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BUSINESS CARDS
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INSURANCE CO.
Established 1840.
Head Office, Guelph, Ont,
sl.s taken on all classes of insur-
at" reasonable rates.
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J. W. DODD
Office in Chisholm Block
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Office—Meyer Block, Wingham
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Money to Loan at Lowest Rates.
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BARRISTER, ETC. .,
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DR. G. II. ROSS
Graduate Royal College of Dental
Surgeons
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of Dentistry.
Office Over H. E._'Isard's Store.
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By Robert 3. C. Stead.
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CHAPTER TWELVE I gine for• sale," he suggested, diploma-
It was the second Saturday in Juneltieally "It could be rigged to ruin
when, Jackson Stake, junior, came • the cream separator and the 'washing
home, Cal, quite unaware of the mesh -'machine, and; to pump water 'when
es which Fate was stringing,for him, the wind is on strike."
rode his plough up and down the long I "'I'he wife's got 'er knife into auc-
field of the summer -fallow, his broad tion .sales," the farmer commented,
straw hat' drawn back to shade his'"She's always after ine--- Jackson
neelc from a blistering sun, his dust- I Stake spread his great palms with a
in hoarse estur'e of helplessness.
dry voice occasionally raised 8' ' -
admonition to Big Jim and his fellow-: "You could make yourself solid by
conspirators, • who had learned to buying that "gasoline engine," Cal in
know his snoods and to impose upon sisted. '"Just drag it home from Fry
them; his subconscious self busy with bergs and hitch it to the Household
his furrows and the.. collapsing 'nave implements, and you've heard the last
of pig weed and young mustard that ftom Mrs. Stake about auction sales."
heaved and somersaulted below him) The farmer raised a brimless hat
as the mouldboards buried it under anal scuffled his thin hair,
ridges of rich, friable, black earth; his "How old' are you, Cal?" he de-
imaginative mind engaged with a minded.
number of academic problems, chief', "Twenty-six."
among which was an insistent wond-.l "You're old enough to be married.
Bring whether Minnie Stake would Any fellow that figgers as far ahead
come home for Sunday. as you do is old enough to be mar-
He had not seen her since the un-' ried."
happy episode of the bare feet anal Cal experienced a,sudden bounce of
Annie Frawdic.. Two Sundays had light-heartedness—the- first for days.
gone by; long; immeasurable prairie Toward the good-natured, irresponst-
Sundays, broken only by a gap of ble, slightly hen-pecked old farmer he
church -going in the afternoon—and a felt a- glow' of real • friendship; a
walk home with Annie. after the ser- 'sense of inan-to-manness sent him to
vice. Very well. No doubt Minnie ' his fields whistling.
Mrs. Stake received the engine witl
conflicting emotions. "Haven't I told
At any rate the experiments must you not to go buyin' those fool con
continue. ' They had iieen making traptions?" she wanted to know. "I leaving before the harvest begins."
some progress. Jackson Stake had bet it won' go, anyway." `. . The stranger turned his dark eyes
consented to order`.enough paint from -"Oh, yes it will, Mother," said Jack- on Gander, They were quiet, strong
The Square Deal `'Hardware to cover i son Stake, with amiable disregard . of eyes, hintfui of power and, perhaps,
the bare boards of the; .two granaries, �jier querulousness; "Start it up for'pf hardness, When he spoke " his
When the paint arrived it proved to her Cal.
" r �� i ; � -'• ' ' " .."*1 !voice was' poised, easy, unruffled.
t o of a glaring and unabashed red, `Cal started the engine and in a mo -l- "Honk for us, Gander," he suggest
artistic considerations havltig beenlrrtent it was pit-spat-ing its staccato ed.
brushed aside by the more practical rhythm with the regularity of clock -:1 The taunt drew the color up
matter of. price. But Cal saw in this (work. Mrs. Stake watched it stolidly through Gander's suntanned cheeks;
paint, in spite of its warlike hue, an for some minutes, but slowly her face his muscles bulged, quivering; he half
evidence ''of' the peaceful penetration began to twist and •pucker in unwont- rose from his chair. For a moment
of his' doctrine into the large,'thick ed lines and ridges. The stern old Cal expected instant hostilities.
heart of Jackson Stake, and 'ie plied lips softened, the firm chin went quiv- t "Come, cut it outl" . said Jackson
his brush• with a will, working in the 'ering, there was a glisten 6f moisture Stake,:who could assert a blunt' au -
long, sunny evenings while Gander 'about her deep, black eyes. thority on occasion: "Bygones is.by-
was helping young Hale consume his
income in gasoline—
W. R. IIAMBLY
B.Sc., M.D., C.M.
