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The Huron Expositor, 1917-08-17, Page 7171 mareatet_ei. ettiont: s. . e.,s reanI easagp ott at -a, a. withF tine :A, patiotn ofth au, toted tuht it3(i the . ancient appereaut, • e etive vi g that -- eis ojit or tin eadaion 'enie lines hed -en de- Lethel ag. n the ;Miele ns ver that no one haa - rablta driuk. These mtripd fter days jthe aieirekties where the only tiles around wag to be ' rabbits everywhere, er dota one 0 the ,g One to the snrings to e hate even a-ene, so far as _the inargius of waterholee Etri*, With never a track dieclosed beyond wheie Sew. !, Iiidiata Deegan. , dia the iargest coor rant beggam of *AT world. These Ellellikli••• ,a MAY are sense religious liaise dily tortures ont lal ideat of per - OU$ functions tion to a r gortoos anid doeout twin remain - At Wire, Adatert" Iee„ fey Isiiittri right. Below; eon outspread the mat tees oontribution* 'e atm& lade ;He Anxious. artel hie Sal were up in rson. On beiug asked ` 'on, "Wilt thou have ?" Sack answered, "I O nst say 4I will,' ear- ,••• parson, an4 repeated the responded Jack/ more 31 ever. te clergyman threateued. tG mrviee altegether if the re - Ls net properly given. That kuch for Sally, who broke fn nandlY, "Look a -here! - are our Jack sayine te won't te if ye keep °a badgerine* mice,was tesumed. A entor of the Cliero- b• et, was brie of the great he tladlaU raee He -wag a **MG teigiish name was atess; His father was a tu and leis mother a fun- iian *roman. s This 'an.of-war or in a long-lasting en fit from s one of the xi.ding features of e. war ---with its Pic effeet onatom- and nervesr—its come r e f re s lent in time of n rhe lavolor S 7 • DOAN'S KIDNEY CURED HEIL LLS Albert WiDiarrts, Edam,. . have the greatest pleasure in you what Doan's Kidney Pills "it for ene. Tee yeat's ago I was so bad with my kidneys that 1 would faint away and could not stand to do anything. I bad been that way for two years, and bad done all i could, but did not get any better until one day some one put a little book in our door, and I SIM how another young girl had, suffered like I was then, so 1 thought I would try them, and I am glad to say that after taking four boxes I have never had the same nen agahe thanks to Doan's." Doan's. Kidney Pills are the original poi for all kidney troubles. They are put up in an ohlongicgter box_ and bear the trade mark of a Maple• th See that you get "Doan's" when you ask for them. Price 50e. per bar at all dealers or mailed direct on receipt of price by The T. Milburn Co, Limited, Toronto, Ont. teeet 5he an from. lengarrya 4fter Mr. Murray, and you and 'Willie earl do what you like." , This • combination sounded so 'ter- rible to Ranald that he surrendered at once; and it was arranged that there should be a grand sugaring -off, and that others besides the minister's wife and her niece should be invited. But Mr. Murray had noticed the falling of Ranald's face at the men- tion of Male:ties visit 4r,o the CAMP, Atid feeling that she had takeri Mir, aat a, disadvantage, she determined TALE OF TIIIC that she would the verY iiext day put - . hersef right With him. She Was eag- OTTAWA°1...,,,..„. E er to follow up the advantage she • ---. hail gained the day before in esttah- -*.., Willing terms of hdendehilt with Ran- ald, for her heart went out to the IT-Irluilmllum"mrf ' itanitlfillienglingailkboy. in whose deep, passionate nature she saw vast possibilities for good Or ' (Continued from Last 'Week) ill. On - her return from her daily visit to Macdonald Dubh, she took By Rsli* Connor 111. 11111 Ranald's face fell, but' his Highland the camp road, and had the good for- r courtesy forbade retreat[. "If • she tune to 4743 Ranald aim% "riging up" larav would care," he said, doahatally. bis kettes preparatory to -the boiling gia‘d011e sIbae7hasseeeneveherebaereauld It:idler; But she had no tune for kettles 0- see the citY and I Want her to learn au n on 0 ,...,, , a Dumenagns ! she went Straight to her ing was a brick and a shining "quarter" she can of the country and the woods. ' ' ' opportunity . for each to &Splay loyal. • on the school rugby team It is positively painful to see the ig- said, after she had shaken hands with "1 C841° t° see you, Banald'F° she courage and fidelity. In the prayer that followed the , I " But, Harry think of his people!" itOh