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66v CAPTAIN A,E•DINGLE- _
BEGIN HERE TODAY
Alden Drake, fora errY a .. sailor,
grown soft and flabby through a'lrfe;
of idle •ease, ships aboard the clipper
Orontes, as "boy" under the command
of Jake Stevens, whose.ertniity he in-
curs because of a• mutual Rive for:
Mary Manning, a passenger, and al
daughter of the owner. At Cape Town
•Stevens ie superseded as captain by
Drape, 'wh; s lawyers have seen to
the purchase of the Oro'.tes during its.
cruise, Stevens is reduced to, the rank
of chief nates The Orontes rens ashore
in the Straits off Java. Mary lips
away feom the ship, with Ike, the stew-
ard, and later Jake goes to join her
ashore. Part of the crew mutinies;
and the •regaining sailors strive .to
pull the Orontes off the beach.
NOW GO ON WITH THE. STORY.
"Come lads: Don't let that crowd
lick usl" Drake:shouted cheerfully. He
put his weight to a capstan bar and
heaved desperately to start -a differ-
ence. There was only a' few men there,
and.. each was 'heaving, but them was
no spirit. "Tip us a stave, my sons!
Dammy, isn't there a songbird- among
ye all? Hark to that other gang!
Here:" He struck into an old cape-
sten
ap=sten tune himself:
"Oh, as I walked out one fine bright
' day all in the month of May."
He had pitched upon one of the
brightest of tunes, Mr. Twining led
the rather weak chorus;
"Heave away, my bullies,' heave
awa-a-ay!" •
"I' spied a roguish Irish gal a -lock-
ing all forlorn."
The skipper ,persevered. And the
Swat rejoinder was almost enthusi-
astfe:
"Heave away, my bully boys, we're
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Clinton, Ont.
O1eneral Fire and Life Insurance Agent
for Hereford Windstorm, Live Stock,
Automobile and Sickness and Accident
Insurance. Huron and Erie and Cana-
eks Trust Bonds, Appointments made
to meet parties at Bruretield, Varna
and Bayfield- 'Paohe J7.
THE McKILL Ole MU'T'UAL.
Fire Insurance Company
Htad Office. Ssaforth, Ont.
1)I1 t. roR
;Tr<siaenl, J o m5 J van Pe el; weed;
' ebt,�'�h,t, James Connolly, r 0 1, 8; ec -.
woe,
er, 1) t \Int 1,g1.11., Sear emit
l i)ectors: r±eurge JIceat ray,- Senfoi•th;
games Shou]di c.c Walton; llgarey t;ih-
sten, Eirecelield; Wm. Xing, Seaforthi
ebeet Verrle, llarlock; John Benheweir,
rodhagen; Jas. Connolly, Goderioh,
Agents: Alex Leitch, Clinton; 3. W,
t se Goaerici ; IX I•Iinchley, Seaforth;
tA Murray,rEginondv113e; lit G. Jar-
utli, Brodhagen, •
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Bove officers addressed to their respec-
ve post offices. Losses Inspected by the
rector who lives nearest the Beene.
A SEQUENCE
We get just anything 'we prepare
for, and nothing , else. Everything
that happens is a sequence; this hap-
pened today because you did that
yesterday•—Elbort. Ilphhard,•
'er around!" yelped Joe, cutting short
his song and starting to het. Drake
ran aft. Mr. Adams followed, with
Mier men. With stoppers and rolling
hitches they held the Is,wser and shift-
ed its fair lead from the stern to the
forecastle head. Then they hove again,
and the ship swung around with her
head bo seaward. They set a jib, and
the fore topsails; sailed her clear of
the :ocky head that,,, had held her,
picking up' the badge anchor' first, then
letting it go again in sofe-anchorage.
Then the sails were furled again, and
men lit pipes and thumped each other's
aching back, cursing each other affec-
tionately, for they had clone men's
work like men.
"Get your smoke, lads, then --we'll
shift the cargo back," ,said Drake,
casually. He lit, a pipe himself, but
only threw his jacket about his shoul-
ders to ward off possible chill. Now
the ship lay clear of tho island, the
breeze had an appreciable bite. It
was a fine fair wind for Batavia. It
must not be lost•. The two mates flung
themselves down, too tired to smoke;.
they had each done the work of two
men. They heard the grumbling start
again, and had no heart to chide the
men. But they would back the cap-
tain right up to the ultimate spark of
energy. If he said carry on, then
carry on it should he, and the men
must like or lump it.
