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w ujefv ftar5weppwl i ry rr rft jv ex ssj iuttf j- ml ivi i i rf i t f 5srijl stwrf 0 act 3ffm jlrggb thunloay hlsrtlsmdbr 18 lbls how firm a foundation a oi nriatlon yo oolnts how firm the luord i laid for your faith in hto excellent word i what morn can ho say than j ho hath oald to you who for rcfue lo jesus cod ith thoo o be not appealing i lifted fear not i am dismayed 1 tror x am thy ood 1 will still viva thee aid 1 11 strongthen thee help thee and cause thoo to stand uphold hy my gracious omnipotent hand when through the deep waters i call thee to so the river of sorrow shall not over flow for i will be with thee tby trial lo bless and sanctify to thoe thy deepest die tress een down to old oso all my people shall prove my sovereign eternal unchangeable lovoi and whan hoary haira aball their torn plea adorn jjkn lamb- they snail still in my bosom be borne the aoul that on jean doth lean fori repose i will not- foea that aoul though ail hell ahould en deavor to shake ill never no never no never for sake i amen of hopper btree did ahe aak indiffer ently who la your woman miss achsah cone a queer with ered up old maid who doe fcflaln otw- ins for mother- sometimes hhes piti fully poor im afraid hut the neatest worker you l corn with me nancy v i don t cere for slumming aa i he corrlase stopped and jaaper olaap- proval of the locality in every aeam and button of hla livery opened the door to eay 1 can t so any fnrthor ulaa blundell lloaalya v her one glance aa he unulcky box out it u awfully oor nan but not quite a alum oh f auppoee i muatl you 11 stajr an hour if i don t come aooldod nancy under her breatli folio wins with an 111 raoe aa mlaa j la von he gown of pale bray delicate lace rllh a aussaatlon of green leaves bout her neck passed through a brick archway into meekln court u dark shaft among crowding tenements nancy caught her own dainty t cloae about her a they entered the doer of the tall cat and dlngleat rook nry and itosalys haven led the way up the narrow rickety staircase queer foreign loo ring heads were thrust from half open doors aa they passed and on the second landing aa the two girls paused to take breath a file of ragged urchins with big wondering black eyoa stood in a solemn row against the wall to let them pass that in the soft color is mine whispered one putting out a hand ard itosalys then drawing it shy j akin q a man of him will not deaert to his new joy by a id is dunbar 3c notice qxve you up half an hour ago pouted nancy hold ing open the coupe door as roealye- haven cams firing down the marble steps you sold half past eleven you know very well how much 1 have to tell youl to the pork jasper of course you have my b i laughed roaalya dropping into the sea beside bar friend with frank relief as they rolled away but 1 coolant escape sooner such pother in the committee i left tbem still trying to decide whether grayblue or cream and ollva would be better for the break faatvoom 40uve and cream i should say with a touch of clear vivid color here and there mused nancy blandell the im patient frown vanishing from her fore head i mean to have mine in she drew a quick little breath and bit her lip j oho already 1 a slender finger tilted up ber wilful chin as nancy i turned very red let me look well at you after such open confession as that it does sound serious on my word wei you must have known last even ing how glad i was to hear tne news you might have worn some of them this morning nanoy he ought not to be jealous it wear whatr with a pugaled in flection nancy blundelll tell me u you dare that nothing reached you fcej abo seven loateti qotblng certainly did come with no on the over as hdcll bending down to orogl hj f folded imoeatbt y odsna tobiwd nancy 1 why lfs that suit a corny mother had it packsve jrslw m l down iveif court wbw c sj wbbd l hou lug the town over that armful of mar lolm because youiove no l it is the signorina in rod choose returned a sober atom ah belllaalmal but nancy dlundell liardened her heart what did ahe care for the wretched rogamufns at the top of the third flight only a single gleam atraylag through the crack tn a door- panel revealed some one crouching on the floor nancy startled by the sound of quick aob blng breaths would have turned and fled but ilosalys spoke st once miss cones room is here with a gasped word the dark figure sprang up awy from them ilosalya took one step forward when nancy caught her arm ilosalya haven io you anything in the sir notice whatt why why nancyl bbe gave a hasty rep at the door let tne speak to her she warned into the gjoom of the paasageway came a sudden gleam of light and rich perfume holfdaxsled for on instant the two girls could scarcely make out the tiny worn figure that stood be