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JANUARY 104930,
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write. J,. G. SMITH, British Appli-
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LEGAL
Phone No. 91.
JOHN J. HUGGARD
Barrister, Solicitor,
Notary ePublic, Etc,
it eattie Block - - Seaforth, Ont.
R. S. HAYS
Barrister, Solicitor Conveyancer
and Notary Public. Solicitor, for th
• Dominion Bank. Office in rear of th
Dominion Bank, Seaforth.'Money
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VETERINARY
'die CLUE OF THE
NEWPIN
By EDGAR WALLACE
I
e The establishment of Yeh Ling was
e just between the desert of Reed Street
to
and the sown of that great and glit-
tering thoroughfare which is theatre -
land. The desert graduate3 down
from the respectable, if gloomy, hous-
es where innumerable milliners, mod-
e istes, and dentists had their signs e be-
fore the doors and their workrooms
and clinics on divers: landings, to the
howling wilderness of Bennet Street,
and in this particular case the des-
cription often applied so lightly is
aptly and faithfully affixed, for Ben-
nett Street howled by day and howled
in a shriller key by night. Its road-
way was a playground for the prog-
eny" of this) prolific neighbourhood,
`' and a "ring" in which all manner of
local blood feuds were settled by
waist -bare men, whilstitheir slattern-
ly women squealed their encourage-
ment or vocalized their apprehensions.
Yeh Ling's restaurant had begun
at the respectable end of the street
and he had specialized; in strange
Chinese dishes. Later it had crept
nearer and nearer to The Lights, one
house after another having been ac-
quired ,by the unhappy -looking Orien-
tal, its founder,
Then, with a rush, it arrived on
the main street, acquired a rich but
sedate facia, a French chef, and a
staff of Italian waiters under the
popular Signor Maciduino, most ur-
bane of Maitres d'hotel, and because
of gilded and visible tiles, became
"The Golden Roof." Beneath those
tiles it was a place of rosewood pan-
elling and soft shaded lights. There
was a gilded elevator to carry you
to the first and second floors where
the private dining -rooms were -these
had doors of plate -glass, curtained
didphanously. Yeh Ling thought
that this.was carrying respectability
a little too far, but ;his patron was
adamant on the matter.
Certain rooms had no plate -glass
doors, but these were very discreetly
onportioned. One such was never un-
'1er any circumstances' hired to diners,
'-nowever important or impeccable they
-light be. It was the end room, No.
r;, near to the service doorway which
'ed through a` labyrinth of crooked
Ind cross nassages to the old building
in Reed Street. This remained al-
most unchanged as it had been in the
'lays of Yeh Ling's earlier struggles.
Men and women came here for Chin-
ese dishes and were supplied by soft -
'rented wa�'rrs from Han-Kow, which
wes Yeh Ling's 'native province.
#�.y ,The patron. of the old establish-
ment lamented the arrival of Yeh
Ling's prosperity and sneered at his
well-dressed customers. The well-
dressed customers being, for the most
part, entirely ignorant that their
humble neighbors had existence, ate
their expensive meals unmoved and at
certain hours danced sedately to the
strains of The Old Original South
Carolina Syncopated Orchestra, which
Yeh Ling had hired regardless of ex-
pense.
He only visited the fashionable
part of his property on one day of
the year, the Chinese New Year, a
queer little figure in a swallow-tailed
coat, white -vested, white -gloved, and
tightly, as well as whitely, collared.
At ether times he sat at ease mid-
way way between the desert and the
sown 'in a pokey little parlor hung
about with vivid pictures which he
had cut' from the covers of magazines.
Here, in a black silk robe, he pulled
at his long-stemmed pipe. At half -
past seven every night, except Sun-
days, he went to a door which opened
on to the street, and was the door of
one of those houses which linked the
two restaurants and here he would
wait, his hand upon the knob. Some-
times the girl came first, sometimes
the old man. Whichever it was, they
usually passed in 'without a word and
went up to Room No. 6. With their
arrival Yeh Ling went back to his
parlor to smoke and write letters of
great length and beauty to his son
at Han-Kow, for Yeh Ling's son was
a man of great learning and position,
being both a poet and a scholar. He
had been admitted a member of the
Forest of Pencils, which is at least
the equivalent to being elected an
Academician.
