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1 'a A Dark Shadow; Or, A Coming Vengeance O1APTER XXIX. -(Continued). Lady Kdith gripped hr by the BhouUlor.i h> knelt, iml. bi'Udiiig furw.trd. look- ed into the dark, glo*rinc <\w- with un -ipr*K:.in wlr.vh rodix-n-d that in them. "Are you *urt. are you ur*?" hc pant- ed. "Cun you van you r*afh him ri-ach lu-r She raufht her brt-Uh ..n you mike him ouRer -through her? What am I ayiri(? What could > do? And it ,on!d No, no, let him ir'i ! And y't tliai (tirl a common girl!" Ssra* <hlortd face tw;cit<vl into a Minlr; -li,- laughed, a low, harnh I. inch. and noddrd two or three nine-* u.th an eiprftiftion of vindictive triumph. 'Tan I not. drarivP" she hiewd. "You hall me. And nwing. you .Inll )>, .iU:- flfd. \>i>; atlflrd. Br calm, inii.jio; po-i- s your Koul in patience. You .vill not nav long to wait. Harft proin!in you that- Sara, who nuraed you on her bOHom, Sara who knows how to ntrike whon hnr bloTM one u hurl, and wounded to the heart." But Lady Edith scarcely hei-ded or h*ad; or did ihf? CHAPTKH ITS. ri:r did nut go round to flrosvrnnr Squire that night: for he felt that he <-<m!d rot mM't Lady Kdith. and play his part in what had brm a tragedy, with V"i v, )..<> Mill ringing In hie ears, the remembrance of her t<-ar*. the touch of her hind. MO koen and vivid. H worked at hta office up to a *<*rjr late hour, and, "t courne. got. tery little Hlettn during what remained of thv night, or, rather, ;he c.irly morning. He wae at bin offlcp again a little after ten. and looked < fagged and wan that r - nerrrtary van movud to remoruirate. 'You're mulling on to a breakdown. Mr. Harvey," he eaidT "I know the eignu very well; I saw them in Mr. Mervyn" Mr. Mervyn wa a. former Home Swretary -"he .1i:ct looked us TU look, and ho wouldn't nitn U> any of iw whn we warned him: but be had to cave in: he had a very bad t:me ." ('live laughed indifferently. "I'm r.inger than 1 I<>U. my deiir fellow," he aid; "hut. tlunk >u all the lumn. I'll knk off fur a bit when we get through thin prrarnt batch of work." The tirvretary had ei'aroely gone off with hi* pile of Iett4*m when Lord Ohw- icrleigh wan arnounoedi and the moment he entrrxl the room Clive aw thut some- thing wjn the matter. "With'" he xaid. apprehensively. "Yea; it'a Edith," responded Lord Che- terleigh. Mm ii not wellthere U no raUie for alarm, my dear Cllve -h wan danger of v/hat.'-and It bcjjoved him to r> . nil hi calm, to command all hm lac- ultim U) rni-ct the case, lie pulled himtcU togotlii-r, and laid biB hand on Tibhy B ebouldar. "You think I have spiritod Mi-.a. away, Tibby?" he said. "Look in my l.ico. You know that I have not dono xo, that 1 do uot know where he ia. Be ailin. Tibhy it's c;iy to give way; I tuysoif could give way, but we must not do eo; for we want all our wit*, all our courage." flhe had uhaken MH hand Erom her t-lioulder; but ehe had obeyed hie com- mand, and had looked into iii cyce; and flu 1 knew that hn wu npeaking the truth. Her lips uuiverod. and lier eyoa filled with tears, but nbo daghed- them away . "Where is he, then?" she demanded. "I'm frightened out o' my life." She wa shaking violently. Clive gently forced her into a chair, poured out eome wine, and nic.i-.iril. with a groture. on her drinking it. "Now. tell me everything," he cald. "Wind! Everything." Gulping down :i nob and titruggling for her word*. Tibby g&id: "She went away thi arternoon. Bhe was alone there -father had gone to oee after a place In a band, and I was at the factory. When I got home to tea I found she'd gone. Hhe had left a letter for me I aaw at once it wae a upoof, though it deceived her. for irhy? because nhe'd go to the end of the earth If nhe thought you were in trouble, and wanted her." "In trouble? Wanted her! ' Cl.ve cried. "The note, Tibby. the note! -Ah, don't ay that you've not brought It, girl!" "I've broach; it right enough." Tibby aid chokingly, a* she produced it. Fresh from the Gardens of the finest Tea-producing country in the world. Ceylon Tea. Sealed Lead Packets Only. Try it it's delicious. BLACK, MIXED or GREEN. , t.ikn ill IMI night. I wnt for fltr An- drew an -.win a* I could thli morning; and he p'tid that ebe wan *u*Terlng from pome Mr. tin, ih i: it wag a kind of nervouc* col- lapte, and that tho mn<'. remain quiet. and e no one. He added that he ought to go out of tow'i. on North eomewhere: .