Exeter Advocate, 1913-10-25, Page 6rn
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rr>YsiTtrigrir>w�.a?:xCafitshTiTiT`r
seemed tai NF':ra V tynford, tyillet
the illi, a as 33' Sumner tn Neu -
Penns that everything was going
Wrong, end life wits. i1ardly worttl.
itvixig, Nobody ever p,raired her 'work
when it wae hood; while, Mr. Sunnier
tleenmd ;lamest disappointed when lie:
'Mail no fault to find..
S •e -:hed ed the
.stairs. It was nine o'clock on ti Satur
d y morning, aird two thoughts alone.
,>.onsoletl her. She would aeon re-
ceive her eaIary of twenty -nye shill -
Inge, and her afternoon would be free.
"I'm despised and ignored here,"
lehe toe herself wearily.
She pushes} open the door. 14iilsoM,
the ollce•boy, was the only one eine :
Plaid "Good morning." Romney and
Trevor, getting their nooks ready, paid
her no attention. James Quilting, the
cashier, and Henry Theydon,' the
raau6,gIng clerk, glanced across and
,gave perfunotoxy nods.
But the weekly bunch of violets lay
$u hoc; table -drawer.
She bad never discovered how they
same there every Saturday. The first
time, she had jokingly questioned whole staff cheered. At any rate, the
nifilsom, who affirmed ignorance; she chorue of *welcome made her flush
had shown them to Trevor and Rom- with pleasure,
lney, but each had denied .all know- Little Milsom rushed across ex -
;edge o.. t- e flowers citedly, and 'pulled out her (Mang in
" 1 put them there?" Mr• Quilting had. readiness. , Romney and Ti• vor walk-
rhohoed- "No, Bliss Wynford; you are• ed to .meet her, with a few words: of
mistaken," greeting, Heniy'Theydon smiled and
The cashier was a stout, clean- nodded and rubbed his hands together.
%haven, middle-aged man, who, when- Jaime Quilting, acting as epokesmtin,
elle was new to the office, had helped satu•ed her that the office had not been
her considerably, as had his insepar- the same during her absence,
able companion, Henry Theydon.: Their pleasure seemed genuine. She
Naturally, then, she had suspected had never dreamed that they all
'tile latter, a tldin, dark individual, with thought of her with such kindly feel
bushy moustache. The following Sat- ,tugs. She, hadliad'Ateen;bhud:beforee The
u•day, discovering the violets again, knowledge affected bar; for an instant
elle had thanked lxim, she could not reply,;
"You're wrong, Mimi Wynford. I "I -1'm glad to be back, she etam-
'didn't make you a present of those mered at last.
flowers:' When Mr. Sumner arrived he was
There remained only Mr. Sumner 'good humor itself. Altogether, Nora
himself„ and to suspect him of such Wynford felt 'happier than she had
a gift was obviously absurd._ He was been for a long while,
surly and short-tempered, regarding When she returned from lunch,
her solely as a machin., for conducting Trevor end- Romney departed. For
correspondence. Besides, when he was tenminutes she was left alone with
in Paris an business, which happened Milsom. Presently he sidled across
frequently, the violets still appeared, to her table.
Nora Wynford pinned a few :in her "I suppose you don't know, miss,
dross, reserving the rest for her why G. F. S. wanted you back? I
utothor tat hone, myself found out just by a fluke."
During that morning Mr. Sumner's Miss Wynford faced him.
