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_ OR, let me bandage it. And I was ';? cause of your wound!" Siw"It is only a flesh woundâ€"" beâ€" :, &n _ Briton. Â¥ _ â€"**Madam, the boat!" â€" interrupted _ #he anxious captain. ; * af W "PH wait," answered the woman. _ "This man is woundedâ€"the man who in & all of us. Can‘t you do someâ€" ‘\thing? See! ho‘s weak!" Fuck a man went. down, Once a alnewed _ Moroccan locked . with im, and he felt the sting‘of steel h his shoulder, but a jolt on the ‘ReHlow‘s neck from Britton‘s other itm <stretchell across his senseless Â¥hile the knife clattered over the fail into the sea. W @rack! crack! The sound .of his Mi®h grew monotonous. the soft, _ warm trickle of something down his "left shoulder filled him with a \ Mirange disgust for the combat; he § ‘;_." . ashamed of himselt standing in J; maes on the lighted deck o(‘ .fi; other ship and striking down Bab-1 \ »bers with a stanchion. > l a%. Bince it was wholly necessary, the .{;,,_ mglishman wondered at the sense fi ‘shame, Perhaps it was an odd ,*“ i¢k which the wounded nerves in U Bis arms were playing him. | _ Only three or four Arabs opposed J ritton now. He ran at \thom with m placed wide on his stanchion, :,,. wand, and swept them aside. / Whe chptain of the steamer stepped _ through into the cleared space on » Â¥he aftterâ€"deck. / She gave an alarmed cry as the mlhman staggered. _ He saved 4 f by clutching the rail. 4 . "You‘re evading." she said quickâ€" "it‘s the Berber‘s knife." \With a strong effort Britton sumâ€" his willâ€"power to control his i 4 â€" nerves, â€" and _ roughly V‘ICN a hand across his eyes. It a with a great sensation of reâ€" g-u he fplt his returning steadâ€" _ MGive your orders," said Britton, “gn a sigh of relief. 33’80 turned to the. woman by the ‘Kail and raised ° her up as the ‘Reminine contingent was passed to Â¥le side and lowered into the harâ€" "bor. _boats â€" which were already ‘Rlongeide. \. ¥¥ou may enter one of them, Row," he said, marvelling vaguely at ér perfect face. She touched his “ with a movement of grautude,} ‘but her fingers came away wet and *It mustâ€"have been thoseâ€"those C L.cut among the rascals," he dau unsteadily, .They make me â€" ven as he spoke, the coaster alarmingly. Rex grasped the @h‘s arm and drew her quickly ‘Whe rail ==‘ A thrown rope whipped his cheek, 8 he caruight it skilfolly. peering ut a small boat which swayed iess of muscle, and he glanced at 6 _rope ladders which filled the boats with fleeing people. ®We _ had better hbe getting Jwn," he advised. "The steamer ‘Bomeone slashed you!" she exâ€" Aimed â€"in concern. "Let me see. i stood in the central focus of steamyacht‘s â€" searchiight, ~with le action unhampered and with feet igripping~the deck firmly, s whis enemies strove to reach ‘His. stanchion â€" roseâ€" and fell ‘a flash as he circled in and avoiding the blows of his adâ€" quickly remedied with NimeRNT | INIMENT | _ _, C T EREIpENQ _A EgZ W < io lt in reflected in every cup. s most delicious GREZN TLA in the world. > . TBR §STAMPEDER JUST TRY IT By S. A. White ’ The launch bump6d ~the Motti# k(o-t'c side abaft of the great hole which the Constantiné‘s prow had c:l- ‘The occupants ‘gurveyed the black, yawning broak somaWhat tugâ€" fully before they stepped on deck. “Om.mn aiy ‘ when he finds his has smashed up your wound. Does it pain much." "Very little," . replted . Britton, lightly. "I belfeve I shall hold you to your promize to bandage it, and I helleve it will get wel Yery soon" Bhe laughed a low,â€" sweet isugh which "harmonized © with ~het Sxplained fascination as her greenâ€" biue eyes mot his _ "No,â€"only my maid and baggage," she answered, "My name is Morris, Maud Morrisâ€"and I was travelling alone." "To Algiers?" "Yes. to Algiersâ€"at least temporâ€" [aflly." f _ ‘"‘Then the inconvenience is not consié arable "> Britton said. \ "We illf’o on board the yacht, and 1 can find your maid in the morning." "Abh! you are too gemerous," murâ€" mured the lady, "You have atready done more tham a woman can reâ€" Britton apparently did not hear him, being intent upon the denoueâ€" ment of this harbor tragedy. Under the Mottisfont‘s powerful searchlight everything stood out nakedly clear for rods around. ‘The stricken vesâ€" sel rolled in a last, pitiful struggle, listed too far for the recovery of her equilibrium, turned turtle and sank like a stone. from the vortex peril with their human cargoes echoed in choruses of dismay. M _"Had you friends?" Britton askâ€" ed of the woman. 