The Wingham Advance, 1917-11-08, Page 6*fr..
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mei ran; r
Vs el:WO:
Tee Slim Felnere ptiax,e3s to estab-
thee a prods:dozier Goverment leaver
eters, to &Carina Ireiand n indt pen-
dent itepubile. Haw far are those
people te be allowed, to go in their
etellt:eue plena?.
A New Jeraey Soolinien who uame
euggeeta a, elertuaa Origin, has been
gentenced to five rear's' interne/mum(
for danouncing the 4etion'8 participa-
tion iu the war, aad fienaing Its riglit
to goed 'troopis to Pranee, 13tet they
Ilire still telleing aSentst -Conscription
down in Quebee.
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On the war nape of the British
trent in Face and Belgium many
Caeadiert and Naglish nameu nv ap
pear. and probably will remala After
the war, says z ontemporary. A rnep
of the Flandera tront from Ostend to
is dotted with suoh femillar
nameas Vancouver, WinniPeg, Tor-
onto, Alheria. Anzac, Calgary, Que-
bec aud many other names wench de-
n oe that tito soldiers of Canade, Aus•
trsita and New Zealand have petted
thee way There should be a "Henaii.
ton somewhere along the alliel front,
Germany is only piling up penalties
for Reale inethetontinuee devastation
and epollation of Belgium. Its money
exacttons have reached the enorm-
ous total of $1,600,000,000, apd it con-
tinues to deport the people who are
etrong enough to work, use them an
-starvation diet until they can work
no longer, and then return them to
their homee where foreign charities
may possibly save them from etarva-
tion. German'y is not only living off
Belgium, but she is living off Serbia,
Poland. Roumania and all the coun-
tries she has in her grasp. No won-
der she manages to keep in tee ring,
Can she ever pey the penalties she
has incurred?
The Chicago Tribune is exercised
over the salute of the flag. The form
of salute demanded from civilians, it
says, is established. It requires a
man to uncover' and hold his hat
above his ,heart. It makes no re-
quirement of a woman, but the wo-
men have found a form of.salute, It
requires merely the placing of the
right hand aboye the heait. Eldon'
men Who suffer physical consequences
11• they rincoyer their headn incle-
ment weather have suggested that
they might be per:flitted to mollify
;tee form of Salute, The civilian
lute of taking off the hat many bring
on sickness 1,!. the wind isi sharp
;enough and the aflags ounedeous
el' slough in a' ,parade. The military
'salute of touching the rim of the eat
'Is suggested ass a solution for them,
but the healthy, able-bodied roan 'will
.have his hat over his heart v,hen the
'flag passes him. How is it in Can-
ine? •
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OLBOMARGATALWE.
As has already been announced, -the
.Dominion Government will permit
the people of Canada to eat °homer --
wine on and after the first of next
;month. It will alga allow of the
'manufactureand sale of that corn-
modityeeen., and iter t1at'eta. But
this wee -liege ie only teinperere, es.. le
war measure, .end may be withdrawn
when the war is over. From the.
ereeprohibition of •:the .use a this article
in Canada all these years it might be
appesed that it eteeseeptees fieenorionotai
-or deleterious to the public health.
But from tee fact that it Is freely
..eold and eaten in the 'United etates
:and in Great °Ierititen, telat, 'eupeeesaiose.
would scarcely hold. 'In fact, oleo.
margarine is quite wholesome and its
(ewe has no bad effects on those who
epartake of it. e s
To filed the reeeons the prohibi-
tion tie the use, sale end maacture
Of it Ili Canada we have to goeback to
the days Of Sir afidn1 A;7e31aciana1d
and the National Policy. The pro-
tective tariff erected at that.tin was
felt not to be In the Interests of the
farmers, and, 'with a vleve teaoncliie•
ate them in some way, this competi-
tor of the farmers' butter was drIven
out of the country. TIlls Prohibition
of oleomargarine had •a disastraus &-
feet on at least oho friend of the Gov-
ernment.
Shorty before the GoVernMent pro-
hibited the manufectere of °leader -
wine in this country, the late Hon.
Isaac Buehanan. a member of a for -
Zee 'Dory Govertnnent, and a proml-
ent Wholesale merchant -of this city,
embarked in Hamilton in the maul -
feature of tele ftrtiIe. lIard:y ha,
he begun business when the prohi-
bition camel into effect, and he found
his whole business swept away,- bis
factory a completes lose.
The FoOd COntroller ailvis,A the
Cerement to lift the proltibitiot be-
callse butter watt ectuate because it wee
dear, sect because it is needed by the
Alliee, and he belleVes that the price
of butter will ttot be serlottsly affeeted
by permitting the people to use OW -
margarine, because there is a great
export trade for the farmers' product:
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A 130%0r,
Visa Mallets had permitted Sohn'
Jones W eltan the betirde ante 8011001,
sio ea a ettecial favor to him the let
tie sarearn of (Me:Alone Teri on and
on, Whiter At tried '•to lateWee
lieenteelle he *ea forced to fall leitek
ea tett ()vet 'mann, este tunable re-
ply: Nesed Made it."
But Johnny was not eilcuctd
"fa there anything god can't did"
"Ilo, Johnny."
"Ilea etuild another 004
/net el hitealed Mout ett Neat
rerk Evening l'OM.
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Here a dugout was drawn up on the
stones, well ititidea front the view et
any One oj elaore. She got in and.
• Paddling.arettad the ice, 9.rtiel'ea the
Metall 'of the creek. Gratinding her
graft with entente eare on. the sand, She
groped ter a Moteent lu her baggage,
then (Mae and ateppea Rohm, carry--
ing oeveral long, thin stripe of moose -
hale.
The three Men eleepiug an the floor
of the sea* suddenly started up in
their blankets,
"What Was' that?" they aeked each
other,
"A skout for help," Geld lack.
Joe sprang up and opencie the door.
