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___________ . "Maintenance of a happy, comfortable home" for her pet dog is made a sacred trust" tovthree surviving children in the- will of a New York woman. . I Uul gunning unyuning E156. - They gripped hands. Jimmy Wayne then took up the pictures. Wit-h meticulous care he arranged them in their order to the portfolio. Without a word. without look- ing again at the painter, he left the studiot gently closing the door behind him as his wife had closed it two weeks before. A .1 .. _.-' L V 1 1' ou cared, she said, for pictures, so each was to be a study of some pose that you d like to look at on the wall or between the covers of a portfolio. The poses are drawn right enough; the paint, Jimmy, has `struck in.` Well ercprees it that way. After a time. it'll do you and me good to remember her exactly as she was; now, it ll do me more good to see her happy with you. and `I'll paint better pictures for A what I've learned through. painting `her. Go back home. Don : shut her ou; of yourllife any longer. but make it an existence fit. for her to see into and to share. If not. you---well. you'll lose her altogether. I'm afraid. with- out gaiing anything else." Thou I1!-lvxnnrl knilrln '3-------- G7 ~ uunu:1u.u Ly_','t'l-ucr. ' Wayne, see here! She never knew what ~I was painting till I'd caught and nailed what worried her--d'ye understndv? She was almost angry with me for learning her secret. .but- I `date-rmined that I d make the 'p.ortraits real. She wanted them pretty. I believe; dainty and lovely, to attract you. You cared, she said, for pictures, ' WES ff) hi` Fl ehlriv A` Qnrna I'\I\rl\ O-Inn` uuuu n J vc--wuuwruu IuruIII\|-I I Green garden stuff was offered on the market on Saturday morning in greater l abundance than ever before this yearand . the prices were fair, too. Young -beam sold at 5 cents per bunch and two bunches for 15 (cents. Carrots were two bunches for 15 cents. New potatoes were a pretty scarce article and sold at 35 cents per half gallon. They were the first offered. Swiss chard was 5 cents per bunch. head lettuce the same, with rhubarb. onions, sage, spear- mint and peppermint the same price. Green peas were 15 cents pervquart in the pod and 50 cents per quart shelled. D..L:.-_ ____`I __- I 11 I .1 Rhubarb . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ; . . . 5c bunch Young pigs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. $10 a pair .1359) . . . . . g . . . . - . . . . . . . . . . . O`ZlC (IUZCH Chickens . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 40-45c lb. Hens . . . . . . .L . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 28 lb. Green Peas (in pod) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15c qt I(:`rreen "Peas (shelled) . . . . . . . . . . . . 550;: qt; ettuce . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..` . . . . . . . c ea Swhs Chard . . . . . . . . . . Q . . 5c bunch | Youngvbeets per bunch .. 5c and 2 for 150 I Young Carrots . . . . . . . . .. '2 bunches 1`5c Mint . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5c bunch Sage . . . . . . .- . . . . . . . . . . .' . . . . . . . 5c bunch Green Onions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 5c bunch Potatoes, per bag .. .' . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. 750 New Potatoes . . . . . . . . . . .. 35c half gallon Hay . . . . . . . . per ton $13.00-15.00 table` implored him to bring her and hef hua'b:md together. w;vnn sag `nu-AI EL- __..-.. L---- ---`--l ' --_ _....`.- -V -v Nu -II wuuvu `rm; uuuvhln ` A few _\'oung_spring chickens werebffered at 40gand 45?cenIts-per*g}ound, while hens sold at. 28 cents; per pound. ` - ---.-. rut: -in-u-nu u|Av||\\Iu Butter and eggs held around the same price as they have been for weeks past, the former gelling at 35 cents per pound and th latter at. 25 to 27 cents per dozen. - ,0! ,I . A `Act! .._--._- -4._~ Phones;-:o'ttEo' E3,` vn;i_ae~nce ass SATU R DAY MAR KET . DUI} HI. E5-27c dozen 28c `Kn tn} "'(fdvt.) 