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C.grately 4 . â€" P 'fimi‘b& with clhagrin. ¢Ilwt.ju her. and walked Tieam mever spelh to he: takes me repont." ho sald Selif, lina went am| leaned @gainst the side. while he c . to RifAself: "What a litle t ?‘ ts, and how shatply she can i{, Leonora watched Tthe on Â¥"lgore a momoent. thon leis ukbd har book â€" again in« raéff to read. But sho flor'y (deeply interested, it 1 APPLIANCES FOR THE MAIMED g;:i tmie . since ;p-qf&'o\' gyâ€" "Yes. ! l{khw(l‘ J"xo. only the last. It is nice to ich, of course.. That goes with: _Luylul Woell, themn, is there a ,g-mean L. tolt you I was poor. J @g your. .pardon . for . the .slang lirase. .One falls .unconsciously into uch habits in the army _ But (toll 18, ~did you?". "CDid J what" 6 AKe ds all but tno.Jist.". declared ter, unblushingly.. "He is as Fr@s Jpb‘s turkey. That is not 60. 4» 112. > > ;W{lnow-oome, people who are @¢, but very, very nice." said the Pl; with a gecided air #P am gladivo hear you say so !fl very poor myself.. 1 have heen i8g\ that the ceason you have FM& méso unmercifully of late beoakse T so f00lish!© gave myself f" when I fitst met cou." *Gave yourself away?* uncompreâ€" "BId you smub, me because 1 am er®‘‘>. . "4I have mot smubbed you a dignant1y : dliâ€"‘ have ignored me. T E worke." he said deed; T have not ignorc ‘@ll," she protested "Well. then. you forge{ mo the unKindest cut of all. . fi;to'bé snubbed. but 1 h ) totally annihilated." sald he grieved aia Sbe piursed her preity [ips @ filed silent "N.ow you wagi ine in g0 ‘see," he remushed. ‘‘This She put her little hien ps and yawned daintily fii’h{c}d and lgly gich® pursued Miss ie is old and ugly and crqss and Â¥ich. 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Te This is me tali and cross West. curâ€" J P A. mean d he ; makers «nd fitters of trussesâ€"21 different stylesâ€" seemed ntinted orn i1 C could eU #8x, "Â¥Yes,." she said. "Dou you not § !k;e think that 1 should make a good acire.s. Lieutenant De Vere?" Ik to mslss i d al "Yes." he replied. "and Lanacster would make a good actor. ‘One man sife in his time plays inany parts!‘" Lancaster looked intensely annoyâ€" l.ahtning gleam in his blue eves. ~5°T Cypere was superb scorn in them teli!® _ â€"thank you," he replied. "And to carry out your | idea, 1 will now lifted inuke my exit‘" * uy He â€"bowed rovally and â€" walked That not op th he {or now and then she gianced up under herâ€"long dashes at the tail," moveléss figure of the soldier. At! length she put down the book and‘ west across to him. * moveless Nngure of the #0 C D _82) "1 am at your service, Miss West," length she put down the book and ‘ © me said, stifly. went |acrogs fo him. _ * He thought he had never seen Gazing intemtly out to sea. B9 anything half so enchanting as the | started when a hand soft and Whil®| yic4 she ralsed to bis. The big black | as a snowâ€"flake fluttered down uponi hat was a most becoming foll tpi his coatsleeve. He glanced quicklY| ps, fresh young beauty. There was around. \a smile on the rosy lipsâ€"balt arch.