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The Huron Expositor, 1918-07-19, Page 719, MSc atchword „Tor your money. ) the pound than Len you have that 0448 m last, bought six hogs from t•he ef, Thomas McGlynn, a farmer rick township, and gave in degye Li cheque of Charles C. Munro, =hamfor whom he was buying ers. When Memrots cheque was teed there were no funds, and subsequently made an assign - 'McGlynn entered action against e, and although the defendant • el the plea that he was simply its agent in the transaction, Lent was given against him for nount involved, $200.10, and the '.esidents of Brussels locality greatly surprised to lean. of the of William T Bowman, a life-. reeident of the Srd line of ltior- wnship which occured on Thurs- vening. He -had only been ill a time and the physieiares were e to ascertain what th k trouble He was in his 50th yehre and -; a widow and three ehildrene s Bowman, M.P., is a brqthete funeral took place to Brussels :-.ery on Saturdau afternoom lix young men who are employed i_ng sugar beets near Beim:einem seed before Magistrate Reed at Heil. on Friday night, charged et -eating, frem, mad doing damage Orange Hall at that place. They a waritipg, and were ordered L r the costs of the court and the .ge ee the hall, amounting to 4. d. quiet but very petty wedding place in the Trivitt Meinorial eh at Exeter, on Saturday morn - of last week, , when, Miss• Mary a. second daughter of Mr W. T. Acheson, of the Central 1, was united in marriage to Mr. eh Orval -Landry of Peterboro, A. A. Trumper, performing the nony. The young couple took the ling train for London and other :s to spend a short honeymoon bride is well and favorably known, xeter, having lived there all her and her winsome and sunny ; have made her many warm tds who will extend her hear* eatulations, and wish her a long happy married life. BINDLE Contipued from page seven Ureter -spout!' cried Mr. Male. that red-headed carlin wit the ith a yell of rage he sprang to .'..eet and dashed at Saunders. Lady b-Kerrick screamed, Dr. Little ut- d a plaintiff little "Dear Mer riders stood as if petrified, cling - irresolutely to the hose. He was man and strong, but the terere o sight of the minister bearing Yt u -pen him with murder in hid t clearly unnerved him. Releasing - hold of the hose he incontinently ed. For a moment the force of water -caused the hose to rear it$ 1 like a snake preparing to strike, after a moment's hestitation it :efulle descended, and dischlarged stream full in the chest of Dr. he, echo sat clown upon the grass a .sob of surprise. nFien yell had attracted to him an Mt -darning crowd. =Led the hose on me," he ex - thickly. "Me Andrew IldeFie eueeinlech." Suddenly catching ;.f the retreating form a Lady -Kerrick. he yelled, "It's all her the old sinner." th a whoop he sprang after Lady Hirer -rick, who at that moment thsappearing round the canvas rt seeking her carriage. The crowd . wed ,and some bethought themf the hose. r-• Knob-Kerrick was just IIL aet of getting into leer carriage Ui the jet of -water from the hose te. her in the small of the back and L. -ally washed her into her seat as, }ment later, it washed her coach- - off his. The horses reared and /pied; but McFie and Bindle rushed reir heads. Several men busied useives with undoing the traces, frightened animals were freed. a the --ode, and a cut from the whip e. and footman to take their inis- leiert to send them clattering down read. initerto Bindle had been by tacit <emit the leading spirit; but now the e Andrew McFie assumed the man - M authority. Ordering the eoach- it end footman to take tehir mis- 5:7 home. he caused the carriage te erawn into the meadow and placed ma. the eateway, thus forming a Treacle. This done, he mounted up - ire= box and harrangued the throng} mkernuts and the balls used at ;hies, together with the Aunt SOY tree were collected and piled up near '.'ate, and every preparation made del the- meadow against all comers. :the succeeded in working his bear - state of religioue I-reit/1- de eanced and sang like mad crea- -, ate and drank all that was left erovisions and lemopade, made • of the stalls and tables; in - turned Lady Knob-Kerrick's . into a very reasonable repre- ,tien. of an inferno. reee. a-goin' to be trouble over, 'ere little arternoon's doin's, &red Bindle to himself, as lie I through a hole in the hedge, -male his way towards Barton dee, whither he had already been ,aeted by a number a the more Per spirits. "The cops '11 be 'ere lore - or I don't know my own 'tiler r.