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â€" i The Smoking Flax So it had come to this, and so soon."The pledge that he had given, that Reed should never know â€"how could he carry it, concealed, un guessed, through all his life? Thi: ‘at €ight; Reed was only eight. and already he was ferreting into his heart with this bitterest‘of all ques tions. Reed migzht now accept any answeér in faith, but grownâ€"ups could not be deceived. Perhaps it had alâ€" ready been ®Mscussed at school; he recalled how Annie Frawdic had checked up on the name. What were Gander and GCrit conjecturing beâ€" hind his back? How had the com munityâ€"which took so minute and eurious an interest in the aifairs o7 every member of it .'n‘(‘mm:(m for this boy? What conclusions had it drawn and at whose expense? What old women‘s whisperings were goâ€" ing on about the queer people at Jackson Stake‘s? How long until Reed would be hunted home from school, bleeding and crying and pursued by ranipnnl Virtne, as had been this other hoy toâ€"day? "You had a father, all right said. "He went to the warâ€"ar did not come back. It is very and that is why i have not lik talk to you about it." Lying di come easily to Cal Beach. words seemed to lacerate his t and he pressed his fingers abou neck. "He was a good man At all costs he must save th child. He must find an explana tion that would not outrage the righteousness _of â€" Plainville; if it reflected glory or sympathy upor Reed so much the better. He ha« it: medicine to any one who is runâ€"down ahd nervous and weak."â€"Mra. Parks, 106 Bond Street, Toronto, Ontario. Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable w is & dependable m‘e:licine or young women‘s troubles. rran since she was aix e" months old and ‘ m has be en comâ€" & g pelled to remain % Ek out of school th? t " reater part o 4 tw? 519 time. \Xv have < CC â€" tried different Â¥*" « kinds of medicine, i l f but none helped ®" 4 M |her much. 1 t\ad â€" #7 BÂ¥ sitaken Lydia E. ~HH +@.|Pinkham‘s Vegeâ€" e se "sltable Compound . was runâ€"down, and it had helped me so much that I thought it ight help her at this time. She has ever since she began taking She attends school every day now and goes akating. and does other outâ€" ofâ€"door sports. 1 recommend this "But my mother is with the anâ€" gels, Daddy X," the child reminded him. "The angels came for her, and she said that â€"Â¥verse of mineâ€"where you got my nameâ€"and went home with them." It was their gustom, when they added; "you must always be proud talked of Reed‘s mother, always to of him." speak with subdued voices and exâ€" The child received this intelliâ€" alted mind, as of something hallowâ€" gzence with a gravity beyond his ed and holy. Reed‘s voice and mird years. "I am proud of him," he said. now instantly adapted themselves "But"â€"and again there was the to their custom; the tremble died the leap of light in his eyesâ€""you out of his lips, and in his eyes came don‘t know that he has been killed? a seraphic light <which set Cal‘s Some day he may come backâ€"then heart thumping down the dark he will find me, though he has to avenues of the past, down to the> search all the world over for me, tragedy of Celesta Beach, and the like the good knights searching for night on which she shad laid her the Holy Grail! O, Daddy X!" soul bare before him. A Bor a moment the ‘hoy naudarsa Mrs. Parks Tells How Lydia E. Pinkham‘s Vegetable Compound Restored Her Daughter‘s Health Toronto, Ontario.