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The Marcli of the White Guard
repenting that it had ;foregoneits
pei"vVe to isave, the sun' suddenly grew
ted and angry and spread out d shield
of bleed along. the bastions of the
west. The wind shrank back andgrew
less murderous, and eee the last red
arrows shot up behind the lonely weste
ern wall:f °white the three knew that
the worst of the storm had passed and
CROP AND TRADE CONDITIONS
T 'iROUGHOUT THEDOMINION
Bank of Montreal Annual Meeting.
By Slit GIi.131•;RT PARKER. o ,
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•,;�,,,�„,,,,,�„>„�,�. •�u,�wa.Zere--e„eu that deo{h'Tlad drawn. back for a time,
What JasPass Hume thought we shall
CHAPTER III.—(Catt'd,) ri tless land pas a anc repass, l t
us aro
gather from his diary; :for .ere he
crawled in among the dogs and
stretched himself out beside , J•aeques,
he wrote these words with arhinia
fingers:
"January 10: Camp 39.—A bitter
day. We are 'facing three fears now:
the fate of those we left behind; his
fate; and the going back. Sire are
Immediately• after, at. a sign from n1ve1 still; where the magic needle
,
thei l abutdark-
u x t, not tout � 1•d �he north
a t
be-
-"1 - e -S1;
Clod i Cloud -in -the -Sky v
u i
�p
g• r • 1 downward dark -
downward, ---where the
>.in to transfer the bul'11tnt, wood i Y .
from. one fire to the other until only i sort never stretches warns hands to
hot ashes were left where a great hal who dares confront the terrors
blaze had been. Over these ashes pine i of eternal snow.
twigs and branches were spread, and The White Guard sleeps.
over theta again blankets. The woad i CHAPTER IV.
was then given to turn in, full Jett i �o• C.`ttlptairl; leave ale here and thirty nuke from Manitou Mountain.
I yLie, G•rtspe Toujours, and 1..tto carsei push on to the Manitou Mountain. ion. If he is found, I should not•fear at all
Callen lay down in this comfortable
might to make it in two day,. I'm just the return jod:rney; success gives Hope,
bed. Each vvisllets to give way to their as cafe here as on the sleds and less r, „
captain, but he would nut e unseat, and trouble; a blind plans no good. Ill '� c trust ill God.
he .sand Cloud -in -the -4:.y wrapped have a good rest while you're gone; Another clay passes and at night,
themselves in their blanket like mum "I then perhapa my eyes will conte
1 z.e ,covering their heads eolupletely, I outfight. My foot is nearly well
and under the Arctic sky they slept ino,i. 4 ,l ,
t 1o11e in an austere and ' tenantless 1 <s, Jeff Ilyde was snowbliud, Thiel
:'erld, They never "mow how loftily :th giant of the party, hadeaffee,,u
sardonic Ilu..oui'e can lac ivho h;.1ve not , - ' host.
seen that land where the mereen : But .Taspar Hume said, "I won't
freezes in the tubee and the+•e is ]iirlit leave you alone, my man. The dogs accountable weakness poseeeses hium have stimulated manufacturing, and
but no warmth in the senile of the can carry you, a:• they've clone for the
un. Not Stu t in the heart of Aus_ la:st ten days." Mind and body are on the verge of domestic demands have been insistent.
Leslie with the mercury Imrsting the
But Jeff replied. "I'm as safe here helplessness nstoundelstallcintneas. andavvhes a and a ew industries
ltiteser of successful beeniimanatee-
fevered
fevered tubes, with the finger -nails , renin ihi; .zd safer. When the clogs : he is unhitched from the te'ain of do s,
breaking like brittle glass, with thecertaing flee your can get on now d`vindled to seven, he goes to Ins
ink drying instantly on the, pen, with faster; a•nd that ?cans everything to master ,and leaps upon. his breast. It
tG 1 t t
after a hard march, they camp five throughout Canada. Our Superiit-
miles from Maniton Manntain. And
not a sign! :But Jaspar Hume knows tendent. reports as follows:
that there is a faint chance of Varre Ontario.
Lepage being found at this Mountain. 1Iarrufacturing in Ontario has been
His iron frame has borne the hard- limited only. by shortage of supplies
ships of this journey well; his valiant and disturbances in labor. Govern -
heart better. But this night an un- ment credits for goods sold to Europe
Complete Reports Submitted on Conditions in the Various Provinces of the
Dominion at Annual Meeting of the Bank of Montreal Will Be of
Special Interest to Mercantile and !=arming Communitiea.
