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tfi2ttan 3fcm pgflfl i iprr- tiiuksday october 22 xd25 the hero of the hill xo you ever otop to watch a homo pull ji bib loqul up n hill thoroa aomutlilnfi- flno about tho way ho nenriti his ruseoil will down through thorn quivering ohoul- dcm till it aeemu as if ho clutonod and hurled tlie hlu behind lil heels until tho top is touched it jives a man new courage- when ho eomcm to iiih htcep grade to think or that example whjch tho plucky beaat has made hut if tho load prove stronger if the horse with hoofti outspread with reddened notftrila atcamlnk ilankrt and bowing atraning head surrenders to the inert mnas while tho drivers only helps are strident- oaths and tho uavage uuund of the- hot whips enap and yelps why then tho chief result is that it makes a follow feel hod llko to tako that drivers head and block the slipping wheel but i remember ono time- when the driver had a heart and worked with mind and muoclo to release the stubborn cart from the clayrut when flomo soldiers who were loafing in tho aun s let fall thg4r laxy jaws to laugh and let tiielr cheap wit run ono tried say tako that bag of bones and feed him to th6 crows and oh hed scaro tho crows away the mocking answer rose hes good for some things yet that horse for instance majuhg glue theres a strain of arab in him yes a hard strain through and thrpugh twin take a small torpedo if you ever move that boaat- better get ono tho else of that which v wrecked tho milne at least so ran tho jeering comment till at last the bugler said guy driver if i blow the charge dye think hed drop down dead twaa then the driver answered well ho might but let mo say that this old horao has heard tho charge when it meant chaiffe toobey not cm tho dressparade grounds along with chaps like you but on tho acids of cuba whore the spanish bullets flew and though hes drifted back to me and dont look very trim r tell you hes a vet and has some iapirit yet in him 0h nonsense said a sergeant and nonsense cried the rest and the bugler raised his bugle shout ing this eh a be the teat then out upon tho air there fell a dozen uaujd tones juke prophecies of glory mingling with tho ghosts of groans tho sound the soldier hears and cheers although its mellow breath y send mm where the cannon belch their black and bitter death tho sound- which cries deatiroy des troy and let tho hat bo largo tho ringing of tho bugle when it blows ho battle charge and how tho old horse hoard itr up flung tho heavy head wide grow his nostrils straight his cars and quick the fever spread through ovcry nervo and muscle as he forward plunged and pressed straight up tho steep despite his load and stood upon the crest and wero tho soldiers laughing now jot so the acofllng jeers gave way to shame a momont and then burst forth in cheers and tho sergeant cried attention boys fall in dreaa ranks 1 salute saluto our gallant veteran pur com rade though a brute god sent him oats and apples and the shelter of a stall and grant wo be as sturdy when wo hear tho battlecall edmund vanco cooke stye 3to nse jjori irn the story that was not by henliy caiueton atjly the old skippers sermon a sklppor who had lost his position on a flbhlngboat hecauso ho would not fish on sunday was placed in charge of a small sack hired toy a few benovolent men in ixmdon who charged him to catch moro flshln six days than other men in seven and to preachutfio gospel as he went doctor grenfell he missionary to tho labrador fish ermen told tho story of his recent visit to boston- when ho arrived at the fishing- grounds he was boarded by the nkip- liers of four other vessels one of them bolng tho admiral of tho ashing fleet who know the character of his new enterprise and camo prepared to des pise it t not tills ere cant but more whis- hcy is what wo want they said the skipper of tho mission ship had been acnt on a hard enterprise ho believed himself ablc to catch moro ilsh in alx days than other skippers in seven but tho matter of preaching was what appalled him however ho iirepnred to carry out the agreement and to loso no time but preach to these his llrst visitors there was no grog on board but tho best iot of tea tho edd man could brew was hot in tho cozy cabin and four mufflers were laid out these the shipper handed to his visitors look yere ho said and this was tho in troduction to his sermon doy see them ero mufflers tticy uixyv them folt them and knew thoy were warm and good what do they cost bill asked the admiral ilfgfcva emrto yeonono condition said the preacher progressing in his scrnrion whats that asked tho admiral cautiously that yell admit therohiovo in em said bill for tho ladles as knit em must have loved ye though ye never need cm thats right assented thoaud- ience well then tako cm they are yours and tho sermon was conclud ed the four men wrapped themselves in the mufflers and spoko their thanks i but nu thoy wero leaving bill added his benediction ow much moro must jesus ave loved yer when o gave imaolf- for yorl doctor grenfell adds that this prov ed a most effective sermon for three mciuout -of-tho- f ourroaolveirto rotutn umt love tho admiral became an effectivo missionary among his ad miring followers and the skipper more than made his seven days work in hix nnd preached his aormon many times apple tree fertilising an experiment has been tried ex tending over threo yearn at sidney 11 c dominion experimental station to determine hut entecl 0 various fer tilisers upon tho growth of npple trees the following fertiliser