Special attention paid'to diseases of
mon- and " Ghildren, 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-
tist Church:
All business given.careful attention
Phone. 54. P. O. Box 113
Dr. Robt. C. Redmond
M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Load.)
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON
,,-Dr;'+:; hiaholm's old stand.
PIR. 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.
IDr, IVI::. rgaret C. Calder
General Practitioner
Graduate University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine
Office—Josephine St, two' doors south
of Brunswick Hotel.
Telephones: Once 28r, Residence 151.
F. A. PARKER
OSTEOPATH
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.
J ALVIN • FOX
CHIROPRACTIC OSTEOPATHY
ELECTRO --THERAPY
Hours xo-ss. 2-5. 7-8.
Telephone rgt
in Mrs Stake's caro as she moved to
andfro between the kitchen range
and the table, but she served the
meal without comment, '
Jackson Stake was in no hurry with.
an introduction, He had cleared his
plate of salt pork and boiled potatoes
and was deep in his helping of ries-
and-raisin pudding when he halted a
spoonful in mid-air with a sudden re-
alizatioii of his social duties.
"This is our boy ,.Jackson, Cal," he
explained "He has returned to ;the
parental roof after a perloaged ab-
sence, as the Plainville Progress
wquld ' say.
"Glad to meet you," said Cal, cor-
dially. The stranger nodded, and a
quick glance from his darkeyes inter-
cepted Cal's as for a fraction of a se-
cond they measured each other.
"'We'l'l be killin' the fatted calf this
afternoon," said Gander: "Grit - an'
me'll get the hide an' you can have
the hoofs, Cal—if you're fond o'
hoofs.
There was no mistaking the Qpeia
hostility of Gander to the new arrival
and, absurd as it assuredly was, Cal
felt a sudden warming of the heart at
being inclaclecl with his two fellow la-
borers, It was the first time he had
felt himself one of community,
"You don' seem much pleased that
your brother's come home, an' hini
away ten years an' more," said Mrs.
Stake, with a dry voice. The unhap-
py old wonnan was on the horns of a
divided family.
"Oh,'yes'I am," said Gander. "I'm
tickled to death: Can't hardly keep
(from kissing him, right here before
1 the cornp'ny. An' so wise he's
grown, too! Didn't come 'till the
- ' work o' the seddin's over an' he'll be
,
jaulieley labor
loses its drudgery
ARM
simplifies
the weekly"
Waal
I USE CILIUM.
D R. t1BcINNES
CHIROPRACTOR
MASSEUR
Adjustments given for diseases of
all kinds, specialize in dealing with.
children, Lady attendant. Night Calls
responded to,
Office on Scott St., Wingham, Ont,
in the house of, the late Jas. Walker.
Telephone 15o.
Phoniest Office io6, Resid: 224.
3. 'WALKER
P`U1 XTURh% I»I AL,Eift
we and
+11]RAt DIRECTOR
Mutt, Eyttipntetit '
d'11N1 GRAM, - ONTAR10
and Grit lounged in' -the. back seat of I "Jackson Stake, you're an old fool," Bones, an' if Jackie wants to stay with
Antelope and speculated on what the
she said, but her voice had gone soft us now he can stay, an' welcome. But
world was coming "-to. They had co- and gaspy. there'll be no dead• calf about it, an'
on all these things, he'll take his share o' the work or find
operated only by lettering'a large and
luminous sign, "Beech Bullevard—( .Cal ruminatedg a new boardin' house. Does that go,
eed Limit . • 5o miles," which they and more, as he furrowed up and Jackie?"
sp down the fallow field that morning in
surreptitiously nailed to the corner o£. Suits me,"- said Jackson, junior,
Cal's canary. ' 1 Tune. Minnie had not been home for shoving his.chair back and rising'
g two Sundays.... .
