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it 0. WE @HIREINERRINNDAIAIAUIRHAENT *Yes, ign‘t it? The prairies seemâ€" _ ed to: be ‘full of ‘the ‘engemies of _ Pather Gopher, all s and ~â€" _ fAghters than m yet ty =“ prospered and mulitiplied more _â€" than‘ all his enemies, because he f .tvgllwlmfrlllofthwilnd _ mot ‘by preying upon other people. _ _But one day his two very greatest "*enemies appeared on the scene. .. They were a man and a dog. Father Gopher had never seen them beâ€" fore, and, because he is very curiâ€" ous, he watched them with great inâ€" terest, thinking that such wonderful big creatures would not trouble a little gopher who lived only on grass and seeds. But suddenly the‘ dog rushed upon him, with great loud barks, louder and lustier than the biggest Coyote Father Gophe'J had ever heard. Father Gopher was almost caught before he could rush into his hole. He was so excited and out of breath that he tumbled in upon Mother Gopher and the chii dren and could hardly speak.. Then they heard the great claws digging. juast like Fatty Badger, and they were in a dreadful ml}lc, because if they ran out the back door the man would be sure to catch them. But just as it seemed their end had comeâ€"they could hear the sniffing of a great nose within a foot of their homeâ€"the man whistled on the dog, and he pulled his head out and ran away." * "Good!" ‘said Reed. "I was afraid he was going to get ‘em. "Yes, so was I But the dog ran away when the man whistled, and Father Gopher plucked up his courâ€" age and followed along in a little pgth which his own people had made in the grass, and he noticed that every little while the man whistled and then the dog would run to him. And he said to himâ€" self, "If I could whistle like that the dog would obey me as he obeys the self, "If I could whistle like that the dog would obey me as he obeys the mian.‘ So he stcod up and tried, and he found that he could whistle almost as loud as a man, and ever since then the gopher has whistled instead of barking." "They sat in silence when the story was finished. Darkness had settled down; the little fire glowed gipsyâ€"like before them; whiffs of its fragrant smoke fondled about their faces and tickled their nostrils with its feathery pungency. They had been so interested that the apâ€" proac;h of an automobile to the house had been unheard, and Cal was not prepared for a girlish voice almost at his elbow. â€" "Interestingâ€"if true.". the voice remarked, and Cal sprang to his feet. She was standing a step or two away from him, somewhat in the shadow of the granary, and the dull glow from the light limned her figure only in the vague and suggesâ€" tive way which is the gift of art. Indeed, as it afterwards seemed to Cal, all he saw was her face and head, and imagination filled in the figure as it does in those clever {Mustrations _ for _ advertisements which have beenâ€"much in vyogne. But it was her face he saw, pink and ruddy and well made, with iips half parted in a bantering smile. . . Now it was her eyes he saw, deep and brown glowing. No, it was her hair, bronze hair surely, trapping and teasing the ruddy lightâ€"â€"â€" "I‘m Minnie," she said simply. and held out her hand. "May I join your party? I‘m really not so bad mannered as 1 seem." It was a hard remark to answer. Cal mumbled something about beâ€" ing sure of that, which, of course, was not the right thing to say at all; and the girl sat down on the eushion beside_ Reed. "I know all about you,. little man," she said. slipping her arm around him. "Shall we be â€"friends?" P "Yes," said the child, soberly, "but you‘ll have to be friends with Daddy X, too aorin t in 2 " qeninemn m on en m i m e mt . In one minute your clogged nosâ€" tills will open, the air passages 6f your head will clear and you can breathe freely. No more hawking nuffling, blowing, headache, dryâ€" mess. No struggling for breath at ;nmn. your cold or catarrh will be gone. Get a small bottle of Ely‘s Cream Baim from your druggist now. Apâ€" ply a little of this fragrant, antiâ€" meptic healing cream in your nosâ€" trils. It penetrates through every mir passage of the head, soothes the inflamed or swollen muscous embrane and relief comes instantâ€" . It‘s just fine. Don‘t stay atuffedâ€" up with a cold or nasty catarthâ€" Reliet comes so quickly. Daddy x B; ROBERT SITEAD "I really didn‘t intend to ‘listen ‘n.