wero used koparatcly nitrate of soda two lbs per tree muriate of potash 2 lbe per tree ueld phosphate 4 lbs per tree tho whole mixed and used at ho rn to of four pounds per tree nitrate of soda gave tho greatest growth but muriate of potash and acid phosphate gave the lilgricht yield of fruit nartfan tho latter although both showed a ten dency to check the growth tho var ieties of apples used in tho test were king of tompkins co oravennteln hod ahtrachan jowlnnd raspberry grim ob golden orange pippin and wftffflner impossible she will you bo happy when you hlaft for franco iehappy wo will bo lritins- frt the gas atfsjtk jddlbtorfriilty editor of tin gazette wan chatting with a vihitor todd jcaton stole ap prehenlve gluncch around the pillar which marked the centre of tho room it was directly between todd nnd middleton and tho latter was glad of it the visitor was an at torney and had been in police court that morning after awhile tho visitor left todd sighed enjoy your sleep this morn ing bellowed middleton todd jumped and looked around to see that he nnd middleton wero alone in the room worse luck speaking to mo ho asked innocently vhiihl- think im practicing my vo cal lesson youro supposed to cover police court why dont you do it somo day who me still verjrinnbcently whale of a story right under your nose and you never touched it oh that todd was disdained well you ace it was this way he didnt want it to get into the paper didnt wwluvt the city editor looked apoplectic todd in spite ofhis curiosity about middletons bursting continued no he didnt want it to get in tho paper he said hfs family might not like tho notoriety and his family it seems are nice people and besides well listen son middleton bo- kan in a very acid very exasperated drawl why didnt you ask mo about it but it was just a case of speeding objected todd with the air of having been needlessly trod upon yeah and just the mayor said the city editor sourly ifit had been you or the janitor it wouldnt have mattered listen if a dog bites a man well that isnt news but if a man bites a dog- tvo heard that one interrupted todd disgustedly any reason for doubting 1t nnno middleton relented somewhat at hav ing won his victory you see todd he said a newspaper belongs to its readers it isnt published for your benefit dr for mine but for all the people it is our job to judge nows from that standpoint we cant let our personal likes or dislikes interfere i understand replied todd and a reporters job continued the city editor is to write every bit of news thatho gets never promise to withhold a story only the city editor can do that very well agreed tho reporter ill turn in everything this story about the mayors speed ing so important in itself but it il lustrated the lesson every reporter must learn todd following this encounter saw his chosen work in a new- light it had seemed to him that newspaper work was rather irresponsible in which one did pretty much as he pleased and ac cording to his individual whims arbi trarily accepted or rejected nowa ho had rather clnrmrn in- to n of- power which the idea gave him now ho realized that there was a deep underlying purpose in it ho saw a duty that must bo fulfilled regardless of his own sympathies however it did not greatly concern j todd moat of the requests to with hold news came from tho unfortunates irt polico court and since ho did not know them indeed had nover seen them before it cost him no effort to reply t cant promise but ill take it up with my city editor like as not middleton would- tell him later they never stop to think what they are doing until they get caught the court flno doesnt bother them but tho respect of their friends does mean something losa of respect is part of their punishment thereafter todds conscience was easy- tho young reporter rather prided himself with tho idea that ho could re gard overy coso impersonally then came tho blow v ono morning upon entering the courtroom ho saw a familiar face sur mounted by a mop of red hair among tho prisoners grouped under guard at tho railing todd tho familiar face instant ly lost its hopeless dejected exprca- sion lighting in a smile of joy that seemed to wipe put all of the agony of a moment before perclval pilklngham cried todd in astonishment percy pllky of all things whats doing slumming perclval pilklnghum whose name was a misfit if ever there was one shook his head soberly tho smile vanished as suddenly as it had ap peared no im itfot fact is i had no choice in the matter of my present unbecoming position you youre not not under ar rest i am emphatically under arrest nay- evenforcibly u but what what has happened well explained pllkingham 1 was strolling along tho street very quiet and calm and unobtrusively when a largo detective laid a none too gentle hand upon my shoulder come with me he said pinky warren do not try any monkoy shines wrong said i two more guess es ho didnt say a worcl not one single sound did he utter he junt jingled something which hung a his belt and which sounded suspiciously like a pair of handcuffs they were ill take your word for it i aald look ing at his tocenps which wero of regulation aizo shnpo and r degree of tdilnlncsfl and po here i am bt what it all about imked todd bewildered oh yea i asked them that at the headquarters they told mr the sand hnirtnlejlttujjecjilrahhcil -vm-fmr-ry- nbout that i said but my money is in another stock uhd i have a lunch eon engagement in about fifteen min utes they didnt properly appreciate the hint so hero i am but surely you