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THE STOLEN BABY.'
BEGIN HERE TO -DAY.
A novelist,' seeking nocturnal ad;
venture, waits for a taxi in the Pad-
dington Recreation Ground, London.
He notices a girl who ,seems to be
waiting for the midnight omnibus and
offers to give her a lift in his taxi and
the girl accepts his offer. Sine informs
him that her sister is sick in a hospi-
tal and that she is on her way to fetch
her sister's baby from, het sister's
home to hers.
The cab stops in a poor part of Lon-
don and the girl disappears through a
doorway and returns carrying a baby.
Arriving at a point in Elgin Avenue,
the girl leaves the cab and as she
alights her escort notices an elabor-
ately worked coat -of -arms on the
baby's coat.
NOW GO ON WITH TIIE ZTORY.
I had altogether lost track of her.
After a moment, a policeman who
was standing by a gate, considered
me with a suspicious air. I had rav-
eled my hair, so that it stood on end.
The po:iceman was still watching me
with interest. It was obvious that I
could not stay in the middle of the
road like this unless I wanted him to
think nm' drunk. For a moment I
thought I would tell him about the
l
coronet. But what could a policeman
say if a hatless man, in the middle of
the road, told him that a girl who
wasn't there had got hold of a baby
that wasn't there either? He'd be
certain to think pie drunk. So, at-
tempting all the dignity a man can
achieve when he has lost his hat, I.
walked away to Elgin Avenue, pre-
tending to be busy
i got hone somehow, a little later,
unfortunately in another taxi, so that
I did not recover my hat. I had a
cold bath. as a result of which I felt
much hotter, and more confused when
I got into bed. I found myself ratable
to. sleep. All the little incidents of
that night crowded upon me: the girl's
confused references to her father and
her stepmother,. the fact that she was
living alone and yet took her sister's
baby to live with her when she could
leave it where she had found it, the
obvious commonness of her voice, and
its contrast baby's the bah s beautifal
clothing, her nervous excitement, her
state almost. of palsy, as if she had
been frightened, or was hunted, when
she canie back with the child, her
rapid flight, the blackness into which 'Mayfair into the parit, where for a
she had taken pie, the blackness into while I sat on a bench. But I was too
which she bad vanished.. all this restless and after a while went on,
combined. By degrees it pilled up into'still through the parks. It was nearly
n certainty that my wanderer of the
a quarter to seven now; I realized
night had stolen a child, and that L. tiwith a. shock that I was instinctively
had assisted her. Then my confused moving toward Guelf Street, like a
state of mind became complicated by I murderer drawn to the. scene of his
the realization that babies with car- crime. �•
Duets on their clothes are not genet When I reached the fatal corner,
ally found in houses on Guelf Street, me seems gm !!
the light should have deceived y J
place. Probably .the taxi man vyeould
read in the papers an accbunt of the
stealing from Guelf Street. Ile would
remember the girl, the baby . , and
me. Aria my hat, within the lining,
bore my name and address. How was,
I going to explain that I was no acces-
sory to the crime? I had visions of a
prosecution; of myself, if not going to,
jail, at least socially compromised.
There was no question of sleep now.
I turned about and about upon my
burning bed, at one moment a crim-
inal, at another an outcast. I even
had a beautiful serene mood 'when I
saw myself going to the police station
and offering myself up. And 3 loath-
ed myself for having been, midi
fool and left my hat behind. Several
times I resolved in future to go to
bed every night at half -past ten. But
all this did not give me back my fatal
hat. Thus, at half --past five, com-
pletely exhausted, I got up, dressed,
out of habit shaved, thrusting away
the idea of cutting my throat. I did
not at all know what I wanted to do.
I mainly wanted to get out and think..
I went out into the cool morning
that was golden and radiant with
summer. The streets were white and
lovely, as they are at that hour. I
walked through the pretty desert of
11111 111111�l1lh hh1
i
"What can I do for you?" said
the lofty creature.