rot!" replied her irreverent gard to all diving thingea-beasts and been thinking that it would perhaPe the absence of the set forms and ' birds and plants Wh 0-1 be better to have no strangers but t f nephevv; "I don't play with his peo- , WE HURON EXPOSIrOR lisard the psron stmg in the church— entrance of "tads" into the social to the las win rift mine eye, sphere of her life she would regard •as an impertinent intrusion. It was From whence cloth come mine as -much as she could bear to allow aid; •the approach of "connneree" which - - and the tune WaS the old, familiar her brother representedShe sup posed, of course, there must be peo- new to him"French,", that daybut somehow it was The fresh voiall pie to carry on the trades and indus- . , - ' ees and the crisp, prompt movemtries of the country—very worthyent people, too—but these were people of the tune made Ronald feel as if he one could not be expeeted to know. had never heard the psalm. sung be - Miss St Clair thanked heaven that she fore. In the reading he took his a had had the advantages of an Eng - verse with the others stumbling lish. education and up -bringing, and little, not because the words were too. she lamented the stubbrn demoeratic o big for hira, but because they seem - opinions of her brother, who insisted ed 'to rim into one nother. The chap- that Harry should attend the public ter for the day contained Paul's in - school. She was not surprised, there- lin:let/On to Timothy, urging bee to fore, though greatly grieved, that' fidelity and courage as a good soldier of Jesus ChristHarry chose his friends in, school with . . a fine disregard of "their people." It 'When the readiwe was done, Mrs. was with surprise amounting to pain 'Murray told them e, story ,of a young that she. found herself one day intro - an Who had Shed hiEs Mood upon a duced by, her nephew to Billie Bar - 'all moor because he was too ' clay, who turned out to be the son of Bar - to be untrue to his lord, and Harry's favorite. confectioner. To his in a few words, made them all aunt's remonstrance it seemed to hat still Some conflict was be - ed d that there Harry a sufficient reply that Billi norance of these- city children i;; him, "about our sugaring -0 . I've first thing that surprised Ranald was urged his 'Int* . Y,many ) ones o prayerwithwhich he was rd.., a ..r, them ,catilbat tot a beech from a just old friends, you and Don and familiar. It was all so simple and d - . ' hissmood. . Hughie and me." - ,, 11 "Oh, mother!" protested Hughie, Ranald at once caught her mean - aghast at such ignorance. "yes, indeed; it is dreadful, 1 as. big, but found himself strangely un - wiling to be exteiented from kis pre - sure you," said his mother, smiling. dicament. 1 ' ,..."Why, I know a, grown-up . woman . "I mean," said Mrs. Murray, frank - who didn't knett till after she Was "we might enjoy it better without married the differ -mine between a my niece; and so, perhaps, we could spruce and a pine." - have the sugaring when I come to real. The mother was telling the es, but Harry, youdon't expect to make him your friend?" great Father in Heaven r cares "But he is rns, friend, pmembered—the absent h ''''d of the Heaven all, sure that he ould under- and I don't and anxieties and the day's needs for -care what his people are. Besides, stand and answer. Every ne was re- 1 think his governor is a fine old boy, and I know he gives us jolly good family and those present; the young- - man worshipping with them, that he I "But, Harry," hawered his aunt, in might be a true man and a good sol- Why can't you make friends in- yoar despair, you are positively dreadful. a dier of Jesus Christ, and at the close, own set? There is Hubert Evans and LEGAL • IL S. HAYS. Barrister, Solicitor,Conveyancer and Notary Public. Solicitor for the i)o- minion Bank. Office in rear ofthe o- rrinion Bank, Seaforth. Money to loan. J. M. BEST. Barrister, Solicitor, Conveys sr' and Notary Public. Office upsi XS ever Walker's Furniture Store, Main Street, Satforth. PROUDFOOT, KILLORAN AND COOKE. Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Pub- lic, etc. Money to lend. In Seaforth on Monday of each week. Office in MEI Block W. Proudfoot, K. C., J. L. Killoran, H. J. D. Copke. ..•••••.••••, V KFFAINARY. F. liARBURN, V.S. Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin- azy College and honorary member of the Medical'Association of (he .Ontalio Veterinary College. Treats diseases of all domestic animals by the most mod- ern principles. Dentistry and Milk Fev- er a sPeeiaIty. Office opposite Dick's Hotel, Main Street, Seaforth. M.pr- dies left at the hotel will re five prompt attention. Night calls re 4 iv - *id at the office. - JOHN GRIEVE V.S. Honor graduate of Ontario Vara In aryl College. All diseases ol domestie animals treated. Calls promptly at- tended to and charges moderate. Vet - Grimy Dentistry a specialty. Office and residence on Goderich street, one door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea - forth. atEDICAL. DR. W.J. GLANFIELD, M.A., MB, Phyrdeiap, Etc, Honor Graduate of University of Toronto, six years't experience . Brucefield,S.Mtario. DR. GEORGE HEILEMANN. Osteopathic Physician. of Goderi Specialist in women's and childreres diseases, rheuirattism, acute, chronic and nervous disorders; eye ear, nose and throat. Consultation free. Office in the Royal Hotel; Seaforth, Tues- days and FrIdey5a8 axe. till. 1 p:m. C. J. W. HARN, MD.OEM. 425- Richmond Street, London, 0 ;. Specialist, Surgery' and Gepite-Ur - ary limns of men and women. Dr. ALEXANDER MOIR Physician and Surgeon Office and Residence, Main Str I-11one 70 Hensa DR. 3. W. PECK Graduate of Faculty of Medid 'a McGill University,. Montreal; Member of College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario;Licentiate of Medical Coun- cil of Canada; Post -Graduate Member of Resident Medical Staff of General Hospital, Montreal, 1914-15; Office, 2 doers east of Post Office. Phone 56, Hensel, Ontario. DR. F. L. BURROWS Office and residence, Goderich street east of the Methodiat church; Seaforth. Phone 46. Coroner for the Cormty of EMIL 011s••••9, DRS. SCOTT & MACKAY 3. G. Scott, graduate of Victoria and College of Physicians and Surgeems An Arbor, and member of the Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons, of Ontario. C. Mackay, honor graduate of Trin- ity University, and gold medallist of Trinity Medical College; member of the College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario. DR. H. HUGH ROSS. Graduate of University of Toronto Faculty of Medicine, member of Col- lege of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario; pass graduate courses in Chicago Clinical School of Chicago; Royal Ophthahnic Hospital, London, England, University Hospital, London, Thigland. Office—Back of Dominion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5, Night Calls answered from reeidence, Vic- toria street, Seaforth. ewe. som••••••••=••••••••••••••• .. -AUCTIONEERS... THOMAS BROWN. Lieensed auctioneer for the ccuM les Ruron and Perth. Cenrattpond SW: ngoments for sale dates can be made by calling up Phone 97, Seed tk 6r The arpositor arica. Cluilltes d- epute and satisfaction guaranteed. • • • • But you know them all now,' said bring Hughie home on Friday. Hughie, a little amdous for his 1110- Manme does not.come till Saturday," ther's reputation. Her franlmess clikirmed Ranald of "Yes, indeed," said his mother, proudly; "every one I think at lead when the leaves are out. So I want Maimie to learn all she can." Ranald did not like the idea any too well, but after they had gone his thoughts kept turning to the'propos- eded visit of Mrs. Murray and her niece. "Maimie," said Ranald to himself. "So that is her name." It had a musical sound and was different from the names of the girls he Itenw --- Betsy and Kirsty and Jessie -and Marget and Jinny: -It was finer somehow- than these, and seemed to suit better. a city girl. He -w-onder- ed if she would be niFe, but he decided doubtless that she would be proud. To be "proud" was the .unpardonable. sin with the Glengarty boy; The boy or girl convicted of this crime earned -the contempt of all selftrespecting people. On the whole Ronald was• sorry she was coining Even in school he was shy wjth the girls, and kept away from them. They were always , blushing and. giggling and making 1 one feel .queeri and they never meant ha th ith 11 h d bt rtin in a smile that made Ranalds b t "0 ed la b....0•••••• ,••••Ms.