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real name. in Pete was folly, sunny-tempered and . He knew name every child on route, and W. customers often | wondered whether he did not e away in fruit to the little rascals his profit, He carried his money in a long buckskin purse, and the chil- dren never grew tired of watching him make change, He would cup his hand. under the mouth of the purse which" he had opened, then rip the bottom with his right hand shake Sently, holding the purse niearly" level, and the silver wi crawl glowly out into the waiting palm. When he was obliged to change gdarge bill his hand pluriged into an- other pocket and pulled out a large roll of greenbacks, Then the children stared and said, "O-o-oh, cheel" "Dehould think you would be afraid " to carry so much 'money, Pete," Mrs. Holcomb, the wife of a mine foreman once said to him, "For why ?" asked Pete, lifting his al folk tog I . "the San Joaquin," a n a hoot he don't' " | you up, jof | he'd git , Sairy, it'd be more of a family calam- ity, seeing as she "always keeps the cash." a a i Xf { "And a blamed. good thin © some one in my fam'ly that does keep | the coin, which is a plaguy sight | more'n there is in yourn." "Well," retorted Tom, "glad he's 'gone and left us, anyway." The whole camp echoed this senti-| mon in spirit if not in Words. mney elt a sense of rel : ow that re bandit was working south away from the mines. Men who had gone back to the old habit of carry- * eyebrows. "Nobody bother Pete" he, a "six" gun left it at hore once "You can't tell," said Mrs. Hol- comb. "Some one might rob you, someone from outside who didn't know you the way we do." Pete laughed and 'more. The e driver almost ceased his ay ge dH habit of driving | with 4 heavy forty-five calibre re- volver under his left thigh, with its handle well out for grasping --almost, but not quite; for while ng tain parts of the road he still would no well e comp! > ir hdd they been: less faithful. Even' recently as the Just "geneastion verbition, work was monotonous ahd unneces:| sarily arduous; but the introduction of the telephone; rural free delivery, | Water, automobiles, and country trolley "lines bona "has greatly relieved monotony. More-| : r os, : The -8 treeck like-a dat, me,| bring the revolver out from beneath ee ouseliold Cpe} hich : i : ,| has in da eye weeth | the seat of the cushion to the more | ® 8 lam k eC whom . _Make-a heem cry. How that favorable position. "Where conditions| chosen to reduce physical -strair By Ao?" and. Pete squinted at her. were most auspicious for robb he Drawing heavy buckets of 'water, "Oh, go on, you silly man!" laugh- | went armed and ready for 'instant ac- | carrying heavy milk pails, or bring- verything was a joke to Jewish population of the world | | 00, are ated -16, 1000, of: § Ri fl | Minard's Liniment tor Bury ed Mrs; Holcomb. "I almost hope some Sint along the stretches "where '8]ing in wood often overtaxes a wo- holdup man does rob you if you feel like that" v Pete kept on his placid way from camp to: camp, He never carried a weapon, and he laughed at people.who b had little cover he placed his weapon in a safe place. 1 Pete drove over the same road that the stage followed. ~At no time did he carry. any weapon more deadly man's strength and leads to serious disabilities. The introduction of run-| ning water, or even the installation of a pump in the kitchén may save|®nd SEE ng SL sigg ens. i y weap : Po ; : shampoo V ; h f I s i advised bim 40 do so. Generally he| than the knife he used for cutting the, the housewife « painful' and. costly r't ig nLuny. sang as he , and anyone who was| tops of earrots parsnips. » . i 5 , i ies . Ha y Fry coming. received plenty of warning of Tt was almost two weeks since the| So, also, the substitution of light ; massaging : PR san Le thi yr his presence. bandit had showed any activity, and] kitchen utensils for heavy ones tends : ' : '5 Bu nt ! At one place between the camps | Pete was singing as he drove up the|to save strength and. to avert strain, . hs "of the : J Pete had to turn a sharp corner, where grade to the new camp, With his| A 'large preserving 'kettle OF . ng Sin Tr da i RATT 3 Thrive SA his outer wheels ran within a foot of | elbows on- his knees and the veins teakettle can nit he light; if Wd : am vx oN i ' Siti: 18 + : ¥ She edge gf a cliff. At the middfe of | loose in hig lax fingers, he sat humped ofthese utensils are made Aa 'Spiing Oo 5 SET geri Wi aE » Ps 8g ¢ i could have exte i his| over, singing his own version of al od or alominam ware,' Spring ( 3 ; ml vied tat Homize the ons arm . : asd ryan: Yi sa Sr Ne 4 ' down for four hundred feet without The horses turned the sharp elbow lighter than otherwise Hips nde: ay be b :d with abot 1 Aditi "wh ch at its touching anything in its fall. Just! above the tall cliff and jogged along | Strong. Hpi nes - 3 "dandelion leaves tol} ~~ a Raga Ul hE s beyond the turn came a sharp rise] bo the sharper grade. They settled to| When the reapers and the make: a olesome. and adnebis i ER : country. a nol Te A where 'the horses had to pause half-ltheir work at the first rise and Pete | come, the farmers' wives must be pre-| Ma eR rile HN k I. nd nigh the TORCH 3 way up for breath; in the middle of | went right on singing. 