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The Seaforth News, 1928-03-15, Page 6Sr*low Loh. *MIRY, 380 j -t,. Crange.Pokoe Blond, 430*116: •Ib POI L.bel Quality, 43e !b. Red WWIWWIQua ty, 4B0 *lbs. Cold Label Qu=ality (Finest Prdcursble), Sao Wk. WI 1 e •Bt Four !)fades sold In BP40,4tlregn too it d , enisi Loweet Prices ha Canada For fine Teas LEGERDEMAIN BEGIN=HERE TODAY. John Ainsley, a man of education and breeding, whose war wound left him uufit for manual labor, returns hungry to his shabby boarding-house, To pay his landlady the week's rent for his room—$1—he is compelled to pawn an ivory miniature of his Mother. At the pawnshop be is puz- zled at the sight of 'a prosperous - looking, fur -collared pian dickering with the broker. After leaving the shop, Ainsley hur- ries to a little restaurant to get food. He is stopped in the entrance by the fur-eollared individual, is taken to the man's home; and is revived with hot soup. As he eats, Ainsley tries to take stock of his hest and his surroundings. NOW GO ON WITH THE STORY, I rose from the bed and opened my suitcase. I was sure that there was nothing in :t that wet:id identif 7 Mrs. Gannon's missing lodger as John Ansley, but I wished to be positive. Pride forbade that even after I was dead, persons who once had known me bhould know the humiliation of my end. I dosed the case and sat down once more upon the bed, to gather all my strength. As I sat there I thon;,ht of the man who had fed me. The display of money which he had made was as- surance that he was an extremely successful criminal, probably ,one of those `super -criminals" created by the police to cover up their own incom- petence. I laughed at the idea. This man was nothing but the most mediocre sort of person. Beyond a vicious cun- ning, possessed no mentality at all. nirrg, pos e y The reason for his success lay in the fact that the men opposed to 'him, the police, were also mediocrities, Imagine a man of real intellect devoting him- self to the stupid career of crime-de- teetioni Graduated policemen were the detectives who protected society against the schemes of such as my fur -collared friend. And while a po- liceman may be morally and physical- ly an exceptional person, mentally he nest be on the level of a laborer. The supereriminal existed only in the newspapers. In reality he was such a person as my fur -collared friend. And the limitations of that person had been made clearly erdent i to me tonight. He knew his limita- tions himself, and had asked my aid to overcome them. Wily, if I chose, I' could be a supercriminal, a real ane, l not. a myth invented to please :the) writers of newspaper headlines and their readers. It would serve society right if I turned against it. I was a gentleman, a man qualified to act as arbiter in matters of taste and culture, a man admirably familiar with the arts. Yet the world passed me by, and preferred to bestow its honors and rewards upon a glorified grocer or a vendor of pig - iron. It had taken ten generations of aristocratic forbears to produce me While I did not profess to own the creative instinct, nevertheless, by Ipeer virtue of my fancily traditions, was qualified to judge the works of creative artists and say: "This is good; that is bad." Such as I were produced upon this earth to guido and instruct -the com- mon people. We were not meant to battle in tawdry ways or the 'gross material things of life. The supreme achievement of evolution in the gentle- man; and society permits a gentleman to starve. I can conceive no harsher indict=ment against society. Then I smiled at my own heat, 1 had had my opportunity to become a criminal earlier this evening, and had refused it. I had no intention of changing my mind, and accepting the offer of my fur -collared friend. So, then, let me die, as a gentleman should, without repinings, or anger, or sneers, or other vulgarities. And let me die, as unfortunately I had not recently lived, upon a full stomach. There were places in New York where one might still dine, frugally it is true, but amid clean surroundings,'. in an atmosphere of breeding, for the small sum that still remained to me. Such a place was Carey's, an Italian table-d'hote restaurant south of Washington Square. Dinner could be I knew him to be Daragon, the jeweler. procured there for a dollar and a half; -with twenty-five cents for cigarettes, there would still be a quarter for the ,waiter. I regretted that the check - boy in the cont -room would be forced to get along without a gratuity from me. With my stomach filled, puffing at a cigaret, I would stroll leisurely to the west, corning at length upon a dock on the North River. After that —who knows There was no need to say anything to Mrs. Gannon. Tomorrow of the next day, finding my room unoccupied, she would rent it to someone else; i had paid her for a week in advance, and she would consider my departure something in the nature of an unex- pected profit: There was not the slightest danger that she would re- port my absence to the police. She would confiscate my