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FREEDOM FOR TWO

By MARGARET WATSON

i CHAPTER TWO (Continued)

LOVE ACROSS THE FOOTLIGHTS

Erica's later memories of Olaf Elsons performance were of the vaguest, for she was busy think- ing angrily and humorously how completely he had made a fool of her.

It seemed to Erica. as he took his perfunctory how aiivr the storm of applause that rewarded his first appearance. that his eyes wen‘ rov- ing rather widely over the body of the hall, almost n= if he was look- ing for some one particular person. She sunk Ioircr in her seat against Michael's shoulder. nnd made no Sign: fwd shc hnd the undoubted

and it; Chopin; but whet this man liked alarm: was Debussy.

When he brought the encore to a close, with the Wanderers jingl- ing gaily on their way in the dis- tance, all Brandford clapped decor- ously.

Rum piece. that, wasn't it said Michael. What was it?

Minstrels-Debussy. Like it?

Well, not very much, I'm afraid. Too deep for me.

She sat with impart-ionic through the anti-climax the Society pro- vided. No sooner did they end their last item before the finale than the tall figure of Martin came sauniering inconspif-uouslr from the artists‘ room lmvond the stage. and slipped quietly ‘down towards

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i LEGAL EVIDENCE

A man was charged with shoot- ing a number of pigeons. Counsel for the defence tried to frighten the farmer.

“Nowfl he asked, "are you pre- pared to swear that this man shat your pigeons?"

"I didn't say he did shoot 'em," was the rcnlv- "I said I suspected him of doing it."

"Ah! Now were fronting to ii. What made you suspect this man?"

"Well, first I caiught him on my land with o gun. Secondly. I heard a gun g0 off and saw sonic pigeons fal‘. ‘lhirdly I totznzi iour of my irizwns in his pocket-and I don't; think iho=e birds flew there and

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Combine tapioca sugar, salt, prune juice and milk in top of double boiler. Place over rapidly boiling water and bring to accid- ing point (allow 4 minutes), and cook 3 minutes, stirring frequently. Add birtter, cinnamon, orange rind, orange juice, lemon juice and prunes. Cool slightly. While beat-

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When at last the orchestra set

back with a second concerted sirh pomeeelon d mem-Garlyle.

ilclifi. m the kitchen, the 0pm fire may have been replaced by

THREE-TIERED WEDDING C

another. This pha~e of the evening J ‘ AKE

I | i made no appeal to Erica. Shesiood i i

nf ‘relief. more ulmnlmoufi till"! under one of the lamps. its yellow fihuuh, m. 1,,‘ “my, ‘ -i._.. thu- in ~‘rumr-uinl efforts. Erma 1mm 5mm 133mg ovm. he‘. grog“ \ the Altar But Five cups mMwd cake flour. 3tea_ LEMON AND ORANGE RTND zzbteéittté-zi‘: mlgjicoillflfi hggzrgynixrcl:

drew. and waited for them to grow tired of talking and let her out. Michael was saying someihinc to

spoons combination baking powder, 1-4 teaspoon soda, 1-2 teaspoon nit, S teaspoons cinnamon, 1 teaspoon

; , l i-irrl ea,.rl\'. as if moved by l‘ n .-.. .1:- chnrm. ln came Martin time. and again

1' llciii! anti thru 11w gu-nu-r intake of food, yolne built u . Thu

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Marriage is a Ball-and-Chain em m, m‘ Mm Mme”

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there- was that questinc 151M109 her on one side. but her attention "- ‘.","“_‘ 2I1rLI§LdAt~ ' . dledpiy and include p,“ of m; w, u we; _

‘across ihe away o; ireadsl with was not with him. she heard lifrs s3,‘tlntuumailefihoalciéx;lphoxrwlcoiziilrggg Affau. end-m Ifiutmtigasrgoogiounréisacc. 1-2 white part tilde!‘ the skiz. It eon. MW xneamyas ., ,_- y ss no . i‘ .- _ -_ - ,. i: o - _ m t . x r. was raising I

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glqn vshirlw micht icleiziifv -—<ifli‘f‘<i she my herself ~41? MW m" m” fVflFOIi he was seekinil- She lififli her programme so that for n mo- mwt it mad:- a nateh of whit! b?‘ 5'1‘ {ivy howl Sh» was not sure 1pm! h» hnd seen it. but she could 1.1,». nzriiqc 3w nlaincr sign,

This time he played Mozart's Scnnfln in. A. and she had leisure. now that the first surprise was over, to realire flint he TYRYEd ii nnrwvumcnw well The long: hands a. from; 1mm] a kcyhfiafli as they m4 been ntumiu the miwtcrious in- FyirvariFS of the car's engine on the

. up; 111"‘? "c was applauded: rho Joined in the fllllfl "59 Wm‘ v-viihuslusm Shc was not sure that p,» wnuH-i not have been well worth ;. ‘vi =+ to the concert on his piny- iwr nWizc.

