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I / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / / /I / // // // // // Hughes Bros. In the domestic art of Laundering, once well done is twice done. Be- cause we give our work extra care, -it lasts twice as long before need- ing` to be laundred again. Sunlight Soap + Adds -- Deducts -:- Divides Mewfadurcd by Lever Brothers Limited, `Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers. Iuu lawn. unruly: -4..----y.--`,. May you be ever so happy. dear," we said. ' Why, your face is all wet. Kit. You re--you're not crying? 4111, __n ..-;_______,a I--- ...1....L..-. 1...- All|the best quality and guaranteed. - M'P1i5 BEDSPRINGS. MATRESSES, % PUMPS, % 1-Ani(,"" ' \ and Repairs, go to W. H._B_!lANKER, BRADFORD STREET. A :8-ilym BARRIE. ADVERTISE an `the Cites of Washing Elafy from the House- ` e s'busy life. Comfort in the Work to Cleanliness in` V the Linen. ouunv J\.II.Al\a|.a ll\un Nb. no, ret1`1 1'ne(.1 sister. hur- riedly. with a forced, hysterical laugh. Why should I? Ou1y- M17-.- A.L-____I_L Y. ____ ..-!..__ 1.- -..- PBOPRIETORS. by tw; the Life of kn n'`tI1QQ Inna`-Int` ll II-IC JJLLC \IL i'1{e`'nic1es washed. by two the_ |Hours of hkll LATE OF QRO. 6:. CO. W; 1lI(:laAB'l`Yo :CyJ1'.t-` `;ou thought was going to run may and leave you. and you would `lose a sister and a partner in one, eh? [thought of that before, and so It's stipulated that we re not to marryfor I year and even then that you and .1 are to work our turns just the same as usual. It won t make a bit or d1!er- ence. But there goes -Fritz s revolver. We had better get inside. h.._n____,. V1 1 I ,_,- _I__J-.'I Building % and Loan Association ` Special" Facilities ojfered to Investors cmdBor'rowers. TENAI\IT-Why pay rent. when, on such at month! pa ants. you can become your own `lord ? nu vs the choice of repayin at a. monthly rate of $1.20, $1.50, or $1.90 for can: $xoo.oo bor- rowed. ` ' money r ooc. a. montn placed with the U. ,1 . B. and `Loan Association will yield you in about .8 year! A PRESENT of $100.00, or a profit` of $41.40 out your monthlv pavments. * ' - .---_...-. - -uvu TH.E INVESTOI-'l-Why not place you! $100.00 with the O. P. & L. Au'n. and have it doubled in :2 years. beside receiving during the in- terval 6 Z per annum paid to you every six monthl? In other words, for your $xoo.oo you will receive an interest $66 and a. lump sum of $200, making 9. grand total of $266. - ll'lKCI'B3I $1 an } $266. -- .... -_ 7---. An investment safe as government securities and much more protable, realizmg the investor an equiva- lent to :5 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter and further information call on 95 Dunlop-St., Ross Block, Barrie. - --vv\a -av 5 \.v nunxnuuo "Professor~`I:`ri't3z Mellin had concluded his bout with the lions and was bowing in acknowledgment of - the plaudits when the girls entered. He had one turn more before the sisters, Kitty and . Lillie Lansom, essayed their marvel-` ous aerial ights and high wl_re feat." lI.e1lin s- great turn was the famous rencontrewith Vixen. an Indian tigress that had had her first tasteot human blood and was generally expected-to be `watching a convenient opportunity for her second. Make Your Will. Blank Will Forms can be had at - }meAdvance Office O.H.LYON. Will pay for Will Form and postage to any part of _Canada.. wooosrocx, ONTARIO, Calls attention `to the sow us quaint. 91.517, us whys: nut cacu 9131 00]`! owed. THE PUBLlC-Wh d all gioney? 