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um um gun sane % Bradford so-, s S--Lot 11 and pt. Lot 12, ` with obmfortable frame dwelling.` . 1 Cumberland St., N S-Pt. of. Lot 26. Jacobs Tomes, S S--Lota 7 and 10. Marcus. s:.,- E s-no Lot 23. Dunlap Street, 8 S+-La.rge' Brick Buik known as The Moore Block. Collierostreet, S 8-Lots 40 and 41. John Street, N 8-Port Lots 5 and 6. -.Br'a.dford 5;; vsr"s:-1>a'}1'.`<"t 34. . L. Buttereld Foundry roperty. Bradford Street, E S-Lots 2 , 23, 31 and 32. ` Bradford S_t1'eet,'E S-('1`hompso'n s'Block)V Lot -8. ' Charles Street, W S--Pt Lot 49. ~ Ehzabeth Street, (Boys Block) S S--Lot 25. Sanford Street, E S--Parts Lots 21 and 22. Bay. Shore-S of Jolm and E of Ellen streets, 2 blocke of land, about 7 ac. _m.u:1`:xx--nAs"r wuu). -. x - > L . Blake Street 14, 15, 16, With excellent solid l7,,Co1lingwood Sn, brick Residence, 11 7 and 8. Adjoining, rooms, furnace and Collegiate Institute other modern con- V` grounds. vemences. Blake Street: N S-Lots 48 and 49. . Blake Street, 8 8 --Lots 37 and 38. ` . V Cndrington Street, 8 S-Lots` 23, 27, 28 and pt 26. . Amelia; Street, N and S S-Lots 5, 6, '7. Eugenia Street, S 8-Lot 5. .. Theresa Street. N S--Lots 4, 5, 6, 7. , Pt Lot 11 in 14th Con. V. Tl1is\property in- cludes Minet Point, and has on it a number of beautiful building sites. ` ono. Part 37 in 2nd Con., 85 acres. V j SUNNIDAI.-E. Pt E 12 in 10th, W S R, about 85 acres. . vasrxu. Pt W L 25 in 61:11 0011., about 90 acres. W a} 5 in 6th Con. Park Lots 3, 4,. 5 and 6'on E $22 in 6th Con., 21 acres. . Park Lot 6 on 25 in 7 th Com, 5 acres. Has purchased the prernxsce occupied bv Chas. Mc- Guire, Just can or the Victoria Hotel, and has ` up business `in all kinds of Black- emithing. oneshoein . etc, All work will be done .prempt.ly at the lowest gure. Remember the place. Fill our Coal Buckct.--If you have not al- ready provnded for {our coal bucket this winter. bet- ter do it.-at once. see a decided advance in the price and you will re- gret`: when too late, that vou didn't act. We can , Vovxde for your coal necessities and save you money. ou ll app;-eciate the advantage if you take the trouble`-to-cxamiiieinto the matter. he first of the month will likely -.v `V --__..--v --- gs`. G-. seas-Bias, "11-- nu -n_._I-.. us- :- Itis Licensed Auctioneer. Ap raiser. Valuator, etc.; Credit of Farm ` tack and Implements m-ompg.ly_Vattended.to; Farms sold and bou ht on `commnsaxonp GETMY IERMS ANDVRA S. ' ,A Treatise on the llorae. f the boo mi. 11. .1. namuann uu. . Dear 8irs:-.-1 year ago I had a valuable horse which got lame. I took him to the Veterinary surtreon who pronounced it 0c-cult Spavln and gave me little hope, although he agplied a sharp blister. This made matters only worse an the horse became so lame that it could not stand up. After tryintg everything in my power I went to a neighbor and told him about the case. He gave me one of your books and I acudzed it carefully an be- ing resolved to do the utmost in favor 0: my beast, went to the nearest drug store and got a. bottle or your Spavin Cure and applied it strictly awarding to directions. Be- fore the rst bottle was used I noticed an improvement, and when the seventh bottle was about hair used. my horse was completely cured and without leaving a blemish on him. After ceasing treatment 1 grave the horse good care and did some light work with him,wish- ing to see if it had effected a cnre.I then started to work the horse hard and to my entire satisfaction he never showed any more lameness throuph the whole summer. I can recommend Kendall : Spavin Cure not only as an excellent, but as a sure remedy, to any one that it may concern. Yours truly. SAMUEL TRITTEN. Ask youridruggiat for Kendall's Sjinvin Oul-:f also free. or dreu lnmnise in n1:AnvAuc."l V `V T"Tu-'-J Y -/U Works thousands of cures annually. Endorsed b the best breeders and horsemen everywhere. Price. 