yb ¥ eh te .u . athe, Point to this WAXTITE | TOASTED BATTLE CREEK, ANT NINE WEDNESDAY, MAY, 26, 1920, ---- TOOTHACHE STOPS When "ABSORBINE JR." Is F The same I he Eo i t that takes the soreness and fine out of i bunches. on aings dod soft, on an bedy--will gi uick relief in T. he Headache, Neuralgia and sharp little BINE JR." on gums and ermicide that fe. b For Headache, Neuralgia and other i pain and inflammation, rub te with a f drops \"ABSORBINE JR »* *¥ } $1.25 a bottle--at most druggist s or sent post by W. F. Young, | Inc., Lyman ,» Montreal. 3 rt ------------e. States Senate manu- facturers' sub-committee investigat- | ing the print Paper shortage wii] re- | to curtafl The United commend an excise tax consumption. A Gift From Ruth, 'Have you been happier with your Children than you were before?" I asked Ruth. : "1 should have died when Bobbie had left me jf | hadn't had the chil- dren," she said. "Then I am glad n "Katherine, you don't mean ? For answer | held up the little baby cap I was making. "Oh, I am so glad, so glad for you," said Ruth ag she came over and kissed me. "You will Say that you at happiness was un- Ur own baby in your Notwithstanding I have been Very unhappy Bobby left me, today hetween childred I would child. I presume." i "that's why he left | but I can not help it. 1 think-of little choose the she continued, me for Helen, Why, when of Helen in the | Place of "muvver" to little Bob." "Perhaps you are different from most women." Two Kinds of Women. "They say there are .two kinlls of women. One who is al wife and {one who is all mother. I suppose I m all mother." Ruth bade worn just the christening of each of my children. As I shall ne- ver have any more, I to you for the christ child, and I know you will be quite as happy with it as I am with my ba- bies." The tears dimmed my eyes so, as I | looked over Ruth's Bift, that for a es I did not gee an exqui- set of baby pins fastened to the of 'the little slip. It was my present and I was very, very back tired to sew any more, I walked toward the village to see if I could, not meet the postman. I wanted a letter from John. I saw him coming toward me and I almost snatched the and then my stopped as I heart suddenly almost recognized the hand- FIRES AROUND NORTHBROOK Charles Jackson Lost His Home By Friday. Fire Northbrook, May 24.--Fires con- tinue raging on every side. Charles Jackson lost his home by fire Friday i meless until a house can be 'erected. The fire started from the chimney. The past week has been a rushing one for the Ore Chimney Mines. A Swarm of investors have been pre- sent day and night. Mr. Walsh, of ---- Sleclanbos known "Waxtite" § 3 = Sm = our Se the Point adds another to the ices he renders you He supplies you with the finest Kellogg's in the scaled moisture-proof CORN FLAKES MICH. O iF Bob showering car- | nearly go mad, al- | Told in the Twilight Ee. - Keep your eye on this Brand I | writing. It was not from my hus- | {band. It was from Karl Shepard. | At first I thought I would not open | mer with | (Continued From Page 7 Mrs. Waiter Ross is at Picton and | Bloomfield, and will spend the sum. her son and his wife at the I carried it between the thumb | latter village, it. I, forefinger of my hand, as though | it were something I was afraid of. Once I dropped it, dnd as I stopped to |taken a pick it up my foot slipped and cover- | Toronto. ed it with a dirty smudge. Sounds Almost Symbolical. It was almost symbolical. There Was no reason why Karl * Shepard | should not write me a letter that perfectly conventional. ho will Misses : Lieut.