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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Wingham Advance, 1912-03-07, Page 6rwram 41 CREDIT. andge.) Chureh Trustee -Did you occupy your last pulpit with eredit? Now Rector -Entirely. There was never any cash connected with it. WHY HE WAS GROUCHY. (Now )701* Stm.1 KnIeher-donee got out of the wrong tide Of the bed. this Morning. lloche vouldn't help it; it was a- ,• sleeping ear and every side*was wren, — -,7F-P. . • 1 llitu•per's Weeklytt "fins Dinny got, a eteady Job, yit,'errs. 511.ileahey?" asked Mrs. lirannigaii. "Be hoe that," said. Mrs. MuleaheY. "They've slot hlin. ro the penitinehery ear twinty years." HER ADVANTAGE. (Boston Tranecript.) .1 leiree Little Girl -Your papit and num- ma are not your teal parents. They only adopted you. Second Little (*irl-ell the better. My 'parents picked nee out, yours had to take you Just as you eame. I ; NOAH'S NOAH -COUNT SON. tBoston Transcript.) Shen was reprov.ing ate brother for acting badly. "Think," he said, "think, or the disgrace to your name; thoueande of yeare from now you Will be caling a man who acts badly a "Ham. len the reproof earn* too late. • At " A HOUSEWARMING. (-judge.) "1 want a clreise to put on around the house," said the lady the department store. "How large is your house, madam?" lavired the fresh clerk: A NEW DISEASE? (Londoia Opinion.) Ife-What's the matter with poor young Thomson? Shea -The doctor says it's locarnotor ataxy. Ile -Ah! I'd have the beastly things taken off the roed if I bad my, way! e FORTUNATE. • (Christian Inielligencere "Tommy," said his brother, "you're a regular little glutton. How can you eat so natich?" "Don't know; it's just good heels," re. Jited tbe yeungeter. e • t A WINNER. (Houston Post.) "I told him there were a dozen of•people -right here in town' who had never heard of him." "I ,gueas it took him down a peg or two," "I guess it didn't. He started rpt out to. find them and. borrow manes?. - DI PLOMAT I C. (Tudge,) "r-fow- did you get your wife to forego - her desire -for that expensive evening gown?" "Told her it was just the thing a plain woraare needed." 40-4-4" $73ZSVUOMMZXXXUASOCOMMOttita 4 kl4r4t Dooms= ttglestatainttglitit=ggettra MOM opening a men and a woman stood, where, a that hour, he would' have look- ed for no one -where. at any hour, -few over came. They were knurling very talking very earnestly, and in the mans tall, dark and muscular, Je revogniv.ect at first glance Cyril Tre- vanion. But the WOntall—wlit»vas ehe ? Sure - le• not the widow? No. She turned her face toward hint even 48 the thought (-messed his niirel. aud eelf-posseesed gets Macgregor was, he barely repressed an exclamation of ainazemeet as his eyes fell upon her fate,. CHAPTER It wag old Trester-crazy Heeter, the witch. the fortune teller -who stood fac- ing the lord of Monkewood Priory,. in the rosy dawn of the new day, kalung on her etaff, with her eveird face and day that aces Teevaerorbneeenwibllorsnnavip you "For many' years, writes Richard McCallum, Stirling, Ont,, "I have sufs weird esvitchelike dreSs,looking very like wish you had one of three beldanice who, occosted She turned this these and hobbled out fered, from Catarrh, and continually the Thane of Cawdor on tile blasted. of sight; and Cyril Trevanion threw one hawked and toughed, so that my h tl f Fares arm over the braneh of a tree and kid ; throat was always in an inflamed, ire 'Yon'? have heard.- of tho search that 'was meths': Sybil siontinued; "long and thorough, and in vain. The. secret ois Monkswood Waste is its secret, stilt -- well kept: 1 hnow nothing against airs. Illgram. Common. sense every way proves it to be an absolute absurdity that ehe ean in any manner be implicat- ed. And yet -Oh, Mr. Macgregor, help me if you can. Fathom this terrible mys- tery, and I will thank you foreYer! thought when Cyril. eaule-allut Cyril lia3 come, and what does he care? The wo- man who slept on her post, by his fas tiler's dying bed. holds loin fettered body aud soul. tie has no thought, by uight or by day, but for her." The pessiOnate, impetuous tears start - ea to her eyes. She turned -away prone- ly, lest he should. see. But 'Macgregor's dark eyes saw most things, and. his "faee clouded a little now. , "And do you, care?" he asked Jo a deep, Intense voice, "whom he loxes or whom he hates? eau it signify to Mies Trot -anion?" The question might have been ineolent on any other lips, and haughty Sybil inieht have turned upon him in amazed anger. But, sOmehow-ah! who knows why? -it was Macgregor who spoke; and. the delicate face drooped away, . and the lovely, transient glow arose and faded, aid -the haughty heart fluttered under her sable eorsage. "Na" she. said, "It is nothing to Me -lees than nothing, But I loved my Allele very dearly, Mr, 'Arategreger, and Cyril is his son. Once I loved.hirte too ealoete aeo-o, little child of fonr-when he was, oh, so different. He gave Me this ring. have worn it for hie ;slake for fifteen, years. I will never wear it egain!" • She drew it, Off. There was a sparkle of light; then !t, was flung impetuously into the depths of the fish -pond, a glittering morsel for pike and perch. "Let the waters take it," she said, "less faithless than hel And yon. pro- mise me, Mr.' Macgregor, you will de your hest to help me In this dreadful darkness whieh shroud.s. the poor gen. gral s fate? "I promise, Miss Trevanion. I will do my utmost, and ,succeed,, if I can, where the ,best detective of Scotland Yard failed. The mystery of Monks - wood wine be a mystery no longer, if mortal man can. solve it. I do my best, I promise." He held out his hank He had long, slim feet and hands --intensely patri- cian -and Sybil laid her delieate rose - STRANGE, Come To THINK OF IT. (Puck) "One, half the world doesn't know how the other half lives,". -quoted the Wise Guy. "1 never' knew tbere were so Many people .to mind their own business," murmured the Innocent One. GOING HIM ONE BETTER. (Boston Transcript.) Kitty -Tom says I grow younger every day. Iack-That's a positive fact. Why shculdn't be surprised to see your name soon among birth notices. 