THE TREASURE TRUNK By GERALDINE CASE. Lior for it) it ; change her. He slipped reece ee enqu irles. "Through tah,' | | ~ It was entirely Lindsay's fault. As Bé waited for the trunk check, he forgot evérything in the world ex- cept the face of the girl beside him, .It had been years since he had even believed such faces still existed. - Now, all he could do was stand like. any other beauty. struck male, and stare at it hungrily, She was not over twenty, a slen- der flower of a girl, with satia waves of sunay hair framing in her tender, wistful face. She lifted her long lashes just once. and he caught flash of eyes blue das June skies, blye as the. long-stemmed, Maytime violets hé remembered picking along, the edge of the woodland brooks lesman, when he was a boy. { trusted with Then he rememberea that he had But vet. just emactly three minutes to beat | i on time down the concourse and. catch the Northwest express. He cWught| . up the cheek, and hesitated another instant. She was already uckine | step off any other time, ner: ed him. In gold chains, day to connect ing } ve 3001 nd her 1 rv n¢ © her own check into a little suede Saved ama > handbag, and he realized, as she hur- : . fed on ahead of him, that she wat | 4 actually going on the same train. Z \ He had ehecked his heavy leather | 1 ao her, suitcase. That left him free to run, | Lead to but he waited for her, and they pass-| ed through the gate together, the | last to take the train. Down th long narrow platform they both hurried, and he helped 'her up the | steps as she chose a certain car. She found a seat, one already partinly occupled, and he had to go on, bunt- ing one for himself. The train was crowded with tourists, in the day coaches. It was warm and sultry. He finally found a place to hang his hat, but when he sat down under it, and looked back, she was not there. The train had reached the Mou tana boundary line before Le delib- erately started in to make a thor- ough earch of the whole train, and found her, very cool and happy, in the parlor car. . Theres was an empty seat near by, kis ello, +h » lola! rest ans AR singing him, Lola. he vould Trail, try upside be down arrived. It was san Ix and contents. checks and When the porter gage, 'What = sort aves 2nd he got a check from the condne- So far if was satisfying th him simply to wateh her profile and the droop of her long lashes. was desperate, to find out porifr, and put'it. up to him to make ticket ¢ame back the answer in due Lindsay scowled, was bound for Trent, journey past Moose Trail. into the embrace of these kveriasting mountains and he would ner see her again. he would have tak- en a chance, and left the train with but he couldn't. The firm trust- his suitcase was over $10,000 worth of gold watches. tae small trunk %e had checked at the same time there were jewels and bracelets, all kinds, due to arrive at Trent that Bidford. - their if he or st £0 that she , #0 that A hundred ways oe- put them away froin : train at Moose Trail, had ne held ev © was a boy waiting to and he saw her bend her 3 hin. window he heard the boy ops of the 1m Before tack there turning the surrounding coun- Lola and that freckled kid. Bldford was at thé hotel when he and he was hungry, sisteq uitcase up from the de- looking Lindsay banded over his plunged Bidford called out-to him to hand over his keys. rie DAILY BRITISH WHIG, TEESDAY. charm do you. call this trunk, any- how, Al?" he added, carelessly. lt' -all-te-the- good," came back Lindsay' 8 voice, muffled in. a Tork- | ish towel. "Got it- in Chicago; ! stand anything, fire. proof, ol i but his . only anything about a dollar bill to the | proof, bomb proof." A deep rumble of laughter' from old Bidford startled him. He slip- ped into pajamas, and came out into | the room. Op the bed lay the suit- | ase, open. On the floor was a little] yellow steamer trunk, very new, very | lightly made, very feminine. The'! lock was a simple one. Bidford had | found a key that opened it, and now | he threw back the cover of the till. A mass of girlish belongings lay ex- posed to view. Above all, a delicate | | Pl baipiore emanation of periume, | perfume that haunted Lindsay and | roused memories of gomething-- ! somewheré: He could not grasp the | connection at first, and suddenly it came to him. 