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The Lucknow Sentinel, 1935-03-07, Page 2i ' .1. 1 J ’ . r-. a ■ h ■ '.resis qf the^staff th^n they compipn? iy give -me credit in your /^ric;^gm^j,.^.:lhave watched you quite a good,, deal and 0,ne\ihlhg :?at any rate Mas given me satisfaction, that is: 4 have been gratified to find you ■are popular with clients; A great thing ftp make a good impression .with ..clients, - my boy.” ‘ ■ Adam coaid, only look ’mYsiified.—lL 'was so rarely that he had any copA tact with the firm’s cTlfentfivJWr. Per­ kin, however, did not seem to re­ quire an answer.•••He* nodded . and -Went on.., i’-Mr; -Montada/was—very, favorably impressed with you. the other day when, I understand; he ..met.you on the. stairs,” “Mt. .Montada? 1 was^really rath- ' er afraid I had annoyed1 “him. I seem­ ed to get in his way.” _ ■ • . .“Not 7 at all’. Not at? alb. As & matter of fact he spoke quite nice-; ly to me abdut you just afterwards. Now I might as well Bay that it would be a very important thing.Jtqr.. your career if an outstanding man like Mr. Montada were disposed to ■^ke^an^Wer^&ih^duT^He^dias^far- reaching interests, very -far-reaching. It was' he, as P think I mentioned at the time, that instruced me to try to secure those chairs of old Norv- al’s. By the way, have you been able to make any progress in that Jittie—matter ?’— —---------------- (To be Continued.) »•«..-« -,.4' ■.'■repe^hl Qf their jebn- ■. versiitioBs coricerning th^se matters. • ' . Y However, hls\exemption was not to, permanent.Afor on the Shturftayr X morning following the discovery' of, •'* the immunity head •shield.,, his chief ■ - ‘ sent for him. 4 Severe and parchmenty of face, as. -. t ^ ever< the-solicitor was" sitting' rirect # behind, his broad mahogany desk. $ From/the beginning; he seemed tri have made up his mind' to be. affable, r;t‘;t»;'*<t*<:-..-.-j--but-theFe-was-always---a-glintin"'lii's' that it contains trie uay’ri takings- of -her; hard eyes that “belied any benevolent father’s shop. ' ’ ' / . : assumptions. He attempts to track the thieves and' reaches . an old- warehouse. Adams ... _e.MefsL-£he.. -building __-jjihileLjJheJ^lri---2S^ watches the 'dqor . Suddenly he hears , '’1—* sfootsteps.The man, turns oiit to be Adame employei’-T.Corvjlie JPerkin.—Adamiri-lri-hjs-'p.r-lvate-ho.urs-experl- menis .with, short-wave wireless. . ... | Walking homeward, .Adam Jg1 rnearly nun down byi a large jswift car.He calls on Priscilla Nphval. .Her ■ father recounts the history- of five antioue chairs' he possesses. rThero.was‘rip„doubtithat the Pro- . si^y relish to ;$ >, \ f ‘ * versationy co B^ FAREMAN WELLS " Adam Merlston a farmer’s sop, articled to a solicitor, makes a brave but unsuccessful attempt to thwart ..’.three - thieves In a bag^snatchlng—rald“The bag was torn from’ the hands of a girl who afterwards explains to Adam ) ■■at Dependable yeast . is essential to good - bread. When you babe with Royal Yeast Cakes/ you can . be sure of perfect, leavening. -These famous yeast cakes are individually wrapped in airtight waxed paper. Their : ; * full leavening power will not deteriorate no matter how ‘ Jong you keep them. Keep .. a package handy in your kitchen.>i I ’’f . * ' ■ ’ ill.' J y. ■ “Ah, good morning, Meri&ton,’’ he ■' L. chat with you. regarding your posi­ tion in the office, - Let me.”see, how., long have you been with me?”. Adam told him . that it w?as rather more rihan four years.;- , “And yt^u are satisfied with your own progress?”. , .. . . ,A ■ “I. think; thgt1 is rather a question whether syou are satisfied lor ’"not, air/- was..'the; somewhat adroit;.an-: feshor had been enjoying his work SWer. - . ' • , “ on Adam’s invention,but it, was Mi:,. Perkin smiled drily. “Wit- mor© satisfying tp learn, that, in ad- nesses ar©, there to answer ques-. ditioii to these scientific pranks,..