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THE LONDON & WESTERN TRUSTS CO. LIMITED
382 RICHMOND- STREET, LONDON, ONT.
SIR GEO.. GIBEO/.1,S, Jr.a., President joEEN S. MOOR, Manager
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3AND STOMACH TROTTELEe bort'51 acres Las azesolsdo,ntso
OASES' OR DYSPEPSIA a eTitiagAelbeitelleeiderna. n.
estate .transfers have ` been
' beaming of late. Mr. Henry Koehler
olsape's Diapepsin" makeriaSick, Sour, of tee Goshen Ltne north e has -sold
hes Line 100 acre terra to his son,
August Koehler, nem las also pur-
chased the stock. implements, etc.
Possession eapril 3rd. Mr. !John
If What yoti just 'nay is searing. on Nenchwaager has eold his farm on the
youriernotriacti •oralles like aeluma of same line to.Me,ssrs R. Youngblut end.
3eacharefusing to digest, or youebelcla, gohn,Deicherterevtio .evtia nee it • ter
Gassy Stomachs surely feel -fine
in five minutes
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gas andiarienabtatee :some eunaiggated
l'osateadaleardee a feeling 'of diaaiisa
heartburn, tallness, nausea, bad taste
in mouth and stomach -headache, you
aaanageriblereaderielief au five Minutes.
Put an end. telet, Sneach trouble forever
by gettingeaalmge fiftyeent case of
Tape's Diapepsin from any drug store.
Yoihrealize in five minfitee how need-
-. less It is to suffer. from indigestion,
tiysperesia or anyehteimach disorder.
It'Ztae euickest, surest stomach doc-
1--. the world. It's wonderful.
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ZUM1401,
lifr. Simon Geiger, ot M'clagen, is
?Wares las parents, , Mr. and Mts. A.
iGeiger at present.
Miss Selma Weseloh of London, is
:visiting at the home of litee parents,
Tilt. and Mrs. IjL F. Weseloh.
Zualich Flaxxxtill conipany, coni,
teased of Messrs. F. !Hese, Sr.. • A..
lleideraap and 3. la Rickbeaeatave
'sold out to ;younger men. The, Hea-
led/a barns eed lands bele aeit aathera-
we have been purchased he Arnold
Heideman, who tvill conanue the
'business while the Rummel farm con -
Special Notice. I
f3E.TTER THAN SPANKING.
tailextriting does not cure children of bed-
wetting. Therein a conotitutional cause for
*hie trouble. Mrs. M Swami:re, Ilex 841
ititindrior, Ont. will send free to any mother
graeing, purposeee%Baralieuchweage,r.
has archaseca the fine•100.ecre farm .
em pia Blind lane owned IV
on Deichertiffor alio tam bf $7;e00`,
tkeickert hea 'parlaiasad the .75
acre farm on the Babelon Line teem
Johle.Fost* pee ingttherefoa $5800
J. Ja Moiler hae: patella:sad the
100 ecreS ing lot 15, pian.-'
les from e Caneaa company.
,aGRANTON , •
Clarence Webbawa's in Toronto last'
week on a busineiaatripi „.
Miss Stewart, of Clinton, :sited her
friend, MiesMcIlveente
An Wale Tea was hell tn the Meth-
odist church en St. P,atrickis Das,
March. 17tte
Oliver McNaughton is supplying as
principal in the publis school ap. place
or miss Dale, who is ill attier*Te:
Granton Hotelkeeper Fined--Wi liapro
Evens, tke Granton, .proprietor of:Vic
ifnlicansed hotel there, paid $100 ntal,
'costarecently when Police .aragistrittil
J. C. J'udrl, of London, found . lark
ot keeping Equei for sale wither
out a license. .alyans eatery weeks ago:
eureeased toil cases of ' local option
beer and two cases of fivr beer, and
a few days 'later the ,Provirieiarela-
tectives visited 'his •place and eliscev-
bred that 01 this'"Wet goods" wae in
the basement cif the place iid six
bottles of the lager beer were nats,sipg
In court Evans claimed that the Pager
beer Was tor his and his futile's cora
sumptio;a, end thet he did notehave
mr sticcessaii hozneareatpeeati . with full it, for .aele, ,aitieatearelapi :in • henatieg!
