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tho v9r1d- V Saw the most profitable brand: I bI|I\~l|I Attila AlIIA!BA ` _ VVOl5n I--I really can't explain, Mr." Rem1ngton,_ she gasped, tears slow-, 1 1y Welling in her glorious eyes. Do; ; forgive me, I beg of you. But I---Ii must go. I ought never to have! ` accepted your invitation to come . here. I am foolish. terribly foollshd; But oh! If you only knew, she ` cried. If you only knew the truth you would think better of.me--you T] I would I know-pity me! i (Tn HA Anni-rInnnA\ E Let` a. uenu uuunce 01 some momentsu She `passed her hand,across her` brow, with a quick nervbus gesture, the expression upon her face show-. ing how worried and a~g1t-ated she; was. ' U1 .1 ..-.11._ ......n. -_,-u.r -- p::auu5'A'y CU neI`._ Because--she held her breath. her great eyes became fixed upon; mine, and" she did not finish her: sentence. TX7.-dl lk nnnnn _. ...L..nu 7 _ _1-- .1 _ 5 3`! see that you have already dis-I covered the truth, was her rather! cryptic reply. I can explain noth-- ing turher. I'm awfully sorry, but` I can t-not now\ | `XfI-luv IIl'\'.")` T nan!-AA l_A...1.!._... _.. nus Luv strangely. ` Then you really admit that your allegations were false ones? I asked quickly. You knew that what you said was not the truth. Now, M-Isa` Courtland, do tell me the truth, I urged. 391' an hInn.l- nu Inn:-A f\`IlA.l\`oo Ac- cauuuut: u. inure ciuseiy. I Not in the least. I understand that upon Doctor Campari there was` placed an exactly similar ma-rk. And why? I_ have not the slightest idea. The whole affair is a complete mys- tery to us both. Ilhave had letters! from him. He told me that you h-ad seen him in Milan. . I "And lna+ nh ...-... AL: 1.... '....'-..-_.1 ucuuun: uuuu-,'l.`zl.Lb'u."' I It is still there," she answered, looking me straight in the race with those big, wide open eyes. Look!" and with a. quick movement she pulled aside the broad -go1d-embro1d- , _ered shoulder strap or her black] dress, revealing her lovely white! shoulder. so perfect in its contour with skin soft as satin. And there. upon me back or it, I saw on the white flesh a. long, thin, scarlet scratch, an lll-formed symbol mark resembling ta. capital E". `1(`.nn vnn nnnn-nn+ en Iron 1` .-.g1u.A nnsuxuuuug a. capital "N". 1 Can you account for it? I asked,. bending to her shapely shoulder to examine it more closely. I N0? in fhn `lane? 1 nnnmannn. BXNGEROUSVARICOSE vams % REDUCED on MONEY BACK u51,y xu'cu'n upon your snou1aer`(" I had reasons--and still have` reasons-for conceal!-ng the truth," she said simply. Ti TH-QFII uf`n1 +11nInn._nn `Ann '4- aux: acuu auupxy. Is -the mark still there--or has It! become obliterated?" ( If H: 39111 O-knnn 9 1-an -----------5 uuu uuuuzt-:ru me alone." Ah! Then you deliberately con- cealed your identity! I remarked.! Vifas the motive so serious that you? hesitated -to bring to Justice those). who had made such a. desperate at-. , tempt upon your life, and made that 4 ugly mark upon your shoulder?" . T hn nnaunnu_-nna at-All hnun quCJ.AUu. I had. reasons, was her reply as she gave me a mysterious glance. To tell you the truth, I had no intention of allowing Inspector` Wade to make inquiry into things that concern me alone." Ah! Than unn ,:..m.,......-.-. --.. pcuyxu at. uu-3 nUS'pl[iu." I For what reason? If you at last remembered it, why did you not tell Doctor Fleming and the police? I` queried. _ | T Inn:-1 -...\...\.....n _--- 1,. Wood," I said with a. slight sax--I castic laugh. She smiled. Then she asked: Won't you t_elI me how you know my name? I never gave it to the. people at the hospital." ' F30? \7L'1'H`If rnaanr) TP unn ab 1...; u wuuuijj CHI! Eggs, doz. . . . . . .` Butter. lb. . . . . . .V Chickens, lb. . . . .. Cream, pint . . . .. Geese Ducks. Fresh pork . . . . . . nouo'Ioonooco Wood, load . . . . .` Cordwood H1511 an an automobile. l `There has -been a marked falling otf-in thesupply of chickens at the market these last few weeks `and last Saturday was no exception. The buyers bought fewer than -at any market since before `Christmas, for the reason that they were .not a- vailable. There was no change In price.` however. Butter showed an advance of `two cents. selling at 42 and eggs remained the same as last week, 40 cents. Otherwise there were no changes. ooouuooooocooop-so aooiooooouovoouooo Apples, 1-1 qts, 40-60c Chinese turnips 5c Cabbage. each . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5-'20c o 0 o o v o o u 9 n o o ` OOOIOIIIlOIOOI.10c storzsc Parsley, bunch Sc Vegetable Marrow: . . . . . . . . 5-100' 0 o O o 0 0 1 0 9 0 V g` Cooking onions, 11 qts. . . . . . 600 ' Sweet Spanish onions. 6 qta. . . 86 a B-..lL.... nun.