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Barrie Examiner, 7 Jun 1917, p. 6

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mam-sv MARKETS (May 31,1917). I Elmvale- Fall wheat $2.25- .`2.50, oats 70-800, flour $14.00- ,15.00,,butLe1`___35-3 }c, eggs 39- |/:00, potatoes $* l.00-4.25, live =h0gs $15.50. ` tV,,n:......._....-.| \\'L.....t (90 an Collingwood - Lwheat $2.70, ;oat.s 85-900, potatoes $3.25-$4.00 butter 34-360, eggs 38-40c, chic- ken 23-260. `nnxrcgu xyguouv. cu . (hrs .n ma. 1 \ 0ri11ia -wheat $2./.0 - $2./12, ._Oat:s 80-850., hay $'l/5.00-$17.00, ;p0tat.0es $4.00-`4.50, butter 33- |34c, eggs 35-370. - AlI:-L.__. IITL...-.L H10 OE Ante. -J nu. IJCCDJ uu-vu \/ . Alliston -- wheat $2.25, oats 800. hay $10.00_$12.00, potatoes `$3.OO_$/L00, butter 38c, eggs 384;. `I'\,,1l_A `II ('53.. 4.~.n.~ staynep..1Jt7 5Z.~EE , e"g'.;.,-F 380, chicken 15-180. r........|.c.......: \1n......A an on I\l'\`tV 'q/u.v\v-\,, Aouv, VL-srxz, x/-.:u.----4;; .u .v.,. Bradf-ord--Wheat $2.3Q,. oats 60c, butter 36-400, eggs 400. 'I`|,_1_,_ 1'\__LL.._. `IL. In.` nnaomn \I\'\1 u u v u v ; vv -vv, vac. -...~,. 'Beet0n--But.t.er 36-400, eggs 400, chicken 30c. MAY 8th To oc1'oI;ER 30th` THUR$DA_`( S 1'_AMn 1'un1'onI's ounce Phone 484. 15 clapperton St. "` Great Lakes Routes A .' (seaspn Navigation) ' Your Future is in the Wet l"II I 5313 hll.ucv: Mining. Chemical, Civil. Mechanical and - Electrical Engineering. Arts Course by correspondence. Degree ' with one year`: attendance. smug: School N..i..ao.. School July and Aunt! December to Avril candian Pacific snfrunnnv MA`ng 15 ruaDAv KINGSTON ONTARIO ARTS MEDICINE EDUCATION ` APPUED SCIENCE W. B. HOWARD, District Passenger Agent; Toronto, Ont. I. %_T;-ansact 8. Genral Banking - ET}; V1`)e continued) T The fertile prairies have put Western Canada on the map. There are still thousands of acres waiting for the` man who wants a home and prosperity. Take advantage of Low Rates and travel via `.A'LL-|-':t_A|l: -_-ansoWb Argon: STUDY _QjJEEN | . u'N|v1-:Rsn`Y `Evan were as fol- . 38-400. . 39-420. 250 .' $12.06 .. $4.00 . 75c. ' .'.'25cI 35c T.'.. 2oc.A .. 75c . ..5c. . 200. Anumber of Valuable Farms and Town Properties foreSa.1e on the most reason able terms. . ~- * BANK op TORONTO BUILDING- 3412313 T . V CI! ., The Welsh Sopljano TEACHER OF VOICE PRODUC- 'TION AND SINGING. Special lessons for repertoire, English and. Italian. Studio at Mrs. Gaol- ey s, 67 McDonald St.,T Barrie, _ `Phone 681. For terms, etc., call at studio on vWednesdays`: Voices I tested free. . t MAUI) E. cLAx'roN,- L.'r.c..m.% Piano and Vocal Lessons. lln vocal work special attention is ...:..,.n tn |lnii-n Dnnduntinh, '.I.Il VUU'd.l WU1'l& Epculcu aouuuuuu. ux T given to Voie Production. Studio _in King Block Phone 424 lIII9& 113:1 ---w.- TEACHER OF" i>1ANo AND 'HEORY. Studio at 133 Collier .I.A.I.a_a\/Au... L B.ERT,PETcl-I Tlocutionist and Entertainer-_ Garden Parties and Church En-.- gagements, etc. _Phone or write for dates and terms. 437 Quebec `l'\I_____ 'l"_L nnzo R&EllXII3$lI YT Uwruuu ' Successor to Lonnox. Comm 0: Brown Barrister, Solicitor for `obtaining probate of wills, guardianship and-administration, and General Solicitor, Notary, Conveyancer, etc. ~Ofces: Hinds -Block, No. 8 Dunlop Street. Money to loan. aovs AND Muncmsou Barristers, Solicitors, Notary Public, Conveyancers, Etc. Money to loan at lowest rates of inter.. est. Offices: T13 Owen St. (in the premises formerly occupied by the Bank of Toronto). Branch Office; Elmvale, Ontario. W. A. Boys, K.C.; M.P. D. C. Murchison. BARRISTERS, Solicitors, Notaries