Sometimes Yeh Ling would devote
himself to the matter of his new build-
ing at Shard and dream dreams
of an Excellency who would be its
honored master -for all things are
possible in a land which makes. edu•
cation a test of choice for Ambassa-
dorial appointments.
;He nerver saw the two guests de-
part. They found their way to the
door alone, and soon after eight the
room was empty. No waiter served
them; their Meals were placed in
readiness on a small buffet and as No.
6 was veiled from the observations
of the curious by a curtain which
stretched across the passage, only
Yeh Ling knew them.
On the first Monday of every month
Yeh Ling went up to the room and
kow-towed to its solitary occupant.
The old man was always alone on
these occasions. On such a Monday,
with a large lacquered cash -box in his
hand and a fat book under his arm,
Yeh Ling entered the presence of the
man in No. 6, put down his impedi-
menta on the buffet and did his rev-
erence.
"Sit down," said Jesse Trasmere,
and he spoke in the sibilant dialect
of the lower provinces. Yeh Ling
obeyed, hiding his hands respectfully
in the full sleeves of his gown.
"Well?"
"'The profits this week have fallen,
excellency," said'Yoh Ling, but with-
outf apology. "The weather has been
Veal 'fine and many of our clients are
out;"' town,"
/14' exposed his hands to open the
easla•'boit and birhig oil fotir packages lis
of $per' money, . Those he divided
!SZ T I
JOhN GRIEVE, V.S.
Honor graduate of ,Ontario Veterin-
ary College. All diseases'of domesti
animals treated. Calls promptly at-
tended to and charges moderate. Vet-
Urinary
e
Urinary Dentistry . a•specialty. Office
and residence on Goderich Street, on
leer east of Dr. Mackay's Office, Sea
Borth.
A. R. CAMPBELL, V.S.
Graduate of 'Ontario Veterinary
College, University of Toronto. Al
]diseases of domestic animals treated
by the most modern principles
!Charges reasonable. Day or night
eaillls promptly attended to. ; Office on
Main Street, Hensall, opposite Town
Hall. Phone 116.
s-
MEDICAL
tc DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University of
Toronto.
Late assistant New York Ophthal-
iei and Aural Institute, Mooretield's
Eye and Golden Square Throat Hos-
viitals, London, Eng. At Commercial
,Hotel, Seaforth, third Monday in
leach month, from 11 a.m. to 3 p.m.
18 Waterloo Street, South, Stratford.
Phone 267, Stratford.
Next visit in September.
DR. W. c;. SPROAT '
Graduate of Faculty of Medicine,
!University of Western Ontario, Lon•
don. Member ofr, College of Physic-
ians and Surgeons of Ontario. Office
In Aberhart's Drug Store, Main St.,
Seaforth, Phone 90.
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DR. R. I'_.l, DOUGALL
Honor graduate of Faculty of
Medicine and Master of Science, Uni-
versity of We'tet n Ontario, London. '
!Member of College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario. Office 2 doors
east of post office. Phone 56, Hensall,
Ontario. 3004-tf
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DR. A. NEWTON-BRADY
Bayfield. •
Graduate Dublin University, Ire- I
land. Late Extern Assistant Master
Rotunda Hospital for Women ani
Children, Dublin. Office at residence
lately occupied by Mrs. Parsons.
Hours, i, to 10 ann., 6 to 7 p.m.;
Sundays, 1 to 2 p.m. 2866-26
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DR. F. J. BURROWS
Office and residence Goderich Street,
last the Methodist Church, Sea
of -
forth. Phone 46, Coroner for the
County of Huron.
DR. C. MACKAY
C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin-
ity University, and gold medalist of
Trinity Medical College; member of
Oa College of Physicians and Sur-
geons of Ontario.
DR. H. HUGH ROSS
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate courses in
Chicago Clinical School of Chicago ;
Renal Ophthalmic Hospital, London.
II/island; igland; University Hospital, Lon-
(ian, England. Office -Back of Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth.. Phone No. 5.
Slight calls answered••from residence,
Victoria Street, Seaforth.
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DR. J. A. MUNN
-- Successor to Dr. R. R. Rose
Graduate of Northwestern Univers-
llty , -Chicago, Ill. Licentiate Royal
College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto.
Office over Sills' Hardware, Main' St.,
Beaforth. , Phone 151.
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DR. F. J. BECHELY
Graduate Royal College of Dental
Burgeons, Toronto. Office over W. R.
