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DR. F. I. L FORSTBIR
Ey % Ear, Nose and Threat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto. -
Late Assistant New York °Oland -
mei and Aural Institute, Moorefield's
Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos-
Oats, London, Dot. At the Queen's
Rotel, Seaforth, third WedneeidaY In
each month from 10 am. to 2 in
88 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford.
Phone 267 Stratford.
LEGAL
R. S.T HAYS.
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Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer and
Notary Public. Solicitor for the Do-
minion Bank. Office in rear of the Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Money to
loan.
3.M. BEST
Barrister, Solicitor, Conveyancer
and Notary Public. Office upstairs
over Walker's Furniture Store, Main
Street, Seaforth.
PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN AND..
coot€
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Pub-
lic„. etc. Money to lend. In Seaforth
On .-Monday of each, week. Office in
Kidd Block. W. Proudfoot, KC, J.
L. Killoran, H. J. D. Cooke.
VETERINARY •
F. HARBURN, V. S.
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College, and honorary member of
the MedicaPAssociation of the Ontario
Veterinary College. Treats diseases of
all domestic animals by the most mod-
ern principles. Dentistry and Milk
Fever a specialty. Office opposite
Dick's Rotel, Main Street, Seaforth.
All orders left at the hotel will re-
ceive prompt attention. Night calls
received at the office
JOHN, GRIEVE, V. S..
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College. All diseases of domestic
, animals treated. Calls promptly. at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-
erinary Dentistry a specialty. Office
and residenceon Goderich street, one
door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea -
forth.
• MEDICAL
DR. GEORGE HEILEMANN.
Osteophatic Physician of Goderich.
Specialist in Women's and Children's
diseases, reheumatism, acute, chronic
and nervous disorders; eye, ear, nose
and throat. Consulation free. Office
above Umback's Drug store, Seaforth,
Tuesdays and Fridays, 8 a.m. till 1 p.m
C. J. W. EARN, M.D.C.M.
425 Richmond Street, London, Ont.,
Specialist, Surgery and Genio-Urin-o
ary diseases of men and women.
DR. J. W. PECK
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine
McGill University, Montreal; Member
of College of Physicians and Surgeons
of Ontario; Licentiate of Medical Coun-
cil of Canada; Post -Graduate Member
of Resident Medical staff of General
Hospital, Montreal, 1914-15; Office, 2
doors east of Post Office. Phone 56_
Ontario.
Dr. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence, Goderich street
east of the Methodist church, Seaforth.
Phone 46. Coroner for the County of
1111rOn.
DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY
3. G. Scott, graduate of Victoria and
College of Physicians and Surgeons
Ann Arbor, and member of the Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons, of
Ontario.
C. Mackay honor graduate of Trin-
ity University, and gold medallist of
Trinity Medical College; member of
the College of Physician e and Sur-
geons of Ontario.
DR. H. HUGH ROSS.
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago;
Royal Ophthalmic Hospital London,
England, University- Hospital, London
England. Office—Back of Dominion
Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5, Night
Calls answered from residence, Vic-
toria Street. Seaforth.
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B. R. HIGGINS
Box 127, Clinton — Phone 100
Agent for
The Huron and Erie Mortgage Corpor-
ation and the Canada Trust Company.
Commissioner H. C. J. Conveyancer,
Fire and Tornado Insurance, Notary
Public, Government and Municipal
Bonds bought and sold. Several good
farms for sale. Wednesday of each
week at Brucefield.
AUCTIONEERS.
GARFIELD McMICHAEL
Licensed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron. Sales conducted in any part
of the county. Charges moderate and
satisfaction guaranteed. Address Sea -
forth, R. R. No. 2, or phone 18 on 236,
Seaforth. 2653-tf
• THOMAS BROWN
Licensed auctioneer for the counties
of Huron and Perth. Correspondence
arrangements for sale dates can be
made by calling up phone 97, Seaforth
or The Expositor Office. Charges mod-
erate end satisfaction guaranteed.
R. T. LUKER
Licensed Auctioneer for the County
of Huron, Sales attended to in all
parts of the county*. Seven _yews" ex-
perience in Manitoba and Saskatche-
wan. Terms reasonable. Phone No.
175 r 11, Exeter, Centralia P. 0. R.
R. No. L Orders left at The Hon
111xpesitor Mee, Seeforth, promptly at -
Waded.
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e Canadian
Bank of Commerce
Address of the General Manager
at the Annual Meeting of the Bank
••••••••••••=1PIWPIII.
