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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1918-06-14, Page 7BANK cted. NT ;Rate. at every Sunlight. —for the ightened. the iron- -for the theshave h a fresh, •et air o • vness. In wearing or the thes have lerited exqui- pur.ty Sunlight If and clean ed sts ap. wet - ZiAra op.* rat. ar..* lows WPM. awa• *mot E. tri ; tee Writ MT. 1117•11.11 an;•iW sow •=m;., 410. itt !wiliaTimminammialaimuniornimegt our on a lade th, SOUR, ACID 4TOMACHSy °GASES OR INDIGESTION $75ape's Diapepsinu neutralizes exces- sive acid in stomach, relieving dyspepsia, heartburn and distrees at once. Time it!min utes all stone - ch distress, duel to acidity, -will go. • No indigestion belching of gee o gested food, i6 di breath or headach Pape's Diapnpsi, speed in regulati It is the surest, qui ener in the whole is harmless. Pu distrese at once b 8011111eSS or eructations of undi- iness, bloating, foul is noted fer its g upset stomachs. kost stomach sweet - rid, and besides it n end to stomach ng a large fifty - in le, by Herbert Jenkins, - CHAPTER eent ease of Papew ,„ gtti lapepsin froxa any The Bindles drug store. You deer at Home hoze in five minutes, "Iiiromen, "remarked Bindle, as he w needless it t suffer from- indi- gazed reflectidely into the 'tankard he gestion, dyspepsia or any stomach dis- ordhe had just drained, "women is all er caused by fer entation due to right V yer can keep 'em, from mar - excessive adds in do ach. rying yer.e --di—, "I don't 'old wiviwomen," growled Ginger, casting w malevolent glance at the Blue Boar's Only barmaid, as she stood smirking at the other end of the long leaden counter. "Same as before," he added to the . barman. Joseph Bindle heaved a sigh of con- tentment t the success of his rueful conteingilation of the emptiness of his tankard. • "You're too late, ole sport," he re 'marked, as he systematically surveyed the unprepossessing features of his companion, where freckles rioted with apots in, haisgar abandon. "You're too late, you wd three babies !fore you're p twenty-five. Ginger, you're----' No, I ain't!". There was a note of savage menacet in Ginger's voice that caused Ids companion to look at hits' curiously. ; "Ain't wot?" questioned Bindle._ wa"sI.dt wet you was going to say -I " 'Ow jer know wot I was goin' ter say?" 'Cos every stutterin' fool sez it; an -blimey goin' to 'ammer the next, an' I don't *ant to 'ammer you Joe." • Sindle pondered a moment, then a smile irradiated his features, develop- ing into a broad grin. - "You're too touchy, Ginger. I was- n't goin' to say, 'Ginger, you're barmy: " Ginger winced and .clen- ed his fists. "I was goin' to -say, Inger, you're no good at marriage Wrout tack. If yer 'ad more tack, maybeeyer wouldn't 'aye got marri- Ginger, sriat viciously in the direc- tion of the spittoons:but-his feelings were too strong for accurate aim. ."The parsons say as marriages is made in 'eaven," growled Ginger. "Why don't 'eaeen feed the kids? That's what I -want to knbw." Ginger Was notorious among his mates for the gloomy view he took of life. No one had ever discovered in him enthusiasm for anything: If he went to a football match and the team he favored were beaten, it was no more than he expected; if they were Victorious his comment would be that they ought to have scored more goals. If the horse he backed won, he blam- ed fate, because his stake was so small. The more beer he absorbed the more misanthropic he seemed to become, • - "Funby coves,- parsons," remarked Bindle eonversationally; not asI've anythink to say a:gini religion, pro- vidin' it's kep•for Sundays and Good Fridays, an' don't get Mixed up wi' the rest of the week." He paesed and. *lifted the newly fil- led tankard to • his lips/ Presently he continued •reminicently: "My father 'ad religion, and drunk 'isself to death 'keepin' the chill out.' According to 'im, if .yer wanted to be 'appy in the next world yer 'ad to be a sort of 'alf fish in this. T