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ahabet reeorde. dares,
cottid not have been
ierved for us,
TREES.
Vhieh Plants May B
n the Growing-
turies the Japanese
arded the secret of
,e trees. Indeed.
r did un -
not allow. the
a out of the country;
keep them as art
Atnerica, dwarf
ed. price and are used
and table decorations.
a plan here described
can raise diminutive
trouble.
large, thick skinned
'e them. Remove the
the outside a the
shel4 That will
from. shriveling. Fill
se, rich soil, and plant
if whatever tree you
rather two or three
east one good sped -
of some kind so that
an be kept in an
and set the plants
get plenty Of sun, but
in in a room that is
e overheated. Water
but not too profusely.
Le roots will begin to
Le orange peel. When
it the roots off flush
surface of the orange
eful not to injure the
ing of the roots that
s. When the tree has
y you can transfer It
ative holder. C'enifers
eines and cryptomerias
stuntedtt'eso also can
s. as ilex and Citrus
dwarf cedars have
live more than 500
ea such as the orange
som and bear perfect
r Hired Girl Loft,
[:the wearY iOoking wta
enstantly refer to 'over.
of this household?'
plied the Irritable man.
voice, "a goat ig sow
le to eat any oid WAS
enjoyed it."
—
-hitches
thetimatism
UFFERING OF A CAL-
.': BEFORE RELIEF
es retUNItt
,a,- very prevalent be-
[iatik....m is due, to cold
'Lr. -Tilts belief Li'rob
le fact that when the
nd wa.try there is an
Less to attr.o‘sphericcon-
hang,.- to wet weather
i.eturn of the excructat-
eun-.atisrn, however, is
blood, and it can only
.theysteln by building
g the blood. Hat baths
ppi1Catiofl of lini-nent
Crary relief, but can-
dLsease Is not attack -
blood. Lt simply fastens
aly on the system. and
ttatately becomes hope-
( The truth of this Is
- case of Mrs. Frank
ary, Alta, Mrs. Ford
almost helpless crip-
tkRr. It seemed to
everv joint. My arirs
to bandaged. Uy
swollen that 1 had to -
After do-tortlg for a
igrowing. steadily vvorsc.,
ire to go to Banff
red thre for eight
laity baths and retu.rn-
Lfl poc et by about $150
it krprovecl in health.
a local hospital, but
any benefit. 1 was in
rn. that I almost wish -
felt sure Iwauld be a.
It was at this stagc.
hid been greatly
r. Williams' Pink Pilis
try them. I began the
and after taking them
e swelling in the joints
nvn and the pan was
greatly encouraged
the treatrreilt until
f three n-onths the cure
had thrown away the
walk anywhere and do
e'ork. and I never felt
than. I do at the .pre -
all this is due to the
lame' Pink Pills. I have
Pine to ey dau.ghter
rerrr anaenita and she
ficieh and b eccere a
l.ffering frerr rheernat-
keese of the blood give
Pink Pills a fair trial
ne-edily restore you to
neth. Sold by ail xedt-
Iley n -all at54 cents
s for $2.50 by The Dr.
ledleine Co., Brockville.
450
•
•
SEPTEMBER 10, 1915
ou ARE NERVOUS:
Wilt Y
The nervousAystent is the alarm system ;
of the human body.
In perfect health we hardly realize that I
we have a network of nerves but when i
nanith is ebbing, when strength is declin-
ing, the same nervous systena gives the
alarm in,headaches, tiredness, dreautful
sleep, irritability and unless corrected,
leads straight to a breakdonn.
To correct nervousness, Scott's Rmula
sion is exactly what you should take; its
rich nuttitnent gets into the blood and
dela blood feeds the tiny nerve -cells while
the Whole system responds to its refresh-
lagtenie force. Pree from harmful drugs.
sone& Bovine. Toronto, Ont.
LEGAL.
R.
Barrister, Solicibart Conveyancer and
flotart PubIlc Solicitor for the Dem -
Woo Bank. Office- in reanne the Down
tsion Bank,. Seafortia Money to ;oaa.
J.
Itarriater, Solleftdra Convenancer and
NOtary Public. __Office- up -stairs over
Tfaiker's furniture state, in street,
/Worth,
F.
1101AttsSititD.:'
Bizolsteroltbikitor, Oonvesitater and
Terms lorotiieli. Office; in Scott's block,
Sign ntrean, Seaforth.
PRoliDFOOT, KI1JLORLN AND
PROUDFOT.
Notary Pu -b& Solicitor for
disa.Bank otf:Comixteree. 3oney to loan.
Itarriate 'Solicitor* Noar1es btich.
-ste„ MyJolend, In afort one
day_ of eao week, Offlce in idd block.
VETERINAR
&
lleinorgrad Ontario ve Let Ir
• •
ars Dollege.- All diswes of Domestic
liabnals treated. Ca4 peomptly attertd-
ed. to and charges nt_oderate. Veterinary
Dentistry a specialti Office and resi-
dence on Oloderich street, one door east
of Dr. face ttas office, Seanorth.
