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SYNOPSIS.
At tholr luinio on tlic frontier behsorn
the Ilrowni and drays Mnrtu Unllnml unci
Iwr mother, vntcrtiilnltig Colnnul Wentcr
llni of tlm Clruyw. hco Captain Lniistrnn,
staff Inlclllguncp cilllrer of the llrowiiH,
Injured by u full In lilt iienipliinp. 'IVn
ycarH later. YVnterlliw, nominal vlro liut
riil chief of ntulT. reinforces South I.u
Tlr, niuilltntc.i on war.
CHAPTER II Continued.
Huthur Idly, now, ho drow a pad to
ward him nnd, taking up n pencil,
mado tlio flguroa Bovcntccn and twen-
ty-aoven. Then lie mado tho figures
thtrty-two and forty-two. Ho black
ened them with ropeatcd tracings iui
Iho niUBod. This done, ho put seven
toon undor twenty-seven and thirty
two under forty-two. Ho mado tho
subtraction and studied tho two tciiH.
A bwIhk door opened softly nnd hie
executive clerk reappeared with a Boft
trend.
"Some papers for your Blgnnture,
sir," ho said as ho slipped them on tho
blotter In front of Wcaterllng. "And
'tho 132d no order about that, Blr?"
ho naked.
"Nono. It remnlns!" WcBtcrllng ro
ipllod. Tho clerk went out Impressed. HIb
chief taking to Bums of subtraction
end totally preoccupied) Tho 132d to
"remain! Ho, too, had a question-mark
In his secret mind.
WcBterllng proceeded with his math
ematics. Having heavily shaded tho
tons, ho essayed a Bum In division. He
found that ten wont Into seventy Just
seven times.
"Ono-sovcnth tho allotted span of
llfot" ho mused. "Tako off Ilfteon
years for youth and Ilfteen after fifty
five nobody counts nftor that, though
I mean to and you havo ten Into
forty, which Is one-fourth. That Is w
good deal. Hut It's more to a woman
than to a man yes, a lot moro to a
woman than to a man!"
The clerk wus right In thinking
Wostorllng preoccupied; but It was
not with tho International crisis. Over
his coffee tho name of Miss Mnrta Gal
land, In tho list of arrivals nt a hotel,
had caught hlu oyo In tho morning pa
per. A noto to her hnd brought an
answer, Baying that her tlmo was lim
ited, but she would bo glad to havo
him call at live that afternoon.
Wcstorllng realized that tho ques
tion of marriage as n social require
ment might arlso when he should be
come officially chief of staff with the
retirement of His Excelloncy tho Hold
marshah For tho present ha enjoyed
his position ns n bachelor who was
tho most favored man In tho army too
much to think of marriage.
It was a little surprising that tho
bell' that tho girl of seventeen hnd
rung In his secret mind when ho was
on ono of tho llrst rounds of tho lad
der, now lost In tho mists of a lower
stratum of existence, should ever
tlnklo again. Yet ho had heard Its
noto In tho tono of nor prophecy with
oach step In his promotion; and while
tho othor peoplo whom ho had known
at La Tlr wcro tho vaguest shadows of
personalities, her plcturo was as defi
nite In detail as when sho said: "You
havo tho wlllt You havo the ambi
tion I" Sho had recognized in him the
power that ho felt; foreseen his ascent
to tho veey apex of tho pyramid. She
was still unmarried, which was
strange; for sho had not been bad
looking and sho waa of a flno old fam
ily. What waa eho like now? Com
monplaco and provincial, moat likely.
Many of tho peoplo ho had known In
his early days appeared so when he
met them again. Hut, at tho worst, ho
looked for nn interesting half-hour.
Tho throbbing activity of the streets
of the capital, as his car proceeded on
tho way to her hotel, formed an ener
getic accompaniment to bis gratifying
backward survey of how all IiIb plans
had worked out from tho very day of
tho prophecy. Had ho heard tho re
mark of a great manufacturer to tho
bankor at his sldo in a passing llmous
Ino, "Thoro gooB the gronteat captain
o industry of us all!" Wcstorllng
would only havo thought: "Cortalnly.