poor suitcase and its meager contents, and gain still an- other petty profit. So I walked downstairs, much .stronger than when I had done so on my way to visit Weinberg, but still weak and hungry again. In the hall little Peter met me. "When you going to make a penny disappear for me, Mr. Ainsley?" he demanded. I smiled at him. "I'mn going to make something bigger than a penny disap- pear, Peter," I told bine "When?" he asked. "Pretty sten," I replied. "Will yo, u let me see you " he asked, "You'll know about it," I assured him. A ways have the magic ro WRIGLEY package in your pocket. F Soot=hesnerve9, allays WI 0 thirst, aids digestion. Zi l;` After UO, Nreat 912 . %i % % % h a ldSl)E No. 10—'28 * * * * Smiling at my double-entendrre, I left the house. And as I walked tot ward Carey's, my resolution grew stronger. If a man can't live as a gentleman should live, why live at ail? -Life is rather unendurable at best; i only comfort and luxury mitigate its" saverity° 1 laughed as I passed route of tell'etnents, Whet tools these pewit/ were to continue in the prison of lifer A tragicellyhumorgue thoughtocoor- red to rte; suppose that these people wive lived in these grimy tenements,' and ie, similar or worse Habitations all over the 'world, should decide to quit. the bitter struggle.for mere existence? Suppose, instead of going on strike, er starting: riots, of turning Bolshe- vile, they chose by lot a certain nuiu- ber, and that certain nulnliee innnedi- ately lcilled themselves? Qn the next day, another number would kill them- selves, and the remainder would de- elere publicly their intention of follow ing the suicidal example. In a week or two society would be so alarmed that it would be offering palaces on Fifth Avenue to the"poor if they would merely consent to live, It was, I flattered myself, a quaint conceit, as sane as most revolutionary nostrum, and I was smiling as I en- tered Carey's, I was., still smiling as I finished' a very satisfactory meal, and leaning back in my chair, con - mimed my eighth'cigaret.Life was riot a complex thing, after all. . At leaareef one didn't find it simple, one simply stepped out of its absurd 'com- plexities. ' For ipstance, that girl /who sat across the narrow room from me v.ould be,iedubitably better off if she. joined me on my stroll to the dock than if she remained with the gross beast who was her dinner companion, e'er stere patently showed that he dist gusted her. Pretty, extremely'so, with black hair and blue eyes and, I guess- ed from what appeared above the table, a charming figure, she belonged to youth, not to bloated ago. And the fact that her eyes were hard arid mercenary made no difference. They were so merely because advantages had been denied her. I could discern that the attentions of her companion sickened her. Yet though I could see her shrink at the touch of bis flabby hand upon her own, she did not push, it away. She smiled, and apparently answered terms of endearment with verbal car- esses. Unquestionably he was rich! ' is Well, I was glad to be abotttwealth.to leave Doubtless she wasto share a world where such things were en- dured. I raised my hand to beckon to my waiter. Then I dropped it, for into the room came my fur -collared friend, advancing to the table where sat the ample who had excited my disgusted interest, greeting them cordially, be- ing hailed delightedly. I wondered -if these were pert'of the gang which I suspected must be associated with him. Then, no=ting a meaning lgance exchanged between him and the girl, I knew that while she might be an associate of his, her gross companion was, if not already :F. victim destined be on I post- poned my to e. departure. I had two cigar-, its left; amusement would go well with my last tobacco. " And inasmuch' as my acquaintance of the early even,. ing had tamed his back to me as he sat down, there was no danger that my presence would interfree with bis plane—provided, of course, that he had any plans, and that I had not misinterpreted the pregnant glance between him and the girl. * * * * As I Watched the three, the gross man produced a little box front his waistcoat pocket. It was the sort of box that would contain a ring, and the sight of it evoked memories. I won- dered that I had not recognized the huge -featured m:an before. For years ago I had more than once entered his jewelry establishment on Fifth Ave. I knew hint to be Daragon, one of the most famous jewelers of America, and one of its most notorious roues - He had changed greatly since I had seen him striding pompously through the aisles of his fashionable establish- ment. Added years of loose living had brought more flesh and that dead pal- lor to his face. But I recognized him; the sight of the little cardboard box had aroused remembrance. I had bought trinkets in my day. So, wondering what might be the meaning of Daragon's presence in the 'company of a self-confessed crook, I watched them. I saw the girl open the little package. I saw her hands tremble as she unfastened the string that tied it. I saw her lips part in a gasp of delight. I saw her turn to my friend of the earlier evening and address words that, from her manner, seemed to be appealing. (To be continued.) • Tom—"I once loved a girl who made a fool of mo." 