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    DAKOTA COUNTY HERALD, DAKOTA CITY, NEBRASKA.
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The Thirteenth
Commandment
CLAY'S ORGY OF SPENDING GETS HIM INTO AN EMBAR
RASSING SITUATION.
Synopsis CIny Wlmburn, a young Now Yorker on tt visit to
Cleveland, meets pretty Dnphne Kip, whoso brother is In the same
ofllce with CIny In Wnll street AflerCu whirlwind courtship they be
come engnged. CIny buys an eugngemont ring on credit and returns
to New York. Daphne- agrees to an enrly marriage, and after extracting
from her money-worried father what sho regards aa a sufficient sum'of
money for tho purpose sho goes to Now York with her mother to buy
her trousseau.
CHAPTER V Continued.
This is too beautiful to go through
bo fnst," Dnphno cried. "It's wonder
ful. Wo ought to walk. Promise mo
we can walk home. It's such a gor
geous night"
"You'ro cruzy, darling," ho snld.
"I've got to get to my olllce tomorrow,
and you'vo got to get home for break
fivrt." "All right for you," sho pouted. But
It wbh nono too serious a trngedy, and
her spirits revived when tho taxlcab
turned in through tho shrubs about tho
old Inn that had once been tho homo
of Napoleon's brother and had heard
the laughter of Thcodosla Burr and of
Betty Jumcl In their primes.
Daphne did not liko tho tnblo tho
hend waiter led them to. It missed
both the brcezo nnd the view.
' "Can't wo sit over thcro?" she said.
"I'll sec."
Tho head waiter enmo reluctantly to
his beck. When Clay asked for tho
table, the answer was curt:
"Sorry, sir; It Is reserved."
CIny felt Insulted, lie whipped out
his pocketbook nnd rebuked tho tyrnnt
with a bill. He thought It was a one
dollar bill, but ho saw a "V" on it Just
ns the swift and suhtlo hend waiter
absorbed It without seeming to. To
nsk' for It back or for chnngo wns ono
of the most Impossible things In tho
world.
CIny mndo It us easy for his new
friavo us ho could.
"I don't think you understood which
table I mennt," he stilt), pointing to tho
one he hnd Indicated before. "That
one."
"Oh, thnt ono I" enld tho head wnlt
cr. "Certainly, Blr."
Ho led tho way, beckoning waiters
and omnibuses nnd snapping his An
gers. CIny ordered a supper as chastely
perfect ns a sonnet It showed thnt ho
hud both native ability and education
in tho art of ordering a meal. ZIo Im
pressed oven tho bend wnlter, nnd that
Is n triumph. That was Clay's pur
pose. Also ho wanted to prcsorvo his
self-respect nud tho waiter's attention
In tho face of tho supper that was be
ing ordered at tho next table. That
was well ordered, too, but It wns not
n sonnet: It wns a rhnpsody. It wns
ordered by n roan whoso guests had
not yet arrived. When Clay had dis
patched his waiter ho whispered to
Dnphno:
"Seo thnt fellow. That's Thomas
Vnrlek Dunne, ono of the wellcst
known bachelors In New York. Ho wns
crazy about Leila."
"Not Bayard's Lollnl"
"Yes. That's reully why Bnynrd got
married so quick. Ho wns nfrald Tom
Dunne would steal her. Nico enough
fellow, but too much money t"
Daphne looked nt tho big mnn, and
caught him looking nt her with n fa
vorablo appraisal. Sho stared him
down with a cold self-possession of
tho Amerlcun girl who will neither
flirt nor lllnch. Dunno yielded and
turned his eyes to Clay, recognized
him, and nodded.
"Hello, Wlmburnl H'ah yn?"
"Feeling fulrly snappy," -snld CIny.
Dunne showed n wllllnguess to como
over and bo presented, but Clay kept
him off with a look llko u pair of push
ing hands.
