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IIJV et�ta V e 'had' ��R. i�o yith, I -ir d to stop the told her _44�y know the moxmtaj -back- Paula as wo- AA but ou
fun. Iter resort; Wnere surmer sports may %Wk Aild what otoaxarl age the h '�Ziiwe ason was a #rWu C4 d. M A*?a its herself. some ow it t,w,pq A k to take that pasbtl��'AboTe Sycanjore 1� 'this V mb t group, yearlings have been kiii-A.44-- vi u- _Q LI
Ern� ti 1-1 - -1. I � P 0 es, noi q'nn. o nave them the l4fit tendays.rs� I 09TORD Iod VONA under i mg onceal "Mountain lions!1? Paula cr�ied.' Terrence the TWO at leat.-Strayed in from W -f ed buget ta. of the room the north," he explained to. Grahar r r,el and set 6 while Dick "They sometimes dd� that. uAitedi $Itat�o and 6the turned on got Wie And studied his three five years go-�Xoss and Ifart- Lo anto- sets , i�. .,., rror Baok Preinis face in th inside the ley will be there With the dogs wait- ed buffet door. he Mg. They've Liabilides -to. cust. the "It's all ri located two or the etters of. et he announced gh quite natural," beasts. What do you say all oJ you credit (as per contra) ................ Ijoin Me. We can leave right after Of 'Twas only a p�;Siflgi shade," Ter- lunch." $/4 ad, �ourinj the whiskey. "Let me have Mollie?" Lute asked. lit rence agree all "And man has WeII"Vie right to take "And you can ride Altadena," LIABILITIES TO PU :ed It Aard the going, p '.old friends." Paula told Ernestine. ne They toasted and..drank silently. Quickly the mounts were decided Notes in circulation ...... "Another $ 30;306 1-608100. one;'�'Djc said, extend- upon, Froelig and Martinez agreeing Deposits ......... ing ..... h to go, but promising neither to shoot Letters of credit outstanding* S well nor ride well. I tjO03�062170 ck a the Irishman, a ther liabilitWs in- Fb,te eyes he watch- All went out to see the Wicken- nd w ? th ?1m �ur t Ied n- he Fg tid liquor in the bergers off, and, after the machines glass. nt $692�20i were gone., lingered to make arrange- te Dick waited till it was half full. menta for the hunting. st Again theY'to4sW' and drank sil- "Good night, everybody 11 Dick said Excess of Assets,over LiabRities to . U ently, eyes to And Dick was as they started to move inside. ,'I'm grateful for -the bftr of all his heart going to take a look at Alden Bessie P"4fic ...................... $56,6M,372.2S ... that he read, in Terrence's eyes. before I turn in. Hennessy is sitting oil girls, in yo te Back in the middler of the hall, up with her. Remember,'y ErnI was g1t*Ij grouping the come to lunch ch ur riding togs, and victims, and priivily li- from the faces curses on the head of whoever's Iof Lottie, Paula and raham, trying ot" to learn more of the something unto- The ancient dam of the Pothering- ra ward that she sensed.' Why had Lot- ton Princess was in a serious way, but an accident. under her eyes, as he r out 37e, or. n- tie looked so immdiitely and search- but Dick would not have made the His band on the button to turn off offering to touch -her. did #I�* lb .1 111gly at Graham and Paula? --she visit at such an hour, save tha�t he the lights, Dick delayed a moment for offer invitation. nd asked herself. And something was wanted to be by himself and that he a last look at the marble babies that placed a ch4h% wrong wi ra 'th Paula now. She was could not nerve himself for -a chance played in the fountain and among the "A white night?,, -he asked,- aa'h*�' worried, disturbed, and not in the moment alone with Paula so soon af- Toses- placed a chair. way to be expected from the announ- ter what he had overseen in the patio "So long, younglim he called "A white night," she answered7 X_ "You're the nearest wearily. "Not second's sleep thougk is cement of Jeremy Braxton's death. Light steps in the gravel made hi * softly t* in o them. e From Graham, Ernestine could glean turn hits head. Ernestine caugh� up I ever came to it.,, I tried so hard." nothing. He was quite his ordinary with him and took his arm. From his sleeping porch he looked Both were reluctant f'speech and� in self, his facetiousness the cause of "Poor old Alden Bessie," she ex- across the big patio to Paula's porch. they labored under a Mutual inabil-- muc ut h laughter to Miss Maxwell and plained. "I thought Id go along." There was no light. The chance was ity to draw e Mrs. Watson. their eyes away front Dick, still acting up to his night,$ she slept. each other. Paula was disturbed. What had role, recalled to her various funny in- On the edge of the bed, he found "You YOU don't look any- ie happened? Why had Dick lied? He eldento of the evening, and laughed himself with one shoe unlaced, and, too fit yourself,27 had known of Jerem�,Is she said. ar death for two and chuckled with reminiscent glee. smiling at his absentness, relaced it. "Yes, my face," he nodded. 'IT dayr,. And she had never known any- "Dick," she said in 4the first Pause, What need was there for him to was looking at it While I shaved- - body's death so to aftect him. so She "you are in trouble." She could feel sleep? It was already four in the The expression won't come off.12 ut wondered if he had been drinking un- him stiffen, and hurried on: "What morning. He would at least watch "Something happened to you last. he duly. In the course of their married can I do? You know you can de- his last sunrise. Last things were night," she probed, and he could not Ot life she had seen him several times Pend on me. Tell me." coming fast. Already had 4p not fail to see the same compassion in� er in liquor. He carried it well, the "Yes, I'll tell you," he answered. dressed for the last time? Amd the her eyes that he had seen in Oh only noticeable effects being a flush "Just one thing." She pressed his bath of the Previous Morning would Dears- "Everybody remarked your- in his eyes and -a loosening of his arm gratefully. "I'll