-- _..J I-__- sA1'u RDAY MARKET Cold and stormy weather kept the attendance or bolth vendors -"and buyers down on Saturday morning. Farmers repented that in some .plac- es the sideroad-sand even the high- way were nigh impassable. There were long stretches -where -there was room for one vehicle only, mak- ing` turnout -places and lengthy waits! neoessaz-y._ one farmer from the Dalston section gave it as his opin- ion that the Government would be well advised -to take off the snow- plow from n`ow until spring. He said the results did not justify the ex- pense. in his opinion. "I don't know where `they are going to put any more snow," he said, explaining that in some places it was piled as high as an automobile. I"hAI-A than uknnn - .....-...u-...: o--nu_._ iw&&i&&mm&&ww ..... _.._..-.-.-_ DELAYS Air? DANGEROUS i 1 vv rag-vwunwu uunuusg U qtlo no Poultry. Butfer and Eggs : Rn!) nuu VV"-pl Ly me: " (To be continued) IIUI00OOICII|'lII QUIZ poiocoonuovuouooo concomitant: |QIIIIOIOIIC.CUIO hutoovooioooo ........100,3tO1`2`2G 0.8. No. 1 G.S.}N'o, 3 o..No.1 . . . . . .. 42c 28-30c 35c.- . 800- 0 0 0 o . . . . 14-160- . . . 15-17c 87.00-38.00 .. . $10-$12 P * CVCII lullzto But before giving up to chronic dyspepsia. Just try the effect of a '! little Bisurated Ma'gnesia-not the 3- ordinary commercial carlbonate, ci- [trate or milk, but -pure Blsurated ' Magnesia which you can obtain "from practically any druggist in E? either powder or.tablet form, 5; Take a teaspoonful of the powder ' or four tablets with a little water 3,; after your next meal, and see What a difference this makes. It will in- stantly rfeutralize the dangerous, ` harm-ful acid in the stomach which `, now causes your food to ferment, land sour, making gas, wind, flatu- lence, heagtburn and the bloated or I heavy, lumpy feeling that seems to followimost everything you eat. You `an enjoy your meals without a fear _of in-digestion. C8 :2-1-j- FOR INDIGEST 1oN I People who stiffer from indiges- ; tion usually have tried pepsin, char,-' coal, drugs and various digestive `aids and got little more than slight I i temporary relief - sometimes not even that. `Dun `L.-.e...... ...:-_:__._ ,.,, No painful` cutting or greasy salves now needed to banish piles in any form. Dr. Leonhaz-dt s prescrip- tion HEM-`ROID trees the blood circulation in the lower bowel and removes he dause. I-t s brought quick and lasting relief to thous- 'a.nds-1t must do the same for you or money refunded by Douglas Drug Store or any good d-rugglst. 5 _ -:- }, DR. w. A. LEWIS Surgery and Diseases of Women. Associate Coroner County of Slmcoe rl ._nn_. I DRuE.G.TURNBULL .Graduate McGill University, Mon- Itreal. Office -and Res.-_-Cor. Eliza,- beth and Bradford Sts., Phone 106 , Office hours: 9-10 a..m., 1-_3 p.m.. 7-8 pan. L. J. SIMPSON. M.B. ~ PHYSICIAN A-ND SURGEON _Otce and Residence--Collier St.. corner Owen. Barrie. Phone 275 I n : DRS. LITTLE & LITTLE : Physicians and Surgeons, Barrio 1 Office and Res.-47 Maple Ave. , Office hours: 1 to 8 pm. 7 to 9 p.m., `or by appointment. Phone 213. IA. '1`. Little, M.11 W. C. Little. M.B.` 1 on. N. w. noeans Physician and Surgeon Special attention to Obstetrics Office and Residence: 50 Mary St. i Phone 101 `Office hours: 3.9.30, 1.2.30. 3.3.30 uuw surgeon apeclaust wnn tno Imperial Army, 4% years. General Surgery and bstotricu especially. Office-140 Dunlop St.. Barrio Phone 710 P.O. -Box 1078 --8.Il(.l-- on. w. H. CARSON . Graduate of Toronto University Phone 61 Office-58 Collier St. `Hours: 8-9 a.m.. 12.30-2, 6.30-8 p.m. DR. 0. A. ARNOTT (McGi1l) _ Physician and Surgeon` `Office and Residence, 97 Eliza! ' (Formerly Dr. A1-nall s Office ' Telephone_ 557 -- vvu rn.|Iyl\.l.`aJu3 3? where we are equipped better than ever to at- =`te'nd to all.y.our wants `in the `line of uuw pruuuuuuy DIICK t0 normal. Sheep are harder to estimate. Europe is back to the pro-war figure, and ~Rus:-man stutlswicu Indicate -a very marked rise in thwt country. or gmup of cnuntrlesx, us it `Is now. Ausrmlia moves up and down quick- 1_\' with the water` supply. `The U8. and Argxontlne haive lost ground In sheep of late years, but are now re~ covering: somewhat. V , afnnlt l`nt\`:-II-an-- ~--- ` -` ' - J. AHCORBETT . NOTARY PUBLIC. `Conveyance: in- cluding drawing of wills, deeds. ar- ranging of loans, etc. Insurance or all kinds. Executor; Administrator _and Trustee. Thornton Ontario. RADENHURST &. HAMMOND ISARRISTERS, SOLICITORS. ETC. Mnnnnln 'l`:mnnIn `knlldlnar, Darrin DR. FRED. A. ROSS Formerly of Drs. Ross & Ross. Late Surgeon Specialist with the Tmnnm-12.1 A1-rinr `IL wanna IBARRISTERS, SOLICITORS. ETC. Offices: 707-8 Kent Building ` Toronto. Out.` 0. W. Plaxton. G. Gordon.Plaxton Tnuunn f\ Dlalrnn Rial} iiron DUNCAN F. McOUAlG. B.A. Successor to Creawlcke & Bell BARR-ITER. SOLICITOR. ETC. Money to loan. Ross -Block, Barrie. I ALEXANDER. cowm Barrister. Solicitor tor obtaining probate of wills. guardianship and administration. General Solicitor, Notaury Conveyancer, etc. [gmce-Hmda Block. 22 Dunlop st., I arrle. MONEY TO LOAN $11-I$'U. DUIIOILUFB, LVULIKIGI run- - Ho; Oonveyancers, Etc. Money to loan at lowest rates of In- terest. Oco-1:8 Owen St.. in Ma.