7 ‘‘There‘s the end of incompetence," rasped , Ainsworth, while the "lady beside Britton gave a sympathetic cry, and the fleet of boats fiying ‘‘That‘s better," grunted the lawâ€" yer. "You don‘t look so much like a posing matinee idol in crimson jersey and biceps!" Ainsworth emphasized his tirade with a swift revolution of the enâ€" gineâ€"crank. The curate cast off the rope, and they puffed away from the waterâ€"logged vessel. Gleaming white against the inky color of her side was the nameplateâ€"Constanâ€" tine. Britton pulled an overcoat and a pair of seaboots from a locker and put them on. "Come off!" commanded Ains worth, peremptorily ‘"Can‘t you see you‘re last, you two mooning fools? "The .ald coffin will drop in~a minâ€" "It‘s no witnessâ€"box you‘re in. Britton," he growled. "It‘s a bally old tub, and you needn‘t think beâ€" cause you‘re dressed in beautiful, silk .pyJamas that you must stay there till you have to swim, If I were the lady, I would vigorously obâ€" ject to getting wet." They were descending the ropeâ€" ladder as he spoke, the lady going first, and Cyril Ainsworth heard the last part of his host‘s comment. "It‘s my friends, Ainsworth and r’l‘nleoct. from the yacht," he exâ€" plained to the woman at his side. _ "I was beginning to wonder why they hadn‘t showed up. You see they must have been out before I awakâ€" ened, for they had taken the launch to the rescue." ‘Trascott‘s a curate," he said, disâ€" engaging a rope ladder for their own use, "a very orthodox, English curâ€" ate! Sometimes he doesn‘t approve of his friend‘s strenuous speech. You‘ll have to overlook it, though. Ainsworth is a lawyer, andt"~ he thinks he has us in the witmessâ€" ‘They could hear Trascott‘s mild protest ~at Ainsworth‘s trenchant phrasing of the situation, and Brni ton laughed. pleased expression on his own face chtrasting strangely with the anxâ€" jous‘ countenances of the two occuâ€" pauts of the launch, off that old hulk," to:the roll of the to Henderson (Labor), 11,066; Major Bargens â€"(Laberal), 6,682;. Capt#in QGee (Conservative), €,480 _ Arthur Henderson, former Minister without portfolio\in the British War Council, who was defeated in the recent general slesctions has regainâ€" edâ€"his seat in Parliament in a byâ€" election _held at Rast Newscastle, called on secbunt of the death of the sitting Labor member,â€" Mr. Boll. The polling resulted as follows: : "We are convinced," said :ule‘ !Prcmler, "of two things; that a Wheat Board is not the best perâ€" 'mngnt solution for our marketing problem and that. a coâ€"operative plan to be developed, operated and ‘muollqd by the farmers‘ organiz ation is thé only permanent and satisfactory solution, In his address on whe:} market« ing at Brandon Mr. Brackéd said his Government realized .the proposed Wheat Board had some advantages and some objectionable features. They realized fully that Manitoba had less to gain and mors to Tose through such a Board than either of the other provinces, having ar. earlier, _ and being closer to the market . The organized farmers of the Proâ€" vince of Manitoba have asked for the establishment of a Canadian Naâ€" tional Bank is the following resolâ€" ution: "That this convention ask the Dominion Government to establish a Canadian National Bank, to â€"be opâ€" erated in competition with the esâ€" tablished banks, and to possess all the powers enjoyed by the charterâ€" ed banks under the Canadian Bank Act." An inquiry into the grain trade by a Royal Commission. to be apâ€" pointed by the Dominion Governâ€" ment, was demanded unanimously. MANITOBA FARMERS wWANT NATIONAL BANK ESTABLISHED him was stirred, it moved sfren‘ly, and the proximity of so fair a vision would have excited a less impresâ€" sionable person, one with less of Britton‘s youthful and unbounded faith in women! _AShe felt the throb of his pulse as she held his wrist down to straighâ€" ten the bandage, and