Duuno loitered about, waiting for
his guests. Hu looked lonely. Dnphno
lolt a mixture of charity and snobbery
In her heart Sho whispered to Clay:
"Invito tho poor fellow over hero till
his guests come. I'm dying to bo able
i tell tho pcoplo nt homo that I met
Uio great Duuno."
Again CIny shook his head.
"And thnt you introduced him to
c."
Clay nodded, no beckoned Dunno
over with hurdly moro than a motion
of tho eyebrows. Dunno came with u
flntterlng eagerness. Ho put his hand
out to Clay; nnd CIny, rising, mndo
tho presentation.
"You'ro not related to Bayard Kip,
X hope," Duano said, with an nmtablo
frown.
"He's raj brother. Why?"
"I, owo huu a big grudge," said
uunne. "he stolo Ins wife from mo,
just ns I was falling madly In lovo
with her. Beautiful girl, your now als
ler." "I've never seen her," said Daphne.
"Beautiful glrJl" ho sighed. "Much
'too good for your Brother, Infinitely
-iufeyoud me. Why don't you both movo
over to my tnblu? Miss Kcmblo is to
thero with her ruunuger. Mighty
tfVr girl Miss Kcmblo. Have you
0i ur new playf
sJ"
"Wo were there tonight," said Daph
ne. "She's glorlous-I"
"Como on over and play in our yard,
then."
Dnphno hud never met a fnmous
actress. Sho was wild to Join tho
group and to know Tom Dunno better.
But Clay spoke with an Icy finality.
"Thunke, old mnn. Wo'vo nlrcady
ordered." Ho still stood, and he hud
not Invited Dunne to sit down.
Tom Dunne looked at Daphne and
smiled llko u boy rebuked. "All right,
I'll go quietly. I know when I'm
kicked out. But next tlmo I won't go
so easily. Good night"
Ho put his warm, friendly Iinnd out
again to Daphne nnd to CIny, who
nodded him away with un appalling In
formality, considering how great he
was.
Other pcoplo enmo in, some of them
plainly sightseers, somo of them per
sonages, of quality. Everybody seemed
hnppy, clandestine, romantic. This
was life as Dnphno wnntcd to llvo It.
But nt length she yawned. Her little
hnnd could not conceal tho contortion
of her features.
"I'm gjorlously tired, honey," sho
confessed, with a lovable Jntlmucy.
"It's tho most beautiful supper I over
hnd, but I'm sleepy."
He smiled with Indulgent tenderness
nnd said to tho waiter, "Check I"
Dnphno turned her eyes away de
cently ns tho slip of pnper on a pinto
wns set at Clay's elbow. But she
noted thut ho started violently as ho
turned tho bill over and met It face to
face. Ho studied it with tho grim
heroism of ono reading a death-war-rant.
Tho amount staggered him. Ho
turned pnle. Ho recovered enough to
say to tho waiter, "You'vo given mo
tho wrong check."
Tho waiter shook Ills head. "Oh,
nossalrl"
Cloy studied It again. Ho called for
tho bill of fare, and studied thnt.
Dnphno felt so ashamed that sho want
ed to leap into tho river. Abroad, It is
believed thnt the man who docs not
audit his restaurant bill is cither un
American tourist or somo other kind
of fool. But in Dnphno's set It wns
considered tho act of a miser. Clay
worked over his cIicck as If It wcro a
trlnl balance.
"Ah, I thought so," ho growled. "Tho
bill of faro says that this Montreal
Patriotism and Pride Helped Her for a
Quarter of a Mile.
melon Is seventy-flvo cents n portion.
You'vo chnrged mo threo dollnrs for
two portions."
A look of pitying contempt twisted
tho waiter's smile.
"Tho melon you ordered, enlr, wns
nil out. I served you a French melon
Instead."
"Why didn't you tell mot"
"I deed not theenk it mcttercd to tho
gentlaman."
