The Exeter Advocate, 1920-7-15, Page 2•
• . and. the warld-famous institution in soite • a that s all right," saul the
said it that time, young man. But per- ea again at tile scrap of. paper,
of ta1 the attacks Made upon it by
' - 1"We had it painted green!"
haps I can help you there. Fee got i then be,gan to turn the leaves of the A motor dealer friend aseures me
among, my lumber an old-fashioned; code book rapidly. 1 crime, .fallure, "runs," or any other ot !
: that, whea v. very uncouth pair came
• desk that's no god to rae• I had to l "Yes, etes, " he said half -aloud,. ag; the various causes which operate ; to buv a car, the' most expensive one
take it tvith state real etuff I wee.; he ,Compared ems of th3 phrases; against the banking system Of a come • • '
buying, as it was part of the lot. It I "that's it, Bailder's topsy-turvy code.' try. . .; they had wee not impreesive enougli to
has orly got two legs, ana it WOUld rPtiblie Spturity'—that means anavate, "Runs" on the Bank. tI suit the wcanan, who said. slie wanted
,coet more to repair it than it is worth.; safe."Raised to eeiling'ycs, yes,! i "gold. 'andies to the car." Gold
The first "run" on the Bank tot Eng- , handles ehe had, too, though my friend
But the top Is a good pieee of poliehed 1 hers it ie---tsunk in floor.' 'Over and,
,ureter. land was in ran, when a call of twen- was
wood, and emu can have it for •the t above"—yes, of course, thatae discreetly silent.as to the locality
asking. i Death,' and 'big box'—what on earth : ty per cent. was made on its propriet- ; of her ,garaget In •warm weather, when the heat picking up and cooking and dishwash-
-SZa ....41b17kft I the bank for Mr, IVIaraden. Fred teak
1 the note and opened it as he walltel
, back to ilia desk. Then be gazeed,
• arid nearly fell over hist high stool.•
• The directors of Tonbridge'a begged
to .offe,r lam their beet ehanke, ani
, they desired to ask his aceeptance of
. !the encloeed cheque fore -five hundred
ds!
pour).
Fred went up to his cliter's -desk,
WW 444
Jenaie Wateen loitered. aimlessly; for one of the rialle tiampetitions in would have to go hanee. But he did
claw u4 ef TO.0....P.
Furnishing a lionic
ma* $14 maxema.zsAt rfafainalle4CWWM444.6947464f544WwW4.4440ter".4
And s.ait he 'wee r.ot ng we ,mit
" LI -DOG"
The Original rutty-7-11sPnircl
sot Water %),`Z)° BleYele.
Auto ' e Clua.ranteed
to satisfy. 50 vents Postpaid. Mali
307e.usrouerotlarcrwt,o2-d*ayl;c04Quaie st., woronto.
ywn• or dcr to -day. B. Schofield, 24
Daihousie St., Toronto.
abeut her father's shop with the tolere; the Sunday papers. net go home. He went stvaight to
2211' $nlile of a Yaunat girl who feel:a; During hie luneh-hour en the- fal-a Watson's shop, ana .seid that he ha.d
that sae ie far supeeent to teat eget day; therefore, he strolle 1 eome to take Jennie out to elloore the
cf thing. Old Watson was a dealer Lenhall Street. and found. that N. furniture for their new eemet as they
would. probably be getting 'married
irk antiques, and the shelves atul floor; 850 a -as a Large building lot - out te!
of the shop were littered with quaiat i businees ana profetelonal people a; withh1 a mt.:nth.
vehee, olti ruzFltets ana other carlite•i-; floor at a tinte. The whole ef tlie vast i
tics, whie.11 in Mise Jennie'e opinion. ground floor was oecupied ley the' A pr, /lc Etti 1'» 1T
. ,
Nver.: IlOt WQrth b.,Ftwer: them, a eotty ; great sh:pping firm of Tonbriage ,a: Ca.,' p Li.,14 no p4:a ji kA , 17a. .