8 ; ulx for 95. As a. liniment for family use it has no equaL Ilrnnofnnnn l'\-.0--In I1-.. 11,... 11 song Near Market Square. _wm. M.c:Larty, [.1\ctO Nl=;Y!1'*o LOAN. u... 7-. ..... - .......-...-.. .v- ......u., u.-V Av nu-9 -av Il\`IJDl West Lorne, Ontario, Co.n., Dec. 14, 1898. DR. '3. J. KENDALL CO. Damr RIM:-_A vnnm nnrn `I had n,1:-nlnnhln inn:-an whlnlu $| [;vIns,lI_inghones,SpIints f\nnnI\a and All Elunnna QC 31: Easy Terms. Lot 12. s S 7H1-S-&e ' _ Lots 41 and 42 in 6th Con.. N ottawasuga. on-rv Illl uuv llvrivf I IIIIV UUUI LIVE . U1` Ill 33.` 33. mm covmvgv. EIIOSIIIII `mu, V1 . oxtmqn 3, _VBA_YPlELD STREET, BARRIE. S E 1 of 24 and of 25 in 8th Con. 14-ly A FULL MEASURE. .I;lIllvl0&l(-V-5; ; ,Ban-lo. 45-ly ""'T" 7."""il"'""`7`l""" curbs, and All Forms of yamenegs Ilgilci to T 55; Minn-cnnrnn mums. .. .'u-An } experi- nn1uk- snrrn WARD. STRATI-IY Gs ESTEN , unnm-wr.s1' wnu). COLLING-WOOD. LATE" OF ORO, 'w. 1!I_cIaA,lA%'l`Y.Z Solici`tors, &'c. , P-arrie. ' Huilding. ad chal-_ WUPI ~ my; ;;?+`;;mI:zsr;-j;i_`g2; Building and Loan Association Calla attention to the A Special Iucilities omared to Investors andBo-rowers. TENANVT--\Vhy pay rent. when, on web gpl month} pa menu. you can become your own lord ? ou `nave the choice of repayin at a. monthly rate of $1.20. Snro- nr Snnn fnr can Summon hon. 335'"? "'i{:1""'i{ Q31` `M ?w"""" '"'t 'n3S't'h1' rate if ;x`:ao,v$x.5:. o:`z:;o|?<:'acfc$A'$x:o.oo bot! row I rate 0! 491.30, 31.50, or $1.90 tor eacn 3100.00 non rowed. T N THE PUBLIC-Why 3 ad an our. money? 6oc.a.month planed 'tlrthe . P. . and Loan Association will yield you inihovut 8 year! A. PRESENT of $100.00, or a prot of 84:40 our ` .1; vour monthlv navments. rnnann 1. 0: $100.00, your monthlv pavments. .;.;:;.;;.;;nv';a`v`.;:.::;. " ' "" '?i'T{1T' "" THE |NVESTOR-Wh 0t P1I99>kI0| $100.00 with the 0. P. B. 8: L. ):\s:'n, and luv; it doubled in :2 years. beside receiving during the in- terval 6 7; per annum paid to you every six In other words, for your $xoo.oo you will reeetve an interest $66 and a. lump sum of $aoo. making a. grand {' total of $266. --._.- V- Y-vv- An investment safe as government securitien and A much more protable, realizing the investor an equiva- lent to 15 per cent. per annum. simple interest. For printed matter and further information call on l Wheat by the ms om RELIABLE uucmmEBV. G.%I-2. I-`OED jalesinhishands. %-*~-dd-*- 335- _G..n..ronn~ A" : 3Pcia1Yo `mi lute diam` W ml, wall consult their own) intetesta buy plgdraog a'0nlan left at Tm: Anvuccugcg - P.S...Dn1-iny- any n In...-` in "AL- t!...z.|..In.'_. . n ----v--v- -"' _JJ' `'0 an rlllio. V.` f P.S.-3m-in nJayhaba`nce in tbtehlrithh-`VVcst foftf i` on I. r. o n ca u ` chug: `'32? human. _ `W G, ~3,'}ogn ` Blank Will Forms can be had at Irnedvance Office Will pay for Will Form and postage to any part of Canada. O.H.LYON, 95 Dunlap-St., Ross -Block, Barrie. Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. Make Your Will. WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO, SEQTREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 1:-ti ! cur FLowERs_Rscs, cmaaom, Violets, an-. Cc-nah DID?!) (lav. Rnunnntn....'RnHnn. "'dEi'"'sI" """" "N" '"""' VEG TAB 'ES-Ce!c;y, Crisp and Tender; `I'.nthu~n_ (Talslvxaove, I-ne. Rants- Ca:-rain. tc. ' V ' SEE?D-`;F;l:wer Seeds, Vegetable seeds. Plants FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. Telephone :5. :55 Dunlop-St.. Barrio \. WM. TAYLOR] SEED VSTORE FARM s1'ocK SALES Invention is probably ncennaone. Uommunlcao uons strictly oonn den Handbook on Patents lL1*~.'.- 911193? !8999!.f!.'