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IAPTER . school tty find work to aeipport his reetion jut fer enonfah .bnd to. keep -
1 • when ale 'era taken sick. Ile the Olher saaht„ no: Phil's curiosit
"We eatat get buee, an -it till ._ , . y
Vaci,e get5 back :from Mentreal. it a eit,tne be- me. and I gave him his first was' now ;jest-IIIiii.abla, awake aad
- da.ks, I'm going to arid' ont What' jab, I fund blot loyal nn a trust- deterniind to find out where young
'int 01 the hastruction$ you 'got', Worthy; hot he made •one littat Stalee went, nsa oa eralaost,. him and
eolne here rmd 'watch, oar tottage, that I want, to 'tell you about,"
the hrvestigation. I'm going batek to inateiaaed atea gea...rich_quion, inyeat. they progeeseed for several b•lacka
Pens here in the ineanthrie„ '01.1're to' of ,such things. road left him in a des- stePlung out with 'the briskness, of one
ask him to ex -plain himself.
co then 'ask: him to let you ,join Me oin av,pearea that the boy had been With the situation thus reversed
towa teemerne, alai if aawthing, lurp.a ment'swhleh had gone the usual way without incident. Jimmy antes' was
Wilr0 °IWO- ean rely on Yon ''"'" perate plight; so that ite liad been. who knows exaetlY where he'is '
thing whee ylays it on ye.- Uncle Dud-::frona the Inlerprovineial without per, did not alter his Stri,Cit• for perhaps
,,,Q111,se
r dolleere and is in a liutia to net there- He
i'&1.17, Yia'Y's a 1.1,1t on a trmpted to borrow a ee
ley. 2 ain't no -Little Fatima fer loOks; init.:sic/a This money he began putting twenty •nlinilte; hut as they swung
gall beat inc bugle itt a ten -round go out .cf 111$ aaaary, He lied refunded becanie milre leisutela, and opposite
wun,, 1 get,„ /the,. here split whistlor , about half of it ashen l'alicklebY clis- the r4rk itcIf haendabirhuaPttlYas hifaiteexci!
the • "tnne 1 licked Kay -0 BergeY, an'l covered, •the email shortage irt the looking this way
• ,t, • t further -support of this interpretation
buttin" intextm nyntida ortchesstra, be- ' that tirte. ;se:eatery aim: office man- r,
lieve ine. But I knows it, see, an' I ager, told the b yy se-ould let him elf t"tn, cecasienallY glancing at iris
gob a kick in each mitt ant I ain't if it did not: (seine again. and niade a watch.
but I knows it, see. Yowl I k E ti e r ek bit ley ea down 'towards Allan Gardens hi
1tte e y ve y tve s s pate
I'S hern With this here wheeze me young beeackeeper's accounts, Instead .Peettne`g to • meet s'omebody here. in
PiPes, an? with that bum layout I am • or leporting the mettea, Nickleba,
he began to stroll slowly- hack and
never realigned on a pal, Mr. Kendrick,' great show ef befrientlitg ',voting Kendrick took uP a Position in the
out ge • of o 'eel -cation - id wai ed
patiently. efore "panne wo I
safer'n if she was at homel hete idea ot his obligation to Nicklehtrssn pr f„ t , ,
et
an': I gees to thurch reirdlao, every stiles, shadomes where he could look on with-
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Sunday,. see, re auutie'll be But Stiles was so systematieally re- • B
an t
aiat no danger here o' gettin' lunieked that he worried. constantly over wha-
down by street -ears 'a' autermolidese; he had done ---came to such a keen Stiles raised his hat and the two went
into the parks and sat down an a bench,
Now, ter GSAVd'S sake, nil on an' eat; realization of his fault that one night where they soon bectune lost,inearn-
"Ali right," lane:bed Phil. "Toast s he could stand it no longer and went to est conversation.
