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Home My WebLink AboutThe Huron Expositor, 1918-11-29, Page 7to hen rng ing de- ana be- e is -mer bag by Vert lark oved ie hien des- -bur - for NOVE .1918 EX.POSITGR BY ItITFITS GILLMORE a submitted to her wishes without quest me . tiIf supremely masterful, at least she had a playful childlike way of cov- ering it up. If oblivious to this sign, he likewise shortly began to overlook or blink others. The first time that he men- tioned Hilda Cabot's name to Mildred she answered his simple.question -with. out hesitation or suspicion. Later On, when he asked why they never encoun- tered her at the teas, receptions and - musicales, to which they went, she - - Cone to. this WOMan after _Tfdt.ifig Lydia Pinkharrea- Vegetable ColniloUnctI Restbre Her Health "You're theprettiest girl in Bos- t ton," exclaimed Bunce warmly. "Then why do I -lose All the men?" (Mildred glanced at him archly; she i bad resumed her softer mood and with ib all her cajoling, winning, ir- resistible ways. "You don't. You tire of them first yourself." the right things sometimes You're a "Father, you do have a way of saying I nice old dad! I wish Cornwallis Brooke would make up his mind to Hild Cabot. d -stew:dead= replied that Miss Cabot seldom went marry that a Well—goo • (Continued from our last issue.) vanished. Allseemed to sharpen to manlike modern werrien h le ted Ellensburg, Wash,—" After i WAS, I a keen Damascan edge. . w o a vc married 1 wes not well for a long time Bunce strted to v. Then he came to de ise them This rovoldn no . "Well, I don't know much about your cautiously back and stood behind his Engliah society, but " Bunce daughter. She was gazing at her own launched upon a long discourse inter- u 111 winsome face in \the. mirror. For a rupted by the return of his dough- few minutes he stood regarding itun- ter from the door to which she had easily himself. At last he appeared one with the departing guest to .gain courage to say what he wish- Therewas a long discussion between 1 ed. father and daughter as to Hilda Ca-"Youilook a wirier tonight,, all right hot's chalices of capturing Mr. Corn- 1 11he began characteristically, "but there wallis Brooke, to which Durant listen- is one thing you don't want to forget. ed with evident interest But as soon That man Dueant's good enough for - as the talk drifted away to other sub- us to see, but—well, I guess that's e- jects he excused himself and went up bout all I need to say to you. Don't -- "No father, I won't Mildred inter - to hie room. .She apends-every livelong. minute of , from my troubles. rupted him hastily. "And, as for you, Father and daughter waited in sil- 'the, day now at the Country Club and I improved in health so I could do my don't be deceived by appearance. I ence for the sound of the closing of his neeteding. I 411inle it is sinful. You housework; We newehavea little eneeall may have to—" she heeitatecl,, filled wo.uldn't like' her, I'm sure?" . of which I owe to 1.15Nta E:„Pinkhani's in with a tossofher pretty head " tit:Durant perceived the Mconsisten- ' Vegetable Compound.". ---,,Mrs.. O. S. eY tit siich a criticism from . . but you will realize I don't care for . . 4;710111Aroman as lifildre ether ,day, lunching a one of the ' er, Wash; , • v . no,sign, .of it. - kW, ' Who t go toefolvre hotels, he espied Hilda t, at another table with a lively " of ' ou` 'ea e • and called • to them because she -was one ;of the • "You leave him to me and do just what I tell you," she directed cold- ly. She avoided any argument by running downstairs to secure her dia- mond suz' iburst In a moment she was rejoinder, she ceased* watching him from the corner of eye,/ to add: "Yell wouldn't like her, I'm sure. Why she just purloins a living, never does calling frantically for her father. a solitary thing for anyone else. Just thing, Mr. Durant, she 'Nes the nrilt "'VS gone. I can't find it anywhere irl in Boston to go up ,in an aero - and I left it right here on the tableplane, and I understand; she's having she declared with excitement. "What a bi-plane constructed in which to —what do you think could have 'he- waste more of her tintee It's a 'shame come of it. Bunce joined furiously in the don't you think so, not having any Serious aim! in life and just looking search. They removed everything on about for new ways • to kill time? the table. It was not thare. Nor was it upon the floor or elsewhere; "Serves you right, that's ,all I have door. Then Bunce sent an imperative I got to say." Bunce groaned at the glare in the direction of Mrs. Bunce. . . "Well, mother?" "Yes. I'm going, Benjawin," Mrs. Bunce kissed her daughter and slipped away to her room. Bunce glared at the door fitted only with portieres. "Guess the library's the best place for us to talk over. He pointe up, teward the chamber and a -good deal of 111 the .time was not able to go about. Our greatest desire was to have a child in 'our home' and one day my husband came, back from town with a. battle of Lydia E. rink: ham's Vegetable Compound .and .