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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Huron Expositor, 1920-02-13, Page 7OUARY 13, 1920. red 112 sold only in air -tight packets serve its native SS. 11 pan a -Pots Daily Z Ind in "Carmina Sacra" and and Sankey"-' and Aunt eart was gladindeed whin John together made concord sounis in some familiar ne, to the great edification arum, whose admiration was d. tell you.," said David to Diet "what happened the last an' John went ridin' to I remember on," replied I, we've rode together quite- a le," said Mr. Harum, "but ever said anythin' to him a - in' a turn at the lines. This d got a piece out into the an' I had the brown colts. 1 him,. `Ever do any drivin'?" e or Iess," he says. to take the lines fer a says. he says, lookin' kind o' 'if you ain't afraid to trust 'eM,' he says. 0, be here,' I says, ail' rem over. Weal, sir, 1 see the way he took holt on 'ern t the fust time, an' we went where the road turns- iv a piece of woods, an' the track kr, an' we run slap onto, one dum' d road -engines that had hwawed putty near square a - • track. Now I tell ye," said sim, "them hosses didn't like cent, an' tell the truth 1 ke it no better. We couldn't d fer we couldn't git by the hing, an' the hosses was 'pee - in" to git back under the in', seat my if he didn't Bn 'ern out an' back 'ern 'round riarrer road, an' hardly scrap - mel, Yes, sir," declared Mr. "I couldn't 'a' done it slicker m' I dont know nobody that a you must 'a' felt a little yourself," said Dick sympa- e„ laughing as timid. 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RAW FURS WANTED Highest cash prices paid for Skunk, Raccoon and Mink Enquiries promptly answered ROSS LIMITED MANUFACTURERS Established 1885 LONDON • - ONT. SINCE 111870 301MCOUGHS 411111111111111111111iIIIIIII111I11111111111111111i David Harum EDWARD NOAS WESTCOTT TORONTO WILLIAM BRIGGS -1899 4111111111111111111111111110111111111111111111p1111' (Continued from last week.) Outside of his regular occupations, and despite the improvement in his domestic environment, life was so dull for him that hel could not imagine its ever being otherwise in Homeville. It was a year since the world—his world—had come to an end, and though his sensations of loss and defeat had passed the acute stage, his mind was far from healthy. He had evaded David's question, or only half answer- ed it, when he merely replied that the rector had called upon him. The truth was that some tentative ad- vances had been made to-shirn, and Mr. Euston had presented him to a few of the people in his flock; but be- yond the point of mere politeness he had made no response, mainly from indifference, but to a degree because of a suspicion that his connection with Mr. Harum would not, to say, the leatt, enhance his position in the minds of certain of the people of Homeville. As has been intimated, it seemed at the outset bf his career in the village as if there had been a combination of circumstance and, effort to put him on his guard, and, indeed, rather to prejudice ' him a- gainst his employer; and Mr. Harum, as it now appeared to our friend, had on one or two occasions laid himself open to misjudgment, if no more. No allusion had ever been. made to the episode of the counterfeit money by either his employer or himself, and it was not till months afterward that the subject was *brought up by Mr. Richard Larrabee, who sauntered into the bank one morning. Finding no one there but John, he leaned over the Counter on his elbows, and, twisting One leg about the other in a restful attitude, proceeded to open up a 'con- versation upon various topics, of in. terest to his mind. Dick was , Mr. Harum's :confidential henchman and factotiim, although not regularly so employed. 1 His chief object in life ,was apparently to -get as much amuse- ment as possible out of that experi- ence, and he was quite Unhampered by over -nice notions of delicacy or bashfulness. But, withal, Mr. Larra- bee was a very honest and loyal per son, strong ;in his actions and *likes, devoted to David, for whom he had the greatest admiration, and he had taken a fancy to our friend, stoutly maintaining that he "wa'n't no more stuck-up 'n you be," only, as he re- marked to Bill Perkins, "he hain't had the advantigis of your bringin' After some preliminary talk, "Say," he said to John, "got stuck with any countyfit- money lately?" John's face reddened a little and Dick laughed. "The old man told me about it," he said. "Say, you'd ought to done as he told ye to. You'd 'a' saved fifteen dollars," Dick declared, looking at