6oc. a. month 4plac)efds5v?:h the (013? . and Juan Annunciation will uialrl unn in gl-u-mt Q Ivnnon A SEQTREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 11-kl ms ow neunnuz Aucnuustn L G. R. FORD HANDLES ALL xmns or AUCTION. SALES. Oh, how I hate that brute!" said Lillie as the professor lithely skipped "9 the steps of the cage and. with a halt -bow to the audience. passed thmilgh the bars. T Vixen bounded angrily toward him, but the tamer s eye was upon her. and it was not even necessary to threaten With the loaded thong he carried. RAIIHH an: ..._.._.-I ;1__ AA..- .._-__1.I-.. Are a specialty, and parties intending to have aa.les_', will consult their own interests by placing their sales in his hands. ` _ H Ordern left at Tm: Abwnccn oee or his resi- dence. Spruce Cottage. will be promtly attended to. as-L G. `. FORD. Evenings at residence, 67 Owven-St. CUT FLOWERS-Roses, Carnations, Violets, etc., fresh everyday, Bouquets-Button- hole, Hand or Corsage. Funeral Tokens in any desi s. VEGETABE!I1a`.S-.Celery; Crisp and Tender ; Lettuce. Cabbage. Parsnips, Beets, Carrots, t . SEEeDcS-F lower Seeds} Vegetable seeds, Plants and Bulbs. WM. TAYLOR SEED STORE I` .I.a\l } Telephone I5. _ sentfree. 0 dost ency for securing tents. vo _ V ` \l\ll'Il'Il\ll1 I 9 war- V . Anyone sending a sketch and descri tion may quickly ascertain our opinion free w other an invention is probably atentable. Communica- tions strlotl condent al. Handbook on Patents Patents taken t rough Mnnn-at . ice, withoutc urge. inthe ' ""ci"ntitic flmer ca: . s._-.n-......I_ n1...a..b..I -uuslplw I'.nu-annf. Mn. ---v_ - "-_v Vv-vuvv---v 1 -_ A handsomely illustrated weekly. Largest Iain- culatlon of any scientic out-nal. Terms, 83 A `our: four months. 81. Soid byall newadoalers. IIIIIII 1| 1|. -- -_ _ ||____ |[__|, UILIDUIUII VA nu; av: --an ..v-._ , ear - $71?-'o'l`<'1by all newad'a.l3'1-3'. IINN & (:n.==m~-d-v- New jg}! Branch Omce. 625 F St.. Washlnzton. FARM STOCK SALES _ hound "edl Klttv u - neu yuc Aunutu LUUUS U H ' and round the cage snarling . I " her discontent at being disturfedg -Xv; en careered, herslackenlng S 913 and anon being qulckened by the sharp-" crack of the whip. Then over hurtls. and again under barriers which re`! erg ed all the animal's crouching P:odp` to negotiate. Finally 8 aming! 801. was passed into the cages the 9" esami holding It in his left hansio `""d Dd cracked the huge cat `g" th animal seemed half dazed and 9! hausted. The maste Iurllness llellln. - v 1'? was complete- ' Vi:,r l .t:. availed nothing .Wh em,-_e vwhatever her record der where. here in Rodwell's'cl1-cue. un no the Prince of Tamers. -' "*9". bad nd other course but to behave herself . Obey. ` ` , I The people were frantic with 85mm tlon and delight. They cheered as` counter cheered ln rlng108 `n' at. ? Fritz; leaving the cage. Wwed rep? rough and round and round until the ` < l x yvfrom the top of the M603-_ ~ A Then came the aerial lzb.ng1l:" the halrbrea-dth adventure! 39. vv 1,23 heads the people torgotithe m`'-'7 Vt} Erase and her darhis mute" L` . L. _, 33;:-I-'-'-' _ hnnns---` E. DONNELL, IVIBIIYSACI II Iw`vu-og4.-- _-____ FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN, ....... -- u-p nnInInn-gf , 6 C118. GO TO THE NEW -AN D- v annuamnn. _ :55 Duulop-St.. Bame L. ed in same question he and her during master. ' . ` ha W however, high up. itting t'rou_1j Deze to trapeze. could not ba'n1!h ; L`"ie s love atrair from hermlnd, ;B`,We e? are before mu Mellln had p\'I__t' `F0 J her :1, an -l_A.-_ [one spoke in'the\_ *` why am I ssd!_ ` 1 gm vast of sky _sb`ove '11:. Is blue and glsd. ' A _. _ e hushed deep of myphgug .