‘" she continued, turning toward him. "Gander brought me home in the car, and when I came out to get some groceries which I had left in it I saw the fire in the granary, so 1 rambled down. Then I found there vas serious business on handyâ€"so I didn‘t jnterrupt. Of course Gander old fhe about you. He said you were a D.D." h« "That‘s my nickname," Cal hastâ€" med to say, anxious to avold any ;‘m .m..m ‘ *Then it‘s a bargain," she answerâ€" 2d. She was facing the boy, but "al has a feeling the words were intonded for him. ‘There was someâ€" hing unaccountably pleasant . in hat presumption. "I‘m not, really," Cal answered. ‘The initials after my nameâ€"if 1 cared to use themâ€"would stand for something quite different from Docâ€" tor of Divinity. What else had our friend Gander to report?" She had crossed her ankles and was pointing her shapely toes to the fire. Cal noted the low shoes, the silk stockings, the fashionably cut skirt. She rubbed a small heel in the earth, but she did not answer. In a glow from the fire the profile of her face was cut as clean as a cameo between Cal and the darkâ€" ness. "What else did Gander re port?" he repeated. "It was quite favorable," she said after a silence. "Shall I tell you? He said he reckoned if you stuck around for a while it wouldn‘t be so hard to keep Sister Minnie on the farm:" 7 Her confession brought her face toward him with a laugh, and sudâ€" denly Cal knew it was her eyes that he had seen in that first glimpse through the darkness. "Let us hope Gander is a good prophet," he said, and they laughed together. Sunday morningâ€" was a time for rest, and Cal slept late. It was seven when he awoke from a sleep strangely but pleasantly haunted by visions of a beautiful maiden who had a disconcerting habit of thrustâ€" ing her stockinged feet in the fire. At the cost of shattering some proâ€" prieties Cal gently but firmly avertâ€" ed the danger. It was a particularly engaging kind of heroism, this resâ€" cuing of silkâ€"stockinged feet with a beautiful maiden attached, and he kad something of a grievance at the sunlight when, pouring in through the window, it intérrupted ;his gallant occupation. Cal drew on his clothes and stretched himself at the granary door. The sunshine filled the yard like a flood, and the air filled his lungs like a bellows. The world was singing a morning psalm of peace, and a lilt in his heart beat accomâ€" paniment. Matronly hens were takâ€" ing their dust bath at the side of the stables while their younger sisters cackled over belated layings in the hay shed, and as Cal crossed the yard the family sow turned from sunning â€" herself by the water trough to greet him with an amiâ€" able grunt. But at the stable Old Jiftm cast him a look of reproach. For an hour he had been snuffing and nibbling in his empty manger, and he felt righteously aggrieved. It‘ was not until he had been fed and curried, and left unharnessed. that the big bay seemed to rememâ€" ber what day it was, and took to a friendly nodding of a mouth broadly whiskered with hay. Plainly Jim wasa believer in Sunday observâ€" ance When he had finished with his horses Cal turned toward the water barrel at the house for his mornâ€" ing ablutions, but in the yard he was arrested by a sound of singing, accompanied by a drone faintly suggestive of distant bagpipes. 1: seemed to come from one of the smaller stables to which his duties bad not yet taken him. After a moment of irresolution he turned toward it, and found an even more humble building than that which housed the horses; the chinks had fallen out in many places and the door hung only by one tenacious hinge. Inside were cows, four of them with necks bracketed to their mangers, and a girl seated at one, streaming industrious white ribbons of milk into a thin pail which ran; its _ reverberations _ now _ partly smothered in creamy froth. She vas singing, and for a moment he did not disturb her. He was watchâ€" ing the rounded, rising muscles of her arms, the quick action of her slender wrists, the warm curve of her earâ€" "Music hath charms!" he quoted, inanely, when he felt that he must announce himself. She stopped and regarded him a moment.