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Cap'n Warren's
Wards
by JOSEPH C.
LINCOLN
Copyright, 1111, by D. Apploton A Ob
THE CAPTAIN FORCES MALCOLM DUNN, SOMEWHAT UN
WILLINGLY, TO ACT A MAN’S PART
Bynopal*.—Atwood Graves, New York lawyer, goes to South Dens
boro, Cape Cod, to see Captain Elisha Warren. Caught In a terrific
storm while on the way, he meets Cap’n Warren by accident and
goes with the latter to his home. The lawyer Informs Cap’n Warren
that his brother, whom he had not seen to r eighteen years, has died
and named him as guardian of his two children, Caroline aged twenty,
and Stephen, aged nineteen. The captain tells Graves he will go to
New York and look over the situation before deciding whether he will
accept the trust. The captain's arrival In New York causes consterna
tion among his wards and their aristocratic friends. The captain
makes friends with James Pearson, a reporter; then he consults with
Sylvester, head of Graves’ firm. The captain decides to accept bis
brother's trust. Sylvester Is pleased, bnt Graves expresses disgust
and dismay.
CHAPTER Vll—Continued.
The captain said ‘hat he would be
down later on to talk things over.
Meanwhile, If the “papers and such’*
could be got together. It would “sort
of help along."
When Mrs. Corcoran Dunn made her
dally visit to the Warren apartment
that afternoon she found Caroline
alone and almost In tears. Captain
witshe had broken the news at the ta
ble during luncheon, after which he
went downtown. Stephen, having rav
ed, protested and made himself gen
erally disagreeable and his sister cor
spondingly miserable, had departed for
the club. It was a time for confi
dences, and tt\e wily Mrs. Dunn real
ised that fact. She soothed, comfort*
ed and within half an hour had learn
ed the whole story. Incidentally she
learned that a possible five hundred
thousand was the extreme limit of the
family's pecuniary resources.
"Now you know everything!” sobbed
Caroline. "Oh, Mrs. Dunn, you won’t
desert us, will you?"
"You may depend on Malcolm and me,
dear," Mrs. Dunn declared. "We are
not fair weather friends. And, after
all, it Is not so very bad. Affairs might
be very much worse.”
fWorse! Oh. Mrs. Dunn, how could
they be? Think of it! Stephen and I
are dependent upon him for every
thing. We must ask him for every
penny. And whatever he says to do
•re must do. We’re obliged to.”
On Thursday after luncheon as Cap
tain Elishu sat In his own room read
ing a book he had taken from the
Übragy there enme a knock at the door.
“Come ahead in!" ordered the cap
tain. Caroline entered. Her uncle roae
and pnt down the book.
“Oh,” be exclaimed, “la It you? Ex
cuae me. I thought 'twas the commo
dore—Edwards, I mean. If I'd known
you wee cornin’ callin', Caroline, I
shouldn’t have been quite so bossy.”
“Thank you,” answered his niece. “I
came to see you on—l suppose yon
might call It business. At any rate, It
Is a financial matter. I sha’n't detain
yon long.”
Captain Elisha was a trifle disap
pointed.
“Oh,” he said, “on business, was It?
I hoped—l didn't know bnt you'd come
last out of sociability. However, I'm
Mighty glad to see yon, Caroline.”
“Captain Warren,” she began, “I—l
came to ask a favor. lam obliged to
ask It because yqn are onr”—she al
most choked over the hated word—“our
yuardlan, and I can no longer act on
hf own responsibility. I wish to ask
you for some money.”
Captain Elisha nodded gravely.
“I see," be said. “Well, Caroline, I
don't believo you'll find me very close
fisted. I think I told yon and Steve
that yon wee to do Just as you'd been
la the habit of doin’. Is your reg-
Isr allowance too email? Remember,
I don’t know mneb shout such things
ban In New York, and yon must be
frank and aboveboard and tell me If
yon have any complaints.”
