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"And when Mrs. •Gubbins sez you 'Tye just been having
wasn't no lily, wot did yer say?" with my dentist."
"•I sez, 'two negatives means an "Who won?"
infirmary,' and L knock. 'er down, "Oh, it was a draw."
5.7 -he is now in the 'orspitall."
Teacher — "What is Australia
bounded Iby?"
Pupil—"Kangaroos l
a
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Mrs,—"There's no mistake ,about
it—clothes make the woman."
,Mr.—"Yes, and 'break the man."
BORROWED
"Borrowing," said the leather -work-
er, "is a good thing not to do. It's had
enough to 'borrow money, but 'then
you don't have to return the identical
cash. When you 'become responsible,
however, for some article that ,can't
be duplicated, you're likely to find
yourself in a had box. I' got my lesson
at sixteen.
was 'clerking that 'fall for -jim
Silabee, who sold .aibaut all -the foot-
wear used -in my 'town. Jim . was a
Civil 'War veteran, and awned ,an laid
silver watch 'he thought the world of.
hts ,value was 'just about what it would
have 'brought For the melting -pat,
and every' night at mine he had to push
it forward to make 'up a minute or
two it had forgotten somewhere 'clur-
ing the day; but the 'back had a dint
where it had stopped a 'bullet at Cold
Hadbor, and the wouldn't have swap-
ped it for the finest gold Swiss ever
made.
"My principal amusement that De-
cember was (partridge -shooting. Th'e
birds were fairly plentiful fn the
woods along the bay two miles From
town,' One cold 'afternoon, when busi-
ness was 'slack, 'I asked any employer
if 'I might go out (between 'four and
six alter 'builders'. As every gunner
knows, partridges- 'bud' in the 'winter
between -sundown and 'dark, dying up
into the poplars and yellow 'birches
after the tender tips.
'Good-hearted Tien,couldn't refuse.
eGo ,ahead, Billy,' 'he assented,
`only he sure to get back by six, for I
want to go out myself this evening.'
"My watch was at the jeweler's 'for
a new mainspring. 'Without a time-
piece of some sort I 'wouldn't know
just when to start for town,
you lend me your watch,
Mr. Sils-bee?' I asked,
"The minute the words slipped out
I .was sorry I'd spoken, for I remem-
bered 'how much [Tim thought of that
old •watch. He 'hesitated just long to make en-
ough
en-
oug h m• e feel 'uncomfortable.
Then, as if ashamed of his delay, he
pulled it out quickly and 'pressed it
into my hand. It had a leather fob,
with a regimental charm of oxidized
silver on 'the end of it,
"'Take good care of her, won't you,
Billy?' he enjoined me.
'c'Sure,' I replied. 'I'll 'bring you
back a partridge For the 'loan of 'her,
l"Away I hurried at a half -run
Scamp, my brown spaniel, frisking
ahead, I shad my light, twelve-guage,
double=barreled shabgun, 'loaded with
sixes, Half past four found me at a
bend in the road, where I'd planned to
strike into the woods. 'Jim's watch I
put into the little outside pocket of
my reefer, with the fob 'hanging out;
that would save unbuttoning my coat
whenever I wanted to see wheat time
it was.
"With Scamp beating the 'birches
ahead, I'picked my way very cautious -
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SEAFORTH. ONTARIO,
ily down toward the shore, looking
and listening for 'birds . Perhaps I
ought to say that there -is a IOW 011
partridges now in December, (but that
there -was none act that time. (Pretty
soon I could hear the surf at the foot
of ,the steep bluffs chat lined the ibay,
it was 'nipping cold. not much more
than ten above. The woods were full
o'f ice.
"Suddenly Scamp began (banking.
Cocking my right 'barrel, 'I ` crept up.
He -was right under a yellow !birch
close to the edge of the bluff,' and
iookinb down at 'him from the end of
a !limb sat a 'fat partridge, the par-
tridge that was pledged to (Jim far the
loan of this watch. I gave him the bar-
rel, Down he'ficp,ped on' the icy slope,
and s'li•d almost to the brink.
