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SEAFORTH, Friday, October 25th.
The Hydro Contracts
As this is written, Premier Hep-
burn has not yet cancelled the Hydro
contracts entered into with private
companies by the former Ferguson
and Henry Governments, whereby
the Province is obligated to pay sums
running into many millions of dol-
lars for power which, at the present
time, the Hydro Commission has no
sale, and no prospect of sale for years
to come.
But that these contracts will be
cancelled in the very immediate fu-
ture, there would now appear to be
no doubt, and that the people of On-
tario will be behind Mr. Hepburn in
his contemplated action is also very
clear.
During the recent;,, election cam-
paign Mr. Bennett made the asser-
tion, in Toronto, that Canadian cred-
it, and particularly Ontario credit
abroad, had been very seriously af-
fected by even the contemplation of
such a move on the part of Mr. Hep-
burn.
That Mr. Bennett's Toronto state-
ment is an exaggeration, if not an
over -statement of facts, is an' opin-
ion widely held, because while the
bondholders of these companies may
suffer some loss it is not reasonable
to suppose that the credit of the Pro-
•vince will in any way be adversely
affected.
Even the bondholders to date have
not been losers. And if they had, in
buying these bonds it was a matter
of personal investment or specula-
tion, which ever way they looked at
it. And it is not the business of a
Government to guarantee the suc-
cess of speculations or investments
either, other than those of their own
bonds.
On the other hand, the credit of a
Province whose government can
show a saving of over forty million
dollars over a term of years by the
cancellation of legislation, which, to
say the least, was ill advised, and
passed by former administrations, is
not going to suffer in the eyes of the
investing public, whether at home or
abroad.
Mr. Hepburn will lose no prestige
over the Province by the cancellation
of these Hydro contracts, but on the
other hand, will save Hydro users
and the taxpayers generally millions
of dollars by such action.
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Map Not Be he Reason At All
A despatch rorn Winnipeg, under
date of October 20, was published in
a Toronto daily on Monday under
the , heading, "Business Becomes
Weekly Pleasure," and the item said;
"For 25 years H. A. Taylor has
watched movie stars flit across the
silver screen in his capacity as Mani-
ttoba. Government film • censor. He
sees 2,000 films a year. But it was
learned to -night he takes his wife to
the movies regularly once a week."
We think that Toronto paper was
just a little hasty when it topped such
an unusual item with the heading,
"Business Becomes Weekly Pleas-
ure." Of course it may have been a
very young enthusiast who compos-
ed that heading and stuck it over the
news item. No doubt it was. But it
does not prove a thing and that writ-
er will no doubt live and learn.
Is it reasonable to suppose, let
s ltine affirm, that a man who not
only sees 2,000 movies during the
Of a year for nothing, but makes
tj3'rthe process, will, of his
1 and accord, leave :Ills
' rrYY once a week to
In
journey down to the city an spend
his own good money to see t e same
Show over again?
That thfere are men movie enthusi-
asts, we know. That business is of-
ten mixed with pleasure we also
know, but that after a compulsory
attendance at 50,000 movie shows a
man retain his enthusiasm enough
to spend his evenings in the same
line of business and call it pleasure—
well, frankly, we don't believe it.
There is another reason behind it
all, and that young man who wrote
that heading—if he is a young man—
is going to find it out some day.
On the other hand, if the writer
was an old man, he is a well trained
old man. One who long ago has
learned to say not "my pleasure" but
"our pleasure."
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Never Again
When Hon. H. H. Stevens, in the
House of Commons, said his reason
for- breaking with his leader and
leaving the Conservative party, was
because he was not invited to partici-
pate in the Conservative caucus, he
may have been speaking the truth.
But truth or no truth, never again
will he be able to advance the same
reason if he contemplates a similar
flitting from the ranks of the Recon-
struction Party.
When that party holds its next
caucus at Ottawa, or any caucus, Mr.