The address of Sir John Aird, General Manager of the Canadian
Bank of Onnmerce, at the Anneal Meeting of the Shareholders, on the 18th.
betent, will be found of interest Itnotonly deals with the business of
the Bank during the past year, •which has been the most successful one
in the history of the institution, but as well it is a review of the business
a the country, and carries with it a splendid message to Canadian blis-
iness men for the year on which we have now entered. Sir John said:
Contrary to the view expressed last crease in benk balances, which leaves
year, that it was' unlikely that we the combined-- total . of notes and
should again show such large figures cheques and bank balances ;1,133,000
for some years to come, the unexpect- greater than the figures of last year.
ed has happened, and we have made There has been an increase in our call
a newe'record in -both profits and .total and short loans in panada and a de -
assets. Undoubtedly 1the continued crease in those pliewhere, the com-
high level of prices for commodities bined effect of all these changes in
of all kinds has left its mark upoo assets being that our quick or easily
the balance sheets- of fmancial inst-, realizable assets have increased by
tutions, and while this
. at 49.11 per I
ondition con- $16,892,000, and standtinues it will be reflected in the fig- cent of our liabilities to the public.
c,
uses of our own annual statement ; Our holdings of Dominion and Provin-
cial Goverrunent securities have in -
Increased Earnings. creased $10,700,000 during the year,
_ . . . ; ; largely represented by our share of
The net profits have amounted to advances to the Dominion Govern -
$3,074,000, after a most careful pro- ment, which are being repaid out, of
vision for all thedonbtful items the proceeds of the last Victory Loan.
among the Bank's assets. These earn- Current commercial loans, that is
ings exceed. those of last year by those c turent loans not classified as
$224,000, a satisfactory increase of "call and short loans," both in Can -
7.9 per cent., but which compares with ada and elsewhere,', Show considerable
an increase of 8.9 per cent. M assets increases, amounting to $20,837,000 in
The figures show that the forces all, which may be considered as an -
which have been -steadily reducing the other welcome indication of reviving
rate of earnings on the services per- commercial activity. We have dis-
formed by Canadian banks for the posed of the Eastern Townships Batik
public, to 'which I referred last year, building in Montreal during the year,
are still actively at work, and it is and this accounts for the reduction in
fervently to be hoped that the keen -.Real Estate other than Bank Prem -
spirit . of competition, so strenuously ises. The increase in Bank Premises
active in: many directions, will not account is dee principally to the, ac -
blind Canadian bankers to this ten- , quirement of sites. for a number of
dency of the, times. When it is con- our newer branches in pursuance of
sidered that the three million odd 'our general policy in this respect. The
dollars that we show as our net total of our assets has grown during
profits represent the combined earn- : the 'Year by $39,333,000, or 8.9 per
ings of over 500 offices, and the re- i cent. which, under the circumstances,
sult of the efforts of a staff of d'ter we consider satisfactory.
4,000 employees, it will be more clear-
ly recognized how meagre is the show- New Branches.
ing in comparison with the vast ,
Throughout the war the Canadian
amount of hard labor and heavy re -
banks abstained, by common consent,
sponsibility involved.
' • from the opening of new branches.
The Pension Fund. Not only was this justified by the
uncertainty of the outlook, but the
We have paid -during the year four drain upon the manhood of the coune
quarterly dividends of 3 per cent., or try for military service was so great
12 per cent. in all, and now that the that it was only with difficulty that
war is over and we find, it necessary those members of our staff who were
to take up our building programme left behind were able to cope with the
again, we have resumed. our former work thrust upon them, even yvith the
practice and have vtritten nthe sum of assistancelof the temporary staff. Ac -
$250,000 off Bank Premises Account. cordingly, while the confliet lasted, we
This is perhaps more necessary now could do no more :than to keep a re -
than ever, owing to the extremely cord of those places -which seemed to
high cost of all building operations, offer it. promising field, with a view
which has naturally caused us to limit to oecupying them when the general
our programme to only the merit ne- situation justified such a step. The
cessarye work. The release of large prograntme thus 'laid down has fully
numbers of our men from military ser- employed our energies during the past
vice, and their return into the service year, but is - fairly well completed,
of the Bank has rendered a large M- and now that we have occupied most
crease necessary in, the Bank's contri- of the promising new fields in Cane
bution to the Pension Fund, This is ada that have been brought to our
caused by tnapy of these , returned attention and have protected our bus-
men having', during their absence on iness at those points where such
military service, reached or passed the action seemed necessary, we purpose
age of 25, at which the Bank's contri- turning our attention to foreign
bution to the Pension Fund on their fields. In the meantime the new
behalf begins .1 When all arrange- branches we have opened are, most
ments are completed and the question of them, progressing satisfactorily
of their back payments to the Fundis and although the initial expenses con -
settled, a further large sum will no nected with them are heavy, we look
doubt be required to adjust the t
Bank's contribution for the period of o see f em become before long a
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source o strength and profit.
their absence, It is our intention in
tilt, very near future to have the The Bank's Taxes.