A more important development, Ata little before twelve Reed came from the table. "It wasn't me ` that
wassuggested veal, if you remember."
from the camunity point in view, romping over the ploughed field, his
the painting of Double F's house, bare feet sinking pleasantly in the Cal made a'quick appraisal of him.
which began three days after the soft, warm. earth. The boy was tann- "He has too much head for Gander,"
granaries -were finished, and was po ed and healthy; his little frame -Stood he noted, "and Gander may try to
pularly attributed to the boastings of . up sturdily under his loose blouse and make up the difference with a heavy
ane Hamburg Stake over the innova- knickers. Cal took him up on the ,fist: Nothing makes a man "so quick
hand's as being a little slow
tions being introduced on the paternal'plough, and at the end of the furrow,
with his
homestead by their university hired
,when e had unhitched for dinner, with his head."
man, 'toss'ed him aboard 'Big Jim's ample ' The meal broke up in chilly weath-
"If Jackson Stake can aint his back. This procedure always instiga-g er. Meals at Jackson Stake's, at best,
granaries I can paint my whole out ted great noddin s and champings on were hardly to be described as -social
side," Double F had declared, "and if the part of Big Jim, and he marched functions. They were busines events,
there's any color you, can see farther
than red, lead me to it." With a
message of such import Hamilton
hurried td Cal, and sundry telephon-
ings with the Square Deal Hardware,
supported by repeated visits to, the
Fyfe farm on the part of Hamilton,
resulted in the color scheme being re-
vised to a base of white with trimm-
ings of green. But even after the
house stood resplendent in its white
and green, old Double F would look
dubiously across the fields to the red
glare of Jackson Stake's granarier
He had the : manner of one who has
been restrained from his impulses by
a sense of virtue and rather regrets it.
homeward with the pride of .vastre- unavoidable mterruptaons _ ro trio serr-
sponsibility and an ostentatious Jing- taus : occupations of the day, like oiling
ling of his •trace -chains. a tractor, but an ' under -current of
It was not until, a, little 'later than goodwill and hospitality usually re -
the others, he was seated at the dinner
lieved their :• lark. utilitarianism.; They
table that Cal became aware of an ad- would'end with a word of banter or
ditional presence. At Jackson Stake's of far-fetched humor; a thrust if Cal's.
right' sat a tall, dark man; a man of university education;" at Reed's Prodi-
thirty, or thereabouts; stouter than gious appetite, at Jackson Stakes ex=
Gander, and without the peripatetic ponding waist -lime, at Hamilton's
Adam's apple, but otherwise bearing weakness for Elsie Fyfe.To-day
a resemblance that could hardly be ac- the men rose from their places and
cidental. He wore a suit which had shuffled out in silence.
once shown good material, now faded Cal added this development to- mat-
once
sagging; a celluloid collar and a ters under contemplation during the
gorgeous tie -pin contributed an:effect afternoon. It was plain that the coria
of comparative dandyism. Cal seas- ing of Jackson Stake, junior, marked
Then there had been the auction ; ed that no welcome • was being wasted a new epoch in life on the family
sale at Fryber's last Saturday—just a as the business of eating proceeded homestead; here was an important
week , ago to -day. Something ap- 'without conversational accompani- contribution to his growing list of•ex-
proaching a domestic scene had oe- iment, True, a strange light gleamed lhibits, Evidently the presence of the
curred at the dinner table when Jack- ifirst-born was not expected to bring,
son Stake announced his purpose of much glory to the paternal name. Cal
attending the sale. • remembered how Jackson Stake,
"More good you'd dig the rest o' senior, in appearing to reprove ' Gan -
the garden," Mrs. Stake suggested. p ;; I der, had really seized the opportunity.
i ed the idea as o
Herhusband d srhis to endorse for the benefit. of "Jackie",
' s
impracticable. "Too late," he said. !the scriptural maxim that in the sweat
"Couldn't raise a disturbance in that (of his brow he should earn his bread.