-Co], | staff officer, Louie Cunningha Among the Young ladies of Ottawa H. E. Boak, district and Mrs. Boak, have flat in Roanwood avenue, Among th ose were Mrs. gston, up to Cunningham's - E. Boak, and attend the ju une 21st, are Bentley, fe, Joan Grierson and this time. I stuffed it into m¥ | Arthur. pocket. I was determined not to read | it until I returned home But so con- | scious was I that it was there that I was constantly putting my hand in my pocket and pulling it out again | quickly as I felt that crackling pa- | real, hough I had touched a red- Mi Smilingly' I greeted my | » and it seemed to me that ev- | | eryone in town was out and glad to | | see me. Many, many times I had to | tell them that my husband, John, | was down south. "Looking after your oil wells eh?" said an old friend of my Mother. | | "You may be sure, Katherine, that | | neither your mother nor your father | ever thought - that land in Texas | would ever 'bring in any money." | "Did you ever hear them speak about it? I asked. "Many times," she answered. "You bought that ground { thinking perhaps that she and your | father would 80 down there and build | a little house where they could stay winters for his health. Land Was a Wilderness. "But they found that the land was in a wilderness, You might say, and | your father never Ceased to tease | your mother about her vast interest in real estate. I wonder 'what he | would say now could he know those interests would make you rich, Kath- erine?" "I'm sure I do not know, Mrs. | Jones, what he would say, but I'm | also sure those lands will never make me rich. Charles, you know, has just ; returned, and says the wells are pe- | tering out." . "0, I'm very sorry; I expect that's the reason your husband has gone | down." | I nodded silently and passed on. I | d forgotten the curiosity of people | in small towns. Tomorrow--Karl's Letter, | guest of, . Perry, | | | | | RO Lipton's Springs, W. S., and Charles A. Barron, of Toronto, were among those present. C. C. Thompson sold a fine horse | - Baker, at Harlowe during the | week. Mr. and Mrs. Claude Thomp- | son, of Elm Tree, are spending the | week at Wilson Wood. Mr. and Mrs. | A. W. Perkins motored to the Shier | House, Saturday, from Fenlon Falls | with the family. | Hiram Fletcher and a number of | mining enthusiasts are at the Ore | Chimney, wel] Pleased with the pro- | &ress being made. The many friends | of Chas. Zinn, | of Ayr, Ont., were | Pleased to have his friendly clasp again, Potatoes remain high but plentify] | enough to supply ali demands. Mrs. A. E. Fletcher was a week-end guest | at Dr. H. Fletcher's, Flinton, | | | | | | f TO-DAYS FASHION By MMF. FRANCES -- Package with TORONTO, CAN; | - and White Bound With White Leather, The high price of shoes apparently does not prevent the fasiiondiy woman from employing expects to sail on | 8.8. St. Paul from New York. } : Sr ----------------_ - Miss Macdonnel], Kingston, is the Commissioner and Ottawa. Mrs. A. Lady Orr | Mr. and Mrs. Charles Timmerman, | Montreal, | Day, Alfr { has nicely recovereq from his rdcent are with Dr. and ed street. Mrs. H. E. Mr. Timmerm,, A. Booth, who is now Greenwich, Connecticut, the 29th May on the She "Silver Inlaid" months abread, her most critical tastes, will spend four » address being "Honey Hill, Hasle- mere, Surrey," during July and Aug- ust, and Paris, France, will be her headquarters for, September. . » » Mrs. W. J Chapman, 31 Garrett street, has gone to Ottawa to visit der daughters, Mrs. W. C. Way and Mrs. Roy Peaker. Mrs. R. Vashon Rogers, the winter in Toronto, Ha to Kingston. . Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Skelton, are low settled in their new house, 274 Rusholme road, Toronto. Mrs Skelton's mother, Mrs. Brownfield, is with them. Mrs. Fred Carson, Mrs Skelten's sister, who has been in La- hore since she returned to India to Join her husband, who had rejoined his regiment in India, is just now in the hills with her twin boys and will be there for about four months, - »* » who spent 8 returned ---- Miss Muriel Gilmour has returneq home from Joyceville, where she spent the holiday the Buest of Miss Edna Joyce. Mr. and Mrs. G. W. Cook and fam- ily, Montreal, are spending the week- end and holiday at their cottage in the Laurentians. Misses Audrey and Dorothy Cook are going. to Kingston to attend the Royal Military College ball, which is taking place in June. Courtney McIntyre, Kingstoh, visiting his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ww. not use your i ? 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