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ll` Will} ll UiII` UCIUIIEIIIE '-U .ULIlILIIIUIIUo i Colonel HaIhbut s brows puckered, then; he sm11ed_ ||`I7_II "`II L, V YY, .I,. .I,, I I !.,,,.IE ` Hake End) ) (.he~ out was had hgd 0'. M) US) CCULS 'd l|U14l',ll. A fcw bagkets of vegetables were offer- ed am`. the prkces remuinerl `steady. Butter . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 36-38c lb. :n E.'... .I.\...... Spring Chickem: :. . . . Yam`-olrl chickens \.. A Ducks . . . . . . . . . . . Beets . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Carr0t.~' . . . . . . . . . . Onions . . . . . I ursnips.. . . . . . . , . . Turnips . . . . . . . . . . .. Cabbages . . . . . . . . . . Potatoes . . . . . . . . . . . St. Law rehce apples Wealthy apples . . . . Snow apples . . . . . . .. iH[9.Hl3HC' [Hf b'UIH J \VCCvI\Bo - 1 There was a fair offering of poultry at! 1' ? In 28 coms :1 pnund fur spring ch1ckens_ Bufrer remuincrl firm in 36 to 38 cents a: `pmiiui. while eggs were being offered at` 50 in 55 cents a dozen. .a i___.. L- 1-`... ,1: .........LI... .......... ,.cc.... . ow" is to employ a pious old gentlemzm `-"`-'""""` u A niaskcal stranger 7 bvlrnwl a desigyi 3 re. an butterfly on :1 15-year-old girl; at Luporte, Inrl. He said he l1: (1 been hired ' to do it by another girl who was je:1lrm of her. 5 \Vill of Dr`. Adolph l'Ior. of Un-5 iomown. P3,. d`-.i'ects that his son pray? ouch morning for him and. that, if.he isl incapable of pe-1*fm'ming this duty. the wid-E l l fmv that purpose. , per cent sale arrival Royal Quality chicks are batched from carefully Iclected eggs hlavrllnl stock. _ They grow to heavy layers and profit payers. Hatched under ideal conditions. they are vigorouaand aturdy. from pure in-ed. "Royal Quality day-old chicks delivered to your expresa station prepaid. N inety-seven guaranteed. Eleven atandnrd breeds. Ill -. . I I A HELPFUL House: AIl7l_\rl_ENTS Isimcoe Marble Works - 20 Owen St., Barrie ' c. w_. J. EASTMAN, PROP. l STOPS BLEEDING INSTANTLY. PREV !-INTS BLOOD POISONING. CURES TIXRUSSI. FISTULA. SPRAINS AND BRUISES. The Ixonf all .n1'nI1nt' T.i-ninnnnf {'n|- {hp urnnlns Ann nnuluna. Jne best all -around Liniment for the stable as wr-II as for household use- 1.-any rr uuvnv Stable wnu as 101' KEEP IT HANDY. U! nu..- u..._, u, _noUaX Eo., `i.-XPANEE, om. A1. all Dealers and Druggists. Manufactured only by ntvnv 1 an my run `V A in A `vista A. . of many kind;- quickly remedied with lunwnnng Avalnvvnav Writs for our Baby Chick Book. X: (Ives many helptul hints on poultry raising qndf We ab solutoly (no. pun... p...----.-uuw Phones:-- Off}; I63, Residence 353 l steamy. - . 1b.i . 50-550 dozen .... 27-28c 1b., . . . 24-25c lb. 5c hunch! 2 for 50.: 5-150 each; I A'\I\.. __-_1. U`Lu\) Ubll I . `20c neck] 30c v ba:~iket 1 25a basket! 30c haeketi 'rHl_J1.tsDA_Y,J FEBRUARY .3, 192; xvusuvvvu `gnu v........... ....,v...,....,._, I !. PHONE 408 or call at office for information on any disease. . _ ` ----- --. .-- ...-......_____- Gradates and members of Royal College of Dental Surgeons, Toronto. Office: `Over Bank of Toronto. Barrie. Entrance on Owen S1,. Phones : Office 24], Res. 314, ['20. Box 13:; W. Richardson, L.D.-8.. I).D.S. lW. Randall Richardson, L.l).S.. D.I)..<` . . T R. J. EDWARDS &._ EDWARDS \- I8 Toronto st.. -Toronto. R. J. Edwards. G. R. E wards, B.A.Se. Ilu DUHIVO Ii Uunuu ` 78 Dunlop Str_et Over Reeve'e Jewelry Store. NERVOUS AND CHRONIC DISORDERS ._-._ .