are innocent pro- touted todd 4 tho other flashed a wry smile at him you iipd i pre tho only per sons that believe it according to the police im pinky warren and thoho fourteen charming thugw hack there with tho glowering and broken noses mny ita truo and are ready to tell the judge so youve been framed cried todd lapsing into tho- vernacular of police- court habitues like a picture assented pilkingi hnm he thought hard ife heard his friend called to tho bench heard iilm declare that ho was perclval pilklng ham bond hnlewpian and not pinky wnrren hapk rohher it wnw uboiphh the fourteen unbeautiful witnesses were called nhd all declared that thoy knew pinky warren very well indeed and that furthermore the prisoner certainly wns none other all this took a long time and the judge apparently growing tired toldi tho officer to take perclval back to his cell ill hear this plea later on the face of it there eems no harm in keeping him locked up for a wtillo longer as tho court adjourned todd hur ried to his friends efde tauicrb anything t can do no i think not ill have an at torney and that will bo nil thats necessary oh wait i alrnont for ot youre a newspaper reporter it wojld be x inighty big favor to me if you could keep this out of the paper im snnocenc of course bu well 3ou know what it would do to my job at tho bond house tho others heart sank todd had anticipated tho moment when pilklng ham wauldnsk him and he had dread ed it ill do what i can he said in a dull voice it was the first time the harshness or tho reportorlal rule had struck home now ho realized how cruel tho law of news is news no matter who it hits can be what you can echoed perclval thon he smiled you can forget it i guess todd returned to tho gazette with a heavy heart he went to his jesk and sat down for a long time jio gazed at tho red and white calendar on tho wall in front of him unseeing thoro was of course only one thing for him to do he rauflt write tho story ho had given his word to middleton ho would not break it onco the story was written todd declared ho would resign the rule was too harflh he dared not risk such a situation a uecond time ho could not appeal to middleton to keep the story out to kill it tho city editor was too hardened too innurctl to the tearful appeals he would bay a friend of yours in bitter contempt uous tones and add ho might have thought of his job beforo he did it any story todd cpuld toll middleton would sound improbable and melo dramatic tho truth was too much like fiction to sound plausible me chanically his fingers dropped upon tho familiar keyboard of his type writer picking out tho words slowly and jerkily in time with his perturbed thoughts perclval pilklngham ho wrote a bond salesman and world wnr hero was under arrost hero toilay as pinky warren charged with having robbed tho sand hill bank kiat sun day pilklngham denied knowledge or tho bank robbery und denied that ho was- warren bpt fourtqon former members of wlarrens third street gang wero positive in their indication of him- in his cell at tho city jail pilklng ham declared that ho has an alibi and that he will be free as soon as he secures counsel l during tho lato war pilklneham was cited for bravery under fire and is entitled to wear honors presented by threo of tho allied nations warming to his work and having told the hard cruel foots- in his lead todd finished ono page of copy and a second finally ho gathered up the sheets and laid themon middle tons desk without comment ho would let tho story speak for hself middleton was sijpnt todd know l thatligtns lcadtnt the story it told all tho factp hf had dono his best todd it had come middleton was going to say something nfcout it- look hero said tho city editor with a grin do you mean to any theres actually a person by the name of per clval pllkingham it sounds like ar english novelists nightmare t yes replied todd in a low voice there is f middleton laughed there couldn t be ho declared nobody could grow to manhood with a name like that look heve ho said after a moment do you know that name rounds vaguely familiar where have i heard it todd hesitated you might have heard mo mention it ho replied- we wero in the samocompany during the war what then it was pjlklrjtfhnm that pulled you down into that ahdll hole after were hit yes and you youd wrlto a vtory llko this about it news is news no matter no matter said middleton well have to look into this a little more thero arc exceptions you know well said todd i giivo him tho benefit of all the doubt in that story not that i wouldnt bo everlast ingly grateful if youd kill it but you sce you think hes guilty no i do not think hod lie to mo soon after we got into tho army ho told me one- time that hod been a pretty tough sort of a youngster wo were pretty good pals then and i didnt take it very seriously bocausa we both spent most of our spare tlmo at tho y hut and at tho hostess house and the like there wero a lot worso fellows who came rlglit out of good hpmes he pulled mo out of that mess and was decorated for it i had not hoard from him for flvo years how and i just got to thinking mnybeho slipped back to his old habits 11 aec well ijn not going torun this story juat nkw in tho meantime youd better go see if you can do iiny- thing for him if hes innocent rpve it if not well a fellow like that de serves a chance to get back on his feet again and well try to give it to him thanks replied tpdd feelingly huh dont bo in a hurry about the thanks i may decide i want gushy feature story about him refor mation