The Signal, 1910-1-20, Page 6I,o
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THE PORT OF
MISSING MEN
By MEREDITH f/ICHOLSOw.
Airflow e1 "Tb. Ileus e1 a Thousand Candles"
COPYRIGHT. 1907. aY THE •Dans-MtRRILL COMPANY
Minh the spirits of dead and
missing royalties and statesmen
for spectators and fn a maze of
mediaeval intrigae and romance,
the love affair of Shirley Clai-
borne and John Armitage was
brought to its happy conclusion -
mediaeval, we say, and advised-
ly, since, although the scenes of
Our tale arc laid in up to date
Europe and Virginia, it is nec-
essary to hark back to the quaint
tales of the old time romancers
for such stirring adventures as
befell Shirley Claiborne of Vir-
ginia and John Armitage of --
where ? Beautiful in Me man-
ner of southern maidens of high
lineage. fine spirit and [taring
,devotion was Shirley Claihurnc•,
daughter of a famous diplomat
and sister of Captain Dick Clai-
borne, the best rider in the
American army. Boldly she bc
lievc(l in lrci lover, confident in
her faith in his( even when all
•al.r•ra you gav• tar 1.1 fartit are for
-odes and you are t.ai i:g
'.Yea Assuming 1!ctt. whet ahoold 1
e waiting f....;'• •
"If you are waiting for ereuts- rot
•crus• 1? you etpe.1 semen hing lu
happen!"
Armitage laughed at the old grotto
Iuul's earnest to:timer asked tf 140
I,,igbt smoke and llg'itwl a .•lg:u'rtre
"Walling doesn't .: 1 uie I :!1 •',4'I;
ll u:Idertttio.1 t111: I Wile inti ;,..:o
the wait iug 11-.1 1,w see. I kite
....ng mend. :led my o its are I,. t4
•1 avtlnKt \\
%alrrie het. I,. 1+'.1 lila'a ti. !.111 I'•
;censer .. I4$:---- ..L.. treat. • ..v
..!t .,.t
Armitage se•:in 1;1� .
"la 11 true,,:'- I.r1)• t t:rd ,1-:.1 au.
glanced about 't- 1a 'scot it ten.
that the An tads h i ii dead: ,
"Yrs; quite true. 1lie'.• it nus.• gtel)
no doubt of it." said .\.ryt. u,lsr. :vert
tag tit; oLl aauu'a nye+ •1i;l
"Thr report (11;11 hr i+ Phi L14 in:
stilllew firer 10 \'..011 .%911rr11 I le per
aistent. We hear it (re iucutl. it. % 1
curia. 1 hive lu':.:1 it since 7111 t.tlr
me ;t -:Il . rl :Ill 1 l;a'r .car 1!r.-. p-.
hurt -in
"I am attars of Ilia( " t. plied 1» or
Armitage.' '.bot I told von the trot
her world had turned against He died in. a Canadian lumber camp
We were in the u.,rtb hulltiu;:' Mut
may recall 111a1 lie WAS fond cat 11.11
sort of thing " •
Vex; I reluewlier 'liters acts 0.4111
log elan he did so well." grow l,-4 tot
StroeIN•l.
"And the packet I ;I'yr.1to: a ;•
The old luau 11a1Jed -
"'Tha( packet •.,ntalllld 11•• Arch
duke Karl's swore :irralgnui-tat of tar
mite • It M of )4r.•.it haportawr NI
dee,! In Francis. his worth.ess sou. ow
him. And who was John Armi•
tage. fir whom so much love i'us
Rivers and around whom so many
great .affairs revolved ? Read.
and you shall learn from hia
.story and his deeds of knightly
bravery that the spirit of chiv-
alry and loyalty still abides in
the prosaic, workaday. modern
world. ready at the call of duty
to fight against intrigue, chican-.
cry. falsehood and crime
(
Chapter x
' and Francis would rule the empire
Karl was a genius: therefore be could
not for king. lie threw away about
501) years of work that bad been done
fur him by other people. and be ea-
Joled you tato 'baring his exile. You
threw away your life for him Rah:
nut you seeps sane enough:"
'Ib•• Kline minister concluded with
the devil don't you go to Vi -
biz rough bur. and Armitage laughed
twtrtgttt.
Why
enia and set yourself up Ilke a geutla
mann' demanded the premier.
