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1v mr jtbwt 031933 the acton frtyb press v pa0e i fejpfc jfet gjgi yt j umm4imf fc bos your old man samuel a derieux dttgbuv to shore old andy was lying in the bottom tired out and almost dead with the chllt my lather drove the boat high up on shore andfoot out and shook ha with me on second h ot staples whistled and threw the letter he had just received to his roommate trowbridge there a bit of news he said 1my bjd mans coming to pay me a visit i vlslta ere often embarrassing said trowbridge there are a lot of lellows here whod be just as pleased if l ihebjtatbers never came icirv my old mans all right said stifles quickly thes very atten- tlye td the style the boy flushed but hee no rube either only we ought e-tfhanges- bed dead tired when i went to my room i lay awake for an hour listening v- he- pointed to a picture oh the wall jlossle must come- down and we fan shake up te way our reading matter is arranged- put the sunday school quar- terry on top of the pile or what about la di to the wlnli and rain and boiling over with good resolutions then i dreamed i was- ma submarine and the water was bubbling all around me i woke up and heard the worst storm- 1 ever remember roaring outside and sure enough the spray was dashing thniughxhlnks in the old window frame i heard father and mother stumping around- i got upit wasnt cold and lighted my lamp i slipped on my clothes and went to their room father stables and trowbridge were ffesh- inen rats as the upper classmen cau- ed them i- is your old man pretty straltrlaced asked trowbridge i sojne people would say so hes been jiving in the sticks ail his life j my old man grinned his room mate looking across the room at sam clark 3lark was the idol of the college the allamerican tackle- although a senior he had iionored these rats with a visit for trowbridge had ahown good iorhv in a class football game clark was a powerful fellow with a bronzed face and crisp yellow hair you seem to be asking my opinion lie said well i think a cheap phrase flute sos my old man is a pretty dan gerous thing to say i used to- call my own lather old man but i quit short off i was like you i used to fake little accounts ofmoney spent on sunday- it-was- amuepstiilrtothe g w had a lantern in his room and mother was pulling his collar snug around his neck vhlskers help on a night like this he said with a wink at me he- was afraid he said that the water would rise over the point where hehad driven tne cattle ana unac tney couidnc get out oh account of the barbed- wire fence j of course i went with him it was an inkyblack night a roaring slashing beating night that blew you off your feet the wind dazed me seemed to blow my wits away and all i could do was to keep my eyes on fathers lantern a little circle of swinging brightness in the- vast black night now and then we heard a pine go down twice we had to climb over fallen trees in the road but father just chug ged right along at a gait which made me blow like a bellows morning had come when we reached the edge of the swamp the wildest ugliest- morning i ever saw we could see ahead down the little slope that led tonthe swamp the leadcolored water with tree trunks tossing about in it the river was two miles out of its banks 1 thought he said tm sorry i couldnt let you go sasu hard oh you if i hadnt como hack- then he staggered and we laid him down by the are and rubbed him and he was soon well enough to drive home in major barkers car but be wouldnt start lint 11 we had taken old andy to his cabin and made him comfortable father has never been strong since then his heart and all his muscles were too badly strained you notice i dont buy many new clothes and billiards and flowers never get a cent out of me all my- spare cash goes to him you notice too that i dont speak of my ow man hes my father and if i turn out to be as good as he is well til be a man the man ik boy haveyou ever wondered what is meant by the saying the boy is father of the man here are ai few very short stojfles parian balm alluring provocative and charming fragrant and refreshing as a cool breeze in summer delightful to use creates complexions of surpass lng loveliness makes the skin velvety soft in tfifture soothesahddispelsall irritatloiis caused by weather conditions softens and whitens the hands persian balm is a peerless toilet requisite for women who care for charm and dis tinction use it for hands and face which may help you to understand the sayhig and to seejow true it often is a swedish boy fen out of a window and was badly hurt but with clenched teeth he kept bade the cry of pain the king who saw him fall said that such a boy would make a useful man in any time of danger and so he did for he became a famous funeral a boy who lived among the mountains in the north of italy used to crush flowers to get the color out of their petals and with this paint he painted the white wall of his fathers house with all sorts of pictures he was the great artist titian r an old painter used to- watch a little fellow who amused himself making drawings on his paintpots his easel his stool and anything else he could find to draw on the painter said that boy will beat me one day and so he did for the was the famous sculptor and painter michael angelo a little scottish boy whose parents weretkorr1iad-tor-leaveclioolandwork- ln a factory he did not give up his dream of doing some great work in the world he carried hls book in his pocket and spent every spare minute in study he saved ids mdnejs- to take behoot3jartiewa1rflnua a girls picture off the ateathb nwitnaiatr rfarhe7gav me a g there panting he was soaked his old black coat looked like silk his whiskers were tripping and the water was run ning in streams off his broadbrimmed hat he seemed to be sizing me up and asking himself i wonder if son of mine is ajnan iwe didnt wait long there was a cabin not far off and a negro woman came running toward us waving and yelling she told us that her