• wmited ma to try it It brought relief effort of rising from -his itoeea. "When did you last see it, here ViST,Aii it here when We went upstairs?" "I don't know, father. I forgot look." Bunce's small eyes beaded. "Xoil don't thin HE could. have takenj' things after all, he declared. occupied by their guest Once behind the door of this re-- "No father, don't .be idiotic!" treat he turned triumphantly on his "Servants, then!. Well? Fro going to daughter. "Well, I didn't makeetedY have the police look into this and mistake dia 19 Mildrd deftly punctured an assur- ance so inflated as to allow no other treatment. "Now, Milly!" Bunce's reproach was bitter. "Don't you go to question - my find just the way you did when I brought- Brooke home." "I'm not father, only—" Mildred frowned—" only I didn't quite like the way Mr. Brooke acted about him. Whe I told him our guest was Lord Bellmere, he acted queerly, asked a lot of buestions, and 1.1 was only able to keep him until you •came in by showing him my diamond sunburst. And then,. afterwards, didn't you not- ice how little Attention he paid to him?" "Pish! Jealousy! He was sore be- cause we'd secured a better guest in his pieced' "I hadn't thought of that!" Mil- dred's face was like sunshine breaking through a summer cloud. • "Durant tried to bluff me again a- bout wanting to go to work, but I held him. After dinner I got a good look at the monogram on his cigarette - ease I couldn't make the initials on or for that matter anything else, but I learned' one thing.' "What?" "He was educated in Araerica. He told me so." "Yes, that agrees with the newspaP- er elipping."-- Mildred smiled. "Queer thing about him is that if aenietinles he's an Englishman for reterve, at other times he's a Frenchman for po- liteness, and an American for liveli- ness. Perheps that's what an Erig- lish lord is like, but leave it to me, 'find out "Now, .see here Milly," Bunce's tone compromised between a threat tiled .a whine," you let hint- hear that were saying -he's Lord Bellmere and we'll lose him sure as fate. You ought never to have told BroOke that. You've .got to be awful care- ful." All the ferainine left Mildreds' ap- peapice and manner..,The curly-hair- edetchild-like prettiness, the soft ftuff ctiquatry that bore it out, melted, -claCK 00ATMAON. at aa'ag4 or...Wien without erchief before the face." nee the outbreak of influenza, how Often .have deptors, and others inter- ested in public health, advised us of lids, and yet _how frequently is the 'Warning disregarded? eThe failure to obey this ample roIe Is prieleady responsible for the spread of beach corita,gion. Take for talemPIO those in the early, mums- Dected stages of consumption—a sin- gle, unguarded cough rea.y release tnillions of deadly tubercle bacilli; to be breathed in by others around. Until recent years consuraption was considered incurable,. but wenow tow that it can be cured if taken time. The Muskoka Free Hospital bas mewed this without a doubt,. for thousands of .its patients have been, 1testored to health and lives of use- _ . Uness. One ex -patient of that horpital writes as follows: ',trust eight years ago this Christmas time I entered your Sanatorium. I was a very fsad and discouraged girl that Chaistreas Eve, but I have been keine , titer *even years and caa hardly believe that I ever and T. B: I look -back to the days I spent there, with great thanks to God and those faithful Workers who understood our cases and needs, and ministered to us so faithfully." To cerry on this great erork the Muskoka Free Hospital for Con- sumptives is again appealing for. help. There is much to do. -Will you lend a hand? Contributions may be sent to Sir William j. Gage, 84 Spadina avenue, Toronto, or to George A., Reid, Secretary -Treasurer, Gage In- etititte, 223 College street, Template. Jtilderen CrIr tak CASTORIA right off." He started to the tele- phone. An inspector game. 'Everyone in the house except Durant was arous- ed and questioned. The servants were erossexamined with speeial care and their rooms searched. 'Nothing came of it. Then the intpector ,went, vising them that, since nothing else was taken. to keep sharpdwatch and to say nothing more whatever about their loss. It intglit turn up in one of the pawnshops. He would be on the lookout for it there. 