CIny sniffed. Ho was not to bo
quieted by such a sop. Ho whipped
out his pocketbook and laid down
every bill In It. Ho stretched his legs
nnd ransacked his trousers pockets
and dropped on tho plato every coin ho
hud. Ho withdrew n dime" and waved
tho heap at tho wnltor.
It wus evident, from tho way tho
waiter snatched tho pinto from tho
table, thut Clay hud not tipped him. In
fuct, Clay suld, "This will bo a lesson
to you."
They slumped down tbo Btepc Tho
By
RUPERT HUGHES
' Coprrigtit by Harper iBrothora
sturter snld, "Cub, sir?" nnd mnde to
whistle one up. Cluy shook his head
and walked on toward the monument
of Grant Dnphno followed. They
went ns humbly as a couple of paupers
evicted for tho rent
Daphne wns afraid to speak. Sho
saw that Clay was sick with wrath,
nnd she did not know him well enough
to bo sure how ho would tnko her In
terference In his thoughts. Sho trudged
along In uttor shume.
Tho worst of her shnmo was that
sho was so ashnmed of it Why should
she enro whether n waiter smiled or
frowned? But she did. care, Infinitely.
Dnphno could not pump up nny on
thuslnsm for tho scenery. Her lover
took no udvnntngo of tho serial of
arbors and tho embracing bowers. Ho
never kissed her, not once.
Dnphno censed to bo sorry for Clay
nnd felt sorry for her neglected self.
Then sho grew angry at herself. Then
nt him.
At length she snld, with ominous
sweetness, "Arc you going to wnlk nil
tho way, denr?"
"You snld you wnnted to, didn't
you?" ho mumbled, thickly.
"That's so."
Sho trudged some distance farther
a few blocks It was; It seemed miles.
Then sho snld, "How far is it home
altogether?"
"About three miles and n half."
"Is that all? Tho heroine 'of an
English novel I've been reading used
to dnsh off five or six miles before
hrenkfnst"
Pntrlotlsm nnd prldo helped her for
a quarter of a mllo more. Then she
resigned :
"I guess I'm not nn English heroine.
I don't believe she ever renlly did It.
I'll resign I I'll have to ask you to call
mo a cnb."
"Pretty hard to find nn empty ono
along hero nt this hour," ho -said, nnd
urged her on.
"Let's go over that way to tho in
hnblted pnrt of town," she snld, "nnd
tnko a street enr or the subwny."
And then ho stopped and said, with
guilty brusqucrle, "Hnvo you got your
pocketbook with you?"
"No, I left It nthomo tonight. Why?"
"Dnphne, I hnven't got n cent 1"
"Why. CIny I you poor thing 1"
"Thnt's why I wns so rough with th6
wultor. If I'd hnd tho money, do you
think I'd hnvo mndo a row before you
about a few little dollars? Never I You
see, I didn't expect to go out to Clure
mont nfter tho thenter. Tho tnxl cost
moro thnn I expected, nnd then I gave
tho hend wnlter flvo dollars Instend of
one. I ordered with enro so thnt It
would como out right. But thnt busi
ness about tho melon finished, me. I
Just mndo it I never wus so nshnmefl
in my life. And I hnd to drng you into
It, nnd now I'm murdering your poor
llttlo feet"
"That's tho funniest joko I over
heard. Why didn't you tell mo before?"
"It's no Joke."
"Why, of courso it lsl You hnvo
only to go to your bank tomorrow nnd
draw somo more."
Ho did not nnswer this. Ho said
nothing nt all. Sho hud a terrified feel
ing thnt his silence wns full of menu
Ing, thnt his bnnk account would not
respond to his call. She could not ask
him to explain tho sltuutlon. Sho wns
nfrald that ho might
Sho marched on doggedly, growing
moro nnd moro gloomy and decrepit
Her llttlo slippers with their stilted
heels pinched und wnvered, und every
step wns a pnng.