At the Aunnal Meeting of the Bank Both these situations are improving
of Montreal complete reports were and larger production hes taken place
submitted ,by the Superintendents of nt the gold mines.
the Bank, dealing with trade and farm- Both vcholesalers, aipl retailers re•
lng conditions in the various provinces port it easy to sell geode. Credits are
of the Dominion. These reports cover sliortened and bad debts negligible,
the particular operations carried out Larger expenditures were generally
in the various eections of the country made by municipalities this year in an
and on this account become of very effort to overtake works postponed
special interest to the mercantile and during the war,
farthing communities desirous of Population. shows a general increase,
keeping in touch with the important with a tendency to drift to urban and
developments that are occurring manufacturing centres.
There has been a continued exten-
sion in hydro-elect;•ic newer during the.
past_ year, and works at Nipigon and
Chippewa, as well as at other places
less important, will within the next
two years add very largely to the
available power for manufacturing and.
other purposes throughout Ontario.
Generally speaking, the year has
been one of great activity throughout
the Province,
a,;r
the h'1ir• f11'inM off •Inti fadiitf•would z, , now, eon i if
if he could, have exchangecs'his lot' Jaspar Hume met the eyes of Craspe` of prescience, Instinct issitlobetwleentther bettering then
for that of the White Guard. They are Toujours. He read theta. Then he p passing g position equipment recent
• 'I tO 1 fF Ilvcic� ''It Ghali he a� woo roan and the dog, Jaspar Hume bent years, installing modern equipment
turing concerns is the United States
have been making enquiries with the
intention of locating in Ontario,
Ontario farmers have been steadily
in a. frozen endlessness thee stretches wish. Late Garseallen Cloud -in -the- his head down to Jacques for. an :in -
away to a world where never voice of Cl d tf Mani -
man
stint and rubbed his side kindly; then
plan or clip of wing or tread of antiwarYou
Sky, myself will push on to 1llalu- he said, with a tired accent, "It's all
is un`heard. `It is the threshold of the jvurNw-illrretm•ain here." Gaspe Ton- right, dog; it's all right!"
touched
country, to that un- i Jeff Hti d e's blind eves turnedtoward Jaspar Hume did. not sleep well at
touched north whose fields of white' t ward first that night, but at length oblivion
are only furrowed by the giant forces Gaspe YeToujours,and Gaspe of taba Toujours came.. He waked to feel Jacques tug -
of the elements; on whose frieid d' ?' e have plenty tabic.
" I A tent was set up, provisions were ging at his blankets. It was noon.
hearthstone no fire is ever lit; aplace t - t ' t 1 •Late Carscallen and Cloucl-in-the-SIty-
_„ _,--_ were added,and the simple 1' >~
and improving their modes of living.
The past year has been one of fair
crops and -High prices, A wet spring
was followed by iii exceptionally dry
summer, and grain crops, with the ex-
ception of fall wheat, fell below the
average. Root crops were good; earn
and tomatoes were a record yield: the
where the electrie phantoms of a 11?u in 1 , a spirit- anpp and matches seasonawas poor for all fruit except
f; were •still slee .in —inanimate brindles grapes. Cheese production showed a
p rj e among the dogs. In an hour they were failing off. There is a shortage of
� w as complete. Not quite. Jaspar Hume
i looked round. There was not a tree on their way again, and toward sun- hogs; sheep raising is on the increase.
! in sight. He stooped and cut away set they had reached the foot of Mani- Tile cattle situation is somewhat un-
nt
a pole that was used for strengthen- tou Mountain. Abruptly from the settlee available carrthe ying thou h
r plain rose this mighty mound, blue y g g
ing the runners of the sleds; fastened and white upon a black 'base. A few the -winter.
1 it firmly in the ground, and tied to it straggling pities grew near its foot The production of lumber has been
a red woolen scarf, which he had treed
i for ti beelines. his white blankets defying latitude, as the mountain itself seriously reduced owing to shortage
Vir
Fatigued
AeupofOXO
is both re-
freshing and
invigorating.