,Smith's Grocery, Main Street, Sea -
forth. Phones: Office, 185 W; resi-
dence, 185 J. 8065-tf
tN CONSULTING ENGINEER
S. W. Archibald, B.A.Sc. (Tor.),
O.L.S., Registered Professional En-
gineer and Land Surveyor. Associate
Stember Engineering Institute of Can.
oda. Office Seaforth, Ontario.
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�' AUCTIONEERS
er
THOMAS . BROWN
Licensed auctioneer for the counties
Of Huron and Perth. Correspondence
arrangements for sale dates can be
made by calling The Expositor Office,
Seaforth. Chargee moderate, a n d
Satisfaction guaranteed. Phone 802.
OSCAR KLOPP
Honor Graduate Carey Jones' Na-
tional School of Auctioneering, Chi-
cago. Special - course taken in Pure
Bred Live Stock. Real Estate, Mer-
aliaadise and Farm Sales. Rates in
keeping with prevailing market. ;iat-
lafaction assured. Write or wire,
Oscar Klopp, Zurich, Ont. Phone,
2866-26
R. T. LUKER \
Mewled auctioneer for the Coa�nt�r
fit'Ilttron. Sales attended to Wail
sof the conn Seven years' ,
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into two, three of the packages to
the right and one to the left. The
old man took the three packages,
which were nearest to'him, and
grunted.
"The 'police came last night and
asked to be ,shown over the houses,"
Yeh Ling went on impassively. "They
desired to see the cellars, because they
think always that Chinamen. h_ ave
smoke -places in their cellars."
"Humph!" said Mr. Trasmere. He
was thumbing the money'in his hand.
"This is goody Yeh Ling."
He slipped the money into a black
bag which was en the floor at his feet.
Yeh Ling shook his head, thereby in-
dicating his agreement.
"Do you remember in Fi Sang a
man who worked for me?"
"The Drinker?"
The old man agreed to the appella-
tion.
"He is coming to this country,"
said Mr. Trasmere, chewing on a
tooth -pick. He was a hard -faced man
between sixty and seventy. A rusty
black frock -coat it fitted his spare
form, his old-fashioned collar was
frayed at the edge, and the black
shoe -string tie that encircled his lean
throat had been so long in use that
it had lost whatever rigidity it had
ever possessed, and hung limp in two
tangled bunches on either side of the
knot. !His eyes were a hard granite
blue, his face ridged and scaled with
callosities until it was lizard-Iike ie
its coarseness.
"Yes, he is coming to. this country.
He will come here as soon as he finds
his way about town, and that will be
mighty soon, for Wellington Brown
is a traveller! Yeh Ling, this man is
'troublesome. I should be happy if he
were sleeping on the Terraces of the
Night."
Again Yeh Ling shook his head.
"He cannot be killed -here," he
said. "The illustrious knows that my
hands are clean-"
"Are you a man -of -wild -mind?"
snarled the other. "Do 1 kill men or
ask that they should be killed? Even
on the Amur, where life is cheap, I
have done no more than put a man to
the torture because he stole my goi'i.
No, this Drinker must be made quiet.
He smokes the pipe of Pleasant ex-
perience. You have no pipe room. I
would not tolerate such a thing. But
you know places "
"1 know a hundred and a hundred,"
said Yeh Ling, cheerfully for him.
He accompanied hi's master to the
door, and when it had closed upon
him he returned swiftly to his parlor
and summoned a stunted man of his
race. .
"Go after the old man and see that
no harm comes to him," he said.
It seemed from his tone almost as
though this guardianship was novel,
but in exactly the same words the
shuffling Chinaman had received iden-
tical instructions every day for six
years when the thud of the closing
street -door came to Yeh Ling'; keen
ears. Every day except Sunday.
He himself never went out after
Jesse Trasmere. He had other du-
ties, which commenced at eleven and
usually kept him busy until the early
hours df the morning.
II
Mr. Trasmere walked steadily and
at one pace, keeping to the more
populous streets. Then at exactly
8.25 he turned into Peak Avenue, that
wide and pleasant thoroughfare where
his house was situated. A man who.
had been idling away a wasted half-
hour saw him and crossed the road.
"Excuse me, Mr. Trasmere."
!Jesse shot a scowling glance at the
interrupter of his reveries. The
stranger was young and a head tal-
ler than the o,ld man, well dressed,
remarkably confident.
