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Further enguiry elicited the ‘ inâ€" formation that Jim Laurance was ‘keeping a road house at Indian River on the Dawson Trail, while Pierre Giraud was some place in the land of gold without his whereâ€" abouts being definitely known. On hearing this news Britton dallied no further, but crossed the continent alone, caught a Puget Sound boat and steamed morth. All the way up people talked > insane things of a yew strike east of Junâ€" eau, and, like & fool, he listened. Like a fool, also, he rushed in hot haste with the van of the stampede which followed the boat‘s touching at Juneau. ‘The lure of gold faded somewhat for him when they reachâ€" eed the muchâ€"touted _ valley and found that not a bundredth part of what had been reported was true. Twice more did the same thing once on Admiralt d and again at Glacier bay below Mount Crillon. Each time he reported (his illâ€"sucâ€" ces to Jim Laurance by ldtters which he sent with inâ€"going steamers to Dyea, whence they were borne onâ€" ward over Chilcoot by the Dawson mailâ€"carriers. And Laurance, deâ€" prived of the satisfaction of replying on account of Britton‘s itinerancy, sat in his road house at Indian Riâ€" ver and waited for the Englishman to come to him. He held as a truâ€" ism his own saying that the Dawâ€" son Trail knew every leg in the Yukon at some time or other, and he did not doubt for an instant that Britton‘s legs would presently apâ€" _pear, straining through the weary miles like the countless pairs of limbs he had seen stamping over the route which led to the Mecca of the goidâ€"lands. "Pierre?" cried a French riverman, at his question; "Pierre an‘ < Jim Laurance. Dey bot‘ gon‘ on de Yuâ€" kom. Beeg strik‘ dereâ€"ver ‘beeg strik‘," Though hope was lessened in immense . proportion, still Britton staked with his fellows, only to have his ardor dampened still more. The bedâ€"rock of his claim was as clean of yellow grains as a we.lâ€" swept floor, and while his neighbore struck payâ€"gravel of moderate richâ€" mess, a curse of bad luck blanked his own efforts. > Having wasted the summer months and a great part of his money in three | futile _ stampedes, Britton found himself upon the Dyea beach at the approach of winter, with anâ€" other ignis fatuus luring him on the inward trail. A tremendous rush was on to Forty Forks, east of Lake Marsh, where, it was said, m prospector had kicked over glisâ€" tening nuggets with the soles of his hobnailed cruisers. Thewildest reports of wealth were cm:l\lluu, as usual, and men went forward in mad haste to locate on the creok before the white breath of winter should blot out the face of the land. soLp BY HUEHN BROTHERS Conestogo and Heidelberg Ont. Put in a certain amount of wire fencing every year until your whole farm is fitted with hogâ€"tight, horse high, full strength Champion Brand "CANADIAN® Fence strung on American Stesl Posts, ‘This is true ¢conomy. We sell Champion Brand "CANADIAN‘" fence with the utmost confidence in its satisfaction on your farm; Right Pricesâ€"Right Quality, Right Serviceâ€" becked by the gusrantee of ‘The Canadian Stecl & Wire Co., Listited, Britton, grown wary through bittâ€" "The / 1MR‘ ~>~ §7AMPEDER C es Over towering Ohilcoot\be tlimbâ€" :‘";.';t;.â€"';"v" -‘v;;. ;.