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"seven miles," she said, "but here is Franz and the postâ€"wagon. Franz, you will be glad to give the gentleman a seat beside you." . The sheepishâ€"looking youth mutterâ€" ed something which I took to be assent, and finished off a glass of beer. From his eyes and manner he looked as if he were haif drunk. 1 thanked the woman, and went out to the car, for 1 was in a fever to take advantage of this unexpected bit of luck. 1 could hear the postmistress enjoining Franz not to keep the gentleman waiting, and préesently he came out and flox:iped into the driver‘s seat. We started in a series of volâ€" uptuous curves, till his eyes. got acâ€" customed to the darkness. | At first we made good going along the straight, broad highway lined with woods on one side and on the other snowy fields melting into haze. Then he began to talk, and, as he talked, he slowed down. This by no means suitâ€" f ed my book, and I seriously wondered â€" whether 1 should pitch him out and / take charge of the thing. He was obvi. ously a weakling, left behind in the / eonscription, and I could have done it with one hand. But by a fortunate | chance I left him alone. | "That is a fine hat of yours, mein 5 g]m," he said. He took off ‘his own ! lue peaked cap, the uniform, I supâ€" © pose, of the driver of the nost.wa», | of the qhop "Seven m 1 marched in and told my story to a stout woman with spectacles on her nose who was‘talking to a young man. "It is too late," she shook her head. "The Herr Burgrave knows that well. There is no connection from here after eight o‘clock. If the matter is urgent you must go to Schrvandort " f _ "How far for some ey " found the villageâ€"half a dozen houses with one biggish place that looked like an inn. The moon was rising, and as I approached 1 saw that it was some kind of a store. A fuuny little twoâ€"seated car was purring beâ€" fore the door, and I guessed this was .ls.o the telegraph office. 1 found the vill houses with one b looked like an inn 'i.‘liflf. and 29 I ann Drush and some tol So began one of pades you can well stop to think of t] 1 put on my ulster Into a clear starry n left lying on a settle i was nothing in it to but I wished I could t El hour," lage, isn‘t there Gcrman, the fir tonpue since 1 c "The village the foot of the : you be long, sir "Your master wants me to send of an important telegram. Where is the near««t office? There‘s one in the vilâ€" lage, isn‘t there?" 1 spoke in my best German, the first time I had used the iscc m w 8 . 7 1 met him at the foot of the stairs carrying a candle. (Copyrighted Thomas CHAPTER VIL CHRISTMASTIDE, EveryUring depended on whether the servant was in the hall. I had put Stumm to sleep for a bit, but I couldn‘t flatter myself he would long be quict, and when he came to he would kick the locked door to matchâ€" wood. I must get out of the nouse without a minute‘s delay, and if the door was shut and the old man gone to bed I was done,. It is pure fresh and wholesome and the flavor is that of the true green leaf. o 4L the teeth clean, breath sweet, appetite keen. The Great Canadian thew your food well, then use WRIGLEY‘S to aid digestion. It also keeps The Finest Green Tea llSAI' An All TC Mack in a quarter of an I said. "Don‘t lock up till I r is that? excuse to GREENMANTLE e woman, and went out 1 was in a fever to take this unexpected bit of starry nigh a settle in t ‘russed the froati is five minuces . ivenue," he said. undort." .: >> * I asked, looking get decently out 0d going along way lined with 1 on the other to haze. . Then s he talked, he no means suitâ€" orm, 1 sup. postâ€"wagon, and walked out is undoubtedly mnuces off at he said. "Will BY JOHN BUCHAN & was very nearly caught. Presentâ€" ly 1 came on a bit of rough heath, with a slope away from the road and here and therse a patch of black which I tookwbeasaniplt. Opposite one of these 1 slewed the car to the edge, got out, started it again and saw it pitch Pacessana d d a oi 4 EC nard ground would show very few. tracks, I thought, and I hoped the pursuit would think I had gone on to| Schwandorf. But it wouldn‘t do to risk it, and 1 was determined very‘ soon to get the car off the road, leavo; it, and take to the forest. I took out | my watch and calculated I could give‘ myse!f ten minutes. | I was very nearly caught. Presentâ€" Iv I aumem mss s "uep i SHSegerh F i Wiisipitit veiiuinds sc dit 4 tbodinh cabhc 4 saw it turning. Then as it gathered building speed it shot forward, and presently . houses t was lost in the shadows. I had got ;n whic over the first hurdle. | apartme: But there was no time to be lost. and the : Stumm would meet the postman and ¢ would be tearing after me any minute,| francs a 1 took the first turning, and bucketed that the along a narrow woodland rord. The other F1 hard ground wauks .1 __ Sittk _A A0LZ UORD PUUIF vlll‘ ; Stumm gave an order car backed, and, as I lc Saw it turning â€" Than . 