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thursday december 31 131 the acton- free press hbr hffrtr ffrraa 6hnrt 8tnru certified accounts by frtderlck ifajl eltogvenoil culltts parent til banker at in his library looking at the stranffcxt prom usury ho hfl ever held it read i owe dad mven dollar i temumber it that nufht when i took tho taxi from tclburn at mix oclock and spent oil ye nw h all come bock to me tlltfiiod ileh curtis qroavcnor curtlt mnheci d ho recalled other notes hardly less fantastic the hu catted oh both a tce appeared in the doorway- you anrftmo ifoinif to thejtty to morrow yea dad do you mind not a lilt juno needs noma good times and an extra onn or two wont hurt you you have enough money ye dad twelve or thirteen dollurn and with this takun out bio pasel the girl tho note tlhu atudlud it long und attentively oht ho exclaimed ooooh ye i rum- amber how no there wont bo enough we planned the concert for tomorrow afternoon thl can run on of course j doesnt nnmi any nxd time for payment i can advance you wmo more if you will need it no no i think we wont i know just what you ate ready to nay tlioue cash accounts 1 you began one hut new yar day and kept it how long about a week you beuuli one ttircti months ago und one uin rirat of thin month how many days did you keep that one i dont know dud i loht the book moth x wish i could ltnd immn way to make you foul tt u dlsgrucn not to bu aible to account for money oomehow you ilways not jiwiiy with u tin money to net whut yoirwant ulwayw comii omohow like manna hi the wilderness you arent extravagant you dont wint croxy thing and x would willnily double your allowance if you would give m a regular itemized account of it hut you dont know where your money goes or how much you hive left have you anything 1 tln bank right now i dont know dad yen i think i have x would guess about two dollars x lookeil it up juit before we cloned you were overdrawn twentyeight cents ill fix it tomorrow morning i fixed- it i put in your next weeks nllnwanco hut the person who in care iran with money in junt one grade bottet than the person who in dishonest with it ho is a menace to hhmielf unci all til friends ho u dad x dont doubt i am jill that but it x were keeplitg a cash account do you know whit id be on tho edge of tiuloldel llor father bad iwicn earofnlly rolling hla paper into the form of it polltcmuns club now he made a swift stroke both he cxclulmcl s he dodged him im nomotlmis sorry youve outgrown tlio shanking age a dnwniitaini and entertain your intent shu eame behind htm kissed tho middle of liu bald spot und was gone he smiled and thou bin face grew grave ho never could quarrel with heth and ho was glad of it bhe hud been ko much to him mi infinitely much tyipeclully since her mothers death besides theio wns no very llttltj in her to criticize kvcn her extrnvagancoii were never for herself they were all for the homo lowers for thetiblo frenh curtains u new dliih tho allowance itself sometimes seemed a joke for nli wan canting every cent of it on thoue accoiinu alio had worked hard too now and then it wan umuslng absurd and pathetic to nee her iitnigges with figure aim lud a fiuitunn of hei own of muklng subtractions which won eitoughlo nmko an accouiitnnt gniuh hbi tretlt halph akley one of hethti rliuli- mnteh wan helping in the bank u mi orosvenor had caught halph making uub- tructions lit that anit grade fiuihltm or bethd he would have flrnt nnlemnly warned him then if he had pemlnted he would have dhchaigod the young man promptly yet heth wail splendidly capable in plenty of other ways flhu had done good work in history und mcuit iiurprlilngly ho iwid done fair work in algebra and geontotry uiitter hhah all tho rent he had never worrrled one moment about lktllb choice of frlendi inntictlvely aha seejnod drawn to tho llnent and bent umong her kchoolmateii uiul they itocmed drawn to lier linlrih ho had come to know through hit cnlln at the homo anil halpli woh a fine fellow making good in bin bank work juno ulytho wai huothcr she und heth hud been imnom friondu whllu mr hlytlie hid been tiuperliitendent of the dumfrlefl bchnoli since ho hud been oompellod to take outdoor work june hud boon back often on vlnlti bho won lioro now u tine whoewime girl all thu sioko well for heth any father might well bu proud of her he hlinuelf would bo if mho could account for her money wan it klndnemi or hh own weiik- liesj to juxt itif mattern drift ought he not to nay urtng m yourbulunreheveiv dny if you need any viep ill help you tut your cakh must be balanced when your balancei ntop your allow an re btopn ha was in the tnldnt of bin medltatloiiu ythen dowitstulra lie heuid the piano and descended to take ntl in koiuu routtdh