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The Exeter Times, 1923-5-3, Page 6nada from Coast to Coast John's, :Nfld.--The steamer Sa. na, the first or the Newfoundland 1n e ''•e cn i g fleet to .return from the rc. telde; arrived with 11,367 pelts. She had been absent just four weeks, The agona reported that she had made her catch 115 miles off Cape Rate, and that the other vessels of the fleet now are working there, The total kill of. thentire e fleet up to date is 73,500. Charlottetown, P.E.T,—Oil boring operations Barretl will be i out on Prince Edward Island this summer, according to an announcement by Hugh Mackay, an oil .prospector from. Oklahoma. Ile is of the opinion that the prospects in this province are good for deep oil, and. plans on bringing at least eight carloads •of boring equip- spent to. the Island to facilitate op- erations, Sydney, N.S.—The ,existence of a deposit of marl, or unerystalized lime- stone, at East Bay, Cape Breton, which because of its fertilizer value May greatly alter farming conditions hi Cape Breton, was announced here recently by Drr 11I. Cumming, princi- pal of the Provincial. Agricultural Col- lege. Tentative plans for development P P of the deposit °iaehide'either a central refining plant at Point Edward or two small' portable plants. St. John, N.B,—The cattle shipping business from the port of St. John has this year reached its maximum. since the winter of 1911-12. The total number- of cattle taken from the port to date has been 2,821, and .the number of sheep has been 200. The heaviest year's, shipments on record are for the winterseason of 1905-06, when a total of 33,075 head was shipped. Quebec, Que.—Greater interest is being taken by pulp and paper com- panies in Canada's reforestation prob lents,as evinced by the'fact that the Laurentide Company have about 20,- 000,090 0,-000,090 white spring seedlings and p g' g transplants in their nursery.; The Can- adian Forestry Association is also quite active in this -work, and a recent statement "issued by the Provincial G vernment''of Quebec ' P ,, Q is to the effect ,fleet' the•Berthier nursery is being. -in creased in order to take care of the demand for seedlings, etc. .= . Fort William, Ont. --Lake shipping went. is expecting a big year, for at the head of the Great Lakes there is a large „volume of grain, waiting to be released, Latest reports indicate that 42 new vessels will be added to the fleets 'operating on the lakes and can- als, The increase in the elevator ae commodation is an evidence' that the leaders in the grain trade believe that an even heavier movement of. grain in the future is. assured. Winnipeg, Man.—Machinery valued d at $40,000 has been bought by the Manitoba Woollen Mills, Limited, and on its installation manufacture .,will commence -immediately. The main products will be blankets; wool and mackinaws.. More than 300 Manitoba farmers are shareholders in the com- pany, among them many prominent sheep raisers, who all have sent their wool crops to the mill. Regina, Sask.--- Saskatchewan is second to British Columbia only for loci infant mortality rate, according to a statement made at the annual con- vention of the Saskatchewan Council of Women. In 1922 the daily average of births was 61 and for every 1,000 born 105 died under one year of age. In 1922 the Saskatchewan Government paid '$6,275 in maternity giants, the only government of, the American con- tinent assisting mothers in this way, it is claimed. Edmonton, Alta.—Although figures are not yet available for coal produc- tion in Nova Scotia, the greatly in- creased tonnage from Alberta last year puts this province in the lead as the heaviest coal producing province in the Dominion. More coal, was Mined in Alberta in 1922 than in the year, preceding by 38,549 tons. The figures for the year, which have been coin - piled by the provincial department of mines, were 5,975,744 tons,. as' com- pared with 5,937,195 tons in 1921. Victoria, B.C.—Plans to establish a new game reserve in British Colum- bia, to be known as the Bowron Game Refuge, have been approved bythe _ Game Conservation Board of the Do- minion Government. The preserve will'°form a refuge and breeding place for a greater variety of wild game than any in either Canada or the Un- ited States, according to the announce- Pleads for` White .B.C. John Nelson, a ITaacouver news- , paper owner, wiho.decl res t1?