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forty fourth year no 23 acton ontario thursday morning january 0 1010 single copies five- ccnta qtijc artan 3tet tytezs tina action irnicn ntnnis i pub i in h oil every rtiuraday morning at tha ies 1111313 iluildlng mill rtreet acton ontario tho aubecrlpuon prion la i 0 per year in advance iostag la charred additional to offlcea in tha united fltutcti ttin date to which nuluirhptlons are paid in indicated on tho address labol advkittihinq hat ustrans i ant advertisements 10 lenui per lino agflia tnrnrumnent fur first insertion and b cents inr lino for each subsequent in sertion contract display advertise ments for 1d0 incheu or more per on- num 10 oonla por inch each insertion advortiriomentn without spec mo dlrec- lloqj nil bo inserted till forbid and chun idnirrorillngly ii 1 mooiuo i jltor and publisher tlllphonlh 1 dltorlal and business qfflco icsldencq business directory thos gray m d c m moqill l it c p edinburgh l b f p b aiaorow member urillah medi cal association etc olllco iyodcrick street acton ont dr j a mcniven physician and surgeon oftleo and residence corner bower avenue and llgln btrcetn tho resid- enc5jfnrjnoriyoccualc ilornon acton ont veterinary john laweon veterinary surgeon acton ont graduate of ontario veterinarr col- icco 18s0 olllco arthurs block residence mill street calls day or night prompt ly attended to legal conveyancing iloura 3 p m to 8p m at residence ft h wanq0rouqh lake avenue acton ontario dr j m bell d d l d 3 dantlat honor graduate of toronto univer tty the luteals aneothouo used if deal red ofllco at realdenoo comer mill and frederick streets miscellaneous marriaqe licenses m p hoora laauar marrlaga lloanaea private ohlce no witnesses ro quired issued at residence in ovaalnr rtuck pucaa ootce acton ont francis nunan bootcbthder account books of all kinds made to order periodicals of every descrip tion carefully bound ittulnc neatly and promptly done wyndluun street qualpb ont lovor william store r- j kerr licensed auctioneer for tho counties of hal ton wolllng- ton poel and dufforin and tho city of quolph acton ontario tho free press office acton the mercury office quelph tho newsitecord irersruq or with w j gordon harness maker hlllaburg sales entrusted to it j kerr re ceive attention from date of luunff to data of sale list your saloa with me residence young 8tral aoton phono 38 acton call at my expense j e cheevers book oinoer quebao st east quelph ont hooka and mngalnoa bound in handsome and substantial covers names lettered in gold on bibles hymn uooks and other books all work promptly executed winter term begins january 6 prepare now for reconstruc tion days our homo and ex port trade will demand tho aer vicc3fif bright young people cot the new cataloguo today shaws business schools tor onto w h shaw pres d alex n1ven ontario land surveyor and civil engineer fturvoys fa ubd i visions plans tlo ports descriptions hlucprinta etc cortlfiratoa fur i urchosera and mnrtswrtes hurveya for architects llullderu and municipal council drainage lloports lull mate etc melean building dougla gt fluid ill phone hu on w ft two or more persons rj mag use one f account i the pint account is a very popular i rcaiurc of the bank of nova scotia service i each person may deposit or withdraw l independently interest quickly accrues 1 and with two saving the growth pf the j account is more rapid and pleasing fc husband and wife brother and sister i father and son or others are enabled to i save systematically by this means j the 1 f bank of nova scotia paidup capital 6 500 000 w k graitau itl 1w itucrra lund 12 0o0 0o0 acliag uiakjar fjm savage co eubllhd 1s4s vyyndham 8t queuph watches diamonds jewellery library de8k sets fine china cut class silverware silk um0rella8 fountain pens specialists in weddlnff and birthday ett la kxpcrt watch and jawohory rcpalrcni savage co 70 years in business in guelph specials this week ladlo silk crepe dc chine blouses all sizes ladles sdk blouses sizes 38 to 40 useful goods skates i skates i hkatoa for