The Little i Things . By BERTHA M. REEVES. } J When John Harris died leaving nothing but a few thousand dollars and his pretty cottage, no one was more surprised and bewildered than * his pretty daughter, Betty. Brought : MP by an adoring but very busy father, and an equally adoring aunt, ! Betty Harris had already spent 22 years of 'her life in idle pleasure Every whim had been satisfied, un- til her selfishness completely buried | every trait of a lovely, generous na ture which really lay dormant in the girl's soul. She had not known or even cared that her father could af- | ford to graut her every wish only by living up to every cent Le carned, al- ways hoping that his ship would come in and he would be able to lay aside something for a rainy day. But that time never came. After the first shock of the loss of | " her dear father, it was Betty's aunt who really spurred action. . te "What will become of us? Of Course we must starve,""she wailed, and finally Betty said: "Auntie, I am going to work." "To work!" almost shrieked her aunt, "to work! Oh, what would your . mother say! Oh, dear, oh, dear!" But Betty was eteymined, and to @ surprise of neighbors and friends, she obtained a splendid posi tion: with Mr. Smith, head of the E. J. Smith Manufacturing Company. Mr. Smith was an old family friend. Betty tried hard, and for the first time, life began to mean something more than bridge parties 4nd coun- try club dances. To be su'e, she had her usual amount of invitations, for Betty prided herself not a little on her popularity with the opposite sex. One thing was lacking--Jack Burns, 'popular and-rising physician of the town, no longer called to see her, . and in her heart the girl was grieved and piqued. The filal blow came when, one . night at a small select party, Betty overheard two girl friends talking. "Well," said one, 'we can't count on Betty for the bridge party Wed- nesday afternoon. She's working now." "Oh, I know it," came back the petulant reply; "but, really, can you imagine Betty's working? It's a won- der she didn't marry somes of her ardent suitors. What about Doctor Burns?" The other girl answered quietly: "I like Betty, but I am sorry for her. She is so selfish, and doesn't realize this last act of working? Dr, Burns loves Betty even now, but his good sense told him she would never made a good doctor's wife. A doe- tor's wife neéds qualities above the average to help him on to success. Maybe his apparent change of mind may open Betty's eyes. Let us hope 80." And Betty left the dafice early, her face flushed, her eyes so bright _ with unshed tears that her aunt, in a flurry of nervous apprehension, dis- missed the puzzled escort and put her niece to bed. Once in her room algne, the girl "waged a battle with herself, and self the girl into | lost out. Oniy the loving eyes of her departed parents gazed from their | places upon the wall, understood, and | almost seemed to smile encourage ment o In the morning a new Betty arose, | pale and quiet. She had no"flippant | reply for her aunt's anxious remarks | --only kind assurances that she was better. At work, Mr. Smith decided there was more to the girl tham he had thought, and in the following weeks irls in the office thought they were mistaken in their earlier im- pressions of the new secretary, and the young men thought that Miss Harris really wasn't the flirt she was reported to be Walking thoughtfully home one evening, Betty was interrupted by a | small voice, "Good evening. Miss Harris." Betty, amazed, beheld sturdy ! Bobby Lane, once her next-door neighbor; his great dog, Pz], and a funny 'For. Sale" sign perched upon ! a fence beside the road. "Why, good evening, Robert," and, going closer, "what is for sale, you, Pal, or the fence, Bob?" The child tried to smile, but lower- ed his head, a tear slowly rolling down his cheek and splashing on the sleek brown head of Pal, who prompt- ly snuggled closer to the boy and raised appealing brown eyes to the | girl. | "Why, Miss Harris, mother's sic | and has had no work for a long time. | I thought I could sell Pal. He--he gets hungry, too, and he never com- | plains. Oh, Miss Harris, do you think | some nice, rich man will «give a whole dollar for him?" The child came closer and gazed in eager ap- peal into the girl's face. { For the first time in her 'self-cen- the g i ach { Was 'a sacrifice she didn't | | | | | | f | { | {1am leaving you abruptly, but a » ¥ich- The results soon manifested | tered life tears of real pity came to | Betty's eyes. She had known Robert's mother once, but the girl had mar- ried a poor young man, not in Betty's set, and