have a telegram he his last. Mere water ould not expression. What was it? d. tongue to whimsical fancies and ex- sent you to -morrow. It will be urg- stay the corruption f death. He He shrugged his shoulders. "it ltemporized chants. - Had he, in his ent enough, though not too serious. -would have to shave, however -a last has been coming now for some- -time d- trouble, been - ' drinkinW 4ith the iron- You will just bundle up and depart vanity, for the hair did continue to he evaded remembering that the 1�t in headed Terrence down III the stag with Lute." grow for a time on dead men's faces. hint of it had been given him by- .i room? She had found them all as- "Is that all?" she faltered. He brought a copy of his will from Paula's portrait of him. "You have sembled there just before dinner. The "It will be a great favor." the wall -safe to his desk and read it noticed it?" he inquired casually. eal cause for Dick's strangeness nev- is "You won't talk with me?" she carefully. Several minor codicils sug- She nodded, then was struck by a rn er crossed her mind, if, for no other protested, quivering under the Ire- gested themselves, and he wrote them sudden thought. Ile saw the ideal reason k than that -he was gien buff. out in long -hand, pre -dating them leap to life ere er words uttered it- n to spying. "I'll have the telegram come so as, six months as a precaution. The last "Dick, you haven't an affair?" d at Re, came back, laughing heartily to rout You out of bed. And now was the endowment of the sages of It was a way out. It would ly ;t joke of Terrence's, and beckoned never mind Alden Bessie. You run the mdeono grove with a fellowship straighten all the tangle. And hope Graham to join them while Terrence along. Good night." of seven. was in her voice and in her face. repeated it. And when the three had ITe kissed her, gently thrust her He ran through his life insurance ille smiled, shook -his head slowly, e had their laugh, he prepared to take toward the house, and went on his policies, verifying the permitted sui- and watched her dimppointment. the picture. The burst of the huge way. cide clause in each one; signed the "I take it back," he -said. "I have snake from the caera and the gen- tray of letters that had waited his an affair." s- u1ne screams of the startled women is signature since the previous morning; "Of the heart?" served to dispel the gloom that threat- and dictated a letter into the phono- She was eager, as he answered, Of I's CHAPTER XXX d eneq, nd next Dick was arranging graph to the publisher of his books. the heart. tournament of peanut -carrying. s On the way back from the sick His desk cleaned, he scrawled a quick But she was not prepared for what e From chair to chair, placed a dozen mare, Dick paused once to listen to summary of income and expense, with came next. He abruptly drew his yards apart, the feat was with a the restless stamp of Mountain Lad all earnings from the Harvest mineN chair close, till his knees touched hers P_ table knife to carry the most pea-- 9 and his fellows in the stallion barn. deducted. He transposed the suin- and leaning forward, quickly but i nuts in five minutes. After the pre- In the quiet air, from somewhere up Mary into a second summary, increas- gently prisoned her hands in his rest- e t lirninary tryout, Dick ch6se Paula for the hills, came the ringing of a single ing the expense margins, and cutting iDg on her knees. his partner, and challenged the world, bell from some grazing animal. A down the income items to an absurd- "Don't be alarmed, little bird Wickenberg and the madrono grove cat's-paw of breeze fanned him with ezt east possible. Still t e -wo- Is- h result was man," he quieted her�i "I shall not included. Many boxes of candy were sudden balmy warmth. All the night s s kiss you. It is a long time since I d, ati factory. e wagered, and in the end hend Paula was balmy with the faint and almost He tore up the sheets of figures wnd have. I want to tell you about that ce won out against Graham and Erneq- aromatic scent of ripening grain and wrote Out a programme fo r the fut- affair. But first I want to tell you e tine who had proved the next best drying grass. The stallion stamped tire handling of the Harvest situation. how proud I am�proud of myself. Ial couple. Demands for a speech chang- again, and Dick, with a deep breath He did it sketchily, with casual ten- I am proud that I am a lover. At ed to clamor for a peanut song, Dick and realization that never had he tativeness, so that when it was found my age, a lover! It is unbelievable, s- complied, beating the accent, Indian more loved it all, looked up and cir- among the papers there would be no and it is wonderful. And such a la fashion, with stiff -logged hops and cled the sky -line where the crests of suspicions. In the same fashion he lover! Such a curious, unusual and as handslaps on thighs. the mountains -blotted the field of worked out a line -breeding program quite altogether remarkable lover. In t, "I am Dick Forrest, son of Rich- s t a rs. for the Shires, and an in -breeding fact I have laughed all the books and is ard the Lucky, Son of Jonathan the "No, Cata," be mused aloud. "One table, up and down, for Mountain Lad all biology in the face. I am a men- e Puritan, son of John who was a sea- cannot agree with you. Man does not and the Potherington Princess and ogamist. I love the woman, the one n rover, as his father Albert before depart from life as from an inn. He certain selected individuals of their woman. After a dozen years , Of of him, who was the son of Mortimer, R departs as from a dwelling, the one progeny- possession I love her quite madly, oh, t pirate who was hanged in chains and dwelling be will never know, He de- ee so sweetly madly." 