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Thursday, January 3rd 1918 “ {[f Germany Wins, nothing God 8 Earth matters.,,c. s. Lindsey; ”$4” Other goods for Spring are - " 4,; hele too '14-} New Silks . New Prints New Blouses New Suitings New Draperies Men, Order your Spring Suit from The House of Hobberlin. “'6 are Agents. NOTE : ,uwcst Prices and Highest Value on All Goods. The Grocery Department Agents for Goddess and Gossard Corsets srgest Exclusive Men’s Store in Lindsay Successor to B. J. Gough Eastern Ontario’s Greatest Clothiers Cor. Kent and William Streets, LINDSAY 1‘5 0 V Ood WEDNESDAY ONLY Lipton’s Tea 470. Sugar 10; lbs 81 10 per cent. off Rubbers s' Overcoats, in blacks, blues, gr: collars and some without. This )0 ’2. 98 Men's Suits in 'blue serge and hair line patterns in and stripes. These are in margrials that cannot be \Ve wili dean out the lot at $12.95 All standing accounts must be settled by Janu- ary 10th. Good Values All Week. d 16.00 F. W. READ gularlxy. J anuzu‘y has become the accepted time to supply your \Vhitewear needs. \Ve are now showing our 1918 Spring line of White. SPRING WHETE WEAR blues. greys and browns, some 1t. This is an exceptional bar- We are preparing for our stockâ€"taking and before we get into the midst of this we will clear out at less than cost price all our odd lines of Men’s and ’mys’ suits and over- eouts. Below we will quote you 21 few prices that will enable you to see the ridiculous pri- ces We will slaughter these lines at: 11 only of Men's heavy “'orsted and Tweeds in fancy patterns and greys, browns and mixtures. On- ly one or two suits to a size \an 9.95 0 \\' . S. Lindsey, K. C. 8M? wzl't.‘ HO mum: m'idn mp .. {31'3“} ‘md A WHS ; as I not I “taint dH‘id! we! who” I am an artist. Being in poor health, my doctor ordered me abroad, and I went to Florence, Italy. I rented rooms of a widow and her daughter. by the name of Micele. They occupied the top floor of a building on the river Arno. I used a front room for a studio and a rear room for a bed- room. The mother was a middle aged woman. the daughter about twenty- tive. Their ancestors had been well off. but their estate had melted away, and Senora Micele and her daughter got on with difficulty. Bianca, the daughter, was an artist, but an indifferent one. Nevertheless there was something remarkable about Bianca Mic-ele. She was neither pretty nor homely. The eyes of the Italians are handsome, but Senorina Micele's eyes were more than handsome; they were, so to speak. comâ€" pelling. That is. when she looked out of them at me I felt a strange force compelling me to do her bidding. Not that there was apparent exercise of will. She was gentleness itself. The power she exercised was rather per- suasive than forceful. Not long after I arrived in Florence I fell ill and did not leave my bed for weeks. Senora Micele and her daugh- ter both nursed me. A portion of the time I was in either a stupor or delirium, I don‘t know which. At such times I was very weak and on coming to myself usually felt as if I had been doing exhaustive work, though I had been in my bed all the while. where it would not have been possible for me to do any work even if I had been mentally capable. My illness occurred during the win- ter, and when the spring came on and the weather began to warm up Senora Micele used to put me in an easy chair and wheel me out on to one of those little balconies common in Florence houses. We were on the Arno em- bankment (the Lung Arno, they call it there). in sight of the green hills that surround the city. Indeed, from my balcony I could see some six or seven miles distant the heights on which Fiosole, the original Florentine settle- ment. was made. During three more months I spent much of the day on this balcony in fancy painting pictures of the scene spread out before me. One of these was the undulating plain beyond the city‘s edge and the heights of Fiosnle beyond the plain. There is a big clock tower at Fiosole which it seemed to me would make an attrac- tive feature in my imaginary picture, and I spent hours working it in. An- other view I dreamed of was the Arno. directly beneath me, winding under its arched bridges toward the south, and other nearer and consequently greener hills. There is