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"WW1 • farme, enowed in, there is praieticaily no danger from outside Cho,' byildiegie, but that from within is venter thee ever on aoc'6unt of mot=e,_peeplo being in the house or baths and because heating apparatus Is being used," More tires are paused front defec- tiye, heating apparatus than from any other cause at ;this time of year, ac - waling to Mr. Lo+,la, Especially, where' no incident flre-fighting equip - meet can be called in, as Is the ease iu the country, people are urged to. pay partioular attentipn to their heat- ing 'systems, During. a cold spell,. when more• fire than usual is re- quired, if the woodwork ocmes too: Blase to unprotected pipes, ,tiremay develop. • Wherever possible, Mr Lewis advocates using, the shortest pipe between the stove or au -nacos and Me chiunney and wherever this pipe goes through a wooden parti- tion ample protection in the shape of Metal , collars should be' provided. Country dwellers are also urged to adopt the practice of the city house- holder and remove ashes at frequent intervals, , Too often these are `,al- lowed to accumulate in the cellar and are stored In wooden boxes' or bar - "cels. 1Ir, Lewis urgesthat all asses should be placed in metal containers which will prevent any danger of fire, I caused from hot ciridevs and he would' empty these contaiuers outside at least once a•weelt, In the barn, during the winter, smoking, lanterns and the use of gest:- line enginss were cited as the most frequent causes of fires. i;moking the Deputy Fire Marshal would absolute- ly prorhibit In barns where tbere is so. much inflammable material about. He advocates storage of gasoline in metal drums away from the barn, keeping gasoline equipment in fireproof out- buildings, ut- buil his anthe use62 safetylan- ternsg, d a terns hung from hooks, Developing. Canada Canada's need of men to plant and harvest crops, work in the mines, fill the manufacturing plants and main- tain the railways is so great that President E. W. Beatty of 'the Can- than Pacific Railway urges teat something be done to attract desira- ble immigrants.He has found inally in Sir Ilene, Thornton, President of the Canadian National, who pro- poses that freight Tates be advances 5 per, cent. in order to raise $20,300,- 000 20,300,000 every year and use it in 'prosecut- ing a vigorous immigration policy. Sir Henry offers to be one of three trustees, the others being President Beatty and a member t,2 the GGovern- ment, to administer the fend. It ie bis opinion that if and were reclaim- eAd and prepared for farming in West- ern Canada 300,000 Americans in the prairie States could be induced to move over the border to Canada. Sir Henry- Thornton also desires immigration from Great Britain and Northern Europe. He predicts that his plan would ultimately lead to "a regular stampede" cf homeseekers Immigrants from Europe have come in slowly, in moray cases dreading the severity of the climate. Ono cause of slow immigration to Canada has been lack of funds to advertise its re. sources and opportunities. The cli- mate is really ono of the ,.healthiest in the world. Ample grain lands are Still available: In the Churchill River country alone there is room for 250,- 000 farmers.' From Hudson Bay to the Rockies 'the Garnet wheat, de• veloped by the Central Experimental Farm of Ottawa, will ripen ten days earlier than the,. Marcella Canada now exports wheat valuile at almost 3400,000,000 annually. Manufacturing and mining would support great num- bers of people. Titre mineriil belt tat tents for many, hundreds of: utiles. Canadians may not take' kindly to Sir. Henry Ttornton's proposal of an increase of freight charges, with lie consequent effect' of retarding the de- velopment of industries in this uorth- ern country. The ,argument that no- thing substantial ea;I; bedone for im- rigratien without &largo fund and that Canada would eveiltuaile benefit by too opening of new lands and the coming of more workers is not to be overlooked Making An old Tent New If your tent is so tliin that you are, sure it will not -go through another season you "can give it double life by the following process, says Charles Roth in "Field and Streams Maga zine." "Spread your tent otit not on the ground," he instructs. "elle one.'gal- lon of'gasolfne with Duo pound of instate] eara,1lln and with this mixture go over rho tent lightly,; rasing an old bro0fl . Go over trio top and sides too 1f you ,.have dope enough, Let it dry. ' Wipe on the surplus grease and roll tip foie tent. • "This process will waterproof your', tent, melte It mildew ince?, and put life and body in the fibres of the canvas,' rejuvenating; ompieto "If your tentit 18 cno W youly. can Insure its long life by treating it+with para, fin and gasoline as 1 have describe$ - 31 will nt-ior leak cs 'ere, out."