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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1909-12-23, Page 7niecatahor 1130. 1940 0 L140.4.001IRT 1#. NOTAIKOART MicTaggart Bros. ----HANKERS,e A GENERAL (BANKING BUS/k NESS TRANSACTED. NOTES DISCOUNTED. DRAFTS ISSUED INTELEST ALLOWED ON DE- POSITS. SALE NOTS PTIRCHe ASED. e- 0ral 0,0, 0,0.10 9,0 ---11. T. RANGE. • NOTARY PUBLIC, CONVEY. ANCER, FINANOIAL, REAL. • ESTATE AND FIRE INSUR- ANOE AGENT. REPRESEN- TING 14 FIRE INSURANCE COMPANIES.. DIVISION COURT OFFICE, CLINTON. W. BRYDONE,• BARRISTER, SOLICITOR NOTARY, PUBLIC. ETC; OFFICE -Sloane Bleck-Cf INTON. CHARLES B. HALE REAL ES -TATE and INSURANCE OFFICE - HURON ST. DR. W. GUNN L. R. C. P., L., R. C. S. Edinburg Office -Ontario street, Clinton. Night Galls at front door of officeo1 at residence on Rattenbury stteet, • ..•••••IMYMMW•••••••••••• e --DR. J. W. SHAW--- to-OFJ'ICILee. RATTENBURY T. EAST. , • eeCLINTOlte- /0•00•••••• BR. C. W. THOMPSON. • PHYSICIAL, SURGEON, ETC. • Special attentign g:ven to dis- eases of the Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Eyes carefully examined' and suitable glasses prescribed. Office and residence: 2 doors west of the Commercial Hotel, Huron St. -DR. F. A,. AXON..: (Successor to Dr. Holmes.) Specialist in Crown and Bridge work, Graduate of the Royal College of Dental Surgeons of Ontario. Honor graduate of University of Toronto Dental Department. Graduate of the Chicago College of Dental" Surgery Chicago. Will be at the Commercial hotel Hayfield, every Monday from 10 a. m. to 5 p. -TIME .TABLE - Train& will arrive atand depart from Clinton States NB follows : BUFFALO AND GODEXICH •DIV.' Going East • • 7.35 a. m. S.87 p.m. 5.15 p. 11.07 a. tia‘ 1.25 m. 6.4$ p.m. .11.213 •p. m. BRUCE DIV. 7.50 a. m. •4,23 p.m; 11.60 a. nt. L33 p.m. II 11 ig It Going West 11 A{ it it 4l It LONDON, 'HURON Going South Ld Going North it ,eo EXPERIENCE TRASH MAASS DESIGNS COPYRIGNi'S *Cs Anton° Posietna a sketch swot atscription mai quickly ascertain our Oelnion free weather au invention tsprobroat patentapa4„ponatunicso none lament eonatientiel. HAlluauti on Patent," jent true. Ole•st *ganef for ieeurine patents. Patents taken through Munn ic-co. remove seeterstotise, without shoes, tutu. $cientilit merino. bmideeatteit Illustrate.. weskit. Largest cr. unation eat imitating journai. Tema for uanada, {MS a year. pesteal prepaid. o1 b7 nintAdcatirs. MUNN Cimilltsalkwq'New 'York. nranse sec we Ir Itte Washington. D. C. UPPINCOITS MONTHLY MAGAZINE. A FAMILY LIBRARY The Rest In Current Literature 12 Coreneelet Noektn YeenLy MANY SNORT STORIES AND PAPERS ON TIMELY TOPICS i$2.11$0 Pen Vitale; at eTtte A 'COPY sNO CONTINUED DIONIES1 kVietiVNUMatit 4W/114.01:M &Mum LONDON, ONTARIO Business & Shorthand SUBJECTS Resident and Mail CoUrae8 Catalogue' Free 3. W. Westervelt,1. W. Witstervelt..b%. O.A., Peneteefe., Yiee-Prineleeth estiorsoneteessereiestettneeeeeatwom Fancy Furniture -Make 'Fine 'Peesents- Furniture is very popular for Presents, because it is useftli • and ornamental. We have an- ticiPated your wants by laying in a large stock of odd PleceSe • suchas Rockers, Mori e Chairs, • Coarki Tables, Stands, MUSIO Cabinets, Hall Racks, Pictures, Easels, Wall Pockets, Music Rolls, Piano Drapes, Children Moire, Etc. •Picture Fretting • a SPecialty. Chellew 131.1' -Y -T1-1". • Having purchased a machine for applying Rubber Tires,.