-he. tions,” he remarked,“not to ask had found time tw wdteH^^^ririJ^^mmy^Hbw^lwi^beferri^v^iF^eSggiiF ^obson5S3®3s^^s^mtday received a to sit for ..your final?” reply. . . At this leading question the artlc- It was not until' he had, as he put. led clerk felt a guilty resurgence of it, “got the rabble started”, that they ■ all hj.s misgivings regarding his work were able to adjourn to his room and; fOr the 'Final exairiinations. For study the letter from the famous som© months now he had not so -neurologist.—It expressed the utmost much1 as opened a-JegaHtextbook; uF I_________” was ail the ~aF great^imrgtlr-HBte-an- an^fds_0fpcepIyZh§r^rrtrtri-Tn^^ t , /. "... . - _____ _ interesting feature, however/was a sooner the better, you know. I am series of suggestions, for the shield-1 - - . trig of certain of the nerve-centres with metal,/plates. Once they had experimentally decided for htan which •centres, if any, could be so protected /Professor; Dobson 'promised 'them fur­ ther enlightenment. . For the rest IPf the. evening, there­ fore, the two busied themselves^plas- •tering Adam’s person with strips of' with each of the various protections : that the neurologist had suggested. It needed only a few seconds’ ex­ posure under . most of these, condi- tioil^ to decide,.. Adam-thaH-the^cur-^; 2f.rinC3riuFt-be -switch ed-off—immediate*; iy. ./••••'■• “Off,- for heaven’s sake!” he would -cry aS the Sense Of fear seemed to soak ’ into him, and then; ■■ a little later: “That’s, .better.—It seems- -to; 'g^"’Wfstr"every time/’ But one method that, consisted of a sheet of foil running I'jbver the head, from ear to. ear seemed to be—comnletely—ef-~ tective^until the foil slipped. “Switch off!” he cried. < • ■ Thri Professor humanely switched off, though there was a twinkle in his eye as hC did so that showed ;hoW!’ muCh* he’ enjoyed the infliction of a little terror. He crossed the room to some-coat-hooks and took down a greasy old Jelt hat. “Put this over it,” he suggested. On complying Ad­ am was able for the first time - to- .'resist; tihe. effects completely. f ' /‘Book's/as if a fellow had only, got to line hisvhatr/with foil to be im­ mune,!” he commented. ' ' “A- most important step, Meriston. A'most important step," agreed “the /Professor/ “Ir.nrast" write /Dobson to­ night, abp.ut it; Meanwhile if you only know how delightful you look, in my hat you would be wanting to scream with laughter instead of with terror.” He chuckled, delightedly. Evidently the new interest was do­ ing him good, rejuvenating him,, for -never‘ before' had "fie ‘ "*been suspect­ ed of harboring a sense of humor of any but th© most academic kind. Another unexpected effect of the in­ vestigation was to decide Adam that he would in future wear a hat on all" suitable occasions and that in? side the hat should- be a lining of superior foil. He was' beginning to feel that he would' never be able to trust the Professor not to play one of his ljltl'e jokes. This impression was confirmed by the story, of the old fellow's . next experiment. This time, being anx- ldus to determine-rtfie'^effeef"oh cold­ blooded creatures, he -had succeeded " in so fright,e-ning his wife’s pet gold­ fish that it had leapt gasping out of its bowl. Only the fact that the do- niestic cat was at that moment cling-h trig distractedly to the curtain had’ saved the flsli from complete destruc­ tion. Undoubtedly the Professor was finding a hew interest in the scien­ tific-life. ;// ■ - What with hIs ’^rifin1rs7/fiIS'“'!TSv^au^aii•■, and ,his mys­ terious adventures, Adam was just' then living a very full lif© hlmSelf. Of late he had, been' ■unexpectedly /neglected by Mr- Perkin , who, to'rill he coiild tell, might have been -loo ■ffiiich’ engaged Willi1 his plofesslorial "wbUrlir take/any-vfurther interest in ' xift kt-' theirch'aird. Adam wjis content that tIW^lriuI(^•iJfi--ff^T^■ U;^^wMUiA.