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\z`-'-~{3 V1). 111. FfiaLaren A All the b0It`ql:1IliBY and ` guaranteed` Go Pro THE NEW` A SCIENTIFIC OPTICIAN BLARKIE L.ANB; or :-`Ices TO RENT on LEASE 2 Roomi for oices. in Ross Block. No. 97. Dunlop `Street. 9 Fin proof v"ault: lately `occupied bv Dr. Wellh. - Alaojwo rooms with vault, latelvoccu 'bfv_._Hood. Jncks'& Flaler. arristers , imm late pplftb CJ-l.'_ I A lduuigrv/:;"\;qux_. ~:.;- :3 W pct. u. av. n :9 Aduiall "" -i"o1;,<;-*-l1vt"to, considefing she sent` me away," Merton broke in ruefully. "You don't mean Joe "is gone on her like the rest of us? I thought"- vAI1,wvA Lu. :& H-an..- .a.._;.-_. __.I.'n u-n ~ ` S. ,4 ;.. .... _c.,.:.:.;.;.:.` :_.N. )5 19in nth Con.-xoo. ' 7 - _ `Apply to LENNOX. ARDWAGH. COWQN 8: BROWN, i . / |T3'7`;.f{,K` g-;1{`_ `No.52 Solicitors, Barrie. ` I ,. ' [me Advance Mice L/R1 IJZIIU Bill Heads (in }ads) _ Statements (in pads) Letter Heads (in pads} Note Heads (in pads) Programmes_ Folders, ' Announcements Cards, Tags, Envelopes, etc. Postefs, com: AND GET con Ri\_TES |}for hunting or cooking examine our amok. ' We carry the largest and beat lines of stoves E in town. We will be pleased to show them ` (0 Vol] if Vnn nnrnlmaa nln Iu A ---J J!- -_ .. u u. -v -2 Wu: U0 lllllfll CO CHOW CD3`! % you if. you purchase or not. A good dia~ . count off `for cash. Everyetove guaranteed 5 by phe makexs. ' - E A196 1!. full 1in'e of , L VANILLA. for ice cream. for instance; Burma Powmsn. for cakes. One a drug. of course ; me other a chemical": ' Land` theta `are still othel-s-SPICES of all kindo.cI'a;am6f tartar, etc. ~ Tlelblvcctd ed:-ugsiaata.DRUGf - . S108 ."The gm 'st.kr_Iows more about 1 than duh otherpeop e. vvwowieplugooaaru to `Co a 1: apbutkimheu 0:53; I`, may a u-'- lmouxrmrs Aunuc smut ? T. Tqg.nUNLoP.srr.BARR1E. . Stoves` Ranges Not much to t'ell,"[ Dr. Watrs said. VYou know Florrie Ezell- j ` III` ._A ,,I, J0B'" PRIMING Table and Hanging] Lamps ` _--_--AT--- ? Drugs and chemucalsy %Ii-1 them; _Kitchen". 17. in 3rd Con. ' T.ECUMSETHi N 54 7 and S. )6 Sin 3rd Con.--zoo a. TO LET. .- INNISFIL. an -5 . .- W 54 4. in `loch Con.--abouI: mg a. E.:_} 4. in nth Con.-- :00 a. 5. m V 7th Con.- " xooa. --u-ug._-u . - -. mmsm. N. )4 :9. in nth Con. 17151`!-\ru A FARMS FOR SALE. Evry & Description V`\\*na'mi_s:'1t?" asked Merton, the third ot,_theV `group. You know I've been away six months! Tell me all about it." ' ` When `you ; .910 VE 01: 'RA1$*E ;_--- HARDWAHESTORE % ARE NEEDED EVERYDAY W indow Cards, Dodgers, 0 I- I13 ADV-ERTSVE m BARBIE. 9-1 noon w1~:s-r oi` BARRIE HOTEL 's't}ivN1DALa. =. Want to buy 3 hrs: clan u--u v v- n we-.. `.5-n--v Now you ye got me, the doctorgpprofg, tested. I d risk my professional_rep- 7-`- utation that fall he got on the, slety pavement did no worse harm to his shrunken shanks thanbark them up pretty generally. There were bruises,_ of course, and on the shoulder and side as well. I told him he d be out and` -4 about in plenty time for the Christmas. ' trade, but from the rst he stood met up anddown that he d never takean-"* other steady step, and so far}. Pm .- bound to admit, hewas right. 3.1`\heife s` nothing on earth the matter with his legs, nothing at least that I or the oth- - er doctors can see. Against that there . is the fact that the minute he tries to stand on them they do the "joint rule - act-'-double under .him as though they hadn t strength to bear up a spider.` The trouble must lie in the nerves. 