1w», i...» he? said Michael in hoy our. finned with pleasure that she =hru"l he ‘pleased. I wonder what he'll QiVP "F?

ACl'o.s<ii1f‘i‘fli’. crowded room

filo nrii" loo'~'rtl for one second f:l‘. n! Erica. 'l'h~re was no doubt n‘ n‘? but. she failed to see the .1. . . of his brief, sly smile .111! he hesran to play. He any» them Mlnsfre-‘s. lfiica u“ ,<*.~-".~ti. No one one. surely. no one ch." in the world. would have cv-intlurl! u Wpi/‘ul Tlrandford audience and offered them De- bussy. 0r was it. indirectly, nu of- fcrinc tn hcr. Erica was vcrv much n/rriid to flrfltrw horseY bv think- intr r" ‘intend. she filmed inward nvorv SP1""\ but hcnrlnfz. tht‘ better to euioy the brief pleasure of Min- etrels.

The soft. nlucking of invisible guitars finned out from finder MnriiiVs finrrrrs. and broke into ‘he elusive rnietv of trouvcrc sonk. ‘For her there was a sort of wist- ful. kind nostalzia in it for the rtranco days of Melicent and Melu- sine. She loved him for playing it. Brnnflford could have its Handel

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ever settle down. That was herself. st: knew. though she was not sup- posed to known it. Then Michael's voice. which could not drnw her thoughts by speaking. drew them at last by ceasing to sneak. She looked up, and found him stnrinr: at Martin Hurst. who was bearing down upon her with the slight smile of an old friend.

She forget Michael: it was im- posible to remember him when Martin was in sight. She held out her hand

I don't know to whom I owe the -,

nnology -Martin Hirst or Olaf E‘- son, Neither of them deserves one, he said. smiling.

But I do think _vou micht have told me Supposing I'd said Pome- thing much. much worse.

Martin I-lirst doesn't usuallv about claiming to be the pianist O‘af E‘son. As a matter of fact. ex- cept when he's on the concert pini- form he doesn't resemble him in the least.

His self-assurance. seen so close- lv, was much too vast and stable for her to question. She looked round, instead, for Michael, and found him trivinr: not to stare at them both. and failing.

I'm sorry. Michael. I should have told you that I met Mr. Elson. quite by chance. last night. Only as a matter of fact. I didn't know that he was Mr. Efison. This is Michael Dunn. She added malici- Ousivr He cnioyed Minstrels =0 much that I'm sure he'd like to tell you so. ~ Michael stnmmered something obvious hut characterhticallv lflnd. Erica stood imck and looked at them both. Yes. he was the taller of the two. He topped Michael by two or three inches. and contrived to be equally broad in the shoul- der without the suggestion of bulki-

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do .biedly had. And there was no comparing the two faces. They were from different worlds; the one so entirely static, the other so frighteningly dynamic. Michael was in eclipse.

In a few minutes more he was

in still more certain eclipse; for his 5

mother came panting through the throng with a lament that she had lost her bag. andhauled him away to find it; for her, and only the briefest and vagucst of glances for Erica and Martin. lviichael said hurriedly:

You'll excuse me, won't you. lib-lea? I'll be back in a moment. It's sure to be where she left it»- it always is.

1'11 look after Miss Manning, said Martin coolly, and looked after her to such good effect that within two minutes they were" out of the hall. and walkine at a leisurely pace along the dark street, past the unwcnted array of curs awaiting their owners.

