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$11 I.` 0 JJVL U11 5 A\lUlI\lllVl This 'i>art of the report Sir Fred- `erick Borden sup ressed against my protest: In `the ouse of _Commons at various times he described this part of the_ report -as private'('. "eondential paid "eeeret.'i It was marked neither "'pr1vate.'oon- dential nor -"secre_t. _' When the minister made _ this. statement: he had been explicitly" informed byme that I desired its" publication. ` Bo went `so `far on one joeoasion iasvto compare. the report .to,.t_-he eeretsre-t ;wrt_ on Gamdmn-.d9fenoe-~ ,..i.th. `r9l!G`t~;1nyA`Lxfe1q)ert-`hId II nal,_-` 03%-, . - - L ; h , I 1 resented my 1- rt; 1 1903. gir Eederi_ok jordeneggld `:3: ; tht.~ 'c.eT14- t:ai'xx pox`t;o1_:sMyyc;Vx'_e _tooA s,tf.;,ranj_;_ `Sig F. Borden s .Conduct. Dundonald'sStatement `a_nd might embarrass hi_m._ I mpdio `fled 1t`. and ~ag`ain senst 1t '11). W1th- -out- further .refe*re-nee to me he struck out whole pa as and" separ- ate paragraphs all 0 which I had intended should `be made public. A- mong the "portions eliminated were re-fqremces `to the ncndition of the permanent, corps--which I pronoun- %ed' in many respects as unsatisfac- ory. 1\'__.-_-_-._L II," .-, `If_L1_-; b . Permanent Corps Matter. "Last year, for instance, the perma- nent corps. with an "establishment of 995,_ were 207 under strength, had! 277 enlistments and 154 desertions. The two [small instructional batteries at K'mg"st=r.-n were practically reducedto one. The. dissatnsfaction in the per- manent corps, and its urgent require-` ments had been poinrted out by "me upon the Jninister ever since` I came to the country. ` ' A - -.4. I c - ~~rn.r~v-as rnnanf n-ncaanno nnnnrrc-A 1n \ V.Ill\}.LI LIU UCDXLUU VVU.-3 UGLLIUIU UUL- Soon after -this I went to the N-orthweist. As soon as I had left Ottawa the minister of militia ore, dered the aidjutant-gmeral to pre- pare an ordr incrjeasimg` the num- ber of 1ieutenant-co1o`n`~e1s to five:, thus giving seven Cfficers of the rank of 1ieutenant-colon|e1 and upwardstol o n.r.`r1\c F q'Hn11- 10 1-non ,Tn fhia LU \.-uc Uuunuy. . A `more recent instance cccurre d in connection with the organization of the ordnance corps. The--estab1ish- ment of this corps was `fixed at a colonel, a second in` command---with rank hf 'lieute_nan!t-colonel - and 3 .lieutenant-c-clonels. This was a`1ar- Ag-`er es.ta'b1ishment than I would have recommended had I betn un|hamper- cd: `but Sir Frederick Borden was anxious to. have a_ number of -senior and highly paid posts, and thcjscheme which he desired was carried out. Q--._ AIL-.. 1.1.3.. T ---A_& L... LL.` UL IlUULUllZl.llL UUlUll'Cl GIRL! V` (11. U3 LU` a cc-rps of about 100 men.i In this ccnnection it must `be remembered that `the most elementary require- ments cf.the- militia were ne g`.lecteb:h for, want of. money. i . e ` Case cf Col. Gregbry. I The case. of Col. Gregory of the! 2nd-Drag cons has been placed be- fore the public. The excellent work done h-y"hi'm during` his comman-d Wshowied itself in the fine state in- to which he has brought his regi- ment. I was anxious, for"the sake of the regiment, for reasons inttq which Iineed not g`-a, to`exte-n d his commission for another year. Re- cently Major Glasgow was gazetted in command. Immediately after- wards the minister cf militia sent me a short minute to s`ay.'that- he did not edsire Col. Greg'ory s com- mand extended for another year. This was :1 most unusual `procedure for a minister to a.dopt, `as it-was eentire- ly within. the scope of my duty to recommend` to Sir Frederick Borden .what I" considered best in `the in`- terest of the 2nd Drag`oons,. from a militarv point of view. The action i'tak'en_'b_v him was certainlyonct con- `educive to the interests of the reg":- iment. . . - - w -.-vs...-._-.7... --...- ...-~-C..-_.V It is perhaps here necessary to say hcw difficult it is to get {quali- `fied officers for the militia. This idifficulty was accentuated in the comparatively small area of the Eas- tern `T-ownshins where the number of cavalry officers has `been increas- ed from '26 to 192. and `the .num- her of squadrons from` 4 to 20 since May, 1903. The -only possible way to g"et the new c"-orps officere d was to get local support and trust the opin- ion of the commanding officer en- trusted with the duty of raising the regiment. 