( re be Continued. Next Week). JULY 19i9 tegidi.beeesiory.embl...10. G RLS! LEMON JUICE IS A SKIN WHITENER ow to make a creamy beauty lotion for a few cents. The juice of two finai lemma strained Into a bottle containing three ounces of orchard white makes a whole quarter pint of the most remarkable lemoneskin beautifier at about the cast one muet pay for a small jar of the ordinary cold creams. Care should be taken'to strain the lemon juice through •a fine cloth see no lemon pulp gets ha then this lotion- -will keep fresh for - nionths. Every woman knows that lemon juioe is used to bleach and remove such blemishes as freckles, sallowness and Len. and is the ideal skin softener, whitener and beautifier. • Just try iti Get three ounces of orchard white at any drug store and two lemons from the grocer and make up a miarter pint of this sweetly fragrant • lemon lotion and massage it !daily into the face, neck, arms and hands, HAD TO GO TO BED KIDNEYS SO BAD COULD NOT STAND STRAIGHT. Women should not despair even if they are troubled with severe pains he the side ortback, and not able to attend to their household duties. 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Mil- burn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. 10 CENT "CASCARETS" FOR LIVER AND BOWELS • = Cute Sick Headache, Constipation; Biliousness, Sour Stomach, Bad la/teeth—Candy Cathartic.. e te o bctds how bad your liven stomach or bowels; how much your bead aches, how miserable you are from constime- tigit, indigestion, biliousness and slug- gish howels--you always get relief with Casearets. They immediately cleanse lunt regulate the stomach, remove the Flour, fennentine food and foul psee; Ulm the excess bile from the liver and taltu off the constipatecl waste matter ,alld poison. from . the intestines and towels. A 10 -cent box from your druid gift will keep your liver and bowels °tall; stomach sweet mad. headdclear for itteitha They work while you sleep. T E R N EXPOSiTOR emaseesaaameeeameemeomeaftemeasoaaaa. ain't for Mechlin' babes, though Petty strong" * "Yes; you said you had lemonade , for the Teinperance Fete hi there, did- n't you?" enquired Little. i "Well, not exactly, sir,. It' a got • to be watered down, see? Ther'll be about fifty gallons, 'sides bottled stuff, "Are you open to earn a sover- eign?" asked Little. 'Well, sir, it's funny you should arst that, Jest 'fore I came away from tome this morning my missies told rae the Income Tax paper 'ad, come in. That ole Lloyd George is fairly messint up my estates. Yes, 1 ddiett mind if I do." At this intement the driver put his head in. at the door' and muttered something about getting on. "' 'Ail a mot, ole son , " responded Bindle; then turning to Little fadded with a grin, "1 makes it a rule never limited company), could not be expect- to keep me 'orses waitirr, mister; the ed to have religious donvictions. Thus coachman gets so cross." is was that 'the order went to Ham When Mr. Cutts returned to the bar ridge's Stores. he saw Dick Little in deep converse- • by Iterbert Jenkins ‘81•11111111111 , (Continued from - 0** last issue.) ' The problem. had been Solved by Lady Knob Kerrick, who insisted that the order should be. -placed with - a London firm of caterers, which as a . .. 1.1 i.1 By eight o'clock on the morning of the Pete a pantechnieon was .lumber- ing its undainly way- along the Ports- mouth Road. Bindle -sat meditatively on the tail -board, smoking and obe viously bored. With the wholesonie contempt of an incorrigible cockney he contemplated the landscape. . "'Edges, trees, an' fields, an' a mile to walk for a. drink. Not me," he muttered, relighting his pipe with sole board sat Bindle, a metamorphosed 6 teen with Bindle, which surprised him. ,}le saw Bindle's face irradiating joy and heard him remark: "'Old me, somebody, told me, I say! You jest leaveeit to me, sir." • Presently they both went out. A moment later the pantechnicon rum- bled off, leaving Mr. Cutts still wen- dering. The pantechnicon lumbered