F. nEARBIlitN, V. S. 7.
Honor graeluate of Ontario Veteeino
&iyInollege, and honorary member of
the Medical Association ef the Ontario
'Veterinary College. Treats 'diseases of
all Domestic Animals be*: the mot mod-
em principles. Dentistrynand Milk Fev-
er it specialty. Office opposite Dick's
&eel, M'ain street, Seaforth. All, or-
ders left at 'the hotel will receive, prompt
attention. Night calls received at the
Office, •I
• MEDICAL
C. J. W. KARN, inf.D.C,M,
- Richmond street, London, onn.
Specialist: Surgery and Genito-Urin-
err dineases of men and women.
DR. ,GEORGE1 HEILEMANN.
Osteopathic Physician of Goderich.
Specialist in women's and children's
diseases, rheumatism, acute, chronic
sad nervous disorders, eye, ear, nose.
wsd throat. Conenitation free. Office at
Dommereial Hotel, Seaforth, Tuesday
sad FridatrEi„ 8 eton. till 1 p.m.
Dr. J. W. PECK
Graduate of Facelty of Medicine, Mc-
Gill University, Montreal; 'Member of
College of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; Licentiate et Medical Council
of Canada; Post -Graduate member of
Resident Medical Staff of General ItIos-
pital, Montreal, 1914-15; Office two
doors east of Post Office, Phone 56,
Neilsen, Ontario.
DR, F. J. BURROWS. ;
Office .and residence-Goderich street
east of the Methedist church, Seaforth.,
Mode No. 46. Coroner for the Count!
of Huron.
' DR& SCOTT & aanKAY.
J. G. Scott, graduate of Victoria and
College of Phefeicians and Surgeons,
Ann Arbor, and/ member of the Onterio
Coroner for tbe County of Hutson,
e. MacKay, -honor graduate of Trinity
University, and gold medallist of Trin-
ity Medical College; member of the Col-
late of Physicians and Sorgeons, Ontario,'
DR. H. HUGH ROSS.
Graduate of University of Toronto
Annuity of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of On-
tario; pass graduate courses in Chicago
Clincal Scbool of Chicago; Royal, Oph-
thalmic Hospital, eLondon, England,
'University College Hospital, London
England. Office -Back - of the Dominion
Beek, Seatorth. Phone No. 5. Night
cilia answered from residence, Victoria
street, Begot -11a
AUtetiONEERS. '
t 'la:TOMAS BROWN.
Licensed auctioneer for the countiee
Of Huron and Perth, Cortespondenee ex.
rangements for sale dates can be mad
ay calling up Phone 97, Seaforth, or
The Expoeitor office. Charges moder
ste and satisfaction guaranteed.
R. T. LUKER,
Licensed auctioneer for the County
Of Huron. Sales attended to in an
parts of the County. Seven1 years' ext
Perience in Manitoba and Saskatchewan
Terms reasena.ble. Phone No. 204, R.
1-3, Exeter. Centralia P. O. R. R.
No. 1. Orders left at The Huron Ex-
positor Office, Seaforth, promptly at-
tended to. '
„JOHN ARNOLD,
Licensed auctioneer for the counties In
of Heron and Perth. Areangnments for
ee,le dates can -be made by calling ap
Phone 2 on 23 Dublin, or 41 Seafortb,
or the Expositor Office. Charges mod-
te and satisfaction guaranteed.
I)
at\n‘1111‘11
MY
Ilii
PROLOGUE..
N where has Booth Tar-
kington done such finished,
exquieffe - :woria:*:as in „this
stor.y of boyhO,Ock.L t The fall
f
flair_ of 41" . it!l
iftwy Is ot'
only i for the romb: malf or
won,aratbatjor.,40-oheilvdfl
enplys the cornier muse. it ,
is. a.46-tetui?Vf':;; *iii'eltiavi
full: of those lovable, ha.
morOus, tragiceth-C- • LkW jai .a-
- i • - - I
are locked secrets lo older
folks unless onelaqi lhdgifir '
of Understanding. . Booth.
Tarhingtan has it eminentli7, '
and 'Pen'rroci7 will stand as
a classic -.interpretation of -
the omnipresent -satiety -
BO Y.
Itemememeema,
1.
Boy a /His Dog:
ENROD sat morosely upon tit
back- fence and gazed wit
envy at Duke; his wistful do
A. bitter soul dominated the v
rious curvedand angular surface
known by a eu.eless'world as the fac
of Penrod Schofield. 'Except in so
tude, that -face was almost alway
'cryptic and emotienlesse. for Penro
had come into hia twelftlaorear,wear
ing an expressioni carefully trained
, he inscrutable.., nInce the world ',wa
sure to misunderstand everythin
mere defensive instinct prompted him
to give It' as little as possible to la
hold upon. Nothing is more imPen
treble than the face of a boy 'who ha
learned this, and Penrod's was habitu
ally as fathomless as the depth of h
hatred this morning for the literar
activities of Mrs. Lora Rewbush, a
almost universally respected fello
citizen, a lady of charitable and poet'
inclinations and one of his own moth
er's most intimate friends.
