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Tremaine . finJ 4 'd easily with as
much calm as thqugh e tele not to
dine alone with his mother. Qn- the
bureau lay 'a great bunch of violets:
}1e •had ben raising the* success-
fully under glees,. 'and Marn;zn'y had
just fetched to 'him with p,de this
great bunch from the-grceithonse. ire
,fastened a few in the lapel of his
Cost. -
As. they sat together after dinner,
his mother and himself, the dooreop-
ened softly, and a small boy. in: night
cibthes• stood, there, red-eheeeked, his
eyes were bright but heavy with sleep.
7ie!made a leap for John'and.landed
in, his uncle's Jap.
"Listen, Uncle John! Come up and
sit on -our bed in the dark. Please
do!"
"Go upstairs directly," said his
- grandmother severely: "You will
catch cold." -
Roger's flushed .ebeek was close to
his uncles; the firelight gleamed in
his eyes.
"Hark!" said\ Mrs. Tremain. 4iI
hear *Fleets on the driveway."
"No, Granny, it's the wind," said
the. child; "I hear it all night long."
"Your atf�ries are too exciting for
them, John.
ne', grandmother! They're
bully!"
"Pel take shim upstairs," said- John
indulgently.
"Nonsense! You will do nothing of
the kind. Let him go alone."
Roger slipped down, ran over to
-the door, and said, from under his
shock of hair: "Davey thinks mother
is the prettiest, but I think Miss Iso-
bel's the prettiest, Uncle John. Are
you going to marry her?" -
He ran out, beckoning to John from
the hall and from the stairs.
When he had gone, his -grandmother
said in a low tone:
"You heard what little Roger
said?"
John's heart was hard as a stone
within him.
"You may spare yourself the trou-
ble of speaking to me on that sub-
ject, mother."
But she replied with spirit: "I love
Isobel as my own child."
Mrs. Tremaine leaned forward.
"You may ruin her life," she said.
"It has gone too far. She is unhappy.
I believe she loves you."
"Nonsense!" said Tremaine, and
added: "If she does, she will get!
over it. Others have."
"Oh." said his mother, "you are
cruel!"
"I think," said Tremaine, edlidly
watching her. "that if she knew, it
would disenchant her. I can't im-
agine Isobel Malvern loving a thief."
Raising his eyes, he looked at his
mother sharply. "Will you tell her?"
"I tell the disgrace of my son!"
"If it would solve the problem?"
"Never!"
"I am glad," he said simply. "We
a.m. p.m. might depute Julia to tell her, when
6.00 2.20 she arrives."
6.17 2.87 "You insult herr." Mrs. Tremaine,
6.25 2.52 who had risen, moved to and fro
6.41 8.12 slowly, her cheeks burning, her whole
6.49 3.20 soul in agitation.
6.54 3.28 John said, still watching: "There
is Sam Leavitt."
p.m. p.m. Mrs. Tremaine said: "How dare
5.38 9.37 you, John!"
5.44 .... "He has never refused to stand by
5.53 9.50 the family yet."
6.08 10.04 "Do you call that standing by the
7.03 10.13 family?" asked his mother.
7.20 10.30
EVERY
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Wil, bienh tnreee, appetits
kaci digeition.•
-Fresh and ihil1.g vsred.
always in ` to waxPPd
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FLAVOR
LASTS
LONDON AND WINGHAM
Nort1i.
a.m.
10.16
10.30
10.35
10.44
10.58
11.05
11.15
11,21
11.35
11.44
11.56
12.08
12.08
12.12
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BrUcefleld
Clinton Jct.
Clinton, Ar.
Clutton, Lv.
Clinton Jet.
Londesborough
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Wingham Jct., Ar
Wingham Jct., Lv
Wingham
Wingham
Wipgham Jct
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Bih
Londesborough ....
Clinton Jct.
Clinton
Clinton Jct. ..
Brucefield
1 ippen
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South.
RAIL
6.55
7.01
7.15
7.27
135
7.49
7.56
8.03
8.15
8.22
8.32
8.47
C. N. R. TIME TABLE
East.