could tell the. tale, 'e could, and wot's more; 'e used to mice us believe 'im." Bindle laughed at the recollection. "Two or three times a week 'e used to go to chapel to ` wash 'is sins away,' winter and summer. The parson seemed to 'ave to wash the 'ole blooming lot of 'enl, and my father neve e forgot to take somethink on 'is way 'ome to keep the chill out, 'e was that careful of 'isself. " 'My life is Gawd's,' 'e used to say, 'an' I must take care of wogs the Lord's.' There weren't no spots on my father. Why, N3 used to wet 'is 'air to prove 'e'd been "mersed,' as `e called it. Yoend 'ave liked 'im, Ginger; 'e was a gloonfy sort of cave, same as you." Ginger muttered something inar- ticulate, and buried his freckles and spots in his tankard. Bindle carefully filled his short clay pipe: and lit it with a care and precission More ap- propriate to a cigar. "Na, he continued, "I ain't nothink agin' religion; it's the people wot goes in for it as does me. There's my brother-in-law, 'Earty by name, an' my idaissus—they must make 'eaven tired with their moanind" "Wok, jer marry 'er for?". grumbled Ginger, thickly, not with any show of interest, but as if to demonstrate that h was still awake. "Gi ger!" There was reproach in Bindle s voice. " Fancy - you arstin' a silly question like that. Don't yer know s no man ever marries any :fae:eTiiesare."ns,e, wornar ? If 'e's nippy 'e gets orf the 'ook; 'e ain't 'e's landed. You an' me nippy in that, mate." enough, ole son, an 'er There was feeling in Ginger's voice eane,daa moment, ry salertness in his y "Weil, eontinued Bindle "once on - the 'cm there's only one thing that'll save y r—tack." "Or arranering 'er blue," interpol- atedG. Ginger viciously. "1 ddaws the line there; • I don't 'old with 'am m ering women. Yer ,can't 'simmer sornethink wot can't ammer back, Ginger; that's for fur- riners. No, tack's the thing. Now take my missus. If yer back -answers 'er uhe she ain't feelin' chatty,you're as goee as done. What I does is to keep croiet, an' seem sorry,- then she dries up. Arter a bit I'll whistle or 'um 'Gospel Bells' (that's her favorite ,ymII, Ginger) as if to meself. Then out I goes. an' when 1 gets 'ome to supper 1 takes in a tin of salmon, an' it's all over to the next time. Wi' tack, ospel Bells,' and a tin of sal- mon ye.- can do a rare lot wi' women, Ginger. KIDNEYS Sit)! BAD WOULD FAINT AWAY 'THAT WAY FOR TWO YEARS. - - ; Those who have never been troubled with kidney trouble do net know the suffering and misery which those sallictki undergo. ' The dult roams, sharp pains, and quick twinges, all point to the fact that the kidneys requwe attention. Doan's Kidney Pills are a specific for an kidney troubles. -- Mrs. All:krt Williams, Mam, Sask., writes:—"I have the greatest pleasure in telling you what Doan's Kidney Pills did for me. Ten years ago I was so bad with my kidneys that I would faint away, and could not stand to do anything. I had been that way- for -two years, and had done -all could, but did not get any better until one day some one put a little book in our door, and I saw how another young girl -had guttered like I was then, so I thought would try them, and I am glad to say that after taking four boxes I have never had the same thing again. Thanks to "Doan's." When asking or aDoan's Pills" see that you get the oblong grey box with the trade mark of a "Maple Leaf." Price 50c; put up by The T. °Milburn Coe Limit, Toronto, Ont. • .•••••=•••.••••••••••.M. tit*: CREAM WANTED. 1 •••••=1/1m....• . We have our Creamery now in full operation, and we want your patron.' age. We are prepared .to epay you the highest prices for your cream, pay you every two weeks, en c!gh, sample and test each can of cream carefully and give you statement of the same.. We also supply cans free of charge. and give you an honest business deal: Call in and see us or drop us a card foe particulars. THE SEAFORTH CREAMERY Seaforth Ontario GIVE "SYRUP OF FIGS" TO CONSTIPATED CHILD •••••••••••.