fore them fairly trembling with cog erase to apeak m1 haven t the the elnt no words to tell you you never could know what its been but there 1 im let tin you stand in the ball you can oome inaidafor just a minute cant yout 111 take your bundle do down after ollmbln up them stairs ita the suit for patsy whslen explained rosalys as they obeyed i holfmechanlcally then would you mind if i ran tight down with ut hes that fidgety for fear twasnt comln but there he never bavin had anytbln decent be fore one oughtnt to blame him i told him mis haven never forgot anytbln ahe said shed do in all the year ive done plain sewln for ber and to think of your comln with it yourself ill be right up again it u as well that i did give in and bring you here i began nancy wben they were alone with deflanoe in her voice bhe would not meet xlosalye implor ing look but let her eyes wander round the bore garret room with the sloping roof and two gable windows that let golden sunlight in on rough board partitions the strip of faded ingrali carpet that cr the uneven floor it wag in a ruffled frame of mind that john trumbull came out from his interview with his father lie hod done fatrly well at high school and had expected to be sent to college aw the sons of the other wellto do fami lies in the town were sent it there fore surprised him when his father said john ira glsd you want to go to college there is no reason why you cannot go i ii lend you the money without 1 n teres v for five yners after that i shall expect you to pay me savingsbank interest on any part of the principal that youhave not been able to return john looked at his father in anion ishment you dont mean to aay he cried that you axe going lo lend me the money that a it said his father i hope that the neoesslty of repaying roe will suva yui from extravagance ioihsmmhj j under those conditions sir john wn dainty skirts retorted with a flusht i think i should rather go lo work ki once vjry weuhls father replied calm ly gut think it over for a week nrst it seemed eo unfair to john thit be started o t very morning to qnd a job he wanted to show his father without delay that the world valued him much more highly than his own people did at the first place where be applied he was told that the firm desired the services of a young man who had a trained mind and who was rrjlay to go into business for good ho tranped all the morning but the only t ilng that was offered him was an oppor tunity to open boxes t five dollars a week before the end of tho week john sold to himself that perhaps after all it would ba better to take the educa tion under the conditions his father had named and repay the money as basement at for tho soon as possible work in a department store summer and waa ablo to save enough to taki two weeks vacation li mountains he found himself counting the cents more carefully than he bad evr done before anything he could save for paying hla own expenses at college would not have to be repaid to his father when he reached the n eon tain club house that was to be his home for two weeks he found that the desk clerk had been taken seriously ill john did what he would not hovfc done earlier in the season he offered his service and got tho pltoe hp re ceived his board free and hod good wages and several hours of leisure every day he determined to show his father that it would not be neces sary to lend bun nearly so much money aa tbey hod thought at drat at the end of the nrst college year year john had paid half his expenses and better than that he had done well in all his studies he bad real ised that it would be foolish to make an effort to pay bis own expenses and not get his moneys worth in educa tion his father received his report grave ly and without any special remark except youve done well john i thought you were equal to it the neat year he did a little better because be knew the ground for one thing he got a position in tho college library the third year be waa look ing ahead for vacation work and got a place under the commissioner of highways during the year he earned a considerable amount of money by tutoring by the end of the vacation he had paid all hla expenses for the year course he was proud but agali that hla father sold was good work johnl i thin learning somethjieueotln earning are getuna frtof nl expend for tbef- what drink haft done toronto august 14 11 kdltor hxxpasb one of the saddest of thomsny sad things that drink has done to us is the citect it has had on the mental and moral faculties- of many of our clever public men whether in tho form of boor wine or spirits alcohol poisons those higher centre of thr brain which control the moral facul tins such as parlance kindness uti selfishness generosity to a serious ex tent before the other faculties ora much affected