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Til IC SIGNAT, GODERICH ONTARIO
The House
of the
Whispering
Pines
By ANNA KATIARiNE GREEN
Copyright, If1q by Anna Katharine
Rohlca
lar
(corrtttzn.
I ►said words uttetgd very near oat,
t,
but 1 did not catch them. 1 did feel
however, the band which was laid
strongly and with authority upon my
shoulder. and, tearing my eyes from
her tate obit' long eoougb to perceive
that It was Sweetwater who had thus
arrested me.
She bad uerer been told of the ln•
ebllainaUng position in which 1 had
leen seen in the clubbonse. It had
been carefully kept from ber, and abe
bad soppose'd tbat my acquittal In the
pabtic mind was as certain as Artbar's.
Now abe saw herself undeceived. and
SW reaction Into dont and misery was
tee much fur ber. acid 1 saw ber stnk-
1� rider my eyes.
`let me go to Derr I shrieked, titter-
er ancoocerned with aoytb,ns in the
Medd but this tottering. fainting girt.
Bot Sweetwater• band only tlgbten-
sd on my aboolder, while Arthur. with
an awfol look at me, caught bia mister
✓ bis arms Jest .s abe fell to tb•
ground before tbe swaying multitude.
But be was not the only one to kneel
tbere. With a wend of lore and mis-
ery Imposalble to describe Zadok had
leaped from the box and bad groveled
tat those dear feet, foaming the Insensi-
ble hands and praying for those abut
eyes to open. Even after Arthur bad
lilted her Into the sleigh the man re-
mained crouching where sbe bad tall -
ea. with his eyes roaming back and 1
teeth to m sightless stare from ber to
nlyetf, muttering and groaning and
(Welly hobeedful of Arthur's cont-
ented. to mount the box and drive
Blease Finally some one else stepped
drum tbe crowd and mercifully took
lige reins I cangbt one more glimpse
tet ber Ace with Arthur's bent tender-
ly over it; then the stelch slipped •way.
As Diner taboret Zadok by the arm.
sad be got up and began to move aside
Then 1 bad mind to face my own tate.
and, loaktng up, 1 met Sweetwater.
eye.
It was quietly apologetic.
"I only wished to congratulate you,"
said be, "on the conclusion of a case
is which 1 know you are highly in -
tenanted" Lilting his bat be nodded
affably and was gone beton 1 could
recover from my stupor.
It was for Clinton to sbow his 10-
dlgbauoa. I was past all feeling.
Farce as an afterpl,ce never appealed
to me.
Wooki I have considered It farce if
I could have beard the words which
this detective was at that moment
whispering tato the district attorney's
ears:
"Do you want to know who throttled
Adelaide Cumberland? It was not bee
brother; It was not ber lover; it was
ber old and trusted coachman."
"Give me your reasons. They must
be excellent ones, Sweetwater. or you
would not risk making a second mite
take In a case of this magnitude and
publicity."
"Mr. Foz, they are excellent But
you shall Judge of them. From the
moment Miss Carmel Cumberland over-
threw the very foundations of our case
by her remarkable testimony I telt that
my work was only batt done It was a
strain on credulity to believe Arthur
guilty of a crime so prefaced, and the
alternatlre which Mr. Moffat believed
In, which you were beginning to believe
In and perhaps are allowing yourself
to believe In even now, never appealed
to me.
-I allude to the very natural unapt -
don that the act bebeld by your man
Clarke was a criminal act and that
Ranelagh as the man really responsi-
ble for biles Cumberland's death Some
instinct held me back from this con-
clusion as well as the Incontrovertible
fact that he cold.) here had nn hand
in carrcing that pare of broken bottle
into lie Cumberland stable or of drop-
ping his cnl;:lgemcnt ring In the Inc
geatlre place where 1t wns found.
finer., ton, *Inn Id 1 Irak for the un•
known, the onPospected third party?
Among tb ten other persona who drgp-
ped something into that casket
"Most of these were children, bat I
made the Ai-tumuli/ince of every one
1 spent most of ms S:1n,lay that way;
then. ending nn .•Inndel eke among
them. 1 lecat a study of the Cumber-
land servants, naterallr starting with
Eatd.ek rnr two hones 1 sat at bis
stable fee, talklnc and turning mixt
inside out. as only we det.ctly know
bow. 1 (mind him sctti U over.
h►btlmed arab crier -not (h let of
a sane man. hit elf one in ham the
lees eprinaa of ifte aro p*+atoned by
some dreedfni rename'.