uoytr100 ui tjxc ilkatoa for the men 100 to 7j skates for tho ladles 1jo0 to 400 hockey sticloi 15c 35c 50c 60c sleichrt for the kjddleo 3so 46c 60c 70c t00 s1s 1i0 1c5 20 1847 rogers plate cottco spoons per doxen sjl00 tea upounu per doxen 600 peaoert spoona r dozen 11j00 houp spoo- tdoron j12lo0 lloulllr joons per dozen 120 orajigo 6ioono per do ten foo sutter spreaders per doten 90 sugar sholls each 100 tomato scrvcra cacli 250 cold meat rorka each la uerry spoons each 20 dessert knives npd forks per dozen table knives und forks per loxcn 7 0a desscrt knlvca and irka orna mental handle per dozen 950 tablo knives and forks ornamental handle per dozen 500- tho bond hardware co ltdl phone 1012 quelph buy 2inl glasses the hryptok invisible bifocal when you reach the age where you need two pairs of glasses dont get them buy a single pair of invisible kryptok bifocals a3 fitted by savage ground on the premises tho old and reliable granite and marble dealers f vo uro manufacturers and direct importrja of all kinds of monumental and j loud tune wprk we sell direct en our luatoniers ut wlioleaale prices thus tiivlnk our customers 40 per cent we have tho bent appuanoes and the only ineciiaiiua lu the dotninlun who uin opt ruto piinumaua tools properly o ri bve rcferoikra front liundroda of our cuot num in lortnto una other pltttua whnre others havo to have law huili in order to tjrcl we have tho inrccat and beat atnjck of oranlte in ihn j3omlnlofr or more tlmn any uiroe dcalcm in the wont wo ore lelu limto ttalora and imploy tin aaenui and do not annoy or peat customers liy ftixtdlna out uiiioruiu acenta sollolt- init orders wo ninploj only mecliuln i ttnd defy competition hamilton sons i cor norwich a woolwteli 8 la qualph d0nt makc thc wrinklto dccpen la falhorn cyn iriii irnwlim dim kin fttnn n little lowrr in mothers hair a little trray hor ntcp a lltllo slower is llfnn hill srowlnir hard to cllrnb7 klnke not tliolr pathway deeper ilmoolh nu the furrows on tho brow oil do not mnka them doeper tlicrod nothltic mtvkos a faro no younr an joy yoiilliii fuircnt token and iinthina ninlcn n taro urow oil i lite hearts that hav bon broken take hoed lout dceda of tl ino nhoul 1 make thy mother ho a wtei cr i lump poaco upon a fathers brow don t make tho wrinkles deeper in doubtful putliwnys do not tjo fie trmpted not to wander grieve not tho hearts that ipvo you no hut mako thnlr love crow fontler much t ttvo thy patent bonio for thee ho noi th li tender i e per and irt hem lonii ujmiii th it ve don t make the wrinkles deepci no lavish with thy invlnr deeds he putlint tiu and tender and make tho path that nirownrd leadn alow wltli eirthly splendor homo day thy dear ones o trie ken low munt jln i to death thi icaper and you will then bo slad to know you nudo no wrinkles deeper mrs frank a jjrocu larkins a man of pure grit hf w i s mr jones remarked abo btrlcklan about tho bout example of pure crlt that i ever saw was shown by a man ouined larklna who worked for us a few years ac in tho factory ovcr yonder iarklnu was a very ordinary looking follow when ho applied to mo for work one dny it was just after that big trnln disaster over at sno1 terville and i remember how i was affected oy it at tho ttmo larkins camo to tho door topped irently upon it and at como inl ho entered with his battered hat in hln hand i am miter any idnd of work ho said anoswlsh jou would put mo lnl so mo where i do not caro what it la no loan as it is honest 1 had seen that type an i supposed him to be and i shook ray head at tho samo time turnlnr to my dcsk to j resume what i was doing when his rap interrupted mo but larkins did not appear chatrrlnod by my refunal and ho ntood there till attention i turned my fnco otnln toward him and said welir sir t nm out of work and i wish a job an i said i do not care what it is no in tic it i honest work i looked into larkins eyes and they did not shift as most seedy mens do i immediately jvm impressed by uio fact and said ccntly in it a case of hard luckt why are out of a job 1 have no hard luck story to give you