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THINS CLINTON NEW ERA,
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Plain Langxaageo
• You'll find that common
words, simple explanations
and quick action ore the
rule at the Willard Service
Station.
>t is part of Willard policy to
make it easy for every user of a
Willard Battery to getthe most
out of it. Sp our instructions
are plain ;
1 -Add pure water.
2 --Take hydrometer test
every two weeks.
3 -If hydrometer test is
less than 1.285 at any twq
successive readings corns
etraifht° i0 the'Willard Serv-
ice Station.
dr*� 1 Fee
r 1
fi 14"� 1. t•r., 11,� r,)�,^;s-)�1 .y
FLe �ptl .1 YPbip.a �11L? �sJtl s qj,+<✓
is year Wiela; d Service Station.
Storage Battery recharged and
C)vcrhauled. AccessorieS for
Automobiles and bicycles.
I'Iaona t 0 . Residence 140
CLINTON, ONT.
LIME POULTRY WANTED
4000 CHICKENS
—0-
2000 HENS
—0--
1000 DUCKS
—0—
Each week from now until the end
of December, we pay for all Poultry
on a quality basis delivered with empty
crops.
We pay special prices for properly
milk -fed poultry, and we would strong-
ly ldvise all producers to finish their
poultry as it will pay you to do so.
Gil11-� a leis & Cly., Limitt;it
•
The up-to-date Firm
(Minton Branch Phone 190
N. W. Trewertha, Manager-,
or Holmesvilie 4 on 142.
PIANOS;
Before purchasing your
new, piano or organ let us
show you the newest de-
signs in several well-
known and old establish-
ed makes.
INSTRUMENTS RENT-
ED AT MODERATE
PRICES
PHONOGRAPHS
See our stylish cabinet
designs in the best makes.
C. Hoare'
Better Pay
The Price
Don't he tempted to choose cheap
jewetery. Far better to pay a fair
price and know exactly what von
are getting,
Ton will never be sorry --for as a
matter of money, it is easily the
most economical.
That bas been said so often that
everybody by this time sbould
know it -and yet there is no
scarcity of cheap jewelry in the
land
Now to azet personal -If You would
like to mise that sort altogether -
DOME T EBE
If you would like to buy where
nothing but high qualities are
dealt in -DOME tIJ2RJ
And oven sit that, no person ever
acid unr prices were unfair
W.R. ejar`untei
Jeweler and Optician
nor of Marriage Licenses
Sees. eorn
ON HAND
Wisconsin No. 2; Bailey;
Improved Learning
and other varieties
Gold Medal Binder Twine $27.00
per cwt.
HAY WANTED '
ROBO
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Copyri�htlr�hirr Dkal1N&Ca,
CHAPTER 1.
Widclr introduces a Lady and Two
Gentlemen.
Dressed In n plain white shirtwaist
skirt
a1 lack cloth
and an equally plain b
Mils IIazel Weir, no weekdnys, was
merely u unit In the ace of Harring-
ton to Bush, implement manufacturers.
Neither In personality nor In garb
would a casual glance have dlfferentl-
aced her from the other female units,
nem/pied at varl,tu:t desks. A business
office is no place for a woman to ]-a-
rade her Pere ntnl charms. The rocas- !
are of her worth ,chore is simply the
measure of her efficiency at her mu- 1
chine or ledgers. 4t Dot If tiny mem-
ben of the firm had boon asked want
sort of a girl Miss Hazel Weir might
he, he would probably have replied -
tend with utmost truth -that Miss Weir
wsa a capable stenographer.
But when Saturday evening released
Miss Hazel Weir from the plain brick
office building, she became, untilshe
donned her working clothes at 7 a. m,
Monday morning, quite it different sort
of a person. In other words, she
chucked the plain shirtwaist and the
plain skirt into the discard, got Into
such a dress as a normal girt of
twenty-two delights to put on, and de-
voted half an hour or so to "doing"
her hair. Mise Weir then became an
entity at whidtfew persons of either
sex failed to take a second glance.
Upon a certain Saturday night Miss
Weir came home from an informal
little party escorted by a young man.
