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J Era than toy combined Wedged to be the lading County Paper i NORTH YORK Give me tie liberty to know to titter and to argue freely according to conscience above all other liberty 8 PAGES i No paper sent outside of North York unless paid in advance No Single Copies Cento Each Newmarket Friday Jan FOR Wrenches- Clamps Bolts Nuts Etc 50c ioo 125 and 150 per pair 50c per pair up to 530 Pucks ShinGuards AnkleSupports Hockey Sticks Genuine Boys Sticks 10 15 and each of the Canadians Mr Peter Byrne the Ontario Gov ernment Immigration Agent in Liver pool contributed the following verses to the Liverpool Post on the of the recent- visit of the Royal Cana dian Regiment to that city my lads and brave To your glad homes across the wave An Empires plaudits in your ears The echoes of a million cheers fa We know the gallant work youve done The bloody battles won Against a stealthy stubborn foe Who plotted Britains overthrow Youre- freemen from a great free land None better know or understand The precious worth of equal laws And how to shield a noble cause Godspeed you then with gales To bright Canadian hills and vales Where Sec the conquering heroes come Will be your glorious welcome home A Young Once there And once again the answer softly fell more I asked more to tell I asked the New ear for some motto sweet M w Some rule of life by which to guide my feet asked and paused it answered soft Man is his own star and the soul and low that can Gods will to know Render an honest- and a perfect Commands all life all influence Will Knowledge then suffice fate Year I cried Nothing to him early it too But ere the question into silence died late The answer came Nay this rcinemOuY acts our angels are for good ber too Gods will to do ill Our fatal shadows that by still or us The King Washing Machine Every machine guaranteed to give satisfaction Is very easy on clothes Give this machine a fair trial A BINNS Try our Coal Oils NEWMARKET ONT SCHOOL DESKS ft en a O w n w CO CO CO The Office Specialty Mfg Co Limited BAY STREET TORONTO Factory NEWMARKET THREE out of Every in Newmarket who buy bread buy ours because it is made of the best material J that can be secured Our homemade Bread is pronounced by all who use it to be the best to be had We would like to YOU try it FRED JACK- End Bakery jf A- The lawyers grave face lighted with an expression as he sat as his desk reading one of a pile of letters from the mornings mail it was sel dom a legal message had power to relax the lines now grown some what stern He looked across the of fice at his stenographer clicking the typewriter Shes a good girl and a pretty girl he thought and she deserves it but I shall lose a treasure Heres news for you Alice he said kindly Some woman who seems to have been your cousin has just died without a will you are next of kin so you are heir to a pretty penny Indeed its not a bad tor- tune for a young woman ten thous and dollars Mrs Mary Dallas Arm strong widow of John Armstrong no children so the letter says Mr snipped his sentences in a quick incisive way as if cutting them with shears Alice Far man half and sat down again She turned pale and in a second blood rushed hack with the great surprise My cousin was all she said Then crossed to the lawyers desk reaching out her hand for the letter as he offered it Read it for yourself my Mr could be paternal to bis stenographer on occasions with pro priety for she was the orphan daugh ter of an old friend and had been committed to his guardianship She proved to be a highspirited girl who preferred not to eat the bread of de pendence and therefore he had taken her into his where she had been for more than a year My cousin i she repeated as if be wildered I knew had one but I never saw her Mary Dallas Her mother was papas There was some trouble about the marriage Pu pa thought my aunt threw herself away Ive heard mamma say and there Was an estrangement A sha dow over her eyes And now shes Mr smiled her atten tion had been claimed by the dead cousin You dont sewn to notice the ten dollars Is that too trifling a sum for your he She drew a long catch ing breath- I couldnt help a mo of pity for my fararway cousin She vyao not more than five years old er than I So young to and leave it leave it for me to enjoy She was actually crying- Well lets go to the business part or I shall be an old fool and cry too it is all personal property Mibt a bit of real estate Well in vested the administrator writes No debts to speak of he says con gratulate you with all my heart Alice though Im a bit sorry for my self I have to lose my careful as sistant Probably the next one wont know how to spell the lawyer grum bled half of them dont When do I come into possession of of all this money she asked tim idly Why just about as you please to take it You e when theres no will the steps right InDoesnt have to wait the year or eighteen months as If there was a will Of course If there were a lot of the administrator would have to flee that they were paid But he writes that here arent any except a few trifling accounts around town which can be settled within a- month If any unknown debts crop up later youll be respon sible for them thats ail Thank you I understand now please Well theyd been married en- for she wont git no kind of a was more composed by this time two months when he came down come likely shell want to If you please I am ready to begin with pneumonia and died in ten days come though But here we be ritrht the day to Not train eh she died too The doctor said real glad youve come to chirk cm up TERMS per annum if paid in advance ways are Bless you my child the old man turned to Alice do you think wed be so mean as to every cent you offer and leave you poorer than we arc So