ws see tills exemplified in the con duct of some of our public wen who have become indifferent to the suffer ings of women and children through the cruelty of drunken husbands care less of their country s welfare and contemptuous of the peace prosperity and tuipplncun which prohibition has brought we nee the same thing in lotleni in the public prima borne of thcae lql icrs are written by men clever enough in some ways but who apparently haye hod some faculties of their broli destroyed so that they desire lo have the old bar room days come back with i all their horrors even allowing women and children to suffer and letting their country go to destruction one cannot imagine any other reason for this changvf conduct unless it be a change in some spots in the brain caused by constant saturation with a 1 co hot an example of this was in a recent well wrlten letter in which the writer claimed that men enlisted to defend their liberty especially the liberty to drink intoxicants no matter whether it injured others or not that 9b of the q w v a would vote against prohibition and said in my humble judgment prohibition has dona us more harm moraly and phy sically in the few years we have had he got temdorarxjt ihetwlde open bar over did service and growth great and permanent growth in any institution is impossible except on the basis of genuine service to the public for 87 years we have aimed to give a sound and comprehensive service yet withal a friendly and sympa thetic one toour customers our presertt strong position is a measure of our success but more largely a measure of our usefulness why nof let us serve you too the bank of tfova scotia pmldop capital w g guai1au actio uiuim aetna qfuth dumd heroes op the war thor wus ono factor for victory in the win which vn ovorlook in passing out tho ml no nnd medals dcclarm the lolrdi nws ilua to tho iluiitli animal who lore much r iiattwii brunt ti did lio men mules mill 1u ttrcnt trtxllt is due i vllmit plodding brave obedient trtuturrs if faluifulrss wondrous fine tho steed of oulcer hut cniuully grand tho sturdy haulers of iiliniin and gun carriage llutt of limit i win jokes tho long- iirrr loan lrgfrrd tuft tailed army miilw hiitt gliirlflad himself kndless llii nuinily train hn tuggod fagging il hi tii tier u uirus tlirouuh flnrcn 1 hn lied ros dog ti and the itxluo iloftn in tho alps have been ljitilno imrooii leaping lto the jaws f ltuth on iiiliuilonu uf mercy or pull liii i rnlmm tuck sleds aniung moun tain prikn uinj passes i i rptituul piihttiruro would be a just nwurl tt r our four footed lighters with fruxlmn from further work to kl lu allot i linlco boors to know and if you it mulct his home dog heavon rid tho world of fl nan for these dogs of war at the entrance of this paradiao iurh or prtntrvc place a shaft to tv id fur iximtnrlty n tribute to tho ftr noi thuii i li llllon awupt spots and the washday necessities ideal motor woshcro low prcs sure reciprocating water motor priced at 2200 new century washcni priced at 1500 patriot washers priced at 150 canadian washers priced at 59- dowiwcll washers priced at stand wringers priced at 23 900 j97ii clothes wringers priced at 575 and 900 electric irons 475 hectric toasters 47g we have what you want rhe bond hardware co ltd nlinnl dead small but potent 1 armoloo s vega lubl pills uro small but tlicy are lturtlvi in notion thhr flno quail- tlii ilh n corrector of atomnrh troubles uro known to thousands and they ant lu lonuiit demand ivorywhere by thouo who know what a sato and impln mmndy they are they need in introduction to thuso acquainted vlth them but to tho to who may not mow ttitim they are presented as the m nt preparation on uia market for dls- nlcm of the stomach to that man s brain the almost com plete abolition of drunkenness the great reduction in poverty and the many empty poor ho uses and jails and the peace prosperity and happi ness which prohibition has brought have no meaning whatever lie would undo all this that he might have his fill of drink ic this man were correct it would imply mean that nearly all the sober temperate i who marched away to the defence of their country had re turned homo seriously fond of drink 1 do not believe it- much alatementa are a slander upon canadian soldiers ii aiinott u ii- mc pr department of socu1 service i4uos -of- the valley and whit 111 bcst demanded miss blandeu pull ing vehemently at a silken cord jasper 0 top u how were they sntt she- turned to her friend barker promised to take them without call before dinner mother bad somo errands for htoltoa sha was letting audrey help her when x went into the library they were addressing soma books for him lo take to aunt charlotte and a sheaf of car- nations for madame von zondl i aldnt bear tho other placesv but- x loft my your