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uodaratand how lu diake our work ileaure a ad luuuiekly do away wllh tlta drudgery of labor and i tell you it will pay j bcbuyler long 9dcd jteilp caafatj 1 he game juat thu oaee ged tom spauldlng iteaofoollab were grown p loeti now tou llan iluberta uxg td id feel rldiouloua playing a hallo waen prank at my g yuuvb all of twenlyflva and it ut bfully tan yaara alnoa you did uoh a thing aald tool aar but infjood humor trua tumtni my boy and thla elalt back to ota hula boiua town wlpaa thoae ian yeara a nearly away that i can t rantaoibar im no longer a fcwi tbanpro it lta lift tba flrat unattached ihlug wa ooon aoroaa you remain bar bow wa uaad lo run off rnoble f1jour jftd feed floui norri ptknv cbolc lvo kqana regularly vary hallowaan with old paraei pnhara dallverj waggon and depoall it in the aand ptla haw tba riatr tom laogtwd out in tuh uld txrylah way at th niamory of tba wrathful plshor rnuat be naar his old bouse now arwn t wa i asked ban becoming enlhualaatlo would wadara to atatj bis waggon now f wonder if ha baa a naw on if no im alralj tba old one might fall apart on ua l they wera walking down a traa- lliird apua in tba nw progreaalva town in wbub lltry writ bora and brought up a horoeoomlng eale- bratlon had brought tbepi back and tbla waa ibair flrt filn qao orlad tom suddenly bars wa ara this is tba vary place i knowlvhy that three trunkd ehaat nut there inside tba fanor the houee la lint much ilka old farmer vu liars sbaok though he roast have beeotna prnsperod the two slopped before a fanae-en- closer yard and looked around in m- enos trying lo loeata tba old land marks yes said ben after a moment its the same plae but spruced up like tba whole dear old towic he added therah a baby oarrlegrfltat i dont see tht drllvrry waggon bnny do yout suddenly lu laigbd oiltrlghu d gsro and help m pinch that prr amlijilalor well wheel it down o thr enrnnr and leave it on the step of some unsuspeotlug neighbor alls fair on halloween everything thats not tied down la likely to be carried off sang out thnt trying tba 4pl quietly hen held back batter be aaaaful tom youve davelopvd bump of oaolion slnee you left here i remember well when you wouldnt have hesitated to tfke off a hit doaan sb utters and a gate or two i don memory ran back to ibosa days all righu 111 do it- we may never be home again who knows f and its no harm anyway bo be careful the two supped off thaj gravelled walk onto the grass and walked oauuouely to the poroh where i ha baby carrlagastooditedeadeasy whispered tom polks have beoome earaless alnoa w left no one in boonf would have tafj a baby carrlsga out on tba poroh oavballowa whan wa war boye ah joiumy r not utuoh the youth ot today must ha slaw in boooa 1 tom upload to the poroh and caught toe handle of uio paniinlulaor wbloh waa tosrard him m ratherheavy hi whispered hare uka hold and dont wako up tba raanlly old farm er otsher must have moved bablva wat lottf out ot hla una even when we left here jesstlng both ends of the perambula tor the two tovstgrown boy lifted it carefully down tho three steps from ihs poroli and began filngerly to wheel it across the lawn toward the big gate mlglity heavy 1 oall it wbuperrd ban in lhadark it it eaema to hayk sometblog in it orlad tom liiauldanl whupar lie had tba froutnllheutrusialnedsugev oh ban it io move i w4lr orlad baojprgauiog la whlper 4 at that moment abyvcr root ths plr ajottno aloodflfhm ktnty a running throogfa tbalr veieja aa a voice came from the dlreouon of tba porch tbr tnotber i the baby i hevt bean atolankldnappedr itecoverii g his p of mind ben took s firm bold of the oarriage and began lo wb it toward tba porch tom seeing hie doty ran on ahead madam tom began aa n the light from the porch he saw a beauti ful young woman wrtngtirg bar hands calm ynureelf and let me as plain our rmya been kidnapped from thla very porch aha cried kklnap- ped kldnaypnl and it mot her will be wild t wa have your child tom said he a safe and sound tba young woman pushed back has tumbled hair drew bar gown more closely around hvr and looked at bias in tba darkness than a she looked ban hibsrte loomed up in the shadow pu thing the carriage the baby bad stopped crying with the aptton of the peram bulat or oh you precious infant i cried tba girl dashing down the steps snd bend ing ovrr the hllo and you you two dreadful men i what f bow ben came lo lla rescue lal ma explain pva v