"Like a geothtW$U?" repeated Arml-
hire. "It is too late 1 should die lu
Vienna `In it week. Moreover. I sin
dead. and It kis well wbeo ooe las at-
tained that beatific advantage to stay
dead."
""F'raocla la a troublesome black-
guard." declared the old man. "I wtsb
to God be. would form •lbs dying habit.
so that 1 might have a few years in
peace, but be is forever turufug up to
saute mischief. And what can you do
about it3 Can we kick him out of tbe
army without a ra•andal? Don't you
anpplite be could go t.. Budapest to
unit row mud slake thiue3 interesting
fur III if be pleased? Iles as full of
treason as be can atiek. 1 tell you."
Armitage nodded and trollied.
"I dare say." he said in English. add
w teen the old statesman glared tit him
Ire said to lierntwrt, "Nu doubt you are
speaking tbe truth."
••Irt course I speak the troth but
1111: iv a matter for action sud 1101 for
alis, 0.sloo. That packet watt stolen Fry
;Merritun and not by chance. John Ar
nlitage:"
Tiere was a slight Immaterial wound
i•r the hall. and IIIc old prime minister
slipped from German to French whir
out changing countertan••e ii he 11)11.
1111114. 1 `
,: \\ t 1111 ve enough troubles ht Austria
ir.- tcoTlrlI ging-tremson. -tf Bow
Laud and Ills chief. Winleirled. coukl
male a ling of k MIMIC the brokerage:
- the cntnmiwdof-would be something
landsnue, and Wiokelrfed and Burn-
t
tumI it'd are clever sten."
• know of Winkeirtttd. The coutl-.
urn al press has given melt sore to
141:41 ,( late. hot RatnbnUA is a new
1111111. ' ,
"Ile a stalled band. ile Is tbe
1,10.1 dar g scoundrel in Europe."
t'ouut v $troebel poured a glass of
brandy Erol a silver dank and sipped
it slowly.
"1 will sbo you tbe gentleman's
1I11.pUswl son, %c pt may present howNea_.aut couute :Ince." said the mints
awlf for coronntiou Imo! or Ihs311.1y4.et .ly4' i t. x'141 he thre open a leather port
WF w'itl Kart sj p tl - •is) apd drew fr&u 1! a small photo-
-. - .Neil rill" III 1
p.We of the world. utter quit. dead ;sph. which be es tended to Armitage,
meter quite alive, and his anti. Fn.l why glanced at 1t eu'relesety and then
fric1. .\ugustus, lurking with hitt tr with, sudden Interest.
the shadows. Who now whether
they are dead''"
"! am lite only person on, earth in a
position to male that clear," said
Jibs Armitage
"Then you should give me the dta-o
Monts."
"No I •prefer to keep them. 1 av-
enue your that I l:n'e sworn proof of
the dealt, of the • r,-bdoke Karl anti ul
his son, Frederick Augustus 'thaw.
papers are in a bol in the Mows larau
and Trust re, spiruy Ia New Turk
city.•"
"1 'should leave them! 1 must bn•e
then:" thuudereti• the tad 'man
"In dui' season.. brit u•, just now
h t fort, I have regretted partlug with
that dot•itnt•ut 1 wive- )011 ill 1"arl3. It
1s safer in .tlyericn. 1auii to \ senna
11' you please. I should 14;.•• t.. bavr H
a�.l ill, sir." The palsy palsy in fire vid PMNs s hands bad
Increase!. 31111 Il...:r.r.I' to 14at1rot b -
a.itatiiq but hail Awed server twee
reckoned :twists: Ili. .S,'.ilu.swa, anti
tlt turned al.trwili apish ,\rini1age.
"Chat packet is lost, 1 Pell you!" lir
blurted. as though it were something
that be- bad frequc:tly rxplaiut.! be
fore. "it was stolen •Irote t:udcr goy •
very nose only is
what 1 m here for \ly agents art aft
er the thief, and 1 ,line to Geneva to
meet them. to tial gut why they have
not caught hint. Ito you imagine that
1 travel for pleitsure at uiy age, Mr.
John Armitage?"
"The packet lays bees stolen?- ob
n erved Armitage calmly. "Whom do
you suspect of taking it?'
The old wan leaned upon the table
heavily.
"That amiable Frau is" -
'The suggestion is not dismaying.