1 1, 1.4--`I.. -1 .LL- :_.L..(_t.._. V _`V`I `' . ` In his `of 'bO_V1Sh change. _ "W hat : he asked A ybrunanv-nu- The whole details of the inte rfer- ;en`ce with the -officers entrusted by true with the duty -of `organizing the! 13th [Scottish Light Dragoons ha,ve ialreadyi `been made public. Thor Mr W;hnr va mnfivnu umrp. aucauy UCCLI LLIGUO 1Juu1u.u .That Mr. Fisher's motives were political he himself admitted in his `second speech in the House of Com- lmons on June 10, This admission, 1`. {may -observe, was singhlarly at var- iance with his'_earlier speech on the same day. In that speech, which was a lpre-pared statement. he distinctly stated that his objections to Dr. Pic- kell _were. of a military nature. and that his interference was not due` to political motives. ` .1 ,1` A, __'__ I . . . . . . . - _ ._ V . _ . . ._V I may also note the peculiar coin- cidence by which Mr. Fisher wa~s act- ing minister of militia on the very day -en which this case came up I do mot remember any previous in - stance of his acting` for the min-is-- ter of militia. The case of the 13th Scottis_h'Lig`ht Dragoons was pending On the 18th day of May `the min- ister struck -out from The` Gazette the list -of names submitted to him by me on the ground that ffurther c-:-nsideration was needed. On the very next day that further `consid- eration w-as g iven-*by the very man whom Sir Frederick Borden k ew to be pressing' to have The Gaze to al- tered 'in the direction of his own. wishes. The effect of Sir Frederic}: Borden's unusual step in asking` Mr. Fisher to" act for him was /co make fhe strong opponent of Dr. Pickell the arbiter by whose decision the council would `be guided. `Letter to C01. Hug'he`s, M.P. i -It has `been stated that my proper course on the matter coming up before parliament was to seqd a statement of facts to the mmxster_ I "of militia. and not to an - opposi- tion _member of Parliament. AILL-.--n.. -A...;...........o.. ........r.-.-nnlinn-p LIUII ,l.I.lULl.|'UUl' UL .l."d.lll`d.l.u\:uL. . Although _statements condemning my course were `be1ng- pre ared td be read in the house, I recenved no in- timation `from Sir Frederick Borden that `this was being` done. and no in- vitation 'to pre -are a memorandum setting `forth t e facts as I knew -them. `All that I received from Sir Frederick -Borden was a request to know. `whether a paragraph in a newspaper -represented what I had said In Mrcuntreal. flit...) T uv,n'Iuu-`Giana-A1: 3111511 0 Q+0*'D'_ U nu .LV.l`L.'IlLl`U`U.lo ; Had I volunteered such a state'- `mpnt I had` no -assurance thatfthe minister of militia would read 1t Ito the House. On" the other hand. Col. Hughes. M.P., a -'brother officer and a member of the headquarters staff, z_1sked' me for information on` the:su=b- acct. I did not think that I did }vrong' in coxnplyinlg. But for my do- me so. a one-sided version: would have glane `uncorrected to the` coun- try which half an hour afterwardfs was universally seen to 'be untrue. I took pains to place a copy of my m'emvor_a`n-dum in the hands of Bxr Trederxck Borden. by the same mes- :Be`n_gr who gave it to Col. `Hughes- ;`*--My -Ha. as Ba -3-.'1I.'v__-."-x-A_-;- ,_-..<.L__....-.. __l._L `I L---op. ve been Crippled.`-` all-J .|.A|n|A\Lo: AA`:-vv -navy-o -r--l"..-v_.- _ These few instances which I have Quoted "are sufficient to show .how n,1y%crepcrts. have been suppressed or ll_IA&nip_I1!l.t6d'. how my hands [have _,-c,_r in_Amy cudehvors. ta pro~ `<;;1&nne& .0_f.'