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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Exeter Advocate, 1922-9-7, Page 6•••••••••••••••••••••,....... BLUE WATER • A TALE OF THE DEEP SEA FISHERMEN BY FREDERICK "WILLIAM .--NtA ItACE eit by the Musson Book Company How the Story Started. In tle ,sclisi blackness of the March, FraWeethaverle:envie as night, the, "Kinsella's" bard -bitten nk , ageoats,.. tives a Long cove on Bey „ gang lowerhil the sail and tuesied rtoast mother and ' eiareetaily with the reef points, while arlda• with his his uticie Captain Jerry Clark. He out on the beem foot-ropea three aiid his cheat Lemuel Ring drink a barked ane hawed, out the ear.rrag, bottZe ef rimi whereupon Frank's 'The scholener wee lying to the wind. „ teile han the story of his iath-nnd rnilcng»ut " • 5' • er s fendtiess for drink and how the a sheet eame from the bcem-end, and. rate estnaver" went down -4-.0 the men at of the wheel-bex Seble Island with ten of her crew and h‘Man overheard!" her skipper. This has the desired eta'. Westhayer jumped and. glanced tea on Frater. Re finisbes sebool 'around, zed wheeling he slabbed a with sredit t himself aud spends the shault Intlfe from a beeket and greped saminer as an apprentice to "Long ftir the leathline traa. "Git up Dick" Jennings. In Aegust he une,le terehee!" heaimest eereamed; takes hint on e ashing trip as spare a-beit o' this line!" In a flash hani abeard the Nast:a:be While at te baa 'rut ti.".2•:•,?,za adrift arid knotted treariar C417$‘1 .ter the first fielaing the stout eorii around his waist-, and Frank rescues a French boy from eteatle the frightenel mob were grasp - treatment by his fa-ow-sal:ors.' Ilea at it, he teaped over the taffeeil twa b ss try their a' ntry 114,1 the eaa. fish!tig th suceess. A storm bursts Glad in his oitsns ar 1 euhlter,', ,sa,42elt twat', FranlesPreseae,a':beeta Westhaver hit the ebilly water ahrta saved the veefromlea" 'with eplath withal fillet his nese lision with a eteamer. When Fran k e ie e„a e they.; ee meth. but extorting like a geeni- taLegn5;70er a.aastotTsounleswintrectpent: watt; pus, he straek out manfully to the gen Finnic ealle on Ms b shoed sweet- '$spot but a few fe./ heira heart, 'Carrie Dexter, :Ow nurse in where a !airttlY trzu:pmg Rattion hospital, who ins oveti paddang and tawang with the thailiset him to the matron as Captain Ilus,t,l,t1:33 ftar• “Dnift grab at Viesiliaver. On the return trip Capt. I me; gitailed ,elic'rt-Y as he came lea to Wettee dive and Frank steers the ves-th 1131tadering fohermari. The other ; wee too frielitened to heed the warn- 7LZO DO:5ton barter through a heavy eta triaa:e saornht/i a isfC ing, and as Westhaver drew along - a tithing ves$0. Frani; lees the g si le hint be eiutehed Mtn round the M ta. ELf.'14F4.:1:3 4411 gets-, his 4nirikenne4t. 'Reeve inr the. skipper, ew en a earl and v.-ith the other man hanging to him frenetediy bath weet under. Down, down, dewn, they seemeit to o, ere! Frank's feet grapea for an Ae Fraia: hadsiereephesiel, the gatera ginery beam wet% his Inge wore oat with their Wt14-7:S te bursting with the uwro isms- entsit with the eiltere: tit -deity; ure. A eertaran ee fearful patti three atel been imbilange F;11:al pressed. upon hie tempheei his eyes inte taele teraie, throeitheut the t, wailed iike 'tea in flair seckete and zifterre ana evenieg aridhis (ere were firei -with a mighty Jel,,e sire ere env:her at Aviz;m: and. thander. Then came a, feeling ef li.Vnt• As they hatilea cif the latel neeeefrarsee; be theeght ef Came VC;IF a apitefel heft in the we,- li Dexter, his mother, ael Unele Jerry, eta: aieti, area when the night shin" arra forgetful a the position he was eiewn, dark. area etat. ;he sahoener in, he felt sepremele haepy, 'Male a vase hirehing avid owes a break.