"Eh?"
"You don't remember me -Hol-
land? I called upon you about a
year ago over the trouble you had
with the municipality."
Jesse's face cleared.
"The reporter? Yes, I remember
you. You had an article in your rag
that was all wrong, sir -all wrong !
You made me say that I had a res-
pect for municipal laws, and that's a
lie! have no respect for municipal
laws of :lawyers. They're thieves and
grafters!"
He thumped the ferrule of his um-
brella on the ground to emphasize
his disapproval.
"I shouldn't be surprised," said the
young man, with a cheerful smile;
"and if I made you toss around a
few bouquets, that was faire bonne
mine. I'd forgotten anyway, but it
is the job of an interviewer to make
his subject look good."
"Well, what do you want?"
"Our correspondent in Pekin has
sent us the original proclamation of
the insurgent, General Wing Su -or
Sing Wu, I'm'not sure which. These
Chinese names get me rattled."
Tab Holland produced from his
pocket a sheet of yellow paper cover-
ed with strange characters.
"We can't get in touch with our
interpreters, and knowing that you
are a whale -an authority on the
language, the news -editor wondered
if you would be so kind."
Jesse took the sheet reluctantly,
gripped his bag between his knees
and put on his glasses.
"'Wing Su Shi, by the favor of
heaven, humbly before his ancestors
speaks to all men.of the Middle King-
dom . . ,' " he began.
Tab, dote -book in hand, wrote rap-
idly as the old man translated.
"Thank you, sir," he said when the
other had finished.'
There was an odd smirk of satis-
faction on the old man's face, a
strange, childlike pride in his accoiilrp=
"You have 'd' 'remarkable knowledrde
of the ] f�uiiseau, a g'b 'htely;e
"Born 1><ere," . 0 P ied Jesse Tial ^
mere complacently; rl?.4x i' in a go -
down on the Man 'Yee`and could
speak the' three d a1eets 'before I was
six. Beat the velfale, lot of 'em at
their own books when I was so high!
That all, mister?
"That is all, and fehank you," said
Tab gravely, and lifted hie hat.
He stood lookiig after the old man
as he continued ' his walk. So that
was Rex Lander's miserly' uncle? He
did not look like a millionaire, and
yet, when he came to ' consider the
matter, millionaires seldom looked
their wealth.
He had settled the matter of the
Wing Su ,proclamation and was 'im-
mersed in a new Prison Report which
had been published that day when he
remembered an item of news which
had come his s way,and dulyreport-
ed. port^
ed.
"Sorry, Tab," said the night -editor,
Athe theatre man has 'flu. Won't you
go along and see the lady?"
Tab snorted, but went.
The dresser, hesitating, thought
that Miss Ardfern was rather tired,
and wouldn't to -morrow de?
"I'm tired, too, said Tab Holland
wearily. "and tell Miss Ardfern that
I haven't come to this darned theatre
at eleven p.m. because I'm an auto-
graph hunter, or because I'm collect-
ing pictures of actresses I'm crazy
about; I'm here in' the sacred cause
of publicity."
To the dresser, he was as a man
who spoke p ke a foreign language. Sur-
veying him dubiously she .turned the
handle of the stained yellow door, and
standing in the opening, talked to
somebody invisible.
Tab had a glimpse of cretonne
hanging, yawned. and scratched his
head. He was not without elegance,
except in moments of utter tiredness.
"You can come in," said the dres-
ser, and Tab passed into a room that
blazed with unshaded lights.
Ursula Ardfern had made her
change and was 'ready to leave the
theatre„ except that her jacket was
:gill hung on the back of one chair
and her cloth cloak with the blue sat-
in lining was draped over another
She had in her hand a brooch which
she was about to put into an open
jewel -case. Tab particularly noticed
the brooch.'A heart -shaped ruby was
its centre piece. He saw her pin it to
the soft lining of the lid and close
the case.
"I'm extremely sorry to worry you
at this hour of the night. Miss Ard-
fern," he said apologetically, "and if
you're annoyed with me, you have my
passionate sympathy. And if you're
not mad ,at me, I'd' be glad of a little
sympathy myself, for I've been in
court all day following the Lachmere
fraud trial,"
She had been a little annoyed. The
set of her pretty face told him that
when he came in.
"And now you've come for another
trial," she half -smiled. "What can I
do for you, Mr.--?"
