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my cupboard for you. I . . . I didn‘t send them on." "Quite," smiled Ferguson. "We were all very sorry sir," Rosâ€" siter said awkwardly. "The other sisâ€" out nothing in sight. On the Sunday afternoon he went to the Marble Arch to listen to the "oraâ€" tors." It was mildly amusing, and it had the added attraction of costing nothing. On the outskirts of one of the "meetings" a man spoke to him. "If it isn‘t Mr. Hallett! How are you needs courage of of the first week out nothing in si On the Sunday the Marble Arch tors." ~It was m had the added sorry, but I darenk do it or my own. . Anyway, better luck!" "Thanks," Ferguson said as he left the office, The reaction of the Managing Direcâ€" tor surprised him. He had seemed genuinely distresséd and sympathetic. After his meagre lunch, Ferguson read the letter he had that morning received from Mary Donovan. A smile touched his lips as he read it and went out into the London street with reâ€" newed courage. And a search for a job by a man with Ferguson‘s record andâ€" sensitiveness right PriOr to that I‘ was in prison.‘ The Managing Director was sitting very upright in his swivel chair: "Priâ€" son?" he echoed. ‘"Yes. Its a long story. Yciu may remember "the Murray Brothers case? Kathéer more than three years ago "Yeées. But look here . . "It‘s all right. I‘ll go," said Ferguâ€" son rising. "Only I‘ve got a little tired of coming up against the eternal quesâ€" tion of references." "I‘m sorry, of course," the Managing Directorâ€"a decent little fellowâ€"said earnestly. "If business were my own T‘d take a chance. I would realâ€" ly. In the circumstances I Garen‘t There‘s my fellow directors to consider for one thing." "Thunks, anyway." "Up against it?" "Not chirite . .. thank®. ~I shall be all rnce, in a moment of depression, he told a prospective employer the truth He was the Managing ‘Director of a firm of manufacturers and wholesale dealers in furniture in the East End. "You seem to be the type we want," the Managing Director said. "Who have you been with?" "For the last few months I‘ve been with Trevowe‘s, Ltd., in Mossford." "For the last few months?" the Managing Director repeated, with slightly raised evebrows. Wants ‘one The positions for which by training, exptrience and ability he was siuited were just the jobs which called for unâ€" impeachable references. sive thit waunts ‘0 HMHAggerstOT othersâ€"in Author of "George," " Two Men and Mary‘! Ete W'T.%!WWW ty CHAPTER XI ’wards. I mean. There was a lot of talk | "Next." to t SEARCH FOR WORK about it in the servants‘ hall. Most of swoered it. Ferguson knew London wellâ€"the usâ€"certainly meâ€"thought you was very Ferguson greater part of his life had been spent | hard don» by sir." point of vie1 thereâ€"but during the days which folâ€" ‘"That‘s very kind of you, Rossiter. There is ; lowed his return from Mossford, he exâ€" At the moment I‘m staying at 17 Percy ing or depre tended his knowledge considerably. He | Tottenham Court Road." office to of visited parts of the great city which had "I‘ll write it down,. sir, and send on ments offer _ UAITBS ‘ it MIPY hatrrpa_ T i. .ses l l on uo e ts THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 25th 1937 COlrict MONDAY, NOVEMBER 13TH i1937 k Â¥ °C # _# _ _ ® #e .‘.“.. ww we ## 3 _ * ..““... CCC # Â¥ CY CE CE CCC CÂ¥ o“d"o“:ww **,* 'o“:“:.