1 1 a APPROPRIATE. 1 vanion; woo her, win her old love and C --marry er; take her out of Xcigania, and do it at once," C BIT 011' HISTORY. smoldering. embere are easily rekindled .ures Old. Folks . „oughs She struck her stiek fiereely into tlie Do yielding sod and turned te go, The - man - before her stood motionlees ae et ure of dark Marble, ti "-And if elle refuses?" he said, between r How Lincoln Presented His Great Proelamation. esn't Dleturb the Stomach, Eases at Once and Cures Thoroughly. Laughter, by preserving the life of tile President, *wired the nation in. its "mots tal need." An old friend of Mr. Lin- CATARRHOZONE" A BOON TO his teeth. MANY THOUSANDS. 'Then look to youreelf. It will be sear 0.1.1C410.11111 coln'e, waiting outeisle the door of the executive office, heard high) ringing I laugh within, and remarked to others tura to act then, and you will $ee what mercy 3: will show you. 4 she rapes ' Beeanse you aro old is no reason saamung near, "That laugh is Vie Vremi,.. and persists ia refusing, there will be 1Gr suffering with everlasting eengh'' dent% life-oreserver " Limbs's lough. no one on earth to blame but yourself. ing-thoee terrible cite% troubles and - ' ' difficult breathing can be thoroughly became eontagionee infectious, epidemic. 1 will show you then how I treat fools cured with Catarrhosene, You (simply The Government, the army, the whole aronidmian.grates1" end of the avenue; then elle turned She hobbled away; she reached the breathe the healing, -vapor of Catarh, north learned froerhim to look on the finnes are cooled by your breath into in this way Abraham Lincoln came to ozone, and instantly its rieh`baleamic bright side of everything. s the tiniest eeesses of the noSe, throat, I be the 'savior of his country. A memor- Cyril Trevanion still stood where she vilest, bronchial tubes and lungs, able day on whieh he tried to give his bad left him his face literally black, meareet adviser's a laughing leeson was with rage and -fear and hatred. Just think of it --a dived breathable "When Sybil Lemox 'I'revapion. sans hiedieine, full of soothing antiseptic in September, '02, Ile had calfed the 'Yes e01110 to me mud tell ine," she said, pine essences that reaelies every sore, .Cebinet together for a epeeial purpoee. Aften: they were assemblal-the story "I don't want to see your face before congested membrane in two seconds. No side. was told years afterward by Secretary drags ao take -nothing to herrn or lt`At.;e1 if she Says no?" ground out through his set teeth. • en the StOnlaeh, bemuse Catarrhozone Stanton: ' "The Pressident turned to us and said: "Then I will come to you; and the • is the purest, safest vough, eatarrh and 1 oold remedy ever devised. "'Gentlemen, did you ever read any - thine from Artemus WardS'r 1 ea, t o . . .•- . itable condition. Angus Mitegreger barely repressed a. 1 his face thereon. "Doctors' medicine did not help me whistle of intense isurprise. Then elide ' "'Wish I had never been born!'" lie . &illy Ids face eleamd and brightened. repeated, with indescribable bitterness. in the least, and all other remedies 1 "HawkLaey'told me there wes an old "My God! how often have ' L wished used were quite useless. In one case grandam somewhere, and, by all that's that l They say my mother died. raving . it was time wasted in snuffing powder lielleatiOrtai, it turns. out to be old Hes- _ mad. I think lasy mother's son is likely up the nose; in another using a greasy to follow. her example, Hester-Maegre- ointment, and SQ on. Not one of ter, the tnliteethwoidtchin! th:fe lettliltvenIlfafonrcrunethteelrl! gor-Mrs, Ingram; I have reason to. fear : Ahem was. the least bit of good. fhe three; and. Sybil Trevaniona-• bean- "I heard Catarrhozone favorably er'e madness; and, by Jove! if she is the grandam, she's the cleverest old: tiful, gentle, and. sweets -sI fear most of . spoken of, and tried it, Really it benet fited me more in a few hours than lady in 1.1ngland. Shall I play evege all." eyears of treatment with doctors' arid I am not a particularly humbler Chraisktee inn, but 1 think I could stoop to avon gregor came out frem his leafy screen, ' continued using Catarrhozone, and in "Receiving such immense benefit, I dropper for once? It is for Sybi a s . He stood there so long, motionless his face lyince on his arm, that Angus ilea- - r other so-called remedies. lower degradation -4f there be a, lowey ceolly struck a match and lighted a ci- deep than eaveedropplag-for her sake.' gale Ire stood quite still, screened 0.9xa" "Poor devil!" he sea; a few weeks I was templetely cured of Catarrh end threat trouble." pletely by the huge branches of a giant • of roses. This poor wreat'swilltoot fights ' ' Get Caterrhozone- to -day. Large size 1 coots $1.00 and lasts two months. Sinai-, e.hel, seeing them plainly, yet all un- eeen. The tableau Was worthy more' spectators. The old. woman-swithered, wrinkled, Indian eolored---stood with both handeaelasped on the head of a etout cane, a red cotton handkerchief knotted under her