Goderich
Holmesville
Clinton
Seaforth
St. Columban
Dublin
West.
S.M.
Dublin 10.37
St. Columban10.42
Seaforth 10.53
Clinton 11.10
Holmesville 11.20
Goderich 11.40
C. P.
6.04
6.18
6.23
6.32
6.46
6.52
6.52
6.58
7,12
7.21
7.33
7.45
7.45
7.55
p.m.
3.15
821
8.82
8.52
4.06
4.13
4.20
4.82
4.40
4.50
5.05
R. TIME TABLE
East.
Goderich
Menset ...
McGaw
Auburn
Blyth
Walton
McNanght ...
Toronto
Toronto
McNaught
Walton/177t
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Auburn
MeGaw
liiien'eset
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West.
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a.m.
5.50
5.55
6.04
6.1
6.25
6:40
6.52
1025
7A0
11.48
12.01
12.12
12.23
12.34 •
12.41
12.-:5
p.m.
1.15
1.20
1.30
1.41
1.52
2.07
2.19
6.20
5:10
8.57
9.10
9.22
9.33
9.44
9.61
0.55
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CHAPTER XXIII
Mrs. Tremaine was invited to pay
a visit at the house of a friend where
Julia was breaking her journey South
and they were to return to Riverside
together. John was left with the
boys for a week, and in the solitude
of the place they were cheerful com-
panions to him. His "Mother's ab-
sence made the place lonely and
strange, and he felt restless and dis-
satisfied. As he walked with Julia
Tremaine's sons, he found himself
wondering what the mother was like.
For the first time since his return
to Riverside, he permitted himself to
think about Julia. Now and again,
when he passed old landmarks -the
pasture, the scene of their parting -
an image of her would attempt to
force itself upon him; but with his
strong will he brushed it away.
He asked Leavitt:
"What is the measure of ' a man's
soul? Do you know, Sam?"
The lawyer stroked his chin before
he replied in his pleasant drawl:
"I reckon, John, just as high as ne
can think."
"As much," said Tremaine, "as he
can endure."
Leavitt shook his head.
"No, barbarians and ,savages can
give us examples of brute endurance.
It's something else."
They leaned side by sidem, on the
bar of the South Pasture. Behind
them the river, flushed with the Win-
ter sunset, flowed between its red
banks, and before them each 'Window
As one of your
daily dozes •
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keeps ydtg
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btlr . keT Bkpt dor 'hers seed 1.104,
br 'hers 2" John repeated the
rds ti�zclaly.
"Pot` ot` olly's,'r said the lawyer. "It
would prettynear break her heart.
For you own sake, I think you ought
to go."
John, starred slightly, and the sun
set light was warm upon his face.
"When it gets too much for me, I
shall go back to South Africa.'
Leavitt looked up at • him.
-"I cant see that anything would Be
too much for you, John."
"Running . away," said John Tre-
Maine; "is a mighty poor way to
solve problems, after all. I ran a-
way once before, and while I made
shift -to construct myself a new life
and, as I said, obtained comparative
peace, I should not find that peace
there now if I returned,"
Leavitt looked at him seriously.
"Something in Virginia bas irre-
vocably destroyed it?"
Tremaine did not reply-. His nep-
hews had taken their place on either
aide of him, and his hand rested on
Roger's shoulder.
"I 'wonder what Mrs. David Tre-
maine is like?" John said aloud. And
little. David answered: "Mother?" in
the tone a boy only uses for one wo-
man until he becomes a man. "Mo-
ther? Why, she's a corker, Uncle
John."
"Ah," said his uncle approvingly,
"that's the way to speak, old chap."
"Aad,'L said little Roger in his
dreamy voice, "she• must have been
prettywhen she •was young."
Both men laughed, and the boys
jumped down from the fence on which
they had climbed in order to be on
a more equal height with their big
uncle. The four walked. over to the
house together in' the half darkness,
the boys hanging on John's arms.