and 1 urn not usklnfr for charity if you can uivo mo work of any kind i filial clve you your moneys worth and i hope a little more just then tho telephone ranc and upon unnwcrlni i found that ono of tho f relent h uidlers had met with an accident and t man was needed it once 1 looked at larklnn ho was a muscular chap but his hands did not look as if ho hud over dona much heavy work but i was determined to put htm to test and no i ould that mcusugo tells me that ono of my freight hnndlera has broken hlu ler and that uiey need a husky man at unco do you wunt tho job lark 1 nu ntralghtonud up as ho re plied ycu air i shall bo only too glad to jako il tu bo hack in nfteen minutes for i must first set some overalls i dldn t it now but that larkins would skip out and loavtr that heavy job in tho lurch but happily i was disappointed and larkins did show an hour or twd later i wandered out to the frclsht sheds to see hbw tlilnga wore feolnc and incidentally o tct an oyo on lurk ins what i saw was a revelation to mo there ho was in overalls and undcrutilrt lint loss and covered with dirt dulns tho work of thrco ordliuiry huskies that is to suy ho was working three times as font nnd tutting results that were iltuflliig i walked over to him and asked him how lie ilktd it with a umllo he llftod up his luindu and said the work la all rlht but my handu uro not as accustomed to it as tliuy mlsht be but cheer up i aoi liot complulnlnff thin is honest work and it will do mo eood r i looked at his handir and they actually covered with bin bll r two of which had broken what the smart must imvo teen cannot bo thought dut larkins hud no coin plaint to make ho took it as a mutter of courao and us he said had no fault to nnd l ho next day about noon i uauiitored over there aualn tho moil were just quitting work for dlu ucr und 1 looked for larkins ho was nowhere to bo scon aha i 1 thought to myoelf hu ut i noujjh lu omi day pcrliapu his hands too soio to work to day around a cornor i went in behind a tier of boxla and there i found lurklua lie had one hand completely bund aged and two or three email strips of court planter on the other ho was muiifhlmr n sandwich and on a sruull box in front of him wua a book on automobiles well i said pkjiaantly how are tho liunds to day oh i they uro all rlu h an swore 1 with a lnuili i ciui do my work all tlhht if lam cartful you soo i um not usod to it tints hll hut this lu what is bothorlntf mo i do not un lorstau 1 your i urtlculur uutumo biles cry well and when they tell uio to iut u cvrtuln number uf this thut onira othir ininto paiktaiii com plod ly lost i bought this book hist nlthl und stu lied it und i hall keep on with it until 1 know somu thine you do iw i object do you tq my i rliijtltiit h in durinjt tho day and uh klnj it ov r nt no nt i ciitwlnly did not objict an i l told him so in no uncertain terms threu or four days lutor i wuu ulttliur at jny duk v hen uuotlicr lolcnhono muuijib rtmio this lime it was from tha drauuhtlue o til res of the com puny do you know of u rood draughtsman 0 tho voloe of tho head man wo ola to tone mullluu he must k 1 to night i his wife la danjjer- ouly ill i um think of a soul and su if you know of unybody i wish yt li would send him uluuu do you nued an experltnced inaw i united for 1 too wuu putilcd llio utile o did not nond to mu fui u man ttn only win n mioy were huid up as in tho i icneut cuou no wo li not in fact i cutil i take u mun with uood cummi n itonon and wiik him in until wu hud unut to t h it iirouii t mont wo ntel now is sputcone to lot k after blueprints und sort plans chrckluk llu m off etc why7 havn you nnybody in mind en i nald slowly for i wan tljlnk- imi of larklnn i have a man who has the common sense at right he in worklnir for a short tlmo in tho freight tloj urtmenl but i think your work would bo nioro tiulted to hm vii1 you clve him a trli7 there was a fow monmntu hejjl tatlou and then tho reply all right iii ftlvo him n trial kvl i ntly tho id oh of tultnf u hunky from tho freight departtnont llrt not tdpcclally dpi rat to mm