Fund again actuarially examined with
a view to increasing the limit of the Some years- ago, after the outbreak
pensions awarded. , We have also of the war, we took occasion to refer
thought it wise, in view othe • to the subject of taxes paid by the
et un-
settled condition 91 the •principal for-
Bank, and advised you that the total
eign exchanges, th set aside the sum
was about $650,000. It will to doubt
be of interest to you to know that
of $750,000 as an appropriation for
the sum taken out of the profits of the
the contitmous decrease in the value
of our funds and investments abroad. Bank during the past year, and ap-
We could, of course, offset this shrink-
plied to the paytnent of taxes, was
age by writing up the value of our
nearly double that amount, or over
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investments in the United States, but $1,200,000. We have thought it well
as to realize the increased value we to speak thus frankly because the
-
should have to liquidate our business opinionseems to be more or lees
.
in that country, we have not attempt-
their fair share of the burdens of
widely held that banks donot bear
ed to adopt such a short-sighted pol-
icy. We have also to consider that the general taxation.
exchange situation between Canada Out of the total of 1,704 officers of
and the United States will right it- this Bank who volunteer :1 f th d
self automatically when the Euro- fence of the Empire, either in the
pean exchanges become more normal, army or navy, we have reinstated
and we think that the policy we have during the course of the year 996 and
followed is one that should commend have still to hear from 253 of them.
itself to every conservatively man- We haVe been glad to welcome these
aged institution. officers back to our service, and will
do all in our power to assist them to
Patriotic Subscriptions. become re-established in civil life. It
is our hope that in the course of a
As usual, we ask you to confirm the reasonably short time they will find
larger subscriptions we have been themselves at no disadvantage as a
called on to make .during the year, result of the loss in banking experi-
amounting to the sum of $22.000,al-
ence which naturally resulted from
most all on behalf of objects of a their absence. The opening of new
patriotic charactei connected with the branches and the expansion of our
war.
business have 'made it possible to take
There has been a decrease in our on the staff again all those who ap-
note circulation for the first time ply for reinstatement.
since the commencement of the, war.
The decrease is only $1,536,000, but
Employer and Employee.
if jt is one of the first signs of a
check to the inflation , of prices, it is
not unwelcome. The increase in de- An unlooked-for consequence of the
h
posits of $40,446,000 is the striking war as been the unsettlement of the
item of our statement, and it has relations between employer and em-
ployee in evry walk •of life. One a
taken place almost entirely, in the
more stable item of deposits bearing
interest. The decreases in balances
due to foreign banks and in bills pay-
able are almost offset by the increase
in acceptances under letters of credit,
and none of these changes possess any
special significance, save only that the
increase in the use of letters of credit
indicates a revival of foreign trade
as a result of the ending of the war.
Increased Cash Assets. °
On the assets side of „the statement
we show an increase of $1,390,000 in
! cash on hand. The change is more
than accounted for bythe increase in
I Dominionnotes held, there having
been a slight decrease in our holdings
of coin. Dominion notes in the Cen-
tral Gold Reserve s are $1,000,000 low-
er, corresponding to the dectease in
our note circulation. There is a de-
crease of about $1,400,000 in the item
of cheques on !other banks, which uay
indicate a slight lessening in the ac-
tivity of general business, but an in- 1
the primary causes of this has been
the extraordinary increase in the cost
of living, but any one who is forced
to grapple with the problems before a
the employer knows that this can be
the cause of only a small part of his a
difficulties. The deeper and more o
doubt, had S
f the war, S
of a life a
the op- t
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asked. Thus new conditions arose,
some showing marked improvement
over those existhsg before the war,
but others such at are foredoomed to
failure if put into practice under the
usual conditions of peace. It is, per-
haps, too mach to ask of either em-
ployees or employers that they should
at once grasp with a clear - mental
vision all the far-reaching conse-
quences of these changes. Ehialce It
to elay that the adjustments necessary
now that business conditions have be-
come) more normal are many and diffi-
cult, and involve to the utmost a
spirit ef fairness and a willingness to
compromise opposing points of view
on both sides. Speaking for our own
staff, both permanent and temporary,
they have rendered us loyal service
in difficult days, andwe have sought
to give generous and sympathetic con-
sideration to the difficulties which
have been Particularly their lot, as
salaried men and wonsen, dining an
extraordinary rise in the cost of
living
The 1919 Victory Loan.
