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It V. IIIQVIDSIIIIU "The naming of the first town for Franklin was regarded by him as a great honor. This was in 1778. during the Revolutionary war. The'town of Wrentham. Mass.. was -divided. one part of it taking the name: of the cele- brated diplomatlfsifaniljihiloaopher. In j recognition `of. the--_iinonor; Franklin pre- i sented the newt6`wn with a bell for its chur"ch.+-Yonth s Companion. . The Manila Pl`. One of the curious ights to an Amer- ican visiting the Chinese and native quarters is the everpresent pig; but. as 3 pigs are not allowed at large, they t have an ingenious method of tying the hole through the pig's ear. one-half to an inch in diameter. Through this hole they insert a `rope. with a large knot on one end. This rope securely connes` the plg s liberties about the premises`.-. The `same sights are `seen often on the native boats and even on the swell. steam launches `plying on a crowd,- although = the sight is com- Jnon. The jlegl ~ot.tho;.pig aretied to- snspiided. . "o`n;; aj 3lon_g" pole resting, on c . ;5"::_`tT`e- A"` ' i!P,l.[ pigs by the ears. They cut a- small i Manila` bay; Transporting _ pigs through i the streets Ofz Manila always `attracts- gethert securely; and` the? pig is then" ot[h .,1?6!1ldr3'ii0l=3fWOt ii:itvei ilcnrrtrs- u'm?:, -ru. a.;.`;`;a.,;ai;;;'u... % ` "Don't tell me `you won t,"' said an fcgast sid_ _c1upp, to ma 5-`year-om. . ` " ' _+:wen. |$upa..--vrhn1t.IIiu's't.I-(buy: gi man I -`1,ron .t?l'- :-.-_`-(_)hlo.8`h.t_o4 supra; {re IVE tonsils. mm mm Bndtold 88,. 8 8--`Lot 1! sad pt. Lot. 12, with oomforhblo frame dwelling. - ` Oumberland St., N 8--Pt.'~of Lot 26. Judah Terrace, 8 8--Lot: 7- and 10. 8t.,' 8-Pt_.Lot28. . wuma. ` Dunlap Street, 8 8- ' Brick Building. khown as 'J;,he Moore Bl '. ' Collier Stteet. 8 S_-Lots 40 and 41. John Stroen. VN S--`-Part Lots 5 and 6. j. v,`BAARRIl--Wl_8'19WARD. Bradford Street, W S--Pert Lot 34. L. Buttereld " Foundry2)toperty. Bndfo_rd Street, E S--Lots , 23, 31 and 82; .I.`oBi;dford Stxfeet, E S--(Thompson's Block) t . Charles Street,_ W S--Pt Lot 49. . Elizabeth Street, (Boye' Block) S S-Lot 25. Sanford Street, E S-Parte Lots 21 and 22. Bay: Shore-S of John and E of Ellen streets, 2 blocks of "land, about 7 ac. D unnm--_ns'tr muin. Blake Street 14, -15, 16, With excellent solid 17. Collingwoode Sh, brick Residence, 11 7 ;,and 8. Adjoining, rooms, furnace and _Collegiate Institute other modern con- grounds. ' vemences. Blake Street: N s. Lots 48 and 49. V Blake Street, 8 S ~-Lots 37 and 88. ` T Codrington Street, 8 S-Lots 28, 27, 28 cup` 9\I' OR . \J"KlIlI-lslllnl. IJIIUUII. I) K7" LlUIoD EU, 8" `and pt. 26. ` Amelia Street, N and S S-Lote 5, 6, .7. Eugenia Street, 8 S-Lot 5. Theresa Street. N 8-Lots4, 5. 6, 7. return you can uuucps u nu - .7 old uncle. Aoctionately yours, AI SE1of 24andSW}of 25in8thCon. , Imnsrm. Pt Lot 11 in 14th Con. This property in cludes Miner Point, and has on it a number of beautiful building sites. _ - ' IIIDII L U$`$`l.IJLIlIIo Pt E i 12 in 10th, W S R, sbout 85 acres. VESPBA. P: W Q 25in 6th C6n., about 90 acres. W 5 in 6th Con. - . E {of 10 in 6th Con. A Lot 10 in 12th Con. Lot 18 in 11th Con. . . Park Lots 3. 4, 5 and 6 on E 22in 61:}: Con, 21 acres. . Park Lot 6 `on 25 in 7th Cqn.. 5 acres. I-low We Handle coal. We make a_ peecinltv of puttin it exactly where you want it, and driving in Just w re youaek. being careful not to break walk: or cut the lawn more than absolutely necessary. So much for our service. Our coal jgigh-gmds. coal; an dusges aetilt is pose: to get an n eat-giving qu 'ty. ry It lg preference to all others. ~ - Aevm my rem-. 