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Synopeit of Preceding ChaPtelSai
%he outbreak of War sends Rena
Ratan., a young; London barrister. to
the Highlands say 'good-bye to. his'.
I'dYra McLeod, On the train
he no Biltierman, who ealls binU
an American and a stranger in those
p;hrte, bat -later Ronald finds that he
hae-built a hi:on a (oUffselsove the
faile opposite GenerarMcLeed's lodge.
While fishing ii the river Myra is
'suddenly blinded by a flash of green
light. The phyeician advises consult-
ing a London •ocullist. Gen. McLeod
tells Ewart of a curious experience
at the Chemist's R,oelc. At the station
they meet Hilderman, who ie vet
curious as to the cause of Myra'
blindness. The General belegraph,s that
`Sholto is blind. The London doetor
bolds out no hope and Ewalt consults
a Glasgow oculist, Dr. Garnesk.
CHAPTER YI.—(Contid.)
"So that's the complete story of
Miss McLeod and her dug Sholto," Inc
mused, when I had finished speaking
For a 'brief second. I thought he was
about to laugh at the apparent ab-
surdity of the yarn, but before I had
time to answer Inc spoke again.
"Miss McLecrl and her clog are ap-
parently blind, and Mr. Ewart is a
bundle of nerves—and this is very
excellent brandy, Mr. Ewart. Allow
Lamented the proffered glass with
a laugh, in spite of myself,
, "What do you think of it?"I asked.
He at on the edge of the table and
swung his, leg, wyrapt in thought for
moment.
"I'm very glad to say I don't know
what to think of it, he replied pres-
ently.
“Why glad?" I asked anxiously.
"Becauee, my dear sir, this is so
remarkable that if 1 thought I could
see a solation I should probably be
making a mistake. This is samethina;
E am learning about for the first time;
and, frankly, it hiterests me intense -
Suddenly Inc sat down abruptly, with
a muttered "Nowthen," and began to
eatechise- me in a Moat extraordinar-
ily .se,arebing manner, firing question
after question with the rapidity of
a maxim gun.
I shall nat detain the reader with
details of thie eatechisin. His in-
quiries ranged from the system on
which the 'house was lighted and the
number of hours Myra averaged per
week on the sea to the make of the
engine in her motor -boat. His hist
question was: "Does anybody drink
the river water?"
"Windows that Rash in the sun
.seem to me to be •confusin,g; the issue,"
In e said at last. "Windows must al-
waye reflect light in a certain direc-
tion at a eartain time, and though they
may be irritating they could not pos-
sibly produce ecen temporary blind-;
nets. Still, we want forgetsem. Mr.1
Ewart, though we had better put them
aside for a moment, Now, how soon
can you bring Miss McLeod to see
inc
"We had herpad," I ventured to, sug-
gest. "that you would; be able to run
ap and see her, and have a Look at
the ground. You could then examine
the dog as well." •
"I'll be perfectly eandid with you,
dr Ewart," he replied. "I was just
going to start en a short holiday. I
was going to Switzerland; but ` the;
war has knocked that on the head, so 1
[am just running up to Perthshire for
week's fishing. I need a holiday;
very badly, mere especially as I have
anclertatten some Government work in
connection with the war. Fortunately,'
II am a •bazhelor, and I will willingly
give, up a couple of days to Miss Mc-
Leod "
"Why not combine business with.
pleasure?" I suggested. "There's good
;fishing at Invermaliuch, gorgeous
scenery, a golf-eourse a mile or two
(away,' and you eau do just as you
please on the General's estate. He'll
be delighted."
"Are you sure?" Inc asked, "Well,
anyway, I can go to the Glenelg Hotel
arid figh ap Glenmore. New, Mr.
Ewan, we will catch the afternoon
trait, the earliest there is= --though I
suppose •there's only one."
"1 nan't tell you how .grateful I am,
?qr. Garnesk." I said. "It may mean
a very great deal to us that you are
so anxious( to see Miss McLeod."
"I am t ot anxious to see Miss Mc-
Leod," he answered ;cryptically. "lim
anxious to eee the clog,"
I left him to telegraph to the G•en- ,
kat that I was arriving that night,l
bringing the specialist with me; midi
I need hardly say that I Uett Dm tele-,
graph office with t comparatively
light heart The journey to
erbia one of the most interesting ;alter-
nohns I have spent, Garnesk was con-
sulting. oculist to all the big chemical,
ruihino, naval and other manufactur-
ers in the great industrial' centre on
the Clyde, and he kept me enthralled'
with his accounts of the sudden at -
f various eye diseasee which
were e'enationally ' the fate of tile
waiters. Tho effects of chemicals, the
;indigene/is gen.erabion ef gases in the
'furnace retsina, and: ,so on, had ;afford=
ed hire ample scope for experiment;
and, fertunately for us,sall, he was de-
lightedio.have found new ground for
enlarging 11* experienee. The mixture
of, profettional anecdote and nisei/tor-,
lel prophecy with which he entertained
me, nos* and then rushing across, the
earriapolto get a glimpse of a saihnon-
1 Md. sethe rivet over which Wt
hp1pe$ to be passing, gadre 1116 gfi
atitttsn into; the character
nbtrieasktheta I hate knee learned to
Se-6prd '44 a Very' briltianteandiehagAtie.