In November last the Canadian
Government issued its sixth War
Loan, the /noney being required for
purposes connected with the transi-
tion from war to peace. The Min-
ister of Finance, Sir Henry Drayton,
again asked for a minimum of $300,-
000,000, and the total subscriptions
received were $676,242,790, almost as
much as subscribedto the previous
loan. • The Minister of Finance, and
the country itself, are to be congratu-
lated most heartily upon this new
demonstration of the financial strength
of Canada. There was a large reduc-
tion in, the number of subscribers, the
total number being 789;582, as com-
pared with 1,140,057 in the case of the
1918 loan, so that the average atnount
Subscribed was considerably larger,
being $857, as against 4610. It is in-
teresting to note, as showing the
popularity of the Victory Loans among
small subscribers, that in the cage of
the 191t7 loan $100,300,000, and in the
case of the 1918 loan $104,500,000,was
issued in $50 and $100 bonds. The
corresponding figures for the 1919
loan are not yet available, and owing
to the reduction in the number of sub-
scribers the total will probably not be
so great; but it is evident that about
$300,000.000 of the last three loans
has been obtained in this ,way.
Encourage Exploration.
When addressing you last year I
ventured to express the opinion that
the Government could afford to grant
a small bounty on the production of
the gold mines in Canada, with a
view to increasing the available sup-
ply of' the precious metal. This
opinion has met with disapproval in
some quarters, hut I still think that
the Government should do something
in the matter, perhaps not so much
by way of offering a bounty on the
gold itself, as to encourage the ex-
ploration and development -of what
are supposed to be gold -bearing areas.
Were fhe same course to be followed
in the case of silver, it is possible
that the discaery of new fields and
the s openizig of new mines might ex-
ercise a very beneficial steadying
effect on the price of that metal. The
extension of the output of the present
mines is, of course, encouraged by the
material enhancement in price which
has taken place. According to figures
made public some time ago, the price
per ounce rose during last year from
an average of $101 -*-; during the first
four months to $1.1. 92 in November.
- Depredated Exchange.
The condition of the foreign e
changes is one of the problems wi
which we have had to deal durin
the past year, and it is one in whi
the people of Canada are deeply co
cerned, as it has a very direct effec
upon their economic life. Canada
not alone in suffering from the effec
of a depreciated exchange; in fact,
is a condition now familiar to almos
every country in the world. T
artificial 'expedients which have bee
resorted to in order to correct th
situation, such as the shipping o
gold, the, sale of securities and an a
tempt at fixing . exchange rates, ar
inadequate and may even prove clan
gerous. The rehabiliation of ,o
dollar can only be accomplished b
saving, economy and greater produc
tion. It has perhaps become fairl
generally known among those wh
take an interest in the matter tha
our imports from the United State
greatly exceed our experts to tha
,country, and that in the case o
Great Britain the reverse is true, ou
exports greatly exceeding our imports
Therefore in the case of our trad
with the United States there is
scarcity of bills receivable which w
can set off against our bills payabl
to that country; while in the case o
our trade with Great Britain the re
verse is true, and the bills receivable
exceed the bills payable to such an ex-
tent that she has been forced to ob-
tain credit from 'us for many of her
purchases of food -stuffs produced in
Canada.
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Foreign Credits.
There is much more, however, in
the situation than this. We have been
selling on credit to France, Belgiurn,
Greece, Roumania, and to some ex-
tent to Great Britain, manufactured
goods, the raw materials of which are
largely imported ,from the United
States, and we are called upon topay
for these raw materials in cash. In
addition to this, the interest payments
on our debt abroad have increased, as
well as the heavy shipping charges
which have to be paid on water -borne
goods. In paying for the raw.materi-
Is referred to we are forced to use .
up a large part of those funds ordin-
rily available to defray the cost of
Ur normal imports from the United '
tates. The scarcity of United
tates funds has thus been accentu-
ted by the increased demand, while
he source from which we have been
ont in the past to make up any de-
cencies, that is, the balance due to
s by merchants and others in. Great
ritain, is not now available for this
urpose for two reasons: first, that
reat Britain is not settling in cash
s in the past; second, that such part
f this indebtedness as might be made
vailable for the purpose is not now
cceptable to the United States as
ayment, because that country has al-
dy a Surplus of British debts
hich she isanxious to realize. If to
ese factors in the problent be added
e effect of increased purchases of
xuries imported from the United
'
- in the present area of free and
easy spending, an idea will be ob-
tained of at least some of the main
reasons for the present situation.
