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In packet, and_see
t unique flavour of
ared and packed..
v.. The seed should be plitat-
later than, May luta and the
harvested during the middle
-; 'thus the soil is lett in excel-
adition for winter wheat. A
h descing, without ploueeing,
eient preparation for the
crop. The fear that tlax
rly hard ou tee land le wa-
d, as it does nut Luke eiure
than any ardinary field eroe.
Thousand BOO for Ontaria
Farms. -
_916 and 1917 the Deearfmeat.
cation made regulatioee Wen
ted atudents to -leave schoei
provided that tae r term's
WaS satisfactory, for the pur-
f engaging in farm. work. It
nt three months or more on
, they were geven their school
ng without passing the custom-
oyairoil examinatiorts.
n the stdents had responded
Government's appeal and had
eered in thousands for the
which they realized to be or
eatiortauce, there remained the
ra of putting each individual.
an for work in touch with a.
r who desired assistance. This
.eueraplished through the One
Government System of Public
.lement Bureau in cases 'mere
cudente were unable to matie.
own arran gem ents. A ie inimu
of elf) per month vas set, but
elders soon realized the` it
tudents' labor, and offered. es
$35 per month.. The average
paid was $18.
expeeted that 15,009 LOY tat --
1 the. ages of 14 and 19 "A
Lble this pring for farm were'
grovince. The minimum
-ear w di be $15 per month, wita
It is hoped that every I:armlet-
-au make use of tho services ot a.
- School boy wen make early,
cation through the District
esentative in order that he may
Je disappointed. There are over
)0� farmers Ontario, and only
O boys to go reund, so the wise
ter Will be dad one wbo speaira
lely.--L-Dr. W. A, Riddell, Ontario
r Bureau.
gs
musoweammamomummm
noce
home
work
) you.
eep the show go -
is offering to be
-avers want help,
Resources coin-
mtent to save the
.tlt for aeroplane
ed armies are in
and girls, young
en old men, may
is work. For the
kers, automobiles
them to the fields
rs giving attention
'apable of pulling
nd as the offered
vhich is the reeog-
growers' Assoeia-
age of $2.50 a day
a can earn from $1.50
day pulling flax.
is given below.'
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right time. If the
iity deteriorates.
31S TORONTO
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Flax Mill.
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JULY 121 1918
I'
raboiea
GIRLS! 'WHITEN' YOUR SKIN
WITH LEMON JUICE
" • •
PAitke a beauty lotion for a few cents td
%remove tan, freckles, sallowness.
Your grocer has the lemons ,and any
drug store or. toilet counter will supply
yO1' with three ounces of orchard white
ler a few cents. Squeeze the juice of
two fresh lemons into a bottle, then put
in the orchard white and shake well.
This makes a quarter pint of the very
best lemon skin whitener and complexion
beautifier known. Massage this fra-
grant, creamy lotion daily late the face,
neck, arms and hands and just -see how
freckles, tan, sallowness, redness and
roughness disappear and how smooth,
soft and clear the skin becomes. Yes!
It is learmless,_ and the beautiful results
will surprise you.
HAD BOILS
and PIMPLES
ON FACE AND BODY.
Boils and pimples are simply evidences
d bad blood that is circulating in the
system coming to the surface.
The only way to rid yourself of thee
painful and unsightly blood diseases
is to have your blood purified by Burdock
Blood- Bitters. It removes every par-
ticle of foul material from the blood, and
the skin. becomes clear and smooth, and
free from all eruptions.
Mr. Roy A. /Bovay, Trenton, Ont.,
writes:—"Two /years ago I was very
much troubled with boils and pimples
on my face and body. A friend advised
me to take Burdock Blood Bitters. I
it three bottles, and before I had
erehed the third one, my boils and
pimples had all 'disappeared, and my
face and body were as clear and as
smooth as any baby's could be."
Burdock Blood Bitters has been on the
market for over 40 years. You are not
experimenting when you buy it.