bag' mirfa Whenwe arriVedhat the,
landingettage et the LaglgOn'the Gen -
erg fMioted; him Witlai rorgagad,Eipd
"ft Mr, Clerntieki"
"PM thjdeithig glad to gee you, sir.
Wel ,
oil,' yea, to Coffiey
•c't '
tfid be bbi Ge
,t
I i
my soul, that'$kiwi of hirn " he had not even. exan.ined 11/tyre, and
,
a,fter hims Ronald, and fetch him thnt be ,slioniel admit himself' non_
F said' the Biznple4iltaioteti old nnin. "Tizici my tilseppointateilt Wae ' 'keener
back," plaesed ;et) early, .13t.he left ine
"W110 is it?" t a$1.cecl„ ring'. (loophole ef dailift. •
"Mr. ,T.'G; }Tilde/mien wisthee t� ex- ! "Iane melte nething :whatever of
Dress hie sympathy with General Mc- , he added, ue:411y shaking hie
ineed.,diMr. Iiiiiidee s
Teed ia lie daughter's illness. Very] head. "I wonder if 1 ever Shall?"
-neighborly- d " rmaa," haid emeetlY,
I ren oat aftci Rilderman, end ."(142'...eaSerYthingain your pow,er to keep
linished helplessly.
A suitcase, a bag of golf -clubs, an
a square deal box completed Gar
ne.zit's outfit
"Steady with that—here, let me
take it?" he cried as Angus was lift-
, ,
; 9 adthat I 1 a eng egs h taken the old mai e spirits up, I en give
l him nearly half -Way to • the landing-, hiM no hope, 149fesSiotia11Y—I dare
stage by the tiMo 1Overtook'hiM. He not. Bat yeti, a layman, can. It is
sopped as I •called 'Isis name. ;difficult in the circumstances for Mr.
"Why, Mr. Ewalt," he exelairned fti Ewart to give rnueli eneoaragement,
e surprise, "you (back again elready? 1 but I know he will do his best."
hope Yon by a very satisfaeierS" his 1 "J. G. Hilderman is your to .coni_
terview With the epe,cialist." ;nand," said the Amerieett, and with a
1 told him briefly that our visit to bow that included 1.1s both. And then
London had given us no satiefaetian the Oetzlist Suggested that we should
r nav
at all, and e the General's in- havo a loalt at Sholto I led the vyay
e
vitation to tense up to the Imase. to the 'coach -house with, a heavy heart.
, "I wouldn't think of it, Mr. Ewart," I should not have minded a mystery
u; he declared emphatically. ,"Very kind which w'ould have endangered my own
- of General MeLeod but he don't want life. ; Apart from my altruism the
to worry with etvangers jutft
enOW." personal peril would have aord'ed a
He was Very determined; but I in -welcome stimulant. But this unseen
sisted, and he eventaally gave. way, horror, which stabbed in the dark and
J I was glad he had come. I had a robbederny beautiful Myra, of her sight,
' somewhat unreasonable esteem_ fot his chilled ray very soul. I climbed wear -
abilities and resource, and e-vely as ily up the wooden stair • to Sholto'
sistance was welcoinecl with 'open new den, carrying a stable lhntern in
arms ,at Invarnaalifieh Lodge at that -my hand, for it was getting late, and
time. His extensive knowledge even the carefully darkened room would-be
included s,om.e slight acquaintance as black as ink.' • The other two fol -
with the body's most wonderful organ. lowed close on My heels. ,opened. the
for he told us some, very interesting door th
;and called to e dog, A faint,
eye eases be had heard of in the sieltly-Sweet odor mot me as I did so.
States. He was; genuinely clumfolind- "You give your dogs elaborate ken-
ered when we toid him that Sholto nels," said Hilderman, as he ;climbed.
was an additional ,victim. the stairs, and laughe,c1 in reply.'
