The Brussels Post, 1918-12-19, Page 6TEE HIGH COST OF GIVING
front the glare of a blanket of snow
under the height Alberta :suit, site who
John in ennvere(r`,on with a stranger
on horseback. As she flung the
By Esther. Hal! Dixon clothes over the line: their eonsery
o Meaner rocked slowly and etiueak- dress. ; ! t eve see would have •vorll Oen came cleaely to her ears throng
ily in the faa'nahoue.e Ii atm: -room her wielding ;levee, which WW1 her the still frosty air,
net the "white !house with green shot -i only putv own raid hcespnlu the "It's f'lr,et class," affirmed the
tete and rail barn" farmhouses of On -!meet. : tmavug:tnt gayety. Why not stranger, ';C,en-u-wine rttivhide
tario, but a tw•o-room ,;hack on al have the: dirtier pert;; anysee it cantle, hated -stitched, blase cap, and
eonthi:rn Alberta irrigation tensa. Weinl he MAMA the .',oases pe; -hems, this lime's real :'inset leather
eltiddenly, with a sigh that pronoaneej but eche agile cook t >e:,l dunce and; Meet .!f this unintelligible
ed itself the period to a long reverio, Jelin had ass dem.; quit :and sbe lief' Eleanor, toot not thee- answer
:she robe acid walled to a abort at nue weddi t gown. 1 John's tometion:
end cif the Croom. Once more aha lifted the lid of the "flow much do yell want for it?
:She lifted the ,'over, •incl us she die, elute!, and this time she took front! "Fifty dollars," Willi the answer,
ea a letter slipped to the floor, re-; it a .soft, ,cltapeleu' package that; Once more hi the house Eleanor
leased from an acet.tental hidin;; ru-t;ed strangely amid the severity, went to the telephone. Rural ser -
place. It was sealed remit addreeeeer of mission furniture. She loosened vice hi this new country was slow,
but not. stamped. (a few pins, and the- eis:ue paper "Hello!" she called. "Hello, Opera -
"Now, how in the world -4" esee wrappings fell away. teleasi'mg a • tor, get me the company's camp,
claimed Eleanor picking me the Ir Claud of white satin that billowed please. I want to talk to Mee, Valerie
ter, and;. after examining i Me first freer, her hand to the floor like a line."
letter to Era, and T rad to write an- foamy ea:elegem and lay ci!rntly glts-1 As she rose front the telephone,
other." ; teeing with a eat dull splendor as she • Eleanor looked through the kith
She tore open the letter and be held it up at arm's length, her home! window just in time to see John lea
came immediately engrossed ly the heaving! with unexpected emotion at hing Beppo out to be admired,
lines from her own pen, written ams the sight. j John, too, had a prized possessio
Months before to her dearest girl; Iter ceding gown: Ae she gazed, It was a thoroughbred riding home
friend hark en Toronto, her own form- faces rote in tiers before her, glad,', the gift of a wealthy Ontario and
er home. It was like meeting a' tender face; with shining. eyes and. It had been presented to John w•h
ghost of herself to come• fees to face, smiling lilac ---her friend. as she hadi he came West, the uncle's idea
with her thoughts of six menthes ago- looked upon them when she had turn -,ranching being, apparently, to moo
set down in hia:•lt and white. j ed from the altar by ,Tnhn's side a; u blooded steed and ride over vas
"John built our little home him year ago, She rarterebered how her! eatates each day. John had no
self," she read. "And what do you' slipperea eccs had scarcely seemed questiuned his neves: ity for the beau
suppose I have in the lei h,'n? A . to tooth i'o rose -strewn aislo, and, tiful creature, but had accepted him
sink!" Just where it ought to i -e, T =he felt f :he were again floating; enthusiastically because his natur
suppose you'll say, hut I want you to t;: the map tie tones of the organ re- love of animals had been inte:nsifie
know that I'm the •feat woman on this` erssional, her !rand enveloped in the by years of city life.