2f.""GII"c&"_5`;'_';',_ 411-- - \____. A Lot 12, s s 7i!:8-t;e;;V ~ Lots 41, and 42 in 6th 0on., Nottawasoga fPPs'scocoA1 mtwmmxxsmlln snnvl VBVO .E 1, L8: 20in 10th Con. II uncle. nuucuuuuwq Jvlunp Annn Butxocx. The house could not contain him and his eager thoughts; he must needs feel the sky overhead and the trades _against his cheek, and take all nature into his puny condence. Besides, Vaialn had now a new charm for him, one he had never counted on to nh. -- - ~-- I-_-I.. a.I.....u.k his lilo had I EPPs's` cocoA| a"J'f'u"oIenea" "'13 '1 s3uiZ"u'; 5 'Ii1"'k5J52 o'"1'3'1Z'ei unithn . All work fvillbedone -'pI'omp' at t;`0WI ma. Remember the place. Near Market` Square. -M :3 La rty, I$*m 0VANCE."| 14'. + ~ . . L Han-cutting `and Shavmg Y??;. %_ aor % ;_ : QFPOSITlBA.3-IIBOTIL . a ` JBAJRHI`-IIL % X '*"'" , Gork Screw Knife Free! so-1} GRATEFUL COMFORTING Dllu IJUVUK UUULIUWU Va-I av ---nu Hard and lonely though his life had been. this Samoan bay was endeared to. him by a thonsandpleasant memories and even by the recollection of his past unhappiness. Here he had found peace a and love, freedom from taskmasters. scenes more beautiful than any picture, and. not least; a suiclency to eat. . ....., _,_..-_ -'..A his Ilfn mloht '35.} BOYS AND GIRLS can earn this `lo extra line Pocket Knife, two blades and _ V `Cork Screw, beet Sheeld Steel, or .` Ladies ne Pearl-Handled Knife, by 1 selling :3 copies of our Book of :56 i Popular Songs. words and music, at l no cents each. They nellat night. No money required. Send name and ad- dreu-we forward books prepaid. Sell . them among your neighbors and re- turn us the `money. $1.30, and we will send knife poetpaid. Mention this Distinguished everywhere for Dellcacy -or Flavour. Su erior Quality. and high! Nu tlve roperties. B ye-grateful a.nd.coxnfort1ng to the nervous and dyspeptic. Sold only in :8- lb utlns, labelled JAMIE: EPP 8: 00-. ' Ltd. Homoeopathic Chemists. London, England. TBREAKIFAST SUPPER 034. l;nn'lo17b7-sh. illnrrlo. 45-ly :J.oUL'7E1z WELI/S B. 0. SMITH BOOK ('10.. t\Iu`I I I STRATI-IV a. srzn. Solicitors, &c.,_ . Bame P3981`. OOLIJNGWOOD. ' w. 1EelaABl'Y. and. not 1638!; E Bulcleuuy bu can A little money. and his life might have been tolerable, even happy; enough money for a good sized boat. a cow or two, and those six acres of the Pascoe estate lie had so often longed- to buy. How often had he talked of it - with Leata. whohad been no less eager than himself to harness their quarters ` acre to the six and make`. them all his V little paradise. Poor Leata, whom he had taken so lightly from her father's house and paid for in gunpowder and kegs of beef; his smiling. soft `eyed Leata. who would have died for `him! What was to become of her in this new arrangement of things. By this time he had worked quite knowing-it he found himseii` in front of Paul Englebert s store. - Englebert was the other trader in = Vaiaia,-a peppery, middle aged Prussian. who had been a l good friend of his beforef-those seven . breadfruit trees had come between them. around the bay.` and almost without. -31`iIvI:i1A, on.` The ammo immanent Building and Loan Association V ` cauumntion to that A spasm madam qrered to Investors axndBorrowors. | |`p|` I --VIII] pay nun. wncu, Oll IIICII KI 911% you _co.nlf>_eeome_ your own ht, mm of ::no.';x.t:.cor Sn.nnI`f:r`ymaa:!E:.Stn:n_lnn:nhin. rate ::ao.'$x.5o.cor $1.9onfr: ;'&.$x:o.n;nbbt- mi - I I1 l"'UBI-l\I"'VVl3 `P995 '11 0? money? 6oc.:'.:nonth plagcyedwiththeg. P. and LoanAuochtionwill yieldyou in about 8 yetnA PRESENT of.$xoo._oo, or a prot of $41.49 on! your monthlv pavnunts. up u---o--v 'v-v -o-cu.