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Moulding, Water Troughs, Tanks, etc. We carry in stock a large assortment of Rough and Dressed Lumber, B. C. Shingles and Prepared Roofing. Wood Turning and Kiln Drying a Specialty. Dressing done promptly. V r`.nn|:nIl> no nu `nun: lml.l:.... MANUEL. MGR. Phone 72': Ill! l'lCo J. A. MacLaren, W. C. Walls, Mgnager, - "Phone 32 xua pus.-Jluua. ` ' ' He isn't weak. she rext-erated. /and he loves art, so I want you and your art to make--" ' \ uy:_____ 1I1,,,,,, I n . . -. DU 'llIlIIC?"` Jimmy Wayne love you." Adams fin- ished for her softly. -He looked hard at her then. and--saw. ` To :1: -15 -:-._._ A- ___I:,:-, u uuxuud ueueswme. ` She anticipa t_ed Adams answer and her eyes flashed." ' ' ' KT.-.4 ...... -- ..._-. -AL "' cyca unaucu . Not you or any other man can cail him week." she said. Perhaps not. But do passions make a man? yaynei has. I `remember. a strong will that he uses to drive instead of to curb v his passions." II. :....'o .......i. H _L- _-:L__4.J H - ' ll(5l UICW Adams' lips parted tospeak, but she ' hurried on: You quarrelled`? Don t tell me! It don't wish to know. Jimmy hasn't told urnd it doesn t matter. I promised to be :quite frank, didn't I? My dream is for V you to paint me as you ve never painted anybody- You're a stranger and not a stranger; for you_ knew my husband earlier than I. and you came first when._ as I've elready said. he was a young. untried man who took the people he cared for close to him. You paint, too, on hold, strong lines that he likes. Weakness in any form. :he thinks detestable. Sh. ...+:..:....Io...I A".-I..---" --.-~>-~ ' ' mu: uuu l`EiIll,lllS pnougnt _ _ If you will do a series of pictures of me. his wife..I will be entirely frank with [you about my idea." she said. Politics excepted. the one thing Jimmy czires for is pictures. He doesn't. care so much for I the suhject~-only that it's done well"'--her `smile here was heartbreaking--so I---I thought I_wouldn't ask you to {latter but only to paint. what _vou see in me. "You I used to know him well. You may not now i be in touch. not in sympathy with his pre- ;sent life. but you knew him asva young." untried man. and from what he tells me. you must have been close to the best in his ' nature. 'A.l,_..,,` I` ,. Unzwu $45965. Cf PEI" JUII Ill IUVBI-I03 OW o Both old am! new "addresses should be given ` w2n.ehn.nxm.f;;d.d_r.a.a. is reu.u..eatod.,_ .CAN- CEl.`Lh'[`{,9NS,-v-We find thin most of our mimribasiwrefer` not to have their aubscrips` Q79u.interrupted in case they fail to remit bel`ore.expiration. While subscriptions will not. be carried in arrears overau extended pe:j3od_, you unless we are notified to cancel, -wcytnunie the subscriber wishes .the service -- J` .......| 'b-...:u....... ..L....I`.:-L- ._....|- I... mm: uu: uuucuuug. mcnesse onuge I `She stood up. So nervous was the quick movement that the painter flushed, fearing she hud readohis thought. If vnn will An In '......:..',. Ar .-:..A....L- -1` wuu\. ue nus as remarxame couecuon." Adams assented: He'has. .It s among the fines! inhAmerica." ,, V V Then he thought:_ I. didn t suppose Jimmy'd got it together for the sake of the ipititures, -but because other big moneyed - men are collecting. Ridhesse oblige? l Fffl IIH Rn nnrnlvu uvu..I Gin. nn.J. IIGIIHJHA - Oh. I know it's a queer thing to ask. ibutv I mean it--really.` One may, I sup- pose. talk to an artist as to one s doctor , to get him truly to know one. Mr. Wayne is very fond_ of pictures and admires your work. He has a remarkable collection. .Al`nh\cv oaunnfnrlu lJ.L.... YA`- ... -7. as aluuucul-gly any as sne was on coming in. That is-~no't his portrait," she stam- : mererl. I intend to surprise him wit-h the pictures at Christmas with several pow trait studies of me. Will you do them? ' Several portraits! My dear `lady!"u ' She clasped and unclasped her nervous hands. l unL v L , -.9 was uxuuww'KuD1e. one loved W ayne. I did--several years ago. He went in for politics and I for art, so we drifted into different sets, Adams said. . A strong head. I'd like to paint it." . Oh, isn t it `daring--splendidly estrous! Would Wayne give the time to sitting?" Adams asked wonderingly. I thought you wanted a portrait of yourself." . She shook her head. No---I mean yes!" - Color and animation faded, leaving her as shrinkin-gly shy as she coming in. 