Aresitie arraehair capable, in an enea vihoee name wa.s a power in. the City,' ta"
ergency, of samting, two. Here, indeed,1 and in the dearway there was a longt oF rIxrpi A Din I
Wa45 WI this ridebash, .zind yet she anti; ealunin of laeass plates referring te I lelaia2Latieitata a
Fred alareaen Were unable to get ; the other occupants of the premises.,
married beseuse they had no tuella.; But, there was no name that was any-;
tare! !thing Iike Banat.: & Co. Frei took the '
OM Wets= was vela' sn'eng on that ! memorandum from his pecalmt er..1 OLD LADY OF TH
peint. 'A° leaet a, young nam who looked at at agein, al ease he she:ad
NEEDLE STREET,"
teek hie aaughter feern him kvuld do have mistaken the number. But there
would. be te give lam a prove:ay furo vras the "850" right enough. He :stroll-
rteihe aten..0 of awe. He was ell, ed a little way aleng the main eer-.;,
-ease:en:a exteee ee believe. gear ilor arta al -out him. An te,...,5ton. • • .t
r . -1, a.t1 nes or nsxi u -
tion Famed Throughout ana he had sworn that it should
trouble and inconveuience in the past.
The forgeries :of Charles Price and
his clever mettle -as of getting ria of
the coueterfelt notes were quite won-
derful. Ile would. alter, the amount:1
on banknotes to higher eunas iu a way
absolutely untidtectable. Price's
frauds lastea over a period o.f many
yeere, but when at last he was ,run to
earth he committed suicide.
One of the most remarkable .forgers
of modern times was Henry Fauntle-
ray. On his arrest as a fraudulent
trustee a long list of forgeries on the
Bank of England was fonnd, by which
he had eaueeti n loss to that institu-
tion a tio. less than el,S00,000- His
ingenious reason for his (gimes was
that he bore a grudge :.igainst the Bank ,
yeerg pestele sheual Iteein as. they gentleman ceme out of a dem: racier.- for destroying the cre.lit of: his busl.
smart for doing so.
the World,
nisseet te es; ma, eral that trgant taeth ca -Private" ana, eettime, Fret there,'
thee :nest have their owe eurnitere, est -toe. a. Ill 3, ii.t4 s.kp.ht....Oat.;,!... ::51,i
Tout do roil knov, ote. aalno of -,hdodez le Bank af England builaings cover bills to the_ _extent of 0,600.000 by onel
The embezzlement of Exchequer
i
•-I beg your maraen, sir," ite eaa,la ad
; alenn four aeres cg, eremite and the et the Banige cilehiers. Robert Aslett,
n th;s llui/ditiga" ; ten,: -, 4, e te 1 .1. •• ; i thewee isrci of the r-,•itest blows 't v
: ;r.st Tux f.atiletos _e......,_ rdll _ stl,ad ...,,r .1.,..qt;:t,..hi: ,. . tet ett ve me .ete, 1..a,..:0Ati 0, Nery la . a ear:irk:11,1e defence'. was a, fem.
was. :it that :!rae :11-, The al'd 1,h:in:en/an teekea at hint ',;(, di .t 1 • t 't • 4 ' :- .I d A , . or
'...-1:,and, \ " 4, " :- .4 ":::,, ..,:1 .7:":.: -'Ti, pretty gaielen ceart, onee the ohi titre of hls trial, auil he NVII6 ultimately
4's ' .
'
„eget teera tee .etert.
"...• were tame.= telearet remits tete
, tarp. 'met the 'id
ft..-„tnislaing titem.
w
Fr:
thetiglit it Was
eget tit her erear. that , trete, e teen churchyatel of St. Cliristopher-le- acquit tell.