iltil i nont at onco for ijirldnn and imnt hlin ovur ucronii the way an tip left me lurk inn turned and ml 1 with ronsldcrablo omotlon mr htrlrklnn t hope thitt i may repay some duy for thin wuved hi in out i ood naturcdly ti 1 1 it i ntr thut lie was simply overcome wltherfttltuda at my confidence in him tho way ho paid mo won far dtf feront than i thought it would be jilqiil no more about larkins for ml days thctitll of a sudden and nliil ho lind tha head draughts mun ruiio into my omen lnrlclnn 3oked as if ho had bicn through hro nd wutcr hln face was pulo and ho was nervous mr btrlcklan ho nald r am totd thut wbat you ncod for pormunenl work in u regular draughtsman with a certain toe han leal education i have us good an education na i could afford no of tho bent technical schools in country unfortunately my pupcrs and references are not where i can i resent them to you for i wua this wreck it bmchorvllio and loat rylhlnr i hud when tlirco cars woro 3iad 1 havo us f hope to iet thorn by tho end of next week will you five mo a chanco7 thnt is all i auk i know that i can do the work oak mr smith and ho rncd apicalink to tho head draughts man what my work has boon mr btrlcklan you cannot realize what thin means to me i came to this city hoping to cot into just this kind of work und now that tho chance is opepe 1 for me please lit rno show my ioodn lo regained a little of his old cotlddcnco whin 1 smiled and rone half unconsciously to take a atop toward hlni then he resumed when my papers come from tho east if they aro not what you wish or if my work is not satisfactory j shall be only too glad to take my liat nnd ko without yta or no nor will i tats ono ent of pay morn than that of an or dlnnry laborer if i fall yau did not know what to say 1 turnod to hmlth but ho was looking very intently on tho floor larkins nued the thought i had and withdrew yinc that if wo wished to talk it over it might bo leas embarrassing with him out of tho way welt what do you nay 7 1 asked r smith shall wo or not7 i suppose it in a risk mr smith piled und yot there is something i uko about him that makes mo wish to let ruh so hang do you think hlu word is all right la ho a collego i mun i will say thut i couldn t find better workman if ho does an well in technical work an ho has up to this i what do you nayr i aay i exclaimed vehemently i hofcrlil you do not got many i that will get down an 1 slave tho wuy ho did for u few dayu at work itlrely now to him and make blisters id luugh ut thctnl i would trust m almost anywhere smith inuhhcd und went out and lurkliim went tu work ten dun dayu r bmlth camo back ugaln thin i ho was lu such u hurry ttiat ho runhed rlftl t into a directors mooting without stopping to knock i ortupute- ly the morung wan just flnlahint up und ho did not have very inns to wait for me welir eald i ban tlioro been un oxplonlun or- another man gone went or what la if i or reply bmith luld on my dtnk a bulky lookluk document opening the onvelopo i took out first u re commendation from my beat irion d in now york city in which it miui stated that mr john lurkliui hod taken in all thoy could teach him in their limited business and tliat ho mitchell my friend gladly recommended him to the best place i could give him second a statement to tho effect that mr john lark inn hud gained din unction while at tho tech for origin ullty in design wc rk third thut ho hu 1 ut leu at throe degrees that might bo written after his tiumo and lust that ho hud been offered the chair of particular lino ut pratt u instltutu but thut ho had declined becuuuo ho pro for rod to work in u manufactory und do re il work i laid down tho i a pens und looked at bmlth who stared buck ut mu well i bt gun thut looks ilk lurklnu ituyu docsn t itf hum replied smith i rather think it docu and at u decided increuua of ay hut what goto mo is why o was willing to humblo hlmnclcby work lug in the freight dtpurtmuutl iuro grit 1 unnwored just pure bht und nothing else and what in inure i um inclined to think thut it wua iure grit thut got him those do- gruis