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THE STEP-MOTHER By Paul Ginisty ventures? DU yen get along nicely timid. a!eo feared Gecrge.' opinion. wUh your colleagues?" imagining the self-intere vte-1 rcie "Oh!" said Georges, "traveller, are which be might be led ta attribute to wonderful story tellers. I shall have her. much to talk abcnt. I saw many won- "A conversation will be more satis- derfal things on the banks of the factory than a letter." M. .Merault ueed ogogue, and I'll tell you about rcme to say. "When my eon.seej you, so negro kir.gs who were friendi of mlae. simple, so good, so gracious, he will But just now let me enjoy the sensa- be sure to say I was right." - ~ ' t j on o { being home again. I have been Xow the time for the conversation "Monsieur," said the servant, "there an explorer too long. I want to be- had come and it still terrified M. is a caller outside who insists that you ccme a Parisian again. I still have Merault. chilling his joy at pcssfssing will be glad to see him at once." i m y room here with you, haven't I?" Georgt-3 ag^in after so long a sepera- "Certainly." Translated by William L. McPherson "At this hour?" exclaimed M. Mer- ault. who, in bis dressing gown, was taking early breakfast. "What is his get settled." name?" "Then I'll take my things up and I t n. If the explanation should cause any coldness between them he felt taat he would be perfectly miserable. But heir could he cow brusquely "He wcudn't tell me. He says it | He went away, leaving M. Merault blurt cut tie truth? isn't necessary." : and Mine. Merault. too in a state c He procrastinated again, seeking M. Merault was astonished. Then, agitation. each day a pretext for further delay. as he thought the matter over, he be- : "it's a shame," said the former. "I When Georges knew the young wo- carne anxious. He looked at his wife, alcne am to blame. How can you par-, man better, he argued, and had had a who was sitting opposite him. Mme. ' don me. my dear, for putting you in so chance to realize her charm, he would Jlerault knew what was in his mind. ! painful a position?" be more certain to approve of the mar- She also seemed worried. "But I am &= much to blame as you riage. are. Didn't I contribute, by my fear' Mme. Merault therefore was to pass "Men Dieu!" she murmured, should be your son!" "If it of your son, to preventing you from provisionally as a sort of housekeep- "Without warning us! That would writing him the truth?" j er. treated with the special ccnsidera De annoying!" : One might have judged from this ; tion which she deserved. But she The door opened. A young man ap- conversation that they had been keep- ; was so little at ea/=e in Georges' com- peared. tall and robust. He rushed in- to M. Merault's arms and they em- braced each other affectionately. ing a diCerent kind of a secret. Bat ' pany that she betrayed her fears, as they were perfectly respectable peo- if he were conscious of some hidden pie, driven to dissimulation only by '. guilt. Nevertheless, Georges took "I was so impatient to see you. the delicacy of their scruples. They pleasure in talking with her. showed Think of it! After three years in Af- had no reason to blush for wh-at they . her a thousand little attentions and a rica!" , had done. In Georges' absence M. sympathy which became more and "Gecrges! My dear boy! What a Merault, a widower for many years. : more pronounced. surprise!" I had married again and hadn't dared i "Alas!" thought M. Merault. "be- "Was I wrong 10 surprise you? My to announce the marriage. j tween my son's affection and my return to France was very sudden How many letters, containing min- wife's I ought to be the happiest cf unexpected. I'll tell you about that u-te explanations, had he written: Not ' men. But how uncertain is the happi- later. But k'ss me again, dear old dad. being satisfied with them, he had . ness, which may be dashed by a single as you used to do when I was a child, neve; mailed them. J word!" Do you find me changed very much? . Was it becaus*. at such a distance. One might think that my home-coin- ' he couldn't make Georges understand He decided to conquer his irresoiu- ing has upset you." j that what appeared to be a folly on : tion and to provoke the indispensable "Can you imagine that I am not per- ' his part, was, in fact, a rare piece of i dascJcsure. But he always drew back fectly happy?" said