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tCFORs tits patty eta» lattigb. heard; thou a strange try broke front
the sowed of thele votes lila throat, and he began to tremble as
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singer nwhuw
r t alio or a ma
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gth y Ip
rase oeatsaaatared forever a boy. The mocking anger of
n romeut ago was gone. In Its place
w/m a consuming fury that sucked the
blood front beneath his tan, leaving
ilia the pallor of ashes, while hie
mouth twitched and his head rolled
slightly from side to side like • palsied
old man's. But evldently.Poleot meant
no violence, for be allowed the purr
to run from him treed, wall b ad
to the door. Uncertain how tats affair
uilght terminate, he erne to get first
look at bis eoomiss, It they should
,rove to be such, realising the advan-
,1•e that goes to a man who staoda
,,nun•ly on both fest hen be beard
vPmay:
Well, I'll be d- 41 botasbody's
err ahead of nil"
-We've been bearer growled Start
&eerily, pushing put and coming
'wound the corner. an ugly look In his
gu
eyes.
f "Good atternoosr" Burrell nodded
pleasantly.
Lee answered him unintelligibly.
Stark said nothing. bet Runnlon's ext
eamatlou was plata,
'It's that cursed Was belly?'
- -•"when did you get beret salditttlt
after a pause.
"A few tears ago."
"(low did you comer asked Lee.
'Black Bear creek." said the soldier
curtly, at which Bennion broke into
profanity.
-Better hush:' Burrell admontsbed
him. '"there's a lady Inside." And at
— that instant Nadia showed- hoe lanes -
Mg
angh-
:; Ing face under his arm, while the
trader uttered her name in amaze -
(",1 1s ready," she said. "We've
been expecting you tor quite awhile."
"Bs Bart Dat's funny t'log for
sure," said Poleon. "Who tol' you
'tout els strike, eh?"
"Mother, i made her," the girl an'
swered.
'Take off your packs and come In,"
Burrell invited, but Stark strode for-
, ward.
"hold OD a minute. This don't look
good to tae. You say your mother told
you. 1 sapper you're Old Man Gale's
other daughter. ehr
Nes :a nodded.
•'What time of day was it whop you
—learned about tiger
"Cut that out!" roughly interjected
Gale. "Do you think I double crossed
Fount Its 'Igor, then said to Itunnlun.
' oatabodj groin' die for w'at you say
peg how. Mebbe 1t'■ golo' be you.
tat'a1eo; mebbe It's gain' to be bins. I
can't tell yet, but I'm hope an' pray
It's pen' be you, bIccause 1 t'lak w'at
gou nay is a Ile, an' nobody can spit
dose kin' of Ile 'bout tela Gale."
He went crumbing blludly through
the underbrush, his bead wagging, his
shoulders slumped loosely forward like
those of a drunken man. his lips fram-
iag words they could not understand.
When be bad dlaappearevt Itunnion
drgw a deep breath.
✓I 'nese I've framed something for
/Ir. Burrell this time."
'Yon go al.out It queer." said Stark.
"Td rather tackle a gang Saw than n
sass like Potent Doret. Your frame-
up may work double."
"Huh!. Nu chance. The soldier was"
anti all eight .lose--wetiv-that-Mhatt
!seed girl, and anybody can see she'll
crazy about him. What's the answer?"
'Have you gut yogi. eye on her tour
"Sure! Do you blame me?"
"No, bat the%.s too good fur you. Ret-
ire stay nut," the gambler advised.
As a smatter of tact, 1 don't like, her
nether any better than you like her
lovers" -
'Well. it's mutual. I can see dale
bates you like poison."
-"and 1 don't intend to see blm and
ids tribe bog all the best ground here-
abouts."
'They've already done 1t. You can't
atop them."
'Yes, I can itop them," 'aatd Stark.
9 want the ground that girl has
staked, and I'm going to get it. It Iles
n est to Lee's, and it's sure to be rich.
Oars is so far away It may not be
swarth the reorder', -ger This erect
may be as' spotted os a coach dog. n•►
1 don't Intend to take any chances."
