The Exeter Times, 1922-6-1, Page 2very Man For Iiirnself
By HOPKINS IVIOORHOUSE
(colvoght by MUSSOn Connianylr
•1•••••••••••
CHAPTER XXVII
Close Quarters,
Brenean, Night Editor of the Re-
corder, scribbled a two -column, head,
folded it in with a sheet of "(limey,"
dropped ib into the duntb-waiter box
and yanked the string that shot ib
aloft to the composing room. He
re,ached for his long seiseers, sniPPed•
off a fresh piece of the typewritten
C.A.P. report, fastened it with a daub
of paste to a sheet of copy paper and
marked it for a single -column 'box,"
Page 1, The whistle blew in the
speaeing-tube at his elbow and he
answered, the foreman's questions
While seribbling his initials to the slip
which a newly arrived messenger boy
fie= oth
ne of e telegraph companies
was holding fiat for him. editor quickly smoothed. the perplexity
Phone, Bren," called Chic White, from Brennan's face, McAllister had
Sporting Editor, Picked up Pardeau on the street and
Brennan took down the receiver as had sent a belated message to the
a reporter laid a wad of new ecopy" office. It was a big "story" that WaS
on the desk and hurried out again, breaking and he ordered Brennan and
Then Brennan opened a drawer m Pardeau back to their desks with in -
his desk and took another bite out struetions to hold the galleys till he
t
a ham sandwich before tearinehe
arrived shortly. Kerr could handle
of
envelopes from the newly arrived the Present end of it. He waved his
telegrams. hand impatiently* and focussed his un -
Up until now things had been very divided
inattention upon what was
i
quet all evening, so quiet that the transpirg.
lay -out of a decent front page was al A silence had fallen upon th
roblem. The Chief had gone home e
crowded room and as the Honorable
p
early to-nig•ht and had paused Milton Warring allowed his gaze to
way out to ask on his.
rove upon their tense, expectant faces
Ineennan how the news
was breaking. ani, instruct him Lo he smiled reassuringly. He began
"bail everything down." If therewith an explanation of the cireum-
anything that McAllister detested
was
it stances leading up to the, present
was a thirty-six point head on a situation. It was not merely to a4-
twelve -point item. just Laterprovingial Lean Company
"Kerr! JacksonBrock!"
affairs by the exposure of its official
!
hulited—and quite legitimately Mint-
ed on the faee;of it—had not oceimreil
to them. They, had taken Mr. Mc-
Allister into thew ,conticierice as Soon
as they realized the extent of his
knewledge, end enly his patience and
ee-operation had enabled them to
carry their investigations to fruition,
The real estate transaction in gees-
e...nen...a...dee tsioonn tbheeelvthierlpannsheedofbyclutiteinFgersgou.
gentlemen, rm, afraid there aren't pima thtmind of Nickleby, It
chairs enougilL ,ge ,around; nut make was a ease of fighting the devil, With
yourselves at home Please.
e fire; for had Niekteby not believed
From the hallway they filed. into
the IntraryneMeAllister, of the Re-
corder; President Wade, of 'the Can-
adian Lake Shores RailwilY; Nathaniel
Lawson, exepresiclee.t of the In.terpro-
gincial Loan & Saviugs Company;
a1
Timothy Drexel and .anether direct ee Pby°s,F.tebra'g,ut Fergusonandthree c'hfantshrfnennfNuillneltlea-
of the same concern. Detective Sains-
bury from Headquarters and Parsons little sYnci!iente on tile quiet' to 'buy up
official court stehographer, brought', a traet of land on evhinh the Govern_
iip the rear with Pardeau, star re- merit itS eye as a Pr°sPeetive lo -
porter for the Recorder. Tlyieiprnaiifn,tago7last: costafittisq0e0,f;r0rohtelilleallnaliliedtwhalis,Didseauanfim64tahreDnlealtriolynb,,eiirgrinie'r.
were serious and their eller
of the soleinnitY Of a jury brining a was quite ready'.to Pan. Niekle-
verdict into court.
A brief whispered ..colloquy with his
that he was. deelnig: With men who
were as greedy. as, himself they would
never have simeeededin uncovering
the evidence the Y Were 'after.