~3cr_ufesri^ Canada" takes sw tt Gian against Oriental impf oration to British' Col cambia, `,.” boundary between Canada 3/ aamee sia will not be the Pacific Ocean, �. iiut the Rocky Mountains. Less than 100 ears:ago'the-first'wliite.,man saw B.C., he says, and in less- than another 100 years the last white man wild look upon it unless°.something is done. One hundred and forty .thousand VEEN TEMPTED SFO St'E,ED 1( , THINK 0 THESE INDIAN s TRI ESMEN KIDNAP BRITISH GIRL Story of Suffering Endured by Youthful Daughter of Cons A despatch from Simla, British India, says :-The story of the suffer- ings of Molly Ellis, youthful daughter of the British commander of Kohat, while in the hands of Afridi-Tribes- men, after she had seen them kill her mother in the early morning of April 114, is told in dispatches from Pesh- awar, where she is resting under the care of her father and Mrs. Starr, the woman physician who played a large part in her rescue. After their murderous raid the kid- nappers fled to the hills above Kohat,,, WATERS RECEDING IN half driving, half carrying their cap- CENTRAL MANTT•D1A p ly Market Report TORONTO. Manitoba wheat—No. hat --No. 1 $1.33. Manitoba oats—Nominal, Manitoba ;barley—Norn,inal. All the above, track, bay ports. Am. -corn—No. 3 yellow, $1,011/2; to 70 lbs., $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs,, $18; No. 2, $1.001/2. x'90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight rolls, Barley—Malting, 59 to 61c accord- in barrels $35.50; heavyweight rolls, in • o fr•ei t outside ' • $32.50. t h g g c' Lard—Pure 1tirces, 16 to 1/a , tubs, 163 to 17c; pails, 17 to 17Y2c; i prints, 18%c. Shortening; tierces,' 14% to 15140; pails, 15% to 16i/4c; prints, 17% to 1814c. Heavy beef steers, $7.50 to $8; butcher steers, choice, $6,75 to $7,25 • do, good, $6 to $6.50.; ' do, rued,, $5.50 to $6; do, com„ $5 to $5.25; butcher heifers, choice, $6.50 to $7; do, vied., $6 to $6,50; do, coin., $4.50 to $5; butcher cows, choice, $4.50 to $5.50.1 do, med,, $3.50 to $4.50; canners` and cutters, $1.50 to $2; butcher bulls, ood,. $4 to "$5; do, com., $3 to $4; Northern, 27c; cooked hams, 36 to 40c; smoked rolls, 26 to 2$e; cottage rolls, 28 to 30c; breakfast bacon,,30 to 33c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 35 to 38e; backs, boneless, 34 to 40c. Cured meats—Long clear bacon; 50 Buckwheat—No. 2, 76 to 78c. Rye—No. 2, $1.45 to $1.50. Millfe d—D e el., 1VIortreai freights, bags included: d. B •a i z<z, per ton, $29; shorts, per ton, $31; middlings, $36; good feed flour, $2.15 to $2.25. Ontario wheat --No. 2 white, nom- inal. u Ontario No. 2 white oats -50 to 52c. Ontario corn—Nominal. Ontario flour—Ninety per cent. pat., in jute. ;bags, Montreal, prompt ship- ment, $5,10 to $5,20;; - Toronto basis, $5.05 to $5.15; ' bulk : seaboard, $4.95 to $5, Manitoba flour -1st pats., in cotton feeding steers, good, $6 to $6.50; do, sacks, $7,10 per barrel; 2nd pats:; fair, ;$5,50 to $'6; stockers; good, $5 $6,60. . to $5.50; do, fair, `$4 to $5; 'calves, Hay—Extra No. 2, per ton, track, choice, $9 to -$10; do, med., $7 to $8.50; do, corn., -•$4 to $6.50; milch cows» choice,, $70 ,to $90; ,springers, choice, $80 to $100; lambs, choice, $14 -to $16; I do,• spr'ing, $9 to $13 • sheep, choice Toronto, $14; mixed, $11; clover, $8, Straw—Car'lots, per, tong track, To- ronto, $9. Cheese—New, lame, 22c twins, 28c; triplets, 24c; Stiltons,-25c. .Old, large, 31 to 320; twins, 33 to 34c; Ste - tons, 35c. Butter—Finest creamery prints, 39 $8 to $9; do, culls, $4 to $5`4ogs, fe and watered, $11.15 to $11.25;• do,' f.o.b.; $10,40 to $10.50; do, country points, $10.50 to $10.25. to 40c; dairy, 26 to 27c; cooking,. 