0 When Oh My came in with coff died without issue. parts . . . nowhere. It is good at six, Dick was on his last paragraP I -Ter hands communicated her dis- tb "I am the last of the Forrests, bu night. For him the Noiseless On(It of his scheme for rice -growing. appointment to him, making a slight 'I first of the penut-crriers. Neither "Although the Italian rice may be impulsive flutter to escape; but he Nimrod nor Sandow has anything on and the dark." He made as if to start, but once worth experimenting with for quick held them more firmly. e me. I carry the peanuts on a knife, again the stamp of the stallions held maturity," he wrote, "I shall for a "I know her every weakness, and, e a silver knife. The peanuts are ani- him, and the hillside bell rang out. time confine the Inain plantings in weakness and strength and all, I love a mated by the devil. I carry the pea- He drew a deep inhalation through equal proportions to Moti, Ioko, ad her as madly as I loved her at the e- nuts with grace an(-] celerity and in his nostrils of the air of balm, and the Wateribune. Thus, with different first, in those mad maments when I quantity. The peanut never sprout- loved it, and loved the fair land of times of maturing, the same crews first held her in my arms." ed,,tbat can beat me. his devising. and the same machinery, with the Her hands were mutinous of the The peanuts roll. The peamits 11 looked into time and saw none same overhead, can work a larger restraint he ut upon them, and un roll. Like"Atlas who holds the world of me there,"' he quoted, then cap- acreage than if only one variety is consciously sl�e was beginning to Pull r- I never let them fall. Not every one ped it, smiling, with a second quta- planted." and tug to be away from him. Also, can carry peanuts. I am God -gifted. tion: "'She gat me nine great sons Oh My served the coffee at his desk, there was fear in her eyes. He I am master of the. art. It is a fine . . . The other nine were and made no sign even after a glance knew her fastidiousness, and he gues- P_ art. The peanuts roll, the peanuts �aughters.' to the porch at the bed which had not sed, with the other mans lips recent roll, and I carry them on forever. Back at the house, he did not im- been slept in -all of which control on hers, that she feared a more rd- "Aaron is a philosopher. He can- mediately go in, but stood 4 space Dick permitted himself privily to ad- ent expression on his part, e f not carry peanut. Ernestine is a gazing at the far flung lines of it. mire. "And please, please be not fright- blonde. She cannot carry peanuts inNor, inside, did be immediately go to At six -thirty the telephone rang and ened, timid, sweet, beautiful, proud, e his own quarters. Instead, he wan- he heard Hennessy's tired voice: "I little bird-wo-man. See. I release d dered through the silent rooms, a- know you'd be up and glad to know you. Know that I love you t mos cross the Patios, and lng the dim- Alden Bessie's pulled through. It was dearly and that I am considering -nd be re My st ]it halls. His frame of mind was as a squeak, though. And now it's me you as well as myself a fo is of one about to depart on a journey. for the hay." self all the while." ot He pressed on the lights in Paula's When Dick had shaved, be looked .)e fairy patio, and, sitting in an austere at the shower, hesitated a moment, (Continued next week) Roman set of marble, smoked ft cig- then his face set stubbornly. I'm Ie qrette quite through while he made darned if I will, was his thought; a d, his Plans. sheer waste of time. He did, how- The. appendix crop was a failure, n Ob. he would do it nicely enou ever, change. his shoes to a pair Of last year. -Lord Xmitsford. He could pull ff a hunting accident heavy, high -laced ones fit for the Ito that would fool the world. Trust rougbnesq of hunting. him not to bungle it. Next, day e was at his desk again, looking d, would bp the day, in the woodq sow, over the. notes in his scribble pads for S 9 earnom. Creek. Grandfntber, o-n� the niorning's work, when Paula en- 0- athan Forrest, the straight-laced te-d. She did not call her "good JUNK DRALMR, 0 Puritan, had died of a hunting ncei- morning, merry gentlemen;" but came r will bux, all Itinds of Sunk, e dent. For thp, fli-4t time Dick doubt- quite close to him before she greeted Wool and ov). Will pay, go6d Iliffe-, t ed that ,ftecidont. Well, if it hadn't him softly with: es. Apply to u .1 lt"",� �
been an accident, the old fellow htiti "The Acorti-planter. Ever tirelosa, 0 JAI All hint- neve I r weary Red Claud." a Nne It well. It Tind teve-a been 2848-tf , , , Y.,.
Ire noted the Violet -blue ohadovo er ed In the family tbt It was aught Photo US tI
Ile enjoyew'IM, YW r III
of tenty-fivei
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bea, Itit I U VAd u
young in e1x
11A
U d love in that
4"OrAoteld lby. beAl
gq-vr-L4 Dick bad' bunt s ma
lltms WANTED
ust.be�-sibmitted, subtly invifed by
ficentl upo her.
Of hilander-
And so thinking, s he hardened
.........
t allowed to go as
INfas
ward Win q;id recklessly permit
to, wishes, The thing had not
herself to flame torrd Graham. I
JOWng gelro am, beinji 3011014 been serious, on his -part. Nor bad
Othe NAiW
crowd,. the`jayety, the excitement,.
world. pe6ple
hb perniitteed It to become'seriou on
closeness and teIld;rness of cont
0e 0.day`# ng in compaia tive POT- her side� Nevertheless,'sufficient, flirt,
ixty who a*4.'really rieh;-�.but'ft liot tatious had taken to
in the dancing, the summer -warm
the ey-lino, the
know it. You may be pile of-,thaln.
passages place
impel him this night to look to her,
str6aming moonlij
and the night-s6ents of flowers -
Send for Index Book,, 1% sil W Reirl
rat4eT than to the other Wckenberg
f�anned her ardency, and she loo
sATrAlext, of'Kintll, 9 tai i '
Inl1W c"O
fully _,afitb�lit 1101K
worneu, for the first'signals of sus-
forward eagerly to the at least 0
of missing
heira and unclaime'd' estates which
picion.