box i mean or tat tabs with tho rest and told barker where it woo the address was on a card ued to it mien audrey mixed them tint fumed nanoy children are too med dlesome all my lovely flowers gone astray i itoaojya t must have them if i raid every house on the avenue yer-aotber- will tall iu where tbey migt havo gone and well try every nlaao on her list i oh they would have come nrst of all the congratu lations on my engagement and the deareat no one buubut toddy should have bad the shadow of glimpse af tbunl jasper drive to mr otth moment nont interrupted rasoly these crushing the de spised corduroys into their box should have gone to meekln court this mora- ing miss achsah told mother that the boy only had tatters and patches to cover him the society found hu a home out west and he was sent on with some other poor llttlo waifs in charge of their agent this after noon but they had no clothes to fit him and mother offered to supply some nancy its twlveclqck and bores the suit ptaasel meakln court lent so yery fac couldnt jas per drtvo us dorn there first t then ill go anywhere you choose miss blundell snook her pretty head etubornly my flowers before every thing the boy can go some other day i very well ill get out and take the nut oar into town averred itosalys with equal determination patsy must have his suit in time o itosalys i nancy looked at her blankly i thought you ydu cared for mel x i dot you know i do nan darling i dut bbe prepared to step out miss blundell caught ber back and jerked the cord again nancyl how could you todayr thats just let its my dayl those are my flowers that i might never have seen at alll oh its intolerable say what you like to her itosalys but afterwards there fell ominous silence between the twn as mbn achsohs labored steps on the stairway became audible tut a climb ahe confessed beam ing at her guests with actual radiance in her sallow wrinkled little face as she perched en the edge of a low chair but when you do get up here theres sun and today theres these touching a lilac spray with loving fingertips if you could have bean j here last night miss luvenl why x never saw anything like it you i wont jlllqd that i gave some awayt deprecatlngly i s posed twos the clothes for patsy but whan i opened the box i jonldnt think twos true i ooor young college found a i of white scented hjoqofeslrable position awaiting him for and the glory of wruio ecenioui hftro a thbjm who amxa for young men with education who have shown that they are- of jho right mettle in i wo years he bad paid his debt when be banded his father a check for the balance of the indebted ness it was with an air of happy pride i shant have any interest to pay dad be sold and you ve got your money to use ills father looked at htm shrewdly i i low do you feel now about going- to i college in my way 7 b asked i think you were n wise old dad i said john if you had given me the money i guess x should have rollicked a good deal and got through college only about half prepared your plan made a man of tne his father held out his hand and john grasped it firmly you may be interested to know the older man explained with a twinkle in hut eye that every dollar you have paid me has been reinvested in your name in firstclass securities when you are ready to go into business fori yourself i think youll be gladder than ever that we took this particular way of getting through college i cant thank you enough said john as soon as he could speak admit that at nrst i thought you were close and hard but now that im older and understand 1 am glad that youve my father and i m your son ten wav6 of killing tho following from an exchange gives ten ways of killing a society association or organisation of any kind it will apply in acton as well aa in other places 1 do not come to the meeting 1 hut if you do come come late 3 if the westher doean t suit you don t think of coming i 4 if you do attend a meeting find i fault with the work of tho officers and other mepibers never accept on office as u is easier to criticise thou do things a nevertheless get sore if you ore not appointed on a commute but if you ore do not attend the committee meetings t 1 if saked by the chairman to give your opinion regarding some important matter tall him yoti have nothing to osy after the meeting tell everyone now things ought to be d one s do nothing more th u bpf- erca qululltcsvof u sore in listed csmmbtim oftcsv sstortnfgnf oradnit atsjlorwsjgta in canada write lor free children cry for fletchers xxvvnxvssvxv castoria fletchers castoria is strictly a remedy for infants and children foods are specially prepared for babies a babys medicine is even more essential for baby remedies primarily prepared for grownups are not interchangeable it was tho need of a remedy far the common