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Titularly* t. Mar Il. HM to
A Sunny Disposition
in the morning
follows the use of
ettdaittise
the night before
The mild but sure
laxative tablet with
the pleasant taste
In neat tins
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To Builders and Contractors
We have a large .tock
of Square Timber up to
12 in. square to 16 feet
long.
Hemlock, Spruce
Jointing and Scantling,
all widths and lengths
tip to:2O feet long.
Lath, Ontario White Cedar
Shingles, Pine. Spruce. Hemlock
and Oak Lumber. All grades.
Hardwoo:l curl Pine Flooring:
Dressed fine and Spruce. Cali-
fornia Siding. Always in stock.
Mouldings —Sash Stock on
hand.
Sectional Poultry Houses—all sizes.
1'HrINi'%K:
t'ateeryVf
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.Estimates cheerfully furnished.
'Y' s
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Safety First.
Mr•. lilt msti 1•41•11 • lnty . oily 1Ino
aisle se.tr, . are l.•htrd ,Lr •. her.
Wilting r'• hay- h.•t si•trr liwidc tart•
.be turned and cauti•rudysur:• e.d the'
man in the pert r -tiro Plushy Mi.
leaped over .n.1 tim:dly .ddreseed
Men :
•i heat your p:.rd' n, sir, tut are you
alone 'r"
The man without tuning h;. heed
in the .iightr.l, Lot tniii .ug his
tmon,h- to an •Is'ueing drgrre and
shielding it with 1 i• bend. mutter -ti :
"Cut it out, Lid; cut it out—wnb
wife'.wi'h nue."
A Chart* to Get Even. "
The dr t umuit leered and chortled
till he tali L.- Aancrd art► the shelve..
"VI hat'. upi 'r' larked the ruts clerk.
by AIRIA IAT/ARiht GREEN
Copyright. 010. i y Lana I .thartne
P.ohlte
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tc01TlNt-rt. 1
Meting tntetesta reprasetited Dy teat
furtively passed note and the visit of
two girls instead of ow to the WDts-
pering fines. It was very convincing.
At the proper moment Mr. Moffat said:
"Gentlemen of the jury. you Dave
seen the putnt atter point of the proe-
ecutfon's case demolished before your
eyes by testimony which no ons has
had the temerity to attempt to con-
trovert What to left? Mr. Fox will
tell you—three strong and unassail-
able facts: 'lbs ring found In the
murdered woman's casket, tbe rem-
nants of the telltale bottle discovered
In lbs Cumberland stable and the op-
portunity for crime given by the ac-
knowledged presence tit the defendant
on or near the scene of death.
"But aro these points so eltal as they
seem? Let us consider them and sea
My client bas denied that be dropped
anything tntu bis sister's casket. mucb
less the ring missing from (bat sister's
finger. Dare you• then. convict on this
point wben, according to count. ten
other persona were seen to drop Gow-
en into this very place, any one ot
wbtcb might bare carried tots object
with It?
-And the bit of broken bottle found
in or near the defendant's own stable!
la he 1u be convicted on the similarity
It offers to tbe one Known to bare
come from the ctnbbouse wtne Taunt
wells a reasonable doubt remains of
his having been the band which car-
ried 1t there? No %% here there is a
reasonable doubt uu high minded jury
will convict, and 1 claim that my client
has made it plain !Dat tbere is stab a
reasonable doubt
-My dlattbguiahed opponent would
hare yuu Deuce' that ter detebdant
did nut fir at the moment declared.
but that he waited to rulbll the tote
deed, which Is the only *mous matter
!n dispute In Ms so nearly destroyed
case. 1 bg•r as though be were now
, Speaking tee attack which be will
' make upon my curet wben bs cronies
to review this matter wit! you. Let
me see 1f I cannot make you bear
those words too" And. wltb a daring
smile at bb dlacumtlted adverary.
Alonzo ilonat launebed forth into the j
foltowtng sarcasm:
"Areaur Cumberland. coming up the
kitchen .fain. heap voices wbere are
had expected total silence. sees ugbt
where be bad left total darkness He
Ins two bottles in his hands or to his
large coat pockets. If 'bey are 1n his
hands he sets teem down and steals
forward to listen. Ile has recognized
the voices. They are those of his two
Olsten. one of wbom had ordered bim
to bitch np the cooter for her to es-
cape. as he bad• ever/ reason to be-
lieve. rhe other. Curiosity—or is It
anme t ohler feeling?—causes him to
draw nearer and nearer to the room le
"•flaw.ines hr.n raking ar'nwtbing?