-u " H NVE '1' mm c lace tIo.ooEwi the OP.B. & `L. 3%. End hledin :2 yearn, Inside receiving during the in- terval 67: perannum paid to you every six months? _In' other `V6? {oi your $132 you wil_lreeoivc as mtemotof an 3 amp um oo, makmg a can mretexaoounnalump ummaaoqmanngagrnna An investment safe as gove`nment'securitiee and much mote protable, realizing the investor nn equiva- lent to :5 per cent. per nnnum. simple interest. Pot printed matter and further `information call on E. DONNELL, 3-nth-nun-anon -.--_.---... __ __ 95 Dunlop-8t.,' Ross Block, `Barrie. "Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. IDGIII. ' He recalled Englebert s- rough. 191191 kindness, remembered how }":`dT pad cared for him through th fever. and helped him afterward w . .trade. How could he.. 9 `been`BA0 as to make 3 _ U1 .. - `\`|if`.,f!'ee`2V.. 00!` 0| _ striped pyjamas. was E tending not to see h1m._ _'l`o_ he walked up the path _a,n ` ggzhe veranda stairs.` the men; ` ~ pick. and-`no : o.;lltt1e.cha;_x_1 " 0 ryfgg do."Ep_`glet__a.e17t* E'v.'=_eiV> O. wgbosfocx, ONTARIO," Make Your Will. TENANT4-Why pay not. when, on such 1 539112 E: _cnta. you can beeome_ ownl _- LL- .I.'.2.. .t_...--.__._ -4 - ...-__ -.v -- -v, 7-.,-, V- 7--,- awn cu-no vuvvuvv uvvI' owed.` "' V . -, T ..I.". 'o%."_.* .'..'!..$ .:T1.': ;a'?.ai'?.:.``c.i'f `. ..a` rtill `IIl\l.lfit|II noun :3: -`snub Q nun-on A lmendvance [mice SEC.'l`R_EAS.. muzmn LOCAL Bozuii. 12-ti Will pay for Will Form: and postage to any part of Canada. THE um RELIABLE Aucnnustn c+.a. roan gmbyxs ALI. xmms or monox Q At ;s<>es<><>exze:e>e>ez<; . Am": ulu,'will V rand rti ' emu Q in E osv':imm' mu by :xa_ng tlmv ` [a.t'l u:AnvaNc3oEcowIl!bo ~.._ n. n. roan- CUT FLO\VERS--Roses, Carnations, Violets, T etc, fresh every day, Bouqueta-Bntton- T hole, Hand or Corsage. Funeral Token: in an dcsi VEGEYl`ABEll`!&S-Cqlelg, Crisp and Tender: Lettuce, Cabbage. annips. Beets. Carrots, etc. SEEDS-Flo seed. v tab! Plants , and subs?" ' g SM" WM. TAYLOR 5 sL=:ED "ETORE FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. Telephone I5. x_55 Dunlap-St., Balfric Blank Will Forms can be id at Tun: Mamas Dumas copvmorrrs ac. Anyone aendlnc 3 sketcglugxizld dose:-'Igt"|&x:r_n:`y` 3: In probn%`l" on table. Commun1ca~ W ` dbook on Pgstenta aunt:-I sent tnuaadut oy-for securing nta. V Patent: taken `)1 Mann & receive use. In the A;AAK.`XA. mgAg:`.. V`-VIUUIIIV J -IuIv- -vvv-.vv Ahnndsomelymustntaed weekly. Largest cir- culation of any cnttno `on:-nu. '1`erms.83 as . ztourmon 81. Bodbym newadealers. nun n n- _--- __. _ II-... `ml. Iilllnivu va -5-; -v-v-vv-~ v _ V .. : four months. Boid byall newsdealen .!M.;;.!2" I`-`ABM s'rocK sALE_s By Lloyd Osborne. 1 . $9 E5`l5`23`!5`l'3 3-3~93!-(3-9 '1 HOW` BDIYKB. ill `I110 fS""I3`i'itiiic llggrgcan. u._..A..._... nlllnbualn run 17, Art Oil 6 cts. GO TO THE NEW HISIHIRHHHBIRIHDHY on That my lo booldod to! 80- ` nounoo Protormont For the Girl no Loud. j . uI1GvI'_I`5l!`lo}~"'_ , vla~!lltod~;hu'hI'. Ana the vuroa uumooa _ ' -llcl. ~ I INIIII II of thy (angry. I lint living and b can no now!" u, ml 1 v_. ..~ nu name. has} it DJ i` I ' nut in thought. " `Tu u:d1'6un. I! I now. It will nnlnh ind yeuined With tn Innite yeum1u`|`nd_ItI'o'n with his dnuuhh NI] .5- s.......n. W In In uuuuu yeu'_II1n(fIId,ltl'oVl With his doubts till sh`: tuned- She. the Vision--end want $ El'0h0knewheI'1ltCliI8 ' ~ ' Ho lenpttohliiecg _ And Ielzed on.her.undu!a;nt veil. __ With It! odor II lwbet V Al the Maytime. and, .10. it did tall `In Ish Inn-ul v-11 .4.-....I..4.-| any IIIU Jan; uuac. snug `III, II; Illll III In his hand, all complete! - She hid tone, and be cherished, lotion. .1 The veil the had worn.` The veil he uprglaed. '1 V ` . V I: showed it to men. and thoycrled AI thaw nnful, gm--ml -u uuvvvvu u. up well. Ill IIIUIVUIIUU As they noted. unuzed, The diaphanouu wonder. `Whgt` pitch 0! lnwmtlnnl" nu!` nrnlnnal nut nu-yuuuvuu WUIIUVFQ "DIV pl or invention!" and pn!icd._ But sweeter and udder` he grow And replied. "I! you knew!" :unn-C nun!