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mummmmtmmiitm iWWWu. .iiwil iMmmmmmmmH^tmi''taiirmm>tt»i i fiii {._ if tl. \ikt H i m -BT-n THE FATE^F AZUMA; Or, The South African Millionaire. CHAPT»:R IV.HContinued). **Ray 1 bhall \te down in a luoment." VoT one intilant nx fhf hearU the de- •H-iidlng »t*<.t« of tlie groom of the <ham- ixT*. who ult hough hfi ritrt'ly condcweiid- ed to rliinb to the uHond floor, hud done •o thiii afternoon hiuI refrained from <«l)^nK Mademoiselle Lotii^e, the maid, betaiiKe he felt thai eomething of import â- wa* Ml the air in keeping with the hour and the drawn hlinde, with the fcilenoe of the liiK hmwe. >he felt an if her heart had • toijped beating, utt if her head were eud- defily -wh*H'hng round and r(iuri<!. Then •he opened thf door and went doviii the biR etairrane, whirh invited, nay ineist- i>d. on dignity in the uning of it. He wa« staiidng in the doorw.ty of the dranii>K-r»om with hin arrnu hehiiid him. looking for her <*oii]iiig. How would it be half an hour hence? He toAk her two handt> ill hii^ ae fche rfaehed the landing and drew her into the room and ki^<Hl her. "1 may. mavn't I.'' he eaid. and there wae the joyoiif^neeM of a foriainty in hl8 »«i< e. the lertainly of being loved, ae he loved, which bridgeii over every <'onveii- tlonality. even in Piccadilly, aiui hif word*,, h;M voice, hid li.'tvinc kiN^ed her. filled her with pain, and a liurrible feel* inK of imiHitence to carry out her la«<k nrae the thought which pierced, why had t-he not frpared him. and eparetl htr^^elf by reooil, rather than by coiifetHion? Men. v^rhapti b«<.au»e fewer things touch them, or ho'Oiuie their upbringing placets thein In clu*er contact with reality iwhile women often eoncoct emotion in order to cull experieiu-e). feel more pt-fong- ly, when they do feel, than women do. and to Sir Hubert Ore>hajii this «eemed the movt awful thing he had ever hetrd. while, without being aware of it, he was telling himeelf that when thio sort of thing haifti)eni><l the woman ehould go away fiomewhere. not be eeen agciln, or labeKeil. What he wa« alno -.elling him- «elf. iincontK-iou<ily. wa« that the horror had for the moment Kwaiuped the grief at Ikiri own lo«^. It no longer eeemed a lom. Rince it waj uo longer a utwirable poweiibion. .Never once did the thought of marrying her in derpite of it come to him-not once. And as she told him. the horror of il seemed to strike her for the firia t'me. the nuufeatiiig character of it. Aw she told him, she |ie4-med to eee it all again, the big country house, the moon gleaming through the window curtain*, to hear the creak of the aiitient board« ill the corridor, the footfall nearing the door, to feel again the beating of her After all. why should I?' ehe *aid to t "'"rf. the strange numbing of her body. J.erself. If you don't, if you don 1." roid I "'"l ' emotiOnu and dcires awoke which another voic-e. which had no time to tell "i;"""! ''ke the completion of some novel everyihiug that would h.ippcn. bwause â-ºhe had read, with an awful, yet irrevoc- joy and pain, remorre and terror, hone | f''!" climax, and then ... the months in and dilfidence were to m-ngUsl that â-ºhe I':"-ib, where she had gone to study art, ♦ ould not hear what it -aid Bui phe "icy eaid. and then .. .the return, ap- knew It was threatenmB, and Ihat 6om»- 1 l^jr^iUy •' «"â- 'â- .**[. ''l'!,h„'.ll''., /'i'.'.''";,"! thing within insiwlcd on her telling, be- " " "* 4-anee of the mini who hto.td there. .\ny othir mail it would not have niallered «< iniicli, hut her roihI angel w.i.h t-luse tO' day. her gofwl angel and lov€- were friendu and in the face of hapiiiiieri!, she grew .Sugai â-ºÂ»Â»M CAMt Jl/O*" -^^ THE CHOICEST SUGAR No choicer or purer sugar can be produced than St. Lawrence Granulated White Pure Cane Sugar. '' Made from choice selected cane â- u^er. by the most modern and perfect niachiner>', it is now offered ia three different tireil of (rainâ€" each one the cboiceit quality. St. Lawrence Sultar ia packed in 100 lb.. 25 lb. and 20 lb. aealed ba|f, and alao in 5 lb. and 2 lb. canons, •nd may he had at ell firit claia dealera. Buy it by (he bag. ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REHNERIES UHITED. MONTREAL. "Well. I don't nee what el<ie you arc go- ing to do," fiaid her mother, taking a beautiful wrap of black lace from the groom's hnndfl. La<ly Judith followed her mother into the garden with the uwecteet winile on her Iip«. This, the told hemelf grimly, nun ).er Brst appearance in pub- lic ill her new role. iTo be continued.) I «trong. "Yon knowr. don t you. that 1 loTe you, that 1 w«nt you to marry me.' Oh, .In- dith . . ." He danped her haiidM in hii till he almost hurl her, and hif Ktrong, true, hooevt young love w .is shining in his e.ves so that it dazzled hers. Yet the sheer force of love seemed for the moment to di!ii<ipate every emotion in both of them that wae not nohle; he wou!d not let pastf>ion have anything to do with his love for Judith, and Hhe. it •eemed l<> her that s.icriflce of i elf at thin niomeni wux the only thing that could raice her to his level. Kill' l4')oke<l into hie e.veB and tried to read there what he would say a few ino' i**ent« hence. "You do not lore me, Huiiert?' Her wonU were ac good ae* a coiieent. and he took the iiitensiiy of her search- ing look to be the result of her em«>i:uii, although he had picturt-d a dillerent aeene, in which she laid her head <,n hiB breast, and nestling up to him, whisper- ed, with girlish timidity the wo.-dti he wunird to hear. We all, in our imagination, take our 4'.ue from things we have read, aiul he had read somewhere about a girl who liad liid her head in a man'e waist4-out, and whispered. "I love you." no tluit he had to «toop to catch the word;-*. Instead her eyc« M-emett drawn to his u« if by magnetism. â- Do If What do you think?" "Would you "I ill care even If even if 'lomeone told you something about me l" ife did not tell her that neveral people had told him things. of her. adviveil him to be i-areful. hinted at her being fast. But he had not cared. He had always he(-ii re<-kle^ and daring, hut it ha<l been <orifidonce in himself, not rwklfs;-- • nevf. which ha<l made him spiiri^ all tlicse f.uggea*t ioii^, (-onfldciM's in his <iwii Judgment of u wnnian's 4-baracter. didn't hi-lieve that Judith was fast, more rttini in the way thut all her und liis for the inalicr of that, went the liHce. He wiiiildnt have <-are<l to Liarry a woman who wanii't iitiite up to date, fcut he didn't believe that she w.u fast, not ill the ^ense of iniinor.il. and he h(i<l out down all that had been h.iid to Jeal- ou>iy, jealoii'.y of the men wfio didn't want Jiim to marry the pii-ttiet't ivoinaii in Lfondon, jealoii-'y of the wi.nien Iie4-aiise of her beauty. He rcnieinbered that al- •wj.ys he had Ijeen IrirndH with u girl «M»meoiie had .laid something. "1 should Ijke to know who <-oiild anything of you to me." Hhe gaM' an odd smile. .No one <oiild tell you anything won* than I am going to tell you inyHelf " Hhe eat down on one sidf of the table. and he knelt, with one knew on a chair, 4>n the other Hetween them rove a huge aspergiie, hideous uf design, hut very valu- •^}le, belmc fiishiunod by Boviero. full of To«es. 'I won't he.ir il. I haven't told you yet. I wuiil you to marry me. Judith.' and you haven t actually said yes.' nut ]ti thi words I mean." "I 4*an'f. Hubert. iiii1i-<.h you hear me." Nijw liiiddenly she rtislieil into it all. hardly knowing that she was telling liim. what she wa^ i-aying. tearing her liappi- iiefai into «hredif, us one ripe u pifM-e of HtutT in two, only the tear ni.ide ,;o noi'-e. un the contrary the eileii<-o held in it Hooneiliing awful. Was it only the anp- LaU thi)t deadened the soimU of the traf- "nc < iilside. or iiad all tralTic sloppcil' The i.ervant'i were they all deail, thai none <-«me or went.' And Lady <Jlauc*nirt. miitf t-he Htill as1e(4p? No boll downstairc*. no telegruiili boy, no !.hoi> wagon leaving a purchase at the ^loor. no «ry of new - paper boyn. only at the b.i<-k the chirn ot iq)arr4,\v.4. 