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The Huron Expositor, 1919-02-21, Page 1..**41...vomeow4AMKORW,2114.WW11,14 '7-11 •••••:tr., Ot+i," 4., re • Sies All Fuze toriai Away are pass- im is shin- , g to peace 5. Many • it ' hard elves after in of the But all of shoulder our own rid for the ninion, so djustment over Just -rossible :living be This f)v trying „ ,tcr. 41•1•••••••••=map.. FIFTY THIRD YEAR WHOLE NUMBER 2671 f • SEAFO TH, FRIDAY,FEBit ARY A.919 111 • fe Fawn and DINES 1.50 a yd. [LKS 3.65 a yd Aay in the if there is t With Crepe ds ht to put it riection with suit aside, Aor, as well Vour winter just think 4-00. All uality has cold days. Ur under - for the rtioned in s to *Lima 5 to $5.50 ad and have ice tO create uits and admir- year out ir usual teressees N , , #1111111111111111111111111M11111111111111ifiiiiinallfillififilli!MIMIIIM111111111111111111111t n TY TAT , .41. . E. SIR ILFR ID ' LAURIER - _ z . Greig ,Clothitig Coy , _ = DEAD. . - _ 1 OM .... OM ...f = OM i • "Second to None " • - . .14i•NO[0.•••••••K k 'E Sir Wilfrid Laurier is' dead. The . R . „,......,-..„,.. • , • - stroke of apoplexy which he suffered = = while dressing for church on Sunday , S . ... 5 _ _ _ . 2 . o er cent. .L morning was followed by a similar = this second effusion of blood into the' re ! seizure shortly after midnight. After !- • - . = brein Sir Wilfrid was completly par- - - 2 ' discount on all - . = . ..... .. ayzed on his left side and never fully ) . = regained consciousness. Until 9 o clock - SEM f•of •••• •••• •••• •••• Mem •••1 S UM la= ...he Monday morning he seemed to be -re- = taing his hold upon life but from that hour he became gra-dually weaker. At FURS palzadth' p ehaacnIelmy oavwedaywi. ith dramatic, - 1 ▪ 2.50 Monday afternoon Sir Wilfrid 3 suddenness from the theatre of Can- ada's public affairs an actor who had = walked its stage for nearly half a cen- = tury and who had played a leading All our Beautiful Fur Sets' arid Fur Jackets are to - -= part .for a generation . = Publid recognition of Sir Wilfrid = Laurier's long continued and import- - = , = ant services to his country will be - Only prime pelts are used in the making cil these E given at a State funeral, - When it _ == u• seful and rich garments. - = became known that he had passed - - - away the Government suggested that - a his memory should be s6 honored and _ - - . , E the members of the deceased states- - - 1-1 be cleared out at this great reduction in .price. n es void i 4". man's family circle assented. Sir Wit- , = Muskrat Jackets _ .... . 1 = frid's body will lie taken to the Sere. I re' ate Chamber on Thursday afternoon El F• ur Collared Jackets after the ceremony with which the - 1 -' tO = ed. Here it will lie in state until Sat- - - - - E session of Parliament is finally open- . = Beautiful Muffs _ . E urday morning when it will be remov- - . = Handsome Stoles - _= ed to the Sacred Heart church, which - - r -'= Sir Wilfrid attended. The funeral mass . - = - - . _ , . - eleses - = will be said at 11 o'clock on Saturday - = morning. Mgr. Oliver Mathieu, Arch- = In all the favorite Furs - , — — bishop of Regina, who was a close friend of Sir Wilfrid Laurier and who • R4GLIL,AR,EL.: is now in Quebec, has, been asked to PRICE = officiate. In view of the fact that the II: Wolf, Sahli-, Mink 'Marmot — — _ = = E. church will accommodate a congrega- te - = lion of only 1200 persons, 'admission - = ers- on Saturday morning will he by - _ = ' Thos 10 New Suits and Coats - _ Mu'vey, K C the Under-Secre- e7 ticket. The Government, through _ = for Young Men. = tary of State, who has had charge of - = - = the arrangements for the funeral ser- : per cent. .... ,...... vice, will issue about 1000 tickets. The ilt. last resting - place of the deceased . The.very newest spring designs — - = statesmen, will be in Notre Dame - — off to • are in and ready for selection ili Cemetery, Ottawa. - - and service.= I To political associates and political = i - = . - opponents4alike the news of the pass- -2 Returned , E. ing of the Leader of the Opposition in - , . $2'0.00 to $30.00 . = the House of Commons was a painful - .= - = shock. He had been so recently among = Soldiers _ : ' :iii dependable cloths - . a them actively engaged in his prepare- . = bens for the business of the session = of Parliament which was opened = Thursday last. Only four weeks . ago Greig ti1111,„.0-4- Go • .. , , .. mos • t ' F.