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thphbday aootj8t ntb 1m the acton free press imaiiutiunitttmiuiuu4 3hl 3fr prpfib ljort targ ld the officer flrmly you hmvent money enough to pay your way you con stay in thin weve got plenty of tramps here town now tm no tramp protested the gaunti walked bouowerjed youth deflantly seventeen miles today to try for job in the tire factory those jobs were filled yesterday said the officer and there no room here for any more free boarders sorry buddy but those re my orders youll have to travel he took the young man by the nxyxi and after leading him for moment gave him slight push the stranger took few stumbling steps and fell to the pavement tie struggled weakly to his feet grasping lamp post for sup port the officer watched htm grin ning youre good actor bud ho chuckled but not good enough now he went on harshly qutb your stalling beat up small car had stopped at the curb near them moment before roughly dressed tnan now climbed out of it and watclicd curiously as the officer advanced toward him the young man faced about no tramp he repeated fiercely hi look ing for work ii get out only feci jcoel kind rwh witti hung the newcomer stepping forward nothing replied the officer cynic ally hes just another bum playlnj for sympathy the youths eyes fl angril newcomer stared at the young fellow intently he doesnt look like bum to me lie said briefly 111 take core of him officer son he added kindly suppose you get my car the youth hesitated some of uu defiance died out of his eyed and moment later he walked unsteadily the car and got in ill bo all right in minute he said jerklvy im sort of du yeh know growled the other when did you have your last square toeal7 just before the civil war think answered the youth grinning faintly the man grunted something unintel ligible and within few minutes the uvo were seated in restaurant as uu youth ate the man watched thought fully finally he held up lioiul tiiats all for now ltd he said youv sur prised your atnmoch enoughs yon rpnt catch up all at once tiiere was world of gratitude in hu eyes as the young mail pushed back from tho table mister he ban dont call me mister said the man gruffly im plain tom shevljn and wanj to knowsome thing about you your jiatne age what aouve done and why youre trying to uv without eating th youth laughed rather bitterly my name is robert hutton im tuenly yata old and lait ymr was student at central university hod bujna went on the rocks so this jear staged homo to help hut couldnt get work tnough tlicre to support even mjself ntlarlxout to imd sonu and lie concluded still looking are iou particular about the kind of work asked slievlln no slrl said the ooung man em piratically id well interrupted the other what would you say jit otfeid you pretty good job at pretty good uagvd id began the youth exultantly but then ills better judgment caino to the fore that kind of job was not being wrenkt tttttahgerunleastiiere something wrong somewhere wliats the eaiui he asked lifelessly bhevlin laughed usteii lad he taid im foreman for the white construction company im in cliarge of ro4 job fifteen mile ast of here the timekeeper had ttt this mornbig by request ii insisted on doing things his way histeod of tain need some young fetyow who undersfaajftds figures and wlio will obey orders well have to go so orogg he secretary of the company but can handle win the job 11 last all summer ttw youth made one but protest why he falurcd why ahould you do uus for me ive been hungry myself said the oilier simply thgy found qtvtftf at iwmp fuul thp two mn went into low voiced coiifor enc willing said orvg final ly the youth to take tonl recommen dation we ant unujcecpar wholl obey orders and who 11 he hesitated who ii live and let live oct rrte gucs so answered robert vaguely we 11 gel along ijild shevlln cheer fulb this 11 be good tiling for all of us and nou llob itls go ilnd you am as alievlin drove toward the camp it the fcortw of operations itobcrth grutl tude knew no bounds from it thtri sprang aliostat once filing of krtl loyalty and uiftction for hu biifiicur it was sluvlin who nave liolxrt urh ticar tlie camp kltchm for living quur tcrs who found extra blanki for him uho lounded up clotlung sultuttle for work if at nrt itoixrt hud faint klu idclon ihut arr uus was itw good to be true it speedily became submerged in rising tide of thankfulness to his new found friend tlie next morning hutton received his first clear idea of the project on which ho was engaged were building road bed across that swamp explained the foreman wo get our material for tlie fill from these lulls its state work and ho whispered confidentially the contract wasnt lot the regular way hill white is politician and he fixed it so the job is on cost plus basis your work ho continued before robert had digested the jast statement is to check up on the men bwice every morning and twice every afternoon your time book goes to headquarters every week there arc sixtyeight names on the book now and the men are scattered for three rillles until you getf cm locat ed rjoull have to keep moving but after that you 11 have it soft llobert found