Mrs. Lora Rewbush bad writte
something -which she caned
Children's Pageant. of the T.abl
Round," and it was to be peeforme
ti public tbat very afternoon th
omen's Arts and Guild ball -for th
benefit of the..Colored Infants' Better
Ment society. And if any finFOr o
sweetnesi Femained in the nature o
Penrod Schoefeetne eaniveAteeedisma
ttrials'Of the school week just past,
that problema tie, in fin ttesimal rem.-
nant was wade' -pungent acid by the
Irma ance of his destiny to forma
r e
promin t feature of the spectacle and
to decla re the loathsome sentiments
of a cter named upon the pro-
grante_ ttiChild Sir Lancelot
0
01.neach rehearsal be had plotted
-escape, and only ten days earlier there
had been la glimmer of light. Mrs.
Lora Rewbush Ought, a very bad cold,
and it was hoped It might develop into
pneumonia, but she recovered so quick-
ly that not even a rehearsal of the
Children's Pageant was postponed.
Darkness closed in. Penrod had rather
vaguely debated Rituals for a self Muti-
lation such as would make- hiS SP-
pearance as the:Child Sir Lancelet in-
expedient on pnblie 4.nrOunds. It was
a heroic and 44tractive thought,. but
the results of some extremely sketchy
p - m
teliminary experiments caused hi
to abandon it. .,
There wasno escape, and at last his
hour was hard upon him. . Therefore
he brooded on the fence and gazed
with en‘ny at his wistful Duke.
The 'dog's name was undescrlptive
of his person, which was obviously
the result of a singular series of mes-
alliances. He wore 11, grizzled mus-
tache and indefinite whiskers. He
was small and shabby and looked like
an old postman. Penrod envied Duke
because he, was sure Duke would nev-
er be coMpelled to be a Child Sir
Lancelot He thought a dog free and
unshackled to go or come as the wind
listeth. Penrod forgot the life Dlie led
uke.
There was a long soliloquy tmon the
fence, a plaintive monologue without
words. The boy's thoughts were ad-
jectives, but .tney were exeresSed by
a running filen el' pictures in his mind's
eye, morbidly prophetic of the hideosi-
ties before earn. Finally he apoke
al-ond, with each spleen that Duke rose
from his haunches and lifted one ear
keen anxiety.
g-
a -
to
g,
e-
is
y
R. Eit. PHILLIP&
Licensed auctioneer for the countiee
ot Huron and Perth. 'Being a practical
tarraer and thorough*, understanding
z
be value of farm stock and implements
emcee me in a better position to re-
ze good. price. Charges moderate.
Satiafaction guaranteed or no pay. All
orders• left In Exeter will be promptly
intim/34d to
I hight Sir Lancelot du Lake, the child,
entul hearted. meek and mild. .
Nhat though but a littul
entul hearted, meek and- Oar
All of this except "oof" was a quota -
^
4011INIINII.NMEN/
CASTOR IA
Per Infant and Children
in Use For Over 3C,.? Tears
Always bears
the
Signature of
0
:
tion ,f om the Child Sir Laneelot, as
concei ed by Mrs. Lora RewbuSh.
Cholag upon it, Penrod slid. down
from the fence, and with slowand
thoegntful steps entered, a one storied
wing of , the stable, consisting of a sin- -
gle .a artment, floored with cement
and ped. as a storeroom for broken
bric-a- rac, old paint buckets; decayed
garden? hose, wornoet carpets, deed
furnitnie- and 'other coudemned odds
and Oda not - yet . considered hopeless
entiug ti to be -gilvsen away.
In o e corner, 'Stood - a large 'box, a
part efithe buildieg itself; it was eight
feet- li b „axed oleo _at the top, and its
had ben,. constructed as a sawelast
maga4e from which was drawn ma- '.
terial 4 r the horse's bed in a stall on
the other side of the partition. The
big bol, so high and towerlike, so com-
moclioee, eo suggestive, had ceased td
fulfill tts legitimate function. th.ough ,
provid4ntia11y it had been at least half
full of Sawdust when the horse died.
Two years had gone by since that pass-
ing. an interregnum in transportatioa
during,' which Penrod's father was
"thinktkeg" (he explained sometimes) of
an autOmobile. Meanwhile, the gifted
and genierous sawdust box- had served
brilliantly in war. anti peace; it was
Pepe? stronghold. _
Ther was a partially 'defaced sign
upon t4e front wall of the box; the
donjonnleep had known mercantile 1m-
pulacsa ,
The 0. H. RaBiT CO.
PEN OD ScHoFiELD AND CO.
•niNQuittal FOR PRIcEs.
