From The | \ Countryside] Frontenac GLE} 5 Feb, 3.-~The epidemic of 'flu has abated somewhat, Cromwell Cramer is now ill with the disease. John Cooper Is home after undergo- ing treatment in the hospital, Kings. « ton. A jolly load of young people from Kingston were entertained at a Hamilton's on Friday turned home after spending the past week fn Kingston attending the Coun- ty. Council. Miss Ola Butterill, Syd- enham, was & week-end visitor here INVERARY. Feb, Aeiiie four 'days' conven tio in Holiness - Movement Church 'is To numbers from ; Seeley's Bay and oth er places were present. Bishop Horner was in attendance. « Thomas Wills, of Queen's, spent 3s among friends here. The p of the Model Cheese , purchased a carload of coal, nd are uhloading it. Olga Arthur and erika. Ferguson are late '{liness. Men, "Tho! still continues seri- ously ill. Mrs. W. L. Storms mo« tored down on Sunday to visit her: Every person i4 glad to see Mr. and Mrs. Ross Clow here again, Born to Mr. and Mrs. Alfr Garrett, a daughter. VERONA Jan, 29.~On Saturday our local sextgtte of puck pushers, accompani- ed by about seventy-five supporters, journeyed to Sydenham to play an exhibition game with the pick of the C.N.R. town. : The game was keenly contested throughout, both teams being, in the pink of condition for the fray. The Sydenham team from the face off showed their determina- tion to win and save the reputation of the town. Our boys also showed some determination that if defeated re would not be they did not ir best. Josh teams showed orm and from the start the Fame was fast, gaining in speed as progressed. - The visiting team had he o Sydenham lads on the defensive at all times. The Score when dll was ovat was: Verona 3, fydenham 0: Harry Asseltine officiated as referee, giving both a square deal and only found It necessary to hand out 3. i Nady Ko ada l age : Febi Pyar ore fow from here attend- od Rio Battersen two pomitis. : od P+ | abserved. & % bss T . Feb, 3 Pte: J ip i returned from oYorsers 4 and guest --_-- dal week-end in iK:ngsion, Mrs. Itarry! Langdon' was called to Harlem last; week owing to the serious illness of aunt, Mrs. John Raison. Rev. Howe and Mrs, Howe motored 3 s morning. D. confined to his home! 3. Mr. and Mrs. F. G. a, spent Friday with! s, T. G. Butler, Mrs. J.| och 18 visiting friends in| James H. Bell, who recently returned from France, has accepted a position with the bridge and building department of the C.N.R. her JB. to Brockvi Goodiellow i MORTON. Feb. 4.--Mr. and Mrs. Robert Stacey made a business trip to Perth one day last week. Some from here attended the party at Mr. Brown's, Leeds, on Friday evening last. - Rev. Mr. Dustan, Seeley's Bay, was in the village on Friday last making pastor- al calls. Pte. Munson Perrin of the 156th Battalion was in the village renewing old acquaintances after spending the past two years in Eng- land and France. Mr, Perrin has seen much active .service. H. G. Dean left on Monday for Ottawa to resume his work on the government dredge. Miss Ella Smith, Lyndhurst, spent the week-end at J, Somervilie's. Mr. and Mrs, Burns Simpson, Jones' Falls, were the guest of Mr, and Mrs. J. Btewart one day last week. A num- ber from here attended a meeting of L.O.L. at Seeley's Bay on Monday v- ening last. nt i LOMBARD. Feb. 3.--Mrs.' Pierce, Newington, has been visiting her parents, Mr. and Mrs, Henry Taylor for the past twp weeks. The many friends in this vicinity of Mr, and Mts. Herbert Cov- ell regret to know that they are both suffering from influenza at home in Smith's Falls. Mrs. Dudley Joynt a8 been:spending the past week with friends in Perth and. vicinity. Mrs. James Dermody has been visit. ing friends in Merrickville during the past week. The Misses Newman re- ceived word from their brother Pte, W. K. Newman of the 242nd Forest- ry Battalion, that he had safely land- ed in Quebec and was en route to British Columbia where he had en- listed in 1916. Mrs. Agnes Dooker, Brockville spent the week-end at her home here, Mrs. J. Edgar Sears, Tohorold, has spent the past two weeks at her former home here. Pte. J. Brown, Perth, who recently re- turned from averseas spent last week with Mr. and Mrs, J. Dermady. OUTLET. Feb. 4.--The driving is good across the little lake and quite a number are hauling firewood: Sieigh- ing on the roads is very poor. There are more: wheels than sleighs used. The coasting is excellent and a num- ber of the young people are enjoy ing it. 