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V THE CANADIANBANIQ OF UU}s3`$1..('n-\\/ he-at. 31.5.0, barley $1.10, pe-as .`B2.O0=..0ats 550, rye $1.25, buerkwhcat. $1.001-$1.1O,T hay $'l0.00-$1"3-.00,. butter 3'40- .`-i6c, eggs; - 40_!5c, potatoes, bag-, |;~:;2.o0, turliey, 1b., 25c, chicken 20_`."Jc, wool, xvashed 42-/45c, do Llnvsfashcd 324376. I17 1 us; -~ m. ..._. x. u-- u Orillga -- Wheat $1.55-$l.57, harley 90-$1.90.. oats 60-620, peas` $1.50_$`2.50, buckwheat? $1.00-$I.10, [rye $1.10-$1.20, chicken 18-200, .turk'eys_j25-28o,` butter ,38_40c, eggs '42__44c, pot- atoes bag, $1.75-$1.85, woo1,,un- washed, 34-350, do, washed, 45- /L70. . ' " W. A. Lowe & Son have added a new branch to their furniture business, that of upholstering. Mr. Noland, who conducted a repair jshop `at Charlotte and Berczy .Stso.,. wyl look after the upholstgring work. _ 34-tf `H(/3-ollingwood 4-. Butter 350, eggs 500, wheat $i.60`.$1.65, oats 60-'6/10;: . barley 90c-$1.20, peas $2.00-$2.15, `buckwheat. 9.~`l. 15_$1.25, potatoes; h'u_s-. $1.60. SATURDAY MARKET uIAl.'A\llJ (Tr`_>V be cc -zmtintxed`) . dressed, la Ll20* L ., .. .. ., .. nvBb-, ;,j.,,.18L uds, lb. . . OJ .. .. `CS5 lb. .,L .,. .,; H. nds,1h'....,,.,_., res .:,.$ .,..._.u ,.bagv.L- .--- --$ , peck ' . bag ;. asket .. -. .. .,.., basket . . . . . . "350- -_LI.A__- L__J Z _`1` hE`IE1 f seen .43_&5c- 45-500. .20-240; . 160. W -c'.`/IE>'.,"LL.'I5.'.'I->E.'L'., President `IT-LN/*.?I=; JONES) A53 : {Haw CAPITAL PAID UP. $15,000,000 Ressave FUND.7 $13,500,005 } 50; .i0c. 16c. . 13c _'[lsumiwy;. r-tam-umvv 1s~;~.1u11r ' If U?v;Iv-rw Tho` welsh`; Soprano. 'TE`ACEER"(_)F VOIGE PBODUC- ;TEON AND` .SlNGI NG; Sjpeciax ;les-so-n~s [for repertoire, English `and Ita;i-an. Studio--at"M1`. Geo, Kon~J'.m~a;n:'s; Mary SLL, Ban-ie_ Ph*one- 85-b`. For temns;-~.etc.., can at studfier on VWed-nesdays; Voices tea?-ted" free. ___...___...____.....______._____ I `Y `U9 Br Ill-HA I win : _..-..`,"". Piano-.-and Vocal uossons. vocal work special attention is gi-ve_n- to; Voice Poduction. `Stuio 1n. K1.ng' Block Phone 424 MISS" ELSIE N EILSOII` TEA\(gH.ER OF PIANO AND THEIDRY. Studio at_ 1313 C0-1-her n-1..-...` ..lQA A-l`.EX'AlDEB~G0li\I>AH*~ Successor to Lennon: Gowan 8: -Bivown Barnisiier, S'0o1'icitor' f or obtaining-' probate` of- wills, guardianship and adzninismration, and-=Grlenera1 Solicitmg. Nbary, Conveyancer, etc. Oices-: Hinds B-lock, No, 8 Dunlop- Street. Money to loan. II .l.11l`.7J-U11 !-Ir. w uuuuu ..... Street. Phone 186. .__._____YT _,` BOYS IND -muacnwanv Barristens~, Solicitors, Notary: Public; Gorweyancers, Etc. Money". to loan: at `lowest 'rates~-~01`? inter- est. Oftzes-: 't3'OwenSt-.' (in than premises- 1T0-mnerly occupied by the-..B7ank\ of Tbronto). Branch` Oice, E1-mvate, Ontario. ` W. A.` B0ys-,- K\G., M391 D'.- G. Miire-hi-sen. V 8 $'l'EWAI7`l" 8: '8TEWRT` BAR`RIS~'BER3S; Solicitors-,~ Notaries Public andsC0-1mveyance1's-.- Money to loan.in 3'y`SllI]'l5 at lowest (mt- rent rates. Ofce 13 Owen St., Barrie, Ont. Stewart. - % mmnnss-"w.` PI:.A'XTO` - V1 BARRIE}`BER. ,. SOJLIGITQR, ETC1, 606 C0I11.f,iI18'I.'lxt.3l Life Buibding, southeas-t; (am--:ne1- Bay and Rich- m011d~ S~b:s.,V Tcmmto. 'run'rou's GARAGE Phone 484. 15 Olappyeirton St": DiN|`LDz.'=ROSS, l:.l'.;B. BARRIS I`E'B,,.. SU1.lGIEl`.()`-B,,_ I'z1TC., Bank of T-'0.L`~m:it0 Building, Barrie_ Money to 1.0-aux. - eazswrcxa e:au._ NV` BAam.s1rm:Rs Sl)I..lGHJ!O-RS F0 I`hc;.QIJ. r\1|nII .