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It's making me almost orazy, I haven't
ever felt like this. T think*" she re -
mimed, with a desperate little laugh,
after a moment's pause,, "that I'm in
hive,"
"What are you talking about?"
Cass's arm jumbled and shook her
alarmedly. . "You're engaged to are"
he said gond-naturedly,
"It may pass," she said stubbornly.
"But -but I tell you it's terrible.
"I met a man," May Rate went on
headily,'"itiho is leaving town in a
few days. T'll never see him again.
163r But -but it wouldn't be fair to you-''
"Oh, 'yes, it weenie," Cass Muriiiure ;'.
contentedly, tightening his arm.
1: sten.
Cass--"
"Oh, listen yourself, darling! Don't
be a font Who was it, Locke Lee.•
Mier?" ..
Mary Kate was very still. - After a
while she:said, in a'ehilled voice:
"I
wasn't flyingr ot
tell
you that hat
1
)tad a crush' en 0 movie star!"
IL "Well -it was probably' just 'as
bath' Cass said. But as the.' girl re -
sinned her hurt silence, he added, in
a. slightly more concerned and symptt
thetic tone, "Tell one' about
"It, makes everything -wonderful
the streets.a:id the oakeries' and the
fog, and goii%g to bed' and getting•
up," M,vy ;ante -1" stonily said, in a
dreaming voce. "It makes me want.
to think --over and over again, of
everything he. ever said to me, or I, to
him.Everything.-trembles, Caws.
EvetythiI.g shines, It makes me sick
with misery, and yet I 'wouldn't give'.
it rap-"
"What are you talking about?" he
asked her again. But without the
in a.
rougher,
of
and g
t now, eonfident rat no ,
9
,I
.tone.'
"I'm trying to tell you!"
A'pause. Then Cass said in a puz-
zle.d tone.
"Who is he?"
"Who is he?"
"He's a New York man" Mary Kate
The
of
. joy
, •ed unhesitatingly
Ian
sw et
speaking of him. flowed through her
fevered heart and soul like the waters
of a cool river. •
"Say, listen, are you kidding rate,
Mary Kate?"
"Kidding you." she echoed, in pa-
tient scorn. She was silent a moment.
"No, I'm not kidding you," she said
simply.
Cass twisted about to try and see
the expression on her f aee, but the
room was too dark.
""Where'd you meet hint?"
"In Mr. Rountree's office."
"Who is he?"
"His name is Steynes: Christopher
Steynes."
"The polo player who shot the burg-
lar the other day?" -
(To be continued.)
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t
H.T It _ANCE•
•
Notary; Publlc,,Conveyancer•
Tinaneial, Real • Estate. and P150 in-
surance
nsurance Agent-. Representing 14 Fire
insurance Companies. -
Division ,ourt Office.. Clinton.
Frank Fingland, B.A., LL.B.
Great West Life
H,:.4• Excellent Year
Directors' , Report to tSllare-
l olelers a Message .sf En-
courageinent to Gen-
eral Public
ESCAPADE
By, KATHLEEN NORRIS
SYNOPSIS. - for foul ;bits??" Mrs. O'Hara called
'. blgty•Rate. O'Hara, 1n order to get the from the 'kitchen.
money; with which- to, send her brother.
- "I •thinkso!" the boy shouted:banh,
'Martin, to Germany b study- medicine,. his :hand in his pocket.
accepts the offer 'of Christopher es'Sitsvt e ,
,She is Co out the Part at ussian wife to yun
to order n to discentage whuseian c.egn and :wash tug face " Mary Kate Cass,
teas and her daughter •woe have een y' !t!
eons,-Maryg�� Se tells er motoir anon-.
tions, -Mary grate tells her rlrother site is bfr him in the tilmross, and Cass efent
going to San Francisco oil a• 5uslnesa-"ieito the kitchen.
trip. SteYnes meets her at the station' She. dame. back to' the dim parka'
at r,11nr'ame and takeGs her to his
house, Mary.; Kate meets the countess.at
' d>e
fresh-.