~_,_a. nstb.,the sun s.gold;` - . .._ no dew slumbers till noon _ ' .7\_.,_ In my petals hold. T '_ uutyl have; and wisdom '3-e And love I know, `at cannot release myspmg ' 0! its strange woe. Then I wind older than T1mg_ Wiser than Sleep. = -:swex-ed: The whole world`: gong. Is yours to keep. ,ts dark descends upon you .4. any`: high noon; - . OITK Ucuuyn-u.. ..r___ ' '_ At day`: high It: pallor is whitening about you . From every moon. The cries of a thousand lovers, A thousand slain. The tears of all the forgotten Who kissed in vain, . _ And the joumeying yea: that have nnhhu aw: on you \ Ana 1.11:: ;v-......_, ____ _ Have left you \ The witness, each of its pun, A Ancient, yet new. so many lives you have lived; So many a star Hath veered in the signs to make you mu. umnder you are! Hath VECTEU In uu: llauou -Iv .--_- '.,_ The wonder you And this is the price of your beauty: Your wild soul is thronged With the phantoms of joy unfullled That beauty hath wronged, ~ With the pangs of all secret betuyug, The ghosts of desire, The bite of old ame and the chm 0! the ashes of fire." --Char1es G. D. Roberts in Century j ` 1':-as _-..' -v -_-:-- i From this stage the situation natural- ; ly evolved itself to an inevitable cli- : max. That climax had arrived. The gsister for V whose very life "she had . striven all these years had unconscious- For her the blackness of: the future II in ` ly robbed her oi! the man she loved." ' iTIl.n`T`$'!9*`?li1mnil'!311sliiA. ;ygt;she declined hli otter; . She. remem- Vbered even now _'the look of. mingled disappointment and ang'er upon his face when she gently but rmly told C0. 7 ` ` It was for her sister's sake" she did this, for Lillie, left to ,her charge,` a growing girl, who could not he desert- ed and w-ho.m'u'st- be worked for and watched over V for tour or ve years ` more. She had promised their mother, and her promises werennbreakable as steel. To saddle the man of Her choice with the expense of hergsister was an . alternative that found no favor in her 1 sight. ., V.--..-, vv naval gvu vv Ill 0 y She had not forgotten her answer. It came back to her with exemplied force \ and meaning jnow. C6171]..- ___.... I But you are unreasonable, Kitty, he had said. Why cannot we be en-. gaged and married in T five years, ten years, when you will? GI... I....: __4. A__...__;.-__ u , UL A Romance of the Ring. E 'oyoy4ovovovooVo.VoVoyovovo The brazen blare of trumpets and the heavy thump of the drum, with now. md then the shrill whinny of a curvet- [mg horse or the deep roar of a lion. mdicated that the mighty show was int lull 8WiUg- ,-_.. -1 Ala.` gunman. 'vv|nn1-wanna -QUUV C-I-la IIILIDJ II `(L V7 III IJGO Fiye years had worked changes. When they met at length and` the sis- ters were starring together, Kitty had changed. Hard work and anxiety had told their tale. Lillie had grown into the` very model of what her sister was when he knew her. So strong was the likeness that at rst sight he had mis- taken her for his former love. Lillie had` grown into` Kitty. and Kitty was lost to him. ..__ _-......., . Five years work many changes.` Fritz, and I would not have you bound.` But come to me then, and you know` now what my answer will be." ' 'l1'Il.... _. _ _`.. L -v- ac-v `av-5-sun. up-nu van vnnv ouvunv he`l-d no gleam, yet there was no resent- ment within her. Her one prayer was that Lillie might never know. I-_.1.1-_l_ - -_._-..9_ ___.-__- -__-...- -_...- -.