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â€" ^wi-Jn^jcM . a*a a- A JERRY ArtK\irStaT\wood Pier Copyright nought. Minitn Cuini'aiiy hV "poclal arrungi'metit with Thoi. AllWB. Toronto me that hag to live in tfhat house, not! you. We'll tcive them no warning: at| all, not until the time comes." "When will the time come, Nora?" "Ah, now, Jerry, how can I settle a thini? like that at the moment? It's jjot to be thought over." "All right, let's begfin to think al>out it. Hi'ie it i.s, the end of October; what do you say to next spring? Your music teim will be over, and maybe I'll' have a raise by then, and â€" anyway I can't wait any longer, Nora darling." "Well, maybe by the time it gets to be June." "It's a month in midsummer. Spring, I said." "I'll si'e how I'm feeling, perhaps, "Yes, but you liked it?" "Well,"â€" she hesitated, â€" "I suppose I sort of liked it-^a little." i ^j^g^ ^ ^^ ^,1^,^ towards April." And now that need for courage was Sothey walked and talked in all past, It was with u wild and joy- ^^j^ ^^ ^„j j^^„ ^j^^ â- ^^ ous confidence that Jerry seized her ^^^^^^^ j,^^ ^^ .^^^^ j^^„ ^^^^^^ jj^ in his arms. ' ^-ouldn't take her home, for there they I almost feel sorry for Corcoran, couldn't talk; and she wouldn't con- ,-,,,. , - , .,,1 sent to come with him to his house hat«d him a few moments ago! , j^„,, ^.^^^jg ^^ ^is mother the happy CHAPTKR 111.- (ContM.) Corcoran turned his back and walk, ed away. The next moment he was dancing with a young woman con- spieuou.s for her unnaturally yellow hair, vermilion cheeks, and generally me re t r i (• iou s effect . "I didn't want him to get mad ''j jgr;y cried triumphantly. "And how Nora con(ide<I plaintively to Jerry, "r j j^j^^^ - - ' don't see why he had to go and getl .>i ,„,,„,io_ :f i>_, k,.;„„ mcar, +,> mad." 1 1,- l„^»"u«'^ " ^"1 '"-'"K mean to ^^^ No, she was quite firm on that "I don't see why you care if he did."|''7errv in some alarm assured her P"!",'' u° °"^ "'"'"''!, ''•!^'I '1^'"''^ '* "Oh. I don't care verv much For'.u f u i alarm, assureaner j^,i ^j^^ announced it to her own .<â- ! II ^1 '•"â- ^je'T m'l'n- '.""^[ihat she was not. "I think maybe I f„niii„ p„. vnu poiildn'i trust anv- afler all, he'll soon be all right again.", „_ i^ .,,_„ â- â€ž. heransp hp likwl ma ?*"?"y- . , '^o'^ y°" eouldnt trust any- Iprrv t)i«„o.l,t ;♦ ,.n,.i^„e „„^ trvin.,' lu 't^ w as ju.st hecau.se he liKed me jjQ,j ^y,^j, ^ j,, ^^^.^^^ ,f ^ Jerry thought it curious and trying so that he kissed me. The same rea- j;,| j^ ^,,,,1,1 1^ „„-„ +„ „„t rniind that .>.he should derive satisfaction ' son that vou did " , did, it would be sure to get round. from ih-^t r,r»cr..>^*. II-. =,.,„,„=t„.j I- 1 i-i .1 1-1 i. i- I And though it disappointed him that tlm if .he was'^tadv t^ L E h« V ^ ^'', ^"^ y."" <'"'"'t '.â- ,ke it from ^i., n,„ther was not to be enlightened thai If she was ready to go home, he him and you did from me, said Jerry ^^^ ^i,.,^^ ;„ j,;^ happiness, he was '^"'- ^ „ i1^°l^!?'-„,™°Ml!"L^.L„ """'"^ °^?till too happy to argue about that; now more than half reluctant. Cream Wanted SWEET OR CHURNING CREAM W» aiipply oaiiH. pay expreiie ehartet and remit dally. Our price next week fifty-two cent* XntOAl Dairy oaa On«m«i7 0«. 749-5 King St. WMt Toronto •Well, I suppose so." She seemed, himany more,' NoridarlingV- ; j,^ ^^^^ stiif happy enough just to "It's not â- , v,.rv ..on,! .r.wrl for von' "' T^""\ ^^ thinking of him the j^ ^nd talk in whispers, and over, to be m^xL) , n i*n " Wrv «. It .nolo i "'"^ ^ ''° "^ ^'°"' '^"''^ ' - and over a^ttin, when no one could see, ! ^ettlT;"^'--!?!.;"' wir^^h;• l-'wa^s, '^'^"^ Qualification pleased him bet-'to kiss her.and feel her sweet. warm| thinkingâ€"" ' '*''" '^^''^" '''^'*" ^" obedient promise of kisses on his lips. "Oh, Jerry, I'm glad you're uking'^"" renunciation could have done; his } And she must have liked it too; me home " ^^ soaring spirits had to hnd expression that was the exhilarating and excit- The little speech, the slender, gentle, '" ..""'''^,S'" ^<)P^Y"v1 ^."'