"Is that Bunting weeping?" asked
Drake's quiet voice from between the
ease and the bulwarks on the forward,
dangerous end. Joe swore softly, and
made his back muscles crack. The
nien saved their breath thereafter,
and labored loyally for the pian who
was willing to labor with them. So
DRAKE'S RIGHT FIST SMA
LESS NOSE.
SHED AGAINST TTJBB'S SHAPE -
ail bound to go!" •
The capstan clinked around. The
big coir hawser cracked and sung.
The main -topsails were set and back-'
ing hard against the mast. The ship)
quivered. Men trooped aft to the;
ward!"
"Sheet home to windward]"
heti dragged at the sheets, stretch-'
"Now, me sons! Jump that yard,
ing the- clews clown to the y ardar m.'.
mizzen. Two boys' shrill pipes high.
aloft sang out:
"Sheet home 'mizzen topsail` to 100 -
aloft!" shouted air. Adams, and again
Joe Bunting's audacious chantey help -1
ed the yard aloft while the• skipper-
grinned
kippergrinned indulgently forward.
He ran to the side, lowering a Ian-,
tern to the water's edge. He let it
hag there. ' The breeze blow, and for
fleeting Moments strengthened, filling
the broad sails aback, staking the tall.
spars tremble and creak. The chantey;
ceased. Mr. Adorns led his now willing,
nien forward, adding their weight to;
the bars. Jpe Bu ting Mole up the,
chantey where Drake left dr, and the
pawls clinked, clinked, clinked.
"Hell's Bells! She must be mov-.
ing!" cried Twining "It can't all he
stretch we're getting! Heave, bullies,
heave and wake the dead"
Chips, watching tate h wsar at the
stern failleader, suddenly bawled out: -
"Heave in!! Heave in !_She's coming!
She's moving!"
"Chu on, me old brown eons! Run
*ANNIE QAi'
Tenths will arive at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
Buffalo and Goderich• Diva
Going East, depart 6.44 atm.
2.50 p.m.
Going West, ar." 11.50 a.m.
" " ar 6.00 dp. 6.43 p.m.
" ar. 10.31 p.m.
London, Huron & Bruce
Going South, ar. 7.40 dp. 7.40 a.m.
.. ,. 4.0$, p.m.
Going North, depart '6.42 p.m.
" ar. 11.40 (lp. 11.53 am. comer.
before dawn they had the decks clear-
ed again. They could not put an the
hrteltee, for the hatches were missing.
CHAP E'ER SXVIII.
GUARDIAN OF HI5 PASSENGER.
Drake rowed along the shore until
abreast of the missing boat. Ile was
not surprised to see it, for he had
never believed that Mary intended to
run away in that fashion. But he was
surprised to see what amounted al-
most to a riot in progress near the
boat.
"I'll land here, Bunting," he said.
'Perhaps you hqd better hold on
awhile before going back. Keep
afloat just clear of the boulders until
I tell you otherwise."
He leaped ashore, apparently un-
noticed, and stepped into the midst of
the altercation. Mary stood beside the
boat, flushed and angry. Ike Saintly
stood by her, axe in hand, white as
chalk, scared cold yet conquering his
terror in defence of his lady. Jake
Stevens appeared in doubt about some
argument being vociferated at him
jointly. by Tubbs and Sims, while the
rest of the deserters milled around
threateningly, Into this seething un-
rest burst Alden Drake, thrusting
nien aside without ceremory, meeting
the fiery eye of Stevens with a faint
'smile,
"I'll take my passenger now, Stev-
ens," he said. "Put down that axe -
steward, and put your weight to the
boat. .Colne, Mary."
Mary's anger apparently was but a
very titin' disguise for fear, Her big
blue eyes lighted up quite involun-
thrily with: relief. But she resented
his, tone, as she welcomed his appear-
ance. She would not have denied that
the nien frighten her. As for little
Ike Saintly, the alacrity with which
h,: laid down his axe and put hishands
to the boat's gunwale spoke eloquent-
ly. Stevens looked on, with the faint-
est trace of aur)sed conjedture in bis
face, while the nien who , a monies
ago. were surging around him with
abusive threats, drew abck now and
leaned seowliegly towards the new -
"We ain't goin' aboard th rt bloody
Slave 'ooker again!" shouted Situs ex-
citedly. . Drake stared at him as he
ntight havo stared at some strange,
insect.
"I don't believe you are, old; chap,"
ho said, calmly, and turned to Mary
and the boat again: He ignused Jake
Stevens, ' much to. Jake's confusion.
When Drake gently drew Mary away
from the boat, put his hands on_the
gunwale and bade Ike shove, the men
raised unmusical and furious protest.
Sinus rushed forward, mouthing ob-
seenities.