juet done, An' while we ellt PerhaPs the Lawson home- With nerves at the triIn the speiree a young man's
You won't Mind telling nio why
Yuu breaking Point he confessed his WrQn.g fancy----'" murmured Phil with •a
think my uncle's a gruter-ii , . I to both Nathaniel Lawson and his nod of comprehension.; but he did not
"Awe nix, nix: Don't go rubbin it daug•bter. The boy's coatrition had complete the quotation. There Was
in, kid!" protested Mr, McCorquodale
a been So sincere that they bath forgave nothing lover -like in the actions of the
hastily. "1"1.• lamp's quit snl°kin-, him on the spot, "Old Nat" patting pair on the park bench- in faet, the
am t it? Ferget it. ern to guYs, him on the silo -older ana assuring lum young woman appeared to be taking
I was with that night tmaa a couple 0,
that nothing more Nvottiol be saeld abl°11t Stiles to task about something. Did
hums as WaS workin' fer Nickleby on it. steee said nothing to Nicicleby the circumstances justify a closer aP-
a job an' I was just stringiri' hei along about this Secret confession and for a peoaeh with the „object of overhear_
rice when yen. tomes buttin' is an'
' I 'eal ' ' d his spiritsiing the conversation?
limp u'own the curtain et 015, see."
Then came the change in manage- Kendrick still was debating 'this
I's weekin" fer Brady then. An' when meta.. Niekleby's -first move was to delicate roblem tehenhe sow two men
1 says the Honorable Milt has white diareass one employee after another steneeei.„ eeetemely behind the bench
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wings folded acrost his back I saYs ontil almost the only members of the -,,
from tile concealment of 'the Park
it sincere. believe me. IIi111 in' me old staff left was this young fellows shrubbery. Before he could shout a
went fishin' together in the stune punt James Stiles, for whom NiohlebY -warning they had eased .in silently
last week!" 1sec:tiled to have taken a strange fancy.
, and swiftly upon thee unaospeeting oc-
1 The reason WaS., nO't lought dou.bte.far cupants. The grri's cry was smothered
CHAPTER XII. ' though the iadebteiness long since„ey one -assailant and Stiles :was strug-
Kendrick Makes a Touchdown. 1 had been wiped off the slate . gling desperately with the othel.
.- • ---------.. • b, e. president began to threaten exposure It happened. so unexpectedly that
to the city had been to deliver Presi- ees Les aid exactly as he was Kendrick stood for an instant, held
t id - th in trueions were b - h-- • t TI 'without a
o , w en - amazeinen Then
oent 1,1,ades letter to iNatnamel. Law- • - •
ame anti with thet inti.edeateen to find contrail to hanest business etlad.es; , sound he sped across the street vautt-
'•Tha 's kir of man Mr. Nie=iIie- eel tl f •ci h • d t t
tit oti
On:eluded from las \\reale)
Tlais New Freedom Stuff.,
One evening at the supper table
re
Ld1/1/11Qs'afetlier opened up his \valiet,
graVely selecting a folded bill.
- on that I\ iother getting into
seciet.teethe'll need -a little More money,
etlhleTb' and Pns2°':1
She fingered it eagerly, • A sudden
flash swept ever her face.
"If L •only had a share!"' she .said
I1 like to get them anyeestla-John! you
should just. seoseme of the neighbors'
kitchens. , There are so many things
I could get to make you all more com-
fortable, if cariy could save them
from a share Oa was inine." -
It was a long speech for her. She
wailed anxiously. There was a parse
wasoiever timazed as he was th.,
aus,a,ndwJeao,l,in ,o_leared his throat. Charles
I guess maybe you may have a
thirti t.f the cream cheque, Mother,
for the house if you wish it. The egg
money Is always yours, you 'know."
es-Ifor sugar and flour. Grocer-
. les eat. eggs!" she ,answered. "But for
!myself—yen, PE take the third. Now
1 if Charles would Only teach me to
I run the car--"
That: was too much! Charles shov-
ed back hi•s chair. .
"Mother," he said decidedly, "you
aren't Sta...ang enough to drive a ear!
It taltes a man. For ordinary driving,
;now; he continued, growing • mole
fluent, ":a woman can do very well, but
emergencies—that's where it takes a
man's skill."