our friend with an expression of the utmost amusement. "I don't quite understand," said John rather stiffly. "Didn't he tell ye to charge 'em up to the bank, an' let him take 'em?" asked Dick. "Well ?" said. John shortly. "Oh, yes, 1 know," said Mr. Larra- bee. "He said surepthin' ito make you think he was goin' to pass 'em out, an' you didn't give him no show to explain, but jest marched into the back room an' stuck 'em onto the fire. Ho, ho, ho, ho! He told me all a- bout it," cried Dick. "Say," he de- clared, "1 dunno 's I ever see the old man more kind o' wornble-cropped over anythin'. Why, he wouldn't no more 'a' passed them •bills 'n held 'a' cut his hand =off. He, he, he, he! He was jest ticklin' your heels a little," said Mr. Larrabee, "to see if you'd kick, an'," chuckled the speaker, "you surely did." "Perhaps I acted rather hastily," said John, laughing a little from con- tagion. "Wa'al," said Dick, "Dave's got ways of, his own. I've summered an' wintered with him now for a good many years, an' I ain't got to the bot- tom of him yet. an'," he added, "I don't know nobody that hag." CHAPTER XXIX Although, as time went on and John had come to a better insight of the character of the eccentric person whom Dick had failed te fathom, his half -formed prejudices had fallen a- way, it must be admitted that he ofttirnes found him a good deal of a puzzle. The domains of the serious and the facetious in David's mind seemed to have no very well defined boundaries. The talk had drifted back to the people and gossip of Homeville, but, Booth to say, it had not on this occas- ion got far away from those topics. "Yes," said Mr. Harum, "Alf Ver- joos is on the hull the best off . of any of the lot. As I told ye, he made money on top of -what the old' man left him, an' he matried money. The famly—some on 'em—conies here in the summer, an' he's here part o' the time gen'ally, but the women folks won't stay here winters, an' the house i is left in care of Alf's sister who never got married. He don't care a hill o' white beans fer anything in Home- ville but the old place, and he don't cal'late to have nobody on his grass, not if he knows it. Him an'' me are on putty friendly terms, but the fact 1 is," said David, in a semi -confidential tone, "he's about an even combine of • pykery an' viniger, an' about as pop' - lar in gen'ral 'round here as a skunk in a hen -hours• but Mis' Verjoos is putty well liked; an' one o' the girls, Claricy is her name, is a good deal of a fav'rit. Juliet, the other one, don't mix with the village folks much, I an' .sometimes don't come with the 1 fam'ly at all. She favors her father," remarked the historian. t "Inherits his popularity, I conclude" remarked, John, smiling. "She does favor him to some ex - tent in that respect," was ther reply; "an' she's dark complected like him, but she's a mighty han'sorae girl, notwithstandin'. Roth on 'em is hatesome girls," observed Mr, Her - un, "an' great fer bosses, an' that's the way I got 'quainted with 'emd They're all fer ridint hossback when = they're up here. Did you ever ride a hews?" he asked. "Oh, yes," said John, "I have rid- dena good deal one time and an- other." "Never c'd see the sense on't," de- clared David. "I c'n imagine gettin • on to a hoss's back when: 't was either that or welkin', but to do 'it fer the fun o' the thing 's more 'n I e'n wider= stand. There you be," he continued, "stuck up four five feet up in the air like a olo'espin, havie your backbone chucked up into your skull, an' takin' the skin off in spots an' places, ex - pectin' ev'ry minute the critter" git out f'm under ye—no, sir," he pro- tested, "if it come to be that it was either to ride a hossback fer ,the fun o' the thing or have somebody kick Me, an' kick- me hard, 14 say, 'Kick away.' It comes to the same thing . fur's enjoyment goes, and it's a dum -sight safer." John laughed outright, while David • leaned forward with his hands on his knees, looking at him with a broad though somewhat doubtful smile. "That being your feeling," remark- ed John, "I should think saddle horses would be rather out of your line. Was it a saddle horse that the Misses Verjoos were interested in?" "Wla'al, I didn't buy him fer that," replied Davide "an' in fact when the feller that sold him to me told me he'd ben rode, I allowed that ought to knock twenty dollars off 'n the price, but I did have such a hoss, an', outside o' that, he was a nice piece of hoss flesh. I was Up to the barn one morning, mebbelour years ago," he continued,"when: in drove the Verjoos carriage with one of the girls, the oldest one, inside, an' the yeller -haired one on hossback. 