towards. the meadow adjoining Kerrick Castle, which had been placed at the disposal of the cornmitttee of the Temperance Society by its owner. On the tail - mem gravity. . All the morning's gloom h ad As the pandechnicon rtunbled its Irani hed from his features, giving •s • pbnderous way through hamlet and, place to a joy not entirely due to the 'village, Bindle lightly tossed a few partial quenching of a persistent pleasantries to the rustics who stood thirst. aside to gaze at 'what, to them, cons- Dick Little walked slowly home to tituted an incident in the day's mon- an early lunch. He had many old otony of motor -cars and dust. scores to settle with Barton Bridge, The morning advanced, and Bindle and he realized that there was an ex- cellent grew enore direct in his criticsms on hnd contempt for the becolic life. At ;est out of sheer loneliness be climbed up besicie thc drivr. "•- " hOwd 'Jr like to live 'ere, ole sem," he enquired pleasantly, as they ap proached a tiny hamlet where a w man, a child. aned some ducks an chickens eeemed-to be the only living inhabitants. "All right with a bit o' land," re- sponded the driver, loaking about him appreciatively. Bindle gazed at his colleague curious- ly, then, feeling that they had noth- ;en m common regarding the country- idde continued: "Fenny -thing you an' me comin' to a temperance fete." Then regard- ing the di iver's face. critically, he 'Proceeded : " 'Ope you've. got yr van- wi' yer. You'll want to pow- der that nose o' yours 'f the Tmlies come. Course it's indigestion', only they mgihtn't believe it." The driver grunted. "Fancy," continued Bindle, " to 'mil about chairs and make up tab - 'ea a day like this, an,' on 'lemonade too. Can't yer see it, mate, in glass hoetles wi' lemons ;nuck in the tops and no forth. Ihe driver grumblid in his throat. Tee start had been an early one and he was dry, despite serteral ineffect- ual attempts to allay his thirst at wayside inns. It was nearly eleven o'clock before a sprinkling of houses warned them that they were approaching Barton Bridge. Soon the pantchnicon was waking echoes in the drowsy old igh street. Half -way along what s practically the only thoroughfare tends the Pack Horse, outside which he driver instiactively pulled up, and e and Bindle clambered down and en- ered, ostensibly to enquire the way to he Fete ground. - Behind the bar stood Mr. Cutts, earing the inevitable red knitted cap thout which no one had ever seen iin during business hours. He was ngaged conversation with Dick ittle, the doctor's son, and by com- on consent the black sheep of Barton ridge. The subject of their talk was mperace. He , showed no particular clination to come forward, and Bin - e was extremely thirsty. After regarding the eed cap? for a oment Bindle approached the land- ed. "No offense, your 'Oliness! Sorry to a noosance, but can yer tell me here the Temperance Fete is to 'eld? e anh my mate is delegates come all e way from London. No; yeue '01i - ss is wrong, it's indigestion. That se of 'is alwage takes a lo e of ex- ainint" Mr. Cutts flushed a deep purple at e reference to his cap. He wore it hide his baldness, and was ex- ernely sensitive. Dick Little laugh - outright. It was he who answer - Bindle. "Half a mile up, and down the ave - e of poplars." " D' yer 'ear, mate?" Bindle turn - to the driver. "D' yer know a plaa when yer see it? Same for e." The last remark referred to e driver's orders for a pint of Ale. fter finishing his draught the driver ent out to see to the watering of his rses, whilst Mr. Cutts, having cast Bindle a look which he conceived to of withering scorn, retired to his rime "Seem to 'aye 'urt Old Bung's feel- s," Bindle remarked genially to tic Little. 