18 __"In the wood this side of Gertrud‘s cottage . . . on the left hand. . Popte left him running among the trees." I put all the terror I knew into my pipe, and it wasn‘t all acting. ‘ "He means the Heinrichs‘ cottage, HMerr Colonel," said the chauffeur. "This man is courting the daughter." . CExpmunie~ ce us is nc s w ‘"Where is the man you brought from Andersbach?*" he roared, as well as his Jaw would allow him. I pretended to be mortally seared and spoke in the best imitation 1 could manage of the postman‘s high cracked voice. F "He got out a mile back, Herr Burâ€" ave," 1 quavered. "Ho was a rude g.flnw who wanted to go to Schwanâ€" dorf and then changed his mind." "Where, you fool? Say exactly where he got down or I will wring your neck." t ameÂ¥.Â¥ y l yogle _ 30 09 EC Py beard, and I had his cap pulled well down on my brow. 1 remembered what Blenkiron had saidâ€" that the only way to deal with the Germans was naked bluf. Mine was naked enough, for it was all that was loft Ex _2 dorf wha, 1 i°0C°V, i0 visit Schwanâ€"‘ One of the weirdest sounds in the _ dorf, when I heard behind me the| world is the deep note to be heard at sound of a great car 'driven. furiously. certain seasons proceeding from the I d(;'e'w. 1;’ to the right sideâ€"thank mountains of El Bramador, in the Chilâ€" fg:&"“;‘) d ;) ‘;?c‘;’;’db:gegezgfiofi;l]; 0% the jan Andes. In former days the natives ~â€" wonâ€"| dering what was going to happ'en. 1 listened to it with superst!ti.ous fear, !could hear the brakes being clapped while even a white man, hearing it for on and the car slowingd own. Sud.! the first time, is startled at the mounâ€" denly a big grey bonnet slipped past tain‘s "powers. me and as I turned my head I heard| Another curlous mountain exists in a familiar voice. | Nevada, in the United States, though It was Stumm, looking like someâ€"‘ this one usually gives out a note reâ€" ;]linnjz thgt hasrbeen ruv;!ove]r. Hg hag sembling at first the jingling of bells, s Jaw in a sling, so that I won ered and ending with a deen organâ€"like if I had broken it, and his eyes were| swoll. i t’fif‘:‘“f"ufi b""fl‘g up. It was that) in both cases the sounds are due to TL eivee me, that and his T880E a peculiar formation of the earth, temper. The collar of the postman‘s hich a taj dit ¢ coat was round my chin, hiding my| ENCA under certain conditions o |' leard, and I had his cap pulled well Weather allows the separate particles down on my brow. â€" I remembereq to rub against each other and so pro-}‘ what Blenkiron had saidâ€" that the| duce uncanny effects. } only way to deal with the Germans Figg Island, off the Scottish coast, | was naked bluf. Mine was naked has its "singing sands," where at times |â€" enough, for it was all that was left each grain rubs against its neighbor, | '"--"\15'}."9 is the man. you brought’“he whole making a singing noise." rmm Andersbach?"" he roared. as «.j1, A‘Oi@r sands aro found in China. ‘°C minutes . later the infernal thing began to give troubleâ€"a nut loose in the antiquated steeringâ€"gear. I unhooked a lamp, examined it, and put the mischief right, but I was a quarter of an hour doing it. Thel highway ran now in a thick fores‘ti and I noticed branches going off every | now and then to the right. I was just! thinking of turning up one of them,‘ tor I had no anxiety to visit Schwan-l' dorf, when I heard behind me the| sound of a great car driven furiously. I drew in to the right sideâ€"thank goodness I remembered the rule or the roadâ€"and proceeded decorously, wonâ€"| dering what was going to happen. 