"Leave', go 1" he yelled. "You ain't
tykin' this boat.: We are!"
He snatched Drake's hand from the
boat, and tho crowd. drew, nearer.
Stevens stood aloof, close to Mary,
and his whole aspect seemed to be one
of indifference so long as Mary was
unmolested. He seemed to care little'
whether the men small -ganged Drake
and beat him. There was something
in Mary's eyes which hinted that the
blood of generations of master seamen
might have much to, do with her real
sympathies. Ike slily reached for his
axe'again,,for there was blood in the
men's eyes..
"D'ye 'ear?" .snarled Sinus. -Tubbs
backed hien up.
"Come on, bullies! Chuck th' gal
out, or bundle 'er in, whichever—"
So smoothly that it dazzled the, eye,
Drake stepped, one pace : backward,
then one forward and sideways. It
left Sims leaning on nothing; and
swift as a cobra strikes, Drake's right
fist smashed against Tubb's shapeless
nose, and Ms left swung hone on
Sims' ear, raising 'a perfect cauli-
flower that appeared to leap into being
like the magic mango of the eastern
conjurer. The two sailors pitched
headlong to the sand, from which they
scowled up at the skipper as if he had
done something to be reproached for.
The rest of the men looked startled;
but they lost none of their threatening
aspect; they crowded forward. Stev-
ens took Mary's arm.
(To be continued.)
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1 h nc;. Randolph 8748
Kerensky Favors
'Recognizing Soviet
Sees It as Means of Showing
Up Russia's Government
"in All Its Ugliness"
Ever since England's Labor Govern-
ment resumed diplomatic relations
with Resta, Alexander Kerensky, Pro-
visional President of Russia from
lliarch,to November, 1917, who is edit-
ing La Russie Opprhnee in Paris, has.
been asked to give his opinions on
the subject. The requests came prin-
cipally from the editors of- British
Conservative and Noncomformist
papers, who were violently opposed
to recognition. For some -weeks he
declined to make a stat, meat, but re-
cently did so in The Morning Post of
London, This reads In part ac fed -
"It is diflcult . for me, as a foreign-
er, to speak on the question of this
country's recognition of the Soviet
Government; that is a matter of your
domestic politics, although, for my
part, I should be in favor of this re-
cognition as a means of showing the
Soviet Government up in all its ugli-
ness."
The protest against recognition, he
said, had been of the greatest benefit
to the Russian People as it revealed
to then: information of which they
had been kept in ignorance, partieu-
lariy that in regard to religious per-
secution. But this persecution, he
added, was only one manifestation of
the reign of terrorism. He mentioned
the revival of religious persecution
during the last eighteen months and
coneludeti:
"After that there was a pause, but
last year it broke out again for two
definite reasons. Stalin regarded him-
self as so secure, having got rid of
his rivals, that he could carry out his
own belief that religion ,must be des-
troyed. When he found that no
amount of persecution could destroy
the religions faith of the Russian peo-
ple, and that there was a steady de-
termination of the peasants to wor-
ship in their own way, he continued
his religious persecution more out of
fear than out of security. This ap-
parent paradox is discernible through-
out the Soviet's actions.
"This also accounts for the large
number, of priests who are being shot
at the present time. In the Pravda
these executions are nowadays al-
ways attributed to counter -Commun-
ist propaganda.
"Up till now I have received more
Support in every country in Europe
.than in England. The reason for that
is that France and Germany both
know the Soviet better than you do
here in England. The Morning Post
has taken the only line from which
any real (tope can come, andel--it is of
the very greatest importance that the
protest' of your churches should be
as wide as possible. This must be
condemned. And an emphatic pro-
test will he a real beacon of hope to
the Russian'people."
Tlie Empire Crusade
Spectator (London): The discueSiOn
of .Empire Free Trade in the I3onso
of Lords has brought into relief the
amazing misconceptions still cherish-
ed by certain "minds as to the nature
of the British Commonwealth and as
to . the function of the :'Empire" in
biin ;;'tont an era of general pros-
per ,;• r::dl world pace.. Lord Pass -
9r. o- but fairly reminded the
B ;.roost Crusaders that Canada,
Aus ralle, eta., are "free and incle-
' pendent nations," not at all inclined
to stretch the bounds of sentiment to
the point where • • it conflicts with
(what they conceive •to be) their
businees interests. Ile might have
added that the whole purpose of Em-
pire itreference•Is stultified when the
effect is, as is 'equally now the case
in Australia, to make a . Dominion
Government create' tariffs so that
this country may be accorded a pre-
ference.
•PRID1. "
If than were lie pride in'onr'ovan
hearts weshould not complain ofthe•,
pride 01 others.