^ «"<' kiss- i ing thought that he finally bore horne clinging creature made Jerry's heart ^^', N.fa! I didn t dare hope-I with him; for it was late, quite late, thump excitedly. "I'm glad too," he "-"^.afra'd you with your talent and when she bade him good-night at her ariiculate'^"^''"' there, throbbing, in-j" .., ^^^,^,^,^ ^^^ talent-thafs all "I didn't like it in there. I didn't *'=\1'^;,""^["°*^«'''' foolishness." like Charley Corcoran as well in' ^^^ ''""'V ^^ have-and any- there " o , way they count on your marrying "How about me'" | sornething more than a mill-hand. "Oh, you, I liked you just a., well.'â„¢* will be an awful blow to them Better. •' 'she glanced at him and ''"^ >'"" d<ln t care- seemed to cling a little closer. "Yes ,. , „ If ,i.o" „,. „^^Ti t„ „„„ ,.„,, " I 1 could never have married some It was so good to see you. n ii. i • j ii. ^ i __ ^ » JTo tMi-n„,i „;fu !,„.. /,-„™ ,!,„ ^,;., swell, the kind they wanted me to." lie lurneu \Mtn ner troni the mam â„¢v, i_. j-, en. * i „ j. The calm crudity of the statement -not too much, do you, Nora?" , "I could never have married CHAPTER IV. Jerry felt that it was very hard to be as happy as he was and nol let people kno\i( about it. There was no satisfaction in having people see you were happy unless you told them why. Besides, the world began to go wrong in various ways. In the first place. Maxwell was elected to Con- e'gress; even in his radiant condition ow I Jerry took this incident deeply to 't, heart. To him a Congressman had "non'i vn,i 11.!..;+ fn „-.a- fo.. c i;t as if I could ever be a great arti.sit and . seemed of necessity a man who tow- tlp wV.iI^' I' I tL„ vnu' Lm!. !.f i.'. have .society men always at my feet." ered above other men in character and I've ta ked wiL v^u ^' i "^"t eveti if you could, you wouldn't I intellect and virtue; he had believed She did not renlv and he knew then^^^"^ toâ€" not now, would you, Nora ?"| that the men \yho sat in Congress that vhe wa« readvfo Ihit he Ld ^^«^ '""S^'^'^'l '»"'• P"''*^"' '^'â- " away, were all patriotic, earnest students of mat sne was ready toi what he had to,,.yg^ mustn't be e.vpecting me to be ' public questions, high-minded and too crazy about you all at once." [sincere. That his district should "Y'es, but I do. I want you to marry choose as it representative a shallow me all at once." charlatan chagrined him, made "Oh, my goodness, no Such a time him feel humiliated; the district as I'd have with the family! I j was guilty of profaning and polluting don't dare." the Capitol. It was no mere person-! "Waiting won't make it any easier." al resentment in Jerry that cried out "Maybe it will. W'hen they see at the news of the honor conferred on that nothing else is likely to happen, j Maxwell; it was the inborn sense of Besides, I couldn't tell them now, | respect for law and lawmarkers, and Jerry. Dad's paid for a full term for, of reverence for the institutions of me at the Conservatory, and I've got j liberty. Then there was the renewal of re- lations between Nora and Charley Corcoran â€" a renewal indicating to any casual observer that Corcoran was again a suitor, and that Nora was street into one that was more quiet, il'" 7"",""""-^ "' 'â- "" s^a>fmen less brightly lighted. ' grated a little on Jeriy even in th< "WhyT .lerry, where are vou going? extremity of his adoration. ' Hov This isn't the wav home." I*^?,l^° ^f^i^ the chance .' It wasn'i say. It made the .saying of it easier. ' ""^'o" '""^tn't be e.vpecting me to be ; public questions, high-minded "Nora, I love you. I want to marry you, Nora I'll work for you and love you as long as I live." The words flowed from him in a tremulous undertone, the more appeal, ing, the more convincing, perhaps, for their (juivering. breathless eagerness. She did not withdraw her hand from his arm; .she murmured, "Oh, Jerry!" "Oh, Nora, don't you love me?" She was not disposed to answer that question. Still .she did not withdraw her hand; intent upon exacting all the pertiuisitt's of a young woman in her situation, she said: â€" "Why do you love me, Jerry?" Why shouldn't he? When" she was the prettiest, the smartest, the best? Didn't the sound of her voice hang in his ears and make its own soft music! there all day long while the hammers! were