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Established 1840
Head Office, Guelph, Ont.
Risks taken on all elan/0 of insur-
prtce at reasonable rates.
ABNER COSENS, Agent, W righam
3. W. DODD
Office in Chisholm Bliielc
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AND HEALTH
-- INSURANCE
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WINGI1AM, ONTARIO
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`BEAU GES
By Percival Christopher Wren
TFI gE,h,EST MYSTERY STQRY EVER WRITTEN
Michael and )big'oywere sitting side and, from then: and Boldin:, heard in_
by side on a bench, their hands in
their pockets,their pipes in their
mouths and consternation on their
faces!
"Good God!" exclaimed Michael.
"You unutterable young fool! God
help ;us!,
WINO!' ADVAN
-TIMES,,
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Thursday, April, 7th,
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J .W DUSDFD.ELD
Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Et .
Morley to. Loan
Office—Meyer Block, •Wingham
Successor to Dudley Holmes
R. VANSTONE
BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC.
Money to Loan at Lowest Rates
Wingham, Ontario
J. A. NVQ RTON
BARRISTER, ETC.
Wingham, Ontario
DR. G.11..ROSS
Graduate; Royal College of Dental
Surgeons
Graduate' University of Toronto
Faculty of Dentistry
Office Over H: E..Isard's Store.
I fell upon them. While I shook
Michael's hand, Digby shook my oth-
er one, and white " I shoo. Digby's
hand, Michael shook my head. They
then threw me upon the common b,
(about twenty feet long and six broad)
and shook may feet, finally pulling me
on to the ground. I arose: and dos-
ed with Digby; and'Michaei pushed us
both over. ,We rose and both clos-
ed with Michael, until all three fell in
a heap.
We then felt better and realized we
were objedts of interest and concern,
alike to our acquaintances and to the
strangers within our gates.
"Gee!" said Buddy. , "Fightin' al-
ready! B..eat 'em up, Bo."
."Dorg-fight," observed Hank.
"Chew their ears, son."
"Mad English," shrugged Vogue,'
the French „embezzler. "They fight
-' when civilized people embrace."
Boldoni was deeply interested.
"Third robber!' he said in a tone of
numerable lurid stories ofri the Legion'
for the truth of all of wbieh they
ouched with earnest protestations and
strange oaths, I noticed the earnest-
ness of the lattter were in inverse pro-
portion to the probability of the,
former.:
Y/T perceive are not about to en-
ter ' an academy for the sons of gentle-
men where religious andmoral train-
ing, 'character -forming and develop-
ment of the intelligence, are placed be-
fore 'examination -cramming," , my son,'
observed Digby to me, quoting from
the syllabus 'of our preparatory school
as we left the canteen,
"No," said I, "'bu it .sounds an un.
commonly good sohool for inercenar,
soldiers" (and we found that it was
certainly that).
"One hopes that this is' not a fair
sample of our future home -life and
domestic surroundings," remarked
Michael,_' as we entered the barrack
froom.
It.was an utterly beastly place, dark,
dirty, depressing, its sole furniture be
ing the great. wooden guard -bed be-
fore mentioned (which was simply
a huge shelf, innocent of mattress or
covering, on which a: score or so of
men could lie side by side), a heap of
Serve Dominion Stores Tea and'
Delight Your Friends
�;. o L. Bulk
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W.COLBORNE, M.D
Physician and Surgeon
Medical Representative D. S. C. R.
Phone 54 Wingham.
Successor to Dr. W. R. Ilanrbly.
Dr. Rol t. C. Ittraczed
Mi.R.C.S. (Eng.). L.R.C.P. (Load.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON.
Dr. Chisholrn's old stand.
DR. R. L. STEWART
Graduate, of University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontario 'College, of Physicians and
Surgeons. Chisholm Block
Office in Chis
insephine Street.; Phone 29.
mingled 'comment and enquiry to evil -looking brown blankets in acorn-
Glock er, and a couple of benches. The
"Beau and Dig," said I, "let me in-
troduce two shore -enough blowed; in
the -glass, dyed-in-the-wool, whole -
piece. White Men from God's Own
Country -Hank and Buddy -My bro-
thers, Michael and Digby, see, and as
one' man the. four shook gravely,
"Mr. Francesco Boldoni," said I.
"My brothers," and, neither Michael
Dr. Margaret C. Calder
General Practitioner
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of. Medicine
Office—Josephine St., two doors south
• of Brunswick Hotel.
Telephones:, Office 281, Residence x51
place would have disgraced a prison
if used as a common cell.
However, Boldini assured .us that
things would. be quite different at the
depot at Saida or Sidi-bel-Abbey—•and
I assumed that...to be different 'they
must be better, for they couldn't be
worse. .