M. Merault, cry- '' good fortune, a stroke of wisdom? when he was on the point of sneaking. | His wife was hardly thirty years old. i So he felt completely taken back Ing to repress his uneasiness. Georges seemed then for the first time to notice that his father wasn't alone. The ycung woman who was sitting at the breakfast table, not hav- ing had an opportunity to disappear. \ Would Georges, naturally skeptical, j am one of those who. believing in first while he. although he didn't look it. when Georges, after a week or two. was appraching sixty. Yet. as seri- i announced that he wished to have a ou,s as she was charming, she was j serious interview. "My dear father." said the son, "I LISTLESS, mn i When a girl in her teens becomes peevurli, Uatless and dull, when noth- ing seems to interest her and dainties do not tempt her appitite. you may be certain that sie needs more good blood than her system is provided with. Before long her pallid cheeks, frequent headaches, and breathless- ness and heart palpitation will con- firm th,-it she is anaemic. Many moth- ers as the result of their own girlhood experience can promptly detect the early signs cf anaemia, and the wise mother does not wait for the trouble to develop further, but at once gives her daughter a course with Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills, which renew the blood supply and b'ini--a anaemia be- fore it has obtained a hold upon the system. Out cf their experience thousands of mothers know that anaemia is the sure road to worse ills. They know the difference that good red blood makes in the development of womanly health. Every headache, every gasp for breath that follows the sl:gtr.;s: exertion by the anaemic girl, every pain she suiters in her back an! limbs are reproaches if ycu have not taken the best steps to give your weak gfrl new blood, and the only sure way to do so is through the use of Dr. Wil- liams' Pink Pills. New, rich red blood is infused into the system by every dose of these pills. From this new rich blood springs good health, an increased ap- petite, new energy, high spirits ar. i perfect womanly development. Give i your daughter Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and take them yourself and cote how promptly their influence is felt in bet- ter health. You can get these pills through any dealer in medicine or by mail post- paid at 50 cents a bos or six fccxes for Co.. Brockville, Ont. most sincerely attached to him. had tried to keep herself in the back ground as much as possible. Georges bowed to her. have faith in this happy reality, this ' inspirations, make my decisions quick- genuine union which had been pos- ; '>'- I want to confess that I am much sible in spite of the difference in their j In love with your housekeeper, and I "Present me to madame. won't you?" , ages? Would he credit M. Merault's '. ask >""r permission to marry- her." he said to his father. praises cf his second wife? Wouldn't I "Marry hr! You!" cried M. Mer- it. Merault. much perturbed, strug- he suspect her of mercenary motives? | ault. "What do you mean?" gling between the natural manifesta- Wouldn't he blame his father? Above ' He almost choked, tion of his parental feeling and a very all, wouldn't his sense of loyalty be "My poor boy.' 'he began again, with serious preoccupation, muttered some affronted.? | an effort, "that is impossible. Mon almost unintelligible words, and made The difficulty of convincing the Dteu; I never expected that! Be- a gesture toward his companion. Then young man had deterred M. Merrault. ^ause I must tell you" he changed the conversation sudden-, He put off telling him, moved by his! "That she is already Mme. Merault." ly. starting a rapid-fte of questions: affection for this grown-up boy. of , sa - J Georges, with a hearty laugh. "Were you well all the time? You whom he was so proud and whose ad- i "Ah! Sly papa, you had no confidence hadn't any fever? Did you succeed in verse judgment he shrank from. Mme. '. ln me - But I knew, and to punish you your mission? Did you have many ad- Merault. modest, sensitive and a little i ' amused myself grilling you with my quest iocs. You went away from Paris to get married. But a little country newspaper, which one of my Meads in Africa received one d.iy. told me about your change of status. And I promised myself, since you sup- posed that I wouldn't approve, to play this little comedy of ignorance. 