â€"‘‘My dau(fhter is 16 now and has been an invalid ever THIS MOTHER _ > GLAD DAUCHTER |> 13 WELL © SH m h# s be l ou + " gr [Â¥ 318 § ki tri & â€"< kir € 5 B * bu a d | he ) _A2EF t a [ *.9 â€" _ , 'll' For sale by druggists everywhere. c Those who®have used Japan, Young Hyson or Gunpowder Tea will -prfo- clate theâ€"superiority of this delicious blend, always so pureand rich. Try it. By ROBERT STEAD & mm mm eemmmnme on en uin n en n en n m e en e e en enc en t n ) im en en e en en mm en en nnnns asily to Cal Beach. The emed to lacerate his throat ressed his fingers about his He was a good man," he ive You Tasted GREEN TEA â€" his life? This nly eight. and ‘ting into his ‘st‘of all quesâ€" not liked 1 ying did nc ind h« And, this weighty matter settled they fell asleep. She says 1 make her think of him. Why should I make her think of him, Daddy X1" "I don‘t know, Reed; I didn‘t even know she had lost a little boy." "I didn‘t either." reverently. "And she asked me if I would call her Grandma. May I. Daddy X* seized npon it. A litlte later Reed joined him at their granary and they went to bed together, the boy saying his simple verse and then rolling his little frame info his protector‘s arms, for a chill night wind was creeping over the plains. But before_he fell asleep he had a matter to settle.. "Mrs. Stake sang to me toâ€"night, Daddy X," he said, "and she talked to me about her boy that is gone; her little Jackson, she called him. ha The child received this intelliâ€" gence with a gravity beyond his years. "I am proud of him," he said. "But"â€"and again there was the the leap of light in his éyesâ€""you don‘t know that he has been killed? Some day he may come backâ€"then he will find me, though he has to search all the world over for me, like the good knights searching for the Holy Grail!l O, Daddy Xt" For a moment the boy ponderéd «reat possibilities; then, satisfied, l« ran off for his afterâ€"school sandâ€" wich of bread and jam, and Cal was left dazed, humiliated, caught in a hatred that swept down upon him, eneulfing him. He had thought it would die out in time; he had hoped that that wound had healed forever.: but now it was torn open afresh. Hatred seized him like an evil spirit; he was again the wild beastl poignantly still lofiled analysis utn his being he dlutch of a ill bis fine love it inslines O Sh wht th sten« cked filed analysis. that groped down in his being and held him with e clutch of a primal passion. For 1 bis fine love for Reed his essenâ€" i1 instinct had not yet been ndied, and it was that which now ught him, groping, smothering, mewhere. in the uncharted myâ€" ory of existence. He drew quietly vay as one who has chanced unâ€" ttingly upon a sacred privacy, but ce more his heart was swept an of the gust of hatred that had K+ If it pleases her, and you, you ttle body. revelation, antly still d analysis h rought the car out of the it held his attention; there hem snnimhing of that same at filled Reed‘s when they { his mother. And as she ind held the boy she sang, it is stealing over the sea, vs are falling dark on the (To be Continued.) n the night wind voices of Copyright. ET Charles Ruby, Formerly General ‘.\lanngor, The Mutual . Life Assurâ€" ianrp Co. of Canada. * | _ T. A. Russel, President, Willysâ€" Overland Co., President The Canada (Cycle & Motor Company, Director, The Canadian Bank of Commerce. Hon. J. Fred. Fraser, Messrs. Davis & Fraser, Minister without 'pnrtfnlin‘ Nova Scotia Legislature. Isaac Pitblado, K.C.. LLD.. of l.\!ossrs. Pitblado, Hoskin, Grundy, Bennest & Haig. G. J. A. Reany, Sims, Bray, Mcintosh & Schofield, | . Solicitors. ‘ J. F. Honsberger, M. D;, and J. M. Livingstone, M. D., Ont dent Medical Directors J. M. Laing, A. K. A., F. A. S., R. O. McCulloch, ist Vice Presiâ€" dent, President Babcock Wilcox and Goldie McCulloch Limited. J. Kerr Fisken, 2nd Vice President Financial Agent, Toronto. L. J. Breithaupt, President Breit hanpt Leather (Co.. Kitchener, Vice President, Economical Mutual Fire mier of Quebec. Major General Hon. S. C. Mew burn. K.C., Hamilton, Ont. Louis La Course Lang, Vice Presi dent. The Lahg Tanning Co.. Lim dent. The Lahg Tanning Co., Lim ited, Kitchoner: Glyn Osler, K.C.. Messrs. Blake Lash, Anglin & Cassels, Toronto Ont.. Director. The Bell Telephonc W. H. Somervilie, A. 1. A W. G. Watson, G¢ The ‘Toronto