she explained herown need or more occupation.

"Certainly, ii ycu'd like it. my dear." Uncle Justin said. "it's vary kind 0i you to think oi helping met.

Alter that. liie became much more active and 1hterestln8~ She wgg often n! Bums-son, t0 IEK “(W109 and borrow books. on soil and crops. Just now. while the parched earth gasped ior the approaching rains. cultivation stood still. but Mr- MM- isrlane had told her what country crops could be sown alter the rains began. ior a quick return in ceah.

Meanwhile. J10 had "lilillh i° do. ior Nursinsh Lei was coachlnl her in the intricacies cl village se- coumts. ,

Ilaoh ylllage had its oiiioial ac- countant. the petwari. and every ﬂtement oi every patwari had to be cheated by inside knowledge oi the yaiyats‘ aiialrs. it was a cull that no pntwsri should have land round the villale ior which he worked. li one ol them seemed asslous in supporting the claims oi ancient widows or other iesbla persona oi the beat ilelds oi the vlllgpg. it was wise to lllld out. ii possible. what his private ar- rangements with these pezple might be. lslyats whose excuses lee owning rent he earnestly sup- ported were irequ nily his own relatives. ‘iihoae whom he accused might “Mung some account oi an eld i which gave a new Wilt to t e endless deteetiive story-

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Iarly in June s low days at sudden. intelersb hut ended in a tearing wlndstonn and the ilrlt blessed down it. The rein lell steadily ior se days. with l"! “is: and l 000! 5N1. "Vlﬂlsl

w ee bessn isnsiu out the rise seedlings which had been growing in scattered emerald t-

asneng the bare lleids. I1

in mud and m» with

to their

knees and olten wet with

rain. Their movements were

rhythmic and graceful. and the? sen long plaintive songs.

' t are they singing about!’

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Goal & iioke Declining

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OTTAWA. dept. id-qanadian production oi coal and coke. cen- tlnued to decline during the month oi June, the Dmnlninq Bureau oi Statistics reported to- night and ‘the Maritime coal strike had a lot to do with it.

Production oi coal in June to. tailed 1.122411 tons compared with 1.269.800 in June. ma. Out- put ior the ﬁrst six months ol this year was 0.611.143 tons. a de- cline oi 27 per cent irom lslt year's corresponding total o! e,- 061359 tons.

Coke production in une totalled 270.000 tons compare with 254,. 000 tons in the preceding months Mid 394.000 tons in June, 1M8, bringing the six-months total to 1.771.000 tons compared with 1,- 080.000 in the simllsr period oi 194B.

The Bureau said that as s re- sult oi the iour-month Maritime coal strike which ended June la, coal production ior the iirst all months oi the year lell oi’! (I per cent in Nova Bcotia and d4 per cent in New Brunswick. compared with the tonnage ior the first

oi 194d.

In Western Canada. llrodiittlon ior the ﬁrst six months ol the year showed a decline o! i8 per cent in Alberta and ilve per cent in British Columbia. and in Sas- katchewan an increase oi one per cent. ,

“Bird song’?

A Nightingale sans and I wept last nlte. He was lonely and so was l. Ho cried ior a mate, when the stars shone bright- I wonder what made me cry‘)

The moon comes up in the eve-

ning sky. lt wandered high over head.

IHe hld his iace. as ii he was shy,

. When I looked at him. irom my bed.

The crickets chirped and the bull. lrogs sang. And the whole Summer nits was

glad. . ‘Twas filled with chceriul sounds that rang, And Only I was sad.‘

The song-bird tree. He sang his little heart to me. And seemed to say iii that- could e)

sat in a near-by

“How lovely lovely to be iree."

-.Marga Williams. Prov. San.

- smile asked Mr. Gedge its they passed one oi’ these gangs, "it sounds sad."

Ho listened atlenlivvy and “m: "It llmesrs to be an account oi how Nursingh Lsl- sloped with their PllWarVs wile."

"Nurshnsh Lai?" said Sonia in- creduiously. '

" A P1985508 fancy. that's all. At this work thty qftgn umpoig “an ior the benefit of anyone paring. This one is meant to divert me."

30111118. 'who had written regularly lo Sonia all these months, hm

ﬁnd hope and healing through the understanding heqrl and the human touch Of THE SAbVATIQN ARMY

No individual is beyond hope . ; . and help and hope await the destitute. the erring, the victim of citcumr 9W1“. through The Salvation Army.

The unmarried mother, prey of weakness or be} lrlyol - - - the guiltless babe . . . the dowa-and-oute: laid low by wrongdoing or personal disaster . $2 old people forgotten in their sunset years . ato these and others The Salvation Army offers the under-stats n; heart dud the human touch.

These merciful activities are made possible b} YOUR dollars. There is no greater claim on you: abarity. I A V " ‘l

HElP TAHE ilEllllESS!

Provincial Chairmen:

“W1 "flied her to come down to; I

a visit to Calcutta. New he wrste:_.

"I saw Myrtle Baker at the Sat- urday Club yesterday. and peg- mised I would find out Iwhgn ygu We" 00mins t0 stay with them. Pieﬂle come soon.‘ Sonia. r can't let on any longer without seeing yvll- Tillers was s girl yesterday Willi a voice just a little like you", which seemed to make it suddenly mllih worse. You can't ggy 1 haven't been patient."

This was not Ronnie's usilsl, effer- vescent style. The change {med Sonia to stop and think. He had "W" "all! accepted her refusal l° mlrfy him. she had not been clear in her own mind when i" Wilde ii. icr some ~time alter, mm i116 knew she would never marry him. though she could not "y ill"- Whe" of how the change came Bhe would have to tell him.

She had often thmght of ask!" “My

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him to Mynsﬂre. and it occurred to her now. Her rest thought

v ruled it out. Better end this quickly.

|even ii it seemed harder to him and though she wentad to see him again.

. She took s long time in the even- ing over that dksmal letter, and iher thoughts ioliowed its journey. Lite was not so gay that she could easily do without Ronnie.

in this subdued mood shelled s. letter iroen Mr. Brierly. remind- ed her oi their proposed expedition

to her old home. He asked l! she would like to come beiore the rains had made the weather "steamy and the roads uncertain.

When she told Mr. (ledge. he sold "Why didn't you tell me you wanted so much to see the place? Ask Mr. Brierl i! he can come here ior the night. ou could start early together. and I'd like a talk with him." 1

It was rare oi him to express a wish to see anyone-

(‘Ib Be continued)

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DIIBOLVI YOUR GRAVY TROUBLIB

Do you have trouble making gravy? Some woman do. and they are not all brides. There are two types oi gravy-natural pan gravy and thickened gravy or meat sauce

The pan gravy is made simply by adding boiling water to meat drippings in the pan the most was cooked in. using hali as much wat- er as drlppings.

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Thickensd gravles are nude by pouring oii the ist lett in the sell. leaving about halt the quantity ii you are serving a number or people. Add irom two to iour tbspe. oi iious to the lat, stir smooth. and grad- ually add boiling water, a little at a time. stirring all the time m keep it from lumping. You can strain it ii you wish.

It the meat is a nice brown sites roasting, you will have nice brown gravy. Ii not, use flour browned ll a trying pan ior thickening.

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