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R. F. J. It. FORS
Eye, Ear, Nese .�.._
' Graduate in Medicine, Unive
Toronto.`
Late assistant New York 09/1011.
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Eye end Golden Square. Throat Idea.
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Hotel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in
each, month: `from 11. ti.in to 8 p.m.
68 Waterloo Street,South, Stratford.
Phone 267, Stratford.
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- Limited. .
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OUR FRES--Tammy 'gold oat of the
stoney ,we save ear chants.
MERCHANTS CASULTY CO.
Speolelrieta in Health th and Accident
Insurance.
Policies liberal and unrestricted.
Over $1,000,000 paid in losses.
Exceptional opportunities for local
Agents.
904 ROYAL BANK BLDG.,
9778-60 Toronto, Oat.
LEGAL
R. S. HAYS.
Barrister Solicitor, Conveyancer and
Notary Public. Solicitor for the Do-
minion Bink. Office in rear of the Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Money to
Inn.
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BEST & BEST
Barristers, Solicitors, Convey-
ancers and Notaries Public, Etc.
Office in the Edge Building, opposite
The Expositor Office.
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'HOLMES
Barristers, Solicitors, Notaries Pub -
de, etc. Money to lend. In Seaforth
en Monday of each week. Office in
Kidd Block. W. Proudfoot, H.C., J.
L. Killoran, B. E. Holmes.
VETERINARY
F. HARBURN, V. St
Honor graduate of Ontario Veterin-
ary College, and honorary member of
UM Medical Association of.the Ontario
Veterinary College,Treats diseases of
all domestic animals by the most mod -
en principles. Dentistry and Milk
/'ever a specialty. Office opposite
Dick's Hotel, Main Street, Seaforth.
All orders left' at the hotel will re-
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esseiyed at the office
• JOHN GRIEVE, V: S.
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animals treated. Calla promptly at-
tended to and charges moderate.
Vet-
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and residence on Goderibh street, one
door east of Dr. Scott's office, Sea -
forth.
MEDICAL
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425 Richmond Street, London, Ont..
• 'Specialist, Surgery and .Genie-Urin•
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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
doors east of Post Office. Phone 56.
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Office and residence, Goderich street
east of the Methodist church, Seafortit
Phone 46. Coroner for the County of
Huron.
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the
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CollegeSr-
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Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
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Ontario; pass graduate courses is
Chiep'go Clinical School of Chicago;
Royal Ophthalmic Hospital, London,
England; University Hospital, Lon-
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AUCTIONEERS
THOMAS BROWN
Licensed auctioneer for the counties
of Huron and Perth. Correspondence
arrangements for sale dates can be
made b
calling phone Seafortli
or ie ExpeiOce. Chargesmod-
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pa
IL T. LUKER
Ceased auctioneer for the County
[revs. Sales attended to in all
Ief the county. ,Sevenye�ar�ss' ex.
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SOMA
•
(Continued from last week.) ..
-"Refuse, my dear boy! I am too
happy to -day to refuse anything.,
Come, Nye with it."
"I am going to give you., half of
this money. I. love .you" better than
any one in this, world except Ruth,
and I want you tq. have it,"
peter threw up his hands and
sprang to his feet.,
"What! -You wan to- Why, Jack!
Are '-you crazy! Me! My dear boy,
it's very lovely of you to wish to
do it, but just think. Oh, you dear
Jack! No! -no, no!" He was beat-
ing the air now deprecatingly with
his outspread fingers as he strode
around the room, laughing. short
laughs in his effort to keep back
his tears.
Jack followed him in his circuit,
talking all the while, until he had
penned the old gentleman in a corner
between the open desk and the win-
dow.
"But, Uncle Peter -think what you
have done for me! Do you suppose
for one moment that I don't 'know'
that it was you and not I who sold
the property. Do' you think Mr.
Guthrie would have added that five
thousand dollars to the price if he
hadn't wanted to help you as well
as me?"
"Five thousand dollars, my dear
Jack, is no more to Robert Guthrie
than a ferry ticket is to you or me.
Be gave you the full price because
you trusted to his honesty and told
him the truth, and he saw your in,
experience."
No -it was you he was thinking
of, I tell you," protested Jack, with
eager emphasis. "He would never
have sent Ballaatr•ee for me had you
not talked to him -and it has been
so with everything since I knew you.
