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Home My WebLink AboutThe Clinton News Record, 1925-06-11, Page 6ete NOF times Oliv.,r Cutrvvezd .A LOVE tr:Pif;,' Or THE FAR ki00.1 - shoo ' trail had- joined their 'own• arid Baree, the wolf -dog; attracted from 'the odtiir, oj Pierrot, the trapper, by. the ,eall of t/ o1jc, and the young sho-wotf who was en the same quest, at, length svortook tits pack. A .gnay qoalf advanced to lVa- heuton anda snarled at him. Barse. 'uteught to protect her, '..clierezipan horde of the beasts attaeleid Item and he bandy escaped with ,ItiaZtfe. .8441y. niouaded, anddazed, because he hod been cost out by own letud--Ite was half-wolf—he fled and again wander- ' ed. alone through Am ivoodS. CHAPTER ire did not hear, a few minutes later, the howling a the disappointed wolfe-horde on the alter side of the •, 1,1,MT, and he no longer sensed the existence of moon or stars. Half dead, im dragged liimself on until by chance he caine to is clump of dwarf spruce. WAS imaging toward, the cabin. For half a minute Pierrot was silent' and ....icarcey moved a rnustile as he stared. - The trail came straight, out of the north—sand off there was Lac Bain. Also they „were the marks of large snowshoes, and the stride indicated was" that of a tall man. Before Pier - rot had ipoken Nepeese had guessed "M'sieu the Factor frOM Lae/Sale!" PMrrot, deep in his own sombre thoughts, scarcely heard the strange laugh that came suddenly from her lips. Nepeese ,was listening to the growl that was again in Baree's throat. It was a low but terrible sound. When haLf m mile from the cabin, she unsiung the panniers from his shoulders and- carried them her- self, Ten minutes later they, saw a man advancing to meet them. t Intothis he struggled, and then drop- It was not 'alcTaggart, Pierrot Ped exhausted. • recognized him, and with an audible All that night and until noon the breath of relief waved his hand. It next day Berta lay- with.out moving. The fever burned in his blood; it flamed high end swift toward death; then it ebbed slowly, and life con- quered. At noon he came forth.," He Was weak, and he wobbled on his legs. His hind lee still dragged, and he was racked 'with pain.' • • A red ferocity grew in )3aree's eyes as he snarled in the direetioe of last night's fight wititathe wolves. They were no • longer of.. hie blood. Never again could the hunt -call lure hen or the voice of the pack souse the old longing. - In him there was a thing new-born, an undying hatred for the wolf, a hatred that -wee to. grow in Min until it' became likee-A dieease in his vitals, a thing ever present and • insistent, demanding vengeance on their Rind. • — CHAPTER xix. At the cabin on the Gray Loon, on the fourth night of l3arees absetice, Pierrot was smoking his pipe 'after a • great supper of carieou tenderloin he had brought in from the trail, and Nepeese Was listening to his tale of the remarkable shot he had made, when a sound at the door interrupted them. Nepeese opened it, and Baree came in. The cry of welcome that was on the girl's lips died there in- stantly, and Pierrot stated as if he could note quite believe this creature that had returned -wag the evolf-dog. Three daYs„ and nights of hunger in which he &mild not hunt because of the leg -that dragged had' put on him the marks of starvation, - Battle - scarfed and covered with -dried bleeds clots that still: clung tenaciousItt to his long hair, he. was a sight' that drew at last a long breath from Ne- peese. A queer smile yak growing in Pierrot's face as -he leaned forward •in his chair; and then slowly rising to his feet, and looking closer, he said to gepeese: "Ventre Saint Geis! Oui, he has been to the. peck, Nepeese, and the pack turned on him. It was not a two -wolf fight—non! It was the pack. •- Be is cut and torn in fifty places. And —mon Dieu, he is alive!