WESTERN CANADA’S
PHENOMENAL
DEVELOPMENT
nV pmmanency very little
QUESTIONED.
Thai* have been booms In almost
•very civilized country and they were
looked upon as such, and in the course
Of time the bubble was pricked and
they burst. But In no country has the
development been as great nor as
rapid, whether in city or In country,
'as tn Western Canada. There may
sometimes be found one who will say
“Can It last?” Winnipeg, today, stands
where Chicago stands as far as be
ing the base of the great commercial
and agricultural country lying a
thousand miles back of it. It has an
advantage that Chicago did not have,
for no country in the world’s history
has attracted to Its borders a larger
number of settlers In so short a time,
or has attracted so much wealth In a
period of equal length, as have the
Canadian prairies. Never before has
pioneering been accomplished under
conditions so favorable as those that
exist in Western Canada today.
The provinces of Manitoba, Sas
katchewan, and Alberta have the
largest area of desirable lands on the
North American Continent, and their
enltTvatlon has Just begun.
Even with a two hundred million
bushel wheat crop less than eight per
•ent. of the land is under the plough,
four per cent, being in wheat. Less
than five years ago the wheat crop
was only seventy-one million bushels.
It is a simple calculation to estimate
that if four per cent, of the available
cultivable area produces something
over two hundred million bushels,
what will forty-four per cent, produce?
And then look at the immigration that
is coming into the country. In 1901
It was 49,149; 17,000 being from the
United States. In 1906 It was 189,064,
of which 67,000 were Americans, and
tn 1912 it was about 400,000, of which
about 200,000 are Americans. In the
three years prior to 1912, there were
168,869 persons who declared theiw
selves for Canada, who brought into
Canada in cash, bank drafts, stock.
Implements and effects over |350,000,
000. Why have they gone to Canada?
The American farmer is a man of
shrewd business instincts, and when
hs finds that he can sell his own farm
at from $100 to f200 per acre and move
Into Canada and homestead 160 acres
‘ for himself, and similarly for all his
sons who are adult and of age, upon
lands as rich and fertile as those he
had left, and producing, Indeed, sev
eral bushels to the acre in excess of
anything he has ever known, it will
take move than an ordinary effort to
prevent him from making the change.
He can also purchase good lands at
from $12 to |26 per acre.
And, then, too, there is the Ameri
can capital following the capital o(
brawn, muscle and sinew, following it
so as to keep in touch with the Indus
trious farmer with which he has had
dealings for years back. This capital
and the capital of farming experience
ta no small matter in the building up
of a country.
Will Western Canada’s development
continue? Why hot? The total area
of land reported as available for cul
tivation is estimated as 218,000,000
acres; only fifteen per cent, of this is
under cultivation. Nothing Is said of
the great mineral and forest wealth,
of which but little has yet been
touched.—Advertisement
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SYNOPSIS.
In the time ot Queen Anne, I.ady Prue
dence Brook, widowed at 16 and Btlll a
widow at two and twenty, while journey
ing in a coach to London with her cousin
Peggy. Is accosted by a highwayman who,
however, takea nothing (10m her except a
kiss.
The two girls live with their grand
mother Iaidy Drumioch, who, despite her
reduced circumstances, maintains a gay
social position in the court circle.
Prue Is small, gay, delightful, daring,
extravagant, and always In debt.
She Is perpetually pursued by creditors
and just now Is In deep water for wint ®
a lew guineas with which to buy a new
sown by whose aid she hopes to win back
the queen's favor, very recently lost Qy
one of her mad pranks.
She decides to visit Aaron's a notorious
money lender, and asks him to take care
of her debts on the strength of her
proaohlng marriage to Sir Geoffrey De
desert.
Aaron Informs her, however, that Beau
desert Is himself head over heels lnaem.
and while Prue Is still In his office sir
Geoffrey arrives.
Prue at once secrets herself
and to her astonishment overhears »>r
Geoffrey ask for advances of money,
on the strength of H>elr engagement.