'At the half-|'pared to cook for large 'miimbers of { SPINE ee! oft) rut hE hour of the an night IRLE the grade was a little level place just way stage they. stopped for _their| hungry men, They must big] + 2 RE I : CARE : ; destruction to. sa dropped his whip straight | popular melody. Shine 8 "throughout = the. -- long 'enough for a wagon and team. | regular breathing spell, With a jingle ig frying His horses knew. it for a resting place of met] Fines and 4 squeaking of Bueepans) dig ota and always stopped there; Pete usu-|worn leather, the off. horse shook Sim: Hnost beyond Hic ta ally let them do as they pleased on self; then both horses quivered and| Was almo yo itt on ; the grades. . jerked on their firmly placed feet, as|#verage woman to lif vA 3 : upd ? d |. 4 On the side of the road away from if to check a farious jump "at its in-| these. of course they di Gy bles and one | of water. Cook |: y Si : 1 the cliff Stooda big gine Jt was gl: ception. 'A bit of dirt rolled down the| but Shey hd ho the exp ss ra i } ; x Bin : fer tab) ; most. eig in diam al bank. --~ : :{ own "healt ow_ women e have] ~~ . : i oy q Te. ¢ height 5 a Juan above he root; avd Pete ittey his. Niand atid stopped size without weight, and-the additions orange A £0 Eight out of Every. ten fires are preven os ef x e ground slope, abruptly down from | singing. ¢ spoke to the horses; I f en outfit i , eB Fan: 3 ic 'crn Hi 1 tes other ode St alo Ste, fox pee of men Sotto mal Bi er on Semomiec time, caused Ye mer Whee) of the wagon Tide after one swith glance up the slope and surgeon's: bills - X . principally by carelessness and 1 nce. ik & sharp 'angle with the bank. t the tree t] sett! into etness, Hak at : \ wT a ial place ruts 'were cut inbo the rock deep| "Whate du onat meaty vou? Why| Hardwood floors and linoleum floor ute: CLEAN UP accumulations of waste material, enough to hold the wheels from alig- Jou make-a da lil jump, huh? Fool-| coverings reduce scrubbing and ; rubbish; boxes; shavin , papers, and .con- ish! 5 F2PeIs, and. J Bet odie dl hs i ping sidewdse; and no man who sweeping to a minimum. With steam-] ¥ = . : : i . Rauinonant her Fouad that turn ever doubted the wis-| "Stick 'om up!" said a voice, and a| prebsure cookers large quantities. of three arn te oA re. Son ditions: that create | eis et 6s ce ig ine 00,20 ly Bri § BE Srl foc vey oF pn do Ee 'ete sometimes pine' yer fi e tree. "Git a x AAR 8 ol Mek. map i 3 Z : TEE EL : and _ thought what, an ideal place ib move on ye, dago!" "i So the mille and canning veplihed 1 i en | 1 In affiliation with Ontario Fire Marshal's Office ould be for a aug win samisuia Still Hialntaiving his Jail stooping cooked in transparent oven Wade (five- | > : 153 University Avenue, Toronto as a on seat Ag / pi ia VANE a wast ih his team breathe. A man could hide | Rands above his head, The permis cars| Proof glass) can be served in. thel fics j7T GHORGE ¥. LEWIS, Seprefary. behind that tree and give no evidence out and down the bank, sticking his | dishes in which it is cooked; and this ; & : (La of his presence until he stepped. out, | heels in deeply to avoid coming too| means another 'saving of time | and ? ! ! in 'hand.' Always he la at | fast, . , | strength, for the glass dishes are : pinta ; : 1 a) oh iT Fimselt for his far cies, sco! the| "Get down!" he ordered. "Make it easily cleaned, having neither cracks Gs Rat x ] [Information and. texth ka, "Col idea. of such a thing, It was pes ectly | lively, too! + The is due here in nor-seams to harbor particles of food | 0 nd Ha Juice and grated Property from Fire," Lightr ridiculous to thin] of so remote a. twenty inaten aa 1 me here i rabe odors, ihe RAR L-fwo les "amd pial efi |: > raed 3 37H ihility; only Pete did not think in | through with you first" F Sonkree Mis. i re i de Jost those words." More likely he "Meestar, you be patien' weeth ibchen . nets. eave steps; r etn he mining-camp dialect, me," mid Pete, rising with apparent] dmeled oF zinc-covered table: tops are | "Rats! "No chances like<a 2 pain and difficulty. "Be rheumatiz, he| 88 easily cleaned as is a china _Then, Just when he felt absolutely | one ver' bad ting. Hé hurt-a so bad.| while * modern > mate, Polke began to talk about the You ever have rheumatiz, meestar?" agent who had held up two rigs ind Pve had; you get Pet he toad to the Progress Mine. id the bandit. Re : - eighteen 'mil away.| "Sure meestar. Be patien', pl » : * Bightesn miles is not much for a road wid "Pete, getting down backward _, mgent FES pir over the front with m Co Rete, you better buy a gun. aid . "Not-a geta mad westh me. 8 miner. "I like a y myself, but| meestar. Dose' rheumatiz, he awful takes more to -the old frontier bad ting to have. , Seein' as yc pit bad any |never gets » A n, patiently the bandit stepped clos- and 1 ed a hand to help him i ota the wheel: He was taf = = © FARE ON -- Me, I hope you 5 Fete HL pik fe Hi ds 2 1 4