----w ---5-v now: we --av Iv Suddenly "a woman's scream rose from the audience. Kitty was about to make her sensational dive from the very apex of the building to a trapeze many feet below. The frightened ` ioose_. sound unnerved her at the critical mo- ment. She dropped short of the bar by a couple of inches and landed in a heap in thejnet. Loud cries lled the circus, and at rst she thought they were sole- ly for her; but. scramblingto her feet. she discovered her mistake. A wild panic had seized the crowd-Vixen was Me'n trampled women and children underfoot in the mad rush for the ex- its._ Knives came out and were freely used in slashing the `canvas. Pande- monium reigned supreme. ` '|lr-_- ...a.-_A.I-: __A _I_......-.1 J.I__- -11 M More startled and alarmed than all, Vixen stood hesitating. quivering, while the mad uproar grew` louder and loud- er, stiing the moans and protestations of the injured and the helpless. Then the beast lifted up its voice in one soul terrifying snarl of rage and exaspera- tion. It redoubled the efforts of the mob to escape. Strong men struck weak women back. children went down and were wantonly hammered under ~ __, _ ... 1- - . . , _ A. --wvuuv Down, Vixen, down! The great cat turned suddenly, and as she did so the heavy thong of the trainer bitelnto her -l__Lnn._I ..|.n.. 61.- ...h..AA.-nunzl nnrl LICGVJ Isl-I\JI.l VJ Iouv sbucuva nu. ---.v ..w. be).utltul kin. She shuddred and cowered, but hertear was only momen- ; ` tary; Her old blood lust was upon her, and, growling viciously, -she sprang at I Fritzfjust as hlsarm was upralsed to a direct another blow at her. _ ___j LI.` ! . UIBVVU Iltl-IVIvII\vL wav vv uvv navy! The man dropped like a log, and the brute s teeth crunched into his right shoulder to the bone. Fritz reached- with his left hand for his revolver, which he always carried, but only suc- - ceeded in disengaging it from his pock- et. His nerveless ngers could not re- tain their grip, and he 1et_the weapon fall. ~ Lanna: Au this had happened in a matter of seconds, yet already the vast amphi- theater had emptied. High above the two girls had witnessed the rapidly` changing scene` with staring eyes and blanched faces. But the-mishap to the, trainer changed Kitty s fright into re-_ solve. Running as fast as the i net would allow, she reached the guide rope. swung herself over and shot like an arrow to the ground. A , -4-` _A .1_......._ --...--'-nu-I on has |uu D u ---a' In the rear of the great marquee, , their dark humps standing out against me background of the starllt sky, stood ` 5 score or more of caravans. the homes ` gay and night, week in and week out. -_ -14.-.. nah mhnfhmv inli-inc nndh Ill]. uu;uvv LU bl-IV abvuuun No thought of danger occurred to her. Her one aim was to reach the revolver '1 and save the life of the man she loved. 7 Crack! Vixen responded with a ter- ; rlfylng growl of pain and suddenly dropped Fritz, whom shehad raised in her jaws, as _a' cat would .a'- mouse. Crack! The rst bullet had wounded her paw, the second lodged fairly in her chest. With `one horrible heave she sprang upon her new enemy and bore her to the ground. Kitty felt the cruel claws in her breast and the beast : 7 fangs in her head, and then-darkness. Dearest. it is I-Fritz. You saved \ me, and I-heaven help me-but- ? The words sounded very far o .to : Kitty, lying` upon a couch in the pro- pr1etor s caravan. She opened her eyes. Forgive me!" he cried. It seemed when I met your sister that it was Lillie I had always loved. but I know now and '-- . V n she lifted her hand deprecatingiy. It is best as it is, Fritz. she said. Knowing all, I could not care to. live. and Lillie--you will be happy with her. Promiseame you will never tell her. It nu |.