aliments of infants and children that brought castoria before the public after years of research and no claim has been made for it that its use for over sh years has not proven what is castoria castoria is a harmless substitute for cantor oil paregoric drops ana soothing syrups it is pleasant it contains neither opium morphine not other narcotic substance its age is its guarantee pot more than thirty years it has been in constant use for the relief of constipation flatulency wind i colic and diarrhoea allaying feverlsbiiees arising therefrom and by regulating the stomach and bowels olds the assimilation of food giving healthy and natural sleep the childrens tomfort- the mothers friend genuine castoria always in use for over 30 years an n vnrmlfuiro there is nothing pou nt un mother graven worm ei- trrmtnutor and it can be given to tho in mi ilolicoto child without four injury to tho foimlitutlon every oc packet of wilsons fly pads a ill kill hsh1 ilirs icii s8- ww- o ilv stick r ichfp this stores policy to represent goods ex actly is to their quality to sell to those who know and to those who dont know nt a uniform fair price to fulfill alii guarantees and cheer- fully correct aj mis takes to deserve your confidence by always giving you satisfaction i tm cuttaun commhy niw yh city free press ads bring results thr mint ny ono csji guess how starved i get tor a bl of bloom 1 there a jtanso as ah nswarso a faint isp at tits door xlusalys stolo s glance ut her friend but the eyas fixed on tho white lilac wore openlj mutlnoint it s my dinner apologised ills cone wetting s plate on the table i couldnt stand any smell of coo sin iound them let stone itavln a are thstd wilt to i sin t oold ha miss doni she fried it and sent it up butorys pretty sick and i gave her some of the tllles to hearten him up ljtnd tfeemdtl like bed oat cm an th statxky baby twas a poor ttlo thing no thin but the merest mtttl sod bone but she went on dretful whan whan twos took y yesterday llavln the howars lyln over it kind of eased it for her poor thing i there m a lot i of comfort in a posy wben youre in if ulller s worm powders needod the support of tnstlmonlsjs they could be got by the thousands from mothers who know the great virtue of this ex cellent medicine but the powders wlu speak for themselves and in such s way that there con ba no question of them they act speedily thoroughly and the child to whom they are administered will show tnv provement from the first dose farmers buy a doctor or a derrick trouble but your dinner is getting oold itosalys moved as if ulss achsah i to go tims enough smiled miss cons there was mora i war ted to tell you if hsvin the doni youngsters ueppo an 11 an usreo in hp ransa peepln in air mornln hadn t flustered me they can t get done lookln 1 nov some others that nsodnt be talked about poor souls i tall you hiss lis vet when i saw what youd writ inside new joy to you from itosalys i just cried t there was never a truer word theres been ttuyt new joy lingering over he words for all that s been nigh an slnoe they came and if youd seen little thyra per- tl liar folks round in lluppr street were md with her for wantin to marry teddy llalllman thats nice decent hard working boy if he is poor thyrad told me how her aunt downstalro was gains to let am get married in her room last even ing but her folks wouldnt do a thing to make it nice my alias haven when the flower came from yoti i meekln court jasperl prlve m juarmlwe had era all down utere doctor morsleys night bell rang violently the doctor roe from his bed and put hla mouth to the speak ing tube wko it lt he asked its mr him mono answered a plaintive voine doctor im nearly dead with a pain in my back cant you do something for ut oo to a drugstore was the reply get a porous plaster put it on ae cording to directions and it will re lieve you then the doctor went back to bed a few nights later there came on other ring at his bell welir queried doctor moxlay with his mouth to the speaking tube- it mr simmons said the same plaintive voice- doctor tar bck all right now hut tve got to have some help in getlln this porous plas- fast as you can you know where it ir off hopper street explained itosv alym youre not angry with me are ypu nancy f aa the ooupe whirled round and off at a rapid pace but miss dlundetl eat back in her comer without replying and looked obstinately out at the window as tbey tolled farther and farther from her jlmwsv not until they had vet the paved itenlng the whole room sotns for tbyras utile thin white drees that had been washed most to nothing- and soma for teddys button hole and we tied some into a wreath for her hair bhe has pretty yellow hair miss haven why it made all the difference betwreen just 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