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to be richt" . his principles with a dogged tenacity of purpose.. He could still afford to be been a \d never seen. He had heard volces, vords, songs, the patter of feet in a dance, but never more. Then he had heard her voice, John had fallen in love with Linda Hurst's voice. Later, when he had got to know her, he had fallen in love with the girl. He had been amazed at the complexity of her nature, for she seemed to believe the worst of people, the worst of the world. She blinded herself to so much beauty, and saw instead mercenary motive where only love and kindness were meant, It had been the cynicism of her which had literally stabbed into John's heart. Of- ten she was right; mercenary motive was there, but he himself had the idealist's love of holding fast to a beautiful faith, proof against the tar- nishing of a cruel world. He had told Linda that he loved her. It had been in the little coffee shop fu the alley-way behind the stage door, and she had scorned him. "Money," she had sald. "That is all that éounts. It is all I want. I want "But love?" : | "Love won't take you far when you are hungry. No, money counts every time." Gold-digger! Yet with those eyes she was not all gold-digger; some- where there was her heart, and he could not touch it. He had cut his job at the theatre for the simple reason that he could not bear to hear the ris- ing beauty of.that clear.voice,. could not bear to be imminent to a presence which attracted him, so much and yet ! 'hes that, was 80 hard. He had £00d-bye to her on just such. a tmas Eve, and she had not even recognized it as being good-bye. After the show they had gone to the coffee shop. A poor engugh little shop, and the proprietor had been standing od an old soap box, nailing festoons of laurel and gay paper streamers to the Linda had sat down irresolutely. "So sordid," she had said. "I want to rise above all this." John had supposed the simple cof- fee shop to be symbolic of much. The - proprietor mailing up his decorations with such care; the general air of sim-, Plicity, There had been a certain hap- piness over. it all, a carefree joy allied} with the filling of a baby's sock, the singing of a carol, the true Christmas spirit, "Are you quite sure .you have set your standards right?" he had asked. "Yes," "Love should matter a lot." She had shaken her head gravely. "Poor fool! One never gets far in life on those principles. One starves." So they had said good-bye, The years had passed, and in truth he had starved. But he had clung to glad. The talkies had cut him out of & cinema orchestra and had left him stranded: It had been a hand to mouth existence, but in some way to-morrow | always provided, for itself. There is a joy in idealism that few people un- derstand, Now, as he watched the two people in the room. thei tree, ho remem again Linda in the coffee shop and all that had hap- pened since. Linda had made money. iil] i i they with a woman kneeling by his side. started and sprang up. John f A sudden harsh impact of a fist full on the jaw; he slid to the ground, He wells of darkness received him. Then the yellow plercing light pene- trated his consciousness and he found himself recovering in a room brightly lit. He was lying on a leather sofa "Drink this!" Mechanically, he drank. The liquid stung his throat; blurred. The room bécame. vivified, the woman closer, It was Linda, that she lived somewhere in this street and that almost subconsciously that knowledge had brought him here--just, to look. He was ashamed of himself. He hoped in the fraction of a second that she would not recognize him; he had gone back while she had pro- gressed; she looked much the same, save that time had matured her. She was softer, kinder. Behind her glist- ened the tree, ready for the morrow, ready for Linda's children, He closed his eyes again. Success changes but little, though defeat clutches with marring fingers. His face was hollow: ed and pitted, his mouth sagged; there were caverns about his eyes. "John," she said, tenderly, "You?" The safe on the right was opened wide, many of its papers were strewn about the floor, but the other man had escaped. John knew Linda of old. She would obviously thing the worst of him, and of course she would be justi- fled. Starving, down and out, she would suppose he had tripped and fallen in his hurry to escape. He could plece it all together as she would do with her material mentality. He sighed. "John," she said, "I jJrave tried so |hard to find you, What became ot you, my dear? I had very silly ideas in those days, I wanted to explain----" He smiled whimsically, "Odd that I should come here to-night, of all the houses,in the world." "You poor darling. I was a little fool. I didn't know what I was say- ing. Oh, John, have you remembered me & little? Don't say you have.for- gotten?" . deep down in his heart he believed he had suddenly walked into Heaven. It had been Christmas Eve when they had parted; Christmas Eve when they were re-united. And it was the new Linda who had found her true self and had separated true worth from dross. Eyes like gentians and dark, silky hair drawn like a cap about her head. Then he saw behind her the tall tree with the silver trappings, and he thought of the husband who had help- ed her to trim it, and the children who would recelve it, and he saw it no