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Monday, July 12, 1926, Across A 21-DAY TOUR $3 Professor Sinclair Laird Siem a and Calgary through jhe glor| ous and the world famous resorts, 7 100 miles by motor through oS ileaty the Rockies, Be Banf-Windermere y; throu, ooten= son and Fraser River Co to Vancouver and ictoria. Ret h The Selikirks oo oon through t Great fod f ea aKes William, on, on Mustrated itinerary givin full parti mag bead Doan of y 476% 0] Sarast Soi tachers, Mae. or to any agent of the Canadian Pacific LET ME QUOTE YOU RATES ON AN All Risk Motor Policy BEST AND CHEAPEST FORM OF COVERA -| elephant and a toy clown?" "Sipping of Jove's nectar, as the song says? Er?" Leonle teased, shaking a reproving finger at him. "I don't understand," said Miles, How dense he was! She enjoyed what she was pleased to call a "nimbleness of wit." His needed sharpening. "I meant that you must be in love-----stupid!"" She drew out the last word caressingly. It gave her a sense of intimacy with this handsome man; almost of possession, Under his tan he flushed yet more deeply. "He is in love--with me!" thought brought confidence. . And indeed, sipping their wine to. gether, they did become quite gay and festive. Miles wanted to make amends for his inattention. Leonie, "hinking sho had already made a conquest, wanted to prove the utter wisdom of his choice. 8he sparkled. She was sym- pathetie. She drew him out to talk of his American visit. She boasted of her own success, and hinted very plainly--though the 'dense' young man completely failed to understand her drift--that a clever wife with a lucrative talent and 8 knack of making influential friends is no drawback to a rising' sculptor. "That reminds me, has Lady War. rington sald anything to you yet about the ornamental fountain for her grounds in Hampshire? She can afford to pay well, and naturally it The {would lead to other commissions." The girl's shrewd eyes watched every fleeting expression on his face. It lit up now with the light of creation. : "Yes; she was good enough' to praise my work. She has asked me to go down to her country place and discuss designs. I must thank you, for the introduction." She flung him a veiled glance, and then sald, lightly: -- 'Oh, one good turn deserves an- other! You started me in my own little business venture, so why shouldn't I give you a leg up, wherever possible. As a matter of faot--"--wih an air of almost lud- ferous importance "I know lots of people who'd be mighty useful to you." Miles Holden winced. He thought Leonie a cheerful, friendly sort of girl, but he did not fancy himself as her protege, nor see her in the role ie The Stretchy Policeman. . "Did you see any signs of a china Nick asked the corner policeman in the city of "Any Place At All" The policeman started to answer, but as his voice began to get farther and farther away, the Twins looked up quickly too-see what had hap- | pened. And there, if you please, was his head about half a mile up in the air, and keeping on going. At last there Was no head to be seen at all--noth- ing but a long, long neck! Then, as they looked, his head started to come down again, and finally it settled back where it be- longed, on his shoulders. "I beg your pardon," he remarked, "but I had to speak to a friend of mine on Jupiter. Now, what did you ask me, please?" . ¥ "We're looking for Inco, our china elephant, and a toy clown called Flops," said Nick. "We wers told that he came to Drowsy Land on the Moon. Did you ses him?" "What did he look like?" asked the policeman. But at that his head Was gone again and his voice trailed off in the distance. Not up this time, but sideways, his long neck stretch- ing down the etreet and around a of patroness! He was a sensitive | boardship 'affairs' mean nothing ex- young man, and hated to put him- self in the position of accepting favours. A But of course it was merely her manner. , , , "Lady Warrington says she has a large studio on the grounds, which I can have all to myself, to work in," he remarked, trying to sound more easy than he felt, "She has asked me to go down as soon as this exhibition's closed, and start work '--and I've accepted---providing 1 can hit upon a suitable design." He would have preferred a town commission, to be near Marcella, but of course he could run up con- stantly and see her. And it was mightily important--from the fin- ancial end-----that he make money quickly, and in big sums, so that he could offer her a home as well as a name--and fame-- "I'm awfully glad about it, Miles!" ejaculated Leonie, startling him with the appositeness of her words. y 2 She was glad to. have him in her debt. She was glad that Lady-War- rington had taken up her crafty hint of a love-understanding between her- self and the rising sculptor. But--most of all---she was glad to the very core of the opportunity the Hampshire visit would afford her, to bring matters {0 4 climax and the merry peal of wedding bells! At the window of lier father's old- fashioned house that overlooked a rather gloomy square sat Miss Mar- cella Field, gazing in depressed fash- fon at the dripping branches of the trees in the gardens opposite. Since the arrival of the curtly- 'worded telegram, she had not heard from Miles. That was six days ago. Six weary, worrying days, 'a which she had alternated between iiope anc despair! But now, she told herself, sus- pénse was over, and his faithlessness a proven fact. His silence, coupled with Warwick Treman's hints, had convinced her that the young man--Hke so many of the untrammelled spirits dedicat- ed to Art!