fall from grace ribunded by polico and old comjminlons second re formationall that sort of hlng middleton disliked being thanked for anything it made him feol un comfortable- todd wehftioiico heudquartera without delay diid readily gained ad mittance to tho cell block in iwhlch hla friend was sitting now he rfllrt through the grating what can i do for you j perclval grinned amiably philosophi cally accepting a bud situation 1 am sure he said that i havent the slightest idea of yoir legal capabilities but what you may do if you really want to is to got mo an attorney and if you can spare the tlmo run out t muyyidc and and the presbyterian minister f happened to bo ushering in his church the sunday night of the crime of which i stated accused- todd breathed la sigh o great tc lief and smiled for the first time nloct f ho had glimpsed pilklngham behind the railing in the courtroom that morning goodbye he called back tnd dashed out mayvillo vxib a suburb not far ou nhtt n tax n enoch mc karl a no back to polico head quarters withtlm the minister told hla story and of fered to get twenty members of kth congregation to substantiate it thih offer was quickly vetoed by sergeant macdougntl also a presbyterian and a friend of tho pan tot v sergeant mac- dougall telophohed tho prosecuting at torney and tbe municipal justice and two minutes later perclval pllklnp- ham was in the ofiloe shaking hnndii jwltn bvbryhody ttfdd and percival returned to tho aosotto office and midlfioton idok thom into the eunferenco room now ivin riikinghani said mlddietun wed ilko the story percy glanced up sharply what do you mean ho demanded what do you know ikiiow said the old newspaper man evenly that theres something back of all this something that has not boon told that detective didnt just pick you at random from the crowd an olllco boy camo in arid laid sever al copies of tho afternoon edition on the table i percival picked one up and scanned it while the others waited tlicroa nothing hero about me no said middleton wo kiltetthe story l thank youfor that and now well im going to tell you tho whole story you can do whatever you like with it i leave it to you r plnky warren is my twin brother or perhaps i should say was my twin brother hes not pinky warren any more hos pelham plnklnghamnnd ho runs a grocery store in a littlo town upstate i used to bo red warren to dls- tlngulsh me from pinky for you see we look just alike except that my hair la darker than his perclvni paused in his rtnr whllo middleton- recovqred from his surprise itnd nodded remlnfsccntl middleton had headlined tho exploits of tho war ren brothers many times in days gono by our parents wero killed in an accident when wo were fourteen you know but tho olucers never got us to put us in an institution wo lived well i guess you know how boys like wo wero live in tho streets j we were pretty bad then the war camo we were eighteen and we both enlisted six months beforo the armis tice i got in todds company and did a quick utooutfacc mentally and mor ally as well as according to tho in fantry drill regulations but pinky that is pelham was in a different division maybe todd has told you that i waantnll bad when ho knew me i wasnt i saw where i had made my mistake and i started to make good well when i got back i found pinky had como back drat und thero he was in his old osltion of leader of tho old warren gang again to make a long story short i got him to quit tho old life and we went away but the gang never forgave him nor me thats why they were all there this morning to get me that was all right to tell the truth when i saw todd there i thought everything was- ruined i had planned to admit i was pinky warren untfl ho came in it didnt matter abont me ive no one to think of but polham whjle pelhara well he has a wife and two babies and no ono up thero has ever heard of the warren boys pilklngham is our real name hut since you fellows were sp white about it-j- oil thats all right said middleton einbairaijiieti us usual when ho was be ing thanked well thats the whole story aald perclval two 1iad boys who re formed- i suppose youll put in a lot of stuff with pictures of pelham and his bnbies fjolhg- to church on sunday on oiie tilde of the page and of tho third street hangout and tho gang- htei on tlioothuf itcit stuff tii weeks said middle- ton contemplatively reformation brotherly love romance marriage con trast k very thing his voice held enthusiasm tlie thrill which only a newspaper rnun could appreciate aa ho sketched the possibilities of tho spread that had boen unfolded ilut ho added with a gesture of mock despair i havent tho heart to use a line- of it bad manners tho girl who misbehaves in public displays bud manners and calls at tention to tho fact that neither her head nor her heart has been trained at home says tho outlook the othr evening a girl of eighteen camo to an entertainment accom panied by two boya ofabout her own ago nnd her mother tho young girl sat between tho young men it was evident that she was in a stato of mental elation and believed that the dual attendance was a mark of lief great attractiveness sho carried on a running conversa tion with lier two escorts that com pelled one man to leave his seat and go farther back in order to hear tho lec turer and imbjocted her neighbors to great discomfort and annoyance what can be dono to rouso mothers to train their daughters to a void prominence irt public what can bo said to tho girls of this country that will make them see the absolute bad manners of