'rh44 r4XMn given 4)ver t4) sfiud- ow hy the drawn blinds, by the awnings «ulsi4le. given over to a go'den. hazy •htiflow. like the nosel rich background'' of aiituiiK^ |»i4-tnrei', and the flies on the ceiling sc4'Iii(m1 ijtalioiinry a-i if they lis- tenc4l, )i4>r own heart beating seeme<l to puin of luielci'i^. vain niotlierhiHid in her i heaii. and the empty arms which 4lared | not c!«tttP the ri-iiudiated guerdon of her pain. How ghastly it all seenie<l to-day. Then, the event had seemed t4) preclude some of the seiiisibiiily. Now to-<lay. nothing re- mained but its sickening echo, which seemed to call mwkingly fr4)m jungles thick with poisoned weed, where the sun never pet)errat4d. Once he uttered almix-t uncons<-iously: "But it was not your fault, you cjouldn't help it . . ." Aud hope retiirnetl again, fleeting, evan- e.icent. like the Min in March, leaving a I de«id «y>ld shadow behind. Once he ground hie teeth, and muttered: "The brute - the I hiw cur ..." ' Then, at the end of her recital he stood up and came to her, and laid hi* hand (Ui her sbout4ler. "Y'ou don't know how iMH-ry I aiu for you. " And hy his very voice, she knew that all was over, and she sat there with her fa4e in her two hands and nio4ined. }n the face of hiH unready spee<h, his want of Impulee. It seemed futile to plead, to ex- plain even, any further. "And you know that no one -no one will ever hear it from n.e never. It was good of you to tell me I know- what it must havo cost yon. Iiut . . . hut . . . some day thingn will look brighter. " How woefully lame everything he uaid. sound- ed, and he w<inted to say eo mu<'li; that, he didn't ri'ally blaini- lier. that it was nut her fault and that xln' inuht try and forget. Y'et be4'ause the words W4>uld no*. ' <onic. bcN-ausu the large beautiful room: which made the r.ght setting to the wo-; man. seemed to euno4'aIe him, be said i only: ! 1 urn sure that y4)u want to be tiiiiet now. to lie down and rest, and try and forget nil about It. I'll go now. ainl ;hen if you want nn; at any nine, send fur me: you know 1 will always be your frieiKl. dtin'i yon':*' And I,a4ly Judith rose. The new expres- sion on her la<c he ci iild not read, the i'j'p j despa i r imiirinted there by the- eudden not' 'ealization tlnit this, wiin ilu> beginning «i>t ' "' 'elriliiilion. .Vll thai In- x.uNI iioi read, because for wnks pa. i lie had been read- ing something el.io. and he could not un- ilerstarul i he lU'w hii-roglyphii-s. "Yew. p4-rliaiir. 1 had better lie down now a lilili-. ' .She eiuilcil. ulinoel laughed, and he womh-ed how elie could! She held out her liaiid ll<> held it lor one iiiu nieiit. t Ik'ii he drojiped it. In 41 not her iiioiiiiiit he had gone. She heard IiIh i:iep aiross the tcsnelated hall, r-lie heiird the footman, who alway.s sat there, opi-ii the door, and she heard il lain ag.iiit. She had one ini|iuls4'i to rush to the wiiulow to. see tin- last of liini. as he »4ilk<'4l iiast in that breezy nay of hit'. with hi» coal-tails flying like wing^. bear- ing him onward to triuniiihs untold. But ehe 4'oiildn't. She hail turiusl to stone in- wardly outwardly. The terrible drama was over, and it seeme4l a tame eiuliiig that she ehoiiUI walk a4'roeu tlie rtx^in and mount the iil4>irs again, ae if she Iia4l only been entertaining a calliv. But there wub a le».. tami' ending than even shi* eiiu- pi-<:tcd. When the door slaniiniHt on Sir Hubert flresham. it 4-losed 4ni another, a. new am" say I I ""^ licat in her e:irs. and tli ,_ > heavily, li-aning fonvar4l now, his two hands <'Iut4'hing the table, while he si ill knelt in the arm'4'li4iir, Irs eyeH hH>kiiig ^ u>way 'fi'cni lier to one of the voiled wln- d4)WH, he.