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i `Every square inch from the bottom df fire-pot to top of dome is a direct radiating surface. The dome is made" of heavy steel-plate, which makes it amore effective heater than the cast-iron dome put The Sunshine" has everyimproved feature _and still is so simgle that any person can operate it.` in common Furnace lull gr` ' . -:%~ _ VlxlN,DSOvRo ONT. . I . WVIIUVI Lllf ' 1 L, an we ~~-r-~ * upwendolyn \w'ill! _ho announced` mm, and Gwendolyn did. - Ajong the ball, past Mrs. Ragaxfs wt open door, down the stairs. atep"by mp and soon to the sidewalk. V 7 .....'.. r.m1v'Gwendol_vnV was an lmnul-' nsvnancs % mu;...a LIFE { will take your risksh of his compnin'on'hc , Ix-at term: and Intent rates. All n: class mun." I wxn take risknn any of his compnmcronctnn best. terms and lowest frrteo. All first dun com- - ' panics. Pullamountu 0 one: paid. : GENERAL AGENT FOR ` The Sun Life Insurance empan: V OF CANADA AGENT FOR ` i The Perth Mutual Fire Insurance u. Tne Western Fire Insurance Ge. Office--3'l:_Mary St, Barrie. ` MONEY TO` LOAN. J08... Pluunua Calland get rates for your own Satisfaction. COME AND GET OUR RATES Posters I Bill Heads (in pads) Statements (in pads) Letter Heads (in pads) Note Heads (in pads) - Programmes Folders, Announcements [ Cards, Tags, Envelopes, etc. I \I$ UK}? meAdvance ftice `rep, and UUIULI LU ssac nus`: vv uuu I The Lady Gwendolyn an impul- ,m person. and. being or a mind to view the trees or the park, clothed, -as `,he had been told, inythe snow blankets mm, by the fairies the night before. me had determined to wait no longer. but to start out by herself, which ml or course contrary to any precedent ever emmished. Clad in her white coat- marked down and snatched _up by Ellen ' 3 bargain--her white bonnet-Aunt guua had found it in a Third avenue `bop; an you couldn't havetold it now a ixth avenue~-her, white mlt-V gen: and legglngs-bought It trie large last year with a view to shrinking-ea '- nay Gwendolyn started on her way. _' Both of her ladies in waiting andthe -heed groom or the chambers were igno- rant of her desperate venture. Now. the that lady in waiting was nearly al- ways in attendance on the Lady Gwen- g: wyn and usually planned so that her `duties as housekeeper iltted in nicely with the demands of her other position. The second lady in waiting. having been promoted from the menial rank pf cash girl 111 Bush & Hurry s big -Fourteenth street shop to serve in that ' x-m s lunchroom. found her hours a bit easier and her weekly envelope :1 triile heavier, two things that made i; possible even more devotion on her part to the service of Lady Gwendolyn. i . ,__-I.l 4...`-.. Ln`.-A `Anna: On -Angst:-:5 A SAVE YOUR TIME AND MONEY BY CALLING iJ.M0Band|ess ` LIGHT AND HEAVY! rmnmzss, % COLLARS, L . AnuLES. .. vvmps. COMBSEBRUHEs. * %RUBBER '.".$ f a3"R`e`;}airing ddne .~W,l\i1:`,'yO|l_ The best lace to gc drugs is at a DRUG STOR . The dnmuriat known mnre ahnn ` STOR . The druzfi-st knows more abou them than other peop e. `We keep a good drug store Come andjask u_. about Kitchen `Drugs. VANILLA, for ice cream. for instance; BAKING POWDER. for cakes. ' One is a. drug. of course `; the other a chemicals and there are still others-SPlCES of all I kinds. cream of tartar, etc. muuxmms DRUG stone F 92 DUNLOP-ST. BARRIE. ' Drugs and Chemicals In the Kitchen. IV um um. van. v- vv --_--, -. It would take too long to recount the ' incident, or accident, through - the head groom of the chambers id arisen to the dignity of a wooden taced iootman, tight booted and beturred of ' wiiar. who ung himself with most satisfactory recklessness on and from V the seat or Miss Van Tassel's brough- --u--, v- Ball Every A Description Q--1"-Gr:-1::.:~:~r -v r `where. you will find dwell 1: ,, assorted stock of j_ 53 ._-`wt hit-A VW indow Cards, Dodgers, Q .. 