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^ The Wreck of the Easter Egg Sarah Bernhardt-for-short, as Miss with a few more words ot warning an- Rose called the amall Polish maiden i ent their future conduct he took his in place of the Ions string of con- ; looming bulk away, sonants that was her real name, stood i When he had gone Misa Rose turn- looking in the window of the little ed to the two culprits and sternly «andy store next door to the Hester ^ looked them over, How School. As she stood there, herj "Miss, lemmo tell yer," Michael ex- small ragged person pressed close plained hastily to her look, "honust to against the window, Sarah's anxious gaw* â€" scuse me, miss â€" honust, I wuz eyes followed the bird-like hand of only atringin' her when I sez I wuz Mrs. Wiener, the tiny old woman v/ho gonner buy de yegg. An' enyhow I kept the store, as it occasionally niver had no more'n a jit fer a moon reached into the window from within, agate," hovering perilously over the object of. "What really happened, Michael?" the child's solicitude, ere it escaped. Miss Rose asked, with some other object in its grasp. "Miss, de fust t'ing I know'd, Sarah The treasure in the window that so come runnin' in de store an' sez she obsessed the tempestuous soul of the wanted, to buy dat yegg an' she little Polish girl was an egg, an Eas- snortched de yegg an' ol' lady Wiener- ter egg, but not at all like the ordi- wurst grabbed her an' a box er pen A}![ I *^*'^^°'^'^ AUTHORIZED FLAG TO FLY OVER THE DOMINION, now th r shown a design of the new official flag of Canada, the first authorized Hag of the dominion, which ia Uni T °v °°* permitted to be flown over government buildings. The main figure on the new flag Is still the old Kinr "^^ °^^^ change Is the use of the new Canadian coat of arms design that has been authorized by «.ingueorge. The use of flags bearing the old shield was permitted up to March 31, 1924. ^yjg*f^". ^^** "=«""ly b«a»"d like the [ Rose selected Sarah and in so doing] ed over and over. It was true. The nary chocolate kind with their un- ciU fell on de ol' lady's head an'" she' a long clea"n *co^c*"t^^ *"** ^ wore, she knew that she was giving the gluttonous Frederick's small white varying white and yellow inside*, kermenced ter holler. She kept a- age re^.i-V^^Jr^^^^? °P«"!^,P««=k-, ^eatest possible reward to the little | teeth had decapitated the shining This egg was different. The outside hollerin' 'T'ief! T'iefl T'ief!' an' clean b^t exnensivp^v mT% ,: """ P°''«»^ ^''^ '<"• '"^'- 1^^ excellent de-j figurine. Teceiv^Tt^H^^V\^-^^'^^^^^ portment. Gentle little Mary Placido= "He can haf id all now," soobod .._..: . "®" ** tne Chnstmas en- was Henny Penny. The following spir- Sarah. "I don't wand efer to look ad was of a snow-white, glittering sub- 'HELLupp! HELLupp! HELLupp! stance that shone in points like dia- Michael's voice rose with dramatic i tertainment of th« TPm^^cT I- ^^j .