The Fair Maid
And Her Plower
That old Gaelic Saint, Bride. or
Bridget, the fair maid of February,.
load three symbols, the sea bird kuowr
as the oysteropener, the lamb, and
the dandelion.- 'The oyster opener
crying..aloug the shore was the fisher
folk's sign of the maid's advent. The.
lamb was the shepherd's .sign, On
•lonely hills, said Fiona Mao'leod, shep-
herds still hear the crying, of innum-
erable young lambs among the "mists,
without any accompanying' bleating
of ewes, a sure sign to; the shepherds
that St. Bride has passed by with the
flocks of lambs soon to be born.
Spring has few more hopeful 'signs
than the cry of the first lambs. There
are some who listen for it even more
eagerly than.for:the song ,of larks or
thrush or the spring-aunonneing twit-
ter of swallows. ' '
Yet of the three signs, the sea
bird, the lamb and the flower, that of
the flower' is most widely spread.
Where no sea birds come and -where
no lambs are .born, the "sunsweet"
flower comes, the February maid's
chosen messenger. In many a deso-
late and unexpected place, the dande-
lion is her sole harbinger., •
The flower has thus a halo of ro
mance about, it, A commonplace of
the countryside, it has had uncom-
mon recognition and reverence. Once
this "little flame of God" was eagerly
awaited and welconied. Looking into
its eyes men read deep secrets. Lis-
tening to its flower speech they heard
great gospels. Once the fair maid's
sun -bright flower appeared in the
wayside- grass, men rejoiced in new
assurance of hone. Its coming was
no common vent. It marked one of
the year's great days and it had rit-
uals and recognitions all its own.
Our modern world knows not St.
Bride, nor respects her Sofer. It is
olassed among the weeds, and is ac-
cused of sharking the insolent de-
fiance of the worst of them. Many
begrudge it any place in the stn. 08
their charity they may tolerate a few
daisies or buttercups, hut'not dande-
lions. Never having seen their kind-
lier side, the Sewer's opinion of them
can hardly be favorable. And it may
be that a flower's thought of us mat-
ters.
A flower with such histories in its
eyes should kindle interestif not re-
spect. A flower that has brought such
messages to men, whose coming has
been so eagerly awaited and wel-
comed, must have something about
4t, much more possibly than its des-
pisers have ever seen. Even apart
from its associations with St. Bride,
the dandelion le a lovely thing. Of
po flower can it be more truly said,
"In wisdom .Thou hast made them
all." Surely no ,one who has ever
seen a portion of a dandelion flower
under the microscope can ever for-
get the vision, A single flower head
is a little world of wonders. Each
single ,floret of the many scores that
go to form one dandelion is itself a
perfect flower, a marvel of most intri-
cate devices and adaptations.
Is there any other flower that in
seeds has so lovely an aspect as the
dandelion? Its seeding is like a
second flowering, in which tiny seed
parachutes are one of Nature's love-
liest devices for giving her little flow-
er children a start in the world. If
the seed fell at the foot of each flow-
er, the majority would have no oppor-
tunity of growth or maturity. So Na-
ture gives her seeds wings, that they
may find uncrowded places for their
beginnings,
One. of my most satisfying visions
last spring was an avenue of dande-
lions, growing at the foot of a wall
along a grain road in oma' neighbor-
hood. The path came right up to the
wall, but there along the line of meet-
ing, hundreds of the sunsweet flowers
were blooming, untamed, hTepress•
ible, asking for nothing more than
the chance to bloom along that nil'
Privileged roadside. it was a lovely
and enriching and unforgettable vis-
ion—one of Nature's gardens, where
dandelions are not weeds. •
Just how one's recognition of the
wonder of tire fair maid's flower will
affect our gardening, 1' cannot say.
There are certain garden orthodopios
bf which this is one, that the dande-
lion is a weed. If that is net takes
for granted by all concerned, what
hope is there of peace In the garden!
If either husband or wife or daughter
remembers St. Bride, or noes the
loveliness of the sunsweet flower, the
?awn may run risks of being stied -
floe to sentiment! Once you have
felt the ancient wonder it becomes
difficult to make war against this
flower; just as John Burroughs found
it difficult to make war against the
sparrow. He felt the time, had come
when America must try to extirpate
the sparrow, but he felt that when he
went out to lift his hand against the
pugnacious and intruding fellbw he
would remember the Psalniiet's word
about being like a sparrow on the
housetop, and so stay his halal. One
American essayist admits al much
concerning the dendelion. •
Sent out to root them up from the
lawn, lie could inn do it. They looked
at him, and he was lost. And when,
being a mail under authority to his
wife, be was made to pull them ED,:
he sec•rrly rejoiced to thinlr that
they would 11,..0 t:n ,rebel 15,irrl as
fast is he ceu:d uproot thea"!
