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THE T II
BY EDEN PHILLPOTTS.
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PART III. 'where was Jacob's live-aere
Then she spoke, crefe ender wheat oixtt yeer-roee up
go," she said. "But I say byre a great glare with flain. olhkering
afore you all, and te it in- ihrotogh it. The night wee still ami
the name •of my tiend father. that 1 irioos an] the blaze arose steady
never touched one lei (1) 0(( thian's and oni of Ono dark.
I don't knew Mere 011.1.1 Yee 110.-V tile77• rni'mer g.ot into his bouts so ll 19
got in my box." ae 9' 1(1 1110 Sue:on inn and roused
'I tonlol wielt fer vrar ye:on, and bet' leother. who'd gone to bed, awl
hope of heaven yee'l oal:e an.uher man that
line," rept.1,.1 her r.0 -tee, dwei. 0,y. Then the,: went ;lown
Shea her head. Sio, ,... (NI tho :wo 1,rov,:u
and steadeast as it :ode. Thee elie lee"1 feet-'-h,•et bef,re. 0010,
went up tohr ro,no, uule; the reef both u:i.'tbj. aud bend:lee to the heare
of Four wayee Tiun- erruld do ratnhit, fo? fire
letters and went etreieht.3tea,1 0 eet 11 etart ent :111-1 their
of the faren W12,11010 7 W.; ,1 to );,.,,L-ts vat., t1)rr:1 to .1
any of afore tlro:n.i.ol the
But the Meet week eve,ee't e:ee ireeele. leTeee. nee., very
with, for while the girl ',.•;•;;Mp,...1 w.1,
with death in her hoayt, 1'1, fi,- C'."(tn yi)L00T`7.1n W:Pt .1111.;F -
Thomas Turtle 1.1.1:::at.,..1. an 1.117: very neer eare:el ele feel e'••: -
ter. . Leeee 01 sing•ed ftom his suatt
To her parents' great 1)s1.007,,1rz.,,It. ihateh to 1,_'10,,o all down one sele.
Susan stuck an for her reined froril, 1 00 tits full fluel (.f
and despite the glaring faots. vowed :1,0 r,L1,7,r• Set ertele that anY.!:telY
that .Tonna »over eeuid have (''r,...i whit lhoir
"'Tis beyond her nature." sho eutd. ..........1' i.' if .thy he.mt
"And I woul:in't believe it ;I! t-ltit'n'th tb.-oight, it was or no
•• I. .. .
ceuid1A----sho's not 11:17A 1,'csibi'.:;1;. rarn:fr Turtle 00, .1 down
There's a wicked pltt hatched ao:ainst to his 1s:711:1,1-ont cern ricks. and Not
her, for oho eauldn't tell a lie. Or let I.uraz vvi_th 1.0100, and it was Nat, pok-
e pare I never lmew such (0. n- e•-• ee L 111-0,
right truthful „;;•;r1 in my Eio," 1,rc1': t0.i1:7 0 on the j.;11,
"Then, if r.ot her, who?" F..r 1.ze:e of papnt
Turtle. "'Who umier th.l.t roof ronkl 17:-lf hurled with wriilrg upon it,
seck to ruin hor this way?" awl he air..., rieloal re, harelhec..-7:er,
P.M. Susan couhiu't tell. erul0 geve them to Thelma Turtle.
"rn never • ,1_,e11ve it. We've ,rof,-. Farm,:re.
1eeee,1 at 'e, thp
en et 'era
her wore." she o.-orwered. "And boy in his pool,st and rtu,,J. like a stone
word's her bane. And God will ri.tht man storintr 1.1 II' 01' 1'" sun, He
her." she '3 011(11.1. cr-old tudieve biz own eyes;
• • w0i
farming- and a vottage and Mrs.
Joanna Trueeott. Then
"Found along;,.1e where the stooks
said F31an,0‘. "Therm haw I've
been pot et fee my merey. But now
els all eve,. mei .6'11 go where she
vio lig
Ana tee: reeilot .1 (0011 elept1(1
(link et Aeleeertee loodtup.
She atecti her trial at the aselee::
hnd tho ease went against herfrau,
the It'sorything came out, of
course, and to them skilled in emelt
affairs, who only look at the faeis and
don't tale, no- could of Inman charne.
ter, there coold be but ore end of it.