and put him in line for tho chair hu dot lined i biiosn thut wo liad bettor hung on lo him that hi what 1 kelp on smiling when everything seems to po against us when wo aro worried and uishcnrtcncd wo do well to keep on smiling tho good results aro two fold first of all wo have no right to inflict our private woc3 on on innocent public if wc go about looking as if it had been demonstrated to our entire satisfaction that life 13 not worth living wo inevitably communicate our de pression to other people the smiling face oven if tho smile 13 forced will not pass on discouragement to othars thcro is something about keeping the corners of the mouth resolutely turned up which stiffens the backbone wc cannot bo quito as dejected and forlorn if we keep smiling as if we look woebegone so closely knit are our physical and mental constitutions that looking cheerful hclpi to mako us cheerful and vice versa it pays to smile oven if smiles come hard fixing impressions j r twenty years aqo and wo 11 1 for he lu with us yot und fust rising bonio duy hu will hutt hiplth n 1 la u for ho has gulnod tho attention of tho directors by hla of tlu utd it tti mtuitiiib t hum and don t you ovir let mo htar anyboly nay thut u college man lu too n l for an humblo job or that bn hau 11 t any crll whou hard pushed for i km w better 1 i worth hor uld 1 cant afford it ono uf the bar y unj ilk to ui i juoo little mooji i unl tiftird it f it were the confession of u fnnnl 1 able wcikm is or a serious luck they oul 1 not find it hurdor to prououncu it lndred liuiui whuwlu u1kuuj1 unhesitatingly t u liu 1 u inner wuull i rofor ti invint any number of ox cuncs for refusing to uluuxi in u uug oated un lertuklug rutlilr than give tho real oih thut un y cunnot uparo the nionuy mtnuury 1 nirtllo juylni at thu ilrht time i cunt uffud it luituuo to net as if short miss of fundii wus u crime or unthui of whtnh to bu usluimod muny ouni folks uro drugged into uncltaa t xtruvtii an o f ir wjui h thoy huvir tu ho irt juut uiuuoo tiny huvo uovcr iciriu i t inuku utiu f tills si in i lo strulihtfoi vtiiril 1 hruuc 1 can t affoid it some one has recently said that tho tidal wave of temperanco nen union t tluit baa swept over tho nation durlnit these last few yearn la due in groat part to uio fact that tor forty yenrn there has been scientific temperance instruction among tha young that tlu saloon keeper who laughed and apeercd a few years ago because the boya and girls carried banners in a parade for got to read ono of them which read tremble king alcohol wo shall grow up another generation of boys and girls aro before us to train never has there been a tlmo whon the youth of oui land needed more careful training than to day and tho sunday school teacher has the largest ohare of tho real work to do the foundation of temperance victories must be laid with tho chil dren tho young people must bo trained to catch a vision of a saloon j las nation they rauit bo taught the taws of self control tho foundation of good habits tho control of tongue and j uipr and thought and appetite i hut thut is not all it ian t enough to teach them the evils of in temper ance they must bo given actual temperance work to do tho boy or j girl who leola that ho la doing some- i thing to drive king alcohol out of tho i world is going to be stronger for i temperance tliun bo would bo if ho i intoned to talks on tho subject evory duy in tho year it is work ho docs thnt counts and what uro ootno of the things n j boy or all 1 in do for temptmnco they can sign tho temperance pledgo ud got other boya and girls to do tho thcro uro four special temperanco icjisonu luring the year britain frlmer minister i loyd ocorge who in ono of tho greatest temperunce worker i in tho world attributes his own tern prranco activities to tho fact thut curly in childhood ho spoke pieces and took pert on the progruramo in tho hand of hope wo uro told that oven when u young boy tho urdor of his youth ilrcd muny un uudlonco or hlj towimicoplo with mil uslarirt for tumpcranco und a dotcrmluatlon for conquer tho ironic 