tract to have a sink, 1curve of John's proudly extended Heppe was never put to the hea
1
"Our home has jest two rooms. The, arm, A ri'merr Haire brought her fol fam•mn implements, never hitched a
eomManetion living -roam and bed- the present with a ;tort.. It was the all, in fact. John could not ride him
room is le by itl, and the ;fining-� teakettle boiling over! I because he didn't -have a saddle. One
room and kitchen 9 by 16. John; Theta seems to he n teakettle in he had tried him bareback, but, hem
stained the ,dvinn reame woodwork inl,the life of everyone. As she walk- an inexperienced mount, he had -no
brown mission, to metal the turn -,'ed to the stove to sew the kettle back eared to repeat the trial. Heppe
tura we '.ought, We have elle large her hands were unloosing the fasten-, therefore, was enjoyeck only throw
window in the front, where we get a Ings of her gingham house dress, but the medium of caresses and groom
beautiful view of the nlountam n,jiii a moment a new thought assailed ing and display to visitors, as grog
the distance, and the rest of the -vin-1 her. Suppose-eappoee she had'-------------
dows are the small-cettag"e style. Ii changed too much!
have curtained them in scrim. Our i The absurdity of the thought was
rug is tan arc! the walls are revered post upon her, and "ho sprang in real
with burlap. Our bed pails up to, anxiety to the narrow mirror that
the wall in daytime and ;Mee service! hung over her towing machine, and
as a mantel, So you see, Eva, wheni'ateod staring into her own refection
We get ovr piettmree hung it will be' with tense interest.
warp homelike." Except fur the lines which fatigue
Eleanor. looked :round, - The pic- m had deepened around her mouth,
times were hung. It was honm.elike.j'there 'vas nothing especially the
isn't mach room for argu-1 matter with what she -aw, Her hair
meat in My little kitchen," +he can -' still waved, It wn nice hair, red -
"There+
tinned in the letter, "bat there are; brown with gold glints in it. Her
advantages in being able to stand in, forehead wasn't intellectual. It 'vas
the Tnidele ;:f the floorand reach; too low for soaring intellect, but it
everything : : want,•' I was broad and smooth. No fault wits
And the carne the chnait: in are: to be found with the brown eyes, and
rangemert of the kitchen, tole, with- the nose was unobjectionable except
such accuracy that Eva might Have! foe the faint, hardly visible glints
entered in the night and. have put her of a fete freckles which last stun -
heed ort any pot or kettle. mer's sun had whipped into being
While this was a truthful deserip- Reassured that she would be spared
time of her new home, there was the pain of seeing an old -worn face
scntethirg' which Eleanor had not! above her ltcioved gown, she caught..
told bot t her arrival in the little up the wedding dress and with a few
tow of Mer -ale, and that was of the i deft mottoes slipped it over her head
big lump that had ecmo into heel Then the became abeorbed before the;
throat when the train began to stow! narrow mirror in an endeavor to get!
down for the station and her eyes j an cosi a reflection of h reelf in!
maid a . nothing bet miles and miles tote by , nting e rapid saccession,
of , ee hrnch frontr_ ear wiedaw o 1 ngitudinal strips,
Timidly she had Leeched Joimn's Gnat -I SuJdeely the door Lchind her buret
sleeve.'rid strained Leek the t s . open. She wheeled, and Confronted!
the had e,ket!: the pap-ared eorntemtne.. of Mrs.
''Why, John, why -where is Alar Valentine, wife ee the chief construe-,
vale?-r'^imet':r is the town. Jelin?"' tion engineer for the big irrigation
project of which John and Eleanor
owned eighty acres. Mrs. Valen-
tine's love of finery was attested by
one glance at her purple broad-
clothed person. She was very short
and very •Fat ---ala of those 'women
who, ch�e.nge when they reach thirty,
become geed, simple, and fat, and
then do not change any more at all.
"Oh!" she gasped at Eleanor.
