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tinuinb agony, they were .indee(1 ill, you has ppy richt; to expect; And
Lilies's cube. a ward oat a' the head 0' ye, pclrvertin'
The tr'unpthought a while and then the minds a" my innocent bairns and
continued,',yyou want to be a .farm bringing disgrace on your moister,
boy all toter; life?" l that limy he an older o' the parish lei.
Kit explained that (Met of all he twa-three year, gin he keeps in wi'
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Was not +on his the minister ntutor!"
w>t� ot, going to be a burden +. 1l d the f tot
grandparents, and went on to trek Trow Kit did at; he was hidden, and sat
he had run away from home that he humbly down on a low settle by the
might be able to repay some of • the door; a place where he was little likely
ananey they had spent on him. Ito be disturbed by Johnnie or any
"Would you like to learn Latin?" other, for there the winter's bleat
said the trump, tie the enowflaites be-,' freely down the back of his
gan to ewirl in their faces, and the neck round the open door which sop
patient beast, hitherto jogging quietly .aratvd, the inner from the outer kit,
hh (To be continued.)
etween the shafts, towed herlorelock ciom
to clear the white drift from before(
her eyes.
"Aye, I wad that," cried Kit, eager -
"but who is to learn me? The
moister here canna, and besides, the
mistress wadna let me gang to the
allele if he could." •
'
"1 will teach you;" said the "Urn,
Man" calmly,
"Yon!". cried Kit, astonished, "1
didna ken that ye could read even.,
Are ye a learned man, then?"
The ex -tramp laughed a curious
little laugh,
"You are thinking that it has not
done much for me," he said.,
"Oh, no," said Kit, politely, "I was
thinkin' that my maister said yo were
a guid worker, and he thocht Cairn -
1 harrow would be wise to keep ye!"
CHAPTER XXXI, peasant—a saying a thing without.• it was long since the tramp bad
saying it, as it were. !beard any man, still ono like John Mac
Kers CiAyH1CAL TUTOR,Guid-een to you, laddie," said the;Walter,•praise his worth and faithful.
Oncefairly sett:ed Kit carried out I smith, big Andre Iiutcbeon, the most: r,css, The. boy's words marked a dis-
his father know of thof es situationhge had mighty son of Tubal in all erie. ay,'stirct step •in his upward way. He
ye come free Loch Spelhrnderie, How'
found, and his Uncle Rob was des- do ye draw wi' the mistress? Fine,! was glad now that he had driven
theehed to young forester llort. ayedhis
thereturn,
fears, say?' Weel, . maim n an easily I straight"n ,,said John Smie Crose th, "put that
y contented laddie. Ye dtnna want to
of Kit's mother and the Eider. , be 'prenticed to a fine smith business, sack round your shoulders. This way!
"He'll hae his ain battles to fecht, do ye? This Toon a' mine is aye Now come nearer me." He put his
and. his troubles will not be to seek, grumblin'. He should hae a tack o'I arm about the boy, and, after a mo -
But the man is an honest man, though Mistress Mac Walter. But she's a fine ment of awkwardness, Kit felt
the woman is an' ill -tongued tairger, ' woman, too—eeriest They tell me' strangely at case. He wished the road
But I wad let hire bide a while. The that she pared the neba o' her decks, to Loch Spellanderie ht d been thrice
boy wasna learnin' muckle at the (her ducks' bills) to a point so that;
schute onyway!" they wadna east so muckle meat. It i as long and diffiruit.
These tidings were duly conveyed was a peety that they a' dee'd before. "You must say nothing of this to
to Kirkoswald, and in herr heart Lilies she got time to see hoo the plan wad; any one," said the "Orra Man," in a
aejoiced that her boy was at a dis- work." i voice which Kit could hear clearly
tance from the district, and, as she The Cairnharrow cart stopped at above the sough and rash of the storm,
hoped, beyond the reach of Chris- the door, and the late tramp, now a "I have wasted my own chances. But
topher Kennedy, very different figure from the one of, if you are the lad I take you for, J
Had she known how at that moment the Donal quarry, looked gravely in. am going to see that you don't waste.