^^^^ monds; a border of lace paper girded fervor. Club and "tr^ Jlv «n^Z^ Stockmg ited dialogue ensued: : id no more!" • -â-  •• ' â€" â-  - - ----- ' " """"fangeiy enoughâ€" when one; "Oh, Henny Penny, de sky the middle. And it was hollow with a "That's enough. Michael," said Miss ' considered her unv«rvfnl 7 *'f* ^ i * „â- .',„ tiny bit of magnifying glass fastened Rose coldly, "unless you want to bring all the friendly aSc^, „/ fi,!f < -o In one end. You put your eye to the the officer back." glass and presto! you were transport-' 1 young woman â€" the doll's iss In exhausted silence, she wrapped j her ragged little shawl al>out her you know, Sheeken Leet'?" I small body and began to gather up b t The young narrator looked uneasily! Miz Rozv' tL ^m â„¢""" * name was: I saVd id wid my eyes, I heerd id things. Although she had an unp-da- ed to a wonderful oval fairyland all toward the door. little lady's wf^nfK *f*"'".l *u^ ""^ "^ ^^""^ " ' ^"^"^^ ^""'' *° ^P""'' ^''"' ^'^* ^'"^^ the more enthralling to the imagin-' "An' den, miss," he went on in a' detachment of a nW-i .''°'^y T'?**' the , Here the action was intarrupted by, tried not to make her lecture to the •tive because the egg had been so more repressed style, "I remembered nosis- then h» ln«Uo!i^^!' t* '^t, ?'i Jealous Sophie. I little German boy too severe, ohe placed that even if ycu pushed your bout youse sayin' we wuz alius to soiled finerv w-fh . if J' "oaysi "0-oh, Mizzis Rozy," she cried vir- ' 'â- <»o-i==«'^ <^1^«»^ ^^^^ wrong was mostly of face so hard against the window you hellup de ol' ladies an' gents an' I got tion as to tiie^fflJ f'^^ calcula- tuously, "lookit wot she iss sed. Ain't ^^^ SP''"^* ^^^ therefore not t-t be would think either it or your nose orholt of Sarah an' miaa, look wot sha^ it °^ gasoline upon you alius tell'd uss it ain't nize little understood by him. He had merelv would have to give way, only a tiny done ter me!" "Twenf fif e^nf- » i, --^ j n ^^^^ """^ boy-ss wot sez 'saw'd'?" helped himself to something he want- comer of the interior of the wonder. The chivalrous youth ran his finger! gpoke aa one wl7n\„K ""•*,' ?* '^'^^ ^<^^ frowned. "Go on, Sarah," ^d; that a fair world had been de- <wir was rpv«nl»d I over hia mrv wonnds and natheticallv 1 "T'irfv n^„*»a i. 1°" meulted. | gho encouraged, ''you are doing well." stroyed in the attempt, meant nothing . i my cent, Sarah threw back aa, As the tragedy of the irresponsible *" ^im. egg was revealed. I over his gory wounds and pathetically I Because of the difficulty in tearing held it up for inspection. herself away from the store window, "I see nothing but dirt," answeredl ' The a]A n^i."i.i^ w t, , I Chicken Little approached its" climax ^^''^ '^"^ *° ^« ^*^^" ^^^ *" ^^ ' - - * 'rdoi W,h»iH^'^ ^^ '*'*^*»"«y««^«" «='«!'>" the actors;^ She sent him to his seat without ' ^ture anrf .»=;?" ~i '"_* .t!**"^?^ 1»' "" *»*** one exception. For that =*"<^ "^ ^iss Rose scolded the small Sarah had been late at school every Miss Rose calmly. day for a week, but Miss Rose, fearful She sent him to nis seai wiuioui »egture and a£Hiim»< ~ r'T' 'â-  - of a clash with her most difficult pu- further comment She also dismissed difference """â„¢^ ^ »»•• or in- one member of the audience was im- Bo^rniand, she noticed that even as he pil, weakly ignored the defection. j Sarah to her place. She needed time <<qi,> Ix.. .^„ ^ , . • pervious to all thrills save those of '^'-'P*. his pink tongue crept out One afternoon, several days before to decide how best to deal with the Easter, when the Primer Class had turbulent little girl. to difference. i ^ , „.