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The Huron Expositor, 1918-08-02, Page 7UST 2, /018 1On 1 &tdens Try a Packet To Day euperorts relations, but would them to death in a specially ei manner. was a Caucasian officer rtamed .olikane, charged -with keeping ird over the Grand Duke's family, rording to the correspondent, wile ed their lives, In order to divert spicicin he first treated the family 7h exceptional severity, ,and sec- eded in having their execation tiponed until at last German troops eived. is ratherenteresting to note that auembwrs of the Itomanoff family le are liberal in their views recog- iie the weakness of the tete °mei d Duke Michael- has hiraselt mentioned as a possible ram- -h for 'Russia, if that country weer mesa constitutional monarchy.. k great admiration for British in- itutions made him appear an ae- otible Czar after the abdication ef :ar Nicholas, but he refused to ae- et the offer, then, probably fore-- eing the extreme incidents of the volution that were bound to fel- wi Whatever reaction may come ter on, it new appeaes practically- tain that Russia wit never become autocracy again, and the Grand eke Michael evidently belfeves that h is the fact, Russia Is Starting. leer. Joseph Clare, for five years Letor of the British -American Con- -egational Ciurah in Petrograd, has ;et arrived in. New York city. He Lid he was returning "for obvious :aeons." -Russia to -day is starving," be Lid. "Not because of lack of trans- Irtation facilities, but because the •-iopie are not raising foodstuffs. Tkis • due to the prevailing anarchy hich is opposed to any productive erk. -Last Cbristmas I had dinner witk x friends. We had a 12 -pound tire ey and ft cost us $37. We extrava- entry beught a pound of eugarepay- ig $1a.50. Thi e is a fair example L the high cost of living in Russia. The general (net of the people Le riall birds. There is almost no teed. The weekly ration per person may 2 te ounces. "If a commission similar to the .00t commission could be sent to, ...kaki now, I believe it could do ef- -- -neve work in helping the Russian tople to get on their feet. Where tr. Root's commission was there,. L'..)Ishevist movement was grow-. ag and it was impossible to accont.... iish any constructive work." trying Precious Metals. ie net generally known that the Wited Suit; s mint will buy precious in lots of $100 or more, but 'ch is the fact. A report tuet issued lows that the Philadelpina mint has ?deiced jewellery and other articles athered in melting pots into bullion alued at Tigers of Insect World. Probably no other insect has been he subject of so many and wide- pread legends and superstitut4o21s • the, common, "praying mantis," lanti4relegiosa. The ancient Greek's d it with supernatural pow -- re; the Turks and Arabs hold that , L prays constantly with its face e rned eowarde Miecca; the Proven - Is call it Prega-Dieu (tide Dieu); n ct etunierous more or fess shriller ames—preacher, saint, nun, neende- a.ra, sootteayer, etc.—are widely iffused throughout Southern Ea- ope. In Nubia it is held in great etgem. anel the Hottentots, if not edeed worbepping the local species. e one tra.veller has alleged, at least pear to regard_ its alighting upon iy person both as a token of saint- rtess aud a,ri omen of good fortune. Yet these are "not the saints, but ae tigers of the insect world," sere writer in the Encyelopaedia Britanr eea. The front pair of limbs are ery peculiarly modified — the CO eine, greatly elongated, while the trortg third joiut or fem.ur bears on Lie cerved under side a channel area - 1 oa each edge by strong movable. pine. Into this groove the stage tea, es capable of closing like eke ade of a penknife, its sharp serrate I edge being adepted to cut anci tid. Thus armed, with. head raised ,on the much -elongated and. semi- i•ect prothorax, and with the half - petted fore -limbs held outwards In ie characteristic devotional attitude,. , rests motionless upon, the four osterior limbs waiting for prey, oe ccasionally stalks it with slow' and Leen movements, filially seizing.. null its knife -glades and devouring Although apparently not daring attack ants, these insecte destroy rat ti ebers of fees, grasehePPer4 rei eatetpillare, and the larger South. re -.mean specie s