Kit was lying prone on his face on a "Is that pleuch dune yet?" he cried yours. I will teachou Latin and
pile of eornbags in the barn of Cairn -!in the local speech, for he had an ear' Greek." Y 1
harrow listening to the tramp as, in; for languages, and tr new tang of 1 "I ken 'Nana, a pen," already," said;
a rapid, clean-cut voice, he ran over dustic speech carne as aptly upon his '
certain unknown words, Lilies Mac, tongue as if it had been Greek dialect! Kit, whose ears had been sharp while
Waiter might not have been so easy: in the days when young Chris Ken-! lruncan Duncanson took his one
in her mind. i Hedy of Sandhaven wor. college medals 1 Latin boy' through a revisal of the
It had happened in this wise. i by the handful.
1 declensions.
Heather Jock's hint had borne im "Come awe', man!" cried the smith,! The "'Orr,, Man" laughed a little. i
mediate fruit. John Rogerson more. who was fur the moment seated on his ! "That is always a beginning," said
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"Cairnharrow" after the name of his' Cairnharrow. The joiner there wast "But I hae nae bu'ks," said Intl
farm, had got a "spelk of wood irrto`joist sayin' what an extraordinary mournfully, "and I'll hae juist tc come
his hand," which in the busy season fine woman he considered your neigh-' to yen when Mistress Mac Walter will]
put him at a sore disadvantage. The .bor, Mistress Mac Walter, ower by at!'ee me."'
tramp was not strong and had had , Loch
Spellanderie." t , {
Little experience of farm work, but, "We are a' weel up oor road, except! `' won't need books for a white,(
he was both cheap and willing, and at the moister," said the "Orra Man, arid I'll speak to your master when 11
least well worth a trial So his sis- eautiously; ""is the pleuch dune,'se him;" answered the "Orr,, Plan.";
ter said, and so also, after due demur,. smith?" i' "When will you begin?"
Cairnharrow himself allowed."
°'What's your hurry? Stop and e4 's; If ye please, 1'11 begin the neo,"1
In this fashion did John Smith be- your crack," returned Hutcheon, who
come odd, or more technically "orra,"!took it almost as a personal affront
man about the farmhouse of Cairn- that any one should leave his smiddy
harrow, a larger and better holding{' under an hour.
than that of Loch Spellanderie. i "I cannabide the nicht," said the
Throughout the winter that excel-, Cairnharrow man, -recognizing the
lent optimist, Kit Kennedy, dreed his, obligation and excusing himself. "I
weird with Mistress Mac Walter, andhae to be home to fodder the beasts
the work—indeed all work—came eas-i and supper the horse. The maister is
ily to him. His mistress, it is true, laid up wi' an awfa' sair hand!"
had early stopped him from attending: "D'ye tell me sae?" cried the smith.
the village school, nominally because „I missed him oot o' the kirk—ono that
he was a hired boy and could not be'that's oeht to gang by. But I haena
spared, but chiefly because his quick- seen hum at the Cross Keys for a hale
ness put to shame Sam Taft and Tatie fortnicht, and the like hasna happen -
Rob, the younger children of his mas-ted for thirty
ter, ;3o, nothing (oath, Kit Kennedy; , t nlyedn'1 Ye are no a
drinker, I m thinkin .
abode at home. � The smith turned to the "Orra
It was not long, however, before he, Man" as he spoke.
met the new odd man of Cairnharrow., eNo," he answered, quietly, "I do
It was at the smiddy in the village not drink."
of Saint John, and the Cairnharrow! Something in the accent or the
man was driving a cart in which he : En lishy pronunciation of the words
was to take hack a plough that had' attracted the attention of the entire
been repaired. Kit hid come in with;
:arliameaeced at his
a coulter which needed sharpening. ;nteighbor,though not. Eacht man anlsaid a word..