•" Xis Piereot's voice there was grow- • ing wonder and amazement. Ile was • incredulous, and yet he colild not dis- believe what hie eyes told him. What . had happened Was nothing short of a • miracle, and for a titne he uttered not a word more but remained staring in silence while Neaetise tvoke trom iser • astonistuitent to give Baree doctoring a' and food, After he hod eaten rav- enously of cold boiled mesh she began •bathing his wounds in swarm water, and after that the soothed them 'with - bear -grease, talking to him all the time in her telt ()rte. In a week or two the heavier snows came, and Pierrot began making his trips ever the trap -lines. Nepeese had entered into, a thrilling bargain with him this winter. Pierrot had taken 'her into partnership. Every fifth trap, every fifth deadfall, and every fifth poison -bait was to be her own, and what they caught or killed svas to bring a bit nearer to realiza- tion a wonderful dream that was growing in the Pierrot had promised. If they had great luck that winter, they woulel go down -to- gether on the last snows to Nelson House and buy the little Old organ • ,th•at was or sale there; and if the Organ was gold, they would Work ap- other whiter, and get a netv one. - This plan gave Nepeese an enthusi- aetie and tireless interest in the trap - line. OWith Pierrot it was more or less a' fine bit of strategY. He would ' have sold' his hand to give Nepeese the organ; he was determined that •she should hive it, whether the fifth • traps and the fifth cleadfalls and the fifth poison -baits caught the fur or • not. The paethership meant nothing Co• far at that was concerned'. But in anotner way it meant to Nepeese a busihess, interest, the thrill of per- • sonal achievement. Pierrot impress- -- ed mithet that it made a comrade and co-worker of her on the trail. That . Was his scheme: to keep her with him , when be was away from the cabin. He knew that Bush MeTaggart Would come again to the Gray Loon, prob- ably more than once doting the win- ter. Ile heel swift dogs, and it was a a obeli journey. And when IVIcTeggart • crane, Nepeese must not he at the eabin—alene, • Pierrot's trap -line swung into the north and, west, covering in all a /nat- • ter of fifty 'miles, with an average of two traps, one deadfall, and -a peisone bait to each iile. It was a twisting - line blazed along stre.ams for mink, • otter, and marten, piercing the deep- est forests for &eller-canned lynx, and • crossing lakes and storm -swept steips • • ' of barrens where poisonObaits could be set for fax and wolf. Halfway over this line Pierrot had built a small log , • cabin „ and at the end of it another, so that a. day's 'work meant twenty - live miles. This vvae easy -for Pietrot, _and not hard on Nepecse efter the first few dap. --Alithrough dctober and Noveinber ' they Made the trips regularly, making the round every six .drais, which gave • ' ne flag of rest at the cabin on the ray Leen arid another day in the eAble at the end of the trail. To Pier- - eat the winter's work was busies, the labor of his people Ica Many gen- eretions back; fo Notices() and. Baree it- was aewild and joyous adventure • • that Matter for it day grew tiresome. 'ffen,Pietrot eould eat quite iinmunize • bitizzolf against their enthusiasm. It Wee infectious, end he was happier • thap he had beet -Jaime his sun had set • that evening the princess mother, died, ' Oise afternoon early in December, , es they were returning- to the Gray 'Loon, Pieteot 'stopped •suddenly a - dozen paces ahead a Nepeese end tared at the .sdow. A. straege snow - was DeBar, who trapped in the Bar- ren Country north of 'sae Bain. Wier - rot kith*. him well,, Thehad , ex- changed fox -poison. They were friends, and "there was pleasure in the grip of their hands. DeBar stared then at Nepeesm. Helier lost no' time in explaining his mission, and before they Weeched the cabin Piers -at and,Nepeese Itneve why he had some. M'sieu, the Factor at Lac Bain, was leaving on -a journey In five days, and he had sent DeBar e special messenger to request Pierrot to come up to assist the cleri and theshalfbreed-storekeeper in his absence. Pierrot made no comment at first. But he was thinking. Why had Bush McTaggart sent for...him? -Why had he not chocen some one nearer? Not until a fire was crackling in the sheet -iron stove in the cabin, and Ne - pease was busily engagefisetting sup- per, did he voice these questions to the fox-hunter. • DeBar shrugged his shoulders. "He asked Ene, at first, if I -could stay. But I have a wife with a bad lung, sPierrot It was caught by frost