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0ffice--91Dunlup Street, Barrie I-Q-lughesi Bros. The Bell Te_|eph3nq company nuI'nA\ -n _ _ OF` OIANADA. . i will issue a new subscribers directory tor the Dintrict of Eastern `Ontario, in- cluding the Town of BARBIE within a few dayi; ' flniillud `nu nan: nnnnnnfinnn n|n.n'nnn Lvw D, In Onmnns for new connections, changes I ofrm nemen, &o;, euhould be placed at once to insure appearance mm. book. 9: A `-_-_"__ v__,|u- sope.. 15317 In the domestic art of Laundering, once well done is twice done. Be- cause we give our work extra care, it lasts twice as leng before need- ing to be laundrefl again. + Adds - Deducts -:- Divides 1111. Without moving his head he ash- ed a glance through the grating out of the corners of his eyes. There was a. woman sitting there. quite close to him. She must have moved from the back of the box since he` had come, for he was certain that she was not there when he took his seat. Sunlight Soap Mauqfaclsrtd by Lever.Brothers Limited, rAui(."" ' and Repairs. go to All the best quality and guaranteed. aanspames. ~ MATRESSES, PUMPS, a. co. Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers. W. H._B_!l_NKEB, Bnnuroho s'rn::'r.% -adv aAnnu-:. lung himself elsewhere _ _and lingering` about in dreary isolation; T . There came of a sudden a sigh, a gong, quivering sigh, almost a sob. Car.- roll was startled. but he made no sign. There was some one in the box, `after ____-_.__ l_.!.. l.--.3 L- A--1_ Mvlves I. Pnopnmrons. IIU Ill VIII. IIUUBu l. DOUGLAS! Local Manager. &\lll-IIIILU Ill Ell? V" to Cleanliness in the Linen. the Cares of Washing n `PIIQUI O1-In h11A_ Comfort inf the _Work A. l`1-_..I2.._-__ - by tw<-> theeLife of the articles washed. I by two the |Hours of `QHICC $3599 UL UV GI-Bills 3y from the House.- e s busy life. A story of e. Masquerade Ball '42 and a Dinner .Party. " . . 4) @ o@ooo<>o>ooo>oo>o Carroll Frere had `gone to the French bal masque. It was all very wearisome to him. He had been to dozens of such balls before, and he woudered_ now what he had come for. It was not as It had been when he was'a boy. It 'was_ nothing but a7 nuisance. and yet he staid, wearied and disgusted. yawning until the tears came in his eyes, wish- -I_..---!........ __.3 I1.....-..3__ :Ottl lord ? Y5!) `hawk i:'I{e'<;li- V; :31-zsnthly rate if $x_.ao, $1.54. or $1.90 for eac $xoo.oo both row: THE PUBLlO-WhY Spend all 00! money? 6oc. a month placed with the . P. Loan Association will vield vou in about 8 mm- V... .-.-- . -1 yo-vnxnpnusao THE lNVESTOFI-Why not place your $100.00 with the O. B. 8: L. Ass'n. and have it doubled in in years, beside receiving during the in- terval 6 2 per annum paid to you every six months? In other words, for your $xoo.oo you will reeoivo II interest $66 and a. lump sum of $200. making a grand total of $266. ' and Loan Association Special Facilities. oered to iIm:estor_s and Borrowers; TENANT-Why pay rent, when, on such as month! pa menu, you can b_ecome your own nu nave the choice or rcpayin at a. monthly of $1.30. $x. 31.00 for can Smn.na Inn. -are 0- vi-20. 31.50. $1.90 rowed. TH E PUBLlC-Why1 Goc. monev? a mnnth nlnt-and _v..-- -. V--vu An investment safe as government securitiee and much more protable, realizing the invegtor an equiva- lent to 15 per cent. per annum, "simple xnterelt. For printed matter and further information call on <.>o(>ooQoo>o$ooc$@Q n ___:: 111:; l\ Blank Will Forms can be had at ` money r ooc. a month placed With the U. P. B. and \ Association yield you in about 8 yeIrIA PRESENT of $xoo.oo, or a prot of $41.40 out your monthly pavments. TLIJD Ina|n-I-sip: ---. I-in purchased the pun-mes hvchu. Mo- .I.