'I`hnt, is.--nn +. his nnrh-nit " dun no-uun, u uu u yuu cumc In 5 _ I She moved away from the door. and. like a frig-hten`ed child, sat on the extreme edge of u Flemish se?tee against the wall.` Adams frowningly studied -her. It was ir- ritating to have to re-draw his mental por~ trait,'getting no help from what he already knew of Jimmy. ' 5 M a You know my husband?" The tone in which she asked the question`: was unmistakable. She loved Wayne. T l":I`___IYAn` Ivnnun noun `J- ....._L 2.. lvlllib NU IIUIU {NIH Ellllllllgly C0". We painter fellows," he 4 are always glad to get an the pus.si.ble sitter would `like. Won't you come in?" \q`\n rnnvnx` nu.-vnv fun. 6|`. U! `G WIIU WK llM.lU.}lUUUUlll'l uuyxcuo. The nervops little creature Adams saw was not pretty, -and yet must have been quite wonderfully so when Wayne had married her. Her face suggested `that it had once the charm of color; it was worn. now. and far too pale. Her eyes were `heavy, as if she were not a good sleeper; around them and her mouth were lines that should not at her age be noticeable. when she smiled. Her smile, indeed. ap- peared to have been etched by herself on ._the sensitive skin s surface and under the` `unpractised hand the lines to have "gone somehow wrong and been bitten (in, by tears. She needed. Adams thought, a ton-l ic to pullout of her nervou`s conditin and grow wonderfully pretty again. Her shy- new was. that of simplicity discovering it-! self,- which. despite the lined face, gave the illusion of `unmarried youth. Winifred Wayne. fbefore knowing it, could not possib- ly have been so shy. I um um mm... (1 nr........ " .4... ..'..:.1 Q uuvc own so any. I ~ I am Mrs. James G. Wayne." shqsaid. and you are ..Mr. Roscoe Adams, the artist?" . T A She spoke with timid. rising .inflect-ion.` It's good of you to let me call to-_-_-`to explain more clearly what I want. I was afraid you wouldn't undexstand." ' Adams laughed. ' ` I m afraid I donit--fmm your letter."l He smoothed the crumpled bit of paper that he held and smilingly consuited it. Dainter fellows." he said 2eninllv_ Mrs Wayne!" A ' Adams hit his lip. The tone of incred- ulous amzement was involuntary, and he - was provoked at -letting itescape him. n An; overearly successfulportrait painter, he was by nomeans undeserving of the later repu- I` tation for distinctiqh that only half-hearted-E ly he enjoyed. Today he had sketched; V then, with complacence, I finished 9. full-l length mental portrait of the wife of Jimmy -Wayne as she should be. On crossing his: studio floor to greet her for the first time in the flesh, his picture was destroyed. Jivnmnu Wnvnn was a nnfininn nnrn ant` `WV lllllli Nile EUKJHUIIUUI WUll$ a(aH_U UUFVICQ u iinued. ` Remittance: should` be "made by registered letter, money order, or cheque psychic at per in Barrie. T . I A Il....Y nnn-u D115-.. III UHU IIUGLl,' Q15 ]llV3lllll.U WK llI$lIU C\I- Jimmy Wayne was` a. politician, pure and simple, who in English could be called nn:fknh n1.rnr\]n nnu nnnn :3 Inc urn:-l.r;nn BIULPIU, WIIU III I-TIIJSIEII UUUIIJ IIIW \iHII|=lI' neither simple nor pure. `He was working for the Tammany nomination for mayor of New York, "and it was believed that he would get it. Though no worse than] other self-advertised, self-ma-king` men in` politics, Wayne did those things that. his` political sponsors stood for, while his choicel of a wife was independently difbrent. I Thu nnrutuln nffln In-nufliu-A Atlnrnn nun! VII-TQIIVCI-I ll: said geniall_v.' idea of what . Excuse me. uu may 1 umwu uuu Lulu all war. 1 man L Sh put her hands over her face to keep from him further secrets; then she un- covered. lifted _her head, faced him proudly. . I-. did tell. You saw and painted, but I" asked you to. There's no\excuse for my II [I] ll.` lUl'l.'lIl7I1|l. Why," she asked in a shamedtvoice. keeping her eyes turned from him. "did `you paint me like that? Do I look .