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THE OSHAWA DAILY TIMES, W EDNESDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1929 PAGE ELEVEN WIFE WHO FAILED 'Yo Saved Y Garrard from His Crime = Brought Happiness, HARVEY GARRARD; find. fhg the business which be ine ohrited about bankrupt, re~ nounces his idle life and turns for help and sympathy to bis wife, MILDRED, who has thelr raonal property tied up for 'harself, But she falls him ute terly in his orisis and Indig- nantly leaves him with the ord that who married bim ply to be supported in lux- ury, Harvey finds a stravger alone In bis office Inte at night dead in a chair, with a million in negotiable securities In his possession, The temptation to appropriate this money to nelp ide over the business is too trong, 'The man was EPUNEZER SWAYLE, but thers seems to have been no yecord of the fortune be Wes oarrying, and Harvey's theft 1 undiscovered. A new phase is put on. the situation, howrver, with the appearance of the dead man's granddaughter, GRACE BWAYLY, woo had ap engagement to meet her prandfather and was expecting Him to have An inheritance vendy for her, The girl Fels Warvey's promise that the shall be looked after, and, while here is pondering how much she might know nf the million, he is forced told & business trip to Amerie, and finds her on shiphoeed virtuale iy toreing hurself on nim as Bis secretary, Although guarding himeelf against any slip which may reveal his sec- pot, he finds the situatisn not pleasant, aa thelr friondallp ripens, Put the net of Alas covery eloses around him, ns Heotland Yard traces the stole bonds to his bank account, desperately he confesses his erime to Orace, who declares 'er love for him and then van. {shes from her apartment, Now Go On With the Htory Somehow or other his little duel of words with the inspector had rather stimulated Harvey In the pattie which he wag determined to fight to the bitter end. His next step was ono suggested by the ins speotor himuelf, He took down hin hat, left word in the office that he would be back in a quarter of an nour and drove to the bank. Mr Poulton received him promptly but anxiously, Harvey took possession of the easyschalr and proceeded at ones with his business, "Mp, Poulton," he began, "1 un- derstood you to say yesterday that you oonvidered the account of Ga® yard & Garrard now as in en ens tirely satisfactory position, aad that you no longer needed the bonds whieh you have heen holding as ne ourity" "That {a perfectly true" the manager admitted, "At the same time, 1f you are going to ask us to part with the bonds, T oan only repeat what Mr, MoAlpine told you, that we have been instructed by the police not to release them for the moment," "Precinely," Harvey agreed, "but pow that they have served thelr purpose you oan transfer them, I presume, to the account of the young 1ady to whom, as a matter of tact, they rightly belong." wall, "that," Mr, Poultop remarked hesit atingly, "1 don't think, though, that there should be any abjec'ion, "1 can't imagine the pomsibility of one," Harvey remarked, "Place them, If you please, on deposit the same of Mise Cirace Swayle" "Is the young lady In England?" he inauired, "§he was tn London yesterday in my oftice," Harvey answered "®he hat left town for a day or twn, ear 1y thix morning, but I will ask her to call as goon ax possible and see ou, I should think she would pro. bly like to sell a few thousand I'm not sure about |d ®o o ® 0 Copright ecnsidered in the matter sible," I am afraid the general public haven't muck chance," Harvey ad mitted, as yo rose to his feet, "Still » Mr. Poulton, we be dong" Harvey personally hall never made himself more popular than he aid that day among the buyers, the salesmen, and even the porters whom he encountered upon bis lel surely progress through the ware- house on his return, He had » word or two for every one, and al- though he was guarded upom the matter, his pronouncement wity re- guard to the forthcoming flotation of the business was everywhere fav. orably received, "Of course, we ean't promise shares for every one," he pointed out to a ttle group who had acoont- od him In one of the departments, "but so far as possible it In our wish to glve those who have any business transactions with the firm the first chance and the woneral publie must come fn afterward, I instructed the socountants only yes. terday to think out some scheme on these lines, ~The employes of the firm," he added, turning to an ane xiousstaced young salesman at his elbow, "will have the option of a fow, nn A matter of course, Our oustestars will have to follow af- terward and the general publle, if there are any left." "Are the figures announced yat?" a manufacturer asked him, a little daiftidently, "Not officially, They will he Iarge of course, but they will be fully venresented by tangible na- sets, Wa are no' even considering the matter of