This as a venture of the preceding
vacittion, and bad netted at one time
an accillued and owed profit of $1.38.
Prospeciere had been brightest on the
very- eve of cataclysm. The storeroom°
was Welted and ,guarded, but twenty-
seven rabbits and Belgian hares, old
and soling, had perished here on a sin-
• e
1foray of cats, thbesiegers
4
glenig- 0-threugh no human age.ncy,
but iu
treacbeillously tunnelling up through
, the sattdust from the small aperture
which -opened into the stall beyond the
partition,. Conimerce has its martyrs.
, Penroe climbed upon a barrel, stood
on tiptoe, grasped the rim of the box;
;I
then,, ting a knothole as a stirrUp,
• threw o_ e leg over the top, drew hinn '
self upnd dropped within. Standing
upon the. packed sawdust, he was just
tall enotgli to see over the top.
Duke ed not followed him into the
e:torerooio but remained near the open
i
1..
VA( Kf..se4:
"Eleva-te shouted Penrod. "Ting-
tingl"
doorway tn a. concave and pessimistic
attitude. Penrod felt in a dark corner
of the br and laid hands upon a
simple ap aratus consisting of an old
bushel benket with a few yards of
clothesline tied to each of nth nandles.
He passed the ends of the lines over
a nig speel, which revolved upon an
axle of Wire suspended from a beam
overhead, tend, with the aid Of this im-
provised nulley, lowered the empty
basket until it came to rest in an up-
• right posiiiion upon the floor of the
storeroomnat the foot of the sawdust
box. •
1"
"Bleva-
fing!"
ri" shouted Penrod. "Ting-.
Duke, 3d and intelligently appre-
hensive, a proached slowly', in a semi-
circular 4iauner, deprecatingly, but
with coter sy. He paweti the basket
delicately,nthen, as if that were -all his
master expected of him, uttered
one brightbark, sat down and looked
up triumphantly. His byprocrisy was
shallerne neenier. a norrinle quarter of an
TROY EXPOSITOR
AMELY
PHYSICIAN
"Frll..a4Ive' Is the Standby
In Ns ,Ontario Homo
SCOTLAND, Ont., Aug. 25th, 1913.
" rt'y wife was amarlyrio Conslifialion.
We tried everything on,. the calendar
esnlioat satisfaction; and spent large
seals of money, until we happened on
Truit-a-tives'. We have used it in the
family for about ° two years, and we
would not use aaything else as long as
we can get "Frultentives."
J. W. HAMMOND.
"FRUIT.A.-TIVES" is made from
. fruit juices and tonics -is mild in
action --and pleasant ie. taste.
50ea box, -6 for $2.50e trial size 25e.
At dealers or sent on receipt of price
by Fruit-a.tives Limited, Ottawa.
n,our had taught him his duty in this
matter.
• "El-e-vay-terl" shouted Penrod stern-
ly. "You want me to come down there
to you?" -•
Duke looked •suddenly: haggard. • He
pawed the basket --feebly 'Again, and,
upon another outbttrst ,from on nigh,
prostrated hiraself flat,. Again, threat-
ened, he gave a superb impersonittate
of a worm.
"You get -in -that el-e-vay-terl" -
Reckless wfth despair, Duke jeimped- -
into tht.ebaeket, landing in a disheveled
posture, which he did not alter until
he had been drawn up, and poured out
upou the floor of sawdust within the
box. There, shuddering, he lay in
doughnutshape ad presently slumber-
ed. It was dark in the box, a condition
that 'might have been remedied by slid-
• ing back a small wooden panel on run-
nerse which, would have let in ample
light from the alley, but Penrod. Scho-
field had more - interesting means of
illumination. He knelt, and from a
former soap box, in a corner, took - a
lantern without a Thiinney and a large
oil can, the leak in the latter being ise
nearly imperceptible that its banish-
ment from household use had seemed
• to Penrod as inexplicable as it was
providential..
He shook the lantern near his ear;
nothing splashed; there was no ellea
but a dry clinking. But there was
. plenty of kerosene in the can, and he
filled the lantern, striking a match to
Mumine the operation.. Then he lit the
lantern and. hung it upon a naft againet
ne waIL TheSawdust ftoor was slighte
fy impregnated evith•oil, and the open
flame qtitvered In suggestive:Proximity
to the side of the box; hoWever, some
rather deep feharrings of the Plank
against which the lantern hung offered
evidence that the arrangement was by
no means a new one and indieited at
least a possibiLity of no fatality oc-
curring this time.
Next Penrod turned up the surface
of tie sawdust in another corner of the
floor and drew forth a 'cigar box in
_which were half a dozen cigarettes
made of hayseed and thick brown
wrapping paper, .a lead , pencil, an
eraser and a small notebook labeled:
"English Grammar, Penrod Scho-
field. Room 6, Ward School Nomber
Seventh."
