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HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Clinton News-Record, 1911-07-20, Page 7Ott 4 0 Ile D. hiteTACtGART M. MeTAGOAHT• Metal:glut Bros. -BANitERS-- SENEBAX. BUI- 2E8S TRANS, ACTED. NOTES DISOIOUNTEDic ' BBArTS ISSUED INTEREST APLOWED ON DE- POSITS. Si:144 NOTES OltASETI. • t . '""' 'reef" N. T. NANCE, -- NOURY PUBLIC, CONVEY-. ANCER, FINANCIAL, REAL PaTxrp. AND FIRE INSIJR,- ANCE AOENT. REpRE- SENTING 14 FIRE INSURe 44N0E COMPANIES. •DIVISION COURT OFFICE, CLINTON- • W. BRYDONX, BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ' • NOTARY PUBLIC, ETC. -"*OVIVIOE- Sloane Block -CLINTON. VRARLES N. HALE Conveyancer, -Notary Public Comanteeioner, Etc. REAL ESTATE and: INSURANCE. lastler ot Marriage Licenses. HONON STREET, -- CLINTON, •••• W, GUNN LRCP LR.C,S. • Edinburg • k • •• Offieee-Ontario street, Clinton. Niglie) ".'oaliis at front door of office or at • residence on Rattenbury street. Re J. W. SHAW. t4e-fz •ItATTENBUBY-ST. EAST, -CLINTON.- THOMPSON. ' e • ' PifekSICIAN, SURGEON, ETC. , Speceal ateention given, to dis- easee of the Eye, Ear, Nose and throat. es carefully examined and suitable glasses prescribed. e.z..Qee and residence: 2 doors west of the Ocennnerciel Hotal. Huron St. • F. A. AXON. -DENTIST.- ' Specialist • in Crown and Bridge Work. Graduate of C. C. D. S., Chicagp, and R. C. D. S., Tor- onto. Bayfield on• Mondays from May to Decembee• GRDTRRI,SLI1A U SYk eee• • -TIME TABLE- . _eine will arrive at and depart tiosa Clinton station as follows : fltJPPALO AND GODERIOH DIV: Going East 7.35 a. m. 1. • e 4 I 3.07 p. 5.15 p. 11.07 a. m. 1.25 p. m. 6.40 p. in. 11.28 p. m. DON, HURON & BRUCE DIV: South Going West IC • CI t 4 t th 7.50 a. m. 4.23 p. m. 11.00 a. m. 6.35 p. ni. OVER es mute. 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CANADIAV1 PP&CiFtIC HOMESEEKERS' • EXCURSIONS TO Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta s...14 'Dahl leave Totticto 2.00 yea o• u APRIL 4, 18 MAY 2,16, 50 JUNE 12, flN JULY 11, 25 AUG. 8, 22 SEPT. 6.18 Semi dm tides from Onta!lo dation.' orinchasi Northwest widow at LOW ROU N 0, -TR I Is` RATES •0/11114eit nd tetutt $33.00; Pelouetee oil feted • tieettelftli°,46tai;ttritticht."64 TOunist SLEEPING CARS on all alewife% Comfortable beithe fulW mirreqi with bodiese. eras be mated at moderato met theme • Iota ago& Early steplleAtIOn must be macho • AIR 'DR RomESEEKEAD, PAIAP$1.5T seastalairoe rues agd full Warmth*. mimictr.R. Aleut et te R. L theme, Dee rut. Aat., Tomo°, , ONLY ENNUI LINE • NO CliAN(IE OF OARII JACKSON, AGENT. OLIN fox, • • 10-, met T4•0•00aupieniant AN ,XCITING PRESENT-DAY ROMNNCE WIKA'71-11$R.BY ClieSNpY • SUPPiled EXChlihritlY In Caniiall by The Britleh & Colonial Press Service, Llnaited. **My darling!" he -e.thispered, and bent towards her to take her in hie arms. But even now she drew back fr°2egre 4It bin. e tlai love you, Horace," she geld, "but-" • ,eBut nothing else matters, eeer! 'YOU said eo yourself." • She ehook her head, seeing softly - "Thera is one thing that mattersr- disgrace" ' • "It will not come neer you, he cried, You 9x,e, not disgraced. The crimes of otherigdo not touch you." "The crinie wee my father's," she answered steadily. '"But not yeurs!" No miae, but the disgrace of it meet be mine. And my mother ia corn: mitting theerime over again now, per- haps has already committed it. My name is• clishonored, and I should dis- h000r you,* if I took'lt; • Scarborough 'took three steps away from her, and then turned, and be- fore sbe knew what he was going to do she was in bis arms, and hie kisses were on her lips. "Yon Jove me," he said passionately; "you have confessed it! Do you theiet that after bearing you say that I -will take any answer from yOu but 'yes?'" • She did,not resist. She had -not pected his outburst, but she loved him • for it the more. She returned als kids, end was content. . Pre Uy she looked up into 'his face"loarrLaccie,asdkeelY-ou really mean that