As part of ihir plan, therefore, they
had gone to Niekleby With the pre -
Every typewriter in the city room
head that he had brought them to -
stopped clacking and the three
re_ gether. His integrity ae a publicser-
ques.and there
Porters jumped. They crowded to- vant had been bioned
gether in the doorway as Brennan were certain features that in the in-
enappeci his instructions.
terests Of -clean government required
"Get the Chif the 'hone and. official enquiry. He was prepared to
H'move for the appointment of a royal
held him for ---------acksn.
Brock, sit in at ie desk and keep commission to investigate and report
everything down to a couple of sticks. I upon eonditions vitally affecting fin -
Call a taxi, Kerr." lancial institutions, election laws and
He glanced at hi'a watch as he other matters. It was something with
he had concerned himself seri_
- 'nade for the stairs. It was ten min -I which
, ously for several years, and it was
extes to 1 a.m. -Up in the composing.-
room be n -en` over the forms with the Partly to prove his theories in this
foreman, asking questions. "killing"emineetien that with the assistance cif
, perfectly goad "stories" with repild' Mr. Blatchford Ferguson he had taken
decision, clearing apace for the beg.... advantage of the situation which had
gest "scoop" which the Recorder
had developed in the affairs of the Inter -
achieved in many months.
i provincial. As a result of their in -
"Chiefs not home and they don't vestigations they stood prepared to
'
, prove gross mismanagement, falsifi-
.. know where lie is," Caine Jackson's
cation of the returns required by the
anxious voice fileoug-h the speaking -
tube. ' Federal authorities, misuse of trust
private ends
"Fied him! Fite). him!" cried Bren_ I funds for
, attempted
Tian itripa'tienbly. -Try the National but my main Christmas crop is helie,
in, money.; and
cor-
ruption of ,government officials, et)
I can't spend lavishly
Club. Use your head, Jackson! ' 't ' • .
But v, hen Brennan hurried clown -I The Ronorable Maim was frank in
emirs a few minutes later einneester his admission that during the recent
had not been located yet. 1 orgy of speCulation into which the
"He went out somewhere with dliscoverY of new mineral wealth had
Wade, of the C.( Leci.1., and left ii,o led the public, he had become pereon-
ally. involved. He was. only. human
VfOl'a at the bolls.. as to when he'd
and the general eXCiterhent. had in-
duced him to make several disastrous
investments which had left his per-
sonal affairs the a -precarious tangle
time. But was an w
by had -advanced the loan to negotiate
the deal and. Fergueon hadbought,up
the land in small 'lots at sacrifice
prices from individual owner& for a
total of $50,000. The Honorable Mil-
ton, had told Nickleby thet be was
acting for the Government; but the
cheque with which he had "purchased"
the land from. the syndicate of three
had been his personal theque. The
amount was $200,000. The syndicate's
profit, therefore, -was $150,000 and
this sum they had divided 10 three-,
$50,000 each. But Nickleby did not
know—nor McAllister, either—that
the whole thing had been juggled for
a purpose, with the sanction" of the
Attorney -General, and that the "pro-
fits" -which had gone to Mr. Ferguson
and himself had been 'thrown back
into the deal when the eitea-171ad been
-turned OVer to the Government, which
1Tgeifct'oinlaTtee onbltartikileetclv,,,t1)}11i021e,'"a$
itiodo,0:01,tls
o. i
ghimself had goL •o
enst.L(Ntis,e10:4zleicrieroneritliba; en
erbut by this timo both ,_
the 1tt1e g'arne they were
ceovmeipl ea
ny as the stakes that they hacl
playmg
oked the :surfce aPP°'
The diSCOVeTy that every move they
had made had been watched by the
1111
telYriaprofound
xeyetiM"
c-kIlisiteesri)ohein.
.bt1 instilled
(To be continued.)
Dye Skirt, Dress
or `Faded .Draperies
in_Diamend Dyes
Each package of "Diamond Dyes"
contains directions 60 S1111p10 thait any
woman can dye or tint faded, shabby
skirts, dresses, waists, coats, sweaters,
stoekinge, hangings, draperies, every-
thing like- new, Buy "Diamo.ncl Dyes",
—no other kind—then perfect home
dyeing, is guaranteed, even if you have
never dyed before. Tell your druggist
whether the material you wish to dye
is wool or sills, or whetter .it is linen,
cotton, or mixed goods. Diamond
Dyes never streak, spot, facie, or run. °
•Z.4
Synthetic Leather.