• blustering
and,>
bullying ways were What do you, mean,' Mr. 1Vlilsom?
more apparent than ever, • At last he "Why, when they heard you'd gone,
rang for the 'typist Mr, Quilting and Mr. Theydon both
Fetch me the letter -book.' resigned Said they'd leave the firm
He turned over the pages, and sod unless you were taken on again."
deniy burst into an angry roar. "you must be—be mistaken!" she
"Ah, it was your carelessness! I stammered,
guested as much. Look at this list "Not a bit of it! 1 happened to
of instructions we sent: Buy 100 walk into G. F. S -'s room, and I heard
Campton Preference shares; sell 100 Mr, Quilting telling him straight out,
Central Gasworks.'" . Of course, G. In S. would ,have been
"Well, sir?" Miss Wynford hesitated. absolutely in the cart without them
"You've reversed the orderer I don't two, miss At first he thought they
know what you haven't cost me!" His were joking, but they'd have really
face flushed. He flung the book aside chucked up their jobs • at the end of
"I came back late that evening. I the month if you hadn't turned up.
only checked the figures before I It's a fact!"
signed : the letter. I ought to have He returned to his work. The girl
remembered that all typists are in, sat silent before her typewriter,
competent noodles, with no more Later on, James Quilting and Henry
souse or accuracy than—" Theydon • came in together. Milson
"rt was your own mistake, sir." was absent on an errand. She ap-
Mr. Sumner rose from his seat in a preached them hesitatingly, blurting
fury, out Milson's information.
what's that?" "Is it true? Please tell me." •
"I say it was your mistake, not mine, They looked at each other almost
air," Miss Wynford repeated, "Here shamefacedly. As always, the inanag-
are my ehorthand notes. You did say ing-clerk waited for the cashier to
'buy' Camptons, and 'sell' the other sp,eals.
shares. The outlines of the words ' "We couldn't stand by, Miss 'Wyn.-
aren't a bit the same. I wrote exactly ford,, and see you treated unjustly."
what you dictated." `Bat if Mr. Sumner had taken you
For a moment Mr. Sumner could not at your word?"
speak; then he told her to ask Mr. - "Let hs resign?" They smiled, "We
Quilting for two weeks' salary instead si'ouldn't have cared much.We've
of notice• both saved money, Miss Wynford, and
"And clear out, do you hear? I can we've been lucky in our 'investments,
get a hundred girls like you at any too. Besides, several rival firms would
"time I want them! You answer me probably have made us offers."
back—absolutely contradict'—" "Then it's you two I have to thank,"
"Thank goodness," interrupted Miss declared Miss Wynford indistinctly.
Wynford, with trembling lilt's, "there "Oh, I don't know how to beetle! It
Inc plenty of other firms' in the City: meant such a lot to nie, my weekly
I'm quite ready to .go• I'm sorry I've salary here. And fancy your leaving
stepped with you so longe' the firm for my sake!"
Apparently no one noticed the dis- "You mustn't mind Mr. Sumner's
tress on her pale face as she re-entered manner," observed James Quilting
the outer office. Mechanically elle be- hurriedly- "After all, you're only here
gan to use the typewriter, but she during office hours; and most likely it
saw the keys trough a kind of mist won't be for so very long. I mean, you
Although she told herself bravely —you'll. certainly' be getting married
that .she would soon find another place, one of these days."
she knew how grieved her mother The girl bent her head,
would be, and how even a temporary "No doubt you've:thought us un -
cessation of her trifling income would sympathetic, unfriendly. That was be -
embarrass the little household; cause of an arrangement we'd made.
Towards the end of the morning she Henry Theydon and 1 we agreed no
humbled herself, returning to Mr. to press our attentions on you, not to
Sumner's room. speak to you except on ; business
,I.et me stay, sir, please! Perhaps matters, so that we both could have
I was wrong, after all, and I did make an equal chance, you see—so that
a foolish: mistake In that letter. Pos- you might abiw your preference be-
5ibly you were speaking extra fast, tween us, if you wished."
and I confused the words—" '"Explain everything', James," ad -
"It's no good. What I say I stick
to -always. Oh, I thought you'd come
pleading for another chance! But
yoe'vegone too far this time, < Under-
stand?"
wo days. On the second evening
',manor himself' descended from a taxi-
•'ab outside the house, Deliberately
`he girl kept hint' waiting in their
Sitting-toann.