•11•1••••• R. T. LUKER Lielsatea Auctiamoso for the Cona al Rene. Bake attended to la rzimi of the Cseedy. "Iry is mine ex - Wawa In Manitoba and Saaloaighe- maw Taus serissiths. PlumN. Calm% PA, IL L- ie. L 0116611 st The limn Mg. " to. 6' the little lad goin.g away this morn- 1, • e an r ys. ing, that he might be. kept from all eEv,- mewl," he said, Without his. usdal deeds. The simpla beau' of the tempt; "beastly snob, and the Lang - Snorted Harry with eon - his reserve. "I know well what You harm and from all evil thoughts arid . ford's are'-.tregular Mollies!" Where - awkwardness, "but I do not .aintid words, the musie in the voice, and the Where - now all having your niece to eonle,i I tender, trustful feehng that breathed and Don is going to haye a party. through the prayer awakened in Ran- hew as impossilbe. But Billie did not 1113On. Miss St Clair gave up het: nep- The quiet, gravetoneWas that of a repeat his -visit to his friend Harey's home. Mtge Frances St. Clair had a way of looking throtigliOher pince-nez that even a' boy 'could understand and vvould seek to avoid. . With Meimie, Miss St.Claitr achiev- ed b•etter results. she.was a gentle girl with' an affeetidnate, Yielding dis- position, tending towards indolence and T• self-indulgence. Her aunt's chief concern about her was that she should be frocked and mamiered ' as became her position. Her education Was committed to a vety select young ladies' school, where only the daugh- ters of the first families entered. What or how they were taught, her aunt never inquired. She felt quite sure that the lady principal would re- sent,. as indeed she ought any such inquiry. Hence Maimie came to have a snmttering' of the English poets, could talk in conversation -book French, and could dash off most of the notes of a few waltzes and mar- ches from the best composers, her toiecehde resistance," however, being "La Priere d' une Vierge." She car- ' ried -with her from school a portfolio of crayons of appaxen.tly very ancient and very battered castles; and water- colors of landscapes, where the water was Waite AS solid as the land. True, she was qtdte mat& to keep her own small accounts and when her fathet 'eliatited to 'ask- Iter-ofie da f to de for him a simple addition, he was amazed to find. that after only the third at- , tempt did she get it right; but, in the ,eyes of her aunt, these were quite un- 1 important deficiencies ,and for young ladies she was not sure but that the keeping of accounts and tbe adding of figures were almost vulgar eicorap- lishin.ents. Her father thought other- wise, but lie was a busy man, and • besides, he shrank from entering into ' a region strange to him, but where' his sister moved with assured tread. 1 He contented himself with, gratifying i his daughter's fancies and indulging her in every way &Meted him by her seratem of training and education. The main marvel in the result was that the girl did not grow more, self, ieh, superficial and ignorant than she did. Something in her blood helped her, but m e, it was her aunt's touch ef, -upon. her li . For every 'week a let - ...ter came rom the country manse, bringing with it some of the sweet simplicnity of the country and. some- thing like a breath of heaven. She was nearing her fifteenth birth- day, and though alinoit every letter brought an invitation to visit the manse in, the backwoods, it was only when the girl's pale cheek and lan- guid air awakened her father's anxie- ty that she was allowed to accept the invitation to spend some weeks in. the country. (To be coninued Next Week) ma,n, andMrs. Murray 'looked at the - boy with new eyes. She did not know that it was her own frank confidence that had vebn like confidence from him. "How old are you Ronald?" she said, in her wonder. "I will be going on eighteen." "You will soon be a man, Rinald." Ranald reinained silent, and she went on earnestly: "A strong, good, brave man, Ranald." - The blood rushed to the. boy's face with a sudden flood, but still he stood silent. - . "I'm going to give you Hnighie for two days,"` she continued in the same earnest voice; and leaning dOwnmver her pony's neck toward him: '41 want ald's heart emotions-. and longings he had never known before, and he rose from his knees feeling how 'wicked and how cruel a thing it would be to cause one of these little ones to stumble. After the worship was over Hughie seized th\3 Scotch bonnet ani -rushed for the juniper and tn. a few minutes his mother had. all the space not tak- en up by him and Ranald packed with blankets