reen ham ameineee for . staatrar neeray et. tne
aer to the prat- "Whea Denier's retirea free here Stocks. 'The eureeee of the. great wall Among tat great scenes which
ar- /Athlete net- been tWe'4tY :Fears ago, whtn we" teak over for P11. 4.4. has' paesed aevay, for statia out eremitic...nay the•
yeame man, the fine.. And that Meet, haVt1 .h.C.,11 the ilanh'4 trmieure le now guardea. of the -Old Lady" are the time! When ,
;a ',great heals bave beee floated, The
Fee i tame la the sleep, twiee Week? lung. hd'f0ne a°0na taa-e• Wiaat Yau by. ether Means. But (ever slime the
to :et ale' a w.alk ana Omar Gordon Rheas. in 1780. the Bank. has talthig up of what was called the ;
know about Bawler, pray a
tm teitati the eh; men sup-! "Nothing, air," Fred hasten.' ta hail a military geara ;it night. it, le Loralta Loan, in. the 18th eoutury, fur.;
11 Agi as ta--e, was tho 16111. lit :tree tme lade- elle of the eights of londea to see the ntellad a memorable 4'. '44. Mr. Pat '
m- es- n ▪ e is it ele ;41.11,1 sbLlt h be , deeit MI: nag •
ekne ;eerie gee ieune sheet of paper by aeciaent, ana ttle CRY frma their barnieke each DO:itiCal and petrio.tie perposee.
- • ' (:hcap "iut I just came t4.. 1S thiAu.xr t - through aeatanded Aunt of a90 000 ON for I
tlie tame with her axed at fre-1 ahaugla, tha. i it %sae of ane
mieez anerviiis tlee faee of tt: the writer might like to have ;..E. s"ning ta take up their nightly vigil The fleet day $25,000,000 WaS sub -
Edna and Efficiency.
' "Ala can say is, I think it's a nice
state of effairs if I can't be away from
sCIfileneutotanieedihutepr N‘VviitileTtI fignetdinbgacitthtiihmatet
I have to spend half an hour getting
my desk straightened" .
Edna's eoice was sharp with annoy-
ance. There was a deep line between
her level brows, and her very fingers
.h vexation. Sophie
looked at her with a scut of amused
contrition. Sophie did not know the
meanaig of the word order; yet every-
one in the office. liked her; no one
could help it, she was so frank and
friendly and kind-hearted.
"Believe me, Edna Welker, I never
saw anybody like you in my life. You'd
know it if a fly flew aeroes your desk!
wasnt there ten minutes, and I
didn't touch a thing except your clips,
and I put those back in the identieal
spot I took them from."
"Well, 1 diln't say you were res-
ponsible, Sophie, hut it certainly
strange how my scissors and knife and
blotter all disappeared! I found the
blotter in the westehel-et and the
soissors in the filing cabinet. I haven't
found the knife yet, but I haven't look-
ed in the water cooler; probably I
shall find it there."
Edna herself was cooling down now;
the look in Sophie's eyes made her
nshanied. Yet she was sure that she
had theright
e. •,*
inefficiency of it that fretted her, she
idlers. A clever club woman aptly
dubbed the two classes. "Diggers" aril
'Shiners,'" and paid her respects in
verse to the women who always want
to p .
in thelasitchtn to keep the kettle lel.
infs. But we don't need to go into
the clubs to see the distiaction, we eau
find it in every family that is large
enough to boast of four or:five .mem-
bete. There are always some who slip
out from under ail the hard work with
the easy assurance that "George," or
"Mary," as the ease may be, will do
it, because they just "love to work."
Here's Aunt Mary, for instance. She
lives on a farm where butter and
cream and milk and eggs and fresh
fruit and vegetables don't cost her a
thing. They jure grow. She has a
Member of loving nieces and nephews.
mei sistcre and brotherE:i
and smell tawes. As soon as school
is out June, all thoughte turn fond-
ly to Aunt Mary. She just levee chil-
dren. They don't bother -her a bit.
Besides, she hertar anything in her
house they can aurt. tilang about
lame deep • in .lin;'. Sister Susie writes
the ehildrentare so anxiona to see Aunt
Mary she has decided to let them come
up for a couple of weeks as soon as
school out.
Brother John liates eity koliday
with as noiee, and hie beet yearhe for
country quiet. He drops line, the feat
in a year, saying that he and "Mother"
will run up for the First With the
kiddies. Ho leaves the Otte s din, but
told heaself. She had explained to
brings along enough eraelters ana toy
Sophie a hundred times how the west-
seribed; the eetouil saw the subscrie-
tion.reach $00100,000, and on the third
cannon fodder to turn the peaeeaul
ed moments ebunted'up.
glee': 1:atilt:as eleeli wieltan was tiek- saYs ao aaual about being imPartant•"' 3"ile ila"; af
. countreaade into a miniature "Marne."