So they came up to the house, but
they did not go in together. As
they entered, Mammy caught the
boys:
"Doan yo' tink fer to go in de pah-
ler wid dem ombrageous shoes, chil-
lum. Yo' stay right heah, an' Mam-
my'Il get yo' slippers. Go 'long in,
Marse John, of yer feet ain't wet."
Leavitt had left them to go home
by the highroad and John saw his
nephews struggle in Mammy's pow-
erful grasp as he went through to-
ward the parlor.
In his mother's absence he often
spent his evenings in the dining -
room, where he spread on the table
his maps of the country, and worked
in a cloud of smoke. Now he saw
a light from the parlor shine out into
the --hall. ° Some one was playing on
the piano which had never been„o
erred since he has come from South
Africa. A woman was singing soft-
ly with a voice full of poignant ap-
peal.
John stood in the hallway, trans-
fixed. His mouth grew hard as steel,
his jaw set, and his eyes clouded. One
after another the scenes of his past
rushed on him with a sweep. His
heart rose to his throat, he drew a
deep breath as the singing ceased.
He hesitated a moment and then went
in.
The woman who had been sitting
at the piano rose slowly and stood
where she was. Under the light from
the piano lamp, John saw her plain-
ly, distinctly, every detail of her. She
wore a black velvet coat; a small hat
of soft fur came down upon her hair;
and she lifted her eyes and looked
straight at John. Just such pictures
of her standing straight and chal-
lenging, with her handsome head
held up and her big dark eyes full on
him, he had year by year put stern-
ly from ' his mind. Now she stood
there before him, living, palpitating
-a link with the bitter past he hat-
ed.
e>K ` ylle3u,,wr o 'ft!
ax g the in th.3r o
!untied sh w e, t
eb ated h { put lir'
Sons;,Smight ,.1 'e' b.
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Iter
have
such
: Y.. to
his . *ale,' one ar'na a4ro chd lnl mo-
ther's waist; .."didn't,f:.teil yoga she
was e`,.. corker, Uncle Johns :And
what did -we write you, inothert Un-
cle John's a dead ghat, ,.he hits the
bull''s-+,aye nine ti des .44t<'ten,. and
I've a real. h vent , Uncle
John? And Uncle John's e •1 oat
popular- man be the outh. • I'ni .:aw-
fully sorry, but I'in a raidhave to
live down here in Virginia mother."
Mrs. Tremaine and ,J'ghn laughed
over the ,children''S hem, ` and their
eyes met' in a more natural glance.
`9I congratulate ylou, JI;.lia,". .lie
said. And she answered;.' with' em-
pressenleut: "I'm g14ad you're
friends."
CHAPTER XXIV
The following 'morning,when he
waked, he came ,into icentsciousness
knowing that a :great, Change had
taken place in his environment. Be
had passed a restles night and to-
ward daylight -bad fallen into a heavy
sleep, out of which he wasawakened
slowly by' some >'one • singing. 'He
heard the Village Clock in Redlands
strike the hour,and when the sound
had ceased, the singing voice con-
tinued under his window,
"I want your i1ot'e to followe me,
follow, me home- ' . ."
It was Julia Tremaine; and he won-
dered
ondered why she was out :so •early, and
the thought suggested itself that she
too had passed a restless 'night, but,
unlike himself, had not caught up
with sleep. She sang through the
first verse of the song,'then interrupt-
ed it to call to her children.
"Davey! Roger!!!" ,
His window was oven,: heard
the young fresh voices of his nep-
hews:
"Mother, there are three autos in
the stables!" "It isn't a garage; it's
a stable -lots nicer!" "And there
are bully horses! Torn lifted me up
on the backs of all of them!" -"And
he did me too, mother!" -"Such a
bully Irishman, mother! You ought
to hear his brogue!" -"I'm stuck on
Virginia, mother!" -"Isn't it great
hear ?"-"Isn't Uncle John---"
"Hush, hush!" and the boys were
led away. He could hear the voices
soften and the three passed under his
window.
But she had known thatshe was
standing under his window, Of course.
