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, so important.
You may adopt all the policies you
please, but how they will be carried
rout depends upon him.
Even if you make leagues and
treaties, he will have to manage thein.
Ile is going to sit at your desk in
,the Senate, and oeeupy your : place
eon the Supreme Bench.
He will assume control of your
cities;- towns and nation.
He is going to move in and take
• over your prisons, churches, schooIs,
, universities and corporations.
Allyour work is going to be judg
,ed and praised or condemned by bum.
, Your reputation and your future
*are in his hands.
All your work is 'for him, and the
;:fate of the nations and of 'humanity
is;;in his hands.
So it might be well to pay him
Beane: attention.
--Author Unknown.
9
jimmy Rowan was hopelessly iii
love with Rose Morris;, the prettiest
girl in Dover, Michigan. 00 course
that was years ago, in early school
clays . , but it was hopeless for
Jinnliy because he' was ,just tlaac.
Rowan kid," desperately poor, while
Rose's family was rich. While
Jlanusy was working his stay
through college, Rose Morris; moved
away and, the home sole] for barely
enough to pay the mortgage .
Jiinnry vowed to himself he'd get
rich '. . . and find Rose. Easier
vowed than done and years' passed
before Jim Rowan :finally landed in
the Klondike ... there- to gain wide
reputation as a gambler, known as
"The. Mieghian Kid" . An ugly
•story of ,a 20 -holo: card game with
Col. Campbelll, engineer, with stakes
no limit ... and suicide of Camp-
bell at the encl .-. caused The Miehi- •
gait Kid to sell his saloon and start
"out." •. At Nome, Rowan came
.upon a meeting of llliehfgan folks
scheduled so ho attended. As an
old man was leaving the meeting
Jim started, leaned forward; his
eyes fixed upon the, strangers
bearded cheek. '
NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY
Jiin .rose and followed the man out
of the building. Hiram Morris here
In Alaska! It was ineareditable. More
mereditable still was it to recognize
in this bent figure of discouragement
the once mighty man of Michigan, the
the colossus of Jini's youth.
Mr. Morris situffjed along the
'street: shaking liis head anti nutter-
ing to himself. As he passed the
entrance to a bakery whence issued
the savory odors of fresh bread, and
spicy cakes he paused lifted his face
and k-eafh.d deeply. He halted a-
ewhi ''ore a roe. -.__ "_Lnt de trio
himself, the guest aidd-not Mahe him;
self lcnowil. It was not until the lat=e
ter; had eaten ravenously, to his
complete satisfaction and' had' lighted
an expensive cigar of Jim's selection,
that the younger man said:
"Perhaps you'd like to hear about
that olcl friend 1: met. 3M was a big
man in our town and I twat a poor
kid, but he gave me some advice that
:I've tried to live lap to. It camc,about
like'this: one morning we we're hav-
ing a-.c;ow;,a..1 _-glit M frost c1 i.__.,
c'-rool imouwo when he: drove pa:,. _ 1.
h:o cattor." '
Mr.' Morris peered cprioilsly' at the
speaker;
"I don't know what possessed' ire,
but I threw a ball at hint:. It was
ice. 'It bit him, hurt him like the
devil. I'd have been fired from school
only for 'him. He-" •
. "Whore was this?" '
"It was in Dover. You took me
to. the :principal and-"
"Why, this is extraordinary! .Then -
your name is Rowan. , You're Jim
Rowan's boy,. And yeti recognized me,
after all these years!" IVIr. Morris
• was deeply moved.
"I couldn't fail to recognize that
sear onour cheek,sir, inasmuch as
y 1
Ip ut it them..
"My clear boy'!' The old man took
Tim's, hand in both of his.' "How
strange that we should meet like this!
And how you fooled mei You had
your little joke, didn't you?" '
"Merely because I wasn't sure
you'd accept my invitation to dine
if you knew who I was." '
Mr. Morris, confessed reluctantly:
"I—I'm not so euro that I would have
accepted, Jim. You see, times have
changed; thingshaven'tgone well
with ire and it hurts a man's' pride
to acknowledge failure to his friends.
