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Barrietere, Solicitors, Conveyenee;r0
0114 NOtarieir Batelle:1re for
_ the riontilliona Bank,. Office in rear of
/the DeMinA011 Bank, Seaforth. MOneY
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DANCEY r & BOLSBY
BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS, ETC.
LOFTUS. E. DANCEY, K.C.
P. Sn.LSBY
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AR ,-on account of *1%. Petersen; be-
Ilse-he-wais-so-ntterunwortli/
being served by one of the Stehtete'
oaete. iltow 'vain 'their prayers and
tears. She had suffered too much
from that life without hope or Skin-
•Paid17- She knew that they could not
'comprehend her pane and shee.oeuld
not -endure attempting to' .
.She knew that Mr. Petersen had sav-
ed her from depair..
Shelooked at, .Minale'a obstinate,
tear -stained face, and was filled with
a great regret and a sort of loneli-
neas..
"Oh, Mitede!" she cried. "Do try
to understand a little! 'Don't Yoll see
that I couldn't bear a life like this'?"
"There% no use talking about it.
Only, Frankle, don't imagine•it 'hasn't
teen. hard tor me,".. she answered.
"After ali, I suppos-e I am a human
being."
"I know it, darling, I'dirawfully sor-
ry for you!" Frances assured her
contritely.
Minnie had a not 'very -admirable
trait -of always pressing • an advant-
4ge-
"In a way," she went on, "I feel it
more. I was home so much more -
with him."
Her eyes filled with tears; her
-thoughts- .fiew back to • that day, six
weeks ago. . . • ,
She was sitting alone in -the studio,
copying a oast of a .child's foot with
great care. She had expressed ailady-
like desire to "learn drawing" and
her father had willingly .consented,
and arranged for private lessons,
which she took in the afternoon, when
the other girls had gone Thome, She
was a bitter cross to herteacher, for
not only was she quite without. apti-
tude but .sthe likewise had no taste
and no spirit; -She couldn't be fired.
She wished to "learn drawing." simp-
ly; art and beauty had nothing to do
with it. An artist, to Minnie, was a
person» who could: so present things,
that you recognized 'them on paper.
She was often pleased with her own
drawings. •
Aceeiding to her habit, 'the young
teacher had gone out, of the room.
Minnie was .perfectly eontented to be
alone, to potter away with these ex-.
aeperating fine little lines. She could
not be taught, anyway; it was of no
use eve g to criticise. She th;adacce1A-
ed• what was told her about, tacking
paper on a board, about the mechani-
cal uses of charcoal and fixative and
so forth, and after that. wish -ed to go
ahead in her own. way, simply draw-
ing. Nothing more to it. , She -sat
before her easel very straight and
serious. She was really absorbed in
her messy little drawing; she thought
it was "sweet," and contemplated giv-
ing it to her father, nicely framed.; as.
a' -Christmas present. He was sure
to admire anything she did.
The big room was absolutely silent,
peopled with ghostly white casts,
heads, limbs, entire figures, lighted
coldly from a skylight, •so that she
seemed in a world quite different
from the brilliant autumn. outside.
Cahn, quiet, satisfied, in the midst of
an extraordinary peace - a Peace
which had surrounded her all her
short years./
And which endedforever that. day.
She heard the footsteps of the teach-
er coming back along the corridor,
More -cinielitY than usual.
"Minnie,. dear," she said, "Miss
Leland wish,ea, to see you."
This (surprised Minnie mildly. With
her usual docility She gOt up, put her
charcoal in its little- box, and hurried
down the corridor, past all the rooms
familiar to her for nearly ten years,
rooms all eimpty now., with rows and
rows of chaere and desks, with --their
blackboards and charts and maps,
ell known to her and more or less
ear. She had, been graduated from
he school a year ago, and was now,
of course, beyond all that and super-
ior to it, but she »enjoyed coming
Lya,ck for these drawing lessons,- She
lung to familAar places. '
Down the stairs, three flights, and
,o the comfortable little stuly of the
rinciPal. Minnie had, no reproof to
read, she was and had lel-ways been
beyond reproach in everything, a me -
el -girl., She tapped on the door and
as hidden to enter,
As soon asshe saw her cousin there
he knew 'Something was wrong. '..A.
reat dreatl,canne over her. She didn't
look at Miss Leland et all. '
"What is. it, Cousin Elia?" she ask-
ed, sharply.