You have been father, friend, every-
body, to me. You gave me Ruth and
my work. l.verything I tam I owe to
you. You must -you shall have half
of this money! Ruth and I can be
married, -and that is all we want, and
what is left I can put into -our new
work to help Mr. MacFarlane. Please,
Uncle Peter! -we will bojth be so
much happier if we know you share
it with us." Here his voice rose and
a strain of determination rang through
it. "And, by George! -Uncle Peter,
the more I think, of it, the• more I
am convinced thgt- it is fair. It's
yours -not mine_ I will have it that
way -you are getting old, and you
need it,"
Peter broke into a laugh. It was
the only way he could keep down the
tears.
`What a dear boy you are, Jack,"
he said, backing toward the sofa and
regaining his seat. "You've got a
heart as big as a house, and I'm
proud of you, but no -not a penny
of your money. Think a moment!
Your father didn't leave the property
to me -not any part of it -he left it
to you, you spendthrift! When I get
too old to work I am going up to
Felicia's and pick out an easy -chair
and sit in a corner and dry up grad-
ually and he laid away in lavender.
No, my lad, not a penny! Gift money
should' go to cripples and hypochon-
driacs, not to spry old gentlemen. I
would not take it from my own
father's estate when I was your age,
and I certainly won't take it now
from you. I made Felicia take it
all." Jack opened his eyes. He had
often wondered why Peter had so
little and she so much. "Oh, yes,
nearly forty years ago! But I have
never regretted it since! And you
must see how just it was, for there
wasn't enough for two, and Felicia
was a woman. No -be very careful
of gift money, my boy, and be very
careful, also, of too much of any-
body's money -even your own. What
Kokes me most glad in this whole
affair is that Guthrie didn't give you
a million -that might have spoilt
you. This is just enough. You and
Ruth can start square. You can help
Henry -and you ought to, he has
been mighty good to you. And, best
of all, you can keep at work. Yes -
that's the best part of it -that you
can keep at work. Go right on as
you were; work every single day of
your life, and earn your bread as you
have done ever since you left New
York, and, one thing more, and don't
you ever forget it: Be sure you take
your proper sharp of fun and rest
as you go. Eight hours' work, eight
hours' play, eight hours' sleep -that's
the golden rule and the only one to
live by., Money will never get its
grip on you if you keep this up. This
fortune hasn't yet tightened its fin-
gers around your throat, or you
would never have come up here to
give me half of it -and never let it!
Money is your servant, boy, not your
master. And mow go home and kiss
Ruth forme, and tell her that I love
her dearly. Wait a moment. I will
go with you as far as Isaac's. • I am
going to tell him the good news.
Then I'11- have him measure The for a
coat to dance at your. wedding."
Ref> hes wary Eyes
When Your Eyes feel Dun
endeavyoue arie,,. It •
emnt sitellevoitha,TiredFeelrnq-
-Msge them Clcat,,Helght and
SrtkklIrrng: Homeless. Sold and
ecommended by All Druggle,e.
411101RIJAI
00wee Eyes
• And the' UnexPectede are - not yet
over. There- was stili anothe4 of
quite a different diameter, about' to
fall -and out of 'anothe clear sky, -
too --a sort of April show r dky,where
you get uret on one aide of`the street
and keep dry on the other. Jack had
the dry side this time, and went on
hie way i'ejdeling, but the head of the
homm 'of Breen caught 8 ca the downpour,'
.
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a»'d a very wet downpourit was.
It all occurred when Jack was hur-
rying to the ferry and when he ran
into 'the senior member of the firm,
who was hurrying in , the opposite
direction.
"Ah, Jack! -the very man I wanted
to see," cried Breen. "I was going to
write you. There's something doing i
up in that ore country. Better drop'
in to -morrow I may be able to handle r
it for you, after all."
"I am sorry, sir, but it's not for
sale," said Jack, trying to smother his
glee.
"Why?" demanded Breen, bluntly.
"I have sold it to Mr. Robert Guth-
rie" '
"Guthrie! The devil you say! -
When ?„
"To -day. The final papers are
signed to -morrow. Excuse me, I must
ca,tch my boat-" and away he went,
his cap now brimming over, leaving
Breen biting his lips and muttering
to himself as he gazed after him.
"Guthrie! -My customer! Damn
that boy -I might have known be
would land on his feet."
But Jack kept on home to his sweet-'
heart, most of the way in the air.