I have some pride left. That's why
I'm not going' back until I land in the
pay. Now that yon know everything, t
I'..1 going to make a confession: 2
was actually hungry when you invit- The next morning Jim Rowan put
ed me in..". • a pack on his back and hit the trail.
tis looked' at Ilial: iineompresending'ly,
he explained: m "You found pie:"
"O11, my boy! 'You don't under-
stand --"
understand Perfectly. Y o u
want a working ,partner and you'll
give`him an interest. All right, how
much of an interest do I get?"
"Why; 6, I was .going to offer a
"Of course you realize the supplies
caiue just in time?"
half—"
"That's too much, just for a pick
and shovel stiff. I'll put up the -grub
and outfit for all hands."
"Nonsense! You've done well-"
"Not well enough so that I can af-
ford to turn down a good offer like
this. You've been here two years and
you haven't struck pay; I spent five
years on the Yukon and never .made
a dollar out of mining. I left to look
for something. Well, I've found it"
Mr. Morris peered curiously at
the speaker.
show window of which were displayed
raw steaks and chops • and cold -stor-
age chickens upon a bed of cracked
ice.
Jim .recognized the expression in
that thin, eager face and he experi-
enced a shock. Good God! the man
was hungry! Hungry in Alaska! No-
body had ever gone.Hungry on the
Yukon. What kind of camp was this?
Holding his voice to a casual tone, the, he said: "Excuse e, but I'm look-
ing for a clean cafe. Can you tell
.nle where the gamblers eat?"
"Right here, I believe. It is the
most expensive place in town." The
speaker's gaze remained ,fixed upon
the window.'
"I'm a stranger here and I. don't
know a soul. Won't you join pie?"
3111. Morris looked up now, swiftly;
in his eyes was a glitter that Rowan
had' seen in the eyes, -. of famished
trail dogs. "Why, • you don't know
me! - Besides—I'm not` dressed for a
place like: this. I thank you, but—""Come on. You'll' be doing me a
favor." Jing held the door epee, and
waited for the ragged figure to pre-
cede' him, then he selected a table
in one of the: booths and ordered a
Meal for two which caused' his guest
to say: - •
"My clear sir, yon .can't be familiar
with Nome prices. .A T-bone steak
is seven dollars .and those' fresh
vegetables! Why, you've ordered a
millionaire's banquet." '
"Well, it is a sort of banquet with
Me. It celebrates an occasion."
„Indeed?"
"I met an old friend tonight: a
man from my home town."Mr.' Morris was ready and willing
to talk about Nome. He had failed
greatly, and he was at a garrulous
age, but about himself he had `little
to say and .it was some time before
Tint Managed to discover that he had
been here for two years, mining, but
without success.
"You know how it is," he eitplained
with a tremulous smile; "it takes time
to develop a placer property when
you have no capital But I have a
splendid claim and one of these days
['ll land in the pay'."
The two men chatted on until the
food was served, and; inasmuch as'
the host, had not :seen fit to introduce
"Bell of a camp, to let a. plan go
hungry!" Rowan exclaimed, harshly.
"You sea I'in, pretty old and I'm
pot very strong. It's hard for me to
get work.', However, a Tittle poverty,
a little hardship, doesn't hurt a ny-
body. It makes one enjoy good for-
tune when it comes. But, Jini, my
boy, tell ane about yourself. I- ow did
I ever help you? . Yeti must have
struck it rich to be able to afford an
extravagance like this —'this bun-
quet?n
Rowan shrugged. "I've spade a
little told I've spent a little, You
made Inc promise to fight fair and
never hit a fellow When be wasn't
looking. I could have made more if I
hadn't lived op to that promise, bur-"
"Never mind. Crooked money isn't
worth having and money of any sort
isn't worth too• high a price. This is
a cruel country and it's hard rto get
ahead. But you're young and you've
taken good care of yourself." Mr.
Morris' failing eyes did not see that
.Jim's flesh was flabby and that 'the
bleach in his eheeks came from lack
of sunlight. "That's your early train-
ing. I've no .sympathy for these
wasters tvlmo squander their money
over bars and gambling tables."
Rowan added gravely; he spoke the
literal truth when he said: 01Neither
have I."
"I'm out of date, perhaps, but I
still retain my, old-fashioned ideas.
I daresay I don't belong here,"
"Why don't you leave?"
