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Not 131scounted, Drafts tested,
Interest Allowed on Depoeitea teal°
tasUMs Pureharfee.
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Insurance compeeiee. band, who wee tramping the half mile boy came down, ehe se a
• ` t to tl ethve
surance agerke gepreseenting 14 Fire bghts as a wele°nle ' •
le •
reetiznes readiage eeinetineee etering he yowled to las ehoulder. "I was
Iinto space, hie browe heal. in thought; worldn' foe hiete-hencee. I thoeght
and, es the hours peeped, the hitter. I'd try the conetry for a' epell; and
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e f3 1.41 HAND slowly vanishing, retuine . 4 ' thet knocked her flat. I 'see red, sir,
linos about Ids mouth which Mel been elm day he give his little girl a smack
' Mary caught him wetchieg her fur- ssed I lenimed him one on the jaw. He
By Christine VVIliting Parmenter tively, as if he were trying to risea had a whip in haat-Land ad" I
he, thoughts, In the afteerecon •ehe The boy shuddered, mai Mathiceen Probelay af
manufactined an oersted to ties 1 eaid eompassionately, underetarel. Christmas tiler
d , care. If elle allowed aatat he trusted, ehought, we'd send you beck to himsa ed eestoms, as
b thwc ong the best It
d
assiaseeasa
Ancipot N
toms and
oow Year's Cut..
Their Origin
,
d Mathiesen had depeeted for the
ter Hallowe'en aria
ut with long-esteblieh-
New Year's Day. Ana-
nowl4 of these Lere the
f evhat was called
iS no festival of the
eety lege, in order to leoemethe baby in his You aeedn't tell me, e And -Lead. eou , year so girt abo
Th v y orr
Hood's $arsaparilia
Appek esseryleenily timee days.
From DO other medicine eau you get
so reueh zeal roodicinal effect as fr0ra
tbia• It lo e ofincentrated
extrect of several valuable malicielai
legrediente, pure and wholesome.
Tbe dose is small, oely a teaspoonful
throe times a day.
I-Iood's Sarsaparilla is e wonderful
tonic meclicipe for the blood, stona-
nob liver aad Icidneye, prompt •he
ng ielief, It x$ pletseaet to telte
cuts sia . in a ainsia the winileivs 1 in stoop, h, i i t it sun, .1 bus -y,t, I eight found him etill tiull.Qn.. N,ot even,
PP g g . ' at aS 5 " ' ' Mathiesen'e kir dl T Smile brought ' al - 'a ° . go ° e ' ' . '
1, h 11 the "Candlern/8 Bell" In Scotlarid
' , eagreoable to the stoinech, g' eti '
givi •
o a ten, pieparmg eupp , , •
Per I
tho 1 'tel • ' , er paused Ma, tiptoeing into the boy's room' Inn' With her &axes treasure,
1, - • '• hapa'in, time Ike would teuet her But ' , ,
teen .ve r 1cl But I'd
Wlary Mathiesen, Moving quietly about before thole •gueste, awoke n et , , ,
fee `a momeet to be Sure ,that the lo- looked down with pity op a aace whteha •• ' ' ' ' . 1 'bad A right to Me. I aM't bet four. • al-1gal'
t was cold,' and stormy, a
did not feight_en her baby, vaaom ehe theee wee a hard expression to the ee ,a 'a n j." , s, , si mister, before paego be,as., es, him, e 1 and•other northeen ceentriee the tesen1 thrill of new ale. Why not tewita a
had jut tricked in. for the night. As MOUth thee she couldn't unaeretarid in "
. sponee• ate went to bee ea.,. ia,, milt run ,off that night I'd have berned'
Candlereao, given to thie Beeson of tam, , .. Y .
no sound•carne arom above she eought one 00 yeung Then she remembered they 'Mild "ar hull to SOP -est.lcse Y hla barrie esa him if, e_eseanra been Yoar, is eup,posed to have had ite seas-a-asse-- ea---e-a-ee---e—s----easse.