"Well, Miss Wynford," he remarked',
with Au attexnpt at affability, When elle
entered at last" "Well, I looked up
your address, and I've just called to
see if you won't jot o. us again. Na
doubt :t was a bit hasty with you.
Suppose you start afresh on Monday."..
"I've the chance' of another place,
thank you."
"The same money as before, you
know, It's• a: good salary . for a girl---
above Ilia MXaiket price,"
Tile was se 'evidently ;anxious for her'
to give consent that she stared curi-
ously, wandering `what could possibly'
be the reason,
"Oh, ,ro ,won't have any Moro little
differences, I:promise you, ;Miss Wyn-
ford. And, look hero, I'll make your
salary thirty shillings. Now then,
that's a bargain, isn't it?"
She knew that for her mother's sake
she should accept the offer, but pride
made her hesitate.
"Very well," agreed Nora Wynford
slowly, "P11 be at the oilier on Mon-
day morning.,
As elm entered, it seemed that the
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Trevor and Romney came noisily up
tho stairs. They were. just ;-too late
to see the firm's typist lip both the
cashier and. the managing clerk, and
then ruu hastily across to hors-table.—
London Answers.'
Doings in ` Europe.
Germany Warned 'of French Perla
Prince Bernhard von Bulow, formerly
Germatr imperial chancellor, the other
day abandoned the silence which be - once
declared` he would maintain -until death.
Tie does this in order to warn hie country.
men, ho says, that inveterate hostl.ity to
Germany is the soul of French policy:
This, he declares, will continuo to.be en
long as Frenohmcu have the slighteetr,
hope' of regaining A1sace•Lorraino by
their own'oiforte .or with outside assist-
ance.
Prince -con Billow expresses this con
vtction in a review of German politics
Tia pointe out the' folly of iguoring this
inbred hostility of the French and of try
ing to arrange German relations with
France on any other basis.
"It is idle to hope for a reconciliation
with, France;" he says, "without restoring
the provinces of Aleaee and Lorraine. The
French determination attack Germany
< t n to ac
whenever there is a prospect of succee
mutt .eontntue to be a faotor in the cal-
culations of statesmen. Germany should
try to maintain courteous and correct re-
lations with Franoe, with whom she can
co-operate in minor questions, but she
should not eheee fantasies /tor aspire to
overcome France's ingrained rancor by
compliments•'
Prince von Bulow does not -criticize the
French, declaring that he fully compre-
hends their attitude. On the other hand,
he criticizes 'indirectly the` emperor's oe-
easioual holding out of the olive branch.
Legion of Honor Loses Value.
Members of the French Legion of Houor
are so numerous in France that'the once
highly prized little strip a£ red ribbon has
tamest ceased to be a'.niark of ;particular
distinction, .During recent years, a' tani-
bee of prominent Frenchmen have even
refused it, sayin that they preferred :not
to have a decoration rather than accept
One which had become eo common. A1 -
most all the other French orders have
shared a similar fate. The only decoration
which appears to have kept.its place and
original value is the'' Labor Order, con-
ferred on employee who have worked forr
the same firm, for thirty years or more.
Pope Plus a Teetotaller.
' Pius 1. has introduced some rather
drastic reforins into the domestic arrange-
ments of theVatican, notably in diapers-.
ing the world famed cellars of priceless
vintages, the presents of kings and em-
perors: It is well known that the Pope is.
a man of great austerity of, life,' and al-
though wine to an Italian is as innocent
and natural a beverage ne water, ile is
himself a teetotaller, and wishes to en-
courage the practice of water drinking.
The immediate cause of 'ibis move of
Pine X. is said to'be the obstreperous be
havior of some of the members- of the -
Papal guard. Whether this is true or not
seems a moot point, -for Italians are very
eoldom guilty of excessive drinking.
A House For Three Cents a Day.