- aonio Texnpie Building. -lam-lo. `Rn-nnnh OfnA.....1l!lmusnt uuunu a.uuunv uuuuuuj, DlIl7lUo Branch Office--E1mv:e: - |W. A. Boyl, K.C..M.P. J. B. B0!!! nIIlI1'\V-1lll`l3 llU1'll` IE. | In North -America beef cattle have` fwllon off by over one. quarter dur- ing the past seven years, but the dvnp is counterbalanced `to some extent: by a. one quzxrterr Increase in Amentlnrt. European hol-dings are now pmwtlcnlly back to normal. Shmzn nrn hnmimv -in o=.H.~....4... Barristers. solicit;-s, No't'u-ten Pub- Mn vsnvnvn nnnrn IE1-A Pile DONALD ROSS. LL.B. BARRI-STER. SOLICITOR, ETC. Masonic Temple Budldlng, Barrie Mnnmv vrn `LOAN Dl .l.'l3lB, DUJJLULL WED. .l'.`Jl. Vu- Masonlc Temple Building, Barrie 1|/I'(l1\T'l-EV rnn T.nAN DR. AINSLIE P. ARDAGH . SURGEON EYE, E.A`R. NOSE and THROAT May be consulted on Saturdays at Queen's `Hotel Ba.rr'ts`t'e;, "S'o-s;t-c>;."1'*I:>;a;y. Etc. MONEY TO LOAN `Dr.-an DI;-gal: fbnunlg aamt2{~,' 'ss3ifc:?Jr'.'z7:3i;. etc. MONEY T0 LOAN `Dag- D1nnI- `I3:-unul- IS ouR7(n-I)izE'_ .._I_.... _r- ` cm: US ACALL . Phqng 180 PLAXTON G. PLAXTON .q_o------- nu-`-anon-gong v Back to Normal World live stock holdings. accord- in_-.: to recent government statistics, are now back to near the pve-war level. .Cutt1e and sheep are ra.t`her above the 1914 base line: hogs are s'>m0\v.hm'e near it. 1' xhmth .A-nun-... 5..-: __....u_ u_-__, GORDON LONGMAN MU LUIIIIJID Dulxuuxg, I MONEY T0 LOAN Mu J.tuuyu.1 Duvuunug, . MONEY TO LOAN LIl.\J$VJH~l- J. \.I JJ\JlL'LV Ross Block. Barrie `H. H. ORESWIGKE IV-LV. L` I8 -I. L 1'} IJKIISAV on Block, Barrie. LG-Lluhlallo \l'o \J'Ul UV - James O. Plaxton BOYS C BOYS MEDICAL uuu prluu Uullulllllll. In Britain itself the cutting off of frcwln pork from tho ~Netherluida h as; resulted in the diversion of mrmy hogs from -the lbacon trade. `It is oxpeotod `that `British and. "Irish hogs will soon be supplying this de- mand entirely. "yawn Elizabeth. Otce) ` w. B. MINNIKIN Funeral Director and lmlnlmor Amhulance Service. : Phono 481 Motor and Horse Equipment Cor. Mary and Ellnbith Ito. In-rlc ` chartered Phone Mega 5874 G. D. campbu, 3.11. w. s. Hulb is. P1-oductidn Engineer '1'. E. Lawless, C.A. Manager Cost an d Efficiency Dept. f=7.. __-- V I)": AI 3. oterinarian an ul-goon Overseas service, Captain Impudtl Army Veterinary Corpl Three years post war practical 0.!- perience in England and Scotluld Office and Surgery : 48 Bayficld Oi. Phnnn 911 ru.-.r'AllN1 MINNIE McKERNAN JUUISL J,OllU.UUUu Danish shipments are expected to drop oft` to some extent: but Den- murk is the one country which may be expected to hold on fairly con- sistently regardless of the, `price for the time -being. `The U.S. export has been dropping steadily and `is now loss than one half what it was two yours ago. Ireland is holding up ba- con output. and at the same time shipping more fresh pork. I-I0l1and.. which as a result of -the embargo on fresh pork silipmeirts from the con- Unont. of 'EliI`0`p9 went heavily into the bacon business, seems to have _hnd enrrugh of that v<.=n'ture, and is reducing production. at `the same time s\vltoi1i11p,' much of itsoutput 1,0 the French fresh `pork trade in- stead of bacon. Poland is also re- ported to be `cutting down bacon production. As Europe, as a whole, hm not yet got back to 'pre-war grain production. and governments are trying to reduceimports of-cer- e.-xi .`~'.`r. ainsx, there is not much likeli- hood of any great increase in the .TJur0pe:1n hog'popu12vtion under nor- mal price conditions. In Flvitnin Hum? H-.-n l`nI1`b|(u -0: -4 Ectabiiahod 1869 FUNERAL DIREOTORO AN D EMBALMER8 OPEN DAY AND NIGHT Motor ambulance In oonnootlon BARBIE, ONT. 8 Phony- - - ' ulck, easy method: specialise In beginners. any age. Moderate terms. Phone 1446 198 Bayeld St. ZPEN DAY AND NIGHT 47 [iubotlr St. I Phono 818 :UMUND HARDY Mus. Bac., F.T.C.M. Teacher of Piano. Organ. Vocal and Musical Theory. Organist and Choirmaster of St. Andrew : Presbyterian Church. Gold medalist Toronto Conservatory of Music and Universit; of Toronto. 113 Worsley St. Phong O88 `:',',""""""""-""""""` < A. E. PRINCE a co. BUILDER'S-coN'rRAc'roa2s See us about those oors and alter-1 ations. `Phone 1154'W or 228. - o-- R. J.-EDWARDS G. EDWARDS Architects and Structural-Enginuro 18 Toronto St.. Toronto. R . J. Edwards G. R . Edwards. B.A.lo. Published every Thursday afternoon at the Post office Square, Barrie. Subscription Pric. - Canada and Great Britain 92.00 per year in ad- vance (in arrears 82.50): Um States. $8.50 per year in adv . Both old andsnerw addresses should be given when change of addreee is requested. cANC'EL`LA'1`ION8- e find that most of our subscrihdl prefer not to have their subscrip- tions interrupted in case they fail to remit before expiration. While subscriptions will not be carried in arrears over an extended period. yet. unless we are notified tooth- cel, we assume the subscriber wish- es the service continued. BENIT- TANCES should be be made by registered letter, money order, or cheque payable at par in Barrie.