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Graduate Royal College of Dental
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Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of .Dentistry.
Office Over H. E. Isard's Store.
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make your way, my boy
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Cal had meant to answer bravely,
,� 7 7 but on the last words came a catch in
his father's voice; and the, next he i
999 knew he was up and infolded in the{
I long*, thin arms. Tears were mingled,
and Cal went out with a blessing. ;and
memory.
,,.,ur..o<,uaAory Awavo01a5,.0anan�+wlNww,.w1A•nbrAmea�4 0 ""'".44 : The day came, sooner than he had
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'expected, when Dr. Beach eonld not
CIIAPTER TWO came for Mama --that was how Celes- leave leis. room. F3 strange woman ar
Red slipped silently from the knee-'ta told it—and sent men to carry her rived at the House to look after Dad -
pants and shirt whichwerehis pritiei- away in 'a Meek box And Aunt Ber- dy, and strange men, heavy, as Cal
pal attire; his shoes and stockings had the had conte to live in her place. tlntight, with professional wisdom,
been discarded early in the 'evening, Cal had learned why the hollows came often to visit their sick assoei-
when he went to throe" stones in the had dug their deep trenches, in his fa- ate. They looked upon' Cal and. Co -
water., For a moment the glint of his tiler's face. The day he was fourteen testa with_ grave eyes, and one of
trim young body shone ruddy in the he was surnnnoned in to .the 'study. them had laid his hand on Cal's shout-
light of the. fire; then, with a contor-
tion,'it disappeared within the folds
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By Robert J. C. Stead
of his, nightgown;
made
"Porter, am dah berfs up?"
he demanded.
"Massa, dah berfs anti made • up,"
Cal answered, with great gravid:
In preparation for their expedition,
Cal Beach,' with a plumber's kit and
some help from a friendly blacksmith,
had performed a surgical operation of enough to keep
some delicacy upon the ancient Ford, but he did not say so. He had learn-. luta was quite old cion
which had just then come into his ed .tlati the professiorial Mind is not house.
possession. The back of the front to be disputed.
seat was amputated' at the flanks : and "Forty-two is not very ofd, Calvin," had said :on that last morning, while
so arranged that it . folded down, his, father repeated, "but I suppose i they waited for the expressman after
bridging, asit were,' the space be.- must be olei enough. One can •grow her trunks were .packed, "Celesta, my
tween the front and back cushions. In very weary in even forty-two • years. dear, you have been well brought up;
this position, with all the cushions in But fourteen is very young to be left you.will be sister and mother to, that
plaoe, and furnished with a canmp mat- alone," tremendous_ boy." To Aunt Beetha
tress, blankets and pillows, a very evegy Daddy, are you going eway?" Cal had alwaysfor some reason been
passable bed was provided. Reed said Cal, catching only half his lath "that tremendous boy," Aunt Bertha
er's meaning, had been raised among girls, and had'
"Yes, Calvin,". '.eleven married. "Your money will last
"When?' May r go? And Celssta?" -a couple of years; that will see hinxl
"Not` now. Later. I am going to thro'ttgh high school; then he must go
AnuuA
"Sit down, Calvin, my boy," said a der :... .
voice out of the shadows. "1 think I After the death of his father Cal
you are fourteen today. Quite a man 'learned that the house which he had
now, Cal, eft?" always l nowrl as ''home was in some
"Yes, Daddy," said the boy, wonder- ;way connected with the university,
ing for what offence he had been sumand they xriust vacate it. Aunt Ber-
"Yes,
'tha saw thein ,settled in roonms in a
"1 am just three times your age, cheaper part of the town and left
Calvin; just forty-two. Not very olcl, them with her blessing and the expla
eh, Calvin?" ' nation that their little capital would.
t forty-two was old, support two longer than three. Ce
Cal' thoughvery P
"Celesta,' my dear," • Aunt Bertha
W. R. HAMBLY
B.Sc., M.D., C.M.
Special attention paid to diseases of
Women and Children, having taken
postgraduate -work in Surgery, Bact-
eriology and Scientific Medicine.
Office in the Kerr Residence, bet-
ween the Queen's Hotel and the Bap-
• List Church.