A neevlyepatentecl leather substitute,
folesoles of shoes, is made by boiling
together leather dust, asphalt, cotton
fibre and linseed oil, the mixture, w.hen
reduced. to the requisite consistency,
being formed into a sheet by hydraulic
pressure. It is waterproof.
Kinard's Liniment for Burns, ,retc.
ei
About the
filouse
The Christmas Corner.
"Your gard-en always is the most
entrancing place, Pr -is. But what's in
that little corner over beyond the
trellis? You keep steering 'me away
from it, but it looks altogether too in-
viting to miss."
Priscilla led the way, and stood
aside, smiling, as they passed through
the arch. "Well," she said, "what do
yon think of it, Prue?"
"Of all the queer mixtures!" said
Prudence; frankly puzzled.
"It's my Chris.trnae corner," said
Priscilla proudly. "Your present hap-
;;;;; to be growing somewhere esee
he ba.ok," explained Jackson.
'Cali up Wade, then,"
did, but he's out toe, and nobody
last year I spent too much in nerves
and eyesight. So this year instead. of
dding, fancy -work I'm turning to my
garden. Here are the sweet things:
lavender and lemon verbena, to file
simple muslin bags for bureau draw-
ers and linen closets;' and here are my
ald-fashionecl ecerlaethete flowers—
SCS to know where.'
yellow pink and
crimson and piand
Brenefor a it ill ind
-an swore. purple andwhite--for winter bouquets
when ail the while there were thou -
of other lonely peopIe in. the
'world and many of t•hem. were worse
off titan I, -who am yeung wed strong
and able to make friends." •
Sara's eyes Were wide open.
"As econ as I realized that there
were other lonely persons," Ruth con-
theued, "1 realleed that I heti missed
a wm
hole year af having a grandother.
I had known Grandmother Barrett all
my life at home and used. to, run in
to see her a clozen-thiles-a-week. Site -
had. three children then. Now they're
all dead exeept one sane who is in the
navy. So grandmother and I adopted
each other. As ;for Billy, he was in
my Sunday school; ,plas. 'He is an
ambitious little fellow, but. theree is
no elle at home .to help him; his 'peo-
ple can't appreciate the value of an
education. But Billy is working for
on.e. Pm goin.g to be mighty proud
of him one of these days."
',And who is to be your next rela-
tive?" -Sara asked.
Ruth hesitated "Next I want ‚a—a
ground is workable. Then let it settle
and redire it just before setting out the
tubers. bIl your soil is fertile, use no
Manure: If the ground is very poor,
EVEREST
IMP9SBLE
Grocers Were Grossers.
Many of out' maci.ern tracl,e names
have curious origins. The coster-
idna,a5n.sgera, efoosrtaezmniopaillewr.asi,u1 hwkeci of last year's expodition; L,
. in the opinion of Colonel Bury, leader
TMal-
a hekinlIvderedt efinrenliltgeertelleinde,sTel acL lentlYi ,soilidniorbrianngeiist emb r. of bot‘ h partied,'
Younighueband, preed-
and is still found in ironenienger, dent of the Reeiei Geos.renhic .soyeeety,
BLOOD PRESSURE TO BE
:RECKONED WITH. -
Rarefied Atmosphere at 'High
Altitudes
able Obstacle.
iCan a ilia/nen . being- ,enthere 'the
highest .altitucle one arth? '
This unanswered' question is the big-
gest obstacle leetween this year's
Mount Everest expedition .and eu.ecessu
MOrigel:, 'ana SC' 011' 1whose joMt volume on the 1921 exPedie
sister," she said. "If I had a stater Orig-inally the grocer was a gossenitien was issued recently.
I think that she and T 'could adopt a men who sold thingshy the gross, or;
"No scientific TIVIII and no physi-
Year-old Spanish baby that' you ever name should have elmaged in epelling.;
111 I elogist er physician can say for eel--
Pal-lei:be, the most adoeable Eta, three- a wholeeeler; no one knows why
to -in whether the human body by its
letatilevSiont511, ef os., ihneit1,11.me otaher,11. 1114:1,b70, 3,,,,t,ot-th,ke. Wwel.'eanreweresTlle,stolyfilaig"tirleless::Inelegit'ohcienrg, own efforts can reach the height of
Seine cine should, make *thew for the twice. .. 29,000 feet above the sea," saye Sir
child and teach her things rehab her
mo•ther has :neither time n,or knowl- one who file the figure.
