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7 +++++++++4++++ 222:2:::z::z:oooo4++00+0000 ( i ` `. *1 $ Q , A reduction of 50 per cent in many lines A Bargain lot of j T Notices. card ;-`folders `per 100 - 5225 E Funeral. Notices, black Letterheads,` Noteheads, I Billheads, "bordered, white POP . ` ` Envelopes, operI00 7' - 51-00 Q i $ $ 6 9 Q Q Q 9 $ Q 5 9 0 9 Q 6 t A Sfafamonfa V .` 5 130033 WEST Sc off S Bookstore ' 4' `MIX '_m.lI-,.`o~;&.l...n `II! All Our businesais growing and we have every reason to believe it will `continue to grow; `For our customers tell usthey can save monev by- purchaaimzfrom us. We have thebest line of aeaaonable goods ever offer- ed from a. Barrie harawgm store.-' Ipn-the line of money. _ _ _ `A ' Our stock ii complete in all sizes and kinds of wire from No. 9 to _16. Now is the time to leave your order for Plymouth Twine. We guaran- friend '1`,hatcher was very incon- siderate of my feelings in the time.` that he chose for hisdeparture for the next world. If he could only have waited until his daughter Ellen was a little `better able to take care of herself. _I_ should havebeen saved a lot of worry and bother. As it was I had to post- pone my trip to Egypt _ for a whole month until I could get her `settled; with Thatcher's two maiden aunts. tor of course he had made me her guard-- ian. The tact that I was only thirty while she was fourteen was of no im- portance in his eyes. ' 1111.-.. Ann- nnnndvld- Inn nvnnnwlno AND` `VIBE FENCIN-G--We have just received our second cit load {his aasoh. We can give you the best fence made for very little tee the pyice, T95 nun or commence Rfrirators, Oil Stoves, Knee Dusters.` CHEAP JOB A PRINTING MOVED '$.ii!ig!9;0I.unty People. hes! v-"5 HUI ! `. .a'I."`.- - '- .`. I:,_:%; D; stnu n. .`r- -- --09:; _\,;; -_, , 4.; 4-11.. .-'-nu .. IS THE TIME I-Iarribly 8: Baker's OPPOSITE POST orncz. 3'03 m :11: 1) m. IAN: nuiuu E 1-3:! mm ugup-p JIVII Isl vv mg -I avg 9-vuog --vavp an the course of time I drifted. .` again to the land of the stars and stripes. My ilrst days passed drearily enough, I visited my old club, but the 2 best chairs were occupied by men who bed"; been strlplinze when`! zwes` list gins the-land otpci`v_ilizatio`n.l My old chums V hsd drifted nwsy or_' into matrimony and; only dropped into the club: now and: then to shed a few. drops of pity. on their single brethren. l A ' '- o _ j Finally I bethought me or my long negiected ward and determined torthe lejjck otsomething better-to do to pay the ygchlld :a_ visit, so sent 1 note to the uijnits to apprise them or my coming.` ' y ` received many severe ;shoeka_ _ Ah; n_-__ I .L__-_A. I_-....- . 7 A of per. ' cent many v_ A Letterheads,` Noteheads, % Billheads, % % V Dd8ers, ,From a dollar a thousand`: Q up for the next few ` months at Statements; ITI.SING Advance? .,Office... A Lucas! 6. 1903. DOC IIPIQID I-V K.