The first page of this book was puree
ly academic, but the study of English
undefiled terminated with a slight jar
at the top of the .seconsli, 'Nor must
an adVertebe used -to modif"-
• Im.media.tely followed:
."HARoLD RAMOREZ' THE' RoAD.:
AGENT OR WiLD"LiFtl AMeeNG
THE KOCKti MTS." -
And, the .su.bsequenL entries -in the
book- appeared tO have little concern,
with ROOM 0, Ward School Noxaber
Seventh.
The author of "Harold 'Rartiorez,"
etc., lit one ef the hayseed cigarettes, '
seated himself cenefortablye With
back, against the wall and his right
shoulder just under the nlantenne ele-
vated his knees to support the note-
book, turned to a blank page and'wrote,
slowly and earnestly:, _
"CHAPITERnTHIll
He took a knife from. his pocket; and,
broodingly, his eyes upon the Inward
embryos of Vision, .sharpened his pen-
cil. After ,thatt he extent:In& a foot
and meditatively% rubbed :Intake's- Wick'
with the side of his shoe. Creation,
with Penrod, did not leap, full armed,
from the brain; but finally he began
to produce. He wrote very slowly at
first, and then with increasing rapid-
ity, faster and faster, gathering mo-'
mentum and growieg more and more
fevered as he sped, tillatlast the true
fire came, without which no lamp of
real literature may be made to burn.
Mr. Wilson reched for his gun but our
hero had him covred and soon said Well
I guess you don't Come any of that on
me my freind.
Well what makes you so sure about it
sneered the other bitting his lip so say-
ageley that the blood ran You are noth-
ing but a comon Roadagent any way and
I do not propose to be batted by such,
Ramorez laugiied .at this and kep Mr.
Wilson covred by his ottornatick. '4
Soon the two men were struggling to-
gether in the deathroes but r. xi Mr. Wil-
son got him bound and gaged his mouth
and went away for awhile leavin our
hero, it was dark and he writhd at his
1„..aids writhing on the floor wile the rats
came out of their holes and bit him and
vermin got all over him from the floor
of that helish spot but soon he manged to
push the gag out of his mouth with the
end of his toungeu and got all his bonds
off
Soon Mr Wilson came back to tont him
with his helpless condition flowed by his
gang of 'detectives and they said Oh look
at Ra.morez sneering at his plight and
tanted him with his helpless condition
because Ramorez had put the lbonds back
sos he would look the santebut could
throw them off him when he wanted to
Just look at him now sneered they. To ,
hear him talk you would thought he was
hot stuff and they said Look at him now. P
,
. rirrn rnmt was gbing! ti) 00 go Much: Oh
I would not like to be in his fix
Soon Harold got mad at this and jumn-
..up with `biasing eyes throwin off his
bonds like they were air Ha. Ha sneered
he I KUPSS you better not talk so much
next time, ' Soon there flowed another
awful struggle and siezin his ottomatick
back from Mr Wilson he shot two of the
detectives through the heart Bing Bing •
went the ottoinaftek and two mere went
to meet theft, Maker' 'only two detectives
left now and so he ,stabbed one and the
scondrel went to 4at hisMakerfor now
our hero - was fig ng for his yery life.
It was dark in thbPe. now for rlight had
faIen and a terrible Jew met the eye
Bleod was just all ov r everything and
the rats were eatth ' dead men.
Soon our hero manged to get his beck
to the wall for he was fighting for his
very life now and shot 'Mr Wilson through
the abodmen Oh said Mr' Wilson
Mr. 'Wilson stagerd back .c.dle oaths soil --
In his lips for he we In pain W1hy you
ewe YOU 'mewed he Iswill get fou yet
Harold Ramorez •
The remainin scondrel had an ax which
he came near our heros head with but
missed him and.rentand stuck in the wall
• Our heros arnumition was exhaused what
was he to do, the •remaniti scondrel wonid
soon get his ax lose so our hero sprung
forward and bit him tfil his teeth met in
the- Zech for new our -hero was fighting
, for his veil life At thisthe remanin
scondrehalso cursed- and swore mile olf.ths
Oh srieerednhe — You* Harold Ramorezwhat did you bite me for Yes Sneered
Mr Wilson also and he has shot me in
the abodnien too
Soon they were both eursin and' reviln
hinf' together,- sneered-they'.what
did -you want -'to injure us for Why,,you
Hareld Ramorez you have not got any
Bence and you think you -are so moon but
you are no better than anybody else
-Soon our hero could stand this no longer
If you could learn to act like gentimen
said he 1 Would not do any more to you
now and your low -vile exppreslons have
not got an* effect 'on Inge only to injure
your own self veheneyou go to meet your
Maker Oh I. guesn you have had enogh
for One day and I think you have learned
a lestion and will not soon atemp.to-beard
Harold Ramorez again so with a tenting
laugh he cooly lr eigarrete and takin
the keys of the cell 'from Mr Wilson
poket-went on out
Soon Mr "Wilson and the 'winded detec-
tive maimed to bbad alp their wonds and
got up off the floor it I will ht.t.. ve
that dasstads life now sneered they if we
have to swing for it he shall not escape
as again. „ '
Chapiter seventh
A Mule train of heavily laden burros
laden with gold from the mines was to be
seen wonderine' among the higheat clifts
and gorgs ot the Rocky Mts and a ten
man with a long silken mustish and a
icartidge belt could be heard cursin vile
oaths because he well knew this was the
lair ot Harold Rsunorez Why you mean
-old mules you sneered he because the
poor mules were not able to go any
quicker for him I will show you Why
— it sneered he hia-oaths growing viler
and viler I will whip you sos you Will not
be able to 'walk for a week you mean old
mules you
Scarcly had the vile words left his lips
when -
"Penrod!"