All business given careful attention.
Phone. 54. P. O. Box 113.
r i ' obi. C. Redmond
Id.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Loud.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
Dr. thisholm's old stand.
slept on the driver's side to save
Cal the danger of barking his
to save Cal the danger of barking his
long shins on the steering post, and,
with this precaution, they were as your mother; Calvin. Some time this to work." Aunt. Bertha delivered that
comfortable as in any Pullman. year." 'ultimatum; so Cal thought, with tin -
Cal had arranged the back and the It seemed to Cal that his: father had necessary relish of the inevitable.
cushions, spread the mattress, turned
back the blankets, .placed the pillows.
Reed clung for a moment abouthis
neck, then vaulted over the rattly side -
door, flickering an affectionate hand
toward his companion as he went.
"Good -night, Daddy X," he called:
"Good -night, Reedie-boy.."
Reed turned to a study of the stars
which peered down, very thick and
friendly, from the Milky Way over-
head, and Cal retraced his steps to
the fire, musing as he went over the
amazing wonderlands of childhood.
He stirred the fire to new life with
some fresh branches and settled
D ^I $ R. L. STEWART
Graduate of University of Toronto,
Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the
Ontario College of Physicians and
Surgeons.;
Office in Chisholm Block
Josephine Street. Phone 29.
purposely chosento iit in the shadow, i A lawyer who' had been named their
where ; his . face could >,iot be seen guardian paid, the rent of their little
clearly. 'The boy felt as though ,a flat and gave them a weekly living
great band were tightening about his allowance.' Celesta proved a good
ribs, 'manager, and when they -had recover
"You had to know, Calvin," his fa- ' ed from the first shodlc of their fath-
ther continued after a silence, "and it ther's death, life for the brother and
is as well that you should knownow. sister moved very pleasantly indeed.
I have seen this coming, ever since Cal finished his high school course at
your mother went, and before. That sixteen and declared himself ready to
is why I took the extra classes at the carry out his .,aunt's decree about go
university, so that there might be ing to work, but Celesta would have
something saved for you and Celesta. none of it. "When you have "gone
, .It isn't much. If I had been a through university, Cal," she said,
farmer, or a bricklayer, or :a machin- , "Hien I will let you work for . me,
ist—but a university professor! Doc- machin-:"then
then 1 am going to work for
down, his back against a friendly tor of languages; seven languageseas you."
tree, for his bedtime smoke. These my mother tongue— But there, I must , Cal protested, but Celesta's. mind
bedtime smokes were his thinking not be bitter. When the bills are paid was made up, and Cal, being the
hour. During the day, his time and it will keep you and Celesta perhaps younger, ,had come to know how in
thought were given to Reed and An- two years. Then you will have t e exorable was his sister's mind when
telope, but at night, after the boy was R .it was made up. "The housework is
in bed, he would sit by the campfire — nothing," she had said; "I can do it
and marshal past, present, and future v���•� :� y� .}, ,..•,�s � morning and evening. like winking. I i ,
5: �J.,wi`� '3•`j,''ta;stis� :,••••+x.` 'can get work in an office, and it. will '
in review. t
"What a kid he is?" he exclaimed t}.X".��';�{���ef, �'�.<lw•} �° 4 ��.'.:�• be fun to have my big brother in col-
tolf. "Eight—nine in Septet k44 ' J{ i s,4''<' s.5�"; Y c< lege. You will work through the
hiinse g o �;< �,�s�. :,... ::. �• "
is E:z::•>:.:
her. Twenty-six, eh, Cal? With a yc; S�`•1�;�`•z .�����;> •:r � .summer. I' ani sure we can ivanage:
"� c • 1 So Cal' was Persuaded; Celesta
family, but without a` wife. How time till, � �; � � .�•
flies—and how it .drags! .Both. The :�� -.a . J:w.;•,:,,t;::;:;'�:_::•}:,,,.;:<},;;;;,.went to an office, ,-and he to college.
the weeks �., a k � .�:.:,. He had not troubled to decide for
days seem endless, but how E�i ��.;:,,:•r�,. •:,,..��.' 1,... ,;`•v::::;>;<:: •<.
