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causeway. Then Pete Ta d who had never been seen two ringlets at either side white cheeks, and who never been known to wear any- 'but a black "bettermous" dress, « yillage-reserved for Sundays. On + account Jane Little was thought 'setting up for a lady, and the © gossips counted on their 'often the black dress had bi "ever, he did not at once find her. But "at the bridge-end, where the grest beech tree stoops with a pleasant] "sound of rustling leaves over the still 4 close to the raised earthen 'motnd whereon Andrew Hutcheon, the _ blacksmith, welded on his cart-wheels, Kit saw a crowd of boys shouting in that irregular and cruelly playful way, ~ whieh is the wont of boys all the world over when they are tormenting some- thing that cannot escape them--yet affords them sport by flying out in impotent anger at their ; " "erowd of boys surrounded a xh ne Jolt rectiud and hit swid "in the angle of the bridge wal was . a tall man, with closely cropped hair _ and a'certain native' dignity which he strove hard to maintain even when being baited by village boys. He 'was "perhaps, some suspicion of the f the village inn, meted upon the wii EER aR He balanced himself judieially, and made futile rushes with his stick at the closing and scattering crowd of' tormentors, ending, tragically enough however, by stumbling and falling' headlong upon the hard stoi Sf she deil" of the junior classes; jumped «| wall where L | like that?" nts pongee or poplin, and other wash ma- ye* uly; the driginad caute of dis- agreement, was tly forgotten, 'He struggled indeed to his feet, and balanced himself in the corner of the he had stood at first. He & B 5 14976. Checked gingham and linen good for flannel, jersey weaves, for » here combined. This model is also _ J - The Pattern is cut in 4 Sizes: 2, 8, '4 and 5 years. A 4-year size requires 294 yards of 86-inch material. If made with short sleeves % yard less is re-| 'quired. For collar, cuffs, facing and pockets of contrasting material 1 d be friendly. Ww to be friendly. Boys will be boys, but it is a sin to fight, I have always in- culcated this principle, though, alas! 1 myself have not always followed my own advice. Shun the: winescup, ve = "Shut up, they are beginning! cried Nathan Girmory, the biggest boy in the school, who attended all fights to see fair and official play. 5 'Kit 'and his ¢nemy were not equally matched, for Pete Tamson was at least a head taller. But was wiry and active as his own pet goat, and Pete's first blow produced no effect. Kit flickered aside like a sunbeam dancing on the pebbles in clear running water. Pets was furious. ® : "That's no fair! Stand stil!" he cried, as he made another terrible h. ; ye, stand still!" cried the school. "How can he hit ye if ye dance aboot astonished at the re- he did stand still, and Pete's fist met him in the eye with a sudden sharp and most su , Pain. In & moment Kit forgot eve thing. He heard not the shouts of the school eh ng on Pete Tamson to 20! * upon him and proceeded to execute the = 2 ¢ A g to the boys of Duncanson's school. Ab °¥8lone thing in the : w.| Tamson, and to kill him quick. He ring ha! -a~-dozen yards away. in astonishment. ~~ fect) A fin ie ry B 4 p 2 » double-shuffle, which represent | o'in and "finish the muirland brat." e did no hear Ti warning voice of en' wisdom from the man 'whose quarrel he had taken upon him- self. "A thin red whirling vapor seém- ed to smoke before his eyes, and he saw the face of his enemy through black in his heart. He cared for only world--to kill Pete had never seen boys fighting. He had ye at 5, growlingly arc their Backs and gripped and tore at any # e it, "with triumph. Anger boiled] receipt of 16¢ in silver, by the Wilson Publishing Co., 78 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Allow two weeks for receipt of rn, end 16¢ in silver for our pio date Fall and Winter 1924-1925 Book of Fashions. : SAVES LABOR IN THE HOME. 