fanstragtiona, Sena no ni6n`0,140.00,t,0:ter "ht's ! debise irate ol 'that •,
itaidiee it yt,it thilarett tronble you in thi.a. tln4 ate', taft ,fee
0160.eltild chiu104"isa.ce.. 4theaeleite. 'irotia
tlar6 yit 4
rall'4„tre4t„a-6'itt4igel!: ai 'infLated" :the 'PeaaltY of For .terrria and pn rtictilare Apply to
a hlts htwOgERI.Poolmetr001441,*IPa:'$1.00 dna'riato or tepeeinouiths in Gee, Essery GladmaniSeStanbara
itleisatday,or night: kite coramori jail. Centralia Itariateits .E;eter
Crediton'
Mr. Sam Browa Was in 'Cluitoo
week on businees.
Mis Lieklatee epen t the Week •
in Bleithi •
'• Mr. Hy. Eckert hes returned after
visitiag his parents in, Sebrirgalle.
a/Ir, Wee. BroWn of Pigeon, :Welty
Ls ;spending a few days vvitle Mofate-
er.
Master fieralet Zwicker ie ill at
present Nettle an attack of pnene
raonia_
Mr, anci,Mrs.Robt. Dinaey and fam-
ily cif ,Eiceter, spent Sunday at the
Pentral hotel.
Mies, Mars -Young has returned
,herne after spending thewinter with
4er Meter in Lucan.
Mrs. 'Wright has !retained to 'Lon-
don eater visiting her mother, Mrs.
Henry Baatz,
Mr. Herb 13rown ,bas manned borne
having completed a course en 'Chat -
team Bueinese iCollege.
The. 'box social held on Friday' even-
ing last ander the ausp:ces of the Y.
P. A. of the Evangelical chureh prey-
ed a grand euccess. Receipts amount-
ed to $.91:00
ti
Miss Hazel Esser y is on tha sick list
Mr. Harold Daplan is tome from
London with a teach of Bronchltis.
Mr. Stewart, of Calgary, he's been
paying a visit to bis wife's mother,
Mrs. 'Wm, Rieke.' ia
Mr. John :ColWill'and Mr. IS; Davis
have been .appointed delegates to tae
Temperance conventiort at .Clinton.
Rev. •Mr. Bowen, of London, preaelar.
ed here last Sunday morning ard at
Whalen an the afternoon. His !dis-
course was 'much appreciated.
Next . Suuday v.iS. Jefferson, of
Creffitone is, to eiereadli on the !Centra-
lia cercuitt• Mathe interest of the de-
partment of Social Serviee and Evan-
gelism.
The Ladies Aid ,entertained the
Adult 13ible class and airs. T. Neirs
class at the Parsonage last night. It
took the form of a St. Patrick's 'social
and a very' pleasant time was spent.
The tables were beautifulls and ap-
propriatels decorated.
• WINCHELS.EA
Newt attended the' bent eocial at
Fareuhar. 'I '4/reader if it is eight, all -
right?
Mr. and 31Irs. John Simpsop, have
moved onto the Larne meoently 'pur-
chased from Mr. Wm. Tiodgert. Mrt
Hodgert and _tardily lave moved to
Exeter.
Mr. Amos Francis, Dairy "Inspector
of Ontario, is home :for a few day.
If !flour continues to advance Jio
price, young men alas be constraired,
To give a doughnut for ah en,gege-
-- •
ment ring.
ELIMVILLE •
Mrs. J. alcLaughlia, of Walten, is
'visitieg with her parents., '
.
, Mr. Geo. Prosser, once a easident of.