last winter, and -I dare not leave her long' alone. He has -great faith in you Besides, you know all the trappers on the Company's books at Lac Bain. So he sent for 'you, and begs you not to Weary about your fur -lines, as he will pay you double what you would. catch in the time you are at the Post." "And--Nepeese?" said Pierrot. "M'siett expects Ene to bring her?" From the stove the Willow bent het imad to listen, and her heart leaped free again. at DeBar' a answer. "He said nothing about that. But surely—it will be a great change for m'selle." -- Pierrot nodded. "Possibly, Netootam." When DeBar Was about to leave the next morning, Pierrot "Tell arsieu thet I will leave for Lac Bain the day afret to-morroW-." After DeBar had gone, he said to Nepeese: "And you shall remain- here, ma cherie. I will not take you to Lae Bain. I have had a dream that M'sieu will not go .on a journey, but that he has lied, and that he will be sick when arrive at this inst. And yet, if it should happen that you tare to go—" Nepeese straightened suddenly, like a reed that has been caught by the "Non!" she cried, so fiercely that Pierre*. 3asighed, arid rubbed his halide, So it happened that on the eccoed day after the fox-leunterae visit Pier, rot left for Lac )3ain, with Nepeese le the door waving him good-bye until im was out of sight, e • On the morning f this same daY Bush ticleaggart rose from his bed while it was still dark. -The time had come. He had hesitated at murder--• at the killing of Pierrot; and in his hesitation he had found a• better way. There could beet° escape•for Nepeese. He- ate his breakfast before dawn, and was oe the trail betore it was yet light. Purposely he, struck due east, so that in coming up front ,the eolith and west Pierrot would not strike his sledge tracks. For he bad made up his Mind now that Pierrot must never 'Mow and must never have a euspi- cion, even though it east him so meny more miles to travel, that he Would riot reach the Gray Looh until the tecond day. ' It was better to be a day late, after all, as it 'Wet aossible that somethin% might have delayed Pier - There was vast amorant of brutal satisfaction to McTaggart in antici- pating what was about to happen, and ho revelled in it to the full. There was noWliance foe disappointment. He was positive that Nepeese *Mild net accompany her fathee to Lae Bain. She would be at the oabin on the Gray Loon—alone. This- aloneriese was to • Nepeese burdened with no thoueht of danger. There were times, now, when the thought of being aloe ..was, pleasant to her, when sl* wanted to drearn -by herself, when she visioned things into the mysteries of which ehe would not admit even Pierrot. She was growing. into womanhood—tit the sweet, clos- ed bud of womanhood as yet—still is girl with the sat velvet of girlhood M her eyes, Yet -with the mystery of woman stirring gentle in her soul, as if the Great Hand were hesitating between awakening her' and letting her sleep it little longer. „At- these times, when the opportunity came to steal, hours b,y bereelf, she would put on the reel dress and do up het wore: derful hair as she saw it in the pic- tures of the magazines Pierrot had sent up twice a year from Welton House. On the second aay of Pierrot's ab- sence' Nepeese dressed herself: like thie, but -to -day she let hee -hair as- cii& • in • a shilling glory about her, and about her forehead bound a -circ- let of led ribbon. She Was not yet done. To -day she had 'marvellous de- signs. On the wall close to her mir- ror she -had tacked a large page from a wOman's magazine, and on this page was a lovely vision -of amts. Fifteen hundred miles north of •the sunny California studio inwhich the plaint had been taken, Nepeese, with pouted red lips and -pecketeci- foreimad, was fighting to master the mystery of the gii•le •curls! , She wee loOking into her mirror, her lace 'flintiest and her eyes aglow in the excitement of the struggle to fashion ono of the coveted ringlets from a tress that aell away belo-vv her hips, when the door openecl hew end Bush MoTaggart walked in. rot. So e made no eftort to travel • CHAPTER XX. The Willo-tv's back was toivard the dooe when' the Vector from Lite Bain aoe. ieV,taitIte thr otereaseapeetta ""saerefefeefroo .1,-..etetatateaostita,),-.Seeas.aaktie.i.a,a'„1,taae eletiletateetetagegee- ateigeaolesesai „Wel Visitors to Montreal Mid the fatuous old church of Bonitecenrs one ,pf the interesting laricimarlcs. The church is dedicated to all seafarers. entered the cabie, and for a few sec- onds she did nof, turn. Her first thought was of Plerrot--for some lea- s= he had retaliated. But even as this thought came to her, she heard in Baree's throat a enari that brought her suddenly to her feet, facing the laleTaggert had eot entered unpre- pared. He had left his pack, his gun, and, his heavy. coat outside. He wae standing with his back against the door—and at Nepeese—an her weeder- ful dress and flowing hair --he was staring as if stunned for a space at what -he saw. "-Fate, or accident, was playing against the Willow now. It was not a long irierval in which their eyes met in that terrible eilence —terrible,to the- girl. Word e were un- necessary. At last she understood -- understood what her peril had been that day at the edge ot the chasm and in the forest, when feeelessly she- had played with the menace that was con- fronting her now. - A breath that was like a sob brolte from her lips. " "M'sien!" she tried to CAy. But it was only a gasp—an effort, She steno - ed choking. • • Plainly she heard the click Of the iron bolt as it locked the door. Mc- Taggart advanced a ste , Only a single step MdTaggart ad- vanced. .0n. the floor Baree had re - roamed like a -carven thipg. He had not moved. He had not rnade a sound hut that one warnina- snarl—until MeTiaggart took the step. • And then, like a 'flash, be was up arid in front of Nepeepe, every hair of his body on end; and at the fury in his growl Me - Taggart lunged back against the Mira red door. A. weed froEn Nepeese in that moment, and it would hexe been over, But An instant was lest—an in- stant before hee ery came. In that moment man's bend and brain week - ed together swifter than brute under- standing; and as Baree launched him- self at the Factor's throat, there came a flash and a deafening explosion i- amb in the Willow's eyes.. It was a chance shot, a shot from the hip with 1VIcTaggert's automatic. Baree fell short. He atruek the floor tvith a thud and rolled against the log wall, Theee was not a kick or a quiver left in his body. McTaggart laughed- teevously as he shoved hie pistol back nt its holster. Ile kneW *zit only a brain shot could have done that. - 'With her back against the farther wall, Nepeese was waiting-. tleTag- gart could hecir her panting breath, Ife advanced halfway to her. "Nepeese, I have come to 'flake you my wife," he said. • She did not answer. He could see that her breath wat tholcitig her. She raised her hand to her throat. He took two more steps, mid stopped.. He had never seen auch eyes. "I have aerie to make You MY wife) Nepeese. To -morrow you will go- on to Nelson House with me, and then back to Lac Bain—forever." Ile added the last word as an afterthought. "Forever," he repeated. He dill not mince words. His cour- ag'e and his dethemination rose as he saw' her body droop it little against the wall. She vstis powerless. There was no esea.pe. Pierrot was gone. Baree wag deed. Ile had thought that no living crea- ture could move as ewiftly as the Willow -when his arms reached out for her. ' She made no sound as -she dart- ed under one of his outstretched arms. He made a. lunge, a' brutal grab, and his lingers caught a bit of her hair. He heard -the snap of it as she tore herself free and flew to the door. She had thrown back the bolt when he calight her ind his ante dosed about her. He dragged her back, and now she cried out—emed out le despair for Pieyrot, for Baree, for some miracle of God that might save her. • (To be continued.) • Warships- in Olden. Times. Although a warseep of to -lay is use- less 'without her guns: artillery was not always. ueed on board e,hip. It first appears to have been made use of about, 1100 B.C., in a battle between the Phoenicians and Iberians, ,the termer winning, and occupying or as it was then known, Oades... The lberiane, -from the North of, Spain, be- lieved that theirenemy had lions bit board sviiich belebed total flee. The artillery consistedof