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" North of Fifty-three " by BERTRAND W. SINCLAIR "Whgstaff, mine is," Bill completed the informal introduction, "I am from Bavaria," Lauer told him, "Vill you smoke? I light mine bibe--mit your vife's permission, "Yes," he continued, stuffing the bowl of his pipe with a stubby fore- finger, "I am from Bavaria, Dere I Vass upon a farm brought oop, I serf in der army my dime. Den Amerigo, Dere I marry my vife, who is born in Milvaukee, I vork in der hig brew- eries, Afder dot I learn to he a car penter, Now I am a kink, mit a castle all mine own, I am no more a vage slafe," "You're on the right track," Bill nodded, "It's a pity more people don't take the same notion, What do you think of this country, anyway?" "It iss goot," Lauer answered brief- ly, and with unhesitating certainty, "It iss goot, Vor der hoor man it iss --it iss salfation. Mit fife huntret tol- lars und hiss two hants he can him- self a home make--und a lifing be sure off," Beside Hazel, Laurer's wife ahsent- ly caressed the blond head of her four-year-old daughter, "No, I don't think I'll ever get lone- some," she said, "I'm too glad to be here, And I've got lots of work and my babies, Of course, it's natural I'd miss a woman friend running in now and then to chat, But a person can't have it all, And I'd do anything to have a roof of our own, and to have it some place where our livin' don't depend on a pay envelope, Many a time I've sat and cried, just from thinkin' how bad I wanted a little place of our own, where there was grass and trees and a piece of ground for a garden. And I knew we'd never be able to buy it. We couldn't get ahead enough." "Und s0," took up the tale, I hear off diss country, vere lant can be for noddings got. Und so we scrape und pinch und safe nickels und dimes for fife year. Und here we are. All der way from Visconsin in der vaigon, yes. Mit two mules. In Ash- croft I buy der cow, so dot ve haf der fresh milk. Uud dot iss lucky. For von mule he die on der road. So I am plaw opp er lant und haul my vaigon mit von mule und Gretehen der cow." Hazel had a momentary vision of unrelated hardships by the way, and she wondered how the man could laugh and his wife smile over it. Two thousand miles in a wagon! And at the journey's end only a rude cabin of logs--and years of steady toil. Isolation in a huge and lonely land. Yet these folks were happy. She won- dered briefly if her own viewpoint were possibly askew. She knew that she could not face such a prospect ex- cept in utter rebellion. Not now. The bleak pemks of the Kiappan rose up before her mind's eye the picture of five horses dead in the snow, the wolves that snapped and snarled over their bones. She shuddered. She was still pondering this when she and Bill dismounted at home. CHAPTER XIV. The Dollar Chasers. Granville took them to its bosom with a haste and earnestness that made Hazel catch her breath. Tact- fully none so much as mentioned An- drew Bush, nor the five-thousand-dol- lar legacy--the disposition of which sum still perplexed that defunct gen- tleman's executors. And ence more in a genial atmosphere Hazel con- cluded to let sleeping dogs lie. She learned from various sources that Bill's fortune loomed big, had grown by some mysterious process of Gran- ville tattle, until it had reached the charmed six figures of convention. There had been changes, Jack Bar- row had consoled himself with a bride. Moreover, he was making good, in the popular phrase, at the real-estate game. The Marshes, as she had pre- viously known them, had been totter- ing on the edge of shabby gentility. But they had come into money. And as Bill slangily put it, they were using their pile #q cut a lot of social ice. Kitty Brook's husband was now the head of the biggest advertising agency in Granville. Hazel was glad of that mild success. She was inordinately proud of Bill, when she compared him with the aver- age Granville male--yet she found herself wishing he would adopt a little more readily the Granville view- point. He fell short of it, or went beyond it, she could not be sure which; she had an mneasy feeling sometimes that he looked upon Gran- ville doings and Granville folk with amused tolerance, not unmixed with contempt. But fie attracted attention. Whenever he was minded to talk he found ready listeners. Once or twice she cojured up a vision of his getting into some busi- ness there, and utterly foregoing the North--which for her was already beginnipg to take on the aspect of d bleak and .cheerless region where there was none of the things which daily whetted her appetite for luxury, nothing but hardships innumerable --and gold, The gold had been their reward--a reward well earned, she thought, 8till--they had been won- derfully happy there at the Pine river cabin, she remembered, They came home from a theater party late one night, Hazel kicked off her slipper, and gratefully toasted her silk-stockinged feet at the small coal grate, Fall had come, and there was a sharp nip to the air, "Well, what do you think of it as far as you've gone?" he asked abruptly, "I think it's fine," she candidly ad- mitted. "I'm enjoying myself, 1 like it. Don't you?" "As a diversion," he observed thoughtfully, "I don't mind it. These people are all very affable and pleas- ant, and they've rather gone out of their way to entertain us. But, after all what the dickens does it amount to? They spend their whole life run- ning in useless circles. 