-ITU! Kdi:li t'mk it into her head to etart for Not!:ind." To Scotland!" echoed ('live. "Do you mi- "i that .he N almadv gone?" V> -." n-|>lie<l lx>rd Chniterleigh gnve- Iv. ' *ho inewted upon going at once: ttbe. would i t. let mn wild for you or even let vou know. I have ju-t taken her to Tin- - :'..,m." <1ive r, e. and paced lip and down with a troubled air at the ma of work on hi table "It ! Impomible for me to go to her." he laid. "flic know* that." Lord C'he*trleig)i raid (luickly, "and h don n<x mh vou to. tlon't be hurt, mv doar boy. Hir Andrew thiukii il would he better for her to (>< quite alone for little whiU>." HI- rauned a moment. "You know Kdith ('lire. Rh* la in different from iiiont glrln. 1 .<* going to Hay that he In Decull.-ir; hut th.it ! not the word. You know how hlghlv n.iuiig ahe I*, how Manure, and. for all her apparent ealmner-n and Hel'- pownvion. how caelly and doenlv she In moved. The. jtraln at the (Motion, poor Dolnh'rf dcith, the postponement of the wedding they have. t*> nen u common I'tit eipnvntlve phnee. a;ot on her nerveH. She h" gone to our Hhooting hoi It ' iiome- thing more than u boi at T'tllivmiilr. mid there -he will he quint, absolutely i|iii,.| tH well looked After." she will have Har with her," murmur- l dive thoughlfully "No; she hail no' taken S'ira: for pome r. '. on or oUier ehe did not wiwh to have lier; bui he ha Liken her maid, who 'e alinoat a* devoted to her - Hir i Is. There - nothing to be alarmed about; or, ! <-<nirc. ] ihould not have !,: her go. or li-.iild have gone with her. \< il i-. T hall run up > eoon I c:in gxt away." llw wan Foreign fWretarv again, of rnurne HP nlghcd. 'One ho-irw a great diil about 'the aweetx of office, and we fellow,* who are 'in' are envied liv ihox* nlio know miihlng about it." He looked at the txble Lidfn with nvxTn anil let- ter*. "Here are we two -living ait City ,1,-rk- never have elavpd: nnd all the thankx we thall get at the end of our term will be viliiper-ition ^nd tbUM, r.ii-n -n thic moment I k"<> tint I rnunt not keep you; and. Indeed. I must go back to mv own den." I II write to Kdith at once." gaid ('live In a !ow voice I^ird cheN,rlelgh turned. W'th hie linnd iiii'iii tlie door. "Ye. do. But don't be alarraod or worried if ahe nbntild not r<>- plv rjiilcklv; for ahe told me, juit at the triiin utarted. thil Sir Andrew mid h wan not to virile letters or worry about anything." . ( livi- nodded, .inl eat down to hi work again. H ww dielraMed by Kdith'e 111- nem; but. with a Henpe of guilt und eli.ime. In- wa vonwioiir of a feeling of relief. He wrote to her: but he tore up the begin- ning of two letters: nnd he knew that the third which be Mninhed wae. for all III* proteetatlon* of grief at her Illneew and their parting, cold and forced. No reply cume to thle letter, but on the third day he wai dining at Orosvenor Hquare Lord Cheeterleigh told him that he had had a letter from Kdith. Kbc wat better; the would write to Olive presently: and h wa* on no account to go to her. l-,nl clientrrlelgh and he enent a quiet hour or two. then C'live alar ted for the: II, "i*. A bn wan p.nminif through the d. lung-room Mara entered the hall. Hhe lod ojilde tn let htm i>a* an usual, and rnlanmed profoundly. "I am ir):<d to hear that your miitrwii i lieltT. H.ir*. " lie Mild Him raieod her eyen, almiwt hidden by the thin eilken abawl, and -.ml. in her mooth voice '!: ill" IH lietter, rihih; she will be guile well soon if ehe in left quite alone. The ealnb know that, and will not go to her." ('live frowned elightlr; for there wu a n, ile of familiarity, uf Iniolence, In the n, .in in .,!.! which Jarred upon him. "I am eurjirieed that you arg uot with your inlsiri.