'If that s what you meant. -I agree with - you that it s a pity. I thought you had V` preference to the trick he's played on Joe Beenam. uuwvu - --- ;i Bills, OF Catalogues, . Lew Bayne, the I.Dv 1n who l~1:`1' )'-.(;kenA: tlrst, shook his head `energetically. I. meant that poor old fellow s legs. he . said. I suppose, doc. it's certain. he`ll never Walk again. - - ll\Y__ ___-_I__- ___A_ ____ I0 41.. _'l-_A__-_ _, ,,` V lllollv Ila. Dlllutslav :`What s a sha:me, doc_?5 a Athl4rd7.sa id',' coming up behind them. . Dqctor Wg1- `- ters smiled halt grimly. I m notquite --_-.- ..-_._-.. 1.- 1.. AL. LlL_L 1.. LI}. v\ruu w--.--v- -..__ 5. .j_ ._ __v_- u... aure-it seems to ye {he -hi.tch. in :1 course of a true 10 e, be ansWe1'eg1 I`_,,1'h;#,,- LI__--___ ___I__I.-_1___-I, unuya A man who halt knew looked. utter" old Gib, then across at the sign not his? - young rival and murmured half. to himself, What a pity! Another. `man who knew also looked, listened to t.he`f ` exclamation and answered -it, sticking; out his chin as hespoke. Better say..- `What a. shame! " ` ` ' ` - ' ;xv1svI,-Lc, - _.I___.,_ .I-_n!l _ A.I..I__I' __`.I.!`` ` T , Old Gib Ezell dwnt .stumping upon his crutchesedown .'th'?e_ street and up the steps ot his was the biggest store in town: :not the smartest Joe Beenahi} (vino, had opened up `the spring -,be`tor_e,' jtist across the street, was running old Gib hard in groceries-and hardware ` and" leaving him out of sight when 1t_came; 1 to lmickknacks or dry goods pure and. simple. A ....... ...Iu... hall Ipnnum Innlpn all`-(run -- -_. - . .-._. . ` I m coming to that. if you'll wait, the doctor ran on. ``I tell you thatwas a sleet to remember. Joe. of course. .wouldn t let Florriewalk home, though . the Ezell house is only six blocks from the Pattons . No, sireel He telephoned ` for the nest rig at the livery stable and bundled all that blue tarlatnn `in it as snug as you please. I heard Flor-" rie protesting that she `ought really to yvait for papa, but we :1l_l`persuadet_i her pap1'wouldn t think of_ risking himself upon pavement like glass. *we' ought. to have known better. Old Git)` a'lw"ays:t does the thing that _uny other m"a_n_; would let -alone. Janina}: ; 1 .1; `gang. , A. _..J. ._.. 'niEc?{in` 11;; i - Old Gib saw it too. With one wild; whoopingoyell he leaped from his chair, xregardless of crutches, of. everything but ight, rushed madly for the door. darted through. it `and did -not ' pause until he came panting and trembling to his own gate, As h_e clu_n`gV_tl_1ere the others overtook hi`m,"as breathless as. himself betwixt runhing and `laughing; Y1: I`I7.-`LA-.. ....'...I.. - I.._..' I.._._.- (LIA 1' ` i 4. he is. lt..beats_anything in the books. ".``."-."` *".,"'f-..'i. "S".-l.:`. E"`..'.`.! 01" ;Yonv1l;`nowTf'how isott hearted o11ii.l -19 _..1s.~ `and how ___he:;hangs on :-t0]"his ..word` 1;_._i . gr course he promised: "r1ever.`.rnistrust1hz` . the ` 016 Wr't<;11'~ W58: hlayins . him: So 3 there -you' are! `{ F_ldrrie'sI,~worryin"g and " losing color, `because :.Ipe. iohly -s peak_~s_ 7 when they pas by. but do_n.'at conie`~to-` the house. Joe s about de_sperate,_and old `Gib iirfattening" and fgettfng ten . years younger--on' spite and crutches; What the guess." i . 1 " Can ld Gib. be sh`mming`i -= asked. . . _Waters~shook.his head; 3``I- %thought so `at first. he said. `.`But it 5. 'l_.