pounding and the blasts were be- [ ing blown off? Wasn't shi; just a I ilarling through and through? Wasn't! she, though? and .suddenly aware that the .street was as descrte<I as it| was dark, and that she had not with- 1 drawn her hand, Jerry .seized her in; his arms with a wild and joyous cour-t Bge, and kissetl her, kissed her, kissed I her. She stopped him at last with a gentle reproof: â€" • "Why, Jerry, I didn't say you could do that." "Yes, but you didn't mind it, really? You -you liked it a little?" "Why, I don't know. It was such B strange thing for you to do, Jerry." again willing to b« wooed. Of course, as she explained to Jerry, she wasn't, and it wasn't serious, and there was no need for him to get jealous; she just had to keep her family from suspecting that she was engaged, and she couldn't do it unless she saw some- thing of other men. FJvery Wednesday night while Jerry was drilling in the Y.M.C..A. Hall, she and Corcoran went into the city to! some play or other. Jerry remons-i trated with her, told her it was unfair to Corcoran and very disturbing to himself; but she only laughed and said that he needn't have Corcoran on his mind. She was going to have what fun she could while she was still unmarried, and as for Charley Corcor- an, he was perfectly well able to take care of himself. To Jerry all this was perplexingâ€" the more so when, in a further en- deavor to elucidate and justify her be- havior, Nora explained to him that they weren't really engaged yet, were just expecting to be. Such a distinc- tion was too fine for him to grasp, es- pecially as he was permitted the en- dearments that he had always sup- posed existed legitimately only be- tween those whose intentions were quite definite. He concluded that girls had different ideas from men about things, that was all; and so, when he caught himself, as he sometimes did, questioning or criticizing in his own mind Nora^s course, he hastily erected over her that large, vague sheltering excuse. (To be continued.) England Ploughs by Tractor. Government tractors rapidly are turning the soil for the planting of the coming summer crops. In West Sussex in one month Government tractors ploughed 1,412 acres. I The Apple Tree. On summer days a coaxing: hand Keeps luring me to blossom land; It leads on through a dreamy maze Back to the Witching childhood ways â€" Along the barefoot-beaten lano, Around the field of swishing grain, Past bush and flower and shady nook, Across the flower-tufted brook. And then I see through misl;^ eyes The orchard old before me mse And while the boughs in welcome bend, I follow on down to the end. Yes, yes, it lives â€" my apple tree. And all the ortjhard laughs with mel My tree! Ah, now I understand The magic of that coaxing hand! If We Return. If we return, will England be Just England still to you and me? The place where we must earn our bread ? We who have walked among the dead. And watched the smile of ag-ony. And seen the price of Liberty, Which we have taken carelessly From other hands. Nay, we shall dread. If we return. Dread lest we hold blood-guiltily The things that men have died to free. Oh, English fields shall blossom red For all the blood that has been shed By men whose guardians are we, If we return. Bob Lone UNION MADE OVERALLS SHIRTS 8, CLOVES \J^noimfivnt€oait ioCotdU] If •G* LOIM eCO. LiMiTEo TORONTO CANA ' Wood ashes used liberally will benefit flower and vegetable gardens. Italians have perfected a process for making an edible oil, that also can be used in soap and as an illu- mination, from grape seeds. A good scrapie is made of oat- meal and inexpensive beef. "Think all you speak, but speak not all you think. Thoughts are your own; your words are so no more." â€" Delaune. j QUEEN'S UNIVERSITY KINGSTON ONTARIO ARTS MEDICINE EDUCATION APPUED SCIENCE Mining. Chfmical. Civil. Mechanicat and Electrical Engineering. HOME STUDY Arts Course by correspondence. I>^§;ic« with one year's attcndencc or four summer sessions. Sammer School Navigation School July mnd Aosoat D*cemb«r to April 19 GEO. Y. CHOWN. Ragbtrar to go ahead just as if I meant it, wouldn't dare not to." "Anyway we can give them fair warning what to expect." "Indeed we'll not, Jerry dear. It's /Ibouf the Send it to Parker's YOU will be astonished at the results we get by our modem system of dyeing and cleaning. Fabrics that are shabby, dirty or spotted are made like new. We can restore the most delicate articles. Send one article or a parcel of goods by post or express. ' We will pay carriage one way, and our charges are most reasonable. 