1 nplticii in loiiliii pieces let ua not forget that irnncee l wluard wanted every boy and glrl to commit these linos of hero to memory wrlto u on the churchyard mound where the rum slain dead uro found wrlto it on uio gallowa high wrlto fur all thu pusuuruby wtiuro i here a drink there a dung r write u in uio nation a luwu 1u itting out the- tlcmso clause write it on each ballot whltu bo it caq be read aright wliuro there a drink there x dunftcr wrlto it on our ships that null homo along by storm and gale write it in larto lettenj plain over land nnd over main wliera there a drtk thrr b danger wrlto it over ovory gate n tho church iui hulls of otnjc tho hearts of over lund n tho luws of every ian 1 wucrj thtre a drii k there a d incr ihx temperance teaching in iiouk bongu leuvo u doep impression on tho mind lost full a junior eliorus i a town was a luruu factor lu euro lug tho ulcctlou foi no hceunu thoy wo o toys an i girls with good volccu nnd thoy had a ood louder their won km wuru tluso if strong icmpcrunoe cent i niont set to the tune of old tlmo popu lur ulru thu tjdo rolls in to tho tune of maryland my maryland v e must voto for prohibition tti tho t mo of marching thrtuth uoorbla wo ii maltn tho nation dry and others e jually as good t nlht befuro election this junior chorus maixliod through the utrcnta und sunjr their songs who li tho votiu wcro cocntod it wm found to bu a temperance victory am much praiao and words of a preciatlui w ru given to ihcso bojs and girls thono juniors woro doing actual tun pi ranee woik do you think they will ovi i forcot thouo uongs und uio tor the ho 1 hid to win of tia fro pr january 12 1830 tho wptip rn now pay pofllota tho rain and thaw lost week raised the water in tho mill i ond utiout uiroo feel rueaday wai uo cild nt tnai of tho winter this ta- tl o m r ury regis tcrcd 10 dcrroen mw xcfi mr tliomuu t mooro wua uppolnt- clork anl treasurer of tho murlclpall ty elovou years ago at u ailary of 100 there has beo i no increuso of salary though with uio aejulrement of tho cemetery oi i urk togeuicr with tho rapid rrowth of the munlcl pallty tho work of tho o llco hun doubled durinr tliu eleven eira not a cent of nionuy hun tone uatray all accounts huvo leoii carefully and sat lufuctorlly ktpt und all cheques do llvcrod to clulmentn upon the trconury with tho additional larco incrcaso of work caused by tho electric llghtpic system with lu iicrlco of monthly ne counts to b handled tho council unanimously folt that tho dutlfn do mand an increaao in salary and con niqucntly mr igod nt la0 mr d llondt painful fall upc poalto hu nislloi right unklo wns ulned has been raon m p had a n tho ulduwalk op ico lust friday the dislocated and badly iu tlut a nlut i i orbcj on what a o clock at thu i rlduy e dreosej mcalpiui hex t in cloud iund oieo lutchilrat durham on oui jonu ury tho vldnw of tho late oeorgo ititchle and mother of mr george itltchle acton uted so ycuru krnmy at hrr home acton on 8th jujiuury ltlza mun hy wifo of john konnoy esq uged 73 yearu j monuti humorous a lawjer dlixl in uu american pro vincial town and fellow lawyers wrote t vcr his gruvo hero lien a lawyer and an honest i mg toyijkiafi her places lmipccti1 tho ocmotery whonvhu camo to thu lawyers grave ho slopped read tho inscription nnd turning tu tho luud liunicctor sail look hero my friend wo wink at a good many uilugs lu this l ruvltico but i do object to your burning two men in ono gravo included among the paascngoni on board a shop crossing tho atlantic recently was u man who stuttered duy ho went up to uio captain of tho ship s u ututtcred tho man i run t be bothered uld tho captain angrily tho man trlod to oi uilc to everybody n board but no could walt to hear liul he liud l my at lust ho cuine to tho capt tin ixmk liort uuld thu caplulu i can ten you what uitjownfirrjoinvnnt to jay anything you uhuul 1 sing it i ju5t do your dtot thn nlitnii li hnd when folks commonro a ilmlln fault with 1 rovhlonee an 1 bilkln cuuno thu earth dont i halcii at ov ry r intln step thoy tuko no man meat till in can m o