even attack small ilea -lids, and birds. They ate F.ry pugnacious, fencing with thew nerd -I; k -e limbs "like hussars with inees," the larger frequently de- uring tee smaller, and the fematea • real --East Suffolk Gazette. retron at a table of a small hoe La the ureuntains who was about amide a piece of dried apple Piet teeing the landlady, said: "IV ; tiiink you could furnish me •Witlt Lee cheese?" f don't know If aPY," she answered, torte of voice, "but if you'll Little patience, I'll send a ta look through the raouist Corrected. tet—began Veinier, "I am, not .' corrected the -teacher promptate L am ttte ninth letter of the aintigt"' " Tommy went on. Florida contains about 4,004440 res of land waittagitp ae r_pc q. AUGUST. 24 .1018... SOURACID' STOMACHS, GASES OR INDIGESTION /Varies Plapepsin" neutralizes exbes- sive acid In stomach, relieving despepela, heartburn and distress at once. , Time it! In live nibautes all stern- a& distress, due to acidity, will go. No indigestion, heartburn, sournesa or belching of or eructations of undi- gested food, dizziness, bloating, foul 'breath or headache. Papets Diapepsin is noted for its epeed in regulating upset stomachs. !fella the surest, quickest stomach sweet- ener in the whole World, and besides it Is harmless. Put an end to stomach eliseress at once by getting a large fifty - cent case of Pape's Diapepsin from any arug store: You realize in five minutes bow needless it is to suffer from indi- gestion, dyspepsia or any stomach dis- order caused by fermentation due to excessive acids in stomach. e SHARP PAINS SHOT THROUGH HEART. 04.11•BNINini• Thousands of people go about their daily work on the verge of death and yet don't know it. Every once in a while a pain will shoot through the heart, but little at- tention is paid ,to it at the tithe, and it ie only when a violent shock comes that the.Weakness of the heart is apparent. There is onlyone- cure for the weak heart and that is Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pills. Mr. II. A. Young, 83 Hayter St., Toronto, Ont., writes:—"I Used to have sharp pains shoot through my heart, suffered from shortness of breath, and WWI NO nervous I could not sleep at A friend advised me to try Milburn's Ileart and Nerve Pillsaand after we box I found great relief. Three boxes completely cured me." 'Milburn's Heart and Nerve Pine are 50e. per box at all dealers, or mailed direct on receipt of price by 'The T. Mil- bank Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. f • TAKES OFF DANDRUFF, HAIR STOPS FALLING Alva your Hair! Get a small bottle of Danderine right now—Also Stops ,Itching scalp. Thin, brittle, colorless -and- getaggy Lair as mute evidence of a neglected . scalp; ef elandreff—that awful scurf. j There is nothing so destructive toe the hair as dandruff. It robs the hair' ef its lustre, Its strength and its very life; eventually producing a feverisb- nem and itehing a the scalp, which if not remedied causes the hair roots, to *brink, loosen and die --then tile hair ' falls out fast. A little Daeclerine to- eught—now--any time --will surely save your hear. Get a small bottle of Knowlton's Dandertne from any drug store.. You surely can have 'beautiful bah and lots of it if you will just try a little Dan-. derine. Save your hair! Try itt $200.000• to lend on rarD115, lerst, Second Mortgages. Call, or Write me at once and get your loan arranged by return mail. No advance charges. E. B. REYNOLDS, 77 Victoria' St., Toronto. HAD WORST CASE. OF CONSTIPATION DOCTOR EVER KNEW. .1•••••••••••• Although generally described as a &ease, constipation can never exist melees 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 action of the bawele is absolutely es- sential to general health, the least irregu- larity should never be neglected. Milburn's Laxa-Liver Pills have no equal for relieving and curing constipa- tion and all its alliedtroubles. Mrs, F. Martin, Prince Albert, Sask., writes: ---"I had one of the worst cases of constipation ray doctor said he had ever known, and Milburn's Laxa-leiver Pills cured me of it. My father-ift-law had used them, in fact he was the one who gave there to me. A number of people &round here use them and they all say that they are the beat pillb they ever used." Milburn's LaxaeLiver