"Fanny James drives a car," she
said, With gentle persistence, "arid so
does Madge Halliday. Mr. Jamieson
is teaching her."
He cursed under his breath and
stalked out of the room.
The'thoug,tht of Madge and the coun-
ran ence an c aige o
out how much Nat Lawson knew about' by is concluded Lawson. "Misty and, Middlleelof the e-acitement with ready
his friend's' Plans- The PcssihilitY d ghter •ristohel, Keildriek,' fists. The man itim had Stiles down
that the financier might be able to 'au- '
. --have tried to give Mrs. Stiles finata-, was nearest and Phil paused long
:Ile \I' dl le an honest deserving \vermin; but 0-1 directed blow on the side of the head.
thrOW SOnle -light upon Ben Wa'`e s assisnee in the past, she being enough to send him reeling with a wall
guard at Sparrow Lake at first seem- late we have not been eble to do so He leaped the overturned bene'ri, and
lug' Eut °11 Se"n713- turas out all right. Bat there promptly took th 1-ais heele.
esi sutnetenc just.ificatian for broach- much. For his. mother's sake hoPe, Made for the eirl's atia.eker, who
thtughts, ilesitated; if his chief' are times when I won -der if it would. Ple'l chased hini for several rods
had not seen. lit to ineni:on it to hiso, met have been better for him had he' through tl h bb b f 1
• a le s ru eine e ore se
secretare who 'was most vitailY somew-here out of reach of a swung, back toward th• e bench. But
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sauI 1112a -thing, t� Lawstm., In that mere boy instead of trying to help him' fellow and yolmg Stites lihnself had
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ncerr-"ca., it 'was lirll'kelY that he had mau who NVOtdd tak.e advantage of alit .the brief interval both the other
case Waneerhigh consider that his
to a fresh start."
secretary had very indiacreet 101 -
volunteering the facts. By the time
att I vanished and he found only the young
With renewed interest Phil studied , woman, calmly dusting her skirt. She
the photo in his hand before returning stood in a filiger of light from the
--he- was ringing the doorbell at the it,. The ease of Jimmy Stiles oad in- neighborino- are lam and Kendrick
l'aNcs'an home ret eren'llig• he bad de- deed throw is sidelight upon :the char -I stopped short, egetting back his bre '
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aided to say nothing about the matter- aeter of NicklelSy. By- adroit" qiiesel:'nenti 'staring ' at her 'in 'undisguised
B eta the i :: - -
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th s ge 0/c1 nailing he led the founder of the In- I astonishment. It seemed as if slie wa.s
T
i at es we.corn... Kendrick' sensed a
'' ' ''''''' ''' - le- s pally t -o continue talkirrg of the insti- 'this cold and haughty and very pretty
T . .
- ' tution winch represented his whale stenographer from the office -of Blatch-
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at maze. The ready pucker of the, life's work- and in the welfare --of which. ' ford Ferguson! -
strength cf ehrraeter that conur ended
deferinte The young man liked - •
terproeincial Ito' an & Savings Com -I ahrays to find him 'staring at her—
ercavsfeet about those kind eves 1
-rted - d
him quickly- at er..sse, and as they sat eta
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ese reminiseantes' 114,0
of his
on the -hack piazza" that overlooked- early
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struggles and hopes 'Nathaniel
an ald-,faseth,ianei, flawer gardeentheY Lawson proved himself an interest -
were (4 -::"Ling , "1""e a pa,ct' °L ciae- ing talker ana' the hour was well atl-
goal:mance:a Hortieulture was a hob-
, , ranted when Kendrick finally glanced
by with Nat traWSOTI and Keradrice. s et his watch and, refusing arty ;„apg--
intelligent interest in the subject gestion of refreshments, prepared to
placed them at once on a friendly foot-
ing.. It was a little early yet to see 'Til have the answer to Wade's le,t-
the wonderful garden at its bent, his ter said
reada-
for
bast explained after they had made meeningas you first thing in the
Lawson as he shook
tour cf it; but he must come and hands heartily. "I've enjoyed the
see it in another month or SO, OT even srenhIg. inunemiely, Kendrick. and I