Public and Conveyancers. Money to loan in any sums at lowest cur. rent rates. Omce 13 Owen` St., Barrie, Ont. D. M. Stewart. Fir; & Life lnsuFmce Agent ` Tht.u-sd 8'V. June .1, 1917. CHARLES W. PLAXTON BARRISTER, SOLICITOR, ETC 606 Continental Life Building, southeast corner Bay and Rich- mond Sts., Toronto. - DONALD ROSS, LL.B. BARRISTER, SOLIGITOR, E'I`C., Bank of Toronto Building, Barrie, Money to loan. GRESWIGKE 8: BELL BARRISTERS, SOLICITORS FOR the Supreme Court, of Judicature of Ontario, Proctors, Notaries, Conveyancers, etc.- Money to loan. Oices: -In Ross Block. Barrie. VV. A. J. Bell, K.C. Office and -es-ioence Corner oi` Toronto and Elizabeth Streets, opposite Elizabeth St. Methodist Church. Telephone 167. L.R.C.S., Edinburgh, F.C.P., Lon- don, Physician, Surgeon, etc. Of- ee and Residence, Dunlop St... Barrie. Telephone 165. (mcafxji)'(sE.3c;s'5}7?JBF. 11.3. Broad). Office and Residence, corner Elizabeth and Bradford Sts., Barrie, Phone 105. ll. uuuuo uuu uus -1: . Ave.,` Toronto. P flonoviotf w. A. LEWIS, |Vl.l;., c.m_ SURGERY AND GYNEGOLOGY,` especially. Phone 61. 56 Collier St., Barrie. 122 Bloor St. W., Toronto, will be at 91 Owen St., Barrie, every! Saturday. Diseases, Eye, Ear, Nose and Throat. Consultation hours 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. and by appointment. Toronto Phone North 3326. Barrie Phone No. 2,. BK or-TORONTO % DR. VYLA M. FINLAY, U. C. C. fV.....l....l.._ l \A"t.`:._. _.._I _.-_:_I C.rown'Life Building, 59 Yofge Street, Toronto. Telephone Main 5874.--J. F; Lawson, H. J. Welch, G. H. Playle. Lnwson, WELOI-I & compnmr CHARTERED ACCOUNTANTS, f`I...___-- ` T 21`. `I1--2'l,.l1_..._. an `7._....... II'IUVE IIIHIIZBZ IUUI'II'\C Barrie. G. W. J. Eastman`, Prop," R. G. Manuel, Mgr. Dealers in` Granite and` Marble Monument! and Tablets. Only best material us?-d and rst-class workmen em- ployed. Prices always right. Miss Doane is the only one in Barrie and Allandale who handles corsets fled with Spirella bon- ing. It is unbreakable, non- rustable. exible, hygienic, sani- tary. Fit guaranteed. Maternity and nursing feature specials, Brassieres, blouse forms, misses and children s waists. At home Saturdays. 16 Charlotte St Barrie Inme C. BROWN FOR THE BEST IN BAKERS BREAD HOME-MADE BREAD BROWN BREAD SANDWICH BREAD `AND A FULL LINE OF PIES, CAKES AND PASTRY Bakery and Saleshopz Cor. Elizabeth and Small Stream STEWART 8: STEWART *'aa&EtI" b`{E? End" 're"s niZ ence, 21 McDonald St., Barrie. muss ELSIE NELSON -.-.-nvrx Rep:-eswtvants Insurance Companies of undoubted Financial Standing -1.4] _ ALiTunEn cownu IN|0OE MARBLE WOIKI wLAoYs Jonas -n.- IIIAI-In n:-innnn on. mon1'Im-:I?IT Lvou on. E. G; Tunusbir .w--- . DR. H. T. ARNAALL DR. W. A. ROSS cufnitivnncfon ACCOUNTANTS LEGAC fa: |!l8li|lAl0E'M A"l'I1iiI]) 9 STEAM-BOAT AGENT. I `lgpuiohtlng Canadian N._0l'thOI`li" `P;-Q._ 3q`_|lbIl`:O_.`_ Ia:-I-lo. L Phonq M11; MEDICAL 250 connh in UN blry 3. her 1 len expre `when ofh V4 Biql Villa `I845 (Z01-he i:I" `II. \I and `I891. -lore noted .'tm`D ' rice des (`on pan the -5.1.? and H.110 8 IN] ALL STEAMSHIP LINES, nYou`r` passage booked to or from all parts of the world. A. F; A. A !v-IALGO,MS,0N Real Estate and Money to Lana 8. G._I_11i1h....& 00- u N D"E'?i'3"X'k E R s M{Org_'ue and C|'_Iap elA _A A.- BARRIB. ON I`. W,_ D. _l\_ l%i_n_nik%in (Successor to the Late l_le_af_ord Webb). Full line of an the latest Caskets kept in stock, in; cluding Grave Vaults and Oak Shells. Open my & Night Phone 431 ' W.R.iIe|lly, Funeral Director Licensed Embalmor ' Proprietor TI-IE BARBIE - j UNDERTAKIIIG PABLO!!! J. I. IJI.