`h_ere s. cer_tt_1i,uly,.nothlng _ wrong 2-._w.it-h. i his legs, except that `they're a bit ab-, `by. It's equally ascertain he can't walk on them. I think sometimes he haskhypuotized himself. If `it `was just deceit abd `what I call cussedness. I take him o his guard. . . p ``Well, I can at least go over and con-' would have been able` before this tq 1 4 . dole with Joe,- Merton said. stepping acros the street. `-`And maybe sym- pathy will be worth an order, he- called back over his shoulder as he struck the tore steps. . nu t 1-` us as "e * :3 Although. it was late _March. it ygs '."'-."_.a-"--no 41? sled . .. yiasy..the .td1ni;1iar___g1;:e. An` emu _T`_tiles' at night; a{,p` 1m.e!i`;`.W011Ie}t:'; `..;_g_nd_, children.` w.__iped ;.out. and. the boy}; _' `had "escaped." he knew not ,l.10W- `The "soldiers claimed the orphan as their__` own. and in axway.Oompany`B;ad9l1t` ` I t For the Vsrat efiary . . . V. ; f_e`a`redt-Vthat 'r_elativ,es" might turn up or. s`tVhat.the;`coionel* would send him away. and .is_t_o be nobodylcan I ,1 " e V - - ` `.to_be-adopted_and.-cared for by civil-. nun yr :13`. v_--0 Hui- s `hero;-e- the `now horses. - \ tans", but `these calamities did not hap-l ii? pen. .Theboy gave his name as`Stanley . .Martin, and so the chaplain wrote` it `down in making a record. but the sol- . ;diers.---:called,- him` `Billy-.. from ` the rst . day to the (last. He was a bright, ` cheerfufyoungster by nature, and aft-. e er time had blunted -his grief no one, `laughed `oftener than Billy. The pet ting he received from -the men of the company would have spoiled most, 3` kids, `but it made_Billy none the worse. .5 He might have picked up-profanity. ; selshness and braggadocio.` but he :never did. `He was encouraged to smoke and chew. but he did not fall. ' into those bad habits. At the age or - Q twelve he was better educated than " some of the corporals, and at fourteen the cominissary took him on as a clerk. ~r1'-._ IA. _-.. .._.._....._...a .`l...... .....A. ....nJ- ' I auguu on ule uuuu5 u1_1|:9.g1us..` _ - With a lively` cugentness b-'-i'nq(iircl-d of the: lau'(1lor.dif.there ;was:nn___ alley on the _px-emjsggs. _~By way-.-q`jg': the 'l`andlo1`~d, cdndhcted T '1;1_x'n`;,, Vt:1n'i_t 1; o.-.1-:.`-.L The `goodly c'orii'15a`7ny" qgx9p'1ed'; the newcomer? with greedx_?y`e'3;"tli`iki:; mg t11.'.V'\vi)1.Id:; :`ieiadT-him'fot$':sto `in. ad -T; yantageous; % 'nu_r- 1;- -_ .'. _`.l g.; Knew Him nAub.u shun-pfer. Lord -Brampton. -.;wh`n' j:he i-wad 1Ir.3,- J ulstice Hawkins. when on_fcirtuit; hd-~~` .ing a long sunnner evenngd1`agg?0n ms; _hands,. took a turn.iz;'~th"1anQs.f`and;` staying at a rural inn" tar 11" -c',u`1)f.'0(; .t.e_`:1 .-" his ears were a-ssailedfby, the. _sot`1n`d of [the tal`l'x:;?g;,Ai1i.n_e[Qi.x1s`.;` nun. ..` n...u;'." ...........e...... s....'n...;- . .-.-.-.5.-`tun l-,u;p--.-__. . ffhev leawed judgg .atLon(`-e.`gs,?c.,;i(i .tg'$ "their invita tlpn.} in % the Vcouifseg-amt : i.V<;I`$* . short .-time. 'rel1 ewiing .ev1-y;'&-_gntIm;:_{x1f; ' -mug- 4.1.`- |..' __-`_1i ..`.'.a"-`.|.n_L...`;.n;.r*.nL `11 the D'37 9T"bi3:;'3D131*9"$m3liiY __- ---- `rug. oacalofmlahlc . , % . Then. th;.l;;1(;i<;r;l`f;l};;;};htF-jftime tntxvvehe.a`t1d'touc11inbgA`.h1` i6_rds1x_1p},j< i "1: "ni-EJn"&aE?1`"33e }3r"5Jr'a. E-1: you want to kick anybody. ki<;_kv. _me.;"' he said` to old Gib. I put this lad," patting Joe's shoulder, up to blaying you thgt trick. ' u-r1-____..L'o v u_____, I , 3-,. . . "`v`I3-et :1 ha-t he came," Merton` said; chuckling more than ever. - 0617.... ...... u - .. ._ ---` " v v- vu.