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aak you for your achool room iior tho oohuera dining hall and hare in numbars aevatileen tlio warriom bravs and tall talksd of their own old achool daya and maroorioa theyrocall whorora a brave canadiin ho spreads aboard his a mo bo hsro iu every corner i ootid a boliiicra name tholr faces i remambar uach rank t kiisw by dreu dub t whom each name baloofc alas 1 i cannot guosa- onward oer tho hill they want uayond tho wooded glen 1 wo braathod a prayer hat clod woult bless night v stephen remarked curiously jmo o i when ooraeas their atepa are torn ed in other lands to roam may victory ever crown their dj and earn their welcome borne this poom was wnttien by a utuo school toachsr at itosoraontwbeo ibelmthf got hnmbdly into the rest of his clothi batl was ou their trek from camp borden to hamilton last fall sad was neat to tbo jmth batt slgoad rosa mont the horse with a broken hoof donnls h stovoll acloa kenney bros ontario grand trunk stt plan your summer vacation now arrange to visit some of tho following polpta alt beauty spota oleft li iiainr muaatoaim lautaa aljranqula iarh oaoralan joavya lake bf hays taruajrmail kawsrths last pull information and descriptive liter ature may be secured on application to c 1 horning dka union station torouio ont if s holmes agent acton phone no 13 good times la nplto of tho high cost of living these are prosperoua tunes wage earners havo steady employment and good wages those who are wlso will save a part of their weekly earnings and deposit it in our savings department for no one can tell just what labor conditions will bo two or threo years hence enquiries are solicited the bank of novascotia paidup capitai eaoo00o uhsbrvk purrd isooaooo total iluoouucsll ovr 1m00o0o0 bjiahchts at aclon ouelph norraj mlitoq and trlolagle be safe atjvdaus spavin core la the bandaor borve men vclrrlnixuu and fauacra for 8j ibouaaiuia of c itr vsamui rcsui bli wihyompltam iau toinv adilfeaaa uipv of tcatr touxm uu mtrtt i liavw tcit ualnr m il outul la cojry or oor irtmjk ttfx kjendau comparfv euoaharg fap vfrrannt ui a nt wmmmmmmmammwummsmm ltm sorry caleb stephen mooro i told the new neighbor but te caot lob any af our clover seod go not now we will need half of what wo hare to plant sod if no hold the other half till january er february wo will gel twenty ave or thirty cents pound for it instead of tho twenty cents it is now worth i could not pay for it now anyway caubtvicks returned but if you would let me have four sacks i will agroo to pay the january or february market price istting you have the money as soon as i receive it- kosuphoiijhjoctftilikowottld not care to do business in that way it was quilaaiiaaatrby tbadiskeartened expression tbab came into the rather sober countenance of caleb wicks that he felt keenly disappointed withaahakeof his hoad hut without speaking ha turned away going oab of the moon gate and across the field toward his own home i suppose ho lias fargoltan that i triad to borrow that on home democrat wagon of his shortly after they moved in hut xpring stephen raid to hia yoongoc urother ftosn after caleb bad go no and be turn ad you down ory curtly ross reminded tuelr siiterbeniice who had bean listening to tw conversation with tho new neighbor drew uoarer us was really using the wagon at ths time thongb stephen aha reminded him kindly i think he would have loaded it to yau but for that i cant help but feel a little sorry for calak really theres just him and his knothor on that old wilson place and he la having a deaperata time of it making a living for the two and paylug ha rent in addition iia oeeds all tbo help- then you think we should let him havo half of our clover eaed f stephen damand ed a little sharply v i will not say as to that the slater replied the olorer seed belongs to you aud rosa and its disposal ia no business of she turned to tha house and tha two boya went on with their work it was early october and only the day before i bo clever hulfar with it onn had visited tlie moore farm threshing tho clover crop two years before fallowing the suggestion and advice given hy lh agricultural college experts to all willamette tvalloy farmers stephen aud iuas bad sowu one of their fields to red clover tats year they bot only cut a big