the knowledge of its origin flushed her cheek. An instant she looked_up at bim inâ€" quiringly, almost with the spirit of challenge, but her lashes drooped under the tensity of his glance. ~Virility was Britton‘s most salâ€" lunt attribute. When the man in _ Trascott assisted Ner by ~the use of much cold watér. When the flow of blood was stopped, she called into requisition some *healing oint mept which Bannon had brought on, hig own authority and then bound the limb neatly with linen. ’l'hare‘ was something exquiské in the 80&-1 sation for Britton. The soft touch of her fingers, the near fragrance her person and the electric glow of awakened sympathy combined to influence him and awake strange thrills to which be was not at all subject. L "Bamrmon, have your wife prepare a stateroom for Miss ~Motris at once," sald Britton,. "sand bring us some. linen strips for hlg-," 3 ‘‘You‘re â€" burt, sir?" ~ â€"â€"the stgward. "â€", > k "Only scratched! Water and Linen is all 1 want,"~*~ > c s Bannon brought it as directed, and having given the simple necessâ€" aries to the lady, Britton divedâ€"beâ€" low to reappear ‘some minutes later in yachting _ trousers, â€" shirt and: shoes, with his left sleeve rolled up to the shoulder and his duck coat. on the other arm. He had washed the knife wound while in his bath-l room, but it bled afresh, and the] lady hastened to ‘staunch it. we‘ré damaged, so moor right under it." T44 â€" The portly form Of the: steward joinedâ€"the two by the stairs. of. the adventure,. very _sweetly. "-fi!."-m" S C ‘and it is time it was given attenâ€" ,%.,*.-'“'.. tion." She «ook Britton‘s sleeve and the washing of drew him â€"to. the â€"companionway.] " °/ ""2 _ "® * "Aye, ayo, sir," . the captain ansâ€" wered. ~"And send me llohul."’mp ton added. _ Lt 2 "But this Lokike: m stimnt s uc saP P ti l mc 6 .20 c . > M ooo CE the Ne We oc ‘and it is time it was givem attenâ€"| MBE ) 0 s o0 50 M on tion." She took. Britton‘s slceve and | ~**C"°â€"" »b6 Baid, "in the soap.that drew chim â€" to: the â€" companionway: the washing of itself; the soap There‘ Kex paused and bailed the uummm“hvzam bridge; . mo! feast;. that soap M.“ e "Dahnicls, get us in close to tng|‘B@ Jimen whitt as enow, and ‘lofy "Danicls, get us Jn close to the vastern jetty at once and anchor LABOR LEADER RETURNED "Here he is, #ir! Bannon, go for "That is my affair‘ saild (To be Continued.) paY$ One of the group replied that the fellow who told the biggest lie was to have the dog, but they. couldn‘t decide who had told. the biggest, \ "My dear boys," said the minigâ€" ter gravely, "don‘t you know it i% ‘very wrong to tell lies? Why, when \,lmamlnflortold-lh.” â€" "Hare, take the dog," said the hoy who waÂ¥â€"holding it. _ % IT SOUNDED LIKE iT ANYWAY SHE WOULD TAKE iT ALONG: The precise but somewhat broken English of Madam Schomannâ€"Heink is one of her charms. Whilé in a Western city she found herself in immediateâ€"need of tollet powder. In the practical way she stepped into & drug store herself to buy it, > '-wmmn'nnm_r"’ii quired the clerk. L criaply replied the "Rreat: singer boys who seemed to be arguing about a dog that one of them was holding, He asked what was the matter. > e THE HORSE WANTED TO BE sore. s A traveller, noticed that a farmer was baving trouwble with his horse, It would start, go slowly for a short distance, and then â€" stop again, ‘Thereupon the farmer would have great difficulty in ‘getting it started. Finally the traveller ap~ proached and asked, . solicitously: "Is your horse seick?" < "Not as I knows of." "Is he balky," & "No. But he is so danged ‘fraid T‘ll say whoa. â€"and he won‘t hear me, that he stops every once in & while to listen." â€" ME GoT THE DboG. Walking down the street one day a minister encountered a group of test ~design ~of burnished silver alled ‘molten silver‘......~â€"& Son are well equipped to take care of all the funérals in this section of the country having two fine funeral cars with the prospects of the old car being turned into an ambulance. ke everything else. on wheels hearses with the ‘horses and. other equipment have given way to the‘ new motorized funeral cars and lt{ one must ride in this car it will certainly be satisfactory." 