long cOPPor tithes: out of which" a sort of Greek fire -wee disohargede The nett cannot ever -cast in England appears ,to have been Matte In 1540, by Italpli Roggo, The house In werieh he livedIt a'tifl - 111, exiateace, in Ruxtee, Sussex., ' Siam An'Retly Exporter.' , -More, teau 1200,years before Collins - bus diticovered America, a part of aim territory now embraced te the kings dons of Siam was- expertiai duets to the countries of. the Mecliter- The Smallest Dictionary. • The smallest dictionarylin the world is carried in a locket anclecontalas nearly 15,000 definitions. It ft ono and ono -eighth inchee long, three-quar- ters of alt' inch wide, 0.a three-81xa teenths ef an inch thick. , . World's Automobile BIM alio moral spent 21,360,000,000 lot' new motot vehicles, le 1924. -On Sane- ary not ties yeer theye were'in opal'a. bisin in ali countries: :13,615,000 .easssee- ger cars, 2,892,000 trucks and)1,262,000 'Peet.thar Pennies. ,sleet people book upon English King IV. pennies, which are still seen oc- caseonally, as the most cumbersome coins ever minted; But those are put completely in the shade by some of the olcl Svvedish pieces. One coin dated 1730 consists or's. ,sleb of copper ten inches square and weigeing six and a half pounds. When in Circulation its value was about six- teen, settlings: ' But even this coin does not eold the record for- size. - In the museum, at Paiute,- in Swedere. there is a copper coin of 1644 welch measures tweety• five inches by thirteen and weighs over forty pounds: . Perhaps tee most celebrated family heitioom in the world is the Lee pen- ny, which lute /Men in the possession the Lookharts et Lee in Lanakshire, Scotland, since the Crusades. • It is a silver coin, and at one time foresee a part of the ransom peid for a Setacen chief. Its velue mainly depends on the fact that it is suPPosed to be capable of ottrink any aliment, and for thispur- pities it was !Mae in the year 1665 by -a plague -stricken town „in exchange !or securities valued at S125,006. , - Probably the smallest gold coin. In the world is that recentlyerainted at Geneva, for the use of the 'League of Nations: Thougit called a fraucnit hes nothing -In common with the familiar. French coin, being worth only two cents in Canadian mbney. It is ec- tegonaLie shape, and et one side are engraved the initiels "S. D. N."— Societte des Natiobe. So tiny Is the coin, however, that the letters can be read only by the aid of a powerful magnifying glass, while ite weiglit is less than that of an oe- dinary postage stamp. This peculiar coin Ise not intended for general circulation, but repre- sents the unit of universal value. •Its actual weight ie gleen official& us .03225806 a -ft -gramme. Telephones That gave j..ives. Hundreds of inventors have applied' thole brains to the question of finding a certain means of detecting firedaMP, the cause of etch a large Proportiott of mine disasters. So ear me ceMplete- ly reliable method Ime been found; beet it is believed that a development of the lateet idea will solve tin prolilein. This idea consists in the use of it pair ot telephones of a deltente kind, One of which ts placed hn th-e upper galleries where the air is known to be pure, while the ether is, fixed in the fewer workings. Wires from each lead to a central instrument. Besides each of the telephones Is a pitch -pipe into -which a current of air is blowa by a fan. The two pipes are tuned to giVe exactly the seine anus's cal note. So long as all is well oialy pne note is received and given out lit the cen- tral telephone; but directly feeder)* occurs -the air supplied by tee fan to the pipe in the lower workinge, be- comes changed in quality and tinit al- tars the.nate very slightly. ' That of the upper pipe, ot course, re- mains uticluaiged, and the result Is - bit iusteati of it single clear note the metal instrument mite a 'discordant nefee -which inunediately attiaCts the attention of the man in charge, warn- ing 111M that there is firedamp iii the lower galleries. „ Plain, at Ahy Rate. A Chinese taxicab driver sent in the folloysing bill for trips made: Ten goes, Ten conies, At .60 a went; $5.00. Let me do inY \refs: day to daY ()Ian efldr ves In neld'or .forest. at -the ,dosk Monk, seaaaoerewessatiesteesa___Seet age_w_e--eeeeeseeme-.