"A WHIG MAN ABROAD [THAT YEAR OF FREEDOM BY MILDRED BARBOUR os ; ARTICLE NO. 1. amination of a letter of introduc Getting into the United States is {tion and the request for a signature CONCERNING THE ACTION AND for the hurt she gave, partly with her | beset with the same difficulties as|and it is all over, CHARACTERS 3 4 | dreams of the untried future. getting in heaven. There is a not un-| At the station the Canadians ANE LARRABEE, successful business sadic| Dennings, talked to her after lunch. |friendly but firm and beagled Saint! gather together to exchange exper-| poy ed fay --_-- appeSaching while eon, while Larrabee went to get the {Peter to pass, and one's past life|iences, galf clubs. counts very materially for or against "What did yon say to him?" and his exquisite young wife. | NAN LARRABEE, who as Nan Farnday| "Have you been thinking over what |the chances of admission. As the! "Oh, I had to tell" him the truth. ght dollars and was a promising vocal student and who, | I said about your voice, Mrs. Larra- [ferry steamer draws near port ome I'd rather pay iy el alter three years of marriage, has begun | bee? I believe there's a great chance {feels a certain anxiety rising in the have done with it." - $25.00 to $45.00 made by the International Tailors. $45.00 to $65.00 made on our own 2 premises. ' 'We guarantee value. 0 "WALSH & DERR Leading Tailors - - ' ----po Wt atte Jar Je Jieh he for you hearts of all the candidates for en-| "Huh! The truth is too valuable | When You Can't See ado "Thank you," she replied gratefully, {trance. This anxiety is something l!te waste on {immigration inspectors. | ! GORDON PRESCOTT, a cold, calculating] -)S a matter of fact, I have about de- {which puzzles the American immi-|I told him I was born in Canada. It} < batchelor, supposedly a good friend of the | Cided to take jt." : gration authorities. Why should peo- saved no end of trouble." : . . 0 7 Larrabees, secretly in Jove with Nan, and,| "Good," he-agreed, but his wife said ple whose records are in good order So the gossip goes back and for- Print Distinctly CAROLINE PRESCOTT, his second cousin, reproachfully: 5 : have any fears regarliing their ad-!ward. A noticeable change has come | a schemes Whe Mmatl, who ad wanted : 'Now, Ed, it isn't fair to say things mission? But outside the United | over the Canadians, On the boat they : him to Ne had apparently. become he like that to Mrs. Larrabee. She's per- | States there is a very general belief | paid little attention to each other. There 18 no use trying to cor- friend. 'Nan, finding her conventional life | CCUY._Rappy and content living the |that permission to enter depends | But now they feel themselves strang- rect matters by turning the dull, tells Larrabee she wants to go sway | Rice life she does. Singers have terrible 'more on the attitude of the examining |érs in a foreign land and talk to- Rh ty ova > from him, A renee, and Jt Jo mix with all |oeficial than on clearly defined law, |gether freely or exchange friendly al inds of q Tr Pp e. You might better by far face * SABBATH SAMENESS. Nan smiled slighty, laid her fingers | fatroduces: a very rear racnny be; [smiles The tick elt wares the fact squarely and admit that Nan never forgot that Sunday after- | momentarily on Bennings' arm. YE Soni on the : uncer in th The | dollar for thet You can't see as well as you |noon following her talk with her hus-| "Nevertheless, thank you Suertajnty In the average mind, Jhdlr _HGheY, Which '1 omcé could. Then when Jou [pend whe ng had O18 Ntiat che Vitis A an or par | &fodp which gathers in the waiting | probably a rank steal but little en- have done that hurry to us for i nS ith hi in Shes e ce 'nn Sometimes psycholo- | room. of the immigration shed, ante- |ough in comparison with other days an and wear the wae Ro longer happy with him. gical, you know. ¥ : chamber to the republican pearly|when the discount amounted to correction which we find neces- ¢ was waiting in the car when she| At six they drove the Bennings back yates, 1s in spite of itself mervous twenty cents. sary. Likely we could make samy dowasuirs dressed for the coun-| to gi ad Shanged quickly for din=1 204 on ogo. ty oes, ht ob Coa nour aa try club, ner wit rrabee's mother. But even Tou see 36 Fead as well as you Now let's act as if nothing had hap- | their haste failed to prevent. their ar. The little door-into the immigra-| more tll train time, but the delay 1a pened," he suggested as they drove | riving tardily. CY tion office opens with startling sud-|relfeved from tedium by the oppor- . away. "No use spoiling the day for our| Mrs. Larrabee, Senior, --glanced re- gshuass ang St. Pater Bimealt, ins tunity for admiring a sign in the -R. Arthey Optometrist guests. I've goa glimmer of an idea proachfully at the frivolous little [® aven and wearing the blue uni-|s wi waiting room. For the