••••••=•••••• Delicious aFrult Laxative" ean't harm tender little Stomach, Liver and Bowels. Look at the -Lague-, mother! 11 -coated, your little one's stomaeh, liver and bowels need eleaneing at once. When peevish,' *rots, listless, doesn't eleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever- ish, stoinach aour, breath bade has sore diaidat, diarrhone full of cold, "give 4 teaspoonful of "California Syrup of Figs," and in. a few lours all the foul, constipated waste, undigested, food and sour bile gently moves out of its little bowels without gripingi and you have a well, playful child again. Ask your druggist for a bottle of "Oalifer-nia Syrup of Figs," which eontains full directions for babies, children of all ages and for grown-ups. $200.000 to lead on Farms, l'irst, Second Mortgages.- Call or write me at onee and gat your loan arranged by return mail. No advance charges. (E. R. REYNOLDS, 77 Irketorla Bt., Toronto., HAD WORST CASE OF CONSTIPATION DOCTOR EVER KNEW. Although generally described as a disease, constipatipn can never exist unless some of the organs are deranged, which is generally found to be the liver. It consists of an:inability to regularly evacuate the bowels, and as a regular salon of the bowels is absolutely es- sential to general health, the least -irregu- larity should never be •neglected. Milburn's Laxa-Livee Pills have no equal for relieving and curing constipa- tion and all its allied troubles. Mrs. F. Martin, Prince Albert, Sitsk., writes:,—"I had one of the worst cases of constipation my doctor said he had ever known, and Milburn's LaicaeLiver Pills cured me of it. -My father-in-law had used them, in fact be was the one who gave them to me. A number of people around here use them and they all say that they are the beat pills they ever used." Laxa-Liver Pills 'are 25e. ft vial at all dealers or mailed direct on teceipt of price by The T.. Milburn Coe Limited, Toronto, Ont. "‘CASCARETS" WORa WHILE YOU SLEEP 'or Sick Headache, Sour Stomach, Sluggish Liver and Bowels— Take Casoarets tonight. Furred Tongue, Bed Taste, Indiges- tion, Sallow Skin and. Miserable Head. - aches come from a • torpid liver and • clogged bowels, which cause your stout.- acli. to become filled with undigested food, which sours and ferments like gar- bage in a s-ivill barrel. That's the first step to untold misery --indigestion, foul gases, bad breath, yellow skin, mentai fears, everything that is horrible an nauseating. „A. Oasea,ret. to -night will give your constipated bowels a thorough clea,nsing and straighten you out by morning.. They work while you sleep— 'a 10 -cent box from/ yeur ,druggist wili 4A13: V1A good 131-04.111.- CRIPPLE FOR REE YEARS lielpiees In Red With Rheumatism Ustil He rack 4FRUIT-A-TIVES". MR. AL XANOER MUNRO 1.1t. No. 1, Lorne, Ont. "For over three years, I was ` confined to bed with Rheumalism. During that time, I had treatment from a nunlibe of doctors, and tried ything I saw advertised to atism, without receiving nearly ever cure Rhen any benefit Finally, tives". Be I noticed ai was net so Started to g 1 conditiu d Itaking this fruit me- dicine, improving all the time, and now I can walk about two miles and do light choreS, about the place". LEXANDER _MUNRO. • decided to try 'Fruit -a. reI had used hall' a box, IMprovement ; the pain sere, and the swelling (hewn. 50e. a box 6 .$2.56, trial size 25c. At all deal rs lor sent postpaid on receipt of riCe by Fruit- a. tivee Limited, Ot aide. • ments, then. said: "I think, They always slops." - There was both men dr a moment a with slew deliberation inger,. I'd kill a slop. ngers yer for killin' a omeritary eilence as in d their pewters, and te they left .the Blue Boar. They , ked °along, . each deep in his own thoughts, in the direction of Hammerstaith Church, where they parted, Bindle to proceed to Fulham and Ginger te Chiswick; each to the mate that had been thrust upOn him by an undisc minating fate. JOseph Bindle was a little man, bald