-•--seera-,---e In rearing market -place, Or tranquil . i4°tip ted, in Let mu hut find it iu my heart, to ray, Wheu vagrant wisher, beckon ' ahis is any work,' my -blessing, not my : Ofeali who live, I ant the one by whole This work can heat be done in my owd Then shall I see lt not too groat nor' - To suit my, spirit, and to prove nlY ewechealedazr=.tight AttivoinUnraitra. 'P°'"Yer's;" .'Tzahp'Sainril.cifk!re.697tZLilflpacvm/cc-e' 417.' .fi'll'r:14."Sti41411.,an4i.Da.mA'3-: - Then shalt cueerfully -greet the la - And cheerful turn; • shadows tall At evrticle, to piny, and love, and Because I Lknow for ,111,3 My' wOrk Is 'Van Dyke. Many'Women Raise Pigs in Britain With 851.1.ae.se... eat fent sight pig -keeping for women Woultrnot appear to be a very suitable occupation. It is commonly regarded as an uecleat occupation, fit onlY air theist who do notatind wading through inches of mud and .getting splashed from head to foot -with tee -contents of the swilhtub, says "East Sussex", in 'TlhiciadLeonindopn-ia_DkaeielpyinMgc,illh.'0'iev-er, very -different matter. The old ety- system has been superseded by what is known as the open-air method, un- der which the pigs are penned:in the open and 'cons tantie moved on to- fresa ground. They steep in -movable houses with covered floors, which they seem to take a pride in keeping -clean, • Enclosureof half an acre upward.% ciacarding to tae number and the size et 'the 'pigs to be kept In them, are Mettle en- pasture or in the woods, so that the pig is alloweesto lead its na- tural life and thrives, all the better in consequence . Arable crops, in. wlirch 11e pigs areleided just like sheep, are also grown, on every uprto-da.te Pig - farm, and this system, in elew of tile great saving it effects in feeding coats and the reduction of labor, le aertain to be extended as time goes. on. On :ce t. uc h food a:th marrow stem kale Pigs will grow 'and rive, merely needing a few weeks' feeding on meals in addi- tion to rilake; them reatly for the' mar - Some of the'enost famous pedigree herds in England belong to wimsen, arid -among them Eire' many successful exhibitera who -carry off several of the -coveted, hamar-at the Principal shows. Such women, baying made a narae for Melt herds, one now able to sell their -selected breeding stock "at just as good prices, as their men competitora who eave been Melia .business much long - In pedigree pig -breeding, as in all other branches ,of farmiug, it is brains which aountaand the woman wee, has this qualificatioriand takes a direct intereet in the work lute just as geocl „chances 04 euccess as ally man. : Water Power Wondea,--• Under the streets of /Amapa there are over one hundred and eighty mtlee of pipert devoted solely to the carrying ot ,water -for Working artesian •wells, great cranes end lifts, pumps, and giant peones. .• . A map, just issued by tbe cOmPany responsibre for the dietribution of hy- draulic Power ,yev.eals, the.striking fact that, apart frees the gas maim, electric light cables, and ordinary Water' pipes, there is under Lendoe it vast network of pipes front will& is derived the energy necessary for driving some oe the mightiest machinery in the king - (loam Nearly all the large lifts. ate worked by this means, while the huge eranee at the docks get their power from the same source, There Is hardly a street that is -without ite eydrainic main, The watei is drlepri through pipes at the tremendeue pressure et 750 lbs. to the amain Inele During the past year 25,000,000 gallone of water were used every week for this. purpose. This figure compares strikingly with the mere 6,000,000 gallons, needed thirty years ago, ' The First Christians. - - n I 'reported froni alriviin in .A2,- Menias that during excayEttion work on the slopes of alountArarat, where the Ark capae to reit atter the Flood, a lifesize -statue of tee heed of an Ar- menia» king was diacovered 'bearing a tiry data, The'earrthigs on the head bear the sign of 'the cnsse, itt eeidence of the , Armenians' claim that they were the first nationtth einOrace cariettanity. The statue 1,s or ex lane -sandstone, with a crown Of Motivate design. The authorities have