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ie 9 ;;x* ‘with . -on“o:l‘l.toupt in the get Sn ioly face. * &nm iusposstbly lightâ€"minded, ~ . ho â€"thought. How could he make her «>‘ understand.the tragedy to him of ./. what he bad just heard? Even her ‘~‘. â€" kindâ€"heartedneas which be had just * _ now so trlumphantly established, \__â€" was after all as euperficial, as swift tooomgandso.utoamlefiona beach by a high tide. Already she éeemed to have forgotten Marah. .. l "I am very sorry," he eald, "but it would be impossible for me to stay. You must %um I am in no mood for paying kâ€"end visite, or meetâ€" ing charming women." . "Of course, I understand thatâ€"" eald Mre. Thompson, seeing instantly thatâ€" she had blundered. "But you know there is no gaiety here, and I understand so well what you must be feeling, I thought perhaps it would ‘be easier for you here, in Maâ€" rah‘s home, as it were, than among strangers." "I am going to Southfield," eald Waring, shortly. _ _ ___ _ ___;; hob se Slsipectaiinn d "Oh, but you mustn‘t do that of all things!" exclaimed Mre. Thompson, vehemently agitated. . "Why. not?" L hachs Adbibd She cast about in her mind franâ€" tlcally for a reason. Then her naâ€" tive shrewdness came to her assistâ€" ance. "The people in Southfieldâ€"no One in factâ€"knows what is the matter with Marab," she said; "the family have given out that she is shut up. because she is suffering with fever. Her father and sister take all the care of her. They have that stupid New England secretiveness about their own affairs." "But they would talk to me." "Is there any real understandingâ€" or engagementâ€"between . you and Marah? Has she ever told them anyâ€" thing about you?" 2 e Eo omene s y en PR e mete use "No," replied Waring to both questions. "Well, of course, you‘ve known them a long timeâ€"they might talk freely to youâ€"then again, they‘re queer people. Dr. Ols is half mad himself, some of hls neighbours think"â€"she stopped, as if in doubt, and watched Waring with a smile 8f commiseration on her lips and a l00k of furtive halfâ€"frightened cunning in her blue eyes. If she had not been risking so much, personally, the eltuation might posslbly have amused her. He was lost in thought for a minâ€" ute, his chin on his breast. Finally ke Jooked up. _ _ ul bor _ "I must really go," he s don‘t know what I‘m going don‘t know what I‘m going to do, but it would be impossible for me to stay here, at all events. Try and understand, and don‘t be vexed with me!" He put out his hand with an atâ€" tempt to be apologetic and conciliatâ€" ing. Mrs. Thompson had to make the best of it. She said good bye with an attempt at eubdued womanly eym:â€" pathy, her brain alive with doubt, wondering whether she had accom: plished the most masterly manceuvre of her life, or digged a pit in which ahe would shortly be bufled' allv“c;. u. Waring went 4& i a back to New York on Thaa s ta i o m'g'f'f atruggled "'wu:'wwfifi the OW | * svg just armived" _ ~~â€"*~ | / JA0W M atroue. thought tha had been "'-?‘:f &? tor an instant faw it | :_ . _ "" â€" ~ it it, strove to master it, to under.‘ ; _‘ have â€" like to wm‘fi : ‘“n? sn an o nc Cbo Joup; Mrs.‘him thoâ€"object of his visit but she | * > Thomuson‘s . Word,. ‘yet Ber ,-_m.v."“.‘-.'.‘:':.fi"m”.i vo2. in war Tobtons that | ©~ A. W« HOR so what he had just heard bore to hitm only a semblence of truth." What if Marah had seemed changed? Who knew what she miglit have had to change her! Melancholy was not necessarily melancholia, _ But out of her mindâ€"they said she was out of her mind!