• we wish to say that we are -now prepared to fur-, ish and put on such tires at reason- ble rates. •We also do • all kinda of Grinding, nything from a pair of seissors to a ircular saw. This week we installed machine for grinding horse clippers which does perfect work. • • We likewise • do all • kinds of lathe tork on short order and at reason- ble rates. • Machinery repaired, Horses shod. SATISFACTION GUARANTEED. %Mu& eSt THERE IS BUT• ONE a •Eveiy• farmer should litmer that the price: offered by the dieters for cattle', kegs, etc., ia a fair one. How can he knew this if he does not take a farm business paper? • What ,dootor or law- yer or butanes' men Woult be without Ms business paper? Thee is but one farmers'. business and market paper, that • is The Weekly Sun.' Start 1910 eight by, subscribing.. • "" Kidney ap.d Liver Medicated. Pads cure .by absorption through pores of. the Skin and NerveS; Kidney and urin- ary Weakness, Children hed wetting, Pains in back. Lumbago, itheumatie; Neuralgic, by their soothing strength- ening effects. Liver and Stomach. indigestion, Constipation', Sallow complexion' and, all Liver and Stomach •cotnplaints. lien, Women and Children are ben- efitted alike. 'remote Weakness, priceless to those desiring regularity. Price should be V, but to quickly introduce .will Mail one paw for 51. Order to -day, this cheap reliable treatutetit, The Medicated Pad Co., wornsoa ONT., CAN. AGENTS WANTED, MEN AND WOMEN, WRITE FOR TERMS '1'1101VIAS BROWN, LICENSED ATM- • tioneer for the • counties of Huron and Perth.. Correspondence Prompt- • ly answered: • Ittimcdiate arrange- m'ents can he made for sale (dates at The News-ReCord, • Clinton, or by calling phone 97, Seaforth. Charges: • moderate a.nd • satisfaction guaran- teed. The facKiliop Mutual Fire insurance companll -Farm and Isolated Town Property- --Only Insured- . --OFFICERS- • J. B. McLean Preeddent, Seeforthp O. ; Thos. iraier, NiceePresidee.:. Brucelield P. O. ; T. E. Hays, Sec. Treagorer, Seafortle P. 0. -Directorse- Shesney, Seaforth ; Joh Grieve, Winthrop ; George Dale, See forth; John ;Watt, • Harlock ; John Bennewies, Brodhagan ; James Evan -Beechwood;• James Cofinolly, Hoemesville. -AGENTS- Robert Smith, Harloek ; i. Hin- Seaforth ; James Cummings Egmohtiville ; J. W. Yee. Holmes- ville. Parties desiratts to effect insurance or transact other business will be promptly attended to on applicatio to any of the above officers addressed to their respective postofficea. Losse inepected by the director who live, nearest the scene. Clinton News -Record OL/NTON ONT Tering of stlheeriptioh-$1 per year in 'advance $1..50 may be charged if not so paid. No paper diseontinued until all attars are paid, ,tmlees at the opinion of the publisher. Mt date to which every subscription Is paid is denoted on the label. Ativertisibg rateS-:-Transient adver- • tieethents, 10 Cents per nonpariel line for first intertion and 3 cents per lino fir erteh subsequent insert. ion. Small advertisemehts not to exceed one inch, such as "Lost," "Strayed," ()r "Stolen," etc., • in- serted once for35 eente and each subeerntent insertion 10 eent,s. CoMmtinicatione intmdcd for Oubliette tion Mist, as a guarantee of good faith, he accompanied by Abe name of the writer. . W. J. MITCHELL, Miter eteid Proprteter, 011400.• iblosti-JtH,r The memory of • Dorothy Calend nettle him sigh again, And be sat u humped ills head. groped roued en als hand fell "upon a cloorkuob, open the • door and looked out hato t blowzy emptiness of the sbip's cab proper. whose gloomy routines we made visible only by the mys of dingy and smoky lamp winging vi lently in glinhels from a deck 'heatn. Kirkvvood's clothing. now mug dried mid warped wretchedly out shape, had been thrown carelessly o a tnmsom near the door. Ile got u coneeted them and, returning to It berth. dreesed at Ielaure, • thinkin heavily, disgruntled -fu a humor ar tit ecl be In re o-, ii u. Is as evil as the utter taste. of bad brand to • his mouth. fie bad slept awa some eighteen or twenty hours. H felt stronger now and bright enough and enormously hungry lett> the be gain: Abstractedly. heedless of the fn that his tobacco would be wat soaked and ruined, he fumbled in pockets for pipe end pouch, thinkin to soothe the' pangs of hunger amnia breakfast time. Ws pockets wer empty -every one of them. He a similated this discovery In patlene aud cast an eye about the room, t locate, • if possible. the missing pro erty. Tint naught of his was visibl So he rose and began a were' Path taking search. The cabin was nt once tiny, lo celled end depressingly glOomy. It furelture eonsisted entirely In a Clint or two, • supplementing the transom and lockersas resting Owes, and renter table covered 'with a cloth o turkey red, whose original aggressive ness :had' beep darkly moderated b libations of liquids, principally.