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20 Owen St., `Barrie G. W. J. EASTMAN. PROP. . Phone` 377 R. G. MANUEL. MGR. Phone 12! - YOUR READQNG lgsgns w. .l._ Ricmnns -u -u-cocoa . _ TH9['i6dERs` are We}! silpgbiied :1. % Agent for McClary s Furnaces scorrs soox STORE 52. Elizglavegl;-S"t..' Phone 952W V auuu u unuuu B currency. . They sat there, facing each other in one of those pregnant silences which tometimest come when wideiaaues are at stake. Kest- . ner remembered that she was beleaguering him with none of the artifices of sex. There was something almost judicialin her im- passivity. as though her case had been put and her lastword had been said. `And In that very abnegation of appeal, he felt, she was circuitously assailing his will and breaking down his resolution. Shh Ihllaf `\IlI!n nnelnkb `Inna. KL. --;._ 1: mm muuu um`. _ Maura still lxnprmsed Kestner as bemg intvrinsicaully too fine of fibre for `the life of the social freebooter. But .he could not forget the fact that 1 she was Paul Lam- bert'a_ daughter and the agent through whom that ma.star~criminal had planned to debauoh a nation s currency. mhnv ant. than fnnimu gunk AI-1.-.". :.. l\I\4| vctecuy 11! an msuvuuty. - _ - Her -predicament, if such it were, brought him no `sense of personal triumph. Yet as he glanced about that dingyand disordered room and then_ back at "the pale "oval of her face he felt reassured of the fact that she wa.s.ill~suited to the setting in which he had found her. ' u ........ ._a.:n : _____ _-_1 v--_r__.,3 _ u v 1 ouruu, ' her slightly embittered. answer. 3 III! IIIUQIVHHVG Uy "ICU nets. "Not so much as I despise mysel`f` n . don't blame you--for anything. I think I understand, now. Sometimes I've been almost glad that you were doing what you are.- I got a sort of relief from the thought that you were" following us, every `move we made. I ve felt safer, lately, remember- ing you were somewhere near, even if it was to undo everything my '_ father had been working for.` But `when`I say that, too, you can't believe" me, can you?" A, Personal -Trium-ph , I wish I could," Kestner admitted. He found himself speaking with an earnestness -` of which on second thought he felt slightly j ashamed. He was still torturing his soul . with the query as to how much of all she said was genuine and how much was trick- ery. Hegcould indulge in none of the'ex- ` ultation of a combatant who finds his ad- versary in an extremity. I new-nvhinnmnnf if nun}: it uuuu no `-noun-nun-1-6 I 1 luv: _ Kestner sat for several moments with- out speaking. ' ' VmI mun} Innfknr t'A:w\:aA ma " Ln Iran.` UUII Uplllllsn ' . You mgst rather despise me," he ven- tured, as hrs meditative eyes met hers. "uni an I`I`lIIl|'I an I Ann:-shah nunanIf'" urn: {F0111 WIIUW W3 IIHUIQ 0` you: _ You can do that,'" she interrupted. All I want is the chance to get away, to aavtrmyself from worse things than you canwfaee! And you won't even believe me. 1)-..a...-.. -..:. 2 . _ _ _ _ _ _ __| ..-.-___._A_ __!LL 1 (Continued from" Last Week) Only a Chance My personal feelings have nothing `to do with the matter. Do you ixnagine every- thing that has happened during the last, few weeks has been merely a personal mat- ter with me? Th-at,.I.haven t been driven into doing things that were odious to me? That I haven't always wanted to save you from what was ahead of you?" ` Von nan An uent" aka infnn`-nnhsrl W nu-u-u tttfj Incorparated. 1855 ' , smmcnas % mugm ; ALLANDALE` % nmuvau. corner Sophia and Mary Street: llonufuctumrs of Sash. V-Doors. Fmnop, Flooring. Ceiling, Moulding, Water Troughs. Tanks. etc. We carry in stock 3 large an- Iortment of Rough and Dressed Lumber, B. O. `Shingles and Pmp`ared- Roofing. Wood Turning and Kiln Drying a Specialty. Drou- ing done promptly. - `- - jug; ;-__)( uaaonuv IUUK. ' I. He knew the door had been opened. burl `no sound reached his ears. He heard the`- thud of the door as it was swung shut again. But still no sound' of voices canwi `to the listener in the inner room. | ".