-au^e he could not 'bear to meet her ey4s. 'because of the ehaine lie would m<M^t \n hers, because of the horror she would reH4l In his. And between thiin. murniure4l like an evil iii4-:int ation. 4>4MiJuririg up wi4-ke<l «ision.s, th4- story, the foul ulory of a briilised lily, a sullied noiil. a virgin soiled. .Never ha<' anything like this Iwii told him. not liy a woir4iii of herself, never in |ii4'h surrounding <. beiii':itli the gazi' of men .ind women and i'hil<lren deiiialed by â-  nlilime painters, with the iierfutue ot fl4)wcrs waffling a<!i<isH a room hung with rliketi panels over carp4'ts soft as wimmI- aiid muss luul Buhl aiul .Slieiali ii anil IBwelled tahli-s. on \vhi<'h ripoicd knuk- :n4ieks. e:icli one of wliiiti reprisoiifcd a rmall fortune. Not from the lipn of a woman tis fair us this woman. Why had eho allowc<l il t<i come to lliii-. more awlul Ijady Judith, a l.ady .liidiih with a 4hyid soul within her. CIIATI'KH V. He did come. 4lidn I he:' " It was not till thi-y were seateil in their vi4'toriu. one of those high b.ickisl ones which were, by the bye. iiiveiit4'4l and made the failiion (like so many other lliiii^.< which re-ioiM-table und even very religiour, woiiien militate), by a '4-(H'o(th" in Paris, thai Ij;idy (itaiicoiiil put the <|iiestioii which her lips were biiriiiiig 'o <isk liiidy JiKlitli. Kxc(^pt for a slight pal- lor, that could have been atlri'liuted to the heat of the day. which, not w it lislaiid- iiig the hour, seemed to have 4'oii4-eiilrated in duKty haze ol glai'|> on the coiislanlly Jnipi'decl trafl'ic of l'i<-4 adilly, there were no IriM'ei-' of the half hour of inenial and ohiKist physical agony Jiidilli ha<l siieiit ill I lu^ 4lrawiiig-rooiii, anil ehe was lonkiiig iiway into the str<*el with an almost ii|. man broathing i rolent hxhk, as if sin* (iiicelioned the nglil of great n.igoiis to iilop Iheni at every! turn, and <'riti4-ized the poli4-enieii, anil | the lloaril of Agi-i4'iill nre, or nli.iievei i g<.'Verntiieiit depai'linent looks after the' t|-ulTi4-. f'o:- I'iiiglaiul ie |)(s-uliar in that the ifaiiie of its 4le|iiu'tiiieiit has rarely anylhiiig to 4I0 with ite <K'cupalion. ()ii» would never 'he surpriseil to near that it was the biitiineea of the Home Secretary to attend to Foreign niiesinns. and the ex palrinti4>n of emigrants, or <,f the tt'.ir .Minister tf) inspei-t c-i-hool Inniks aiul (ilinshoUMcs. Anil Lady (lliiiK-onrt, as sin* ! llsklMl the iiueslioil looki'd :l. little 411111- dently at her profile. The lovelineis of il I had lati'ly 4ea8ed to have lis miii'li I'llwt | till her mother, as itti expression of feel- ing. 'i'lie -e n :is lint much love lost between niotliei- and daiiKliIf-r. On one side Ihi'i'e was Ih4> eiiiso of having fiulml, for l/iuiy tJiaui-oiirt w<id mii4-li more norUIIy I hail she intended to be: :iii<l on the olher, a iniisi' of waul of a|>pri-oiiitioii of the rcaill- ii'ts Willi which the luul roHiioiidcil to ,j:?RENl!!UE'S ALWAYS GROW ifc-THt BESTJ-IMJHE L4NP. W m^'W^m- 1 E t & L 1 M IT E^iP i|l]j|^t''Moiilit-ar,'^''VViimlp.-!; Viiin;()iivc-f'. ' '^'''*"-''.';' ' her mothers neglct't. And between them the impenetrable veil of the terrible se- cret which could only have been pierced by OIK* of those 4'oniplete eiirreiiders of emotion on both bidt-s, which both weio far loo well-bred to give way t4>. On the one vide there ehould have been anguiuh- ed reinome, aii<l on thi other despairing shame, but there was neither. Lady Olaucourt ha4l suspected, hut > he had never known for certain. Only she had agreed to allow her daughter to go and â-ºtudy art in Pariu, much to every- one"* surprise. But since she allowed her to go, it was characteristic of Ltidy Olaucourt that she saw to il that the efiisode paetied off with a 4"rtaiii de<-orum. Judith had been U4' coinpanie4l by exactly the right sort of perFoii, and the