nothiug'mattere except have -nothing • -not even disgrace? You say so now, but will you say so always?" "Always, Sweetheart" • , She nestled closer to him, saying 'softly:- ' "Then telt me again that' yopme, and in listening to you I will try to forget the rest." • , , love • , He told her,' and told her again, and It seemed that ,slie would never tire of hearing the - Words or he Of saying them They forgot all about Scott and his errand to the ,Blue Lake; for they were living through the suprenie mo- ment of existence, the 'moment, when • the first kiss has been given and re- turned, when Love has putthe old question, and has been answered by a whispered 'Yes.' • But Presently 'Scarborough jumped 'lei 'hie -feet: with an' exclamation.• • "Scott is signalling something with a glass!" • Down in the valley a point of light • was flashing against the setting sun. Scott bad. a, piece of broken mirror' in his hand, and was ming it as a helio- graph, winking a message to them in the long and short flashes of the Merge •code. 1 -"What does he Say?" asked Elsa. "'Are you Weep up there?'" Scar- borough read •the message to ber.• 'Mrs. .Carrington is in one of the. houses, but Gillies 'has gone." He took out his- handkerchief, and waving it -like A flag, signalled beck hy the same code "O.K.," the telegraph- ist's sign that the message has been read' .and understood:- • "I'm going down," he said te Elsa. - "Will you come or stay here?"• ; "I will come, of course. Together in all things now, Horace!" she said with a happy smile. • • They clambered down • the ' rough path hand in hand, and Scott met them at the bottom. ' • "Huno," he said with .a grin, "you look uncommonly • cheerful, Scarbor- ough! Anything happenen? • Been taking the prescription Uncle Croesus sent yon? He • was, in rather a bad way, you know, Miss Carrington,and so he cabled to England for 'advice: Glad to see it has done lain geed!" This said Scarborough, turning to • Elsa' with a mugh, my fellow cable - man's uncouth way of congratulating me on :winnine; the sweetest giri in the world ter my wife. I hope you gather that, Elsa! Now, Scott, what about Mrs. Carrington?" • • • "She's at a little yenta in the village. I think tnere has been trouble." "Have you seen her?"' "No, but I saw A dress hanging on 5.2 line to dry,'which didret look like a native garment, and I asked a man Whether anyone had been.uPset on the lake. He said that an English Senhor and Senhcra, had gone out in a boat, and that the Senhora had been found on the sbore later, dripping wet wed unconscious. . She was at the yenta now, but • the Senhor had. gone. I didn't wait to hear more, but teleg- raphed walla bieof glass to you. Bet- ter go to the venta, hadn't we?" • • They • event to thd little inn, and found Mrs. Carrington sitting in a rough 'wooden rocking chair, clothed grotesquely in country garnierits which she had borrowed from the padrona, and with a white bandage ewrapped' about her head, . There Vas 4 hot flush on her cheeks, she looked very ill, but she received them with a laugh. • ,"You are too.' late," she cried.mocke tngly; but of course I am glad•to see you. Is Our Mr. Montague with youe Charming man! I was sorry to have to part e.ita, hia so rudely this morn- ing." • "Mother, are you hurt?" asked Elsa anxiously. "Don't be silly, thild. Of course I am hurt," ;was the ungracious answer. 'To you Suppose Layette -this thing • around my Lead as sinetereatnent?" "What has happened? Awl where is Gillies?" asked Scarborough.. "I haven't the faintest idea where Gillies is," said the widow, "And nty knowledge of what happened is vague. The ohly thing I am sure about is that we had a difference of opinion in the boat, and that he struck nie. I don't remember any more. But as I was afterwards feund lying on the, bank, wet to the • skin,And with a bleeding cut on my head, I think the probability Is that I fell out Of the boat and struck me head against. something on the way. He seems to have taken the