1 .. `D2 ARE NEEDED EVERY DAY BARBIE. f'....ON.... 5 " ` "'7 Sale Bills, VVCI l|L' V` LICCII Although the head groom of the chambers had become the tootman or Miss Violet Vnn Tassel.- who had the .reputatlon'of being the most graceful dancer as well as the-biggest hearted` lwoman that a music hall audience ever split -its gloves for, still he was faithful to the house of Ryan. and the lady Gwendolyn could never odmplaln of disloyalty. ' /"L..l..L:\..... ....._ -1. I ..--.1` uh!` `Ilium OF .--, Catalogues "He's a star. that kid!" MissTVan Zlassel was wont to exclaim when. in `company with other blond ladies. she would leave the stage door'after re- hearsal. And Miss Van Tassel. her- self a star or no. mean magnitude. would enter her car1'iage`amid..a. chorus `or more or less envious assents from` the lesser lights of her constellation. The Coachman would touch the bad tempered cob `and leave the star` groom to alight beside him after a ying leap over the wheel. a . I .7 _ - ... -1 LI. A am. vb ulmuj any . Cm-lstinns was at hand, and M138 Van Tassel had made known to her footman a few ideas of her own on the subject of Christlnas trees in general -and of one in particular that was in- (ended for the special benet of the Lady Gwendolyn. \v,...-1-. ..n L-.. ........- J-Iuv\t\ Ind +1-vn uuuJ u n cuuuxy 11. Nearly all her spare time for W70 days had been` spent in drivlll `Wm shop to shop, and the address glven for the sending of the parcels. had 11`- been Central Park West, but Second. avenue. On lssulng'f1`0m one of the. lhops, more noticeably the toyshovsv Miss Van Tassel would hold consulta- iion with her footman. Advice. 8118- 8estlon,_descript!'on, seemed to pa8_8b9'. tween them, together with many 11053 and smiles on the part of Miss Van. Tassel and many touchlngs of -the F3` on the part of Tom. L ' All .._|,, . u -- co-A _ III. ..-.\I` mini ~~ --u putt. un. LU] o All unknown to `1;/Ilsa Van Tassel aha became an angel with a very yellow halo and brilliant garments. All -un-,; known to Tom he became to _M1aa:r.Van Tas_el the image of `the idling brothbr ` Whn hm: .n-z _ ..._._n ..-.._..- Iuxfnvon /-.-was uxc ILLHIBC UL LHU JUULI` Illuvvoow-9 .Who'had died a small pauper before` ever the twinkling toes had brought tame and -wealth to his adoring sister.- By dint or judicious tagging of vari- 3 Deople who seemed to be 301113 in _.the right direction the Lndy',GW'=l1.d_'- `in reached the park under the emper- Rise of two unconscious nurse'm_'aid.'_ `;"10se charges were engaged In making aces at each other from th61l""-'1,'.' " `Pt1Ve chariots. Arrived" at her delf `U011. `she managed to-claii1be1`._!t,0" ne.ot the benches 'tind':g;1r\teyed`itho_" lcene before 1101' with deltghtd eyes; 9 nffnnnn.-... '...... ....... '-unuuivl A WW blan . `Wt entirely coveredf W-u`_;h 's{hqr*~'3wj_te , HUI. V71`-H \JI7|lIl\\4\I FV".' T110 afternoon `sun was warm.` 361: it had not quite melted the`*`Iinovj?_; mantle on the shoulders of the A-D18; "We DDOslte. The `trees wore their kets, and the grass was 111-. Wet she had been so " :V111e:t'lo'11t3`to`Iie`e".'M`:.