- lhth militia. bUmiI'|'I> 1'n.h"-.n."rib:AII-.;. . can onp-plea Ill my cuucuvuxa Lu! `ny- mte _t" ; eftioien_cy of the mxhtaa. ;+,_l-Izayxn gdealt wnth matters apper- `Scottish Light Dragoons. _1`___--__ 7 To be a successful wife, to` retain the love and admiration of her husband should be a woman s constant study. If she would be all that she may, she must guard well against the signs of ill health. Mrs. Brown t tells her story for the benet of all wivesand mothers. The above" amount has been placed at our (lis- posal fcr investment in Mortgages on Real Estate, Lowest Rates 0! Interest No Valuation Fee G-,nera1 FIRE and LIFE INSURANCE and REAL ESTATEabusiness also transacted. --CALL OR \VRITE+- h"" - `don't '3 "Iiu.sh, -hush," entreated` `her lov- or; "Aimri, CCIDC with me! We can-`t [ivy n;`.:lFI;Vl know `what a a hard kind of 21 life it is forI~y'oui here; you sii:m`L evr regret it, I `swear His voice broke in his_eag'erne`sa and low; with her heart beating" against her side she sank at `;the windcw, , taint :1ndi,trem`b1ing-.i ' A I shall hire a team. he wihispdr- ed, "and drive over to Brandon` (to pick up 1110 main. line train. Wher~e the trails divide `clear of the :town, _I shall wait 'for`you." bCf(.I`("h(_'u\'0ll! Dearest sweetheart } There was a sound in the? stillness, of the house. Anna instantly closed` the window; Dick" Harcourt, after .ling ering for a. few .m-omnits, told| :1 W :{_\'. . v Dmu; M123. Pmxruu : -- Lydia E. Pinkham s Vegetable Compound will make every mother well, strong, healthy and happy. I dragged through nine years of miserable existence, worn out with pain and weariness. I then ;noticed a, statement of a. woman troubled as I was; and the wonderful results `she had had from your Vege- table Compound, and decided to try what it would do for me, and used it for three months. At the end of that time, I was a. different woman, the neighbors remarked it, and my hus- band fell in love with me all over` again. It seemed like a new existence. Ihad been suffering with inamma-V tion and falling of the Womb, but your medicine cured that, and built up my entire system, till I was indeed like 8. new woman.-Sincerely yours, MBB. Cxns. F. BROWN, 21 Cedar Terrace, Hot Springs, A1-k., Vice President Mothers Club. --csooo forfeft If original of above mm arcing gcuulnaness cannot be produced. Insurance and Real Estafe Agents. Olcc.--\Vith Messrs. McCa.rthv. Boys & Murchison: Solicitors, BARRIE. 0nt.-6-ly. MONEY! MONEY! 2 Rooms for offices. in Ross Block. No. 97. Dunlap Street. Fire proof vault; lately occupied bv Dr. \Vell|. Also two rooms with vault, lately occupies bv Hood. _Iacks`& Fraser. Barristers; immediate possession. Apply to C. H. ROSS. Barrie. lanuarv 1. too! x-tf. OFFICES TOIREN1 OR |.EEE Drugs and Chemicals` T VANn.r.A,-for ice cream. for instance: BAKING Powmuz. for cakes. One is a drug. of course ; me other a chemical s and there are still others-SPIC ES of all kinds. cream of tartar, etc. The best place to gc drugs in at a DRUG QTODR Tho drno`D;et know: man. ahou QED. Ln: UI'Ug`lI. IIIUWI IJIUIUCUUII hem than other people. We keep a good drug store Come andfask u about Kitchen Drugs. lnthe Kitchen jmuuxmms onus snmil RH. mining` to my administrative duties, I desire here to ,pl1c_e on record the fact that 1:: my opmnon much injury has `been caused to the militia tby want of sy_m=p~z_zthy with its improve- ment. I wxll Instance here the` edu- cational scheme for the `promotion got officers. and non-commissioned of-V -Z_\tioera._..0ne,ha$,'1}\1`t t9 turn to the 3 4 ` E-in thei.m1l1t1e;,_l38t,jt9;`gees the; I.-use.-.-u.-:'a..--.u'.`..:. aagf ;;-.';.&a.t.'2.1n` BALL &. MARR CUT FLOWERS-Roses, Carnations, Violets, etc._ fresh every day, Bouquets-Button- hole, Band or Corsage. Funeral Tokens in any desi nu. VEGETAB ES-Celey, Crisp and Tender: Lettuce, Cabbage, arsnips. Beets, Carrots. . etc. l.?l.`T\Q_D1.\m..- QQDAC vnanhll CDJAI p`2*I I . SEEeDcS- Flower Seeds. Vegetable seeds. Plants and Bulbe. WM. TAYLOR; SEED STORE L` la\Jl\ Telephone :5. Illlclly lltwroun uur Uylulvu u-.. .._..._-- __ invention In probably amentnble. Communion. tlonntrlotloycondon nl. Handbook on Patent: sent. free. men cy for securing nu. Patents taken t. mu 1: Mann dz reoelvo cpeciatuocico. without. c are. lathe Q .x-..4x1x- n......x...n ~ "UVIVVIIIV . --....v_ A handsomely Illnutntnd woekiy. culatlon of `any nclentulgoiournnl. eat: four months. 01. d by all I nnnll n A- _-._____.___ || .