The, forlorn spinster, who ;had yeare
go technically replaced» their mother,
suddenly burst into tears,.
"My . poor child!" she cried, "My
00T Child!"
She had cone, trembling With
read and grief, prepared to "break"
t to Minnie in a merciful way. , But
'oqIcArt endure the sight Of the urt-..
usp'eeting orphan..
Minnie had turned .very pale,
"flurry up!" she cried. "Is h,e--
1?
Oteusin Elia teldeher in- a confused
Ind, broken way. A cable had come
o tell of his death from pneumonia
Liverpool, the very day he had
"I came to incei at one," he said.
'The very instant 4,thatl read- it."
That was her dety, of. course. News
)f death, must be spread without de-
afry. She ha& &teen off 1mm'ediately
intercept Minnie, s� that the
hould leanof it at least an hour
sooner than it she had came home in
e usual way:
Minnie was stunned and incredu-
one. Cousin E»ia always got dhings
ixed, atyWaY. • •
"Letfe see the cable!! she demand.
d.
Cousin Ella andSverecl, with a shade-
! Tesentroent; that the hadn't
ught It.
et horrible night:Mat* &lie; Min,
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8-87
ELmER D. BELL, B.A.
Successor to John R. Beat
Banister, Solicitor, Notary Public
kleatorta - Ontario eeee,
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A. R. CAMPBELL;. VS. `
Graduate of Ontario Veterinary Col-
lege, University of ,Toronto. All dis-
eases of domestic animals treated lay
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reasonable. Day or night calls
promptly attended to. Office on Main
Street,- Hensall, opposite Town Hall,
Phone 116, Breeder of Scottish Ter
tiers, Inverness Kennels, Hensall.
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MEDICAL
DR. GILBERT C. JARROTT
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' Graduate of Faculty .or Medicine,
Bniverafty of Western Ontario. Merle
bee of College of Physicians and
Surgeons of Ontario. Office, 43 Gode-
rich Street West. - Phone 37.
Successor to Dr. Charles Mackae.
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DR. W. C. SPROAT
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• DR. F. J. BURROWS .
Office and residence, Goderich St.,
east ' of- the United Church, Seaforth.
Phone 46. Coroner for the County of
Huron. •
12-86
DR. HUGH H. ROSS
Graduate of University of Toronto
Faculty of Medicine, member of Col-
lege of Physicians and Surgeons of
Ontario; pass graduate course in
Chicago Clinical School of 'Chicago;
Royal OpthalmieHospital, London,
England; University Hospital,. Lon-
don;, England. Office--Eiack of Do-
minion Bank, Seaforth. Phone No. 5..
Night calls answered from residence,
Victoria Street, Seaforth.
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DR. E. A. -11AcIVIASTER
Graduate of the University of Toron-
to, Faculty of Medicine
Member of College of Physicians
and Surgeons of Ontario; graduate of
New Ybrk Post Graduate School and
Lying-in Hospital, New York. Of-
fice on High Street, Seaforth. Phone
27. Office fullyequipped for T -ray
diagnosis and ultra short wave elec-
tric treatment, Ultra Violet Sun Lamp
treatments,- and Infra Red electrie
treatment. Nurse In Ittendenee. •
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• DR. F. J. R. FORSTER
Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat
Graduate in Medicine, University
of -Toronto. . ,
Late ' assistant New Yeiret Opthal-
mei and Aural. Institute, Moorefield's
Eye 'and Golden Square Throat Hos--
vitals, London, Eng: At Commercial
Motel, Seaforth, third Wednesday in
each month, from 1.30 pin. to 410
P.m. 53 Waterloo Street South, Strat-
ford.
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OR. DONALD G. STEER
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Usiversity» of Western Ontario. Mem-
her of College of -Physicians- and •
Surgeons of Ontario. Full equip-
ment, including an ultra short wave
set.
Office King Street, Bonsai.. • Phone
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DR. J. A. McTAGGART -
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HAROLD DALE
Specialist in farm and household
sales. »Prices reasonable. For dates
and information, write or phone Har-
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Ueensed auctioneer for Perth and 1
nem Comities. Sales solicited.