`1t isn't right to tell. I wanted him to ill--`al\-rays? -And so lonely? . It is I. I've seen myself in the glass look like that on the days he's been away speech-making; but know a little~-not so much. How did you do it? How could you know`? Why did you? It`wasn t kind to -paint. It s unfair to say I talked and told all that. I didn"t.." ruin. `inn I-unvuln Aug... 1.... L`--- 4.- 1--_.,, nu]; III: ualusu nummy. She was looldngvinfently; then without taking her eye from the pictures she blush- ed a slow. painful. Virgina] red to the tips, of `her ears, thence to her temples and pure- white forehead. ` - 7 H1171..." _L- .._L-.l :_ , I, I He `brought out the porrraitsu With the exception of the full-length figure in minia- ture.` drawn on` the first day. all. were studies of her head. and he called her to i look. His sensation of triumph died away. and-he turned to her in fear.` rs... ...... in... .i._._n n, ,,,:' .- uuu-uc uurucu IO ner In near. ` Do you like them? Do. you care for Any?" he asked humbly; ` `A Rh: uma Innbihn inn;-'.ol... ck-.. ...:L__.. vvxvu any Ulullly HST. IHLIHK U0 10]` C0!` or! What. a medium! Its the melody of paint. Drawing is setting down the notes; but color is the interpret-ation---*t.he musical sound." ' II - L, I. A A-' - -~- `l'j'.~-\JIIIuU CIIII UIUIV lJI IIBlII' .oVV `pm year in Julvance (in arrears $2.50); United States. $2.50 per your in `advance. Inn nhl nnvl non: hlhlrnnana ahnnl kn unn uu: uuu punrurt out couiun I get." _ Without looking at her, he seized on yesterday's painting; The fifth portrait . had been twice worked over and was by his side. iHe knew that if he looked again her expression would change. that it had. of course. changed already. He lost. before by looking. but learned the secret. that spiritual likeness must be painted by flash light. The soul cannot without loss of in- .nocence stand shivering to keep a required pose. . . There--I have you!" ` He threw down his brush. .You're" done. Now look. See them every one. I6/shan'-t` retouch to spoil any with my clumsy fist. Thank God for col- nrl Wlinf u nunrliuvul Io", L- -~-`--`-- -` Juur uua`u:uIu .' I . An eager little smile on the sudden played in the corners of her mouth. and she flushed faintly pink like a seashell. Again the ; painter savagely transfixed the sensitive in- validism of her look for Jimmy to under-A stand when he should see it.. Beyond a doubt the-portraits would be speaking like- nesses to Jimmy. I We might drop` politics." said she. and talk of `art which you and Jimmy have in common. Isthe picture you re working on this morning as good as that which you say you finished yesterday? Better. ` Let me see. Do!" she coaxed. ' No. no! You mustn't. Wait till the sittings are over. Tomorrow will be the last. If you re a' good child, and don't. do anything to spoil this one short hour, I may not askyou to sit again tomorrow. The lot ll be finislgedf Really? The wistful pleading in her eyes made Adams moan in pain. He threw down his brush; then picked it up fiercely. . - Sit Still. no nlmien Mr: 117..."... 0:4 unuau, uicu [IIUKCKI H up nercely. "Sit still.` Do, please. Mrs. Wayne. Sit still. That's the expression I wanted for the fifth portrait but couldn t get. _ withllf lkin Rf. ho kn chin`-U3 -- ..-... .-.......a mugucu uuvugut. Unt should care ever to vote. Oh. wouldn't you? If your vote and your women friends votescould help along your husband?" , A.. .........- nun- __._!I .- [rut a woman. l 3 I ` remember that and---him." Adams said grimly. He s thego-ahead type that- butts against obstacles, and 'doesn t stop to pick up the pieces of the idols he smash- es. That sort of duty--_ci\'ic reform duty-- he leaves, perhaps for women." She seemed puzzled. You mean in politics? Precisely. I don't know, "she said so sex-io_usl,v.l that Adams laughed outright. "that I nL uuuul.l.. L .....'II VI` nu}. uc mswus rurmessly to ms board. I Yes. oh. yes. a greatdeal! If I could ihave cared for politics only a little. he d| ihave explai1ied,.son{e latter things. But` Jim's mind is more impati'entl,v virile than, most men s and impatient of stupid women.l You rexnem-ber that in him, Mr. - Adamsill My husband doesn't think politics the field for a woman." 1 `*1 -.......