story had never traie wpired. Wlivn the girl returned, her mother re- ferred to the e|}i£<34le on4'e an4l for all. "It i»f all very di^gr4icetul. " ehe had said, "'and I truist it may never occur again. Please reineir.ber that I kn4>w nothing alMut it, thut I do nut wish to know, so that if anyone ever asks me I can upeak the truth when I liay that I know no- thing." There hsd bee ; no te«rs, and the men tal and physical anguish the girl had passed through reenied |ir4>sently to b*»- long 4Xcin-ively to Paris, to some strange metatiorphoc^is 4>f hereelf resemb- ling a transflguration and which had no- thing -whatever to do with Ijondon or Pic4-adilly. or even her life. Her f4tther live*l and di(Kl without know^ing. Ho was the kind of man a family keeim every thing disgra4-efui from, and it was woti d4'rriil. I'onsidering what :i very tine char- acter he had. that so in:tny disgriu-eful things <lid luippeii in his family without his knowing it. If he had known be would never have held up his head again. .\n'l to her mother's (luestion. which ir* ritat4>4l her. b4M'ause t.he knew it wan com- ing, she answered: If you mean Sir Hubert nresham. re«, he 4-ame." "Of 4-onrse T mean Sir Uubert. Well - '" A hiK'k, whi<'h this time Jii4lith thought a ineM'iful interput*ition. l>rou;;ht them aloiigeide 4)f a <-'irsi4ige with another mo tlu-r :ind daughl4>r whom they knew. The nioineiituiis (luei-tion gave way to the u»- ual remarks. I) <l you ever see such a Ihiug? ' â- ".\o. we are not going."' "Hone oil dreiulfiilly. 4lon"t you think?" "She ' Oh. dreadful. They say he it in dcsiiair. " " Wiiolhcr? " "".\ppendicllii." -• " " .Ml married women." "I"hainbi>rl4iiii furiuus. they say." 'rweiily thousand poiinde. " '"t"onstailc<. Morlalldr'' '" M a i-| borough House."' Paiiiiin. " It was not till they got far away b« y4ni4l till' iiarks on the way to the garden party ;it Koehampton ti» whi4-h they were <lriviiiu. tliat her mother <isk4Nl the nues- tioii again, tins time more iioiiiledly. I)<i you mean to say that he *aid 110- thiiigi' â-  "He saiil a greal deal." "You lire always ao iirovoking. Judith. Of course. sin4'e you want tht* 4l4its on the IS, 1 nicaii di4l he proposei" Certainly «f- ter the w,iy .you both tiilkinl on the ter- ra It the Brudifiei-e's, one felt that there 4-oulil be nothing lift for you |4> talk about iiiile+s he iiruiiused." ,liidiih gave a iiItU' bitter laugh. "it seems thai there was something, left to talk about. To'- we Uilked for quite an liour, and I lien lie went." "â- W4'iit. and 4lidn t itroitose." Lady (llaucoiirt s face I'liirersed all her disapiioiiitment, ami with th4« feeling that after all her mother had a righl to kiukw. aiul that wholever iiiiKiiish it was to her to talk uhout il. il would have to he got over, and that this time was ae gtiod ae any other. Lady Jiidilh went on: "Vcs. he lu-oposeil. '" liiw.irdly Liuly (llainonrt ejaculated: "Tlionk goodness." "So you ar," engaged, dear; I am \ery ghul." She laiti her hand on Jinliths \vithi,ut :ifl'ectioii, but with appr4H'iat'ion. 'No. I am I ol engaged, il I ha<l been 1 woiiUI have told you " A moineiit 4>r terrible silence, while Lady ISUiiHoiirl tried to And adivtimte wor4ts in wlil<li 10 ixiiress her di^appointnient. wliile Jiiilitli felt that her mother giii-ss- eil. 'I lien in lower tone.s. iiis;sleiit. almost wliispercil. uttered with 4lry lijis: "Was it was it uhout that ?" •"Y4S-. it was abniii th:it.'" Lady Judith j«polie too. with <lry lips, her voii-i' w;is har4l, and sli > cnipliasized tlii' wor4l "tlHii" bitterly. It would alwa.vs ilu- "that" now in her iniml. Surely Inr mother hatl no need to ask Hill she had long ago real- i-/.ed that tlieir relulioiis 10 ea4'li other were dilVeriiit to that between liei-se!f and oilier women, only from tlii> f.icl, Ili4it her mother dari'd ask her more < rnci lines tiit>iii4 lh:iii anyone else. .