Tettlin on avplicatiorn Perm Stock,-
thatteht 8,114 Iteal iState PreDertY.
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,it 'sorra el* felt, bnt *end;
gg 441111e feeteetroPhe instead of hav-
ing taken place already, were aboat
to happen, were inernieent. They drove
bong the familiar eleherban• roads,
lined 'with charming houses,. smooth
lawns • without fenee Or hedge, great
trees, a domain emospercase lovely and
serene. They 'learned home, a- grey
stone hogse an, a hill, planted with
dwarf evergre,ene; they Went in. Noth-
ing -1n any way changed, the same
well -ordered, comfortable dignity. • It
couldn't, be true! Father never -com-
ing ba,ck? ,
She again demanded the cable, and
obtained it.
• "Mr. Defoe died •-this. morning.
Pneemonia. Seven o'clock. Writ -
dug. JOHNSON."
So It wasn't 'a mistake. She looked
round instinctively for support, for re-
assurance, in, her terror..
"Oh, tether!" she cried, in a sort
of shriek. "Cousin, Ella! • Oh . .
Do som,ethring! Don't let it be!"
In that blatant, the very essence
of her father's [soul was comprehend-
ed 'by. her; she could reallte 'hi, 'ail
his fondness, his immieasurable indul-
gence for het She saw- What she had
lost, and was overwhelmed. It was
the end Of her childhood, the last
wholly genuine, Nrholly disinterested
emotion she was ever to feel.
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He had been a "business man," en-
gaged in a very vague business -pro-
moting schemes and so on. Ile had
spent money lavishly on his adored.
daughters, and when he was at home,
in the intervals between mysterious
trips, he liked to talk to them about
their future, and ask them what they
wanted him to do for them. Poor
devil! Evidently he expected to live
forever, for he hadmade no provi-
sion at all for them, not even life in-
surance. There vas not -a penny.
Frances had been at college just a
moneh whei she was recalled. The
lawyer had gone out to break the
news to her of her father's death and
her own destitution, and it 'motet be
admitted that she had behaved very
badly. At first she refused abacdute-
ly to come home. She said she would»
go on, no matter what happened; r
she'd work her way through college;
lots, of girls didL She had made up
her mind to become a doctor, and she
wasn't going to be stopped now, at
the very start. The lawyer pointed.
out that as this plan demanded quite
eight years, of study; she might well'
spare a day or tw'o now to attend to
her *tor eister. So she consented,
though she felt in her heart that it
was tile end. she went, but she was
markedly sullen.
Sober tittle Minnie, tired out with
crying, reproved her.
"Can't you think of something else.
beside yourself, Frankie?" she asked.
Frank's was abashed. She had an
unbounded admiration for Minnie's
moral worth; the very fact of her
being smaller, plainer and stupider
than she was, was somehow proof of
it. She really made an effort to look
upon her ambition as selfish and pet-
ty and to concentrate her eager and
vigorous mind solely on her. father's
death.
Minnie had no ambition to give up.
She supposed that in the course cf
time -she would marry,' and that would.
»suffice. She was got -able', to show
much sympathy' for her sistersu intol-
erable disappointment
"I . know it's hard to leave cellege
and all that, she said. "But alter all,
Frankie, I don't think you'd have
stuck it out for eight years. You
wouldntt have liked being a dootor,
when the time came. , Such a queer
thing for a girl."
"Nonsense!" cried Frances, angri-
ly, "you' have the stu•pidest most an-
tiquated, Water •
"I'll work my way through," she
went on, "I'll ...be a waitress or some
thing. But I won't give up!"
lellunte began to cry:
"Please, • Frankie,' stay with me a
little while," she entreated. "I'm so
lonely!"
Who could refuse?
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Cousin Ella advised them to accept
the offer of their grand -Mother, their
father's mother. She was• the only
living soul who wanted them, anyway.
Frankie protestedi.
"Brawl:Leven°. Landing!" she cried.
'"Oh, Cousin Ella! It'sthe worst
place!"
