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; something.*> . . = 0 â€"_~< «epglmadl mse on Lg\,.A,‘ m & Dh"“. ever come to * build ’;t l w ~ *M,;é re was once . & gâ€"station on. the site of e, with a big trunk â€" main P icc U mect . The . ian s ‘west of here. . The / gas Peoe Te "t san ) betore 1 ‘Ao : build. _ never ‘baÂ¥e. thought :of that ggested. it. 1 merely : deepâ€" hd widened . it a Jittleâ€" and ied it with cheap cement as far ~chap ,‘“‘ild‘thf little. reom here X,;p'ut. Pickering*s. notes 6e been‘ the cellar ol a _ house for the superintendent of . the lant. I had never any idea that id use~that passage as a meons Wing into my own house, \.< but g,v;" mé ‘atthe station, told t there was trouble here,and M‘ through the (ha.p.cl inâ€" e cellar, and through the hidden fay that _ winds around .~ â€" the * 3,,':‘]*. :)‘(.rm where . we yAdd #:‘;fi 1 9 a hV T: fi g..fia "I was ‘the #host! "1 _ went ‘*";‘a ccasjonalls . to stimuâ€" ht edriosity‘ about the: house: Ou hearly caught me once! . scoundrél, you infernal seounâ€" ier Theresa ‘never ‘borrowed ‘of me in her life! And â€" you ade war on that womanâ€"" age choked him. _ . a ,fg & to close the . doot wteel chest, and then turned m to begin _ astual . you . ufrbied,"_'; réplied murders have you ~ gentlemen safe king, . what a 'c‘owmfl‘ible | you are! t you at ifi ,athduszn}lefl dollars hto writies . to give you . better \in your railroad enterprises, ‘last time 1 saw you, . you ' *’; ai ¢ Alle collateral . so Md raise money to buy more â€"_ Then, alter _1 "died‘"= he ~â€"‘you thought you‘d find and ‘" the notés and that would 6 Atransi on and it you had mart eough ‘to find them you ave bad . them w "‘?“’F- ,{ t:nggck f he e n t n . Sn is x pe‘s gotâ€" the boy. 1 spjnk 4e rimg rose, scized his hat and "Laward the shattered ‘“'”‘{' o. for one moment, his W) ‘_Am ? . t @' those notes of Pickerâ€" f inded; and I brought | more, if we‘re not wearâ€" ut 1@ like to know wheâ€" mmate t t ho sis. W ghost?" 1. deâ€" you were really alive and o It was all a great a very great mistake,‘"‘ â€" andfather turned to Pickerâ€" probested 0, ftyou. wouldn‘t. .â€" be an. o poda hive se have / scen i ra fter _ than s in firstâ€"rate ; seouriâ€" for them! Bates :and %.nmmoulmno o die." ; Efit*fil his memwoft the Ot less . alive, â€" sir," and clapped hisâ€" knces, d with . him. &‘4 tThe . door â€"of _ Beâ€" A Pickering‘s ~notes, “«.â€"mdmunnioâ€" on‘t know biscuitsâ€"until % *s Perfection Cream _They. are ev hing that il biscuit w"fi »tight, â€" moisture â€"proof brings them to you m. you have ‘but solié ther turned Apon ~Pick~ those have,""~ said. . ~my tested it Caretully every grocer in Canada Ez.'& .. Yours will get «Jn 1 &3 Ib. pikgs. BV panels & _ _*You old fool!" he Screamed . i6y.. erandfather.... *‘You old lunatic ,:h ~to God 1 had never sten y( No .. wonderâ€"you came baek « to . 1i You‘ré a tricky: old devit__and" > mean to die!" e similar complaint ready at his tomâ€" gue‘sâ€"end; but sw}ut _him by the sHoulders and thrust him out uffon the terrace. A . moment later we saw ~him cross the meadow and hurry @oward ~St. Agatha‘s. Atal rghal c 42 as on t ‘day of ms agmazing homeâ€" about _the Wu% for its completion, he chafied us all wish his~shrewd humor that had been the : terror ofâ€" my boyhood. .. % "Ah, it you ‘had had the plans |.of tourse you would have been saved a lot © of <trouble; but (iw'm ‘of <the Door of Bewild it was the only‘ thing 1 léft,â€"and you found it, Juck,â€"â€"you really .opened . these good books of mine." â€"He sent us all away‘ io . remove. the marks of battle, and : we gave> Bates a hand in cléaning. . up.. the Wreckage,â€"Bates, the k;%l of _| rets; Bates, the inscrutable Aand * f tevious; Bates, the real hero <of _ the afair at Glenarm. 