I am chief of staff. I am at tho head
of all your workmen at ono tlmo or
another!'1. Had ho heard tho bnnkor's
nnswor, "But pretty poor pay, pretty
mniill dividends!" ho would havo
thought, "Splendid dividends tho divi
dends of power!"
Ho hud n casto contempt for tho mou
of comniorce, with tholr mercenary
tk about credit and market prices;
aud also far tho tidontlsts, doctors, en
gineers, and men of other professions,
who spoko of things In books which
ho did not understand. Heading books
was ono of tho faults of Turcas, his as
sistant. No bookish tioldtor, ho know,
had over beon a great general. Ho re
sented tho growing power of these
loaders of tho civil world, taking dis
tinction away from tho military, oven
when, an a man of parts, ho had to
court their Influence. His was tho
profession that was and ovar should
ibo tho elect. A penniless subaltern
waa a gentleman, while ho could never
think of a man In business as ono.
All tho faces In tho street belonged
to a b t ran go, busy world outside his In
terest and thoughts. Thoy formed
what was known as the public, often
makto a clattor about things, which
thuy did not understand, when they
should obey tho ordcra of their nn
perlois. Of late, tholr clatter had boon
about tho extra taxes for tho recent In
crease of tho standing forces by an
other corps. Tho public was bovine
with a pnrrot's head. Yet It did not
admlro tho tolling ox, but the cnglo
and tho lion.
As his car camo to tho park his eyes
lighted at sight of ono of tho dividends
ono featuro of urban llfo that over
gave him a thrill. A battalion of the
128th, which ho had ordored that after
noon to tho very garrison at South La
Tlr that ho had onco commanded, wiib
marching through tho main avenuo.
Youths all, of twonty-ono or two, thoy
wore In a muddy-grayish uniform
which waa tho color of tho plain as
seen from tho veranda of the Qalland
house. Whcro these camo from wero
other boys growing up. to tako their
places. The mothers of tho nation
wero doing their duty. All tho land
was a breeding-ground for tho divi
dends of Hedworth Wcstorllng.
At tho far sldo of tho park ho saw
another kind of dividend anothor
group of marching men. Theso wore
not In uniform. They wero tho unem
ployed. Many wcro middle-aged, with
worn, tired faces, llesldo tho flag of
tho country at tho head of tho proces
sion wus that of universal radicalism.
And his car had to atop to let them
pass. For an Instant tho Indignation
of military autocracy roso strong with
in htm at sight of tho national colors
in such company. Dut ho noted how
naturally tho men kept step; the
solidarity of their movement. Tho
stamp of tholr army servlco In youth
could not bo easily removed. Ho real
ized tho advantage of heading an army
In which dofense was not dependent
on n mixture of regulars and volun
teers, but on universal conscription
that brought every able-bodied man
under discipline.
These reaervlats, In tho event of
war, would hear the call of race and
they would light for tho ono flag that
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then had uny significance Yes, tho
old human Impulses would predomi
nate and tho only enemy would be on
tho other sldo of tho frontier. They
would bo pawns of his will tho will
that Marta Qalland hud said would
mako him chief of staff.
Wasn't war tho real euro for tho
general unroot? Wasn't tho nation
growing stale from tho long peace? Ho
was ready for war now that ho had be
come vlcochtof, when tho retirement
of I Its Excellency, unable to bear tho
weight of his years and decorations In
tho Held, would mako him tho supremo
commander. Ono ambition gained, ho
heard tho appeal of unother; to llvo
to see tho guns aud rifles that had
Ilred only blank cartridges In practice
pouring out shells and bullets, and all
tho battalions that had played at shnm
war in maneuvers engaged In real
war, under hl direction. Ho saw his
columns sweeping up tho slopes of tho
Hrown range. Victory waa certain. Ho
would bo tho llrst to lead a greut mod
el u army against a great modern
army; his placo as tho master of mod
oru tactics secure In tho mlnda of all
tho soldiers of the world. Tho public
would forget Its unrest In the thrill of
battle won nnd provinces conquered,
and Its clatter would bo that of ac
claim for a now idol of its old faith.