"You don't say so!" he exclaimed. At that insta.nt Garnesk stood still
"Weal, that is remarkable. It sounds and sniffed the air. With 'a sudden
as if it came, out of a book. In broad jerk he wrenched the lantern from/ my;
daylight a young lady goes out, and ,hand anti Strode into -the room.. Sholto
is as well as can be. An hour later She was gone. Only half his chain dangled
is stone blind. T'wo days afterwards from the hookacut through the inid-
her dog goes out, , and he comes 'in die with a pair ,of strong wire -nippers.
blind. Yes, it's got me beaten!! The oetilist turned to us with an
"It's got. us all beaten," said •Gar- expression of acute interest.
neak deliberately, and I was shocked "Chlereform,";:he said quietly.
to hear him say it. I reflected that (To be contintied,)
viSit will do any ,good. I hope so
with, all my heart."
"Amen to that!" said the old man
patheticallyaWith heavar sigh.
"Hew is Miee MeLeed?" asked 11
slientist. '
"Iler eyes are no better," the Gen
erat replied. "She cannot see at all
Otherwiee she is in perfect health
She says she feels at well as eve
she did. I can't understand it," he
ing the last item ashore. "Businegs
and pleasure," he continued, raising
bx in d indicatmg his
clubs and fishing -rods with a jell of
the head. "I've one or two things here
that rnay help nm in my work, and as
they are very delicate instruments I
would rather carry them myself."
As we approached the house the
sound of the piano greeted' us in the
distance; and soon we ,eould distin-
guish the strains of that most beauti-
ful and unders tan ding of all burial
marshes; Grieg's "Aase's Tod." •
"My daughter can even welcome _us
with a tune," said the old man proud-
ly. To hhn all ;music came under the
category of "tunes?' with the sole
exception. of "God Save the King,"
which was a national institution,
Garnesk stopped and stood on the
path, the deal box clasped carefully in
his arms, his bead on one side, listen-
ing.
"We have the right sort of patient
to deal with, anyway," he remarked,
-with a sigh of relief. But to me the
melancholy insistence of the exquisite
harmonies was fraught with ill -omen,
and I could not restrain the Shudder
of an unaccountame fear as we rest:re-
ed our 'walk. Later on, when I found
an opportunity to ask her why she
had -chosen that particular music, I
was ,only partially relieved by her in-
genuous answer;
"Oh! just because I love it Ron-
nie," she said, "and there are no diffi-
cult intervals to play, with your -eyes
shut. I thought it was rather clever
of me to think of it. 1. shall soon be
able to -piny more tricky -things. 11
will cure- me of looking at_the notes
when 1 can see -again."
Myra and the young specialist were
introduced; and, though he chatted
gayly with her, and touched on in-
numerable subjects, he never once al-
luded to her misfortune. Though the
General /was evidently anxious that
Garnesk should /slake his examination
as soon as possible, hospitality 'forced
him to suggest dinner first, and I was
surprised at the alacrity with which
the visitor concurred, knowing, as I
did, his intens.e interest in the case.
But, after a few conventional remarks
to the General and Myra, I was about
to him to his room when he
seized my arm excitedly.
"Quick?" be whispered. "Where's
the dog"
I led him to a room above the coach -
house where poor Sholto was a pitiful
prisoner. Garnesk deposited his pre-
cious packing -care on the floor, and
cabled the dog to him. Sholto sprang
forward in a moment, ;recognizing the
tone of friendship in the voice, and
planted his paws, on my companion's
cheat. For twenty minutes the exam-
ination las:ted. One strange test after
another was applied to the poor ani-
mal; (but he was very good about it,
;and seemed to understand that we
were trying to help him.
"I 'should hate to have to kill that
dog, but it may he necessary before
long, said the sneciabst. "But why
didn't you tell Miss McLeod her dog
was blind?"
"We were afraid it would upset her
too much." I answered, and thenesud-
denly realizing the point of the ques-
tion, I added, -but how on earth did
you know we hadn't?" ;
"Because," he said thoughtfully, "if
you had, she strikes me as the sort
of `girl -who would have asked me
straight away what I thought I could
do -for him."
"You seem to understand human na-
ture as well as you do science," I said
admiringly.
"The two are identical, or at least
co -incident, Mr. Ewart," be replied
solenudy. "But what was it you did
tell her?"
"We said he was suffering from a
sort of eczema, which, looked as if it
might be infectious, and we thought
she ought not to he near him for a bit,
Otheiwise, ef course, she would have
wanted him with her all the tinae."
When the examination was ,over for
the time being, 1 'chained' 'Shelia) to a
hook in an old harness -rack, for hp
was strong ,and unused to captivity,
and the door had no lock, only a small
bolt outside. Garnesk packed away
his instruments, carried them (care-
fully to the house, and then we sprint-
ed upstairs to dress ;hurriedly for
dinner. ,
Myra, poor child, was 'sensitive
about joining us, but the specialist
wu vry anxious that she should do
se, and we al' dined together. There
was no allusion whatever ito the
strange events which had brought, Us
together, but, with my professional
knowledge of the mysteries of eross-
examination, I noticed that Garnesk
contrived te;acquire more knewledge
varioue circurristwieet on which he
Seemed to wish to be enlightened than
Sir Gaire Olvery had gleaned from
forty minurie,s' Illunt questioning.'