'Good mornin'. You're Mr. Harum, ain't you?' she says. 'Good mornin',' I says, 'Harum's the name 't I use when Iappear in public. You're Miss Verjoos, I reckon,' I says. "She laughed, a little an' says, mo- Gtionin' with her head to'ds the car- riage, 'My sister is Miss Verjoos. I'm Miss Claricy.' I took off my cap, an' the other girl jest bowed her head a little. "I heard you had a hoss 't I could ride,' says- the one on hossback. *Wa'al,' I says, loolcin' at her hoss, an' he was a good one," remarked David, ." ler a saddle hoss I shouldn't think you was entirely out o' bosses long's you got that one.' Oh,' she -says, this is my sister's hoss. Mine has hurt his leg so badly that I am. Traid I sha'n't be able to ride him this sunimerd I says, 'I've got a hoss that's ben rode, so I was told, but I don't know of my own knowin? "Dont you ride?' she says. 'Hoss- back 'V I says.< 'Why, of courae,' she says. 'No, ma'am,' I smys, 'not when I c'n raise the money to pay my fine.'. She looked kind o' puzzled• at that," remarked David, "but I see the other girl look at her an' give a kind of quiet laugh," "'Can 1. see him?' says Miss Claricy._ Terenly,'. I says, an' went an' brought him out. 'Oh!' she says to her sister, 'ain't he a beauty? C'n I try him?' she says to- me. Wa'al,' I saYs, guess I c'n resk it if you can, but I didn't buy him fer a saddle hoss, an' if I'm to own him fer any len'th of time I'd ruther he'd fergit the saddle bus'nis, an' in any case,' I says,- 'I wouldn't like him to git a sore back, an' then agin, I says, 'I hain't got no saddle.' "'Wa'al,' she says, givin' her head a toss, 'if I couldn't sit straight I'd never ride agin. I never made a hoss's back sore in my life,' she says. 'We c'n change the saddle,' she says, an' off she jumps, an', scat my !" ex- claimed David, "the way she knowed about gettin' that saddle fixed, pads, straps, girt's, an' the hull bus'nis an' put up her foot fer me to give her a lift, an' wheeled that hoss an' went out o' the yard a-kitin', was as slick a piece o' hoss bus'nis as ever I see. It took fust money, that did," said Mr. Harum with a confirmatory shake of the head. "Wa'al," he resumed, "in about a few minutes back she come, lickity-cut, an' pulled up in front of me. 'C'n you send my sister's hoss home?' she says, 'an' then sha'nt have to change agin. I'll stay on my hoes,' she says, laughin', an' then agin laughin' fit to kill, fer I stood there with my mouth open clear to my back teeth, not bein' used to doin' bus'nis 'ith quite so much neat- niss an' dispatch, as the sayin' is. "'Oh, it's all right,' she says. 'Poppa came home last night an' I'll have him see you this afternoon or to- morro'."But mebbe he 'n I won't agree about the price,' I says. 'Yes, you she says, 'an' if you don't I won't make his back sore—an' off they went, an' left me standin' there like a stick in the mud. Ive bought an' sold hosses to some extent fer a consid'able number o' years,". said Mr. Harum reflectively, "but that par- tic'ler transacton's got a peg all to itself." John lauehed and asked,' "How did it come net? I mean, what sort of an intery ew did you' have with the young -• orran s father, the popular Mr,;c1V11,e.Hro,oti;? "David, "he druv up to the office tl-e re_xt mornin', 'bout ten o'clock r-1'' --me into the back room here, ar s' passed the time o' day, ' , e.s clearin' his throat in a way •'He-uh, he-uh!' he says, ti *iithter tells me that she run off ' a boss of yours yestidy n rather , summery manner, an—he- 'ays cane to see you about payin' ftr '1:11. What is the price?' he says. "i more 'n anythin' to see st ' ay, 'what would you say he vee: '0 An' with that he cind 0' al a iittle stiffer 'n he vas befo: f :t coull be. " tie -.ava 'he-uh-uh, I haven't a ' 1 haven't seen the animal, °aid not consider my- self qua - • "ive an opinion upon his vale- if I but,' he says, '1* don't l;ny-. s that mabes any materia! • tes a, however, because • am qi., •. sle he-uh—in your t len Is- lirnits—he-uh- uh!—Wi mirs„' he says. That chid o' • -ie" remarked David. 'I see :•• tee what was passin' n his Wa'al,'I says, `Mr. Verjoos the fact o' the mat - DOCTOR URGED AN,.OPERATION instead I took Lydia E. Pink. ham's Vegetable Compound and Was Cured. Baltimore, Md.