>. Sra." lie iald. flhe threw out her IMUK!*; then crnened them niorkly on her uotom. "Tl !< cold where my lady hm gone; and your eeryant feelu the cold, lahlb." Dive ILI-OCI! on, and left the houc. Ai lie did no, he remembered he wanted aome CHAPTER XXXI. Cllve almost miatched the note from Tibby'e band. It wae written on half u aheet of notapaper, and consisted only of a few liiiB. lie read them aloud through nil deuchcd teeth: "Sir. Harvey tun mc-t with an accident, and Ut budly hurt. He ha ent for me I and I HIM-: go you know 1 muni go, Tib- by I 1 am n-i afraid, in nu<-h dread, that I can scarcely write. 1 will come bu-k us >oon an ixwHible. or tipud for you Oh, Tibby, if he should be badly hurt, dying! ' Olife folded the note, and put it in hi* waiatooat pocket near hla heart. "I did not end for her." h- :iid. al- most to hinwelf. "WBo can hav done it with what motive?" "I knew you wasn't hurt." (said Tibhy. "You wouldn't have m-nt for her and frightened hT If you had been; bnt I thought 11 was a plant to gei her to romo to you." ('live began to pa<- UD and down the room; but he knew that he mu:H remain absolutely calm, and hu nat down again. I'And you cauio to me at once. Tinny? Quit* right! Don't bo frightvned. Hhe cannot be iti any danger: how can he? It Home f<H>lish trk'k, t- .111,. practical joke." But even an ho Mpoke he knew Uiat the explanation W:IH a feeble one. "Is It iramible to And out hnw -In- got the euppOHed mcenage from roc? ' "A mcesonger boy brought It." replied i Tibby Hharplv. "Of count*. I anked the landlady and Amelia (Icrtrude thrit'n the ! slavey. A mivsenger boy came with It. He muet have brought a letter; but if h'- did. the took It with her.'' ('live atiftVd a groan. "If 4)1? had only left it, if he had only Kaid in her note where ha waa going!" he eaid. "la there no other clue? Think, think! Kvery lit- tle tiling, any little incident, that mar be however indirectly have you man had lurched off hl pejch before ad- oreulng him. "Had a long drive?" he said pleasantly and caoually. The cabman etarcd at him, then nmika and winked knowingly. "Ra ther, guv'nor." he replied. "And you left tho young lady there?" said Olive in a matter-of-fact way. '1 did." responded the man. "Took her to her friend a WES waiting for her. An' a very nice and liberal cove he was. Tain't orften a pore cabby has such a good drink atood 'in. An' no 'aggling over the fare, neither," he added unctu- ously. "Rum kind o' ylaoe to take a young lady. But there! /, no bualiu>e o' mine) Queer cattle, women. miBter." "They arc." awented Clive with a I luugh. "C)ome round the corner, and I have a drink." He led the way to tho public-house, and called for a small whisky and a large I Koda. The cubmau fctared ut him with tiuny (urpriee. 'If you wax to order a sponge und a piece of eoiip a well, guv'nor, I might have a bath." ho eaid derisively. lie took a gulp of the. Hobering mixture, and Cllve waited with a brain on fire un- til it wax fin I ohed; then he said slowly and gravely: "Pull youreelf together, my man. I want to know where you took that young lady." The. cabinau set down hiu glass, and stared resentfully at ('live; but hi gaxe Koftened ae Cllve. drew a five-pound note from hl pocket-book and laid it on the counter. "Pick it up, and put it In your pocket." he eaid; "and tukc mo to the place at which you left your fare. I'll discharge you there, and you can drive away aa if the buiinem no further concerned you. Refuse, and you'll find yourself in xerious trouble." The man ft retched In.