headed, with a red nose, but he was possess of a great heart, which no enisfortun ever dalinted. ' Two things in life he loved above all oth- ers, beer and humor (or as he called it, his "little joke "); °yet he permit- ted neither, to interfere with the day's work, save dee very exceptional circumstances No one had ever seen him drunrk. II had onee explained to a Mate Who ur ect uPon'iliim' an extra glass, "I don' put more on meeback tihan d Can car , ard I do ditto wi' me stomach,, Bindle was ii iourneyman furniture remover by peofession, and the life ef a journeymari furniture remover is fraught withmany vicissitudes and hardships. s one of the profes- sion once phi sed it to Bindle, "If it wasn't for them bespattered quarter - days, there might be a living in it." People, however, move at set peri- ods, or, as Bindle put it, they "seems to take root El, s if, they was bloomin' vegetables." The set periods are practically re ueed to three, for few care to face hp inconvenience of- a Christmas mo ei Once upon time family removals were leisurely affairs, which the con- tractors took care to spread over many days; n w', however, moving is a matter of ontract, or, as Bindle himself expre sed it, "Yer 'as to carry a bookcase der one arm, a spring - mattress und r the. other,. a pianner on yer back, nd then the Y wonders why yer ain' dein' somethink wi' yer All l tl e lilt he s. 'e' tl-,ings conspiredito make Bindle's living a precarious ,one. He was not lazy i and sought Work as- siduonsly. In, his time he had under- taken many strange jobs, his intelli- gence ov ir his competitorS; but geace and rty wit giving him an if his _wit gained for him employment, his unconque ble desire. to indulge nt his "little jok " ahnost as frequent- ly lost it for wee As the job became less frequent, Mrs. Bindle i axed more eloquent. To her, a man who was not working, was "a brute" Or a "lazy hound." She made no dietinction betweee the willing and t e unwilling, and she heaped the re of her burning re- proaches upo the head of her luck- less "man" henever he was unable to furnish he with a full week's housekeeping.' ' Bindle was not lazy enough to be unpopular -wieh his superiors, or su- fficiently ene getic to merit the con- tempt of his fellow -workers. He did his job in av rge time, and stroire to preserve the liddle course that should mean employ lent and pleasant asso- ciates. "Lorst yer job?" was a frequent interrogation on the lips of Mrs. Bindle. I At first Bi dle had striven to parry this inevita le question with pleasantry; ut he soon discovered' th it his wif was imperivous to his a. mot brillian efforts, and he. learned in ime to s roud his degradation in , an hmenetra le veil of silence. Only in t le hour •of prosperity would he preserve his verbal cheerful!' nese.. "he think too much o' soa.p an' 'er eoul to m ke an 'oevlin' success a' marriage," h had once confided to a mate over a pint of beer. "A little yer do if yer couldn't whistle In*at.S and Children. er 'um, and if sahnon made yer ole Tim YHavo Always Bought weinan sick. same as it does mine; - • Deese the wot jer do then?" Ginger thrust his head forward aggressively. - 810111,iten Bindle thought deeply for some mo - THE dirt an les oeut bf 'ettv it 'ud keep Mrs, Bind ogres-: Di cleanliness -Was the cleanliness that rendered do just . as her ness of su glory in th Her faith tion. The the next w ratio to th Deriyihg bei carnal di Was filled ment that a to live in o shelled reso only console was to enjo she found no of Dives an The forgi upon 'which mind. Her should be fo thing of the the sinner, repenteth, in addition the hup of seemed to he To liars. B miserable pl should be ac had the powe When a wo formeidshe her own men folk. --Mrs. Bindle had striven long nd lugubriously to en- sure Bindle's lvation, and when. she had, eventuall discovered this to bt impossible, she accepted him as her Whilst sizuggling for Bindle's sal.