„(. "Sheâ€" fihp Bhn^o !,»> . . , P«rwous to all thrills save those of '^'-P^J ^ane-fihe shuds her eyes an' she's the palate and in the general absorp- '-"'^^ the whitish stickiness it. the A te^ble tlwt^^ , ^'"â- *^ ''"I'^'y- "on he saw a chance of providing him- ''""^^s of hia mouth and his innocent Just settled down to work, Sophie; In a few minutes the Primer Class' her thin littl«^>,^f/*^^* '''*'"^ i"*^ ^^ ^ith ^ distinct thrillâ€" a treat, fai '""n<i ^y^^ ''^re fixed longingly on the Kalinsky, the class historian, appear- was back to normal, happily copying ed the do I's attoMf ^member- f act. The first intimation of the ter- P'«<=« °' <=""<Jy she had laid on -'-- ed at the door. Sophie's two little pigtails were trembling and her speech sputtered excitedly through the place where two front teeth should have been. "Oo-h, Mizzis Rozy!" she cried. "Sarah iss gittin' tooked up by th' per- liss fer stealun!" At the news, one hundred awestruck eyes rounded into saucers. "Yiss um," Sophie continued unctu- ously, enjoyine the sensation she was awaking. "We wuz lookin' in th' winder down by ol' Mizzis Wiener's und Sarah sez she iss gonner kill any- body wot bousrhten that egg in there und Mikey McCloskey heerd wot she Iss sayin' und he sez he iss gonner git it hiss-self und Sarah runned in th' store after him und â€" und " Six feet of blue uniform looming behind her caused the cessation of Sophie's narrative. At the bulky ap- parition, the fifty Primer Classers made themselves as small as possible down on a length of wide-ruled paper,: xiio ni.4 ».o.. <. j •.• , the repeated ^declaration that "B^y I wit? m:;Lru"s rtgLntVush loves mamma," or, as the dilligent fat j,,^ „<» „ „_, . .^*j" "', "rusn little fist of the S-" boy w£sat inj ^^jJ^gaL^^V X' RTzfrnd front of Sarah rendered It, "Bby Ives jj^j.j^'^jj^ ^ "" ""^J *"" mmm." This little boy, shining clean, utt. »,„„ ? <- j i_ ,.. i, white-headed, and with round china- ^ „^f°J"°^J. ^'^"^f he " the old blue eyes, was little Frederick Vogel- 1 "*",., '"'^^^"iy ^°"^^ "Tf i^^'^le sanir Several vears aeo when Herr ^"^^'^y- . Jhe noses glued to the win- s iSr^St-trF^^iS^Si - -s ''^ ^j^' -'^ ^"-^"' ^^.^ ..«^ ux„us..u x..-.e^ x_.â„¢....-. ~ anticipation, his proud parents, he had also been i»tle t'i given a middle name. But shortly afterwards, Father Vogelsang, think- ing it best to become a real Canadian, discarded this middle name of his Aw ri you leetle t'ief." When the thirty cents had been sat. isfactorily produced, Sarah laid Miz _^^ the rible catastrophe did not occur "until ^^ °' her desk Sarah had resumed her seat, a shy ^hen he had gone she turned to smile at her teacher's words of praise ^"^h. After all, at six the worid is lighting up her tragic little face. I "^^ver irrevocably shattered. i The griefs of six, while transient,' "'^ ^'^°'" °- ^^^ "°* ^° ^" °'^' are usually intensely vocal but the Sarah," she softly told the sorrowing Primer Class had never before echoed ma'den, "where they have the most to a cry as heart-rending as that sole ''«a"''/'^ eggs and you and I are go- outburst After that first bitter la- -"« *here and buy another fairylandâ€" .mentation, Sarah, holding the ruin of '"^'yho t^o'" 1 irty cents, jjer happiness in trembling hands,! • gave an agonized and terrible lookj The First Bluebird. around in search of the destroyer.' Fortunately, her stricken gaze did Jest rain and snow! And rain again! Rozy tenderly on the counter, as on ""."rXr','' .'C ;.'"