1\1r. Allenas belt rang juet then, and
het he g,g., r.:.z i weleit gave the Anti he explained exactly how the sheet Stneted by a Scoteman.
Brother John goes home after the holi-
N street wat the er vd. that anal Edna picked up het- notebook and went
„elle trsilugh f;1.4.. 0. pmeer hail eonie into aie
(b14:t.;;eoUld not e'et coin -ten" '
into the office She flushed a bit as day, but leaves "Mother" :ail the h
• purieieee. 'When the eloek! Ile held ;t out, an -i the ela gentle,a
It le generelly known lhat the origii!
for a littl • h
e outing vitt. Mary. r
a ,e out their names to thoae e no iced that his door wile ajar.. fte,:s
etx. Jerelie walketi te the eater man aajusted hie eyeteliiteee carefully t.
et the groat eatimIal Me tit ution wale eat e- e
:really the result of the finenvial straits
p. ar I very izineetle ;Otte aral teak it from him and read it. Taeit -
had caned Susie's children are thez•e, aria the
The total subscriptien for She was sorry that she
children ean have such a good time
e 'ante. atti tie? tetetal warm areet'neee tail sdl Lia giaasc.a :•mol. raad the Pailar i'18 10 rah' mame'' an't um or or '''''''sall Wa8 4-.41T1111111eWtIe-otiatili51 iltal8ntat0iive'a
tlert ' 441 4: am:, imsejr.'..t. r,m1.11,1 tl-, he leelmai regirebanttly at lard ‘iver the' of the Stairte, who were AlWays want- ' tile 1,1 44,111` ,o, Sophie down so hard; yet elm was sure
that alr. Allen evould untierstand. If . together. And alary just lo('Sitt..,de,
The July; gueste denial: in duei‘
weee l'aitlifelay mei length:le. ge; again. Then lie ;seal, in a tiontwluit ' Stl'atinfi.Ms ill the 1'. 15 chi doing so. : "2' '''''n ."1"S'
during, the Great War, of course, Mr. _Allen had heard, hewever, he
ea le :era. .
' 4 D A . ug all gee figures -or the Bank's pre, made no comment. - '
',imitated tone: "Bless my sou:: Siege, In the sixtienth centurv tlx mer-
/tater in the eveaing„ as F. 3,1u r„ ma* a'atu• AA t a good as to step into' eherae of Lonaen teeed- te deposit ' tiw'
... t. mead et enee in the City and
and remetantly, Mary managee to
vi •i • 1'
:net private otfiee, young titan, Will their en:aline teeth tlie Mint or the .
• a:: g..!:.!.•.1 at tiiie eueer- •••
clean bailee for the eeeond time. and.-
„ I aprovided An hour later Edna laid the finished
▪ Watern .1‘ ay:
It was Fred's turn to iteeorne a 1t 1.0
Exaltegeer, Klee eannee IL, just prior
to hie flight tie the tt 012.1t1 111, laida thie.luttliont the British Isles.
. a ;tel. Itelalar4? Yet,. excited. Ile reeognized the ola' -
men . thievish halide, on title money, .and the
'guide:nen note as the great 31r. Ton- nierehante were ruined, evil. Englisl.za True Taie3 of Profiteers.
'Sot exaetly. Mr. Wen:meta' rollea bridge, who was net only converene.el
Iarsa. "It takee b•it itattine. these' with hina familiarly, but who had et.'"ert :credit was brought to a sarre state. • 1-
t:msta pate:gra pewee. But. I ve Just opened the door of an otnee so that he
f ” A lady, whose wealth was of ob-
;
13 juet wondering if she cen't get away
work on Mr. Alien's .desk, Edna was
to the lake for a week, when fresh let -
proud of her typewriting. She could
ten arrive. Brother Tom has his va-
hardly believe her eare therefore,
when Mr. Allen called her back and cation the first two weeks in Augigt,
and there is no place like Mary's te
pointed out a couple of errors, one in
spend it. Her blackberries are at thole
transcription and one in spelling,
itt best. He and the wife and baby will
I overheard out lecture to Miss
anisizei it tine kitchen table rve been might Pass through firet. Further,' later on approached by a Scottish vidn'atY‘
1.6 • • meat origin, marched into a , be up the flret of August. Tore is
plane dealer's shop awl asked to be Oleson," Mr. Allen remarked with a
making. Starele aS aS rorka alr. Tonbridge inilicated eomfortable bantar, William Patelson, and with
414 111 etett;ng on, "you sms!"