Pills are 25c. a vial at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co., Limited, Toronto, Ont. IF YOUR CHILD IS CROSS, FEVERISH, CONSTIPATED Look, Mother! if tongue is boated, , cleanse little bowels with "Cali- fornia Syrup of Figs." Mothers cad rest easy after giving "California Syrup of Figs," because itt i a few hours all the clogged -up waste, sour bile and fermenting food gently moves out of the bowels, and you-. have a well, playful child again. Sick- children needn't be coaxed to take this harmless "fruit laxative." Millions of mothers keep it bandy be- cause .they knew itsaction-on the atom- aelt, liver and bowels is prompt and sure. Atilt your driiggist for a bottle of "California. Syrup of Figs," which con- tains directions for babies, cleileileteafla saZeie 11_114 19r. gr_ow-A-K3B., amaimaimmumm. • erbert Jenkins ,(Continued from our last issue.) Whilst Mr. Hearty was endeavorMg to convince Lily's owner that -not only did he not require a dog, but that as a matter of fact he had a marked an tipathy for the whole species, other animals continued to arrive. They grouped themselves outside with their owners, together with a nendeseript collection of men, women, -and hogs with and without dogs. All seemed *in- spired with the same ambition ,-- to interview Mr. Hearty. Mr. Heart' looked at the sea of faces outside as, an actor suffering from stage -fright might gaze at the audi- ence that had bereft him of the pow- er to speak or move. He felt that he must act promptly, even sternly; but he was not a brave man and saw that he was faced by a crowd of potential enemies.. Summoning up ail his cour- age he turned to Lily's owner. "-Kindly remove that dog," hej or- dered in what he meant to be a stern voice, indicating Lily, whir was play- ing a game of hide-and-seek round an apple barrel with a pomeranian- Irish terrier. "00 are you talkin' to? Just arse. wer me that," demanded Lily's own- er. Mr. Hearty saw clearly that the man intended to be awkward, evendn- solent. "I am speaking to you, and unless you take that dog avvaY, Mt. Hearty stopped, wendering what he really would' do. What ought he to do under such circumstances? "Why did yer advertise?" demand-. ed the aggressive woman. "I didn't," replied Mr. Hearty mis- erably., -turning to his new assailant. "I have advertised for nothing." Didn't yer advertise for a 'ouse- keeper ?" continued the woman. "No!" "Yer a blinkin' liar." - At this uncompromising rejoinder Mr. Hearty started. He- was unaccus., tom.ed to such directness of speech. "Unless you are civil I shall order you out of my shop," retorted Mr. Hearty angrily. • "An' if yer do I shan't go; see?" Thel, woman 'placed her hands on her hips and looked at Mr. Hearty insult- ingly. "Look at im," she continued, addressing the crowd, "playin"is dir- ty jokes on pore people. I paid eight - pence return to get 'ere all the way from Brixton. then 'e says it's a joke." There was an omnious murmur from the others. All sortii of epithets were hurled at Mr. Hearty. yer nay our fares?" "I'll punch 'is bloomin"ead till it aches!" "Let roe get at am!" "Yer dirty tyke!" • "You gad to buy My' ileavg ?" hlet mended Lily's owner, thrusting his face so close to Mr. Hearty's that their noses almost touched. "No, I'm not," shouted Mr. Hearty in desperation. "Smith put this man Mid his dog out." Smith looked embarrassed and Lily's owner langhted outright a sneeering, insulting - laugh, which his black stumps of teeth seemed to render more sinister and menacing. Mr. Hearty felt that the situation Was passine beyond his control. How had it all happened and what did it mean? Events had ifolloWed upon one another so swiftly that he was be- wildered. Where where the police? What did. he pay rates and taxes for if he were -to be subjected to this? What woulbe the end of it all? Would they kill him? Just as he saw himself being bruis- ed and buffeted by a furious crowd, a shadow fell across the shop as a paneechnicon drew am outside.. It was one of three, aria from the tail- board of the last Bindle slipped off and began forcing his way towards the shop entrance. "Now then," he called out cheerful- ly, "make way there. I'm tthe bro- ther ot the corpse. Wot's iteall about —a fire or a- dog -show?" The crowd good-humouredly made room. Pushing his way into the shop he hailed his brother-in-law. 