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THE COLBORNE EXPRESS, COLBORNE, On4\, THURSDAY, AUGUST 25, 1921. THE STEP-MOTHER By Paul Ginisty Translated by lliam L. McPherson icely ventures? Did ycu pet along with your colleagues?" "Oh!" said Georges, "travellers are wonderful story tellers. I shall have much to talk about, f saw many wonderful things on the banks cf the ogcgue, and I'll tell you about .tome negro kings who were friento of mine. But just now let ms enjoy the sensation of being home again. I have been an explorer too long. I want to become a Parisian again. I still have my room here with you, haven't I?" "Certainly." "Then I'll take my things up and get settled." a might V •' opinion, ereiteJ role 3 attribute to LISTLESS, m\\\\ (MILS vill be Whei i girl i say I v had coi Merault, "Monsieur," said the servant, "there is a caller outside who insists that you will be glad to see him at once." "At this hour?" exclaimed M. Merault, who, in his dressing gown, was taking early breakfast. "What is his "He woudn't tell me. He says it I He v, isn't necessary." and M: M. Merault was astonished. Then, I agitation. j each day s as he thought the matter over, he be-j "it's a shame," said the former. "I I When Georges knew thi came anxious. He looked at his wife,! alone am to blame. How can you pa: who was sitting opposite him. Mine, j don me, my dear, for putting you in s Merault knew what was in his mind, painful a position?" She also seemed worried. j "But I am a.s much to blame as yo "Mon Dieu!" she murmured. "If it are. Didn't I contribute, by my feai dull, when noth- rault used ing seems to interest her and dainties is you, so - _0 rot tempt her appetite, you may s, he will be certain tnat s.;-,e needs more good blocd than her system is provided ne for the conversation with. Before long her pallid cheeks, id it still terrified M. frequent headaches, and breathless-ng his joy at possessing ness and heart palpitation will con-i5org€3 again after so long a sepera- firm that she is anaemic. Many mothers. If the explanation should cause *ers as the result of their own girlhood ly coldness between them he felt experience can promptly detect the at he would be perfectly miserable, early signs cf anaemia, and the wise ut how could he now brusquely mother does not wait for the trouble urt cut the truth? ; to develop further, but at once gives He procrastinated again, seeking "her daughter a course with Dr. W fcr further delay. Hams' Pink Pills, which i Nothing Like Advertising. A large poster displayed in the window cf 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 all who read it, the florist declared to a fellow-tradesman that it had been a great help to his trade. That evening the friend of the young should be your sc "Without warni De annoying!" The door opened. A young man peared, tall and robust. He rushed to M. Merault's arms and they t braced each other affectionately. "I was so impatient to see y Think of it! After three years, in "Georges! My dear boy! What "Was I wrong to surprise you? My return to France was very sudden unexpected. I'll tell you about that later. But kiss me again, dear old dad, as you used to do when I was a child. Do you find me changed very much? One might think that my home-coming has upset you." "Can you imagine that I am not perfectly happy?" said M. Merault, trying to repress his uneasiness. Georges seemed then for the first time to notice that his father wasn't alone. The young woman who was sitting at the breakfast table, not having had an opportunity to disappear, had tried to keep herself in the background as much as possible. Georges bowed to her. "Present me to madame, won't you?" he said to his father. M. Merault, much perturbed, struggling between the natural manifestation of his parental feeling and a very serious preoccupation, muttered some almost unintelligible words, and made a gesture toward his companion. Then he changed the conversation suddenly, starting a rapid-fie of questions: "Were hadn't i the : of your son, to preventing y That would writing him the truth?" j One might have judged from this conversation that they had been keeping a different kind of a secret. But they were perfectly respectable people, driven to dissimulation only by the delicacy of --their scruples. They had no reason to blush for what they had done. In Georges' absence M. Merault, a widower for many years, had married again and hadn't dared to announce the marriage. How many letters, containing minute explanations, had he written! Not being satisfied with them, he had never mailed them. Was it because, at such a distance, he couldn't, make Georges understand that what appeared to be a folly on his part, was, in fact, a rare piece of good fortune, a .stroke of wisdom? His wife was hardly thirty years old, while he, although he didn't look it, was appraching sixty. Yet, as serious as she was charming, she was most sincerely attached to him. Would Georges, naturally skeptical, have faith in this happy reality, this genuine union which had been pos sible in spite of the difference in theii ages? Would he credit M. Merault's praises of his second wife? Wouldn't he suspect her of mercenary motives Wouldn't he blame his father? Above all, wouldn't his sense of loyalty be affronted.? The difficulty of convincing the young man had deterred M. Merrault. He put off telling him, moved by his affection for this grown-up boy, of whom he was so proud and whose adverse judgment he shrank from. Mme. from [ provisionally as a sort of housekeep-. the diffe f fever? Did you succeed in mission? Did you have many ad- i Merault, modest, sitive and a little Surnames and Their Origin While these names themselv quite clearly of Norman-French It does not necessarily follow that those who bear them are of Norman-French ancestry, though the chances Variations--Cc COX <on, Cook, Cooks, Cook- blood supply and banish anaemia be-better, he argued, and had had a fore jt has obtained a hold upon the chance to realize her charm, he would system. be more certain to approve of the mar- j °ut cf their experience thousands riage. i of mothers know that anaemia is the Mme. Merault therefore was to pass sure road to worse ills. They know that good red blood makes in the development of womanly sne ' health. Ev'ery headache, every gasp ------th that follows the slightest :ertion by the anaemic girl, every in she suffers in her back and limbs iproaches if you have not taken he best steps to give your weak girl blood, and the only sure way to 3 is through the use of Dr. Wil-i' Pink Pills. New, rich red blood is infused into e system by every dose of these From this new rich blood Springs good health, an increased appetite, new energy, high spirits and perfect womanly development. Give your daughter Dr. Williams' Pink Pills, and take them yourself and note how ipromptly their influence is felt in bet-iter health. n get these pills through any dealer in medicine or by mail post-• six boxes for 2.50 from The Dr. Williams' Medicii Brockville, Ont. ' the florist, who ith the special consideration which she deserved. Bu was so little at ease in Georges' c pany that she betrayed her fears, if he were conscious of some hidden guilt. Nevertheless, Georges took pleasure in talking with her, showej her a thousand little attentions and sympathy which became more ai iced. "Alas!" thought M. Merault, tween my son's affection and my wife's I ought to be the happiest of men. But how uncertain is the happiness, which may be dashed by word!" I Origin--English. Source--An Occupation. might appear, at first glance, that ! of the family names in this majority of cases such j group had their origin in some refer-aii assumption would happen to be cor- ence to the cock, or rooster. There is rect a bare possibility that in some in- All of these names come from the ! "a"c" name Cox ma>' llave had medieval title "esquire," a title which ! ," "" was brought into England with the I - In SUCh cases 11 wouId ™ Norman-French feudal system. In the period immediately following the Norman Conquest thei class. The feudal system um iiul pci-1 lavor The population He decided to conquer his tion and to provoke the fndispensabi disclosure. But he always drew bad when he was on the point of speaking.! So he felt completely taken back' when Georges, after a week or two, announced that he wished to have serious interview. "My dear father," said the am one of those who, believing in fii inspirations, make my decisions quii ly. I want to confess that I am m in love with your housekeeper, an ask your permission to marry her. "Marry her! You!" cried M. Merault. "What do you mean?" He almost choked. "My poor boy,' 'he began again, with an effort, "that is impossible. Mon Dieu! I never expected that! Because I must tell you"- "That she is already Mme, Merault," said Georges, with a hearty laugh. "Ah! Sly papa, you had no confidence in me. But I knew, and to punish you I amused myself grilling you with my questions. You went away from Paris to get married. But a little country newspaper, which one of my friends in Africa received one day, about your change of status. And I promised myself, since you sur_|L^ that I wouldn't approve, to ph<P ^( this little comedy of ignorance to make you repent your And I have paid you off, for you were getting nicely tangled This ought to teach you not to doubt me again. But I am neither nor offended. I know well that I have always my place in your heart; and I find my little step-mother as charming as she is worthy of all my re- seen plastering his s a poster, which ran: "To married men. wives with housewor! electric floor-scrubbe work!" vith Don't kill yout Saved by a Loaf. During the recent disturbance: [Upper Silesia a party of Poles, armed :o the teeth, made an attempt to force entrance into the town of Korel, which was garrisoned by Italian troops.. An Italian sentry opened Are as soon as the first insurgents tried to cross the bridge over the River Oder. The Poles replied, and their attack would lave succeeded if it had not occurred :o the sentry to seize his ration of (bread and hurl it at his assailants. So startled were they by this preceding that they fled. Possibly they imagined that this projectile was some sort of bomb! By the time they recovered from their astonish-reinforcements put in an appearand the situation was saved! CHOLERA INFANTUM Cholera infantum is one of the fatal shortened form of "Cocker-son," that is, "the son of the cock-fighter," for, middle i C0Ck fishtinS ^ a very ancient sport, ' ailnTente"orchUdhodd. "it is a trouble -- well established in popular that comes on suddenly, especially ,_ clearly]13^"1 "iedie™l En6land- Or it during the summer months, and un-between the Norman-French I "Ught„be deriTed fTOm the form "Atte less prompt action is taken the little cock, or as we would put it to-day, \ one may soon be beyond aid. Baby's "at the Sign of the Cock," for in their • Own Tablets are an ideal medicine in lack of ability to read the