good will" Harvey made his escape At last and enterad hig office, Hin first eager glance was toward Crace's dosk==ntill empty, We passed on to hin desk, and looked through the Ittle pile of latters and telegrams, There was nothing from here=-no word or message of any sort, He sank Into his chair, For a moment the splea of hattle ceased to fire him, Hix militant spirit was subdued, The memory of those awful minutes oamae back to him with ominous clearness, He thud: dered when hoe thought of what, fn her hysterical state, she might have been capable, Hae remember. ed the almost vengeful gleam of passion in her eyes, and an aval | anche of hideous possibilities overs whelmed him, In that brief period of terrible doubt and peril of pis positions the threatened loss of his name and lberty seemed an noth. ing beside tha ohill fear that he minht have loat her forever, Presently George Reckinzham, whom he had summoned hy tele- phone earlior fn the morning wan announced, Warvey pulled himaelf torother and motioned his friend to a neat, "It 1x very good of you to come down here, George," he sald, "You know how It 1s with just now, I am working twelve or fourteen hours a day end that doesn't leave one mueh time to get up to Line coln's In office hours" "My dear fellow" the other res niled, *T am only too rind to come Now tell me what's the trouble, I rather thought you were out of the wood financially," "IT am," Harvey acknowledeed, "hut I'm in the devil of a mess In annther direction," Rookingham 'as grave. Ie knew that when Harrey went aa far re that the matter was serfous in. it pos eed, "Better tell ma about 18," ho sug- wted, "I'll tel! you the whela story." Harvey promised. "Smoke {ff you went to and listen" Harvey began a faithful vecital momént when he had dlasovered Kbenerer Bwayle's dead body in the waitiug room until the previeus night, MWe omitted only all men. tion. of his relations with Grace, He nopke of their dispute which Jed to her ringing up the police as have ing arisen from some quite natural cause, and for the moment he did of all that had happened from the | By E. Phillips Oppenheim by Philips Oppenheim them, it would have peen bad enough, Now that the polies will be able to prove in evidence that you were being pressed it will be 10,000 times worse, 1'm beastly worry," Harvey preserved an equanimity which, under the circumstances, was somewhat surprising. "Well, I took my risk and I took it deliberately," he said doggedly, "I tried to horrow money elsewhere and couldn't, 171 hadn't used those bonds the firm of Garrard & Car rard would have gone into hanks ruptoy, As it is, 1 have saved the firm and made the best part of a million of money, The bonds are there for whomever they belong to, no one will be a penny the worse and, although 1 hate what's going to happen like hell, George, 1 don't know that under the same sireum. stances I wouldn't do the thing again" Pockingham"s legal mind showed itself in his Alsapproving frown," "I wouldn't say that, Farvey' "But I do any It and I mean it," wan the emuohatie rejoinder, "Look at these fellows on the walle father, grandfather, great-grand: father, half a dozen uncles and a fow of the partners, Next to thair roliglon this business was the most shored thing in the werld to them, They bartered honorably, they paid thelr debts ponorably, they lived honorably and they made monay for thelr successors, I'd have felt like a eriminal, (leorge, if I'd let the firm go down without tak™ig a risk to gave it, Personal disgrace does. n't matter so muh, I'll face that, 1 suppose whatever they do to me I shall have pn fow years to live abroad later on." "You'll have that, all right," Peokingham agreed, "You may not got more than twelve months, but If it was only twelve days, It's rotten all the same, Iavdt £7" Harvery shrugged his shoulders, "Oh, 1 know what you mean," he admitted, "I know thet England and Paris and the Niviera are fin. {shed for me. TY shall have to go un litle tarther afield for my fun, 1 oan do it, though Others have done it hefore me." "Does your.wife know about thin?" Beokinkhi'm asked curiously, "1 wonder whether it was one of her reasons for wanting the dl yoreet" "Mildred is a very clever woe man,' Harvey confided, 'Some in. stinet seems to have told her that there wan trouble coming, only she thought that it was firm that waa going to smashenot me, You know what she did when 1 was hroad--sold the house and the furniture, most of which belonged to me, pocketed the proceeds, got clear away ahroad and then wrote and asked what further provision I wan going to make for her" Mildred had never heen a favors ite of Reckineham's and hin silence WAN expressive, "Her suggestion of a divoree was, I must confess, rather a surprise to me," Harvey continued, "but I sup pose It's all part of the game, 8he wants to met hold of another rich man while she's still attractive, fhe'll do it, all right" "1 