‘ "Miss West!" be exciaimed, in $surâ€"| pait wistful. The full light of me; prise, ‘ suppy day shome on her, but her, She glanced up deprecatingly ini0 peauty was so flawless that the | his face. severe test only enhanced its perfecâ€" "I i was rude o you just now,". tion. His heart gave a flerce throb, she stammered. "I beg @bur parâ€"| half pain, half pleasure. e "I i was rude to you just now," she stammered. "I beg @bur parâ€" don for it Iâ€"1 really don‘t know why I wasso, 1 don‘t dislike you, indeed. and 1 think you are very mice. i have enjoyed the chair and the books, and I have been sorry ever since that day when I came down to the steamer and did not wait â€" for you. Butâ€"somehowâ€"i{ was very hard to tell you so." She had spoken every word with w delightful shyness. and after a pause, she went on, with a catch in wer breath: "As for ‘your being poor, I never thought of thatâ€"never. 1 think poor men are_the nicestâ€"alâ€" ways. They are hgndsomer than the rch ones. "I â€"" She caught her breath with a gasp He had turned around qulckly’*\nd vaught her band. “,“ "Miss West â€"" he was beginuing io say, when a sudden step sounded beside them. Lieutenant De Vere had come up to them. There was a sudden glit« ter in his browa eyes â€"a jealous gleam Miss West rehear theatrics?" he aske sarcastic inflection el; Leanora only laughed He â€"bowed royally and . walked a way De Vere laughed uneasily; Leonora had cooly gome back to her houk _ His eves flashed, tered. . "Ab! ig was well to lecture me and gel the game into his own hands. Beggar‘ what could he give her. even if she besiowed her matchâ€" less self upon him â€"wh*t but a barâ€" ven honor. an empty fitle? As, well* CRUTCHES RUBBER TIPS INSTRUMENTS FOR PARâ€" AB Wio s . i%%.â€" . E* f a Cé ' \ false friend,. 1 know allâ€"now," he &A | hissed angrily to himself: * " | CWAPTER, Xv.â€" ALYSIS OF THE LEGS CORRECTION FOR DEâ€" FORMITIES OF SPINE ELASTIC HOSIERY, ETC. ancaster looked intensely annoy» I beg your pardon. Are you and is West rehearsing for private atrics?" he asked with a slight If Id n one had *old gre this. I have believed it.‘ he mut 1‘ it was well to lecture Wl h . w ) dn o 2 miplar t ie 48 m . P 42205 Leonora, Apparently, absorbed in her book, watched her exasperated shady lashes. ° She divined intuitiveâ€" * f # ;"-'Q“-”;_m_., a 2 Jy.that he was bitterly jealous of his | m F â€" He her is thince : handsome friend. â€" &# .“‘_ "i {!"" acl ,"mnlmrnd\wurmmwm! | "Should yoy like me any it thow?" the auked bersell, unsnells" 917 Domiox Sr., Mowtmzat. | 1 did*" he inquired, after this thou "That will never do. I must carry| _ I suffered terribly with Dyspepsic | ghtful pause. the olive branch to tie distrustful| I had it for years and all the ”J & ol P‘"". 1 should," she ansâ€" She glanced arounc, and geging that Lancaster was not in sight, ealled gently: & "Licutemant De Vere!" He burried toward her, and stood in grim silence awaiting her plea sure. * iutl & "Iâ€"want to speak to you," she said. There was a vacant chair pear at band. He brought it and sat down Ny her side. § "Silence gives consent," said the girl,. after waiting vainly for him to speak, and then he bowed. coldly. wThan it is be." she ssid. "ADb. "Then it is he," she said. . 30 dear me! what has Captain Lancas ter done?" | creasing admiration. |\ "8o," she went on, | evening I told Captain | about it." "You are vexed with me?" said Leonora, in a soft, inquiring voice. "Oh, no, no." he replied, quickly. "No?