English of j warding off this trouble. They regu-olden times called upon the full range j late the bowels and sweeten the stom-of the animal and vegetable kingdoms ! ach and thus prevent all the dreaded with which to illustrate the signs by ! summer complaints. Concerning them which they identified their shops and j Mrs. Fred Rose, of South Bay, Ont., their inns. I says: "I feel Baby's Own Tablets tit in the vast majority of cases, I saved the life of our baby when she of the foregoing family { had cholera infantum and I would not i without them." The Tablets are Id by medicine dealers or by mail : forms nobility and the Anglo-Saxons, who, together with a smaller number of the Norman common soldiery, formed the vassal class. But there were, of course, gradations among the nobility and the vassals, and it was out of the lower ranks of the one and the higher ranks of the other that the great middle class of more modern England was evolved- ! names indicate that they w„ "Esquires" formed the lowest class j "cook." There was no uniform meth-of the nobility. They were youths who od of filing this word in the middle had not yet won their spurs, and it ; ages> and it was 0£ten necessary to was their duty to carry the shields of judge whether the writer meant "cook" the knights in whose service they j or "cock" by the sense of his writing. were- | But such a form as "Roger le Koc" or The family names derived from this j "le Coc" or "le Cok" occurring in the word must be classified among the | ancient lists of names kept for taxa-names of the later period, when feu- j tion or other purposes, has only one dalism began to disintegrate and the j reasonable translation, "Roger the title of "esquire" lost its exact mean- j 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 mere esquires could have I perpetuation as a family name. At become the fathers of families and j 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." Defeat. beat till he quits; No one is through till he stops, No matter how hard Failure hits No matter how often he drops, fellow's not down till he lies the dust and refuses to rise. Tate can slam him and bang him And batter his frame till he's sore, it she never can say that he's down- While he bobs up serenely for n fellow's not dead til he dies rJTor beat till no longer he tries! To i Have you noticed how many of your neighbors have changed from tea or coffee to Instant Postum The smooth, rich flavor of this cereal beverage appeals to the taste, and it is free from any element of harm. Better nights and brighter mornings usually result from Postum in place cf tea or coffee. "Uteres a Reason Ham Wood Made Old in 2< By a Danish process e wood the aging effects i said to be accomplished In Husbands Are Inexpensive in Belgium. A Belgian woman who lost her husband in a railway accident received from the company $2,000 by way of compensation. Shortly afterwards, she read of a traveller's getting twice as much for the loss of a leg. She went to the company and protested that the difference was unfair. "Madam," said the official, "the two awards are perfectly fair. Four thousand dollars won't provide the man with a new leg, but with $2,000 you can easily get a new husband." Quite As Good. a neighbor, and as he passed al the side of the fields he made I tal note of the fact that were visible. Meeting the neighbor almost im mediately, he opened conversation as follows: "Good morning, Mr. Oates. I see you have no scarecrows in your fields How do you manage to do withoui them?" "Oh, well enough," wai reply. "You see, I dcn't I'm in the fields all day To keep To do m To live! Resolve. ay health! Pow But alway Robbed s On, with i Back lit in Weakness, and t trength I have! Not What She Epected. was fully an hour before her usual when little Janet returned home school, and to her mother, who all ready to administer a repaid, Janet breathlessly confided this rmation: teally, mother, I oughtn led for not coming home I have had such a disappoint-A horse fell down in Main nd everybody said they were send for a horse doctor. So I waited and waited, and what do you ? It wasn't a horse doctor at all Important Job. Little Edward was a clever lad and most anxious to succeed. He got a job in a local bank and it seemed to his liking. One day a wealthy uncle met him on the street and asked: "Well, Edward, how are ycu getting on in business? I suppose the first thing we know you will be president of the "Uncle,' 'said Edward, "I am getting on fine. I am draft clerk already! "Draft clerk!" exclaimed the u astonished. "Yes," continued Edward, "I < and shut the windows according t der and close the doors when people leave them open." Of Little Use. Not long ago a number of masons left Scotland to settle in this country. One of them wrote to his wife shortly after his arrival and instructed her to sell their household property and to take passage out to him. The good wife had a neighbor who came to help her with the packing. In the'midst of it they fell upon Thomas' watch. The neighbor examined it closely and then said: "It's a grand watch, Catherine. Ye'll be takin' it wi' ye?" "Na, na!" was the reply. "It would be o' nae use oot there, for Thomas tells me in his letter that there is some 'oors difference between the time here and in Calgary, so I need na be takin' useless things." Pass the Salt! Mr. Green's radish-bed had been attacked by slugs. Distracted, he sought the advice of a neighbor. 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