See eaioi, so far as the thing's in ber
box %vett, 0 ;Trued, thr.t. she know,
naught ala -n1 '013 ;..n1 h3,1 rover
'eon teele; y.1: 01o, as to tbo sn'teks,,
she eetild ally swear that she knew
neue el 'em ji1o Imo . said
that when she cow to look at her.
levee's let tees one, the laei, Wal 11) 1i
fronl her parcel, and, 8.1 for the
hanikerchif.f, she raid ebe'd never
uee(1 any ef 'on, but kept 'en) stored
among her treaeares ae being too good
to use, and for flint matter the other
five was found in her box, and they
had not been used, Her mother took;
her oath that Joanna came home, on -
the night she was sent off from Four.
ways, by 11 o'clock, and Nat Lucas
swore he'd fleet enuelf sight of the.
flee through the little wit in blee
sleer.ing place at a bit aft er 10, so'
the time fitted exactly right, and no-.
bode in hill settees Over doubted that;
she'd pule off in her rage and set:
lire to the ricks on her way- home. It
, was a simple. every:lay sort of arron,'
zwcovhing, to tbe 1310, with everything
in its p.m..., itIl N.1 and
..or..ng to human nafore and no mys•-•
• fere ,,nywheee. But neent it: a very!
buzintss, as the onlerit found,
for she get throe years and no sym-
peaty -hem 3n1,1,011' on eerth but her
mother ana Susan Turiie.
The poor girl van:zhed aceordinge
ly. and when Deb Tr.:scout oame herne
from sea nft 11 the New Year and •
went firAt thlo e. to the lodge where
Tmh, still dwelt. he dien't sew-
- priee her by no meatle 70 much as
he serpeieee him. 'Twee a very
erael shot k for the peer chap when
be listened to the girl's downfall and
herd she was put away for three
onortal yeare, Ole wee a eeed sort of
men and woelen't believe a word. In
truth, le twortrly raved about ito mod
didoet rest", hoed or feet, till he'd got
permission to tee ,Toornee . And be did
0.00 her, with two policewomen in the
rerun, and found her eaten ane stead-
. fast, but thin and loeg ways less
beautiful than when last he'd said
emd-bve
She told hen lie was innocent, and
no- doubt 'twas a great light in her
darkness that he believed it, and swore
he'd Wait for her and leave no stone
unturned meantime to right her
against the world.
So he left her and took work on
the Imal not far from Aeheurton; but
ae for righting her, or doing anything'
to clear up the business at Four
F
But al noei amLut s patient at this, - 1.1.ea lindow rf doubt
. , ,
and who shall blame him? He and. after he'd sent Nat off to Lowe'
thought he'd been uncommon Chris- Town far the nolle-, _ h., went to his!
.
titin about it and si'arc it as his npin- 11011,''E' 13' ,,e,, iLnd eellee hie wife and'
eon that few would hare :toted so lot. tho r.,.r.„eien.r on her nand,
kindly as he had. They tented to no "Who's be th,-;t?" 112 31111,
purpose and was jurt going to their She leapt al it and answereh:
beds when old Nat Lucas, head mon "One lineh rgIng to eoanna Toms,
at Four Wave coonie running in to There's 'J, l".' weeleel in the eerner.
'em from his tenet, where he slept Swan "Tee
over the etabks. He was clad in his last July."
trousers and shirt eel no more. "And read what be on the, scrap of
"God'e goodnees!" he said. "Tea bo paper, mother, please."
afire! 'Tie the new ricks in the cor- Mrs. Teetie teek the berme E7leet
nei• of Jaeob's'fielcb 00 0138 'tie the cow and reee 1Much as wus left to read.
byre down under." • : "My darling Jo: 0 may get home
• bi f • Ch
enoug 1, they nee red fire blazing not luck s ---
hall a mile off and lighting hale the "Turn over," said Mr. Turtle.
sky. The farm sloped down to Dart His wife done so end read:
vale, and en the edge of the hill, "'No more sea for me then,
her six for her birthday
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Whoa you 1111)'1111)' 111 11121101110'yon get closer price% By our
factory to hem ('11)1' 1)0100 we melte tee large moan
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titer price to the firet 211 buyers of fitylo 130W. Oak. Mao
tho 30 Moyers of style 110e1, Oak 01' Mahogany,
Feet 20 buyers of 1-e0W, 0012. Regular, oath, $145,00, ter
$100.00,
leiral 30 buyere of 1101e. 0a12 or eitthagany. Regular, each,
$110,00, for $7100.
