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adventurers to appear, had been CO
'tent with eight of them. He con
hardly believe that of the woman.
wasn't like her.
Ile started across the driveway aft
the nacre, but it was lost In a tang
of side streets before he could ma
up his mind whether It was wor
while chasing or not, and, ponder'
the woman's singular aetlon, he
traced his steps to the promenade ra
Presently• be toed himself he unde
stood. Dorothy was no longer of b
'fa'ther's party. Be had a sttspicio
that Mulrendy's httitude had made
seem advisable to. Calendar either
leave the girl behind 'in J ngland.pr
segregate her from bis associates 1
Antwerp. It not lodged in auoth
quartet' of the city or left behind s
was probably traveling on ahead t
a destination - which he could by n
means guess. -And Mrs, Urillarn wit
looking for the girl. It there were
really jewels in thnt gledstone bag
Calendar would nnturnlly have had
no hesitation about intrusting therm to
his daughter's care,' and firs. >allam
avowedly .sought nothing else, How
the woman had found out that such
was the ease Kirkwood did not sto
to
,reckon. unless he explained it o
the proposition that she was a perso
of remarkable address, It made n
matter one way or the' other. He he
lose- Mrs. Bailettr, but Calendar an
Mnlready be could put bis ,finger on
They bad undoubtedly gone off to th
Alethea to confer again. with Stryke
-that was, unless they proposed sail
Ing op the brigantine, possibly at tui
oft ,
tide that 'night.
Pante gripped bis soul and shook i
as a terrier shakes a rat, when he con
ceived tbis frightful proposition.
In his -confusion of mind he evolved
spontaneously an entirely new hypoth
esis-Dorothy had already been Emir
[ted aboard the vessel; Calendar and
Ids" eonfederetev, delaying to join :her
from enigmatic moth~es, were .now
aboard. and r
a each 'I ,
t v the v
Pword d won d
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be, Cp• anchor and away! • -
Were they again to elude him? Not,
he swore, if he had to swim for it.
.And he had no wiiah'•to swim. The
clothes be stood in, with what was
left of his self respect; were all thnt
he could call hisown on'.that'side of
the North sea. Not a boatman on the
Scheldt would so much as consider
accepting 'three .English.,pennies in ex-
change. for boat. hire. in brief. it be-
gan to look as •if : he were either to
swim or to steal a boat.'
Upon' etch slender threads of circum-.
stance . depends • our boasted moral
health. In 'one fleeting minute .Clark
wood's conception of the law of mine
nd thine, its foundations already in.
idiously undermined by. a .series of
umuiative mtafortunes, toppled crash -
ng to its fall and- was not.
He, was wholly unconscious of the
hange. Beneath hltii,•.tn a space be-'
Weep the quays bridged by the gang -
my, a
angay,.a number of rowboats, a putative
score, lay moored for the night and
gently rubbing against each other with
be soundless lift and full of' the river.
or all that •,Kirkwood conid deterrnine
to;. -the .contrary, the •tot •Iay . rtt'.the
ercy Of the public. Nowhere about
was be able to discern a watcbniau: •
•Without a quiver, of hesitation -mo
cots were luseiluable; . if' what he..
eared . were. titre= -he 'strode to the
g. ngway, passed down' and witb ab.
olute nonchalance dropped into the
earest boat,,&tap!iing frons one to an-
ther_ until he had, gained' the outer.
most. To bis Joy hp found et pair of
ars. stowed beneath tbe.th,Warts,:
• ..CHAPTER XX.
