THE SCB ANTON TB IB UN E S ATUR DAY MORNING. OCTOBER 10 1896,
10
'3 The Lady of the
Red Admirals.
BY ARTHUR
T. QUILLER-COUCH,
("Q".)
Author of "The Splendid Spur.'
Copyright, U90, by the Bacbeller Syndicate.
TART I.
AH 1ay within the droamy house
The iloors upon Ihi'ir ninnes rreak'ii!
The blue ily sung in tht mne; the mouse
i:ehind thu inouliltiint; wuinsi'ot
hiliked.
Or from the erevlee peer'd nlwut.
Mlil fuws Klimmt-rM thro' the iloffrs",
Old foolHtepH trod the upper floors,
voices called her from without.
My fyps live been occupied with the
Kiay chimney's below, nmotiK the Span
ish chestnuts., nt the very moment when
1 slipped on the northern face of Skir
ritl uml twisted my unklo. This indeed
explains the accident; and the accident
explains why my interest in the house
with the pray chimneys suddenly be
came a persnmil one. Five miles sep
arated me from my inn in Aliertown.
Hut the white smoke of a ttoods train
went craw linn ucross the green and cul
tivated plain at my feet; ond I knew,
tlmiiKli I carried no map. that some
where under the slope to my left must
hide the country station of I.laiifilmn
Kel. To reach it I must pass the house,
and there, no ilnuM, would happen on
something to set mo on the shortest
So I picked up my walking-stick and
lmhbled down the hillside, albeit with
pain. Where the descent eased a little
I found and followed a font-truck,
which in time turned into a sunk road
scored deep with old cart-ruts, und so
brought me to a desolate farmstead
slowly dropping to ruin there in the
perpetual shadow of the mountain.
The slates that had fallen from the roof
of byre and stable lay buried already
tinder the growth of nettle and mallow
and wild parsnip; and the yard-wall
was down in a dozen places. 1 shutlleil
ihroiiKh one of these traps, nnrl almost
at once found myself luce to face with
a park-fenee of split -oak in yet w orse
repair, if that were possible. It
stretched away right and left, with
promise of a noble circumference; but
no hand had repaired it for at least
twenty years. I counted no less than
seven bleaches I hrongli w hich a man of
common size might step without
squeezing; availed myself of the near
est; and having with difficulty dragged
my disabled foot up the ha-ha slope
beyond took breath at the top and
looked nbout inc.
The edge of the ha-h:i stood but fifty
paces back from an avenue of the most
inagnllicent Spanish chestnuts I have
ever seen in my life. A few of them
were withering from the top: and under
these many (bad houghs lay as they
hud fallen, in grass that obliterated al
most nil trace nf ihe broad caniage
road. Hut nine out of ten stood hale
itnd stout, and apparently good forcen
luries to come. Northward, the gray
facade of the bouse irlimmered and
closed their green prospective, and to
wards It I now made my way.
Hut I must ow n this avenue daunted
me, ns n frame altogether too lordly for
a mere limping pedestrian. And there
fore I was relieved, as I drew near, to
catch the sound of voices behind the
shrubberies on my right bund. This
determined me to take the house In
Hank, and I diverged and pushed my
way between the laurels in search of
the speakers.
"A horse, a horse! Sly klndom for a
horse! Lobelia, how many horses has
your father in stable'.' J ted, white or
gray'."'
Hue, Miss Wilholmlnn : an' trlat's old
Sentry-go. and father says he'll have to
P.o to the knackei;'s before another win
ter." "Then he shall carry me there on his
back; with rings on my lingers and
bells on my toes
file ro.I unto the knacker's yard,
And liilcil lit the pin:
tii;ht glad were lhcn the cat's meat mon
To let that lady in!
especially. Lobelia, when she alight
ed and sat upon the ground and begun
1o tell them sad stories of the death of
king. Hut they cut off Sentry-go'B
head Olid nailed it over the gate. So
be died, and she very imprudently mar
vied the master knacker, who had
heard she was an heiress in her own
right, and wanted to decorate his coat-of-arms
with an escutcheon of pre
tense; and besides, his doctor hnd re
commended a-complete change."