1| could hear the brakes being clapped on and the car slowingd own. Sudâ€"| denly a big grey bonnet slipped past me and as I turned my haad‘ Y miscasl I took his place and slowly forward. â€"I hea open and the sound of 1 loud voices. Then it shut, back I saw that my idiot sorbed into the dwelling trud. I waited no longer, car forward at its best 5) Five minutes later t thing began to give tro Toeose in the antinnara. «4 "A friend of min announced. _ "Gertr see me in the fine « most amiable Herr h; for me, I will not b scrambled out of the into the little garden The idiot preened himself like Drink and vanity had primed I any folly. He drove so carcles a bit that he nearly put us into : We passed several cottages and last he slowed down. $ssy y oV 100ks," I said oodâ€"humoredly. He stopped tie car with a jerk, and pulled off his blue coat. The exchange was soon effected. He was about my heicht, and my ulster fitted not so badly. I put on his overcoat, which had a big collar that buttoned round the neck, | 3. The idiot preened himself like a girl uEitc s 10 8 L They took a lon? time before they ” fitartsd z;‘gain,h and I was joll%' we(lil reâ€" eved when they went scouring down | BUCHAN. ,tl;: ri)adf. I Jan deeper intt}), fl;‘e wood; Nel | ti ound & track whichâ€"as von and Sons; Ltd.) |judged from the sky which I saw in and laid it on his knee. The night air & clearingâ€"took me nearly due west. ruffied a shock of towâ€"colored hair. That wasn‘t the direction I wanted, | . Then he calmly took my hat and so I bore off at right angles, and pres-‘ clapped it on his head. |ently struck another road which l' "With this thing I should be a crossed in a hurry. After that I got gentleman," he saig, entangled in some confounded kind of I said nothing, but put on his cap enclosure and had to climb paling and waited. after paling of rough stakes plait.edl "That is a noble overcoat, mein with osiers. Then came a rise in the Herr," he went on. "It goes well with ground and I was on a low hill of‘ the hat. It is the kind of garment I pines which seemed to last for miles. have always desired to own. In two All the time I was going at a good‘ days it will be the holy Christmas, pace, and before I stopped to rest I when gifts are given. Would that the calculated I had put six miles between good God sent me such a coat as me and the sandpit. yours!" | _My mind was getting a little more "You can try it on to see how it active now; for the first part of thel looks," I said rootâ€"ninmanalis $ Pafanpiatiie se is en Te Phabi 46. c Nelson and Sons, Ltd.) and laid it on his knee. The night air ruffied a shock of towâ€"colored hair. \ _ Then he calmly took my hat and clapped it on his head. "With this thing I should be a gentleman," he sai(f. k I said nothing, but put on his cap and waited. / Bitaitis. .. ugemdiih 4 4 2111 2l e on a bit of rough heath, with | away from the road and here | E: & pagc_)x: ofhblack“which T Imend of mine lives here," he unced. "Gertrud would like to e in the fine clothes which the amiable Herr has given me. Wait ie, I will not be long." And he ECE Cns e we 5 s no time to be lost. neet the postman and ; after me any minute, turning, and bucketed woodland road. The in order and thgigâ€"r;ét , as 1 looked round, I Lovke suuul ce e . ot S5CS ANANRAIHEL that my idiot had been abâ€" _Preened himself like a girl. vanity had primed him for He dr;ove so carelessly for place and moved very a Â¥ Ctoc u) tm L its best speed dwelling of his Ger the car and ll.irrhe‘(; I }_xeprdv the door us into a ditch laughi'nig and t, and looking , but sent the , as well at the Piihins oi tvatbhiciacbccaii d i) francs a year, which is cheap. Now that the way has been pointed out, other French cities are planning to follow the example of Putaanv Mo o ce a monthly allowance and expenses to and from New «urther â€" information app Superintendent. The little industrial city of Puteaux, France, has attracted attention by building ten fiveâ€"storey apartment houses to be occupied only by families in which there are children, The apartments are unusually attractive, and the rents are less than a thousand The Toronto Hospital for ables, in affiliation with Belle Allted Hospitals, New Yor offers a three years‘ Course o '"f to young women, having quired education, and desirou coming nurses This Hospi sao{m-d the eisl.tâ€"hour syster pupte receive uniforms of the N HRe T TT 9 Welene‘. edhadd 2 2 7 She (buying his birthday