It was- his mother's voice calling
from the back porch.
Simultaneously the noon whistles be-
gan to blow far and near, and the,ro-
mancer in the sawdust box, summon-
ed prosaically from steep mountain
passes above the clouds, -paused with
.stubby pentil halfway from lip to
knee. His eyes were shining, there
was a rapt sweetness 111 his gime- As
he wrote his .letirden had grown light-
er, thoughts of Mrs. Lora Rewbush had
alniost left him, and in particular as he
recounted (even by the chaste dash)
the annoyed expressions of, Mr. Wil-
son, the wounded detectine, and the
silken motistached mule driver, he had
felt mysteriously relleVed concerning
the Child Sir Lancelot. Altogether he
looked a better and a brighter boy.
-"Pen-rodr
The rapt look faded slowly. He
eighed, but moved not.
"Penrod! We're having lunch early ,
just on your account, so you'll have
plenty of time to be dressed for the
pageant. Hurry!"
There was silence in Penrod's aerie.
"Pen -rod!"
Mrs. Schofield's voice sounded near-
er, indicating a threatened sapproaeh.
Penrod bestirred himself. He blew out -
the lantern and shouted -
"Well, ain't I coming fast's I an
"Do hurry," returned the voice, with-
drawitig,aandrthe kitchen door could
•be heard no close.
Replacing, his tiaanuscript and pencil
In the cigar box, he carefully burled'
the box in the sawdust, put tbe lan-
tern and oil can back in the soap box,.
adjusted the elevator for the recep-
tion of -Duke, and in no uncertain tone
invited the devnted animal to enter.
Duke stretched himself amiably, at
fecting not.ttehear and when this pre-
tense became so Obvious that even a
dog could keep it up no longer sat
down in a corner, feeler: it his back to
his master add his head perpendicular.
nose upward. `suoportea -by the con-
vergence of the' two walls. This from
a dog is the last word. the comble-
of the itnmetable. Penrod command-
ed, stormed, tried.gentleness, persuad-
ed with honeyed_words and pictured
rewards. Duke's eyes looked back-
ward; -otherwise he moved not. Time
elapsed. Penrod stooped to flattery,
finally to insincere.caresses; then. los
ing patience, spouted sudden threats.
"Penrod, come down from that box e
this instant!"
"Ma'am?"
"Are you up in .that sawdust box
again?" As Mrs. Schdlield had just
heard her- son's voice issue from the
box and also as she knew he ;was there
anyhow, her question must have been
put for oratorical purposes only. "Be-
cause if you . are," she continued
promptly, "I'm going to ask youf papa
not to let you play' there any"-
Penrocta,forehead, hi n eyes, the tops
of hi S ears and most of his hair be-
came visible to her at the, top of the
box. "I ain't 'playing!'" he said in-
dignantly. '
"Well, -what are you doing?"
"Just coming down," he -replied in a
grieved but patient tone.
"Then why don't you come?"
"I got Duke here. I got to get him
down, haven't I? You don't suppose I
want to leave a poor dog in here to
starve, do you?" .
"Well, hand Min down over the side
o me. Let me" -
"I'll get him down all right." said
enrod. "I got him up here and I
guess I can get him down." •
"Well then, do it."
"I will if you'll let me alone. If you'll
go on back to the hon -e I promise to
be there inside of tv".7) ralnuts: I
eceWxrerinosICIMGMC,._,MM,
Chi1dre31 Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
CASTOR IA -
After her deparOre Penrod expend-
ed some finalities of eloquence upon
Duke, then disgustedly gathered him
up in his arms, dumped him into the
basket and, shouting sternly, "All in
for the ground floor -step back there,
madame -all ready, Jinn" lowered, dog
and basket to tbe iloor of the Aare-
inom. Duke sprang out in tennultunas
' .relief and bestovvecl frantic affection
upon his riaster as the latter slid down
from the box.
, CHAPTER 11.
The Costume.
FTER lunch bis mether and his
eaister Margaret, a pretty girl of
nineteen, dressed him for the
sacrifice. They stood him near
his mother's bedroom window and did
1 what they would to him.