British Imports.
It should not be forgotten in any
discussion of the position of the for.
eign exchanges as affecting -Canada,
that so far as imports to this country
are concerned the, -position of the
British and Continental exchangee is'
just as favorable as United States
exchange is unfavorable. The diffi-
culty in this case is one of supply.
Judging by recent accounts, however,
Great Britain is bending all her en-
ergies, in spite of labor troubles, and
other adverse circumstances, to resum-
ing her place as an exporting nation,
and now that the difficulty of secur-
• ing vessel space is decreasing, we
shall 'hope to see 'a decided hicrease,
In the near future, in. imporbs from
the mother country of "those goods of
which we stand in need, and which
cannot be produced at home:
Buy in Canada.
On the other hand, in our relations
with the United States We should aim
'to decrease our imports, especially of
' those articles which are merely lux-
uries or which can be produced
equally well at home. The position of
exchange at this moinent is a lesson
that our dollars can be more advan-
tageously expended for a home-made
Article than for one manufactured in
the United States, and it is to be
hoped that this practical lesson will
not be lost upon our people. Its in-
fluence should be strengthened by
merchants .and importers for consompe
tion in Canada such unnecessary artif
cles as we have referred „ to.
To sum up, then, there is no ;royal
road to the rectification of the for-
eign exchanges. Hard work and self-
denial, such as will increase our in-
come as a nation; and decrease our
expenditure, are the only sovereign
remedies for the disease. Harder
work and greater diligence, are need-
ed to increase prOduction, and self-
denial implies the cessation of pur-
chases of imported -articles which are
only luxuries or can be produced at
home. We doubt, however, whether
aught save stern necessity can en-
force these conditions upon our people.
* David Harum
Continued from Page 7
"How's . that, John?" said' David,
laughing.
"I suppose it's an acquired taste,"
Isaid John., returning the laugh and
Ilt.aking a mouthful of the wine with
t'nfinite relish. "I don't think I ever
enjoyed a glass of wine so much. or,'
turning to Aunt Polly, "ever enjoyed
a dinner so much," which statement
completely mollified her feelings,
which had been „the least bit in the
world "set edgeways."
"Mebbe your app'tite's got some -
thin' to do with it," said David, shov-
eling a knife -load of good things in -
tri his mouth. "Pony, this young man's
ben livin' on crackers an' salt herrin'
fer a week."
"My land!" cried Mrs. Bixbee with
an expression of horror. "Is that w
reelly so? 'T ain't now, reelly?" Jt
"Not quite so bad as that," John a
answered, smiling; "but Mrs. FAright
has been ill for a couple of days and n
—well, I have been foraging around
Purse's store a little:"
"Wa'al, of all the mean themes!" t
exclaimed Aunt Polly indignantly. t
"David Harum, - you'd ought to be a
ridielons t' allow such a thing."
"Wa'al, I never!" said David, hold- e
ing his knife and fork straight int h
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JANUARY 23, 1920
'd 4o her good. Wa'al, the day after
we got there I Wit to her while we -
was havin' breakfast—it Was picked -
up erphant o. toast, near 'a 1 cfn re-
member, wa'n't it, Polly?"
"That's as near the truth as Most
rea sniff.
rest .on't 'so fur," said Polly
t
"Wa'al, I says to her," he proceeded,
untouched by her scorn, "'How'd you
like to go t' the theater? You Writ
never ben,' I says, 'an' now you're down
here you may jest as well see some -
thin' while you got a chanst,' I says.
Up to that time," he remarked,as it
were in passing.: "she'd ben esome-
what prejuced tinst theaters, an."—"
Mrs. Bisbee broke in, "I
guess what we see that night was calf -
"Yon hold on," he interposed. "I'm
this story. You had a chanst
to an' wouldn't. • Anyway," he re-
sumed, "she allowed she"el try it once
an' we agreed we'd go somewheres
that night. But somethin' happened
to put it out o' my mind, an' I didn't
think unit agin till I got back to the
hotel fer supper. So 1 went to the
feller at the news-stand an' says,
'Got any show-tickits fer to -night?'
"Theater?' he says.
"1 reckon so,' I says.
"Wa'al,' he says '1' hain't got
nothin' now „ but says,
seats fer
'Clyanthy.'