ordered, the excavg,,, tien work to be continued In the hope coediscovering other important articles. itysyys, . Striking photograph of Hiram Is. Maxim, noted inventor and son oil the mechanical genbas WIsO Oonceive'd the maxiin machino gun., 'Iuyentive aboundo In the family, for- an, uncle Was the one to concoct smokeless powdt. • . MY STRANGE TENANTS ley 3. B. Marshals. ' Early last spring f built it very nea ttle,leotiage,, some distil/lab' from th road, and hoped that a good tenon would apaear and, Tent it, It wa f'ame, of course, twceetories eiga alt ainted en white „and green. Thee, was a lattice -porch in front, an what paeticularly pleasedane, eight burnished Weather vane, that the leas breath of wind sent flying around in dizzy way. It was' some time befor any on.e took -notice of ales invites home, and I began to te.ar. that 1 ha not been wise in bulking. Teem for -a few days, the cottage a traded considerable attention, and t paps it was to discover one or mor strangers standing near in undoubte admiration. s This plensett me; bet, on seeing one old tellow sitting upon the fence.who was Ithown not to be a please/Et neigh_ bor, I almost wished. the bottage had never been built, alit when he called something saucy after me I decided that he shouldn't be -my tenant on any •account. ' - I am Buie -new if he htd not been seen eyeing my cottage so Much that I shauld have secured a tenant with- • out trouble, but others preferred to take cottages, elsewhere rather than cross hinm because of his lieweputa- tion. -But it wail still meaner that he did, net really want the cottage,, I afterward lea -snake -it being altogether too smallgor his family. ' Half that spring. was gone, and still ncetenant appearee; but one morning I thought I noticed some one on the porch, and, on going nearer, was sue. prised. to -see a gentleman standing there. He did not appear in the least abathed when he saw. Met MISt Oyed me as if to say:- . . naiget you wish with Me, sir?" • • • Directly he .was joieed by it lady, who etterwards proved to be hie wife, and they both looked at Inc es thoug t th rueey lornegna:r thmelYr pprrievsaecnY7 " an itt This "beetivior so astonished me.tha before I had a Mind to seek they both quicker entered the cottage and.Paese out of sigh . In time I was Much More aleese with the• appe.arance of this coUld them, with their independent 'way o taking possession of My propertY 'alley seemed to be quiet, inoffensive and icept house 'with utmotst neatnes as tar as could- be seen. I made some inctuiries, of my ola neighbOrs, but no. ohe apteared to have the elightest knowledge of them. No one beeseen them moving no one knew whence they came, The via lege ttorekeepers were tot richer ty having 'old tliem penny's worth of either provisions or apperel, even after they had been a month or mar among us. Neither did' they ever re ceive as much as, a single letter -or paper termigh our postoilice. Apparently- the gentleman had no hilliness. He apent a large part et his time wandering about the Jidda and woods, gemstone/1y- aecompanied by his wife, But however they did live Several, weeks after, toward. evening, I heard the sweetest voC/11 music in my front' yard, and not, CliS- covereCi na, stra.nge tonants and their , children, giving Inc a concent. was deiightede with their voices. but, on going oirt:to offer them some reirezhinents, they scampered oif to- • ward the cobbage, - t I hoped to enjoy much more of their • mus'Icewbut the next morning aA.unt Mary, unfeelingly said: 4. "You won't beaatoubled any longer a_ with those beetle; they all flew away. o ,141,1 i I ' d, ....s 11101171.11g.' a (.1 t - e 1 . .SMART SUMMER GOWN. _Thi very smart gown has many posinbilittee, It has all tbe therm that the miss min' wish for. The straight- line so in vogue is held in at the waist h by a earrow belt or by tiny tucks at She low waist -line. .A. fullness is added to the upper front by the slash.' t es that appear itt each side The very youthlul bateau 'neck is used for the • nuittern, No. 1098, is cat for high -neck and convertib/e collar. The jabot wbich d is one of fashion's latest fancies, is it O cireular piece of material nine 'mhos f wide and cut the length of the, dress. • The edges are picoted and tacked to • tho centre -front at intervals from the • bateau neck to the hem-liee., A figur- ed flat crepe with plain georgette will develop title simple frock that is cut in sizes 16, 18 ahd 20 years: Size 18 years requires 3 yards of 86 -inch ma- terial. Price 20e, HOW TO OROEI1 PATTERNS. 