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LEMAN
ma EXCITING PRESENT-DAY ROMANCE
BY WEAS`1-lERBaY CH SNL Y
CIIAPT1 It XVII.
lElea turned to Scarborough, ."You
were right," she said. "The enemy
whom my father feared was not one
of the circus troupe, if"—she turned
swiftlyto the. other girl, and addedc—
"if Miss Ryan is speaking the truth,"
Mona 'flushed angrily, and then
broke into a little laugh.
"Mona de la Mar, Equerstrienne of
the haute ecole in Val B. Montague's
American Touring Circus Combina-
tion, can only refer you to her employ-
er for her ammeter," said she, with
a mocking little curtsey. "Miss Ryan
has merged her identity in that of
Mademoiselle Mona. Shall Iring for
Val 13, Montague to come and give me
a testimonial of veracity?"
"I think we shall get on faster if
we take it for granted," said &arbor-
ough, quietly. Why, he wondered, did 1.
Elsa go out of her way to say such
things ? have done an injury to anyone,, you
"No •doubt," said Mona. "Still: V' can never afterwards stand in the re -
She went to. the bell rope; and put lation of perfect friendship with that
She paused, waiting. for Elsa to an -
ewer.
"Of course it is not," said Elsa.
"Because, after all, l' d on't think. I
am very common! Is it because you
have got into the way of regarding are
as your enemy, and don't feel that
you can change round all at once?"
"No,"
Mona nodded, and laughed again.
"I didn't think it was that either,"
she said. "Now I am. going to tell
you what I do think „It is.. It is be-
cause your father did me an injury."
There was a moment's silence; and
then Elsa said .quietly:
''Yes."
That was the difficulty that stood in
the way, anti Scarborough Marvelled
at the quickness with which the girl
had seen it. An elemental law of hu-
man nature was involved, for, if you
her hand on it, turning to Elsa with person. The injury may be forgiven.
a smile of 't, questioning.
even forgotten; by the one who has ,
"I bag your pardon," said Elsa, =�I ; suffered it, but the one a ho has in -
think you are speaking the truth:' flitted it does not forget. 'Elsa was
Mona waited a moment, with the not guilty of the injury, but her father
mile, half mocking; half angry, flay- • was, and loving him as she had clone,
frig her. fps. Then; with a ! she could not wholly disassociate her-
around eIr ip let the rope self from what he had done. Scar -
sudden
u, n eat to Elsa she let her bards borough had not thought of.this,. but •
"Why a can't . we andbe look she Mona do la Mar's sensibility was more
asked,Wgravely.. "I like you, ands e acute, and she Raul been able to .enter
think'I can make you like me if you into the other girl's feelings with a
y' y perfect understanding.
"I think. I' know what you feel," she
said. "I see the barrier which. you
will let me. I want to be yarn; friend.
Won't you let me.?"
Elsa strew her hand away; but Scar- have set up between us. I will go on
borough, watching the pair thought
that Mona's impulsive action had in a trying to breakbeit down. Meanwhile,
be it -
few seconds done more to make Elsa ! if we can't be friends, we can be: al
believe in her than .argument would
have done in an hour,
"I don't think friendship is possible
between us,"she said; but she said it
is though she were sorry.
"Why not?" said Mona. "There is
lies. To prove that, I will tell you
what I know."
She went on at once to say that on
the morning after the arrival of the
Sea -Horse at Ponta Delgada she had
received through the post the letter
only one thing that can make it im of which she had told them. The
possible. It is impossible if you still writer asked her to meet him at the
believe that I had anything, to do with last hoose on the road which led out
your father's:death, But I don't
of town to the north. She was told
think thatyou can readily, believe to inquire for Senor Mantel 13eenado,
y. and the on of the appointment \yas'a
that,,, _ .,_ .. .. -
�`I told Mr. Scarborough this morn- quarter to five. Immediately after
ing that I still believed it," said Elsa the afternoon performance, at which
relentlessly Elsa had seen her ride the big hunter
li:oea drew back in the circus zing, she took a bicycle;
"You are Iioneatl" she said, and which she had hired, and went to meet
there was resentment in her tone. the man.
"But if he asl; ed me the same clues- The, house to -which she was directed
tion was a yenta of the common type, an
now," Elsa went on, "I should
give him a different answer. I believe
now that you had nothing to do with
it. But I don't think we can be
friends."
open -fronted wine -shop, with no win-
dows, but, to=compensate for their
lack, o doorway that took up the
whole breadth of the shops frontage.
