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And if that a was the end, and the end was always the ,..w...�a..o®uwu...m..,..en ,� same, why prolong so profitless a .„...a..o. journey? With the sound of her voice, the There would be no deception now„' Thoughts something like these may play of their conversation, her confi- and yet he had remained faithful to have run in his mind as he clung on to dence came. trickling back, her hys- Celesta, Land d to of hint As wishfor Jartck- the - the hand -rails his the car. iron ladder not teria of dejection surrendering to cal- son, • g. mer moods, Above its clamours of detached intparti leiny,hak The idhim, was had of known he loved the l feboyeu til contact es regret her heart incredulously heard killing hien, or g• t• t Now for tls By Robert 3. C. Stead • BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC., Victory and Other Bonds Bought and s .. Office—Meyer Block, Wingham R. VANSTONE BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Money to Loan at Lowest Rates. Wingham, - Ontario J. A. MORTON BARRISTER, ETC. Wingham, - Ontario • DR. G. D. ROSS Graduate RoyalSurgeons College of Dental Graduate Universitof Toronto Faculty of Dentistry. Office ••Over H. E. Isard's Store. again the tap of Hope upon its door; doors which, an hour ago, she had told herself, were closed and sealed forever. For Cal did not despise her! He loved her still—he said he did. Even i£— She raised her eyes, deep wells of sudden sorrow and under- standing, to his, Then, "At the last, yes. It wasn't that that brought him here. It was that wild, adventurous spirit of his. He felt that you had turned the trick on him, and wanted to show himself a match for you. I think that was what so absurd that ist l to wondered how he P of his arentia ins inc . , ever could have entertained it. boy's sake, he must disappear forever, Cresting a ridge on the` prairies his Grimly he told himself it was the on- vision caught the headlight of an .en-,ly thing ever he had done that was gine standing at the water tank. • Its worth doing; why not do it well? long tail of freight cars was lost in! A glint of light from the red rising the darkness; from far down the moon fell on a segment of wheel track came the . glimmering green within his vision and on the rail which light of its caboose. • Here was Jack- streamed like a ribbon of steel be- son's opportunity; doubtless he would neath him To let go,, that was "jump" this train as it pulled out, and, all. To open his numbed and stiffen - crouched on the top of a box car, or ing fingers.' Only another bubble standing over the , coupling -bars, or burst, another toy broken hanging from the iron foot -rails, steal I Item from the Wheatview Gazette: "Section inen working on , the tra- brought ham. But sitting beside Reed, his ride until approaching daylight cic east of The Wednesday ,and watching him and staying up with threatened his discovery. It would be came upon Sidingthe badlyWmangy him at night, and wondering, and won- no new experience for Jackson; he morningo remains ca e pa _man who ad ng - `Minnie,' he said, "It got •had simply swung back to that life dering p y dente been killed by a train during me. I began to realize things ne- from whence he came. UP in Cal's y ver realized before. That he was my heart there suddenly welled a strange the night. There was nothing in the boy—' Cal, hesaid couldn't say any more.' sense of sympathy with this man who clothing that would lead to indentifi Ycation, and only a few cents of mon- "And then he he left him to ; felt himself a wanderer at war with me, and something else—you didn't 'all the world, and he speeded his car ey, so it is supposed the remains are finish it," Cal reminded her. "What .+along the winding trail, the wet grass those of a tramp who had fallen from el j st his headlights a train while stealing a ride. Coron- you, Cal."fore the freight pulled out. was unnecessary, a,_ i. lie hesitated, prying about for a Ilate, case of accident, •'" • ' ' 1 "' • ' i -. .a. But he was too As he hurnm- se Cal read the cold type the words •beans of attack. Piesently� 11 ed down the long slope of prairie to-, ward The Siding he heard above the swam in his mind in a flood of possi- bilities. An ' accident? He recalled music of his'car the hoarse voice o Jackson's remark,. now strangely om- gasp incus and significant, "They travel se?" shining green againet ' er Armstrong held that an inquest She shook her head. "I can t tell 'to reach The Siding, if Possible, be -1 s 't was planly a Better Than Pills Tor 111s; Tom bt to toe& and otrongthon the. organ* o' diaquticn and outeina Oon, improve apps tita, fo,oecnasa hpcorrecte censtipati io• triildif,cyet promptly, thoroughly. Tmartial& Alright 29.T �'•'-li tic, Get a tq L"u•! Your 25c. BON Druggist H. McAVOY, DRUGGIST C. hursday tohet" Tete. ree may fall to the ground:' And after that he began to b ehappy again." Minnie stirred where she sat, and: Cal felt the pressure of her hand in his. "All right. Go