Stevens will have a good deal to say,
more than anyone in fact, as to the
time and place of meeting; the sub-
jects that will come up for consider-
ation, and the decisions reached re-
garding thereto—and he will be
there.
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Snow In The West
From the Western Provinces
comes word of cold weather and of
snow covering the ground.
That is not too good news to the
people of Ontario, as western wea-
ther sooner or later, and generally
sooner, finds its way to Ontario. Par-
ticularly so when we have been en-
joying such beautiful weather dur-
ing the whole of October.
But cheer up, people. All the
weather-wise prophets, including the
Indians and the oldest inhabitants,
are unanimous this fall in their pro-,
nouncements that we are to have a
mild, open winter.
The fowl and the beasts and the
birds of the air, and the bark on the
trees and the wheels in the heads have
decreed an open winter, so why
worry about a little snow and cold
that is corning down from the West.
It will soon give place to an open
winter.
Why not believe the prophets?
Why not forget about winter and en-
joy to the uttermost the beautiful
weather we are having and are go-
ing to•continue to have, according to
the weather wise?
Well, the only reason we know of
against forgetting, is that prophets
or no prophets, we, in this districts
are going to have winter. It may
be shorter than usual, or it may be
longer, but while it is here, it will be
winter. And don't you forget it.
WHAT OTHER PAPERS SAY.
The Way Things Should Be Done
(Ottawa Journal)
We liked that touch yesterday when Premier -
Elect King turned up at the wedding of the
daughter of 'MT. H. P. Hill, who only a few days
ago was fighting M. King's party, proposed her
;health. For it was in the good sporting whole-
some siparlit on Mr. Bennett's Monday call on Mr.
King to shake hands with and congratulate Kim,
to facilitate has taking ower the Gtovernmentt. As
long as we Canadians can exhibit that temper,
can deal with our problems in good humor, anrrt
manly fairness, not much of harm can come to
us. + .
It is the British way. After•. the long, bitter
controversy over the Refortm Bill, Lord Salisbury,
his party beaten, said this:
It. is the dirty of every Englishman and bf
every English party to accept a political defeat
cordially and to lend their best endeavors to
secure the success, or to neutralize the evil, of
the principle to which they have been forced to
succumb. England has committed many mis-
takes as a nation in the course of her history,
but ethe mischief hats been more than corrected
by the heartiness with—which, after each great
struggle, victors and vanqufislved have forgotiten
their form'er battles and have combined 'together
to. lead the new ptoney to its best results. As fax,
therefore, as our Liberal adversaries are con-
cecrnec, we shall dismiss the' long controversy
with the expression of an erar nest 'Nope thatt their
ssanguine cam'fid+emce may prove in !rhe results to
have been wiser than •aurr fears.
Such is the 'true splirit. And such also is the
savingrate of dc'aniocrarey, the thing Width at
once eo njr cempetnrsares for all of its faults, -
which makes it a system of goic"ernrnenit superior
to all others.
Years Agone
Interesting items picked from
The Expositor of fifty and
twenty-five years ago.
Front The Huron Expositor of
October 28, 1910
Rev, McKay! Cromarty, • met with
a 'painful accident on Sunday. He
was driving to Roys' 'Church when
his horse shied at a bill flapping on
a post. The rig was upset and Rev.
McKay was thrown out and: rendcer-
ed unconscious for some time. Mr.
Rivers, Who accompanied h.im, escap-
ed unrinjUred.
Owen Smiley, the gifted and versa-
tile entertainer, and Harold Jarvis,
celebrated tenor singer, were the
artists at a concert given en Friday
evening last in Carmel Church, Hen -
sail, under the auspices of the Ladies'
Aid Society.
Death called Miss Amy Nichol, of
Hensall, on Friday morning last at
the early age of nineteen years.
Mrs. James Sweet, of Exeter, had
a` painful accident recently. She was
standing on a table cleaning the ceil-
ing and stepped on the arm, of the
chair • and was thrown to the floor,
being badly bruised and shaken up.