chin, her locke of eld fluttering ;scantily beneath, two piere- ins°. black eyes fixed fiercely on the face , above her. And Cyril Veva-Ilion stood with folded arms silent, m.00dy, sulky, hie eyes fixed on 'the greensward, A look of sullen fear in his ewarthy face. He had muttered something eurlily between 'hie teeth, and the old. woman's glitter- ing d'es flashed. fire, and the whole face flemed red with anger. "You're a fool, Cyril Trevanion!" she cried, passionately, striking her stick ulster). the greund; "too great a fool •to tay and play knave, • Worse, you're a co -Ward.! Do you think I don't know how you ran like a frightened- school bov the other day and left the girl, who leaf palm therein, with. still anther thought you a hero, to face an angry roseate blush. It was quite a, new trick bull alone?' Another man came to her : on Sybil's part -this blushing -and be- eescite, and you -you cut a fine figure, rn er beautifull coming crawling back, shame -faced and cae leY, . •T evanion forsooth! `tHow kin.d it is of you!" she said, sheepish. You a r grateful tears standing in her eyes. I tell you," striking her etick again, She seemed so utterly alone, 'poor child, and raising her voice to a ahrill, cracked in. her anxiety, and. this matter was treble, "1 .om ashamed of you myself!" so' very near her heart. "They say, "Hadn't „'you better arouse the par - Mr. Nutegregor, all authors are more ash?" Cyril Trevanion said, with a sup - or less like their work.; but you. are not pressed. oath.. "If you only sent for me in the least like you're." . here o begin. y Id- nagging, you may "Nicer, I hope?" the .aothor • sug- as well let me go. If Pm a coward, 1 IlIntit have inherited it from your side gested. "Ever so much ulcer!" the young lazy of the home. The Trevamons, at least, answered, saucily. "I don't half likee were never that." your tone 'in print; and tho sneering, • ."Nor ingrates," cried the old woman sarcastic, bitterly cynical way you . bitterly. "But it fool and a coward is speak of- women , is simply :raise and lwaye en ingrate What did you come with. fate,. according to his 'light, and tries to 'better hiinselfd like a man's valet, gets badgered and bothered and hutted down on all hands, until even his worst enemy might afford to pity him; and I suppose I ought to he that," He sauntered out up' the. avenue, de. liberately,' to the spot where Cyril Tre- Iranian. Stood. At the sound of the ap- proathing fecitstepa, the.heir of Menke - Wood lifted his head and :stared at the unexpected apparition,, with the wild, hunted lbok Of a -stag at bay. "Colonel Trevanion, I believe," Mac- gregor said, quietly, as though it were noonday and. the Prior's Walk the high- road. "I had no idea you were fond of day -break Constitutionals. We -poor de- vils of scribblers who sit up half the night over 'our 'foolscap and our lost highly eenSational chapter, find this sort of thing necessary.. Don't let me disturb you. Pin going- back, and going to bed. Good -morning," . He strolled away, puffing energeticaa ly. His landlord IL ad not spoken, nor et - tempted to speak. He was ghastly pale. "I -have eased my conscience a little by showing mysetf," Macgregdr ped, en- tering his domicile. "I can't say find listening pleasant. _and so' he's to woo and. win Sybil? Ah, well, we'll see! As the Turks -say, Kismet! What is writ- ten, is written!" CHAPTER XVII. On that rainy night, while Charley Le - mo drove the tenant of the Retreat through the darkness, the elegant widow had sailed away to her room, her silken splendor ttailincr behind here always ser- pentine in its glimmering twists, bee you - to this place for? Tell me that. 'Was jewels eparkling, her ribboas fluttering. detestable. You may :say what it to woo and win the heiress of Tre- She hiseed Mies Chudlearli on the is 1- . . (rate. Record) ples.se, sir -you and the rest of the Film -Gee, that's a toted suit you have cold-blooded cynics -but there are we- vanion. with her splendid _beauty, her night, and pleasant .dreams," as sae pt!r landing and gayly bid 'her "Good - men alive--hoste of them -true - and splendid dowry, her grand -old lineage, • not:9 And what do you do? You swept into her awn room. Perhaps the agreeable widow .had. her charitable wish, for Gwendoline's drelians were apt to .he pleasant, with the angelic faces of the cornets and ensigns from Sphckhaven beaming luminous. through the rosy, clouds of sleep. But lier own dreams, waking and sleeping, were not pleasant. She sunk .down into a ghair, a miracle of amber satin and downy puffiness, and, the smiles'and. the radiance, and the happy lirightness dropped away from lace mid eyes, like a mask,- and deft adark, brood- ing, seseworn countenance in their stead. • She elevated her stint, arelied feet, (Olt(' in the daintiest. of high -heeled bottines, upon the steel fender, and frowned thoughtfully into the .fire. For all the rooms nt Cudleigh Chase were vast, tend apt to be chilly, and Mrs. Ingram was lee fond of warmth and light as a tropical bird. So, these -August evenings, a- , . • 051 FIam—Yes, it's crash! ilEHP-411L ' DISCORD. tender- and faithful, and good to the see a wax -doll widow, a penailess ad - How beautiful she looked! The cheeks venturess, and you ge, mad and blind and s -ogre."' • besotted. for lo-ve of her. Fool! dolt!. (Lite) brightly flushed, the violet eyes flash - The Musician -Hang it Blink, don't you _ Ina, the proud little head. thrown 'Zeck driveler! Why did not leave you to realize tb,at one • of your shoes squeaks - " starve, or rot, or die a dog' death in In B flat and the other in G maJorl sen Annus Macgregor, your cynical 1? a ditch, as you deserve? You allow the • srold'en prize to slip through your fing- • heart •needs a triple corselet of steel to , NO OTHER 'BOSS. ' . Ward. off the blind god's arrows hot . 