'As had stood beside her at the baggage counter he had | caught the same subtle whiff of per- | fume, of woodland violets, from the | girl from Moose Trail. "Where's the bride, Al?" Bidford, chucklin. "I never pected you of this, old man, lift up the tray.' : "No, you don't," shut off Lindsay. He crossed the room 'and "banged dowg the cover of the trunk, knock- ing out one photograph on the floor. | As he stooped for it he saw it was | ghe herself, and underneath was | written "With love always, Lola." "I 8 a mix-up in checks.. I know | where mine went,' he' explained. | rte Don't get fussed up and report it, wow, Give me half a chance to make % tie change." to Moose Trail, and nodded, He three hours' She would if it had been trinkets of with' the western He was in- safe delivery. y knew her name, out some connect- would might asked sus- Let's he en nar From the 'pen od the weck was up | "And help you cover up the chance at Moose you took, a loss of $60¥00 while you chased up a girs. * "it's a lie, understand. 1 never chased her, | wanted to badly en- j ough, but I came through to deliver Jhe goods to, yon straight. Now, I'm going back and find her, and I'll ship the trunk to you by express, but you let me alone for a few days." { "It's a girl case, then?" i "It's going to be a case of mar- riage'if I can find her,' blurted out thé youngster. "I don't even know her last name, but I'm going back to find out." until he kad found nearly dinfer time, but the older on getting the over their into a bath. brought up the bag- of a fancy watch EE ------------ CAPT. AND M RS. TURNER, of the Salvation Army Corps, who are to leave Kingston He landed In Moose Trail late that night, and routed out the sleepy tic- ket agent. Before he let him go he had the name of the girl and where she lived. Also he had found his trung standing carelessly in ong cor- ner of the dinky little express of- fice and had béen told she had dis covered the mistake, dnd left it there ty be claimed. He ordered it sent on to Bidford, 'and went out in- to the moonlight night, grinning happily. A Two miles over the hill road, the second house upon the mountain side above the dam. He walked it quickly, the cool, keén air bracing his nerves. When he came-in sight of .the house, the whole humor of the chase swept over him. He could not waken her, a total stranger, and next week, $500.00 for 25 Jingles in June (We paid $1000.00 for 25 Jingles in May) $500.00 will be paid in June, 1912, of 25 persons who send in crisp, snappy Jingles--most acceptable for a * Toast ies" Jingle Book. Names of persons from whom Postum Cereal Co. _ Toasties Jingles in May will be mailed on Teveipt of stamped and addressed envelope. = for Post Toastiey Jingles--$20.00 to each Lid., purchased Post Wo Paid $20.00 for this Original May Jingle. (As an examplé only.) Theré is an oll woman of Crewe, Who vows she bas nothing to do, She is happy and gay, eats Toasties all day And now sho's 102. Purchased from MISS ADELE NOR DHEIMER, 475 Davenport Ri. Street City .. Toronto, Can. . Province , .. Adiren and mail your Tnglos to Jingle Dept. 808, Canadian Postum Cereal Co., Ltd, Windsor, Ontario, Canada. Finish this Jingle. Daddy's on the engine that pulls the fast express. Jha JUNE 18, WEDDINGS IN. CHINA H GRAUEFUL CUM with blac 'Kk marab y figure in the Softly edged wrap sketch ing cerise, 1 the scarf. (gauge purple, black with white grey, ¢ ason's r-wrap of ninioa the back) ose, The I Or « OF WIHD rald gveen or cerise, justifyvi ng At, Home of Groom, Whom Often; Bride Sees for First Time Marriages in China are celebrat at the home of the bridegroom, not of the bride, says a writer .in the | } | May World Magazine. Before | ting her own house the bride is { rayed in her best dress and jewel i * hair is elaborately arranged