Francis would trot know at, opportuni-
ty It It offered."
"But hia bother -she to the devil:"
blUrtt'd the old man.
"Pray drop that." paid Armitage to
a tone that caused the old 1040 10 lout
at him with a new scrutiny. "l want -
the paper back for the very reason that
! 11 contains that awful indictment of her
I have been uncomfortable ever since
I gave it to you, and 1 came to ask
- you for it that 1 might keep it sate, In
I of et. xa 1 my own betels. itut the document W
lost, Am I to understand that Francis
; r, •4. .n. 1 I.! bas it?'
t:cI. 1 "Not yet. dint Itantbaud has ,IL and
Rambaud and Francis are as thick as
"rte.re. crisis:'' ' .
111:.1'uowledge that you
are 011ie goes ole n..
Wetmore.' growled the
grim old Austrian tiro
oder.
"'I'hauk •you:.. laugh
ed John Armitage L. w'hotu he had
spoken. "Yo 1 h 1 to lost Il'.ne of your
old awlabllit) 11111 for a reuow•untdiplo•
stat you carr n•markably frank. Wile!)
1 Called .•1, you ill Perla, a year ego 1
Was able 1.. render you-- I believe you
admitted II -a allghr servi• e " ,
Couot 1 crJinand ton tln,ebrf lowed
slightly. le,' •'',l' •o,' (eke his eyes from
the tons „ ,.,, 1t sift opposite him
In his rid•.ro at 111 • Hotel \tante !Lusa
in.41PUP%•4 1111 Ih.• 1 title het ween !hens
stood are u:,cu dist. t:''b Ian. and about
1t lay a minder of packets of wiper,
Which the old ge1111,n1an. with char
acterlatic c:luliou. had removed to 11 1,1
own slily of Phe' (able 1.etore admitting
Ids caller. Ile wits a burly old 11111 11.
with meant-, ahoul/let•a and a great
bead thickly covered with Iron gray
hair.
ec
130 trusted no any. and this a cotang •,
e I
for his pteaeuee In Geneva In March
of the year 1903, whither he hail gun.'
to recc'tve the report of the secret
'agents Whom he had lately dispatched
to Paris on aa et -rand of peculiar deli-
cacy. The agents had failed in their
• Mission. and Von ' .i': mels• 1 was nal
• tolenuu of failure. • •
• It was not often that the light in the
• Old 111:111.4 t't't"• w•:1`• ai gentle at 41..11'
110 bald 144.111 lis secret agents 11w:1?
1--alol w caw 1-, rrt,Irn Mt 1 ren -It.( 141 the
follower; 11:11 'the }Int maul (v110.1
be now tnitr!ained In lav apartment-.
1 rh:riv41.l his wbol1'•mttentlon 110 p1.-1
ed up Ihe.card a kith lay 011 the tabic
and etru,iulztd it critically. whili h,s
eye: lighted with <nd.len'editor. •
The ,`mrd 11 n" 14 1;.•ntwinau's • vete d,.
visite ,sod !Sire th.' nag:,• John Armi
tags
!, "1
bele-,1•„.1.11• 1:• same a1;,1 :. 49..1
were using t, heti I .nn you 1:r Pari
N'bcr.• dr 1 1.1,1 . I,t i. d.'nl:nnh-.1 IL.
"1 1.II111
bad the . r,1
M1111
' pass 1. .' .
Wit 11 •11 r'lal•r,
"I 1.n.„• 1 .-.
1-
111.0 .1
trio it••t 1 alta WI) 111n•; It. .t ,Kell. 1
nth un 111.1 malt• - and 1 hate had no
rest for toenty years."
"It in 111'• penalty of greatness. It is
Anetrla's coed 10gt:tie that you• 111114"
dt t Ottil yourself to the affairs of gt1s
(-rtl Ment 1 11nve read-.'ntly today 1'
the Contemporary Review -no n,lrnlra
ble tribute 10 your saint lty in ban
ditto; the Set" t in afinit. Your work ed," answered Armitage. • "it your
arils utas„ i 1p, I fn.t.lw.'d 11from the agents have failed at the job it may be
worth my, while to look for It."
HU quiet secretaries of the sltnatton
Ireiiatod-the mL►latoes _ • -
"YOu entertain me, John Armitage.