present)-|! "Let me seeâ€"I really don‘t knowâ€" | but he takes sixteen in collars, so 1‘ suppose his hat would be about nineâ€" | teen or twenty." f Salesmanâ€""A velour tat, madamâ€" what size would your husband take?" In England is a mountain which howls in such a way that formerly it was supposed to be the haunt of deâ€" mons. This is Cross Fell, in Westâ€" moreland, where local conditions proâ€" duce a galo with several peculiarities, including an aweâ€"inspiring scream that at times can be heard for miles. ECVTCTVITT neoohich s @00 12 240 d : \Dutechman that had got riled and had | run amok. But if they cut down a | cobbler for laughing at a second lieuâ€" ‘tenantâ€"which is what happened at Zabernâ€"I calculated that hanging would be too good for a man that had broken a colonel‘s jaw. Minard‘s I pines which seemed to last for miles. o All the time I was going at a good , pace, and before I stopped to rest I e calculated I had put six miles between s me and the sandpit. | _ My mind was getting a little more t active now; for the first part of the |Journey I had simply staggered from I impulse to impulse. These impulses » had been uncommon lucky, but I‘ _ couldn‘t go on like that for ever. Ek sal ‘n plan maak, says the old Boerl _ when he gets into trouble, and it was up to me now to make a plan. ’ | _ As soon as I began to think I saw | ‘the desperate business I was in for.[ Here was I, with nothing except what I stood up inâ€"including a coat and cap that weren‘t mineâ€"alone in midâ€"| winter in the heart of South Germany. | |There was a man behind me looking ‘for my blood, and soon there would be a hucâ€"andâ€"cry for me up and down the land. 1 had heard that the Gerâ€" man police were pretty efficient, and I couldn‘t see that I stood the slimâ€" ‘ mest chance. If they caught me they| would shoot me beyond doubt. I asked | / myself on what charge, and answered, | "For knocking about a German offl-ii cer." They couldn‘t have me up for| t espionage, for as far as I know thcy’ & b\nd no evir!env'g. _I was simply a,fg Fpi : > > > s e is s on o thrifty hand, _ | _ _ I saw an electric torch flashed, and The gay gol!d lustre pitcher with the | Stumm himself iot out and examined | band the tracks on the highway. Thank Of ‘virgin blue and painted country | gog, :.lheg w%ulg ]l:e atill tl}:e;‘e for him | scene ; I nd, but had he tried half a dozen‘ 1 j | yards on he would have seen theem Tiin c::; demure!y sprigged in pinkl turn towards the sandpit. If that had With C i happened he would have beaten the| *‘ d2ring rims; the clumsy sugar adjacent woods â€" and most certainly | b9w! 1 found me. There was a third man in Whose lid is Jost (rude Time will have 1 2x0 me, lhere was a third man in the car, with my hat and coat on him. That Foor devil of a postman had paid de:x" or his vanity. Mountains That Mocan. NURSES pit. headâ€"foremost .into the darkness. There was a splash of water and then silence: Craning over I could see noâ€" thing but murk, and the marks at the lip where the wi:eels had passed. They would find my tracks in daylight but scarcely at this time of night. _ Then I ran across the road to the forest. I was only just in time, for the echoes of the splash had hardly died away when I heard the sound of another car. 1 lay flat in a hollow below a tanile of snowâ€"laden brambles and looked between the pine trees at the moonlit road. It was Stumm‘s car | again, and to my consternation it stopped just a little short of the sandâ€"| example of Puteaux A Fair Guess. Liniment for Coughs & Colds (To be continued.) Hospital for Incurâ€" on with Believue and 8, New York City, ara‘ Course of Trainâ€" omen,. having the reâ€" .« and desirous of beâ€" This Hospital has ..';hnur system. The t of the School, and travelling lew York. Fop aPDlY to the _0 2 C2CC, GCorses the English channel in a glider borfle power, Hin fant Insus 41. _ A TORE o+rrkrrrrrrrsss..:++ §$84.45 I am not estimating the cost of my own labor in canning nor time spent in the garden. It took fifteen days to do the actual canning. Nor do I count the cost of the glass jars, because I will have them for future use. 1 I consider that in our summer and emeenense»smmmmmmsnmemmmenmmmenpememens......._.__â€" nng ......?.44%. Rubber jar rings .. Seedy :..:......... Extra tomato plants Insecticides ....... EXPENSES, 15 gals. kerosene for canâ€" STORED VEGETABLES. 