` Now, It is one thmg"to' rare ';"?g31,1l3' m` B11916 by #1 seheee.ot"1nJfdir$-833;: >`h6 nmmn- -4: -.a__-_...-_-_._ .....I_.J`.,4I-`Q U; auJ'.I-H1 '"r ,`...vuu IJJ u F"`c' A`h.e_ n ., Huts ovelt of adV9Dt11;`9:s9`n.`1"3 1 t' ' `mite anotlfer thing W Wand onetffrag homeward when one s sense ` An~,._g:..: 8 utterly vanished and nAY-Ry fl ' the monotony. A - ` 6 afternoon su'I1 4'W'_a on _ tha`bpnchfr-`UK31.`?(~; ' Wen 19 n "e - ,,Iw.` k 1 -., v-. --H`-*".-.-W, 7---.-~;.-'~ ` '4 ` "1 "7' ' " ;l1u1te another onc'.8:WaJ7 , ; T Omeward sense of lnJ111'.`7 `,1! 5&8 vanished and noveltY5 T ~hme ':Th0 afternoon sun `viii who 0 . In ._tho` benchfi"iIii_en Y 9|yn -made`: ._he':.'qi Avaus-r V 6, 1903?} . nursemald with her charge, a man "i Cu Bil l:W\I She may have found her way there." she muttered to'herself_. ' - ` A messenger boy, two newsboys. a U3` 3 _vPlIl\I sun: vv guy. with a suit case and a pretty young woman with her hands in a big mutt termed an unconsciously interesting 2 group about a small solitary gure. Blue deant eyes looked out or a white race from under a wide bonnet trill `and two little white mittens were dou- bled up by tense baby sts. bore down, on this group.` Intuition, instinct. sister heart. all told her that here was the Lady Gwendolyn. She pushed aside the newsboys, stepped on the messenger s toes and knocked against the suit case. G_wendoleenl" ` Nellen, my Nllen! came from the depths of the white bonnet. The Lady Gwendolyn was caught up into a erce -embrace and the cut hand, heedless of wound and bandage, pressed the little head close to`f`Nellen s" heart. ......,_ ---..1..a- 4... v... diqnhnran." said Ellen h ,V"-.V. ., .. 1:: A--. - -. 8liel'cllmi>ed.=*do'wn her behch with a stllfhess that surprised her, and ` with a I growlng asens '-= of insecurity walked toward the avenue. _ The park seemed a` very large place, and she was glad to get out or it, yet as shestood on the sidewalk two big tears forced their way from behind winking lashes. 'I_`hrnngh"wh1nh no 41...`..- .a.:.--A- v----- w--_ `figllvl Througl1f.-which or those lay the way hgme? Wh1c_li.wa_yrTihpul_d she turn?'. :Evr$rth1_ng looked strange and '. unfriendly a - -` ' " unr:1'eii;l;" ..When Elle Ry_a;1 cut her hand on. the` bxfokengoblet sl1e was picking up in resnonae tn fhn nn`m.m.`.n.;-...... .....a-_ ....- vI:vnGu_ guuxcy sue Wll QICKIDQ response to the 11o`ozwmlk'er s order, ,.the.;_docto1 or Rush & Hurify'_l.'I his store` dreasd the wdund neatly'and, patting _her_ on the shoulder, said: There, you'd. better run home for th"e rest otithe day. ' You'll. be all right tomorrow." ` n `lf1III...'. _n.|. u_-_;tL A , ,- gov svuavI.'L'UVVo 5's3'ijSn`I7 h_e1`-Shand in a bandage and a `stat: geellnz In thepaxm `or. it..' hurried hotneward, thinking` tha't"1t Aunt Julia had'been too busy` there was ` yet timeto take the lilttle s1'ater,'tor 2`. .walk. ' Running up" the stairs, Ishe ins bumped into by Mamie Reagan, who ._was running down at breakneck speed. 'l`Hnv nIn I- Count` 1.--.--` n ._-_ I.-- ._vv sow of-uusug IAUWH Ill. UICEIKUCCK Speed. They ain't found her -yet. was her exclted` Ialutation. Pm coin out again. Yer auntmcarrytn on awful. ` mA Q hang` anus-__.I`L- -.-LL-- `- SA -.---- -\vO_ uuuv pgvusaglu VUI-I EVVI-Ill-" ,Ellen s heart seemedto stop` heating. She grasped at Mamie Reagan's dress and opened her mouth, but Mamie had resumed her headlong ight. Ellen tottersd up the: rest of the ` stairs, her ears assailed as she neared the door ot their rooms by moans with- in and the sound of Mrs. Reagan's voice. 