-IVLIWU tuvono van nag twp:-I--U many, eevib. \.ho<;kC. il';;.;1_zxy` lite, and `have, I trust, borne them with Clix -iatien "fortitude, ,_or at was: with pagan stoiciam. I have been` turned` out. or. my berth in an ocean liner in. the middle of the night to.shiv- or dad scorch by turns innn open boat ixijhe middle 0: a snilleu ocean, I have been held up and courteously relieved _. _n ...__ _.-|---u..|-- L_ l'V..`..-.I- I....I.......I. ' l7CjVOl O_lVI$ II to vvun nvvvuw-g pv---v_-- ognli my vnluahles by Greek riganda Ifheve.Aev.en w1thstood,with equanimitye - the charge; of a brigade of Swine.-.hot.el l:0_0De.rl. but all these were nay-a tall or dent . compared with the eurpriee which Igexperienced when Ellen. my little Vrjerid. caineinto the parlor of the cot- tuge to give me 'd\ifi'fu'l' greeting; "I may 1`jt_:`f behind me e ecraggly little girl. awkward and frightened. I found, my- uir? Ihnkinz hundl with. a beautiful; y-pun: '1ndy,' slender. erect. with _a. calm- I.n' #01! poueuion oinitelv ggegter than my own; 11: the den that followed my won- derment only,_ `deepened, A , French '.')u."'._""~'5`_..-".-I..-` ' gag}.-'-IQ- LI-A mg-n ' aunt` uunuvus vIII;,_ `ucgyuuwup 4 usyuuu c',$1f j; murked en'ulne{ the son `and sons helrot I railway magnate, 0. min- 1l!K.l.hlIr6n etroml Denver ot. ellzhtly ad- vanced years, but undimlniahed under. and a newly risen but still rising pollu- -A-_ _....ll.I. LI. .-4.- An. `In; I"nnIn1' I-nnn way-3 v-w- -_'_.:ww_,: y|p- . aenato and more valuable real;-.:oat.a`taa xhanbtho nnlta mind could wlf "conmrphnd_.. were tho xnagor planatp whiglih stantly xepk. .171" ,1 "91f,*.`1!3l!n...?f1`!:f91=iow theta waa a"c' tl ' ni1x`nl_)ar_or'_aa`tl_'_ iitaa. young college lellowa." `h a.!ii'era;'* lawyer: and :narchant_a.,.,..-_I.waa regaini- ad an a fatherly old chap whoaa tgyqr l was worth having only vlpmo relation in which I stood to the `ydnak. lady In -!'.i".1.|...n.`.'I.l.!!;.ll!!'!!i,f.. me. an I waa r dy;t_p:`-tatos;|;lygroa_t.h.- till: I9 1 . "-V9131 i never see fit" l.thinl:"Mi::. mnen divined ;g=:m;, tho qniuical lI|kll.fI'P!.3 ~18--x-Ibolit; the corner: of ,h.;r.V..9!9a..'_hlied,..hi'_. thdlhttv ] . I .. I want` prgparad` _ I three daya. The and of a" xpontlxfl-',? nd"`In.9 ` men I ma love with ingr:orwn..wa`:d.:.:Wha 5581.5 3 . ____-_-.a-.a p.. jl-._._..l-._ 4.1.- ... .a'..`. ` ` KY7. CD39 353:: with h`p.c_A.T,_;)'_l`1-,fti'IA'I_..-'iJ-V % , seam und=:llli-iteetAp1o.itad' army: '01. _.-_- _-I---I.|- ..--I ...a.-L- LL-.. 4.1. ---c-. .rv---- W1 SW?` succeeded . on utlntwtfalkm ou-an`%"iieepalr- ` con cluded that I mueg,.m;g,;;ngselt out of the my or-xdbnuerw ween:-dlnxly I an- nounced my Intention at luncheonouo day. The aunts were politely lorry. and I could almost have sworn that Ellen looked and tor at leest "thirty , ,-'<~ -'v lg: '~).'."`.'! r-; u-Wwcucu v-v,u-q - - -Ql|,'.{},'.'r.='.?. c, . o `r1`a!.!terJ"luhheou" uusiunvti r Hoti %'Ii {fb'r'ii7. mild` cg "e vi e.iuuuw'srssa:ol gmaelu J i 5' ` I .t f>*`=:1`ill`*.1l5!TZ th V ,l."