^AWk^-.tlhLOl^ no fault of their o'wri. to sit for ..your final?” At this leading question the artic- ' Final —pntese&t-JhL-the phenomena and went , don’t quite know, sir,” ,~at~^g^at~~hength--iat&- an- an;flysis ofTtep^ -----—_ the probable explanatiofis. Its most j “Well, the sooner the better, the ' I | hoping to put you in the way of more i advanced experience and the sooner I you . qualify the sooner you will be . able to become of real .use to me.” --- Adanr-forcedTarlook^df^gfatWcMmff such as he was at that moment: far from feeling.^. . - Mr. Perkins answered the look. “Oh I yes," he said. “I aim more lnterest- . ... Zed in your career than perhaps you;tinfoil, an dexposing him to the rays1 Eeaft2e, j think I can i-say that I ■rrr44*u thn ir a virtue' rirntPAtinnfl 1 . < - ... ' . ’ . *take far more interest in the prog- HOW IT HAPPENS f A little snow, A little sleet,_ A little sniffle From wet feet.... 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Please ue'nd ibe~free^-'the JVRoyai Venat "IWEB’ Hook”* and ’^Tlic'-Royal. Road. to-.. BetterIlealtll." ' \ Nartxe •_ Street Toronto—In cities pf 100,000 or more^thg street car has no__rivaL for- STTairtyp KjC., general counsel bf the Toronto 'Transportation Commission,, told the Progress Club of Toronto in ah address. in. whi6h he said subways' fr Toronto, are a long way in the' future.; ■ . . ’ 1 ' Buses to replace street cars in To- . lirig the1, fares, and wo.uld be impos- sible unless more numerous and wider highways were provided, he population, San Antonio, Texas, has abandonedthestreetcar-for'the bus, arid three cities, Bridgeport, Des Moines ■and''Akron,''’have,s after a trial, restored the' street car. Nowhere, in the world, not even jn New York, were subways paying, propositions, he said;'and a subway on Yonge Streri from Front to St Clair would cost'approximately $25,- 000,600 or almost one.-half the city’s present total investment in trans­ portation.;; , • , -^What-DoesYour-Handwritrng Reveati?-- r. .. - ' ^ ’GEOFFREY ST. CLAIR : (Graphologist) : ’ • ‘ All Rights Reserved ■ modifying her outldok as regards her -husband. . She-would find, -in all pro­ bability, that a more kindly attitude would spur’him to greater, effort, to obtain work of. some kind. , ronto,"would mean. practically doub- -—To -tlie husband, I suggest !that, if .lirig the . fares, and wo.uld be impos- (Editor's Note: This serier-of-ar-1 Lti ces-o nC h a r a ct e r—from-H a n d w r i ti ri g- continues to attract wide JMerest.arid, many' readers are taking, advantage of the author’s offer to get a person^ _aI—character- /delineatloh^-You—stHi- have an opportunity of getting YOURS.) v i " I have a letter from a married wo­ man who ask/my^ adyice^ som a pro-. Hem that is cropping up quite often nowadays. Here is what she says: “I am a married woman in my mid-* die thirties, and have two young children. <My husband.' lost his po- . .sition about a year ago, and, has not. been able to get new employment. Although we had some money saved up, we have still had a difficult time > making end's meet,“And I -have got to a point where I am utterly fed up with the situation. Before I mar­ ried, I held a good position, and now I find that I can get my old work back ..again, but .with not so good a salary—enough, at any fate, for us to get along on. However, for some time, riiy husband and myself have not been getting along very well. We bicker on the slightest pretext, and I am'seriously wondering whether to . leave him, and take a