QHAPTER III.
The Second Prophecy.
Marta, when sho had received tho
noto from Wostorllng, had boon in
doubt as to her answer. Her curiosity
to bco him afcaln was not of itself com
pelling. Tho actual making of the
prophecy waa rather dim to her mind
until ho recalled it. Sho had heard of
his rlso nnd sho hud heard, too, things
about him which a girl of twenty-seven
can better understand than a girl of
seventeen. HIb renso'n for wanting to
bco her ho had said was to "renew an
old acquaintance." Ho could havo lit
tlo Interest in her, and her interest in
him was that ho was head of tho Gray
army. HIb work had Intimate relation
to thnt which the Marta of twenty
sovon, u Marta with a mission, had set
for herself. ,
A page came to toll WcBterllng thut
Miss Qalland would bo down directly.
When she appeared alio crossed tho
room with a flowing, spontaneous vital
ity that appealed to him as something
famlliur.
"Ton years, Isn't It?" she exclaimed
ub alio seated herself on tho other sldo
of tho tea-table. "And, let mo see, you
took two lumps, If I remember ?"
"Nono now," he Bald.
"Do you Hnd it fattening?" she
aekod.
Ho recognized the mischievous
sparkle of tho eyes, tho quizzical turn
of tho lips, which was her asset in
kooplng any question from being per
sonal. Noverthlcss, ho flushed slightly.
"A change of taste," ho averred.
"Since you'vo become such a groat
man?" she hazarded. "Is that too
strong?" This referred to tho tea.
"No, Just right!" ho noddod.
Ho was Btudylng her with tho polite,
veiled scrutiny of a man of tho world.
A matorlallst, ho would look a woman
over as ho would a soldlor when he
had been a major-general making an
Inspection. Sho wus slim, supplo; he
liked slim, supple women. Yes, she
was twenty-sevon, with tho vivacity of
Bovcntcen retained, though sho wero
on the edgo of being an old maid ac
cording to tho conventional notions.
Necks and shoulders that happened to
bo at his sldo at dinner, ho had found,
when they wero really beautiful, were
not averse to his glance of appreci
ative and discriminating admiration of
physical charm. Dut he saw her
shrug slightly and caught a spark from
her eyes that mado him vaguely con
scious of nn offense to her sensibili
ties, and ho was wholly conscious that
tho suggestion, bringing his faculties
up sharply, had tho pleasure of a novel
sensation.
"How fast you havo gone ahead!"
alio eald. "That little prophecy of
mlno did conio true You are chief of
staff!'1
After a smllo of satisfaction ho cor
rected her.
"Not quite; vice-chief tho right
hand man of His Excellency. I am a
buffer between him and tho heads of
divisions. This has led to tho errone
ous assumption which I cannot too
forcibly deny"
He was proceeding with tho phrase
ology habitual whenever men or wom
en, to flatter him, had Intimated that
they realized that ho was tho actual
head of the army. Hie Excellency,
with the prestlgo of a career, must bo
kept aoporltlcally enjoying the forms
of authority. To arouse his Jealousy
might curtail Westerllng's actual
power.
"Yea, yes!" breathed Marta Boftly,
arching her eyebrows a trifle as she
would when looking all around and
through a thing or when she found
any one beating about tho bush. Tho
little frown disappeared and aho
smiled understanding. "You know
I'm not a perfect goose!" alio added.
"Had you been made chief of staff rh
namo, too, all the old generals would
have been In the Bulks and tho young
generals Jealous," sho continued. "The
ono way that you. might havo tho
po'wer to exercise was by proxy."