All 11111011 !PUS fully guaranteed. Packing $3.e0 extra.
EGAN PHONOGRAPH 00.
160.W. 009 !Moor St. West, - - Toronto.
India is Land of Thunder- scarcely fail to strike the most 'noon'
Wnys, of 3011 100 he soon found that
no power of 101(11 could work that.
a caee for God Almighty,"
said Mrs. Toms, "and you know she's
1111130013t, 11011, and so do L and so do
Mrs. Blades -her that was Susan
Turtle. She was a very faithful
friend to J0111111 it and never believed
a word against her to the Met. And,
trusting in Providence, same as I do
and snme as my huebend always did,
I believe a time must come when
Joanna will be cleared."Mro.
Mrs. Toms, you see, had great faith,
and she was so well thought upon
that, despite Joanna's diegrace, none
turned away from her mother, though
none but felt only too sure that things
were as they seemed to be. For if
Joanna had looked to be marled be-
fore long, what more terrible likely
than that she wanted 11 little bit of
money against her young man's re-
turn and bad took this wicked way
to come by it? -
tTo be continued.)
storms.
Indian thunderstorms are notorious.
ly violent, theugh comparatively harm.
less. According to to writer, the set-
ting -in of the monsoon in India is ac-
companlea by such an electrical con-
vulsion "as can scarcely be imagined
by those wee have only seen that
Phenomenon 10 a temperate climate.
It generally begins with violent
blasts of wind, which an succeeded
by floods °Crain. For some hours
lightning is seen. almost without inter-
mission; sometimes it only illumine
ate.s the sky and shows the clouds
near the horzon; at others it discovers
the distant and again leaves all
in darkness, when In an instant it
reappears in vivid and successive
Realms and exhibit,: the nearest ob-
jects in all the brightnees day,
During all this time tne distant
thunder never ceases to roll and is
Revealed Her Ignorance. only 511eneed by seam nearer peal,
which bursts on the ear with such a
sudden and tremendous crash es can
She impressed moan all her friends
how much she adored true literature.
To Mt. Author, whose name she would
fain take, was the story of her de-
votion to work e of rouble writing told
with emphasis.
"Then!" he exclaimed one day, "you
must worship Sir Walter Scott -his
'Lady of the Lake,' most wondrous of
books."
"idol I do!" she cried, ecstatically.
'And Scott's `Marmlon' and 'Poveril
of the Peak'?" he continued.
"Yes, yes," she avowed, joyfully.
"Scott's Emulsion, too?" he inquired,
enthusiastically.
"That," she cried, "is the beet of
the lot!"
Acadia was the part of Eastern
Canada now known as Nova Scotia.
Acatlians was the name given to the
French settlers when Acadia was plat
of New France.
leinard'e Liniment Fgt. Burns, Eto.
ri
4.1,0<P
e., eeeseet
.1 Skirt from a Coat.
Cut -away Locate for ladies were a
'feature of 1010',.fashion season. The
The - ran to the door and them, sued a t a toe stones and then mith
•' • • -' bl 011(1 Tact i •al
with its companion, the knitted or filet
sweater, is one of the boons of 1920.
but The busy woman of village or lona
cummunity feels the need of such h
skirt -to be worn on the weekly trip
to town, the hike or to the Women's
Institute meeting.