`2i"i:.."'........." "12 ?.E.a'.."..'; =Y`.`i.`.......""` .?':`.'%`..2}.: ulurc, ;IIuI unit In ulu VIISIOIII .lI0iC.l9 and has oened :up business in all kindsof Black- nmithin .V onuhoein .otc. Allivorkwillhodona promp ynttheloweat sure. Rememhot-thopkn. :95 Dunlop-St., Ross Block, Barrie. |meAdvance (mice Make Your Will. Will pay for Will Form a_ndV postage to any part of Canada. Near` Market Squats. VV rn. M c La rty, BtIRATED BY A MOLE O,,H.LYON; TENANT~V nnnt-lulu nan-`Ann SEC.TREA'S'. BARRIE Loc"AL BOARD. mt CUT FLOWERS-Roses. Carnations, Violets, etc, fresh every day, Bouquets-Button- hole, Hand or Cbrsage. Funeral Tokens in any desi us. . VEGETAB ES-Cele?', Crisp and Tender; Lettuce. Cabbage. arsnips, Beets.` Carrots. sh-. lJW$I|I|uCj \l$UII`C. I WIPE. IJXUUI QCIIIJBM t . SElEl)cS-EF`ll:wer Seeds, Vegetable seeds, Plants l' LUKJ Telephone :5. wooosrock, ONTARIO, WM. TAYLOR] Evenings at residence, 67` Owen-St. SEED STORE :`a7-'v-v-'- "FY *0 .-. ' I . " ,,_ mad that lca`da',;toaIl6'uII. llieoap ' ot pun zythem gt tihance, u-out e _ons,o W hang H '~ W `ash the valley at Peraevere, or ' niche man that succeed! while-`othaai gm be wimna to my most dear. A. F0, gum ; always a way to fall; my boy, my; a way to slide, T _ _ ' d me man you find at.the' foot 0! the hill J All sought for an easy ride. . so on and up. though the road be roug And the storms come thick and fast; T where is room at the top for the man who tries, ` and victory comes at last. . ' ` ` -esucoeaa. Tun: Mums Dumas copvmm-rrs to. Anyone sending a. sketch and closer! tion my quick] ascertain our opinion tree 17 other an invent n is probably mt-tentable. Communica- tions stri nndent Handbook on Patents sent. free. deet ency for securing nu. Patents taken 1: ton h Mnnn & receive apocialnotico, without a surge. in the -4fA4AJS`fA. "AAAAAA:4AAA v-v-yv-- ---v--v-'- Agmdsonely lllu;t;-staovd `V-reekly. culatlon of my scientic our-nu. Terms. 83 Q van 2 four months. 81. d In 1.11 newndanlmvn. XII DVICIIUIIIV \.I\IIl:IIl JCCIIIBQ W I t'3I; t" mo1 :ths, 81. Said by all newadenlera. .....!. ...._.-:5,!;.'.`;'..':'.::.!`.E.!.' M` f::Ii!ifi:fi iT!!"?i9am- Il`a.IJDl.` [DWI and Bulbs. E; _DONNELL, r\vI-Ian-An.-', nu.-ac`... --_-_ _-__._ FLORIST AND SEEDSMAN. noun .. .-. I\....l..._QL 6 C118. -GO TO THE NEW Call; attention to the LATE OF ORO. %"--'-or..; V --AND- w. nonwnr. ' Gal!alJDLVIt\LV y :55 DunlopSt.. Barrie pus:-nine A A('fe\;':2\'"e~I1vi1w1'gs-vl;a1'ter he went to" a dinner at the house of a tashionable` lady who was a relation of his. Just before dinner she came to him and said: -_- - -_ -- vw ---., ` Sheviurned pale,` silent with? out- moving. He was silent, too, wait- ing. for an answer. Aftera few sec-" onds she said; V "I had to go."- You had to go?" she repeated in sur- prise. ([17-.. Y .:1_1..I;'u__-._ _._I_'_; _|_- L- .1- `-- --v- Yes. I didn't` know what else to do. I found \ out that -Cha1'lie-that s my brother-had gone. It was too late to nd him, and anyway heawould have only got angry with me. He says I am always interfering. But it is'n tlthat.- There are only us two. and we have to take care of each other. I must take care othim and he of me. I knew `it was a, wrongyplace for him to go, but he was already gone. So I had to go after him. It would he diiferent it he was not so young. and he's lived , in the country all his life. And then to suddenly-come to the city, and he forgets about the .money-that we've only just got enough. Perhaps--I m afraid that he doesn't seem to know very well how totake care of himself like the others. But they've lived in the city alltheir lives, and so ltis dif- ferent. - Whrapaused and looked. at him with a tort of pleading apology for the weak boy. Then she went on: . nu-s_---_..._ 1..