- brows, and nhook lilmnelf aa If with an effort to throw off the fume* of liquor, and taking the note, carefully folded it, and put it in his pocket. "Hanged If I didn't think there wae something wrong about It," he anid. "Jump in. guv'nor. I'll take you right enough. You're a 'tec. I suppose? But mind! I don't take no hand In this. I driven you to the place, and I driven orf again; no queetiona aked. no quedtiona answered, la that utright?" "Thafa straight." said C'live. "I'll bo ready In less than one minute." He ran up to Tibby's room, white and brcathloae. "I have found out where they have tak- en her. Tibby!" ho ta:d. "No; I can't wall to tell you I There's not a moment to lose. Remain here. I'll bring her back to you. please Uod!" At. h* got Into the cab hf> gave the man a sovereign and told him to drive quickly. They went eastward. To Clivo tho way eenitd Interminable; and hi heart xank lower and lower a Ihev left tho large and respectable thorough fares, and be- gan to pierce Into the dingy nlumo of the far east. (To be continued.) , ii:i|.i i- hl<li ho had left on h'.s table at uurleigh strfi-i; and he took .< cab, ana told the man to drive quickly. He ran . up the etalri, and opened the door iharp ly; but el'ipped dead flhort. for he was confronted iby the weird figure of Tibhy. Her face wu white, her hat awry, nnd he wan evidently In a elate of terrible agitation. Tibby!" h e>*clalmed. "Why !" fllie brokn In iinon him with a cry half- tlirentening, liulf-lmplorlng : "Where in she?" he demanded fiercely. "Where : heP What have yon done with herf I've lean'hed for In your room. Rhc'i not here you needn't tell me that. What have yon done with her?" CUve'i heart lank with a terrible fore boding. "Do yon mean Minn. TihhyP" he asked. "0" c^unie, I mean Minal" he retorted. "No llel I want her. I want her at mice! You hav epirltcd her away *ome- wherc." ( !,,,, et hl teeth hardi fear, dread of 'few not what, threatened to orr- 'n him. Ifina wai l.*t, perhap* In notircd any tr:iiigern about the Renter Tibby made an impatient gonture. There'* alwnyn utrangem going in and din: an' I don't take no notice of 'em. Why whnuld If" Hhe w.m silent a mo- ment, then he looked up with an acute expn -mon on hnr nhrewd face. "Htop! Theru \ that man. that dirty furrin chap that helped to hnah yon at the 'all that night 1 .nv him crooning the. arch- way. why, it wan tho day 1 met you. and let you go to Ulna." "Knahki !" aid cllvc. "Yea." asscnti-d Tibby. "An' come to tpcaking of furrinera, there wa a kind of Italian woman <ir a Indian, an old wo- man wrapped up in nhawlii liko. with gold ear-ringft; I've jvcn her once or twice, and I Daw her walking on the other Bide of the road to Koshki; but they did- n't -|i'.ik to each other." 'riaral" murmured riivn inaudibly. The imr K|II, ",IM of Har:t into the aff&ir only nerved to complicate and intensify I the uiyiitery. And yet could it he pon- ftible that ehe wae concrned in the ab- anotlaqf Abduction! To the generality of people the word would have sounded an extravagant one, one laroring of | melodrama and tho fur-feu-hed; but rliv" kurw enough of (he dark eide of London life to lie aware that not only abduct 'on litii murder Itwlf wan often committed, nd that In some, casen neither the crime, nor the criminal! were dieclmed. Men and women dinappeared almost duilr a >! were never dlerovored. Hometlmex a Iwxly nan found floating down towards the mouth of the Thames or lying under n hedgerow in a remote country pl.ice. Somet invti one nf tho quiet and inii<N'i-nl- looking foreign b:u-qu<t< which nailed from HIM port of Iiiindon carried a drugged man, hidden away under the hatchet. All large cltie* hnvu tho r dark and hidden crinira; and no cily him such myxterlntiM elnui, niidi infernoi of vice, nucli denii of infamy. a London. Hi* heart Kink with fear, and yet It throbbed with a seme of fury; but he maintained a how of composure; for Tibby'n eyHi were on him. full of pathetic uniiety and A naraeleoa terror. "We will go down to thn Renl." he aid. "Home one may have neen some- thing. VV may obtain ome clue" They went down In a cab, and while Tibby run iinetalra In the vain hope, of finding Min:i tlicre, or Home mevsage. from her, flive looked about him almost ne hopelessly. He had kept the rah waiting at the archway, and half a dosen urchin* were larking round it and chaffing the cabman. One boy. older than the ret, wa es,pe- eUllF Impudent, and the cabman flicked at him with the whip, and aid severely; "Ain't you never een a decent, cab afore, you young eavagee? I t'pnee you ain't, an' It's