Nearly every woman owns one of
those heavy all -wool coats with round-
ing corners at the front, patch
pockets' and turn -back collar show-
ing the inekle to 'be a lighter or con-
trasting color -perhaps Ft plaid. Such
a coat may be converted into just the
The close association established! A further substantial gain in sav-
by The Merchants Bank of Canada ings:deposits indicates that the Cana- -
skirt Of the season, one with con -
with the expansion of the business !Ellen people aro practising habits of vement pocketse buttons. .don the
and industry of the Dominion is !thrift. During the year the savings back, jaunty belt and andeaduality of
streltingly shown by the semi-annual' deposits of the banks have been drawn design -
First, wash the coat and remove
any stains. Remove collae, sleeves
and pockets; old safety razor blades
are excellent for ripping. Then press
the material on the side which is to
be the wrong side when the skirt is
made, If the inside of the rest is
As a reselt of the ex-pansion, the plaid, consider advisability of using
total assets' established a new high plaid for the skirt. Measure up Trent
record by crossing the $200,000,000 the bottom of the coat the eequired
mark. They now total $209,460,448, length of the skirt, not allowing for
against $198,506,572. hem. Cut on that line perallel to the
Shareholders will take particular hem, making a straight skirt. Next,
pride in the steady expansion shown 'cut down the coat pockets to 0 (3(11-
bythe Bank. This development has venient size.
been the result entirely of the round- Tho pocket 'With rounded front is
ing out of itz organization and ser- pretty and matches the remolded bot -
vice throughout the country. With
more active trade conditions, the Bank tom -back of skirt. Use the collar to
is now in a position to reflect the make the belt. If the over -lapping
benefit of the complete organization end of the belt be rounded it makes a
which bas been gradually built up stylish closing at the back; one in
over the entire Dominion. keeping with the whole scheme,
The general etatement of assets The front of the coat forms the
and liabilities, With comparisons with back of the skeet. The button -holes
the previous year, shows as fol- of the one may be worked 30040 and
lows:- will serve again to close the eidtt.
Smoked pearl buttons 300 311'4.'01 y lout
crack easily; black bone buttons with
rough shiny surfaces will nold in way
of aclornmeet. The belting shone! le•
boned; sarong hooks, and eyes button-
holed on 10 the endo of reit belt will
remain there througei monte3 if hare
wear.
Spread the skirt on a :able and
fit a flat facing for 'bottom rend :doles
(evhieh are to have the buttons nd
buttothelte). The skirt ie reelle flat.
What a joy this is to the ere, who
does tbe p140014151'The enieloing
touch to the garieent may la, rows
of stitching on the pockets. Put orig-
inaw:
ality on the part of the :mtreat
Who carries a picture of the eletre
leer mind, 14 always the pride of the
Wearer; it givea imr omelet.
Fortunate) is the ovmer of that
Merchants Bank of Caada
Reports Record Pr t ress
Marked Expansion in Assistance Bank Has Given to Canadian
Trade and Commerce. Saving Deposits Show Large Increase.
/statement of the Bank, to October
30111, 1920.
The Merchants Bank, with its 40111 -Bank shows a gain in savings de-
plete organization throughout the
Dominion, iknown for theposits of $4628' ' 040 and total deposits
assistati
ce to growing and expanding W6,006,0115,
nowPstand at $170,634,061, up from
s spe‘cial
businesses and the report now issued
shows that it has been particularly Assets at New High Level
active in this direction during the
past year. This is reflected by the
increase in current loans and dis-
30111112 to customers to $120,51.5,403,
as compared with $102,346,514, a gain
of $18,168,880.
Increase in Capital
With a view of increasing, its
Socialesto the farmers and mer-
ehants and the manufacturers of the
country, the Bank has provided for
an increase in capital and to, a re-
Oult the paieleup capital now stands
at $0,980,970, an increase to date of
$1,614,484. .At the same time the
:Teem has been increased by 81,-
4100,000 and now stands at $8,400,000,
Both these amounts will be further
increased by the instalments still
outstareling.
on heavily to meet payments for the
last Victory Loan campaign. Not-
withstanding this development, the
ASSETS
1920 1919
odd Coin, Dom Notes and C. Balances with
E 1 it Ci'r0endnts 80,030,361.00 $ 26,642,136,33
Mtposit in the Central Geld R.eserve
igiovermnent and Municipal Securities
Railway and other Donde, Debentures and
fitocks
lisIt Loans In ellitadtt
11 LOCeT1FI eleewliero than to Canada
oitne and teecounts
oans end Discounts elsewhere
loans to efantoepaiitiee
4abilitiss 52 Customere under Letters of
(trent pee centre.
ank Pleee
rem
eat Estate other than 1151010Premieres
Mortgages en Real lestate sold by the Hank.-
eporat With Dominion Government for par.