1 should think they'd get sick of it. You will." . "Hardly, Billum," she smiled. "We're merely making up for two wears of isolation. I think we must he remarkable people that we didn't fight like cats and dogs. For eigh- teen months, you know, there wasn't a soul to talk to, and not much to think about except what you could do if you were some place else." "You're acquiring the atmo- shere," he remarked -- sardonically, she thought. "No; just enjoying myself," she re- plied lightly. ; "Well, if you really are,"" he an- swered slowly, "we may as well settle here for the winter--and get settled right away. I'm rather weary of being a guest in another man's house, to tell you the truth." "Why, I'd love to stay here all .winter," she said. But I thought you intended to knock around more or less." "But don't you see, you don't par- ticularly care to," he pointed out; "and it would spoil the fun of going any place for me if you were not interested. And when it comes to a showdown I'm pot aching to be a bird of passage. One city is pretty much like another to me. We'll take (Continued from page 6) ed in third place with a score of 44. He secured, 24 out of a possible 25 in the secdnd squad. T, Miller won from E. McLaughlin in the shoot-off at 12 birds, the score being 11 to 10. Shoot Wednesday Next The. grass and hay have heen cut ready for the shoot next Wednes- day evening which has heen called for 6,30, It is expected there will be several 'challenges for the club tro- phy and any member wishing to try to win the Jennings Challenge Cup may do so by getting in touch with H, 1. Tylor or TP, Miller before next Wednesday and the cup will be on hand, ' TOWN LEAGUE STANDING Won Lost P.C. wl 857 NAL! 286 43 Fittings .... .... . Cheyrolet .... ... Cedar Dale Textile ... .. 6 Last Night's Game Fittings 5, Textile 2, Monday's Game Cedar Dale at Chevrolet, 2 SPORT COMMENT In reference io the Belleville-- Peterboro game in Peterhoro Wed- nesday afternoon, the Examiner says: The game was featured by a most peculiar play that the Central League executive may have to decide, With two out in the fifth, Johnston, who was on second base started to steal third on the fourth ball to Swan- ston. He went all the way home when Mills' throw got away from | third baseman Williams and Swan- ston reached second, However, | Belleville claimed that Swanston had failed to touch first base and Field Umpire Barns upheld the contention and called the runner out when the ball was played to first, Chief Um-| pire Rosevear maintaining that as] Swanston was the third out and was out before reaching first base, the run scored by Johnston could not count. The Petes, on the other hand, how- ever, contended that as Swhnston | was given a base 'on balls he was en- titled to first base, and that there- | hit. lopening stanza when they had two, { might have won by about 2 to 1. L eaders "Worst Tentiles Score B5-2--Game Last Night Was a Good, Extifbition of Costly errors on the part of the Textile fielders giuve Fittings a win by 5 to 2 in a town League game at Alexandra Park last evening in probably the best exhibition of hase- ball shown by these teams this sea- gon. The game resulted in a pitch: ers' battle between Foley and Fry, both of whom 'were in rare form, The former allowed only six hits and fanned eleven while Fry was touch- ed for seven safeties and fanned eight. Only one charity was Issued during the evening and that went to Kellow in the first frame, For the first three innings neither side registered and airtight ball was Falcons Lost To Todmorden Yesterday Minus one of their star players and playing in darkness and rain, Osh- awa's junior O,A.L.A, team lost to Todmorden in Toronto last evening 4 to 2. The absence of Norman Irwin, Clarke and Aubrey Clapper weaken- ed the team considerably and was largely responsible for the visitors' defeat, flven then Harl Lovegrove's youngsters should have had a tie at least, Waghorne was the referee appoint- ed for this fixture and the Falcons | are strong in their criticism of the way he handled the game. Blay was fairly clean throughout but the Falcons were undoubtedly robbed of two goals. The first one that found the net was not gllowed hy the re- feree, who declared it to have heen scored in the crease, 'The second goal which was disallowed, the re- feree insisted that the ball struck in erder but the Textiles apparently could not stand prosperity and three | errors were charged against them in the fourth