So Pn mm, Emptying the Barrel Stutely Perkins to his wonder and | consternation, had been elected to re- present his people in Washington as A sort of dark horse. He was a simple - hearted, unsophisticated Grass Valley farmer. The thought of Washington appalled him. So Sam Arnald, a politician who had isolated himself in Grass Valley. with the sole purpose of himself representing the people, offered his services as secre- tary. Stately caught at ine offer as a drowning man grasps at a straw. In Washington Stutely was for #ecking out a boarding house at $4 or $56 a week, but Arnald held up his hands in horror at such a thought. They must have a house in a good lo- cality, with plenty of servants, so they could receive properly, That was what Washington demanded. And Stutely Perkins, after a feeble protest, yielded. His secretary un- derstood these and he did not; and the last admonition of his constitu- ents at home had been to "do the thing up right," He must not dis- grace Grass Valley. "And there is another thing," the Secretary went on, calmly; '"you must have a housekeeper. You will have invitations and must give them; and there will be days when you must keep open house for the multitudes who throng to see great men. I have a second or third cousin here some- where who has been accustomed to society. She will be just the person you need. 'She has threo daughters, perhaps four, who will be invaluaute in looking after the music and floral decorations and table service and to help receive; Of course, at special functions, as a general invitation to the foreign legations or for the Pre- sident and his wife to visit you, there should be more'ladies to help re ceive." Stutely Perkins had lost his us ually ruddy color and was gasping. "Shall I have to ask the--the Presi- dent of the United States to visit me?" . "Of course," without the slightest twitch of a muscle. "Do yow want my cousin.?" "Y-es, I---guess so," helplessly; wooo Ad APSE the magn Hivence vt hiv] salary had seemed the certainty of adding a goodly fortune to what he already possessed in Grass Valley. that idea was slipping away. To his cousin. Mr, Arnald was more confidential. "You see, it's -Just this way, Adelaide," he said, thoughtfully, "it Stutely loses heart and drops out I'm pretty sure to ; drop in. 1 was rather popular back there in Grass Valley, I think. So don't sin in the way of Suiettaluing, 'Have 'girls understand it. T might offer a diamond ring to one who runs N up the largest account. Stute hasn't been used: Mendis mueh, and he'll soon get frightened off or broke. It really; doesn't matter which. Only . make his Mouay fi HE did. very day after "she came the eo went to Stute- © "The : have to be re- A POPULAR WESTERNER / / T as "Jim." accompanying picture the purpose of fastening baggage the famous and popular westerner, Mr. Brewster in the Canadian Rockies, x . Be Be PR to pack horses, and Mr. James Brewster, more and he is the o than six thousand horses are running wild. These pack horses, hn way in which paper and pencil and made and add- ed up long columns of figures. He worked slowly and laboriously, but at last pushed back the paper with a low whistle, which ended in a chue- kle. "Been here two weeks yester- day," he said aloud, "and blowed in more'n a year's wages already. Well, they said for me to do.the thing up right, and «+m going to. Luckly I've got a pretty good grist of money down to Grass Valley. Let's see all the girls have been to me except the pretty one they call Anna. Her ma said she was to run the flower show. Guess she won't stand off long." As if in answer to his words there was a light step outside and a tap upon the door. "Come in," he grinned. Then, as the door opened, "sort of notloned ye'd be round. 'Bout flowers, ain't it? What is it you'd like? A new conservater or a wagon load o' them orchids?" "Neither," promptly, "Want to know which flower you like best, vio- let or daisy. You see, the garden- ardy type, and are used extensively for long the knot is tied is such that it is Impossible hauling to camp to slip. ¢ "Thank you. It then." The door had been left open; as Apna went out her mother came from a room opposite. "Anna," he heard her say sharply, "didn't I tell you to ask for orchids?' "You sald I was to have full charge, mamma, and orchids cost---"' "What of it?" "This," with sudden spirit. just as bad as cheating to treat Mr. Perkins so. If Thad known as much as I do now I would never have come here. Oh, mother! Why wil) "It's "Not another