Prue reads In a paper an account of the
trial and sentence of Robin Fr*.eI!?“Il olJ
the highwayman who had kissed her
the moors, and that he Is to be hanged a
Tyburn the following Monday.
Suddenly she recalls that according to
legal custom the debts of a widow _ are
burled In the coffin of her husband.
She conceives the whimsical Idea of
marrying Robin In order to escape ner
debts.
Accompanied by Peggy she visits New
gate prison and Robin, who Is already in
love with her. Consents to the ceremony.
Afterward Prue asks to be alone with
him for a few minutes and allows him to
kiss her again and feels pity for his ap
proaching execution.
Lord Beaucombe also visits Robin and
Robin tells him that he has proof that
Beaucombe Is not the legitimate hair to
the title and threatens If he is not re
leased to see that proof of this fact gets
to Beaucombe'a enemies.
On Monday Peggy Is suffering keenly
because of her belief that Robin, now be
ginning to be a hero in her eyes, Is about
to be hanged she is astonished at seeing
him enter the house and Is told that he
has been reprieved and set at liberty.
For his freedom Robin, whose real name
In DeClIfte, agrees to make over to Lora
Beaucombe a paper conveying hla claim
to the title and estate to him.
He has no sooner done this than Lord
Beaucombe treacherously tries to capture
him. Robin by cleverly disguising him
self In a borrowed coat and hat and using
Lord Beaucombe’s horse, escape^.
At a rout at Marlborough House the
queen loses a diamond necklace and as it
la known that Robin Is a red domino has
been present he Is suspected of the theft.
CHAPTER XXIII, Continued.
Prue goon appeared, all smiles ana
artless witcheries, quite determined
to see nothing strange In this untime
ly visit, and as ready to gossip as
though she had nothing more serious
on her mind than the latest epigram
and the newest scandal. Lord Beach
combe, however, was In too deadly ear
nest to encourage her frivolity, and
with very little circumlocution Inquired
for Captain Freemantle.
“Captain—Freemantle—?” she ques
tioned, with a pussled air. “Do you
mean the highwayman? La! how
should I know anything about him?”
You must be dreaming, Lord Beach
comber'
"I am not dreaming. Viscountess,”
he said resentfully. "Nor was I dream
ing a couple of hour* ago, when, quite
by accident, I saw him here," he Indi
cated the spot by a motion of his hand,
"In close—ahem!—conversation with
your ladyship.”
"With me?” she cried. “Oh! you
are In error. The gentleman you spied
upon—pardon, I mean accidentally In
terrupted—Is your relative. Captain do
Cllffe"
“The difference Is merely nominal,"
he Interposed with a sour smile. "It
Is of great Importance that I should
have a few words with that—gentle
man."
"Oh! how fortunate," she cried, with
profound regret; "he went away hours
ago—oh! ages ago!"
“Went away? Impossible! he could
not have left this house without my
knowledge,” exclaimed Beachcombe,
too thoroughly roused for dissimula
tion.
"Indeed!" said Prue, ominously gen
tle. 'May' I Inquire since when you
took upon yourself the right to ob
serve the movements of my guests?'
He pulled himself together a little.
"My dear Lady Brooke,' he said, as
suavely aa he could, "can you
not understand my anxiety about you?
You surely are not surprised that I
was reluctant to leave you unprotect
ed In the power of a ruffian—an es
caped convict"
"Whose escape you procured, I am
told," she replied, "for family rea
sons."
'The same reasons for which I am
now anxious to meet him,” retorted the
earl. “I know not by what arts he has
Induced you to help him—or to con
ceal him, perhaps—under a mistaken
compassion for a fugitive"
“Would you wish to search the
house. Lord Beachcombe?" said Prue,
majestically rising. "If so. do not
hesitate to make the minutest Investi
gation. You will be quite as succes
ful today as your emissaries were yes
terday. Captain de Cllffe came into
my grandmother's house openly and
without precaution and walked out o'
It two hours n« • just as you, laird
Beachcombe, ' ■■> when you have
satisfied your.- my veracity—and
with as little , , t of ever return
ing!"