Some COlifUSed 0011nde from the eiree.
tieu of the creek reached hie ears, but
he had not enough woodcraft to dies
tinguieh them from the legitimate
Belinda of the night.
The fire was black now. Big jack
struck a match. "Sanee gone!" he
oried, suddenly.
Shand felt around the floor with We
Lands, "Hie blankets, too!" he added.
"Treachery!" cried Joe with an
oath. "You wouldn't believe me be-
fore. That' why be hid the guns,
Ceme on, I heard eomething from the
creek."
• They pulled on their raoccaaine and,
snatching coate, ran out. Husky re -
=iced on the bed, cursing. At the
oreek-mouth the sandbank was etaPtY.
The last pallid ray a of the moon -re-
vealed nothing.
They were accustoneed to eleme there
many times a day to wash or to draw
water, and the welter of footprints in
the sand gave no clue. Fioally Joe,
with a cry, pounced On a dark object
at the water 'a edge and held it up. It
was Senile neck handkerchief.
"Here's the raark of a boats too, in
the.sand," he cried. "I knew it! Gone
together ba her boat!"
"It was a mane voice I herd," ob-
jected Jack. "What for would he
want to ay out?"
"Wanted to give us the laugh when
he saw his getaway clear," said Joe,
bitterly. "Oh, damn him!"
"As aeon as it's light-" muttered
Shand, grinding his teeth.
"What'll eau do then?" denaanded
Joe.
"I'll get him!" said the quiet man.
"We have no boat."
"Boat or no boat,"
"Oh, you're going to do great
things. He belongs to me."
Shand sneered. "Take it out on
him with your tongue."
Joe replied with a torrent of abuse.
Big Jack laughed a hateh note..
. "You foele!" he said. "Both of
you: What do YoU thfak you're going
to do eta big? She's given Ue our ans-
wer sooner than re expected, that's
all. If she. prefers a .cook to .10 man,
that's her affair. All we got to de is
"ehut tip. len golleginuelete the'slack"
•They would not confess. the reason-
ablenees Of Jack's words, "Go where
eau like,", muttered Stated, "'eel Stick
by myself."
Jack strode back along the path: Toe
followed him, merely beeauee he was
one ••of .theSeeneantee who •will'oeioetsii:
an eitenty's cototranY eocaer thehefaee°
the PrOsefeet ef being left with his
own, ' • '
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''ley left ;Shane to hie own .cleyices.
Husky greeted them wit* eager quesa
done. Joe cursed bim, and Jack
clenched his teeth upon the etem of
his pipe in grim silence.. ... •
-They ereviveaethe fire' and at e
front of et. lasah man was jealous of
hla own -gage and_pairi and refused to
thare It.. Joe attd Husky beckered in a"
seutile way. Big Jack, in spite a hie
philoeophic proteetatIona, kept' the tail
:an eye Op, the whiteraeg wiod.0W-.
• Parte. la theend'he rcse abruPtly
followed suit as a raatter of course.
,Jack turned on hint, saarilOg. "Have
I'got to be tolloeved be'yoti like a dog
everywhere 1 go?'
:What% the matter with youe.: re-
jerted Se& eleo you Own the .,whole •
out of daorsete •
- • Jack --halted • outside. -the door....PYou
take exte wee; ell go the other," he
• said grimly... •
Jack returned to the creek, and
crossing on tee, etepone; etonee lessened
engtoerintbeepbbit ebeetetideteriaagetetioten
on a boulder. From here he could see
a long ovey doeivit theelake shore.
At thee aeaeOrt 13 Stete latitude of
•Caribou night id bre!, e The sun stoke.
•but alItteWaYloolOW.the herleonearide
a faint glow hoVets otter his head all.
nightie eeraveIing•etrOdete.•the northern
horizon to The - dust. where it heralds
hie reappearance.
' .was light io the eeeen..noW aelnethe
lake was ‘11011Pltig bete
Jack.searched 'Le relay 'expanseswith
his keen little eyes. I.
Be and by as the light esteengthened,
'looking dowiashore he aSe a telly,
dark object steal beyond the next
polite tied. beeonee eithouetted agaitet
the gray. There couldefse no doubt of
'Othat it was. The lust ofepuroult nano
°deem ea -the maa'a heeler- He forgot
ale prudent adviee 13 Izia mates.
"Making- for the toot of the lake,"
he thought. "And the wind's against'
tleebe We eeeirige I ecould ettay ride
aieund the shote arid eta theta off."
Re got ut; Mid made his way with
energetic actien back to the stable.
'He had noSooner.:,picked up a saddle
than Joe canie in,' They looked eaCh
other Over' without apeeking. eifee Made
for another saddle.
"You'refret. tag() Wheee you
want," said Jack, grittily. "I've only
got to arty I cheese, to ride .altuie."
"I don't care how you ride," re-
torted Joe. leeep out of iny bueleee3,-
that's all." "
They saddled their horees in ellence.
Joe -said at last with a ;sneer;
"Thought you told uie to sit dose and
shut O." —
Stickel face feinted suddenly.
"1 promieed him a hotting If he in-
terferee and, by Gcld, I ntean la give
it to 111111 before her eyes. That's
What elites got to take if he Dicke a
CoOki"
He fixed Soe with blazing eYea.
"And if any man cornea between InCi
and my pronnee, I'll take hini tirett
Aa for the girl, she east go Iter way. I
Wouldn't tate her for a gift!"
Joe leughea unpleasantly.
As Jack etarted to lead his home
Oat Of the stable, he saW what lie had
Stet before netleed ieveral guile lean.
lag in a Corner of WI stable, Ills eyed
lighted up.
"Where did they collie from?" he
tentended, thoesitig kis oven.
"Shatid found them wider the otat
theOtahlt roof," a1d Joe.
"Where is Shand?"