~= III! lull `nullrwcul, -'I.'I|v`uuurq I_--I---g-4| Cmkhll .uckwanLJ.!I!1I,.i.tI.. ---- ..-Lu.u.II- An` QKA ll 1. ..`1.=..%%Ir..%.a1Is1Iu:.!=.II!..v one and .4..|1d.nt amyqg guy v.og.v I v..q_Iml1du'__I ` ..IK_.!i.`!:~. 7. =1 : -`mt :1fr.'z2:s= .-It ; 4-some ` cones;-n yoaI.'95`It_;i1r|_J|lliI-r1-lor1ettg.`;rth Q=-Ol9 I'a` '.s-...-1 .. .- 1.-._.~__1.'_-n-._m. .1. _-n.:vz4n.v..-J ..~ . =.~_ "H. 1 323'." ", :.;`.`.. 7 W93 9`. "19. Mind 102.2,! :'puoa. that 1 .w}oul`d'..1-ath_u-1--not; vtmnm.-.om.:mm 1t=LIho.:.didn't. mud. at up L V , ` ` . V: "n r-g-. :~,'9.;_- nr ' ~ _ ' ' :r-\ v .I't. owoot mrounu 16 iyuznlwwc l1UH`W? . ;tu6!r=:'muur& 5j`~r ;`quvpvvuu\_-p vvvu-u-- ? . .__- -.-_- ....-~--~ nalt, mm :3?" aka `fa. sin Imiesied. `apt. -1;; -1 ~. |. Pi'.f`. I. .!I.';. ." ' 1 T*`i5i'DI"*4?`5 I!y 4.5 ggvsoxauvugu ` vs. ` v- - -V--v- At the.,-.-k.:y.l1ole?, Yes." she replied ' calmly. Since it was my future that was.'belng `dlscussedvlt seemed to me. `Ith'a't` I had at sllght. Interest in the mat`! Vter. But I-never expect "--here she begat!` to lprlstle up Vagaln-e-I never ex? pected tb `hear a man say thatglt was tin.lnsult to be told-to have it thought -.-that he--that I- Actually there were tears In `her eyes. This would never ` ` 4 un..4. ..._ ';--; -n-| .s-..u. ...... .....I.... V: vs o_\nI .- 9:0`-s liuoauu uguunuwscngqu -an-urn -u--:- '.l.`he_n whafhdo you _s`ny*"to_AMr. Gaw- cus? inquired MB Henrietta. uv-\-1u.x-- .|....u. 1...; a--_- A L..._` In I... I- T'1ad'li:: mags. L much better be preparing tqrvthe next world. ..'1`he,nunts sniffedjn chorus. ,_.I ,1 ,1, _- _-_.L'_ II__ li___ vpouv nus. .` Politic; 1s'"t"t.`5 Fox-an `maxi it. he _is my-no `TVW well shod and -dosn t* mind muddy roads. but the woman who travels; with -him is apt to get splashed a bit." Another shift from the aunts. ' Ink 4- ALI. A- an U|li't`n"lIQ vrvnnn I>1on IGQIIIUIIVC BI-Aft: I-tvoou , It The other _eandidate:-gere trotted` out in turn, and all` seemedzto` me" equally, "undesirable, Apparently the aunts. were surprised, for after they?` had gone over the most likely or the applicants only to nd that my opinion of them grew steadily more unfriendly .Mlss Henrietta turned upon me with as near a glare as her. regard. for the` observances. of polite `society would permit and remarked in an icy. tone: Well. Mr. Crossley. -it would appear that your regard for the other mem- bers of your sex in the capacity of husband for your ward and our niece i very low. Perhaps you are thinking of applyipg for the vacancy yourself." Whig was: a hnmlmhnll with n vanta- ` This was a bombshell with a veng ance. `I eyed` her 'ste`rnly~ for at least ten seconds. Then I said, with polite emphasis. Madam, it is little short or un`insult,to, accuse me of so far pro- sumizig upon my relations with young niece as to fall in love, with her, Att- v- putt`-pg -`o5 ova. -v u-v----_vv_ v v---v--- ` er which I bowd itrmy ireiy` best manner and went out. . A , A- Q- A- __lLI_ wuv wpnswu -1 `up u--.