•' Our evening meal was the now fain
nor :Digby offered his hand to the iliar soupe and bread, and Boldin
Italian until that gentleman reached !told us that the unvarying African
for it effusively. daily ration was half a pound of meat
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men who have spent almost' a
quarter of a century hi the.
study of scientific shoe design-
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a shoe that protects the health.
of your 'child—
No 'wrinkled linings to create
callouses; no racks, but . a
cushion -sole that increases the
natural springiness of the foot
—a shoe that can be enlarged
a full size when it is outgrown.
We .sell and recommend theme
`1V. J. GREER,
Wingham;' Ontario
"I think wine is indicated; gentle-' and three sous worth of vegetables
men," he said, and .eyeing ris in turn, jserved as stew, a pound •and a half of.
added, "when we three robbers meet I bread, half an ounce of, coffee, and
again,' so to speak." Michael invited half an ounce of 'sugar. He said it
Hank and Buddy to . join us, and Bol- ' was nourishing, ' and sufficient hut
dini led the way and did the honours deadly monotonous, • and, 'as to .the
of Fort St. Therese. latter, I was prepared to believe him.
In this canteen, the wine was as The prospect of two meals a day, and
good as, and even cheaper than, the those eternally and undeviatingly sim-
wine at Fort St. Jean—cheaper than, ilar, seemed unexhilarating, and I
ordinary draught -beer in England. 'said so. with a de in front of it. He had
We three sat, drinking little, ands "One gets used to'.it,"said Boldini, rather attached himself to us three,
watching the others drink a -good I«just as one gets used' to `eternally' and we all liked him.
deal for which Michael insisted o g fIt st
DR. G. W. ROWSON
DENTIST
Office Over John Galbraith's Store
F. A. PARKER
OSTEOPATH
All Diseases Treated
Office adjoining residence' next to
Anglican Church on Centre Street.
Sundays by appointrnent
Hours -9 a. m. to 8 p. m.
Osteopathy Electricity
Telephone 272.
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ism Aa..4sro... natal. w,~.>r..u+.► l/.1
rogues and . criminals.
Two or three out. of the' couple of
.dozen ,or. so, were .well-dressed and
well-spoken, and one, of them, I felt
sure, was an ex -officer of th.e Belg-
ian or French .army.
At any rate, ;lie' had "soldier"
:stamped all over hint; was Well-dress-
ed,. smart, dapper, and soigne; was
well-educated and had charming man-
ners. He called himself' Jean St.
Andre, but I suspected a third naive,
�Jryacu of
this tea. It is
DomibimlS ur es
Domino
ive think
f;t .wwiou6/"
Every housewife likes
serve good -tea. , When you
serve Dominion Stores Tea
you wall be certain of giv-
ing absolutely the best.. All
our teas are imported by us
direct. from the land of
growth, and we offef some
very attractive values this
week.
•
Peas Co o
Tomatoes
a`+ BAYSIDE
BRAND
Choice
Quality • rt:. AYLMER BRAND
51 Choice Quality
2
) nglililtl „Br@al3ti$$t
Style
a5c
Libby's Sauerkraut 2 tin>:'2SC
Delmonte Spinach Zt,` tu.
Dellsnonte Asparagus c
Tips No. 1 square tin
`Domino Wax Beans •xcC
Fancy Quality _
•
cell® dew'
rjj ,� s
stlr. , e
l lb..3241
libi
b..73C
1/,-1b. 37c
Lenten Offer "h'l. t '
Special �.Q
s+r+ One tin of Catelll's Oven Baked Bow
��9C++ 10e value Home Made •a
w,ie " / piste. Macaroni
es 2g"C.
t,Y .b... Catelli's Spaghetti
DenliTi akin Powder . ?r1"
)Ssand '�l
Rept.. quart . 1%
Tiger Catsup a Pant r lOc
Telfer's
Chocolate.
Puff
Biscuits
C}toeolate
Coated
Marshmallow
ib.
51�.r it �.•,. "It's Wrapped"
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$164,207, and the average amount of
allowances per month to the mothers
is. $35.89 -
Huron County has 51 ; mothers
drawing allowances, Bruce 49, Mid-
dlesex 53, Grey 55, Perth 19, Oxford.
35, Elgin 29.
The causes of dependency are near-
ly all on account of the death of the
father of the family, while a few are
allowed because of insanity; desertion
or. other special cases.
The Act has received almost.uni-
versal approval throughout the Pro-
vince, and the Counties share equally
with the Province in meeting , the ob-
ligations.
Mr. G. W. Holman, is chairman of
Stelna
Ctrned., '
Beef tin
Made by Bovril Ltd.
Kraft Cheese.
See our special dlopia1
Cof Y/rlb. pkts.'