Ready in a min-
ute—the minute
you want it.
round hint. Then he said, "Be sure defied the calculations of geographens
and keep that flying, men." and geologists. A halt was called;
,Jeff Hyde's face was turned toward Late Carsc.allen and Cloud -in -the -Sky
the north. The blind man's inetinet looked at the chief. His eyes were
wee eomirg
Icto him . Far off w1t=e-• ed- scanning the mountain closely. Sud-
dyBud-
dyingdr. ifts were rising over •long; hil- deftly he paused. li ive huclnred. feet unusually high, there is no a.ceulnula-
•cks of snow. When Jeff turned up there is a great round hole in ttlhetion of stocks on hand, and hotwith-
round again his face was slightly' solid rock, and from this hole theref� standing the scarcity of labor and in-
: t"onbled. It grew more troubled, then ' comes a feeble smoke! Jaspar Humes • creased costs of operating, the year
it brightened up again, and he said t.+ hand points where his eyes ere fixed., has been a sit,ceessful One. Pulp and
i Jaspar Hume, "Captain, would you The other two see. Cloud -in -the -Sky paper have been in large and increas-
of labor. 1919 has been an excellent
marketing year, with heavy sales to
Great 'Britain and the United States,
and a steady domestic demand for all
classes of lumber. Prices have been
leave that book with me till you. come gives a wild whoop, such a whoop as
! back—that about infirmities, dangers, only an Indian can give, and ;from the
and necessities? I knew a river -boss mountain there comes a moment after
I who used to earry an old spelling -hook a faint replica of the sounds. ,It is not
i round with him for luck. It had be- an echo, for there appears -at the
ing demand, with soaring prices for
the latter..
Mining production during the year
has been curtailed. The demand for
nickel tell off after the Armistice;
i longed to a schoolmaster who took mouth of the cave an Indian, who •sees strikes •lessened the si'ver output,
i him in and did for him when his father thew find drakes feeble signs .for•"them,
'and mother went into Kingdom Come, to 'come. In a fety moments they are `•
It seems to me as if that book of at the cave. As Jaspar Hume enters, Befogged:
s' " _. I yours, Captain, would bring luck to Cloud -in -the -Sky .and the stalwart bat The morning was cold and foggy.
i being 'incom-
ings
part of the White Guard, that emaciated Indian who had beckoned to when old Fortner Giles and his mail
bein out at the heels like has to stay them speak to each obiter .in the.,Clli-'scatted out. to drive a bullock into the
behind." nook language, the jargon common to 'market. The farmer,
Jaspar Hum had Lorne the suffer- all Indium of the west. monis stout, left the to his eta•
of his life with. courage; he haci Jaspar Hume saw a form reclining
led this terrible tramp with no tremor on a great bundle of pine branches ,ployee.
at his heart for himself; he was seek- and he knew what Rose Lepage haa' After tramping about eight miles in
Prairie Provinces.
During part of the past season ex-
tensive
s
tensive areas in Saskatchewan and Al-
berta experienced, in common with the
North -'western States, severe drought
and loss of crops, but owing to good
yields in other areas and to high
prices, the value of grains raised ex-
ceeded that of the year 1915, when the.
largest crops in the history of the
West was produced.
Failure of pasture and hay in cer-
tain districts caused anxiety to ranch-
ers, and while autumn rains brought
relief, the scarcity and high price of
feed for winter use forced the sale of
some unfinished cattle at prices ad-
versely attacked by worse couditions
in the United States.
The 'Test on the whole has had a to the Montreal market by way of the
prosperous year, exceptions being the St. Lawrence route, but. navigation
districts in which crops were lost opens only in April and closes early in
through drought. November. so with limited shipping
British Columbia. facilities this market never goes be -
C NADA AND BE
COAL SUPPLY
MINERS' STRIKE 1N THE
UNITED STATES.
Dominion, Feeling Pinch of
Shortage, Plans Enlarging
Her Own Output.
•
The recurrent shortages in fuel give
rise to a renewed movement to make
Canada more self -dependent So far as
bituminous coal In concerned. Officers
of the urines department are authority
for the statement that there is as
much soft coal in Canada as in the
United States. Half a billion tons, it
is assorted, could be mined annually,
if necessary. It all reduces itself to
an economic question of getting labor
to work the mines, equipment to de-
velop them and, above all, a market
for the product.
least year Canadian ruiners produced
17,030,198 short tons of bituminous
coal, 3,220,381 tons of lignite and 115,-
40b tons of anthracite. ' In the same
period the country bought 22 078,587
tons front tits United States, of which
4,785,160 tons were anthracite.
Where the economic problem arises,
Primarily, is from the fact that the Ca-
nadian alines are remote from those
.parts where the market is the largest.
There are splendidly productive de-
posits in Cape Breton in the extreme
east and in British Columbia and
northwestern elberta in the extreme
west. The 'biggest consumption, how-
ever, is centralized in Ontario and
Quebec. About two million tons of
Nova Scotia coal finds its way annually
Grain crops were affected by drought
and were below the average. Fruit and
vegetables have been good crops with
prices. ruling high. More attention is
being given to agriculture, and farriers
and growers generally have had a
profitable season.