-blac coffee end burnt offerings of greas and tobacco ash. Eight belts sounded and, from the emethetion overhead, th watch chnnged. . A little later the coin panionwny, door stemmed :open an shut. and Captain Stryker fen down rather than deseended, the steps. ... Without nttentlon to the American he ,rolled late the. .mntres 'room and roused 0114p...teenage. Kirkweod heed that the 'mime f tbe ' second Meet:ire, •mand was 'Obbse art weil as that be occupfed thesteeboard etateroom sift After a brief exchange of coati:Pent and Instruction Mr: "Obbe appeared in the shape,of e walking piller• of oll- ekinse eatmed by, a Star wester,. and went be- deck. Stryker. following him ont of tbe ritatereona, sttedb15 OVID oII- re Ina clammy heap upon the Moor; 'opened 1 lockerefrow which betrought forth a' bottle end a dirty • glass. and. tenting toward thetable, for the first ttme became sensible of. Kirkwood's preaence... "Ow,. there Foie are, Ogle little bright eyes!" be• exclaimed, with sunprised ane imatiOn. • • "Good morning.. Captain Stryker," said Klikwood, rising:. "I .want t� tell yen" - But Stryker waved. one great red pew :impatiently,. with the: effect of sweeping aside and • casting, lee" the. eltectird KirkWood's intended Speech of thanks:: Nor would be hear -him further. , • • . 1:51d you .'ave a tilee little nap?" he Interrupted, "Come 'up beight an' entities,. eigh? Now I guess"-tbe em- phasis• madelt clear -that tbe• captain, belleved..hitnself to. be 'employing. an. Americanism, and so aueeesaftil was le in.his.otyn esteene that .he could ncit esist the temptetiou• to imtirove upon he intitation:-7"ea-ow .1 guess eeou're beout right ready,hen't ee, to *her- a rink,' sonny?" • thank pate'', said Kirkwood. inning telerrintly„, • "I've • got' any Mount of atmetite." :. • • e." " 'Me Yon, mite?" Slaryker dropped Is mimicry a nti g need 'at the dock, Breakfast," h nnoueeed,- "will be erved to the merle (Unite saloon at ight a. tn. Passingere is requested tot to be lyte at. tyhife" • Depositing the bottle on the said ta- le, • the captain sesirel.aed • until he ound another glass for Kirkwood end at down. "Do you good." be insinuated„ push - ng the bottle gently Civet% . "No; thank you," reiterated Kirk - o04 shortly, littleannoyed. • • •• Stryker sized hitt own 'glass,. peered tie a. strong new's' dose of tile fiery oneoetion, cultwel et down and Melted,' hen. with .S. glaitce Stethe Ainericati''s oebegone eountenance, he filled his . • . The fumes of burnieg shag eharn- ned . the tooth of deelre. • Kirkwood tood It'eh long as be could, then titir- endereci with an "If you've got,iibe ore of filet .tobacco, captain, i ad of it pipe." • An Intensely contetnpletive eipree- ion crept into tbe captaltes email blue SOB. • • "I only got °tie other peeler of this re 'Fleecy." he ennotmeed at length, an' •I pellet get no more till I gees inie •I simply couldn't pert With it under 'lief a quid." . Kirk WOOti Pet 111,11 back with a fume- ee lift of hie shottiders, A bstettetedlY tryker puffed the smnkt. his Way tali he tenth) endure the deprivation o longer. "l had about 10 shillItitts • in . my )(lost when Nettie Aboard, captain, nd n few other artieles." "Ow, yen; so you 'ad, now you men- • on It." • • • Stryker • rove, entitled into his morn ul returned with irk wood's posses. ons and a fresh paper of shag. the young matt was hastily fill., g, lighting end inhaling the filet tempeing hut delectable whiff • the Main flOtemniy. counted Into hie PiVtl all all the letter ebunge eteept three rge penniett. The latter he ehoved ee. to KirkWoed In cothimns With it iseelineeoust tuteortment 01' Reticles, et er Is AC1 ; 41110.ri 111) Louis Joseph Vance Copyright 1908, by the BobbseMerrill • nvi3y, there was a black. pearl wedeln"- "W'y. don't you remember? You gave that to me, 'eount of we 'write syvete yer life. 