dinner -supper, and ?fia countess is,•dts- fifteen minutes later, deet an
eouraed. Later' that night she and ..,4.; But she was. still very quiet dress, She
9feynes return to Stey$es' ,louse and
VIP'i goeo to trete :05. Tim police *.talto and hai3.,assumed ocomfortable s11p-'•
VIP' shot a and
address ; s.e police _ IS a .her hair was; damp,' brush -d
terrified
name and and the is
wisSd returns h.sr mother ize final c z's;
It. :She returns home'and•realizPs hat childish~ oft ;ace, which vas quite.
ns has fallen 1n lore with Ste*nee., ase free ofartifice.
her
lilt the
They st t down close toget
.davenport, and Cass pulled her head
to bus shoulder, and they both rested,
CHAPTER XXVIII, far back, their feet touching, .stretch -
They could net see ,each .other's ed out before them en •the rug. The
faces; they stood so for perhaps a full d low; occasional sans
endbangt aead ngles light crossed the room
minute. Then Cass said:
"Well, that's all tight, deal. Yen
Thet somewhat. dingyassing motor acurtains moved
don't have to marry me."
slowlyln and out over the sills of the
Mary Kate laughed excitedly.
"You ,do understand, don't you'!" opened window. From the kitchen
"Why, of course I understand," came the occasional murmur of the
Cass's kind, big -brotherly voice said. children's voices, Mrs. O'Harr stheave
rave
"I kind of ruahed you. last week. And motherly tones in reply,
andI knew that what you had wasn't ptc- ter of pans and :oven door,
;naine; I knew something was worry- "Now, let's talk it
about"not marCass cid
d
ing you!"eonlfortab:y. "How
"And you understand?" she repeat- in Suddenly she wes in rebellion again.
ed feverishly, in the pause'
nd the "Of course I understand, You don't Her lat` tears,
so application of fresh
to her hot face,
want to be rushed."
"No; that's it. I don't want to be had rested her. But once ,again the
rushed. And you see-" Her yoke fever
fe' Ican seized
n wait,-" she said deliberate
dwindled away inconsequently.
fingered his coat lapel. "I like this ly, a tiny edge :o her voice.
suit-", she began again, swallowing There was an alarmed note in his,
tears a hurt reproachful note.
"It's my old brown suit." "How do you mean it can wait?"
"I ' know." Her words gathered "Oh, I only think I'm tired," Mary
•p,rilous momentum. "But I like it-- Irate breathed wearily, closing. her
I think 1 kite it better than the blue!" eyes, tightening her fingers.on his,
"Mary Kate!" he said. "Ah, dor- when t hon y, don't youems to nwaot m e
F
ling,don't!"
For she was crying bitterly, in hisi I `don't only,"t's liketo he think interru
pmyself "that
arms.
"I d -d -don't know why Pin boo -boa- engaged."
as ' long as you'll marry mo
oo-ening this way, ike a ba-ba-baby!"
,"You're all upset," Cass murmured, next month-" he conceded, in good -
kissing the top of het head, that smell- natardd daring.
ed deliciously of youth and freshness She was still for a while. Then
and the odd delightful tlibegvun an
down
alwaysclung cMary atessbazng her face, shwh spad without
stirring.
hair.
"I don't know why-" she gulped, "Oh, Cass, Pin so unhappy!"
trying to laugh, clinging to liitn. "Ah, deary, I'm sorry. I've neve
She never had dune this before. seen you like this before."
'Cass tightened his arms. "I've never been like this before."
"Maybe you missed your good -for- Their heads were flung back against
nothing beau, wlale you were away?" the top of the davenport, their eyrs
"Yes, T did." She withdrew from Closed in the comforting dark, Cass.
his amts and rambled for her hand- hardly moved as he said, soothingly:
kerchief, straightening herself up, "Well, never you mind. You just
shaking herself into conmesure anti sit here with me and cry, if yeti want
D. H. McINNES order. Tin crazy!" the confessed Olt to!"
The telephone in the :lining roost
a wet,uhakelt note.
CHIROPRACTOR "You're tired. Let's not go any- rang, and she was alert, tense.