in s' few wasksd when the Pergclia hone I haven't bored you so much that
would be smothered in roses.yowon't tome again. You'll be wel-
Allitilig other things contained in u come eny time:,
Wade's letter'which Phil bad just de- Phil left the house with the feeling
livered, it was evident; that his new tahhaent nlhtedspotonytt -very
elrief hati asked Lawson" to Past rhe pleasant evening, but a profitable
bearer in regard to Loan Company one, He had acquired is new- appre-
affairs, particularly to tell all be knew eiation af ;Tad Nate Lawson and, as
about J. C. Nickleby; for of his own wade had predicted, a better under -
accord -Old Nat'1 began to talk freely standing of the situation which would
of the past. It wan soon apparent that help him in his investigations. So
he considered NieldebY an impostor absorbed was he in reviewing what he
wh°ze inctivers were nat to be cell.' had learned that he had walked sev-
ptited by a self-respetting compto- mad blocks before he became constious
meter, ef seenebeciv followirer him What
I'sNikIlebY is a and I 'might Was at first merely a suspicion became
set qualify the statement sir, by the a certainty wben he deliberat.ely turn -I
There yoe have my opinion, sum total, find -the figure still in the sear,
and or,e cf these lif-Mr adding machines The discovery was interesting,
eannot give it to you more quickly or though entirely ridieulons. Who could
sec:irately." The smile with -which lie be interested Is his movements? He
said this faded as he smuked or a resolved to throw the" fellow off the
'moment silence and is grim look set- track and. have a claser-look at him,
tie'd in its Place' stc't'ad 'abruPt- It should not be difficult to do this M.
ly. "Excuse me is moment while I get that district of tall hedges. He broke
is photograph which will serve to it- abruptly into a run, dodged around a
Instate a little story I'm going to tell corner and dropped over behind the
Yen." nearent hedge.
•Wier: he etturned presently he, The sound o -f runaing steps: ceased.
must into Phil's hand ale PheLe But the man evidently was attempt-
oYkid-V laticustomed; for on reaching the tor -
"Nothing dishonest in that face,. is„ ner he stopped, bewildered by the
demanded in,
---Taws°11-' sudden disappearance of his quarry.
Ear's ,Tiranry Etiles. He had to quit:He stood there foolishiy, stating about!
nate:Italie-1y and grumbling to himself.
Kendrick pee/ au from h d
NTku ing-plate With some aniline:tient at
thit discomfiture. The nearest are
tight was too lar away for a clear look /
',axle gait' wanted in ran district-. Voi at the man; but just as was about
are In litie to earn from 52.-tre to S-1,000
to jmnp the hedge and boldly demand
tion to manage a sates branch for our an explanation the at114._ lighted a.
Orst class sea/era/1 ;rout eistrict. 1i.baclo- cigarette anti witn a shrug of thai
Article well advertised. 3,,i4o 1 went lea--ir4 Kent
QoirlyriAttion. t01.1 may- appoint your own --.
deole„rs ;Ind tub -agent& This bang A. clriz,k sitting oaci, on ins een,
repel t busine.es 'you have.,titteasY perm- inre MeMary,
.,,,,11114t„,01-'0101';71ntn.417,,Itealetejt 'Ptsittoiri441b".„, e'Sgsait, ea led,. to 1
ot,o ,
b– lec,=1 al%ttitit /mitt talY lace h -Lu
V-11:li.rerto°11beierrril!., hatVetrei:., b'qor'-e To:::alleci the fea-
porturnt:n. Must have at itcast a conpioltUres. It was the yo_ii.ng
of -Irandred daliatz ooPltal to nn,itenel3 tliap Ngit Lawson haf-, 3ust been tellinz
till:tsar. and anr-r_i` small local 'st°e"' bo and whose phOto he hail
hand. Oar les manager arranp ." Tith much inter _
,14 Iniartietv with .ton by wire and will Demi e
Int° „t4L.° it isa Lit„IltliYa°tu'vc;iT Over the hedge went Iceiiiinick, just,
ito not "ivrife titiIess in time to see Jimmy Stiles dlsappeal
`nave $'=.0.0 Or 111°T(' re -leo" ca811, around. a-cern:ea% '4
—ii.nan rapidly down
men wito lime the requird. keeping to the boulevaid
lit funi'3,,, are heartily invited to ebrraslioilid re,,,,,,hed the corn,t
't„ric;', coniwetnoo with Sales manager, tort, eiett sslscai he
3557 ".ozare stre-it, 21"cl-onto,
he waited until lea inan was` L.-4M-
ania: fea, e the leld tO ovoid discovery,
addition of the word, eiatun.able,' ed e.,,eveeei eueeessive corneas onto. to.