something in the atmo- sphere of Italy to intensify the color of a landscape. and on such days I de- lighted in the imaginative painting I could not do in reality. But I always noticed that such days instead of giv- ing me strength drew upon what I had, EIT PAYS TO ATTEND TEE Fortunately I recovered before the hot weather set in and after conva- lescing in the invigorating climate of the Swiss Alps went to Paris, where I remained some time. Strolling one day down one of the Parisian boulevards. I stepped into a picture shop. The dealer, fancying to make a customer of me. advanced and questioned me as to what I was look- in: for. It occurred to me to ask for one of my own pictures. not that 1 ex- pected to find one. but that to ask for the work of any special artist would make it appear that I was not looking at his wares with no intention of buy- Giles?" I asked. "Giles, the American?” “Yes." "(‘orminly. I have a vex-Y remhrk' able piece of his work. Come this wm‘," Ho led me to one of his display moms and up to a picture that had writinnfly boon him;, with considera- m,‘ v-eu'o. The subject was certainly i‘nr to me. fnr it was the plain I Had m'minnkod at Florence with the hms and Nomi»; in the distance. And as I uromi looking at it I recognized not only the identical scene I had Minted in my day dreams. but my in- J‘vidni‘ s isle. Quickly bonding: to the wor 19ft hand corner. a cap was put mum my astonishment by seeing my run“ I r'uusrht with both hands at the rail that -- .rondc-d around the room to «Jn-m! the Nvtures. Here was a View I had no remembrance of presenting. hut v ‘ N-‘n I must have painted. It was sump “me before I recovered suf- ‘-';~-rt G'V‘nnimity to further examine )\\'H “le118 1;.1. “fave you anything of Adrian All graduate. and scores of our 1111- de1nzaduancsof the past vear have um med "nod lmsiuees pusitions and still the demand 13 [111‘ beyondour sup- ply. \\r1te f0: catalogue. Elchl‘ any time Yonge and Charles Streets, Toronto, W. J. ELLIOTT, Principal. Eggs) '5 THE BOBCAYGEON INDEPENDENT ONTARIO the pamnng. out When 1 ma so I saw at once that for the first time in my life I had portrayed a scene exactly as I saw it. What I mean is that it possessed all the reality and beauty with which my imagination had en- dowed "it. “I know it 1301:1118“, E have 31-4111 :wv- ergl of the flX'liSI s nh-tlu-e,:. (mo nthc. I tried to buy. ht}; failed to make :1 deal. is now displayed in :1 shot» in the Boulevard 00s Italimm. You maxv see it there. There is the same unmistak- able individuality about it as in this." “What is the subject?" "It is also a Florentine scene,.called ‘Up the Arno.‘ It takes in the river. with the hills beyond. It. too, is a great picture." My knees began to knock together. My jaws chattered. but not sufficiently to prevent my asking, “What do you ask for this picture?" "Twenty thousand francs." Great heavens! I had never receiv- ed the half of that for a picture. I looked at the man so astonished that he hastened to say: “W-h-e~r-e did you get mered. “From a dealer whom before." “My profit will be but 500 francs. I paid 19,500 francs for it.” Taking the number of the shop where he said the other picture was to be seen, I staggered out of the store and was soon before the picture I had also created in dreams. It, too, far exceeded any work I had ever done. The dealer told me he had paid 27,000 francs for it. "How do you know it Giles?" Fortunately I occupied rooms with an American friend in the Quartier Latin and rushed home to tell him that I had discovered something which if not explained would driVe me crazy. He listened to my story, but I could see by his expression that he, too, fear- ed something had occurred to disturb my mental balance. He would express no opinion till he had seen the {faint- 1ngs. and as I could not remain quiet I insisted on his going with me at once for the purpose. He did so, and, being familiar with my work, be pronounced the pictures mine, though they were far beyond any of my work he had ever seen, On our way back to our rooms neither he nor I said anything about the strange occurrence, but when we reach- ed them he sat down before me, lit a pipe and said: TORONTO “While you were ill in Florence and out of your head you undoubtedly painted those