and -baskets. • "Jessie thinks- that even- great shanty -men like you. and Don and Hughie will not 'object to something better- thare"bread and Dork." - "Indeed, we will not," said Remold, heartily. - Then Hughie `suddenly remembered that he was a.ctually leaving home, hiin to know strong and manly boys. and climbing out of the jumper, he He , very fond of you Bianald. He in the world." She paused, her lips, thinks you are better than may man I rushed at his mother . • His mother stooped and put her "Oh, mether, good by!" he cried, Maimie would te like the rest, and hear eat quick. Then she went oil darling," she said in a low voice; "1 perhaps a little worse. Of course, t with a shy 'tangy. aknow being "MrsMurray's niece, she might the boys sometimes drop words they be something like herr . Still, that ' should not and tell stories unfit to could hardly be. No girl could ever. hear"; the blood was beginning, to be like the minister's wife. ,He re- it show in her cheek, "and I would not solved he would turn Maimie over to like my little boy—" Her voice broke suddenly, but recovering quickly she. went on in grave, sweet tones, "L. trust him to ion; Reinald';'• for this time and afterward. 'He looks, im to you. I want him to be a good./ brave man, and to keep his heart pure." Rariad could not speak but he looked steadily into Mrs. Murray's eyes as he took the hand she offered and she -knew he was pledging himself to her. "You'll come for him to -Morrow," she said, as she teamed away. By this time Ranald- had found his voice. "Yes, ma'am," ;he replied. "And I will take good care of him." Once more Mrs. Murray found her- self looking at him* as if seeing him for the firet time. He had the sol- emn voice and manner of a man mak- ing oath of allegiance and, she rode way with her heart at rest concern- ing her little boy. With Ran*, at least, he would be safe. Those two days had been for Hugh - ie leng. and weary, but at haat the great day came.for him, as `all great days will come for those who wait. Ronald appeased at the maase be- -fore tbe the breakfast was well begun, and Hughie, with the unconscious eg- otism of childhood,was for rushing of Without thought of preparation for himself or 'of farewell for those left hehind. Indeed he was for leaving his porridge untested, declaring l he' "wasn't a bit hungry,t but his moth- er brought him to his senses. "No breakfast, no sugar bush to-, day, Hughie," he said "we cannot send Men out to. tbe woods that can - Don. He remembered, with gneet re - net that Don did not mind girls; in- deed, lie inspected Don rather enjoy- ed, playing the "forfeit" 'gamed - 'at school with them, in which the pen- alties were paid in kisses. How of- ten had he shuddered and admired those daring games! Yes, Den would do the honors for Maimie. Perhaps Don•would even, venture to play "for- feits" with her. Ranald felt his face grow hot at this thought. Then, with sudden -self detection, he cried, angrily, aloud: "I don't care;,let hime he may: for all I care." , • - "Who may what?" cried a 'Woke behind him. It was Don himself. 'Nothing," said Ronald, blushing shamefacedly.' ' "Why, what are you mad about?". asked Don, noticing his flushed face., "Who is mad?". said Ranald. "I am not road whatever.'" . "Well, you look mighty like it," said Don. "You look mad enciugh to fight." But Ronald, ignoring him, simply said, "We will need be gathering the sap this evening, for the troughs will be full." "Huh -huh," said Don. "I gUess We can casry all there is -to -day, but we will have to get - the colt to -morrow. Got the spiles ready?" "Enough' for toleliy," said Ranald, wondering how he eouldi tell Don of the proposed visit of Mr. Murray and her niece4 Taleing each a bun- dle of ipiles and an ax, the boys set out for the part of the sugar busk as yet untapped, and began their'work. "The :minister's wife and Hughie not eat breakfast, can we Ranald? were here just now," began &wield. Hughie at once fell upon his eor- "Huh-huh I met them down the ridge with vigor, -while Ronald, who road. Hughie said he was- coming day after to -Morrow." "Did Mrs. Murray tell you—" "Tell me what?" "Did she tell you she would like to see a t , sugaring -off ?" "Nrd; they didn't stop long enough to tell me anything. Hughie shout- ed at me as they passed." "Well," said Ronald, speaking slowly and