followed by a collate or two with their
shotim the most expeneive instrument Mile. "I infer that you were a trifle
armchair, and, with it nice, old-fash- its aid the Bank of Euglaud was ;
descendants, even to the third and
begged that Fred: tounded to accommodate the men. 1,. '
gra: .t. awl site b. , . 1, , d i "rm afraid I was," Edna acknowl- ,
wrotasht un "
(mirth generation, and it le really the
•aky," returned the old num a little, ionad taalrtesY, ; i in emelt. It wis a lovely roimwood
sare.astieally. "I ean see that. ..:a.t. that would be eeated there a moment. Then! 1,
eeaate and then to raiSe money for ' ougl,t it with wan middle of September and fair time, be
• d "But it's such a necaleas waste' - •
ote a ant is Rue of an empty house.
rate, '4 111 have a eoutae of chairs 'he V.0114 a bell, and, in hie eagerness' notes, says a. London eltate. • t 1 f , / •
aiel a eltthes-horse rea,ly te see walked to the door that led to the; ag, i et es an .
the Government to preeecute the war ' ns"w .rreaeury
TI . • of $6,000,- .
, neweamen A month later she re- 1 01 "inle•
me, Miss Walker. I appreciate it.I • g . e d g up s Out of
subeeribed in a few hears. the egwin end men in i
am/eller year or two. don't it ?" , N. •
akawiens " the old gentleman said ' la ;sate, with the rosewood of . the !
'
time.
worths or so, an..1 then you can start' general offiee, to meet thg clerk ather, tereeil in quest of a piano stool, and • ' '
Mr Allen notified Foow you rn between she is trying to can and
r suua
U00 asked tor from the public was ne t e and tend tile r
are very conscientious about youi ge. den. keeping
•
on year parlor stuff. Looks like tilde' ians'a:ered.hia can. wae ehown eeveral wheel would har-
"I'm afrait the parlor *tuff wall he, excite:11y, "isn't that eode book of, ThiS 170,S. L'era lent to the Govern. ; • a
11 But, did you evet stop to think that th° (111eStiOn•
yMti inea' Frei aaisa!ttea. eThergs Band.2r 0:: Co, sail in the main gale? ment at eight per met., eal thee wae She reJected thee°, and
is glad to see her frietuls. But 1 wort
Of (mune 'Mary loves company and
clared Vett she wanted a green one to to let a thing get on yeur nerves is
-ray C::', t! ale. 1 e;,...-! make., fee tile I'l- a.'e '0'1' a .
n 1 qv 1 it •• • lirgi '' it . ti I 1
., .„ , .,,a.,1 .1 •b . , the t lea i t the great moaned ate. e,e4 v. -
,,pi , .. e
N Itil th4. color seheme es! a worse kind of inefacieney than to
r, . ae-, ea I "shet's a eiee rhelil to a. 'ill. to me. 1 hepe „t aasn t been de- Loans with which we have bevonte .-,0 ' --'''''''' ' ' der if she just loves to have the whole
', misplace a pair of scissors? These
ine . he het fee that I want a lar sa'ortaa
1 • i
; familiar. , the reran.
out on the farm every
of eta., "5.J a elt er mithogany er 1 Ilaiwkane ;-.. eon returned with tne. eaaft us
• • the, Bank of England" it a - " ' ' " ' ' • •
' "teit -talent- atm the dealer, "the ! mistakes of yours, which it will re- farallY carnal
summer. I wonder if she 1 c
; '
teep. se - te thee e r.-- sreeehet experee emie heok in 18_.-1.4.1) 1, dusting it tia' ,, ,,, , • , , , • ,.. , ' colter oil the plane would :warmly quire twenty minutes to rectify, are • s „xi fond of
pia :ate wawa aas Jaen jusenea the direct result of your loss of poise. ' - . eb getting up
wort- that she really enjo -
meet these tette..., 1 he eagle. Mr. Tonbridge dismissed , • blend with the green room, would it?"
k . through all the 206 years' hietory of i ,
nteeregse„, at ateen, “vou've him with a word of thanks, and loo - 1 '01
That's something to think of. The
real loss is yours, not mine. Do you
see?"