\|llIBIVIl VI ; -v-v------ v-- -._-. _ _ Edd byall nevndeslcn. uu &co.=~-mm New 19:: 3nna:h0moo.5l'St..Wuhm.':ton.D. Anna.` fl-uxvg` herself on her` be`d. besulc which was drawn the crib `Of her baby siswr. VShe`lay with one! mmd yrvxsc dover her eyes. the'oth- or re-stirxg across the child, so lthat it." r(;1~`L- and fell with every breath of the 151110 sleaper. . V -' $I9D.00.0.00 to Loan. 1: STORE. The druggist knows more abou horn than nrnr nnnnlo. ""` ' \!UPVl'I|\ll'IlC$\v- ,An net: i t In ad crl I Intckylonucertndifzg 311': gpclni:1 kg: iv e3?exl'n:: mven Eaoentable. Communion.- anm nmmvconadan P A Si"'?i3 3'l"i'n"7'f'ican.A . ._-_..-....-a- m...o..o.a uuhlv. Lu-cant. (:3 Ilullu at w """---'-' tuna: once. in I St.. Wuhnuyog 1 ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. .A_n -- uh! nuInlAn_eJ ' qa DUNLOP-ST. BARRIE. DIJU nan \- - ----- (lontin-ue..1. .onf pagf A Anna f\I:mt~:'.-:'1l sat at `one endi of the 1:rc;:k1'~.n.-t table, and her father at Hm <.th_\:r. She had the babyxin her l1i;."h.c})uir at her right `hand. `on the uh:-r hand her sister The'a, {the ' link-. .1.=ul(-, flzuien-haired. lame sis- tor, wish her .crutc_hes resting` at- I.`din.=t_-hc-xf chair. Jess faced the bays, Frank and -Wally. Theywvero Nliniully c-zrnstrainted by the pres- ence of their father, a hard-fe atu`r-' rd IULU) L.-1" middloagb, with hug! lxzlxyis, kn(,;LIOd and brown. 3- 1109-VY 'br:'.'; :s_m`. .s`hr(~.wd eyes, the lower Dart cf his face concealed {by a flxert zhc};'bc-ard and moustache. s1r<-aka-vl[ `with g"reAy. ` GO TO THE NEW W--A1`D- T I bnnuanlnn, _ :55 Dunlop-Sh. Barns 7- - vwv-vv '- `e:'.'.::".`~`: 3; .2. ."P".n c1`_\*En` again-, Anna `W he said at law, w let her` know that he rmicul hm` rc-.d_ eyes and the ftear wins: (:11 her. soft cheeks. v"WhYo ycu diin`r cry .30. not when - Yl1' pcor xunthc-r died. ` `'1 ; `see much to cry I3'bt 'it-mc.t1u-rte getting a good 1on'Sj1'5"3 at lu:'1 ." she said deliberately-_ I IA" hai1d'ful Just 23, What d~:;(s it `mean ?" I q . was the whispered reply. your father and I `had hot fds last night, and-he s turn`-e.'d Om He's always-`been, down _on since he lmdw rwe cared for, each 9,, :11 :1_\'s {he says Pm the.W_ronsri . for a farm hand. and'isoIam;; `](,m'1'1I1(*.*`S' was fairly k1llin`g' me ;. he's turn-:-d meoff, and. .I ve come` 5:1)` f-"'J"`i'hy0' I A -1-.. ;.].&nn}n`J n yv:4\+n- 7TF1owerof ado msvery early m<'#n'in s':% % the? :.,;q a pale. keen` s_he,e't of steel ;_ `W10 half-circle of? prairie `she see beyond the town `w.as.~qu_i-I gm, awake, as the fresh` June} r`im>1edv-over the 8739312 8-WY.` V`. L;-Jllll |I.) ~- 5 {voice `she. `detected. a note` 51; (~xcit.0.Inent and love of d`fu1 of earth was` th1` ,n P5 "A._lWay.S frettin-`. _' .oon'tinued` her the window` of Anna V-Man-. father.` "and all -`because I'won`t.:havo Om; 3; momen't a`fter the.l1g'h't you take up-with that 890-d_jf.r_no_ '38 rc*1W7`ted' 'A' threw up ' thins Englishman-mOt iwprtnh- his salt. ldow noisele-ssly antd lookgld ...1.1?..v:p1;sh`ed his'chair'and'1-ais- Are you going to d`o.~dear 3`? "what money have you VKPBYB can 00 1'5, Gnu 0396!. III '-vIv-vv- ---""J ` K It _ The ue: in the Sunshine Furnace can be cleaned from. '0 different clean-out doors and from the feed-dad?! ' tut than is Pm 9*. E`* 999- 12*-?heei:e*3f =:'.:`1?t.::t';`:..f;..L ...d .1... F Cleaning out the ue: of most furnace: is so diicult and complicated that only `an expert can do it; and experts not-vices usually come` high. _` - ` " " l ---' `:'-------n An: `IA two *5 no pan or me nuts: wmuu an uvv v---.; -----~ ~ A special bnn for this purpose i3 81W!!! |PP1i?1-: ' operation is so aimplethst a boy can p0l'51.'.m 5` _ The whole Sunuhine Furnace o6nIt_fIli0n_ 5' 03 `W plan mi" -- T ` I _ _ A H `I Sold by all 'enterpriIi!.18 77 %f' ` % 1904 Anna ? said :3 ftear "Why, u..u.u15' uugu=au1uun= 11012 W`9r[D" DE Salt. I -Hevipushed rbacf.` hischair 'and'rais- ed `his voice :as. he rose heavily `to his `feet. _ *t ' V I }he would not` tell he i I I I nig'ht. -__ -ugvvva IIrw`f1;lv1e: he`stit-at Herbert wasvleavingk `so her said, I m drivin -over "to the farm house as usual. I (shan 5.10 r after all that `!t `be. .-home till ed`; He `thought. only ---.unvuv~u DU UIGGI Luu 'Ir`C'U.I.Uq |- "":.[`ime `for `school. boys, she cried. ~pre'sefntly. stand-in\g' at"the oor.- I"Here, are your `books. Wal; can .t [you lace that boot, Frank ? . . .`IT!'J;L - -_--- .--- ---V-v_va uuuug usual: I. 1 ` `With -a A _su`d-den tremor at `the |.1:h`oug`ht of leaving `them. she knellt idown `and `pushed aside his? small. I clumsy. sunburnt hanids, She watch- I ed `the b-oys swing` away. side by side. ' when `her heart was rent 'by theesud- Iden _th:oug'ht. "Is it for the .last time! Jess` cme 'boun'd;ing' down` the Eitmirs. `Anna took her by the arm. Why, w.h;ateve1` is it 9" she asked. `,'Nothing'. 'd'e-arie." .returned Anma. :on'1y-I ma.d`e you that dress. last summer, didn t I? ' 1.1171 W70-1.wI don't 'wQnt to talk) . e. turned the -grl `bitterly. . `D ..- :c..1.|_-._ 1- _., . . "Kidd modded ?silntly 'as she and Jess csomm-encned to clear the table. 'l`:vv-An `FA- -..-L-_I I, , _._.._..__-..., \.o\o`I v .5 I I . `Why, of course you did. answer- ed. Jess. looking` down in surprise at her print `fr-ook. ...``Do _let me .g0 ; 1 'I m dreajdfulv late." - ' wasyery early morning':' the! .- "m `-s_he, Vof st-eel`;_ Sky \v tid0 `she' ` the_ was ?.~qu_i- I the fresh led over green, ` .grey_` `K. . g`I'5-S('S- . ' `l H ` .,\V.Vh5v Dlckl ls ` ' . The gvoldeu-haired girl leant froin' low and met the.upturn_|eld1| the wn1(the young Englishman` who H repiy. up .`.Lig1(-11. 3'9 . ms night, and-he's turnteid O always `been lmdwrwe cared ..fvor,each e ~ . - .m- . .... he snvs I m the.wronm Anna. released her. and" '.watche'd the `fair curls tossing on her. should-_ ers as Jesls ran down the street to overtake the `boys. ` 'T Ann-.. 11,- 1 - - - ~", _. T FhrWth'e last time, she th5T1E`l`1't' ?a.g`ain. `She knew her father so we'll that she was sure. having` once tak- en. this rash step, that her \h`OI]1eeV wou1d"be home no more. "It s.just ms if I was going to me! she said. as she _-.stood in `the kitchen.~_frag- rant with the-sweet Scents -offsum- mer that came in with -the.-wind at the wide opened `win-d-ow. 411.... .,_-11 n,. 1 '1! 1'1,- Jess will `behome at noon;"_she` thought. `"she ll get `the dinner -for the _little ones. Ilm real glad I bak- ed thzose pies yesterday and that all E. my fruit s d~own, `She -`went upstairs and set all v"t.o rights there, and the'n`~ope`n`ing cup- boards and drawers, `she sorted out and laid a pile of cl'othing',pn. her bed. `She wrote on a. `sheet o'f`-`p'ap- er, "To be s en't`~"'e.'fterT me. `and pin-. ned it to the `sleelve of `a inuslin` dress: theneehe put on her hat and, Making `her light sack across her iarm. stole down the stairs,` i I`I L L1,- . A.__A_.- "On (the threshold -`:of the room .where they had - bre`ak'fas:te d' she paused. `and listened to the i_ twd beloved 1itt1e'voice's within. She laid `her cheek againstrhhe door. "I -can't bear to kiss .you.v darling," she thought, or I'll {never go." %_ On, the trail Dick Harcourt was waiting for her; his joy was all the more fervently` expressed for `the uneasy doubts he had had. that she might `fail to come; he helped .her; .to the `seat 'beside_ him. and the _tw .young"lovers droveaway. in the light cpen cart, towards the glowing sun, ___ -.L--1- '..t' lune Inof and ULIUII VGLL; Luvvu; u; wanna =07 Vt- ._.___ .Anna took T `Ef her hat-D alndvv sat with it in her lap; `the `fresh western wind lifted the golden hair- cwn `her `forehead. The wild roses, g`rew `thick and sweet on low strag-V ling` bushes near the ground:. the pert little gbphers scampered across the trail: the great. green circle of earth seemed to `be swinging under the arching? sky in the J luminous but;-`filled air; the {only sound was the `sharp -rep of the horse's ho..0s on the white trail. - ' .3.` Lu... Alana`: UH L11}: wuxuu LLGLII Presently Az,1na laid her cheek agfainst Dick s shoulder. "I g'ae'ss you oworen -t a mite sorry to leave `the old farmhouse this morning` ? `she questioned. wistfully. "Net a `bit," he answered.- "Mother died there." said the girl. Flues Easily Cleaned _iu [the tune A11 the littIe ones were born `in that {house; `we only "moved 'in'to tawm'you know. `for the boys to Jgt gtheir bchvdoling-. Fafther s always `been a hard man. . Dick cla`sped'1xis disengaged` `hand! over "hers _as they lay in her lap. 1 She` looked out at the line where the ?bo_untif11l earth met the vivid - '.' n`rI__' `,7- , , u `o 1- an `.:IV ve` -been "a. kind of a mother to `those "children `for four years. she said. - `She was growing very thoughtful. "Can I get down a minute, -Dick? I want some roses. '_ the rose and green. w-.-v ----v ..v-v~- - Le -drew rain and helped her rout` of the cart. He "watched her as she btiooped eto g'ather' the flowers the `blue of her dram very bright against `I 'I,'J fl-i`ew' 1-ookedi wonderingly ilto her lseretne eyes. `I, ,, Q` ._,I,. _--_L2.. Uuuun. Du l.'Ul a.uua. .J Vvuvn-.1 _You don't love me,. he flashed out: "I've lost you. L -_- .1-.._.:I -4.......`L...A ..-- _-_- -___ =--vp.- 'Pr,esently` she came` `back and laid her handful of _roses on the seat `be - side him. % ' "Dick." `S119 Said. "I m` g`oing right Lb-o_r31e."' _ ' T _. nlvn. vusav V. was I can't do it; dear, `she; contin- ued with a. convincing` `s'i_m_'plicity of bone. vun . van oav-QQ\q~4 u ..v- If I left them now. Dick.` there are two sounds I should hear . un- til I died. I should hear baby cry- ing"-'f'or me andtthe tap pf Theo P.lit- tle crutch. I "should wake in the night and hear them plain andthere is no city you could take {me to` where the roar and the voices would shut them -out," ` ..-:.r---. ll 1 _,,-,7` lovsavo ` vT_hen her `face changed, a tide of color flooded into "her cheeks and her eyes filled. She pressed her eyes filled. _She `pressed her clench- ed `her hands t-o her temples. l ..-.. - . -. ,,..,4_, uuuu we-I\IA.n.| vu.-v The womanlyv pa.ssio`n` of her voice .im~presse'd `him deeply. n, L 1-2.. 12.. ____.I L..........l .1..:`-. 43...` ~lIJ4lkl&\JhJJV\l LJII-LA Vovv AJI "He `hit his lip 3.113 turnednhis face k away. ' ' "17--- ..__-- 1'\:-1-!9 41\I\ ,1-n'A van-min KImVV CL 0 "You "see. Dick. she said =ag'a_in, ; "I ve been as` kind}-of mother to `those lchildren `for four .years.' L- l.`I....'L....-.1 \L\lIl Incl "You're just a boy. she said. ten- derly; her eyes f_e'll .-on`the handful of flowers. -.It will never be sum- -mer `again `till- you come back," she Enid. "I shall `be waiting for you herelf ; death. IJULI .L~v\2 Luau Juuu `She put up her handWand `touched his-ha-ir; she had known tlfouble an-d - as 1 :1 L___ Shevmaide him leave her. encourag`-I ed him. cheered him `and `bade him g'o. u After the last `good-`bye. `he: drove awayialone: drove away atia g`a'11\op' and the light cart rocked from side to side. She watched him. and `the [golden luminous haze. was blur- red. `by the tears she dashed. raway to watch him `still. Then` she set her face towards her father s home. so. he`s V to $11) 1;: Thiat `same -evening` John Mansedl was` drving" -across the prairie, He Lheldrthe lines loosely in his -roug'h hand. -and his mouth was g'rim over the g'rizz1ed"'beard. To-d'ay theold house had been full of ghosts: xthe `tread of tired feelt on" the worn Istairs. -the sound` of a ;passion1eaSs' voice, _the_ weary eye's of the woman who had1 been his wife. _-___r._ `LL- 2..IJd uuinn-no wuu .uu.u ucvu um: u_...v. He 7drove betwee'n `the fields where `the wheat. g'r_ew. green and high. As :the `moon. a silver. sickle. swung a- mong` glowing /stars. the whispering of the wind and thestin of khel little live creatures died out of the'~`Vvor1~d. 'Man`se1_l- thought "much of his .`daughter and her lover. =Harcourt was `ghne. and a troubled fear - a foreboding` of evil--would not be sil- enced in this mind that. Anna -would he gbne. `too. He grew so sure"that he would` not find her in iher accus- `bomed place that he dreade d every mile of the waythat brought him lnearrer home. i ~ He `drove through the town, skirt- e'd. his house and g`.1ve thevhorses into the care of the hired man, With `a queer hesitation he was half ashamed`. of, Mansell lingered at the windbw. :The `blind was up. and in the light of the lamp he saw ' Jess and the "boys and Theo `g'ath- . g'ath`ered round the table`; `He turn- ed`-Iaway gwith a drag at .v his heart- strings. (His . children heard his heavy `step, and the clickof the latch. as he`. came in and gstumbleid up the shadowy. stairs. ` `His `hand shook as he turned `the handle of the door of AnnIa s room. At the quiet .picture he beheld` there his heart leaped to his throat. -`Be'- side the crib _ his daughter sat, with her `cheek resting" on the` white cov- -,erlxe't ark!` her faithful eye's adoring the .chil`,d` whoj'sle'pt_ within it. ( She .tremb1e,d- at the sound of he'r ' farther`! voice. ~ _"Anna.i he said. "young Harcourt` qu'1uu_y. - It." said the harsh old man. f'you Should 'be writing to him you, can any `he'll `be weloome-to spend his Christmas here." ` I ll write _and.`~ tell him. father," replied `Anna. with -a queer little` `smile. _ i - ` -~ 774:. -.. 1...- I...hr.a-. -`ana 1 .I A OI .. | ILIllUo _ Then `she slipped on her kn!e'ea and pressed {her lips to the uahdd cheek of the sleeping child. . fauna . A`df`A_ TT0M:PKINS.-Ix1-;J't-:';l`:`e;tbwn. on Mon- day. June 6.~__1904. to Mr. and Mrs. _-Wm.` Tompkins. a daughter. % ' ' agenda: the loan. )V1'hoinht`re_uo!averyd1rtylodg!ng ` honpo poIt_ed at the kmtrance this no- ?`V1Iit0_|'I '1 W190. feet. 1. ` Y3? vncurvn 1 I_ g'0'.llU- . 'I know. father. she answered. `THE NORTHERN ADVANCE Lucy ~A`stle. I Lorri Dundbnald 1asLg_-venV out -his fs1:'a.tement reg'a'rd'ing his rece`nlt ac- iltron-s_. The statement `is. as follows: 5: Considering . it` `desrrame that 1 ishlould 1-ay `before the people of Can- -adia a statement -of my position with -reference `to the` difficulty be-t-ween myself` and the government of `Can- xa,'d\a I may say; T 11199 { n'|'Iu-.axvn'rn Inf fhn. dravitv He Mnkes an Explanation Concerning His Action and Shows how Many Moves For the improvement T of A. the Militia. Were Thwarted M by The Government. ragana 1 may say; I was fully-- ware of the gfravity of the `s.-`cap Whichil took (in making: `a. ;public prlotest. VI was fully aware that "it was an unusual step. I__de- ci_ded to take it because I was con- vmced that it was the only"means`of serving the militia -of Canada. T I-vgvn `nr furn. vnar `hnpn Q'*.'Y'I!T`3.1 . . . igart ' any interest in Canadian` po itics. serving` tne miiitia I have for two years `been g'e .neral officer commanding -the militia. I have worked hard to. improve the- force. to devise a scheme` of reorgan- ization. to create andeorgantize num- '0.l \J'd{L|'dUli1.. per-ous departments. and to revise the I have sedu- `H. the system of training . l~ously avoid'ed taking any Never Imposed Policy. I In all of my work I; have endeav- ored to keep steadily in view the nature of my post. I have not sought to impose my policy upon the min- ister or upon 'the,ca*bi'net. I hard lsouglht to carry out the ,p1-ans_`ap- proved `by the giovernmeint. In the technical administration of the force I held that I should be given a fairly free hand. At the same time I was careful to ascertain. and con- siderthe views -of all persons inter- ested. _ of freedom than is accorded to the general managers -cf important com- mercial companies. To make a rail- way pay it is necessary toleave de- tail of matters of administration lar- g'ely to the expert official in charge of the system. The mantagiiigyof ' a military force is expert work.` and the safety of the country is -surely as important as the success of a railway. My claim for freedom ex- tended only to the technical side of my work. I had no desire to "force my pclicy upon` the ministry. Interference Fr-cm First. I was constantly hampered by interference with that particular part of my work. This interference _bc'g`;in very soon after my arrival. It has continued in|ces:- antly ever since. Mr. Fisher s inter- est in the `affairs of the `.13th Scot"-. In my efforts ~tish Light Dragoons was simply the final incident in a long" list of var- ious phases of obstruction. R/rv rn~~:n:nn"fnr rnrn.9inin\Cr' in rnv I claimed a smallelr measure, LURE puaaca UL ULl_Ll\lULlU1lo My reasonfor rem-ainin\g- in my -post was to `benefit the militiaof C_anadn... 'but my efforts were so per`- snstently "bl-ocked thatel c-ame towlook up~cn_ "the case -as a hopeless `one. I was `forced to reflect very serious- t ly upon what I could` dofto effect my object-the improvement of the mili- `tia. It seemed to `me that, imper-| fect as is the training-, great as is` .the lack -of armament. numerous as are the . faults -of detail, there lies behind all these evils-the indiffer- ence of -the men who ove`rn `tho `country to the welfare 0 the force. To ' Let Daylight . `In. It lseemed to me that the -best way to `help the militia of Canada was to let d`aylig'ht into the workin_g sys- I-nvn ' ma '4 _ Sn.`.\-(.;.,1\- :1 hundred do11;1rs;he pzud m[.'1'1h- 1:151 cont. Do! I'm -bound` ,to .m;,k(- thing hum wherever 1 land. with 3.w.`h `O 1131,) me, and'.streng`th 1! ' ` .. ,_.....|\..I nn Hun ' f'rnmr-.' wall tem. ; I realized. moreover, that the` new militia bill would soon be discussed in parliament. and that it was my duty to give `a warning'o fVcertain dangrers `before it was too late. T `vn3n-Vlnf havn '|nrl'o'p.d an nlfficial. dangers `oetore It was LUU 1a.Lc. .I 'mig'ht have lodged an oifficial protest with the g`ov.ernment. I can- not see this would have been /of ;any `avail. It would simply have 1 been one more document in a pigeon, ` L.. I.. LU Jul tem. `I .. UUUII hole 11016. A course. offering many_attractions- was t-o `resign -and i$uc a ~ublic statement giving my reasons. 0 far as I "personally was concerned` it would `have been `far the easier and] more pleasant - course. The } objection was that by so doing` ~ I would give neither the government nor the people of. Canada any real opportunity to pass judgment upon- the matter brought `to their atten- tion. My `protest would -have been ;made, but not in the manner that tw-ouvld haye attracted attention to `the evi. - ' u 1 .1 n J ,_,-`I_.. _ .....uIn Luv uvnnn ` It seemed better to make a. `pub- ilic protest and to leave with the government the ogtion of heeding it. or of upholding t e-system xyhich is destructive to the efficiency of the nitional defence. V b D ',- J __-L-.. uulauuus uvsunrvvo I was in this frame ofumind when Mr. Fisher's interference with the 13th `Scottish Light Dragoons came to a head. It precipitated my reso- lution to speak. out, no matter what the consequences`.) I may now pass from the general as ect of the matter toa feW.parti- cu ar instances. where not I but Canada has suffered from autocrat- iic and unusual interference with the machinery ,which I was supposed to_ control. ` (\...n .4-nuv`IIt\dU\ll1I1 an'v`:n1`|a nnan f `I1- control. One extremely serious case of in- terference was the suppression of the important parts of my first an- nual report on the militia. After studying` the situation with great care. I came to certain conclusions. and th~oug'ht out certain plans. For jocmvenivence for reference 1 divided ...-. ...........i. c... 1on0 :..+.. nun Wrnlvn, _ocmvemen lot I'Ul.U1't:.llUU 1 uiuuo-ui my report for 1902 into two halves. {Hart `1 was a sim=p1e'diary(!ff events Part 2 containedmhy description of the condition of the militia. an\d `an outline ofa comprehensive scheme-` for reorganizing the force upon linels suitable to_ the country. This part was fully intended `by m-e for pub-I lication. It contained nothing! that could `be described ans--ainilitary $130- ret. It covered matter ._such as is constnatly made public in Great Britain and the United -States. In- my 'udg'ment it was information as to t_ 9 actual condition and the -pos- .si'bihties f the militia. which it was esi_ra'ble or the people of Canada to now. -A ' - zum--:::\ x-. He rs-::ch:-(l' up the fra } me" Wall with his 1`irv'}]{ . . I _ '35 NW`. aid S:::]:tr:Stc1E:'fl ":1 he down In-\\`a1`(i.~.~' him;.s0m.eh(`)w -:eT.S 1;rc.ug h1 the co1ni11g.Separat_ u_3 idly lmw 1110m.m-The t\V'Omr;0Y1lI:. 'z1c(*.<,g.-TL-\\' V9. ,, V _ g` ..M.\,i {MM .'\=;V5d`10`{"11<,1, yegrninsg. 4 ` "H "193 the`. Km :D``.`` 30 away from me Domt