should think It highly pro- bable," Meckingham remarked dry. ly, "She In still quite attractive enough, Dystheshye, Harvey, 1 wish I could have a few words with Misa Swayle, I am sure she Is much too charming to be In the loast vindictive, but 1 should Ike to vive her a little advice" Harvey shook his head, "1 should lke to see her myself he confessed, "I'm afrald she made up her mind to keep out « the way" "A great deal denends on her at titude, of course, You have no rea: son to belleve that she would be any thing but friendly pow!" "No reason at all," Harvey res ped, "Our disagreement-the na- ture of it doesn't come into the case -={8 over, She wants to swear even that she gave me the bonds, but of course, that doesn't help, As she didn't arive In England until after T hal pledged them, By-thirbys, pounds' worth and open a eurrent joonunt." Mr. Poulton held his head for a noment, Hix client's tone waa so wenal that he was complately bes pildered, He wan sufficiently hm jit however, to ask a leading ques on, "Was it with Miss Swayle's auth. arity that these bonds were dap aits ad as gollateral security against yore. attava: an fanart rvey, t ¢ 1 5 Tew Oe Ime ata ek ane o. "There are family elroumatanoes ponnettes with this attalr," ne cons fided mvateriously, "which ental' a certain amount of seorecy, let us dismiss the subject for tha pre. sent. You have heard that we are tneornoratingt™ bout In' thin Dar of tha City. the * about in part of tha elty, ° declared, "Mr, Chalmer war in himaell yenterday afternoon, I really fee! Mr. Garrard apart from thin other matter, which 1 frankly don't understand, that I should copmratilate you upon the magnitiolant results achieved by your firm in. an almost breathess period of time, Such a record fa entirev without narallel in the his why of the aden a am very mueh obliged, ~ very .oknawledwe gractousl) "You know, they used to talk abe yard's luck in the trade pei We dave oortatnly our § not touch uvon her dlsavnearance, Beckingham's face grow graver as he listened. \ "What about the girl?" he in. quired, "Ix she diotive?" hy dont think she 1s." Harvey nswered, 'She rang Seotland ard in a tury, She ey tom ~ mental sort of person, and ¥ think repented afterward. As a matter of fact, she hasn't turned up here this morniag, I expect she is keep. {ng our of the way, . "It is Important, of cours," Beek. fogham sald, "to have her on your tide, but unfortunately the matter doesn't pest with her™ : Wp neat. Rena peraisted, "that supposing the police identity those bonds held by the Southern Rank as delng the missing secur: ties, they will prosseute me whether she appears in the matter or not," "I should think it is almost a certainty," the lawyer admitted, 'But here is an fmportant point. Ware you helng in any way pressed by the bank at the time you depos. ited them?" "Of course I wan" Harvey nee knowledged, "I shouldn't have taken a terrible risk like Ahis unless I was fairly up against it, 1 was told, only the atiernoon befors, that ® w Sh aduce dni eour * a large amount, Otherwise the bank declined lo mest ou rengagements." Beckingham gave vent 1.8 lite ®t lately" SY Mr. Chalmer har promiinsd wa a surnie af applleation form: © mann as conttanad, Mf 2» he r that there wh Hane of andpidens vos sllotment. We should like 1 tie menture of despair, \ "There goes our last ohanee, "On the facts Merron Na paanen Phew pland va wn Vine are bound nes banpd to 'at dlmnly tha hank for (leorge, what will happen If my dis VOroe case comes on while I am in prison?" "Time enough to consider that! later on," Beckingham réplied,| "What we want to do now Is to keep you out of prison." | a Tell me exactly what I am to! 0. "All that you can do in to walt and see what action Scotland Yard takes, Directly they move, tele phone me and I will tight them at avery atep, of coarse," Beokingham (Tok his leave and Harvey went through the reat of the day In a sort of dream, About tive o'olock he sent a messenger te Grace's flat. The boy came back! with the note unopened, 'The young lady was not there nor hed there been any message from her, Six o'clock arrived without further action from Scotland Yard, At seve en Harvey telephoned for hls oar and drove himself to Chelsea. The porter of the flats, however, mould tell him nothing, The young lady had left quite unexpectedly, and he gathered from what she sald that she did not expect to return, We had asked for address, hut she had promised to send it on, A treasury note failed to alleit any turther ine formation, and Harvey's request te | met with a polite but firm refusal Reluctantly Ne abandoned lis in quiries, drove to his flat in the Al ban), A Is bath, changed us us ual and made his way to the elub Reckingham, seated with a frien at one of the smaller tables, ciille him oven "Good man" he exclaimed. "I was afrald I should have to dine alone, wide no use of 'or with Dutton hery who will