"Leaning my gun against the birch,
I 'worked myself very carefully from
trunk 'to -trunk to trunk to the very
edge, where the cliff dropped steeply
thirty Feet to the water. Right arm
around a 'large spruce, I stooped and
picked up -my 'bird. As I rose, rubbing
against the 'trunk, a short, sharp stub
caught the fob, and twitched Jini's
watch out of my pocket. Before I
could make a grab, it dropped and
s1i'd
,over the
"Here was a pretty 'kettle -of ,fish!
My' interest in taunting suddenly van-
ished. I didn't really (think there'd be
any great •difficulty in finding it, ,bat
I saw I'd got to descend to the foot
of the cliff, as it lead probably slid all
the way 'down. Holding on to the
boughs of the spruce. I looked over
the edge, hut -couldn't see it.
"It was too -steep to scramble down
there. Laying Jim's partridge beside
my gun, '1 looked ;about until, a hun-
dred -feet or so alongshore,' found a
good place to descend. Soon I was at
the ,edge of the water. I wasn't' going
home-w'ithoult that watch, If I had to
hunt all.inight.
"The spot I wished to seardh day in
a slight b'end
g of ,the shore, and to
reach it. one must go out round a
point. The tide was rising, and a
strong •northeastwind drove the
waves savagely against the rocks. I
had to watch my chance, and run
when they rolled (back. Even then it
wasn't much .fun, for I had to wade
almost to' the tops of my rubber boots.
Scamp, who had scrambled down by
sticking in his toe -nails, started 'to fol-
low, :but the icy water drove him back.
whimpering and yelping.
"I hurried, as 'fast as I could over
the slippery :black rocks and yellow
weed, I couldn't stop long if 'I ,u -anted
to get hack round that point. Soon I
was right ander the spruce where the
timepiece had slid aver, At the crest
of the cliff sparse twigs and sprays of
hardback and ground juniper project-
ed throught the glare ice, which fell
sharply to' the'rockweed at about' half -
tick 'lark. 'Reasoning that the watch
must have fallen into the weed, I be-
gan searching there,
"It was a dismal time of day, and
my feelings !rade it doubly so for ale.
At my' back was the frozen cliff, while
only a few- yards in front white crests,
whipped into spray by the chill Wind,
were foaming 'over -the ledges. 'East
and north a darkening sky overhung
the 'bay, set with islands like ink
smudges, 'and relieved only -by two or
three distant, scattered lights.
"The minute I ran ,my 'hands .down
throught the weed and found what
kind of rock lay under it I 'Felt dis-
couraged. It was split into deep fis-
sures, up some of which the waves
were already running. There were a
half-dozen Places where the -watch
might be.
"One crevice was especially deep.
After -vainly ,pawing everywhere else,
I feltsure that the timepiece had
dropped into it, but it wao so narrow
I couldn't reach the bottom. I worked
with all my might, for the tide was
rising, and the waves ware cutting off
nay retreat round the point.
`"Every minute 'I {became more wor-
ried about that watch. It wasn't be-
cause of its value. It could 'pro'bably
have -been replaced for ,five dollars.
But the associations round it could
never be replaced. Had it been my
own, I wouldn't 'have cared a hun-
dredth part so much.
"At last, alter a long period of fum-
bling, prodding and poking, hoping
every instant to feel the round silver
rim, -I gave up the search. The watch
must have struck some :projection of
rock or ice, and!bounded to one side
or the other. I hated to confess my-
self 'beaten, 'but it was now quite dark,
and the spray was drenching the. I re-
solved to -come -dawn -early in the
morning, and, if need be, hunt .at low
tide.
"Now I must go back to town, and
Face,IJitn, The thought made me sick,
hat there was nothing else to do. I
glanced at the .point; the seas were
dashing on it :feather -white. They
would sweep me away if I tried to get
round it. Alongshore the other way it
was still worse. My only coarse was
up the bluff,
"Lip to this time I hadn't scanned
it very carefully, talking it for igranted.
that, if -I had to, I could somehow find
a way up. Now I felt a little ,appre-
hensive. How steep and icy it was! week"
tide wairid -soon. drive me 'off the
rockweed, So I started.