-to. wuss.-v Huthph! I knew he didn t,have the T brains for it himselt, _ old Gib snorted. But. though -he had found his -_legs. be ' was none the` less old Gib. The` "fact was proved _by' his letting Joe. and I4`lom'_`ieV marry almost otit.~of~h_t;ud and; Lpresenflng them with b()thf1'1isVs`t9r: and his `blessing. v`-`-:T.;>:)i__fV:V-:?l'li;x"7aT,3_1.1y____.t1-;1Ave`4 tr1ei.jy h.*1..:3`.: $0'%"h?i=s*5f91f1.:,.V . A - :.Ad2);11"t:`\W;",1;t5Mt nnkeisuands witn_*th`g pa` `:1? % l 2 _.v-- - v V`: ---'-wu It is not murder! I shall 'give' my life to tree Florrie from you!- itole_ra-1 ble tyranny?` flII_-._ 4.I_-._'_ _-_ u_;_- n1--,, __,n,1. Lu,,' Then they snwhim ing wide the stove door and` dash into It What seemed. like several Qounds ot gang powder. ` " ' - ' F |.L\:j _,\r'- _ u u;u.:_:_I.u:r cl. vul. Ul- "['Ql`dSllIp v v u - - - - -~uo`a`a.u-V-woven V- up-`.1 uououuov `fYou ,mean you want to take my daughter, as well as my trade, and leave me, 1 cripple, to,starve!vold Gib roared. V ' _ _ Joe set his teeth. I mean nothing of the sort!" he said. Give-me your daughter. and our home shallbe yours. i I will serve, and carefor you as I would _ for my own i.'ather"- " H17--. .....`..u. .....n. n... ..|.......... n ..:.I has-.. Going to murder me, hey?" old Gib sniffed.` ' - ,_ " Joe stood very straight. The others had -slunk. toward` the door, wltli the awed clerks huddling after. `They heard Joe shout: ' ------as-g. -uvuvu sou an-onsansna uqnnso |lI\l$5alalBn Dr. VWaters made a. low bow_. If I had thought three pounds of black sand} would be'so: effectual, I would have, had you well long ago, he said. V _ lI..-.4.-_ .1..- .._.__'.I` 1-_ -_,_,,-, .1 Anti f Although was late March. it was still nipping cold. A red re roared in the base burner inside old _Gib s' store. Old Gib himself sat close beside it, his . eye ranging all the miscellaneous mer- _ chandise which crowded shelves and oor. His three clerks had been_on" the Jump all morning, but toward noon there came a lull. He was about to send two of them oi! to dinner when the door opened wide, ` and Merton came through, with Joe Beenam in his wake and Drl Waters and Lew Bayne marching solemnly behind. Joe's race was white. his eyes brilliant, his gure tense in" every line." Indeed he looked- desperate. and his voice rang hard as `he said. stopping short three feet away: i V - \ ' Mr. Ezeli, I have come to-ask you. here in the presence of these witnesses. to release me from my promise; .You know well how it was -given--with a . total misapprehension of the truth. (SKY--- ..._-.. _--_ _..--A. 4.- 4-1-- _._ ..... ..._, ...... ........ You won't get the chance," old Gil)` aneered. Joe halt turned to his friends andwhispered sepulchrally: `.`Go away! Quick! can-\p IO Inn '.rlQ_IlVI BVIILKI Well. least oyer cohi ` with Merton stepping street. ' And maybe worth or(l'er,' he" back shoulder as he',. struck the store e get -her. the heeeuld iteonlvyh Hold J Flqrrie w as an hehadL;to"hliyeV'(or$1he V` hoped Joej}wb.uldn t;*p1:ss mm - for Van ` answer then; nor;%~ ind!d`.V5'talk~ of an - engngcxheiit aii ntilf" he wiii1felther..` deaii L or himself agu1n'.";' T _You- kho1`Vhowsot ` hearted old.'