Manufactured only by The T. Mil-
burn Co., Limited, Toronto,
GIVE "SYRUP OF FIGS"
TO CONSTIPATED CHILD
Delicious tFruit Laxative" can't Warn,
tender little Stomach, Liver,
and Bowels.
dallibk at the tongue, idotheir f Ef
abated, your little one' tomach, liver
end bowels need cleansing at once.
When peevish, cross, listless, doesn't
sleep, eat or act naturally, or is fever-
ish, stomach our, breath bade las sore
threat, diarrheas, fall of cold, give a
teaspoonful of "California Syrup of
Figs, and in a few hours all the foul,
eonstipated waste, -undigested food and
sour bile gently moves out of its little
bowels without -griping, and you have a
well, playful child again. Ask your
elraggist for a. bottle of "California
Syrup of Pigs," which contains full
airectione for babies, childrea of all ages
and foe grown-ups,
$2000000
to lend on Farms, First, Second
Mortgages. Call or write me at
once and get your loan arranged
by return maiL No advance
charges.
B. R. REYNOLDS,
77 Victoria $t., Toronto.
Ilinliert SON STOMACH
FLOATING SPECKS
'71 BEFORE EYES
BOTH Milne BY
LAXA-LIVER PILLS,
They stimulate the sluggish liver,
clean the coated tongue, sweeten the
breath, clean away all waste and poison -
MB matter from the system, and prevent
as well as cure all sickness arising from
a disordered condition of the stomach,
liver and bowels.
Mrs. Joseph H. Therieau, Saulner-
ville' NS,, writes:—"I was troubled
ivithsour stomach,and took five vials
of Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills, and they
cured me.
My mot her also used them for floating
epeeke efore the eyes. They cured her
also p..ito. e having taker,: four vials. We
-teeth LigYy recommend them to , all
sufferort• from Jiver troubles."
M:theen's I eta -Liver Pills are 25c.
lePL' vial it 1k:ealers or mailed direct on
receipt of aria. by The T. Milburn Co.,
Lire ted , Toroo, Out. •
15`•*".••• -••,...E - 7
"oASCARETS'' WORK
WHILE you SLEEP
POr Sick Headache, -Sour Stoma')
Sluggish Liver and Bowels—
Take Cascarets tonighe,
ruffed Ilengue, Bad Taste, Iudiges-
tin, Sallow Skin and 3Atiserable Head-
aches come from a torpid, liver and
clogged bowels, whioh cause your stom-
ach to became filled with undigested
food, which sours and ferments like gar- 0
Inge in a will barrel. That's the lint e
step to untold misery—indigestion, foul
gases, bast breath, yellow skin, mental h
fears, everything that is horrible and b
nauseating. A Casea,ret "Lo -night will
give your constipated towels a thorough s
eleansing and "Straighten you out by
morning. They work while you sleep-- $
a 10 -cent hex from your druggist vill b
1-Letit 7-tA g0-94 19,t_ Wtittiti/- ; B
THE „ 111TRA)N
bY
Ererbert Jenkins
(Continu'ed from our last issue.)
r --
"You dirty meathed tyke," she cried,
working herself into a fury. "You
blasphemin' son of Belial, take that."
Crack came the handle ofthe broom
on the foreman's head. Without
waiting to observe the result, and
with a dexterous movement, she re-
versed her weapon, and charged the
foreman, taking him full in the mid-
dle with the broom itself. In re-
treating he stumpled over the coal -
scuttle, and sat down with a -sudderb
ness that made his, teeth rattle.
Bindle -watched the episode with
great interest. Never had he so ap-
proved Of Mrs. Bindle as at that
moment. Like a St. George threat-
ening the dragon she stood over the
foreman.
"Now then, will yer say it again?"
she enquired menacingly. There was
no response. "Say God forgive me,"
she ordered. "Say it," she insisted,
seeing relutance in the foreman's eye.
"Say it, or 'it yer on yer dirty
mouth with this yer broom. I'm a.
daughter of the Lord, I am. Are yer
goin' ter say it, or shall I change yer
face for yer?"
