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Thug-edey, December 3, 1814. [OTC IIl`UIilu . ~ 3-Becauee the soil needs; =3 VILIIIESF LIVISTOQ. IF SO . you stand a splendid chance to win $25.00 in cash which is going to be given away at REEVFRS JEWELRY SIORE, The Leading Gift Store `of Barrie." We are making a big bid for your patronage during this Holiday season and here's an opportunity to get a valuable prize` in CASH. `.-~ IT COSTS _ __, .,u 2 "7' ' NOTHING ' ----v-' V "' ' " ` to win`-simply guess the number of the TEN DOLLAR BILL_now on exhibition in our SHOW WINDOW. ' n-__1_ 1_:n ....A HI - IF YOU _ GUESS V What that number is, or if your guess is the nearest to the correct number of the bill, you will receive$25.00 in cash free of any cost whatever to you. EVERY DOLLAR , spent at thi.s store from this date until 6 o'clock p.m. on December 31st, whether for goods, repairs, or in the payment of an account, is good for one guess, two dollars for two guesses, three dollars for three guesses, and so on. On receipt of each dollar spent at our store a guessing card contain- ing full `instructions will be given, which card can be tilled in with your guess and returned to us at any time before the expiration of the contest. L THE NUMBER ON THE BILL and the dates are completely hidden from view by means of three 85.00 gold coins which have been pasted down over the numbers so that they cannot be removed until the Contest closes, and in such a way that the number of the bill is, positively, not known to any one, not even to the Proprietor of the store. -u__1_- n_- 1\_.-_.__:-A-.. ..._ CaniYouCIues? navy vvun. vv w--V --vr--v-v- --- .. Furthermore the clerks, the Proprietor or any one connected with the store or their relatives will not be allowed t guess. There.` fore this contest is fair and square to every customer of t.he store and it s UP TO YOU to win the prize. ' GUESSING WILL STOP . promptly, at 6 o clock on the evening of Decem her 31st, after which the Gold Coins will be removed fromthe Ten Dollar Bill to determine what-the number is. Thenumber will then he published and the winner notified. _ an: AA .._...- _.:II .......-.:..t I\' cl... I.-In-.45 LID lIlllDII\.I\J \I||\- n --.v- --v~---.... '.IJhe $25.00 prizvenwilvl.-consist of tho identi- cal Ten Dollar Bill and the three Fiv Dollar Gold Coins on exhibition in our window. ASK US if there is anything you don't understand about this contest--We`ll be glad to tell` you. GIFTS FOR EVERYBODY This store is actually bubbling over with beautiful things for .gift-making and ` our prices were never so low. You will nd IT" WILL PAY YOU to buy at Reeve's Jewelry Store BARRIE Dated Barrie, Nov. 20th, NIL VV IL`lJlJ VV - The Bill is a genuine Bank bill and mm every other Bank bill, has a number printed on it." Folowing is a summary of the reasons given by Ir. John A. Spoor, chairman oi the Board .01 Directors of the Chicago Uniion Stock Yards, why farmers smomid raise more live stock. 1--Because it will pay._ ` 2-Because the country needs more most. - ---`J _..nAI`a Itmt and may in lougeuit ._w1ll reap the gnmtest .new.a.nd`;a Jin aim. gpnwed mania .-and more _pmolta- hle retul-.ns. c -I` -.-V- u-\--. v- .u-- --an --_ -... ..-- .--.v.,.v i2--1Because it is every `fawn- oer s sacred duty Ito leave hiis Carm `in at `least as good con- 't'1on.-as when the found it, for use by future generations 5 and this !he canmt do -without the fe_rt`i'.l- iiz`ingeflemei1'ts furnishes] by live stock. ' V 11--3ecause the presence 0:!` livestock `inqpines :8. Jove for lhe vfarm, and amds ito prevent ode.- sertion of rhe farm {for the oiity, up-V 'I vvuanluau A40--BecaIse association with -domestic mninnals tn etshe ifnmm 115 `essential (to the might. V'devIdlop.. ment of the chacadmer and guac- tical lmowlome -and :abilit_.y.a'!1the childnen. CHAPTER ` XXXVII.