"He dM Ant know he Mwes1M thht
13• expressed himself as fall al bone
that his young master wnnld ha se.
eIIIIItt d the nett day. Rnt I mild ate
that this r'rnereet meld sewer will the
Reseal working at his heart and mewle-
d to understand why 1 left Alm el,
tllislbly alone. trot In (,elite shadowed
Wee Too rona0TAeneo wee that In
fibs penning do.k he led inc 10 the
elln.tery. where nr took np hie wateb
St Wla a mmner?,n4'• orate, aw tf it
Win • Merca and be a elaseiiro•te
l et.. I creed hen. Ms greens as
rn the fame, end emits softly
le rhe dead. and. Mosel I was tee
At arral. to rate% a •ing7 word, l
telt confident that 1 bad at last struck
the tight trate and should soon see
my way more clearly than at any
time since this baffling case opened.
-put before 1 allowed my fancy to
rim away with me 1 taut In an evening
of inquiry. If this roan had an abate
lute alibi wbat was the use of wast.
Ing effort upon him? Put 1 eonIJ not
tlnd that he had. Mr Fox. Ile went
with the rest of the servants to the
ball, wtach, yon know, was held re
'FIbbltt'tt hall, on Ford street, and be
was seen tbere Tater, dancing and
making meeral In • way not usual to
Alm. Rut there was n space of time
danaerou.,ly tallying with that of the
tragic Prone at the clubhouse when
he was not seen by any one there.
, "That piece of broken bottle -where
was the rest of it? Sought for almost
immediately atter tbe tragedy. It bad
not been Lound at the Cumberlan
place or on the golf Ilnka. 1t bad bee
looked for carefully when the first
thaw came; but tbougb grass was plc
ed up, tt was not tbe same glass. 1'
task had become bopeters and ere Ion
wa: abandobe4.
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d eyes and horror dr. trn features.
"l:armel:' rn.b.-d 1n n cry trona my
ice "Don't beldere what they soyi 1
cannot tear It -1 yanuot bear Ill"
be 80e rouawt, stir lo.d.ed toy way and•
struggling 10 Orr tee-( bell back ..r
their with one hand while she searcbed
my face, and possibly aearcbed bee
own soul, for answer to my Plea- 11.,-
er was moment more .urcbargsd. Fur
-
cher word 1 could not speak. 1 could
only meet her eyes with the steady,
demanding look of a despairing bsart,
wblle Arthur, moved In every fiber of
Ms awakened manhood. waited. think -
"Rot with this Idea of 7.adok being
the means of its traosfer from the
Whispering Pines to the bouae on the
bill 1 feu tb• desire to look once more.
and while court was in seasioo this
morning 1 started a fresh search -this
time not on the golf links. '11bbltt t
ball rotnmunfrates more quickly wltb
the lblsperlpg lines by the clobbou.e
reed than by the market one. So I di
reeled my-•ttration to the around 1
front :Ind on the farther side or the
driveways. And I found the neck of
that bottle(
"Now, wbo would do this but Lad•(,
who saw In fl. be ha. said, a rem
tache for some vernh•n arnica se (tad
and 7.adok-hew bad he carried It tf
not 10 some pocket et no areetosatl
But glass edges make quirk work with
pocket,, and it this piece of bottle ha/
gone from the Whispering Pines p
'rlbbltt's ball and from then to the
hill there should be some takes ef lb
work in Zadok's overcoat pocket.
"Tbis led m• to look foe those to
kens, and as 1 bad by this time tostim
•ted my way into bis confidence by s
free and cheerful manner which gave
Dim a rest from bis gloomy thoughts
1 soon had ■ chance to see for myself
the condition of thus. pockets. 11e
result was quits satisfactory. la oat
or tbem 1 found a frayed lining, easily
explalnable on the theory 1 bad ad-
vaneed. That pocket can be seen by
von.