, , ' - until the `sle t ' { • J I'd• -.' • • ' .. i ' ' he' et e a T ` • •
the dining' rooth, switehing oas ' the the levid bruise, he had displayed, ad T P • . • a raid burn his Wife aed lade, I °lig n in releemus ceee melee p 1 1 , he euetam of bestaaang giftfr has
' her hasal her heart melted, When, later 'the 'Tear boy," said Mathieeen, gentle., didn't have noteare to at all. net day, formed by candle 'light. h
Teo candles become so inextricably linked With the
' 1 i wit- "If enlY he'd sae what's on hie mind! j it wee thee I xernembered that boy used woe very large and highly New Yearas celebrations in Paris that
tonenemAr 1 ' What asIcea for a home; and I Iodised'
• oinamenteda and were beought in at
• to the assembled New Year'e Day is still eelled the
Tour cl'Estrovies. Tbi$ cuetom eeems
teivision co rt Office. Cinton.
W. BRYDONE
Barrister, Soiicitor, Notary Public, etc.
Office:
SLOAN BLOCK CLINTON
DR. 3. C. GANDIER.
°face Hours .-1.30 to' 3.20 PM.. she sew a 0Y
the m n g
guests, who, since the falling °f dusk, to have had its rise to the co0dU5 00
had been drinkieg freely of the WaSs the noleles of the late Middle Ages,
sail bowl, Then, in proeeseion, they who were irk the habit of bestovving
• ,
marched out into the night, and to gifts upon their, sovereign.
their imaginations the passMg clouds j The giving of aafts was also very
'assumed, the ehape of a bull. Frora common in Englaed among the people.
the rise and fall and genes•al motions an Christmas Day, and oftea OD St
of these clouds the seer foretold goad Stephen's Day, empleyers, parents end
or bad weather. Sometimes, too, wags maetere presented Chrietnias boxes to
eries for the future were gethered , their dependents- It was a farm of
from the state of the atmospheee on Christmas charity. On New Year's
New Year's Eve, and also from the Day, however, gifts were exchanged
In the imagination • of meet primi- between friends and acquaintances as
, e sign of good will, This custom, per-
force and character of the wied.
North, who were. aorced to battle haps, had its origin in the box whic
was taken aboard esserY vessel
tive peoples, especially those 'of the
against the elements of nature foe life ealled 'out of poet during the oda
and sustenance, the eves of great chrietinae and whieh was not
i'easts were considered occamons when' opened until the return of th
, . ,
the spirits of good and evil were an' Contributions were to be de
deadly conflict. 'The moment of mid- thla box, large or small, a
night On New Year's eve was always the day had been propla
consideeed a time of special activity i wiee. Henee the name
for the spirits 'of evil. In order to , boxes," which were
overcome them holier and more poseaa including New Year
erful influencee had to be invoked. The. of these days beca
evil spirits, or genii, as can be gather- ing Day," At t
ed from the Icelandie and Anglo-, 2eth of Decemb
Saxon folklore, and even arom words jag Day,"
from the station in tbe rain, When; meal babies hem, and wen 1
she returned, to the latchen, the kettleto turn a riddle cake:
was singing merrily. It seemedavere "Good Inmating," she said, cbeer-
\
cosy, ehe thought, with the rain beat- fully. "I hope you like "griddle cakes
Ing against the windows, If only Jim and maple ZYI'llp?t, ,
were ho— It was a question, but the boy inaele
Her thoughts were interrupted bY 1 no answer ste he seated himself before
an unexpected knock. It was a etrange , the oatmeal, It struck. Mare that he
hour for a visitor. Opening the door, J might be ernbarraesed, so she did net
bb raiment look at him, When at length sbe
glanced him way, she had to suppress
in to 0,00 P.m. Sundays, 12,30 to 1.30 p.m. standing upon the little porch.
Office and Residenee -- Vittoria St. "What calla do for you?" she asked,
., Other hours by appointment only-
____..-------- as he did not speak. y . ly leaked like the same oY.
. .
FOS! a moment the boy was silent, smilme, -it was the first smile Mary 1
al crept downstairs, Through a ciao
peering into the room beyond, as if in j had seen --but he was smiling neitlem
in the closed door of the dining room,
a faint light was 'visible. It didn't
seaech. of something. He didn't meet', at her nor at the prospect of griolcll
ocetir to Mathiesen that he might need
Mary's friendly glance ds he field' cakes and maple syrup. His smile
"A home!" echoed Mary in eurprise. 'Baby Mathiesen reigned supreme i 1 a EL weapeaa His hand closed firmly on
hoarsely, "I ,want h home." ` event straight to the conker where
. She eaod back motioning the boy fenced -in spot,, froae whicb ease was the door -knob which yielded quietly,
DR. 1-11. S. BROWN, L.M.C.C.