4r17011 said you were going to the mperan.ce Fete?" revelry in. a way that attracted to -dies; we're carryin' along the buns him the attention of many members ngwidges, cakes, an' lemonade, like- of the organizing conimittee. se tents and things." "An extemely droll fellow, quite,. a "Like a drink?" enquired Little. • valuable addition to our attendants." "Well! grinned Bindle judicially, as surveyed his empty glass, "it would y the dust a bit; provided," he add - with mock gravity, "it ain't a split da. Never could digest split sodas. lieree 'ciliness ?" enquired, oking around, "Never mind him" responded Lit- , taking a flask from his pocket, 'dash the glass out." Bindle did so, and threw the water a delicate line upon the floor. Lit - emptied the greater part of the ntents of .the flask into the glass Id before him. With happy look a 11 wi te in itt lo be th ne no PI th to tr ed ed nu ed po th A ho at be pa in' Di Te sa wi he .a ed 50 ile ,v itt tI e CO chance of a balance being struck that afternoon. His one anxiety- was lest his father should be involved. Between Dr, Lit- tle and his two sons Dick and Tone • there was little in common 'save a great bond of affection, Dr. Little was serious minded, inclined to be fussy, bbut of generous nature and a genie! disposition that gained for him the regard of all his patients. His son Dick was a rollicking dandy, an -inveterate eractical joker, and the leader of every mischievous escapade \at St. Timothy's Hospital, known ea "Tim's" where he enjoyed an all-round popularity. By half -past one o'clock everything was 'ready for the Temperance Fete. The large marquee had been erected, the chairs and tables had been dotted about the meadow. Rustic stalls, gay with greeliery and bunting, invited the visitor to • refresh himself. In the centre of a roped -off space stood a gaily beribboned maypole. A "cockernut shy-," a Punch -and - Judy Show, and the old English game of Aunt Sally were some of the di- veisions 'provided. There was also to be Merris dancing, the dancers hav- ing been. trained by MiSS Slocum, the dicer's' clanghter, aided, for reasoris of policy rather than individual prow- ess, by Miss McFie, the sister of the • Congregational minister. The , girl • attendants in their gaily coloured dresses and sun -bonnets, and the men in smock -frocks and large straw hats, added pictueesqueness to the scene. • Bindle's activity had been prodiget ious. With the ease of a man who is • thoroughly conversant with his sub- ject, he had taken charge of the drink departexnnt. The lemonade had been distributed to the various stalls and. the right amount of -water added, ac- cording to the directions upon, each cask. Ever n drop of water had been fetched under the supervision of Bin- dle himself. On arriving at the Fete ground Bin- . dle had gone direct to a corner of the meadow and brought forth half a doz- en stone jars, each capable of holding about two gallons. The contents of these he had carefully poured into the casks containing the nucleus !of the lemonade. These sarne jars had been subsequently used for fetching water with which to weaken the lemonade. Finally they had been stowed away in the far end of the pantechnicon. Bindle stood out in strong relief from the other workers, both on ac- count of his costume and personality. He wore the green baize apron of his class. On his head was the inevit- able cricket cap. His face had taken on the same hue as his nose, and the smile that irradiated his features transcended in its joyous abandon. the smiles. of all the others. For every- one he had a merry word. In the short sPace of two hours he had a- chieved an astonishing popularity. BY three o'clock the Pete was in full siving.• Every stable in Barton Bridge was and the High street present- ed a -curious appearance, with its rows of horseless carriages,' carts, and traps. The coach -houses and avail- able sheds had all been utilized to give shelter to the scores of horses. The members of the committee, wear- ing big dark -blue rosettes, smiled largely their satisfaction. They knew that reporters were present from The Blue Ribbon News and The Pure Water World. Bindle had entered into the spirit of the vicar remarked to the RevaAndrew McFie the young Congregational pas- tor, as they stood surveying the scene. d"An admeerable man, Meester Slo- clan," the cautious Scot had replied. "I have •no wish to be uncharitable, but I meestrust his nose." Entirely unconscious that he was a subject of conversation between the two shepherds of Barton Bridge, Bin- dle was standing behind a refresh- ment stall that he had appropriated to himself, surrounded by an amused crowd of revellers, He was discoursing upon the virtues in his eyes Bindle took a short drink, of lemonade upon a hot day. "Give tasted the liquid critically, looked at 'er a drink, sir," he called to one sheep - "Little. then with a puzzled expression. ish-loking rustic, who stood grasping 6 M ptied the glass at the second at- in his the hand of a lumpy, red-faced em p girl. "Give 'e r adrink, sir, do, or "Wot jer call -it, sir'? It's new to she'll faint. 