•Mr. Daniel Smith, Zurich, brought
some ripe raspberries into the Her-
ald office one day last week.
The authorities have not yet -solv-
ed the mysteries in cdnneotion with
the death of Mils Lizzie Anderson,
the uzrfantunate• young Woman, who
was found in Goderich with her throat
cut.
John Scott, the expert thresher, re-
cently threshed 'out the entire crop
of Mr. ,Duncan !McLaren, Jr. He had
as assistants John Stewart, engineer;
Frank Allen, Andrew Wright, W.
Crawford, H. Drake and Mr. McLar-
en and two sons. They threshed oats
at the rate 'of seven bushels to the
'minute. '
Mr. 'Wlm. Gillespie, chief of police,
Seaforth, has purchased the brick
residence formerly owned by D. Far-
quharson, in the north ward.
Mr. John Taylor of Hay Township
was buried at Dashwood cemetery,
and was in his 77th year.
Fred lJescke, $Jnr, has , purchased
the farm of 'George McNichol, near
Cranbrook, for $3,200.
'Mr. M. Brorkenshire has disposed
of his tailoring business in Dash-
wood to his brother, E. • M. Broken -
shire.
The many friends of Mr, John
Be•at'tie, of • Seaforth, will be pleas-
ed 'to learn that he is recovering from
the effects of the injuries he sus-
tained last week by the fall off a
.step ladder on which he was stand-
ing.
Mr. J. L. Yule, one-time organist
of First Presbyterian Church, Sea -
forth, has left Owen Sound and has
taken a position as organist of Knox
Church, Berlin.
-Mr. William Lockart of McKillop
went to Buffalo 'hospi'tal on Monday
to undergo an operation for the re-
moval of a cataract from"his• eye.
The Marathon Bowling Alley, Sea -
forth, has been re -opened and will be
run during the winter season "under
the management of Scott Grieve.
Another pioneer of Huron County,
in the person of Mrs. Patrick Moylan,
passed away on Oe giber 19th. She
was a resident near Beechwood.
Mr. W. C. Landsborough, Kipper
Road, and Mrs. W. Turney each pre-
sented this office with a •branch of a
strawberry vine bearing berries this
week.
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From The Huron Expositor of
October 30, 1885
'Mrs. Sanders, of Exeter, has a
snuff box which is made of brass, is
neatly hand carved and is over 200
years old.
On Monday of fest week a squirrel
hunt was arranged at Walton with
George Stockdale and John Love as
captain -s. The result was as ,follows:
Stockdale, 520 points; Albert Carter,
510 points; George Pethick 290 points.
Total, 1,240. Love, 1,5e5; J. Biernes,
770; James Carter, 710; total, 3,375.
A splendid supper was served follow-
ing at Biernes' Hotel.
Mr. Henry Taylor, of the 8th con-
cession of Hallett, near Kinburn,
sold his farm to Mr. Duncan McLar-
en, of Hibbert, for $7,300.
Me. John McLeod, high school grad-
uate, has been engaged to teach No.
4, Colborne, at a salary of $380.
The congregation of St. Thomas'
Church, Seaforth, having purchased
the little Methodist church, have
moved it to the rear of their church
building and will remodel it into a
school room.
The roller skating rink, • Seaforth,
is now the popular place for young
folks.
Miss Katie Calder, daughter of
Thomas Calder, of Grey, graduate of
Seaforth High School, and who is
now attending the Model School at
Clinton, has been engaged as teach-
er in a school 21/2 miles from Brus-
s•els.
Mr. Noble T. Adams, of Hullett,
sold a spar! of heavy draught horses
for $420.
The Union Plowing Match is to be
held at the farm of Mr. Alex. Ross,
London !Road, .near Bru'oefieldi, on
Friday, November 6. Liberal prizes
are offered.