. to enter. He obeyed sullenly, as if ' grinning a friendlY Welccana• the eideboard, did not knaw he was
se quietly that the standing before
ttn astonished exclamation. He hard-
,
Ial tackle lam at. night. I can't di- I in these vehicles/78,4nd zee all this ez -
If he do,sn c
vulge my plans forahire entil I feel rer shMin'. I -al thought it wise serae
he's to be trueted. He's net sixteen, iieh guy's summer place. I—didn't
Maay, I'm sure of that." . liardly.keove what a home was—there
It was late that:night, when Mary I never got. anything but kriocks all
was soendly sleeping, that Mathiesen my life. Oh, you don't .know, sir I
awoke with a serise of something Yon don't understand. You got so
wrong. He sat up in bed mid listened. mech. Don't—don't the world oeve
All was quiet for a while—then, from me somethina ,mieter?" -
the dining room below, eounded No,,, answered Mathiesen, sternly,
stealthy footstep. Mathieeen slipped allot one thing." He paused, letting
out of bed, reached with unerring ins the words sink in. "Everything that
tinct for hia blankeb wrapper, and we want, Joe, we have to earn--
eaerathing—even love. But," his voice
softened,,"I do understand, boy. When
I wae your age I was ars alone as you.
But if I hadn't lived straight, and
Imptany soul and body elean, clo you
think for a moment I'd be where I aro,
to -day, with a home like this, and
friends who care for me, and a wife
and baba to love and work for?"
DR. WOODS
36 resuraing practise at his residence.
Office Hours: -9 to 10 a.m. and 1 1.05 2
P.m. Sundays, 1 to 2 p.m, for- eo-
cultatiop.
"I like kids," said. the bees, suddenly. interrupted. Then he teened, stifling
3-3° le 3'3° P.m. 1.30 t° 9'00 VI°. "You're hungry, aren't you?" sad - i th a frightened cry.
-
Office Hours doing hes' a favor. iIt seemed to Mary that
Other hours by appointment. and I'll get your supper. Then yoBut he flushecl at the words and looketd Mathiesen's keen eyes, at a glance,
Sundays 1,00 to 2.00 p.mu. Maly quietly. "Sit•
here by the table first natural speech that he had made,
• Phcaes can tell me why you want,a hOrne," stonily away from the baby's conuee . •
' once more in Ins old clothes his cap
took in the scene before him. Dressed
,°,22cet 2181 Realdenae..2183 • H lum ed into a chair, resting his tests gaze. 1VIary lifted a golden calee
pulled low over his eyes stood Jee,
DR.. PERCIVAL HEARN
Office and Residence:
Huron 3treet Clinton Ont..
Phone 69
(Formerly occupied • by ,the late Dr,
C, W. Thompson)•
Eyes Examined and Glasses Fitted,
Dr. A. Newton. Brady Bayfield
Graduate Dublin 'University, Irelentl.
Late Extern Assistant 1Vlastera'Ro-
turela Hospital for Women and Chil-
dren, Dublin,
Office at residence lately occupiecl
by Mrs. Paesons. •
Ilours 9 to 10 am., 6 to '7 p.m.
Sundays 1 to 2 p.m.
elbows on the table and staring nerv-
ously into every corner. Ile ate him-
grily the bread and milk which Mary
set,before him, watching her covertly
.
G. S. ATKINSON
D.D.S , 1,011.
Graduate Royal Coilege of Dente: Sur.
• geens and Toronto University
• DENTAL SURGEON
Has office hours at Bayfield in old.
Post 011108 Building, Monday, Wed-
nesday, Friday and Satueday from 1
to 5.30
DR. W. R. NIMMO
CHIROPRACTOR
Consulting Hours
9,30 to 12.00 a.m., 2.00 p.m, to 6.30 p.rn
7.00 p.m. to 9.00 PM.
Phone 63
Normandie Block - • Clinton, Ont,
CHARLES 13. HALE
Conveyancer, Notary Public. ,Cottimia.
eloner, etc, '
• REAL EsTATE AND INSIIRAN'CIL
,HURON STREET CLINTON
GEORGE ELL.101"Ir
Licensed Auctioneer ior the county
of 14 uron,
Correspondence pre:14GS answered.