Gener A. E. Pequegnat, A. |. A., F London pany H. M. Cook, A. 1. A., F BOARD OF DIRECTORS AND OFFICERS We also have to report with sorâ€" row that the health of the General Manager of the Company, Mr. Charles Ruby, which for some time has been the subject of much anxieâ€" ty, has so completely failed as to render him unable to continue his duties, and to cause his retirement. \r. Walter H. Somerville, who has been in the Company‘s service for the past twentyâ€"six years, and who for the past six years has acceptâ€" ably filled the position of Assistant General Manager, has been selected as Mr. Ruby‘s successor. Our former colleague, Hon. Vinâ€" cent Massey, on entering public life, felt impelled, to our regret, to resign from the Board. The vacancy thus cansed has been filled by the apâ€" pointment of Mr. T. A. Russell, of Toronto, in his place and stead. ‘ The Head Office and Branck Office employees continue to disâ€" charge their duties to the satisfacâ€" tion of the Board. | a _ We have to record with much reâ€" gret the death of the Company‘s AMditor, Mr. J. M. Scully, F.CA Up to the time of his death Mr. Scully and his staff of assistants made a continuous audit of the Company‘s book$ of account. This has since. been carried on by Messrs. G. M. Mulholland, F.C.A., and A. B. Shepâ€" Ard, C.A., of the firm of Messrs. Thorne, Mulbolland, Howsan and McePherson. Their report, together with the report of the executive committee of the Board, who examâ€" ined in detail the Company‘s entire holdings of bonds and stocks as well as mortgages made during the year, and the report of the Comâ€" pany‘s Actuary on the valuation of the outstanding Assurance and Annuity contracts are submitted herewith. Sir Lomer Gouin, Formerly Hume Cronyn, President, The Hu n & lrie Mortsaze Corporatior ird Che Director‘s Report itfon General Manager Succeeded M. Bowman, Chairman of the . Manufacturer, Southampton, nce (Continued from Page 6) & Haig. Blake Wilson, Viceâ€"Prc Burns Co., Ltd. The Toronto 1926 , General HUME CRONYN Officers lortgaze Corporation Canada ‘Trust Comâ€" The Bell Telephone Supt. of Agencies General Manager neral Manager l Comptroller President Trusts Cor Secretary Actuary The territory servéd consumed over 6,000,000,000 kilowatt hours of electric energy during 1925. ests in the United States, will have interâ€"connecting transmission lines stretching across New York and Massachusetts from Buffalo to Bosâ€" ton, and reaching into Connecticut, Rhode Island and Vermont. tion of th Corporation The new corporation, which has the backing of leading public utilâ€" ity and electric generating interâ€" land, having a combined property valuation in excess of $500,000,â€" 000, were revealed for the first time at New York recently in the anâ€" nouncement of the final organizaâ€" tion of the Northeastern Power Not long ago Judge Gary, of the United States Steel Corporation, in addressing a body of students, drew c striking contrast between busiâ€" ness conditions of today and those of former generations. He affirmed that each year saw everâ€"increasing nembers adopting the Golden Rule not merely in their private lives but in the conduct of their business affairs. And he stoutly maintained that a strict adherence to this dicâ€" tate of conduct was the most pracâ€" tical guide to success that is avail It is hardly necessary for me to emphasize the fact that the entire puterprise . of The Mutual. Life of Canada is and always has been founded on that rule which Judge Gary commended to his audience. Nor can it well be otherwise, as there areâ€" no shareholders whose particular â€" interest or ~dividendsâ€" whether these be in cash or in Aaaiâ€" tional stock â€"have to he considered. The sole beneficiaries are the policyholdersâ€"the coâ€"operative ownâ€" ers of every dollar the Company posesss! Can we not, then, go forth imbued with this "Spirit of practical Christianity"â€"as