'Earty; Val' a levee? What -oh!" " 'E wants a dawg," broke in the dog man, indicating Lily with a jerk of his thumb. "I come all the way from Briton." shouted theowould-be heusekeeper. " An' eery nice, too," replied Bin- dle, as he pushed his way -to the aide of Mr. Hearty, who was listening with anguished intentness to •an eager group of women whose one desire seemed to caretakci for him. . Bindle looked /*mend the shop with a puzzled expressiqn, his eyes finally resting on Lily. i "Call that a claWg ?" he enquired of Lily's owner with an incredulous grin. "Yais, I do," replied the man a.gr- gressively. "What tud you call it? A rosy kitten?" "Well," remarked Bindle imperturb- ably. regarding Lily. critically, "since you arsts me, I'd call it a blood/lire iistory dawgs in ,one volume." "Where'll yer 'aye the coal, guide nor?" bawled a voice from the fringe of the crowd. At that -moment Mrs. Hearty enter- ed from the parlour behind the shop. She gazed about iher in mild wonder- ment. e don't want any coals Alf. We had them in last week." ars.- Hear- ty subsided into -a chair. Suddenly her eyes fell upon Lily, who was try - ng to shake off her head Mr. Hearty's hat, which someone had placed there, and she eollapsed, helpless with laugh- ter. 'Ere get out of it," cried Bindle, giving Lily a cuff, whereat she yelped dismally. Providence had levidently intended her for doughty deeds, haying I endowed her with the frame of an! Amazon, but had then lost intereh and I given her the heart of a craven. By dint of threats, badinage, and persuasion. Bindle at last cleared the; I shop of all save Mr. and Mrs. Hearty, THE HURON EXPOSIT'OR • Smith, and. the boy. Posting the staff at the door .with anstructtions to ad- mit no one, Bindle approached his bro- ther-in-law. 44W0t Jr been doin' 'Earty? The 'ole bIonidn' street's fuil o' carts and , people wadi& to see yer. I brought • three tans. What's it all eboutl" I• Never had Mr.. Ilearteee been so genuinely pleased to see Bindle. Be- fore he had time to reply to his que,sa tion, a big man pushed his way past' Smith and entered the shop. "Where'ell yer 'ave the beer, guv'e nor?" he shouted in a thick, hearty voice redolent of the Trade. " 'Ere, come out of the way," shout; ed a small wiry' man who: had fol- lowed him in, "All this little lot goin'?" he asked, nodding in the di- rection of the crowd that blocked the street. "I only got three brakee, an' they won't take 'ern all." "What's your little game?" Bindle enquired of .the newcomer. The brakeman eyed him with scorn- ful contempt. 4 'You Mr. 'Earty?" he enquired, "I'm his brother; 'e's been took ill. Thee' s a mistake. You better get ionte!" shouted the man. tOo's goin' to pay?" "Try Lloyd George* ,t suggested Bindle cheerfully. A policeman pushed hisi way into the shop and Bindle slipped +Att. The zeal drama was being enacted outside. of people was pouring ards Mr. From all directions a steady 'stream Hearty's 'shop." 'Earty, 'Earty," murmured Bin- dle joyously to himself, as he sur- veyed the High Street, "wot 'ave. yer been an' done?" The place presented an extraordin- ary. appearance. 'There were 6al-carts, strings of • them, brewers' -drays, laundry -carts, railway vans, huge two horse ' af- fair S„ paxtechnicons, char -a -blame, large carts, small carts,- and medium- sized carts. There were vehicles with one, two, and three horses. There were motor -cars, motor -vane, motor - lorries, and motorcycles. There were donkey -carts, spring -carts, push -carts, and pull -carts. Everything capable of delivering goods was represented, and all Were, locked together in a hopeless- ly, congested mass. Everything had. come to a standstill and the trains strove in vain to clang their way through the inextricable tangle. .