,this vicitnite yisited with Mr. IR.
Woods. " •
• The allele was well represented on
,Sundae eaening and: contributed to
the inte.reet 02 the adrvice.
Rea G. Barnard preached an elo-
euent serraon on "Thee Iudgmett" to•
a large congre,gation on ,Ziardlie even-
ing. ',„ t.
For spme leans there has been no
thleeehing outfit wit,hlin five ,nejlee of
Elimville and many farmers leave been
inconvenlenced„ not being able to 'gee
eheir threshing done when !desired: To
meet this want ,Johns Bros. at Co.,
have purchasea, ream the Sawear-
masses Co. a new up-to-date thresh-
ing outfit, tae separator having a
sixteen bar cSifeicieri
DRAINAGE !GIVES BI RESULTS
Tihe Ontario Agatcultural College re-
ports that the../Grop 3 car of 1911 wee
the driest on trecord in Ontario. Tee
precipitation from harvest 1913 to
harvest 10.4' kicked 5 3-4 ineties of
being up tb the average. Teeis is
shortage of almost a0 per cent. The
College has* often stated that tile.
drainage was effective, in a dr s sea -
seri as well as in a wet one, andidast
3ear it was. cable ito prove this ini
mast practicable way. Sitsce 1912 the
College bas beat installing Practical,
Drainage Deraonstrationaalots in pares
of 'elle pretence where little or no
,draitage hes been done The Ott is
to: daain halt of a field, leaving the
other helf andrained far comparison.
Both, parte. ;are sowed.. to the :same.
'kind of grain and ialie'chop ;from each
part. threshed separabels. Nine plots
were drained prior to 1914. ,T1he, av-
erage of the nine fields showed that
at market prices at threshing tune
the drained half produced $14:21 more
per acre than the undrained half, acid
net in the driest sear on record. In
an average season the average 1 in-
crease :due to fdtainage. is over $20.00
per acre and in a wet season evea
niore,
! For 4 number of emu% the Agricul-
tural College las been making sur-
vate for nermers frct! of charge, ex-.
aept.fer travelling rexpenses. Tlhis
Wei- is ifaeinterletved. Farmers hav-
ing drainage difficulties mos seoure
assistance be writing the Department
O.A.C.�f PhJsies, Guelph for informa-
tion and regular applicat:on forms.
Farm for Sale
,LOT ?COM 1, STEPHEN
Tie property of the late Thereat
• eretry
Bre k boube, bank basin and frame
-ern. 3 good wells, windmill, gckiti
tn bout S Acres of good 1d.
Wood bash containing about 500 au -
air maple trees. Boil ?Jay 1oani, well
clrei de a • • arid (a eeecl. Farm in
good State! .01i. !cultiaatetlete obe ltir
tulle from Centralia'Stntibr:
Posseeeien can be given to suit
ilteaChaser.
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0 CENT "CASCA•RETS"
rog trim, AND BOWELS
tore Sick Headache, Constipation,.
Silleueneee, Sour &tetrarch, Bad
Breatla--Candy. athartic.
04ffil boW had your liver, stonn
ach or bowels; hew much your head
aches, hoar inaterable you are from
constipation, indigestion, biliousness
andasluggish bowels—you always get
relief, with •Criecarete. They Immo,
ffiately cleanse Med regulate the Stout-,
ach, remove the sour, fermenting food',
and tout ge,ses; take the excess bile
from theeliver and Garry off the con-
stipated waste matter ana poison
from the.•.intestines and bowels. A
10 -cent bcue from yoi.ir druggist will
keep yoareliver and bowels clean;
storaech sweet mid head clear for
menthe. eiTliey work while you sleep.
-iCAN,
!`I can" ,Whiy of course you can 1
Why' Can aene noel'
What, cirennastancee 'keeps eon
From betteriog your lot? '
With, that, dhaerieg wet:al:award
Just uttered •las aseta,
That tells of brave, hearts
Firrn purpose tie "do"
Who *ill *dare to oppose 'Jou?