Above
sh"If y .0 won't, of course we can't," i myrtle ththeloor hung p bunch of bog
But I shall try to make , sign to the illiterate
you, I liked the way you defended thirsty that wine might be had there,
your father against me, the other and a bough of box added the adds -
.her tonal announcement that if the wine
night in the fog. I think you
brave, and I knowyou are loyal; e1 were not enough there were spirits
think I even know ivy you say it is h j also. The legend in white letters
; "Tobaco
impossible that we should be friends. e Vinhu Habilitado , was
May I guess? It isn't because I am a i meant for the further information; to
common circus girl, earning a month- I those who could read, that the vents
c o wage?" • - a 1 was only duly licensed to minister to
their necessities. Having supplied
, which generous information, the pro-
prietor evidently thought that he had
pandered sufficiently to public curios-
, ity, for he had not added his name,
but in this he was not peculiar, for
few Azorean tradesmen do so. •
1 Mona admitted that she didnot like
the appearance of the place' and al-
, mast came away without pursuing the
adventure further. But she plucked
up her courage, and went in and asked
for Senhor Manoel Bernardo.
She was received with exaggerated
L politeness, and it was evident that she
was expected. She was taken .to a
room upstairs, over the shop, and
something was said to her hi Portu-
guese, which she guessed to be that
the Senhor Bernardo was at hand, and
would be told of her arrival.
It was a small room, with a carpet-
Iess floor, and two or three dilapidat-
ed chairs. Papers and books were lit-
tered about on the table, and Mona
noticed that the papers were English,
andthe books were mostly works of
controversial theology, While she
was wondering, With a certain amount
of nervousness. what sort of a mail he
was who read theology in a small room
over an Azorean wine -shop, the man
himself Caine in. d
He was dressed in the fashion of o
an ,A.zorean of the "fiddle class; and c
looked the part to perfection, until he y
began to (speak. Then hie tongue
betrayed him, and he stood, confessed
an Aberdonian Scot, b
" lie apologized for having put me to h
the trouble of corning to see him,"
sold Mona; "but explained that there
were reasons why he thbught it more
prudent that he should do, so, rather
than risk comment by himself aslthng
for me at the cireua, Then he a ala-
gised for his room, which was, how-,
ever, the best he could afford 361—
He ow
said next that it was not Very plea- - a
Thorough mixing is •
what makes cake
delicate and tender
antic
makesthe best cake be.
causeit creams quickly
and thoroughly with
the butter which is the
hardestpartoftheini ',-
a.ng. Its purity and
extra ''fine" granola.
tion snake it dissolve
at once.
2 and ,5.1b. Cartons
10 and
20.1b. lBa
' The All -Purpose Sugar"
(Kook for This Emblem in the
Dealer's Window
Sign no purchase papers
that do not year the
Guaranty Emblem.
sant weather, was it ?—and seemed to •• . "Oh, no! Commission was his w
wdlider whether he ought to apologize' ,Ile sair! that he had worked faith
for that, too. I had come into the i and well for your father, and c
room feeling rather frightened, you ; plained that his services had not
know; but the feeling didn't last. You ; adequately rewarded. He quote
can't be frightened at a five -foot -five text or two, and I got the inipres
Scotchman who who does nothing but that he did so with a very defi
apologize." 1 purpose. He saw that he couldn't
"What was he like?" asked Elsa business with me, and he was try
suddenly. to make me think that he was a m
"In appearance? I've described him ` harmless crank. He rather ova
haven't I? A five -foot -five Azorean r the thing, though, and I came
with a vile Scotch accent. 'T think he i�hinking Iiim a dangerous, and pre.
squinted a lidtle, but I'm. not sure. It ` -�
may .have been only that he couldn't aths end, he dropped the mens a ace
look anyone straight in the face. Any-
,
said that since I would not ecce
way I never caught a full glance from 'half' I should probably get nothi
him." He would be satisfied with the thi
"Had '11e a sli ht aslight, I per cent, which he meant to get fr
gvery g , ' Richmond Carrington."
lisp?" Elsa asked next. I "Was that the act you saw of hi
Scarborough turned to her with an You didn't meet him again on
exclamation of surprise. road?" asked Scarborough.
"Do you think you know him?" he "No. Why`do you ask that?"
asked. Scarborough turned to Elsa.