long- er as a thing of beauty but as a men- ace to his happiness. A tall tree be- tween him and his love--dividing them, He twisted his mouth into a wry smile. "Men forget more easily than wo- men," he said, huskily. "You did not come here to steal?" she asked. "Instantly he grasped at the idea. "Don't T look as though I needed the money?" _ "Yes, but not that way, John, not that way." "It's the easiest way,' he stammered, She shook her head. "You couldn't, I've learned to understand you better than that. From the day I lost you I made money, but somehow I knew I had lost the only precious thing in my life. You had meant everything to me, What happened to you?" He smiled grimly, "I starved," he sald. "John, dear, if ybu are wanting a job want someone who has real music in him." "From outside came the echo of 'children singing in their little shrill voices:-- : Eessts had underrated his weakness, for great| he found himself choking, and sudden-| ly his vision cleared. It was no longer], ing up at it shyly. "Kismus tres. Oh,! untiet* As Now. he remembered he had known i° John's eyes turned sharply and met He listened to the new Linda, and we're short now at the theatre. Wa Truly it was a littlo Heaven that he| share in the ticket for 50 cents. n the family. Linda's. She nodded. "This {s my brother's house,' she sald, "I came to live here last year when his wife was ill--" John hid his face, He felt the com- fort of her hands on his, of her cheek against his own. "I thought you were married,' he whispered. "I didn't understand; that is why." She received him Into her arms. From outside there came the volces singing Good King Wenceslaua. The child slipped down; she went acress and stood there staring at the silver tree, with its ornaments, wondering at the beauty of it. "Kismus tree," she said solemnly to herself. --"Tit-Bits" (London). ------------ iene: Christmas Customs Christmas has many customs which we all like to keep. But how few of us know the way in which they first came into belong. Christmas Fare.--On the occasion of a festival, it is always the proper thing; to feast on the richest and most delicate viands. This is why we have 80 many good things to eat at Christ mas, including turkey, plum-pudding and mince ples. Banta Claus, -- Father Christmas, Santa Claus of Saint Nicholas, to give him some of hig names, who is sup- posed. to come down the chimney and fill the children's stockings, Is well known in every country. The name Santa Claus is really a corruption of St, Nicholas, the guardian and. patron saint of children, who gave 'secret pre- sents to needy youngsters. Carols.--Songs of joy and praise, of- ten accompanied by dances, have been sung by the English for more than a thousand years, being handed. on from the Druids to the.Christian Church. "On Christmas Day in the Morning" and "The Cherry-tree Carol," are found in many languages, with slightly dit- ferent words. Crackers. --It has long been the cus- tom in France to sell packets of sweets In colored wrappers twisted at the end to keep the contents from fall- ing out. The French called them cosa- ques, They were introduced into Eng- land . about. 80 years ago, and from them the cracker was developed. Some, millions of crackers are made every year and sold all over the world, Vanity . Vanity finds in self-love so powerful an ally that it storms, as it were, by a coup de main, the citadel of our heads, having blinded the two watch. men, {t readily descends into the heart. --Colton. Mr. and Mrs. T. R. Ganley of Winnipeg won $122,400 in the Man- chester handicap sweep. Mrs. Ganley's parents had bought a half Result, $61,200. But the rest is 5!2 Foot Letter Designed For Stop Sign in Chicago Chicago.--The usuai stop sign paint- ed on the pavement to halt motorists before a dangerous intersection usual ly is speedily run over, not because of carelessness but because a warning in ordinary shaped letters cannot be read until it is too late to stop. However, let the letters be scretched until they are tall and thin, and then the warning can be read easily at three to four times the former distance, the National Bafety League Council sug: gesta. "At a distance of six or eight yards ordinary letters are so foreshortemed as to become fllegible,' 'it was stated. "But it the letters are five and one- half feet high and seven inches wide, they will appear approximately square at a distance of fifteen yards, and may be read easlly at a much greater dis tance." Some letters have been designed to give best results for distances from twenty to forty yards. This in general gives time enough to stop. "I understand Brown is taking lessons from a memory teacher." "He ought to. The last time I played a game with him he forgot about twenty strokes." een "Dime" Derived from Latin To Denote Tenth of Dollar "Dime" is derived from the Latin "decem," meaning ten or "decimus," one-tenth. In the fourteenth and fif- teenth centuries "dime" was applied in England to the tithe, or tenth, part of one's income paid to the Church. According to the King James version of the Bible, the last part of Genesis, 14-20, reads: "He gave him tithes of all, John Wyeclift translated this pass- age: "He gave him dymes of alle thingis." The American 10-cent piece was called a dime becausé it represented the tenth part of a dollar, the national monetary unit.