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your money �purchase. unbeau'tiful cleaning clothe, disfigured •• erials I will need for cleaning. In
esza my back porch, For •years I did my! the living room, I duct on pictures,
cleaning lvi'th these primitive utensils: brie-aJbrac and furniture, and coves'
sweeping, sorabb!ng, polishing,' diem or put them in another room
a lir
f o without realizing that times had Then I clean the floor with the vaen
changed since my mother taught lite um cleaner. and dry mop. The kitchen
o s c seas t
t.l i even easier d altogether cleaning
methods grantlnrctlier had tan lit s e ei a an g g
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lie
A Plea for Mops and Brooms. I I used to dislike cleaning days thor-
I can remember the time when my ouglily. ' The 'strong soap and hot
broom and dustpan were always I water made my halide red and rough,
standingin my way in a corner of the { I breathed in dust, and the cap 1 wore
kitchen, curl the rest of my olean`ng Was hot and disarranged my hail•.
equipment, consisting of •a wet loop, Now I go about it systematically. In
a scrub brush, two pails, and some; a moment I can collect all, the mat -
By Christine 1 haling.
PART II.
The girl looked anxiously at her
companion, who yawned and stretch -1
ed lazily, as she laid aside her i 'tt-'
ing. �.
"tory worry?" she smiled, showing;
remarkably pretty teeth and a dimple;
in one cheek. •"It's not our fault if 1
the train gets stuck in a blizzard. I
guess that war relief rummage Bale;
ran exist without you—though I know;
you'redying to appear as a Real
Cross nurse.
The other girl colored; but thee
Varsity boy, seeing a heaven-sent op-,
portun,ity, grasped it.
"Were you to assist at the war re -;l
lief rummage' at Havergall to -morrow
morning?" he asked eagerly. "Perm
haps you know my, cousin, Dolly'
Jackson? She's going as a Red
Cross nurse, too. She's crazy about
her costume,"
"I know her!" exclaimed the girl
with the knitting. "She had the room
next mine last year. X know her as
well as I do my own sister." 1
"Well, now," said the commercial
gentleman, smiling at them benign- i
antly, "ain't that pleasaet? I tell:
my wife that if folks would quit bean'•
bashful and speak more friendly to -1
gather the world would be a lot'
pleasanter place to live in. I'm sorry!;
you'll miss that rummage sale, young?
lady. You'd make a right cute -look- ;
in' nurse. But, say, what's to inter-'
fere with harm' a rummage sale of ,
our own? There must be enough junk ,
on these passengers to raise a good -1
size sum for the boys in the
trenches."
The three young people stared at'
him a moment, and then the girl with
the knitting exclaimed:
"Why not? It would be a pertect
lark! We'll interview every passenger;
on the train, as well as the trainmen i
and the paper boy. If everyone gives"
something and we get someone , to;
au tion them off—"
"That's the talk!" broke in the
commercial gentleman eagerly.
"That's the way I like to see an idea1
took up and carried out! There's no'
reason—" 1
"Say," interrupted the Varsity boy(
excitedly, "we'll have to have a corn-;
mitte or something, won't we?"
The dark-haired girl laughed, end
spoke directly to him for the first
time:
I appoint you a committee of one.
to interview that prosperous -looking
old gentleman in the corner and see;
. what he'll do for us."
Not on your life!" answered the
boy, ecstatic at being addressed by
his divinity. "Do you know who that
ls? He lowered his voice and leaned
forward confidentially. "That's Henry
B. Martin of Winnipeg—millionaire.
Began at the bottom. you know, paper
boy ar something on the railroad and
ended president of one of the biggest
lines in the country. Has two sons.
Lost his wife and youngest boy on
torpedoed ship in raid -Atlantic. The
eldest son, with the idea of avenging_
his brother's death, enlisted as a
• private. Been in the trenches all
this time. They say the old man'
hasn't cracked a smile since. No,
sires! I don't want to tackle Henry
B. Martin`"
The dark-haired girl looked-
thoughtfully at the old man staring
out into the storm.
"Let's not bother him," she said
gently. "He looks troubled; but per -
taps if we hold the auction in this
car he'll get interested in spite of
himself, and forget things. New tell
OS," she turned to the commercial
traveler, "how shall we begin?"