• The feotpathe were crowded with men, women, boys and dogs, all en- deavoring toireacb M. Hearty -'s shop, the Mecca of their pilgrimage. Crowds overflowed the path into the roadway and seemed to cement togeth- er the traffic. Bindle passed aloft- the line intent on gleaning all the information he could. " 'Ave yer come after the job o' 'ousekeeper, nurse, or dawg ?" he ask- ed one seedy -looking man with an a- larming growth of nose, " 'Ow about my railway fare?" en- quired' Lily's owner, recognizing Bin- dle.' Oo's goin' to pay it?" ertifeu're a-goin' to pay it yerself, ole sport, unless you're goin- to walk." -Then' eyeing the man critically he added, "A little exercise might ease yer figure a bit." Bindle pushed among the throng of disappointed applicants for employ- ment and deliverers of goods. Fate had been -kind to him in sending him this glorious jest • "Might 'a been foundin' a colony," he muttered, as he passed from group to group; " 'e ain't forgot nothink. plumbers, bricklayers, vans, 'ouse- keepers, dawgs, kids to adopt, 'orses, carpenters, caretakers, shovers; an' 'e's ordered everythink what grow -- ed or was made, includin' beer, enough to keep the Guards drunk for a year. 'Earty's mad, pore chap. Religion do take some that way-." At first Bindle had been puezled to account for the throngs of applicants, but enquiry Made things very clear. In every case the adverttisements — and they had appeared in every daily and innumerable weekly papers— stated the wages, Whiph were unus- ually high. A vanman was offered fifty shillings a week; 'a house -keeper 'thirty shillings a week, al found; for an errand -boy fifteen• shillings a week was suggested, and ten pounds as a bonus to the parents of the child that was to be adopted. - The officiels at Putney Bridge Sta- tion were puzzled to account for the extraordinary increase in the west- ward -bound traffic on that Saturday morning; but what particularly sur- prised them was the stream of dogs that each train seemed to pour forth. The run upon dog -tickets at cer- tain East -end stations broke all re- cords, and three station -masters had - to telephone to headquarters for a further supply. Dogs occupied the gangweys of ev- ery train arriving at Putney Bridge station between 10 a.m. and 10.40 a. m. Dogs growled. fawned and quar- relled. - The stream of dogs, however, was as nothing to the stream of men, wo- men and boys, and small children for adoption. The station officials' and the bus -men outside, wearied of in- structing people how to get to Fulham High Street. . The congestion of traffic in Fulham High Street was felt as far east as Picadilly and the Strand, where the police on point of duty were at a loss to account for it. The disorganization in the tram service was in evidence equally at Wood Green and Wands- woith. Certain elements in the crowd, not- ably the younger and more light- hearted sections, in particuler those who lived in the neighborhood and were not out of pocket for railway fares, were inclined to regard the whole affair as a huge joke, and bad- inage flowed freely. There was, how- ever, another section that thirsted for somebody's blood, and was inclined to regard Mr. 'Hearty as the person most suitable to supply this. In the immediate vicinity of the shop door the excitement was intense everyone pushing and striving to get nearer. There was no suggegtion of personal feeling save in the case of those who were bent on the same er- rand. Thus a potential housekeeper felt nothing. but friendliness for a would-be dog -seller, whilst a hopeful housemaid was capable of experiencing almost ati affection. for a mother who had a spire offspring she was wishful of having adopted. When the first brewers' draY drew up it was greeted with cheers, and , f : one male who drove lip in a donkey -art • with ae fiashilyedeessed ypung woman was greethd witb the inevitable: "Wito'i*Sroar !wig friend? r apt surprised at you It isn't the one I saw, you with at.'Ampstead." sung ley a *sore of robust voices. Cries cat -calls, and advice to those inside Cries, "save a drop' for uncle," and whet the hehekeee: ofthe police were Hearty's name, a 'wry. were centinueus. Many crude, Jokes were levelled at Mr.* Seen bobbing their way through the. cro*d 'there were prolonged cheer. • The 'first policeman to arrive having foreseen the possibility of trouble, had promptly telephoned for assist- ance. At the time the reinforcements arrived, including. an **dor and two mounted constables, the attitude of the crowd *as begining to assime an ugly look. One of the more aggres- sive spirits had endesehred to single' out Mr. Hearty as a target for one of his own potatoes; but be hadunfor- unately. for him, hit the policeman,' whose -Action had been so swift and uncompromising that ,there was further attempt at disorder, The inspector quiddy saw that very little that was coherent could be ob- tained from Mr. Hearty. It was Bin- dle who supplied the details of what 'had 'occurred. • " 'Earty's me brother-in-law," he replied. " 'E's either gone off 'is op - ion or someone's been pullin'. 