"God forgive me," rainnbled the
foreman, in a voice entirely devoid of
contrition.
Mrs. Bindle was satisfied. "Now
up yer get,, andorf yer go,"i she said.
"I won't 'it yer again if Yer don't
talk, but never you think to come a-
usin' such words in a Christian home
again."
The foreman sidled towards the door
warily. When he was within reach of
it he made a sudden dive and disap-
peared.
Bindle regarded his wife with ap-
proval as ,she returned frem banging
the door 'after him.
"I didn't know," he remarked, "that
they taught you that sort of thing at
chapel. I likes a religion that elts
yer do a bit in the knock -about busi-
ness. Can't ' understand you and
'Eatry belongin' to the same flock of
sheep- Rummy thing, religion," he
soliloquised, as he applied a match
to his pine; "stems to 'aye its Bank
'Olidays, same as work."
-
CHAPTER ITU
Bindle Commits an Indiscretion.
f"Anyone would think you was goin'
to his:niece, Millie, in every partici"-
Bindle ' aggressively..
"Not again; I et one little canary
bird; two might make me un'happy."
Bindle had remembered his promise
to his niece, Millit, in every particu-
lar, and had added as his own contri-
bution a twopenny cigar resplendent
in a particularly wde red -and -gold
band, which he had been careful not
to remove.
"Anything might 'appen to me in
this get-up," he remarked pleasant-
ly, "so don't expect me till I'm
'ome /7
"You never take me out," broke in
Mrs. Bindle stormily," but you can
• take that chit of a girl out first time
she asks." .
"You don't like the pictures, Mrs.
B., they ain't 'oly enough, an' some
of the young women in 'ern are a bit
generous like with showin' their an-
kles—but there, there" -
"You used to take me out before
we were marritd," replied Mrs. Bindle
ignoring Bindle's remark.
- Bindle looked at her curiously.
"Them was the days when yer was-
n't aboete gain' to a, music -'all. There
ain'L- ndwhere to take yer 'cept the
cheael, an' I don't enjoy it as you an'
Tarty do."
"Where do You expect to go?" de -
mended Mrs. Bindle angrily. She al-
ways became angry when mention
was made of the pleasures she once
enjoyed. "Where do you expect to
• e)
(-)
"-Well", remarked Bindle judicially,
"according to you an' Earety it's -
place where yer won't have to pay n�
water rates."
Mrs. Bindle sniffed derisively.
"Lake 'ere, my one an,' only," con -
tined Bindle, "I got to 've a pretty'
bad time in the next world, accordin'
to wot yon an' Ea.rty believes, so Pm-
goier to the pictures an' I'll 'ave a
drink or two in this. If I were as
sure of 'eaven as you an' Earty is,
maybe I'd be more careful."
Mrs. Bindle banged the iron she
was using down upon the rest, but
made no comment.
"Well, see you later, if Pm lucky,"
said Bindle, and he was gone.
He found Millie in a fever of ex-
pectation. She opened the door to
him herself, looking very pretty and
smart in her Sunday hat.
"I was so afraid you'd forget, un-
cle," she whispered, snuggling against
him as they walked along. "You look
nice," she added.
Bindle looked down at himself and
grinned.
"I pay for dressin'," he observed.
"The cigar was me own idea. It gives
a sort o' finish eh, Millikins?"
They walked past the Fulham
Grand Theatre, and at the Cinema
Palace on the Fulham side 'of the
• XPOSITOR
1 tle personalities, in which he indulged
when alone. -
"Do I yer like chapel, Millikins?"
Bindle e quired suddenly.
,
- "I hat it, Uncle -Jeer There was .
voice that Bindle turned and regared
MEER
such feeling and decision in Millie's
her curiosity. ,
ewhy t,
"I want to, be happy, oh! I do so
want tki be happy, Uncle Joe.", There
was almost a sob in Millie's voice
and her eeYs were Moist with unfilled
tears.