* she said. "But, then, you certainly are vexed with some one. If it is not with me, then it must beâ€" with Captain Lancaster." __ "‘That is between him and me," said the soldier, with a sulky .air, The red lips dimpled. Leonora ruther enjoyed the situation. ‘ "Â¥You will not tell me*"* she said. "I beg your pardonâ€"no;" he ans: wered, resolutely. ~ "Then I will tell you," she said: "you think he has treated you unâ€" fairly. that he has taken advantage of you." De Vere stared M & "How â€" can you possibly know. Miss â€" West?" he asked, pulling sulkily at the ends of his dark mustache. To this proposition, that was made ; shaking _‘heri‘fie‘ad. gravely. "But you with an air of convictOhn. D8 T6/ know you spoke to him very aggra mained gravely silent. _ vatingly just now." _ "You did not guess this. He told . "We do not," sharply. â€" you. I presume," bitterly. "Oh, Miss West, there‘s no use "Heâ€"if you mean Captain Lanâ€", denying its Thereâ€"Are a dozen men casterâ€"told me nothing. I was teltâ€"; in the Guards better looking than Ing him something. Why should you Lancaster, yet not.one so much run be vexed at him because I went and . after by the . women; all because stood there and talked to him?" inâ€"; he is a brawnyâ€"fisted Hercules," dignantly. | crossly. "I was not." rather feebly. "Captain Lancaster is your "Do you really deny it?" she askâ€" friend,. Jan‘t he " with a curling lip. ed him, incredulously _ "He was before I saw you. He "Well. since you put it so ser-? is not my friend if he is my rival," fously, yes, I was vexed about it:tsuld De Vere, with frankness equal but I don‘t understand how you|to her own should know it." he answered fluslhâ€" i _ The round cheeks grew crimson ing a dark red. | again. murely "I will tell you how I knew," she gald. coloring _ crimson | &lso. . "I heard all that you and Captain Lanâ€" caster said about me that first right we came aboard." ENS mss "I will tell you how I knew," she "Put me out of the question. I gald. â€" coloring â€" crimson @&lso. "I am nothing to either of youâ€"nevgr heard all that you and Captain Lanâ€", can be," she said. ‘"You have been caster said about me that first right ; friends, haven‘t you*" we came aboard." | _ "Yes." curtly. "Oh. by Jove! you didn‘t though*"| "For a long time?" persisted she. ho exclaimed, radiant, and trving| "Ever since I went into the to meet the glance of those heuqb } Guardsâ€"that is five years ago," he iful eyes. replied. "The fellows used to call But with her shy avowa‘ she had us Damon und Pythias." let the white lids drop bashfully ovâ€" "Then dowtâ€"don‘t let me make er them r quarrel between you‘" exdlaimed De Vere was not one bit disconâ€"; Leonora, pleadingly. .. s De Vere was not one bit discon certed by what she had ‘tald him He knew that all she lad heard that night had been to his advan tage. "And so all this while you knew that 1 thoughtâ€"" he began holdly. "That you thought me rather prettyâ€"yes." she replied. modest ly. "I knew also that I was a mesâ€" alliance for you and that Captain Lancaster‘s | future was ‘cut and dried,‘" bitterly. He gazed at her in wonder ‘"And you have kept it all to yourâ€" self all this while, Miss West. "Yes, because I was ashamed to confess the truth. I did not want to be thought an eavesdropper, for i did not really wish to hear. It was an accident, but it bas weighed on my mind evar since, and at last I made up my mind to ‘fess, as the children say." f She blushed at the remembrance of some other things sbe had told himâ€"things she bad not meant ta tell, but which\ had slipped out, as it were, in her compunction at her rudeness to bim. "Andâ€"that was all* Was he pot | y 1d show you the.â€"actuad o making love to you, really?". cried n::n:.:tul.nl in no‘-aiu‘.’un from these ineruoees 4 datui ui | Aienbnipeint ds y 4 and It would cenvince you handâ€"clasp thaf had go amazed him. mmm She flashed her great eyos at mu m . him in supetb anger. C ' pecovery surt, "Love t nfeâ€"he would Hot dare!" :-.?