4 .He led ‘us through the nartrow stairâ€" way by’wmiz d: entered, which been built fimw e * walls, and we played r ‘ofie anothe to show just how, the tread" of ‘a human béing. ~arount= the â€" chimney sounded. â€"There was much to explain, and my grandfather‘s contrition, . for having placed me in so hazardous a predicament was ‘so sincere, and his wish to make amends . so. evident, that my heart warmed to him. He made. me describe in detail/all the inâ€" didents of my stay at the house, lisâ€" tening with boyish delight . to . my adventures. f 3 ‘‘Bless my soul!"‘ he exclaimed over and oterâ€"again. â€"And as <I brought my two friends < into the story ~ hig delight knew no bounds, and he kept chackling â€"to ‘himself; . and insisted half 3 dozen times .on shaking hands with La.:#ud'stoddsrd, who were, he declared, his friends as <~well ‘as mine. & 4 :A Theprisoner in ~the potato. cellar received our due attention; ~and my grandfather‘s joy in the fact that an agent of the ‘British government was held captive in Glenatm House was cheering to see. But the man‘s â€"deâ€" tention was a grave matter, as . we all â€"realized, and made imperative the immediate consideration ‘of . Larry‘s future. "I must go and go at once!‘" â€" deâ€" élared Latty. it ‘‘Mr. _ Donovan, I should: feel â€" honâ€" ored to have you remain,‘" said _ my %nndhlher. "L h?,o to hold â€" Jack ere, and Iâ€"wish / you would . share the house with us.""" ¢ i ‘‘The sheriff and thoseâ€"fellows won‘t squeal very hard about their. . perâ€" formances â€" here," / sard© Stoddard. "And they won‘t try to rescue the ;riwnqr, even for a réward, from . a powse Stete ty doad come back to ite."*" 3 3 ‘‘No; but you can‘t hold a British . prisoner. in an American private house _ for ever.. Too. many »people â€" know ‘ he bas bees in this part of the counâ€" : try; and" you may be sure ~that the fi%.:t here and the return â€" of . Mr. (enarm will not fail of large adverâ€" , tisement. All I can ask of you, Mr. (Genarm, is that :you hold the fellow | a few hours afterI Aleave, . to â€"give" me a staiti "~ ~3y r inss 2 . "Certainly. But. when this trouble ! of yours blows over, 1 hope you: will * scome back, and help . Jack fto live. a decent and orderly.life.!"" * 34 4 My grandfather ~spoké" of my â€" reâ€" maining with a warmth â€" that.. was grateful to my heart; but the place and its associatiops had grown _ unâ€" bearable. I fiad not mentioned Mar« ian. Deverpux to%x Bad not told him of. my. Christ fight to ~Cinâ€" ~cinnatl; fot . the fact that 1 â€"bad â€"run away ‘and ‘forleited ‘my right made no differen¢te now, and 1 waited _ for an opportunity when we shoult _ be alone to talk of my own affairs, &At luncheon, delayed_until midâ€"aftâ€". ernaon® Bates proddced â€" â€" champague, ‘and the three of us, worn with . ¢x«, citement and the stress of . battle, ‘@rank & toast, standing, to the health "of John. Marshall Glenatm. . ~~ _ *‘My