Bindle said nothing, but he pond
ed deep as they Walked slowly
long. When they saw the brill''
-lights of the Putney Pavilion, M
visibly brightened.
As theY. entered Millie looked eag
ly foundi and a sigh of contentm
escaped her as her eyes rested o
tall, palaffaced youth who stood sm
ing a cigarette. He raised his
about an inch from his head, squa
his elbowin the process as if salati
The action was awkward and sheep-
ish.
Bindle looked from the young man
to 'Millie, then remembering Millie's
distress at his suggestion of -going to
the other cineina, light dawns% upon
him. With elaborate courtesy, and to
the youth's obvious astonishment, he
returned the salute, then walking aa
cross seized his hand and shook it ef-
fusively. _
, "Millilqns, this is a young man I
,
used to know. but 'ave forgotten. 'E
remembers me, lowever, and that's all
that .matters. This is me niece Millie,"
he added to the youth who, staring in
utter beWilderment from Bindle to
Millie, stood with downcast head.
"Goin'
dle enqui
"Er—n
tered the
er-
erring relief to th‘s suffering with
illie Constipation, Tottisver, Indiges-
tion, Chronic He , Neuralgia
er- Kidney and 1314dair 0-ataks,
ent Rheumatism, Pain in the :Bach,
n a Eczema and other Skin Affections,
ok-
hat • is, beeause it is the! only medicine in
ring the World made froth fraitguites.
ng It is zomposed _the iedioiaal
principles ibund apples, oil anges,
her with the
antiseptics of
.60, trial size 25c.
At all dealers or sent postpaid
by Fruit-a-tives Maned. Ottawa.
DICINE
NIFRUIT
Eitiardinarrfaccess which
"F04 -flies" Has Addend
One reason why "Pruit-a-tives"
Is so eXtraerdilarilY liseasoul
n to see the pictures?" Bin -
ed casually.
r --yes, of course," stui-
youth.
"Nice ?venin' for pictures," con-
tinued Bi dle, thoroughly enjoying the the
situation.
Donzt yer think
he added,
Yes, vrY
as the youth did not reply.
• ;
"New You an' me's ole pals, but
I've quit& forgot your name. Is it
'Orace?" 1
"Dixon, 1 Charlie Dixon." A faint
smile flickered across the young man's
face as he caught Millie's eye. He
was beginning to realize that some-
where in this astonishing adventure
there wasi fun, and that Bindle had
been first to see it.
"Uncle, I want to speak to you
right, my
please." d;
voice was scare
iv nervo , but his grey eyes • looked
brows pueltered. The situation was
obviously beYond her.
face into hose -of Bindle.
eut hones1y from a rather pleasant
a shrewd 1jeidge of character, regard-
ed the yo ng man. He was obvious -
Suddenly he laughed. Millie look-
ed from One to -the other, her pretty
For sorne seconds Bindle, who was
dear, we'll go and buy
the tickett. • "You wait here, young
feller," he added. "We'll be back in
two tickat
When obt of earshot Millie whis-
pered shYlY) "That's Charlie Dixon,
and we—eye like each other, and Pin
—Pm a wicked girl, Uncle Joe. I told
him to be here and----"
• -."That's all right, Millikins, don't,
you Nvorry "•
Millie .gatte his, arm aneeestatie
squeeze at he left her to purchase
the tickets.
.• When Bindle and his niece rejoined
Charlie DiXdir Bindle's mind was. made
up. Be liked. 'the look of the young
man. He also remembered his own
youth and a glance at the happy fade
of his niece decided him upon his course
of action.
" 'Ow long 'aye yer known each
other?" he enquired.
"More than six months," replied
Charlie Dikon. .
"Seems a lifetreie, eh?" he grinned.
"I knew you'd understand, dear
Uncle Joe," whispered the now radiant
"Look" elt
e," said Bindel to Charlie
Ijest remembered I got o
see a mate round the corner. You
two go in wi' these tickets and I'll
follow in ten minutes. If I missed
yer, be 'ere in this 'allat ten sharp.