-- (Continued ) I_don _t_ know; was ita rabbit `. No! responded Mr Wot-dla-.y, with suppressed excitement. It was the top of a tin box-" _ A tin box?" echoed Ida. Yes, he said, with an em- phatic nod . I called Jason to bring a spade; but I could scarce- ly- wait, and I found myself claw- ing like--.like one of the dogs, my dear. Jason came and we had that box up and I opened it. And what do you think I found? 1.... I.....,: .-..n..H... buav UUA uy uuu - urv.-..._. --- think Ida shook her head gently; than she started slightly, as -she remembered the night Stafford and she had watched her father coming, in his sleep, from the ruined chapel. . 3, Something nf n1y_father s`?" Mr. Wordley nodded ixnpr-ea- sively. 1:11,- :1 ........ .....\`ntl.-`pm AP uynnn DIV`;/`J! Yes, it. was sonwthing nf your father s. It wa_s a large box. my ndear. and it cont.ained-whal. *0 you think? L Pa2ers?" ventured Ida. :u.`__ ..,-__ 4....-- \I`~.. 'r`a\ 1 KPWJI C 0 V`Jll-II\.pl v\.a -`Au-u Securities, my dear Miss Ida, securities for a .very la:-av o.moun'l,- The box was full nf them: and a little farther MT we found annther tin vase quite as `full. They were necurities in| some of the best and soundest `companies, and they are xvorth. an enormous sum of money! :2 -1... J2.) `I'll! AAIIII. EXAIHII AID BARBIE SATURDAY IORIIIO I!l'U ['0 I151 nub: Iaqg. 4-Because the raising .and ieeding `of live stock upon tthe farms -enhances soil faeu*.Ii"1(.y.` So.i L 1er1t i l'-irty `15 the tounhtioxn of agrietulturail prosperity. and agricu`l*twr`al pmasperity is {the basis of ;genera.`l prosperity, _.-uL-.. .......:n `ll Cllulxuuun auuu -J. . Ida start-d at Him as she did! not ralize the `signicance of "his; words. `.7.-`J4 . I "U`` ` "' "NOE `. Very . Fairge Sun}, An `T'""? 5 Sum 0` "'-" idear, he 1-epetd 'm't,ber puzzled." `'0 9`.""- A W * About `twenty or `thirty Dounds . God forgive `me!--I was under pmhapsy. 9 the impfession thauyour father `mas race -M1 was 'l'e'tt'1`n'g thmgs shde, `and was ..0.h_ ,ma,t is -not nearly cm- . doing `udliing to save Hfhe estato`,0,u.g ,-.-. She .m.m,mm,ed_ Va 113 3"`V`de for Wm , he Was! "'Eh"."` `he asked. But I've gut 8F!" .`3``,8' a"d_ i" 3"g3 ""`n1`y"nheque'b00k with me. How G?Yi8-t'iW1h 0 91 M3 3h"`:""` "rn`u*c h do `youwant? And, forxivte I `miss " '10`) 00111 7" haw "` me my dear Miss Ida but may I ,`sur_pus'ed by the most asmte am! H Wk what you want it` fm.?,. ,?businus"s-Iike of man. His jw4'|`:z~! --v-3 vmsrtt was almost infallible; he `se\3hi*s'scnrcely ever to have mud n`niistake. II, was one of muse `eitmordinaiy (cases in which wv- `ebhing a mum Ytouches turns `to gdfd. There =m'e mining` shares more which 11 '-`twould non. `haw- 'b'3M at ` am` hmg 95; `hm 'pr=.seI1t," she said a little nerv- V0? f`5" `bought "`"`v "46 'mts'ly. Perhaps the por`t:e'r Wm they're everyone of them, ')'rh,t.y0u draw it ML. `nearly everyone of them, `turned! Rm` puzzled 1 M W0,.d].,y_w_.,m P. trumps` qsmne of u Tm.wh'iC'h i'in'tn't,h9 porter`s box and took 'o'11'H "he bought .`!or a few sh-Irngs--- -h-is (,heqm,_b0Ok_ I 801d ""5 famd 9""~`-"9 -"'9 "Mako it pavalble to the hosni- Wfth h U"dI'(`dS Of 'DUITl"SI'-ta;l__and give. to mp p`k..a`p'r\' Hundreds`? thousands`! 1fye,Sa-in-Ida. in 3 MW voicg` ' ' Idea. he Wok he ham and `Dam `The old man's face o'leVa1-ed "an-di ted it as `if he were `trying `to -1", Odds/d_ ' break W 'Sh"k `*9 "3 N-""""" `"0! course! God Bless you $ pom` rather Whom W 3" "'eg3"`` ~ my dear, I might havo 'knmvv;i "ed as an "insolvent hook-wnrnn,]:.hat was in that gem` m_a.tpfu]2 `actually `died by far and awayire}-hpa . of yours See 3mg, 7, ridhesbman : '9 '`'u`7y.! made it out `for Ja Ihnusa d fdawked at him as `if she mdfpounds. That. s ve hundned {Zr 9 !l0t'0VU|1j'Y9tNli1I1dBl'8_1j3lN1- i |'y0u and five hundred -f-or mo-` .l.AT\ _ an 'I `have a ch_9quc= for `ve `hundred `pounds ? Ida asked fm- Ry. "Five'Ihnusand, fifty thousand. `my dear-'!"'h9 responded. pr~omp't_ `Ty. and with no little pride `and 'safis"facf.ion. Five hundred win do for `tho No, 130;" she said in a low vo'i-ee. But it is so sudden, so unexpected, that I cannot rcal-` ize `it. It -seems to me as if I were] iying in the cot` upstairs and ,dreaming. `No. I cannot realize `that I can go back to Herondalezt `I suppose I can go back? she. `asked. with a sudden piteousne.