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bank the bicycle rtef one shoulder Sud denly lie stopped and flung it sTUi a half smothered sob How could he abandon scores perhaps hundreds of Human beings to an awful fate when it his powoi to them in Where Thieves Cannot Break In I Tour mind la at rest and your important papers and other valuables are safe from fire or theft when you place them in a Safety Deposit Box These are avail able at branches of this Bank and the few dollars required for a years rent guarantee you absolute security IMPERIAL BANK OP CANADA BRANCH It doesnt cost much to Use Beaver Board We can supply With enough of tkil manu factured lumber to room and ceiling tor about And the work of application quickly done practically no and no mil or litter Whether you nail caver Board over old platter or directly to in attics or rooms tha remit it one attractive and laitiotf Walls and ceil of genuine Board cant crack or fall need It places you under of the Be obligation at frill be P PEARSON AGENT NEWMARKET shades of opinion The Progressives coming from the prairie demand without any reservations or iver even among he Progres- many who admit ll i as drawn In for conditions as prevail today For Instance Is a special rate on I but no preference on wheat from western Alberta to British mbla ports for shipment through the Panama Carial or to the Orient There Is also a special rate for cattle shipped westward but nee for cattle coming east Ant lie there Is special provision western grain there preference for eastern farm lions to they existed more years ago if is entirety situation today t The flood River Portage la propor- least is the of every he Progressive members who halt from the prairie provinces Even the railways themselves admit that freight rates must come down but Here Is a very strong feeling that if the Crows Nest Pass Agreement is to be revived Into there Is Utile hope for any revisions downward of frelghl ales elsewhere Rate reductions being held up all try until it Is known what will to this and the railway it Is generally accepted would t tend generally compelled to return to this alleged discriminatory schedule With Ihese questions before it the special committee dealing with the Crows Nest Pass Agreement assumes premier Importance among the the House The Wheat Committee has finished Its Winnipeg May along the this city and Prairie has assumed g overnight with a from several districts rang from four to eight inches town of is under water several feel while and Iberville settlements will be Inundat ed If Hie water do not abate during the nest The flood waters are also Pigeon Lake and Poplar Point Poplar Point the waters are within half a mile of the town Hie town Itself which is situated on high ground if the waters continue to rise will be an island cut Off from outside communication No loss of life has as yet been re ported but many families In the and Iberville districts have been forced to vacate their homes Marquette Is sheltering about a dozen families from Reaburn Hundreds of head of cattle driven to the lands may starve as hay and feed have been swept away and Is little grass on the ridges In the Hal St Paul district thou sands of acres have been Inundated and farmers are fleeing from the fastmoving waters On the north side of the river Hie situation Is very bad the portage highway being eaten away On south side the dykes are not holding well and should these dykes glv way many additional acres will be underwater Iberville near the set tlement estimates the night rise at eight Inches Ihe greatest increase on record Iberville Is the worst Point of the flood today for In les3 than ten hours the settlement will flooded out A further rise was reported from Poplar Point where thi feet deep on the level and ten feet In the gullies More than of seeded land Is Inundated A fleet of fifty boats has been put Into operation to carry provisions and ne cessities to families by the rising waters Continual rains today have the situation and they are like ly to continue throughout the night he came at splashed to Explaining briefly dial hed been detained by the forming floods the doctor turn ed toward the suffering child thing fitfully and with great labor Her white and the stood her forehead Pres ently he turned and beckoning he anxious parents to follow him went out of the room Your little girl is in an ex tremely critical condition he said gravely In fact there is only one thing thai can her and thai Is an operation within two hours the latest The half fainting into a chair and the man said brokenly hearing with undertake I am only practitioner and this job is quite beyond me in fact theres only one man with- forfy miles that could perform I wilh any hope of success llaynes Leslie of and what you must do is to my machine Ive and ride like a man poss essed down into and get Ill stay here and watch child Wail a moment him this note Tell him that I foresaw the crisis and the necessary instruments his way to the Hon What will of I THE CANE SONS CO LIMITED IN B M Lumber Lath Shingles Posts Etc Doors Sash Flooring and Moulding Turning Sawing Dressing Etc Win Sana J hard to fore see A considerable section of the committee favors passing legislation to compulsory board and then asking the provinces to pass con current legislation to make the fed eral law legal On the other hand It Is somewhat difficult admittedly to bring this about though Alberta and Saskatchewan might pass J legislation asked for since most of marketing machinery functions In and political conditions In are- very much In the air- at moment A voluntary pool farmers do i before the docto finished speaking Now remember everything depends on Leslie being here a couple of hours ho warned Jim wheeled out into the Oh and youll find the water over the and Broiley I ran i ighl into it Youd belter fol low the railroad track for a couple of miles Youll get through in half Iho time The rain had now censed but the ground was