con- ' about a solutien to our problem, but French clack on her mantel and re-|form of the U, 8. Immigration Ser- Yaujunce of travellers the railway 148 it's still nebulous. We can talk tonight | marked: vice, peers over his glasses at the|has furnished a tap and wash basin. i PRINCESS STREET when we get home from mother's." "Dinner was readyto be served ten | leading candidate. Above this fitting is a large sign : "Come in." pencilled In blue "Don't SPIT IN The Bennings were waiting for| minutes ago. I trust that it isn't com. = 0 @®="" them on the club veranda, overlooking | plete. spoiled." There is something awful in that THIS WASH BASIN." There is the golf course. Mrs. Bennings, plump, | "So sorry, mother dear," Nan apolo. simpte command. It is not the voice something in this engaging and nec- matronly, comfortably florid, looked at| gized and kissed the smooth pink-and of an official and underling. It is, the | essary frankness which would be COAL "Nan enviously. white cheek of He aristocratic, little |8uthentic accent .of the United States | impossible in any country but the The latter, slim as a naiad, was|old lady. "We had guests at the club [Summoning the dpplicant to give ac-|land of the free and the home of Reduce your coal bill by using wearing a pleated ivory silk skirt that all day and only time for a quick |count of himself. It is the trump of [the brave. The evidence that the Gumuine ah Anthracite stopped well above her slim ankles,| change." ~ the angel Gabriel. sign has been flagrantly disobeyed The best quality of Domestic and a sweater of coral silk. A coral] They went to the table immediately,| The door closes upon them. There | makes it all the more a thing of Fuel on the market. silk sport hat was drawn archly down| Nan could have told, with her eyes (is an antiphonal murmur of voices, | beauty and a joy forever. One re: Place your order now. over her dusky. hair. Her flesh kad| shut, just how everything would be. [brief questions, lengthy answers. |turns again and again to admire and/ screened. that swarm 'ivory pallor that needed | There were the usual pale yellow roses | What heart-searchings are going. od | wonder. Wi % no cosmetics even in the glare of a| in the silver basket in.the center of the there, what balancing of good and Some preliminary shudders and COAL noonday sun and her lips, without ar-| table. There was the same fruit cup to fevil. The listeners shift wuneasily|bumps suggest that the train may .. tificial aid, were fresh and velvety as| start the meal, the same thick soup, from one foot to the other and in-|start before long. Two, giggling | W. A. Mitchell & Co. 5 87. 15 Ontario St. Woodyatt and Not because we say so, but because they have stood the test for years. - THREE SIZES At Moderate Prices _ Stevenson & Hunter 85-87 PRINCESS STREET. TINSMITHS AND PLUMBERS. BUY GOODS MADE IN CANADA £ the petal of a red rose.| . the same roast chicken with onion | vent plausible answers to impossible schoolgirls come aboard and make "You look like a little girl," Mra.| stuffing, potatoes prepared in the questions. The more 'nervous take|noisy comments. "I don't care," an- Bennings said, almost reproachfully, same manner, the correct number of [to blowing noses and mopping brows. [nounces one,' looking defiantly at "It seems impossible to think of you! the same vegetables, the same' plain The brass door knob whirls. [the fordigners, "this is our train." as married and chatelainie of that big| salad with the same nondescript dress- | «Next! How differently that word |The Canucks. quail before them. As house, Don't you have Hobie making og the same Raver of ice cream and | can sound under different ecircum-|the train moves through fields some servants respect your orders. the same pound cake. stances. In the barber-shop it is the | Canadian farmers or | "We have a very efficient staffthe aNan had eaten this same meal forjfwelcome release trom idle waiting. | surprised and critical i : same which served Mr. Larrabee be- successive Sunday £VENings ever since | pohhing 15 finished; haircutting can [the state of cultivation of the fields New Spring stock of Wall [iif fore he married me," Nan explained. | her marriage, She managed it gallantly, (now begin. Bug here the word is|they pass. In their ho district, Paper just arrived. li "I've never attempted to interfere with though her tasté\preferred a light, gay charged with menace. In a flash one hardly twenty miles A a Choice range of patterns to [fl | the running of the house. It seems| suppet with hors d'oeuvres, and a well-{ cp) "0 scene from a play of the|would merely judge what sort of | pick from. auite perfect. Ick!" the other seasoned something in a chafing 2h French Revolution in which one by|farmer the owner was by the state See us for estimates on decos ffi, MY dear, what luck! e for the piece de resistance, wi be 