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The Exeter Times-Advocate, 1928-03-15, Page 2261 grtwn Label Quality, 38c M-lb. Orange Pekoe Blend, 43c h-lb. fchte Label Quality, 43c Red Label Quality, 48c ?$-!»• Gold Label Quality (Finest Procurable), 53c i/2-lb. Four grades sold In Black, Green and Mixed Blends. Lowest Prices io Canada For Fine Teas 7 X LEGERDEMAIN Such as I were produced upon this t.i, *• T j xi. ’ eateh io guide and instruct the com-.John Amsley, a man of educauon ■L ‘and breeding, whose war wound left]mon people. We weie not meant to him unfit fo-r manual labor, returnsibattle m tawdry ways or the gTO-s hungry to his shabby boarding-house, material things of life. The supreme To pay his landlady the week’s rent achievement of evolution in the gentle- for his room—$1—he is compelled to nian. anxj society permits a gentleman pawn an ivory miniature of ins ] ttarve> j can conceive no harsher locking, fur-collared man dickering with the broker. After leaving the shop, Ainsley hv,r- ----- . 4 ries to a little restaurant to get foou. - refused it. I had no intention Ox He is stopped in the entrance by the; changing my mind, and accepting the fur-collared individual, is taken to the]offer of my’fur-collared friend, man’s home, and is revived with hot * - - soup. As he eats, Ainsley tries to take , stock of his host and his surroundings. • NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY. |j I rose from the bed and opened my suitcase. I was sure that there was nothing in it that would identify Mrs . Gannon’s missing lodger as John . Ansley, but I wished to be positive. ] Pride forbade that even after I was dead, persons who once had known, me] should know the humiliation of my . c-r.d. I closed the ease and sat down or-ee ■ more upon the bed? to gather all my strength. As I sat there I thought of the man who had fed me. The display of money which he had made was as surance that he was an extremely successful criminal, probably one of those “super-criminals" created by’ the police to cover up- their own incom petence. I laughed at the idea- This- man was nothing but the most mediocre sort of person. Beyond a vtciSus cun ning, he possessed no mentality at all. The reason for his success lay in the fact that the men opposed to him, the police, were also mediocrities. Imagine a man of real intellect devoting him self to the stupid career of crime-de tection! Graduated policemen were the detectives who protected society against the schemes of such as my fur-collared friend. And while a po liceman may be morally and physical ly an exceptional person, mentally he mugt be on the level of a laborer. The supercriminal existed only in ' the newspapers. In reality he was] such a person as my fur-coltered - friend. And the limitations of that procured there for a dollar and a half; person had been made clearly evident with twenty-five cents for cigarettes, to me tonight. He knew' his limita- there would still be a quarter for the tions himself, and had asked my a;d waiter- I regretted that the check- to overcome them. Why, if I chose, I,hoy in the coat-room would be forced could be a supercriminal, a real one. ■ to gt-t along without a gratuity from not a myth invented to-please the rae. With my stomach filled, puffing writers of newspaper headlines and ‘ ’ .................. their readers. It would serve society right if I turned against it. I was a gentleman, a man qualified to act as arbiter in matters of taste and culture, a man admirably familial with the aius. Tet uuu*ng xwm the. world passed me by, and preferred £'ne WOuld rent it to someone else; I to bestow its hongrs and rewards upon jiaj paid her for a week in advance, a glorified grocer oi* a vendor of pig- anj she would consider my departure ii’on* I something in the nature of an unex- It had taken ten generations of; - •• —---- ---- aristocratic forbears to produce me-1 While I did not profess to own the creative instinct, nevertheless, by sheer virtue of my family traditions-, I was qualified to judge the works of creative artists and say: “This is good; that is bad." BEGIN HERE TODAY. only comfort and luxury mitigate its severity. I laughed as I passed, rows of tenements. What fools these people were to continue in the prison of life! A tragically humorous thought occur red to me; suppose that these people who lived in these grimy tenements, and in similar or worse habitations all over the world, should decide to quit the bitter struggle for mere existence? Suppose, instead of going on strike, oi’ starting riots, or turning Bolshe- ‘ vik, they chose by lot a certain num ber, and that certain number immedi ately killed themselves? On