ams a | ears a large hat. A mantle is | ra about her head and a! k cloth placed over her] Her mother then puts her in| | sedan. chair, used only for| weddir and locks her in, giving| the key to one of the attendants, | 'ho delivers it to the bridegroom . § THE STANDARD: when the procesion arrives at the | AND FAVORITE latter's house. No priest or magis- | trate cfficiateés at the marriage. The | ; ~ BRAND : ¥ . happy pair, the bride still veiled, | DE NC ANADA i: then red s face. a gil r the ancestral hall together| and bow 'three times to the family tablets, afterwards sitting down to} table on wh I are two cups © oan offe r intended nro ate. the ancestors of the family. | y next enter the reception cham- where the husband removes' veil and mantle from his wife, seeing her face, perhaps ti first time. The guests and tri nds | then « T the room, gage upon the blushing bride and convey their fe- licitations to the happy pair. A wed- ding banquet is held in the evening which the bride, very tactful, ' pays especial attention. to her pai- -in-law. ne a to puma FOR SALE DRURY S-Coal and Wood Yard 'Phone 443 235 Weillngton St. | Cook's 8 " ica Koot Compound, The great Uterine Topic. wand efivcisal Monthly n which wo Sold in oR: oe th=No 1, pein ranges, at ent a Vast -Market Tor Jellyfish. A very profitable industry in Cho- sen on a pew line has been suggesi- ed by the authorities of the fishing section of the governor-general. It ishing for jellyfish, so abund- antly found in the seas of West Cho- : Voge Bis w struction } the sea offers much ob- to the fishigg industry in . @8 its presence inJdarge num- en makes the use of net im- se and Smetimes compels the lermen to abandon their \ work, fish itself will bring in a unt of money if caught, prepared and exported to China cooking purposes. China is a vast market for it, for it is there is depicted on the left, this Pavisian [that salted jellyfish is considered a itsel very trimmphantly ia | great delicacy and one of the indis- rf on the right can be lined | nensable foodstuffs, especially in the Ml & d H ek pe "Puarbar'" brown," [8 Tr, 00! ous ee IS such is a great NEW SHOE REPAIRING BUSINESS ROBHRT PAYNTER har take: oor tue business of the late jas. Da al the old stand, 16s RERT Al kinds cf Eho ve 1 €1 ne promptly done, All work guaranteed, v large SCARVES, yt all around the fine minion middle, thie available colors inclul.| Another most graceful example EW MES proper in -------- for of ack color sea During housecleaning, wishing | as demand for it ---------- .. i gay he loved and had there in t So it haype Tyndall can found a st r ably on the isines 3 Cl leaning t smiling ¢ +H s with Miss Tyndall, he * tring. danced about at that it, Le ore ak fast tabl he had pi nearly the how check an of jewels. Old Ben Tyndall' 8 "Pretty careles that around, ain't i "1 wouldn't take hy for the treasure in.my own Lola , wistfully. "It's ve pre me thousand up 1b ' explained her ental," but € caught and. heid hers this time, and he saw the color rise slowly in her cheeks, "I think you lost the real tre trunk he said s 1" I found it, to Moose Trail any- are back Tommy leaned across piness, ar 3 "Well, 1 am here ingly, "and I'm going y. old man had risen and ¢ Tommy went also, ', and the two were al waited, but she did you mind?" "Mi nd w hat? ? "My stag . "W hat ish fun said, ) stay left om, . Runs a mile a minute or faster'n th an I guess, When he's home to supper he says"well let me sce | | (Ei in this line, mentioming Toasties and write plainly) Use of above form of answer is suggested, but not required. We will buy 25 Post Toasties Jingles, ac- ceptable for use in a Jingle Book, received during June, 1912, at $20.00 each. Only the Jingles we pay for will be used, will bo n whether purchased or not, ats aud addres purchased in June, 1912, rinted and mailed to each enquirer a le. Stamped and addressed will be judged honestly. upon are a sensitive person and ' will be not a good sportsman, Dox'r Try, for we have no time to "pet up" those whose Jin- gles are not accepted. Fill in the missing line of the incomplete Jingle printed above, making the last line IncLupe the name * Post Toasties" or "Toasties" with correct rhyme and metre. Or, write an original Post Toasties Jingle of not less than 4 lines, any one line of which must contain "Post Toasties " or " Toasties. " As many Jingles may "he submitted a desired. No Jin e submitted in May, 19 in this June, 1912, a w One can make this a pleasant form of entertainment, may. 