"Hs has. eireadY talten a horse and
Otte
Sam ivtie awaketted by being tio.
lontly relied over ot the 'Sand. Ile
felt ltUfttart hands upon WW1 blit
tent& not ase kb efteraY. Xteatrugglea
With a *Will, but his limbo were ten-
teedey tee IiIanket. A hi- hOdY
Iknelt upon his back, aud fetters. verd
pulled arouud him•bludine his arms
and hie lege inside the blanket.
I It was then that he /shouted lustlY.
' It wan cut sP.Ort by a eotton gag in hie
mouth. He was ignominiouelY rolled
down the sand to the water's edge,
What with the darknesa and the con•
fliedoil of hie faculties, still he •coula
not gee who had attacked bine,
Inert as a log, he was lifted -up.
draggee away, and finally dropped in
a beet. His captor atood away frem
him, meriting, Sam rolled over oo 1118
back and saw -Bela.
For a moment he was paralyzed be
aetonishment-a woman to dare so!
Without looking at him she quiekle
took her place in the eten ane pushed
off, Suffocating rage quickly auceeed-
ed hit filet blankneess, Unable to move
or to utter q sound, hie heart aearly
broke with it.
The black traitrees! After all her
prefe,tions vf felendlluessi ,After
making her eyes GO GOtt and ber voice
eci sweet! She was worse than be)
uglieet, awl -clone had minted: He did
not step to guess why he had been at-
tacked. She was Itle • enemy. That
was enough.
Sounds reached them from tho di-
rection of the shack, and Bela, lower-
ing her head. Paddled swiftly and sil-
ently for the point, Her face showed
loinnleys. a dim oval in the failing light.
But tneree was grim ;resolution in its
Only once did she opeo her lino,
Sam was franiteally twisting in leis
bonds, though owing to his peva:len
on the keel of the dugout he did net
much theaten tier stability,
Bela whispered: "If you turn Us
over you drown quick,"
Angry as lie was, the suggestion of
• being plunged into the lake bound
hand and foot reached him with no
little force. Thereafter he lay still,
glaring at her.
They had no more than rounded
the pent when they heard the men
dome running down to the creek. Bela
'continued to hug the shore. They
were soon swallowed in tile Murk. The
moon went down.
By and bay the first rays of light
began to spread up_ the sky from the
eastern horizon,, and the earth seemed
to wake very softly and look in that
direction.
With the light came a breath from
the east, cool Ils a hand on the brow
of fever. Twittering of eleepyethicka-
dees were heard among. Bib pines, and
out in the lake a loon laughed.
Day came with a swoopupthe lake,
The zetsbar hecErie a: brgeze, the
breeze.half a gale. The leaden sheet
a water was torn into white tatters,
and the waves began to crash on the
ice-rintmed /shore, sending sheets of
spray into the treee, and malting it
lingossible tor Bela to land hed she
Wished t�. '
This was a' laird stroke of luck
against .her. See would have come
out o.f sight of the point by the time
It evas fully light; had it not been for
the head wind.
The dugout leaped and rolled like an-
Instine thing:- Having a well-turned
hull; she .kept on top, ead only spray
came over . theo.bow. To Sam, who
male See only flie sky, the mad. mo-
lie'll Wits inexenieeble. . •
His anger gave place to an honest
terror. If anything happened, what
ehance ;did he stand? Bela's set, eullen
face told him nothing, Her eyes were
undeviatingly fixed on a point 'a few
feet, thead and to the right of the
• bow. ' Twisting her paddle this ;way
and that, she snaked the dugout over
the -Crests. .
Though she .seeraed to pay no at.
tVitioieto him, she must have gueased
What" eves passing in Sam's mind.
Without taking her eyes from that
point ahead where the waves came
from, she felt in a bundle before her
sandodrew outee knife, eWatching her
thence, she swiftly leaned forward
and out theebonds geound his legs.
When another lull came she cut his
mons feet • °
"More careful," she said, without
looking at him.
Sam did not heed the warning. The
tcyneeteillety of the eprey in his face
filled Fan with a wholesome, respect
for the lake. He cautiously worked.
his arms free of the blanket, and rais-
ing himaelf on his elbows, looked over
the gunwale. He saw the waves
dome, tumbling clumsily toward them
and gasped.
It seemed like a miracle the little
craft had survived so long. One glance
at the Shore showed him why they
cOuld not land. He fell back, and
his hands flew to the knot behind his
head. He tore off the gag and threw
it overboard. Bela looked at him for
the fraction of a second.
"Well, what's your game?" Ito bit-
terly demanded. "It's pretty near
ended for both of us. I hope you're
satisfied. You savage!"
Bela's eyes did not swerve again
'faint that point ahead. In One respect
she was a savage; that was the extra-
ordinary stolidity- she Could assunae.
For all the attention she gave him he
.might have been the wind whistling.
At Met it fanned his anger out-
rageOusly, 'He tearched his mindfor
cruel taunts to Move her. It was all
wasted. She paddled ahead like a
piece of the boat itself, now pausing
a seeond, how driving hard, as those
fixed, wary eyes telegraphed automat-
ically to her anew.
One cannot oontinue to rail at a
woOden wontart. Her impassivity
finally wore him out. . He fell Silent,
dud covered his fade with an arta that
he might not have to look at her. Be-
sides, he felt seasick.
East of Nine Mile Point the lake
shore makes in gleaner, forming the
wide deep bay which stretthes all the
way to the foot of the lake where
Musquasepi, the little river, takes Re
rise, The stony, ice-elad shotes,
backed by pities, cdritintted for a Mile
or so, then gave place to wide, bare
mud -flats reachbeg far inland.
On the fiats the fee did not pile up,
but lay in great sakes where the re.
ceding waters setrarided It, This ice
was practically till Meta now, tate
the view •across the Gate was =ire,.
pedeil. It wits nine Miles from the
Point to the irttalte• of the riverby
water, •and fifteen tailee by land, This
trail 'skirted inside ,the flats.
