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B. .;'.L'. i , l The Old Order Changes ’ ' cheap!" eye and restrained her desire to rc- lmind her mother of sundry other ‘sayings concerning Mary, all of which ,contslned the germ of disappoint.- By I DAV“, L14“. ment that; she showed no signs of ~ ‘getting off, in. other words, achieving MM“- - - -~ - n-fl-"n suitable matrimony. _ (continued) Even the best mothers may be betrayed into some occasional plaint. of that kind; born of the desire to ‘soc their child respected “like the lave." "Two such splendid men, belonging "I will learn to say it after a time," the said. "What I wish to warn you about is Mary's scnsltiveness, and I '_i‘_l_i_E qlmnlnrrlzrowlv, _(_i_ll'\‘l‘-.Di/\N__ comes of not making yourself too- Bce winked her rather coquettish On Indlan T fdll8 The ninth of c. series oi azflclelscponlily wrilwu ~01 T116 0111-11111!’ By Lucy Geffiilldd Olarkin with the cloud the answer to their own 91139153’ The Calumet, 0r Pipe of Peace, Only the smmsuc herbs can l» 11nd used by Ixidians of the east and north, ‘here; tobacco hm no efllmy- and mentioncd- so Ireqllemil! 111 when 131°" 1‘ 1" b1’ ‘ 5px“! The Sacred Smoke canoe u. m. Southwestern Indian cine-men mm s. long preparation It may have been used by their 811- for the ceremvny- T119? ""111 mm‘ cestors in prehistoric days for pipeslselves up in 1110 MemcmPhmiie 1°‘ have been found in the ruins of from rom- u» eight dflvs "stills from - 11in: vI-lwr.‘ Canadian history has no signifi- medicine-making for rain the Medi- . _' lbs ssld ilpprsssfvslg. "lee what know that Mrs. wounded it while she was teaching in the school. I have every symp- uthy for Mrs. Manning," she added handsomely. "For, of course, she does not think s, girl who has been a school teacher could be successful, or even suitable, to rule at Marciocks." | 'I'hls was so exactly what Mrs. Manning did think that he was ‘saved further explanation on the point. i "Shall we leave it, Mrs. Freeland. I um certain that Mary will win my aunt, if she gets a fair chance. But even if she docs not, we shall have to do our best without her approval." "All, but I'm sorry for her! I ‘mow what it is to be keenly dis- lppointed and trouble we had with "ur second boy, Tom?" Manning shook his head. “I saw “im to-day; he looks a happy, cup~ ible lad—" " "Oh, he's all right, as far as that ices, but he got entangled with a rlrl in the war, a. munltion worker, md his father insisted on their ‘marrying. Of course, it was the "gilt thing, but—but--lt was s. blow. I suppose you know that we lost our elder boy, George," she added; and the new note, the note cf Rachel mourning for her children, crept. softly into her slightly vibrant voice. lifnllning bowed his head. "l-le was a lovely boy, though I say i lit," she sold and rising, took thc framed photograph from the mantel» piece and put. it in Manning's hand. "Lovely without and within. Far too good for this world, I suppose, and I've heard that your cousin Grcville was like that, too. Mr. Freeland ‘lad two Mardocks lads in the mill vho fought in his Company. It. must be awful for Mrs. Manning to ‘lave lost her two sons. Do you think I might write to her," she added brightly, "and express my sympathy, and tell her, too, that I know how she feels about you wanting to marry our Mary, I feel nlorc for her than you would think, and even if she took along, long time to forgive Mary, I'd understand." to write. "Just at the moment my suntis rather unapproschable. Will you leave it. at least till Ihsvo some progress to report?" "Oh, surely; I only want to do xvhat is right and good for every- body," said Mrs. Freeland quickly. “Only I hope, if she isn't going to forgive Mary, she won't stop in. Mardocks at the dpwer house I've heard of, but never seen. Mary would feel it, I'm sure—I can't believe itl My Mary, always so humble, not caring about money or position, or anything, only just peo- lple. You've no idea how she has toiled and slaved with these wild club girls, often coming back at nights almost bog tired to sleep." "But it has been worth while," said Manning warmly. "They adore her. I saw her with them at the camp on Blindny night." "Do you think any