garden unless you plant it before the MIH 'The old man was,: not so scow in a
first of Dine,"� ' • pinch. Hamilton and Grit had dis-
Mrs. Stake another fried egg
slapped ' M ' creetly kept out of the discussion. He
p, dpY
into Reed's plate. `Well you can plant Iwondered what Minnie would say. He
a disturbance over at Fryber's wondered if she would come home for Sale, an ` i
it'll be ripe in, October—with inter- TSun.day, and if"that Hal& would bring
est," she remarked, "You'll buy her. ,e wondered if she had deliber-
,ONIGHT'
--and you have Nature's
�Is1o/.ie3 greatest gif .tuNares
Remedy of
/Tablets)
laxative, tortes
the organs end relieves
Constipation, B housness,
Sick Headache%
renew akg that vigor and good deet•
ing ea necessary try being well and
happy. tilted fay Oyer
Box.
fat axdt. " a 30 "ear*
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some old fool contraption, or some ately kept' away front the farmon' his
dyrn' or spavined
crittur—trust, you! account.. , He wondered is she were
An' sign some one else's note, as jealous of Annie Frawdicl That last
though you hadn't enough 'o' your was a wonder to take mote of; it was
own. But will you dig the garden? not merely an idea; it was a possible
Not for the soul or sake o' you! �, ` weapon, a means of attaek and de -
They've
They've perhibited liquor. Now if - �cr�i forge. He scrutinized it for a full
they'd, perhibit auction sales ---"round -' sdcyy ��a►�� round of the summer -fallow; the set
After dinner Cal had engaged the �nteTS�� iry�ps �,zr� it aside as something to fall back
+ tai,
farmer: in conversatipn as they leaned :; x„ ra upon in a -moment of emergency.
against the stays of the windmill, Ov-Minnie carne home that evening,
«
erhead the galvanized blades shone That Hale brought her in his Ford,
idlyin the dead calm of noonday and �R d s ZrFt which he drew up, perhaps by acci-
at their feet the empty water trough ansadt+ eon d, >T hold n ,,d a a dent., by the side of Antelope. The
gaped. reproachfully. I+p' is b 1 t contrast between Archie's bright new
"Fryber is offering, a gasoline en
Chis off the Oki bock.
tnatOU Littlo....s
Tao. soma f+R--iia one-t111rd daces.
to era ro and nuts,
ammo ,q Y OUr raga d
, to rcH1 Lt, DR[yGGiS"I' machitxe, shining irk the evening sun -
Opportu
s
i
®ME day will come• the opportunity
olf your life -time. You may need.
money to take full advantage of at.
Start now to save a regular portionof
your earnings,
The Dominion Bank protects its depositors,
by faithful practice of prudent management.
20
WINGHAM BRANCH,
J. A. WALLACE, a _ - Manager.
asumaionsaaseamess!manialmereasuseasseeesevaanaseranawnemane
ellek
tight,' and Antelope's ' battered body Steel dipped in champagne by the
with, her drooping fenders hanging in time,Cal and Reed were back at the
dog-eared apology over carbuncular farm buildings. Archie 'Halo's new
tires struck Car's imagination as be -,Ford was gone—somewhat to Cal's.
ing also the -contrast between Archie's surprise—and the homestead lay.
spick-and-span store suit and his own hushed in silence save for the •con-,
flapping overalls and scuffled boots. tented sighing of the cows drowsing"
And a tiny, strange speck of color in a wedge of blue smoke from the•
burned in Cal's cheeks, as he realized ' smudge at the corral- ' From beside
that all the liberalism -of his sociologi- the horse stable came the red glow of.
cal training had not raised him above Gander's pipe, and the yellow light
a pang of jealousy. Minnie had no from the kitchen window disclosed"
monopoly on that weakness. Jackson Stake, senior, busy with his-
-Archie's
is-Archie's Ford ° had arrived and bed -time repast of young onions and`
Minnie had gone into the house while buttermilk.