"Law. miss, how you do run on!"
The young lady who had given utter
ance to this amazing rigmarole stood at
the ton of a terrace flight (much
cracked and broken) between two laden
statuettes (hendless); a willowy child
In a large-brimmed hat, with a riding
switch in one hand and the other hold
ing up an old tartan shawl, which she
had pinned nbout her to imitate a
horse-woman's habit. As she paced to
and fro between the leaden statuettes,
pedes veils delliixit ad linos
Kt vera Incessu pottiil dea,
and 1 noted almost at once that two
or three 1 butterflies "red admirals"
they were floated and circled about
her in the sunlight. A child of com
moner make anil perhaps a year older,
dressed in a buff print frock and pink
sunbonnet, looked tip at her from the
foot of the stops. The faces of both
were averted, and I stood there for at
least a minutet on the verge o the
laurels, .unobserved, considering the
picture they made, and the ruinous Ja
cobean house that formed its back
ground. Never was house more eloquent of
desolation. I'npHinted shutters, crack
ing in the heat, blocked one half of its
windows. Wcatht r-stains ran dow n
the slats from the lantern on tho main
plump I sat in the very middle of the
bind wood.
"You are ill?" She came quickly to
wards me, but hailed a pace or two off.
"You look as if jou were going to
faint."
"I'll try not to, then," said I. "The
fact is, I have just twisted my ankle
on the side of Skirrld yonder, and I
wished to be told the shortest way to
the station."
"I don't believe you can walk; and
she hesitated a second, then went on
defiantly "we have no carriage to take
you."
"I should not think of putting you to
any such trouble."
"Also, if you want to reach Aber.
there is no train for the next two hours.
You must come in ami rest."
"Itttt really "
"I am mistress here. I am Williel
mlna van der Knoope."
Hcing by this time on my feet again.
I bowed and introduced myself by
name. She nodded. The child had H
ih,.iwi,ifni f:we thoinrhtful bevond
her years and delicately shaped rather
than pretty.
-i.,,K.iiu run in mwl tell the admir
als that a gentleman has called, with
my permission."
Having dismissed the handmaiden,
she observed me in silence for a tew mo
ments while she unpinned nor laiian
r
As I followed, the name' of Van der
Knoope repeated Itself on many mural
tablets before she paused, almost at the
end of the south aisle, and pointed.
I read:
. THE PICTURE THEY MADE.
roof; while the lantern over the stnblo
had lost its vane and the stable-clock
its minute-hand. The very nails had
dropped out of the gable wall, ond the
wistaria and Gloire do Dijons they
should have supported trailed down in
tangles, like curtains. Grass choked
the rain-pipes, and moss dappled the
gravel walk. In the border at my feet
some one had attempted a clearance of
tne weens; and here lay his hoe, matted
with bindweed and ring-streaked with
the silvery tracks of snails.
"Very well. Lobelia. We will be sen
sible housemaid and cook, and talk of
business. We came out. I believe, to
cut a cabbage-leaf to make an apple
jde "
At this point happening to turn her
licau sne caught Bight of me, and
stopped with a slight embarrassed
laugh. I raised my hat.
"I beg your pardon, sir, but no stran
gers are admitted here."
"I beg your pardon" I began: and
With that, an I shifted, my walklng
tlck, my foolish ankle gave way, ana
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I PAW
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"5TAS STOX1'
SACHKD
To the Mi mory of
FRITZ Ol'ltAM 1K KEYSER VAX
DKK K.VOolT.
A Midshipman of the itoval Navy
Who u born Oct. Jlst, MUCCCLXVII.