"Let's go over thcro and get on a
street car, and dure them to put us
ofT," sho suggested.
"It's a pny-ns-you-enter enr," he
gronned,
Tho world was a "different world
now. Tho drlvo that hnd been so tre
mendously lovely ns sho sped through
It in a taxlcab wns a pnthwny in Mo
Jave. Sho limped through tho hideous,
hntcful, unpardonable length, nnd felt
thnt It was a symbol of tho llfo nhend
of her. Sho hnd counted on escaping
from tho money limits of her home.
Sho wns merely trnnsfcrrlng herself
from ono Jail to another.
Her young lover had dnzzlcd her
with his heedless courtship, ilown uwuy
with her on motor wings, dipping to
earth now and then to sip refresh
ments ut u high cost, nnd then swoop
ing off with her again.
And now his wlnga hud broken; his
gasoline wns gono; his motor burnt
out; nnd tho rest of the Journey wns
to bo tho snmo old trudge.
Sho hud been leaning heavily on
Clnys urm. Now sho put It away from
her In a mlxturo of pity for him and
of self-reproof. When ho protested,
sho said:
"I think I'll walk better alono for a
while."
So sho hobbled and hobbled by her
self, ho pleading to bo nllowcd to help
her. But sho kept him nwuy.
And they crept on u llttlo farther,
loving each other pltcously.
In tho courso of tlmo they rcachod
tho SoldlerB' and Salloro' monument,
and Daplmo sank down at the baso of
It
"1 can't go any farther," sho said,
"not If I dlo of starvation." Ho sank
down at her side. The moon pred
at them between tne columns and the
celln of tbo monument, nnd seemed
to tilt Its face to ene sldo and smile.
A motorcar went by with tho silence
of a loping panther. Another enr pass
Ing It threw n calcium light on Tom
Duano nnd his guests and his chauf
feur. How gorgeously they spedl It
Dnphno hnd hud a bit of luck sho
would bo with them, soaring on tho
pinions of money, instead of hobbling
on without It
Dnphne took off her slippers nnd
fondled her poor nbuscd feet ns if they
wero her children. But when sho tried
to thrust them back into her slippers
for a final desperate effort sho almost
shrieked with tho hurt
"I'll have to go the rest of tho way
In my stocking feet," sho moaned.
"Not If I hnvo to curry you," Clay
growled.
Before ho had a chance to carry out
his resolution a taxlcab thnt had do
posited its fnres at an apartment house
above went bowling by with Its flag
up.
CIny run out and howled at it till it
stopped, circled round, und drew up by
tho bridle-path. Then he rantoDaphno
and bundled her into it, and gave her
address to tho driver.
"But how are you going to pay him?"
sho sighed, blissfully, as they' shot
along. "Not that I care at 0,11."
. "I haven't figured that out," snld
Clay. "I'll dfop you at home nnd then
take him to my club nnd see If I can't
borrow from somebody there. If- I
can't, I'll give him my watch or tho
fight of his life."
"Thnt's terrible 1" Dnphne sighed.
"To think how much I have cost you 1"
"Well, I wanted to give you a good
time on your little visit," said CIny,
"nnd it's only two duys till my next
salary dny."
Her henrt snnk. Her guess wns
right His bnnk account was dry. It
hnd gurgled out In nmuslng her. She
felt thnt there wns something hero
that would take a bit of thinking about
when she had rested enough to
think.
Tho taxlcab swung Into Fifty-ninth
street and drew up to the curb. Clay
helped Dnphno out nnd snld to the
chuufTeur, "Waltl"
He said it with Just the tone he hnd
used when he snld to the waiter,
"Check 1"
When CIny hnd kissed her his seven
teenth fnrewell nnd wns wondering
how ho could tenr himself nwny from
her without bleeding to denth, Dnphno
pressed the bell.
Instend of her drowsy mother open
ing the door half nn Inch and fleeing
in lier curl-papers, Bayard himself ap
peared in his bathrobe nnd pnjnrans.
