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_...a \v A.a.l\4ll L- i The young lawyer was determined t 3 do or die in his new venture. and $0 this end he came down t0 the m` about daybreak on the morning 0f M5 rst eifort. He had `a package 0 3-V-'~_ ments an inch thick and a long-1301` in which the names and'amounts were listed. He began work at 8 0 01k with 65 cents for car fare in` his `D0kt and the anticipation of swift and 081" tainsuccess shining in his_eye- 0- `root, in street cars and in trains he lit-_.. erally ew about the town till D0011 . . A some or the men be 60.1185` `'9' . dead. Ot-hers talked as if they Awo_t_1l_l, `like; 10 be. ' _ - - _.j * Manydhad ieftthe city 1'91 8095*`??? their .own good. Jenkins .thol!i31li- $03.? were so poor that-he knew the!` never pay. 5 " d A few laughed at him, *4 .. x; [ Nobody paid him.__ x._; g He got back to 4tIPy9 -- -v v-:. \- : u-S'1;c'ldenly a pu-1:1-x-.<',:' <.)`f"'g*-igham skifts 3 brushed the silence of the place, and a 3 `soft voice sounded in Isabe1 s.ear. no gee -"back vtql V Mm 'Caulklnt6xi` _ lqncheon." _ It seemed an injustice that Gertrude should not be there to witness the suc- cess ot the occasion for which they had a.ll.worked so hard. -c>.l.;;r:i1:i; `tn-`lsoned. pleaded, rep- resented, but Gertrude stoodrm. Are a specxalty, and pa!-tncs Intending to. have sales, will consult their own interests by placing their sales in his hands. Q'Orders left a_t Tm; Anvmwcs oicc. will be attendedto. L. TEBO, _- LL` - - ARYIEITE D l\ lmenise in "nu Anvnucsg VALUATOR AND APPRAISER. "HANDLES ALL KINDS or AUCTION SALES. 1% FARM STOGK SALES ` Ihe Relffqbyiz 47-wctioneer Has `purchased the premises occupied bv Chas. Mc- Guire, just east of the Victoria. Hotel, and has" oened up business in all kinds of Black- stnithing. orseshoein , etc. All work will be done promptly gt the lowest gure. Remember the place. Back he turned to the hunt: otfmen. llingled In with the bitter ght. Caught the thread 0! the world again; Never doubting in all despite; Know no wrong that we: not her rig. Smiling still in the olden way. Na} rnnnnflntv I Inmnlntl nlhulxbo THE BELL TELEPHONE COMPANY'S After Six o clock To-night I Lumps of Gold are not found in every coal bucket but every ton of coal contains grains of saving which can in time be accumulated into a. snug sum. Poor coal burns out quicker and leaves more dust and cinders. If we save you to per cent. on your coal bill, isn't it worth your while? \Ve think we can do it. T J`. G. sco-r-r, (IX..- [IQ \__.__I_.. 114 -u _ - EPPs s`cocnAl El %[i __ S `A G 0 09] WM. PAUL, Orillia, om. Powiey s Liquied Ozoue at all druggists $x.oo `large size. 5oc. small size. or from the laboratories of ihe Ozouc Co., of Toronto, Limi- ted, 48 Colborne St., Toronto. i } l rheonly_way to treat consumption isto kill the germs which feed on the cells of the lungs. I owley.'s Liquied Ozone does this- " cleans out the diseased tissue and renews the sound healthy tone. Ozone supplies the air cells with oxygen in a pure concentrated form. Thatit can cure consumption is evidenced by testimonials. Remember every testimonial published for Powley's Liquied Ozone can be veried. Investigation is invited. Read what Mr. Wm. Paul, of Orillia says about it. "I take much pleasure in recommending Ozone. I can truly say that it .saved my life. I caught a severe cold, wnich settled on my lungs. I was so run down that I had no hope of recovery. ` Three doctors told me to make my will. I tried ` everything recommended for consumption. I 1 had taken nearlyadozen bottles of Cod Liver Oil. besides spending one hundred dollars in ~ doctor-s'bllls. until at last I was advised to try Ozone. Before I had taken two bottles my ` cough was entirely cured. Before I had taken ` Ozone two months I was as well as ever. I am, i yours very truly. Signed, SAVED FROM DWI luv vuuulwu IIVIII VII IIII Il'l(g LoItuudeIAinan'umI|!gn V -1 Phosphor gleam: o! the witches light; ' Stlnch was he and an mums knight- me indeed she could not cutaway- Ilnrvnnrhnv ant nlr IIAI mulalnh llnho. Powley s` Liquified Ozone 7 Destroys the Bb`ciIlus_ _ BP.EAKFAST_ `TRY THE NIGHT SERVICE, GRATEFULT 0031 FBRTING J.".t'1U. mus, Aaoeuea JAMES EPPS & CO., Ltd.. Homoeo- Pathic Chemists, London, Eng- and. Distinguished "everywhere for Delicacy of Flavour Superior Quality. and highl Nutritive ?roperties. Specia ly Rratetul and comforting to the nervous and dyspeptic. Sold onl in 1-4-Th. `I'.