4 VI If the Bunces entertained any doubt as to whether their guest were Lord Bellmere or not, at least no one ex- cept the victim himself was left in doubt as to their intentions. Their purpose was certainly sufficiently ob- vious to everyone else. They were baiting the social hook with Richard Durant, I • During the first few days, Mildred, and he were driven far and wide in the Bunce towing ear, fulfilling itind aeries arranged by her. When n flying to distant hostelries, for km eon or dinner, she, bore. him away for short rides through the a4/1.105c,4t Parigt-, or took him shopping mitILher..; ; When _the chaniKeuf rebelledeatithe, !use, tid.the ear, tilideeitteIt him sunimarilyt and. till:reef drove and she sat in the ea him. rdOw. dadItt YlktIrOPlC-Atit latei• nights daily she appeatedi id 11 with him. Durant had malt - find time to visit Buneeti,office. diem from David the opal. On made double use of the cieesiao consulting llunce, about.' w�rk once again to be put Soon, Mildred began to lake to every tea, reception and other in ley function tc; which' She had The bait took,. Her, distinguiehed nig guest made h gamed real a sail deftly' started the *dui really Levi' Beittenede;" not to let him tealize't Thereafter, girls carefully forgotten her'ptit Wein, aelit out to renew acquaintance -4)4a men crossed formerly frigid diatanc talked long and einelielly to t While they surreptitiously :stidied- handsome, well-deeised escort. And ever he -appeared to do eredit to her. Women. both young and old, likedlaint; and as a result itivitati,ons began to pour in for them both. invitatibns that she noted gleefully became steadily of a more promising character. Each ight she and her father got together; discussed the prospects, and gloated over their eotial. progress. • They were raptures at the succe of their undertaking. The loss of thee diamond sunburst was well nigh fed- gatten. They dreaded only losing him, as they had Brooke On one of Mildred's first long drives with Dur- ant, after prattling for an heur or more about heself, she had suddenly turned toward him. "Tell me something about yourself. Why, it has just occurred to rim theta don't know a thing about yen,"she- exclaimed lightly, -• "I'm six feet two, weighpit inepdreil and ninety pounds •an d want ,werk.P- _, he replied whimsicallet "I don't want fo know about you by the ton," she responded. "Who are you and why?" "Richard Durant, at your. 'service'," he evaded quickly. SO aimless Bunce, he ondsod, . o. J, tIIeflI There: are women eve en,e this ::11 some funetion& Ca8,et would re Ve him. You'll understand everything on now on, won't you?" she demand- ed coldly- ' . • 0 to lend on, Farms, First, Second Mortgages. ChM or write me at once and get your loan arranged by return, mail. No advance charges. B. E. EIMIOLDS, 77 Victoria $t., Toronto. Oelc,hfl 'AXIL Ili* laa. , „of order' 'Most I ydI. Lydia 'E.tab1, e's ildred's ' attention to her. • 1 Such women., should; not give up hope '"Your;father. .promised to introudce until WO `h#vre `titeir'fbm Wiiacrid medicine a trial, anti for special,e vice me to Jler 'sometime," he stated with apparent nonchalance. - write Lela E. l'inkham Medicine Co, momete "Of course—I' she paused— experietee is at your serviee. "and we *shall, but r hardly thing we _ ought to break in on their party, and, eimeiteeee besides, it looks- so much like ram that we ought to be starting for home taking him away from us. I'm not now just as soon as. we can." Mildred going to be used just - as a stepping.: hed him hastily away. . _stone." ; Mildred rose and walked to Half way back the gray car loomed the window to hide her anger. . up behind. In the seat beside Hilda, Bunco eyed her with alarm. "Oh, Who was driving, sat Coniwallis getting interested in him, are you?" Brooke with the ease of an aceus- he ventured after a time. tomed companion. He was turned to. ward her, talking familiarly. His bow '"No, ibut-:----" She stopped end turned about, her white face apd, to them was urbane, neither cold nor large gray eyes crackling with fre. particularly cordial. Durant took 4,Interested in him!" she seenred. "In - challenge either from this or , the terested in that weak, puling imita- amused twinkle in Hilda Cabot's eyes. tion of a man that we don't know He. ran his car up to top speed, and it was miles along the straight, desert- anything about? ' .Why he's nothing but a gentleman. I'twist him around ed road before the light, gray racer. ray finer and make him do everything Lynn ass The result' of 40 years 4`Did he?" Her eyes widened for a , ' . forgedby. ' I think of. Intereged in that sort of "That was Mr. Brooke with her, a man! It seeps to me you might wasn't it?" he inquired of Mildred as soon as itheir heavier car cenyerted them definitely into a poor second in the race. 1 "Yes, he's always- with her. People are saying • • • ' She stopped and loaded at him, wait- ed for .questions to fathom the depth .his interest. Sabi he was saved, though likely ugh no foresight of his ovhd Prob- 'thinking of the light and 3hat,,had wafted ti him gray ,car, ahead, the woment k,up.,..the rage. Doubtless he g. to. convince hiengelf that ,V.was not laughing at him.. r that he seemed -fur.