I saw thyself in the middle of a bur
!instinct t d toda me, though'
lesque rather than a melodrama. But' eyes, I knew exactly where Rhoda had
the baby did have a coronet on its .
. gone. It was just there, thirty yards;
that day, and Rhoda was the person back house faced with stone Therel
a good many people about, andl
over me like a muffling hat What
already children were playing in the
clothes. Perhaps it had been stolen , along, on the right, to a very tall
Nursing ,J-Iome extended back to the
youth of Queen Vittoria; it maintain-
ed its traditions
"Can I see Mrs. Go:d'?" I said,
"Mrs, Gold?" said the parlormaid,
do a tone of amazement.
"Yes. It's very important."
"You want' to see 11irs. Gold, sir?"
repeated the parlermaid, this time
conveying that I wished to see the
Empress of China. "I'm afraid that's
impossible, sir.".,
"But I tell you I must see her. It's
very urgent"
"m -sorry, sir. But the chairman,
I mean Mrs. Gold, can "be seen only
every other Friday, between three and
four.: Perhaps -you; would like to see
the matron, sir?",
"Yes, yes. I'll see anybody you
like who's in charge."
I was ushered ,into a small ,room
entirely filled with large tables, side-
boards and' armchairs, 1840 sty�'e,
papered in 1840, expensively, and
never repapered since. There I waited.
fel! an awful quarter of an hour, at
the end of which a page, covered with
buttons, took pie to- another room,
where, behind a colossal desk, sat: an
equally . colossal woman, upholstered
in black silk, and hung with the kind
of gold chain that provincial mayors
affect.
"What can Y do for you?" said the
lofty creature,
"Well,' you see ,
"One moment. May I ask your
lane?"
I gave it, and began again, but was
interrupted: "One moment. Your ad-
dress, if you please. Thank you."
She joined her finger tips. "Well,
what can I do for you?"
I --.was 'silent for ayrmomeni; the di-
mensions of the scenery daunted me;
besides, I don't know how it happened,
but the room felt cold.; I had 'slot ex-
pePiencetl coolness anywhere for a
week. How, in the midst of" these
stupendosities, 'in this "temple of res-
pectability, I was going to explain
that`the shrine had been violatedin
the night, I really dill not know. At
last, forcing my palsied tongue, I told
my story hurriedly and with. eomp:ete
incoherence, while the matron kept
upon vie an observant, appraising eye.
Her glance said: "Mental case,' Not
dangerous." When I had finished she
recited my story to me in an incredu-
lous tone:''So far as 1 understand,
you tell ire that last night you, in
company with a young woman, ab-
stracted an infant from this estab-
lishment "
"Yes." .
"You tell rue that the young woman
went upstairs after having exchanged
some remarks' with a person . . "
"I ' didn't say she exchanged re-
marks, I said that I thought I
saw ,
"Pardon me. You saw, or you did
not see. Which was it?"
"I think I saw."
"Very well. We will omit that fact
for the moment. You then say that
the young person came out, carrying
an infant which she had not brought
into this establishment. Do I under-
stand you rightly?"
"Quite."
"And what, may I ask, were your
motives in assisting in this apparent-
ly disgraceful proceeding?"•
"Well, you see. I was standing out-
side the Chippenham , • ."
"What is the Chippenham?"
"A public house."
"I understand. Yes. Please pro-
dYou say,that as you were com-
ing
��.
in out o
f. a public house ,
g
Contin tof
1 was not g out a public
house. Besides, it was after closing
time.
"I ani not aware of closing time.
Please proceed."
"The girl was in a great state of
excitement, and told me she had to
fetch a baby for her sister and
•
at, "
"You have told me' all this ,before,
but your motives are still obscure,
Mr...."
"Oh, never mind my motives. I ex-
pect I was a fool. But what I want
y-oti to understand is that a baby has
been kidnapped from this place and
I want to make sure that it's all
right."
(To be continued.)
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to afford it deeper concealment. Then -
Minard'a Liniment tor Rheumatism.