"She made her locauooa legally,"
tmld RuunloD.
"Yoe leave tbat to me. When wilt
the other boys be here?"
'Tomorrow morning. I told them to
tbilow about four hours behind and
sot to run in on us till we had finished.
They'll camp a few miles down the
creek and be In early."
"You couldn't get but three, eh?'
•fiats"all l .could. And who-would-
agree
ho would
agree to glee up half."
"Can we count on them?"
"Httb!" the other granted. "They
worked with me and Soapy Smith on
the Skagway trail.
"Good -five against three, not count-
ing the girl and the lieutenant," Stark
mused. "Well, that will do 1t." Be
ottUtned his plan; then the two re -
your' -
The' other turned upon him.
- "tttoots that way, and I intend to
nod oat. You said yesterday you
hadn't told anybody.'
"I didn't think about the woman,"
said the trader, a trifle disconcerted,
whereupon Renton gave rent to as
trodcal sneer.
"Bat here's your girl and this man
ahead of us. 1 suppose there's others
oa the way too."
"Noaseoser' Burrell cat 10.
► "i calf It aleeck work," chuckled the
Canadian, slipping out of blot straps.
"1re "r.' -tam` t go era:padre 1 -trtle'
you 'long, Necia."
"Ste, too," said Lee. "And Dow I'm
Bole' to tear into some of them beans
i smell a -bilin' In yonder."
The others followed, although Stark
ami Itunnion looked buck nod had lit-
tle to say. It was an uncomfortable
meal. EI try one was ill at eine. Gale
is parilcular was quiet and ate ler
than au) 01 (Dem. 111* eyes erg
Stark's face frequently,: and once the
blood left his cheeks and hie err*
leased as be observed the • gambler
boldly eying Necla.
"You are a mighty good looking girl
for a 'blood,' " remarked Stark at last
"Thank you," she replied simply, and
the soldier's dislike of the man.crystal-
Ilzed Into bate on tbe Instant. There
was a tone back of his words that
seetned aimed at the trader, Meade
thought, but Gele showed no sign of
1t, no the meal was Bobbed ID srllence,
after which the five belated•psospect-
eH went out to make their`r locations,
for the fear of Intemtptioniwae upon
them noir.
First they went downstream, and.
seconling to their agreement. tbeetrad-
er staked first, followed by I'bleoo and
Stark, thus tbrowing Itundein'. claim
More than a mile distant fano lea's
discovery From here they went uP
the creek to find the girl'; other loca-
tions, one on each branch, at which
Stark sneeringly remarked that sbe
bad pre-empted enough ground for a
fall grown white woman.
halogen's displeasure waatres more
open, and be fell foto fort mouthed
mutterings, addressing !tinsel to Po-
leo* and Stark while the trader. was
sat of earshot
"Thin affair don't eine(( right., and I
AM think It's a frame-up."
"Bahl" exclaimed Doren - }
'The old man sent the girl ofd ahead
of us to blanket all the good,grou0d,
That's what be didr'
"Walt wan minnit," interrupted Po -
iron, his voice as soft as a , woman's.
[ tui' yon dat 1 know all 'bout dim
Meek Bear creek too. You 'member,
eh? Waal, mebbe you Vint I'metrsltor
toe? W'at? W'y don' you spO(,out 7'
The' three of them were ■lone, , and
mar the wound of Gale's ax carate to
them, bet at the light In the CUD*.
lbw. face Runnion bastlly'dlsdaiaaed
any Ruch thought on his part, ,sine
Stark "bruited his denial.
?here are men quite devoid offttbe
I ability to reed the human race, . wed
Raettloo was of this species- Eons
liter, Malice was so bitter In hleannstli
that he' most have It out. So wheat
'1WT paused to blase the next stake he
'addressed himself to Stark load @novel
for Polson to bear.
"That Ileuteoant 1. more of alines
than I thought he was."
' "(low so?" inquinid tbeioklerrinan.