triends,""â€" the old gentloman . roxe and we all stood, our eyes bent upon him in, 1 real affection, Y2â€"@I am an old a! man. â€" Evâ€" 4 ‘g;lfl:.y wrm.’ ho :ong * w o c "fl’ a thing of hr:g;n“* ty, ~and 1 Had hoped that . AJack would care for it and be willing to : comâ€" plete it and settie bere, The means 1 ‘employed to test him were not, I adm{t, worthy of a man who intends well toward his own fesh and blod4. Thos* African adventures of ,yours scared me, .Jack; but to think"â€"and he laughedâ€"#‘that 1 placed you here in place amid â€" greater 4n * But you ~ have me to ‘pf“ Hete‘s health and [%o . FramtH x ‘. .00 .0= | o way we all!" orled the others. E4 thi "'n.” my grandlather hume t Aaiith > h‘fifl Ch§nees and Chances CHAPTER XXVH you! life! . at thgught for a while that _E hid> certab ?‘ â€"shot:.~ "Aben * at times 1 was aftaid I might not be; Tour %&:hthi‘nflé "vas the m-'. iep.. Hates w‘z' ‘That talk 4 over bet#een .. him and ‘Pickering in church that foggy night was the t seemed to settle his case; $ ext â€" thing I knew he was {ho house at the serious risk his life; and 1 was more‘ puzzled ever." ©. \You will stay on here,â€"you. ~will ° help me to finish â€"the honse*" he askâ€". ed with an unmistakable eagerness{of }.. It seemed harsh ungenerous to tell him that I wished to go;. that. the great world: lay beyond the conâ€" fines of Glenarm for me to conquer; that J had‘Jost"as well as gained by those few months at Glenarm House, ‘and wished to goâ€"away.: Jt was hot "the mystery, now fathomed, ndt the. Struggle, ‘now ended, that . was â€" upâ€" permost in my mind and heart, (But memories ofâ€"a <girl who «had <â€" mocked me with deliciouy girlish latighter,â€" who had led me away that I might see her transformed < into ‘another, more charming, being. Jt was a comâ€" fort to know that Pickering, trapped and defeated, Was not. ty benefit by theâ€"bold trick she bad helped‘ him nmage didkey Placring, aid heyre always ckering, e joiced in tricking llu,“'" ~€ M_f â€"‘‘Where did you pick Bates upt. Me told: me be was & Yankee,â€"_but . he doesn‘t act or talk it." a C @% My grandiather laughed. . "Of course not! He‘s an Irishman and a man ol educationâ€" but that‘s all 1 know| about â€"him, except that he is a Dtatâ€" velously efficient=servant." f _My mind~ was ‘not on Bates. _ I was. thinking now of Marian Deverâ€" eux, I could not r on further with my grandfather without telling bim how I had run ‘away and broken faith with chim,. but he gave me no chance. play upon me. His loss was hersâ€" as well, and I was glad in my bitterness that I had found: her in the passage, secking forâ€" plunder at. the behest of the same master. Morgan, Ferguson, and the rest of them served. _ ~ The fight was over .and there .. was nothing miore for me to do in " the house by. the lake. Aftér _ a=~week of so I should go forth and try to . win a place for myself. . I_had my ~ proâ€"â€" fession; I was an~engineer, and L did not question that J shoutd be . able to find employ;mzt,. As for my grandâ€" ather, Bates uld care for him, and I shouldâ€"visit himt often. I was resolved not to give him an} further cause. for anxiety on account of my adventurous and roving ~ways. He knew, well enough that his old hope of making an atchitect of me _ was lost beyond redemptionâ€" I had told him thatâ€" and now J wished â€"to deâ€" part.in peace and go to some new part of theâ€"wotld, whereâ€"there iwere lines to tun, tracks to lay and bridgâ€" es to build; ; *But, Jack,"â€" be bent toward me knhdly,â€"Jack, you mustn‘t be led #way by any mere â€" quixotism. into laying the foundation â€"of your . own fortune. What I have is yours; . boy. What: is in the box in the chimney is yours nowâ€" Adâ€"day." > es â€"."I wish you wouldr‘t!