24c. Hog quotations are , based on the Eggs—New-lalds, loose; .33c; new price of thick, smooth hogs, sold on a laids, in cartons, 37c. graded basis; or selects, sold on a flat were attacking it, whereupon Shaha- zada seized Mrs. Starr and hustled her, from the room, threatening both her and -Miss Ellis. • The Mullah became. enraged at:this insult to the -sacred, rights of hospitality under his roof' and publicly cursed Shahazada and his fellows. Iii this dramatic fashion the balance tilted to the side of the rescuers and the surrender of the captive wase' speedily arranged. The tribesmen's demands for a ransom and pardon were abandoned, and on Tuesday of this week Kuli Khan and the other rescuers started with the girl on the journey to Peshawar, where there was a joyful reunion'between Molly: and her father: tive up the steep, rocky paths. BIG INCREASE IN CANADA'S TRADE Agricultural Products Take First Rank Among Domestic Exports. A" despatch from Ottawa says:— Dufing the fiscal year ended March 31, Canada's . total • trade increased nearly 'a quarter of a billion dollars. Total trade' during; the year *as $1,- 748,530,880, an increase over the pre-1: vious year of .$246,840,887. Export trade developed to the greater extent. For the' 12 months exports,of Can- adian merchandise'. were $932,229,443, or $191,988,763 over the ` previous year; imports were $802,457,043, , an increase of $54,694,059. Foreign mer- chandise was exported to the value of $13,844,394. Among Canada's.domesj-ig,, ports; a feeeeee e leh lets, with a value of e383,425,251, ranked first. Next came wood, wood products and paper, val-' ued at '$228,756,20.5, Canadian exports during March in- creased to $78,566,675 from $58,646,- 312' in February. Exports in March of 1922,totalled $60,847,484. Dutiable imports into Canada during March totalled $61,619,994, and free_ imports were $30,250,433, a` total of $91,870,- Throughout 91,870, 427,' compared with $65,307,696 int February, and $72,378,726 in March r.lanadian boys have been organized last year. by the Canadian Forestry Association The opening of a new colonization P g having arrived after adventures which,:, Into a Young Canadians Forest Lea- gue and will be on the alert this year to prevent forest fires in all parts of the Iioienbion, ` Badges and detailed instructions are being supplied and the entire 'body will act as an aux- iliary force to the Ere rangers when occasion offers. That Canada was gradually becom ing more'`and' more of an industrial country, and, that' Canadians 'them selves were not truly aware of the fact, was the opinion expressed before. the Rotary Club at Winnipeg peg by Prof. R. C. Wallace, of the University -of Manitoba, Het stated during the past 25 years the population' of Can- ada had increased d Sp per cent., the. railway mileage 120 per cent., while the industrial life e country in ,' - creased `700per cent. Throughout the following day she could see the searchers passing in automobiles below her. Her only pro- tection from the severe cold of - the hills was a coat belonging to a brutal Afridi named Shahazada, the man who : killed her mother. The next four days were a night- mare of alternate rave me and hid- ing, with the girl in an ever growing state of exhaustion from her physical efforts and apparently hopeless out- look.Her feet were• lacerated from tramping over the' stoney tracks;'''and once, in the course of the terrible jour- ney, she fell,, fainting, at the- top of a snow-covered mountain pass, upon which Shahazada lost patience" and drew his dagger to kill her, being re- strained only by his companions. After six days: of traveling they reached her captors' home iir-th "1frah country.;Meanwhile, •a search by ,friendly tribesmen was in progress under the direction of Kuli Khan, .a native official, who on the twentieth reached Kanki Bazaar, the home of a famous and influential. Mullah, or Mohammedan religious leader, named Mahmud Akhundzeda; where, after much pressure, he ascertained that the Flood Conditions on Wane as Result of " Removal of Ice . ani by Government. A despatch from Winnipeg says:— Flood ays:— Flood. conditions in central and south- ern Manitoba, which caused great havoc during the past week, inundat- ing thousands of acres of farm lands, disrupting transportation, forced fam- i ilies from their homes, isolated others I from towns and turned low lands in many sections of . the province:into huge lakes, are now on the 'wane and the situation generally is much im- proved. Along the-AssiniboineRiver, where extensive damage has resulted, the floods at Brandon, Portage" La Prairie and territory: to,the`east, the removal of ice. janis by