"Is it a good show?' I says—`moral
an' so on? I'm goin' to take my
sister, an' she's a little pertieler a-
bout some things, 1 says. He kind
o' grinned, the feller did. 'I've took
my wife twice, an' she's putty per-.
tieler herself,' he says, laughint' "
"She must 'a' ben," remarked Mrs.
Bixbee with a sniff that spoke volumes
of her opinion of "the feller's wire."
David emitted a chuckle.
"Wa'al," he. continued, "I took the
tickits on the feller's recommend, an'
the fact of his wife's bete so pertic'-
ler, an' after supper we went. It
was a mighty handsome place in-
side, gilded an' carved all over like
the outside of a cirkis wagin, an' 'when
we went in the orehestry was playin'
an' the people was comin' in, an' af-
ter we'd set a few minutes 1 says to
Polly, 'What do youthink ori'?' I
iays.
"'1 don't see any -thin' very unbe-
comin' so fur, an' the .people looks
respectable enough,' she says.
"No jail birds in sight fur 's ye
ch'e, nsh, he!" eeesofur, be they? I says. He,
"Yon needn't make me out more
of a gump 'n I was," protested Mrs.
Bixbee. "An you was jest as
David held up his finger at her.
"Don't you spine the story by dis-
counting the sequeL Wa'al, putty
soon the band struck up some kind
of a dancin' tune, an' the curt'in'went
up, an'. a girl come prantin' down to
the footlights an' t begun singin' an'
dancin', an,' scat my—! to an hu-
man appearances you e'd 'a' covered
ev'ry dum thing she had on with a
postage stamp." John stole a glance
at Mrs. Cullom. She was staring at
the speaker with wide-open eyes of
horror and amazement.
"I guess 1 wouldn't go eery far
into particlars," said Mrs. 13ixbee itt
a warning tone.
David bent his head down over his
plate and shook from head to foot,
and it was nearly a minute before he
as able to go on. "Wa'al," he said,
I heard Polly give a kind of a 'gasp
n' a snort, 's if some one'd throwed
tt
ater i' her face. But she didn't say s
othin! an' I swan! I didn't dast to n
ook at her fer a spell; an' putty p
oon in come a hull crowd more girls.
hat had, left their clo'es in • their
runks or somewhere, singin' an'
ancin', an' weavin' 'round on the
tage, an' after a few -minutes I turn -
d an' looked at Polly. He, he, he,
e!"
emnetWng amusing was going on
Iwihaintilhixeittni.edpittialifitisteitesa,tilwnegre conscious that
but was not quit sure what The *ie.!
7"ilt praectnpooyrousoukaven't followed
saLdNottit nh ae ,ra nhostess.tyrosu. never B
dinti look things seriously for th
theater-goin' much after that." she
blerbeetho'uregbehpitilevieod;
believe," she asserted, "that David Pti
it sence without tingolinuti ffallitovhaerd.ret
ben fer me; but as true "s you live.
Cynthy Cullom, I was so 'shamed at -
the little 1 I did see that when
ceme to go to bed I took my clo'ea
rooaf!Driiitdh:ttbdierwk:ubgahetekr.hims Ish.eadBixiabeeed
looked at lihn with unmixed scorn.
"If I couldn't help makin' a--" she
began, "I'd—o"
"Oh, Lord! Polly," David broke in,
"be sure 'n wrap op when you go 'out.
If you shti ketch cold an' your sense
o' the ridielous sh'd strike in you'd
be a dead -'n' -goner sure." This wale
treated with the silent contempt whiFlt -
it deserved, and David fell, upon bit
dinner with_ the remark that l'Ere
guessed he'd better make up fer lost
time," though as a matter a fact
while he had done most of the talk-
ing he had by no means suspended
another function of his mouth while
80j'eonrgaagted-ime nothing more was said
which did not relate to the replenish-
ment of plates, glasses,' and cups.
Ftnally David cleanned up his plate
with his knife blade and a piece of
bread and pushed it /away with a
sigh of fullness, mentally echoed by
Jmoe,h,:in”.f he eel
remarked. 'What's contint
's if a child could play with
now, Polly?"
"The's a mince pie, an' Injun pude
din' with maple, sugar an' cream, an'
ice _cream," she replied.
"Mercy on us!" he exclaimed. "I
guess have to go an' jump up
an' down on the verandy. How do
you feel, John? I s'pose you _got so
used to them things .at the Eagle ft
you won't have no stomach fer 'em
eh? Wa'al, fetch 'em, along. May
3
s well die fer the ole sheep 's the
Jamb, but, Polly Bixbee, if you've got
designs on my life, may ds well tell
ye right now 't I've left all my prop"-
ty to the Institution fer Disappinted
Hoss Swappers."