4 . 2 ere between your idiocy and yottr (Catholic, Standard and Times) . I rom those killing eyes of blue! cowardice And you run after thie paint - :indeed? I didn't kuow he had been so ' 1v. "I did not before. I spoke of WO- ' , for paths!" ea, penm e6 '1 s governess, who laughs at Dubley le his -own boss now. r ° 'I believe it now," he -ertid, very quiet- , sueceserui. P • 3- ou your He isn't. He's looking for a Job. , men as I found. them. I ean never speak Tim ritge flaming in the fierce old. ' of them like that atraind face, inthe flaehing old eyes, in the high . And then he lifted -the fair, White cracked voice, was something quite ap- • hand to his lips and kissed it, and let Palling. The man before her shrunk like 4.;. THE BRAND. (New York Gun.) lenickere-NVIat sort of a reformer is it fall. And the dinner -bell Tang, and a whipped hound. Its fear of her vs stain from food to make the price go through the hazel bushee skirtieg the "I will endure it no longer• --not. one Rocker -He wants other fellows to al). clowo while he eats It. • - fish -pond near. clay longer!" old Treater went on. "Drop. boe Charley% serene face appeared suddeisly •unmistakable. 4-0-4 LUCKY HE DID. (Puck) ,, "Are you two flirting or fighting? . the widow and wia the heiress, or drew 1, You look tremendously in earnest; and ' the consiequencee! Yon are afraid of me, ' really, how one is to me in earnest ' Cyril Trevanion, ami you have reason ' about anything, with the thermometer em aer Wow. During the time it too kyou to set- ' at boil , , ,., her heat-- Let's no to dinner." "I haste reason to be afraid of a good. Mr. isubdub--Tou Women are mighty ect that hat I won out and made two Tier:tired dollars. Mrs. Flubdub—I'm glad, dear. Voull need It. NO CRUELTY ALLOWED. (Chicago, Tribune) ' A Boston contemporary announces the engagement of the son of Dr. Francis, H. Rowley, "president of the Society for the PreVentioti of Crilelty to Animate and Mr, Rowley. CACKLING. (Philadelphia Record) Jecknon-Our friehet the poet seems to be in great feather to -night. He Is laugh— ing and talktn,g at a great rate. Carrie -Yes; He 'wrote a Deem to -day :Ind he is catkling over '1113 Iay. - CELESTIAN SWATS. Urea, Wilite-I euppose that In heaven we will bo disappointed In not _fitiding certain people there. Aire. 011119 -Yes. l3ut we'll be more die. appointed at finding certain other peoRle t here. 401••••.............811111164161110*.milimbe HER INGENUITY. tglidgel mettles -1f Miss LarkSbur made no reply teem you proposed to her, on 'wha.t itecrltridg ire she suing you for breech of promise? _ Xing -she claims; that her silence gave voneont. - • -I A FLAW IN THE PLATE, (tudgee (Went Nvaiter)—ThIA tome has it hair in It. Weiter—Vhat's 114) hair. It's a erftek in the plate. Cluest.—Wo a ferule, erack that can wig. esesete------- W WILL BE SAINTLY. (fieeton Transcript.) * laireon-ef hope, Mr. Stavaivay, that weer% eou made your New Year'a resoln- time.; that you Included a resolee to go to Moroi'. Str-yaway-Pareon, if t keep all I'Ve tittyloi 1 won't. need to go to churett. A GREAT HONOR. a•hiladelpeilt Iteeserib et a ilinner to T.ord Lister a epeakee eabi; "Aly Lord, it is not a profeselOrt, it ift not a nation,* it is humanity Riven' hieli evith imeovered }lead efilutem you." retiogy• looted go no fitreher. The ainount ul terratie tife eityrel by antieeptie eur- efee beyeitol (ttlettlation. A °HANCE FOR TROUBLE. tA'ambingten Star.) -Settle of your friceids este, you Will to 614Nklidater and sante tate you evoret.o rent -bed tlue wary et ttte-e,' -whet de eat, ex me to , t. tfli ef tin" ;eft mel reit mei try 1,4k '•.nritilrer effort f s ealen'Add OX11$1,11Sted many people" the heir of Monkswood The e o p -- him; he was unable to finish his own retorted, etung into sullen defirtnee. " sentence., They went to dinner where believe in my soul I'll go dowh to th my lady greeted them, and dul the moot, ot the talking. For the heat had wilted Charley, and left him nothing on earth to say; and Sybil, in a "tremor of sweet b)iss" falling fatally in love, though . she 'did. not -know it, eat somethingeo' who kaeowe what? -and haaelty looked acrose Me at the dark tetteat isf the Retreat. Lady Lemox and Mr. Maegregor sat down in the lamp -lit drawing-roarn to their eternal whist; and my ladymade a eood thing out of the author's pre - 0 occupation, and. won two or three head- fuls of shillings. And Sybil, away in a - eerner where the piano stood, and the . lamp -light never came, played dreamy improvisations, with a quiet, tender hap- piness in her face.. The moonlight tell oil the graceful, girlish figure, the etate- ly head, the delicate, perfect pro- file, and the authoesteyes wandered often from the cards to that fairy visioe. it was lateewhen went away, and. Sybil said good night with ,ft shy grace all new, and "beauty's bright transient glow" coming and going On her ex quisite face. It was late when'he left, late when he reviled the Itetreat, his pretty home, hidden as the covert of a stag amid the tOwking elms and beeeh.ee; but not too Lite. for workitig and. smoking, it 'appeared. lie threw off his dress -coat, lighted a. eigor, drew ti pile of MSS. before him, and sat down to write: and while the Ammer nielit wore on he smoked and he wrote, the pen serawling at a railroad pace over he peper, the only stoppages