.]"oe1s_,` and how he-hangws toi'his wo_rd'once he passes-it.f Of. 4 course he promised, 'n everf mistrustihg _ the o1d"w1-e'tc`h' whs.play1ng`him; '80., -._ ? -you'*are ! Flo r1"le s ~worryixig and losing` cdlot: because Jjoe only -spe'ak.s_ when they pass by, don -t comeTto , ~ Joe's about desperate, and `Gib `is"tattenl.ng' "getting teni. ! year_'s younger--on crutc_hes;~ ' ; What` the end is to be nobodyxcah Z " ' guess." znru, \ An A... - '11 .it * One day, and for the first time. he was sent there olcially. The hostiles were taking in the whole lengthof the valley, beating back or dodging the forces sent out, and it the Whartons '- did not seek"the shelter of the fort they were certain to; fall `victims with- in a day or two. Other settlers had come in. but Wharton argued that the marauders would turn back before his place was reached.` The colonel of the '.Sev_enth, had written him ' almost a ' peremptory order to come in without an hour`s .delay__ and Billy was the messenger deputed to A carry it. He `had a fast pony, was a good rlderand 5 had a.-cool head..and it was argued that he would be several hours ahead of danger: A light Winchester and a belt. of cartrldgeswere given him, and ' " lt*was`only when h_ewaseon his way that any one noticed the bugleslung to $~.j3is~back. `He;rode_ a`t:a fast pace and reached _Wha2'ton_'s without adventure; 1 ; '-,'1_`,l_1e message mustjhave-conv.lnced_ the` l '`ra'nchn'1an' oi"thenecsslty"ot',liaste; for" T I ...! v-n;'iI:_{ Lb. `I-:' . -." v -3; -- . l he brought n`p.:`hi_s5=wa gona xand -b'gaI_`I' _; e tlqafdlng it` with_`ho}usehQld` ,e1e<;_ts._;" It. !;,w_asA while `thustaenvggxgd that the.I;In--. L umuu came upqu uuu. i j Billy had left the fort at 10 ocxbgk ~ % 11; .the toreoon. V. It fcould be~g1'n`ed ` % ou't~that If -Wharton refused to come '- % the tioy wpuld be back=at"half p _s't 12 `at the latest. If*Wha'rto n accompanied -himfback. thenfit might 'be`anV hour Alatr. It.-cam 1 o clo_ck. and it came 2 = and 3; and Lthre . was no, sign sot Billy. -A !1`hen_'-,'.t:he Eol9n'l,d.t,`dered out, -Company .. `;t`or_ ji_a_i ,:.sJe_put-.. .::f1`hre, .o1_Ily `9.\_I.n: I . L;I.: i:1;Q1.ii **;t2t,.1t Wasahellesd Ihevssould-} ` I :1 tuegtvqggup jgsggg,` .... -- ;.:mk%l~arg %i2f5ym>fti2ry:eL%.1iI%iieT1rT .t..bf.ni,e.t- :1 _1Ltn==%hnt-3:; d_6fyt)"`*:the "v_a`!ly;"`.'.Dh,e .:...6I'd!! r1it.1's!'4:otI?`-'nnt".~ ihey>ff<}!imi1: %m;:..._ V . , w ---nu ,. Q. -v-`u'..~---_ my: , I ---g \ounIl- -- `. VLOOIS! fiffii-;%`%c5kr;es. ha ?`ix1i;1t5d `the .%r&;~ncn*3'a;na Inn-nmg me` on 2' - Vcnv vvooan--uwv-n ,~V--.. How it was arranged does not mat: `. ter, but a year later Billy became Company B's bugle:-.. He had been a _ pupil until, he could.-be taught nothing` more. _His bugle calls" were music to ithe `whole regiment, and` let others wind the born as they might their notes could deceive no one. And at -fteen he was as fresh faced and hon- ` _est- looking a lad as any father or mother could have wished to call son. There wasn't an otcer in the rgiment ` who wouldn't have been glad to chip" in for a purse to send the boy` to some school in `the states and give him` a _f show to make hisway in civil" life. but career and begged to be permitted to stay with the Seventh. ~ W - '_Soon after his promotion the Indians, who had somehow, held on to them selves for `four or five years.` dug up the hatchet and took to the warmth.- News reached Fort McPherson aftera bit that a band of them were raiding. down Smoky valley`. .