Ton speak of that packet as though It
were a {,mend of tea. Francis and his
friends, Wtnketried and Rimbaud, are
not charters of flrediek, t would have
Toa know. It tbe archduke and his
eon are dead. thw a re*, more deaths
"1 don't know Ita:nbaud. The naw.
"aid .1rtnit.tse Is unfamiliar."
"lie bas a dozen names out for et
ery capital. Ile even operated In Nash
Ingtou, 1 have heard. lie's n blackmail
er who alma high -a broker in secrets,
a scandal peddler. 1101 a bad lot, 1 telt
you. I've hal my best men after him,
and they've jest been here to report
another failure. It you have nothing
better to do"- began the old than.
"Yrs, that packet most be recover-
"l:ambaud:" he esclatfnd
e
"'That's his name In Vienne. to
['arts be is something else\ 1 win fur-
nish you a list of his noms t ' gierre."
'Chink you. I should If all the
Information you care to giro 11se. Rut
It may amuse you to know •that I
1411 VC. seen the gentleman before.
"That Is possible." remarked • the
old ratan, who never evinced snrpi!cfse
In any circttmstanees.
"1 expert to sew trim here within
few days."
Count von Slmet.el held up hie emp-
ty glass and sln.tie.l 1 attentively
bt•glunlog with deepca interest."
I he tail gent) •Dalin how oil hall Un
ervteeinreriy, fere lift- ttwr"ebhs were for
aw•87: as tht 1aRlle stare In his small,
throwd eyes Indtcatirl.
"lint you nrn herr for rest. One
(-"roes to Geneva cat this gen-son for
tt.cthrng sten."
"What brings yon here?" asked
old man, with sadden energy. "If the
INI
11
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'1
"f{u,at4tarl'• vee: ('.r1v111(04(1. •
whit tie waited for Armitage .to el -
11114111 w1tt he 1'>:I.'1ted to. !WV Itam-
baud in (iru-ca
"Ile is Interested lu a certain young.
woman She reitelmil here : y estevnlay.
and' I:awtiaud. :alias Chau voile, Is
quirt like:). to arrive within u. day or
dent 'of foreign berth he might be
come president of the United States
As 1t b, there are thousands of other
omces worth getting -why vote•
"I tell you not to be a tool. You are
young and fairly clever."
Armitage laughed at the reluctance
ofthe count's prates,
"Thank you. with all my heart."
"Go back wbere you belong and You
will have no regrets. Something mal
happen -who can tell? Bveota_ewen ti
-it a man will watch and watt and
study events. But", -he gulped down
[Dore of the brandy-"wbere and bow
do you liver"
"Where? I own. • cattle ranch In
Montana. and since the archduke's
death 1 have lived there. Be carried
stout L50.000 to America with 6101
He took care that 1 should get what
was left when be died. and 1 em al
moot afraid to tell yodtbat I have aetu
ally augmented m7 inheritance. Just
before 1 left 1 bought a place In Vir-
ginia
irginia to be near Washington when I
got tired of the ranch,"
"Washington!" snorted - the conot.
lu due course it will be the stowm
outer of.tbe world."
"You read the wrong. Americas) news•
loiters:" leashed Arnitage
They were silent for a moment. In
which each was husy with hie own
thoughts. Then. the cutlet remarked
In as amiable a tare as hr ever used:
"1'tiur French 1s that ndte t)o 7011
speak English as well?"
\s
readily as Gerson. I think. Yon
tatty reclltl tint 1 had au Euglish tutor,
suit maybe I did not tell you In that
iuter%iew at -Paris tbwt 1 had spent a
tear :it Harvard university."
'•N hat the devil did you do that for?"
•; rowlel Von Struetel.'
"Front curiosity or aml•i'tirto, as you
like. I was In Cambridge at the law
school for a year before' the archduke
died. That was three years argue. 1 aro
twenty-eight, as you may remember.
I am detaining you; I have no Asti to
rake over the past. but I am sorry --1
am very sorry -we can't inter Orr theme
4O4lmou gruutltl.,,
"I ask you to abandon this democrat
W tonseus*. and (1,0114 lite& a11d took.'
a malt car )ourself. Io0 might go. far
srry far --tut this democracy hide lurid
of you life a disease. -
"What you ask is impossible.