"Oh,
more dance she might dare with
have bpen -advertised for, here and
"
yes, be's a beautiful. dancer "
Dick, as he came up to the* half ;n
ham.
"No flash light is necessary,'$' Di
>
abroa The Index of Missing Hein
Ver for sale 1contains thbuitatils
hour later, heard Lottie MasoA tell-
"Isn't
was explaining. "IVs a German
of nomes which have Appearcil 1h
ing little Miss Maxwell. he,
I
vention. Half a minute exposure It
A=akicgn, Calrisidian, Enelsb,'Sco IN
high', Welqb�
Dick? she a ppealed to himi with in-
nocplit eyes. of candor throug4'*h1ch
der the oTd;hiary lighting is sufficie
And the b6st of it is that the pla
German, French,( #isguise he' knew she was t1tudyffig
can be immediately developed ju
ffkan, '610
pther: #0*0p#p.0rs Werted by,
ntlike
"'Who?
an ordinary blue print Of co
-Graham, you mu'sit mean,"t,
her -Answere
the drawback is one cannot print iLr11.
with untroubled direct,
contAW, lift OV� 14ngfi6h And W "He
plate.-
"But
Coui§ of Chaocet and unclaimed
ness. certainly is. What do you
if it's good, an ordinary pla
_7
divi6nds lJot of Bank of England.
say we tart dancing and let Miss
can e copied from it from whi
Your� hime. or your Ancestor's may be
Maxwell see? , Though there'& only
prints can be made," Ernestine amp
Iin
the: list. Send $1-00 (one dollar)
,,, 'Woman here who,caTi give him
fled.
at once or book.
full swing to sh6w his paces." ..
She knew the huge, twenty fo
"'Paula, of course,",said Lottle.
spring snake coiled inside the cam
ational laim Agency
"Paula, of course. Why, you young
and ready to leap out like a jack -i
Pept.7296,
chits don't know how to waltz, You
-never had a chance to learn."w--Lot-
the box when Dick squeezed the bu
And there were others who knew a
b1ii9f4 P"a., U. S A.
tie tossed her- fine head, "Perhaps
who urged Dick to get the came
you learned a little before the new
and make an exposure.
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dancing came in," he amended. "Any-
I'll Eman Paula
He was gone longer than he e
way, get and started,
pected, for Bonbright had left on h
you take me on, and I'll ager we'll
desk several telegrams concerningtl
)FARNS FQR SALE
be the only couples on the fl6or."
Half through- the he broke
Mexican situation. #at needed 1
w-iltz.
'have
mediate rep T%ck cameral
it off with: "Let them the
hand, Inek rX ad-' by a short c
floor to themselves. It's wortb see-
across the house -and patio.,
100 ACRE FARM FOR SALE OWN=
ing.
dancing, couples were ebbing dom
V2611 reasonable terms for q*b
. S. HAYS,
And, glowing with appreciation, he
his Gra-
the arcade and disapp�aring into
hall,
stood and watched wife and
and he leaned against a pill
ham finish the dance, while he knew
and watched th em go by. Last of a
FAM.ZR 6ALE.-FOR SAtE LOT 11.
ion 3, McKillov. containing lee that Lottie, beside him, stealing side
came Paula and Evan, passing
acres. I There a '6ft -the premises a good
glances at him, was having her sus-
close that he could have reached o
frame home, Iro rooms; bank barn, 50s:80.
driving house, in barn
picions allayed.
and touched them. But, though t
water and house; l%-
acres of excel] ent r0ha)7d, mostly spies.
The dancing -became general and
moon shone ull n him, they d d n
a i
atl drained and well fenced; 1%
the ev6ning, bei ng warm, the big
see him. They saw only each oth
t.e
miles from Columbart Catholic Church and
doors to the patio were thrown open.
in the tender sport of gazing.
I
srAool, j5 miles ' from Seaforth, and 8% miles
frows. Dublin; r W il and Phone. The
Now one couple- and now another,
danced down the long -arcades
The last preceding couple was a
d 01�%aeoeabl. terms. Fo
If. will be Bog
out and
ready inside when the music cease
further pa eulars qs�pply on the premises or
where the moonlight streamed, until
Graham and Paula paused and
cdatew 81:10itb P. 0. JOSEPH' McQUAID.
2975x4-tf
it became -the general thing.
was for giving her his arm and lea
"What a boy he is," Paula said to
ing her inside, but she clung to hi
CHOICE FARM FOR SALE -LOT 9, COX-
Graham, as they listened to Dick de-
in sudden impulse. Man -like, cau
cesslon2, Stanley, containing lee acres in a high state of -cultivation. There are an
seening to all and sundry on the vir-
ous, he slightly resisted for a MOT]
the farm a large solid cement house with
tues of his new night camera. "You
ent but with one arm around h
hardwood finish. also -hard and soft water I-
wld&� a -ad other modern conveniences. Barn,
heard Aaron complaining at table,
nA she drew his head willingly do
40x86, on stone foundatioar; stables with
and Terrence explaining his sureness.
to the kiss. It was a flash of quic
cement floors and with water inside. This is
a choice farm, situated on good gravel reads,
Nothing terrible has ever happened to
him in his life, He 'never been
passion, The next instan, Paula o
his they
2% miles from Brueefteld and Kippen sta-
as
arm, were passing in ar
tions. For further partlawara apply to MRS.
IlTt7ENS, on the premisesi or to J. 14,_ Ide-
PauWs laugh was ringing merri
and naturally.
EWW,� BVel , or BERT CLELAND.
L111towel , ecutL for the estate of Walter
LONDON AND WINGRAM
Dick clutched at the pillar and ea
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North.
ed himself down abruptry until I
WARM VOR SALE -FARM OF TWO HVN-
dred sores adJoining the Town of Ses,
a.m. p.m.