"Holland -Somers Holland of The
Megaphone. The theatre reporter is
sick, and we got a rumour to -night
from two independent sources that
you are to be married."
"And you came to tell me! Now,
isn't that kind of you!" she mocked.
"No, I .1m not going to be married.
I dioii't think I ever shall marry; but
you needn't put that in the newspaper,
or people will think I am posing as
an eccentric. Who is the lucky man,
by the way?"
"That is the identical question that
I have come to a .k," Tab smiled.
"I am disappointed." Her lips
twitched. "But I am not marrying.
Don't say that I am wedded to my
art, because I'm not, and please don't
say that there is an old boy and girl
courtship that will one day material-
ize, because'there isn't. I just'know
nobody that I ever wanted to marry,
and if I did I shouldn't marry him. Is
that all?"
"That's about all, Miss Ardfern,"
said Tab.. "I'm really sorry to have
troubled you. I always say that to
people 'I trouble, but this time I meet
it,"
•"How did this information reach
you?" she asked as she rose.
Tab's frown was involuntary.
"From a -a friend of mine," he
said. "It is the first piece of news
that he has ever given to me. and it
is wrong. Good -night, Miss Ardfern.
His hand gripped hers, and she winc-
ed.
"I'm sorry!" he was all apologies
and confusion.
"You're very strong!" she smiled,
rubbing her hand, "and you aren't
very well acquainted with us fragile
women --didn't you say your name is
Holland? Are you 'Tab' 'Holland?"
Tab colored. It wasn't like Tab
to feel, much less display, embarrass-
ment.
"Why 'Tab'?" She asked, her blue
eyes dancing.
"It is an office nickname," he ex-
, plainer) a•vakwardly; "the boys say
that I've a •passion for making my
exit on a good line . really, I
believe it is the !line on which a cur-
tain falls . ., . you'll understand
that, Miss Ardfern, it is one of the
conventions of the drama."
"A tab line?" she said. "I have
heard about you. I remember now.
It w e a man whp was in the comp-
any I played with -Milton Braid."
"Aeney,as :a reporter before he fell
-ibefore he went on to the stage,"
Said Tab.
He was not a theatre man and
knew none of its disciples. This was
the second actress he had met in his
twenty-six years of life, and she was
unexpectedly human. That she was
also remarkably pretty he accepted
without surprise. Actresses ought to
be beautiful, even Ursula Ardfern,
who was a great actress if he accept-
ed the general verdict of the press
and the ecstatic and prejudiced opin-
ion of Rex Lander. But she had a
sense of humor; a curious possession
in an emotional actress, if he could
believe all that he had read on the
subject. She had grace, and youth
and naturalness. He would willingly
have stayed, but she was unmistak-
ably ending the interview. `
"Good -night, Mr. Holland."
He took her hand again., this time
more gingerly, and she laughed out-
right at. his caution.
On the dressi -table .�t was the
si'nall brown jewel -ease and a glimpse
of it reminded Mins ,,
i ''If there is anything y'oa'd lilts to
go in The Megaphone," he &hi der;
)(tare was a para r,i ph
paper bout your having more: wan
derfu ', jeiwels than.any other ')►past
,
on t
h stage $'e .,
He was being uxraceenntabiy gauchr�
-he knew this and hated himself,• ht
did not need her quick smile :to tell
him that she did not wish fpr that
kind of publicity, And then the
smile vanished, leaving her young
face strangely hard.
"No ... I don't think that my
jewels and their 'v'alue are very in-
teresting. in the part I am playing
now it is necessary to wear a great
deal of jewellery -I wish it weren't.
Good -night. I'm glad to upset the
rumour."
' w'I'm sorry for the( bridegroom
said Tab gallantly.
She watched him out of the reel
and her mind was still intent upo
this broad -shouldered towering youn
man when her dresser came in.
"I do wish, miss, you, hadn't
carry those diamonds about with y
said the sad -faced dresser. "M
Stark, .the treasurer, said he woul
put them in the theatre safe for yo
-and there's a night watchman."
"Mr. Stark told me that too," sai
the girl quietly, "but I prefer to to
them with 'me. Help me with m
coat, Simmons."
A few minutes later she passe
through the stage -door. A small an
handsome little car was drawn up op
polite the door. - It was closed an
empty. She passed through the lit
tle crowd that had gathered to se
her depart, stepped inside, placed th
jewel -case on the floor at her fee
and started the machine. The door
man saw it glide round the corner an
went back to 'his tiny office.