5l.`_here, now, _ she was saying,."don't ` take on so; `Mamie Reagan '11 and her. She's a reg lar detective. I tell yer. There. she'll be back in a minute. All the cops on the beat knows Gwendo- leen." Then, as she caught sight of El- len, Lord. what '11:! do with 'her?"` Now it's all right," she began, shak-H` ing a bottle othousehold ammonia at Ellen. - ' ` . - Ellen crossed the room to her aunt. When did you miss her?" she aked. I `just went in Mia Reagan's room." explained Aunt Julia. "I wanted her to keep thrbaby carriage Miss Van Tassel had sent till Christmas. I had my` bonnet all on"-_- u1I1|.-.. .n.1 _--- _.n.... a.-_nn a_._-u-- 3.. VDIQV_lh I. IIQQID IV G vvvv Had you proxnse3',to take. her to any place?"_ . T an-Iv- _-.. '_-n..o L- ;|.- ..;..1. ..I..-9J When did you miss her? broke in the stern young voice. Aunt Julia at up and put her hand to` her head. _ _c, _n, ,,_, __,-._.c_, u','_uA _.-_L V? DD D xvunu It. was 8 -o'clock or maybe but past. I remember because our. clock had struck 7. and 1t~alwayI-- IlTI'_j -` A _ _ _ _ --..I-`J LA Lglgg I.`-n L- '7vs7"v"vL: " coin to the park-she'd been tel_lln' me that foolishness ye d tol_d hex-_ahout the snow fumes and"- , _ ._-I.I.I.._. UVIID DIV. IDUVIJU Una`: woov vv at-snow-u -o-- Aunt Julia ; voice rose to : sobbing wall as Ellen turned and left the room without explanation or comment. (IL- .I-_I_ -1 .I--..- LI.` 1-`AI-an nln n .VVl|pIlV\-I0 I-Cyogcoauuavnn vo wvo-c-v-- She dashed `down the stairs,` at a speed that rivaled Mam1e.Beazan's and started on a and run west. ` ` - ._--__I.-_- A---_j 1.-.. --A-c`$np\-A ,9 (1 1 S6 `[0 f`J.Vt:|u:uu ucusu "`i'. s,, epught to be discharged," said tt D WOIIIEH. th.?nI?.!:.euon y gum -mnnnenzer boy. und distinctly numuwwuca. | "Com'e,Mlsa Gw_endole"en, . she said, " Yer aunt will he won-yin about yer." ;-The `Lady. Gwendolyn Iobediently tro_t- , I ted oil! by her nurse : aide. -,u; - I_I....h nnvnv II` nmnrt brouh- U19 pretty yuuug VVUuJu_uo Gee! said the "messenger boy. You'll be in luck ityou don't get de - bounce fer dis. - - A Ellen looked w derlngly from` one to another. '.l`hen- t rushgd over her- she was Gwendolyn : nurse. The baby `sister ha taken for 9. lady-a real `V lady. ' ' ' nil-.. -nnhnvn " Hid tul anotnerumuu.~ -. Taklngiu rm hold on the little hand, ahe addressed the Imall/gure in clear distinctly humblcrtones. A \ .....dAd_.. ..un..... (1cnvnnr`hIn_ `ha aunt - lacy. - V . Yes, ma am, * she said meekly to the young-woman. I ll be more care- tul another: `time? V -. 2 T -u ,1 a_._."4 nun; Ittt` ll IUII VII. 5:; law. --.._..- .- , 11:11! a block away a smart brough- ` am was dashlng_.toward them. There was 9. glimpse of s sable collar, an . `ugly. klnil race; and it had stopped. 15 1 Thetootmgn Jumped over the wheel, 3 the carrlaao door was opened and _.the ` big yolce ot Missvan Tassel cs_lled:- 3 I ` Well.;.lt -`here. isn't xhe .l1tt_le.,sist;er allndl the b1g,.'_one tool ; ,T_l_:e wholeRy_an' tsmlly , in t .s sbunchl ,,,B.undle 'e:_n,.,1n. Thomas, and we'll drlve.'em home_."_ . l I Tom `_`bundled;,.5. em-Jn." closed the | ; door and. sprungixto the box. Just at ` thatrproud moment- the mo.n..'.wlth. the`? I` suit case. &`nd'the:-fsyoung: womanwlth ; ' the big mul! came intosight... .V~ 2 T ` ! 9 The Lady; Gwendolyn`, -condence re-9 '; I,,tq __ ; `,`sxp_1led`g:si1l:;;,: m`;~l'._h_;'o,I;gh~:l 0* ' '- oj>e'l:".dwlndow,.