'The lower • slope was covered with
noddles and bosses of salt ice to a
height of ,albout ten feet, and didn't
give me much difficulty. 'After this,
however, the climbing !became much
harder. The rocks rose almost sheer
and were varnished 'with a coating of
fresh ice, where water had trickled
down over the cliff. At the tap, about
twenty feet above, the spruce swung
down two low branches. Once 1 gat
my hand on those, I should be all
right.
"By 'exercising the greatest care,
fighting for 'every inch and sticking
to the surface like e 'fly, I -managed to
get half -way up; then I couldn't gain
another millimeter. The rocic before
rine was perfectly even, -while its icy
glaze was smooth as window -glass
and ten times more slippery. Holding
an by ea -ch hand in turn, I felt every-
where with the other to find some
rough spot, but •couldn't. And there
were those tantalizing spruce boughs
only a yard above my 'head.
1"For a long time I kept my precar-
ious footing. leaning against the frigid
cliff 'till 9t &tilled me through and
through. The spray from the rapidly
rising tide froze on my 'clothing.
"That I could be in actual peril of
my life so near home seemed ridicul-
ous. Yet there appeared to be no way
to scale the cliff; 'and if 'I slipped (back
into that surf, roaring' and- snatching
at my feet, T hadn't the shadow of a
chance.
"The road was half a mile away hut
my •voice, rebounding from the wall
close to my 'face, would 'lever reach
it. On the bay 'behind I heard a faint,
muffled thudding; and screwing my
h-ead round, I saw a brilliantly lighted
steamer not more than a hundred
rods off. She was travelling fast. I
didn't even 'try to shout. Against that
gale and roaring surf my voice would
not carry a quarter of the distance;
and even if they saw me. I should be
to them only a 'black spot against the
white cliff.
"A forlorn hope -occurred to me;
perhaps I might cut steps in the ice.
But I dismissed the .idea at once. ?Vie-
knife
yknife was in my inside pocket; I
couldn't get at it without -dislodging
mY self,
'"Mef life hung on the tips of my
fingers, and they were growing numb,
I could stick there 'but a 'little longer;
then— 'D'espairingly I strained any
eyes, seeking the merest chance. They
caught sight of a little clump of
hardback and juniper projecting ,per-
haps Three inches above the ice, just
within my reach. 'If the steles would
bear any weight hut for a single sec-
ond, I could seize the eprice boughs.
If they weren't strong enough to hold
me— 2 shuddered,
"But it was the twigs or nothing;
and the twigs meant literally life ,or
death, and one or the other very
quickly. I didn't dare to wait any
longer. If I .did, I should presently
drop :backward, exhausted and .frozen,
I must do what I could while I had a
little strength left.
"Stiffening myself against the bluff,
f let go very carefully with my right
hand, and felt among the hardback
for something to get hold of. My fin-
gers touch a hard, round object-
1jim's watch. In my peril I had almost
forgotten it. In sliding dawn, the bio-;
link of +t'he fob had caught on a stub.
and the little jungle had concealed it
from my sight.
"I fumbled about till I had freed
the watch, and dropped it into my
pocket. I would have it. if I saved
myself. Then, summoning all my
powers for one quick, tremendous ef-
fort, 1 caught a cluster of twigs in my
right hand, another in my 'telt. and
lifted 'lyse If like lightning: 'Almost
before the hardback had time to feel
my weight I had. let go with my right
hand. and shot it toward the spruce
boughs.
"For the fraction -of -a second all
hung in 'the :balance. The twigs
under my left hand were giving
way. As they yielded, f suffered the
bitterness of death. Then my 'fingers
closed round the rough spruce limb,
and the hope of life came back.
"Two minutes 'later I 'vas swinging
myself up from trunk to •trunk; but d
didn't feel entirely safe until 1' reach-
ed the tree where I 'had deft my bird
and gun, Then with Scamp capering
anti barking round me I ho'b'bled like
a wooden man •up to the road,
"I was an 'hour late alt the store that
night, -but I had the pleasure -of hand-
ing- Jim his watch and partridge. He
didn't realize how close he had come
to never seeing either, and I ,didn't
tell 'him. That lesson on borrowing
sunk in deep, and 'I've never needed
to have it repeated,"
Sant—"'I thought my rich uncle
would leave me same money, 'batt all.