A hot color swept Edna's face; but
site took the kindly reproof in the
right -spirit.
"Thank you, Mr. Allen," site said.
Candy Malting Without Cooking,
at daybrenk and "digging" until dark,
white a houseful of guests "shine" on
the verandah or in the lawn swing. I
wonder, too, if througb the fall, winter
and spring, she enjoys working every
minute so that father and the ehilaren
can have the best to eat and wear, and
leisure for reading and play. Don't
you think Mary would just love a little
division of labor, a little help with
Fred replica that in that ease he 'is that? Oh, yes, here it is—attain ors; but such was the trust in the A tale is also told of a certain iero- makes it a disagreeable task to work ing so that she -might have some of
would ask at orme, and all three then, I safe.' " -Bank's stability that many of its tus- fiteer who wee shelving a friend round over a stove, the ordinary kind of the spare time?
get up to look at the two -legged rent- He rang his bell twice, deliberatelY• touters, inetead of withdrawing their his newly -bunt aud beautiful -fitted candy making is not a pleasant oc-!
Mane ofa former splendor. It was "Oh, Barker," he said quietly, as a, accounts, paid in as much as poSSible. mansion. When they reached the cupation—the results seem hardly ; klinard's Liniment used by Physicians.
leing in a corner of the shop, and; yo•ana man,
of evidently higher rank; A second "run" came at the death of
beat -own the teamed w9q onppot,1ooworth while. The following recipes
Fred dragged it .it into the light and in the office than Havame, appealed, - . .
teueen Anne when Bank ctock led with admiration of the gorgermsly-
,
jo,e-fully pronour.ced it to be just tvhat in answer to his summons, "a veryi - - e '
from la6 to 116, and the crisis lasted furnished chamber. It was a vision
he wanted. The ti.ve undependable 1 etrange tiang has . happened. You
legs that were left to it re broke off rememberett a e have often wondered' for several days of marble, alabaster and gold. Every
A third "run" occurred when a sup- possible convenience was there, and ful of orange juice with the finely . tured forcefully against the evils of
with ea•se and liehtened the table -top 'What use there -coital have been feel ;
grated outside- yellow rind of one . alcohol. So Emma was perturbed
orange, being careful not to grate ; when cider appeared at the family,
into the white part, for that gives a i table. "Cider," she proclaimed
bitter taste. Stir in the unbeaten yolk', promptly, "is bad for us. Teacher
portable, and later on, after taking senger to take up the boards in front on the Throne. A camp was formed ; on the possession of such a lovely of one egg, and enough .confectioners' ; . •
says it contains 10 per coat alcohol "
t elide": leave of Jennie and assuring of the main safe with what tools he, in Hyde Park. The disnlay of armed hathamom.
e Yes, said that gentleme,n, "it is it sugar to make a paste that is stiff , Well said her father, 'how do you
enough to handle. Form it into baits '
her that the -wedding day was not far tan get in a Innejr. If rny conjecture' forcehad a good moral -effect, and th - e e e • account for the fact that old Mr,
off now, he shouldered the table -top is right, there will be another safe
of its ' trouble to the Bank soon ceased. lovely ' bath -room, all right. It is a about as large as a hazelnut, and in- : Franklin, who lived next door, lived
and eat mit far hie lodgings. - underneath, and thie is the key
The greatest ' run in the Bank of great pleasure to 'aye a bath in a place
, II • sert at one end of each a bit of grass to he
much more than take the framevrork insade the smaller safe. Please tell England's historyoeeurred at the time like this, You can guess •ow much e
It was too late chat night to do door. The other key opens a deed box
of the invasion of England by the look forward to Saturday nights!" or tiny flower stalk. Place the candy i 94 though he drank a great deal
.sIht ,e, \1 ovaoedkivle,adnrcblleadbd
away so that he could see how the the messenger to hurry." on waxed paper to dry.