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Paint and varnish are among the remodt In the ranks of man's labor hd yard is req Pattern mailed to any address on A je i Sasily over a painted or arn floors ving a clean ure » behind it, whereas, a rough floor 2quire hardest kind of scrub- ig and never shows the effort ex- ded on it. y 'spots, the outcome of time d wear, creep unnoticed into the house, Their presence means extra labor. They make cleaning harder, housewife feels irritation when after cleaning she sees the seratel spots on the baseboard, the worn spots in the doorway, or the mark on the window-sill 'where potted plants have stood. Such things reflect on her zeal and ability as a housekeeper. The cure for these marring spots may be found in a paint can. Furthermore, in well painted surroundings there is not the tendency to allow cast-offs and rubbish to collect. Fresh paint is an incen- tive to keep surroundings clean. Painted ceilings and walls are clean because they are washable, They can be quickly wiped down with a moist h. Painted or varnished wood- work and furniture can be kept glist- ening with a dustcloth. A pot of paint transforms a shabby, hard-to-keep house into a bright and cheerful one. MOLDED SALAD. Soak two tablespoons gelatin in one- fourth cup cold water. When softened, dissolve this in one cup boiling water. Add one teaspoon salt, one-fourth tea- spoon pepper, 1 cup cooked peas, one cup cooked and diced carrots, two tablespoons of chopped mint leaves, and four tables vinegar, Pour [into a wet mould, let chill overnight, slice, and serve on lettuce leaves with salad dressing. . CHERRIANS. "Slice bananas in half lengthwise and place in a shallow. pan. Heat half a cupful of cherry juice, a quarter with a' certain' wayward swaying dig- nity. by Kit's side. Kit's anger melted and his pity came back. : ; "Can I help ye?" he said; "tell me, heay-| in the face of an enon cupful of sugar and one tablespoonful of butter until the sugar and butter are thoroughly dissolved. Pour this mixture over the bananas and bake in a moderate oven until the fruit is cléar, basting frequently with the Juice. These are especially good if the excess of juice is saved when cutting 3a cherry pie the day before and used the| instead of the straight juice. In this case ut lise additional sugar need be ad PRICES DROP? the world's tea supply, mous demand, 1s foreltig prices up to very high levels. A shortage in Tea growers are making such tre meéndous profits that over-production /| 1s bound to come at any time. Estimates of the total number of the various classes of live stock in Saskatchewan in 1924 follows: horses, 1,170,617; cattle, 1,628,421; sheep, 123,326; swine, 092,424, " Minard's Liniment for the Grippe. . We learn wisdom 'more than from s quiet. Giccover what will what will not do. Tea merchants realizé, however, that|. | tea at a dollar a pound only brings the had| 98¥ of a drop iu price so much nearer, : * posits, which All depo noes should be made by Post ad' 5 J § clean in the Rinso suds. I just to write and tell you how 'won- deérful' 1 think Rihso is and have told several of my friends to try it. "It is wonderful for scrub floors. Without a doubt the thing T have ever used. I and it Is splendid." and clean--the Rinso way. Lever Brothers Limited, Toronto. my children's cleaned my enamel sink with it The foregoing letter is but one of the many received by the makers of Rinso from women who are enthusiastic about this newer, easier, better way to wash had bing best also Better by one sweet soul constant and true to be beloved, than all the kingdoms of delight to trample through unloved, unloved.--John Twins for Noise. "Well, Pat, do'the twins make much ! noise at night?" "Praise be to Hivin! Shure each wun cries €o loud yez can't hear the ither wan." Here's a tasty nourish ing you may not have very m of the family will relish it.' One of nearly a hundred tested recipes in the Kraft Cheese Booklet.' | taken real h {shadowed in his | happenings as the hasis o his tale. But what of the other cases : [iu which fast repeats fiction? os Verne, for instance, has 'Ucipated many of the achievements of modern Inventors in his novels. The t air liners of today are fore. ¢ "Clipper of the Cluods." Even Professor Goddard's dlan for sending a rocket from the earth tor the moon is nothing new to those familiar with Verne's work, A Real Life Jean Valjean. Fact has followed fiction in other' fields besides science. Metz boasts a reallife Jean Valjean in Mr. Jean Ha. teau, who escaped some years ago fro mthe convict settlement of French Gulono, won one little fortune by his own work in the NewWorld, and then spent it all In order to get back to France. Heo immediately set to work again and soon regluced the capital which he had lost. In Mets, where he settled, he became quite a prominent business man, with a reputation for scrupulous honesty. 