The following text may have been generated by Optical Character Recognition, with varying degrees of accuracy. Reader beware!

jill of the fields g a romance 3 by ken in away james synopsis motherless jill merridew becomes on the death of her father owner of a farm she counts on mark hanson hed man to assist her mark resents the vresenec of ihiltip harbour who pro fesses to be invextlratink the history of old county famines on returning to iondon he meets two foreigners tho reason for phillip interest proves to be a chemical fertilizer discovered by jills father which he had not made known to jill phillip finds jill upset over mark who has declared his love for her a body of a man is found in one of the wheat fields a lighter is found under the body which proves to belong to old george harbour rushes jill into an engagement she receives a letter freni mark giving notice jill is furious that her engagement is announced in the papers you wont tell him ive been over stone town will you asked sim moiis a little nervously of course not laughed jill he can wait till he sees it in your own paper and now ill tell you some thing which i dont want you to tell him it- is this that speaking of her engagement miss merridew said the report was annoylngly premature blessing upon blessing oh thank you miss merridew vou are you are a sport sim mons could hardly restrain his gra titude and not without reasou for he became the envy of his more sophisti cated colleagues and was compliment ed personally by the baron who own ed his newspaper and if any jour nalist wanted more than that he was not likely t get it it did not take simmons long to find hissopp who was already in the little barn to which the police had consigned the press hissopp think ing something else good had come his way went over to the farm with all his accustomed confidence jill wasted no words when she met him who told you i was engaged to be married to mr barbouri she asked in a way which rather surprised mr hissop he was accustomed to the might of his paper ensuring respect if not genuflection with the secrecy which newspaper men cultivate his first impulse was not to tell jill im afraid er miss merridew that these are little things which come in the way of a reporters work obviously said jill but that does not stop me asking where you got the information i want it for no improper reason and if i dont get it i shall rung up your newspa per and ask them for it hissopp could scarcely refrain from laughing as he thought of the recep tion she would get from his hardbit ten newseditr miss merridew he could hear the later saying either the report is true or it is not if it is true it stands if it is untrue we will deny it thank you goodday he thought rapidly for a few mo ments perhaps after all there was no particular reason for withholding the information he had given no pledge of confidence and screcy had never been suggested barbour had blabbed it all without the least reti cence further t offend jill was not tho way of obtaining her help indeed the fact that he was actually speaking to her was a stroke of luck and his subconscious mind was busy at work wondering how best to make use of tho opportunity well as a matter of fact miss merridew he said it was mr bar bour himself who told me i wont say he gave it out as for publication but o the other hand ho mentioned no restrictions but how came he to tell you well i asked if i could sceyou and was told you were with him then he came down and said i could not be allowed to speak to you i asked him books and magazines any book or periodical can do procured through us out jlde to thrt worlds press containing ir s0i0 publicat ions sent frco on renest est isoo wm dawson subscription service ltd 70 klnssc east toonto his authority i thought i was en titled to do that and he said because he had just become engaged to you just like that yes like that said hissopp whereupon jill showed a gleam of an- ger in her eyes i hpe no harm has come of its being published added hissopp oh no not at all said jill it was nly that i did not want to blame the wrong person im very grateful for wlit youve told me dont mention it miss merridew said hissopp and nw i wonder if you could do me a little favour i will if i can said jill but ive been asked so many strange favours lately that i can make no promise hissopps subconscious mind had done its work and had decided that now would be the time t ask jill to show him round the old house the conversation so far had taken place at the door well i should b deeply grrttfui if you would let me have a look round the interior of your wonderful old farm you see people are all anx ious t know of its beauties and your paper to publish them no i think that is all for today when barbour appeared jill went directly to the point of the premature notice of their engagement by the way it was you who wen dowr to see the newspaper man yes- terdtv aftcrnou what did yu sac to him oh simply told him you couldnt see him after all jill at a time like this youve got to be protected against things of that kind your poor nerves must be getting absolute ly worn out they are said jill but im thinking of looking after them my self for the next few days what do you mean3 asked bar bour well lets be frank replied jill supposing i ask you a straight ques tion will you give me a straight ans wer i always give straight answers to straight questions said barbour with a touch of superiority not always said jill looking him very keenly in the eyes you have given me a very crooked one already tell me when you spoke to that man his name was hissopp did you tell him that the reason for your safe guarding me against intrusion was because you had just become engag ed to me well i may have of course said barbour but i certainly dont re member anyhow what makes you ask the question you seem to have been spending time on the matter i like to be sure of things said jill and im pretty certain in this case that you