\n. nun! -n{'. I{u.1rl:i..-.u-sh. ...-. .1J1\L|cll~`llD\J.l_'.hA:uI|kf, kJ|Jlu.l\J`AJ.I.\J'l.l.LT' J. unq the Suprteme -(}0u1't-of Jfuckmratureu of Ontamso-,. Proctm-3,`. N'o.ta1'ies, Jotxveyance-Irs, etc. Ncmey to-. loam; Oimress P11. R'U."+s. Block, Bamrin. `W. A, .1. EM], K.C. ,n..1-Lo.s;,,`I:Ti,i.z{{u.i1:,' F..C.P., L.on..., mien, Phxysician, Sturgeon, etc. Of:... ?ce am;- Residence, Dunlop St.-,V !lBart-i9"-. Telepimne 165. Otce gala-Ies-iglerrgls-;T"G+o:'he1' of?` T!b.1ronto- and Elizabeth:. Streets. op~posit;e-. Elizabeth. St. Methodist-1 (TJ:m1'ch:. Telephone 167. `_ 4; Mme. G;.:unMauLL (McG~{[:ILL-) (Susssesson to Dr. R. S; Broad`). Office and! Residence. corner Elizat>.c-A,'h amd Bradford` Sts._, Barrie, Ff]-one 05, -n nu. I-`SRUIO, II.1.l.`, UHIIQ SUR:GERY AxND C-sYNEGO-LOGY, especially. Phone 61. 56 Gollien. St., Barrie. ` ' _.- ---w-u I uuutl` BUCK`: 122 Bloor St. W., Toronto, will; be at- 91 Owen St., Barrie, every Safcurday- Diseases, Eye, Ear;. Nose and- T-hroaiz. . Consultation hours 1-1.3.111. to.5 p.m. and byv 'a.p,p.ointmen-t~. T01-onto Pmnex NOI't_h` 3326 ; Barrie Phone `No. 2. EXPEI-'Al1' MOTOR REPAIRS All kimis of small repairing-- Ps_*ou1pt. Sm-vice. Touring Car for lm'---lVl0Lm-cycle for sale. I _-____ _..,-...- r-rII_IIII\l'- lllll-Ii. THOS. ROGERS; PROP., Builder- .and. Gantr-actcr. Manufacturer 'of Sash, Doors, Frames and: Blinds. A. A1] kinds of Dressed- Lumbevr, Flowing; v Geilin and Moulding. kegm in stock. greases- ing dame on. short no-hice. Wood: turning. a specialty. Tanks made- to order. The ladestxixnprovedi method for drying lumber. Fac- tory and (Mce, `Cmr. Sophia. anti Mary St. Phone 163. P.O. Box 685. Baxrrle. ' G. W. JA. Eastma, Pr0p,., R-. G. Manuel, Mgr. Dealers in Mnn|1rnnn` m. u. mwu1.u.e1, Lvugr. we Granite and Marble Mo and Tablets. Only best used and first-class W0!`k1 ployed-. Prices always I corsets filled with. Spirella hon- ing. It- is u.nb1-eakabie, non- rustable, exible, hygienic, sani- tary. Fit -_-uaranteed. M`-aterity and nursing "feature specials. Brassiel-es,'blo.use forms, misses and children s waists. Saturdays. 1_ 6 C`ha-rlotto. St Bar-irie 41 .1 IV JLAEJIXLA I Outt free, exclusive territory "and money making specialties. Our agencies are the best 111 the business, for we sell the highest, grade of stock at most reasonable prices and guaran- tee deliveries in rst..class condition. Nursery stock is selling well this year and good money can be made in this dis- trict. For particulars write Sales Manager. / PELI-IAIVI uunszinv co. n TORONT0,0HT. ? _..r--- I -Ia IIIJIU Reliable salesman to an agent, in Simcoe County. PAY VVEEKLY nnfi 1>`--A-~ Mi?-9= Nana; IS the only one in 3.l`I"le and Allarudnha mhn 1..-....u.... In; A; Lmns; mo-.~, cm, DIEIFDV .A..T\Y,`l\ (\.11\v1-an/xv A Fir; & Life Insurance Agnl Children Cry FOR I- l.ETcHER'S A3-I-3"` on; ||?I0(R'l'~lMfl2 Lvgu. 131,-... 0:. 111 rn mm H.` 1': ERMA-Al.L'- .u.'JIIDlJ.lJU|II.'D~ CD. 1.11 WA NTED NOW .14- , ,- MED ICWL uu 3 VVd.lb'l:5. AI; n0~Ine7 16 C'ha-rlotto. StABar-rie LEGAM-. A number of Valuable Fagrmsfland Town | Properties for Saie on the rndsf :rea.s_o_t able terms. . A P _.l'i L _` BANK OF TORONTO BUIEDING BARRIE ~ . A11-'\l L1 ULILULIUC material workmen em- nn--- _.: ...I- A right. - act as `Thursday :11. Hu- 'Wlli(` Tue- sull in.'4 Buy `~91! - In :` .!1`4`nu sm` EDMUND VVALKER. ]):1\s am`: .,\ r Hno "on in-. 