a regular treat for you." "Oarnt" yelled Hie boy. "Why, we've, got a cabman HA lives here, an' keeps 'is or*e in that stable.." Ue kicked hi leg in 'In- direction of a xhed. "An', wot's more, he juit gome off on a job with n young lldy." Tho blood rnhed to Clive'e face, and he turned away in that tho cabman and the boy should not observe the excitement, thn wild excitement of hope which he knew die-played Iteelf In his face. Then he sauntered towards the group, lounged again*) ilm archway for a minute or two, and, eventually catching the hoy'e eye, nodded to him. The boy looked afraid at first; hut Olive nndded again, and hld up a chilling, and, after a time, the boy Idled toward* him. "Look here," nald ('live, drawing him apart, "I'll glv you th!s nnd another one on the top of It. If you'll tell me where the young lady told the, cabman to drive her." The boy eyed the shilling hungrily, hut, his face (ell. "With I could, guv'nor," he atd; "hut I dunno. I ee her eta.rt; hut she didn't give no ordern; h eenmeii flrntered nnd upset, an' *he 'andMl up a paper to Hill, the cabman." Clire'* heart snk i tin. "I sunpc.se he won't come back? He'll go on the crawl f" In. saM. "No," replied the boy 'entelyi "he'll rrnne ba<'k 'ere, 'cos he's a day cab, an' h put 'U 'oran up early." Almnt a* h epoke. Cllve heard the sound of wh*l. H drnpne.4 half a crown Into the hoy's hand, and went qulok- ly to the archway. A seedv and ram- snarkle rah drove In. and Olive wmt up to U. He saw at a glance that the driver K.i drunk; and forcing himself to aome degree of patience, he waited until the Quebec. His elevation to knight- hood came in the New Year's hon- ors of 1912. This tells the story of how Sir Joseph came to bear so many titles, but it does not by any means tell thn story of the part he has played in the history of Canada. He has represented the Canadian people around the Council Board in a number of big diplomatic issues. He was attached to tho staff of the British agent in the Behring Sea arbitration of 1893; and had a part in securing protection for the inter- ests of Canadian sealers. He was agent of the Canadian Government i in the Joint High Commission which sat in Quebec and Washing- ton during the early years of the Administration of Sir Wilfrid Laurier. He was associate- secre- tary of the Alaskan Boundary tri- jbunal. He accompanied Hon. Ro- dolphe Lemieux on his miswon to I Japan, which resulted in the limita.- I tion of Japanese immigration to the Dominion. And just two years I ago, he again represented Canada 'in the international conference on | pelagic Healing, which advanced the work begun in the Behring Sea ar- bitration. This bare catalogue of some of the salient national affairs in which he has played a part is in itself an advertisement that there is a hin- terland in "Joe" Pope's life which must supply explanation. And as- suredly tho present Under Secre- tary of State for External Affairs SIR JOSEPH POPE. ( unada's Debt (o Him So Grrut It lo Difficult to Mra.surc It. Among the civil servants of the Dominion there is only one who bears the title of Knight. That one is Sir Joseph Pope, Under Secre- tary of State for External Affairs. Nor does he flaunt his title in the face of the public. Look up his de- partment in the telephone directory of Ottawa and you will find him down as plain "Joseph Pope." But just as a matter of simple historic fact, he does occupy this unique position, and he dooa not occupy it without justification. He is Knight Commander of the Order of St. Michael and St. Qeorge for the very good reason that ho has been | able in a number of instances to I perform outstanding services for | the Dominion, and lie has been able to perform these outstanding ser- \ ices because ho possessed qualifi [cations which are exceedingly rare on this side of the Atlantic. The central fact of these special j qualifications is a wide knowledge of the "ua\oir faire" of official life. HP knows how to do things. He knows his way around Government offices, and he knows his way around royal courts. He