` J. A.'Ms.cLaren. Editor ` W. C. Walls, Manager. ? G. R. &. E. BURNS (Over F. Dutcher'a grocery ICOPO) Chiropractors, Drugless Therapist! Spinal Adjustment and Manage Electric. Vdbratory and Magnetic ' Blanket Treatments Patho-Neuromethrr Servico Phone 405.1 for appointxnom _ , ( For interview and terms, I ` Ross 81., I Barrio a Phontpw J "|. UUTIIIH LIIU I}I(l.`5L `\UKll"c In tho 12 months -to December. 1927. Denmark shipped over 5,000,000 }`u1nd1'edwei;:hts (long) to `Britain: the U.'S.. Canada and Irish Free State almost 1.600.000: and "otlher r-,nuntr!e.~4", Holland, Poland. `Rus- alzx and .~4mtM along `the -Bal'tic. al- most 1.800.000. ]\un|uh mhnrnnn`h:: nun nvnnnfnr` On and ElOOUtl0n`i. Singing, Speaking, Public tory and Dramatic Expru v cu ULFUII UTHICC A grade. 0 ORGAN. PIANO and mrmonrr; vorcrm mo- DU-CTION and SINGING (LIL examinations) ` 4::-- Yogxr READING Needs Are Well Supplied At SCOTT S BOOKSTORE i FUR REMODELLING AND REPAIRING uAI(EB|fA|n -- - G.G.SMI'l'H&CO - av: GOV V7 I130 Organist and Oolluor Strut I. AI` - WILFRED E. SMITH O.A.A. REGII-STERED Annuw-nmn-n vv u..rl1:U I:. am! I Fl U-A-A. REG I'STER`ED ARCHITECT MIDLAND. ONT-ARIO Although last tail was unusu ily favorable for corn harvest and all plowing. for various reasons. there are many fields or stubble unpiow- ed and an occasional field of corn still standing uncut. In [these cases the farmer can save much time and hand labor next spring by going` over the fieid with a. railroad` rail or heavy timber with a sharp edge and breaking off the standing corn or stubble. Lawson Caesar. provin- cial entomologist. points out. This is best and most easily done on a. fros- ty morning when the ground is bare, and if conditions ave right a ten acre fivld can be broken off in a `few hours. Tllhon ufnhhln la hv-nlznn ml ? in` this Rub Gontly and Upward Toward` the Hint as Blbod in Veins Flown That :1. If you or any relat ve or friend is` worried because of varicose veim_ or bunches. the best advice that anyone in the world lean give you is to ask your druggist for an ov`..r_ina1 two`, ounce bottle of` Manna : ` Emerald O | -"W11 OH. CAMPBELL G. LAWLIOI Chariot-ed Accountants 3 Main 5874. 59 Vnn-M "`` . _ _ V -1 auu SHIV GENO examinations) ----- ALSO ---- "i`;' MISCELLANEOUS ______________:_______ MUSIC LESSONS _ : on. A. s. BLACK n... :0!-Ina:-inn nu: EDMUND HARDY Mun. Q gp, ETD 'T- `-..._.*'-`- van Du MINNIKIN In-Qatar mm 2...; Thunday, "Mp-on 1, 192:. CH lROPRAC'I:I_C IV ---uwu cw: v '1 Other countries", those which until u couple of years ago sent so little (bacon -to -Britain that they were lumped together in the trade Stzltlstlc.-1. I"clS`t year shipped more hm.-on into the tight little `island than did the United States, Canada. and `the Irish Free State put `togeth- er. There, In brief, is 0, great part of the explanation of the persistent weakness of the British bacon mar- ket during the past year, In rhn 1'3 rnnnthu -tn nnnnmhnw ,,____-_- VETERINARY - - ---vvnl I"III\O&IvO tint Choir-mutor United Church `Al nr ITDIV A xv -- - --` ARCHITECTS upuuxlllg, Public Orn- Exprouion . auungltlnllll and Surgery Phone 811 BUILDERS LUI, speclaio 9. St. ` urs. When stubble is broken off in` this way it is easily buried 'by'<':are-f_u! plowing. The stalks. of course. have to be gathered and burned. as it is pructlr.-al1_v `impossible to make "a clean job of turning them under. Use emu ac. ---------.--- '_ FARM News >14 >1 %$w&mwwm&w&$w , .0X0l0X0l0X0I0I0I , I In A Bacon Survey ..n....&..lnn'l 6-kn;-a all, mail H l.`l 1'1UU it was strength) and apply as directed night and morning to the swollen, enla ed veins.. Soon y`ou.will no- tice t at they are growing smaller and the treatment should be con- tinued until the veins are of norm- al size. n LS0 penetrating and power- ; tul is Emerald Oil that even Piles i are A p quickly relieved. Douglas rue: Store sells lots of it. 9 Steady Sale ' I `The U.1S.~demand for dairy cows.` which -has been so notable a factor in raising prices this year, is like- ly to continue. according to Eastern. States a.utlhori'tles. The dairymen supplying whole mllkto `New `Eng- land and Atl-anutlc seaboard cities, do not raise nearly enough calves to maintain -their herds. and this. fact, together with losses from the T.B. test and increasing demand for milk and cream, makes purchase a necessary. "This demand for re-_- t placement cows is going` to con- B tinue," writes a member of Unl- y verslty of -New Hampshire staff. 