of them guessed? ')id you see Ruth Vidal?" asked Mrs. Treelund in an awestricken voice. “I sow Miss Vidal. I'm sure I don't know whether any of them guessed, but they will all know soon enough. I want to marry Mary noon, Mrs. Freeland, and we have agreed that we shall have no fuss: that it must be as quiet as possible. "Oh, oi’ course, both families being in deep mourning," said Mrs. Free- land readily, though there was Just a ‘ittie trail of disappointment in her ‘oice. "My little _Mnryl I Just ~nn'i; gct over it, Major-I mean‘ fieoffrey-and I Just want to say ‘mt she'll make you happy; she's so 30d; she never thinks about herself, lit Just of doing things for other cople. I suppose that's why you kc her. Father says you're made kc that, too, I can imagine what pienrild things you'll do for all the vfardocka folks, and how the wrong lhings Mary sometimes told us about will disappear for ever." Manning rose and said he would have to go. Mrs. Freeland clung to ‘his strong hand s moment and once‘ - more the mothering look come into II her eyes-the look George had re- membered when he wrote his last j: ,letter the night before the charge. - Ii. moved Manning, who had never II known s mother's love, and stooping, ' hr kissed her cheek. When he was finally gone and Bee descended furtively to hear the remit -~ of the tcte-atete, she found her mother in u state of high excitation "There's a man for you now, Bee!“ Manning often i "Heavens, mother, whet s. horrid I Mrs. Freeland did not look elated, liff-dwellings, but the 618111“). v-°!' to the highest circlesi" continued ic, ed r m re_ Mrs. Freeland. cigarette’ is now us or e 0e "Two?" cried Bee, catching at the momal smoking or Pueblo Indians- 1 i ette I do not .'word. "Who was the other one?" when say c gar melm any of the brands that are Mrs. Freeland decided that, hav- Sold over every drug and mbuw ing. gone so far, there could be no to i n. rid they do harm in letting Bee into the secret. store mun r n e W0 h f white men. but In- n mlglu: have ifsteadyin! effect n igsisellfiig w°’make their own with ‘sheknew the full reward Mary had. l of anulatcd tobacco, s. bit lrcceived for her steadiness towards 2112?; cgfmmusk, or (specially ‘men eligible and the reverse. made) brown paper. and a twist o; I “Didn't you know?" she asked me wflsm innocently. "I quite thought Mary Smoking is always a “my. w an ‘would have told you. Well, it was mdmrh He h,“ m become very canon Seveme—" modernized indeed before he indul- "on m“ 01d thing; but Mary gcs thoughtiessly in tobacco. I have couldn't marry her grandfather, Iseen hundreds o, Indiana around the mlother, however high up he might Streets or Albuquerque’ muped on happen to 175-" corners and seated on park benches. "Dmfl; be 5° dlsrespectml m a hut I have never seen one of them dignitary of the church, child," sold ‘ noun‘ her mother severely. "He was not The sacred smoke 15 B vex-y gm- old stall. He could not be more pormm mane‘. m the Pueblo m. lthan forty-five, if that; however, diam, It is used m an the“. Gem. evidently he did not appeal to Mary. monks and interwoven m an awh- Pmy say mtmng t° her “wt n‘ folk-lore. It; is l. serious affair that She was so sensitive about it, she requires the wisdom o‘ maturity and, would not even let me question her. always. denbemuom Take an example, Bee! You talk| Unless a Pueblo boy has been about your lovers as an Indian might granted full membership in some tnik of the scalps he hangs at hisvbmnm of me Med1c1ne_Men and new" lthr: given "the freedom of the smoke", he does not smoke (in the presence of his parents or gua-rdtsns) until he is twenty-five. idea. All I've done ii. to have u good time with boys, and every girl isen- ‘all food. They drink water and smoke "leverently" 1period. Their united efforts would ceirtairliy he cloud-producing u they didn't, compel precipitation. Before every hunt they hold the Drawing-Dance when the weer is smoked to blind the eyes of the genie: and during the hunt itself a ;teo.dy smoking is kept up by the Shamans of the chase for the some purpose. It is the weer that holips: the Father of Medicine in his prophwies. When the bowl of sacred water is placed before him he blows smoke