52- lone the condemned aristocrats were | of his fields. But the International rating your home. fl] sighed. "Servants in the west, where] ad, savory and biting, and perhaps a Summoned forth to the gufllotine. | bowndary dominates them: th we live, are difficult to get and Per-| rum, omelette for dessert. New fom |Next!" : Ina SE country RE ry fectly srifling. Why let me tell you my Bitlgtiona. each time, new people to What is bappening to those who thing is different After passing a few She launched upon her theme with| They excused themselves shortly af- y " rough that door.of mystery? stony, upland fields they join in a enthusiasm. ter coffee, despite their hostess' sur-|VR'Y One comes back murmuring round condemnation of American Nan settled herself resignedly. She {prise and resentment. jomething about head-tax and search- (agricultural methods. Presently they knew she would have to listen to this] "I played a lot of golf today, moth- [/08 his pockets for the necessary |fall to matching Canadian coins, not throughout the afternoon, for Mrs. er, and I'm rather tired," Larrabee ex- |8mount. What of the others? Have|with the Sbject of winning so much they passed free into Elysian fields |as in the hope of losing the last re- Bennings did not play golf. plained. "These spring days sap one's Luncheon brought an hour's relief, { pep. I'm going to turn in early." Or are they being kept penned, await |mnants of this unwanted coinage. - Try our new 4.4 Beer by ordering a for Larrabee and Bennings talked, but parent cheerfulness, there was a sha- dow in her husband's eyes which she had put there that morning. Her own eyes were wistful, partly with regret Nan was aware that despite his ap-' At home, he said to Nan? . "It's James' fight off, so I'll have to put the car away myself. Wait for me in the library, please. I want to talk to you." (To be Continued) ing re-shipment to Canada? "Next!" And now one is face to face with the door.' Something very like argument is in progress on the other side. Per- haps this is an off day for the of- ficial, and one will be ejected simply because his morning slice of ple has failed to rest lightly on the august The train thumps and wriggles along and threads the drab outskirts of the city. Suddenly on a turn one eatches sight of a tall building with the stars and stripes floating high above it. "It vanishes in an instant but leaves one slightly breathless. In that audacious building, thrust- case sent to your home and prove its excel lent qualities. KINGSTON CREAM ALE and MALT TONIC STOUT "Phone 2000 or call at the Brewery. HER MEADAOHES WERE 80 : digestive apparatus. The door flies|ing like Babel towards the sky, ;yet BAD SHE COULDN'T DO open, one edges through, braced for |itself the servant and support of the YTHING ° anything. - striped republican banner, one has AN i e m ire After all th¥ preparation the or-|seen the United States. Once the head starts to ache and| . ) deal is- laughably simple. An ex- (To be continued.) cause comes from the stomach, liver! HE HOT SPRINGS OF NEW © Singer With Yee Gare . Cooks In Double-Quick Time or bowels, and the cause must be re. . ZRALAND Limited quantity for sale, de. || MOT befofe permanent relief may| "y, 01g be difficult to find a livered in June at $138.75 per & portion of the Empire that presents ton. Order now to be sure of Thero is no better remedy for head- more contrasts than New Zealdnd.| Wetting it. athens of every description than Semi-tropical in the north, much of | Also BURDOCK the coast line presenting suitable BLOOD BITTERS soil for the maintaining of agricul- ture and the growth of valuable as it removes the cause of the head- aches in remedy | forests; and bghisd a rugged back- will hin % Way that 20 other nd of lofty mountains that are eve? capped with the eternal snow, Certain of these mountains are ac- tively volcanic, and it is 'from that energy that the famous hot springs draw their heat and perform their AB remarkable activities. The better known of the hot springs are in the north island, to- ward the southern portion of the province of Auckland. Long before the advent of the HEuropean, the Maori had discovered the healing Mil virthes of these waters and the New to, Ont. : Zealand governmént has opened ti health stations and sanatoriums at warious springs. The charm of the New Zealand hot springs centres about the re- markable variation they present. There are pumerous pools with a temperature from warm to boiling. There are geysers, solfatarad, tuma- roles and mud volcanoes which in- clude many of the steam jets. Many |: of these centres of thermal hydrau- lic activity have formed fantastic settings for themselves by the slow deposit of siliclous material upon the Sound or neighboring rocks. R- [XIE fl RATTAN CHAIRS -- Fumed or Walng | finish, upholstered Spring Seats-- "... . $10.50, $12.50, $15.00 to $3