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North Ontario Observer (Port Perry), 21 Feb 1918, p. 1

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Bee a tment mn 4 RAREWELL, K.0., LL.B, 0 o P p Buin Coit oS p ; hg Gr Witithy, | 4. (Bra. 1nd. £990; y;1.D.8,D.D.S. DENTAL SURGEON . Pauccsagos 1o:Dr. R. 1.6 | AED aw = ceessor to the late W. E- Yarnold ; Ontario Laud Stirveyor, of Port Perry.) FICE 1851 YONGE STRERT. ; * - Phone Belmont 67 (= 3 Da eriod. Jal Jooked toward n Pipa theticaliy @8ing counsel fecited. and which ry thought 'was origigalk e, gentlemen of the jury," fon, "Senator Vest was talking ther dog "altogether, He hig of this yellow curl" ty found the defendant guilty. foun?" éried Bruce Manton; as he fred thie Bouse, homs on the minute, 8 bisual, from; work. 4 ihe roons was full of it, outside all thre was bathed fit jt. Lettie Yaw Bf respaxded to fhe query in fated manner Then she Understood it Was the seriousness In her ghtful fae that her husbadd had : fo ed to, 'She arose and greeted with &n énforced smile, but her was 49 fervent uf ever, was just thinking; dear," she ex- miped, "I received a letter from:iny her's lialt-brother gin hour ago. He in New York city." C grand!" slicerely jubllsted "Then He Nas escaped from iim 7" i it writéd 85% responded Lette his property thers his been de- ed and he ig still suffering from a d he received. He wiltes that he is bold and feeble for army werk and come back to his native country to Have you moswered the letter?" Oh, no. I wished to eoisult "ott it that frst, of course, Ey don't Ate any need of coRmIItAE"" d Bruce. us unl rela: The fst thing td doo ¥ Old and Dept; poorly cad, unsbayen; Rid the loose straws clinging to his | bair and clothing Indicated that he hed been sleeping in the shed all night. "Sert of late for yqur breakfast, ' aren't you, friend?" bantered Bruce in 'bis natural jolly att sage wid SE #hout you," responded the intruder, Where's the suristiftie gone te; little "whom Bimce had at once put down as | & tramp, "that I could sleep dnywhere | and enjoy it. I got here late and the | house was all dark and I didn't want to disturb you, so I bunked in Rmong. the fresh straw." "Why 1" slouted Bruce, enilghtened, grabbing the, 6id man snd giving him a friendly ug, "you" re Hubert Vance |" "What's left of mie," asserted his vis- itor, grimly, swinging a bandaged arm and pointing t6.a Iscerated ear. "You S50:43 1E50u Welw Teally: gla 15 S08 me." "Dot, you ever doubt 1t1" sald. Bruce briskly. "Lettie [* He edlled to- wards the house, "Here's the good old friend we've Deen expecting for over a week." Lettie came tripping from the hotsd, weléoma ktms extended. Bruce. could note the yrinkled, wearied face of the old man thiw out under the influence of genuine delight at his traly heartens | ing reception. Uncle. Hubert Vance silpbed into harmony with the domestic eeonomy of the family readily and comfortably: He Bad been for fen years 8 commer: cial agent in Belglgm, had sequired quite some property, had shared in the frighttil descent o the enemy upon that. country, and had .narrowly es- eaped with his life, The lads of tith | neighborhood - learned aft this, and i many a breathless Juvenile audience he entertained with stories of the con flict tha t-bud vebbed Bim of his wesith. One thrilling fifcident ih his adven- turous career be laved to dwell ayer. It wags where a shell came through a window in. a roon) Where was sit tog. Jus in time he spring at the messenger. of death rolting acroas the floor, Seized {ts spluttering fuse and snipped oft and sxtinguishell its burs ing end. "Tye kept that shell as & memsgta? old man would continue logua- It. will hasten the cure. : Hirst' 8 Pain Exterminator a bottle SOLD BY ALL DRUGGIATS {Wo persons room, Ng. hinds in each others' " d Leen talking like 'Ahint: or weeks - over Russin, writes Arthur § Oullier's Weekly, . All Pe was one Bb meeting -- fas 15s | then follow the treatment recommend, in the, printed citeular that goes with 'Hirst Ing transtérfed to th coming in lute at af of town, You Could: then these bisck Nttle ple, sili talking, still yaguely pathetic, ike sheep trees, " ih 3 Any one of hundreds 4 parases flung off in Chee ii ent to STOP THE £ PAIN. LEYS, Peers --unn your sned 1S ablage!" Lettle ran gut to" the door td shire | the agitation of her luformant. Shi 'could see, haifa mile away, the flames: sweeping abolit the shed and darting over it toward. the house. detonation rent the air. She saw 'the shed scattered in fragments in every ' direction and se of the burping de- bris hurled te the roof of the house. "The Bomb!' she fluttered. "The bomb that Ungls Hubert stored ii tha shed { Oh, the house is doomed, too I™ An hour jater no trace of the cher ished little home was visible, Lettie wept bitterly and Bruce looked grave, and is abot Boom. ' her. cheerlnglyy 2 know . 'through Indiaris in the Great War, x heart-wreck. jad home-wreck, the haps | = Indians have been yar i Mr. Munton | here's a funny oiit of the Kahes of the old shed," n+ | trained a troop of the Seventh nounced Lettie's small brother, Who | ry, which was highly coms ; was one of the crowd of carious young the Inspector general of the war | sters atiracted to the scene. partment; "H. V,' traced Bruce, Inapecting| The Indian is tralped ng the 'the bez. "Wiig; those sre your uncle's train thelr boys, se that they mi initials; Lettie: He must have hiddem | zble to fire a gun accurately m it fn the _ t's strong snd selid a living. - He has all the @ a a good goldier--endurance,' 8 courage and an instinct for uth wy 3 London Tit-Bits says. j Tony Toole te house 64% netdls The Cenadian : governmeht bor where | 'were to pass the night, an attack on fhe box hammer. At length he vacchmded HIE tiering off the cover. first. "For my niece | 2nd there are Je it road. a of rolled Ih many of the tes, some diamonds | dlan regiments gt. the fren Dleces, an old watch | {have made the sup § Bruce u¢ he examined | Atong the first. to fai the contents 'of the box--a Hmely leg. | Cameron Brant of the S acy that meant that Uncle Hubert had | 2isus, who was & lin boasted. oo

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