Had she stood there purpor;ely and
sung to waken him? That would be
like her! Was it like her? What
did he know of Julia Treinae'"! Julia
Cameron he had known, as a young.
man knows a very young woman a-
bout whom there is Iittle to 'know.
He was fully awake and lay upon
his bed, his hands under his head, un-
willing immediately to enter into the
complexities of his present life; un-
willing for a little while to face the
change that had come.
He was now under the same roof
with the woman who had awakened
his first passion. She had been dis-
loyal to him, and he had resolutely
determined to forget her. But it had
been long before he could think of
Julia without emotion, and his final
dissassociation from her had been
the result of determination as strong
as was the rest of his character. Now
what had she become?
As if to answer him, he heard a-
gain the call "Mother!" and realized
that she had justified her existence,
she was the mother of two children.
As he lay outstretched upon his
bed, his hands under his head, he saw
before him the simplicity of his small
room; he had not changed his quar-
ters, though he had added to them -
and on the chirnneypiece lay his
gloves, his pipes -a man's belong-
ings. There was not a single photo-
graph or anything personal to an-
other. He had not been able to bring
anything persona] into his life.
David had founded a family. David
had taken from him the woman he
had chosen.
He would be impersonal to her. He
would not harbor the feeling' of bit-
terness she had awakened; she
should be to him nothing but the
mother of his nephews and his bro-
ther's widow. His life was a busy
one; there was no reason why she
should in any wise affect it, he said
to himself; but he knew that his en-
vironment had changed.
An hour Dater, he walked through
the little stretch of woodland that lay
at the foot of the meadows. The
morning post had brought him let-
ters that gave the impersonal turn
to his thoughts that he wanted. One
was a strong, vigorous appeal from
Brandegee, reading almost like a
command, that he should enter active
polities. Another was from the Dem-
ocratic Club in Richmond, urging him
in much the same fashion, but with
greater deference, to be a candidate
for Congress.
Since coming back to Virginia, there
had stirred in him the strongest af-
fection for the State.; He was ac-
customed to have people seek him and
turn to him. His back seemed built
for burdens. Everywhere, all through
his career, he had been bearing them.
In South Africa, his advice had been
sought by many. He was accustom-
ed to consider other people's prob-
lems with patience and kindness. In -
Julia Tremaine, with both hands on
the piano lid, waited for him to come
up to her. She was sure of her beau-
ty, sure that she had grown more
lovely and that she need not be a-
fraid of his judgment of her physical
charms. As John, however, did not
come forward, she left the piano and
moved toward him with both her
hands held out. Half smiling, with a
subtle comprehension of what the
moment was, she whispered, "John!
John!" and waited. She could not
guess what was in the man's mind.
At the first sight of her, all his re-
sentment faded. For one brief mom-
ent, one brief second, she was nothing
but the woman herself, the woman he
once had deeply loved. Her voice
singing, as he had heard it in the
hallway, smut him profoundly; then
the sudden sight of her -her near-
ness, her calling his name aloud as in
the early days of his exile she had
called him in his dreams -all this
made him for a moment forget every-
thi.lg but the fact that he actually
saw her again.
"Aren't you going to speak to me,
John ?"
Then, as sharply, the spell broke
in him and betWeen him and her; be-
tween him and this woman carne the
face of his brother, the remembrance
of the past, the truth of what had
been.
John put out his hand frankly, and
a light broke over his face, which
had been as set as a graven face.
"Of course, I'm going to speak to
you. How do you do? We did not
expect you till to -morrow. Is my
mother here? Why are you left a-
lone?"
Mrs. David Tremaine bit her lip
and slightly shook her head, as if
she said: - "I understand your emo-
tion. It is great and you won't give
way."
"She is upstairs," she said, then
added softly: "Isn't it strange 'to;
Sheet like this?"
"I see nothing strange," he said
thortly. "Things ate ,;:.tot • Mttaft
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tered into affairs that in no wise af-
fected himself had been one of the
reasons why he was known as "Big
Tremaine"-perhaps a better person
than the other, which put him high
because of his great wealth.