with difficuty, "she want- ed bad .to see thesugar-making, and I asked her to conte." You did eh?' I wonder at you." "And she wanted to bring her niece and—and—I let her,"- said Remold. "Her niece! Jee-roo-sa-lem!" cried Don. Do you' know who her. niece "Not I" said Ronald, looking rath- er alarmed. "Well, she is the daughter of the big lumberman, St. Clair, and she is a great swell." Remain stood speechless. "That does beat all," pursued Don; "and you asked her to our camp?" Then Ronald grew angry. "And why not?' he said, defiantly. "What is wrong about that?" "0, nothing much," langhtecl Don, "if I had done it, but for you Ranakii Why, arhat will you do with that sal -ell LLL. lady from the city?" "I will do nothing " said Ronald "There will be you and Mrs. Murray "Oh, I say," burst in Don, "that's badly! Let's ask some of the boys, and—your aunt, and—my mother, and—some of the ger' Is." "Oh, sbucksi" said &maid, angrily. You just want Marget Aird." "You get out!" cried Don, indig- nantly; 'Margot Aird!"Then. after , a pause, he added; "All right", 1K112.,: - Clip don't want anybody else. look -9--rgwr• 'was much too shy to eat at the ministdr's table, sat and waited. After breakfast was over, Jessie was called in. for the • morning wor- ship, without which no day was ever begun in the ;manse. At worship in the minister's house everyone present took part. It was Hughie's special joy to lead the singing of the psalm. His voice rose high and clear, even above his mother's, for he loved to sing, and Ronald's presence inspired him to do his 'best. Ronald often mm•••••••••••••ononsamm•••••••• •46•••••••••8 o-•2 •04 • V•10..t.•4.40.6 4 Sure! High Heels i Cause Corns But i I Who Cares Now 1 Because style decrees that women crowd and buckle up their tender toes in high heel footwear they suffer from corns, then they cut and trim at these painful pests which, merely makes the corn grow hard. 'rnis suicidal habit may cause lockjaw and women are warn.ed to stop it. A few drops of a drug called frioz- one applied -directly upon a sore corn gives (I -pick -relief and soon. the entire mu, •Teot and all, lifts out without pain. Ask the drug store marl for a quarter of an ounce of freezone, whicl costs Vpty little but is sufficient to ye - we've every hard or soft corn or callus from onetatfeett . 'This drag ins an ether compound and &ice ha *Moment and sim ly 'abriVels :up the torn withoid or even the aurrounding tissue or this ou6 and pip ea your trust you to be a good boy, and, Hughie, don't forget your prayers." - Then came to Ilughie, for the first time, the- thought that hid been in the mother's heart all' the mornihig. that when night came he would he down to sleep, for the fent time in his life, witliout4hotnightly story and beragteittleillght itietiaaa. enettte, "Mother, whiaperect the little lad, holding her tight about the neck, "won't you come, too?' I don't like to go-away' He could have said no more com- forting word, and the mother, whose heart had been soreenough with . her first parting from her boy, was more -than glad to find that` the pain was was not alt on her side; so she kiss- ed him again, and said, in a cheery voice: "Now have a giant time. Don't -trouble Ranald too much, and bring mei back some sugar." Her last word - braced the lad as nothing else could. "Oh, mother, Fll bring you heaps!" he oiled, and with the vision of what he woud bring home again shiningly 'vividly before his eyes, he got than the parting withsout tears, and was soon speeding down the lane beside Itanald, in the jumper. The mother stood and watched the little figure holding tight to Ranald with one hand, and with the other - waving frantically his bonnet by the tails, till at last the bush hid •him from her sight. "Then she turned back again to the house -that seemed so empty, with her hand pressed hard against her side and her lip quiver- ing as with sharp pain. "How foolish!' she said, impatient- ly to herself; "he will be home in two days." But inspite of herself she went again to the door, and looked long at the spot where the bush swal- lewed up the road. Then she went .upstairs and shut her door, and when she came down again there was that in her face that 'told that her heart had had its first touch of the Sword that sooner or later, must pierce all mothers' hearts. CHAPTER VII Maimie. Before