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'Otherwise we should not breakfast
segether this mowing." he answered.
What difference would it make to
this government if our private matter
'ad been dragged iu? Technically
_.0 still would have been the spy.
Lut I will say this, monsieur, to toe
lou are a man better worth torture
than death.
"Do you ever gtop to think of how
tnis may end for you " I asked quiet-
y. He seemed pleased at the question,
"I have thought it might be inter-
esting," he answered; "else, as I said,
1t should long ago have left this
;,nglity world. Is it in your mind
that we shall cross swords one day?'
"I feel It in nay bones," said I,
-'that I shall kill you,"
At that moment we stood at the en-
trance to the citadel. where a good
(ail' of horses and a sleigh awaited
.:e, We gat in, the robes were piled
:round us, and the horses started oft
.at a Fong trot. I was muffled to the
-ars. but I could see how white and
eautiful was the world, how the
trust glistened in the trees, how the
'-alsams were weighted down with
row. and how snug the chateaux
coked with the smoke • curling up
from their hunched chimney.
Presently Doltaire replied to my
get remark. "Conviction is the exe-
-etioner of the stupid." said he.
When a man is not great enough to
,.t change and chance guide slim he
gets convictions and dies a fool,"
"Conviction has made men and ant-
is .strong:" f rejoined,
"Hats 105110 men and nations woes."
Le retorted. "The Mohammedan has
_cnvietian, so has the Christian: they
fighting each other, and the phis-
,sopher sits by and laughs. Expedi-
ency saved your life to -day; convic-
t-, : would have sent you to a starry
As he spoke a thought came in on
re.e Here we Aver, in the: open world,
r«'11i11g [eget e.•r, without a guard
,i any kind, Was it not possible to
axis, a dash for freedom? The idea
wee pet away from nae. and tet i( '
ft,s11 .,, : est of Dnitaire's
sa-a:'tev that he tempted nae in this
s. . As if he divine,! what I thought.
.e n1e---tc ' I made 110 attempt
a1sw P: his question:
-Melt of senSotl- v': t' (11' 1I e i ^Ile
ehoese the wrong time for then.
,0pns , F,. o. -r oay have ttawritl'-n
":"iiere was toe matt:1, a. nut-
1:11. if- t rt!1H.
sess111r on eats 1 a1:'' 1ci'1i
+ th- la a.
114.1 .e is in toe Isar 1,101' )
u. 1 nr t .;;7 lifts en{! • .t
wII:sr:Ana 1e had savod nth „n.
11 1-0+101 be aaeastili 0.7
-r rt. 010•11,y 1 0,'„ 11011to i.4 (41,
with hila.
--,_.(1y t10; 0)1''410 til' t11- t4,w11
4rc filling: for it was the flay 11,401'e
'0i•istnlas, a11(1 it wnnid he the great
sserketelay of the year. Pew noticed
_s as wr sped along down Palate.
Street, and I could not 00itceive
whither we were going, until, pass -
ng the Hotel Dieu, I saw in front of
us the Intendance. I remembered the
last time I was there and what had
happened then, and a thought flashed
through me that perhaps this was
another trap. But I put it from me,
and soon afterwards. Doltaire said:
"3 have now a slice of the Intend-
anee for my own, and we shall break-
fast like squirrels in a loft."