trouble to pull me out of the water; Which is eurprising, beeense he was in a greet hurry." "Had you found the diamonds?" "What ohm should 'we quarrel about?" asked the widow, laughing' again. "My husband's plan was very plain, after one knew the spot to which it referred; and (Mlles howed great intelligence in guessing the meaning of those words, 'Blue . N. drip,' whieh I learned from you last night, Our difference Of opinion oecurred on the question as to who alutuld have the cuetody of the etones Mail the thirty tor cent. commiesion meld be paid, I stilek up, for my righte in the matter, but he seeilie to Mere tended hiS point. tle ha diettppeared, and he 1. bhiams trete hie thirty Per cent. with "And your seventy per coot?" asked Scarborough. • "Yes, that Ilan gone, toe. Mean' neleting, ionteit?" • Scarborough. turned to Scott, "Take Miss Carrington back to the CaseDavis," be said, "I Isbell go and Join Phil by the boat. The man must not be alloWed to get away." El';aMr. Scott can go with you," said • "But YOU Can't ride baek alone, It will be dark in an hour," Scarborough °I)"h eiestedall stay here, 1 think ray mo- ther is ill."• • Mrs. Carrington l'oeked at her daugh- ter with a turious surprise, , "You are a fitraUgu child, Elsa," -she said. "I have not the slightest claim on your affection, or even on your ser- vices. slow; and I warn you that don't erepose, by any sudden repentame or reformation, to try to establish that claim. •Stel, 1 aemit that I shall b3 glad to Imee you. My head is buzzing badly, and 3: think I am feverish. At • IrlY years a woman can't finish an ex- citing day by tut ebling tntoa lake and being left unconscious on, the shore to drain., without suffering for it. Per- haps it is nothing worse than a chill, but if I hadn't felt really ill, you wouldn't have found me here. I should have been off in pursuit of my fan- . tailed. seventy per cent! You, -will let Wei. stay, Idrecarborough?"• • '"Yes," said, Scarborough; • "And • meanweile r will try to reef:wee the seventy .per ,cent., and the thirty Per cent..with it!" "Quite so, . But not for .me. You needn't smile, young man; I fully re- cognize that for the present 1 am de- feated. Elsa, if you will help me, I will • go to bed,, in the store -room of yame and maip, which is the best guest- • chamber whica this inn afford. What a handicap it is to be old, and a wo- man! Good -night, gentlemen... It may surprise you to learn that I wish you success. ' I grieve for the los* of my seventy per cent., but I ;should grieve more. if I thought the.f Gillies had got away sale with 'his thirty t" • -Two hours' later Scarborough and' Scott were standing on the sea -shore With Varney, looking out over the wa- ' ter towards the Ring -Rock., • Darkness had fallen, but a bright moon sent long quivering flashes from the swell of .the waters, and shone upon a curi- ous white Mood which lay upon the sea about half a mileeout. . "It is the neev• islet' which 'Davis • spoke:of," said Varney. "That cloud of steam has been rising continuously from it all the thoe that I have been here, and if you put your hand in the water,:you, will feel how Warm it is." .• "There is something black out there .beyond," said Scott. ' • "Yes, it's a schooner. Shehas been • there or thereabouts for the last three hoereelmt she doesn't showany,eights. Mies' boat is • lying at the back of the headland there." • "No, it 'isn't!" 'exclaimed Scarbore ough, soddenly'. "It has just put out to sea,' and is making for -the schoon- er! Come On!" .