Immediate arrangements can be made
for Sales Date at The News -Record,
Clinton, or by calling Phone 203:
phaiges loderate and Satisfaction
• Guaranteed.
from the spider. • • •
grasping in one hand•
what looked like
'I'm going to ask you to look out for a pillow case the contents of which
clinked quemAy sas he -moved. The
"Tatet's good," he answered, calmly,
h nap th•ne I have so much ta s•ideboard -eras swept bare of Mara'
as she moved about preparing e do. Mr. Mathiesen will be home early.
own simper. Mary was Perfectly He's going to bring you a suit of
aware of his alert glances. Ile remind- clothes. Yours look pretty well used
ed her of a squirrel deveensing a nut up."
while in deadly fear of some alien in- "Clothes for met" gasped the boy.
ter'option. When lie had finished she, "New ones?"
turned to him and smiled encourag,a "Yee new ones! Ready for your
•• cakes.
mgly.
"So you wa-nt a home-"
aYes," answered the boy. He spoke
slowly, as if reciting something. "I
tun away from Saint Luke't Orphan-
age. I never hadano other home. No
one would teke me when I was little,
because I had red hair. Then, one day,
a earnter from mit this way come for
a boy. He picked me out o! the whole
bunch—me---the biggest. I thought
sure I was goin' to have a home, but
all he wanted was a work horse.
Look!" He stripped his shirt off one
shoelder to show a mark, ugly and
11W. "He done that. I run away, back
to the orphanage, but they licked me.
I've done with 'end I want s, home
like other boys. I---" • ,
He stopped confused, and Mary
looked down on him compassionat,ely.
"You poor bey!" she said, gently.
"I can't promise you a home; but I'll
give you a night's lodging and try to
help."
"You here alone?" asked the boy,
suddenly; something cunning creeping
intohis eyes that repelled Mary.
, "No. have my husbaed and baby
girl. There's Jim nowt" she added,
joyfully; glad of Mathiesen's guiding
hand in this problem.
aaathieeen, who had entered by the
-front door, met her half way across
the dining roma and hugged her ard •
"Da, da,',' answered the baby, and
the boy laughed. _
• s"Can't she have' one, ma'em?"
011, she had her breakfast long
ago," said Mary. "Will you keep an
eye on her while I make the beds? I'm
late because I didn't want to wake
you." , •
--Mary knew tactfully, that the boy
would exijoy his breakf est more if he
ate alone. When she returned he was
on the floor beside the baby's fence,
making fates which Miss Mathiesen
evidently considered a great accom-
plishment. She wept when her mother
took her up, and stretched out implor-
ing hands to her new "friend.
"She'd rather play than go by -by,
any day," laughed Mary. "Perhaps
you'll carey her upstairs while I get
her bottle. Then she'll go to sleep in
the sun -room. and you can do what
you want till -lunch time. Do you like
to read? There- are lots of books and
Magazines' in the living Toone"'
"Well, Jim," said Mary, after their
guest had gone to bed the second night,
"what do you think?"•
puzzled," replied Mathiesen,
slowly. aI dorat get at him, Mary. I -le
liked the, clothes, ohl tremendously;
but he watched me while he was dress-
ing as if he thought T. had an axe to
grind or was going to spring some-
thing unpleasant on him. le toldathe
same story, thaugh, that he told last
night; aed when he's alotie for any
length of time, he looks aullen. The
only time he acts like a real boy is
when he's with the baby; and that's
queer, too, for most boys would take
pains to hide the fact that they liked
to amuse a baby. Well keepaarn here
a day 00 two, dear, if you don't mind.
Perhaps, When he gets used' to us
he'll talk more freely"
The day or two grew into a fort-
night, at tbe end of Which Mathiesen,
wile was aceustomed to receiving
everybody's coefidences confessed him-
self baffled. The boy had a confusing
way 01 evading geestions or EMS-Vier-
ing them in a way that revealed no-
thing.
silver candlesticks and dishes. Only
the baby's porringer remained, telling
its oven Story. '
Methiesen drew a quick breath.
Then he came nearer, t,00k the bo'y's
burden from him, and said, qiiietly:
"Suppose we sit clown, Joe,' and talk
'it over."
The boy obeyed, trembling.
"Take off your cap " said Mathiesen
, •
kindly. He was quietly removing the
silver from the pillow case, laying it
upon the dining table, and talking,
giving the boy a chance to pull himself
• _
together.