`I`nR. ]ah4:`l'ln _TA 12!`: f _*7 Oilice. l;un_lop-Sn. Barrie. 4;-Iy _.-- ..----v- an s: vast) Alva VIJLLD dyspepi-3.` "Sold 1-4-lb. tins, labelled JA ES EPPS R7. an T.1-.1-I T-lr\rnr\nn_ ..'..':` and every night`. hntil six a.m. QXIIIIIII` BI-Ill Ill IJIU IIIUEII WU) ; ' Not resenting I fancied alight; Ah. willow and welladlyt L. TEBO Near Market Square. lVIcl...ac-ty, 'rANi(," ' " and Repairs, go to` BED$PRiNG5. MATRESSES, PUMPS, 'A|III1_\ CLEANLINESS. 6:. C0. Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers. Long Distance Rates are approxi- ma.tely One-Ha.lfV the Day Rate}. No charge for making appoint- ments to talk at a; specied time 28-S- BRADFORD STREET. Never a kiss uh; Eu-I -ha `unldlun Cumin "numb lulu causes the `Terrible LATE 01? 01:6. GONSUMPTION '3} KR IVE; ' W. 1VIclaAl{'l`Y. 7 SUPPER I I2 ANGUS P. 0. Z . Are 2} specialty. and pagties intending to have IlJ08,i:ll::0hl:l:dl:.theIf own Interest: by placing uni; .45.`. .- . ._ lush uluccu Iuu uvuul lllll [IIlI$y"- llurmuring not It lscr Iuddcn -light Ah. willow undwelhduyl _ ` left `at Tn: Anwuccx oice or his resi- dence.` Spruce Cottage. will be promptly attended to. 1_ _ ' ` f: D Efm THE 010 neuasuz Aucnnul G. R. FORD umnmns ALL Knms or AUc'r1o2&_ sums. Will payfor .Wil1 Form and postage to any part of Canada. 7-... v- V-van An investment safe as goven-nm_ent securities and much more protable, realizing th_e mvegtor an equiva- lent to 15 per cent. per annum. mmple interest. For printed matter and fnrther information call on TH E lNVESTOR-Why -not place your $100.00 with the O. P. B. & L. Ass'n. and have it doubled in 12 years, beside receiving during the in- terval 6 Z per annum paid to you every six monthl? In other words, for your $xoo.oo you will resin an interest $66 and a lump sum of 3200. making 3 grand total of $266. MARRIAGE HGENSES I-rnedvance Uffice 'fENANT--Why pay rent. when, on such, an monthI pa manta. you can become your own [an - lord ? nu ve the choice of repayiniat a. monthly rate of $1.10, $1.50, or $1.90 for eac $100.00 hor- f0WOd. ' "THE PUBLIC--Why spend all our ockot money? 6oc. a. mouth placed with the P. . and Loan Association will yield you in about 8 yennA PRESENT of $100.00, or a. prot of $41.40 over your monthlv pavments. I .l\ua.DAV 1 0| $!X.0O, ( TIJIF I-Iin1au:. Blank Will Forms can be had at WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO, Calls attention to the Special Facilities ofered to Investors and Borrowers. The 0mario Parmanim Building and Loan Association c 95 Dunlop-St., Ross Block, Barrie. Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St. Make Your Will. g.H. LYON CUT FLOWERS-Roses. Carnations, Violets, etc. fresh evm-v dav, Rnumu-tn._RnH-nu- you 1. r uu vv z.x\a-1\Dscs. harnauons, Vlolclil, etc., fresh every day, Bouqueta-Button- hole, Hand or Corsage. Funeral Tokens in any desi ns. VEGETAB ES--Celery, Crisp and Tender; Lettuce. Cahhaxre, Parnninsm Roan. Can-ntn. TSElIt-F1owerTSccds, V egefable seeds, Plants and Bulbs. WM. TAYLOR NBVIT I Inc Iuv `IVS uuu WIWII swift the `vnnilhed lrourout his dim, Dual: :1 lnrlnl in n ninrlnh Inn . ' 1' LUCK] Telephone 1 5. `FARM STOCK sALE:s SEED STORE V V" ' 9\JI"I'II\ll1lZIf Anyone sondlflg a sketch and descri tion may quiokwoasoerta In our opinion free w other an invent n is probably patentable. Communica- tions strictly condential. Handbook on Patents sent free. oldest a my for securingcxgtents. Patents taken t rou h Munn & receive specialnottce, without. c arge. in the -4 ;;AJ_.A, AAAAAAQALAA A ;l1_u;t;ated week] cnlation of any aclentmo ournal. vv-" -v ;. Lanzest cir- Tenna. 