- carious tines- ran throve% hie mind, iree eca. I ''''W:res would take the 'Kinsella' wn te twenty-nire six" hezneg" rem:arta. Wesiliates, coming up from The coal atz. beet un hie fare the cabin tie midnight "I tried t' again and interreptel the lightaing- rouse sane of these fer.ere ova, but title trend of Ira thoughts, and a they're deed to the vvorai. Whiav: eleven; band eiutolied at his collar ami she's "'en' up:" Lighting his pipe, dreamed irte something whieh h. teeti the wheel, white Jules walked heavei up and down and made law • e wale! a., p. ered int. le - mieh. Y. hi“roi1 iemem el Mug le et ahead. eickhafeerfiaiy stek, nnd when the fit is a iiieeting indesinihalay ,pseatel,h WPS eternang on his own gran:: ant awe-rieviring in the sight dc whh the la ei-l're areuni ef 6i2h00110: tearing through the wrist a,r.1 a jostling., sheuting erowd elght with cal her sail set. Every- ef men aha see:Tied ta leer al; bite in thing appears an opaque wall, broken the flickerire glare ef the terehee. only by the Rerribrandtesque illumine- Then he was exit again, and mast Vert a th2. 0i:skinned figure straining have gone to sleep, for when he aweite at the wheel in the yeraw light of the it wag broad hni Charley bin:me:es lamp, the hazy loom of the Csta. th cca was frringhot scup teas towerir.g into the blackness' between his ars. aft, and the phosphereezent gleam- "What's th' matter, steward?” he ing of Inc. -churning bow wave stream- eroaked, and his voiee s.eeMed ingatft to merge with tbe ghostly be strangely weak. rad:antes of the teeamling wake, 'Tale! slaceper. Yeu're tome Schcaner and sea were hidden and "round again. Sup up this aset:* bit ale riled in the dark of a eleudy, soup an' you'll he all right." stralisa raght, and the only indication Freak sipped at the brew and full of pi: once a a human being- eenzeiousness, tame Leek to him. epee 1.112 deek was the glow of a pipe 4Who was that I went efter?" 1 or a 1:Ind-Mown speek, No tramp of "Jake Simms." earebseted feet eetad be heard above "Is—is be gone?" the hum ant whir ef the wind in sails "Not a bit of it. He's in his hunk aid rigging; the biz -sing (trete •of the forlard 'most frighten to death." razing foam and the sullen crash of Hearing the eonversatlon a treap! the seas en the haw—the darkness of men gathered around the door of. was palpable and a shipmate's near- the berth. "How d'ye feel, skipper?"1 nese ta one was acknowledged by an they cried, 'crowding inter the narrowe intuitive feeling and not by sight. apartment. "Lord, that was a nervy' The "Mabel Kinsella" -stormed thus thing you did last night, boy!" urea the inteasing weight of the "Where's Jules?" wind eompelaed a clipping of her; "Here I am, Frankee." And the big i wirere Two or three, big as had Frankman pressed ferward with thel .CHAPTER- face, with the etuably growth on his elan east the bninetmatted hair pla,T- teted (YVer his forehead, he was fain to remark, "What a harialooltial ease yeti are, Feank "We.sthaverl Elf' Car- rie eat but see ye now, ,alietel threw 4 fit," On deek he found, the vessel takiug eare of herself lying -to under the foresail with the ttheal lashed. It was enewiree had 'aind• the sleety tlakee drove afhwaet the grey sky and temblieg black -green sea. like obafil from a biewer. There wae no one on cleak—ahlsee had turned in, exhau ted Iseth. all-night epell, and the ether. - were intreingt sere heads and: caring little whether the veriet floated or sunk Sherty knew how they. were feeling.'and be knew the best way to work the arink efteemeta out of them Delve the fo'c'sle et:tittle he shout- ed: "'Up on deck, all a ymi, an! make sail! Come tie, new! Look eltarpl" Forgetful of their feting, the gane turned out with alaerity. "Rely Trawler!" Feld „someone, "ain't that beggar a dog? Gee! he's wet -melt or Tom Watson for drivina By the Lord Harry! thar's some ginger in that bay— "Ant it pe a ereat pleasure ter me to eall with her—ea it per (lectured. McCallum, passing a eel paw over en aching had. "She hut ta smartest skipper t'at I effer met. What a fery tem heid I baf pe sure!" And with the admiration of hardy, rengla nice, ter these hardier and mere daring than therneelves, they hauled on their hcote and eil-elothes with ex- ceedingiy prafane, yet heartefelt, tern- plimente to their young skipper. They put the reefea mainsail and jumbo on her, and, eetting the watch, they swung eft' on their easterly course again. The shere and its orgies were fee -gotten, and with the lift ef