3.. Dhun bufrkl the (2 SW IIQQF _, , , YCXIIC bone from `I`;'ansact a General Banking ..-.A.-.n SUI defe blood kidn the rcsto larit heal AC no ll 50c NAT (1 Ill. head nvu-i . nuu ml, `UIQ It is IMPERATIVE that EVERY PERSON IN CANADA ,sh9u1d A A WORK HARD * WASTE NOTHING SPEND LITTLE SAVE MUCN Intereqt allowed at-3% pep annum on Sa'ving:svD_epoIita of _$1 and upwards at any branch of the Bank. Mann: Inhuou. I... Ir. (moss, I I-ago sax a Q ~.-...~u.-V Business. I! .'k`1nLV n Real Estateand [Vloney .toLo'u.n New Meat Market! V We Havndle Everything in Fresh and .Cu1-ed Meats, Canned Goods. Fresh 1 T-"-nl>n'\`nn` 1.91 can anti 53- 9-%.|J1iI.'!.b 90- u N o"E""f"X"k E R s BARRIE; ONT. :iVl0Jrgue and C_hape|A ( succckor to the Late Meaford Webb) Full line of all the latest Caskets kept in stock , in.` cluding Grave Vaults and Oak Shells, Open Day & Night Phone 431 Licensed . Embalmer Proprietor Tl-IE BARBIE UNDERTAKING PARLORS W.R.IIeiIly, Funeral` Director T.BEEOROFT & no.1 w, D. _l\_/li_nj_nikin (.Opp6site Bu-yson"s`St`orVe) jjlagj-.99l@. BANKERS 3cott s Established 1819. Ar: \-`Veil Suppiied Open Day and Established` l.800" in connection LPKQPI Ill. w u L - u V... V- --, Btaztis, 'A'b:.:0un.t.s collected. Sterling Exchange bought or an /1'.` rl Bookstore ...._.at__ Phonxe 82 CHAPTER I. ` .slr Glare Monk ``All visitors` ashorel. The stentorian tones rang above the babel of conversation. Z - Good-bye, '1`heo dora!o Two men and a Woman Stood` among the crowd on the deck of `the Ubangi, bound for the West Coast of Africa. V vuuuu um .-... a.\4`~U i The man who spoke was a .small, fussy man, with a calm `eye. He looked about fty, and su_g`gested importance. He had th1n. greyv side-_whiskers, a clean shaven chin, a short. thick nose, and bad teeth. ` The woman he kissed-wl1o was his second wife---1nig'ht have been his` daughter. She showed. in the long slim lines. or her figure all the breeding that he lacked. She seemed to draw back as he embraced her, and then put out her smooth cheek to invite another caress. --~~_- t\`r\l\ll nu:r~ln \4`I4|rl- KILILIO LU luvlbc a1uJuxu; The other man stood aside with a considerate air; but he was used t.o such farewells, and to him the sentimental aspect. of Sir Glare Mo'nk s departure was swamped by the instructions he "had received. He was Sir Glare ' Monk s right-hand man;' for the next three Inonth,..'s' he would be Sir Glare Monk, while the great |man paid his bi-annual visit to ithe Lobanzo Protectorate. `He iwas. young, and tall, and straight iandobronzed by the fierce sun of {those distant. lands; in his pierc- ling light,blue_ eyes shone all the ,quali|..ie.st the Englishman is not- ed for, which makes him esseii- itially the ruler over the wild ipeoples and the waste places of .-the earth. .His name was John- 1.orion;` his age was twenty_sev- on, but he looked older. Hecame of one of the few families in the kingdom who for centuries past have iiidulgeiitly looked, down on even the oldest nobility as of mushroom, growth. His assoc- iiation with Sir"Glare was now l1e&I',1.V five years old, and dated ;from his Oxford days. i I ---.. 1--.] 1-1.