-6--' Ila.--I_ I_ `A &.f5'{.lii vqlujcg. ' ~"``*,"`:`E`J".i7%` . E193-F-1 -same Tuned to A ~ nu Ivyoscu. u .10 IIIQWI ' -Henry Bannister Mervin in Atlantic.` Osborne." -III-.,\,r\;q@`m~J ;1\I.I9.`-33` mm Iv -c s-7He;-Poem. . '`i;Q~ ', `..,';:?" gr hatnniig, ,5 .`otIierJ ` `; Ktnreu. "You ' c_en hnud your fence there tomorrow." =::.- _, f`.Bo1" laid Enxlebert -.W1th dwnlnr tntelugence. De Xernjnn ionsul it hit my cbzjjplajnt listened." . . Egan: the German consul! 1910!" cried Kinross. "I do it myselthecnuse I, was wrong: because you were good to me that time I was sick and lent me th 8100 and the trade." ' llA..j _. ; fyenre.'? rreepondetd ftifpe ~'1'f:ke them: they ' are yours. aid Dnnl miln on ` f 77155 }33' 3:5: fnodmgw gated mn- glebert. still incredulous. ' _ III ;___A. AA 3-a--cw. up $3.00 I|l\pI- Uiiulvllo "l wantyto shake your handyand be friends again. old.-man," said Kinross; _`.`eanieae we used to be when we play- ed domino: every night. and you'd tell me about the Austrian war. and how_ the prince `divided the cigar: with you; when you were wounded." . V` The German looiged away. -,,_"Oh. Kin- rou." he aid. with aqueer shining 1 look in his eyes. "you make me much 1 ashamed." He turned suddenly round and wrung the Englishman : hand in an iron grasp. "I too. was: fool. Ho. Malia, do beer!" 7Tl.. ._L_-___,I, a't;'a.i)';;l.11'g nave wife appeared with bottles and mugs. At the sight of their guest she could scarcely conceal her surprlse.- V _ ` ' .. u-rn._-_n.n _._n.I .n_'.,,.,._ . glasses. You know dem six users or de 4Pasgoe_ estate." he said. looking very hard at his companion; very nice little place, very sheep. yoost behind your store? i . Pr-os.ii: T'said Engieberii. , touching. lvnvross nodded. but his taco tail. in spite of himself. Mr 1..-..'-".;.|_- A-._.-__n_-.. .__._..._I n_-__..n.L -vrovv vn on-clawing "I from the American gonsul bought him." went on the German. .very aheep-$20O Chile money. Kinross looked black. . - L Dey are yours. Pay me. back when you have'de-money. I buy dem only to spite you. My friend. take dem." 4411...: 15...: n _..n_.a r71_...-_._ ll`. .1_..'9L vv -:1-vv v v on `Q uuuanv so "Paul,`P;ul.;.::r1e:l'-kinross._ '71`-<'ion t know what to say--how to thank you`! Only this `morning I got money from` home,.and the first thing I meant to do was to buy them." ' `(All 3. I.-A.L-.. ll .._lj II._._IAI..--...A. ll-..) v-u-uvv-run "ml do 6'et't'I-Fauna Englebert. "and, my boy. you blunt goee. It : (19 got- tee dat bays, and I will get you blenty` leetlo drees from my friend. do gap- 'ta.In - In Utumbau blantation. Yoost one glass beer. Ho. Malia. do beer! 31..---- L--- |.n......-In -____. _.u|. .111 wnov 3-can-as av on gov. OIQIQIIIII 39 hit`: Kinross tore himselt away with dit- iicnlty and started homeward. his heart swelling with kindness for the old Prussian. Ho exulted in the six acres he had so nearly lost. and they now seemed to him more precious than ever. - ' a V "i"i1'enA he remembered hewae leaving Valala. and again he heard the hum of London in his ears. . _ A ` vcu can -- --o cu: `lie found fiesta slin on the oor spelling out "'1`hV_e Good News From . _ New Guinea," in the missionary maga- zine. He sat down` beside her and pressed her curly hair against his lips and kissed it. _ V ~' "`ut it I gave thee a little bag at gold." he said, and took thee to Apia. my pigeon, what wouldst thou buy ?" ' ilnnlv ' In:-usl 4-dun C1 in I-HA n4i-o has guavvnop VI loll: I IIAUV Iva-nvll IIIIJ I , . ..... First I would give 810 to the new church." she began. Then for my in? ther .1 would buy an umbrella and a shiny bag in which he could carry his cartridges and tobacco when he goes to war; for my mother, also an um-3 brella and 0. picture book like that ot the missionary s. with photographs of Queen Victoria andcaptains of men-ob war; for `my sister. a Bible end a shymnbook. and for my brother a- little pigeon gun." I l'IV-...