Government engzneeeing' corps has.relieved the situation considerably and with the river comparatively free •of ice, . the , water' is reeding. Many thousands of acres of land in. the Popular Point District, about- forty miles west of this' city, are still under water, . but with the river now free of ice, the water is expected to flow;back from ` the flooded areas rapidly. • - captive was held in a mountain fort- I ress eight miles away. _ eCuli Khan managed to have conveyed to the girl a parcel of comforts and a letter of encouragement, and in return learned f that she was being reasonably treated by the women of the tribesmen. Mrs. Starr at this time was near Kanki Bazaar, under a native escort, land office in the Abitibi region has been announced by. the Quebec Gov- ernment. This office will be located at Senneterre, which is in the eastern section of the . Abitibi and the object i ct is to allow settlers to establish them- selves on the "rich soil near the Bell River. -:• One :,u dr h n ed ail and paper p p per. mills are now .in ; operation in Canada, of which number 40 are pulp mills, 33 paper mills, and 27 pulp andP a er P 'mills. Seventeen are newsprint plants. Theresent progress p ogress of the industry i output indicates an n o of.1,600, 000 tons of newsprint in 1924. This will mean the utilization ` of over 2,250,000 cords of pulpwood ood for a single year's news- print earsnews- pTint' paper output ut in the Dominion. seemed to threaten her mission with failure, and the Mullah, apparently fearing trouble, sent a letter to her party ordering them to turn back w , This letter as ignored, and the party reached IK.anki, Shortly afterward Kuli Khan in- duced the Mullah to bring about the transfer of the captive girl to the Mullah', house, where she was eventu- ally taken, being°carried over the shoulder of one of the tribesmen. The meeting between • the girl and Mrs,: Starr was a joyful one, but the danger was not ended, for while they talked the abductors stood around menacing- ly, insisting that Molly was still their captive. Presently the captors learned that a party of Afridi friendly to the e Brit- ish had arrived at their village and • Ismet- Pasha=-' Turkey' ' re Turkey's presentative at the new Laiisanrie conference, 'who continues to make impudent deinaiids of the al. :lied powers. He is Denial's Foreign, Minister, ` Live poultry—Chickens, milk -fed, rate.: Bacon selects, sold on the graded overs lbs., 25c; do, 4 -to 5 lbs., 22c; basis, bring a premium of 10 per cent.. do, e2 to 4 lbs:, 20c;: hens, over 5 lbs., MONTREAL. 26c do 3 to 4 Corn Am. 28c; do, 4 to.5 lbs.,No.2 yellow, $L02 to lbs., 22c; roosters, 17c; ducklings, $1.08. Oats, Can. West., No. 2, 68 to over 5 lbs., 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs,, 28c; 69c; No. 3,'63' to 64e; extra No. 1 feed, turkeys, young, 10 lbs. aiid up, 80c. G11/ac to 62c; No. 2 local white, 601e3 Dressed poultry—Chickens, milk- to 61c.' Flour, Man. spring wheat fed, over. 5 lbs., 35c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., pats., 1sts, $7.30; 2nds, $6.80; strong 30c; do,3 to 4 lbs., 25c; hens, over 5 bakers',' $6.60. Winter pats., choice, lbs., 30 • do,4 to 5 lbs.,28c; do, 3 to $5.80 to $5.90. Rolled oats, bag 90 , , 4 lbs.,24c ; roosters ° 24c;ducklings, s lbs. $3.10 to. $3.20, Bran, $28. Shorts, ,.,g , , a No. 2 per over 5 lbs., 30c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 29c; $30.. Middlings, $3a`. Hay, , turkeys, young, 10 lbs. and.up, 40c. ton, car lots, $13 to $14. Beans—Can., hand-picked, lb., 7c; Cheese; finest easterns, 16 to 161/2c. primes, 61-hc. Butter, choicest creamery, 3132 to 32c. Maple products—Syrup, per imp. ° Eggs, selected, 34c. Potatoes, per bag, gal., $2.50; per 5 -gal.. tin, $2.40 per"car lots, $1.20 to $1.25. ' t and med. quality,$3.25 Sincerity gal. Maple sugar,' 11., 23 to 25c. Bulls; coni. •tn e ezity is one.. of the ancient P, Honey -60 -lb, tins, 101/2 to 11c per'.to $4; cows, com., $3 to $3.75; veal homer virtues fundamental t Y� .,,Y o civil lb.; 3 -21/z -ib. tins, 11 to 121,ic per ib.; calves, fairly' good, $8; do, Hied,, $5" nation esse tial t n o the' maintenance Natural ;Resources Bulletin The Natural Resources Intel. ligence Service of the Depart- ment of