- tect in gra,! tars, ittereas-, *0%1,Am own speed until. • Otteve of their occupants was actuated by a hope to *Calla 'again,. he kept his Motoring. tliOe i4vroa4vard,,. ontedfitth le ot by in. tTV he do ttet theatiqa 11; nee txtek tst Jubilant tang ea • hthe was narrow,0,9.1,1h3%h-joade. AY0e- i8v4):." ed nt: .Heat and pris at as he aatAll it„.4 e ess of the 'pa tei. Children Cry FIA FLETCHER'S CASTOR IA Something in his manner -lett her from attempting to learn wore. He was too useful. And where she was discreet, her father was laudaeious, if a word many be coined. When Durant protested at the way he was prolonging his stay with them, intimating that he must seek quarters elsewhere, Bunce ex- ploded: • "No, Sir! No, Siree. You are our guest; deeply appreciate the honor; ,couldn't get along without yen. Now, you just tell me where would we Bad another of God's gentlemenlike you?" And as perforce his guest fled the fulsome praise, he called after himi. "If you can think of anything more iite can do for you to keep you con- tented, speak up. It'll save its thinled ing. What's mine's yours, remember, that, and the sky's the limit!" ,that mid' have been Hilda VOW", edeleineed Mildred from the 'Seat beside him: ,He agreed promptly. e Mildred regardingShird Wit hastore ishment.,"What Makes you so. sure?" she:demanded. I "I - heard her laugh," he answered.' - She was moodily silent for a long time before asking: • "Would you know Me in the dark by my laugh?" , "Why-,-:Yes--4 think so,", be stame mered .dubiouslyei ;.,7 He eould not have made a worse. *Sake. •„On their arrival home Mildred went Straight to .her room without a word. F.or some time thence- floundered a- round downstairs waiting her return for their customary nightly talk; then he ascen4ede knocked on her door and entered quietly at her call. edWhy,. what's the matter, Millyr he exclaimed, halted by the full force of the . ' frown with which she greeted, him. cast *pen the dresser the hand:Mirror in which she had evidently been *Mug herself. The noise lent emphasis ,to, her reply. "I wish you would 'learn ot to cell me I've asked you often enough," she snapped.. "That, there! . What's happened?" "Nothing. Nothing at all." Mildred closed the half open door of her dreeit er with it bang. , "Hoity-toity! Come, spoiled child, don't keep your fond. father in the dark What's wrong?" As the Bunces, father and daughter, - desired or planned, things seemed ind evitably to happen. They made it iT1544... possible for him do leave without pro- voking an open rupture. Their open- handed hospitality, their noisy if con- fusing rapture over him, would. have tempted almost any man to prelong his -stay, if further persuasion were needed than the society of a bright and very pre ty young giri. Mildred Bunce's enthusiasm over "I'm not going to be set aside again,, him, instead of abating, appeared to f to have him go the way of that tuft - roll on, and to add to itself. Her hunter, Brooke." Mildred shook her summary discharge of the chauffeur , head decisively. the moment he dared to show a will "It won't happen again." of his own should have served as a ; "I'm not so sure of that, and be - sign in the heavens to Richard Durant sidese---" if he had been looking for signs but "Well---well—f" Bunce was as im- evidently he wasn't. Apparently he , patient as he dared to be. accepted their hospitality on.faith, and ! "I won't stand for Hilda Cabot's , lgildred regarded lilin with a scorn before which he should have withered. ",1 understand.you promised to intro- duce. him to Hilda Cabot," .she storm- ed after a sulky silence. "Well, what of it?" Burice seemed relieved. "You .know very well that we don't know_ her, that we never can do it." ,"Why not?" Bunce held up a stay- ing hand against her fury. "Whatre to prevent your introducing him to her the fist -time you run across her at a tea or reception.? She's met so many people she won't be sure whether she has •ever met you or not. Never theught of that1 did you?" Bunce's. lace - gleamed with a glorified cun- oing. e"Why, it's the easiest thing to put over in the world. I've done it often with the big ones at the club." "Very well, if it's so easy, iteu can do it. 1 shan't." . "Why not?" "He's altogether to anxious te meet Hilda Cabot." "Well, but isn't that in line with .just what we've been working