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With a nod to Peter to hold the ladder firm I lifted one leg over the sill.7then the other, dropped my feet carefully upon the -thick carpet and went quickly around the bed to the dressing table. --......... ..nA on annn an Evnings at; residence, 67 Owen-St. swan pay for Wi11_Form and postage to anypart of Canada. E. DONN ELL, CUT FLOWERS-Roses. Carnations, Violets, etc, fresh every day, Bou_quets--Button- hole. Hand or Cursage. Funeral Tokens in an desi ns. ' VEG TAB ES--Celery, Crisp and Tender; Lettuce. Cabbage, Pars-nips, Beets, Carrots. tn. SEIDS -Flower Seeds. Vegetable seeds. Plants andBulbs. * T -- - -----In r\-I-\ FLORIST AND SEEl)SMAN.A Telephone 15. 155 Dunlpp-St., Barrie Meat Market Square. McLarty. Hat yurclnaed Guite, Jun out of mo and has on business ;'3mmui'i15't V mom aouu.` wnppuc. c qgxylono undlfg a akgtg:ill::1!1ld deacngualn may uoartn II 0 I fl`86 W B B? an . B ``..`. .*`...." 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[H1110 tUW3l1'u Ll!!! UCLIVUWUI Before the dressing table, and in front of the big glass -in which she could see my white race. was an old lady seated. V nL-A_--.... .. mmm nr -Iownhunnd :1 101.757 may seu.u:u. , She wore a blaze of jewelsand a low gown, out of which rose the scragglest neck and shoulders I have ever looked on. Her hair was thick with black dye and fastened with a diamond star.` Be- tween` the two candles the powder showed on her cheek bones like our on a miller's coat. Chin on hand, she was gazing steadily into the mirror be- - L _-- .....: A\IYQI'\ In mv fright- I had fore her. and, even in my fright,` I had , time to note that a glass of sherry and al plate `of rice and curry stood at her elbow among the `rouge pots and powder putts. A While I stood stock still and pretty well scared out of my wits she rose. still staring at my image in the glass. folded her hands modestly over. her bosom and `spoke in a deep, traglcal voice: ' The prince! Then, facing sharply `around, she: held out her thin arms. , You have come-at last?" .. g There was not much to say to" this except that I "had. So`I_ confessed it. Even with the candles behind her `I could see her eyes glowing like a dog s', and an uglier poor creature this world could scarcely show. . - _ i. . g s _ Is. the ladder set j against` the win- dov-v~?"'-V. W V . Since you seem to` know, ma am. '_ 81116 I. It is.' . V Ah. Romeo! Your cheeksare ruddy -your poppies are too red.' ' ` Then I'm glad my colo_r?s come back; 5 for. to tell the truth. you did `give me. a turn just at first. You werelooklng out for me. no 3 doubt-- V My prince.! _ ` > She stretched V out` `her .' `hang pretty ?Y11:!ltj vv" ' I The house in question was Vwhatg peter the Scholar (who corrects my proof sheets) calls one of the rusinurby sort_.the front facing a street and` the back looking over a turted `garden. ', with a lime tree or twb. it ,1I1b1l1`m1m. and a lawn tennis court marked -out. its white lines plain to see In the star- li ht At the end of the garden 8. door. pgmed dark green,` led into a narrow lane between high walls, Whl`e. if `CW0 n___ .....+ Ann hnd.fn turn sideways ,ume`:" ' -. A ~ 1 `I was not g9lnz t0 l1.5W 7.9. ,1 may belurg, -ilthls 1;i_tVl.1 0:I : ` Stanton. %iI:iu{d1. _"I'I c6iIsldi1ID1eV.:1gk\.lnbralnggthese uizutiii-3' *st'*:.y`our'n. .*=~I'1ai1n -t we`>`b_ett0.!' elope at gage?" V .I am ready." And the jewe1s?_ .Youf;won t leaio % them to your enemies, I ED159059-" 111.- A.--.....-.i L- Jr`\4\ :Iu;n:InI'I\(I f\`D, D9 lull UIUHIDIIJ BB .