flrat crop ijf liay but had a splsudid neoond crap to thresh for aeod and clover oed because of ito demand was worth from twenty to thirty cent a pound thisdetdaud wasduolargo ly to tha fact that all tho old grain worn farms ware admirably adapted to clover growing caleb wicks had leased such a farm for the wilson pbvca which he rested hod beeii a stsady prwucer of wheat aud eats for mors than forty years it was ono of lie so called worn out farms of the rofjlod cajplvs only ohanoa ol making anything on lhn plane was in growing clover he knew this well enough i so did lbs mooie boya but- jteptjtfn aud roes wore deter mluadr for eavacsl reason not u le caleb have tha seed from the first they hiul taken adlslfko to the tall aud awkward youth they could ant forget that ha had refused ilium his daiuoora wagoa j moreover a rumor from some cpjarto had reathod tho moore boys that calebs rrpu tatioafor iwncsly in the community wliorir he funuerly llvcxl whi none too good tjo the munre bojp quite proud iu ttio euocsm jhey had mot with iu t venture and wllli the jwimnti to double their cresge uf clover over tlie mil aasun stored tlioir eight fullnacbu of procigu seed in tlio cranary tho ncltn wore of aeandosa txirt long and cloio monhed and ahowod an avrrage weight of pin hundred and sixty pound a with a total valuoof over two hundred dollars that ovenlng tlio two brothers attended a read meeting otor at the district achool house it was nearly ten oclock when they drove down tho lano ou uioir rouirn home junt before they reached tltefr hate thoy uted a ng a one hortejig it waa motinr in the direction of tlio wilson place tli hoys dmd the lemocrat wagon od tho ol t tosn horse of caleb wickn they guoesed uisb uie silent person who occupied the rickety was tlio tall awkward yonthr i wonder jfhy h is odb at tbla timi gbt f stephec they itnd pasaed its too much of a puode for me rons answered he dtd not attend the road meeting ho is a queer chap though lom manloy laid me ho has seen him on thoroad atall umcs of the niht- what bo- is doing no ono noems to know ituoy drove into tlio lixn lot and uti itched thoy heard tbo old ono horse wapon with fta creaking npnng and clattering wheels go on by romi pu horaa in tho lrn and stephen went totte granary to lock tho door iu half an hour botli were in bed and sound aeloep stephen wm hn flrt ono up next morn- ing and wont out to tee barn to lxjin tho txjforobroauttnt rlioren ross would gat up shortly and atart tlie kitchen firs for barn ice and their mother but before tlio younger brother had pulled on bis clothes bo beard stephen come thumping op the stairs nis room door opened nnddenly snd stephen much oxcitod came in speaking in low loose tone come down quick roan and sso whata happened i before roat could ask any questions stephon was fono tho younger brother what time is it what time in it time to jo woll time to live better olvo up tiiat grudgo answer that letter sbaakakindwardtuawotaaaerriwf lo tliat good deed you would leave till tomorrow aud went out he found stephen at the granary tho door was open i it had beei forced open so ross quickly observed for tlio bap that hold tlio pwllock woi pulled oul ifo pcor- ed inside and then he know what liad happened the sacks of precious clover ewd worogona r the tiz thattook thi naclm away csmo in at the lowrr lot gate and drove out through the corral to tlio lano sionbon said as ho turned and began examining tlio tracks right ovor hero la whore tlio rig aood while the sacks worn loaded the markn are very plain i it wav a one homo waffon 1 yaarilwas a tho eye of the older brother jlanliod angrily lib cheeks turned pale as he closed aud unci oood his big hard hndn were not going to stand for this ha declared hotly tbo thief must pay tho penalty of tlio law youre right stephen roes agreed but of course we want to bo sure before well bofore wo makoany definite inovo i w will be sural stephen returned tbaae tracks are aa plain as day it an old democrat wagon drawn by horso end that horse bad a chip broken off tlie right front hoof 1 he returned to his work of fallowing the mitarious trail and i too wont to tho houo to atari tho kitchen qro beruice came down stairs as ffoah oa a rose sbo was ringing but ceased when alls saw rasa sho qntfvty dinned that aoioethiug was wroni