|.LII~I4 Business. `Y:-u`t\n nn Branches at Barrie and Allandale, I-l. 'A. V8-IIVHIS, Manager. J a.s-..Ar._n1.d. ..- 0- -g sung -44. an BANKERS Established 1819., um:-:s Iwransou .`fcott s A. I-'. "a. ivlnuoomsou Are "Well Supplied in connection iinfecnurr 3.90.1 open Day and Night I T-IIUI-u 7 Esiabllshed 1800 _`-.`--u D Bookstore - 115. . . 19, hold down your spendinggopen a Savings Account at The Bank of Toronto. Savings Ac`- counts for small or large sumsjinvited at `all Branches of this Bank. - ' ' Phone 82 CHAPTER IX.__ Mr. Nlatlooh Garth Sir Glare Monk took the break- fast traintfrom Chalet Station, on the morning following that on which his wife had gone to.-Lon`- don; but it was with very differ- ent feelings from those of Theo- dora that he looked 7- hack on Blaokport and forwzds to London. ,lAUllUUlln -He was only paying a ying [visit to the metropolis, and'in- tended to return by the six-thirty dinner train from Euston, which would enable him to reach Black- port hefore_ten and get through his `neglected work of `the day. rru. _ _ . A ....\ I..- A! v\(\` Gnnnhlo Gn uia 1l.U5'IL;uu\,-L1 nus V. \lIl\d ...._,. Therefo he did not trouble to let Theodo aknow of his visit. Indeed, the feweripeople knew of it the better it would suit him. H_e had practically nothing else to do besides see Mr. Matlock Gar"th, the detective. He did not even in.tend`to let them know at Leadenhall Street, the great Lon- don officesref the firm of Monk - & C0,, that. he was in London. He and G-arth could lunch together at the Savoy; and. ' when their business was done, he would look into the Carlton Club just to let them know that, although the newspapers might be ringing -with his name a.nd accusing -him of all manner of dishonorable things, he"was not ashamed to hold. up his head among his fellows. n-n__ :1~ LL.._.._- 1. . . * . . ....-.A 4,. Inn VVLI-Cl plullua VI Ullllwn Mander was`Glare M0nk s old- est friend. They had started life together. _ They had been class- mates in the same National school and office boys and junior clerks in the same shipping office in Blackport in those very early days. But their paths had long ago parted,_Sir Glare s had led` him upwards on his sensati-onally rapid progress; `Reggie Mander s had led him upwards, too, but at a far more leisurely pace and in a widely different. direction.` 1u~-_...:-_..1....: 1-`;-4 n..- I\`. :l`|l\ 4-,... Business. / Notes cashed or collected at the most favorable rates. . ur... nnah l.hnnnAa drawn On any IIID LIUGU lldlltllla lilo 11.1 n vv Then, if there lnapperlee be- time, he would look up Mander in Victoria Street; but only if there was plenty of time. L Il'._...,.l.... .....,.`1"vI...... `l\A'n..!y n nld ll. Vv|\A uuvnvun c._, .... . . Manderhad left the office for the reporter s room of a big pro`- vincial newspaper, wherehis car- eer h`adj.re,ally started. .However, he never did achieve. verysgreat success in journalism, though he'~ went from the provincial news- paper. to an important sub-edit- orial post on a London evening paper. and [rem there"to `Egypt 1.11;: |..'I- us: u as a special correspondent. That marked the beginning \Of a new phase in his career. After the -war he gave up legitimate jour- nalism and wrote a novel which had considerable success. There- after -he wentin for novel writ- ing and travel, and at this time was one of the vast army of writ- ers of fictio'n_.earning rather pre- cariously an income of a few hun- dreds a year; 11- ___.s nI.