"Non, if I was to have my say,"
was the ready answer, "I'd rope in a
few more helpers. There's a boy in
khaki back in the day coach. I left
him twin' on a sweater for an . old
lady who's hurryin' to get it done.
,He's just said good-bye to his girl, an'
ftelin kind oblue. It'll do him good
to have somehin' to take up his mind.
He an' I'll tackle the eoaehes, an' you •
young ones can go through the Pull-
mans. 'We'll meet here in half an'
hour an' compare notes. Now, get,
busy! If this engine should take it
into its head to start gets! we'll be
cheated out of a -rummage sale."
It was an exalted group that met
some three-quarters of an hour later,
The boy in khaki was there; also the
Toronto banker and the woman doc-
tor. It took the drummer at least
three minutes to, call them to order.
I'Suppose we begin," he suggested,
"an' each tell what we've got prom-
ised. In the first place, the old lady
in the last day coach will give that
sweater. She's workin' like mad to
get it done. Then she got some odds
and ends she was carryin' to her
daughter Lucy, an' a jar of straw-
berry preserve. She'll Mut them in.
She's terrible enthusiastic. The two
young girls sitting in front of her
have scared up a hatpin and a b.,.-
4 terttlhpaote. Ail'
,,,,ns a brothes
„ nut, of a sound sleep, and,
instead;ef swearin' at use, he gave nae
a couple o' sets of first -quality gents'
underwear. That's all I got out o'
^,that car; but the conduetor took a
pair. o' .;garters right off his legs so
to speak, and the paper bo said he'd
swipe three magazines and a box of
chocolate peppertnints- r ain't got
into the baggage ear yet, but my
hopes are' high."
Bravo! exclaimed the Toronto
banker cordially. "I hereby pledge
three pairs of new silk socks, two
neckties, and three Shirt studs, war-
ranted to be eighteen carat gold.
"I've gone through my suitcase,"
said the fair haired Havergall girl
eagerly, "and all I could find was a
pack of cards and a new crepe waist;,
at!eman in the next
car gave mea safety razor and six
toothbrushes. He says he's very apt
to leave them in hotels and boarding
houses, so he buys them at whole-
sale. And the two little boys who
seem to have nobody with them in-
sisted an my taking their hairbrush
and' an illustrated edition of "Kid-
napped,"
At this point the clergyman, who
had been rummaging in his suitcase,
edged his way,.into the group.
This is a most commendable idea,"'
he said with a deep and churchly in-
tonation, "At first I feared that I'
had nothing suitable to—ah—donate,
but in going through my things I
came upon a package given me by a
former parishioner as a gift to my'
wife."
His donation proved to be a dozen,
embroidered Isandkerchiefe. At this
point the sour -looking little man
came forward bearing three volumes
of "Good Cheer for Every Day,",
bound in white and gold, He had, he
explained, written his name within
each book as an additional lure to the
public.
The discontented woman with the
vanity bag at last whirled her chairs
about and cried.angrily:
"I'm sick and tired of war relief
and French wounded and people knit-
ting. It's just a fact. I don't believe
in war. anyway!" 1
"Well, I don't know as I do either,"
responded the. old lady placidly.,
"They's a good many things I don't
believe in that seem to keep happen-
in' just the same; an' I s'pose, while
they're goin' on, we might as well
try and make things easier for them
that are sufforin' the most. Maybe
you've got someone belongin' to you
that's goin', ma'am?"
The woman was opening and shut -1
Capher vanity case with nervous
fingers. Suddenly she spoke out
harshly:
' My boy was drafted. My boy!
Do you understand? He's going as
a common private!"
The old lady reached over and pat -1
ted the nervous hands.
"There, now," sine began soothing-'
ly, "that's just how Lucy felt at first
about Calvin. 'Look at him, Mother,
she says, 'they's no one in the regi-
ment so straight an' tall. He ought
to be a captain,' she says. But I told
her: 'Land, Lucy, someone's got to be
the privates. Might's well be our
Calvin as someone else's John; and
so long es he's a good private, I don't
see as it makes much difference.'
After this auction's over, ma'am, I
believe I'll start you on a muffler.
It'll take up your mind an' I got an
pair o' extra needles in my bag." i
As she moved away, the woman
turned suddenly and tore a ring from
her finger.
"Here, take it!" she said savagely.,,
"What matters a jewel more or less
when they've got my boy?"