i0ctafsuescliedefeelb.n?uete eefttte' her lotEe7dylatyl: an;st
• table -top would fit with measurements Barker said it would be only the young Pretender. When the news • Mock Lemons.—Use the grated rind
are for sweetmeats that can be made I Unhealthy When He Died.
without heating any of the materials. , Little Emma had begun to study
Mock Oranges.—Mix a tablespoon- physiology, and her teacher' had lee -
still further by taking out the two these in the qfiee," and he dangied,posed conspiracy to dethrone the Ring every article was of the best and most
drawees, one If which he noticed tura- two strangely -cut keys at Ins. finger's -a and send him back to Hanover was an- ; expensive that could be obtainecl.
omely, was lined with eine. What was end as he speke. "I think I have found, flounced. The Pretender was to be • When the visitor regained his
left of his prize he feu/el was readily th-e explanation. Please get the meet.: brought over frorn France and placed breath he congratulated the profiteer
he had- already prepared. He knocked work of a few moments, and darted reached Landoll that he was at Derby,
away the edging at the sidesand. back away. Mr. Tonbridge then turned to only 120 miles away, the City was
a the alab, and as he did so a piece Fred, who had been a little mystifted panie-strickeu. All having accounts
of paper fell out and fluttered to the by all that had been going ort, and at the Bank wished to draw their
floor. said:
111 your money out, and everybody wanted to
It looked like an old' letter, and had "Do you mind giving
evidently been caught between one of name?" cash the notes they held.
the drawers and the framework of the Fred gave it, and added that he was
table, and so had been overlooked by employed at tbe Old English bank just
all the preview owners of the 'reliceound, the -corner.
Ile picked the paper up and read it, "Ah," .salci Mr. Tonbridge, "then you,
but all he could gather was that the
writer of the document was a person
who wae -elearly not given to the
weakness of malting himself intelli-
gible to ordinary people. The note
ran:
"Memotrandum from Bander & Co.,
850 Lenhall Street, London, E.C. Mast
important, Publke seeurity, Raised
to ceiling. Over and shove, Big box.
Safety on epot. Twenty thousand.
Most irepertant, Refer code."
There was no date on the rnemor-
are a responsille reason, and I may
teal you just how the matter starrds.
When wetook over this •bueinees from
Hander's twenty years ago, paft.of
the aseets were twenty thousa,nd
pounds in bonds to bearer. Mr. Band-
er had them ready to hand over to us;
but, unfortunately, he died suddenly
before the transaction could b,e corn-
pleted, We did. not know of the exist-
ence of the private oaf 0, though he
had safeguarded us by leaving a de--
oegiption of at in oode,, which but for
andum and tke paper'having- been you would have been irretrievably
preserved :from duet amel light hy the loo. We had supposed that the bends
cenapleteriette of its concealment, it had been stolen; but, as the interest
was imposeiale to say whetlter the otamorts teed pavey been presented fee
atrange message had beei). wrat fleyment, we egme at last tq the 00,31 -
"el ago °17 00117 Y45tande-Y,nel-nalea at the banda had been hid-
patobed the paper op one aide, but&tit by a., ptypiclier on greater seeety,
a,fter h lied eempleted tha measetere- whet elepet- ho not been, fiepos:;.ted set
meats fqr lii pace eeted W4001 NO the bank, we ,eoula inite's tell, This Paper
the note up agaia 244 Lit 415 nse iftoiras Af$t elate to the
was eit9 Ong 11P for the gilt, you, heave 49(44 004 fitrugh to Pao
pocket; 7-1, re...118d the that Len- rentegy we have -boom able bo Obtain.
halt ,gtr4,4 was citrate by the bank at 4,41 her frain. us :clueing- the
labial 11±9 Wee aPalaloYed, and he *id a . 04 e/ , ,
eaza.,17 ,r,, retina to Bander & gds, i, a : wailted out tea the office iin a
plaog :, W ea4y his enrieseby as to as i In e .i1ii of natien and
hex-
wefajtetg..the aee was .. e
,,, ' k ' cels that Otig-
f tae. . 9
:,te ' :21
Ip!,) :41 _ alk. i ka 1441* ila
Taataiallavic
The directors managed to cheek the
great rush by an ingenious stratagemsoon enter the house
To epill toe, when pouring out is sup -
Persons in the employ ot the Bank
were given notes to present for pay-
leased to foretell hasty woads.