“I have no complaints. My allow-,
aaco la anfllclent. It is the same that
father need to give me, and it la all I
teed. One of the Annie, has
.rouble at home, and I wanted to help
her.”
The captain nodded once more.
“Annie,” be repeated, "that's the rosy
faced one, the Irish one?”
“Yes. Her father was seriously In
jured the other day and cannot work.
His hip la broken, and the doctor's bill
will be large. They are very poor,
knd I thought perhaps- She hesi
tated, faltered and than said haughti
ly, "Father was very sympathetic and
liked to have mo do such things.”
“Shot Shot Sartln! Conroe he did.
I Uko it too. I’m glad yon came to
mo Just an yon did, Caroline. How
much do yon want to start with?”
“I don't know exactly. 1 thought I
might aah onr own doctor to attend to
' “Oood Meal < o?’right ahead. Oaiw-
IHtriri Mb was nr
Caroline’s eyes snapped. "Indeed it
was!” she said indignantly. "It was
a wet morning alter a rain, and the
pavement was slippery. Mr. Morlarty,
Annie’s father, was not working that
day, and he had gone out to do the
family marketing. He was crossing
the street when an automobile, reck
lessly driven, so every one says, drove
directly down on him. He tried to
jump out of the way and succeeded,
otherwise he might have been killed,
bnt he fell and broke his hip. He Is
an old man, and the case is serious."
“Dear, dear, you don’t tell me 1 Poor
old chap! The auto feller—did be belpT
Seems to me he ought to be the one to
be spendln’ the money. 'Twas his fault’’
“Helpl Indeed, he didn't! He and
the man with him merely laughed as If
It was a good Joke, put on speed and
disappeared as quickly as possible."
“Why, the mean swab I Did this Mr.
Morlarty or the folks around get the
license number of the auto?”
“No. All they know Is that It was a
big yellow car with two men In It”
“Hey? A yeller car?"
“Yes. Somewhat similar to the one
Malcolm —Mr. Dunn —drives.”
“So, so! Hum! Where did It ball
pen?”
“On St Nicholas avenuo, near One
Hundred and Twenty-eighth street”
“Eh? St Nicholas avenue, you say?"
"Yes.” Caroline rose and turned to
go. “Thank you, Captain Warren,” she
said. "I will tell Dr. Henry to take the
case at once.”
The captain did not answer Immedi
ately. With his chin In his hand he
was gazing at the floor.
“Good afternoon,” said Caroline.
Her uncle looked up.
“Er—wait Just a minute, Caroline,"
he said. “You have your doctor go
right ahead and see to the old man,
and you order the things to eat and
whatever’s necessary. But afore you
give Annie or her father any money
I'd kind of like to Agger a little mite.”
His niece stopped short, turned and
stared at him.
“Oh,” she said slowly and Icily, “I
understand—thoroughly. Don't trouble
to ‘figure,’ as you call It Oh, why
did I humiliate myself? I should have
known!”
“Caroline, please”—
But the girl bad gone, closing the
door after her.
Half an hour later the captain called
upon Malcolm Dunn, who was much
surprised to see him.
Captain Elisha took the offered chair
and dropped his hat on the floor be
side It
“Well,” observed the young man
after a moment “what's the trouble,
admiral? Better get It off your chest
hadn't you? We're private enough
here.” •
“I came to see you about an auto
mobile,” said the captain.
“An automobile I" The young man
was so astonished that be actually re
moved his feet from the desk. Then
he burst Into a laugh. “An automo
bile?” he repeated. “Captain, has the
Influence of the metropolis made you
a sport already? Do you want to buy
a car?”