Electro Fewt ors we where tonight, Mary Kate? Let's go "Who is it, Regina?" She was half
-
Royal liurnn Si.St. I Ran doors wort or into the front room and talk." way to her feet.
Royal Ranki "It's a wrong number, Sis!"
This would keep Tont out of his bed
in the adjoining dining room. But she Mary Kate subsided again, and
so
t' di And with the children again there was peace in the stuffy lit -
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary •Public
5,11Cesser to W. Brydone B.C:
Sloan Block - Clinton, Ont.
CHARLES B. HALE
Conveyancer, Notary Public,
Commissioner, etc.
The splendid progress of the bom-
pan? and it's position' of safety were
revealed in the report of the Directors
and addresses of the President and
General 1Vianagerl but perhaps the.
most significantroutcome of the year's
Work, from the point of VieW of the
general public, is the convincing O4le•
nionstration of Canada's fundamental
soundness .as field of operation for
well -directed and well•managel large•
scale business.
statement shows business in force of
nfinancial
r s
he Company's Y
P
'
:oY t
Analysis
$614,405,447.00; Assete'oE $129,147,022.-
not yet d'ue, of $10,559,742,00; and Un -
05, Accrued Profits to Policyhglders, -
assigned Profits and Contingency Re-
serve of $4,413,907.37. The, Gross -Sur-
plus Earnings for 1930 of $6,075,327.57
were the largest in.the Company's his
tory. The total net 'surplus of the
•Company, after providing for a!1'profit
'and dividend requirements and after
writing, down Besets 'is 'Holy increased
to 93,413;907.37 'exe!ttsive of the bat
ance in sbarehotde'e 'account.
The standing of The -Great-West.
.1.11te''as one of the best .profit -paying
crimpanles of this continent will be
maintained -in 1931 by the continnance
of profits to policyholders on the same
liberal scale as in the previous year,
according to the announcement of the
General Manager.
Aurins the year the assets of the
Company/ and all 'investments were:
subjected' to: the •test ,of a, rigid re-
valuation valuation under present depressed
eP
conditions. The assets of the com-
pany show an interesting diversity, •
viz.; Bonds and Debentures 34%, City
Mortgages and Properties 25%P, Farm
Mortgages tied Properties' 21%. Policy
Loans 19%, Miscellaneous 1%. West-
ern Farm Mortgages have been re-
stricted, but by no means discontin-
ued. Applications for loans are care-
fully scrutinized, loans are restricted
to moderate amounts and those appli-
cants who have done something to-
wards engaging in mixed farming
methods are favored.
The -business in force increased by
over twenty-two millions in 1930, in
spite of the financial depression which
caused• a number of policyholders to
let some portion of their insurance
lapse.
A note of well based confdence in
the future of Canada was sounded in
the address of the President, Mr, G.
W Allan, K.C. Dealing particularly
with the ,agricultural future he point-
ed out that the Present conditions
where agricultural inoduets do not
bring reasonable prices cannot last.
The law of supply and demand was
now functioning to the distress of our
people; it will in due time bring to
them a return of prosperity. Canada
can produce food at low cost and
therefore will probably be one of the
first countries to recover from the pre-
sent world-wide depression as condi-
tions return to•normal.
Finding the Right Road
(Translated for the Christian Science
Alon!tor.)
Father and son walked jointly through
field and bush one day; ' I
Having strayed far by nightfall, they
lost their homeward way.
The son looked hard at C,very rock, at ;
el ery tree,
Hoping in each a guiding sign to see.
The tauter meanwhile upward
raisd to the stars his eyes,
As if the earth's direction he would
find in the skies.
Silent remained the rocks; the trees
helped not a mite;
The stairs, however, pointed with a
ray of light.
Homeward they led the wanderers
who had discerned,
That only in heaven can wisdom for
earthly need be learned.
Freidrieh Ruckert, ht "Lyric Poetry"
The evergreen bittersweet or
Euonynius is an excellent climbing
plant, or ground cover. Its aerial
rootlets make it self-supporting en
walla or fences, anti in the fall it pro-
duces orange -scarlet berries whlrh
last through the winter.
