THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, SATURDAY, MAY 19, 1917 | FERRER we Say OSTERMOOR --and STICK TO IT! Ir you called Henry Smith on the telephone, and the operator said "line's busy," you surely wouldnt say, "Give me any other Smith who has : a telephone! " It's the same with Mattresses -- there's only one OSTERMOOR. Ask for it and look for the name in the binding. You pay only once for RMO 0 'S $18 for 50 Years of Restful Sleep The OSTERMOOR will not mat, become lumpy, or uneven, Layer upon layer of the finest cotton felt is built juto a casing, and it stays that way for a lifetime. Q Ask your dealer for it, or write us for the name of nearest agent. The PARKHILL MANUFACTURING Co. Snecessors to Limited The Alaska Feather & Down Co. Limited ais Makers of Bedsteads and Bedding 88 in Winnipeg MONTREAL Vancouver vi "ALASKA on an article means High Grade Beery Particle." OSTERMOOR THE T. F. HARRISON CO., LTD. Sole Selling Agents for Kingston: . Lo 5 i The Newest Idea In Hosiery We paid a big sum to obtain new and improved machines knit seamless, full-fashioned hos- iery~~the most up-to-date in the world. We control these NS 4 HILSO «o» JOOIWUILSO 2 Sl ia ¥ Q « . w [7 oi CHAPTER IL The Hammerlock. ITH the words he sprang for- ward and bit me twice. The. blows started at the very toe of his foot, and they shook me as no blows, even with the bare fist, had ever shaken me before or since. . Completely dazed, I struck back, ° but encountered only the empty air. Four or five times from somewhere those pile driver fists descended upon me. Being now prepared to some ex- tent, I raised my elbows and managed to defend my neck and jaws. The at- tack was immediately transferred to my body, but I stiffened my muscles thankfully and took the punishenent My river and farm work bad so hard. ened me there that I believe I could have taken the kick of a mule without damage were I expecting it. * The respite enabled my brain to clear. 1 recovered slowly from the ef- fect of those first two vicious blows, I saw Ward, Mis eyes narrowed calcu- latingly. his body swinging forward like a whalebone spring, delivering his attack with nice accuracy. A slow ane ger glowed through me. He had be- gun without the least warning, bad caught me absolutely unaware. [ hit back. He was so intent on his own assault, so certain of the blinding effect of his first attack, that I hit him. | saw his bead snap hack and the blood come from his lips. The blows were weak, for I was still dazed, but they served, together with the slow burn of my an- ger, greatly to steady me. We were ance more on equal terms. For perbaps two minutes 1 tried to exchange with him. He was in and out like lightning. He landed on me hard almost every time. He escaped nine out of ten of my return counters. Decidedly I was getting the worst of this, though my heavier body took punishment better than his lighter and more nervous frame. Then suddenly it occurred to me that I was playing his game for him. As long as he could keep away from me be was at an ad- vantage. - My best chance was to close. From that moment I took the ag- gressive and was In comsequence the more punished. My rushes to close in were skillfully eluded. and they gen- erally laid me wide open. My head was singing, and my sight uncertain, though T was in no real distress. Ward danced away and slipped around tense as a panther. Then by a very simple ruse I got bold of him. I feinted at rushing him. stopped and hit instead and then, fol- lowing closely the blow, managed to and Ward would tip the scales at con- bly less, I broke his hold and him. 5 lively as H | 2 FF § g £ i E i | y it i : : : i i : : : i ; The Whigs N gif i i i it i i | i li Eri Hi ith : ; i gf t £ £ Copyright, 1913, by Doubleday, Page & Ce. willing to hurt him a jittle. Siowly and steadily and, I am ashamed to say, with considerable satisfaction 1 pressed the arm upward. The pain must have been intense. I could feel the man's body quiver between my ew Serial a little noise," conceded Talbot Ward threw bis military cape tis shoulders and sank back Inte eat th the window. I put on wercoat. of the boys let her . She was thoroughly angry, and When the fact became evident I, of course, shouldered the