-A A :__`___7"`. I. """"""""" I Barristers, Solicitors. Notary Public Copveyancers. Etc. T "Money to loan at lowest. rates of intern; ..OFfic(.~-13 Owen St., in Masonic Texn;.?2. lBuildint:. Barrie. Branch OFfice--Elinvul.u lW. A._ Boys, K.C., M.P. D. C. Murohi;-um Barrister,_ Solicitor for obtaining probate Hf Wi"S. guardianship and adrninistration, an! i Ge-.uemlSu1ici'.o:. Notary. Convcyancer. or. ; Office--1'Iinds' Block, 8 Dunlop Sn, Barrio. i MONEY TO LOAN L n.uu{fl;1{I' 6i:I'6i}br;._i31:c,. {MONEY T0 LOAN Ross Block. Barri . - I ' Zl$ll1lIX1V1I|jUCOUj(I1lI11 I 2140 " . . A suspected woman.-in Tax is accused.` V o! having Sought her mourning gown he- fore her agent had exercised the formality EC. W, l l:xxtOn. u_v dppulll LII ;A. 1`. Little. M.D. 5 V A.-stgkiznlq _Cnrun5~r County of Simone ()ffice ` dTR'es?den('e~-Cnrm-r Tnrnnm :m'l ` Ilizn-heth Sis upp. Central Church. Telephone 167 ; Physic;a'r'1s:'aI-1d Surgeons, Barrie Ont. E Office and Residence~~47 Maple Ave. Omco h0urs:- 1 to 3 p.m.. 7 to 9 p.m., or _ by appointment. Phone 213. A 1` l:nl.. Inn 117 n `run- up DR. MORTIMER LYRRW 122 Bloor St. West. Toronto. will `he at 91 Owen SL, Barrie. every Saturday. Bkeases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Consultation boum-~ll a.m. to 5 o.m. Barrie, phone 2, Toronto. North 3326. E I -- ---- --- --I -1-: I IIIIDOISQII, I I I n\lI"'l Teacher of Piano, Organ, Vocal. and Elmira] Theory. Organist and Choirmaster of . St, Andrew s Presbvterian Church. Gold medalist of Toronto Conservatory of MlI;n On!` In: `Rn TT...........:L.- -t PF _ _ _ A IJIII liq I...- Iv Gra uf Tomntu Uni\'m'.=`i!y ' Office-53 Crlier Sc. Hours: 8-9 .'!.m._. 12.30-2 p.m., 6.30-8 p.m. l-\) L. J. SSMPSON, M.B. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Office and R;eaidenoe-Col1ier St., comer of I Clappert-on St., Barrie. Phone 275. I Gradume 11" University. Montreal. Office and Residence-~Comer Elizabeth and 11.-n.lt.....-I Q9- n-.._.:.. nL__, un- Order your monument now and have it ready to ....-L ......1__ 2-- LI-.. ............. LAWSON, WELCH & CAMPBELL 4 Chartered Accountants Phone Main 5874. 59 Yonge SL. 'I`oronto. H. J. Welch, C.A. G. D. Campbell, C. A. T. E. Lawless. C. A. W. S. Hulbig, Production Enginz-er. Manager Cost and Efficiency Department. QUQIOC OVJO IVIUJFII IIIIII was REMODELLED AND REPAIRICD Over IIurlhurt's Shoe Store. Barrie. Phone % f6'. usuu.-. nuu 1u:muc1Iuc--xnurxlcr nuzanem and Bradford.Sts., Barrie. Phone 105. Office bom-s--9-10 a.m:., 1-3 p.m., 7-8 pm. MAUD CLAXTON, L.T.C.M. Teacher of Piano and Vocal Pupils prepared for Toronto Conservatory of Music examinations leading up to and includinz the A.T.C.M. decree. St.udio-~King Block. Phone 424. ( 5 {Formerly of Drs. Ross & Rosa. Barrie.) V Late Surgeon Specialist with the [ Imperial Army. 4!} years. General Surgery and Obsteirics especially. 0ffice--l5 Owen St., Barrie. Pknna 710 D n 1:... ant : uu... mcumm m Luromo \,onserva1.or_\,' or Music and of the University of Toronto. H3 Worsley St. Phone 663 DRS. W. AND R. RICHARDSON; EDMUND H/mjbv, Mus.Bac., F.T.C.M. 1,_,.,.L.... - ht, ,, PIANO AND VIOLIN TUITION Special attention to younger children. D\ll\ 0\lI \ll-Adi-I-I\ IIIJXX LLIILC LllLV\/ ll. l\rLIv\v|] L\I set early in the sprig. Our. stock of imported and domestic granite is wei! assorted, and prices right. - uonoria. SARJEANT, A.T.C.M. TEACHER OF PIANO Telephone 151, Barrie P.` O. Box 8 WPLAXTOM &, PLAXTON B.