Tab also saw the car depart. H
grinned at himself for his whimsica
and freakish act. Ii anybody ha
told him that he would wait at
stage -door for the pleasure of catch
ing a glimpse of -a popular actress
he would have been rude. Yet her
he was, a furtive and abashed man
so ashamed of his weakness that h•
must look upon her from the darkes
corner; of the street!
"Well, well," said Tab with a sigh
"we live and we learn."
His flat was in Doughty Street, and
stopping only to telephone the result
of his interview, he made his way
home.
As he came into the sitting -room
a man some two years his junior look-
ed up over the top of the arm -chair
in which he was huddled.
"Well?" he asked eagerly.
Tab went to a large tobacco jar
and filled his polished briar before he
spoke.
"Is it true?" asked Rex Lander im-
patiently: "what a mysterious brute
you are!"
"Rex, you're related to the Can-
ards of Deckville," sold the other,
puffing solemnly. "You're a :,oread-
er of false tidings and a creator of
alarm and despondency amongst the
stage-clpor lizards -whose ancient
fraternity I have this night joined,
thanks to you."
Rex relaxed his strained body into
a more easy and even less graceful
posture.
"Then she isn't going to be mar-
ried?" he said with a sigh.
"You mean well," said Tab. flop-
ping into a chair, "and I know of no
worse thing that you can say about
a man than that he 'meant well!' But
it isn't true. She's not going to be
married. Where did you get hold of
this story, Babe?"
"I heard it," said the other vague-
ly.
file was a boyish -looking young
man with a pink and white complex-
ion. His'face was so round and
cherubic that the appellation of 'Babe'
had good excuse, for he was plump
of person and lazy of habit. They
had been school -fellows, and when
Rex had come to town at the com-
mand of hid one relative, his uncle,
the sour Mr. Jesse Trasmere, to take
up a torturous training as an archi-
tect, these two had gravitated to-
gether and now shared Tab's small
flat.
"What do you think of her?"
Tab thought before.replying.
"She's certainly handicapped with
good looks," he ,said cautiously. At
another time he would have added a
word of asparagement or would have
spoken jokingly of Rex Lander's in-
tense interest in the lady, but now,
for'some reason, he treated the other's
inquiry with more seriousness than
was his wont.
Ursula Ardfern stood for the one
consistently successful woman man-
agement in town. Despite her youth
she had chosen and cast her own
plays and in four seasons had not
known the meaning of the word fail-
ure.
"She's quite . charming," Tab
said. "Of course I felt a fool; inter-
viewing actresses is off my beat any-
way. Who is the letter from?"
He glanced up at the envelope prop-
ped on the mantelpiece.
"From Uncle Jesse," said the other
without looking up from his book. "I
wrote to him, asking him if he would
lend me fifty."
"And he said ?-I saw him to -day
by the 'way."
"Read it," invited Rex Lander With
a grin.
Tab took down the envelope and
extracted a thick sheet of paper writ-
ten in a crabbed school -boy hand.
"Dear Rex" (he read). "Your
quarterly allowance is not due until
the twenty-first. I regret, therefore,
that I cannot agree to your request.
You must live more economically, re-
membering that when you inheiit my
money you will be thankful for the
experience which economical living
has given to you and which will en-
able you to employ the great wealth)
which will be yours, in a more judic-
ious, far-seeing manner."
"He's a miserable old skinflint,"
said Tab, tossing the letter back to
the mantelshelf. "Somebody was tell-
ing me the other day that he's worth
a million ---where did he make it?"
Rex shook his head.
"In 'China, I think. He was born
there, and started in quite a humble
way as a trader on the Amur River
Goldfields. Then he bought property
on which gold was discovered. I don't
know," he said,--scratchieg his chin,
"that I ought to complain. After • all,
there_ilnay 'e a 1pt in all he says, and
he hit been itgold friendof'trine."•
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Tab pulled at his pipe an ;silence
Presently he said;
"There are all serts of itliMeTe ao
bout old Jesse Trasmere• A . felloyt!;
told me the other day. that ha is a
known miser;' keeps his nno'aeyi in the
house, which of course is a romantie
lie."
r4Hei hasn't a banking account,"
said the other surprisingly, "and I
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very large sum of money at Mayfield.