~ You . were ‘]w"r&..mvfl 1~ deserve. . noâ€" thing, absqlutely nothing.‘} _â€"~â€"â€" """'l'l" 2 not 'li,y""“: Ao P‘l£ . yOu, Jack. Iâ€"want to case my own conâ€" Serence. tust‘s all"*" _ ".> ~~., * "But money can flo nothing _ for mine," I replied, irying to . smilé, ‘‘I‘ve been dq»n&ent all m{ days, and now I‘m going to work. _ If you were infirm .and needed me, 1. should not. hesitate, but the world will have its eyes on mea aow." a hlst Ja.k, that will of mine did: you;, a great wrong; Its put "a mark upon you, and that‘s what hurts me, that‘s what I want to make amends . for! Don‘t you‘ seey Now don‘t , punish me, boy. < Come! Let us be Triends!". He roseâ€"and put out his hands. "I didn‘t mean that! 1 don‘t tare ‘about ‘thatt ‘It was> nothing . mote ‘Than 1 deserved. 1}':“&:&- here have changed me. ‘t you heard ‘me say 1 was ‘going. to work?" _ _And I tried to leugh away *further discussion of my future. . _ _ n "It will be more cheerful here . in ;l:c spring,"" he fl:. as th::agh seekâ€" g an inducement for me me at ce ce on e ; ds x gay."‘ 1 shook r:x’yj-u. 1‘:: hkz, that my cuptul of water, (w and of acertain canoe, ~rememâ€" brance of â€" a ted tamâ€"o‘â€"#banter morg» ing afar of in the October sunset my purpose to leave the place strengâ€" thened as I thought of these things. My merves woere keyed to m breaking pitch and I turned upon him storm ity 80 Miss Devereux was the othet persos . ho shared . yourâ€" confidence! <~you understandâ€" do you apprect ate the fact that she was Pickering‘s "I ,certainly .do not,"" . ht T cX tiew omm ate the ‘“,q oo _*Yes, .I know her; my God, 1 havs reagon to know ber!â€" But cven when . fipgets, &s hii E’ tox :’:Hlo. be shot,. > t afraid I might he tel: vou â€" can replied Of: 1B _ ~ NB PE SCs .. 5 t tiee : oo hoz DP w1 hnb 1e &ix y e eenengy iu.mn& ved in â€"New > . York, and in theâ€"same circle." "But it dow exfl-h her .efiorts to help him, "t?"" ~I blazed. "He wished to rty her â€"Sister Theresa told me that,â€"and I failed, 1" failed miserably to keep my obligation hers â€"I ran away to follow her?" c;;?; to :“.'um You were away mas : those » Vm came through moh.'m was all right. Iâ€"assumed, .of. course, thit you had gone off â€"somewhere to "get a‘ little. Christmas cheer; 1 don‘t care anything about it." ix)# an 'l“\ll‘“."“ P o hauh ho tio k m r "g t .I had. followed herâ€" I â€"went to © Cincinngti to see her. Bhe dared me to. comeâ€" it was a trick, a part ol the conspiracy ~to steal your propâ€" eriy." _ e â€" The old gentleman smiled.. It was a familiar way of his, to grow calm as other~people waxed angry. "She dared you. to ~come, â€" did, she! : That is quile like Marian; but you didn‘t hate to go, did _ you, 'J.zk?u "Of course not; ‘of course I didn‘t have to go, butâ€"" I stammered, faitered and ceased.. Memory threw openher portals with w chéllenge. I saw her on the. porâ€" tals at the Armstrongs‘; I * heard her. low,: soft laughter, _I