~\.RRIS'l`ERS. SOLICITORS. ETC. '!I\'7 n 1f-_A T)..2I. 2-. RADENHURST & HAMMOND BARRI'l`IZRS. sm.1C_1'1j0Rs. mj('.. _ Shrgex'y and l)is(-asses of \ Associate-Coronc-r (`.m1nty o -~-and -= DR. R. E. lVE_S. IN, I , MISS E. GOSNEY TAILORESS Suits, .Tr.vncoats. Dreawes. Etc, Etc. 2 Adelaide Street, Mlandlio. . an Jun:-sun vunuuuu * HE)?! -I;.SYLVE$TE Bandmaster Barrie Citizens` Band. 120 Bayeld St. DONALD ROSS. LL.B. BARRLQTER, S01 ICITOR. ETC. 1 `l"|__I_lI__.. T`J.._. L r'Xlll\al|,LL'llIa, k. \llJl.\Jl1\}J\.. L'1L\J. Masunic Temple Building. Barrie unmtrv 'rn IHAM }i\l\L_|.J.I}Ll`4llL'. Iv\ILA1\/LL\J1.|.I.'. .14: \r. Masonic Temple Building. Barrie Il{TKTL"\. "I`{\ Yf\.\\Y 7l5UNCAN F. MCCUAIG, B.A. Q ........ A. 4... F I .... ..2.. n. 1. 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UNDERTAKERS 9-9-_3!B;"h__&00- I Illa lJl`\l\l\I& I-dlll IIVIIA vac-- Pdliod every Thuuday afternoon .nt in lbut 0510': Square, Subscription Prlu--Canada and Great _Britain 82.00 .per your in adva__nce (_in arrears $2.50) ; Unitot utes. 82.50 per yearxin advance.VBoth 91: `-1. may lsvuronani dxnuhl bl oivan Whdl .YOUR READING NEEDS Ipuy. . mun us with vuur building do DO NOT DELAY SEEAW-`i with your proamt pnsition 2 Are you ning yuursull` my a batter one? The RHA W (IOU E-'.E'c1 in Shurthand, '#'.vnon-ritimr, Bookkcepimr. Secretar- V in! \"u'or|c, etc... have put. over 25.000 youm: men and w.m1-an on the road to ~uoz~om:. 'l`wc}vo vmcient SHAW - SUKIOOLS in "!'crnn:'n. {Jay or houie.- atudy courses. Writ: Eur prospectus to V P. MIJNTOSH. Chief Ptincipal ARE vou SAT$FE-ID? R. G. MANUEL, MorgueandChapeI- an l'n'-llllfill OPEN DAV AND NIGHT WISH. I'Io._oU per yearun aavuucetnuw an end new addresses should be `given what change of address is requested. CA EL. LNUONS--We ndtthat most of-ou sub nters prefer not to have their subscrip. ou interrupted in case they fail to -remi' before expiration. While subscriptions not be carried in arrears over an extender T noriod, yet, unless we are notied to cancd we neaume the subscriber wishes theservibc continued. Remittances should be made b3 registered letter, money order, or chequv payable st par in Barrie. ] A Mm-,Lnrnn_ Wdifnr TH9.s- B99335 . 1'-'en sco1"r s BOOKSTORE V siuumun mo Phone 277 Phone 721 0,0 [In lllllvllg IJAIIVIII -W.` C. !Vall`, Manager. Dfflo J. A. MacLaren. Editor II? - I` TlT..lI..' II--ug-gs yausmzsssc:zeo:s% TORONTO ?he,%_3a:i9!?!a!!i'231-Mi*| MGR. at- ::3:;.................,......,,1 A Mating Time _. Spring held the world of the Bushwhack-Tl ers inher soft arms. "She awoke the sleep- T ing things with her warm breath. Her light? shone on land and marsh and sky. Thei great trees shivered and stretched their: long arms wakefully. Thedry rushes along; the creek quivered and sang in low whis- | pers. is the blue waters Javed their drowsy a .t roots. When the sun flashed out at inter- l vals the quiet waters of the flats would; break, here` and there, and the flashing; i body of a "pike would leap upward with a; jmighty flop and, tumbling back, would; iltwist and dart from rush-clump to rush- Eclump. her mate, a long, mottled fish,j ;;following slowly, one length behind, his `blue-green dorsal-fin standing up'above' .the water like a tiny sail. Of the wood; iand marsh mating time, the strong, swifz` ffish claimed first right. They sought. the. tquiet waters even when the ice still crashe`d land ground, onward and outward. Up? `jagainst the cold current a school of them iwouldf move steatlily, parting and mingling : tngnin. a -fragment detzichingg` itself here` gwhere the rnt~run offered a haven," :1 frag-`v jment detaching itself there where the quiet E (we `er of the flats rested