\t lliiit iiistanli when her mother failed t:> spare her, she hated her. Vet, til' ra4t that she ha4l told her. that there was nothing more to ccme, i-altneil her a little. "Hill how on piiMli did he know? " Lady (lliiiK oiirt ashed presently, "I lold him." Luly (llaiK'ourt sal up In "le 4urri:ige for n moment and stared at her daugh- ter's fiM'e. "Yoii?" "Yes. I I0I4I him; T had my reitsons." "(looil iieaveiis!" Two 4-:irri4igef4 itiai4S(Nl them with frieiidfl in belli, iiiul. as they p;isned, Laily (llau- 4'oiirt iioked the gruoin with her pur.isol. "Areiit we going very slowly, dcorge?"" The <-o;i4liiii.ui whipped 1111 the horses. Bn4l soon they were beneath the duot of the 4-arriages In front of them. "Stop, stopi' Lady tllauccurt poked Oeorge ngiiin in tlie ribs. "We can t fitiiiid that dust!" (leorge was a4<ustomed to pohr«. niid liad a fnUled piele ot cardho:ird iiniler his waistcoat lin the |iluce La<ly (ll;iiicoiirl al- way*i 4-hot e. Once more the ciwichmiin reiiied in bis horses. He, toi,. had grown patient with the whipiH of noineii. ""Yon will have lo marry Hugh (Hover " â- "rilal I will ni-M'.- 4I0." eaiil Lady .In. dith. us tliey (nillid up in the iiiieiii> of 4-arriag4s within the gates of the heaiil'- fiil house, wlii4h, for all its mugniflcenie. waa yet uivburbiin. mill wlnle suhurban. nam benutilul u« a vHttle in Spain. I'KOF. AD.\!tt siioiirr. Hliict' Youth IJi.s One Real Intrrest Has Keen Kconoiiiy Study. Prof. .Adam Shortt, of the Civil Service C'ofnmission at Ottawa, is generally described as "Canada's leading political cc<jn4jTnist." Trof. Shortt was born in an old Ontario mill village called Kil- worth, on the banks of the Thames, near London. His father was a mil- ler. J.,at€r the village disappeared alt<jgether, although anotlier ham- let which sprang tip some miles dis- tant bear* the name Kil^orth Bridge. As a boy the coming poli- tical economist was a hard worker. He was a good student at the High School at Walkerton, and he "put himself through" Queen'«, as most university students did in those days, by teaching scIukjI. After graduation at Queen's he went, in 1884, to Scotland and to<ik post- graduate work at Glasgow and I'Idinburgh Universities, repeating his record at Queen's by becoming in e.tch institution a medalist in philos<iphy. His long vacations he sijpnt tramping through Great Bri- tain and continental Ivaropc pick- ing up first-hand knowledge of Old World social and industrial condi- tions. His interest steadily con- centrated on political economy, and, returning to Canada, he was, in 1889, appointed lecturer in poli- tical science at Queen's, and three years later he became professor in the same subject, the chair even- tually being en«k)wed by the lat-e Senator Gowan and other admirers of Sir John A. Macdonald, whose name it liears. Meantime, in 1886, Prof. Shortt married Elizabeth Smith, M.D., who has herself bec<ime well known for her services in directing the in- terests of Canadian women ii.to helpful channels. Wis BuokN. Prof. Shortt is a well-known writer on economic and historical subjects. Some years ago he con tributed to the Journal of tJie Can- 5pread the Bread with 'Croum Brand' Corn Symp and the children's craving for sweets will be completely satisfied. Bread and 'Croum Brand' fonii a perfectly balanced food â€" rich in the elements Edwardsburg: ^t^y ^SiS. ""^ ''^'''' 'Crown Brand' Com Syrup is so economical and so good, that it is little wonder that millions of pounds are eaten every year in the hoiues of Canada. 'Crown Brand' â€" the children's favorite â€" is equally gcxxl for all cooking purposes and candy making. ' '/.//, }' WHITE" is apure ivhiteCorn Syrup, not so pronounced in flavor as 'CrowH Brand'. } 'oil may prefer it. ASK YOUR GROCtR-IN 2,S,10 AND 20 LB. TINS The Canada Starch Co. Limited, Montreal Manufactuiera of the famous Edwaidsburg Branda 29] zsz -"â- 'W':"- z-nxn panion of St. Michael and St. George in the Coronation favors. BV Prof. Adam Shortt. a<Iian Bankers' .