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The Duchess intervenes
By CORA LINDA. . • .
PART I. !met his, he whistled. He didn't mean
"Earl's son files his petition in; to be rude; he just couldn't help hini-
bankruptcy. Liabilities £15,000, as-' self.
sets nil." She was like a dainty bit of. Dres-
WilIiam Dysart Farquhar, known; filen china, all pink and white and
to his intimates as "3111," thrust his delicate, with eyes that were of dark
hands deep into his trouser pockets! ,brown velvet shaded by thick curling
and withdrew the linins, thereby; l -slice'
exposing to view the fat that they ! " Bill beamed upon her reassuringly.
were empty. Dont be frightened: I brought you
"Not a stiver," he remarked to him- in here because it seemed about the
self, far he was alone in the luxurious- Imost sens:b.e thing to do; you've had
ly fitted and madly untidy sitting room' a deuce of a shaking. I bet you feel
as if you'd been played football with,"
of his suite in Piccadilly. ' She sat up and a peal of Iaughter
Then he read again that engaging broke from her red lips. "You bet I
paragraph in the morning paper which I do," she replied, with equal slangi
informed all and sundry that yet an- ; flees.
other scion of an ancient house had I
come a cropper. She clasped her hands in her Iap.
Casually Bill's eyes drifted to some -.I like this room no end. It's so
thing by the side of that portion of'homey'," she .e:iid. There was a touch the paper which he had all to himself ' of wistfulness in her voice.gill seated him -elf beside her.
—an advertisement. It read as fol- "The way you said that snakes me
lows: "In a select suburb a high-class "The
you aren't used to being
grocery business for sale. Absolutely ink
he said.
a bargain. A gold mine to an enter- < "No, we're much too rich to be com-
prising young man, Price £300." ; fortable," she replied, naively; then
Bill glanced at himself in a rnirrorj she added quickly, and the warm blood
opposite, athis sunburnt skin and it dyed her cheeks: "Oh, doesn't that
regular features, the wide humorans; sound horribly snobbish? But you
mouth, the decidedly rugged nose, the' understand, don't you?" She smiled
mass of dark hair plastered straighti into Bill's blue eyes, and he smiled
back from his forehead. back.
"Are you an enterprising young "Absolutelyi"
man, Bill?" he inquired of his reflec-!Presently the visitor seemed to real -
tion. The most noticeable thing! ize the unconventional aspect of the
about his face his chin, cleft and! whole affair, for sire jumped up in
square --stuck out aggressively, as! some eorifesien. "I mustn't trespass
though to answer his question. It i on your hospitality any longer," she
wasn't difficult now to realize that! said' "I'm quite all right now."
this foolish young spendthrift could) Bill's face expressed blank astonish -
give a creditable account of himself, meet and chagrin. I say, you simply
where it was necessary, for things to 1 can't be all right after being chucked
Crying For Lack.
if the first person yon meet as you
are going to work is a woman, you
will have no luck that day'. Such was
once the strong belief of Cornisli,
millers.
it was considered unlucky for a wo-
man to "let. the New Year in.", A tva•
man who read the marriage Service
through in its entirety before her mar-
riage' was said to be fated to spinster-
hood.
It was also unlucky for a bride not
to shed tears on her wedding day,
whilst it also brought ill -luck to mar-
ry in May, A. double share of ill -luck
was promised' for these who `wed dur-
ing Lent. •
No one can give any reason wily a
horseshoe is considered lucky, The
original belief was that it kept out
witches. A novel wart silo is 'she-
plaeiirg of a iuriiiber of pebbles in a
bag, corresponding^ with the number
of warts. The warts are supposed to
disappear when the bag is thrown
away, and the person who finds the
bag is expected to find the warts as
well,
DYES HER GARMENTS -
BU T NONE CAN TELL
"Diaarond Dyes" Turn Faded,
Shabby Apparel into Nev4
Don't wo: y about perfect results.
Use "Diamond Dyes," guaranteed • to
givci a new, rich, fadeless color to any
fabric, whether it be wool, silk, linen,
cotton ar mixed goods, — dresses,
blouses, stockings, skirts,• eh.Idrew
coats, feathers,, draperies, coverings-
everything:
The Direction Book with each pack-
age tells how to diamond dye ever any,
color.
To match any material, have dealer'
show you "Diamond Dye" Color Card.
A dairy course lasting eight weeks
was conducted by the dairy depart-
ment of the University of Saskat-
ehewan during Jarruary and February:
•
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Many a man who talks of kis lost
opportunities never made one to lose.
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Interest computed quarterly.