blue wester metier their feet the rough Western Ocean trawlers fett4 down to the regular routine of the sea. The Feat The great str-etehes of elear, eleari water rolling tireless and ever changing under the lash of the great untramnie11e winds. Al- ways beautiful; ever mysterious; chargea with the compelling grandeur ef the gale; lane:imams with the calm aral the eeft zephyrs of summer, awl sublime, yet fearful, in the etorne Swept with the winds of heaven, which, laden with brine, fill the lunge with their eleancsing purity end clear the brain befuddied with the vice and dissipatiors a the talla, the mighty watery wastes purge badly and soul ierid.rejuvenate the jaded, mind'. The nerve -shattered, stupefied inebriate who reale alesard Me vessel at the pert fee.e the influence as soon as the fore- foot rises and movie to the heave of ellen watee The brineataden air is drawn into his lungs; the heart, haras- sed by aleoltol, resumes its normal functions; the eyes snap and sparkle with life, and the Ilquer.bernumbea brain emerges through the mist of etupefaetion and lends itself to the Ceeuee thoughts induced by the great, • . A re- juvenator, it eradicates the dreg- of vice and bestiality hereditary to the lana ani makes men of those who fare their lives upon its mighty breast. (To be continued.) It Never Touched Him. It is said that when Constantine was Eznperor of Rome some easlps came to him with the istressing news that the people were stoning his statue in the public square. He listened quiet- ly to his informers, and then, shrug- ging hie shoulders, said, "I don't feel So when anyone comes to you with a tale of gossip, telling of the cruel things that So -and -So said about you, pay no attention to them. Gossip can- not hurt you, the reality of you, the truth of your being is, beyond their reach. That is immune to all slander and gossip and lies. These people are just throwing stones at your ef- figy, Your statue which stands in the public square of public opinion.—Suc- cess. ratel tateard, and Westha-ver. bearing of .141m-et:on in his eyes, "Ole! - The Problem of the Mentally Defective in nand that th't was his first trip, Flight 1 A Successful Salad Gersten, It July end August at:outlet had alwaYe •Pitteed hayec with oue let- tuce ractlthee tae carrets end beets tylo'cla we so rimea wt. -Ned for stlate when NN'e were, paylog lap eocial obliga- tions es the, strete ef tam a -Mae re- laxed in.Aeguse. The garden lettuce had alwaye becrene tough and bitter, the radithee bet and pithy, the car- rots ani beets fibrous,. Because we had spent tea years, in the smith where green thires, are eletaanaale all tho year, we had acquirea the alad habit and teed come to' believe that there is nothing so desirable or so dainty for an efterncon tea, as a well - made 'salad, so we planned a salad gardeu. We made it much •On the plan el the 1 city inan's garden. Along the west side -of the wood-ahed which adjoins the house and, extends north and south, we spaded tip at eget eight feet by twelve feet, exteralang, lengthwise of the -weed house. One end of the &pea - ed 'glee etijoiriei the back perch. Weil ratted cow ntenere was applied in the fall end *nether application was given the ground in the epring. In this, as eatait as the, •Sea$011 would permit, we planted in rows about 4 foot apart, lettuee, iciele, ratlishes, ontons, ear - smug/ variety of roundteble beet deeignated as the "Car- dinal Globe." Thee rowe ended two feet from the end- of the plot and across the end: we set five tomato plants. As the garden was an experiment, we were not umeti eoncerned over the seed. seleetien, We bought it at the lecsal grocery store but saw to it that we got Ontario -grown geed. The let- tuce was designated as an early leaf variety and this 'we aewed quite thick. In the two rows adjoining the wood- shed, None of this space rezeived, the sun until after the middle of the day ana we 'did not know what the 'outcome would be. Early it looked rather yel- low and sickly. When we Ant began to use it, we pulled the Plants until theee left were two ler three inchse apart in the row, Care was used in pulling them not to