~_....'. 1u'.....1. I}.-.-I `vnv\` nn I. uuo u .1 uum . He and Glare Monk had kept up their early friendship. As a mat- ter of fact, Mander was `one of counted"really as a friend. Man- derWuos one of the very.few men he could meet without the feeling that he was being exploited--a man to whom he was plain Glare Monk, and not the B1 `ckport mil- lionaire, the Lobanz King; When Monk reachedthe plat- V form of Chalet Lane he found that! his journey was not to be altogether as incognito as he would`have wished. Lord ;Mn- croft was` -onkthe platform -wait- ing-` for `the same train. Natur- ally, the two greeted each other `and got into conversation; the the very few men that Monk result was that they trayelled up ._ 1"1:`B4-EIap o.l_Ios jciqada. A Agsets: s13;ooo<,fog;9. , _ T . BY` Coralie Stanton and Heath `Hosken `' Es_tabi'i"she.d {S515 The Dog as. far as London` itogethher, -_ J`_1 I-.:... I....'A..n, 1 35 I111 35 huuuuuu. uU5Uhul7L._ '-"It was not long before Monk _notieed LordManeroft _:had, with his morning paper.s,'-that vividly colored novel, The White Man", 'and that his} 'lordship..was making futile effor..t,s_'to hide the fact from [ his_ companion. Sir Glare promptly put an end to -his well.. meant endeavors `and his most obviousjembarrassment. ' - ` IIIOSB IaVUl."d.Uu: raucu. We cash Cheques drawn on any Bank in Canada or the United States. Accounts collected. Sterling Exchange bought or mold. , . . Special attention will be given to the accommodation of farmers in this locality. a Money to Loan on Mortgages. Agency Sun Life Assurance Donrpany of Canada. - Otllce Hours 10 to 4. '1`. BEECROFT, Manager. `.`-Ha;\_;eV3reTt1"rea,d that delicious work of fiction?" he asked. bI_--l. T VVUIA U1 ull\.(|JllJl.L; LL14 ywuauuo .9`D{o, said Mancroft; but I. have been hearing a lot about it everywhere. ` Everybody seems to be alking about it. From all ac- counts -it leaves precious`-little to the imagination." 9 I -19,] v--v -....-...-___.-_V_,. Of Vcourse, you know what it's all supposed to be about, and who `to be `P the villain of the piece is suppos- ;,u_u n ..__.1:'....1` DU JJUE `,`I have been told, replied` Mancroft, with a. smile of apol-e ogy. . \ A H1 1....-......9l. ...u-.1-I `kn Tnn.-Jr cn';r\ U5:-' -I haven t read the` bopk, said] Monk, in the tone of 2; man who did not very much care whether he read it or not. ` , It seems. to me a great shame, said Mancroft, that, just because a man likes to call his writing fiction, at the same time.as he cloaksreal, living, and well-known people with imagin- ary names, he should attract ten times the attention he would do if he said exactly what he meant,_ .-and called a spade a spade in at straight-forward honest fashion. j Also that he should escape the? consequences doesn t seem quite fair either. Of course, Monk, you know iyou`re supposed to -"be .`SlayeI' Bunkum in this choice piece of realistic litet-a'ture. 7 L__| -1. LL... so; I na{.;"}{.;ai~".iti5i;t; `at the [same time, I cannot for the life of me understand how serious men can pay attention to this sort of thing." V I ve only just started it, said Lord Manor-0f\t\ carelessly. - ___'_ .1 A-_A-....,. Al... Dalu LJULU. LILIAILULVIU vswn u--.,...... My impression gained from the few pages I have already perused doesn't altogether tempt me t.o `continue. At the same time, I have gaineda distinct impression that the book is inspired. That. of course, is obvious. It breathes Drake and the Drake propaganda. in every word. _ _ Glare Monk frowned. I should like to meet Drake, he said. He interests me greatly. I cannot understand a man who is so vir_ ulent. 