20 lbs. navy beans.......$1.50 % bu. onlons........ ... 3.90 1,500 lbs. potatoes .......15.00 80 heads cabbage ........ 3.00 Â¥% bu. carrots and parsnips 1.00 CANNED VEGETABLES. 95% qts. beans, beets, carrots, cauliflower, corn, kraut, peas, tomatoes, pickles, relish, and CRESUD . .1 .sirerrrc hss1 0h a, s In this estimate I am quoting presâ€" ent prices, and believe them to be fairâ€" ly conservative: |_ Last spring my husband plowed and ‘ harrowed the 80x70â€"foot plot of weeds | and tough grass, and the rest was left to me. I may add that I had no outâ€" *side help at any time, and in addition I found time to raise nearly one hunâ€" | dred little chicks and help with chores {and a little field work, just to prove lthat there is time for this foodâ€"conâ€"‘ {servation work and a nice profit and saving besides, as my figures will show. I _ This was our first attempt at garâ€" dening, and my garden was far from perfect, but I look for better results this summer. Yet we fairly lived off that plot of ground all summer, and its yield will carry us on for a few months to come. At intervals during the summer I canned 95%% quarts of vegetables and stored the more staple products. 1 Profit Total value ’ HOW OUR GARDEN CUT EXâ€" PENSES. l In October, 1921, my husband and |I came to live on this 160â€"acre farm. l Our income was to be from three cows fand thirty hens, and during the folâ€" \lowing winter we could not always | have canned fruits and vegetables, due | to their high cost. So we resolved to have a garden the next summer and fcnn our surplus vegetables. | French airman touch. We think no shame to prize it over much. It speaks of homes from hurry‘l‘ havoc free, [ And women folk who loved gentility. And squat pagoda with a roof ablurd;l I suppose that the very first thing The Chelsea tea set, treasured most Of !MPOrtance is to try to keep one‘s of all, ‘head. It will help you to do this if And zealously preserved from shock ¥°4 knOW and believe the fact that of fall, | few accidents are beyond hope of reâ€" Its raised mauve figures still unfaded "¢f) 4nd few are as bad as they np-’ shine , pear at first sight. Keep your head.’ With irridescent hues. â€" Its curving. Be brave. Conquer your shudders and line ]EO at once to see just how you can, And velvet surface thrill the loving NCIP:, Send for a doctor, of course; touch. , but if the victim is in a state of colâ€"| We think no shame to prize it over| 14PS€ O is losing blood, don‘t even much. 'leavo him to send for help until you: It speaks of homes from hurry‘s N2Y® first given what aid you can. | of all, And zealously preserved from shock of fall, Its raised mauve figures still unfaded shine With irridescent hues. Its curving line Odd plates in blue and white or redâ€" dish brown, With Chinese patterns, willow tree and bird, And squat pagoda with a roof absurd; The Chelsea tea set, treasured most Strange how it charms, and how we like to show These cherished bits, come down from long ago, | And saved by some good housewife‘s his toll) ; _ e t ae s platter with the view of Boston His feat introduces the day VUNTIARIO ARCH TORONTO Woman‘s Sphere CROssED CHANNEL in ) VEGETABLES. ang..... . .$1.50 raxÂ¥*+:*«+ Bi00 es .. . . . . . 16.00 t 2s ce o td OLD CHINA. Ik who loved gentility. â€"Margaret Ashmun. $2.40 1.00 210 15 1.20 wi as, | __A team consists of five members, nd and each team has four pieces of cardâ€" .. $17.50 board, each piece four inches square. ; The players line up in one rank on a 50 mark fifty feet from the goal, with the 90 five members of each team side by side. 0 The three centre members of each )0 | team stretch out both arms as far as 10 244q Possible, keeping them parallel with "__ the ground, and the members of tha‘ $41.90 PR dnindrbiiPistsnssdi itc Lci c 1 _ by the application of heat, either exâ€" _ ternal or internal. Never try to raise a recumbent person who is unconâ€" scious. Nine times in ten the prone . position is best. You cannot improve upon it. But you can straighten him out, cover him up, and apply heat. Do | not attempt to force liquids down the throat of an unconscious person. If there is a broken limb, do not atâ€" tempt to set it if a doctor is anywhere available. â€" But straighten the limbs out gently, without