felt _ the mockery. ol her voice and . eyes! _ I hfv again the exquigite delight / of being near her. My heart told â€" me well enough»why I had followed her. "Jack, I‘m glad I‘m not buried â€"up there in that Vermont graveyard with nobody to exercise the ,right of guarâ€" dianship over you. I‘ve bad my misâ€" givings about you; I. used to think you were a born tramp; and:â€" you disâ€" appointed me in turningâ€"your. . back on architecture,â€" the nofiut of: all ptqluliou; but this performance . of youts feally beats them all. â€" Don‘t you know ghat a girl like Marian Devereux ‘t likelyâ€" to become *the agent of any rascal? Do you really believe for a minute that she tempted you to follow her, so you .. might forféit your rights to my property?" "But why was she trying to find those notes of his? Why %jhe come back from Cincinnat: ‘with his party? If you could answer me those things, maybe T‘d admit that I‘m a fool. Pickering, I imagine, is a pretty plausible fellow when women are conâ€" cerned." â€" ¢ "Fot God‘s sake, Jack,. don‘t speak oft that girlas women! â€"1" put / her in thatâ€"will of mine to pique . yout curiodt‘y, knowing that ‘if thereâ€" was a. penalty on y marrying her ~you would be viorg’:ikdy to doâ€"it,~ 1for that‘s the way . himan beings _ are made. But you‘ve mixedâ€"it all . up now, and insulted her in the way possible for a fellow . who . is really a @entleman. And I don‘tâ€"want. to lose you, 1 want â€"you here with. me, Jack! This is a beautiful counâ€" try, this Indiana! And what I want to do is to found an . estate,, to build a house that shall â€" be. really bquti(ul.r lompt\;ing these people he‘teabout’ can be proud‘ of,â€" }nd ‘"I wuflt you to, Rave it with me, »Jack, to link our ‘names" to. ° these woods and that pretty lake. 1‘d rather have that for my neighbor than ary Jake in Scotland:~ These rich Americans, who go to England .to live, don‘t ap« preciate the beauty of. their own counâ€" pry: xn Jandscape is worthy .of the best That man can do. . And 1 didn‘t ungertake to build a crazy_houseâ€"so ‘much as one that should_ have some Qisn‘:: and :rr_ncteirm ?lfa:t passage /qrout chime $ an vfifionce,_ .l;_ci‘a]“?l"wni:?zn a little bizarre, 7B ® i (da e w Liz MR n oi e t 2 on i aatis e F â€"you see that chimney isn‘t so _ big outside as it is in!"â€"and he hn&éd and rubbed his knees with the palims of his hands,â€""and my bringing for= cign laborers here wasn‘t really = to make it casler to get things done my way, Wait till: you_haveâ€". seen the ):g-tnle blossom®.and heard â€" the tobins sing in the sumpter Awilight, â€"help me to finish the house,â€" then it yog,'vn,e'i to leave I‘ll __bid _ you Godâ€"spend."". s _ . sz 20 3. 2 0n00} ‘"The feeling in his tone, the display of sentiment so at variance with my old notion of him, touched meâ€"in spite of myself." There was a characterigâ€" ticâ€"nobility and dignity lx s plag; it was Woz?;{-gl him. 1 ~had nevet lJoved u‘,;w, when he finâ€" ished this appeal, turned away to the window, gazingâ€"eut upon . the somber woodland. , > â€"‘‘Mr. Donovan is ready to go, sir,"" announced Bates at the door, and we vntsttnw the library, where Latry and Stoddard waitrng . 