Wto expeot tp .soiccee.a
In balking 'itte omen 'whose
"I .can" la daseceeed?
"I cana! •Whe of course! Just
o on, hp the hill.
.T.;hat: watemvota. "I can" is
Akin to "I 'Will". •
Tbere Overeater, force and
.A sparkle aa.snap,
A great World of "meaning
Boiled, Own, in a chap
Who has for his motto
"1 will" or 'Ican
If 'seeking a hero,
Takehitt ; he's the num.
at can", . Was I see. no.
Good. reason, my friend
Fels you can't, Lf you just
Persevere ito' the end.
"I can" is a !talisman
Tried, mane and true,
Whose Owner ,can change it
at will for, "I do"
A text.a.s es a sermon
In 'two words expressed
"I can" then "I. eville teen
gu,ess -th,e rest
Thinking Caps
The state e�f Idaho has en-franelsed
her women enderiow the people are
getting ready to 'vote the state dry.
During the past week fifteen ho-
tel. keepers of Eseer County - were
fined $1,1.8a Tor. Violating the lieuer
laws. ,
Every sailor passing through the
Panama canal will be given a Bible,
furnished...by the American • Bible
society., !
0.0.4. es. •ee.e. '
Ilentnark has paohibited the-. use of
Ile, bailee, .fresktaheat, wheat la.nd
botatoES3or the"' Mantfactare of
:Regina for thenfiaist••tinee In her
histars has given " a woman ate full
poweis of a police eon.stable. Sah,e
woman is Mi,ss Allen, the deaconess
working under the bureau, of '".Eatlie
lie Weltare. • •
• 'nee lafilitarf Gotieerier tif Strasaburg
capitaTeef Alsace-Lorraine, has pro-
hit:ate:a the sale Oh cOnsaiiiption of
absinthe. Persons violating this, order'
will be sentenaed to, a year's impri-
sonment.
An,: appeal is being circulated in
Oreati Britain, urging her in the
cause of national efficee.ncy, to fol.
LOW the example of•Ttu,seia and France
and prolabil the . sale of alcahcolio
liauois daring, theawer,
According to :the proclamat:on sign-
ed by the •General t Commander end
published' in the Berliner Tageblat.
any saloon keeper serving ,alcoholie
drink to soldiers will be sentenced
to a year's impresonment and his busi-
ness closed.. ,
Among the :resolutions, adopted by
che London temparaace wo.rkers at
their ineeting recently, was one urg-
ing the DorafnSongovernment to or-
der tete suspension of ell heeler man-
ufacturing until atterathe lead of the
war thus consexiang. the grains us-
ed in making the liquor for food pur-
poses, Another resoeutien called on
the 'cin tario governateneato eineel all
bar, &bop and iclub eicen,ses until the
encli of the ,war,
Pretaler of Manitoba In re-
ply to a request from the ;social aer-
vice council; for totalapreihabition 02
the sale of„ 'bettor during the war,
exprested his sympathr with tearnr
aims 'and reaffirmed the government'e
policyot gati.dnally getting the pro-
vinee _dry thimigh the mediate or
local • bption. He said that ' he cone
sidered 'the precut time iiaopportuno
for total p.roldbiaeon• but hoped to see
anenitobe day before he ketieed from
• tbe premiership,
lediaiiih, Trees Free.
At the government experimental sta.
Con, Cliico, Cae, are 30,000 seedlings
of the Chinese' weed "ail tree, 'ready
for distribution to faeraers and others
Who are willing to experlinent with
this. tree, the fruit et which produces
tung oil, one•of the meet valuable of
the so" celled "drying: oils" used in
making fine varnishes.