Belt kept to the:Share until the id.
ercesing light made further Condeal-
Ment littelees. She then headed bold-
ly totes% for the river. It was at
this time that the wind began to
blow; itn hardest. '
She doled not tell, ot course, lf she
had yet been discovered frein the
PeInt. Not kttowittg the %Mpg Of
'white Men, Ate eould not Wee it they
Were likely to pursue,
MAO ordinary elreutttetancee, With
a little %tart, she eould easily have
beat a bores to the river, but the
bead Whit reversed the 'detect She
might lia.‘70 lanagd en the fleet, but
there was not a particle et em sr
there, and they would•have tittered a
fair mare to alle DUO following by the
trail. Mateoyer, Sant Wollid nave
run away.
• it Was tOO MIMI for her to hope to
map° acmes the lake in the treliall Ot
the sea. So there was nething, for her
but to continue to struggle toward tile
river, Is bank of neavy clouds nno
rising in the east. it was to be tl
gray day.
After a while Sam looked over the
edge again. The dugout iseemed
• scarcely to have =vett. They were
still but half -may across the wide 1'ay.
Qu tee lake side•they were passing a
wootled island out in the neiddle, The
wind was still increasing. It tame
roaring up the lalge in euccosstve
gusts. It was like a giant Playing
bated her for being forced -to admire
littering the coup de grace. Belo. (Meld
no longer keep the crests of the wawa
out. Sant was drenobad anti chilied.
He stole another look in Iter face.
The imminence of the danger threat•
ening both, forced his anger into tite
baeltground ter the moment. She
never changed her attitude except oc-
casionally to swing the paddle to the
other side of the boat.
At the impact oe each gust she low-
ered her head a little and set her
teeth, her face had become a little
haggard and gray tuetil the long on-
tinued strain. Sam chafed under les
enforced Inaction.
"You have another paddle," he said.
"Let .nle help."
"Lie down," she muttered, without
looking at hint. "You- don' know
how. You turn us over,"
He lay in water impotently grinds
ing his teeth. He could not but ad -
Mire her indoraiteele courage, and he
hated her otr bein gforced to edmire
her.. To be obliged to lie etill and
let a woman command was a bitter
draft to his plde.
A waveTeaped over the bow, felling
in the &gout like a barrowful of
stones. Sati sprang to a sitting posi-
tion, j•Ie . thought the end had come.
The dugout staggered drunkenly un-
der the additional load. • But Bela's
face was titill unmoved. e
"Loan over," she commanded, nod-
ding toward the little pile oe baggage
i)beatilae,en them. "Under the blankets,
in the top of the grub -box, my tea -
lee found it, and set to work with a
will to bail, lei fast as he emptied the
water, more came in over the bow.
The foot of the lake and safety seem-
ed to recede before theme Surely it
was not possible a woman could hold
out slong enough to reach it, he
he thought, glancing at her,
"Why don't you turn about and run
before the wind?" he asked,
"Can't turn now," 'she muttered.
"Wave hit her side, turn over guide."
Sam looked athore again. For up -
weeds of a furleng off the edge of the
elate and breakers were ruling their
rarallel linea of white. Above all the
other noises of the storm the continu-
ous roaring of these waters reached'
their ears.
"You could land there," he sug-
gested. "What if we did get turned
out? It's shallow."
pe, was not going to •tell him the
real reason she could not .land. eI
apse My boat," elle Muttered.'
se'"Beiter•lose the beat then Lose your-
. , e
self," he mettered, selleray. .•
eeelo. did, nee. answer , this. . She pad.'
Mee doggedly, and Sam bailed. He
saw her glance freed time eojime to
ward, tertain- point inland. Seeing
her fame Change, lie° followed the di-
eaetion oe her eye, and presently dis-
etileetelehede fat aeross the fiats, three
tiny ehoreas• with 'ridere aelPearIng
frout• ahlolig the trees.
Thee' weee proceeding in single file
seouad the bay. Even at the distance
hritescould guess they were gallopin'
g
Ssh
e that was why e would not land!
-Slice did not need to be told who tile
three eiders we, His sensattone en
1:w
ti
eeping them were mixed. it Was
not elifficult On 1m te figure what
had happened when his absence had
been, discovered, and he was not at all
sure that he wished to escape from
bis mysterious captor only to fall into
those hands.
This line of thought suddenly sug-
gested a possible reason why be hed
been °exiled off -but it was too-- hu-
miliating to credit. He looked at her
with a kind of shamed horror. Her
face gave nothing away.
By and by Sam realized with a
blessed tightening of the heart- teat
the storm had reached ite maximum.
The suets were no longer increasing
in istrength; teas water was coming
OVer the bow. Not mita he felt the re-
lief 'was he imam of how frightened
he bad been. .
Bela's face lightened, too. Progreso
under the cruel handicap was atilt
Painfully blow. The wind was like a
hand throeting them back; but every
gain brought them a little more under
the lee of the land. If Bela's arms held
out! He looked at her won.deringly.
There was no aign of any _slackening
yet. ;
"We will sink now," she said, coolly.
"Good!" cried Sam.
In their metual relief they could al-
most be (riendly.
Bela wail heading for the intake of
the river. Along the toratous course
of that stream she knew a hundred
hiding places, The land tree. followed
the general directIon .of the river, but
touched it only at otte or two oleos.
The question was, could. she reach
the river bete* the horsemen,7 Sam
'watched them, trying to gauge their
rate ot progreas. The horsee had at
leant tour miles to cover, while the
dugout was now within a mile -but
the hoeses were running.