An attractive scheme for the betterment,
of the French. working classes has just
been proposed by 1d. Oberon, Minister of
Labor, and : supported by the Minister of
'F.inanee. It is not intended to he oompul
eery. •
A workman by setting apart three cents,
a day can assure for himself the owner.
ship of a house, a certain capital sum
and a pension for hid old age. nits a man
taking out a deposit book in the name of
his son and having inscribed therein a
monthly eum equal to the rate •'of three
cents a day ie cure that the: beneficiary,
on reaching the age of 25 yearewill re-
ceive a sum of. over $260. With •this the
young man can enter into possession of a
$1,500 house, paying the remainder of the
purchase money by inetalmente.
Should he die before completion his
f. heirs by virtue of an insurance combing.
tion become the absolute owners ' of the
house without having to pay another cent.
If the young man continues the payments
of three cent a day his old ago pension
at 60 will be just under $95, while in case
of hisdearth hie heirs will receive a sum
of $240
She went out, and put on her hat
and Beat. James Quilting turned from
his desk.
"Two weeke ;:diary, Miss Wynford?
Mr. Sumner's r•'Iers?"
"You see, 5 - I'm discharged," ex.
tilained the girl shakily.
With the money in her band she
moved hurriedly towards .the stairs.
As the days u .nf Icy, Nora Wynford
felt that her nether was silently re.-
proachirrg her, although the elder wo-
man would not have complained or
grumbled for tint world. 13ut answers
to inuumeralylc 0(1verti;,etnents brought
no replies; and itoueeliold bills had to
be paid .somehow.
One morning the post included an
envelope of ()}clone', business shape,
Nora Wynford tore it oiled!, withnew
hope,
She rlupinos:sed ar•n c: Clanlation of
amazement, when she: saw that it came
from Mr, =txoorgc Simmer, and sug-
gested that she sh ntld take nip her old
position With the firm,
'The itillifte Wee so utterly ulirexpected.
that leen l reetli was taken away.
A friend, however, had given tr0r ah
introduction to n !big company, from
who* as yet she had 'bear.! nothing,
"t*li Wait and see, first, if 1 can get
theft other position, mother."
cw Sunaner's surprising offer re.
ed unanswered and moored fol'
vised Henry Theydon abruptly.
"Very well," The cashier turned, }
"Miss Wynford, we're both in love with
you, and we'd like to know whether I
there's any chance for either of ns,
Were still friends, of course—have 1,
been for years --and always will be,
whichever you. choose—"
Ire broke off. The girl impulsively
laid a hand on the shcuider of each.
"We're getting rather old, I know,
but we're both comfortably off; and
sae. may bo ure—"
"I'rn very sorry," said Nora Wynford
gently. A thought struck her, "Those
violets—you gave thein jointly?"
"I bought them cue week, Theydon
the next. Just as : it happened, you
asked me when it was. Theydon's turn, ,
and Theydon 'when it 'o'as mine." i'
She would have ha::ed to smile, In-
deed, a lump rose in leer throat as she
scanned their kindly fuees.
"I'm very sorry, she said again,
"'There's : sonieorr else VII 11e engaged
to ---someone I'm golng to: marry,,
direetlly he's sawed enough. Iiia used
to want outside here, when I first
came, to roe nee home at. nights. .4Vo.
riupa'relled over those violets, He was
jealous. But now---u0W we've mane
it 1151 again, afld 1'd line yen to know.,
ilium, Will you 'let rn.0„introduce you
icrnlg•ht,?” __..
She turnedaway for at moment,
F,he` sate their batrcls totteb,
"The brinch of violets meant. that we
were always yoiir friends, : iea Wyo.
ford, 'I'e'.night well dine together, we
four. Just forget out' --•our foolishness,
please,. 'tater ell,'too,''you.•UUtst accept
a wetldtttgpieseritl`•
Luck In Store For Poincare.
The President of France hue' had his
horoscope drawn up for h'im by no leas
important a personage than the ,president
of the Astrological Society of France,.
Capricorn is f11 the_ ascendant, which de.
notes energy, "domination and good taste•
and announces brilliant success in public
alfa ire.
