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SYNOPSIS
•
Ben Fmirlong, a young, but practi-
cal oil man and chiller from the Penn-
sylvania field, drifted into the Texas
oil country, broke and looking for
work. Finally I. he :fetched tin at the
Durham home where live an elderly
aunt,. shortly Widowed by the explos-
ion of a powder wagon, and her niece,
pretty Betty Durham. Perhaps
because of his smile, Betty cooks
some food for Ben and while he eats
he Yearns the aunt, in town on busi-
ness, has an oil elan, Tiller Maddox,
sinking an oil well for her. . . AI
short 6 inch bolt worked loose, from
the rigging and is in the bottom of
the -well, Work has been suopendecl ,
for clays ae the crew "fish" for the;
bolt anis operating funds 'dwindle LL -!1
way, • , :Furlong offers to give a
hand but Maddox' objects. , Betty.
insists and overrules Maddox :s o
Furlong fashions :a tool which ,brings
tip the bolt. . Maddox •shows his
'dislike for the new hand, especially
because Ben and Betty are so friend-
ly. While the two are in town shop-
ping one evening, Maddox calls upon
the aunt, demanding she lmelp•his case
be no well
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"11' he diclu't tell ;Tiller something.
Something that retakes her scared of
him:T Sometimes slie acts like it's
only because of hint that she''5 nice
to me. . 'I don't 'know what I'd
do if she sent ate' away. I haven't got
a read cent., There isn't a living soul
I' could—"
Ben passed Ins arm around the
slim; girlish figure and drew it to
him.That'll be about, all for you!"
He kissed secs the cheek next to hisand
Let.;, hungrily pressed her :face clos-
er. "Good thing you aren't an heir-
ess—and pie with less than a hun-
dred dollars!"
"You behave. yourself, or you'll
wreck this car," the girl warned him.
Maddox carried out his intention.
He diseharged Furlong on Friday
night, expilaining that the well was
,down, and the next '-morning Ben
l broke the news to'lsis sweetheart. Bet-
ty was indignant. She was for ap-
pealing to. her aunt, but he refused
to permit her. He promised to let
Iver hear from hiin in a day or so,
1 Betty's face was flushed, her .'eyes
wore shining, when she entered the,
house after -he was gone. She was
,surprised to (incl• her aunt awaiting
''THE McIKILLOP MUTUAL
Lire Insurance Company
Head Office, Seaforth, Ont.
Officers:
President, Alex. Broadfoot, Sea-
1Porth; Vice -President, John E. Pep-
per, Brucefield; Secretary -Treasurer,
.ZV'I. A. Reid, Seaforth.
Directors:
Alex. Broadfoot, Brucefield; James
ooSholdiee, Walton; William Knox,
Londesboro; George Leonhardt, Dub-
lin; John E. Pepper, Brucefield;
James Connolly, Goderich; Thomas
Moylan, Seaforth; W. R. Archibald;
Seaforth; Alex. McEwing, Blyth.
List of Agents: W: J. Yeo, Clin-
don, R. R.' No. 3; James Watt, Blyth;
John E. Pepper, BrueefieEl, R. R.
No, 1; R. F. McKereher,. Dublin, R. R.
1' o. 1; Chas• F. Hewitt, Kincardine;
'R. G. Jarnmth, Bornholm, R. R. No. 1,
Any money to be paid may be paid
to the Royal Bank, Clinton; Bank of
Commerce, Seaforth, or at Calvin
Cutt's Grocery, Goderich.
Parties desiring to effect. insur-
mace or transact other business will
lie promptly attended to 60 applica
iiota to any of the above 'officers ad-
dressed to their respective post offi-
s. Losses inspected by the director
who lives nearest the scene.
TIME TABLE
rains will arrive at and depart from
Clinton as follows:
Buffalo and Goderich Diva'
oing East, depart 7.03 a.m.
oing East, depart 8.00 p.m
oing West, depart 12.02 p.m.
oing West, depart 10.08 p.m.,
Louden, Huron & Bruce
oing North, ar. 11.34. Ive 12.02 p.m.
oing South . 3.08 p.m.
with Betty, or there will her.
— �— '"tiller wine over the other night
when yon was in town," Mrs. Dur -
"Did you. drop that bolt in the
wed?" Mrs. Durham bleated, in cis harm began.
may. I "Did he?"
"I ain't sayin' I did or I didn't. But l "He talked a lot about you. Til-
remember, if this �vcli an't.a n•oduc-:ler's a fine man, dearie—
Wowed up, and 'it ain't a-
Betty broke out irritably: "Don't
or, you're'
agoin' to produce till there's _a Mrs., let's start that all over again."