'Twat' me throwed you thnt line, yoe know," "Oh," comniented Kirkwood briefly. The pin had been among the most val- uable and cherished of his belonging& "Yes'," nodded the contain in remi- niscence. '!You don't remember? Like- • ly 'twas the brandy sixteen' In yer seed. Yon pusliee it Inn�. my sands -almost • weeplte, you was -au" sez, sez you, 'Stryker,' you sez, 'tyke this toktng of nay gratichood; 1 wouldn't hensult you,' you Ser, `by hofferhe eon nioneY, but this 1 van insist on yer ucceptine an' no refusal.' says you." "Oh." repented Kirkwood. • "If I for an inatont thought you wasn't sober when you done It- But no; you're a gent, if there ever vrae eme. an' I'm not the men to offend you." "Oh, Indeed." Captain Stryker thonghtfully meeit- ureci nut a sec.ond Meek, limited ouly by the capacity of the tumbler, en - • gulfed it noisily and got up.. "Guese I'll be turnin' in," -be sol- o unteered affably, yawning and etretete P-• Ing e. "I was about to ask you to do we a serviee." began Kirkwood. • "Ys?" with the rising inflection of w mockery. Kirkwood quietly produced his cigar r case, n gold matchisni, gold cardcase and slipped a signet ring front his fin, a whielt the Amerleatt Piehed tip Piece by Mere tied begnn to liestOW tlbout his clothing. When through he tett Intele tertubled and disgusted. Stryker met hie retard Identify. "Anetilleg 7 ten do?" be inquired, itt *Mate coneete. ger. "Will yon buy these," he asked. "or will you lend tiie Efi and hold them as,security?" Stryker exantibed.the 'collection with 1>xaggerated interest strongly tinctured with mistrust. "Ili buy 'em," be of- • fered eventually, looking up. "Times kind of you"- . "Ow, they ain't much use tome, but Bill Stryker's allus willite to aecotn- modate a friend. Four geld, you• - eald?" "Five." "They ain't wuth olter four to Inc". ."Very well. Melte it four," Kirk- wood assented contemptuously. The captain swept the articles into one capttelous Set, pivoted on One heel ' at the peril of his neck and lumbered. unsteadily oft to bis room. Pausing at the dbor, he turned back. itt Inquiry. sye, 'ow did you come to get the impreselon there was a party named *Alinanack aboard this vessel r • "Calendar"- .- "Ave It yer own wye." Atryker con - Ceded gracefully. • "There isn't, Is there?" "You 'eard me." • , "Then," Said Kirkwood aweetiy,-"Ihra Sure you wouldn't be interested." The. captain pondered this at leliere. • "Youseereed pretty keen ababt seein' ' 'inn" be. remarked.conciusivele. "I .was." • • . • • "Seetns to me I did 'ear the nyme • somey'eres afore." The •captain ap- peared to wrestle with an obdurate .inerpory. "Owl" he triumphed. "1: know. 'E Was a chap tip Manchester wye: Keeper in a loonatie itsyhim was That yer party?" "No," said Kirkwood wearily. • "I didn't kneiv but tnehhe Esense Inc.