1 de- termined to make you repent your silence. And I have paid you off. for you were gating nicely tangled up. This ought to teach you not to doubt uie again. But I am neither Jealcu., nor offended. I know well that I have ny place in your heart: and Surnames and Their Origin SQUIRES 1 were killed your.g In the conticental Variations Squire. Squiers. Swires, nghting of the period Syiers. Racial Origin Norman-French. Source A title. While these names themselves are quite clearly of Norman-French crigin. It does not necessarily follow that those who bear them are of Norman- French ancestry, though the chances s are that in the majority of cases such 8 rcu P an assumption wculd happen to be cor- rect. All of these names come from the medieval title "esquire." a title which COX Variat.cns Coxon. Cook, Cocks. Cook- son. Racial Origin English. Source An Occupation. It might appear, at first glance, that the family names in this their origin in some refer- to the cock, or rooster. There is a bare possibility that in seme in- stances the name Cox may have had such an origin. In such cases it would ccme as a spect." was brought into KngUuil with . , ghonened forn , Qf -. Cocker . son> .. that feudal system. In the . ... CHOLERA INFANTUM period immediately following the Nor- . ",'. *?" of the *-nhter. for cholera infar.tum U one cf the fatal man Congest there was no middle l ery ancient sport, ailments of childhood. It is a trouble i-!as. The feudal svsteni did not per- ? nt m popular ; that comes on suddenly, especiay favor in medieval England. Or it during the summer months, and u:i- nught be derived from Uie form "Atte less prompt action is taken nobility and the Anglo-Saxons, who. -^ rt'e'sig" oTt^l" ^ " "^ or ' may soon b * be - vond aid of ability to read roll it The popu'ntiou w is clearlv divided between the Normau-Krench together with a .smaller number of the Norman common soldiery, formed the vassal class. Hut there were, of V* VUC" ill. lLUt.ll till 1 1 V course, gradations among the nobility w , (h w ^, h {o and tuo vassals, and it was out of the Baby's ." '" their Own Tliblets are an ideal ^edicine in ti'i5h of warding off this trouble They regu- !ed Upon th * ul1 ranRe late the bowels and sweeten the storn- " rthe * and "*< ttV * klt> -^onis a ,-h and thus prevent all the dreaded H* b> ' S1UUUlt?r tfom P lainw - t'oncerning them lower ranks of the on* and the higher f W . hlch they lftentlnt?J their shops and Mrs. Fred Re. of South Bay. Out., ranks of the other that the great mid- ' "' fe ! B;lb - v 's Own Tablets die class of more modern Eng-and wu , the , va f l Jty of oast- s. saved the life of our baby when she evolved foregoing family had cholera iufantuui and I would not 1 names indicate that they come from be without them." The Tablets are "Esquires formed the lowest class .- cooh ..- There was no unjform meth . so(d b medlcine .j^,, or of the nobility. They werv youths who ^ of spelling this word , n the mtjd , e ,. C(?nu a box f|vm Th ^ had not yet won their spur* and t ajtes> and it was often BecMgary to llams . Medicine Co.. Brockville Out was their duty to curry the shields of J U(IFV whether the writer meant "cook" ""-' SZXXZfZSX 22?5 The family names derived from this "le Coc" or "le Cok" occurring in the n.'::.s:i process of hanlening word must be classified among the ancient lists of names kept for taxa- W(xxi agillg eff * H 'ts i A f year* are names of the later period, when feu- tion or other purposes, has only oue ' )e ^'^"'Pi^ed in 24 fccurs. dalism begun to disiut^grate and the reasonable translation, "Rogvr the ' title of "esquire" lost its exact meau- , Cook." And that form of name occurs Ing. for In the earlier days it is incon- with such frequency as to insure its ceivable that uiere esquire 1 * could have perpetuation as a family name. At become the fathers of families and , that period "Roger le Cok" could never bequeathed the name, for esquires al- have been used with the meaning ways either won their knighthood or "Roger Atte Cok." Saved by a Loaf. During the recent disturbances in Upper Silesia a party of Poles, armed to the teeth, made an attempt to force an entrance into the town cf Korel. which was garrisoned by Italian troops.. An Italian ser.try opened fire as soon ' as the nrst insurgents tried to cross the bridge over the River Oder. The Poles replied, and their attack would have succeeded