"That's putty near next oi kin, ain't
was the unexpeeted rejoinder
of the injured Polly.
"Wa'al, scat my —I" exclaimed
David, hugely amused, "if Polly Bix-
bee hain't Made a joke! You'll git
yourself into the alinanie, Polly, fest
thing you know." - Sairy brought in
the pie and then the pudding.
"John," said David, "if you've got
a pencil an' a piece o' paper handy
I'd like to jtave-ye take down a few
of my last words 'fore we proceed tar
the pie an' puddin" bus'nis. Any more
'hoss-redish' in the bottle?" holding
out his glass. "Hi! hi! that's enough.
You take the rest on't," which John
did, nothing loath.
David ateehis pie in edlence but be -
ore he made up his mind t'cl attack
he' pudding, which was his favorite
onfection, he gave an audible chuckle
hich elicited, Mrs. Bixbee's notice..
"What yoUltiggliti"bout now?" she
°Iagnipkheaetdvit,11"dinh'e said as he covered his
laughed. "I was thinldn' of
I heard up to. Purse's last
udding with the thick cream sauce„,
Amri Shapless has ben gittins mar -
ed."
"Wa'al, I declare!" she exclaimed:
That ole shack!" Who in creation
:auld he git to take him."
"Lize Jannis is the lucky woman,"
plied David with a grin.
"Wa'al, if that don't beat all!"
aid Mrs. Bixbee throwing up her' *
ands and even from Mrs. Cullom.
as drawn a "Well, I never!"
"Fact," said David, "they was =r-
ed yesterday forenoon. Squire
arker done the job. Dominie White
ouldn't have nothin' to do with it!"
Squire Parker d ortter be %teamed
himself," said Mrs. Bixbee indig-
ntly. *
Don't you think that trew love had
ght to be allovted to take its
urge?" asked David with an air of
ntiment.
"I think, the squire 'd . ortter be
hamed of himself," she -reiterated-
'pose them two old skin amulinks
as te go an' have children?"
"Polly, you make ine blush," pro-
sted her brother. "1-lain't you got
respect fer the holy institution of
atrimuny ?—and --at cetfry ?" - he
ded, wiping his whole face with his
pldn.
"Much as you bev, reckon," she
orted. "Of all the arnazin" things
this world -the amazinist to me is
e kind of people that gits married
each other in gen'ral; but this here
rformence beats ev'rything holler."
'Amri give ,a very good reason
't," said David with an air of con -
tion, and then he broke into a
gb.
'Ef you got anythinf to tell, tell
said Mrs. Bisbee impatiently.
(Continued next week.)
in either fist as they rested on the
table, and staring at his sister. "I be
,believe if the meetin'-house roof was en
to blow off you'd lay it onto me some-
how. I hain't ben runnin' the Eagle /
tavern fer quite a consid'able while. d
You got the wrong pig by the ear as th
usual. Jest you pitch into him,"
pointing with his fork to John. "It's, ee
his funeral, if anybody's."
- "Wa'al," said Aunt Polly, address-
ing John in a tone of injury, "I do
think you might have let somebody
know; I think you'd (litter 've
known "
"Yes, Mrs.. Bixbee," he interrupted.
"I did know how kind you are and
would have been, and if matters had
gone on so much longer I should have
appealed to you. I should have indeed;
but really," he "added, smiling at her,
"a dinner like this is worth fasting
a week for."
"Wa'al," she said, mollified again,
"you won't git no more herrin"nless
you ask fer 'em."
"That is just what your brother
said this morning," replied,John, look-
ing at pavid with a laugh.
.. -
"David Harum!" cried Mrs. Bix-
e, "ef you're goin' to discribe any s
ore o' them scandlous goin's on I h
h'll take my vituals into the kitchen. w
didn't see no more of 'exn," she ad -
ed to Mrs. Cullom imd "after. ri
at fust trollop appeared." P
"I don't believe she did," said David,
er when I &Tried she set there with
her eyes shut Ogntrier 'n a drum, an' of
her mouth shut too so's her nose an' na
chin most come together, an' her face
was red enough so ft a streak o' red
paint 'd 'a' made a white mark on it,
'Polly,' I says, 'I'm afraid you ain't
'gettin' the vvuth o' your money,'
ti
ri
re
CHAPTER XXIV
The meal proceeded in silence for
a few minutes. Mrs. Cullom had said
but little, but John noticed that her
diction was more conventional than in
her talk with David and hi self in
the table was distinctly reaned, al-
; -1
the morning, and that her m nner at
though she ate with apparent 'appetite
not to say hunger. Presently, she
said, with an air of making conversa-
tion, "I suppose you've always lived
in the city, Mr. Lenox?"