â€";â€",vr,t, en on ; most Deliciousâ€" Tea you can buy" | |i; j ue mar o me meneaals| u°s Pot T7 bos o benthad Cett /sny other festured. oi By S. A. White The tang of first frost was in the gray morning air as Britton pushed along the rough, bouldered wagon road which runsâ€"up the Dyea Valley. Hundreds went, like him, on foot, while those blessed with a full moneyâ€"belt procured what teamsâ€" ters‘ wagons were to be had and lashed ahead in frantic haste that soon brought Canyon City in sight. From there to Sheep Camp the travel was more congested; the weaker men already began to lag; the first strain of the race told on the physically unfit. All on the way on to the Scales Britton passed faltering . fellows, singly or in groups of twos and threes. Phey cursed him in a desâ€" pairing way for his stalwart legs and sturdy back, and he came to recognize that here at least was a man according to his manliness, unâ€" influenced by extraneous attributes. Where the trail ascended Chilcoot the footing grew worse, and a mighty climb confronted those who would cross the | pass. Britton‘s strength here stood him in good stead, for in addition to the arduous toil of the ascent there arose the handicap of a bitterly cold wind which began to filter through the mountains, carrying ominous snowâ€" flurries. The icy blast numbed the climbers‘ muscles and sapped their energies, and as if conscious of its power, the. northland loosed its lungs and blew a brawling storm down from the higher plateaus. into a perpetual stream of inâ€"going Klondikers heading over the pass to take advantage of the yet open waterway from Linderman. Minute by minute the shrieking wind increased in velocity, whirlâ€" ing sleet and snow in the faces of the toiling men, till their persons were encrusted, and the mountain path grew white and obscure. A goldâ€"seeker slipped upon a rock abead of Britton and rolled back against his lep Rex pulled him up and turned him round.. er experience, cut the reports down every strike from Nome to to a sounderâ€"basis of eommon sense,|Klondike City, the oldâ€"timer regardâ€" sifted out apparent exaggerations/ed him admiringly. and â€" discrepancies, and decided| .yuo}, ho hot stuff, maté," he crowded the Beach and camp, and this tangled rabble resolved itself "‘Say, old friend, what do yoi call this?" he gasped. It was indeed a bliszard of the roaring, ramping type that only the Yukon knows, and it increased to diabolical fury as the toilers reachâ€" ed the steepest pitch of the mounâ€" worth trying for, although, when he remembered three successive defeats he misdoubted the issue. ‘"Holy road to Nome!" blasphemâ€" ed the other, rubbing his bruised limbs. ‘"Don‘t you know a bliszard when you meet onef Keep your mouth shut in this cold, or you won‘t make the pass." was in a ferment. ‘Boatâ€" Nabpy as 1 betimatet® | _ . . |Pulermo last week, _ _ _ =_ _ * | in the ba ustipation | len, BA, LLB.; which froze a score Of £0l| a, Happy as I estimatet" . . Palermo last week. 5 in â€" ht'w-â€":& £ seekers between the Scales and the./â€"rrg preacher lost no time it thOught| "Class consciousness," which pollâ€" :.;.:'4:":“..“;.'. x started m:“.‘ Put wis â€" mmanihipnt . bervigns : snd [ Aous rare to wiuben on ‘bfs brow: |mon umm 4o 008 ht mt | io ofealt plotaly retieved me of | Offices, upstairs 1 but his t and were no on bis brow : | ment to use as a‘taunt, is prprageciang j me Tok Kan Pod Indomitable purpose carried him OB |uasq ne, "Ill take three dollar#|never used apologetically â€" by â€" Mr. llu.