1 "Now, John," said the teacher, "who is the miserable individual who gets clothes, food and lodging and yet does nothing in return?" John‘s face brightened. & ‘"Please, sit," said he, "the baby." He drew a terrible picture of the habitual‘ loaferâ€"the man who disâ€" likes to work and who begs for all he gets. A SORE SPOT WITH HIM. The teacher was addressing his pupils on the subjects of laziness and idleneces. ¢f AN ENTERPRISING UNDERTAKER The Sanford, Florida, "Herald" is credited with an announcement that maust have been cheerful reading to the local undertaker at least, It‘ is Pleasant ‘Time Being Had by All:" *â€"â€"â€" & Son have a new hearse and as far as hearses go, it is a beauty, being fAnished in the very young wife; ~ "Then that accounts for the . otherâ€"thing." "What other. thing, madam?" . "Why, the Weish rarebit. No wonâ€" der it had such a queer taste!" "But, â€"my dear madam," sald the!DBGember 29, 1921, It also leaves grocer ‘calmly, "your husband came}vacant one of the most important in here yesterday and bought half|of the Cabinet. w:m‘,u & pound of soap and haif=a pound|present time,. â€" ; .. ‘=/=~_«~‘ of "cheeso. ‘This isn‘t the s0ap. ©The Iste ‘Minister of Raflways is ‘the cheese." â€"‘ â€" was born ‘at Ottawa on August 27. "The cheese!" .. exclaimed . the/p4 years ago. When still quite u.n1 young wife: ~ "Then that accounts/his pérents removed â€" to Toronto for the . otherâ€"thing." where he recelved his education at "What other thing, madam?" the separate schools and De is "Why, the Welsh rarebit. Noâ€"wonâ€"|Salle Academy. He came into conâ€" der it had such a queer taste!‘" â€" [tact with the. political atmosphere sns .‘ rather earHér than most youths for a brick for all the lather I cogld|makes the first break in the ranks ;um(t&"mmmdu;!.cjwflmuw to say," broke in the irate wife. fore he would be able again to take "All the‘same, I have been scrubb=| up his ‘duties as head of the deâ€" m'mmmm-mzm a « lump, and I might as well have used| ‘(The death of Hon. Mr. Kennedy the delighted housewife play ~Recent â€"advices ftrom the ""“""‘“"""""““‘”"“'MB,MMJ themgelves,. and â€"â€"â€"" T m his two"\ "I beg yourâ€"â€"" interrupted the|operations, had been of an a grocer. > nature, and it was believed «Yes, I know what you are goinÂ¥| only a matter of a fow mon Forward he began.to déscend, and called out rooms. it is so often stormy that cver the. balustrade: g*> the mother does not get him out in "Well, my dear,. you got rid of|the fresh air as often ad she should. that old bore at fast?" He chtches colds which rack his The mext.instant a volce from beâ€"{iittle system; his stomach and bowâ€" low wooted him to the spot. It wa#els get ont of order and he becomes the voice of the caller! Then came a gaevish and cross. To guard against r nmmummmm.m fm h. Tt was the yoice of Baby‘s Own Pablets in the house. of ‘his wile: j They regulate the stomach and bowâ€" ~ "Yon, Hoar, she wont away over an | ols and broak up colds. They are sold A popular clergyman, says a story In the "St. Louls Republic‘, saw a lady about to call, whom he was anxlous not to meet. So he said to his wifey "TH run upstairs; my dear, nd‘.'kt!tfl she goes away." After about an hour he quietly tipâ€" toed 40 the stair landing and listenâ€" Mr. Kennedy devoted most of his time to the developmentâ€"of the oil and gas industry in the southwestern part of the Province, and also laid the basis of a fortune in oil develâ€" opments in Oklahoma. He was President of the Windsor Gas Comâ€" pany in 1903, and retained that ofâ€" fice until 1917. Other offices held by kim in Windsor were: President of the Board of Trade, five years a member of the Board of Education and a Councilior for Ojibway trom‘ 1913 â€"to ‘1918. e ] First Venture in Politics In 1911 Mr. Kennedy made his first serious venture into politics His name went before the North Essex Liberal Convention, ‘but the conâ€" vention became deadâ€"locked, Inâ€"a sportsmanlike manpjer Mr. Kennedy l proposed to his d?ponent that both of them withdraw. This was dore and he got in behind the comproâ€" mise candidate to win an election. The North Hissex Liberals did not forget him in 1917, when he receivâ€" ed the nomination and was elected by a big majority over Lt.