Tr" Kirkwood had 'paused .to moralize
.upon tbe.discovery, be would have
- laid it all at the door Of bis lucky
star and would have been .Wrong.
e who' have hover • Stooped to petty
eceny know that the oars lead ,been
aced there '•at the' d,treetton of his
11 genius bent open facilitating .bis•
scent into the overfills of crime. •
Unhitching the; painter, he•set one
r against the gunwale of 'tbe .boat
d with a powerful thrust `sent his
we, (let us so call It for..eonveuience!
ern Brat out upon the river, then, sat
re. composedly -down, fitted the oars
their locks and begun to pull straight
rose stream, trusting to the current
curry, him down to the Alethea, He •
d already l'u'rked down that vessel's
Ing light and thnt 'not without a
ow of gratitude to see It still nloft
d in proper juxtaposition to the river
nCc, proof.tttat it had not. proved.
ia- pulled a good oar, reelconed bin
tnnc•e prettily and, shipping the
Ides at juet the' right moment.
()trr;ltt .the 'lttle boat 111 under the
ttnclne
minter tit t•
b of re with r tit scarce a jet:
element of surprise he held essen-
t• to tre.sueeess of his plan, what -
t• that might turn out to be..
tending up. he cnnght the brigan,
e's lifter hall with both honds. one
which bells the painter of the pur-
red'boat, and' lifted his head above
dee!: lite. A short survey of the
oiled after deck gave him further
uranee, The anchor wa:teh Was not
eight. Ile may have been keeping ,
11 fort erd by Stryker's instructions,
he may have 'eeefrt off for forty
nits. Whatever the reason for his
once fr(tth the post of duty, Kirk.
nd was Believed not t0 hnve him to
I with nod, drawing himself gent�y
over the rail, made the painter fast
I stepped uniselesMs. nvpr toward
lighted oblong of the companion•
y. A' tnurntitr of voices from below
nforted him with the knowledge
t he had not miscaleuintc'd this
O. At last he stnod within Strafing
ranee of his qual'ry,
he nylhtbleS of bis surnamc•rtnging
arty in his ears and followed by
yker'S 'doming laugh brouglit him
pause. Ile desired hotly In the. t
kness, The captain was retailing
h relish Some ie of his s
lit ritt)t CS-
S1tt P•, a e
Wlttiriams at ICirkwood's expense, c
uireniiy laughed witft biro, if a lit -
uncertainly. Calendar's cttnektd
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tot "Possibly."' Mutready chimed in
n suavely. "you' can: explain what you
er wanteci•of hits in. the first place. How
he did you come to drag • him into this
o . business?" . `
o I "`Oh, that!" Calendar laughed short-
s '• ly. "That was partly ,aceldent, partly
irnspiration. I happened to see bis
name on the Press register. Fled put
himself down as from Frisco. I fig-
! tired it out tbat he would be next door
to broke and getting desperate, ready
to do anything to get home,. and
thought we fought utilize hien asmug-
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g a s into h
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p stile' States.
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n nee meforc, If yon'1l .remember -nn;
n that was before we got together. Mul-
e rendy--1 picked up a fellow country-
d . man nn the Strand. re was down
d and out, jumped at the job. and we.
Lunde a neat little wnd on it:"
e "The more fool you to. take outstd-
✓ ers .into your confidence" grumbled
- MuIrendy,
n • "`Owl" interrogated Calendar, mtm•
Irking 'Strykers nc'cen1 Inimitably.
t, ""Welt. you've got n benp to learn about
this game, atilt. About the first thing.is
that yen roust trirat old man Know -it-
all. which is ale: I've run more dia-
.;
mends Into the States in ,one tvny or
- another in my.time than you ever
• pinched out of the shirt front of a toff
r on the 'Einp.ire Prom, before .they
ranee the graft .too hot for you and
you. came a to title lessons from 'me in -
the
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the gentle .art of 1!ving,easy."_
"Oh, cut• that, eaten'Gyou?" • .