__-_I. I._- Innnnln II -eyes. .l'l'Uunuv:-|.uv gvu u ... ..,... -- --__ _ _ , _ would break her; heart. He bent his head low to. hers and spoke softly in her ear. The doctor, discreetly keeping in the "shadow, won- dered what it might have been, for the patlent's face lighted with a smile. "Then the man's iipsmet hers. A_"_It I could only"-- - ` `_`I am glad." she said falntly._ '.I.`her`o was-.no-other-w`ay." She sank back exhausted. When the doctor looked again.` he no? ticed that w"`hi'ch made him hurriedly cro ss:and' take` the girl : hand in his. He stood; afjlnoment th'onghtully.' then-A ..l_Ie{h3bk?1.h5IIfjh9!P9|l5_ Ilctorlill 1 4... - { He ran quickly along for fun a quar- ter of a mile without looking back down the narrow.` slippery road that was left between the cotton rows and I the levee. The boy` slackened his pace . . when he became convinced that _no one g was in pursuit of him, and as he did so . he heard the loud, cheery voice of Tom 3 Aiken back at the break, All work to- ` gether, boys! V . A in-1--_|.o An _-..I_ ;._....I.-.. n 41... In-.. _; waters. Ion-I av Iov wnvvyu . . In his eagerness to reach the coveted . goal the little negro quickened his pace again. It was now almost dark, but his eyes had ' grown accustomed to the gloom- He could see` the curving line of the levee; which seemed to tremble with. a premonition of its own inade-. ._quacy. He could see all the water pools In .the road. His little legs had meas- ; ured perhaps a mile more when the om- _ inons roar of the river made him _..stop . and peer over the levee at the rusliing For" days the river had been rising. ` '1`he_levees above were gone for miles and _miles, and the mad `waters `had. swept over the bank. carrying for- tunes and even lives before them. On one of the big plantations opposite ~ Shreveport every effort was being made towithstand the ood. Bands were col- .lected from every cabin and recruited from all the adjoining places to strengthen the water soaked levees, which shook on the pressure of a man's .toot.' It was almost dusk, but the men` who had not tested for days worked -with the strength of fresh vigor. as the voice of Tom`Aiken, the planter, direct- ed them and cheered them on to the task which seemed so hopeless as the ? water crept steadily and steadily high- ` er. But for the fact that every one was 1 busy with his work, a little negro boy, * who suddenly dropped his spade and T stole away between the wheels of the ybig sand wagon, might have been seen as he scurried away around the curve `iein the embankment. 3v vaavn , . Huh? All `work together, the boy said. Yessir, but you bet dis here nig- ger done tired er workln togedder. I ze gwine to sleep, I is. I am shet my eyes fur two whole days an nights, an .1 gwine round the p int to Aunt Viny s an go to sleep.. 7.. 1.1.. _-.._`_._-.... 4- ...._ -1. 1.1.- -......L.\.I ::;ra;; te:'.b5:.;z,i1';'Vv; .1;eEJ&'-'joii;g 83 rumbling` over heavy roadsor backed .1. ..........\nl- nnnn n rnlnavv-nu!-In '" scrambled up the slippery bank a clod of loosened earth fell heavily in- to the road below. andthrough the ori- fice which it left a little stream of mud- dy water trickled. The boy caught his -breath quickly when the water ran over his hand. u a Q gnu; ' "I-4o.'x.';1-yi;;~E`e-` exclaimed. Dere s gwine to be a. break right here. Lordy! Lordy! `What I gwinedo?" . . ~ 1'1- _.A.-__-.`I 1.- _ . _ . _..l.1-.. FBI.--` -`-.... --.