Now the "smiddy" of all Scottish i In that eye -passage the whole smiddy
villager, is at once local parliament, compared notes, and were of opinion
and club -house. To its privileges mem-1 that, if the new Cairnharrow man
bers are dulyelected. They are also, liked to speak, they would listen to a
frequently black -balled. They may; tale worth hearing.
even be expelled. Each man has his; But it was not to be that night. For(
place and privileges clearly defined.lthe messenger persisting, and the
The miller may no more sit in the, horse outsideowin restless, the
joiner's place than Gavin Strang thea plough was lifted bodily into the cart,;
Wright may usurp the broken anvil,and the "Orra Man" made haste to!
by the hearth, which is the perquisiteIset out. Suddenly he seemed to rem -1
of the smith himself in his infrequent ember the boy from Loch Spellanderie..
spells of leisure. "Will ye be long, laddie?" ba asked,:
Every one's character is discussed, looking back through the red comfort -i
their prospects, temper, habits—if able door of the forge.
they lie abed in the morning, if they) "Peter will hae the coulter dune int
are over -promiscuous in their mac- a minute," said the smith, and for',
turnal roamfngs, if they look several Ionce Peter proved as good as his mas
times ata penny before parting with'ter's word. He had the coulter finish -
it. All these peculiarities are refer -
i ed,and Kit found himself seated in!
red to in the dry allusive way char -t thred farm cart beside the tramp,t
acteristic of the humor of the Scottish I both horse and cart clacking slowly,
, said Kit, nestling closer to this won -1
derful "Orra Man" who knew Greek
i and Latin and was willing to impart
jthem.
So there amid the swirl and roar.
I of the winter snow -storm Kit had his!
first Iesson in the language, a knowl-
edge of which is universally believed
, in Scotland to unlock the doors of
success in every profession. The min -1
utes sped all too rapidly, but he knew
"Penna" completely in all its cases by l
the time the mare stopped at the;
!loaning end of Loch Spellanderie, end
Kit got down most unwillingly, but!
twith a strange upleaping elation ati
his heart.
I "Guid-nicht;" he cried up to the!
1 white -swathed figs re of the ""Orra'
? Man" which came between him and
the black sky, "till the morn', nicht!
at the Black Sheds!"
"Good-night—think well over whatll
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I It was no longer the voice of the'
1 "Orra Man" of Cairnharrow which'
answered Kit from the red cart, but!
the voice of Christopher Kennedy, M,i
A., formerly classical master in the:
Academy of Cairn Edward, now for'
the first time in hie life acting as,
private tutor.
"PENNA. A PEN."
"Shake yoursel'weel, na, an' knock:
your great damperin' feet on the
door -step," cried the voice of Mistress!
Mac Walter, as Kit laid his fingers on
the latch of the kitchen door. "Whaur•i
hae ye been a' this time? D'ye think!I
that I pay you good wilier and feed ye
I
up ,vi' the best of meat for you to
gallivant aboot the countryside?"
"Parana, a pen; Pelmet', of a pen.";
Kit murmured what he had learned;
n the cart like a kind of conjuration;
o ward off evil.
"What's that ye erre s tyin'-- mut-1
erin' ower til words to your -e:', Yee
ken what ye were thinking on to let,,
siccan an ill -tongued match into your;
hoose, corruptin your innocent weans,
and bu ' '
a smyour
married wife to her;,
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vena fusel
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Kit went quietly to a sent at the
end of the table, having deposited the B
coulter in the outer dark of the back -
kitchen, a place filled with a dismal 0
debris of pots and pans, dish-elothd, 1
broken paraffin 1 rnp ;, od boots, new
blacking, iron gird es and wash -tubs, N
"Colne cot 0' that!" cried the shrill
voice of
his mistress stir s
a soon o as he
had ( seated himself , •
net! the lamp, em-
phasizing hasizi
n -the order del i
b with
a ruff on
the ear which made the water stand
in Kit's ea; "there thtti
where 5 Johnnie,
puir lad,nd dein' his 1 en , as brawly
ye leen Ya wad lilt him to sit do"n
among i' the wit entity ye hae brocht
trailin' in wi' s, , awl get his death
0' mold. That's whet. wad pleasure
the like o'•you!"
sup the road under the frosty stars
!of a winter's night.
