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Crown and Plate Work a Specialty.
The Snowshoe Trail
By EDISON MARSHALL
• BEGIN IIJ♦RD .TODAY" can be sure that Billi doesn.'t careat
ll either -but
Ei11'Bronson has' led Virginia 're- aI'll .asli .you . to keep
mont into the Clearwater of northern your thoughts tp yourself. Oh, if you
fin ,
d "her 'fince Harold only knew -how goof; how strong, how
true he has 'been -bow tender he has
been to me-"
Harold was torn with jealous rage,
and in his fury and malice he' made
Canaria 'to
Lounsbury," who vanished there six
years previously. Disaster separates
them from the rest of their party,
Kenly Lounsbury, Virginia's fiance's
uncle, and Vosper, Bronson's cook: the worst mistake of all. 'rI;hope he
The man and girl are snowed in in hasn't been too tender-" he' suggested
Bill, trapping. cabin beyond Grizzly viciously,
river., Bill seeks his murdered fath- ,
er's lost gold mine. lOne•day he finds ! The girl answered Only with her
Harold, who has'turned squaw man, eyes;, but her answer was unmistalt.
and tak s him to Virginia, ; able. Haroid muttered something un-
Virginia 'turned back to her new- excuse,, Then he turned his back and
GO ON1WITfi ,HE STORY 1intc;iigible, half an apology, half an
found lover. -stalked out of the cabin.:-
expression on his face. Inc eyes were CHAPTDR,XII.
glowing, the; color had risen in his The addition of Harold to their num-
cheeks, and he was curiously eager ber did not influence, for brig, Vir-
and breathless., . • groin's old relations with Bili. They
"Before .he comes," --he urged. were comrades as ever; they talked
"Wd'vebeen apart so long-" and, chatted amend the little stove in
His hand reached out and seized the hushed nights; they played their
hers. lIe drew her toward him. She ;favorite melodies .on the battered
didn't exist;. she felt a deep self -•phonograph, and they took the same
annoyance that she didn't crave his joyous, exciting expeditions into the
She was a little frightened by the
kiss, He crushedher to him, and his wild,
kiss was greedy. One morning Bill .called her early.
She struggled •from his arms- and We're face to face with a new
he reeked- at her in startled' amaze- problem, he announced. "The pack
pent. in fact, she was amazed at came by last night -the wolf pack. I
'herself! • (didn't hear them at all, And they got
That first night Bill and Harold away with the,big moose ham, hang-
made bunks on the floor of the cabin, ing on; the spruce.
hut sucl- an arrangement could only ( Then .we're out of meat?"
be temporary.•"All 'extent the little piece outside
They might be imprisoned for weeks the door We've been going through
to come. Bill solved the problem with �it pretty fast."
single suggestion. Bill spoke true. Their meat con-
They would build a small cabin for suniption had practically doubled since
the two men to sleep in. Many times Harold had come
he had.ereeted such a structure by his l "But if youcare to," Bill went on,
own •efforts; the twt of them could "we can dash cut and see if we can
push"it up in a few hours' work, pick up a,young caribou or a left -over
"I'm really not misch good et cabin moose,
building," 'Harold protested. "But II She dressed, and at breakfast their
don't see why Bill shouldn't go to exultation over their trip grew pain
work' at it. I suppose you hired him fel 'to Harold's ears. He announced
for all eamp work." his intention of going along.
For an instant Virginia stared at Bill took rathre a new course to
him •m utter wonder, and then a swift day. He bent his steps toward a
•ok of grave displeasure came into stream that he called Creek Despair-
her face. named for the fact that he had once
"You forget, Harold, that it was held high hopes of finding his Yost
Bill that brought you back. The thirty mins along its waters, only to meet
days he was hired .or were gone long an utter and hopeless failure.
ago." But she softened at once. "It's' After proceeding, a- long distance
Your duty to help him, and I'll help Bill glanced back in warning and
him, too, if T can."•pointed to an entrancing wilderness
In the.next .ew days Bill mostly picture, a hundred wards in front.
In a little glade and framed by the
forest stood a large bull caribou, flash-
ing and incredibly vivid against the
snow.
Incidentally he made a firt-class tar-
get -one that it seemed impossible to
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left the two toge,:her, trying to find
his consolation in the wild life of the
forest world outside the cabin. Harold
had•taken adve.ntage of pis absence
and had made good progress: Virgin-
ia's period of readjustment to him miss
was almost complete.