Exeter 10.16 6.04
sat flat on the pavement. Accon
panying violent suffocation, or cau
2*24h. conveniently situated t* an churcbm
...........
Hensall 10.30 6.18
ing it, his heart seemed rising in h
schoole land Collegiate. There Is a comfor� able, brfdk cottage with a cement filtchj�n:
...........
Kippen ..) ........ 10.35 6.23
chest. He panted for air. T
b"R 100x5d with stone stablin'r underniesitt
Brucefield ......... 10.44 6.32
cursed thing rose and choked an
for 6 hirseik, 75 head of cattle and 40 how
Clinton Jet . ....... 10.58 6.46
stifled him until, in the grim turn h
w#h stbel dtanchlous and water before all
sleck; litter carrier and feed carrier mind
Clinton, Ar . ....... 1L05 6.52
fancy took, it seemed to him that I
Iwo cement sties; driving shed and plat
Clinton, Lv . ...... 11-15 6.52
chewed it between his teeth and gul
tam scales. Watered by a rock well and
windmill. The farm to well drained and Is
Clinton Jet . ....... 11,21 6.58
ed it back and down his throat alon
with the rev�Lying air. Ile felt chil
a high atate of cultivation. The crop is ev
In the ground -choice clay learn- Immedl.
Londesborough .... 11.35 7,12
Blyth ............. 11.44 7.21
ed, and was aware that he waa w
ath possession. Apply to V. BEATON, U
a R_ Seafertb Ont. 2787-tf
Belgrave .......... 11.56 7.33
with sudden- sweat.
.
Win ham Jet., Ar... 12.08 7.45
"And who ever heard of heart di
FARM FOR SALE. -FOR S&IM. LOT 5.
Wingham Jet., Lv.. 12.08 7.45
ease in the Forrests?" he muttere
Concession 11, end west half of Lot 5
Concession 10. MR.S... Tuckersmith, Wn
Wingham ......... 12.12 7.55
a,s, still sitting, leaning against tl
tatilng 150 acres. There are on the prensteen
South.
pillar for support, he mopped his fa
a good two-story brick house with olate root
a.m. P.m.
dry. His hand was shaking and I
l=,ge bank barn 100x6f) feet with Ant clasp
stabling. water In the barn, drive shed 262W
Wingham ......... 6.55 3.15
felt a slight nausea from an intern
VW bouse and hen house. Two good a
Wingham Jet . ..... 7.01 3.21
quivering that stili persisted.
wells, also an over -flowing spring. I 11
Belgrave .......... 7-15 3.32
It was not as if Graham had kis
farm Is all cleared but about 20 acres Th-
good hardwood boah, principally mapl� Al
Blytb ............. 7.27 3.44
ed her, he pondered. It was Pau
well fenced and tile drained. Eight nerey
Londesborough .... 7.35 3.52
who had kissed Graham. That w
ed tail wheat sown, 40 acres ready for 91'rina
Clinton Jet 7.49 4.06
love, and passion. He had seen i
,aw. The farm to situated 7 miles frorn
ffeaferth and 4 miles from Hensau, onhil
. .......
Clinton ........... 7.56 4.13
and as it burned again before h
salle from school! rural mail and Pbone. Will
Clinton Jet . ........ 8.03 4.20
eyes, he felt his heart surge, and tl
be sold on easy 6Z. Unless sold * Spring
Brucefield 8.15 4.32
premonitory sensation of suffocatio
ft will be far rent For further vartledlare
apply, On the premises, or addrew a. R.No
.........
Kippen ........... 8.22 4.40
seized him. With ' a sharp effort
9. KIDPOn. �NGUS MCKUMOX. 285841
Hensall ........... 8.32 4.50
will he controlled himself and got
Exeter ............ 8.47 6.()r,
his feet.
"By God, it came up in my mou
and I chewed it," he muttered.
C. N. R. TIME TABLE
chewed it."
THE MCKILLOP MUTUAL
East.
Returning across the patio by tl
FIRE INSURANCE CO 9y.
a.m. p.m.
round -about way, he entered ti
Goderich .......... 6.00 2.20
lighted room jauntily enough ' camer
ftolmesville ....... 6.17 2.37
in hand, and unprepared for the r
HEAD OFFICE-SEAFORTH, ONT.
Clinton ........... 6.2-5 2.52
ception he received.
Seaforth .......... 6.41 3.12
Seen a ghost?" Lut greeted.
OFFICERS:
St. Columban ...... 6.49 3.20
Dublin ............ 6.54 3.28
Are you sick? "-"What's th
matter?" were other questions.
,
J. Connolly, Goderieb President
West.
What is the matter?" he counte
Jas. Evans, Beech -wood, Vice-president
a.m. p.m. p.m.
ed.
*D. F. McGregor, Seaforth, Sec.-Treas,
Dublin ...... 10-37 5'.38 9.37
"Your face -the look of it," En
AGENTS:
St. Columban. 10.42 5.44
estine said. "Something hag b
pened. V That is it?"
Alex. Leitcb, R. R. No. 1, Clinton;
Seaforth ..... 10.53 5.63 9.50
Clinton ...... 11.10 6.08 10.04
And while he oriented himself b
W. E. Hinchley, Seaforth; John Mur-
Holmesville 11.20 7.03 10.1.3
did not fail to note Lottie Mason
ray, Egmondville; J. W. Yeo, Gode-
..
Goderi,h 11.40 7.20 10.30
quick glance at the faces of Graba
rich, R. G. Jarmuth, Brodhagen.
nd Paula, nor to note that OrnestiT
had observed Lottie's glance an
DIRECTORS: -
C. P. R. TIME TABLE
followed it up for herself.