I got was a rotten old 'flower -pat."
Jho—"'That would he a nasty jar."
"Do you work ••in the shirt fac-
tory?"
"Yes,,'
'Why aren't you working today?"
"We're making nightshirts ' this
But I'd simply ,got to 'climb it. The
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not an expensive luxury but a profit
earner when•'offered to the public
under conditions Which give it e
strong appeal."
Receipts on the "Silver Jubilee'
prove he is right. (Receipts for the
"Silver 'Jubilee" are nils. ed. ($3,1)
per train mile; working expenses are
4s. ed. '($1u0101).
On freight trains, goods are deliv-
ered the morning after dispatch. 'Un-
der one system, a consignment of
goods, whether a parcel, truckload, or
trainload, is kept under observation
thraughout its (journey, and delivered
in accordance with a prearranged
schedule for a fee of .fifty cents.
The British railways have spent
about £Ili,0100,000 on important sta-
tions and goods depots, mechanising
carriage 'fleets, and ,building special
kinds of wagons, such as the "con-
tainer," which can be lifted from a.
truck -to a lorry.
Other wagons are insulated for
carrying -dry ice, or are equipped with
special apparatus for carrying meat.
In the -countryside sgecial delivery
services now deliver goods right to
the farmer, who is still a little (be-
wildered at and suspicious of this ap-
parently inexplicable' generosity on
the part of the railways.
The other day a North 'Country
farmer moved into 'the South. Ile just
put on his hat and coat and ,caught
the train. The railway company did
the rest. It packed 'his farm, with his
pigs, diens, cattle, poultry and, imple-
ments, .and 'then next day set up his
new farm in the South country'.
Inside the organization of the "Sig
Four." attempts have ,been carried but
successfully to bring a new spirit into.
the .officers and servants by means
of encouraging internal competition
for special awards.
The proof of this is, as usual, in the
Profits.
Wages are high, and are •stili 1'90
per cent above pre -War.
Large sums are being spent in im-
proving the standard of maintenance
of certain absorbed lines.
Despite these factors, the comp-
anies 'hove been enabled, while sub-
stantially maintaining their revenue,;,
to grant material con'cessians in rates
and change: of all descriptions,
Before the grouping, 'these rates
and charges were 4113 per cent above
pre -War level. They are now only
about fifty per cent above pre -War
level.
Sir 'Felix 'Pole, retired general man-
ager of the Great Western Railway,
said three years after the amalgama-
tion: "I can say positively that the
grouping •has produced added econo-
mies and -efficiency, and has ,been of
direct benefit to the trader and share-
holders. By producing greater seeur.
ity of tenure and increased prospects
of advancement it has also been dir-
ectly to the advantage of the em-
ployees."
T. -B. Areas for Ontario
Ontario farmers are becoming in-
creasingly conscious of the necessity
of eliminating bovine tuberculosis
from 'their herds. A few years ago
there was open 'hostility in many
counties to the restricted area plan
fostered by (Ontario and Federal Gov-
ernments, but this opposition has
gradually been swept away until now
there are fifteen counties in Ontario
in the restricted area list, Grey Sim-
coe, ,Lanark, 'Victoria and Peterbor-
ough counties have signed up for
tests while ,petitions are being circu•
-
lated in Lennox, and Addington, :Has-
tings, Wentworth, Norfolk, Rainy Ri-
ver, Lincoln, Essex, Welland and
Bruce.
'Following educational meetings in
Oxford county, petitions are being
signed rapidly; a complete canvass is
being made in •M'iddlesex. Brant coun-
ty held a meeting last week to discuss
,application to county council to have
Brant made a T:B. (Restricted Area.
Haldimand -County ,Council has asked
the Live Stock Improvement commit-
tee to 'hold meetings and distribute ap-
plication forms.
Two meetings have 'been held in:
Elgin county, one at Port Burwell,
the other at Aylmer. Mr. F. S. Thoth -
as, agricultural representative, is in
change of the campaign for instruct- -
ing farmers about the plan. The west-
ern ipart
est-ern'part of ,the county will be canvas-
sed 'later. Waterloo county is proceed-
ing early next 'month to -have cattle
owners canvassed,