`- You must be getting off," he !said. Keep me well advised; - I gshall expect, a eahleatTeneri'e._ | I`hen he added in a lower voice, iiand with curious impressive- ~_ness: Remember, John, I leave ;everything to you. By the Way ;--e as he spoke he took from [his pocket a small gilt key-"of elaborate and curious pattern, and handed it to the young man --here is the key. It s quite 'underst_ood_, isn t it`? I don t suppose for a moment I shall ever want you to open the little safe in my room at home, and you clearly understand that you are not to do so without special instructions from me.VAnd what- ever you do ,John, never let this key out of your possession. .I. hold you responsible. ._ __u,1__1 _.;.1 . WhenfLt;;;g:;e;1tuI:1daVr; had kiss- ,cd his beautiful-young wife he iturnedto L01-ion. LL11, _. 1 I_._ ...,.LL:_._._. -1!` 1! L... --v-.. J... a-`as/`akin-AsI . The young man nodded, and returned his. chief's steady .un- emotiona1_ gaze with .a__lQok of ' perfect comprehension] 'n1__. ........1.... 141-.. 'r'......'..... .-...-.A Business. .)t.es; cashed or collected at the most favorable rates. - V cash Cheques drawn on. any gun`); in `Canada or the United 1 JOHN Amp. Geneul H. v. F. JONES. Asa cqn Manager `BY .. Corals}: Stanton Heath Hosken Manuel- The mighty altars rose in lazy m.-V the -sun'or the blue of the` skies `port. Work is omn-ipotent; its The` "great, black `banner of com.merce bung limply over the river, and the chimn;ey-stacks=of Blackport pierced the` s-m.ck.e'.` ` pa1r1- like` s'em:'i`edL banks of lane-es-.. The sacrices of ten rthousandh ba1_1ds,` to merge` in the great black canopy that shut out the sun` and. the` blue of the` sk.5'r.. Blackport had: little traic with: It cou`1d',n0t af't"im-`dd to look up: It was much too busy. The e'te~rn`ali . roar of unc asing work, of ma-- ch-inery, an men` laboring to at-~ chieve, sounded. like the distant crash of surf, rising and f"allf,in'g-,.. forever restless. They do not kmcw what rest means` in; Black- god5 .is energy; its ritual con--- stant movement. _Ecnd`0nt is a: somnolent cathedral town com- pared` to this city of`.'vs-rork. Men`: sleep-in London. In Blackporta. they werk and.` die. ` Me-nxstrousi ships s~i1ecn tly cast` away. -from the whaxtves and: slip guilt.i1!y down to the~sea,Z and pass- phantom -ax-.gosies~ coming. ins from" the" lands beyond.. All day. and all night, they come~- and`. go --week. in, week out;.wi1:uter and summer. They are all part of in the-'- diabolical orch'est1ta;` their- .the vast: opera of trade; their. hoarse-~ sir-ens have their place- smoke- their steam are ,val- ues in the great c_ol0r'- sr:I~1`erne; __.. >.n. i . What is the good of. it aIl`?"E exclaim.ed._ Lady. Monk, as` sin; looked; backward. What is t-he` g0od?` ` . FIWLA ---'I;.21... .....:..-.1...-I 13...... Ali cvvun u The _whi.te-painted liner. slip- ped awary-. fr-om thelandiI1g;-s-t,ag`e;. bound for` `West African ports` which are merely names to the- I11 ajori.ty~;0f' people; There` was nothing extmordinary about it. It: was an everyday occursx-enc..e~,. very like. {me departure of the 5.48 from Cannon . Stm-ea-t to (lnoydom 0.1- the M o cl'oc*k'fmm- V'ict01`i'av: t0 Brighton. An. atciavl g`la11ced?'i at his watch,. and (:on-.. gratulalzad himself that she was off to the minute of SClildi1Ief] time, and went about liis other duties. .That `the: .stI':3_:ins of Auld "Lang Syne camse~ across- lhe q;u=i-ckly widening Sp-iI(.