' "It- has always been my home," he
replied, "but I have been away a good
deal."
"I suppose folks in the city go to
theaters a good deal," she remarked.
"They have a great many opportuni-
ties," ,
said John, wondering What she
I was leading up to But he was not
discover, for David brok,e in with a
ctohudc
"Ask Polly, Mis' Cullom," he said.
"She' tell y 1 b the theater,
Polly kin." Mrs. Cullom looked from
David to Mrs. Bixbee, whose face was
suffused.
"Tell her " said D 'd *th .
complex part of them, no
their origin in that phase
when it took on the aspec
and death struggle betwee
posing forces. For a time verything w
had to be subordinated to the turning fi
out of men, munitions and material u
for use in the war. The Government )3,
'became, p i a y, almost the • Bole p
employer, the erstwhile employer act- G
ing as its manager or agent to se- a
cure the necessary production. Under o
these conditions the usual balance- a
weights and counterpoises of business a
enterprise were lacking. T secure p
the necessary prod.uction was the only
thing that mattered; • the cost of do- w
ing so was a secondary consideration, th
and any demands made by employees th
were granted almost laefore they were lu
rea
"David Harum." she says, with her
mouth shut all but a little place in
the corner toward me, 'if you don't
take me out o' this place, I'll go with-
out ye,' she says.
" 'Don't you think you c'd stare it
a little longer?' I says. %ebbe they
have sent home fer their' clo'es,' I
says. He, he, he, he! But with that
she just give a hump to start, an' I
see she meant bus'nis. When Polly
Bixbee," said David impressively,
"puts that foot o" her'n down some-
thin's got to squash, an' don't you
fergit it." Mrs. Bixbee made no ac-
knowledgement of this tribute to her
strength of character. John looked
at David.
Yes, he said, with a solemn bend
of the head, as if in answer to a
more'n you o'n help an' je t
question, "I squshed.. I says to her,
-"All right. Don't make no disturb-
ance
ou
co
se
's
te
no
ad
na
ret
in
th
to
pe
for
vie
lau
put your hankfchif up to your nose 's
if you had the nose -bleed,' an' We
squeezed out of the seats, an' into
the entry I guess my face was as red
as Polly's. It couldn't 'a' ben no red-
der," he added.
"You got a putty fair color as a
gen'ral thing," remarked Mrs. Bix-
tbleiar‘tY'sderssy'olirly,".ah'aelna;Steyensted, 17"labniut' I got an
I expect
extry coat o' tan follerin' you out 0'
that theatre. When we got out into
the entry one o' them fellers that
stands 'round steps up to me an' says,
Ain't yer ma feelin' well?' he says.
'Her feelin's has ben a trifle rumpl-
ed up, I says, an' that gen'ally
brings on the nosebleed,' an' then,"
said David, looking over Mrs. Bix-
bee's head, "the feller went an' lean-
t,'" agin the wall."
"David Harum!" exclaimed Mrs.
ixbe,e, "that's a downright lie. You.
ever spoke to a soul, an'—an'—ev'ry-,
o y knows t I ain't-more'n four
ears older fn "you be."
"Wa'al, you see, Polly," her broth-
ess aggravation, "the feller wa'n't
rharte
quainted; with us, an' he only went
"Ain't he enough to—to—I d' know
Aunt Polly appealed to John: ,
appearances"
?pied in a smooth tne_ of measure-
.
"I really don't see how you live
ith him," said John, laughing.
Mrs. Cullom's face wore a faint
grin. e
"1 wish you'd shet up," she exclaim-
ed. "I sha'n't do nothin' of the sort." B
"Ne' mind," said David cheerfully, n
"I'll tell e, Misr Cull ."
"Dave Harum!" expostulated Mrs, y
Bixbee, but he proceeded without heed
of her protest.
"Polly an' r," he said, "went down 1
to New York one spring some years ac
ago. Her nerves was some wore out b
'long of diff'rences with Sairy about
clearin' up the woodshed, an' bread ris-
in's, an' not bein' able to suit herself w
up to Purse's in the quality of silk
velvet she wanted fer a Sunday -go -to w
meetint gown, an' I thought a spell off
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