On Saturday last the frame of the
new oatmeal and barley mill, Hen -
sell, was raised into position. Messrs.
Urquhart and Wright expect to have
the mills in full roaming 'operation in
three weeks time.
/Mr. Henry Eilber, of Creclliton,
shot a deer at Lake Si ith, which
weighed, when dressed, 300 pounds.
The Winghanr salt well has now
reached a depth of 1,100 feet.
Mr. Robert Gwvenlbcis of MoKillep
has ripe strawberries growing in his
garden on the 23rd, of Oc'tobe!..
Mr. Robert McMillan, son of Mr.
Jelin McMillan, Hullett, returned
home from the Old 'Country last week
bringing with him another fine stal-
lion.
4VIr. George Murray, Seafontie has
purchased a '(team, of horses fr'omn
'Messrs. (Kyle and IVLurstaed and hair
gone into- the dinning businesls on his
atm account.
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OCTOBER, 25, 1915.
O5nchanfrd
BYf PETER B. KYNE
(Continued from. mast week)
"I shall be tremendously gratefull
if you will."
"In which event I shall be sniffe-
entl•y rewarded. Now, them., my ad-
vice to you is to cross year bridges
when you come to then.. What you
need more than money is time—time
to grow out your cattle and make
there more valuable, even! at the
present ruinous price of (beef; time
to estimate the situation; time to
permit the country to recover its ac-
customed financial balance and in-
sure a profiable market for your cat-
tle; time to descend upon the .South-
western .Oattle Loan Corporation „and
move its hard corporate heart to a
reconsideration of the verbal promise
of its agent; time to take stock of
your other assets and realize on them,
sacrificing them, if need be, to save
your property here, or sacrificing your
property here to protect your other
assets. Just at present your handi-
cap lies in an appalling lack of time
to do anything."
"Welt, of course, in a real :pinch I
can sell the ranch and the cattle, pay
the cattle mortgage and have some-
thing left."
He gazed at her solemnly. A man
would have realized that he doubted
then ability to (unload under fire, but
did not care to disturb her by - ex-
pressing his doubt too frankly.
"Yet, that is possible," he admit-
ted. "If you contemplate a sale of
your ranch, howelver, it would he well
to disipose of it as soon as you de-
cide that you cannot pay your cattle
mortgage—and that the cattle loan
company will not extend your note,"
"Please tell me why."
"Suppose," h'e continued, "that
when the Southwestern •Cattle Loan
Corporation shall have foreclosed on
all of your cattle; when those cattle
shall have been bought in by a s•eeret
agent of the .Southwestern Cattle
Loan Corporation at the sheriff's sale
foe, say, two cents a pound on the
hoof, when they are worth not less
than five cents at a sacrifice — that
:'-SUNDAY AFTERNOON
• (By Isabel H,amTton, Goderich, Out.)
Dare to do right, dare to be true;
Yau have a Work that no. !other can
db;
Other men's failures can never save
you;
God who created you cares for .you
- too;
Keep the great judgment seat ever
in view;
Jesus, your Saviour, will carry you
through.
—G. L. Taylor.
PRAYER
Thou, who didet create us, creat-
ed us for Thine own glory. Help us,
we pray, to keep in mind that our
bodies are the temples of the liiving
God and we must not defile them.
Ames•.
S. S. LESSON FOR OCTOBER 27
•Lesson Topic — Belshazzar's Feast
(International Temperance Lesson).
Lesson Passage—Daniel 5:17-28.
Golden Text—Proverbs 20:1.
The destruction of the kingdom of
Ba'bylon• had been often foretold. In
to -day's lesson that prediction comes
home to Belshazzar, the then ruling
monarch. About two years before
the incidents recorded here, Cyrus
King of Persia, came against Baby-
lon with a great army. A pitched
battle ensued and Belshazzar and his
forces, being defeated, saukht to en-
trench themselves in the city, where
they thought they could hold' out in-
definitely; but the city fell in the sec-
ond year of the siege. The fifth chap-
ter, from which the lesson for to -day
is taken, comprises a record of a ser-
ies of, -events that occurred in Baby-
lon on the night in which it was tak-
en by the Medes and the Persians.