83 a ear: four months. 81. so d by all newadealers. ll - --- ll- .1. `nun: D _ ---_ `-7|.-lCIlI\I|l UL Ell DKJICI-IIIII-I`) Ullll-IQIU `CI IE5` '0 Q year: by M NH & cossvew-M-NewI[grR `Branch Omce. 625 F St.. Waahtnzton. . j SEC.TREAS. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. 19-tl _} -_- uuv yavlllclltaa ;xIo:'oEwiz'11"!r\a{sEo.1'>-.13'.`Z`rY_" 31; L hope you will enjoy` your dinner.` 1 It is the same as myself and thedchll ` dz-en are having tyhoma.'\f-London.An- .; ...`: `.._:.k> bun J. nDL.l:.o--uexcry, Lznsp am! A enact ; Lettuce, Cabbage, Parsmps, Beets, Carroll. etc. . E. Dommuj," CTDDAC unnnvn `-A.-.-- _- ___ FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN, Inns It. Inc n|In|nn-gf GO TO THE NEVV QAN/DZ- ..__Qp_. ' DDDIJDLHIXLV . I 55 Dunlap-St.. Barrie IlIJ\l 3`? VV I-IIIU IV 3 I|lI'\:I Aye. let us have a taste." said the. husband as he .untled the bundle. , ._I_--_ __.`.._'-;....A_. __.I/LL-..-. CUUIIIIIJ X3 X5 IICOCUIDK `But the plates were `e-t1;p't;._;}1"i""there \ was a notewlth them which ran as fol- ; lows_:' . - . __.. .._nn 4.)-..` _-.-.. 41...... ' Now, see here. Jenkins, said Mr. Lord. I'll tell` you what I'd do in your place. I'd start a collection agen- cy. You can do it right here in my of- ce. Take in the other boys: get up a little stockocompany. It doesn t require . :ul_v_ capital, and if it's run right it ought to pay. I ll give Stack all my old accounts, and-you can get as many more as you want by advertising. Jenkins eyes bulged with joy. Here at last was his -chance. He thanked .his superior repeatedly, and that very day the Calumet Quick Collection com- pany was formed. Jenkins wrote a long letter to his father, explaining that postage stamps were an "extreme necessity," and then drew for $5. Stack and Harkins each contributed as much, and the new concern began life with a stock of enthusiasm and hope that was not expressed in the amount. of paid up capital. Jenkins contrib- uted most of the enthusiasm. but Stack and Harkins hoped for the best. The work was so divided that the young lawyer had to do all the outside. work. 7 The stenographer,"of course. could` not leave the ofiice. except for` meals. and .1 the clerk argued that it would pay to have some one at headquarters to meet customers and clients; so, with] some ` misgivings, Jenkins agreed to this are rangement. mp- - -' - A i so sa;i;1'g'. "she placed a. dish' and plate, carefully tied up. in front of the toner.` and went away. L _ - us---n__ ._.II _An.... ..._... _-.._ -.ll_ la 1.: vvvaov nu-uy-ug- I `:`Looks. well after you. your wife \ does." said amate. Suppose we _taste\ 1 and see what it : like?" V ' - _- Ag--- II __n_1 AL- "&'i{u'e}}'?:' 'tIk glad to Harklns that Jenkins wasn't such a mark after all. As for the young lawyer, he is in, -doubt whether to go back to the farm or looks for a more congenial, place to oice, air now Mr. Lord. the eminent ; attorney, says that Jenkins has "no sand" and will never get along unless he learns to love work." -T-Chicago Record. V l V ` - The Toner : Dinner. Instead of going to` their work one Monday on number or workmen entered 1 a public house determined to spend the day there. AI. _ . _ 4 _ . . _ - _'._._'_ I__I__.! 2.. __.I ` suing woos- `vi About noon a. woman looked In and said, addressing one of the party: T In ...... ......:' .....- ...... ...4. ........a...... |......`..- -rs-puny -v-woo `rII1.r_IQ-B va-v \'- 1-v `auto g - "I supposed you arenot coming home to dinner today. so -I, havebrought you your share." ` nu- _._z._.. '..n.. _l.._-.Iv- .n..|.`-...1 -1-.