AV SP impassible now as it was when.
we d1w usaed it lu Paris last year. '1'o
sit drown In '8 lenua and learn how t 1
keep nkat leaning tower Of au empire
from rambling down like a at ek. of
bricks -M does not appeal to 11141."
"t)on't talk to me like that. it la not-
amusing.-
"No;
oramusing;."•'No; le Is not funny. To sec men like
you fetching and carrying for a dull
king. wile would drop through the
gallows or go to planting turnips with-
out your brains -It does not appeal to
my sense of humor or to my imagiva'
tion. if it were going to furnish the
'iridins for as empire I abould ride In
the state eurriagr myself and not be
nrerety- the driver ou the hoc. who
keeps the middle of the road and looks
out for sharp corners. iters Is a plan
ready to my band. int me lend that
loaf ,locumeet, appear in Vienna and
\announce myself 'Frederick Augustus.
4,e son of Mir ,lrchdnke Karl! 1 knew
get 1• Y tn-
Inas. t'huuvi11et Is the rot -reel
while I hoist inform my bees." said
11N•'nlini::ter
. "Von wish to arrest him?"
..Noll might ;i. know 111e better than
ttttl, \Ir .Iohn Armitage'. 4)f course I
all gut arrest him Rut 1 most get
I:..II .4 :..•4 1 can I Irate it t•.ddlell
t • - Ialroln•, 1111.1 1 sans`! advertise
ri1 Int>-tc-ss h) having hit's arrested
heel' 1 I could catch him otter in
: •:t la I s 0111' 1 l.uow w11.It to do n111
III 11.' ;I J V. ill..dri,d k'•t hold kir
• r 1.•all.. 1.. at I: tl ; u'11tn ,R:ur East
-.0 at 1 ,rht•. loa:.•.4 tilt 1L' carrier
,,tare,+ 1 , ,11 • I"•st l,lly,•rt. I:et'llh
1 St fetor -Mu • So. there's * 1141►
ur. I- nitre•; I' f'..tti.1 that there
,I• • a 'y is:
"'t here's a \ery 1
l:�. e'., -:cal loris to Ire 1111
The old man growied n:
I:I�r sharply. nbile .\roll
111" photograph.
I hope you are not mod
preposterous marriage. Go bac
you belong, make a proper stn
and watt" -
"Events"" And John Armltage tau •
ed. "1 tell you, sir, that waiting Is no
my forte. That's what 1 like about
\titcfl r8: Tttcy't'e Up red ' at it over
- who wails
1
.•r n t n cal s S Ixtt
there. The ma h
"They're a int of swipe!" rumbled
sou, Sttr]t 11e1 a LcalyJrllsa�__ �, ... e • .,
"i still owe eIIeglnncr to the &'bow-
litrg crown, a0 don't Imagine you ire
hitting me. Rut the awlne are Indus -
trioti+ and energl'tle. Who knows but
tll,tt ,Icahn Armitage might become fn•
:,viii• nnnng them -in testifies, In
,iaance! Out for the deplorable accl-
th well intrsatr) tau may reme
her that Frederick and 1 were torn In
the haute mouth. 1. too, am Frederick
Augultus! 1\r passed commonly to
Atneri•o as brothers Ninny "1 the per
soon! effects of Kari and Am.:minim are
In sty keepiIR-by t!e archduke's "twit
wish. You`.have sIs•ut your 1;fe study
ing'human `oaten. :tad you know as
well an 1 do that ban the world won1.1
believe my story If 1 said : was the
emperor's nephew. In' the uneasy and
unstable condition of vour absurd em
titre I about l he hailed at -a ,Iiversien:
and then -{vents, rs'*'nta!"
Count von Strophe} listened with liar,
rowing eyes. earl his 1 pv. moved in an
effort to find aords With which to
break In upon this Impious deelara-
Ilon. When Armitage crafted smirking,
the old man. sank back and glared at
him.
"Karl did his work wellu are
quite road. You will do well to . back
to America before the pollee discover
yon."
Armitage frame, and his mauiter
changed abruptly.
"I do not mean to trouble or anon
you. Please partion me: I.et us by
friends if we can be nothing more,"
"It to 100 tate. The chases 1.s tan deep.
I have given my life --thy whole life, no
you have acid -to one service, to up-
hold one idea Vou have spoken of that
work 4.41(11 contempt. history, 1 be-
Ileve, wilt res kon it Justly."