—" Nearly four years I suffered from organic troubles,. ner- vousness and head- aches and every month would have to stay in bed most of the time. Treat. ments would relieve me for a time bat my doctor was al- ' ways urging me to ave an operation. My sister asked me try Lydia E. Pink= h a m's Vegetable Compound b e f or e consenting t o an operation. I took five bottles of it and it has completely - cured me and my work ;8 a pleasure. I tell all my friends who have any trouble of this kind what Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com- pound has done for me.' -liamns B. BRITTINGHAM, 609 Calverton Rd., Bald - more, Md. - It is only <natural for any woman dread the thought of an operation. SO many women have been restored to health by this famous remedy, Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound, after an operation has been advised that it will pay any woman who suffers from such ailments to consider trying it be. fore submitting to such a trying ordeal. iv ter is 't Pin about as much in the mud as you be itt the mire—your daughter's got my hoss,' I says. 'Now you ain't dealin' with a hoss jockey,' I Says, 'though I don't deny that I bsly an' sell }losses, an' once in a while make money at it. You're deal - in' with David Harum, Banker, an' I consider 't I'm dealin' with a lady, or the father of one on her account,' I Says. " 'He-uh, he-uh! I meant no offense sir,' he says.[ "None bein' meant, none will be took,' I says. 'Now,' I says,'I was offered one -seventy-five fer tat hoss day before yestidy, an' wouldn't take it. I can't sell him fer that,' I says. " 'Ffe-uh, uh! cert'nly not,' he says. "Wait a *mina,' I says. I can't sell him fer that because I said I wouldn't; but if you feel like drawin' your check fer one -seventy-six,' I sayse'we'll call it a deal.' The speak= er paused with a chuckle. "Well?" said John. "Wa'al," said David, "he, he, he, he! That clean took the wind out of him, an' he got redder 'n a beet. 'Ile-uh- uh-uh-huh! really,' he says, 'I couldn't think of offerin' you less than two hundred.' • " 'All right,' I says, 'I'll send up fer the hose. One -seventy-six is my price, no more an' no, less,' an' I got out o' mychair." "And what did he say thea?" ask- ed John. "Wa'al," replied Mr. Ags-rum, "he, settled his neck down into his collar an' necktie an' cleared his throat *a few times, an' says, 'You put me in ruther at embarrassin' position, Mr. Harum. ,My daughter has set her heart on the hoss, an'—he-uh-uh-uh!' —with a. kind of a smile like a wrinkle in a boot, 'I can't very well tell her that I wouldn't buy him be- cause you wouldn't accept a higher offer than your own price. I—I think I must accede to your proposition, an' —he-uh-uh—accept the favor,' he says, draggin' the words out by the roots. "No favor at all,' I says, 'not a bit on't, not a bit on't. It was the cleanest an' slickist deal I ever had,' I says, 'an' I've had a good many. That, girl o' your'n,' I says, `if you don't mind my eayin' it, comes as near bein' a full team an' a cross dog under the wa-gin as you c'd git; an' you c'n tell her if you think fit,' I says, 'that if she ever wants anythin' more out o' my barn throw off twenty-four dollars ev'ry time, if she'll only do her own buyin'.' "Wa'al," said Mr. Harum, "I didn't know: but what he'd gag a little at that, but he didn't seem to, an' when. he went off after givin' me his check, he put out his hand an' shook hands, a thing he never done before." "That was really very amusing," was John's comment. "'T wi'n't a bad day's work either," observed Mr. Harum. "I've sold the crowd a good many hosses Since then, an' I've laughed a thousan' times over that Pertieler trade. Me 'n Miss Claricy," he added, "has alwus ben good friends senee that time—an' she 'n Polly are reg'lar .neetups. She _never sees me in the street but what it's 'How dee do, Mr. H=a -rum?' An' I'll says, 'Ain't that ole hoss wore out yet?' or, 'When you comin' 'round to run off with another hoss?' say. At this point David got out of his chair, yawned, and walked over to the window. "Did you ever in all your born days," he said, "see such dum'd weather? Jest look out there — no sleighin', no wheelin', an' a barn full wantin'• exercise. Wa'al, I guess I'll be moseyin' along." And out he went. CHAPTER XXX If John Lenox had kept a diary for the first year of his life in Homeville most of its pages would have been blank. The daily routine of the office (he had no assistant but the callow Hop- kins) was more exacting than labori- ous, but it kept him confined seven hours in the twenty-four. Still, there was time in the lengthened days as. the year advanced for walking, row- ing and riding or driving about the. picturesque country which surrounds Homeville. He and Mr. Harum often drove together after the bank closed, or after "tea," and it was a pleasure in itself to observe David's dexterous handling