talk shop all the time, Dy-the<bye," he addvd meaningly, "that young lady of yours didn't go far, after all," "What do you mean?" Harvey asked quickly, "Why, I looked In st the Milan Ariliroom on my way here just now to see if I could find a lent, Bhe was there, dining with Philip Bart- lott, I thought he seemed rather gone on her that day at Ramelagh," There was a cockinll at Harvey's elbow and he drained it before he spoke, Then he crumpled up » plece of bread, "You didn't speak to her?' he inquired, Bockingham shook his head, "I wished afterward that I had," he admitted, "We might have made sure of her address, at any rate, However, they neither of them saw me, and I didn't want to butt fu, You'd netter join us In a bottle of wine, Harvey, You looks od fagged." Harvery drank n great deal more champagne for dinner that night i was his custom, drank lqueur brandies afterward, and, for a man of his reserved habits, talked at times almost bolsterously, Nut the whole thing was a sham, a oloek to hide his overwhelming misery, More poignant by far than the fear of prison and disgrace was this new terror, this nameless fear, which for the first time threatened Lo un« nerve him. The hysterical storm of anger which had driven her to the telephone to denounce him might so easily surge up again, might carry her hurt feelings binds ly into the nell of the most natural, the most torturing revenge, Hin renlessnony grew to fever, Nridge was an imposisbility, further eon: versation heyond him, He songht the solitude of the silence room, and, finding It empty, walked up and down like a man distraught His apprehensions of the prisoner's doek had became as nothing n wan this new fear which was work ing ke madness {n his hrain, blend od an It was with tormenting mem orles of the night before, Racking ham, who presently invaded his vol ftude, spoke to him werlously, "Look here, old chap," he ex postulated, "It's no good wlivin| you feel, but the worst hasn't hap p.ned yet, You've stuck It wond erfully up till now, and you've go to earry one." "Don't be afariad," Harvey re plied bitterly, "This is Just a sid show, that's all, 1 tell you what! fs, George, we are dumned fools, w men, every one of us who tries t live up to his standards! "I shouldn't lke to Agrees wit you," "Perhaps you are not a feol, was the eynieal retort, Ta worse than a fool, I'm a damned fool," "It you expect me to understant you'll have to he a little more co herent," Beckingham reminded him, "That's Just what I'm not going to be," Harvey declared in a firms er one, "Look here, George, yous re being a good pal © me ahout this other business, 1'm up against somothing else just now and there isn't any one In the world could help, De off, there's a good fel. low, You see I'm calmer, I've made up my mind exactly what to de Beokingham knew his friend and departed, and Harvey, like a man who makes his way to the seaffold, called a taxi and drove to Milan He entered by the court entrance and walked slowly through the Grill Room, There were only a few dine ers left and Grace was not among them, Then he turned to the right and made his way througn the lounge toward the inguliry office, He felt convinced that she was staying in the botel--ahe would know nowhere _ else~but even wrought up thugh he was, he wondered whether he should ever find courage enough to ask whether she were in, Buddenly he came to be allowed to go up to her rooms | A standstill, The blood seemed to y alnging through his veins and 8 moment he was actually giddy, Vith threes evening newspapers itretehed out In front of her, Grace wag seated at one of the amall writs ing tables, DBefore he could ape proach her or speak, she looked up and their eyes met, She held out her hands, What he saw {a her face was like a glimpse of un un: dreamed-of heaven, "Grace!™ he faltered. "You Harvey!" (Continued Tomorrow) Banker Overdue in Plane Anchorage, Alaska=James A, Stillman, New York banker, reported missing on & hunting trip will are rive here today by boat, hes Joe Crosson said ypon hip return from a flight up the Skkwentna river, where he landed and visited Stillman, The first patent of the telephone was granted In 1876, -------- Motorist-Is there any speed law here? Native-=Naw, you fellers can't get through here any too. fast for us, "And what ix your father's ocou- pation?" said the headmaster of the school, "I dean't tell you," said Willie, But you must tell me! "ON, please, father wouldn't like me "But I must know, It's a question I ask of every child" "Well, he's=he's a bearded lady in a circus!" rr lr TA el 3,000 TO UNDERGO PERIOD OF TRAINING Will Be Guaranteed Work In Canada Next Spring 12.WEEKS COURSE One Thousand 'Men Will Be Enrolled During October London, Oct, 7.