__ - _ n. - _-_AA___ uons strictly oonn sent free. Oldest GOIIBILL 118110000! 011 FIYAUIIW 1. raeourlnqbpften Patents taken t rogyhomnnn & receive (co, without c an-go. in the vTCT$Vw::w ----v--vvv-vv hnndsomely Illustrated week] . Largest 431;. um 1 col till . '1' 3eu:"r'3u r n?3z ;tm. 511. go ?1nn11 na3`:.`u} uluuuvu Us any nvlvuuauv vuluclu ma`:-Igufonr months. 81. so (1 bynr & cmsstamauny. `ll:-umh Om. 435 If RL. Wnnhi Ann.nasome1yu1uurat.eu ween unseat - culatlon of any scientic om-nay}. Terms. tglun `gar: four byall newsdealors. nun n n- ---- T . T II---- n__.:_ 981': I011! monwl, .10 B011! Dy Ell `IIBWICOBIOTQ IIINN New Imrk Branch Onloe. M F\8t.. Washington. E. DONNELL, IIIIIIII! n as ug- - _-_ __ .__ J 1 I.` LU VV 1550-noses, DRIIIIUOBI, v town, etc... fresh every day, Bouquets--Bottom hole, Hand or Corsage. Funeml Token: in gun (`DI;0I\I_ `nlI:lJD*l` IDWC and Bulbs. '-III: 1 l\DL'BB-UC|C?, blp 8110 .1 BIIIIBT 5 3| ! Lettuce, Cabbage, nips, Beets. Carrots, at-0, ~ 6 cts. GO TO THE NEW aunt and I be gvd __' .,... -~'. " ____ D.--J since_ -my. ' allglited` on me. t; 5:1bnl1ye' 'name?:vlv1g.` {Ir nd of _ V. had expected t0 See hefkggith .t1,1e.1537 ' evils would rather 09. nt number Of er! Producing the cur1elam,e d 1,4atber,. The Weekly Wag 1 9 ture Of_my abruptly, I'm afI`31d"the nu visit. V, g.`pol1_t., While he listened hiSegoafz:n%ounded.,*` attention became 11 Star ~ Int. f acceDt - lmazement, and. instead 0 the . This is 21 ans ,tC Dl'0ff1'Cd Paper; feet with an exaserat pou si`.l`1t'** most preD.9 out ,,oc,; tn . u is utte1"> 0,, wave question that any `racking-medlm` should appear through ` "' --v - nun: DILULJLULUH, IBUBU 11%|.` V93. quaking and shaking as though 5 `W9 going to face an ogre instead ofa wit, I said angrily to myelf as a 505' in buttons ushered me into a large Wing room. very handsomely. fur- eglshed. but lacking in pretty tr1e`s.: `Vina the boy my card I subsided "0 an easy chair. As 'I did so I 8ht sight of myself in a. pier glass, Ind was relieved [to see that I looked Vmul. . -unauluu About two hours later I mounted a. `broad ight of steps to the threshold of 0l1ve`Lodgc. and I must confess that while I waited admittance my courage feemed to ooze out of my nger tips. `You are a. little simpleton, Rose` Har- YEV. nnlrh-nu .....1 _|-_L:.. ,, _.. .Lu._'__._|.: . V _ . . . V u . u u uu.a\.\.L|AA.Ib LU ALB llblalio Aunt mentioned that he lives at For- est Gate, in :1 beautiful residence known as Olive Lodge. So tomorrow morning I shall take heart of grace and start on this forlorn hope. T > Sept. 5,1897, 1:10 p. m.-What a day % oi daysfthis has been! -I really ought: ` to have dated it in red ink. This morn ing directly the `dear. unsuspecting dad T had started for the city, I put on sailor hat and saliied forth on my set cret mission. _ T V ` A wg;; uguvwnv -.- That was celebrated Mr. Rut- i land, the writer of those clever arti- ii cies, my'dear. I met him last weeks at Mrs. Pelham s, she explained as we passed on into another room. ' Seeing that she had turned as red as. xpeony, I concluded "that he Was a celihate as well as :1 celebrity! But he certainly did not look a -bit like I imag- ined him, for, strange to say,Vdad had been speaking of him to me that same morning, when he had enviously pointed out an attractive announce-` `meat in a rival weekly to the eect that a series of brilliant sketches from the pen of the widely known hum'orist,i Rolf Rutland. would shortly appear in its columns. I am very glad now that weehanced to see him, since it paves the way for me to call on him andex-e plain in condence the sad straits of [The Weekly Wag and beg of him to contribute something to its page. Anne .......L.'-._,..: .u.-;. 1.