It was a fine night. full of stars, and th‘ rectory was almost dis- irw- n1" ncnr. Eri"n had stored ~ ' r-"IV in this moment that now that she had it sh’

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i:.u I .» mug by without a word from her. She tirrncd her head and looked up nt him as they

strolled at the dark profile‘ which seemed so high above thelevelof her eyes, at the lips which had an almost vivacious curve as he talk- ed, with complete un-seifconscious- ness and rihsouie self-reliance a- bout himself (To Be Continued)

Poor Table Manners Are a (live-Away

dom.

rlage that they did before.

marriage.

have solved the problem of how to make marriage a success.

It is for

the husband and wife to be as free after marriage as they were before,

It sounds very broad-minded, modern and intriguing to talk about a husband and wife leaving each other free to do as they please after mar- It can't be done. Marriage isn't free- It is slavery. A happy and voluntary bondage generally, in which the slaves hug their chains, but all the same they are bound and tied, subject to each others wills and whims, peculiarities and prejudices and they have no more individual liberty than a pet poodle on a leash, '

rlage, but the thing isn't possible.

No married man and woman can live the untrammeled life after mar- There is no use in you befooliug yourself into lvmrriage interferes with your tastes and habits You will find that you can't, even eat what you like, or read in bed, or have your old friends around you if your husband or your wife liltes a different style of cookery, or can't sleep with a light on, or can't see why you want to have that frowsy Smith man always hanging around and drinking up the expensive Scotch, or What you see in that silly, affected Jones woman, even if you did go w school with her.

thinking that you can. at every turn.

This bandage of husband and wife to each other goes all through Before marriage, Son, you are free_tc spend your money on yourself, but after you are married you will find that every dollar of it belongs to your wife and children and the support of your home. Before marriage you were free to stay down town of a night, play poker, eat ony old time and roll in with the milkman, but after marriage you will have to punch the home timeclock on the dot and be Prompt for the dinner your wife has spent hours lncooking for you, or eLse———

Acid you will find out, Daughter, that the money you were free to spend on beauty treatments and fine clothes has to go for shoes for Little Mary and sweaters for Bobby; that you can't spend your afternoons at the movies or in bridge gunes; that you are tied down by babies and housework and about the only freedom you have is the freedom to work

fourteen hours a day.

As for husbands and wives giving each other freedom to play around with other men and women and have affairs with them, that freedom in- variably ends ln the divorce court. Hilmnn nature can't stand it. The man who loves his wife cannot endure seeing her philandering with an- other man. The thought that she is betraying him and tarnishing his The woman who loves her husband and eeee him making love to another woman eats her heart out iin Jealousy. If. 50h. you think that you and Mary are going to be any exception to this mle, you are making the mistake of your life. comes to our owruhusbands and wives and don't want to share them with

honor burns him up.

any 0X16.

Those who crave freedom should never marry, for the very eeeence o1

and so they have made a solemn agreement not to interfere in any way with each others personal liberty.

Great idea, I replied, if it will work. No- body will deny that one of the main draw- backs to matrimony is that it cramps oneb style. No matter how much the fettera are gilded, they still hoid one down; and so if you have found some way of eliminating the ball-and-chain motif in the wedding march you will certainly deserve-well of your fel- low creatures. be both bond and free at the same time, it will take 9, bit of doing. as our English friends say, to be both married and single and make a go of it.

But inasmuch as one cannot

We are all monopolists when it

pound dates seeded and finely out. l pound citron iihirdy sliced, 1 tablespoon grated orange rind, 1 pound butter w other shortening, 1 pound brown sugar, 12 eggs, well beaten, 4 squares unsweetened chocolate, melted, 1 cup molasses, 1 WP Wt Jolly, 8-4 cup orange 111108. 3 talblemoons lemon juice. Sift flour once, measure. odd bak- ing powder. soda, m: and spices, and sift together three times. 51ft 1 cup of flour mixture over fruit and mix well. Combine orange and lemon rind with butter. creaming i-hwwsiily: Mid sugar gradually

and cream together until light and

flulity. Add then molasses, jelly, and fruit. Divide into pans which have been greased. Bake in slow oven (250 degrees F.) until done: m 10- inch 1m <6 1-2 pounds batter),

bake in 5 1-2 hours; in ‘I I-Z-inch

P1111 (4 pounds batter) bake 4 hours; in 5-inch pan (2 pounds

batter) bake 3 hours.

IIIIME TRUE

Regular care with Cuti- cura is a wonderful way lo help win and keep

radiant skin-loveliness. FREE sample, write “Cuticura”. Dept. 4418651. Paul St. W., Montreal.