‘:“:' Second Temiskaming and Northern Ontario Railw: The Nipissing Central Railway Company irgain excursion tickets will be valid on Trair nnections, Thursday, Nov. 25th. Passengers v 11 comnnect at North Bay with C. P. Train 2, le; ite. Passengers who use Train 46 will North Bay C P. Depot and take C. P. Train 8, ‘iday, November 26th. Tickets are valid to return. leaving destination P. Train 1 from Windsor Street Station, Mont: Â¥, Nov. 28th, and conneating at North Bay with i. Monday, Nov. 29th, EXCEPT passengers f rquis MUST leave not later than C P. Train ¢ »., Sunday, Noy. 28th, to connect at North »mday, November 29 h. Tickets will not be honored on Trains 49 and 50 ckets destined Quebec and Ste. Anne de Beauypri reamlined Trains 350 and 352 to Quebec or 349 a t good on all other trains between Montreal an One Cent A Mile Bargain Coach Excursion TO embroke, Renfrew, Arnprior, Ottawa, Montr Quebec and Ste. Anne de Beaupre, Que. via North Bay and Canadian Pacific Railway ri0ood in Coaches Only irch for a job by a man with record _ and sensitiveness ige of a rare order. The end _week came however, withâ€" 7y, but I darenkt do it on Anyway, better luck!" erguson said as he left ve got several letters in * refeéréences i moment 0 names Stenpne ob for . and N. C. R.REGULARSTATIONS ebrows. that I was in prison. Director was sittin f age and under 12, when a Half FPare. arture Time and Purther I Local Agont. C l ic itnits ie o dig se aie on se d walte ds dn ds ty din y es zis ioz ies 1 Ol months I‘ve in Mossford w â€"months? repeated, to him before and a doze of that most el: i man who real and responsible to my d nc prepared to take man who can‘t give ences, You‘ve applied trust respansibil sandwich boards. I‘m all there is to it." He pressed a bell as and run chance? "Not for a job 1 not off the films,. a er repliecd. "But â€" the iusual referencs ployer, for example "Lâ€"Can. L â€"Wwas M of Mossford, for a "‘And before the <cvening ly ones ito call on He did ‘call, b possible one and t question of refers ped up. "Why do you i he asked an en He sat a while holding ithe let his hand. If it were in any way possik must have news for her by Sund: must. It was wicked that such should be unrewarded. Wheth: deserved a break or nat, there w question that Mary Donovan did. A JOB OF SORTS Later in the evening he went in public library in Holborn and se ed the advertisement column o strength into him. coming to town by the following Sun: meet her at St. Pa past twelve.: The whole hours togeth h But with the lette came one from MA had evidently posted the office that On the Monday ev arrived. Evidently F them as soon as he morning. One was wantsd to buy and s the second was an : firm which wanted t ing and the third cor provide him with low at preferential rates. Ferguson laughed the third letter. Stil of Rossiter to have b Very de dccided. Goodâ€"bye! was quick] wWrote dow given him wsceently "Thank "A lot « You‘d ha "ICs a | "Three 4 I '1 those wards, I mean about it in th usâ€"céertainly : hard don» by 1LS JU 10 "The Northland Zmney col irs togetheor.! ns of 0 a job like this the films, anyway," th "But why can‘t d Queb» iving 8.20 ‘~their ow a, Montreal, oY mt He n i: in« JUut»; n( W 1€ Al d for 1lityâ€" by i, <~Aie ~reg heartent RC 11 Im I olÂ¥ 110 cat orry but tha thet WAen 11 UrsIO1T was speakin ut he said red. rom the Donovar But 1 Ts ~and 1 hance on references‘ "In Americ nan to sta nd m Copyrignhnt 4 ate ts o dte ie en on ote ePuate steate ie +2 ' al.k :}_Iot_ f)f td”\l ‘Next," to the office bov who had an oW 1¢€ bed in that id, and r2â€" men ) Was a able, the sible aday ch i1 theyr typ reilErâ€" tion of him, put quarter t1 don‘tâ€" mplov TMi 16 MAN WITH A PAST o the archâ€" ‘~â€"~the tat 1k Club 1V 6 he He iith he 000C 11 h e "T‘ll have a shot at it." "We don‘t always insist on the deâ€" posit. You seem a decent sort of chap. You see the idea. That‘s a dummy set. Open it out so . . and it shows what the set of books looks like in a bookâ€" case,. See? That‘s a sample book. You get three different ones. Sge? Better to concentrate on the Empire Encyclopaedia. See? We provide a bags. It all fits in very nice and it isn‘t very heavy." "Rightâ€"ho." "Here‘s the order forms and address.