?^^" S^'l ^m ^„^ ^^^5,^13, drip! and blow! abler. Taking a last dimmed look at L"f*^l, if ',!^^!f';f"f! °f ;^^ Then snow! and thaw! and , ci.^ i„.,=^ K„* K * 1 X i 1. Sticky whiteness around little Freder the loved but betrayed features, she .^^ Vogelsang': I ran out. ' * *" slush! and then â€" Some more rain and snow! This morning I was 'most afeared son's and about the same time he turned down the ends of his whiskers; j^^^ *J'J^'" """ """"0"=^ i<:a.,ui«, ="« jdj Vogelsang's small pink mouth and invested the profits from a flour- 1 ','..-. ^ ' . , , . 1. /- , I The dismissal bell breaking in oppor- ishing cafe in Victory Bonds. Later. I '^H Zv.tl ^"rf *^^,.^^'. °"« : turtely upon the renewed cries of dc..o-! the cafe was succeeded by an equally, nl^s./nf th^ H ^ T' -^ Tâ„¢"' ^^"o" ^hat were coming from this' ^ , , „^^u^„ t ^in.- .. ,.• 1. u 4. HI- ' '-'las.'! spent the closing hour in having *.„,„ j„„„ut * -n j ' ,. : To wake up â€" when, I jing! remunerative eating-house but M.ssi „ -entertainment" First Miss Rosf r^p fn^H^H 1 ^\^''f f'^' ^"' I seen the surihine out and heerd Rose viewing his offspring's appetite,! ^^,^ ,^ ^^^ , Rose speeded the reluctant Primer, ^he first bluebird of spring!- sometimes wondered that there was^ ,^„^^j, ^„^ ^^^ ' ^ Class homeward Frederick, however,' .^^^her she'd raised the winder some; anvthinK left for Mr. Vogelsang s pa-i , , .^ ,- she quietly detained. Sarah, m her . j • i. ..u 1. i *â„¢. tf K K P several songs were sung and the fin-. ..,h«nHnn,r,anf .f ho, ,^!„/ u.J^ ".! And m acrost the orchard come, trons. r;:;-^;;""*' ""^.=â- "7.""" ^"«""- 1 abandonment of her grief, had cast and even Miss Rose trembled. Every- j Except for a propensity to nibble Then individual Jrfo^'^rs wfrtoall' ' 1""'^^^ "P°" ^^^ "°<"" ^"^ '^^"s^^ ^o one recognized the intruder. He was ' at the other children's lunches the Jd for andtiSirthe iwio^ be dismissed or uplifted. From beside the officer who stood down on the little German boy was her best be- g hie came forth and started upon corner from the Hester How School . haved and most dilligent pupil At^/^^j^„^j ^^^^^.^ ^^^ j^J.^ and helped smdl persons through the about his sixth record of Bby'sde-: ^^^j, ^^^,^^^^ ^^ ^^ traffic. The big pohceman paused votion to "mmm. Miss Rose noticed ..^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ J^^^^^ awkwardly on the threshold^Df the Frederick's ch.na-blue eyes raised im- .gj^^^ ,„ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ .J ^^ room and propelled the two offenders ploringly to hers The color flooded ^^^^ singsong, the rapt expression" of forward at mighty arms' length. his nice clean httle face _ ^^^ ^^^^^^^ ^^j^^ ^„'^^^ ^^^j, In that terrifying gasp the two "What's the matter, Frederick?"; ^^^^^^^ ..^^^ ^^^ ^^^^^^ ^^^ ^^ «a;)tives were trembling visibly; Sara she asked. He pointed to Sarah, sittmg ^^^^^^ .g^^^ , ^^^ ^ Wiped furtively at tears that made innocently back of him. | ^rudder sez " pathetic tracks down her grimy face I "She iss P-Pullin' me where my| ^^ ^^.^ j„^ ^.^^^ ^^^^ ^^^ and, beneath his flaming hair. Mi- pants iss." I-rederick quivered tear- ,j^,^ "attention" bell-it was a dc- "Ma'am?" the interrupted one came chael's yellow freckles stood out in the fully. . ^jgi^g ^^„ nnaccustomed pallor of his engaging' "Miz, id's lies! I ain't doin' nuddins "Ma'am?" countenance He also bore several to him!" cried Sarah sacking out her; ^ ^^^^„^.