for?" have more sense --d "Thee, there, 1 didn'treally think Bunce recoiled before the ava- lanche he had dislodged. "Well, that'58 lucky for you." Mil- dred eyed him with the vestiges. of her resentment. "There, there, we won't say any more•about that." "I wentyouto. understand . once for all that I'm not interested in bjmt not Particle. He's,nothing but , k jeck- initheibox to ,me;:- he .jamps,up,When, ton* the bring.,,blit; if kiii444aliot or, any, mthergink*ka she. can ;* sipe in andta...k.e4l0 ntaiiraarool,Ple,,.X Mon t stand ipin no, istlierittinnwh,411 she finished with- a broadkthreatening gesture: - . "Never mind." Sh eat down) .631- initeierclosing Ithe stlbjeet and tared al him out, afte *teigin menlentt_., isheadmag. ,invitation ; to, !lc Ode,: he's mei el peeinle odideeli %Witt Y.:, ,(r*tha,. reree-nl'.uwPle' , lied for LeipppaaIQ sis—".hukthere are .thiPgaahout-liinr, that Pt acott,haVen't :thotight,,,of::Arid,,that Weeteiliidd eover?" - , • - _ Ilet,tor you when he game that he didn't ;have e dollarto, his name; he hasn't borrowed any money from you nor had &chance to borrow from any- one elie; then where ,has he got the money1 to pay for the luncheode and dinners at the inns where I halre, taken hint?" Bunce grinned. "Of course, if he's what. we believe he is, he has plenty of motley right with him. That was all a bluff, like hie, wantingto 'go to . . work" Whey, but--" i , at?" Bunce sobered quickly. "Yon shouldn't have givelt. him that latchkey. He's been stealing ' out nights after we have all gone to our, rooms." "Tut, nothing but long walks * that, probably. He'0, young and lively. I suppose he's simply got to stretch his legs." Bunce's frown disappeared oh-. V to 'reappear. "Still, I discovered something this afternoon," he announ- ced 'with suspicion. - 1 "What?" • *Mildred picked up her mirror again, a94 seemed much more interested in her Appearance. "I found that he had cut the labels a-nd nainetags out of all hiteclothes."- It was Mildred's turn to defend theit, prize. "Of course,- Wouldn't the sa- vants suspect things if they discover- ed another name? I don't think there, is any.doubt-that he is Lord Bellinere.' Everything we have learned is as much, proof thathe is as that he isn't." Mildred.studied in her mirror, the ef- fect, of her brown purls looped lower on her forehead."Father," she called after a minute. "Do you think Hilda Cabot is so much prettier than I am?" "No. What rot! , You put it all over her." "I wish I wasn't suet' a Lilliputiari"d Mildred tried the hand mirror' at a different angle. "I am pretty, but such a pigmy." Overnight Mildred must have de- voted considerable thought to the .signs, and concluded that a complete change of attitude on herpart, would have a wholesome effect upon her guest. Each previous morning she had made a point of outlining to Durant plans for the day which kept them virtually inseparable. The next morning, however, she withdrew to the library with her father immedi- ately after breakfast without making her desires. known. And later'when Durant came -downstairs seeking ,her, he was informed that, she had gone out without leaving word for him. The change did not pass unnoticed. Durant seemed surprised at the news, arid obviously perplexed as to That et- do. He walked up and down the .hall a few moments, frowning. He started' upstairs . only ,to return im- mediately. Finally hecasked for MTS. Bunce. Simms, the butler, informed him e af4telridddynoiu" with something resembling a smirk, that Mrs. Bunce was. in the reception joys to talk - room.This was the smati crewded "Yes." Da . a‘_0uhis do front room on the first _flbor, osten- stateis iffy more.bj tinfurniture and yellow hangings, ta,tiously• furnished with Vernis Mar - Durant fro -wherewith the Bunces had designed to, put their feet into society. They quires a malt biid. As he entered, unannounced, .quired• If he. had doee anything tol offend her_71191s, not s t Mrs. Bunce'sitting in one of the a- 4 trociously decorated chairs, hastily i .pulled up her overskirt to Jude some- thing .in her, lap., Durant failed to *id happened, and. asked her at mice notice this. action:. He explained what daughter. Bunce was all attention and sympathy. Net being admitteil to the "Why not?" David. dropped his eyes and She' had' no clue to „the change Of inOved y_ 'no, I'd rather' not felt you, .Only evetildtdt AO *in to- day about'anythihg'-`,0f.,that.41 secret councils of the two overmast,- erhiz Intellects of the Bunce ment they had agreed upon. Nor were YOU. • skull eitart4tiedkidasnhae ecenorting defs#741te. letLii''uder4Pt: *HI. Etilise *sgjoings.w..ere,justified. iPeed4awl. 11 At lack e*I‘Igunce vNo' I seen heard. anything 1. ....b e he° seCured s tions. "Yes, eir, but