As we drove into the open space
before the palace a company of sold-
iers standing before the great door
began marching up to the Toad by
which we came. With them was a
prisoner. I saw at once that he was a
British officer, but I did not recognise
his face. I asked his name of Doltaire
and found it was one Lieutenant Ste-
venson, of Rogers's Rangers, those
brave New -Englanders. After an inter-
view with Bigot he was being taken
to the common jail. To my request
that I might speak with him Doltaire
assented, and at a sign from any com-
panion: the soldiers stopped. Steven -
son's eyes were fixed on me with a
puzzled, disturbed expression. He was
well built, of intrepid bearing, with a
fine openness of manner joined 16
handsome features. But there was a
recklessness in. his eye which seemed
to me to eonce nearer the swash-
buckling character of a young French
seigneur than the wariness of a Brit-
ish soldier:
I sponte his name and introduced
myself. His surprise and pleasure
were pronounced, for he had thought
(as he said) that by this time I
should be dead. There was an im
stunt's flash of his eye, as if a sus-
picion of my loyalty had crossed his
mind; but it was gone on the instant,
and immediately Doltaire, 'w'ho also
had interpreted the lois, smiled, and
said he had carried me oft to breakfast
while the ftu'niture of my former
prison was being shifted to toy new
one. After a word or two more, wit
Stevenson's assurance that the Brit
ish had recovered from Braddaclea
defeat and would presently be knock
ing at the portals of the Chateau :t
Louis, we parted, and 50011 Doltaire
and 1 got out at the high stone steps
of the palace. •
- Standing there for a moment I
looked round, In this space surround-
ing the Intendauee Was gathered the
history of New -France. This palace,
large enough for the king of a Xu•op-
ea0 country. with a population of n
million. was the official residence of
the commercial ruler of a province.
It was the house of the miller, and
across the way was 111? king's store-
house, La Fripenne, where poor folk
were ground between the stones. The
great square was already filling with
people who had come to trade. Here
were barrels of malt being unloaded;
.there, great sacks of grain, bags of
dried fruits, bales of homemadecloth, and loads of fine -sawn boards
1111(1 timber. Moving about among the
pP a. int= were regularsoldiers the � c'
ers intheir white uniforms facets with blue,
red. yellow, or violet. with black
t111•ee-c-nrnered hats, and black gaiters
from foot. to knee, and the militia in
routs of white with black facings,
Behind a great collar of dogskiu It
flair of jc-t*i(luck eyes flashed out front
under a pretty forehead; and present-
ly elle saw these an1e eyes grown
sorowful or dull under' heavy knotted
1,row05, which told of a life too vexed
d,y care and labour to keep alive a
spall of youth': romance. Now the
1,«.11 in the lower above ns rang a
short peal, the Signal for the opening
of Le Fripanme, and 1110 bits 1ling
crowd moved t. wards its doors. As 1
stood there on the „teat 5(110, 1
a1� i act Melt ,1 n„ the plain, uare
i:enr of the palace 1 an al1nex al 110'
• 1J1. 14,1 0(:,10i(1)0 ill a doorway. optnt-
inti- 01, a p:Sr 01 steps was Vnbaa..1
was n.,(Z,-c1 that he should be there
--the man whr a lite had been spoil -
'.o by Bigot. .1t the .stung moment
!.1,1)111'0 n(uli011.-11 1 11 Mtn to 1.0111'11
inside: which he (lid.
Doltaire laughed at my surprise.
and, as he showed me. inside the pal-
ace. said: "There is no barber it the
world like 'Coban111
. Interesting! 11-
eating! I love to watch his eye when
he draws the razor down my throat.
It would be so easy to fetch it across;
but Voban. as you see, is not a man
of absolute conviction. It will be sport,
some day, to put Bigot's valet to bed
with a broken leg or a fit of spleen,
and send Voban to shave him,"
"Where is Mathilde?" I asked, as
though I naught of her where-
abouts.