'Er tongue's almost -me," he remarked, as he replaced his 'anging out as it is. Be a sport. No glass upon the counter. miss, it's no use your looking at me; "It hasn't got a name yet. I make my wife won't let me." it myself. It's not bad, eh?" i As they took their first sip Of the "It beats all Ihre ever tasted, sir. much -praised lemonade, many 'looked • , FRIENDS THOUGH E WED DIE f•FRUITedk-TridEStf Conquered DeepeipelamOiel 'teetered Hie Health. iMR. ROBERT NEWTON. '; Littler Bras d'Or, "I was a terrible sufferer om bysfiefisia and ConSlipalion for y ars. I had pain after eating, belching gas, • cqns tent headaches, and did not eep well at night. I lost so much. w ight --- going from 18,5 'Pounds to 1A6 pounds—that I became alarmed aed saw several doctors who, however, did me no good. F'inally, a friend told me to try•• 'Fruil-a-tives'. In a Week, there was improvement. The constipation was corrected ; and soon was free of,pain, headaches d •that miseeaBle feeling that an accompanies Dyspepsia. I continued .to take this splendid fruit medicine and. now I am - welde strong and !vigorous". ROBERT NEWTON. 50c. a box, 6 for $2.56, trial size 25°. At all dealers or sent postpaid on receipt of. price by Pruit-a-tives Limited, Ottawa. onantillow•rielmmins wonderingly at Bindle. There was about it an unaccustomed something that they Could not quite analyse or describe. Whatever it was, it was pleasant to taste, :lied it gave them courage. Eyes that had - previously been sheepish became merry-, almost bold. The prospect of jay seemed nearer. ° The fame of the lemonade soon spread. The fringes abput the stalls deepened. The air becanie bright with shouts and laughter. A 'spirit of wild ranelny was a- broad. The cockernut-shy was the • centre of an uproarious throng. Balls were bought and flung with sach wild- ness that none dared- taereplace the cockernuts that had been knocked off, or to fetch what by rights was his owllifir.prSolpoceurtmy. and Mr. Me ie strolled round the grounds, Sedately benigni • They, the represehtatilft of' le Higher • Power, must of necessitY, keep aloof from such pleasures, even temperance. pleasures; still they were glad to see • about them evidences of such Simple and wholesome gaiety. ed a considerable groun of y g Peo- With measured steps they ;roach- ple who were laughing and shouting so boisterously.. When. -within about twenty yards of the crowd A suddenly opened out. "It's a race, sir," shouted someone, and they smilingly stood aside to see the sport. A moment' after their smiles froze tenon their faces and gave place to a look of wonder and of hor- ror. It was indeed a /tee; but such a race! Coming towards them were five youths, each bearing, pickea-back fashin, a girl. There was an exhibi- tion of feminine frilleries that caused the reverend gentleman to gasp, to look at each other Quickly and then turn hurriedly aside. When just op- posite to where they stood, one couple came to the ground and the pair fol- lowing immediately behind fell over the ethers. Mr. McFie blushed, and Mr. Slocum, remembering his compan- ion's youth, gripped him by the arm and hurried him away with a mutter- ed, "Dreadful, dreadful!" No other word was spoken until they reached the refreshment -stall over which Bindle presided, and then the vicar once more ,murmured, "Dread- ful." , "Have you any tea?" enquired Mr. McFie, more from desire to say some- thing than a feeling of thirst. "No, sir," responded Bindle, "tea's over there, sir. Try the lemonade, sir; it's A .L It'll pull yer together, sir. D try it, sir." Bindle added ea- gerly. "You look tot and tired, sir. It'll do yer good." The two pastors looked curiously at Bindle, but accepted each without com- ment a glass. of lemonade. They put it to their lips, tasted it, looked at each other and then drank greedily. "Another sir?" enquired Bindle of the vicar when he had finished his glass. "Er . . . no," murmured Mr. Slo- elfin; but Bindle had already refilled - his glass and was doinit Et like service for