--The Pathfinder. For the third time since its organiza~ tion the staff of the Lone Scout De- patment of the Boy Scouts Association extend to all the Lone Scouts of On- tario thelr very best wishes for a Happy Christmas, and in this they are joined by "Lone E" and the editor and staff of this paper. They hope that you have done your very best to help Lone Scout Santa Claus to perform his gigantic annual "Good Turn", and in return you may | be assured that "Santa" will not for- get you as he goes his rounds. Isn't it a wonderful feeling to know that you have made someone else happy by just a little effort on your part? It is quite an interesting compari- son to note that at Christmas, 1929, the Lone Scout Department sent out a Christmas Card to all Lone Scouts of Ontario on the back of which was printed the names of all the Lone Patrols in the province, and the total number of Lone Scouts in Ontario, This ber was 125, including two Scoutmasters. We note that four of the Lone Patrols mentioned in that i list are now Regular Troops at Paris, Sault Ste. Marle, Cobalt and Beams- ville, A recent census of the Lone Scout Department informs us that there are now about 320 Lonles on the books, and, in addition, five Leaders. In ad- dition to this, nine regular troops have been organized as a result of Lone Scout progress. Isn't this a splendid record of steady growth? We 'are glad to note how enthusi astically the Lone Scouts are working on that Disarmament Petition for the League of Nations Society. One Lonie Subdivision Love Oh, fly with me to Boomside Heights, my lovely bride-to-be, And we will close an option on a villa by the sea; To a careful restricted shore allotment we will fly, . Where a board of commerce sunset tints the subdivided sky At Boomside Heights love's dream comes true -- the blueprints prove it so. In Section Six, Addition Two, project- ed roses grow. Here's a broker's affidavit that the moon is oversized; That the ocean and the starlight are the same as advertised. Oh, fly with me to Boomside Helghts, nor tarry in your flight; Dear, hand in hand we'll roam the land that doubles over night. Come, view God's handiwork--the sea- son's niftiest buy-- Where a board of commerce sunset tints the subdivid.d sky. ~--Pressly Phillips, in Judge. ae Buffalo Increase. Rapidly In Dominion Parks The Increase of buffalo in Can- ada's national parks since the estab- lishment of the main herd in 1908 has been little short of phenomenal. From an original herd of less than 800, the total increase has reached more than 20,000, including animals shipped to Wood Buffalo Park in the Northwest territories and those otherwise disposed of. There are at present about 6,000 head 1n Buffalo National Park and 1,000 in Elk Island Park, Alberta. In these large fenced reserves the beasts roam over sections of their na- tural habitat much as they did in the early days. A Welcome . The sweetest thing {n life is the un- clouded welcome of a wite, -- N, P. New ¢ m y: y 'Pocket Edition" Plane Willis, « asked for an additional three. That fellow is a worker, isn't he, Have you seen the new "Humane Calendar"? This is a calendar which is publish. ed every year by the Toronto Humane Society of 11 St. Alban's Street, To- ronto Each year this calendar con- talns twelve most beautiful colored pictures of birds, animals, etc, and the 1932 edition contains pictures by Major Alan Brooks of Canadian Ani mals, and these include the bear, fox, beaver, lynx, wolt, moose, deer, buf- falo, etc. Not only is this a very use- ful calendar, but each one of the pic- tures is well worth a frame, and will make delightful decoration for your Patrol Den or for any Lone Scout's bedroom. : k The price of this calendar is only 50 cents, and we would recommend: every Lone Scout to try to secure a copy. And, talking of calendars reminds us that there. is a New Year coming! What will your New Year resolution be? We hope that if you are not a Scout it will be a resolution to join the great world-wide Brotherhood of Scouting. It you are already r. cout, then let your resolution'be to make your Scout program for 1932 a really active and progressive one! Information about the Lone Scouts of Ontario may be obtained from the Lone Scout Department, Boy Scouts Association, 330 Bay Street, Toronto, 2, Write to-day. "LONE BE." Constitution In Spain Soon to Go Into Effect Madrid' -- The Cortes Constitu- tion is rapidly approaching the termination of its task of drawing up a constitution for the Second Spanish Republic, awd it Is quite possible that the new regime will shortly have its organic law as well! as a president. | In spite of the numerous difficul-| ties it succeeded in bringing togeth- er here the Cortes Constituyentes on July 14, exactly three months after the proclamation of the republic. As. things now stand, it is expected that | early in December the constitution will be approved by the Cortes. After it is proclaimed as being in effect, an interval of a few days will probably ensue and then the Cortes will proceed to the election of the unequalled by any other cause of the fact that Canada the world's best eggs." : Based upon the most ecent f made available by the federal Goy ment, this statement is no idle bos The officially estimated population Canada is 9,935,000, and, during ti last 12 mo s number 'of peopl has con 304,094,509 dozen: In oth ords, the annual tion of eggs in Canada