To knock over a cup of tea before
1:oep Minard's Liniment In the home.
Cup and Saucer.
To leave the lid of the teapot off in-
variably means that a stranger will
ment at the counter, and the cashiers
paid these in- sixpences, Those who
received the cash, after leaving the
aloe, rhturned by another door and
paid the money back, again, This
method of delay and hindrance of pay-
ment to the real customers saved the
Bank until the panic had eubsided.
Preyed•on by Criminals.
" Crimes against the Bank have been
many, and they have caused It great
NTD
l'oung women to take the NursEW
Training Course in the Ontario Ilospital
fOr the Insane, Toronto. Three' years
Iours() in general nursing secures a
raduate Nurse's Diploma from the
rffYInclaI Secretary's Departtnent of the
ataxic) Gfovernment,
'V,740s—Fir§t Yeari $5,0Q per month,
jt -d, uniform, and lapntering, Seoond
re.gr; $80.00 per month,. oard, uniform,
14 lic-erin.0'0.1WIci, iligh cps* IV 4ving bonitS.
ra
. 'Fear; $ 5.00 per month, Veer&
afjform,- laundering, and high cost of
living bonus.
write for particulars to the
494ica1 Zu. orinitendent
aaa ;taaateal g4reet eea t e Testoute
.- t . ,
any has been taken out of it Indicates
that a past worry has east its chadow
over the future, and will result in
small annoyances at no distant date.
Two spoons in one saucer means
that thereewill soon be a wedding in
the family,
Bubbles that rise to the top of the
tea indicate kisses or money. If round
the edge of the cup, kisses., If an the
centre, money, To ensure success they
should all be sipped up.
A tealeaf aoating On the top indi-
cates a stranger, If short, thick, and
hard, year yisitar will be a short man.
If long ancl thin, then a tall, thin per-
son may be expected,
. A lot of odd tealeavta floating E bout
on the top of the tea usually paeans
worries, If you ewe gather them all
up In a spoon the wqrries will be hat
slightmews,
T,o find you have got sweetened .tea,
When you prefer it without sugar is a
very lucky omen. To the unmarried
it means a lover and wedded blies; to
the married the best of luck and pros-
ptrity,
of lemon, and mix the sugar with the , very healthy when Ite died."
white of the egg. Add a trace of the 1 a' --1,-------•
yolk to give a faint yellow tint. Form' A camera has been invented which'
the paste into miniature lemons. - combines the features of an ordinary
Smothered Dates.—Stuff dates with! standard camera with those of a Vine -
nuts aud wrap them en the following . matograph camera. It also serves the
paste: two tablespoonfuls of softened 1 purpose of e kinematograph lantern
butter, two of powdered -cocoa, two of : for showing, the films on it screen. .•
water, and enough ' confectioners" - . ..
sugar to stiffen the mixture. The escapement wheel of a watch
Peanut Butter Whirla.—Mix .a tea- , makes 781,000 revolutions every
•spoonful of melted butter and a few ; twelve months, :
drops of vanilla with one pound of
confectioners' sugar, and add enough, i gm'agat
milk to bring tha mixture to the con-
sistency of stiff dough. Roll the paste
'into a sheet a quarter of an ineh thick, '
spread a thin layer of peanut butter
over it, and make it into a miniature
jelly reit about an inch in diameter.
Slice the brown and white roll neatly
into thin wheats or "whirls."
Tea and Coffee Balla—Steep either
tea or coffee in twice its volume of
water—for example, two tablespoon-
fuls of, either in four of water Drain
off the liquid and eta' in confectioners'
sugar to make a paste. Form it into
•
balls or cut it into squares. This eon-
feetion le refreshing, and stimulating
on tajourney or a long tramp.
Summer Yieltors,
'The world is clielded bito two ,
elassee—those who clo not like to work
and ,don't; and those who don't like
to work, but do overtime to take care
ea allele ewe Jobs end those of 'the
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