SATURDAY, NOV. 25, 1023. THE DAILY BRITISH WHIG ra------ 3... IEEE Extraordinary a -- ert Quillen LT mg SES shes Br oa Sketches by J. H, Striebel bates ------------ J ------------------ {and gave little promise of seiting the | Tom owns the "Haberdashery" and (train a dog. Scold and kick him, and Uncle Gus removed is glasses, {woods afire. Richard was quick-wit- | the brick building that houses the fhe: will look Dowinero) 2na rg: Jlaced them in the book he had been [ted and given to clever remarks, and [ business, and has an eight-room foo in him - hy : reading, and began to fill his black- his mind worked like a steei trap. |lungalow out on Fairview street twill 9 ie Sais go od. 1litle Bit ened corn-cob pipe. | Moreover, he worked hard and ask- Richard hasn't done so well, He An you ve pe Hoa With "When I fust set up house-keep- [ed no favors in spite of his popular- | rays $60 a month for the privilege of with his arithmetic. pail » a n'," said he, "I bought a set 0' hick- ily. living on a good street in the county Bill and keep him in good eart a : ? | ' > », (8oat, and his present salary is $250 [he will muddle through; scold him Ory chairs from big Bill Telford that | Both boys went off to college, |ssat, an p is superiority | £nd his face will darken with sullen owned that plan- (working during vacation periods 3g a month. People say his superiority | n : i > 2 tation down on pay their way, and both found jobs| was only superficial, but that wasn' | Cespair while his mind s ps over the forks o' the (With clothing rcrchants when the [the trouble. He found a broader [the idle pulley. a river, They was [catlege course was finished. Tom | outlook, but he found a keener com- Now about that i who danged good [got a job here at home, and Richard | petition along with it. Served at utores > : . chairs, an' my |Went to the country seat, where the | eee ee sn t i ' 8 se Je Nou ; ave boy John's wife [Outiook was brpader, i Hints to the Boss. bezter job. His mind doesn't unc- has got some That was fifteen years ago. Now| You have perhaps, made efforts to | tion as smoothly as yours, else your : : -------------------- rn + {Job wouldn't be safe. But unless em right now your ragging has made him sullen, Bill took a slight | ¢ /he is making honest effort to deliver o' Pains with hia | \ | the service he 1s pald for. Salm, Zoli Now one man in a thousand may £0 buy 'em. But it ll : 5 Joe work whan yeu ake him «B11 got kind o' behind with his or- Jad 3 a IL a rol ay a gg OW heady otk cutput to hold his job; but the aver- 4 1 s age man is trying hara fo deliver Bu' lnot ong, the goods, and he will try the harder been readin' for a lttle co 0 mmendation. minds me o' Bill. The author wrote ; fa When eve s A dh "Very man on the job seems 8 mighty fine story here last spring . ] n J hiy Tug story 8 a fool and a loafer, It isn't a new got in the papers right force that is needed. The boss needs frequent. I notice the critics said something for his nerves fe was a genius an' like as not he'd : git better an' better. But he's lika Bill was. The editors an' pubifshers keeps after him, I reckon, fo' mo' Stuff, an' he's epreadin' it might; thin. I wouldnt be su'prised if he's Sittin' rich, but it won't last. | "You can milk a cow seven times 1 ® day, but you got to put a lot 0' wa- | #8r with it it you expect to make a n' ever' time." of any of High-Grade Optical Goods Including Highest Quality Frames and Lenses The Girl Across the Street. : ldo re- -------- Willie Willis. IAttle Willie Willis has tasted the sweets of fame, Rather than take a dare. he jumped from the roof of the hardware store to & sandpile in the alley, and now even the ninth- grade boys call him "Bill" The girl across the street came in {hold a girl's hand, and ri always as we. were finishing breakfast this {love Hiram for the way he did it the | enteriained us with jfirst time. He waited till my hand comment on the art of holding {was where I wasn't looking at it and hands. then he took it right easy, talking "I had a perfectly beastly time at [all the time as though he didn't know the party last night," said she. {he was doing it. 1 think it's so much "Hiram was sick and couldn't go, and (more romantic" '0 be a little bit I was paired with that smart-Aleck [sneakin' about it." Howard boy and he had been drink- ing something. I thought his breath ! smelled funny, and I noticed he told the same story three times, but I: wasn't sure until he tried to hold my band. He just reached out boldly | and took it right where I could see | it, just like picking up a book or scmething, and I knew he was drunk. "That bashful little Wilkins boy | grabbed my hand that way one time, | Dotty Learns Something New About but he did it because he was seared Mrs. Moth. and had to act quick before his nerve| My! but Dotty was kxcited when failed. she saw the dear little bead-like "There's only. one right may to bracelet hanging around a branch on ithe plum tree! "I'll tet anything it's some fairy's, and she washed it out and hung it up to dry," Dotty mused. 