Betty had promptly dropped her, calling to.see her only once af- ter the death of her husband. Not knowing what she did, the girl tore down the sign. "Bobbie, dear, Pal is worth much more than one dollar. You must not sell him. Mother needs such a brave little boy and his faithful dog to care for her. We will find another way. Will you take me to see your mother?" And as they walked along, hand in hand, the child talking eagerly, Betty was thinking. She remembered that Mrs. Larne once worked in an office, and suddenly an idea came to her. She put it from her, but it returned again and again. As the trio trudged along, a big gray machine slid near them and stopped, "Won't you folks ride the rest of the way to town?" asked the owner. Betty raised her eyes, met the steady gaze of Dr. Jack Burns' dark eyes, smiled coldly, and said: "N@, thank you: it is such a beau- tiful evening we think we will walk." The young man hesitated, then lifted his hat and drove on wonder- ingly. & Once at Robert's home, Betty Harris plied the sick woman with eager questions, and left with a pro- mise of returning surely before seven. From there she hastened to a drug store to 'phone to whoth she knew must be a thoroughly alarmed aunt. "Aunt," she fairly gushed, "don't keep dinner. I am working late to- night. Now, now, I'm all right. I'll be home soon." And without waiting Lo hear her aunt's protest she hung ___THE DAILY BRITISH Ww 1 J IF STOMACH IS TROUBLING YOU Instantly! End Indigestion or Stomach Misery with i "Pape's Diapepsin"' | | Sernerertrsrtrretrestrierriins rasess LAUIEL Us wu your ind.ges- | woul as sun culia of "Pape"s Diapepsin" tion is gone! Heavy pain, heart-| burn, flatulence( gases, palpitation, or any misery from a sour, acid stom- ds. Correct your stomach and diges#on for a few cents. Each package guaranteed by druggist. FAA A A Sn. ns | up the receiver { Betty wanted to work fast; she was doing something which might make someone happy at last, but it | with to | think about. | Within ten minutes she was in the | presence of her employer, pouring out | the sad story of Bobbie Lane, his | mother and Pal. ! "Now, Mr. Smith," she added, "I | am-resigning--yes, si, it 18 true. IL | want. you to try Mrs. Lane in my | place. She knows much mere than | I about stenography. Will yeu please | | ! Kk | give her the chance?" Mr. Smith removed his glasses, | wiped them, and replaced them be- | fore he replied. "But, Betty, you said you needed the work. Are you quite sure you wish to make this change?" # | "Oh, Mr. Smith," eagerly cried the | girl. "I know| but please do not ques- | tion me--only give he: a trial: I know | isn't because I do not like my work or appreciate your goodness to me; | but--but I have other plans, ana, | oh, Mr. Smith, wih you please try her?" The manufacturer régarded the girl with a keen glance until her eyes dropped and a flush mounted ber cheeks. "Miss Betty Harris, your resigna- tion is accepted, and Mrs. Lane is elected to fill the vacancy." Mr. Smith arose. As the girl stood up, he put his hand on her shoulder. 'There may be a chance to help you whenever you want me to do go. I had no idea John Harris had such a kind and unsélfish sir)" Betty dropped her head for a mo- ment as though ashamed, but recov- ered her self-possession. : "It is not much, sir. It is such a | little thing to do in a lifetime," she said. "A little thihg! Ah, but it is the little things that count in life," re- plied the man. | Det operated, was higher than it ever | was in the history of the lake. garded as a thing of the past, but | condition." | ery was practically gone twenty-five Some hours later Betty walked slowly home through the sweet smelling June dusk. Her heart was singing, her eyes moist at the thoughts of the happiness she had left behind her. She knew that three new friends were hers at the end of this perfect day--Robbie, his mother and Pal. As she turred in at her own gate, the lights from the living room shone out to greet her. But who was that? Some one was peering through the window, but it was not her aunt. The moon suddenly emerged as on gifted wings from behind a shadowy cloud. Its soft beams fell upon an object drawn up close to the veranda. Yes, it was a car, long, glistening and pearly-gray. Yes, surely, In 2 moment you will recall many who have broken down suddenly just when they appeared to be in their prime. 