the next day, another number would kill them selves, and the remainder would de clare publicly their intention of follow ing the suicidal example, In a week or two society would be so alarmed that it would be offering palaces on Fifth Avenue to the poor if they would merely consent to live. It was, I flattered myself, a quaint conceit, as sane as most revolutionary nostrums, and I was smiling as I en tered Carey’s, I was still smiling as I finished a very satisfactory meal, and leaning back in my chair, con sumed my eighth cigaret. Life was not a complex thing, after all. At least, if one didn’t find it simple, one simply stepped out of its absurd com plexities. For instance, that girl who sat across the narrow room from me would be indubitably better off if she joined me on my stroll to the dock than if she remained with the gross beast who was her dinner companion. For she patently showed that he dis gusted her. Pretty, extremely so, with black hair and blue eyes and, I guess ed from what appeared above the table, a charming figure, she belonged to youth, not to bloated age. And the MINING INVESTORS For Reliable Information Write U§ GORDIE, MACDONALD AND ROBERTSON 9 Adelaide st. E., Toronto Wilson Publishing Company Kootenay Park Mapped ! To pay his landlady the week’s rent j achievement of evolution in the gentle- V- A.W -----■----- , <•““ —----------1 ivory miniature oi jus (£tarve> j can conceive no harsher ’ '_________ „ ‘ y- Then I smiled at my own heat I had had my opportunity to become a , j criminal earlier this evening, and hatkfact that her eyes were hard and So, then, let me die, as a gentleman should, without repinings, or anger, or sneers, or other vulgarities. And let me die, as unfortunately I had not recently lived, upon a full stomach. There were places in New York where one might still dine, frugally it is true, but amid clean surroundings, in an atmosphere of breeding, for the small sum that still remained to me. I Such a place was Carey's, an Italian * J table-d’hote restaurant south of 1 Washington Square. Dinner could be A FROCK OF SMART SIMPLICITY IAlways have the: magic WRIGLEY package in your pocket. Soothes nerves, allays thirst, aids dxgCis ticsfti# I knew him to be Daragon, jeweler. at a eigaret, I would stroll leisurely to the west, coming at length upon a dock on the North River. After that —who knows There was no need to say anything to Mrs. Gannon. Tomorrow of the next day, finding my room unoccupied, peeted profit. There was not the slightest danger that she would re port my absence to the police. She would confiscate my poor suitcase and its meager contents, and gain still an- othei’ petty profit. So I walked downstairs, much stronger than when I had done so on my way to visit Weinberg, but still, weak and hungry again. In the hall] little Peter met me. j “When you goin’ to make a penny| disappear for me, Mr. Ainsley?” he] demanded. j I smiled at him. “I’m going to make something bigger than a penny disap pear, Peter," I told him- "When?" he asked. ■■ “Pretty soon," I replied. ? "Will you let me see you ’’ he asked. ] "You'll know about it,” I assured] him. mercenary made no difference. They were so merely because advantages had been denied her. I could discern that the attentions of her companion sickened her. Yet though I could see her shrink at the touch of his flabby hand upon her own, she did not push it away. She smiled, and apparently answered terms of endearment with verbal car esses. Unquestionably he was rich! Doubtless she was to share his wealth. Well, I was glad to be abouj; to leave a world where such things were en dured- I raised my hand to beckon to my waiter. Then I dropped it, for into the room came my fur-collared friend, advancing to the table where sat the c'ouple who had excited my disgusted interest, greeting them cordially, be ing hailed delightedly. I wondered if these were part of the gang which I suspected must be associated with him. Then, noting a meaning lgance exchanged between, him arid the girl, I knew that While she might be an associate of his, her gross companion was, if not already a victim, destined to be one. I post poned my departure. I had two cigar- ets left; amusement w-ould go well with my last tobacco. And inasmuch as my acquaintance of the early even ing had turned his back to me as he sat down, {there was no danger that my presence would interfree with his plans—provided, of course, that he had any plans, and that I had not misinterpreted the pregnant glance between him and the girl. ❖ $ As I watched the three, the gross man produced a little box from his waistcoat pocket. It was the sort of 1 box that would contain a