“Buy oner* It was Captain Elisha’s
turn to show Irritation. “Buy one of
them things? Me? No, Mr. Dunn,
'taln't that. But one of the hired help
up to our place—Caroline's place, I
mean—ls in trouble on account of one
of the dratted machines. They're poor
folks, of course, and they need money
to help 'em through the doctorin’ and
nursin’ and while the old man’s out of
work. Caroline was for glvln' It to
’em right elf. She’s a good hearted
girl, but I said—that Is, I kind of
coaxed her out of It I thought I’d
ask some questions first Here's the
Bret one: Don't It seem to you that
the right one to pay for the doctorin'
and nursin' and such of Mr. Morlarty—
that’s Annie’s pa ought to be the
feller who hurt him? That feller In
stead of Caroline r
“Sore thing! U yon knew whs Mi
It hejp your mark.”
Dtoha ho I thaaght. And If he
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to help the poor cxittar, providin' bo
knew what do mo go he’d drop, wouldn’t
you think oof
Malcolm nod dad sagely, openad Mg
mouth to apeak and then, closed It
again. A sudden recollection came to
him, an alarming recollection.
"Where did thla accident happen f
aßked Mr. Dunn, his condescending
smile absent.
"At the comer of 8L Nicholas eve
nne and One Hundred and Twenty
eighth street. It happened last Fri
day momln' a week ago. And the
car that hit him was a yellow one.
Naturally, when I heard about It I
remembered what you told Mr. Syl
vester and me at the club that aft
ernoon. I understand how 'twas of
course. If you'd known really
hurt the poor old man you’d have stop
ped to see him. I understand that
But”—
“Look here," Interrupted Dunn sharp
ly, "did Caroline send you to me?"
“Caroline? No, no! She don't know
’twas your automobile at all But
afore she spent any of her money I
thought you’d ought to know, because
I was sure you wouldn't let her. That’s
the way I’d feel, and I felt 'twas no
more’n honest to give you the chance.
I come on my own hook. She didn’t
know anything about It”
Malcolm drummed on the desk with
nervous fingers.
“Well," be growled pettishly, “how
much will It take to square things
with the gang? How much damages
do they want?”
"Damages? Ob, there won’t bo any
claim for damages, I guess. The
Morlartys don’t know you did It, and
there’s no reason why they should. I
thought maybe I’d see to ’em and do
whatever was necessary, then you
could settle with me, and the whole
business would bo Just between us
two. Outside the doctor's bills and
food and nursin’ and such all the ex
try will be Just the old man’s wages
for the time he’s away from the fac
tory. Twon’t be very heavy."
“All right! I’m In It, I can see that,
and It’s up to me to get out as easy as
I can. I don’t want any newspaper
publicity. Qo ahead. I’ll pay the
freight.”
Captain Elisha arose and picked up
his hat
Malcolm, frowning heavily, suddenly
asked a final question.
"Say,” he demanded, "you’ll not tell
Caroline or Steve a word of this,
mindl"
The captain seemed surprised.
“I guess you didn’t catch what I
said, Mr. Dunn,” he observed mildly.
“I told you this whole business would
be Just between, you and me.”
CHAPTER VIM. ,
“Thank You, Uncle."
CAPTAIN ELISHA had been pretty
well satisfied with the result of
his visit to young Dunn at the lat
ter’s office. Malcolm had surrendered,
perhaps not gracefully or uncondition
ally, but he had surrendered, and the
condition —secrecy—was one which the
captain himself had suggested.
Captain Elisha found some solace
and forgetfulness of the unpleasant
life he was leading In helping the
stricken Morlarty family. Annie, the
maid at the apartment, he swore to
secrecy. She must not tell Miss Caro
line of his visits to her parents’ home.
Dr. Henry also, though he could not
understand why, promised silence. Car-
"Woll, how much will It (tin to oquaro
things r*
ollne heraelf had engaged his services
In the case, and he was faithful.
"Goln' to be a pretty expensive Job,
ain't It, doctor?" asked the captain of
the physician.
“Rather, I’m afraid.”
“All right. If expense Is necessary
don't be afraid of It Ton do Just what
yon ought to and send the bill to me.”