after many more words it was j settled amid smiles and tears ahuthe beginning of an enduring friendship Then Alice bock to have I the legal transfer made poorer by five thousand dollars than when she came but much lighter at heart Next day she wrote a brief note to Mr in which she said if you have not a competent stenograph er may I go back to my old position I will explain when I reach you When Mr opened the letter be exclaimed What in the dickens Well the young women of day are hard to understand but of course I her if she wants to come He wrote Come To be sure I felt like telegraphing Ive had two dames of the pencil within a month The first one couldnt spell told y6u they couldnt half of em The second one mixes up the party of the first j part and the party of the second part in my law papers and cant make her understand which from tother You are a conundrum now I s work Are there any let- The shock was too much for her the Armstrongs gate No thank bub youll be a godsenu take down Shed always been rathr delicate and you neednt pay me twas light I Alice gave a happy laugh going to pack oft on the next just one week from i day he went on my road and Ive enjoyed Im it What a dear No sir I want to it over heartfailure to get a little used to it first So have this mans money bit Twill do em good 1 hope it will said Alice went Five minutes more and the cause my cousin was his wife for two Thank you for your kindness in bring- j Well Missy what does this quick pencil was flying months and Jived just seven days ing me j mean was Mr greeting and the paper like mad but guided longer than he did She put the Dont mention It maam and he she told him the whole story apparently by a coo brain A little question in a low quiet voice drove on j Upon my word Why didnt you later the dictation over Alice Far- Thats about it Miss But It required some nerve to knock at write to me first Afraid your mans fingers were running to and fro theres no question of its legality that door and to introduce herself as guardian wouldnt let you eh Lets over her typewriter as gracefully as if Thats the law in Illinois If there playing on the keys of a piano Mr had been real estate only half of it Royce glancing at her now and then would have gone to widow but saw that she was a little paler than it was all personal property and that usual a more grave but steady was hers as much as if shed lived Shes good stuff he thought like seven years instead of seven days her father Shell do her duty or- Laws have to cover all cases and what she thinks is her duty where- cant make provision for different per- Alice The old mother an swered the knock She was a woman see youre not twentyone yet Time enough to undo the mischief May come in she said With evident reluctance she was admitted ever she is He repeated this when iods of time The administrator They were all there father mother and pale daughter a household smitten by bereavement poverty and illness he looked over her papers and found wished he neednt explain this them written with the usual accuracy shed have to know it some time he The next morning he was secretly reflected amused because she appeared in a black Alice thanked him Yes I see it j The young heiress had to settle dress without a bit of color a very quite clearly Did you say Mr Arm- beforehand how to begin but no noliceable change in one who was fond strongs parents were living And Words would come to her now of She caught his where is- their home must plunge in as best she might tioning glance He mentioned an obscure place just over the border in Wisconsin There is nothing more at present I You arent really sorry are you he said It is a hard question The girl believe she said I am to was too truthful to give a downright you for making everything plain to yes If she must die I am it me and she held out her hand to bun the fortune came to me But it before returning to her boarding- seems just a little gratitude I can show house by wearing mourning for her Oh sir Id like to know whats her cant you understand head he thought Yes my dear I think can and There was a good deal in it and I like you for it The lawyers face once more she must think it over It j had lost its expression took days Oils time though she than a woman s Somebody has A month later Alice was on knew from the first quick insight said that a mans judgment is ruled her way to the town in Illinois where what the end would be his head and a woman by her Mary Dallas Armstrong widow of No Ill not write to Mr John Armstrong had died The girl she spoke aloud in her room I will with all the relief from anxiety which not be rash but matters of conscience of kindly benevolent face Alice saw She saw that he was feigning dis- face harden and set as she men- pleasure You are mistaken sir I her name but she was was twentyone the day the transfer was made I about that She looked roguish Sly puss I he interrupted I wasnt afraid to write to you though I knew your duty would lead you to look after my interests my duty I must do Then as the interest of five dollars would hardly support a girl a healthy appetite and a reasonable for pretty clothes was glad to come back if you want me Mr laughed and then grew grave My child he you were always a good noble girl and I respect you more thai over for this act Hut you must allow an old lawyer to be jealous for laws good name Though in this case it worked an injustice you must always remember that laws do for the most part work the greatest good to the greatest number Yes sir Alice assented meekly Now shall I take down your dicta tion Youths Companion I know you cannot wish to see me she said You think have taken your sons fortune which he made by faithful work dont won der you feel hard toward There were tears in her eyes and no one