"These _candlesticks were a wedding
gift from Mr. Caeey for whom I
work," he explained, calmly. "Mrs,
Mathiesen 'is very. fond of them.
They're worth a geed deel of money,
I arn sure.•And this dish came from
He waited, but as the boy was silent
he went on slowly. "We reap What
we sow, son. There is nothing truer;
and if you live honestly, and play f air,
and hold out a helping hand to the
man below, sometime; sooner or later,
the reward comes—if it's only the sat-
isfying knowledge of days well lived."
• -The boy looked.. up. Hie eyes were
bright, because. back of las eyelids
there were tears. "Whataawhat'll I
do, sir?" he asked humbly.
"Ihope you know," went on Mathie-
sen, as if he had not beard the ques-
tion, "that if could, I'd give you the
home you asked for. But I'm not rich,
Joe—far front it—and I have a wife
and baby, as well as an old mother,
whom I have to. consider; but—I've
another plan for you."
The bey , was leaning aorward,
scarcee; l:e•eathing, as Mathiesen went
oraquaetly: "I've,got you a job as ele-
vator boy in our office building. It's
easy work that will leave You time to
read and study, which is w, hat you
need. Youal 'learn enough 'for your
needs at prese,nt; but I don't want you
in a cheap boarding-house. 'You need
a home, and I think I've foutidayou
one." •
"Where?" questioned the boy,
breathlessly.
"I have a friend -who's worked in
our office for twenty years. She had
a snug little home with her mother,
who died a year ago. This seemed to
take away, all her courage, She witsn't
well, and the firm decided that she de-
pose I've been caaeless about burglar
spoons well miss; of couese. I sup- served eherest. n !ei,iblaositaia
raiumairoYn', thaielyd
insin•ance. Somehow' I never thought told. her to take life easily.
that didn't do the trick, The
that anyone woula steal froin.us; be- "13ut
. , .
B. R. HIGGINS
, Clinton, Ont.,
General Fire and Life Insuranco. Agget
for Hartford Wiedstorm, Live Stock,
• Autemobtle and Sickness and Accident
Insurance. Huron and Eno ,and Cana
da Ti'nat Bends. Appointments made
to meet parties at BruCelleld, Varna
and 13ayfield, 'Phone 67, ""'
The iVicit.thop Mutual
O stenographer in my office. I sup -
pope it/ took her a whole week to earn
it, maybe /tuna. These salts and pep-
pers are hardly Worth the trouble of
carryina, away. They wouldn't bring
much; but we love them because a
little sick girl, in the house where I
used to board, spent all her savings
' e them te us. The forks ena
in their dialect, could be overcome y
an appeal to the good gaol!, the hogh-
men, er hillmen.
Probably imported from Italy was
tho seipersation that onYear's
evo
rmiligriant Then, too, there, was. a
widespread practice of the "setting of
mete or drynke • by eighte on the
benehe to fede Allholde or Goblyri."
In some of the dialogues of the le-
mons medieval morality play "Dives
and Pauper" we find mention of this
' d -zany other New Year's customs
intended to counteract the activities
of the forces' of evil.
Perhaps what contributed most of
- Loved
ently. j •
"Some storm!" lie exclaimed- boy-
ishly, "and some home to come in to
out of .the wet! I'm huegry, Mary,
and--" , • . e. j
Th
Full' heppy
last
Into the
h "evil -eye" was all the more
Weathered
taa
How ra
dee
And of
sio
That
Blight a
le
Maely'e fieger on her lips caused hien
to stop abruptly. She closed the dom.,
alga in a few quick words told him of
their self -invited guest. '
"poor kid!" said Mathieson auietly.
He stopped into the kitchen, holding
out his hand in welcome, but the boy
did not, or would not, undeestand. lie
looked up sespiciously, as the man's
Sons! deopped to his shoulder. -
"How old are-aaeu?" questioned
Mathieeen lam*.
"Sixteen," answered the boy, and
flushed. , -
"M -mm," murmured Mathiesen,
looked down at the boy with eyes that
couldn't be'• anything by kind, yet
seemed -to demand the truth. "You're
tired aren't you?" he asked, "And wet,
eral fear of sinister influences
But o
115100"was the deep drinking among the peo11
-
ple, which continued ahnost uninter-
ruptedly from Cbristanas until New
Year's Day. Up to the ninth centtery,
except in the Syrian and Coptic
churches, New Year's day was not
celebrated as a speeiel feast day, but
was looked upon 'as merely the octave
of Christ/rms. Therefoee the Christ-
inae cheer evai continued throughout
the entire octave without abatement.