"I think this scenery is heavenly,
(
way
the
n ., w ..Take Unt, I don't Ino
mountains and the lake and it is just
like anywhere else."-Luatige Koelner
W eitne g.
Nobility of soul .is the one only
virtue. -Juvenal.
following .n
nightht she.
tiles
o:
Keating her beau,that she
camloy
marry titm.
•
(Calve over) E. Hovey's Drug Store)
DR. J. C. GANDIER
Office Hours: -L30 to 3.30 'p.m., 6.30
to 9 00 p m., Sundays. 12.30 to 1 30 p m.
Othe; hours hy'aphoinrment only.
Office and Residence - Victoria St.
DR. FRED G. THOMPSON
Office and Residence:
Ontario Street - Clinton, Ont.
One door west of
nglican Church.
Phon
172
Eyes EX -mine. and Glasses Fitted
DR. PERCIVAL HEARN
Office anr' Residence:
Huron Street • Clinton, Ont.
Phone 69
(Formerly oecepled by the late Dr.
C. W Thompson),
Eyes Examined and Glues Fitted.
DR. H. A. MCINT YRE
DENTMT
Oflic>s over Canadian Nations Express,
;:inton, "•tt. -
Extra -.son a Spy. •softy.
Phone 21
Scientist Reveals
Metal ALs Element
Washington. -Another mystery of
science has been cleared up by a
scientific "detective," who has identi-
fied and "fingerprinted" a new metal.
The metal is rhenium, first isolated
two years ago by two German scien-
tists. The "detective" is Dr, W. F.
Meggers, of the Bureau of Standards.
He has obtained the first complete
"spectrum" of the new metal.
It gives, he says, the first definite
confirmation that, rhenium is an ele•
ment, one of the ninety-two sub-
stances like oxygen or gold that can -
at
notauces. be subdivided into other sub -
Rhenium in pure form is a black
powder like lampblack. Dr. Meggers
has a pinch of it weighing about one-
twenty-sighth of an ounce in a tine
glass tube, which is practically the
whole supply in the 'United States.
Rhenium has no known uses, but
may find application in the electrical
and utetalhugicel industries because
it will not melt until heated to about
4,500 degrees Fahrenheit.
At present rhenium is rarer than
radium, and it constitutes about one
part in a million in the earth's crust,
Dr. Meggers did Isis detective work
by analyzing the light given off by
rhenium. Ile sprinkled some of the
metal on a special arc light. The
ways from this are were reflected
from a mirror' and a metal plate, so
that they broke rap and focused on
photographic films. There they
'registered the spectrum "lines" of
the metal.
These lines differ from every elem-
ent, just as the fingerprints of every
human, They can be used to detect.
the presence of.rlienluin in ether sub-
stances.
About 2,000 ltety lines were pro-
duced on the plate when the light
•from .rlienium was photographed, dif-
fering frost the lines produced by
any other element. These .form
rhenium's "fingerprint" record.
Christian warfare needs now as
nuts -rues.. '51.055. and Sat., all day.
Other hours by aPUoluttnent, tie ls:0.1
0295e- ktoh., teed. and t••rl. forenoons.
Seat:m.0i Afnoe-Jlon. Wed. and Friday
artsrnnnns Phone 207.
CONSIALTiNG ENGINEER
S. •1 Archibald, B.A Sc., (Tor.),
0 L.S., Registered Professional En -
meet and Land Surveyor. Associate
Member Engineeuilg !netite:aof Can-
ada Offoe. Seaforth,'Onttu'io•
doing homework, and Mother setting tle parlor.
raisin Tolle, they could not sit in the I "Like to get on the beach trolley
kitchen. 1 car, and go all the way 'round?"