- u_-_ .1. rs... ';mo,ooooo00000906600:.; o `W 4, 1897, 10:30 a. n1l-:Just now, ` `gen; moi; dad his cup of coifee; Iii found mm poring over a bill and look- 3 married to the verge of distraction. 4 mflast I drew from him that The 1 A ywag is wagging all the wrong j ,3 and is bound to go to the wall ` mess he can secure a few articles 1 jmm some comic writer of_note._ But, Mg}, he has written to several with matobject. nothing has come of it. - ' In no word, the paper has turned out `ruinous investment foreme, be con- duded bitterly. _ . 351 came up stairs, feeling utterly misemb1e and tlep1`essed. a happy` mought darted into my mind. Men mt like refusing a request when framed by feminine lips, so perhaps` I may succeed where poor dad has failed. At any rate, without a trial mews no denial, and a recent inci- dent opens the way for me to make` the trial. . - V A few days ago, while aunt and I serewhiliug away an hour in the Brit- ish museum, she bowed to a librarian. He responded to her recognition with acourtly how, and a polite smile _re- used for the momenthis clean shaven, A inscrutable face. __._ 1.1-- ._-I..I.......;...'a Il'__ 1-:__). nq .og;oOooooooOoOOo_g] 30.0 nun _ nT ' .- AHanDuMistaF `into marrying M Said she, ' 11 one myself griet an and share aegheu I'll take \\ Vhat to En.` " said Aunty Mafth ` gen are full of aws; - _ b _ Lwldmg 1-o.und-t_he hateful K " nthe ehghtes,t cause. _ A` 4 ._ Me your nunty`s counsel, Mary; 'o yea are always con-ter-agyg an: x ` ,, ghe went to those atillolwd I ' W sins` Jane and Ruth; V _e# 3 ggreed tha} nunty told he: _., , min, unvarmshed truth. _ women sigh and mqa`n'f ' -A ~ you just let the men alone, '._'.a may nary stood and wondergd .73 ._f.j now thesie matgons nice, 5 o ' making tmus, vs ould all hav 1, ` mo marrying twice. 9 mnd`"d -_ mid shc,"`They've griefgand `[3 * - _"ll`_ en Cl C CIIII -What to.1:ut. `gave a `yet? "l:eener edge A. to my disap- pointment. Turning ..my fperambu. lation I was surprised _ nelclad gure ct, "tear fblurre vision hurrying towaiyme. ` . e to V see the an-` '.l.`he old bigwig has repented-of, his`- insulting refusall I thought hopefully; while, I. bowed in response to the young tellow"s dot! of cap. . - Excuse me, Miss `Harvey. but there has been some unfortunate mistake, and ,I have followed you {here in the." hope of straightening matters, he said, his quick breathing and height- ened color testifying to the hot haste he had made. `fl am the Rolf Rutland who scribbles nonsense; my uncle is a` savant, and only writes for the scien- tic journals. (1 A -,_ %-wldfthe mv n~m..-1...`.--__- . - u--sv gv us IJIIJBQ "A savantl No wonder The was so] annoyed at my requestrl I. exclaimed, ' blushing painfully. vBut,_rea1ly, know- ing you write humor, he might have guessed I had made some such mis- Ah, but he `did not knowlt until ten. minutes ago. I have `great expecta- ` tions in that quarter, and have kept my frivolous talent a dead secret from Lhh n 1.... ......n....: ._au_ _ __, --- v voviov nu-Ava-II: II: HUG-U HUUPCI 11:01 him, he replied. with a whimsical smile. ` v % -7`-fiiien I hope you w1`ll,1ia,ve' no re- son to rue this stupid blunder of -mine, I said impulsively. vu'r ah.-...1.l --..J._.t_.I_ LA", .. .. '- - ....-._ ---a`I\Invuav\w6JI ` I should certainly have rued, it sad-L ly if ,1 had never discovered It--which. is a rank Hiberniclsm, I suppose. And a mutual la-ughset us both at our ease. ` ' And now, Miss Harvey. with regard to The Weekly Wag, I shall` be "most pleased to contribute `to its columns, he said, as eagerly, as, though he were a struggling aspirant, anxious to see his effusions in print. ' 7.. 14.- ....l.l.4. _A _.__ .-I_u-.I,-7 s -- .