Tiller
Maddox to see it and to get tier "Oh, your head's full of. Furlong, I
share! We bargaintkl that out long •• Suppose! But what's he 'got? Notlm-
ago. Yes, an' I ain't afraid `of you , nig. Not even a job. Now, Tiller
doing back on our deal, either. You
'wants to marry you and—you better
don't lost." do it." •
"I—I'll try* ag;ain." I "Yon know very well I'll do noth-
"You better do more'n try. I'll ing of the sort.
giveyou just one inose chance, If she "Maybe you won't and maybe you
don't come across, I want you to go will." Mrs. Durham's lips set them -
an, selves in lines of inflexibility. "If
visit your folks Saturday evenin, , an,l
leave her here. Understand?"you got a smitch of sense,you will.
For :n moment Mrs. Diu'han star-' D'you want to be poor all your life
ed at the speaker, then she said: or d'you want to be rich?"
""..'iller Maddox, you're a dirty dog!' "I tell you I won't! I won't!" de -
"Say, I've tools all the back talk I clarets the girl. "The big black, grea-
can stand for one day. You heard sy brute!"
are. You do like I tell you, an' you'
"Now don't fly off the handle till,
I
needn't to get back From your 'visit 'm through. I've been pretty good
(to you—"
till Monday."I "I've earned my keep ever since I 1
Not untilitB Ben amici 'Betty had finish- ,
acs their' shopping and were 00 their came. You d have 'paid ureic for a
hi' out ami the brusli like a quail. The
powder wagon came an'. he took it on
the run.
"Powder wagon? What's a
Wagon? 'powder
wagon doing there?" . Ben - inquired.
"Why, he aims to shoot' the well.
He got a periiut an' the stuff's on the
ground, ready for the men."
hots that well,"
'"He's crazy if 11c shoots
Furlong declared. "'What's he think-
ingb
ing� about?"
"So I told hint. `Leave her alone an"
she'll blow heseif in,' I says to ]rim.
She's couglmin' now, an' a bet as many
wells has been ruined by'.that stuff
as they is wells that's been made.
"I'nm going to see Mrs, Durham."
Ben rose, but the -other explained:
"She's gone away over' Sunday to
visit her kinfolks." : a
"Who's looking ,put•for Betty?"
"r dumso. Til:i.ee, I. reckon."
Furlong frowned. ..For a while he
listened inattentively to his compan-
ion, then he rose anis left the rink.
Conditions' all Aver the oil fields,
as he, well lnnew, were unsettled, anid
he did not relish. the thought of Bet-'
tty put there alone'in that farmhouse;
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'SCHOOLBOY BONERS
.om "The World's Best Jokes," by
Lewis Copeland
Bigotry' is having two. wives at
ne time,
The chief cause of divorce is mar
'rage.
The principal parts of 'the eye are
he mote and bean.
The hardships of the Puritans
ere what they cameover in.
The American government finally
ecided to put all the Indian's 'in -res -
emirs.
Romnan is the animal which pos
esses the greatest attachment foe.
an.
in order to keep milk from ttun-
g sour it should be left in the cow.
The single tax is a tax on bache-
ors.
TheIoratorium largest de-
an
is the
an liner:
The only article of clothing worn
yGhandi is the sirloin.
An omelet is a charm worn a-
•ouind the neck in India,
Fiction are books which are fixed
n the shelves and cannot be vemov-
way home did he tell her about the' hired girl than I cost."
trouble he hats had with Maddox thati. "Oh hush up and let me finish. We
'
morning. allus fight like this. Your Uncle Joe
"IIe let on he was fooling, bttt of cared a lot for you and—and I want'
course he'll fire me the first chance
he gets," Furlong predicted.
"Oh, Ben! Why did you do it?"
"We wave bound 'to tie into each
to respect his wishes. When that well
comes in thisfarm will be worth—I
don't know what• Anyhow, my '
heart's set onseeing you get a good
ether sooner or later. You can't blame home and have everything, How
me for not picking a time t o you like to live in a fine house in
;et fighting mach; it's as much as you Dallas?" •
can do to pick good footing." "What ails you? Are you losing
"Aunt Mary won't let Binns fire you•
She doesn't trust him any more than
I do."
"Say! What has he got on her?"
The girl slid not loop up from her
thriving. . She fetched a deep breath
as she said: I'I'ci clearly love to lanow.