1 Farmers in Northern New England r and adjacent sections have a -good 1 market for surplus stock if they 1 bread and develop good cows. F1`-he .,danIger. lheladds, is that high prices may tempt the farmer to sell his :' best foundation stock and leave him no-thing worth while to build upon - I for the future. ` uuu Vluuy luv. --aura. Lu. uunu. : Even`~the IFIRST spoonful of Ad- lerllw relieves gas on the stomach: and removes astonishing` amounts` of old waste matter -from the sys- tem. Makes you en:loy.youz- meals `and sleep better. No matter what} you have mad for your stomach. and bowels. Adlerlka will surprise! you. Wm. Crossland, druglglsta 1| - vu u Ivor IvIiV' Vvhere roosters have had their combs and wacttles frozen rubbing vthem "well with glycerine. in which two per cent. 4o`f1,vsol has been mix- ed. [helps to prevent swelling and discoloration. comes a hint from Alaskan vi:-t `Saskatchewan. The 1 same `mixture. rubbed on comb and wattles before a coldenap. helps to prevent -fros-t `bite in .the first place. T1'ave1lex"s in Alaska are reported,to" be using this mixture for frost bite and tovkeep their dogs` feet in goed shape. - \ H I '"" '""' " ' . . I Production is increasing` all across ' the country. bu-twith Lent opening, incubation withdrawals from trade , growing, storage? .sto'cks `not `as 1 heavy as earlier reported. and 13.0. ! dealers planning early stor1ng`.- the 3a-bsorptive -power of -the market is I also rising. , v-v C1 vu I-gut . A `feature of the 0C-anadian egg` market this win-ter is thatno U.S. I6$:`;`S have -been imported. I-Ieavy -shipments fvom `British `Columbia have `been the weakening factoret l'1`oronto and Montreal. -Now; it we ' only had a. tariff. | 1\__-:|_'__ I VCIVI I `IV Ever hear of the Bristol Fairy? No. it's not a featherweight prize fighter. It's a. new form of -the old breath or gypsdphila. with double flowers `two or three times as large 1 as the older form. It `begins to flow- er `earlier than the ordinary baby's breath, and sitter the first burst of bloom is over shoots come up from the base and bear flowerslthrough until fail. `It's a perennial. and under Ii -avornible conditions will reach 9. i height and spread of three feet. flower garden favorite, baby's - wvw wuuvvuu A new development. new at least to the `writer; who is not a. bee- keeper. in the bee business is the employment or two queens in one hive. `The brood chamber is divided into two `by a d-ivision board, and each half given a queen. Instead or working overtime and wearing herself out in egg laying the queen takes it comparatively easy, remains in good condition, -and the bees. do not build queen cells to replace her. The result. according to reports from the -U.!.S.. is less -swarming, all the "brood combs `filled, consequent- ly stronger colonies and larger, honey crops. Fuhermore, if a queen should die during the winter re- moving the division board re-queens the colony and prevents loss. The board is made a. trifle less than in- side hive measurement sothat the bees on both sides carrythe same, odor and accept each other as mem- bers of the same colony. -vvIII' um` IIIV TIII Nitnogen in fertilizers costs money. With a. well inoculated le- gume crop. however. the bacteria may do down" as much as 100 Ipounds `per acre of this valuable element. Dominion Chemist F. '1`. Shutt. in experiments at the `Central Experimental `Farm. at O-tatawa, found that `field soil 'w`hic`h had grown red clover for two years, with thesod, turned `under at the end of that time. -gained 175 pounds -per acre, an average per year of over 87. IIIUSL Ill Ulllrlluo. , In 1921 about 225 persons applied for trees, and 2.000.000 were distri- buted. Last year 4,000 applications were received. - _ vvv Iv Ivuv IVIIIIIVII Thirtx; mnillien forest seedlings have `been dis-tribu-ted by the -On- tario Forestry `Branch inee it `be- gan to_ send out such material in 1907, and the demand has grown to such a degree that this year officials expeetwto ship ten mili-io_n. Three quarters of these will be-used for private planting`. the rest for muni- eipal forests. Ninety-five per cent. of these trees are pine of various sorts. with `the white and `red now most in demand.` T Tn 1091 am... 00:: m........... .......n...u' rsold to another? as "Grade B. Hal also objected and when the. car was flnallyvsold no_ one was sailsfied. .-.. ---....,;,-. --v w.--v vi-U uuguu Vb IIIVI Miss Courtland. I do not know why you _should be so distressed by my presence." I went on. "I `feel that I must speak to you," I I don't want to sum vnu " nhn An- of what he described as extra qual- Spuda Are Spuclo One reason why pontatoes from the Maritlmes are finding ready sale in Ontario may be found in this story: An Ontario grower consigned a. car itv Gradn A pot':1toe=: to the U.F`. Con'per-atlve. W!ethout being inspect- ed it was sold to a dealer as Grade] A. He turned it hnnlz mm H mm- Mlss Courtland. you appear. to en- tetaln a -great aversion to me. Why? I am your -h-lend--not your enemy," I said. I)..A. -1..- ._-_-_ __-_L A _ , I A I --I `nu urn uv vs -vvC I _-.v-v.,, - -..vvu-u But she gave vent to a short shrill scream of terror and * covered her beautiful face with both her hands. as though to shut out sight of me. Wlllna .fVn.....6l.......1 I` .1- ..