Myra had hardly left us after' the
onts,S(1. Wee. oVerewilen the butler handed
the General a eard, and almost simul-
taneously, a tali, shadowy' figtire patt-
ed, tag( wilfi (PW,l al° the' verandah.
t 4
Citfdittuio 'tattypsp
inditiOtili,
'
d ttu
Nora's Hash.
Nora had applied for the position
of cook. She was,big and.henest ar.d
wholeeerne , "(salting,. and ewhen we
heard her tell how -she _had lost her
imeband and children in an, epidemic
we were ready to engage her, at once.
Still we asked a question or two.
"Are you a .good cook, Nora?"
"['m nottheli am,iligant cook v, m
it comes to th,e fancy dishes, but for
iveryday cooking I can git
along." Then her Irish blue eyes
twinkled. "Whin I Was first married
me mon says to me, `Nora, me girl,
it's a happy Change Prn a-goin' to
have from, the old iboardin' house, and
it's home cooking I'm after needin'.
Only one thing, Nora; promise me on
yer life ye won't feed me hash. I'm
tired of hash; and I'm not cam' to
see iny, the rest ofme born days.'"
Nora pronounced ash with the
richest Irish brogue.
"Yer right, Jimmy, (me love,' says
I. if,On me wOrd ye'll niver see hash
in 'Our home!'
'NV:ell, the very first day 'we had a
fine -bit of shteak lift, bein!_only the
tvvo of us, and I ,slitudied and I
ill/hulled. Thin I made a_ niee stew
Tof the serape with a bit of onion and
potato ,an,d, gravy. Jimmy looked at it
with both his sharp eyes, and thin' he
looked at me. s tNora,' says he, `ye
promised me ye wouldn't Inc makin'
hash.' 'Sure, and it's, me word that's
not broken,' says I, Iaughin'; 'that's
not hash, that's Irish stew. Taste it
fer yerself.' Well, Jimmy helped him-
self till it was all gone. 'That's the
bist meal I've been atin! for a month
of Sundaye,' says he. 'Nc'ne, ye may
be makin' Irish stew iny 'time
"After a spell I found some more
scraps—and me not watstin' a cria.mls,
So I fixed up the viry nicest dish I
knew. "Nora,' says the mon, 'Nora,
what's iri that dish? It's suspicious,
it is. Isn't that baked hash?'
" Jimmy, me lad, be afther
tastin' 1 fer yerself,' 1 says. `Didn't
I promise ye I wouldn't make hash?
That's not bash; it's, toad-in-the-hole!'
"Well, there wasn't a mite of
trouble about Jimmy's atin' at all, me
havire a bite, too, of course. Thin
jimmy wetted his gips, and Inc says,
says he. 'Nora, toadein-thesloole's good
kin' My day in the wake! But don't
make hash!'
"He was a fine lad, was Jimmy, and
Who would have thought, in tin years;
he'd Inc gone, and the dear ,childer, and
I left alone, alone."
The merry twinkle vanished in a
soft mist in Nora's bright eyes, and
we were all silent for a few rningitee.
Then with, a brave sigh she shook off
the gloom, and the generous mouth
broadened into ;a laugh, eyen before
the moisture wet gone frern the
twinkling ;eyes.
"Ne," she s;aid, "I /liver broke me
Proiniee to Jimmy1 saiirer• gave him
hash to his dsrin' day. The mixt thne
t put inc scraps on.,the table be 1,14d,
that same auspicious look. 'Not, Nora,
this be hash for ante!'
'And why would, I 'Inc ye a
lie, Jimmy? Jest sararrito it irOt Yerg
self'(1.irattlY,' saY4 Ilhat'Sthe dith
the French men cooks make in all the
fine, ahwell hotels, me mon! That'
Fretiels rag -Stull' "
'hough' We doilbted 'whether a
French ;chef Would 'have recognized
the name as Nora pronounced it, we
Were firrnly eonviriced that, elm k1161747
the art of making excellent rag0111,,
She had stopped to iaugholotit she vvat
8088d4g 40in, ' '
"Whin snnw= ;Waked., into • the
iluptYietlieh,'iNoraa' says he w1iruifax
do poople maloe bath whin there Are.'
50 Mony iligant concoctions instid,
and French rag -out 'the top of the
heap?'
heniven pried into rne conlcin'
ag'in, and I nivel-- wanted aaserap lof
mate; but I niver broke me word.