word, Anna!" hiss- ed her mother. "You may go to your room." As they passed down the hall Mr. Perkins rose softly and closed the door. He was chuckling. An hour later he saw Anna in the garden. Ob- eying a suddyn impulse he joined her. "Mebbe I'd better order some flowers," he suggested. "I don't want to seem close." * An odd look came into her eyes. er has a splendid lot of both in hif®"You overheard what was sald in the cold frames, "And you don't want me to buy anything." "No, indeed! Not when we have plenty of nice things. It would be a sheer waste of money." "But that's what I thought folks here--no, I don't quite mean that," applogetically. "But I think just ag you do. And I sort of like vio- lets best." hall?" she guestioned. - "Y-es, I-8'pose mebbe F did," he acknowledged. "But don't ye feel bad about it, not a mite. I was aw- fully tickled to hear you stand up for me: like you did, after--after---" "After the way the others have been treating you," she finished, bit- terly. "Oh, Mr. Perkins," her face suddenly flushing. "I--I------" Then she stopped, as though remembering Lerrons by Pictorial Review . Gary & Practical | Home Dress Making Prepared Especially For This Néwspiper GRAY FOR YOUNG WOMEN. - Chine: The selection of this color may © Uvely. combloed 'with bright pinks. A PN Ultra-smart frocks designed for young women are made of gray silk crepe de shall be violets, , - ON THE WAY TO CAMP the celebrated western "Diamond Hitch," which 13 used for the picture in the feft-hand corner depicts familiarly koown to bis friends provides the mountain poules for tourists who stay at C. P. R. hotels er of the largest runch in the mountains where no less or mountain ponies, are of a very in the ovackwouds, The peculiar it was her own people they were talk- ! ink about. "No, thank you," hur- riedly. 'Don't buy a thing for me." After that whenever he met her about the house or in the garden he ! stopped for a few minutes' conversa- (tion. He had a feeling, oddly plea- HE WAS A TRUE SPORT. Even Though He Lost the Race He 'Was Thoroughly Satisfied. In the "Memoirs" of Admiral Lord Charles Beresford the author tells of an occasion when the Prince of Wales, afterward King Edward (11, performed the ceremony of opening a new breakwater at Holyhead. The and somewhat prosy, and his royal highness requested Lord Charles to do something by way of enlivenment. * 'Well, sir,' said I, 'I will run a hundred yards race with Lord ----, As he is Irish, he is sure to take me up if I challenge him.' "Sure epough, Lord accepted the challenge, but om conditions. These were that I should race in full, uniform, excepting my sword, while himself' should 'take his wardrobe from off himself.' Lord then I proceeded to divest himself there and | then of his Patrick ribbon, coat, waistcoat' and boots; which he con- fided to the care of the wife of a cer- tain distinguished Liberal statesman. He dropped his Patrick ribbon into her lap, saying, 'Madam, will ye have a care now of me jewel, for there's no saying what twist this mad divvil might give me?' "Entirely at ease, with the seat of his breeches patched with stuff of another color from the rest, he was wholly unperturbed by the laughter | of the assemblage. "Althpugh attired in cocked hat, | frock coat and epaulettes, I had the speed of him and waited on hin. | Then the devil entered into me, and when Lord drew abreast of a big plant of pampas ately bumped inte him, pitching him head first into the grass, not, of course, intending to harm him. But, to my consternation and" sorrow, Lord 's leg was broken below | the knee. I put the poor lord into his coach---he had a coach and four- in-hand--and drove him back to his hotel. That excellent and magnani- mous sportsman was perfectly un- concerned. "'You hit me a bad skelp, and L am destroyed," said he. 'Never mind, they all laughed, annyway.' King on the Battlefield. From earliest times English kings have loomed large in the military his- tory of their country. William III, at the end of the seventeenth cen- tury, was perhaps the greatest mili- sant, that she was his one friend { here. , "One day Mr. Arnald came to him | with 'a grave face. This Grass Val- ley farmer had stood out peyond his wildest dreaming. Now he must bring things to a crisis. "We must entertain more lavishly," he began brusquely. "All Washington is be- ginning to laugh at our economy. You may draw me a check for $5,000. Perhaps I can make that cover my month's plans, outside of the regular allowance." "Five -- thousand dollars! Look