"Baynrdl" Daphne gasped as she
sprang for him. "Whnt on earth
brought you homo so soon?"
"Money gave out," ho luughed.
"Hello, Clay," he snld as ho put
forth his hand. "Mother tells me
you've been secretly engaged to my
sister nil this time, you old scoundrel I
How nro you? Whnt's the good word?"
"Lend mo flvo dollnrs," suld CIny.
CHAPTER VI.
Tho meeting of Daphne nnd her new
slster-in-lnw wns not whnt either would
hnvo expected or selected. Dnphne
wns tired In body nnd soul, discour
aged, footsore and dismayed nbqut ber
lovo nnd her lover. She hnd reached
tho door of the npnrtment In tho mood
of a wave-buffeted, outswum enstaway,
cuger for nothing but to He down in
tho snnd nnd sleep.
Dnphno could Iranglne the feelings
of her brother's wife when sho
renched her homo nfter a long ocenn
voyage, a night Innding, tho custom
house ordcnl, nnd tho cub rldd among
tho luggage, and found a mothcr-ln-law
asleep In her bed und a slster-in-lnw
yet to arrive 1
Bnyurd nnd Leila, serene in the be
lief thnt Dnphne and her mother had
gono back to Clovelnnd, entered the
npurtment without formnllty and went
nbout switching on lights, recovering
their llttlo homo from the night with
inuglc Instnntnnelty.
Mother Kip's awakening enmo from
tho light thnt Bnynrd flashed In Ills
bedroom. Lellu hnd u lovnble dispo
sition, but she wns tired, and nil tho
way up In tho overloaded cnb sho hnd
thought longingly of tho beautiful bed
In her own now home, nnd hnd prom
ised herself a quick plunge Into It for
a long stay. How could sho rejoice to
find a strange woman there even
though she boro tho snered name of
mother-in-law?
Mother Kip ordered Bayard and
Leila out of their own room and when
she was ready to bo seen sho had so
many upologies to inalto und accept
thut tho meeting entirely lacked tho
rapture It should have expressed. Even
u mother could hurdly bo glad to seo
her son In such discouraging circum
stances. All three exchanged ques
tions more and moro perfunctorily, nnd
kept repeating themselves. The most
popular question was, "I wonder whero
Daphne Is?"
They could not know that sho was
hobbling down the wilderness of Illv
erslde drive. She, too, was thinking
louglngly of her bed. But long before
sho reached It her mother hnd moved
In and established herself across n
good denl moro thnn half of It It was
u smallish bed in a smallish bedroom.
Leila fell asleep In her tub and
might hnvo drowned without noticing
the dlffcrcnco if her yawning husband
had not saved her life und very clev
erly : ho wns too tired to lift her from
the water, so he lifted the stopper and
let tho water escape from her. She al
most resented tho rescue, but event
ually got herself to bed In n prettily
sullen stupor.
From somo Infinite depth of peace
she was drugged up protesting. Bayanl
wns telling her of Daphne's arrival.
Doggedly sho began to prepare an
elaborate toilet, but Bayard haled hei
out before sho was reudy. This was
tho flnnl test of Leila's pntlenco nnd
of Daphne's.
It wns n tribute to both that they
hated tho collision moro than each
other. Their greetings were appropri
ately emotional nnd noisy, nnd they
both tnlkcd nt onco In a manner that
showed a certain congeniality.
When at length Daphne went to her
room sho observed her mother's extra
territorial holdings. Sho stretched
herself along tho narrow coastline In
despair of rest But sho was too tired
to worry or Ho awake and she slept
thoroughly.