__- -- --w-v-. In the midst of my delighted thanks the train dashed in, and all was con- fusion. Whenhe had handed me Into a carriage. he told me that -directly the cricketmatch was over he should run` inte the city and see my father. Then the train moved on. and as our eyes met In a last glance. I saw a -look in his that made my heart dance as it had never danced before_._ ' When, half an hour later, dad and Mr. Rutland entered the drawing room, I was surprised to see how much` older and distinguished he looked in evening dress than in his annels, .and for the minute I felt quite shy. But his genial frankness of manner soon brought us in touch' again. and I have passed "the most charming evening I can re ` member. . Sept. 5. 1898, 10:45 p; m.--My wed- ding eve, and_ exactly a year since the'_ day I made thatabsurd blunder. And now, thanks to the spur given it by Rolfe-pen. The Weekly Wag is the foremost otits class and its editor his cheery old self again. 1l1"|--J. 1' ...`I....II nnnnh Gavan} ha maid About 6 o'clock there came a. tele- gram from dad, to the eect that Mr. Rutland would dine-with us.at 7; In a_ utter of delight, I . helped aunt to Improve our "menu and then hastened ' to make my dinner toilet. 1111.-.. I_-1J -._ I..-.... l..A..... .'l...I an-`A-1 Cricket Versus Baseball. Lite is more strenuous in America than in England, and this is shown in the sports or the two nations. Take the the game of football as an illustra- tion. In the American college game the tackling is lower. harder and surer than in the English game. The backs hit the line as one man, like a batter- vv-..v..... .......a m.1n'n:'I m- Inst is CllBI'.'L'y Ulu ucu uguuu But I shall never forget." he said to me this morning, that It owes its success not to the editor. but to the editor's daughter!-`-Exchange. lng ram. Every yardgained or lost is of great importance. Year by year the `game grows more complicated, more erce, and more perfect mechanically. It is getting to be like a ne iece of machinery in the harmonyot he" sev- eral parts.` In England they play the game more loosely, much as their fa- thers did before them. Cricket and haseball__are the national games oi! the respective countries. and _nowhere do j national characteristics appear more -in evidence. Cricket is an all day. lei- surely, social event; baseball is an hour of wild excitement. 1 The English game cultivates the amenities oi! life, `and courtesy is a canon of the game. Base- ball keeps the nerves too near the edge to leave, much room. tor `the. inter- I13 ULIC luau, BIIDU ID wwww V- 1 \ change oftellowship and! goodwill to- ward the opposing team. --Self'0ult_ure. A Franklin set It Up. The North American Notes and Queries says the first printing press in Montreal was set. up by Benjamin Franklin in 1775. in order to print manitestoes appealing, to the (Jana-' dians to cast their lot with the colonies farther. south. The press. was not long in operation. and was removed to the United States, but the vault in which it was set up is still standing. It is in is carefully 1) French regimein N lin s'idea from the first was Canada in? the confederation. fandgjf he .wishe'di;_o-include`-Ireloliid wen, fggg lo Ul. bl-nu V- I .._. in the r_e'volt. ard hile to . An lA1n1o1-eIQ__`n Go;n t!n`o;nc7. Captain; Fstays`a:il;-Yes`. madam, fthe Qlnts to_ ~mmma* I . on-;nu.` lVl\t\oug.??' A .____.-_ , ..-...,,... nun guzu: ugu renuy to admit that he was just aaaveragel sort of `fellow. That was really all he cared to be. What he could do he did _ fairly Well, but he did just as little as was decently possible. At college he had `gone in a little for athletics, and `made a very creditable record, but he shrank from anything really brilliant. He was a good scholar, too, but was quite willing to rank with the intellec- qtual second raters. When he left col- lege, he went abroad and dawdled about in an :aimless way, and came home with .fe.w impressions `that he cared. to mention. Then he went in for society. and there seemed to be reasonably contented. Society amused him and wasn't too exacting. Society coddled him; he was young, handsome. clever and rich. v-v a. sunny: _ And yet he would admit that he felt a little conscience stricken when Anna Goldie gravely `asked him one" day about his future hopes. There was a look in her eyes that he didn't like when he laughed off the query. It set him to thinking, and thinking was an" occupation he rarely indulged in. Thinking almost disquieted him. He avoided Anna Goldie for attime, and found that was still -more-disquieting. And then just as he was thinking he would invite anothertalk with her on the" original disquieting subject she suddenly wentaway. She went, they told him, to visit an invalid aunt in the yinteriorgot the `state. She might be gone some time. It was more a visit of duty than of pleasure, and its con- tinuance -would depend altogether upon the failing health of the aunt. In what part of the state did Miss Go1die s aunt live? Somewhere near Palmyra. _, An VI-II _L ___A ._ __L A..- 'I .!_. 15-`. v v u _l\-r\rn.n`\r vv coy- .-vvuo - .--.-., --. . . Palmyra? Thai: was where Jim Rob- bins lived. Good old Jim Robblns._ whom he hadn t seen since his last col- lege year. Jim was somebody dow in Palmyra; Member of the legislature, or something., He saw J im s namein the papers occasionally. Jim was a rising man. . A` A .. 4.1.- .1..--... ......... -1...-.... LI... A...-.1..- 4-A customs DIQIQI :3 am.-nag:-a " As the days wore along the desire to visit Jim grew upon him. He had a standing invitation to come down at any time. There was a pressingnote in his desk of quite recent date in which he was told of the treat he was missing in not making the acquaint- ance, of Jim's matchless wife and equally matchless girls. He wondered it Jim would know the abiding place of Anna` Goldie s aunt. If he was a poll- tician, he probably knew everybody. He decided to go down at once and make Jim 9. visit, and he wrote to him i to that effect. A A, AC,- I___Im __S ,_II__` can Ia-no Then he went to the bank and called on his father. And while he was there his uncle Tom came in and the three were closeted for a long time in his father's private room. T When they came out. his uncle Tom shook hands with him and patted him on the back in his usual hearty fashion; And his father shook hands with him in grave fashion, and both the elder men seem- ed highly elated. Spencer shook his head a little doubtfully asthe left them. Thenhe braced up with a `swift stiffen- ing of. his ngers. and clinchingof his `hands and accelerated his pace. He was going to, his rooms to` ll his dress suitcase for the visit to Jim. ' Hunt `yin-rv av - w--u-w C? v---. He arrived at Palmyra early in" the evening. He had meant to reach there in the .afternoon,fout the train wa`sVde- Iayed. "He hadn't told Jim justfwhat day he would start, and so his old friend wasn't bothering over his non- ` appearance. _Spencer. concluded he i would look Jim up in the morning. He `* went to the hotel and had his supper. After supper he strolled up to the clerk : desk and inquired about his triend. V - ' 1-u-1_1.2__'._nn -__n_._1 1.1;) _u_-_1, GIL`? H1305 nuns: - 5`-rapid va- _ Yes." said Spiancer, e1'n.>.1:1' friend. Came down to visit him. I _,_,_ .__I__A. _-__ 5. II .._lJ LL- Oh, J 1m` Robbins? cried the clerk. Yes, yes. Jim is one of our leading citizens. AHas a nice home up on the West hill. He's a great hustler, Jim is. Going to send him` to the state sen- ate next mu. Friend or yours? Min _-n.1 n_.`-..--.. u_'.. -1: 'n._:-...1 \IV 11 I: v -on.-u Tell you what you do. said the clerk. Jim is the chairman, toast- master, whatever you call it, of the big banquet at Raymond ball tonight. It's a complimentary ` teed given in [honor of Colonel Jack Speed, who is home for a brief visit, and everybody, pretty much, is going. Colonel Speed is our congressman, you know, and he's in high favor` in Palmyra. _Hon.. Dwight Perkins from somewhere out -west, one of the big national lights of the -house, this -to-`_be.A1the speaker at the occasion, and they?ll' have `plenty to eat 1 and_fgoodn`1u_sic. x~Better `go `over. .' A I'.'_l.'l V Lg..- Indus-` vunnnnn n'inhIban uuu guuu uxumu. Liwusws av vv\4nc- A half hour later Spencer ascended the stairway of, Raymond hall. He _not1fceda number `at ladies `in the 7 crowd that steadily marched into the hall, and he was rather glad to and that the banquet was not~to be of the. tunnel pelitlcalltor men only character..- , At.;th;l:h.e|I1`;9_t the :stairs hef lnctlcql a -t='!91*z;a 9?9'.-" .@d htnrlookins shot blinded, ` . But I doubt it. V|I|_F_lll I./013 mun-.ue 3 B110` blinded, ` ' .But__I'doubf it,` A - 7 He` V ed at far toojmany .Witho.ut ever missing any. Nay; h lied, that boy divine did. He is merelv 'nhsum+...:...u...a .._...,.; ug ueu, mat boy divin _H'e merely fabaentminded '_ While about it. . Pan- Dried _ V ness of He once pierced mo tothe-marrow. Or his dart did, And the maid who walked beside me, Beingwlunhurt. only guyed me, For he used his other arrow On : swiftly passing `sparrow And departed. --:'`IInnrInIp Vl\...--_j-ou o -. -- -uu ucylr ICU. --F1'ederick Truesdellin Sribner I. U %:iaxs[%w.;s :52; straug :5 mt; 5;; passed in the doorway and held out h*_11and- ` A -"7V\7H the ma_ter with -Jim"1i_o`b bins? he laughingly called. ` V `In on l_...L_-A `- In` J i?`{`Kx f1-ieTnd s hand? gripped his. ~ . ll_-._-, 01 ' " ILINA -y:=r was -page ' Spencer, old` man, so glad to. see You! He pushed Spencer `on a. little ` and held him there- You are looking prime, he said. `_`And, by George! you are just in time. He laughed as he spoke, and looked at Spencer with such a comical. expression that it in- stantly recalled to the latter some amusing experiences of the dear old school days. |6Tl'YI..-1. ...:..-1-:_A ____ _.___ ---. LAO `I... --_ \nn.J .9. What mischief are you up to? he cried. But, here, I m_ in. the way. Don't let me bother you. I'll see you in the morning." And he drew back and half turned toward the door. 1.. -_ `man. `an. vglvssg was-u`rv-r Hon. Jack Speed seated at VJims J"`!" right and `Spencer at his left, much. to` the latter s increased uneasiness. Then the banquet commenced, and for an hour the clatter and chatter continued without a break. Jim was as delight- ful as of yore, dividing his attention very equally between the guest of the "evening and Spencer, but the latter s heart was filled with a vague distrust. When the clatter nally ceased, Jim rapped on the table, and in a nice little speech told of the purpose. of the ban- quet. He introduced the mayor, who briey welcomed_back Hon. Mr. Speed to Palmyra. Then Hon. Mr. Speed re- sponded in a brisk speech, testifying to his `delight in returning home to_ such friends and such a welcome, a senti- ment which was greeted with loud ap- plause. Then Jim rose again, with a -`crumpled telegram in his hand. He much regretted, he said, to be obliged to announce that I-Ion. Dwight ~Per- 1 kins could not be with them. A tele- gram he had just received announced a railway accident. that blocked the road and `held `back Mr. Perkins, 60 miles `away. ' ut\__._ .._...._._;. u_-_..........n ..L..1.:I 1:... us- _.__.. -`Ian anovwu uv Ivwucvu up-up \\r\r Hold on, cried Jim, with a.Aplunge at him, ``you don't get away from me tonight. You stay right here until I canproperly dispose of you. - ` 1-1-- 1-". -1- n..-...a ......... .....-4.-.: -4. -r:....9.. Ianvvuaual Ourregret, however, said Jim. is % somewhat mitigated` by "the fact that we fortunately have with us as an honored guest one of the most promi- nent of New York's young political and social leaders, Mr. Spencer Giord, who will talk to us on the question of the hour." ` Iucav I-III us- As Jim sat down a patter. bf applause ran round the hall and-the long lines of faces assumed an expectant expres- sion. mauve.-9 Remember your A old debating tri-' umphs, whispered the perdlous Jim. and sail in. ~ - "eEe'r have him a horrible scowl as he rose to his feet. Then he turned to 1 the auditors with a pleasant smile. He ` -put his teeth together hardy He wouldn't be bluffed. And deep down 1 in his soul he felt gratied that Jim. despite his consummate meanness, `had condence In him. Jim knew he? wouldn't uke. He would ay 9. word or two and retire as gracefully as pos- t sible. I-In unu- When Spencer. after an eloquent wind up, nally took his seat, the ap- plause was vigorous and long drawn out. and Jim. his face ushed and his eyes sparkling, grabbed Spencer s hand under the table and squeezed it hard and said: Great. my boy. great! You ought to get down T on your bended `knees to me torobringiug you out." v1r1___. IA. '____. '_II ____'.__ 7:... .._!.I- lt`I"I'V_ ` When it was all over, Jim said: We I must get our coats and hunt up Min- nie. Minnie is Mrs. Jim. She's a little ` jealous of you now. Don't make her more so. By the way, she has 9, young woman from your overgrown town in tow tonight, and we'll have to escort her to her aunt's home. Know her? She's it Miss Anna Goldie. hescribes uuquv no up can-war --on-cu v-v-up-v ' A little later they were out in the open air. Anna walking with Spencer Q and Mr. and Mrs. Jim going ahead, 1 that acute married dame having ap- \ patently sized up the situation. i l llL.QL-_. I___._.I.__. --_. LL]- .t_-..!___.II ` --v- 'VT`l-1ere was a pause. They `fell back a little farther. ` __ N v v- ---v ------ -'-u -eld you are tted for. `.--_v-.-' -_-w- -r --- ~-V After hearing you tvhivs-':'1rening," said Anna-softly, I think this is the I t V t 4 "I1I_-_._ ___.. - ..-_....A 'I'II_-_. -II L- _I, ` -own`. cow- vg-wuv Do you know, he asked abruptly, .what It is that has awakened me? No, she answered, ` It is love_,_" he said; _ % He` _lo_oked_ down `at her.` Her face ' was iivrted.` 11-` v --u --cw--w- 'f`Do you `know what brought me down here? Do you know what car- ried me through that speech tonight? `No,'? she softly murmured; You!" ` 1 .A. half hour later he stopped Mrs. ` Jim as she excused herself to the two men. smoking in the library. can... ...-........4.n 1-- ..-n.1 mr _;___- ; nate man. urn. ~...v..... ._ we-`no u-uwovvivnai One moment," he said. I want you to know that I `had mentally prom- ised your scamp of a husband a sound thrashing for the libertyhe took with my name tonight, but I've found he. blundered into doing me a favor. I'm going to forgive him. L I've even gone so far as to bless him. He held out both hands. Congratulate `me, dear friends. he cried. with a radiant smile. I m a very happy and a very[ptortu- uigknd then he told them about Anna.-- Cleveland Plain. Deaer._ J _ 1 Beyond His Comprehension. An Indian s re_spect for women in- , creases a hundredfold after his visit to England. But he finds it difficult to ,reconcile himself to to the low necked dress which society imposes upon women, nor does he understand the ethics of an English dance which at- fords a friend or 'stranger4an opportu- i nity to place his arm around thewaist i_, of a fair lady who happens to be the 3 wife of another. And he nds neither 1 rhyme norreason in the rule" of society jwhich, while permitting a. Indy ;i:o,drink i>ilieze..e.0f;Sm1sins-Abate ails. $139 .1_n*-e `with meiefriends; denies her the pi-iv-i