"Wall, it takes nerve to, steal, a girl
for on. night and then .lace the ,fa -
Air, hat the old man don't Iteem s.to
Wad it any more than/ she dor
raft be knows what aft mess,
Matt"
Start laughed 1le00likt, 1
-mare probably bow GINIM
tSet FIs
Naas" concluded itradoe, f w1art
a
It antaad a full rakaseagwfs.a tar
you see, I happened to be there- we
r Its We
!allowed the moo for w e
trailed him and the lid clear over luto
the Nevada desert, where we lost
thein."
"Ile died of thirst W the desert may-
be,
ay
be, he and the little tine."
'That's wbut we thought at the thus,
but 1've crossed his trail since then.
No. Gaylord le alive tuday, and so la
!toe girL Some time we'll meet." Ills
(voice gave out, and he stared agalu at
We floor.
"Couldn't the little girl he traced?'
raid Neta. "What was her urine?"
Stark made to speak, but the word
lee cane, e
t for th r
ens
Lever uttered,
deafening roar that caused Lees au-
dle to leap and dicker and the ulr lu
side the cubit} to strike the occupants
like a Wow. tustautiy there was coo
fusion, and each mau sprang. to hts
feet, crying out affrigbtedly, fur the
noise had ease --wit utter neest.rrted--
Deas.
"My God, I've killed him!" cried
Gale. And with nue Jump be cleared
half the room nod wan beside Stark.
while his revolver lay on the floor
where be had been sitting.
"What 1a it?' exclaimed Burrell
But there wua no need to ask, for
powder smoke was beginning to 1111
the room, and the trader's face gave
answer. It was whiter than .that of
his daughter, who had crouched fear-
fully
ear
fully against the wall, and he shook
like a man with ngue. But Stark stood
ing =Prier.
Poleon had finished several pipes
=darter supper sat in the shadows In
the open doorway apparently tired and
dejected, though his eyes shone like
diamonds and roved from one to the
other. Half unconsciously be beard
Stark saying:
"This girl was shout your else. but
not so dark. However, you remind me
of her in some way.. That's why 11
pots her to my mlud, I suppose. Sr
eta about your age at the time -nine-
teen."
"Ob, I'm not eighteen yet," said Ne'
eta.
"Weil, she was a line woman any-
how, the best that ever met foot 1n
Cleadon, and there was a great deal
of talk when she chose young Bennett
aver the Gaylord man, for Bennett
had been running second best from
the start, and everybody thought it,
was settled between bee and the other
ane. However, they were married
quietly."
The story did not Interest the Caner
Man. His mind wan In too great liti-
gation to care for dead tales. lila
heart burned within him too fiercely,
and he felt too great a desire to put
hie hands to work. At he watched
Burrell and Runolon bend over the
table looking at a little can of gold
dust that Lee had taken from under
his bunk bis eyes grew red and blood-
shot beneath his hat brim. Which one
of the two would 1t be? be wondered.
From the comer of his eye be saw
Gale rise from Lee's bed, where he
had stretched himself to smoke, and
take his six shooter from his belt
then remove the knotted bandanna
from his neck and, begin to clean the
gun, his head bowed over it enrnestly,
his face In the shadow. Ire had ever
been a carefnl and methodical man.
reflected Polson, and evidently would
not go to sleep with his firearm In bad
coedit ion.
"Nobody Imagined that Gaylord
would rause trouble," Stark was aay-
ing, "for he didn't neem to be a jeal-
ous sort, net stupid and kind of heavy
witted. But one night he teak advan-
tage of Bennett's absence and sneaked
up to the bene." The story teller
paged, and Nettle, who was under the
spell of his recital, urged him on:
"Yes, yes. What happened then?
Go our. But Stark stared gloomily et
his bands and held his 'thence for a
full minute, the tale appearing to have
awakened mere than a fleeting inter-
est In him. '
"it was one of the worst killings
that ever happened in those parva" no
continued "Bennett came back to find
INN
Tj •
N
•
so early int game. The ilverilsap-
peared into the woods, leavlug the
others at the cubit* to wake 1repara
Mous for the homeward grip.