= he had attended the convention of the ' . Eaetern Ontario Liberal Association - , ; and delivered an address in which he . -S E A. F4 ) RI' 1:1 • ._ . . . made the remark. "Every day I feel . i I am getting riper and riper for ' kiiiiii1111111111111111HIMIIIIMMIM11111111111111111111H41111111111 111111111111111111111111114 heaven." A few weeks ago he con- ferred with Sir Thomas White regard- ing some of the business of the corn- ing session. On Wednesday last agai he discussed with Hon. Charles Mur phy a plan which the latter had pre pared for lightening the Parliamen tary duties of the Leader of the Op position. On Saturday he attended th meeting of the Ottawa Canadian Clu and he had summoned a number o his leading associates in the Opposi tion in Parliament to meet him ther Monday to talk over V the pro- gram of the party for the session. The manner of Sir 'Wilfrid's cleat: recalls his own notable oration upo the death of Sir John Macdonald. 'I his death," said Sir Wilfrid, "he see s to have been singularly happ Twenty years ago I was told by oi e who was a close personal politic 1 friend of Sir John A. Macdonald th t in the intimacy of his domestic cir.le he was fond of repeating that his e d would be as the end of Lord Chatha That he would be carried away frim the floor of Parliament to die. How true that vision was we now know and thus to die with his armor on.• as probably his ambition." Sir Wilfrid himself died in he midst of Vthe performance of th se public duties which were his life work, "with his armor on." Of h in, as of his former great political p- ponent, it has been said that he :wi.h- ed to die as he had died. One of his close friends has quoted Sir Wil rid -Laurier as having said in comment ng upon the sudden demise of a mu nial acquaintance. "That is how I wiuld wish to go, no lingering, no bo her to anyone." Sir Wilfrid, although his gen al health for a year past had been e cel - lent, has of late complaineo a littl of indisposition. To one acquaintanc he recently said he frequently felt eak and dizzy unon rising in the mo mg. On Saturday morning last, althiugh he was at his office and answere. his letters, he spoke of a certain stilt ess of the neek. Nevertheless he felt well enouh to attend the meeting of the Can dian Club, and later to go to his offi e at the Parliament Buildings. Su day morning he complained of fain ess when he rose, and returned ti his bed. At noon- he again rose an. suf- fered the first stroke of apo i lexy "It is the end," he - said to Lady Laurier, his helpmate for 50 ears. When -he regained conscio sness after this first seizure, Sir. ' ilfrid received the last sacrament of the Church before midnight. S ortly afterwards he suffered the econd stroke of apoplexy, after_ whic he never fully regained consciou ness. , With him when he passed away were Lady Laurier, Madame . M: Brodeur, hs sister-in-law, VM dame L. P. Brodeur, Robert Laurie, Sir -.Wilfrid's nephew, and his onl sur- viving male relative with the -xcep- tion of his half-brother, V I arolus Lanrier reeiding in Michigan; ather Lejenne of the Sacred Heart hurch, Hon Chat les Mur: hy, Hon. enator Beleourl: end J. A. Robb, close friends arel political associates of Sir Wilfrid, 'and Lucien G. Guer, , his secreifrid Lar wLaitkv was born !ENE. O NO" MEMO, 7 MSS •••• S IM ••••• of GLOV and MITTS 10 per cent. off Call and see our com- plete line of Stoves and Furnaces The 'Big Ilaraware Store ie ,fo $1,00 ‘ „ ‘ , Gellerous Preini in List of the Seatorth Horticu tural Society , CHOICE 1—One ;Apple or One Pear Tree of any of the follewing 1 APTvilireti—Duchess, King,py, Golden RussettFameuse , Wealt y, Gravenstein, Spitzenburg, e Pears—Anjou, iau, Bartlett, held on, Clanp's Favorite CHOICE 2--On'lum or One Cherry sr One Peach Tree of any of the fo owing Varieties, P1 —Abundance, Brads aye, Burbank, Lombard, Iniper- taI Gage Red June. , Cherry—Early Richmond Montmorency, Windsor, Black Ttsittiriap, Yellow Sp nish, Pea ea ---Fitzgerald, Cra ord. ' CHOICE 3—One Ofie selected from th following list Hy 'd Perpetual—Alfr d Colomb, Baron' Bonstettin, Geheral Jstek, Frau an Druschki, Paul Neyron, Uleich Brunner, Mrs. ohn Laing. Climbing—Dorothy. Perk ns, Excelsia, Tausendschon, Geld Finch, Baltimore Bell. Htbrid Tea—Grusan Tep itz, General McArthur, Kaiser - in fil Augusta Victoria; Lady Hillington, George C. Waud, George Dicks° , Madam Jules Grolez, Sun - bust, Mamam Cochet (sink) • n - CHOICE 4—H1ngea Paniculata. CHOICE 5—Du . an's Pipe. CHOICE 6--Bosten Ivy. CHOICE 7—One Peony. CHOICE 8—Three En -named Dahlias CHOICE 9—Spirea, Von Hutte (whi e flowering shrub). CHOICE 10—Weite1ia Rosea (pink fl wering shrub). CHOICE 11—One-',Lilac. e CHOICE 12—Ten gGladioltis CHOICE 13-a-ThrOe Tuberous Begom $ (bulbs). CHOICE 14--Onez.Norway Spruce, CHOICE 15—The rCanadian Horticult rist. . CHOICE 16—Half Mince Sweet Peas One trade package of Asters Seed; One trade packag Lettuce; One trade Package • of Early Beets Cut out this 'advertisement sin your name and address on the line below mark X opposite any FO1JR choices and mail or hand it with One Dollar to the Secretary oj President Members wishing to procure trees plants, or other nu sery stock in addition to their four choices, whether mentioned in he above Premium List or not, may do so by paying only the a'ctuaIiVcost of same and making out their wants on a separate sheet, Name NOTICE.—All selections to be in by March 1st. Selections for trees .to be in not later than February 25th as we cannot guarantee to secure selections after these dates , J. GRIEVE WILLIAM HARTRY President • Sec. Treasurer • Lin, uebec, Von `r*IN'otteriniier 20t1i, 1841, of a family thai had settled in Lower Canada six generations be- fore. His forbears came from An- jou, France, and originally bore the family name of Cottineu. A. mar- riage contract dawn V up in Mont- real in 1666, bears the signature of the first representative of the fain ily in Canada — Francois Cottineau dit Champlauriet, or, translated lit erally — Francis Cottineau, said, or called Champlauriet. Apparently this latter appellaton was subse quently adopted by the family and after Loais XIV. had by roya decree proclaimed the land to b French territory. They first estab lished themselves in the forest of Ile Jesus, an • island immediately north of the IslandV of Montreal and at the mouth of the Ottawa River and a little later removed to the Parish of Lachenaie, on the north bank of the same river. Charles Laurier, the grandfather of Sir Wil frid, was a than of remarkable en ergy and ability, and in the face of many obstacles taught himself stir yeying, and was master of rnathe maties in his scholastic district At the beginning of the 19th century he estebished his son, Carolus Laurier, on farm land which he had cleared in the bush near the little village of St. Lin, which nestles in the foothills of the Laurentine range, north of Montreal. Carolus Laurier, like his father, was a surveyor by profession and a farmer by habit, and followed both occupations to his best advan- tage. Hoewanted some of the strong personality of his fathers but was of a generous and friendly nature, and -of an Inventive turn of mind, as is evidenced by the fact that he was the first person in the colony to de- vise what then passed for a thresh - in 4 machine, and which replaced the flail, which he had inherited from his father. Born in. -a quiet back- woods settlement.Cardlus Laurier was a radical in the strongest sense of the werd, and perhaps it was the father who laid the foundations of the son's ,,political faith. In one rea, spect Carolus -Laurier is particularly 1 deserving of praise. He was suffici- ently acute to realize' that hi a son had unusual aptitudes, b.nd to make the beet of those mental, endow- ments provided him with a good classical education. In those day this- was no light undertaking for man of the station and, means o Carolus Laurier. The father realiz ed, too that it would' be of inestim ible advantage to his son to have thorough knowledge of the Englis language and of English custom and to this end he carefully directe the sons education. magnet merehant,e'anct -until- -his death in 1907,. member for the .county of Ottawa, 'and Henri, pro- thonotary of Artha.baska, who died in 1906. Carolus Laurier, the fath- er, died in 1881. Young Laurier commenced his at tidies in the parochial school of - St. Lin, where he learned reading ard writing and the rudiments of - a thre ietic His father then decided t extend his sons' horizon so ae: to rinit of his seeing something of e life and learning the language his English compatriots; About' ht miles west of St. Lin and on e bank of