yes d wall a moment madam tom interrupted wa we ara not inteotlonal kidnappers wa didnt know there waa a hahy in the oerri 1 ttta young worsen lookrd fromrooa to the other jta alia pushed tba ferri age back and forth they did not look ariuilna wa were playing a tlallowaen prank eml were about lo dupoall the eartlsge on the porch of some ooa etas as we did when we were youngsters when all of a sudden it the baby i mean wriggled and cried and well you know lb rest as if tbsy all suddenly understood the altuatlonhnd each other the three looked at the carriage and laugh ed it la my slaters baby the girl waa aaylog while the two men watched her flashing smile and beautiful eye and she and the baby a father have one to a danoe i aald i would play nurse and waa napping on the oouch just within that window wo always let tba baby sleep out 6f doors until wa retire were fresh air fiends you koow and well i never thought of halloween in the cltyjl live in the ally we so seldom remember that there is such a holiday and oh ita too dreadful ten t it f she looked at them both and laughed again i oaht sea it now said tom nor i added ban but im aw folly eorry wa gave you a fright we were only trying to be boye again and puy a halloween prank we too live n the elty now where all anch wholaeome fun la loau bit by hit aa they stood there the story name our and when the men attain lifted the baby carriage it was fjn replaoe it on the ptreh for helen hamilton and at her lnltauoq so lit down no the steps with har to guard it until the father and toother would return vita a jolly homowomloa for taev ben old boy aald tom aa the two walked along i be treelined avenue some hours later i think ive found tba making of a real home if ii shell hate me he added qb ebe11 have you tom ypui the salt of the earth and aha cant help seeing it when aha learna to know you ssw ben putting hla arm through hla friends arm aa they atroll- edelong atoued wheat graham flour wheatjcts crwdwd wheat rolled oata oattneal curajmoal l bran short salt chopped and roll ed oat hlguewtmarket phovpald for all klrids oforalo- twlmn what had they done f 8od4tn1 if tba saoajtara of the country paid mora attawiloe to their luskybtarsj and less to outside affaire there wvuld ba fewwr wosms la tba swdeswovld waa tfaa aturtliaa docthoe which waa aat fortl la a p per by bwy baav raadt ebbr of police at lansing mich at ihe seasmlag of tsiiefa of hullo- at waahjegtoei aief hahraajl stevrtied hi- adi- the united htaiee wboea ha besuded a urgely reapotmlble for lbegirswto g aat ray ha ald ecwrad woatss who vsewaed to liatao luadviae along tbte line ba attached eocuty for lie code wblck bow bettear wakdlaii of use ancle evu af hugely a smaologi oal ratbar tbavn a erlaalaal probleea to im aatvlroasaeait be attri buted a targe portion of the wayward nece of gtrle and hoy ha dted oases of hundreds of girk dragged into polkw bajadquartera after aald sight and quaellonrd as to their ufas history mw be d developed quite frequently tba fact that the girls ware following that downward way ea truly brcauea thiy have navar been instruct ed differently by tbalr fathers and many people alt hack in easy chairs aod talk about the aoclal evil whan lhay know am snora about it than a humming bird knows about building a battleship declared the chief but i aea not here to deal with tat elaav i am here to talk to men who koow bat the terrible evil is and to plead lib you to work to remove thecansas and to deal with the problem from a humane standpoint classifying the mem of the social evil he miimxbmmt natural baif aaa and poor ra the mala oaaeea owlef proper awieao metroossamt with lank proper advtoe and trejeong by saothara many girk bo admlued took the downward path suavely for exejtw- nt hot for the must part thai fault ley with the fathers and swathe ho declared in emashad taw ue that aaoet glrla of um nnetasrworld are naturally the poverty aforhasn classes foe ua axparl- asmn had aisowu him that glrle from tdiabeaxlamlllmln the land ware lo- f hop ih sb si sty wtu cosaw to a raai of ito crime ba oaatlant off use tailen wuaua forever- he said thn he pwwrlad that use reform srs eoen down from their pjhlloaophy and ehorthattlsy aaaan what lhay amy by taking reforvaed fallen girls into their own h as an ejuuwpu to a ouilty ooht01awcuti second thlfa beat owner says an old proverb and an experience report- ea suggests that the saying may have been inspired by an umbrella a- gradd