-- - 5 .. ._-v -w ' "He stopped to reconsider. There was still another mile before he could reach the point. and he knew there were only aefew old. women in the cabins there, and he could get no help from that source. It was more than a. mile back to where the men were working. and he was afraid to show himself there after having run away. Besides there was not a. moment to lose. What was to be done must be done at once. The boy knew that a great responsibility rested ~ upon him. If the little opening were not stopped Immediately it was only a question of a few moments before the a whole" levee would be swept away. _ ._1__-3 -___ _...I I--I__.I -I.--_A. I..!..4 -vvvw vvw--- -v~..-r-._.. He stood up and looked about him. There was no one in sight. He thought he might nd a bag of sand dropped by a passing wagon, but there was none. With sudden purpose be turned and sat down over the little crevice through -which the water came. The soft earth" yielded to his weight, and with his hands and feet be pressed it about him. patting it to make it rm. nu_- .1am---n._ 1.-.: I..-..... ....I-.'-"1 nvlc-Ir llllluyllaa 0; IV I-union. The diiculty 1:33 t}}E' solved with- out his volition almost. It was only -after it was done that he thought of the consequences. He calculated in his unreasoning_way`that it was 8 o'clock. How long would he have to remain there? For aught he knew till morn- lng. He began to suffer by and e by from his cramped position. but he-dar- ed not move even the leastgblt lest the crevice shouldcopen again. ` ' _-__|'_1 ..-A. J.-II I...-o Ll-hnlnnnag ULCVIVV DuUul\q vyuu u-5-..-u He could not tell how time-passed. Every minute seemed an hour. He could not hear the shouts of the men below. There was only now and then the boot. of an owl rising above the roar of the water or the swish `as a. clod or earth was sucked lnto the mad current. "He wished he had not run awayfrom his work. II - I.-.._.A Au` and nntnnwo Isl: ilvnih HVVIIJ I,lUu.I uuw vvvnuu He began to get drowsy; his limbs. were almost numb. He wondered what would becomeof him if he should go to V sleep. lt_. the waters should rlse up oyer the levegand drown him and ruin tho cottolp would lt `tmake any dllrer-'_ (Oh, my heart; my weary heart! T There's ne er a. day goes by ` But it turns harm: to Dunvegan, By theitorm beat hills 0 Skye. -Wi1liam Mclennnn in Harper : Magazine. msprad he:-`w'in`g. ufsthe uicht she duct. .0omn-awn`. urn . my darlin. ` Come an? wi ,ma.an By To 3 land that : (alter, kinder - an hill! 0 Skye." Oh. my heart. In! weir! heart! There : ne er I day gou by But it turns hune to Dunvegan, By the Itoljllfbelt hills 0 Skye. I he wandered mile` 111' mum. I hue marked in many I. change. I he won me gear in plenty In fhlu Innrl can (:3: I-nub ad-no-{mg wmui o'.the,aday-ihe' beckon. 0 uuv vvvu up: `up an picnic] In this land In fair, but strange, Yet at tinies a spell in on me; I'm 1 boy once again, to rin On the. hill: nboon Dunvegnn, An the kind gen shuts me in. fuujuuub VVV` """'V ' ` " * W ' _ ` ` * ` " up, as at present, upon a miasmatic meadow, of all that curious. petfipatetlc crowd known thnoughout the length md breadth of the land as Rodwell s Amalgamati0D- ..:..I... 4-Lain nknnnlu annntnln 1;-IE HIhB"O ?' ISKYHEV. .eht~e tsu {.1 - .;;u ., :3; r ` ~; av `e- ff He t_was5',maa);r=:r::xtv ti): they problelhy A the-`like .01 Vs*1:'ic'u` ' `nus pn22ln.l gz-aver heads` than his. '1'h'e, booting of the owl grew less and less frequent, the Iswishing of the ,wate1-s fainter and fainter. the pain in his back easier. 71'. _.._._.A. LA... ..'I,_; .___._A A.I-.- ..2 vvrnj nuns noun. an aunt.) nu saw.