did tell him and the sooner you admit it the better and that phillip you may take as an ul timatum very well then said phillip i will say that i told him but that i had forgotten that i had done so gave a shrug of her shoulders and made a grimace tastes nasty she said anyhow ive had it all from hissopp himself so we wont say any more about it but let this be understood whether we continue our engagement or not that i dont like men who tell lies and thats what youve been doing barbour did some quick thinking jill he said i must have told him unwittingly perhaps because 1 was so proud at being able to call you mine do forgive me darling- barbour could see that he was in grave danger of losing jill this he told himself he could no doubt bear he had lort girls before and survived but losing that formula was a differ ent matter no whatever happened he must hang on see jill he said to her kindly you are overwrought today dont lets talk about it for a day or so we shall see things in a better light then he stroked her hair as was his wont and jill for a moment wonder ed if she were not being too hard on him after all he had been very gentle to her and sympathetic she must allow him one or two failings for there was no such thing as the perfect man all right then she said dont let us see each other again until to morrow but i wont want you to consider you are engaged to me any more until then we can talk it over again goodbye phillip i like you an awful lot really phillip barbour was a clever man he did not- attempt to take her ia his arms he raised her hand and kissed it not once but many times then he left her ii walked moodily across the fields in the direction jof morley village conscious that everypiece of turf up on which he trod belonged to jill he had had an unpleasant experience and it was one which would need some thinking over anger was uppermost in his mind for he could see that his trivial lapse of tact with hissop had come very near to losing him the for mula ad jill with it he was not the only man in those fields at that moment who was think ing of jill for across the next meadow came a figure which seemed somehow familiar to him it was that of mark hanson it was not exactly the best time for the two men to meet as they did a few minutes later at holly bush stile their thoughts before the actual meeting were not dissimilar to mark here came the man who had caused all the trouble for as mark worked it out barbour had not only stolen jill from him but had some mysteri ous finger in some mysterious pie which had led to the murder old george had said as much and old george did not say empty things to barbour mark was anathema because he had shown so clearly his dislike of him further mark enjoy ed jills confifidence called her by her christian name and was the on ly other man about whom jill seemed to trouble some intuition told him that mark was behind jills attitude to him today perhaps in a way he was right for jill had not gone through her experience with mark that morning without appreciating the strength of marks character without failing to admire the manner in which he spoke to her for her own good it was treatment she could un derstand still as mark cogitated upon these things he was not pleased to have his thoughts broken by the appearance of the man who he considered had done him more harm than any man living he had his own views of the engagement between jill and barbour but his sensitive nature made him visualise himself in th elight indirect ly of an employee of barbours it was intolerable and was made more so by barbours greeting goodday hanson ay said mark as with native politeness he stood aside to allow phillip to cross the stile which the two men had reached almost simul taneously phillip however did not cross the stile but leant upon it as though prepared for conversation af ter all he had thought it might not pay him to ouarrel with mark at this juncture he was too much in jills confidence to be continued outstanding quality fresh from the gardens art wisdom comes of years what does your handwriting show by geoffrey st clair grapho- analyst all rights reserved editors nots these article on i lhem along the hues in which they character from kanawrltinjr have roused enormous interest many read- era are ending- in specimens of their own handwriting- for a personal analy sis and replies are being- mailed as fast as possible if yon want your writ ing- analysed see tho announcement at the foot of this article a graphoanalysts mailbag is very interesting it is a reflection of peoples hopes and fears worries and problems it is a very mirror of life itself and for each question the graphoanalyst can supply an answer handwriting shows so plainly the character of the writer graphoan alysis is an xray that cuts through the verbiage and gets right down to the very nature of the writer a girl writes in tormented fashion pleading for advice on how to deal with her brother and father they are making life miserable for herself and her mother and threaten to do bodily harm if the latter do not pass over some money that they have made themselves the writing of the fa ther and brother show greed and sel fishness with a brutal will lhit some times gushes over into violence another girl is having trouble with her boy friend is he to be trusted there are many letters of this kind and very often we can give a re assuring answer sometimes cur ad vice will hurt but the truth i3 what people are asking for a mother is very anxious to know the characteristics of her young dau ghters and what talents they poss ess in this way she can encourage can make most progress and ii which they will be happy another mother is perplexed about her boy he is the only child she has but she doesnt understand him graphoanalysis reveals his hidden traits and suggests a line for the mother to work along a young man from the west says his life has been miserable and try at he will he cannot do anything right