9 V n - 1-,9-1 _-:_l t-.. `.1 |L7lL ltn He is a fanatic, said Man- croft; fanat,ic.s are always viru- lent. ` :1 nv'_'_-A_'._ Tl IKJLLLI lie is more than a fanatic. I cannot help seeing some personal bias, some an.imus.- Of course, I shall- he charged with mixing up personal affairs with those of public policy; but, from all I can ascertain, this Valentine Drake` has some reason to dislike me-- hah! dislike is an absurd word-- to actively hate me. and to do all that is in his power to make that hatred felt. `What do you say, Mancroft? ` Iaord Mancroft shrugged his shoulders. I think, as ,1 have always felt, that ' with fanatics, religious or otherwise, the- rules of `ordinary life do not a.nd never can apply." un1A Ll..- L.-.-.1 .-.4' .~... lynnuylndmn" Licensed Auctioneer and Appraisal- For County of Simcoe. Prepared to conduct Sales at reasonable rates. Satisfaction guaranteed. l Jll --.Q-I.I Q6 DI...-.-`404I uau upylg. To the best of my knowledge"! said Monk, I l'iav.e,. never V done the man a bad. turn. - I have never met him. I shouldn t. know him if I -were to meet him face to face. I cannot help feeling very strong- ly about this recent business. but frankly, I admit that, so`far as I am personally concerned, I am as a. babe, :1 man groping in the dark. I am surrounded by invis- ible enemies: and yet for the life` of me I cannot tell why they` are enemies-N u ,1, 1! ._AL_______,] UILUIII IUD - From all accounts," returned the other, f`tho man is very in- competent,'and really, my dear Monk, of no account--of no ac- count whatever-, I do assure you.- Manet-oft dismissed the whole business with a wave of the hand. But Glare Monk knew differently . `'sun_.._.. .1) ........`.-...4,. H I... l`7\ lxl. \JllIJlJ From all accounts," . he an- swered, I should say quite the contrary. At the same time, I` must confess `that he strikes me as being a singularly unprincip- led man, or, shall we say, a very `ignorant one. Fanatics are al- ways dangerous-'-far more dan- gerous` than reasonable men. l verily believe that he means well, though he does a lot of harm. uxrnx- ____..1._ brnl..- (17l...'1... IA`... 9 IIIIKIKJUII ll\J unux WIf0 wrbt do you think? 461 L .._.....if 2; `hi; wn}'{ 1&'an,~ `H vu- 1.1.- ..........'-l.......t \`\I J V. L. UII lllgll 0 I haven t the remotest idea," answered Sir Glare. nu-nu n'II' . ___jj. ' 1-1-_-A lblluvvwl UL! KILL xaluau "The fellow writes well. .His stuifis undeniably powerful. It reminds me somewhat of Mand- er. You.know the man I mean-- Mander, who wrote .`The Eleventh Commandment, `Esther the Spin- ster, and that extraordinary nov- el that everyone was talking a- bout last year--`After the Feast, `I think it was called? 1.--; -r 1-__...... 1UI ....A-.. hlllll ll; VVIAFI Uthltuuu Yes, yes';'but I know Mander very well, 1 said Sir Glare quiet- ly. He's a very old friend of mine--my = oldest friend. We've `known each other all our lives. I am quitecertain that, whoever wrote the wretched screed, it . wasn_`t Reggie ,Man'VdeI-. You can take my Word for-that. _ Anyhow, `the style is` his,,` re-` torted Mancroft. And, ' forgive my `saying so, Monk, the chap, who_ever7he" is;-`has got y"ou~t,o' the.-r l'fe.; ; There" Sf` no Am'isitaki f1;g.v fyoul n d, mind you, ,-it i`sIITt.`a~1td.,e`_t_1,1eIf offensive, you I{now;- that is "to say, it .makes'yo_u_ 0uf,;t0* be quite the `ne fell0W-`--which`;\ of` course, you eare .