- He must have slept some time. ud- denly he was awakened by the gallop ot a horse on the road _below. He was too weak to move. His voice was al- ' most gone, but as the horse and rider zapproached he cried out with all the [strength he could summon, Marse I T913133` -vju Mr. Aiken drew rein quickly and i turned his `big lantern in the direction `of the voice. ` ' wc vunv ~ I vnvvc 3' Who is it, and where are you?", he asked, dismounting. It's me, hos," answered the boy. What the mischief are you doing here, Pete? inquired Aiken, `peering into the boy a begrimed face. Why. i you are almost buried alive!" ll!` ..__..__3 _ u,_,u,,,_,,1 -.7--yo-..-_. any a you 3' W 1.13 . bless the boy! said Aiken. You must be nearly dead. What is to be done? Can you oqtand it till I ride back and get help to fill the break? It will open as soon as you move. . ` I(`T......l_. I_...L I_-_'____ 1.-.... ll __...__..-.._.1 `u- --no u----v-aw his-ona\4\Q so-nuvu s I runned away from back yo,nder,V the boy auwered. I seed th`e levee er rbreakin here, so I stopped." ll1`l 7'I__. 1.1--.. LL- :_-_on .__n.s 111.`-.. -. -.- ..`.--- u-u -rvv- gvup o--v I1- : Yessir; but hula. boss,' answerd the boy. A . A1I___'. ;.___.__s ;_- ._--__ -_,_` u. , L ,__-_1 3_"`1;;'"., `George? ~ eiclaimed Aiken. _ then all is lost." There .s 9. boat,`and three more inches of water will top the levee here and . Two girls. their shapely. Spangled lgures enveloped In besmirched and t1-ave ; worn cloaks. sat upon the steps of one of these movable homesteads talking In hurried undertones. ' urv," I.-- ..I_.\nJu-o nnnlvnn `hill! 9 , ~---..--.. v\r- --wvv v- vuuuu ; VSteer for the o'th"e_r side! he called out when the boat was in hailing dis- tance. - v-v Harv` - 3 As Aiken turned to remount, he heard the sound of boat wheels around the curve and the whistle sounded out I 1'1oai'sel;*._` ll`I'I_. II i In a few moments the `boat rounded the curve and the big lights shone out _ `across the water. _ So saying, hepicked up his gun from :where he had dropped it when be dis- mounted and strode on a few paces up stream to meet the boat. --av nu-v use-ow-u .'T-""Jv?he Ma'rsden,'A1ken said, as he saw the two smokestacks, with Mor- ton at.the wheel. I shall have to ght for it. I m running this machine, respond- ed the coarse voice of Morton. and I guess the river is free! LII _ . _ _ A __I3 ._.-- 1.1.- IILLI- L-_._.__-.. _.Q i --A-l-l;en could see the little tongues of water as they overlapped the bank above. _If `the boat did not turn, he would send the water over the levee lower down where the boy was, and he and the whole embankment would be sucked in, There was no time to be lost. -vuavc ' Swinging the lantern above his head so that Morton might see him, he ung his rie to his shoulder and called back. Come another, foot nearer to this shore and you are a dead man!" `f-_.L__ I__-__ __L-L _.-_..-_ -1 ...__ I... .;..-vs`: v-qua avg. u-ow cc x-yo-- ---.-- Morton knew what manner ovt maxi he had toideal with. The wheel reversed. the boat tacked and grazed the opposite shore, which was already submerged. u A II __l_L . ..-_ 11.1.. it ..-:.1 A 31--.. ldlnlue nu sauna-5`. ........---._-..- He has already spoken, then?" ask- ed. the elder girl. "I did not think-I Ihou1dn t-I-what am I saying? It was very sudden." - _ -._.1 u. __....' ......1........n ....:.a vv so-a nu... W ~---.iv_r,--- .-.-iii now, Pete, said Aiken gently, patting the boy : muddy pate. I ll go on and be back in a tewmo- ments. 