â€" "Yes, hasn‘t it " she agreed, and resumed her milking. It was true then, that her hair was â€" bronze; _ certain . audacious threads, pesking out from beneath her milking cap, confirmed it. He was wishing he could help her CHAPTER SEVEN his clothes and 311 Royal . Apt... Merrick Street, Hamilton, Ont., is why 1 feel it my duty to give women a little informaâ€" ‘‘on concerning Dr. Williams‘ Pink uate nurib of one of our Hamilton schools of nurses, having had a number of years‘ experience .in nursing nervous and other cases of women. * "I may state that for the last three years I have not been feeling | as I should. I have been undgr the care of our ~physician. He inâ€" formed me that I would not improve until I took a change of v.fitmue. My symptoms were that I was tired out easily, pallid, short of breath. On going upstairs I had a rapid heart action and a weak feeling. If I entered a warm room I became hot and clammy. Black spots would float before my eyes, and I had sharp pains in my head. I did not sleep well at night and would toss around in bed. My appetite was fickle and poor. I tried a number of medicines that were advertised, with no good results.â€"I began to feel â€"despondent as when I met friends they would say, "My, you look terrible." ‘My husband came home one evening asking, as he usually did, how I was feeling, and at my answer said, "Well, try these," and he handed me a box of Dr Williams‘ Pink Pills: He said try them anyhow, they may help you. I did try k)hem and they surely gave me quick/results. By the time I had taken four boxes I can honâ€" !estly say I telf like a different per: son. I could hardly realize it myself People I met would say, "Why you look splendid. What have you been taking?" My reply: would be that I had been taking Dr. Wililams‘ Pink Pills, and their answer usually was, "Well they certainly have helped you." I now sleep well and cat well. The terrible sharp pain has left my head. I do my work and feel toned up. My color has returnâ€" ed, and the pills have given me new vitality. I am deeply thankful that my husband brought me the first box of Dr. Williams‘ Pink Pills. I will gladly tell anyone what these pills did for me, and you have full permission to publish this stateâ€" ment in the hope that my experiâ€" ence may help someone else." > If you will send your name and address to The Dr. Williams‘ Mediâ€" cineCo., Brockville, Ont., a little book, "Building Up the Blood," will be mailed you postpaid. This Jittle book contains many useful health hints. You can get these pills through any medicine dealer or by mail at 50 cents a box from The Williams‘ Medicine Co., Brockville, Ont. write the prize thesis on "The Reâ€" action of Industrialism Upon the Rural Social Atmosphere" if one has not learned to milk? He said so, but not in such language. "I am afraid my education has been neâ€" glected," he explained. "Don‘t pity yourself," she advised Wifeyâ€"Never mind, dearest, I‘ve him. "A first class farm hand never| already spent it. milks." â€"â€"â€"â€"_ So he was a farm hand. All right. He Needs It Now He was above being hurt by being Wi}é (as hubby comes in)â€"What called a farm hand. Besides, he was| in the world is Mr. Nexdore doing a farm hand. crawling all over his lawn? "But why?" he asked. Hubâ€"He says he‘s looking for a "Because â€" milking . is drudgéry :::t‘ps;:mc:z:l he threw at the cat The experienced farm hand always 6 lays it down that he can‘t milk and o has no intentfon of learning. It‘s ho Hurry only the greenhorn who says, ‘No.