100102 of Gireulation Pu»d
7,600,000.00 8,000,000.00
21,114,908,20 88,240,353.41
3,817,317,14 8,870,611,91
8=4,680.81 0,043,017.57
4,170,288.56 8,418,848,00
120,615,488.80 101,040564.87
1,840,42063 320,834,27
4,035,381,80 8,872,382.16
9,401,664.86 707,606,04
8,192,784.42 0,663,251.70
602,798.4/ 011,101.10
730,501.03 628,177.92
400,000,00 877,000.00
8809.460,448.28 .81158,006,672,00
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' eeeptanees tumor LoiUt;E: ..W, Viral; ;;;;; .. ; ''''''
' aniff,1 P id -up
seerve 1 unsi and Undivided Prolito
otos In Oneulatlen-
1 2;48041:00841g 168,006,615.24
i i ' I.
767,806,04
15,827, /4.00
eposIts
$200,460,448,23 $19006011570.80
Mo:e,
astrakan• cloth coat with the padded
lining! When she Tips the lining
away she will find a material which
resembles that much -favored, wool
jersey, Here is the material for a
warm -skirt that will suit any lady of
the finest taste!
The beauty of the make -oval. is
that it do -es not look as though it
load to be made that way. It leas the
appearance of being just as the
wearer planned it -and, it is!
Apple Butter.
Brass should never be used as a
cooking utensil. An iron kettle or
a copper kettle is all right for mak-
ing apple butter. To make, peel and
slice the apples. Use half as much
boiled -cider as apples, that is, if you
have five gallons of apples we two
and one-half gallons of cider. Good
apple Metter is only possible if it is
cooked a long time, about six hours,
over a slow tire, and stirred constant-
ly. Add tho sugar when the cook-
ing is well over, after three and a
half hours. A pound of sugar to to
gallon of butter is a good al-Dow:owe.
When it is finished add one-half tea-
epoen each of cloves, cinnamon and
allepice for each gallon, and seal at
once in loot sterilized jars.
Discoveries.
Every wife lePOWS that the first
places on her husband's shirt to wear '
out are the cane and euffe. I find
that, at the cost shirting is now, it
pays to sit down and rip the collar
and cuffs out of their respective places
and turn the inside of each out to
the right side and fasten back to the
shirt. 'fhis makes the shirt look
nearly new, I have been married for
nearly eight years, and know this to
be one of the greatest savings that
I can necomplisle-N, E. II.
When 11121111115 00011 setts and chews
1 never neglect to brighten up the
old buttons 1 am oiling on the new
garment,
Pearl buttons which have become
dull and old -looking may be brighten-
, ed by soaking them in olive ail or a
good quality machine oil. When you
take them out, rule them bard with
110004003(1 pumice, taionn powder, or
a good nail polish. They will hook
I like nave. The steel buttons which
; are so popular may be eleaned with
: a toothlorush and suds, If they are
rusty, use a cleaning powder. Dry
I thoroughly and polish. Cut jet but -
103(3 often look dingy from the dust
which etas collected in the design,
Clean them by brushing vigorously
. with Et soft brush. -M. It,
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DON'T. RISK MATERIAL
Each package of "Diamond Dyes" con-
tains directions so simple that any
0(0113 2111 3511 ceye any material without
streaking, fachn_g_or running, Druggist
bas color card Talc o other dyel I
Bible heart with awe.
MInard's Liniment Believes Colds, Etc.
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Dresses in Japan are frequently
sold by weight.
Canada had, on Mareh 31, 1919,
12,200 'post -offices, as against '3,038
in 1867. There are also 3,733 rural
mai1 delivery ratites in operation.
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"When Canada Was New
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BRITISH MINERS
DUE TO IGNORANCE Oa4
GENERAL PUBLIC
Wen That They Belong to In.
fcricr Class and Are Given.
to Drink is Erroneous. •
A ariter In 'P11' Loudon Daily News
lolemee 13110r:wee for a commwa (nee
(4,1100 1101)1 of tie- mere% Matte
people, never het Mg met a miner, lee
lt,ceeeo1,1gir,a 3. belong le an Inferior clime,
given to drink, gluttony 01111 wife.
itttb
"There are miners In all these toate-
Enr.eS, 110 401011," 110 si*.s, "'but the-
generalizateen is 110 more true than it..
would he at rho cotton operctives 111
Lancashire, the steelmakers of
field, the boilermakers of Tyeenide,
the shipbuilders on the Cly(0e, the
bricklayers of unywhoro, or tIm aristo.