1 _,_`I _,-n_ _._._.1 '"5i{$n they came by and `put Vsand bags in the hole Pete had been cover- ing, the little fellow was too Weak to speak or to stand, anal Mr. Aiken took him up in his arms and himself car- ried mm to the house. no 0-, ., I._,n _.l_1_ LI\}\` IJILLJ U`, DI-I\} IJ\IIuI9\r I And now. Pete does nothing but ride ' on the back seat of the carriage to open a gates for the driver or to carry parcels when Tom Aiken s pretty wife goes to_ Shreveport shopping, forvhis boss is `grateful to the little hero who saved 4 the plantation. `Some Ridiculous Names. According to Lippincott s, Maurice` Thompson was no admirer of Ameri- can nomenclature. No poet, said he, ever got a chance to redeem the erudi- ties of our `nomenclature. `Mocking bird is bad enough, but `thrasher for mountain thrush! Doesn't it preclude all prospects of competition with a ` nightingale. though ours may be the superior vocalist? And those postof- ce names! Nature has lavished all` her favors upon some of our southern mountain parks, but it takes an ad- mirer ,with strong nerves to get his mail addressed to Pignut Cove or Greasy Creek. .,-,.,, ..,,Is 1. I.-A.J..._ \Jl C68). The very Tartars could _do better than that. `Tengris Kahn, the `Specter. Prince, they called their grandet peak on the Chinese border. It s probably nothing but a. bleak. treeless crag,,and we have 9, much prettier sovereign -close by here, `gleaming with white ' cliffs and glorious incite crown of ever- green pines.- But they had to spoil it and call it the `Great Hogback moun- up-u. v--4 % tam. VCBILIO * They should have stuck to the In- E dian names. laughed our Georgia land- ` lord. - .n n_. _- ,a,.|,n_-__i_-_.I ___I..-..- H A.` Mining City. There are some 20,000 persons of all clases and ages missing In London every year. said a Scotland Yard om- cial. ' Q": A , _ ___.___A. ,`A_ JUL \Jo Yes, in this neighborhood anyhow, said `the euphonist. Human speech of that sort does become a little more musical as you go farther south. From Oshkosh to Tallulahis a long step in the right direction. We are generally able to account for 3,000 by referring to the bodies `un- I known found in the Thames and other places and by taking for granted that the rest have left London for various reasons. ` We have the majority of the latter on our records as `wanted. Still ` even then 17,000 are left. The greater umber. ofthese are probably living in ondon under assumed names and dis- guises and in dierent walks of life. They are cut off from all intercourse. with their relations, and former friends and have as citizens changed their per- sonalities. _ ' - J. . n _ a____.. -3 -.' `...._ was vct; 9: uuuu nu In the end It was.` perhaps," said the younger, but it seems he had loved me a long time, a.nd--well. Kitty. [1 can , lay it to you-the world has only held one man since 1 met him. .But you on t seem pleased, Kitty. You're not angry with me? Aren't you going to congratulate me. sis? __ 1 Z-.. -...I_ Ll.l.nI-Iona. D11` \Il-ICIIIIJCWO In fact.` there is a torn of ma.ny thousand inhabitants. in the heart of London which is to `all intents and pure s -poses missing to the rest or the world and it wanted :cannot` be found." A __ BARRIE STEAM LAUNDRY. cement, culvert Pine, jFie|d Tile, Make no mistake! This is the GREAT Scottin thezabove `lihes. Has purchased the premises occupied bv Chas. Mc- Guire, jult out o and has 0 ened up _b orseshoem . etc. smithing. promptly at the lowest I the Vlctprla Hotel, usiness in all kinds of Black- All work will be done gure. Remember the place. 0fce--97 Dunlap street, Barrie Near Market Square. VV r'r1. IVI c La rty, |'rHI-: "ADvANcE."l Lvublubulu-lu\- l.LJ\.' Ia Of course; I was; :);1ly thinklng-- But nevr_ mind what I thought. She kiss- ed her sister hurriedly. '1 -_-.._. .1---"