on, Daddy G," said. Reed.. "And then another strange thing happened. A tiny flower sprang up from the very root of,theWeed, It was not .a rose. and it was not wheat„ but it was very tender, and delicate,. and trustful, At, first the weevil paid) no attention to this new flower, but after a while he began to love the lit- tle tendrils wrapped about so. that he soothed and fondled it and grew very much attached to it. .And one night he said suddenly, 'I am. shutting the sunlight from • this little , flower which I love/ And in: the• morning he .was gone, '.and was never seen again. "`After that the wheat and the rose and the little flower grew up very hapbily together. But the wheat and the rose often thought, with a strange sort of sadness, of the weed that had: once grown up between them, and had. gone away, because he loved the little flower.": The voice died out, and the speak-. Here's your pay." He piid her, and Big Jim, who was •cropping grass near by, like the gen- tleman he was, turned modestly away. After supperr they fished until sun- down, that they might have a string, to present to Mrs. Goode and Mr! Bradshaw, when they met them in. Plainville on the iitorrow. Then they er's yes, and the girl gazed mistily- built istily built a fire on the beach, and Reed demanded his bedtime story. across the dull. phosphorescent'distan "Once upon a time," said Cal, when 'ces of the lake, all three had snuggled into the sand "Is that all?" said Reed. "It's a beside the fire, "a beautiful rose grew nice story, but I don't understand it. r in a fieldof wheat. She„ was very young and very sweet, and she loved the wheat, and the wheat loved her. In the darkness of the night, when the wind stirred above them, their Rescue of Toronto Family leaves would rustle together. When From Drowning in Muskoka the storms carne, . and the rain beat( down upon then, the stalwart wheat Reports have just reached here o£ protected her. He could not bear to p see harm come to1a petal of her won- the rescue from drowning of a'familyy derful face, but . he loved to see thenamed Harrison of Blytheswood Rd.,, I dew -drops hanging there when the Toronto, who has been summering in 'sun burst over she clouds in the morn -1 Muskoka. It appears that near Ha- ing. On other nights, when all wasimills point, just off Wab-Nee-Kee, the still and calm, they stood togther wat- small launch they were in ran on a ching the friendly twinkle of the my- submerged ledge of rock, which broke riad of stars which God had' setover j the propellor off and tore the shaft them, and knew that in sorne way life right out of the boat, letting the wa- was more than just being a rose and ter pour through the shaft coupling a stalk' of wheat.Fortunately: for. them members of "And then, one night, a dreadful lanother 'Toronto family, Messrs. Hol thing happened. A horrible weed meg of Lake Shore Boulevard, Toron- grew up between them.. He grew so to, had just passed them in one of fast that by morning he had quite their large and fast launches on their shut thein off from each other's view; way from the Royal Muskoka and the wheat . could still scent the sweet their summer home on Wenowa andi perfume of the rose, and the rose Holmes Island, going to Fools Bay; could hear the sorrowful rustle of the Post Office. The party in the disab wheat, but they were as far apart as led launch, then fastfilling with water,. though worlds had come between signalled to the Holmes . Launch for them. help, which was immediatelyrender- "Then the wheat began to say to ed, the large launch at once reversing himself, 'I airs stronger than this and towing the other launch into weed. Tomorrow night, when all is Stoney Brae another westerly main dark I wi11 uproot him and and cast land of Lake Joseph. The rescued "Don't you think you should to me, Minnie? Don't you think it's fair to deliver his whole message " "I suppose I should,' she agreed. "But I am telling you for him, not amid a cloud of smoke and steam. sank between his hands. for myself. He said 'I'm giving ,you Another, and another; a tempestuous Then he destroyed the paper, that to Cal and -and—' " Her voice soudrond, i roar as the drivers, impatient with the I Minnie might never know. p- ed to an almost inaudible sound, drag of their thousand -ton -load, slipp- I CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX " `And Minnie.' " led on the rails; a steady, sober.,, suc- I Again it is June in Manitoba. Man "And so it shall be," said Cal, raist l cession of accelerating exhausts as' the Man- ing her face again to his. So it + ties of green are deepening on black shall be. No one shall prevent it great train got under way. Cal pull- fields' now pregnant with, another har-, ed so close to the track that the -viral:- vest,and from the summer -follows now; not even you. I shall win you i chful engineer sent a screech of fener spirals of dust twist heaven - back, you shall see. No matter a- warning—two long blasts, two shore— ward like incense burned in worship what