• # :They •ran Elsa's boat into the water. and jumped aboerd. Scarborough ane Varney' took thotars, and Scotts'eer- • ed. • There was no wind: for sailing, and Miesheat had only a single oc- .cuptint. Withtwo oars against his two sculls they should be able to catch him before he reached the orange . schooner. . . Presently Scott shouted :-• He is making straight for 'the cloud of steam, and the steamer is standing in towards him!" "Thin •follow him!, I -le hopes to dodge ps in the mist." • ' •• A minute later Scott stood up with' a yell. . • • . "Hold' her hard! For heaven's eake,. stop ler! • He's done for!" ..There was dull roar from the Sea ahead. A cloud of steam shot hissing. into the air, and a heavy wave rolled towards them. They heldthe tease or the-. teat to meet it as it came, and rode over it in safety: But the water which came overboard from the Wave's crest was hot -hot enough to scald where it splashed upon, them! • Their 'boat • rockedin the heavy breken swell, which •followed, and a warm- steam closed around them and shut out the stars. ' -"A submarine eruPtion!" said Scott, In an awed, yeice. . "it rose right under him. • He's gone!" ' • * CHAPTER XXVII. . Bumpers to the Brides! ' "It Was a horrible sight, sir," said Val B. Montague, :with a shudder. "You may be thankful you were not there- to see. . The men had been boiled -absolutely and literally .boiled! And ns flesh -ugh!" . Was an awful death," Said Scott.; "I witnessed - it, • you know. Mortice - had eromised that I should' be in at the death, but we did not. think that the ' words would be interpreted in so lit- eral a Sense." uhderstand that your-own.eseap was a narrow one." "A matter of a hundred yards, or • less," said Scott. "As It was, the hot steam near): finished us. Where was the body fpund?" "In the harbor of Ponta Delgada. The tide brought it to within, a cable's length of the Sea -Horse. Sambo and I 'went out with a boat and secured it. It you 'remember that sevee days have elapsed, and that the flesh had been liteally cooked by that ' eruptioe of boiling wafer-fatigh! I meet deseribe. it! You will understand. The, dia- rniocienkdesvrre found in a tin ease-,inhis • • "So I he•ard. What is going to be done with theme" "I believe they are going to be sent home." "To be made up7 or whom?" "Pontobody, sir.They will be sold, and the proceeds will be used to re- lieve, as far as is possible, the distress and emmerited suffering Which the failure of the firm of Carrington and Varney caused in outtakes homes in England. That this should be done is the wish of every ',mien, expept one, who has any eoncern in the Matter at all. Searboreugh says he weal(' sooner See the things oust into the wa- ter from Whielt the dead body a Gil - Ilea brought thetn, I honor bine for that decision, Sir, and, 1 Mould un- hesitatingly say the sante thing inee "lf‘ "Who is the one POWs *Ito ob- jeete?" WOW* "Who do you *ogle* it 1st Thera tan Only be one won." "Mali 4. Is Mar." said Scott Atte? *IL she bait every right to object, since the things Were *eight with her IMMO' In the first Instance. Scarborough i* a• good chap, and I've promised to be hie best man when thetime emcee, but it seemseto ine he'a talking lion- ifeme when he spout* Aleut throwing the diamond* into the gen rather thau let hi* bride wear them.' They're not hts to throw, or his bridell either. They are, IVIona'S, and I ehall teke the libleIrthao4futoilnautignhgadthat out to lam." n." "Your indigestion ie generous," be 'laid, "and in Mies de la, Mitres nam I thank you for it. But it le not elle who objects; it is Mrs. Carrington." "Oh," said Scott, "tbet doesn't mat- ter: 1 don't ciao a rap about her. But I don't see why that 4)0r girl should. be defrauded of bar inheritance just because you: and Scarborough think it is a fine thing to do tbe noble gener- osity business with aomeone ele'e dia- monds, -It's rot, you know, Monta- gue!" Val 13. Montague laughed again, but did not answer. Then he looked up with a culotte, halfzbashful, half -ex- ultant expression on his face, and thize with it so much"that my•bride• heaeldi.would object to his ride i,1,didn't mean anyone to know Yet. but I'll tell you. I saidlitstenow that Scarborough \veering those stenos, and that I sym- pathized with, his feeling. I sympa- wanted to wear them, I eboaid forbid 'b 'Whats that got to do with it? You haven't get a bride." "I hope to have, shortie." Scott jumped up, with, a shout: "You are going