- cross. dle had not overlooked iate needs of hi's body. of their early married Df hot water had been in the kitchen each hat Bindle might he ablutions. • Bindle had been sur- tified at the way in acquiesced in this being Arewd and student ,of character, dlee character, her een aroused. vening She put the to an illicit use; and e industriously rubb- his boots, and, with ,washing them in the he splashed the wat- , damped the towels nd proceedsd to read r. „That was the end t Bindle objected to atter of fact he was than, most of his 'Mrs, Bindle's me - o enlich of coercion. A great Frenc Man has said, "Pour faire quelcine ch_ se de grand, faut etre passionnee." wanton sprite of must be herreitt .from :its predesti uRoN ExPosiroR -7 • eligidn. might keep ier n in the next world, but - e out -o' 'ell, in this.", e wag obsessed with two and the devil. Her estic eornfort impossible godlinese esas the godli- ering in this world and next. was the faith of, nega- appiness- to be enjoyed in rld wo'uld be in direct sacrifices made in this. self the things -that her tire" cried out for, she th an intense resent- yone else slunild continue vious enjoyment of what utely put from her. Her Lion was the triumph she in the next world, and conifort in the story Lazarus. ess of sins was a matter he preserved an , open aith told her --that they giVea; but -she felt some - injustice od it all. That Int at the eleventh hour ould achieve Paradise having drunk deep of leasure in this world, unfair to the faithful. ndle. the world Was a' ce; but, please God, it ean plaee as far as she to makw it clean. an 'sets out to'be a re - variably. begins upon vation, 'Mrs. Bi the more 'Mune For miany weev life a: tin bath placed regularl Friday night, thorough in his At first Mrs prised and gra vihich Bindle h weekly rite, b something of a particularlyBiz suspicions had One Friday kitchen keyhole diseovered, Bind ing his hands o much use of so bath, after whic er about the roo then lit his pipe the evening pap of the bath epis It was not th washing, as a far More cleanl, class; but, to hi thods savoured In other •wsirdei no Mischief or hum.our I to beckon genius ed, patb. Although an.enttre strang rtio philosophy, ig- norant alike of th • word and Its mean- ing,' Mrs.. Biodle bad arrived at .the same oonclusion s.the -Prench salient. "Why -don't yo usticile at, something as if you meant. .4',yiag her way of phradirigit. :'Lat - Hearty. See what s d neli" Without any thought of irrei4edict; Mrs. ,Bindle, need the ,names of the Lord and Mr., Hearty de F11112 which on occasi scourged her hus At the time o with his one-tim he had been tram ing a job. He h length of answhri for a waitress, e ritated advertiser was the customer arid that a man w a .gal." Ginger's hospit him, and he began more with his acc 'Of scorpions with ehe mercilessly and. Bindle's eneounter work mate, Gieger, • ing for hours seek - d gone even to the g an advertisement plaining to the ir- that wi women it s "mo e nippy than that Vd the watin' lity had . cheered to regard life once ustomed optimism. He had been without food all day, and this fact, rather than the continued rebuffs he had s fferecl, caused him some Misgiving a the houreapproa- ched for his returi to home nd IVIrs. Bindle's inevitable question—"Got a s job?" . As he passed alo g the Fulha.ndlial- ace. road his keen ye searcheid every- where for interest nd sunusement. He winked jocoselSr a the pretty girls, and grinned happily when caned a "saucy 'mind. H exchanged pleas - entries with anyan who howed the least inclination to ards camaraderie, and the dour he sil need with caustic rejBoiinnlielr.e,s views u n • the home life of England were n t orthodox. "I'd like to mee- bthe dove wot first started talkint abo4it the 'appy ome life of ole Englan. " he murmured under his breath. "I'd like to intro- duce 'im to Mrs. B. Might sorto' wake- 'im up a bit, en' make 'im want -V emigrate. I'd like to see 'im gettirt away witout a scrap. Rummy thing, 'omeHis philosophy _ philosophy .04, s