beneath the white, -smoky fog. ' `This was _the pike s spawning iseason, their playtime and love-time. In; {the early morning sunbeams they would`; Hdart and leap and play until the shallowi `fwaters of the rushland were white with; 1 Ifoam, and there, after the manner of their: ` `kind. they would mate and drift and move ; `out into the deeper waters again in `twos J 3 and threes and fives, and seek the"harbored v {spawning-beds among the rushes further; `inland. - 71 - -- - l . i Z 1ooooo9oooooooooeeooe VVVVVVVVV VVVVVVV V V VV v v E LOVBW Of ......... .. T, i Next came the wee brown song-t-hruah,' i_t.um-bling, an animated fragment, `from I Jleeixig snowcloud. dropping from the sky } and alighting with a low chirp of joy on the `bare twig of a -baby tree of the woodland. `Its sweet. shrill little song, simple and` iglad, would travel into the quiet places ofl i the wood. Gray-bird it was called, and` iilflstkto leave in dieary fall. ttlw come no `in springtime. it wma` at )avie's_ ichcviice of all the birds he loved so well. ! _L_,.l L__Z_I_ LL- -_.--_.._ _E `L. ,__AI_ cut: {I VVUIIUUTLUI IIIUUICIIIIL Dodd*s Kidney Pills are purely a kidney remedy. Thev tone un and strengthen`: weak kidneys and put them in ccndition to do their full work of straining the inmuritiea out of the blood. Strong healthv kid- neys are ; absolutely necessary if the 'hl.'md is to be `pure and the body healthy. - Dunn K`:-unr" nAnvn3nn H\~nnn`\ `l` ms LADYGIVES THE REASON wm, x i Corner Sophia and Mary Street: ?ianufacturo-rm uf Sash; Doors, Fra`mea,; Flooring Ce91.ing., Moulrling, Water Troughs! i Tamks. etc, I Wr; uarr_\' i11_`slo(`l_ 9 large assortment ofa , Rough and Dn-.<.~:<-wl- Luxnbvr, B. C. qhinglcu ` ;ur: pr:Lt'.xr4\.l Dnt:\"|n:I 7.\n:3 'Fnu-n;nn onrl ` She Recomnniii Dodd s Kid.` ney Pills for Kidney Ills, . ICIHIJUU U]. nu I'll? UIIVUB I195 lU\!'U EU WWII: i He stood beside the margin of the creek ithis morning, his face aglow with the glad- iness of the spring. He looked across the `swollen waters and waved his arms toward the low-lying V-shaped water-fowl that swerved and twisted and called in honking `voices. .It was Davie's time o re'oicin . `His wild things were coming bzick tin hiI.i ;Ere long the black duck would sweep above [the marghlaud tinged with shooting green,i .and, trailed by his mate. find his old nest- iing-_9round. The boy's soul craved what fit knew and understood. He. was glad` with ;the -gladness of the wild.` free thing of wood ;anld inarsh. Eh; gray-bird saggftlo M31! a me song w ic e um er.-`too u we _. iand the wind, soft and b_almy,'sighed him I a promise that he knew would be redeemed. n .....g. .1... c;..... A: .1.:.. .......:.... :.....1. I Langton. Ont.. Feb. 5 (Special). Miss C. M. Cridiand, a well known resident here, states. "I have been troubled with my kidneys for some time. Your Dodd sjKi_ine_v Pills did me more good than any other` media cine I have ever taken. .I think they are a wonderful medicine. T`|...I.I!.. Y.P:J_--. run- _.... _......I-. _ ij `IIUIIIIBU Ullllld Ill: ILIICVV WUUIII U I'UlIUI.'HIU(l. ` in was the first day of his coming buck! for he, too, had been away from his own ijust as the wee bird had been. He turned from` the creek and. followed by hi:-z pet raccoon, sped upward across the hardwood ridge until he came` to a lower one of tall nmple. trees. Down across the soft. springy mow. that breathed him an essence hei went. _ D:wie's joy-season had been -born Em... LI... ...........-..L....L,. .......1.I ........, ..1.......