It flickered up for the last time on
New Year's Day, as is clear freer]. the
19th sermon of Apgustine, Bishop of
Hippe. , •
cause, really we haven't 1 •
' A amethered protest came frem the
boy, and IVIathiesen sat down sudden -
Ip before him. "No ,w—" he began, but
Joe interrupted 'hoarsely: "I know
yoim game! You'll ' just . keep me
talkin' till the cop You've sent fol. -gets
here." ' j • ,
Fire insur ce pally
Head Office, Seaforth, Ont.
DIRECTORY:
preildent, James tionooliy, Goderietv;
Vice., James Evans, Boeci.tvood; See..
Treasurer, Thos. E. Hays, Soatorth.
Directora: -George McCartney, sea.
forth; Di P. IVIeGregor, Seaforth; ,j,
Griev,e, Walton; \Vm. Iting, Seaforth:
NicEwen, Clinton; Robert Ferries,
Joen lienneweir, Broehagen;
3its. Clodaolly, Goclerich.
Agents: Alex. Leiteh, Clinten. w
Too, Godericht nd. Illochray, Sea,
forth; W, Cheeney, Eguaoadville; R.
G. Jarinuth, Brocihagen.
Any money to be paid la may be
"No," answeeecl Mathiceen, quietly,
truth was, she -was lonely, an
si 0110
day, when she, wag staying here, IYIrs.
Mathiesera held an inspiration, 'Miss
Garnet,' she said, 'why don't you adopt
• a baby?'
"Well --she dial She'd always want-
ed to, but thought her friends would
disapprove. Shes vele' happy row,
but she needs someone she can trust
to bring up wood, and tend the fur-
nace, and 'be a big brother to her
baby. Would you like to try?"
The boy looked up, still shalcon.
"Is-eis she la,sak your missis?" he
hesitated. •
• Mathiesen • smiled. "She's licit so
young, per perhaps so pretty, but
she's awfully nice, And the baby—"
"I bet it's not as good as our baby!"
said the boy sliddenly.
Had Mathiesen's ovee-burdened
heart needed lemming, that tribute to
his wee daughter would have done it.
I3ut before he could reply, the boy's
'eyes crept to the silver on the, table
and he gasped, as if suddenly remind-
ed of some dreadfal thing, he had for-
gotten, while Mathiesen, watching
lam closely, seid quietly;
"It's in your hands now, Jee. I gave
you my word; and if you still -want to
carry away our silver, I shan't stop
you. But 11 you wish, you can be a
son to Miss Garnet, mid eaen the
' It's
"I haven't sent for any cop. In fact, I
don't lenowevhere to find one out here
in the country. I'll make 'a bargain
with yeti., if yea like. If you'll ans-
wer my questions truthfully, 1•'11
prondee not to send for an officee in
any case --even if you' walk off with
Mrs, aMathiesen's treasures. Isn't
alCat fair?" •
Joe didn't answer, and Mathiesen
chose to take silence- for consent.
"Let's begin at ,the beainning," he
said, 'kindly. `"How old are you, Joe?"
- The boy hesitated—then blurted out
defiantly; "I'm goin' on fifteen, any-
way!"
"And why did you tell us you were
"Ile eininds me of a sheewd law-
yer" 1VIe.thiesen complained, one morn-
ing: "Ile has brains—that boy; but
we can't keep him here indefinitely,
and. cold, Mrs, Matt-lie:fen lies seen to leery. It's too much for you. ,I've
youX supper, of comae., Suppose yoe got a echerne--"
1 ta. hear the scheme just
Englamd on New` Year's Eve
she young Women went about carrying
the "aressail bowl" and singingefrom
door to door certain -verses--a custom,
which had much in common with thaj
hogs/lona practice in Scotland. Het
pent, the strange brew which in that
country was carried about in the
streets at midnight, was composed or
ale, spirits`, sugar,• nutmeg or cinna-
-
05,
a
For w
By
01
Throng
05
Conteri
Dale to Moorish Clothing Co., Clinton,
or at Cuit's Grocery, eloderich,
Pattie:I desiring to affect Insurancts
or traneect ()thee businees \Nil be
proreptly atteeded to ori application to
tiny el the abovo officers addressed to
their reopective post ann.-. 1./osaes
inspected by the Director who lives
necerest the, scene.