to Marry Mona de IrMarl By -110ve, I to, you, heartily, ,Montague! But how and- when did it happen?" "Sit down and don't bellow like that • in a public restaurant, and I'll tell you. She overreached me in the negotia- tions for a partnership." ine"a0nvgreached you? What d'You "Exactly what 1 fsay. I offered a partnershaf once before, and for cer- tain reasons withiliew my offer as soon as it wag made. ' Her subsequent :be- havior ledme to neleeve that those^ reasons were no loneeeoperative, so • at Pumas the other day 1 rendtved my, offer. She accepted it, and it was not till the day before Yesterday that I 'discoyered that she had deceived me, I had been shamelessly duped, Mr. Scott; swindled in fact; and I think that I am at this moment the happiest biped in the island of San Miguel. I don't except the ,two younger lovers, Varney and Scarborough!" "Then the fraud was net serious.' • asked &tat laughing. • • Montague became very grave. • "It was, air' I was led to believe that I was offering marriage to a lady who, if not absolutely. penniless, was at Any rate neeerieh. She is ,prepos- terously rich, and she has been aware of the,. fact for three menthe. She had otaonteet.h,e slightest. need of my ass's • - • "Sat it se.ems that slid had need' of you." • , • • "She is'good enough to tell me that she has; and on the evidence she of- fers I am inclined to be vain enough • to believe •the statement. As I told ,you just now, I am the happiest un - feathered animal. in the island. But 'of courgd it is on false pretences." "Well. 1 shouldn't let that •werry. you;" 'said Scott laughing. , Montegee sighed profoundly. • "1 •'don't," 'be' admitted. dolefullY. "That is what -el 'fled somewhat dis- tressing.' 1 am marrying a rich wo- man, and if•I were ashamed of myself ;nthat account, I Should think better my own character. But Jehosha- ehat,' sir! there is no, room for any ernotion hitt joy In this contract! I tesn't feel' sort-. 1 could -jump up new arid' kits that waiter! Jehoshapbat! erorldn't he stare!" • •' • . "Do it," said Scott. • No sirt 1 should make • mys 11 -101r-1110es, and Mona diallkes my. do - 'rig that mon than Is necessary. Have told yoa that the repairs to the S a- • Ione are fie:Jelled, andthat. she 'will '.}e ready for galling the day atter to• - • ""rwr'chavtr r yea • gOing•to do whit her? • Sell?" ,• "No,eEts :'Ent to that kind of' • :Ife new!" • • • • • "Why not, sir, if I like it and iny wife likes it? We are. goingto finish the tour as advertised, and be married at the nnd of it. After that we shall' probably go into the' same eine of business on a larger scale. • I think of having a fleet.. I don't consider be cause my wife happens, fortunately or Unfortunately, to, be` rich, that there is any reason why I should be .idle for the rest of iny,life. Besides, .for the present tour I am under contract to my troupe." . ' ' "You are hieing one of thent aren't • you? Varney's wedding is to -morrow." "Quite so, and a very charming briee he, is to have. But you are wrong in Thinking that I shall lose him. • The honeymoon is going to be spent on board the Sea -Horse; Varney will per- form as usual; his wife willbe use- fullY. employed in learning the duties .of a chaperon; and at the .end of- the tour they Will return to San Miguel, and Phil Will grovv pine -apples in pert- nership with his father-in-law. The idea is quaint, perhaps. I am given.to anderstand that it was the lady's." "Muriel Davis propoeed to go on tour; with a circus yompany, aud on her honeymoon, too!". trien 'Scott. "Im- possible! Andes for chaperoning you and Mona, why, she doesn't CC/fielder you respeetable!" Val le Montague smiled. • • "I am told that she was somewhat prejudiced agitiest us," he said. 