More than 5,000,00a gallons of tang
oil, worth •between $4.000,000 end $5e
000,00Q, are imported intb the United
States every year. 'The tines can be
growl' on poor soil almoet anywhere
that the tenaperature eines not drop
far below freezing. Thee begin to
yield at five or sir yettre of age, and
it la eatinatit0 that a eirefit tit $10 an
ci,"o 001'be ,Matin. out 62 them..
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‘Cbila:lisE‘/Z), Ory
FOR FLETCHER'S
OASTORIA
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ALMOST AT MUHL
RussIans in Blizzard Force Way
Through Defence Ring.
Austrian Vorces Ave Struggling Des-
perately to Extricate 'themselves
From Cfrotenable Positions In the
Carpathians--41ertnans in North
Pear a Thaw And Have Halted
Their Advance.
PETROGRAD, March 16.--A11 the
middle Carpathian passes are still
locked in a snow blizzard and the
Austrians are making desperate ef-
forts to extricate theraselves from the
choked ravines among the river
sources flowing into the valley stretch-
ing to the region of Przeroysl, the
StrYS river and. Lemberg which are
stormswept ih this region also. The
Russians promptly seized their ad-
vantage amid the hurricane and snow
to charge into the chief eastern de-
fence of Przemysl, only three miles
from the heart of the fortress. The
position here is held by a strong force
of infantry and artillery, but the ve-
,hemence of the Russian onslaught
was such that an entire battaliou sur-
rendered at the arst charge. The oth-
ers maintained a confused resistance,
frequently shooting their comrades.
Then they fled in a Pani, learileg
niany guns imbedded in the snow-
drifts. The siege ring is now drawn
much, ;tighter, ,
The Germans in the 'teeth elivident-
ly dread the possibility of a thaw.
Their forces on the border of Po-
land have been practically halted. The
weather would permit of a general
battle with the movement of artillery
and heavy cavalry, but the season
has reached the tine when a cora-
plete thaw is probable. This would
prove a _disaster, if it caught the Ger-
mans an a .4earedexe1cuied movement
nearthe swampsenear north Narew.
SUPPLIES INADEQUATE.
Britain Not Making Munitions Fast
Enough, Says Kitchener.
LONDON, March 16. — "Our pro-
gress in equipping the new armies
has been seriously hampered by tbe
failure to obtain sufficient labor and
the necessary plant for the supply of
war material," said Lord Kitchener,
Secretary for War, in the House ef
Lords last evening.
Lord Kitchener held excessive
drinking partly to blame for this
condition, whicla, he said, was caus-
ing him "serious anxiety."
He urged the passing of a bill au-
thorizing the Government to take
over factories for the production of
war material, and recommended that
men who had served their country
in making this material receive field.
medals like the soldiers at the front.
"Notwithstanding our great ef-
forts," he said, "we have unfortun-
ately found that the output of muni-
tions of war does not equal our ne-
ceesitiesand does not fulfill expecta-
tion?. A very large number of our
orders have not been completed an„
the dates for which they were prom-
ised.
"The supply of material for the
next two or three months is• causing
me very serious anxiety. The enor-
mous output which we require to
place our troops in -the field thor-
oughly .equipaed awl with sueleient
ammunition is undoubtedly possible,
but can • onlesabe obtained by careful
and deliberate organization. We must
develop all the resources of the coun-
try and enable each competent work-
man to utilize in the most useful
mann ee possible all hiseenergy in the
common object that we all have in
view, which is the successfutphosecuie
tion of the war to a victoriouaiternia-
nation." •
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Referring to the Catedian diefaion
the speaker said: '
"They have shown:111dr mettle arh
received the warm corcunendatien of
Field Marshal Sir !John French for
the high spirit and bravery with
which they have performed their
part."
CANADIAN CASUALTIES.
OTTAWA, March 16.—The follow -
Mg casualties among members of the
Canadian Expeditionary Force were
announced by the Militia Department
this morning:
First Battalion—Dangerously ill,
Pte. John C. Watson. •
Second Battalion—iWounded; Pte.