k h '!�.�3 �,,,x�r j�, ��} ,y,�Ly�< r,�,• t, what particular purpose he would g-'
slip byl � �;E �: �#�z _ „f; h
"Eight years -nine in September. `' a*r��r?�: y .;xl to college; that could come later. All
i*i ' �� went well for a year or two,'but the
Twenty-six. I used to think a man ,• . r„< ,,;;��: . s•,
:,•:Wh;., ;:J=.c>.,. •.�';Ca::`>>:<::> •Celesta's devotion to
old at twenty-six. And so he is ; .�t� ,ia;t~��;; ;�:f � s • • <:t time came when
wa5�Y - ;.a••;•I• vJ;v '� \.,. '<f3i.'�-,'•�{ «; i ,,;
,; c •. -; , :,v °l y»-,. s<;. her office and her housekeep ma-
I am old at twenty-six. �, >�?: ,�. �;..j >,,,
>.....:.: , .n : • �:.w•::..,be interrupted
,.. ;a,.:- .�', ;k• �,�.:: � .• .: <.�seemed suddenly ` to P
his square should-..,.•.:, ,;,, >;,,, �S`�,.,- Y
He leaned back, 4.:}iv..,:•.• ';�::
the tree, while his : `•:: ae '' ':' lati"t`?'': There were many nights: when she
ers resting against � ,
Latin the child -;,`l ;, r ;>: 'I ra'�,'•z i . ', had ' a date”; there were evenings
mind,. from contemplating �• �..,':�;, � s
•' :t•,...,• home to die;
to
,.;:• .� ;.:,;ls::;E; •� a, ,
hood of Reed, skipped down the years i>u 47 ''�', Y,, y ,.,.��� !' z when she did not come
� '' 'S� •�•`ijt. 1» ' 1�; 3^',1ti"$'� net•. Cal,' philosophical" always, ac -
to his own first recollections. There �� ;, Illy � I � P P
street in the little ' it u ,� <� : r,. 11„ a wonder -
university
the leafy 4 '��i;�: ; "''Y:;:l<��f;`•�� cepted the situs.tion, mildly wo
at}a } a. ,i 1«,�'L}9) `�I,�j�ing. h
university city of Kingston; there. • �t N �•''�• t
ii k�,� t, ,NI, .: ".- s•• , Finally came the day when Celesta
basked the big garden in which he and
Celesta romped as chi'Idren. There ROY M. WOL'VIN announced that: she was going to
ff red a
Result f ace yourof floors 'with
a . ' ! ar �: re C Calder
General Practitioner
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine
Office --Josephine St., two doors south
of Brunswick Hotel.
Telephones': Office 28e, Residence ie1,
'DB. F. A. PA " KER
OSTEOPATHIC PHYSICIAN
All Diseases Treated
Office adjoining residence'next to
Anglican Church on Centre Street.
Open every day except Monday and
Wednesday afternoons. '
Osteopathy Electricity
Telephone 272; re
DRUGL}SS PHYSICIANS
CHIROPRACTIC
R. J. ALVIN FOX
Fully Qualified Graduate
Drugless: Practice being in absolute
accord with the Laws of Nature gives
the very hest resu1 s that` may be ob-
tained in. any case.
Hours; to -12 a.m., 2 --5 and 7-8 p.m.
Telephone tea
` . . 1 Alarm s
• q'1 ACTO1�,
alified Graduate
Adjustments given. for diseases
all kinds, specialize in dealing
children. Lady attendant. Night "cat -
responded to.
Office on Scott St. Win hatri,, Otst.,,
in house of the late Jas, Walker.
Telephone x50.