"That's right, aerie," the old lady,
said cheerfully. "It'll make you feel
better to give somethin', an' this is;
so pretty '1stouldn't surprise me a
mite if it brought in as much as fif-
teen dollars."
(To be continued.)
HOHENZOLLERNT:S GHOST
White Lady of Bayreuth Still Causes
Dread in Ex -Ruler's Life.
Superstitious people who know the
family history are attributing the sad
death of Captain Angus Mackintosh
from pneumonia, in Washington, to
the family curse. The young captain,
who was a son -in law of the Duke of
Devonshire„ belonged to the house of
Moy, which was cursed many years
ago by a girl, who prayed that:
Never a son of a chief of Moy,
Might live to protect his father's
age;
Or close in peace his dying eye,
Or gather his gloomy heritage.
To -day the Kaiser lives in dread
of the curse of the White Lady of
Bayreuth, whose story is being re-
called by one or two German papers,
in view of the fall of the Hohenzol-
lern dynasty. According to histor-
ians, the White Lady of Bayreuth is.
the ghost of a certain German count-
ess 'Who murdered her two children
arid committer] suicide because ^ r 1,27
hopeless± i ariy
sen f a ro al lover
..ti. -
., "o refused to legitimize their union.
She cursed the Ilohenzallerns and
threatened to revisit them, bringing
ruin and tragedy. Lately, it is said,
the dreaded apparition,, which has ap-
peared ata various intervals, notably
before the death of the ex -Kaiser's
Sather and grandfather,' baa reappear-
ed -.a precursor 'of death or disaster
to the 'German royal family.
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r, g is one of the least strenuous and most.
The day that I woke up to the idea I satisfactory of . my duties as house -
of a cleaning closet filled with con- i keeper—F. Ni, B.
venfent and effective implements was •
a red letter day. When I de ide d to' How I Cured Myself of .ilio Worry.
y ca d Habit.
have a cleaning closet and to fill it
off
Speaking broke
5 akin of how he
with!up-to-date e
to -da eP g
t equipment, inert I had be-Pto
q
1
gun to realize that I was wasting, smoking, a friend said to me: "I
hours of time, and no one knows .how . made-up my mind not to be mastered
much strength, in toiling with that' by anything that couldn't talk,"
broom and mop. I now realize that Il Later, when I was wrestling with the
wasn't really cleaning my house as it worry habit, I remembered that.
should be cleaned. A good deal of the I I had worried until I was under the
time I was simply stirring up dirt or, doctor's, care. Then, ono day, my
not affecting it at all. 1 husband and I were riding on a street
I had the closet built in a recess, cap that was blocked in front of a
in one corner of the kitchen. It is' store with large windows. Glancing.
9 feet high, 18 ruches deep, and 3' toward the windows I saw the reflec-
feet wide, and is painted white' lion of a woman's face with the most
througbout. A sheaf for bottles and distressed expression imaginable. I
cans of cleaning material is built 5i had looked for some Mine before I
feet 6 inches from the floor, and the! realized that the face belonged to my
cleat from which the mops and , husband's wife. There 'was not a
brooms hang is 5 feet 3 inches from thing to hurry for, and there I sat
fuming and fretting. I'laughed—and
the floor. The dustpan and some f was more surprised at the difference
the shorter brushes hang 3 feet from."; the laugh made in my appearance.
the floor. All are provided withThen and there I resolved to be
screw eyes fastened to the ends, for master of the thing that couldn't talk.
ronvitient hanging, and all cloths are First I joined a gymnasium, and it
hung up by means of tape loops, did wonders for nae. I became happy
Everything that I use in cleaning, and enthusiastic about it. And when -
Is in that closet. A supply of new i ever I found myself worrying or
cloths is kept in a tin box on the{ thinking unhappy thoughts, I sat
floor, so that I never have to waste down and read an interesting article
time in hunting something with which l or an entertaining story or just a
to dust and polish. A small tin lard; funny paragraph. If after this my
pail and an old enamel saucepan are mind switched back to gloom, I tried
on the shelf ready for cleaning pre-- memorizing a short poem.
parations which must be mixed my The plan worked. It has given me
them. A basket for carryingmater-t
t so many pleasant things to think
ials and small brushes convenienty; about that only rarely now do I have
hangs from the shelf, and a chamois' to hunt up something new.