-L I------- uru. 1 must spam! (0 YOU." I don't want to see` you}'.' site de- Tree; by the Miliion -5-: 'n4lIIln_ 0A._..~L .._. Drawing on the Air n...-... n-_.4..|u___,_ Bristol Fairy" now AI 61-... .`l3...I..4.. For Front Bite __-_L_ No U.j Eggs Inn A1 L... .n.._. 'cHAP'ran_ ix `The Birth of Lovo Two Queens This Simple Home Tregunent ii Amazing Result; In: Imoo Mvsrm By \Le Queux uw nwme 0]. C018." ' V ` I only know that you were pre- sent through the whole affair. and it was you who pretended. to have discovered me in Dean Street." It was no pretence. I protested quickly. I was walking alone in the fog when you came up and a- bused me,.and said that it Frlfr were with you he would kill me!" V - "And so,-he would hwve done. at- yrvuy gu-rs words. "As a. matier of fact I do,not possess a. studdo. and I live here; amd not in-- St.LJo-hn's Wood. Fur'ther.TI have .no friend by the -name of Cole." ' ' T nmhy I;-u-um 51...; ---.- -- ' uu'uau:1y nu explanation to offer." I 1 But what knowledge have you_ 1 of the ha~DD6n1ngs- on the nlghtu when we met?" I inquired. * At irst I had no knowledge. My memory was a complete blank. But afterwards it siowly returned. am'd I now recollect everyt-hin-g-ho-w needle. I .'1'ell unconscious, That nv A-Lu-uetllwl ` IIIU. ` smith."'A't r`ny'i'n`-vitation -she re- Why?I asked. bending towards moved her fur coat, revealing that her and noticing how agitated she she wore a pretty. black dance had suddenly become. for her white was that same necklet or clear were trembling. The cigarette nearly green `chrysoprases cut in cu-bes.` fell from her nerveless ringersgand that she had worn on the night at by her attitude I saw a determina- our strange encounter. ',tion to preserve her secret against She took the armchair` to which her inclination to be trank with me. I invited her. and looked up at me She seemed to be eager to co-ntide with those deep wonderful eyes or in me. and perhaps askmy adrvice hers. as though waiting for me to and assistance. but she was in mor- I begin. ltal "fear of the consequences. or "Well. Miss Courtland. I said what? Did these two low-class tor- "leaning against the table and acing eigners hold her in some thraldom-- her, I hardly expect you to be bonds which she -had perhaps tried quite frank witheme. even though I` to break. but had failed? am frank with you. because of your 1 can't ten ycu what actually attitude to me after your unfortun-I happened," she gage,-ed_ I meg ate seizure in Soho. You no doubt, you, a.1d~n't 1? And you called the recollect your unfounded allegations; poms, 1 know that Doctor mam. a%tW1St 7"Y31f.'-"' . ing was puzzled . more especially by Yes.,' she -Said quite 08-lmllh I my loss or memory. I could not at "mm`b"-" first recollect my own name. And-- "VV911- as D6l`h&IJS YOU already and by the way--how dovyou know know an Italian triehd oi yours. D,r.i that my name is Courtland? Campari. was struck down by a I heard 50; - sudden seizure in Milan on the same .149;-e was 3 poser; 31,9 1...}; .tm.ned night. and a mark similar to that my question` against myself. How DOD your shoulder Was afterwards could I explain the manner in found upon 'him.". which I had learnt her name? I ha. "13: T Irv-|n1nJl :.L.-. .......-..I_-s -- tery to both. Ilhave lettersl . _- And just as you did. he accused frock embroidered with `great gold chest was rising and falling quickly, me of being implicated in the 9-3- butterrlies. and on her whit-e neck and her tiny, well--formed handsl fair, whereas I am in entire ignor- ance of it." . And perhaps Mr. Remington, it is just as well, she remarked, regard- ing me strangely. ones?" dis- I'm._aWfu`lly nowi Why not? I asked, bending ap- pealingly to her.` ` Well, lbecause--what?" I asked af- ter a dead silence of some moments.: she` Luuuu upon mm" . Yes. I know." 'he remarked al- most mechanically. , g ` 1 But the most extraordinary fact` is. that when Dr. Camparl saw me [he made a similar allegatlonto that made by you! Naturally I am much |DLlZZ19d. Can you explain It? .Sh9 Shru2`E`P I191` nhnnizlnuu A-3- |puI4I41t'u. UEUI explain it?" ! Shrugged he h lsmild mysteriouslslr`. S 0'ulders' and] 1 It VVOHYI1 if-!".!n.1ynn An -`DA:--_ -__._ BIUIIFU 1uySte!`l0uS1y. . I "It would strikevyou as vary cur- ious." she said. But I have unfor- tu'nately`no explanation to offer." what knnurlnms kn..- ..--- Luuuwvu me ana exclaimed: 5 Oh! How very cosy you_ are: here!" The tire was burning bright-g ly for it was lit every evening whether I was at homeor at my temporary lodgings` at `Hammer- smith. At my invitation I Rhn fnnlr H-an nmM,.I.m..- 4... ...1.:-L 'curc+u. - ' I When at last I let myself into my `flat and switched on the lights she H followed me and exclaimed: (H1 uh! 'lrA1nn nnenu --nu n ..- 1 A ` I For 3 years I ate only ba'by food. everything else formed gas. NoW.' thanks to Adlerlka. I eat everything and enjoy llfe."