-â€"-fi p:u trom . tha very good at guessing." de LH I vill tell you," she said: he has treated you unâ€" he has taken advantage _ you possibly know. " he asked, pulling the ends of his dark slowly, "this Lancaster all with .everâ€"in I NALl |) |___Mile. ASNTOINETTE BoUCHER, 50¢ & box, 6 for $2.50, trial size 250. , At deslers or sent postpaid by Fruitâ€"#â€"tivés Limited. Ottawa. _‘ a strangling sob; she broke down ; and wept out her anger in a perâ€", fumed . square .,@f . blackâ€"bardered, cambBric. .. â€" 20 "No one has quarreled." he answerâ€" ed, in a‘ teme of chagrin and bitter disappointment. "Not yet, of course," she replied, shaking her fieadr gravely. "But you "FRUITâ€"Aâ€"TIVES" SAVED HER LFE "I merely used a quotation from Shakespeare," he retorted. The bright eyes looked at him through : and through with their clear gaze. M "Yes, but there was a double meaning in it 1 am sure he underâ€" stood mll that you meant to convey. I should think that when you meet him again he â€"will knock you down for it." P clear gaze. o i "Yes, I was mistaken. I thought "Yes, but there was a double you were my rival in secret, but meaning in it I am sure he under. Miss West has explained all to me stood Hll that you meant to convey. Lancaster gave him his hban‘. I should think that when you meet . _ "Think before you speak next time him again he .will knock you down | he said dryly. for it." _ |â€" "T .will. But I was terribly cut "You are charmingly frank, . but | up at first, seeing you and her toâ€" you are right. I do not doubt but getherâ€"like that. How sweet she that he willâ€"if, he can," he replied. 1 is! She did not want is to quarrel bitterly. . . over her. She confessed everything. Leonorg measured ‘the mediumâ€" It was comical, her hearing every sized â€" figure erifically cwith "her‘thing that nightâ€"wis it not? But e_ves_. 266 F Nh there was no harm dohs." cines I took did not do me any gdod/ I read something about "Fruire tives" being good for all Stomach Trouble and Disorders of Digestion, so I tried "I sibuld‘think there doubt on the subject," ed.. "HeCis twice‘ as are "Why do women all admirt*Â¥ig, awk ward gin.nts?" asked he wafily. "We do not," sharply. & "Oh, Miss West, there‘s no use denying its Thereâ€"Are a dozen men in the Guerds better looking than Lancaster, yet not.one so much run after by the . women; all because he is a brawnyâ€"fisted Hercules," crossly. After finishing a few boxes, I was entirely relieved of the Dyspepsia aud | my general health was restored; and | I am writing to tell you that I owe my life to ‘Fruitâ€"aâ€"tives" _ ________ "It is already made, isn‘t it?" with a half regret in his voice. "No; only begunâ€"and yoy musn‘t let it go any furtber." "No% But what is a fellow to do, I should like to know?" * t "There is no Whité feather at all. You made a mistake and spoke unâ€" just words to your friend. Now, when you digopver your error, #ou should. be man epough . to retract your remarks," she oried, indignantâ€" white fe violently ly "I can‘t see why you take up.for Lancaster so vehemently," he. comâ€" mented, straying from the main polat. :« ~4, yor m * . "I‘m . not . taking.. up for. him," warmly. "I only don‘y. want you to make a fool of yourself about me!" RHEUMATISM wine â€" TRC‘s I we could show yut\.{fll&:flh resuits attained in thousands of cases from these dread diseases, b from peopi¢,‘ from their friends and relatives, it would convince you '..__'-';';”â€";“mfi:.,.