They stopped at the front gate.
"I'll be here at ten sharp," said lee.
"And you get a good beauty sleep
tonight, Hazel, That confounded of-
fice! I hate to think of you drudging
away at it. I wish we were ready
to-"
"Oh, bother the office!" she replied
lightly. "Anyway, I don't mind. It
doesn't tire me. I will be ready at
ten this time. Good night, dear."
"Good night, Hazier" he whispered.
"Here's a kiss to dream on."
Miss Weir broke away from him
laughingly, ran along the path, and
up the steps, kissed her finger tips to
the lingering figure by the gate, and
went in.
Bed," ,she soliloquized, "is the place
for me right quickly 1f I'm going to be
up and diesoed and hove that lunch
ready by ten o'clock. I wish I weren't
such. a sleepyhead -or else that I
:weren't a 'pore wurrkin' gait.'"
.'$t which last conceit she laughed
'softly. Because, for a "pore wnrrkin'
gurl," Miss Weir was fairly well con-
tent with her lot. She had no one de-
pendent on her -a state, of affairs
which, if it occasionally leads to lone-
liness, has its compensations. Her
salary as a stenographer amply cov-
ered her living expenses, and even per-
mitted her to put by a few dollars
monthly. She had grown up In Gran-
ville: She had her own circle of
friends, So that she was comfortable,
even happy, In the present --and Jack
D'I
narrow prOpOaeu t0 Settle me pton-
lein of her future; with youth's op-
timism, they two considered it already
settled. Six months more, and there
was to be a wedding, a throe -weeks'
honeymoon, and a final settling dopa
in a little cottage on the West side;
everybody In Granville who amounted
to anything lived on the West stile,
Then she would have nothing to do
but make the hone nest cozy, while
jack kept pace with a real-estate busi-
ness that was growing beyond lits moat
sanguine expectations.
She kissed her finger tips to him
again across the rooftops all grimed
with a wir. er's soot, and within ,fif-
teen minutes Miss Weir was sound
asleep.
b b b „ 5 5 5
She gave the Ile, for once, to the say -
Ing that is woman is never ready at the
appointed time, by being on the steps
a full ten minutes before Jack Barrow
appeared. They walked to the corner
and caught a cur, and in the span of
half an hour got off at Granville park,
The city fathers, hampered in deys
gone by with lack of municipal funds,
had left the two -hundred -acre square
of the park d5'retty much as nature
made it; that is to say, there was no
•ornate- parking, no attempt at land -
settee gardening. Granville park was
a bit of the old Ontario woodland, and
as such afforded a pleasant place to
loaf in the summer months.
When Jack Barrow and Hazel had
kintehed their lunch under the trees,
in company with a little group of their
acquaintances, Hazel gathered scraps
of braid and cake Into a paper bag.
Barrow whispered to her: "Let's go
down and feed the swans. I'd just as
soon be away from the crowd."
She nodded assent, and they depart.
ed hastily lest some of the others
should volunteer their company. It
took but a short time to reach the
pond. They found it log close to the
water's edge, and, taking a Beat there,
tossed morsels to the birds and chat-
tered to each other.
"Look," she said suddenly; "here's
one of my esteemed employers, If you
please. You'll notice that he's walking
and looking et things just like um or-
dinaty, everyday martale."
Barrow glanced past her, and saw a
rather tall, middle-aged man, his hair
ttaged with rag, a fine-looking man,
dressed witheeeding meaty, sven to
a dower in hie coat lapel, walking
slowly along the path that bordered
the pond.
His >rtaze wandered to them, and the
cool, well-bred stare gradually gave
way to a slightly puzzled expression.
He moved a 'step or two and seated
himself en a peach. Miss Weir became
aware that he was looking at her most
of the time as. ehe eat casting the bite
of bread to the swans and ducks.. It
made her self-conscious. She did not
kpow'why she should be of any partic-
ular jata.»••'
c a Package
before the war
c a Package
during the war
c a Package
NOW
THE FLAVOUR LASTS
SO DOES THE PRICE!