force, and cradle the injured member in a pillow sup-:’ ported by splints. This will help, greatly. Then wait patiently for the' doctor, keeping the patient in as good| spirits as possible, stimulating him| with hot drinks and doing all you can} to keep un his courage. ’ You can almost always stop hemâ€" orrhage by pressure. Make pressure between the wound and the heart, first; but if you do not get quick reâ€" sults don‘t despair. Change your pressure to another likely place. Do it two or three times if necessary. You will soon hit the right spot, even though you know nothing of anatomy or physiology, and cannot tell the dif-} ference between an artery and a vein. Remember that the pressure required[ y2 0 Restaricee is i T : 1 The writer voices the dread of many a person who lives far removed from the air of doctors. It is true that at such critical times it is of little use to try to remember a lot of rules. What are some of the plain, matterâ€" ofâ€"fact things that any person of inâ€" telligence can do? Are there any such things? | iwinter use of the garden a saving of | from $60 to $75 was made on our | grocery bill for the year.â€"Mrs. E. C. Parker. What is there that can be done by a person living on a farm twelve miles away from the doctor, in case of a real bad_accident? Please don‘t try to give a lit of rules that we shall never remember, but tell us some plain, commonâ€"sense facts." WHAT TO DO IN ACCIDENTS. A HANDICAP RACE "°r their team mates. hold the cardboard| them, with the tip of| ‘ one player pressing re of one side of the: tip of the forefinger| members of the ends extend the I 6 M m m z_ .llllllllllll It is all that some men keep from being done. Unless you use the exp others you will use your acquiring knowledge and it too late to be of service.â€"R ‘Yes, sir!" ’ "And what do you learnâ€"reading, writing, sums ?" "Oh, yes, and I learn religion, too." "Religion ?" * "Yes, I learn the religlon which teaches that we all come from Adam. But my elder brother is in a higher class; he learns the religion that teaches that we all come from monâ€" keys." Hroesessnns o â€" tfi + P Euty utss Rriesicicace‘ A Needle Workers We sell your good. on consignment. Send a stamp for reply. Lingerie and Specialty Shop 120 Danforth Avenue . Toronto son Embrgédel:!, (;rgcl_xet, Fancy se ompes o mevenegs Minard‘s Liniment for Corns and Warts "I often get my friend." "Now, tell me, what do you get out of playing cards?" When a team crosses the line the members immediately fa2ce about, reâ€" adjust their pasteboard squares and, governed by the some conditions, reâ€" turn to the starting line. The fifty feet of ground must be covered ‘four times, and the team that finishes first is the winner. | ON SALE Ever KS Ask ror vaigs gy BJ CANADA _ ASK FOR place where it fell and replace it beâ€" fore continuing the race. 188UE No. 22â€"23, ~~~*~~ MATCHES ZRemore you use themâ€"~â€"the hetier youll like them / EDDY S visitor inquired of his _hOIt'l little “DoA you go to school now?" And Then, of Course, Wins. Two Kinds of Religion. a good deal out of it, use your whole life the experience of id it will come «â€"Roosevelt. can do One of the troublesome small matâ€" ters in Germany is to get the people to pay their taxes when they are due. Influential people get a postponement on one pretext or another, and since the mark continues to fall, they finally pay only a small part of what they would b:ve had to pay when the tax i nnasinms SHhess as real and reasonable as health and happiness. The child who does not reâ€" ceive that early intr>duction to the beauty of holiness can never have the loss quite made up by any after exâ€" perience. Happy the child the needs of whose soul are daily met by loving instruction. of their holiest dreu;:-c of makmi: prayer and purity an‘" truth and trust | _ There are other fathers and mothers _ who lay themseives open to the same dreadful accusation. Sometimes they allow themselves to forget the vital needs of the growing child; sometimes they fail to realize that the littie prayere said mt mother‘s knee and the little quiet talke about spiritual things create impressions that no after exâ€" perience, however severe, can efface. The bome can have no higher reason for its existence than that of giving to the children a deep sense of the reality i e C td