“w"m ‘ chile ...:: :l:fltvu.l n'i:u cmlia’.':. :'u’rrr ME Aiicapont Bosan ts | n m Jn C harmen am | ht T. H.C 3 attacl tha ‘chuse of the _ _ oo e itc ilse e -fl. tabk M M poms l S ie patis iy s uie could be no she obseryâ€" big a% you ad t::» "Of course I should," she answerâ€" ed in an animated tone. z; ~*And it would really please you *\ fore me to tell Lancaster 1 was misâ€" %°‘| taken and am § ty "¢ by l "Yes, 1 -mncâ€"!;um:. certainly. â€" He tried ta look into the sparkâ€" â€"=\ ling eyes, but they had wondered wn away from him. She was watching er. ; the fiight of a seabird whose glancâ€" red , ing wings were aJmost dost in the ilâ€" limitable ‘blue of the sky. |Iy "Yes, that is what I moan, exagt ly: 1 don‘t want my aunt to think vexed tons and falling into a coaxâ€" I‘ve set you at" "Yes, 1 should you like me any better if 1 did?" he inquired, after this thoughtful pause. M PBA Ininiewes tose " =~â€" # flngi-ud‘um. "And & would really please you for me to tell Lancaster I was misâ€" taken and am sorry1" £4 "If 1 do this thing it will be whol ly for your sake,Â¥ he said,*meaning Iv. R ly, and without rising from bis reâ€" cling posture, bade the applicant come in. "To rétract?" the frown on Lanâ€" caster‘s moody brow‘ began to clear away. ‘"For my sake then,‘‘ she answer ad, carelessly; an@ then be rose and left her. â€" . "Yes, it is I, Lancaster. What have you been doing? Writing a challenge ty me?" laughing. "Well, you may burn it now; I have come to retract my words." Lancaster had been in his state room reading two hbours, ‘pershaps when DeVere knocked at nis door. He tossed back his fairflair carelessâ€" "Ah, it is you, De Vere?" be said, icily. ; "I‘m glad we are friends agajn; but I was so stiff 1 could never havs owned myself in the wrong, only that I promised to do it for er sake," added De Vere; and then he went away, and left his friend to resume the interrupted perusal of his novel. , But Lancaster tossed the folio angrily down upon the floor. "For her sake," he replied. "Sh* s a little coquette, after all, and I thought for an bour thatâ€"Pshaw, I am a fool! So she has Tooled him to the top of his bent, too! Why did I speak to her at all? Little netâ€" tle! I might have known tow she would sting! Well, well, I wish the ‘small commission‘ were duly handâ€" ed over to the housekeeper at Lanâ€" 'me that De Vere came upon the @cane then‘ In another minute I should have told her that I (ho&ght just the same about poor girls! So she confessed all to De Vere, and bade him apologize for her sake. Ah, ah, little flirt‘" he repeatedly should say! So she thought that poor men were the nicest and handâ€" somest, always? Faugh! Lucky for was a goodâ€"patured, sunny temperâ€" ed lad. 1 only hope his child may be like him. ts eviennccug bitterly ly when sheâ€"grows op. Jt will take a good dea} of money, but I will not begrudge it to poor Dick‘s child. He §q she went on thinking of the | child as of a very small girl Indo«l.‘i Her brotherâ€"inâ€"law‘s letter, with its | hurried mention of "my HNittle girl" "my little Leo," had entirely misled her. The poor dying mah ‘had had no intention: of. decetying~ his ll.? terâ€"indaw. To him . his darling | CHAPTER XVL Things went on smoothly as usâ€" ual at Lancaster Park after Mrs. West. had givem her cbnsent to my lady‘s â€" clever . plan. They _ put Richard West‘s cQil¢ out of their heads for awhile sand> began their preparations ~for the guests who were expected to arrive the l:st of May, to welcome the returning masâ€" ter of. Lancaster Park. Mrs. West found time in the hubbub to fit up a tidy IHtle