"Your place is secure. Noone can
galnasy that." ,broke to Armnitnt.
"If )•.e would do something fo mo-
tor me --do something for Auatrla, do
triturating for try country and your!!
YIN] Nave wits. 1 dare say yon hav
rnurugt' 1 don't care what that sere%
le may be. I don't care where ne
how you perform tt. 1 am knot es) near
);Dae en you may think. I know well
wieouglt that they are waiting for Inc
to die: ltut 1 am it no burry to af-
ford gay enemies that pleasure. But
larmiug young stop this babble of yours about de-
mocracy. 1)o something for Austria --
for the empire that 1 have held hero
under my hand these difficult years -
then take your naive again, and yon
will find that kings can be as just and
wise as mobs."
"For the empire --something for the
empire?" murmured the young Man,
wondering
Count Fenllnand von Stroebel rose.
"You w-111 accept the commission. I
spa natter tmre ymt vett aervpt. 1 fears
0s an early train, and 1 shall not sea
yon 'gain." As he took Armitage's
ijd1111 he siguttniied him once more
with particular care. There was n lin-
gering earres In his touch as he de -
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tacle, the heats.., anti ihry gaze upon
it with an atfeetion which is, really -
aiiet:tiig.
ktosu the drat of December till the
tl.nt of May every Iunerel furnishes
material for another one. A tuarrai
is a good place 10 go sod get your
death. and it is vary lit end proper
that such *humid be the ease.
There was a whole slew of us ttimed
out W a funeral the other day. and
the ut.tet of us will all he dead before
spring 1 know we will. Our departed
brother had lived in a rare little house
in the middle ot a field. It wouldn't
hold a fraction of um, su we had to
kicks our heels outside. Oh, how Ilse
wind did plow ! And snowdrifts came
charging across the desolete Heide like
squadrons of white . stallions -the
Scots Greys at Waterloo. The
preacher was late, and anyhow we
tied to wait for • brother of his that
bad been trlegtaphed tot. Aid there
we were herded on the lee side ot the
windy horn like* pack of Russian trr-
1.1riw.' vretliu¢ for the Cossa••ks to
bound Hsi ort to Siberia. We knew we
were op *Keine: at : hut a custom' is a
custom- With chattering jaws. we
trig to say civil things about the de-
parted, but 1 noticed a lack of epoo-
inaeity. Some of the mourners were
eves cranky and finicky. The late
lamented bad owned a gravel pit.
Well," wild oar neighboi. "Jaw n
wits a good shoveler."
• 11e wee a goon shoveler," rrtuct-
ently assented another neighbor.
"He was a good shoveler --hut you
couldn't call him a fancy shoveler.
1 rrwarked that he had been a good
Ghristi*n, and there was no doubt at
all tart that he was int Heaven. A
gentlemen, with icicles dangling like
pvisms from his moustache, Waled at
'tae with as ouch as to ',ay : "What
do you know about iti'' while pate Itst
of the crowd shunned me and gath-
ered in little shivering groups and
said uncomplimentary things about
ILP under their breath.
Oh, how the wind did blows! But it
didn't get real husy till we started on
our uphill and down -dale trip of eight
miles to Jericho Junction. The
preacher drove in front of the proces-
sion, and he conaidrred it the ortho-
dox thing to walk bis horse all the
way, and of colise us fellows dsren't
gall out and paws him, and we had to
kerp behind the only man in the
crowd who wasn't stttfeoiog from cold
---the mai in the dead -wagon. We
could have gone along et a nice clip,
and what difference would it have
made ? It is a retniart from the sav-
age ages, when men, indicted pain and
si\ITering upon thesaselvea to show
their respe•:t for a dead man who
doesn't give a rap if It was sixty de.
greett ilelow zero,
The cemetery was on the side of a
hill, just where the wind could get at
it for fair:, and we had to shovel the
snow out of the Vier.. and do a lot of
other chore before we could get down
to business. I Lhdnght we never
anuli get through, and then we had
to turn &rou�t d and drive home
through the drifts without a wsvm. It
was fierce ! .
1 wouldn't he surprised it half of u*
were dead before spring. We won't
get over the freezing ive got that day
in a hundred years. \
And this thing goes sit all winter,
Thefts will be vahrkhte ttv've xacrtncrid
for old funeral cuatolns, it's all
vanity and vexation ink spirit.