- I remembered my hat, and horror fell { were
m -" s ,e . a gutters. Thus, without drawing atten-
tion, I went up to the house. It seem-
ed ordinary enough; the curtains sug
gested a certain tidiness. Then I per -1
ceived a'helf-effaced brass plate upon'
the door where I read the words::
"Mrs, Gold's Nursing Home," I was
stupefied, for Mrs. Gold's Nursing
Horne is one of the most famous in
all London, one of the most opulent.
The idea that a litt:e shop girl from
Elgin Avenue could receive a baby
from such portals was absurd, unless
shp received it illegitimately. The
conviction fastened upon me that my
nightmares were correct, that kidnap-
ping was the edventul'e in which T
had had a Banti• T fest puzz-eel. How
was it that Mfrs, Gold's Nursing Home
lay in Guelf Street? Then I remem
bored that the next turning on the
left was Royal Place, which is the ad -
(tress of the home. I was standing
before the back door, Well. I had
EL cane far; I had better face the
1
trouble, Perhaps it was too late to
I repair what I had done, So I mount -
as going to na.ppcn. 1f that baby
was important, a hunt would take
Carry if
8
ways
with
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WRIGLEY'S
Keeps teeth
clean, breath sweet,
appetite keen and
digestion good.
treat after
smoking
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Waiters' College Teaches Art
of Folding Napkins.
The ability to fold table napkins in
thirty-seven different. ways 1s one of
Cho many ttce0.nrplisitntents a. faeiman.
Waiter has to acquire before he can
nail himself a, fully trained man.
The best training school for waiters
is orit•. in Berlin, It was founded in I
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NAVY BLUE IS SMARTEST.
If you a'reepartial to the straight
_silhouette, you wie1- find much to ad-
mire in -this distinctive frock of navy
crepel'la: The straight bodice smartly
fastens under a flat plait at the centre
front, •and a suggestion of the flare,
now so popular, is achieved by the use
of inverted plaits "running. from the
ourved lower edge of the bodice front
to skirt hem. The back is in one piece
and quite plain, except for a' narrow
belt caught in the side seams, which
ties in the centre back. The collar is
of the convertible type, to be worn
high or low, and the long set-in sleeves
have tab cuffs fastening .at the wrists.
No. 1320. is- in sizes 34, 36, 38, 40 and
42 inches bust. Size 36 bust requires
2% yards '64 -inch navy crepe:%la; =is
yard white crepe. Price 20 cents,
Many styles of snrart'apparel may
be found in our new Fashion Book.
Our designers originate their patterns
in the heart of the style centres, and
their creations are• those of tested
popularity,'brought within the means
of the average woman. Price of the
book 10 cents the copy.
BOW TO ORDER PATTERNS.•
Write your name and address plain.
,y, giving number and.size of such
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stamps or coin (coin preferreliq wrap'
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address your order to Pattern- Dept,
Wi:son Publishing Co., 73 West Ade-
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Prepared With Capers.
1 Diner- "Was this mutton prepared
with (lepers?
Writer -"Yea, sir, indeed It was.
The chef burnt three fingers when he
took it up."
Sailors' Gold.
One of the most curious treasures
limited by sailers in tropical waters is
ambergris.
This has nothing to do with amber.
R. 9s a. secretion shed into the water
by certain sperm whales, and is,
metaphorically speaking, worth its
weight In gold.
Curiously enough, although when
taken from the whale it has a most un-
pleasant smell, \vben exposed to the
air its odor becomes .pleasant) and It
is used' largely In the perfumery trade,
By old tradition, ambergris is trea-
sure trove, and the •Shipper slid crew
who have the luck to find It inay divide'
the proceeds of its sale,
Babulous lutes are told of beach•
combers who dozed in rags on tropical
seashores to find on awakening a
lump of'ainbergiis arasha,t to their feet
by the waves.
1893 and here dolens of pupils are be-
ing taught the art rf laying the table,'
carving and serving faultlessly.