\ssocintion a series of articles on lite devehiimient of the Canadian banking and currency systems which represented an im- mense amount of research and which were much discntised. Per- haps his best-known contribution to ciirreiil pr4)blcnis is his "Iraper ial Preferential Trade frtun a Can- adian Piiint of View,'' a Rtii<iy of the British fiscal situation. It re- vealed his belief in freedom of trii<lc, coupled with i"ecogiiiU<in of the fact that wide variations of in- dustrial and .social C4indition8 make il inip<iR.sible to maintain that any 4ine fiscal system is expedient for all times and places, aiul also his faith in the efliciency ot nuton4iniy as the only enduring basis of Im- IH-rial co-4iperati4iii and unity. In his Life 4if ly<iixl Sydenham in "The Makers of Cana«la " series. Prof. Sluirtt describes the c4iurse <it events in the nminentous days of the estublishnKMit of respousiblo government in Canada. In oolla l)ornti<in with Dr. Doughty, tho iKiminion .\rchivist, he edite<I ji C4illection 4if c<institiitional docu- ments on the pcrind from 17(i3 tt> ITill, many tif which nre made ac- cessible for till" first time. A sec- 4iiid volume deals with tihe peri4Ml fmm 1791 to 1811. The.'ie works le<l to the selection of I'mf. Whortt atul Dr. D(Uijj[ht.v as joint editois of 11 new tcn-viilumc history of Canada. When the first Labor Commis- sion was f4ii"nied under the Lemieiix Act, Pi"4if. Shortt was appoint e<I chainnan, his CMlleanues being \Vallac(> .\esbitt and J.' (!. O'Don- oghiie, t<i apjily the Act in the dis pute in .April, 1007, between the Oiaiul Trunk Railway an<I its ma chinist«. Ill Kins I'n.f. Slit.ftt was appoint- ed 4iiie of the Civil .Service Comniis .siHUiers iind<M" the new .Act, the idea hcing lo take a slep forward in the <lire<"tiiiii of the abolition of the patrtinnge system, to "take the civil service 4,iut of politics." Of late years Prtif. Shortt has iliiiie a giMiil d<'al <if speaking at Canadian <-luhs and olher fijathev- in2;s. They s;iv he never reads a niiM'l. His chief hobbies arc g.'u- <l("iiitig afnl \v4mhI carv int?. In lt)1 1 he wu."* ci-eate<l a ctun- UOW PARl.S WAS .SAVED THi: KNGI.ISU. Ky Chns. M. Biec. The inside facts about the famous retreat from Mons in Belgium, are slowly co-ming out as the war pro- gresses. "Retreat" is a word which no Englishman Like* to pro- nounce, but it has gained an hon- orable meaning by recent exploits. The retreat of General French and his army from Mons, is, one of the grandest and most brilliant mili- tary achievements in the world's history. It adds a brand new page to British gallantry, and puts the name of Sir John French on the highest pinnacle for military ac- complii>hment«. The charge of t<he Germa-ns against his little army was tlie mightiest and fastest cyclone of the great struggle â€" that sweep to- wards Paris beats anything the an- nals of war have ever known. The Allies and Germans had just touch- ed "mits," in the parlance of pug- iliUio nomenclature, before tlie on- slaught began, and then the enemy with overwijelming numbers and equipment, rushed in with a torn- ado of blows they had been saving up for over forty years. Germany had calculated that this first round would be a knock-out, and probably no army in all history has ever taken the beating and lived through the milling, keeping its leg.s and head, as did tho English army through the thirteen awful days in which the Germans put in their lightning strokes. It was a*i all but irresistable on- slaiight. If General French had stcHvd his ground and fouglit, in all probability it would have been a clean kn4>ck out, for he had greatly inferior numbers, if he ran it w"ould be a complete rout and prob- ably annihilation. Foot-work and a cool head, side- stepping and protecting his body would have been the tactics of a great ring Jig'hter. French