"I dou't like the look of this," ob-
served the lieutenant thoughtfully
"I'w afraid there's suave kind of u Jul,
on foot."
"There's iotblug they can do," Gale
auswered. "We've got our ground
staked out, and It'm up to them to
choose what's left."
They were ueurly ready to wet eat
for Flambeau when -the five men r.
turned.
"Before you ,n" said Stark. "1 'Idol.
we'd better ore. 'aloe our while:: 11"
tri, t There are enougb present to do
It. .
'We can make the kind of Laws we
want before the gang comes uh•ul,.
Runnion chimed h:, "uud elect a re
corder who will glue Pa u •tluaredeal."
I'll agree 1f rte gire Lee the Jub."
said Gale. "It's cumiug to him as the
discoverer. and 1 reckon the mune)
will be buudy. seelug the hard Iw-t
he's played 1n."
The group asaetubled lu the cleared
sIei'e before the cabin to wake rules
aid regulations goverultg the district.
for 1t is a custom lu all wining sec•
boos removed from authority fur the
property bolders thus to mute local
Lmw•s governing the size of claims, the
uwout*t of assessment work, the size
of the recorder's fees, the character uf.
those who may held wiues and., such
other questions us arise.
It was of wondrous interest to Ne
eta to be an tutetral part of such Im-
pottaut matters, uud tbe took pride in
-voting on- _eeery-treesttom-bot tiur •tt,'
who observed the proceedings from
neutral ground, c euld not shake off the
notion that all was not right. 'riling&
moved too awn„they. It looked as it
there had been p rehearsal. Lee, ('o-
leo:' end the trader, however, seemed
not to notice It
The surprise came. when they had
,"icplct.d the orgataZatiou of the dls-
Irl, t and had nearly finished adopting
byliws.
Runulun _movers the_ adoption. Qf.1.
rule that no weuen be allowed to lo-
t ate
o-
tate mining claims, and nue of the
strangers aecouded 1t,
"What's that':” said Lee, raising his
one eye trent the niltebook in which
av secretary he was transcribing the
minutes.
"It Isn't right to let women in on a
man's game," said Itunnton.
"That's my idea," echoed the sec-
onder.
"1 s'pose this is aimed at my girl,"
sold Gale, epringlog to his feet. "1
might have known you bums were up
to some crooked work."
Poison likewise rose and ranged him-
self with the trader.
"Ba gar, I don' stan' for dat!" said
he excitedly. You want for Jump
Neela'e claims, eh?'
"As long as I'm chairman we'll have
no rohgh work," declared Stark, glar-
fttg--et them. elf vow want trnntrte,
you two, I reckon you can have 1t;
but, whether you do or not, the ma-
Jority Is going to rule, and well make
what laws we wattt to."
Ile took no pain. now to mask his
diettke for Gale. who began to move
toward him to his dogged, resolute
way. Neel*, observing them, hastened
to her tattier'm side, for that wbt h
she sensed in the bearing of both men
,quite overcame her indignation at this
Wow against herself.
' e, -.-De dost--ireee *sty- freebie"'
she pleaded as ale clung to'tbe trader.
"I'or my sake, daddy, alt down." 'Then
she whlepaered fiercely Into hie oar:
"Can't you are he's trying to make
you fight? There's too many of then!.
Walt! Walt!"
Burrell attempted to speak, but
Stark, who 'Cas presiding, turned upon
him fiercely.
"My God, rue killed him!" Med Gale.
unhurt and more composed than any
of them. tbllowlug the first bound
from his chair, be bad relapsed Into
his customary quiet. There bad blazed
t11L.one_ innmentary-Bash Df suaplrjnn
and anger, but 1t died straightway, for
no man could have beheld the trader
and not felt contrtt)on. His condition
was pitiable, and the sight of a strong
man overcome 1s not pleasant. When
It was seen that no harm had been
done the other; strove to make light
of the accident.