-_..L-, n uxm uluI"l`rC(l , ' I The oxprewion fluttering in her eyes be` pinned with the aching joy of the.poet- entomologist, seeing Psyche in the buttery that he fastens ruthlessly to his board. "Yes, 0'`! VA: 0 no-on` .-L...lI Y! 1' , ,I I ugu-ncuplllg, rusung nun. . ! She talked often of Wayne, and the paint- t er encourgerl it,` while all the time the. artist in him grew in proportion) that his sympathies were unconsciously worked on. He `was in love andhe suffered her pangeu. while he was able to express -by his art both] her love of Wayne and the hopeless passion` that drove his brush to reveal her. Win-ll 3 ifred Wayne. to the Philist-in.e Jimmy. F You were together a grea_t deal when` first married ?, I FFLI` _____;___rf P` A. I I ` A :eyes and the mouth, and with still more! lpitiless realism indicated the point of the -' small, -sharpened shoulder over which a? lgauze. scarf floated carelessly. . | "Never were portraits more conscientiously = drawn in detail, every` line a. hieroglyph toi itell Wayneits story. In the use of color` Adams was particularly cruel. For one picture he posed her head against a vivid lred curtain, accentuat-ing her pallor, and ' employed in turn for each study the sump- tuous furnishings of his room for the differ ent backgrounds to the type of face of ag vigil-keeping, fasting nun. I She fnllirnrl nhnn AG IXTn...... ....-i LL- ., A . . owuu -Hu 1 ve mocked you in,"\he said. Adams blocked in half a dozen portraits in as many days, and set himself doggedly` to` the task of plucking Winnifred Wayne's 1 spirits from her. Because she had lost! `physical charm she fired his iinagination.|_ I He guessed at what she had been. and knew .' I that to a physical certainty she would again] bud, unfold, and. blossom into girlish good` looks as soon as Wayne's smile would again stir in her the sap of happiness. The artist s : concern was with her wounded spirit, strip- ped of its physical trappings of purely orn'a- j mental flesh, so he drew -thesharp contour; got a face that ought to be rounded andi ` smoothly young. showed the hollows in the! I temples to the least visible lines around thei ieyes and the mouth, more ni`tilaqe rianlicm 3n:l:..u+...l 4|... -\..:_L -: .1: J i;;.i{;,;,;;...; '1en}; ' " ' Cor. Elizabeth .gnd Small Sts. could see to" paint it, could make Jimmy Wayne see--and feel too. In years gone -by he had above all -things longed to make his hard, brilliant friend feel. She must ! have "looked like this often when Jimmy s` eyes were turned from her. The triumph i of the painter`.s' art would be to fix the look `by his brush forever, and let the man for `whom it was meant study it; let him state and, staring, learn to see. That's portrait lpainting. ` . . Stand where you are; I want the atti- tude. It wpn t be a`big picture, but we shan t measureby inches; it`ll be--jus you. Stand vtill I've bloeked in,"i,he said. Alllhi lwlnnltnrl 1n kc" n rlnnnn .\....L.....:4... were mo strong to De neld down. _A man can't_be of comfort to the wo- man who's just lost the baby she has looked. forward to." ' ' Can t. be`? See here, Wayne!" I Adams spoke quietly, -for his bitterness was gone.` Something he intended to have speak to Jimmy from the -pict_ures cried out instead tohimsel-f in a frightened, still. small voice. like Winnifred Wayne's. plead- inor with him to use his inuence. to re- inforce his' painter s art with the intimate words of a friend at this moment when, Jimmy was not the grasping politician but only the very ordinary `human lit-tle boy in the dark, needing-comfort. too. A.WinnifrPd Wayne's portraits spread out thereon the I Dreco is a never-failing source of `relief to those ._su'ering from internal ,ailments. Its natural tonic and,,reg- lulating action on stomach. liver.`*`lrid- 'neys and bowels quickly restores them to normal functions and replac- es misery with glowinghealth and strength. Dreco is made only from herbs. roots, bark and leaves, `and contains no mercury, potash or hab-- it-forming drugs. ' Dreco is being specially introduced in Barrie by H. A. Smith, and is sold by a good druggist everywh EVE . (Advt.) ]ll\3lV-lll`l`S. i You loved her." he said at last. curtly. 