-l.l.oom lb ud Yhon he AiMeored amont. Ni [ â€" now," Moreon. . Vancouver, B.0. |JAMES C. HAIGHT little M’ 'lldl M" Crater [xamane A ©\ say If is AnWwnrdlW W wan ‘as k2 averred, "when you can heel old Larry Marsh over Chilcoot in that there hellâ€"warmer, You‘re some stamipeder too! ‘Wasn‘t you in the \m "ong of me at Junegu and Glacier Bay?t" Marsh Lake!" The halt at Crater Lake Camp was, of necessity, very short. The stragglers were limping in, frostâ€" bitten and exbausted, telling of some who would never come in, when Marsh and Britton again hit the trail. Dead men nor mountains, frosts nor blizzards, sufficed to stay the stampede. i‘;»oofln over the pass at sixty cents a pound, clamored for boats to & stocky Dane, who appeared to be & perfect genius at turning out fresh ly sawn planks as the finighed proâ€" ’duct. ready scamed and caulked, with mast stepped, and altogether ‘mworthy. However, something else beside clamor and a profligate show of money was necessary for the seâ€" ‘clrlv‘ of vessels, and that was time. To be Continued.) "Don‘t whine! Never . whine, friend," he remarked. "You get exâ€" perience grantin‘ nothin‘ . else. You‘rte sure some stampeder, and 1 reckon they‘ll be namin‘ you ‘long of Larry _ Marshâ€"him _ that named And forthwith Britton‘s name trayâ€" elled widely in fulfilment of the old timer‘s prophecy; they began to deâ€" signate him as one of their stampedâ€" er‘s, that much respected minority oi men who bave the grit and the power to stay in the lead of the maddest of all mad racesâ€"the gold The lower levels were strangely quiet after the bellowings of the windy pass, and the cold did not bite so keenly. ‘The rush passed on by Deep Lake and Long Lake, where fat purses could buy the mssistance of packâ€" trains of â€"mules as far as Linderâ€" man. When they reached the shore of this lake, they were twentyâ€" eight miles from Dyea, with the giant bulk of Chilcoot looming beâ€" tween, its rugged head still wrappâ€" ed in tho swirling white bliszard. From the head of Lake Linderâ€" man the boats, bought or built for different individuais, plied on the waterâ€"route which led by Lake Marsh and the Forty Forks onward to Dawson. There _ were small barges, but their sailings were very uncertain and could not be dependâ€" ed on in a rush. â€" Each man who dared the waterway before the very maw of winter had to buy or make his craft at inderman. Here on the shore a motley throng congregated, with Marsh and Rritton in the front ranks. Some Nevada â€" capitalists who had lost their horses along the trail and hirâ€" ed Indikn packers to carry their thawed himeélf in the camp there|talking about in the parior?" asked beside a grizzled Alaskan who had|her mother. e The old man warmed his hairy paws for the tenth time and shook his gray locks "I believe 1 remember you," Britâ€" tom said, "although it did us precâ€" ious little good to be in the front." Minard‘a _ Liniment, THE FARMER‘S At all Deslers and Druggista, his way to the AMERICA STILL AHEAD $ An American and a Scotchman were walking one day near the foot iof one of the Scotch mountains. The Scotchman wishing to impress the visitor, produced a famous echo to be heard in that place. When the echo returned clearly after nearly four minutes, the proud Scotchman turning to the Yankee, exclaimed: "‘There, mon, ye canna show anyâ€" thing like that in your cogntry." "Oh, 1 don‘t know," said the American. "I guess we can better that. Why in my camp in the Rockies, when I go to bed 1 just lean out of ‘my window and call out, ‘Time to get up: wake up!" and eight hours afterward the echo comes back and wakes me." ALL ~OVER A boy looking for .something â€"to do saw the sign "Boy Wanted" hanging outside of a storeâ€" in New York. He picked_ up the sign and entered the store. _ The proprietor met him. "What did you bring that sign in here for?" asked the storekeeper. :» Just then a bit of plastering fell from the ceiling and hit him squarely upon the head. Whereupon he jumped up, looked confused and said: "Iâ€"erâ€"I meant P‘ll gixe fifty ‘ddla’n!x" them again