followed these tactics exactly. But the thing that makes Britain gasp, and will make the world wonder when ap- prisc<l of the details of that great retreat from Mons, was not a prize fight, hut the most frantic and ter- rible rush of the greatest and best disciplined army the world has ever kn4iwn. For a nijin to have kept his heati in all that, as if tho ©vent were a mere prize, fight, with only a knock-out at stake, instead of tlicannihilati4vn of 80.000 men, is tho thing tiiat the world will wond- er at. it was on August 2i, 191-1 that the Engli.sh and Germans first met in battle at Mons, the KngUsh having only arrived on tho scene the day before, and were informed by the F'rench that "There are not more than two German corps in front of you." General French and his men liad just come to the scene and he had t.aken the Frenchmen's word for it. Sunday afternoon came the surprise. .-V courier brought a niess.age to General French from Joffre, the French General. It said in effect; "Four German army corps aro coming up against you. We have fallen back." The strong French line had gon« and was 30 miles in the rear.| French's army of 80,000 held out again.st the oncoming tide of Ger-' mans. Ten thousand Custer Massacre! all rolled into one wore at hand oi" a rout such as history has never be-| fore known. Some must .'^tay and fight, while the others fall back and prepare the trenches. The hercu-'. lean task may be realized when w« con-sider that there was artillery to move and thousands of tons of sup-* plies and ammunition to be trans- ported in autos. There were horses to save, as\A 'the roads would hold only so much traffic, and there must be no jams, cool heads must plan it all. Soni« must fall far behind and dig trenc-h^ es, BO that tho retreating array could h'de and put up their dailiy and nightly fight with the Germans. Others must have time to eat and sleep, and the wounded must b6 taken care of. All these thing* were done perfectly and no general in history ever had such a perilom retreat to direct. General Freiicl; was dashing about everywhere in his auto, and measuring the physic- al force his little army had left. H« knew not only the exact strength of his own army but the strength of his app4inent as "well. The lightning blows sent in bj the Germans were terrific, t*h« Ninth I.rfincer8 w""ere mowed down like grass, the 8th Hussars wer« almost wiped out. Bullets flew around General Frc'nch as aroun<l the most ordinary soldier. Foi thirteen days in this great running battle, ho kept his men a.-i cool- headed almost as himself. .\t lasl tho English reached the Marne. This gave them a cJiance for much needed rest, but the Germans were tired out, to. The cool foot-work of the English had exhausted them, they were tired out trying to hdi the tiaiy foe which always eluded their blows. The German general. Von Kliuk, made his mistake, he turned hia flank to the English, intending to pass before them, and move ovei to join tlio army of the German (Vown Prince and advance tjin IV ris. French was watching, and 6aw that Von Kluck had dropped his guard and had exposed his jaw, and the lightning Knglisli sparrer, the man whose fists were armies, struck like a flash. The Germans, off their guard, received a blow they could not parry. Tlioy lost liundreds of big guns and thousands of men. Tlie Fren-c-h were doing their part, 60,000 soldiers in laxi- cabs and autos came to hack up the English, but General French'* blow had taken the nerve all out of the Germans, and their retreat be- came an ignoble rout. Thus was Paris saved and the Germaji plana completely frustrated by a iih re handful of England's first e.xpedi- tionary force. CHAS. M. BICE. Denver, March 30, 1915. "It's S4.> long since you called that I was 'beginning to think you were forgetting me," said Miss Pechis, as she entered the parlor. 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