which assisted the league leaders in scoring twice. With two on bases in the fifth and two out, Kelso flied to Petre, but the latter] dropped the ball and the two run-| ners counted. Fittings' last run was | scored by Jubb who singled, stole] second, was sacrificed to third and | crossed the plate on a passed ball, | Only one earned run was credited to! the winners, while both of the Tex-| tiles' were earned, | Jack Tharan's crew did not score, until the fourth when Braund, Thar-' an and Smith singled in succession. The second and last counter came in | the sixth, when Petre singled, stole | second and registered on Critney's | They threatened to score in the! men on hases with only one out hut | the next batters were easy outs. An-| other chance to score in the fourth was thrown away when Smith was caught between second and third af- ter Tharan had driven the ball to the outfield. Had Foley received the ! support he was entitled to the score might have heen a tie or the winners | Sheridan's Good Catch | fore the run was legal. Rosevear re- fused to allow the counter however, and the decision cost the homesters | the victory, as the tolly would have | left the final score 4--3. FRIENDS HONOR WHITBY TEACHER Miss B. J. Asderson Retires After Forty-One and Half Years' | Service After teaching school for forty-one! years and six months, of which thirty | years have been spent as a member a run over to New York. I want to get some books and things. we'll come back here and get al house or flat. I tell you right now," | You can play it as hard as| I'll be there| it comes to a| game. vou like, until spring. with bells on when a good 'play comes along. won't mix up with a lot of silly women and equally silly she-men, any more than is absolutely neces- sary." "Why, Bill," she exclaimed aghast. "Well, ain't it s0?" he defended | lazily. "There's Kitty Brooks--she | has certainly got intelligence above the average. That Lorimer girl has| brains superimposed on her artistic temperament, and she uses 'em to advantage. Practically all the rest that I've met are intellectual nonenti- ties--strong on looks and clothes and amusing themselves, and that let: them out. Shucks, there isn't a real man in the lot. Maybe I'l run across some people who don't take a two-by-four view of life if I stay around here long enough, but it hasn't happened to me yet. | mus' say that the habitual conversation of these people gives me a pain. That platiudious discussion of the play to- night, for instance." "That was droll." Hazel chuckled at the recollection, and she recalled the weary look that had once or twice flitted over Bill's face during that after-theater supper. Bill snorted. "Droll. Perhaps," he said. "Bla- tant ignorance, coupled with a desire to appear the possessor of culture, is sometimes amusing. But as a gener- al thing it simply irritates." "You're hard to pleasé," she re- plied. He shrugged his shoulders and re- mained silent. "Well," he said presently, "we'll! take that jaunt to New York day after tomorrow." He was still sitting by the window when Hazel was ready to go to bed. She came back into the room in a trailing silk" kimono, and, stealing softly up behind him, put both hands on his shoulders. "What are you thinking so hard about, Billy-boy?" she whispered. turing to myself how some of these worthy citizens would mess things up if they had to follow in his steps. Hang it, 1 don't know but we'd be better off if we were pegging away for a foothold somewhere, like old Jake" ' "If we had to do that," she argued. "I suppose we would, and manage to get along. Bat since we don't have to, why wish for it? Money makes things pleasanter." | die Thomas on behalf of the present "I was thinking about Jake Lauer, |day and former pupils, and two little and wondering how he was making it girls presented to Miss Anderson a go." Bill answered. "I was also pic-| town of Whitby, Miss B. J. Ander- leave of her pupils at Dundas Street | School, and laid down duties | he laughed not unpleasantly, "I'm | which she has discharged so well | and finally scoring pot going to begin on this society for many years, having resigned her | Was too good and the next two bat- position. The occasion was not al-| lowed to pass unmarked, however, and under the auspices of the home when a public testimonial to Miss | Anderson's service was made. There was a large crowd present, | consisting of pupils, parents, mem- | {bers of the Board of Education, a| Sheridan, 2b large sprinkling of citizens in general | and in addition many people who in| former years had been pupils of | Miss Anderson. The affair was kept | a dark secret, as far as Miss Ander- | son was concerned, and the outcome | of the gathering was a complete sur-! prise to her. A. T. Lawler, acting as chairman, gave his opinion as a life-long resi- dent of Whitby, as to the high re- gard in which Miss Anderson has been held by all who knew her or came under her influence, and the confidence the