Jimmy niver had to ate hash!"
Put An Egg In Johnny's,Luncli Box.
Physicians, nutrition specialists, ok
who know, sing praises to the nuetri-
tive value of eggs. They stress their
iron, and -tritamine content and wax
eloquent on the il'alue of their proteins
They advise them fur young and old
and frequently reeommend them in
illness. :
Mr. Egg-Pro'ducer, how many, eggs
does your family nee? If you are
getting fifty n.day, do four dozen go to
town and the ether two' into your kit-
chen? It is a ;strange, hut true fact
that in many farm, homes where the
best ef everything is produeled bus
,
garden and dairy and poultry, house,
the ta;ble is set with few vegetables,
oleo instead of butter, coffee where
there ehould, be milk and very few
Send into the kitchen every day at
least oneegg apiece for every member
of the family—and soinethnee more.
If eggs ,are good for city folks, se
good thal•they will paY as high as ten
•cents apiece for them, are they not
just ;Slay good for the fanner, and
especialay or his family?
And net only your own family.
Many a poultry rnan lives in a neigh-
borhood where he is one of the few
farmers who produces eggs. He ships
them out of the community, and hiS
neighbors in tuni, when they do -buy
them, Inv them front city markets. .
How about a little local. 'advertising
on the food -value of this procitiet? It
could easily be done by talks in grange
and county board meetings, in fact at
any gathering of fanners. Then there
is the local press, posters, and mosof
all, word ,of inouth.—Talk it up.
A live borne market, ourselves and
our neig / ors a enjoying eggs means
not only an imprOved egg market, (but
(better health in the community. Your
business as a poaltrynian, as in any-
thing else, 'will not amount to much
unless you helieVe in it thoroughly
youreelf, and to believe in it, you must
know it ;backwards, forwards, and up-
,eide down. Learn all you possibly
,can about the food value of eggs, Inc
able 15 say emphatically and sincerely
that eggs are one et' our hest foods.
Find 'new and rattra,ctive ways • of
cooking them, and let your wife
spread the recipes over the neighbor -
hooch Encourage theit use in the hat
school lunch, and above all serve them
on your own table/ Enjoy eggsl Then
you will become a real live booster for
the egg !business.
Genes iBlqsbig ()n Our Rome, •
Bless th0 POUT Corners of -this Houee,
Arid -he the Lintel blest;"
And Nees the Hearth, ,and Wets the
Board,
And blest each Place of Beet;
And. lbles&, the Door that open& Wide
• To Stratter as to Xihi
Anti bless each crystal VfindowPaila
That lett the Starlight in;
And, 04x/4 the,Renetteo ;overhead,
And every 13010,y'liVil;
The Peace of Man, the Peace of Gocii
The Peace -of Love en All!
Concrete' AnctiOes,
faiteOtarll. a-140' with
. •
ochiciefe' anchors for shiPty eothe olE
Which have' keel Milfea •
na in I by r5nre
ank of Can-
GENEg.m. STATEMENT
3Otli NVMR,- 1921
'Neif;TP'"' ' "Atari -St MG
TO THE, PUBLXCI
,Deposits not bearing intereSt . . , .. • .. . • * 05,168,911,64
Deposlts bea,ring interest, facluding it.terest itecrued
to date of stateznent, , , . , 280,417.431.90
liNVaezleeodthee tBoanDltainIniliad.g'16%"1:Nircenr.217O-.4t:
DBaalltatnnectee:114uullee too Ilallneltrsi3aanndlisp,titank°,1nagnaccloaill,e.s.P.•o•n•ti.;i'it's.
•in the United Kingcloth and forejO'n 001.111trie'5' 10,572105.10 140:7507I:65001:15.
Dills Payable•
. .."....,.. , . ..
Acoeptances under LeCters of Credit . • • • • ..• • • • ' 12,536,460.2
11TliAFFJC IN FISII YIELDS
..Arkar.11.J'11-4,1 ' y
5 T 'Every Province of Doniintion
31:390,337.14 .
2 Has Its Share in Wealth of
TO THE simitErionpras
Caepseitravio Siotoucnkd Paid up . ... • 20,400,006.0
F:
Balance of Proili,i'etil'e'd•
This Natural Resource.