it has been fittingâ€" 1y defined â€"to enlist each last one of our fellow countrymen in our creat army banded together to overâ€" come adversity and achiete freeâ€" dom! GIGANTIC SYSTEM Complete details of the gigantic ‘uperâ€"power system created through the affiliation of public utility inâ€" terosts in New York and New Engâ€" The day is long past when one veeds to uphold the cause of life inâ€" surance. Pages could be filled with the endorsations and encomiums of public men on the subject. But a few days ago the Chanceller of the Exchequer of Great Britain comâ€" mented upon it as follows: "If I had my way I would write the word ‘Insure‘ over the door of every cottage and upon the blottingâ€"book of every public man. because I am convinced that, for sacrifices which are inâ€" conceivably small, families can be secured against catastrophes which otherwise would smash them up forever‘"â€"â€" and President Coolidge fittingly pro-‘ claimed thatâ€" . "Every insurance policy is a declaration of independence, a . charter of economic freedom; he who holds one has ofercome adversity." With the leaders in practically every line of life agreed as to the outstanding merit and value of life insurance, there seems little that! the ordinary man can add, but I venture to suggest that we who} compose the only Canadian Mutual Company have a special message to our fellowâ€"countrymen. ‘ but rather a spur to further proâ€" gress. With the confidence we have in our Company, knowing full well how it lives up to its ideal of proâ€" viding the greatest amount of in: surance for the least possible outâ€" lay, recalling its motto of "Each for all and all for each," we should exert every effort to prove worthy oi that great mission to humanity in which we are jointly engaged. Adopting the above results as a test of what may be considered, inâ€" deed, astounding progress, we find that, save during the first seven years, the Mutual Life of Canada has so far exceeded the figures quoted as, in the same forty year period, to have multiplied its insurâ€" ance in force no less than almost thirtyâ€"eight times. When we rememâ€" ber that our business is confined to Canada and Newfoundland, and when the growthâ€"whether it be in population _ or prosperity of our countryâ€"during the same period is taken into aceount, we of the Mutual Life have reason to be prond* of what has been accomplished. Eut that prideâ€"legitimate though it may beâ€"â€"should not be an obstacle bl this continent had doubled, in the tollowing nine years it had again doubled, was doubled again in ten years, and again in the following six year period. Thus these forty yearsâ€"1884 to 1924â€"saw life insurâ€" ance in force multipHed thirtyâ€"three times. Comments of lAddr;cn of: * President C. M. Bowman Golgen Rule In Business (Continued from Page 6) _ | _ (Continued from Page 7) WILL SELL POWER "Coming now to British investâ€" ments, municipal or country securiâ€" | ties, while satisfactory from the point of view of quality will generâ€" 1ally be unsuitable from the point of view of yield. Perhaps the most stable group of life insurance investâ€" ments at the present time is that which consists of the securities of | public utility companies such as gas. | water and electric light and power ‘ undertakings." Great Britain has always been reâ€" cognized as the cradle of sound life insurance practice and the contriâ€" butions of the proceedings of the Institute of Actuaries and other kinâ€" dred scientific societies by those in whose hands have been placed the destiny of the large life insurance companies,are universally accepted by the insurance world as the best judgment available on the subject and in this connection the following extracts, taken from a paper enâ€" titled ‘"Notes on Life Insurance Inâ€" vestment Policy," presented by Mr. C. R. V. Coutts, F.I.A.. Manager and *Actuary of the Provincial Life Asâ€" surance