And Drowned
By the Capsizing of H. M. 8. Viper
off Ihe North Coat of Ireland on
the 17th of January MPOVLXXXVI.
A youth of peculiar promise who lacked I
but the greater initulKenee ot
an ull-wise I'ruviilem'tf
to earn the ilistincliun of Ids forefathers
of whom lie was the last male repre
sentative in his Country's service
in which
he laid dow n his young life.
lieu miseramle pner. SI qua fata as
pcra rumpas Tu .Maivellua vria.
'Tilde Melchior hud it set up. I
wonder what Fritz was really like."
"And your ('nde Peter still believes
ever it conies to writing; and I am
riding-skirt. Its reiiun ) diM-losed, not
as I expected a shor frock, but one
of quite womanly length: anil she car
ried it with the air of a grown woman.
"You must muKO allowances, please.
I think." she mused, "yes, 1 really think
you will be able to help. Tint you must
not be surprised, mind, fan you walk
alone, or will you lean a hand on my
shoulder?"
I could walk alone. Of what she
meant I had of course no inkling: but
I saw she wns anxious now for me to
come Indoors as she had been prompt at
first to warn me off the premises. So
! hobbled after her towards the house.
At the steps by the side door she turned
and gave me a hand. We passed across
a stone-llagged hall and through a car-
petless corridor which brought us to
the foot of the ground stalrcuse; and a
niacnillcent staircase it was. ornate
with twisted balusters and hung with
due pictures, mostly by old Dutch mas
ters. Hut no carpet covered the broad
steps, and the pictures were perishing
In their frames tor tacK or varmsn. i
had hailed to stare up at a big Honde-
coster that hung in the sunlight over
the first short flight of stairs an elab
orate "Parliament of Fowls wnen tne
girl turned the handle of the door to my
right and entered.
Tncle I'eter. here Is a gentleman
who lias called to see you.
As 1 crossed the threshold I heard a
chair pushed back, and a very old gen
tleninii rose to welcome me nt the far
end of the cool and shadowy room; a
tall white-haired figure in a loose suit
of holland. He did not advance, but
held out a hand tentatively, as If uncer
tain from what direction I wns ad
vancing. Almost at once I saw that hi
wns stone blind.
'Hut where Is i'ncle Melchior?" ex
claimed Wilhclmlna.
'I believe he Is working at accounts,
the old gentleman answered address
ing himself to vacancy, for she had up
reudv run from the room. He shoot
hnnds courteously and .motioned me to
And a chair, while he resumed his seat
beside a little table heaped with letters.
or rather with bundles of letters neatly
tied and docketed. His right hand rest
ed on these bundles, and his lingers
tapped upon them idly for a minute be
fore he sooke.
'You are a friend of Fritz's? of my
grandson?"
"I have not Ihe pleasure of know
ing him. sir. Your niece's introduction
leaves me to explain that 1 am Just a
wayfarer who had the misfortune to
twist an ankle, un hour ago, on Skit-rid,
and crawled here to csk the wav.
His face fell. "I was hoping that you
brought news of Fritz. Rut you are
welcome, sir, to rest your foot here; and
I ask your pardon for not perceiving
your misfortune. I am bund. Hut il
helminn my grandneice will attend
to your wants."
"She is a young lady of very large
heart, said I.
He appeared to consider for awhile.
"She is with me daily, but 1 have not
seen her since she was a small child
and I always picture her as a child,
To you. no doubt, she Is almost a wo
man grown?
"In feeling I should say decidedly
more woman than child and in manner."
"You please me by saying so. She Is
to marry Fritz, and I wish that to hap
pen before I die."
Receiving tio answer to this for. of
course, I hnd nothing to say he start
led me with a sudden question. "You
disapprove of cousins marrying?"
1 could only murmur that a great
deal depeudud on circumstances.
"And there are circumstances in this
case. Hesides. they are second cousins
only. And they both look forward to
it. l am not one to force their inclina
tions, you understand though, of
course.' they know it to be my wish
the wish of both of us. I may say: for
Melchior is as one with me in this.