` angfgllei ~fr`131d{:_ nd; -ierecton the-very; E(l`G'j>0f,"t1l'0T'0ll;}QLl'_6!_l9A, 1 ) _l ;=t;ectad*t1i;ui;m;i _,i .\`uu.J Vvasu uwuaauuvuo _ ' e The one armed man looked the clerk squarely in the eye. You are quite `right to be careful." he said pleasantly. but I did not take the stones. How ` many were there betorei" - a The clerk told him. ` Come," ret_urn- ` ed :the man; we will count them `to- ~' gather, then. They did so. They round the tally right. There was none missing. ~ The man was right and the` clerk *was wrong. He apologized protuselyubut the one armed man took` no oifense whatever at the incident- He received his diamond and his change and spent several` minutes chatting about dia- mond robberies and safeguards against them and then went his way. AL I_._ L A _ _ . _-J AL... I. 4aAA` '_ II `ICC `JV? 3. Tl-CB I I've heard or. this fellow." he an- nounced to the jewelry rm. He s a new proposition and a `slick one at that, I understand. andythere have -been a good many complaints about him. . We haven t been able to make a touch as yet. I ll see whatl can do, but I guess - it's best for you to charge the thing up . to profit and loss right now. _ Even if I A` overhaul the man it s ten to one I won't ~ get the stones. `I'll do my best, though, gentlemen. n ` n rn1-..A. I............-n1 -In fikh-man Tia ~'I"nn11_ s A rnaxi ivith hint ohe stood 1in- ` ing againjstk the showcase. -5-'.l.`he' other iarxp, the raise one. `rested partly on the tray 0!; diamonds. ; On thehand otfthht arm he _wore a conventional glove of - black. He was a weil dressed `jinn. with a smooth shaved race. He. was examining some high priced stones_.: his `bt1;e{h`;;`ih iri ole, p 7 1ially5' picked -out a small diamond. probably the least expensive or theiot. and asked the clerkto wrap it up.. `At the same time _"he pulled from his trou- sers pocket 9. -roll of bills at least three- inches thick ` had with the lett"h_a nd deftly counted out enough to pay for his purchase. s `-9, 41.. _g_;__.__ __A'_-`AL- ---- `rwu ------ -v The clerk took` the money `the purchased gem` and then seized_ the tray torepla.ce1t 1n.the.case. ~11 = __ __g_su_ --_-_;.-.1 '_..;-._ tray E0 IQDIECG It Ill-.IIlB_I:lu!I':. L` 1 _ As. he did no be rapidly counted with _ his "eye the` remaining stones, as `was his custom. . There were two missing, ingnddition to the one he himseit had i taken from the tray. He glanced ans- `-picionsly at-the one armed man. ` ll? I.-_~ --.._ --u-`In.-n alas 9 `an 1111]` C115.` ' `IIBIVIIIIIJ $8 UIIU VOIV URI-lnlsvwn cantons: .I beg` your pardon, sir," he said 110-` iiteiy, but reaching as he did so for iii: revois:er_ underneath the counter, .bnt there are two stones missing. I-have you taken them?" He made this in- .quiry with hesitation. FBI.` 4-- nun-nu` -anon innkn `HA U ll] lug utuuavuuuo i Kelly watched this man closely-- % - more oiosely than did the clerk. Final- ly the clerk handed` out at-.tew small 3 bills and a small white packet and he ; left. `As he did so Kelly rollowedhim. ; When "they: reached the sidewalk Kelly `touched him on the arm. `The man glanced, at him but once. ' `and then swinging around suddenly struck Kel-. .1y tn the-head with` his ugntihanq. It was harden`: lron..._Kelly was stunned. ` ; He reeled anditell; ;.When._ he came to, the other man wan about in enter a carriage which stood ntthe curb. ,._1`ho" . '- `carriage started .011;-so hut,.;pe1;o:e,; tho - door uwu shut: Kell51,had.IuceedeLtL;In ~ seizlnt that .ir1zh_.t -wane arm:W1th..:-, I " - `ls-ti'ht3 and-. unrelentlnla. grip. 