"I don't know," said Elsa, hurriedly, "I shouldn't be surprised," " he said,
"Yes, I think so. Had he?„ p ' ,
'"if Andrew Gillies turned out to be
"It didn't strike me at the time," the hooded woman. And if so, it is
said. Mona, "but now that you speak , possible that both he -and the diem -
of it, I .seer" to remember that there ands are by this tinge far away.
was something funny about his 'S's'. wouldn't be likely to prolong• his et
Miss Carrington, you know him! Who in the islands with them in h
is he?"• tpocket.:,
"I think," said Elsa, "that he is the 1 "What about the man who watch
man who was my fa,ther'e confidential us at the Ring -Rock yesterday?" sa
clerk. What was the proposition Elsa. •
which you say he made to you?" (To be continued.)
"He offered to recover my fortune
fee me, at a commiseion of - fifty per
cent.," said Mona. "He seemed sur-
prised, and rather pained, when I re-
fused. I suppose there is no doubt
that he is a scoundrel. Is he a fool,
too?"
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From Erin's Green Isle
NEWS 13Y MAIL PROM IRE-
LAND'S SHORES.
Happenings in the Emerald Tale of
Interest to Irish-
men,
Lance -Corporal II. S. Robinson, son
of Mrs, Robinson, Curragh, has been
awarded the D.C.M. for gallantry in
the field.
A 'veteran Ulster field marshal has
passed Henry r3rownioSw, G.0,B., atin the d,eath fthe rage of
85 years,
Belfast publicans and grocers have
resolved to increase the prices of the
half glass at spirits and bottles of
beer and stout by 011e cent.
The death is announced at Dublin
of Miss Margaret Therry, daughter of
the late Mr. Commissioner. Therry, of -
Castle Therry, Cork, at the age of 104.
The Town Tenants' Defence Asso-
ciation is making great progress In
Belfast, and there are now eleven
branches of the organization, and a
large membership.
The Athlone Town Council Have
adopted a resolution calling for a
substantial increase In the salaries of
Irish teachers and the monthly pay-
ment of salaries.
de to the
citi1ensn pof Belfast beingeal is ttie clear off the
adverse balance of $10,000 upon the
working of the Royal Victoria Hos-
pital for the past year.
The death has occurred of Mr.
Adam Turner, at the age of 71 years,
the oldest auctioneer in Bedfast. Ho
was one of the pioneers of the taxi -cab
in Belfast.
Owing to the large number of chil-
dren unvaccinated in Athy Union, the
Guardians have decided to direct the
officials to issue summonses against
a number of the parents.
The Meath Committee of Agricul-
ture are agitating for some action to
be taken to bring railway facilities
nearer to coalfields in lreland, and to
had out where coalfields exist in Ire-
land.
At the meeting of the Athy Doara
of Guardians, the clerk reported that
a girl had been admitted from an out-
lying district to the hospital;- where
she died, suffering from spotted fever.
The Mount Bellew District Council.
has decided not to introduce the di-
rect labor scheme into their district.
until after the termination of the war.
• -� eesee:e, ,,' ei It
ord. ain to prevent news of British naval ; me
fully developments from
p reaching enemy 'Co
ora- 1 ears. lee
been 1 That these developments particu- so
d a laxly in the matter of construction,; with
sion , have been extraordinary is the gen- + mi
nite ! eral belief. The following story will °nTf
do 1 indicate surprise by some of the
ing j.things accomplished.
-diel i a certain ship which embodies many ! in
away I novel features • of extreme import- ber
ea -lance. So cartfulIy were these sec- and
at teed built
rets guarded while she was being
ttee, i built that the vessel-, while on the ; at
stocks that
is stated that its introduction will
an an extra expenditure of $10,000.
At the meeting of the Newry Urban
until it was agreed to ask the
al constabulary authorities to allow
me of the policemen to practice
the Fire Brigade, so that they
gilt assist the brigade when called
or service at fires.
he deafh has occurred of Capt.
i`Viliiam Charles Coghla.n, J.P., Drott-
nor Co. Waterford, Captain Cogh-
who was 86 years of age, served
ere ! In British waters there now floats i ran,
the Crimean War, and was a mem-
of the Waterford County Council
Board of Guadiatts,
Dr. T. P. Coulan, R.M.S., Monaghan
nm, in his annual report states
at the close of the year there
were 23 mare - patients in residence
than at the close of the previous year,
and that the number resident was 147
in excess of the accommodatfon.
The war has caused a aliortage of
supply of two products, both of which
are abundant on the shores of Ire-
land. One is Cariageen or Irish moss
and the other is the stalk of the com-
mon carweed.
At the meeting of the Comniitre, of
Management of the Trim joint school,
it was stated that of the large num-
ber of pupils who have enlisted, nine
have been killed, several wounded and
one was a prisoner of war.
WREATHS AND TROUSERS.