Wilhelinina accepts her future speaks
or it, indeed, with gaiety. And as for
r ntz though they have not seen each
other since he was a mere boy and she
an Infant as for Fritz, he writes but
you shall judge from his last letter.-'
PAHT If.
He felt among the packets and se
lected one. "I know one from t'other
by the knots," he explained, "1 am nn
old seaman! Now hen is his last,
written from the South Pacific station.
He sends his love to 'Minu; and Jokes
about her being husband-high, but she
must grow, ir we are to do credit to
the Van der Knoopes at the altar.' It
seems that he Is something below the
traditional height of our family: but a
thorough seaman, for all his modesty.
There, sir; you will find the passage on
the fourth page, near the top."
I took the letter: and there, to be
sure, read the words the old admiral
had quoted. But it struck me that
Frit van der Knoope used a very lady
like handwriting, and of a sort not
usually taught on H. M. S. Erltannla,
"In two .years time the lad will be
home, all being well. And ' then, of
course, we shall nee."
"Of what rank is he?"
"At present a second lieutenant. His
age is but twenty-three. The Van der
Knoopes have all followed the sea, as i
the portraits in this house will tell you.
Ay, and we have fought against Eng
land In our time. As late as lfi"2, Ad
rian van der Knoope commanded a ship
under De Ruyter when he outgeneraled
the English in Southwuld bay. Hut
since 1U.VS our swords have been at the i
service of our adopted country; and
she has used them, air."
1 am afraid 1 was not listening. My
chair faced the window, and as I
glanced nt the letter in my hands
enough light filtered through its trans
parent "foreign" paper to throw up the
watermark, and it bore the name of a
firm of papermakers in Abertown.
This small discovery, quite unwill
ingly made, gave me a sudden sense of
shame, as thouidi I hud been playing
pome dishonorable trick. I was hastily
folding up tht paper, to return It, when
the door opened and Wilhelinina came
in, with her I'nele Alelchoir. ,
She seemed to divine in an instant
what had happened; threw a swift
glance at the blind admiral, and almost "Oh, yes. I am to marry Fritz in
as swiftly took the letter from my hand i time. That is where you must help us.
and restored it to the pHcket. The next 1 It would kill I nele i'eter if he knew
moment with perfect coolness she was Hut t'nele Melchior gets puzzled when
in. with her L'ncle Melcholr.
Melchior van der Knoope was per
haps ten years younger than his broth-
er, and carried his tall figure buttoned
up tightly in an old-fashioned frock
coat; u mummy of a. man. with a fixed
air of mild bewilderment, and a trick of
running bis left hand through his white
hair due. no doubt, to everlasting dif
ficulty with the family accounts. He
shook Jiamis as ceremoniously as hia
brolher.
"We have been talking of Fritz," said
old I'eter.
"Oh. yes of Fritz. To be sure,"
Melchior answered him vaguely, and
looked at me with a puzzled smile.
There was silence In the room till his
brother spoke again. "I have been
showing Mr. Fritz's last letter.
"Fritz writes entertainingly." mur
mured Melchior, aim seemed to ca.3c
about for another word, but repeated,
'entertainingly. If the state of your
ankle permits, sir, you will perhaps
take an Interest in our pictures. I shall
be happy to show them to you.