'make some extra money, hecome he asquninted with he It al, ged had to bent WAS very and yet d to know. you found e Trail and Lola In an Old A wonder! ¢ vered ---0r . rather things in it. little h up to a few we by a vers old wo- had lived became neces ) her week for the authorities to t charge of the woman and to provide better qQuag ters for her. When she had made an inspection Jars of jelly put up fourd and 100 pounds of butter that was packed over 30 years ago, so well done that the butter § rancid. Some preserves made in the early 60's for the soldiers of the Civil war were found under a pile of rubbish. -- Williamsport Corre- spondent North American. somebody of the cellar. in 1853 were gone A Wonderinl Cave of Ice. No one knows how many wohder- ful caves, more exisnsive, perhaps than the vast mammoth cave "of Kentucky, yet remain to 'be discov- ered. Not long ago some boys gocis dentally found the entrance to a marvelons cavern of ice at the foot of Cow mountain in Colorado, Three great chambers of It already have been opened, the walls apd ceilings of which are covered with great niasses 'of ice in 'grotesgueforms. In the centre of one of the rooms ix a lake nearly fifiy feet square with no apparent outlet, «What an execilent refrigerator such a cave would make! [It would supply the needs of a whole city. grief shraye bawes a means very ! At the very year from Shanghai, Ningpo, Hangkong and Canton In Whang- {1 ai province great numbers of them { are often seen drifted ashore after 'a and as many of them as one i can he gathered gratis Un- employed Coreans may be hired at low wage 8 or workmen {in prepar sh for salting. . Seoul Pres to save time by having quick lunches, can be supplied "with all ¥indse of Cooked Meats, Picl i at Relishes i 'phouing givin Want every American woman in trying to get one of the capes which the Italian army | offic ers wear. hese capes are made of dark or light blue cloth, cut in the shape le without eves, and 1 i cal with very simple and | two silver stars | This worn over t siroyed, American Women About is Army Cape Hue H. J. MYERS } | | "Phove 570, | ' | 115 Brock St. How a Clever Bear Fished. year, the berries being de- y many bears visited the river by means | for fish. 1 was walking up the river | shore one evening about sunset | watching for a deer. Rounding a bend, 1 saw perched on a flat rock | some few feet from the shore, a large black bear. I could not tell at first what he was doing. He was stoop capes thredten to | ing down with one paw in the water in Ameri-| waving ft gently to and fro. I American wo- | watched closed and saw, just beyond p dreams of re- | his reach, a large male salmon, so without one or more. | nearly dead that he could not swirh. | I'he bear was using his paw to ecre- jate an eddy which would draw the | fish within his grasp. Slowly the | stimon drifted towards the rock. { It was amusing fo wateh how carefully the bear moved his paw 80 a8 not to frighten his prey. At i + seventy miles | last the fish came within reach. mployed made a stack | #7 Wn reached over, gave it a quick ch pnd thirty feet | B8D, seized it in his jaws and leaped were used in build: | ashore. The whole performance 150 fag ve pop ickled me so that I let him go off, wo tonk of y cords 1 salmon dangling in his mouth, | without even taking a shot at him Charles Stuart Moody, fn Outi ng | Magazine are with 1 tina and are and held in place ver clasp and chain. cold weather the Italian offi- ere draw one end of the cape around | ir necks and throw it over the le ft shoulder, thus causing the