Due regard is p rel to all the niceties
of the art of serving, P-ilit 11 preseribes,, 1
for lusdauee, that the edge of the plate
must lie hall an Inch inside the edge
of the Labe- ro more and no less. The
curriculum, which requiree nhoul. eight.
weeks• includes 21 Ph (al, course et law
When a Bey says: r'Ph t ;; n,thlni1
ahead of .me is this office," there's
usually eomrthing b h•n.l hinr-:and
pretty c:055, tee.
as affecting Itot 1 and restaurant keep- t:
ens and their servants. Wr' -
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Motorcycle, h'is ;t1OL'Won a World's 14e -
card fent endurance. J :v ih an one
cent per mile to op .rate. 111d over 140
milers pet' gallon of gas 31)7 cash,. ba!-.
Price aneo 320 per month, ice 32'03.
wALTEri ANDREWS, Ltd.
hand rang the bell.
wnt,ll ccs
Sr-arrantDoubrcmine
lekr Nutt s Though it was so early, the door
ca L4 :ndrUv,J was. opened by a par,:otan'iirl. already
magnificent in ruched cap and fri;led
apron. Vaguely I rioted the size and
_ t1 appalling ugliness of the fur n lure of
l the hall; the fame of MIS. Gold's
Every Mead
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DON'TS FOR JUNE BRIDES
Give a Man a Chance: •By -".A Woman With a Duster."
Here are a few tips for June brides: muph right to bis opinion as you, have
Don't live. in your emotion's. Gets to yours.
down to earth. as -a daily abiding plaee.1 Don't be one. of the ''I -told -You -so
You won't get so many bumps if youl women. When your husband 'makes
s mistake, let -him down easy and for-
get the incident, He:will reember it
with gm
gratitude.
Learn linin Lo ,yield gracefully. It's
Don't narrow your interests down to a groat ert, and great is its reward,
one person, even if he isyour bus.. Never correct your husband before
band, so that if he fails you your world company, no matter hove big en error
will be left ehifity and disalate. he ``lakes. it's bad form and will in-
Oon't think that because you would evitab•y make him hate you.
die for your husband it gives You a Cultivate a sense of ]rumor. There
right to nag and deprive him of his are many things in married life at
personal 'liberty. Don't insist 'oa go- which we must laugh or weep, and the
ing out with him every time h, leaves ability to see the funny slue of domes -
home. A man has just as mach need tic life will keep you out of the divorce
0f masculine s•Ociety as a „woman has court.
of feminine. Give your husband an 1 Don'.t be a spoil -sport and raise a
evening out, and no questions asked,' million objections to every plan your
every week. He deserves it, I husband suggests for -a little pleasure.
•Take a Holiday. The reason that most neglected wives
I
aro neglected is because they
have
end' takeone yourself. There are
v.
no two persons runic dull company as dist proved themselves wet blankets
those who know exectly the same 00' every festive occasion:
things, •and haven't ellen a new story Try to learn to se chummy with your
Don't eft with your finger on your
pulse,acounting yon heart throats.
to toe each. other.,•husband, so that when the flare of the
fire of jiassion'tlies out you will have
Dcn't `argue: Argument never yet the Steady glow and warmth of friend -
produced any results • in the family shill and comradeship to fall back up -
circle, except rasped tempers, 011•
Don't, burden your husband with all Learn how to. be a g'ood,eook and an
of your little worries. 13e has trou- economical dna ihrlfty' housekeeper,
tiles enough 0f ills own. J.Tlrat's just as much your obligation in
Play fair with your husband. Be as. matrimony as, it is a man's to make
nice to his family and friends as you the motley to run the house on.
expect frim to be to yours, I Dont' forget that yeur husband is
Don't tell your husband everything -you• biggest baby and the only one
you think you t' -Ictal, for sometimes that -will never grow up.
you"ilon't think it. I Don't bewail tee fact that -your has-
Don't set up your own standard of band is not all your girlish fancy paint -
tastes and inorals and expect your hus- ed him. _ What would a perfect man
band to accept them. He has just as want with you?