dressing or acting irt public in ii way which reflects upon their training no man of nice in stincts is attracted by a girl whoso mannerfl are thcexpreasion of crude conceptions of what isfltting a as one of your daily dozen shine up with- shoepblish keepjyott and fit going one step wont take you very far youve got to keep oh walking one word wont tell folks who you are youve got to keep oil talking one inch wont make you very tall youve got to keep on growing one little ad wont do it all youve got to keep them going advertising is the great running mate of successful salesmanship and the geez er who tries to divorce them is unconsci ously handing himself a letter of intro duction to the sheriff j ren mulf ord jr making our railways pay the sure way the only way that our perplexing railway problem cfl over hsojy temporarily our canadian national railway system is in a hole to dny the fac would be rank untruthfulness to belittle its importance would be sheer folly but this huge public ownership enterprise can and must be pulled out of the hole and its up to the men and women voters of canada to do it a loaf big enough for two if our foresight had been asgobd as our hindsight we would neverjiave built the excessive railway plant we have today but what is done cannot be undone there is no use crying over spilt milk the problem now is to chart for ourselves the course that will most quickly and most aurely place the canadian national rail- ways on a paying basis thus far the main effort of its manage ment has been to get more business freight and passenger for the cnr by taking it away from the cpr by that method the cost of securing business is greatly increased for both systems with no real advantage to either they are merely fighting over the division of a loaf which isnt large enough to provide sus tenance for both the only way our railway problem will ever be solved is for the voters of canada to see to it that our railways are given a bigger loaf to divide a loaf of freight and passenger traffic that will be large enough for both systems to thrive on we have the acorn we must grow the oak how to mcreasefreighj afficzrthat j3 the kernel ot our problem the average canadian freight train earns 500 per mile travelled the average passenger train earns only 200 so its upon the freight end of the business that we must concentrate of course some kinds of freight fire inore profitable than others there is very little margin of profit in carrying grain first because the rates applicable to itare lower per ton per mile than the rates on any other commodity and second because the grain movement is a peakload traffic calling for an enormous investment in cars that are idle the greater part of the year but there is a substantial margin of profit in hauling general merchandise what can we do to ensure our railways getting more of it higher tariff the cure increase our population start a big immigration movementand the rest will follow as a matter of course 1 easier said than done not at all all we have to do to start the tide of immigration flowing through our ports is to hold out to the prospective immigrant the assurance of a steady job at good wages or the chance to engage profitably in farming or some other form of production or service a higher tariff that will be a rea pro tective tariff will give him a guarantee covering every point and nothing else under providence will a lower tariff is poison a tariff policy that allows the canadian market to be supplied more and more by outside workers automatically operates to reduce tne available fofour railways when for instance due to insufficient tariff protection the libbey- owens glass factory in hamilton was forced to surrender the canadian field to its sister plant in belgium canadian railways lost the hauling of 2000 carloads of raw material per year if canadian cotton and woollen mills only had the making of the textiles that we import every year our railways would have the hauling of another 50000 carloads per year of raw material freight jpicture to yourself the scores of other things that under a low tariff policy we import when under a higher tariff policy we would be making them in our own workshops and you can hardly fail to realize that the sane thfe sure solution of our railway problem is all readymade for us and awaits only our orer via the polls to put it into operation the neces sary traffic is there all we have to do is reach but and get it increasing imports mean bigger railway deficits every time that low duties take away a portion of the domestic market from a canadian industry and giyeit to aforeign industry our railways suffer in four ways 1 they lose the hauling of the raw material that such industry would have used 2 on the finished product instead of the full local rate they get only their proportion of the through import rate a much lower net 3 when it results in the westerncana- dian market tieing supplied from a vsi factory they lose the long east and west haul and get only the short haul from the international boundary 4 they lose the hauling of all the mer chandise that would have been con sumed by the workers who due to the resultant unemployment emigrate to the united states j- lower duties i throw people put pf work they just as surely throw railways out of work we can never save pur railways by giving them lessworif we jhust use our brains and ourcourfigo better paid work higher tariffs wjjh do it to secure them more work- for highfer tariff and for lower taxation i mwfomwto vfcu rm mmi m tfw