---IMrs. M. Gunn. , WVAHQHA IWTPQT unnnn-Pu! nf AAA` IIUF I offered to.Dl_1t up the window as it was cold. but she expressed her- self quite warm enough. and as we `went along Whitehall to Westmin- ster she remained silent, only re- p%),\`ring* to my remaxrks in monosyl1- ~a es. 1171.-.. -4. 1-..; In 1 A , -- - - 8&1 : her. LU llUl'!UlLo "I want to talk very seriously to you. Miss Courtland, I replied. We will talk when we get to my rooms. But first I -have to apologize for making such an unusual request. though we are not exactly strang- ers--are we?" I added. That is true. we are not. Of course I accept your apology," she gala drawing her fuars closer about I 92`. ` ayuluua umu was SO DUZZIIHSVY What is; its you want with me?" - she demanded in a curious tone. al- most as though she were speaking to herself. MI -....-....L J... L.;1I_ ._._.A_, - - 0 She entered the taxi and I got In beside her. I touched her hand accidentally. and its contact thrill- ed me. Could this be the same wo- man whom I, had -met under th'ose strange circumstances `in Dean Street. and who bore upon the back of her shapely shoulder that strange symbol that was so puzzling? What is in van want mun wan? "my... '- ..u-vo u a wvaaw-`u Vi. IIUI-u She raised `her blue eyes to mine sharply. but made no comment. I sawdistrust in her glance, and it seemed that she was overcoming h_er reluctance because of her antipathy towards myself. and in order that she might perhaps score a. triumph over me. Her terror had given place to defiance. and though reluctant and apprehensive. she accepted my invitation with an air of `fearless- ngss wh`ic`h I knew was only assum- 6 . I ed. IICH Juan; uctutu uu: Luau. I swear that I am," I declared. placing my hand tenderly upon her arm. "I know that what -I am ask- ing you is unusuale-to come to my rooms. But we can talk there undis- turbed. Will you trust me as a` man of honor?" I begged of her. Gian _nI.--3 L-.. Lu..- ruuusxuuu HID"-l.ut1L I KNOW V Only_too we'll. she answered in a. deep hwrsh voice. "I know that you are Ralph Remington." ` And T lrnnm vnn `Minn hnud-_ scmusus um` Luruuuy Lu cue wzucmg taxi. ' ` "You, swear that you are` my friend," she asked standing hesitat- ingtly before the taxi. -dmnivn-n -an L.-....a &..._A....I-- ..._-._ L -. .. ..----- vupnV&InaII\I If you are suffering from gas} pains. he-adawhe. -constipation and. any stomach. liver, bowel or kid my disorders. ask Wm. Crossland, d!`11g'$:'lSt, about MILLE`R'S CANA- DIAN HERB JUICE. It is a true h61'h2l remedy. does not contain any `dangerous drug ` 9'b o...-auv~ I I 91"! IVCIIPH .n.uuuu5Luu." And I know you. Miss Court- land." I said taking -her hand. and leading her forcibly to the waiting taxi. 1315 n ' I swear to you that I have no e-vll' intent. I only desire to talk with you and makeocertain explanations. You recognize me-'-that I know." N(\nIvr Gnu `nun H nkn n.....`-.......-.:I 1.. - \{UIULl,Yo "For a. second she `hes1tated..and' instantly I saw that she was-waver ng. - ' T nnynnv: in unn blnni l' `mourn an em." ._....- -..-...-v .~...v- rvuvvvvvn - "Ah! you would entrap mels she gasped." staring at me just as she had stared on that foggy night in Soho Do you really think I could trust myself with lyou-know1ng I what I do of` you-eh?- `Wlfhnfnvnn vnn mnv bunny `I knit: Wllcl: I U UL` ,yuu-vu 5" . Whatever you may know, I have committed no offence, I respond- .ed quite calmly. Come with me so that we may discuss the situation quietly." m`li`n1~ n nnnnn aha lhnuil-at-ad ant` IQCS V703 ll UB5 0]; yous," . No." I said in a kindly voice. "Do let me speak with you. frhere is some great misunderstanding that must be cleared up. I assure you that I am in no way your enemy- only your friend." A: T :nn'lu: n furl um: nnnnlnw non! I IIGHUU Luv UIFLVDL1 _ V I beg of you to trust yourself to me. Come around to my not so that we can talk together" I urged as the conveyance pulled up. ALI _.A... ..-n._1J _..A..__.. .___III -1.- clared if: a voice of terror. Lev' ago! Go! I--I bag of you! u-xv- or v _`..:.1 1.. - I-:..QII_- -.-a-_ my uur Luann.` As. spoke a. tax! was passing and I hailed the driver. NIT ham AP IIAII in O-usual; uuuuncusllv I-Iund-reds of opggratinns avoided, treating Bronchitis. Sore -throats, Hand colds. Group, Quinsy. Cough. and Diseased Tonslls. by using Mrs. Syl)?11n Spahvs Tonsilltis. success or money back. Cx'ossland's Drug Store. REACH` `She raised her blue eyes to mine [with a. languid. pained `look. and 3 then contemplated the endpof her cigarette. After a pause she replied aj in a. soft voice quite different rom -g before: ; I am very sorry that I canmot. 7 Mr. Rem-lngton. Do please forgive - me. _- ..-v----yuu M`*I"i1eard it from a fniend, was jmyiame explanation. A friend! Have `we mu-tal ,friends? she asked qulckry. "Who [is your friend?" I We must have mrutuai friends it you really recognized me, and make those untrue allegations against me `regarding my studio in St. John's i . -- -.