She remembered visits there in the
summer holidays, the boredom of it,
the ugliness. But Minnie assured her
that it would 'only be -temporary,
while they booked about and made
their plans. She brought forward the
eeneiblenese of it, made Frances feel
how rash and headstrongelt would be
not to go.
She had her way, as, she always
did The thouste was cles,ed, the fern
Mire sold, the servants' ,dismissed Af-
ter a curious, fortnight in a boarding
house nearby, where their friends
came tee say good-bye, they went off,
with` air their effects li two modest
trunks.
Early in the afternoon they reach-
ed Brownsville Landing.
Even grief could not blind ,them to
the fact that they were interesting 11g-
ures---two young orphans. They were
aware that every one of the Idlers
,the station knew who they *ere
and where they were going. They.tol-
lo•Wed Thomas Washington to the bat-
tered old surrey and Sat down, per-
fectly decorous, wittheint turning their
heeds, conscious nevertheless of be -
lug regarded with sympathie with
speculation.
They were tacitly agreed that It
would not be cerrect. thettlik sil-
eirce and concealing' all trate of cur
iesity they emit rattling off up Main
Street and along the dotty fiveenile
reed, 10 the -tam
Their iranlinother tette Whiting 'for
the in Want 110* 00 eattettle
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Theireleste'egeMed tteherr.g. terrible,
.degolatins. She could'idtb troth
cey nothing better thatb-44.You - are
utterly ruinedand atone tyre world,
fniendless and penntlese.”, She watch-
ed tile carriage combing, 'with the girls
Ode by side, imakee of denent - grief,
perfectly- restrained' ;taeneewhen the
Carriage StbIlped, the restraint vanish'
ed, and they rushed Into her arms,
sobbing.
. She led them into the darkened, par-
lour, and teat doote din the sofa be
tween them, trying In atrembling
Voice to comfort them -with religion.
and provembs,• inextricably mixed,. But
Frankie was not in any way to be
quieted. She wept so violently, so
Passionately-tha the aid lady could
think of nothingfr better to do than to
lead her upstairs and urge her to lie
down.
"There! There!" she murmured.
"What can Grandma do for you?" .
She answered, in a muffled Write,
her vheel buried in the pillows:
"Please --let me alone . a lit-
tle while."
"I think we'd better," whispered
Minnie, and they went out, oarefully
closing the door upon Praminte's weep -
The first glimpse of the farm had
overwhelmed her completely. She
remembered, the college, augnet, beau-
tiful, with the orderly and Purposeful
life that so appealed to her, she
thought Of her ;old home, aeit would.
look now, in tie late afternoon sun-
shine, of its dignity and freedom, the
hope she had known -there. And then
this, •this shabby, forlorn old house
standing alone in a weed grown
straggling garden, surrounded by the
neglected fields, which stretched a-
way to tine cold and unknown blue
hills. All that she hated moat, soli-
tude, stagnation, neglect.
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The old lady turned with relief to
Minnie, who was so mucin more
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lahlg*te» iieeeteetie. creatlerP -deiar.se.
br •P4-1 SO,,CP -Peo01,e,- tbe. 0(416000* qf
her' aq'el i'aitth. With nOtle Of FOiatir'S
dinadvaditages, ONO •Pedateoress, the re,:
000naibtAX, of =Wray with the vig-
Qui and clutrna proper to her twenty.
'Years- She acclaimed Minnie a para -
g01% a 1li�nia.-anion.6 maidens,
Minnie herself began to feel eera-
Wilma The quiet kitchen in the last
brightness of the Spring day, with
the dinner Pete 'and Pans hissing On
to stovasand a ;pleasant fragrance of
freshly, ti4g71 bread and cake in the
al; all the diontellness and friendly
peace about her assuaged her grief,
strengthened her soul. Her thoughts
began to turn to the future -she tried
to imagine a possible life there.
"Do you still live here all alone,
Grandma?” she asked.
- The old lady sighed. Poor crea-,
tura! When she allowed herself to
'tshinit of it, sive wondered how she
succeeded in living at all.
Her husband had, been one of those
thaPpy and lavish persons who obtain,
Heaven knows how, a reputation for
wealth. He had always had plenty
of money to spend, and everything he
or his family needed, but it was,, un-
fortunately, a sort of Fortunatus'
purse, into which he could dip with-
out limit, but which couldn't be be-
queathed, which for everyone else lay
flat and empty.