'is leg. All thie 'ere little loa", and Bindle indi- cated the congested High Street, " 'as brought 'im thfhgs they says a 'e's or- dered, and ie says ie ain't, an' them crowds of men, women, and dogs and kids 'as come sayiiy he wants to give' iem jobs or 'omes.' • • The inspector asked a few questions and gleaned sufficient information to convince him that this was a huge practical joke, and that prompt action' was imperative. He telephoned for more men and _get to work in an en- deavor to organize the traffic and re- ducei it to manageable proportions. - Constables were placed at different' points along the main thoroughfare leading to Fulham High Street, ask- ing all drivers and chauffeurs if they were bound for Mr. Alfred Hearty's shop in Fulham High .Street, and so sending them back. Men were sta- tioned at Hammersmith and Putney High Street to divert the streams of traffic that still poured towards Ful- ham. Putney and Fulham bad never seen anything like it. Families went din- nerless because housewives either could not get to the shops, or could not get away from them again. Tele iephones rang, and irate housekeepers enquired whee the 'materials for lunch were coming. Taxicab drivers with fares sat stolidily at the wheel, con- scioui that their income was increas- ing automaticaly, whilstthe fares themselves fumed and fussed as they saw their, twopences vanish. * It was not until past one o'clock that the trains restarted, and it was 2.30 before Bindle -got back to the. yard with his three pantechnicons. "Poor ole 'Earty's got it in'the neck this time,' he muttered as he turned back towards Fulham High Street to lend a hand in -putting things straight. Mr. Hearty was distratted at the thought that .none � hineepstemers had received their' fruits and vege- tables, and Bindle was genuinely, sorry for hine. All that afternoon and Tate into the night he worked,' helping to weigh up and deliver orders; and when he eventually left the shop at a few minutes before midnight, he was "as tired as a performin" flea." "I like Tarty when 'e goes mad," he -muttered to himself as ,he left the shop. eft sort ot wakes up sleepy old Fulham. I wonder 'oo it was. Should- n't ite surprised if I could spa rim. If it ain't Mr. Dick Littlei, cap: me Jack Johnson. I wish 'e 'a't done it, though." Bindle was thinking of the pathettic figure Mr. Hearty had cut, and/of the feverish manner in which he hadt,work- ed to make up for the lost houra Bin- dle had been genuinely touched when, as he was about to leave the shop, his brother-in-law had shaken him warmly by the hand and, in an unsteady voice, thaxiked him for his help. Then look- ing round as if searching for eome- thing, he had suddenly seized the larg- est pineapple from the brass rail in, the window, thrust it upon the aston- ished Bindle, and fled into the back m jr oo oo koi g from the fruit to the door F some seconds Bindle bad stood through which his brother-in-law had disappeared, then, replacing it on the rack, he had eluietly left the_ shop, mutering: 'It takes a long time to get to know even yer own relations, Queer ole card 'Earty." - CHAPTER XIL Bindle Agrees to Become a Millidnaire As the intervals between Mr. Hear- ty's invitations for Sunday evenings lengthened, Bindle became a more fre- quent visitor at Dick Little's flat,where he could always be sure. of finding jovial kindred spirits. Both Mrs .Hearty and Millie missed Bindle, and broadly hinted the fact to Mr; Hearty; but he enjoyed too well his Sunday evening hyrinis to sacri- fice them on the altar of hospitality. Millie in particular resented the change. She disliked intenseay the hymn -singing, and she was greatly attached to 'Uncle Joe." At Dick Little's fiat Bindle feund ample compensation for the loss of Mr. Heerty's very cordial hospitality. "Mrs. Bidle ain't at ier best Sunday eveninis," he had confided to