the river Achigan, is e laf New Glasgow. This ttlement was established about 20 'by a number of Scotch Pro- stants who came to Ganda with ' ki1111111111i11111111111111111111111111111111111,' Clumpionship Senn -Final E Intermediate =-= , 0.H.A • t. HockeyMatch SEAF RT = Palace Rink, Seaforth E Sir Wilfrid Laurier's mother, ne Marcelle Martineau, was a relative f the mother of the French-Canadia poet Frechette, one of the most gif ed sons of Lower Canada, and it Vrn y be that the same- family strain whi h produced the poet, showed itself n another way in the unusual qualiti s of the French-Canadian statesma Five years after Wilfrid. Laurier w s borshis mother passed away. Salle time after Carolus Laurier rears' d Adelaine Ethier, and brouglet young Wilfrid. The gecond offsnri g of the first marriage, Melville La t- ier died at an early age Of '1 e second marriage tree ne e P born; Ubald a hysician Theiod at St. at Arthabaska V.:Wee rhei LONDON vs. MM. Friday Feb. 21 g: - Every man, • woman and - - = child should see this, the .... - -1 - - ... ... most exciting game ever - - played in Seaforth. 1 .... - .... ,......... =come on in, and help the -• ... b ..- oys bring home the bacon. - - MEM I•11▪ 11 ENO IRMO F.71. Prices Gentlemen 50c, Ladies 35c = = Children 25c. This includes war tax. = Game called at 8.15 -sharp E Fill1111111111111111111111111111111111111111111IR Cheap Coal Proposition. .••••••••mm•ae • We have in stock one ear of Pea Coal which is next size to chestnut in Hard Coal, We recommend it forsuse in cooking ranges or to be mixed with Chestnut, Stove or Egg. It is the very choicest of Hard Coal. and while it last e we offer it.at. $10.50 per ton delivered, or $10.25 at the shed. We 'Twit.- you to examine samples on ex- hibition at our office. TiTIS I., A BARGAIN All «JVer thee of bard coal in stock. LIMITS & COAL SEAFORTH ONTA RIO Ir• -A,11/4/ZW1.11,,444,-A. - 4 •,! •3 MUNDT BROS., Publishers UM a Year in Advance ii English regiments. Carolus Laurier had done 'surveying in this neighbor- hood and was well acquainted with many of the families, and thus an arrangement to have his son resi- dent among them for a period was easily brought about. Shortly after -young Wilfrid Laurier was a figure in the intimate life of the Murrays, the Guthries, the Macleans the Ben- netts and other families of the set- tlement., For a time he boarded with an Irish Catholic family, named ;Kirk, and later he lived With the Murrays, giving, in return for lodg- ing and food, his services as a clerk in the general " store kept by the head of the household. . The school which young Laurier attended for two terms, 1852-53 and 1853-54, was brusquely closed during the first term because of the de- parture for other parts of the teach - one Thompson. He was quickly replaced by a man of considerable' rough talent, one Sandy Maclean, who possessed a pronounced and good taste for lit t s era ure and who his ways made an admirable teacher.. His young French-Cana- dian pupil, learning English at ply, at work, at home and at school, aroused in the good Scot a kindly concern and Sir Wilfrid Laurier after years never failed to attribute his knowledge of English literature to the man who first opened his eyes to the wealth of 'English letters. These two years at -New Glasgow proved of inestimable benefit to young Laurier. Not only did he seaure a good foundation for further study of the English language, but he had inculcated in him a broad- ness of vision,an understanding his English compatriots and a spirit of tolerance and good • will, • which ever afterwards proved a great asset. In September, 1854, at the age of 13 years,'Wilfrid Laurier was sent to the college at L'Assomption. There he passed seven rigorous years of study. His health was delicate, and his physique did not permit of his taking part in the ordinary sports of his fellow -stu- dents. tanner's favorite recreation was to visit the village court -house when the judicial assizes were in -progress and to listen there to the pleadings of the village lawyers. Sir Wilfrid often recalled of this period Of his life that a contradictory 'meeting of two political opponents always afforded him the keenest enjoyment. In fact, in his anxiety to miss none of such delightful and auspicious events as court sessions and public meetings he often ran foul of the school authorities. 