â€"and: Waring tortured "himseltâ€" with belief and doubt alternately, with suppositions und theories: and epeculations. He alwaye came around to one thing in the end thougihâ€"he must go to Southfeld; and go to Southfield he did, starting that very night by the Troy boat. _ / â€" 2. a e During the entire journey his thoughts were occupied with Marah, yet it scemed as if he was absorbing at the same time an unusual number ot vivid impressions, impressions which were received, automatically, by his senses, and registered, with painstaking and methodical skill, by his subconscious solf. He had a wretched and eleepless night, avoid: ing dinner in the crowded "saloon," which smelt of new paint and pickles, and sitting, until after midâ€" night,in a quiet corner of the deck. There he watched the searchlight, projecting itself at intervals like a vast, luminous arm to snatch bits of ecenery from the dark landscape. Later, when he went to bed, plebelan lovers, coarse and unashamed, wooed each. other under his cabin window. In the morning he took his train at Troy, ‘breaktaa}lese, except for a cup m of coffee which seemed to have grease swimming on top of it, and when he finallyâ€"arrived at Southfleld he was so tired and dishevelled that he decided to go to the hotel and have a bath and a shave before he prosented himself at Dr. Langdon‘s house. 2 Before an hour had passed he was out in the street again. The hot, idle stillness of summer noon in a small country town reigned every where. ‘The street was almost deserted, the sunâ€"baked flagstones burned under his feet. He walked on, noting, still in that odd, subconscious way, the display of readyâ€"made clothing be hind the plateglass windows of Higgin‘s Dry Goods Emporium, the smell of warm oranges from a small fruitâ€"stand kept by an Italian boy, and the screech of a parrot sitting on a wooden perch outside the barber‘s ehop. After a short time he reached the residence part of the Main Street. Here were wooden ‘houses, complac ently neat and dull, surrounded by trees and flowerâ€"beds and wellâ€"kept Iawns. It was slightly less hot here; the water from colled lengths of rubâ€" ber garden hose dripped, with agreeâ€" able coolness on the vividly greon grass. . i F Me en s DUZRne Now, ag he drew nearer his goal, all his faculties gathered themselves together for that spring into the unâ€" known where they were to fasten 0n certainty. He felt himaelf physically in a tremor though mentally all courâ€" age and decision. At that moment he was aware of a figure coming toward him from the opposite direction,â€" \a young girl wearing a faded, pink cotton dress and a wide, black hat. She carried a ehabby little black leather bag. Waring looked at her idly; then, as ghe came nearet, it struck him that there was something very familiar about her. Yes,â€"of courseâ€"it was Marah‘s sistor Ella. He remembered ‘perfectly now wb Seals Sea i d her 00 e s e Ni 1 ahe sald, looking:at hinw with aâ€"little curiocity, #w ) uu& ahe gould discover any m‘:-lr.m)d his experiences in that romote, halt> legendary region. 5 ‘This naturd} intreduction of â€"Meâ€" rah‘s name ecemed to: Waring a hap py augury. He beganâ€"to feekh less agitated. ‘There was eomething comâ€" monplace and reassuring too about fatâ€"faced Ella in her worn pink cot ton dress. "Mre. 'l‘h‘:gnpson told me that Maâ€" rah was horé," ho begam; tentatively. "Yos, she is ‘here," satd: Elis, nsore alive now that ghe epoke:of her own affairs,â€""butâ€"ohâ€"in. eudis a condiâ€" tion. ‘Toâ€"day it is very bad. w?'!n so worried about her! Anne takes care of her and she doesn‘t know her. Ohâ€"you can‘t think how dregdâ€" ful it is!" Ne _ The teare flooded Billa‘s eyes and the end of her small} nose reddened. Waring‘s heart sank. Here was conâ€" firmationâ€"or so it seemed. But he was determined to make sure. . _â€" _ _ "And is it really what they think?" he asked. "Couldn‘t they have made u mistake? Is there absolutely no hope â€" Ellia looked at him, through her tcars, in some surprise. _ "Why, of course there‘s always hope," she said. "And ehe isn‘t out of her head all the time." _ 2 “‘Xf\d";;;r-t'it-tl_e'r still thinks as he did at first?" â€" â€" Ella thought Waring‘s manner very strange. Did he mean to infer that their father didn‘t know what he was talking about? She drew herself up with some dignity. 