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the 1927 set ready in 1926 baxtikylessi ram t ing of something amusing and trying teen set for my benefit and to decido whether to share it or keep alone i looked at him closely 86 a batteries ob batteries no aerial jiistphid topwitune in aek your local dealer for a free demonstration in your own qrs musig co ltd toronto ont queer things happen by paul tomlinson df part i unexpected endings said like j one some one has described him as certainly the easiest man to talk to he ever met roberts thats what people the dinner was at his home ho they love to be fooled when the had been absent on a business trip and had got back to town only that process doesnt make fools of them and a story with a trick ending is al ways popular look at 0 henry maupassant too did the same kind of thing i read one of his stories the other evening and i was completely fooled right up to the last- sentence it made me jump literally and of the many stories of maupassants that ive read that is one of the few i re member certainly people like unex pected endings do you mean mystery stories asked van wagenen yes of course although i wasnt thinking of them particularly the story with an entirely unforeseen de nouement was what i had in mind shall i imustrate inquired cop ley there were fivo of them seated around the table once a month they met and dined together a custom they had followed for nearly ten years classmates at college they had gone out into the world worked hard got married and drifted apart ten years after their graduation roberta had conceived tho idea of these monthly dinners from the start they had been a tremendous suc cess and for nine and a half years they had proceeded with only one in- afternoon in fact he had cut hib trip one day short in order to be there ho had been an attentive listener to the discussion around the table but had contributed nothing to it as yet his four friends turned their attention to him as he asked his question how do you mean illustrate asked roberts by a story said copley or no and go on with his eating once most immediately his blue eyes and in a while he woud look my way and his snile msd his face as attractive the expression on his face was always and appealing as ever at the same baffling to me i coum never make out time the fleeting expression that i had whether be was smiling at us or with j caught worried me perhaps he was us he gave the impression of think- j an accomplice perhaps a trap had mne no l must have bsen mistaken thanks i said but i dont play its an easy way to kill time he remarked with a smile an easy way to lose money too i said suddenly in a burst of confi dence he had a piece of apple pie on his fork and was about to deposit it in his mouth as i spoke he lowered his hand for an instant gave me a sharp look and put the pie in his mouth a he disposed of it he smiled his wistful quizzical smile well sir i could have kicked my self for having spoken as i had i didnt know for sure ihat the two men were crooks i didnt know anything about the little sandhaired chap for all i knew he might really be their accomplice if so he would probably toll them what i had insinuated and it might make a heap of trouble for mo what do you mean by that he asked nothing i replied i began checking up the addition on my bill hoping that the subject might be changed but no such luck think theyre crooks inquired the little sandyhaired chap inno cently i could feel myself turning from cold to hot and back again but i knew i was in for it now and there was no use begging the question i looked straight at the cast in his eye they are said to be card sharp ers i told him he took another piece of pie shouldnt be surprised he said salroly as if commenting on a remark about the fineness of the weather ho looked at me and smiled this time i was certain that he was not an accomplice but only an attractive appealing sort of wistful little red- haired innocent person dont play with them i urged theyll get your money he seemed to consider my advice for a moment still it would be an eperlence he remarked finally as if he had debated the whole matter in his mnid and had sharpers and i hated to seethe httle decided that it would be worth while to chap with the wistful smile and the pw even if it did cost him money thin nervous hands get plucked by two 1 my heart went out to him common crooks i suddenly resolved j dont do it i urged youll only to tell him my fears warn him of his got trimmed and experience wouldnt danger and do my best to dissuade bo any kind of compensation- him from playing j he considered this for a moment why dont you join us he asked too ira the tea gup or keep it to himself well just as i was ready for my dessert the two men who had been seated at the table when i arrived fin ished their lunch and called for a check while they were waiting for h to be brought to them the big fehow turned to me play bridge he asked id forgotten all about my suspi cions by this time but when he asked the question they all came back to me again with a rush in fact they came so fast that they nearly overpowered me and for a momenti was complete ly at a loss for an answer the first time in your life that ever happened said coxe in his thin dry voice every cno around the tab- laugh ed with the exception of copley ho merely gave his small friend n look of scorn i didnt know what to say he con tinued i was sort of out of breath and my tongue wouldnt work no i stammered much obliged to you well be up in the club smoker said the big fellow a little bridge would help to pass the time away how about you he said to the little sandy- haired chap sounds all right to me he ans wered this by the way was about the longest speech i had heard the little man make he smiled his wistful smile at the two others who were now on their feet ready to leave fine said the big fellow heartily sure you wont play too the big turning his white much is revealed the flavor is pure fresh and fragrant try it black mixed or green blends again fellow went on teeth my way no i replied obliged v all right said the big fellow cheerfully we can play threehanded if we cant pick up a fourth man then turning to the little sandy- haired chap he added any time you say well be waiting for you they went on out of the car and i must say that i felt serious misgiv ings at the turn matters had taken i felt certain now that they were card i he leaned forward in his chair re3t- edjiis elbows on the table and crossed his arms i was tn tho ironbound limited copley began i travel on that train a good deal you know and feel quite at home on it at noon i went into the dining car for lunch and was plac ed at a table for four therewero two men at the table already and id only been seated for a moment when i thought i recognized them as gentle men reputed to travel on that train for the purpose of extracting money from unsuspecting fellow passengers at bridge we soon got into conversation and i must say i found them both