when he paused to ignite a freeh Havana. • The rosy glimmer of the new day was lighting the east when be pushed the MSS. front him and arose. "Pour o'elock," he said. "Time for a constitutional under ths trees, before toffee and turning . Th'init on his shooting•jaeket ond went ow. Tho ea rl y August morgines dews there in the heart of Monkswood. was inespressiblv neace- ul. and still. The dew glittered on OM and bale the N oaring lake burst forth In tile mittiu teatime. ond air Wit -4 sweet with ie.; faalineee and woodlabd per - 'Arne, mid etilinese Sone. primeval wade -eta -I itdent.i, Tiff- ,ilitlivrtutit(11 in the Prior's Walk Lthe tfralgil AM UV Mtn(' 7)eo often the hunted monke had paled, telling Issids. Ile sad eaunteted .ftbout iota' way (loan, when he sitftsily 45top, 0.11d drew beck, for it the other sea youder, Kline fine day, and mak an end of it all. What with your nag ging and my own plotting, and run ning the risk of discoetery each heti wood -fire glowed in the grate, and len. dered superfluous the witx tapers burn- ing on the dressing table. . Long after all the household .were at rest, long after Mr; Angus Alacgreger, her bugbear, was sleeping the. sleep of of the day, my 1ife4 is not so pleasant, the just, Miss Cluidleights governess sat Load knows, that 1 should wish to keep there; with that darklyfreivning face, it. met a man last night --curse 2ihrt! starieg at the red eoals. --and he knows who 1 attiaas well' as "Who is this men?" she thought-. you do." 'this mysterious hermit of Monksivood "Where did you meet. him? Who iss Retreat, who knows me, and who knows lie?" that other impostor calling himself Cyril "1 inet him at Chudleigh. Ile calls Trevanion? Ca,n 'it be -'-could it be, in himself Angue Macgregor -an author, or spite of all, the real Cyril Trevanion, something of the sort -and he is the - alive and in the flesh?" tenaiiJ the Retreat. That stupid fool, Reedwortli, rented it before I came here; Mid he as good as told me, last night, he had seen me at--" • He stopped and grasped his Mortt like a Man half choked, "At Toulon," finished the old woman, coolly. "Very likely he did. I've heard of him, and lie has been a great, travel - or. He may fancy he has seen you. Ile will find it difficult to prove it, and he will hesitate before slandering a geiltleman in your position. But you're an idiot, as I told you, and worse than an idiot, to linger here at all. r Marry Sybil Lemox and take her out of the country. Avoid France and England as Yeti Would a peetilenee, The Continent is wide. You may snap your fingers at the Whole world, if you possess common prudence, with (lettere]. Treyanionte heiress for your wife." "She will not marry me," Cyril Tribe- vanion said, moodily, "She disliked inc from the first; she barely tolerates Me nows I believe in my soul," with a deep oath, "she is half in love with that iris fernal Macgregor ever sinee-" "Ever eince he saved her life- ever sinre you ran away," interrupted the fortime-teller, with etieerieg emphasis. "Tt is very likely ineed, Olt, poor, weak, miserable eoward. Why d ( iiot ( is own you at your birth? You, with all the chances ever mem bail to win and marry lier out of hand, let them slip t one by one, tUbi alIoW it strange step in and bear off "the prize. No woraler she.hardly tolerates you 0 -- moody. sullennent, making an in- fatuated fool of yotirieU nimut • elm- periug ddU of a widow, and treatieg tier. the proiidest girl in Englend, with gloesey Ind f arrnee. u o t to bewitre of Ale! Don't tootle my atter any hEg1iet.-dofl't 1 warn s'ou, ken* what 1 am, Give up ,yolir siCkett- ing felly; devote yourlelf to Vies .Tre- The next moment she could, have laughed aloud at her own folly in even supposing such an impossibility. (To be Continued.) 4 WHEN SHE GROWS UP. The lateet additioa to the prize com- positions from children of the public schoole now rests at the Franklin Build- ing, the headquarters, of the local scliool system, and is a most naive diseretation hen "V7ltcn I Grow hip." The author of the composition iS an. eight-year-ord girl who plays With done and is in -the third grade. The teachers all believe she htsa, the correct idea, of leap year, for she her announced in her composition that fele intends to marry the little boy who fits across the aisle from her, "Vlten I tun nineteen," begip,' this work of art, "I am going to be ;school teacher. When I am 25 r am going to get married Here followe the name of ,the unfor- tunate lad of 8 1-2 years. ; "If the Bret child is a perl it will be named Freida, Eghert. Ifit is a boy it wilt be named Legates] And then the concluding line bribes. .sadly prophetic eMaybe I will be ttl Old maid." e_e_teesease FAVOR!T), E.,ICTION. (Ch!T icago ribune) The following am tug story Is told of Mr. ittergan: Afinerteing Before 'au, as 1 110. GClitle. Melt, Without Hav ig Mid Thin, to rte - lotto A.!