` There were but two companies at"`the fort just then. and they held themselvesln readiness to be ordered out atany moment. It was six, miles from the post over to the valley. and_ many a time during the days, of peace Billy had mounted the Indian pony given him by the quarter- master and ridden over to Wharton's Billy had determined on a soldier s. ranch. V "Wharton himself was jolly and 3 good .natured, his wife was motherly T andikind hearted. and their daughter p `Kate, a year younger than the bugler, was handsome enough to set a.~ boy s'T heart uttering. The soldiers caught `on after awhilea-nd had their jokes at Billy's" expense. but A they did not go too far. Even the roughest of the men always "respected e. the boy's feelings. He blushed and stammered when they laughed` at his love affair, but he went just as often to Wharton's. , ' _ .'I-._ 4-. ' _, ; :0 u i I E .....=, ..-vs ;u|4u CYCL- You win--from yourself, Dr. Wa-:- ters answered. He came,. he ,didn t.: see his daughter, he Went back swearl V mg like a trooper. though: he is a_ den- con. and he fell right before; -M_as'tee!f ~Joe s ue rig. coming back`fro: n lovi ving Miss Florrie safe at the gate.` .. of) .course Joe picked\hi1u upyand him home. Equally. of oI1 1'se."? old] Gib` hates `him for doing it; `;`_By-',tl`1h,L:; `time I got to _ him xiext nr_iorn1ng;:he.`;- -was fully persuaded Joe w;1;se ,.i1t_`LtIli_ ,.. bottom of his fall. with Flo;vt`1e`_a};;l; ,besso1'y: said they. run a x\jayfVg`iid"1e _ V.him. hoping he d`brcak.'ilI!s..'L.on 9 5.199 could l1:_1ve.-both ' "' p B of =._sev'enth_ was returning from a" ;sco`g':t'~ _iitte:._h6`st1}e Indtaigs a boy of ten whiof _ ben:hit_1\1i}g'ln a.dry ditch sudden-' . -`..v vv q--u - -uqv LxGwww?$@$ :' . vnluuvt . mmmwui Iireply-> : . c [:1 :.- `I"gy-u .1- %":'"`.?.` 1`--..?5.i=`.3I-ma`-5?, f ;`,`.'1?1ge_1_'e.` 3 . n:oyv:;%sir:1._j;_that 1: cmsm T a JV: tnngisfnrv. ` _ 7'_ jtIJ ;_cja`inpa* A_:1je5ace_`L;)A,`;_:r:1A_z';',"` . replied" '-li 119111;, :91; qajh `n1;;; . uik _u ,1ihhl. f T. _-"F: id-A` ' :".'.-|_~a_r.u ` ti-'71-n;._' -` _; )_L'1;_ s.1'...> .`tcfs~)q? ,-;}ep"}iep11ed~tne- boy-,-. '{`t3,,ic as `men'~an',w'o'rnex1- .s;noke_goot-3`on.'..'. i " `'Why.'=%I'll 3 i. gy-e% si_ibpef11ce_:'v_,:m"`i 'ye'll`f ,`4 ...1.__ -.. -- ,. A-_.....1. a.) L L"- SIIW-f`A n| . 1-... `Merton, a newly evolved drummer. had given what he would have called` a comprehensive order." Dr. Waters V also chuckled as he answered. nodding his head by way of emphasizing his points: Well, you see, it's this way: The hour" struck for Joe when he saw Florrie Ezell swirling around. a b_lue_ tarlatan angel, in a` waltz with Bob Acton at the Pattons' party. Florrie s. a pretty girl anyway you see her. jrhat night she was particularly fetch- ing. Buf"that wasi1 t the thing. I in- sist Joe s time had come. He knew f'.*. Soon as the waltz was over he fry. .- to F`1orrie--didn t get a yard away` from her all the evening. _ T 4516- vvvnn .. l....-_.1--.. 4.1..-- _ I 7<'i;E.-21 "7EJtxn,, 1.e`:om;a 0xi1y~'a boy, _-.1n.% the%sho15':.'s'oZ Witlldut ~;nore`s16.`Ah9"_ :tiius- aj<;t1resssi3hirri5 _-.- 1' - -' ,- I lIU~ I5\\ll CHEF`-I LLILLI4! `, Fweg,` vmyf ;?a11a_x{1t.5 1*1|%g1 yej six-['.~ " pencg ya-`n _sh owjv ' `-118 ye, Ama`_l:f_;. Amer pines /" 111% 4*. ii *1; -1; l: on -l'_'__-urn"- 3' ' mixing as bubble. A. ~ ` rrn other day a, eutlemamwent um; . a pipemakefs-shop atvEd1nburg`h with ` the intention ` of` [seei`ng7 `the -n_1e'tl.1od? 'o_f` mak1ngVplpes. ;-`A T V .1`1'.'I'.....-L- ,4.-..n...n_-. -4 _`.n--'_'>.;-a ._;:u-.._ , 1.