if it had not occurred to the sectry to seize his ration cf bread and hurl it at his assailants. So startled were they by thu pro- ceeding that they fled. Possibly they imagined that this projectile was some new sort of bomb! By the time they had recovered from their astonish- ment reinforcements put iu an appear- i ance and the situation was saved! Defeat. No one is beat till he quits: No one is through till he stops. No matter bow hard Failure hits No matter how often he drops. A fellow's net Jown till he lies In the dust and refuses to rise. Fate can slam him and bang him around And batter his frame till he's sore. But she never can say that he's down- ed While he bobs up serenely for more. A fellow's not dead ti! he dies Nor beat till co longer he tries! Resolve. To keep my r>ealthl To do my work! To live! To see to it I grow and gain and Never to lock behind me for an hour! To wait in Weakness, and to walk in Power: But always facing toward the right. Robbed starved, defeated, wide astray - On. with what strength 1 have! to the way Nothing Like Advertising. A large poster displayed in the win- dow of a florist's shop read as follows: "Don't lead the life of a slave! Try a packet of our famous weed-killer!" Although the advertisement seemed to amuse al: who read it. the florist de- clared to a fe' low-tradesman that it bad been a great help to his trade. That evening the friend of the ' florist, who was an eiectrcian. was seen plastering his shop window wirh a poster, which ran: i "To married men. Don : kill ycur wives with housework. Let one of oar ' electric Hccr-ccrubUers do the dirty work!" Important Job. Little Edward was a clever lad and ' meet anxious to succeed. He get a job in a local bank and it saemed to. ins liking. One day a weal-.l-.y uncle met him 1 | on the street and aske.i: 'Well. Ei- ward. how are ycu getting en ic ness? I suppose the first thing we i know you wO] be president the bank*" "facie.' 'i3.id Edward. "I am getting CE tir.e. I am draft clerk already!" "Draft clerk '.'' exclaimed the uncle.' ^hed. "Yes." continued Edward. "I open ' and shut the windows according to or- . i-r and close the dccrs when people leave tteci open." Of Little Use. Not long ago a number of :: - One of them wrote to his wife ?'; after his arrival ar - .r to sell their hruseholj property -.1:: I take passage out to him. The good wife had a neighbor who came to help her with the pack:ng. In the midst of it they fel! upoc: I'll -mas' watch. The neighbor examine : It closely and then saM: "If< a grand watch. Cat; Ye'Il be takin' it wi' ye?" 'Na. ua!" was the reply. "It would be o aae use oot there, for Thomas tells me ir. his letter tbat there is some 'core difference bet*---: :t- time here a::.: ::: Calgary, so I need ta be takin useless things." Pass the Salt! Mr. Greek's radish-te-i had !. tacked by .- ft Distracted, he scught H of a neighbor. "1? you want to exterminate the pest." said the ce.ghbcr. "place sal: between the rows of plants." Mr Green went off fu'l A few days Inter they met agair.. "Did you do as I told ><.u?" the neighbor. "I shou'.i! think 1 did'" rep : i V- Greer. "\V.u- it <:K",> -isful?" \V.>".. 1 put salt -it : ,.;:? evening. and bless me. when I got up the next morning the slugs were pu -, radishes up. dipping them 1:1 the salt and eating them, with such happy louks upon their facts!" WORTH ITS WEIGHT IN GOLD, EE SAYS BRAHAM FOURS OUT HIS GRATITUDE TO TANLAC Toronto Man Declares He Was Almost Physical Wreck When He Began Taking It "I wouldn't take all the gold you could pile up around me for the good Tanlac has done me," said George W. 3rui:ain. 31 Gr^ve Ave . Toronto, Oat. "When I retard i from overseas I wus pretry mu:h cf a wreck. I used to have fainting spells and my nerves were . > thst I used to jump at the . .r. i My stom- ach was a'w-j.- - that whatever I ate _: "I never knew wtat it was to have a good nlght'j sl^en aad I always got up in the mcrnins? feeling tire! and weary I was - . weight _. . ,. t ..i-^jj "Oce eve-:r.g i - .'./ wife: 'I thick I".! try i - ., i fr m and the result 'ai w;n*erfal. It Just seenei to meet my needs from, the -ved me trout -ave me a good appetite so I can now eat well and my fcoJ agrees with me. My ne.-veis are now steady. I no loager have !a:nt:n^ s: I sleep flae and fe-H stronger and bet- ter :n every way "If ' . s worth - : - Tdulac. and I s my gratitude for what it has dct:e 'or me.'' is sold by leaiins druggists Adv. Life-Saving Buoy. ' - ":--CJ - sought to de- e-riicg a lice fn.