- v -uv- --v- ---._- I wouldn stop her; if I were you," T s.l1e..;sa1d.,-_f9`Some one might Insult you by th_lnk1ng_'that you were talking to I A. Inaa\O VI vnqw 1: mi: Ema hp}! 1 .cz_zAx1;'e"t`z_ace_V to race with Miss `Ellen" h'er'selt, apparently in a great hurry `to, get , away. from `some-_ L where. I "stopped _ and stared at her. She stared back and tossed berhead. - 1` 7 ___ _ _-__ II uv rvq - -But, my dent: girl, don't you under-_ stand that 1 was only trying to `con- t ceal the fact that--well. that I am; al- "reiidy your slave." The last owordlf `came with a rush. There it Is. Now, lt'sryour turn to be insulted." ' 51-- I-_|-.`.1 .|-...'._ -...a 4.1.4.. .._ -4. ...- ."`vf'I3llcxi[ Vydu heard. I gaspd. Cshe nodded. Then you--y`ou-listened"-- IIAJ. LL- I_-..|.-I-n 17.... n ..I.- ..-..II-.I II H `g Vuo tuna: tv wv onnuunovunu She looked down and then up at me. V` `'11 your love via an insult," she `said very _slowly, "I think thatithe heat that T I can do is to accept the 1nsult._ don t\ you?" And I agreed with her. . _ Decay of Contnoiunlsn. Caretul observers in China are notic- ing the r`ad.ual_,,,decay ofCo_ni.'ucianism'. Its sway over the minds of the Chinese literati is by `no means what it was even as recently as thirty years ago.` it is- true that there is apparently no marked diminution in 'th`e'number of ancestral halls, the existence `etc which - all `over the land serves as an indica- tion ot the vitality. or the state re- ligion; Yet nevertheless the more the country is permeated with western knowledge the more are the minds of the educated class becominjvalienated from the teachinge'to'which'_be'tore un- questioning obedience was accorded. V A f'I`I.- -_-`A-. 14- I-`\`- aI`n`Q A. OLCQQQ `"fEZ FEo3'E3'II."sZ&'3}'1L?i.:- it lenot dlmcult to. comprehend. It is gradually dawning upon the educated . young men of China that a knowledge ` 79.nf.:9|!*l V-`|`.!!'3.;'-:1! `"1891 wlllis`-,.i..t._;V"Vai tron: a, commercial point of View. *:And{ "comprehension. of this `race .1`: uunlclent to account for the diminish-mt lntoreut.th__at iarblns taken . In Athbu-icqulaittonf l-be cbnmblan learn- ing. .1; enxuwalso be admitted that. as the broader__and. deeper knowledge in- troduced an1,l"`fliaculcated by western Icholata in h_dbo_ lug assimilated. there ia_g;a:" 'v1,;;evcr`*`*ll' " using realization of how daqunte..G9nSuelen1!ln 1:. not- w1tl_:ata_nd;n3::,1ts` .`_!1l8l'itp. to meet the :qu1:emem.; ot.. the. jaresent day. - N,1 .th CM!!! ..3.'!. $'2 Q J 7* 3 % go_o'k'i `'91-, '.' .37'` PR h.!I.:V!oI.'.tI..IIIl.~b1-...Ill1Mo..bl!J0lI;I'I':*; ~. 1:; r 1; `.fOqgstaln,ly;not.!!; 1, . '.'ncuu' I.:d1d-. youtnow.'.' ' - `1.ll1iIn't`.knoVr it.`-'. % J`:i~='-"'I'--A V v .grrheu,th:gtva1 an 21:11:.` ` Vi `lpy3'l'_ I . G...