"Get together, all of you! it's notb-
beescuad-0sar_" sa�datasJt�---•
"How did It happen??" Ituonlon final-
ly asked rale, who had sunk.11mply
upon the edge of the bunk, but when
the old man undertook to answer his
words were unintelligible, and be
shook Us head helplessly.
Starke laid his linger on the bole that
the bullet had bored in the log close to
where he was slttlne and laughed.
"Never mind, old man; It missed me
by els Inches. You know there never
was a bullet that could kill me. I'm
FIX shooter proof."
"Wba'd t tell you?" triumphantly
ejaculated Lie to the iieutenapt.
Doret of all In the cabin had said
nothing. Seated apart from the others.
he bad seen tit affair from n distance,
as 1twere, and now stepped to the bed
to lay hit band on Gale's ebouldir.
"Brace up, Jolla. Stere bleu! Your
face look Mk fiou>.-.tome outside an'
get 11•.1' air."
Poleon led his friend down the trail
for half it mile without speaking till
Gale had regained a grlp of himself
and muttered finally:
"1 never d1d such a thing before,
Pnleon; never In alt my life."
"Wbyr insisted the Frenchman.
"1-1-I- What do you mean?"
"Don't lle wit' me, John. I'm hap-
pen to be watch yw soderneat' my
bat w'em you turn roan' for see If any-
body
nybody leokis'. "
"i thought you were asleep," said
Gale.
* `+ CHAPTER VIII.
Telt i'(IFT.
IN every community, be it ever so
small, there are undesirable citi-
zens, and while the little tartywas atilt et breakfast on the fol -
towing morning three such members
of ioriety came around the cabin and
let fall their packs, greeting tbe occu-
pant* boisterously.
"Well, well!" paid Lee, coming to the
door. "You're trevelln' kind of early.
ain't your'
"Yes( early and tate," one of them
laughed, while the other two sprawled
about as if to rest.
'tiow far are you goner"Not tar," the spokesman answered
"We want a piece of this creek."bto dIt
"What are you gob' Milo wltb r
"Cot that out, Lee. We're on"
"Who wised you op to abler In-
quired tits miner an lly,
"Never mind who put us Jerry.
We're here, ain't war
The harm was done, and there WWI
nouse 1n concealment, so Lee r
leetantly told them of his discovery
and warned them of the stakes al-
ready placed.
"i'll step aloeg with the boys and
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Ievoleutly, searching bb stud ,for on
epithet sufficiently vUe and, finding It,
spat It out -"dressmakers:"
Bo this was why both Stnrk and
ltuoniou had gone up the creek with
the - three uew weu, thought Burrell
Nu doubt they had deliberately acruug
ed the whole thing so that the new
arrivals could Iwtuediately relocate
each of Nects'e claims- the pick of all
the ground outside 1,'e's discovery nod
the surest to be valuable and that
Stark would share in the robbery.
Carefully slipping around the corner
..f the cabin uud ktv'plug the house be-
tween hint and the others, Burrell
broke Into a swift ruu, tuaklug the ut-
mmeat - pysrit4s' *peed - fee feat they
should atlas him uud guess bbs pur-
pose, or, worse yet• finish their dimeus
FWD and adjourn before he could clan
pieta his task. IIs meas a light roan on
his feet, and he dodged through the
forret, running more carelessly the
farther he went, t•Isltlng first the up-
per claims; then, makiug u wide de
tour of the cabin, be cause back to the
Mittel stake of Necla's iower clalm
staggering from his exertions, 11'c
lungs bunting from the strain I1.•
had covered ueurly a wile; but. even
w, he laughed grimly at he walked
hack toward the cabin, for 1t was a
guwe worth playing, and he was glad
to take a land on the side of the
trader and the girl Cowling wlthli
earshot, he heard the meetiitg vote to
adjourn. It could not have terminated
more uppurtuuely had he held a stop
watch ou 1t
Itunnlou addressed the other cul
-
"Well, boys, there are three good
(•(alms opett for relocation. I'm worse
1 can't stake one of them."