Down in the little room all this time
in the rear of the tailor's shop the
two old men sat talking. Peter kept
nothing back; his lips quivering again
and another unbidden tear peeping
over the edge of his eyelid when he
told of Jack's offer.
"A dear boy, Isaac -yes, a dear boy.
He never thinks with his head -only
with his heart, Never has since I
knew him. Impulsive, emotional, un-
practical, no doubt -and yet somehow
he always wins. Queer -very queer!
He comes upstairs to me and I start
out on a fool's errand. He goes down
to you, anti you hand him out your
money. He gives it all away the next
day, and then we have Guthrie doubl-
ing the price. Queer, I tell you, Isa-
ac -extraordinary, that's What it is -
almost uncanny."
The Jew threw away his cigar, rest-
ed his short elbows on the arms of
his chair, and made a basket of his
hands, the tips of all his fingers touch-
ing.
"No, you are wrong, my good friend
It is not extraordinary and• it is not
uncanny. It is very simple -exceed-
ingly simple. Nobody runs over . a
child if he can help it. Even a thief
will bring you back your pocketbook
if you trust him to take care of it.
It is the trusting that does it. Few
men, no matter how crooked, can re-
sistthe temptation of reaching, ,if
only for a moment, an honest man's
level."
CHAPTER XXXIII
Pcter's'coat was finished in _time or
the wedding -trust g -trust Isaac for that -
and so was his double-breasted white
waistcoat -he had not changed the
cut in twenty years; and so were his
pepper-and-salt trousers and all his
several appointments, little and big,
even to his polka-dot scarf of blue
silk, patent leather . tihoes and white
gaiters. Quite the best dressed man
in the room, everybody said, and they
of all the people in the WOr•ld should
have known. •
And the wedding!
And all that went before it, and all
that took place on that joyous day;
and all that came after that happiest
of events!
Ruth and -Jack, with Peter's covert
endorsement, had wanted to slip into
the village church some afternoon at
dusk, with daddy and Peter and Miss
Felicia, and one or two more, and
then to slip out again and disappear.
MacFarlane had been in favor of the
old Maryland home with Ruth's grand
mother in charge, and the neighbors
driving up in mud -encrusted buggies
and lumbering coaches, their inmates
warmed by roaring fires and roaring
welcomes --fat turkeys, hot waffles,
egg -nogg, apple toddy, and the rest
of it. The head of the house of Breen
expressed the opinion (this on the
day Jack gave his check for the bonds
prior to returning them to Isaac, who
wouldn't take a cent of interest) that
the ceremony should by all means
take place in Grace Church, after
which everybody would adjourn to
his house on the Avenue, where the
wedding breakfast would be served,
he being nearest of kin to the groom,
and the bride being teritporarily with-
out a home of her own -a proposi-
tion which, it is needless to say, Jack
declined on the spot, but in terms so
courteous and with so grand and dis-
tinguished an air that the head of
the house of Breen found his wonder
increasing at the change that had
come over the boy since he shook the
dust of the Breen home and office
from his feet.
The Grande Dame of Geneseo did
not agree with •any 'of these make-
shifts. There would be no Corkles-
ville wedding if she could •Neap it,
-with gaping loungers `at the church
door; nor would' there be any Mary-
land wedding with a ten -mile ride
over rough roads to a draughty coun-
try -house, where your back would
freeze while your cheeks burned up;
nor yet again any city wedding, with
an awning over the sidewalk, a red
Carpet and squad of police, with Tom,
Dick and Harry inside the church,
and Harry Dick and Tom squeezed
into an' oak -panelled dining room at
high noon with every gas-leiblazing.
And she did not waste many sec -
atafidl F5 a r p'l iglgfe
once-ina4e dp
And then A ls, 'there was, Po One
�tt leap in 141041I6 417 diaeuYs*olds:;
r0,41 Ruth an#`Aker fatb r pie:;
nicki In a'kir/Villa, with at
their household gin a box car at
Morfordsburg?-•-awas not Jack
s 11tel
living 1 v ng in his lupe► rooms at Dirs..
Hicks's? The only; change suggest-
ed by the lovers w.as'in the date of
the wedding, Miss Felicia having in,
sister that' it should .,not take place
until November, "four whole weeks
away." But the old lady would not
budge. Four weeks -at least, she in-
sisted, would be required for the pur-
chase and making of the wedding
clothes, which, with four more for
the honeymoon (at this both Jack
and Ruth shouted with laughter, they
having determined on a honeymoon
the like of which had never been seen
since Adam and Eve went to house-
keeping in, the Garden). These eight
weeks, continued the practical old
lady, .would be required to provide a
suitable home for them both; now an
absolute necessity, seeing that Mr.