J. H. Griffiths.
Fifth Battalion—Slightly wounded,
Pte. John E. Brerley. Seriously
wounded, Pte. Cuthbert Crowley.
Eighth Battalion—Wounded, Pte.
0. E. Ryan, and Pte. Walter Page:
Killed in action, Pte. Thomas Mona-
han.
Fourteentb Battalion — Severely
wounded, Pte. -Richard Carter Eaton.
Wounded, Pte. J. N. Cote.
Divisional Engineers Wounded,
Sapper P. T. Bould. Seriously ill, Sap-
per H. J. Anderson.
Princess Patricias--Killed in ac-
tion, Pte. John 13e11. Died from
wounds, Pte. George Fuller. Severely
wounded, Corpl. E. C. King and Le,-
Corpl. William Clark. Wounded, Pte.
33. Gallagher.
Hon. Mackenzie King at White House
WASHINGTON, March 16. Hon.
Mackenzie King, ex-motaber of the
Canadian Parliament and formerly,
Minister ef Labor at Ottawa, con-
ferred yesterdae with Secretary Wile
sot of the Departraent of Labor. Late
er Secretary Wilson said the meeting
*as purely for an exchange of views
on labor Mieetions generally and that
"there Was no particular matter up."
. Thaw Judgment Reserved.
NEW YORK, March 16. -- After
haring arguments on the neaten to
return Harry K, Thaw to New Hamp-
Mire, from Whieh place he was extra-
ditba to New York to be tried on the
cOneptracy allege Ot Which he was
lietraitted, Jastiee Page in 'the Sue
prelate Court yesterday reserved deci-
eien.
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An Engaged Couple Try to
Impose on Each Other's
Relatives
Ily DoNALD CHAMBERLIN .
saiHeiniehleaelohieeeitaieteatietateeeatelare4
When Edith Lambert and I became
engaged, on comparing notes we found
that Edith lead an uncle wbose fortune
see expected to luherit, while I had an
aunt whoee beir I was to be. Edith
gave am the impression that her uncle
was a very dignified old gentleman,
whose ideas concerning the man sbe
should marry were that he should walk
a clialk line. This ilia not indicate that
my chances for pleasing the old man
were very good, for, if ever a young-
ster was full of Old Nick, I was that
youngster,
Per centaa, my aunt had been in her
youth a society girl, a flirt, fond of
horse racing, yachting, and had even
been so vicious ase ao epia e cardsefer
money. Edina was just the reverse of
this; a young woman of reserve and
diguitY and, w1th4„0,6ery rellouri
Naturally it was essential that I
shoold be acceptable to Edith's uncle
and that Edith should please my aunt,
for neither Edith nor I had any for-
tune and had both been brought up in
luxury. Edith's uncle was worth $500,-
000 in 6 per cent bonds, arbile my mint
tad something more than this In well
reined real estate, The problem be-
fore me apd my fiancee' was to make
her uncle believe that t was a very
steady and well behaved young man,
and to make my aunt think that Edith
was a woman of the world.
After a long conference in which va-
rious plans were discussed we decided
that we would begin with my aunt. I
was to introduce Edith to bele and
Edith was to put on as much sport',
uess as she could, though I had mia
givings as to her deceiving my aunt,
for it was born in Edith to be dignified,
old she had no sympathy whatever
with that license wbich pertains to
people of the gay world. However, it
was arranged that my aunt was to call
on my fiancee, after which we three
were to pass an evening together at
my aunt's house.
The evening after this call I went to
see Edith and found her In a very dis-
tressed state of mind.
"Why did you. tell me that Miss Mar-
tindale was a woman of the world?"
she said. "I commenced soon after
she appeared to talk freely and kept it
up, while she listened to me without
betraying any, sympathy with the
ideas I 'expressed, and -she finally
areee, evidently very much disgusted
with me, and took her departure."
"What did ypp say?"