During the earlier anauishes of the
process he was mute, exceediug the
pathos of the stricken calf in tbe sham-
bles,"but a student of eyes might have
perceived in his, soul tile premonitory
symptoms of a sinister uprising. At a
rehearsal (in citizens' clothes) attended
by mothers a.telegrevenup,eisters. liIrs.
Lora Rewbushettadnemonnced that she
wlsbed the costuming to be "as medie-
val and artistic as possible." Otherwise,
and as tin details,- she nald, she wound
leave the costumes to the good taste of
the children's parents. Mrs. 'Schoteld
and Margaret were no archaeologists,
but they knew that, their taste was us
good as that of other motheraJtiad.nle-
ters concerned, so with perfect. &nil -
Then They Began by Shrouding His
Legs In selaair of Silk Stockings.
dence they had planned and executed a
costume for Penrod, and the only Mis-
giving theyefelt was connected with
sthe tractability of the Child Sir Lance-
lot himself.
Stripped to his underwear, he had
been made to wee& himself vehement-
ly; then they began by shrouding bis
legs in a pair of silk stockings, once
blue, but now mostly whitish. Upon
Penrod they 'visibly surpassed mere
ampleness, but they were lenge rind it
required only a rather loose imaginat
lion to assume that they were tights.
The upper part of his body was next
concealed from view by it garment so
peculiar that its description becomes
difficult. In 1886 Mitt Schofield, then
unmarried, had worn at her "coming
-out party" a dress of vivid salmon silk
which had - been remodeled -after her
marriage to accord with variout epochS
of fashion until a .final pnakinflii cam -
Reign at a dye house hid -left it in a
condition certain to attract much tat=
tention to the wearer. Biro. Schofield
had considered...giving it to Delia, the
cook,- but had decided not to do so, be-
cause you never coulettell how Dellw
waa going to take things, and cooks
'were:scarab. *,;; •
It may have been the word "Medi-
eval"- (in Mrs..- Lora Reirbush's Itch
phrase) which had inspired the idea
for. a' last and conspicuous usefulness.
At all events the bodice of that once
salmon dress,'somewhat-modified aid
moderated, now took a positien for
Its 'farewell appearance in society upoif
the back, breast and arms of the Child
Sir Lancelot. .
The area thus costumed ceased at
the waist,neaving a Jaeger -like and un.
medieval gap- thence to the tops or
the stockings. The inventive genius ot.
woman triumphantly bridged it, but in
a manner WM& imposes tiptin` history
almost Insuperable deliceeles • of Dar --
ration. Penrod's nether was an old
fashioned man. The twentieth cen-
tury had failed to shake his faith in
red flannel ter .cold .weatner, and It
was while Mrs. Schofield was putting
away her husband's winter underwear
that she perceived leaw hopelessly one
of the elder specimens had dwindled,
and simultaneously she received the
inspiration which resulted- in a pair of
trunks for the Child Sir Lancelot and
added an earnest bit of nolor, as well
as a genuine touch of the middle ages,
to his costutria Reversed, fore to aft,
with the greater part of the legs cut
oft and strips of silver braid covering
the seams, this garment, she felt, was
not traceable to its original source.
When it had been placed upon Pen-
rod the stockings were attached to It
by a instem of safety pins, not very
percentible at a distance. Next, after
being severely warned against stoop-
ing, Penrod got his feet into the slip-
pers he 'wore to dancing' school -"pat-
ent leather pumps," now decorated
with large piniitrosetteee
"If I can't -stoop," he began smolder-
ingly, "I'd like -Y know leow'm I gob!
to kneel in the peg" -
"You must manage!" This, uttered
hrough pins, was evidently thought
Se be sMolenta....- -
Honest."
uttered From
Salt Rheum
FOR MANY YEARL
Burdock Blood Bitters Cored
1
Salt Rheum or Eczema is one of the
Eeost painful of all skin diseases, and if
t attended to immediately may beo;
me very deep seated.
Give the blood. a good eleausingby,
the flee of that grand old medicine
Burdo& Blood Bitters. This stealing
remedy has been on the market .for the
past forty years, and is the best blood
cleanser on the market to -day. - 4!
Mrs. William H. rowlie, Wee Island
N.B., *rites: "I have been a. sufferne
from salt rheum for a good mann, yeaten
' and 'erns so bad I could not do my own
work. !I tried a good many &Widnes -I
but this: all failed to do me any good
until Istried Burdock Blood Bitters. X
had not, taken one bottle until I found
a greatthauge, and T alit mot- thankful
for trying it I hope that every °the*.
sufferer from salt rheum will try 33.H.B4
Burdock Blood Bitters is •Itlanufsetittg
ed only by The T. Milburn l4mitedJ
TortagtO, pilt, ,
e
MINISImiliali!Maigissassimmingunames.mia.memeimiajo-
Tie* ned Sent_ about
his slitniler nick, pin ns at
randOnt] all over hire, attd then Mare
naret tlinckly nowtfered his halc„
"Oh, ties; that's all olghtt" she sane
mreopthlyehii..gi
to a'hey ailluw4saytiserilpo-le3'uritereldq titre
hairein lolonial times."
"It do an't seem right to me -exact.
Iv," obeeced Mrs. -Schofield gently.
"Siff:-Leancelot Must have liten ever so
long betoto ;COIOninli tittles."
"That idoesn't matter," Margate -Ate
assured niter. allobedy'll -know the
difference, Mrs. Lora Rewbusb lest
all. I dtart think she knows a thirig
about it, though, of course, she does
write splendidly and the words of the
pageant ;. are jest beautiful. Stand
still,. Pep -Odin- (The anthor of "Har-
old Rameenet had moved convulsively.)
"Besideet powdered lutir'S always bei
coming. I Look at him. You'd hardly;
know: it Was Penrod!"
The- priide and admiration with whidh
she prenpuuced this undeniable truth
might hftve been thought tactless; but
Penrod, oot analytieal, found his spite.
its somewhat elevated. No mirror:4
was in his range of vision, and, though.
.he had,siotbmitted to cursory measure-
ments rhis person a week -earlier, he
hadeeo previous acquaintance with the
costume He began to form a not Au.
pleasing t'iental pieture of his appear-
ance, something somewhere between,
the portOalts .of George_Washington,.
and a vtvid memory_ ot Miss Julia'
Marlowe 1 at a Matinee of "Ttielftit
Night" ol
He -wan :additionally eheeredeby a
sword whkli 'had Wert:. borreived front
a neighber who-aves a Knight ot-Pyw
las. Finally there 'was =Mee, lin
old golf 'cape of Margaret's. Flu*
polka dots of white -cotton had bee#
sewed to it generously; also it was or.
riamented witto-ai larger'erosealeto#44:
flannel. Stagge.sted ItY the Victurta 'dr&
au:Seder ' in a newerpaper advertise'
ment The meat* was fastened to
Penrod's I shoulder -that -is, to. thee
ehoulder f Mrs. Schofield's eodi
by mettles of large safety phis. and are
ranged to hang down behind him;
touching his heels, but obsettringtnoe
wise the itory of his facade. Theyis
mlast ohr. ie'as anowed to step before It
irr. .
It was la full length glass and, tha
worot 1miiedintely hatipene* It MO*
have been a little less violeat, per
if Peurodts expectations 'hadnot bee
o richly enclo poetically ideaitzeiut
is things were the revolt was volcathc.
Victor Hugo's account of the fight
With the devilfish, in nTollers -ore
Sea,". encourages a belief -theta
Huge lived and Increased in poev'tich.
might !chaise been equal to st. pewee
ecital of the half hour which followed'
Penrod's firs, a sight of himeelbas the_
Child Sir I Lancelot. But Mr. Wilson
imself, stard but eloquent foe a
Fiakcad uor, equld atat
ressideeniltie-alt theilheaommandil the sentiments wh4ch, ante
mated Penrod's. bosom -when -the
talatiateons and unalterable convietiont
ei3dendedl oponotlitte that hi attieSie
tended byl his loved ones to inakmpube
le' specteene of himself in his *test
toekiouingseenst! part of an old tigtes. 304
hism
l'e him it.hese familiar wero
ot disguined at all. There led
possibiliti that the whole w would
ot know them at a glance. The stock..
gs were !worse than the bodice, lid
ad been ;soared that these could_ asji
e recognined,, but, seeing theliari
mirror, he was Sure that no lean**
ye could nail at first glance 4tO-4ets(lt
e differeace between himself ejel tittt
demer purposes of these andel-
old, wilielne, and void shrieked their
istory with a htunlred tongues, bevel&
g earthquake; eclipse and blue. ruinn
hefrannen arnattan final submies ion
as obtained only after a painful teleo
honic coaveriation between himself
nd his father, the latter having -heed*
ailed -up and upon by the exhausted
frs. Schofield, to subjugate his otre
pring by Wire.
e The- two ladies -made alt poesibli#
haste after thie to deliver Penrod Into
the hands i of Mrs Lora. Rewbushe
Neverthelees, they found opportnnity
to exchante earnest notigratuletions
upon his ot having recogrdzed the'
humble bun ...serviceable paternal gar-
'ment now ibrilliant abotit the Lance-
lotisb mid e. Altogether, they felt
that the eo tume was a success. Pen-
rod looked like nothing ever remotely
in3agined. y Sir Thomas Mabry or
Alfred Ten yson-for that matter he
looked llke1 nothing ever laefore seen
on earth -but as Mrs. Schofield and
Margaret Utak their places in the audi-
ence at the Women's Arts and Gnild -
hall, the anxiety they felt conce.rnint
Penrod' oc�tIenary and gesticular
Doweresu jseon to hetna to public-
testtwa piasant1y-terapered by their '
sattsfa&ionI ibat, owing to the& ef-
forts, his outward appearance word&
be a Credit to the famliv.
(tor41nued Mat Week.)