- Miss C.M.V Cridlend Suffered from. Kidney Trouble and got no Relief 1 Till She tool: Dodd s Kidney Pills. Iulll 1 - Soon the gnfeemshoots would peep above` `I have thevpnly dry-cleaning plant within? your reach --outsideAthecity. ' T ' Clanr,` %P1%'esser and Dyer 109 DUNLORST. PP- 3" 1" PHONE 229 ! ,#,A____~____A '(Coxit_i}1ued A from Last `Week) CHAPTER xxx: i "Real Di'Y C1`? ning Full information from any Grang `Prunk Ticket Agent or C. Hefn- mg, District Passenger Agt., Toronto. I! Isll I IKIIIQI ZIP Goods cailed for and delivered. PRICES REASONABLE 1 AM A PRACTICAL '?Al_LOR5 AND READYETO ATTEND TO REPAIRS on ALL CLOTHES` W. FIRTH By Archie P. McKishnie sU1'rs$1.75 (Copyright by_Thos. Allen) . Iltmll. , . , . . . Hows Pepper!" he asked, smxhng ug :he watched the raccoon roll and s)rawl! . . 1. A . I upon ihe ground. I ; Goad. ' zmswercd `Davie s'mply in his; ; own language. ` I ll..'l`ouah Iannlam-I and nrnomxrlrd fn nmn. I NU. . Dad." said Boy, don`t it all seem sol lqueer? Think of Gloss bein the Colonel's niece, Vantl, think what that means to her_. She can be educated and all tha? now.` The Colonel says he is goin to make her one of'the first ladies in the land. Says ll:e's goin to take 'her back to England with um. . ~ 5 h___`_ __-!-_ _._.._ L...l_-. .'_..l .. I21... J2..-.._...I [the water and the rush-clumps would rustle ii [lullabys to tiny wideniouthed fledgelings that gapped and stretched in soft nests in `the swinging reeds. The blnckbirds would gswoop back again soon; and the marsh- ;birds that nestled in the low swales. In . his basswood canoe Davie would explore `~` ianew the old haunts and wa ch the tiny .` 1. wood-duck dive and hide and peer with`? `beedy eyes from behind the tangled weeds.l jHe.loved the baby wild things with u love ` `too great to be undcrstanuabb. Acrossi ithe blue Eau, Point Aux Pins was taking }on a deeper tinge of green. Davie would :go there and seek out the nests `of the {timid grouse. He knew exactly where to` . find these nests and the joy of watching:! it-he little baby grouse hide from him.ii |He loved to play hide-and-seek with them; it {to watch them scainper and dart and \'an- t A Lish. They did not hide from Davie be-it ca.use' they feared him, but because it is la the nature of all young things to play at ," 3 liide-and-seek. l Down across the ridge the sugar-cumpi! 1 s ifire sent up a spiral of white through-the; I trees. In the early morning Boy McTavish stood before` the boiling sap. dipping from }\ 1 a large kettle into a smaller one. " Big it '1 McTavish_. coming in with a barrel of new- 1 5 ;ly gathered sap on a sto_ne-boat. stoppedii his oxen and laid his hand on Davie s bare 5: head. un-_..v,, n_._.--..o`* 1... ..,.i...,1 _...:|:.,... ....n Pile GINJE` U1 UIUC Ill _l.llU 518105. ' ' `Don t he think a lot of Gloss, though!" agreed the father in emphatic tones of sat-A isfaction. D'ye notice how he watches her, Boy`? He says it's just like havin' his little sister back with him again. Seems so odd to hear him take on the way !he does, and I guess he's a big man in more than size, Boy. You heard him say as he wouldn't take her away from us. didn't you? Buy norlded. Yes," he said with :1 sigh, "and that was big of him; but it would he mighty {selfish on our part, am, if we tried to keep Gloss here now when all he owosl is hers. as he says. -I guess it`s best that `she goes along with him. Maybe we can gel 2: chance to see her once in a while. I (l-on t think the Colonel i\ ill ever forget that Gloss sort of belongs to us Bushwhack- ..m~ A emu!) " .