NO MORE NERVOUS
HEADAC
Since She Tried "FRU T'A-TIVE$",
Tho Famous Fruit Medicine,
'70
MISS ANNIE WARD
112 Hazen St., St. Tolrn, N.B,
"Tt is with pleasure that I write to
tell you of the great benefit Ireceived
from the use of your medicine-,
'Frail -a -lives'. I was agreat sufrerer
for many years from 11'crvaus Head.
aches and Caaslifafion. I tried
everything, consulted doctors; but
nothing seemed to help me, tmtil
I tried 'fruit -a -fives'.
After Thad taken several boxes, I
was completely relieved of these
troubles and have been unusually
well ever since."
Mass ANNTL WARD,
'Fruit-a-tives' is fresh fruit juices,
concentrated and increased in
strength, combined with finest tonics,
and is a positive and reliable remedy
for headaches and Constipation.
60c. a box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 25e.
Atall dealers or Fruit-a-tivesLimited,
Ottawa.
"Let's walk around a little," she sug-
gested, The last of the crumbs were
gone.
"9.11 right" Barrow assented. "Let's
go up the ravine."
They left the log. Their course up
the ravine took them directly past the
gentleman on the bench. And when
they came abreast of him, he rose and
lifted his bat at the very slight incli-
nation of Mies Weir's head.
"Row do you do,. Mian Weir?" said
be. "Quite 1, pleasant afternoon."
To the best of Hazel's knowledge,
Mr. Andrew Bash was •little given to
friendly recognition of his employees,
particularly In public. But he eeemod
inclined to be talkative; and, es she
might a slightly inquiring glance at
her escort, she made the necessary in-
trodsetion. So for a minute or two
the three of them atoed there exebang-
Ing polite banalities. Then Mr, Bush
bowed asd passed on.
"Bt's ons of the bkgeat Vag in
d inurrtlle, • they . say," Tack observed,
"1 wouldn't - mind baring some of his
liminess to 'handle. Re started with
botkiag, too, according to all accounts,
New, tiottra• what I cell success"
"lPub, yes,, in a business way he's a
srleeeits,t" Aasel:rewponded..;;"But he's
awfully cart meat of the.tlpre around
the once. I wonder what ;made him
thaw met so todayt" •
And that gnestton recurred to her
mind again In the evening, when Jack
had gone home and she was sitting
in her own room. She wheeled her
chair around and took a steady Iook
at herself in the mirror. A woman may
never admit 'extreme plainness of fea-
ture, and shit •may deprecate her own
fellness, If -the be possessed of fair:
num, but she seldom has any illusion
absnt one or the other. She knows.
Hazel Weir knew that she was far
above the average in point of looks.
She was smiling et heyself jest as
the• had been smiling at Tack Barrow
while they asap the log and fed the
awaits. But ven though Miss Weir
was twenty-two , and far from anso-
plesticated, it dtd not strike her that
the transition of . herself from a de-
mure, businesslike o®ce person in so-
ber black and White to a radiant crea-
ture with the potent Influences of love
and spring brightening her eyes and
lending a veiled''caress' to her every
supple movement, satisfactorily no-
emunted for the sudden friendliness of
Mr. Andrew Bash.
Mina Weir was unprepared for what
subsequently transpired as a result
of that casual encounter with the man-
aging partner of the firm. By the time
Get
Your Dips e
in Shape
Many ailments are caused
by stomach weakness,
Faulty digestion leads to
biliousness, sick lie: c!ac:.,
dizziness, sallow skin and
eruptions. Main t t:.i z_
healthy condition of t`• -lo
stomach and you will get
rid of the chief cause Of your
sufferings. Do n_ct neglect
the laws of health. Keep
eep
stomach, liver and bowels
in order by timely use of
lae
IseoSldaee-seu2colt4
odtitet, ibg,5
one went to wow on lllonaay tuorifa11
she bad nhrlopt forgptteu the meeting -
In Grenville Palk. •
Hazel's work cogslsted largely of
(Notation from the shipping manager,
tetters relating to outgoing consign-
ments of Implements. r
It wits, therefore, eemctlting of a
surprise to be called into the office of
the managing partner on Tueeday aft-
ernoon, Bush's private steaogrnpher
sat et her machine in one cornet.