‘ A lecturer, one exceedingly rainy Cl ciine ajavscsn4 an andianrs which has no intenffton of learning. It‘s only the greenhorn who says, ‘No, I can‘t milk, but I‘d like to learn‘." Evidently Miss Minnie could give him some pointers, and was not averse. "But why? These milkâ€"eyed cows; that creamy She was stripping the last drops between finger and thumb. Then setting her pail to one side â€"he rushed forward to take it from her handâ€"she arose, showing a pinnedâ€" up skirt and a fragment of feminine attire commonly regarded as obsoâ€" lete, lifted up her stool, patted Bossie on the flank, and stepped out "There!" she said, as one who had just had a considerable welght‘ pleasantly lifted from her mind. "That‘s that." ‘ "Finished ?" Finished." She turned to another full pail, which he had not seen. He took up both in his strong arms, never stronger than one this happy Sunâ€" day morning, and together they walked toward the house. "You asked why," she said, pickâ€" Ing up the thread of his thought. "I‘ll tell you. You‘ve seen the film. ‘Why Girls Leave Home?" > "Don‘t know that I have." for Keep Minard‘s Liniment in the (Te be Continued.) pail. Why?" "Isn‘t that cute. He‘s seen you doâ€" ing your reducing exercises." . "Think so, my dear? Iâ€" must atâ€" tend to it. By the way, what num ber is it 1" "Number 68, R." "I‘ll jot that down. Andâ€"erâ€"what church ?" "John, I believe we are. paying too much for our pew, considering whereâ€" it is located." , ; Sorry He Wasn‘t in New Office Boy: "A man called here to thrash you a few minutes Rditor: ‘"What did you say to him ?" > Boy: "I told him I was sorry you weren‘t in." Alternate Insomnia £ "Â¥You look all shot, Ned. Didn‘t you sleep well?" "No! My roomâ€"mate and I suffer from alternate insomnia." "Alternate _ insomnia? What‘s that ?" "Why, which ever of us gets to sleep.first keeps the other awake." A Sufficient Reasén "The traffic officer says you were going forty miles an hour," the judge told the fair prisoner. "Yes, sir," she admitted; "but, you see, I was to meet my husband in five minutes, and I didn‘t want to keep him waiting." And the judge, being a married man, discharged her. . Made Sure of Bride It was William‘s wedding morn but alas, he overslept himself. j When at last he awoke he dressâ€" ed huriedly, and hastened to the station to find that his train had gone. There was not another for an hour. Frantically he hurried to the tele graph office and wired to the bride : "Detained. Don‘t marry . till | come." â€" ~ Convertingâ€"a+Bueialist Jeansâ€"He isn‘t such a rabid So cialist as he was. Clarkeâ€"No; one of his relatives has converted him. Jeansâ€"How? â€" Clarkeâ€"Died and left him some money. â€" Unnecessary Work "A woman never seems able to make up her mind." "Why should she? She would only change it again." & Belated Permigsion Wifeyâ€"Oh, Bob, may I have that tenâ€"dollar bill I saw on your dressâ€" ing table? Hubâ€"Why, yes; I‘ll go and get it for you. No Hurry A lecturer, one exceedingly rainy night, addressed an audience which might have been much larger withâ€" out taxifg the seating capacity of the ball. Naturally he was willing to curtail his address, and, having reached what he considered the psychological moment, he said: "I‘m afraid I‘ve kept you too long." Whereupon a voice replied go on, it‘s still raining." $1,000,000 OF LOOT OF MURDERER RETURNS TO STATE The Government of the United States today won a millionâ€"dollar decision against the murderer, Gerâ€" ald Chapman, which will allow it, automatically, to recover the loot which was stolen by him when he held up a Government mail truck in New York Oct. 24, 1921. Wanted "Peppah" "I want some peppah." "What kind, cayenne or black "I vant some writing peppah Lawyer John A. Danaher of Hart: ford three months ago started a suit against Chapman in the Conâ€" nesticut Federal Court allegingâ€"that Chapman bad stolen and secreted property valued at a million dollars which he secured through the holdâ€" up of a mail truck. . Postmasterâ€" General New filed a sollateral afâ€" fidavit narrating incidents of the robbery. Chapman‘s counsel failed to make appearance in response to the sult, and Danaher moved for action by default favorable to the Governâ€" ment, which Judge Edwin Thomas granted, ‘allowing the full amount of the