upon it. and Ln this mfikic mirror sees (he tells us) all that is 301118 on in the world. The way in which the vapor hovers over the water, or curls up from it indioatm the weather pomibilitics for the year. If a Medicine-man is needed in sickness the male head of the ai- flictcd household makes a. small offering of tobacco when he goes to request the service of the Shaman. It may be only a few pinches of the precious weed that he wrulps in s com-husk and ties with s corn-husk string but it is sufficient for the purpose: no Shaman ever refuses titled to that before she settles down. I've had oceans of arguments with i; she is suspected of doing so, and Mull about it, but she's u stodge that caught m the act, she is severely doesn't budge." lpillllillell. Lummis 156115 us Of one His sister does not smoke at all; l "But 100k 11151101‘; 811d Vlhfli- have girl ullolse parents slit her tongue $111 111111111 01 Null good time with L110 at i-hc tip to cure ilcr of smoking: bolus?" they considered it unladyliikc. "Not so dusty aftcr nil, mother.” To the Pueblo Indian, in his deni- snld Bee with engaging naivete. "1 lugs with lus brctliern and other rather thing Hugh and I are going to Indians, the cigarette is a bond too knock it off." 1 {sacred to be violated. It is a. sori. oil “flag of truce" when he meets n suspected enemy. On such occasions he tosses his special brand of "smoke" toward the stranger, if he picks it up there is peace indicated: they sit down and smoke together ‘though they may be "bristling" for r fight. Although the tribes of the South- west did not know tobacco before the coming of the Spaniards they ai- ways smoked. "The ancient sub- stitute for tobacco were two herbs might even marry into the peerage 1i110W11 111 T181111 88 kll-B-TW 111d with ygup 1001;53- p-ee-en-hleh. They are much more “We don't think! Why, neither "mmallc "w" “W” W1 4° m1.» Major Manning-or Geoffrey, I a5 the Indians sayl "make drunk 5° suppose we may call him now, and mum-u "8 m“ weed", it's a love of a name-nor Mary] The early cigarette used by Tigu- ,belicves in the peerage, they don't?” (natives "1 151°“) w“ ‘mum ‘think there's going to be any peerage iweer‘ It was made by planing m" in a minute. Don't be surprised if the PM‘ °f a fetid “lmmon “P m” they make Msrdocks intoa tenement m‘) Grand” ‘mneyl ‘m’ mu“? the house, and divide up the estate into th°n°w mu c" m“ herb“ m°“1"°“°d allotments. I'm nearly dead sure abwe‘ n” make “u ceremml“ ‘that's what they have at the back of “Emit” ‘his W“ "m- b°“°"“‘$ their sweet; but perverted young m” the paper,’ °r ma‘ snwke’ i‘ "mt ‘though she had seen how the land lny at Scarborough, and had not thrown any serious obstacle in the way of the young people ' who had spent every morning on the golf links together and every afternoon on the beach or downs. 1 "There is no use being so vulgar and slangy over it. And my advice to lyou is to wait a. bit. Just think of Why you during this ' ____ JihllUAltl’ 3] ,1 Say “No! I w... on _ if Fellows’ Syrup were o’ success as a tonic for yflillflt Zlilifliha ten-ml“ not be so widely imitated 38¢. lt wo Nanoum.“ If you need Fell ' 5 ' 0W5 yr ' l . Exhaustion seii you something else, ciailrziltljgtigttletariy. Retarded as swdf‘ ° "° ‘l Convaiescenco Fellows’ Syrup is always liliiiOr i, Anemh is compounded with great care m3 eta . - . . $11111. . Malnutrition ca?!‘ lagoliatorybpmcefi 1S rlgldiy contro . Bronchial . ° e “a”. 3'3".“ °1Y°‘" System is z Imam?‘ important to trifle with. Say uFcnowsn, v resolutely refuse to accept substitute; FELLOWS’ __ iiiiME lzcolloulc Sliiiiii counsr Beginning on February 16th, Institute Branch of the Department otfheAgl-yxofiten. will conduct a three weeks course in Home Econo El Those wishing to take advantage of this course w?“ is given free of charge, will please apply befofl. F‘ ruary 11th, and applications will be considered in 1h order received up to that date. Address all communications to the S ' Women’s Institute, Box 123, Chariottetownllpervlsor o 4 0 i nzro in: BIRDS collnssl i i $2.50, $2.00 and $1. - firth“? “twig:- n: '1 m‘: t? 1 The Guardian odors prizes of w W0 11111111 ~ - . mans A‘ Melba“ n my Mm,’ m j: to each of the three Counties to children Feedin OI‘ no m; s... u. such matters some. Counting. and Wrlllnz the Best Story about the Bir civilized professional men display I Visiting their farms. less Charity than Pueblo Indians. ’ When death occurs his sacred l This contest closes March 31. smoke is blown continuously about 4 the bier. Evil spirits must not be , allowed to see which way the De- iporlcd went.