how h a thin little ho would lm l ntrli port to nolf unl ntark nnd ban ho hung hlu ui ii out unywhoro my docu rn lu to lay nil in routiiitjotis and bo i a tin nod jnt do your bent nnd praise er blumo rhnt follora thut counts jcnt tho nurnr 1 vi iillui n itl d rout ailecena lu mlxt i with troumon nit ro or lens and it ii tin man who dt the best anil gltn tnoru klckti thun nil tha rent jumta whltcomb itlloy h0 mothers praycr6 ii i mother lay awake in tho moon 111 hi hhi could not i loop thlnltlnr of h r boy over there hn had boon ueh a timid llttlo boy afraid oven of udden nolsa and mortally afraid of giving or recoivlnr pain many a time hactneou him wlnco and thou sot his mouth thmly an during bis boy hood ho forced hlmnolf to ln through things thnt i ho other boy i gloried in thou camo tho draft and ho wan nt ate the month before thoy wore called bo iilio wau not surprised whon ho tamo no ono lay und nald mother i have enlluttd in tho um- bulanco norvico i cannot go into the lehen and feel ttiat i have to gn out and km men iki i have taken tho only i i cun drive and tho ambulajtco qervleo nccmod test th and botng htu molhor qiouall lie riuld no more uho underntood and ho hud ono bravely into hla khaki uni form and ho waa now nomowhcro in liraneo perhaps ovon uinlsht in dan ger and utreas sho could not sloop and impoiiod by an impulso utio oould not resist sho lipped on her knock besido the bed and i rayed o lord sho implored i do not ask you to tavo hln life an 1 bring ltlm back to rat his ufo in yours and his country a but i do ask that you blve him courage to bo bruvo do not let o a coward bavo him from that tho llttlo clock on tho man to 1 struck twice in its silvery tones before ano atoso ugufn sometimes uho prayed ftomctlmca sho junt knelt there waiting for tho answer until at length a renso of pcaco and security ntolo over jori d rising from her luieen oho lay down her bod and slept as calmly and peacefully av a little child sho had left hor boy in tho dvorluatlng arms that night somowhero in rvanco hor boy drovo hla umbulanco umid ihollnrt it wns bin first expcrlenco with shell lie had been rortunuo but aw thoy wcro comlnc thick and fast 1th tho awful star utrwtl bursting in ie nky whlto lipped he drovo amid tho shower burotlnt arouiwl them on every with hln annuitant sitting beaido him re vrty to grub tho whec if any thing hnpponed to him every nerve ton 3d ho drovo bin toad of wounded men grlpplnt tho wheel firmly and trying to put out of iiixj rrilnd thooo nwful cxplonlvcu tho terrible destruc tion wrought buddonly u nholl burnt near them id his nsnltunt ounk tinck with a proa n atrtrorfn lg i lvurythlnt i lurrcd about th uojtiin fenr ho wanted to rori from thla rrlblo haoc ho wanted to run and rnun and iicrcum and run and jildo tfurnowhcro where those burotins nholla could nover never und him but from rorco of habit and training ho clung to hlu wheel su idenly ho felt himself growing fulnt ut tho awfutneus of it all what if ho mould nully f unt and thoy tihould all be dentrojed tho mu chine tloppcj uuimthlnti waii wruitb and ho was uio no with hln wounded out in tliat llvlnr holl ho uwnyed dtxxlly then all at unco before hla yea roeo a vluion of iiih mother a peaceful quiet room nnd hlamothcr pruyiiid in tha moonlir it bcrlill her hed for her boy praying not fur hlu ufo but that ho might havo rmirutft nnd utrcngtli only a second tho vlslqti lusted but uko a flash thcro arosa in him a calmness nfter tho governor ojll j antl strength ho had novor felt before ulud tlio toyjurfuaiuoujiicjjruntf from his ncal cheer up old fcllovil d to hlo aaalutant wo will botoinvw ipv i ktci up your cournjro himself tn tho road undlr the much ino pulling out lis box of tools and pot u work amid the falling sheila ao ho worked ho sang why should ho not was n t hlu mothit praying for him all uround him like armour ho xolt tho protection of those pruyera wo harm would como to him or thouo in hla care hud nut hla mother put them all in god ii ko plngt clour und otrung an tho air rose tho strain of tho aiar hpangled banner hln