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able, and it was like a dream that I
had just come froom the dismal
chance of a miserable death. My
cloak and eap and leggings had been
taken frons me when I entered, as
Courted -nab, as though I had been
Ding Louis himself, and a great chair
was drawn solicitously to the fire. All
this was done by the servant, after
one quick look from Doltaire. The
man seemed to understand leis mas-
ter perfectly, to read one look as
though it were n volume—•
"The constant service of the
antique world," -
Such was Doltah'e's influence, The
closer you 011.1110 to him, the more
compelling was lie --a devilish attrac-
tion, notably selfish, yet capable of
benevolence. Two years before this
time I saw hint lift a load from the
back of a peasant woman and (tarry
it home for her, putting into her hand
a gold piece on leaving. At another
time, an old man had died of afoul
disease in a miserable upper room of
at warehouse. Doltaire was passing at
the moment when the body should be
carried to burial. The stricken widow
Al
of the dead an stood below, wait-
ing, but no one would fetch forth the
corpse. Doltaire stopped and question-
ed her kindly, and in another minute
lie was driving the carter and an-
other upstairs at 111e point of his
sword. Together they brought the
body down, and Doltaire followed it
to the burying ground, keeping the
gravedigger at his task when he
would have rim away',-
I said to hive then, "You rail at the
world and scoff at men and many de-
cencies, and yet you do these things:"
To this he replied—lie was in ma'
own lodging at the time—"The brain
may call all men liars and fools, but
the senses feel the shock of misery
which we do not ourselves inflict,
11 Inflicting, we are prone to cruelty, as
you have seen a schoolmaster begin
punishment with tears, glow angry at
- the shrinking back under his cane,
and give way to a sudden lust of tor -
"Mathilde is where none may touch
her, monsieur even under the pro-
tection of the daintiest lady of New
France, It is her whim; and when a
lady is charming, an Intendant, even,
must not trouble her, caprice."
He did not need to speak more
plainly. It was he who had prevented
Bigot from taking Mathilde away
from Alixe and locking her up, or
worse: I said nothing, however, and
soon we were in a large room sump-
tuously furnished, looking out on the
great square, The morning sun stared
in, some snowbirds twittered on the
window -sill, and inside. a canary, 111
an alcove hung with plants and flow-
ers, sang as if it were the heart of
summer. All was warm and comfort -
tune. 1 have little pity for those who
can help themselves ---let then[ fight
or eat the leek; but the child and the
helpless and the sick it is a pleasure
to aid. I love the poor as much as I
love anything. I eould live their life,
if 1 were put to it. As a gentleman, I
hate squalor and the puddles of
Wretchedness: but 1 could have work-
ed at the plough or the anvil! I could
have dug in the earth 011 any
knuckles grew big and my shoulders
hardened to a roundness, have eaten
my beans and pork and pea -soup, and
have been a healthy ax, munching the
bread of industry and trailing the
puissant pike, an obedient sell', 1 have
no ethics, and yet 1 ant .on the side of
the just when they (10 not put thorns
in my bed to keep me awake at
night!"
l'pon the walls hung suits of arm -
(1u1 swords of beautiful stake. spears,
belts o1' wonderful workmanship, a
tattered banner, sashes knit by lad-
ies' fingers, pouches, bandoleers, and
unary agreeable sketches of scenes
that I knew well, Now and them wo-
nuau's head in oils or 1)01(541 peeped
out from the abundant ornaments. I
recalled then another thing he said at
that time of which 1 write;
"I have never juggled with 017
conscience • never 'made believe'
with it. lily will was always stronger
than my wish for anything, always
stranger than temptation, 1 have
chosen this way or that deliberately.
1 51114 00.l' r,iedy to iaee (01510aln-
o'l44ls, alai I never cry out, 1t is the
,.-s undeserving o1' chine11 reward or
punishment win/ says that something
eu1ried hint away, and, being weak,
he fell. That 14 0 poor man who 10 no
strongest than his passiun1. I can
understood 111e devil figbtiug God,
and taking the long punishment with-
out repentance, like a powerful prince
as he was. 1 could understand a peas-
ant killing Iiiug Louis in the palate,
and beiug ready, if he had a hundred
lives. to give them all. having done
the Gleed he set out to do. If a loan
have cov'ietions of that sort, he can
escape everlasting laughter—the final
hell ----only by facing the rebound of
his wild deeds."