'Write your name mid address plain- ly, giving, number and size of sucb patterns as you went. Enclose 20e in e o stamps or eoln (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number, and addrees your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 18 West Ade- laide St., Toronto. Pcitterns sent by return mail. a Where Flying is Cheap. _ Possibly there is no other place in the world where airship flying M so cheap aa it Is in Trieste, Italy. On Mir- days, Mad most days are fair in Trieste, that portion of the port around the, Big Mole, or 'gigantic pier which is the great promenade of Trieste, is filled with airehips which arrive and leave every few minutes. In fact when customers are plentiful, these ainselps leave every two minutes. Tourists who have down fond ot nista are always, going up in these airships and when American patrons are not there the laughing Milne take Welt. rides: And no wouder. The Price for a ten-minute ride is a trifle under two dollars. Thio gives the pas- senger 'a ride all atound the hilly city, a trip over the famous Cattella Mira, mare, clown to the strange battlefields and back eves- the wenderail shimillig lumber whit% has Already grown ao much that it- la thinking, tif rivaling most of the more famous porta. Por'ten dollars two persons may be 'taken sixty miles away to the famous 'resort of Abazzia or to some other noted plaee. Xis -other -countries ship trips, Are about live tim.ee as much, so it is no wonder vieitors at Trieste 'think nothing of flying high. they were always plump of body, &SIMI ingly happy mut well clothed. Early one morning, on going down to the bottom of my garden to look af- ter some late cherries that had been disappeaving in an unaccountable way, I was indignant to fiad my unknown tenant sitting upon the fence under the tree. He wee eating my trait frian a low branch, and with great apparent enjoyment. At once X began to stole hen roundly. for malting so free with my cherries— late, cherries, too; but be only gave me, a saucy stare, and theti went on eating his butch of fruit without pay. leg the slightest attention to me. Finishing _them, 'he gave me a wink and went,off toward the cottage, whist- ling in the most mocking manner. • It was provoking to have oues cot- tage taken posseeston of without as much as "With your leave"; but to have those very pequo.tters come to my garden and impudently feast UpOn 150-30 choice frult Was certainly adding in- sult to injury. After dinner, Aunt Mary reported that "that fellow," as she called my tenant, bad been helping himself to the strawberries. - My strawberries! . This was altogether too emelt to bear quietly, and at onee Witut on Eny hat and went down to the cottage, . On drawing neat' 1 notice& that there was eeneiderable commotion on the perch, -caused by the wife bringing out a couple of her littte children', though I never knew before that they Tee children, who seemed to be twine; were just able 'to stand, and 'winked their tiny Gyms in the warm sunshine ae tho father fed them with S01110 bits of strawberries—mine, no The young couple nodded their heads at Inc with cool ease and cheerfulnese, and called upon Inc to admire those wondmful children just as if we 'had always been the beet of frioncle. -• They made me laiigh in spite of MIY" self—I eotilifrilt stay angry „a monien t— end, befOre returning to the house I actually invited them to belp them- seivea to my berries. , "It's a fact; but then it :must hays been the children that caused ines te rgive their father. • Loss and Gain. ' What becomes, of what is loat by, these WOMCI1 NVII0 are elways reduc. ' • It's gained by the poor fellows who melte the yedueing nostrains, of, , Sure Enough, How? ' -What, is this ?" asked the little by, being taken' around the earden for the', first time. ' It is 'a hira beth," saisi his f.ather. ' But how da the birds know when its Satueclay emelt?" " _