for polishing metals and glass hangs! Then I established in my home a
in its place beside the oiled dust t "refuge spot," which still is and al -
,.way's will be a fixture there. It con-
A hand -power vacuum cleaner, with; tains books—cheerful and happy
which I can clean walls and furniture, ones. And when task follows task
as well as floors, is the most import-, until it seems there will nut be hours
ant of my implements. I never knew enough in the day for their accomp-
what really cleaning a rug or floor lishment, when I find myself heroin-,
meant until I acquired my vacuum ing nervous and hurrying from one
cleaner, and even at that it probably thing to another, when a fit of the
does not do the work as thoroughly i blues seems imminent—I simply drop
as a power cleaner would do it. + everything and flee to my refuge to
A carpet sweeper takes up surface, read myself calm.—S. L.
dirt, crumbs, lint, and thread from' -
sewing, etc., when I awn in a hurry) GIVE EX -KAISER TASTE OF IT
and do not want to use the vacuum) __
cleaner. A good corn broom does; U -coup of French Soldiers Prescribe
d .e_v!ce, e!tho• hit 'e 't in use
cloths.
goo c , c
a third as much as it used to be, ands- Punishment in Military Form.
a whisk broom is often handy. Two, A little French weekly, the Cr! de
good camel's-hair paint brushes of Paris, Iately received from a group of
different sizes heti me in cleaning the French letters the following letter on
crevices in my good furniture, and; the subject of the ex -Kaiser's punish -
two small vegetable brushes find a' ment:—
hundred uses. This is how we think the Kaisar
I use a dry string mop, oiled, for ought to be punished:
the bare floors in nay dining room, William II. shall wage war until`
living room, and bedrooms, and a wet death ensues.
mop for kitchen and porches. A mop Every day lie shall march Iii miles
wringer fastened to a pail saves me with full pack and equipment, carry -
the unpleasant task of wringing out ing a quick -tiring rifle and a load of.
the mop with my hands, and saves hand -grenades. He shall wear a
strength besides, I save old under- trench helmet and never be allowed
clothing particularly for mop cloths, to take it off. '
because it is soft and absorbent and At the end of his 15 -mile march
not linty. he shall be made to cross marshy.
A stiff scrub brush and two galvan- ground with water up to his waist. 1
iced iron pails are also included in He shall be made to walk down
the outfit. For dusters I use a soft sodden communication trenches in
cloth that does not shed lint. I find which telephone wires shall have'
old silk clothing makes excellent duet- been artfully arranged so as to en- '
ers. To make these dustless I oil tangle him. I
them slightly, putting a little oil in He shall spend every night in a
one corner of the cloth, rolling it narrow trench, in which a few dozen'
tightly, and leaving it a few minutes rats shall be kept and near which
for the oil to spread through. Too there will lie some decaying car -
much oil is apt to give a streaky ap- cases
pearance or to darken woodwork. My As soon as lie begins to doze oft
dustpan is a tong handled one -that a few hand -grenades shall be explod-
has a trap which opens automatically ed, as well as a mine, which should
when I set it in position on the floor, throw him bodily some -ten yards
and closes without losing a scrap of away,
dirt when I lift it up, Every night he shall be made to
An ordinary dish mop with a wood-` walk for two horn's in the dark across
en handle helps me to clean out dif- broken ground, and to cross several
fieult corners and small spaces, and a wire entanglements while carrying
small stepladder enables me to reach eases of hand -grenades.
the high places. When cleaning I: As for hygiene and comfort, he
wear heavy denim aprons and rubber shall change his underclothes only
gloves, and these are kept in the on the first of each month, so as to
closet also. Several tools which I am become a prey to vermin; he shall be
constantly needing when I am clean- allowed to wash on that clay only.
ing I keep in a box with my cleaning' For rations, he shall be entitled to
materials—a tack hammer, . a screw one tin of bully beef per day, with a
driver, a tack puller, and an assort- - quarter of a loaf of bread, arid, as an
ment of nails, screws, and tacks. " appetiser, some sardines in oil; he
On the shelf area collection of the shall drink either water or sour wine,
cleaning Louids, washing powders, half a pint for each meal.