`luul\..'3, ?'l|Z-. ~ 1 `% ~.> 9` large: sud Pr+'~;mrm1 Roofing. Wood 'I`u_rning,and 412;. Dr_\`mg a Smwialty. l)re=sing d-om-3 gmxuptly. ,nn.nulI Inc nfh unnr knnrnnn ers. d` you?" - ' V Well, no," mused McTavish. I don't .'hink he will. He asked me to explain just what hc` intended to d"-3 for her, and L mnHu`t._du it. Wanted mt: '1. tell G1u.'~:s that she was to have an educntimm and wax t:- live in a big, beautiflzl "'0u.~'o m England. I said, `No, Coionel, it's you: lpluce to tell her yourself. Pr! like hr:-uk dawn on the _iob.' And so hr, - gnin' to tell hey this m6min', Boy." flan... A nun; nurnn any` run` `:2 sI\nnau{u An uwu uulgungu. . ; McTavish laughed and proceeded to emp- I ; ty the barrel on the stone-boat -into ~the one ;alongside the kettles. This done he went, 3 over and sat down beside Boy on the log. i I Never saw suchsugar weather. in all? my ife before," he declared. It's 31 good thing old Noah understands sugar-. makin'. Don t know what we d do with-i out him, us havin to keep the pot a-boil-1 in 3 night and day this way." ; I "[31,! Han (`.n|nnul noun fkiu 1nnrnn`7' n Ky "I (118 open. afternoon though," replied the father. He i No, but I guw maybe he will this, says that if he don't go to-day Dick'll likely come huntin' him same s he did be- fore." ' Mn: N ._-:.u n-.. ~t.1_...*. :.. ..n ........._ ,.,.' INTII l|Cl ILIB lII'\lIlIIll_, LIV ; Dawn came over and put his raccmin on Boy .- kt re. The animal ruhheul its sharp nose against Bay's cheek, and he softly stroked if: t'hi<,-.1: fur. -2 -. - . _. .. -.- . ':- L..:I. 2... n._ L...|_` 0 Jllb um: piano. 7 ` D.'a-a-r. or. the clear air a gin-{'3 voice. came ringing. *"Boy," it called, oh. Boy!" Boy sprangerect. "It's Gloss and the-Colonel, dad," he cried. He's told her and a`.1o's just so hupy she wants us to know." . - `Hello. Gloss," he called back, "3u in `time for 9 sugar-off. I was gettin' one ready for'Davie." . ` The Coionei was puffing and wiping his brow on his han"dkerch`ef.i , ` w~_......:...... 99 1... ....:..-.t- 06... . mtg. :. . ll) ~mguL uuu uuy yum way. `I "Did the Colonel `leave this mornin'?". | asked Boy, his eyes fixed on a bit of blue` I `a sky in the open. . , KL: Lu} T n-none mum-Ian Inn uri" th;u' Illla 3 Boy's voice was husky and a film dimmed the spot of blue in the skies. I `T\nn`f Mn fkhulr 6 Inf nf (nun f]\nunH`" I uurc ugzuusu uuyn uuccn, nuu uc IM.uu`v_ if: thick T 1 `I xzuoe me n you is built for the bush. Pcpy-.4-r." le said. We underntund. me`n youmicl Davie, what it means to be!nr~g `Vltoiust one piace. -.-nun III` Oh"; phunut oh! A ll.|I"'J v.'n;n: nu-:,. muuua E`){AMlNER CIIII I BI %l'I\I8 Unexcelled Dining Car Service s Sleeping cars on Nlght Trains and Parlorcars on principal Day Trainml I can t understand the darling, h confessed. She thinks" a `whole lot of me already, Boy--`-I can see that. But- she actually turned white when I told her what we all thought would be good news to her. Says she, `Does Boy know? And I said, _ `Why; dear, of course he knows, and he s tickled to death.` " - ,Bo'y bit his `lips. . Of eourse, he agreed; I'll see whatl I'can do, sir." ; Yes do," cried the Colonel. Shel seems to think what-you say is about right." ' Rn`: hp-Carl +n lane:-L I-nu? flan offnvnnf mm llslll-o Boy tried to laugh, but the attempt was a failure. He passed over` to whege Gloss. 3 00d with Davie s hand in ,hers. I TknIIA n cnvnn ozlrlzv-J>nnnnnn :!1&f nnnrn 1` D VVII/Ll L'H\'icD Lllillu III llCIBo I "There s some addr-tongues just peepin' up in the valley, Gloss," be sad. Would` you like to see 'em?" L`L.. ._-.._...I _I.