ring, and the sight of it evoked memories. I won dered that I had not recognized the huge-featured man before. For years ago I had more than once entered1 his jewelry establishment on Fifth Ave. I knew him to be Daragon, one of the most famous jewelers of America, and eno of its most notorious roues- He had changed greatly since I had seen him striding pompously through the aisles of his fashionable establish ment. Added years of loose living had brought more flesh and that dead pal lor to his face. But I recognized him; the sight of the little cardboard box had aroused remembrance. I had bought trinkets in my day. So, wondering what might be the meaning of Daragon’s presence in the company of a self-confessed crook, I watched them. I saw the girl open the little package. I saw her hands tremble as she unfastened the string that tied it. I saw her lips part in a gasp of delight. I saw her turn to auy' delicate "tint "that may my friend of the earlier evening and; address words that, from her manner, seemed to be appealing. (To be continued.) . ----------&-------— 'R * * # Smiling at my double-entcndxe, I left the house. And as I walked to ward Carey's, my resolution gTew i Stronger. If a man can’t live as a gentleman should live, why live at all? Life is rather unendurable at best;- y % After livery Meal B ISSUE NO* 10—’28 A map sheet of one of the latest ad-' ditions to Canada’s national parks, Kootenay Park, In southeastern Bri tish Columbia, lias just been issued by the Topographical Stirvey, Depart ment of the Interior. This park has an especial appeal to the motor tour ist on account of the-perfection of the automobile highway which traverses it, Although the Banff-Windermere Highway passes through some of the most rugged country on the continent there is nothing to prevent the driver of the average car from going over the entire road “on high" without once changing gears. This is pos sible, even although the road lias a great many curves and grades—it has an extreme variation in altitude of about 2G0G feet from Vermilion sum mit to Columbia valley—for the road has been engineer-built throughout curves and the surface has been kept with easy grades and super-elevated up to a high standard of excellence, A number of the mountains in this vellous la\es, rivers, waterfalls and park over 10,000 feet high have never been climbed These, with the mar- color found only in high mountain scenery, afford plenty of attraction for climbers and nature lovers. The park is full of game and be sides the more ordinary kinds of mountain fauna, possesses large num bers of moose. From these beautiful animals seen on the wide flats and Kootenay rivers. Copies of the map sheet may be had for the nominal fee of fifteen cents upon application to the Topo graphical Survey, Department Interior, Ottawa, or by writing Director of Canadian National of the same department. 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This mountain has an ele vation of 12,972 feet above sea-level. Deputy Fire Marshal Advises Care With Heating Apparatus “The internal fire hazard^ls the most serious ono in rural Ontario just now,” slates George F. Lewis, Deputy Provincial Fire Marshal. • “With farms snowed in, .there Is , practically no danger from outside . the buildings, but that from within ’ is greater than ever on’ account of • more people being in the house or | barns and because heating apparatus I i§ being used." I More fires are caused from defec- I live heating apparatus than from any I other cause at this time of year, ac- I cording to Mr. Lewis, Especially where- no modern fire-fighting equip ment can be called in, as is the case , in the country, people are urged to ; i pay particular attention to their heat- • ing systems. "During a cold spell, when more fire than usual is re- ■ quired, if the woodwork comes too . close to unprotected pipes, fire may develop. Wherever possible, Mr. Lewis advocates using the shortest pipe between tho stove or furnace and the chimney and wherever this pipe goes through a wooden parti tion ample protection in the shape of metal collars should be provide'd. Country dwellers are also urged to adopt the practice of the city house holder and remove ashes at frequent intervals. Teo often these aro al- Icw&l to accumulate in the cellar and . are stored in wooden boxes or bar rels. Mr. Lewis urges that all ashes j should be placed in metal containers ; which will prevent any danger of fire ; caused from hot cinders and he would i Unusually smart is the chic long- walsted frock pictured here. _The bodice closes in surplice style and is joined to the two-piece skirt having a handkerchief drapery at the left side. The long loose sleeves may be faced or boun-d, and the vestee is of con trasting material. No. 1718 is in sizes 16 years, 36, 38, 40, 42 and 44 inches bust. 