Guthrie had -made extensive contracts
with MacFarlane, which, with Jack's
one-fifth interest in thore banks
was sure to keep Jack and MacFar-
lane at Morfordsburg for some years
to come.
So whizz went another telegram-
this time from Jack -there was no
time for letters these days -estopping
all work on the nearly completed log
cabin which the poor young superin-
tendent had ordered, and which was
all he could afford,- before the sale
of the ore lands. But then that
seemed ages and ages ago.
"Don't tell me what I want, sir,"
roared Mr. Golightly at the waiter, in
"Lend Me Five Shillings," when he
brought a crust of bread and cheese
and a pickle 'with which to entertain
Mrs. Phobbs; Golightly in the mean-
time having discovered a purse full
of sovereigns in the coat the waiter
had handed him by mistake. "Don't
tell me what I said, sir. I know what
I said, sir! I said champagne, sir,
and plenty of ,it, sir! -turkeys, and
plenty of them! Burgundy -part-
ridges -lobsters -pine apple punch -
pickled salmon -everything! Look
sharp! Be off! (Can't you hear dear
Joe Jefferson's voice, gentle reader,
through it all?)
And now listen to our proud Jack, me all about it, and how lovely the
with the clink of his own gold in his i Young lady is. And 'now tell me,
own pocket. when is your wedding?"
"Next month."
"And where will it be?"
0
ell,': i; u>llh Lnotipt4Jap
ya?,als!bo eyes bteeeki gopc
,"Na ex any'9nMeld .Peter -;and;
I think as yon do, and so does Ruth
and Mr, MacFarlane, opt . R"'
The boy 'hesitated and toAhey away.
"Bot what?" queried Peter.,
'^Wellthere's Aunt Felicia, You
know how particiiTar Abe is: ai}d:,s�e
doesn't know how splendid Mr. Co.
hen has been, and if, he came to the
wedding she might not, like
"But Felicia is not going to be ,
married, my boy,",. remarked Peter,
with a dry smile wrinkling the cor-
ners of his eyes..•
Jack laughed. ' ""Yesbut it's her
house."
"Yes -and your wedding. Now go
doWwn and ask Mr. Cohen yourself.
You'll' send him a card, of course,
but do, more than that. Call on him
personally and tell you want him to
come, and why -and that I want him
too. That will please him still more.
The poor fellow lives a great deal
alone. Whether he will come or not,
I don't know -but ask him. You
owe it to yourself as much as you
do to him."
"And you don't'tlunk Aunt Felicia
will—
"Hang Felicia! You do what you
think is right ; it does not matter
what Felicia or anybody else thinks."
Jack wheeled about and strode
downstairs and into the back room
where the little man sat at his desk
looking over some papers. Isaac's
hand was out and he was on his feet
before Jack had reached his side.
"Ah! -Mr, Milliofiaire. And so
you have come to tell me some more
good news. Have you sold another
mine? I should have looked out to
see whether your carriage did not
stop at my door; and now sit down
and tell me what I can do for you.
How well you look, and how happy.
'Ah, it is very good to be young!"
"What yop can do for me is this,
Mr. Cohen. I want you to come to
our wedding -will you? I have come
myself to ask you," said Jack in all
sincerity. -
So! And you have come your-
self." He was greatly pleased;' his
face showed- it. "Well, that is very
kind of you, but let me first congrat-
ulate you. Yes -Mr. Grayson told
"What did you say? A six by nine
log hut, with a sheet -iron stove in one
corner and a cast iron bedstead in an- "At Uncle Peter's old home up at
other, and a board closet, and a table I Geneseo."
and two chairs -and this, too, for a -t "Oh, at that grand lad y@ place -
princess of quality and station? the magnificent Miss Grayson."
Zounds, sirrah!-(Holkcr Morris was "Yes, but it is only -one night away.
the "Sirrah")-"I didn't order any- I will see that you are taken care of."