resumed his seat. AGAIN A church house in a certain rural district was sadly in need of repairs. ‘The official board had called a meetâ€" ing of the parishioners to see what could be done toward raising the uecessary funds. One.of the wealâ€" thiest and stinglest of the adherents of that church . arose and said he would give five dollars and sat aown. i again!" After a brief qflenco a voice was heard to say: "O Lord, hit ‘im ‘ _BUSY ALL YEAR _ _ â€"~"What do you want here in this town?" asked a traveller of a man in a driedâ€"up town. . "Waal, bos," the man answered, yawning, "in winter they mostly sets on the east side of the house and follers the sun around to the, west, and in summer theyâ€" sets on the west side and follers the shade around. to the east." "Does yo‘ take this woman for thy ldwfully wedded wite?" asked the colored parson, glancing at the diminutive, wateryâ€"eyed, bowâ€"legged brideâ€"groom, who stood beside 210 pounds of feminine assurance. "Ah takes nothin‘," gloomily res ponded the bridegroom. ‘\Ah‘s bein‘ "You won‘t need it any more," said the boy cheerfully. "I‘m going to take the job." PLAIN AND FANCY 8HUFFLING, "How come yub anFt wukkin‘ o â€"mwed, and kin," replied the young lady. ‘The motherâ€" looked dubiously at her daughter, whereupon her little brother, wishing to help his sister, "Yeth they wath, Mother. I heard ‘em. Mr. ‘Thmith asked her for a "But if you said, ‘My hours at school are bright as sunshine,‘ what figure of speech would that be?" HE HIT IT RIGHT "Now, Tommy," said the teacher "what is a simile?" Tommy hesitated visibly. "Iâ€"Iâ€" 1 fergit now," he finally answered. And then the similing bridegroom HELP® FROM LITTLE JOHNNIE "Nâ€"mmuaw. De man 1 wukked foh kinda rpsigned frum me." "Resigned frum bein‘ mah boss." "Oh, we were discussing our kith TAKEN Continuing, (Mr. Morrison said that farmers found people organized whichever way they> turned. Docâ€" tors, lawyers, retailers, trades unâ€" lons, manufacturers, all got together as‘ classes and fixed fees and prices. Mr. Morrison‘s declaration against fusion came at the closp of his adâ€" dress. "‘There will be no sideâ€"stepping. ‘Those who don‘t like the organizaâ€" tion and its purposey better get out of the way or they‘ll get run over," he safd, amid laughter. "The time has gone past when those at the top shall tell the people what they shall.do and how they‘ll be governed. _ Government, hereafter, must be from the ground up, not from the top down. As United Farâ€" mers, we are here to stay. We have put up our hands to the plough and there‘ll be no turning back." producers of much of. the country‘s rea) wealth, won‘t stand up and fight like other people," he declared. "Why shouldn‘s you be class consâ€" consclousness. ‘There are red spots al over this globe, . put there by Britons who are conscious, decidedily consclous, of ‘their class. _ "Look at other races. Kach people is proud of its ‘history, its attainâ€" ments, its racial meaning. In trades, in business, in professions this class consciousness shows itself. It is in everything. Why shouldn‘t it "I tell my boys to be class conâ€" scious. It is the only thing that will make them better ° than â€" the Jr. IV.â€"Clara Herrgott 81, Clara Reichert 80. Sr III.â€"Rosetta Greyerbiehl 89, Harold Hoerle 79, Florence Dorscht 78. Jr.III.â€"Helen Werle 88, Laura Hallman $87, Irene Greyerbichl 87, Irene Dorscht 84, Mary Knarr 81, Greta Stoitz 78, Rdward Reichert 71, Howard Huchn 64. cions?* Go to Britain and â€"what do you find* . ‘Theâ€" maximum of cliss Sr II.â€"Florence Huehn 83, Hiida Dorscht $2, Melvin Knarr 78, Gorâ€" don Hergott 68, Etril Snyder 59. Jr. II.