nis writing reveals the tre mendous colour in his nature and the need for great control he has a hard row to hoe before he van regain nor malcy the letters show how many people aie square pegs in round holes eeal talents wasted because the possessor is in a vocation totally unsuited to bim graphoaralysis a very helpful it reveals not only the major character istics but also those hidden tenden cies that are gradually looming up and will ere long affect ones mode of life if they are strong points they can- be developed often they are potential weaknesses ind need curbing graphoanalysis shows the way what does your handwriting- show2 let a skilled graphoanajyst tell you the secrets that your writing reveals yon will be surprised at the revela tions and tho analysis may opon the door of opportunity for yon send a let ter in yonr normal writing with 10c coin and a stamped 3c addressed en velope to geoffrey st clair room 41 73 adelaide st w toronto if you send two specimens of writing enclose coin for each canadian hay in uk on the point of quality there seems to be no doubt that canadian hay of good clover mixtures is tho most ac ceptable on the united kingdom market says tho canadian trade commissioner there is apparently some possibility that a demand for canadian hay will develop in the united kingdom about april or may this year wasted sympathy it seems to be a sad and depress ing fact that so much sympathy is wasted on the plausible rogues and on the notoriously evil characters that there is none ot the heart in terest remaining for those who are in trouble and distress through no fault of their own and who lack the spect acular and romantie touch that so many unworthy fellows know so well how to assume timmins advance reduce the sure and proven way tontos a prescription capsule never fails no diet no exercise just watch your fat melt away at all good drus stores outoftown customers send money with order s100 and s200 re sults on first box scientific products regd office 22 mount eoyal hotel montreal working of hydro and what it does brazil buys planes for army air mail rio de janeiro brazil brazil which has used army aviators to fly air mail on interior lines since 1931 has purchased 25 new airplanes in the united states lo expand the five army airmail lines now in existence the lines serve regions which hith erto had relatively slow mail service such remote states as matto grosso brazils wild west and the interior ci piauhy another great cattle country are getting mail from rio in two days inasmuch as the coast cities are well served by american french and german companies the army has concentrated on the interior the first line established in 1931 ran only between rio do janeiro and sao paulo but slortly thereafter was extended to goyaz largo hinterland plateau state which has only a short railway line other lines were estab lished in quick succession despite a setback occasiorcd by the 1032 sao paulo rebellion five items listed below will give voter a clear outline hydro is publicly owned and co operative the commission acts as agent of tho municipalities buying power from it operating and admin istering the buyers electrical plants hydros generating plants and trans mission lines are financed through the commission by the province of ontario the municipal plants by the issue of municipal bonds hydro sells power to the purchas ing municipalities at cost this cost is made up as follows 1 interest on tho commissions capital investment 2 sinking fund charges on a 40- year basis 3 an annual charge for renewals to maintain efficiency 4 contingencies 5 operation and administration these charges total up to about 11 pc on tho commissions invest ment where power purchased not generated by the- commission is be ing sold the cost to tho commission replaces part of the charge under each of the five headings listed above tho rates charged in any municip ality must covet these charges of the commission plus similar charges on that municipalitys plant the investment in the hydro un dertakings had reached on 31st oc tober 1933 a total of about s400- 000000 of which threefourths rep resents the commissions generating plants and transmission lines and onefourth the mrnieipal plants more than wheat the province of alberta made a record in 3933 in dairy products the total value of these last year was al most a million dollars more than in 1932 creamery butter from 96 cream eries totalled 23750000 lbs being 800000 lbs more than the previous high record calgary herald good sign hamilton staticians may have charts to show business conditions on the upgrade again but local bellboys havo pockets full of nickles and dimes earned by running errands in the hotels they report times have never been better national telephone and telegraph corporation a sound dividend paying utllty stock descriptive booklet mailed upon request h d bellinger co 67 yonge st toronto going to montreal listen to this good news our room rates have been lowered the schedule shown below gives all the thrifty details charles dornber- ger and his famous broadcasting orchestra has made tho mount ro yal dinner and supper dances one of the brightest spots in the social life ot montreal on your next trip to montreal iet vernou g cardy our managing director be your host let him show you why the mount royal is so famous the home away from home mount royal hotel new low rates single rooms with baths 300 up double rooms with bath 600 up suites 51000 up is noted portrait painter says sense grows with experience st john modern painting have never reached the high level or tho old masters iu the opinion ot richard jack ra noted english portrait painter who sailed recently to attend the annual royal academy exhibition in london mr jack has been a resident of canada for a couple of years the old masters said mr jack when interviewed here devoted them selves entirely to art while present- day painters were perhaps handi capped by tho stress aud diverse