father old andy he helped my father had gone into the swamp the afternoon before and hadnt came back again he was try- was sure he was drowned and then in the next -breath- she screamed save him oh slbve him mr clark i there a boat shouted father io wmitl took lore- itob l dont feel the same way about bim any more he swung his feet down to the floor and sat up straight in the chair his big square jaw seemed to stand out more than it had if you two chaps would like to know why i suffered a change of heart here goes it happened on a visit home at christinas time said clark and my ihome is little better than a cabin in the pines on the- edge of the santee swamp there was a time when i tried to fly high and keep that fact hid but because a mans a fool onrf is no reason why he should be a fool all the time father was at the station to meet me n a ratty buggy pulled by a mule he warotldressed any too iwell his whls- kers werent trimmed after the latest and hed forgotten to put on a cravat and scarf piii but his eyes were beam- tag welcome you couldnt see the rest of his face for his whiskers but mother she was standing on the porch and youd have thought that an angel was coming you know how t is day kid brother looked at me as if i were the greatest man in the world and even tteoundsejemed to tuck in his tail in the presence of so much majesty- i never bad anything that tasted so good as supper that night but i guess i hadnt realized before how plain things were at home you see i had travelled ri0ru joiflsir yate and stayed in the vfaldorfastoria the night after the igame aidihad been in other hand sbme dmlngrooms back- home our room isnt finished in mahogany and tgold leaf rthat rdghtr they gave me the company room with grandmas- crazy quilt on the bed and they- didnt- call me till breakfast was ready mothers jonr cook and fathers her asslstanthe brings in the wood stirs the hominy cuts the side meat and gets hi the way after breakfast i walked about the lot with him it was cloudy with low- flying mist tpather kept casting an eye at the sky and he asked me if it iad been raining where i came from j i noticed that the chicken yard was deserted when i had left home they had two hundred chickens now there were only- a few aged hens and a dilapld ated rooster where are- the chickens i asked sold he said had to and he looked at me embarrassed i knewj what that meant those chick ens had gone for money i had spent on billiards and flowers fellows my con- jjolence tackled me right there and threw me harder than i ever was thrown be- lore it was the same way everywhere a beifer was gone there were only two hogs in the pen and only one bale of cotton in the shed the rest had been sold as soon as it had been picked father explained all these things as if he had to give account- to me i didnt have such a keen appetite for dinner that afternoon it set in raining hard and sometime when i wasnt looking father slipped away i found out from mother that he had taken the job of takmg care of major barkers cattle in the swamp father was paid twelve dbl- lars a month mother sajld i remember bow proudly she said it twelve dol lars a month and thats a great help jdasnuel it was nearly dark when he came in he said br was punning ided hs head as if it were all right so window and verandah flower boxes flower boxes whether displayed at a window sill or on a verandah add charm to a home during the whole summer geranium plants that have brightened the home during the winter and have not grown too tall make suitable plant ing material nd if to these are added the brightleaved coleus and- some vines even nasturtiums will if kept moist make a fine effect all summer long annual plants but especially the petunia are very suitable for flowerboxes bed ding varieties of which the rosy morn a delicate beautiful pink is a good ex ample provide a charming effect throughout the season a mixture of purple and white is pleasing and these colors are usually available at the grow ers at this season of the year miniature zinnias as well as the dwarf do manitoba farm statistics according to the preliminary estimates of the dominion bureau of statistics manitoba has increased her holdings of all lines of live stock with- tlib uueyitazr of horses f the number of horses in manitoba in 1931 estimated at 342700 as compared with 359900 in 1930 cattle hove increased from 735500 to 762800 sheep- have increased tirom 223- 400 to 229800 hogs from 271600 to 434400 poultry had an increase of 54000 to 5088000 and ducks geese and jarkeys ail showed increases as well the estimated turkeiy population for 1031 was 521000 i there was an increase in production of some 200000 dozeneggs an increase of over 5000000 pounds of butter all the field cropsj figures were defin itely down however wheat bushelage is estimated at 27000000 bushels compared to 4578000 bushels last year oats 26- 000000 compared to 50q00000 last year barley 15400000 compared to almost 50000000 last year bye dropped to 650000 from 2000000 bushels last year flax product los3as estimated at 620000 busheiscoiapatea to i086ooo lastyeatrr economical and good every package guaranteed give tema blanket hlratotheunivexsltydurlngthewintetv whiofahi pych marifpmi an- very suitable win- stktol wett to get a talncoat 1 bad one that bad ioosvme twanty dollars father said that he feareeva freshet and baddriven the gljj cattle near the gate after supper he djdnt have much to say and went to she told us that there was a dugout a little way off it was tied to a tree in the creek father turned to me sam said he i must save that old andy hes likely to be oh the high ground at english point the water will cover that before night im going after him you let the cattle out not much i cried til go with you j sam he said sternly dont be a fool three cant come back in the dug out then 111 go- you stay here tni thought to jbe a big strong chap good enough to play football- and put the shot i tried to brush past my father he caught my shoulder