^„ ^^tj;"^^^ gory scratches. | tongue naughtily at Frederick and the, ^^^^ the big officer world in general "Madam â€" Miss- Thank you, dear," said Miss Rose BUIXH OF 1924 REMOVES SALES TAX F ROM FAR MING MACHINERY leet, nuts a, swaying eiepnani, ana over uci nuin., « «»n;c j.'':'-': "^ ""»- gprin-^time's commun into-de-woods " ^ despatch from Ottawa says: â€" of implements on hand imported prior swung his stick in embarrassment ture chewing gum had been firmly. ..g.^^j^j^g.^ po^j„yn Spring wiV Acting Finance Minister Robb pre- 1*0 this date which will have entered â- tamraered sheepishly as he looked This disturbance had hardly been ' ^^^y, ..That will do. We will have down on httle Miss Rose. He never straightened out when pretty little ^ ^^^^ children. Who would had had prisoners of such tender Mamiebell, a dear little golden-headed ^ ^^ 'Springtime's Coming"" " years in tow and he felt mortified. He girl who sat behind Sara burst into ^.^^^^^ McCloskey volunteered. stood teetering to and fro on his huge tears. As she bent her diligent head ^^^ ^ willing monotone, feet, like a swaying elephant and over her work, a large piece of ma- He the prostrate little figure. Miss Rose rescued the broken treasure, several pieces of rock candy, a bit of tinsel, some lace paper and frosted glass, and a tiny papier-mache figure. "Come, Sarah, don't cry so," Miss Rose pleaded as she tried to lift the small convulsed body. "Why, you are always so kind and generous with your candy. See, here's plenty of vour egg left" She held up a tempting piece of rock candy. A muftled re- iteration came from Sarah. Soft as an angel's wing, A breezy, treesy, beesy hum, Too sweet fer uny thing! The winter's shroud was rent apart â€" The sun burst forth in glee, â€" And when that bluebird sung, my ' heart Hopped out o' bed with me! â€" James Whitcomb Riley. â€" . rf> The Lord is risen indeed, and hath appeared to Simon. Tbe Week's MarkeU TORONTO. Man. wheat.â€" No. 1 North., $1.09. Man. oatsâ€" -No. 3 CW, 42c; No. 1. 41c. Man. barley â€" Nominal. All the above, c.Lf., bay porta. Ontario barley â€" 65 to 70e. Amtrican com â€" No. 2 yellow 9S^e. Buckwheatâ€" No. 2, 76 to 8Cc. Ontario rye â€" 74 to 78c. Pp«sâ€" No. 2. $1.4") to $1.50. Millffod â€" r>el., Montreal freisfli*^, bags included: Bran, per ton, $27; shorts, per ton, $29; middlings, $35; good feed flour, $2. Ontario wheatâ€" No. 2 white. 98 to $3.02. -atsidfc Ontario No. 2 white oata â€" 39 to 41e. Ontario corn -Nominal. Ontario flour â€" Ninety per cent pat, in jute bags, Montreal, prompt shin- ment $4.60; Toronto basis, $4.60; bulk, seaboard, $4.25. Mani'eha flour â€" 1st pats., in j"i*o sacks, $6.10 per bbl.; 2nd pats., $5.60. Hayâ€" Extrr. No. 2 timothy, per tor., track. Toronto, J14..''.0 to «15; No 2. $14.50; No. 3, $12.50 to $13; mixed, $12.50. Straw â€" CarloU, per ton, $9.50. Standard recleaned screenings, f.o. b. bay ports, por ton, $20.50. Cheese â€" New, large, 17 to 18c; twins, 18 to 19c •. triplets, 19 to 19i.4c; Stiltons, 21 to 22c. Old, large, 24 to 26c; twins, 25 to 27c; triplets. 