These mere strange sentiments in
11e mouth of a 'elan ,olio +was ever 01)0
mannered courtier, and as 1 •sant there
alone, while he .was gone eilsewhere
for some minutes, many such things
he ',had said came hack to me, suggest-
ed, no doubt, by this new, inexplicablettieude towards myself. I !could trace
some of kis !sentiments, 1perhaps 'Wag-
gly, to the 'fact 't'ha't—as I had come
o know through !the Seigneur Duv-
rney—his (pother ,was of ,peasant
,Io,M, the ibeautiful davlhter .of a fal-
ter (3f Poictiers, nviho had idled soon
fter giving birth to Doltaire. His poo -
(liar nature has shown Itself in his re-
usal rp accept a' tithe. Itwas'his,w•lhim
o be the 'plain "Monsieur"; behind
which was. perhaps, some native +ar-
oganay that made him [prefer this to
eing a noble whose origin, well
:town, must interfere !with his ambit -
ons. Then, too, maybe, the !peasant in
im—never in his face or ,form, ,which
11cre patrician altogether—slpioke for
mare truth and .manliness than he was
apalble of, and so he chose to Ilse the
yn'ical irresipensilble courtier nvthile
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many of his instincts had urged 116111
to the peasant's 101107ruty, He 'had un-
-disturbed dhow^ever one instinct of the
,peasant -tea ,good directness, evident
mostly in the olearness of his
thoughts.
As 'these things hurried any mind,
my body sunk in a kind of res'tiuiliness
!before the great (fire. D,oiltaire Mine
aback. -
'I will :not keep you !from ibroak-
fast," said h'e, '"Velban most wait, 11
you .w'ilil +pass Iby .un'tidines's."
A thought flashed ahrotugh any
mind. Perhaps Vdlhan had some award
•for me from Adixel So 'I said instanllly,
"I ant nvt'hungry, Perhaps you will
let me wait yonder ,while 'Vahan tends
you. As you said, it should ire inter-
esting."
"Yon will not mind the .disorder of
my - dressing -rooms 'Fitch, ;then, !this
tray, a11111 ewe can talk ,while V'olhan
plays lvitth temptation."
So saying, be courteously led the
way into another chamber where Vob-
an stood wzliting. 1 spoke to him, and
he hawed but did not speak; and then
Doltaire said:
"You sec, Voban. your la'b'our on
monsieur '0511 ,wasted so 'far as con-
cerns the world to come, Yon trim-
med 'slim for the ,gtl0ri005 company of
the apostles, and see, the Ibrea+lefas!ts
with Monsieur Doltaire—in the In-
sendance, too, my Voob,an, iwhioh, as
you know,1is oveciked---a very nest of
wasps!"
1 never saw more hate /than shot out
of Valbau's eyes at that moment; but
the aids dropped aver them at once,
and he made ready 'for his work, as
Doltaire, putting aside his coat, seated
hintself, stunting. There was no little
daring, as there +was cruelty, in thus
torturing a stain .whose life had been
broken by Doltaire'e associate. 1
wondered now and then if Doltaire
were not really putting acid on the
.barber's bare nerves for sonic other
purpose than mere general cruelty.
Even as he 'w,oudd have nrderst'ood the
peasant's murder of King Louis, so ,he
wouldhave seen a logical end to a
terrible game in Bigot's death at the
hand of Vahan. Possibly he wondered
that Voban did not strike, and he
himself took dellight in showing 111131
his own ,wrongs occasionally. Then,
again, Doltaire Might wish fur Bigot's
death, to succeed hint in his [places
But this I scut impr(libable, for the In-
tendant's post WM., MA his :ambition,
or, favourite of La Pompadour as he
be would. desiring, Have don:g ago ach-
ieved ;that end, Moreover, every evid-
ence eisosved that he would gladly 're-
turn to France, for his clear 'brain.