This downright frankness wua an
other reflectlpn of the old days before
he was at tho apex of tho pyramid.
Now it was bo unusual In his experi
ence as to bo almost a shock. On tho
point of arguing, ho caught a mis
chievous, delightful "Isn't that so?" in
her eyes, nnd replied:
"Yes, I shouldn't wonder If It wero!"
Why shouldn't ho admit the truth to
tho ono who had rung tho bell of his
oecrct ambition long ago by recogniz
ing In htm tho ability to reach his
goal? Ho marvelled at her grasp of
tho situation.
"It wasn't bo vory hard to say,, was
It?" sho asked happily, In rcsponso to
his smile. Then, her gift of putting
heraolf in another's place, whilo sho
strovo to look at things with his pur
pose and vision, In full play, alio went
on In a different tono, ns much to hor
self us to him: "You havo labored to
mako yourself mnster of a mighty or
ganization. You did not caro for the
non-essentials'. You wanted tho reality
of shaping results."
"Yes, tho results, tho power!" ho
exclaimed.
"Fifteen hundred regiments!" she
continued thoughtfully, looking at a
given point rather than at him. "Every
regiment a blado which you would
bring to an oven shnrpness! Evory
regiment a unit of a harmonious whole,
knowing how to screen ltaalf from Are
nnd give flro as long as bidden, In
answer to your will If war comes! That
Is what you live and plan for, Isn't It?"
"Yes, oxactlyl Yes, you havovlt!"
he said. Ills shouldsra stiffened as h
thrilled at seeing a picture of him
self, na he wanted to ace himself, done
In bold strokes. It assured him that
not only hnd his own mind grown bo
yond whut wcro to him tho narrow ne
ooctallonfl of his old La Tlr days, but
thnt hers had grown, too. "And you
what havo you been doing all these
years?" he asked.
"Living the life of u woman on a
country estate," sho replied. "Slnco
you mado u rule that no Gray officers
should cross the frontier wo have been
u little lonelier, having only the Drawn
officers to tea. Did you really And It
so bad for discipline In your own
cue?" sho concluded with playful
solemnity.
"One cannot consider Individual
cases In a general order," he explained.
"And, remember, the BrowflB mado tho
ruling llrst. You seo, every yenr
menus a tightening yes, a tightening,
ns arms and armies grow more compli
cated and tho maintaining of stuff
secrets moro Important. And you have
been all tho tlmo at La Tlr, truly?" he
asked, changing tho subject. Ho woe
convinced that she had acquired some
thing that could not ho gained on the
outskirts of a provincial town.
"No. I have traveled, t have been
quite around the world."
"You havo!" This explained much.
"How I envy you! That is a prlvllego
I shall not know until I um suterunnu
ated." While ho should remain chief
of staff he must be literally a prisoner
In his own country.
"Yes, I should euy it wus splendid!
Splendid yes, indeed!" Snappy llttlo
nods of the head being unequal to ex
pressing the Joy of tho memories that
her exclamation evoked, she clasped
her hands over her knees and swung
back and forth In the ecstasy of seven
toen. "Splendid! I should say so!"
Sho nestled tho curling tip of her
tonguo against her teeth, us if the
recollection must also be tasted.
"Splendid, enchanting, enlightening,
stupendous and wickedly expensive!
Another girl and 1 did It all on our
own."
"O-oh!" he exclaimed.
"Oh, oh, oh!" she ropeuted after him.
"Oh, what, pleuBe?"
"Oh, nothing!" he said. It was quite
comprehensible to him how well
equipped she wae to tako care of her
self on such an adventure.
"Precisely, when you como to think
It over!" she concluded.
"What Interested you most? What
was tho big lesson of all your Journey
ing?" ho asked, ready to play the lis
tener. "Being born and bred on a frontier,
of an ancestry that was bom nnd bred
on a frontier, why, frontiers interested
mo most," eho said. "I collected Im
pressions of frontiers as some people
collect pictures. I found them all alike
stupid, Just stupid! Oh, so stupid!"