- Thought as 'oiv Mehbe You'd escyped• from is tender care, • but, findlif the world cold:, chyaged yer mind an' wanted to gow back." Without waiting for a reply he lurched into 'hia room and banged the door to. Kirkwood. divided between amusement and irritation, beard. him stumbling about forsome time,' and • then a hush fell, grateful enough while there you are, doh, little event,' it.lasted, whieh was not long, for no sooner did the eaptain eleep than it penetrating stiore added ltselt unto the cueopliony of WilVeS and wind and tortured ship, Kirkwood, comforted at drat by the blessed tobaceo, lepiqed insensibly Into dreery Ineditetione. Of one or'two things lir was convIne= ed -for one, that Stryker waS a liar worthy of chmeifientioft with CnIentine end Mee. Harlem. Ills impregnable conclusion was thitt those Whom he sought bed. (merited the Alethea, hut bad left her before elle tripped iter an= clew. That•ithey were riot stowed awny Oar mJher sweated miqueetion- nide. The brigantine wits hardly largo enough for tbe preeenee nf three per. sons abotttd, fust to be long kept a se. (met from nn I1,thtJthe fotarth-tmlests, Indeed, they lay lit hiding ht the hold, tor whir+, neve the ehip got under way, there rould bit settnt exense. And k d Invite r WOO c ItI not belleVe himstAlt •person or auflicient Importance lo Cal- endar's eyes to mahe that worthy en- dure the ofeeotneorte of a 'tweet' decks, imprlaontnent througbout the voyage, even to escape revognition. With ever,y second, then, be waa traveling farther front her to whose aid he bad ruelteci. Impelled by mo- tives so hot heated, so innately chiv- alric, so unthinkitigly gallant, so ex- ceptionally (diode! . "What else could 1 do?" he defended himself against the inelletmeet of teen - Mon sense. eouldn't leave her' to the mercies of that set of rogues. And heaven knows 1 was given every reit- son to believe she would be aboard this ship; Wile, site herself told -ine that she was suiting!" Heaven 'knew, too, that this folly of his had gost Mtn A pretty pettily, first and tette' Ele mace' was gone beyond recovery. his Homeward.' passage for, felted, fIe no longer harbored Illu. sions as to the Stealth:411p e0111041ly pre. senting him with untidier berth in lieu of that called for by that water soaked slip of paper then in Ids pocket-cour. tesy of Strykerfie had sold for a pittance. a tithe of its value, .111a. per- sonal Jewelry and had spent every penny he could yell his own. With the, money Stryker was to give him he wonld be able to get !melt to London and his third rate hostelry, but not with enotigh over to pay that 9no week's room rent.. "Oh, the, devil!" he greened, head in hands. , The 'future loomed .wrapped • in mu. speakable darkness, lighted by no leart .ray of hope, it had been bad enough to lose a eotofteettble: 11 vl ng • through a gigantic couvulsion of itature, but to think dint he had lost an else through his own egregious folly, to find eine self reduced to the kennels!: ' • Stryker, 'emerging froin his room for breakfast, found the .passenger tent) a hostile look ie his eye and it Jim sot In ugly fashioneeflis eyes. too,. were the abiding plate of smoldering devils,. and the captain. recognizing them, eoin •,eldetately forbonetastie them op With • any untimely pleasanteles. -• To he sure,. be 'was autoerat on ills.owo ship, • and kIrkwood's standing , aboard was mil, but then there • was' pist .enough yellow in the conipleilon. of Stryker's' •out eo :inellue 'bite to sidestep recta* wheneyer feasible: And, beeldeshe entertained dark suspielons of 'his • guest-nespielons lie seere:e'dered even to his inmost heart.- . • •The morning meal, therefore. passed off in constrained silence. Tbe captain • site voraciously and ..voelferottely, meth - ed bark lats chair and went' on deck to •rellere tint 'mate. ' The tatter, a stunted little cockney with a. wizened .countenanee and a mind as foul as his.. tongue, got Small (Airmen ot' his at- tempts to engage the passenger in eon- versatiOn on topics 'that he considered fit for discussion. -After -the ftl,:t th..or eighth snubbing be rose in dedgeon, . discharged a poisonous bit. of inso- lence a rid 'retired to. his berth, leaving Kirkwood to finish his breakfast in peaee. cP.N.P.Ttot the tune of a Moderating wind the morning wearied n1s8y, Kirkwood went. 