-....-1 .1- ..L-IJ ..- L- A..l- -_J Tomo;1Tew we shun go to Apia. and buy them. said Klnross. This morn-' ing the pastor brought me a letter from Britain with 9. pregnant of many do!- *'7'3h, Kmu-os1.'.' she cried, it was breaking my heart! I feared the letter would make you so back to the white man : country. ' A fTl.. ..-..-I--Ll-_ 4.-- A.-I_-.. L- IL J-n.. u-on--- - v `on. us His 1:esolut.i<'>n was taken, b it for good or evil. 3'! shall neve;-,.go back. he snide-Aln;slee s Magazine. ` Glove:-i=ln!nee'|-In: Fat. 7 A raiiwayrecentiy built in southern Bavaria practically carries a creek across the railway. instead of the rail- way crossing the creek. V'l`he s*tream'_is a - small tributary of the {sat river. -that in stormy times is-sweiied to enor- to solve the dlicuity, mous proportions. -Every bridge that has been built overhit has been carried away. Finallya, young` engineer offered A ;.......__n -5 ..a..._.... ....*...-_.._ ;.._- A...` vv ~v- w -r we-av --_-----J - A tunnel of strong masonry was rst constructed across the valley and re- enforced on the outside. turned toward the torrent with all the rocks availa- ble that bad collected there. Cross walls leading trom the solid rock and across the : tunnel were built and strongly "braced. ._ This was done to -protect the railway. The restwas left V for nature `to do. _At the amt strong ; rain everything, happened as the young - engineer had predicted. Bo'wlder'sand ~-lled -up` the rocks coming) `down with the j; water lg hole left .hetwe.en'th'e' tunnel` and_' ithe roc_ks_.'. tunvtllg `thej ;o;ve:`j:-*' ow -carrledyeverythlngy. the ~neLr; Thel:bdi 9f th:9.,5:!i9rre}' . , coyote K xq\g.~.;;,w-c*HVRVJv*\|1jaQ-d,qual(;a"!$;yq-ick: .`.~n..unan-ausun.:~,uur`ui-vuneztc-`Um-v:=v1 M6:-% vuev-aneuaur Hea~wAamon_; m-. Mlddlerlb pinged with his coffee cup raised half way to his l1ps.as his wife took the letter from the servant. She turned "it Over `once or twice. gazed earnestly at the addresa. and y "I wonder who it can-be from 1" She looked at the stamp. 4 - _. "I can't-make-out the postmark." Mrs. Middlerib said. carefully studying that V guide to the authorship of letters. It isn't Perrysville. It looks something like Tonawanda. but I don't know anybody in Tonawanda. I wonder if it isn't in- tended for .York?_ Cousin AnnvJack_son used to visit in York. Why don't they make the postmark plainer, I wonder? I I believe it s lndianaolis, after all! Then it's from Eleanor McPherson. ; whose husband you met last summer i incanada. It isn't `Indianapolis; It's Lacon. That's where Lilias Marshall lives. That isn't an L. either. No: it's New Philadelphia. Ills. I can make it out now. Don't you remember? Uncle Abner Beasix went out there in the grindstone business. I wonder if any- thing has--oh. pshaw. it s-what is it? ` It's R; B.-o-m-oh. now I see-R-o-m-e. Rome. Why.- it must be trom-i-oh. dear - 1; n__eA.rI-_.- AIL].-- I 4u...95 n,`n|,A His thirtieth birthday! an. our youth was behind him. with all" its heartburnings, its failures. its mani- told humiliations. What had. he done these years past but drift. forlorh. pen- niless and unattached, over` those shal- lows where others had stuck and pros- pered? " ,_ ,-|-__n_._ L- n___1 L-n-'s ______- II VIII: IIU (Ills And .uhe turned It over and looked mourntully at the receiving stamp on thgpack. V ` n,.-_1 n.-_- -1. H -l-I-`I. Irllv WGUBO It was received here at 7 o'clock this morning, she said nally. Now. where would a. letter A have to come from to get-here.at_ 7 o'clock? If you knew that. we could tell where It came trom.". . . . ,. u n __on 11.. :::.