foresaw tie 'final ruin of the colony
and 'the triumph of the British. IIe
had cake said in my hearing: -
"'Th.tsc awarggerinu Englishmen will
keep coming on. They are too stupid
to tarn lbaek. The eternal saneness of
it all .will ao distress ua tvc shall awake
one morning. find thein at our bed-
aite .1 kick, and die front sheer
1(111151. 'They'll use our Manners 10
boil their fat puddings in, they'll
roost uxeu in 111e highways, and after
our girls have nlaaried thent they'll
turn thein into kitchen weueltes with
frowsy shirts and ankles like
beeves!„
But, indeed, beneath his dangerous
irony there was a strain of impish-
ness, and he would, if need be, laugh
at his own troubles, and torture
himself as he' had tortured other's.
This morning he was full of a car-
bolic humour, As the razor(ante )e
his 11ec'11 he suid:
"Volau, it barber must have pad -
rime, 11 is a saes thing to mistake
fried for enemy. What is a -feud?
is i1 one who ,10s w•eet words,"
There was 15 panne, in which the
shaving 'went 00, and then he eon -
tinned: - -
"Is it lie who says, I have eaten
Vnban's bread. and Voban shall there-
fore go to prison or be hurried to
Walhalla? ('Ir is it the who stays the
iron hand, who puts nettles in Yu -
ban's cold, cold bed, that he lnay rise
early and go forth among the
heroes?"
I (l, not think Voban understood
that, through some freak of purpose,
Doltaire was telling hint thus oblique-
ly he had saved him from Bigot's
cruelty, from prison or death. Once
or twice he glanced at 111e, but not
meaningly, for Doltaire was seated
opposite a mirror, and could see each
motion made by either of us. Pres-
ently Doltaire said to me idly:
"I dine to -day at the Seigneur Du-
varney's, You will be glad to hear
that mademoiselle bids fair to rival
the; charming Maclaine Cou'nal. Her
followers are as many, so they say,
and all in one short year she has sud-
denly thrown out a thousand new fac-
ulties and charms. Doubtless you re-
member she was gifted, but who
would have thought she could have
blossomed so! She was all light and
softness and air; she is now all fire
and skill as well. Matelllessl match-
less! Every day sees her with sone
new capacity, some fresh and delicate
aplomb. She has set the town admir-
ing, and jealous mothers prophesy
Irish ending for her. Her swift mast-
ery of the social arts is weird, they
say. La! la! The social arts! A good
brain, a gift of penetration, a man-
ner—which is a grand necessity, and
it must be with birth—and no heart
to speak of, and the rest is easy, No
heart—there is the thing; with a
good brain and senses all warns with
life—to feel, but never to have the
arrow strike home. You must clever
think to love and be loved, and be
wise too. The emotions blind the
judgment, Be heartless, be perfect
with heavenly artifice, and, if you
are a woman, have no vitriol on your
tongue—and you may rule at Ver-
sailles or Quebec. But with this diff-
erence: in Quebec you may be virtu-
ous: at Versailles you must not. It is
a pity that you may not sleet Made-
moiselle Dllvarney, She would as-
tound you. She was a simple ballad a
year ago; tomorrow she may be au
epic."
He nodded at me reflectively, and
went 011:
"'Mademoiselle,' said the Chevalier
de la Demote to her at dinner, some
weeps ago, 'it I were young, I should
adore yon.' 'ltionsieur,' she answered,
'you use that "if" to shirk responsib-
ility.' That put hint onhis mettle.
'Then, by the gods, I adore you now!'
he answered. 'If - I were young, 1
should blush to hear you say so; Was
her reply, '1 empty out my heart, and
away trips the distainful nymph with
a laugh,' he rejoined gaily, the rusty
old courtier; 'there's nothing left but.
to fall upon my sword l' 'Disdahnfal
nymphs are the better scabbords for
distinguished swords,' site said, with
charming courtesy, Then, laughing
softly, 'There is an. Egyptian proverb
which runs thus: "If thou, Doi, son of
Hoshti, hast emptied out thy heart,
and it bring no fruit in exchange,
curse not thy gods and die, but build
a pyramid in the vineyard where they
love was spent, and write upon it,
Pride hath no conqueror."' It is a
011ad for a palace, is it not?" -
I could see in the mirror facing
him the provoking devilry, of his eyes.