-ss' lthat very nearly brought the tears ' to Mr. Wordley's eyes. Go back my dear." be ex- lclaimcd. Of course, you can go! `back! The place belongs to you. Why, I've zflready given notion [that I am going to pay off thu mortgages. You will get very inch of the land back; you will` be the richest lady in the county --yes, in the whole county! The old `glories of the dear old house can be revived; you can queen it there as the Herons of old used to` queen i-`. And everybody will be proud and delighted to see you doing it! Is for me, I am ashamed to saythat I have al- mos-t lost my head over the busi- ness, and have behaved like a-- `well, anything but like a staid and sober old solicitor-.'_ c--_,... -~.-- ``Myodear child, he said. s1nw.| `ly and `impressively, ``-y-ou -are I- ic'h. `not. poor; immensely rich `I do 'not myself yet quite know `how -much you are worth: hot, you `martake it from mothat it is` a -very Iarge sum indeed. Now, you vane -not going to faint. my dear. For Ida s eyes `h-ad e1osedf and `her hands had ela-sped -each other cspasmodically. ll-QR- ___-OI -I__ -_QJ 3 He laughed, and blew his nose, `and nodded with _a shamefaced -:-:-.T\ Troousn YOUNG ; MAN Or, The Belle of The Season; joy which affected Ida even more than his. wondgrful news had d99.' 'How can I thank you for all your goodness to me," she mur- mured, a little brokenly. ` more Thank me! Don't you attempt'; to thank me, or I shall break` down altogether; for I've been- the stupidest and`most wooden-! headed. idiot that ever disgraced; a noble profession. I ought to; have seen through your fat.he1"s; aectation of miserliness and in_; difference. Anybody" but 3 silly` old numskull would have done 90.9 `But, my dear, why are we stay-: ing here, why don't we go away at once? You'd like to go back to `.1 Herondale by the rst train. You '1 must hate the sight of this place. ..~.- .- . _ _ - I ' ` " | No, no," said Ida, gentIy.{ Yes, I would like to go back to` Herondale---ah, yes, as soon as: possible. But I should like to` see someone before Igo-the sister. the nurse, who have been` so good to me. You are sure"--1 she paused and yvent on shyiy. you are sure there is no mi's-_ take, that I have some money, ami rich?" Rich as Croesus, my '('hild, has, responded, with a `laugh. 1 She blushed stiil more deeply. Then, have y-oxta-have you any mony with you, Mr. W0rd|(~_v?' |"""'V """ 11" , "_" " ""v' ' j I I mean quite a Targve sum of imoney? Lxuv an A7 _ II Not a very Tlvarge sum, my! gdem-,"` puzzled.` About twenty ~e:tr.'thirty `face Oh. t'h'a!t nearly :'0't!1'g s11e'mtr1'111`ure:fi_; 4.13:9` .)g'l\ In is a in H "I am g'nin.g--hom=. .Some- thing has happened. But I will write and tell yeu; now I can only say-her voice broke and tram- blad-good_bye, agaimand thapk you with all my heart. lNI_'- ,|., - I 0 - :'Ji~`i\'e'fhnusand, fty little | hI have come back f.o-+-to say good-hye again. sister." said Ida. her voice faltering a lime, but _her eyes beaming as they had. not , Ebeamed for many a day; and I want to give you something`. something for the hospital---it is from my dear friend hero, Mr. lwordley. who has just found me. And I want you not to open it until we have gom_x-say, for half an hour. Andhl am going to write to you as I promised; and you can write to me if you will )be so kind; for I can give you the address now. It is on the back `of the cheque. 1+.`2;;;.x;I;w.;;*;m;";;;n1:; "}:1'n'I'hav> cheque `five '_h'u'r1t-eh "pounds?" avuusagg up cw-u\-- ..