Tailor is a Freneh word meaning
Draf.)er is stress the. fact that it is this unknown
. 'Francis Yo•unighusbanici. AK three
quantity rather than mountaieeering
edge for, anti—" Ruth's,voiee faltered. also French; it comes from the word
Sara saw the appealing Inok hl her drap, and hieans a dealer in cloth. difficulties nlfich will Make or break
this year's nttempt. Speaking of the
friend's eyes and leaned forward. "0 Mantle -maker, originally Mantua-
actual physical obstacles of Mount
Ruth!" she ex.elaimed. "Would I do? maker, is Italian. Cloaks were :lash_
Could I be your sister? Would you tunable in the town of Mantua, aid I'verest" Mi.' ivialletY says' "It is at
least probable that the obstacles pre -
teach me now'," were called .after it. Milliner, origin -
would I!"
goods made of Milanese silk and
a dealer in sonerne'it'eedoinebybythaLsny'Aclo°mLuipteatienatep°uairctly be
'"Would •I!"' Ruth 'cried. "0, Sara, ally •Milaneir, etood for
they limb them in th-e Alps. But it is
a very different matter to be confront -
Increasing Fish Tribes. The most puzzling word is haber- ea , e, • s
wien . uch obstacles at . elevations
dasher, -which has baffled inane* people
Improved meth -ads of handling and ; - of between twenty-three and twenty -
and produced 'all kinds ,of w.eird ex- nine thousand feet. We do not know
hatching the eggs ;of the whitefish are
ti
l
panaons. The haberdasher was
showing such results that this 'ex-; . that it is psycholagically poseible at *en.
fermerly a pedlar wha went round to suCh high altitudes for the human
ceedingly valuable finny species is now
fairs selling ribbons, buttons, a ILd
body to make the efforts required to
steadily gaining numbers in the Great '
lift itself up even on the simplest
Lakes. The work has been
the United States Fisheries Bureau
highly sns_ other small 'articles, which he caeriod
in a sack. His name comes from two ground!, Both Bury and Mallory
tematized;, and is being conducted by
old wards— hafer, meaning oats, and found that the' rapidity with nwhich
in co-operation with our own Cana-
dian authorities.. The scale on Which
the artificial propagation of the white -
spread it with manure before digging.
fieh is being carried on rna'y be judged
from the fact that in the year 1921
the Fisheries Bureau hatched 540,000,-
000 eggs and planted 420,000,000
young "fry." -Thanks to this work,
the vvhitefish seepplly- in the Great
Lakes has been increasing ever since
19111 It is helped importantly by a. 'Nothing is perhaps so astonishing,"
new interest which the lake provinces says Mr. Mallory, "in a party of re -
and States are taking in the matter, commisisance es the ra,piclity with
which they becorne acclimatized and
°enable of great exertions at heights.
of -from 18,000 to 21,000. Where is the
limit of this peones? Will the multi-
plication of red corpuscles continue so
that they may become acclimatized
much bigher? There is evidence to
show they may exist conefobly
through' eating and digesting hIgrty
.meals and retaining their feeding' le
vitality up to 28,000 feet. It may be e'm
that after two or three days quietly
spent at that height, the body would
auffieiently adjust itself to endure
still the greater difference train nor-
mal atmospheric pressure 6,000 feet
higher. At all events that alone can
provide proof.
Too Hot in the Icefields.
"Our greatest enemy, as we went
on, was not after all the deep powdery
52101V. The work was arduous for the
first reason but it was paesible to plod
on at a slow pace.
"The heat was a different matter.
In the glacier furnace the thin mist
became steam, 'which enveloped uo
with a clinging garment from which
no escape was possible and, far from
.being protected by the min's fierce
rays, we s.eernedall the more inceorn-
rxten.ed because ef them.
"The atmosphere is .enervating to
the last degree. To halt even far a
few minutes was to be almost over-
come by inertia, so difficult, .it seemed
once the machinery lead stopped and
lost momentum, to heave it -lute mo-
tion again."
Tree Planting in ,Dornitaion
Forests.