Kit, in high spirits at the unexpect
ed "lift" and the pleasant conscious-;
'ness that it was yet a Nig way to Loch
Spellanderie, chattered incessantly of:,
himself, of his grandfather, of his
grandmother, of Betty I andsborongh,
and somewhat more r•.oiervedly of Mis-
tress Mac Walter and the household; warrant. John Mnc Walter, 1 dinna
at the farm by the lochside.
The elder of the nair was a Iittle
uneasy till he reached the bright
'lights
of the Cross Keys. s. The tramp,
drew up half unconsciously. Then he,
aid the reins on the neck of the,
horse, took them up again, and drove'
resolutely past. Kit and he could hear,
the murmur of many voices within,t
and the public rooms were bursting;
with lights. But the ex -tramp drove;
steadily on.
Then quite abruptly he addressed(
his first a stinn
t
•0 to t.ne. boy.
4 Y
"Ts your father dead0.
n
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Kit stammered and in the
Erie rll
n
Y
dark blushed also. This was a differ-;
ant thing to Mistress Mac Walter's'
! voluble reproaches.
"My grandfather tolled me that he'
was dead!" he said at Inst.
' And your mother- is she dead,,
a, continuedthetramp, in the pur-,
;tut of his purpose ignoring any pain
h • night be causing.
My mither is not dead," murmured
Kit; "she is married!" But he said it.
i.ari,y, as if the two things were much
`the same. As, save for a soul's
SEALED
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)Parte it around
after every meal:
Give the family
tlhefit
l�el►e of its
Wei to di
estion:
Q:IF.^ulgS teeth too.
Beep it always
,Itt the house. 881
"Costs tittle -helps much"
ISSUE No, 27—'25.
CHAPTER XX'XII
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Canadian Aerial Survey at
of what is to come.
If man makes half a dozen digs on
the slrlking part be has little system
t to his make-up.
If he striites several times in quick
i succession without giving the .match
a' chance to light he is not sure of him-
, self or anything else. As a workman
• Ile would waste time and material.
1f a man's own match box is 'torn
and almost useless you may employ
him to drive slave,, or mules but he
will ruin the mules.
If his box surface 1s evenly Worn
when the matches are gone theman is
a careful workman in any line.
The man who strikes at random, Jab-
bing it here and there, sometimes
lightly and lastly with a hart' stroke, Is
careless and sloppy and shows int-
;
-:g'I�7 4.1dNJlIt
patience as well as temper—a man
win blames his tools for faulty work.'
A rough jab denotes stubbornness
and a grade of "don't care" according
to the tiercenese of the mark. Such
a man Is not efficient and would drive
screws with a hammer to finish his
work, regardless of the staying quail-
' ties of the work.
A straight scratch shows thought, a
Icircular one shows flippancy and light -
nese of mind, not always bad, but us.
Mw In any old place, He will tell good
stories and be well liked, although his:
work may not be up to the very best
of standards.
The map who strikes and misses is
not to be depended upon, for he Is ab-
sent-minded, and so is the man who
lights his match and forgets it until it
burns his fingers. if he burns his the
gers and squirms and swears he is a
man who will acknowledge itis own
shortcomiugs, and is a good fellow.
If he seeks to hide his mistake be is
secretive and overly cautious, he
would make a good secretary --if you
vetch the cash box. The fellow wile
swears vigorously might possibly take
-our money in one grand -robbery,, but
be would not pilfer. The secretive fel.
low night sneak away a little at a
time --but absentmindecinees does not
by any menus indicate wrong doing,
These same rules apply to a certain
extent to the girls, but those creatures
usually make the striking surface look
lute a spider's web, which is hard to
read.