2 2. "'v"l'lwaNi;i)‘iu-;l_&’-'t-ofv-er," she sald; "didn‘t my cousin tell you?â€"and there are complications." There was a certain defiance in her tone. Why should Waring have this mysterious zir of unbelieft? ooo Waring recalled what Mrs. Thompâ€" son ‘had eaid about New England se cretivenees and the Langdon‘s desire to hide Marah‘s condition from every one. Yet, at first her sister had ceemed to admit it. It was all painâ€" fully strange and horrible. He beâ€" gan to feol weak and. a little digzy. Ella noticed that his face was white. "What‘s the matter?" she acked. "Are you il1? You look very badly!" â€""It‘s the heat," Waring replied "Do you think I mlgh_t: gsee Mt.lmh?"' Eooo o en mm ied "Oh, no!â€"not possibly," eald Ella, thinking of the contagion. "She would be the very last one to wish itâ€"If she could upderstand." Again the tears brimmed her eyes. â€" Waring caught hold of her wrist so fiercely that the shabhy black bag dropped to the ground. "Listen to me, Ella," he said. "I care a great deal about X‘Wargh. If 1 Mardh told us in horâ€"letters that ;L away now without seeing her you must promiso me one thing, and reâ€" member that I understand ‘exectly how things really are‘"â€"and he looked, significantly, in her eyes. . "He talks as if her were mad," Ela thought, drawing her arm away from Waring‘s clasp in something like alarm. "You must promise me that when( Marah is berself againâ€"If she re covers, I meanâ€"you will send and tell me. I may be a long distance away, but a leter sent to New York in care of Mr. Anstruther will always reach me." "But Marah will write you herself." "One can never toll what people will do when they have been in a condition like hers. It is I who must write to herâ€"and at the moment when she is herself againâ€"I ahe ever is.! Approximately _ 1,200 Christmas hampers . were distributed to the bomes of the Kitchener needy by immembers of the Community Christ mas Tree Committee on Saturday. A fleet of cars and trucks plted back and forth all morning between headâ€" quarters in the Dunker building and widely scattered destinations throughout the city. HAMPERS FOR NEEDY FOLKS on (To be Continued) PLOTTING piiie l Jatm t on an the various offices was oneâ€" of the largest in.some‘time, There were nine nominated for Mayor, two for Reeve, fAifteen for Counciliors and three: for Publ'{c Utmflepfcoq_fi‘ sion sion. ~% y oA d c 2 It was Clerk‘ John H. Rupp 47thâ€" ‘atugtdmce of. nom: meeting in Elmira since the gricorâ€" poration ‘of Elmira. _ _ -\.lllh‘ ind En En ai P PRtent ‘ ‘The following are the candidates for the various offices. B F:lr lhyorâ€";Al$. Brandt, N. M. earinger, . Werner, rge xunckm% E. DBillon, A. W. Sore, R. A. Ullyott, W. W. Martinson, P. F. Stumpf. AH except Mr. Brandt withdrew, giving him the office by acchmsti&m. a For Reeveâ€"A. W. Hoffer, acclaâ€" mation; W. W. Martinson withdrew. _ For Councilâ€"(Six to be elected) Wm. G. Brox,> Harry Vice, Chas. Herman, Wm. Cathrea, A. Wilson, E. Hemmerich, Bert Brown, C. D. Miller, N. M. fieari%er, Herb. Feil, Chris. Dreisinger, n;ig l{o‘l,linggz, UHER, DTR COID CCA T3 w. w. Mart?nson, Alex Brandt, Archie Morris. (First eight qualiâ€" fied.) ~ en L 1 NE awrinil .l W‘iféflities Commissioner â€" William Moser, Amasa Winger, Herb. Feil. (First two qualified.) Funeral of Mrs. Watson. The funeral of the Mrs. George Watson took place on Friday afterâ€" noon from the Lippert & Hunter funeral home, King street west, Kitâ€" chener. Interment was made in the Mount Hope cemetery. Rev Clarke Mount Hogz cemetery. ROV LORIRE Lorln of Kitchener United Church officiated. The late Mrs. Watson died on Wednesday afternoon, Dec. 20th, at the K.