“But Miss Warren Insisted upon my
sending It to her. She said It was a
private matter and one with which yon
as her guardian had nothing to da”
“I know. Caroline Intends to use
her own allowance, I s'poae. Well, let
her think she will If 'twill please her.
But when It comes to the settlement
call on me. Qlve her any reason yon
want to. Say a—er —wealthy friend of
the family come to life all at once and
conldn’t sleep unless be paid the costa”
“But there Isn't any such friend. Is
there. Captain Warren? Other than
yourself, I mean?”
Captain KUsha grinned In apprecia
tion of a private poke. “There Is somo
body else." bo admitted, "whoTl pay a
share, anyhow. But, anyhow, yon saw
wood or bones or whatever you have
to da and leave the not to me. had
don’t tall Carolina or anybody also a
word.”
News Cram the Morlarty sick rooaa
continued favorahle for a than lbn
and tbe aback and lons Illness
war* too modi for bis system to fight
Dr. Henry ebook bis bend dubiously
when tbs captain asked questions.
And one mornlns at breakfast Edwards
informed bim that tbe old man was
dead/
Captain Elisha, though not greatly
surprised, was shocked and grieved
It seemed such a needless tragedy, al
most like murder, although there was
no malice in It. And tbe thought of the
fatherless children and the poverty of
the stricken family made him shudder.
But Just before evening his blueness
had disappeared. He had just returned
to hla room, after stepping into the ball
to drop his letter in the mail chute,
when his niece knocked at the door.
"Captain Warren,” she began hur
riedly, “the last time I came to you—
the last time I came here, I came to
ask a favor, and you—l thought you”—
“Yes, Caroline,” he said gravely, “I
know what you mean. Won’t you—
won’t you sit down?”
"Captain Warren,” she began once
more, “the time I came to you in this
room you were, so I thought, unreason-
"Will you forgive us?” oho asked,
able and unkind. I naked you for
money to help a poor family in trou
ble, and you refnaed to give it to met"
“No, Caroline," be Interrupted, **l
didn't refuse; you only thought I did.”
She held up her hand. “Please let
me go on,” she begged. “I thought you
refused, and I couldn’t understand
why. I was hurt and angry. I knew
that father never would bare refused
me under such circumstances, and you
were his brother. But since then, only
today, I have learned that I was wrong.
I hare learned"—
She paused. The captain was silent
He was beginning to hope, to believe
once more in his judgment of charac
ter, and yet with bis hope and growing
joy there was a trifle of anxiety.
“I have learned,” went on his niece,
“that I was mistaken. I can’t under
stand-yet why you wished to wait be
fore saying ‘yes,’ but I do know that it
must have been neither because you
were unkind nor ungenerous. I bare
just come from those poor people, and
they hare told me everything.”
Captain Elisha started. “What did
they tell you ?” he asked quickly. “Who
told you?”
“Annie and her mother. They told
me what you had done and were doing
for them, how kind you bad been all
through the Illness and today. Oh, I
know you made them promise not to
tell me, and you made the doctor and
nurse promise too. But I knew some
one had helped, and Annie dropped a
bint Then I suspected, and now I
know. Those poor people!”
The captain, who had been looking at
the floor and frowning a bit, suddenly
glanced up to And his niece’s eyes fixed
upon him, and they wars filled with
tears.
“Will you forgive me?” she asked,
rising from her chair and coming Im
pulsively toward him. “I’m sorry I
misjudged you and treated you so.
You must be a very good man. Please
forgive me.”
He took her hand, which was swal
lowed up In his big one. His eyee
were moist also.
“Lord love you, dearie,” he said,
“there's nothing to forgive. I realised
that I must have seemed like a mean,
stingy old scamp. Yet I didn’t mean to
be. I only wanted to look into this
thing just a little—just as a matter of
business, you know. And I— Caro
line, did that doctor tell you anything
more?”
