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md n Latin?' he t hin oh : ¢ 1 10 ei aces, patient ase ithe tossed her foreloc bo clear the white drift-from before er eyes. es i "Ave, 1 wad that," cried Kit, eager- y, Ga is to léarn me? "he '| maister caning, 'besides; the| || {| mistress wadna "Jet me gang to the hule if he comd «iv oa hs "I wyill teach you," said the "Orra Man" calmly. » "You!" cried Kit, astonished, "I didna ken that ye could. read even. "Are ye<a learned man, then?" | The ex-tramp ' laughed "a curious little laugh. : p "You are thinking that it has not done much for me," he saids |. "Oh, no," said Kit, politely, "I was thinkin' that my maister said ye were a guid worker, and he thocht Cairn- harrow would be wise to keep yels i : By any mews Indicgle wong doing, | It was long since the tramp -had 1 Fl cod Box: xs t P50 same Jujee wh OB croatir heard any man; still one like John Mae extent to the girls, but those creatiires bw : + y : ; . |} | usually make the st surface look Walter, praise his worth and faithful- Si his b The boy's words marked a dis- Spider 8 Web, Whighig hard 10 tinct step in his upward way. He ER as glad now that ke had driven you like ie tramp, as wirl "might sneak away a litle at a Sime but absent-mindedness does not CHAPTER XXXI. peagans =a saying a thing VIR OT A yr saying it; as it were. KITS CLASSICAL TIO. "Guid-een to you, laddie," sai Once fairly settled Kit carried out | smith, big Andro Hutcheon, the mo his intention of letting his grand- mighty son of Tubal in all Galloway, father know of the situation he had | «ye come frae Loch Spellznderie. How found, and"his Uncle Rob was des- do ye draw wi' the mistress? . Fine, patched to report. Upon his returniye say? Weel, ye maun be an easily the young forester allayed the fears contented laddie. Ye ainna want to of Kit's mother and the Elder. be 'prenticed to a fine smith business, "He'll hae his ain battles to fecht,|do ye? This loon o' mine is aye and his troubles will not be to seek.| grumblin'. He 'should hae a tack o' But the man is an honest man, though | Mistress Mac Walter. But she's a fine the woman is an ill-tongued tairger. | woman, too--certes! They tell me But I wad let him bide a while. The that she pared the nebs o' her deuks boy: wasna learnin' muckle at the| (her ducks' billg)+to a point so that echule onyway!" : they Wadia east 5 mud le eat It These tidings were duly conveyed) Was a peety that they a' dee ore to Kirkoswald and in her heart Lilias| she got time to see hoo the plan wad rejoiced 'that her boy was at a dis-| work. tance from the district, and, as she' The Cairnharrow cart stopped at | hoped, beyond the rcach of Chris- the door, and the late tramp, now a topher Kennedy. q very different figure from the e of Had she known how at that moment | the Dornal 'quarty, looked gravely in. Kit was lying prone on his face on a| "Is that pleuch dune yet?" he cried, ile of cornbags in the barn of Cairn-|in the local speech, for he had an ear Be listening to the tramp as, in|for languages, and a new tang of a rapid, cléan-cut voice, he ran over |dustic speech came as aptly upon his certain unknown words, Lilias Mac-| tongue as if it had been Greek dialect Walter might not have been so easy (in the days when 'young Chris Ken- «in her mind. nedy of Sandhaven won college medals which was a trifle more than the fig ures for the preceding month and sub- stantially higher than for February of the previous year. In addition she ex= 'ported autornobile; parts to the value of $455,750, a substantial imcrément over February, 1923. In the calendar year 1924, Canada exported 12,778 freight automobiles worth $4,420,161; 43,883 passenger automobiles worth $22,080,232; and parts to the value of $4,902,049; a total value of $31,501,442. . Orient Heaviest Purchasers. Australia and New Zealand are the heaviest purchasers of freight automo- | biles, followed by the United Kingdom. India, East Africa, and the Straits Set- tlements are also heavy purchasers in this line. In passenger cars the prin. cipal customers are New Zealand, Australia, and India. South Africa, New Zealand, Australfa, Argentina and India buy heavily of parts, whilst the United States is also an extensive purchaser. The Canadian automobile mdustry, bailt up-very largely on United .States like a To the truly great nothing is ever| ead: : | small, Carefully watch a man as he strikes & match on a box and you will be able to tell his character to such an astonishing extent that all other mind reading schemes will bé as nothing. The rules are simple. You can find some 'excuse to hand a man a new box of safety matches, and even if you turn your head as he strikes a match you can tell about him by looking at the box when it is returned. . The striking portion of the box will have at least one scratch. If only one scratch is found, and if it ig in or near the centre and lightly made you have before you a man who is