She did not, however, go frequently "I'll take him," Harold shouted.
into his arms. Someway, an embar. "Let me take him."
rassment, a sense of inappropriateness In a flash Harold realized that here
and unrest always assailed her when was his opportunity; in one stroke,
he tried to claim the caresses that he one easy shot, he could focus Virgin -
felt were his due. la's admiration upon himself.
"Not now,Heeo1d " she would tell But it was not the way of sports -
him. "Nountil we're established men, wandering in file in mountain
•h „ tra s, to clamor for the 'first shot at
game. Whatever is said is usually in
solicitation to a companion •to shoot;
and Virginia felt oddly embarrassed.
• Harold's gun leaped to his shoulder.
The target looked too big to miss,.but
his bullet flung up the snow behind
thI
again -ea t ei0e.
Finally. his habits and his actions
did not quite meet with her approval.
The, first of these was only a little
thing -a failure to keep shaved.
The stubble matted and grew on his
lips and jowls. Bill, in contrasts shav-
ed with greatest care every evening.
A more important'point was his
avoidance of his proper share of Bill's
daily toil.
e an ma .
The caribou's powerful limbs push-
ed out in a mighty leap. Frenzied,
Harold shot again' but his nerve was
There was a'little explosion, one br.ken and his self-control blown to
afternoon, When he ventured to advise the four winds. The animal had gain -
her in regard to her relations with
ed the shelter of the thickets by now.
Bill. "My sights are off," Harold shouted.
"They didn't shoot within three feet.
of where I aimed. Damn such a gun."
"I think we'd better look for ,some-
thing else," said Bill drily.
"Then I want you to carry my gun
awhile and let me take yours. It's all
ready, and here's a handful of extra
shells. You. ought to be 'willing to do
that, at least,"
Harold'had forgotten that this man
was not his personal guide, subject to
his every wish. He held out gun and
shells; and, smiling, Bill received
then, giving his own weapon in' ex-
change.
Bat'Haroka's miss ' ad net been his
greatest sin. The omission that fol-
loweu wes'by all the codes'of the hunt-
ing trails unpardonable. He supposed
that he had refilled his rifle magazine
with shells before he put it in Bill's
hands. In his .confusion and anger,
he had forgotten to do 50; mid. the
only load that the•gun`contained was
that in the barrel, thrown in auto-
maticaly when the last empty shell
was ejected.
Harold spoke tolerantly, patroniz-
ingly, "Those fellows are apt to take
an advantage of any familiarity.
They're all right if you •keep 'em ]a
their place -but they're mighty likely
to break loose from it any minute. I'ni
sorry, you ever let him call you Vir-
ginia"
Virginia's' eyes blazed.
'"Listen, Harold," she exclaimed. "I
don't care to hear any more such talk
as that. I don't heed or want any
such warnings. I don't care what yon
think of -Bill-for that matter, you
When you need new energy,
when you are hot arid mouth is
dry -pep up with Wrigley's -it
moistens mouth and throat:
'The increased flow of saliva
feeds new strength to thebiliod,
you can do more --you feel
better.
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Keep awake with Wrigley's
AllAN[ififi
TIME TABLE •
Trains Will arive at and depart from
•
Clinton as follows:
Buffalo and Goderich Dly,
Going East ,,depart 6.44 a,m,
u u ,i 2,50 p.m.
Going West, ar. 11.50 a.m,
ar 6.08 de. 6.43 ism.
" ar, 10.31 p.m.
London, Huron & Bruce
Going South, ar. '7.40 tip. 7.40 a,m.
„ 408 p.m.
Going Nortb, depart 6.42 p.m.
" ar. 11.40' .clp. '11:53 a.m.
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ISSUENo 2b_ . 30tl
Bill's keen :eyes -Saw the bear first.
It was the last sight in the world.
that 'Bill had .dpcct'e .
There was'no waiting'his time to
offer the sporting opportunity to Hsu -
old,
Virginia was not aware of a lapse
of time between the instant that Bill
caught sight of the bear aud that in
which the gun came leaping to his
shoulder.
He hod full confidence in the hard-
hitting vicious ' bullet in Harold's
thirty-five, and most .of all he relied
on the four reserve shots that•he sup-
posed lay in the rifle magazine.
The grizzly dies hard; he felt that
allfour of them would be needed to
arrest -the charge that would ;likely
follow hisfirst shot.
He armed for the great shoulder,
.the region of the lungs and heart.
(To be continued.)
What New York
Is Wearing
BY ANNABELDE WORTHINGTON
Illustrated,Dressvtaking Lesson Fur-
nished With Every Pattern'
CHAPTER XIII,
Several seasons before there had
been a fatality on the hillside above
Creek Despair. An ancient spruce
tree had languished and died from
sheer old age.