Board of Education has always had in her ability as a teacher. W. E. N. Sinclatr, M.P.P., of Osh- awa, said he was one of Miss Ander- son's pupils thirty-one years ago at S. 8. No. 2, on concession 4, Whitby Township. He was glad to be able to express the value he placed on Migs Anderson's teaching as one of the influences of his early life. He paid a splendid tribute to her per- sonal worth and character. Dr C. F. McGillivray, Secretary of the Board of Education, read a testi- monial which, under the instruction of the Board, he had prepared to be presented to Miss Anderson. it spoke Of the long years of untiring | and faithful performance of her duties, and stated that not once had jt been necessary for the Board to critize or complain in any way dur- ing that time. This in itself was considered to be a worthy tribute, for the personnel of the Board is constantly « . The testimoni- al is one that will justly be a source of pride to Miss n. An address was then read by Bir- basket of roses and a purse contain-| ing one hundred dollars. This was a token of appreciation contributed to by many of 'her former pupils, as well as by friends. Bagpipes were used in Rome as early as the year 69, AD. And yet, | remarks the Chicago News, some | people talk of evolution! Galt Re- | porter. A Montreal judge commented on the fact that a street cleaner gets |on | position | their showing Fry, who pitched the full six in-| nings for Fittings was only in trou- | ble two or three times and he was given perfect support. Every man the Fittings' line-up ficided his without a misplay and on! look to have the smoothest working infield in the league. Sheridan contributed the | fielding feature of the game when he ran some distance back of first lo catch a fly off Foley's nat. It looked like a sure hit and cut off a run.! The wild pegging around the bases which has featured Town League games recently. was noticeably ab- sent, much to the satisfaction of the spectators. The teams played ball | all the way and the losers fought gamely to the end of the sixth. The | of the Public School staff of the| Textiles made a strong attempt to tie | little boy after yourself? up the score in the last appearance Then | son, on Tuesday of last week took |at bat when Petre and Critney led off with hits, the former by good baserunning getting around to third However, Fry ters hit the air while Smith rolled to Kelso and was out at first. | Fittings are setting the pace in the | dance. And I'll go to a show--when | and School Club of Dundas Street |league standing and are now a full | But I!School a happy gathering was held | game ahead of Chevrolet. With both lon the school grounds at 4 o'clock, | Ostler and Fry ready to take turns in the box they should give Hales Barker's men a fine | argument. | E 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 The score: Fittings AB R H OA 2 1.1 2 3 0 0 0 i 2 3 i 2 0 i 0 7 0 0 0 1 R.A 0 8 V 0 2 0 i 42 2 0 0 0 6 18 0 HOAE| 1 1 1 0 1 0 Palmer, of Kelso, 1b Whattam, rf . Jubb, ¢ Fry, p Ostler, If Langmaid, Alger, 3b Ogden, rf 0 0 0 9 88 | mbctebototeteiotet otals Textile Lander, Kellow, Petre, ef Critney, 2b Rorabeck, rf Braund, If. Cooper, ¢ Tharan, If Foley, p . Smith, ¢ .. Bie 4 mo 3b 0 0 1 1 0 DLO OOO wuSO tote te | | we DDD x Totals 3 4 Score by innings: | Fittings __ 0002215 Textile .... ... HOo0101 Umpires, Wilson, and Thompson © 9 | London Life Ins. For New Head Office If other firms follow the example of the London Life Insurance Com- pany, of London, Ont., the day is fice buildings will be as carefully chosen for quiet and beauty of sur- roundings as sites for universities and schools are chosen now. The" purchase in London, Ontario, of a residential block in the down- town district for the erection of new head offices of the institution is the first step in this direction. The site, which faces on one of Can- ada's most beautiful parks' withir | tempts, Company Buys Site | not far distamt when sites for of-| the goal post and bounced out. The visitors were positive that the ball landed in the net and feel"that they were given a raw deal, Had they been at full strength there is no doubt but they could have | romped away frop the Torontonians. | Oshawa trimmed Danforths in Osh- awa and the latter team defeated Todmorden 8-0 and 6-0 in two at- The game did not get under way until late and it wag quite dark before play was contiuded. On top of | that rain fell during a great part | of the game, making conditions any- thing but ideal. Todmorden have yet to visit Oshawa and the local squad are confident of turning in a victory when they meet. The Oshawa line-up was: Goal, King; point, Irwin; cover, Hubbell; 1st defence, Luke; 2nd de- | fence, Flintoff; centre, Hall; Ist home, Saunders; 2nd home, R. Clap per; outside, i, inside, Bouck- lgy. | | CRISP COMMENTS | If war operated its business on a C.. D. basis, there might be fewer wars.--Asheyille Times. 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