'on' deck puce: for distraction frijol . the intol- erable monotony of:it' oll; got a sonnd .drenching of spray mid was glad to dodge below Mal dry • himself. Ile had :the pleasure Of the mate's company.' at .elineere the Captain re- maining on deck until Hobbs had ished and gone up to relieve him, :and by that thin, Kirk wood Was through.' Stryker blew doWo with it blestere ,show *of cheer.: "Well, well. my little' man!". • (It 'happened that. hee topped Kirkwood's stature by at least five incbesi "Enryln" yer sea trip?" . • "About as much aS you'd oiliest" snapped Kirkwood: • "Ow!" • The capettin begun to -shovel food into bus face. KirkWood watched him; fascinated "with •suspense. It seemed impossible that the nem ,emild continue so to eniploy his. knife' .with. •oureutting hie threat froto the inside. But , years of such • mitnipulailou had. mado hint epert, and hts geese keen.- ly 'dIsappointed..at length ceased „te. hope. • • Between gobbles Stryker eyed him furtively, . • ; • • • "Treat Me ein eight?" be demanded abruptly. • ' • •• • Kirkwood started out of it brown. study, "What7 Wile? Wiiy,; 1 sup - wise I ought to he -Indeed, 1 urn grate - NV' 'he • aeserted. "Certainly you tarred My life, Mere - .1 don't 0101111 Mat." i.:•Q PS ker gathered t be impututioe into bus paw and flung it dieditinfully to the four winds of heaven. "Mess yer'art, you're weleome„ :wouldn't:lei DIY dorg (lowed "f 1 oot101 eip 11, Nii," he declared, "nor 11 1MM:11h', " " Ile thrust hie plate e way and shifted sidewise In his elude "1 'tie just .W011 Mein'," u he prsued, pielduhte g is eth meditatively With a lien knife, 'OW tlitxy feeds you 10 1 Illit/) aslinths • 'Avin never been !aside 411fP myself, otey flouted I'd be euetts„ There WO one of them into hootions bear whore t WM4. horned- Ilir ini ng'a itt, t ha t is. I used io see the loonies • prayln' • lo tlae grounda, • 1 remember Just Os well! Ono of 'ten an' me struck up quite 40 itegUtl t!tnee"- • "Naturutly ite'd tit ice to you on eight." "Ow; Strynge 'ow we le ft oft elghe 1"ou Inyke mo Welt •of Voting chap *0 wag. the. Mtn an' himage of yon. it don't Imppete does It, you're ihe 58 1(10 man? Ile was Mine pitman' to run nwye an' drew int Ile wore the Joke threadbere even to his own taste and ili tlus rad got henvily to his feet, starting for the potormulonwoy, ".Latut you tide artee. noon." he remelted casually. "mut n'eleek or t1ierebehttl-IWI''Clll4 htler don't know, though. as 1 *MI ought to lot e'en Kirkwood angle no onneter. •°hue Wing, Stryker went (leek, le the voueee ef au' beau' ette Amer lean followed hint, TIit Aletbea within the wide jawit of the western Scheidt, Kirkwood approached the captain, wbo, acting as ids own pilot, was .stauding by the wheel two ilork. lag sharp orders to the holittstuau. "Ilave you 11. liratikhaw uu bourtle" asked the youtig man, "Steedyl" This to the man at the wheel; then to Kirkwood. "%e'ore that, meti.11114O?:o. iz.1cod repeated his question Stryker eYedi h ,.nt auspiciously for it thought. • "Wet you want 11 tor?" "1 want to see when 1 eon get a bo'll'Itbn?tUulYes,ktoIIIygluolrtid'il" i--fillti a itrarishaw in the port loeker, near the tor'ard bulkhead. Run a long now ate pry. an' mine you don't go tearin. nut the • pygtxs to wire pyper boluses to go syl in." ICIrkwood went below, found the designated Meker and. opening It. ea w first to his hand the familiar bulky red volume. The strap removed, the' book opened lt hy fort* of habit, at the precise table be had wished to consult eome previous ellent bad left u marker between the pages -and not an me ditiary booktnerk hi any manner of means Kirk wood- go ye ut tern tive to a little gasp of enuizentent met instine• lively penneed • up nt the eompanion Way to see 11' he were observed •IIe wits not, hut for safety's suite he moved farther Itiek into the eabln anti out of the