cost." She shook her head gent - ft rom from his whistle. As'the.engine drew ly, but she did not draw it away, and of the 'god of husbandry. Upon the he held it still closer to his. "You by Cal made out the form of - the driv= prairies, upon the groves, upon the er in his seat; the dim lights on the gaudily painted buildings of Double 'shall see.:I have known this all gauges 'beyond;, the bent figures of along, and it was no barrier to me. F and Jackson. Stake, the summer When your mind has become accust-,,the fireman delivering a shovelful of rests, calm and dazzling in its brilli- acce ted it, it will, be no coal against the orange white glow brilli- ancy. The world is at peace, and, it omed—has P from the furnace. Overhead the might be asleep, save for the slow trail - barrier to you. Time may not heal g , all sores, but it surely brings us to un- ling steam -cloud was lighted up with shuttling of the ploughs back and for a momentary burst of lurid whiteness th across the summer -follows, and a sanelrid. And when you see this (from the open fire -box. Then the voice which from time to time' floats sanely then you will—you will accept rears swung by, clanking and jostling Jackson's gift." out of the distance the voice of Gan - So he plied her with caresses and as- on their way, their brake -shoes dron- der Stake raised in admonition of a Suring words until at last with joy he ing loosely against the quickening four -horse team long since indifferent wheels. to either his threats or blandish indifferent him gout the way; then he will shri family including the three children in, knew the touch of her reviving love..On the surface of the as calm shallgive you timeu he said. "A111 With a strange fascination Cal wan- 1lake, wet up and of die, and come no more be- ithe launch were profuse in their- ' With tweet the rose and me.' ; o.Btrt as he thanks to the Messrs.; Holmes, for the the time you want. But it must be ched this dark, many jointed, mechan-and white as quicksilver,the blazing la thth end." real centipede. roaring by, the car iii- afternoon dips slowly into the mauve down saw that if he des y d their launch Around the: �rgr. .. R. HAM iv LY 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- tist Church. All business given careful attention. Phone. 54. P. O. Box 513. G1. >c. Rtobt. C. Red, ond M.R.C.S. (Eng.) L.R.C.P. (Lond.) PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Dr. Chisholm's old stand. DR..„.. L. STE ; ART Graduate of University of Totonto, Faculty of Medicine; Licentiate of the Ontario College of Physicians and Surgeons. Office in Chisholm Block Josephine Street. Phone 29. the . locomotive as with its first it sent a shower of 'sparks scurrying light the way I'in going," and his head ' "I do," the girl whispered, as she kissed her husband's lips. The End. Dr. argaret C. Calder General Practitioner Graduate University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine Office—Josephine St., two. doors south of Brunswick Hotel. Telephones: Office 281, Residence 555. "t way in e and purple and crimson of evening. "I hope it may be so," she confess - trots and numbers skipping with gath- High overhead tatters of cloud entrap ed. "Now I know why you couldn't ering speed through the white wedge explain. Jackson told me about his of its headlights. Suddenly his,eye their fringes of ruby light and fling blacknail, too; I think he spared hiiii_ seemed to catch' the form of a man them into the mirrored depths, where self nothing. Oh, Cal, can you ever 'hanging by the hand -rails : between they reverse the blue bowl of infinity id t b sure but a heaven of their own not 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 to -x2, 2-5. 7-8. Telephone xgi forgive: That s the stranges it," he told her. "I don't •seem to hand at him as it flitted and was them birth inc lengthening have anything to forgive now. I seem' gone He watched while the shadows of the reeds creep out along to have lost it somewhere between green light on the .caboose gave place the silent water; a fish leaps suddenly Plainville and Mason's farm. It may to three red ones, and followed them upon an incautious fly; a mother duck be Annie Frawdic has it. I some -,with his : eyes until they dimmed in a cajoles her brood like a phalanx of, times think it was Annie who took it single orange l;lur in 'the distance. • . yellow tufted feathers in the soft rip - from me. Perhaps it was she who Then he turned his ear by the grain pies of her wake. helped Inc understand." And then he elevator, narrowly missing an empty As ,the heat abates and the cool of told her all about that last evening gasoline drum in his orbit, and went everting enwraps the valley . a little among the maples on Ernton's farm. ,slowly back to the shack on the, Ma- boy comes down to the shore to skip That is, all she needed to know. Isola farm. stones on the water. With each skip "But it wasn't you she left with, ; Jackson Stake had seen the head- of a stone the spaniel that gambols at Cal?" she