0,1)':0,1)'::or any civilized or eueivilleed
country, They 1100e surforel serious
disadvantage:: (these aro recorded in
the chrotteles of Industrial iVatory),
btietn111.1ey hao
ve wndcrfum
ll; surounted
the croft). reolleee thei: environ-
Iu"Look at Dont in Derham, where
they have So far 010on to It ssn.. • ;if
communal reApoindbility that (hey
have taken up ord 31 1101.r101' carry
out the adinInistr1i1o11 vo, ceenty,
A majority of 311 of the
County Council 31' 11. 1. who go duwn
in the pit' to gut uu,111,
Workina 4003. Problu'ln.
"Their 1e1001171 t'elu 13 eet 1wurh•
ing cut the probieni; tho
educational seeoem. tee Mont.
of roads, the lit:ttorluent ...a![,;ry
conditions and housimg ill:,
villages. They are mole enee bat
'Lee tore putt' ;g to ohrnuo the ;tell:eve.
meats of some 1(1die-9-
in which the '300,1nine vete ;• heide
the reine.
"A mining town -is nut a lovely
thing. There is no gettere away 1033
the dirt, Like other :Calk country
Industrial has (1 street ugli-
ness peculiar to itself. There are un-
tidy women about, mod mess lounging
at street corners. Trains ccme in
labelled "special." There is a 111,91.u01
:dotter of elogo, and men covered with
coal (but swing noisily tbroush the
street. Their faces are so oneared
and streaked that the form of them
is caricatured. They hurry W their
ecttageo. Some aro wet m the skin,
and they must change quickly. In aa
hour or two they are 011 1113 n1ree1.1.
agaia; the younger once (mart and
well dressed. Of the older mei there
are few 0.110 are not eripplel oe eeer-
red. leyeey tone 4 thein ho .1 fecui
with the ruiner to his cottage In
a street as narrow- ato the buileer WU)
allowed to make it. There to Ito gan
den back or front. There 11 00 room
for the children inside; no playground
but the street. Yet there are white
curtain,: at the wiudow, a muter heav•
famished and a spotless lett:hon.
"some people say that tie miners
take a narrow view, and can only see
their own part In the 111e of the coon-
mulety. I have not found evidence
of this, 0 have known matte', In vary-
ing degrees of intimacy; I have lived
with them as their guest; accompanied
them to their meetings, discussed with
them their problems in relation to
other industrial questions, and they
have not taken a nereow vieW.
'11 is elle fact that tho problems
of their own Industry are eo numerous
and so complex that muc111 time is
spent In hammering them out. They
do understand a good deal more of
their industry than comes to public
knowledge; and they smart under a
aense of much injustice.
"I have found, too, that they take a
keen interest in their work, and that
they talk with practical knowledge of
the structure of the . material they
handle -though 1 have met a miner
(he was. the butt of his fellow work-
ers) who accepted literally the chrono.
logy 00 0110 Bible, and would not have
it that coal was ever vegetation. lee
0(110 PSI iiiuuha curiosity as the flat -
earth theorise"
Finding Fault.
In speaking or a person's faults
Pray don't forget your own;
Remember those with homes of glass'
Should never throw a stone.
If we have nothing else to do
Than talk of those who sin,
"eisebetter eve eommence -et home,
And from that point beget,
We have no right to judge a man
Until he's fairly tried;
Should we 1101 like his company,
We kaew the world is wide,
Some inay heve faults -and can we
Thetsam7•e ourselves have rums 7
Perhaps we may, for alight We know,
Nave fifty to their one,
Then let us all, when we begin
To :dander friend or foe,
Think of the harm ono word may do
To those we Little know.
Curses are reaped ae
Remember, as they're Sown; 0
Delft speak of other's faults until
You have none 00 3031' own.
.--
There are 1,000*British war cemo.
teties in France and Beige= alone,
Spacial =Allies are now deeigned
for testing the alertness and,' other
abilities of telephone oeiratere,
With an approximete, area of 82,-
000 square 1111130, Almeria its naw
about the .vanie size as InsIond.