Orepe is imitation mud. Whyte mer
antediiuvia,t ancestors wanted tl)show
their sorrow for the deceased they
entered themselves with mud. That
exact.7
eyed Ari
g.' sttidied
ting •
where
lag.
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talnrd the young man for an Instant was the proper caper. Well, at thingi
Then he sighed heavily. I progressed on the plane of civilization;
'tiood night! (lorxlhy!" he Bald ab they invented an imitation mod, and
raptly, and waved his caller toward it's a. vett' good imitation too, and
the door. I they called it crepe. Tux KUAle.
1 IT' hill ooattaaotL)
NADRUCO REMEDIES
We are agnate for these splendid Remedies. and can
recommend them es being of the higbeet stnnde,d ,ts 1,,
quelilt mud appearance. Nrl'e have a complete ossortwrnl,
and will he pleased to show them to our cu.totuers.
F. J. Butland
'.THE &TOse! THAT Pt_t**ii.
FATHER-MOTHER-CHILDRiN
ALl, KSJOT
CLARK'S PORK AND BEANS
Appetizing and Nourishing they in-
vite
to the table and strengthen for -
the day's duties. ALWAYS RE.\rn•.
Mother is saved the work and worry
of preparing.
M they cost less than the prig ' of the
beans alone, if cooked at !ionic, Money
is saved and everybody is happy,
As they arc "CLARK'S" their quality
and exeOlence arc established.
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•I.�Iaw`'
asan•Atsa/ueM
art Mtsb..
velem. Peed
a9s.etalt{ae
e
How the Frost Fence "Gives" and
"Takes" Like a Sorin
A\Y "'roiliest' Fence is liable to snap in
chain weather condition..
Rut the Frost is a coil Fence. In Winter.
when steal Wire contract., Frost coils "give
their surplus. intrad of snapping like
" cdtts.. Peaces
Ahhd in Sumner, when. the Wire expa.ds,
that aurptu• returns to the Frost code. In•
stead of sagging and causing the .Fence to
toes its shape.
And no matter bow often contraction or
expansion i. Paused. the IF Mgt Fens always
acts the same. 11ke • Spring. '
4dit•1 �+t2'ee'
,_ -- MgegJV Excuses -
T
. Lets of other Wire Fences have a Tension.
Cgtrve or Kink, as an excuse for "Cavi' and
i "Tale,' B.,t the number of these' 'Gives'
and "Takes' is limited. They cannot keep
^,. It up. It isn't in the Wire or the method,
Roth, the Trow Pield-Reerted and the
Trust Woven Pence Rare extra provisions
w
--for "Ohre' and "Tate.' Rule. others- 16a-vn
•.- - i!. Yew simply smart find another Pew,
which will retain its shays like lis Frost.
Make, Our Own mg
- -We acv -the onif Resor Makers in Canada
who Make and l.alvalnse Wire exclusively
\\\\fw Pear purposes. •- --
Wm.
--Wt..
sh give e•ewr service i
(ltn.da, should be marls especially ta t
off the peculiar Canadian climate, onion
at
t
simply knocks the
very life out of most Fences.
But all Wire in not ,sed.
with Canadian conditional's
view.
The Wire formerly used
for the rr...t Fesse wa.
made in the Stene,. Alt
we had it made especially for
us It gave better satisfac-
tion than most Wire. Waive
wanted far better.
For that reason we decided to Male and
Galrani,e our own Wire. So ere built a Mia
for Wire-makingR arid another for Galvanie-
ing.and wetalted the most modern Mackie-
ery .a use.
Than we obtained the service. of oar of
the moat Kneen Wire -Maker. in Aesartea.
A man with ar years of Wire•MJaie( ea-
perieep bade of him.
The new Troia Win is Amteatd so soiae-
tiacaly that it prr.esa eke proper temper
for Caaadiaa ceeditiata - -
- Were keit is of antlorea temper, ere
wresS.r than any other Na 9 wire.
it will not anal), regardless or peculiar
Casadiaa weather variations.
Siad Gee free nw►4t.ed meegtsw
The Frost Wire Fence Co..
Limited
ilfifelt en. Oe4Mls
Ayean wasted is Opts Dhaka
v•
Gros,dence
Local Dealers: Runk Rose, (loderioh; R. A. Metelule, Duagwaoa.
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