'J;he;,;gnah ' _,-.beb.t hlm:about.;the.;ta9@ mlthktga ether H . ~ha,nd . and. :the; coach 3 went :1 ergqand - i taster, shut .Kellx :_nlnng`tAdes_pega.tlp' `to if -l-tlI.. `. 7-" 1` V __ V`. Egg _.u__._i . . v` " ` u-_.1.1_._I_ -- LL... gunnnarnnnnnt` Q thnuhand. hi! . elm -, .\1D0n -lb? BIIUIII uuu [MUM "lint Ann: was 9 J Queer thing happened then," called the clerk to another. "I came near telling thatowell that he was -a thief; thought that he took a couple or bril- llants. I counted `em wrong and told him that he must have 'em. -He laid he hadn't. Then I counted `em over K again and found eIn all right. And" he L wasn't mad about It either." _ u-__.__ __n..|.n. _;__vm :utneet;-I2e`9?"\ . y . _ . Suddenly, as they ewung erougggle .a 4 ..corne1:. there were t_1.,,ena:i and ggjerk j and Kelly fell, face deyvnw-g'rd,o_n the `pavement. It was late _lx,1'A:t,l=i_e`f_e yte,r- -' ; nppn a_nd derk end nqone hudhtleed ;wh`at had hnppeneg.- Kelly lay J to; u ` moqaent, but` soon recovered` andfecrum-. , bled l'Ito_l1'ls teet, "Jus,t-`ln` time`-to avoid. .- being '_rqn` ndovh by a-"heayy=*t`ruck'.- 3.: '. l .` Angl`a`he roae'he gra_eped sometlng. xi tightly` in ms -a'mia.e `f'rh1s='=6bJet"-he 3.. hope to _a brilliantly! llg*la3ed`1'wlndoyv;,,`.. ,. +1; gd-xammed `zz; bf.*=m,:,`lT9'?! ,"?:1A:;aH.` A `II ' flld` ' l | , ` LII 3__.;4..A.- ` - J.I...L.n: wuuu I. IIICIIL .uw\Iu|u av unwuvno Are you sure they're right` now?" returnedthe other, an older man. Let me see the tray. T ' lIII._ 4..-... _..-.. _.....I..-.uI Dnnun IO- luv act: suc uuq. The tray was produced. Before it reached the counter the `old man` seized the two largest diamonds it contained and held them to the light. - ,4 ru.._.__-nn 1.- -..-I..a......A ";;:z~`:Ifi:1;:g::h:fe;;;;a' isE}? tT{c'x` f 7 VCll.E)A`8't'g1`jO?a`fI!Om_.W1.1V.`{`l' he.;hM . . y_ LIJCBI7 IV IAIBIJU __\II- anon-In Ivnavnb up In-u -Sneakers" /Kelly, the qxjack ` fain clothes man at headquarters. was put on the case at once. ` -A,;. _- AI_.I_ ;-n-__n I..' 5.. uuu ucug LHIZIII xv uav uguuo Done, by George! he exclaimed. These are made ,0! glass; that : all." ___u_____n vr-n_ 41.- ........I- u`n.Uu 695-I U134`-LI\allI That happened in Chicago. In Janu- ary of the next year, onfa cold,` crisp day. two prosperous `lookingmen stood almost. side by ,s1de'1n' a` fashionable jew'elry'store._ % ` ' ' ` I\_.. -0 J.'I..\.~.` 4...... piunnahll In Inna ant` JCVVCIIJ 3|-\-ILKJC \ One of them was dressed in furs and `.wore rich Jewel.` He` was a showy % man, with a red face. 'I`h1s~`; was Sneakers" Kelly of Chicago". ' ` - _Ll___ ...-._ _ ....... - cannons` mu` nuannuvn Il\qI4l\vI. 95!!!! The other man was a man of grave appearance. He wore a gray beard` and his hair was tinged with white. By `his appearance he was`an aristo-. crat-probabiy the president of a bank. In his left hand he held a fur `mitten-- ` only one. His right was clothed in a `light colored suede glove. He was _ buying diamonds. i` 'rr..1I._' ...'..6-..1...A I-his rnnn"nInnnIv_. ll. eaunusucu up ' j I , *"B'y "George,~ that's" L.c1ev'e.11. f'f1r4T1`uaed `Kelly to'_h`1maelt,` and -now_::he1L huv; -- to"ge't uznewtbnal .-mm: rblpbdatolr:-me`." at a...-..`a........ 1 g... - him. .:nn-`n hank` mung .ommn 1 HE A GWENDOL;Y;N% , '"si'o`1i.'aE'{.'Fu"iE':;' &'ei1?."r?st 7 now, and It you stop there on your I way to the tort or to San Luis old , Manuelowlll tell you how it happened --.