eC came due. The mother cries out in consterna tion, but when she would have exposâ€" tulated the boy answers: ""You never told us anything different, mother." * H In a recent novel the author des | eribes one family scene that is not | easily forgotten. The elder son, the pride of his father‘s heart, the darling of his mother‘s love, is home from the famous school that his father before him had attended. In response to their eager questioning he is telling his parents his impressions of the life there. To his somewhat undisciplined and rebellious mind some of the ways that â€" characterize the beautiful and Stately school life are far from being acceptable, Especially is he scornful of the Bible teaching. "Such stuÂ¥f and nonsense!‘ ‘he exclaims in effect. "Just as if any man in these days could beâ€" lieve that sort of thing!" '] According to the provisions of | Act, $5,000 is ynade available as . ll.wnrd for Uterary works produced | writers in the province, those emple \Iing both languages boeing ell>i> ,Threo prizes are ofered, the first isz.r.oo. the second of $1,500 and : third of $500, the remaining $5 ’coverlnt the cost of operation T | Jury of nine members consists of thre« ’memben representing the univer l‘tlel of Montreal, MeGill and Laval, t! | professor of lterature at eac of t! | three universities, one member of th | French section of the Royal Society ; ‘ Canada, one member of a Quebec lite ary society, and the Provincial Seo» tary or his representative. _ The competition closed on April 1st and more than fifty literary wos!; tbave been submitted for the considera tion of the jury, fairly well divideq : number between English and Preno> writers. The greater number of En; lish works, it is stated are either noeti cal or upon historical subjects, whils the majority of French writers are re sponsible for novels. " As the oldest region of Canaia :; the province which has produced s {many literary lights of both races !was perhaps natural and ftting tha | the first government step towards t promotion and encouragement of s dian literature should come from Qu | bee. _ At the beginning of the New ; Year the Quebec legislature passed the Literary or Scientific Competitions Act, drafted with a view to encourag ing Canadian authors and the produ tion of distinctively Canadian ltera ture. Previously the encouragement of the Government had extended on!y as far as purchasing the works of Canadian writers. |__A Government recognition of condition resulting in a lengthy cussion involving members of . color is extremely gratifying in t discloses an appreciation of the _minion‘s need to progress along t _more artistic lines whilst yet i( Its early years and still in t th of a struggle with the more mat asjects of national development an indication that as the time beo ripe steps will be taken to remedy situation and the building up . Canadian national literature ree every official assistance. Literary or Scientific Competitions ’ Back of this unanimous resolut!o, the Government‘s realization and | eognition of a very unenviable a i’gamng situation. _ Against inn, 'lble obstacles Canada is endoay,; ‘m build up her own literature [country is flooded with magazi». the retardation of any literary ;/0, on the Dominion‘s part. 1. #n1 and scattered population makes ; successful operation of pure‘y (© t dian magazines a matter of supre dificulty. . To accentuate the i; ness of the situation, the Domi:: must helplessly see her own brigi. literary minds depart from her <« confines to contribute to the litera; glory of other countriee when the should be building up a distinctiv« Canadian national literature. _ At a recent gitting of the Canadiap Federal legislature the House of Comâ€" mons, without @ division, adopted & resolution that "It is desirable that measures should be adopted to cnoos». age the publication of Canadian maga. zines and perlodicals." 7 ©2000000, In response to their questioning he is telling his s _ his impressions of the life rece lst D) nd in @* fa that 1t tse Fo CC clear «omm used n it #pea! troeat by ys of v. cove? neg Domi: is m 1 vation autho: ard 1 ve gr ey mo is} gt thir mor sta» tast but etrc mal B« grair minu layer dry ; me! m th Don The grai solu there i whert « b‘?ll tr tion fo: dan; grai Ex I)y the 18 Ds e ri n wramy $% 1 of Cow Testi shi