AT THE 01.0 GAME ,

The master of the house rung the bell loud and long. When, utter some delay, the butler appeared, the master demanded an expiring. tion of the terrible din going on in flierservanis’ quarter-g

' m V913’ 8°11‘! 811'." explained the ‘buttler. "n ‘happen; u, 1,, cooks birthday and we are cele. DFBWIS- The game they are p]ay- 1118 15 rather a noisy one, I'm afraid. sir, consist l5 of all the men Siflndilng in a ring with one girl in "w centre. blindfolded. Thil girl ha! to-er-kiss a man and guegg

A OIIMJUIT OI‘ AIR

Don't aspect to mu “m”, WWW". oil-lime. eta. and nuke a" WW1“ Job of it without some ventilation in the kitchen. Have thovrindowdovwnatflietopand lIbI-tthcbottoznafewincheeand create some circulation.

THE MINIATURE DAIRY

A wooden box outside the kitchen wmdow with e. lid an hinges ie e mlendid little bouee for the milk until you arrive down- stairs to talkie it. It keelis it clean. 1191M to prevent freezing in win- tdzand keepcit outofthesunln summer until you place it in m; refrigerator.

INSTEAD 0F FLOWERS

A better centerpiece for the table at the children's party is a bouquet a ioiiyvvnn of different huce. The 101109098 may be fitted into a flower bolder with larger ones in the center and tiny ones forming a. border. You can gamble the children will be more appreci- ative o! this eort of decoration than a bowl of lovely blooms. '

WEAKNESS

Referee: "Have you discovered their centre‘; weakness?"

Halfback: "Sure. she the blonde in the third row.’

BEBUTLT HOUSES RETAIN CHARMS

Alterations in m old house coll for thoughtful planning. ‘may are not just a matter of tearing down columns and wells, to be followed by a rebuilding which will give changed appearances. A harmony ofaho/peendlinee isanimpomnt factor requiring careful study if the "new house’ ie to have the exterior beauty which is amodeted with. most early Canadian houses.

. tained with an earlier family.

clarified linseed oil, 1 oz. lithargc, 1 on. lead acetate, pirate. 1 1-8 gallons oil ct tin-pen- - time. Roll all mixture airings, then mix well and strain. Coloring tn make ii; brownish or reddish may be added in the form of paint powder-a.

‘OIL DRESSING FOB FLOOHI

part, lime water 1 part. Mix than three thoroughly and apply to the floor with a mop. This preset-val the clean surface oif the floor long- er than it would Keep if it had m finish.

suggests that the bread knife in heated before using it to cut ex- tremely fresh bread. Iif this

done, the bread will not break o and can be out in thin slices, say! Miss Eldridge.

vmFZIqvm TWO lbs. 311m anime, 8-4 351M 1 0t iron lul- together until flil

Paraffin oil 8 parts; kemeene 1 u

HEAT KNIFE

Florence Eldridge, screen plays

Quick Relief for Pain

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marriage is the sense we have of belonging if some onehwe loyekand of the .10 b longing to us. A glorious s avery. T e on y ree peop e ,, ,

(fr: tviviiase vighoe care for nobody but themselves, and for whom no 0th?!‘ unwell‘ wen‘, “nixed the mask“- humam. being cares. non/away 121x. m mm“ a “W interesting =:w‘ '1" ~ 9am“ I Wonder whether I might

his name by the kiss."

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send 20 cents Guardian Needlework Department.

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. . i ‘ - ' Gretchen thinks herself off as a person of culture.

she's passing

give-away.

She whack: and stabs at roast. potatoes and vegetables-reducing all to mince-meat before lhe eats. She brandishes elbow: in mid-air, holds her fork awkwardly, and spreads her napkin like a blanket on her lap.

Well-bred diners cut off only one piece at a time and keep elbows lowered inconspicuoualy while eut- ting. They hold the fork easily with forefinger extended along the handle. And they lay the napkin across the lap in a double or triple

i But her table manners are a dead i i

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appearing cn painted surfaces may be reqnoved wit-h sandpaper. fol- lowed by a rubbing with turpen- tine, washing with a solution of one mince oif bldhlmide of mercury to three gallons of water usuallv will produce satiisflmtow resiiis where the mildew is in an ad- vanced stage of development. Care should be taken with the