Wholesale trade has been good and
retail trade active.
The population has increased, and
further immigration is expected dur-
ing the corning year.
Conditions throughout the province
on the whole are better than they have
been for soma years, and itrospects.
appear good for continued business
y
activitinto the new year.
m
Assessment Syste
Whole Family Insurance.
The Order furnishes insurance to its
members at Ontario Government Stand-
ard rates.
Sick and Funeral Benefits. are also
given if desired.
The Juvenile Department furnishes
the best possible insurance benefits to
the children of our adult members.
The Order has already paid over $030,-
000,00 in. Sick and Funeral Benefits. and
nearly Seven Millions of Dollars in In-
ruran.•e.
Gue Couneils in Canada. If there is
not one in your locality there should be.
For full information sprite to'any of
the following Officers:
I.. Davidson, V. l F. liontague.
Gra rid Councillor Grand Recorder
W. F. Campbell, J. H. 13e11, M.D.
Grand Organizer. Grand Med. Dx.
HAMILTON - ONT.ARIei
You want him good and healthy.
You want him big and strong,
Then give him a pure wool jersey.
Made by his friend, Bob Long.
Let him romp with all his vigor
He's the beet boy In the land,
And he'll always be bright and
smiling,
Nile wears a Bob Long Brand.
—Bob Long.
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lona
BOYS' PURE WOOL
WORSTED JERSEYS
Ifcahrmra from "Coiuiat to Coasfl'
t'oR two ma. ooM1 O t'r
AND 9MAlr' APPEARANCE
rt. 4t. LONG& CO. L1Mrtto
TORONTO . CANADA
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Look far the Label
ing to perform a perilous act without prayed had come to pass. By the- silence, hardly able .to see each other
any inward shrinking; hut Jeff's re- flickering light of a handful of fire h8' for the fog, the man was startled to
quest was the greatest trial of this saw Varre Lepage --rather what was hear a voice just in front of hint ex.
momentous period in his life. This left of him—a shadow of energy, a' claim:
boo le getting along
k had not left iris breast save when heap of nerveless bones. Has eyes "We
he slept, for twentywere shut, but as Jasper Hume, with: ?„ in good style,
p , years: To give .it p aren't we, Bill .
up was like throwing open the doors a quiver of memory and sympathy at en't w , cried the farm -baud° "Be
of his nature to such weaknesses that his heart•; •stood• for an instant anti
assail and conquer most men at somelooked at the man whom he had cher- that you, moister? Whey, Ali bin a -
time or other in their lives. ished as a flriend.and found an enemy, droivin' ye for the last hour!"
Jeff Hyde felt, if he could not see, the pale lips ,bf Verve Lepage moved - And the bullock had vanished in the
the hesitation of his chief. His rough and a weak voice said, "Who—is fog, while Bill herded his bulky mas-
ter to market,
but kind instincts told him •something
was wrong in his request, and he hast-
ened to add, "Beg your pardon, sir it
there?
"A. friend."
"A friend! Come near me friend!"
a:n't no matter; I oughtn't to have •Taspar Hume made a motion to Late
asked you for it. But it's just like me Carseallen, who was heating some
I've been a chain on the leg of the liquid at the fire, and he came near
White Guard this whole tramp." and stooped and lifted up the sick
The moment of hesitation had pass- man's head and took his hand.
ed before Jeff I•Iyde had said half -a- (To be continued.)
dozen words, and Jaspar Hume put the
book in his hands with the words, "No,
.Teff Hyde, take it. It will bring hick
to the White Guard. Put :t where I
have carried it, and keep it safe until
I come back."
Jeff Hyde placed the book in his
bosons, but hearing a guttural "Ugh"
behind him he turned round defiantly.
The Indian touched his arm and said,
"Good! Strong -back book—good," .Teff
was satisfied.
At this point they parted, Jeff Hyde
and Gaspe Toujours remaining, and
Jaspar Hunie and his two followers
going on toward Manitou Mountain.
There seemed little probability that
Varre Lepage would be found. In their
progress eastward and northward they
had covered wide areas of country, de-
; viding and meeting again after stated
hours of travel, but not a sign had
been seen; neither cairn nor staff nor
any mark of human presence.
Jaspar Hume had noticed Jeff
Hyde's face when it was turned to the
eddying drifts of hire north, and he
understood what was in the experienc-
ed huntsman's mind, He • knew that
severe weather was before them, and
that the greatest difficulty of the jour-
ney vas tobe encountered. Yet,
some-
how, the fear that possessed him when
the boek was taken from his breast!
had left him, and Inc reaped in his act
of self-sacrifice a larger courage and 1
rarer strength than that which had
heretofore stayed him on this +deer- r
less journey.