See?"
Th
botih saw, and exchanged rap-
turous glances.
"Mind, ten sharp, or get the
sack."
"Thank you, Mr. Bindle," said Char-
lie Dixon, raising his hat, to which
Bindle responded with an elaborate
seep that brought a smile to the
face of the attendant.
Just befere turning into Putney
High Street Bindle looked round to
-see Millie and Charlie Dixon in earnest
converse, -Walking slowly towards the
door leading in to tlae pictures—and
bliss.
Bindle Isighed involantaily. "I.
wender if I done right. Funny thing
• me playin' Coopid. Wonder wat Mrs.
B. and Tarty 'ud say. There's goin'
to be trouble, 3. B., and you're a-goin'
• to get yerself in an 'oly sort o' mess.
If it hadn't been for petticoats yer
Might a' been Mayor of Fulham or
Charlie Chaplin.
At a quarter to ten Bindle left a
merry group of intimates at the Scar-
let Horse, and a few minutes later
-Was waiting in the vestibule of the
Pavilin, where he was joined by the
lovers.
"f never knew Millikins was' such a
pretty gel," muttered Bindle as they
approaehed Then aloud. "Where'd
you two got to? I been searchin' ev-
erywhere.":
With a wealth of detail they ex-
plained exactly where they had been
sitting. •
"Funny 1 didn't see yer," remarked
ndle. "Now you two must say
od-night;' and", turning to the
uth, "if yer'll follow across the
dge slowly, maybe I'll see yer out-
side the Grand Theatre after I've tak-
en this young woman 'ome."
Millie was strangely silent as the
three ca. ssed Putney Bridge. She
was thin big of her new-found hap-
piness aid.: as she gripped Bindle's
arm with bath hands, she felt that he
represented i her special Providenee.
She could tell him anything, for he
understood. She would always tell
Uncle Joe everything.
Outside Fulham Theatre she said
good -night
, -night to Charlie Dixon.
You ain't said a word since I met
you, 4E1Hk-ins. Wot's up?" enquir-
ed Bindle, nuzzled at Millie's silence.
I've been wondering, Uncle Je," re-
plied the girl in a subdued voice.
"Wot about? Tell your ole uncle"
you do: 'Ie nibs looks a nice young
"I've been wondering why you are
so good to, me, and why you don't
Bi
go
yo
bridge Bindle paused.. 1 bri
"Not this one, the one over the
bridge," Millie cried anxiously.
"Further to walk for yer ole un-
cle."
"But—but---" faltered Millie Cher-
ie Chaplin'e at the other and I do
so want to see him."
"Charlie Chaplin's 'ere too, Milli-
kins. Look, it says so."
"Oh, uncle, please, please the other
ne." There were tears in Millie's
yes and her voice shook.
Bindle was puzzled; but to please
er he would have walked over many
ridges.
"Uncle, you are good," was all she
aid as she smiled at him happily.
They passed over the bridge in
ilente, watching the stream of trams,
uses and people. When with Millie,
incite -never ventured upon _those lit -
.11
figs and prunes,
'nerve tonics an
proven repute.
50c. a box, 6 for
think me a -wicked girl."
Then, turning to, him anxiously,
"You don't, Uncle Joe, do you?"
"Well, Mi1likins, there Ain't any -
think very wicked, s4 far as I can see,
in wantin' to be h ppy in the way
you do. 's nibs lo Irs a nice young
chap), an' if 'e a' 't 'e'll wish 'e'd
never seen your oe ulnae." Thera
was a grim note in pindle's voice, that
surprised his niece. .
"You don't think God minds us 'be-
ing happy that—that way, do you, -
Uncleloe ?" questioned Millie earnest-
ly.
1 -
"I'm sure 'E dont Millikins. 'E's
all for the 'appinesswot don't de no-
body any 'arm. Tlat, parson chap
told me, an' e was a dean or some -
think; an' e might to know."