room next her own for thé little Amerfcan niece who was goming to her from so far away. Then she, too, dismissed the mattâ€" er from hef mind, save _ now and then when in solitary moments she would â€"wonder.to berself what Dick West‘s child would be like and if she would be old enough to put to school. t is lucky that I have a good gtore of ‘savings," thull\t the lomeâ€" ly Womah® to Rerselt ° "I will find a wood ‘bo@rding school fer little Leonora, if #he is old enough to go, and the child shall. be educated for a teacher, that she may have the means of gupporting hersalf genteelâ€" No," Lancaster said, constrainedâ€" #va Bo she went on thinking of Leoâ€"| nora West as a little girl who would [ be a great trouble to her, and on | whom she would have to spend the | savings of long years; and, al‘; though she felt that she had a for | midable task before her in the rearâ€" | ‘ing of this orphan girl, she did not | | shrink from the undertaking, but } | made up ber mind to gp forward , { bravely in the fulfiliment of the precious chargs left to her by the« | dead. ° | _ So the day drew near for Leoâ€" | nora‘s arrival, and the great house | wasgnow filled with guestsâ€"twenty |in allâ€" whom Lady Lancaster had ‘bidden to the feast, prepared in ‘homor of her mephew, the Lord of i Lancaster. |\ _ So the day was come at last, and ‘Lady Lancaster in the drawing:â€" | room awaited her nephew, while : the housekeeper in ‘the kitchen | awaited her niece. ‘ ‘"Dear me, Mrs. West, I did noo.i | think you were so vain," said a | laughing masculine voice. She turned &round quickly 8 "Oh, my lord, so you‘re come home again‘!" she cried; "and as | full of }our mischief as ever. Welâ€" ‘ come, welcome!" ‘"Yes, I am home again, Mrs. West |god bere is what I have brought | | you," he said, stepping back that | 1nhe might see the girl who had folâ€"| | lowed him into the roomâ€"the graceâ€"‘ ‘tul figure in deep black, that came up to her with both hands ~outâ€" stretched and said demurely: "How do you do Aunt West?" For a minute Mrs. West did not touch the pretty white hands held ; | out to her she was so amazed nnd! }nurprlsed, She managed to staimmer | | out faintly: It was one of the most beautiful ot June days. The air was sweet apd warm, the sky was clear and blue, all nature seemed to smile on the homeâ€"coming of the master. ned: that letter, to explain to Mrs. West that his orphan child vwas a beautiful young girl of eightcen, alâ€" ready fairly educated, and with a spirit quite breve enough to face the world alone, if need be. Mrs. West, having given her orâ€" ders in the kitchen, repaired to her own special sittingâ€"room, & small apartment on the second floor, with & sunny window looking out upon the rear grounds of the house. She bad put a bouquet of roses in a vase on the mantel, and some small pots ot simpls; sweet smelling flowers on the windowâ€"sill, to brighten up the place for the child‘s eyes. She pulled forward a pretty little child‘s rockingâ€"chair that she had brought down from the immense garret. ~She arranged aâ€"littln red and white tidy over the back. / "It will look so cheerful.gChildren always love flowers," she said. "In a litt}!6 while they will be here for John went to meet them with the carriage a good while ago," she said to herself. "Dear me, how nerâ€" vous I ant getting over that child‘s coming." And she settled her lace cap again and looked into the small mirror against the wall, wondering how Dick‘s child would like her aunt‘s looks. "Are you Leonora West? Iâ€"I wus expecting to see a very young child." 