On tro day that the three hunters
emerged on their snowshoes in search
of meat for their depleted larder, the
wind pressed gently against it Be-
cause its trunk was rotted away it
swayed an.d
fell heavily.vilY
The falling tree had made a fright-
ful crash just over the head of a great
grizzly, lube"uatng' for the winter,
and even the deep come` in which he
lay was abruptly 'dissolved.
Ile sprang up, ready to fight.
His little, fierce eyes burned and
smoldered with wrath, he grunted
deep in his throat, and he pushed out
savagely through the cavern maw. It
was onlya step farther through the
spruce thicket into the sunlight.•.
Three figures, two abreast and One
behind, carne mushirg through the
little pass where the creek flowed. The
grizzly recognized them in an instant
as his hereditary fees.
You'll like the unusualness of this
saucy little sports frock of tub silk.
It is eggshell ground printed in tones
of orangey-red. The scalloped collar,
cuffs, pockets and belt are of plain
crepe in eggshell shade.
It gives the figure a beautifully
moulded line through its long -waisted
bodice and low flared skirt fulness.
It displays a feeling for summer
sports activities in men's silk shirting
fabric in gay stripes, pastel washable
crepe silk, shantung or pique print.
For town, printed crepe silk or plain
crepe silk is chic. '
Style No. 3497 can be had in sizes
16,18 years, 36, 38,40 and 42 inches
bust.
IIOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.
High Rates
She' Was a Vision •af. Beauty,
and S'he'Had,Asked Him '
to`. ,He.
to
Down the Portsmouth Road sped, a
•little, low ;red, semi-sporte'car, Re-
clining in the drives' seat sat a
•square -jawed, blue-eyed youngman In
a belted dustcoat, his brown hands
resting lightly blit firmly on the gently
-quivering wheel. From the tiny dick-
ey protruded the heads eta few golf
clubs in their bag and, the handle of a
tennis -rachet, A many -labelled suit-
case lay in the boot.
James Trufitt pulled his snap -brim'
vied .felt hat a, little lower • over his
eyes, the 'better to 'shield them fr'om.
the westering sun.
"The little bus goes well," he mut-
tered; "but, by 'gee, I wish could at.
ford something bigger,"
He passed at .speed through Ripley.
,Beyond lay a stretch of fair and frag-
rant country. For three miles he saw
no sign' of a petrol pump -not even 'an
advertisement for anyone's hotel, From
the adjoining fields spread a scent of
hay. "overhead the sky was flecked
with white, woolly clouds. High in
the • blue a hawk hovered' oh flapping
pinions. .
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On the rise where tr Sane .forks left
for'Copley•there was a stationary oar.
Beside itin the roadstood a- man and
a'girl. ';As he approached the man
stepped'' to the centre of the road and
waged :his arms. .James applied a
light toe' pressure to the right -band
pedal•and brought his' car to a stand-
still behind the stranded 'vehicle. This
wad, he Saw; a' dilapidated derelict of
ancient 'vintage, encrusted. about the
chassis.with-the mud.of many moons.
The arm -waver Was an elderly man
with -a straggling, whitish beard and a
suit of shining serge. At the moment
there was an ingratiating smile upon
:his face,
"It's' very annoying," ,said he, "but
I have had the misfortune to rue out
•ot petrol. I wonder if you could -Wm
-oblige me with a gallon?"
James eased Himself from his red
shell. A little breathless he was, for
behind the elderly 'supplicant stood a
youthful vision. She had eyes of via -
let blue, her lips were poppy red, her
cheeks the intermingled Petals of
Gloire de Dijon and Madame Mullein,
her figure as slimly straight as a Ma-
donna lily.
• Quite a flower -stall she looked, even
though, at the moment, there was a
tiny, vexed line between her exquisite
eyebrows and her white teeth were
nibbling at her lower Hp.
"Petrol?" ,said James. "Ah, yes,
petrol." With an effort ho withdrew
his eyes from Elysium. "It so happens
I'm carrying a spare can, though from
the size of my. steed you might think
it impossible." 'He reached Into tine
boot and withdrew a battered tin. "Al-
low me to put it in for you."
He of the straggly beard rubbed his
hands gratefully.
"This is most kind of yon. I was
afraid I might have to 'walk to the
nearest petrol station"' He unstressed
the dap of a gravity -fed tank in the
scuttle dash, the varnish of which had
long since disappeared. James up-
ended the can and let its contents
drain slowly, very slowly, in. For his
eyes were on the beauty.