Millie drew •-a sigh of relief. Then
her mood Suddenly *banged.
"Uncle let's run," .she cried; and
without waiting for the protest that
was forming itself oiaBindle's lips, she
caught him by the and and dashed
off. After a moment hestitation Bin-
dle entered into her Mood and the pair
tore up Fulham High Street, Millie
running obliquely in front, striving to
urge Bindle to ,a greater pace.
Just as they read the Hearty's
private d'oor, Mr. H rty himself em-
erged on his way ifri post a letter.
Millie running side ays , did not see
him. Bindle was uble to avoid the
inevitable collision, and Millie's elbow
took his father dead iff the centre of
his waistcoat and 'eve the breath
out of his body.
- "Oh, fattier!" c his horrified
daughter.,
"Millie!" gasped Mz Hearty when
he had regained sufncient breath for
speech.
"My fault, 'Earty. I likee a run
now and again; we was 'avin' a bit of
•a race. Millikins beats me in the mat-
ter of 166."
not
t legs,
agen.d4thYe. women haedind
Bindle's reference to those oftelninibshieli
daughter.
"I hope this will not occur again,"
he said severely. "I shall have to
stop these—these-----a" -Unable to
find the word, Mr. Hearty passed on
to the pillar -box. 1
Millie stood -watching him, horror
in her eyes.
"Oh, Uncle Joe, am I a very bad
girl? Father always makes me feel
SO wicked."
" 'E'd make an 'oly saint feel a bit
of a rip. You're just about as bad as
a first-class angel; but p'raps it 'ud
be better, not to 'old splits outside the
shop. Might get vie a bad name.
Now in ye o, young 'un, an' we'll
'ave anc4hef bust next Friday, eh?
I'll be seei nibs on me. way
'°1711"e.o"
God -night, dear Uncle Joe. I'm
glad you're my uncle." She put her
arms round his neck: and kissed him,
and Bindle experienced a curious sen-
sation in his throat.
"Gawd bless yer, Millikins," Bin-
dle mumbled in an unsteady voice, as
she tripped along the passage.
"Fancy me saying that!" he mut-
• tered, as he closed the door. "It kind
o' slipped. out."
A few yards down the High Street,
Bindle Met his brother-in-law return-
ing from the post.
"I'm sorry, 'Earty, about that col-
lision. It was all ity fault. I like
playin.' wi'kids." There was an un-
accustomed humility in Bindle'S
'voice, assumed for the purpose of
making things easier' for Millie, that
pleased Mr. Hearty.
"Millie is rie longer a child, Joseph,"
he remarked, "but we'll say no more
about it. I'm not hurt. Good -night."
He bared his yellow teeth in token of
forgiveness.
As he passed on, Bindle gazed up at
the skies meditatively. "I wonder if
Gawd really likes that sort?" he mur-
mured with a seriousness that was un-
usual to him.
Outside the theatre he foimd wait-
ing for him Charlie Dixon, who greet-
ed him with:
'Will you bring her again, Mr.
Bindle?"
"Ere, I ain't a nurse, young feller.
Nice mess you got me in. It's all
through you that Millikins nearly.
killed 'er father. Ran clean into 'im
and sort o' knocked the wind out of
'is bellows." Bindle told the story of
the collision with great gusto.
"Now," he continued, "you and me's
got to 'ave a talk, an' we'll 'ave a
glass 'of beer at the same time."
•Bindle learned the story of Millie's
romance. It appeared that she and
Charlie Dixon, who was in a shipping
office, went to the city by the same
train every morning, Millie being a
typist at a wholesale draper's. Young
Dixon had watched her week after
week ,and he eventually became ac-
quainted owing to a breakdown on the
line, which resulted in a correspond-
ing breakdown of the passengers' us-
ual reserve. After that they went up
regularly together, met at lunch, af-
ter business heurs and on every ,oc-
casion that Millie could possibly man-
age it. Once they had each obtain-
ed a half -holiday, which they had
spent at the Zoo.