The next morning tho three women,
about to meet one another by daylight,
mado their preparations with tho
scrupulous nnxlety of cnndldntcs for
presentation nt court In consequence,
brenkfnst wns Inte nnd the only man
there, except tho evanescent wnlter
from the restnurant below, was Bay
ard. A troop of business worries llko n
swarm of gnats had wakened him
early. Ho hnd escaped somo of them
in Europe, for the honeymoon hnd
been a prolonged nnd beatific Interlude
in his ofllce hours; but mnrrlngo wns
not his enreer. His enreer wns his
work, and that was recalling him, re
buking him, ns with far-off buglu
alarms.
He wns so restless thnt ho merely
glnnced at the headlines of the paper.
He was preoccupied when he kissed
It Was a Tribute to Both That They
Hated the Collision More Than Each
Other.
his mother nnd Dnphne good morning,
nnd he pneed up nnd down the dining
room like a caged leopard till Leila
arrived.
Her trousseau had Included boudoli
gowns of tho most ravishing descrip
tion and she wore her best one to
brenkfnst. Dnphne and Mrs. Kip made
all the desirable exclamations at the
cost nnd the cut of it Even Bayard
paid her a tribute.
"Isn't she a dream, mother? Aren't
you proud of her, Daph?"
They agreed that sho wao and they
were, nnd Bayard drew his chair up to
the table with pride.
It wns tho bride's lnst breakfast and
the housewife's first That is, Leila,
wns not renlly a housewife; only an
apartment wife, with nearly every
thing dono for her except the spending
of her time. Sho hnd to spend her own
time.
This breakfast wns tho funernl'of
the honeymoon, and Leila hung with
graceful dejection over the coffee cup.
It might hnvo been n cup of hemlock.
Judging from ,tho posture of her woe.
But the he-brute, attrncted by a por
tion of a headline, had his newspaper
und was gulping It down with his cof
fee. He wns so absorbed In tho mere
clnsh of two Mcxlcnn generals and the
dnnger of Amcrlcnn intervention thnt
ho forgot tho all-important demands
of love, and Ignored the appalling fact
that ho hnd only a few minutes left
before he must tnke bis depnrture.
It wus n pitiful awakening to tho
new Mrs. Kip.' She wns being taught
that she wns not Important enough to
keep her husband's mind or his body
close nt home, no hnd snld thnt sho
wns nil the world to him, and, behold 1
she wus only n part of It Ho had said
thnt he could think of nothing elso nnd
desired nothing elso but her. Now ho
hnd her nnd he wns thinking of every
thing else. He hnd to have a news
paper to tell him all about everything
In the world.
The sight of Leila's anguish over tho
breakfast obsequies of tho honeymoon
chilled Daphne's hope of marrlugo
bliss like n frost ravening among peach
blossoms.
Every feminine reader of this
paper can appreciate the situa
tion In which Daphne found her
self when ehe set out to buy all
the pretty things that she felt
she should have before becom
ing Clay's bride. Her limited
purse did not fit In at all with
the prices that confronted her
at every turn. What did she do?
(TO BE CONTINUED.)
As He Understood Orders.
"Now," said tho medical officer to
tho raw recruit, "having taken your
height nnd chest measurement, we will
try the scales." And tho unsophisti
cated one Immediately commenced.
"Do, re, ml, fa," etc
II
E
Unbounded Prosperity Ahead ofv
Western Canada.
C E
m
Opportunity Beckons Settlers of All
Kinds "With the Golden Wake
That Marked the Way the Happy
Reapers Went" James Whltcomb-
Rlley. Jk,
Tho war having been brought to a
favorable conclusion moro attention
can now be given to tho agricultural
and industrial development of Western
Canada, which wero checked by tho
troublous times of tho past four years.
Now that these are over, the proper
development of tho country will bo
continued. True, much agricultural progress hns
been mnde during this time. Crop pro
duction hns been grently Increased, the
number of live stock hns steadily
grown, and with ench succeeding year
tho dnlrylng nnd wool Industries have
become moro lmportnnt. But despite
this forward march, many phases or
development hnvo been held In check.