Dor, Bush turned front his desk at
Hazel's entrance.
"Mies Weir," he Bald, "I wish you
to taho Borne lettere,"
Hazel went back for her notebook,
wondering mildly wily she should be
called upon to shoulder a part of Nelly
Morrison's work, and a trifle duhlous
at the prospect of facing the iupld.fire
dletation Mr. Bush was Buhl to inflict
upon his stenographer now and then
When elle was seated, Bush tools ftp
a sheat of lciter,s, anti dictated replies,
Though rapid, bus enunciation waa per -
"That's All, Mise Weir," He Said Po.
!Italy.
feetly clear, and Hazel found herself
getting his words with greater ease
than elle eieeted.
"That's all, Miss Weir," he salt?,
when he reached the last letter.'"Brink;
those in for verification and signature
as soon as yea can get them done."
In the casino of time she completed
the letters and took them boat Bush
glanced over each, and appended ids
signature
"That's all, Miss Weir,"'he'saki po-
litely. "Thank yon."
And Basel went back to her ma-
chine, wondering why she had been
requested to do those letters when
Nelly Morrison had nothing better to
do than sit picking at her type faces
with a toothpick.
She learned the significance of It the
next morning, however, when the of-
fice boy told her that she was wanted
by Mr. Bush. This time when she ea-.tered Belly Morrison's place was .vacant. Bush was going through kis
mail. Re waved her to a chair.
"Just a minute," he said.
'Presently he wheeled from the desk
and regarded her with diseaaeerttng
iraakneas--as If he were appraising
her, point by point, so to speak.
Thursday, Septeinber, 28th, 1919.
Its ASSAM quality gives it
that rich. flavor
Solid of y Ian sealed packages
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-•ray--air-dletution to you yratr rciay
was In the nature of a try -oat, Miss
Weil," he Anally volunteered, "Miss
Morrison has asked to be transferred
to our Midland branch, Mr. Allan
recommended you. The work will not
be hard, but I must have someone de-
pendable and discreet, and careful to
avoid errors. I think you will manage
it very nicely if you• -air -have no ob-
jection to giving up the more general
work of the office for this. The salary
will be considerably more."
"If you consider that my work will
be satisfactory," Miss Weft began.
"I don't think there's any doubt on
that score. You have a good record in
the office," he interrupted em111ngly,
"Now let us get to work and clean up
this correspondence."
Thus her new duties began. '.there
-was an air of quiet in the prlvzte of-
fice, a greater luxury of appointment,
which suited Miss Hazel Weir to a
nicety. The work was no more diffi-
cult than she had been accustomed to
doing -a trine less In volume, and
more exacting in attention to detail,
and necessarily more confidential, for
Mr. Andrew Bush had his finger tine
On the pulsing heart of a big business.
The size of the check which Hazel
received in her weeny envelope watt
increased far beyond her expeetetiona,
Nelly Morrison had drawn twenty dol-
lars a week. Miss Hazel Weir drew
twenty -five -a substantial Inbreaae
over what she had reeelved In the ship-
ping department. With that extra
money there were plenty of little
things she could gayer the home she
and Jack Barrow had planned.
Things moved along in routlhe chan-
nels for two montes or more before
Bezel beca'me actively aware that a
subtle change was growing maaiteat in
the ordinary manner et Mr. Andrew
Bash. She shrugged her abeethees at
the Mal et first. But ehe was a yaw
E X; 'moreover, a woreaaa of Intit2>garia,
heperceptive faculties astfra0'
keen.
The first symptom Nan Moretf, data-
ty; bouquets of whichme to slow
0a his desk. Coincident viilh tkflr, ]Oa
hails evinced an dace :atlas to ,thil t
lute talk on subjects nowise slated
to besieges. Bared accepted the IRO -
'ate to
12ik-'ata.to her sex reluetantiy, girls' hits
no aceuragement to overstep the mu-
tual bounds of cordiality. She was ab-
eelutely cure or nerseir 1100 or nor Mt.
for Jack Barrow, I•'urtirermoro, Mr.