-A. I2,.L_,, ` ` ` ' ' um uupuuen-u xnocxer at the outer door.? Just a moment," she called out with a - slightly rising inflection which gave a note of caeualness to her cry. `And Kestner,| crouching behind that inner door could eas-' ily picture how desperately she was` re-' marshalling the scattered lines of her com-` opoeure. He could hear her as she' crossed; the room -again; He could even catch the, sound of the` key, as it was turned in the distant. lock. ` l `[1; 1...... LL. _I__,, I I I . . - _ 1" I we as somemmes contorted with Pam. uuulu. and ne Kept, you always alone. i But her hand was-` still stretched half-im- That is `mt true! Y km" it, M5 -I - - - true. He kept-my life clean." he kept it- ggfngly towards that dingy mom m_ the-decent. no matter what it cost. [because he: The, as` the knock was repeated, he was my father and he cared for me!" _stepped silently_ back through that second A `Bad Character door. with his hat in one hand and his re- How much has he cared?" demanded volverl-in another. Then he quietly closed-Morello. The same as a crook cares for the door and secured it by the heavy brass capper! The same as a rabbit-hunter boltrwhich he found on the inside. At thegcares for his ferret. And -when `he thinks same moment he heard the rustle of herpyou cannot be of use to him he will drop _ski1t-`ti alndkthe sound of a key being turneVdly}l>u.',the same as he would drop an old in e oc . is oe. V He had'no time` to deliberate` on the fact, -Kestner had `to strain his ear to catch the that she had looked him in the room where girl's answer `above the din of the piano- he stood, for in the next `breath he could pounding in the -nearby apartment. _ " hear the sound of her voice. addressedit-o . That is my father you are speaking the impatient knocker at the outer door.i of. "he could hear the quavering voice _ ___,__ . .` . . . rlixf vhnnnnislr -1... ....ll-.I .._s _,,!.I ----` 3* Wait," .she ' whispered again as alie- pointed `towards the dingy. little bedroom behind him. He understood her gesturm; n vv cu sung ' "But for a moment he hesitated, staring` down into her face. It was quite colorless, by this time, and oddly twisted, as a child's face is smetimes contorted with pain. wasistill stretched half-im- nlm-imrlv tnwm-an lmo Jan... ......... ... u.- can sue saw me nrearm. ' - ' Wait;'-` she implored in 9, whisper. She gave him the impression of being afraid to_ speak. But her eyes seemed to appeal to; him for help, touched with the pathos of : an enimql to whom the power `of speech has not been given. And for a moment, in the teeth of the odds that were against her, ` he belieyed in her. ' | tpum. , _ ' w ` fl "Whoeia that?" again. demanded Kest- uer as he lifted his revolver` from his pock- 1et. I \.\i` I 9t_ W`Still' she did not anaworlhhn. But a! look of mute protest leaped into her eyes ! as she saw his firearm. ' Wnit"` ml... 1.....t.......: :._ - _-L:-.,M ~- rvzfhe woman sitting in the chair did not answer -him. But she made a. quick and terrified motion for silence. Then she rose to her feet, glancing wide-eyed about the ` room. ` Who isbth.at?" he demanded in a whis- ar. ` - ` ` ` Thezzis Eleaiqgi .l puuuulng III we -nearby` apartment. 3`. you .iof." 3 .reply. and it rose in pitch as the phrase 3 was repeated. my fathe`r-do you hear!" 1 Still again the sound of Morello's heavy -laughter filled the outer room. ` ` So he's vour father.-he smnffm-I Than 9 c -mu aver uueu me outer your father, he scoffed. Then `I -call him a `fine kind of a father! Ha, in fine father. wasn't `he. -to take all those 'years to train you as a forger! A fine father to take a young girl and Show her the secrets of counterfeiting, and keep her at it. until she was the best steel engraver tin the business.` He was a kind man, was he not, to take you out of a convent,-when `he found you were clever-_ with a. pen and `brush, and put you to copyin postage stamps and Austrian -bank notes and let ;you think it was [for museum exhibitions! I- II, R, A` I` vvauu. 1 l.!`.' HIUKUF y0U. me [TICK-B De neGd`i led. `He decked you out in fine `feathers !and let you idle about in soft places-but he did that because itwpaid him to do it! `And it paid him to see that you were always` alone. and `he kept, always alone!" That is nnt trim? vnu Inn-.... :4 - ...