--wa# nothing but a phil- anderer, And the unknown Leonie Day! There was bitterness in that thought. "F cheapened myself," sald Mar- cella drearily, with a flush of thame that no-one but the flowers in her window-box could see. "It's true what Warwick says-- that BY CIRRUS ih Og vie ves [1] Y Qlive Roberts Barto: thing, for I can stretch my neck over house-tops and trees and. around all the corners. Now go, but re- member what I told you. You are not allowed to drive over®ten miles a minute on the moon. Do you pro- mise?" > "I promise," said the man, so the policeman let the poor trembling fel- low go and he disappeared around the corner again like a flash. "Now please tell me your troubles all over again," sald the policeman to the Twins. "It was something about an elephant and a --" But away went his head again, this time around another corner. His head kept disappearing and coming back until finally Nick said to Naney, "Come on. Let's go. We'll never find out about Inco and Flops this way." | Nancy laughed. "Wouldn't it be great to have a stretchy neck like that," she sald. "We could stand still and let our necks do all the run- ning around for us." "I should eay not," said Nick. "It's more fun to have all of you go on an adventure instead of just your head." "That's right," nodded Nancy. "But this city of Any Place At All keeps you on the jump too much. I don't think we'll find Inco and Flops here anywhere. We'd better £0 on to the next place. Goodness! Here comes that giant boy again, It we don't' rum, he'll pick us up again and squeese us like he did be fore. Apd -- cept just passing the time! And I was fool enough and vain enough to | believe all 'he' told me!" Warwick had been extraordinarily kind and tactful in the Yast six days. He had done everything to distract her mind. Unobtrusively, he had been at hand to do her slightest wish, She didn't love him. No! He knew it. But a heart was often caught at the rebound, and- now--when Mar- cella was downcast and disappointed ~-was the time to win her. He regretted the threat of scandal he had held over her. It had been rather caddish, and ill-judged. Of course, the girl was in his power, but he wouldn't use that trump card, unless forced. + Thoughtfulness and act and gen- erosity were quite potent weapons. And wasn't it a stroke of luck that the Holden chap should have vanish- ed off the scene the way he'd done, leaving a clear field--however tem- porary--to his rival! Yes, 'fate had played hand. All men are vain, and Warwick Treman had an extra share of per- sonal vanity. He thought himself an enormous 'catch' for any wo- man. Being rich and powerful, and en- dowed wilh a personable face and figure, women of course had fistter- ed him. If he could only remember to take things easily, and not frighten her by forcing the issue premature- ly, Marcell would be his, he thought. And that old fool of a father of hers required his--Warwick's 'Tre. man's-----money, to pursue his archae- logical researches. He had a backer there. Marcella, meaantime, decided that nothing was to be gained by sitting moping at her window. "il "I'd best go down and tackle the bills," she sensibly assured herself, hateful and depressing though the task might be. She went to her own particular little den on the ground floor, and sat at her desk~with the wretched slips before her. They had accumu- lated sadly in her absence. "Whew! And practically nothing in the bank!" She puckered her smooth white forehead into a frown. "It's far worse than I ever dreamt "" (To Be Continued.) OP -- ------------ BEAVER MINUS LEGS. r Game Warden Figures it Had Been Caught Four Times. The Renfrew Mercury shows: that a beaver, if caught in trap, will per- into his form amputation. Provincial Game Warden Coburn came to Renfrew oh Saturday from the Shamrock section of Admaston with a beaver of un- common size. It was a female and weighed about fifty-pounds. And it was remarkable for something more than size. Both of its front legs were completely gone, through having || at some time been caught in a steel |: d through the same means ost the toes of its hind feet, trap,' it had From these circumstances Mr. Co- |} sl burn concludes, that it was four times caught in a trap before being snared by the more humane trap, which he uses. Caught by leg or foot in a steel trap, the beaver will pro- ceed to perform an amputation. teen. ATTENDED THE SERVICE. Orangemen and Orangewomen at the United Brooke. Brooke, July 8.--Mrs. Robert Mc- Laren visited her mother last week and brought her back with her for a few days. Mr. and Mrs. George Mc. Farlane and son, Archie, called on his brother, Donald McFarlane, Wemyss. Miss Pansy Gordon spent A few days with her cousin, Susanna Conboy, Olden. Thé Orange ladies and men marched to the United Church and a large company attend- ed. Miss Pearl Gordon also Pauline and Lawrence Calvert are spending a couple of weeks with Mrs. Susanna Gordon. Mies Lena Mason spent a few days at Neil Blairs. Mr. and Mrs. Harold Patterson spent Tuesday with Mr, and Mrs. Robert Patterson, Maberly, Mr. and Mrs, R. Calvert called on Mrs. Susanna Gordon last week, Strawberries are plentiful. Theres are lots of pickers. Mrs. Robert Marks, Maberly, spent a few days with her sister, Mrs. George Rogers, Fifth line: All are looking ahead to the lawn social in Meberly. Samuel Church is erecting the bell in St. Stephen's church, Brooke. Mr. Hagan has moved his saw from Leslie Peters' to Herbert Fournier's bush where he has a Jot of logs to saw into timber. We are sorry Mr. Hagan had the mis- fortune of cutting his hand badly. WEDDING ANNIVERSARY. The Silver Wedding Day of Mr. and Mrs. E. Kellar. Florida, July 8.--A number from this place are attending the camp meetings at Harrowgmith. Miss Lyla Snider, Niagara Falls, is visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Byard Snider. Mr. and Mrs. Edward Martin at- tended the twenty-fifth anniversary of Mr. and Mrs. Ernest Kellar's wed- ding at Harrowsmith, on Monday evening last. Mr. and Mrs. Maitland Redden, Sydenham, at George Red- den's. Mrs. John Peters is spending a few days with her brother, Silas Martin, Cole Lake, who has suffered a stroke. Mrs. R. Jeffrey, Harting- ton, has returned home after spend- ing a few days with her son, C. W. Jeffrey. School has closed and the. teacher, Miss Laura Crober, had gone to her home at Iroquois to spend the holidays. 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