She was gazing at him with a c url-
ous air of annoyance, the reason for
which he could not fathom. Possibly
his tie was displaced, or maybe ho bad
a smut on lits nose.
Slow though lie was, the can was at
last emptied and the Cap replaced.
Straggle Beard drew a purse from his
pocket, inspected its Interior, and fin-
ally extracted a pound note.
"I am so sorry I have nothing small-
er," said he, with an air of apology "I
wonder if you• have change?"
James, still watching the girl, waved
his .hand deprecatingly. "Ob, don't
trouble about:tliat" he said. "Glad to
have been of service:
Iie smiled at the girl hopefully,
Surely now she might regard him with
a little more approval,
"Well, it's extremely kind of yon-"
began Straggle, Beard, returning the
note to his' purse with alacrity,
"No, no, I won't•have It!" cried the
girl suddenly, stamping her foot.
They both started -James pleasur-
ably. '
She clenched her little hands.
"I can't .stand it any more: I won't
-I won't!"
Straggle Beard stepped forward.
"Now, my dear," he began anxious-
ly, "don't be---"
The girl appealed to James. Tears
of vexation stood in her beautiful eyes,
"Ile never meant to pay you for
your petrol, He hoped you -you would
just look at -me like -like the others
do, and- and be silly, ,and generous.
He does it every day, and I'm tired of
It-sfelr of it!"
• "Ritllculousl" said Straggle Board,
'with a snarl bidden in hie voice.
"You've got a touch of the sun, my
clear."
•Tho girl -reached auto the derelict's
dickey and 'drew out a small, cheap
suitcase.
"I'm through," she said, with two
shining globules on her lovely cheeks.
"You're only my step -father anyway,
and I never want to see you-againi"
Beard 'endeavored to Pas
ti •} Be d end o ed
S a 0 g P
g
g
her arm. She, threw him off with sad-
den fury. ."Don`t touch me, or -or I'll
bite yea!"
James stood looking on, perplexed.
He couldn't quite make out what the
trouble was, blit his sympathies, of
Ocoee were eritlrely with the girl.
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ly, giving number and size of such
patterns as you want. Enclose 20e in
stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap
it carefully) for each number, and
address your order to Wilson. Pattern
Service, 73 West Adelaide Ste Toronto.
Diphtheria Can
Be Wiped Out
Toronto. -"The doctor has given the
Public a weapon which will extermin-
ate diphtheria," stated Dr. Gordon
Bates recently. "Medical science has
evolved a substance which prevents
diphtheria so surely, that if its use be-
came'universal, this disease would be.
practically stamped, out within five
years. The fact that thedisease kills
about 1200 Canadians a' year chows
that the teachers of the people must
get busy,
"It is up to the public health official
and, above all, to the Press of the
country to make sure that every Cana-
dlan -learns and learns again that it ie
hie duty and privilege to help stamp
diphtheria out, by having his children
made safe from disease. Twelve hon-
died deaths - a year is too serious a
drain upon a population -hungry coun-
try like Can a,. to be treated lightly.
Dspecially when, one realizes that
those deaths occur out of 13,500 an-
nual cases et the disease.
"Here is a national problem of life
and death, of health and of economies.
Yet nobody is paying enough attention
to it,
• IIis cars 'laid bock, and he uttered,
a deep growl ; I
As h ter ed his forefeet swung
s o s pp , w g
out, giving to his 'Carriage an arro-
gance and a swagges that would have
been amusing if it hadn't been ter
rr61e; His wicked teeth gleamed white "When a' man .smells a mouse h
in foam, and the hair stood stiff at :should eat iiniburger and wait wit
his shoulders. baited breath."
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Especially when she .turned'and came
close to him, so that the illusion of a
flower -stall was rendered more vivid(! ,
by a faint and adorable perfume.
"I am so sorry to matte a scene like
this," she said, and her voice now was
as murrnur'ous '9,S .a summer- brook;
"but I can't go on with him. I'simply
can't! Would you -could you possibly
take me on with you?" m
"I forbid. It!" cried Straggle Beard ,r f
rolson
hastily. "Don't listen to her—" 9,6 f8s }-
James bowed to the vision. "Of
course, I shall be delighted," said ho,
"Allow me to takeyourbag," lie
placed it anti the empty petrol eau Sales and Service by
the bootof the semi -sports, the girl
meanwhile: dinninginto the Passes T. B. F. BENS®N,.A.
ger's seat as if she were accustomed 371 Bay Street Toronto, Ont.
to its small dimensions.
Straggle Beard danced in the road -i
way,
"Stop! I forbid you—"
. James squeezed in miraculously be-
side the 'girl, and the , .semi -sports
moved slowly forward, sweeping the
expostulating step-parent from its
Path. James raised his hat.