I renew that he was trying how much
he could stir me. Ho guessed my love'
for her, but I could see lie was sure
that she no longer --if she ever bard --
thought of me, Besides, with a lover's
understanding, I saw also that he
liked to talk of her. His eyes. in the
mirror, (did not meet mine, but. Were
fixed, as (1n :tome disl11(1 and pleas-
ing prospect, though there was, as al-
ways, a slight disdain at his mouth.
But the eyes were clear, resolute, and
strong, never wavering --ani. I never
Saw• them waver—yet in them some-
thing distant and inscrutable, it was
a candid eye, and he was candid in
his evil; he niside no pretence; and
though the means to his ends Were
wicked, they were never low. Pre-
sently, glancing 1'011lld the 1'naltl, 1
taw an easel on which 011145 at 1'14110115.
Ile caughtmy glance.
Monthly Dairy Report
Exports of dairy products from
Canada (luring April were almost
twit, as large las in the correspond•
int month a year ago, neeortling to
the monthly dairy report of the On-
tario Department or Agrirlal ince.
Shipments of powdered milk show-
ed a onnsidel•able inerea55, and cheese
a very Norge increase. while bullet
and evaporated mills exports were
suhslnntl ash' lower. '1"11,, United King
dont- took 2.026.6011 p0mul5 of c•hees,
during April as compared with 10(1,905
pounds in April 1939. The Iil(•1'1,11SO ill
the value of powdered mill; exports
was clue in a large measure to a high-
er selling price for the product.
Shipments of evaporated 1011 le show•
ed 11 considerable deepens, due to
reduced exports to the Pulled King
i•n1:s and butler exports were x150
111 11011 leaver en 1 11 same account.
The production of r•r,•an tory loll lel
In Ontario during May a(5 tinted to
!1.125 Do pounds ,as compared with
9,401,1111. pounds in :flay 1919, 'rhe.
cumulative output for the first five
months w as slightly lower this year.
(Steve,. 1'aelories reported their
make of Cheddar cheese during linty'
showed a substantial gain. The (•11(0(1
lative production of cheese now
amounts to 10,161 Je5 p01111(15 as cons
pared with 13,665 ""'o pounds in the
period January 10 Stay a year ago.
Steeps of creamery butter in ware,
houses in. the City of Toronto at June
i:st, were reported at 1,1147,101
pounds as compared with 1,313,267
pounds at the first of tine previous
month, and 1,206,225 pounds at .lune
1st, 1939, Stocks held in dairy fact-
ories are large.
Stocks of cheese in warehouses in
the City of Toronto were much lower
than a year ago, but practically the
same in cheese factories throughout
the province.
Butter stocks declined (luring May
and the average wholesale quotation
for this month at Toronto was 23,0
cents as compared with 26.4 cents in
the previous month. Cheese prices
declined slightly horn an average of
14.3 cents per pound in April to 14.0
cents 3n May.
The sales of fluid milk by conlmer•
Hal dairies during the mouth of April
are estimated at 22,153,000 quarts
having a sales value of $2,5110,600.
They were late, 511(1 very conscious
of it. Two of them found seats, the
other two, a sergeant and.a private,'
walked up the centre aisle, .51 the
moment, the preacher announced his
text: "Paul I know, Cephos I know,
but who are these?"
The sergeant paused in his stride,
then sang out: "Glad to have the
pleasure, your reverence. This is
.Tock MacDuff from Glasgow and
I'm Willie Hope from Belfast."
THURSDAY, JUNE 27, 1940
PROFESSIONAL CARDS
MEDICAL
SEAFORTH CLINIC
Dr, E. A. McMaster, MB., Graduate
of University of Toronto.