displace those left , and as fast as a part of the row was thinned it was given a thorough water- ing. We used the water from the exel- ing tank in which we eooled our milk , and applie& it after sundown or very - early in the morning. As the days lengthened and grew hatter, the let- tuce looked more thrifty. We always picked the lower lege-es and the steins ceratantly lengthened until at lire- zent many of them are six or eight inebes long recumbent on the ground and eta producing lettuce at the tip as fine as in the early spring, though it is raid -August andwe have had a1ntct t einee the last off May. The radicles were put next the let- tuce. They were carefully thinned and watered after each thinning and as fast as used new seed wee sown in. We ertal have fine radishes. Two rows of beets, two of carrots and two cif <mac= eompleted the gar- den. We 'began palling the beets and eaegorts about the middle of July. They -were than about as large as wal- nuts with the outside shell .ou. We still have three or four dozen in the ground. We pudecl them all along the row, thinning as they -grew larger. Of course, these were never served as a vegetable for the table as the quantity rankee bee-, but I was 'fraid you, and having no desire to lose the fra- was gone—" I elle do:ties nested en the deck, hand, "Yes," interrupted a man, "I sure led the wheel to Jules and went dowe eallated that Big Frenchy had gone i to call the bang. -,1 erazy at ter ye jumped over th' rail! "Up bele-sew/ Reef th' masa an' . He had a dory over an' after you 'fore! trice up ycr jib! Crime On, fellera, all a man c'el say knqee_sc out!" Then he staggered for'ard Frank lo'oked up. "Then it was you, i thrcugh the flying spray. "Turn 011tr Sabot, what hauled me out. I hev al, fellers!" he roared. "Reef th' main -Ill kinder recollection o' bein' in a dory. -4alcie in th' jib!" I Sick, -wasn't I?" It was evident by the prone forms "Yea," Jules replied. "You lay in snoring in the bunks that the cry fell tbettom of tcloree an' vomit <le salt wa- upon deaf ears. Westlia.ver noticed ter you swallow. Dat dam' New -Peden', the fat and jumped below. bear had you 'round de neck. I had to I "Come on thar'!" he bawled grasp- Ift iv wild, de bailer iio makeli ' jag, the oecupant of the nearest bunk; leave go—me'n MeCallam_e . by the arm. "Reef th' =this'll D'ye "Was McCallum with you?" hear me!" And he dragged him out "Yes! When I come eosin' stern in protesting feebly. Along all the dine dome, he jump from de boom into de of bunks he went, and in every case cleree an' help null you in—" he was compelled to pull the stupefied "Humph!" The skipper nodded, and men mit wr-11 a none too gentle hand. eeneing the peouliar lurching of the Seated upon the lockers, they .blanitedt, he enqu.ired: "Wh t he -v ye avslishler at the light, and cored the done with ell vessel, She what ' ingiesall and the vessel with lurid wear erav, oaths, "No, skipper," answered Jules. "It Weethaver's voice boomed down the ladder. "Come up ;that.' now or I'll come down an' drag ye up. Leak smart!" And recognizing the gnarl ees blow bead vvith' snow from ef authority and command in the seu.t'-east--" young skipper's voice, they reached "1-1,ove-to, is she?" Westhaver roll - Dor tilde leeks and oileking. ectout ,of his bank aching and sore an The cabin erowd were trundled out over his- stocky body Lookmg down ina similar manner, and when all had at hie sodden clothing, he exclahnede mustered on the spray -drenched, reiessaaese you ain't a neigh bunch e' leeching deck, the skipper took the skates t'iheave a man inter his _bunk wheel. "All right new, fame! tessa ale bis vrett ellothes on. Ain't that M -':--sheet! Git her in!" ese asest_ii • eome on heavy after we got you aboard, and I have her to. She's on de starboard: tack under de forest% 'an' it ,surrertn ONTARIO COLLEGE OF ART G'range Pii-k • l'irrormo DRAWING'PAINTING•MODELLING'DESIGN DIPIDMA COURSE - JUNIOR OZIURSE. TEACI1ER'S COURSE COMMERCIAL ART G • A• REID R• "-,-s lc n 1922-3 Opens October 2 Prospectus mailed an application e "We trolled ye up in all th' blankets we c'd lay it -holt of," pleaded a man in