William Rinn, No. 2, Seaforth;
East.
"Yes," be lied. "Bad news. Ju
John -bernewies, Brodhagen; James
a.m. - p.m.
got the word, Jeremy Braxton
Evans, Beechwood. M. MeEwen, Clin-
Godericli .......... 5.60 1.15
dead. Murdered. Me Mexicans g
ton; James Colidly, Goderich; Alex.
Menset ............ 5.55 1.20
him while he was trying to esca
Btoadfoot, No. 8,i Seafdrth; J. G.
MeGaw ........... 6.04 1.30
into Arizona."
Grieve, No. 4, 'Walton- obert Perris,
Auburn ........... 0.1 t 1.41
"Old Jeremy, God love him for 0
Harlock; George Mcdartney, No. 8,
Blyth ............. 625 1.5§
fine man he was," Terrence sai
Seaforth; Murray Gibsoh, trueeAeld.
Walton ........... 6.40 2.07
tucking his arm in Dick's. "Comeo
MeNaught ......... 6.52 2.19
old man, 'ti a stiffener you're. wan
Toronto ........... 1015 6.20
ing and I'm the lad to lead you
W(Mt.
it.�p
JAD\4RS WATSOT\"
a.m. p.m.
"Oh, I'm all right," Dick smile
Toronto ........... 7.40 5.10
haking bi shoulders and "uariT
V 0
Agent for Singer Sewingm1to
McNaugbt ........ 11.48 8.57
. ........... 12.01 9.10
himself as if gathering Iiiinself
getfier. "It did hit me baxd for tl
Maebines, and General In-
131y% ....... I ..... 12.12 9.22
mompt. I hadn't a doubt in tl
A uburn ........... 12.29 9.33
world but Jeremy -would make it o
MCGRT7 ........... 12.84 9.44
Fxll right. But they got him, and tv
main Stret seaforth
meneaet ........... 12.41 9.61
GodaTich .......... 12..A 015
engineers -with hir�. They put up
devil of a fight first. They got und
Ern� ti 1-1 - -1. I � P 0 es, noi q'nn. o nave them the l4fit tendays.rs� I 09TORD Iod VONA under i mg onceal "Mountain lions!1? Paula cr�ied.' Terrence the TWO at leat.-Strayed in from W -f ed buget ta. of the room the north," he explained to. Grahar r r,el and set 6 while Dick "They sometimes dd� that. uAitedi $Itat�o and 6the turned on got Wie And studied his three five years go-�Xoss and Ifart- Lo anto- sets , i�. .,., rror Baok Preinis face in th inside the ley will be there With the dogs wait- ed buffet door. he Mg. They've Liabilides -to. cust. the "It's all ri located two or the etters of. et he announced gh quite natural," beasts. What do you say all oJ you credit (as per contra) ................ Ijoin Me. We can leave right after Of 'Twas only a p�;Siflgi shade," Ter- lunch." $/4 ad, �ourinj the whiskey. "Let me have Mollie?" Lute asked. lit rence agree all "And man has WeII"Vie right to take "And you can ride Altadena," LIABILITIES TO PU :ed It Aard the going, p '.old friends." Paula told Ernestine. ne They toasted and..drank silently. Quickly the mounts were decided Notes in circulation ...... "Another $ 30;306 1-608100. one;'�'Djc said, extend- upon, Froelig and Martinez agreeing Deposits ......... ing ..... h to go, but promising neither to shoot Letters of credit outstanding* S well nor ride well. I tjO03�062170 ck a the Irishman, a ther liabilitWs in- Fb,te eyes he watch- All went out to see the Wicken- nd w ? th ?1m �ur t Ied n- he Fg tid liquor in the bergers off, and, after the machines glass. nt $692�20i were gone., lingered to make arrange- te Dick waited till it was half full. menta for the hunting. st Again theY'to4sW' and drank sil- "Good night, everybody 11 Dick said Excess of Assets,over LiabRities to . U ently, eyes to And Dick was as they started to move inside. ,'I'm grateful for -the bftr of all his heart going to take a look at Alden Bessie P"4fic ...................... $56,6M,372.2S ... that he read, in Terrence's eyes. before I turn in. Hennessy is sitting oil girls, in yo te Back in the middler of the hall, up with her. Remember,'y ErnI was g1t*Ij grouping the come to lunch ch ur riding togs, and victims, and priivily li- from the faces curses on the head of whoever's Iof Lottie, Paula and raham, trying ot" to learn more of the something unto- The ancient dam of the Pothering- ra ward that she sensed.' Why had Lot- ton Princess was in a serious way, but an accident. under her eyes, as he r out 37e, or. n- tie looked so immdiitely and search- but Dick would not have made the His band on the button to turn off offering to touch -her. did #I�* lb .1 111gly at Graham and Paula? --she visit at such an hour, save tha�t he the lights, Dick delayed a moment for offer invitation. nd asked herself. And something was wanted to be by himself and that he a last look at the marble babies that placed a ch4h% wrong wi ra 'th Paula now. She was could not nerve himself for -a chance played in the fountain and among the "A white night?,, -he asked,- aa'h*�' worried, disturbed, and not in the moment alone with Paula so soon af- Toses- placed a chair. way to be expected from the announ- ter what he had overseen in the patio "So long, younglim he called "A white night," she answered7 X_ "You're the nearest wearily. "Not second's sleep thougk is cement of Jeremy Braxton's death. Light steps in the gravel made hi * softly t* in o them. e From Graham, Ernestine could glean turn hits head. Ernestine caugh� up I ever came to it.,, I tried so hard." nothing. He was quite his ordinary with him and took his arm. From his sleeping porch he looked Both were reluctant f'speech and� in self, his facetiousness the cause of "Poor old Alden Bessie," she ex- across the big patio to Paula's porch. they labored under a Mutual inabil-- muc ut h laughter to Miss Maxwell and plained. "I thought Id go along." There was no light. The chance was ity to draw e Mrs. Watson. their eyes away front Dick, still acting up to his night,$ she slept. each other. Paula was disturbed. What had role, recalled to her various funny in- On the edge of the bed, he found "You YOU don't look any- ie happened? Why had Dick lied? He eldento of the evening, and laughed himself with one shoe unlaced, and, too fit yourself,27 had known of Jerem�,Is she said. ar death for two and chuckled with reminiscent glee. smiling at his absentness, relaced it. "Yes, my face," he nodded. 