___._ LL- __..:.L L--Z.l_ Li... ......I` _\uu IIRC DU CC CHI 3 ' She passed down the path beside him, and I when the thicket of hazel hid them from the others she put her hand on his arm. ; `.`'T'nll Inn Dnu " Ln uni.-l uu'at'nlIu- uxlvuvi ULIICID B1117 Put IIUI unuu U11 1113 'Kll'lLl. `-`Tell me, Boy," she said wistfully. am I to go away` from you all?" -25,, 1....1,...: ... 5:... mm. mill- (ulvnu Kill I LU EU away IIUUI. .VUu II: ' `She looked at him with wide eyes and? waved her hand outward. "3-Andh all`; l?his'.' she added with a sob. Q. - 3 ' Hun.-. rV|_'__ H |____,, n _. L`..___ .,,.I'L Ill];-V`. ERIC all-K|Cl,I, VVII-ll C BUU. - V T 0 . V `V ! hi`;em?%:;i,;::;.;:::::i. 2 V .; ,; :, `:s"\ ' ,:u, the very_ fhought of what he must say; i A I `_`You see," he managed to say at _last. ,, a:`sZ-lTii `ofi? $331.? L2`cio;`. i`i"i: 3 Id Sglguggngglgig bga;'t`;';'s;,,f2;,`,':{~,s-o,e_i zany .':1-nount of money and we all wanr fyou ' 0 ' o y . in go with him and be educiated like a lady. : :-"` " W- "" "" Uh, we'll miss you_. girl-but thcre, th:1t`s ' i _` - all there in to it. We want you to go. 'Z`*$%*%% It'll he best for you." % ` A . o r< She caught her breath`. . A g M g: w - % % Of course . if you wzurt me to go." she said. "'wh'--wh . nv. I l ." 4 ' w ' .-,,v ,w _v v '1`hat sla gou(l,gf1??l,lsiiililelzTlnBoy bravel_v.& K` A3 Q 3` yzczl "5 ix: $1 hr` {'3 Li "J us Now for the flowers." ` SATURDAY MARKET M `:1 thillk If `V01 -l Tfllher 30 530k. sire The lxeavy snow storm Sat.urda3_,' pre-i ix-.l~ >`;im'ed. I---l rlon t want Tl1("fl0\`\'6I`.'3`. A ve:-iite man) farmers f1'0m Ve11t1'1DE mi I TM)" " bck Sl0'l.\' and 1 S|l<`"(79- the Barrie market, resulting in the smallest ; i-`zlc'l'.'wisli an(l lnjun Noah were piling :u[,.'_1d:;cp for gmg weeks, ; 5`f"l1 \\'~'Mifl'-JeIlt`f\Tl1fllt` ke-.flS- ' . l "I .L Ut`1~`i" We'll fill g ) I?!) i0 thl` l10rP'-H '27 In coins p.um(l chickensgl '-'-:li1i the big man. "Nouh'll watch the firm at to a? hnilin` for an hour or ;-0." at` 'I``, _., ,,,, L L ,I, I _.. __ n I . r U: (Ill lluul Ul BU. buwlz path. drinking in the breath of. wild flowmxz. (linking in the songs of wild iiia`inz' lir(`l~'. . `f g "I'll come after her again in two weel<;~:." ..~:;.oke Hullibnt softly, when Boy. as they walker . .-=ir .5- by s'de up the path, tf)l(l him th.-:1 Gloss had cm)-'cnied `o go with him. W. ` ._`u~ bless her; she has made a new man of me. You don':' know what she has time for me. Ive been so lonely for ll 1 'l"nre_V went lmck along the mo-:5)`. sprin_2_\' '.'.'(-:*.r:: and ye-ars~-:nn(l now it .~: just like wing little Phobe back with me again, Oh. but God is good!" 'I!L _ ,, I, , , I .`ID Llll. HUI LIOU IS g0(Nl3 V. 'l he_v were a hapy enough gathering at 3 dmnc-r. The Colonel told home of his amus- ling stories and Paisley recitetd his little ex- Iperience in hunting bectrces. Boy spoke uaitlv. hut :'( n1(`(l to ei-.jn_v listening to t.he~ lo hers. After dinner they all went lag-ain into the zmnshine. Widow Ross `there. and .-he and Mrs. McTavi.~:h ldrawn it little apart with Mary Ann. taaid lhe knew they were plotting u cusu1`cl or 'soiiiethiiigeqtizilly deliciou-'. Antler Dorrlute lv{':is there also; :\1irle1' ancl h`.sil:n`ge wife. and all the little Declutes with the big Biblical imiizes. Peeler, ton, wi:h his fam- ily, .and in fact all of Bu~'h\vl1ackers Place .-:ven1<=il tn be iongregutetl to clchratt-t the their l)e:uls- togeth-er, dl'.