Hughie.came back from the sugar camp, the minister had return- ed from the presbytery,bringingawith him his wife's niece, Maimie St.Clair, who had come from her home in a western city to meet him. Her father, Mr. Eugene St. Clair, was president of Raymond and St. Clair jeumber Company. Nineteenyears before this time he had married Mrs. Murray's eldest sister, and establish ed his home with every prospect of a prosperous and happy life, but after three short, bright years of almost perfect joy, his young !wife, his heart's -idol, after two day's illness, fluttered out from her beautifal home leaving with her broken-hearted hus. band her little boy and a baby girl two weeks old. Then Eugene St. Clair besought his sister to come out from England and preside over his home and care for his children; and that he might forget his grief, he gave himself, heart and mind, to his business. Wealth came to him, and under his sister's rule Ids home be- came a place of cultured elegance and a centre of fashionable pleas-ure. Miss Frances St. Clair was a wo- Man of the world, proud of her fam- ily -tree whose root disappeared in the depth of past centuries, and devoted to the pursuit and cultivadoh of those graces and manners -that are suppos- ed to distinguish people of :birth and breeding from the coliNion sort. In- deed, from common men and things, she shrank &most with horror. The "TEA?" MAY BE SUPPRESSED. Woman Thinks the Custom 11.fe1ps the Nation. - A writer in The Louden Times suggested that the widespread 'habit in England of afternoon tea be sup- pressed in th., interests of natia.1.11 economy. "A woman taa drink -r" proraptly wrote to The -o- to-t,ng vigorously against an tat. -r - I. -ton tea etnbargo. st'.tting 11 Ohilaten Cr iiimen CASTOR:tap Prese tvd Raspberries wiii keep their natural color if you -uso , *Pate the Mlle' panestigarwhinh dissolves stance. °vier by name in *fiend. 20 auri -10M. Soteica 27-1145-M. Canova PRESERVING LABELS PAM Sandraillalltradeintrizzatiratat a itagvc hi ATLANTIC SUGAR RE, Liathaed Dewar Bldg., itONISOIAL il AMA LADIES' COLLEGE OPENS ITS THIRTY,ITH YEAR ON SEFTEMBEr. SEVENTEEN NI NETEEN HUNDRED & SEVENTEEN Thoroaqr ceursis : o. Art. Oratory. High School. Business Lumestic Science and Superior Physical Training,. FPR TE7M5 1,77'1V.7.1 R. t, A., D. -D., ;1-e.....arta Ztt. 7ritzttna,s, Ont.arlo •tm, '1110rir' -e a oad habit it is takiug the pie.r. If a weese one. During tbe laet 20 •.-• ars tbe habit of offering a alass of haa•uits to afternoon call - • was -replaced by the cup of tea with its p.dd;Cr.'n," of hot scones and fancy cakos. The result has been a VP.Ft inr'as' itt te-aperance, says the tea defender. It was unfriendly to refuse a glass of wine and flaunt teetotalism, but tea saved the .atuetion. One might go further • eay it has reduced the number of .-aa'a-as of rheumaltism in this gen- -mon whose mothers. (and fathers) !'ropi their afternoon sherry -tippling almost without Pxception f3ut- -Fel 3 from aches in their joints, 4.1tvrnotan tea has become the - of all classes, continues the !$,..r. and it has beCome a neces- y .or, sinee "speeding up" hai made universal. There is not in the city, be the erqp1,,yes jr le:Attie, where ffoui the • to ;tic.. °Mee boy tl'e viternoon tr.a is not an institution. it is sloppy and badly :;r-. • A. always iL is looked fdr- to for the sun ething of fresh- -a..! 7 - it ifiV(Z 1.1t t fil.-end of a long 1 a,-ery 't'on factory af- :-a:_t tra in regarded as a neces- • for m.11 n1aiiitg the maxim7m of if,Atue: CD, 11111 the lady ccrrespon.- ..entU.. it would. be most unwise restriction on tea be ',times states that during re- ye.,i.rs there has been an extra- calinary growth in the observanee ot tae tea hour nt Loncleme restatie rivets' and cafes. Those who cater fo..