And so. with the occasional support
of Melchior's arm, i began a tour of the
house. The pictures indeed were n sut
llcienl rewurd seascapes by Willem
van der Veldu, flower-portraits by Wil
lim van Aslel, tavern-scenes by Adrian
van Ostadc; a notable Cuyp; a miiiuII
Gerard Dow of peculiar richness; por
traits lliiurgomaster Albert van der
Knoope, by Thomas do Keyser Admir
al Nicholas, by Kneller Admiral Peter
(grai'il-ui'.cle of the blind admiral), by
Koniney and so forth. My guide
seemed as Honestly prouu oi im io m
insensible of their condition, which was
in almost every case deplorable. By
and by, in the library we came upon a
modern portrait of a rosy-faced boy in
h ue suit, who held (strange com
bination!) a large ribstone pippin in one
hand and a cricket bat In the other a
picture altogether of such glaring de
merit that i wondered for a moment
why it hung so conspicuously over the
fireplace while worthier paintings were
thrust into obscure corners. Then with
a sudden inkling I glanced at Uncle
Melchior. lie nodded gravely,
"That Is Fritz."
I pulled out my watch. "I believe,'
I said, "it must lie time for me to bid
your brother good-by."
"You need be in no hurry," said Miss
Wilhelmlna's voice behind me. "The
last train to Aber has gone at least ten
minutes since. You must dine and
sleep with us tonight."
I awoke next morning between sheets
of sweet-smelling linen in a carved four
post bed, across the head-boara or
which ran the motto "stemmata qvid
faclvnt" in faded letters of gilt. If the
appearance of the room, with Its tat
tered hangings and rickety furniture,
had counted for anything, my dreams
should certainly have been haunted.
But as a matter of fact I never slept
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Two Length of Time Required to
Cook DiHereu. Things.
The following is a handy table which
tells how loKg various meats and vent
tables should be cooked:
TO COIL FISH.
For bass allow ten minutes to the pound.
Blue ii?h, twelve minutes.
Clams, four to six minutes.
Cod fish, seven to ten minutes.
Haddock, eiKht minutes.
Halibut, sixteen minutes.
TO FRY.
For breaded chops ullow live to eUht
minutes.
Sliced tish. live to eight minutes.
Smelts, two minutes.
Small tish, two to four minutes.
Kiitiers. two to live minutes.
Croquettes, in deep boiling fat, one and
a half minutes.
Doughnuts, about four minutes.
Fish balls, one and ii half minutes.
TO Hi ML M HATS.
A'eal, one hour und u half to three hours.
Turkey, one hoer and a half to three
hours.
Sweet breads, twenty minutes.
Sw:'ct liveads, parboiled, ht'teeii mlnut-'S.
Smoked tongue, two and a, half to four
houi'S.
Salmon, fifteen minutes to the pound.
Fowls, one hour and three-quarters to
three hours.
Corned lieef, three to Ave hours.
Chickens, three-uuurtcm of un hour to
an hour.
Beef a la. mode, two uiul a half to VU1'
hours.
TO ROAST.
Reef, ten to twelve minutes tier pound
(rnre).
Heef. fifteen to eighteen minutes per
pound (well done).
( hlcKens, tnree to tour pounds, one to
two hours.
Iiuck, forty-five to sixty minutes.
Lamb, llflcen minutes per ixiund.
.Mutton, litteen minutes per pound.
Mutton, eiKliK'i'ii minutes per pound
(well done).
Pork, thirty minutes per pound.
Turkey, twelve pound, three hours to
three and a half.
Veal, etghle-en to twenty minutes per
pounti.
Asparagus, twenty minutes.
Unions, thirty-Mve minutes,
Lima beans, one hour.
Strong beans, one hour and a half.
Heels, three-quarters of an hour, if
youtm.
cabbage, tntrty-jive minutes.
Spinach, thirty minutes.
Potatoes tweuty to thirty-five minutes.
oystur plant, two hours.
Oat meal, two hours.
Heans (linked), ten hours.
Potatoes (baked), forty-five minutes.
HKOILIXU.
Chops should be broiled ten minutes.
Chlckeins, twenty to twenty-live minutes,
lleefsttak (rare), six to elfht minutes, if
an Inch anil a half to two inches thick.
Small llsti, six to ten minutes.
Large luh, ten to fifteen minutes.
Desire v. Capacity.
Mr. Callipers "What kind of a boy I
Willie Wlsgies?"