My Native Land. on Corn 'Borer.
now indulge itr
Ten thousand 'PeopleThirty-0rie agricultural counties in
foreign travel, if only !'ora summer northern Ohio have mobilized to fight
fortnight; where line left this island a tire invading corn borer,
century ago. Though these suminer' : --
travellers enjoy and appreciate the Perpetual Task,
change of scene anis customs, they are 'Piro head part of making good is that
apt to say',' on returning, tbst:ther'e is you nisi do it over every day.-Van-
Scotland,
England, I Bonnie Scotland, or Gallant Little Wales, or
Ould ()Ireland. It is about 5 century • M � E BA��
duce Si)' Water Scott voiced this love )7�:G3 INS
of the homeland in the following "a -
no place like t Eng ane , or nn e -convey Sun, -
New and c'igi:ly used, fig
mous tines; I onward,. Treoenousahle' ' by Is the wonder and admiration of the'
1lr y — crao3Id, Wrne for 1 whole world. it incorporates the most
rrlw. LI„t.
eEEnLEss
I.ungenictts devices, and tells of so.
oI000LL' vso les much :splendid achievement' that, even
,
da oundv stroct,the Americans have lead to sin, its
. _ . west, Tmnata g
Whose heart hall: neer within him Ura
ises!
turned, • niah•clnss s. -c, 0. Leghorn and c. A. C. sacred, Great Britain may well be proud of
As home his footsteps Ire flat(` turned, 1 ""Plymouth nook- the part she has played 1n the postwar
From wandering 00 a lorri;go alrantl! BABY f'HICKS
progress of science, -1. G.
The Impossible Golden Mean.
The proprietor of a, grocery noticed
a woman <contpl lining' to one of his
THE PRICE OF
LOVE
"The only thing we can get for noth-
ng is love."
This statement was made recently
by a man who presumably spoke from
experience. Ile. should: be. congratu-
lated ou his good luck'in getting, free
Of . cost, one oflife's most expensive
necessities. To most of ars love is a
great deal more than a luxury; it le
our very lifer
In speaking of the price of love, how-
ever, I do not allude to the financial
cost of an engagement or a marriage:
it would be sacrilege ti reduce love to
dollars and cents,
Yet we have'onlyto study hntman
beings, -and our newspapers, to realize
that payment of a kind is demanded
for every dart Cupid sends out,' tin -
fortunately, the overage person will
not ga•asp this fact, but just takes from
"Life's shop window" something which,
on the surface; appears to bean at-
tractive "tree gift." s
Paying Every. Hour.
- .Such is our desire to get into the
land of -thrills and heart -beats that we
rarely estimate the cost of the journey.
If some well-meaning, person tells us.
there wi%II' be a price, we Just laugh,
never expecting a demand for pay-
ment to be made,
Yet even the love affairs which ap- -
pear to be running' most smoothly do
demand payment frpm both man and
woman. Ile must deny himself mncb,
and she also has to make sacrifices.
A wife who levee her: husband pays
everyday-sometimesevery hour -for..
the happiness of his love. • These of
us vyjto live"outside the shrine of love
Kaye only our own troubles to bear,
'but when one'. -heart beats in unison.
with -another, the cares and anxieties
of„each: are borne by both, We incur
debts of lave.
True, there -are occasions when the
account rendered's•eenis extortionate,
yet most of•us pay no cheerfully.
The following_true incident points to
the power anti' strength oe love. yet
shows how reluctant a girl may be to
pay for the beauty of love after it has
entered her life. - Fate's Demand Note.
Edna was the plain one of a family
of three, and while the others married,
she was left "on the shelf." Most peo-
ple expected her to remain there for
life. Then shegot a lover, and her
whole appearance changed. Her eyes
brightened; her smile became -sweet;
and folks wondered '.how ever they
could have thought her plain.