Dick " 'Er soul seems to sort of itch a bit an' er not able to scratch it. • He was always assured of a welcome at Chelsea and the shout that invari- ably' greeted his entrance flattered him.' "Different from ole 'Earty's 'Good- evenint Joseph, " he would remark. "I'd ilike Tarty to meet this lot." One Sunday evening about nine o'- clock, Bindle made his way round to the flat, and found Dick Little alone with his brother Tom, whq was spend- ing the week -end in town. Bindle had not previously 'met Tom Little, who, however, greeted kim'warmly as an oldfriend. ,,pr,aps I'd better be goin'," sug- gested Bindle, tentatively, " seein' as . Bindle did as he was bid. -ViTe were talking about Gravy when • you came -in," rerna.rked Tom Little. ' "An' very nice too, with a cut from the joint an 'ilvvo vegs,"remarked Bindle pleasantly. • Dick Little explained that "Gravy" - was the nickname by which Mr. Reg- inald, Graves was known to his fellow undergraduates. "We're about fed up with him at Joe's," Tom Little added. "And 'oo might Joe be sir, when 'e's, at 'ome, an' properly be, en-' quired Bindle. "It's St. Joseph's College, Oxford, where my brother is," explained Dick Little. • In the co se of the next half hour Bindle lea ed a great deal about Mr. Reginald Graves, who had reached Oxford by 'rneanz of echolarship, and considered that he had suffered loss of caste in eonsequence. His one object •in life was to undue the inicsbief wrought by circumstances. He could not boast of a long line of ancestry; in fact, on one occasion when in a re- minicentt mood, he had remarked: "I had a grandfather---" "Had you?" was the scathing com- ment of another man. The story had been retailed with great gusto among the men of St. Joseph's. Reginald Graves was 4 snob, .which prompted him to believe that all men. were Snobs. Burke' s Peerage and Kelly's Landed Gentry were at once his 'inspiration and his awls. He used them constantly himself, looking up the ancestory- of every man he met. He was ',convinced that his lack of "family" was responsible for his un- popularity. . In his opinion, failing blood" the next best thing to possess was money, and he lost no bpportunity of throw- ing out dark and covert hints as to the enormows wealth possessed by the Graves avid Williams familtes, Williams being his mother's maiden name. • His favourite beast, however, wa of ari uncle in Australia. Josiah WTci limns had, according to Graves, em- igrated many years before. Fortune clogged his footsteps with almost em- • barrassing persistence until, at the time that his nephew Reginald went up to.Oxford, he was a mail of almost increditable wealtth. He Ted mines that produced fabulous ri bes, and runs where the sheep were. iniumer- able. Graves was purposely vague as to the exact location of his uncle's sheep stations, and on one occasion he' spent an unhappy evening undergoing cross examination by an Australian Rhodeat scholar. However, he persisted in his story,. and Australia was a -long way off, and it was very unlikely that any- one. would be sufficiently interested. to unearth and identify all its million- aires jai order to prove that Josiah Willianis and his millions existed only in the imagination of his alleged nephew. Graves was a thin,pale-faced young man - with.nondescript- features and an incipient moustache. Furthermore he had what is -known as a narrow dental etch,- which gave to his face a peevish expression. When he smiled he bared two large front teeth that xnacle him resemble a rabbit. His hair was as colourless as his Person - elite,. lire Was entirely devoid of im- agination, or, as Toni Little phrased it, "What he lacked ia divine fire he made up for in; dammed cheek." • ' He led ae solitary life. When his fellow undergraduates deigned to call upon him it was invariably for the purpose of a rag." Trade was the iron that had entered his ,soul; he could never forget that his father was a grocer and provision - merchant in a midland town. His one stroke of good luck; that is as he re- garded it, was that no one at St. Jos- eph's was aware of the fact. Had he possessed the least idea that the story of his forebears was well known at St. Joseph's it would have been to him an intolerable- humiliation. Subservient almost fawning with 