Mr. McFite. When they left the stall it was arm -in -arm, and Mr. Mc - Fie directed his steps to the spt where, a new minutes previously, he had re- ceiyed so severe a shock; but the sport was over and the crowd had dispersed. CHAPTER IX The Temperance Fete. When Lady Kraib-Kerriek drove 1 round to the Fete groundshe was sur- prised to find the gate open and un- attended, but rendered speechless with astonishment at the noise that assail- ed her ears. At first she thought there had been an accident; but in the medley of hoarse shouts and shrill screams she clearly distinguished the sound of laughter. Shmtuened to Miss Isabel Stria, her companion, whom she always persisted in treating ae she ' would not have dared to treat her maid. Miss Strint elevated her eye- brows and assumed a look that was intended to be purely tentative, cap- able of being developed into either horror or amusement-. , "People say it takes beer to make the lower classes gay," remarked her , ladyship grimly. "Pm sure .they couldn't make nem 'noise if they were intoxicated," r sponded Miss Strint, developing" th tentative look into one of amused to erance. "Strint, you're a fool!" reraarke Lady Knob-Kerrick. Mise Strint subsided. Lady Knob-Kerrick looked nun her disapprovingly. She was annoye 'that no one should be there to wel come her. •- "Strint, see if you can find Mr. Sloeum. and Mr. McFie, and tell them am here.' Then to the footman, "Thoinas, come with me." At that moment Dick Little came towards the small group. "How d'you do, Lady Kerrick?" h smiled eaeily. - "Delightful to be th 'feint to welcome the Lady Of th Feast.. May I get you some refresh Inento?u" "Ymay not," was the ungraciou response. Lady: Knob-Kerrick disliked both Little and his well-bred manner. She -was acustoined to deference and ser vility. 'She also disapproved of wha she conceived to be her dauiliter Eth- el's interest in the doctor's eon, and for that reason had not brought her to the Fete. With a smile and a lifting of his hat, Little pdssed on in the direction of Barton Bridge. Just as Lady Knob-Kerrick was pre,. paring to descend from her carriage, a girl with a flushed face darted round the canvas screen that had been erect- ed inside the gate. A moment after a rean followed, coatless, hatless ,and flushed. He caught her, lifted her in his arms and carried her back laugh- ing and screaming. _Neither had seen the carriage or its occupants. Toel, the coachman, looked pnly as a well- trained -man-servant edan look, wood- en; but Thomas grinned and was with- ered* by his mistress' ls eye. The man who had pursued and who had caught the girl was Mr. Marsh, the people's churchwarden, a widower with grown-up daughters. °With an air of stern determination Lady KnoliKerrick descended /rom her carriage, marching boldly ar'Sftd the screen.% Never had she beheld such a scenei She did not faint, she did not cry i out, she grimly stood and watched. - Bindle had relinquished his re- freshment stall to assume the direc- tion of the revels. All seemed to look to him for inspiration. The dingy cricket cap was to be seen bobbing about everywhere, his grin of enjoy- ment was ail -embracing. He it was who, set the Morris dancers going and and picked them up when they fell. He it was who explained to Miss Slocum who hitherto had refreshed herself with tea, that their inability to keep haneatu.pright position was due to the - "It's the 'eat, Miss, 'as a wonderful effect. Look at 'er now." He indicat- ed to Miss Slocum's horror-stricken gaze the form of Miss McFie, who was sitting on the ground, hat awry, 1 singing quietly to herself. It was Bindle, too, who fetched for Miss Slocum' a glass of lemonade, af- ter which she seemed to see more with -the others.