That night they saw Manitou Moan- ,
tail, cold, colossal, ;harshly calm; arid
jointly with that sight there arose a
shrieking, biting, fearful north wind.
It blew upon them in cruel menace of'
conquest, in piercing inclemency. It
struck a freezing terror to their hearts i
and grew in violent attack until, as if
Bovril
txakoa
VRIL
The great key
food" that makes
other foods more
nourishing.
Bair -building
Powor of
. Bovril cakoea
Ind.'yp,endavt s;ienef,e•erperfinenis horn
rnnelasioefy prtoed tide the Body -begirding
Peltier laf Beorii is (rue, 10 to 20 Vine,:
the mous. of llearil frr%ten,
All grades. Write tor prions.
TORONTO SALT WORKS
G. J. 4 il.IPP TORONTO
Minard'e Liniment Cures Colds. BCG.
filer Father .Knew.
Little Nelly told little Anita what
she terms a "little iib."
Anita: "A fib is. 'the sante as a
story, and a story is the same as a
lie."
Nelly: "Nu, it's not."
Anita: "Yes, it is, because my father
sand so, and my father is a professor
at the university"
Nelly: "I don't care if he is. My
father is an editor. and he knows
more about lying than your father."
Lina•=d'e Liniment Cures Diphtheria.
The Difference.
Farming's agriculture to the folks that
tell us how,
But agriculture's farming to tis who
guide the plow.
Adds New Pleasure
The clean=bursting qualities of Imperial
EEoyalite add a new feature of sati,sfaction
to oil heating and lighting conveniences.
For the oil beaten or cook -stove Imperial
Royalite is the source of abundant clean,
quick, economical heat. And for the -nil lamp,
too, you'll readily see its superior quality
delightfully emphasized by the clearer,
brighter light.
You can't but batter coal oil than Imperial
Royalite, so wily pay Higher prices?
Por sale by Dealers everywhere
yond a certain point.
American twines, therefore, have al-
ways been able to compete for Quebec
business and, especially, for that of
Ontario, situated as it is much closer
to Pennsylvania, and Olio. The result
has been that Nora Scotia coal does
not get -much west of Montreal, while
the western coal does not come east of
Winnipeg, whereas it is in the central
provinces that the demand is the
largest. To haul coal such long dis-
tances is regarded as . impracticable
suz]ess worst comes, to ,worst, and it
rpresents special difficulties just now
owing to ,par shortages.
brae Canadian Development.
The question, however, is being dis•
cussed freely, and many people, while
not discounting the geographical dis-
advantages, are urging that Canada
should develop more fairy her own
mining deposits rather than face re-
currently suffering and partial indus-
trial and transportation paralysis
whenever trouble develops across the
border.
Great interest is displayed in the
coming inquiry by the International
Joint Commision into the proposed
navigation and water power develop-
ments of the St. Lawrence, jointly by
the United States and Canada.
They general idea is to deepen the
St. Lawrence by a series of dams so
that ocean shipping, which now stops
at Montreal, may go to Toronto and
Detroit and so on up the great lakes
to Duluth, Chicago, Fort 'William and
Port Arthur. Incidental to this expan-
sion of navigation is the development
of four millions of potential water
power, to be divided jointly between
the United States and Canada.
The undertaking would involve very
heavy expense --at least $300,000,000,
but public setiment, seemingly, is
strongly in favor of it. The new Wel-
land Canal, now in course of construc-
tion, will accommodate ships with a
draught of 35 feet, and it constitutes
really the first vital link in thetscheme.
The questions of reference are now
before the United States and Cana-
dian governments and it is expected
that inquiry by the International Joint''
Commission will be begun very shorts
ly.
A Natural Mistake.
As the man and the maid strolled
through the picture -gallery the lady
stopped before one exhibit.
"Oh, how sweet!" she breathed.
"I wonder what ft means?" question-
ed the young fellow, as Inc eyed the
pictured pair who clueg together in
an attitude of love and longing.
"Oh, Charlie, don't you see?" the
gili'l chided tenderly. "He has just
asked her to marry him, and she had
consented. It's lovely! What does
the artist call the picture?"
The young man leaned nearer and
eyed a little label on the frame,
"I
see!' t he cried. "It's printed on
this card here --'sold!' "
The first postage stamp was printed
in Great Bnutiuin it't 184GG; it was black
in eoler:
Many of the 01,1 sayings contain
much of truth, but do not go far
enough. Time is money ---only if we
are wise enough to .Pon iteinto money,