'Miss M. Edgley, Lansdowne, spent over Sunday with friends here. Mrs. G. Slack and son, . Sand Bay, were at George Reed's on Sat unrday evening. 'Mri and Mrs. Nor- man Babcock, of Arden, ars spending. a couple of weeks with their daugh- ter, Mys. 'W. GO. Vanderburg; Warbur- ton. 'D. Reed a PLL Miss ~Musie for Launching New Ships. - - The recent launching of a big boat was attended with due ceremony. All the traditions of the occasion were But in speaking of the event to a friend, one who was pres. ent remarked: "It was committed to the water with muale, not Fiskey" 3 At Intervals in the proceedings band rendered 'music, and | the great vessel. slipped gratefully into water a chosen another of the. ed for every has In rei ths}. Every city woman thinks that she] omar Sa eRe re a Sropping 4p he angle everywhere, show ne Met of only is there oi 4 'but therg is ne occasion comp! 'without mu- Jortur Fh three rears place Lot. MNewboro, | } | toward "the entra 3 Be¥, ee THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 7, 1919. The Emancipation. | Of the Chaperons. By ALICE LOUISE LEE house party at The Pines." Then after & pause, "Whe are invited ™ His nepbew leaned against the man telpiece and stuffed his hands into his pockets as he enumerated the guests, the uncle keeping up a running and caustic comment: "Engaged--going to be--introd led for matrimonial purposes--engaged-- the same." The numeration ceased. "Yes, 1 see myself helping to chap eron your .house party. 1 stroll into the reception room and stumble over an engaged couple. I sneak into the library and am frowned out again by a newly introduced couple. I bangin to the music room and overhear a pro posal. No, thank you, Ray; I shall spend Christmas in peace and my own room." Roy picked up his hat and moved to ward the door. "Modern house parties Are. not conducted along the lines you've laid down, uncle. Change your mind and judge for yourself." - He turned the knob. "By the way, I didn't mention the other chaperon, did I? It's Mrs. Angell, Bertha's widowed aunt; you know." 'With this parting shot, which he knew was effective, Roy discreetly retreated. After he had gone Merriwether sat an hour staring at the fire and pulling away at a smokeless pipe. Then be arose and looked earnestly at himselt In the mantel! mirror, "We're apt & © down he apostrophized his re flectiba; "apt to run to seed, we bache | lors. Now, this tie--let's see, it's siz menths out of style, and Gertrnde used to be~hum.," He stepped to the phone and called: up his tailor, realizing that his mind haf: already wodergone the change Roy boped.for, Ten 'days later he arrived at The Pifies just in time to dress for .dinner He was accompanied by a man and » smart lot of loggage, accessories whic) made 80 marked a chadge in his_ap pearance that when at 6 o'clock he de scended to the lower hall Bertha Mon roe, awaiting her aant at the foot of the stairs, surveyed him in delighted amazement. "Why, Udcle Bruce," she exclaimed "you jook so fine I scarcely knew youl Bertha was bis nephew's fiancee ami already claimed relationship in privats to the uncle. "I'd, make Roy wear evening clothes in thé morning if he had such a splendid figure--so filled out, you know." Merriwether, following her .into the living room, [aughed grimly at the Squblent ¢ pliment. Oh, bell tip the _ §oan enough, don' tv wor "Tou whrely doit Took that stout, began 'Bertha. and; armas abruptly finished with, , past her niece weth outstretchea ak? Wa. be oe » gepeisingiy like tie Bruce Merriwets to. Ww 80 well." 5 i se Jory Aga.' wis ai, the end of Morriwethers tougue, but he cheek: | #4 himeelt Just in time. Gertrade pros $ a ip 1 EES i : i =f in thi 3 ge i i an internal groan. He would Sekine to skate and dawneg and do all the other uncomfortable things which forty years and 220 pounds shrink frog. Still as he watched her move about the room the burden of it did not seem so oner- ous after all. Therefore he daliced not badly, but. izboriously, all the while admiring the graceful ease of Gurtrude Angell's mo- tions. "At least," he determined resolutely, "I'll not be caught skating, as I was 'dancing, without a bit of practice." It was 1 a. m. when he made this resolu- tion and issued the command to his | man, "Peter, get me up at 7-unless,™ th "sudden inspiration, "it should be storming." Promptly at 7 he was awakened in a rebellions frame of mind. "Stiff ax a cart horse," he grumbled. "1 hope it's snowing like blazes." The man raised fie shade and looked out "Sky clear