"I thought," began the boy, then
Oh, yin
MGM 10 was a powerful potion, the
effects of which were almost imme-
diately evident. Ritson in a collection
of ancient songs gives sus a few sung
to the cmaafings of this "prince of
liquors, old or new." One such is:
eMisecl his head, ancl for the first time
mat Mathiesen's eyes. They weee stern
eyes nOW, but something compassion-
ate in their depths altered things long
dormant in tho oy ' . •
• "A jolly wassel bowl,
A weasel of good ale,
'.Well fare the butler's soul
That setteth this to sale;
Our jolly wassella
The el
Of
'The g
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All sa
Notwithetanding the opposition
which ft has met since the year 1011,
when many abuses were discovered in
the practice, the custom of hurrying
first aceoss the threshold of his sweet-
heart has' been practiced by many a
young lad in. Analo-Saxon countries.
The young lady listened attentively
frone'the time the midnight bells (seas-
ecl to ring to catch the first footfall on
the floor. • • '
The wellare of the faintly, par-
ticularly the fairer portion of it, was
supposed to depend up -on the chaeacter
of the firzt -comer after the midnight
hour had souraled„ Great eare was
taken to exclude Lill arriproper per-
sons especially as the midnight in,
tender enjoyed the privilege of im-
printing a "hearty kiss" on the lips
of the expectant lassie.
Oh, g
Leave
then, because the baby demanded het 'I didn'i, cet",?o Irom na oephaeage," reiendship we want be give yo .
mother's presence, and when, she re- he coefessed, Suddenly. foe you to choose; and, I think, you'ee
termed Jim was ready for his train, -I- knew the t," ansWered Mathiesen, num enotigh to choose the.eiaht," '
L tee the bey—lie had told them las 1""I InclMred ae Saint leeke's the day Then the boy, still staving at the
titter you came." silver, voiced the thought born of his
"You Isneve I lied!" cried Joe, "and new-found senee ofeshame: "But --but
ee what'll she thinlc, eh'?"
Ills eyes exept from. Mary'e trea-
as to the r00111 above, and Mathie-
•
have a bath and go to bed, _To -morrow
well have a talk. • le, the guest room
reedy, Mery?"
She nodded, and the boy, still sullen,
followed Mathiesen upstairs. Mary heard her huebard moving about, ovia name was Joe—brought an armful
dently showing the • boy where he' of Ichallings and, `droppieg them into
would sleep and giving him clean the box, got down on hie knees „for a
clothes. Tbe water was running into Temp with Mary's baby. It was a
the tub when Jim reterned. 'In silence noisy romp, but Maey only emiled at
he helped Mary put supper on the the joyeus youth of it. She turned
table and eighed with relief as he in surprise, when the door opened to
sat Leyte Rdmit, man whose knock she had not
'II hope pod gave that boy enough hearse .
to eat, dear. He's stterved, His shoed. "Want arty beets or carrots,
dor •blades are almost through. the ?" lv asked
skin, end he has a bruiee—P
"I saw it," said Mary quickly, "The
aarmer Who took him feorn the orphans
age did it," •
"Manna" said Matiaosert again;
then, quietly: "Sixteen yeaes old and
an orphan, Somehow --that doesn't
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"Yes. 'You told Mee. Mathiesen that
you wanthd home. We were sorryj
you didn't trust us; but if a boy wentst sen smiled, It was a smile t a
a home theees something good in him, healed many a hert heart before, arid
so we deeidecl to trust yoe anyway," now it, fell like bairn on a tortured
:foe " he said quictle, "but this ie
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for b
in his
shamed. red trent into the boy's! soul. _
cheek, He. startodlto ?meek, bet" have lie secret's faem nlY wear
His eraree Were terripting‘ly display- "It Was a lie, ss• keel, Rae,/ . and af yoa want me to
Ma . worde cerne as if they hurt. . ,, , ,
; I didn't want no ?Sow secret;
beets. "Joe, will yeti beibg a dish "Then why—" began at iesen, in "Oh, would you?" ceiecl the boy
ed and Maty decided that elm vvanted home—not, then.," ivx b. .