-... ---.. I..-...- L- `-1-.. avg: u-n-you no--y n v--.. '- I ve'come from our`home to take care of him. The others have mothers and brothers, but he has only me. It's hard to keep from making him angry and yet to look after him, and so I went with my old nurse. I knew if I could nd him I could bring him back" with me. We got the masks and domi- nos from a man near the door who had them to hire. I Then I went into that empty box and waited till he came by, because there was such a crowd. and the people couldn't see me. Soon after" you had gone he passed. and then I called to him. and he came and we went home." V ,4,.____S j.I._- ..`l.I WW UPIIVDIIV V516 llulvuan-luau Look at the sentlmenmitgtf lolt in contemplation of the stars!" - nn-.___-u _;.-...A.-.I -...I anlplnn Iuln anni- Prloeleu Letters Destroyed. 11- Walter Scott once made an itin- erary oi. the borders, in the course of` which he wrote a. lawyer friend .in Ed- inburgh 0. `close and realistic account of everything he heard` and observed. every quaint lccation and droil, cus- tom.. But the stupid hellre! the recip- ientcf these priceienefepiatlec consign-. ed them to the ,a-x_neI end _thun_. gender- .ed cwhatwvguid have n chgnxv-;n}Vn_ -.- .. book itnpo_ssible_; ~It_ :s.;;iir1oiu_u, hqjgff fly 5 -~ l _t wilc tlxcso: `vwuvvu * She was silent fora brief-space and then answered as if reluctantly: No; I don't care for going out. -I thought all young girls loved dancing. parties. bails. he continued, intently watching her. _ ' ' Others may; I don t.._ ` i You like the country life best? She turned-her eyes on him and said with a deep sigh: i A ` Oh, yes! ` If there was anything needed to con- rm him in his belief that this young girl was one and the same` as the wom-2 an he had seen at the ball the sigh was a all that was necessary. As it` fell upon i his ear, plaintively soft and melan- i choly. he seemed once more to be look- ing through the gilded grating at the masked gure and the uttering fan. `mull -0 .......a:..4.:..._ .1--_1-;__ , I--_-_i at oo\Qn\r_ lJ\D|C\tLIIuIa I-IIILIU _i`"u-ll of coni~c.tfii1g-doubts, he leaned back in his chair to think. at the same 1 moment the lady on his other side turn- ed toward him with some laughing re- mark" which required a quick answer. Then came challenge and "retort from `farther up the table, and for some mo- ments the conversation ran on bril-pi liantly. Dinner was nearly` at a closej when his opportunity came. Every one 3 about them was talking or laughingg The girl beside him` alone was silent. i sunk in her brooding thoughts. With- out a word of warning he suddenly leaned toward her and said, almostin a. whisper: . - u11'7L-;. _____ ____ 3-1.... _L LL- _.___I__ji 1 I 1 32$ VI`: VII: U She heslt.:`1te-<.1v:1;<'i stopped, then said- hurrledly: - 111-I-IL-.. `I _.__.. _--- A.-..l_.!.A. Y ""`-\3\J I-Ell-ILI u She was eviilentiy extremely raw. ileated at table, Carroll, unfolding his napkin, said he liked pink candle Shades and then began to take his WP. When he had nished it. he -looked about the table, smiled at a lady .i PDsite. said something to a man tar-T his long mustache with his `napkin, he `looked at his companion. S119 W.`57' horn I: `her down. Finally, a'bsently_brushin81 '18 with her hands in herlap. 1191' Md drooped. her eyes staring at W0 A "t1`Diece. Her cheeks and chin were` `mouth and pale,"and near the" corner._' 9!