\lI3u|._-so . She followed: me. to the window and. Hooking out; "drew back. ` . ` What horrible; black depths!" It's as easy, said I_, as pie. You could do it on your head. Look here!" 3 I- climbed out first and helped her,_ set- . ting her feet on the'f'ruugs. We went ; down in silence, I choking all the `ways - at the sight of Peter below, who was looking with his. mouth open and his lips too weak` to meet the curses and wonderment that rose up` from the depths of him. When I touched turf and handed him the jewel case, he took lt like a man-in a trance. -- VAL AL- 1-.1.a...'. lnnnl: In If ln v yulllf l.`DIv.I1Igrv-rs`:- She turned to the dtesstng table, lltt-L ed her jewel cgse and -put it into my_ uunua. ' , . -Ii a'm.1-epdy, she repeated. Let ll! \ be quick and stealthy as death. % C8 Illhv 2 u--.-._ _-- We put the ladder back in its place and stole over the turf together. But outside the garden door V Peter could standno more of it. , _ I ve a firearm injmy pocket, whis- ; pered be, pulling up, and I m going -to re it off to relieve my feelings it you ' don't explain here and now. Who, in r pity's name, is she '2" w my... ........v mmv. Hm 0.-mm Sleep- plty's name, is sue x A | You mug! she's the original Sleep- 1 ing Beauty. _I- m eioping with her, and you've got her jewels}? V n1-:....A.... mo ]'nm, he RRVS in his VI I-Luau, vv , ` persons met, one had-to turn sideways saggy, -- - .. to let .the other pass. The entrance to this lane was cut in two by post about the height of your hip, and just beyond this. in the highroad, George was waiting for us with the dogcart. ` We had_ picked the usual time-the dinner hour. and the church clock, two streets away, was chiming the quarter after 8 when Peter and I let ourselves in by the- and felt along, I spoke of .L- .....u M. I-ho n'nrdP.ne1"S ladder that a Wooden V It had just turned dark. ~ you've got HUI` Jcwcau. _ . Pardon me, Jem, he says gentlemanly way, if I don t quite `see. Are you taking her 011 to melt her i ~~-___ 1---9 an-hnw tn net rid `of APB taxmg `LICK vu bu u... ..-- or marry her? For` how to get .1:1d her else- , __. -I.'I gcnal`-Iiiilh `011 `\`fQd_ ` cuxnu ll! uuu uruc VI-L `; ` To the end of the world-to the very V rim of it, my hero. 3 She pulled the `gems from her ears,. ; hair and bosom and handed them to. Peter. who received them. with a how. 1 Next shes searched in her pocket and drew out a tiny key. Peter unlocked ii the case, and, having carefully stowed the diamonds inside, locked it again, handed back. the key, touched. his hat ` and walked on toward the dogcart. I My dearest lady,-I began, as soon as we were alone between. the high walls, if the devotion of a llfe-. L - - - ---A nunnf '`n9_ ner eIse"- , , The poor old creature had halted, too. ` three paces ahead of us and waited while we whispered, with the moon- light that slanted down into the lane whitening herbare ,neck and ashing on her jewels. V One moment, I said and stepped forward to her; you had better take of! those ornaments here, my dear, and give them to my servant to take care` 01!. There's a carriage waiting for us . at the end of the lane, and when he has stowed them under the se.at we can 1 climb in and drive of!- ..... n, - __..a .c at... cur-111...!-n fhn verv and, having careruuy swweu touched dearest devotion Her bare arm crept . into mine. There is but a little time left for us in which to be happy. Year after year I have marked o the almanac; day by day I have watched the dial. I saw my sisters married and my sisters daugh- ters, and still I waited. Each had a `man to love her-and tend her, but none I had -such a man as I would have chosen. They were none like you, my prince. No, I dare say not. . ` Oh, but my heart is not so cold. Take my ,hand-I-it is firm and strong; touch my lips-they are burning"- . A low whistle `sounded at the top or the lane. As I took her hands I pushed her back, and, turning, ran for my life. I suppose that as .I ran I counted forty ' before her scream came, and then the I-I573 IIIIU vvu gvuu in the least shaking her Why, You "haven't changed degree, he said gallantly, hand ' between both, his. seems only yesterday that we said `goodby at your sister's garden party. I-Iis tone was gruir, but hear.ty,Yand somewhat above the normal pitch. and she managedvto catch a word here and there as she watched his lips anxious- ly, holding the fan to her own. `.`Yes-er-I have a little garden here, she rejoined hesitatingly. But come and sit down. I want to hear all about yourself and your campaigns." Oi! course I learned a great deal from the papers, but it isn t the same as a personal narrative, so you must just tell me from the very beginning. She seated herself opposite him, her eyes still xed on his face. . Really, Celia-I may call you the old name,` may I not?-there is nothing _to. tell,` just` the usual changes from hill stations to the plains, and vice versa; then the outbreak, which we quelled after some sharp ghting _and losing - ---.. 1.-.... o..nnm .ond that : touch my up3-|.ucy an; m........,, whistle at sound of her feet pattering after me. _-_.A_ ._-.... ...... In... a Rornnn for 8011110 OI net` LUUl._ [Jabbcaaua .......- _-- She must have run like a demon, for I was less than ten yards ahead when Peter caught my wrist and pulled me up on to the back seat of the dogcart. And before George could set the horse going herhand clutched at the ap on which my feet rested.~ It missed its grasp andshe never got near enough a . again. But for half a minute Iglooked . into that horrible race following us and working with silent rage. and for half a mile at least I heard the patterof her feet in the darkness behind. Indeed, I A_..--. Lvvu nu. V... _..y_ can hear it now}. :_ vial of quicksilver, which was certain : Roinenuicul Beliefs. - `, Half a century ago omens were still` generally believed in. So. too, were charms. I had a cousin who seriouslyi undertook to charm away warts and was believed to have succeeded. She 7 was supposed to have inherited the secret from her father, a Wesleyan` minister. My uncle, a farmer, and by no means acredulous manywhen` about to visit London for the first time, feel- ing some trepidation, consuiteda doc- tor. The doctor` handed him a, small L it kept in the pocket` to avert all harm. 3 '\-__I_J.I-~- &|...':Inn nn Innnho Ch hi II Kept. Iu Luv yvunvu av um... ...._._- Donbtless the doctor laughed in ms` : sleeve. for doctors were then getting `I incredulous. and I remember it being commonly said or another practitioner I that he believed neither in God nor l devil. Nearly twenty years later, wheh l a cousin who, born a~Wesleynn, had turned Quakernnd came up to London to the annual `gathering of` that body, _he showed me, with a smile," the iden- ; tlcal vial of mercury. His mother.` good soul, had `borrowed it from her i f brother so that her _ son' mlghtlikewlse ` benet by. it.--Westminter Eievlew. . green door 1. apunu; Ul. ....- .. -_-,,,,, the wall for the gar.dener s laddervtiiat . we knew was hanging there. A simpler job there never was. The bedroom* window on the first floor stood'right ' open to "the night -air, and inside was a faint candlelight ickering, just as a. careless maid will {leave it after her mistress has gone down to dinner. To be sure, there was a chance of her com- -ing back to put it out, but we could hear her voice going in the servants hall as we liftedthe ladder and rested it against the sill. ' ..,.. _._ .......a o-.. 1.01:` an hour vet-,_-` The Stubborn Mu. - | You think it shows strength to be stubborn and unforgiving, but it's a '. mistake; it shows weakness. The.-E meanest soul in the_ world can `pity himself and nurse his troubles; he gets a sort of _ enjoyment -out or jt. It's awful easy,_ too; it ain't Ajnecessary. to ` . have any particular talent, nor tiny-_; thlng: but the commonest brains: mi? .k`4'3t~`a:.Q~t-":":.rl,`t`~`hi t'!'~neces:ary-5: to .r7h4Y9 .i.mu.h T Lem`;*f.:9911!=?1`1l`?!9'~` l !,`-'1`h,e- Betti .11 it It auyw. In ,` 4___.-A.I.-- `lint ` [ goooobc `0..oooooooo oog ; A ' ` A gooobooooooggogoooooozocba 1" .1. _v__ ` Andiet nie,V!or one `ue I:lock.lol'G!e.l' ti_cI.dn in. In! car. ' The clock that tell; theniinixten in my brain! It in not_ love not love : despair`; this pain ` `nut ehote n witless, keener pang` won The simple agony 01 love and ion. \ Nerves. nerves! Oh. folly of g child who dreunl O! henvenlnnd. waking in the darkness, Icrennali ---Arthur Symon: in Saturday Review. V. Odd to hear from him a _all these years! I wonder 1 him write directly he reac ampton! .u- n_I.-.I-- nhnnnni an uuuwv ivw--- `him directly he reached South-1 _ - Priscilla Baberley glanced inquiring-` 'ly from the open letter, in her hand to the mirror over her drawing room [ mantelplece as though `her reection , a!.I_ _..---can O-`an tllihrw uluuuvlynvuv -- -._- "V might bossibly answer the `query. V The wistful melancholy of her ex-_ } pression was due to an illness which had left her almost totally deaf; though 1 the fact was'acarcelynoticeable,thank.s ; to the knowledge of lip reading she ~-s_-.1 -...1 mhnn i-his means `[0 12118 ISl.lUVVll:u5c v... mug --.._--,_ had acquired, and when this means tailed she resorted to the use of an ear trnmpet, or an ingeniously constructed ` tan. . . i Oh, dear! It only I hadn't been : deaf: men have a horror of deaf old ` maids! But I needn't let him know just at rst-he always spoke distinct- ly and was clean shaven, which means a great deal to me now. `I'm sure I can HIE u_UVVo I. Ill uunv - v-_. manage it, she resumed meditatively. `fl will set him talking of his cam- paigns. - 5-A A-Amman` I-lino I-nnm nnfl `Ill-lands. She crossed the bell. _ ._l_. A Q) the Den. _ Catherine, she said to` the maid, Major-I meanlcolonel Ewart will be here presently. Send up hot toast with the tea and extra. cream.- * --L'-AA..... LI... mold hold [Hilde the tea. anu extra. cumuu. A momenthatter the maid held aside the heavy plush portiere and a tall, military looking man, with 'a owing gray beard and mustache, lled up the UVVL vv In`, u Good gracious-e-a heard as well! Miss Baberley murmured, horror stricken, as she caught up her fan and went to meet mm, holding it graceful- ly to her lips; ' `u A I. ...n4.\n_`nnInnnI I I mean-8he I! to net ups. 'f`Ah, major-colonel, I mean-she corrected herself agl.tate_:dly--delighted to see yoh! It s like your good nature .11 __ _.A_ 35:11 vnn hv to you: 11: ! um: you; gum. .........-- to call so soon. How you have altered! .I should scarcely have known you, "go L ____..)J. A`|lIIll'Il\l` `II SOIIIE BUIIIP Llsublua _ u u u . V . -._., some of our _best tellows,- and that's `all. You don t suppose, he resumed in alowertone, that I've come here, directly I `set foot in the old country, to talk about my campaigns? She heard the note of interrogation and dropped her eyes rather discon-, certedly. murmuring an unintelligible monosyllable. ...- _-;... a... 5-11. cmmathlnov far more that ' '.yu1.y:| that `ll! lip. . _r nut the wod ut the % 4 .1 won awn]. lily? monosyuumc. "I want to talk something far more Interesting, he continued soft1y-that \ concerns you as well as myself. You've no ideawhat pleasure it is to see you again-and to nd that you-.-that you 3 are not married. u--`- an __ an ...I.. Awninllnnl` fff I are 110$ luuuucuo Really? she exclaimed after a _, slight pause, cleverly simulated sur- prise in her tone. ` Ya, it has always been in my thoughts, he rejoined. eagerly. his ' courage rising. I should have spoken before I went away, but do you re- . _ member remarking once that you never ` ` intended to marry unless the man who asked you had something more to his credit than a banking account. ,,'.I`hat `was why I` exchanged and went 7 abroad. I did think of writing when I , was out there, but until these frontier `_ afalrs were quite settled I thought it 1 fairer notto ask you to tie yourself to ; .me..as'it Pd been `hit it_ might have : `been a. blow` to" you- Of course that : f was taking for grantedyou caredta lit- - -- --- --.-. n ' And In. nnnnlua smiling ran nervously. She broke the silence at last with 0. little regretful sigh, "Is that all? It ls most interesting. 9 Ah, Celia, he sighed, ``you are just `as .tant_all'zlng and stand-omsh _as- ever ` I -but- I llke you 9.1! the better for it."- IV And he leaned forward with` up adml_r- * I lnipglance at the fair. face, and shapely - 7;" head. crowyned wltlyneat dark brown p flv_cqll's.. ` - ` ~ - " L I J 7 Y;e3o' ` ` ,.'9.mv f., Q 4 the -the `V catch- was IHKIIIK LUI.` 5L'auu:u gvu VI-D-\a\c .. _-- tie for me." And he concluded smiling rather shametacedly. Indeed!" She smiled also. `feigning `V astonishment. `.`Now, confess, Celia. this is not alto- : gether a_ surprise to you. Even if it is -I-you do not find it disagreeable? ' `.`Dear me---how strange! she ex- /claimed hesitatingly; . after the slight pause, still keeping her eyes xed on I his -face. whileshe bit the tip` of her, tan nervously. l _ - ' ~ -....._- ...- ....n....... .4-`Int with: iiny. A the roofn and touched again, sitter onder what made we heard that me 'n11nd #0 `,*}2,?.!`?9 9? ".ff3'gifii17 TI'`5iald6ted.. , , __- ..--'.I- b `\1s it against tlle L-nu. V V ! She's good for half an hour yet,":i Peter whispered, holding the ladder while ! began to climb; but if I hear her voice stop I'll give the signal to be cautious." . V , d I went up softly. pushed my head gently above the level ofthe sill and looked ln.. - -A--I-- -`Inna II `?i3 *1.'9fl`, !.9.8 your dta,;x_ou r- ;'y? _ - . 7", _~V.";-.]:_1_: . Oh, nothing; _ ndtlilng? T`.h_e. respond- ed hastily. rtearinsdherha tool Dre` _ cuiitate,` `r`WVh a `charxfiixig thin] .13! . M ._ Now yourmust have some tea, ahe_ . said, after rather an awkward pause, laying down her fan, and moving to ` the table. Being an old maid I m rather fussy, so you must not talk ' " "'-~- ---1-:..... so-A-1+ Blah-at-fa mv `tie laugh. ure as her hands busied with the cups,_ ' ` ing, dearest. I m not to touch tea till the table. Being~an "old maid _I rather ' fussy`, must -not while I m- making it-it distracts my attention, she added- with a forced lit- * He watchedhher with growing pleas- the lamp rays_touchiug the gold in her hair. , ` _ 1 , It s like old times, watching` you make tea, Celia. I wish it wouldbe my privilege always. ` _ "I told you not to talk, she said with playful severity. , "But I must. Don t be so_ tantaliz- I ve had your answer, till you ve prom- ised, in fact-- his voice dropped to an 1 * - ~u---- -ma 1... nu-nmand fhg 1860, In Incl`;--_ `um vvwc u;v,".-.. ._- ..._ earnest whisper,` and he crossed the room to her side, to be my wife. She glanced at him bewildered; s Er--er--in fact, of course, scarcely in theory," she said vaguely. Celia, he exclaimed, what on: _- ...-..-. Q99 KJCIICI Lav v--v--__..__ V , , earth do you mean ?" ' A dead silence, followed. She saw by his face that something was wrong, and her agitation increased when be commenced to pace restlesslye about, the room, muttering to himself in an E undertone: A . AEver since I've been abroad I .ve lived and worked in the hope of one day winning you, but now it seems as 3 though- . i N-7- I--1-...a nu; rniuvlln Whgt did tnougn"- . She looked up puzzled.` What did you say? she- asked desperately. I did not quite catch it, but it is your p own fault. I told you notjto talk while I made tea-two lumps of sugar, isn't it? -Yousee, I've remembered the cor- rect number-a'nd half thecream jug- you were always terribly greedy, col- onel! There! She handed him the g cup and caught up her fan. Now you must begin all over again. I don't think you've lost the spice of humor.'f :And she ashed a nervous little smile over the top of the fan. Celia, he said slowly, raising his voice till it rang through the room, this is not a time for joking." The anger in his tone and his hurt expression frightened and bewildered _' her; with a gesture of despair she turn- ed away. . , c It only it hadn t beenfor the mus- tache!" she murmured, half, audibly. Mustache! he . exclaimed eagerly, bopefulness staring into his tone. Is that your only objection? How I wish I had known before I came! But I'll have it oi! directly." He wa standing beside her again, and now he rested his hand on her shoulder; but she shrank from V his ' , touch and turned away, half crying and wringing her hands. 111 L1. .___LL 7 runs:-1'1` hnff JIIIU. \VKllllu5 ucn uuuuo. I` thought I could have mnage`d.| but I shall have to tell. I` can't go on. likethis, she so`.sbed. - I ..... .. , ,_-u-_1-. n-u.-a. 4.1.--- 85 anmn` ulu: Lulu, nus; nu.--.-M... I Tell me what 1' That there is somo one else? , ,1 -I..._...AI_ _--nun null` lill Hut: emu: : He turned abr::;~.`.ly away, and ung himself in the armchair, burying his face in his hands. L n L- ...-l.I `l\u;nIpnn11v I LIICU nu ula uuuun. _ Just.my luck," he said brokenly.| But.it s hard after all this time, and 1_1ow when it seemed all plain sailing 'u..:_ 1' 1.-.... . nxunl he you .m.my =w.=~ % with the |ih.`I!|d.'|I W3` What can the greeri world sin: 0!` And you away, SWIY7 no;-ning there on the hi-Ill` llipremo :.-...n. in its rosy fly. ` UUW Wucu u. accuncu uu V ....... --_ to hear that--thatI have a rivaf. But, reproachfully, you needn't have kept. me so long In suspense, Celia. A _.-...-..a.o... ..n.m.... enilnxxiod "l`l-mn` lCy_l. LUV BU [U116 nu wuuyunnuv, _ vvvv wvv ' A moment's silence followed. Then she left her seat and walked to the` replace and stood looking down at him, toying nervously with her fan. nv __._u_ L--- ...1.nL 1-IA11 nan aha gaff` D1111, toyxug ueI.'vu_umy vvu.u nun ....... I can't hear what you say,_ she said ` at last desperately, inging the fan from her. I should have told you-I am deaf, but I couldn't bear to ue my ear trumpet just -at rst, ` because I thought you would regret haying come. I know men haye a horror of deaf old % maids." e u ,3 u___A___1-_I1.. 4`. aka I-\p(\_ uluu. She laughed hysterically as -she pro- duced the trumpet from the little bag l at her slde and adjustedtit. ` 4-__ _nu_.~ __a.a.. n 4.1.... Ah; Ill. MC; uxuv uuu. IL\IJ uuhvu`-uu "?It was just my silly pride, she con- tinued quickly, and I thought I could manage with my fan. You see, it has this tube in the `center, which carries the sound through my lips-and then- I understand lip reading-it it hadn't been that your mustache conceal yours- - . mt- A.I__A. `II Q has In`-nhlllififnli B17DI"V_ 1 Uurs - Is that all? be interrupted eagerly, starting up and placing his hands on . her shoulder. There isn't anybody. else? ` --`- -I-A -I..n-.\9 aha nalzg 188!" . A Anybody else. where? she asked, bewildered. . ___'__ -_- ._.-... Anna vnnnnr `AI |JBWuuen=u. _ . y I mean any one you care more for thanqme--whom you intend marrying? n _.I. -~n-u.-.....1 J-Inn nnlhn ltllh. tnau U.lE"'VVuU|.I.I Juu u.u.\:uu nag...` .5 . N N-'-no- shefaltered, the color rush- ing into her cheeks; but what an odd question. - . . , 1117-1. .4. ..II I! `an nnnnynrn nnhfc que nun. V I Not at all, he answered dellghted- ` Ir. "Can't you guess. Celia, what I "have been asking you, or-" and his eyes twinkled mrrily-shall I begin _ allover again '1 T\__L IL ..__.. -nn-nn`cv. nnnnannrv ff Iorlunhs `I-u-`i-t~ "';s";`'*'" ' E t I! I . I _ - nutaixow cuI,eIrtl1,ol the morning ' Ana vnn AWIY. IWIY" nu-over ugulu I . But it was ,~ scarcely; necessary for 1 though she blushed still deeper she) did A not now resistswhen he took her hands ln his.-Mainly About People. ` England : Early Coins. -When England was being made into . mincemeat and blocks of real estate by the Saxons and Danes.` silver and bras were in use as currency, but the _Normans_ subsequently installed the aristocratic `metal and left the demo- ` cratic "brass to take care of itself. Gold was first coined by Henry III. -and copper -made into British coin in , `-1672. Tin was used `for coinage in 1 1680, and the national tarthing was * made or this Canibrfan product, 1'vith-a ` .i stud. of; copper set in the center. `In and;-1B91.s;'jti haltpence ' were, is; fi7l1i95i1f_"`f6ii1l`ble fau=ntit1es4s.' The -"iii!1ii:`7:i>i1i`"5B01f;'*3I9 Ai,ll.I[l1.'3'.-'`.l:lv'.E.`.3'}-v s "V ii A sith|;93`He*\w~I1r.:,.i?%: emu Imnt;... 1 THAT ARE cum v.You will nd it plearure to point to the clean t things from on: xstablishment. We wash them clean. iron them carefullv. No garment soiled in anv department. ,,_ _u_.1_:.... -.......o and sun IIIGIIU runny-u -- _.- , __`v_ -,, The water we ese makes your clothing sweet and attractive ; the care we uaefprcvents rough edges or frayed ends. % BARRIE sum LAUNDRY. Hughes ` Bi-os.. Make no mistake! This is the GREAT \ Scott in theabove lines. 0ice-91Dun|up Street, Barrie looked in. . It was a roomy place. with a great halt tester bed, hung with curtains, standing out from the wall on` my '-right. The curtains were of chintz, a dark background, with amingo red poppies sprawling -over it; and the farther curtain hid the dressing table and the candles upon it and the jewel _ case that I condently hoped to stand upon it also. A bright Brussels carpet covered the door, and the wall paper, I e remember-though. for the life of me, I can not tell wh_y--was a pale gray . ground. worked up to imitate watered silk, with springs otgiit honeysuckle