tho clover wl la gone rosa told her ab once as ho began removing the lids from the raage to build a tire some ono took all eight of tho aacka uatofght ha paused with the kindling 16 hiv hand iwhilo burnlco cumo over and lookod cloeely into hie face who it waa ho cootlflu unod a wahhlay ooo borne wagou and tho horso had a pinco broken from tho riht front hoof the tracks aro vary plain ik you liavu auy fdoa who it was uernlco askod wo feel sure wo know room an 1 here is only one paraoit any whore near hora who has a wabbly- wheeled domixrat wagon wo kuow that puraou noeded clover ooed ifo tried to get sumo of ours liui ucm i oxataimrd rem loo as elie laid her hands on bor brothara alioulders aud gaaod at him tho no pink ld left bar cheeks hor round iace turuod white you and stephen ahould bo sure i h it terrible to iiavo suah autpicious uuloai you kndw wo dokuow 1 itussuloclarod emphat ioally tho trscka areas plain as day beruioo drew away from him and he llulah ed building tlio tlro- whilo huay with milling and feoding tho two boya uudo their plana thoy ouui nn at oiilo to tho rountv soul hate a warraut of arrest intmed and to turn to tho wllaou place with sborift k tr tiioki una vioiu uiado kiiiiwn ut uia breakfast tablu i hojie you itoyn aro making on mldtako tlie uiotliar cuutiuned kindb tlio thief ahould u caught ol courso but it would be unfuituuato if au fnnooenb jwrjou were arrcatell nut going to makoany mlnnko luuthor btephqn iuured ub on depend tin that ilomipo asl 1 no wont till tho uleal was hourly over hhnhud boon alttini aileutly heounjialo lirtr handi tramlillug louk ing gin ono to tha uihei of her bjothora sort of dumb appeal pleats t careful aim bogged dually it would be urrlble hho ooiild sa uu mam aud alter a four ullnuini uo twu biolhura but iip fiuut tlio rae ffip an old wabbly wheelod damoctarwajron evident ly for tlio trail in crooked and irregular rosi drgued as he too madp au oamlna tlon of ttio telltale prints in tho dusty lot and see hero stephen look at this look at tin foot mark 1 do you aoe that it shows that a pieco was broken off the hoof t tho two h rot tiers rslted up and gaxod at each othor in silence thoeameconclusion bad come to tho minds of bath stephen was tho arab to speak his suspicions yet he looked around before saying a word as if afraid ho might be ovorhoard i know now why- ha wan on the road last night i no newled clover need mighty liad 1 so betook oura iiotlroo on by and cam a hack after we went to bed i havo follow od tbo tracks down tho rood i i found where h ued the horse to tho fo f juymxnti wlis jiiiiw tahlo they wenb to tho barn lot hitched a horse to tho huggy and drova away other rigs were on the road now obliterat ing tho tracks found in tho early mfiming bift tho twnlmyn had nson enough to bo convinced tills conviction grow whoa thoy passed the old wilson place in tho pasture juat beyond the lanor femcr tin aged roan bona nibbled at the dry grass iio wnfl so near tho road tliat stephen and tou woreablo to drive within a fow yards ef him thoy paused a moment and both instinctively riveted their attention on tho roaun foct a pieco was broken offalreuft- hoof that nettles it i stephen declared with absolute finality no other horso could have mad that track i threo miles further on in a maplaahad cd crook bottom tho two boyn pasted the campafan itinerant junk man a little further on they found a rickety wagon hy the roadside with an aged horso eating from a ooso bag thats taklag ft easy said stephen as tho horso shied at sight of tlio decrepit outfit when they had passed they drove rapidly on to the county seat only to learn when reselling the courthouse that shorift foster was absent and would nob return till the next day though they could have given tho information they possessed to tlio alierifta deputy tha bojs preferred to see lh sheriff hlmielf wo can wait thoy sald as thoy re turned to thofr rig and startotl home tho delay wont matter much only to make us an extra trip stephen added later caleb cant got away without our knowing it and tho sheriff will tnako a search for tho seed any time wo ask him this was tlio first time that the name of cajeh vtcktbad been actually mentioned in conaaction with the mysterious disap pearance of tho clover seed in ipito of thsir absolute conviction tlie