avepua merchant found that ha bad no umbrella one day when a audden rain oame on ua worried along t avenue arid across the bridga drbfting wlrather to bay one ue was deterred by the thought that haalroady bad three kleklng around aotoewbare whan i get oven on baal water street he saya i spied diok an old friend of mine he waa earrylng a fine allkumhralla that wasnt what rtbought about though i waa over joyed to meat hlui but just for the joka of it 1 mailed up behind and slap ped blm bawfon theback and cried t look hervy old man give me thatk autbrella l v the wan turned and to my sur- plrlse 1 dlaeovarod that it waa not dick but someone i had never eeen before i waa ooveepdwlth confusion and just making rvfcy to apologise whan i not load that the stranger seemed even wore oooluaod than i he itaatlly oloaed tba nmbrella and poshed it into my hand i i bag your pardon he aald i didnt know it waa your and ha van ished around tba corner seems aa though he muat have stolen it i ha merchant added medita tively but i oame by it honestly didnt ir ovfggt aatcowtm when ubw bstlawm gregg went frona her now beguad hosae to pay a wit to war brother u alabama aha expected lo aea aaany atrmnge tungm bot i dont earlula t give banv folks any chance ltus laugh on as heln a aeemhorn eha ewnouaced her natghbora i intend i keep i eyna open on i guaea i shall gat along aa weu aa use neat one true to star purpose hiss ralnoe expressed sta sarprhe at any of the nnwanal things she saw and heard in her brotlrrabsemt hern hoeaeeouewhat to the dhwpposutasent of the alabama family who bad aatlolpated much plea la showing her slghla rulchlhey knew she could not he aceuatomed mlmpaltenc kept her surphaa o herself and wont to bed every night with her head in of bewudexwtoat one day however aba made a alight mistake it eras at the dlonertablr hero a diah of boiled crabs waa pu edf before har she looked at them and for once her surprised got the better of her good laud o nod t ana ejaculated u ahe anrveyad tlae dish through her jroo bowed epeeanclra i muat any tha spldere grow larger dovrn your way than evr 1 aeeu them enywheree elaet prbnorj help taps ahul twelve years ago the aru prefecture of police had a pat si tnrtolseshall oat named elou 1 poortnu died in april 11101 bo ita metntwy bj all kept rroah in way for trhltah the perfect haa every reaeon to pk tbaojuhl an allowance oimsq ptranmin wax made from ihomlfoa rl aa ot t babyerlsil tha louder iwstt wdnappar- ped tom agltallngxtieoarrlagr whet- what avgr shall w dr mkd bath- lietmi ntgttn inaobanl- cally la dance the oarrvl baok and tbob lhao tbhr btooa fvqied in tjl itfaairfnr tgtdua keep and tha entry eimapiwere everyear and ihgi ttuidmwe the allowattoa pt ithn ihf wan sir john abbou ax premier of can ada died on october 30th at hla home la moatresj mrs harry morrow ol boston sis ter of mssbre john snd alex mann vs has base in pour health came to he brut her a home a few days ago in company with bar sister who haa been with bar for eoene time and died end dealy on wednesday morning he w w cbeetler of powsaeeo teat suudar wllh friend la jutoo we notice by the uuejpb mercury e report of the collegiate institute ex easiest lona that master wiliu lowry stands at the head of the olaee mr aibaet laiag isxlau vriday for a trip thraugb muakoka where ha will give a nnr of dbouograph coo- ix uendareon m p visited ihe tuesday in the interests of the eieooe ge m at bronte ihes rislfae matlbewa left on tues day aaorwlog for bloomftold n j wlu raaaln for eeveral aaonthe mrs ueo- alaubaws who has lalting here for wsw monlbs rkltoot kxamimatioxh ma t t muusutn rooatmmeto boleeas waa hwackbamer bddle j moore obas mooaun bouie perry maa uordon ilandsreon maggie walr- buls laird nettie cobban arthur moore was stewart peunell hmyth aauu wallace mum mcpiiailh boom bdlth oharhw jessie harvey huu oram bdlth wusoa mabsl itac daley niok harue towers hva pervyman mabel lambert 4 muw imrrms huom kdith nlcklln minau arthnra jane oooke bdlth warwick laura bytter willie laird arteur hadoaaid harry 3sid qeorge arnold mtwa naubfihh boom blue mc donald danny la arson mabel soprr mabel bbbege joale btepbenaoo hay worden george bailey wulie ourk hand obamhere mine roddick mabel roddick mabel kdmlaton tboa keoney bibel mllla loxuusclioot bxajumattofta auoe brown mine oamble maggie ba blohard levlimvjoeepb lynd kubel alexander llxxle mcdooaid laxle gamble jennie oamaron ada alexander james mofouald