extenuation. "T' be sum ye diet," laughed. Shorty, "an' lock at my bunk—jest Clear out now 'til 1 git some dlry rags Endowed with the 'iron constitution common to most et the deep-sea fish- ermen, teed being a temperate man, liVestfhaver did not take long to re- cover &OM his experence of the riight. With dry clothes on, and Charley Costa's hot sleep under his belt, he felt hirrkeelf again, but when he glaneed in the cabin mirror and SaW nthe reflection of his, bruised end cut Dr, J. G. Shearer, Secretary Social Service Council of Canada. The mentally defective constitute, by no fault of their own, one of the great- est and most perplexing of social prob- lems. This fact is alll too little under- stood and appreciated. It is usually estimated.that from 114 to 2' per cent. of the population are be- low par mentally. On that basis there are in Canada from 135,000 to 180,000 of these unfortunates. Some are idiots, utterly helpless and unable to care for - themselves. Others ars imbeciles, a one marriage that never should have been allowed. It is estimated by those beat quali- fied to judge that two-thirds of all pros- titution is due to feeble mindedness. Moreover, a large proportion of the children born out of mariage have feeble-minded mothers. These women living in promiscuous sexual indul- gence soon -develop veneral diseases, and infect all their male associates. 1 woutd: not peezeit. We etantedsets for the first easione and es they were used put in transplanted seedlings,. Along the end et' the plot we eet five tomato plants. The plants were green:- henze grown end, on May 8 were about eight er ten inches high. We vet off al auxiliary sterile and trained the main stein to a etake deep set. Every six or eight inches we tied the stem to the stake with it strip el elatie The cloth does not ,out the stem when it is tri constant motion during windy days,. The tomato plants are now neae.er four feet high and one has, thirteen tomatoes at leaet two, and ene-halt inches across. Their are 'Per- fectly smeeth and show no evidence of ta-. The stakes furnish a fastening for the poultry netting see:Toured:leg the plot. On the whole, we feel well satisned with our experiment. The fact that the plants are Shaded part of tibe time has been a benfit rather tban a, detri- ment to growth. While the growt has not been ext 'large, the erisp fresh quality has more than offset that, The vegetables have bean near the house, easy to cultivate and water and (allele- ly available when needed. The favor- able regults were undoubtedly due to the liberal fertilizatien and the ap- plication of moisture wheu eeeded. To -Morrow's Dinner. Creamed Hamburg Potatoes in Jackets Corn on Cob Stuffed Tomato Salad Steamed Berry Pudding Creamy Sauce Iced Tea Creamed liarnburge—Hamburg is much. nicer if you would buy round" eteek and put through your own ehop-i, per. To cream, put two level tea - mons a fat in the frying pan, add hamburg when it melte, and 'stir; until the meat thangee -color. Add one pint et rich milk and thicken witb! one fiat tablaspeorr flour, dirsolved cold milk, ami the yolk of one egg. Reserve the white for creamy sauce. Cern on C-ob.—This is much finer, !layered if the cern is, cooked in the husks. Strip off outside husks, pull down inner ones and remove silk. Then r;piaee huslcs and tie at top. Boil twenty minutes and remove husks before sending to table. Stuffea Tomato Salad.—Remove the skine fleet ruedium-sized, smooth ta- rnatoos,•cut off top and scoop out part wlth celery, onion, and part ef the tentre anely eloppedi, and pour over all belle& salmi dress- ing. Serve on lettuce leaves, Steamed Berzy Pudding.—Either blackberriee or huckleberries may be used. Sift two cups of flour, four level tablespoons ef baking powder an& one teaspoon a sot. Work in two geneir- *us tableseoorts of butter, and add one icup of milk and one of berries which have been shaken. about in one tablespoon ef flour. Turn into it but- tered mold and steam for one and one - halt hours, Creamy Sauee.