** iletilark Ladies end Gen etn$ev en, a ere Cold sraa Rendered it Ise Illedeee tYriable to Sing This Evenin We Are ning ter ate Ierientls, te to settee Intonate Triumph of sere Priiieiroes leo Your See iy On SinIggete With Please tweeted 1 uses Stesekoo. I'd anet as 'Vier sleep '1- e AA Not. IrOlt Well Own tas, Israeltahtah You Pai 11 lonreissed. ler.sizes.gslie and 50-e. All dealers, or The 'Catarrhozone Company, Buffalo., N. Y., and Its'ing,eton, Ont. COMPENSATION. ' (Marie Louise Moss, in The Christian Herald.) What matters it how long the clay, If having done the best I could, I look 'back at its close and say, "I've wrought some little good?" What matters it how long the years, It I shall know when life- Is done. Though wrought with toil and pain and tears, The Victory has been won? • e Send for free sample to Dept. H. L.. Na- tional Drug & Chemical reo., Toronto. _ • • ^ ^ F. • - - • _ ASBESTOS CAN BE FINE SPUN. an S. aeolognert Sut:vey.) The earnest use nsbestos 'was for. spinning and weavin ix, to make infante. hustible thread and yarn rope and cloth, end this has eoutinued to he the most important use of asbestos ever shwa the days of the Greeks and Eton -mos. Only the hest grades can he used for this nurPose, acordIng to J. S. Diller, of the United States aleoloaleal Survey. Thread. can now be emu' so fine that it will run about :12,000 feet to tile pound, • - Minerals, Liniment Cure Cows. MOURNING, Garget in -Of ('c'urse there are rules. • Not everybody follows theserules. Notaa few disapprovp of wearing black But that does not one whit. affect these rules. J'. iVIlO. :wears (.reae iiicnths at least. A. crepe WI is worn over the face for of crepe are permitted dur- ing the1,.....econd nine months. • Ycuthful widows soon east aside the bonnet for a hat witti crepe bordered veil. A 'mother wears mourning' fora child or n child for a parent oue year, and crone for the first three months. For a sister, a hrother,or a grandpar- ent crepe is worn for- two or three ntoutli then black three months, black and •Wliite, and then •somes colors again. • ftir nlgliteen STOPSCOUGHS HEALS THE LUNGS PRICE, 25 CENTS, , - A TROUBLE -FORECAST, (Washington Star.) "afer' wife says women ought to vote." says Mr Meekton. . "Well have ydu got any objection?" "No. J3tit there's going to be a ter- rible rowif the women of our community get the vote and tlin try to vote for anybody except her," If Tormented With Corns Save yourself pain, worry and dis- tress by using the never -fading Put- nam% Painless Corn and Wart Extrac- tor. If. is reliable and, nets. quickly. Price, 2ic, per bottle. shee IT'S HORSE AND HORSE. (Philadelphia Record.) Silieus-Which would you rather lose, Your money or your friends? CYrilouse-What diferenee does it make? Yoe can't lose ape and keep the other. "get a member of the Cabinet smiled. Ale for myself 1 was angry, aad looked to eee. what the President meant. It seemed to me like buffoonery. Ire, how- ever, decided to read as a chapter from ArteeTlue Ward, which he did with great deliberation. Haying finished, he laugh- ed heartily without a member uf the Cabinet joining in the laughter. " he eaid, `let's nave another ehapter; and he riiad anothee chapter, slideoril.nrggIrvehaetthaes: 1 should s er • alIT'facis leave coll- the meeting -abruptly, when he threw the book down, heaved a long sigh, and said: " 'Gentlemen, why don't you lapilli? With the fearful strain that it upon me night and day, if f did .not laugh I should die, and you need this medi- cine as much as I -do' "He then put hie hand in liie tall hat thet sat on the •table and pulled out a email paper." The `little paper" was the emanelpa- tion proclamation. --Wayne Whiitole, in the February Iftimpton. • VURIF100 8:0 R o-urwas ANGER AND TUMOR Canadian Branch: Purlfleo 00.i arldgeburg, Oat, • ..--•, ONE IbEA OF ENTERTAINMENT (Cleveland. Plain: Dealer.) "laract that Mrs. Templetownsnrown tho most entertaining ereatuie!*; "r notioed the erowd around hr. What WW1, ehe talking about?" "Why, about, the awfal tillage that happened to her when she watt ju the When Your Eyes Neekeare Try Murine Eye Remedy. No Sniar—Feels Fine—Acts Quickly. Try it for iced, Weak, Watery Eyes and Granulated Eyelids. Illus- trated Book in each Paeltage. '.iforlue is compounded by our Oculists—nut 0, ,inttent Med- icine"— but used in successful Physicians' Prac- tice far many years. Now dedleated to the Pub- lic and sold by'Druggists ut 25o and GOo poi. Bottle. Murine Eye Salve in Aseptic Tubes, 24c and Gee. IVIurIno Eye. Remedy Co., Chicago WORTH KNOWING. . Windows rubbed Once a week with a cloth dipped in alcohol will, it is said, he free from frost in the coldest Sverttlea er. . Marks made by seratehin matches on the wall can be readily removed by rub- bing lightly with a pice of cut letnen. then with a cloth dipped. in whiting and finally washed with warm water and soap. . Never salt meat that is to be brined, ak, it hardellS the tibiae: of the meet and tends to retrace the juicee, suggests a woman of experience., Salt on the plats ter just before -a-ending to the table..No meat shohia be site duneooked, lett after the surfnee has been seared end the meat is partly eooked. Aa electric. fan. ea' near ft radiator and directly Wine,' it, will throw cur. rents of hot air about the room, quick- . ly raising the temperature without in- crea'sing the amount•of fuel used. Ti vinegar is added inetead Of water to ntoistea stove polish. two good -re- mits will be obtained. First, the work of poliehing will not •he as hard. and secondly the polieli vill lest much long- er, ;To clean 14 traW nuating put three pints of bran in two quarts of water and boil. When.it is nearly veal wash the Mating with it and afterward dry it well with a clean cloth. Add ii little sale to the water for white matting and vinegar fLie• red. . . iteaseleedeseeeeeeeVellatete IF.Winter weather roughens and reddens your shin, caueing chaps, chilblains ' and generb.I dlsoOmIort, try '01.14•11r. . 