youlizt man w)in-se expreztsion VS.C3.8 Ingo. sontething to -which he 16
annual net rerun\ if sou have the' atn- bl-
cottntry teivii or 'farming - Istrint, yonng a full block away,
onle and :?..4.?12, yam. Ai. 1:. O' goltd; fully ht„nr 0. tcs.,6 p.go,
(To be continued.>
You Can.
To work at your best
You must be at your best,
And the best is none too good
To be for the Man who would
Be at his best
For the interest
Of himself and the multitude -
If you must confess
You dna. yourself less
Than your full capacity,
Don't blame your pedigree.
But start off to -day
In exactly the way
You know you ought to be.
Your past is a measure
Of possible failure,
Your future the range of.success,
As long as is 'day you possess,
'You still can make good.
'With due promptitude,
If the will you really possess..
Hayden.
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Min rci's Liniment for Colds, etc.
ty representative was too much!
Charles decided to take matters in
hand. He would forgive anial forget. -
The young lady came to the dour
herself. and her face lit up with
pleasure,
"Good evening!" she said. "I am
glad to see you."
His steel -gray eyes ehone with re-
ealr.siee joy.
There's a fine old moon." he said.
• "'Shall we stay outside a bit?"
Together they walked through the
garden quiet companionship, and,
in
one might have thought, in cconplete
harmony.' Madge hoped so. She trust-
ed that her lover had seen the good
sense of the proposition after all and
was• giving his consent graciously,
though silently; Charles, on the other
hand; thought that the girl he loved
loved him, and that everything would
adjust itseiT in the good old-faehioned
They sat down, finally, on the seat
under the old oak, while the moon-
light shone radiantly around. them.
The man regarded the sweet fate near
his and smiled. ,
'It's nice, isn't it, little girl?"
• She Smiled happily. ' He gently ada
jiisted the folds of -the scarf around.
her shoulders and drew her to him.
"Don't ,to, -a know be good to you,
honey?" he his,lips next to her
hair. "I'd give you everything I
thought I possibly could. It would be
a pleasure to buy you shoes and hats
and things. The other idea in only
"Nonsense?" echoed Madge, uncon-
sciously straightening up and away
from him.
".knd this club, too," he continued.
"PB admit it has been successful, and
you've proved that you tan do those
things; that's -what you wanted to
show me, wasn't it? Ent I don't want
a club woman—I want is wife."
Madge drew away from him.
• "I'm afraid yoindon't understand at
all. The thib, is needed here, Charles.
Wroinan's day of isolation is over. Co -
operation is necessary, A.5 for giving
mo thangs,---why.„ are,,n,,e, doestet
want to have to ask farthingS to be
given her; she wanlis to keel that she
is
an earning partner in, the business
of lyre and fair share of all
income he e very own to do with as
she sees best,"
Charles hastily rose,
"You won't; give up this thlog for
me, lqadge?"
Her face was pale but she stood her
ground. "I'm afraid not, Charles,".
she eaid "I'm sorry, bet our
ideas of things Seem to dash eon-
siderably.
"1 suppose this Jamieson fellow ap-
proves of all these notions,," he sneer-
ed and then—hated hianself.