—Boll one cup of sugar and one-half cup of water until it falls from the side of the spoon in drops. POUT onto the stiffly beaten white of an egg and beat until eoldi Then fold in one eup of whipped cream. Encourage Child to Talk. The child who talks -well is the child who has something to say. Let him retell stories, seeing to it that he distinguishes fact from fancy. Total repression, at the table, for in- stance, might profitably give way to an intelligent conversation in Nvhicall the child takes an active part. Draw out the incidents of his daily life in his ownwords. By narrating them he gains practice in the use of language. At the same time' his past experiences are being reinforced and not only vrild they be better remembered but in a more useful form. If an arm is not exercised, it "will weaken and, wither. IVfental aeseciations, are strengthened' by usage; they 'weaken and fade through disuse. It de weld that the mental paths, so to speak, be kept clean and in good operating condi- Many of _these associates are normal' tion. grade higher than idiots, but unable to young men who.afterwards marry, and support themselves., and requiring Con- infect their innocent wive*, and pass stoat oversight and protection. Be- on the dread heritage of these terrible tween the imbecile and the normal are diseases to their. children. It is esti the much larger proportion who be mated that not lass than forty per cause they are not easily detected eoncent of veneral disease is due to this stitute the greater menace. After they saurce. reach adult years they remain mere! At least fifty per cent of all cranes children un mentality and self-ccsntrol, in general are committed by these un yet possessed with all the passions,' fortunates. Their uncontroned pas propensities, and desires of adults. 1 stens lead to assaults, common or In It is easy to See what a menace this decent to incendiariszn, to murder, to combination constitutes to themselves burglary, to banditry, to ate demorali and to the commianity- 1 zatian of children ofsboth sexes. , Their sexual propensities are me Many of the epidemics of vice in. usually strong, and they have neither , schools Is due to the presenee of a mental- vision to foresee the cense; ,mall group of feebleminded girls or quences of indulgence, nor moral self- boys or both. Normal children es - control to govern their passions.. They , pecially boys, are by them led into multiply twice as fast as normal folk, I vice, and the evil rapidly spreads. and always reproduce their own kind ' Mischief is thus done that will curse and this quite regardless of vrhether they are married or not in the Board of Education offices.in'Vancouyer„is family chart showing that some years ago an alcoholic man married a feeble minded woman. Twelve children were born. Three fortunately died young. The nine who grew up are all feeble minded. One of these, a young wo- man now in her twenties, is the ille- gitimate mother of eve childret all feebleminded. Fourteen mental defec- tives, each one a social problem, from ' these yonths for years if nut for life. It is false economy not to provide for the care, training or restraint of these deficients. A large part of the enormous Cast of administration of Justice, police courts, gaols, prisons, reformatories, etc, could be -keyed if adequate provision were made for their segregation, sveCialized. training, and the prevention of the reproduction of thee. kind. A subsequent article will, however, deal with the remedy far this great social evil. Sanctuary. Before His altar bending low. When all the church is hushed and I dim Sive for the candles' upward glow, I catch a fleeting glimpse of Him. But when I Cljrab the open hills His lightest whisper stirs the air, The glory ofHis presence fills The far blue we-ald, and makes it fair. 