There's something queer about it...
Uncle Joe was a sweet, easy-going
mail and she rodehim with a Spanish
bit. S he nevem would have let limo
Chicago is almost at the bottom of
ake Michigan.
Golcondas are boats on the canals
Venus.
A planet is a body of earth entire -
surrounded by sky.
-llhc
iter passed his arm around the slim
irlish figure and drew it to him..
your mind, Aunt Mary?"
"Anel you can have 'ens if you
marry Tiller. Marry . Furlong and
you'll spend your life over a cook
stove."
"How can Tiller give me
like that?"
"I'll give 'emu to you."
• After a ' moment Betty inquired,
curiously, "How much will you give ? ,
It was Mrs. Durham's time to hesi-
tate, her words came with an effort.
"I don't know—mebbe a quarter in-
terest."
n-
terest"
"Humph!" The exclamation was
one of scorn.
"There's gratitude for yon! Meb-
be if it's a real big well I'd do better.
You --you've got to do it, Betty!" the
willow cried in distraction. "If you
don't he'll ruin'; everything. He said
so. If that well don't cone in the
fare ain't worth"
"So. That's why you ate so gen-,
ei'ous. Now you listen to me. I
wouldn't marry Tiller Maddox, not
for all the oil in Texas, not if it was
to save your life,"
"Wait! Don't make up your mind
in a hurry. I—I'm going over to'
Cousin Anna's—"
* "When? What for?"
' "Right after dinner. You thins{ it
over while Nm gone, dearie. I feel
like you was nay own kin. I want to
clo right by you and—
"Rats!" said the girl.
The town lay hot and gasping un-
der the sun. There was no shade out
of doors, for nothing grew in the
streets, not even grass; its cinder
yards, its board walls and iron woofs
take me in, when my folks died, only 'radiated waves of heat like those
1 did all the work. But he sere loved from a stove.
me. _ When the oil excitement carne Late in the afternoon Ben ,Pur-
they rowed and fought for months. long entered the skating rink, paid
When ever he got an offer she claims his admission at the turnstile, and
ed he was trying, to give the farm a- went through. Here, at least, was
may and threatened"to go to law. I a place to sit down out of the sun.
told you about that. He stood it as Out of the whirling; throng upon
long as he could; then he - up and an- the floor shot afigure; it was Ben's
pounced that I'd been more of a friend, the engineer of the Maddox
daughter to him than she'd been a lig. IIe rolled up to the bench where
wife and he aimed- to give me most of Furlong sat and collapsed upon it.
his money anyhow, and then he made "Whew! It's hard" work havin' ' a
that lease with the Planet people. good time in this town," he panted.
That's how Maddox came, 1 thine "Landed a job yet?"
she'd have poisoned me, if she dared; '-'I've got some prospects lined up,
after what uncle said, When he was What's the matter? You fired, too?"
killed I supposed, of course, she'd "Naw! Maddox laid us off for the
throw me out, but she didn't. No use day, ,' Miz' Durham brought us in."
to do it, I suppose,inasmuch as he "Did Betty come with her?" Ben
hadn't left any writing. As a mat eagerly inquired.
ter of fact, she was better to me than The engineer shook his head; a
she'd ever been. That's what makes grin spread over his face. "Say! You
me wonder sonietitnes—" know how scared Tiller is of nitro -
"Wonder what?" '
things
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YOUR WORLD AND MINE.
by JOlIN C. KIRKWOOD
(Copyright)
women—is less than $1500 a• year. 1;
'■ met not long ago a university grad- •
d nate, He had been a school teacher
at a salary of $750 a year. Then he
was going to have his salary cut to
$500 a year. He quit school -teach
ing', ants today is driving a milk-
Wagon
rilk
wagon,in Toronto, and earning about
$25 a week. 1 -le would prefer to be
doing a kind of work more in accord
with his scholastic preparation, but
much initiative, yet I have to temem- $35 a week nowadays is greed pay.