sodden and going terribly hard Every and then Jim found himself through water a foot deep it made no difference On through slush or mud or flood The thought of what do- ponded on his speed turned his les into steel On he rode feeling no fatigue his heart pounding his breast One thought to the track There was still ten minutes I Ho took his wheel and dashed along in the direct in which the express would considerable dis tance away from the heap of ob structing earth and rock he hall dismounted to waft for the of the express took out his watch nearly quart er to four No hops now of Dr Leslie getting to the bedside of little girl within two hours Well he could do his duty and if he could not save both the train and his child Then ho stiffened There was faint subdued vibration in the ir- The metals began to hum The express- was coming An chor moment and it tame into light a mere speck in the In an instant Jim had his coat off and began waving it all around his head On the express like a whirl wind Louder and louder grew he Would the lever see him AhlAhoarse of warning burst from the monster Marlow re doubled his efforts waving his and shouting with all his Another Would they never apply the brakes here it was that hissing grinding noise which told that the brakes were being shut down The express was pulled up Ive done done it he cried the train killed my own just conscious of blurting out his to the people who gathered around him then lie felt his knees give way him and everything passed into oblivion Hay it Ufa Mabel Millet Toronto il Lukes is Montreal Mr Kcit of spent Mon day with brotherinlaw Aider Smith A juvenile party pi residence of Mr Mann Wednesday Mr to town Mr Fred of Toronto audi three children visited over Sunday Dr Terry left for yesterday where he Intends opening dental parlor Mrs David Mitchell left yesterday for Niagara Falls to visit her son Florence is having gratifying success as soprano In Paris Ont May Seventeen publishers attended annual meet ing of the In and North York Press Association here today manager of the Canadian Weekly Newspapers Association the meeting and various mai- pertainlng to the publishing dltaO Of I record in favor of rate in view of members from that province desert ing party lines to plead for exclusion The government that the resolullon before it request effective restriction rather than that more could Times Orlllla Secretary- l A Sentinel Tot- Printing Chairman Bulletin market In life Just turned on to railroad All of a sudden he caught sight of something whioh halted him In spile of his eagerness Ho was passing through a deep cutting and right in front of him lay a huge red mass of earth and rook tons upon Ions of it What did it The mystery disappeared when lie came up to it Undermined by torrential rains a the face of the cutting had lapsed and fallen across ruck Not a pout was in a arid Jim realising what it meant felt his heart grow cold If ho late with Dr Leslie And if ho went on I cant help if ho sail aloud Things must take their course cant let my own child die Probably someone Pharmacy Officers of the High School Fool- ball Club J D McKay Dick er J Goodwin and The annual excursion of ihe North York Ag Society will take place to Gray won the Silver Medal at the R of elocutionary Monday A grave middleaged man kneeling by Jim when he opened his He gazed around for a moment then recollection came crowding back he gave a smother cry and at tempted to rise God have mercy my little child he cried There there dont yourself said the middle aged tan kindly Take it easy for minute or two The brave fellows a bit del irious isnt he Doc remarked a sympathetic passenger Jim started at the word Are you a doctor sir other man nodded Yes he replied Haynos Leslie of Altar On May at the of Elder Prosser New market Mr John Irwin to Miss Sara Jane Jordan both of Whitchurch Tomb At Holland Landing Now She Doesnt Need The Doctor Ho found Pound Thats Why Tails to Us Bask May Spe cial Mr John a well known and highly respected resident here Is a firm believer in Kidney Pills speak on behalf or my wife Mr says when asked reason why She has been ailing I had doctors attending to get any her but she didnt At last I found Pills and- my wife found relief Sha Kidney wonder Joy mingled loud cry of He passed- a trembling hand over his eyes Now I thank my God he said solemnly that He has had pity on me and helped the right thing in kept taking them from lima to time Now she doesnt need the doctor Also since childhood Mrs has been a sufferer from constipation She found relief from that In Dia mond Dinner Pills Ninetenths of the Ills that dog the pathway of suffering women come kidneys Ask your neighbors if Kidney Pills do nor make strong healthy kldneya wailing sfekenipg anxiety in the outer room of their hill side home Presently the door of the bedroom opened and lha doctors came out The parents started their feet self- He struggled hastily to his feet fumbled In his pocket for Doctor Hamptons found it add handed it to the Read that Doc ho said I was on my way to get you whon Iran up against this Leslie read the hole hurriedly then took out his watoh How long will El take walking to get to to do the question they dared not ask of my- glinted from their eyes miled reassuringly Nearly ill bo He j thenstopped again A sudden thought hit him straight between He whipped out his halfpast three quarters In 103 half an hour aid the the time went on turning crowd of passengers the this brave mans must bo remembered an other day But I must him away now It Is a of or death through the arm he led Now as fast he said as they farted forward Come on and bring your machine along Its all right he said hut a cheery lOne Everything has gone off well very well peed a do for the little patient 1 think yon may safely dismiss alt fears her ultimate recovery Thank me nothing madam you all of us must thank your Had not saved my life this afternoon I couldnt have saved your little childs to night Western