Calwas busy with his horses. He -While Reed brought an armful of'
made a practice of giving them a lit small sticks from the wood -pile Cal`
tle extra rub down. on 'Saturday night arranged his cushions at the granary--
by
ranaryby way 'of acknowledgment` of a door. In' a few minutes a finger of
week's work well done. In the early fire was toying • through wraiths of
dusk of the stables he curried Big orange -yellow smoke curling .through'
Jim's fetlocks" while up and down the the still air.
length of the mange`r's came the. sound «Did I ever tell yu about the troll --
of oats being munched with equine 'bole between the cloud and the sha-
,gusto and satisfaction:,
It fell to Reed to break the big
news. "Oh, Daddy X," he cried,
bursting ,in from the outer sunshine.
"Minnie's here, and that man that was
with her when we were down at the
lake, when you were wading with
Miss Frolic—Miss Frawdic. 'I mean.
Don't you remember?"
dow?" Cal asked, when. they were -
Seated comfortably and the crackle of:
fire played pleasantly in their ears..
"No? Oh, that was a great trouble.
So silly, too, as most of our troubles•
are when you go to the bottom of
them.
"You see, it was like this: The
Cal remembered, and said so. "You cloud used to be born every afternoon
seem quite excited about it," lie add-
ed, shortly, i, somewhere in the southwest, and used
to come steering her ship softly
Reed looked at him for a moment„through the blue lake that we call the
puzzled and crestfallen, then slipped sky. . She was very proud 'of her
quietly out of the stable. He had great white plumes that rose like ma -
barely disappeared when a stab went jestic feathers from tine "back of a
skewering through Cal's heart. For mighty swan, and of the glisten of
the first time in his life he hadfallen sunshine where it fell on her shining
short of Reed's estimate of hire had shoulders. '
failed to answer enthusiasm with en- Continued next
thusiasm•
"Fool's business,” said Cal to him-
self. "In my irritation over Minnie I
snub Reed. I must make it up to
him-" •
He was at no pains to meet either
Minnie or Archie Hale,. buta few
minutes later he found Reed sitting
beside the granary with Trixie in his
arias. The boy had turned fromone
source of affection to another.
"C Old I d' said Cal
ome on, n ran, a ,
taking him gently by the shoulder,
"It's early yet. What do you say to
a swim in the lake?"
A moment later they had Antelope
sputtering and were off on their way
down the old :,'trail to the lake.
Through the kitchen window, where
She had furtively been keeping watch,
Minnie saw them
The water was calm and warm,
mirroring the purple and mauve of
the summer sky, and it slipped delici-
ously about their young limbs as they
swam out from the shore, -and back,.
A week in the hot, dusty fields made
its touch a luxury such as Cal had
never known in the days of bathtubs
and "conveniences," Afterwards they
sat on the sand until they were dry.
while Trixie, who had shared in the
plunge, shook her long hair uncon-
scionably close to their pile of crumpl-
ed clothing.
Suddenly Reed sprang to his feet.
"Let's build a fire and have a story,
Daddy X!" he cried. But Cal had be-
gun to feel an unaccountable impat-
ience to go back to the farm. He
wondered whether Archie Yale - had
gone home yet.
"Sure, we'll have a fire and a story
—up at the granary," said Cal.
"We'd better be going home now; it's
a bad road for after dark," he explain-
ed, and marvelled at his own sophis-
try.
The long twilight of the Manitoba
evening had faded into a segment of
week
III II
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IIIA IIIIIID.
Whom c guld
you l today ,
—by Long Distance.
There have been startling;
changes in selling methods
in the, last two years. New
ways of &ding new cus=
tourers, of getting at every
possible buyer,are being de-
vised every week. Obstacles:
are being brushed aside.
Present day business, tG
secure results, turns to Long
Distance as. its first laid.,
We are now handling con-
siderably over one million
Long Distance calls a month -
for people who must have;
an answer immediately..
They realize that the average
letter costs as tnueh as the aver-
age Long Distance message.
Whore Could you sell today by:
Long Distances
Each new 04044b6Pcls* tit elle
vaxue of rot;1 1'4011brird'