mention of tho now neighbor namo brought a fooling of uncertainty and doubt into tlie minds of the two youths it made them see again tli a white face aud the frightened ojoa at rcroica as if o rsessura both himself and his brother stephen repeatad tha story told him by the tracks in tlo bam lob who ever atojo our clover seed used a one horse wabbly wheeled wagon tha hn ha a piece broken from uie right front hoof 1 youre right slephon rons agreed thoso marks wore as plain as day they drovo on in silence and by neon time hod reached and passed tha creek ills voice wan choked hin face lighted with a radiance such as tho two hretlibrs had never seen they left him standing there holdingtho boeao wmio thsy unloaded the clover sacks themselves while thoy worked they happened to note the front feat of tho aeod roan itwftf tll61ofund not tho right front hoof that was brokoni in the morning a half hour is tor and when only iall- front home they over took a strange outit oat of a dust cloud ahead of them they saw a one horso ibbly wheeled democrat wagon drawn by a roan horse the boya recognlxed it at once as tbo wagon and horse of caleb wicks bab caleb was not in tlio rickety seat when the dustcleared again thoy saw that tho roan was hitched to another rig this was also a wabbly whoolod damocrab arag on it was piled with old sacks and scraps of broken machinery lb was draw a by the aged horse thoy had neeu feeding from a nose hag in tho camp at the creek bottom tho junkman raggod and forlorn was in thoeaal haaido him holding ths lines nnd urging the aged beast along was caleb wicks 1 unablo to understand what tlio at ran go procession meant stephen and ross speed ad their own horse and started to pass bub they wars brought to a halt by a cal frebn caleb holdoo jnst a minute fellowt said caleb ra he a top pod the old horse and climbed dawn coming at once toward tlio kit im on my way- to your placa th tldi outfit i havo found bquhj thing that i imiiqvo belongs to you at ha apojto caleb lootrtd into the astonlthnd luce of tbo two moore hoyn and milod amaeod and wondering thoy conli mod to gate at htm pooch loss ly w lost nur brass kettle last night ho continued aud on making a search i found it under this load of junk alto under the heap of old rubhor and scrap iron found eight sacka of clover seed i no onder that old horso goes alow 1 again caleb wickn aober taco brightened with amilo tho two brolhors continued to gace at him in speechless hiioiico thoy could not laugh it was all too terrible lb was as if thoy had been walking thahrlnk uf a dangerous tireciplre and narrowly ctcapad fall hi if they had been wroug in their iupirous thoy bad accused an lunoceu you tli their naivbhor a at rancor audono who needed their goad will romorso and regret burned st their hoarts thoy a id dothiug and calorr continued but tha lb was not timiling now bis bice waa sober again bji gray nyea flllod with pity i could not arrest the uorunroituubu iald anyhow i have tjio hraai kottlo strain and h pruuiitos bo will ntoal m lunro ho wo wnro on our way to return th eloor sod to you uqcm homl fur tlioshontr caleb wicks got no further stephen moore loapod qulokly from the buggy und nppod calebs hand no no caleb o will nut arrest hiin t said he you havo iron mora than kind we jolu with thn onilnt uno in thutiklng jou aiucnrely for what jou have dune anl at or that clover sead listen wo will divide tho load right here whtro we aro we will put four sacks inyour wayju and you ran take thorn on home on can ruturo tha iwod lien ou harvest your rop lb was aleba turn now tole ajiew hloaa tvcnty years aqo from tho isiuo or tho proo prosa of thursday april c9th j 807 mr moses smith has engaged with arn old bros to run tholr tannery ab qlenlaw son metsrs beardmoro co supplied six or seven cars of fresh tan bark for tbo horao show which opolia jn toronto today tho harbor ahopa havo fallen in with ths early closing movement and will clnaoats oclock on monday tuesday and thurs day ovoninga mr and mrs w h storey and mr w k smith went to ohm ford on friday to attend tho funeral of mrs storeys mother iho late mrs anson njmith tho truiteo board of the methedist ohnrch havo under way plans for consider able improvements to the church la add ition to tiptmg and brick polntlnc and painting tho woodwork