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by boia tho goodeet toy t can consequences haaojet lunula humt yzj herbert p maj uaodo broomoalv- mr c- rprined when three month later herbert boa well wan drop ped tram tho rolls of the university bo bad entered as freshman a year aad a half earlier ho had failed in a vary examina tion the defocte of his character were negative raihar than poaiuve hewaa nob diaaipatad it b ooly eeid one of the- profaaaora aa the case was discoseed that main btroet iif topmost latter timt morning had an official look for lb bore the address of the doan on the upper lefthand corner the on closure was a doom what cart typewritten nolo announcing that dean barrows would aeo mr horlxsrt boo well in his office thai af terooou at foor thirty quite forgot to say that he would see me if perfect 5 convenient to myself herbert coephvinod to the japanese bey who brought him hs mall with his break fast aa a matter of fact i happen to an engagement at that hour berry to disappoint tho dear gentleman the oriental who was learning english a proparatioo for entering the university another year smiled inscrutably lie was tho son of a wealthy father and had given op inxnry in his native land and was entire ly dopendanton his own oxertioos because ho was dotormrnod to have a wostern education a porposo of which his father had not approved could herbert have known tho sentiments with which the utue foreigner regarded him ho might have lost appotite for break fast it was true enough that herbert had an engagement that afternoon at half past four an engagement to play gelf with the exlremoly pretty niece of the head of the latin department but herbert did not quite venture to lire up to bis implied throat of disregarding bean barrows summons instead ho called gladys tait on the phone and asked her to r the hour gro instead of fourthirty tho dear old dean has indicaleda wish for my society at just the time i was to call for yea but be plays gwlf himself if i present myself in my regimentals with my golf aucks under my vtn ha wont have the heart to keep me long what does dean barrows wanaof you t asked glajys in her direct fashion she had nob been a member of a professors family two years without discovering that these interviews with tho dean im boded good to the student who received oh nothing except a littlo chat with me hes very fonsl of mo the dean la have you boon riafilactlug your work t persisted gladys hie 1 herberts voice suggested that he was horrified at the suggestion cant you see grind sticking out all over ma 7 no its more likely ho wants to against studying to hard and injuring my health ib wuciuartar after flvo whoa herbert presented himself ab miss tait a door and his color was unusually high dean bar rowa waa noted as a master of sarcastia speech and a youog man must be thick akiunsd indeed 00b to wince whan the dean took him w task in spite of his chalaot greeting gladys pptoi signs that herbert bad been ruffled and lost bo time n finding out why what did the dean saj bo you i hold lb wsa an ideal day for gulf and he wished be might accompany us dont be silly arent you ever seri ousr herbert laughed why should j bs i time enough for that whan fn gettlno gray iaut your work aatiafsotory it what an inquisitive child it la cried her bort laughing again ll my srark u erfoctjy satisfactory to myself but not to the faculty 1 the faculty here a narrow way of look log at such matters explained herbert lightly pqpr things i theyre man of uuo idea- it isnt really their fault i don t see why you dont study hardar bert declared gladys with a littlo worried frown i bsllsvo you would stand well if you would ealy try thank you for your oonudenoe gladys and in order not to shako your faith in mo i aban t now lets talk of aocaethiag lore cheerful but gladys- still persisted itll make a difforenoo in your future bert if do well and you know they might iu drep you 11 your standings were too ore time for guff then declared iltfhcak tlali college routine even if you cutsmost of the lectures interferes dreadlullywithi the real business of life and as for niy future gladys donb worry uncle mao worked for the two af us but even if your uncle is going to leave ysu mvauey enough to live en z should think you would want to amount to semethlog returned gladys caustically hetbort rsdaed ms eyobrowa not ii what you wouw oail good hunjor are you glad ja when i come into uuolo macs uutey lu awiow something a bos pilat maybe bub its all nonsense to go through life toiling and sweating unless you havo to and luckily ira not one of tho poo pis who have to herbert was inclined to tluuk this bis unlucky day tho dean was unreasonable and disagreeable gladys was unreason ablo and disagreeable and when lie reach ed the fralemitv bouse after a rather un satis game be found a letter from his uncle john mao donald which was mare disagreeable sull herbert read ib aloud to soma of the young moo lounging od the porch of the fraternity house as thay