` 1-`. ` Human Flesh `Does Not Petrity. Petriiication is simply the substitu- tion` oi` inorganic for organic matter atom by atom. This process of trans- formation` is unthinkably slow. b As a_ "molecule of wood or bone decays a molecule of stone takes its place. This can only occur when the air. earth or water surrounding the organic. sub- stance in question holds in solution some mineral which is readily precip; itated. In the case of either wood or bone while decomposition is going on there yet remains a framework or ber, the interstices oi` which may A gradually belleldl by'the`mineral sub- stance. With esh, be it humanor ani`-x maL`~ no- such framework exists.= The vgr.y":ra_f)id decay of esh also makes it impossible for the very slow process or -petrifaction to have any ei1'ct-, in the way ofbmakiugfa transtormation, ) rna_- .'.;.-Lu_-v_n _._L._.J ., _ The stoi`ies of petried bodjesheing {found . ` in graveyards .qre_ uually.` faked up -by some.ima'gInative re-' ` poxfter who _wishes' to lengthen his { f`st1-mg." `It.1s true, however,,that the bod i22s'Vof tgumfan beings_,h_ave been freg Lquently `found -iencrusted --with a sin}. -=[cequ s. substance so as`.to1-esemble real; _:1:"_0tl"if:1ctl0!1\8* i_n `every, .particulaA1A-. ` 1 `Under cover of darkness the hostiles ' drew off` and were thirty miles away ; when morning came. Then the `troop- ; ers closed in on the battered. halt I burned ranchhouse and sat with bared _ heads` while their ofcers went inside. I` j__JIII -u w-v u-...---`v '-7155: 'a *Er&i;e' ;na all dead? - said the captain as he came out. with his hat in his hand. It was the girl who lived longest, and it was she who blew `Lights out! when all hope was gone. God rest them ." . --- v-- -.-.a- nun. Iuwvcnuv '776ur Billy has taffgnt her to blow the bugle. Com:-adesyour boy lies _dead "qr wounded." V - _ . V rn1..:..4... .....I.....4..... .I..a..... .. Al... _...-`I -1... T Yf'1`hirty minutes `later , as the red rim of the summer sun was sinking out of sight. there came a last call from the ranchhouse. It was from the lips of the girl again. Just then silence fell upon the valley, or the low and quaver- `aing notes might` not -have reached the ears of the troopers. The girl was blowlngthe can of Lights out! A(("_JI 1I_JIDO _-I_l__j A_I._ ._.-_- A_ A.I_A_ uauwu --_-.-V `.----k V. ---5-_y.p v--- dad; God!" sobbed the men asthey listencd and realized what the notes meant. - -- v--- saw. `an: IvIO\v \4V\y-IIIIJBD It was a freezing time. as i remem-' her."-Lew Bayne interrupted. with a laugh. Indian summer up to dusk; `then a cold rain. that turned to sleet in short order. Say. didn't old Gib get his fall that very night? 6(1)-m A...~.---.. L- 4.1.-` 1; ,,,,,nI , In I` .--"8.-1.2;-' is `the last to die! Lwhispered the captain as he turned away his head.` ' v--`.. v.-.-- - fThos_e_ "are not Billy's notes! Some one else is sounding the call!" an nun- I`l'7I.__.'A.-.._I._ _1____.1.J.-__un __u_.u- `rap- v. on... song.` --\.u-gay In -q.-quay-uunwnupc Now began a! erce attack-on the ranchhouse that lasted for half an hour. When the ring had died away, Billy's --bugle calls oated across the level to tell his comrades that the tort ` still held out. and they were answered with wild cheers. Twice again `before the sun went down the Indians made erceattacks` on the intrenched troop- ers. to be driven hack. and twice and thrice they renewed the attacks on the house; `Again after the attack .at 6' o'clock Billy's bugle calls were heard, but three-quarters of an hour later the troopers `sprang up and exclaimed to each other: v_.v v--an -nu -vvu--- .