4
9 AS a /and surrounded on three eides
by water, its; area prOftisely dotted
0 With takes of varying,dunenaion from
$457;311,019..0'
,Dividends 'Unclaimed . , . . ..$ 21'3104;063404:7978
Dividend No, '137 (at 12. per • cent. • • •e•r• • • .... 4
able December id, 1921, , , Pay 610 623,00
Donus-of 2%, payable December•lt,•1921 • 407,082.00
22:/337,380,7
$5001,00,124).7
the emall crystal depression of a fe
0
acres to the , mighty ,bodies, of 'Square
milte,s of surface and a verital t
1-Va
i,tatiudgfraollyiv•itizyt aansdamsetrwehaamtlirlhooefi
itasnlit
role in Canadianeconaznie life. .1113.0ee
5 waters Contain a wide nalretrh,e
sitSr 6
species, and the yearly te ofe seas
-5 add inland waters aceounte for a hand,
scene sima in the natiou's reveaue
each year, On either coast the sea
fisheries give continuous emploYment
to thousands; of men each, year, 'and
dependent industries such as °arming;
drying, salting, ancl „smoking, to other
thons,auds. The conaneroial 'exploita,
tfohiof the inland 1a5e4 is ineteaSing
each year and lswelling the revenue
derived from the fish traffic.
Every s ectiOn at tire Dominion
shii,r'es in the wealth Of fisheries,
thoifgh,soine are producing in a great-
er extent than .others, and 'each. pro
-
Vince has a subStantial , amount each
year derired from this soure. The
Acta] ra,ittes of commercial, 'fislie' riaa
production in- 1920, according to tb.e
„Dosninion„13ureatt of Statistics, was
•$4g,321,21?.. British Columbia account -
'2'561 -611:N
,Ontarie, 4,410,750; Qtrebee, $2,591,,
ed4, for. $22a39151;• -Nova- SOotia", $12,.
;.„742„,ff",'9.;• Xew Brunswick, $4,423,745;
a82; Prinee- E'clIVard Is,land, $1,714,.
6113; ManitOba, $1.249-,007; Alberta,
fieSETS
Current Coin 10,012,210,57
Dominion Notes 28 540 559,25
'United 'States Currency and other Foreign Cur -
reticles 29 912,018.61
$ 74 464 797 63
Deposit in the Central Gold Reserve,: ...... 13,000,40000
Notes of pther Banks . ...... ..... 2,828,51.0.11
Cheques on other Banks. . , . , . . . 21,594,382.76 •
13a.lances due by Banks and. 1-la•nkiilg•Co•rrepOnde. iit•s
elsewhere titan in Canada • .. 2.1,080,818.8S
Dominion and Provincial (4o0errinient-Sec•urities, riot _
exPeecling marltet value . , . 24,050,054,08
Canadian Municipal Securities an'a
and•colOnial Public Securities Other than 'Can- '
• ad.jan, .not exceeding market value • . 9,832,512,12
Railvcray and other -1-londs; Debentures 'and: •StO•clts., -
not exceeding, 'market value .......
Cali loans. , Canada; on -13ends,-Debentufres sant
9tockCall and Short (not exceeding • dayS). i.A:)ans
elsewhere than in 'Ca,nad.• 21,543,074.57
-- 6222;603,630.56'
Other Current Loans and DiCeatints ir..Canada (less -.7
rebate- of, interest) . ... . ........ $1.6Z;;d17;4s1,-,.1.:
Other Current, Loans an' Discounts elsewhere than •••
in Canada (less reba.'.t o. interest) .......... ,52
Overdue Debts (estimated loss provide': for) ..... '411,365.20
Heal Estate other than Dank Premisef.4 ............ ..
13ault-Premises, at not more than cost, less amotint w,ritten,off.,.
, Liabilities of Customers under .Letters.of Credit, as per.contra...
Depesit with the Minister. for the purppseS of the -Circulation Fund
Other Assets not included. in the ......
10,527,755.86
12,54-.24SO:27
e, °Segue:tee
ste,Snirdis
$500,618.42&75
H. S. IIOLT, EDSON I.. PEASE, c. E. NEILL,
President, - Managing Director General Manager
•
.a.uprroreq't tnlass,'23.Eritc.e.5E •
- We Report to the Shareholders 01'. The Royal 13anit of Canada:
' That in bur opinion the transactions of the Bank which have come under oia-r•
notice have /en a, An tiie powets 02 the
That we have -chez...iced the cash: and, .veritied the securities ,of the tank at
the,,Chief,Offie_e; onC3Oth-, No'rember,.,„1921, as...1,011 askat..another aa required
lo
.y,..1sectio4 '66- of ,the_Hang. itfit, atid. t.,Fe found3hey agrec,c1wiTh thee.g. in
„the bo '1 §' in regard. theretti: ttl'ke e.
th.''kea_clieetted the:' cash. -aria
velfiedthe .securities• coMpa.red..„
agithe....principa.,„Aanehes•-• _
That".. -the abo'fiie by, ;us,. th the. books at
th.c.,,.-Chlei .0f:flee And ,,with..thecentrueo„,,,retnr,ns..f.1:91..n. t -.al? •
opmion...is'-pronerly draWnup so .xhi»t i tioc,.'ana 'co.i.rect view,. Of
state ''our...infprmaEien ,ancI. the.