waited for dinner ind though be laughed as ha finished his listeners looked grave s if you want my opinion bert said george dwsunry you ii got a tutor and set to work to make up for lost uaae i boliovo yoor uncle means business vea that part about net tnteedlnt to waa to his money bounds very pointed agreed young stewart herbert folded the letter and smilingly returned it to its envelope oh its a case of indigestion ho said carelessly uacls use doesnt allogother approve of me but he worships the ground i walk on hes no more likely to cut me off with a shilling than i am to graduate at the head be la incorribly worthleea herbert wrote a rather humorous ac count of the affair to uncle mao hs sug rested that be would enjoy a fishing trip of or six weeks and promised in case uncle mao approved to send htm a box of trout ho spent the interval while he waited for his ancles answer in trying to appease gladys talb who was vary cross ndeod and expressed herself regarding his conduct with uncomplimentary plain tan uocje mae did not keep herbert waiting long the answer to his letter wsa very much to tho point he had been warned uncle mao reminded him not once bat frequently and ha had persisted in follow lug the course thai he had chosen i will pay your bills op to the present date wrote unols mao grimly provided they sent me within a week and i ta sending yon a hundred dollara that is the last penny you may expect from me if hsrberb had been sensible he would have looked far employment at once but instead ho took up his quarters at the hotel and wrote voluminous letters to his uncle to perauado him to change fa bound there answer to any of these letters and after a week they began to bo returned to him unopened then herbert took what ras left of his hundred dollars and went to his uncles rm for an interview bub one look into the old mans eyes assured him ho was waiting his time im through with you uncle mao told him speaking with bloodless lips its ikrliff to appeal to my it i because im fod of yoa that i wash my hands of you at present you aro worth less theres a bare possibility that throw ing you en your own resources will make a man of yon thats what im going to try- even then herbert was far from appro- good menr rbhtiknw pure clear and refreshing aa tho ooming of a long lost friend brewed in tho clouds of heaven and eervod from the hand of 1 rovidooco in winter ib wraps tho earth in its frozen fragmoots and in sum tnor it dips with daw tho violet path at the a t- tlng of the sun its tranalnooot oilscts paint tho rain bow of hope for humanity without it man would wither tho world would crumble and then you ask me to substitute for this groat est gift a liquid poison that robs mo of my best ac uities fools me into making a fool of myself aud uu file mo generally net in a thousand years 1 i am not smart enough to drink any tiling but water i uko you beys and i wiah i might remain but i cant join you so good night gentlemen 1 iii see you early at the shop in the morolog elating his situation he walked away from his uncles presence irritated and disappointed but by no means apprehen aiva ib was a bore to have to go to work that he would have difficulty in securing work novor entered his head he went to the nearest large city took a room at the hotel where be had always stayed and est out to interview the bus sees boo sea and after two days of it he began to realise that he was aiming too high his personality generally eooured him a bearing bub a little questioning revealed that he know absolutely nothing of business or business mstheds and he was dismissed with a vague promise to let him know if anything turned up ha gave up his room at the hotel and secured a cheap lodging puoa as day after day went by his confidence dwindled he be gan to apply for poaiuoua with an air of expecting to be refused an teal want at length mads him desper ate he got a position at a restaurant and earned a small wage in addition to his food bab in the beginning of the second week he was dismissed he wandered down to tho docks and got a plane as s roustabout this work was hardar than the other but be liked it better for some reason ib ftsmwl more compatible with self respect ttio blisters on his palms were booomlng oalouses when one day he was called on to move some trunks for a party that had just come in on a boat from the north no not that black trunk said a girl a voice checking him the steamer trunk mark ed g t in spite of himself be looked up and could not turn away quickly enough for a moment gladys stood staring then she walked over to the roughly dad figure and held out her h im glad to aso you bert the said were going to be at tho continental for a fsw days oent yon come up this even ing r herbert looked at tho outstretched hand but did not touch ib i cant shako hands with yon ho said quietly em a day laborer and i cant call on you at your hotel its oat of the ques well see about that undo edgar wobk and play heme folks think born are buy v and do nothing