-A.: uu uuu use I0!` YOU. -He kept others away so that you could _serve him and his ends. He put, you in a cage. and fed you and kept you: warm. He tauzht'you the tricks he need-;` .ad_ J-In dnnlmnl vnn M. :. 4-:.... :..-u.-_-I WEEKS: I Ycs." mocked Mored. he watched! over you then. because you were of use to` `him. He watched over you the same as 3: {circus manager watches over an animal in; is cage! Oh. yes. he took good care of you-the `same care a track-racer takes! `of his horse! He took care of you because, he had use for you. I I-In In-so nlvlm... ...a....... .. L`._L `WE III` `weeks! 6517. _____ __ ,,__,J vrucvllllrli If\l'\'\`I 3stre`et.' It was a padded Hunger which Bad roads in the eountry were respon. lcould be checked 0111) by 3 f" 33 feral 35. sible for a very slim attendance at the `its own. ' _ H [market last Saturday morning. There was My father would kill you forthls! be little variety in the produce offered for i could hear the frightened girl cry out. And sale, butteg-,. eggs, apples and 3 few chick. -the next moment he could hear Morellos em; and vegetables being all that was no. laugh of careless disdain. r lticed. Eggs took in further decline of five `.He would kill me. would he? And cents a dozen. Other prices were unchang- l two days ago he sent me '_to you, and said just -what I have said today! | Cliickens, drwsed, crate fed . . . . . . 24-`26c That is a lie! Maura `Lambert called. Chickens, dressed . . . . . . . . 23-25c out. You know what happ_e_ned_ to `_I'_`er;lQhickens, milk fed . . . . . . . . . . .. 25:: lb. . ........ 4...- _._._ L -__ nu own. | you for.thi.s!" he` girl And Morell_o's e `He would kill me. wmrlrl Pm? Am! ucuu. morning 1 W111 De nere: _ `Kestner found `himself unable to combat ' the sense-of` uneasiness which rose like a chilling tide through his indignant body. Here was a force that was elemental in its - priniitiveness, that could not be combated because 0 hat very -primitiveness it would always prove doubly -perilous. It seemed to reduce everything to the plane of the brute. It was as disconcerting as the discovery of a tigxess patrdlling a. city istre`et.' only force as, , `its | `.__ `_____ __V I. g. 1. .n. no . `by the o;d`inai-y movements of life. And [Simoog Mva}l'`:`Wo'rks uumucna ueuaut retort. [ No. that is already set-tied`. You can-. not get away from that, any more than you` can get` away from me. You came here,` thinking .1 would not find you. And the! next morning I am here._ And.on still thel next morning I will be here!" `wnnfnnr fnnvul "\:lv|nA nu-LI- 1.. -.'_.L..1. away out: 0! Am always: You have nothing to do with what; I am. or what I intend to be," was Maurie Lambert : deant retort. ` 1 KY- A.l...:. :_ _|_-_.x_- _-;u_J 17, , near only zn0tI?n08 `volce agam. | Q0 you tlnnk youfcan get away from` Ina? _ the Neapolitan was saying. No,l sngnouta. it is too late in the game for` that! You are one` of us, and you will stay one of _us always!" ' van Hanna nnnn On A. mick ...l...A~7 llycerine Mixture i Prevents Appendicitis dj:-- . ! James Griffin, a reman was killed at `a grade crossing in Queens county, N.Y.. _whenvresponding to an alarm on February ;6. 1923. Last week a jury awarded his iwidow $50.000 against the Long Island .Railroad _-Company. i d 5 3 my . Wood, green ` L uuuuu DWCC 1 Horse radish - 117.-.! 1-.- gouu are mung, and who are losing their {health and sleep, due `to constipation, head- `aches or biliousness, should stop using pills ,or laxatives and start Bathing Internally. ' The J.B.L. Cascade is shown and ex- ? lsined at Crossland's Dr Store. .3 I_Ask for free booklet. ` The What. th. vpunneu at Uroealnndh Drug Store. l Ask for booklet, `The What, the Why, the Way -of Internal Bathing," or write to 'l`yrrell'-5* Hygienic Institute, 163 College Street, Toronto. Ont. (Advt.) THE MARKETS `E --....J ..,. ...yu.-n5 want In ` thespring. - A large stock of all kinds of granite and marble to choose from. ` LOWEST PRICES. SATU R DAY MA R |ET . . . . 