'••NI.•" gm t lwl rho .I me diat•enerr,
gleefully. -line du fun remember
ethen nor water p+pe• weir far Len last
wins.1 ?"
'Nee. test w hat--"
'•WrII, the flan leer w hr. flied them
be. joist .nine in to have a preset iption
1111. d.—Toledo Bled..
Not Worried.
As old (.oL•a H'Jdr lyse rutting
dividend co.Ipnna with a ptir of gold
manicure'tei.'s..re in his inner office, a
meseugrr in -1 e 1 to him and said :
"Ob, Mr. Geld., I"nor` Mr. (1.•61.,.1
am *flurry. Your been .fm Ott *lfe
has eloped with therffl a tens." •
Oohed kep: • i,cht nn with his coupon -
cut, ins.
•Oh. well.- he.ai.I, lie ',attic witeb
of an office bee."
Why They're Sold
\t'I'..rt.. \1.9, t,:h, rpu.
"•1• the r'•". L of telt, I .offered atilt
a t...riwt.J pain la the 1 .. k. A. a drugg.-t,
1 'seal warY.ar r.nsvd.e.... hoot any apparent
r.ra!'y. Haviag ".1.1 (.1 S PIUS fur a num-
ber c: yea. -41 tho,ght th n nett !us good
ea thaati oaht-w: a the ..;rt would sot ie.
awes pry. 1 sure chem a fair trial and
the mow 1 lad w he good."
GEO. E. ROGER.
so you forever place this del•esiRte
s.,n of a noble tattler on the list of
l e most unimaginative and bate driv-
en crtmlbab of ail lima Is be such a
demon: 1s be such a madman': Look
In b!s face tuday and decide. 1 ata
willing to leave his cane. In your
hands. It could be placed in no W
ter.
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May It please your bobor and got!
Uemen of the jury. I am done.'
1f auy one at that moment telt the
arrow of deetb descending Into b1.
iurt 11 was out Arthur Cumberland'
CHAPTER XXIX.
1 "irrupt r•
HI Ilnr over thean recast
♦rthuCumberland's esus
pr- • bet ere bases for fa. n. at all drug was won before Yr- fez
Sway. Free sawepM sent it you walla the
a *ro>*rood'to b:• feet TM weal
National Drug t t Clt•mleal Co. J00ua• Ina flop. tbtoefli
The chargew
s abortbut
of Canada, Lirmit l T...ita. stadlopsly Impartial When the jury
----------- - Sled out I said to myself, "They will
return to fifteen minutes." They re-
-"And tarts man toots on as the two !orad !a tan with a verdict of le-
-"And
faces confront each other—one white q
uittal
with tbe overthrow of every earthly The mos ons of joy which tot -
Dope. the other under the strew of nut -thole Impression upon my other .et*ft�
dent to have laid Der dead without bot my mind took 1n nothing bot the
poison at the other one's feet 'IDI. U awn of my own form taking ltd
what be sees -a brother—and be mates plea u tt>w bar ander e�ramd'tanes.
Eben or afterward whoa t lass tavonde to acquittal than thee.
no move,
hi wblch had awaarated Din
die cast. Adelaide truce+,mbs to bet l 1 saw as sever before bow the ter
fear and falls Into a seemingly dying
state on the conch.
"Does be go now? Is tits bate or bis
copldity'atiabed? No. ile remains and
listens to the tender Interchange of
final words and all the late precau-
tion. of the elder to guard the younger
woman's good name. Still be s not
softened, and when. the critical mo-
ment passed- C.rmel rises and totters
about the room to tier endeavor to fill -
O il the tasks enjoined upon tier by bet
sister be gloats over a deatb whicb will
give him independence and gluts him-
self wltb every evil thought welch
could blind blur to the pitiful aspecta
of a tragedy such as few men In this
world could see unmoved. A brother!