At least he had, insured his life,
and his widow received a monthly in-
come of twenty-five dollars from this
-her sole income. An impossible
situation. How she struggled along,
no one knew, not even herself. Al-
though struggle is not the word; she
didn't struggle; she simPly weibt on
existing, miraculously sustained by
the forbearance of others. It was
imposeible to turn the poor creature
out, rent or not rent, or to refuge her
credit for food, in this town where
she badlived for sixty y'ears. She
"managed." When she couldn't pay,
she -didn't pay. Her quite simple rule
was to give cash when compelled, and
to comman4e.er the rest of her neces-
had he;:i.:
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vTelqi -Vve 1YeelV 1,41»`
ab e Paid, '1314 T»4i�per'•
be anY mor,,r
ArAnto hbcifkd .hor coherly,
Or4144 deer," she
shaftL "We
on't leave BM „agele;"
"Wbt3re ed80 clout& we Om Anyway?"
elle added to *self in her practical
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Frances had waked up early that
first morning. She looked Found
big, low-ceilinged' rota, at the pic-
tures OD the'Salls, sheep in a snow-
storm, ships at sea, religious maid-
ens, hung with a sole aim of cove -
kw up the most badly stained,plices
in the faded,paper, at the wthite iron
wash stand, the lime chest of draw -
ere on which steed a quite unrelated
and =attached mirror, the dusty
steps of old carpets serving as rags,
at ali the » dinginess and shabbiness
and deserted old age, and 'in a sort
of frenzy, she began to Shake Min-
nie.
Minnie opened her black eyes.
"Well!" She said, sleepy but good-
humoured.
"Minnie, isn't this awful!"
"The same as it always was," she
replied, slowly, "and it seems to me
we can be pretty usefulohere."
Frances frowned.
,"To Grandma? Of course . . .
Only, isn't it senseless for two heal-
thy young women to spend their time
looking after one old -lady?"
"I ,s,houldn't call it senseless."
"I could' help much more by earn-
ing money and sending it to her,"
said Frances.
"You don't have to decide all that
now," Minnie returned, rather sev-
erely. "You can give yourself a
week or so to rest -after what's hale
pened."
Frankle said no more, bu‘remaine
ed un,convincerl. She made up her
mind she Wouldn't stay on that farm
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-not for a week.
Poor Frankie! Doomed to stay
there for how many weeks!" .-
She tried in, vain to think of same
means- of -getting.. awaL.
there were a dozen radiant Instatt„- '
posstbtlities Of All sorte. Sher con- '
tempiated beeonang 'a secretary, »•
writer, a doctor's assistant; a teach-.
er, or, as a last resort, the witeof
an .extraordluary wan. It was a log
time before she cook', realize of haw .;•
little value she was, how undesired.
She hadn't even money for her fare • •
to New York, and het. answers to ad- •.
vertisemertts found In the city papers
were always tete and never i•egarded. . .
She was amazed, to find herself in , `1,q
this blind alley; her eager hands ;.er
groped for some sort of outlee; She eefre
couldn't believe that she was actual-
ly obliged to stay in Brownsville
Landing. ,
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Will your name appear in Monday's newspapers? If it does, will you
be writhing with pain in the emergency ward of a hospital, will your
mangled remains be resting in a funeral parlor—or will you be held by
the Police on a charge of manslaughter?
If you are a motorist and value life and property, help to stop this
slaughter of iruiocent people. The death toll from car accidents in
Ontario must go down!
We are justly proud of the Police of thia Province—but they cannot
be everywhere. Most accidents occur when a policeman is not around.
Traffic violators know better than to speed, cut in or crowd other cars
with a policeman in sight.
Ontario Motorists will Cooperate
When you see a motorist driving in a manner dangerous to
the public, take his number, make a careful note of the actual
time and place and -when you reach your destination Write to
the Motor VehiclesBranch, Department of Highways,
Toronto, giving full details, We do not invite reports Of minor
infringements of the traffic laws; you are requested to use
sound judgment We will deal adequately With offenders.
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