~Thres thouw- and single men between 19 and 85 yoars of age are Lo be trained In Puogland durlng the coming win. ter for farm work in Canada, They will include both unemployed and omployed men, whereas previous schemes have applied only to une employed, The Canadian Govern: ment is ready to provide employ- ment for this number, The training will be given al the Government centres at Tran. don, Norfolk end Cars' dis, The candidates must be provisionally approved by a representative of the Canadian Government, he duration of training will no' lesn than 18 weeks, and 1,000 men oan be taken this coming month, "It iw true the harvest conditions in parts of Canada were disap: pointing this year," the Overseas Hottlement Department stated to the Canadian Press, "but it in not the case, as han heen widely stated that any considerable portion of men who went to Conada after farm training In this country, have found themselves out of ems. ployment, The Cauadian Govern ment, wit! full knowledge of this your's harvest results, has unde*s taken the responsibility of finding mutable farm employment for tha three thousand now indicated," Honldon rocelving free (raining the candidates will each be given $1 a week pocket money, and on leaving the centre will recelve about 25 cents for each completed week of training, together with free rall and ocean Passa Kos Demand Expooted Ottawa, Oct, 7 Immigration offiolals are confident places will be found for all the 1,000 youni men to bo trained in England this winter for work on Canadian farms Placemonts will ha made next spring by the Dominion and Provineis! authorities in accord anes with demands In various parts of the country, Already this yoar, It was explained 8.500 trained men from overseas have taken up work on farms here, Last year the number was about 1,400 Creat care In baling used "Hy Canadian vepresentatives on' the other side In the cholea of trainees, offfelals point out, and the settle ment scheme Io meeting with in creasing success, After a period of training for Canadian conditions the men come to this country at a £10 ocean passage rate arranged hetween the Nritish Government and the transportation companies In a large number of cases the £10 fare is lent hy the British authorities to be pald back after the applicant has become establish od here, GREATER SALES OF BEEF ANTICIPATED Opinion Expressed With Re- gard to Grading System Ottawa, Oot, §The new system of beef grading inaugurated hy the Government a week rgo, has Leen inspired by the Government's desire to ensure that in the mats ter of purchasing meat, the cons sumeors of the country should ge: the proper quality, In the past this has not been the case, with the re sult that a corrective has had to ba found for a rituation which, as it worked out, saw the Canadian consumer paylag good money for moat of inferior quality, As a con. sequence of this the purveyor of high-class beet was penalized to the extent that in order to retain his trade he had to be content with a small profit on the quality meat he sold, while his competitors, sel 'ing inferior meat, obtained prac tically the same price with a con. sequent larger profit, The general sum of such conditions brought about a situation where it had bo come much more profitable to market inferior cattle than to well good beef animale, \ toh fact ten: ded largely towards lowering the standardy all round, This in effect, crystallized the opinions expressed yesterday by H, 8, Arkell, director of the Livestock ranch of the Dopartment of Aris culture, when asked as to the in itlal resulta of the new beef grad: ing methods, : There were a number of angles to the matter, Mr, Arkoll intl mated, not the least important of which was the cventual conse: quence anticipated in connection with the increased consumption of meat. Guided by the experience ac: quired from the grading of Cana. dian Mi and bacon, the logloal expectation would be ("at the dom. estle consumption of Canadian beet would, in the future, be much greater than at nt, This wun the most outstanding result of ha con Arading. n unforeseen cou. sequence of the latter had heen that the exportable surplus of Can- adlan bacon had hewn lo , that exportable surplus no Pre tioally non-existent, Taam it had been enti on up Hy the domeatio mar A ------ Will Free Phtasante Port Credit.-Ay of the pros gram of the pravinelal department of ame and fisheries, 120 pheasants will e released in Peel and Halton coun: ties this week. The birds were hatch ed at Eugenia Falls, Ont, The T: EA for 'AT HOME' days LYONS' Red Label 43¢ Half-pound | TEA Blue Lahel 38° Hall-pound Best Indian & Ceylon black teas; chosen for briskness, richness and flavour a J. Lyons & Co. Ltd., Toronto, SAYS SEAWAY WILL AID NEW ENGLAND Boston Chamber of Com- merce Head Discusses St, Lawrence Plan -------- LISTS BENEFITS Lower Cost of Living Would Result, He Declares Washington, Oct, 9, ~=Presenting the argument that New Kngland will benefit from the development of the Bt, Lawrence Waterway, Henry I, Harriman, president of the Boston Chamber of Commerce, has