'Some have had their lives snuffed out while others have lingered as invalids, lack- ing the energy and nerve force necessary 5 of their vocations. symptoms as outlined ennedy in the American Magazine for October are well worth a careful study, because with this knowledge you can then detect the indications of failing yet there is time to ts. for the pursu : The warni above by Dr. , TeTYOuS. SNSIYY vile "A few days away from the scene of | Dr. Chase's Nerve Food 80c a box, all dealers or Edman son, Bates & Co., Ld, Toronto. 'HE worry oF strain of recent years has been too much for many business and professional men who have not been able to break away from the details and anxieties associated with their occupa- el rack" reat, "The nervous ually goes And he is easily Th Tell You? «= : HUQ oe i ome ors us, "is one of nervousness. Another is You are showing signs of nervousness when you cannot keep from twitching your eyebrows, shrugging your shoulders, swing- one foot when your I when you cannot sit at out continually tapping with the fingers. man very often finds that he cannot concentrate on one task, but contin. from one thing also very apt to lose Interest in the work and recreations thal formerl$ most commonly indicated by a constant ing of tightness around the head. ings "* Doctor Kennedy teils the commonest signs of sical un- gs are crossed; or a desk or table with- to another. He is save him pleasure. ed. Nervous fatigue is eel will be Chase's of energy and Keep up this your worries, rest and moderate exercise in the open will help to get the way to better health, eatly hastened by the use of Dr. erve Food. Your digestive system has failed to supply proper nourishment to the nervous system. And when thus exhausted the nerves fail to control stomach. On this help is necesSary, Food, before you can get back your strength and vigor. You will not be treatment long before you w self sleeping and resting better. : is what you need above ail else. The old reconstructive you feel entirely you started on Your recovery the digestive fluids account outside such as Dr. Chase's Nerve using thi festorative And this will be felt throughout you 1 to' until Es will be trea yourself again, FISH HATCHERIES. Annual Report Recites Their Beme- | ficial Results. Much evidence of the beneficial re- sults of fish hatcheries is recited in the annual report of the Dominion Superintendent of Fish Culture. "From a state approaching deple- tion," says the report, 'the whitefish fishery in Lake Winnipeg was brought back to a point where it compares favorably with what it was in the earliest days, and in one re- cent year the catch of whitefish, per "Thirty-five years ago the white- fish fishery of Lake Erie was re- with intensive fish cultural operations on both sides of the line it has been brought back to a most remunerative The president of the Lambton Fish- eries Association is quoted as to the beneficial effect on the Point Edward hatchery on whitefish in Lake Hu- ron. Prior to the establishment of that hatchery the president of the Lambton Association had depended "wholly on pickerel and sturgeon to meet expenses'; but after its con- struction "whitefish reappeared and increased yearly until now he depends on them and not on pickerel and sturgeon for his season's profits." "The Lake Ontario whitefish fish- eRrmsme----t------ years ago," the report goes on, "but it is now in ad® excellent conditio 1 as is indicated by the EE department undertook to st the lake at first with fry from the white- fish hatchery that was then at Sand- themselves, and the fishery became | 80 built up that in 1914 it was found | feasible to establish on the Bay of | Quinte one of the largest whitefish | hatcheries in the province. | "When the collection of such eggs were first undertaken the department was satisfied with a take of thirty | million; this collection has steadily | increased in each of several succes- | sive years. New records have bee established, and the collection of eggs was better than in preceding seasons. | The collection in 1922 was over two | hundred and eight million, and we | are now able to ship large quanti- | ties of eggs from the Bay of Quinte to other less productive waters. "Lake Ontario is now a close ge- cond as a whitefish producer to Lake | Erie. The catch in Lake Ontario in 1921, the last year for which figures | are yet available, was 21,885 hun- dredweights as compared with only 1,266 hundredweights in 1895. This improvement has been brought about | notwithstanding the fact that there has been no close season in the Great Lakes for years." Se ---------------- No Gold In Labrador, W. Morley Ogilvie, mining engi- neer, has returned from Labrador, wher® he was sent by the Labrador Goldfields Limited, to ascertain what prospects there were of finding gold in the leases sold by this company. Mr, Ogilvie says that he found no gold. 