OId Trees in Spring.
There is a quiet glamor to old trees,
A fragrant breath -- especially In
spring-
That soothes the soul. No heated elat-
ter scorns
Their tranquil shade. No restless
heart bewails
Their solemn, stately grace. No rov-
ing foot
Turns from their easy avenues—in
spring.
Muchlike old men they nod beneath
the ,sun,
Proud of their•. scars. And here and
there one stands
Shorn of an arm, bit by the darting
lance
That rules the storm. And some hang
heavily,
Mute evidence of sudden wrath that
caught
Them unawares. Some random temp-
est struck
At night, and morning found them
st=ained and bent,
Noe every year their backs ache n
the spring.
Old trees, kind trees, what memories.
they keep
Though autumn binds them to forget-
fulness
They wake in spring with hands out-
- stretched and hearts
Alive one litrs athirst to every breeze,
No mu:ntur of their hundred years but
they
Recall its whim, or tryst, or song of
love,
No hitter sigh but grieves through all.
their days,
Forget? How can old trees forget 1n
spring?
—Lowe W. Wren.
Wembley Exhibition.
fi
The British Air Ministry has invited
the Government of Canada to prepare
an aerial surrey exhibit for the Em-
pire Exhibition at Wembley during the
coming .summer. The request is par-
ticularly for a full detailed exhibit of
the method need by the Canadian Gov-
ernment for plotting aerialphoto.
graphs. The Topographical Survey,
Department of the Interior, which is
the central aerial surveying unit for
the Dominion. Government, has pre
piareel in eo-operation with the Royal
Canadian Air Force, an exhibit which'
,will show the rapid development in;
raeade of methods for practical ap
11Ieation of aerial photography to mate!
tog.
The Land of Lost Things.
)ore 1 lost ,•:
.o things,
many 1, t '
y g,
7hil fish taw n
d toys and hf Rs
1 lenge,
ut my mother use to say
amide find then all ono day
u a high shelf laid away,
n the land of All Lost Things.
OW I've ln;f 11101P precious titinee
Love and F'riend..hip, ldeart that nines,
h
Witt i t n i them all one day,
On a highaway,
shelf laid a •
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In i. land of 0111 Lost Things.
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7mulee Flmi.le 13n.:1 -n.
Attainment.
Nn lull/ is ever lost. .va once have
veep:
lt':• alwoy. may Lr what we ;night
have been.
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'iPmnlar, pt is f ennai55in, of pers."
"Gang rind sit by the door and be
thankfte that ye hae a merit to cut in
a decent God -fern in hurts , whirls is ,
mair nor a nan1.'le.w Icin;+ess 1 r, ilk
or First Aid—Mlnerda Liniment.
ually carefree and rather a good fel.
•
Olivet'
0/bootee,
Noisy Stuff,
"Isn't her dress loud?"
"Can't you see It's a crash?"
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THE AUTO
DUST Y OF CANADA
EXPORTS CARS TO FIFTY
TWO COUNTRIES,
In 1913 There Were 50,489.
Cars in Dominion, in 1924
621,940.
Trade figures lilustrpte very eleaf9y
that rho Ca atllan autcns bile is main-
taining its polurlarlty abroad, where it
is penetrating into as many countries
res Canadian wheat, In particular Can-
ada has reached the posltiolt where
she le largely the depot of automobile
supply for the outlying countries of
the British Empire, these being ahnoat
entirely dependent upon the Dominion.