"But Mr Rot, 1 wafted some nal
hag. perhaps, bow few minutes bad
pawed *thee be bung upon the words
a of n fellow being for bis condemnatlob
to de.ttb or r"Ien%t to tbe freedom
which he now enjoyed
A wot•eot-1 But what an eterolty
before 1 saw the rigid lines of ber
whit., set taco relax -before I mark-
ed the pixy of Doman If not womanly
emotion break hp the misery of her
took and soften ber tips into some sem-
blanee of their old erpresslon- Lor
might be dead, frlendahip. even, tie a
thing of the tar past. tut rnoslden
tlon was still alive: and to another to
utast It melte In these trembling sea -
tames, u$te r a acmes a threshold
tatsde maned by a tragedy lavolvtag
our three fives:
"Veer to orad azWmOn yeQseIL No
1W should go nahoaed 1 know you
will trot nom where Adelaide's spirit,
yet Nagata if yes . cannot bring hands
dean from all actual violence"
I motioned my driver away, and ie
C rmed drew back out of sigitt 1
caught at Arthur's arm and Laced tem
with the query:
"Are you waling that I should enter?
1 only wish to declare to ber and to
you an innocence 1 have no means of
proving, but wblcb you cannot disbe-
lieve tf 1 swear Jt bees and now, by
your mister Carmel's sacred disfigure
meat Sacb depravity could not exist
as tach a vow from the tips guilty of
the crime you charge me with. Look
at me, Arthur. 1 considered you; now
consider me."
1lblckiy be stepped back. • "Enter,"
said be.
It was some minutes later -I cannot
say bow many -that one of tbe serv-
ants disturbed us by asklog 11 we
knew anything about Zadok.
"He has not come home," said be.
"and bore 1. a man wbo wants him."
"Wbat man?" asked Artbur.
"Oh, that detertlte cbap. He never
will leave us alone."
1 arose. In an Instant enllgbtet-
ment had come to me. "It's nothing,"
said 1, with my eyes on Carmel. but
the gesture 1 furtively made Arthur
said otherwise.
A few minutes later we were both in
the driveway. "11,e are on tbe brink
of a surprise," i whispered. "I think
1 understand this Sweetwater now."
prooL 1 wasn't willing to embarrass
another man or to risk my own repil-
tadoo on a baaard so blind as fhb
without something really definite. A
confession was what 1 wanted or once
a breakdown of the man as would war-
rant poilc' action. How could 1 get
this?
'This man. guilty thoagb be might
be, loved Ms family and was brokea
hearted over the trouble In which be
saw 1t plunged. Excused today from
attendance at court. be was In Oise
stint telephonic commanlratJon wttk
some Mend of his wbo kept him past-
ed u to the conduct of the trial and
the probabWties of a favorable ver-
dict
"If the case bad gone against Arthur
we should _bare beard from his coacb-
man-that 1 verily beUeve -Dat wben
we all aaw that be was Ukeiy to be
acquitted 1 realized that some other
course must tw taken to shake Zadok
from his new won complacency, and I
chose the most obvlooa one.
"Just when everything looked most
favorable to their restored peace and
happiness I sbocked Lim Carmel and
throngb ber thls Zadok into the be-
lief that the whole agony was to be
gone over again in the rearrest and
consequent trial of the man she still
loves to spite of all that bas bappened
to separate them.
"He was not proof against this new
responsibility. As abe fainted be leap
ed from the box, and could 1 bare
beard the words he mattered in bee
ear 1 am gum that 1 should have that
to give yon which would settle this '
matter for all tme. As 1t is I can
only say that my own convictions
are absolute. The test remains with
you."
"We will go see the man." said Das-
trict Attorney Fox.
and 1 bred her as well as I could b
anybody, though you won't think
when 1 tell you my whole eters. W
she wanted was this: 1 was to
to the ball Jest es if nothing
bappened, but I was not to stay t
As soon as I could 1 was to slip o
get a carriage trona some nearby s
We and hurry hack up the toad
meet her and take her where abe woo
tell me or, 1f I did not meet ber,ns
watt two houses below bet111 s
came along. 8be would not want m
long and very soon i could go bac
and have as good a time as I pleased.But she would Ilke me to be secret f
en
-and eand was not one for gossip, ev
among her owe servants. I even tried
to do better and be even more stere
about It than abe expected. Instead
('eats to a stable. b took one of the M
whirl.)i found fastened up to the DI
abed alongside the ball, Snit being
un
fortate as not to attract anybodybushman.attention by thls bushman. I was out
the e road and ball way to the Whis-
pering Pines before Helen and Maggi
e coat! wonder wby 1 bad not ask
them to dance.
"A few minutes later I was o• the
hill. for the horse 1 had cboseo was a
fast one, and I was pod turning tate
our street when t was panned by Bir,
Arthur's gray mare and critter. This
made me pall up for a minote, for I
hadn't expected this. but on looking
•bead and seeing Miss Cumberland
gs
peering. froour own gateway I
drove quickly on and look her up.
.1 was not so much asronisbed as
you would think to be ordered to fol-
low fast after the mare and entter
and to stop where it stopped. That
was all she wanted -to follow that
cntter and to atop where 1t stopped.
Well. It stopped at the clubhouse. and
when sloe saw it turn in there 1 beard
her give a little gasp
"'Walt.', she whispered 'Walt till
Abe has had time to get out and go
In . Then drive In. too, and help me
to find my way Into the building after
her.'
"And then I knew It was Miss Care
oat of the building as quickly ai I
could, M
"Aad all might yet bare been well if
1 had not found lying on the snow at
the foot of the stied a bottle of whisky
sucb as 1 bad never druuk old did
nut know how to resist Catcbing 1t
up, 1 ran about the house to where i
had left my rig It was safe, and in
my relief at finding It 1 knocked off
the head of the bottle and took a luny
drink.
"lbw) 1 drank again; then 1 sat
down In the snow and drank again.
In short, 1 nearly finished 1t; then 1
became contused. 1 looked at the piece
of broken bottle lu my band, took a
fancy to its abape and, breaking oR
a bit more, tbruat 1t Into one of myre
big pockets; then 1 stagged up to
the horse, but 1 did not untie nim.
"Curiosity seised me again, and I
ve thougbt 1 would take another look at
It the ladies -,perhaps they ailed want
hat me- rba
p! p► -1 was pMn7 well rep.
b d fused, but 1 went back and crawled
�re, once more Into the wludow.
rat. 'Tele time the place was anent -not
us- a sound, not a breath -but l could see
a faint glimmer of
Id this glimmer. Neal there was weoo
d
to mooed.
De "I came to an open door. A couch
• was before me, beeped with cushions.
A long ray of moo0Ugbt bad sbot to
throogb a communicating door, and 1
or could vee everything by It This was
en where the ladies bad been when 1 lis-
tened before, but they wen not bete
now.
of "Wereo't they? Why did I tremble
Xs so, then, and stare and stare at those
• cushion'? Why did 1 feel I must pull
eo theca away, as 1 peasant!) did? I was
• mad with liquor and mtgbt easily have,
imagined what i then saw, but I did
not think of this then. 1 believed wbat
• 1 saw instantly. Miss Cumberland
ed was dead, and 1 bad discovered the
crime Sbe bad killed berself-no; abe
bad been killed!
"Should I yell out murder? No, not
I could to sorry without that. 1 would
not yell Mistresses were plenty. I
bad liked ber, but I need not yell.
There was something else 1 could do.
"1310 eat a ring on her finger -a ring
that for months 1 bad gloated over
and watched as ( bad nerer watched
and gloated over any other beautiful
thing in my life. 1 wanted It -1 bad
always wanted It. It was before tine
for the taking now. I should be a
fool to leave it tbere for some other
wretch to pilfer. 1 bad loved bee. 1
would love the ring.
"Reaching down. 1 took iL I drew
It from ber finger. 1 put It in my
pocket 1-Go1 In heaven. the eyes
1 bad seen glassed in death were look-
ing at tae!
"She was not dead; ■D• bad been
witness of the theft Without a
thought of what I was doing my bands
closed rouod Der tbroaL It was drink,
fright, terror at the look abe gave me,
whlcb made me kill her, not my real
sett. My real self could bare strieked
when in anotber Instant 1 saw my
wont.
"Twatng back the pillows, I stum-
bled from the place. Why 1 was not
heard by my young mistress I do not
know. tier cars were deaf, Just as my
.eyes were half blind in a half boor
I was dancing with the maids, telling
Zadok could not be found. lie was
wanted by the district attorney, wbo
wished to put sume questions to blur.
Were there nny objections to els
searching tbe stable loft for indications
of 01s whereabouts?
Artbur made none. and the detective,
after sending the Cumberland.' second
man before blm to light up the stable,
disappeared beneath the great door,
wbltber we more slowly followed him.
"Not beret" came In a shout from
above as we stepped in from the night
alr, and In a few minutes the detective
came running down the state, battled
and very UI at ease. Soddenly be en-
countered my eye "013, 1 known' be
tried and started for the gate.
"1 am going to follow him," I coo-
fded to Arthur. "Look for me again
onlgbt, or at least expect a message
f fortune favors us, as 1 now expect,
we two shall sleep tonight as we bare
not slept for months" And. wafting
for no answer, not even to see If be
comprebended my meaning, 1 made a
rum for the gate and soon came op
with Sweetwater.
'l'o the cemetetryr I asked.
"Tea; to the cemetery
And there we found him to the same
place where we bad seen ban before,
but not in the same position. He was
trunk's now to the ground, but bis face
was premed against toe ells, and In
his stiff cold hand was clutched a let-
ter which afterward we teed.
Leet 11 b1 read by yon here. it 'Will
explain tb• mystery whlrh ramp njeer
destroying the Itree of more than Ade
hide:
"No more unhappy wretch than I
goes to baa account. 1 killed hear who
II" show• me only roodnes and will
he the death ofbars If 1 do not rose
foes my dteadta, my unsuspected se.
eetwt This M De It happened. 1 can-
not
aanot acv• reason& 1 eannot eves ask
ter pardon.
'That stent pert as 1 was preparing
t• leave the 'table to Join the ether
S'rebts ea their ride M 7lbblttls belt,
Se ieltpl"ene (meg. and t Wen" Mime
Onmheetsed'. vette. 'Laden. else said.
and at fret t meld b•rdb eedeeesand
Mee. 1 am in Weebl. 1 want help
sed see are the oety has wso me W
me'
"1 bad beet with bet many rears.
CHAPTER XXX. ' t
etitcttasagb arOI Z:tT. I
Tan moment i felt Sweetwaterr's
band lilted from my shoulder
1 sprang into the first hack 1
Mild End and bade the driver
follow the Cumberland sleigh post-
haste. 1 was determined to nes Car-
mel and bare Carmel see me. Wbat,
ever cold Judgment might say against
tilt meet]•►;. 1-cuuid itot Ilse in my
present anslety. If the thunderbolt
whit!, bad ,truck bee bad spored ber
life enol re"son •h^ must know from
my own Ii;.. tir, 1 was not only n free
man. but as turayet of the awful
charge conveyed 1 8w.etwater a ac-
tion as Ras toe to leer, fano had Just
been acquitted of 1 by the trrdlct of
his peers
1 Moat de^ia►e this, and alio must br
Iberia me. aotblh, et'"p mattered -nett
tog elms ID alt IberorlJ fhst Ar
UM Might strap that anything
rook] atop me, 'I d not dl.tnrb my ntltd
for n minute All that I dreaded was
that 1 might t;nel rurselt too late, that
this second I e"w might bate proved
to he 100 nue h fur bet and that 1
abound End uty devise( deed or passed
ham rhe into that tivtng death watch
was the harder i•uniehment of Ms
two Hut 1 was spored this killing
grief When mar two conveyances
"topped It was In the driveway of 1355
eN home sod as i homeM4 epee !M
walk it was to est bee agate In Ar
thaw arms. but this (lase with open
mei we bad been following. Before I
thought 1t was Mr. Arthur.
"Presently the pulled me by the
sleeve. '1= beard the door shat; said
abe. and I was a little frightened at
ber voice, but I was full of my Im-
Jportance and went on doing Just as
she bade me. Drlvieg In after the
cutter. I drew op Into the shadows.
t>.1ese the gray mare was bid. and
then, reaching out my hand to Miss
Cumberland- I helped ber out and
went with ber as far as the door.
'You may go back now,' said sbe. 'If
I aurrlre the night I shall never for-
get this iervtce. m7 good Zadok: And
1 saw ber 11tt ber band to the door,
then fall back, wbite and trembling.
4 in the moonllgbt 7 can't,' she whis-
pered over and over. 'I can't -I can't'
"'Shall i knock? I asked.
"'No, no,' she whispered back. 1
want to go in quietly. Let's Dee if
tbere'm no other way. Run about the
house. Zadok. I will submit to say
1OWtilation. only find me some en-
trance other tban this.' She was
shaking so and her face looked so
ghastly in the moonlight that I was
afraid to leave Der. But abe made me
a gesture of each command that Iran
quickly down the steps and so round
the house till I came to a shed over
the top of which i saw a window
partly open.
"Could 1 get ber hp on to the shed?