'She has chosen this method of testing the truth of her theories, and, her father ageees with ate that it ist a very sen - •table. method, too. She ' 15 a very charreing girl, but between ourselves, I believe her tether 'thinks she will make a better wife to my excellent friend, Phil • Varney, when she hat learnt that between the inevitable right, ahd the inevitable wrong there nee the vast country of the debateable. Many exeellent people live in that country, whose coats are neither of a pure and heavenly white nor of an impossible black, but a hard-wearing. respectable ehade of grey; but she does net, or will not ,knoW them. Her eye at oredent ton see only crude black and white; Mn Davis honest that under our tutelage she may learn to appre- elate artifstle *altos of the half- tones.' • "Which is Phil -black er White?" aeked Scott, with antneement., •"H� fstarted bFak, and thenbeettme imeolisibly white, I believe," said Mere tague gravely. "The honeymoon Will probably teach her that he la a very Serviceable Made ef pearl grey." "You'll be a funny ship load," es.id Seott. "What a pity Scarborough has to go to London to arrange about that elerkehip. You 'could hse e found room for are:Abet. hencympon couple, couldn't yeti?" "Eamily. As it is, Mies Carrington eotteite$ with us." "Sha will be /Foals suet for the reirainder of tie.: torn The girls have bcconee greet Mende. I ant bow to Witeu we have gone through our advertIsed programme of West Coast ports, we shell run up to London, to be present at Horace Scarborough** marriage. I Ilene to arrange to lime My own celebrated on the eame 401." Scott regarded the Yankee circus - man with, a look of amused ednaira- • tion. "You've a rare heed for detail, Mon- tague," he said. "Of course all WI le Your arrangement. But you've forgot- ten." eteheinpketneoete, veWtiloYTte ?" "Mrs. Carrington," • "I did not forget her. When 7 heard that she had recovered from her chill I went to Sete Cidades and offered her the post of evarerobe ntiferess on board • my schooner,, and outlier in the Mr - cm. I have an irainetuite admiration for that woman's strength of mind and • business capactty. However, she re- fused. I learned subsequently tbat some of the, ladies who will be with me on the Seaelloree would not nave been isu pElleaseed 111 amoshebr,bad faocrceipntsetda.n"c queried Scott. "I naturally consulted Miss De la Mar before going to Sete Cidades at all. 1 had her full permossion. She considered herself entirely capable of managing the widow." • a i'iWvihnagtri,s the widow going .to do for "I am not in her confidence, sir, SO I -cannot ,tell you. But I don't think we -Awed worry. Before she came to We:Island be managed very well on an inconte which was officially re- turned, I believe, as nothing a year. Have you observed her dresses? They are not these of a woman who dines off a crust habitually. I don't know where she means to raise funds for the future, but I have no doubt at all that she will raise tavern, I have an im- mense res ect, for that woman's, abili- ties, sir. • „ er," Montague added, leave the question of ood for the widow her - 7 want YOU to come rising, "- her, future 1 self to se with me to • he circus now. We are - giving our last performance in Ponta Delgada to -night, and I have adver- tised that it le for the benefit of Pam - as' JO% the Revolver King, who is to be married tomorrow." • "A bottle of fizz first!" cried Scott.' "Bumpers, to the three pairs who are going into deuble harness!"• • "I am With you, sir. A health to Pampas Joe and Muriel Davis!" '"To Val B. Montague and his lead- ing lady!" "To Miss Elsa ,Cerrington and the • Cableman!" •The End. HOME -SICK COLLIE • Emerson said: "In dealing with chil- dren as much sold as you have avails." This is true in treating with domestic animals, e specially the dogs. Here is an example which tells me so: • • I saw, a traveller At a 'railroad sta- tion leadine a beautiful Scotch collie :with a charn around, his neck. He told ma thd cleg'was eleven months of age, was belie and raised on a farm in Southern Indiana, and that he , had bought it and' was taking it to Eastern Pennsylvania. • •' "But," said he; 'I am worried about hien: We have been on' the road a dzy and a night, and I peril