"Oh:" Eleanor returned in startled!
echo. I
Then she -e_overed enough to add,
el:pdaiuingly:
"My wedding dress,"
"I really haven't had time to get "Lovely, perfectly lovely, my deal'!" "Mamie," he whispered, "I'm going to put my Christmas present away
homesick and I think I'll keep so gushed Mee. Valentine, advancing to for a while. It's ---it's too nice to use right away,"
hu -y that I never shall have the time touch appreciatively with a pudgy
I know that you and all forefinger the delicate tracery of lilies an object of pride, no doubt, as prise, nor disapproval, nor horror•,
our •friends are still wondering why of the valley embroidered in pearls Joseph's coat or the Queen of Sheba's They simply stared.
we came ont here. John came in upon the bodice, the work of Elean- jewels. In the long meantimee he
March to prepare the way when you or's own !Legere. pastured contently in the corral or
thought it was a business trip, For "I wonder-- No, I shouldn't dare champed impatiently in bis stall,
months there bed been a heavy black a-dt it,' she declared with a ponder- Eleanor did not know it, but
cloud over our little home by the lake, ons sigh. `"Clothes are such a probe thoughts of Christmas bead also
Ie seems to me like a nightmare now lain out here. You wouldn't, I sop- Come to John. Driving home -from "Dearie," he whispered, "I'nm go-
--hese tereible days when John had pose-" Once mnore H•• stopped, town one evening he had wondered ing to
ew �srrm, g put cony Christmas present
to .tagger home from work in semi- Eleanor etc ,1 efeeemrngly, What about it. She needed a sweater away for a while. It's -it's too nice
to use right away,"
"Oh, John, don't you like it?" she
asked with a catch ip her vola,
y "It isn't that, little wife," lie eon -
"What is it?" Eleanor asked en- dweller or rancher's wife, And he lov- :tossed, giving her a. mighty squeeze.
couragingly, ed her, not because she worked hard "I may as well bo honest, :You see
"I really mightn't to ask it, The and was helpful, but because she had I --well, I can't use that handsome
Oddfellow's Ball to to be on January Dia. hair, red-hrow•mt with gold - saddle because I sold Beppo to get
a-
h
to
to,
"That" hal been et t•in string of
perms in true .urger, mud he had http-
peno.i to read the tag attached, 1st!
had made him turn away then. lie'
remembered it wistfully now,
Ila reut'hrd home, unhitched. with
numb fingers and heavy heart, fed
and beddt.1 his berme, and turned to
leave the stelae When g soft sound,
pelf -snort and helf-whinny-a horso's
pleat for reeogtlition---arrested hint.
He turned bade, entered hteppo's stall,
and took the satiny nose in his hand.,
On Christmas eve the table in the
tittle• ranch -house kitchen was set{
with the best silver and linen for a
formal dinner ---for two. Aunt
Julia's silver eutidlestieks shed a weft
pink shaded - light. A silver fern
dish reflected in a flat mirror stood
in lieu of !lowers for the centrepiece,
and wedding -present china and glass-
ware completed the appointments.
E leuttor in n summer dress of fig -
"'I was talking to 111M shout tlattt
only tt few moments . ago when I
found -him leaning over your gate as
I drove up. By Jove, sir, the old boy
knew me."
"I'll go right out and putt hien up
while Menne!, makes you comfort-
able," said John,
"Dere, not so fast!"
Uncle Steve stepped to the back
door one dragged from the porch a
big; bundle which he set before John.
From his coat pocket he produced a
smaller pnekngr fir Eleanor,
"Open 'em right away and tell me
if I'm a good •prophet," he said with
a twinkle itt his eye.
The rustle of wrapping paper
drowned all remarks.
Eleanor pushed en ivory button in
a little plush case and held imp --a
string of pearls!
At John's feet lay a shining new
saddle,
le tired lawn announced the meal, and "For Beppo," ehuckleri time Iltsve; hands of The Tlonorable T. A. Creme,
d- from the living -room strode• John in "that is," he added severely, "if you Minister of Agriculture, convinces
full evening dries, n majestic, per-' promico to Legit him better, So you, him that the export market. will con-
e, home.
feet John as he had locked back' didn't know 11e was loot, eh? wee, !tone to abash at tiara price,, 05 crom-
where in e,,,, , i ,, did yell titin!; n,; Tared with time prices for all other
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The arrival of peace hat; create
now conditions in the export of mea
and produce and some uncertainty in
the minds of Canadian fanners as to
future markets. Information in the
A Child's Song of Christmnaa,
ely eteniterpaue h. ooft as Milt,
My hiuniteti white us creat+ty route,
The hay wart stilt to .Flint. I know,
Our little Lord of long also,
Above the roof the pigeons: flY
I fu salvor wheels herons ilio sky,
'rho stable -cloves they cooed to them,
lTtu'Y ruin Chalet in Bethlehem. ilright shinot the suit across tho tdrlfta
And haunts upon my Christmas gifte.