6 "Aren‘t you . going ,to, kiss your niete, Mrs. West?" > ‘"That was a mistake" she said. "Ihope you will not be vexed be: cause I am so large!" CHAPTER XVIL "But," said Mrs. West, in perplexâ€" ity "the letter said a little girl." "Yes, I know," said Leonora. "Poor papa always called me his little girl, and if he had lived until I was an old woman it would have been the same. And he forgot that yo@ could not possibly know how old 1 was. I‘m sorry you are disappoirtâ€" ed, Aunt West, but I am eightean years old. Yow sed, papa was marrâ€" led one year after he went to Amâ€" The bright face dimpled charm ingly.‘ Just here Captain Lancaster in terposed : 1105 ALSO MAXKERS Bang! _ }{Then.w. Farmers Mutual § k ‘1‘ Fire Insurance Co. _« Gou flronc_lutns Annual Meeting Gene! Swept right out of existence by The 48th n‘nnuul“nle(-}i_n’{ “"-.. the Fos INDIGESTION Seett & Bewne, Tereuse, Ont. (Tabiets or Granulas) kjorst‘ h "‘Welcome to England, my dear child," she said. "I shall love you readily, 1 am sure. Sit down, do, in this chair, while 1 take your | things." & And in ber flurry she pushed forâ€" i ward the small rocking chair with elaborate courtesy, whereat »Leonâ€" ora laughed goodâ€"naturedly. "Oh, dear me, yes; I was so surâ€" prised, I quite forgot!" cried the old woman. She went up to Leouâ€" ora, put her arms around the graceâ€" ful figure, and kissed the round cheek. ‘"Either the chair is too small, or I am too big," she said; "I am afraid to trust myseM upon it." She went and sat down on a pretty oldâ€"fashioned sofa. Then she glancâ€" ed around and saw that Captain Lancaster had gone. + "Are you disappointed because I am not a little girl, Aunt West?" she inquired as she removed her hat and smoothed her reugh tresses with her small, white hands. "Iâ€"don‘t knowâ€"yet," said the good woman; "I am so flustered by the surprise, andâ€"andâ€"I wonder what Lady Lancaster will say?" "What has Lady Lancaster to do with me?" demanded Miss West, in her pretty. abrupt way, fixing her large eyes wonderingly on her aunt‘s face. "Ob, â€" nothing!" â€" answered Mrs West, rather vaguely. "I should think not, indeed," said Leonora, in a very decided tone. "I should think not, indeed," said Leonora, in a very decided tone. "Are you tired, my dear? Should you like to go to your room and rest?" inquired the housekceper, changing the subject. "No, 1 am not tired. thank you. aunt; but I will go to my room if you â€" please," Leonom; ans wered. There was a little disappointment sober "This way then,. my dear," said Mrs. West. She led the girl through her own neat bedroom,. into a pretâ€" tier one,. small, but furnished with a white bed, a blue carpet, and some blue chairsâ€"these latter alâ€" so the spoils of the garret, but lookâ€" ing very well after the furnishing Mrs. West had given them. Lcomora.cast a rapid comprehen sive glance around her, then went over to the ewer and bathed her face and hands. "I hope your room suits you, Leo nora," said Mrs. West. lingering and halfâ€"abashed. Something about the fair, sel(»pos;_saed girl seemed to vaguely suggest better things. Beside her grace an dbeauty the room looked poor and mean. "Oh, yes, thank you, aunt." Leonâ€" ora returned, quietly. She had takâ€" en her combs and brushes out of her dressing bag now, and Mrs. West saw that they were an expeit aive set, pearl and silverâ€"backed, as elegant as Lady Lancaster‘s own. "My dear, could your papa afford Mandsome things like these?" she said. At one oftlo: p.m. at the Free Library hall Watestoo. Ontario â€" jar the purpose of receiving the â€" Comâ€" ,.