oue bub play mother can tell thorn different i help bar every day i dehor errands bring in wood f aa nitnblo as a mouse and only seven yoars old last month 1 miiandy round tho house i aud tharo smy door eld ttover iolks call him lasy too bub i dont call the old chap so whatever others do yon need nob think from what io si that i dont loo to puy ilovsr and i find lots of time for work sod play each day cried gladys turning and appealing to her aotoniahed relative pleaqo oomo hero and make herbert boa well behave himself between gladys and the iuisteub bead of the latin department herberts oppoai uon yielded hs presented himself at the continental hotel that evening dressed like any young oollogiau with the bands of a dock laborer and iu the interview that followed though gladys was prosona she took vary little part- professor tait and herbert consumed the time discussing ways and meana- th trouble is that i doot know shy thing not really know it explained herbert im a wretched speller at college wo thooghb that something of a joke i write a poor hand i cant run a ty x dont know anything about bookkeeping and business arithmetic there aro plasty of jobs for flb men but theres none for ma oocowhen gladys protested oh thats a nh herbert turned upon her sharply thats whore you are wrong he said pra getting exactly what waa coming tc i was told what tho consoquenoos would be you warned me yourself the last thing i doeerve is anybodys pity prof tait made bis stay ln the city longer than he had planned to see what be could do iu behalf of his n locos friend and before be left herbert was located in a little mercantile estahllshmenb where if the pay was small the work waa not acting and gave him an opportunity jof attending- night school a after a very itrennous year herbert was ready to make a start lo the work which appealed to him though at the bottom of the ladder twenty yeabs ago prom tho iasno or tho froo press or thursday nov 4th 18071 acton boiler mills coatlnuo to be bury mr clark shipped a car of his popular flour to glasgow this weok hoove nlcklln presided at a meeting in too town hall last ovoning to consider the establishment of a pablio library hero tho klondike fever has reached acton it is reported that four of our cluxons aro arranging their aflalra with the intention of leaving for the gold fields in the spring ab the sons of scotland concert last frl- day night among tho selections which el most convulsed the audience were the iflying mschlno and a happy homo as rendered by mr harry bennett while working in tho bush one day about a week ago mr james e- bnyder picked ripe wild raspberries bank robberies have been numerous late ly last week a vault at tooswattr was blown open and oomo 32000 eoeuredu this weok tho private bank of k 0 bex- tor of burlington was robbed htju0b she in london saturday journalr bo many mon nowadays marry for rnoney you wouldnt marry 01s for money would you dearest 1 ho absently no darting i wouldnt marry you for all tho money to tho world she oh you horrid herrld wretch mrs stubblns do yon uko codfish balls mr ffoxt the nsw ledger 1 donb know mri stubbina i nover attended any what he said a parson to a httfo oountry village aon bis manofob work one sunday morning to the butcher whoso namo waa david to in quiro as to tho nondnlivery of some meat which ought to bare arrived the previoai evening wheo tho lad returned bis master had gone on to church so ho wont to tho sacred edifice too just asjho arrived tho parson was givimj out tho following text 1 i whabdid david sayr great was his surprise and also of tho uncle mao la still living and ho has kept 000 uoa 1 tho reply esms from tho lad his word in his last lotter to herbert the check for a hundred dollars waa tho last penny his nophew has ever received from him bub onco to gladys tait code mao acknowledged that ho bad never done 00 hard a thing fn his life as to stick to that resolution i couldnt have done lb if i hadnt loved tho boy 00 much be said it takes lota of love soma times to let people most tho censwqusneos of their wrongdoiug he said that bo wont let yoa havo tho moat until you havo paid for tho las 1st money is a splendid substitute for brains in some cases start a tra about your neighbour and watch it grow many a mans shoulders aro nob as broad as thoy ere padde hy does granada raise by selling honds oney onds arc issued payable in ten or twenty years as the case may be it means that repayment of the money will be spread over ten or twenty years instead of being raised by taxation to meet current expenditures to raise by taxation all the money as fast as it is needed to carry on canadas share in winning the war would be an unbearable burden upon the people it would mean that more than a million dollars a day would have to be raibcd right now but to nuu money by sell canadaa victory bonus means that those of the next generation who will benefit by the baenfices this generation is making 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