They brought Him incense, myrrh t nd
gait!,
Our little lore who lived of old,
0, soft and Near our mother shlgr,
y Of Christmas joys and (ht'lstunte
d .I utings,
t (.oil's bolt' ttngels sang to them,
Mary and Chriet in fiethleheum.
Our hearts they hold all fetrit.tnae
dear,
And ourtlt seeins sweet end Ileavcdm
seethe near,
t), ITeatven was in Itis sight, 1 know,
'Teat little;• Child of lett; ago,
-:Marjorie L, C. I'ickt'eut11
e. 73e tmtuppcd in the doorway. eras 1 i ag ieultural products, ever pound of
en. "Why didn't• yon wear-" !was?" "Ye., 1 -1 -knew he wan gone,"I beef,
bacon and other stomal prn-
of; "Sim!" cautio;ted Eleanor. "Dont' John nut le answer. "You see, undo. ducts that Canada can supply. li
spoil things by asking any questions Stove, 1 oll-T mean, I loaned him.; disesasing the situation the Honor
t to -night. Shall we have our gifts to a ditch rider at the i:',•igati•.nt' table Mr. Creme eras said: "In view o
t first?" I camp, Ile must have broken eweee", the great s,.at_ity of cattle and liv
She led him to the centre of the liv-e Eleanor could Bold in no longer. j stock of all kinds ie Europe, and be
ing-ronee and Leeched his eyes light- "Ba1 it's all so wonderful.! What; cruse of the great demand for lie-
nl ly with her fingers tips to close them.' brought you awe: e.ut here, 'Uncle, stock and live stock products of a
d He heard a pulling and straining, Steve?" I kinds sure to continue for scut
that ended with a final bump and a Uncle Steve a.'nittee a tbandecous t years at !oast, I am k'oiug to ash th
vy huge bundle lodged at his feet, gufi'avw, years
s and live stock man of aide
t "Wa.tt a colours," he begged, and,. ""Chat's a •
good one. J'ro owned II aria to maintain their breeding opera -
stepping to the. table, he drew frons' thiamin acres alongside of you here 1 tions on a war timo scale, to properly
e the drawer a tiny jewel rase which' for the last four years. In fact, II finish all feeding stocle, and to con -
g ho, presented to her. I rent the agent to. Jchn in the firsti serve all good bending females, and
t "Now!" he announced, and bath bee' plane for the very purpos of getting to still further improve their herds
, came busy with w•t•appingi. you out L+ere,. Trn sort of particular and flocks by using even greater ease
gh As John rose from his stooping about my noig lepra, you see, Vmrhere in the selection of the sire."
- posture their eyes met in a peculiar, you going?" he broke oft' to inquire! ,tar o
t look. It was not angor, nor sur- � as Eleanor suddenly turned away, o fit,
1t the 1titchen.door she turned, I Tell ns thou clear and huav'tily tongue,
"I'm going to tell Mrs, Valentine ,Whore is the Babe that lately sprung?
that I shell be glad to loan her my Idea• fee the Iily banks among?
wedding gown,'' she said happily. Or nay if this new birth of nets
- __ ,, _ _ _ Sleeps laid within stone ark nit flower e,
Spangled with do'vllght.: thou can it
1 e clear
All dnabts and manifest the when'.
De, lure to as, bright star, if we shall
- seek
}Tim in the morning':; hhtshhmg cheek,
n _, } a er l Or searr.)t the beds of spices through
�7 To find him out?
--Itohs,'t Ilorrink,
n Winter Music.
leer ori, the mellow music
Of silver -sounding bells;
e The bowing of rho cattle;
- The tale the wining axe tells;
e
11 The Imam) "Rollin)" of hunter's;
The baying of the hotinOt--
o Fall through the realm of snowflakes
With soft and soothing sound.