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I I wrote down the little text and it has haunted nie ever since: 'Have nothing I cheerful, and it looks larger, for some reason. Come in and see it." I The empty room certainly offered an inviting beginning. | "Take off your hat, Mrs. Simmons, I and let us see what we can do with ^ the furniture. Don't you think thisj blue Scotch rug is pretty with the tan i wall? I am so glad I got it, instead of that red Axminster Jones tried to sell me. The floor looks pretty bad, doesn't it? I'd lii.-e to have a hard- wood border outside the rug now, so I J^N^-^a I in yonr home that you do not know to ,,^^^ ,^.,^^ ^^^ ^^^^ ^^ ^j^^^ p^^p,,^ f,„„r I bo useful and believe to be beautiful. , ,.„,.,Hng and will have it fitted all Most people might suppose that I was \ ,,,.^,„,j ^^^ p,,^^^. ^^^. ^..^n ^^^^^^ ju.st .loing an extra house cleaning, ; t,,^, ^^^ ^^.j,;^,, ^^^ ,„ y,^, ,^,,^^0. I but I am really having it out with my | ^,^^^^ ^ j^,,,^, ^^^„j ^.^^,^^ ^, ,„„k well I own character. say to something, i^^y, ^,,^ i,,^,^. ,. , ,,„j harmonize with j .'\re you useful?' and then I say to ' ^^j^^j paper" myself, 'Have you enough strength of j ,p,,^y ^^^^^ ,^^,.^ j.^^^, ^,,p y^^d and IX" PAINT & VARNISHES mind to get rid of it?' " Mrs. Brown stoppe<l before a shabby. "I had to be feeling pretty firm be- ' comforUible old sofa. "Arc you use fore I could do it, but you know as fi,]? Yes. Are you beautiful?! well as 1 do that there is no sense in | No-o, except that there is something j keeping a lot of stuff no one ever beautiful in being so 'comfy.' I know uses," Mr.s. Broun continued. "I ' â€"a fresh-looking slip cover will fix dust that chair, and we all stumble over it but no one ever sits in it. Tho old what not is just a catch-all and is only in the way when we want to get near the window." Mrs. Brown was going critically from one article to 'anotlier. "Now this little table with 'the drawers can be painted and will _ Of-. ^'-^|^*'VV!,p?fJj!^n'L"^ S'make a convenient place for my sew- j fore the big wind, ^""""uin^ach town where 3 ' '"'^ ^'''"*^'' ''"* •-'"'' '''"'^''^^' "''' "'""'' â-  «ewing-t.,ble at thi I go, ^iiiiiiiiiiiiriiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiL'i you. If 1 can fit covers to the whole family I guess I can do it for a piece of furniture. I'm just crazy to show j what I can do with slip covers and fresh paint'." i Tho two women carried the sofa in-' side. "Now that old what-not is out I of the way we can have the sofa be â-  ! ndow, with my little; My troubles then would last like tliat Proverbial ball of snow. Of which I ha/e no doubt at all But you have oft' heard tell. I mean tho one which people say Was located down iu well! g-tai>le at tnis end. Next win- is of no earthly use." Iter we'll have it face tho fireplace, "But why did you bring everything with its back against tho big table, so out here?" asked Mrs. Simmons. lit will bo convenient to tho lamp and "It was easier to begin with a clean magazines." slate. Ooodnosa knows, I'm tired of j Kvery piece of furniture was chal- ilusting all the little gimcracks, and lenge<l in turn. Many were found I'm tired of seeing all the confusion. I '. wanting. Those that were saved wore liiok seventeen silly thing.; off the cnrrietl in and thoughtfully placed, niantel-picce. I am going to put back Som? were set a»ide for renewal by the clock and an old pair of candle- , means of paint, but otheis were It doeiH»'t matter 'bout that snow j Klicka Vtillt Look lovely, now that they ^ heroically dLscnrded. file polisned. ball, S Which could never last, S S What int'rests vou and me is S S Having comfotts to us passed. 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