9 cnu’m XXVIH, } . Shorter: Vistas, Larry had assembled his cffects In dibrary, and to . my _ surprise, d appeatred with . his _ own "I‘m going to see Donovan well on his way,‘" said the clergyman. "It‘s a pity our party must bréak up,"" exciatmed my grandfathe . "My obligations to Mr. Donovan are very greatâ€" And to you, too, Stoddard. Jack‘s Ifiends â€" gre mine _ herealter, and m‘" get new doors for Glenâ€" arm A m,mmor me _ by .‘ s * ;m-'- 2&1" asked un‘,wl the man came in, respectlully, :: ““R"' always, â€"and began gath« Ing . the bagh. . > F _ ‘Stopâ€"o%e moment! Mr. Gleaarni,‘! 4 Celpb®. . m-‘ca‘;,‘.‘:.:‘:omu Mr. (lllettfl;l.t‘! ’nh‘ dark n?‘â€"u where . between . ‘‘Betote 1 want to yâ€"clght a % __ mhiky hss t wold WE 0o Mume ce who has served, Bobeming, 1 td + 0 l==1 Disease. .oR w â€"yourself. ~If you ‘have any of= these signs of wq kiduey. m-blo'; cure . yourself./ *Rroitâ€"aâ€"thves. 'flunthblou-c wonderful â€"combinaâ€" tion of fruit juices and antisepticsâ€" instantly | relieve Woa of the khh:y-. um&w $u -&wn‘ of overs work, regulate wels, s the liver, tone up stomach -ml tion, â€"and put the whole system in its strongest, best condition. . _ _ you&dmfiuyiu ~so â€" much faith{uiness, and tact. And I want to tell you something else, . that . you probably â€" would | never‘ learn "from ,huh'" a _ Get. "Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives"â€"take themregâ€" ularly â€" and cure yourself of every trace of Kidney Discase. . . uo8 ~~*Donovan!‘‘ . There was, aâ€"*sharp cty in Bates‘ zoiee. and he " sprang forwarh with his hands‘ ouummfid :}tmfiu]y. But Larry ‘did not heed m. â€" Your â€" 'rugmf gxist will supply youâ€"or :wb;‘p:qé:& ,&'mi of price 50c “’l‘hle moment I set eyes~ on the man I recognized him._It‘s not . fair to you or to him that you should not know him for what he . is. _Let me â€" introduce "an old : friend, _ Walter Creighton; be was astudent at Dubâ€" lin when‘ I was theré,â€" Iâ€" remember him as one of the best fellows in the Wm‘." § 4 h . ~"For God‘s " sakeâ€"no!" â€"pleaded Bates.. He was deeply. moved _ and turned his face away from us . ; . "But, Jlike me,"‘ Larry . went . on, "he mixed in politics,â€" One night . in a tiot"at Dubtin a constable © was killed.. No one knew who was sil,i%' but a youhgster was suspected,â€" th son of.one of the richest .â€" and . best; known men. in Ireland, who happened to get mixed in the row. To draw attention from the boy, Creighton let suspicion attach to his own name, and, to helf. che boy‘s case â€" further, ran away. I had not heard from. of of: him until theâ€"might I came bere and found him the defender <of this house. . By. God!~ that <was ho serâ€" vant‘s trick, â€"it wasâ€"the act of ~a royal gentleman." DOES NO HARM Fluid _ Extract® Dandelion, oneâ€"hall iqunce; Compoubd Kargan, ons Ounue; Compound Syrup Sarparilia, _ Abrec ounices. A Tocal druggist is the . aw thority _ that Â¥hese . simple ‘hasmless ingredients can be obtained «it pomâ€" inal ~cost from ~our home_dtuggists Mix" the following. by. shakingâ€" well in‘a bottle : and take in teaspoonfu! doses after meals and at bedf.maw Thoge who Rave â€" triel this say i pegitively â€" avereomes $Lin in â€". the back,clears <the urine of. sediment, and â€" regulates / Curination, cspecially at> niglt, seuring . even _ the worst torms ‘of Wladder _ weaâ€"ness.. ' Every man of. women. here : who feels that the kidncg wi > that strong. or acting in a healthy manner shqould ‘mix. ~this prescription, as, iL _is §*h to da wonders