pictures, not knowing what you were doing; consequently you retained no remembrance of them.” “But I wasn't out of my head when I was wrapped in the views given in the pictures. Besides, how could I have done the work without the Miceles knowing it? And, knowing it, they would have called my attention to it." My friend pondered awhile, blowing at the same time clouds of smoke, and finally said: “Whatever you have been physically. I'm sure you are all right now. But if you wish an explanation go back to Florence, see the peeple you boarded with and get it from them‘.” Acting on his advice, I started that evening. On the way I had time to think over the matter of my investiga- tion and decided to approach the Miceles Without being known to them. On arrival I asked about them and learned that they had been left a legacy of some fifty thousand francs. This at once assured me that they had received the amount paid for my pic- tures. One morning I rang their bell. Bianca answered the summons and. seeing me at the door, turned pale. Going in, I asked her to call her mother and told both of my experience in Paris. At first they assumed to be as much surprised as I: but, seeing that I was not to be deceived, Senora. Mi- cele finally began a confession which the senorita finished. “We did not suppose that you would ever happen to see your pictures.” said the former. “We-11, tell me where they came from." I asked her. She looked at her daughter. “I can only tMl you." said Bianca. “that I Daiutcd thu' while you were DEER HEADS Mounted Artistically and True to Nature. Satisfaction guaranteed Box 861 is the leading store in Lindsay for everything in music. The goods are the best that money can buy, the stock most varied, the service prompt and cheerful and the price can’t be beaten. Prove these statements by giv- lng ns 3. call. Orders faithfully attended to. ‘ REASONABLE PRICES Brown’s Music Store W' GEO. BROOKS and All Traphies of “the Hunt” Taxidermist 9 Regent-st. Lindsay mx‘e Soon 9!?“ es. (menthc. Pd to maxe 9 a shot» in the is a genuine it 1*” I stam- never $23.1? Peck Kerr 8: McElderry. Barristers and Solicitors. Office, 415 Water 8%., l’eterboro. L V. O’Connor. Barrister, Notary, etc. Ollices, Dominion Bank Building, William St” Lindsay. Money to loan at lowest rates and on most favorable terms. Leigh R. Knight. Barrister, Solicitor, Notary Public. Successor to MCDiar- mid Weeks. 'Visits made to Bobs-ay- geon by appointment. Money to loan and Real estate bought and sold. ()flice Kent 813., Lindsay Phone 41. ' McLaughlin, Fulton, Stinson And- derSOn Barristers, Notaries. etc. Money to loan. Speciai attention given to in- vestments. Branch Ofiice at Fenelon Falls at W. L. Power Commissioners" ()ifice, open every Tuesday. Lindsayol'rice over Dominion Bank. R.J.MCLAUGHLIN,K.C. A.M.FULT0X,B.A '1‘.H.S'r1xsux J.E.ANDEHSUN,B.A I questioned her and cross questioned her, eliciting nothing further except that she had discovered some time be- fore meeting me that she possessed some strange power of the order com- monly called clairvoyant. My own in- terpretation of the incident was that, not being able to do good work herself, she had exercised this power over me to utilize my ability. Since she had painted the pictures herself the only fraud involved was her placing my name on them. She did this not real- izing'the pecuniary value of the pic- tures themselves and supposed she could not sell them without a name to them. She and her mother were tempt- ed chiefly because they were financially in desperate straits. They had sold the paintings through a friend who appreâ€" ciated their worth and paid them all they brought except a bare commission. I told them that they were welcome to all they had received for the paintings. The sole interest I took in the matter was a curiosity to know how the work had been executed. Every year brings to light new evi- sitting out in your chair on the bal- conyâ€"how I know not. All I do know is that it seemed to me that it was your brain Working with my: hand.” All makes of nuns and xiflos lcpuiled Keys made and fitted for Locks Gramaphones Repaired Next Post Building William St, North, Lindsay fâ€"[im-=fi Crown Attorney GENERAL MACHINE \VORK GEO. \V. 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