-... - "'4\ ._I.-no-n AC J-I`- Anna nan` `law, mm g..It;`1- two. toithmxt fionse.`m1.si:.tIxeaw mayha-ve stopped thege." -. After the. gin-lghnd. gone she went in `i to ethics dance. laughing. with the lie` treslron herllips. -e was no house for thirty-Umiles that way, and once" she had passed the giant cacti she would go down 1nto.Denth valley, that terrible wilderness where` only . the. snakes and -the Gila monsters and ta- rantulas could dwell in safety. One night spent there; and Lindell might call and cry for his witecln vain. `Y-:__ _._.. L1 -___ 3__._- _.L "xifevef Va; '2n'e?e'fIa'c'11". A"a"ance at 1 Manue1o s as that Saturday night. Lo- ' lita danced and sang with feverish gay-- . ety, her eyes ever on the door, swatch- ing for Lindell; Then suddenly, at the very height of the merriment, she was missed. Out into the clear, brlghtnight she went silently to they-shed where the horses stood, and, choosing her own rough little mustang; she mounted and rode away toward Death valley. ` In 'ra....:...n I.._...! 1.1.1.. 1.1.. L1.-- -_'.: The Way It. Goes. I was over at Allegash the other ' day for the first time in four years, V.` said the Kohack philosopher, just a bit | ` sarcastically, and I found my nephew 1 `Luther and his estimable wife still 1 squabbling over the `same question tthey were equarreling about when 1 ` was there before. The only change fthat I was able to detect was that. `while in the first place they appeared to know what they were jangling ! . _. about,- by this time: they seemed to have forgotten what the original bone of contention was, and they were quar- - - reling monotonously along without any Way of knowing when they had n- ished. . A A- -.,._--____-.-- !_J.-.. . e"f:' ii.T:'eni'13$E ?::s'EaiF,"i;i&e eyed i girl, he would hate her for sending her to~her..d_eath-. The thoughtterried her. Anything but his hate, `she thought; anything but the look in his eyes when * he knew. And was it not `right? She wag. mi: lik'e;h_im and gentle 'vo_iced. l She`w'as not a Mexicantgirl to `smoke a cigarette `with and sing to in the ` moonlight and laugh `when her love waswon. "` * ' Ushe caught her breath in deep Bobs, and the tears fell on the mustang s brown neck as._she urged him on over : the miles that lay between them and -the valley`. and at last there were the giant cacti ahead. guarding the en-. trance to the valley like grim sentinels. She turned -toward them bravely. but_ L before the mustang had gone a dozen 1 paces past them he reared and backed away from something that lay upon i theground. -r -Ina_ n__-nn. _._.: -___._n_a. \.-; |._--a.1_ -; ` I s 3 _Well, when `my appearance interv ' rupted them Luther` was startled to see how much thinner I had grown in four . years, and his wife was astonished.at ; the way Iihad grown tut. _And at it `they went,`q'uarrelingi over that, and ` the original question was shelved` for good and all. I come away feeling am- sntlsvtaction to A know that _ you have done 'a`helptul act. and `I expect I did`-+ .; them- a`-great -'!a'vor by breaking the ' ply repaid"to'r taking the trip. It is h - monotony andfgiving-them something ti-esh t_o_w1'fnn_g_le over."-?-smart Set; _ i . Lollta knelt and caught her breath as -her hand touched the hand of the strange girl. It T was warm, and she raised her head upon her lap. The blue eyed `opened wonderlngly. ' urn. ._--'_ _.-..1. - 1-..- ....'