`-0 of water, muddy and churned-,-. and two 0r~-th1-ee women were crying lquietly as they wat,ch'ed liter slide- zmway` into the smoke and mist, would; not he noticed,_ had one li10t luokedw for it. ~ ' | .99 _A:_|| \JI\l~ Sbecial attentiun will be given to {he ac.cmnn10duti0n `of farmers "m=(.his locality. _ V T Money tn Loan on Mortgages. Ag`e.m;y_ Sun V Life Assurance Gbmpany of Canada. Oicc,-, Hours 10 to 4. T, RE'ECROFT,- Manager. ll\7lJ Iv`L'\Jl\\.'\..I 1\JL Lu; I `_`It always inspires me-,Asairl I.(>rion~.. It thifills me: 1. think.` it`s. splendid. Standing here,. one ieels in touch with the ends. of the earth. Look t'1'_l-ere at that Ameifcan hogt going out.` Those fellows canhave sup-per at the_ `Cafe 1VI`~u1'tin ve days hence: And` look, at that weary st.c.rm-hat'ter- ed thing wit.h the red` and green, funnetsl` Think or it, Lady ? Mom-kl` vShe s come st.ra.ig'h:t from the Pl_ate~--- And there gzoes. the Uhangi, for the Coast!` I: tell you it s- sple'nd'id!. Iit"s. 1`i`f *--tI'ade! ' One lives here in Biackport. Yes, `it s 'splencl`id, -this coming and` going` of shiitps5.' I n-n__ _..-..-.s~ n...,. L. nnnn Ar] 4 r..nn `(mun UUIJILLLQ u.L1u bun:-5 U. uu;1.--4-.. ' The man s rne bronzed face `lit up with b(yisl1_ erttlxu-sia-sun, and his eyes Laughed re and youth and unbounded energy in- to the moving` smoky vapors; ut 1L:__1_ :1.-7.. ,J.,......JJ`..l 17- r:]n-];.,,_,._ DU L111`; 1111111115, cu1u,:n_7 vuuyu I think if. s dre-adf11l,` The-0- dora Monk said` dully. Did you `see al'1 those boys just now`? How many of them will ever come `back ?' Every man jack of em fully expects to, cheerily 1~et,m*ted than young man. H'I'1--l. -l`....,..,. and [Wk 7 1rnnxx.' J Uuug Luau. But fever, ahd-- Oh, I know you men laugh at things of that sort! Still,` the West Coast is an awful place. can..- .1...-..-.9t tldn? A4` {Bacon (1VVl.kl1 yluuuo One doesn t think of these things, Lady Monk. You take your chance. W'hy,ey0u might as well begin to contemplate sudden death every time you get "into a. taxi, or expect to catch typhoid every time youeat an oyster. . _ `Fl 'InA.nn fllnnn _ xiii ha 9]] U.J`D`hIw'Iiope Glare ~ will right, she -said, a little lously. unn .-,.-....... I....9H Ln nl` luuany . Of course he ll .be all right. And the voyage will do him Worlds of good. He's been I-ath_ er run down lately. There never was such wonderful man for work. But .We'd better be going, hadn t we`? See, they re right off now! .Bon voyage, mes amis! - ' 1_-,-.'| -1. AL... auuaa * He waved his hand at t.he smoke-grey phantom, slipping stealthily . away into the haze, and with a swift; comprehensive survey of the glorious pageantmv of the river, turned to his com- panion and escorted her `through one of the broad covered gang- ways to her motor car waiting in the busy square, the terminus of the extensive Blackport tramway `system, where the huge cars ceaselessly revolved in an un- wieldy quadrille. FIVE... x A u a n no v\nn-I1 nknn1r ha-rude Wlcluy L1uq.uL'.uu7. The young man shook hands with the_ beautiful woman. l.L'I',-- ___-A ..-._.... .IA.cvv\ In `Inn Wlbll L110 JJUo.u.ux:.u:. nun.-...u. . I m1 just going-down to the office, he said, with his pleas- anit smile. ? ' LL11`--- __:1I .J....} -.:.lL vvnn Ivn uuc soiq. rm: name axnnmaan Ann srrunonv momma be A all tremu_ said,-aVr_1d there was-* a curious` eagerness in her riotr voice: I?l,1_A Iii: dinner for any time-you like: hilt I must see you:. Ii shail be ?quite- aione; 1 have__som-.e- tl31ings__ `I mus-t_ say to you." ..