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1 every Mee of My znedical'iatilt,iutao
turnima you out whole and you're such
By MURIBt COTRONi �a poor sport that you won't raise a
It really had been a horrible asci- finger to iielpl'
cleat and it left alemeralda all (marred Esnusialda,jo!ted ,out of Ilerself,
pn i broken, like a butteL•tly caught iu ' looked across et him and met his eyes
a stoma, .--angry eyes of the bitest.blue she'd.
She had been driving home be her ever Been. Batt site did not speak.
little two-seater through the painted` "Why dtlt't you lay straight old
dusk, her thoughts on PaIlia's early that you don't want to get well?"
return, Then the jerk back to real- "Alh right, then; it you ask for it
ity. The sudden dash of a heedless T don'tr/
and across the seemingly deeerted For a moment Belau Barite was sit
taste. A shrillshriek of terror. Es- ent; and then, like well -aimed stones;
nieralda's wrench at the wheel that "You little quitter!"
lead sent the ear headlong against art "How dare Sou!" gasped Esmeralda.
aged oak; darkness black as the pit "OIL I dare all right! What's :more
—oblivion! I mean what I say! Esmeralda Rayne,
She was ii bed when next the world.. You are a quitter., and you know it.
claimed her, her little head swathed But what you don't seem to realize,
in bandages. Her left arta was in a or are too selfish to realize, Is that
slings and only one dark eye peeped yotii' poor mother's fretting herself to
out from beneath the lint. death! It's killing her by inches be -
Her mother and Dr. Burke were cause sae's tumbled to it that you
there when Esmeralda first opened don't want to get welll"
her eye and looked shakily round. Dr. "There's so-so little left!" niur-
Burke, old Dr. Guest's new partner, inured Esmeralda.
was practically a stranger, He had "Dict your beauty mean so much to
the bluest eyes Esmeralda had ever you?" The doctor spoke curtly. al
seen. 1 -lis hair; in contrast, was a did my best •to save it, and I don't
brilliant red, anti a fine peppering of think I've done so badly."
Olden freckles adorned his features. "No," she responded warmly, "You've
Esmeralda had never actually met been a brick, but--" She broke off.
him before but had heard rumours of Then: "You know, I was engaged be -
his skill and curtness of manner. fore—before—"
Esmeralda tried to smile cheerily, "Yes, I know. I also know that,
but all she could manage was just an when you thought you were disfigured
odd little while from the one eye in for life, you were sporting enough to
action. She couldn't speak, owing to offer your fiance his freedom, and—
those tight folds of bandages round and he took It."
her jaw. The doctor smiled 'down at There was a
her from the fpot of the bed. Esnier- Burke's voice,
alda warmed to that smile. She found "Philip is such a lover of beautiful
things," murmured Esmeralda, as
"We'll soon have you up again, Miss though In excuse. "He hates acci-
Rayne; so don't you worry. Sorry we dents and ugliness. Some men do,
Lad to sacrifice your hair," he went you know."
on; ebut it just couldn't be avoided," "Do you still love hila, Esmeralda?"
Esmeralda tried to reply but she This time the doctor's eyes did not
couldn't. Then she tried to smile her tweet Esmeralda's.
Unitas, but that also was a failure. "I—I don't know!"
The Wink was all that she had left, "But you do love your mother?"
but—well, one couldn't very well "I adore her!"
wink at one's doctor. It isn't done! "Then, my dear, put yourself into
".t'il be in again this evening, Mrs. the background. Cut out this quitter
Rayne. Good-bye! Deep cheery, Iit- stunt of yours and make an honest
tle lady! B'e'll patch you up, don't effort to get well. Is it a bargain?"
you worry." He held out his hand.
metal ring in Brian
it oddly comforting.
When her mother returned she sat "It's a bargain!" whispered Enter -
down on the edge of the bed. aide, shakily, putting her small, white as soon as ever I'm better!" forth fruit attar litany days.