annie quantle nellie brown clinton swack- jalmedon- sherloek h i mm haa rival lea barber fje aatoolabed one of hla imatoutere the other day by ask ing him if be ware not lefvhandsd the man admitted that be waa and eu that the barber had proba bly seen him bang up hla hat no aald tl barber t 1 have other wayaof finding out aocb uungs i see too that you are a bookkramr yea admitted the customer your g are correct how do yon know f te eaeyu said the barber in shampooing your head i noticed ink on your hair at the left teenple tula ink i eonoluded muat have gotten t froon a pen resti on your left ear which indicated that you were a person who used a pen a great deal aa only aueh persons use their ears aa pso- raeka that didnt oonvlnoesne that you w bookkeeper however because a literary man might stick his pan behind hie ear for conveueooe learned of your prufeeaton when i ap plied the lather thu made the ink on your hair wash out snd i disooi hhfr ed two shades of nk ted aod black nobody but a bookkeeper usee red end black ink so it waa easy to class you aaa bookkeeper i knew that you were labanded because the ink waa on the left side the elde that a lefthanded writer would involuntarily use when sticking his pen belruwlbla earj wqouerful wonaerfoj i aald the now suppose yon stop talking for a while and finish shaving tv eyewxtax o tmfi vfuui crtmeon boabee une use hollows yellow treetope fringe the bula the eky to full of awallows with a twitter la their bills theskufullofeweilows and spark ling when autumns done ivory pillar crystal rafter makes a palace of the wood the world is blithe with laugh ter bhe wears an ermine hood the world peeps not in laughter her hood will melt anon but oh the spring comae after whan winters gone gleam of mnefalrds awte of thrushes thrill the hlomonvmistsd i rare tbee orchard blushes arbutus balms the breear the epnlst orchard blushes the heart la on the wing and flood of ranrnar gushes fro founts of spring hen and summit tempt the rover palry horns to forest oall the bam are drunk with clover toe earthe a daaetng hall the bees are drunk with clover the poem nf the yea r turns a naw leaf over and autumns hare katharine lee bales thal rain day kb the present day la la the present day weakness young people are impatient to leave borne not be cause they have eny better place in hot bananas they want soma thing dutferent they chafe under reetreiut not because the preumtkme cevere or unkind but be they uka to feel themselves nbeolotoly ea- feuered they let go use om beliefs not be they have been oonvlneed nhat they are mistaken hot b of a certain mental inertia which makea it dutfloull to grip anything even faith with a resolute unyielding aid bsstlsis young people are likely to wept their rosueoonom aa a proof of aaperlorlty they have a certain con tempt fat the boy on the next farm who stays at borne for aomebody alee who etleks to the faith hie nwumr tanght hian instead of being oarrled ly by eoene faatasuo nwtdern theory tboea who ara reetrained by the convention which hove protected society for hundreds of years bat reafjeeenoue doee not prove g wbmoen not more ardent love of truth the worlds debt le not to the r like the wmvee of the aea hat to the etnue steadfast as the ever- lasutig hills them are two kinds ot shortcoto ooe la um reeult of ingenuity aod ee tarpriaa the good business maa la always discussing them he eees how to eaea a utile time here and a little effort there he fa constantly work ing toward a gsaatsr effielsuey with a minimum ootukaf energy it le aueh shortcuts which make the difference between being uptodate and behind the uaaee between rfboiency ami in- jjhe other kind of shortcut is jjnite ajsouser ujlog it hj um effort of hay peopte to ease work of the overaea- guine to do without preparation it le trying to get effecta without aae- quate banare it le use path which laade thousands into the quagolra of fauure no laay person ever discovered n sbortour the easy substitute which each people suggest for the approved routine of preparation and effort wui bring sore dueppotntment to whoever is unwise enough to pto hie faith to them tijy rw j hsas laa nrrt bee ailed l fttmlihjafi bo atruek out or tfte budget ill would beneoceaary to baf elho cats death legally oartlsvd hy a notary or hy a sutejfaumant andnawta bavo noalvu attttatbe djaouttv if ot over by eonllntolng tba allowanoe av oxthaaxidaiojtxa joaxxl the fruit that grows on the genea- logitnl