for . many.fersons. mix . this prescription, as . iL_Is 8*h to da wonders for . many.férson8. The Scranton (Paâ€") Timcs was lt l to print this remarkatle prestr‘ption in ‘OctoberX of 190§, sin > when . al the leading newspapets of _NKéw Yorl Boston,"¢> Philadelphia, Pit!shurg and other . cities Jhave â€"made, Maky h houncements © of it \a thebt 4 caders. The proot ol the auto is in the death list. w e o o : _ ‘Many a man thinks bimselt _ farâ€" secing, when in reality be is . only farâ€"sighted. hi "ornm Wm;t:to(cwâ€"dmmw use a shotgun. > peerelg go+ : taclg.s â€" Proinoterâ€"a mom.’ alchemist who Can Arapsmule hot air‘ into gold. . Put Yourself to the A .aure way . of ~rendering < *the straight awd narrow way more | popâ€" ularâ€"make it wide enough for . autoâ€" cloth. A checkered career . frequently ends jn BHEIpUE . c:0. % s c o0 cs .. <.c O (C ‘Ti.w'{pymhmmhmd, but the jack of it that makes most ol us wax watm in the neckâ€" ~_An argne #% w who says nueon f'lfi"“““‘ ud " Thinks _ ie ? ~ 7 uP TE C Oe T _ ‘Tn Shakespeare‘s time the play . wat the ":'m thing. Now it‘s the box o d M 3 : ul 5 The original Big Stickâ€"the â€"aâ€"tives Limited, â€".â€"Ottawa, Ont. PEPPER â€"AND SALT (To be Con‘inie *) BUT MUCH GOOD thit »tTONE.| ~tt is probable that among. the legâ€" mer sh94ld | jstation which will be brought bgtore it is 8#5.| (he Provincial Legislature next sesâ€" petsons. wion will be an amendment .of â€" the + wat !>*!|truancy act. The necessity of some: rescr‘ption | improvement of the existing machin= when @l |ery has been brought home. to the _Kew Yorl |Education Depattment by the m tshurg and fot Inspector Fotheringham,. in . whi . many â€"«» fthe imperativengss of ~the &1 in jr jcaders.| rural districts has been pointed out.. % ~| Dr. Seath, Superintendent â€" of Educaâ€" "~ tion, discussing the m(a:::t. said that > The truancy act wag worth " a o ‘lrow of pins‘‘ aw.it stood, soâ€"fat as the"rutral @istricts were concerned, is in the [bocause, apparently, there was . 8O one whose duty it was to put . the nselt ~ farâ€"| law in operation, in hiils opinion anm is . only | officer should he appointed . in . cach distmes to enforce the Jaw. 4 rolling spring is bound io break, * _ | SW L A. Heotlon, B. A_ I n, ;“.“l & m’!'fi’“ .‘lfi‘ â€" “‘.â€"3&;‘ “ fi‘ ‘ " wu f â€" pe t 3 :~ am, 4 ' z"dovn through the IWL"x"' oC _ ~ Sleotgtg * toom ~enough deft in the barrel to * contract.â€"Aother â€"â€"reason‘> whyâ€" it m»«=~~~en should be wound : up in the morning ~UOiâ€"ment & iw (that â€"the spring will then havse RRISTERS wore power and thus will b6° in a *4 mfi better â€" condition to ‘resist the disâ€" Cor, King and Fous turbing « movements: of . the beater |E P,. CLEMENT. K5 C during theâ€"daytime. t Aalt * 0o cisarnd position, in whick the ‘balance runs more freely, will operate to make the length of the swing ol the va} ance whicel during the night as negr ly as possible the same as<iin the dayâ€"time." , _ For Quality and Quantity (ask your dealer for the new big plugs ol "Bob‘s‘ ‘‘Stag‘and *‘Cutrency‘" chewing toâ€" OPEN TO ALL PROVINCES At a meeting heldâ€"recently of . _ the lency‘s Musical and Dramatic Trophy Competition, . which â€" will ‘take â€" place ab. Ottawa during the week commenâ€" cing â€" February 24tls, 1908, it was deâ€" cided, Torâ€"â€" various reagons, to thro® the Competition op(:’tol