"We wired Philip last night, dart- hand into his big, brown one. The door closed softly and Philip For scarcely, even in opulent,yearsing and he'll be here this afternoon." Esmeralda was true to her word. was gone. Then Brian Burke raised before the war, has England seem -so
Esmeralda's heart gave a throb. She threw her frail weight on the the little- hand gently to his lips, notch fruit in spring. Fruit every -
Philip! How utterly she adored hila, right side and, slowly but surely, her 1 rchere andof the best. France, an
and he would soon be here to comfort health began to improve. She was ' old fruit country, is nowhere with
her and make her realize that all the sitting in the cosy lounge one after- l S12s] Nler in a Barnyard
accidents in the world, all the horrid noon, a fat, yellow cushion behind lier Belated rain -drops run England in its fruit stores. from
fashionable Mayfair to the slums,
disfigurements, could not lessen their back. Drip -dripping over the eaves, John Bull sees tempting fruit at
love. The door opened to admit the doe- Gurgling their delight every turn. And it is largely Empire
Philip had been and Philip had tor. He carried a nosegay of violets. As they join their earlier comrades fruit. Except for a few special dis-
gone. Philip Mason, the rising senlp- "Yes, they're for you, Esmeralda, as In the rain -barrel.. . , plays here and there, Canadian fruit,
tor, lover of all things beautiful. a reward for being a good girl.' its season over; has passed from the
Esmeralda lay very still after his She buried her nose in their cool Out by the dairy
departure. FIe had.. been solicitous fragrance. Mrs. Duck and family
Canadian Air Mail plane Establishes World's Record How the.Zoo
'Animals Dieceive.
the Public
Canada, in proportion to iter 'size, is malting greater practical use of air-
y P, , PRIOR
If 'the keepers of the, large Zoo at
Tnroiige • l'ark, > ydrtey, New Soutli
Wales -ear any other Zoe, come to
that—kept a record, be ataxy form, of
all the loon iticalenls that'are report-
ed to them at :frequent intervals by,
visitors, it would provide iaterestinlx
reading, :.not without its humorous
aspect,
.The naturo and frequency of these
reports is an nictitation that most
people take more than a passing, in-
terest lu the Zoo in general and its
works, and that they are as anxious
for the welfare of the big menagerie
as are the keepers,
Usually reports' to the keepers
concern some seemingly untoward in-
•c'ident which, upon ii vestigatIou,
turns out to be a false alarm.
The latest report of this kind at
craft than any other country and the "work" records of Canadian airplanes the above Zoo concerned the seals,
areregarded rev r rno t contributions to the advancement of One hot day recently tu'o members of said Mr. de Kuyper, "Che more I like
asiven i ie iniportan tthem, Froni year to year it is a plea-
sure than the euduranee and other stunt achievements of other countries. the seal family figured In what LIP-
day
to see your country develop its
Favors Canada for
,Dutch Immigrants
John de ,Kuyper of Faznoua
Holland Firm Visiting
City
NOTES DEVELOPMENT
Admires Canadian Olympic
Champions He Met in
Holland
There is no country in the world•
more suitable to Dtiteh immigration
than Canada, in the opinion of Jolui
Cie Kuyper, member of the John : de
Kuyper & Sons, Rotterdam and Schie-
dam, Holland: Mr. de Kuyper is on
a business trip in Canada and be said
that the climate and living conditions
of this country closely resembled
those of Holland, particularly is the
farming sections,
"The more I see of Canada, and par-
ticularly of the City of Montreal,"
Canada's latest and most imp.ressivo practical reeved in air is in speedy
delivery of ale mail and Capt. D. S, Bondurant, pilot for Canadian Airways,
as a result of a record flight between Toronto and Montt;eul, now holds the
world's air mail speed record.
Capt. Bondurant, flying a Fairchild "71", powered by a'Pratt & il'hitneye
Wasp engine, on March 81st, covered the 340 miles from Toronto to aiontreal
in just one hour and forty-four Minutes, and this has .now been established as
the world's fastest air mail flight.
Remarkable as this time is, Capt. ionchrrant would, dtave bettered it, but
for fog encountered a little over 100 miles from hlontreal. 11p to this point
he had flown 218 miles in just 00 minutes, maintateing a•speecl of over 3/
miles a minute:
Throughout the record-breaking flight Capt. Bondurant reported perfect
performance from his plane wlhica was fueled with Imperial Aeroplane
Spirits and lubricated with Marveiube Motor Oil.
she cared whether she got well or'Great Quantity of
not, man, after you'd nearly added. a
broken heart to a broken body?"
It was then that Esmeralda's little
hand closed tightly round Brian's Products of Africa and AUS -
brown one, just as a little child's
m 1, lit. tralia Succeed Those of
Canada
London,—John Bull cast his bread
Fruit In England
"Yes, Philip," she said in her soft,
husky voice, "what Dr. 'Burke says
is true! I'm going to marry him just
scene. South Africa came with its
wealth of plums and pears, its grapes,
enough, but he had not adequately "Mr. Mason!" announced the maid. Are quacking theist delight, •peaches and nectarines. Now it's the
Concealed the look in bis eyes when And Philip Mason entered the room. As they try out then of Australia House, a special
first they fell on ali the accident had He walked straight over to where Es- stall does a thriving business in Ans-
Ieft of Esmeralda. SheKhad caught rneralda sat, Ignoring the other man, A brand-new puddle. tralian apples at sixpence and a shil-
that look—that first glance mingled he bent over her chair. After forty winks tinder ling a bag'.