place of my own. I don’t really see why I should be the one, to work and keep the home going, while my h*tisbahd~idles. What do you suggest?” . - I1 haven’t given The lette’t in full, but surely the salient points. Now, turning -to the tw,o specimens of handwriting, I find firstly that the writing of the lady who wrote to me, shows .that she id very sdlf-contain- ed, even to the point of being selfish. She sees only her own point of view. She is shrewd, a quick-think- f-er;’ an'd^Ts^extrem^ly^inteirrgenti But that -faGtot of- “self” stands out like a flagpole, and effects every'other trait 'in her character, She simply cannot think, of anyone outside her­ self. On the other hand, her hus­ band’s writing allows mor.e, toler­ ance arid affectiqn. He is more kind­ ly and is straightforward, honest, loyal arid is capable of getting things done. Perhaps not particularly in- • It seems to me, in the first place, .that tlieste bickerings have' been caused by a' lack of appreciation, op the 'wife’s part for her husband’s, in-, ability'to get work, This,is unfortun­ ate, and mV correspondent is taking .a rather one-sided point 'of view, .with Which 1 cannot have much Sym­ pathy. Those pre topsy-turvy days, ■and nlany hien', similar tp the Writ­ er’s/ IfusinnT/^ -AhtaJm He,., like -'maihy' ’’others, is’the 'Victim ‘'‘br'^lreuiMtanees- entirely, beyond his- :ti.cj'z,e, ^oi^yrniKrg^-- “ ’ ^Howovei1,— it is* Impossible to get anything in his. own line of work, al least he try something,, even a selling or canvassing job. "Anything , "to’ ,keep himself busy. and help to retaiin his self-respect and esteem. J have given rather unusual prom­ inence . to this letter this week, be­ cause I find that this, prriblem is ap­ pearing quite often, and it would cer­ tainly ,seem that there' are some ■wives who are content to be cheer­ ful anp friendly when things are go­ ing alright, but Immediately disaster hits the home, Jn the shape of un­ employment, as a rule through, no fault of the-husband, then they make their ’husbands’ lives unhappy through ill-timed and unfair criti­ cism. ••••'■.. ; . . I am happy to add that there are by far^thp majority of women who are not like this, but in-’those cases Where it is so, a good deaf of un- . happiness and trouble could be saved by mutual understanding < difficulties to be contended with, - Would YOU like to hsive YOUR ; wept,..... ..............- handwriting analysed? And perhaps For few’, she might be late; , you have some friend whose real na- But Grandpapa and Grandmama : ture you would like to know the Ho-d... never really met J™™ aboUt? Mr. St. ,Clair can help when.-Grandpapa sited Grandmama YOU as he has helped thousands of. rothers. Send specimens of the writ-1 Ihgs you want analyzed, stating birthdate In each case; Encase 10c ebln for • each specimen, and send with 3c stamped,- addressed envelope. If, In addition, you would like to have a copy of Mr. St.’ Clair’s new Chart—the GRAPHOCHART—-which has over 100 illustrations and shows you how you can analyze handwrit­ ing for yourself, send. an additional 12c for your copy. ,You will find it both interesting and fascinating. Ad- :dress: Geoffrey St. Clair, Room 42-1, 73 Adelaide West,* Toronto Ont. Let1- ters are ebnfideritial, and will be an­ swered as quickly as possible. Ow- that are coming in, an immediate re­ ply is pot possible, b.ut readers may be assured that no unnecessary time will be lost in replying. The Second Minuet My Grannie\used to say to' me. When I was very small 1 That she remembered weil the day I - She went to her first, ball. Of the How in her dress of crinoline, She sat from two till eight. . And how through alj those hours she- ■; wept, .... . 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