-rt: - : - -arry- ing bucy v. \Vhr - thip, if the -i.-ti<jn. it blows - -iore. the line unwinding behind it is it goes, until finally the buoy is dragged out of tha surf a ,r.e intact. Is j . OM in this manner - available ' - j.. :;:? regular pur- 'iie ordinary buoy. COARSE SALT LAND SALT Balk .riots TORONTO SALT WORKS J- OL1F7 TORONTO A ho-it 1 without a we roan ar.ii liifht is '.:ke a body without scul or spirit. BRINGS HAPPY EASE. Djn't Endure Pain. Apply Minard's Liniment for sale every. her Have you noticed how many of your neighbors have changed from tea or cofFee to INSTANT FOSTUM The smooth, rich flavor of this cereal beverage appeals to the taste. ai>d it is free from any element of harm. Better nights and brighter mornings usually result from Pbstum in place of tea or coftee. "There's a Reason Husbands Are Inexpensive in Belgium. j A Belgian woman who lost her hus- | band in a railway ao.-Uent received i from the company $2.000 by way of ocmpecsation. Shortly afterwards. she read of a traveller's getting twice j as much for the loss of a leg. She I went to the company and protected ! that the difference was unfair. "Madam." said the official, "the two awards are perfectly fair. Four thous- : and dollars won't provide the man ! with a new leg. but with $2.000 you can easily set a new husband." Not What She Epected. It was fully an hour bt-fore her usual time whe:i little Janet returned home from school, and to her mother, who wus all ready to administer a repri maud. Janet breathlessly ccnttded this information: "Keally. mother. I oughtn't to be scolded for not coming home sooner, because I have had such a disappoint- ment. A horse fell down in Main Str^t .'.ud everybody said they were going to send for a horse doctor. So 1 waited and waited, and what do you think' 1 It wasn't a horse doctor at all it was only a man." ' . ECZ nn JR m \m _ Very Itchy and Bumei Troubled Sk Weeks. "Our daughtn-'s face came cut in rash that we were told was eczn- -^^v Her cii3 got sore , \ j- J sh;r-.-:<e^ _ us- iag los of sleep. The breaking out was very itchy end iur~.al c that I hadtc tieg'.c- en her hands to keep h-r frcm scratci:-^. "This trouble Iast:j abcx. -eks befors I used Cuticura. I csed ere large box of Cat-lojra C with two cai:s ci Cuticura Soap wh<n she was healed." ' Sigr.ed Mrs. H. Stares, Blenheim Rd.. Gait, Oct. Cuticura Scap, Ointment ted ~j.l- f-~. ait ideal (or daily toilet uses. SOB :3c. Oiotmnt 25 nj SOc. Sold tsr-'uur.out U'.eDotrim^r. Car.jc;a.-.I>poC Lymfu. Limited. St. Paul St.. Viontrrd. ?op chavn without mun. A Good Thing. Rub it in. AJrlom'i Ptonmr Do? 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This makes us laug-h: The wvru "candidate" comes about from the fact that the Roman candidate for office was accustomed to go about clad in a white toga to shew the purity ad principles. The Latin word for white is "eariiidus"; hence a person who wore this cc-!or in aevorilaruv with, the established custom, came to be called "candidatus." Can't you imagine , some of our "candidates" in the sym- bol of purity ? ELfrHty moons would be requirevl to make one earth. A player there could throw a ball six times as far as it can be thrown on Canadian diamonds, i A man weighing 150 pounds there would weigh 900 on the earth. The earth re.-eives as much light and heat from the sun in thirteen seconds as it gits from the moon in a whole year. M-nard's Linimtnt Relieves Neuralgia iag! l"::\'ss you see Ulc "Bayer' on package or on tablets you are not getting Aspirin at all. Take A<v:rin only as told in the Bayer pack- age for Colds. Headache. Neuralgia. ' Rheumatism. Kurache. Toothache. 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" long is more thu we c:in understand, when they can t; -A health, in Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegex -.ble Compound! For forty years it has been the stand- ard reraedv for female ills, and has re- stored the health of thousands of women who have been troubled with such ail- ments as displacements, inflammation, ulceration. irregularities, etc. If you want special advice write to Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. (confi- dentiaU. Lynn, Mass. Your letter wffl be opened, read and answered by a woman and held in strict confidence. ISSUE No. 34 '21.