1 vited to be present—Mr. Biselone was He wet instrumental in organiz- 1 confined to the house for a feel" days mg a debating society in the college with a severe cold. His many friends Ibiulding will be suppied by the Ross- - Taylor Co., Exeter, Mr. John Heywood ' has the contract for the mason work, Mr. Caleb Heywood of Exeter, for the carpenter work and Geo. Palleyblank, of Winchelsea, for the painting. l' . STAFFA - Notes.—Mr. and Mrs. T. M. Hamil- ton, spent Sunday last at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Currie, Crom- arty.—Miss Alma Dalton, of Seaforth, is spending a holiday with friends here at present.—Mr. Stanley Wintermute, brother of Mrs. (Rev.) Love, has re- turned to his home in St. Thomas.— The many friends of Miss Bella Smale will be pleased to know that she is convalescing after her recent ilhiess. —Mrs. A.-Hotham entertained a num- ber of her young friends to a Valentine party on Friday evening last.—Mr. • George Canfield, who is seriously'ill in Stratford hospital, Shows some signs of irnprovement.—The Women's Institute, has on exhibition a Red Cross quilt with several hundred names worked on it, and can be seen at R. Sadier's store. Tickets are be- • ing sold for it at 10 cents each. The person drawing the lucky number se - q . e na resu be reaveled on the evening of Febru- ary 21st at the box social, which is being held :on that date. cures the uilt Th fi 1 1ts will CLINTON Briefs.—The Clinton hospital is how an assured fact. The committee have leased the Dr. Gunn hospital building and it Will be opened and ready for patients in, the course of a few days. Miss Jessie Granger of Brucefield has been appointed matron. Miss Gran- ger is an experienced nurse and is a graduate of the Gunn Hospital, here. A whirlwind campaign is being car- ried out to raise the necessary funds. 4:Two thousand -dollars is the objective and this should easily be secured in s the town of Clinton and the surround- ing Municipalities• --While out riding her favorite saddle horse on Saturday _ of last week, Miss Jean McTaggart WAS thrown off, but fortunately es: caped, though severely shaken up. S very pluckily jumped up ,and' followed her steed, which was hating a merry canter up town, and securing him, a - _gain mounted and -cantered_ off none the woe for her experience.—Rev. Mr. 'Hogg is in Toronto this week - While there he will secure the neces- sary picture slides for the new lan- tren, which the Young Ladies of the congregation presented to the Sunday School. The lantern will be hi use the coming Sabbath afternoon' and all the ends of the Sabbath sehooleareein- and on one occasion he had the su- preme audacity to launch as a sub- ject for discussion the theme: "Re- solved, that in the interests of Can- ada ,the French kings shnuld have permitted the Huguenots to settle here." Not only did he choose a subject so shocking to his clerical teachers at the college, but he cap- tained the "pro" team, and when the debaters were inteirupted by a prefect and their theme was made known young Laurier came within an ace of being expelled. Of twenty-nine students who 'win- tered in the college at L'Assomption, nine completed their classical studies, and Laurier was* one of these. Five entered the priesthood. Laurier did not believe himself the object of such a call, and at the age of 25 be went to Montreal to study law. In 1864 Wilfrid Laurier was called to the bareehaving obtained the de- gree of Doctor of Civil Law at Mc- Gill University. Sir Wilfrid Laurier began his po- litical life in 1871, when he was elected to the Quebec Legislature for the constituency of Drummond end Arthabaska, but Canada _heard little of him until five or six .years later, when, as a member of the Federal House for the same riding, he at- tracted instant attention by his splen- did eloquence during the debate over the expulsion of Louis Reil, from the Commons. A measure of his out- standing ability may be gained by a reference to the fact that though he had only been in the Commons since 1874, he was, in 1877, invitedto join the Mackenzie Government as Min- ister of Inland Revenue. He ac- cepted, but when re returned to his constituency for re-election he met. defeat, the ,Church of which he was a member having thrown its influ- ence against him. The Liberal mem- ber of Quebec east, however, re- signed his seat in favor of the young