whole responsi- bility. Thereupon she turned on me. Unexpectedly Talbot Ward spoke up from the obscurity of his corner. His clear voice was incisive, but so courte. ous with the cold finality of the high bred aristocrat that Mrs. Simpkius was cut short in the middle of a sentence. "I beg you, calm yourself, madam™ said be. "It is not worth heating your | self over, for!the annoyance, such as it is, will soon be removed. Mr. Mun- roe and myself are shortly departing He Escaped Nine Out of Ten of My Return Counters. knees and saw the sweat break out afresh. Still he made no sign, but dog his forehead into the floor. *"I! ean stand this as long as you can," said 1 to myself grimly. But at last | reached the point where I knew that amother inch, another pound. would break the bone. "Do you give up?" I demanded. "No!" he gasped explosively. "I'll break your arm!" 1 snarled at him. He made no reply. The blood was runuing luto my eyes from. a small scrape on my forehead. It was nothing. but it annoyed me. I was bruised and beated and mad. Ew ery bit of antagoaism in me was aroused. As far as [ was concerned, it | was a very real fight. "All right." [ growled. "I'll keep you there then, ---- you!™ Holding the arm In the same posi tion, I settied myseif. The pain to the poor chap must have been some thing fearful. for every muscle and tendon was stretched to the cracking bigil together for California." . If I had any scruples--and I do not remember many---they were overcome within the next day or two. It was agreed that I was to go in Ward's enp- ploy, be to pay my passage money and all expenses, I to give him half the gold I might pick up. This seemed to me at least an eminently satisfactory and businesslike arrangement. Ward bought the outfits for both of us. It turned out that he was a Mexican war veteran--hence the military cape--and in consequence an old campaigner. His experience and my rural upbringing saved us from most of the ridiculous purchases men made at that time. We bad stout clothes and boots, a water proof apiece, picks and shovels, blan- kets and long strips of canvas, three axes, knives, one rifle, a double shot gun and a Coit's revolver apiece. The latter seemed to me a 'wonderful weap- on, with its six charges in the turning cylinder, but I had no opportunity te try it. Ward decided instantly for the Pan- ama route. "It's the most expensive; but alse the quickest," said he. "A sailing ship around the Horn takes forever, and across the plains is ditto. Every day we wait some other fellow is landing in the diggings." Nearly every evening he popped into our boarding house, where, owing to the imminence of my departure, I had been restored to favor. I never did find out where he lived. We took our passage at the steamship office We went to the variety shows and sang "Oh, Susannah!" with the rest. We strutted a bit and were only restrained from donning our flannel shirts and Colt's revolving pistols in the streets of New York by a little remnant, a very little remnant, cf common sense, When the time at last came we board: ed our steamship and hung over the rall and cheered like crazy things. 1} persopally feit as though a lid had been lifted from my 'spirit and that a steamer of about a thousand tous, and she carried 280 passengers, which was about 200 more than ber regular com: plement. They were as miscellaneous a lot as mortal eye ever fell upon, from the lank Maine Yankee to the tall, sallow, black haired man from Louisiana. I suppose, too, all grades the social order must have beea and 23 Story || 7 0% i Should be in every kitchen. Its use assures complete satisfaction in bak- ing cakes, biscuits and pastry. YOUR GROCER : SELLS IT. 4 E.W. Gillett Co. Ltd. TORONTO, CANADA. The American steamship De Kalb, formerly the German aux: iliary cruiser and commerce raider Prinz Eitel Friedrich, was placed in full commission in the American navy on May 12, accord ing to an announcement issued by the Navy Department. In view of this the De Kalb will be the first of the German ships, either naval or merchant, to be'wmployed against the German government. The Navy Department would not disclose the duty to which the ves- sel kad been assigned. i ii Have YOU Tried Gin Pills ? i 2 fi 3