the glru vretw ahtglng anally tho girls decided to waith their hair and he returned to tho library jumt before bedtime heth burnt m dad here ik a perfect ekamplo of the good of keeping ranh account i told you i had thirteen douarn well i huve eighteen how coinit i juiit found five dollars in my dre po vet in the rlowit think of the fun of that you mean ymi had forgotten you o had it i completely hut there bi waii right lu my porket where 1 tmint have put it uetli he wuh ugaln tryln to m aerlouu you ought to be unhumod it li not a thing to be elated over it in a thing to be ashamed of that you did not know wltliln five dollum how much money you bad do you rum umber tlie parable at the ten vlrgliim ho far as we know they were all uukn in goodnetii mmiu pomltlon inmiiem beauty charm of poi- tonullty but ii vo of them loit out bwull m they were just what the lllble jiuyu thev were foolish tlwty did it prepare to ticet tho most common ordinary em ergency i remember not to know how much money one has in j nut as bad it may even bo im moral ono lit certain hut daddy how ciui you talk that way i was prepared iunly when i hud five dollars more tltiui he caught her and klui d her good night hoth he exrlulmcd are you going to keep a ciuih uccount if not for your own good tin n bocnimo youi father troublen you iui tho widow tioubled the unjunt judge i really nm dad youll hee i will hefore the year uus out ullo reully lld although it came about lu a way quite un looked for whep air illy the hid bien forced by uncertain htulth to j lop teat hlng he inul bought a lltlii berry farm after one or two bard yearn the berry iiuilncui began to promise a larger incomo than touching ever iwd brought iuui a larger meiuiure of leliure and indopendinco tho ftouiton of marketing wui u uiih leriod but for thn rest of tho year the hlytho heny patch wiui tho jiceno of fur lout hard labor than were tho mirrounding dairy tu rmii in late- october heth wiui a gueit at tho patcjt qho unct juno roamed the lledn und tho woodi canoed on the little river took long rideu in the cheap little ar and talked of a thoiimmd iiubjecti ndleimly carh uccountit wiui one it en me up one afternoon whin u ruin kept them in and heth begun it with a burst of remorneful confctuilon there in not one thing that would ploiuo father in muclu iui toi have mo kp account ntniight and i dont ive tried o many tlmci and failed um junt dis couraged hut father in light it hui to bo loirned what woud i do if he nsnt there wont your father help you with your accounts queried june iiyinputltetlc- lly oh yen oh yen indeed only to him its all io uunple its an though i wore it to teach fiouie one a grown peruon to put on a nweuter and ttnmt iiy now you will notice that thli bi tho top und this the bottom i woud net lmputlent couldnt help it and father well he docimt iihow it but ho feels impatient know he doei do you keep a cuh account yen i lmvo for live month now my thats some recoull well j oh well i can tell you now begun when i came home from vour houno bint may thliigii looked bad then of counio the weuther turned better and we hud a good year after all but whn left we weiu pretty blue father hud given mo 1011u1 money and i meant lo bring it all buck with mo except what i hjud foi rarfuro but i didnt i w it fhort und money meant n lot just then so i itatd im going to start right here ill kpow where my money gna to blncu then ivo kept a ciuih account and ive ver been idiort iui i wut that one time how much were you nlinrt then oh tour oi live dnllars heth nodded what over does become of it where does it go when itn short hko that i might juit u1 well auk whore doet the white go when the unow melui woll thin i think wan lost outright i must have dhfoprwid it down town some where becuiietffp looked wliere i had put it or thought i hod put it und it wiumt there yen mine goon that way too i never can tell whore had slipped a bill thought i hud into my drew porket thn dross wan bunging in your eltuiet but vhe next morning tho money waif not thorn jioi must ivave been mistaken i did not tel you nbout it boruuue i thought it might npoll the visit a llttlo blt- heth hud eeuiod to hoar and an ex pression of hidden horror hud crossed her fuee tlie next uulmt iihe wan fly- lug toward her room horeii your money she exclaimed ail she returned panting my money i june stared tit a five- dollar bill yei hh yours not the same bill of couriie but the money is yours and i took it right oht of your pocket or no for a new explanation had iliuihed upon hei mind maybo i didnt maybe you made tho mistake and slipped the bill into my pocket the dreaea were hang ing aide by side tlmy ntarod at each otlier and then lurst out kaughlng nilnk june a thlof just a common thief