as a whistle, sir" So, with his sleep cut sb wt two hours at both ends of the night, Merriwether dragged himself and the pair of skates, produced by his thoughtful nephew, out to the pond behind the hill. For an hour he skinned his knees, bumped his head and*disturbed the equanimity of his temper before he was -able to move alone with moderate speed and keep his feet under him. When he went ia to breakfast he was thankful! for a few moments alone in front of a glowing grate fire. He stretched his aching legs toward the beat and robbed the back of his head where a bump was appearing which is not laid down In phrenoclogical charts and pains from which were darting in every direction, He listened idly to voices In the hall nntil his attention was chained by two comments made Jost outside the deor. "Isn't she a perfect delight of a chap- eron? And so young too! She can't be thirty." The reply was given in a dountful tone, "Why--e--e, yes, she must be all of thirty." "Porty-one," muttered the listener doggedly, the light of his new resolve shining again in his eyes, At 10 o'clock the entire party went out to the pond, and Merriwether skat- ed and skated and skated until his teeth were clinched in desperation and his forehead knitted in his efforts to hold out as long as Mrs. Angell did. That he was becoming a man of one idea he acknowledged to himself that gfternoon on the sleigh ride. "What Gertrude dares, I dare," he told him- self in feeble jest. That sleighing par ty was a nightmare to him for days afterward. The drifts were deep, and the sleigh was overturned again and again, generally with Merriwgther at the bottom of the heap, owing to the fact that sleighs inclipe readily In the direction of 220 pounds. Then, to vary the monotony of the tip-overs, there were miles of hillsides with a souther- ly exposure where the' sun had melted the spow and obliged the party to our last hill." sal Merriwether devoutly et his. mustache. He ment 2s he reaches -his room . t mide | aight and noted that Peter had obes | i diently packed his things ready for the | 9:10 train. and. then he drifted off into a land where @3H E-spent her Christmases "If it should storms, mays | | be" was his last conscious thought, | with him beside a quiet heariistons | and chaperoned house piirties no more, ! while the wind whistled savagely through the trees, Merriwether turms od over with a deep grunt of satisfac. tion. There could be no sleighing, ne, Es ii ¥ SFERS Eloi nhl i | - i : i : git iif 4 i isd PAGE ELEVEN ER You will get infinitely better results in liquid draw from an infusion of Fine Tea, than you' can from a greater quantity of "dust Ordinary Tea", - RT ee eee Tea is fragrant and Delicious, of uni- formly high character, Rich in the Cup, and therefore the most economical of all Teas. oO Bess Hood's Meat Market GOOD VALUES FOR THIS WEEK 500 Ibs. Choice Breakfast Bacon ... ... «4 coi 500 lbs. Lamb Chops 500 Ibs. Home-made > Bansagen 500 Ibs. of Lard . ; Cor. of Earl and Barrie Sts. £ £¥ g ii | § : i # § g sei i hi | Merriwether saw his fellow safely Into the music room; then he dragged himself upstairs for a solacing smoke, only to find his fire out and his chamber cheerless, Shoving his aching feet into slippers, he got himself int> a smoking jacket, lit his pipe and descended to the libra. ry. The library lay back of the living room, far from the music, and it con- tained an foyiting couch, .at which Meriwether had looked longingly, but had not found time so far to occupy. He pushed aside the curtains at the struggling nto a sitting I've Bot. & shred of voles left to her head 7! she repeats) rch Oy 'I'm half dead with the awful pace of these two days. If 1 were: a big healthy man now." glancing resentfally 'at the proportions of "the man before her, "I-might be able to endure everything and feel fresh, "but, being a wowen and one 7 A "Gertrude." interrupted Merriwether in a tone of solemn joy, "are you forty. one? "Of couse 1 am." she responded al | most irvitably. "You know that I am." "Yees" he replied vaguely, coming searer, 'Dut I didn't koow that you knew it!" *I have every reason to know it" the tears were near the surface now "when skating gives me the rheuma. tism, and dancing the headache, and that sleigh ride" She spread her hands out in a gesture of gespalr. "1 can't endure it any Jouger. I'm going bome tomorrow on the 0:10 train and leave you to chaperon. Nothing sepnis to tire you." .. 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