Charlie Dixon's' frankness and ob-
vious devotion to Millie Hearty en-
tirely won Bindle's heart.
"You will help us, Mr. Bindle, won't
you?" he pleaded.
"Look 'ere, young feller," geld Bin-
dle, with an unusual note of serious-
ness in his voice, "I don't know no -
think about yer, an' before 'elps I
got to be sure wot I thinks yer are.
Now you jest get me a letter or two
from them as konws wot sort of a
villian yer are, an' then p'eaps
be the same sort of ole fool I been
to -night. See?"
They parted with mutual regard
and promises to meet again next Fri-
day, when Charlie Dixon was to bring
such documents as would vouch for
his respectability.
"Yes; I been an ole fool," mutter-
ed Bindle, as he walked home. "This
'ere business is goin' to lead to trou-
ble between me an"Earty. What a
pity people gets it as bad as 'Earty.
No man didn't ought to be religious
all the week. It ain't natural."
That night Bindle entered his
house whistling "Gospel bells" with
unaccustomed abandon.
"Been enjoyin' yerself, leavm' me
at 'orne to slave and get yer Meals
ready," maimed Mrs. Bindle. "One
o' these days You'll Come 'ome and
find me gone."
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" 'Oo's the _ man?" interrogated
Bindle -with a temerity that surprised
himself.•
That night Bindle lay awake for
eorne time thinking over life in gen-
eral and the events of the evening in
particular. He never could quite un-
derstand why he had been precipitated
into an atmosphere so foreign to his
nature as that sureounding Mrs. Bin-
dle and Mr. Hearty. He had striven
very hard to stem the tide of religious
gloom as it spread itself over Mrs.
Bindle. Unaware of the cause, he net
unnaturally selected the wrong meth -
Ods, which were those of endeavoring
to make her "cheer up." 1
"The idea of goin' to 'eaven seems
to make her low-spirited," was Bin-
dle's view.
Even Mrs. Bindle was not entirely
proof against his sallies, and there
were times when a reluctant smile
would momentarily relieve the grim
severity of her features. There were
'occasions even when they chatted
quite amiably, until the recollection
of Mr. Hearty; and, the mental com-
parison of his success with Bindle's
failure, threw her back into the slough
from which she had temporarily been
rescued.
"There must be somethink funny
about me," • Binde had once confided
to Mrs. Hearty. "My father was as
religious as a woman wi' one leg,
then 1 gets Lizzie an' she turns' away
from me an' `Mammon'—I don't right-
ly know 'oo 'e is, but she's always
talkin' about 'im—then you goes back
on me an' gives me a sort of brother-
in-law 'oo's as 'oly as ointment. You
ain't been a real pal, Martha, really
you ain't,"
• If -called upon to expound his phil-
osophy of life Bindle would have found
himself irx difficulties. He was a man
whose sympathies were quickly arous-
ed, and it never troubled him whether
the object of his charity were a heath-
en, a Christian, or Mormon. On
one occasion when a girl had been
turned out of doors at night by an
outraged father who, had discovered
hiee daughter's frailty, it was Bindle
who found her weeping convulsively 1
near Putney Pier. It was he who se-
cured her a night's 'lodging, and stood.
her friend throughout the troubled,'
weeks that followed, although it meant
neither beer nor tobacco for some
months.
shamed of," whereat Mr. ,Hearty ha
became very red and emarrassed.
ImeirmuolommilW•
CHAPTER VIIL
The Great Conspiraey.
At Harridge's Stores Bindle ha
made himself very popular with th
manager of the Furniture Removin
DoPartMent. Ilis cheery outlook on
life his racy speech and general
tr4twortltess resulted in his bein
freqUently entrtisted With lspecial job
where reliability was required.
When the order was received to sup
ply the refreshments for the Barto
Bridge Temperance Fete, Bindle wa
selected to go down to erect the mar
quee and stalls, and be generally re
sponsible for the safe transit of th
eatables and dtinkables.