I was "Go on Simms." t f "Well, sir, she told me where she was going, but she said as how, • if you asked me, I was not to tell. "All right, Simms. Wile theta?" i nEstairs wit. 1:20141ENZhe ' , medical authorities have *tat* "There is no -kno*Ing how far -reach' Ing the results of the inituenta *Pie deraie will be.'" From the nature of the malady it . Is feared many cases of tuberculosis "All right, Simms, evtas that all," will develop. If you have not fully recovered from the "fiu," or you are "Very well, you may go." "Thanking you, sir." Simms de- parted with alacrity and without look- ing back. , Durant crossed to the window ,and looked out. - "The cold shoulder!" he Inuttered. His dace took on a deep frown. "Idiot!" i he accused, himself after a tine "What else could .1 ex- pect taking, the easiest way? They're tired of maintaining me in idleness. They don't believe I want work.. Well, there's. only one tthing for me to do." He julnped into the automobile at the door, and hurried to Bunce's of- fice. He enteredit at a pace that told of suddenny aroused determination. "It took ' you a long time to get round to us again, but rm glad to see you," David Shaw greeted him. "I—I've hardly had a free minute until to -day:" 1 , "Yes, rve.heard all about the frail Consumptives is oow ' appealing for of fire you have been leaving." afd In fighting the , Great White "Trail • a hrel • Where what who Plague, The money you give will ha4sThbeee,nboss!r; g, things about me like help restore to health Just such de - that?" .- 1 tlhuge JJ re. ' privatee dent t . k *aft! iiiitre , made on society that be couldn't keep it to himself. Suppose you caine to -see Jiint?" ,."Yes; -1 want ' to 7see him about 74rliVo'rl'cl Wel., you've got to eon - :crime"; betrays a" hisrvs ni ni la,",vi cHil flee, dmaed c:ses:iiro.al rt.: 1)BenjaminrVlytierdi, e,l I ft:sclubone jBu us t n o w, but sit I ern very anx ous to see him at once down a minute, and I'll catch up and break the news to hint gently of who's here." David's manner indicated that he expected hilowords to bring Butice running back the office. ' easier. "Will you tell him, please that "Thank you.," Durant's smile grew 4.4onlidence. .4‘I'm here to corivince him." Durant about work?" David disappeared into the tele- phone booth. He issued from jt a few minutes later i -with a puzzledlook on . . but ,Mr. Bunce says he has an engagement and weal be able to get back the office at all this announced. 11 him I was very aux- iiim about work? ' 4d seemed di.sinelined to , ed and leodded his liea4 pietons were efenfirmedl .know- of anyone who re - like me, do you?" he into run down in health from some other &use, seek a doctor at once. Con- sumption may h.ave developed, but even that may ,eured if takea in time. A case in •polnt has reeeptia been brought to our littentiatl, fafea laborer with a erMa and Ave small Children. - He bad not been feeling right for abate months, not sick enough. to gb to lied, or stay. Indoors, but always .tired, His daily work about the farm had become a; task te him. Se of his own accord he went to the Muskoka' Free Hos- pital, to try and And out what was the matter. *e wlus found to be suf- fering from tuberculosis, and was immediately taken) in and put to bed. The doctors say this man is making a good recovery, and .that he will shortly be able to return home. The Muskoka Free Hospital for ieritivituases as this, bringing happt- ayid nodded toward ',nese untolkto virUnIted families. ere& his,,supgr- oar may be sent to t tickled at the Sir 'initiate- 3. Gage, 84 Biadina avenue, Toronto i or to Geo. At Reid, 44441 griorx ,Gage Institute* i • 11 • est, Tbrento. ,• ght pit .the'bat like this.; ; dlden—Itlle keep my, eyes open, but-.-.---"-Devid's confu- sion showed that his, mind- Was only: half on, the tter. . . e r dIeuppos 'I might try to tell, Mr. Bunce ateth ' clubr mused- 'Tit. "I Would lit do that."" 'ellotetar;;Schdei4dillatt.sesmdirea.rmovlYe.ry for Iteilderd to get up her dandruff and took t his roonittheit e -cent the. house. ''Swiftly , he turned* over „Atm-. hastily, as one eager to mote likely. '134ifiten af rnems-ttewonseinett at "Five chakes to. be an Office hoy o it means nothing," he agreed. "I'll 'Page after nage ,until he came to fete Opt; wait until- she returnii:"., waneadv _ eme . , - .0Yei, yes', 1 would," assented MO. f -d * sqWeet-,of more - importance. "You won't say anything about catch- tendaiit to l an infirm And elderly gen- in'Pot°pbesigliethi6lesalgt It1,1go'Qejut as an nt!lingat- hinischineohieorre clo:noittngi s%)(iiidheenirggupeodni tleman?" Duraht threw the paper - front him, A. reckless glitter her plump face.came alinitting;" Durant's. surprised, hitillliiiii`d de4nisfegi. Iliglati'uni'dPed;-14aPe41° hi.inlit'Pfelti , . , questioning look came finallY upon. the ear -again. 