.,:e7splanations.,giverr to uS. arid:nt Ohtwz by :flae..bOoltS 'Of'the',Danit.
"TI -tat we haij'e.obtainfetl,iiiiiitbe -..a14e,'17-P1'-'9-P..tion,s,yettia,:ed by us, -
1129,078; Saslt.ateliewan, -$296,472; and
the Yukon, $33,100.. These .0.222 DTI ts do
no,t, however, lay amt means i'epres,ent
ivhmecevsaltaiendoir.ntillieere.psolt:sre'es s„,...1.0tr, otrhc pro -
ane
CAnot, a asset„of in-
•estima
l'alt.:--('‘'•;-i'er=• 0 roe f
the vi6ria^
" • r,
s greateat and most prolific
wo.nlil ,•tor instaace, to
. kite awarit •-ad; inland
teas et." the ;„):1 tern triton the, ipower
thoy )inss..ciis ..irs.7.••.-r sportsmen from
all over the world year after year.
Practical13- every providee of Canada
has its favored waters, whi,cli • each,
.,,vear are 'the holidaY, deithiatIons 'of
tourists and fisher/nen who never mis8
this annual pilgrimage to fish their
favorite pools and -whip their Seduo-
tive streams. Their lure never fades
because they never , become under-
stocked,or depleted., an ever -watchful
government, (renal-tun:nit guarding r6-
ligicusty against, this- rda-nger by an ag-
gressiVe campaign of fish cullure.
Again, ,the figures pillilished by the
Government do not, IA°.Inde the great
.11111unanbeti.rtraltp...1°fifralVil'el.a*Sti:usgellfttlebrsy.,'Ientrici.a,'llosi
which it -is dot possible to keep record,
but which conts.titutes. one of the most
valuable phases of the bountiful 1,m -
s
•A 4ClitOt
--.01 Ma,rwick, Mitchell and Co, . •
' JMES G. BbSs, CA., of P. 5-5. P..oss Sons
Montreal,.Canada. 19th December. "r021,
' • PROF'It. AND LOSS: ACCOUNT
Balanae of Profit and LoSs Accotint. 30 November, -
1920 " Prodtg 'for afker deduciins; , criarges ol
in6tagertlent And all' .otlir .expens,es, ;accrued
• interest on deposits, Dili provision "fo,r all bad
and doubtful debts and' rebate of interest 'oti
•unmatured bias
.
APPROPRIATED AS FOLLOWS:
.
Dividends NoS. 134, 1.,0 and 137 at 14% per
BontiS of 2' per to Site reil'ole .
Transferred to Officers'., Pension rures, ........
wil.tten. off Bank Premises Aceotrnt ,
AN'ar Tax . on Bank Note Circulation-
, Transferred t2 'Reserve ...'... .
Balante. of Profit and: Loss eari;-feci;rh'ilWard.
. RESERVE ,FLIND
Balance at credit, 30th November, 1020 . ••• „'„ • •
' Premium on New Capital },:•to'cl-.. . , ..
'frans-ferreCfrom Profit a -a0 Loss Account
Balance at Credit. 30th November. 192 .. .
4,037,836.49
4.534,.761.69
2,136.488.67
407,082.00
100,000.0°-
400,000.00
263,154.04
132,995.00
905,044.98
• 1,581,761.60
20,131.010.00
132,995.00
• 132,995.00
20 400 000 00
L. PEASE, C. E. .
'President• Managing, Dire tor C44neral.,ManagO• , tural gift. • So 'diffuse ..ate -Canadian
Montreal, 19th December, 1'921.. ' lakes, so interwoven her rivers and
_
.404.
The Bait,
Little Llaurice, aged seven, was
sampling the good fare on the side-
board.
"Mother," he said, "what kind eft
cake s this? It's the best I've ever
tasted."
"That is weddingesice, my dear,"
said his mother, .
"Do people always have oalce bike
-
this when. they get, r-oarrieci?" quarried
Maurice.
"Yee, theydo generallY," was the
reply. •
Maurice pondered 'a minute,
• heesaid at last, "I see now why,
Henry VHI, was married so many
t.itnes 1"
• One for the Colonel.
As the colonel of the crack cavalry
regiment was riding down Princes St„
Eciininirgh, he noticed a small street
urohia running beside him, and star-
ing at him yery intently. „
The officer was, amused., andwant-
ing to find out the, eauso of the small
boy's interest, he pulled up his horse,
and shunted down at him.