"Yer '.an always trust hie wi' lem
onade and religion," he had assure
the manager. "I don't touch neithe
they sort 'of goes to me 'ead."
The Barton Bridge Temperance So
ciety had determined to ce/ebrate th
twenty-fifth anniversary of t - founda
tion in a manner that should attzac
to it the attention of the temperanc
1 world. After much deliberation an
heartburning an English Rusic Pa
had been decided upon.
The whole of the surrounding co
try had been put under centributio
and everyone had responded eithe
with generosity '.or with scorn. 01
Sir John Bilder, of Bilder's Entir
had replied with ponderous huino
that he "would supply all the ale r
quired." When he received a reque
for three gross of pint bottles of
particular kind of temperance ale h
had been surprised. "Well, I'm dam
ed!" was his comment; but being
sportsman he had eent the ale, whic
he regarded as a fair price for a go
, story. ,
Barton Bridge was proud of •1
Temperance Society, but prouder still
of its breadth of mind. It had been la
tradition for a quarter of a century
that the Society should be non-sec-
tarian. It is no:thing to the discredit
of BartiM Bridge that the Ternp r-
anee Society was the only thing in e
place -that had not been warped fr m
its orbit by sect. ) I
• For a churchman to be discoveted
eating bread of Mr. Lacey's bakitig,
Mr. Lacey being ' a nonconformist,
would have meant social ostractsm.
He must, by virtue, of his beliefs,
masticate none but bread kneaded and
baked by Mr. Carter, the church baker.
Ae one-time vicar had Sought to de-
molish this "ridiculous wall of pred-
judice" by dealing alternately with
church and chapel tradesmen. There
had been no protest from thechapel
'
people but the indignation of •the
churchtradesman had been so great
and their ebsence from service so per-
sistent, that the vicar had been forced
to give. Toleranee was a4 ac-
quired habit rather than an ins ;act-
ive , virtue in Barton Bridge, an the
temperance meetings were s lenni
minglings of bodies accompanied by a
w'arrina of souls.
ri A witty Frenchman had said 'that,
t "In order to preserve the purity of
ted the. Contireental, eneursime." It is
t his honie life, the Englishman iavent-
a cynicism; but -at least it showl how
ear tradition is to the Engli an's
heart. -It was this same spirit o tra-
dition hat raised above the str fe of
sect the Barton Bridge Tempe ance
Society. The
question of the doctor was an-
other instance of the effect of traIitiort
upon what, at first glane,e, might ap-
pear to be a grave problem. here
was not room for two doctors at Bar-
ton Bridge, and no doctor could reas-
onably be expected to -be a bi-reli ion-
ist. It therefore became the ace pted
thing that the Barton Bridge ci dor
should attend neither church nor thap-
el; but it was incumbent upon him to
become a member of the Tempetance
So'he
criety.catering for the TeMpetance
Fete had at first presented a se ious
difficulty, and at one time had even
threatened to divide the eamp. ¶ The
church party recoiled in horror rone
the thought of eating nonconforfmist
sandwiches; whilst if the lemo ade
were of church manufacture it would
mean that scores of dissenters von1d
have a thirsty afternoon.
On one occasion a mate had been ill,
and it was Bindle who each week col-
lected what pence he could from his
fellow -workmen and made ut) from his
own pocket the amount necessary to
keep the man, his wife and child. To
do this he had done work as a white-
washer and laborer, never working less
than one whole night a week in addi-
tion to his regular occupation, until
his mate was well again.
No one knew of these little acts,
which Bindle kept profound secrets.
He would have felt ashamed had they
become known, more particularly had
Mrs. Bindle or Mr. Hearty heard of
them.
Once he had remarked, apropos
some remark of Mr. Hearty'sregard-
g what p• would e
Heaven's attitude towards spme -unfor-
tunate wretch who had stolen food for
his wife, "1 shouldn'a, like to 'ave a 1
Gawd I'd sometimes • 'ave to feel a -
(To be Continued Next Weekl)
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