published a monograph enti tled "New England and the Nt, Lawrence Seaway," The monograph discovers that a ¢lear channel on the Bt, Lawrence will give to New HKngland "Lower transportation costs on much of {ts food supply, hence a lower cost of living "Lower freight rates on many of {te raw materials "Lower freight rates to many markets for {ts finished products "A supply of export grain and flour which will revive the export business, "The removal of the handicap of rail differentials "A reasonable supply of cheap power," Harriman's the following "The water rate via the Bt Lawrence seaway should not ex ceed TK cents for firat-elans freight and 26 cents for sixth-olass Gonoral Tyne Nhing "The vessels which will operate In domentlo service from between New Kuneland and the Great Lakes will he the same general type as those operating In. Intercoastal narvice hetwesn New England and tha Paelfle Coast, "To ask If the ships will come, argument contains Liu: EE EE a Es is Uke neking whether a dog will move out of his tracks for & bone, It is the business of the ships to navigate the channels of the world In search of cargo," Harriman finds there Is no de mand for passenger ships to enter the Great Lakes, 'There ls, hows ever, un demand for freight ships, hoth regular line ships and tramps, to trade at the ports of the Great Lakes, There is a demand for gers vice, not only to forelgn ports, hut algo to Now England, the mid. dle and south Atlantle seaboard, the Gulf gonst and the Paclfie,"" Harriman caleulates ships using the Bt, Lawrence seaway would have 6,000,000 tons of avallable traftie, Part of the argument has to do with the gain traffic Crain, he points out, moves down the lakes In the early fall, It goes all the way until the transfer polnts be gin to choke, the rate rises, and it upllly over inte other routes It goes hy rall from Georgian Bay to Montreal It goes hy canal and rall to New York It wpills over to Baltimore and Philadelphia, Boston only gets trivial amounts during the fall movement of wheat Harriman says when the navis pation season closes there are still 50,000,000 hushels awalting for a market, In storage at Buffalo, at Georglan Day, at Montreal-=te he shipped to New York and Halt) more and Philadelphia, or from saint John and Halifax When the St, Lawrence is open, he says, a rate of 6 cents a bushel from the lakes to Boston would he fn line with ocean rates, Hoss ton would be in a position to share in the fall overflow and storage for winter shipments, "The situation is particularly favorable ta New England," he concludes, ""hecanuse her ports will he nearer to the ports of the Great lakes hy water than any of the competing ports to the south which have heretofore enjoyed an advan tage in rall rates over New Eng- land ports, "Vessel service from New Kng- land to lake ports means new trade for both," Harriman says, "and It means the establishment of freight transportation which will save millions annually.* FINDS NEGLECT ON PART OF MINISTERS Should Use More Care at Marriage Ceremonies, Court Declares Montreal, Oct, §=="The practics of certain ministers of performing mars riage ceremonies without ascertaining whether the contracting parties are qualified by law to marry was des nounced by Mr, Justice Surveyer in the Practice Court recently in coms menting on a case in which he was asked to annul a marriage, Many ministers, he sald, do not exercise sufficient care In ascertaining whether persons coming to them for marriage ceremonies have attained their mas jority or in cases of minors whether they have been given the consent of parents "If more attention was given by ministers to finding out 'whether vounie people who present themselves for marriage are minors orf net, the courts would not be called upon to anntl marriages av alten as they are, Obviously Minor "In the case now hefore the court, the young woman was obviously a minor and required the consent of her parents in order to marry, and yet the ceremony was performed, ap» parently without sufficient investiga« tion on the point, Ministers who perform marriages should know that ceremonies may he performed be tween minors only 'with the consent of parents," In the case before the court, Wils liam F, Kelly asked for an anpulment of the marriage between his daughter Emily Francis and Genrge Harry Tones, of Flint, Mich, The marrage was performed on April 22, last, when the gir! was 19 vears of age, the evidence showed, At that time she had known Jones enly two weeks and subsequent to the ceremony had lived with him only two days, In support of the annulment petition, the father said that his gonsent was not given to the nuptials, Judament was rendered by Mr, Juative Surves ver annulling the marriage, i EE The Artistic Shoppe "chic", school miss, the office girl and the business lady, come in shades of grey, brown, blue and red. 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