3 defying the -painter to deny it. ! Yes. . | Did she know?" . ` 1 She couldn _t know; she loves you. 2 .-\da-ms' voice was broken; it trembled . with passion. To her `it wouldn't matter," he said.; f `a dozen ,men cared. She can t know those things; all that she wanted was you.l All that she didn't have made a vacuum: around her till shenearly died of lack of--'. `u- I '0f_ t.he"love atmosphere. I suppose. You! have your chance. Go back to her and She's mourning her child." `make her happy." Jimmy's voice was husky. Hie feelings` were too strong to be held down. I A man mm`; L. -4` ......:-_g ;_ u. .. .-.v. uuu a. pauucu HUI`. U Wayne studied the pictures. taking them "up, one by one. and putting them downi ngzain on the table. He was quite white._ but_ cool as is the man accustomed to keep-? ing his feelings under control. It was at! least fiffeen minutes before he spoke again. i and all the while he was examining the: pictures. i V-.. I......,1 L-.. H 1,, - . . . . - - cur. l We, don t mean to--1mless we re out? and out` brutes--- but they do suffer-t-he! delicate little `things who can't undrstandi the world and a man's unclean living in it. She let me see. and Ipainted her. \xr........ _;...I:_.: LL - . nancu IIHII. What? What do I want? Why. did! she let you paint her like this ? How much; do you know, and how did you know it? Id--I,ne\'er meant to have her suffer. Ros- cue. Hvvr I 9- IlllC\`I ` '`Adams. come here! ' At the sharp cry the artist got up heavily to dross the room. What dye want? he asked him. 551171.-` 0 `I7! . u v A --A- u.-upuuu yuurseu . I Adams pointed to the port-folio. Thel exnl:ma.tion s there. Look into it. | W91':\n tnnlr kn ...-....t._I:- ..,.W A -' cnluullnllull as uu-rt`. LOOK Into It." Wayne took the portfolio over light. A table and a chair were by dnw. and he sat. down to examine tl tures. ' nu 1 ' -" WON .9 BROWN _.._...--. . uuvs. yum. vuuu. Uul. J. ll2I\'(`.""HeI'. ' ` A-hh! You`ve a chance to make good? then--`to make good." . ._. Wayne stared at him angrily. What do you mean? What s my wife to you`? Explain yourself." - Al'nI\\n r\a\\u\`-u;J L- 1.L, , .5 1- ll--N I My wife has been seriously ill. Roscoe. I old man. They tell me that now she's out `of danger. and to please her I've called for my Christmas present. She knows I admire your work. What have you done- her portrait? It hasn t- been ordered sent home. she said, which troubles her, and worry is bad." Lnkn` :5 :`9$' ;_]_____ an n - I ;vuu;v us uuu. ` I < What is it?" Adams could barely frame the question. \ _ She was always delicate, and the child was born premat-u%rel_v three days ago." ' v Adams nut the nnrtfnlin nf n...o....:... :...- I ~~~~`~ ~-~-~---v-- -V! \' I"! f |'|-"`50 _' `. On Christmas Day still no word had `come, but in the late afternoon Jimmy `Wayne. culled. His appearance shocked `Adams. Jimmy looked older. coarser than when last they had met.` Self-indulgence leaves ineradicable marks which were there in plenty; besides, there were the marks` of upheaval of the man's whole nature. Something had happened to stir the hardened surface and make f'L~:sures lthrough which the boyish Jimmy showed. Without preliminary greeting~quite as if they had met the- day before instead of l years--Wayne said. A... .. vA\I\'\. u u--.. uuun IJCIIIIHJ HUI. | Jimmy be damned!" said the artist. j Days went by, and Winnifred Wayne` idid not send for the pictures nor in any way indicate that she was ready to receive them. Adams buckled down to work. He was painting harder and painting worse- thanever before, and knowing it made` I him the more miserable. He did not, poor . fellow. appreciate to the full the effect. on lhim of his recent experience. However lexcellent it may be to build up character, work for work s sake is bad art because art ` exacts work for love. Adams had exhausted hie nmntimml fm-n. km 1.:_ ......|:,... ..t .\r_.. thucls wuns 10r I0\'e. Auums had exhausted his emotional force by his studies of Mrs. Wayne, and was not ready to take up new Isubjects with the artist's enthusiasm and [impersonal love for painting. I. n.. m...:-.