The house is built like a prison, and
it has an underground strong -room
which is the strongest room of its
kind. I have never seen it, but I have
seen him go down to it. Whether or
not hesits down and gloats over his
pieces of eight, I have never troubled
to discover. But it is perfectly truer,
Tab," he said earnestly, "he, has neo
banking account. Everything is paid
out in cash. 'I suppose he does have
transactions through banks, but •'I
have never heard of them. As to r&is
being a miser" -he hesitated --"well,
he is not exactly generous. For ex-
ample; six months ago he discovered
that the man and his wife who leaked
after Mayfield, which is a very small
house, were in the habit of giving
the pieces of food left over to one of
their poorer ' relatives, and he fired
them on the spot! When I wasthere
this year, he was shutting up al the
rooms in the house except his own
bedroom and his dining -room, which
he uses also as a study."
• "What does he do for servants?"
asked Tab, and the other shook his
head.
"He had his valet, Walters, and two
women • who come in every day, one
to cook and one to clean. But for
the cook he has built a small kitchen
away from the house."
"He must be a cheerful compan-
ion," said Tab.
"He is not exactly exhilarating. He
has a fresh cook every month. I met
Walters the other day and he told me
that the new cook is the best they've
had," admitted the other, and there
followed a silent interval of nearly
five minutes.
Then Tab got up and knocked the
ashes from his pipe.
She certainly is pretty," he said,
and Rex Lander looked at him sus-
piciously, for he knew that Tab was
not talking about the cook.
(Continued next week.)
NEWS AND INFORMATION FOR
THE BUSY FARMER
A thorough cleaning of walls, ceil-
ings and windows makes a big im-
provement in the appearance of the
stable. `The cobweb -covered •galls and
windows are unsightly, to say the
least.
The organization of the Fourth
World's Poultry Congress by the Brit-
ish Government is well in hand and
world-wide interest indicates that it
wifi be better supported than ever.
Over forty governments have already
decided to parit>lcipate and 224 of
these have set up national commit-
tees for organizing their representa-
tion.
The Laying House in Winter.
Pullets, to give maximum results,
must not only be well bred and well
fed, but must also be well housed.
The laying house should be dry, com-
fortable, thoroughly ventilated and
bright and cheery. Leaking roofs
should be avoided and the floor should
be sufficiently elevated above the
ground so as to allow good drainage.
By all means use dropping boards
under the roosts and clean them off'
regularly. When the pullets are
brought in from range in the fall,
they should be given all the fresh
clean air possible.
Barley on the Increase.
According to the department's final
report on crop estimates, there was
a net decrease in the area devoted to
small grains in Ontario of' over 360,-
000 acres this year. The greater part
of this slump was due to a decline of
300,000 acres in the area seeded to
oats. Barley showed an exceptional
increase of over 6,000 acres. A back-
ward season favored the growing of
barley over spring wheat and oats,
but it would also seem that the high
value of barley as a feed grain is be-
ginning to assert itself. In addition
barley appeals to many as a solution
of their rotation problems, as no
ether grain crop does, an opportunity
to clean up the land, to grow a pay-
ing crop and to seed down to the
best advantage with a hay crop the
following year. There is always an
industrial demand for all Ontario
barley of good quality, that is surp-
lus to the farm requirement. The
quality for manufacturing purposes,
however, can only be produced by the
sowing of clean seed on land that is
in good heart.
It is surprising how soon vermin
appears on some live stock after it
is established for the winter. These
pests breed fast and cause much an-
noyance to the animals. One sug-
gested remedy is to, dust sahadilla
powder into the hair. Another is to
dust in one part hellebore to six parts
cement. Applications should be made
at ten-day intervals if vermin has
made its appearance.
i1
fathers '_-wel,',e sto b sed u'.
go to agrioailtyralie lf!i';ell A+nd(:
their p 40ssio0 aarer;E7
Bi*4 Laino Not in 'Poor
As • aE live ist+ack product, dere
nothing to be : said in favor,
buck lamb. The Marketing ,nf
castrated male lambs during' the
summer,` and s flax
many yearsfall a Ihlot onwinteroux' sheepwaindos.,„
try and a serious hindrance to the de-
velopment of the eonsumptitan, of{.
lamb. The practice has been iargel
wiped out in Ontario by the action]
lamb •buyers in &a -counting the patige
of all bucks coming to market duriz{ „ •
the fall and • winter. Farmers have
now generally adopted the, practice ,Of.
castrating male lani!bs intended f9r'
market. .