said, and he knew that the lights of the motor as it emerged like his side plunges into the lake, to re - old fire was burning up again in Minn- a gigantic, electric -eyed bug over the turn, open and, empty -mouthed from ie's heart 1 edge of the prairie. He surmised that a fruitless search for the occasion of "Where did Jackson go?" he asked it was Cal in pursuit, probably in hos-the disturbance, but as eager as ever again. "Did he take the car?" 1tile pursuit, and smiled grimlyk as the for another plunge the moment after. "No. Ile dide,t take anything. clatter of the water -spout to place in- Above the noise of their play, from Said they travelled light the way he ,tiniated that the engine was again somewhere under the - trees comes the was going. Said he was going over ready for her journey. The clank of incessant clatter' of a typewriter, and to The Siding to jump the next' tightening draw -bars ran its gamut up a leafy path, if we are now tempted freight. He said he was used to that down the train like mighty fingers on to look, we may glimpse the outline, kind of travel—he'd be all right -and ,a keyboard` half a mile in length, and so hidden by foliage as to be almost I could tell you he wouldn't trouble with the first motion of the wheels undscerned, of a bungalow of cotton - you any more." the drew himself up on the hand -rails wood logs, with a deep, inviting ver - "I must follow him," said Cal.."We between two' cars. It was the old, hada and a chimney of granite bould- can't have him go like'that."lfree life again, and the singing of the ers suggestive of hospitality, and rest, Again he drew her, now responsive,1 rails was music in his ears As and the. smell of wood smoke, and the to his arms, then, outside, he selected he raced by Cal he waved hm a ges- 'glow of an open fire against the night the Dodge for its better headlights :tore, half of defiance, half of farewell.;winds froin,the lake. and in a few minutes was on his way.{ The speed quickened;; the cars t "Thanks, Mina; that's a great help" The railway siding, where trains' swung more and more boisterously; said Cal, as the girl drew the last stopped at the -water tank, and, in the 'the vacuum of their motion sucked sheet front her machine. "If an au - shipping season, to pick up cars load -:dust and cinders from the roadbed to thor must marry, let him marry a ed with wheat, lay four miles across 'fill his throat and eyes, and in his stenograper. Tomorrow we'll.. hitch the prairies from the'Mason farm. heart was happiness and sorrow such up Antelope acid haul a load of maim - Cal had never driven the trail, but he as he had never known. It was his scripts to town, and if we're lucky knew its general direction, and, oncelfirst and great renunciation; and, hav-(enough' to find a cheque at the post - upon it,. he followed it without diffi-ling renounced so much, the thought office we'll visit the Roseland Em- culty, The rain had washed the winds insisted upon him., why not all? The yporium— clean, and as he drove he filled his price which remained to ply' was not ( ."Or the Electric theatre,'' she sug- lungs with great breaths of the even- a heavy one. He had taken his life gested. ing air. In the far northwest a scg-las a plaything and he had his game "Oi' the Electric theatre," he agreed. meat of light still hung along the ho -f with it. Now that the toy was wreck- "Take along your broad hat, anyway. eizon, while from the cast carne inter- ed, the bauble broken, why linger ov-+Now I have just time to catch a fish mittenly the faint blush of distant ler the ruined fragments? And why for supper—" lightning, Very peaceful was the regret? At best the pain outweighs "Just the same, I shall fry sausages.' night, and as he hummed along the the pleasure, the loss is always great -,I az beginning to know something of smooth prairie trail Cal found hislerthan the gain. Man lives not for your fisherman's luck" ' heart grown strangely peaceful, too.ltoday, but for tomorrow, and Hope,l. "Can't be lucky in everything," he The crisis was passed, 1,finnle knew. the arch deceiver, luring hurl on in the smiled hack, "and I've had my shale. nursed this plan in his heart he look- timely assistance they rendered wit edtro a • Wenowa. the weed he would surely uproot the, `ledge of rock where the accident hap - rose. So the wheat was very sad, and 1pened the . water is' over loo feet in for many days he made no cheerful 'depth and the shaft and jropellor of 'sound at all. But at length he said, course were lost. No life preservers. `I love the rose even more than I love were on the wrecked launch and two two cars-, he cru no e , and set up a ieav t thing about the figure seemed to wave a shadowy less magnificent than that which gave myslf' and I will not uproot the ;of the children could not swim. The D. McIENNES CHIROPRACTOR MASSEUR Adjustments given for diseases of all kinds, specialize in dealing with children. Lady attendant, Night Calls responded to. 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