__-.. n ., - 1 , lrlll IIUK IUUQIHS UL lief. ~ ! "I said: `Love me! Love mel' Said it crying like a silly child in the dark; I did not know I d saidit before you. But you --heard?" Yea. I heard." Will he?" she asked childishl_v._ He's so fond of pictures `and these are very good. Will he know, without my writing under- neath. and will he be angry?" ` Adams began putting away his brushes. "He'll -know, I think. Shall I snd the pictures, or keep them for you till Christ- mas? You won't want them knocking round your home for a week or two." I i L Gl\l . I V! . 1 . -_..-_ ',--.- ..v...y ova an yum Ill cull. AOh,' no! Keep them, _please.' till I send-that is, if you don t mind ? They re I safer here where nobody I see them." Lt`! .._:..LL.l.--.- - ,_,,u- - u H . 1 _r_-- -.--- nu..-` -.v-aux-J on yvv n-u.u.n. I "I might `have a portfoo made," Adams. said grimly. They should be numbered and be kept together. Shall I?" T I Please. She lingered; then put on her hat and ! wraps. prepared to go. I I non ? fa" unn kn--o T C-..` " -1... ....2.I Don't! I have some tremendously im- portant work that, adequately to_ta`ckle. I must force Jimmy and you out of my head. uDon t waste time `in thanking me. Mrs. . Wayne. Simply let me hear from you on. the day before you want the pictures. and: `I'll send them around to your address. a Is that satisfactory? ' Perfectly. Jimm_v." she said from the, door, smiling almost gayly over her'should- ier. will come himself to thank you at I Christmae," I uuw gram: ul-- I PIES.` `Ca"\|`EE(S`Al;l-3` rvisrmr v cu. vuu uuuu: uuuseu E0 man . . , ! Chrwstmas. She closed the door behind her. I luv' I -.11 . llll$`U - "What did you say?" He spoke hoarse- ly, still not {coking at her. "I nah.` .l\I'n Inn` I.`-nun I713`. Qnbl :b I wnzps. prepurcu to go. I I can t tell you how -I feel. she said. E -how grateful--" n:\v|`f' I Luv.` n.-nu... L......-...-.l---L- 3- r to the v a Win- the pic- I ..n uua-pun i ` relief ,u'ering ',ailments. action li'ver.*`kid- restores , : with . - ' : . l\..__- 3- 3:. u.IIllcClJ. I n For the past eight years, says n ; Mr. -Harper, my wife has been a suf- ,_lferer from stomach trouble. Terrible ' .- 5 bloating after meals and gas pressure .t!against the heart caused `great pain. .Even a drink of cold water would 9 ` sour and form gas. She was constip- lated all the time, in fact, never miss- ` ed a day when she didn t have to take `a laxative. Her kidneys were in bad condition and caused severe back- gaches. Dizzy spells, spots oating be- lfore her eyes and nervousness all ltold of _a sluggish liver. . -I It seemed the first few doses of Dreco gave her relief, and I cannot zpraise it enough for the good it has I E, done her. She is now practically rid ,3of all her troubles and is able to eat 1 her meals with great content and no -bad after-effect, and she wakes up in V the morning feeling..ne and res : lj freshed.. I A Mr. Wm. Harper, of 152 Giles St., "London, 0nt., had worried for years over the distressing physical condi- tion of his wife. She had scarcely known a well day for eight long years and, while she persevered with her ghousehold duties, it was under a 'handicap of acute suffering, caused; as is the case with so many men and :women,_by a badly run-down. system. How speedily she responded to the greemarkable corrective properties of 'Dreco had best be told by Mr. Har- per himself. . A . I I21..- LL- __-,L ' `- Mrs. Harper : Stomach, Kidneys and Liver Were in Terrible `Shape until Her Husband Discovered Dreco--- I This Great Herbal Remedy Speed-I ily Restored Her Organs to Tlgeir Normal Functions. sHE su1=1=12man FOR fy EIGHT _L_o_1gc YEARS ._..,- ..v....... n `.1111 rvuunn IJCAUIC. Adams knew that the door they closed on going out was a symbol that she and be reunited passed from his intimacy for- ever. He was the friend who knew too I much. Intercourse with him would, in the future. be awkward in proportion that they were happy through his intervention. They would be grateful; already they were most grateful; but he had played with divine fire and must st,a_v in his studio to heal his` burns and to work. Yes, he must work-- work! He took a freshly prepared canvas and begun to work on a new picture. saunas.`-'65."