""Delighted( dear. boy. One' of the
first principles. next to profiting by the •
admirable example 1 • set you, is to
make the fellows in. your own line
• trust•you.' Now, It this boy had.taken
on with ale I could beve got a bunch.
of the sparklers on. my mere say-so +.
from: old. Morganthau, up on 'Finsbury
pavement• He does a steady' business
hoodwinking the customs fee the ben
eiit of his American clients -and bine*
self. Aed • I'd 've made a neat little .
profit, besides, something to fall back'
on it this fell through.: 1 don't mind
having two strings to my bow." Js
"Yes," argued, Illuiready, "but sup -
poise this Kirkwood had taken on witb
you and then peached." + e
"That's , another secret., You've got
to know your man, be able .to 'size him
up. . 1 ' called on this chap for that
very'purpose, but 1 saw at a glance be t
wasn't our than. Re smelled a nigger s
In the wood pile And most politely told.
me to go to the devil:. But if he. ha$
come in he'd have.died.before 'he
squealed. I. know the 'breed. • There's '
honor among gentlemen that knocks
the honor of thieves higher'n a kite, -
the old .saw to the contrary-notbing..
doing. You. Understand me, .I'M sure,; • 0
Mnit'eady." he concluded, with enven- s
owed sweetness.'• s
"I don't see yet how Iiirkwood got u
anything to do with 'Dorothy." '
"`Bliss 'Calendar to you, : Mr. • Mill- W
ready!" snapped Calendar. ""There, : w
there, nowt Don't get excited. it was
when the Hallam passed me word that e
a man- from the Yard Was waiting on . r_
the altar steps .for Me that Kirkwood b
cause in. He• was: dining close by.. 1 0
went over and worked on his feelings ' ,g
• until be agreed. to -take Dorothy off
my hands.: If 1' had attempted •to to
• leave the place • with her they'd have S
spotted me for sure.' `My'compliments q
to you, Dick Mulready."
°There came the noise of ebair legs it
scraped harshly on The cabin deck, u
Apparently. Mufready had . leaped to •
his feet in a rage. ..• •
""I're told you"' be began in a .voice
. thick • with ..passion.
`""Oh, sit dower!":Calendar•cut In con,.
_ temptuously,•'�"Sit down! b'you hear?
That's all over and done with.- We.tin•.
dei tend each other, now, and .yen
.won't try . any more monkey . shines.
It's a square deal and a square divide
so fates I'rn concerned. If we stick ton
gether there'll be profit enotcgh for nil
concerned, Sit down, Mut, and have
another slug of the captain's bum 'r
rum."
Although Mulready consented to be In
pacified; Iiirkwood got the itnpressloni
that the man was far gone In drink. tu'
A 'o -y
m menu later he beard him.,growl
"Chin -chin!" antiphonal to the cep. Iia
tain's "Cheer -or •
""Now. then," Calendar:. proposed, me
'"Mr. I%lrkwood nelde-peace' be with 0
him -let's get down to'eases." So
"Woes .the row?" asked the enptatn 't't
"The row, caphi, is the Hahne) fe• �Y
male, who has unexpectedly shown up tco
in Antwerp, we have reason to believe, mil
with •malicious Intent and a ilrirate de- nt
tee'tive to add' to the gayety of no. tel
Bons." fl
"Woes the odds? She cnrn't 'art us try
without !yin' tip trouble for 'e'rself." ale
"Mighty utile c"onsolation to us when ler
we're %vttl'king it nut in jolt," • s'i't
""Speak for yourself," grunted Mut; ' 100
ready surlily. lot
""I de," returned Calendar euslly. Ire
""We're both ter
b . in the �haclow of jail,
!tins, 'ally boy, since you chooses to take e
the rplereuc'p .as pef:snnal Sing Sing, 't'Its
however, yn•wtts for tea alone. It's go, Inn
Is to keen on y [renting; ton, tiniest; I 08
Mist; my guess I love my natlro land ler
monk to (tenth, hut"- - . 1181
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Coitpyrright, 1908. by the Aabba+Meerlll
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1 was: not audible, but he broke the
pause that followed.
f "I don't know," he said with doubt -
1 Mg emphasis, "You say you landed
him without a. penny In bis pocket?