bei that they were willing to start. Salesmen in drug stores get less
something' The, are not Molting for
Y g` ' ...than `F20: a week, and salesmen: in
job. The do n of 'ant'
a -wage-paidJ y mr w other classes of retail stores get from
to be leanert. They have the will $12 to $18 a week. Even the princi-
and the courage to "go on their. pals of most retail stores in Canada
own". But what can they do?. They earn not much more than from 3.125
ought to'engage- in some sort of en- to $200 a month,
i$
terplt.e .which- will: not require any The right thing for most unem-
capital iisvestment, and which' . will played persons to do is to get- a' job
give them back money -very quickly —any sort of job,'and.then from this
—for they will meed money regularly vantage point prepare themselves for
and immediately to pay. their living a better. job. The getting of a bet
costs. They do not impress me as ter job may require one to acquire
a•
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Let ane tell of two young amen who
came to me to talk over a project of
theirs, with a view to getting my op:
inion oli it: One had technical train-
ing in a factory, but he wants to do
work having More liveliness -in it than
a factory job. He is in his early
20(s. The other was for 8 years in a
clerical position.. Iie, too, wants work
of a different sort. Like the other,
his chum, he is in his early 20's. They
have a job at the present time—with
the same company, bat they see that
they are headed 'for the exit, and -so,
before being told that there is no
worse for them, they '` are trying to
and manner. They are not quick-
witted, They do not seem to have
start" something now. These two having sales ability. They would not more knowledge or skill or experi-
young• Hien want to be joined in impress strongly any man or Woman' once. One is ''not likely to be pro
whatever they do. Neither has had
much of a school education. They
have, so I believe, good characters
end a real willingness to work; but return to shut-in jobs of the routine
they do not know what to clo. sort. "We quit jobs of this sort,"
These two young Men came to ene they told me. "Now, when we are
with the idea of starting a newspa- free to choose ourclass of employ-
per—yet-mg fellows of 20 or so! Tliey
imagined that they could go into
some large town or small city, and
get enough .advertism to pay all
costs. Their newspaper they would,
distribute • free. One of the two
young Men can set type and can
operate a linotype Machine. Neither
man has a dollar of capital. They had
figured it up that they might be able
to produce their newspaper and pay
all costs, including a $15 a week
wage to each -of' themselves, for a-
bout $250 a month.
'Che next he knew Betty Dud am
was holding his stead in her lap.
•
0)1 whom they called to sell some-'lizoted. to ,or to obtain better employ -
thing, • ment and better pay apart from spe=
These young men clo not want to Mal reparation - 'also,apart, from
preparation 1
self -salesmanship. •
Counsel which I give to many
young people—and to many who are
not young—who cone to . pie to, talk
ment, we want to make a final choice over the matter of their employment,
—to go into a kind of business which is: .Think out some plan or projeet
will be prmanent", I like their spirit calculated to males•: some one richer,
and their point of view, but, frankly, and then take this plan or projeet to
I feel that they should go back into logical users of ,it, incl persuade them
wage -paid routine work—if they can to use your plan; This is my own
get it. way of fincling employrnent, and it is
If they were better educated, older, the way which Inas obtained many,
and with more force, I might suggest many persons theemployment desir-
that they become life insurance sales- ed and needed. Just asking, "Have
men; or seek a job behind the conn- you a vacancy?" is self-defeating,
ter; or become a conmiex'eial travel- Take money -making; ideas to those
ler. But, as I judge them, they are who can use .them, and you will find
not qualified for such work. They them attentive to you, and if your
will probably develop qualities which salesmanship of your project or idea
Will add to their forcefulness of man- and of yourself is good, you will get
ner ants make them "snappier" than employment at satisfactory pay.
they are now. I think • that • they .
could become, in time ,successful as
market gardeners, or poultry raisers; Men who till the soil are enviably
or hog: raisers. In other words, if situated. They do not need to fear
they nlacle nature their ally they imemploy merit. They may meet with
could hope to succeed. But I fear setbacks of various sorts,, but, if they
that they have a desire to dwell in he not immersed in debt, they can
urban communities. If they could hope confidently to conte through bad
become drivers of trucks or of breacl year's without grave anxiety. Al -
or milk wagons, then they could, ! ways, if they be wise and intelligent
but even more disturbing was the fact
that Maddox proposed to shoot the
Durham well. What, ailed the man? •
After some indecision Ben decided
to warn Betty :. It was none of his
business, to be sure, but a word from
her might induce the aunt to go slow-
ly and perhaps save the cost of the
well• It would be criminal to leave
her in ignorance of the risks she ram
He tried to hire a car to nun hini back
out to the farm, • but what few were
for hire were out and it was some
time before he could discover a truck
that was later going in that direction.
'It was considerably .after dark.
when Furlong left Opportunity; he
had to walk the last three miles, so it
was late bedtime when he finally ar-
rived at the Durham homestead.
• Evidently Betty, was asleep; at any
rate, the farmhouse windows were
dark and Ben wondered how he could
best awakens her without causing a-
larm. Visitors in the country at this
time of night were not cmnnmon. He
decided to call softly from outside her
window, so he closed the gate quietly
behind him and made his way around
the house.