Here in Virginia, fromthe day
when he had first appeared in Rich-
mond he had been sought out and
appealed to; and he could not help
feeling the power that he possessed,
and that, if given the opportunity,
he could do much for his own people.
Every one of the demands ' upon, him
here had brought with it its peculiar
satisfaction. The fact that he could
win, notwithstanding the opinion that
Leavitt and his mother and Malvern
held of him, could not fail to gratify
him. Each day and each hour put
upon his career and his Life before
these people the seal of what he was.
He knew it.
As he walked in the woods think-
ing of these things, he again heard
little Davey's voice calling; "Mother,
mother!" and' looking up he saw Jul-
ia Tremaine coming toward him, a
son on either side.
He saw her before she saw him
and when she stopped with the boys
to bend down and observe a rabbit -
hole, he stood and watched the group.
His first impulse was to turn about
and go back before she had seen him.
Then he found himself drawn to her
by a feeling of curiosity.
The three stood in a little opening
in the woods -an opening like a cup
in the heart of the pines, flooded with
sunlight. As Julia bent with her
boys, he saw that her figure was
young and charming. She knelt down
on the pine -covered earth, on one
knee, the boys on all fours beside
her, peering down into the rabbit -
hole. As the day was mild and soft
she wore no coat. Her dress was
black and close -fitting, with sleeves
stopping at the elbows. She had
picked up, before leaving the house,
a scarf of Mrs. Tremaine's and had
thrown it about her shoulders, and
she wore a little ghat used by her
mother-in-law for garden and coun-
try use, its violets and the delicate
ribbons lightening the effect of her
black dress. As she knelt, both her
hands clasped behind her back, white
and round and appealing in their
charm, the darker woods around her
and the blond heads of her children
at her side, in the warm sunlight, the
picture she made could not fail to
appeal to the eyes of a man in whom
the love of beauty and admiration for
women were keen.
"It's no use watching, boys," he
heard her say. "The rabbit's gone
down to his family. He won't come
out again."
"It's Br'er Rabbit, isn't it, mother,"
Roger said. "Mammy will tell us a-
bout him. We'll ask her. I dare
say he's up to some of his clever
tricks, under the ground. I wish we
could see!"
Tremaine came slowly around the
curve of the path, and before she had
time to rise she saw him. He could
not but be flattered by the red that
sprang into her cheeks and by her
expression of pleased surprise.
"Oh, Uncle John!" Both his neph-
ews rushed toward him. "There's a
great big fat rabbit just gone down
into the hole! If you only had your
gun!"
She said "Good morning" and held
out her hand.
"How nice to meet you out here
like this, John. We have been all
through the woods. Riverside is
wonderfully transformed,"
"Yes," he said; "nothing stands
still; everything changes."
He turned about and walked along
with them, although he had intend-
ed going on to the mines.
"No," she said, "there are things
that are not affected by the years."
"I suppose," he replied, "you refer
to feelings, but you are wrong. They
are the most uncertain and capricious
of all things."
And she said quickly: "Oh, no.
They d e�ien and grow more pro-
found." /
"Uncle John," said one of his
nephews, "Mammy says you're going
to run for president!'
And .Julia said: "I am so inter-
ested in this campaign and in the
politics of Virginia. I wanted David
to take • an active part Ile should
have done so. Of course you will
accept the nomination, John?"
It was evident to him that she in-
tended to ignore their past. He had
not thought of her for years; and her
appearance was a surprise to him.
She had gained in style and in as-
surance.
She was smiling ab him frankly, ail
itvagh she said' "t vn mine banit.
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giving
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much of me -I can give it"
"Why did David not go into pol-
ities?" he asked abruptly, and add-
ed; "Since you wished it?",
"He was devoted to his profes-
sion."
"I'm sure your influence on him
must have been enormous."
She shook her head. "There you're
wrong. He did exactly as he liked."
With her children, Julia was de-
lightful and during the first few days
they followed her everywhere. He
could hear their gay voices across the
hall as they told her of "Uncle
John."