26 to , 28c. ' Butterâ€" Finest creamery prints, 38 to 39c; No. 1 creamerv, 37 to 33c; No. 2, 34 to 35c; dairy 28 to 30c. I Eggs â€" E.Ttras, fresh, in cartons. 32 to 33c; extra loose, 29c; firsts, 27c; seconds, 24 to 25c. Live pou^try-j-Chickons, 3 to 4 Iba., 25c; hens, over 5 lbs., 26c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs.. 15c; spring chickens. 4 lbs. and over, 25c; roo.stars, 15c; ducklings, c.-er 5 lbs., 19c; dj, 4 to 5 lbs., 18c. Dressed poultry â€" Chickens, 3 to 4 lbs., 3Cc; hens, over 5 lbs, 28c; do, 4 to 5 lbs., 24c; do, 3 to 4 lbs., 18c; spring chickens, 4 lbs. and over, 32c; roosters, over 5 lbs., 18c; ducklings, over 5 lbs., 24c: do, 4 to 5 lbs., 25c. Beansâ€" Can., hand-picked, lb., 6M«c; primes. 6c. Maple products â€" Syrup, per imp. gal., $2.50; per 5-gal tin, $2.40 per gal. ; maple sugar, lb., 25c. Honeyâ€" 60-lb. tins, 11 :o 11 He per lb.; 10-lb. tins. 11 to 12c; o-lb. tins, im to 12c; 2%-lb. Una, 12% to 13c; comb honey, per dor., No. 1, $3.76 ta $4; No. 2, $3.25 to $3.50. Smoked meats â€" Hams, med., 23 to 24c: cooked hams, 34 to 3Gc: smoked rolls, 17 to 18c; cottage rolls, 19 to 20c; breakfast bacon, 21 to 25c; spe- cial brand breakfast bacon, 28 to 30e; backs, boneless, 28 to 33c. Cured meats â€" Long clear bacon, 60 to 70 :bs., $18.50; 70 to 90 lbs., $18; 90 lbs. and up, $17; lightweight rolb, in barrels, $37 ; heavyweight rolls, $32. Lard â€" Pure tierces, 14% to 15»4<., tubs, 15 to 15>,^c; palls, 15% to 16c; prints, 18 to 18>4c; short<»nincr tierc<»<«, 14 to 14 Vic; tubs, 14% to 15c; pails, 15 to 15%c; prints, 16% to 17c. Heavy steers, choice, $7.50 to $8.25; butcher steers, choice, $7 to $7.50; do, good, $6 to $6.50; do, med., $5.25 to $6; do, com., $4.50 to $5; butoher heifers, choice, $6.75 to $7.50; do, med.. $5 to $5.75; do, com., $4.50 to $4.75; butcher cows, choice, $5 to $5.50; do, med.. $3.53 to $4.50; can- ners and cutters. $1.50 to $2; feeding steers, choice, $5.50 to 36; do, fair, $4 to $5; stockers, choice, $4.55 to $5.25; do, fair, $3.75 to $4.20; milkers and springers, choice, $75 to $90; calves, choice, 510 to $11.50; do, med., $7 to $9; do, com., $5.50 to $6; lambs, choice ewes, $15 to $15.50; do, bucks, $13 to $13.50; do, culls, $8 to $9; spring lambs, each, $8 to $15; sheep, light ewes, $8 to $9; do, culls, $5 to S5.50; hogs» .fed and watered, $7.75; do, f.o.b., $7.25; do, country points, $7; do, off ears (lang haul), $8.15; do, selects, $8.50. The Easter Resurrection proves to us that what seems defeat is but the "He bit-ed de angel's head off! He I opening of tha door to higher, grander bit-ed de angel's head oflf !" she n'oan- things. MOIJTREAL. Oats, No. 2 CW. â- 'J2c: No. 3 CW, 49%c; extra No. 1 feed, 48c; No. 2 local white, 46c. Flour, Man. spring wheat pats., Ists, $6,20; 2nd3, $5.60; strong bakers, $5.40; winter pats., choice, $5.55 to $5.05. Rolled oats, 901b. bags, $2.80 to $2.90. Bran, $27.25; shorts, $29.25; middlings, $35.25. Hay, No. 2, per ton, car lots, $16. Butter â€" No. 1 , creamerv, 34% to 85c; 2nds, 33 to 34c. :^ggs, fresh extras, 31c; fresh firsts. 