â€"Col. K. $. Wigle, K. C,. On the election of the King Government he was apâ€" pointed Minister of Railways. Hon, Geo. P. Grakam has been acting Minister of Rallways since Mr. Kennedy‘s illness. A young Rnglish laborer went to the register‘s office to record his father‘s death. ‘The register asked the date of death. HE.HAD FAITH IN THE DOCTOR * He Went to London Heâ€"stayed . faithfully with this comtpany until he was about 29, his hobby in the meantime being athâ€" ‘\lotlcs.- By chance he came jnto contact with Hiram ~Walker, the distiller â€" from Walkerville, who wanted a man to look after his oil and gas interests. He was then getâ€" ting about $50 a month in Toronto. Much to his surprise he was offerâ€" ed an initial salary of $3,000. 1887 Mr, Kennedy launched into business as a clerk with the London and Canadian . Loan.â€"Agency Comâ€" Legislature. At the same time his Tather was head messenger for the Provincial Cabinet aud‘ his mother A WIFE‘8 READY WIT "â€" _|side of the House. ‘The resolution "!0|was adopted unanimously. _ > ~*| â€"rrhe‘ association »protested "most 18| gnergetically â€" against this â€"sudden ©""\ change in the political faith of Mr. Sr°| Binette,‘ and with the ‘same energy 10| we ask> for ‘his immediate resigna~ rio tion as a member of the Commons. B#\ we, the Progressive . electors of th® | this ~county, do. not recognize Mr. B°"/:Binctte as our member, and we **"|spurn the idea of imposing a ropro-l f'f sentative on the other eléctors of Iym dealers or by mall at ‘-mammmm.m ams‘ Mediaine C6., Rrockville, Ont, . The winter season is a hard one on the baby. He is more or less conâ€" fined to stuffy , badly ventilated, of political hangovers, and one beâ€" came noticeable at that tinie. The hangover is typified by the enate, which threw out the rapeal bill, when it dame to them. .1 would like t0 see but one chamber in out Government. ; DRURY WOULD LIKE SsENATE ABOLISHED. Premier Drury in an address at a Kiwanis Clubâ€" luncheon at Hamilâ€" ton, Jan. 16th, issued a warning to the Doniinion Senate, deciaring that Mrs. Baldwin came up to Port Arâ€" thur last May after hearing of the trouble her son was in. and since that time hasâ€"divided her attention between the son, condemned to die, and a daughter dying of consumption at her home in the Cloud~Bay disâ€" trict. Facing the funeral expenses, she found herself practically penniâ€" less. Bay farmer, last May, was leaving for her home at Echo Bay, Ont., takâ€" ing the body for burial in the country mnear the little farm homeâ€" stead, she was handed the sum of over $400 subscribed by the people of Port â€"Arthur who had learned of her need. ~~ & HELP MURDERER‘S MOTHER When Mrs, Baldwin, the mother of Fred Baidwin, who was executed at Porl Arthur last week for the murder of his employer, a Cloud @7 APPLICATIONS FoR Divorces _ With 97 applications for divorce now on .the file and a considerable period remaining in whickâ€"applicaâ€" tions may be filed, another busy terms awaits the ‘divorce committee of the Senate. It was estimated that well over ome hundred applications would be dealt with during the forthcoming session of Parliament. Last session 102 divorces were grantâ€" ed by Parliament, as compared with 111 in 1921 and 100 in 1980. two Tiberals, ‘he â€"cannot,â€"therefore, claim the right of répresenting the Liberals ~of the County ~with the mandate ‘secured from the United Farmer electors of Prescott county. WINTER HARD ON BABY . Describing his ‘action asa "rank usurpation of a public trust," Unâ€" ited Farmers of Prescott hive passâ€" @0 a resolution caMing for the reâ€" signation of Joseph Binette, M. P., who recently crossed to the Liberal 2eX RBSicr anis op Â¥ruitgâ€"tives Lim:ted, 6‘.;;" "aee â€"‘ ..i‘,,_ 4 +o PR iOR 9 L entseriintaies al m Sn iary oo oo . _ 4 am free of pain und headuches and | _ """"*** *5 NB# the terrible Couflwfios,ud“'l Boliciiors, © to, mved ms is the fruit medicine, | â€" @51¢0#, upstai SK NATION OF ’ * law office ;osg%m BJNETTE, M. P.| | Busiding, resolution . states that, M. J , GORBE, | | ~â€"~â€" oc Br â€"ne minhe m trety uho y ons outth 3, fria) size 5o. | ‘AMES C. 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