to enjoy what you've get, and eir to bother about what you, hope to et. He had once precipitated a dometic storm by say- ing to Mrs. Bindle: "Don't you put all yer money on the next world, in case of accidents. Angels is funny things, and they might sort of talt4 a dislike to yer, and then the fat 'ud be in the fire." Then, _critically -surveying Mrs. Bin- dle's manifest leanness, "Not as you an' me together 'ud make much of 'a flicker in 'ell." As he approached. Fenton street where he lived, his leisurely pace per- ceptibely slackened. lit was true that supper awaited him ' t the end of his journey—that was wth luck; but luck or no luck, Mrs. Eindle was inevitable "Funny 'ow 'a.vin a wife seems to spoil yer appetite," hi muttered, as he scratched his head rough the blue and white cricket cp he invariably were where the foiirh triangles of al- ternating white and ambbridge blue ' . had lost much of -their original delic- acy of shade. "I'm 'ungry, 'ungr as an 'awk," he continued; then after a pause he add- ed, "I wonder wheth r 'awks marry." The idea seemed o amuse him. "Well,well!" he rema ked with a sigh, - "yer got to face it, oe," and pulling himself together he 4iended his pace. As he had forseen, Mrs. Bindle was keenly on the alert fori the sound of his Zam-Buk ends the pain, and stops bleed - Try it/ 411-dagers. 504 bitr. much -loved onions, 'hen Mrs. Bindle's voice was heard. from the kitchen with the time worn question.: "Got w job?" Hunger, and the smell of his favor- ite vegetable made him a coward, been a smile still -born passed across "Ow jer know, Fairy?" he asked Mrs. Bindle's face. , As the meal progressed Bindle be- gan to see the 'folly of his cowardice. He had doomed himself to a night's walking the streets. He cudgelled his brains how to avoid the consequences of his indiscretion. He looked covert- ly at Mrs. Bindle. There was noth- ing in the sharp hatchet-like face, with its sandy hair- drawn tightly a- way from each side and and screwed into a knot behind, that suggested compromise. Nor was there any suggestion of a relenting nature in that bard grey line that served her as a mouth. =No, there was nothing for it but raise sufficient money to pay for a night's lodging, "Saw ginger to day,." he remarked conversationally, as he removed a shred of meat from a back tooth with a fork. "Don't talk to me of Ginger!" snapped- Mrs. Bindle. Such retorts- made eotive:rsation had confided to Mrs. Hearty; "life ,difficult - R question as to or thought to a ehapl or an altar than Mrs. Bindle to her parlour. She might have reconciled herself to leav- ing anything else in the world, but her parlour would have held her a helpless prisoner. When everything was ready for the meal Mrs. Bindle poured from a saucepan a red -brown liquid with cubes of a darker brown, which spla- shed joyously int the dish. Bindle recognized, it as stewed steak and onions, the culinary joy of his heart. With great appetitet he fell to, al most thankful to Pravidence for send- ing him so excellent cook. As he ate he argued -that if a man had an angel for a wife, in all likelihood she would not be able to cook, and per- haps he was not so, badly off. "There ain't many as can beat yet. at this 'ere game" remarked Bindle, indicating the dish with his fork; and a momentary flicker that might have with cruds. e facetiousnes' "What is it?" enquired Mrs. Bindle shrewdly as he entered the kitchen. ; "Night' watchman at a garridge' he lied glibly, and removed his coat preparatory to what he called a "rinse" at the sink. It always pleased Mrs. Bindle to see Bindle wash; even such a perfunctory effort as a "rinse" was a tributeito her efforts. W When pm start?" she asked sus- piciously. To -night at nihe," he replied. No- thing mattered with that savory smell in his nostrils. Mrs. Bindle was pacified; but her emotions were confidential affairs be- tween herself and "the Lord," and she consequently -preserved the same. un- relenting exterior. - "'Bout time, J