` v . I WI". V 1. Shermu mcmbuw much co `"430 n1tW1-=W**h* thy; . .ghgung...a-_-g:.:g5.., that vbvhocvm`.:wu=-In the oldwcabln had wH!c::e`a;ltht- hlvd -ttimdd" *tho?;t1d6i";6!f *"""`= '% "'-- ' 5.0 "ll**`%_ in ljf_Ot:l,,:..of,1,`D_p`t.:I`5t;,f,;."_F `.3- `N5-` lW`i.T..`~: uzteq .eo_u3;tniu:;ap ` `W &",%",*`.-r.*."*.4"%l.*'. !'`'!: !*!'``` ` " " " ` ` `um d9I.3l3!0_1 P'J5Vi";thosnownntkiir .='.- ,-f . . J ` ` A? ' a."-*;. '- ': `w _ana'powor down; 'tbo_;. 0 99;; .-._--'L 13; C an`; unnnd In rtorencum A -----r_-_ ---v--- -- -~-- ---- --w-.-- ----_v_- A1339 *%"`*9*`?'*%!*\';9 @`.%"*-% W 0;-A-M . an power own __;,g1;eg_ _ ... r _.._.,A ,A .. ,`j__ _ 3!VPPn9ol9!,vI!A!32:!l?;K ` matzfgghbi` imrho e`. 01293:-A .'JI'.!fQU .5, :,._ -, .- ._; ~ (to urchin and 1 truly. l;enlIidto(l';= 503% b..3:.F..0.,-dF'!!!Q cur, both A-thoroughly-molocn-Inga with 3115; `curiosity ;iili;%ii1tihdiifI`Wlth cm W! 1'1""'- ` " `` " *"I!*r canine aggrcss1s*.anuo- the Inuit dog ' "`.`m"?".! $7""". `-`. ``,```'``"" ` liarkod uaatmnaot 1 tn: anew P`::&a;twM9h ' ;"".""'7.-fl" 11"." '!'=T:"`-1'-"1""-"5 mid" power down 3,!Yz!PP3 .!o3i3:!'I.lQ.vI!Clla!ll'OK omn elk`? unlttodq 1-. zrgcussrmdmcga` truly. bendllidtotl ;ni;ili;%i:.ed:tihdii.:?imth ___n_'. ...--....-_...|..-_-.._.A.|.- .._..il 1..." v-pv-ww- '515au1 Wilson had: -come` to the mmj that day with a load"otgrain and had \ conyer,-ted_:the:`g`rain not into flour, but . `into greasy bits of paper which he `deemed tar more useful. Then, as he " ~ was consumed with a'great thirst and. moreover. had the wherewithal to slake t it, he naturally turned his team toward ' the "Alexandra House. Matters follow- `ing in logical sequence, "Paul Wilson. ' developed Vere night into a drunken . bully, "with Sam.Au_gust_us the especial object of -his hectoring. Sam, indeed. .,.jwns in a tall` way to getthe beating of his life whe"n1-E'd'Dil`et'oh interfered. i . 1903. 1?! C. Mocluro it -k'O0-.I'ooo*0skO*0-kc-kotoir Sani Augustus wassotthe Algonquin `tribe, a typical Indian of these days ot ' reservations, lazy, shirtless. and ad-` dicted to strong drink. As an Indian he `was more or less despised by thewhite men with whom he came in contact,- _ but was much too easy going to `be dis- turbed by that. `The possessor of a small farm on Georgina island, he was ' so far true to the traditions of his an- cestors as to allow Mrs. Sam Augustus ,to earn his livingior him, which she cheerfully. did, reaping harvest in the summer time by weaving baskets of sweet` grass and reeds for the holiday . seekers who annually. visited Beaver- ton. ` ` ` l I ' "Beavertoni was the most picturesune , spot on the shores of Lake simcoe, but 1 Sam Augustus, on the occasions of his periodical visits to the mainland. never stopped to_ contemplate its various. points of interest. There was but one... attraction in the place for him, and that, it must he confessed with shame, was the barroom not the Alexandra: House. ; - nova--av ; 7S_am;s visits to Beayerton, of, to `more exact, to the Alexandra Hous_e," usually terminated in his crawling into the "loft" cf` the. hotel stable, there to sleep on? the effects of the potent re-. water he had imbibed. ` -Buteon a Satur-A 7 day. night lxi"'June be enjoyed a novel .: experience. 