Sam knew that the trail crossed the
river by a, ford neat the intake from
the lake, because he had tame that
way. If the horsemon cut off Bela at
the ford what would she do? he woe.
dared.' The outlook was bad for hlin
in either events Be must •escalee from
both Parties:
The hereon:ten passing around the
bay became mere specks in the die+
tame. Reaehing the foot Of the lake,
they had to cover a istraight istretch of
a Mile mid a half tO the rester. velta
trail lay behind Willows here, mid
they disappeared from vie*. It Wee
anybody's race. .
Bela; the eetraordieary girl, dill
heel a mere() of strength to Arrive ot.
As they gradually came ender the in-
fluente Oe the windward Slave tee
water ealnled down and the (latent
leaped ,tead.
• SatuTatched her with a cold abut-
ratiott ,speculating endlessly on 'what
might be going Ott behind her Meek.
like face. With all her pluck, what
could elle hape to gain. Obelously it
Would be easier to eseapd from her
then troln three Men, and he began to
hope she would win.
They taught no farther glimpses of
the liorsettleri, and as they drew eloger
end thee to the river the atilitiOn be-
e/that lentil Suppeee they arrleea an
tiiiilueltintielgestriooly,t thottellt Salt, woad
(TO be Obilthatied.)
.••••40.0.-4-i'''.-.--r----
aet* ar4 stubborn dilute.
LA
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Sealed Packets. Only •• Never in Bulk
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IN HOSPITAL
(By Patrick macaw, author 04 9,o,
Great Puse, eta)
Tbe hour was Mee o'eleck In the ate
ternooa. I entered the dug -out to find
laY Mate Sinelhole gazing mutely at somo
black, liquid in a aooty twee -tin,
"Some milk, Spudhole?" I said. hand.
Ing him tee tin which had juf3t come to
sue in a big parcel from England.
"No milk for me, matey," he replied.
"Inn &elite none up proper, I ani. Cara.
not ee.t a bite. Turntny'e out o' order
and my 'ends opinnin' like a top. When's
sick parade?" ho •asked,
"Seven o'clock," I ,said. "is it as
bad as that, Spudhole?'
"Worse'n that," he answered with a
.i
smite. ,Ave yer a fag to ;spare?
"I have, I answered, fumbling in my
r°"*IVeski, give it to somebody tut 'arsn't got
none," said my mate with a wan amile.
"I'm of? amokire a bit,"
The ease was really serious since Spud -
hole could not smoke, for a smokeless,
hour for him had always been a Pur-
gaterizti period. After tea I went with
him to the clre-asing statton and Ted
Higalea of another ;section, accompanied
Us. Ted's tummy was alao out of or-
der -ane his headWas azinuing like a top.
I stood outelde the door of the dress-
ings:it/salon while the two men were 'a-
side. Presently Spudhole eatne out.
"My temperature's- an 'miner and nine."
he mid.
"A. hundred and what?" I 10A:united.
" 'limier point nine, le was,' said Ted
Iliggles appearing at the doorway.
Isline's an 'miner DMA eight. Lots o'
blokes are sufferhe trent the same thing.
Proxis the M. O. calls it. but tha rialit
narne o' W trengh fever."
"Right name?" ,interrogated Spud -
bole,
"Well, it's somefing wot we can un-
derstand," maid 'Ned.
"Are you coming back again to the
treaohes?" X staked.
"We're to sleep .ere to -night in the cel-
lvaitrauner the dressin' station," they
told me. "In the marten' were to re-
port to ,the O. again. Then if 'a
thinks fit 'e'll send um oft to the 'ora -
"X went back to the firing trench alone.
Spudhole and Ted did not return the
next day or the day -after. Three
weeks later Sptidhole came back,
-We were Bitting in a dug -out in the
Ypres salient 'when a Jew's hary, playing
rag -time, was heard outside. The Ger-
mans, at the time, were shelling our po-
eition,, Who Ives he who played rag-
time as an accompaniment to the thun-
der of his explosives? Who could he he
-axles% Saudhole?
And sure enough it was Spudhole
back to us again, trig and tidy from
hospital, in a now uniform, new boots
Fairville, Sept. 30, 1902.
.1%/Ittard's Liniment Co., Limited.
Dear Sirs, -We wish to inform you
that we consider your alINA.RD'S
LINIMENT a very superior article,
and we use it as a sure relief for sore
throat and chest. When I tell you I
would not be without it if the price
was one dollar a bottle, I mean it.
• Yours truly,
OHAS. le. TILTON•
and with that air of. importance which
site so easily on a man who has seen
strange sights in trange regions.
"What's your temperature now?" I
asked as he came In.
"Blimey it's the correct thing now,
but it didn't 'art go up and down," said
Spudhole putting the Jew's harp in his
pocket and sitting down. "And 'ors -
Intel!" he went on. "I's no fun, 1 'an
tell'aVhYeral" sort of disease is Pyrex's?" a
seaulx4rdi bad if you've got it bad
Van°..clirti't's no good it ye've only got it 'art
bad," said Spudhole, adding: ,"Wet
mean's this. If I 'ad it bad I'd get off
ter Isliglity by my ease was only a light
one, not so 'bad as Ted 'Iggles.
not out o' 'orsp yet. and may be it's a
trip across the Channel for 'inn Cawd!
we wor bad goin' down from the dressin'
station. X couldn't even smoke a fag!
We tame to a •village and from there a
motor ambulance took us to a cleo.rhe
atation. There was a 'ot bath there and
we ever pat to bed. in a big 'catee: blan-
kets, plenty o"em and a good bed.
'Twas a grand plate to 'aye a kip."
"No tand-to at dawn," I said.
"Worn't there!" said Spudhole, "Two
'oursi leree dawn we 'ad , all o' us to
stand -to in our blankets for the Germans
began to shell the place. We 'ad to 'op
it away further back in a bus. We were
rattled about on that there bus and we
wor dropped down at another 'ors p about
breakfast time, My temperatoor was up
inore'n ever now, I almost burst the
thermorneturi And Ted! Blizney! yer
Mould 'ave seen Ted, Lorst to the wide
'e was. 'E could 'ardly speak but 'e
managed to give mo 'Is muvver's ad -
dross andi I Was to write. to 'er when 'e
went West.