'Over the hills His Winds blew free, And Where I go He walks with, me. —Kathleen Simmonds A City of Storks. In Angora, the capital of Nationalist Turkey, storks may be seen every- where. One pair nest 011 the top of the column reared by the Romans in honor of Augustus; otheron the roof of the Parliament building; several pairs make their home on the Hotel Huriet. Boys are brought up to let them alone. Indeed, Anatolia is a birds' paradise., for the Turks never shoot them or destroy their neots. Minard's Liniment for Dandruff. RICHEST CASH PRICES for EGGS and POULTRY Ship to Us and 13e Satisfied. R. A. 500THEY 1282 QUEEN ST W. TORONTO , Invisible Barriers, Our country church stood le a grove of Maple trees, and A became the b,onisi of many varieties of birds. Among tbette were the yellow -hammers, or, flickers,. There were a dozen or more Qt them, and they had cut holes In the -weatherboarding below the eaves of the chureh, roof and had made their nests there. They were so bold as to go algead witIl their hammering oe the Sabbath, even while the minister was preaching. That always interested the ehildrea, but it was very disturbing to the older ones, to whom the hour of warship did not seem so long. So one day I drove to the church with the idea of eovering over the holes and of etudyieg out sorae way of frightening the birds away. When I opened the door of the church I heard a Autter of wings and saw a brightly colored bird fly across the room and dash itself agaiust the window. It was dazed by the sudden ahook but soon rigated itself and dashed back aerose the room for an- other window on tbe opposite side. Again it struck the glassso bard as almost to break It The bird made re-, peated attempts to escape; it seemed never to learn, that there May be hind- raeces that Use eye cannot see. At last, exhausted, it dropped to UK floor. I Welted It up in inY hands and stroked its beautiful feathers as they rose and fell with the frigbtened crea- ture's quick breathing. And as I musea the words "invisible barriers" Rept coming into my mind. It seemed that I was like tile cbureh building and that the Saviour was seekiug entrance into my life as the bird bad sougla to leave the building. I bad made my profezsion of faith, I ba.d given Him tbe invitation to come and nee in me and to do Ills will in me. To all appearat ees tbe way was open, but Christ had not come in as freely as 1 bad hoped. Now as the words kept repeating themselves in my musings I knew that there were "invisible barrio...a' that had kept the Saviour out just as that whieb, seemed to be an opening to the bird had been closed by invisible glare. remembered the thoughts of my nend and knew that the Saviour could not come in to share them with me. 1 thou ht of the ptetnres hung en tb'e walls of memery and knew that He could not walk with inc through that gallery. I remembered the hope.s and desires that containea so much of sett isliness, and realized that they were barriers invisible to the world bitherto to myself, but barriers never- theless. And there too was taw "invisible bar- rier" of my own stubborn will that would not submit. As I stroked the bird 1 lifted it front my lap aud, open- ing wide the door, let it go free. And as the bird found its opening free from the hindering glass I prayed that God would break the "trvieible barrier" of my will and let the Master come Into nry life unhindered. Finger -Nail Fortunes. You can tell your fortune from your finger nails. If you possess wide, short nails, it quarrelsome nature is indicated; long,' wide nails are said to be signs of de- ceit and craft. If their color is deep red this makes matters worse! Short, narrow nails often atcom- pan,* a childish character; they indi- cate sweetness and quietness. The ideal nail is longer than it is broad, of firm texture, an.d deep pink In color. A half-moon ef white should appear at each base. Specks of white can usually be put down to some illness of nervous com- plaint. A oldster in the shape of a half-moon running from base to tip is supposed to be a sign of good fortune, and it is said that Cleopatra, the fa- , Mous Egyptian queen, had such marks on her fingers at the height of her power. Minard's Liniment 101 Ourns, etc. Boys! Speak the truth; think at others; don't dawdle,--Field-Marshal Sir W. Robertson. BUY YOUR FRUIT FROM THE GROWER Six Large Baskets No. 1 Peaches, as.00, F.O.B. shipping Point. Get them Ripe; Fresh— and Quick Delivery special prices on large lots. Ask for my domestic f.rults. Remit with order. Get in touch now. G. R. CARPENTER WINONA, ONT. .c Puufruinoe; Royal Bank, Win01111.