|.1I-` me. :t'xs;"-"1io":x3: `:1h'e}.'Tc'an7{'nEII3 It _out at all., V ,,3 1; -_.-.. .._.i I-..I.-.I Il'UI.llo ' Let me look _at 1:," and Mr. Middle rlb. who was beginning to dget with impatience. uxvgn ......u...a A-I54; -.40. bunt-nlnnr hank uuyu ucuuszo No." replied the wife. turning back to the postmark once more. I can see `what it is now. It's Spartansburg. Ky. `Sarah Blanchard went there after she married. I expect she wants to- it isn't Spartansburz. either; it's Gridley. That's where Cousin Janie ' Buskirk lives. Her husband went out there and bought a grist mill. I wonder if she's ' coming on this summer? I hope. if she does. she won't bring the children. But it isn't from her. either. I think that it is Mount Pleasant -.ohl it : from Aunt Harriet Murdoch, and I know they've all beenkiiled -in that dreadful cyclone. I .can't open the letter. my hand trem- bles so. ` Do you know the last thing 1 . said to her when she moved out west? 1 I said-` It isn't Mount Pleasant. ei- ther. There are only the letters in it. I can't make anything outot it. c-.-_.u____n .._a.1 as-.. I:n.1.n_._n. _u.I. I was It uauav up-4 no---.9 vuv Perhaps. sa.idtMr. Middle:-lb, with a slight tinge of sarcasm in his inec- tion,--"`perha.ps we d better send after tho carrier who brought it. He may `\ kI!.o_w. ';' '77i3'Ht, it in ad tanta11zxng."_ complained { Mrs. Mlddleribj. `;`t9 receive a letter and ` then not be 'ab1;to_tell who on-_whero It is trom._" A ` :. .44.. x`___ '.__'-_.n.... _ I-LA.-.'- A- m`:l`)`i;1uSzonever-=ti'}epening a letter to ascertAaln4these"facts? asked her hus- band._ . ' ` ' ' ' an u,'"--" n ,. u_l.,- __ ups, -.. __ looiied at him with an ex-_ pression of speechless disdain upon her features and half whispered. If that - lsn _t like a man." as though any wom- an ever looked into a letter until `she had. guessed all round her circle of," relatives and friends and clear through the United States postal guide to decide` whence and from whom it came, T This particular postmark. however. was too blind for the mostdngenious expert to decipher. and at last. with a deep sigh and a `little gesture of despair. Mrs. Middlerib yielded to the inevita- ble and reslgnedly opened the ` letter. I pausing once or twice in the act. how- ever. to look longingly back at the tan- talizing postmark. - ` Ills I_..L ID ____ _-J I.-- I..__I.-..j -.I.- In the colonies he `had tolled unre- mittingly in half a hundred characters, groom, cook. boundary rider. steamer rpustabout, always sinking. always falling. Had life nothing more for him than an endless succession of not empty days on the farthest beach oft Upolu, with scarcely more to eat than the commonest Kanaka and no other outlet for his energies than the barter- ing of salt beer for coprah and an oc- casional night's shing on the reef? _-n..- -A -_ s..--_..I_.. I.--a. .I..-_. ww------a 'a------- At last." groa_n'ed her husband. who by this time was burning up with curl- osity. ` - ~ "._L _I_. M` AL- .._._.-I_.__ L-j_ _..3 v-up vg u But she laid the envelope down and looked at it 9. little while` before she turned to the unfolded letter in her hand. = ~ % --y-__-- Her husband by a desperate effort `controlled his `rising wrath; and In 9. voice hoarse_.and` strained - besought her to read the-letter. as It was late. ` and he should have been downgtown [half an houb ago. i cu..' .11: _-a.` -..____.'_ L; _.__.;'__i AL- __ ---- -w as cu-gvu She did trot answer. She opened the letter. turned the rst page to look for- the end of It. went-back to the rst page.` settled herself In an easy boa!-A t,ion._ zt.I1df:I81d= , ` ` L ` V - an-n-n I _;_:in.-`.n_;n-;-5.. --. :. _,,', ,. w-v-- c`-an-- `vu--`vi Well. I, wilideciarei`-` Then she read ` on in silence and Mr. Middle:-ib ground his teeth.