range of vision of ally OU e on deelt-il precaution which Wt):4 1112111M4t 1111111K11:11.1.1y AlSritil'd by the clumping of henry feet iipott the steps 118 Stryker descended lit pursuit of the ever essential drink " loind JO" he demanded, storing blindl;v with eyes not yet rneuseal to the eitange frourlight to „loot)! nt 10' young 113:111. Witt> wslin sifting tvith the gullet, neon no Iris ktaves, a tightly 01 iuirh('(i :ti -a (13811 II 'Mt the 1rtte89111 a - either side: I if him.. hi reply he !welt:eat a moutosylla hie e Minnie lye Kirk wood did not look tip • "1.011 110041. be.11 hoWl," votoineutt.t/ th:locker At.:1‘tiuttillititt.,t."7.ki:.1g- for- the seduerive howl, that line print there in the dark you go •over to the -light? 'aye to 'aye them" sltrt1VM i..111;il 1 .111(1,1,k11%'11.7(1,40‘(;1'• ..1:: nt .on 11814::egit'ile":•11 , ofr Ills , and wiped hisilps with tile hark of a red ' w; 'hesitating a*. nionlont *. to 43,otelt ills gue.'st.. '..Nlyken It seem more 'centilitre ,for • 701.1iltinetdxei 7 pjet,0it "n ii4lItitsit;i:tred .v .. . . . • PW'y, Sradshew's neat eouSin to e. halmanack, etha se? Ca-n't get one, tta jitst troadcritt' 'dui they feeds you •• hi them • • take t'Other-next best thing. Sorry 1 didn't think of it sooner; like tuy pas- sengers to. feel comfy. • No, don't you 'go traipeize oEf tO gee Puree tut' squen- deign' wot Money you got Mit. You ••. ' • ••• • • ."BY the wily, ceptriln!" Kirkwood looked upatthis, but Strykerwue al- ready halfway am the coMpanion.' !. Cultic -mete t,Lia tenierteen „negated:nig • Fitibr tPre 14 teld to the Tighe that wheel bad been eonceeled, elosie wad- • ded lit his grasp a sttintre tttStheer •edged Whit klre, vrtjlitpled, but epothws tient diffneing le the armhole. time deu at faint, Intangible fragrance'. the veriest wraith of that elusive per* fume which he stould never again lir- • hale without instantly revalling that litulgtv1; ,r1fa (. itlet1.1311•:mgli London in lite Again 45 IIMITIS 81 though she stood Jit dosed Ids eyes: nod sow her before hitt. -mile of 'gold massed above the forehead of stesv,. elirI Ing ht adore - Me tendrils at the name of het met, lips $('31 ('id splashed ur ten the lin. maculate whiteness, of her skin. heed' poised audaelously In Its spirited, ei:orci:tvistr.ni eark eyes attlflittg the least trdee sadly beneath the level • Unquestionably the handkerchief wns hers.. It' proof other than tie. asstor- naee of his heart were requisite he bad It in the initial delicately endirolfi, eved In one eorner-a 1), for porothit Quivering with exeltement, be bent 'again over the book and studied It in. tently. After all, he bad not been wrong! He could assert now, without tear of refutation, that Stryker had Bed: (TO BE C01;ITINUED Established 1879 rott WHOOPING COUGH, CROUP, ASTHMA, COUGHS, BRONCHITIS. SORE THROAT, CATARRH, cusrencsan. Vaporir.ed Croselene stops the parosysms of Whooping, Cough, Evar dresded Croup can- not Mont where Cresolone is used, Jt 32033directly on nose and throat, Instals. breathing easyin the case of colds, soothes the Bore throat end stops the cough. It is a boon to sugbrers of Asthma. Crenolene is a powerful germicide, netina both c3 a curative and a preventive in contagious diseases. Cresolene's best recommendation is its thirty Years of aucceesful use. ror Sas by 431 ',motets Send //vial fOr • scriptive Booklet Creaolcno AnlianneM , Throat Tablets'simple end soothing for the irritated throat,. 