They slipped quietly through the A long sigh.
dining room and Mary Kate lighted a "All"Cass, I'm
then,ootired!"
bead o gasdarling, we'll just
f in the frunt room. Itright
smelled eery close in there, and Cass sit here
opened the windows. The room weal He was so kind, so gentle. She
upright as shabby akedsnaagainttwith
onean'
ofcherrzed owntinpulseherself
tothe
hnt him fracas
upright piano bac g "Who'd GEORGE ELLIOTT wall, and a parlor furniture set, con- Who d you think was telephoning,
Licensed Auctioneer for the County stating of a deep davenport, two old Mary Xate?"
of Huron, arms chairs, and a table, almost come "What?" Anything for time—
Correspamiellce promptly answered, plating the furniture. A photograph"Who'd,yon think was at the 'phone
Immediate Salem
ate aThe cera - made of the late Thomas,r Ot huncah of
limp
a then?""Oh? e0h, I was kind of drowsy,.2
for Solos. Date at The News -Record, mock -mantel, a great bunch of limp
Clinton. •tr by calling •Plione 203. purple ribbons decorating one corner think."of dust, upholstery and!
Chargee Moderate andSatFafactlnn of the frame. Smells
Guaranteed.
. On the piano were scores of tare - shabbiness coins out of the furniture,
lessly massed sheets of song music. and the sweet night breezes through
Sometimes a guest slept on the daven- the open windows moved about them, over a brave and saruest heart, -Sol•
port, •but there was no sign of he and blew theta away. l said suddenly_
might use now; it was shut up,ew and r �haye te tell you.ass—" the g I may get over it, A long answer turmetb. away listen -
"Cass,
h vo y two.silk pillows. • 'Iera.
"Cass, have you got two quarters but -something's the matter with me, '
The Great..West Life Assurance Company
ANNUAL REPORT' FOR 1930
Largest Surplus 'in Company's History
Profits to Policyholders to be continued
on same liberal scale
Company's s Investments in Unassailable
Position of Safety
Surplus mP
Ins Earn
ed
Goss
Assets •
Lia6tlines -
Income • •
New Oddness Issued.
Rosiness !n; Forcc
Accrued Profits to
Policyholders, not due
Una,stancd Profits
and Contingency Reserve -
1920 1925 • 1930
$ 1,388,897 $ 4,001,919 £ 6,075,327
0 2
1_9147 ,
63
37,382,646 73,176,969
35,602;545 70,175,398 124,733,724
10,155,046 19,478,795 28,325,893
60,579,025 71,914,357 73,931,446
256,050,251 42%406,920 614,405,447
i
2,087,943 7,236,072 • 10,559,742
.1,032,014 ,5,801,571 4,413,907
T. Milton Taylor
Provincial Manager
36 TORONTO STREET,, TORONTO, ONT.
THE EAT -WEST LI.
ASS4,11RANCE COMPANY
,3CAD DPEIC6 • • • WINNIPEG.
THE M0KILLOP MUTUAL
Eire Insurance Coinpany
Had Office, Seaforth, Ont.
• President, Jatnee Brans, 11eechwood.
vlue•presldent, JamesCmntolly,Godertch.
DI s ills - James Shuuldtce, Watton:
Wee Rinn •Hulbert Robt. Ferris Rul-
10-81 James. Senn soots. Btoadhagcn;
Peeper, eeper, ,Rrucodeld•' a.g1' adtoot.
N
6eaforth. O. V. MuCartn0t >Seaforth
Agents W 500. R.R. N0 3.,Clinton;
John Murray. Seaforth: James Watt.
131~111 1sd :1'tn hleY. Soarer
Secretary and TrOSB Ter: -i' la
Greg n Seaforth
-.any motley to ue paid may Ga .mitt
tj Jlo rish Clothing 41:, Clinton.,_ or at
Calvin Cutt's:Grneerv. tioderIch.-
selectee desiring to effect Insul•nnac or
transact other business will be,pronilptly
att..nsled td ori appllcatien to .ray of the
above oRI'ers addressed to their reopen
:tee post offices. Losses Memrteoby the
Director wan 11105 t the scene.
TIME TABLE
Trains'will arrive at and depart from
Glinted as follows:
Buffalo ,and Goderich 015.
Going East, depart 6.58 a.m.