Her frown grow with tho repetition of
the word; her fingers closed In on her
palm In vexation. He recollected that
ho had Been her Uko this two or threo
times at La Tlr, when he had found
tho outbursts most entertaining. He
Imagined that tho small (1st pressed
against the table edgo could deliver a
stinging blow. "As stupid ns it Is for
neighbors to quarrel! It put me at
war with all frontiers."
"Apparently," he said.
She withdrew her fist from tho table,
dropped tho opened hand over the
other on her knee, her body relaxing,
her wrath pausing Into a kind of
shntnofacednesi and then Into a soft,
prolonged laugh.
"I laugh at myself, at my own incon
sistency," sho said. "I was warllko
against war. At all events, if there Is
anything to make a teacher of peace
loao her temper it is tho folly of
frontiers."
"Yes?" ho exclaimed. "Yes? Go
o'n!" And ho thought: "I'm really
having a very good time."
"You see, I came homo from my tour
with an idea an idea for a llfo occu
pation JUBt as engrossing as yours,"
sho went on, "and opposed to yours. I
saw there was no use of working with
the grown-up folks. They must bo left
to Tho Hague conferences and the
peace eof letles. But children are quite
nltko tho world over. You can plant
thoughts In the young thnt will take
root and grow as they grow."
"Patriotism, for Instance," he ob
served narrowly.
"No, tho follies of ' martial patriot
Ism! Tho wickedness of war, which
is tho product of martial patriotism!"
The follies of patriotism! This wus
tho red Hug of anarchy to him. He
started to speak, flushing angrily, but
held his tonguo und only emitted a
"whew!" In good-humored wonder.
"I seo you nre not very frightened
by my opposition," she rejoined in a
flash of amusement not wholly untein
nored by oxnsperntlon.
"Wo got tho appropriation for nn ad
ditional army corps this year," ho ex
plained contentedly, his repose com
pletely regained.
"Thus lucreaslug tho odds against
us. Hut perhaps not; for we nro deal
ing with tho children not with re
cruits, us I said. Wo call ourselves
tho teachers of peace. I organized tho
Hrst cIiibs In La Tlr. 1 havo tho chil
dren como together t every Sunday
morning and 1 tell them about tho chil
dren that live In other countries. I
tell them that a child a thousand miles
away Is Just as much a neighbor as
tho ono acrose the street. At llrst I
feared that they would And it uninter
esting. But if you know how to talk
to them thoy don't."
"Naturally they don't, whon you talk
to them," ho Interrupted.
Sho was so lntont that eho passed
over tho compliment-with a gesture
like that cJ brushing away a cobweb.
Her oyoa wero Uko deop, clear wolls
of faith and purpose,
"I try to mako the children of other
countries so InUresUng that our chil
dren will Uko them too well ever til
want to kill them when they grow up.
Ve havo a llttlo pen'ct- prayer they
havo even come to like to recite It a
prayer and un oath. Hut I'll not bother
you with It. Other women have taken
up the Idea. I have found a girl who
In going to start a class on your sldo
In South La Tlr, and I camo hero to
meet aoino womou who want to In
augurate tho movement In your capi
tal." "I'll have to seo about that!" ho ro
Jolned, half-bunterlngly, half-threaten-lngly.
"There Is something cIbc to come,
even moro Irritating," she said, leas
Intently and smiling. "So please bo
prepared to hold your temper."
"I shall not beat my (1st on tho table
defending war as you did defending
pence!" ho retaliated with Blgnlllcant
enjoyment.
Hut eho used his retort for an open
ing.
"Oh, I'd rather you would do that
than Jcstl It's human. It's going to
war becauso ono Is nngry. You would
go to war us n matter of cold reason."
"If otherwise, 1 should lose," ho re
plied. "Exactly. You make It easy for me
to approach my point. I wnijt to pro
vent you from losing!" sho nnnounced
cheerfully yet very seriously.
"Yes? Proceed. 1 brace myself
agnlnet nn explosion of indignation!"
"It Is tho duty of a teacher of peaco
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to use all hor Influence with tho people
alio knows," sho went on. "So I nm
going to ask you not to let your coun
try ever go to wur against mlno while
you are chief of staff."
"Mlno against yours?" he equivo
cated. "Why, you llvo almost within
gunshot of tho lino! Your people have
us much Gray as Brown blood In their
veins. Your country! My country!
Isn't that patrlotlam?"
"Patriotism, but not martial patriot
ism," sho corrected him. "My thought
Is to stop war for both countries air
wnr, regardless of sides. Promiso mo
that you will not permit it!"
"I not permit it!" Ho smiled with
tho kindly patronngo of a great man
who sees a charming woman flounder
ing in nn nttempt at logic. "It is for
tho premier to say. I merely make tho
machine ready. The government saye
the word that makes It move. I able
to stop war! Como, come!"
"But you can yes, you cau with a
word!" sho declared positively.
"How?" he aaked, amazed. "How?"
he repeated blandly.
WaB alio teasing him? ho wonderod.
What new resources of confusion had
ten years und u tour around tho world
developed in her? Was It possible that
tho whole Idea of tho touchers of peaco
was an Invention to mako conversa
tion at his,expen8e? If bo, sho carried
It off with a sincerity that suggested
other depths yet unsounded.
"Very easily," she answered. "You
can tell tho premier that you cannot
win. Tell him thut you will break your
army to pieces against tho Browns'
fortifications!"
Ho gasped. Then an Inner voice
prompted him that tho cuo was
comedy.
'Excellent fooling excellent!" he
said with n laugh. "Tell tho premier
that I should lose when I havo flvo
million men to their threo million!
What a harlequin chief of staff I
should bo! Excollont fooling! You al
most had me!"
Again ho laughed, though In the
fashion of ono who hnd hardly unbent
his spine, whilo ho was wishing for
the old days when ho might take tea
with hor one or two afternoons a week.
It would bo a flno tonic after his ieola-.
tlon at tho apex of tho pyramid sur
veying tho doferouco of tho lower
lovels. Then ho saw thut her eyes,
ahimmorlng with wonder, grew dull
nnd her lips parted In a rigid, palo lint
as it alio wero hurt.
(to in: continued.)
WESTERN CANADA'S OFFER IS
AMERICA'S OPPORTUNITY
GROW GRAINS IN WESTERN CAN
ADA, ENJOY AN EXCELLENT
CLIMATE AND MAKE
MONEY. ,
With the European wheat Acids
desolated, and tho farming popula
tion moro than dcclmutcd, there will
bo for n number of yeara n demand for
rood products thut has not been ex
perienced In the memory of tho pros
cut generation. Everyouo regrets the
horrlblo war that has brought this
ubout. Ub effects are felt not only In
Europe, but In every part of the
American continent. Many Hues of
business have been hurt, but only
temporarily it Is hoped. Financial
stringency Is being talked of There
Is a way of overcoming theso things;
nnd Western Cannda offers tho solu
tion in Its immense agricultural area,
whc'i the possibility of retrieving
losses, making assured gains, and nt
the same time becoming a factor In
providing tho world with tho one
great requisite wheat ia bo pro
nounced thut it cannot be overlooked
Thero nre several wuyB In which
excellent farming lands can bo se
cured iu the provinces of Manitoba,
Saskatchewan or Alberta, and also
British Columbia.