â€"Carl Werle 75, Reta Snyâ€" der 56, Aloysius Carey 42. â€" net. SCHOOL REPORT OF $.8, NO. 9,:head winds and gales swept a motor Pr. â€" Lester Huehn, Dorothy Knarr, Marie Carey, Clarence Ditâ€" Jr. /1.â€"Walter â€" Ditner, â€" Jerome Carey. Minard‘s Liniment for Aches and V.â€"Melvin Snyder, 84%. © Sr. IV.â€"Lydia Huehn 80, Wilfred "1 say it is cowardly If you, as the I want to show you the cream smy Separator with all the trouble left out January and <February. ‘Teacher: L. M. Klinck. WATERLOO 5905 0 ~|| Mads ol Fruli Julces and Tenles * The C of of the ‘‘agatmat pour.| . 106 orith opnrinsing proof of the imation of the ::-hobrw‘- is found h‘ eat Me L Bi "Ainaieaem t Pribe he address @#â€"| .. , .‘ o MWew t o antme se nore cons is," which pollâ€" mehzu:n hudulu I‘ .m : Farmer move aing "Pruitâ€"aâ€"tives" and this frait [a_uoo.l_mon TO MAKE BETTING ON RACE TRACKS JLLEGAL WAS DEFEATED ON MARCH 1 On March ist, the House of Comâ€" mons voted down the resolution of W. C. Good, Progressive member for Brant, that "commercializsed betting" ’onmuichhomwml,hy: vote of 96 to 76. ‘The vote was a freeâ€"forâ€"all with those of the Proâ€" gressives who were present voting solidly in favor. Of the other parties eleven Liberals voted in favor and alâ€" se twelve Conservatives. ‘The only Frenchâ€"Canédian member in favor of it was J. J. Denis (Joliette), apd he had for compa®y Hon. W, R. Motherâ€" well, Minister of Agriculture, and Hon. James â€"Murdock, Minister â€" of Labor, and Andrew McMaster, Lib eral member for Brome. An Indeâ€" pendent Progressive member, Angus McDonald (Tesiskaming), had the courage of his oonvig;bu and voted against the resolution. 1 boat from the stern, and several other life boats were torn loose. Off Sable Island the Bayern sighted two icebergs, which made it necesâ€" sary to detour. Two days later the ship ran into an fce field of such extent that it required two days to travel through it at reducedâ€"speed. SHIP ENCOUNTERS ROUGHEST TRIP IN ITS HISTORY Ten days overdue, during which she was constantly beset . with storms and the dangers of icoberga the Bayern of the Hamburgâ€"Ameriâ€" can Line arrived in New York last week from Hamburg with 323 passâ€" engers and one of the largest colâ€" lections of wild animals ever brought into this port. Captain Oscar Schwarmberger said that the, trip, which started February 15, was the roughest he had ever known. \ In addition to the storms the steamer faced a shortage of fuel and had to put into Halifax: The C EECURTOL D. |CCCCA0E O. AAARRaREE, IAI“ ipaeupe cce | e ns es on e .Ulllnod,.(;.fllo"l. On: Inl-:-.' Wiual ThsMiaie l -.fi if~so, have your wants supâ€" plied here. We always keep on hand cholce Beef, Lamb Pork, and Homeâ€"Made Sausage First Why not buy your meats here and get the best? * EDGAR FISCHER Phane 243 Wateride Successor to J. B. Fischer Da You Appreciate Class Meats ‘ _ UNDERTAKERS Incorporated in 1863 TOTAL ASSETS OVER $1,000,080 Officers and Directors J. Howard Simpson, Gusiph Richard Roschman, Kitchener W. G. Weichel, Waterise Aloyes Bauer, Waterioo Joseph Stauffer, Gait® L. W. SHUH, Manager B. E. BECHTEL, inspector ARTHUR FOSTER, Asst, Manager C. A. BOEHM, District Agent. (. BRUNNERâ€"Shoes made to order for deformed feet. 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LETTER & DREI8SINGER Waterloo Mutual Fire Insurance Company _ Alfred Wright, Beoretary. C. A. BOEHN, diat. AdÂ¥, curity ef $50,250,000, Bowman, President, Preston Bricker, vice pres, Wateriese INCORPORATED 1874 SHOEMAKING. FUNERAL DIAECTORS ‘ Bank Building, Waterion, D.D.8., Toronto Univerâ€" branches of dentistry DENTAL «o