` Presently she said: Him !II . I ' > - V she .read . three or four more lines with eager eyes;and; noiseless -lips, and suddenly exclaimed: . . `V "1 d6_n t beuevxe in". ~ e i i ;'.l`hen shfo resumed her voiceiess_ pe-.- mas`) i9f`s'th`_g_i_d9m,ii.ent *an_'d_.' an moment Vlter.AutIi1h9$1'.v1iriifhnbid J9 : Io'okf'-` Int. unthim?jnl_:l;l33x=;. 4:; t V is ~-_*f1_;'!K9lll?4%-iAf!l!&._f_l%~;9` n `Inn -no lfh _(lledL lllm wgthy to bof.Ilo`ved. *_l friend 166- noblesfloe. Ietuhgnelthetcpohnoruovql. ltole I nnlden tron her place. L1tM1!.~,-*0 the wurior stept. - Took the has cloth {tom the Yet moved nor" dept. Ron I nunee! nl yearl. ' A Get hiechildf`upon. Vkknee; ~ Like %'empeet"cuue` `the teen-_ `A Sweet. my child. I live for thee. ` _AII.-ml nu-d Tennvn 01 h*.inaId9;g.%`-watch!n. new but at Inc with die. - V$DJvI.luoo $5.31 an canyon-u- van v-w -we The noise of an incoming boat -drew him to the door, and he looked out to see the pastor : old whaler heading through the pass. `A half grown girl leaped into the water and hastened up to the store with something fastened in a banana leaf. T It was a letter. which she shyly handed to the trader. ,, 1-r1_.___-..... I--I_-.`I -5 IA. -.ld.I. 4-nun 1-nm"f-i":?'Ei:f'if?o msnoisse. . .e`vi`_e',t!'f,.ffg. : J % .. - - The writhing "man at the oter end cf the table sa_|d,be"!ne'ver. had.gbnt he would if this: intellectual entertainment- lastecjgnuch longer, " ` ` - n__'.|n __...`...';`-..`.`....A ll -V slit`; ws-e9- ago` .-,-4..-.~4 s-var-uyv-nus;-'95 ,~ - OIO _'...i ..I.- ..._.I- -gu naunnnnan .. llI.Bl|_5_nucu IV`-|3.' - -31t's'"too " ninxiied l'I.` 3::l!ITl-` dlerlb. tuning; &_ V9830 0` *9 `ate A `without rdlslg hgr ejes, u-uo_n __.|_--9- ;-- I.-.I9!I I... Isuialyis nnf I WIIJIVUI Iululu. us-o I-gv Well. what ; tV,\,.bad-2; ? herbi-okolouth Who iq?.the Iet,t_er from. and` whit It It all about? E1ther..ead aloud or make your comments as men- tally as you read." . uvo_- |._IO - mind on an qhn ggl |n II: 55 JV IG%llO I've half .1 mind `to zo."`Ihe said. In ;rIn.- decided tones. 2 . ` 4nl\|_ |___.- _--.0.|OI .I.- .o|OA\`A1I`l|l` 1-1114-In ,II-lll \IV\.II-Iv`; vlvvluv tear - .11. haveAyot1.~? ;rh9 lntefjected vgjtb n__1lld.qarcas_m. f`_Shall l`go and pack your trunk: while you __nish that let- [WI 5 "I do_u t see how they can do it." she said. after an-lntervatof silence. .. uuwsu__ _1-_._|;. _--- I--I. -5 cl... ..-:.a-...n.I. -l\.l.` (SIDED Inn: 99: - vunn V- _ v--v- Why don_ t. yo; look, at {he post>t'nark,T 1 then?" he xrowle. Maybe that would ; tell .you."V _ '~ ' 11].- ..._J Aug 1"l|;` noun` II%mU\Cl\$l'. UYII VIII She read on. silent and unimpressed. ` for two or three lines further. and. i then with an exclamation otAastonIsh- l m_ent said: . _ o -- How_ Very low! ? . Ah. well." her husband -snarled. I'm glad to learn something about that letter at last. We about your un- cle Marcus tamlly. Isn t It?" 111.. 41.1 __4 |___.. -.. I_'.-.I $1.. ..I`....:! ID I u u u s unsung`. -- "EEZ did not hear or 't':e}i.' She glued. her eyes to that precious letter and went on ejaculating alt irregular Inter- vals: l.Il\.Al DIAS; IEIIJJ DJ noun-nuovsu vv we-w vu-->'_- Walter Kinross looked at it with our- prise, for it was the Vrst he had re-_ ceived for four years, and "the sight of its English stamp and familiar hand- writing lled him with something like V uwe. Oh. that must be lovely!" It can't be the same!" I never heard of such a thing! Oh. my goodness!" A Q Finally sheconcluded the persusai of the lmportant document. sighed and with profound and exasperating delib- eration folded lt carefully and replac- ed it in the envelope. u . _ , u pn_:_an_~_n_ I-_u_-.n _;. n___ 1.. .I.i__|_ "Li;-.fiai531EF1i> i33f{ed at her In -blank amazement. , A I..