tree la genereily dry but not elweywdry wlthbumor onmasorrally it uavnlppa a uttia juiotttlcb surely ehould beoatafnuy n a man appued to the bereideenlirge for n ooat of ansa in such a oana it le pereeant to be able to borrow one from n ce ances this man could not remember that he bad n grcetgrond father or a grandmother even and of course could not menuou any aohtoveeoent by any of hla annas tore which oould be used as the heale of a ooekof arena but ihe ofaeer to whom he applied waa not easily discouraged have you not done something youreeir f he naked notilng i fear said the maa add lug sw a pathetic anutneala that onoa being locked in ladgate prison for debt i found means to escape from an upperwindow f andjjtowafd you get down i got n eordvfle3 it around the neok ot fpng ifd atatoe lowered psyaedown just the thing 1 there you have it honor emoguv lineally decended frotn king ijod b nat of areoa la e 1 jl see hern thai bora you sold to me n rl xuibe not perfect and i teid rjrouiw dont youreftwmbsr that there he waa wtballbtelmprftiecevnne onbuheadr vr syee i kmfm eald but bang it bu wont feulmare in hla wgs enflvartw didat- any a word ittrut jr gaaibi or rum xrrgojrja did you aver think how much the ejrelida have to do with the expression of the face f if not you have not realbwd bow important it la that they should be trained nor bow necessary it is that they should be taken care of widening the ltd dropping them halfveiling the eyes with them snap ping ihmthusvlo you express joy aurprlw eeoru anger ourloelty co quetry end many other p ot your ummde andthus they are tmebserere and thue u a that i you do not want thee moods to be readjjy reoognlxed by your friends you must studiously train your eyelida to be more mystify ing many a secret have they given away it le a good idea to put the eyelida rgnburiy through their paces by peeing and abutting them vary slowly and gradually jat to strength- en the muscles and make them pliable much of what we call ayer strain w4 the muscles that onnuol the ayellda and of oouree it la impossible toexercjee the eyelids without exernlng at the aame una ihe musclm of the eye thta mimdtaatadrgst mind reeding nonsense eald uawklne oontamptuously nothing id it ptlgive you ten dollars jlm mareon if youll read my mind right now what am i thinking r why amid jlmmereon eyeing ilawkit that mind reading perfect nonseoee that there la nothing in it and that ibereforn your ten dollare are perfect ly aafe by j ovn i cried hawkins paying ttuliltgmgmluetuan thal woorwrl fex i yo go jr eruy bow tha n wikana itnyoa doner wamyfsd tq oit it hiout a traveulng saleaman died anddenly and was taken to his borne in the weet his relatives teleatvourd um nearest florui some miles 4tu0t to make a wreath the ribbon should be extra wide with the ttiecrlptlon fleet in pesos on both sides aod it there aa room wo shall meet lu heav- i the florist waa away and his uawj aaaletant handled ihe job it waa a startling floral piece which turned up at the funeral tba ribbon waa extra wide and bore the loeeripuon i best in peace on both sides and if there is room we bhau meet in heaven a xtxutl hoy twriiui old paterby i rich and atlngy in the event of hla death hla nephew wttl inherit his property a friend of the family aald to tho old genueman i i bear your nephew la going marry on that oooaalon you ought to dp aomethlog to make him happy iwlluaaldpeterby hi pretend that i am danaroualy iil there never waa and never will bdat unlvaraal panacealn one remedy for all lite to which flash la heu what would relieve one iu in turn would aggravate um others we have how aver in quntne wine when obtained in a aound unadulterated state n remedy ror many and grievous ills by iu gradual and judicious nee the fteueet ayatema are led into eoovnlae- eeooe and alrengh by the influence which quinine exerts on naiurw own restoratives it reuevee thorn to whom a chronic etatn of morbid deapoodenoy and lack of uteres in ufa le a dkwasr and by uanqulusing refreahldg s impartalgrrf lorbt acuoo of the blood which batag atimnhued uuu tnrongh the vaina etreogtbenlug tba healthy anlmar funeuooe of the ayatam thereby making activity a necessary result lite to tl digestive organa which naturally uernandlncreased euhstanea loaolt tmprov4 appeute north- ronelyomtuof toronto hare giver to uw pubuo tbeiv auperlor qulrtlnn by tbuoptnlau of aclentlara thewlna ptuemm nearest perfection of any ira the markeu au drugglaiaell il