Incident of the righting en the Italian
Front,
pt oc.s and during the period of her
ng.1 equippment, was known by all work-
rty I ing upon -her as H.M.S. Hush.- Then
om i carne her launching, when she was
!christened H.M.S. Rampageous, (This,
m? i by the way, is not her real name in
the the navy list—the censor might ob-
ject to the publication of her real
name.) Now, after she has been the
cynosure of all British naval eyes for
some time, her novel characteristics
are found so startling that she is
commonly referred to by the navy
men,as H.M.S. Outrageous.
He
ay High Buildings.
is
The aid Scotsman and the Yankee
ed were arguing about the respective
id merits of their countries. `Well,"
said the American, "you can't deny
that we have the fine, high, ninny:
storied buildings in the Staa.es com-
pared to the ones in your country."
"Hoots, man," replied the Scot,
"there's a building in Stirling se high
that they had to put the two top stor-
ies on hanges." "On hinged" eat -
claimed the American, "what for?„
"So that they can lower them and let
the moon go past!"
HAS BUILT SEA TERROR.
Startling Innovations on New British
War Craft.
« While some of the newspapers in
Its a sensible enough commission," England are making a great display
said Scarborough, laughing, "if you over the New York reports of a Ger-
can exact it. But if he thought he man submarine service between Ham -
could get the diamonds, why did he burg and New York, the general atti-
offer you. a partnership? It seems to tude is one of skepticism ,on the as -
me it would have been just as easy to sumption that :Germany's shipbuilding
keep the lot:himself, aiid make cent, yards are more likely to be employed
for cent" in .the construction of vessels of an
"He mentioned his conscience," said offensive type instead of "mail -ear -
Mona, smiling• tiers.,,
Scarborough frowned. "He's that Naturally 'what is being done is
sort, is he?" he remarked. "The cant- kept et profound secret. Strict pre-
ing type, who sins on religious cautions are also taken in Great Brit -
grounds! Then he's probably more .
angerous than yon thought him. Go
O. Haw did he propose to work his
oup? But of course he didn't tell
ou that!"
"No," said Mona, "but I uneleestood
that he was under no doubt as to his
eing able to do so. , He said that he
ad already' spoken to Mr. ,Carrington
ori the subbject"
"On
the Subject of restoring the
iamonds to you Masked Elsa quick..
"No, on the subject of paying'black-
it to the Senhor Manoel Bernardo.
131 l name, by the way?"
49incjrTs,"'sdid" 1sa, "i) d Iib
dnit that it 'ides blackmail, tt"
d
"My !dear," said Mrs. Strongmied
"I want you to accompany mo to the
town hall to-nowow evening." "What
for?" queried the meek and lowly oth-
er half of the combine, "I ani to
lecture on the `Dark Side of Married.
Life," explained Mrs. S., "and I want
you to sit on the plati'orm and pose as
one of the illustrations."
For nearly 60 years, Edwardsburg
"Silver Gloss" has been the standby.
In one pound packages and six pound fancy enamelled tins.
TtitANifit SHE CANADA STARCH Co. LlMlTI5D 236
CARDINAL. EiriANT1-'ORD, ronT WIL uAtMi.
itAkers o f "Crown Brand" had "Lily White" Cors Syrups and Benaon'a Corn Statcl,e
A.
ss t
How near tragedy and comedy aro
in the happenings along the battle line
is shown by this incident of the fight-
ing on the Isonzo River front, which a
Vienna, correspondent toils:
A Caproni fighting aeroplane that.
had gone up from the Italian silo was
hit by the anti-aircraft grins end fell
within the Austrian lines. The. pilot
was killed, the observer was some-
what scratched, but otherwise unhurt. •
His trousers, however, wore ripped
"from A to Z."
Captain Amegliano, the captured
flyer, was inconsolable, and to an.
Austrian officer who sympathized
with him he gelid:
"My poor comrade will be buried
and I cannot even pay him my last
respects—not in this gear."
"If that is all," remarked the Aus-
trian, "we'll soon mend that." eAnd
after obtaining permission, he wcrat urs
in his Fokker machine and threw a
letter into the Italian line, acqualnt-
ing them with the fact, and requesting
"a pair of new trousers for Captain
Anteg•'liano,"
Sure enough, an hour or so later
them was an Italian machine high in
the air,andApelcra
a deopped that
contained a laurel wreath for the dead
and a pair of trousers for the living.
Caller (looking at picture) --'Does
your nlammri. lralxit?" Little Son-
"Yes; but she's finished that, and ie
putting on the powder now, She'd
be down in a minute."