with horror and something else—and "Philip, have you niet Dr. Berke?" Two pin -oaks, Silas, the aired than, What the effect of it all 'will be on
a rough hand seemed to close round Philip Mason looked up and nodded Gives a gruff "Giddap!" the England of tradition, one -can only
her heart. to the doctor, who was standing at To Sit land Beauty, his fai:thfid horses,
• Then he was so polite,as though the rvinclorv. Slowly they chat -chef
conjec#.are. In his diet, as in all
they were mere strangers, and had "How well you're getting on, Esme! Back to the plough. things, the ]�aglishtnan clratsigh
elow•ly. He still .turns with a sigh
not been engaged for three golden I hardly expected to find you so—" —Lulu Minerva Schultz, in Iutet]udes. ges
of infinite relief to the roast beet and
months. Esmeralda had somehow ea- ' He paused. •�• puddings and pies which are the main
pected that he would go down on Esmeralda locked squarely at him Emigration nreuus of the old chophouses near
bis knees by the bed and murmur frons out of her elfin dark. eyes. 'Temple Bar. Yet he is char in
warm, comforting little love -words "Yes," prompted Esmeralda, her Nottingham Guardian: Emigrationging, if
will have to be deliberately Iepapit slowly. Beer consumption is falling.
that would have flown straight to her eyes still on Philip, "so what?"
weary heart like tired birds homing. "Esmeralda, may I see you alone for larized. Much could be done by an -:•
But he didn't! ale sat so primly on a minute?" said Philip, evading the intensive effort in the s,cltoals to Level Crossings
his. chair, and looked at her in a per- question. bring hone to boys and girls the ad
plexed, frightened way, as though this "You can say what you have to be- vantages and opportunities of iiee in
years nC Aida prol lent of level crossl
was not the Esmeralda he so terribly fore Dr. Burke. He's quite one of the the Dominions. Parents could also,
hived, but a changeling. fancily now," said Esmeralda, • by the right publicity, be .shown that Ings on the ,railways bas been closely
When her mother came In to say "Pin just going, Miss Rayne," cut there are more, and often better, open studied; the best methods of protect
that his tithe was up he just bent hi Brian Burke; "so if hair, Mason—" lugs for their children in the E-ni ins motorists against often fatal ac -
down anti brushed his moustache "I ask you to stay, please!" mar- pire lands than can be found at cidents at these dangerous spots hare.
Name The idea of emigration will been sought; strict regulations have
against her bandages and mumbled mused Esmeralda.
.
something. Then the door closed "Ali right, Esme!" said Philip, draw- have to be popularized by appropriate been put into force, but always snub -
and he was gone. ing from his Pocket the ring that she publicity, and by presenting its merits gthe co:nservati arrivint tof lifee desbeiavosnit;
ti
Esmeralda's mind went back to the had once treasured. "I've some to h simplified and attractive and easily y r
ask you if you'll"—he coloured --"if available farm, The whole country, aec#dents at the crossings of road and
you'll take this back? 1 think I must In fact, will have to interest itself in
have been mad to let you go!" the question. Governments can do
A glancing sunbeam stole through
the window. Esmeralda turned, so
that the light should fall full on the
cruel sear that lay, only half -healed,
front ear to chin,
"You still want to marry me lit spite
of
this, Philip, and"—glancing Clown
at the ,sling that :supported the in-
jured arm—"this?"
Philip bit his lip, then threw back
his head.
"in spite of everything, Esme!" he
said,
"Thank you for saying that"---Es-
meralda's voice was very soft—"but
you've come back too late! You see,
I don't love you now, Philip!"
Plat]p stared, incredulous, and It
Was then that Brian Burke took a
quick step forward. He stood behind
Esmeralda's chair, laying a 'hand on
lier shoulder.
"Yes:, you've ecme 'back too ;l:•d:e,
Mason! Esrneralda's going to marry
rue! I've loved her for weeks and
I've Stever let her guess' it, because I
thought.you still held her heart, even
though'` -•--his weeds rang out—"you
did clear out just when sae needed
yea most!"