the first trip difficult he locutod few men hero small group there with tht truck drivers constantly on tiie movt it was liard to check up on the nt and when the round was finished tin re were seventeen notnci not checked off ho would robert uiought catch tlilrnon the wcond round but in splu oi tvety effort not to mkd anyone ho wat still etvmucn short on tliat round ourlngth af ternon ftobert burricd searched luipuuibsr places he made constant inquiries but no one could help him it was with sense of defeat tliat he finished his fourth round he had fallen down on the job right at the start his spirits were low as he went to the office alio vlln listened gravely to robert statement it my fault he said con trluly should liave told you two of thexu men are bringing out new suam shovel the other fifteen ore ate jj looked shreadly at robert and moment later bigati to smile great was ills relief tliat tlie young man aho smiled and so asked shevjln jovially ou havent any idea where those fifteen men were uorklng ch no sir said robert one more troubled unless they were at the other end of live fill across that swamp couldnt gtt over there of course you couldnt shevlln laughed outright and tliats just where they viure and will be ill check up on cm for you and you give em credit for days work evtry day unul tell you different he laughed again theres no flies on ou son although robert did not understand the foreman last statement lie was too grateful and too loyal to suspect any irregularity in this procedure ills faith and confidence in the foreman was im plicit on saturday morning slievlln told robert to fill out uetkly time report showing the number of days work each man had put in shall includo thoe fifteen men asked robert innocently shovlin blared at him in astonishment and then laughed easily of course quito joker arcn jou he grinned with no mimjivlnita robert followed orderi when brough out sheaf of checks that afternoon tlie yougn man sorted out those belonging to tlie fifteen and looked questlonlngly at the foreman olve em to oregg directed shevlln smiling broadly hell handle em tills lada an actor gregg youd neve thlnk he know thing robert made no pretense of under standing tlie backslapplng and joking that fallowed too straightforward him self to suspect wrongdoing in others he still had no suspicion tliat all was not as it should be on the following mon day however something happened uutt opened his eyes eartf in the day baev lln quietly slipped roll of bills lnjo his hmhd robert stared in surprise ihat your cut for last week grin ned the older man walking away jven now robert did not fully under stand all he reallxsd ab first was that something was wrong gradually affairs became dear to him he saw that the fifteen men at the other end of the fill cxuted only in hta time book that their checks were appropriated by shevlln and gregg and hi some manner cashed that he himself was very vital participant to the scheme he saw why shevlln needed timekeeper who would follow orders with the knowledge his whole world crumbled about his cars ho went to the foremans office at noon cant take this ho said mis erably tossing down the largo roll of bills shovlin jaw dropped aln it enough asked the man indignantly as robert shamefacedly told how ne liad hot realized what had been going on and then quite simply said that ho could not bo party td it the others face showed successively astonishment in dignation and pity fur moment uio foreman was silent though ti ho eald finally in gruff tone you know what was up after your first day here liut even if you dldnt know you don need to act like was wlfebcater or omcthlng wo arent taking money from poor people the ntutos paying for this and betlcvu mo tlie stated used to it hut ho slirugred his shoulders if you art dumb enough to pasj up this chance at easy money thats tyour hard luck not nunc only lie added as an afterthought youll have to keep iour mouth shut the statement came to robert like thunderbolt until tliat moment lie had not realised tliat there tas further problem involved could lie knowing uio state was being robbed remain silent the foreman looked atheyouth bg youre not thinking of turning squealer are tou he received his answer from tlie otherj eyes he became violently angry he baraukl tlia young man merclloudy being disloyal and faithless and dont think lie concluded harshly you can get away with anything gregg and liae got lots of ways of closing your mouth hid anger subsided jls suddenly as it liad risen hurt look came into his eyes aw lad pleaded shevlln for aet those funny ideas of yours im not tlie sort to hold what ive done for you over your head but it wouldnt be play ing square with me for you to try to turn wajl and you certainly arent playing square with yourself to got your self known as yellow dog think tliat over for da or so boy before you do anyuilng rush robert awa powerfully shaken touring one moment he saw the affair shevlins uay and during the next he was hopo ksly confused for two days he fought his battlo jdoiuas of times hemade up his mind to let matters alone and just as oftsn he knew he could not the foreman own wordr finally