Association at a meeting of the British Institute of" Actuaries held in July of 1925, are of peculiar interest. "Every life office, large or small, should so far as its equipment would permit, have a thoroughly good inâ€" vestment department with a reliâ€" able official at the head of it, prac tically the whole of whose time should be spent in studying finanâ€" clal, political and trade conditions with a view to advisinx the manageâ€" ment and~the Board through the management of all possible opporâ€" tunities there might be for good new investments «and _ for _ avoiding ‘"That _the main principle of a scund investment policy whatever it might be must be adaptability to changed conditions." Another well known British Ac tuary at the same time made this statement, that a practical point to which he attached much importance was that In connection with the discussion which respited from Mr. Coutts‘ paâ€" per on life insurance investments, another very well known British Actuary made the following stateâ€" ment: ‘‘The suitability of industrial seâ€" curities must ultimately depend not merely on the nature of the busiâ€" ness transacted but on the financial position of the company and its past record." Dealing with industrial securities. Mr. Coutts expressed the following view : Owing to the rapidly increasing supply of funds in 1923 there was such a marked advance in the price of government and municipal bonds as to make it quite apparent there would be a continued upward moveâ€" ment for a period of years in the price of these securities. The Direcâ€" tors of the Mutual Life after giving this situation the most careful conâ€" sideration decided to somewhat broaden the Company‘s investment policy by purchasing a limited amount of public utility and indusâ€" trial bonds of the highest character as this form of security offered opâ€" portunities for a much more favorâ€" able yield than could be secured on government and municipal bonds. As the decision of the Directors of the Company to purchase Public Utility and Industrial Bonds might by some be considered rather a radical departure from the practice followed for so many years of conâ€" fining the investment of the surplus funds of the Mutual Life to governâ€" ment and municipal bonds and first mortgage on improved real estate. it will no doubt prove very gratifyâ€" ing to the policyholders of the Comâ€" pany to know that investments of this character purchased only after the most thorough investigation conâ€" form strictly to the mature judgâ€" ment and investment policy of Britâ€" ish Life Insurance Companies. th The experience of Life Insurance Companiey in Canada during the reâ€" adjustment period following the war has been very interesting from the standpoint of new business as‘ the amount of new business written since 1918 greatly exceeds that of any similar period and has elevated Life Insurance to & very much highâ€" er plane in Canada. Director L. L. Lang, proved to be exceptionally interesting owing to the greatly improved conditions which were in evidence all along the line from Winnipeg to Vancouâ€" ver. ‘ * Much New Business » Conservative Investing Following Mr. Bowman‘s address President Cronyn put the motion that the directors‘ report be adoptâ€" ed. which was carried. It will no doubt be very gratifyâ€" ing to know that the policy adopted by the Directors of the Mutual Life of Canada conforms in every respect to the highest standards of British Life Insurance Companies. . Public Utility and Industrial Bonds, in parâ€" ticular, before being purchased, are subject to the most thorough and exâ€" haustive â€" investigation, and â€" that sound judgment has been displayed is evidenced by the fact that a cash profit of $12,383.29 has been made on $220,000.00 of public utility bonds purchased in 1923 and 1924 which were called in 1925 and also by the furthér fact that on December 3ist 1925, according