The King was giving a great feast.
What the occasion• of the feast was
is not staged, but it was not improb-
ably an annual festival in honor of
some of the Babylonian deities. There
was nothing wrong in a great mon-
arch's making a great feast to a
thousand of his lords. The scene
may be supposed to 'open in the early
evening and to continue through a
considerable part of the night. It is
not kntown precisely at what time the
eity was taken; yet it may be sup-
posed. that •Cyrus• was approachnaig
while the revel was going on in the
palace, an•d that even while Daniel
was interpreting the handwriting on
elle wall he was already through the
gates of the city and approaching
the •palace. The accomplishment was
close upon ;the heeLs of the predic-
tion. The picture shows the king, the
lords, the wine, the revel. Nothing
goad ever came from a bad source.
"They drank wine and praised the
gods of gold, and of silver, of brass,
of iron, of wood, and of stone." And
the gods did not (hear a word of their
doIto l'agy.
Belshazzar tasted the wine and,, he
"commanded to bring the golden and
silver vessels which his father Ne(bu-
chadn,ezzar had taken out of the
temple which was in Jerusalem."
Having good wine; he would have
good vessels; the goblet should be
worthy of the liquor. It was a ny vt
of revelry; defiance was in the air
and the noise penetrated to the
-apartment of the queen mother. All
was the outcome of the tasting of
the wine by the king --tea fact which
is illustrated in every age and land,
that men under the influence of in-
toxicating drinks will do what they
would not do when •sober. In the
king's sober moments. he would, in
all probability, have. respected the
•vessels oonsecrated to the service of
religion. But, under the excitement
of wine, nothing was too sacred if it
would add to the display, nothing too
foo•listh to be done.
"And merrily the feast went, on,•
and the wine disappeared like rivers
in forests, and the night was redolent
with all the odors of unholiness.
"A hush fell upon the crowd. God
appeared upon the scene. The all -see-
ing eye of God was there. In the
same hour came forth fingers of a
man's hand, avid wrote over against
the candlestick upon the plaster of
the wall of the king's palace. Thus
God will not let us quite alone. He
can make us sober; one look and the
marrow chills; one touch, and the
brain recovers itself from the sleep
or the madness of wine, and awakes'
ty ask eternal ques'bions.". -,(Di. Jos.
Parker).
This occurred long ago in old for-
gotten Balbylon. Whenever kntoxieat-
intg drinks are freely indulged tin,
then made in Gods image deface the
sacred weeds and sin is let loose.,
Drunilaen Inert see strange sights, Bel-
shazzar's best friend, the queen moth-
er, came and tried to encourage him
not to be utterly cast down: at the
'failure •en his soothsayers whom he
had called in to interpret the writing.
On her advice Daniel was sent for
and promised great rewards if he
could solve the riddle.- Daniel
spurned the offer; he scorned to read
the writing in consideration (of such
and such ihongrs offered him. He was
now an old man and spoke fearlessly
to the young king: "Let thy gifts
be to thyself, and give they rewards
to another; yet I will read the writ-
ing unto, the king and Make known
to him the interpretation."
Before doing so he recalled the past
history of his father Nebuchadnezzar
and how in the later days of his life
he obtained favor of God. Then, ad-
dressing him directly he said: "And
thou his son, 0 Belshazzar, has not
humbled thine heart,though thou
knewest alll this." He had gone far-
ther in evil •doing than his father, as
the revels of that night testiired. This
riotous, idolatrous, sacrilegious feast
brought his career to an untimely
end. ,
Davie]. pointed out to the king, as
recorded in verse 23, that he had not
answered the end for which he was
created. That charge stands to -day
against us all, for all have sinned and
come short of the glory of God. Such
was the indictment against Belsihaz-
zar, and Daniel read This sentence in
the writing on the wall: "God hath
numbered thy kingdom and finished
it; thou art weighed in the !balances,
and found wanting; thy kingdom is
divided and ,given to the Medes and
Persians."