- Lorion looked at her with a `very natural surp`ri`se.` As a rule "he saw very 1ittle`0f his; chiefs wife; She Live-cl in anottiey world `to that of B-lackport, anii was mostly in. London,. vv1r?eIre- line, huge` 1. 1:ourse in Hamilton P`1?ace.- -was kept open entirely .f0vs' hw- l:e11e't.. S-ir Gliare merely regard- ed IJ0n`d-en: as as painful bus~iin'e`ss _n'cces's~i4t;y;I to him Bl'ackp,0rt: W358 {the hub of` the universe and ILxm2-, don` an asntiquasmd pleasure` cri.ty._ * -. 1: Will you: ring. me up?"IZ.a'(n`.yE: l\ F0n=k: net;@rtetd' with even mozrm` Vin (_3`0InprehIe1rsihle~ eagernes- 1,; =_And7,. remae1n`be1-`, I very much` want you: tie come. ii un'....4..:...n.... --..'ns.. ...1.....,j-,_..... .1` ! The: grea-t. travelling 1imous'- 5 inc` sapedi awaiy towards vDunb`ury',.:? |L`lie` ugliy n`1i.d`_Vic1m-ian mansion` an the; out2sk1"rtJs' of B1`ackp0ri,. that. a S*{1C-GOSrS~flEl!l' draper wouidr have despised as an residence; but 5E Glare-M0n'1{., m`i'l=1`i'0-naire, empiI`e:.; ;1iuaiI'de1', the pravctizcal ruler` of?` "B1acI;p(->rt', fibuzndi amply sui0-- .ie.uf, for the needs of his house--. ;3hu1?d'.. -v 1 up . May I l`e'ave~ it open` f0.n~ an hour" 01:` so-?" the young man Vaskedf. : . --..... . p..-.---.-. -. l J\J\A p vu-.-\zv T" `7derta:i.nu1--wi m `Bout are` very 1'{ II: .. \vl`I&.. As soon` as Lady Monk had? idt-ifven; away-.,. bre` smile faded! 1'1-um John: Iuonimfs face, and a great _graviLIy.- settled upon it. walked. the: ShI.)L'$. distance he-<';~ twe-en. the landing`-st,age and Pole~; St.1'cet,. under. the shadtinw. of tho]: enormous wamh.mn.ses and fac--1`; tori.es,. at w.h.i(zh. he glanced with.` `pride-,. as i.f ho. had smnething, to-,1 do with their c21.'e.mi,)11_._ Sir Gla1:c`5 l\lonk. had had: 3.. great, deal, and .; .L01'ion. had coxnplmely identied 3' `himsel1' wit.l'1- his chief in the` ;ym1L's` that he` had sen-`ed him. `So ! 'n1L1r_-J; so, t.hu:t, on h'i:+7fx`cqI.1.ent, absences L119 gveat man left them young 0u.e- \V'..U.b: pzmcrtically 1111- ] limited a-1xLh.m'i.ty,. and a n'1.0stf d_c(.>1n.p-rehen-siwr p.0wm* of att0.1--| ney with re:~:n_w-r:t`to his prix`-`at-:e'i iI11.+;~t`r_}sts.. .. . I` llll.|;`1'L't?LS.. \ - ' A.s"1a.e w.z1s' e-I.1.terin;gr the glass dmiuts of tlm luty .~7~quaI`e |J`.li:ld.- ; ,in.g's,. the head(.1._ua,1'le1's of L111:-` firm of Monk & G0,. a news-boy braudished; a cm)-ten-l.s-hill of t;h;eV | Bl;3:.kpOL*- News-lleet in his f.-we-..: 1.m'i0I1 xvm-cer..l'\as he 1`ead`,a iu `large blac-I"; let.t.e-1*-5: . LO~BANZ`O' SC.-XNDAL u`-LARE MONK LEAVES EOE `IVEENBA Fl~l.'ESH P3XP'(`)SURI+1S OF B.L:B:..(3.k; i His g1'~a-ve- expressioxl dee~pem:edl Turltp a" frown. The bright sun of ~ the July aft.eI`n0m1 mocked`. lit -Em; ,2-ve_r_vtl1i.ng was black. Brad! lbeen. thinkingr olllynftha--g;(.1@df thi_n_gs until llie saw that.` ._-121.. t3e11l.s-sheet..: of the pow, ~ that (.`-lure Monk wielded, of l1i's..use- fulxw;s::~*, of his e\'er-expa-m'Acli11g lIll(PI`().'s'lv.S', of the gn0ul_.. sl;va:Egll1l,',. `wl1ite~Vn1en who \\'(1`l{0t:l`~"fm' him, and, in sex`-ving him, Se}l. \e'( the n_Empi1-0., carryiltg the l}`dIIimi1=:l" of` `c-ilization intn the dark places Of the earth. But nnw 119- was re- 111inded 01` tlw ugly ;sj('.aau:(=al`tl1at. busy with 1110 gmesxt `man's name, - of tho cha1'g'e.