1 4 - • old-fashioned metal knitting. needles °. Five--ten—fifteen nr-fifteen . *miles' heflew projecting from her lap; Be laughed over broad boulevards and then along. and his gaze roamed from her to the "Mrs. Bunce," he exclaimed, "You're dusty rda which ,strung.,thrifty,, set li , towns to itatisiletsleoPY- pretdntious. furnishings of the room. looking le cheering than anything else in this so much more homelike and -heart- bl7otligngiittalerre*ithila"' of gpriThuge.nlaygenovtlee; room.r - . the count between . seemed to invest Mrs. Bunce purred as under er ear_ field, trees,everything with comfort I wish_ you was mine!" she said. Her content arihope. But all this seem - a pair just for luck. You don't have answeritig, Emilie, eel cmilY to add to Duran't irritation venturesome Unexpected favors. - ess. "You're Just the dearest boy! face flooded with an and reckl seness. He forced his car and then, as her eyes blurred; she to the utmost, mastered it as it had his praise touched her. "I used to never bee mastered before, making' it bound and leap to his whims and took up her knitting to hide how much knit, all their stockings before these impulses s one who cares not whit :_slazei silk ones cattle in, and they had, happens. to wear 'ern' to conform to the can- written all over life, not so yobs of taste," she Informed him with much in It is he books: Fortune . smiles resignation. Viti going to knit you on the r Ales& Chance hands the. Durant left the. orderly turnpike for to wear 'em. I know/they don't go a narrow road that led away thronIgh. with the rest of your fine feathers." Durant spent mint of the -Morning 1 wooded fields. •Barely had he tiirn talking to her, and went away cheer_ i into it Whe nehead- he OW of te going° in the Same direction. ed, and with his earlier doubt evident - sounded the horn. clearedloYnequialtweays benfieftrtsomd by being ingEv.:gth- .. (Ceutinued Next Week.) ) Mrs. Bunco. Large -hearted, happy '- dead by. disposition, and practice, she talk- ed incorrectlyand felt correctly; as . • - Breathes there a man with soul -so placidly ignorant that everyone in the - f well as she was of her own lapses n Who never to himself bath said. large world did not at all times mean -vide Is y OWII, My native land!" from grammar. Language may have' Thousands upon thousands of "Men been invented to conceal the thoughts, have met timely deaths during the as Talleyrand says, but it is seldom past four years; never has the love r long successful in concealing the feel- Of hornet Ceounter called for such a ings. Her husband and daughtenev- made, and who held, the few friends ' *erre sacrifice. atriotisin does not begin of the family. She was unselfish and with war. We cannot all on the battlefield—but we can er dreamed it, but it was, she who had nor end without gnile—and she believed every- be as truly. patriotic in looking after ' the, we But the doubt which her mother had There Is n enemy In our . ar of our 'countrymen here smoothed' down, Mildred took care to at home. midst— body else to be so. - , =tie up again after luncheon. It was . Lurking in unsuenct- consumptio ed. places, i seeks but a foothold to Simms whom she deputed to visit her fdrag its v ctims down to death. orther displeasure upon Durant. • "Miss Bunee's compliments, sir, and Surely it IS a true test of love of she says she 'as left the car at the such a tee. country to evote oar energies and t door for you to take to the garage." our man towards exterminating We have j weighted deference with which Simms servant, wa ssignificant, despite the . The order, sent to him through a once quite grip of Pove All right, Sima lingering their savings Simms, thank you. I'll father develo conveyed it. come right down. Please tell Miss mother and f Mince I'd like to see her first," he 4said —worse. still, after a mown contracted th - "Sorry; sir, t she has gone lieut." ease is not e - . "Oh, has she?" FREE 11 liere's a • chance to d prove to your own satisfaction, and. at our expenseethatZain- Bale does end pain and heal sores and akin diseases. Mail this 'advertise- ment' and 'lc stamp (for return postage) to 'Zam-Bok Co., Dupont' . 