11...: V11... I....1 '.-....- L- 1.1.- ....IiI Iv cave. u-- um.--vwv- -.--v- gt fDal;tpp_inj:erte_1jed, to such an extent "that-'Baul was "escorted to the `village hospital, while Sam Augustus, ready 1 4. by that time to consent to any proposal, _ acceded -to Daleton's request to go t home with him and in the mornlnfg E Join the haymakcrs. on the Daleton es . Itate. `_ I An hour later found Sam tucked into the most comfortable bed `he -had ever known," Ere morning came. however. the bed was empty. The Indian had already repented his rash promise to go to. work. J Still, he took away notll-' lngrbut himself and his dirty `clothes. wherefore. Daleton argued, he must have felt at least half way grateful. nni_- __._._.-_ j__- _--..-J -._.-._ -_J The summer dayse-passed-away. and thefautumn shadows. lengthened lnto the blackness of winter. but Sam Au- , gnstus had not once appeared at the Alexandra House since that night in June. Whatever conjectures the hs- 5 hltues of the place might have hazard-`_ " ed concerning. his absence were driven out of mind, however, by a series at , ocourlamcemsrhish Ia'!e.:.the--rvilhscmf ampiearessountor not only much mains- but also much alarxn. .2 6 ,, __.-__,..._- Q-IL"_. I wu A-mhlevu -tnsdoa-thlr puaaonco felt? In. that=`8le'epy:'Hollo'iv?' of Oid burglary `folloyid uiothe: lh np:q=~ u_igqIo1p1;.`} First` It was gnq re,a ldhc'n` og "tliq.1`ev_o'that1 wuj`fv!ult`oil_:' At_lVI_Vl)I'_l1`t" ' " `thb dotoi-'i noun santli npx_t. tin.` rsql emu In o.y0I:1~I9--.th0 .`;'l_l_k_l_l,I`_3Q!.1";W,OlS\-lb0l1t_ their work v-In t ;.~ V Lwayathat they`; wen no gnowlceu; :2 Of all this sum Auguatul win`-in found lnorIn`c'e.- Ho ant-=MrI.' Ban wercnnonrthei only lnhnbltgntl pts.G0t'- 'Mand.xr.thn hutulozu atluerl;-Indlvfx anr'wlw*-omprliod tnosaormntipoxium; t1 <;n'jn'snt *`aw,r~=`~ynth" Iomd lfvlvl ygot - L 3* t- 4. nAuL.g'nL. ...n""` |'n~.| A..I..A`f"" 1.. `. E I A mutned M `, .'9,.V..1tl.i`J`_lil.J;I_`\`vfi!`aL : __'.~_`.`uh_*_u|_--:-_ .auu.-;`.LIu`a- " ' ...n.3A}.L. , c!L1e;thss;h0L;mn#t.119!t! or.:~,4*9e L wmm.thqmtttna.nl-8hc mnh.o. Itm.>ne<.l-._: , 0,I`:-hlI:I1_kaS0t.;IlI loo: ;H>hul::oI__xc:bnt a tow lbdllltlc (I1:-. ' ncuqn ct` thd Ion:-1-pleu.'f-'II|'_--nut: duguqzime gthv-`Ipz1aB;1;vpy -I#.%:uv6 -it%1nde-mi-% mni,Is.'%.t &irshlt`;t..%: . g .. { to"~t=:;:4nr.*%%9ux*tt. . g .. ` Nfdm ,1 .."viu.. ` . J llliljwll VII "Ig| _: 1 ` ' ;` that , , 5%;.:t-?n%tf:n`b" 3 . g.9'..'W$.P nIm4a:%A=._,t3ls:Aam9; that: Ildi hnnio '-'?WIe5l_' `WHO! Eli!" 2= 9 counqnsyfnko u:_:sw pan " 535:7 Thu-c was enough otjhl; .uIceswn.';,- ` bhodsslm NI;-:minI;.4:oL'nnke.hin . and he conjectu;-ed,.not=vmhout " ` I that whootorzwam-In the In A no w!;'hm:to:-ha; there... {see he ; down. <-nnn`Itened;'-= hla Ynkatu. &l1III[3; I AI;...