45-47c lb. ts and pints . . . . . . . . 15-30:: am . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .1`. 40; . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..' .. 5c qt. . . . . . 5-10c pt. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .5-15c head . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 for we at . ._ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25c basket . . . . . . .. 50c small basket . . . . . . . . . . 40c try, large basket . . . . . . 50c u-y, small basket . . . . . . 30:. s, small basket 30c- . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15-25 ' ; Iin on 0V5- 300 '1h.25e 312.00 311.00 anu mcluamg the Studio-King Block. --.:-----------:- EDMUND}-IARDY, Mus. Blc., F.T.O.I. Teacher of Piano, Oran,_Vocal, and lludul Theory, Organist and Choirmutor ol - St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church Gold medalist of Toronto Conservatory ol Music and of the Univexjayy of Toronto. II3 Worsley St. V Phone 083 ----'-_T_+,--------- MAUD E. CLAXTON, L.T.C.M. Teacher of Piano and Vocal Pupils prepared for Toronto Conoorvutoq of Music examinations leading up to ' ldi . . . . s...,**..',%:::'..::=..*** A T C M d.e.=r . | L-. J. smpsou, M.B. PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON Officeand Re.sidence-~Col1ier St., corner ol Clapperton St., Barrie. Phone 275 UNA" rtll An (Formerly of Drs. Ross 6: Ross, Barrio.) Late Surgeon Specialist with the Imperial Army, 4% years. General surgery nd Obstetrics especially. Office-140 Dunlop St.. Barrie. Phone 710. " "*- """ UIHCC` I 710. up. munllm-. LYON 122 Bloor St. West, Toronto, will be at 91 Owen St., Barrie, lat Saturday each month. Diseases of Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Consultation hours--11 am. to 5 p.m. Barrie, phone 2. Toronto, North.332C ( HOT WATERHEATING PLUMBING TRY DRS. LITTLE G. LITTLE . Physicians and Surgeons, Barrio, Ont. Ofce and Residence--47 Maple Ave. Office hours: 1 to 3 p.m., 7 tq 9 p.m., at by appointment. Phone 213. A A. T. Little, M.D. W. 0. Little, LLB. --8l1Q'- `DR. W. V. JOHNSTON . Graduate of Toronto University Phone 61 Office-58 Collior St. Hours: 8-9 mm, 12.30-2 p.m., 6.30-8 par. "'-"-':-_T'_`:-'-'--""-'-""""" DR. H. T. ARNALL Associate Coroner County of Simcoc Office and Reaidence--Corner Toronto III Elisabeth Sts., opp. Central Church. ' Telephone 167 ,______________j______ DUNCAN F.` McCUAlG, B.A. Successor to Creswicko & Bell -BA'R'RIS'I`ER, SOLICITOR, ETC. MONEYTO LOAN Rnu Block, 3:: " ALEXANDER COWAN Barrister; Solicitor for obtaining probate cl wills, guardianship and administration, all General Solicitor, Natal ), Conveynnoer, ob. Office--Hinda-Block, 8 Dunlop St., Barrio. MONEY TO LOAN . BOYS I MURGHISON Barristers, Solicitpra, `Notary Public . Conveyancera, Etc. Money to loan at "lowest rates of intoxd. 0ffice--13 Owen St., in Masonic Touiplo Building, `Barrie. Branch 0f_fice-ElnvIb. W. A. Bovs--K172. MP n n u....I.:..... on. w. A. LEWIS ` Surgery and Diseases of Women Associate Coroner geixnty of Simcoo -an `n \Il ll Inunln-page RADENHURST E: HAMMOND BARR.IS'I`-ERS, SOLICITORS, ETC. Masonic Temple Building, Barrio. MONEY T0 LOAN _____________________ PLAXTON &` PLAXTON BA.'RRISfl`ERS, SOLICITORS, mo. Ofcea: 707-8 Kent Building Toronto, Ont. W. Plaxton. o G. Gordon Pluto: '-'--7-T---------"'- DONALD ROSS, LL.B. BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC. Masonic Temple Building, Barrio MONEY T0 LOAN Phones:-0ff}c`o |}{a."n:I;nco 353 .-___.--_:.:_.:_-.-. DR. MORTIMER LYON `r St, Wont 'l`n---am --1" .:-__._..._-____._. DR.- FRED A. R0 Iv nf hm D-.. 1. 1)..-- _1viED1cAL MUSIC nv., 1lI..'r. U. J. R, Boys. Juuxun, .I!alU. . -Block, Buns. j nu, Duffie- PO. Box 1078 33 V to pce ";_-on; -'<;|:Ier `L-f_`;I"-.: Monument or Memorial. Lt us get it lettgred and ready forsetting early in `I'll! nI\nI:9-Inn 2 cups flour. 4 teaspoons Iteaspoon s 2 tablespoons 1 well beaten 1 cup milk. 2 tablespoons 1 cup seeclla-.\~ Sift dry ing 988 add milk,- Iy, beating to :1 shortening last. mufn pans in M007 Shop wherel THURSDI agai sam for II .`\ '.1`otal Now IS '%l'HE_ uuzl