e I don't call that a good plan at all. Of
course he ain't a factor. but -well,
it might 've beep as well to give him
Ms fare home. He migbt make trouble
for us somehow. I don't mind telling
you, eap'n, that you're an ass. Per -
He
I'm kind of sorry for the boy.
wasn't a bad sort. as his kind runs,
and he was no fool, froth what little 1
saw of him. I wonder what be want-
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spring of hers is the apple- of her eye,
and Freddle's going to. cellar' the whole
shooting match or cnadain will kick
over the traces,"
"Well?"
"Well, sbe's queered us here. We
Can't do anything if my lady Is going
to camp on our trail and tell everybody
we're shady customers, an we? The
question now before' the . board is.
Where now -and how?" -
""Amsterdam," Mulready chimed In.
'1 told you that in the begluning,"
"But how r'- rlrued. Calendar, ""''be
Lord knows Pm willing, but we can't
go by rail, thanks to the Hallam.
We've got to lose her first of all."
"But wot I'm nrskin' is •wot's they
matter with" -
"Oche Alethea, :cap'n? Nothing, so
far as Dick and i are concerned. But
eny dutifui daughter hs- prejudiced
She's been so long without proper pa
ternni dlscilmltne," Calendar laughed.
"that she's rather high rtplrNed. 0f
course 1 mtt;bt overcome her objec-
tlons, but the girl's no fool, and every
ounee of pressure I brim: to bear ,just
now only helps make her more restless.
and
"You leave her to me," alulready in-
terposed, with a brutal laugh,
guarantee to get tier aboard or" -
"Drop it, Dick," Calendar advised
quietly. "and go a, btt easy with `that
bottle for five intnuie's, can't you?"
"Well, then," Stryker resumed, ap•
parently eoneurring in Calendar's atti-
tude,. ""w'y don't one of yin] tyke the
stuff, go off quiet an' dispoee of it to
a proper fence nn' come bate: to di-
vide. I don't sem tv'y that" -
"Naturally you ,wouldn't," chuckled
Calendar. "Few people besides the
two of us nnderstthnd the depth of nf•
feetkon existing between Pick, here,
and me. We just can't hear to got out
of stilt of each, ether. We're sure In-
separable--siui•e- night before - jest.
"
Odd; Isn't i
t!
"You' drop it!" snarled Mutrendy to
accents so Ugly that the listener was
startled, ""Enough's enough. an""
"There there, Dit'k1. Ali right. .1'11
behove." Calendar seethed him. "We'll
forget -and say no more about it,"
"Well, see yon
""But 'as either of you atplan?"`,per
sisted Stryker, .
:have,"- replied Mutready, "and it's'
the simplest and best, It you could
only make this long lost pareht here"
see it.'"
' l,Vet is it?" •
'hiulready seemed to ignore ,Calendar
and 'address himself • to the captain.
He •'articulated with s"orne di$lcutty,
furring his words to the ..point of in--
distinetness at. times,
• "Simple .enough " be, propounded sol-.
only. "We've- got the gladstone bag
here. Miss Dolly's at the hotel: That's
her papa's bright notion: He thinks
she's to. be trusted. Now, then, what'e
he matter with weighing ainenor and
lipping quietly out to Sea?"
"Leavitt' the dootifui darter?". •
"Cert'n'y, She's only. 'a , drag any-
rayf. Better oil' without her, Then
we can wait our' time and get highest
market prices" -
"Yeti forget, Dlck," CnIandar put it;,
that there's a•.tbousand'1n Ir for each
f us if she's kept out of England for
Ix weeks.. A thousand's five thou-.
and ie the •Ifind 1 hall from. • I can
se Bye thousand to my business,"
"Why can't you be ,content with
bat: you've got':" demanded Mu.lready
rntitfuily, •
"Because I'm a seventh son of a sev.