"Wile, I began by cracking jokes
our forthcoming marriage, say-
ing that I hoped when you were out
late at poker parties your companions
wouldn't have to set you up against
the front door and ring the bell."
"What did she say to that?" e,
"Why, she scowled."
"What else did you say?"
"I said I had iost $500 on the last
rages and expected to make it up at
tae meet next week. Then I said. I
:leaped you wouldn't feel that you must
be tied down to me all the while. You
were welcome to flirt with other wom-
en, and get yourself talked about all
you lik.ed, provided tbere was nothing
criminal in it. 'As for me, while 1
toald get on -with one husband, I must
have attention from other men.' She
looked at mehas 'if she wmild bite my
head off and 'whisked away without
even saying goodby."
"Perhaps it was becatse you said it
all instead of doing it. Aunt Kate was
probably she -Mead at the bare state-
ment, while slidevould not have mind-
ed the acts inentioned.".
"I am afraid you don't understand
yen& aunt. At any rate, I have an-
tagonized her, and I think: you'll flied
that if you 'Meaty nee she' will not
leave you a cent of her money.".„.
I went straight to my aunt to hear •
what she bad tobay about the matter, -
but she locked her tongue and would
giva me no satisfaction. I judged,
however, thietialie had not been over -
pleased with my fiancee. Doubtless
Edith had overdone the matter.
The next thing to be done was for
me to make the acquaintance of Mr.
Springer, Edith's wealthy uncle. He
wrote Edith that I was to stay with
biro at his house and desired her to in-
form hire wbat train I would come on,
that he.enight send his car to the sta-
tion for me Sheapire him the desired
information,. andeme bright morning 1
boarded the train, resolved tO make a
better itopreeskin an Edith's uncle than
se had liztacle on my aunt One thing
determlned to guard ageinstathet
Was, oveedeingdt.
' I bad not been long on the train
when a gentleman asked me if I would
make one of four to play whist, Glad
to while away the time, I consented,
was the partner of the' gentleman
who invited nie to play, and the stake,
beginning at a quarter a corner, was
gradually increased to a dollar. But
our antagonists got the idea that I and
my partner were a pair of professional
gatoblees who were intending to "do"
them and Soon retired from the game.
This threw my Partner and myself
together, he assuming considerable
bonbomie. He had n tittsk with him
end invited me to join aim in emptying
It. 1 hesiteted, fearing 00 when I
metelar, Springer in tine evening he
Would smell my tooth, Dot LbY nela
itr
reelld Mend WON ge argent Met 1
last enneeilled, Thou he betughtiak
ewe() flue Unlearn eigaire ;Ina prOposea
that we eee into the smoking entelPart-
Meet of ate ear for a smoke. Again I
objected, for 12 a whisay erenth iS had
a whisky and tobacco levant is worse.
But a smoke after a driuk is especially
enjoyable, So again I yielded.
After oter smoke Illy companion pro.
posed a game or viugt Ot un, ru winch X
AMMO, and Lite luck, beloterialahaae
side, when the train rolled lute ttle
station, wbere we were to alight 1 Iliad
taken $.70 from my antagonist, no
didn't eomplain, nor dig be ask we to
meet him again for his revenge, boing
just aS cheery at the Parting as be had
been at the meeting.
found Mr. Springer's car at the
station and, getting in, was wilisited te
his home. Wheal I arrived I arts told
that he was not at hone, hut was ea.:
pected Soon. I was shown to a roarte
where I made a toilet, taking care
use some aromatic tooth powder 1 had
with nie to destroy the odor of wbiskei
and tobacco on my breath. I also dt.
vested myself of my traveling snit,
which wee saturated with tobaced
smoke, Having got as well rid as pod,
slble of these telltales, I went dowhi
late the library, where I found ail
evening paper. 11.