could doubt that truthful rawest face It was the law Miss we knew that You you werent to blame Old Armstrong this A mans sense of justice is a little keen- heart Ive told moUicr and Melissa so all the he went on r was our fault Alice looked at him gratefully No her modest income would now afford must be settled oneself and i fortune but it wasnt anybodys yet felt a little lonely as she started God out to take the fortune which had The third morning afterward Alice sought her To be sure Mr and her handbag on the train thus far it hasnt been anybodys fault had told her You will always have going to the little village in Wisconsin You may believe me that until three a friend in me my dear Your fath- It proved to be two miles from the days ago I knew nothing of the daughter can never lose her hold railroad station with no means of I have no moral right here for his sake as well asherown reaching It than a hospitable farm- to this money I see that as plainly Then he and in a wagon The fanner regarded her as you can It was not as if they fashion as if afraid of being with kindly curiosity had lived together for years saved and sentimental GohV to old Mr Armstrongs be managed together For a to go to Write to me and if you need legal you lie said in response to Iter In- me a stranger knowing what I do advice bo sure to let me know Take quiry Friend of now cannot keep it I came for no important step without consulting the reply was somewhat that purpose to give it back to you your guardian In a way added I The pale Melissa started to her feot Thank you very very much I Theyre quite cut up since John You dont mean it surely will consult yqu And she died youve heard about it J Indeed I do mean it Alice was was then sure she would do so in She indicated she would like to smiling now important case hear were some minutes of aston- the Illinois town her interview Wetl you see they got much silence A quick revulsion of with the administrator was entirely money own their home but precious feeling swayed the little satisfactory All the investments little ready money to live on cant But my dear Mrs Armstrong were explained her and good advice eat a place you know John he was rose and crossed the room to where given as to what it was best to sell real forehanded and he used to send the girl sab apart Her benign face and what to leave untouched In em Just so much every quarter returned to its usual expression as she fact Alice was a girl who won enough to keep em going com for table spoke Tell us about yourself Are spoct involuntarily The like Didnt take a dreadful lot rich Can you to do tor SIrico the property had to theres a sick daughter loo expose this hi Alice had not expected this question ing but she ajuverci bravely No both just and quick in decision As you I not consulted my hus band or my daughter but I think they go to widows heirs Im glad she youd call her old raald- Well it and no scapegrace of a man John up and died and be Just mar- Now said Alice that I under- then his wife shut up too only am not rich I am an orphan with stand the business- somewhat can you a week apart Sho went just like j own way to make But a poor tell me anything about my cousin scab No time to make a will you girl ui do rghte cannot There were reasons she hesitated see or of course shed have given the to do She drew why the families drifted apart and I property to his folks where be- herself know little about her or her longed Now Its gone to some Mrs Armstrong spoke again Once band man nobody knows about just her was convinced she could be Well its rather a- sad story in because she was a cousin or hut and to some respects man replied to John Armstrongs wife Such a quick wiping out of two The farmer like to hear himself talk you lives John Armstrong was especially when he had such ah agree to what I say We too I real Sy young fellow and by listener He went on can meet a generous sprit generously gcare and good management hed The village was awfully exciled us my 1Mb little fortune Al- about it Most folks the keep half and give us half if you till he could take a lawyer fcwant no use amount to as much as our boy used Some cations to his old evertie statute was plain day to us from salary and Will a isnt gospel atcd the hcuded with ooking as yo knowhad taught quiet figure at his side e others with a in her One Good Deserves Ladies of Canada Sisters Great Britain tikes nearly all the exported produce of Canada English Scotch and Irish boys produce the teas of Ceylon and India- Canada consumes pounds of colored and doctored Japan Green teas Green lea of pure natural green leaf are being introduced from Ceylon and India They are now on sale all live grocers jv Statesmen see obstacles to preferen tial trade within the empire You ladles can sweep obstruction Bring your patriotic sentiment on your breakfast table Your grocer will get these pure teas if you only in sist The Salada Tea Company have plac ed them in hundreds of stores Many other leading firms ship ments corning Only laggards await the jumping of cat Colonist when she old grumbler my guardian is It seems like going home So she packed her trunk and A grain of shot lodged in eye of Joe Marks near He will lose the sight of one optic Fire at last wecli de stroyed Hills Bakery and McQuades stove and tinware store Detroit Mich Dec Central depot at Wyandotte a su burb of Detroit was the scene of a bold mail robbery some time when a pouch containing it is estimated of negotiable pa per cheques and money was stolen from the waiting room Ont Dec The of were almost unani mous in their desire to have Messrs- Bullock establish foundry In this town voting on the to loan them suited in a of for and only four against The foundry s to be April and is to employ a hundred hands the star i