'There is no gold as far as he can ascertain in the district. In a re- port to the company he states that the assumption of the geological de- partment as to the probable action of glaciers at Stag Bay was not sus- tained by his investigations Mr J. Lambert Payne, the vice- president of the company, says: "This is to me a bitter disappoint- ment. I believed in the thing, and, to the extent that I influenced some of my personal friends, I feel humil- iated and discredited. This simply means, however, that I was deceived along with many others, and I am a loser as well as they. "I have but one consolation. In all our advertising, we presented the proposition as an absolute gamble. No one could have been misled into the belief they were taking up a sure thing." -- Do You Smoke a Clay? Nowadays Canadians are inclined to associate this container of tobac- co with pictures of Pat and his shil- laleigh or with the foreigner who does most of Canada's pick and shovel work. The good old clay is not nearly so conspicuous nowadays as it was fifty years ago. But many the owner of silver-mounted briers and ornate meerschaums has a clay in his den and he will tell you that there is no sweeter smoke. Visitors to the British manufacturers' display at' the "Ex" at Toronto may have Hoticed an assortment of Scotch clay pipes, White's patent '"'allsorbos." In addition to ornate heads of Sir Wil- frid Laurier, Lord Haig, the Prince of Wales and various others which the smoker can color a rich brown with his burning tobacco, are plain pipes and even: case pipes. Except- ing the metal ferrule they are clay throughout, even the black gutta- percha seeming stems, and the manufacturer declares that he still has a good market in Canada. Indians Travel In State. Indians with baskets to sell have been a familiar sight on the streets of Walkerton, Ont., says the Tele- scope. For many years the redmen and their squaws have come down from the Saugeen Reserve laden with great bundles of their wares. But times have changed. Recently a brave from Saugeen Brought down a big stock of baskets, but he rode in style in a Ford. The jitney was 80 stuck up with baskets that you could scarcely see the tin lizzie as it rattled along, but it carried more than half a dozen squaws could. The - 7 Indian looked happy, the mew style i locomotion appealing more to his ikes than toting the whole works on his shoulders. Verily, the world "do move." A Large Sized Cod. The largest cod ever landed at an Jellicoe. They docked with the larg- est sized ever landed at that port, some Regina, Nov. 20.----It is estimated that ewan's 1923 crop will yield $276,844,650, distributed as follows: wheat, $189,466,500; oats, $56,895,600; bariey, $7,620,800; rye, $4,693,500, and flax, $9,168,- 260. - HIG TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 1927 | i They are the gold of Memory's s dark and the daylight." ~~ mt CYhe Children's Hour torehouse--those hours "between the And under the spell of the evening lamp, the Children's Hour becomes a Magic Hour, when Land of Make-Believe. All too soon those touch with thagic those other Life. There are rooms in your home which will nee Mazpa Lamps. in comfort and cheer. Put the ri hours Age forgets its years and wanders with Youth into the - pass; but the cheerful light is always there to hours between the Dawn and the Twilight of d the magic touch of Edison ght lamp in each socket and see how much you add Go to the Edison Mazda Lamp Agent in your neighbor« hood. He ing effect Lamp Works of C knows just which lamps will give the best light~ with every fixture in your home--and at the lowest cost. "Made in Canada' MAZDA LAMPS Se -------------------------------------------------- anadian General Electric Distributors for Edison Mazda Lamps. Halliday Electric Co. Corner of Princess and King Streets POINTERS FOR THE RUNNER. Things That Contribute to or Retard Speed In Footwork. To run properly requires regular training, but some hints may be use- ful, says London Answers. Never lean forward. You will never see al crack sprinter in any other posture | except an erect one. All distances up to a mile should be run upon the toes. For longer distances one should run on the ball of the foot. Be very careful not to overstride. | Anything over seven feet four inches ! 