"I am more than repaid for the pet-,
rot," said he.
• The last they saw of the bearded
man he was cranking savagely at the
drowsing derelict, which seemed i•e-
iectant to wake from its slumbers.
"110 -could never catch us anyway,"
said James, accelerating to a perilous
fifty. "I. haven't had this little bus
all out, but it could beat that old peri-
patetic perambulator on one cylinder.
Er -forgive me, of course."
A sort of cracked la•:3h escaped the
girl's lips. She dried her eyes furtive-
ly,
"He's only my step --her,' she said.
"We were on our way to stop with his
sister for as long:as ,he would have
us. I think he must be the meanest
man in the world. He never buys any
Petrol. He just pretends. to run out,
and then stops young ;nen in sporting
cars and asks them for a gallon to
carry on. Then he offers them a pound
note, hoping they won't have the cor-
rect change, Most of them just look
at me like you did, and -and say they
are charmed and don't even bother to
see if they)iate.'
"A very happy notion," said James,
slowing down the better to hear her,
"I won't live with him any longer.
I've been so (sob) unhappy But now
I've a chance to earn my own living,
and I won't go back. Without his 1
knowing, I sent a story to 'Hearth and
Home,' and they've adcepted it. I hall
a cheque from thein this morning."
"Splendid," said James, opening his
eyes, "That was gulch."
"Of course, 1 didn't show it to him.
He would only have kept it.' She
turned to him appealingly. "I thought
if you would just be kind enough to
drop me in Golford, I could cash the
cheque at a bank there and then go
up to London. I'll find a room some-
where and---"
"I'm afraid you couldn't trash the
cheque at a local bank," said James.
"It's probably crossed,"
She stared at him with sudden ap-
prehension. "Oh, I -I didn't know.
I'm so awfully Ignorant about business
and things.' A tear started up in the
corner of a lustrous eye. "Oh, what
sisal I 00?"
"Now, you needn't fret," said James
soothingly, drawing up at the side of
the road. "You can let me have the
cheque and I'll cash it for you," He
stopped the car and reached in his
Pocket for a note -case. -
"Oh, how kin You are!" said the
girl, in thrilling tones.
She opened her handbag, fumbled
and drew out a' folded slip of paper
which she handed to him. It was a
pretty thing in pale green, with
"lleartll and Home" written across the
top. "Southern Counties Bank",across
the midclle,`and two scrawling signa-
tures at the bottom, And it was for
10, payable to Miss Joyce Dabney
James counted out ten one -pound
notes and gave them to her.
"You know," he- said, flipping the
cheque, "You were really rather lucky
to set ten pounds for first contribu-
tion. How many words was it?"
She flushed slightly and closed her
bag on the roll of notes,
"Oh -oh, it was quite a lot of words.
I don't really know how many,"
"About a thousand, do you think?"
said James, slipping into gear and
driving on:
g
Oh esjust about that," she said
yes,
gratefully,
"Well, well, and so now you're going
to,malte your fortune as a writer, eh?
You've certainly started well. Ten
pounds, by gee!"
"And you're going to take me to the
station?" :said the girl, blinking at him
with long -lashed .eyelids.
"Oh, rather," .said he, beginning to
look right .and left as they entered
Golford High Street.
Presently he pulled up at a red
brick building with sundry white bills
in its windows and a blue lamp over its
doorway.
"But this isn't the station," said the
girl shakily, with a sudden pinched
look about the nostrils.
"Oh, yes, it is, my dear," said James,
slipping out of the car and putting his
arm persuasively through leers. "This
is the police station. Let's lust go in-
side and make a few inquiries, shall
we?"
The intluiries having elicited the
fact that "Hearth and Home" had had
no contributor named Joyce Dabuey,
and further, that several faked
cheques purporting to come from them
had' lately been presented at their
bank, "Joyce Dabney" was detained and
a. constable dispatched in James Tru.
lttt's pillbox to secure the person of
one Straggle Beard, who was found
with the derelict at Gallon/ Station
waiting to pick up his spurious step-
daughter.
"0f course, I'm not really a roman-
ticist,'
oman
ticist,' muttered James Trufltt, as the
red car proceeded on its way later that
afternoon, "or I'd have let the girl go.
She was a good looker all right' He
pulled his hat lower over his eyes and
chuckled. "Still, one has to protect
those silly and generous young men
she spoke of. Oh, yes -Ten pounds a
thousand, by gee! I wish 1 could have
got rates like that tevhen ? first started
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