Lord Beachcombe stood dumfounded.
Could this pale, proud woman, her
azure eyes suddenly black with anger
and her clear voice vibrant with pas
sion, be the gay, frivolous creature,
who had played with his heart for a
few weeks and tossed it back to him
with a gibe and a laugh; whom no
one could anger, because nothing ever
seemed worth being angry about, und
whose deepest emotion had always
been more volatile than the bubbles ol
champagne? What had happened tc
work such a transformation?
"I fear that you have misunderstood
me, Lady Prudence," he said at last
“If I have unwittingly offended you, 1
beg to apologize most humbly."
Prue preserved a disdainful silence
"Pray pardon my Inadvertence.'
Beachcombe went on, still more ab
Jectly. "I cannot leave you again un
der sentence of banishment—at least
permit me to withdraw"
"What! without searching the
house7' interrupted Prue trenchantly,
"I should advise you not to miss an
opportunity that may not recur."
Lord Beachcombe drew himself up
with a grieved air. "I merely wished
to withdraw any remark that might be
displeasing to you, Viscountess. It
would grieve me beyond expression to
offend you. If, in my excitement, I ap
peared incredulous, it was not that I
presumed to doubt your word, but
that I found it hard to believe that
Fate would have played me so scurvy
a trick.”
Prue accepted his apologies with a
dignified coolness that left him no ex
cuse for prolonging his visit, so he de
parted, much crestfallen, but far from
being convinced. While he was dis
missing his followers with a none too
liberal douceur, an elderly man, at
tired with rich simplicity, saluted him
unobtrustlvely. Beachcombe stared
after him as he disappeared Into the
house, at first not recognizing the
somewhat plebeian figure, then mutter
ing. "What is that old Jew doing
here?’ drove away, pondering on the
strangeness of Prue’s visitors and the
atmosphere of mystery with which she
had surrounded herself.
Could he have penetrated the actual
motive of Mr. Aaron's visit, his sur
prise would have grown into amaze
ment, for surely no greater tribute to
the versatility of Prue’s charms could
be offered than the fact that they had
brought Mr. Aarons to her feet. At
least 30 of his 50 years had been
spent in the exclusive pursuit
of wealth. Pleasure he only
knew by name. Love was to him
merely a curious spell under which
men became utterly reckless of conse
quences and unhesitatingly bartered
their present possessions and future
prospects for the means of dazzling a
silly woman or purchasing a worthless
one. That It brought easy prey into his
net was the only thing he knew In its
favor, and it must be acknowledged
that his late proposal of marriage to
the Viscountess Brooks was not
prompted by any sentiments loftier
than those he so contemptuously dis
paraged.
He knew her to be thoughtless and
extravagant, for her visits to him had
been the Invariable result of losses at
the card table, or debts equally press
ing and unprofitable. Such gossip about
her as reached his ears, roused his de
rision which her frequent matrimonial
entanglements certainly did not abate.
Yet he was no more capable of resist
ing her fascination than any butterfly
of the court, and although his declara
tion had been to some extent unpre
meditated, he was resolved, now he had
offered his hand to the "Widow Brooke"
to lose no time and spare no effort to
win her acceptance.
He had waited a week, trusting that
her necessities would drive her back to
him, but hearing of her triumphant re
turn to court, and her startling ad
ventures later, decided to wait*no long
er. Therefore It was that, armed with
what he believed to be an Irresistible
argument In his favor, he presented
himself at Lady Drumloch's door at
the very moment of Lord Beachcombe's
hasty exit.
Prue and Peggie were In earnest con
sultation on no less Important a sub
ject than the imminent explanation
with Lady Drumloch, who, after the
revelations of the afternoon, would cer
tainly require a prompt and thorough
enlightenment. That she would bo
deeply scandalized by the truth, yet
was too shi-ewd to be put ofT with any
evasion, the cousins were quite aware,
and their consultation was as to the
form their confession should take,
rather than any form of concealment
or prevarication.
