W He week. _ | fn | sroeew vv veo w 1 AM TOLD OF A VERY ! WONDERFUL YOUNG MAN (Copyright. 1$16, by the MoClure ~Newapaper te) - Day after day' glided Wy without "bringing any change in my relations| «with Arthur. The impulsive desire] to write to him, which I had "experi- | enced on the train, did not return to| me in any acute form, but I did think often in a dull sort of way that some day 1 might acknowledge his letter This was as far 'as I got in the mfat- | 'ter. No definite idea of what I] should say to him took lace In my | mind. 1 suppose this was because | did not know my own feeling. 1 had not come to a full decision to accept his abandonment uf me as final nor had I'determined to accept his over-, tures and allow him to return to me. 1 did not broach the subject again to my mother. I knew that she would | degide the matter on the basis of her| own 1dve for my father, and not with | a full consideration of all of the cir-| cumstances surrounding Arthur and | me. She had the old-fashioned idea that once a woman is married she is always married. Mother may have thought of divorce, but it was al- ways in the abstract, just. as she thought of murder and robbery. A | personal application of either was as | impossible in the one cage as the| other. me as, a party to a diyorce than she | could think of me as a party to mur- | der or robbery. | Under theése circumstances it did not seem 40 be that mother's advice should carry any weight. My idea on | the subject of matrimony seemed very | different from hers and a decision based on her views might be radi-| rally different from a decision based on mine. The whole problem was| one which 1 must solve. [ alone could work out my Future. | During these days of my indeacig-| ion I gpent most of my time visiting) wm? girlhood haunts, keeping to my- olf as much as possible. [ did not relish the idea of meeting my old friends, for 1 knew that the first question they asked me would be . about my husband, and then it would * be up to me to either lie or tell the truth----in either event a disagreeable task. In this seclusion I was aided by circumstance. Our old home stood on the outskirts of town, bordering on a deep wood through which ran the clearest of brooks. Through this wood I had wandered as a girl, gath- ering flowers, talking to the birds and endéavoping in my childiéh innocence | to make them understand me or lo learn the secret of what seemed to be their own language. In those happy days my almost constant com- panion/ was Willlam Bent, known to me in those days as Bill, Will, Willie or Billy, according to my frame of mind, or his treatment of me. When he was rude and inconsiderate, | knew him and addressed him and thought of him as William. Some- times whén I felt that he was a real pal I called him Bill, and when his treatmént of me approached the point of tenderness I invariably called him Billy. oe. William Bent lived with his mo- ther in the house nearest ours, and as he was an only child and his mo ther a poor widow, Bill's social stand ing 'had gradually disappeared as I grew to maturity, and for many years before my marriage 1 had not seen him and had heard nothing about him. Indeed, he had almost pasded out of my recollection when 1 came (Continued from Page 3) Mr. and Mrs. Charles W. Living- ston returned from their wedding trip, were in Kingston for Labor Day. Mrs. Sydenham McGill find Miss Amy McGill arg in Kingston, and ex- pect to spend some time in their old home town. Mr. and Mrs, George C. Kemp, the guests of Mrs. Bates, Princess street, for the Kemp-Bates wedding, have gone to their summer home at White City, N.Y, for a short time before Returning to their home in Rochester, "Miss Mary MtlIntosh, who has heen Mrs. Hamilton's guest at Wolfe Is- - land, returned to. Guelph the end of TRE TTY Miss Alice Moore and Miss Claire and Miss Elsie spent the week end at Sydenh Lake. Mr. and Mrs, Stephen Roughton and. Miss and Master Donald ~haye | or' rom Toronto, r. and. « 0. Sweezy, who 'have been Spending the summer in ' 'Quebeg, have retyrned to town, and (To Discard Frode, | Tan, Pimples, The use of creams contain anima! Ge sometimes pr ig Ror to ou run no risk of acquiring r when you -use ordin- Wax. There is nothing & discolored- skin, as the absorbs the offensive cu- ris naturel Anas xore. had expression. It's the 12 Qiscard & freckled, ane ¥ chy, or pimpled is mercolized th Sin &pply nightly like cold 1 with She could no more think of. During those days of Indecision I spent most of my time visiting my girlhood haunts. home this last time, and it was only when I looked over at the old Bent home that I thought of him at all. "Why, mother," I exclaimed the day after my arrival, "what has hap- pened to Widow Bent's house? It looks Mke it has a new voat' of paint and a new lease of life." "Yes," replied mother, "and the Widow Bent herself looks like she had a new lease of life. Sometimes when I look at her and see how rosy her cheeks are, I think she, as well as the house, has had 4 fresh coat of paint." "Paint?" | exclaimed. "Why the old woman must be at least 60." "More than that," replied mother, "But, of course, I was joking about the paint. It is nething more or less than happiness that makes her old face glow like it does, It is pride in that boy of hers. He is the rising young man of the town. He has 'serv- ed as State's attorney and is spoken of as a candidate for Congress. His mother thinks it will only be a few years before he will be President of the United States, and the only thing that puzzles her now is that he hasn't been President before this." "No wonder she is proud of him. With so little to start on and with so such an uphill road to travel, it seems remarkable that he has gotten so far." "Ingleed it does. 