Andrew Bush, though well preservedd.
Was drawing close to fifty -and afro was
twenty-two. That In itself reassured
her.
Thus the third month of her tenure -
drifted by, and beyond the telltale
glances aforesaid, Mr. Bush remained
tentatively friendly and nothing more.
Hazel spent her Sundays as abs had
spent them for a year past -with Jacit
Burrow; sometimes rambling afoot in
the country or In the park, sometimes
indulging in the luxury of a Hired
buggy for a drive.
But Mr. Bath took her breath away
at a time and in a manner totally un-
expected. He finished dictating a
batch of letters one afternoon, and sat
tapping on his desk with a pencil. Ha-
zel waited a second or two, expecting
him to continue, her eyes on her notes,
and at the unbroken silence she looked
up, to dad him staring fixedly at her..
There was no mistaking the expres-•
cion on his face. Hazel flushed and`
shrank back involuntarily. She had
hoped to avoid that. It could not be,
anything but unpleasant.
She had small chance to indulge In
reflection, for at her first self-consctone.
move he reached swiftly and caught
her hand.
"Hazel," he said bluntly, "will yam
merry met"
Miss Weir gasped. Coming without.
warning, It dumfounded het. a An4'
while her prat natural Im alga wake
to answer a blunt "No," she was flu
toyed, and so took refuge babitnd t,
show of dignity.
"Mr. Sushi" she protested, and .trifler
to release het hand.
But Mr. Bush had ne intention et'
allowing her to do that.
"Cm In deadly earnest," he eeltd.-
"Pm loved you ever since that
da' I saw you in the park f :
the simian. I want you to be my wife:.
Will your'
Continued next Week.
f fLes Cotton Root Col ijiiu tit,
• ii safe, reliable reee, aliwp,
medie,•ne. Sold in three de.
green o1 strength --No. 1 Eft.
No. 2, a8' Na 3, lis per boat
' Sold by all diNguefe, or cont
prepaid on reee7D0. o/_ prices.
diose. pamphlet. .:Ad4reei;
ms COOK MeataimE cod
mamma. ps.edr alslw.l,
Booze Costs Years of Life'
Insurance Records Prove Moderate
Drinking Increases Death -rate 55%
LE Insurance figures prove that the excess of deaths among moderate
,drinkers over abstainers runs from 11% to 74%. It is the business.
of Life Insurance.Companies to know the risks a man takes when he
uses Iiquor. These Insurance men have no theories to prove and no
doctrine to preach. Their figures are as cold as ice, and they make you
pay for the risks you run. To them it is simply business ---a matter of
dollars and cents. But to you it is a matter of life and death.
Actuarial Comparison of Death Records
Ages Total Abstainers Moderate thinkers Ekcess Deaths Among
Moderato Drinkers
20-30 4,221 4,617 11%
30-40 4,201 7,041 68%
40-50 6,246 10,861 74%
50-60 13,056 18,524 42%
60-70 29,078 34,568 19%
From tables prepared by R. H. Moore; Actuary of the United Kingdom Temperance
and General Insurance Company, based on Records of over 60 years' experience,
Are You Willing to Die Before
Your Time for Sake of i ooze?
THE number of deaths among moderate drinkers averages 35% higher
than among abstainers.
If you have habitually taken two glasses of whiskey per day or the
alcoholic equivalent in beer, your chances of dying before your time are
double those of total abstainers.
It has 'been costing total abstainers yearly millions of dollars in pre-
miums to help to pay for excessive deaths among drinkers! Can we afford
such waste of Life and money in the face of the war losses of money and men?
Vote "No" to repealing the • Ontario Temperance Act, and "No" to
rendering it practically worthless by the proposed amendments.
v: --Four 1 ix os
Answer every question on the Referendum Ballot with an X under
the heading "No," and herein fail not, or your vote is lost to Temper-
ance Progress.
Ontario Referendum Costunittee
JOHN MACDONALD; D. A. DUNLAP; ANDREW S. GRANT;
Chairman, Treasurer, Vice-Cjlairrnaas anti Secretary
0001 Excelsior Life )31dg.,'Toronto)
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