"lint this L not the worst The aw•
MI cup of human greed and hatred b
but tilled to the brtm. It nail not yet
overflowed- Carmel leaves the room
She has • telepbootc mesaage to de-
liver. She may be gone a minute; she
may be gone many. little does be
care which. Be must see tee dead,
look down on the woman who bas
been Ilk* • mother to him and see if
ber influence is forever removed, It his
wealth 1a Db and his Independence for
Ker aanrla
"Safe in the da tmees of the gloomy
recesses of the dandng Dell, be .teals
slowly forward- lhawo as by a mag-
net. be enters the room of seeming
death. draws up to tee pillow laden
couch. pulls off first one cushion and
then another till face and hands are
bare and-
-An. there's a movement! Death
has not then, done its work. She lives
—the bated one lives! And be Is no
longer rich, no longer Independent
With • clutch are seizes ber at
the feeble seat of life, and as
the breath ceases and ber whole
body becomes again inert he stoops
to pull off the ring. which can bare oe
especial value or meaning for him, and
then, repUing the cushions over ber,
creeps forth again. takes up the bot-
tles and diappean from the house.
"Gentlemen of the jury, tun is what
my opponent would have you believe.
This will be hos explanation of this
extraordinary murder. But wben tile
eloquence meta your ears. when you
bear this arraignment and tbe em-
phasis he will place upon the few
points remaining to his broken case,
then ask yourself 1f you see Foch a
monster in the prisoner now confront-
ing yon from the bar. l do not believe
It 1 do not believe that succi a mon=
.ter Uve..
-But you ay some one entered that
room -some one stilled the fluttering
Ute still remaining In that feeble
breast Some one may bare, but that
some one was not my client. and it is
his guilt or lnnoc•ence wr are consid-
ering now, and It 1s h1• life and free-
dom for whicb you are re.ponalble.
No brother did tbat deed. No witness
of the scene which balluwed this trag-
edy ever lifted band against the faint-
ing Adelaide er choked rro-k ■ Ills
which kindly tate bad spared.
"Go further for the guilty perpetra-
tor ot this most inhuman act; be
stands not to the dock. (;nitt shows
no such relief as you see In nim today.
Guilt would remember that his aleter's
testimony. ender the cries examina-
tion of the people's prosecutor. left the
charge of murder still hanging oT.r
Due defendant's head. Hut the bmth-
er has forgotten this. Ills restored
confidence In one who now represent.
to 11m father. mother and stater has
tbrotrn Ma own fate into the back•
groend. Will you dim that )uy-eue-
tafn this charge of murder'
-If the your sense of Justice you do
which they bare taken cp their stand.
He can bear their wo:Ss now. and
what are the words be bean? Words
that would thrill the most impervious
beert call for the Interference of the
most indifferent But be is made of
ice welded together wltb steel He
sees (for no place ave one from which
be can watch and tee—namely, the
dark dancing ball—would satisfy auy
nue of snob gigantic curiosity) Ade -
1 laid* fell at armel's feet In recogrtl-
j tion of the great sacrifice she bas
made for ber. But he does not more;
'be falls at no one's feet; be recognizes
no nobility. responds to no higher ap-
peal. Stony and unmoved. becrou-hes
there and watches and watches. still
cartons or still feeding his hate on
the sufferings of the elder, the for-
bearsncs of the younger.
"And on what does be took? Ton
have already heard, bat col:Wier it
Adelaide. despairing of happiness de-
cides on death for herself oe slater.
Roth toying one man. or.e of the two
most give way to the other. Carmel
has done her part; she most now do
hers. Sbe has brought pains; she
has brought glasses—three glasses rot
three parsons, but only two are on the
stens. and so sloe all. bot two. One
has only cordial in 1t. but the other is
ad' *tit believes, deadly. Carmel to to
bave bee choice. Bat who believed'
that Addable would ane have let be[
dRjpk jbpglsoeed glass?
Simony which bad reinstated Cannel
In my heart and won for bel, said
through her the Igmpathlso ut tib
wbole people, had overthrown every
sperloea reason whicb 1 and those In-
terested
tto eated In me had been able to ad-
vance hi coatradltien of the natural
onseltidon to be drawn from the damn -
lug fact of my having been seen with
my Gagen on Adelaide's throat
The borror *titled me. I was reeling
to my place on the edge of the crowd
when I beard a quiet voice 1n my ear:
-Steady! Their eyes will sons be off
Arthur, and then they will look at you~
It was Clifton. and his word came
none too soon. I stiffened under its
Quiet force and, tailing his arm, let
him lead me oat of a side door, wben
the crowd was smaller and its atten-
tion even more absorbsd.