the Interior, . Ottawa, says:— The study of the natural re- sources of Ontario is a fascinat- ing one. From one season to another the situation changes. g natural resources New are be. ing discovered, new .mines . are opening upunforeseen p g wealth.,.. , and new conditions of develop- ment are making use of previ- ously valueless resources. The. story of the province's precious metals, gold'and silver, reads almost like a fairy tale."In' 1901 Ontario's gold production was but 11,844 ounces, of a value of $244,837. In 1922 the output was 1,000,199 ounces, valued at $20,674,109. In'1901 Ontario's silver output 'was 151,400 ounces,; valued; at $89,- 250, whereas, ° in 1922 this out- put had increased to 9,167,846 ounces, valued at $6,491,971. The total. value of gold pro- duction in Ontario -to the end of 1922 was $108,300,000, and of silver $220,800,000. This has been produced almost 'exclusive- ly from a portion of Northern Ontario heretofore regarded as valuable only for its timber. There are' many thousands of square : miles of similar coun- try not yet explored. Sincerity. A customary form of`leave-taking Y in correspondence is the_ phrase "Sin eerely yours." How often does it rhean: anything? Usually it is as insignifi- cant as the_ word "Dear" which cor- respondents use at the start of their letters even -when they are antagon- istic. ntagon is ic. Ontario comb honey, per doz., No. 1, $4.50 to $5; No. 2, $3.75 to $4.25. Potatoes, Ontarios—No. 1, $1.05 to $1.10; No. 2', $1 to $1.05. Smoked meats—Hams, med., 25 ;to and $5:35; do, com., $4 up; spring lambs, $6 to $10 each, depending ,upon weight and fleshing; hogs, good, -$12; do, mixed, including a few heavies, $11.50 to $11.75; sows, $8,50 to $9. Insulin and Diabetes. The value of a new medical discov- ery is best ratedin the sufferings it relieves and the lives it saves. Its value, at its utmostdevelopment, may be largely potential—as in insulin, the pancreatic extract used for the relief of diabetes. The disease, though widely preva lent, is obscure in its oriel : andin- volves a series of chemical maladjust- ments in the body -too conmplicated, to be described. Its "effects are familiar enough and painful enough. Who has not known some sufferer tortured with thirst that• cannot be slaked and hun- ger that cannot be satisfied save at peril to his very life, wasting away almost as you watch and dying at last, after Spartan months or years of rig- orous dieting, from sheerstarvation, or in the dreaded diabetic coma? The diabetic cannot assimilate sugar and literally is poisoned by sweetness: Insulin, made from the pancreas of a sheep, enables the sufferer to burn up within his own body the sugar pro- duced from the food he eats. The suc- cess of the treatment is a strong argu- ment in favor of the 'medical theory that it:is'a disorder of the: human pan- creas that causes the disease. Dr. F. C. Baiting, of the University of Toronto, the laboratory worker who evolved insulin, predicts a steady in crease in the effectiveness of the treat -1 ment as the biological product is; brought to perfection. With the pro -1 per caution of a conscientious -investi- ,gator,' he does not say that it will cure thedisease. :It hasbeen demon trated s. s , however, that it will prolong life, per -I haps • indefinitely, and some cases,. treated at Toronto have been dis-1 charged as cured. The theory of final cure through the, use of insulin is that it relieves the struggling pancreas of its work and gives it a chance to regain itsproper functions through rest:' The organs' of the body, unless terribly damaged by accident or disease, have a remarkable power of recovery. It is this power that cures or ameliorates most grave internal- disorders. The • argument should hold good for -the pancreas. Unquestionably insulin is a dis- covery b,.. covery °for which the race may be thankful. It makes the future bright- er for thousands of sufferers and at of society on a plane 'above the cut- throat, high-handed, hard-hearted basis of utter -selfishness. Unless -na- tions and- individtials are, eincenee with each other, they will get nowhere in least offers "a reasonable hope for the their mutual dealing. Each :wi l' be compledisease. te cure of .a baffling and fatal