-.._ . g .. ILICIJIUIJJFIIDO `..Well. by George." he said. "you" are k I cool one! Here I've waited full 15 minutes toalearu what that blessed let- ter is about. -and all I know about it is that you couldn't make out the post- mark. By George. woman"- ll'IYL._ :I._L__-_ l_ LI..- -._AL-- __ILI. nnnuunupu :4 v-vv--v it v---.-- T Why. whatever is the matter with you?" she exclaimed. gwlth -unfelgned` surprise. Here It is If you want to see It. I didn't suppose you cared to hear A R. . .want to hear that blessed letter? mDldn't want to hear it! he shouted. ` What do you suppose` I waited here and mised my train for If I didn't `"3s?1.T{'as'z??'Ieuer a'{Tu1." the said In the tone of a superior being, commlseratlng measureless and Inex- cusablen Ignorance. It's a circular ; from Wachenheimel-.'s about their mil- ? llnery opening next Thursday- nu.- L__.. -1 2.1.- ..;...;-;'J--.. -_.A. -3 -ocovna v.pv--u-3 -v-w -p-----o- The hang of "the street `door cut of! therest of the sentence. and Mrs. Mid- dlerib became aware that the was alone and that her husband wu the ; angrlest man lnthe state. A 1 11.43 -.I._L I.-.` -_-......-.I L- _.-- And what .had_ occurred to vex him." she said to her neighbor. who dropped in during the morning. I can't torthe life of me imagine. Everything about the house had gone on smoothly. and I can't recall a single irritating in- cident or circumstance. eMen are strange. animals." she sighed. "and there is no accounting for their vaga- "ries and peculiarities.-London Even- f % in: News. Popularity of Franklin. Benjamin Franklin has received one sort of monumental tribute to a de- gree second only to that of Washing- ton. More towns and postoilices have been named after him than after any other man, even Washington himself. although the bestowal of the name Washington on the capital of the coun- try transcends. of course. any of the` similar honors accorded to Franklin. . Thirty`-six places in the United States. in as many states and territories. bear the name of Franklin `simply, and 34 others bear names into which the word enters in combination, such as. Frank- linton. Frankiinvilie, Franklin Fails. andso on. As against this there are 27 Jacksons in the country. 30 Wash- ingtons and 23 Jetrersons. - , ,.Thirty-one conntiesbear the name of A Washington. 24 thename of Franklin. * $23 the name ot Jeerson and 22 the in name of Jackson. v . .1!-11.- _-___s_. ,_. 4;- n-_.,; a.,,_ n,,, My Dear Nephew-I know you're pretty old to i come back and start life afresh here, but if you haven't had the unmitigated folly to get married out there and tied by the leg forever I'll help you to make a new start, if you have the grit to do it. You shan't starve if $1',600 `a year will keep you. and if you will try and turn over a new leaf and make a man of yourself in good ear- } nest I am prepared to mark you down substan- tially in my will. ' But, mind, no promises: payment strictly 5! . results. You're no longer a boy, and this is prob- I ably the last" chance you'll ever get of- entering ` civilized life again and meeting respectable folk. 1 inclose you a draft at sight on Sydney for 31,250. V for you will doubtless need clotbc. tc-. II We .3 your passage money, and if you decide not to return you can accept it as a present from your emu.-tinnstelv vourl. `IA nun`; I no 1011110 ueata llttlng on the 11001` spelling out "The Good News From A New Guinea," lathe `maga- zine. downlbeside hair lips. * "or all things in the world what; 1 wouldst thou A like most. Leata? he asked. To have thee alwaysrnear me, Kini-I rosi." she answered. Before Ihad no` -understanding and was like the black ` people in the missionary book. but now I {ny heart ispained. so run it is with}? ove." - v