Pimento mn,,ind 23c
Pimento r•+
Lianburper mad 29c
Swfs$ v
Protect your children's health--
Buy
ealth--
Buy"Wrapped Bread
This. loaf; is different and hu
.rade many friends
Fun ; Weight Leat
Shelled,
Waliauts
Moira
Sed. SOW
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the County Board and A. T. Cooper
,of Clinton, is secretary. Communi-
cations addressed to the Secretary will
'receive attention.
n !wa washing with soap and water. I you 'struck me that community of
paying. are content to wash daily with soap habits; tastes customs and outlook,
of the same social caste and different
i pagne and a slice of cake—or hot tea
-nationality were more attracted to each
and a lump of coal—as a change from other than men of the same nationality
the `eternal' water and, soap?. .
We were soon joined by some of and water you can be content to feed
than community of race,;
the old legionnaires,`who appeared to daily on soupe and brew form a stronger bond of sympathy
Or do and that men
be stationed permanently at the place, you occasionally wash with chain;
A.R.&.F.E.DU VAL
CHIROPRACTIC SPECIALISTS
Members C. A. 0.
Graduates of Canadian Chiroprac-
tic College, Toronto. Office in Craw-
ford Block, four doors north of Post
Office. .
Hours 2 to 5; 7 to 8.3o p. rn. and by
appointments. Special appointments
made for those coming any distance.
Out of town and night calls re-
sponded to. '
Phones:—Office, Soo, Residence IS
on box.
J. ALVIN FOX
DRUGLESS PRACTIONER
CHIROPRACTIC' AND
DRUGLESS PRACTICE
ELECTRO -THERAPY
Phone 191.
jfIours x0-12 a.m., 2-5, 7.8 p. tn. or by
appointment.
D. H. MelNNES
C IIROPRACT�vf?,
I
*ECTI '16 ITlt"
Adjustments given ' for disease
all kinds, ..r)eckalize in dealing
children. L/attendant. Night
responded pi.
Office 6n Scott St.,,Wiughatn,
Telephone x5o.
Hens bothered with
lice stop laying. To
kill the lice, take the affected chicken
by the legs and sprinkle the powder
in the open feathers. PRATTS LICE.
KILLER. is.harmless, non -irritating and non-
poisonous, but ldlls the lice. Ask your dealer.
"Mit
• Sa d by Ddabra s 017 over Canada
Write for PUTTS POULTRY ROOK neat!
PRAIT MOD CO. of CANADA I,mkod
'28 CaS�lew
A+Ys,..TCra:+to 8
anddifferent caste.
"Of course," he added impudently, When the canteen closed, Beau pur-
"if you are going to become the fine posed that we should shorten the
g'eDon'n and swell mobsmatr. night as much as possible, and spend
"Dont
"Don't be an ass, Boldon," said I,
the minimum, of time in that loath -
with a cold stare. "Or at any.rate, some cell, lying packed like sardines
try not to be an ass." on the le.re boards of the. guard -bed
He eyed • the speculatively and cbm-
shelf, with a score of men and a mill:
plied. Master Boldin: struck me as ion insects.
a gentleman who would need keeping Digby observed that the sandy
in his place. Whatever that might ground of the courtyard would be no
be one of .the harder and much cleaner; and the air,
be,, it was not going to
offensive familiarity that breeds con if :colder; infinitely preferable to the
tempt, I was •not quite certain, but fug of the Black Hole of St. Therese.
I was under the impression that "sw,ell We 'selected an eligible corner, seat-
mobsman was a thieves -kitchen term ed out selves ina row, propped against,
fora well-dressed and "gentletnarlly" the wall} still .warm from the clay's
swindler, burglar, and general crimin sunshine, and prepared for a night.
al, in a superior way of business. under the wonderful African stars.
After soupe, there walt nothing to "Well,' my,poor,, dear, idiotic, ma,d
do but to return to rade anteen,' as pup—and what the devil do you think
-GEORGE ro SIDDALL we were not allowed to leave the you're doing here? began think
---Broker---- Fort. We spent the evening these,
Phone 73. Lucknow, Ontario. as soon as:we were settled,a>�d our
Money to lend on first and second and I was glad to see'that Beau and pipes alight.,,
mortgages on farm and other
FROM PREACHER TO THE
BOOTLEGGGER
Road was a man w ose. o
clerical collar showed him to be a.
preacher of the Word, and starting out
with this divie, Mr. Leach began to
pull them out, the breed each time
getting worse until the last helped, it
is claimed, was a bootlegger. Mr.
Leach probably then went to bed, as.
' That there are all sorts and con- anything lower in the, human scale
ditions of men running aboutafter than a bootleger ghe didn't expect to
dark was demonstrated to Mq John
'find out of jail—Bruce Herald and
C Leach, of Durham Road East, on T•
imes.