-" Lord Maneroft laugh- ed. AB_u.t~, by\-gad, if it s anything like what he makes it out to be in ;_the Lobanzo it s- absolgtely jus-` LQAA H ` I...- 'tied. V - l;lI.l.Gll.- Look *:here,. si1d_denIy exclaim_ | ed M-o'n,k,.what do you seriously .think,- 'Mancroft+-f1nan to man? 1 1uv,_.1_ 9! ...... IGLUD. Dal-Lauauuxuu bus uuuuuuu u- 120 Bayfleld st. Phone 191 Orders left at A. F. A. Malcom- son`s Oice will receive prompt attention. -vn.-..-- -.......-..-_ I~t-hink, my dear M_onk, re- plied Mancmft, th"at'it s entirjely your? own -Tf:";i1`1lt.- Forgive my frankness, but you invited it. If , ____11..:__,.. tn` An ...Hl-`V 411:. 1L`a11nucaa,,uuu _yuu lLLv1uuu ...._ -- you have anything to` do with.the British Iruhwe Rubber Company and nt_heiP\ /diabolical practices-- --- 11...; 1 4l..:...'l, uuu L}lU.l1" I,A1cuJU11uu1 tlLywuvAuuw for that they are .that, I think,` general opinion and investigation have abundantly p_g0ved--y0u cer- tainly ought t0'0Wn up 1ike'a man; own up, sir-,- and make a clean breast, "of it. And now 111 tell you _.._......1I..:...- which I wanted to tell you before. . Last week. I sold out everything I had iI1 Lobanzo stock --- every penny; and you know I was a pretty big holder. 'I`hat s straight from a business man, and a man who has the greatest opinion of -you, Monk. Surely you don't want ime to tell you that, do you`? Yes, Em, I sold -out everything 1 had in I.-U..DlI L11 llu LLLLLA 1.1:; V1` a. nu. uu.. _, -- ` so`methving else, and someth~1ng\ ' l.ol.>anzos. _ The dickens you did! Most decidedly; and, what is more, I am not. alone. Worthy. sold out a A clear fifty thousand. ' pounds worth. His constituents were beginning to ask questions. Besides that, I know a dozen smaller case. of the same Sort. " I wonder w o bought, by the way`? L61 VVCLJ n - , I did, -Alaconically I-et,u`r-ned Monk, with a grim smile. _, -91 .-..... .. llttln l>n1rn~n LuLuu\, vvxuu u. all!!! U . . . . . V. Mancroft. was a little taken aback. Of course, my dear Monk, he said, as business men we have no sentiments; but we really must pay at.t4eni,ion to pub- lic opinion. It. s about the. only thing that cmmts in this very moral age. The. `vox populi, *y0u know. It. was never lI'ueI'. -r Quite so, Maucroft; but I` never, have and never will. Ii know my own business very much better than the public. Other- wise, I should not be where I am at the present day. The public a fool. You don t know it. That s why you are what you are. 1 do know it. That s why l am what ham. At the same time in` this partiular matter I am quite. prepared to stand by what the public decides in the end; that is to say,vwhen it has all the facts} `before it. But not before." u DLIUUL uu u;.uI.xnun. u_;; u._ `t`No, the_judgmeut of next year f` -this year, for the-matter of that~-the judgment -of the next annual meeting of the Lobanzo Company. How about that?" I st".\.- ....,....... Llnnt all {lain 3.: run uvausu nu. ......., __ The judgment of .p0sterity," sneer-ed Manc1'oft.. ,_l .1` ....-.-l _.nnn ITM Reading Needs] \JUlIIpu;L.y. ;;.uu .....,V...., .,--.,..,- Youlmean that all this is un- true? Mancroft again tapped the offending novel. ~ . Absolutely. ` ,.And that you have nothing whatever to do with the B.I.R.G`? Absolutely nothing. _ Then why, in the name of all that is wonderful and utterly in- comprehensible, don t you let the world know it?" -,-1___.9_ ._-.__...- VVLIL Ill l\ll'~JVV All! I don t care a tinker s curse for the world; but, for all that, I h-ave let therp know it. What do you mean? uuvu -uv v-._`.-`- _--..