When James announced that "Mr.
Aarons”, was below and besought an
audience of the Viscountess Brooke.
Prue was not quite sure whether this
Interruption was a welcome respite or
a tiresome delay.
"Aarons!" exclaimed Peggie. "What
brings him here?” Then, lowering her
voice, "Can he be coming to pay his
court to you, Prue?"
"I know not,” returned Prue, shrug
ging her shoulders. "I should scarce
have Imagined that he would presume
to present himself here. Well, bid Mr.
Aarons come up, James; we will re
ceive him here.”
"We!” laughed Peggie, making for
the door. "I have no wish to see him,
and I am sure he does not come here
on my account.” And she decamped
without giving her cousin time to re
monstrate.
Prue greeted the money lender In her
stateliest manner, and entrenching her
self behind the little tea table, re
quested him to be seated.
"This Is Indeed a surprise,” she said.
"I should never have supposed that the
busy Mr. Aarons had time to spare for
visiting."
"You are right. Viscountess. I never,
In my life, made a visit without an
object," ho replied, "but the busiest of
men may discover that there are other
things In life besides business. I, for
example, have discovered that youth,
beauty and accomplishments—such as
yours—may outvalue wealth and pow
er—-such as mine.”
"You are mistaken, Mr. Aarons,” said
Prue, in a moralizing tone. "Youth Is
fleeting, beauty Is but skin deep and
accomplishments—such as mine—are
apt to lead their possessor Into mischief
of more kinds than you wot of."
"Most mischief can be repaired by
money,” said Aarons Insinuatingly,
"and what cannot bo achieved by
youth, beauty and accomplishments
with unlimited wealth to boot? You,
dear Viscountess, have gone far without
money. Think what you could aspire
to with more than you could spend if
you tried your hardest!"
"Why tantalize me with such vi
sions'."* cried Prue. Then suddenly re
calling the motive of her last visit to
the money lender, she added malicious
ly. "Sir Geoffrey, according to you, will
not be likely to test my extravagance
so severely!"
"Sir Geoffrey!” exclaimed, with a
frown. "He Is no match for your lady
ship. You have but to wait a few
weeks for the dissolution of parliament
to see him lu-.urlously lodged In his
town mansion of the, Queen’s Bench.
Be warned by me. Viscountess, unless
you wish to share his lodging."
"You mean that I. also, may be ar
rested for debt?" she retorted with dis
dain. "If I remember aright, you
threatened me with debtors’ prison
t’other day.”
“I threatened you, I.ady Prudence!”
cried Aarons. In a horrified tone. "Nev
er. never! Besides, your debts to me
are amply secured and my confidence
In your prospects is so great that I
came today expressly,” he drew a mo
rocco case from his breast pocket, "to
restore the necklace you left in my care.
Your court toilets must need diamonds
to set them off. though you do not,
and It Is a pity to keep this hidden any
longer in my strong box, where there
are many—and still finer ones, waiting
to adorn the loveliest of her sex."
As he spoke, he opened the case and
displayed a necklace of fine diamonds,
Prue's wedding gift from her fatherin
law, the Earl of Overbridge. At this
sight, her eyes sparkled more brightly
than the gems, and her hand Involun
tarily stretched out toward the glitter
ing thing.
Aarons watched her with a sardonic
smile, in which triumph and admira
tion contended with his innate con
tempt for feminine weakness, and
thrusting the casket into her hands,
said in a voice far less harsh than
usual, "It is yours. Only let me have
the pleasure of seeing you wear it."
The softening of his tone roused
Prue with a sort of shock. The scorn
and repulsion with which she had
listened to Aarons' first declaration re
vived, made sharper by an unfamiliar
touch of shame, and she withdrew her
hand as though the gift had stung her.
Then, swift as thought, a bright glow
and sparkle sprang into her face and
she darted from the room, leaving
Aarons transfixed with amazement.
He was still in the same position—
leaning forward with the open Jewel
case in his outstretched hand—when
she fluttered back, radiant and breath
less, and dropped into her seat behind
the table with a laugh of glee.
"Pardon my discourtesy, my good
Mr. Aarons,” she cried. “You took me
somewhat by surprise; I was not pre
pared for much forethought. Tell me,
was It not 200 guineas you lent me
upon that necklace?”
"One moment," Prue quickly inter
posed; “I am hopelesly stupid about
such matters, but even I know that
there is Interest to pay for that loan.
Please tell me how much? Another
hundred pounds, perhaps, or"
“I don't know how much,” Aarons
Interrupted bruskly. "This is not a
matter of loan and Interest.”
"Oh! pardon me, I think it is,” said
Prue, drawing up her slender neck
with a vast access of dignity. “I am
charmed to have my diamonds once
more—God he knows for how long!”
and she took the Jewel case from
Aarons' unresisting hand. “And here,
my good sir, are three hundred pounds;
if I am still in your debt, let me know
and I will pay you some other day.”
She placed three of Robin's bank
notes before him, and lifting the neck
lace from its velvet bed clasped it
about her throat.
"There!" she cried, facing Aarons
with a bewitching smile. "Now you
can have your wish; I have put it on
so that you can see me wear it!”
“It is a sight I shall always remem
ber with admiration," said Aarons, re
covering his self command with the
ease of long practice, “ and I will
leave it to your mirror’s reflection to
remind you that I only await a word
from you to place my fortune at your
feet.”
“Ah!” sighed Prue, "if it were only a
question of your fortune! Must you go,
Mr. Aarons?" for he had risen, and hat
in hand, was already bowing himself
out.
“Unfortunately, I am pressed for
time, Viscountess, so I am reluctantly
compelled to take my leave; but I trust
not for long. Fare you well." And he
was gone, leaving the bank notes where
she had placed them on the table.
In the hall he found James engaged
in an altercation with a red faced per
son in shabby black of a quasi-clerical
cut. This individual was not precise
ly drunk, but most evidently not very
sober, and the voice in which he ex
pressed his intention of seeing and
speaking with the Viscountess Brooke
—if he had to wait until midnight—
was very husky and rather bellicose.
"If I can not see the Lady Brooke,
I'll wait and see Sir Geoffrey Beaude
sert," he insisted, as James reiterated
the utter impossibility of such a visitor
to any member of the family.
"Sir Geoffrey Beaudesert does not
live here,” replied James loftily. “You
had better call at his house.”
The tipsy gentleman leered in a most
impertinent fashion. "I'm a good deal
more likely to find him at Lady
Brooke’B house than his own,” he ob
served confidentially.
A hand was placed on his arm, and
turning with a nervous start he found
the harsh gaze of Mr. Aarons bent
sternly upon him.
"Parson Goodridge! you here and in
this condition?” exclaimed the money
lender.
"Me here? Well, so are you!” hic
coughed the reverend gentleman. "Who
the devil would expect to find old
‘shent-per-shent’ in a lady's boudoir?”
"I am frequently in places where
you would least expect to meet me.”
said Aarons, with a scowl at the oth
er's tipsy familiarity. “But this meet
ing Is opportune; I want a few words
with you, and as you will gain nothing
by waiting here, you may as well come
with me.”
Goodridge hesitated and made an
abortive attempt to wriggle out of the
usurer’s firm grasp.
"You can't do anything to me," he
said at last, in a resigned tone. "I'm
safe in the 'Rules*' and all the credi
tors in London town can not touch
me.”
(Continued Next Week.)
First Class In Matrimony.
Dr. Eliot advised the Harvard freshmeh
to marry early.
Do! Harvard, college of the blessed,
An Early-Marriage class possessed;
Its yummy-yum
Curriculum
Was famed In all the lands.
The course began by making less
The handicap of bashfulness.
For at the start
Youths learned the art
Of holding maidens' hands.
To execute the proper kiss
They trained the facial orifice.