New Orchard Pest.
This Year another insect of the old
world, the: -apple and thorn skeleton-
izer, has been added to the already
formidable list of orchard pests in
Western Ontario. Prof. L. Caesar,
provincial entomologist, has found the
new insect to be fairly common be-
tween Oshawa and Niagara. It has
also been discovered in the 0. A. C.
orchard. The caterpillars of the spe-
cies are about half an inch long and
of a pale greenish color with black
spots on the back. Working under a
slight' web they gnaw away the green
tissue on the upper surface of the
leaf. The moths are purplish brown.
in color with a wing spread of about
half an inch. The skeletonizer was
found in the lower Hudson 'valley in
1917 and has spread in several states
of the U.S.A. Although very little
is 'known as yet concerning the proper
methods of extermination its is kno)vn
that this pest has not • been found in
orchard's which have received the
calyx spray alone.
CHE McKILLOP MUTUAL
FIRE INSURANCE CO'%,
HEAD OFFICE-SEAFORTH, ONT.
, OFFICERS:
lames Evans, Beechwood - President
lames Connolly, Goderich, Vice -Prem.
D. F. McGregor, Seaforth, Sec.-Treas.
AGENTS;
Alex. Leitch, R. R. No. 1, Glisten ;
SW. E. Hinchley, Seaforth; John Mur -
lay, Egmondville; J. W. Yeo, Gode-
deh; R. G. Jarmouth, Brodhagen; Jas.
.Watt, Blyth.
0.A.C. Short Courses.
Short courses in agriculture, horti-
culture, live stock, farm meats, dairy
matters, draining, poultry raising
and. beekeeping open at the Guelph
Agricultural College January 1st and
continue until April, 1939. In al-
most all of the courses there are no
fees or other costs, except that the
student pays railway fare and his
own board and lodgings. There must
be one or more departments in his
chosen field of industry, in 'which ev-
ery young farmer would like to be
proficient;, and in what better way cat-
he-attain
anhe-attain that than by"battending one
of the courses nimbi.,
Gives Thr olarshipfi.,,
'rhonalas E.,il.4bin, ,a Y.,oindolat,.,O1d
Boy, end noir n 1e idea IA the
DIRECTORS:
William Rinn, R. R. No. 2, Seaforth;
John Bennewies, Brodhagen; James
!vans, Beechwood; James Connelly,
aocerich; Alex. Broadfoot, No. 3, Sea-
brth; Robert Ferris, Harlock; Georg*
IieCartney, No. 8, Seaforth; Murray
Mon Brucefoe
eld ; James Sholdi
LONDON AND WINGHAM
North.
Centralia
Exeter
Hensall
Kippen
Brucefleld
a,m, p.m.
10.36 5.51
10.49 6.04
11.03 8.18
11.08 6.29
11.17 6.22
Clinton (163)1.8) (165.5
Londesbora 12.13 7.12
Blyth 12.22 7.21
Belgrave 12.34 7.38
Wingham 12.50 7.58
South.
Wingham
Belgrave
Blyth
Londeaboro
Clinton
Brucefield
Kippen
Hensall
Exeter
Centralia
a.m. p.m.
6.55 3.01/
7.16 $:20
7.27 5.88
7.35 8.47
7.56 4.10
7.58 4.28
(162) (164)
8.22 4.38
8.32 4.48
8.47 5.06
' 8.59 5.17
C. N. R. TIME TABLE
East.
a.m.
Goderich .. , - 6.20 2.20
Holmesville 6.36 2,37
Clinton 6.44 • 2.50
Seaforth 6.59 3.06
7.06 3.1*
Dublin] 7.11 8�!
p.m.
St. Columban
to
West.
a.m. p.m. pat.
Dublin 11.17 5.38 9.37
St. Colnmban11.22 5.44
Seaforth 11.38 5.63 9.60
Clinton 11.60 6.08-6.63 10.04
Hlolmesville . , 12.01 7.03 10.18
Goderich 12.20 7.20 10.80
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C. P. R. TIME TABLE
East,
Goderich
Menset •
MeGaw
Auburn
Blyth
Walton
McNaught .,
Toronto
9
nth
McNanght
West,
Oath
5.58
5.51
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