wounded cotnnulu stifled hla groans and joined and tho man who lay in thu umbulunco did nut know how neai thoy had como to being abandon od to death at last all was ready again and uiey leupatforward quickjy tho trl0 urlw lioapltal was made una this tnouior u boy stood ntrtilfcht and atrons and alert aa ho inado hln reiiort and turnod to hln waiting ambulance wiui another helper to lako tho place of hla woundid comrudo all nlgit long back and forth ho mudo his trips unild tio abill ami aro all night long hla hands grasped tha wheel calm and unafraid for wa ho not wrapped in the invisible protection of hln mothers prayura naught coultj harm him nuw nnd better than all hq know tint icvcr uhulu would ho know fuar ho that night face to fueo wiui dtuui ha 1 looked him in tho facu and waa unafraid inr at inst ha know that ood wtu uiroujor than oil and when his mother picked up tho dallj i ant i and read that her boy hor llttlu timid uhrlnkliil boy had rvcelv- 1 tho cnilx ilo cjuorro for uxtruordl- ury bin very sho bowed hwr houd and d h uly in a t rut la vo co tho i ccmmuiicul to nlng uul 1 uuld ucituulutuiilo bo forgot un 1 novor brought to mind bio mlug cooks fell qvrrboatd and la twenty knots bohin i rctort caustic a tuurlut wun having hln bootii pol lulu t by un lrli h shoeblack and aa tho tuttor wau udiultiluterlug tho nuluhlnu touchoj his fiutron rudely tossed two coplurn on uio puvumunt ua il rovvur 1 thin insult udde i to no doubt by thu fnet thut tho reward wus thu men rvuogiilscd twipume t uused ttie shoo bluck to ex lului llmnlt yo ul 1 hu only jxilluli yoi huvo is on your byotu und i tuvu thut nqulh a ay twos what were they7 hmulj uu i entoitalnliif her moth rn tultor i jv in yui llttlu glrlt cull r 1 am si riy t any my dcai hut 1 haven t un i1uu girl all oh i lift r i laliiful nun li utl ii boy lthoi y um i giii- ho 111 ii11u what uio yours makc yor opportnity muko your opportunity uu llntoln made his in tho log cabin in tho will ui uoas mako it uuya tiuecess as llciiry wllsuil made hlu during oven lugs tut il farm whou hu rm 1 n tliouaan 1 vulumuu while other boys of tho unlgliborlmo 1 wonted thulr oven luka- wojto it us thu sin iherd boy 1 orguuon mudo tils when ho tulcu lutod tho dlstanco of tho mania wltti u huji if hi of beads on u string mult it uu oooruo utonhunwon mu lo lilu whim ho mastered tlio rules of niutlu mat leu vlth ajalt of chalk on tliu ntdoi f the coal wagons lu uio luinca muko it as douglas made lis wlun lu learned to read from scruj a of i apcru aiidpontirs make it uu nupoloun inula hla in u hnlidrctl in port u t uttu atloim muko t us tliu duaf ah i bill hult n klltur is making hern make it un t vury young man and womut muni who would accomplish unythlii wortl ittorl oolden opi irtunltlou arti noth lug to laxlueus and uio gnatnit nt vantaico will tnnke you i ldlculiuri if you are not prepared for it klin out thu old rlnt in uio now itliik liui i y bulla ucitu t tho uiiom 1 ho yuai in julng lot tiliu go ring out tho fuluu ring in tho trui remiv what ull ublou a mun to ot wealth but i 1 li djwjw lwlll koo iwltlumt idui olwill lo ull niuukln 1 i g uuuful t it j ivvoi 1 in tl uuil whlflc he wag at itulu urltldi toll sou wluru not u towed t i stato tti u i um aid i athor 1 thank ortd irujor yio the for my ana a pluoqed half dollar a vouiik man fwuu n puiclmno at u fidrint u t wuio walling tr oui lutlng u small uul vvhoio vvu i ctvuiiiu from another iw il itunt a llvr half dol lar won off lire 1 in luytutnit 1 ho pro pilutnr llunccd ut it mil tiandod it rjai k to the youui cai t t ike unit it a i jiiukkc 1 half dollu what u uio o nmn shi rt wl jut ij wc tun 1 i was g od mutu li ihivh it fit in rtjirl rriuoiiot with in vvuntt l ui 1 ut iliort vi ihht then 1 is tislte 1 the yountf waul uu othoi bruti th lughtful il it hut iat u l not it ui tlo it u wo ufrl till b itll ikf jfo 1 lft holt junt como frutu 11 liet i ihlut uu j full r i rt if b li u i ii with oil wtionn oyia i out uu mtuii lur 1 1 tji inpculluii bond ta y tut you i ihuruttir uul filled up- i apaoe in icklng yuu light weight iltth