excepting that i didnt mean to be luid stealing from my belt friend al that i dont llkn to titko the money pro- bested june dont llko why its yours maytw hut i didnt kep itccouns t ither und oh its yours all right i only won dr how nidiy other lolks i have beoi stealing from dud of nmrso iuid well the houskeierl do you suppose i have burn rollljig lur yoii dont know you have ever tuk i no unit ixi ept lhli lvm dolars and ivjeti that thats jiikt it i dont know anything nbout u tints what fatlu r always hi been saying oh i wish there was ioni way i a couldnt you lo it im too dlseoiirugiil ewer to start again jlie only way that i oilld hold out in keeping a cosh account would bo to uive some one ovur inn to make me do it well isnt there 1 an idea hushed througb llrths head halph akley maybe would she njild you know him ifn was hi our rliuu and he helps in the bank this wlllcjululu why uie most valued of all the new ymrn toktnis that came to orosvenor curtis parent und banker was a little book ntnmixid in gold upon tho cover with thi words personal ciuih the first entry under the heading he- eelptii was nov 1 allowance ft 00 the first entry under tho hemjlng kx- penditureii wis nov j toothbrush 45c after the last entry appeared in a different baud these words tho undersigned bun examined the fori going account i linu ci rtlllt n tin m to lie correct fcjigned halph m akley certified public accouiiumt iflmn dny complete lu lunelf mother o raves worm uxtermiuntor doitt not require the iiilstanre of any other medicine to muku it effective it doei not fall to do its work 1uxp1no thi hallly hukitnkkh tho hon t j- tcennedy ontario mln- lter of agriculture addreimlug the tor onto milk producern auio lutlnn n short time sgo suggi ited the m piling of rep resentative of ontario fanners into neighboring hates and irovlnci s to tudy mid ilnd out how things are done elsewhere if such representatives are sent it would be well that they confer with the dairy authorities of the united states national orange who are the source of tho following ilgurei translating consumption of butter ice cream chei se jind otlier milk product into raw milk required on thn bash of utilverislly accepted tables the consump tion of milk per capita in the wet year 1017 was 751 ii lbs in tho dry year 110 it had tcached 0373 fu an lncrense of 213 5 ibn of milk consumed for each individual in the united olatts according to an accepted estimate it taken 31 lbs of grain imd he lb 1 of loughage hay giumi siluge etc to maintain a cow in heuhh and weigh t und produce 1110 lbs of milk to produce the extra milk roiimtmed in 1020 over 1017 it reqiiliod on this bush 72 2 ibn of grain for each mun woman and child jji the united fuutes to piovido merely the increiu in consumption of milk there was needed to feed tho dairy cowa h74u 000000 pounds of grain and 22113- 000000 lbs of roughage n the year 1017 according to the hliieau of international uevemus united statos the grain used in the btewing and distilling plants or the united state amounted to 0202000000 ibn to make the mora plnin it shnlild be suld that the prohibition law hiui been fol lowed by iui hicrcuno in the consumption of milk ami milk products of 2h per cent mr head and in the demand for grain to the extent or 2500000000 lbs moro than the total ued in ull the breweries and dlstuerles or tho united mutes in 1017 kiom the office of the ontario prohibit lou union december 10iu mitij timptationh borne temptations are no insignificant that it leans illly to cul them by that name v box of chncolutcn is a good example i oughtnot to out an other cries a girl- us tlie ikix lit passed tu hor but even as she speaks ho is pick ing out tho largest tliere is no exag geration in that i oughl not already lion indulged heinelf to the limit of safety a nick hendacho on tho morrow doing her work under difficulties or being completely liioapacltatod uiu iiiiong tlvo poislllllttfliinut she eats the chocolate nevortholein a book on the living room table may bo a temptation to the itudent whose next if ay it leuon1 ure waiting for him here in a now book or ndventuro by his favorite ahthor and upstntrii hen u talui dictionary and a geometry ill just read 11 chapter the young fellow tolls himself and dooii not reulliro ho ban yielded to a teruptitlou when two houui have passed however ho in likely itlll to bo reading whllo upstulut bin work waits to fjonie or you it seems ubnurd to call such tibigs lemptutlonn tho glrj liow- evor who kips munching enndy wnort she known it will do her huint und per- hnps incuimcltute her for doing tlie next duyn work in in just tho sumo place an the nmn who takes a glass of liquor tho boy who neglects his iliooi woik for u fascinating story is doing that which