-- --' yum.-- _ ".l.`is Whart:)n s `daughter? whis-_ pered the old rst sergeant. - ' lf\___ "`!II_ I.-- L___;_I.L I. -_ L- I.I____ 1 r 1 carbine ceased their racket I the t$_fg:boi5vtdeij`wlilch was+"a.4Iandn1ar1f_ and its-`Tcrest sent'~' the stirring.-" - notes back `across the ,v'a11ey"f {to -.t'en~,the , beleaguered ones that rescue was " at hand. Then` as he touched" thesa_d_d_1e, 3 again the troop went thunderingdown T the.ea'stern `slope to tan upon theInd_i-_ j ans redjhanded. I-tvreached the valleyg it had formed "platoon front,- the car-. blnes `had been unslung, when up rose 200 warrjorsto bar its further prog- ress. and its retreat and drive. it to cover on.the right. `Ten saddles had been emptied before coverwas reached. The lndianshad set a trap. and the troopers had gailoped into it. Eor half I anhour the hostiles pressed thejattack. so vigorously that it s_eeme"d as if the "troop must be wiped out. but the cool and steady re of, the soldiers nally-` cleared the foe away, and rleiand ' for a time; A .. ..lI-..._- Q_II __.._, `LI. , ,, D 78'` V`... ..--.v .-V`.-..a-ow. trunnion. but new av; II` gnnnaut As-silence `fell came" the notes ot7'Bil- ly s tbugleAto_tel_1' his comrades that he was still_ alive and knew of their "near presence. Again he. was answered, but the men shook. their heads and cursed" and muttered.` It was plain to them _that the boy.and the Whartons were beset in the ranchhouse by twenty to one and just as `plainthat they were `helpless to aid them. The Indians had simply fallen back to cover instead of retreating. The troop was surrounded and shut in, and to attempt to break out of the circle meant a massacre. 11. 4%:ni~ez;TTan<::tm;; !1.~h0Ii$l3-i891";V??1i5i1" . _ lntagt .`,`. a= used '4-j-th`ei_r V" Qakd ,eye`s" the '_dTce1`s`theif "glass? ' l 1es,to._locqte the reds_l;:ins[ `the ,,sound__o4'..f ;r1efshqts ca'm _e*_oating up` to. then). followed by ` the "notes" of a ibugle. Bu- gler Bil1y was sounding Bbots\ and s_addles!~a_a a can f,_or_a1d. `: 7 .-u_e Iuu;..'*_ ciaggl gnu: ma_xj,_u _(_:uqp1e.'_' ..... cm" 1- 7. - _,- . ......,...._, nu \.uu1p\.`Lll.JUu `_`f}'I.`h.f1t he didnfu-A . Why. .4'1!-9v.en; syn-`ot'e to our cred1t`man iibeled `eye on Joe. Me1"t9]1'l-L -A a He, has the largest and `best assorted steck in town `and `announces 9. special sale for the next two Weeks.-at greatly I reduced prices. His stock of :HarnessQ always satisfactory` `andprices 1'-iglmt as usual. l M9- = Mlsand ' ii;l"'?*'* 3* cost ` Id, G.Scott TRY- J.Mc|}and|ess . Blankets, Robes and % Aliens I gffic-97 Dunlap ,8treeI, Barrie !Lim,e; Cement, Culvert Pipe, ` Field Tile, Lath 2 Shingles I ` $311.`. 5 unduly-_g uvusup vnaxvung L s ii;'$-V-:15- uo`r Seeds. vegocam seem.` nus _'~:'A-=3 hgd nnIIn_ '. - v 4 - ` '1 .;5t'Loa1s1`__LANp _sf'3uns_MAN. W? 5-g'l; !`L0\5VEl?LS-Rhoda. Camden.) Violets, ~ ,ai,j day, BouquetVs--Butts! Funonl_ Tetanus . - _` --wv-w 1- satin`: Olnl QIOU L$U\4IiI Lora-! ~;i`o think of Joe. the `bomb-. proof, we called him." Merton chuckled. ` How did it happen? Tell meal) about 1:." i ~ fVS`3"B7~Bf. TAYLORI ST0F?E; Make no mistake! This i._c1{e GREAT Scott in the nhoye luies. v5lJD*",l' [OWE M Bulbs. . is . ciap a Tudor: 3::-. C:1-rotg. --.... -.. a. V . 5 Luvusul. " You vvevl;ivt ;t..:he doctor said, Joe.. _did stand out mighty well against the prevailing infection. but a man never knows what's coming to him until it- hits him square in the face. III` .....II rr\_ LI. 1__u, , A I