Planting- trees and sowing tree seed
In Dominion ferest reserves is done
,for two purposes; first, to restock the
area with some desirable species,.
which has become extinct or nearly
extinct through repealed fires in years
gone by; ancl second, to furnish dela
as to tee best methods of planting ami
seeding, .the rate of growth, eteaThosa
experimental plantings were gireatly
increased during the year. Approml-
mately 58,000 Scotch pine, jack pine,
and white spruce seedlings and trees -
plants were set out in twenty-sevea
plots aggregating about twenty acres.
A large. part of the planting- stock was
furnished from the Forest Nursery
Station at Indian Head, Saskatche-
wan, and the remeinder came from
small. nurderles established on various
reserves. In addition to th Mvci...
liupertoexui ,ntie,txeiyeritJ:rezk,v,.tyj;.1Iy13;e:tisl.?roeo4wferl
ablo
sown with SieVenty-pciunds clf tree
seed, aboutevenly divided betvvean
white 'spruce and jacii pine,—Atersual
Report, Director of Forestry, Ottawa,
k,,
Unbelief.
' neve is no unbelief,
yneever plants a seed beneath the
You do not need a great deal of ma-
nure. .
There is -a difference of opinion as
to the time to plant dahlias. Sorrie
successful growers say, set them out
as early as passible in the spring.
Others say, wait until July. Personal
ektierience tells me that it is impos-
sible to keep the roots in good condi-
tion when you set them out so late. ,
ana which is evidenced by the fram-
The end of May seems to be the p mg of laws for, the -protection of the
per time. Set them four to six inehee
whitensh and the regulation of the size
teisohe, a sacic.
feinard's Liniment tor Dandruff.
Cases of se -called "suicide" among Bury, ".but ;only to a ;certain extent—
tairiseinisaelNer.e.aree,e ,psatainted.o•attolsibrieg. ditilit:rst eos d, lo -Leniiiin,eive,3 very0 feet we could acclimatize
comfortably but at
to 18,00
ether 'sufferersto throw themselves
grcate•r heights I think a prolonged
about in agony. stay rormanently lowers Vitality."
Beaome ..Acclimatized Quickly.
the party acclimatized it.self ab a great
height a hopeful . sign. "That it is
possible to acclimatize the system to
live at heights is true," says Colonelt
crisis through which he had and for baskets; an.d here are a few
the •phone. i that blew nobody good. The finan-
"(let me Nat Lawson on
Not beck from that assignment? Then.
J. C. Nickleby, and it was not long clumps of my choicest flowers, like
Say, Chic-, where's Pardeau? What? il ei.al
see if you can. find him for me. The! ,those in the main garden, but especial -
passed had brou.ght him in touch with
the unecrupulaus methods that were Sy e,-eserved for seed, Iv put in pretty
eyes had been opened to
Briefly he ar.;swered the. , eager ' being ' I'm a gardeninge
\-ardenin.g friends—"
reer of you chop your stuff. Cristyl befere his paekets TOT MY .g friend!" ,
MOIltS in high finance with the object 1 - • i s e h are
.ed. prue. .. su,g,nent_
Lawson owns the front page!"
followed by the. president ofl
qoestions then turned to listen to the Interprovincial Loan ..& Savings
Jackson, 'talking to the Lawson resi-1 Ca,emPanY- He had called in his learn- "You'll. like what I'm planning for
&nee, Apparently Nathaniel Lawson ea friend, Mr. Ferguson, and as a you, Prue,—at least, I do, and I'll dis-
Thelma n ,Iiddled with the stem of 1 been decided to make a few.. expern -.
own you if you don't appreciate iti.---
..
result. of their consultations .it had
VMS not at home either.
his watch for a moment. He was in but you mustn't covet what I'm, giving
To this end they deliberately had .
other poope, piggy. ee, ere
of imeoverinig the whole system.
cultivated Nickleby's confidence. ' It 1°v . I 'f the n't h
McAllister's corifidence, of course. re- sweet herbs: t lose are or e ,.i c eri-
a quandary. Be 'had been taken into
garding this graft exposure store mg eontangent—thyme and tarea-
fully. The cuts to illustrate it were man was utterly devoid of comnion marjoram. --I love the very sound of
gon and summer savory and sweet
veliich had been nursed along so care- -was alliParent from the first that the
locked up in mcwhister,s desk, he honeety. It was ,his idea that govern- the names, don't yob.? Some I'll dry
knew. It was milike the Chief to men"- grail \vas ail established method fn bunches, and :some I'll make into
That it sb.ould happen 011 this of all cored vMegars, for salads and
of revenue, and be seeined, to be ob- ine
leave no word of his vvherea.bouts.