nth son, I Can sea au inch or two be
ond my: nose. If Dorothy ever finds
er way back to England she'll spoil
ne ofthe' finest fields, of legitimate
raft -I-ever. ticked my lips to look at.
he trouble with you. Mut, is 'you're
o"high toned.. Yon want to piny the'
well "mobsman from post to finish. A,•
uick touch and a clean getaway for
ours. '.Now, that's all 'right that had
s good points -but you don't want to
nderestimate the advantages of a
good -blackmailing connection. It I
:an keep Dorothy quiet long enough I
loolcto the..t3nlMnm and precious Fred-
die to be: a great comfort to me in my
old'age."
"`Then, for heaven's sake,!" cried Mum
ready, "go 'to the .hotel, get your brat
by the scruff of her pretty neck and -
drag her aboard! Let'.s get out.of
this!" .
""][ won't," -returned Calendar index+.
ibly, •
The dlspute continued, but the listen -
had. heard enough. Stealthily he
rept stivay to the rail, to stand grasp -
g it and staring across the water
th unseeing eyes at the gay old city
Inkling back with ' iter thousand
s of
e light.
ver there. across the water, ip the
gy •nnd disrmputnble ante! du Com-
rce, Dorothy waited in icer room,
ubtirsa the prey of_. unnumbered
meless terrors. while aboard the
gantitta her fate was tieing divided
at cannel! of three unsI'nkoble
undrels, one of whom, .prnfmssing
nsetf her hither, openly dmcln red lila
ention of using her to further his
fish and criminal ends. '
Is tir•st tinct mane na 1liou, itt-to sten'
Icy to her and [whims her to neeom-
hy him hock to l:nglntul-titricn•ood
forte. dimenrdmci Ile • could have
it over the reelientinn of his un-
titled Itnpotetu'y. tim had no money,
t"t'mn Pith farm fi'nt11 the'hotel to
railway station Something sub-,
more ce
1 taffy, lied to be contrived tl Ltl
Meet the emerge -tent. And there
One wary, oum only Ile, t'onid •:gee
e other. '1'tinihorsrily he toast
ice himself one of the Pahl fiafy of
enemies, fnreo himself upon them,
'41finte himself into their gond
es, go in their ('anildence: then
opportunity ,
ctr ► ► I 1
rills[ •n
tm tTore l
nl offered tat tm •
y theta
the power to ,sake them tolc'rute
it not remmlt't' 0110 its a feliow, the
wiled I'
g0 t f ihmr0 mid their pians
they had unwittingly given stint,
his.
id Dorothy elm wolfing.
"Ow, blow that!" interrupted the
captain Irritably.. "Lore 'tar about
he "Allain. Wot're you afryd of?"
"'t+"`ratd she'll set up it yell when
Ilet.
(rtt we're
r
B ds
OW e nplantingr
this toot.
frp'n. She's just that vitellef1s'
Yon'ci think she'd lie Patti -00d 'With her
and of the Stich, but you don't know
Ile swung round and without at.
emoting to muffle his footfalls strode
award the companionway,' Ile must
lretend he bad just come aboard.
Subeouselousiy be bad been aware
luring his time of pondering that the
voices in .the cabin bad been steadily
raining in volume, rising louder and
tet more toad, Muiready's ominous,
[rink :blurred accente dominating the
ttbers. There was a quarrel afoot.
ie. soon as be gave it heedKirkwood
inderstood that Muiready in the mad-
less- of bis inflamed braid was .fore-
ng the issue, while Calendar sought
rattily to calm, and soothe bim.
The American arrived at the bead of
he companionway at a critical junc-
ure, As be moved to descend some
OW, cool toned retort of Calendar's'
teemed to enrage his confederate be.
'ond reason, He yelped aloud with
',math, sprang to his feet, knocking
wet' ri chair, and, leaping back toward
be foot of the steps, flashed -an adroit
land behind him and found his re.