"How, can I?" The question was
accompanied by a crooked smiile and
a -regretful shake of the gray head.
"But your fancily ,- ?" with a
gambler's caution Jim was leading tip
to the question that had trembled up-
on his Bps from the moment he had
first recognized Rose's father.
"Mrs. Morris died several years
ago."
"I'n sorry. I haven't heard from
hone in ages." There was a ,cement
of silence, then with averted eyes and
a tone' of indifference the young
::maim said, "Your. daughter Rose must
be a woman now,"
Hiram Morris looked up eagerly.
"Yes. Yes, indeed! Actively, sweet
girl: '
"Married, no doubt?"
"No. But some day I hope , her
'Prince Charming will come "along..
Poor Rose, she deserves a prince!
She'cl love to see you, I know, but-.
I'm afraid her pride is stiffer than
nine. You tmdeistand. She feels our
situation keenly—"
"You don't mean. she's -here?"
"Y, yes! - Where else would sh
he's all I have.
be? "
�
Rowan felt liimself grow dizzy, ill.
Rose .here! - Dependent upon this
poor, feeble old man whom he had
-surprised staring at a, cafe :window
like a famished wolf! It was a mo-
ment before he could trust himself -t .
ingiire: "Where is she'? What is
she doing?"
"She's out ,on the creek. I came m
to look for a man, a helper-, but
—I
can't pay wages and nobody eaves to
prospect a claim for in interest in it
when there are, so many claims to be
had for the staking or'to:be jumped.
We've about reached the end of our
tope. I saw the notice of that Michi-
gan meeting and I thought I might
find somebody there."
"You did," said Rowan: •When Mor -
tt was the first time in nearly five
years that he had felt pack straps,
fps The Michigan Kid had taken his
exercise by proxy, andhe was dis-
mayed to discover how soft and how
short of breath he had become. He
felt a pang when he heard the siren
of his steamer giving the signal to
weigh anchor, for he was heartily
sielc of the nortlilancl and hungry for
the world outside. He had worked long
for this hour; he felt now as if some
one had offered hien a drink, then
snatched it away.
And the worst of it all was that he
had no doubt made a fool of himself!
Rare would not -could not be the girl
he had known; nor could the faint
spark of a boyhood infatuation be
fanned into the flame of a real man's
love, for mien's tastes change without
their knowing it. Ile knew without
asking that Rose shared all of her
father's scruples and prejudices. Lucky
for ]rine that he had buried The Michi-
gan Kid.
Rose had bloomed: into exactly the
sort of woman that Jim hail expect-
ed, thereby disproving the cynical
statement that our realizations never
equal our anticipations. She was a
little more fragile than he had pic-
tured her; but the reason for that
was evident and it wrung his heart.
Ten minutes after he saw her,
heard her voice; looked into her eyes,
he had ceased all regrets about that
departed steamship.
She was delighted to see the boy
she had known, ,and with her own
hands she prepared the simple sup-
per for three. Later she sought out
Jim as he was strolling about the
claim.'
• "Father tells me that you have
bought a complete outfit of supplies
arid lumber for another cabin."
"Yes. They'll be out tomorrow."
The girl lowered her eyes and said
with some difficulty: "Of course you
realize that they came just in time.
It's almost easier to take charity
from strangers - than from old
friends. I'm sorry you made the sac-
rifice." •
"`Charity'? 'Sacrifice'? • What
sacrifice?"
"Father -says you were on your
way `outside' -after five years. I
know what that means.
: • (Continued next week)
wer•e':addressed.byKing Edward. It
vas, the first Scout function attended
by His Majesty since his aceession'to
he throne.
`:5,000 Prize Peace Essay: Based do
International Boy Scout Friendliness
The essay on "World Peace,"' which
von for° Scout 0. W., Matthews III,
of Portland, Ore., the $5,000 college.
scholarship offered by Eddie Cantor;
]me coiledian,, was .based upon the
-niter's personal exeprience. Ile was
a member of the America:: Scout'cois•
tingent at the International Scout
Jamboree of 1033 a a.m., Hun-
gary, and based his essay neon obser-
vation of'the mutual friendliness and
goodwii'1 shown there by boys of
puny. nationalities.