10c. • Leming, . Miles -Co., Limited, Agents, Mon- treal, Carman. - 308 . CHEAPNESS. OF "G.T,P," • Tariffs on New 'Line Will' 13e Below All Other Routes. • A remarkable cleirn• •on behalf • of the Grand 'Trunk Pacific has just been made by the well-known engin- eer, Mr. Duncan MacPherson, who has been prominently connected with the location and constrUctien of the National Transcontinental Railway. He maintains that not only will the Grand Trunk Pacific be able to beat any. existing railway in' Canada in the cheapness with which it will be able to haul freight; but that it will transport 'grain from Winnipeg to Quebec cheaper than the cheapest, ex- isting water route • and far cheaper than the present combination of 'rail and water routes between. the two points. He bases thie assertion on the directness of the G.T.P. • route and • thesuperior character of • its• , .aeonQheeude.‘bd'eic,,, he said, "via the True - .s tance between Winnipeg continental will be 1,35.1.• miles, • as :compared with 1,771 nilles via the Canadian Pacific Railway to 'Port William, and lake, • canal and St. Lawrence river, whith route involves five trans-shipmonts of the grain. On tho Transcontinental .4 Mallet arti- inthateal compound locomotive will be atpuble of hauling a gross load of - 4,290 tone, or a net paying load of 2,860 tons, equal to 95,333 bushels of wheat. :)asuming the '.earnings of such trains to be 4'4.40 per nine -- which will be • exactly douhle the esynings 'rof •the C, P.R. freight trains - for 1908 --it is• fc sod tblit even at this- • figure the cost per .bushel over the 1,351 miles • between Winnipeg apd Quebec' is 4.25 cents;' The lowest known rat?: from Fort William to Montreal, 'via the lake, canal. and St. tel.wrence river, 'a • distance of 1,214 miles was 4 cent& per bushel in 1908. Tiii13.4 cents per bushel for 1,216 miles would te equivalent- to 4 decimal 44 cents for 1;351 miles, so that at $4.40 • a mile per train mile the engineg could held grain on the Transcon- tinental Railway, eastbound from Winnipeg to Quebec, for 0.19 cents per bushel cheaper than the 'cheapest existing Water route could heul it • the same distance, and 10,86 cents • per bushel cheaper than the present :combined rail and wafer routes. "In fact," said. Mr...MacPherson, "the .G.T.P. 'will be able to haul the grain at aboutone-quarter the present rail and watie mem" Five Roses Appeals to You, Madam, as Final Judge Do you know, Mistress' Housewife, they say that you don't know good stuff frotn poor; that price is your only guide ; that you wouldn't know goad flour If you saw it, and Wouldn't take it except tt Were cheap I In short, that anythin labelled " FLOUR is good enough for you. Wedeny this libel on your discrimi- nation, and appeal to you, Madam, to nail the Impeachment. ' Nothing short of the very. best Is good enough for YOU, and we know if you have been getting miserably bad flour, it wasn' t your fault -hut - sat because you didn't know about PIVE ROSES, • When "baking eccidenta" vez your soul, and hubby mutters about "breed end projectiles, concrete rolls, the vilenessof some (?)balting, Don't scold the cook: meybe shit didn't know abciut FIVE ROSES either, * * * But all this is evet now. We're going to tell you abouteted flour, se that you may haveset/- reliance based, on Wild k,011,1 - edge, Ave' ding cheap brands, whose soie claim on exist- ence is mere c'heapneaa Married 40 thit average homemakers Ignorance Of flour values, Isn't that to, Madam ? , Just think, Mistresa Housewife, it has taken all of itoenty-one years to perfect FIVE ROSES -to attain • our majority in qua/Vmilling. You surely admit we ;Mat know how to make good flour, don't you? And we make it as good as we .knowhow. • • FIVE ROSES, Madam, is the flour. you should try, and all other house- • wives who want their money's worth.' You get it when you bity FIVE • ROSES -and keep on getting. it, nee nese it is "standard value,"ehe name to=day as yesterday, * * * * You can prove them woefully wrong., Madam, who say you don't eppree date good flour. Have your greeer to-dayshow you a neat cotton bag of PIVS ROSES - Tell hire " send it up "--for the sake of a better fable? Madam, We know you will do It, LAKE or int WOODS MilliNG CO., CM,. MONTetei. •