1 St, Toronto, an.d we i* I will send you free :box. learned of a family, mfortable, now in the ter and misery. The d consumptionafter bless that exhausted he died, leaving the lir little ones penniless all the children have same disease. Thia ceptional, family after ring a similar fate. ka Free Hospital for the -pioneer in the e Great White Plague naa -five beth to carry en , family is` stiff "Yes, sir, but she said if you want- The Musk ed the careeyon. could 'aye it iintil Comiumptives nig "ht.All right, / ght, Siwartagainst t Simms. That was very —needs Your " kind of he, I am sure," Durant smil- its work. Co suraptien can be cured ed. "Obeeby the way, did she happen if taken- in ti e,. Must the fight be to tell you where she was going?" he lost for lack t funds? e asked in an offhand manner. Gifts may e sent to SIT William sphuurffalnedt,taurnndedwat so lselernnt.the Stimunintsil aause of his reticence did he venture 3, Gage, ed 5 dina avenue, Tomato, No or toieGeorg A. Reid, Secretary - to carry out the rest of his instruc- Treasurer, G ge institute, 223 Sek lege street, T ronto. ., - .., -a WHEN. HE WENT AWAY. -Wind and rain and sleet,, Cloudy skyt.anel gray Seemed to be the end of time, When he went away. A sea of yearning face, Mothers, sweeeheartst wives, -Glances seemed to cut! me Like dull, .jagged knives. na Sound of distant usic, Bugles faint and sweet, Some one shouts, 'The -'re ;coming!'" Silence rOigas temple- te... Then, as thoug.! to .-eaVit them, There goes 0, a 'cheer, All the crowd ikrwaving,• My ,own lad Head soquick..uplifted . ' - e Shuffling slush of marching feet Fofirualthe oefri _et,iitheewit fear. *And for me * smile. Dear God, again. Alter Forgetful men in khaki -dad Then, "Oh, he has passed me," Ware Branham. JAI' *.A.0110SPER. • • • War -time PriOs Have Made Them apanese Itettave long purses* well titled, as et.' result of War pros- tpeeity which has Come to them since. east autumn, according' to tie Shi- mura, president the Hypethee istilik Of Japan. , A year ego, theso farmers seemed inActrica Lay 'burdened, wititt debt, owing thee.- aggregitte of te00,000,e00 eat. bang compeiled to 'Day a yearveinterest of io 0 0,0 0 u, ettimurs. de Toteay. the fatmei's dive taken up tle,tt00,600, or *thetee Atitaitt, are meeiait tamest no firtned • requesth tor', ioans, anu are buyi-,;. Jeuvily of Opoeliee, Bank debenturt,* id the await* ueinoninations. Vixen oeing itielstOt borriewerst alley hive oecome tranSformed into Investors: ittn, .three *eerie the. Japanese .em- ployed in indwitries _reaped. the chief gains from , the ' war: Last fedi the- , ',ewes turned. Prices .of xice, rad talk giati,tea .were *Iiiteu Upward by • ...Axe war .demane, and have stayed up. elle result is the unparaiteled proe- perity Jiipaneee farmers. On the thee. halide these high •prices have, *treated .a tteavy demand for small _Gans in lailustrial communities, ea taetory workers have felt the pinch of_ the highiir cost . Since Pretoperny has attended the ti tt3 of farmers, denesie rates of banks. in the proitincee have heeornetiouch. teeter than :those of town banks'Dee .aosits with co-operatere etulte ip edzieultural dietricts also are in- saixeing -with. aetonishing 'rapidity, President Shimura said. 'With. farm, ore so well ptietliled -with funds, prospects good for even greater amome froni the coming-liarveste, it, lb expected 'khat the greater part of' any imam of '-Government bonds, awl). es to meet expenses Of •the expedltion 6iberia, be purchased by tb.0 ▪ et:, silk aiiti tea f.3..rmers of. Japan. Stewel Crew teuxury. The ordinary erow if well stewe4 s a, fine dish in Germany. , A 50 -cent; egg fried in butter that costs 17 a pound Is a luxury. e Clothes made of cloth 1nsted of -paper are reserved for the folk with money and soap is merely a =import, The non-eombatants in the-- cities of Germany have become resigned to - the death of children from mal- nutrition. The old people pass away AS a matter ;of course. Milk is sold only on a physician's prescription. In short, the only way to survive In the Kaiser's realm to -day is to fight the Allies or make munitions. In substance, this was the impres- sion of - the Germany of to -day as expressed by. an American woman who left Germany on March 23rd last. Miss MakAvoy and her sister, Mrs. Ida M. Dix, Of Hoboken, went to Germany eight years ago to try to regain their health. "We had been in Germany since 1910," said Miss Mac/ivory. 'We left on March 23, just aboutithe tjtue the ,whole country .was geking jubilant, oVer the great Ipeace offensive that was to end the war: News had ,eotne in. about that time about the success of that horrible long-distance ' eannon that •was hurling shelf' into Paris and everybody 1 sweet was - happy. "They knew nothing about the army of Arnerieans that *as piling into France, Neither did we, because all this had been most cleverly kept from the German people. We spent most of our time in Dresden. No one there believed that America could possibly get actively into the war. They had been assured that the ,It-hoats would keep American troops away from the cOntinent., and the few Americans that -were taken priebnera were merely a handful of adventur- ous