Little Clarence "He Is a liar, pa.'
Mr. Callipers "You should not talk sq
about one of your playmates, I irenee."
Little Clarence "Well, he Is pa! Why,
at the church supper, the other nlghl.
when one of the ladies asked him if ho
had eaten all he wanted to, he told her
yes, ma'am.' Instead of snyln that hv'ii
eaten all ho could hold." Truth.
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AT THE END
SOFT! I AISLE.
OF THE
ilia
afraid of making mistakes. We've put
him down in the South Pacific station
at present that will last for two years
more. Hut we have to invent the gos
sip, you know. And I thought that
you who w rote stories "
"My dear child." I said, "let me be
Fritz, and you shall have a letter duly
once a month."
And my promise was kept until, two
years ago. she wrote that there was no
further need for letters, for 4'ncle Peter
was dead. For aught I know, by this
time Tncle Melchior muy he dead also.
Rut regularly, as the monthly date
comes round, I am Frits Opdnm dc
Keyser van der Knoope, a young mid
shipman of her majesty's navy; and
wonder what my aillanced bride is do
ing: and see her on the terrace steps
with those butterllies floating about
her. In my part of the world It is be
lieved that the souls of the departed
pass Into these winged creatures. Ho
might the souls of those many pic
tured admirals but some day, before
long-, I hope to croBS Skirrld again aud
see.
THE EXD.
An Aquired Habit.
"You heard Wn Do Voe relte 'The Lost
Child' last night, didn't your'
"Of course."
"Notice the queer way in which she
worked her chin?"
"Certainly; but you know the reason for
that?"
"Doublo-hlnge to her jaws?"
"Oh, no! fine worked In a chewing-gum
factory for five years before her nmrrlao
and had to sample every lot turned out."
Detroit Free Press.
Rice, twenty minutes.
Peas, twenty minutes,
i Carrots, fifty Tnolnutes.
Cauliflower, fifty minutes.
Green coru, eisht minutes.
Turnips, forty minutes.
Tomatoes, twenty minutos.
Squash, thirty minutes.
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I THortlHT TIIK CONFIDENCE
WAS t'OMINU.
better. I'ossilily the llKhtnops of the
dinner (cookPil by the small handrrmid,
l.ohcliu) hud somclhlntf to do with it;
possibly, too. the infectious somnolence
of the isvo admirals, who spoha but lit
tle during the meal, and nodded, with
out attempt at dissimulation, over the
dessert. At any rate, shortly alter nine
o'clock when Miss Wilhelinina
brought out a heavy church service,
and Uncle Melchior read the lesson and
collect for the day and a few prayers,
including the one "For Those at ea"
f had felt auite ready for bed. And now,
thanks to a cold compress, my ankle
had mended conBlderably. I descended
to breakfast in very cheerful tnlnd and
found Miss Wilhelmina alone at the
table.
"Uncle Peter." she expjl.ilneil, "rarely
conies down before midday; and Uncle.
Meichior breakfasts in his room. He
is busy with the accounts."
"So early?"
Hhe smiled rather sadly. "They take
a deul of looking after, I asure you."
She asked how my ankle did. When
I told her. and added that 1 must catch
an early train back to Aber. she merely
said: "I will walk tit the htation with
you. if 1 may."
And ho at ten o'clock after I had
bidden farewell to Uncle Melchior, wno
wore the air of one interruiited In u
Ions stun if compound addition we
set forth. 1 knew the child had Honie
thlnK on her mind, and wondered how
Ions sl'o would take In disclosiiiK it.
Once, by a ruinous fountain where a
stone Triton blew patiently at u conch
shell plunged with turf, whe paused anil
due at the mortared joints of the basin
with the point of her sunshade: and I
thought the confidence was coming.
Rut It was by the tumble-down pate nt
the end of the chestnut avenue thnt
she turned and faced inc.