agree able they were well dressed and of good appearance and they looked me straight in the eye as they talked cleancut citizens jthey seemed and i suddnely before i had put my resolve into action believe me that gave me another shock he was looking at me with the wistful smile on his lips and for the first time i really noticed the cast in his eye it seemed to give him a sort of evil look but only for a second for i think ill play he said well you cant say i didnt warn you i exclaimed with some degree of heat for it made me angry to have him neglect what i considered sound advice he dipped his fingers in the bowl in front of him which the waiter had just filled with water no he said i cant and i want you to know i appreciate it too i sat beside him until he was ready to leave the table and i did my level best to make him say he wouldnt play it was no we and my breath was merely wasted he just smiled at me come up and watch the game he said that wont cost anything any way perhaps i will in a little while i replied and left him to go back to my chair and the story i was reading to be concluded 0 a poem worth knowing a cradle song the poems of innocence by wil liam blake are of course classics there la nothing quite like them in the language they are staple and pro found sleep sleep beauty bright dreaming in tie joys of night sleep sleep in thy sleep little sorrowu sit and weep sweet babe in thy face soft desires i can trace secret joys and secret emllea little pretty infant wiles as thy softest limbs i feel smiles as of the morning stseal oer thy cheek and oer thy breast when thy little heart doth rest 0 the cunning wiles that creep in thy little heart asleep when thy little heart doth wake then the dreadful night shall break of course 1st snowman goln to the ball 2nd snowman what ball lt snowman the snowball of course mlnsrds liniment tor core throat then he tried again a mandining in a fashionable res taurant and not wishing to exhibit ills ignorance of french beckoned to a waiter and potuting to an item on the monu said waiter i think i will try some of that very sorry sir replied the waiter but the oreliastra happens to be play ing that just at present it has been estimated that the earth can maintain a population of 6000- j 000000 v total which will bo reached about 2100 at the present rate of increase minarde liniment relieves headache ground sa their teeth ar of even thickness throughout theentira length of the saw thu maktrigbindinginthekert impossible creacentghnd ing is an exclusive simonda featurcsimciuis canada san co i looo dun9ss st w toronto vncoo mon st john i mammmmmmmm eg i trrimtioh there had been six men 1 800n began to think i must have been terrupuon inere naa oecn six men i mistaken one of the men was well in the group originally and the one m l u vt w break in the chain of meetings had abovo thoaverage height buit in pro- been out- of respeeffor peter wigton portion and really a fine figure of a an untimely victim of pneumonia j man ha the whitest teeth ive archie roberts was usually tho lifer a ho apparently liked to of the gatherings astout t lly f t f yj man of- 45 ho had mad a ancial lx as he takedand hetalked a great success of his life i deal tculn stor after stor most of coxo was a lawver moderately suce gloriously funny i quite liked cessful a thin little man with thin th tellow hair thir lips arj a thin dry sense hls companion was the sient kind of humor i s infrequently and hid his van wagenen was n advertising thoughts behind a pair of horn-rim- man full of ideas enthusiastic and f spectacles i didnt talk much bust ing success had come his way too much cntertamed by too and with it the customary attend- the bi 9 st to attempt any ant avoirdupois he puffed a good conversation myself deal when he got excited which va3 when we were about halfway most of the time i through luncheon we were joined by then there was elder a physician tte sandyhaired chap with a casti who talked little and listened a great in one of his blue eyes and a queer deal n smio around his mouth a smie copley was a merchant in cotton a which seemed to vary in intensity at handsome sociable sort of fellow who times but never to disappear entirely every ono liked and who liked every my two friends soon got him into tho conversation although he didnt talk iany more than tho fellow with the 1 spectacles or myself he didnt have j a chance copley picked up his cigar and i twisting it slowly around with his thumb and first two fingers held it in sun life assurance company of canada illio of life assurance in force 1 9 25 carry it always with you wrigleys jy keeps teeth clean breath sweety appetite keen and is3ue no 8 28 the flame of match i it really was a delightful lunch party he said unlike most amer icans meeting for tho first time we didnt talk personalities no one asked me what my business was and noone showed the slightest curiosity even about names of home towns your cardsharping friends thought it better not to mention such things i supposelaughed roberts listen to me said copley long before we finished eating i was cer tain thatthey were as fair and square as any men id ever met i had taken quite a fancy to them the big fellow especially and really i think id have resented any reflections on their hon esty tho chap with the cast in his eye liked them too i could see that from his manner ho was a queer sort of bird with thin nervous hands never still which seemed to carress everything they touched the big fellow who was telling all tho stories seemed to be affected in the same way at first he had done most of his talking directly at me but soon ho addressed most of his remarks to the little chap who would smile his queer mile nod his head says yes assurances ln force net 1021097000 an increase of 149460000 new assurances paid for 193477000 an increase of 56011000 total income 69147000 an increase of 6901000 payments to policyholders and beneficiaries 35441000 total payments since organization- 219239000 reserve for unforeseen contingencies 10000000 surplus over all liabilities and contingency reserve 28640000 an increase of 6532000 assets at december 31 1925 303056000 an increase of 28925000 policies in force excluding group policies 411492 employees of firms protected by group policies 42755 dividends to policyholders increased for sixth successive year your dnector tnr the fifiy ftfth annul report foryour appro the companyi itatenxnu have tot year reivclrd it conaianuy incrnviru eipanuon and proiptrwjr but lw w mark tn epoch in the life of the orrattiution f hu owpaivd tht don douar mark in sawinr in farce the amount tita ludixiiat iiuunncti bdnc i1xc1- 097101 w application fa r- tmtgma hm been the urp4 fct our hhtory prtttrc st0xw5or iff pikin paid for mimursj 57944 lor the tnviurt of slo4707 2u ijw deducing armum rrjwurbl the lod in fore orjy ihnteen yon w the patifjirt cvhvnceicpcrwthandrrranwor jjbiied inth aaramcnri are parmnew in rrpud rrninm printable- 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