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happen—and he had done things i out of a ba'11y car into the road. It lemee
"Somewhere in France." But Bill I —it was a positively awful adventure;
wanted to forget the time when he you niust sit stilt for a while." g
had laughed at death and made others I Then the girl burst out laughing.
iaugh through his dauntless pluck. i Good gracious, it's not the first time
His brow was wrinkled into a' I've been chucked out of a car; I drive,
frown; he was doing what was a very I you know. I've done that twice be
unusual thing for him—thinking. fore. Daddy said he wouldn't Iet me
"Hang it all, r11 do it," he exclaim- out any more on my own if it happen-
ed, excitedly. ed again, so, of course, I shan't tell
He sat down at a desk, took up a I hien.
pen, and rummaged for notepaper? For the seeund time since lie had
among a medley of pipes, cigarette I made the acquaintance of this aston-
ends, and matches. Finally he settled i ishing young lady, Bill whistled.
down to the laborious task of writing! "Well, I'm hanged," was all he could
a letter. Bill's calligraphy was his ! say.
weakest point. , It was when he was walking beside
When he had finished he sat back her to the car that Wits standing by,
in his chair; his smile was. cherubic, the curb that he remembered he didn't'
but at the corners of those wicked; know her name.
eyeslineere lurked a twinkle of pure !the She
corners ed at
hhir e roguishly out of
"The poor old Duchess—if she only; "Ninette."
knew; but she'll do it, God bless her, i What a jolly name," Bill said, en-
she'lI do it." ; thusiastically; at which she hastened
* * * *: ' to add: "Ninette Parsons."
Some people are inclined to the! "Parsons." He wrinkled his brows.
opinion that clothes make the man. i "I seeni to know the name."
Lord William Dysart Farquhar was ! "You do," dryly. "I saw it twice as
the exception that proves the rule. In'' we were peeing through your shop
a spotless white apron, his shirt j -on the jam pots; that's us, Parsons'
sleeves rolled to his elbows, he looked I lams."
a fine specimen of a young English- "By Jove, so you are the Jam King's
snap. daughter!"
Ile stood behind the counter of a She bowed with mock
neat, well -stocked little shop off the "At your service."
Fulham Road, the shop that had been "Deli hted to meet you, Miss Par -
ceremony.
described in the advertisement as "a
gold mine to an enterprising young
Ulan."
Over the door was inscribed in
sons," ha said, gravely, taking her
hand in his.
"I suppose this is good-bye?" he
asked, as only Bil'1 Farquhar could
large letters the name "William Dy- ask, and those wicked blue eyes were
sart," and sometimes Lord William pleading.
would stare up at the sign and a Ninette held her head at a bewitch -
queer pride would stir in his breast. ing angle. Then very demurely she
He'd say to himself, "Bill, niy lad, it's whispered: "Well, perhaps it's ,only
making a pian of you." —Au revoir."
Of course, it was all very irregular. 4 * *
A discharged bankrupt had no right Ninette carne very often after that
to start in a business, but no one. to the little shop In Fulham, drawn
knew that "William Dysart" was a thither by the age-old magnet called
bankrupt—he wasn't. It was the son Love. She didn't really reap a it;
of the Earl of Melton who was tile' „i,,, 41c+ 1.1141Y that: the world was
rankr'til9t, mill h8, adcording to his fairer•, twat t e sun sholie in her heart
distracted family, had gone abroad even when old London was wrapped
until things blew •over.
To -night, as he stood at the door
preparatory to starting for his cus-
tomary evening stroll, he felt a
twinge of loneliness.
With a sigh he lit a cigarette. Then
something happened. Round the bend
in one of her special fogs.
It isn't necessary to add that Nin-
ette's papa was blissfully ignorant of
his daughter's charming romance.
And then one night things came to
a head, as they had bean ordained to
since Ninette made her startling en -
b, car swept at a frightful angle. trance into the life of Bill . Dysart
There was a crash, and the next mo- Farquhar.
anent the form of a girl was flung (To be continued.)
Disraeli was much treublcd by
literary aspirants sending him their
books to read. The formula he adopted
in acknowledging wast "Dear Sir (or
Madam) ---I am much obliged for your.
book, which T will lose no time in
almost at his feet.
Bill Dysart never lost his head; he
Itieked her up in his arms and with-
out more ado carried her into the
shop, In a few seconds she was 'Y-
en on the sofa in his little parlor.
She stirred uneasily. Then her eyes
opened and she stared up at him.
Bill was standing over her with his reading."
hands thrust deep into his trouser
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HEY used it for the stage -coach of olden
days in. England—we use it in Canada
today. Compare it with any other white
lead or white paint, and you will decide that
your house—or anything you wish to
have truly white and remain white—must be
painted with this brand which has survived as
the leading white lead for nearly two • centuries.
Thinned with lin' seed oil and turpentine, it
Makes a perfect white paint. Combined with
coloring matter, it makes the satisfactory
tinted paint of any shade. It is the basis for
that finest of ready -mixed paint, E -H "English",
Paint.