I soon saw its cause—Carmel was
entering the doorway from the street
Su bad come to greet bar brother.
and her face, quite unveiled, was
beaming with beauty and joy. in as
tnelant 1 forgot myself. tdrgot every-
thing
verything bat ber and the effect she pro-
duced
rodnced upon tbose about her. No noisy
demonstration beret. Admiration and
love were shown in looks and the low
breathed prayer for ber welfare which
escaped from more than one pair of
Ups. She smiled and their bearts were
Nes; she essayed to move forward
and tie people crowded back as if at
a queen's message, but there was no
noise.
When she reappeared ft was on Ar-
thur.
rthur. arm. 1 bad not been .nn. to
move from the place In which we were
"aTILDrl THEIR [Tr.; wtLL MOOS ME Orr
a btu CR"
hemmed. nor bad 1 wL.bed to I was
bungry for a glance ut her eye. WooId
It turn my way, and. Lt it d1d, would
It leave a curse or a blessing behold
1t? In anxiety for the blessing. 1 was
willing to risk tbe curse. and 1 follow-
ed ber every step with hungry glances
until abs reached the doorway and
tarred to give another shake of the
hand to lirlloffst, who bad followed
then Bat she did not see me.
-1 cannot miss IU 1 most catch her
tier 1 whispered to Clttton. -tet
me out of this. It will be several min-
utes before they can reach the sleigh.
Let me see ber for one Instant face
to face."
Clifton disapproved and made me
aware of It, but he did my bidding
D evon betels.
1 had just time to see this sleigh and
note the rejoicing face of 'Ladok lean-
ing sideways from the box when 1
bebeld ber pause and slowly turn ber
bead around and peer eagerly—and
wltb what divine anxiety in her eyes—
back over the beads of those thronging
, boat ber until ber gaze rested fully
and sweetly on mine. My heart leaped,
than sank down. down Into unutterable
depths, for In tbat instant ber face
changed, horror seized upon ber beau-
ty and shook her frantic bold on Sr
To Ile ('un• finned Next. 'V, ek
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•a tete our graduate- are rugilerly war
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Now That the snow has gone, -Hurrah_' for the Ili,:y.
again. We still handle the world -famed •
CLEVELAND WHEEL
ranging in price from $35.00 to $55.00. We
also have some splendid values in second-hand Ladies'. Gentle-
men's anti Boy.' Wheels.
ARE YOU GOING TO SPRAY YOUR ORCHARD
THIS SPRING ? .
If not, you should. We handle Spraymotor :arable._
and, repairs.
We also, have Arsenate of Lead and Lime Sulphur.
We can give you the Lime Sulphur at $6.5D p
(This is a snap.) i r barrel.
HOW ABOUT THE INCUBATOR THAT YOU
WERE THINKING OF BUYING ?
Nov is the time that \,.0 should li it >_t, so that yarn
can get the early chicks. It's the early . ,:. k that makes y •,n
the big money. We handle' tilt Cyphers In:ubatol's.
Call and See what lye have. •
MAKE YOUR SPRING HOUSE-CLEANING
EASY BY RENTING OUR ELECTRIC
VACUUM CLEANERS.
Von can take your carpets oltt and Beat them, an 1 then
put them down and use the Electric (;leaner, and you will be
surprised at the amount tot dirt that you left in the carpet. So
what is the use of t skin; them up at ail,' 17sr the Cleaner.
It saves labor and saves your carpet, it lift: the nap and
snakes it look like a new carpet.
Ikttcr ''till• Bi'V ;in Electric .*reaper and n -e it every
week, then there will he no Spring house-cleaning. livery
time you use it the house is cleaned.
IT WILL NOT BE LONG BEFORE YOU WILL
WANT TO USE YOUR LAWN MOWER.
llat'e you ltwked to see if it is in good ordt•r'to start
with ' if it is not. let us know and we will get it and put
11 into good order for ion.
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in Shelf and Heavy Hardware we Always
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LET US FIGURE ON YOUR PLUMBING,
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We have just received several cars of Scranton ilei
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House 112