I thought 1 could and went hurrying
back to the big entrance where 1 bad
lett her. She was still there, shiver
log with the cold. but Just as determin-
ed as ever. 'Con:.; I whispered; 'I
have found a way'
"8be rare me her hand. and I led
ber around to tb. abed. MIA was like
• snow woman, and her touch was
ice itself. 'Walt t111 I get a box or
board or sometbing,' I said Hunting
about. I found a box leaning against
the kltcbea aids. and bringing it, I
helped 'her up and soon had her on a
levet with the window.
"As she made ber way In she turned
and whispered to me: 'Go back now.
Carni. has • horse and will see me
home. You bate served me well. ?i•
doe'
"I nodded, and *be 'antitheft Int() the
darkness. Then 1 should tare gone,
bet my corloslty was too greet. I
wanted to know 'net a little morn.
Two women in this desolate and bitter-
ly cold clo►hoosef Wbat did 1t mean?
"1 could not restrain myself from
following bee In and listening for a
few minutes to what they bad to may.
Rot 1 did not catch murh of It, and
when 1 beard other sounds from some
Mare Meow and . recognized these
snoods as a man's henry footsteps coin-
ing np the rear stairs I got a Mght
at being seism 1 should not he and
slipped 1st/ the hest door I found, .t.
pectlng ter (rasa to c"" cot and Join
*1301.11'.
"Rut le dN net He last unseen(' for
• moment ts the Mil 1 OSI left; *bee
I beard biro etambp, oat ,1 the win
dew end ge, 1 now knew that this
was Mr Artbur. Rut i did not ktaow (
8 (ben, and 1 was frightened for the
holm 1 b'd_tba ed, with and 80 gel
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fon me."—fere, A. L McVaar.axa, 609 Have St., Lawton, 0L1a.
From a Grateful Massachusetb Woman.
Roxbury, Maes.—"I was .uffering.from inflam-
mation and visa examined by a physician who found
that my trouble was caused by a displacement.
My symptoms were bearing down paints, backache,
and sluggish liver. I tried several kind. of meth-
, cine ; then I was asked to try Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound. It has cured me and I am
pleaxed to be in my usual good health by using it
and highly recommend it. — Mrs. B. M. O 000 ,
1 Haynes Park, Roxbury, Maas.
If
want
advice write to
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letter will be opened, read and answered by a woman and held
in strict confidence.
tbem of -the pretty stranger wtib wbom
I bad been sitting out an bout of fun
In a quiet corner. Tbey believed met
and not a particle of suspicion alas ens
man ever 101 of me since
"But others bare bad to stiffer, sod
that has made dell of my nlgbts. i re-
stored tbe ring to my poor mistrals,
but even that brought hartn to one 1
had no quarrel with. But be has ea -
caped conviction, and if 1 thought lir.
Ranelagh would also escape 1 might
have courage to live out oly !Meerutxe
life and seek to make amends In tea
way ffil ws-ld have ms
"Bat I fear for hen. 1 tear for NMI
Carmel. Never could I testify :a as
other trial which tbreetened bar pease
of mind 1 see that, instead or kolas
the seldab stealer of ber suttees happi-
ness.
appynese. as I had thought she is an angel
Croat whom all future suffering sboalf
be kept
"11ils 1s my way of sparing ber. Pee.
Nape 1t will beep her sister to torglve
me wben we meet In the world to
which I am cow Coto:."
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Are You Paintin
on the «24'h"
"Victor,. Day"••
is " Spec and Span Day", when cvc
gets out their paint brushes, rye)
The "24th" cornea just at the right time for you to Rive the
House its new coat of plaint—to freshen up the Porch and Front
Fence—to do the Floors and Wa11a—in short, to make your home
spic and span, inside and out.
11
MARTIN SENOUR
PAINTS AND VARNISHES
imdtde everything you nerd for Pals( Dig t, Weearly the NM Pae s.1 "LOOX Parc" .ot—also 'Plead sty Peniearlyes—,rad ..ill
be plowed to give you eoior Heads of tt tri t'eisbie brands.
'Bette d,reet to the Msrtis.9sese• C.., iMa ted, hilem eedh
for their lues Ronilet , "Tows •' .I.ewi.sanag
Nes ceder ete1eaes sad lives[ vel tate'east i ieveaetten.
F. HUNT, GODERICH, Ont.