suspecting the other ,of rds stereeee_ ca den aim—of keeping cards up the sleeve—of spying and prowling for advantages. If you are sincere with me, I may believe what I read in your face.; I may be • sure that you are what you seem. ' I shall know that you will tell rine the truth, though it be to your own hurt In every- act as in ever y word I shall find you genuine, The ;power of statesmanship,es . ' Gladstone illustrated it or a,Lord Rob- ert Cecil exemplifies' it in our imme- diate day, is the power of sincerity; the blight of politics, as it has been,- too often shown, is the curse of sly and evasive dealings, of'eroundabout trickery, of anything and everything but candor. No solid work for public good:. or private benefit can go forward with the minds of liars directing it and their hands on its steering -gear. We must, whatever the enterprise, have leaders we can trust. Those who fool us for their selfish endswill sooner or later be set down where the belong; g, those who stroveenerousl with g Y, hno mercenary bias in their- zeal, will be known in time, and remembered affec- tionately by the race they served. It may have discouraged the honest to see how the dishonest were prosper- ing; ros er- p ing; but at the end the cheaters came to grief and men, saw them precisely what they were, and affixed t66 them their value and their definition. As the lines are written there comes to the writer a -printed eulogy of a public servant in which it is said that he was a "sincere advocate of all means of providing , for good ,govern.. ment." What -was meant by the word "sincere"? Undoubtedly the intention was to say that this man had no 'u1- terior_motivein his " effort to secure an able, clean and honest political ad- ministration. He sought no profit for himself. • He did not• say one thing and mean another; he -kept his prom- ises; he was true. It is im- portantto:be sincere first of all with ourselves; net to deceive our- selves as to the sort •of folk we are and the real reasons for what we do. Those who cheat themselves are ready to cheat anybody else, and to keep faith with the ' inner, light and the monitor conscience is to make a right beginning . in our dealing with our fellow --men.' If you want togive anyone a bit of advice, manage first to make hire want it. Hon. Dr.,Beland He has introduced' a bill into the Commons with ,the object of wiping out tine drug traffic in Canada. The bill . was -rejected. last year by the Senate, but is now. re -introduced. One clause provides thatpersonsconvicted of dealing in drugs will not have the right of appeal. 6 The Piece Wanted. A confectioner, Who -catered to the little folks of the neighborhood, once arranged his shop window -with great care in preparation for a local fes- •tivity. The crowning attraction of the whole was a large obLdcolate,tiger with most ,realistic green eyes, made of glass marbles, ;which had cost the de- signer• twenty cents apiece. In the tiger's Mouth was a card bearing the inscription: "Nothing yin this -window over five cents a quarter pound." A crowd of youngsters quickly .as- sembled on the sidewalk, and present- ly, after nruoh shelling over of the twotheminvaded = placard, of athe shop and deposited a. nickel. upon the counter. Say, mister, 'began one of the boys, earnestly,glnlleaquarter o' a. pound o' tiger•—the piece with the eyes in," NO1l Do ' 1oU Ul\<.>v 'YOUR .NEW NI*i.GIABOR:: MRS: teLilly MC>z.s:DUMi3UNNe' 114 RA3EIT$OR0 ANSHE`itACAINGN'T 13UT TuATU�N'U•fieSlcOUT. , AN' •BOOKS AN'' FIC"RURRE5- NO`e A WORD OF C0551P'- OR. ANY TtA11N6 A BUD'`I OeULt The world's record for speed among passenger vessels is held by the White Star Jiner Olympic. On a recent pas- sage from New :York to Cherburgh she maintained for ',Several hours a speed of -27,81 knots. The best pre- vious' performance was 27.5 knots, logged bythe'Mauratania, There is a trembndous difference between playing the life game indif- ferently, and playing it for all it is worth. There is a tremendous dif- ference bet -ween going to work anal tackling your job, a great ""difference between being set up inbrsirzess by your .rich father and setting yourself up. There is a great difference be.' tvt'een walling with your father's erutcbos, and welldng alone.