°TOILS AND SHADOWS
"There may be toils and shadows '
I have not thought to see,
Or a sunnier path Man e'er 1 trod
May be awaiting me,
Bat I'll press calmly forward,
For this one thing I know, •
The Guide Who 'led in former days
Still at=my side will got' •
ATOVVIT
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ISSUE No,
Our increase in sales in 1929
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TEA
`Fresh from the gardens'
An Apron That
Has Gone Princess
That Turns Tfitcheis Chores Into
Fiat/
By ANNETTE
It's alluringly smart in gaily pat-
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binding in the deepest tone of print
tflms the open round neckline, deep
open armholes and attractively shaped
pockets.
Shirring at either underarm seats
indicates normal waistline and holds
the garment closely to the figure so as
to retain its moulded waist and hip-
line. The skirt starts to widen below
the pockets into a delightful circular
flaring fulness at hem.
It has matching cuffs too that are
so essentially smart to carry out en-
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Style No. 159 comes in small, nee -
alum and large size. In the medium
size, it is n-ade with 3 yards of 32 -
inch material with ?x yard of 27 -inch
contrat,thig,
Aa it covers the frock almost en-
tirely both front and back, it can be
worn over one's best afternoon gown,
and especially with the deep cuffs that
will protect the sleeves so well.
It is particularly nice for the wo-
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slip on while preparing luncheon for
the kiddies.
HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS
Write your name and address plain-
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patterns as you want. Enclose 20c in
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Public Letter Writer
Romance Gone
French Folk Indite Their Own
Love Letters Now, Paris
"Ecrivain" Mourns
With the disappearance of illiter-
acy from Paris the once flourishing
vocation of the public letter writer
gradually disappeared, until the other
day Le Petit Journal announced that
there was not a single "Ecrivain Pub-
lic" left. This statement was inimedi-
ately denied by a reader who sent the
paper a photograph taken in a little
street near the women's Prison de
Saint Lacarre, showing the,,sign of a
shop there, .71110. read: "Ecrivain
Puhlie. 13critures Authentiques."
So the paper sant a reporter to in-
terview the owner of the shop. He
observed an elderly woman seated be-
fore a high desk busily engaged in
writing. She mournfully told the re-
porter of the brave days when "no-
body could write" and when she pen-
ned hundreds of epistles a Clay for
out-of-town visitors to the prion, for
prisoners who had been discharged,
and for peasants, who had come to
town to find work,
"But," observed the reporter, "I see
that you stll have plenty to do."
"0h, that," replied the woman.
"Yes, I have plenty to do, copying
legal documents in my beautiful hand,
and it pays much better. But it is
only copying; there is no romance to
it and my imagination is dead. In
the, old days a client, whose dialect I
could hardly comprehend, would en-
ter and mumble a few words, and
from those few words I would com-
pose such a letter, a veritable poem,
for his mother or sweetheart at home.
And after a weep or so he would be
certaiu to come again with smiling
face and tell me to write another.
That was romance, and 1t tools imag-
ination. But this, this today, is
sheer drudgery. It enables me to
buy reales, but I am not happy."
SIMPLICITY ,
What needs au earthly roof between
the Deity and his worshippers? Our
faith can well afford to lose all the
drapery that even the holiest men
have thrown around it, and be only,
the mare sublime in its simplicity.
EAGERNESS
More eagerness le generally dis-
played in the pursuit of the phantom
pleasure than in doing our duty --
James Ellis.
The men who wouldn't drive his
rr..
orcar half amuletehe;i it's out of
Order, will often drive his brain all
day with a head that's throbbing.
Such putOtienentisn't very goad
for ones n eercet It'a.unwise, and
it's unneresscry. For a tablet or
two of Aspirin will relieve a head-
ache every time. So, remember
this accepted antidote for pain, and
spare yourself a lot of needless suf-
fering. Read the proven directions
and you'll discover many valualele
uses for these tablets. For head-
aches;' 00 check "colds. To ease a
-Nora throat and reduce the infection. ,
For relieving neuralgic, neuritic,,
rheumatic pain.
People used to wonder if Aspirin
]might be harmful. The . doctors
itnswered that question years ago.
It is sta. ' Some folks still wonder if
it really does relieve pain. That's
settled! For millions of men and
women have found ;it does. To j
eure the cause of any pain you must
consult your doctor; but you may
always turn to Aspirin for imme-
diate relief.