is an au- thority on the etiquette of official and court circle* a branch of knowledge which is highly useful oven in our democratic community. Of course, lie did not pick this up in a day. He had a long appren- ticeship under that master of state- craft and of the craft of managing men, Sir John A. Macdonald. The first occasion on which Sir Joseph was chosen to represent the Canadian Government in the enter- tainment of guests of State was in 1001. when our present King and Queen visited us as the Duko and Duchess of Cornwall and York. Everyone remembers how success- ful that tour was, and in its success Mr. Pope, ns ho then was, had a largn part. Jt ws for his services at that timn that he received his first mark of royal favor and en- tered the order of St. Michael and St. George aa a Companion. Five years later he accompanied Prince Arthur of Connaught on his tour through the Dominion, and in 1008 he was selected to receive Princo Fushimi of Japan on his visit to this country. In connec- tion with the visit of Prince Arthur, Mr. Pope had bestowed upon him the Imperial Service Order, while the Japanese Government recog- nized his services to Prince Fushi- mi hy conferring on him the Order of the Sacred Treasure of the sec- ond class. In the same year as the latter he wag madn a companion of the Victorian Order by the King because of his assistance in t'io or- ganization of the tercentenary at IESI OF SURGEON'S NERVE OPERATIONS PERFOKMED UN- DER TimNt; CONDITIONS. Cool Work of Doctors in Hospital While Huildinc Wns Aflro. A few weeks ago a workman en- gaged on the top of the roof of a tall building at Springfifld, Mass., dislocated his shoulder. It was im- possible to bring him down, so a surgeon climbed up, and, coolly sit- ting astride a girder, hundreds of feet above the crowded street, pro- ceeded to chloroform the injured man and reduce the dislocation. To the man in the street the skill of the surgeon is always something of a miracle. To carve living flesh with steady hand and sure eye, to secure each streaming vein, to re- move diseased organs, and then to mend up the wound so perfectly that hardly a scar remains, seems to him to require almost superhu- man skill. Supreme Test. And there is no doubt but that a big operation calls for the very highest qualities that man posses- ses. Even in the perfectly lit and perfectly appointed operating thea- tres of a great hospital, with every possible aid at hand that modern science commands, the task is a severe one. Yet often and often the surgeon is called upon to perform opera- tions -without any such aids, and then the ordeal may be almost as severe for doctor as it is for pa- tient. For instance, in a railway acci- dent. One raw winter morning, two years ago, a passenger aiight- ing in a hurry from a train at the little station qf Earlestown, near Warrington, slipped and fell between the still moving train and the platform. A doctor, summoned in haste, found that the only possible meth- od of extricating the unfortunate man was to amputate one of his legs. Instruments were fetched, and as it was not yet daylight, a ring of porters stood round with station lanterns, while other persons struck matches to assist the sur- geon. What made the horriBle business more terrible was the fact that if was impossible to give the injured man chloroform. He remained con- scious all through the operation. In spite of the cramped position in which the surgeon was compelled to work, and the lack of light and appliance*, the operation wae quickly and successfully finished, and the sufferer removed to a hos-. pital. Operutint I'nder Fire. Often in war time surgeons have had to operate on the battlefield,' sometimes actually under fire. Bub it was under fire of a different sorb that two doctors performed an op- eration at the hospital at Bidde- ( ford, in the State of Maine. Th .operation was to remove an inter- j nal ulcer, but five minutes after they had begun it was discovered that the hospital was afire. To move the patient was to kill, her. The surgeons