and polishing ma te, ials that I use in This shall last for 365 days in the
cleaning. A s_ippl,y of kerosene, am- year. During the meal hours one
monia, alcohol, and linseed oil is kept might improve his mind by reading
in pint jars plainly labeled, i aloud to him selected -passages from
Some of the other matex!als which,.Boche philosophers, in lieu , of the
T find necessary are soap, floor was,' customary reading of the colnmuni-
washing Soda, fur.'niiure polish, bath' quo,
brick, stove nali<_ir, nod a good scour- Thus perhaps lie might be rnade to
ing preparation. realize the sufferings endured by
Before Padre:: eneP3 and bi.lsiiee millions of men wirer through. his
back in the closet I see that they ere' fault, were sent to the slaughter,
thoroughly, clean. Most of there caul; ' • ' - - - '- is
be cleansed very well in soap and The 'island of Barbadoes is said
water, -My dry mop I wash occasion -to be kept free froni'm'alaria by the
ally - in washing sada and water. lily , tiny fish. known as - "Milli ons," 'which
dusters go into the weeny wash as devour 'the larvae in the early stages
regular us the towelsandtable linen.: of to development.
PilAR &
A IS
A VAST D
CANADIAN ARCTIC EXPEDITION
REPORTS NO CURRENTS.'
Last of Stofansson.'s Party Lands
Safely on Coast of Alaska- After e
"ears on ice Floe:
•
The Department of the Naval Sim-
iles at Ottawa has received from Vu -
icon, Alaska, a despatch from Stoker
Storkersen announcing the safe arra
Sal of his ice exploration party on
November 7 last, on the north coast
of Alaska. This brings to an end the
exploratory work of the Canadian Are -
tic Expedition,
The work carried out by Storkersen
was planned by Mr. Stefaxisson, who
intended to command the party per.
sonally, but was prevented from do-
ing so by typhoid, which overtook Mini
about three weeks before the expect.
ed start,
Storkersen's party, when they left
the north coast of Alaska at Cross Is-
land, consisted of nine whites and four
Eskimos. with sledges, They started
March 16, 1918. After about two
weeks of travel northward across the
ice Storkensemsent back three of thio.
sledges and four of the men. Twro
hundred miles from Alaska he cent
back three more sledges and all but
^heir Ian
four of his companions. a p
then was to camp on the ice, and drift
with it, They carried practically no
provisions, expecting to live on seals
and polar bears.
No Currents Westward.
It had been the general belief of
geographers and Polars that there
was a current running 'westward and
that Storkersen's party would be car-
ried west parallel to the coast of Si-
beria. I•iad the drift been to the west-
ward, Storkersen would undoubtedly
have remained on the lee all winter,
but it appears from his despatch that
no such westward drift was found, but
that the ice cake on which they were
camped was carried around in what
may be considered a large eddy. They
commenced their drift about TI north
latitude and 146 west longtitude. The
most north•westerly point reached by
them Starkerseu reports to have been
74 north latitude and 152 west longi-
tude, while the most easterly point
reached was 1441,+ west longitude, In
addition to valuable deep-sea sound-
ings, which were taken, although no
report of them has been received, this
exploration has shown the inaccuracy
of the theory previously held as to
currents in this part of the Polar Sea,
and lies given additional demon tra-
tiou of the safety and suitability for
Polar exploration- of the method of
living on the country. for Storkersen
reports that after seven months with.
out other provision than those secured
by leis rifle; his parry landed all safe.
The other four members of the
party were: Bustav Masik, Lome
Knight, Martin Kilian and D. U. Un -
,mar,
Coming Thome to Englund.
Ever the shimmer of the English
leaves,
And a -southern wind a -blowing;
Ever a twitter of. 'dawn at the eaves;
And the distant kine a -lowing;
Ever the glory of Autumn sheaves,
And a ditiipled brook a -flowing.
Ever the church at the foot of the
hill;
n'i n
signa-swan g
And the tavernis „ ,
Ever a voice at tete window -sill,
And the children a -tugging and
olin-ping;
Ever the clatter that comes from the
mill;
And a thrush at my heart a -singing.
Gone is the dawn with its lurking
fears
On a night of tearless weeping;
Gone is the ache of the crawling
years,
With horror and death in their keep-
ing;
0, ever the quiet of the coming years,
And the loved oiler around me sleep-
ing,
A silver bell Lias been anonymous-
ly presented to the town of Guild-
ford, England, for use by the town -
crier on the day peace is signed.