And arm to waist
Was neatly placed
By precept and by rule.
There was a special branch for those
Who were entitled to propose;
The girls, you’ll guess.
Were taught to ‘’yes’’
In Eliot’s Marriage School.
I^ess popular among the boys
The class in After-Marriage Joys,
They tried to shirk
Its daily work
As not the kind for them.
For each must take an infant hired
(Who to grand opera aspired)
And lug the brat
Around a flat
From 1 to 6 a. m.
The teacher had some girls come in
To exercise the female chin
In saying flat:
“I need a hat!
How can you stint your wife?
That horrid Mrs. Dunn M. Brown
Has bought her season’s thirteenth gown!*
And thus they grew
Accustomed to
The joys of married life.
But Jealous Yale at once began.
In rivalry to Harvard’s plan.
To advertise
For students wise
A counteracting course.
And thereupon, without a blush.
Those Harvard husbands made & rush
For Eli’s great
Post-graduate
Instruction in divorce!
—John O’Keefe.
Well Fed.
From the Washington Poet.
Come to think of it, we can’t recall any
former presidents who ever starved to
death.
Dr. Hartman’s Plain Talk to Young Men
. * >
luy piain caiK to young men in my
last article certainly brought out
many responses from young men. I
take this means of answering them
briefly, for the benefit of other young
men who did not write me. One
writer says:
“I was greatly Interested In your
talk to young men. I wish I was
strong and well as you describe your
self to be. I am going to begin at
once and follow your advice and take
care of myself as I ought to. I will
quit the use of all stimulants, tea and
coffee, go to bed early. I will take
the cold water towel bath every morn
ing. I want to live to be old and
useful, like you. And I shall also
keep Peruna at hand. In case of slight
ailments as they may arise. I thank
you m the name or thousanas or out
er young men, like myself."
To this letter I replied:
My Dear Boy:—I cannot tell you
how much good your letter has done
me. To know that I am arousing
the young men in matters of right
living fills me with gratitude and en
thusiasm. I want to help you. Write
me any time you wish and I will con
sider your letter strictly confidential
and give you prompt reply. Follow
the advice I gave in my article. When
ever you have occasion to consult me
further do not hesitate. Let us be
friends. If you will be obedient to
me as a son ought to be I will be
faithful and true to you as a father
ought to be. Yours sincerely, S. B.
Hartman, M. D., Columbus, Ohio.
Peruna is for sale at all drug stores.
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“The ten dollar bill,” replied the
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ter. He was the slowest kid in the
neighborhood.—Puck.
' Spring Clipping of Horses.
The modern practice among the best
posted and most progressive horse owners
and farmers is to clip all horses in the
spring. It is done on the theory that in
their natural state horses were not obliged
to work, so could shed the winter coat in
comfort over a period of several weeks.
Since we oblige them to do hard work on
warm spring days, the winter coat should
be removed for the same reason that we
lay off our heavy winter garments. Clipped
horses dry off rapidly, hence they do not
take cold as easily nor are they as prone
to be affected with other ailments as un
clipped animals whose longer hair holds
the perspiration for hours. Because clipped
horses dry off rapidly they rest better, get
more good from their food and come out
in the morning refreshed and fit for work.
Since the advent of the ball bearing en
closed gear clipping machine, the work of
taking off the winter coat is easy. With
the machine a horse can be clipped all over
in half an hour, whereas with the old two
hand clipper it required several hours to
do it.
Dairymen also now clip the cows all
over two or three times a year. The flanks
and udders are clipped every three or four
weeks, so it is easy to clean the parts be
fore milking. This means less opportunity
for dirt and other impurities to get into
the milk.
Sometimes a man uses gold bricks
In constructing his air castles-.
An Ear for Music.
"What is that tune your daughter
is playing?”
“Which daughter?” asked Mrs.
Cumrox. "If It is the older girl It's
Liszt's Hungarian Rhapsody, and If
it's the younger one It's Exerclsa
Twenty-seven.”
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