toward the end of the second day cleared the air for him shevlln had spoken of playing square very gradually it came to robert that no matter uhat tlie immediate conse quences uould be lie would not in tlie long run be playing square by keepmg fllent not ulth the state not with him self and least or all not with slievlln with heavy heart he began looking for the foreman he found him upon huge bouldor that projected from the ground at the bise of stee sloping bank of gravel it uai from this bank that tlie steam shovels uere taking material for the iul tlie boulder being in tlie vay and too large for tlie shovels to handle was to be broken up by dynamite robert watched the foreman place several sticks of dynamite in crevice on tlio rock prepare tlie cap nnd fuse and pack mound of mud over the explosive he cut tliat fuse awful sliort mut tered workman near robert the foreman completing his prena where canadas best compete wtrtf the world olympic champions atkictcs of various nations compete in one the most com prehensive sport programs ever held in the dominion world championship power boat races 225 cubic inch class sept and 10 world professional cham pionship swims men miles sept women miles sept diving exhibitions twice daily by trio of world famous professionals archery championships aug 31 to sept junior track meet and junior regatta aug 31 tablctcnnis champion hips aug 28 and 29 athletic day track meet sept yacht and dinghy races softball and other sport competitions afloat jllv1c niiooi canadian national exhibition iuufj epff mtely to the steep bank he sank to his knev in the travel and almost in stantly it befnin to atide beneath tilou more came from above andbefore tlio maji could pull himself free large soctlon broke loose swept down upon him and pinned him helplessly against the boulder there was grasp of horror from tlie onlookers as the foreman struggled mightily to free himself far moment robert stood as though petrified then he raced forwurd he heard shevlln order him back he reached the boulder and at the risk of his life jerked out tlie fuse fran tically and hurled it from him there was groan of relief from shevlln few minutes later the foreman walk ed rather ueokly into his office robert follow ed him id id do almost any thing for tjou tom he said brokenly but just haven the right to keep qulot about aw pipe down growled the fore man still breathing heavily can jou wait till sure alive just got tlirough living forty ears in forty ujconds he mopped his forehead son he continued earnestly when man thinks he all set to cash in tilings tliat looked all right once begin to look little dlfcrcnt while that fuse uas puttering in my face began to get lots of things straightened out and when saw iou run up to pull out tliat rue finished straightening em out you uere right bob and was wrong coil liande and uere turning back all uc collected hows tliat your job bob he moment later is to checkup on my rang well he added grinning from now on you have one more man to chock up on this ualklng uio chalk line is new stuff to me and might wabble so much clout ramous boxer win lose or draw get 50 000 iteporter see every clout has silver lining how could your diet should include plenty of iron but doctor haven tooth in my head the fear of ignorance is one reason why wc get an education harry emcron fosdlck some coaxing so you ve bought car have you do ou drive it or does jour wife drive lt wuuier of us drives it we coax it no kasslb bookkeeper what is the boss col lege son so suellcd up about stenographer life insurance doc tor just examined him ohd found hlm ok what of tliat well tou see it tlie only examina tion that he ever passed good fceason fe father and man named dooley have been fighting for twenty years but nou they vc stopped why did thoy bur the hatchot no they burled doolcy one good thing go easy tills hills not ao tmta can slow down tlie brakes arc nos uorklng you don mean to aay oh dont womy the horn ou right tflflgjt canning jar rubbers dozen 14c fruit jars doi 99c 113 153 fruit pectin mu pcu 14c xxx vinegar gal 38c mustardseed 2it5c cassia buds ew 10c keens mustard 2o tin 13c catsup flavor pauet bil 35c tlons colled loudly for everyone to take cover he lit the fuse and jumped lel in spite of oils eddy in which we are caught tills age la better than the ages of the past harold bell wright apples potatoes duhd delicious larue size tba 11 good cookeijs 47c onions sound and dry lbs for isjc lkmons laik size bananas canteloupes sugar salmon large sie pink flnsli fc oranges nice size ni sweet mid juicy dozen zilc lkmons larce size 10c and other fruite ut spiul ivijets jla pal olden yollow hurt ilipe per dozen 25c carrolls asi orange cream sandwich biscuits lbs heinz delicious cream soup mushroom tr 25 stoney creek red pitted cherries 25 lorxzeofrecftunkhng salt pcl oosdews evafofcalfeo milk t6x s5 lux soatrlakes 21 surprise lauhoey soac 5b23 scourlmg patjs 14 23 glassccs new cherry jam ub8vs plain and sighted holiday olives maxwell house irotfetr 32si 17ok jf 25 30 1lb tin lined sohool scribblers 35 10 carrolls limited mill sikket stork closes saturday night 1030 free delivery ihone 158