`.. ..I4...._;..I`_. _;_.l-y .L.....lAL -L.'.' -' 55 ?iiif`-i-i-t-*-to5 L ma INDIAN WHO REMEMBERED % Zr .11. A. Brace` I333 IJICIUBD Sam_'swhng a1ox_1g'buoyan;_l.y._ The, 3 next momeht a _h1ss1n8.. Whistling ht sound came tg his ea;-s,*az.x`d he: saw a ash ot_ white gllde p_ast.1}lI_n. to,`ba._ ; swallowed up. in the darknes. 5 UL __._ LL- I.__L llII_-__ __-..I.`I I.--L .1 atfd "w'e`ma3f` pikiup sDuf3.I1*`*'A* 1 in that rod. to: a his honsonarty '19 4 on `at Simco. Lodge just, n0.W- and theli wealthy *.-Mn-s`.' fvinlandi ids 46319 ? -*1`*'| guests- Tb:AI1ms..f11IE.1eRF;m?`:h$ i wing" over" there, so ave nee at` _ _; tear of arousingyhim. _'.1`_dh;en jVe 11 % to our iceboat and be up 1' cover}: ~- betore theyilmow we've Paid '91 3 "13 it. ' "- K-` ;.... `__-._ `D I.{a .'Sam 'opend iittl .539? 1` `P13 Twide He was "riot o\'rgifteG With actfve brain; but the refei-ence to` Sim- coe Lodge had sharpened his i_ntellct- `For. simcoe Lodge was the homeeof -. .-.,.,.,,, -___1 1.-.: ....J- 1.1.: `l\nln{-nu... .1-`.Ul_`. axuxcuu uvusc u as -uu ---_-~. Ed Dal__eton...,and had not Ed Daletoixll, - Well. Sam" Augustus drew closer to the cabin. window. ~ The speaker's companion made no rev ply for some minutes. `When he did speak, there was a tinge 'onbltter'ness to his words: ' .I'm with ye, Rats. I `agree `with. ye. But when s the bloomin biz to end? They'll spot our lay soon, never fear, `an to my mind we'd better scoot `down to J ackson s Point right away. an get back to . Toronto from there." A ~ ` c .u _LI_ -_ I111 - a-loan UUICL ' e . ' Bah! rejoined the other. -We slm- .pIy have got to turn this trick, Spud. ._ Then I'm, for. home. Come. it'll be a good, dark inight; and We can `bag the game heforeiidnight, for they daneed. _ until 7 this mornipg and are Sure to be abed early.V ' " \_"_.. .__':L-.1 -4.`. ~i..L-- '..`.. nn:`\Itt\' Thu I I aucu caxny.` V _ . . Sain waited `tdhar 'n`o_ mdre; The, men were `thieves, and they intended. rbbbhig the home: of ' the only white. man who" had ever .-befriended him., Oh, lazy, shirtless Sam Auguvgtus, why do you hurry so? ' J ' 1 . In... L. ___.. ..u--u__. -.._....- bk; Inlrn UV Jvu nuts; uvr For he was skating across the lake as he had never skated before. Twenty miles stretched. hetween him and that part `oil the mainland where; Slmcoe Lodge stood, and he mustjbe "eet in`- deed to arrive `before the boat.` ,He kilewhe was getting 9. good start, but he knew, too, what an lcebont could do.` Ah, lucky Sam Augustus, to nd. the ice smooth as glass instead ot,be-- lug caked and crusted with snow! I\_ -.. 1.I...-.-...I. 4.1.... ..h..L4- `kn uancul C0l_ll0 see. llgqluy I.v_V1uIu1.ug _1u out: uur _ tance, and his Indian in'stinct told him` they - wer'e` ' from . a tarmhpusg not _ 1111*, from the Daletcph es_,tate..v_A Not a light could be_ en` f1"on1 Siiiacoe Lodge itself, fora 'h uge`row of t'tree;,,iv1n_d breakers,` screend the house from thtr lake bxastp; " ' ` ` ,4_,, _-u_,___-._;_u__ I 1111. . II-I5 lull-Bvul Cl-ll!