He paused in surpise when he had
turned the corner of the building, for
the kitchen door was open: A moni-
entary-panic swept over him; then he
drew a breath of relief, for at that
moment he heard the g'irl's muffled
voice.
"Who's there?" she cried.
He opened _ his lips to speak reas-
suringly, but the sound died in his
throat,; for inside Betty's rooms he
heard a man's voice, then a stir, .a
movement. This was followed by a
crash, as if a shah had been over-
turned, then a screani,
Furlong uttered a shout;• Ire leaped'
forward. Some marrauder had en-
tered the house just ahead of him.
Incredible as it seemed, he hacl arriv
ed barely in time;
"Betty!" he yelled. "Betty!" He
made foo' the door beyond.
That throaty clamor from the girl's
room, meanwhile, continued. There
were hasty movements, the sounds of
a struggle,
Furlong had never been inside. the
front part of the house, but its plan
was simple and he was guided by
:those shrieks of terror. The door to
Betty's roots was closed, but it open-
' ed when he found the knob. Ile glinp-'
sed the chin square of a window op-
posite and silhouetted against it he,
saw the girl herself, then blackness
engulfed him.
The next he blew Betty Durham
was holding his' head in he lap and
splashing water' into his face, It
struck him as queer that the lamp
should be burning when only the frac
tion of an instant before all had been
darkness.
(Coneludecj next week)
I pointed out to them that they
would have to get from local adver-
tisers about $2 an inch for space,
whereas the established local news-
paper is willing to sell its space for
about 42 cents an inch—perhaps less;
andthat getting advertising from lo-
cal retailers even at 42 cents an inch
As hard enough. I made it clear to
them that they could not possibly
;peke their projected enterprise a possibly earn $25 or more a week. i farmers, or market gardeners, they
ery!can expect to advance, until the Very-
!
end of life. The same cannot be said
The problem of these young men of wage -paid and salary -paid work -
Is a coupon and a widespread prob- ers in towns and cities. The older
lens. Tens of thousands of young they grow, the more fears they may
people are in need of employment,' expect to give them anxiety .
"go"; that it would be only a few
weeks before they were thoroughly
down and out. Indeed, they would
be in financial difficulty from the
very first day of their starting.
Then the question arose - What
can these two young men do? And and can't find it. Many have a de Young people bent on leaving the
also this question—what can any pair sire for a white-collar . job. Many farts where they were reared for the
of young men clo these times—young won't consider a job paying only $1N softer and gayer life of cities should
men in need of a job? And what or so a week. Many imagine ' that, ponder seiously their plan of life.
can any young ' or middle -age man do
if the has not now any employment?
In the case of time two young Hien
of whom I am writing, they have no
special ability to offer. They are
they have abilities and gifts which Cities are pretty certain to buffet
warrant them in expecting salaried. then. One pays dearly for the so-
jobs—with salaries of $1800—$2000—' called pleasures of city life. For
$3000 or more a year . But the ave-' every one who climbs to the heights
rage salary for all classes of work -lin a city, there are 1000 who sink or
not "smart". They are slow in speech ers-including professional men andi "stay put" and tvimo accumulate fears.
The season's first carload of British
Columbia asparagus for Great Britain
was shipped from Montreal on June
glycerine? When we left he was, hid- 18 in fine condition.
MAKING U.` A
SHOPPING LIST
The hall needs a new rug. More towels are needed for the bath-
roofn, and the kitchen floor could certainly stand a coat of paint.
The children need shoes. The car will soon need tires. Well, we
buy a hundred new things every year.
Scattered throughout Canada aro manufacturers who mance the
very things we need. Their products are on sale in certain stores
within easy n'each. Cert
ain of these products, and certain of these
stores; are especially fitted to take care of our special need. But
'which products and which stores? Which can we afford, and which
do we think is best? We must look to advertising for advice,
Advertising is the straight line .between supply and demand. It
saves time spent in haphazard shopping'. It leads you directly to
your goal. By reading the advertisements, we can determine in ad-
vance where the best values are to be found. With the aid of ad-
vertising, shopping becomes a simple and pleasant business, and
budget figures .bring pore smiles than frowns.
From the pages of this paper you can make up a
shopping list that will save you money.
They carry the advertisements of live merchants
Who carry full stocks.
The Clinton \ owsieoord
A FINE MEDIUM FOR ADVERTISING --READ ADS IN THIS
ISSUE.
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