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were the apple tree and the swing, president of the British Empire, Montreal; she had been offered
and the flower beds that must not be Steel OorPoration,. whose mines in ' much better position; she could make
touched, except by permission. There Nova Scotia are idle as the result mare money; it would be to Cal's ad -1
of a strike of the miners, because vantage more that. hers. He. could
was the solid limestone house,:with the men and the company failed toI
vines Clambering over the porch and negotiate a new contract for wages. stay at a boarding house; it would be
shutters. ` The maintenance men on pumps more companionable than their lone -
Inside, his father sat in the big left their posts and official's of the ly rooms. The idea appealed to Cal.
chair in the front room upstairs, withcompany are manning the'machinee but little, but he accepted it without.
which must be kept going 'to pre -
the fireplace and walls lined with serve the mines. Five of the minesmuch argument. It was apparent
books. It seemed to Cal that front will be allowed to flood and not be, that Celesta had made, up her mind
room had always been filled with re -opened, + :'again; besides, he did not forget that
books and shadows with his father,
o , �, �. _,, «'it was -After
her efforts he owed the pos-
master shadow of them all, in the big , sibslit of attendingcollege.*
chair before the fire. As Cal re- r�"`"i �,1 �r Celesta hid one she sent,
membered him, his father was very
dA„b. a res M � r f ' lomoney two or three times, genet-.
yr�
in
tali, With a stoop, and a face which ousty, but at irre ,uls.r intervals; them
receded wherever the bones would let it 4 , the remittances ceased altoether.
it and a way of being busy just now. ` µ`;yd' N��; �' irq t/5 Fortunately Cal had found , thmnxer...
Cal had always thought of his, father t �, ° ` is "' ; f work in 'a printing office, so' he was 1
a ilk `11y�� t
as old. There were times, ram times,. , I ?' ' ,n�fh( Vic. not penniless, but an uneasiness con.
when his father wasn't busy jtist now aft }' 1 �>r,� �l cerning Celesta grew upon hime He
times when the lad clambered up thej I `' r.��l'�► , had just turned eighteen, and these
long, thin legs and explored the it {q. r' '=�' ;eighteen years had flowed, in the main;
strange cavities in their owner's face. {along the sheltered paths of life, He
f
Those were moments not to be for -.i fo�ern rives and reliefs Iwas neither suspicious nor sophisti-
gotten, but they came only at great Gated, He had an undefined but
intervals. Professor Beach's devotion. abounding confidence in the goodness
to his university; had to be bought of humanity. :EIe was an optimist.
with a price, so it seemed. And it. Then, and evening, just as he carne
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was Cal who paid. ,, ,, l
Cal and: Celesta. Celesta, two years
older than Cal, was able to recall,
partly by me.mary, more by iirtagina'
bon, the brave days before 1� ai-ntt
went away. Those were the days
when Daddy wasn't always busy just
now; days of walks anal picnics and
great • times before the study fire,
Those were the days, so Celesta said,
although; Col never quite credited this,
uercrat the strange hollows had'i•otno
iii. Daddy's Eche. `I"twit the angels i,,.'
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SHii: "And when ,do I give it to him?"
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will feel so good. in his Band. EEc looked at is
Make the test. You will ly, signed for it, and carried it to
ttppreciatethiedifference+* his room. It was :a new .andsome-
,
vhat important rxperience;.niver be-
ore had he received ay5telegram. On
NIsiI ltrG y Ole' Mock his way t117stairs he began to assaci-
G .._.MNatNr�;Al2n "ate it with Celesta, Perhaps she was
coinin€ lloiuCr
:c;; pbaps be was to
rhe Samir NiI...r„ gtio•4hird dai,en,
0nt11iy�aari4er%, Sot' chitciron and; aamIfoL. meet het' at th`c tral,n 1 Ilet'bok the
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F,A.140IM ROTOR, SHIP AreP,,IVIIS IN SOO'1I,AND
The IY'lettuerl Itotor Ship "Bttchatt," 'which :left Danzig recently',
and arrived at t rangemoulh, Scotland; twelve days later with a cargay
'ttf timber, is shown proceeding up the Firth of rorth. This novel ship
weathered heavy seas which proved re, good test for her ehpabilities.:.
Time Rotor ; ship is a newdeparture in ocean navigatieM , It puts to
ipraoticai use a principle; discovered many years ago that wind itas
a greater propelli>tig form when acting an a moving surface. The
]barge funnels are revolved by "small electric motor's, . ptus the action
cit tb,.e wind gives the boat its motive power. The vessel is steered,
ty stopping tele at tho funnels from revolving. A 'wed' smell crew
enrx operate this boat compared With the crew alilteeeiiary on the its:. •
age steamboat ,or sailing vessel. .
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