Tho nctivltles of farmers, too, hnvo
been greatly hampered by shortago of
labor, nnd, under tho circumstances.
what they have achieved can only bo
descrlbed as marvelous.
Excepting those Industries closely al
lied to agriculture, such ns butter and
chceso mnnufucture, Industrlnl activity
In the Prairie Provinces hns been al
most at a standstill. And even In
these branches extensions have been
strictly limited to those of urgent ne
cessity. Building has been consider
ably curtailed, especially In the towns
and cities, though many commodious
and up-to-dnte dwellings, barns nntiV
other buildings have been erected by
farmers In tho country. Indeed, tho
amount of building farmers have done
Is one of tho outward ,slgns of their
prosperity; but considerably moro or
it would have been done had not the
moro Important work of food produc
tion received priority in the lnbor
available. Hallway construction wort
hns been nlmost entirely suspended.
With moro help available, nnd the
use of tho Inbor-snvlng devices that
hnve been ndopted during tho last few
years grent ndvnnces In the agricul
tural development of Western Canntlit
might be looked for even If no new- .
settlers wero expected; but the com- ' B
Ing of thousands of prospective set
tiers who hnvo hitherto been detcrrecT
only by the unsettled conditions from
looking their homes in this last grent
West will give a considerable impetus;
to every plrnse of agriculture in these
Pralrio Provinces.
Hnnd In hnnd with the development
of agriculture, there will bo a renewal
of industrial activity. For tho estab
lishment of such industries as' sugar
refineries, canneries, and many other
Industries for the utilization of th&
products of tho land, ns well' ns for
the extension of the already Impor
tant industries of butter nnd cheeso
mnnufneture, nro splendid opportuni
ties. Mining, lumbering, quarrying,
the mnnufneture of clny products art?
also a few Industries cnpnblo of con
siderable growth, nnd to which great
er attention can now bo devoted.
To provide accommodation for pres
ent business requirements alono would)
keep vtho building trade busy for a;
long time, but with further develop
ment in the cities It is Impossible to
foresee nny slackness In nny branch or
tills trade. And the number of fnrm
ers whose needB hnvo outgrown their
present nccommodntlon and who have
been awaiting nn opportunity to re
plnce their buildings by larger and"
moro modern ones, Is considerable and'
constantly Increasing. Municipal work
will bo gradually resumed, and thc
rallways have much work In contem
plation. All this points to a period of grent
prosperity in Western Canada agri
cultural nnd Industrial prosperity. The
former Is tho more important, for on
It the latter depends. Being prima
rily an agricultural country, Western
Canada will probably pass through the
readjustment period with llttlo diffi
culty. Thero Is no renson to believo thnt
farming will be less remunerative than
It hns been In tho past; thero are, on
tho other hnnd, many good nnd sound
rensons for bellevjng that tho returns
will be ns Inrgo as over. One thing la
certnin: Intelligent fnrming on the
fertile pro tries of Western Cnnndn, re
quiring ns It docs the smnllest possi
ble cnpltnl outlay compared with thnt
required to got a start In older set
tled couatrles, will continue to be one
of tho quickest nnd surest ways to in
dependence thnt can bo followed by
the average mnn. Advertisement
When the Director Gets Through.
"Holy smokes; nro you going to sit
through thnt picture ngnln?"
"Yes; I've got a notion I wrote tho
scennrlo." Film Fun.
Every depnrtmont of housekeeping
needs Bed Cross Bnll Blue. Equally
good for kitchen towels, table linen,
sheets nnd pillowcases, etc.
Ho who shirks the duty he dislikes
will be shunned by tho success ho de
sires. A man's head Is llko his pocketbook.
It's not the outside nppenrance, but
what It contains that counts.
UMm Br. Pterc'i VUuw PniU VrSl VLft
ktpl.mi7, wMttbj nd wist. aSt. U
People who cease to fight do not
ccuso to eat.
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