â€" ed envelopes. You come in Saturday morning ten o‘clock, to draw what‘s due. Good luck!" ~ _"You dan‘t want references?" guson asked. "No. I rely on my own judgment of a man. You needn‘t bother about the deposit, either." "Thank you. Whatever happens, I shall return the bag and the samples." | "Just fill in that form, then, will | Porâ€" ‘"We‘re publishers. But we sell direct to the public. No shops. We publish things like these . . . " He made an expansive gesture to a bookcase before he continued: "See? Complete editions of Sceott, Dickens and the classics. They sell like hot cakes to people like schoolmasers and parâ€" sons. Deferred payments. All you do is to get the order; we do the rest. That‘s our best lineâ€"The Empire Enâ€" cyclopaedia. Twelve volumes published at ten guineas. You get ten per cent. A guinea for every order you get see? One of our men sold eleven sets last week as well as other stuff he got rid df. See?" "Tll~ try it," said â€"Perguson. _ "Do I have a special locality to work in?" "No. You go anywhere you like. No | limit to your earnings. The more we pay the better pleased we are. You got to deposit a pound to cover ithe value | of the samples. Returnable of course, ;if you turn the job in. What about it.:?2" 1 | The form required his name and a« jress and that of his previous emplo: Ts and having shaken the large, atr rather moist hand of Mr. McKissoc Ferguson sallied forth into Callen treet carrying a brown bag made of ubstance that closely resembled le; her. It wasn‘it heavy but he grippe t tightly. The whole thing seemed ur eal and it was not until he got bac 0 his room in Percy Street that t ealized how little the job real nounted to. No wages; no expenses, Ten pt "My name‘s Scotch, too," the other said. "I‘m the staffâ€"supervisor. What experience have you had in salesmanâ€" shmp?2" ‘"None badly." The cthers may have been "well eduâ€" cated and of good address" but they didn‘t look it, and apparently the Hebâ€" raic gentleman who opened the door and surveyed the assembly some minâ€" utes later thought so too, for he pointed to Frerguson and said: "Come this way." Ferguson was third, but it was no time to stand on ceremony and he folâ€" lowed the Hebraic one along the corriâ€" dor to his office. * Ssir down. What‘s your name?" "John Ferguson." "Ferguson. Scotch, isn‘t it?" "YÂ¥es." "My name‘s Scotch, too."" the other toâ€"date firm of publishers"® the anâ€" nounceéement stated. It was not the kind of job he was looking for tlut the adâ€" dress was only a few minutes away from where he had bought the paper. Whatever happened, he wouldn‘t be late for this one. No. Thirtyâ€"three, Vallence Street, proved to be a block of modern offices and the firm he sought occupied the whole of the second floor. "Wait in the first room on the left,." the girl in "Enquiries‘" told him. Two other men were already there and a third came in while he was wait. ing. Later in the afternoon, he got a jcb â€"Oof sorts. He had seen the advertiseâ€" ment in an early edition of one of the evening papers. "Maen of Education and good address wanted to represent upâ€" *AAA _ UEACELALIG â€" JS lllGlf NA MUST possess exceptional courage not to lose faith in himself. Curicusly, perhaps, alâ€" though Ferguson had met with no sucâ€" cess, he had met with very little actual discourtesy. And gne whatever from a person in responsibility where h> had managed to establish contact with tlhram. "Next," to the office boy who had anâ€" swoered it. Perguson could see the other fellow‘s point of view but it didn‘t help him. There is probably no more