'his betters, lie was overbearing and insulting to his equals and inferiors; since -his arrival at St. Joseph's his "scout" had developed a pronounced profanity. Rumor had it that Graves wds not even above the anonymous letter; but thee was no definite evi- dence that those received by certain nien at St. Joseph's found' their in- you're— "Not a bit of it," broke in Dick Little; "sit down, mix yourself a drink; there are the cigars." , spiration in the brain. of Reginald Graves.No t h ngwould have happened, be- yondinereased unpopularity 'for( Graves, had it not been for an epitode out of which Graves had come vith flying colours, and which bad pro ma ed for him a thrashing as anonyiious as the letters he was suspectecj of writewas Has a favorite with. Dr. ter the Master of St. Joseph's, and iis, coupled with'thefact that the M ster , was always extremely well info ed I as to the things that the undergr du- 1 ates would have preferred he sold not know, aroused suspicion. One day Travers. asked Gray dinner, and over a bottle of wine fided to him the entirely fictitiou ' in- formation that he was mixed up in a the divorce ease that would makwhole of Oxford "sit up," Ne day he was sent for by Di. Peter, Who bad heard a "most disturbing ruiiour, etc. Travers had taken the pr au - tion of confiding in no one as to, his intentions. Thus the source oe ' Dr. Peter's information was obviou.sri ' The men of S. Joseph's were ndeenal men, broad of mind and brawny of muscle, they had, however, their ,eode, and it was this code that Grave t bad violated, Tom Little had expreated the general view of the college /when he said that Graves ought to be bland- ly kicked and sent down. "Now, Bindle," remarked Dicfr Lit- tle, "you're a man of ideas; whet's to be done with Gravy?" , "Well, sir, that depends on exes. It costs money to do most thi gs in this world, and it'll cost mo est to make Mr. Gravey stew in hi own. juice." • 4 111oigvehtmcueoshe?Le B indle pausd to think—"might cost a Matter of tnty or thirty quid to do it in style."' "Right -oh! Out with it, my Merry Bindle," cried Tom Little, "Travers and Guggers alone, would pay ip for a good rag, but it must be to -hole, mind." "Yes," said Bindle, with a grn; "it tid be top -hole, right enough," I And Bindle's grin expanded.. , "Out with it, man," cried Di k Lit- tle. "Don't ' you see ,we're ach hear?" • '• . . ilg t° , "Well, said Bindle; "if the ex e was all right I might sort o' go -do an' see 'ow my nephew, Mr.- Gray Iwas gettin' on at.--" With a whoop of delight Tom eittle sprang up, seized Bindle . aro . the waist and waltzed him arounjd the room, upsetting three ehairs 4nd ta small table, and finally depositi g him breathless m his chair. "You're a genius, 0 Bindle! Vick, we're out of it with the inconip rable Bindle. Dick Little leaned back in hi easy chair and gazed adtniringly.at ;mile, as he pulled with obvious, elli0 nt at his cigar. - "Course, L never been a Orion- aire, but I dessay I'd get th ough without disgracing' nieself. Th - only thing that 'lad worry me 'ud be aving about 'elf a gross o' kmares an' forks for every itneal, atit a dozen g sees. But I'm open to consider an think that's goin'." "The only drawliack," • re arked Little, "would be the -absence iif the millions." . "That would sort of be a obs cle,” admitted Bindle. After a pause Dick Little co film- ed, " if you were to have you' ex- penses paid, with a new rig -out and, say, five pounds for yourself, d you think that for three or four 'days you could manage to beta millionaire?" "Don't you worry, was Bindle' S re- spense." I "What about the real Josiah Wil- liams ?" Dick Litttle bad enquir et "All fudget at least the mil ions are,". his brother replied. "The un- speakable Reggie 'could not repu late the relationship without giving the whole show away. We irnmereser He mixed himself another whiskeYand soda. "I'll talk it over with Travers and Guggers, and wire you on Wed- nesday. Good-bye, Bindle ami he 'was gone. (To be Continued Next Week) 4 to eon - Children Cry FOR FLETCHER'S CASTORI Ostia% Tourist Sleeping Cars mean Comfort to the Travail& The interior is somewhat more modest in appointment than the standarrl or first-class sleeping car. 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