"They won't Ile open long:" said ow.
of the undesirable citizens, starting to
turn dowustream, while its two com-
panions wade for the opposite direc-
tion. But Burrell stopp''d them
"Too late, boys. Your little game
went wrong. Now. now, don't get ex-
cited! %%'b.w, i had quite a nen!"
Gale paused to bl' tracks and looked
at tbe young man gneerty. ' -- -
"What do you mean'!"
"I've jumped those ((alms myself."
"You jumped them!" cried Ntrla.
"Sure! I changed my mind about
staking"
"it's a lie!" cried Runnhw, at which
Burrell whirled on blur. .
"I've been wafting for this, Runnion,
ever since you came back. Now" -
"I mean you Lave+i t bad tiulo;-' the
other temporised hurriedly,
"Ob, that sounds better. if' you
don't believe me take a look for your-
self. You'll end my notice just i.e-
neath Miss Gale's." Then to "No
Creek" Lee he continued, "Kindly re-
cord them for me so there will be no
ensastiee of prlott„"
his wife outdated and alts kid tion•"11 Rao,'ewerthem where oar ewer stakes
"Ob" wad th
sae gid 1e a UYoek0 I are," volunteered Start, and Rosales
/lute. offered to do the same, adding that It
"I ea, there was a &see tks ' weirs beat to make ware et so eeellet
of interference when Stark rontlnued,
addressing the trader:
"This Isn't mimed at you In particu-
lar, Gate. nor at your girl; for a mo-
tion to disqualify her Isn't necessary.
She Isn't old enough to hold mining
properly."-
"She's elgbteen," declared the trader.
"Sot accordlug to her story."
";Well, I can keep her claims for ber
tllt•ehe get of age."
"We've just fixed It so you can't;"
grinned itunnlon cunningly. "No tnan th
tan hold more an one claim on a
creek. Yon Toted for that yourself."
Too late Gale saw the trtc k by which
Stark had, used him to rob his own
daughter.
"No ('reek" 1.ee had the nnme of n
man slow in speech and action and
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"'No, no; don't Moe any trouble 1 " she
pleaded.
or wbo roused himself to anger de-
llberately, much as a serpent stings
itself into a palnfal fury, bat now it
was apparent that he was boiling over,
for be stammered and halted and
blustered explosively:
'You're a Minch of rascals, all of
you, tryto' to down a pore girl and pt
bar pound. But who put you wise to
this thing, 1n the first pleee? Who
fried this Rohe? Just because there's
enough of you to vote that motion
thrniiglt that don't male 1t legal, not
by a d—d sight, sad It won't bold,
hsrnuse t watt write It M the Ixot.
`c a --roe"- He flared at them ma.
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I o„l% \I „I. 1 1!eU,,;••rater, good vizi.. regular pries >j111,UO,
l'1•1‘011 11811 :It ..$13.W
2 only thin. (1,,,ek\ iL,• hewn Mowers, trgular price $11.110,
closed ,ta nl -- til•40
1 nal, Is h1. n'.,ekcdle Lawn i}iower, regular price $4.:.t*,
cto.ea .,1 v1 .. .... N• '
5only S••rcen k)..,n:, i- gulat•prig..•I .... complete, closedcrtft at, Me.
111 only S. wee I1 ..o , regular tel.rgl.2,a ple'le,dimwit out attitle.
:t only S/11, 1, I 1,01'. *t
regular price $1..-e Mete, Homed out at $1. IS
I all Screen t\ 11..1..10regular mice $•_'"-'.-,, cleated out at..... =Lair
Kcpres.'IV'.,i-,,e-. 5;ti.Llers, hie! anything that is especially
Summer goods.
Vett will ec t Ile best ..1'g•.•se
l`h\ hexing your HAitii%VAKE of
The Howell Hardware Co.
TALCUM POWDERS a
We1.a%,' a large ae.ortwrnt of nice Tabani., the. finest
niurtfart.real, and have Hirai it. different calors :
Nadrueo, Violet, Nachos,' Kot., Nadrucu Isle..h ('o1or,
Tnylur'm valley Violet, \Vdlami, Coronet ton. All the
above at 1,c a tin. Also Palmer's Harland of Violeta, at:i5c
;y' a tin. We also have cheaper'l'alrimu, from lir up, at
is
F. J. BUT LAND'S
Drug Store cloderied
••THE STORE THAT PLEASES."