'Wcr went further back after We'd a
bit a' grub, such o' us as was able to
eat emoting, and. we came to an 'orsp
under Canvas as X—. A nice quiet
place, It, and me and Ted was along W1V
two others In a bell tent, There we be-
gan to get better "'ewes 'ungry
pleaspo all the sans. They wore &yin.'
to cure us by starvin' us. Eight claya In
bed wit nutting te eat bar a drop o'
milk and onee or twice a nem. Damn
little item they ever; they must 'ave
been laid by tem -sits in a 'urry,
"I got Inter trouble once," said Spud,
hole warming to his narrative "I
climbed u» the tent pole 0110 bight
just to 'ave a smug on my own and
when 1 was on the top down conies the
'ole thing and X lands on Ted 'Iggles
bread-hasket. 'Is tbmperatoor was up VP
an 'unner and two points five the next
rnornin'. The doctor didn't 'art give me
a look when 'e iestrd about me bein' up
the pole.
"But 'e was se good bloke, the M. O.
When I got Inter me 'ole uniform 'e look-
ed 'ard at my cap. 'Ye remember it
boys? 'Twee More Iike st rag inane;
Itiate;asaay:oulduledrasitie,' btylm. ylne Tik4enna :06
artat met Ave yeti mean much war?" 1•113
'arf X averet,' I Aoki Int. thought so.'
told the orderly to Indent me for a brae%
'new tinifortil. And '0 gave me two
francs to get rnestelf a drink when I was
leavin"e
"And eow is Ted?" 1 asked,
"Not so bad yer know," said Spudhole.
"and '0 didrnt 'are want to come back
wly me. 'E mine *twin.' there ea
long aa I wee wry 'Ira, but When X was
gohn ftWaY anntrver story. 'DI
did went to get bace to the trainees
"$pudholel Is Supdhole itt here?" *se-
ed e. Corporal peeping Into the dug -out,
"I'm 'ere," enid Spudhole. "Wet dye'
want me tor?'
"ItS3 you turn on sentry -go," said the
Corporal,
"Blitney! exelaimed Spudhole. "Didn't
take yer long to find that I was back!
Wanner the war wasn't stopperl 'while
I Was away. A sick man gain' on gen-
try too—. If ye'rsi goin' to carry on
like that my temperatoor will soon be up
again. All right, Cermet I'll be oat in
tick--".
Marines.
Marines -soldiers serving on -ship-
board-date back to the year 1664,
when an order -in -Council, dated Oct.
16, authorized 1,200 soldiers to be
raised and formed let° a regiment.
More regiment were. later on fOrined,
and in the latter yeare of the French
wars they numbered 32,000. The
marines are to -day a feature of every
navy, and in most countries effteers
of the marines are equal in rank with
those in the army and navy. -London
Chronicle.
Minstrel's Liniment Cures Garget in
Cows.
THE SAVED DOI,LA,RS.
Mawr
When Properly Invested They
Help to Develop Our Ocuntry.
What work does the saved dollar do.
to help make this country a better
place for the saver? At a meeting of
the ;American Bankers' Association an
intelligent answer was made by a man
who is well qualified to speak. He
said:
"While a dollar saved by a woriunan
helps to give to some workraan a job,
S o does every other dollar of savings,
whether it coillee from wages, interest
or profits.
"The economic effect of a dollar
saved and invested is just the same,
whether the owner ie a wage earner,
an employer or an heir of inherited
wealth. Income, however it originates,
that ia saved and put to reproductive
uses performs an inevitable service
for society.
"Beery form of savings finally seeks
investment, and if you will follow the
investment through to its ultimate re-
action you will see it putting men to
work; you will see it enlarging the
agricultural, the industrial or the
transportation equipment of the com-
munity; you will see it creating new
demands for labor, raisieg the rate of
wages and increasing the production
of things which men design.
"If aavings are devoted to reproduc-
tive purposes, it makes no difference
whether they are the savings of the
workman or of the millionaire, they
ultimately accomplish the same result
-they inerease the supply of things
that the whole community wants."
F. A. Vanderlip said that. It is true,
Your $50 in the savings bank works
at the same job to which the $50,000
of the rich man is Sent,
If the men who manage the work
are honest and capable they use our
saved dollars to make this country
worth living in, worth .working in,
worth being proud of, worth fighting
to preserve. -John M. Oakison in New
York Globe.
et• •
Mlnard's Liniment Cures Distemper.
• -11) t •
ENEMIES TO SUOOESS.
Learn to Avoid Timidity, Shyness
or Self Consciousness.
Timidity, shyness and seltconscious
ness belong to the same family. We
usually find all where we find any one,
and they are all enemies of peace of
mind, happineas and achievement. No
one has ever done a great thing while
his mind was centered upon himself.
We must lose ourselves before we can
find ourselves, Self-analysis is valu-
-able only to learn our strength; it is
fatal if it makes us dwell upon our
Weaknesses.
Timid, shy people are morbidly aele-
donscious. They think too much about
themselves. Their thoughts are turned
inward; they are always analyzIug, dis-
secting themselves, wondering how
they appear and what people think of
them. If these people cold only for-
get themselves and think of others
they would be surprised to see What
treedom, ease and grace they would
gain, what Success in life they would
aelhiheovues,ands or young people are held
back from undertaking what they long
to do and are kept from trying to make
real their great life dreams beeause
they are afraid to jostle with the
world. They shrink front eepeeing
their sore spots and sensitive Debate,
which stnart from the slighteat touch.
Their Supersensitiveness makes cow-
ards of thene-O. S. Marden.