of tho whole of the exterior an alcoo fnr tha choir is to be erected in the roar last thursday hon mr fielding pin an ce minister introduced the tasift in a flpeocb of grott longtb ho said in present ing tho unff hill tliat the govornment adhered to the platform of the liberal party which was tariff for revenue subject to such changnj as varying conditions requroas helton county is thplargsat proauioer of leather and leather goods in the dominion with but one exception tbo now tariff wa1 watched for with anxiety the manufacturers here express tbomsclvoa as weh satitilwl with the new bill imperor william does not believe the turkocrook war will remain localized very long and thinks tliat tho principal faro pean powom will bo involved boa mrlauoiilin on lunday jflth april to mr and mr nelson mclaughlin a daughter maituied jatin3ov ciiuiinim at the roaidsnea of the hndoa pa routs on wednesday even ing 28th april by rv u a macpbor- soo ronald a johnson of johnstown n y to ada grace daughter of john oh isholtr raci kiao- surrit in obvnford on wednasday 2tsb april nancy wife of aojoo smith ktq aged 70 yaara the farmebs knew a prohibitory law bt nnquootionably a great blessing to any country at the present tirao but wo must not rest satis tied until people become so well informed regarding tholr food and drink tbab pro hibitory law is nob needed the liquor people quote eminent author ities and ute lngouuous arguments to defend their getricheasy business but tho far- mbrafound out fifty years age that they could not get as much work done on throah ing days whon beer was used oven moder ately now the scientists take tha queo- tiou up and provo tliat tha farmers ware right on thia subject ir woods hutchi- ana aaya tho myth of tho food value of boor as fuel co the body engine was of course ax plod od long ago but the idea permitted that in noma my atari out way it increaood working power tha first tee totalers who declared they could do their work at wall or hotter without wera greet ed with jeers and don i on but tha number those so callsd milk sops kept increasing and ti unity eouio live or six years eo exjwrts decided to give tlio subject a lhorough laboratory lest and tryoul i need not doscriho tlio lost aufqce it to aay tha men duriug the days of abstinouoo turned out from ton to twenty to wecty hr coul muro work tlian they liad been averaging bofore and as soon as they got back tohoir liquor their output fell right back to tho old level these tests were mado in a boor land ujion bear drink era aud thoy provod conclusively tliat beer cither a food uor a atiinuunl it de grades his powara inttcad o incroasiug n a beer drinker ia living only pari uf hia normal bo similar oxrcriuiejita have boon earned t in many phuus and iu variably with tho aaiuo tesulta that atrougtb and quioknosa of body and bruin aro lesaauod by wine boor or any othor alcoholic liquor uxparl moo lj on achool children with a ycry muall utity of wiuo or loer ahuw that tho puplla omors ot loaniing are much roduc d lhe utoa ii aliaurd that our local option hour nhkh ooi luini half ao uujico of etroiig isluy in uvery glass it nob in to ilea ting h ausoxr m ii 4 cx h the flaq of fneedoadhitaiha flag hall countrymanof valor lova and tloadn m y brothermoo canadiajiapatnou strong t our hokrta aro with you in tlie eonla who lead tho cause of right and ood gainst mar derera throng the cause of right whore freedoms flag doth reign t to lilt tlio opiirwsd tnaaa from despots heal thocaus of right tbab tpurna tlie tyrant a chain xtnriglilfllulniaa ia litata s woah the glory of that flags float high m air thy sens and darghtcrs are with you in heart our soldier boys aye ready everywhere to thwart opproaeora pride art well joor pari p p the tyrant rule of osnuanhuna we spurn those reprobates of europes darkened fsta our faith and dang liters broken each in turn to satlato the fanga of ocnnan bata- uell qaods and bell 1st loose from ger mans gate un trammeled witli tlie consciouaneas ol man r bubpeideaod greod devoured in murder era hato to lap a worlds blood from virtues ken vain pride of intellect dobaaad in vice orgrovelungmbngsltho hlghclasa spiao oflisll wormiog thoy crawl to enslave a world from grace to fawn and feed to please a kaisazv knell- a vaunt the pyachol in his serpents lair avsunt