Madge's thin raised haughtily. She
did not deign to ,ansWer. Ffe stood
moment, irre.solate • then. turned on his
-
heel, said an abrupt good -night and
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vanished • -
There was no attempt at a concilia-
tion after that. Charles sulked like
I 0,,a
to He saw them together at I
times as he took his moths.- t •
ever-increasi-rig enga.gements here and'
there. When he could he shifted the'
duty en to his father. Mrs. Barn,arcil
demurred against the mac,. folks spend-
ing no much tine for her. She hated to
trouble them she said,. But -there was
,
no horse • fit for her to drive, so what
else could they do?
The day of the big Club Picnic at
Evon, however, his father flatly-, stub-
berrily refused, and Charles had to be
chauffeur himself. Leaving the car
standing at the door, a monne:nt, he
was surpris,ecl, when he returned, to
see his mother bending over th.e Wheel.
"I just thought I'd look it over," she
said with a guilty smile, "I've been
watching you drive and it doesn't seem.
so very hard. Give me a lessm, dear!'
she coaxed.
• Ungraciously ha climbed in beside
her and Mrs. Barnard's first lesson
began. ,
She really did -very well, lie had to
admit reluctantly. • She, had watched
• to some purpose, it Weill& seem.
"I . always thought If only Ictiew
how to stop it and start ib, be all
right," she said.
"Yen," growled her son. If every-
body knew how to stop and, to ..t rt
there woultit be fewer accidents."
"Let's see," she said, "you styp it
like this?" '
The car, s,thati sto-ck givme
"Now you've killed the engine. Bet-
ter let me start it, matheri"
She ,chuckled like a delighted child
and showed. hina she cauldestart it, too.
So they slcimmed along• in the morn-
' ing sun. • - • ` ,
As they approached Evon, he spoke
again.
, "This is a horrid hill before us.
Those weeds oug-ht to be oat talc so
I we could see around the corner. T.bere
is a nasty bridge at the bottom -0h,
look out!"
He had scarcely spoken when Mr,
Jamieson's heavier car, driven by
Madge, seemed to spring out of the
weeds at the right. Charles' leaned
across quickly and grasped the wheel
from his mother's hande. Madge shot
ahead turning her automobile to the
right to avoid the other. The Barnard
al•ar just grazed the back, then took
a bound for the bridge. It lay chokiner
and sputtering in the gully, with Mrs.
Barnard pinned behiad the wheel,
while Charles was thrown against the
heavy windshield.
Mr. Jamieson and i'dadgs regarded
each other breathlesaly.
"You just saved ns," he eaid 'Thal-
-was a close call."
"Let's go lya2la to them," CI'Ci71. the
girl. 'They may be killed!"
The, cat's nose was in the ground.
and broken glass lay about. Mrs. Bar-
nard, sale behind the wheel, .WaS try-
ing to help' Charles, who was. insen-
his face gashed, and, his neck
streaming, with blood.
"Lay him 'on the grass, quick!"
VERY Sit,k.D CASE ,MAM TRiED
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RE/ T RATE.S ‘AfOULD GET PAST
THE MIDDLEMAN AND BEG IN TO
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Tbe "AlospitM for Incur-
ablea, Aden ar0
A kited Xio:i tr41a, New lr ty,
blYereo yeavis' (loarse
a" to Y 1V0.171,3E... bonito; tbe
riuired cdtica:tion, and deciroce ct
coining aerates. Til S hO,3
adopted the 'cl4rlit-itotir systani. The
tj receive upitorrps or ttle
4k, P39ntItly c.11oW40100' Luta ttowenittg
,expenseo to and troni New E'er
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rtnor infortuniton apply to the
Superintendent,
orderea Madge and then wheel she
had helped, jerked off her white Pott -
coat, tearing it into strips with her
strong fingers. With pallid face, she
tried to eicein, the flood of blood and
draw the jagged wounds' together.
"The bantlage—doesn't seem to
work •very well," she gasped. "If tie
it tight, lam afraid Ell choke him. If
you'll help inc put him in the back of
the car, I think I can hold it with my
fingers."