These predictions are backed tip by the
Planet ,!Tars.. Unfortunately p11 ill omen•
ed planetary conjunction a guns a, travel-
ling eceident. But so many benedioial in-
fluences are afro at work that no'sorious
consequences are to be anticipated. 015
the whole the hororeope shows. an un•
usually favorable future.
"'Diplomatic Dram" Popular.
Iceland is extremely "dry" in the sews
that all importation or ea,1e of alcoholic
Liquor is forbidden by law-. It is some
little time now that 'this law has been
in operatiou, and no ono line oomplained
about it except the foreign consuls, who'
do not Hee why they should be prevented
from indulging at meal tines and nn fes-
tive oo::aaadoes in a. moderato anlottu.t of
attlnnTant.
They therefore retici.itly appealed ie. a.
body 10 the ;Ic:elaudic Government for an
exception 10 his made in their favor.' The
A\,1t1iing, or Cltaanrber, bas Sees, acceded to
their'requeet and adopted a'(ulna known:
poilularly as the ''d.piningrytic (Irani
clatuse' hp which foreign vans 1(5. nyei'
henceforth Mee -tinted to import 'elute 'every
-emir :a "trot excereive, tluantit'•y•.if aoffirt-
rel a,leoholle drinks, which 111uipt be ons-
stirttorl Within the fish walla of the eon -
'NOS drovea apti+tfaet-ort' to ..the, co115)11,
1111211 isho ci1Ehwtien iaterpraitattion aroma.
It now s^ernre ehat only info Members of
the consular Hoeft' heneitt by trio exoialp-
tinn clause, '.t'hee ire those of France
anti Not way, who alone have . been Sent
out frern their•, rein -waive entre/eine, TI1e
other eefteill0 are" local ince rind to tbena
the excnrpttou 4eee not; al)))ly,'l'Yie Protein
Tori Norwegian rensule ere rnioyina [t
Striking end i'ncreasing :peouteriti' among
Krell* (011eaRiles,
A' Woman Aged' 12a Years,
Iledwig Stattvne, ".goose Ori" of the wilt
loge' of Dormowor Prueelen Poland, :lits
produced for official inspection a birth
record chewing that she was 120 years old.
Oct. 15, It le admitted' by . the registra•
tion authorities flint so far as they can
discover -she is the only woman alive lu
Germany -who saw Napoleon's. grand
army" march through Poland to invade
Husain,
The aged afonnan does her own inierket-
ing. When the Weather. is • reasonably
fine she looks after the village geese, es
she did when she eras a child. Nor tiyo-
sight in excellent. She knits most of her
own woollen clothing and stookiuga, and
for others. Her memory is clear.
In all her 120 years the most eventual
incident was the pasoieg of a part of Icing
Jerome's wing of fixe grand army through
Plisehen, whore she was born, and rater
of a few stragglers and outriders of the
Russian Cossacks,
Her childhood recollections are of lonol;y
and secret tramps into the forests sun
round her birthpleee to take food to her
father, who had fled into the forest with
his cattle to escape the. plundering Oce.
yaoks, , Jerome's troops wore well-behaved,
according to .liedwig. The only difficulty
was that they would not oat black bread
and had to have get'se and chickens,
Paris; Deo. 1. 1113.
Fact, and Fancy.
l
loose,
The Japanese tax beards,
A cold reception will, make
When mei get tight, they .'binat'ls
body hot,
Men grow 'grey a, decade earlier
than warren,
Whatcan't be cured buy's tile doe-
tor's autos,
Young orow is white and tender,
with a delicate flavor that epicures,
red+lily inie1aise for plover.. fid
they etuy'.
It s, a wise yuutie who ciwsrs• 1 ig
Owir f afire!':
Ohinese coats ,have five lytitttone,
signifying the five Oonfuousn vir-
tures;—humanity, <justice, ; order,,
prurience and 'rectitude,
No man can settle down till he
sees up.