Near by, the chirp of sparrows;
The saucy •'chlek-a-dao:,'
And faint foot -falls of feathery hetes
Make up the minstrelsy.
A Seventeenth Century Carol,
So now is roma our joyful feast,
Let every man be jolly;
Each room with ivy loaves is dreat,
And every post with holly,
Though some churls at our mirth re-
pfno,
Round your foreheads garland', twine,
Drown eorrow in a cup of -sine,
And let ne all bo merry.
Now all our neighbor: chimneys
smoke,
And C;hrtnea blocks ore burning;
Their ovens they with baked meats
cltoke,
Aud alb their spits arc turning.
Without the door lot sorrow:lye,
And if -for cold it hap to dye,
We'll bury't in a Christmee.ey,
And evermore be marry!
Anti hew ,tweet and patient and
1
jolly he had Melted when he had
bent down to ..y:
::Cheer up, dearie. There's a now
standing in _front of it,"
Arid then they lied both laughed
and the day had been saved. John
was always saving the. day. Eleanor
was the only woman nn the tract who
hail a sink. Christman was but ten
days away See had exactly elety-
three tens', with which ts, gee a pre--
ent for Jelm-Her Joan! So the
thoughts jangled about in her head.
She returned to the 12tter.
THE TRAPPER.
Then, with a laugh that held in it
a. sob and a myraid of unreadable
things, Eleanor went straight to her
lrus'imed, warm line and arms .and
starry e3 ea,
blindness,. And then came the ver- favor could t nnmef's wife possibly coat and a pair of heavy mountain
diet of the specialist -unless John wish of her? Met, Valentine was boots, he thought, and then a feeling
could break entirely away from the trice a roly-poli, kitten whom you hat- of shame Swept over hint. Eleanor
office, abandon his law, and live out' edyto deny things, was the same Eleanor wltethe • cit
of doors he would be blind in a few
months,"
In spite of her cheerful resolve not
to be homesick, rand in spite of the
work whielm had kept Eleanor's fin- fourth. lee have rece'ved an met.- glints in it, and a forehead i,hat this," and lee pointed to the jewel
gers constantly busy, there had been tatter, and Jim has to be in Calga.t•y veften t intellectual, perhaps, but was care.
thatdai,when her heart was so heavy that very :eek, et seems too broad and smooth; :because to fault "John! Did you? Why, how funny!
t seemed by virtue of its very. goorl a ehen e to love, but I haven't
could be found with her brown eyes I T can't wear my pearls either because
propondernnce to drag her mind, wit- anything to wcnr---not anything! and iter nose had a few glints of. T sold my wedding dress to
g et---
ly-nilly, back to the little home they You wouldn't sell--'' she fingered the frcicicle, ort it; because she had 00 this," and she lapped the-eaddle,
had left, And never had. this feel- bugled sleeve suggestively. Eleanor adorable mouth that, for all it had tt At the :earn moment ,they belth
ing seemed harder to conquer than in drew back as if stm-g 1:y the touch, tired droop in the last few menthe, straightened to a listening attitude.
c
,
I uA.
t on_elike t
fla sleigh," t, h
g , s e
whispered. "Listen!"
"Uncle Steve!". they both cried in
unison a few moments, later to the
muffled figure etamping himself free
of sero* on their little hack porch,
"Merry Chri -minas!" cause :from
under lite mufflers, accempenied by
to plume of frosty breath.
"How in the world-- Do come in to
the fir:'. When dict you---.. Why didn't
you tell ns•»--"
"116111 and Hold nai!" hogged Miele
Steve. Turtling to .John be Said
eternlyt
•"What kind of a stock raiser are
laughingly• meowed of her, you, yo,:ng neat, to leave a there
Oh, than -,she had gine%,,1 back o+tgld,med, Onterie-1%BM hbrso out
over her black miff at hint, "It -rn tide, weather?"
wettld look so sweet with my weddln1 "mote? -What do- ymi 711,11t 'Uncle
gown," Sleeve? (,Oligo _ i` -ire'; h::?'c, Re...-"
these days just before Christmas. She Ot
I couldn't, Mrs.Valentine.