â€"W. Hospital, Kitchâ€" ener, following an illness of nine months. Death was due to a paraâ€" lytic stroke. She was born at Feeâ€" der, Ontario, on April 20, 1865 and was married to George M. Watson, March 20, 1890. Mr. and Mrs. Watâ€" son resided in Elmira about fourteen i';ars ago, having come here from edicine Hat, Alta., but during the Rast thirteen years have resided in itchener. She is survived by her husband and one son, Ernest, of Elmira, two brothers, William Bell of London, and Charles Bell of Summerland, B.C.; also one sister, Mrs. A. K. Gay, of London, and three grandsons. Henry L. Ziegler Buried. The funeral of the late Hem& L. Ziegler of Woolwich township;, ree ‘ miles north of Elmira, took place afternoon to St. James Lutheran| Church, Elmira, thence to St. James cemetery for burial. ~ The late Mr. Ztegler had been in failing health for the past several {eun and for the past few months as been a patient in the K.â€"W., Hospital, Kitchener, where he died on Thursday morning, Dec. 21. He was born in Woolwich township 64 years a%o and lived all his life there. In 1910 he was married to Elma Brubacher, daughter of Mrs. M. E. Brubacher and the late Martin Bruâ€" bacher. He is survived by his wife und daughters, Erma at Woodstock and Beatrice at home; also: five brothers, John of Gueléah, Geofie L. of Barrie, Menno of Cargill, Moses of â€" Southampton, and â€" Ezra â€" of Waterloo, Christmas School Concert. * a On Friday afternoon the High School assembly hall was crowded IH the gnrenta and friends of the mira Public School pui)ils. when the latter presented their annual Christmas concert. _ â€" . Winterbourne, were visited by here during the last week. Rev. Hamilton, who has celebrated 98rd birt‘lday. is a very active for his age. ?’%fi '§ i‘.; sA . ____"| toâ€" proceedy on his> idates g&_ounme' ‘My." Albert Daun ‘N. M. | drenâ€" ot*-xm?om eorge | and relatives in tow Eocell;. Day. - On: *+| _ Mrs. John Sch .i'“‘gt Thursday on an oa 1¢¢ D7 | her brotgl&?%n ___._ | Kansas , Ran: his man bnimclardinast Em e ie Eie T 1 I > 7 gach anvextent ‘that he: was. utable | â€"â€" Mr, and Mys. Oocar Schmidt were | /.. 28 o oneâ€" wasshur®‘ =â€" _> ‘ 1. Me; Wilfrid Hammer | of , ‘Mr. Albert Daum and: twoâ€"chil> lpndofikvvldfln&u‘:‘m.-bom'ofw Coror drenâ€" ot‘-xm?om visited‘ friends : parents, Mr. andâ€" W. jr== and relatives in â€"town on Christmas Mr. andâ€"Mrs: Fred of Day. + t $ Knebeuu:pontchrhtmu!?gfl& AE. 3. ‘ _Mrs. Jobhn Schaefer jleft on tll.l:d £g:me s R:mu. l_(r. an Mrs: }_}0' Kansas Uity, Ran. ‘ _ Mr. spd,lfu'.»-flin;y,,flwmk and daughter of Toronto visited friends ‘and relatives in Elmira ‘and Klph- ener, 4 Mr. and Mrs. H. E. Class and son Paul of Kitchener. visited with the former‘s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Geo. . Class, over the weekâ€"end. | . day. Mr. and Mrs. E. Major of Toronâ€" to visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. E. G. Martin. Tiotes het pareng, 16 "hia Tos er r. and Mrs. Orchid, at mner. _ ‘Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Heimbecker and sons of ToroAto Mra â€" Charles. Fischer Christmas Ifilldny. ; Mrs. E. M. Arnold and children, Miss Dell O‘Neil and Mrs. Gordon Dalziel and duu{lwer.v of Toronto, spent Saturday. at Kitchener. |__ _| EME Semenode onep ie aer ‘ Misses Ruby, Laura and Nell Gates of Toronto visited with their sister, Mrs. W. W. Martinson and Mr. Martinson over the Christmas holiday. . Mr. and Mrs. Reg. Kidner of Waterloo visited the latter‘s parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Weber, over the Christmas hboliday. _ o & Mr. Leurant Stewart of Toronto spent the Christmas holiday with his lgnrents, Mr. and Mrs. O. W. tewart. 1 Miss McDonaugh of the high i mam it se ce e sn m nlar ts L400 ThninniindPiat smm# Mr. and Mrs. Victor Muth of Toronto smnt. the Christmas holiâ€" day with parents, Mr. and Mro. Henry Muth. Miss MNY Burns of the high school staff is spending the Christâ€" mas holidays at her home in Toronto. _ DL 2 school staff is spending the Christâ€" :‘mfia holidays at her home at Niagara aus. E. C ECC svAme Wn. A uMBA O TOR MAR MCCDOTOCT Dr. Ted, MéCullough visited at his home at Kincardine over the Christâ€" mas holiday. Mrs. Gordon Dalziel and children or Toronto are visiting with Mr. and Mrs. E. M. Arnold. Nt “u;i‘is‘;. lfifalfimfl;flon of Dashwood is visiting the home of her parents, is vislting‘ the home of NCP PBEETMCT Mr. and Mrs. W. W. Martinson, over Mr. and Mys. W. W. MaFUNSOM, UTCT the Christmas holldnis. f Miss Ida Martin of Hamilton is visiting the home of her !mrents, Mr. and Mrs. Medard Martin, over the Christmas holldg-. Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Siliphant visited friends~ and relatives in _ Mr. and Mrs. Chas. . visited â€"friends© and rela Toronto over the week.â€"end. Mrs. M. Winn and the Misses, Elsie and Ghd{: Winn visited with! friends and relatives in Kitchener over the holiday. Messrs. Marne Mahood, Gordon Schwartzentruber and David Ratz of the Western University, London, are spending the Christmas holidays at their respective homes here. C NEMS m one e acica d pl VROT EenpDCCOn Con d io 4 Rev. and Mrs. L. Kalbfleigch lnd‘ children visited for several dl'X‘l with friends and relatives at Zurich, Mr. and Mrs. Aaron Miller of Toronto visited friends and relaâ€" tives in town over the Christmas holidays. oy .an extended visit with ::".‘” finfmu Haack, nt“ over Christmas holiâ€" over â€" the By J. P. MeEVOY and J. H. STRIEBEL Kitchener spent Christmas wid ‘as 2. the Tormer‘s parents, Mr. m Mrs. | PR J. ’-. HAGEY, Medard Martin. Mr, and Mrs:|" "{109 wober Ch . Ne Kenneth Moses, of the 0. A: _ W .. Kitehoner. Phone HiR P ue mfl Li Mr. andpuru? A. %ngm' over the DBR. W.s{. ,%cm g“' Christmas holidays: _ . k o_ * * ‘lilr. ;l;fid.‘goe:bn n&ent lt.h; waek; ammmenminmmenmninreniterennes bepas memmmemen ieicngraman w 2 ends and re vesâ€" a Waterloo and Elienenen ".. . ) _ _CHIROPRACTIC L1 4113 1000002 Thont?Arbotrctai d Mr. and Mrs. Norval Leslie and children of Toronto visited at the home of Mr. and Mro. H. Schmidt over the weekâ€"end. Mr. P:; G. Finlay visited at his home in Stratford over the weekâ€" end. _ & Misses Cora Ertel of Toronto and Mary Ertel of Kitchener areâ€"visit ini with their parents, Mr. and Mrs. ‘tli ohn Ertel, over the dhristmu holiâ€" ays. . 4 giss' Lena Lewis of Toronto and Mr. George Lewis of Woodstock are visiting their mother, Mrs. Ab. Lewis, over the Christmas holidays. _‘ Mr: Nelson of the Public School staff is spending the Christmas holiâ€" days at his home in Plht_tov.ll_l:: 0 da{: at his home IN EIRVIBVU® isg Mnrfiaret Ruppel of Toronto is visitinfit e home of her parents, Mr. and Mrs. C. P. Ruppel, over the Christmas holidays. Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Zilliax and Miss Marie Zilliax spent Saturday afternoon at Kitchener. Successful Concert. A successful Christmas event took place at the Pine Hill School, when the pupile and teacher aseisted by the young folke of the vicinity renâ€" dered a pleasing program. The schoolâ€"house was filled to cAaLpaclty. Mn in o ioeainnonne ul Friends were present from the surâ€" rounding district and numerous other points. Recitations, dialogues, panâ€" tomime, tableaux and numerous muâ€" sical selections were features of the evening. A substantial silver collecâ€" tlions was recelved. ie EY eR TR IRs !:&.;ss Gertrude Otto was confined to her bed Wwith the flue. _ _ _3 Clevton Erb, who has had an attack of pneumonia, is improving. â€" Mr. and Mre. C. B. Jantsi spent a tew days with Mr. and Mre. Aaron W. Jantzi of Wellesley. _ _ m en n deeaio s Mr. Jacob Axt of Petersburg and Mr. G. W. Marrison of Guelph called on Mr. C..E. Bwartzentruber. Mr. and Mre. Jullus Doerbecker of Erbsville and Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Ludwig spent a day with Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Jantzi, Mr. and Mre. Allan Jantzi and Mre. J. Zehr. e en ut ns Mr. and Mre. C. E. Swartzentruber and family were recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mre. Aaron w. Jantzi of Wellesley. 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