"I knew you yesterday at once," she
said. "You write novels."
"I wish." said I, feebly, "the public
were as quick at discovering me."
"Homebody printed an 'interview'
with you In 's Magazine a month
or two ago."
"There was not the slightest resem
blance." "Please don't be silly. There was a
photograph."
"Ah, to be sure.
"Vou can help me help us all If you
will."
"Is It about Fritz?"
She bent her head and signed to me
to open the gate. Across the highroad
a stile faced lis, and a little church,
with an acre framed In elms and set
about with trimmed yews. She' led the
way to the low and whitewashed porch,
and pushed open the iron-studded door.
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PLAlii, $9.00.
FU.L NICKEL, $10.50.
This Radiator is Beautiful in
Design and Appearance. In the
Radiators We Get the Benefit of
the Heat Near the Ploor. This is
Not Tound in Other Styles of Oil
Heaters. Removable Top Slid-'
ini Tubes Quick to Liflbt Easy
to Re-V'ich Always Ready At a
Glance Advantages Seen in This
Radiator Not to Be Pound in Any
Other Oil Hectcr. Every Radia
tor Has a Keller Psc.
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ITS BEAUTY OF FORM and rich,
neas of ornament bare given
thU stove Us name. It is a
combined heater, radiator and hob
air circulator. Out door connec
tion can bo niado for fresh air sup
ply and rooms on upper floors can
bo heated by connecting witU
opening at top and rear of storo.
The Silver Sterling has wonder
fal heating power, being con
siructed with very large llnes,and
tho combustion chamber extends
to the top of the stove, thns in
creasing tho radiating surface.
Tho return fluo system is used.
Tho nickel dome has independent
circulation and ventilation. By
means of the extra mica illumina
tion tho full eiFect of an open firo
is prodnesd. Duplex Grate, with,
shaking ring is used and tho lire
pot is cast iu one piece, with
straight sides.
SILVER STERLING Base Burning Heater.
IT L ' I
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mm.
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A SLICE FOR EVERY CRIMP.
VERY OXE knows how iliflicult it is to
cut lirend properly ami so it will not he
uneven in thickness and look bail I v. The
crimps or cornin.itioii in crust of our lonf acts as
guide for the knife and the result is beautiful and
uniform slices. The Quaker puts that delicious
crisp crust over the whole surface of the loaf-
yon know how well we all appreciate it. Bread
so baked stays moist, because the moisture is shut
in bv an all-over crust. There is no heel to this
loaf because it can't lop over the pan as in the
case of all open pans. Wic crust docs not crack
as in the old-fashioned kind, which allows the
moisture to slowly evaporate and leaves the loaf
dry and unpalatable. Quaker bread w.ll not burn.
Two pans in one. Any two halves of the yiiakcr
pans will fit together forming a complete round.
Can be used as a cake baker, and for making
gingerbread is simply perfection.
FOOT
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THE NEW STESLINS RANGE.
Has shown tho worlJ what can be accomplished
by using Hie hesf. For over a year we have
been giving a scries of baking exhibits throughout
the country, using an en ire birrel of (l iur, and
baking over 250 or more loaves of perfect bread
light, well browncl and with a delicate crust
each loaf weighing 1 1-4 pounds. Less than one
hod of coal is used, yet a continuous lire is main
tained with never more than three inches of fuel
in the fire box at one time.
Other manufacturers, who dared not accept our
Ji.ntio challenge to a public baking contest, are
now trying to imitate our rane, our bakes and
our pile of bread. They arc only imitators,
however, while we are the orijhiuator. ThC
Sterling "ilAS XO EQUAL."
" H. 8c W."
TEA KETTLE
Cast from Special Hard Aluminum.
This Tea Kettle cannot rust, cor
rode, chip, crack or break.
It has no impurities as from copper,
and other Tea Kettles.
No Leaky Seams, no Knobs, nf
Rivets, no solder.
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