411- A 5;1, INVESTMENT 44 Western Canada Power Co, First Mortgage $94 Bonds selling at 90 yield This company has perpetual water rights from government on Slave Lake. Plant is located 35 wiles from Vancouver and New Westminster, B.C. which cities It supplies with electric power. This year's net earning should bc over 3 times bond interest. Can develop IMMO H.P. as needs of rapidly grow. ing British Columbia demand; Engineer in charge --Mr. R. F. Hayward, late of Mexican Light Heat and Power Co.; President, C. H. Cohan. Directorate, A. R. Doble, Secretary Bank of Montreal; Sir Max Aitken; T. J. Drummond, ' President Lake Superior Corp.; John Hendry, Vancouver; Wm. McNeill, Vancou- ver; Campbell Sweeney, Manager Bank of Montreal, Vancouver. Western ' Canada Power Bonds will appreciate in value. An absolutely safe and profitable investment. Write us for literature with list of bondholders anti full information. .ROyAL SECURITIES CORPORATION u MITED BANK OF MONTREAL BUILDING • • - YONGE AND QUEEN STREETS R. M. WHITE TORONTO MONTIWAL-OUEnEc-liALIFAX-0TTAWA Managa 1.0Nu0t4 (ENO.) ISSUE NO.'9, 1912 FOR SALE. In Grand. Trunit Pacific Townsites af MELVILLE and WATROUSI Saski, In centre of town. Bargales. No better 'Investments 'than these lots. Apply 'WHEELER'S Agency, 2 Toronto Street, Toronto. ;•-,1646616 . R11 11,, 1 w. 1 1 1, ,o11111,4lo 1 1k 1.1.1.11.11.81....1.0114••••••••raladl, SHE KNEW WH'AT SHE MEANT. Professor Harry Thurston Peck is a foe to the hidebound and pedantic grammarian. the type that deelares "to- morrow is.:hronday' is wrong, the right version being "To -morrow will be Mon Professor fleek, says The Tribune, re- buked the hidebound gyammarian. at a _ studio tea in New .York with a story. "A lady," he said, "had a. rather dissi- paled husband. and one evening she .said to a friend: "I wish I knew where George Waiii" 41 preeurne, dear, yon 'mean you wish you knew where lie is 4.e" , • ...STEs I don't," said the lady. "I know where he 18. Ife is upstairs in bed with bloodshot eyes and a terrific headache. I Want to know where he was!" • NAv3DRILeC Witch Hazel Ceara The creamy ingredient, sooth and soften the outer .ekin, while the Witch Hazel penetrates and herds the deeper tissues. Delightrul after shas,ing cr teaching. P 26c. a bottle, 'at your ciruggIst's. NATIONAL DRUG AND CalratelCAL,CO. OF CANADA, LIMITED. lee essesegeseasszeitEEMIZONST's • A VACUUM. Chairmail taddreeeing a mieding) --"I am sure We Will all itt' very sores, mil' .4ecretary le not here. to -night. I cannot I say we misse 'is staeant ,ehair, but I do set, we :nise 'is vataint facia." ---TIt-Bits. . .....0**414 V .7. ..,.... •Mlnardl.s Liniment Cures Diphtheria% ,...... ,../...,,..,416ft.410.0.......1.•••••••• .- CREMATION, (R&itiester Herald) The assUrftneo that, a cremators, sten be- , built in this city at an early date is one., which will being a feellag of gratification to a good many of out. eltizelis who are, firmly of the opinion teat there Is no way of disposing (1f the deacl quite teauttl to tr.eineration. A STORY OF WESTERN CANAD, A publication ju-t off the prese en- titled "Land A Living and Wealth." Hill fit,Ory of farming and eocial eonditione in Weeteen Canada, has-been leentel lee" the (Slum! Trunk 'Pacific Railway, / It is a publiention of 5d page e printed on enamelpa per, is profusely il1ie4trat- ad and rontaine it series of artieles writ- ten by practical men on suhjects of in- terest fo these looking to better their present condition. ,Some of the &u'tie1c oii tide' publieit- tion are: "Soli of the T il Perititory," by Professor Clifford Willie. formerly pro- Peewit- of the of the South Daltote -State {:ollogr: "Soil Vertility," by Professor James IT. Pettit, Profeseer of sell fortillity nt the University of Minas. "Farming," by teofeeser Thomas: Artie. formerly Profeseor at the On- tario Agriveltural College. "Connnunity Life," by Ernest Cawo eroft. "Mixed Farming," by H. •E. Young, Director, Farmers' Testitute. "gociel Conditions," Profeesor nvine, formerly profegsor Agrieul- teral Department Tows, State CsIlege. In addition to these intereeting arth ries, it eynopeie of Northwest Land :Regulations,' "Settlers' Freight ilittee," "Customs Rogniationl," "Freight Regulations," "Stetisties of the Progreee or weetere Canada," eh.. The 'tenor of the hook ie printed te thtee colors, and depiele 11 vietvlie field of flax in Western Canada Copy may be had ty writing to Ole Geninal Advart',Ine; -Went, thrall 'Drunk Paeifie llailene, Niontreal. 1st a ItivioN6r..Shmniaatidaa.maesdigi is a .HOME Thai' ANYONE I. at use SILK ;, It • FLANNEL • SKIRT sesse.-44,i 14 sects',4 - ; eee'e azaa ied I clued ALL ihese 7.-:c.>DIFFERENT KIND: of Goods wilt the SAME Dye. used L ONf DYEFonALL KINDScF GOODS (• _ 01,.EARI and SIMPLE to Use. _ NO chance of using the WRONG Dye for the Goods ; cine pas to color. A,I1eo'ors front your DruggIst or Dea.ef. 1,1211?. Color Gartland STOItY llootaer 10., • l'he Johasou-Iticharcisots.Co,, I.Inilted, Montreal, , .1.5^.4,rmr•Vv.:ce.,L73,,NG70,0•27P•orplaiKetw.O.inerainris...vs,.nne THE MAN OF 45: . nAnrong Ihe men. I hire. nine out of ten itre hotter workees at 45 yeare of age than are inert of '25 or 30," deelared the secretary an(1 manager of a Chi- eago eremite reial hvise. • Tnis executiye believes that the man of 45or there- abouts is in 'the prime of life, *pity deafly and mentally. Men of mauve years are more .ecliable, he avers," more truetwor: thy, and are .11.01 alit to be possessed of that reethesmele anti indecision which eo often charecterizee youth., and whieh leads younger men conlinuall;V from one position to anothee. The average young man in business, he holds, is itlways seeking it "soft snap- Job, and not content with sticking it ant with an em- ployer, throteeh thick and thin, men his heeOlne highly valnable and per- haps i nd is p so lilts -Bus! nem M inardes Liaiment Cures Distemper. 