< `(Of self`; seeking, of i:1h11111a11ity;_.. m mon- ey_making (ml. of tl1c~ t`.0rl.ure- of innocent helpless blaclis and his, blood boiled. .LiYvl , (1. `u`YI-_- JAMES PATERSON Licensed Auctioneer and App raiser ` For Coimty of Simcoe. Prepared ta. conduct. Sales at. reasonable rzg,1,_es-. Satisfaction guaranteed. 1 Ann n....A-|.| ea BI-nu-m 19-I AJALIIJIA lJ\'1|l4 Why did l1e_lg`0`?;'- h\Vl1_v on-` earth did he g-'0"?"' he asked him-_ self. as he 111)ui1t.enii' the 'bm:.>a(i-' flight of shallow stone steps, I never really tlmught he.wa-s. going. VVhy didn-71; he stay and` face it`? It, looks.l:if11:ecowa~I'diie; like flight; and t.l1'c+t*e never was a braver man on the face of the earth. . A V 1. ,,,,,_4_1 \J|..I Illa He passed t.}hrcmgh severa-ll `I`O0IT1S, mah0gzmey_panelled`, with solid doors and` c~a-Ifved cor`!-1-ices, maps on the wazfls, and big tab- les. set on rich; Tu~r-`key cvarpe-ts.. In the GOl .`1`id0l ,. just outside his own private 0fT2ce-, he met Mac- phcrson, the g'ene~1'a.l ma~nager of the steamship line that was one- of the, _muItifa1A-ious int,e1-ests that Gdare Monk contra1l`ed. (\9-`&- 1.1.. - l:l.l.(.ll' \,l'.l(A/ll; ;u.L'ux\ mun: 1,; <;nnuu- How do, Lorion? said the Scotsman,- a man of about forty- ive, with a spare frame, a long narrow head, apair of blue eyes like gimlets, a tiny black mous- tache, and a thin mouth that closed like a trap. He had been an` engine-`driver in his ' earlyl -days;` and he always gave the impression of a man driving with full steam ahead, with his hand on the thr'ott.1e-va1ve._ Has he rea11y'g0ne`? he added, as ghey shook hands. Vno 77 -nn-n]1'nrl T nvrinn T,\!p ID! 'D1l\J\J1\ 1Lu:LL\Auo Yes, replied Lorion. "`I ve just seen him off. He, lI`so0n be back, though. LL11rL~-, 4:4 1.... ....:)n .....1-,..~! 1!-.1. luuun, uuuug A. VV,hy did` he go? asked the Scotsman, That s what I want to know. What. does it mean`? He shouldn t. have -gone, man! .1 11.... .J,..... r\O`\l` Illa/ll .l\Jll.L]VVUl.| 11.1111 ll.l|.lJ ULILI I. \_ I I - n n no Read that, he said, handing Lorion a copy of a paper-_cover_ ed novel. But perhaps y6`ve I-J-1.) |`.llKJ\Ll.Ll.ll L` llIJoVlJ DIJLJL/Q lll\AIIl Lorion opened the door and entered .is ofce, a square, plain. room, 3th a 1oft._v'eei1ing.A The buzz of the ceaseless stream"-`of electric cars {in Pole `Street. came through the open window like `the humming of bees. The Scots- man followed him into the room. 1.1.1-5 1 411 L- ___'_I l_-_..!:...,.. V 12 pIea:r;une~..; ii llzo vv-u-an I'D Ila; `5Afn:3r1zk-`r e1.*- attack-',' - s3:`S P64 to be"-aH1mNe`,. but it is nothing more or less ` tl1`an.. av viruient pamphle by some of DI'ake s people;. But it's poweniml, and will do iinme'nse*harm. Read it, man, .andz-tell me- how. the dick- ing to iufcerp-.1-et Glare"s~ die-par`- _ture= todycli `Why, iL taaii1: ad.- _mission. Id` you accu'se**a; man gof being: at. nmrderer and-T-av.-lii'3I`, ga robbergz. a: tarturer, a- ma~=.g`1i.- Vied archatandg. and that ma11::m- _$fstead- of-` demyimg _t.he= changes, j rmeekly leaves the country lm: a , jfew= months and? the -accusations Vito 10ok- afteiv themse1ves,..w1'm'at Roan you t1iink;`. . Hre is~--Glare "';Monk,- a suggerb nexjve, __}Euck' andabiliiy, who, by; sheer V. ;g-audacity and a genius for '0I~.g.