make him eat. • He• boeght at the lunch -counter a • few slices of bread with milk poured over them, and took them on oa wooden pidnic plate outside to see if he could coax "John"' to eat. But .the doz. turned his head t..way and looked wist- fully.out -of the station shed down the shining' steel rails. Then it was that I thought of Emerson's remark, end I , asked if I could try. and induce the anhuel to eat, The privilege was granted, and I squatted down and called, "John, come. here, Want to • talk to you." John came over and, Put. his: head eip near, my face, and I eaid:- • "Poor hoe! I know your trouble. • YOU are so homesick. • You watt to • See the coeve and • the children, don't you?" • • ••' • He put his head on' one side and seemed to be drinking in every word. His eyeswete• deep and soulful. • "I keow 'just how you feel, for there have been times when I wanted to see • the cows, the green fields, and •the • children. And then the sights' and sounds are all so strange to You, ,John. You feel as queer and lost as a child would who had been taken "away fo'rm home, eldn't you? But, dear, you must • eat, for you have a long, long journey before you. Come on over her with Me and I'll feed your • • And so he followed me and ate the whole supper from •my hands. • As • looked up, I saw there were men around us with tears on their faces. - Edgar Iliffein "Our Dumb Animals." • ANNOUNCED THE PREACHER It is related of a preacher .in a small town, who was to be absent from his pulpit it fortnight, that he recently aniteunced after the sermon:- ' "The preacher for next Sunday will be Mr, Firstly, and the one for the Sunday after you'll find hanging up be- • hind the door on the other side of the vestry," • POLICY TO OPTICIANS The latest insuratice novelty is a policy issued to opticians, covering • them for a small Premium against ac- tions -at -law, damages, and costs con- nected 'with errors or asserted errors in the adjustment of spectacles. THE DEPOOULATION OF PRANCE Statistics have 'been published to show that in the year 1960Ihe 'popula- tion of Germany will probably reach the figure of 100,000,000, while that of Prance will be only 26,000,000. Time alone show whether this fore- cast is right; bet It Is interesting to note that ateiety on the subjett al. ready pre\ ailed in Prance in the • eighteehth eentfiry. The Abbe Saint- • Pierre then thotight that the, nttatriage of prieets wotild be a remedyand he calculated that, if all the prieste had married front tbe little of Francis I., there Would have been forty million more Cathblics the country. Mane, lee de Saxe saw the solution of the problem in "leasehold, marriages." A third proposal was that the entire Prenth Army should be cob:welled to marry. • " SUSSIAlsi IRON WORKS' • In consequence of the eo-ealled iron famine, the Dunia has pegged et Gov- ernmeht bill granting Iron works the privilege of imperting a *quarter of their required qUantities of, pig -Iron for the next twelve months tree of duty, to the tote] extent of 100,000 ton*. A RAPID EDUCATION Traveller. Wile Wont Though Wben traYVelitlirYng7OrraecklYeeers ago In the Par West 7 met 'with A* exparieneet "which happily does not fall to the lot of many people, says I-. correspondent. We were travelling on a 11PeCilti night train from Seattle to Tacoma. Tito train was going at high speed. 'when in the small hour e of the morning the sleeping trayellere Were euddenlY awakened by a terrific ehock. Every- one believed that there bad been a collisioneaud nee up to eve what was the matter. A eollition there certatu- ly had been, but of a moat unusual nature. The train had run through a wooden schcolhonse Which NOMe4 worktrien, in moviug, bad stupidly left on the line. I doubt if many people, have palmed through school sq (tutelar before or since. HER LOVE STORY • The 'Queen of Roumania** Own ',a- scription af Meeting,the eryir4, Here is the Queen of Roumania's cbarming account of her o-wu love story. The Prince of Roumania (as he