'IT dayr,. And she had never known any- "Dick," she said in 4the first Pause, What need was there for him to was looking at it While I shaved- - body's death so to aftect him. so She "you are in trouble." She could feel sleep? It was already four in the The expression won't come off.12 ut wondered if he had been drinking un- him stiffen, and hurried on: "What morning. He would at least watch "Something happened to you last. he duly. In the course of their married can I do? You know you can de- his last sunrise. Last things were night," she probed, and he could not Ot life she had seen him several times Pend on me. Tell me." coming fast. Already had 4p not fail to see the same compassion in� er in liquor. He carried it well, the "Yes, I'll tell you," he answered. dressed for the last time? Amd the her eyes that he had seen in Oh only noticeable effects being a flush "Just one thing." She pressed his bath of the Previous Morning would Dears- "Everybody remarked your- in his eyes and -a loosening of his arm gratefully. "I'll have a telegram he his last. Mere water ould not expression. What was it? d. tongue to whimsical fancies and ex- sent you to -morrow. It will be urg- stay the corruption f death. He He shrugged his shoulders. "it ltemporized chants. - Had he, in his ent enough, though not too serious. -would have to shave, however -a last has been coming now for some- -time d- trouble, been - ' drinkinW 4ith the iron- You will just bundle up and depart vanity, for the hair did continue to he evaded remembering that the 1�t in headed Terrence down III the stag with Lute." grow for a time on dead men's faces. hint of it had been given him by- .i room? She had found them all as- "Is that all?" she faltered. He brought a copy of his will from Paula's portrait of him. "You have sembled there just before dinner. The "It will be a great favor." the wall -safe to his desk and read it noticed it?" he inquired casually. eal cause for Dick's strangeness nev- is "You won't talk with me?" she carefully. Several minor codicils sug- She nodded, then was struck by a rn er crossed her mind, if, for no other protested, quivering under the Ire- gested themselves, and he wrote them sudden thought. Ile saw the ideal reason k than that -he was gien buff. out in long -hand, pre -dating them leap to life ere er words uttered it- n to spying. "I'll have the telegram come so as, six months as a precaution. The last "Dick, you haven't an affair?" d at Re, came back, laughing heartily to rout You out of bed. And now was the endowment of the sages of It was a way out. It would ly ;t joke of Terrence's, and beckoned never mind Alden Bessie. You run the mdeono grove with a fellowship straighten all the tangle. And hope Graham to join them while Terrence along. Good night." of seven. was in her voice and in her face. repeated it. And when the three had ITe kissed her, gently thrust her He ran through his life insurance ille smiled, shook -his head slowly, e had their laugh, he prepared to take toward the house, and went on his policies, verifying the permitted sui- and watched her dimppointment. the picture. The burst of the huge way. cide clause in each one; signed the "I take it back," he -said. "I have snake from the caera and the gen- tray of letters that had waited his an affair." s- u1ne screams of the startled women is signature since the previous morning; "Of the heart?" served to dispel the gloom that threat- and dictated a letter into the phono- She was eager, as he answered, Of I's CHAPTER XXX d eneq, nd next Dick was arranging graph to the publisher of his books. the heart. tournament of peanut -carrying. s On the way back from the sick His desk cleaned, he scrawled a quick But she was not prepared for what e From chair to chair, placed a dozen mare, Dick paused once to listen to summary of income and expense, with came next. He abruptly drew his yards apart, the feat was with a the restless stamp of Mountain Lad all earnings from the Harvest mineN chair close, till his knees touched hers P_ table knife to carry the most pea-- 9 and his fellows in the stallion barn. deducted. He transposed the suin- and leaning forward, quickly but i nuts in five minutes. After the pre- In the quiet air, from somewhere up Mary into a second summary, increas- gently prisoned her hands in his rest- e t lirninary tryout, Dick ch6se Paula for the hills, came the ringing of a single ing the expense margins, and cutting iDg on her knees. his partner, and challenged the world, bell from some grazing animal. A down the income items to an absurd- "Don't be alarmed, little bird Wickenberg and the madrono grove cat's-paw of breeze fanned him with ezt east possible. Still t e -wo- Is- h result was man," he quieted her�i "I shall not included. Many boxes of candy were sudden balmy warmth. All the night s s kiss you. It is a long time since I d, ati factory. e wagered, and in the end hend Paula was balmy with the faint and almost He tore up the sheets of figures wnd have. I want to tell you about that ce won out against Graham and Erneq- aromatic scent of ripening grain and wrote Out a programme fo r the fut- affair. But first I want to tell you e tine who had proved the next best drying grass. The stallion stamped tire handling of the Harvest situation. how proud I am�proud of myself. Ial couple. Demands for a speech chang- again, and Dick, with a deep breath He did it sketchily, with casual ten- I am proud that I am a lover. At ed to clamor for a peanut song, Dick and realization that never had he tativeness, so that when it was found my age, a lover! It is unbelievable, s- complied, beating the accent, Indian more loved it all, looked up