exhaustâ€" ing or depressing job than going from office to office in reply to advertis>â€" ments offering jobs and a man must possess exceptional courage not to lose faith in himself. Curicusly, perhaps, alâ€" though Ferguson had met with no suCâ€" cess, he had met with very little actual RECEIPTSâ€"ONE LUNCH form required his name ind that of his previous en form required his name and adâ€" ind that of his previous employâ€" d having shaken the large, and moist hand of Mr. McKissock, on sallied forth into Callence carrying a brown bag made of a ce that closely resembled leaâ€" t wasnit heavy but he gripped tly. The whole thing seemed unâ€" But I want ‘e Â¥ A parll set fTorth :-H,\; 1A S Lppier aAL“k'. t a t oy* 4 # 2l al 1|Â¥ C 4 4 Â¥% €4 wl } 4 See the 1938 PI ymouth GET YOUR LOCAL DELIVERED PRICE . d address. Saturday iw â€"what‘s job pre he anâ€" he kind the adâ€" $ awayv THE PORCUPITN® ADVANCERE T TV [ ‘"Thanks very much, I will." | _ But when Ferguson got to Beauman Road, Miss Cawthorne was out. He reached Euston just before six, having sold nothing whatever. He had met with a good many rekluffs during the day, but he had a feeling that with a litcle more luck he might have sold something. He saw, cf course, that the arrangement he had made with the Phblishing Company was a very oneâ€" sided agreem:nt. The Company, in deed, could send out score‘s of travellers without incurring any expense beyond the cost of the samples. Still it was a job of sorts. The next day he tried his luck in Camden Town. He saw that it was useless to knock at the door of a house and attempt to interest a kiusy housewife in a complete edifion of Dickens and he began by calling on the offices of House Agents and similar people. to it, I assure you. Aifter lunch Ferguson the old padre and telling him his whole "Give me your addre I may be able to help meantime call at Nur man Road and ask t thorne. She might qu Encyclopedia. She do extraordinary things." He called on a ( with grey asked him into hi "No,." he said. all thosa at, one t "Sorry., Ssir! m the 1 as th line. little after tey walked out of t cutskirts of the He discoverec that he had c irom London wa: evening he walke Berkhamstead, fordshire, was th: initial experimern turn cost e€xactly ‘or a while he mt I‘m just goi join me?‘" I don‘t wan Not at all. â€"61 Third Avenue _ Phone 3, Timmins Imperial Motor rt im it dh ts dn offers very‘ convenient ] Plymouth dealers. Tune Hour ... ColumBia Net w COSTS AMAZINGLY LITTLE TO oOwWnN. Plymouth is priced w‘:rth the lowc,st' And the Commercial Credit Corporation of the great write ind there he mar Many New Features in The New 1938 Plymouth e nad 10 years ago Plymouth was introduced. 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A book is the most restful comâ€" panion that one can find. and an hour will very seldom pass as fast as it does "had e reading Even at out of i ng at home. Imagine her surprise (and min: when her friend declared, "How can yo sit still long enough to read anything I think reading is beastly! I fidge and fuss, and get no peace whatever. The first young lady, with some curi osity, asked this "bookâ€"hater" if sh "had ever really done any seriou reading", and the second replied, "Nc Even at school I used to try ‘to get ou But he h In the ai cther sollic there was : Still, a ; was not too e€1)} tre Try the Back Seat â€"it‘s *"chairâ€"height . . . comfortable . . richly upholstered. Then that is probabiy why replied the first yc eély. "You‘ve never given nce toslike reading or be t you try At?2" ir a Convers . 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Enjoy the greater elbow room, hea room and leg room. The whole car "floats"" on Amol steel springs, with airplaneâ€"type shock absorbers. Liv rubber body mountings block out road vibration. 