"I n -
ever realized" began the
Other,
"No," went on that cart young voice,
and the blue eyes gleanneti. "You
nearer realized, ago, when she lay
crushed and broken, with hardly any-
thing lett but her line salrht, you left
her to fight on alone!" •
"All these weeks 'Site's struggled on,
and on, fighting to get well, not for
her awit sake batter the sake of those
who loved her, knowing that when
she faced the world. again it wool 'These two strange friends, ];lobby the sheep and Clara the duck, were ewe
P. -ed In an I;n li Where thee are well-known as inseparable Pals.
be with � a alerted faoew PO Ion tliiillr 1? g rsli iarrrry4ir d vI y
afternoon that Mrs. Black's terrier
Bad been run over, and the car re-
sponsible had raced on. Esmeralda,
returning from a walk with Philip,
had hurried over to the dog and taken
it in her arms. But Philip lrad held
back, Then, when she carne back to
hien, after the dog was dead, he had
almost thrust her away.
"Demo, your dress is all over blood!"
he, had said, shuddering. "Conte- along
home and change it. I hate accidents
and the sight of blood•and uglluess!"
The incident returned to Esmer-
alda now. Her lover's words, full of
horror, that look on his face, hit at
her with cruel force "I hate ugli
nese!"
Esmeralda slept but little that
night. In the morning she signalled
that she wanted to say something, and
scrawled in shaky characters on a
pad her mother held for her: "Write
and give Philip his freedom."
Of course, Mrs, Rayne "refused and
tried to sootheher; but the girl was
apparently so troubled that she finally
dM as she was told, and the letter:
breaking off the engagement was dis-
patched. After that, temeral.da,
seerned satlsfied, though perhaps she
Hoped vaguely that Philip would come,
sweep her into his arms and tell her
the note was all rionseitse and all
that he wanted, was his Esme.
Bat Philip did not conte. The day
leegtheired into clays and the days In-
to almost 'time weelte, yet there was
no sign from Philip.
7 suneraida could streak now, but
site grew no better, Site appeared
rather td become weaker, as though
the wish to recover' was riot there.
One late afternoon Lr. Burka tackled
her with It ----not tattfully, in approved
bedstcle Manner but in his ownn bras -
Otte, altnost rude w iv.
"Loofa here, itlsiter'a]cla, Rayne, t'na
much, but the real mainspring of ef-
fort must conte from the people as
a whole.
railway.
If you wish to preserve year secret
wrap it up in frankness.—Alexander
Smith.
A Farm Hu;norhSt 1
peered to be a serious squabble.
They swam rapidly round the pool,
clivecl after each other, and often got
natural resources and expanding its
system of highways. The reasons why
into bolts. Ater one deep dive, flux -
emigrate
should like to see My 'countrymen
ing which they were nattier water emigrate to Canada are based on the
lozrger than usual, they rose to the experience of those who are already
surface and lay nrotiouless with flap- heree and are doing very well indeed.
pees close to their sides, tails turned Fast year, I had the pleasure of
up, and necks stretched out, being a leading inember of the coni -
It looked suspiciously like a double inittee of reception, which welcomed
drowning affair, so one spectator hut- the Canadian athletes at the Olympic
rlecl away and informed keeper, He games at Amsterdam, and I ant happy
came quickly and iyfieu he saw the to give expression once more- to 'nay
"dead" seals he smiled in a superior' admiration for these valiant Cham -
way.
'Thema nothing wrong," he said.
"Tlze seals are only boating. Haven't
you seen them' do that before?" aThe
spectator hadn't, nor have few other
people, for the seals do not often .float.
11 'hen they want to rest they bask in
the sun on the rock formation at the
edge of the pond.
But there have been stranger re-
ports than the seals' "drowning af-
fair." One was that the beautiful
blue bird of paradise had hanged him-
self by the legs, and was making his Canada, Mr. cle Kuyper said that he
last kick. A kindly keeper explain- felt that 'the Dominion was on the eve
ed however, that this was the bird's of a tremendous era of progress and
way of showing off his gorgeous plum- prosperity, the various industries,
pions of Canadian sports, and particu-
larly of Percy Williams, the winner,
of the 100 and 200 metres marathons;
orf Miss Ethel Catherwoocl, the triunes
of the running high jump contests for
ladies; Miss Myrtle Cook, the lady
sprinter, and last, but not the least,
of the spleitclid hockey 'team which,
won the Olympic championship at St.
Moritz, without a goal being scored
against them."
Foresees Boom
Coming back to his impressions of
age.
Another strange report was that the
Wood stork, which has the habit of
puffing up his neck to a remarkable
size, had burst his crop. This, of
course, was erroneous, for the stork
was only display ing his vanity.
On one occasion, however, there
was a genuine cause for alarm when
a visitor to the Zoo reported that
Casey, the chimpanzee, bad pulled a
little Japanese monkey through the
bars of the adjoining cage and was
dancing round with la crushed to his
hairy breast.