'Maybe she's ost it and is wondering where it is." "One more guess, then you're through," laughed a merry voice, and lappy Giggles, the little eiin from Makebelieve Land, hopp:d down from the plum tree on the | grass beside Dotty. "No, Dot, Joie {another guess," he chuckled. "But announces that : {I'l have to admit from down here they do resemble beads, but they're not." "Then what in the they?" laughed Dotty. anything like that hanging plum tree yesterday." "Certainly not," spoke up a third voice, and a pretty yellowish-brown- winged creature flew out peside the row of beads. "Certainly they were- n't here yesterday. But what differ- ence does it make? Please don't tear them down." And her pretty wings trembled until the leaves on the plum tree shook, \ "My goodness!" laughed Dotty, "I wouldn't harm them for the world. morning and Competition, When the two Howard boys were In high school everybody agreed that Richard, the younger, would amount £0 something. Tom wasn't dull, but he was slow and bashful and quiet, ns sm, Aunt Het. ' to ask questions, for I'm sorry ta have to tell you that grown-folks don't like my children, and when they see their cradles hanging in the trees they burn them up." "What, burn up your children?" Cotty fairly gasped. "Certainly they do," replied Mrs. | Moth. 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So they go to work at once and build a little silk bag large enough to hold them afl. Then when they are about half- grown they each one bite a hole In their tent house and travel off, each in the direction he pleases, and then build a single tent house for himself ----a thin, clear cocoon, and powder it all over with yellow dust. When he comes out of that cocoon he'll may be lodged now at any branch of this Bank for redemption AT PAR. The proceeds may be deposited in a Savings Account bearing interest at 3%. Prescription lenses and high grade goods, toric or bifocal lenses, doctor's prescriptions, large special frames, or lenses at greatly reduced rates during this sale. Consultation Hours: 9 a.m. to 9 p.m. Remember, open every evening until 9 o'clock. ~ CASH FOR VICTORY BONDS V KEEP YOUR MONEY BARNING INTEREST IN A SAVINGS ACCOUNT. The Royal Bank of Canada ---- They looked so much like fairy beads I just thought that's what they were. 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Httle folks interested enough in 'me NT the yellow-winged "They belong to me, and Mrs. Moth, if you like when Will they still live hughed "The more the It does me good to have DOMINION ~ VICT bonds se any time on 1st, prior to December Ist, ORY LOAN BONDS MATURING 1st DECEMBER, 1922. THE BANK OF MONTREAL, under authority is prepared to redeem the above bonds in full at any. of its Branches in Canada. r the convenience of owners of the bonds, the Bank of Montreal will accept the and will make payment in each case = may desire, either by issuinga cheque or by placing of the Minister of Finance, at maturity, without charge, Vf - look just like I do. But folks don't like to see those webby tents in the trees, and burn them out. I was in hopes when these children hatch out théy'd move over in that desert- ed orchard so folks wouldn't both- er them." "I'll tell them myself," laughed Dotty, and she waved good-by to the pretty Moth Mother and ran into the house to tell her mama what she had just heard. -------- ------ Seven Sentence Sermon. It is not enough that we "sit to- gether in heavealy places," we must stand together in unheavenly places. ~--Charles M. Lamson. Spend not where you may save; spare not where you must spend. ¥ - ~--=Anog. Where'a: a noble deed fs wrought, Where'er is spoken a noble thought, Our hearts in glad surprise To higher levels rise, \ Y : ~--Longfellow. Discretion of speech is more than |eloquence; and to speak agreeably to him with whom we deal is more than to speak in good words or in good order. ~Bacon. In nothing be anxious, but In everything by prayer ami supplica- tion with thanksgiving let your re- quests be made known unta God. blest is he to whom is given instinct that can ten . {know the time, and, meeting G. W. GOODWIN there Is a rich reward for those whe do overcome, which is exictly pro portioned t6 the extent in which they overcome. ~--H. H. Sharman. True Enough. Johnson was tired of the noisy city where he worked, and when his holiday came around he plunged into the heart of the country and tried to forget newspapers and telegrams and It happened that he wanted ot e country postman, he stopped him and asked him what time it was. "Four o'clock in the afternoon by the railway time, sir." "By rallway time!" ejaculated the young man. "I should have thought you country folk would have taken your time from the sun." "Why?" asked the postman. "Bea- n't we much closer to the railway?" though (to reassure the audience) of course you've never seen me before, have you, my fine little fellow?" *" 'No papa,' piped the little boy." ' A -------------------------- His In A certain minister was scheduled to preach at an out-of-town chureh, and was to be. met on the arrival of the train. His would-be host missed him athieu's SYrUP oF TAR 8 at] cball's Cigar Store OPPOSITE HOTEL RANDOLPH --- a --------------------y the station, and on a venture went up to a stranger who was standing on the paitform, saying, 'Excuse me, sir, but are you a minister?" The stranger looked at him sadly, and replied, "Oh no; it's my come founded indigestion that makes me look like this." When the iron Is hot {s the time to strike.