Saturday last, when on account of a,
bad spot on the highway near his i
homehe was kept buy '" s with his team "Lowest' birth rate sines 1918,"de.
,
pulling mired motorists out of the clares a headline. Marriage
mud. The first to need the aid of seems to be love, honor and
the good Samaritan of the .Durham —London Pictorial.
owadays
r o ,baby.
real es- Digby seethed to like Hank and Bud- ",F'l'eeing from justice, Beau," said 1
dY as much.as I did, and that'the two
tate propexties at a reasonable rate of
interest, also on first Chattel mortga-
ges on stock and on personal notes.
A few farms oz% hand for sale or to
rent on easy terms.
Americans, so far as one could judge
of the feelings of such taciturn peo-
ple, reciprocated.
Digby constituted himself host, and
everybody was quite happy and: well -
Lake. behaved.
'or w •,
in ;g site LICENSED nide ED AUCTIONEER' the recruits, whether of my own draft
Ind a .a conducted at reasonable rates. of that•with which my brothers had
p or
ce,7,, Satisfaction Guaranteed come, struck me as ,interesting.
•Agent Vor�-- They were just 'a fairly repr•esrnt-
. LR4�S�a FIRI~:_ INSUi2ANC 1J of veryfew men from
as athe collection
OAeiii'a Good Sound Company Germany (chiefly Al.
267W` ham Ont. I+"raitae, Belgium
o�
a tions none of
:curry ,SAS. GILMOUR With one t d exceptions,
i",rrilf rrY "„u, rr,YrY,,, r„r,,Y,,rrrir,urnYr, "l,rl,lY„rYpp,➢Mil
Pbottes: Office xzt6, Resin, a� ,
,i .. J. WALKER
t RNl VRE IEtiLSR .
11UN 1 M. of *CTO;
Nf`otor Egttiptnettt
'i! BAbIC, CfhT"r
i�MVHIrIhMrgrYtlYMMkdidNYay{'w'opiitYFaWa'iiY@il
Ya
ing , .
Or o sate and Lorraine), Spain, Austria and
Switzerland.
They looked like labourers, artisans,
soldiers • iii mufti, newspaper -sellers,
she -boys„ clerks and the usual sort
of men of all ages, 'whorl ,one would
see hi the podi'er streets of any town,
Or In ' a 12.'owto11 'l nttse.
TOO'1'AS FELLS
-•- AtIC 'IC)1 Etit
--REAL ESTA t1 SOLD
thorough i1tiowleclge of Parttr.
Stock "
Picone .433, Wirt
..a
JWl�IHWLui
They certainly did not look 1x1;,e
:Ae
"What are you"
'Same thing," replied 1Vlichael.
"And you, Dig?" I asked. r
"Who, me-" answered Digby 'Well
to tell you the truth, I, personalty, ant,
as it were, what you inight
fleeing Irom justice. •
Continued Next Week)
4
MOTHER'S ALLOWANCES
•
Load, tli World is Motor Car Vale,
On Monday of this week a meeting
of the
iIttron County Mother's Allow -
ante .Board, was held at Goderich, at
which meeting. the Rev. Dr. Peter
ryce, of„Toronto, the Provincial
Chairman, was present.
It tilt* be interesting to dile read.
ars to know that at present the num-;
her of beneficiaries on the .Allowance;
List throtighout the Province is 4,558
and the total atnottnt of a,tlewances
L-andgetaNas
and
Nash 6 -cylinder, 7 -bearing perform-
ance costs little,if any, more than
4 -Cylinder performance_.
You can buy a Nash Light Six en-
closed car at ab amazingly low price
for a car like this-- a quality car in,
every way.
For besides the exceptional smooth-
ness ,of Nash 6 -cylinder, 7 -bearing
performance, the Nash Light Six has
`every worth -while feature of
modern motoring:
ll' force-feed lubrication; ,Nash
Fu brakes with
mechanical 4 -wheel '
front wheel brakes totally enclosed.4
Double -beam headlights; Automatic
windshield eleercr:Rear-aiev8mirror,
windshield cleaner;Rear-view mirror;
Gasoline gauge on Instrumentboard..
5 Budd -Michelin steel dise wheels;
Alemite chassis lubrication, instead
of old-fashioned grease cups.
Air cleaner and oil filter to seal the
engine; steering gearespecially en-
gineered for balloon tires.
And, in closed car, bodies, genuine'
hardwood frames' with rounded rear
roofs like the costliest custom cars.
You `can buy this ear for about the
same price as one of the higher prieeti
fours. At the most, you'll only need
to add $50 or $60 toyour firstpayment.
. 1 e l In er, Dealer, W ng�ham