careful, ac (curate, gentle and therough, a man who never does things by halves and who looks to see what he is doing. There is an exception to this--if the scratch is across one end of the box and lightly made you have a man who combines all the other good qualities with-a habit of thrift and economy. Old Trees in Spring. There is a quiet glamor to old trees, A fragrant breath -- especially in spring-- - That soothes the soul. No heated clat- ter scorns Their tranquil shade. heart bewalls Their solemn, stately grace. ing foot i Turns from their easy avenues--in spring. isten," said John Smith, "put that round your shoulders. This way! ow come nearer me." He put his about the boy, and, after a mo- mint of awkwardness, Kit felt strangely at ease. He Wished the road to Loch Spellanderie hid been thrice; as long and difficult. "You must say nothing of this to any one," said the "Orra Man," in a voice which Kit could hear clearly above the sough and r1sh of the storm, "I have wasted my own chances. But if you are the lad I take you for, I am going to see that you don't waste yours. I will teach you Latin and Greek." "I ken 'Penna, a pen," already," said Kit, whose ears had heen sharp while Duncan Duncanson took his one "Latin boy" through a revisal of the No restless No rov- Much like old men they nod beneath 5 the sun, Proud of their scars. And here and there one stands Shorn of an arm, bit by the darting lance 5 : That rules the storm. And some hang heavily, Mute evidence of sudden wrath that TAILORED DETAILS AND PLAITS CONTRIBUTE TO SPORTS TYPES A distinctive jumper frock with a It had happened in this wise. Heather Jock's hint had borne im- mediate fruit. John Rogerson, more commonly called in* Galloway fashion "Cairnharrow" after the name of his farm, had got a "spelk of wood into his hand," which in the busy season t him at a sore disadvantage. The was not etrong and had had little experience of farm work, but he was both cheap and willing, and at least well worth a trial. So his sis- ter said, and so also, after due demur, Cairnharrow himself allowed. In this fashion did John Smith be- come odd, or more technically "orra," man about the farmhouse of Cairn- harrow, a larger and 'better holding than that of Loch Spellanderie. Throughout the winter that excel lent optimist, Kit Kennedy, dreed his weird with: Mistress Mac W the work--indeed all work-«came eas- ily to him.. His mistress, it is true, had early stopped Him from attending the village school, nominally because he was a hired boy and could not be spared, but chiefly because his quick- ness put to shame Sam Taft and Tatie Rob, the younger children of his mas- ter, So, nothing loath, Kit Kennedy abode at home. It was not long, however, before he met. the new odd man of Cairnharrow. It was at the smiddy in the village of Saint John, and the Cairnharrow man was driving a cart in which he was to take back a plough that had been repaired. Kit htd come in with a coulter which needed sharpening. Now the "smiddy" of all Scottish villages is at once local rliament d elub-house. To its privi mem- Bers are duly elected. They are also frequently black-balled. They may even be expelled. Each man has his lace and privileges clearly defined. The miller may no more sit in tl Joiner's place than Gavin Strang the 'alter, and | by the handful. "Come awa', man!" cried the smith, who was for the moment seated on-his anvil, "tell us what's a' the news aboot Cairnharrow. The joiner there was juist sayin' what an extraordinary y: fine woman he considered Loch. Spellanderie." "We are a' weel up oor your neigh- | bor, Mistress Mac Walter, ower by at road, except the maister,". said the. "Orra Man," cautiously; smith?" "is the pleuch * dune, "What's your hurry? Stop and gie's your crack," returned Hutcheon, who took it almost as a personal affront that any one should leave his smiddy under an hour, "I canna bide the nicht," said the Cairnharrow man, obligation and excusing himself. 'hae to be hameé to fodder the beasts The maister is and supper the horse. recognizing the de laid up wi' an awfu' sair hand!" "Dye tell me sae?" cried the smith. | "I missed him oot o' the kirk--no that that's ocht to gang by. But I haena seen him at the Cross Keys for a hale fortnicht, and the like hasna happen- ed for thirty year. drinker, I'm thinkin'!" The smith turned to Man" as he spoke. Ye are no a the "Orra "No," he answered, quietly, "I do not drink." Something in the accent or the Englishy pronunciation of the words attracted the attention of the entire parliament. Each man glanced at his neighbor, though no man said a word. In that eye-passage the whole smiddy compared notes, and were of opinion that, liked tale worth hearing. if the new Cairnharrow man to speak, they would listen to a But it was not to be that night. For he the messenger persisting, horse outside growin restless, and the the declensions. The "Orra Map" laughed a little, -"That-is-always