nights! No doubt they'd bo -cats hirn
office to interfere with the acquisition And here are tomatoee-Lthe
sessed with the belef that na Minister
of the Crown would alio* his oath of Tagents;
after a bit; but in the meanbime—?
personal vvealth. As their refa- '11ttf 1, /1 and cherry varieties in red
tions had; ripened he had grownebolder andenllow to put up w o e; they ,
h I ti make
It was nearly one o'clock and ' Cristy of
Lawson's wire brooked no- dei ay. the gayest and most Christrnasy pre -
There was only one thing to do and had organized a construction com- servesee And over there against the
cleep—no deeper. In order to leave
room for future development set them
from tevo 1.0 four feet apart each way.
Allow but ,one stalk to the root. Cut
off all others.
By all means plant a few of the
cactus varieties, They are the huge,
slia,ggy kinda-\elc'et closely resemble
chrysanthemurne. Their colors are un-
usually beautiful. All eactus varieties
. . . 'Second Ditto: "Shell shock. Ducks
have -vigorous consfrtubions, so do not
hesitate to plarit thenie came out of the"eggsshe had been
Jeist before frost, lift the tubers. sitting on." e
Place them in a sunnry corner of the
go ahead on Ins own initiative. Bren- PanY with the ebieet of. using his
nan went into MeAljester's. private "connection" to swing certain tenders
public works -into the graft column.
office and closed the d1001.' while he for'
,talked to the Chief tel Police on the, Nickleby had felt so sure of himielf
private line. He came out hurriedly, by tlits time tlith.t he even, had pro-
posed a contribution' of $50,000 to
caned Kerr. and event down in the
elevator to .the waiting taxi. Next to the party campaign funds in return
Parcleam Kerr wee the fastest shore,- for "Privileges.' He had been told
hand man on the stafr, ' quite ,plainly that be wouldmake such
a contribution at .his own risk. Never-,
They stopped at the Central Police
Station to pick up a cou.ple of plain- theless he had gone ahead with it on,
elethes men who were waiting for his own initiative. The money had
them and the taxi sped, threugli the neYsteriollsaY disappeared between the
almost deserted streets at breakneck office of the construction company
pace, heading for the waterfront. , and its, destination; it had never"
A few minutes later the harbor reached the party exchequer. •
police latmeh was streaking acrossi Which brought the H.onarable Mil -
the quiet waters of the bay. It threw ton Waring to the paint of ,paying
a wake, that curled and widened.and high compliment to the editor of the
,
in it danced the broken reflections of Recorder. He ho.wed to McAllister.
•
of mesh allowed to 'be used for seines '
and traps.. If the niesh -be not tee
small, the little ones, which have no
commercial value, can get away and
have a chance to grow big_
Still Shocked.
,
First Rooster: "'What's the metter
with that black leghorn hen?"
porch until the soil about them is
dry. 'Then shake it off and place them
on a. closet shelf until spring, when,
you .ean plant them in ;heir old loca-
tion in the garden.'
Bee
Suppl'ties
Ruth's Family.
"It's all very well to talk about
being rich and full.," said Sara
Crandall, "but if you had no family
all,—no relative in the world near-
er than a eeconci cousin,-I:you
wouldn't like it much e-ours.el.f."
Ruth Lawton ilooked at- her friend.
thoughtfully. nI !haven't," she said
at last. .
-Sara stared incredulously: "Ruth
Lawbon, what do yau mean ?"'' she
cried. "Why, ever since lcnown
you you've been talking about your
Don't -buy furniture or metal beds
fitted with old-fashioned, shalcy, de-
structive castors. Tell your dealer,
you must have the
Never 13alks, falls out or
goes sidew-ays. Slides
",harmlessly and noiseless-
ly over carpels, rugs,
linoleum or hardwood
floors. Saves housework
•----prevents damage.
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grandlnother ,uuct your . o brother.
wall is our ancient quince free; it
, I can t tell you hie•ev honiesick you
bears lots of feuit some years, ana
made me feel when you invited me to
some people haven't learned yet that
-share the good thingsyour grand-
mother sent, you. And your little
brother—"
"I am adopting a family," Ruth inn
ternuptecli, half-mercy,l
half -wistful way. "Grandmother and'
Billy are the, only Ones I've acquired'
eo far; of course no one expects fam-
ilies bo grow in a minute. Brit I have!
in rnincl one er two othee persons'
whom I hope tee have as relative:5 goon.'