"Hallo, boy!" Inc said. "Have you
not seen a warhorse before?"
"Oh, ay!" relilled the boy. "I've
seen many a w.aurhorso, but I've never
soon a waurriderl"
the 'Tale of"a
Mary, aged six, walking ,a10,1.15
eouritry lane with her Mother,. &lidded-
Iy 'exclaimed; "0.11,.1 taw a Pininin
rabbit nit/ dOwn, tbiere "
'esseissease;chtiell Imagthation? Staid
her: mother.
Mary Was silent for a terf mintitea;
then,: "MtiMmio, ts, "nta.ginetions whit°
behind?"
• Theins.Atid.,Outt.
Toinidy-and Billy had been iightiag
On their 'way home from seilt001. '
tet,oherreffeited'a note' Me hat
(1011.0 Vats effoct;
"Dear l8lry--41.0, one; of your ectiologs
hit my bei la the` eye wiSh a stout., Ivc.
ciinj eee out of 'You please
see into it?" •
„
?sparest/in/keit,
Initit; bn Setith Africa.," '
Be Careful How You Sleep.
According to a doctor, if you sleep
with one, hand under your cheek your
eyes will slant and the corners of your
mouth, droop, for all the time you. are
alas -raging your face in the wrong
direction,
If you sleep curled up like the letter
C you -,will soon, begin to stoop, while
if yen have a large pillow your head
will bendtuna- aide: A high Pillow
bends the nose to the left, mu': sleep
on your right side, atul to the right 01
you -sleep" the other way round. '
If yea .stleeP, on your _left side, your.
heart' does uot have enough space in
which to beat, and if you lie on your
back your circulation is ruined. Also
your tongue falls back in the mouth,
prevents proper breathing, and cause
snoring. The beat ;position is on the
right side, with the body kept straight.
tilinard's LiniMent for Colds, etc.
A cheerful, heart, meant on unlined
face.
streams, that there is no feigning seta
tleinent far from a ash supply in,,the
shape of tome body of water or water-
way, and each farming settler-hatint
his command a, source of food as well
as a means at pleasing diversien,
whilst often this becomes a dommer-:
cial "business with profitable revenue,
The amount of whitefish, pike, pickerel
pereli and' troirt eonsumed in this way
is -very large and quite untraceable (or
'1)11.,j7hmosseinsittodi:elacreci:
• sot the Nortn-West
survey gangs and explerlug parties all
• count on the giant:water ways to pro-
ta:esafthsehmed 111,ri\o'aciltlYctb,ytforrlin
source of sustenance. Luaber camps,
ee,
r
vide them with a:portioii of their fresh
tefi-,ef,revenue,from,corrimer.
food, whilst the fish is to the trapper
bOth foed for himself and his dog
am
The gures
cial fishing in 'Canada ao not by any
means, represent the -value of her ash- '
eries to the Dominion, and sheald
• efery utilization of their product be
taken tato account, they ,wonId bit
;found to .be artionget the filet' ot- the
country's, natural resent'eet.
-
Real Irish.
, 1 heard Lord Denbtali tell a couple
• of good sporting vents recently,
A fviend ofhiS tva,s shooting la the
ift "Ott P'ngers
2,01z of Itallarnev A pheasant killed
1 a ahoy& fell into ;tale valley beneath. One
of the beaters rernarked, -Your honor
might have staved yoUrset the powder
and ball, for the• all alert° vt (mid ligsall
- Aix thvil6hinan Look a enoot in the
We't•Of 'The first da.k result.
,zo, in a bag of ona snipe, and on hitt
Way 1.-enge Inc woriced out what hie
penses lind £uan, 1111 ey totelled roagla
1F to about gl.QQ
:He turned to the Iri%!)inulti Who no-
iiirn and Said, 'Pobs dal: you
4 a bit!' Drab
reezene" onta,n aching neirn,s
1( ,that eao4 iurlug, Hien: ShOrt.
yott bIft it tigtic eft
, ,
yaur druggitt Sells a, fitly bottle tit 5)
`Preetone" feel', a PCvcr oentei sufficient
01'61110e (WOO elitia,1/41;i
uteS, tikkene
know`that bird' bas .00st Me • 1O0?"
Pat: "W611, Y0111' honor'1 arn tliEnlr-
itg „it 10, inclvV, yore, did net hill
nore'of
•,e 4wwww,
tgqinotly.
"Aird wibPi 118 Ti eg;g?" tisle,t` tha
eaoher, wbu, was testing Sits hopeful
IlYtA1
il;5 'li
‘Irsitieg4'3th°e!'it'tkl,"•11,; "19 11 •ehicked
t yet."
On an e -g° heMott
`f.'.
int be
SitiV No,
taronity rdom