3 -04 - THE' COURAGE OF DAMOCLES. Yrirk Suno- eaw the sword zuspendee by a hair: "That's nothing dangerous," he cried. ,"MY own hair often lasts alter the bar - says it es ranee; out." INDIA -NA A FROG STATE. An effort was made the other day to hail Milwaukee as the premier frog town of the country, but without sue cess. But -before Judge Neweomer had 'been able to reahb a decieion he had learned many things regarding the eus- toms, mannere and ll8pi of frog. Some of these things were as follows: A one ounce frog 14 ideal for fish bait, "Many frogs die as soon as they leave Milwaukee. Frogs ehipped from Indiana cities live longer. Indiana. is the beet frog State in the Union. A frog in the tadpole state -when growing it tail -is worthleee as fish nait. A "frog's leg" frog is different fro:ri a fishing, frog. -Front the Chicago Tri- OtUle. The voiceless language, silent speech That mean so much. Marion Bridge, C. B., May, 20, '02. have handled MINARD'S LINT- MENT (luring the pest year. It is al- ways the first Liniment aeked for, here, and unquestionably the best seller of all Ute different kinds of Liniment I handle, NEIL FERGUSON, OUR TRIPPING FRIENDS, Sigel in a bakery window: "Home. made pize." Card in reetauritnie "Small steak, 20 cents. Extra small steak, 25 cents." .Advertieement in a poultry journal: "Plymouth Rock hens ready to lay $1.23 erteh." From a prepared roofing ad: "It's bright, red eolor is permanent ,and %yin remain. permanent." In report of a wedding: "The eere• money was performed. by two Jewish rabbits." A Milwaukee 11eper informs us that "John Huckbod.y, of Wausau, lost thirty eheekens by freezing to death." On eouponi "The holder of this cou• poll, when properly punched is entitled to one of our beautiful photographs." An English report on education says: 'Tlie female teachers were instrueted in plain cooking; they hadin fact, to go through the process of cooking them- selves in turn." --Boston Transcript. Minard's Listiment Cures Colds, Etc. ,\11g.7.1,at th ,DatE:IDED. is ' buy a ear if it -weren'to for ne thi1 "Having to look out for the other id - "But if you had a earl the other fel- laz.,t,vould have to look out for you, 'Gee! 1 never thought of that! I'll buy one."-jud.ge. 4 17 A WINDSOR LADY'S APPEAL To All Women : I will send free with full instructions, my home treatment which positively cures Leucorrhoea. Ulceration. Displacements, Falling of the Womb. Painful or Irregular Periods. Uterine end Ovarian Tumors or Growths. also Hot Flushes% Nervousnees, Melan- .elicly. Pains in the Head, Back or Bow- els. Kidney and Bladaer Trouble, where, cased by weakness peculiar to our sex. You can continue treatment at home at a cost of only about 12 cents a week. 1`.1.7 book. "Woman's Own Medical Ad - vier" also eent free op request. Writ. to -day. Address Mrs. M. Summers, Box 5. Windsor. Ont. THE KIND HE CHOSE. 'Scales `r" the eardware merehaarl said "Yes. sir; Anty of 'ern. WhaS kind do vou went to look at?" -Well," meditated the customer with the retreating chin; "I've heerd a good de -al about these San Jesse ocalee. Friend of mine 6tLys evere farmer out hie way ha..s got '-ern, You might show mo one of that kind." -------- , Fthil:::1E TO VO U • Pit',:rettrArgi 4,10.nokiemaultbggs:lauldueloeorceirioso7r4ruitit601.opTored. Ing Moving ricipre bits.thines, finely deCorated Tea 'Sets, Silverware. Accerdions, Lovely Dressed Dolls ond many other beautiful premiums given FREE for selling our high class Gold Embossed Pic. iore Post Cards at a for lOc. Our cards are the very latest designs in floral, Birthday, Relldox• Views, Comics, ttc.. in artistio colors and ut Ruch superior quality that you will have no trouble stU. I JUST SHOW THEM AND TAKE IN THE MONET. 1 .,,ou can win any of those splendid premiums by soiling 10.00 worth and upwards, and 0 you wilt write todayyou can else win one of the Extra Premiums IT6 ate giving to those who aro prompt. Send Us your naule ani1 address, plainly written, and wo will forward you a package of cards and oar big premium list. we get a groat many_ repeat orders from our customers. Why? BECAUSE OUR PREMIUMS ARE TIM BEST. coam2r GOLD PEN 00. Chopit. 375,Toreenito. Ont. 7.,..44aNA4.111AMOMMISaSklikklialiad.Wer... HANDSOME WATCH FREE. , •". TH Et D Pt. ATU R I N A (tents' or Males' Solid Gold Watch Costa from $25 tO $50. no not throw your money awey. If you desire to secure a 'Want which to -keep time and last well will be equel to Any Solid Gold Watch Scud us your woe and address linniedlately and agree ttl sell 10 boxes only of Dr. Alaturin's Famous Vegetable 14114 tit erea a hex. They are the greatest reinedy on earthdortheeure of poor and impure blood, indigestion, headaches, consti- pation, nervous troubles, liver, bladder and kidney_ dis- eases, mid nil female weekursses: they are the Great 1110Od l'UTilleT and Invigorator, a Grand Tonle and Lite Builder. 'With the Pills we senc110 artielea of Jewelry to give itwity with the pills- this makes them easy to melt This is the chance of a lifetime. Do tietmies it, Send ue your diller and we will mend you the 10 boxesepest paid. when yen have sold them send us the money seatio) and, we will end /on A OKI\ITS or LADIES WATCH the same day the nioneylareceived. We are giving_thes ese beautiful WatchtO ittleettise eur Remedies. Thift is a veni opportunity to eecure valeanie'Weteh without -having to spend a eeni. And our Wateh it a. steal wind and etent set and not tee cheap ' hack Wind artirte generally gl-en vretnietns. bend tor our puts withoutdoial. Aadrees M E DI CI N O. Nvatelt Dort, 2o, Ont. - •