“Any more?” she repeated in bewil
derment. “He told me that you were
the kindest msn he had ever seen.”
“Yes. yea. Well, maybe his eyesight’s
poor. What I mean is did he tell you
anything about anybody else bein’ In
this with me?”
“Anybody else? Wlut do you mean?”
“Ob, nothin’, nothin’. I joked with
him a spell ago about a wealthy vela
tion of the Morlarty tribe turnin’ up.
Twm only a joke, of course. And yet,
Caroline, I—l think I’d ought to say"—
He hesitated. What could he say?
Even a hint might lead to embarrass
ing questions, and be had promised
Dunn.
“What ought you to say?” asked his
niece.
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The Housewife and the War
(Special Information Service, United States Department of Afrlculture.)
USE SKIM MILK IN COOKING.
A Nutritious Dish Made From Skim Milk Which Will Save You Enough for
a Thrift Stamp.
NOVEL METHODS
TO SAVE MONEY
One Housekeeper Found Two
Quarts of Skim Milk to Equal
One Pound of Beef.
SCHEME OF FARMER’S WIFE
Delicious Btew Made Appetizing Dish
for Family Dinner—Numberlese
Ways to Make Meals Nourish
ing and Inexpensive.
Not every farmer’s wife has a large
supply of spending money but with a
great enough Incentive most women
can manage somehow to save a little
day by day. Many a housekeeper man
ages to save a little each day from
the amount usually spent for food
without reducing the nutritive value
of the meals she serves her family.
The following tells one way It can
be done. A farmer’s wife not long
ago cooked for her family a delicious
stew. It was made from two pounds
of beef, combined with vegetables—
carrots, onions and potatoes, and was
attractively served In a border of
steamed rice. It made an appetizing
dish for the family dinner.
The Btew Which Saved Meat.
A neighbor woman partook of the
meal and went home and prepared an
other beef vegetable stew. Her stew
furnished just as much nourishment
for her family as her neighbor’s but
cost 25 cents less. She used but one
pound of beef instead of two and the
same kinds of vegetables. In both
cases two cupfuls of rice were used
but In the latter case the rice was
cooked In two quarts of skim milk
Instead of water. One cupful of rice, as
most housekeepers know, will absorb
from four to six cupfuls of milk If
cooked slowly in the double boiler or
in the oven. Rice cooked In this
way has a richness and flavor which
that cooked In water does not pos
sess. The two quarts of skim milk
furnish the same amount of nourish
ment as the pound of beef left out,
but skim milk can very often be
bought in the country for five cents a
quart while the pound of beef costs ?~.
If preferred the rice can be cooked
In a mixture of milk and water and
gome of the milk reserved and used In
the stew.
Used In Numberless Ways.
This Is just one of the ways In which
the use of skim milk can help save
the pennies. If you live on a farm
where It Is plentiful you can use it In
numberless ways to make your meals
| more nourishing and Inexpensive. Use
[ It to make vegetable soups and chow
ders. Use It In making bread and
for dressing vegetables. Cook your.
; breakfast cereal In It or make milk
j cereal or bread puddings, custards, or
othdr milk desserts. The protein
! given In the form of a rice pudding
j or other milk desserts Is Just as valu
able to your body as when served as
i the main dish of a, meal.
Another way to make milk save
! meat Is to utilize the skim milk for
i making cottage cheese. Cottage cheese
! is one of the most valuable meat sub
| stltutes and Is easy to make. A nu
tritious and delicious recipe for Its
use tells how to make meat sausages
! from It.
Cottage Cheese Bausage.