One would' have thought than:4E41s
%hazzar would have been exasperat-
ed 'against Daniel, and, seeing his
own case desperate, would have been
in a rage 'against him, But he was
so far convicted by his own consci-
ence of the reasonableness of all he
said, that he objected nothing against
it, but on the contrary conferred tlhe
promised, reward.
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WORLD MISSIONS
The Finished Product
It was a !beautiful Summer even-
ing. A meeting had been 'held in the
Y.M.C.A., Toronto, and the secretary
of the Federation and Mr. Whattam
were just leaving in their auto. A
man about fifty-five approached and
leaned on the open window of the
car. His face was sallow and heav-
ily lined. His clothes were shabby,
his boots worn. His appearance was
bh•at of a man evidently down on his
luck. /As he leanod' on the window he
began in a labored voice, "Gelntle-
rn•en: I'm of your crass~ I'•m a grad-
uate in science of Toronto Univers-
ity. 1; hold a doctor's degree. I've
been a teacher in colleges in the
United SStates� I invented an im-
provement in the process of making
cement Which saved a half a cent a
barrel and it made me a millionaire.
I haven't had a meal since Tuesday
(this was Friday). I've ;been sleep-
ing in the park. I've pawned my
teeth." His references to academic
and professional men 'in Taranto of
twenty years ago were many an d
tended to donfirm that part of his
story.
(His appeal ended by his passing
his white gold rimmed spectacles over
to Mr. Whatam in an effort to sell
them to get, something to eat. He
smelled strongly of beer. He w a s
taken to a restaurant and given a
meal which he ate greedily. He was
then taken to the Salvation Army
hotel and lodging secured. He fol-
lowed the secretary to the door, and
as they were about to separate the
poor, broken, drink -cursed graduate
besought the secretary to give him
ten cents. He must have another
drink.
This .van was born in a good On-
tario theme. He was given, probably
et somnlebody's sacrifice, every ethanoe
of meking a ntan of hri•mcself. Hie was
highly educated. Every action and
utterance showed the 'remains of what
was once fine culture. He had been.
capable. He had' added to the coun-
try's wealth. But he was 'helpless,
broken, wrenched, the victim' first no
doubt of 81teial 'drinking and then of
our godless liquor traffic. He was
surely a reminder of the fact that all
that the home, the school and the
Meech endeavor to produce in then -
magnificent eiontribution( to life is
menaced and destroyed by the dem-
on drink—From The Temperance
Advocate,
the Southwestern Cattle Loan Assoc-
iation finds itself with a deficiency
judgment against you and .peoeeeds.
to levy against your renah! What
then?*
"That would be torn ipreposteeouss
for consideration, Mr. Purdy. What
with the additional cattle pledged,
the security is ample to repay the
loan, even at a sacrifice sale. Mir.
Todd says so."
"-Fortunately Mr. Todd lies iri ,the
railroad 'hospital at Arguello with, a
dent in his ingenious' head and iI have
taken over his job of advising you.
Now, 'I assure you, Miss Ormsby, the
hypothetical situation I have sketch-
ed for you is not only ipossilble, but
something tells me it is extremely
probable. 'If your ranch is worth a
hundred thousand dollars and a credi-
tor should secure a. 'deficiency judg-
ment against it for *le thousand
dollars, and you should be unable to
protect your property at the sheriff's
sale, then your randh will be sold' for
five thousand dollars to satisfy that
jud'gm,ent. IIf nobody should •bid a -
against you the court would assuane
that your ranch was worth only five
thousand dollars, and accordingly the
sale would be confirmed."
"But I could sell the property first
and pay the deficiency judgment af-
terward."