and his angers feit like a steel trap itisnt jjoysworjotday he said with a frown but it wasnt the strength in his thaiid that stopped jne it was the authority i saw in his eye it bored into me it made me feel like a kid then he turned and left me staring at bim i waaparalyibdannifthow i stood there and watched him wade out to that crazy- little boat and get into it and start poling away across the current into the trees beyond i remember dashing- after him when it was too late the current sucked and- tore at me and i had all i could do to get backto the bank i remembered the cattle and ran and turned them loosetbey went streaming up toward higher country with their tails straight up in the air i sent a boy to tell mother that we wouldnt be home till night then i sat down to wait some negroes made a fire after a while on the bank and all day long i- sat there watching the tossing water rise higher it was the longest day i ever spent logs went drifting by and dead cattle and horses and once the body of a man he was floating face down and turning over now and thfti a young man what chance had my father against such a flood i had a vision of nim dead in that raging torrent of water how could i ever forgive myself how could i ever hold up my head again 1 saw myself crawling through life sain clark oncea football player once a social favorite the fcowardlysam clark wh6 had stood aside and let his father drown hadnt i let my father go bravely out to save old andy while i stood like a coward on the bank it wasnt trfle i had tried to go bui who would ever believe it would i believe it myself i got up and walked up and down digging my nails into my palms until they bled the sun sud- dentysborinjough the clouds lto stain- ed the water blood red then there was a hoarse cheer behind me and a piercing scream of joy from otd andys daughter my father was bx sight poling the dow box plants particularly for a sunny position where- they keepiipa steady- yield of bright bloom for a drapery sweet alyssum or the trailing lobelia answerwell nasturtiums alone are par ticularly suitable using the dwarf bed ding varieties for the main plants and the climbing kinds to drop over the box in front it should be remembered how ever that nasturtiums bloom best in poor soil provided it is kept moist and has- a sunny exposure for good results with flower box plants except nasturtiums the soil should be made quite rich because the plants have to get their necessary food during a long season fflom a comparatively sntair amount of soil an inch or so of rotted manure laid in the bottom of the box will not only help the drainage but will nourish the roots of the plants during the summer ordinarj garden soilt if well enriched is quite satisfactory it should be made fine by sifting and with it incorporate a fair amount of well- ratted fertilizer when planting the box should be about onethird filled with the enriched soil thetplanting should begin by set ting in the taller plants at the back es tablishing each by adding the soil and pressing it firmly i front of and be- fweenqie larger plants other plants should be set across the box and so dis tributed as to give a uniform appearance the planting of the vines should be left to the last a planting or two of the old- dusty miller gives a fine contrast particularly among the bright- leaved coleus after the plants have all been set the spaces- between should be careftujyfllled with soflflrmjy packed leaving about onehalf an inch of space above the sou for watering one who can make a success with house plants seldom falls in oaring for the flower boxes which require careful attention to waterin particularly if i although he had to come back and work in the factory all summer he was david livingstone the great african missionary and explorer now you begin to see how the boy can be the father of the man every boy has in him the beginnings of the man he is to becomje and the kind of boy he is now tells us the kind of man he will be boys cannot all become great men but they can an become good men if they care to db so and how can they do this simply by attending to their habits they must get rid of their bad habits and try to learn good and useful ones and they must do so while they are young a man was complaining of the lack of warmth in the boardinghouse tn in the daytime it is bad enough he said but at night i frequently wake up and hear my teeth chattering on the dressing table j cadesky optometrist will vierr acton on mondaryjuly4thr anyone suffering from eyestrain defective vision or headache should not miss the opportunity of consulting this eyesight specialist app may b made with mr a t brown druggist consultation free office honm 9 a m tin 4 p m ii il a wilful falsehood is a cripple not able to stand by itself without another to support it it is easy to tell a lie but-hard-mio- tellonlyoneite fullerr- ere s even a difference in the fry way of example a sunny position not only do the plant3 themselves take up much moisture but he evaporation from the soil is rapid particularly during warm days- the condition of the soil is the best guide as to the frequency and amount of water to be used rather than add a small amount frequently the watering should be thorough whenever it is done and then delayed until good judgment in dicates a further supply flower boxes setout by the middle of june should very soon reach a luxuriant condition and continue to improve as the season advances flower boxes have been recommendted by dr w t macoun dcmilrdoa hor ticulturist as an effective feature in city beautlflcatlon they are to be very generally used in the city of ottawa this year as a special feature of beautlfactlon for the imperial economic conference t kellogqs corn flakes havo such a delicious aroma that youd be sure to choose them if you compared them with invest in books you can own much and possess noth ing many a pauper with the indefin able quality of taste is far 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