Several keepers made haste to the
rescue, but they were too late. Casey
had murdered his victim. He had
broken every bone In its body by
dashing it repeatedly on the floor of
his cage.
But Casey will never commit ano-
ther murder, for nowadays there is
no living thing within his. reach, Like
Napoleon, he is an exile, being situ-
ated on his own away from all he is
likely to harm.
Swimmin' Don'ts
A. promise of warm weather and
bright sunshine will 80011 bring
throngs to the bathing places of lakes
and rivers. The drowning of an
imprudent swimmer Is an only too
familiar occurence at any of the re-
sorts throughout tate summer.
—With the object of preventing as
many as possible of these tragic ac-
cidents of holiday time we cite a few
sane "don'ts" for those who go in
ban
Swithimg.ming is one of the most
healthful of sports, but—certain neces-
sary rules sbould be observed.
Don't swim right after eating; wait
about two hours.
Don't swine while overheated; wait
until yon have cooled off. Failure to
observe this rule frequently causes
cramps.
Don't swim until you are complete-
ly exhausted; stop before you get
that tired feeling.
It you are going to dive Into the
water, mace sure that the water is
sleep enough; many a perfectly good
head has been completely ruined by
suddenly crashing against the rocky
bottom of a lake or tho concrete of a
swimming pool.
Should you be caught in a swift un-
der current, don't thresh your legs
and arms wildly; let the force of the
current bring you to the surface,
Keep your head;
Always have your arnis la a Posi-
tion to 'take a quick Stroke if you aro
wading into a strange pool. 'Toe
may step into a stole and need that
one quick stroke.
Don't go into a swimming pool if
you are riot well. Communicable dis-
eases are easily spread • to others
through the water,
Disappointment
Men fo mettle turn disappointments
into. helps as the, oyster turns• ditto.
pearl the stud which annoys it"
When the supply of its product runs
ahead of the demand a corporation
establishes the five -clay weep nn ac-
count ot its keen interest in its em-
ployees' wvelfa.i'e.—Ohio 'State Journal.
I'f 1 lead to lied a, lite planned by
Tones and Volstead, I would commilit
suicitlo,--James il,
Reed.
with one or two exceptions, developing
their capacity for production and their
markets in a wonderful manner. "And
if you will allow me to express a per-
sonal opinion, Iet me say that it would
be against Canadian interests to adopt
the St. Lawrence Waterways plan be-
cause it would spell the ruin of your
own harbors, to the benefit of the
American ports."
Mr. de Kuyper expressed his satis
faction with the business connections
his firm has in Canada.
Speaking of the conditions iia klol.
land, Mr, de Kuyper said they were
very satisfactory, much more sothan
they have been for many years. There
is little unemployment in. Holland just
now, the industries and agriculture
giving work to all. Our foreign trade
is developing rapidly, Canada being
one of our best customers for some ot
our ,products.
"Politically, everything is quiet,
though we had a little flurry with Bel-
gium about the military alliance she
was supposed to have concluded witha
France against Germany, but the situ-'
ation has been cleared by the frank'
explanations given by the Belgian
Government.'
Warn Motorists
Making Repairs,i
Many Accidents May Bei
Avoided by Pulling to
Roadside
This season of heavy traffic on high-
ways brings'with it the need for re-
peating .a warning against a practice a
that causes many avoidable accidents,
in the opinion of T. C. Kirby, general
manager of the Montreal Motorists
League. The condition is that created
by the motorist's failure • to pull en-
tirely off the, road when changing a
tire or making a similar small adjust-
ment or repair to the car.,
"0f course, it is impossible to sta
tion motorcycle policemen in positions
to enforce this on every mile: of the
extensive highway system, It is a
regulation, however, that should need
no police onforoement. Based upon a
sound principle of safety, the indi-
vidual car owner should be willing to
abide by it under every condition," he
says.
"Furthermore, it becomes more and
more imperative, that the car owner
who needs to. make ,a roadside repair,
lake the precaution to move his car
from the path of ,the fast moving traf-
fic. The 'motorist has been demand
ing higher speed limits because Ire.
knows they. are °safe, but he defeats
their undeniable safety by such 'Prac-
tices as this.
"The.,. Montreal Motorlste League
and others of the 1,065 afiiated with
the '.American 'Automobile •Association'
11avearecords of many ateidents that
aro to be attributed directly to the'ig-
atoranco of car owners hi this respect."
This warning is just as much needed
in Ontario as in Quebec and we taka
the opportunity of passing it on. •
1
The gangsters and other criininals1
et today hallo no courage.—Grover i,
Whalen,
awful toie in Chicago:
It must be awf die !;
and be a mere cit,- ]3roou Timed►,