~ They might follow and annoy him, or perhaps, lure him to "the Place where devils are." It Ls s four days journey in that “Happy land" and every thing possible is done by the Medicine- men to safeguard the traveling ‘spirit. "Among other tihlntl. 1116 body is surrounded during the four days with the tracks of the road- runner (a small Pheasant) to lead the witches on a false trail.” 'I‘his sounds absurd to us. Ind supertitious, but the customs of cen- turies are hard to change, and sJl these rites are harmlea. The im- portant thing is they dis gnd are buried as christians. - ’ smoking seems w have bccn an important custom with £116 B10111! Indians; they, also, prayed with their pipes. They have s legend that the First Man bemmc ill and his Eider Broiher, (whom we might mistake for First Man) taught him the core- moniai use of the Pipe. He used it as s prayer to the spirits for ease-re“ llef from palm-and thm introduced the custom of sacred smoking. These Indians use s. special pipe minds. What I wont to know and to g°°dn m" relish“ ‘name's’ They 11° scr. is the Honourable Mrs. Manning n“ “mid” H’ humml 1'0 use w‘ over itl My hat, but she'll give Mary I bwco instead o! the“ hm” 0c‘ a hot time! I sew her once when I casmnally‘ was at the school waiting for Mary. The ceremomal we" L’ not “gm” Queens and empresses aren't in it, ed with a mawh or at ‘my ordinary 'mother. She looked at me as if I blaze‘ The sacred n“ or the Bum‘ were a small worm sitting on its tail is “Bed mr this‘ n n?‘ that’ the“ a m the 81mm How Mary could suck coal from the Caclques (chief Medi- that sort of thing for four mortal cmbman) hearth‘ n‘ “mt and ‘SW91’ years I can't think, unless she had a or the “nfflent fire-arm’ which’ l“ brain wave about Geoffrey." ‘Islets. is ‘a dry, round stick fitting (To be Continued) ‘tightly into a cavity in the side of another, and revolved rapidly from right to left.) even in such a trlviaJ matter as this the wrong order must be avoided) until the hollow is sufficiently hot to ignite the primi- tive tinder unde; s. coaxing breath." The older Indian begins his smoke by sending the first six puffs in different dill tlons. This is both a prayer, or an offering to the Truss. and an exorcism of evil spirits. 'I'ne fear o.‘ evil things is ever present in the mind of an Indian, and he be- lieves that smoke. used prayerfully, ‘is a great help in destroying such influence. _.___..._.__. Girl-Do you know where u man lives with one leg named Saunders? Drug Clerk-What was the name of the other leg? Reward of Prayer When drought threafena in t-h Spring the smoking of the sacred weer, collectively, has the virtue o. "rein getting". The whole Junta in- dustriously smokes weer, to help for Medicine and War ceremoniais, but "at home or on the hunt the .warrior employee his own. The pul- ‘verlscd weed is mixed with the aro- matic bark of the red willow and Ipressed lightly nub the bowl of the ‘long stone pipe. The worshipei- lights ii, gravely, and takes l: wlff or two; then standing erect, he holds it silently toward to Sun, our father; the Earth, ‘our mother; also to the Four Winds, the Fire, Watei, Rock, and other elements or objects of reverence.” The Good Spirit of the Algonquins is Mlchubo, ‘b.- lVilanni-houo; n. Autumn-the moon o.‘ the falling leaL-when he is about to get ready for his winter's sleep, he fills his great pipe and takes a god-like smoke. We sec the huge of that mighty smoke in the clouds that float ovcr fields and woodlands sometime in lat November; we coll it "Indian Summer." non for skin ? disorders ' An active fluid that washes into the sick tissues. Clear stain its sooth- ing elements penetrate. I ing stops on the tloue ppoar. The treatment has no rival. , Ii. A. Footer. llnghvs llrng 00., [m1 I l. 0. 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