clatm. A 9n "No © Stop drugging! Not one case in fAifty â€" requires < internal . treatment. Rub soothing, . penetrating, "Bt. Jacobs Oil". directly upon the "tenâ€" der spot" and relief comes instantâ€" ly. "St. Jacobs Oil" is a harmless yheumatism and sciatica lintment, which never disappoints and canâ€" not burn the skin. _# Limber up! Quit. complaining! Get a small trial boftle from your druggist, and in !ut a moment you will be free from rheumatic and sciâ€" atica pain, soreness, stiffmess and swelling. Don‘t suffer! Relief awaits you. Old,; honest "St Jacobs Oil" has relieved millions of rheumatism sufferers in the last half century, and is just as good for sciatica, neuralgia, lumbago, backache, sprains and »swellings. SAN FRANCISCO SHAKEN BY SLIGHT EARTHQUAKE A sharp earthquake was felt in the San Francisco Bay region a{ 9.54 o‘clock_pm. on June 6. Two distinct shocks, lasting about. five seconds, were felt in Oakland, while San Francisco and points south along the peninsula received i sharp shock. RUMâ€"RUNNERS SUBSIST ON SHARKS AND GULLS A picture of rumâ€"runners who were compeleld to live for thrge weeks on shark meat and seagulls, as the Belgian ship Gertrude lay off the Farallone Islands, was drawn by R. W. Eyre, counsel for Leo Van Lear, Belgian seaman, who was charged at Vancouver last week with a violation of the Canadian Shipping Act for refusing duty. PREDICT A MILD WINTER The new year has begun witn very mild weather and in Sault Ste. Marie weather prophets are preâ€" <licting a mild winter. It is interestâ€" ing to note that this fall‘s hazelnut crop was similar to those of 1918 and 1920, when the nuts were conâ€" spicuous of their absence,, and the following winters were very mild, ‘whlle in 1922 they were unusually large and plentiful, followed by the iseverest winter ever experienced in Algoma. As a result of the diet, five mem bers of the crew are now in Van couver bhospitals, Eyre said. . PEAK LOAD OF 552,000 H.P. The power capacity of the Chip pawaâ€"Queenston Development which has been the subject of considerable discussion since the first units were placed in operation, using the flow nf the canal, was disclosed by Hon. C. A. Magrath, Chairman of the Hydro Commission, in a statement he released under date of Dec. 15. "During the past week," the statement reads, "when thg peak demand for the year was being carried, this plant delivered over 500,000 horsepower on several sucâ€" cessive days; while, on Monday, Dec. 14, a peak load of 552,000 h.p. was delivered to the Niagara sys Rub Pain right out with amail tem "These results should be very gratifying to the public of the Provâ€" ince in that they confirm previous estimates that have been made at various times concerning the power capacity of this great development." MoUNT VESUVIUS sUDDENLY ACTIVE Tirief despatches received from Italy report that Mount Vesuvius suddenly has become more: active than in the past eight months, inâ€" dicating a possible dangerous erup tion. The despatches say that much smoke and hot ashes are ascending from fhe crater. A new fissure, howâ€" ever, has opened on the western side of the crater and lava is pour: ing from it down the mountainside. Another crack hbas appeared on the northern â€" side. â€" Dwellers on . the mountain are greatly alarmed and fearful of a catastrophe. w n en esmm e t e en e r9ert w nc wlmll'mll:»l!}!(l-vlwmilululnlvm When you are suffering with rheumatism so you can hardly get around just try Red Popper Rub and you will have the quickest re lief known. Nothing has such ooucontntod‘ penetrating heat as red peppers. Instant relief. Just as soon as you apply Red Pepper Rub you feel the tingling heat. In three, minutes it warms the sore spot through and through. Frees the blood dircula tion, breaks up the congestionâ€"and the old rheumatism torture is gone. Rowles Red Popper Rub, made from red peppers, costs little at any drug store. Get a jar at once. Use t for lumbago, neuritis, backache, stiff neck, sore muscles, colds in chest.. Almost Instant relief awaits you. 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