When Tremaine realized that her
presence was pleasing to 'him, he felt
a' subtle sense of irritation. It an-
noyed him to feel that the discreet
presence of his brother's widow did
not annoy him. Why could she not
have stayed in the North and have
written? He would have solved her
financial problems for her better at
a distance. He acquired the habit of
going early to the mines and lunch-
ing there; Nolan would fetch him
down sandwiches and beer. And he
created for himself duties which
would prolong his absence and exile
him from the homestead.
One afternoon as Leavitt was
starting out on his daily pilgrimage
John surprised him by riding up and
asking for a few moments of his
time.
"I won't keep
Sam," said John.
"Come in, come in!" said the law-
yer. "Twenty-five, if you like."
But he saw by the way that John
had begun to walk up -and down, his
hands behind his back, his riding -
whip in his hand, that ne was not
likely to see Mrs. Tremaine that af-
ternoon. John said abruptly:
"I told you when I came that I
should return to South Africa. Now
I want you to help me to wind up
my affairs, for I am going in a fort-
night"
"Why," said the lawyer, "it will
just about kill your mother."
John laughed. "You think of noth-
ing but the woman always!" he ex-
claimed. "What a faithful man you
are!• It did not kill my mother when
I went away before, and I shall leave
her in rather better circumstances
now. I want to make my will and
give her Riverside and an income. I
shall also make a bequest to Chloe.
Will you put these things in shape
for me as soon as possible, old man?"
Leavitt placed himself on the win-
dow -seat, whence he could see the
road, where John's horse was being
led up and down by a negro boy. He
said, nodding at his companion:
-"Running away, again; eh, John?"
"How do you mean?"
"Looks very much as though you
could not face the music," said the
older man; "and yet I reckon you
have come up to harder propositions
than this in your wanderings."
Tremaine shrugged.
"It seems too bad," said the law-
yer, "when you've at bast got a
chance of making good."
"Making good?"
Leavitt nodded. "To your mother,
for all these dreadful years."
Tremaine swore under his breath.
Always of her! He said sharply,
stopping in his walk to confront the
lawyer:
"For God's sake, man, think just a
little of me!"
"Perhaps," pursued Leavitt obstin-
ately, "it is just as well that there
is some one to think only of her,"
"She is fortunate."
Leavitt smiled. "It never occurred
to me to call your mother that," he
said, "until you come home."
"She has her daughter-in-law,"
said John. "She has her grandchil-
dren; she has a fortune and the de-
votion of the most faithful soul on
the face of the earth."
"Ah, yes!" Leavitt smiled. "By
the why. I have a letter from Isobel."
He touched the pocket of his coat and
drew it nut.
Tremaine put up his hand. "Don't
show it to me," he said shortly; "let
us talk about my business,"
"You are a singular man, .John
Tremaine!" said the lawyer. And to
his surprise, Tremaine, lifting his
eyes to Leavitt's, said:
"I am a damned lonely one."
There ensued a moment's silence
between them, after which Leavitt,
who had not taken in the full ?li -
nificance of the fact that Tremaine,
whom he had grown to love, was
leaving Virginia, now said daringly:
"Why don't you tell her, my boy?"
Tremaine laughed. "I should have
given yon credit, Leavitt, for more,
Southern pride than you express i
what you have said to -day."
° UTa, do`l't IthoWPsaid al,
you five seconds,
pride as .othe quali'l e.ti., 1. think , a .
woman should" have every • chance A'
know the man she loves. "
"Come!" said, John,- almost, liieree-,.
ly, "you don't.. know 'What .you are
saying! What do you'a1ieait by the
man she loves'? I am a `matter.of
complete indifference ' to .Miss ,lel-
vern."
Leavitt shook his head. "Oh, no:"'
he said. "Foos little girl!"
"We'll leave her out of the quer'-'
tion, if you please," said his sem-
panion roughly, "and keep to the one.
in hand. I have told you what I .in
tend to do. Now if you will. be SO ':
good-"
There was a. knock at Leavitt?s
front door. Neither man had seen
the visitor arrive, and Leavitt him-,
self, springing up from the window-
seat,
indowseat, opened the door for Mr. Ma1=.
vern.