'o1 Pet.
""I've stood enough from you[" he
screamed,, bis voice oddly, clear in that
noment of insanity, . "You've played
i ith me as icing as you will, you hulk -
n; American" hof;[ And now I'm go-
ng to show"-
As he held his fire to permit his de.
tunciatfon to bite home F tritwood, op -
tailed to find himself standing on the
hreshold of a trrreetly, gathered hini-
telf together and launched througb the
lir, straight for the ruadrnart's shout,.
lens.
As they went down together sprawl -
ng Muirently'a head'struc'k against a
ransom, andthe revolver fell from his
imp tingers.
CHAPTER XX't.
RE
PARED D ttg
. he te had s•
i l
> no
fr
the stuot'k. Kirkwood wos able
to oleic himself np gniekly, un-
injured, ;NIterendy.'s revolver in
)is grasim
. On ftls, feet, straddling •llulreedy's
nsentien1 tardy, he cotafrouted: Crtlen-
,tar stud Stryker. 'I'be face of the lat-
er was it sickly green. the gift of his
:right. The former seemed coldly coin-.
)used, islrPndy recovering from his
lurprise.111411 bringing his wits to hear
loon the nett' factor which. hod been
'0 ntlfet"t'rnoniuusiy injected into the
iitrliltlnn,_ .
He win; Irsnning heavily upon a hand
bat resitO •tinton' the table. 111
his he nil he held it revolver, which
tray eye. the (odor. gratinally return-.
ng to his fat, -elean elm veil 'cheeks, re -
)18 cing • he pa tannin lite lior • which
..be fat .nd vett! it rer before .00. knew it.
StrAer,.Wifo hint twee. staioling 'tome-
eowerial atul (Tinged to find
annself in the dee of tire.. •
Of the .three coeseiona men in the
brigantine's coiender. was prole
ibis, the least contused pr excited,
.Stryker was. paloanty unmanned.
Kirkwood was tinglifig with a . sense
revolving the conibinationa f6r the re.
versed •.condit Long Illeb had been -
7
votasaararisommossitaisamiso
brought about by guiready's Alritotenk
folly. His elation was apparent 10 Ms
shining hoyish eyes 814 WPII as 10 Om
Dwight c•oll.c tlmt glowed In hie cheek%
When be rivalled tit mimic, it woe with
rapid enunciation, but clearly and eon,-
ihot Is bred about this vessel the river
pollee will be noreitsg round your eerie
The fat adventurer nodded assent',
his eyes VotstraMtig
"Very well," continned Kirkwood
brusquely. "Virtu must know that
have personally nothing to fear from
the ill tileP ff Arrested wouldn't be
detained 0 day On the other hand.
you- fiend me that pistol, Calendar,
He left the eflipeis to be filled In by
the corpulent blackgbard's Intelligence.
The hitter, gray eyes still 113f OM OD the
younger inan's fnee, wavered, plainly
impressed, but still wondering.
"Quick! I'm not patient tonight."
No longer was Calendar of two
minds. In the ince of Ktrkwood's at-
titude there was but one course to be
f011owed-that of obedience. Calendar
surrendered an untenable position cut
gracefully as could be wished,
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(TO BE CONTINUED )
TELEGRAPHIC OfilEFS,
Two' murderers wore eleetrocuttid at
Sing Sing .prisen. New York,- yester- •
day.
1.e:le(11.1"115rolUdi.sust;,11'
is under arrest in Chicago for an al -
said to be of Toronto,
Tile Rotel -Fitchti•.1(1,•at Pt. Ontario,
one of the finest hotels in the west.
has been destroyed by fire. •
t .1O- sllow •141111 tun
shotgun discharged into hid body. kle
-may live;
Volunt9er workers in Montrotti.havit•
ate 'hospital' for typhoid fevor patients.:
legations. obroad exe.ttit 'that 'at Con-
stantinople. .