"You might not receive very .ouch.
for at if peo•ple knew that you were
forced to sell it in order to pay a.
deficiency judgment," he reminded
her. "And a cattle -range ie abso-
lutely unsalable on short notice even,
at a sacrifice end particularly at a
time Pike the present:"
"Thank goodness no such impasse
presents itself in my case, •Mr. •'Pur-
d'y. d can- sell my interest to Mr.
Doak, who is the attorney who set-
tled my Uncle Aleck's estate. I in-
herited the Box K Ranch from him."
There was a sudden silence while
Lee Purdy salted' and peppered his
fried eggs. Then: "How long is it
since Mr. Doak made you that of-
fer?"
"A week ago. In fact, his offer
constituted another reason why I
ought to come down here and invest-
igate' the property."
"Would \1 (lie (too cingt!isitive--'as
your adviser—!if I asked what sum
he offered you?"
"He did not mtention any sum. He
said he would take a flyer in it, en-
tirely as a gambling proposition, at
the value at which the property had
been appraised after Uncle Aleck's
death."
Abrouptly Purdy changed the con-
versation. "Have you ever done any
flying?"
"Once, as a passenger. I paid ten
dollars for the thrill."
"Like it?" i
"Very much indeed."
':'Good! Right after breakfast I'll
roll out a two-seater and well fly to t
your ranch and lel* things over.
With Ira Todd absent and your pres-
ent, I may dare to land in that al-
falfa field,"
"Oh, great! I shan't be the least
bit afraid',"
P"S'hele la -steady, dependable bid
bus; and in the event of a forced
landing .1 can come down in El Valle
de los Ojos Negros. The vegetation
there is shunted sage in spots and
very sparse and we can •taxi over it
without going on our nose. The se-
cret of safe flying is altitude. If
you're up twenty thousand feet and
the motor stalls, you can volplane
ten or fifteen miles and pink your
landing." •
"This will be a lark!"
"Have you by any rhence riding
breeches, boots and sweater in your
trunk?"
The girl nodded.
"Wear them," he commanded. "I'Il
fix you up with a fleece -lined leather
coat and helmet and furnish a fur
robe to wrap around your legs."
'tiMajor Purdy, you're the shadow
of a rock in a weary land,"' Gail de-
clared. "Now you have taken away
my appetite for breakfast."
"It does appear that we are to
have a fairly busy and exciting day,"
he agreed. "We'll be back in time for
luncheon. After luncheon 1'11 hop in-
to Arguello and lessee you here to en-
tertain Hallie. She doesn't Dave her
bed until noon."
IGai1 'reflected that another man
Would have informed her that he
would leave her at the ranch to be
entertained by Hallie! Here, she re-
flected, was a .van who thought
straight and talked straight. She fell
to stud•yieg his face in repose, to
pondering ai;.,t:t him, as she nibbled
at her toast and sipped a cup of cof-
fee. Purdy ar:tcarrd sense her
desire for silence, for thereafter he
forbore intruding upon her mental
privacy. And fora this she liked 'him
too. He could talk earnestly, sin-
cerely, entertainingly and at length
when he had something to discuss ;
when he had nothing tai discuse he
preferred silence. Gail concluded he
was not a man given t0 small talk or
the making of pretty speeches to wo-
men.
he would ehavenbeendn
athomelinbanl y
drawing -room,, yet he preferred his
own simple abode here in the lenely
solitude of this land of magnificent
di stances.
(Continued Next Week.)
Passing the Buck
"See here," said the Indian inspec-
tor, "it is a violation of the law to
have more than one wife, , and the law
must be obeyed. When ,youget back
home tell all -your wives, except one,
that they can no longer ibok upon
you as their husband."
After a moment's reflection the In-
dian, evidently struggling' with an
enorm'outs problem, responded "You
tell 'err,"' --...Lions Club Btulleltin, La -
chute, Que.
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