• „ u " 2.55 p.m.
Going West, depart 11.55 a.m.
r, " "
10.09 p.m.!
London, Huron & Unice
Going South, depart 7.38 a.m.
u " tt 3.53 P.m,
Going North, depart 6.27 pan.
s " ar; 11.50, dp. 11.58 a.m.
HONK! HONK!
Driver -"I wasn't' going forty Miles
anhour, nor thirty, nor even trent~.'
Judge 'Here, steady now, or you'll
bo backing into something!"-
Ram—mer—Jammer.
•
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Try this Recipe
1 cep scalded fellk
2 tablespoons butter
1 tablespoon sugar
OUSE ROLLS -
1 saltspoon salt
Royal Yeast Cake
' dissolved in
cup lukewarm water
To the scalded milk add the butter, sugar and
salt. Allow it to cool until lukewarm and.then
add dissolvedyeast and 1 Mcups flour. Stir well
and let stand in moderately warm place over-
night. In the morning, add enough flour to
knead, and Id rise until about double in bulk,
then roll out inch thick, Cut with biscuit
cutter and brush each piece with melted butter,
crease through the center and fold over. Let rise
again until double in bulk and bake for about 25
minutes in moderate oven. Above is sufficient
for about ten rolls.
If you bake at home, write to Standard.
Brands Limited, Fraser Ave. & Liberty St.,
Toronto, for the free Royal Yeast Bake Book. '
It contains tested' recipes for Lemon Buns,
French Tea Ring, Dinner Rolls and many other
delightful varieties of bread.
Om• no v res 000ktet. g los
Road to Bettor Health' sus oy
many Pleasant•. ways io cake R hew
Yeast Cakes and describes ro_ e
this s)mPlo Practiw will. imP
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Kipling. and Kitchener
111 an old bundle Of 'papers unearth-
ed lty General C. Vit. Ballard -author
01 an extremely well done "Life" of
Kitchener, the soldier - he came
across a Letter •which he (Ballard)
had written home when a echoolboy
at -Westward Ho, describing a school
"rag." One sentence ran:
"'Gigged•' Kipling 13 a fellow • who
thinks a good deal of himself be-
cause he is in the 1"ifth' Form and
sub -editor of the School" Chronicle."
It is amusing to remember (chuck-
les the general) that we called him
(Rudyard Kipling) "Gigger" because
he was the only boy out of 200 who
wore spectacles.
ROYAL Yeast Cakes
make alI breads taste yeast is used in home baking.
better, look better and keep
better. For over 50 years they
have been the accepted stan-
dard of quality wherever dry
"Buy Made -in -Canada Goods"
Keep a supply handy. Each
cake is sealed in waxed paper.
They will keep for months.
• ',Settees.,
tine 'Bloody '131W -because of its
terrible condition, ea wishwelled mass
of blood and feathers," when rescued
by the great soldier on the field of
battle, during the Boer War.
- After it had recovered from its in-
juries, the starling became a promi-
nent member of the headquarters
mess, with Maxwell in _charge of its
welfare on 'order from Kitchener.
Often Maxwell would get up from
table during dinner and say:
"Excuse, me while I see whether
the Bloody Bird •has had its dinner;
if the beast can be kept alive I have
been promised a C.B. (a decoration)
-and I shall deserve it."
Following o'ne of the last big drives
of the Boer War which necessitated
Kitcllener's absence from his aead-
quarters, a telegram was brought. to
him at UM .moss where he was din-
ing. He read it in silence and passed
it sound the table. Everybody ex-
pected
xpeeted to read momentous news. This
was the message: '
"Your Bloody Bird 111. Staff In
tears. Return at once.
'MAXWELL."
* * >M
Another of General Ba11'ardes
schoolmates at Westward Ifo was
Frank Maxwell, who also becamea
noted soldier -planing the Victoria
Cross in the Boer War and the inti-
mate friendship of Kitchener (e rare
honor, indeed) whose A. D. C. he was
for a time. And thereby hangs this
tale:
Kitchener, olio was very fond of
birds, bad a pet starling known as
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