---ago; Ivlav auuu LGIMIUUK "I gyou. And 3 ibha-t name heard so." `- wa-s had name? I be- came evasive, a-'nd she was not slow Ho notice it. H-er curiosity became iat once aroused. nr n_-_,,1 net`, uut. u-urea not (10 SO. . _Mlss `Courtland, cannot yo-u tell me just 9. little more concerning those strange ha.ppen1n-gs on the night of December the eleventh?" I asked. `Gian an-.l....,a L-.. LI.-- .A., _-._. us: one; uvann As we sat chatting before the fire I longed t put certadn questions to her, but -axed not do Ella: =f`,nnn~HnnrI nnn.....4. -.--- L- .. .v..-....5 yuan yarns: luv: Her enmity had been` marked from the first,` but in that hour at my fire, as she reclined -and occa- sionally smoked the cigarette I of- fered. she became quite natural, ap- parently reassured of my friendli- That night was indeed one fraught with curious surprises. However much she had angered and annoy- .ed me by her amazingly un-true al- legations, I had already forgirven her. Those hours were indeed the birth of -my great, all-absorbing love for her. I knew nothing really con- cerning her. save that she was a girl of mystery, and that. her as- sociates were most undesirable per- sons, yet she fascinated me and I became determined to free her from `the bonds that fettered her. what- I ever they might be and at whatever M cost -to myself. A... ...- -_; _I.,..u . _ wuu Hui`. . We chatted~ for nearly an hour. and -it became more than ever paterft to me that her story of the hap- penings at St. John's Wood was a purely fictitious one. told with some distinct, yet inexplicable motive. But if such were the case, why should Dr. Campari have made that sensational statement against me? At every moment `I found myself more and more attracted by her douminat-ing per-a_onalit-y, the more fascinated `by her sweet smiles and her charm and` grace. By slow degrees her open hos- tilitye had melted away, and in its place there had arisen a calm attitude.of attentiveness combined by a shrewd alertlness, which showed that she knew herself to be treading upon thin ice. 1'_I'.\... _..._--lA--- ` ysunusgcu Illec What I had learnt about that tragedy on the Alps amd how she was being mourned for -asdead all bewildered me. No fact was real, save that I had fallen madly in love with her. `XXL: nknu....a. 0.... ..--..v_- -.r t; `pg-cw-veg vvvauvu UIIU CIIVWISO Very sweet amd charming she looked as she sat beside my tire with the light playing upon her fair wavy hair amd her white shoulders and chest. In her eyes `I saw a look that I had not before noticed, an expression of deep anxiety and yearning. am expression which told methat her anger against me was feigned. and that she was lying a- gainst he'r will, because she was compelled. to conceal some strange amd tragic truth. I Y had his urn!-nlslnou >1`-.. 0..-... -0-.. WOMAN`EA l'S ONLY . BABY F001) 3 mgs I had. by watching her from afar. grown to love her. Try as I Would, I could not put the one and all im- portant tact away from myself. I rea11zed'arl the folly `of it) and into what a sea of misery and mystery myaffection for he_r had axready plumged me. Tlfhnf 1' hot` `Anya:-`L .-.1-us; LI._A. lwuu uugu: l'.I`uUl. 0115. , V Through it all I discerned that even though her attitude was one of qerlance. yet she was` territ!ed-j1_1st aeehe had been when catching sight orme at the dance-clu_b in Golden Square. . ' Ac-gin what `Iran the nnaalnnn AC Dllfo .` _ Again, hat was the meaning of that gru ome casket of death re- posing in readiness` with my name upon it. in that `closed house in Riverside Road? And further. what was the secret 6: her close associa- tion with `those two low-looking foreigners. the one young, the other old, who lived so secretly in the same house. and for whom she ap-; parently cooked the meals? 17....-. _-.-_L __ .1 -1 Uyelo * ` But why?_I had `nothing to do with the conspiracy against you!" I declared. I wondered if she were still endeavoring to keep up the farce of pretending to have recog- nized me as the man who had done her a. grave injury, or whether she 39. : still suffering from _hallucln9.- one. ` T Vltlnnnuph la -11 f .I:---.......I LI.-. I tar your behavdf to the!" she cried, the [tire of anger .ahin.imz An her Oy85e Rn? `D1117? `I had nnfhlna in AA 3 _l.-`A:I:.'.;l.l'.O.V DKlUUO3L I'.l`.'.|J \n7.7:tso I` `AIVADA 6` optanrsr 3:10 not/:.e"' TORONTO 9 HAMILTON, - REGINA - wmmna sTEE%E}iiIG'EB'h9.;.1 ' CMNAAA `S anrnsaner rth unite`-'9 IIIUCI PITIITTT `KI ! ".3..`.%`:...%"F77='-'5"7='a;a 1-cg. Mrmrm. Illllllgutuu A0 Aun-- Vnrh: unnu 0.3. No. I 011110 , . ian Vale G . :1'?L`l!o:" b1"|`|:id`c'!:-OVER \ us. No. 1, T .P`3,,v,,.T3?b,,`Egd AG `$55333 `- as No. 1 E"'?9r3:i:'y"r'g. 1) Sold by loading` npcrchanh throughout Canada u IARRII IXAMINER vu u. was SUN! I0 dealer a turned It back, and v--_-...-