to the valuation made by the Dominion Insurance Department ‘the Pubfic Utility and Industrial Bonds held by the Mutual Life show a very substantial inâ€" crease in vailue over the purchase price. PAIN furthér fact 1925, accor made by |t Department Industrial B L. W. Shuh .. W. G. Weichel ARTHUR FOSTER ...... Man B. E. BECHTEL and W. R. BRICKER ....... Inspec C. A. BOEHM INSURANCE AGENCIES, LIMITED J. Howard Simpson Richard Roschman Jos. Stauffer Established 1863 ASSETS OVER $1,400,000 GOvERNMENT DEPOSIT $100,000 Officers and Directors For SPRAY, PAINTING AND WHITEWASHING call at THE WATERLOO VULCANIZING WORKS 91 King St., North Yields quickly to a few appliâ€" cations of Minard‘s. . Equally good for internal or external use District Agents Waterloo, Ont. Phc THE MERCANTILE FIRE INSURANCE Agent Rear. of Pequegnat Block, Fredâ€" erick St., Kitchener. Phone 173J Promptly and neatly done.Satisâ€" faction guaranteed. 13 King §t. N., COMPANY INCORPORATED 1874 subscribed Capital . .$250,00u0 Assets ........ $700,000 Ail policies guaranteed by the London and Lancashire Insurance Co. Ltd. with seâ€" curity of $50,250,000. Alfrea Wrignt, Secretary. Waterloo Mutual Fir Insurance Company Farm Implements C. A. BOEHM INSURANCE AGENCIES, LIMITED 1597F. Waterlooâ€"122 King St. Phone REP A IRING BOOTS, SHOES and RUBBERS REPAIRED KNIVES SHARPENED E. NIERGARTH 27 Erb St. â€" Waterloo A BOND Florist Kitchenerâ€"17 Mary 8t. . Phone Gordon Peterson CUTâ€"FLOWERS AND PLANTs Masseyâ€"Harris Implements i. T. Btable Equipment Ontario Mind Mills Wire Fencing and Twine Harness and Shoes H. M. WILHELM SHOEMAKING. Motion Carries District Agents Repairing Phone 760 .. ... President Viceâ€"President A. Baver J. H. Roos P. E. Shantz WaterToo. Inspectors Waterloo Manager W. ROBERTSON AUDITOR and ACCOUNTANT Bookkseping Systems Installed Income Tax Phone 1963w â€" _ Res. 532 Park &t. Kitchener 206 Weber Chambers. _ Phone 198§. Kitchener. DR. A. C. BROWN, DENTIBT Successor to Dr. U. B. Shants Graduate of Bellevue Hospital, New York. Special attention paid to extraction and children‘s diseases. Office 35 King St. W., Kitchener Phone 444. DR G. E. HARPER, DENTIST, Office in Oddfellows Block, 33° King St, S., Waterloo, Phone 349. Accountants and Auditors, Auther ized Trustses, Assignees, ete. .... DR. F. G, HUGHES, Dentist, Haekâ€" mel‘s Block, King St. 8., Waterleo. Phonesâ€"Office 394J, Residence, 2593. DR. J. W. HAGEY, Dentist, Room 110 Weber Chambers, King St. W. Kitchener, Telephone connections, Kitchener. . DR. L. DOERING, Dentist, sucees. sor to Dr. J. Schmidt, 69 King Bt. East, over Dominion Bank, twe doors from Postoffice, Kitchener, phones: Office 454; residence, 2092 W. Palmer Graduate Chiropractor 194 King St. West, Kitchenér Phones: Office 1123J, House 606w. D. 8. BOWLBY, BA. LLB., rister, Solicitor, Notary pm and Conveyancer Office Merckâ€" ant‘s Bank Building. _ Telephone 247, Kitchener, Ont. JAMES C. HAIGHT A. L. BITZER, BA., SUCCRESBOR to Conrad Bitzer, Barrister, Solle itor, Notary Public, etc. Money to AUDITORS & ASSIGNEES WALTER D. INRIG & CO. make them into beantiful new reveraible Flo# Ruge for you. Mary St. Waterloo. Phone 481J. INCOME TAX COUNSEE FLUFF RUG WEAVING Don‘t throw away your old Inâ€" R. H. M. KATZENMEIRR, Denâ€" tist, office 93 King St. W., Kitchâ€" ener. Phone 305W. R. S. H. ECKEL, Dentist. Office In Molsons Bank, Waterloo, Phone 174. eases of the Kar, Throat and Nose, Office 44 William St., Waterâ€" loo. Phone 64m. Bullding, corner King and Foum dry Streets. Phone 77, Kitchener, Pequegnat Block, nest to Market, Frederick St., Kitchener. ELECTROTHERAPEUTIST 5 Hoim Apartments, Young 8t. Phones, Office 1323J. Hâ€"1323W. JIIMENT, HATTIN and SNYDER, law offices, Waterioo County Loas l.e.r.d&lmybl‘l.(_ Molsons‘ Bank Building, Waterlos. Block, King Wost, Kitchener. J. E. HETT, SPECIALTY, Di# CHIROPRACTIC F. WAECHTER CHIROPRACTOR MEDICINAL Chiropractor A. HOLM, DENTAL