of his horses, and his con- tent and satisfaction in the enjoyment of his favorite pastime. In pursuit of business he "jogged 'round," as he said, behind the faithful Jinny, but when on pleasure bent, a pair of satin -coated trotters drew him in the latest and "alickest" model of top - buggies • "Of course," he said, "I'd ruther ride all alone than not to ride at all, but the's twice as much fun in't when you've got somebody along. I ain't much of a talker, unless I happen to git started" (at which assertion. John repressed a smile), "but once in a while I like to have somebody to say somethin' to. You like to come along, don't ye?" "Very much indeed." "I used to git Polly to come once in a while," aid David, "but it wa'n't no pleasure to her. She hadn't never ben used to horses an' alwus set on the edge of the seat ready to jump, an' if one o' the critters capered a little sehe'd want to git right out then an' there. I reckon she never went out but what she thanked mercy when she struck the hoss block to git back with hull bones." "I shouldn't have thought that she would have been nervous with the reins in your hands," said John. "Wa'al," replied David, "the, last time she come along somethin' give the team a little scare an' she reached , over an' made a grab at the lines. That," he remarked with a grin, "was quite a good while ago. I says to her when we got home, guess after this you'd better take your airin's on a stun -boat. You won't be so liable to git run away with an' throwed out,' says." Johnlaughed a little, but made no comment. "After all," said David, "I dunno 's I blained her fer bein' skittish, but I couldn't have her grabbin' the lines. It's curl's," he reflected, "I didn't used' to mind what I rode behind, nor who done the drivinr, but I'd have to admit that as I git older I prefer to do it myself. I ride ev'ry once in a while with fellers that c'n drive as well, an' mebbe better, 'n 1 can, an' I know it, but if anythin' turns up, or looks like it, I can't help wishin"t I had holt o' the lines myself." The two passed a good many hours together thus beguiling the time. Whatever David's other merits as a companion, he was not exacting of reponse when engaged in conversa- tion, and rarely made any demands upon his auditor. During that first year John made few additions to his social acquainta- nce, and if in the summer the sight of a gay party of young people caus- ed some stirrings in his breast, they were not stron'g enough to induce him to make any attempts toward the acquaintance which he might have formed. He was often conscious of glancis of curiosity directed toward himself, and Mr. Euston was asked a. good many questions about the latest addition to his congregation. • Yes, he had called upon Mr. Lenox and his call had been returned. In fact, they had had several visits to. gether—had met out walking once and had gone on in company. Was Mr. Lenox "nice"? Yes, he had made a pleasant impression upon Mr. Eus- ton, and seemed to be a person of in- telligence and _ good breeding—very gentlemanlike. Why did not people knbw him? Well, Mr. Euston had made some, proffers to that end, but Mr. Lenox had merely expressed his thanks, No, Mr. Euston did not know how he happened to be in Homeville and employed by that queer old Mr. Reruns ,and living with him and his funny old sister; Mr. Lenox had not confided in him at all, and though verycivil and pleasant, did not ap- pear to wish to- be communicative. So our friend did not make his -en- trance that season into the drawing or dining rooms of any of what David called the "nabobs" houses. By the middle or ' latter part of October Homeville was deserted of its visi- tors and as many of that class of its regular population as had the means to go with an a place to go to. . It was under somewhat different auspices that John entered upon the second winter of his sojourn. It has been made plain that his relations with his employer and the kind and lovable Polly were on a satisfactory and permanent footing. "I'm dum'd," said David to Dick Laxtrabee, "if it hain't got putty near to the p'nt when if I want to git any - thin' out o' the common run out o' Polly, have to ask John to fix fer me. She's like a cow with calf," he declared. "David sets all the store in the world by him," stated Mrs. Bisbee to a friend, "though he don't jest let on to—not in so many words. He's got a kind of a notion that his little boy, if he'd lived, would 'a' ben like him some ways. I never seen the child," she added, with an expression which made her visitor smile, "but as near 's I c'n make out fm Dave's tell; he must 'a' ben married ?