tho despot on hia throne of blood to rob ptfb crown of virtue from tho fair to slausch tho tyrants lust whom man hid stood written in ejmrauoff6f tho two hundredth regiment in winnipeg ito nf j n 1 prom a clansman in lawrancetmaaa t k i a cryihg heed for more food lb is estimated that forty million man are bearing arms in the present titanic etreg- gla while twenty mulion men and women are producing munitions and clothing fox soldiers many of thoao siaty milluma were formerly producera of food prom that work they are withdrawn leaving vast regions idle- ten nations are on ra tions and six fit distressing lack of food canada is one of the coon tries than are expected te produce a surplus of food ba help to mako op tha deficit in lands tha aro more severely aosctcd lb is our duty to feed our soldiers and our allies our country is exceptionally weu ai tutted for ii i irnl nn t- tripaf rasa- gaeada to engbmd in the time occupied by on trip from australia our present production falls far abort of what ought to be done the acreage of wheat oats barley and potatoes wee near ly 305000 less in 1010 than in 1015 and the yield declined by mare fban 73 mdlion bushels between 1014 and low tbo yield potatoes fell from 20717007 bushels to 7403429 bushels the ontario department o arrlcnuuro is proud of the many patnotio acta of the ontario jandan and reauraa to tho nil th difficulties tho farmer is working under through ths ontario government public employment bureaux a dotertnmedaflorfc is being modoto secure a large amount of farm trained labor and ii la hoped that the farmer wilt makefull njoxaiae tnrl paw jittco large taopoctliia ana son for every pound of which large priooa aro likely u be paid just a joklt an 1 llnh man talk lug against things in amuloa bupioiioi to aay to a fnoud iu wuw york why ovon your nuwsboya cant tako a juku iho friend replied just try tlio usxt uo that iijikm ulung with euiue luiotoooa nd suo if ha lrii t an iwor yuu iliulnliabinstiagreodanaatappad up to nevrnis sajfijig hello youugator look at your nowa aud toll mo what time it la ho boy quickly replied aw look at r own uunu alii t runuiug i brighten the corner where y0d abe the inner aula of every cloud la bright and shining i iherofaro tarn my clouds about and always wear them inaido oat to show the lining if yoa to find ont a mans real dta p tako him when he is web and hungry and if be is amiable then dry bim and fill him up and you have an angel it is so pleasant to always aay the right appropriate thing a conductor aa an iowa road found a pocketbook with 91000 in it which bo took much trouble to restore to the owuer au old gentleman travelling with bis wife- the old taan thanked him warmly bub tho old woman said its a good thing somebody seen youpick it up or we novar would havoooenitsgaia they aint no use iu kick in friend if things dont come your way it doe no good to hollar round an grumble night and day tho thingto doa to curb yar grief al out your little whins an when thsy aak you how you are jot aay l foaun fine yor heart may be jest buatin with soma real or fancied woe jjot if you smile the other folks alut vary spt to know the old world laugh ab heartaches friend bathoy your own or mine so whan thsy ask yoa bow you are joat im iealio fine a modtt i kuan q tho lawyer dont yowtbiak 5il week ia a little too much to demand wlton bea only making 50 tha lady no i don l thats what i used to uiako bim gimin whilo i was livin with bim attacked by aathma tlie first foarful aquation la uf iiifjgcailuu which hour by hour becamoa more dearete and hopolass to such a case tlie rehsf afforttod by lr j 1 kelloggs asthma itemody aeouas notb lug lean thau miraculous its help is quick ly appelant and noon tlio dxsadiul attack ia msatorod tho asthmtiucwbo fajoftbund eutthe ilopotidulility of this stalling remedy will no tor be without it lb is old everywhere hparo the rmmrou from hu oaring from wurma ly umng mi tiara worm lowdara the uiost eftocuva vonnifugo that cau bo got with which to combat thea buidiuus foes ot tlie young and lilpioas there is liuuilug that oxcela tills preparatioa as a worm destroyer ami whon tin qualities be come known iu a buuaeham nootherwillbe used iho medicluo used by ilitolf re quiring iw purgalvn to auiu it and ao tlturuugbly that uuthing nieio it denirad