the whole of ~Canada and : Newfoundland, irres* pective of the Provinces. ‘TheComâ€" mittee, howeper, reserve the right to reduce the â€"~number ‘of entries from any: ope city or : province in case the totalâ€"<â€"~number :â€" of ‘entiies© exceeeds ~the number whichâ€"can be convepichtly ~"handleq.during the week of the Comâ€" ;pet{!lon in~ Ottawa, ~All centries, therefore, instead of ~being forwarded to. the â€" ~Chairmen of <the respective Provinces.may be scat in inture: to Mr. F. C. T. O‘Hata, the Hororary Sectetaty, at Ottawa. 5 »hich > companies won. the Dramatic and Musical Competitions last Februâ€" ary, are again to #é offered to the compani¢s whicis: in the opinion of ‘the judges best fulfill the conditions of the Competition. _All further â€" in« formaticncan be ~had‘ by commun < cation. with the: Honotary Sccretary. The two handsome trophics, * al present held by Winnipeg and Quebec, Already a Competition next Feb ruary is ensured as. a â€"number ~ of companies have signified "their. <inâ€" tention of .competing for . the horfbr of winning His Excellency‘s Trophy. THE COST OF DISCQURTESY Some â€" time ago a lady passenger . was elected@ from a" car ol‘ the Un lon‘ Traction ‘Company. of _Cfiu_g:; for failure to produce a ticket. .‘ car ‘was so crowded that the trans fer was jostled ‘ out of: the‘ pasen ger‘s hand and lost. A number "of th> other passengets certified ‘to the truth ol ‘the story, tut the > con ductor . forced her . from the car,and assailed her with most o&ltn epiâ€" thets, â€" The case came ore. â€" the cgtl and. in the lqwer. court _ a 1 gave dam the ! amount ol $1,200 against fie ":omu:n The case was appealed to. the Supreme Court of Illinots, zad it was. urged that. the (damages awarde« wereexâ€" cessive; as ~Athe passenger had .toâ€" ceived .no mmgry; but the Suâ€" preme Coutt that the plainâ€" tif was entitled ty recover â€" forâ€" inâ€" sults, apar}; from any cash loss,â€" of the suffering of physical injuty; and the verdict of_ the lower court . was sustained. â€" It might be yery easy to point a moral with the dignificant ac« tion of these courts.â€"Christian Gug*â€" dian E. Spicts, of . Gugiph, lort prixc lowl worth $70 because: of : defective neating T ioaane l%»m bas in the â€" Winter Fair puildinx Sold Every where "oeey i9 llas manl on snn ancer, at o. Ofepit Quesn $y °U O8r _ . Upetaire son‘s offlce, Berlin ces / tass. geons and. g! v}: m.m.' r:' L. A aus T Dt Pn‘ d Ee Licenttate Of -u_%- of . iWn eons sud. As of 0 fltlnd;uo-‘olmmaud throat â€" Spq sttention gven to the use of the ~ :/‘ _â€" e X . Ray and Electric CUrrents _ an . the l‘«’m and mmm %;&g;tg&:«u near Public Librars building.\ Phone 210. D R. HETT, J. E. , PHYSICIAR â€" g D" ;' mo l UR ”:}« P a.â€"HUGARES. fray‘ Dentist. Oddfellow‘s Block. . Waterloo. Te w e d A. HILLIARD +s o 'Jo tad vou 1B.s" Aareae 4 s 2s n % i e“m%m i 4 anzon‘s C dn dtore. Entrance hetween F tane . 400 Spnionee of dentistrs W. R.Wilkinson, LD.:8., D.D.8 DENTIST: >) â€" u_ Office Open Daily & For: mutual convenience _ from a dis ~ ve quested to make mnw "ramge T-Tfii'w' ttraction of tesi ::!a be closed ever; Ofies; Over Bank of Haimilton,Berin g.ilcloo. wil g T!‘:"!!'g;_gfi.‘ g W * * "_"*#&"‘:A -’"éiifi‘n" ""i‘ 8 Royal . Colle nom' pibnine intabe se m m wut'a.%y ©~ RCkEL L. D. 8. 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