! 1 cupful cottas* % teaspoonful pow
cheese ~d e. r ed “*• ,
i 1 cupful dry bread % teaspoonful
crumbs or % cupful thyme
i cold cooked rice 1 teaspoonful milk
and H cupful of 1 teaspoonful salt
bread crumbs % teaspoonful
14 cupful peanut * pepper
butter or 2 table- H teaspoonful
spoonfuls savory soda
fat 1 tablespoonful
14 cupful coarsely finely chopped
chopped peanut onion
The bread crumbs may be made
from left-over corn, barley or other
quick breads. Cook the onion In the
fat until trader but not brown. Mix
all the other dry ingredients thorough
ly with the bread crumbs. Blend pea
i amt hotter and onion with the cheese
and mix with them the bread crumbs.
Form into flat cakes, dust with bread
crumbs or cornmeal and fry in a little
fat until a delicious brown. Varia
tions: To utilize leftover cereals, use
one cupful of cooked rice, oatmeal or
cornmeal mush with three-fourths cup
ful of bread crumbs. Dry cornmeal
or finely ground oatmeal may be
used for stiffening the above mixture, *
but in such case it is better to form
into a loaf and bake it in the oven
about 25 minutes/ Other seasonings
may be used in place of th 6 above. The
ampunt of liquid will vary in every
case. The mixture should be very
stiff,' since the cheese tends to soften
it during the cooking.
Care of Kitchen Equipment.
American women as a class have
not practiced economy to any extent
in the care of household equipment,
the states relations service of the
department of agriculture believes.
There generally has been sufficient
money to buy a new article when it
was needed, or when there was a wish
to buy, and the market has been well
supplied with new devices to tempt
the housewife. Now it is impossible
to purchase*some of the simplest arti- *
cles because they are not being manu
factured. The housekeeper is sud
denly confronted with the unusual
value of little things and the present
Is the opportunity to acquire habits of
thrift
Are You Guilty of These Misdemeanors?
The want of thought in the care
and use of equipment Is often the
cause of Its short life. Some of the
apparently trifling mistakes which
cause utensils and tocfls to wear out
before they should are the following:
Contents of saucepans and kettles
boiled until dry and the metal over
heated.
Handles, screws and fastenings of
knives, forks, egg beaters, etc., loos
ened from having been left in hot
water.
Metal utensils put away wet, caus
ing them to rust.
Covers put away wet with steam as
they are taken off the saucepan.
Brooms and brushes used continu
ally on one side and worn to a point.
Brooms allowed to stand on the .
floor until their weight bends er
breaks the straw.
Glasses broken because the bottom
instead of the side is put into hot
water.
China dulled by washing with too
strong soapsuds.
Liquids spilled on rugs or polished
surfaces because the container was
too full.
Contents of the saucepan boiled
over on the stove or in the oven be
cause allowance was not made for the
expansion of liquids by heat.
Burners of gas and oil stoves clog
ged and useless by burned food.
.Rugs torn by having been held by
the edge while shaking In cleaning.
Glazing of porcelain and enameled
sinks, tubs and wash bowls scratched
and broken by cleaning with coarse
cleaning materials.
Finish of furniture marred by plac
ing hot dishes, medicine bottles and
by spilling liquids on It.
Furniture cracks and parts loosened
because the oil bath and rub are not
applied regularly.
China broken in the refrigerator by
placing heavier dishes on it.
Dish towels scorched and stained
when used for oven cloths and to lift
hot saucepans from the stove.
Varnished and oiled woodwork
spoiled by washing with soap.
Springs in beds, couches and chairs
and other pieces of furniture broken
by allowing children to Jump and play
too roughly on them.
Use Left-over Boiled Rice.
Here is a use for small quantities
of left-over boiled rice, suggested by
the United States department of agri
culture:
Rioe With Cheese*—Heat one cupful
of boiled rice In two tablespoonfuls of
milk. Add one cupful of grated cheese,
one-half teaspoonful of salt and other
flavoring if desired, and cook slowly
until the cheese Is melted. Then add
one egg well beaten. Serve on crack
ers or toast. 9
Always wash the can opener In hot
water after ustrg, to present the smell
of the flah to the tin from dinging
to tt