here, Mr. Arnald, This thing's already cost me all my year's wages and dug a deep hole in what I've got down home." is |. "Yes, coolly. "1 told you the thing would cost. ' If you couldn't afford it you had no right to come. Grass Valley is alréady feeling the disgrace of your econémy; and *.. They ; Were standing near the door, and ! Stutely turned sharply and strode rdown the hall. Anna was 'at the héad of the stairs. She' came directly to him. "What is it, Mr. Perkins" she asked, her face full of concern. "Have -- have they " . "Been doing - something more?" grimly, "Yes, turned the barrel up- side down this time. "1 was afraid so.. I--heard Mr. "Arnald tell mamma that you're been showing more grit than he counted on. Oh, Mr. Perkins, don't you do it. There's no need. Mr. Arnald isn't "But I wouldn't know what in the world to do without Mr. Arnald," he broke in. '""He's had the fixing and handling of everything, Why, I'd butt. my head into something every time I turned around. I guess my only course i to sneak back to Grass Valley." . "No, indeed, it isn't," ' positively. "Your eourse is to stay right here. You can do it and not have it cost you very much. People here are be- ginning to like you. I know." really, you don't mean with undisguised pleasure | occupied his life is now only.threaten- | vi comparison by King Albert's hero tary genius that has ever occupied the British throne. The historic and no- ble defence of the Netherlands which ! sm. The Hanoverians saw this change in kingship firmly established. Yet in 1743 George IL. accompanied his army in the fleld, and was the last reigning King of Xngland to do so. Then, at Dettingen, in Bavaria, he personally led an army of English, Hsanoverians, and Austrians to vices {ory against the Wrench, who were in superior force unler the Duc de No- ailles. This was in the war of the Austrian succession---when Europe was plung- ed into war by Frederick the Great of Prussia breaking his word, pledg- ed in a treaty, to Lelp Maria Theresa jo succeed to the Austrian throne. Since then no reigning momarch has accompanied his troops in the field, though William IV., the sailor King, saw active service as a prince, and served under Admiral Rodney in 1780 in the naval battle off Cape St. Vincent. Now, after a lapse of 171 years, George Vi, a reigning King, has been with his army in the field. Had Given It. Here is a good story of a popular English actor. He had gone to give an entertainment at the house of a nouvglu riche. There was a dinner on. hen he got there, to his amaze- ment, he was shown into the ser- vants' hall to wait. Their dinner was just on the table, so he accepted the butler's invitation and sat down to it with them. After the meal, at which he was particularly bright, he went all through his program for the benefit of his hosts, the servants. He had hardly done when he was sum- moned to the drawing-room, to find the guests there solemnly seated -in rows, waiting for him to commence. "Commence?" he asked, with the bland smile for which he is noted. "Commence what? My little enter- tainment? Oh, I ses . Very sorry, but--Iit's over. I gave it, as I always do, where I dined. Good night." general proceedings were very formal grass 1 deliber- | ) GUARD AGAINST ALUM IN BAKING POWDER SEE THAT ALL.INGREDIENTS ARE PLAINLY PRINTED ON THE LABEL. AND THAT ALUM 'OR SULPHATE OF ALUMINA OR SODIC ALUMINIC SUL- PHATE IS NOT ONE OF THEM. THE WORDS "NO "ALUM" WITHOUT THE IN- GREDIENTS IS NOT SUFFI- CIENT. MAGIC BAKING POWDER COSTS NO MORE THAN THE ORDINARY KINDS. FOR ECONOMY, BUY THE ONE POUND TINS, E. W. GiLLerr Company LimiTeD WINNIPEG TORONTO, ONT, MONTREAL LUE RE ELL EERE HE LICL LTS I LOE POWDER ERLE L ERLE ERA R LEAR REE REE FAL ¥ Men's Fine Shoes 20% Off For the Rest of THE MONTH All our fine shoes on the very latest lasts and shapes of toes, with 20% off. F. | H. 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"1 like you better than any girl I ever saw, bet- ter than I ever thought I could like a girl. will a stay pnd help me-- my wife, I mean?" back. She liked this man and had been conscious of 'it for 'some time. He was so different from most of the men 'she had known. But she had never dreamed of anything like this. She glanced up gt him shyly now, measuring his str | and gentle- ness anew in the light of this sudden revelation. What mattered if his they Taughed ut me. I'd ike to stay, | It was her turn to gasp and start} Just after the fall of Bloemfontein Ing 1% gs i | 5 files i d customers, the mer.