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ARCTIC JOURNEY
TROOPS COVERED 300 MILES iN
TWELVE DAYS.
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Well Equipped With Suitable
Food and Clothing- -
An arctic jourxiey et probably the-
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trip in twelve days,
The trip ii'lfs planned and directed
by membere of Sir Ernest II, Shackle -
ton's Antarctic expedition, including
Doctor Macklin, mind was a -signal sic•
cess, Sir Ernest himself, although not
partialpating in the journey to the
front, arrived at Archangel on an ice-
breaker with the first detachment of
re -enforcing troops.
The captain of this advance guard,
Who then had his men comfortably
billeted in a little village, decided the
trip as being "quite cheery and cold."
Most of the days sawthethermometer
from 36 to 40 degrees below zero, but
of the first detachment of 130 men only
five or six had been compelled to fall
out for test at a hospital en route. Al-
though he lied boon trainee) for several
months to work in Arctic 'latitudes, the
captain of the leading detachment be-
longed to a West Indian regiment,
Varied Travelling Devices.
Ilore and there along the trail were
found villages where there was an
American Y,M,C,A, hut, Workers who
had pushed out ahead to pave the way
for the incoming troops brought cheer
to the British soldiers with het drinks
along the trail.
"We walked about half the time and
rode, two in a sleigh, the other half,"
said the captain. "My detachment
pioneered ahead and we were equipped
with all sorts of devices, including dog-
sleds and light hand -sleds. Of course,
there are skis and snowshoes for all."
Light windproof jackets and trousers
designed by those of long experience
in the Arctic were worn over the sol-
dier's uniforms. The soldiers' diet.
was rich in fats and proteins, re•en•
forced with a special Arctic ration,
which tasted like thick palatable gravy
and kept up their strength. One lieu•
tenant of Norwegian birth, who helped
to outfit the expedition, bathed naked
in the snow each day. He had no con-
verts.
SURGERY FOLLOWS "FLU"
Epidemic Said to Have Left Evil
Wake in England.
The operating surgeon is now be-
ing, called in to assist with his knife
in clearing away some of the after
affects of the influenza epidemic, the
ravages of whichappearto have no
end, Children are more serious suf-
ferers than adults from those influ-
enza complications which necessitate
treatment on the operating table.
"Tile epidemic which first kept the
general practitioner so busy," said
Dr. J. Howell Evans, a West End
consulting' surgeon, recently, "seems
now to be passing into the surgeon's
and specialist's hands. We are tre-
mendously busy dealing with a var-
iety of complications, all brought
about by the 'flu' epidemic,
"We are handling daily child cases
in - which the septic pneumonia
brought about by 'flu' has set up such
virulent blood poisoning that germs
have been carried by the blood to all
parts of the body. And so we find
.` that even the bones of children are
affected at their growing extremities.
This means operations on the knee
joints, at the back of the ears, and
elsewhere, for the removal of resi-
dues and infections,
"Other troubles occasioned by 'flu'
which are now beingtreated- surgic-
ally are abscesses of the tonsils,
ulcers of the tonsils, swollen glands
in the neck, abscesses in the eel' and
abscesses in the chest.
"Such a list of complications may
not be pleasant resoling, but it should
carve to warn the public as to what
may happen if they treat the, epi-
demic lightly."
Keeping Busy.
House Painter (who lib just enter-
ed railway carriage discovers among-
st the other occupants an artist)—
"Fine day. I see you're a brother
painter." ..
Artist (sarcastically) --"Yes, I sup-
pose I am. 'Do you go in chiefly for
, figure or landscape works?"
"No. Architectural is, main in ray
line. I was got in the country the
day whitewashing a learn. Are ye
busy, yersel'?i'
"Yes; I gave the first coat tie. ft
castle, second coated a little village,.
a few fir trees, a hillside, and finished
• a flash, of lightning."
"Ma conscience! But yell be hav-
ing a big contract, shairdy."
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Lady Barber—"How would you ince,,
me to cut it, sir?" The Major—"Alb
—you line the hairs up and number
-, .them off from the sight. Odd, sings'
her stand fast, but the 'two even
numbers want about an snots ofr..
Dress smartly with a little brillisGi t-
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