"Better Stay here until. oan get
the doctor," he responded and she
'agreed mo-tely. So he left her there,
the, man's head in her lap..
It wan a week latex that Madge, :at
the urgent request of his mother,
-stepped slowly into Charles'
Oneesby glance showed her that the
sspirit of obstinacy no longer shone in
his eyes, They were calm and open
ea a stil pool o ear water.
He just .lifted his hands from the
coversareaching out for hers, which
he held ,close. Then he shot his eyes
for a minute, as Macige knelt beside
him.
His lips moved, end his voice came,
hoarsely, so that she had to lean close
to hear him.
"You—are a good driver, dear."
.She •swallowed hard, for a sob
choked her; and she buried her face
beside his. te
"you aren't going to marry—Jamie-
son?"
: A vigorous shake'of the head ann-
veered
"Kiss me?"
Shel.00lced ;searchingly into his eyes,
which promised hex anything, every-
thing; and then with flushing &leeks,
she slowly complied.
"You may have just what you want,
Sive eth e arE." ,
"It is not just for me," she whis-
pered. "It'a-eprinciplel"' -
He nedded. "Yes, I've dente a la
of thinking."
Later, her fingers, wandering down
-TO USE TFLEPIIJNE
sTATIoN to POST OFFICE
AT TILSNfluAG.
Regarded as a Hoax' Apaik
1376 by SceOtical inhabit,
ants of Ontario Tawas.
Many interesting account s regard big
the hardships, and driticulties 1)r. Alex.,
ander Graham Bell had experlancad
and combated in his efforts to i'bring
the te)eplione to the attention ofi the
people of his owe country and or other. .
countries have been written. Accounts
of his strugglee wheat he was at worrk
upon the instrument in a garret, his
only laboratory, and where he worked
in secret witbJ Ills trusted assistant to
conceal it from curious eye's Until.
ready to, introduce, have ail, but one,
been told. .
That part of the story, the connect-
ing 'Kith, has bean overlooked. When,
where and by whom other than the in-
ventor anti his assistant aid the first
telephone "tubets" have their initial
test?' The varicius haoks giving the
birth ana history of the, telephone also
lack the information regarding this
importan,t phase of the invention
which has become of worldwide use.
A True Account,
The following is an authentic ac,
• paint from 'one of the few persons who
was interested enough to be on the
ground. ana who has the distinction of
having spoken over the- first "tube"
nut up for public test in April, 1B:76, by
• Min Bell, then 29 years old, at Tilson.
burg, Ontario,
• The person mentioned in the fearego,---/1111.
ing as -the first 1.0 speak is none other
'than the "famous ballot man': of tbe
late '90.s, in the person of John W.
Rhines„ now 6'7, American, author',
traveller'leeturer, and the original in,
!corder. He is now living in Binning-
venter -of the vofing machine or re-
' ham, N.Y.
' _
'After the first click cf the tele-
graph ins.trumen1, announcing readi-
"M h t "I opened con-
versation over first teipplione that
I Alexander Graham Bell rut up for pub-
lic to:A It was a crude affair con-
llishwil'•IiTre did you learn
over his face, touched. the lyanda,ge s-isting cf two: tubris re.S1,:ng in a box,
first-aid,
I which could be fastened to telegraph.
wires from the tele.graph table. Mr.
g ?„,
.She seilled radiantly "Our club had
le:s`s‘Cancsscirb' lees the Club!" said Charles!
fervently and kissed her lips again.
• The Winter Hiiis,
I know a haunt amid the hills.
Where winter trumpets loud and
long.
Where the gray north wind-,aever stiin
The ineas.ure at' its song.
Here all the slopes are white as sleep
• In_ its ethereal leaguer controlle,ii.
Herewith fantastic steps there creep
The clans of the cold.
Here when the red rimmed sun goes
: down
And dark firs stand in. silhouette.
One seems to feet and see the frown
Of death, anti yet --and yet—
Let but ths springtime sec to hp
One lyric reed and blow a tall,.