stuck to their work. The roar of flames wa plainly heard, and the hiss of water from the fire hose. Presently wa- ter began to pour through the roof' and pieces of wet plaster to fall; thudding to the floor. The nurses put up umbrellas and held them over the patient and the doctors.) No one dreamed of moving until all was finished and the wound sewn up. Then the patient was re- moved to a place of safety. In February, 1911, a similar case occurred at the West London Hoi- pital, but here the fire broke oul just before the operation was be gun, so there was time to remove the man to another department. tor of Sir John A. Macdonald are a permanent part of the life of Can- ada. Francis Carman in Toronto Star Weekly. CHIPS WITH THE BARK ON. No man is rich who does not think he is. The man of few words often keeps them busy. It is pleasant to have a square man 'round. It is becoming orthodox to op- pose orthodoxy. Remember the fate of the steak that is tough it is made into hash., Her Lone Suit. ''Mrs. Jinks says she never can tell what any of the neighbors will do next." "Well, she loses no time in tell* ing what they did last." That's What They Do. "Have you ever noticed one odd thing about blunt people V "What is that?" "They are the ones who general- ly come to the point." More than a watch dog is need- ed to keep the wolf from the door. Sir Joseph Popr. comes from r, vigorous stock. Ho is a native of Prince Edward Island, where ho was born on August 16, 1854. His father was the Hon. Wil- liam Henry Pope, who was one of the Fathers of Confederation, and his uncle, Hon. J. C. Pope, was Minister of Marine and Fisheries in the Cabinet of Sir John Macdonald. Pope tlie younger came into the Do- minion service in 1878, and was for a few years a clerk and private secretary to his uncle. Then he entered thn service of Sir John, and made for himself a nain as the pri- vate secretary par excellence in the history of Canadian Government. For a time after Sir John's death he remained in the Privy Council office, but in 1896 was made perma- nent head of the department of the Secretary of State. Here he had controy of such widely different functions of Government M the management of the printing bur- eau, the issue of charters to com- panies, and the issue of passports to Canadians travelling abroad. When the now department of Ex- ternal Affairs was created in 1909, he was placed at its head ; and it is largely his own creation. This de- partment it is which handles all re- lations with the Imperial and with foreign Governments ; and all cor- respondence relating to these mat- ters passes through Sir Joseph's hands. He is now directly respon- sible for tho discharge of his duties to tho Premier, who is the political head of the department. Of all Sir Joseph's services to Canada, perhaps the greatest is the preparation of the "Life of Sir John A. MaodonakU" It will al- ways remain a classic among Cana- dian biographies, because- of the in- timate light it sheds upon the poli- tical life of the Dominion. A com- panion piece to it is a collection of Confederation document*, includ : ing a diary of the Quebec confcr- encp, which is indispensable to the man whr. wants to know how we oarno to be. Sir Joseph Pope's la- bors as a public servant, valuable though they arc, may be forgotten. His services us Iho literary -xecu- Stove Polish MAKES HOME BRIGHTER AND LABOR, LIGHTER A PASTE I THE F. P. D ALLEY 6 J No DUST N o WASTE I HAMILTO N . CANADA! No RUST v/i fir-i Concrete Hog Houses and Feeding Floors Enable you to raise bigger hogs and better pork without heavier feeding. A concrete feeding floor permits the ani- maU to clean up all the feed without waste, and eliminates the possibility of your hoys contracting disease. To you they Mean Bigger Profits Hoc houses of concrete are sanitary, easily cleaned, maintain an even temperature and give plenty of light and air, which tend to better the quality of pork. Concrete will aot mat or rot. Never ntedi repairs or painting. 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