Indian Boys of the Barrens to be Taught Games By Boy Scouts
The children of Cree and .Ojibway
Indian villages sparsely scattered ov-
er the great barrens bordering James
and Hudsgn's bays are to be given
the opportunity of playing hockey
and baseball,• and learning about
Mickey Mouse and other 'heroes of
tire• children's world. Ontario Scout'.
Headquarters has invited Scout
Groups to "adopt" certain of these
isolated 'wigwam villages, without
schools, or any guidance in play, and
to send them froin time to time pic-
ture books, indoor games for the long
winter evenings, and equipment for,
outside games, including hockey
pucks and baseballs. Because of
transportation problems, pictures
only of bats and hockey sticks will
be sent, from which these: may be
made, • Former Scouts and other as'-
sistants at trading posts will be ask,
ed to demonstrate the games.
DOINGS IN THE SCOUT
WORLD
As a contribution to the Vancouver
Junior Board of Tracie spring "Help
Clean Up"' campaign 2,000 Vancou-
ver Boy Scouts engaged 50 thorough-
ly' tidy up their own back yards:
Twenty-six gallons of maple' eyrup
were served; "and nota drop left ov-
er," at the annual Boy Scout Maple
Sugar Social at Granby, Que. Some
000 people attended.
• The King Meets Scouts of 50
Counties
1,000 Boy Scouts from 50 counties
of England, Scotland and Wales
gathered at Windsor Castle ,for the
third National Scout Service, and
Y. P. U. Convention
PRESBYTERY Y.P.U. OF UNITED
CHURCH HOLD CONVENTION
1 N SEAFORTH ON
SATURDAY
The 12th annual convention of the
Young People's Union of Huron Pres-
bytery was held•Saturday in Northside
United church, Seaforth, with an
attendance of nearly one !hundred.
Representatives were present from
Goderich, Exeter, Chiselhurst, Gren-
way, Egnonclville, Wingham, St.
Helens, Smiths Hill, Whitechurch,
Grand Bend, Brueefield, Clinton,
Bayfield, Walton, Gorrie, Centralia,
Dungannon, Auburn, Lucknow and
Seaforth.
Miss Milne of Blyth presided dui;
ing the worship period and Miss Al-
berta Richmond gave an inspiring
address on the subject, "Ambassa-
dors For Christ"
The president, Miss Evelyn Dane,
then tools charge of the remainder-
of the program. Interesting reports
Were given by the various officers
and conveners. The Huron Presby-
tery Y. P. CJ, has thea Honor this
year of standing first in contribu-
tions, the amount being $1,002, an in-
crease of $112. Rev. C. W. DeWitt
Cosens of Wesley -Willis church,
Clinton, gave an earnest, forceful ad-
dress on "Christianity or Commun-
ism':
The contthission group leaders,
Rev. G. Wylie, Rev H. Wright, Hugh
Ellis an d Rev. R. N. Stewart,
had charge of the subjects under de-
liberation at the conference, "Peace
and War," "Youth and Marriage,"
"Personal Religious Living" and
"Christianity Or Communism."
At the afternoon session words of
welcome were addressed to the yis-
iting guests by the local president,
Miss Thompson. and Reeve J. FI.
Seott, who represented Mayor A. D.
Sutherland, the council and towns-
people, to which the Presbytery pt'e-
sideht, Miss Dane, -made a fitting
reply.
Hugh Ellis of Leamington, confer-
ende president, favored witli a solo
accompanied on the organ by Mrs. J.
A. Stewart and also brought a mes-
sage from the conference to the
meeting.
Rev. C. W. DeWitt Cosens and Rev.
Mr. Bremner of Brueefield spoke of
the attractions and activities of the
summer school' at ,Goderich. Greet-
ings' were recieved from the Presby-
tery followed : by the roll call of un-
ions.
The new executive of the Huron
Presbytery Young People's Union
are:
President; George Taylor, Wing-
hani:
Secretary:" Marjorie .Prowse, Code-
,i
e
is.
Treasurer: Stanley Todd, Si. 'He!-
ens.
Conveners: Christian Fellowship:
Beatrice Beecroft, Belgrave.
Missionary, Clarence McLennahan,
Lucknow.
Citizenship: Sidney. J. Brown, Gode-
rich. ' '
Culture: Alberta Richmond, Blyth.