missed the bustle and hum, the shop- It's my
we king Ares. I made it
ping hordes, the gayly trimmed store every stitch myself end it's the dear-
windows and red Santos on the street est thing I own,"
corners, the parcel -laden delivery Mrs. Valentino turned Away with
wagons -all of which bespoke for a polity look of defeat.
weeks beforehand, in the city, of pre- "Just as yen feel about it. It's
paratione for the holiday season. a, dream, and the style's as good as
Out here -well, even the great when it was made. Mand embroidery
thrill of empire -building had not yet is alway:t goad, and .specially hr imprieomted in the purple bed of that
hod time to overcome her, love for pearls. The fnllueee ab.,ut the waist window; it fortune in green fire, an-
the old order•. Chorne went on, could easily Lc, a:ljust;'rl it fit ire, If ether in reel flame, emethcr in iwetly
ehicltons 1,r -rt t,t:nded, cow; milked, you tion! 1 ehenge mem mired, 1'11 „his Egli:,, beside the beautiful
hence led to wane, fence:, batched. t,ire ;ice --fifty cdoIlars for it." gleam of to-iu;,tee, turns, sapphire,
Where were any hi:ttta of thrills to After Mrs, Valentine's visit, Ekon- amid jade,
lamb? Any. swept mystery o," oat- m•, as a v cot;'. w item• feelings, plunged "S'Fh:tc 1,11111 y'ht have?" he had
tioipated joys? Into n few tt y of house-cleaning, With.
Back home there would have been vin armful n" ):;,?,.•menta to be rhaleen
et big dinner on Christmas eve, with she wen'. ow, to time eiothesline in the
guests and. gifts anti gdod things bar!: y,.:11, dote ryas surprised to
'to eat, and John would have worn his hear : 1, eliieldittg her eyes
still seemed mule
,ulY for smiles
and
kisses.
Ilntiy he rebuked the thoughts that
had Linked her Citristma.s with a
sweater coat end mountain 'boots. Ho
remembered a day wheel they had
stood in front of a jeweler's window.
Every sit tele end glitter known to
tridesee nee was caught and lay gold -
Raccoon Trapping Met.heds.
After finding raccoon runs and
trails near lake at stream, set trap
out in, water deep enough to cover it.
Then cut two separate pieces of
brush, scent with the best raccoon
bait, and place one on each side of
the trap. Or time trap may be cou-
celaled in a path made by the coots,
covered carefully with noose earth
and baited. On catching the scent
the coon' will be cure to investigate.
Auother good place to set coon traps
is at the mouth of small creeks or
at the bottom of old logs that have
fallen across a stream.
Coons are attracted by bright ob-
jects and always investigate the un-
usual. In the majority of eases their
curiosity proves fatal to them. A
bright tin fish to be attached to the
pan of the trap will glitter in the
sun or moonlight and will draw the,
coon over to the trap,
In preparing for the market coon
should be takers off open. When
trapped in the northern and central;
sections of the country, the -furs;
should be stretched in their naturals
shape, caro being 'taken not to over-;
stretch. Southern pelts should be
stretched as nearly square as pcs-
sible. All superfluous meat and fat
should be removed, but the pelt
should not be scraped too closely,
Skins should be dried in cool place,
not in sun or near fire. They are
(ready to ship when dry enough to
hold their shape.
Christmas Carol.
Tho earth has grown old with limber.
of care
But at Christmas it always is young,
The heart of the jewel burns lustrous
and fair
And its soul full of music bursts
forth on the air
When the eons; of the angels is sung.
Tt is coining, Old Earth, It is calming
to -night!
On elle snow flakes which clover thy
sod;
The feet of the Christ -child tells gentle
and white,
And the voice of the Chriet.•cbilcl
tells out with delight
That mankind are time children of Clod.