- ` `'`il-o'u mean live Just got. to work. ; said Jenkins. Well, I'm done too.. I'm i out $5 for stamps, I've worn. out a `pair rot shoes, I've done $100 worth` of the meanest work on earth, and I haven't i got anything but $8 and the grip. This is the first quare meal I've bad for T two weeks, and I tell you the quick coi- 1 lection _business is all off." IIVIAA _.__L J, , *-` Now, Hark and Stack,,as to this collection company, `-1 don't know 1 whether it is `the quick or `the dead. but I want to announce that, so far as I am concerned, it lsdlssolved, evapo- rated. Vanished. e Here are our ac- counts." He pulledout the package. They are supposed to represent $8,000 of good accounts. You can have them. . I wouldn't give $4 for the bunch. T13... .__..1_-.... I-_I_-.'I -1. I_!_,_ His partners looked at him in aston- ishment. Yo_u re joking!" they cho- rused. Why, we have just got` to work! ' T ` T _...-a a--- `now an woos: `Jl\lLJI:L7u jI ll `tell you, Mr. Jenkins. he said. I don't feel as if I was entitled to any of this money. You and Stack here did all the work, and you ought to keep my- `share for stamps and car fare. on ?" TI--J. T-_I_.!_._ 1.. _.!-,A_.__1 _ Mr. Lord, I `m not getting along very '0, and I don't know exactly what to do to improve my affairs. Of course 1 don't want {to leave you. but the fact is if I'don t.`c0muu.nce to takevin a lit- tle more money {'11 have to get a situ-e ation, go into some trade-quit the law. - - ' ' ".'V_S-;`1;e.;1wthyt got to the coffee. Jenkins let his bomb fall upon the festal board in this wise: T ..-...---v~~. vuv vI\I Jvua u.-vs. Q Jenkins and Stack promised, and at 7 o'clock that evening the three part- ners were sitting together at a restau- rantv table christening the `collection company. _ - 1171.-.. .L1..-_ ._-; 4.- ;|,_ _,nn u All right." he laughed;_ I'll take it on condition that you take dinner with me this evening. We ll celebrate the week's success-kind or `christen the business. What do you say? Tn-.I.!..... .-....: cu......I_ _..._..:__.1 L._.: 4:. ........v . woo`-atanl Ivl-J\-I yuan lllul\og \-LJ But Yenlgns insisted, and the st.enog-` rapher yielded. ' ` `HAII ._`:'_.1_;_ n L- I___-,I,,:|, unu- ----- Urn-I-I\uIrI-l\-O\1\J VVVIIIIJ yuu LALLLI I3 LHULICJ 0 Jenkins `was very silent. He sat down at his__ desk and began to make ; out his statement. Stack watched` him with curious lnterestas he piled up the few checks and greenbacks which rep- resented the first week's "business or the Calumet Quick Collection com.- pany. Hehad collected $240. and the net earnings of the company at 10 per cent amounted to $24-just $8 for each of the three stockholders. `(In , V- n--up uancvv unvhnauvauulu Good boy!"_`said Stack. picking up his share. You're a wonder. I didn t think you'd make it go. I T....I-I..- I..-:.._. __I_-A NA- _I, ,-I'I v -r- - --our-V av av. mi~I_2;rklns, being what Stack calls a chump, clushed when Jenkins handed him his share of the prots. . `ICYIII .J...II _--- Il'_ `I'-_.I-1___, M n , o q At noon on Saturday Jenkins ap- peared at the office. He looked thinner than ever. His shoes" were worn out. i He had a piece of red annel round his neck and his voice was a. huky whis-V per. Harkins didn't have the heart to ask him `how he fared, but Stack yell- .uI. ' Hllo, old man! We thought you had absconded with the firm s money! Tnnlylnn u...-u. ........ ~31-..` rt- _..A. . v.-v -v-w-- av -on --vv-r-u V The young lawyer worked .like5 a end. , When car fare was gone, he walked,_e`ven ran, eatterphls supposed e victims. _He `quit going back to the? oice and` worked far into the night`.- He pestered the life out of every debt- or who showed the least sign of paying up._ and It they oirered him a dollar he took it and asked for two. In the meantime, a few answers to advertise- 'ments came into the oice. but Mr. Lord seized upon them as" too deep for the boys." Nobody .called. Stack be- gan and nished three paper cove:-ed novels. Harklns plodded away in-_ -doors, both wondering how long Jen- kins nerve would stand the hardships of chasing his prey through ice and snow. ` ' I ` Two weeks ago. however, somebody bought him _a good dinner. and then such an unwanted courage ` rose up` _within him that he decided to approach the eminent lawyer withwhom he of- ces and ask advice. To the lawyer Jenkins said: ' ` "1.Vl`1';e-11 the young lawyer was gonl out , the clerk sidled up to the stenogra- pher and said: - Say. Hark, I `think we're on a dead one, don't you? - All L--- ..-A.' A-.. -v___I_I__ -_n,. u-o.o., _. --- vs. -svluvj suits ll wsyaaves Il.IlJ\aI I - Well, it's Jeni ; doings. He sug gested It. and I guess he needs the man- ey worse than we do." . _ . But it it falls?" - - Well. if it fails I think Jenkins ought to stand the losses. I m'out ve- fty already, and we his fault." lI1).-A. I.-9.. 3.1.... .II LL- __-_.I'_ ll .____. `How much . V ~ . :A n`.9t"A ':/`;7 He even tsneled, he lconld shes! Harklns` laugh when he s.nsv_vered:' `_'l~ didn't collects cent. Hard luck. Ian ! It? I ran into a gang of tough ones and s then ran out of car tare. Any answers to out-`dnnn1ngletters?. _ Not a. glimmer." mourned Hsekins. Stack looked glad of it. He loaned Jenkins a halt dollar for car tare. charged it up on the company's book and resumed his warm place in the: corner. -u- u`, -u-- wvww ' up-no avg an no-or But he's doing all thewv:*;:>.1"k." sug-` gested Harklns. ' ~ l1'1'v_II _. I. __ _._I.LII A..; Q.-. 15.. _u_ 77"S11T6":SZ'&ugnu- And Mr. Stack went back to his novel. ` vuv sown: v gvno I.-hope not; 201' Jenk s sake. . He's so in earnest." said the stenographer. u.1.v-n (LI... 'l'-..I.'9.. .1.:...... 1-1 . -.-.. -u-\--- v"at"(}:I'tmdo! If you let! '1 '9' j5..;- me ck) you won ; 118" '39-} m _ ` but wants gnnnla van-acy- "Huzza! I've `solved the problem. she cried. And rn stand for it that you shall_ have a maid to serve Mrs. Caulkington's luncheon. A stunning maid; well trained. light footed. soft voiced; a maid who will not send so much as/one plate of raw oysters down the `back of `your guest: who will do i things without diagrams and will not icause the downfall and destruction of i precious willow pattern china. in fact, the maid I propose to otter you will be an explanatory key with copious lllus_- trations to the entire servant question. -._;.___.I_o_ ;n._L-._._ __.._ _ ..._. 14.. A..___. All this may not prove that Jenkins is willing to work. but heis. and he proved it last week. He ofces with an eminent lawyer. This means. in his case, that `he gets deskroom in ex- change for his services as -oice boy, court messenger and a few more im-' portant vicarious duties. In the same oice with Jenkins there is Stack. the clerk, whose chief excuse for being there is that he is nephew tothe afore- said eminent one. t Then there is Har- kins, the stenographer. who really. works and who is the envy of both Jenkins and Stack because he draws a good salary and is allowed postage on his own mail. Stack`s salary is _$7.50.v but as he lives with his uncle and pays no board he is really theVaristo crat_ of the oice. Jenkins gets 2 per cent. on the bills he collects. ` .--.-v-_ _v ---V v-.-.- -. ..._- .,...-_-- Gertrude s sisters were very Ear from despising the girl's ready imagination. It had often helped to solve an econom- ic problem which they themselves had ' tics. ' abandoned in despair. "But this crisis of the maid to order seemed consider- ably beyond Gertrude even.-`and they frankly announced themselves skep-` u .... :- "Do you mean to look for your re- markable maid here In the suburb or _ elsowhere '1" _r they, demanded. gal ..l._II _____ -n- I.-._ I- AL- _.IA_-. -._ V yd-`Iv. ---..-v--_-..--o . -"l":z.l:a-1-I-pxtocure her In -the city. or. 3n may `alsenc," rv:~.tIu-r, I shall go on a` trip to` the lay. and I "will send the maid to.you luau a A ready maid-no. a maid to order! Don't talk to`- me `for three minutes. I_ feel theidea grow in my cerebrum. and it really is a good one. . .rnI_- _--_.... I..;|_ ....4. .a.._.... 1... n..- Ind- ll. ICGIIJ I3 (I SUUU Ul.l.Un , `The young` lady sat down in the-llttie . oaken window seat and buried her face In her hands. * -ryvu -u Silly! Do you think Isabel ad I have time to waste upon your vapor- -no now. means`...- Three minutes later she sprang up` and? plrouetted triumphantly around the charming table. .41-r_____o u-)_- -_-|___: a.|.; ._....|.i_... n -noun-\p u Yes. my dear-=-a ready maid. so to speak." ~ ucun_| `l'\`. _.-.- 4.1.2-1- 1....I...I ......1 1' "`1?Eer{rLE;.'"dEr,'";..3 L-I1J%7{;.'er:ect1y well that nothing can be done. There are only two hours left, and in any case you can't secure a. girl here in `the coun- try to come in for just one day," An! I_____ .LI_-4. I...-A. _I_1_I..4. __ .1_....I CO. `v `-`---v -- _v. a--. v--- .-.- "I know that, _but 'whisht.vzi1y.dear! An Idea dawns_ in my brain! Let it mature! . - n .A .- Jenkins is a bright young `lawyer. who has sat before a big empty desk for nearly two years without earning `enough to buy 'a whole suit of clothes. Of course he's busy. ' It takes him a about ten hours a week to study out the diplomatic possibilities of his next encounter with his landlady. Then there is his at`i air.at the restlturant. He has to keep watch, of the holes in his meal ticket andlook for chance` in- vitations to more sumptuous meals. It` took him nearly a year-of nance with Chinese laundrymen before he adopted celluloid. What leisure he had was un- til lately occupied with a sort of credit correspondence with his father. upon whom he is at liberty_ to drawonly in 3 cases of extreme necessity." Jenkins ` has written home many really able denitions of extreme necessity. All I-Iain rant`-o -...A. .........- 4.I_-L I'.._I_.I_.. "37X;{}21ea for what? For getting us a maid? ? I never thought of that, Gertrude acquiesced in. a disappointed -tone. Our entegtaining has always been so informal we re likely to make the guests change the plates and bring in `the courses from the kitchen them- ` selves. But it's true, as you say, that kind-of thing won t do when we re en- tertaining Mrs. Caulkington. She's so critical that her eyes burn; holes in anythingthey fall on. We wouldn't mind her little peculiarities if she were merelyan acquaintance. but if Isabel is going to demands big; fat salary she imust make a big, fat impression. I'm sure Mrs. Caulkington would cut her down half if she knew how poor we are and how badly we need that secretary- ship. Something must be done. AtI\_..A.____J- J_.... __--_ I__._._. ..__..-J.`- vv._vw- Isabel and I _were lamenting that we didn't have a maid to serve the lunch- eon. Gertrude; We were saying how desperately embarrassing it is for a hostess to jump up to remove the plates after a course and to bring the next course to table. ' _-. .- `...-_- u -I\v saw-LJ\v\aI What is 8. pity, but can't be helped?" demanded the youngest Miss Dormond. `Who pirouetted into the room just in time to hear the last, half of the sen- tence. - .._-__-.. ...`...-_ `V-.--.-no v\a Iv!-vi-raid: Yes. That's always Wretchedly em- barrassing, Isabel agreed. 'It s hard- er on the guests than the hostess too. However, there s no help for it. We don't keep a maid, and thlssuburb isn't a place where you can nd a girl to call in for a `day at a time. It's a pity. but it can t be helped. ` u'11'n...;. 2.. '_ _z._ 1.... ____u_ u__ L -L- _ gnu av..- --_:._ V-u-.4-v-. The house couldn t fail to make a good imp1'ession.'1sabel -broke in. It _is clean and sweet and old fashioned from top to toe. `One can t say that a house has a toe. There's just one thing lacking. I do wish wehad a good maid to wait on the table. -I hate those embarrassing breaks in a home luncheon where the hostess is obliged to cut 01! in the middle of a sentence and bolt into the kitchen to bring the broiled squab course to table." A```.'_.. "II. _LI _. A Moreo-;e'r, a daffodil bulb `cherished. in window sill warmth had obliglngly .th1'own out a handful of blossoms. '1`hls pot, sheathed in yellow tissue pa- per. made a thoroughly attractive cen- terplece. ` nu. 1.. _1._-_|'_ 1___-u_ on ,_c,-u' Ivvo .. - '37'f'f's1mp1y lovely, said" Winifred, with a little sighot relief and satisfac- tion. I shan t be in the .least afraid to have Mrs. Caulkington s eagle eye turned upon it, even though you are a candidate for her secretaryship, Isabel, and so much does depend upon making a good impression. urnI-- 1.----- ___'.iJ__c;_ n_g| ., The table was charmlngf The pearly 1 expanse of damask that "infolded it : was one of thevbiisses Dormond"semost a treasured possessions, saved out of a general wreck of family" fortunes. Int- `.13 A, u a V (The 61.: -fV:1's_l1l`ene'('l-s.i.lvve1:,_ e_t-tl;ese in- imitable patterns ` which "no modern shop can supply, gleamed like irregu- larly. shaped planets at intervals across `the cloth. ' . zxvov. ' Prince. when the bard: -of earth rec!te,. T They strike the chords nnd insistent y. Some will love. though the loved one smite; Ah. willow and wellnday! \ -Ernest Mccmley lp January Woman : Homo Companion. V " Whereiag methqught. there to 1/ louomed every grace `lint Inna might can us look_ heel And. uh, thgolden store `Of lnenrtaeue that it brought me! Thlt 311% Since otherward 'ti: turned torevennore. - `I was en-ewhile,.g '3 . &cIlnil,IVIn`_w'ot_ld a lovely Iota 1:19.. , V llnroneforwhou thcuunhathloutmumile. : shall go down the yem. ('11-nnhmnv Okunnaul. nbnnllg Inn- I IIIIII `II UUWII IJIC CIIIp - Groping through sterile hopes and tun, To dnrklin; solitude too deep for turn. J`fh Ennllnv Kn '34::-n-`n an-an nag Ivuwuuu bvv uccy IUI IXIL -Clinton Scollard in Rama : Baur. Love FORSAKEN. % ,3 ,_ K` ``,,_I ~, ' rm: mvrmswgnmm .A.nanlas wuz kilt ter lyin; `In dese days nqen sit a. prize ter it.--Atlanta 3 cainvu can . u may sun. as sunusvuu bau--H Solomon wuz a mighty much mar- ried man. en yit dey calls him de wis- et man! , ' - anus: or `A sTua6nN:<'L6vi%L' likings and judgments are set forth . pleasantly andtrequently in a convinc- I I asmnfas-*-1!==%**8*?i3~* L Neglected Dryden. Notwithstanding Lowell s high praise of Dryden s prose works and the accu- sation he brings against literary plun- derers of this magnate of letters 200. years ago, few people except scholars now ever open Dryden s'essays. though they `are well worth careful perusal and study, in spite of Swift's malicious andwitty lines: Read all the preiaces of Dryden, For these our critics much conde in, Though merely writ at rst for lling To raise the volume s price a shilling. There is truth as well as wit in this characterization. for Dryden was in some respects -but a literary hack, al- though a man of genius. But. being a genius, it was impossible for him to write anything, however carelessly and slipshod, without .something nding its way in that will arrest the reader's at- tention even yet, afterthe lapse of two centuries. Unlike the other and small- er literary hacks of his time. whatever Dryden wrote he wrote freely, and there is an absenceot` cramped formu- las and of pedantic utterances. as a rule. which is interesting. Even in his shilling -prefaces to which Swift al- ludes the reader will have no difllculty in discovering ;a `man of genius. one of many lovable traits and great charac- teristics, and at least Dryden s own in: manner. _He lsone of the old writ- ers that, weary modern.) given" up to novel reading could: protably turn back to and peruse to their own great / 4 Brother Dickey : sgyingl. ` E1 dis won 13 a _howlln wilderness, lt's~man dat do de howlin. \--av `III Vau uv VI Illla viogwuz a pashuntman, but he never had ten-.wait fer a railroad train. My dear girl, you simply have a treasure. cried the visitor, with warmth. If I were in your plac'e,_I would shiver atthe very thoughtof losing her. And. do you know. since I've seen how perfectly your little table A is arranged and served I'm really afraid % of what Miss Isabel will think when 3 she comes to me in the city. I hope 1 you will close your eyes to a number of \ things in my housekeeping. Miss Isa- bel." I } I Oh, I am not critical. Mrs. Caulking- ` ton, laughed Isabel.` And every one knows how hard it is to get maids like Anna nowadays.-What to Eat. Well. good girls are very scarce here. answe1'ed,Isal':ol; and I ve no doubt we d have end}:-as trouble if We had to change. But. you see, We have 9 raised Anna ourselves. She knowsour own ways and suits us" pvrfectly. We've had her for more than ten `years. I know she'll never leave u,`s--unless, of course. she marries and has a home of 3 her own. .. _... ___`._ -~-.---. Afterward, when the luncheon party had adjourned to the drawing room, the guest deliberately led around to the subject of domestics. llT\- __`._ 1`,, `I Do you nd`it as hard'to get good girls in the suburbs` as we do in the; city? she asked. I imagine _not, for ( that young waitress of yours is perfec- tion itself. V -V - . T F (-3u:e:';r;1:l.e',-E-}evx'vtr-;J`<`i-e! gurgled Is- . abel. What nonsense won t that child } attempt? IIVL- I_____I_,,.- ,,,, 41, III 1 q .-v-'-.rv- The luncheon was faultlessly served. ;Never was waitress quicker, lighter. softer, more all seeing, more graceful. !.1.-..... 4-]... ....:4.l....l |r.....- I`----II_2_...1.__. Recked she little In passing then Whether on him would sorrow light. M Thus to wander from out his ken. Fading and disappearingouite; ` Though he bent to her beauty ! might.` Never a prayer had he to pray; nrnn nn lrlnn fnr A nhyhlmrn uivlulu-o _-.\.v `pn\ - \/IQ. ta...-avun 1 Isabel took a second look at her new acquisition and dropped into a chair, laughing weakly. 41:12.... f`I__L..-_J- .1__._ _,-__ ,1 _..._.,_-_- \..._....J - MissGertrude done send me, miss, \ the maid repeated softly, an she said 3 to yo to jest go set in_de pariah an` e leave all de servin to me. - vvvia -tI1-e' 1;.v.a:lkington was impressed; I 5;- vs V-u-.ru.an.n A She was tall, well poised and. bar- ring her skin, a strikingly handsome young woman. Her pink gingham gown tted to perfection` and closely resembled one _worn by Gertrude for mornings on the porch. Her dainty 'ruied_api'on was strikingly like one which Isabel herself wore while sew- ing. Perched saucily in her black,_rip- ply hair she wore a bit of a cap. which, When examined at close range, seemed ' to be notl1ing~more than a tuft of white i lace cleverly pinned. ` 1'....1....| 4.-_u_ - _---_..1 -,4, Vi - -v ....---~. Iu\a \r-\auUhDU Good gracious! shrleked Isabel un- der her breath. She started back, the oyster plate in her hand_ narrowly es- caping calamity. .QI.- ...-2.1 A(t'I_-.l _.___-l____`I! -.__-- ,., ,,,, `wt .-= _`---u-.--- -3., u She said Good gracious once rnore. and very fervently. when she turned. for there, not a yard from her side, `waiting to be asslgnedeto her duties, stood the most desirable of colored waitresses. ' "-Tit &';E;';1is}713}2z'tI.2"vo:ce, Miss Gen-dude done send me. I am I de maid to ordah. ' ' "`-'-'11`-`Inf 3: lama. but ran g'Ia`d,or `an exeuseto absolve myself. I'm in awe ' of Mrs. Caulkington. and I tremble `before the glare of her lorgnettes. You can make my excuses to Mrs. Caulk- lngton and tell her that I was obliged to go into the city on pressing - busl- _ ness. Mrs. Caulklhgton"s critical efes were already boring holes in the drawing` room furniture, and the luncheon` hour Was but three minutes in. the future. ' Isabel, in 'nZi~ 'pre1`:'ti.e2-stzwsil-1;;-w.'a'1-ist, L was arranging the oyster plates. upon * the table preliminary to ushering their E guest into the dining room. G.-.!I.I.._I.. .. ...--..I:__ `A _.:___l._.__ ..I_l-_A_._ sun 1 yunycs unu uw tu play; Curse on him for a stubborn Wight; Ah, willow and welladayl