1€ "Bruin was running when first sightâ€" ed. Clarie took a shot and it splinterâ€" ed a sapling about 14 reds ahead of the bear. The bear halted and then started running again. A second shot alarmed the bear as a bullet fanned his fur. The bear started galloping around The hunter had one bullet left and he hid behind a tree. As the bear came round the corner he cracked it on the a way | from [ oppo Claric "Clarie Walton, Lindsay tel is telling a bear story to hi these days. It is about old bear, the age beinog Aotopr g00C bear ‘0., Dealers, South Porcupine Ccounts planne Matac NC CI some of Those Bear Stories Are Certainly Hard to Bear )llow the fir irhn. ~But »ntc WIHD h ed to take refuge in tree and was at the vwhen the bear deci The power man then he tree and started â€" 11 the first bear. It But now Lindsay, C eard from, it Here is the Lindsay s told in despatches A. WILSON LANG Telephones: OFFICH 10ORDON BLOCK A Quarter of a Century direction to that had gotten only m the tree, whe, pped down from s an old sayi man who tell chance. Some penny ‘ differ N1 wWwer mal days wher in( DISTRICT AGENT FOR MANXNUFACTURER®‘s LIFE INSURANXCE CO. m wWwWNAOo tells the fir e, some other guy with a bigger stor it bear storv in T For Twoentyâ€"five Years I have been continuousivy enâ€" gaged in the business of General Insurance, representâ€" ing all through those years the same timeâ€"tried comâ€" pantes in Automobile, Fire and Life. I am working for my customers, and not for any particular company. Th 1J to then turned away ted awayâ€"in the hat taken by the )nly a short disâ€" vhen another big rom the tree to who had an en The power mar in the branchs: the foot of th decided to lor Ontario, ha n‘t seem s y story of ; s from tha thousands of Plymouth owners up when they say, "Plymouth last and costs less to run."" G Chryslerâ€"Plymouth dealerâ€"toda Sales, distributors, 59 Or“v grapher 1 1€ NEW RICHNESS QOUTSIDE AND INSIDE . .. NEW COMFORTS AND DRIVING EASE ... MORE VISION . . . AMAZING VALUE! H E A ( i k 1t TV 1 | _ m1e is survived by his wife, formerly Lalurence Renaud,, his father and mother, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Galiâ€" pealu, Sturgeon Falls; two brothers, Oscar and Napoleon, both of Sturgeon Falls; and sisters, Myrs. Rollin, Blind River; Mrs. Aime Roy, Timmins: Mrs. Gauthier, Rouyn, Que., and Florence, Sturgeon Falls. Pallbearers were Eo Dutresac P B. Marleau, G. Grandchamp. Out of town persons who attended the funeral were, Moise Galipeau, Hull; Mrs. J. Galipeau, Sudbury; Calixte Galipeau, Hull; A. Theriault, Sudbury; Mrs. Maisonneuve, Sturgeon Falls; Mr. and Mrs. Dompierre, Sturgeon Palls; Mrs. Levesque; Mr. Jaanis; O. Charette, Gatineau; Mr. and Mrs. G. Charette, Gatineau; Mrs. Galipeau; Mr. and Mrs. B. Senecal, Sudburv. Ben( WE WJUK DiaACe in Cache 6 of Eugene Galipeal occurred by accident in The funeral service 1 Therese‘s Church in C Father Theriault offic ment was made in St. N Sturgeon FPalls. Death of Eugene Galipeau at Cache Bay on Nov. 6th 1¢ Cache â€"Bay The deceased man was born in Pointe itineau, Que., in 1891. He diedâ€" at ‘ age of 46. He was a member of > Knights of Columbus and was l1 known in the district. en 1€ irile examined it its netck RESTIDENXCE aighten it 0 snap back funeral se e‘s Church Theriault ‘as made it Cleans$ irers > Were.. . Mayor Lalandt 1] hts of Columbus n in the district. irvived by his wif Kenaud,;;<his ‘1; Mrs. Tho â€" ne bed sum :t ali is built to 6 to any officiated. Inter St. Mary‘s cemetery Aas dislocated. So animal by the tail He heard a verâ€" into place. He let bear hopped awav." TVMMINS Dutres 1. <B,. Bruin fell Allain It was 80 e tail a verâ€"