-'y'. annual report and the election of four directors. _ The 48th annuul meeting o‘ the North Waterloo Farmers‘ Mutual Fire Insurance Co. will be held on ‘That there is only one thing a woâ€" man loves better than being told a secret, and that is to find out for herself. Tuesday, Feb. 14, 1922 At one oftloc p.m. at the P her tone. The young face looked THE CHRONICLEâ€"TE LECRAPH= ( Subscribe for Yourâ€"â€": Home YTown Paper _ OldHome 1 "Toan * You bet â€" somebody knows! ~‘That "somebody" is The Chronicieâ€"Tele graph, your Home Town Paper. Why, it‘s got stories about Tom, Dick and Harry today. You ought to keep in touch with themâ€"and you can! It‘s easyâ€" * z‘fiembly and ai Municipal. Klections, Bl! ana that the said List was first post< « ‘od up at my office at therffown ! Waterloo on the twentyâ€"dixth day ve | January, 1992; #hd ‘remidfiis al ) inspection. DR. J. E. HETT, SPEC[ALTY, B eases of the Ear, Throat and Ne King St. East, Kitchener. >* DR. J. J. WALTERS, 67 QUEE St. S., has resumed pr "1 stricted to office and general en sultations, office hours 2 toâ€"4 p. SCELLEN and WEIR, J. A. len, B.A., Lâ€"LB.; J, J. A..W§p Master in Chancery, Bar Solicitors, Etc. Money to f Offices, Upstairs in the Huehr Block, King West, Kitchener. JAMES C. HAIGHT, BARRISTER, Solicitor, Notary Bublic,. Convey~ ancer, etc. Money to loan.'lm Molsons‘ Bank Building; W C CLEMENT, CLEMENT and H MILLAR, SIMS and BRAY, J. Sims, LL.B., George Briay, A., Barristers, Notaries, ®te. Ofâ€"4 fice upstairs â€" Economical. sBlodé King St. West, Kitchener: ~â€" ... DR. S. ECKEL, Lb.S., D.D.S, Graduate Chicago College of Denâ€" tal Surgeons and Royal Go/ of Dental Surgeons of ‘Toronto,@Denâ€" tal office in new Molsqns‘ .Bank Building, _ Waterloo. ¢ <try practiced im.all its branches.Z DR. F. G.. HUGHES, DENTIST, DR. J. A. HILLIARD, DENTIST, Municipality of the Town QLmt"z loo, in the County of Waterloo. . NOTICE 18â€" HEREBY GIVBR® that I have transmitted or 'uell‘vu‘% toi the persons mentioned m‘sggnj l‘ of the Ontario Votm"'Usti.Aa.'hcq copies required by said Sectog flki so transmitted or delivered ‘of the List, made pursuant (o ‘sai@ i&d} all persons appearing by the last l‘.-1 vised Assessment Ro!l of the said Municipality to be ahtM&E to vote in the said Municipaly ml“ for mombers of the lfillbil'if“' ‘As AND 1 HEREBY call upon all V ets to take 4 J C to have any errpr¢ior Dated 1938. 7 to 8 p.m. and by_ ,g@ofii’%‘ ”‘;" Phone 414. o * wl ‘ TIN, law offices, Waterlco Comtg Loan Building,â€" eorner Kz_?g Foundry streets, Phong 7 ,fi 2 ener, Ont. a M~ .__G. McINTOSH, BARRISTER, _ Notary, Conveyancer, ete. 13â€"Weie4 °_ er St. East, Kitchener. Phone180 > ; to Conrad Bitzer, Barrister, Soliciâ€" tor, Notary Public, etc. Money to loan. German spoken. _ Office, Pequegnat Block, next to Market, Frederick St., Kitchener. 8. BOWLBY, B.A., LL.B., Barâ€" rister, Solicitor, Notary Public and Conveyancer. Office Merchâ€" ant‘s Bank Building. _ Telephone 247, Kitchener, Ont. + QOddfellows Block, Waterloo ElEctrotHeEnrareurrsr 4@ 5 Holm Apartments \fonfi”w Â¥ Phones, Office 1323J H. 1$23W. ol ce 7 ANQGR w L. D. S., Royal College Dental Surgeons, D.D.S., Toronto Univerâ€" sity. All branthes of dentistry practiced. Office Weber Chamâ€" bers, King W., Kitchener, Ont. L. BITZER, B.A., SUCCESBORâ€" DR. A. HOLM, D. C. vOTERS‘ LI8TS, 1922 nccordit®k 18 JaÂ¥" CHIROPRACTOR and h MEDICIN®L DENTAL LECAXL «* «ant NVE C revegy