should think," she snapped ungraciously, and proceeded with her culinery preparations. MrS. Bindle was- an excellent cook. "If 'er temper was like 'er cookin'," Bindle Health Triumphs over disease every time you_ use Lifebuoy Soap. For its mild healing and cleansing one are- charged with cleansing properties that make it simply invaluable. LIFE UOY HEALTH Ap Mild and pure enough for Baby's skin—thereforo emi. nently suitable for yours, The mild, antiseptic 'odor vanishes quickly after usta. Laver Brother* TORONTO. .4t all ' Grimm be a little bit of 'eaven." It was Mrs. Bindle's Fenton Street, in which the Bin- whether he did not think it about time t I C up ure s ur dles lieed, was an offering to the ItIo- •he started that' gave Bindle the in- I loch of British eedusteness, The ; spieation he sought For -more than RESULTS NOT iNFLUMICED houses consisted of two floors, and a week the one clock of the household, AGE. OR I.ENGTH OF TIME eachfloor had a separate outer door a dainty little travelling affair that , STANDING REPORTS ened off a narlor, a bedroom and a ia man, it having "sort o' got lost" in a 4. EXPERT and e narrow passage from which op- he had purchased of a fellow -work- 1 kitchen. Although each household was move, had stopped and showed itself cut off, from the sight of its immedi- impervious to all persuasion. Bind - ate neighbors, there was not a resi- le decided, to take it, ostensibly to a dent,save those who occupied the end clock -repairer, but in reality to the hduses, who was not intimately ac- pawn shop and thus raise the price auainted 'with the private affairs of of a night's lodging. He would trust at least three of its neighbors, those to luck to shindy the funds to re - above or• below as the case might -be, trieee it. - and of the fandly on each side. The With a word of explanation to Mrs. I walls and floors were so- thin that, I3indle, he proceeded to wrap up the when the least emotion set the voices clock in a newspaper, and prepared of the occupants vibrated in a louder to go out. key than usual, the 'neighbours knew To Bindle the m.oment of departure of the cricis as soon as the protagon- was always fraught with the greatest ist$ themselves and every aspect Of danger. His goings out became stra- the dispute or discussion was soon the tegical withdrawals, he -endeavoring common prpperty of the whole street .to get off Unnotfeed,Mrs. Bindle striv- Fenton Street suited Mrs. Bindle, ing to rake him with her verbal_artil- vnvehvoerwioaisnedinttheensserloyupsexofclviusiiimvee.n who On , leroyn ashe ni ep retreated ni e:. eveng t he felt stood each morning, and many after- comparathed- safe. He was as far now, at their front, doors to dietuss 4 as Nes,- Raelje knew, goetg to a tie* the thousand and one things thatwo- and, what was more, he was taking men --have to- dismiss. She occiinieel the clock to be repaired.- He sideled tactically along the wall towards the dpor, ;as jf keenly interested in get- ting his pipe to draw. 'Mrs. Bindle - She was -a woman of narrow outlook opend!, fire. . - . , '• e , .' herself with her home, hounding from microbe,s if it were an embodiment of the- Devil himself. , and Prejudiced views, hating in from' " How long, your job for? She a sense of fear of what it might entail 'rather than as a result of instinctive repulsien. yet she was possessed of niany admirable Attendee. She Work - "Only to night," replied Bindle' ed long And hard in het Mine, did her s omewlefturitahienrel yro.mall:einwgasmaigfhratidleaodf duty to her 'husband mending- hiswhere clethee, preparing his food, and pro-, viding him with what she termed "a comfortable home." turned around in thes act of wiping out a sauSpan. Next to tha.pel her supreme joy in life was hter parlour, a enicl-Victorian riot of antimacassars, stools, furniture photograph -frames, pictures orna- ments, and the musical -box that would not play, but was precious as Aunt Ann's legacy. Bindle was wont to say that "when yer goes