• The Archbishop of Mechlin has ..iso•
into King Leopol,i. wi.o, says arch-,
•mtintottly Christiou death. merits the
preyers .0i all -good Melons andl
caused (len, Weyter, captain -general.
of Cetalonitt. ',save inunediately for
his Tile anarchists threaten
general Si rike unless amnesty .• 18
• grant..d• tficsi. who took part in the
-At Detroit,- Win,f -Keller • was -shot
dead in. a straggle' with-. an unkneWn •
followed Koller's wife and her- SiSter-
. in-law home front e..•theatre..
and his bfother rati from the house
-. -Tills . year's. Melte cruise.. by Capt.„
Bernier will start'. froth Quebec, prob.- •
ably in July. It is ititendect to -take
along a jargef number' of scientific
MDR than ,on previous trips, arid the
ship may go through the. uOrthWest
. passage AO the Pacifie, Bernier may
even head for _the Pole.
Peanut Shells In Breakfast Food?
Chicago, jan..4.-The Chicago red.;
oration of Labor has adopted re,solu-
Cons • calling ;upon the National Tore
Food Cortionssion--- to investigate if
peanut shells constitnte• the basic de-
ment the. manufacture of breakfast
.1:'°°"(1111. re.bent freight train wreck, it._
sigliod to breakfast -food'COtiderns were
loaded .witli peanut shells from the.
peanut` butter factOries in the sont1Wf
said -President John- Fitipatrick.
Manitoba Electiens This Veer...
vincial elections. will he in Manitoba..
Both sides. are 'elreadY • busy organiz-
The general. expectation is that
the elections- will come seine time
the. Spring; or in Bit: early. summer.
rht Legislaturc will not meet -until the
,middle of February. - •
The last ehictions „were hehl 'March
NeW -York, ..Tan Scala-
lan, one of the several champion eat.'
swam. half •way across the Ft
Ryer yesterday .t.tud back agai
only difficulty being in dodgi0
n an. a a wager with flop
but his challenger failed 'to appear.
•
etween Good Flour and
Flour That's Good Enough
THE DIEPERENCE between eood and bad, Madam ?
Just as great as between eggs fresh from the " cackle " and Others
of more ancient vintage ; between all -wool " and " 'arf and 'a.rf."
Might add that good flour and poor flour are divided by a prlae
difference and, incidentally, a baking, difference.
Which explains why you would _gladly pay just a little More to get,
FIVE ROSES certainty. Because it's worth more, and practiCally
all cheap flours are faultful flours.
PIVE ROSES, Madam, is worth the 'lleCause FIVE ROSES, Madam,
money. is all of these plus the scientific
We are convinced that nothing so know-howa expett skill and long -
rich in the dear -to -the -taste flavor dontleued care which, no other flour
of the ripe, red Manitoba spfing contains.
wheat berry, so entirely different You must pay for stnnething. 1;101-0
has ever been offered to discebeina. than raw material,
This explainspartly why manypott--
A pound goes farther -its strength dent housewives are irrevocably wed -
and absorption powers would make ded to the FIVE ROSES habit.
Its use ecogmilkat at Anuch above
, They declare it the only flour really
the price your grocer asks.
,, " good enough" for them and the
Even if all other millers knew whetle
hungryfaces around the board.
to get the sarne plump, sen.ripened, lt is a fact known to tonnoisseurs
wholesotneberries, that once FIVE ROS8S enters a
And even if they had the same fact -
for any other flour,
home, the famhy is forever spoiled
before the grain reaches the rolls, Your own folks, Madam, rio matter '
titles to prevent possible spoiling
bow hard
And they. had mills as perfect as
PPM Roses. •
to please, will all like
plant to grind this prime You know how hard to
Ygreatinth*eir erode() t Would net ' please your own folks are,
"ir..10. They'll all Mt FIVE
bark to compere with FIVE
ROSES.
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