Malvern did not at once see that
Leavitt was not alone, and he be-
gan in a hearty voice:
"Glad to find you at Monier How
do you do, my dear
He wrung the 1
much effusion. HI
vitt?"
er's hand with
's face was excited
and Leavitt, as he greeted his neigh-
bor, saw iii him a transformation so
great as to be explained by only one
of two things -a great and sudden
rise in fortune, er an unexpected hap-
piness. Malverenut his hat on the
table, threw down his gloves, threw
back his overcoat and seated himself
in a chair.
(continued next week.)
Winnipeg, Man. -Not one crop fail-
ure in the province of Manitoba dur-
ing the 1925 season is the report of
the provincial department of agricul-
ture. Wheat averages nineteen and a.
half bushels to the acre and oats 44.
Montreal, Que.-The library of 'Mc-
G.ill University here has experienced
such an enormous growth within the
last few years that it has already
outgrown the extension to the library
building made three yearrs ago. The
McGill library no wboasts 2,000 vol-
umes. Itts libraarian, Dr. G. Lome`,
has just returned from England,where
.he acquired some rare books and man-
uscripts to place in the University
stacks. Many recent additions are
ancient oriental treatise, some of them
being palm leaf manuscripts from
Ceylon which date to the thirteenth
century.
FARMS FOR SALE
jinn ACRES, ONE OF HURON COUNTY'S
choice productive farms ; level, well
drained: red brick house, furnace and bath
room ; hank barn and shed, silo, garage, sugar
busk : close to sdhoals, town, station, high-
way. Also 75 acres pasture. Immediate pos-
session. WILLIAM PEARCE, Hensall.
8018.1
ARM FOR SALE. -FOR SALE. LOT NO.
8, North Boundary, Hay, 21,
of Kippen, containing 80 acres. The., lie
on the premises a frame house, bank barn
and shed combined, size 60x48 and 36x24. Ten
acral of hardwood bush. Apply to MRS -
JAMES COCHRANE, R. R. No. 2, Hensall',
Ont. 8016x5
ie ARM FOR SALE. -FOR SALE NORTH
half Lot 5, Concession 2, Hullett, con-
taining 50 acres. There are on the premises
a good frame house and kitchen: bank barn,
34.62 and 13.52; one acre of good orchard,
apple, plum and pear trees. 'The farm is
well drained and fenced; 5 miles from Sea -
forth, and 21./22 from Constance. School
across the road. Apply to Mrs. MARY
RROwN, Administratrix, Brucefield P. 0., or
W. BRYnONE, Clinton P. 0. 3016-tf
FARMS FOR SALE. -FOR SALE, LOT 6,
Concession 3, H.R.S., Tuckersmith, and
Lot 8, on same concession. On Lot 6 there
is a first class bank barn, 44x80, good driv-
ing shed, hog prm and hen house; a good 1',
story frame house, in good repair. All choice
land, well fenczrd and tile drained, and clean:
plenty of water. Two miles from Seaforth.
Must be sold to close an estate_ For further
partricuiars apply on the prem! 'a or address
P. O'SULLIVAN or JOSEPH FLANNAGAN,
Executors of the estate of the late Thomas
Flanagan. 3016-0
1 ARM FOR SALE. -FOR SALE LOT 11.
Concession 8, NIcnKillop, containing 1ef:
acres. There are on the premises a sir
frame house, 10 rooms; bank berm, 60x50.
driving hone, water in barn and house; ll§
acres of excellent orchard. mostly spins. The
farm fa all tile drained and well fenced: 1
miles from St. Columban Catholic Chards set
school. 5 miles from Seafortb, and SOK MON
from Dublin; rural mail end phone. The
farm will be sold on roeao:eable terms. !lite
further particnlare apply on the prenalee er
address. Seaforth P. O. JOS1d8*r.; MCQiYA$!l.
20V5xotaeZ
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von s1 'T, °,rLl~"itrl64 ,ace 1111!!
relit Seaforth; mnderl! 11#n'""'
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