I understand how you feel, Sara. I
goodness, I was just. going to mention -
spent a niiserable wasted year pitying
evhat I'm raising for you!"
"Don't! I'd rather be surprised..But
if you should slip up On it, Prissy
dear, I can assure you I'd he quite
contented with any of your other
Christmas products. What I really
covet, though, is bhe grand idea of
growing them. Why didn't I have the
wit to make my garden help out my
Christmasing?"
isn't .tao late yet," suggested
Priscilla, consolingly, "And have no
copyright on the plan!"
He had never before quite realized
the harbor lights..
The, Hanoraime, meton waring he said, What a debt all lovers of clean
quinces make delicious jam. A jar
of that, neatly labelicd and tied -with.
red ribbons is sure to please anyone
who likes goodies; And -who doesn't?
That's all, I think—at least in the
earner. But I'm going to use all my
rose lea.ves end...preserve a few of our
strawberries whole in jelly. And did
you ever see parsley 'pecked between
layers of 'salt in a preserve jar and
keeping green all winter? And -0
ushered them into the library wieli a governmen.t owed to the press. No
smile. He neva quite calm as he man with des.igns. upon the Public
cleared away the blueprmes and in_ treasury could go very far without
cited them to 'find seats. , some journ.alietic watch -clog on his
and it was ao in the present
"You are just in time, gentlemen,' trail,
to witness 'the end of the comedy," instance.
arid ho pressed a. 'button beneath the I The Alderson Con.struebion Com -
;edge of his desk as he epoke. "Pass PanY had amused the susPicions ef
around the tigers, Blatch, like a good Mr. McAllister ehortly after it became
fel-low—Welt, upon my wordy* 'active. In some way he had, learned
elerree,t that mane; cineg Foligunon, of the .propoeed campaign fund con-
epririging after J. Cuthbert NicklebY, tribtitien and, as ;it turned out, it was
who had made a dash towards the due "to the zeal of a Recorder reporter
li'realich. dome which opened on the that Nickl.eley's eontribu.tion had been
yereentain „lintereeptecl arid photographed. It had
"It's all right, sir. I've got him," then fallen into the hands of Me. Ben-
tesieured one of the det Wade by accident. an •1\1
ec ivee w o
myself- then .I sufitdeney realized that
if it were a tele gown ,ter anew -posi-
tion I wanted I'd go to work and. get
ft; and.I .aelted myself why I shetild
not also. go; to nworlc and gee. aenoW.
'family. Pd been sitting there erying
Let's Plant Dahlias.
No matter what yon may or may
not have in your. garden, you must
have dahlias if you would have your
jamin r.
mole. As he came through the door- trust) Pending Proof of ownership, bgeards''eunreftafili.ain'YNl'ibra;temee-einaP-sitelueesratt:meh.'eennriFm''1:1:vse,teef.yerilinb:ee
as tney d , eou will
was waiting without for tome such . W.acie a eposi e t e $ ,000 in.
A few days ago Mr. Wade had your 'rases arid
;way, the ichick.of the harideuffe were I
within. the ramie. 1 to Warn hith that the Recorder was Much of the success With dahlias'
eetrhatos the ineanirt,g of thin War_ .preparing to accuee him of being im- '
qttite audiblei to he startled group epolineietetdo thwd,imtheemitilieelebyeseafnetdcb:laantcdhfaolredo ,.ciohveele.,renvbdayys eitnlettalstrepityirmeopena. prepared.
soil,
leisapsencieavleiyi,
' big?" shouted Nicicleby, his face die-
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frame something on me? Take off eete.te transaction. Not until then tEavkeen knilltIdclYla'ytososi°111yotullatcains gtio,o()%\r'ritehli
theeri bracelets, damn yeti!" had he l'ealized , the risic which Mr.
ard leaves() you to sit Awn Nieni Ferguson and he had assunied in at- finect varieties of dahlias' -
bye anti ;Keep mule,,t, you are under temptirie te follow their own line of i ic you want dabliee, plow, be Lig,
arrest and you'll know all about, it in inves'fligati" in secret. The possibil- the ground early, Dig deep:the decm-'
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