In the llrst placo tho offer of the
Dominion Government of ICO acres of
land frco to the settler Is something
not given by any other country. Con
ditions of settlement aro easy. Llvo
upon the laud six months In each year,
for a period of three years, cultivate
about thirty acres, and erect a habit
able house. Instead of cultivation,
tho keeping of a certain number of
head of cuttle will carry with It (ho
same value. Many of these home
steads may bo had In the open prairie
area, where every acre can bo put
under cultivation, but to the man with
limited means, In the park area, lying
north of the central portion of threo
of the provinces named, there Is af
forded the best chance In this park
country are beautiful groves of poplar
and willow, small lakes nnd streams,
nnd sufficient open nrca to cnnblo one
to go Into Immediate cultivation for
crops of wheat, oats, barley and. flax,
any ono of which docs wonderfully
well, giving prollllc yields. In duo
time when moro land Is required for
cultivation, these groves may be cut
down at small coat. In tho meantime,
however, they have been valuable In
providing fuel nnd shelter for cattle,
which thrive wonderfully on tho wild
grasses that grow In nbundanco.
Another plan Is to purchase from
tome of the railway companies who
hold largo tracts, or from some re
sponsible land company. The prices
asked are exceedingly low nnd tho
terms easy. Whether one may dccldo
to locate In the open prairie area r
In the park country the land will bo
found to bo of tho same general tex
ture, a rich black or chocoluto colored
loam on a clay subsoil.
Again attention Is drawn to the fact
of tho great opportunities for farming
that nro offered In Western Cnnnda.
Already a mimber of holders of tracts
of land there, who nro residents of
the United States business men, mer
chants, lawyers, bankers men of foro
sigh! and keen knowledge of busi
ness, have decided to cultivate tho
lands they havo been holding for
speculation and wnlt no longer for a
buyer to turn up. They aro acting
wisely.
Canadian laws are as fair and just
as can be found In tho civilized world
Military service is not compulsory,
nor is there ono ounce of coercion
used. Anything that Is given to Great
Britain whether in money or men is
entirely voluntary. Thero Is no draft
ing nor conscription of nny kind. Al
ready over sixty thousand of the
young men of Canada have volun
teered for service, and thlrty-flvo
thousand have gone forward, many of
these having loll their farms In their
love for Qrcat Britain and a desire to
light for their country. As a conse
quence, many farms may be left un
titled Therefore Canada invites oth
ers to como In and tako tholr places.
This then la the opportunity for the
American who wishes to bettor his
own condition. Advertisement.
Too Indulgent.
"Yep! I'm goln' to keep workln'
nwhilo, an' then I'll bo my own boss."
"I wouldn't If I was you, Josh," re
plied Farmer Corntosscl. "A man
that's his own boss is always (labia to
think ho has done his whole duty whon
he has told tho help to tako anothor
holiday."
Important to Nlothora
Examtuo carefully overy bottlo of
CASTOIUA, a safo and sure remedy for
infants und children, and seo that It
Ttnoro 4 Yin
Signature of UT
In Use For Over 30 Years.
Children Cry for Flotcher'fl Castoria
In tho location of Newcnstlo, Eng.,
there Is said to bo cnal enough to last
tho world 800 years that la, 5,000,000,
000 tons.
Laconic Advice.
When Attlcus once discovered s
trensuro of gold while digging under
a houso ho Bent newts of his discovery
to tho emperor, Nervn, from whom he
received tho laconic reply: "Uae It,"
And when In his dlffidenco ho protest
cd that It was too largo a sum for his
own persoiinl use, tho emperor n
gpoaded; "Then shuss It,"
Youit own nnrcoiRT win, tklt. tod
Tit Murine Urn Kmiel7 for Hod. Weak, Watery
UrannlJltea UTOllUsl Nu Hinmrtlnfr
comfort. . Wrllu (or Hook ut Iho lire
Ktm und
Itrnt ICth I
t mull fc'reo. Murlno lira HcmoUj IX)., I'IiIcuku.
Tho world la charitable enough to
forglvo tho man who writes poetry
only because ho needs tho money.
Queen Elizabeth
dog fancier.
of Belgium is a
Novor try to dictate to a woman
unlesa she's your atcnographor.
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