` mouth toward the chin wal :- :._ , XIILOO When I saw you tonight. I knew you again. and I thought you would know me. I ran up stairs andvput this piece of courtplnster on the mole. I was afraid of your knowing me. I was afraid you would think badly of me for being there. ` - V AIL- _-.. n..4.-.._.-`..4..'j I... 4.1.... ..l-I_... 2.0 I-IJV I-VI Uvloaa `man. up- She was interrupted by the rising of the ladies. As she turned to goshe paused and, looking athim with wist- ful inquiry,,said:. ` . Do you ? v' He looked at her without soaking, but shook" his head. , , . . n-; u_--u_ Lg..- 4.|.-n.. IJIIII HI-IVV1 HID llBIl\OI As the men settled back into their chairs one or them. noticing Carroll still standing gazing vacantiy at 9. win- dow opposite, cried iaughingly: any ..I.. -1. 1.1.- ......&l-nun-.4-nllnb Inn` In`. Uvutuluyluolvu vs nun nu Carroll started and. `ailing his seat, answered quietly: "Yes, I've been look-u_1g_ at 0, star. "#3 ll h(":i9`d*i3p_. ~\`vn`s. the same, .ther;e-; could__ be nodouLt. _`|And;.-`still ;ltfs,e_ex_ned incredible. She was not more `1tn_n'h ,.eighteen years old,` and shejooked rso penive and wistful. Slfe ..seemed to have forgotten his presencefand to be `absorbed in her own melancholy pon- derlngs, taring at the centerplece with. thoughtful dark eyes. III -an I __....- 4-1!- _._ IQL- --n.s _,_; - "W- i;;t"v}ere_ynu doing at the masked ball on Thursday evening? 1:11.. `.a..--....-.1 .._1.. I.--A. __L _..n-..;. _..u.I. She etarted -and flocked up at him. He even seemed to recognize the eyes with their look` of `-scared surprise. For a moment she seemed confused, then she said: - ' v-...v --v-v nvnuywv nuuv DJIUAIDUQ You will be able to have a gay wln- ` ter, he'sa1d, determined to make her talk. -Youiare fond of society. I sup- pose? ' ` gu|__ __-_, in . - - - - 4 -_ `. __..---- Having given her explanation she `looked away and seemed to be about to once more relapse Into silence. uv... _.:n 1-- -I-I- L- - \-Iop on \.-.y en '_"DT1-;. I;farge tells.me,"vho said and- denly, leaning toward her, that you have only Just come to town. QL- ..4.-..A.-.1 __.1>u_-L,-n . -- I-vuau ...v.. ...-- _.-_ V- He stole another look at her, and as he did so she sighed -again-a sigh of weariness and pain. Then she` moved and; taking up a fan in her lap. began to noiselessly fan herself. The flap of her mask moved in the faint winnow- ing air made by the tan, rose a. llttle, then tell. Suddenly. at a Wider sweep` of the tan, .theap curved upward in '3 deep wave, and Carroll saw 8. portion of a smooth, pale cheek, the corner of her mouth, and near it, toward the chin, a small brown mole. ,_l,-$ I_,.. wear IVUUIIQ - Yes, but I am going to stay for the 1 winter. My brother is here at college. I have come to look after him. We are orphans. ' 'r~r__-n'_ ._ -,n,, , - ` - Whatever you do, don't take the 12:10, _ Tom `had said when at break- fast Mrs. `Johnnie `declared her Inten- tion or running up to `town. It's slow and awfully dusty and there's general- . 2:05 express." ly a rowdy qrdwd aboard. Wait for the The girl turned her head Just at that moment, and as their eyes met both of them smiled, and each perceived for the first time that the other wore the little silver Maltese cross of the King : `Daughters. They needed" no introduc- tion after that. ' Mrs. Johnnie moved into the seat with her, and they were soon the best of friends. It did not take Mrs. Johnnie very long to gain the particulars of her story. She had never been to the city before, she said; indeed, except for some little. excur- sion now and then, she had-never left her home, which was in a little village on the coast of Long Island. She was so glad to` have some one to `talk to, for of course she was feeling a bit lonely. Then she told Mrs- Johnnie that her name . was "Daisy--Daisy Hope--ami that she was an orphan with Just one sister. Her name was Sophie, and she was married` now. They had always been the very. bestof friends--sh,e and _ Sophie-until Dan Hackett came along. Nowadays, she added with a sigh, Sophie had eyes for no one but Dan. ' `l--A. V ;.I_-..QA.....n_..I an. _- _..---e_ __ _4n `.-v- v.` v._-_ V '6:-Jnsequently Sal-"s1 Johnnie did take the 12:10 local, and within ve min- utes" time she was wishing. devoutly that she had followed Tom : advice, for it was hot and dusty, and they were crawling along at a snai1 s pace, and there were some rough looking custom-V era on board, and-we1l, oh, dear! After all, Tom did know what he was talk- ing about occasionally. LA. AL. A._ __J -1 AL- A-.. _ _______. ___- -v---~ uv-v vwvv-- -v-av- Mrs. Johnnie gathered her belongings together and set out- to take possession of the seat just in front of the young girl, and then, half turning, she scru- tinized the young woman at her leisure. She` could do so without rudeness, for the girl was gazing out of the window, and her thoughts seemed to be far away. It's a sweet _1ltt1eface, thought Mrs. Johnnie, and I don t care "if it is painted it's innocent andtrusttul. Her dress ts her_ abominably, but she has a glorious pair of eyes. She's a posi- tive anomaly. I m going to introduce myself. . ' A 4.1..` L__..._-3 L-.. L--.` .I--..L `J. L`.-L .-v`---' go my` `rut -v- -v V...` -at-up -cuppa; - But I `shan't`mind It so much now, the added, suddenly brightening, up again, now that -I'm going to be mar- ried too.` ' ' A Yes, we're going to be married right uway-Jack and me. This isn't` very much or a_trousseau. is it?, she added, with an expressive gesture toward her old fashioned carpetbag and two paper parcels. But Jack said that wouldn't matter He could x me up when I came to town. He told. me in his letter` not to bring anything along; my coun- try dreses would never do for New York. he said. So.I ve left them all at home there, hanging up in my closet- all `except my new pink one .I_ -got at Easter. It's so pretty I couldn't bear to l.ave.t_hat,hehind.` `I guess it will do - tor the mornings. now and then. i nun_'_A. _...-....n. n. '-_...n. .n._ ..-. ;.1 -1 1u.-i. hv Yettis?` ` Q. uvn on`. --v-.--- ' -- v w---: --- lint wasn't av;tully goocl-of Jack, though? He sent me this dress to wear on the wsyfnp. and this diamond,",t pointing to s hpge brooch that sparkled at her throat, but which Mrs. Johnniefs eyes pronounced to. very bad `paste. And there was s` of complexion salve he sent me too. I've` put some or lton Just to please him, but 1 __can?t ssy that Lllke It very much. Jt ltches so and ,fe`e_ls name. Do sllyladles `point `in _ np-;,_ 2,` ._ ,.n- _,-.,x_.-_.- ` But xfo sooner had Tom taken his de- - partute'than Mrs. Johnnie decided to do nothing of the sort. She was a bus- tling` little body, forever on the go, and when once an idea crept into that clev- er littlehead of hers she was inclined to carry it through to _a nish in her own particular way. _ _ . _ _ _ _ _.A_I__ 'Il ___.' ?-L____l- .113 J__I_.- Almost simultaneously she raised her eyes and saw him looking_ at her through the grating. She dropped the fan and made a grasp at the edge of the mask. Through the two slits fore the eyes Carroll saw hers, and. though he could not tell` whether they were light or dark. he saw that they Were full of terror. The thought ashed through his mind, I will know her again, and he knew that she had thought the same of him. The next instant she had withdrawn into "the back of the box. Carroll went home wondering about her. A n,,, , I __. .-~w -v vvv---.-v-..--_v - ` at the far end of the car a young wo- man was sitting. She looked so young that one might almost have called her a child in spite of the fact that her `pretty brown hair was twisted up on the tops of her head in a vain imitation of the latest fashion and4the`(to Mrs. Johnnie) most atrocious fact that her. ' cheeks were covered with rouge. `I..- ' TAI____IA _._A_l. -.__j 1.-.. I_-I_._..l_._... Married! exclaimed Mrs. Johnnie in astonishment. You don't mean to tell me so! When is it coming off. and what : his name? going married` right cwnnuu '"Xi_ another time Mrs. Johnnie would `have burnt out `laughing, but just at . present matters `weroukinz too `serious ,1 urn. .Johnn1o%1vu lyexlnnn;3,u- ,,.ts.._..... . > 1 900-O-0'-O-0-000-Ooo-O-0-OE)-0-O-0-O-0-Ooo-O-0-O-0;? 5-o-o%-o-o-o-o-ogo-o-o-o-o on-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o-o5 __V_V.llUIl "II- ill? ICIII _ _ And Av.ry`uat-bung: uhowen don; ` Whcnvlll the wqodluad Imoku with mitts. _ I e the old road dint of town . mo tic? hnu_-through which it mm. ! Ind the nlmwhere catnip growl. Whore bonnet bloomn, with wetnen bwc The rare `through which the red creek to w A Tuppid with 11111 wished clay and loud Ln -awn; noannn Iuubn n -.a'|A-.... `daun- Like knot: upon the gray berked trees The lichen colored moth: are pressed. . And, wedged in hollow blooms, the Seem. clotted pollen; in it: nest - A Lnpiunl onungnn and IIAQ :6 Ann- no buttery `mi forest bird Ann Inuplalig an 4-1.` nnvnn nu ":z"i:'e,":;:i '3$`i ':`i"'Ei; 2152 Around me of the wraith: of rain. . Carroll. I have a favor to ask of you. My niece, Helen, a little country lass, is in town for the winter, to stay with her brother, who is going to col- lege. She is under my wing and is very young and bashful. I am going to_ ask youto take her in to dinner and be kind to her. She has seen so little of society. `She was here a moment ago, but has run away again for some- > thing or other. I will introduce you to her when she comes back." the ram .AIuI nuinrw aunt Imulnun -Lnunnpqy `I..- Lulynu wuuu luu wllncu U15] luu AUIII _Aa_ gbmc 3 wildmnn blown. XVIII IEIVIUFII yvuvu, {II ID. The hornet creeps Ind lies at CH3 IIHUUWQHJ CIIII IVIUCI UIIIJ Are huddled on the name gnarled bdugh. `From which, likeeome rainwoweled word -That dampness hoarsely tters now, The tree toad : voice in ya ely heard. I crouch and listeh, and again _ The woods are lled for mdwith (cull: Weird, eln shapes in train on train `V-fan" Gill` sunny 1' Can` I-1-an anon: ' 0 wraith: of rain! 0 trailing mint! Still told me, hold me and pursue! Still let my lips by.your| he kissed! . Still draw. me with your hand; of dew Unto the tryst, the dripping trystl --Madiuon Cawein in At1eutic.~ WHAT MRS. JOHNNIE DID nom }am in THE 7woons. ;;nm;m. ` the debutante. vv null DI-IC LUIJJCH IJIIUIKO Carroll assured her that he would be delighted, which had more truth in it than such remarks usually have. It would `be less trouble to talk to 9. young miss like this than to amore. tried sveteran.`and it she couldn't talk he could eat his dinner in `peace and let her preserv the silence so dear to ,-`--- git`: on Nve;;h'e;'-3;;-Id we Ix"n';'rrove matters by ` % reversing the ' ordinary. procedure and n allowing the guests to invite them- z ,ue!Vves.._..._ V ? .. . -A V mm rebuafot an-erased uoiupxuw % % ~ .'t "this tiny: Jack hates s. .tuss and_._al1 that. He .sa.ld tor us to get married-nrst and then let Sophie know. -That was the hardest thing I had to do --leaving her without 11 word of good- by. But Jack knows best, I suppose. Only I wlsh- - ll`__-__.__ ._-_ C\-l-,._ _-__ _.-__..L..IL 1.1.2.-`- dear?"'h 'meaT% have - not answcred my question _ yet. And. what does 8oph ie.say`~'!, Form: course. vou ve told her.-:11. about it. ` ' as :.:.;;;1`.;;".;;;a, and m..A `Johnnie could pee her, blushes evep in` `spite ot_ the rouge. ` ` `Ii --- ..-; .IA_l__ A_I.I... __-.-_- T-_I. I._L`_ 4 ocu- --:xEu".e; Daisy, yon`mustn t think % me impertlnent, for asking all _these ` questions,` my dear. Is Jack going to n ' meet you at the station? \ i n1-Iv_II ..- ._-;_>__.--L1__ 77-9- .._ *I.'--.._ ` I --wvu `van -u_ no-no uqiuinvvnvannu ` Well, no, notexactly. He s so busy 3 I at this time of day, you know. That's 3 : one `reason why he sent thedress and 1 ithings. He said in his letter that he ? } had shown them to a lady friend of his. l I She's to meet me at the ferry and take I at charge of me till he comes. i llI\I_I A_S L-__ I__._. 3!: 1... sun... -uni.` `u V band now `av.-v~- 5 7763? how long did you say you 3 have known a.-a-Ja'ck ? 4.- 1 -33-: v Donn`! vs vs-.-- The girl 1.}-11_.1;g'1'1er head again. I saw lhlm` first about six weeks ago. He % `came down on one of the yachts. He ` ame down twice on Sunday after that, and he's. written ever so` often. \uJQaIte\a\n Innn\n wvunau novv vvnna rdinary social intercourse, instead of becoming more direct. would have to be carried on by an elaborate sys- tem of hints; otherwise society would become, metaphorically speaking, a bear garden in which sensitivevpersonl would be battered to death. It `would beimpossible to get used to being told `"1; do not like -you, and your friends bore me.". or I `could come quite easi- ly. but I do not care-to identify myself `withj the `very second 5 rate De9Dle "ax_n_on`g,wbom' ypu live." ; . * \v -n`n.I`.`-I....`4----|.i ..-,_ :.~.."..~'.._a-'...'-L'L'.n....'.:`I._ Q-an A-Iv Ia vvanuvuon w v--v-. hlrs. `Johnnie 1a1la"hZn'- hand tenderly `upon the young girl's arm. And do ` you really think, my dear Daisy, that } r you know him well enough to marry him? Wouldn't it be wiser to wait a i hit and take your sister into your con- 1 dence?. Why not ask Jack to` wait a % year for you and then see how matters I stand? He'll wait for you gladly 1 enough it he's really in earnest. ` u11'1I._ ._1._-_1.1 1' I---.. I..:.... .....u.l.....')!) She evidently had not noticed him and believed herself `unobserved. In his brief {glance Carroll had seen that she wore. a, black domino and mask of the plaineste kind; that her hands were clasped in her lap, and that she'appear- ed to be looking at the dancers. They could not see her, be thought. -- I--1_ 4; 1.--, -_.,1 _._. vauvu an may no -vu-no -www- V Why, should I keep him waiting?" she `answered. He, love me. Isn t that enough? I love and trust him entirely, and he does thesame by me? Isn't that enough? . i`Mrs. Johnnie did not answer for a moment. Her lips were pressed tightly together, for, to tell the `truth, Mrs. Johnnie was making up her mind to adopt a desperate measure. This car half full of men was certainly no place for a scene, and Mrs. Johnnie began to realize that if she proceeded to do her duty by this little girl a scene was bound to come. The trainwas just slowing up for a momentat a little wayside station. lt1TV-'I`I _.___ .1_-.. `I I.-..- ..l.._-_-I_. LL_L But _`Mx's. Johnnie interrupted h1mW suddenly. ' ` . Don't call her that. dear. she added as she kissed him. Just thank God; that 1 took the 12:10. . ' 1 One would dare to ask a friend to dine in so many words, say: ' a writer in The Spectator, . it it were not permissible for him to make tho false reply that he was sorry he wan engaged and could not come. T 1s....1n..-_.__ ..--n-I n_;.-.'.----__- l.....L--'A ' very gently; Before the girl had realized what she was doing Mrs. Johnnie had bundled her out on to the station platform. The train moved slowly out. Mrs. Johnnie watched it disappear with a sigh of relief. and then she turned to the `bewildered girl and spoke to her . Let us walk over to the little hotel, Daisy. We :-!:all have to wait there half an hour. Perhaps we can secure a room there.V1`-er I want to have a little talk with you. A _..___I_I____ -4 IL -QL-,..__-__S `Du... -.._- VI --.- v V... In speaking of it afterward Mrs. Johnnie always declared that to her the walk from the station to the `hotel was by far the saddest part of allthat day's ordeal. It was then that the mag- nitude ot the work. she had to `do dawn- ed upon her for. the rst time. Before they two `should be standing on that platform again Jack, the young girl's idol. must be shattered and thrown from its pedestal. To Mrs. Johnnie tell the task or displaying him in his true colors, and, though it was a task which she shrank instinctively from in perspective, when the time came Mrs. Johnnie was not found wanting. She never told` any one-not even Tom- the -particulars of what occurred in that little room. but when the train from New York came rushing along half an hour later the semaphore was hoisted as a signal to stop and the two women stepped silently on board. 11-1.1. - A.I_-... L`: A.-_.. _.J.-l..-S 3---- wwurrvw -v~-v--yo` v- navwuuupu Both of them had tear stained races. but there was no rouge on the young girl's face now. Her hair hung simply down her back, and she wore her pret- ty pink dress. That night. when Mrs. Johnnie reached her own home, after quite a long combat with sister Sophie. Tom was told Just as many of the par- ticulars as Mrs. Johnnie thought t. I171; __. _.I.- I._J ..l..L_S L`- ___.. -2`--`L vauun-:---ur uuw -wu wvuoagaun vv-.-u --ww When she had finished, he was silent for a moment or two. while he exhaust-' ed his stock of anathema: upon Jack. Then, turning hlslattentlon to the wom- an in the case. he exclaimed, Walk of all the little fools- \-V -run-vow-- "75%s?11, my deer, I hope sincerely that you will nd it is enough, she `said. Then, springing up suddenly, she grasped the -carpetbag and her own 119-` longlngs. up, my child!" she exclaimed, giving the girl a little `push. Here s where we change cars, you know. Come along! But I thought this train"- 7 Now, my dear, that s just what you mustn't do. Don t . think.` but follow my instructions. T -1--- 41.- ,_x._1 1.-.: _--n__.1 _1_.; ..1__ .....;u can Lc. Presently. in the movement and well bred shuttling of a dinner cortege get-T DE under way. a young girl was given him to take as his partner andwith Whom he brought up the rear of the 138 procession. He hardly noticedi her. Bread and butter was not in his- iine. He felt her small hand put limp- ly his arm. and he was dimly aware that her dress was pink. She said t1 n3- In answer to his remark about the oak panels in the halishe assented faintly. ` ho nu... -__1.1___j_I__ -_;.__-...-I_. '_-._ White men. ludvaniseju Ina manna." .1 NEW TELEPHONE lll|IE|3'|'0lIY. cement, culvert Pipe, Field Tile, Make no mistake! This is the GREAT Scott in thelabove lines. T BARR|E' STEAM LAUNDRY. uu-nu. no.0`. oovuuu --w -v---v- :9 her chln wan I qg"'9 piece of black court plaster; . ' mttgll smoothing back his mustache in `the napkin, Carrolllooked at the -val black square. He would have "9" 8 year : lncome it 11; would `have; {M911 otr. He looked `at`th'g ,ahap,e`_ M I`: her head,` at thef_;,p99;_ot: 1'9!!! '`-B- `It wa-..th:ol-mull l eit[ " It be: He looked tch J