Leadership Training: Marjorie
Jennison, Grand Bend.
Publicity: Evelyn Dane, Gerrie.
Recreation: Jack Bennett, Auburn.
Girls' Work: Jean Smith, Seaforth.
' Boys' Wont: Gordon Arthur,-Gode-
rich,
During the• evening several web;
rendered choruses were sung by the
Hensali group and presentation was
made • to them of the shield won by,
them in the, recent contest. .
Aubrey Oldham of Sarnia, past
president of the London Young
People's Conference, who was the
chief speaker, gave a fitie address
and complimented the Hurbn Presby-
tery in having staged the most dra-
matic improvement in Young Peo-
pie's organizations of any church
in Canada.
The Iiuron Presbytery expects to
entertain the conference which is to
be held in Wesley -Willis Church,
Clinton, on Oct. 9=10-11.
Time delegates were hospitably en-
tortaineci by the ladies of Northside
United Church.
COLLEGIATE ' INSTITUTE'
AFFAIRS
INTERESTINGLY WRITTEN UP BY A STUDENT
i
Greetings, friends, Diel you miss
as? We couldn't possibly write .any
school news for the Past two weeks,
since we had to study for varioils.
exams. And now, looking at the ria -
sults, we realize that we might as
well have written up the news after
all! What has happened at school
while we were busy? Nothing ,much.
We were talking to an ex -student re-
cently and he told us that be enjoyed
the news very much, as it was his
only means of keeping in touch with
the sehool. "Last week's hews was
the best yet," he told us. "I got a
big laugh out of it."
We regarded the ex -student with-
out enthusiasm. "There was no
school news in the paper last week,"
the said sttilY, and turned aw
aY•
That hurt our feelings very much.
If last week's was the best yet, and
there was none last week, does that
mean that our usual contribution is
'worse than nothing? And after all
the work we have put on this school
news!
Miss Beattie wants to know if there
is a class of folk -dancing in the
school? She does not want to learn
folk -'lancing, site assures no, but she
would like to know why some of the
respected members of the Upper
School are indulging ht weird perfor-
mances on the steps. It happened
like this. Miss Beattie walked out
of Upper School one day, and was
surprised to see two legs suspended
in mid-air, and depending from no
apparent bodies. Miss Beattie said
that she concluded that the school
was haunted, and that these were the
legs of long -'lead students who were
returning to visit the school. Being
ghosts, of course, they were not ob-
liged to walk, but could float, walls
or fly indiscriminately.—At titin junc-
ture the legs described a graceful arc
and disappeared. Miss Beattie, who
is a courageous woman (she teaches
Upper School English) was undaunt-
ed by these spiritualistic appearances.
She decided that her best plan was
to go forward and tell the ghosts
gently, brit Manly, that night was tate
accepted time for ghosts, and that by
appearing hi the clay-tinie, they were
distinctly making a faux pas.—She
went forward and beheld—not ghosts
—but the Folic -Dancers, ' (or were
they ballet dancers?) Anus -inter-
twined they whirled giddily from step
to step—the dance went something
like this, Step on the first step (of
the staircase), kick, swing your leg,
and step on the second stairstep. Re-
peat until you are downstairs. The
dancers were at first too much rapt
in their occupation to realize that
they had an audience. However they
soon caught sight of her, and; halting
in the middle of their stride, revealed
themselves as Reynolds and McInnes,
14Iiss Beattie said: "Well, really!!"
The dancers said nothing. We
gather that Folic -Glancing classes at
the Collegiate are to be diseontinued.
Miss Beattie had another harrow-
ing "experience in Third Form. 'They
were taking up Julius Caesar, and
had come to the part where Caesar
said: "Doth not Brutus bootless
kneel?" "Now Hearn," said bite
teacher, "explain that line."
'Hearn woke tip with a start. "Er
-which line?"
"Doth not Brutus bootless kneel.
Hurry up, Hearn."
"Oh, yes." Percy licked his lips
feverishly. "Well, it means he says
—"Now look here," he says, "am I
seeing things or is Brutus kneeling
iA'front of pre in his stocking feet?"