28c. Potatoes, per bag, car lots, $1.25. Dairy type cows of slightly better than cutter quality. $3 to $3.25; med. to good calves. $6.75; do. com., from $5 up; hogs, thick, smooth, and shops, $8.50 to $8.65. Then he welcomed the faint glimmer stuck in her shining ringlets. in Miss Rose's eyes with a grin of re-j During the next hour Sarah contin- lief. "Well, ma'am, I'm thinkin' yell ued to kick, scratch, pinch and slap all know how to daale wit th' young uns within reach, finally eluding Miss betther than th' majusthraate cud," Rose's detaining hand and rushing in he conceded cheerfully, "specially as a tornado-like burst of weeping from th' wurst damuge I seen is this here the room. Miss Rose, was so worn out litty rapscallion's face, her burds. Mister grreen's tressus, wi-o-luts dressus, carolled this sunny-headed and heart- ed harbinger of the vernal equinox. Miss Rose again expressed her ap- vic »..>«». XV 1 1. 1 I* J .u I preciation. Next followed a popular , . .„ , . Y'^' â„¢" *â„¢' that she scarcely regretted he escape. . ^^er. The Drama of Chicken Little. I dunno whm I iver come across a Some time later, as she walked wear-;"" the star of the production Miss wuurse^ scratcher thin this litty ily home, she caught sight of a little ^' **** ^ proaucnon. Miss gurrul." I figure squeezed with painful tense- Sarah accepted the tribute with mod- ness against the window of the candy estly downcast head, stepping bash- shop. As she looked a bony old hand fully on one ragged foot with the appeared within the window and a other. I vigorous fist was shaken at the en- "Just what was the trouble, offi- : emy, who returned the salute with cer?" asked Miss Rose with due res- grimy thumb lifted to a defiant little pe«t- ! face. Miss Rose hastily crossed the "Ma'am, an' thet's somethin' I street might be askin' you," the big fellow | That evening, the old man who kept acknowledged. "Purst t'ing th' oold the second-hand shop down the street liddy bust out th' stoore yellin' 'po- from Sarah's tenement received a cus- lace!' an' 'murther!' an* I fought it tomer. The old, fellow had somswhat wuz a coupl' holdup men an' 1 come of a "fee-fl-fo-fiim" reputation among runnin' an all I seen wuz these litty the juvenile circles of the neighbor- young uns pitchin' into each other." hood and when Sarah, holding a pack- "111 see that they are punished, age wrapped in newspaper, marched Thank you, sergeant" said Miss Rose, boldly into the store, a deputation of who knew quite well he wasn't a her acquaintances peered goggly-eyed sergeant I through the dirty window in the hope- "Shame on you litty children acOn* ful expectation of seiing their eol- •o bad wit sech a nice young liddy league devoured. The intrepid des- teecher!" exclaimed the big policeman, cendmt of Thaddeus of Warsaw "Ain't you shamed to bo wurryiu' her reached up and laid the package on •o^" ' the counter. Inspired by the hig of 'sergeant" | "How muchd?" she inquired flattery, he delivered quite a lecture straight to the point to tte unAppreciative ones and then ' The old man unwrapped the bundl* .rented the Budget of 1924 on Thurs- '"'° 'he cost of all agricultural imple- , -,. . , . * .1. . II • I ments on which the duty is to be re-, day. The implements of the following duced. irt.istries will, it is proposed, receive' it is also proposed to exempt from' iuty reductions aveniging ahdul .'j sales tax all the articles and materials per cent, on the preferential tariff,' to be used in the manufacture of those and running i.s high as 12% per cent. I agricultural implements as well as' on the general tariff: Farming, fruit- ^ goods consumed in the process of j growing, poultry raising, d;iirying,! manufacture. mining, lumbering and fishing. j It is proposed to remove the .sales The resolutions dealing with the tax from the following articles: Cer- thanges i:i the sales tax show a gon-|eal foods, macaroni and vermicelli, eral red'jction in the tax from 6 to 5j sage and rice, meats, salted or smoked, per fent. ; oxomption of a larg; nuni-: The sales tax is being reduced from ber jf items included in the indu.