-an- 'n f;!izati0n and" grassping big .i(1e_%'lS, ti gland` at thi3~ same time dealing dfigwith minurtost-I detail, a many M It g1`annnense:' pens-onal charm` and i magnet;ism;..a- inan wh'0- hvask-1:19;- [I r---I )f=~-3691']: from th`e-position of 0fce\b0y __ .to be 0ne=~of' the Biggest-com- _._ gmercial men in the c0uuti'y;.. a lgman who` is a power, a man---" 55111-- .1 .' --- '-.\m..i ,.,r1- 1 .-....n.\ . ens any, neaxsonable man: is g0-i torted Maephersoxi. It! purports I 1v\4nxm > 1(X__;];_UP`. $DGl:lDlGUUlULL alAI.l4ALJ4&1u\.I \ - . 12!! Bayeld St. Phone 191 Orders le-ft. at A. F. A. Ma1com- sep's.0fT1ce will receive prompt a(.`ten;t'ion. sezr. it ' already T. I Ania-mun "l\l\`? - 4 `glanced at the title-page. It was. `_ na-m e` appeared. seen. u. aureauyz. , - A *4 Lotion took the" book anbg ca lle1i`3 The White `Minn: A. Stogy. of `me 'B.I.R.C." ` 1%: `author s `L u1u-.,.s~.- r... N...-.1 M1 L-. v-mmun anon L-lnlllll \/ IQy1I`\JIA v\no N0;= ?` he said, it. \_V'h`-at is it?" .., .. ,_,u...,_., .. .... -- My dear Mfac.-,. Lorion' - inter- I mpted, for ' g'o0dnaess `sakg;: shut. giwp. \Ve V`e~~liea-rd and read` 311'! l:h,9iS so o'ften=.-. G?li-awe Monk is one Lari? the -marvels or t,heAcentu1*.y, {.a3r1.d~he S a maen: asny Eng'Iishinzm gisfrould be ~p__I-0ud' out`. One -of. the iihest. I-'-II`a11g it all, I d dd.-any- iiblinifrg for himz?" an - - -a .-n-or , ,u...7..,, JIJL ..,..__.. V 4. , . '``He s a wh1le-man, sald-: 1`I-`arm- {:[9'1{H8I`SOI1 in a t. 0n=,+2:- of mlliiy... 7 A--. -._. ...,..J,l.\..1` TL-..` rvv'b(V . if Larion nodriedi. Thc1'e- was ;:n.=r.=)i:.hiI1g' more t.(-fr be said. `fe -gfixnced qu~i'r:ki`y` t`En:~oug`h` t,h"e-pa-:2- ms of the '+ann11-,vm-0113 novel; and, he read; lit.-.xf:'rmm'I1ed.` anil s9Iv- iierai tirnes gave~-vent t.o 11om~.me'ed l9e~xcIan1at,i0ns.. /p-`< .- an Thnug:li- eXt.I'e-mely c0l'dT,; the maI'k'(-.L- was very well flliitui on Saturday xmlvorr-ring. Eon: lfnulier to 450.. per- lb. and !fm:~. eggs 50c.- pm dkozen was aslmdi.` The 'pnult,I'y (7.fc1'ing:,. Wh'i(}h4 ms al- gmost enzfiijrely dressed (2-ln:icke11, "was veuy; large for-t1"teeseas0n. H 240. a-.1b=. was asked, the`-E1righe'st { figurewtllmis-\virrf,em~. Beef was 13;," 160. a: bib. and pork 139:5-. foress and 233:. hinds; pe-1' 1b'~.. This seems. an almost pgn-0hibit,ive` price` for pork`,- but. the 1~iV"e+- weiggzft max`-k`e~L is so 1b'>xr~isk, t.ha2I`.' very: lliiuleis brought. 'm:1dressed;, . - Onions, .A ..35'e.-50c,-. ` Pickling cabbage, head. .1 I 5 I Avelrage, pn-Ices wexre lows:-~ Bulitter .. Eggs,dozen.- . -m Gl1:iie;ken,. dressed, 111+ as fol- .../13-/4350.. Fowl, lb. .. .. .. .. . .. G019-se,.lb. ., .. 200. Duck, per; lb . ' ....1.8s-2.00. Beef, hinds, .. . . . fares, Perl<,. hindl_s,. lb` . .. . 23c. Perk. for-es 190. llmtatoes, bag . . ....$1:.7;5, l': 0tatoes.. . .350 _ Turnips, Beets, basket . . . .. .. .' . 300. as. on ..05c. Cabbage-,, each. . . . . . . . . . . '10:: Cau-lifkewex-,' ealch. . . . . .,.. 5'6-10:3. Dried Sage, bunch . . . . . . . .50. Summer. Savory, bunch . . . . .50. Thyme-, bunch .. . . . . . . ._.5c Horse Radish; bottle. .. . . . . 1150. Clover Honey, 10-11)., pail .. $13.50- Clo-ven Honey, 5-lbL. pail . . 75.0 Honey in cmmb, lb .. . . . ._..,'l-.8c-. Buttermilkyqt. ,9. .. .. .. ..5c. Knitted socks, pain . . . . .. 800. Knitted mitts, pair? . . 75c. Hay, ton. .. $12.00. , S'tra-w,_ ton .. . . .. .. $8.06} .,20-24c. G00. NEAR"-BY MARKETS, Stayrun--7-B1.tt,te1,' 40-42, eggs 500, ehiclm-ns 15-180,, turkeys 3`3-350. 1 4.. ...... hfur Reading Neds: