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Old man Buvckiey. {one of Marvshaii-3 town's three im{eterate- toper. was. trying to sober up against his daugh- ter s wedding._ When he had his com- plement of drinks, h was to outjward . seeming as sober as {:1 judge. `Lack of them set him reeling upon his horse and guiding the sagacious beast in let- ter S s all over the road. The Ontario Permanantf %` Building " and % Loan Association A Call: atteixtidn to the . Special Facilities o"ered__ to. Investors a.-mlBorrowers. V TENANTQ-Why pay rent`, when, on such on . month! payments, you can become your own lord ?. on have the choice of repayin at a. monthly rate of $1.20, $1.50, or $1.90 for eac $xoq.oo bor- rowed. ' ' -.Wh d all .n;E.'.f`.*% ':,2E:.',$.. .,.a.{d':::.. 39:? s'w .... Tl:-IE PUB|_|c-.Why spend our socks! money? 6oc. a month placed with the . P. . lull Loan Association will vield vnu In alumni R cognac A money r me. a month placed with the U. P. B. and Loan Association will yield you in about 8 years A PRESENT of $100.00. or 3 prot? of $41.40 out `your monthlv pavments. THE lNVE$TOR-Why not place your $100.00 with the 0. P. B. & L. Assfn, and have it doubled in :2 years. beside receiving during the in- tetval 6% per annum paid to you every six months? In other words, for your $xoo.oo you will receive as interest $36 and a lump sum of $aoo. making a (read A total of S266. IIIIIBTUUK `I! an I $266. -v---. v- v-vv- An` investment safe as government securities and much more protable, realizing th_e invegtor an equiva- lent to 1.5 per cent. per annumnnmple interest. For printed inatter and further information call on \.I\.L unnv av 1.4-u Vczstuluvu | Jink could not well belso patient. He wanted a wife. a home of his own and Molly for that wife. He was ready ` to do anything reasonable to get her. i He might have gone in for. that knight- ` hood foolishness if he had not known ` she would be the first to despise him i for it. He might even have done it and tried to square himself later with his sweetheart if he had beensure the `major was honest in his crankery. Somehow the major s enthusiasm rang falseto him. Under and behind the ow of words he sawsomething in the- unctuous' lips. the heady. twinkling `eyes, which made him suspect that the major, like other self deluded `mortals. was m_ore anxious to pose as a great moral force than to rule strictly his: own appetites. A - ' e 1..,:|..._.a _. 1`i'....v 11--.... ..-nod-I. IL e I-kn 95 Dunlap-St, oss Block, Barrie J08... PRINTING 0. H. LYON, Posters, |rneAdvance [mice Bill Heads (in pads) Statements (in pads) Letter Heads (in pads) % \ Note Heads (in pads) T Programmes Folders, _ , Announcements Cards. Tags, Envelopes, etc. WOODSTOCK, ONTARIO, sz:c.'rREAs. BARRIE LOCAL BOARD. wt! Evenings at residence, 67 Owen-St, \J VV ll ILHPCLJ Iu\;I Indeed. as Dan Brown put it.` the 1 cut of the `major s jib gave him away 3 for a blamed old hypocrite. ` Dan 4 Brown was Jink s chum, the head man I at the new electric light plant. which V '1`ravis`& Son had done so much toget ` installed. Of course. their own_ store. was the very rst to be wired and lighted. All the first week `afterward. Jinkl himself did nothing much .b,uft_I march around with swarming "rural customers and ash` lights iwtito-59V `.1 -517 dark hole and corner fromfthe_1;` story to the cellar. In the _ _ FLORIST AN!) SEEDSMAN, r Telephone ;5. :55 Dunlap-Stu Batrio. I , .____....... ` CUT FL0VV!!`RS~--R(`M-:2. Carnations, Violets, etc, fresh every day, Bouquets--Buttom hole. Hand or Corsage. Funeral Taken: in . any desi ns. .VE_GETAB J55 - L".c!u:ry. . Crisp and Tender; Lettuce. Cabbage, l .'.r:.:xips, Beets. Carrots. -On I EC. . ` SEEcI3S-- F lower Seeds. V1-gctable Seeds, Plants and Bulbs. V _ WM. TAYLOR SEED STORE `l'nAo: Mamas Dzsuous co!-vmm-rrs to. Anyonasondlng 3 k t h and desert tion In qnlo ascertain ouar gpnlon free w other 3: lnvon is probably atttentable. Communica- strl oonndont Handbook on Patent: tlom sent. free. Ides: ncy for securing tents. Patents taken I: rough Mann & 0 special notice. without. charge, in the Q .1....A212.. 1'I4;;AuSA.A4A` vT-7-VV- -V>?C"` '-""" A handsomely mnatnted weeily. Largest: '31:- gujguo set all urns]. Terms. 83 I z ; 12):!` nvfglylthhegl '0 110 178410110!!- db nnnu -n n. _-..., .. ygllil... I-..I. 7 Vllllilvu UL uu nuauu .........-r V` year: tour mofxtbs. 8l'.""o'l`<'ll newsdeilerf. "M. ..E9J2Z:1?'..5.!.!%'3 IWODERATE RATES. Every Description ?ig':7g"i" jcan. _ -.....-I. n1...4..4.4I -m. Jvannt MI .. .. ....u. nuwnu vu ux uu.7_,III-5*. in-{Ea-.v:v,"' squire Crane -meme war E. DONNELL, lVrI!IInAa< : -u-5-up-.. _ __ __ IN NEATEST STYLE AT ' BARBIE. ,Wind0W Cards, Dodge: .9, . __.) op (_ GO TO THE NEW _'._op_`_ ---MV'X)--- meBmg "f"'say this yer`e proiicls, *-knocks the socks .`ot!f.zi;.._gI!S'th ' 'I'- many"? ned..- 11....-- .. Catalogues, JANUARY 30. 1 7% _ limere` turning or a~-`button. . p he explained `that the cellar would gnlways light. Then everybody smiled. ? That meant something to Travis cus- ; tomers. Ever since the. store opened 5 there had been a barrel ' of the best whisky conveniently remote from gen- eral view, but free to whoever chose to go and take a drink. It was, of course. a point" of honor not to drink \ unless you were a pretty good cus- ` tomer. Major Borum was a pretty 1 good customer. in spite of social com- o rel stood; plications, but nobody ever suspected him of even knowing. where the bar- I uvvv It layuhung up,- withvthe `thief hung ' ing upon a handy nail in the wall 3 foot away. VTl_1e-thief, understand. was only an innoeent'tin_`tube, open at both ends and slender-.e11ough_to slipeasily through the bnnghole. In` use it was thrust down into the liquor. open end- ed. Then,a'nger held close over_the upper end mode it fetch out enough liquor for :1 drink, stilt: or mild accord- - ing to the depth of the plunge. By way of lieepllngg the thief in place a lit- tle ring had been soldered `on to the up- -per end, a long wire twisted in the ring and likewise made fast to the nail in the wall. Careless drinkers might otherwise have dropped the invaluable tube or absentmiuded ones. after the third drink. have gone olf with it in the pocket. - ' rn-I ____ -...1....-A. `I... ..........u... ans-Inn D.` Look! Major Borum said to Molly.` his niece and adopted heiress. That's ' what I'm trying to save you from-the thing which biteth like aserpent and stingeth like an adder. \-VL|a\4 Toward Christnlasthe major haunted . the store more than ever, especially late in the day when there was al- ways plenty of trade. He had got so familiar he went everywhere. up stairs or down, without exciting comment, Some few said he was simmering down. They reckoned it would be all right he- twixt Jlnk and Molly by-well, say, next spring; but Jink and Mollyknewl better`. Indeed they had almost lost hope when Dan Brown came to their help. n-11.- u..I.A._ 1.-.`! I.-.... '.......I.ln.. I...-.A`Iu bI\l\:lI\a I-I Throughout the summer Major Bo- rum came into the store only when he had business. but as the days grew short and uipping he fell into a way of sitting into the group around the stove, lls-teningo when he had to'--`that was rather seldom-and talking when he could-that was most of the time. (ft. ___,_g "7i`11'{e llghts__11lad been `working badly, so Dan chased down into the cellar. about dusk one night to look after the switchboard. In a minute he came up,` his eyes staring liI beckoned Jink to him and plunged again below. Nobody saw any more or them that night. They worked in the cellar until near 12 o clockfand went home chuc- kling aloud; - (II -----4. A-.. 'I !..I. ma..--4.11 IIvA to rant! I\lllJB Ill\I \|\.I All next day J Ink moved like a man in a `dream. waiting upon customers with his head half turned over his shoulder. It was a busy day, `Satur- day, and the. world and his wife were in town. About noon, when the crush was greatest, everybody was startled by a succession of yells, unearth-, ly, agonizing; coming up,` It seemed, from right under their feet. Three `parts of the hearers dashed into the street. two women tainted. and _ old lady Buckley snatched up her basket of eggs, crying out that she allus knew som p n_ was bound ter happen. ter that store ever sence they took an" made `candles outen the Lord A migh- t_v s own thunder. "But half a dozen rushed below, ,where the screams still kept up, -intermingled now with roars of strenuous laughter. ` -.I_!__-__ :1. _.. 41;-.. VA. uvawuuv;-u -u ug__,.....-. There was more laughing when they saw the whole thing-Majorl Borum, theirgin hand. howling, hopping from one. foot to the other. unable to let go and between howls swearing like a pirate at Dan Brown, who stood with his hand upon an innocent looking ke newly set in the switchboard. - . Dan was saying between gasps: A You've got to agree. major. - Let Jink have Molly or. here you `stay all day. You can't let go that thief; It's got a` full lamp voltage. jWe. xed it, J ink and I, as soon as ever I caught you taking a. drink on the sly. 4:17. __ T'\___ I __._).L I..L _.--- ...-'_.-... gvvn guy-....5 ...- -...-..__ v-. --- ~-`,. No. no, Dan. I can't let you perse- cute Mo1ly s uncle. Jink -said. reach- ingfor the key. I m awfully obliged to you. though. for watching here, .he went on. You knoW,". to those bee hind him, we could` not afford to turn on the current--until `we were sure of our maul ` 1 - , A v 5-. -4...- I sorter reckon you've made sure of . your gal. . old man Buckley said as the crestfallen major vanished up the stair. n,..,_ .;_____.|_ g; A____-_._J' _-_L 1.1.-` 12-1- "I{e"2.3uE?": t 'tI11LB BJtI.'.{(ji had. ' _ The Light That Failed. A wealthy Riverina squatter. now de- parted, as he used to phrase it, to the great Muster, was noted almost as much for his Attic` Wit. has for his parsiuiony. He also stuttered "very badly and helped along his halting utterance with a frequent ejaculation of D ye see? D ye see?" His nig- gardly traits` gained him widespread _ local unpopularity and the bitter en- mity of suudowners, who were `always rigorously refused rations at his `sta- tions. . _ ` Smarting `under this unusual inhos- pitality, some disappointed swaggles on occasion set tire to onelot` the squat- ter s wool sheds and then wrote upon a gate: We've well burnt down .your - wool shgd. D ye'see? D ye see? . :1. -_._..I.L 4.1.- I_s.. ..-__.u_. J Vuvun-u The major? groaned. He was a round. pursy man. rosy faced. with lit- tle eyes twinkling through smothering `fat. He had come back to his native town the year `before breathing-out_Va vague aronm of riches and ready to give advice offlmud to anything froml divine Providence to the town coun- cil. i\iau'sl1:1lltown folk said he was cram full of crank notions. which he - had had no chanceito slpcnd properly in governing zrwife or bringing up chil- drcn 01 his own. - ' 1 1 _1'__. " 6: ;3a;;e,`: 'cI.;in "mi! 6'1"; `man : eye when next he passed` through. For a moment` he contemplated_ the an- nouncement and then with a sardonic grin took the stump of a blue pencil `from his pocket. `and scribbled unde_r~ neath: It was well insured. D_ ye see? D ye see'i?--Household Words. ' Lite History In Hair. A single hair is a sort or history of the physical condition 01 an individual during the time it has'been growing. it one could read closely enough. Take 29, hair from the heard or from the 3 head and scrutinize 1t.yand'- you -_it shows going" .attenuatge__d; oinmcatinc fthgt at i I AVVVVVVVVVYVVVVVVVVVVV Big I0`-our ? `pulled into Beaver ia'eo-_ iows on the Rome-`Watertown division, and Joseph Bruder and his wife got` ,down from the passenger coach that : was trailing behind six ats of, rails. j Bruder, was six feet tour and broad. and his wife was five feet and narrow- Bruder carried a huge valise that cost` a dollar and had done service, also an ax. Mrs. Bruder wore mitts and a plaintive; plquant smile. In her eyes there was a standing apology for the disparity in their sizes; This seemed `to be fa sore point with the little wo-. man, for she was ever on the alert for the quizzing glances of strangers, and if one should stand apart and glance at theodd couple he was sure to have his gaze arrested by a plaintive glance from the woman` which said as plainly as peech. Please don't make fun of. us. - _., I__LI- __.-.1 l-l.. `l\'IA But the man never bothered his head about what other folks thought. He was a. woodchopper, and that s all he knew or cared; Next to his wife he loved his ax. `and it used to be his pride that he could put a keen enough edge on it to shave with. He used to lay his cheek fondly against the purple blade and pat it and call it his darling. And the ax seemed to understand him. for it would bark withquick delight when his giant arms swung it alot and bite the maple and bury its noseto the point where the tempered steeljoined the softer stuff. . an ;I__ ;..._:_` I... IIJU DULIGI Dvuns When Bruder got `off the train. he. looked around in a sort of inquisitive. deantway and put his hand clumsily around his wife and drew her shoulder over against his thigh. There was no one at the depot but the agent, a` vet? eran in the business. -the tenure` of whose position was due to ve toes that he had years before contributed to the annual list of accidents on the road. Smith had heard that Bruder was coming to take the place of one of the striking woodchoppers, and it filled him with grave concern. Almost all of his relatives belonged to `the strikers. and his sympathies were deeply with them. On the other hand, it fell to his lot to show ostentatious loyalty to the company. Beaver Meadows was the chief woodin' up point of the road. " For miles the contiguous country yie1d- ed nothing from its stubborn soil save stunted beech and_knotted maple. * 4- 4,1,. _ . _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.I...L Btuuucu UtC\.u uuu uuvsuyu nndnnrnuru The presidentof the company that supplied the railroad with wood was Smith's backer. A nod from him would have dislodged that. worthy from the comfortable niche that aiforded him `a comfortable living. So Smith was be- tween the devil and the deep sea. His heart was with the strikers. his inter- est with the company. That s>why his usually placid mind was lled with perturbation when he beheld the lum- bering form of Joseph Bruder and the diminutive wife alight from the ca- boose of Big Four. ` ,_,__1-_. 1.-.: -.. -..... .. In... an lain UUUC UL I-FIB a.'vus - Bruder had an arm as long as his wife's tongue and could fell at a blow either kind of jackass, human ~ or brute. Mrs. _Bruder~ was the brains of the outt. She took charge `of the money. when there was any. allowing Joseph only enough for tobacco. Oth- erwise he was a teetotaler. On the whole, this strange couple was deemed a combination to be avoided. No one ever knew where they came from. On that score Bruder himself was silent. swith a persistency that deed all the subtle inuences of bucolic diplomacy. surmise said he was an\ ex-convict. and as chapter and verse of his past were not forthcoming this comfortable theory crystallized into `a very good counterfeit of fact. i , - :|_u_-.'...-.... `|-z........I LI...` BVULIBCI l.\.II- Us Luv ya d When the woodchoppers learned that Joe Bruder was coming to take Cy sel- den s job, they knew there would be trouble. for they were a determined lot. There was an understanding. how- ever, a sort of feeling. `although no words had been spoken. that somehow Smith would settle matters. and so it was determined that no one "from among the strikers should meet Bruder at thedepot and attempt by moral or muscular force to turn him back. __.___1._.1 -1 luuuuulux LIILVU luv `nuns: Anna:-I unannoun- Smith knew what was expected of him by his friends and relatives: he also knew that the suspicious eyes. of_ the president were upon hlm.and hence the delicacy of his position. He hated 4 being double faced," but he had a ' very ' comfortable niche indeed. and times were exceedingly hard in those parts Hereected with considerable disgust that it was quite unjut that he. who had no personal interest in the matter. should be the one upon whose shoulders the task of adjusting the at- fair should be thrust. , AIu;_o4I_' _-.. _._.. \AL pun VA. 3;: v .a ' He struck l1\'Iai_'shal1town a teetotaler of the first \\'fltel',A the second water and also the third. ' Water was indeed his creed and rallying cry for the time being. His mind and heart were set upon organizing a temperance knl_gl1At~ hood after ideas peculiarly his own. __--_I_: 1-..--- ...-.... l\. I 335111 cu UV an-a I.-wav- ""l`hat explains why Smith. was per- turbed upon the arrival of Mr.-and * Mrs. Joseph Bruder. It also explains why he alone was at the depot to meet ` the distinguished pair. , ltis anaxiom `that good luck always comes to. `the lazy. Smith `was a lazy man. which accounts for the piece of - good luck which came to him on.the'mo'rning of the arrival of Mr; ilfld Mrs, Bx-uder; .|_1 I._I._ Iuv Ianlcvuou vs Uvo --v-- Bab `Armstron.:.'.;.f;:;-}:aI:;>ld baby ` boy had died of cholera. morbus :1 few days before. and the sorrowing par- ents. who were farnwrs. had put the Iltfle creature in ,u :~`.ixppio pine {ms `and were sendiugpim down the road to be buried in the .-\_rm.~'tmn;z fmnily `bury-' -lug gronnil at .W_'e-`st Cn,n1 dmx. `The finyj :qiforsel.,9f,~bnina:.)ity'j xydsa at. that mo? W-:n%t,A _ '!; ;xf:`,\.:;I;as 4?:-.i`::'h:(room `of, thg ` IJWSIIVEI OIJ\aII\I.\' `' `I `As. Smith nmpoi down the piatrorm toward vMr.'ax_1d`,Mrs, .lqsepb Binder he ; :l'rt;>.i_zhtroom and hgot?1*:m' 1napira't1on ~ Then he accosted Bx-uder. Waitin for Harris team. ain't yer{ Bruder looked at his wife. and she __ 1 3 `A19 -vou-, "`Goir;"-tier work on the Job.` ain't yer-.52: I - . > .n ` . A _._s__ v\...-n__ I-__I__J -1. 1.1.. ;_2A- -_.a vwrcu Again Bruder iooked at his ivite. and again she said, Yes. ' ICTITAII `I'D... _.._I_1. ..I_.`I 1.-.. ..AA' -a.- I) lIUUu (l.L|.\.L ILILI4-J lJ\.\.L|I|I.|.La.y -.--..p v"... Marshalltown would have none of the.knighthood.' It was so temperate,- letting the single saloon languish ex- cept at Christmas time and the Fourth of J uly, that it resented organized tem- perance much as it might have resent- ed the organization of an antistealing` brotherhood. To its mind a man ought to drink when he felt like it and had good liquor handy. but should never be tempted into swallowing stuff he did` not really care for by giving it the tang of forbidden fruit; So it heartily ap-` planded J ink Travis refusal to become the rst fruits of the ma-;]or s enthusi- asm. It wasga ne thing, everybody admitted. seeing how matters stood- Jink as good as engaged to Molly and Molly's heiress-ship contingent on her marrying tosuit the major. ,-__u_ _-- .1-n.r._n_ 1--.! LA... I.....-..... ivnis wuavoccc no `ny- Weli,"I""x;q1-lght glad tere see` yer," said the "unconscionable diplomat et- fusively. `*1 tell yer, we've been havin L great go1n s on aroun here. A .__.n._ -n_-__.1__. 1--u_-.1 _;_ 1.3.; ...:n-` .....1 sou -.-gnanavg an.--an-no Between you ang me, continued the wily Smith, these woodchoppers-- I mean the Beaver `Meadow fellers. he hastened to explain as a slight con- ; traction of Bruder s forehead warned V } him that any slur upbn the craft would 1 not be welcome--don t know when they're well off. 1-1-.. _..--..-.-a -...:| n.....:.... I....1-..: -4. 1.1.. gov:-In 3v Jul at van vuna `avow- Again Bruder lookedvat his wife; and again she said Yes. softly and press- ed .a little closer under the shelter_ of his mighty thigh. ' u __-__ -.._1 ...- n --._4.x...--'_1 ucnv vv vs: V_. HJe.1`;aused._ aid Bruder looked at-his wife, but she remained silent. nan _-___._- 1 ..I..!; ..._4. ..-4.I_I_! ...........-.1. vvanu, yuan wnav as-awn--um -us--an-um Of course I ain t got nothin against thee men here, and it may not sound" wellcomin from; me, me. bein in the employ of this corporation, as ain't sup- posedter show no partiality, but seems ter me these men is a little unreason- able. .Yer see. he went on as neither Bruder nor his wife spoke, times have been pretty hard around here,_ with crops failin and a "good deal of sick- ness in the neighborhood. and I think these men ought to been glad to, get steady employment. 01`! cdurse they re really in the power of the company, `cos they ain t got no money, and the officers knows it, and so they cuts` down their wages`. Now, some of em nds out that the big. fellers is makin 3 dead loads of money. and so they `makes a big kick and goes on strike. So the_company jest shuts down. and I heard the superintendent say as that they was goin to start a.process of starvation. Of course I don t want that to go no further. ' lT'\!J `LL- __.._._...-- I._--p.L Lb -mun: w`.`;I).f e-0:1:-s`e Smith quick- ly. Ain t they got a, right to pay their money out any way they like? Couldn't these men `pick up and leave it they didn't like it ? \cI\|a.n 0 IIID\r 51.: Most of these men has their own homes, hasn't they?. asked Mrs. Bru- der; no 1. _ , II __j_1 1__;LI. 111.--). .QL \n|Vil 0 Yes, they has, said Smith, but it they keeps on this way they won't have no one left in their homes. Then he added as he Walked toward the of- cet Ye d better come in and sit down. Harris team may not be here for an houreyet. They generally comes ter meet the down train. `Big Four is 5 waitln here fer it ter pass. 1-v- _.1..-.u.1_ |.-IL-.a 1.1.- --..-..1; I- Iv Ulvavna-I an ova nv av- vwlunvu He adroltly halted the couple in front of the open door of the freight- room. and instantly the maternal eye of Mrs. Bruder caught the little coin Whose is that? she asked; ' That's ` Cy Selden s baby, said A Smith, lying heroically. 11.... 'n_--.a.... I....1-...a -4. I.-- `I......I.......-1 ' LIJCLLLJ Illa l-\J rQ\l||I l:ll\.: I.Llt|.J\.lO `J ink and` Molly had been. lovers time out of mind. It was all settled that "they should marry when J ink was tak- en into the rm. `But the major came down upon them three months before the Sign-. l`ravis & Son. Groceries. I~Iardw:11'e. P1-fovisionsl, Liquors, Whole- sole and Retail. went up `upon the big block at the head of the main street. Molly had eight younger brothers and sisters. Her father could not hope to do more than feed and clothe them. So the major and his fortune had to be taken into account, especially when he asked to have Molly the same ashis own child. s ' ` 13-.- Iunalnv V\I av any gun. -- .Did the compavgy treat the men fair? asked Mrs. Bruder. uni , o u wnganvaa. 5., Anna navovovuna Mrs. Bruder lookedvtit her husband," then back tb Smith. What ailed it? she asked. Cholera morbus?" uaav Kauuuun \J-Avavauu A-I-l\rn snu- Smith drew closer` and lowered" his voice a `bit. That's what they give out. he said, but between you and me it didn't have enough ter eat.- ., LL-.. DI_._.!LI. -n---_.`l ..--.1.:.... I......l -L \|.n\l>La V Lnunvv vnavu "5: ~.t then Smith 'fou1l1=(; Qdvxwbusi-, ness in the ticket olce, where he re- mained until he heard the booming of the down train, when he w.ent out on to the platform to pass 'up` the mails. Helingered for a moment and watch- ed Big Four pull out from the sid- ing; then. he looked all around. There was 1'10 one in sight. a11'1'-___IJ ._-_. J- .11. VIIIIODI __I-AJ "....I_ Dvzannvsu unnav \.r\a vnogsn - I didn't `do noth117,"z}E' I don't 4 `know nothin , snapped Smith. They 1 come, and they've gone, ain t they? j And then to modify therebuke the good soul continued in a tone that smacked `suspiciously of tenderness as he puffed hispipe reectively in the `darkness: Strange; I used to know those folks years ago-didn t know it till terday- -they was a- good deal younger thene .just married, I guess--they were pret- ty poor~had a little baby that died-I V don't know, but folks aroun there said the little thing died--cos it didn t- l g'et-enough--ter eat." nay... Ian ":`H;xvv"d yer dob;-tr Bill? asked Jack Lundy that night, while a half dozen strikers smoked and listened. ,1 O .__-uL_ It Wan a Dream. ` When a certain divine was a younger ` man andchaplain at the University; of Pennsylvania, like other ministers who lled tl1at'posi_tionhe was much ; troubled over the apparent lack of at- 1 tention from the students during the 3 morning exercises in the chapel. ` n-u_- -_-..-.s....... 1_-_.:1.. ......... .-......4.:........1 I nu.-van.-4--.5 `v-Q\.a- var-`Vin-I -._ -.-- `-..r'_. The exercises hardly ever continued` for more than fteen minutes. Some of the students were in the habit of taking their books into the chapel and studying there during the services to. make up for their tardiness of `the night before in not preparing their les- sons. - c ' ` `. Q` C o ,1 EVJLI Us The young` chaplain was desirous of breaking up the habitso one morning 3 preceding his customary ve minutes address he spoke as follows: ' u'1-_.._... ..-__;.I-...-_ I.'....A. _.I.'.1..A. I .........-.. .. ......... ..- ............ \ _Young gentlemen. last night I ] dreamed I was here in the chapel ad- 1 dressing you. And as I spoke I sawv every eye xed upon me, every" man attentive, while in "all the chapel there was not a book opened. and then I knew it was a dream. You needn't try to make out` poor Jink is a snake, Mollyfsajd spiritedly. I m sure he wouldn't crawl. not even" to get me. Q9, ,, A,I O__I_ IL ___.. I.S.. 1--.`- _ German Scotch. A good story comes from Sydney, says the-London Globe, where letters have been received from two American business firms asking whether com- mimications to Australian. merchants should be written -in.Engl1sh_ot_' `in the `lavnguajgeg or the country. ula. ._.....II.. ._ '-_A..'._.l._I_.|..._ L...--J- .1... -..--.--.y V. ---v -v----.,. It recalls an `astonishing trade cir- cular received a short time ago by a business firm in Glasgow from a Ger- man manufacturer. also_ written in what his. versatile clerk had apparent- You wil} nd it a pleasure to point to the clean things from our establishment. We wash them clean. iron them carefullv. No garment soiled in ainv department. L The water we use makes your clothing sweet and attractive : the care we use:prevents rough edges 0: frayec} ends. 0LEANfTH|NG`S... 1 % THAT ARE cLAN What You `uP_.y For. BARR I E STEAM LAUNDRY. 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Sold at Barrie by JNO. WOODS. Druggist OR THE OXYGENATOR CO. 40-137 22 I-Iarbord Street, Toronto. Ca. i APVANC E-"1 Hughes Bros. oxvceunror N0 DANGER. There is no danger of throwing money away iftyou take Dr. Hall's Rheumatic Cure for ,rheumatism..In a. little while you will say it is the- best spent money you ever invested in your life. S. Donaldson, post- master, Duerin, P.0., Pittsburg, 0nt., `was lame for two years and could not get out of a rig. One bottle of. Dr. Hall's, with the Cli- max Iron Tonic Pills, cured him. This great bloodpurier is put up in bottles containg ten days treat- ment. -Price 50 cents a bottle at all drug stores `or The Dr. Hall Medi- .-.2 van n` Yinnefnn fin}. `Allis EVULDB vs. .a.-y Jane cine"0o., Kings on, Ont. I I Microbe in the Blood. "Vi "{voi{fE1`"1i1.{5I{ ;'{ui "i}1IEo"j{:u'{'{i:"iae had signed it." she said. Why. Jink "was never drunk but once in his life; and that was in the way of business. ` If he had not drunk to :mat_cl1 that Long Hollow crowd, his pa would have lost a1lVtl1`eir' trade. and it s worth a thousand dollsnrsv leur prot every year." ` ~ nu. - -_-.. .1,..- -..-.,... AA Y1.` ...u..-. n `...ADVERTlSE m... Makes and burns its `own gas, -gives a soft white light equal. to that of I00 -candles- is restful to.the eyes and splendid for reading or sew- jng. ,. Cheaper than oil and aseasy to run. Your money returned if lamp does not come u to your expect- ` ations. rite for free cata- log`ue to , - Allin co., Ilovrrnut. aunt` Ill cannon. -rAui(,"" ' and Repairs, go to BEDSPRINGS. % MATRESSES. PUMPS, 6:. CO. Wholesale and Retail Manufacturers. W. H._B_!JANKER, Oalcg, 9:7 Dunlop s:., Barrie. o AIJER GAS [AMP FOR nu: uomz. BRADFORD 51-9257. :4 exam:-:_. PROPBIETORS. V VI ul. uuaouo That was where the pinch came. For herself and J ink. Molly could have bid- 7 den the fortune go hang. ' But the chil- dren! She could not shut out her` moth- er s` anxious eyes. her father s patient, troubledface. As long as she did not rebel openly she. was free to help with both hands. So she contented herself with vowing she_wou1d die an old maid- unless she might marry J ink and smil- ing her sweetest at Jink himself when: ever she got the chance. ---_I,:| ....4. --.,\n Lg; .. .....a.:...-.4.