- the habit have encouraged it by tt- provision of pleasant music as rat accompaniment to lea drinking ad cake nibbling and chatter; and the newer tea rooms and lomaggs. have been made as bright and charming as is possible through the art of the decorator. In some of the more popular restauranits hundreds of light - teas are served every day, and on Satur- day afternoons it is s common thing to see scores of people waiting patiently to get a seat at the tables. Whatever order is gleen usualle ends with the words, .."and bring some cakes." The pastries favored - are cream -filled eclairs, or cakes coated with sugar icing. What the afternoon 'sugar consumption inay come to en the aggregate in the west end is a Matter for conjecture, but the figure, if it could be ascer- tained by a. census, would probably prove to bealarmingly high. Charges for afternoon, tea at the best restaurants are out of propor- tion to the refreshment provided, but price does not appear to be a con- sideration with the visitors. The profits derived , from the national habit are sufacient to Make the caterer regard with dismay any sug- gestion to abolish the meal. Hotel and eafe proprietors would certainly take exception to a prohibition of the sale of food or drink et any description.- between the houri of 3 and 6 in the after' te. 0* New Zealand Troops._ New Zealand troops bound event- ually for the front were gathered in large numbers in Sydney recently. The streets were alive with them.; stocky, soldierly -looking youths whose .iniforms contracted markedly with those of Australian troops in that they wore tunics very like in cut those in use in the United States ermy and --peaked ?cow -puncher" hats. Every arm of the Dominion military service Wa$ represented. 'Phe Maoris during a, parade of the troops through the city attracted the particular attention of the onlookers. Tbc New ZeaIa.n.d Minister for Agri - eulture, W. D. S. Conald, Said of the troops, who were 'eomposed oft both volunteers and conscripts, anal of the operation of _the etampulstarai service law in New Zealand. "Although the ('OnStliptiOn system is in force men still have the right to volunteer, and it is always found whPn men are "ailed i tlazot more than half are volunteers, In my ow* electorate they have norer had occa- sion for a draft. Tie y have always been able to And the quota throngla the :voluntary. system. "New Zealand does not make the sltghtest distinction between its Vol- unteers and its conscripts. To eacb cla.ss precisely the same privikge* are aeCorded." Worst ?too- on eoord-i, M. Lemontnier,'-e- in,l; Burgomaster of B;usseia; who Lae been sentenced to twelve months' imarisonment for refusing to obey t.erman order, has oecupied as digicua, a position as there is on earth eine- Burgomaster Max was hauled of: to -Germany. His has been the task of protecting the Belgians of the taloti-3 again.st Ger- man aggression in a situati011 in which the Germans Lave' Possessed. the ultimate force Onat least tvo oeeasions- his wife 'Las been aped, and h- has seen his aurnitiire offeree nu -tion to pay ; the fine. The .tin a burgomaster '0! Brussels is a brotaer of the M. Lemonnier whom we know in this country as editor and proprietor of "L'Independence Beige"— a daily paper which dilring morn than two: years has given the millioU Belgians in this country an organ » of their own. Korea 'Uses a Spoon., While China, and Japan take rice with chopsticks, Iderea eats tiers with a spoon. Prediction is that the next key Will usher in the bread fork. "Whence eoraes this peculiar- ity?" asks the Korea Magazine. 'One, reason is that in the linalects of Con - Indus a record exists that the Mose ter ate his millet, not with 0UP- *Oaks, but with a spoon, tvery say - Ing that pertains to Confucius Is rev- erently regarded in Korea, and the Peoile of that land would rather foie low the Master than present-klay tom." Flowering Almonds. The name of almond suggests oal nnt of that name, but aatt *Mt liosastrilag almonds, that do ilat beeri edible nuts but make a grand Mad* if blossoms In esaly spring. -1•1•••••••• ....lime. '4444 tilissatnese of Palestine; Illikee one thinks of *he ipepac emote that Nave taken plane * Itakr. Lzad, the multitude ot maw oilloges 'Ad town, the naRlione who have been end whose ttonee 110W lie in its rock.1 ribbed the small diseetniosie Pstalasitne are almost starthsg. et the Jordan, where oleo, histerie ~its took ?lace, thew siy g,g00 square nrUestaphrelkmeN en the geographical divisions nein sealed Palestine. Includiag the • both east and wet of the kalien, iotaarea is 9,8,40 square mites. length of Palestine from nor* Watt is about :100 miles, it In breadth from twenty -tee etightY miles- Fiood onyx,--‘iMywifDa-g e 137"uree* tinte afigozolg of tears the other night." Bronx—"Did she cause tr:01.11!c:—?:"I should say so. away $48 for a new hat in the flaggi, :Resara3.41RWIIP - •••=.