-- _ -_r-_ -..". 5-Because neither grain prices nor land values can he maintained without. the raiieiins and feeding of We stock upon` the farms,` . o.I.,I , 1 v She drew the sister to hpr and kissed her; and Mr. Wordley shook the sister-'5 hand. and blow his nose so loudly that the? pa- "sii:} II{d"v-'i'tten it in the port-_ er s box: _ _ - 1 `"01 you.! have 1(nmvnI What` good. 'gra't-ful: `heart. yours. here, {made for a `thousand ;pounds. hundred fr-r_ -you and me--` and don t you say a word tostup ,5-me: `for I'm only too grate-.fu1 rm- fthe `idea. It will cool me dowu;; -and upon my word, I fee1 so ax-: vc'ited, so above and beyond m_v_l -se`|'f \that I want some rsafc-Iv- valve like this. or I`shon1d fall 'to~dancing `n the hall and so din; gram myself and the noble pr-0-? 1`ess ion to which I belong. ' II-I 7-:.1.-L - A - I J . I ] with a folded cheque in her? .ham`l `Ida took him up the many: `sin-ne steps to the Alexandra! Award. The gentle-eyed sistor.? _who `had parted from her so rc-42 31uctant'ly, was naturally surpris-I ed to see her return so soon. and] accompanied by a fatherly and: Erosperous old gentleman, who} opt close t._o her as if he were afraid she might be spirited from him. 1 H-..`/u- a i`l9'.t'y0u it out. '-tienba, who had been watching them eagerly, nodded to each oth- !er and exchanged signicant (glances, and there wasssa sup- pressed excitement in the ward "which found adequate expression ilwhen, half an hour afterwards, I the sister with flushed cheek and Iquavering voice, made them ac- "|quainted with Ida's gift. ` --' ~~----- 9 -..:.I `ll-. \l7r\nr`In\1 And now, said Mr. Wordloy, ;after he had shaken hands with iseveral of the officials, includiqg the porter, and now, my dear %Miss Ida, for Herondale and- Home! Hi, cab!1' ` CHAPTER XXXVIII. quaxuuuu vv 1|. 5 Au - . ` JAL:AA ...-.4-v -----_ __ ,dale cannot be described; when- lever Ida thought of it in the af- |ter years, she felt herself tremb- ;ling and quivering with the mem- ory of it. Until she had sat in the carriage, and the train had started and she realized that she was indeed going home-home! -she did not know what it had -cost her to leave Herondale, how much she had suffered at Labur- num Villa, how deep the iron of !d'e'p'en:dence had entered her soul. She was all of a quiver with de- `light, with profound gratitude to the providence which was restor- ing her to the old house the wide moors, the brawling streams, * which she knew now were dearer to her than-life itself. 'The journey down to 'Heron..lN llgnoa Bury, the dainty llttle soubrotto with Feldman & chris- tlo s Musical comedy 00., at the Grand Thursday, Friday and Sat- urday. A child Taken. Regina, the little daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Sibbald, pas-' sed away on Wednesday, Vov. 18th, after a few A days` illncss from pneumonia. The little one was but 6 years, 2-mont.hs and 18 days old. 7--Beoa-use live stock mn- denses values on the farm; can walk to the -market or shipping point; can be transported and marketed at less expense`, and realizes greater returns than any; other farm products. -U: J- Feldman and Christie \\ill of- `fer as an opening bill the well Enown New York Gayety Theatre success The Three Twins. It lis delightfully musical and in- ltensely comic, ringing songs :11. ternate with scenes of delicious .humor and the whole is brilliant lwith color. There are 15 song ;hits of the catchy kind and sev- leral big electrical novelties, the lmusic of The Three Twins is lo! the good kind and no one can !hear the melodious tunes without getting pleasure out `of them. The Three Twins will be present- ed on Thursday evening by the ilmperial Musical Comedy 00. who will be at the Grand opera house on Thursday. Friday,and Saturday with a different play 1 every night. 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