into our par- lour yer wants a map an' a guide, an' even then ye -r 'as to call for 'elp be- fore yer an „get out." Mrs. Bindle had no visitors, and consequently her domestic holy of holies never. used.. She would dust aud Jlean and arrange; arrange clean, a d' dust with untiring zeal., The wt1�ws, although never opened, were spotless; for she judged a wo- man's whole character by the appear- ance of her windows and curtains. No raligieuee ever devoted more time Call that a job?" she inquired scornfully. "How long am I to go on keepins 'you in idleness?" Mrs. Bindle cleaned the Alton Road Chap- el, where . she likewise worshipped, and te this she referred, get another job - to -morrow; don't be down 'earted," Bindle re- plied cheerfully. " Down 'earted! Y' ought to be a- sharnetd o' ygeself," exploded Mrs. Bindle, as she banged the sauspan upon its shelf and seized a- broom. Bindle regarded her With expression- less face. "Y' ought to. be ashamed o' yerself, yer great hulkin' 'brute., At one time Bindle, who wal well below medium height and average weight, had grinned appreciatively at this description; but it had. a little lost its saYoUr by repition. key in the lock of t their half -house. realized that the eve consist of something _ e outer door of e had scarcely mg meal was to stewed with his Rupture is not a tear or breac" the abdominal wall, as commonly' posed, but it is a stretching or of a natural openin, says Z.Y. of Toronto', the noted rupture pliance specialist who will visit forth, at the Queen's Hotel; on nesday, all day till 9 p.m.—one 'only, June 19th. The 'Cueatrus" as now utied and -Proved will not only retain andr of rupture perfectly affording in* iate and complete comfort, buil is tended to assist nature to elose °peeling in the shortest time This appliance has ° redeiv awards wherever shenna. results without harmful inj other aids. Dr. Egan has W' s' from our own seetion. fo tion. If interested, call; be pleased to show you same charge. See leis advertisement. LEMONS ill/NITEN*ANO BEAU r 'Phalle -this beauty lotion 01 your face, neck, arms and At the cost of a mill jar of cold cream one can prepare a ter pint of the most woiderM skin softener and tomplexion beaut by squeezing the juice of two fresh ons into a bottle 'containing three ounces, of orchard white. Care -should be take* to strain the juice through 2ine tloth SO no ilemerd pulp gets he then this lo- tion will keep fresh for months. woman knows tbat lemon juice to ble,ach and remove such blemishes.** /reales, sallowness and fall and the ideal skin. softener -whitener „and. beautifier. Just try it! Get three °lineal orchard white at any drug store two lemons from the grocer and a quarter pint of this sweetly lemon lotion and massage it da the face, neck, arms and hands. marvelous to smoothen rough, redhead*. Children Ox FOR FLETCHEWa (To be Continued Next Week). CASTOR1 Vith ev more workhl ap ed Which would you rather have during war time ----a smaller bar with wrapper -premium or a bigger bar for the money without the premiums? We knew what your answer would be so we threw all our tremendous purchasing power into buying soap materials only—now you get COMO biOger, Ixtrart the same price without premiums Your grocer always his Comfort. 'Once you ue it you always use it. That's why it h s "enormously the largest sale im Canada. " Pugsley,Dingman & Co. Limited, Toronto nist ,11,... Iiilipt ,mj.[ [t II iii . J ... 111 :11•1 1,1 - g .• ). - - i. - Vith ev more workhl ap ed Which would you rather have during war time ----a smaller bar with wrapper -premium or a bigger bar for the money without the premiums? We knew what your answer would be so we threw all our tremendous purchasing power into buying soap materials only—now you get COMO biOger, Ixtrart the same price without premiums Your grocer always his Comfort. 'Once you ue it you always use it. That's why it h s "enormously the largest sale im Canada. " Pugsley,Dingman & Co. Limited, Toronto nist