in terests of modern life tho men whose work has survived the cent uries were concerned chiefly in their own creations and were not led away by tho influence of other schools some of the worlds finest modern painters had turned against the old masters in their youth but with years came wisdom and then they had real ized their mistake time said mr jack provided the real test of art he recalled several painters of tho last century who were regarded as geniuses in their day but whose work is now gradually losing position a definite art movement was ap parent in canada but better times were needed to bring it along be cause after all art could not flourish without financial support he said in these days people were confining their purchases to necessities main ly he was doubtful that there would ever be developed a distinctive can adian art artists were painting can adian scenes but their work was in fluenced by the traditions of the old schools ultramodernistic painting does not impress mr jack in the least he considers that the radical artists sac rifice all that is accepted as beautiful to achieve their results perhaps said mr jack these paintings are understandable to the person who creates them but i am inclined to believe that it is nothing more than sensationalism i should hate to live lu a world that resembles these pic tures mr jack said that although only a small percentage of the people ap preciated art the lovers ot pictures came from all classes rich and poor in this respect art resembled good music he declared which since tho perfection of radio broadcasting won a multitude of unexpected niirers lias ad- sense of sitters personality keynote of whole picture i wouldnt risk failures with inferior baking powder j less than if worth of magic makes a cake and magic always gives fine results says mrs jeanne mckenzie whoso cakea have won first prize at two canadian national expositions toronto it is now definitely stabllshed that broken tulips are the result of a mosaic disease which constitutes a distinct menace to tho culture of this popular spring flower tulip mosaic or breaking is the oldest known plant virus dlseqso and he is still tired of it all five generation of canocuono have enjoyed ic soothing lather macic baking powder costs so little and it gives consistently better baking results actually less than 1 worth of this flnoqualltyf baking powder makes n good big cake it doesnt pay to take chances with inferior bakjntf powder bake with magic and be sure magic made in canada cotainsnoalumthia ttatcment on trtry tin ia your guarantee that manic baking powder la free from alum j or any harmful ingredient brvklm powdep fjg issue no 13 34 philadelphia announcing he was tired of it all charles hamilton 34 drove his landlady her two daugh ters and her son out of the house thenbo barricaded tho doors and nailed fast tho windows the landlady ran to a police station and patrolmen sprinted back to the houso to foil tho suicide breaking in they found the prostrate hamilton- asleep so hamilton repeated ho was tired of it all jokaymore i jhuualc city tiie preeminent hotel achievement take 2 aspirin tablets drink full class ot water repeat treatment in 2 hours if throat is sore crush and dissolve j aspirin tablets in a half glass of water and fjarfile according to directions in box mariorrlong says natural self consciousness may be overcome by con versation marion long who has been much feted since the news was announced of her election to the rtyal canadian society of artists says a sense of the sitters personality is the keynote of the whole picture and even the color cuenie of a portrait must sym bolize the inner quality of the per son in painting a child the color must express life and movement but with an old person quietness is found in the softgrey used for the hair or the ivory tint of the complexion the natural selfconsciousness of any man or woman who posed for a picture might be overcome by con versation she explained while chat ting wljji the artist the sitter would assume a characteristic pose bis eyes would express interest and also his mouth but when painting the latter it wa necessary for tho art ist to monopolize the conversation often i have talked fast for a whole morning said miss long ano 1 could not remember afterward one word 1 said a new problem was found in each person painted sho concluded but tho great joy came when the self- imposed task was accomplished historic motor car almost instant relief in this way thcsimpiemclhodpicluredabove is the way doctors throughout the world now treat colds it is recognized as the quick est safest surest way to treat a cold for it will check an ordi nary cold almost as fast as you caught il ask your doctor about ibis and when you buy see that you get aspirin tabids aspirin is the trademark of the bayer com pany limited and the name ijaycr in the form of a cross is on each tablet they dissolve almost does not harm the heart instantly and thus work almost instantly when you take them and for a gargle aspirin tablets dissolve so completely they leave no irritating particles get a box of 12 tablets or a bottle of 21 or 100 at any drug store aspirin tablets arc maok in canada unperturbed by past history a resident of a village in bosnia is driving tho car said to havo been us ed by archduke ferdinand of austria in sarajevo that day in 194 when tho austrian heir stopped an assassins bullet and war toppied on europe the significance of the oldtashioned car completely escapes the present owner who bought t from tne aust rian authorities shortly before tho end or tho war ana now regardless of the paintcovered coatofarms uses it as the village taxi intentional extract from a country weekly a rummage sale will be held in the village hall on the second saturday in the month this is a chance for all the ladies f he congregation to get rid of anything that is not worth keeping but is tot good to be thrown away dont forget to bring youi husbands