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"Instead of propping a convalescent person up in bed by piling pillows be hind him,” this writer says, “try the use of a stout strip of canvas hung from the head of the bed and spread out beneath the patient. “The principle is that of the com mon lounging chair, canvas-seated. It gives support to the weak back and is held in place by the patient's own body. If the head of the bed be of the iron-rail , variety -the strip of cloth may be simply thrown over this rail and brought down double, before the sick person is lifted upon it. “It may be used by a well person who likes to sit up in bed for a bit of late reading before dropping off to sheep. In all cases it is much- more comfortable and hygenic than a pile of pillows that slip or crumple up be neath one’s weight.” ^•^TTWinwnMf MII Jill ■ jy’yo-U_give us their names, your ■' relatives and friends may obcain the low ocean rate of £i, reduced rail road fares, and FREE transportation for children under 17, providing they arc placed in farm or domestic employ men t. Ask at once for details of the British Nomination Scheme from any of our offices or agents empty these containers outside at least once d week. In the barn, during the winter, smoking, lanterns and the use of gaso line engines were cited as the most frequent causes of fires. Smoking the Deputy Fire Marshal would absolute ly prohibit in barns where- there is so much inflammable material about. He advocates storage of gasoline iu metal (Items away from the barn, keeping gasoline equipment in fireproof out buildings, and the use of safety lan terns hung from hooks. (Developing Canada I i CW*DIAN# SERVICE HaCIFAX Torokto WlNNIFEO Vancouvir Cai.q/.ry Edmonton Momireai. Saskatoon Quebec Saint John found in President who pro- Canada’s need o£ men to plant and harvest crops, work in the mines, fill the manufacturing plants and main tain tlie railways is- so great that President E. W. Beatty of the Can- dian Pacific Railway urges feat something be done to attract desira ble immigrants. He' has ally in Sir Henry Thornton, of the- Canadian National, poses that freight rates be advanced 5 per cent, in order to raise $20,000,- 000 every year and use it in prosecut- j ing a vigorous immigration policy. ; Sir Henry offers to be- one of three I trustees, the others being President Beatty and a member of the GGuvern- ment, to administer1 the- fund.. It Is . his opinion that if and were reclaim ed and prepared for farming in West ern Canada 300,000 Americans in the prairie States coufd be induced to move- over the border to Canada. Sir Henry Thornton also desires immigration from Great Britain and Northern Europe. . Fie predicts that his plan would ultimately lead to "a regular stampede” cf homeseekers Immigrants from Europe have come in slowly, in many cases dreading the severity of the climate. One cause of slow immigration to Canada has been lack of funds- to advertise its re sources and opportunities. The cli mate- is really one of the -healthiest in the world. Ample grain lands“are still available. In the Churchill River country alorfe there is room for 250,- 000 farmers. From Hudson Bay to the Rockies the Garnet wheat, de veloped by the Central Experimental Farm of Ottawa, will ripen ten days earlier than the Marquis-. Canada now exports wheat valude at almost $400,000,000 annually. Manufacturing and mining would support great num bers of people. The mineral belt ex tends for many hundreds of miles. Canadians may not take kindly Sir Henry Thornton’s proposal of increase of freight charges,„ with consequent effect of retarding the velopment of industries in this north ern country. The argument that no thing substantial can be done foi1 im- rigration without a large fund and that Canada would eventually benefit by the opening of new lands and the coming of more workers is not to bo overlooked. Great Extent of Our Parks Canada’s national parks in the Rocky mountains are nearly as. large as Belgium and two-thirds as great as Switzerland. I Did you know that a fifteen-cent velope of Diamond Dyes will duplicate ____________ ______r be the vogue In dainty underwear? Keep your oldest lingerie, stockings too, in the shade of the hour. It’s easy if you only use a true dye* Don’t streak your nice things with synthetic tints. ; dresses, or You can work wonders with | a few, inexpensive Diamond Dyes ' (true dyes). New colors right over the old. Any kind of material. 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