(l P:i'sle,v'. who had` j-gootl litlixigs that }v'lcTa\'ish'.< Gloss had- 7.75 ;come into a fortun. 2 E 3 round. Af er (limiter was over Colonel Hallibut, _ beaming and` smiling, shook hands all.` I 561IY1 4 'I`,, ,' , I I ,i I, . T C _, ,, . , Auuuu. What I've niissell by not knowing you: good peopleloug ago." he exclaimed. "Iim . `going to make up from this'time on. As: `soon as I get our Gloss con1forlahl_v set- 'tlecl in a young ladies college in the.oldI lland I'm coming backT\here., I love all [this wild place just as iou all love it. I .know you will let the little girl and me. ishare it with you at. tinxes." mbirv 1:` n 1 n u . u 9! u 4"" "}'.'E.` iiiinidsizkr; ' Depot Agent Phone 8!: BnI-rio nun . . = Dear little Gloss," "he said, patting the; hand that grasped his. She raised her [head and looked aches at `Boy. Then she? held out her other hand. He came over, his heart beating wildly, the blood pounding E his temples. He took the hand and strnked it with a caress belonging to childhood. r`A`nnn' 1-rn";`r\||O`n krnnvs I."\IIl\l!l\l'All (knn LIU 5llHIUll_ l Well, I`ll be-----" He checked himself, and .glanced from one to the other'of the young people. Suppose we understand one` another," he said. Gloss." he asked. do . _vou--- you love Boy here?" | Yes. she answered simply. And you love all this big, beautiful; Wild`, too?" . 2 So much!" she said. A l I And you don't want to leave it. dear?" 3 HN0.H . I__ The Colonel's mouth twitched and the girl patted his cheek with her hand. I V You love it. too." she ~.~:m?lerl. Why. not all stay here together ?~-surely t-here isl enoughfor all." ` I Hurt.-sh. second -cl he Bushwhackers. The Colonel chuckled and put an arm about each of the two ysmng lovers. up-no .9 1 I`l'I H: II 1 H xnavua ,. That s a splendid idea. he nodded. "- .3 splendid idea. Good people. I'll take! youvat .vvom' word. I'll come and we'll live here together. I can't. say that I want to leave this place since I've been initiated `me the Brotherhood of the Untamed." had scratched it-3 purple tally- mnrk in the fringed west. and the ducks were sweeping in from south in long lines, ` when Boy and Gloss paused before a spot beside the path. . That's poor Joe s grave said Boy. Seems I misd. h'~m an awful lot. since the birds are comin' back and the world's alive again." = D(\l\I All` `AA " n:n"unA fling`. tin -van,` 97 .' UIIVU ugulu. ` Poor old Joe," sighed Gloss. He won't lie and watch and sleep by the old ash- leach no more. Boy." He drew her close to him_ A Let's don t talk of Joe to-night. girl." he said. Let it be you and me and the Wild." ~ A...) _- LL--. _.____-J _... A`; ._;I_ __..l LL- VV llllu And so they passed up the path and the streak of crimson faded to orange in the ky. and from orange to gray-drab. In `the lone tree beside the path 8 little gray- bird sang its song. . , 73 I\ I-`our women members of the Minnesota I-Imm have joined in introdticing 1! bill giving illegitimate children the same inheri- tance rights as now provided for legitimate .We'|I all `bfe giad to have you," shout- ed the Bushxvhackers, lVI-A,.. -_. ..g-.._l1_._ __.Z;L -__, l._.._l _.. l e i Cll IIIIC lJ|JDXL\VlILl\l'-IEO` ; Glow: was standing with one hand on` `the old ash-leach and now she lifted her` ', ' : l face and [naked at the Colonel... TY.__I- ,L _._!,I ,_.I_. VIVLA L1__ ,_ Il|l'vC i/llI|l ll||ll\L'Ll HI.` I'll`: \l3 I"IICl-_- " "Unc!e." she. said s0fl_v. The big man: turned. then came over and stood beside? her. 3 $|f\,_,, I3.AI f\I_ , 9',-L, ,3] AA? A` _. _TE_BARB'5.EXWIR_