-I vauusyu -On, on through the ~l;em1'aed. Inlhis. ta'ce= blew.the rst gusts or a _|__._ .___1 L|__-.-_L LI... -I-CEBU IIIVVI ` SLAB Asa-lav an-c--u v- - ;;ol'm, but he plunged through the} crystal akes, his slnewjw legs fairly ying overjthe level surface. j1\ ow he could see l1g`h`tsA"tv{vlnklix'ig'_ln the "dis-_ 4---- '_.__1 1.2.. -r....u_.. :...u.. -.4. a...I.I hi... It was the boat. They -would beat: him yet. He dug: his skates into the= ice despairingly and buried -himself forward: ' But `in! a` {minute -o1"two `he became hopeful - again. If `' was? yet ' egmy `for the Ibtirgiaxfl` to bxin:,w`0tk. He "e6u'1d` eaiiiiy arrive 'in`.tim'e to win the _1;ouh5ld._' __= 11..-2.-_v._'_ AI..- _n._1_n. 1.`. '_--'.j ' II IlIr\lII\u_n_lVl\I_I . 2 . 0!.l`..on`_'t11_:-oi1'3.l1 the night he racett ` Nov": he was oundering in now bunks thatvhad drifted `nguinatthe: lake cliI.: now he wasc1imbi_n:r up theaernued. heights; now he had nnatrapped his skates; and now, still tireleayhe war bounding across the elds to give tho-=- i5 I1?7g;'gT5I'E'{n7bo37 moment ' he was by `iioj tenth!` ,_ I .:A :. 'x:,. "i'r}at-,iaaus1ng to leek the gate into the Daleton grounds. In leaped 'tho`:high~ tenet-thatparaileled the-an trees only- L4 .-II...LL `...&-- -' L1_-.`. - X_jL`_. .. ' "'._.l..' what ! this?" no new % a nu. .` exclalm. "'.l.`t`n"n" yer zllgn gob. news `a 'ni_o';k1n,d 0 ; put; `ggihg '1 i=!9.iit`II!iI..!>!1!i.`aoII. t0 I an wlthoutslo: mud: aibe: pardl.n`." ; . lam zukuautnns zwxlthed duperatoly. ` bur: anotlni hits. `of .br:`wuy seized him. and he xvii`? 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V . ew~r:'~: ~. ` g-_ " ' `L Q:QIaL`. I-4I.4L _._ - r..-\ `~'- `-""`~ --"-' '3'3-2",: ' mu(`nuuutpr:.~nurptlIIl;;.;lcoIieun-,x,: an negygg ;;':';*a.m& wuvvvvt C7" :h....i._ J55 : ` _ r,.;.. .: ' O .w `VI A - L 4 y . Outs Rates "Advalive a 4' ' - 1 y: V, 9 ` owooooouoooooowyoouow++um :3, ,,,I:.m'+" +++++++_++++++++++++M+:3 7V` VVV - Hardware - Store m.a A RR I E S B I G... o %Akwwmmwmm++++k++++++++ '- . - . Q Lawn Mowers and Rakes, Screen Doors and Windolg 8 BAKER + ' A ~ . O_ m m++o+o % Lvuuvv on new v 1.:-.u :7 When. once appetite for wandering has laid hold on_ a man, heknowfs no time nor place to `rest. so my year of travel dragged itself out to six. Let- \ters. came at intervals trom oneaor the other or the aunts telling me that El- len was well and happy. Once or twice in} the earlier years I had a brief and very conventional note fromthe young lafqy herself thanking me for all that I had! done for her. I suspected Ellen or symptoms of irony in those. expressions of, tlnanktulness. for the only thing that I had done was to take myself off the ends of thegearth and leave her A to` the care at Providence and her aignts. not always synonymous terms. ,~ :`I'ub lcus lIn\|III1\ A fling Y ilnlffn hhnlr`