Minister, and Hon. Mr. Laurier—as he was then—fought a hard but vic- torious fight and returned to Ottawa with a good majority He was in office but a year when the Macken-- zie Government went down to disastrous defeat on the tariff and National Policy issue. Sir Wilfrid retained his seat, however' an. in' Opposition proved himselfan effec- tive critic. In 1880, Mr. Mackenzie resigned the leadership of the Liberal party and Hon. Edward Blake suc- ceeded, holding the post until 1':7,: when be, too, resigned. The Liberals, in choosing their new leader; had to' decide between Sir Richard Cartwright and the younger, but more vigorous and re- sourceful man. The)? offered the post to Wilfrid Laurier,' and, though he first refused -to step over his older colleague, he was finally induced to accept the leadership provisionally., His appointment was the same year made a permanent °nee Sir Richard nominating him. He became Premier in 1896, and held the reins of Goveen- ment until September, 1911.- -The contract has been let for 'the erection of a new two -room red press - e I brick school house in School Section No. 6, Usborne, and the building, it is expected, will be completed about Ulf - 15th of October. Material -for the will be pleased to see him around a- gain.—The Town Hall was filled by a large gathering to witness the trial of the Graham case on Monady There appears to be a deadlock in the town council at present owing to some. misunderstanding regarding the ap- pointing of the new police officers. At the last meeting some of the Council absented themselves thereby hindering the business, as there was not a quor- um. To say the least it seems childish that tactics of this kind should be re- storthd to, to avoid the real issue.— Mr. Fred Rurnball of London is ship- ping large quantities_ of lumber from the G. T. R. depot here this week. e—The hockey match' played here on Wednesday evening between the Clin- ton girls hockey elub and a picked sev- en from- St. Marys, resulted in a vic- tory for Clinton. After -the match the Clinton Club entertaind the visit- ing girls and their friends in the Pas- time club rooms where a daintly lun- cehon was served and a pleasant and social evening spent. --Fuel is now plentiful and those desiring it can .get a supply of coal in good quantities, in- stead of having it ladled out in barrow loads ••••••••••••••••••• BRUCEFIELD For Saie.---A top buggy. AWAY at the manse Brucefield. 2671,-1 Notes.—Cecil Simpson, of Wroxe- ter, was here last week renewing ad - acquaintances.—On Wednesday of last week, Mr. A. McEwen of the 2nd concession of Stanley, had the raise fortune to fall, while carrying an axe, ihflicting a severe wound in the back of his hand, .which required several stitches to close, and with prompt med- teal attention by Dr. Rogers, we are glad to say, that the wound is healhig nicely. It was a narrow • escape and John will need to be careful and not be carrying sharp tools over slippery places.—We are sorry to say that Mrs. Strong, of our village, while going about her household duties fell fracturing her collar bone. Medical attention was at once secured and the aged lady is now doing nicely. Ma. Strong, although in advanced years, is blythe and cheerful and has always a smile and a kind word for everyone she meets, and we hope the time will be brief until she will be quite strong again. Her son, Len Strong, of Clin- ton, travelling salesman for the St. Thomas meat and produce company, visited his bother here on Tuesday.— Mr. C.#1 Haugh, affended a meeting of the Forward Movement Mommittee of which he is a member, . held in Clinton on Monday of last week The Presbytery of Huron has been -divided into four districts where a series of meetings will be held in March —Mr George Armstrong has purchased a house from Mr. George Hill, in the village and intends moving it on to the farra-which he recently purehased from Mr.]). McIntosh, V.S. George is a hustler and is taking time by the forelock, getting everything fixed up dn his farm before the spring rush of work begins.—Mr. Sohn Mustard has men engaged in cutting up the timber which he purchased from Mr. George Armstrong, on the London Road.—Pte, James Collins was in London last 'week getting hie chargefrom the army. He has been a faithful Foidior of the King and -his Country and all are glad to see hint return home. •••