And it.e.w this ,blealn domain will sliP
e. Its dey bond and thrall,
"There is no death!" the eapavill sing;
"There is no deathr" the 'sod will
And many another voice will ring
In rapture of reply.
The sepulcher will be unsealed,
To earth's rene-v-al found the clew,
And to man's eye will be revealed
God's miracle anew.
tilinard's Linlmfhttisedby Veteririarles
Difficult Feat.
The setaal girl was 'sitting with her
feet stretched Inc out into the aisle
and was busily chewing gum, tvilen
the teacher espied her.'
"Mary!" called the teacher, sharply.
"Yes, ma'am?" questioaed the
"Take that gum out of your mouth
and put your feet in!"
CORNS
ift Off with
Ingeri)
Doesiot hurt a bit! Drop a, llttle
'neonate" on an aching' earn, instant-
ly that corn stops binning, thet short,
Iy you lift it right off -with fbogors,..
Truly
. Your druggist sells a tlayr bottle of
"Breezote" for a few emits, snifielont
toxemove .every hard 'care, Soft eorn,
or Core betWeen the toe, fted the eal-
IuSo$, without soretieSs or irritation.
Bell then lived in Brantford Ontario..
Try as he wosald, he was itua.ble to get
permission to us0 0 telegraph line in
that place for long enough a peried to
test his telephone. I -le went to Tilson-
.
burg, a- few miles away, an the same
province. where after a long delay he
filially tortl the authorities that what
he had was no 'dream' but a reAlity..
and, was of practical .use. They. regard-
ed -it as a hoax, but reluctantLy alIow-
eti use of the wires from the
-vialage office to the railroad station,
about a mile and a quarter away.
. "Ana Bell urged the representative
newspaper publiaher in Tilsonburg to
go with him to investigate. The pub-
lisher declined, as he didn't 'want to
bother with it,' thought it of litIte con-
sequence, so designated WaS a
reporter en his staff. I went, Thia
was in April, 1876.
"Mr. Bell wan slightly deaf, but each
in turn spoke into the tube and then
turned ear to receive reply. Bly con-
versation was with his assistant at the
other end of towo---the railroad sta-
tion. I did not learn the assistant's
name, but in all probability he vms
T110111aS A. Watson, who, as records
show, was Mr. Bell's right hand.
- Condemned at the Outset.
'While we could hear the voice from
the station, it failed to carry with it
the individuality that voices carry
aver the perfected telephone to -day.
There was a rumble, aha -ht, followed
by a clickety-clack, then parts of
words, sometimes a full word, then
again in syllables only; then we could
hear clearly- fOr a time. The tube,' as
-was afterward expained, was not pro
-
party adjusted and would shoot the
words back at the speaker instead of
from him. „ This was corrected by
speaking at varying dils.tancep from
the 'tube' until the voice could • be
heard without a break.
"I spent an hour with it and "thought'
it most remarkable and wonderful in
many ways, but very weird. 'When
returned to the office a.nd explained it
to Mr. Law'nthe publisher, he told me
to write it up, but not to devote much
space to my item of criticism. 01
course, I Gould do nothing else but foe
low his instauctions. INIucli against
my will he had me flniah the item by
attying: 'Although the connivance ia
is marvel, it is not pessible for it to
oome inta general use.' The-refore,
really condemned without a hearing -
9 was disappointed, for Mr. Bell
WaS a genial, kind and'earnest loan,
and in justice to the inventor I want-
ed to give him the most favorable
criticism -posaible in praise of hi&telo-
plione after so thorough a test.T
1810, where it was subeequentiy, LIkert., '
the importance ot tills contraption waa
made manifest as to its commercial.
1)08E11)i:1111es. :Kow the telephone uSa
bael forty-five years of development,
awl We can hardly conjeeture what a
like period in the tuttire may bring,
What would the woosi ao without it to -
"The coninion school IS the' greabe'L4
di800very ever macie by maa. ()the':
ontielotP,".,1oekc .NI.trM)st