The .et,t ofthe hu leaf
h f h cob s n, ^t11 '
may walk
the field
Where the Peet of the Tlolio t trod,
'!'Itis, tllon, is the marvel to mortals en -
'When the silvery trumpete of Christ;
maw pave meanie
Thal mankind are the children of tied,
-_-Phillips :!;rooks,
Christens Clay, 1918.
n0,0111111 coma dnwndilce showeee
Tipamt the fruitful earth;
And love, jay, hope, like flowers,
Spripg in his path to birth;
Before him on the mountains,
Strait 'Peace, the herald go;
And leigltteounneise, in fou.ntithts,
Emu hill to vitliey flow.
RNof all kinds.
Netter quality preferred.
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tV, SiLBEF 221) amt,'Paur St, ',"7,
itmontregl,
one ofighest `•Wi
MI RAW FURS
to us, no matter what quantity, We
pay the highest price, also express.
chargee.
Try once and you aro ttseure:i rf
satisfaction. `
ABBEY FUR COMPANY
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310 St. Paul W. Montreal, P.Q.
Reference: Hank of Hoehuiaga, lit,
Henry,
In buntness'for 30 year's.•
How to Live Twice.
(A New Yearly Lesson for Youth),
To -clay my friend is seventy-ilt•e;
He tolls his tale with no regret:
His brave old eyes aro steadfast yet,
Itis !heart the llghteel, heart titer `•^
He sees behind hint, green end wide,
The pathway of hie Imilgt•tnt Tenet;
He sees the shote and dteiatess
hears
The, whisper of the creeping tido.
For out of ell his dogs not one
Has passed and Left its unleid g'lt^st
To seek n lifebt forever lost
Or well a deed for ever done.
ao for rowerd of !Heise" tt•uth
Ile lives again, as gond men caul,
Redoubling his allotted sista
With mn moriett of a wtairlee.; yontla,
Old end New,
A toast to the old year; a Waft tee fila
new,
May its Pleasures be. many ---its ear -
rows be few.
.A hope for the future -a ci;h for the
past -
A smile for the . present --the hours
speeding fast.
A toast to the oldfriends- a toilet& to
Youa Ca'9the new,
R ou .tet Afford A toast to the dear ;etc/Mee-and oils
to the true;
A. prayer to our elalter--ln rovercitt
four,
When eve meet M a twelvemonth-,
that all may be here,
to take chances!!!
Send your
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West
ret o f4TIt SAL
Being tna ,itceurc,e, and not buying to re.
ea the 51053', enure the fairest grading and
the hisheat market priced. Quick returns 1
t;ar+iaraesmai
we ewe mill one et meanat., skunk
c,on, mink npn"s im, o .tvn)f--tweere+tbbit
slant, -,inti wilt pg. n tot cash, highest
prices! Femmes rellehleegrndlnti��..etsyca
every ecgt ave.; ea in your fere. We never
promise impossible nlcea and then rue
down on the grate, What your furs arc
wordily what' via i•n--and wo ply ill fall.
Cheek sent you within 24 hontt.
Write (er r+reta Shipping Tun and Trap.
per.; Guide,tciau•itet Reports, etc. __ -,•
ouster >ros.,' Co.
tomudle,nrror txatul to
e til eemest'epn MealInlltigeeg
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JpAi,tt
A Christmas Song,
'!Phan mother -love ntnko: rill ilcl•mt'
bright,
When joy conies with the ntnr.ting
light,
When children gather rowed their tree;
Thou, Christmas Llahe,
Wo eine; to Thee! ; .
When s t dears of tiler aIle) fall,
When Din and death the soul a,,prli,
One light wo through tiro doneness • ee
Christ on the Cross,
We cry to Thee!
Ohrlatmes Invocation
.Upon you I be:etow this t-meegre femme.
Not as full measure of that which is
snokom,
nut as time bearer oftt
thoughts
never
epoken--
Thoughts which invoice~Geer. biome
E lugs down from Heaven
Upon you M thio time of love- and „ iv-
eing•
May His gift Si' the 'Yuletide be net
less
Than bbeeeings which melte life well
worth the living
Faith, health. love, peace; --alt wrap.
ped in ltappitioes!
"Evet'ywhere, everywhere, Cheic;t.?las
to -night,
Christmas where snow peaks sttmd sob
one and white,
Christmas where cornfields Ile sunny
and,bright,
Everywhere, everywhere, Christmas to
night,"