It.ittlngs, if worn ;under glovees,be-
come loose in the setting.'
One pod turn leeuls us to expecte
.another-.
FORTY-FOURTH
The oyal
ANNUAL STATEMENT
of
allk of Canada
7LIABILITIES'
TO THE PUBLIC;
Notes of the Bank in circulation
e Deposits bearing interest, including ,interest accrued
to date . .. $101,90%790 87
Deposits not bearing interest 36,276,871. 60
Deposits by other Banks in Canada , , $ 405,689 90
Deposits •.by Banks and Banking Correspondents else-
where than In Canada 1,649,466 73
Bille Payable
Acceptances under Letters of Credit
TO THE SHAREHOLDERS:
Capita( Stock Paid-up , . , ; , , • 11,560,000 00
Reserve . Fund . .. $12,660,000 00
Balance of Profits ,carr(ed forward , . , 1,015,119 58
Dividend No, 105 (at 12% per annum), ,payable: Dec:
1st, 1913
Dividends Unclaimed
$13,176,634 69
138,177,662 47
2,055,136. 63
990,899 59
361,106 66
$154,761,440:04
durrent Gold and Silver Coin
Dominion Government Notes
ASSETS
, • :: $ 7,802,067 72.
• • .,e 11,664,142 00
346,800 00
3,426 11
Deposit in the Central Gold Reserves ..
Deposit with Dominion Government fore the purposes
of the Circulation Fund .
Notes of other Banks....... ..',,,,
Cheques on other Banks
Due by other Banks in Canada
Due . by Banks and Banking Correspondents ,elsewhere
than In Canada... ,
Dominion and 'Provincial overnment •Securi•ties, not
exceeding market value ,:,..,
Canadian Municipal Securities and Beitish, Foreign
and Colonial Public Securities other -than Canadian,
not exceeding market value
Railway and other Bonds, Debentures and Stocks, not
exceeding market value - ,
Call ,and Short Loans in Canada; on Bonds, Debentures
and Stocks
Cal( and Short Loans elsewhere than to Canada - .....
Loans to Provincial Governments
Loans to Cities, Towns, Municipalities and School Din,
tracts`
Other Current Loans and Discounts (less rebate of
interest) ...
Overdue Debts (estimated loss provided for) , .. , •
Bank Premises,' at not more than coat,
Liabilities of,. Customers under Letters
7$19,466,209 72
2,000,000 00
578,000 00
21576,878 07
6,566,249 32
1,160 12
13,575,119 58
350,226.11
$180,246,785 73
3,603,452 05 .
1,127,312 -91
2,081,533
14,565,306
9,002",193
10,817,496
53"
32
01
66
$ 247,435
3,686,624
98,606,925
175,673
less amounts written off' ,..
of Credit, as per contra
89
08
14
57`
$102,716,658 68.
4,783;228 68
361,106 66
72,385,791 71
NIOFIT AND LOSS A0C0UNT:
•
Balance of - Profit and Loss Account, 30th November,
1912 :.:....::::..•.,,...,......:.,...,.....-.• , • ' � 610,219 36
Profits for the year, after deducting charges of manage.
meat and all ether expenses, accrued interest on
deposits,• full provisions for all bad and doubtful
debts and rebate of interest tin unmatured bills 2,142,100 22
•
$2,.752,319 58
APPROPRIATED AS.. FOLLOWS;
Dividends Nos. 102, 103, 104 and 105, at 12 per cent
per annum ,.,.,.. 1387200 0'
`Transferred to Office s' Pension ..
$, r 0
i r P n fan P,und ..,...,,,,,,.,r 100,000 00 •
Written Off' Bank Premises Account . ..... ,r„ ,,.p' 250,000 00
Balance of Profit and Loss carried forward ,,,,; ,.r, 1,015,119 58
• $2,752,319 58;
$180,246,785 73_
DsON I». PEABI , '
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