J, D. Colguhoun, M.D., O.K. Grad-
uate of Dalhousie University, Halifax.
The Clinlc is fully equipped with
complete and modern x-ray and other
Up-to-date diagnostic and thereuptic
equipment.
Dr. Margaret X. Campbell, M.D.,
L.A.B.P., Specialist in Diseases in
Infants and Children, will be at the
Clinic last Thursday in every month
from 3 to 6 p,m.
Dr. F. 7. R. Forster, Specialist in
Diseases of the Ear, Eye, Nose and
Throat, will be at the Clinic the first
Tuesday in every month from 4 to
6 p,m,
Free well -baby clinic will be held
on the second and last Thursday in
every month from 1 to 2 p.m.
JOHN A. GORWILL, B.A,,M.D,
Physician and Surgeon
In Dr. H. H. Ross' office. Phone 5 J
W. G. SPROAT, M,D., F.A.C.S.
Surgery
Phone 90-W. Office John St„ Seaforth
DR. F..1. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose aud Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University
of Toronto. Late Assistant New York
Ophthalmic and Aural Institute,
Moorefield's Eye, and Golden Square
throat hospitals, London, Eng, At
Commercial Hotel, Seaforth, third
Wednesday in each month from 2 to
4 p.m. Also at Seaforth Clinic first
Tuesday in each month. -53 Waterloo
St., Stratford. Telephone 267.
MARGARET K. CAMPBELL, M.D.
London, Ontario
Graduate Toronto University
Licentiate of American Board 01 Pedi-
atrics, Diseases of Children
At Seaforth Clinic, last Thursday af-
ternoon, each month,
AUCTIONEER
GEORGE ELLIOTT, Licensed
Auctioneer for the County of Huron,
Arrangements can be made for Sale
Elate at The Seaforth News, Charges
moderate and satisfaction guaranteed
F. W. AHRENS, Licensed Auction
eer for Perth and Huron Counties
Sales Solicited. Terms on Application.
Farm Stuck, chattels and real estate
property, R. R. No. 4, Mitchell.
Phone 634 r 6. Apply at this office.
HAROLD JACKSON
Licensed in Iiuren and Perth Coun-
ties. Prices reasonable; satisfaction
guaranteed, For information, write or
11110110 Harold Jackson, 6581712, Sea -
forth central; Hrucetield 11,8.1.
Watson & Reid
REAL ESTATE
AND INSURANCE AGENCY
(Successors to James Watson)
MAIN ST., SEAFORTH, ONT.
All kinds of Insurance risks effect-
ed at lowest rates in First -Class
Companies.
The McKillop Mu' teal
Fire Insurance Co.
HEAD OFFICE—SEAFORTH, Ont.
OFFICERS
President, Wm, Ifnox, Londesboro;
Vice President, W. R. Archibald,
Seaforth; Secretary Treasurer, M. A.
Reid, Seaforth.
AGENTS
F. McKercher, R.R.1, Dublin; John
E. Pepper, R.R.1, Brucefleld; E. R. G.
Jarmouth, Brodhagen; James Watt,
Blyth; C. F. Hewitt, Kincardine;
Wm. Yeo, Holmesville.
DIRECTORS
Alex Broadfoot, Seaforth; William
Knox, Londesboro; Chris Leonhardt,
Dublin; James Connolly, Goderich;
Thomas Moylan, Seaforth; W. R.
Archibald, Seaforth; Alex McEwing,
Blyth; Frank McGregor, Clinton;
Hugh Alexander, Walton,
Parties desirous to effect insurance
or transact other business, will be
promptly attended to by applications •
to any of the above named officers
addressed to their respective post-
offices.
The Conviot—"Look here, warder,
somebody has stolen one of 1117
blankets."
Warder—"Good' heavens! You don't
suggest we have any thieves in the
p1'ison,. do you?"