A month or "ab later I found her
weeping and -'looking sulky. IIe had
gone to a football 'match. She hated
football, so wouldn't go.
She could not understand that a
'couple of hours' gracious martyrdone
was what Trate called upon her to pay
for the joy of love. She .,constantly
deelered that she would give the whole
world rather than lose her lover's af-
fection, yet when put -to the test she
was ready to give-practieel;y nota -
Mg!
Where "British" is Best.
The fact that Ainundsen's airshiit,
Norge I., hurriedly replaced a foreign
coinpass for one of English'mainrfac•
lure, is pleasing evidence that we are
coming into our own .in the manufac-
ture of scientific apparatus; says an
nn lishma azine,
g g
Before the war we did not bold a
prominent Place in this industry. We
seemed to be content. ---as we 3111 in
the realms of science itself -to do the
preliminary work and , then let the
foreigner reap the benefit,
Not many years ago optical and ,_
camera 'lenses were praeticelly a Ger- -
neaif monopoly, The beet laboratory
apparatus came from the same source.
Photographic films had to be American
before they were any good. It was the -
same l with nearly every variety of
scientific instrument -or apparatus.. •
But: during' the .war, and after, Bri-
tain set to and tackled the paablem,
and to -clay 'sees her first in the field.
Noother goods are so accurate and
durable.
l3specially do we excel in instru-
ments designed to make delicate mea
surements. Tho Sapanese Government
recently had need of a special instru-
ment for taking microscopic measure
mente. The whole. world was allowed
to teuder,'and 'from the many specifi-
cations submitted,
pecifcations.subnmitted, a British 011ew'aa
selected, as none other fulfilled the re-
quirements.
Inc the wireless world: -made pos-
sible by the discoveries and theories
of British scientists -we 'again lead the
way for accuracy and reliability.
Tire new high-power •station at Rug -
Bret' 1105 i.he.e the man, wtih souleo.
dead,
Who never to l±iinsell halm sell,
This is niy:oven, nr,' native land'
if su eh there breal he, go, mark hurt
Eight weeks old `uncle
35'1!11: ! 11 n;,,,1 e r 1 1 a 1111 Ilog l I s un-
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for him no RThi, cal tapinr,a svvel:;
' aa r. en 1 d, I g o t 1 u0 1 11 i,,, $„ p r
I•I{gl Llt011 11 ,175 taiCS p.elnd 1115 Ratite, ply crit. r.rlllilt Innunnt(r.'1.
13elrndleas 111s wealth a, wish can FAI II DEAL POULTRY FAO
111)11)0;- _ I Walter L;'eadmnp, „ poprtinntl,M00(0,30
Desliite,,iticsetitles, power, ;inti ...pelf, 1.
.'Plc wretch, con cent lel u11 in slf,
f.iving;,sht:1 forfeit Lair renown,
Anil, doubly dying, shai] gb ciov,-5
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To tine vilo dn:e; from whence he
sprung.,. - -I
19navopt, i:nho.uilcd, .I,I emegilg,
346 Yonge St.- Toronto l4tifard's Liniment for Sore Feet.
A BUS • SOF
YOUR OWN
CorpEarn money-nnd got It c c y week Sell fruit
licks, lowering shrubs, clielle tee,, todglg. roc-,
,n,l evergreens. Datil ,urnl.l'ed. Did, totahllah-
cd tiro' 1104 n ni mlike proposition for mon or
woman el good standing end energetic,
E. D. SNIT!' '0 SONS, Llnnl00D;
Winona, 000010
clerk's. After she had left the store,
he asked the. Mertz, "What was 'she
complaining about?"
"Tire long wait, explained the clerk.
"Well," remarked the philosophic
grocer, "you eau's p10005 some people.
Only
yesterday
she was
complaining
g
of the short weight,"-
Kaolin, 0 kind of r0ttet cloy, is.'
1 J' ,y, rte- ._-
mg used in the east as medicine for
, cholcra.,