«lries 6 per cent, to 2% per cent, on bis- above quoted from the operation of cuits, canned vegetables, canned the tax; a reduction of 50 per cent, on '• fruits, jams and preserves. I boots and shoes, biscuits, cannel vcge- 1 On boots and shoes. Including rub-' ♦ntles. c::rr.ec'. fruits, jam and pre- her footwear, wo propose to reduce the sales tax from 6 per cent, to 2%i per cent I The sales tax will be removed .rom' s.'rves. It is proposed to give to marui.-'.c- turtrs of agricultural implements "free entry"' on pig iron, bar iron and milk food.s. bar steel when used in the manuTsc- turc of mowers, binders and reapers, in lieu of a drawb.^ck of 99 per cent. V/ooKen, and many othdr manufhc- turing tstabliishments. will benefit byi a proposed clause which ^ill provide Montreal's New Mayor Charles Duquette, who Uefeiled Med- eric Martin by over 3,000 votes. The "free entry" is also extended to that materials consumed . in process these raw m.ilerials when ufcd in the of nanuf.acturo or production which f .ar.ufacture of cultivators, h«viow3. enter directly into the cost of goods horse rakts. seed drills, manure subject to the consumption or lalc^ spreaders and wceders. ; tax wi'.l bo exempt from the rales tax.! Materials which enter into the cost On well-driKingmnrhirery and ap- I of thj afovemsntiored itcTiis and olhe:- paratus the sales tax is to be •amoved.' inip'tments on which the duty i.^ to Cfulchos are bei;ig made free ofl be reduced will be entitled to entry at both customs and st^cs tox. 7% per cent under ell tariffs. , ; On trnct'on etching ..v-.chin^B tUc' It is propospc! to grant a dra•.rJ^ck value f>>r "uce entry" rurposo.; iJ of 99 per cent, on materials mf iaits being increa.sed from $3,000 to $3,500.' BRIEF HALTS IN CANADA BY BRITISH FUERS Longest Stop Will Be Two Days at Ottawa to Install New Engine. .\ despatch from Ottawa says: â€" The passage across Canada of the British airmen who are flying around the world will be a race against time, the similar flight begun by United States airmen having started a com- petition between the two countries. The itinerary, which provides for the landing of the Briti.sh flyers at Prince Rupert B.C., and their depar- ture from Sydney, N.S.. for Europe via Newfoundland, has been complet- ed by the Royal Canadian Air Force, which will supply the airmen at Prince Rupert with large-scale maps of the country they will ^Jff'io/ff. The longest stop in (^anada will b« â- 4' at Ottawa, where about- IwojipyvVWil) 1^ bo consumed in installing. .a,'B^L<Wt- ^ gine. The airmen wUi,ina)i^,^MA>-[,{J|f «^ briefest stop at Ednionto|i. ^^*---'-- - Winnipeg, Sault Ste. Marie,, >ifojj Riviere de John. N.B. N.S. Loup. Fredcrictori. ' .Vmherst and Sjrdney, In the awakening Voice of Spring, wo seem to hear that mighty .resur» rection call: ".\wake. tbou^ that sleepest !" * **; '*-S!H!>5iJ«S