He was deaf in one ear and couldn't
see very well — No --"lie means,"
'Hearn continued, warming to his sub-
ject, "that he thinks Brutus is sort of
worshippiug,ilim,-see, because he tools
his shoes off to come before him, and
Caesar doesn't want to be worshipped
because he refused the crown three
tines the clay before, and that proved
he didn't."
Hearn sat down, -evidently well-
pleased with himself.
(Oh obsolete uses of English words!
Iiow many crimes are committed in
your arcane!)
Bootless, Percy, (as you have
doubtless learned by now) means "in
vain," or "to no purpose." It is be-
yond question that Brutus was, not in
his stocking feet.
We publish the following two it-
ems by request. Therefore, if either
of the two young ladies in question
feel constrained to throw a few brick-
bats; it behooves them to 'throw them
at one another, not at me.
Everyone wants to know why Sadie
Elliott goes around the school singing
"Moon -light on the river Colorado"
Helen Levis tells us . confidentially
that her favourite song is "There's
a long, long trail a-Winding."—Quite
Helen! Froin Londesboro to the top
of Vinegar Hill of course. But Helen
doesn't have to follow the winding-
of
incingof the trail up to.the Collegiate. She
has a -private' taxi service -pretty
fair service, too. And we think that
that pun is rather good, although we
have aw•orn off punning.
1
; If anyone thinks that it is a smveIl
job writing up this Collegiate News
they are wrong. We have often heard
people remark that "it must be great
to hand out slants to every-
body and never get any back." As if
everybody doesn't come and tell us
precisely what they think of us for
writing those sante slams. And some-
times there's so much news that we
can't get it all in; other times we can
only apologize for our lack of ingenu-
ity in thinking up items for publica-
tion.
And is our work appreciated? Let
me tell you what one of the younger
sten-about-town said about it.
Harry (Pillow -Fight) McEwen
came clown one day to interview our
younger brother about an important
business transaction. We overheard
the following: "Swap you this for
your telescope, Cooney."
"Olt you gyp, Bissett. This tele-
scope's worth fifteen cents, anyway.
Gosh you can see for utiles...:"
"Miles! Huh—about five cents, its
worth."
Here I thought that I would go
out and inspect the telescope in ques-
tion. If you could really see for utiles
with it, I might force my brother in-
to buying it. I have always wanted
a toy telescope.
"Hello Pillow -Fight," I sacci,
"Hello," said Pillow -Fight." "Hey,
isn't this worth 15c—this telescope.
Just look at those cows over there
through it. Can't you see them
plain ?"
"Yes," I said dubuously, inspecting
the cows, "but you can see them bet-
ter without it; don't you think?"
"Oh well—if you act like that about
it," said Pillow -Fight.
"Do you mind if I put you in the
school news this week," Pillow -
Fight?" I enquired.
"Do you write that nuts stuff?"
asked Pillow Fight, regarding me with
new interest. "I always said it must
be a nutsy person to be nuts enough
to write stuff as nuts as that."
"Do you really read it, Pillow -
Fight," I cried.
"Oh i read it ... "Pillow -Fight said
rudgingly. "But I think it's nuts,"
Anyway, he reacts it, and that, dear
readers, you must admit, is some-
thing.
"Yes, sir," said Pillow -Fight, medi-
tatively, •"It sure is ,nits. Just as
nuts as nuts."
"Oh nuts," we said appropriately,.
and withdrew, determining not to
lend our brother the Money to pay
Pillow -Fight for his telescope.
The Collegiate students extend their
sympathy to Jean Cornish, who had
her appendix removed Saturday. We
hope that Jean will soon be back and
none the worse for her operation.
We recently read a .fairy -story a-
bout a prince who was so clever that
his- favourite occupation was trans-
lating Egyptian hieroglyphics into
French .poetry. We are now going to
study how to translate French poetry
into Egyptian hieroglyphics. For it
is as easy to read Egyptian hiero-
glyphics as it is to read our writing—,
especially a straight translation.
Maybe the Editor should take a
course in translating near -Egyptian -
hieroglyphics into "Collegiate .At -
fairs."
Dear Editor;, wewish you joy of it.
—Cheerio!
(Thanks, my dear. ' But we've been
translating; hieroglyphics into pas-
sibly good English all our newspaper
life. We don't do so badly do we? ---
Ed.