- • ' — • • 'The maypole dance was in full progress when Lady Knob-Kerrick en- tered the meadow. Youths and girls, • men and women staggered unsteadily .round the gaily decorated scaffold -pole that had been lent by Mr. Ash, the builder. Lady Knob-Kerrick distin- guished many of her tenants among the fringe of stumbling humanity, and two of her own domestics. The _principal object of the men dancers seemed to be to kiss each girl as she passed, and that of the girls to appear to try to avoid the caress withoht actually doing so. The dance ended prematurely, there being none of the dancers any longer capable of preserving an upright position. A little to the right of the maypole Lady Knob-Kerrick beheld the Rev. Andrew McFie, who was endeavoring to give a representation of his native sword -dance to an enthusiastic group of admirers. On his head was a pink sun -bonnet round his/ waist, to re- present a. kilt, was tied a girl's jacket, His trousers were tucked up above his knee. On the ground sat a girl pro- ducing, by the simple process of hold- ing her nose and tapping her throat, strange piercing noises intended to re- present the -bagpipes. -0 In another part of the meadow Mr. e- Grint, th 'chapel butcher, and an e elder of irreproachable respectability, I- was endeavoring to instruct a number of girls in the mtrieacies of a guar- d rine, which, as he informed them, he had once seen danced in Paris. It was this exhibition of sharaeless a- d bandon :that decided Lady Knob -Ker - d rick upon immediate action. - "Strint," she talkd, looking about for her corapanion, "Strint" But Miss Strint was. at that moment the centre of a circle of laughing, solut- ing, and shrieking men and women, hesitating in her choice. of the man she should kiss. "Thomas!" e "Yes, vilady," replied Thomas, his e eyes fixed intently upon a group of e youths and girls who were performing a species of exalted barn dance. "Fetch Saunders and Smith; tell s them to fix the fire -hose to the hy- drant nearest the meadow, and con- nect as many lengths as are necess- ary to reach were I am standing. - Quick!"VL The lea word was uttered in a tone that caused Thomas to wrench his eyes away from the dancers as if he had been caught in the act of some im- propriety. "Yes, rialady," and he reluctantly left the scene of festivity, full of envy and self-pity. As Thomas disappeared round one side of the canvas screen, Dr. Little bustled round the other. He had been detained by an important patient who lived ten miles away. When his eyes beheld the scene before him, he stop- ped as if he had been shot. He look- ed about in a dazed fashion. Then he closed his eyes and looked'again. Fin- ally he saw Lady Knob-Kerrick, and hurried across to her. "Dear me, dear me!" he fussed. "Whatever does this mean? Is ev- erybodymad?" - "Either that or intoxicated, doctor. I'm not a medical man. I've sent for my fire -hose." There was a note of grim malevolence in Lady Knob-Ker- rick's voice. "Your fire -hose? don't under- stand!" The doctor removed his pane- -ma and ,mopped his forehead with a large handkerchief. "You will, when it comes," was the reply. • "Dear me, dear me!" broke out the alarmed doctor; "but surely you're "1 am," interrupted Lady Knob -Ker - rick. "I most certainly am. It's my meadow." "Dear me! 1 must enquire into. this. Dear mei" And the. doctor trotted off in the direction of the may- pole. The first object he encountered was the prostrate form -of the vicar, who lay under the shade of a refresh- ment stall,. breathing- heavily. The doctor shook him. "Slocum!" he called, "Slocum!" . "Goo' fellow the'," was the mumbled response. "Make himiny curate. Go 'way." "Good G'od!" ejaculated the doctor. "Re's drunk. They're all drunk. What a scandal." He sat down b to think. He was stiumed. Eventu- ally fioni his torpor lie was aro of 'despair by a carelessly flung cok- ernut hitting him sharply on. the el - round quickly to ad- nt. At that moment bow. He looked monish the culp he caught sight of the Rev. Andrew McFie arm -in -arm with Mr Wace, the iden vicar's churchwa top of their voices, "W singing at the hots your Lady McFie's contribution Friend?" Mr. was limited to a vigorous but timeless drone. He was obviously unacquaint- ed with either th s to be convivial. He nself into a rather f dance. Mr. Wace to know only about song, and even ha thiae melody or -the Words, but was anxious also threw hii unsteady sort o himaelf seemed two lines of the there were gaps. eside the vicar trying "Shisssssssssasssh!" The two roys- terere were on their backs gasping and choking beneath a deluge of wat- er. Lady Knob-Kerrick's hose had arrived, and hi the steady hands of Saunders, the head -gardener, seemed likely to bring the Temperance Fete to a dramatic conclusion. 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