I wag engrossed in the paper when;
hearing a footstep,. I looked ;.up,
great was my aitram
thilsbeht: A an'''
stood tsmil
oa1,iteafeoei,e;adowwttiothoilaoubiz,higne
the person alio had sought my AC-
quaintauce on the train and whom I
had relieved of $76. He offered hid:
hand and said:
glud to see you, my dear boy.
I can tell you at once that I beartily
approve of you. We can't trust one ara
other in this world when we are warn-
eadw,seos.! concluded to take you taa
ar
"B-b-b-ut I thought you *ere-*
were a"—
"So I am in business and ti3330a
women and children, but I know what'
o yOung man is, for I've been one my-:
self. So I concluded to go back to tha
days of my wild oats and see you aS'
you are, not as you would pretend td
be. I'm very fond of my niece and
wish her to marry a man, not a snivel-:
Ing, driveling fellow who pretends to
goodness while his inclinations are othj;
eiwise. I hare found you perfectly;
honorable and you playeil a fair gamest
say this, even if you did relieve me
of my money. Come in to dinner."
Mr. Springer did not let me go fez
several days. He was not the man he
had been on the train, but was ed
prude. He was much engrossed
business, and this did not give him
time for dissipation even if he was)
inclined that way, and he was not sd
inclined:: 'I went back to Edith witli
a far better report of my status -vritai
her uncle than she had givea me ot he
status with my aunt
I found that Aunt Kate bad heels
called away for a few days, and I was
obliged to go to Edith to be informed
as to the situation. She told me that
my aunt had written her a brief no*,
saying that on her return and. mine
she would be pleased to see us at her
house to spend. an evening. I gave
Edith an account of my meeting with
her uncle, at which she -was much sine
prised. •
"You men are very queer," she said.
A. few days after my return I receiv!,
ed a telephone message from Aunt
Kate that I was to fetch Edith to her
house for dinner and to spend the
evening. On the evening in question
I called for Edith, and she said that
she would try to undo the impression
she had made upon toy aunt I told
her that she would better act bersele
and not try to appear to be any one
else. Aunt Kate was very shrewd and
not to be fooled.
We found our hostess got up lie be
finest costume, extremely decollete and
with plenty of adornment She gave
Edith a smack and warmly pressed
my hand. Curious to know why sh
had been so different with Edith dnr
Ing her call, I entered upon the sal*
ject at once.
"Edith told me she had shocked you,
Aunt late," I said.
"Shocked net Sbie Wee trying to foot
me. Do you suppose I don't know a
woman of the world? Why, my dear
you could never be bud even if yon
tried ever so hard. Come in to dina
'nen"
,What a relief, both to me and to;
'Edith! And how bappy we were at
bavieg' sa, successfully passed the ore
-Seal letitilred. But we had done nth -
Ing to further the issue. Edith's uncle:
and my aunt had taken pains to pre-
vent our imposing on them to see us
as we were and not is we would bavei
pretended.
Our dinner was a most enjoyable
one, bet Edith and I agreed tbat it
would have been far more delfghtfal 12
we could have had her uncle with..
My aunt, who had the faeulty Of.
ealepting herself to the person she was
With, behnved berselfieemark ably vrefl.
indeed, so circumspect was she tbat
afalith coeceived the idea that we were
trying to impose upon her; that Auld
tante had maligned 'herself and I had
borte her ont In the deception. ,
Another dinner we enjoyed quite as
Well --that Was with Edith's uncle. MO
threatened to matte a ;mach between'
the two, but they heti passed too fait
trite bachelorhood end spinsterhood. SO
we were obliged to be eonteut with
the twitch betWeen Ourselves.
It appeared later thnt mr. springy?
funi a doeble motive for trikleg thee
trouble to travel with me 1neOgnit04'
Tfo., islis getting old end wished to re-
tire Slue° ho lied no son to saeceed
iiitn and Milth was like e daughter re
intu he Ooneinved the Wm, or workialt
Inc Into the leanegement of his NOW
tress. The retell was that in time $
teeettMS Itg hew.