_ ......I 1 .....-'la IIIIIV MJUC Il.IvIn\a\n V1 \rnI\Avl.a:nJu `.`It was such a. long. way. and I could not find thorn." she said faintly. .You did not know it was do far, did you '2 -9,`: L A _ _ _ _ __.1 _ u_9._'_ ._ 4.1.- |__._.I _` Lolita pressed a kiss on the hand she held. It was a white, dainty hand. No wonder Lindell loved it; She helped herup to the saddle, and `with one arm around her for support she guided the mustang-back over the long stretches of i sand and sun baked L alkali on through the night until the lights at Manuelo s showed like reies against the sapphire darkness of the skies. \t-....-I- '----I.I l._II -A.. LL- amass` rived this was corroborated by the '5' head keeper, 3a- typicail Paddy. `The lat- , ter declared that the country fairly ` out `after them' and in 9. day put up ve. '-1`h_e next daythe tenant inquired ; every kind ot~~gam'e. ~-Paddy. -told his 'onner,"- were-as thickvas leaves in au- .3 rhinoceroses on `,1 the ;estate?,g "shure..`. f; yer '0nne1`." girawled. Patdfery slowly,jf` l `.`r1ot not many:' but brlght,nil1lg{(_, . - lilospitulilo `Pit. 43 _A certain sportsman took a shooting ; in Ireland. Hewns assured that it was . _ 9. good sporting territory; When he or- s 3..' Ix: '1 1:1 hristldivrith pheasi1nts.- So they went I after par'tridges- and yrasitold the- same -tale. The shoot -yielded, `about six. 3. Woodcock.` -grouse, capercailzie -and tumn.` but -theywcouldfnot be found.` -last` he said angrily,-` Are there 1paq'y`?; ._ n.._---_.-_. '_-.._L --... 1...... Ann {alumna ntulili ~. 5, Ann: stony Annuju C -----an , w--v -v-`yr:-any -co- - -- v- ---v -----.- Manuelo `coult-1. tell you the, test- how the two Americtins returned at mldnight,`aud just as they were to lead the search for `Lolita there came the three gures through the moonlight. and Lolita tell at L1ndell s feet. III-III advlll-no sun: `or G-llnnsuvan '51 bung her back to y5:{,7E'he sald ,. pleadlngly. But it was Norris who sprang to the stranger's side with a glad cry, and Llndell held the Mexican girl in his arms. there before them all and told her she was all In all to him. A $`Q$lIHCIY\ '7 III B`-OI JCS! II? 1 CU -avotrrvcawt over a litt_1e glass of the <'1eep red Mex- ican wine he loves and bid you shake hands with his handsome son-ln~law. And if you are courteous and pleasant Lolita will ash a smile up at you from under her long, dark lashes. A __ .1 v 1.. .a-IIn r1--`a_ _-r...n-..1.I_. t.......... I-Avila` \aIo\-ya anus ovna `goo-.- ----.---- And Lindell? I-13,13 perfectly happy. and full of a gay. careless content that comes but seldom to a man-in this world. , It comes with the-moonlight. and the music down there-and Lolita. London, Toronto, Montreal, Winnipeg, \ancouver, L John, 5` BABY S own son? _- TC0p,,,~1ght, 190:. by C. Mcqlufb . 0.0.0oOOO9000OCO9O0O5QOQg':; A__-...I-I_.. -1.-.`_.._';_.1 . ' g_,_ rv -- pgvents roughnes of the skin` and chapping. Q `VBes[tfo1-M toilet and nursery use._ 033 mm mm sour co., mm. 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They in talking, she could hear Mrs. Rea- mfg voice. high and shrill. . _ ` `,.Shu,e_ ye can lave it here, she wal Wing, and it theyls any more come wm1e_ye re out I'll `token fem (or )9.` `My, but it's ne! And all of-gem from Miss Van Tassel. Well,jVwell!I' . . It could be borne no longer. Auntp Julia might stay and talk wlth Mrs Reagan as long as she liked and about .11 the stupid things they liked. ` .m....m1n1vn will! _ she announced