and cir- among the papers there would be no and it is wonderful. And such a la fashion, with stiff -logged hops and cled the sky -line where the crests of suspicions. In the same fashion he lover! Such a curious, unusual and as handslaps on thighs. the mountains -blotted the field of worked out a line -breeding program quite altogether remarkable lover. In t, "I am Dick Forrest, son of Rich- s t a rs. for the Shires, and an in -breeding fact I have laughed all the books and is ard the Lucky, Son of Jonathan the "No, Cata," be mused aloud. "One table, up and down, for Mountain Lad all biology in the face. I am a men- e Puritan, son of John who was a sea- cannot agree with you. Man does not and the Potherington Princess and ogamist. I love the woman, the one n rover, as his father Albert before depart from life as from an inn. He certain selected individuals of their woman. After a dozen years , Of of him, who was the son of Mortimer, R departs as from a dwelling, the one progeny- possession I love her quite madly, oh, t pirate who was hanged in chains and dwelling be will never know, He de- ee so sweetly madly." 0 When Oh My came in with coff died without issue. parts . . . nowhere. It is good at six, Dick was on his last paragraP I -Ter hands communicated her dis- tb "I am the last of the Forrests, bu night. For him the Noiseless On(It of his scheme for rice -growing. appointment to him, making a slight 'I first of the penut-crriers. Neither "Although the Italian rice may be impulsive flutter to escape; but he Nimrod nor Sandow has anything on and the dark." He made as if to start, but once worth experimenting with for quick held them more firmly. e me. I carry the peanuts on a knife, again the stamp of the stallions held maturity," he wrote, "I shall for a "I know her every weakness, and, e a silver knife. The peanuts are ani- him, and the hillside bell rang out. time confine the Inain plantings in weakness and strength and all, I love a mated by the devil. I carry the pea- He drew a deep inhalation through equal proportions to Moti, Ioko, ad her as madly as I loved her at the e- nuts with grace an(-] celerity and in his nostrils of the air of balm, and the Wateribune. Thus, with different first, in those mad maments when I quantity. The peanut never sprout- loved it, and loved the fair land of times of maturing, the same crews first held her in my arms." ed,,tbat can beat me. his devising. and the same machinery, with the Her hands were mutinous of the The peanuts roll. The peamits 11 looked into time and saw none same overhead, can work a larger restraint he ut upon them, and un roll. Like"Atlas who holds the world of me there,"' he quoted, then cap- acreage than if only one variety is consciously sl�e was beginning to Pull r- I never let them fall. Not every one ped it, smiling, with a second quta- planted." and tug to be away from him. Also, can carry peanuts. I am God -gifted. tion: "'She gat me nine great sons Oh My served the coffee at his desk, there was fear in her eyes. He I am master of the. art. It is a fine . . . The other nine were and made no sign even after a glance knew her fastidiousness, and he gues- P_ art. The peanuts roll, the peanuts �aughters.' to the porch at the bed which had not sed, with the other mans lips recent roll, and I carry them on forever. Back at the house, he did not im- been slept in -all of which control on hers, that she feared a more rd- "Aaron is a philosopher. He can- mediately go in, but stood 4 space Dick permitted himself privily to ad- ent expression on his part, e f not carry peanut. Ernestine is a gazing at the far flung lines of it. mire. "And please, please be not fright- blonde. She cannot carry peanuts inNor, inside, did be immediately go to At six -thirty the telephone rang and ened, timid, sweet, beautiful, proud, e his own quarters. Instead, he wan- he heard Hennessy's tired voice: "I little bird-wo-man. See. I release d dered through the silent rooms, a- know you'd be up and glad to know you. Know that I love you t mos cross the Patios, and lng the dim- Alden Bessie's pulled through. It was dearly and that I am considering -nd be re My st ]it halls. His frame of mind was as a squeak, though. And now it's me you as well as myself a fo is of one about to depart on a journey. for the hay." self all the while." ot He pressed on the lights in Paula's When Dick had shaved, be looked .)e fairy patio, and, sitting in an austere at the shower, hesitated a moment, (Continued next week) Roman set of marble, smoked ft cig- then his face set stubbornly. I'm Ie qrette quite through while he made darned if I will, was his thought; a d, his Plans. sheer waste of time. He did, how- The. appendix crop was a failure, n Ob. he would do it nicely enou ever, change. his shoes to a pair Of last year. -Lord Xmitsford. He could pull ff a hunting accident heavy, high -laced ones fit for the Ito that would fool the world. Trust rougbnesq of hunting. him not to bungle it. Next, day e was at his desk again, looking d, would bp the day, in the woodq sow, over the. notes in his scribble pads for S 9 earnom. Creek. Grandfntber, o-n� the niorning's work, when Paula en- 0- athan Forrest, the straight-laced te-d. She did not call her "good JUNK DRALMR, 0 Puritan, had died of a hunting ncei- morning, merry gentlemen;" but came r will bux, all Itinds of Sunk, e dent. For thp, fli-4t time Dick doubt- quite close to him before she greeted Wool and ov). Will pay, go6d Iliffe-, t ed that ,ftecidont. Well, if it hadn't him softly with: es. Apply to u .1 lt"",� �
been an accident, the old fellow htiti "The Acorti-planter. Ever tirelosa, 0 JAI All hint- neve I r weary Red Claud." a Nne It well. It Tind teve-a been 2848-tf , , , Y.,.
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