'At least ois so until you talk to him, and then you cease to wonder. His is the brightest mind I have ever come in contact with, a perfect dynamo. In this slow, dull, little town, where everyone seems half asleep and every- one moves at a snail's pace, William Bent would seem remarkable if he moved only one-tenth as rapidly as he does. As it is, his mind probably does more thinking in one day than all the rest of the minds in town do, and his individual energy accom- plishes more in 24 hours than is ac- vomplished by one-half of the popu- lation that surrounds him." "He must be wonderful," I ex- claimed. "I should like to meet him." "Perhaps you will," replied mo- ther. "You will almost certainly -see him if you do not stbp wandering through the woods. He takes a ie you are not cageful he will see you chasing butjerflies as you used to do when ybu were a girl." : : (To be continued.) are enPension af "The Residence." Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Minnes, "Kensington Place," have returned home after a week's visit in Toronto. Mr, and Mrs. W. F. Nickle and their family are moving in to town this week from their summer home, "The. Sheiling." : ! . * . . Mrs. J. W. Waddell and the Misses Lucy and Gwendoline, who have been spending the summer at Lough- boro, returned to town this week. Miss Marjorie Low, who has been in town for the past-two months, re- turned to hér home in Ottawa to- day. whol have heen in Petawawa for the "R"" MONTH, NO OYSTERS YET. Season, Has Opened in Name Only, * Dealers Say. The oybter season has not opened in this city as yet because of the warm weather. It is generally comn-. time in which to eat oysters, although it is an YR" month. The oyster sea son. usually begins with September and lasts until May, all the months containing an "R," but it is consider- ably later than September 1st that bivalves arrive in this section. It is reported from the oyster bed sections that oysters will be plentiful this winter. It is not considered" likely that they will keep pace with other food products in the increasing in price. Fashion sometimes makes us spendthrifts as well as fools, Sometimes the words "thank you" tramp there occasionally and unlessY |, Monday. ceded that September is not a good | \ ~ THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 6, 1916. THE CONFESSIONS OF ROXANE By Frances Walter. "ag Fall Opening Fall Fashions and Fabrics are in. During the next two weeks this department will be busy fitting out the early buyers---men who have learned the wisdom of getting the "first pick." It does not cost any more to buy early. Even if vou do not want the garments until later on it is advis- able to otder now and have them delivered when you want them. a This is particularly true this season when materials are so scarce and deliveries are months late in' coming from the mulls. You will be surprised at the splendid range of pat- 'terns and excellent values in our showing. T CUUK BROS. 5 "Ge 3 . VTHES D. 5. COLLIER, 214 Princess . 2 STOLE MIDNIGHT LUNCH. A Hungry Traveller- Made Raid On Lunch Counter, There was a very hungry traveller at the outer station, at midnight, / He was not only hungry, but he was also without the price evidently, for he smashed a pane of glass in the restaurant there and helped himself to some sandwitches and made off. A call was sent to, the police station, but the man with the sandwitches had ample time to get away with his lunch unmolested. : Watertown, Wake Up! "A Watertown despatch states that the State Department is endeavoring to secure the release of Joseph Steiger, jr., who,is a prisoner of war at Fort Henry. he Whig hates to spoil -a good-story,-but Steiger was. reJeased on June 26th, because it was shown that he was an American citizen. Nobody would have expect- ed this of Watertown. Home From Convention. Fire Chief Armstrong is hous from attending the Internationd dence, R. I, and reports 3 good con- vention, dithough the threatened strike on the railways resulted in the" convention being cut rather short in order that the delegates would be sure of getting home. pay more than you think. - summer, have' rented Mrs, EH Pende's house on Wellington street fof the winter months, . * LJ ut and Mrs, Horace Lawsoh, Mr. and Mrs. L. L. Henderson and their family, who have been at Thou- sand Ieland Park, returned to Mont- real this week. 3 Miss Helen Rew, New York, who is the guest of Mrs, Gamsby, King street, will be the bridesmaid at the Revnois-Crisy: wedding on Thurs- - "i a ; 0 Mr. and Mrs. J. H. Suthetland and Master Arthur are moving to town this week from their summer home at Dead Man's Bay. = Miss 'Mildred Maemorine, who has been spending the past two weeks in wn, returned to Toronto , con Miss A. M. John#on and Frank MeMartin, Earl street, return- ed home from Toronto on Monday. - indo reso. As is customary on the Mass For Scholars and Teachers. | ow Cost of igh Fire Chiefs' convention held at Provi- | ~ ~ da Se Menu for Thursday BREAKFAST © " Creamed" rind Reet In Crisp Coffee or Coton . . LUNCHEON OR SUPPER Sventoes FEET Lng" Mo ERI 0 ° Ir is the purity of a soap |, that most interests the 5; doctor. For the purer it 1s, the better its action as an antiseptic. 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