Reducing xpenses
The war has so increased the cost of living, the
housewife must make het money go further,
chiefly consisis of
keep her tea bilis
By using Red Rose Tea„, which
strong, rich Assent teas, she can
doWn. The rich Assam ,0
• strength requires less tea itt
the pot -and there' a only
orie tea vvith the rich Red
Rose ilattOrl
ept Good by the
Sealed Package
'RED O
g.
.1*0'
TE)ts
644
Joy in Trying.
Do not allow yourself to just drift
along through life. Set beton you
an eine some real purpose. Cultivate
hope and ambition to accomplish
leertlxinga hapDpoentrtulabitee cotunitnegnfitebtlapto,
pen, Whatever your business or oc-
cupation aim to excel in it. 'Ine.o.«
alai gain is not all .one gets from la-
bor well performed, Your character
is elevated and your mind is enlarged,
and the satisfaction in having done
well la the most real loy. Don't be
afraid to set your aim high. (lied it
with Weer highest ideals. Let the
hope et its attainment nerve your ev-
ery act. Turn incidente and etre=
ataneee toward the attainment et your
aim. It you Imes etc) aira you Molt
nowhere. A. llfe Withent a purpose
is a dreary thing, witleeut real Joe.
Suppose you fail to reach the heights
you have set as your standard; You
Will lam% gone higher than if yon had
not striven. You will be more use-
ful, of more worth, than, if you bad
hot tried.-11,111waukee Journal.
T ET a woman ease your suffering. / want
'Llyou to write, and let me tell you of
Ine simple method of home treatment,
send you ten days' free Weapon. -
paid, and put you in touch with *
women In Canada who will Itio
gladly tell what my method
has dont for them.
If you are troubled 4) series -
with weak, tired (I\ tions, lead -
feelings, hoe d- 4V1 der weakness,
eche, b a c k-Aiconstipation, ca-
sehe,bear- 41, " umbel conditions,
Ins devils rto pain in the sides, reg
u-
$ ta
lady or irregularly.
4, bloating, sense ef Winger
misplacement of Internal or -
11p4, nervousness, desire to cry,
Palpitation, hot flashes, dark rings
under the eyes, or a loss of interest
Is life, write to me to -day. Address:
Mrs, M. Summers, en 8 Wenissr, est,
•
VANITY' AND SPECTACLES,
Old Plea That Wearing Glasses
Makes One Look Aged.
One of the popular objections to
wearing glasses is that wearing
glasses Makes one look old,
This- was true in the daya when they
were worn only to 'help poor sight mad
chiefly by the elderly. Now a very
large percentage of wearers of specta-
cles are children, and the wearing of
epectacies is uo longer a mark of
advanced age, It Is not a sufficient
excuse for a lady to say that glasses
would matte her look old.
Moreover, wearing glassee is one of
the best preservers of a youthful ap-
pearance. This is because prolonged
eye strain causes wrinkles to appear
prematurely and give the countenance
a strained, anxious, tired, drawn, cross
look, which is very characteristic and
Is far more to be avoided from the
point of view of appearance than the
alight disfigurement of glasses, .
" Indeed, so far from being unbecom-
ing, there are some types of face to
which glasses just add the finishing
touce.--Charlea Phelps. Cushing lii
SVorld's Work.
Minard's Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
41.4.
HARD WORK WINS.
It is the Staff .of Life On the Hard
Road to Success.
Sir Frederick Treves, a noted Brit-
ish surgeon, said recently that hard
work counts for more than brilliancy.
It he had to submit to a major opera-
tion, he added, he would choose a
careful, hard worker rather than a
brilliant surgeon
These remarks have excited some
controversy, But, after -all, do they
contain any real disparagement of
brilliancy? Brilliancy, like genius, la
an accident. It Is born, not made. The
world would be a dull, flat plane in-
tellectually if it did not throw up
brilliala people. Hard work would
never have given us Shakespeare,
Beethoven, Keats, Heine, Poe. Shel-
ley.
But hard work is the staff of life.
On it we can count, on it eve can rely,
liard work collects data, assimilates
thein, verifies brilliant hypotheses,
connects . and completes truths re-
ceived in "flashes."
When the briliant man is also a
hard worker he conquers the world.
But the slow -conquests of hard work
by men of talent and ability are by
no means negligible. We can train
thildren to eppreciate work and meth-
od, tfl oncy, order axe dinduitry.
When they happen to be brilliant into
the bargain the reward of hard work
will be t•ot respondingly greater.
Woe to them who expect brilliancy
alone to give them the success that
is worthy and enduring. -Chicago
Herald.
SATISFIED MOTHERS
Once a mother has used Baby's Own
Tablets for her little ones she will use
nothing else. The satisfaction she de-
rives frotu their use is wonderful. They
are easy to give the baby; their action
is proinpt and thorough, and above all
they are absolutely harmless. Con-
cerning them Mrs. Jean Dechaine, La-
cordaire, Sask., writes: "I am well
Battened with Baby's Own Tablets. I
had no tremble in giving theta to' me
baby, and they have promptly cured
her of constipation." The Tabletsare
sold by medicine stealers or la' mail at
-
25 cents a box from The Dr. Williams
Medicine Co„ Brockville, Ont,
A New Household Word.
The expression "iced alternative"
is prateecally of reeent origin, and it
has a pleatant ring in ottr ears. Air
used by dietitines and cooking ex-
perts, it signities a second choice, pro -
Netting the same food value, but ot
lower price or easier to obtain. • • se:
Some of the fish and cereal dishes -
are food alternatives to meet.
Wheat flour le searte: as an alter-
native houteelves are urged to use
more rye and 'corn.
The ecarelty of hogs and the fact
that they are otteh undereize when
brought tO the market has made pure
leaf lard leneh in price. tt pure vege-
table stiortennig is the ideal tenlibt-
rary alternative. •set is• Also a 'satis-
factory nerntanent alternative tioa•faiviee
illes where pork shortening is, Adver.
ad we sneak o -f .enbstitute,wo
11:91•
:eNd'ril that the original article cannot
be obtained, When We Use the world
alternative, the tuppoeition is that at
have freedoin of choice.