.thing of the kind. I ordered a bung- The -little- man paused- and 'toyed
clow all on one floor -that's what I with the papers on his desk. His
ordered -with a boudoir and two black, diamond -pointed eyes sparkled
bedrooms, and an extra one for my and an irrepressible smile hung a -
honored father-in-law, and still an= round his lips.,
other for my thrice -honored uncle, "Thank you very much, Mr. Breen
Mr. Peter Grayson, when he shall -and thank your young lady too.
come to stay o' nights; and porches You are very kind and you are very
front and back where my, lady's ham- polite. Yes -I mean it -very polite.
mock may be slung; and a fireplace And you are sincere in what you say•
big enough to roll logs into as thick that is the best of all. But I cannot
around as your body and wide enough go. It is not the travelling at night
to warm every one all over; yid a -that is nothing. You and your lady
stable for my lady's mare, with a would be -.glad to see me and that
stall for my saddle -horse. Out upon would be worth it all, but the ma
g-
ou you Dago!" yon,
K
mficent Miss Grayson sheer would no.
„ Presto, what a change! Away be glad to see me. You see, my dear
went the completed roof of the mod- young man" -here the smile got loose
est cabin and down tumbled the sides. and scampered up to his eyelids -"I
More post -holes were dug; more am a most unfortunate combination
-oh, most unfortunate -for the mag-
nificent Miss Grayson. If I was only
a tailor I might be forgiven; if I was
just a Jew I might he 'forgiven; but
when I am both a tailor and P. Jew -
here the irrepressible went to pieces
in a merry laugh -"don't you see how
impossible it is? And you -you, Mr.
Breen! She would never forgive
you. 'My friend, Mr. Cohen,' you
would have to say, and she could do
nothing. She must answer that she
is most glad to see me -or she might
not answer, which would be worse. •
And it is not her. fault. You can't
break down the barriers of centuries
in a day. No -no -I will not com-
promise you in that way. Let me
come to see you some time when it
is all over, when your good uncle can
come too. He will bring me, perhaps.
And now give my best respects to the
lady -I forget her name, and say to
her for me, that if she is as thought-
ful of other people as you are, you
deserve to be a very happy couple."
Jack shoe& the little man's hand
and went his way. He was sorry and
he was glad. He was also somewhat
ashamed in his heart. It was not al-
together himself who had been
thoughtful of other people. But for
Peter, perhaps, he might never have
paid the visit.
(Continued on page 6)
trenches excavated; more great oaks
toppled over to he sliced into. rafters,
joists and uprights; more shingles -
two carloads; more brick; more plas-
ter; .more everything, including nails,
locks, hinges, sash; bath -tubs -two ;
lead pipe, basins, kitchen range -and
so the new bungalow was begun.
Neither was there any time to be
lost over the invitations. Miss Fel-
icia, we may he sure, prepared the
list. It never bothered her head whe-
ther the trip to Geneseo-and that,
too, in the fall of the year, when early
snows were to be expected -might
prevent any of the invited guests
from witnessing the glad ceremony
Those who loved Ruth she knew would
come even if they had to be accom-
panied by St. Bernard dogs with kegs
of brandy tied to their necks to get
thorn across the glaciers, 'including
Unci! Peter, of course; as would
also Ruth's dear grandmother, who
was just Miss-Felicia's age, and Mac-
Farlane's saintly sister Kate, who
had never taken off her widow weeds
since the war, and two of' her girl
friends, with whom Ruth went to
school, and who were to be her brides-
maids.
Then there were those who might
or might not struggle through the
drifts, if there happened to be any
-the head of the house of Breen,
for instance, and Mrs. B„ and lots
and lots of people of whom Jack had
never heard, aunts and uncles and
cousins by the dozens; and lots and
lots of people of whom Ruth had
never heard, of the same blood rela-
tionship; and lots more of people
from Washington Square and Mur-
ral Hill, who loved the yopng people,
and Peter, and his outspoken sister,
all of whom must be'invited to ,the
ceremony; including the Rector and
his wife from Corklesville, and -•,(no
-that wan all from Corklesville) to-
gether with such selected inhabitants
of Geneseo as dame Felicia permitted
inside of her doors. As for the sev-
eral ambassadors, generals, judges
dignitaries, attaches, hecretaries and
other high and -mighty folks forming
the circle of Miss Felicia's acquaint-
ance, both here and abroad, they were
only to receive "announcement" cards,
just as a reminder that Miss Grayson
of Geneseo was still in and Of the
world. -
The hardest nut of all to crack was
given to Jack. They had all talked it
over the dear girl saying "of course
he shall come, Jack, if you would like
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