- Wa'al, he was fer a few years, though it's the one thing—wa'al, I don't mean exacly that—it's one 0' the things he don't have much to say about. But once in a while he'll talke,bout the boy, what he'd be now if he'd lived, an' so on; an' he's the greatest hand fer chil- dren—everlastinly pickin' one 'an up when he's ridin' and such as pat— en,' seen him once when we was travelin' on - the cars go an' take a squawlin' baby away f'm it's mother, who looked ready to drop, .an' lay it across that big chest of his, an' the little thing never gave a whimper af- ter he got it into his arms—jest went \right off to sleep. No," said Mrs. (Continued. on Page Six) it Dyed Her Faded Skirt, Also a Coat "Diamond Dyes" Make Shabby Apparel Just Like New—So Easy! Don't worry about perfect results. Use "Diamond Dyes," guaranteed to give a new, rich, fadeless color to any fabric, whether wool, silk, linen, cotton or mixed goods,—dresses, blouses, stockings, skirts, children's toats, draperies,—everythhigi A Direction Book is in package. To match any material, have dealer show you "Matnand Dye" Color Card. 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Don't Worry and -d.V$ give up be- cause others medicines have failed to kelp you, buy a. few boxes of }lack- ing's Heart' and Nerve Remedy fro* your dealer to -day and an inaprovi- meat in your condition will quickly toflow. - Se awe that yon get Hackinies, if your dealer does not keep It, we will gladly send it by mall. Price 50c boi, 4 for $2.50. Haciriag's United, Listowel, Oat. ;IAOHANi RMC./ WAR TAX EXTRA ORT 1 " 11111111111111I1ii1;,1,' Motor -Wise Men Judge Gray -Dort Value at $1365ZT Particularly if he has driven another light car, does a man appreciate these Gray -Dort features at $1365. The Gray -Dort motor, with its big bore and long strae—a bigger motor than the light car buyer has been getting—with a much heavier crankshaft, as heavy as in big cars. A motor with a cellular radiator and big water -jackets: with a dual exhaust for greater power; a newly -improved Carter car- buretor; Westinghouse starting and -lighting; improved Connecticut ignition. The high-grade Gray -Dort Chassis has for foundation an extra heavy frame of channel steel. A big, sturdy rear axle, designed for the Gray -Dort. A new steering -gear, surpris- ingly big and strong for a light car. Big brakes, now with Therrnoid lining. Long springs, built in Chatham under our inspection— rear springs full cantilever. When you drive. you drive in comfort. A shorter, smarter cowl now gives more room in the driving compartment. A new Gray -Dort feature does the same for the tonneau. The gears can be shifted with two fingers. The emergency brake is now on a lever, as in big cars. And like big cars, the Gray -Dort has aide curtain; opening with the doors. The new gasoline tank is in the rear, with Stewart vacuum feed system. The seats. are tilted at the most comfortableengle. New beauty has been added to the Gray -Dort You still get the wonderful Gray -Dort &kill, result of 6() years' coach -building. But there is a new and smarter top, hand -tailored in our own shops. Anew hood, with many long: narrow louvres. The lamps have been raieed, to give size to the frontof the car. And there- are such style touches as the French. pleated upholstery, the flat top -edge of the body ; the full -sweeping fenders, •- At $1565 there will probably not be anou.gh Gray. Dort, to meet the demand. It will be wale to sus the Gray -Dort dealer right away. PRICES The Gray -Dort 5 -passenger car, finished in Gray. Dort green and black with standard equipment is $1365 f.o.b. Chatham. War tax extra. The roomy 2 -passenger roadster is the same price. THE GRAY-DORT SPECIAL For the man who wishes something a little extra in his car, we have built the Gray -Dort Speci4.1. Maroon body, with brown rayntite to Plate -glass rear window. Gipsy curtains. Rookie tan wheels. Motometer. Tilting steering -wheel. Real leather upholsteiy. Mahoganyinstrument board. just the touches which lift this car above the ordinary. $150 extra on the standard. AND THE ACEI The Gray -Dort Ace—the most beautiful light car of to -clay. Sapper green body, with handsome Calif(); ia top to match. Trouble lamp and bull's-eye flasehlight. Electric cigar lighter. Rear -vision mirrort Plate -glass win-, dows. Over -size grooved -tread tires. This is the tit luxe car for the man who does not wish to pile up tremendous operating oast. $255 extra on the standard. GRAY-DORT MOTORS L 'TED Chatham Oxttado u.s.Factorr-Dort Mame". M4 Mc& G. D. C. HARN Seaforth 1 •