Made in a modern Canadian factory, and by
the same process as was employed for its manu-
facture by its inventor in England, it is today
the only survivor of all the patented white
lead processes of that earlier generation. It
has survived because it results in a white lead
of .exceptional fineness, whiteness and
durability.
Look for the a -H stealer in your territory ---the
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MCWPt CI NC. HAT '4IALGa . "comogeole VAN*ALIVE
Unconscious Humor of Bri-
tish Schoolboys;''
Tho .sense of humor is not, as a
rule, accorded to the Itegllsii � t"4
people, but it must he allowed hat
the British schoolmaster who claimer-,
ately set himself to waric to' gathers
the choicest specimens from amorl�,
the errors inado by his pupils, posse$ 'i,
ed just a trifle. The breaks were
mostly made at an examination and,'
of course, by different boys.
Some of them follow:1 w • '1i
Finally James II. gave birth to a
son, and so the people turned him
off the throne,
After twice committing suicide,
Cowper lived till 1800, when he died a .
natural death.
The Tropic of Cancer is a Painful
and incurable disease. '
When the last French attack. at
Waterloo proved a failure Napoleon
turned very pale, and rode at full gal•
lop to St. Helena.
Much butter is imported from Den-
mark
en
mark because, Danish cows have great',
er enterprise and superior technical
education to ours. • y
The courage, of the Turks • is ext
Maimed by the fact that a nian wit1
more than one wife le more willing to
face death than if he had only one.
The Mediterranean and the Red .
Sea are joined by the Sewage Canai.iti.
Cataract is the name of the morin;
tain on which the Ark rested."
An elephant is a square animal will
a tail in front and. behind. .
Tho Minister of War is the clergy
man who preaches to the soldiers in
the barracks.
The flannelette peril means petti.
coat• government.
The immortal William is a, phrase
applied to the German Emperor. to
Where are the descendants. of the
Ancient Britons to be found to -day? '
In the British Museum.
If Bismarck had lived till now he
would have been dead more than tenor.
years.
The Black Prince died from injur-
ies received by his horse.
During the Reformation every;
clergyman was compelled to receive
thirty-nine articles. a.A.
Hermia's father threatened her .-
that
that if she refused to marry the man
he wanted her to, he would put he_ in
a monastery.
Henry VII. should not have been
King because his great-grandfather
Wasn't really a son of John o'Groats.'s
The Gauls couldn't take the cats.
putt because Manlius was awoke by
the quash ing of the holy ducks, -, e
The Australian natives soak the
clew into sponges t_ o drink when the
water is dry.
The Reform bill was presented to
Parliament. It managed to pass three
Houses, but was then thrown out 'of
the window.
How would you make soft water.
hard? Freeze it.
Isinglass is a glass used by doctors
to look into their patients' eyes with.
The midnight sun is usually calle4
the moon.
In the United States of America
people are put to death by elocution. e,
Probably the -time is fast approach-
ing when all gold will take the form'
of £1 notes, as in Scotland. F;
The expression "chance my aria"
means "will you marry nie?",
Income is a yearly tax. .a-,
The dodo ie a bird that is nearly de..
cent now.
Lord, Fisher, the head main of edu•
cation, is going to make all people'
eighteen years old go to school. ,
From All Quarters.
The Post Office deals with nearly
90.000,000 telegrams yearly.
Vienna possesses a unique orchestra.
All the members of it, fron'i the honots:I.
ary president clown to tine executants,
are doctors of medicine.
St. Peter's Church, Rome, will age,
commodate 54,000 persons, Milani
Cathedral 87,000 persons, and St
Paul's Cathedral, London, 25,000 psi`:'
sons, '
In some parts of China, if a mania
fails to pay hie debts, his creditorie
carry away one of his doors. It j>y
thought that this permits evil spiritf
to enter.
In Paris there is a corps of profeee
sional dinner.tasters, whose duty it
to test and pass judgment upon al,.
food prepared for banquets and stmt'
lar occaelone of State.
An insurance company for spinster
is popular in Denmark. The premiu •
is equal to nearly twelve cents 0,'
week from the age of twentyto forty
and after that all the members wki6.;
are unmarried draw about 82.50
week for life. -
Insects are rapacious eaters. 4
caterpillar eats twice its weight ever*;
day, and a potato beetle devours every,
day at least five tunes its weight a,
foliage. The most destructive of alt!
insects, however, is the grasshopper;!
which consumes in a day ten times Its'.
weight of vegetatiot.
The deepest well in the world is at
Ozuchow, in the coal field of Upper
S,ilesia. It has reached a depth o
more than 7,848 feet below the suit'
face. �'