by each woman and child, averages 366.18, or slightly more than one egg every day. of the year. : The official of the marketing board was asked why Canadian eggs are #0 greatly superior to the eggs of other So countries. "Because," he replied, "Canadian eggs are government graded. CGuesswork is eliminated. The annoyance, and disappointment, of 'paying for for a high quality product and receiving an inferior one, is & thing of the past in Canada, so far as the egg businesa is concerned. The oll expression, "let the buyer beware,' is obsolete in this country when eggs are being purchased. The Canadiam consumer decides the quality of eggs he or she purchases not the dealer, providing eggs are bought by grade." "And as for the effect that this huge consumption has or general pros perity," Mr. Carroll continued, "here are a few figures. The farmer received an average price of 23 cents a dozen for his eggs, or a total revenue bf $69, 041,737.07. The consumer paid am average price of 38.6 cents a dozen, or a total of no less than $117,176,385.96. The difference, $47,234,648.89 is the sum contributed to 'business' in the way of transportation, storage, mem chandising, and inciduntal costs.' Sema ston The Common Cold Scientists have succeeded at last fm: tracing the culprit who is responsible for the common cold. Apparently, this, mysterious malady, which has bamied the doctors for so long, is caused by & virus which is so small that it will pass through any filter, and cannot be seen under the microscope. In spite of this, the cold virus has been isolated and cultivated, and typl cal colds have been produced by its means both in chimpanzees and fim human beings. This may prove to be the first step towards new methods in curing and first President of the Republic. Don Niceto Alcala-Zamora, who did so much to bring about the downfall of King Alfonso XIII, and who was Premier in the first gov! ernment organized under the re- public (from April 14 to October 14), | political observers here belleve, will| be elected to the presidency. The term starts as soon as the oath fis taken, and Is for six years, meme fini i Inter-Empire Trade Birmingham Post (Cons.)--A Brit-; ish tariff must be designed in the first place, as Dominion tariffs are design: | ed, with an eye upon domestic neces-| sities, Yet, even s0, a tariff once es-! tablished can be varied, lightened, adjusted as circumstances--including the objectives of Imperial poligy--may suggest. And the timid who fear lest by showing favor to the Dominions we should offend the susceptibilities of foreign countries may be reminded that as far as the world in general is concerned the legitimacy of speclal family arrangements within the Em. pire is already fully admitted, No new issue will be raised if a system already actively in operation, on the side of the Dominions, ig adopted by ourselves. -- int New Life-Saving Suit A life-saving sult, resembling a pair of overalls or a one-piece sult of clothes, is being put on the mar- ket for those who ride in speedboats or hydroplanes and are subject to their dangers. It is made of water- proof tissue and constructed on a system of watertight compartments, sts fi Crisis Hits Pearl Fishing Industry Basrah.--A glut of pearls has re sulted from the world crisis and many villages of the Persian Gulf, which depended upon the pearl fishing in- dustry, are poverty stricken. mien nA mtr es-- Canada's Pulpwood Resources The Forest Service, Department of the Interior, states that on about 200, 000,000 acres of the productive and ac cessible forest land of Canada the tim- ber 1a of merchantable size, at least for pulpwood, and on 365,000,000 acres there is young growth of various spe- cies and ages. erm------ Many Visit Victoria Over 32,800 persons visited the Do- minfon Astrophysical Observatory of the Department of the Interior at Vie torla, British. Columbia, during the preventing colds. Once we know what the enemy is, we can start taking steps to guard against him. Colds certainly mean serious loss, both to individuals and countries at present. About four years ago American investigators es timated that the annual loss in wages as a result of the common cold was about $1,000,000,000.--"Answers." es A entra DEERE STE Ts Ls SF Mr. Knagg--'Funny thing about you." Mrs. Knagg--""What's that?" Mr, Knagg--"The oftener you lose your temper the more you have to display." ease aemvi-- Thermometer in Orange Grove Warns Grower Lindsay, Calit.--Nearly all orange growers of this district will have the protection of accurate knowledge of frost temperatures this season. i A K1/ The growers have brought in literal ly thousands of thermometers to the government meteorologist for testing The thermometers are placed at many points in the orange orchards, so that the orchid owners can tell exactly how much heat should be generated by the Hi orchard heaters that ars used so wide ly to ward off frost damage. . MEL Dinosaur Fossiis in West Apparently the Bad Lands of the West was the graveyard of most t) of dawn-age creatures. The Fund explorers who returned from 2 cavations in the Bad of Mom tana and Wyoming re; that they unearthed and collected more than vertebrate fossil specimens. Aj them were dinossaur eggs jaw of an ancestral "edenta various bones of the three and fo toed dawn-age horses and other beasts.--The Pathfinder, year ended March 81, 1931.