1s too Mong a stride and will speedily. | tire the runner. Care must be taken not to rum | heavily, for you will bruise the feet | and jar the whole body. Nothing causes fatigue more rapidly than this Jarring. Do not kick up keels behind you, for this means wasted energy, and do not spread your feet widely apart. The best runners put their feet out in a perfectly straight line. The arms from the shoulder should Swing in unison with the legs, the right arm moving with the left leg and vice versa. ------------ Sermon-strous of Her. "Oh, George!" cried Ethel to her husband, "you peally ought to have come to church with me thig morning. Such a lovely sermon. I'm sure it would have done you good. All about dishonesty and. stealing and petty meanness. No one gould nelp feel- ing better for it. 'I do wish you could have heard it." "Really, my dear," said George, trying in vain to stifie a yawn"; trying in vain to stifie a yawn; "and---ah--did you walk home?" "No. I took a tram. And I had such 'a stroke of luck. The conduc- tor forgot to ask me for my fare, 80 I saved a nickel." ' ------------------------ An Unacceptable Condition. Jones--'I . hear that zou called' upon oid Grumper yesterday and asked his consent to your marriage with his daughter." ~ Smith--"That's so," Jones-- 'What wag®he outcome?" Smith-- "Well, he imposed rather too severe a condition, 'which, fond as 1 am of Miss Grumper, I cannot see my way to accept." rt Jones-- "Indeed! And what was that, if it is a fair question?" Smith--"Oh! I'll tell you. secret. He said he'd see me hang first." : itt tte sea Had Comeback. "Say, Blink," asked Jinks, as he walked into Blink's store, sample case in hand, "can a cowhide in a shoe store?" Blinks wasn't at all slow. "Ne." he said. "but calfakin. ------_---- in ------------, Napoleon Bonaparte is known in history as the "Man of Destiny." He beMeved the whole course of his life was predestined' and looked tpon himself as =u instrument Ii's no | ans mere hands of Fate. Waterloo Displaced as Tourist Mecca. Waterloo, until 1914, was the most frequented spot in Belgium. Victor Hugo's "dreary plain," dotted with monuments commemorating the arm- les taking part In the battle, topped by its collosal lion on the historic hill of Mont St.-Jean, attracted countless foreign visitors, and sun. | days citizens of Brussels journeved | there in caravans, Guides fought at the Waterloo sta-, tion for the remunerative privilege of escorting over the battiefield the nu- i merous visitors hich every train dis- gorged into the town. Cafes, restaurants, hotels were do- | ing a huge business. To-day gaunt and sad guides await visitors in vain. Waterloo is desolate. Deserted inns are closing up. Devastated Flanders flelds are mo- nopolizing the curiosity seekers. Nieuport, Dixmude, Ypres and the Yaer, the most thickly populated war cemeteries of Belgium, also provide the greatest attraction for the living. The World War has killed Water- loo, and by half destroying Flanders has resuscitated it. Never give advice unasked. ny A -------------------------- Corn From Cockles. { When fish is too plentiful and prices low tons of herrings or mack- erel are dumped on the beach and hauled away by farmers to manure their land. ' The odor is dreadful, but the re sult, so far as crops are concerned, is excellent, 1 Shellfish make the best manure. Of late limpets have been doing pre harm to the oyster beds on the Rast Coast of England. The Whitstable Oyster Company have been eclearin their beds 7f these pests, and Hav ; secured oar eight thousand bags weighing some four hundred tons, | Al' these have been put on thal iand, and extraordinary erops of corn and roots have resulted. | Cockles, mussels, or any other shel fish are equally valuable as manure, for the shells are good fertilizer as well' as the fish themselves. In the United States a species of stickleback is netted out from rivery by the ton and used upon the lan. You will not achieve success by simply hoping for it. Ambition is useless without activity. ONCE let 'cold germs' find the weak spot in your throat and troubles come thick and fast. The tickling soreness at the back of the mouth, hoarseness, difficulty in swallowing and irritating dry cough are all evidence of germ attack, The one speedy effective way to banish these troublesome symptoms is the Peps breatheable way. Simply take a Peps, pee! off the protective silver- jacket and let the tablet slowly dissolve on the J when the volatile healing medicines will mix naturally with the breath. y* ] Thegerm-destroying Peps fumes as they circulate through the air-passages are soothing and comfort- ing. way from mouth to lungs, the cough, hoarseness and Always carry a few of about with you as a remedy chills and bronchitis, or other throat and Pain and irritation is s inflammation or soreness of the delicate rebel Wil 1 ie neatly ended. + You soon lose ® difficulty. 2 od Safeguard agting: coughs, colds,