3 In some way, however, his real iden- tity became known, and he was arrest: ed as an escaped convict. The arrest caused a sensation, and strong ap- peals were made on his behalf. Final ly, after he had spent some nine months in prison, Hateau was pardon. ed. The strong man who suffers in,sil- ence imprisonment or social ostracism in order to save a woman is a familiar figure in fiction. From Boy Scouts to Bandits. A famous case of this kind in actual fact was recalled by the tragic death of Major Cecil Aylmer Cameron, at Hillsborough Military Barracks, Eng. land, recently. Some thirteen years ago Lieutenant Cameron, as he then was, and his wite, Ruby, were to- gether charged with attempting to ob- tain by fraud $32,500 insurance on a pearl necklace, alleged to have been stolen from Mrs. Cameron. At the trial Cameron refused to give evidence. He was innocent, but fear- od that if he went into the witness-box he might prejudice the case agalnst his wife. Both were sentenced to three years' imprisonment. The Ritz-Carlton | Hotel Atlantic City | New Jersey Ameriea's Resort Hotel. Famous for its Euro- pean Atmosphere, Perfect Cuisine Service. Sligle rooms from $5.00 Double rooms from. $8.00 European Plan Smartest and New Hydriatric and | Electro - Therapeutic Department. GUSTAVE TOTT, Manager b 2 " Barniki The security afforded by the Province of, Ontario ng Sayings Office, every Post Office in Canada and other countries, make® possible for everyone to deposit their savings in this institu- |)! tion. Interest is allowed, compounded half-yearly, with full checking privileges. The confidence the rural 4 expres ge on: oronto ONTARIO | together with the facilities extended by Office is indicated by the large increase in de- 'are now over $20,000,000. ; secured by the entire resources of the # or oe Branch, where they will receive FICE: 15 QUEEN'S PARK, TORON - Hi | | by Mail | % fl communities shave shown in ||! 'Office money order, registered letter, and should Savings Office | TO versity and Dundas Sts. | Two years later Mrs, Cameron made | & full confession. and her husband re- ceived the King's pardon and was re- instated In the Army. He served with great distinction during the War, be- ing four times mentioned in dispatches and recelving many honors, There was a" strong comedy yote Tn a recent news item from one of the Balkan States. It appeared. that a troop of Boy Scouts had been formed in one district, but had found scouting dull. In search of greater excitement they exchanged their scouts' staves for more lethal weapons, and set up in business as bandits. Before thelr ar rest they had carried out quite a num- ber of daring robberies. Human Ears by Post. The {dea seems novel, but it has boen auticipated by the novelist. In Disraeli's "Contrarinl Fleming" wae make the acquaintance of youths who are similarly avid of excitement, and who form themselves into a robber band in order to get It. Brigands are usually more pictur- esque in fiction than in fact, but now and again their methods recall the thrillers we read in our boyhood, A month or 80 ago a sorter in the Post Office at" Canton brought his stamp down on a small parcel that seemed to contaln a fragment of leather. He was rather curious as to what this might be, and decided to deliver the package himself. He watched while the addressee opened it. It contained a human ear, The son of the man to whom this grim en was sent had just been kidnap, by brigands, who had posted on the Sar as a sign that they meant husiness. Little tokens of this nature are fre- quent in npov.is 'deslidg with kidnap. ping and brigandage. But surely, how- over strong Westera influences have become in the Orient during the last few years, the hrigands of China don't read British fiction. i Reptiles Live on Venus. Recent observations with telescopes and spectroscopes have established new evidences concerning the length of the Venutian day, writes Scriven Bolton in Popular Scfence Monthly, They have led also to fascinating new speculation concerning the life on this. comparatively 'mew planet--a planet *. that we may well believé is' dominated: by grotesque and ferocious monsters-- huge reptiles and winged dragons, such ns lived on earth 5,000,000 y: ago, Be eae Venus seems to be more earth than any heavenly body known. Although hor surfate temperature, latitude for latitude, must be higher than on earth, beings similar to us might find suitable abode near the poles. The exceedingly : must be Jroducts animal life ; the carly day