all shirkers are doing tho world over hay ing no to these petty things in that which gives you thn moral fibre to resist big tdiunlntloiifl new ykark atvkav oh volreltmi mpn tm aim we ring eyen what would i give to hear the tones til at twrlve nhort mrmths ago wished me a happy year could we have know could i have know what bitter mockery a year rnm tlwt glad new years day the wirdn woiiul netin to mel drother b loved had it been in my poor power ut kuve clxl known i would have died rm you hmi hind u drunkards urave we two wire ull alone on earth dearly we loved emit other and fondly i believed the worul hi id no om like my brother tliat mom he brt me smiling a guy llkhtbearted by proudly i wutchnd his parting suny- my lniirt ut full of joy hu klict thrilled upon my upn and all the inirry day i iuw no form no face like his amongst my cullers guy hut oh that night that bitter night alst und iniuiy tuiother with r ellng ntep and ri klrjut air brought home to ine my brother hu heart iui nuvor broik i know else mhi bad broken thn with full ring tongue tuid foolish laugh won tbi 1 my mutt of nun at nrnt i thought i he silly boy thinks he my love p ust and tinning tiuld on sin h a tin me my tkur one 1j not je t hut oh the voice that answun d hie was that my broth 1 11 volie ihu toin 11 that till thin hour had made my ihiiioml lunrl tejolre thr blow with crushing form had fallen for he hi early years kneeling beside our mother ji grave had vowd with many team no drop if ie accuriiid thing his lips sluilild ever pimil i hat noni in home of hlji iltonld touch the clitolulliig gliuiu oh the n niorie the ugoiiy the cruel ciurl shume ihut lowid my darlings noble head us with the morn he ciune and with his arms about me told i seem to hear him now of the durk ey s the laughing voice that bade blm brink that vow ttiilhiintrifii with goldm hair and laiftly laughing byes i hold you guilty of bis blood who forged tho- dreadful ties por youi iiwiet unko my brother dear lust to the winds hla vow to me it niinn the mark tif cain is wrltti 11 on your brow one gliuii the first oiki parilon tne but oil i duinot lay 1orglve me ijrd iui i forgive the ruin wi ought that day hand sort tuid white held forui to him the polioned sparkling wine l hough all that ihuiiif fill ni w years day o brother brother nilnel 1 lie first swift maditniihig gbus hath filled with flood of pre his brain hiiuton and will alike vie re bound as with 1111 iron chain with the old year my lmpplnevi for ever puised away i or ihouuh he nobly strove the bond grew utronger iluy by day oh girls oh guy lighthearted girls if you if you us i murdered by wine ur cursed wine hud seen a brother die youd never never offer more the ruddy gleumlnij flood nor uiste again for oh twould seem too like u mothers blood oh on the coming now years day cunt millions chain aside ijt no man lured by deed of yours for get hi manhoods pride and many an aching heart will bltui and many a bitter tear he spared to tho c who dread the day that ushers in tho year templar hi iorubui lliilm promote daintiness chnrm mid beauty it h umlvuued hi iirfrtngleia effect on the skin swiftly liborbed by the tbisues it leave never u venlge of stickiness delightfully cool to the skin stimulating mill invlgorutlng ooftens und milked the hundi flawlessly white gubtly frngrant impnrts youth nnd lovellneui to the complexion persian ii aim is the inevitable choice or the vomun who cures a physician advised a patient to take a ualk on an empty stomach and tho invalid fiebly usked whose stomuch fashions for the smart woman cotton play- kuit small 1mvi arc ubiially kept in cot ton siutv that launder unil fur this reason the milti slinuhl lie bimplc o fast niiteiiil and uiishriiikablc a iood ijuahty cotton twill in combined with 1 licivy linen in this trim suit for u smut boy 1 he- design im simple and if the laundry 14 done ut home the laundicss will experience no tvoulilo in inniink it the trousers arculile- itieinc and button to the biiuzic- hilislui blouse under the iwlt two couvenuut patch ikhkets trim the douse und inserttil pockets arc atthe sides of the trousers slccvck may ko blunt 01 long a community servant ttte free press like every other community newspaper puts forth an ef- fort to diligently serve the town itrepre- senls but it can only be representative of the town in a eooperative way it may be freely quoted in other papers it may be widely read even outside its own eom- jmunity but its representation of acton cannot be complete unless it carries mes sages of other business activities of the community to give the greatest service has been the constant a jm of tt1e free press the success attained we are eon- lent to 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