For buying opportunities read Signal Advertisements.
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There is no dull
season around
this store.
Opens at 8• a.m.;
closes at 5.30 p.m.;
Saturdays, 10 p m.
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CAMERON & MOORE'S
. 1;,,m, Weekly , 'k •' ,+e:
Store News
D. & A. Corsets
arrived and now
in stock; see the
latest models.
Thousands of dollar's' wort(( of goods are passing, through our hands every
'month and business is still growing. There must he ;l reason for this. Well,
there is, and let us tell you ;llxttlt it.
• Buying for the two stores places us in the front rank in being able to buy
our goods a: loft' as the lari. e departmental stores of the cities, and running under
sell goods at prices that will defy competition from any source.
Popular Prices appeal to the pocket means of everybody who must
consider price as well a. yu:tlitt, and that means 40 out of so. That's what we
have here -popular prices predominate all over the store.
Popular prices for dependable goods will make any store big; that's why this
store is growing, rolloff' the crowd; you will find th;tt it will p;ty you to do so.
Cash is power. We are getting both.
'I'o prove our statements read the speciai Wailes we give below, then come to
the store.
Two dozen fancy ited.preatls: regular $1.2:).
nor price, `n1c•
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75 yards of corset. rover Futht'nidery, regular
2ue and ::tc, clearing, per vat d . ...............
II fancy Htanmtr Parasols at less than half
price, 7:m•, 161 2.1 and $l.!ts
:1151 yards of Mris.puit. Netting, regular 3c_.
per pied, cleating at, per yard, •ice
Five dozen Towels, regular :t1', clearing, *Sic
Blab yards of new fall threes Goode, arrived
this week, the blest values we. aver .h,weel, ill
a great range 111 stripes mini colors, al, pet
yard, -e.tr, nth., and ;:,c
With our fill goods arriving, we t now drive
11111 oat smnu1111' thick. No great is the price -
rutting th:u. Iv tieing 1111, o.tr advice Is, get
het*. early ;and get your full •apply.
Fifteen men s Snits, greatest value. in the
ntsrke't, our pricy .51'GIa1
five men's Suits, left from a previo0a twit,
to clear, 1"•i. suit, ,..,161.11"
Five cb.zen men's Trousers, regular 161.28,
161.:0 and i61 75, 111 clear, 1111" prior.... .. ....fefc
13 pair's of boy,' Knickers, all size.., double
meat and ti.uhle knees, the other fellow's ()vire
(ter, our mire R4•
one groan ttr0's endllts,ys' Bow Ties, regular
1:..•,
bargain, :M
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DON••1' FOR l;I':'I' TO VISI.1•• '1'11 F.
Grocery Department (Basement).
in rases of Corn Flakes. Kelf.gg's d,
fresh from the factory, menhir lite, now wit
they Inst, in liberal 1ptantltire, per p,u•kage, .7e`,
21 Ile of the beat firmed:tied Mttger, still
going for only *Lill
SI 11.. of 4;r,enulated Sugar, not Redpath,
still going for only - $1,15)
2 rase. 1,1 I.*.stens, ti.. clear Hat,rlay morn•
ink„ 'r dozen,..... .... . . ......... . ...des
This department has made satisfactory al•rulgements
dozens of Fresh Eggs and tons of choice Rutter, for which we
prices that should bring people a great many miles to this store.
handle hundreds of
11 he able to pay
here are our gnolations for this week and next. ``41'"�"
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Choice Butter (must be fresh), in prints or pails, per pound, 20c. -t
f` 1a
Fresh Eggs (strictly fresh), per dozen, 22c
Acs
fl
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twilit a poemihhe rise the week following.,
Our motto in this 1)epartment is, More for produte, less for goods.
Cameron & Moore
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The Department Stores Goderich Branch
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