gar- ment to fall in graceful folds, These milita COAL! The kind yon are looking ter is the kind we sell SCRANTON COAL ia good Conl and we gasrantes prompt delivery. BOOTH & CO. FOOT WEST STREET man who visit ning ho New ( A Big Bonfire. f the the d about | Malve rn hills segn at bonfires aw was kindle ago on the largest Gold Mednl, London, 1911 Lovgest Sale IT GRADE Tea in World in rg g tables of the Western World with €¢ : is of ex tw ur Ridgways Tea The Failure of the Railways. tria ada. Toronto Its streng pth ma of modern tr ter few wh attempts of y es it wp 1,000 re have riy every the reco feet high | been much larger firen ! large city, but this for "fun fires." nmsiory presents ansporia peciac the rail the natior The ular In Sealed Alr Tight Pigs. All High-Class Grocers 4 Order Trial Package rd 10 ¢« Cleaning t he Dog. year. they froven wheat manufacturer d if your dog ponable am- f and the hy powders and and de Tie umers i i an {lize and suffer. What is {There ie a simple ness of the « the railw unprepared ili tie for handling that has dom we railway ibe discovered' that lworked locomotives have beer {hospital when they should ha on the road? Have the enough cars, enough rails, men, enough of anything ' Nn Car con 10 Your dog to the well with! cleaner i and « urly, 1 to the uch ta reason ouniry has a uddenly then been 19sue railwa ANEW Er mwn too m Will Recover Sight of Eye. been panies enough a3 received ¥ Monday mor. which Rankin! s . C7 ADE IN CAN Time Nothing to. Him. loss of his sight. At a recent dinner at which sev- sting electric Ole Exclusively a DUNLOP feature Sr QuALTY THE MEW DUNLOP SPECIAL BICYCLE TIRE Tell your dealer "THis TIRE ~-- OR NONE FRESH ARRIVAL Ganong's Chocolates The Finest in the City. B0 cents per pou 1i¢. A. J. REES 166 Princess St. Phone 58 n re- the bandages | { eral members of the legal fraternity Mor and found | Were present, a well known jurist ; . in time, quite recover j declared that the useless questi of the eve { used by young lawyers when Ci tm - { examining their first witnesses | minded him of an answer given to { a convict, Hig 82 a : | "A street laborer," he said, "was | | digging just outside a State prison. One of the convicts called out from in in the Spring, bis cell. "Say, what time is it? The man kept on digging and | La not reply. Finally after the pris- | time me of year when sll | onér had repeated the question two nature is awakening to new life hu-| or three times, the laborer lcoked | man beings are overcome by lassituds | up at him and remarked: -- and distaste for physical activity, and! | " 'What do you care? You aren the death rate mounts higher than at i going any place, =n any other time during the year. | SE What can be the cause It seems | Fishhawk Attacks Young Boy. to be due to the mode of life during | Roland West, a Georgetown boy, | fhe cold winter months. By living | was badly scratched and his clothes | cooped wp in overheated, ill-ventilai- | 'were torn by a fishhawk. He was in { ed rooms, the lungs are deprived of {danger of haviug his eyes scratched the life-giving oxygen, the blood be {out when Oscar King hurried | comes Joaded with impurities' which | { through the Slaughter Neck marshes | aré pot eliminuted from the, system | on hearing the boy's cries, and beat | as they should be by the liver and! the bird until it flew away. kidneys. West had found a bird's mest in | These filtering organs' gre torpid, a tree containing threes little figh- | stuglish and ingetive, and aeed Dr. | hawks. He started to take them | Chase" s Kidoey-Liver Pills to resiore! away when the mother bird swoop- | them to heaith and activity. There is | #6 down sud began clawing the boy, so way by which the blogd can be | who fell tu the ground where the sn- purified exespt by the sliminati o {raged fowl renewed its attack --Mil- cess carried on by the liver and Nid ford, Del, dispatch. ney. Hence the effectivencss of Dy, Chase's Kidner-Liver Pills as 5 penny | of purifying the blood, The good Sone wing alan be follonad by bed resulis,