- .. --. .. _-__- _,_ you But prove it, man, prove it! Mancroft was warming to his subject. It was one which he felt strongly, and had long wantedanl opportunity of expressing himself in unrneasured terms. Nothing, surely, could be simpler. v in whose Monk winced; but he answered rmly enough: As a matter of fact, it is to prove what. I have long ago said that I am going to London today, the reason I post- poned my projected visit to Moba. At the present time. Mancroft," he added sternly, it is not alto. gether attering to a man in my position, and with my reputation, to have to prove his word ofhon- or. "My word has been doubted --the'word of Glare Monk. Well, it is not attering. In the inno- cence of my heart I thought. that that would be enough- at any rate for such men as you, who have had reason to put `it to the test on more han one occasion, and who---forgive `my reminding you of it-have'_f made fortunes out of that same word. Oh. yes, you wince, but you know it s true. Well, Mancroft, you won t,have the chance again, if I have any- thing to do with it. But Lobanzo is goingito boom. I hold your -shares. and the shares of Worthy and the other cowards. It `is well. We shall see some fun. and we shall have a jolly good run forour money. I am sorry, how- ' ever, that-nothing in the future can ever . make up_for what I f have learned over this business. and the loss of the trustof men opinion I thought I stood high ; men like you, Man- i 1 me all my life. .Ah, vMan,croft, you shall `see -what 'Grlare Monk .9] can do to a man when he isreally 1 ,;a~ngI,`_Y; you shall seelwhat sort* of E `a"it.h`1ng is`G-l`a-re` 'MoI1k S revenge. ( 7 `croft, and others virho have known A , `Lord Mancroftt left `Sir Glare .] Monk on` the Varrivalplatform_ of , the big Lo_ndon terminus with the 1 feeling" that he had. made a very - big mistake , and a presentinient of impending `calamity. He would have given much not to have met the Blackpprt millionaire` that morning; the memory of that talk on the journey up to town, the words which `sang in his brain I and the look he had `seen in the Lobanzo King s eyes went far to unt him for the important bus- iness he had in hand that day. /'11,. kn n.-. There were a great many _loads of potatoes atthe market Satur_ day and during the early part of the morning a universal price of $4.00 a bag seemed to be estab- lished. Tomato plants and diff- erent shrubs for planting were on hand. I Eggs and butter did not change much from last week s prices. --A--- A- 1.`.-`I | -Average. prices were lows:-- Butter .. .. .. .. Eggs .. .. .. .. .. Fowl, dressed, lb .. .. .. 250. Young pigs, pair .. .. . $12.00 Potatoes}. .. .. .. .. Potatoes, basket .. .. .. .. Seed Corn, cob.. .. .. .. .. 5c. Parsnips, basket . . . . .. ..25c. \Beets, basket .. .. .. .. .. Beans, qt.. .. .. .>. ..y20c.` Onions, basket .. .. ' Green onions, bunch . . .. Seed Onions, lb. . . .. I . .. 2.00. Rhubarb, bunch . . . . ..' .. .. ' Apples, basket .. ... .. .. 35c. Dried Sage, bunch . . . . . .50. Summer Savory, bunch . . . . .50. Thyme, bunch .. ....5c _ Horse Radishgbottle . . . . . .150. , Morals, quart .. .. .. .. ..10c. , Clover Honey, 10-lb. pail . $.l.50 Clover Honey. 5-lb. pail . . . . 75c ` Buttermilk, quart. .. .. .. ..5c. Knitted socks, pair . . .. . . 80c. [knitted mitts, pair .. .. .. 75c. [iHay,,ton .. .. .. .. $15.00 I Straw,Vton .. .. $8.00 A EXPERT MOTOR REPAIRS `Al|'kinds of small rep`airing-.- Prompt. Service. Touring Car for hire-Mot.orcycle for sale.

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