from the PantrY?" she called over hee, genuine surmise, wherk Top interrupt- beeathlessly,
shoulder, as, she mede her selectiom • 1 ed: "I didn't lceote notate' aboiju
iet'Hia head went down amid the silver
There wee 110 response. .Seddenlya hoMes--then. 1 reads that all in t boil the table, evgliitthesto,raii,lahratolviaind
MarY aealleed that the joyous .shoutsj paper, how a guy went to a house. and eon gath in 5100010Isis men",
' • I told the ----------------------------- r—weeten' a' _,,Mathieeen knee, aria a feeling of
+ L ver him I -Ie knew
'nelpleeseese seep o .
aniebed !hough on the goer lay sa, in and he got the rile e thinge, to woeld give a child, eret he •-'-
p-
at
°al;
huddled thane ander eat old shaev a ' , t with all the jewelry and pealed te bint as a Man, and that
Withoet a WOrdy Maty brotight the:money:, I 1st he meet 4eeve antect, I/ Mary
elleh hereelf, paid the mark and watelid -Aot got canght,l, supplemented woro enlY bore-- '
eel him doport before Ole crossed the Niatbleeera "and sant to Prison., I read Then, to his joy, he sitev her it the
Wills bial When I get lionte,a i I a real the shawl to disclose' that stoty, too, And you. thought it doorway, tier eyos held las for e
, , ,, ae ,, , • , „,, e 1 a iou e I •
'11'8'-'11)a tarribia l'Or a hoe to v -; the boy His face WAS VV11%‘ tl f I peal'?" I brief inomenta-ewepi, past him to the
a home, Jim,a iseid Maey, gentle,. he forced an unnateral mile, 'j The boy's voic.e Shoek. "I gueesed silver' en the tablaa.to the boy's bead
\
161.01(imel0's8mIts;reerillitilIptillbilioset b 'b'reelcaaboo 1" he langhed , al, (hell could Imt it through," he cemeeseeda bowed anda hie plundes—to the beby's
Mara:seamed a squee'ee, al'86a,m0enslegins(1.ve:e, atTY1;.0 baby ei:esssed delight-4(11Yr bUlaltiSatijAratt 2 17ealilmg°flitilo'IML°edbillilolctilsil'e,'Ili°,11.101:1(ie•eri()lererlill•ielici'-'1\ljnlaug 1).?en'itirITIllil8 ajjfa7,
I feel like a meeker to have so t 1 Miley laid 11 heed on the bop's arID k bnat." usaterstood. ahe eroeeed the room and
, fore, I was lust playin' with the', 1 toe that teen aalin las•I Waisted to Sim 11(1101 have beee eomfortleg her
"Ina, of ("aurae," resPonded Mathias baby, She likee for me to bide. and get even Jesatarea'araje Sn'tadbdCZ211"' OWD babY, tbOaght ICIOI: litlatlidad, ,lia
aaa, cltliCICIY,. "We'll begin. with ,I, i,t, then jump out at het,,, '; Itt-1 faaa baielened, end hie beeeve paesea e, nioleent, leeking &aka mica'.
"All eight," ft.i Mall? but the bey'e,! Weeks eetieneef anastiegry, ,, I, et hoe bowed bead. Thee, teen,
1 "Yott, trie;g1 4he latiner who eame ing quietly, Ike weitt ont,fteel eleset , .
' * adooe Ile Itmeskt hove the boy woeld
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allai'y, Oslo ear on sotends abeve. J Turning,' elm ,saw that ..,1,10 boy bad,, 8titutiora Then whee they took him that the hoY aneae
eoend quite credible. woe stilled. ..)n y ,
"You thjnk he lied?" whispered, raised in a hurt whimper, was audible', home, and how he tonaL . 0
Jim sndlecl. "Olt, we'll rme Imn the
benefit of the doubt, lie needs atten-
tion aeyway. Tosmoreovas Sattieday
and L'11 come out eerly. You leery him
busy through the morning o -o 001 tok
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of elethes, I'll bring one out toomot -
tow, 111)11 have to round in nay
wardrobe till afternoon, IIe's small
for slY,...teun; but, then, he looks es if
1,om /16t011 1171d erkongle 10
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hot 'escape lior, nor 'Tart Unit lie this nel4ithinwIto asIte a „,
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