Taking the returns for the, month of
February, Carmelo exported automo-
biles to fiftytwo countries, which corn-
prises practically tite frill scope or Do-
minion export trade.
in the month otesebruarY, 1920, Can-
ada exported In all 4,008 passenger and
freight automobiles worth 91,843,501,
which was a trifle more than the fig-
ures for the preceding month and sub-
stantially higher than for February., or
the previous year. In addition she ex-
ported automobile parts to the value.
of 9455,790, a aubstantlal increment
over February, 1923. In the calendar
year 1924, Canada exported 12,772
freight automobiles worth 94,429,161;
43,883 passenger automobiles worth
922.080,282; and parts to the value of
94,992,049; a total .value of $31,501,442,
Orient Heaviest Purchasers,
Australia and New Zealand are the
heaviest purchasers of freight automo-
biles, followed by the United Kingdom.
India, Last Africa, and the Straits Set-
tlements are also heavy purchasers in
this line. In passenger oars the prin-
cipal customers are New Zealand,
Australia, and India. South Africa,
New Zealand, Australia, Argentina
and India buy heavily of parts, whilst
the 'United States Is also an extensive
purchaser.
The Canadian automobile industry,.
built up very largely on United States
capital, which constitutes about eighty
Per cent, of the total htvestinent bi the
industry, has attained important pro-
portions in a very rapid manner. In
the industrial census of 1921 it came
within the first ten industries of Can-
ada and considerable progress has
been made since that time, Between
1917 and 1922 the number or plants en-
gaged in th manufacturing Industry In -
.creased front 11 to 15; the amount of
capital from 928,192,900 to 947,761,900;'
:the number of employees engaged
from 8,919 to 7,344; and the value of
production from 954,466,273 to 981,-
956,420,
A Steadily Growing Market,
There is a steadily 'growleg market
for automobiles in Canada, and the Do-
minion Is continually Increasing Its
consumption until to -day it stands
second only to the United States
among the countries of the worll in
per capita ownership with a ria to
every rourlee,r of population. In 1913
there were 50,459 cars in the Domini-
on, and increase of 45 per cent. over
the previous year, and in 1924, 021,940.
As already indicated, however, the
Canadian automobile Industry is very
largely concerned with the export
trade. In the lest year for wiiicli com-
plete statistics ars available, exports
amounted to approximately 30 per
rent. or manufactured output value.
Canadian imports in the last calendar
year consisted of 967freight automo-
biles worth $1,435,000; . $,344 passen-
ger automobiles worth $8,202,043; and
automobile parts to the value of 915,-
173,108; a total value 0! $24,814,417.,
Certain of the first two Items became
re-exports and the parts were almost
entirety for assembling in Canada for
both the domestic and export trade,
4a-- ---
History in Granite.
Two hundred and forty granite land-
marks stretching from the Swlas fron-
tier to the sea -coast of Belgium lndi-
rate the limit of the enemy advance in
tits war.
Seven of these aro in tie Ypres
salient, and the Ypres League, at the
invitation of the Belgian Government,
has provided the stones. They are
four feet high, and each Is surmounted
by a carved representation of the "510
'rat:" On each is inscribed in English,
French, and Flemish the phrase:
"Here the invader was brought to a
standstill."
The League ]las also erected forty
landmarks on sites whichbecame far
mous cluing the lighting in Flanders.
Each Is an iron post bearing the name
4.
b whirl the ,l.,cr was as kn at to th
Y 1 Ow e
troops enp tied. Some of the Warnes
which have become immortal, Ifho
Sanctuary Wood" and "Kitchener
Wood," have a curious origin. The
latter has 110 couneet!nn with the name
;if the great field-lnerslinl, but is, a sol -
ON re; Translation of its real name,
130!; de Y;uls!nlel•.
The termer r
e t Owes. its strange ° title
6
eto
Iha fact that when, n OC Oli 1' 7
t e 914
General Benin bad d cniiect there oro a
number of small parties and strag-
glers he Issued an order that they
'were in eanetuary and not to be erne
pinyed except by kis instructions." Tho
soldiers come to the natural condo- ;
' elan that they were, in a Sanctuary
Wood:,
The Importation of copies of the
I Bible into Soviet 13ussie is still pro.
hlbilcd: