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/ 5011. 1 ` It was the last question he would Sgave addressed to any one under ..--_--" ormal circumstances, least of all to a landlnd_\~', even though this one had mothered the woman `he loved. But all barriers and conventions were Wome rlune 27th, 1918 IV] A 11.91:. 5 a vuunuv. Freemont, 0.-I was passing through the critical period of life, bein ` forty-six years of age and had all the symptoms incident to that change - heat. ashes, nervousness. and was in a. general run down cogdgiop, Are Here Told the Best Remedy _f9r Troubles. ___:._.. n...,.....1. H... m-:+:r-n1 ihe incident to that change near. names, nervousness, general condition, so it was hard for me to do my work. Lydia. 13. '.Pink- ` ha.m a Vegetable Compound was recommended to me as the best remedy for my troub1es.which it surely prov, tobe. I feel better and stronger in every way sig takin it. and the annoying symptoms have dir_~"" mt "-Mrs. M. Gonmm, 925 Napoleon St., From :-` ` A IILIJUI Korth Haven. Conn.-Lydia. E. Pinkha.m s Vegeta- ble Compound restored my lxealth after everything else had failed when passing through change of liz -. There is nothing like it to ovqn-come the trying symptoms." .-.'.Mr|. lrnoxnzzca 1sm.LA. Box 107. North Haven. Conn. `has the greatest record for qxeatest an IVHILIIASI. LYDIA E. PENKHAFTS COMPOUND 'omar{ Who ' Was Not By ARTHUR APPLIN Ibroken down now. l He had a peculiar feeling, very peculiar for a stern 1eve1-headed \man of action, that nothing that had happened between himself and May was qu-ite real. It was like a. flight of fancy, a midsummer night s spects, she had not kept a diary nor papers nor letters of any description.- '5 `It does look queer, Mrs. Smith son said on the occasion of Easton s last visit to the lodging-house before going back to join his corps-this was two days after his interview with ' Lady Alce Cardley. It does look . queer, just as if it was pre1neditet- > |ed. 117 -.- .......... i-kn! aha infnnp tn CHAPTER XVII-`Continued I And so as the weeks passed andl she did not reappear, her loss was far more keenly felt than any of the fussy minor members of the staff suspected. `D...-inane fhnf. um: nnn n? the reasons ed. You mean that she intended to run away, had, in fact, been prepar- ing for some time? "|"`l-~-- -vvn-son nil-Hnn. wn Hnn ]nntn(1v Q mg tor mmer ' They were sitting 1n the landlady s room; it looked a trifle more gloomy than usual. The `briguht summer weather gave the jaded lace curtains .a yellow tinge. The dreadful crinkl- ed paper in the fireplace mocked the sunshine outside. The sewing- mac11ine stood on the table in the centre of the room just as Easton had first seen it when -he called to tell the landlady that he was going to take her- young lodger out to dinner; everything in the room was worn and dream, a story he had read, a play he had seen. 1:..- e...;+1....... olnnnlr ` Lav lnnml he naa seen. Mrs. Smithson shook her head. -She was not exactly proud, she was always kindly and considerate, sir, but never chatted. Looking back on the years she lived with me, it s extraordinary how little she did say. She was more like a man in that re`- spect, sir. Whenever she spoke one was bound to listen, and she never said an unkind or cruel thing, never. She was peculiar, there s no doubt about it, and the shop-girl was not her proper position in life, of that I m certain now. ' A(VT..._ u.:..1. .'|..\... clun van ruv-av .l 111 (Jl:1.`Lu.u1 uurv. You think when she ran away she did not mean to come back? Mrs. Smithson came from the North-country, and still- possessed the reserve common to the North] with the fear of committing herself. ` cu... .....:,`l 1...... .......l- 7a v-onf nnfl ((1 Wltll me 18211` OI c0I11II11l.uug ucxauu. She paid her Week s rent and did not owe for notliingz. `But she took nothing` with her,. Easton objected. Qlu; +nn'Lv nnnncrh fn hast 1101' 01` `tile p1c1:u1'e gaucry H1 negcuu. uuee... He had gone back to the picture gallery that Very morning and stood beside the statue of the Dancing ~ Nymph listening to the waters splash- '}ing in the fountain. And he had - heard again her confession of love. ` No, he could not believe she would Blhavc run away without telling him, -[without at least giving him some warning or dropping a hint. Av--1 c-:nnn lu 1nnnf.I'1`|0` \\ ltl1 Ldv E l laston ongectea. She took enough to last her for a night or two if she was travelling. And I would like you to go upstairs |nnd see for yourself before you go. , `H - 1474-: 1:- ,.....1,1 ....-.+_ uuu ECU LUJ. `yuuxcuu. \J\..L\.ILu JV 5-. Easton objected. He could not; bear to think of any one else prying into her room, turning over her be- longngs, even touching her clothes. Yet it seemed almost sacrilege to do so -himself; But he had been her nearest and dearest-she `had told him `that the afternoon she kissed him in `the picture gallery in Regent Street. no `mm crane hnak to picture warn-ing dropping nun. And since his meeting with Lady Alice Cardloy his usually clear, `steady brain had been in a whirl; ilie had not been able to come to any ldefinite conclusion. There pursued him evc-rywliere that baffled sense `of unrcality. And at the back of it all there was a feeling that -he had not really lost May. un .o,.m...~...1 xh-= Smithson un- not really lost .`\J.ily. He followed Mrs. Smithson up- stairs. He stood just inside the door of the room. The humble bed-s'1ttinf;- room was very different to the land- suspeuneu. Perhaps that was one of the reasons why Mr. Ackerman himself sudden- ly took such a keen interest in the mystery of her disappearance, and even went to the length of intimat- ing that he was willing to offer a re- -ward for information which would lead, etc., etc. T-`In um: nrr-vnntnd from nutt-ing LYDIA :.nmu-IAM iatolcmz co. LYIIIIJIASI. I 1ady s apartment. The lodging-house `I curtains had been replaced by a set May had made herse1f-pretty mauve and white material. The pic- . tures had been taken from the wall and there was a small collection of books on a shelf. Everything was neat and spotlessly clean. He saw peeping beneath the foot of the bed a little pair of purple shoes. Considering that he was an une- motional man, they gave him a queer sensation. He stared at them with a sense of hunger in his heart. Mrs. Smithson was talking. I - haven t had the room touched except to be dusted and tidied, and though I ve had one or two applications for a room; and this is the only one to 1..J- T nn v-n4 ncnH Hiram fill. 8110 [U115 15 but. U1u_y uuu uu let, I ve refused them all. Of course, Easton said dreami- ly. The chintz curtains of the couch and the little pair of purple shoes, peeping beneath the bed carried his thoughts for some, inexplicable rea- son to Lady'Aliee. Just as she bore | a resemblance to May, so did this room resemble her. . i But I shall have to let it sooner or later, I m afraid,tIhe landlady continued, and I m wondering what shall do with all these things-the hooks and the couch, the curtains, that arm-chair, the cloth on the table -they all belong to Miss May. I couldn t dream of selling them, but I ve got no place to store them. _ She walked across the room, ' opened the Wardrobe and pulled out one of the lower drawers. .\Iany girls in not nearly as good a position as her possess much more finery. Yet there was no one more particular than Miss May. `She had her extrava- gances; many s the time I ve washed things out for her so as to save the laundress s bill and said nothing. Such good taste`, too, just like a real " ladv. What she did have was of the best, I ll say that, down to ll-CI shoes and stockings and even her bootlaces Just come and have a look at the` neatness of all this, sir-as she left :4. )3 _ Easton took a step forward, then i stopped. He pulled himself together. i What s the rent of the room? The landlady started. The abrupt man of action had spoken; the man `born to command, accustomed to be obeyed. ~ Fourteen shillings a week, sir, inclusive of liglits-eve1'ything." Easton took a leather case from his i \ pocket and produced a bundle of` . crisp notes. I m going to pay the rent from the day she left until the I _ next quarter. You ll keep the room ' ,just as it is--always ready for her. ;'One never knows, she may return _ any day, any hour. Ir. Q...:+1.=.m lnneitntmlz she hour." ` Hrs. Smithson hesitated; she did not like to say anything, but in her heart of hearts she was sure May Sinclair would never return. She watched Easton count out the money. There s no need for paying in advance, >.4:Tt I It 1l save trouble. I dare say I shall be up in town next week, and I ll call and see you. Meanwhilc- Mrs. Sm-ithson picked up the mon- ey and handed Easton the change She was not Without tact. uu-".....1.;1.. nn mm shall come in She not without. Luck. Meanwhile no one shall l here except myself, sir. And if I hear anyt`lii11s_=; while you re away I 1l tele- graph. I ean t help feeling that-- well, that she s all right, sir. It s not natural that any harm should happen 2 to her. And she was :1 good girl. Easton nodded and turned on his heel. The landlady closed the drawer and shut the door of the wardrobe :1 little regretfully. She s.igl1ed, and wiped the corners 01` her eyes with the back of her hand. I suppose there's nothing `\'ou d like to take away with you, sir . . - in the nature of a souvenir, I mc:m ! `Easton halted on the threshold. A -`__.___*___ . `slight shiver ranithrough his body-- the wor sent a cold thrill down his spine. Souvenirs were equally hor- rible things, whether of Brighton or the dead. Yet curiously enough the landlady had touched a momentarily weak spot . . . the heel of Achilles. Easton turned slowly, and again his eyes fell on the little pair of pur- ple shoes peeping beneath the bed. H1 micrhf. mkp these shoes. he pie SHOES peepmg Ueucuuu um ucu. I might take these shoes, said steadily. Stooping down, he picked them up. The heels are a `little worn, they want setting up. rm... m:n.rm+ umitinci 1m- the land- llttle they want. tsebuxlg up. Then without waiting for the land- lady to speak `he hurried downstairs, through the hall, zind out into the street. mu 1.... ,..-mnnuml \ Canadian Wheat (London Free.~.- Press) `Canada has sixteen million acres in wheat, all but a million of these acres lying west of the great lakes that a few years ago were the home of the red man, the half-breed and the bison. 'I'\A--an-on A-v 168.0, etc., etc. He was prevented putting this laudable intention into execution by Easton himself; even the police seemed to think it would be of no Vvaihlt was a curious thing that not a single photograph of May Sinclair existed. She had been sketcheda score of times in the showroom, and the various artists had made a very good portrait of everytliing except her face; it was the figure and the clothes wh-ich covered it that mat- tered. An artist could hardly _be ex.-\ pected to waste his time and Messrs. Aekerman and Deutal s money in sketching the profile of a mannequin while she was wearing a hundred guinea gown. N'cvn'rHI9lr>R. even old Ackerman \ pcriuus. Ladies Ages (Guelph Mercury) The women are responding to the call of patriotism with an unexpect- ed loyalty. They are not even hesi- tating to tell their right ages to the iregistrars. This may riglitfully be {classed as Distinguished Conduct [Service Some whose ages could inever be suspected may yet be awarded the D.C.i\I. The Whisky Scandal (Hamilton Herald) That prohibition has diminished the consumption of beer and light . wine is undoubtedly true. It is not `so certain that it has diminished the 5 `consumption of spirits. This ca1nou- 3 flaged liquor business, the product of the Ontario Temperance Act and the Dominion prohibitory regulation, is becoming a scandal. What the Ontario Government should do is to take into his own hands the task of dispensing liquor, and put in charge of the dispensaries officials who have no pecuniary interest in the sale of the liquor and therefore no motive for pushing its sale. A Safe Bet (Philadelphia Record) The German-Austrian military al- liance is for a period of 25 years; yet we venture to bet a cookie that most of our oldest living inhabitants to-day will stick around on top of ie earth long enough to see it broken. n i True to Form '11, (Ottawa Citizen) . e_ It now turns out that the Kaiser _ was the inventor of camouflage. The at ;:old cup which he awarded the an winner of his ocean yacht race in " 1905, won by an American sports- man, and alleged to be Valued at $5,000, is revealed to be pewter with a thin veneer of gold. s 3 1 I 1 r V e u .is `er _a nd th _ well as his cup. German Trade Methods (Buffalo Express) We recall a talk with . fit" _. 1 for some time, who had had methods. les di} tlll glc t I The cup is. '1 worth about $40. In other words, the Kaiser is shown to be a tinhorn as a young `British officer who was in Buffalo ex- perience, with his father, of German This officer, who was in business with his father, devised a lamp, and made a contract with a German firm to make 5000 lamps, or parts the-root , for the British firm. They were delivered and sold, but no vnnv-n xvnvn nvnv Qnlll, lH`*(`5lllSE 3. Gel" ` Lilli U1DULlu Democracy (Calgary Herald) The great trouble with a democra- cy seems to be that every man has an idea that he knows just as well as every other man what should or should not be done in the matter of government, particularly in crisis periods. T.n.r'li:-g A can Iney (lellvereu zum Sulu, uuu uu more were ever sold, because main product almost of identical de- sign proinptly was put on the British 1narke_t._ at :1 very much lower price than the British {'irm could sell at with reasonable profit. That was a. st1'aigl1t steal. of course. The case is not unique. There are thousands of other cases like that. AS SEEN THROUGH GERMAN SPECTACLES We Shall Lose The War Iliglnly sig._:11ific11nt at this juncture is :1. contribution nmde to a war 'syn1posium in the ` `\Vcser Zeitun_: hv Dr. Strube vice-n-esident of the . 7 Bremen Chamber of Con1n1erce:- 11?- L....,. lmnn x-r.+mvinne nn :1 Bremen L'na1mJer 01 L0Iuuu:J.'L'c.--- \Ve have been victorious on all fronts, and we shall continue to con- que1---but I fear we shall lose the \V 51 `I war. The traditional failings of our race ] denounced ages ago by Tacitus- quarrelsomeness and internal (lis- union-\\'ill roh us of the results of our wondrously great deeds. { Once onl_\7, in that grand period of Ge1'muny s national glory which be- I gun in 1864 and ended in 1871, there lived a man, a giant in wisdom I and will-power, who knew how to subdue with it miglity hand the fact- ` ions at home so that he might do as he chose with the foreigner. To-day, alas! we are without such men-I am almost tempted to say without men at all, or those worthy of the name. (To be continued) It is my inmost conviction that un- less in this eleventh hour another Hindenburg arise in the ranks of our diplomats and statesmen this war of the nations will end in our -in- glorious defeat. ,, _ _ Change of time, effective from April 28th, 1918. `1'ORON'I'0-NORTE BAY Trains arrive and leave Barrie as under: Going south I` - I'IE ___A gumea gown. Nevertheless, even admitted that such a pretty girl should have escaped the photogra- pher s studio was quite remarkable. T cnmv: f.hn1mht the first thing no-jg.` IiillllillillllllllllIlllllllllllll _.v__w .-_V.. , I Sunda.y--5.15 a.m. Monday--Mai1 7.48 a..m., Nation- al 12.20 pm. mail 5.00 pm. ll`...-macs: R15 :1 m,. mail 7_48 a,_m,_ Monday---Mai1 to North Bay 11.151 a.m., mail to Gravenhurst 8.00 p.m., Cobalt 1.25 am. Tuesday--Mail to North Bay 11.15 a.m., mail to Gravenhurst 8.00 p.m., National 11.25 p.m., Cobalt 1.25` a.m. Wednesda.y-Mai1 to North Bay 11.15 a.m., mail to`Gra.venhurst 8.00 p.m., mail to Gravenhurst 8.00 p.m., Cobalt 1.25 a.1n. mL.-_-.:.... Man M N Rm: 11.15 :xxxx xxxxxxxxxx; RAILWAYTIMETABLE Cobalt 1.2:) Thursday Mail to N. Bay 11.15 a.m., mail to Gravenhurst 8.00 ]).m., National 11.25 p.m., Cobalt 1.25 a.m. F1-iday-Mail to N. Bay 11.15. a.m., mail to Grnvenhurst 8.00 p.m., Cobalt 1.25 am. a_L....,:....,M..n In. N Rnv 11.15` L;0D3.H.? J..aU u.u1. Saturday-Mai1 to N. Bay 11.15 a.m., mail to Gravenhurst 8.00 p.m.; National 11.25 p.m., Cobalt 1.25 Barrie passengers change at Allan- dale F" `I , _L n.__:.....\ U516 (Daily except Sunday) Barie to Penetang, Collingxvood and Meaford-10:50 a.m., 7.30 pm. From Penotang, Mca.fo1'd zurdCo1- lingWood-8.00 n.n1., 5.20 pm. 'l`n T-Tnmilbon and intermediate phe1"S stuoio Was quite reuiuumuus. I always thought the thing - a young girl did when her hair went up was to -be photographed. Young women are naturally vain whether they are pretty or not, and I gather that Miss Sinclair was remarkably pretty. Some young man must have been sufficiently interested in her to `have wanted a photograph. More- Aover, many of our young ladies who .act as mannequins augment their in- comes by posing at some of the fash- ionable studios. A few have been artists models. 17~..-L.... ..,1..`:H-mil :4 mo: ~nnn11li:`n`. lingwoo(1--z5.UU a.4u pm. To Hamilton and points-7.45 a.m., 4.55 pm. wmm Hamilton and intermediate, points-'t.4:) 11.00 p~.m. \ From Hamllton and intermediate points 10.45 a.m., 8.00 p.m. Toronto and intermediate points.. .4.30 p.m., 8.30 p.m., 7.15 am. North Bay and intermediate points. .. .10.40 am. and 8.30 p.m.= Hamilton to Meaford, north . . . . .. 1030 21.111. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . LU.-)U n.|u. Hamilton_ and Meaford, south . . . . . . . . . . . .. 7.15 am. For Midland . . . . . . . . . . 7.30 p.m. Allandale, cloud bag. . . . 10.30 am. . Allandale . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 4.30 p.m. \. Allandale and Peuetang. . .7.00 p.m.l 1 eupnanc Economy I _____ ll`:illlwflllllillllIllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllllllHlllllillllllllllllllllllilllllllllllllillll|U|!|H||ll|||lll! EA.'MILTON-COLLI'NGWO0I1 MEAPQRD Mails Close at Barrie P.0. The Prompt Answer! F the habit of answering promptly when the telephone bell rings were universal, the saving of time would be CIIOIITIOUS. art1sts' mouexs." Easton admitted it was peculiar. The more he thought it over the more strange it seemed. Even Mrs. Smith- son had never seen a p11otog'raph of May. T nnn nep fn gnv T would like 9] Few things are more pleasing to telephone users than a prompt and courteous response to a telephone call. In business, the practice of prompt answering has been a money maker, for customers appreciate it. 1}] Practice prompt answering yourself and - -...vv_-- :7 __ ` make it a rule in your. business. The Bell: Telephone Co. of Canada . Going North Rural Mails. Midhurst and Grenfel routes leave Barrie P.O. as soon as the Toronto morning mail is sorted. n':11aan1p mute leaves at 12.00 morning mall 15 sortea. Hillsdale route noon. m....+ 1'.n+_har nn11ar-rnns Sma1l-Ross Eccles-Park Francis-E1izabeth Brock-Bradford Ba1dwin-tow11 line Essa road-Main William-Burton Avev Cumber1and-Reid ` Bradford-Victoria Toronto-E1izabeth Pa.rk---High Baye1d-VVe11ington Owen-Grove VVe1lington --Peel Muloa.ster-Penetang Penetang-Duckworth N e1son-B1a.ke B1ake-Rodney Blake--Duekworth Bla.ke--Be1-any Colliex--Mu1oaater MUUNI 51'. uuuma Messrs M. J. and P. J .Fraw1ey and the Misses Frawley, of Barrie, visit- ed relatives here last Sunday. `Ir..- r`,u~.~.n `[1-a T-TnH nn Rh`. May. I often used to say I would one, sir, but she just laughed and said it was :1 waste of money being photograplled. It almost looked as if she did not want to A__3 'n....4,... vnn knnlnninn fn ed relatives here last bunuuy. Hrs. Coyne, Mrs. Hall and Mr. H. Loftus, of Phelpston, paid a flying visit to relatives at Geraldvilla, Sun- day morning. Mr. and Mrs. John Fitzgerald joined them and they- motored to Orillia, where t!;n_v spent a deliglitful day w'1t'h iriends. `UI'.ma.... (Em-nlrl 'F`if7 of the motored to Uruuu, wueu: u.'.v=_\ . Master Gerald Fitzgerald, of `B.C.I. is home at present. In... Tm. r:,m..:n mm Thnnn Movna. B.C.1. 15 home at presem. Rev. Fr. Gearin and Dean Moyna, motored to Mt. St. Louis last Thurs- J-.. Uvu day. M. day. ` Mr. John McNamara of Toronto is ` Visiting his sister, Mrs. P. Fitzgerald. Twelve Cents for Twelve Wogds is The Advance rate for prepaid advts. of the wanted class. It is the cheapest rate of any news- paper in Ontario Oupplc u_u. v-..-, V Age and ripe experience mean hap- piness and usefulness when mental and bodily powers by keeping rich blood in the veins. mm...-..'= rare nourishment in Scott : `R k are preserved N `| -When you want good dry hard- wood or slabs, call up 404. 45-tt keeping ncn muuu lll ....., .. Nature s rare nourishment Scott`: q Emulsion creates rich blood. warms the body and alleviates rheumatic ` tendencies. its oil-food imparts strength to both body and brain. -- :_ u.....-.I.....nt-not Stimulant. GENERAW PRINTING sne u-1u IIUL nzuu, [U And Easton was beginning to a _think the same thing. It almost look- 1 ed as if May had not wanted to be relnembered or recognised in the event of her one day disappearing or running away. For no one escapes we camera nowadays. \ May s room had been searched, but nothing` found that offered even the faintest clue to her whereabouts. She scarcely ever wrote letters; until ` Easton s arrival on the scene she'- practically never received them. Though old-fashioned in many re- ` tired. There was an atmosphere of decay . . . even of death. The first time he had entered ~it it had op- pressed him. but now as he gazedl around he felt a sort of affection for it. It was a milestone--one of the l most important milestones of his life. I ' Looking back, it seemed impossible to believe that his knowledge of, and love for, May had been months, not years. DP nnnren '\fi:Q Sillltlil` I1C`VC1'l Street Letter Oollecons um um, Of Every Dscription Executed at the ADVANCE OFFICE with Neatness and Despatch. MOUNT ST. LOUIS , \r 1' .....:I `D T1`..nuv1 High Class . Illlllllllllllllllllllll liillllll ` -----I Do you pruccc ll? p.111. p.u1. a..m. 7.00 1.30 6.00 7.05 1.35 6.05 7.10 1.40 6.10 7.20 1.50 6.20 7.40 2.00 8.46 7.45 2.05 6.45 7.50 2.10 6.50 7.55 2.15 6.55 8.10 2.30 7.10 8.25 2.45 7.25 8.30 2.50 7.30 8.40 3.00 7.45 8.50 3.10 8.56 8.55 3.15 8.55 9.05 3.25 9.05 9.10 3.30 9.10 9.15 3.35 9.15 9.20 3.40 9.20 9.25 3.45 9.25 9.30 4.00 9.30 9.39 4.00 9.30 years. . Of course Miss Sinclair never] talked to you about her past-about { her future? he said to Hrs. Smith- l ` I