"How are your nephew and hie bride
getting along by thie time?" "bluer
than frog hair!' triumphantly replied
the Miseourinn. "They've been mar -
tied mighty nigh three welte now,
lattnedi.,..,,byhttirgir, they aro still ,tspeak-
ISSUB NO. •1«5. I01/
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weekly, writiug show cards at
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We soli your work. Write for partictt.
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HELP WANTED.
tvANTgD PROBATIONARS „TO
es train tor nurses. Apply, Wadancloii
Hospital, St, Catherine's, Ont.
mrThr ivANT4D 100i2 TANNERMS
e -e Acton, on famed 1111100.
from Toronto, mechanical and laboring
work At geed wages; heeithy thriving
tolvn; excellent eehool; eneap house rent
and Jiving. A.pply Beadmore & (lee 87Front street east, 'A'oronte.
WANTED -GLOVE OPERATORS, 'WAX
thread, union :metal and 44,-11 ma.
chinos, .Tho craw,- Cowan Co,, Ltd.
154 Pearl St, 'reword° Ont.
L ADIES 'W.A.NTBD Tea DO PLATS/
and light pawing OM llorw: W11010
or spare time; good pay; Werk aelit anY
dietanee, charges paid. Serd stamp
for particulars. NatiOnai Manutee.tur-
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tiONEY ORDERS,
re • °MINION EXPRESS MONEY
ders are on eale in five thousand of-
fice.% throughout ganadti.
FOR SALE,
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ALtratio; rent modeta,te; splendid living
apartments; price, two thousand dollare:
ownee !carving city. Chortler, 128 James
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:ate
FOR RENT.
F
011 RENT-COOD FARM ON YONGE
street; 215 acres; near RIchmend
Hill; lot 45; three spring creeks; first-
class home; ample siabling for hoises,
cattle and hogs; water in stables: Metres
polltan cars hourly; Riehmond Hill 8";
Inquire of Mrs. J. N. Boyle. Richmond
11111, or Cook & Gilchrist, Se Inclanomi
street west, Toronto, Ont,
FARMS FOR SALE,
r7 on SALE -TWO ONE-HtINDREit
▪ acre Perms, Wellington county,. Peet
township; no better soil; good htilldings
and shade tram flowing spring on caoh
lot; If you want a farm look this one
over; 'will stand inspection; Immediate
Possession given; price and terms right:
x111 meet you at Gladstone or Drayton
station; phone in haute; rural mail at
gate. SVP41 tor BarkwIll, R. R, No. 2
Drayton,. Ont.
E, 011 SALE -ea. CHOICE DAIRY FARM:
• sand loam. A. photo can b., had (.f
the building. Apply, to John McCor-
mick, Kelvin, Ont.
▪ Ott BALE Ott RENT --220 ACRES, A4
whcat land in Southern Man'tobe;
all cultivated. G. C. Gordon, owner,
General Delivery, Vancouver, 13.0.
DRS. SOPER & WHITE
SPECIALISTS
Plies, Eczema, Asthma, Catarrh. Pimple*,
Dyspepsia, Epilepsy, Rheumatism, Skin, Kid.
nay, 8100dt Nerve and Bladder Diseases.
Coll or *end bittory hr f tee advice. Medicine
turnisl ed iv tablet runt, 1lourt-10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
and 11,o 0 pan. Suadaya— 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.
• Condi:Italica rreg
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Please elention This' Paper,
TORONTO FAT STOCK SHOW
From indications the Stock Show to
be held at the Union Stock Yards of
Toronto, Leecenther 7th and Sat next,
will be bigger then ever. The 1916
show had 776 entries, comprising In
all 2,309 show o.nimals welch sold for
the Christmas trade, some of whom
brought record prices. Premium list
hat; been enlarged and each class car-
ries a handsome prize,
For further pattieulars, write C. le.
Toppiug, care of Celan Steels Yards cf.
Toronto.
•
Succese never cornea to a man who
is afraid- to rlsk fallure.-Milwaukee
Journal.
Ceneure is the tax a man Pays
the public for being ensinent.-Swift.
5.,
Minard'a Liniment cures Colds, Etc,
•aate
The Wagon Vrnezs.1 Paradox.
very interesting aaradOX is the On3
concerning an ordinary wagon wheel,
which is aolid. and rigid, yet, when
fastened On lte;axic 011 a wagon, when
the wagon inoees part of. the amai1i.
fereuee of the wheel whiehe is in eon,
tact with the ground is for an instant
at absolute met, while the point direct-
ly perpendicular to It le flying alone
at a high rate of speed, The -ewe
Points horizontal, with the centre 01
the wheel are travelling pretty feat,
but only half as fast as the topmost
point, and as the upgoing horizontal
point inereases in speed the down. •
going one slows up until it is at rett
for a niontelit when in contact with
ground. Yet the wheel 13 one solid
piece and there Ate only two point.'
'going at the sante rate of cipeed at th
Mine time. Yet if the wheel is Weise
off the axle and rolled dotto an inclini
every point of the circumft Ince moves
at the same rate of speed,
qa*MM
You Can Do YoUi Bit
in the trenches, in the home,
in tic office, in the factory,
in the store, when the body
.. is nourished with foods
that build healthy muscle
withdut overtaxing the di-
gestive organs. Shredded
Wheat Biscuit contains the
greatest amount or body-
building nutriment at lowest
cost. It strengthens the
-muscles of the stomath and
-intestines by making them
do their torinql work in a
natural way. A better -
balanced ration than meat
or eggs, more easily digested
and costs much less. Readyi
cooked and ready -to -eat.
Vor breakfast with milk or
cream, or for any meal with
fruits. Made in Canada. stest