then was) came to woo ber, and, although "Carmen 'Selva". nesitatecl at first, ber mother talked to her of the Prince's 'good qualities. and, finally, in her wern words, "As -my, mether Went • on talking, my hesitation seemed, to fade away, and it was not long before, I said to her, 'Let him come. He is the .right one.' In a very short time the. Prince had returned, I wa,43 sum' moned to the room, and I remembea going towards him with my hand out- stretched, which he raised to bis lips. • and I remember, too, the worths he spoke, but my words to him I do not • recall, though my mother treasured, • them in her heart, and had them in-' scribed below my portrait she sent, to him." • Now, the Queen's granddaughter, • Princess Elies.beth of Roumania, ta. ' about to become engaged to Prince George of Greece, eldest ,son of the Crown Prince of Greece, whoiu ahe' • will meet for the first timer,. at the Coronation in London, • THE"GP.NIE OF GOH It Represents a • Struggle Between • Licht and Darkness Did • you ever play the game of goh? It is a eort of Japanese draughts, and an English enthusiast in Hastings, Mr. Horace F. Cheshire, is endeavor- ing to arrange a match .between teams chosen from the Hastings Chess Club and the Japanese Club in London. • Mr. Cheshire, who is a "goh" player of thirty years' standing, says that although the game admits all the finesse and strategy of chess, it is easier to learn than draughts.. 'Cole was originally invented by the Chi- nese and spread to Japan in days be- fore the Norman conquest.' The game Is supposed to represent a struggle. • between black and white men with no • distinction of rank, on a board ruled Into eighteen squares, or oblongs, each way. Goh is a popular game • among the cultured classes in Japan, .and it was the game oe Chinese em- • perors centuries. before the. Christian. era. •. • . SOME SUPERSTITIONS It means a disappointment to drop , • scissors. • • It is bad luck to meet anyone on the stairs. • If you drop a dish -cloth or tea -towel, . expect a visitor. If you fall upstairs, you won't be. , married this year. • . If you break a mirror, It means.; . Seven years of bad luck. • Two spoons put in a cup and saucer - by mistake means a marriage. •,- If you stub your *toe on the sidewalk, walk around the spot arid wish. . It is bad hick• to go back after any- thing that has been. forgotten. •• • If you sing before breakfast you will be disappointed before night. • lf a pictuke fe1146 it is the Sign to • some of a wedding, •to • others of h death. • If you see the neer moon first freer your left shoulder you will have a ,happy month. Never epter fete any, .fraportant business' transactien unresi it is • In • the new of the moon. Someone will come hntigry if you.. le..ke 'a 'second helping of foed when • you already have reeme. •' • If your right ear hems someone Is speaking Well of you; if your left ear burns, someone speaks 111 qf If you drop 'gloves or an umbrella, let someone else pick them up, it would mean disappointment to- do so yourself. Never give • anything sharp to a friend enless he gives some • slight token (a cent) tn retarn. Sharp points cut friendship: . •• . • Eel -Shwa! Leger was nominated for Kent, N. B., by the Liberals to sue, ceed Mr. Leblanc, M. P., who is re- ale'ng, • A Good Defence Against. 1 la the White. Plague No one can afford to lessen their pro, clueing power to -day, and to. have pewee 'you must have good machinery: The human body is the greatest ma* chine evereproduced-the most wonder- ful methaniset in the World. It is sheer economic waste not to keep your body in the best condition. There IS ft0 valid excuse fpr allowing the tissues to become attacked by the weite plague. Voe 'need your health and Canada needs yotill Insure against it by building up your reserve forces and bodily defences. . The best &tepee you can get is Nyal'el Cod Liver. Coinpound. It builds up the, tiSseee attd pTernte c! ,ase. 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