a beginning," said he. "But I hae nae buiks," said Ilit mournfully, "and T'll hae juist tc come let me." "We won't need books 'for a while, and Pil speak to your master when I see him," answered the "Orra Man." "When will you begin?" "If ye please, I'll begin the noo," said Kit, nestling closer to this won- derful "Orra Man" who knew Greek and Latin and was willing to impart them. . Sb there. amid the swirl and roar of the winter snow-storm Kit had his | first lesson 'in the language; a kpowl- edge of which is universally believed in Scotland to unlock the doors of success in every profession. The min- utes sped all too rapidly, but he knew "Penna" completely in all its cases by the time the mare stopped at the loaning end of Loch Spellanderie, and Kit got down most unwillingly, but with a strange upleaping elation at his heart. "Guid-nicht!" he cried up to the white-swathed figure of the "Orra Man" which came between him and the black sky, "till the morn's nicht at the Black Sheds!" "Good-night--think well over what I said about the Accusative!" + It was no longer the voice of the "Orra Man" of Cairnharrow which answered Kit from the red cart, but the voice 'of Christopher Kennedy, M. 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If sure to have enough of the composition left to finish all the matches in the keeps. him busy looking for.a new. ahead without due regard to the future ~he has used his surface regardless of what 1s to come. the striking part he has little system in his make-up. " succession without giving the mateh self or anything else. and almost useless you may employ will ruin the mules. when the matches are gone the man is and a grade of "don't care" according to the fierceness of the mark. Buch {screws with a hammer to finish his work, regardless of the staying guali- ties of the work. £ 'ciréular one shows fiippancy and light- The wise man knows that the easiest e accomplishes his purpose and uses small fraction of the surface he is ox. The man who has a box which' lace to strike is 'a man who goes If @ man makes half a dozen digs on It he strikes several times in quick chance to light he is net sure of him: As a workman e would waste time and material. If a man's own match box is torn im to drive slaves or mules but he If his box surface is evenly worn careful workman in any line. The man who strikes at random, jab- ! ing it here and there, sometimes ghtly and lastly with a hard stroke, is i careless and sloppy and shows fm. atience as well as temper--a man who blames his tools for faulty work. | A Tough jab denotes. stubbornness man is not efficient and would drive A straight scratch shows thought, 'a ess of mind, not always bad, but us- Them unawares. At night, . Recall Forget? caught Some random temp- est struck and morning found them stained and bent, Now every year their backs ache in the spring. Old 'frees, kind frees; what memories "they keep Though autumn binds them to forget- "% fulness They wake,in spring with hands out. gtretched and hearts Alive and lip§ athirst to every breeze, No mu; niur of their hundred years but they «its whim, or tryst, or song of love, = -No bitter sigh but grieves through all their days, How can old trees forget in spring? --Lowe W. Wren. capital, which constitutes about eighty per cent. of the total Investment in the industry, has attained important pro- portions in a very rapid 'manner. In * the industrial census of 1921 it came > within the first ten Industries of Can- ada und considerable progress. has been made since that time. Beiween 1917 and 1922 the number of plants en- gaged in th-manufaéturing industry ine creased from 11 to 15; the amount of capital from $28,192,800 to $47,761,900; the number of employees engaged * from 0,919 to 7,344; and the value of production from $54,466,273 to $81, 956,420. A Steadily Growing Market, There is a steadily growing market # for. automobiles in Canada, and the Do- minion is .continually increasing ita consumption -until to-cay it stands second only to' the United States among the countries of the world in per capita ownership with. a car to every fourteen of population. "In 1913 there were 50,489 cars in the Domini on, and Increase of 45 per cent. over the preylous year, and in 1924, 621,940. As already incieated, however, the ° Canadian 'automobile (ndustry is very. largely concerned with the export trade. In the last year for which com- plete statistics are available," exports amounted to. approximately "$0 per cent. of manufactured output value, Canadian imports in the last calendar = year consisted of 957 freight automo: biles worth $1,488,066; 8,344 passen- ger automobiles worth $8,202,643; and automobile parts to the value of $15, 178,108; a total value of $24 814,417, Certain of the first two items became "| re-exports and the parts were almost entirely for assembling in Canada for plough was lifted bodily into the cart, nd the "Orra Man" made haste to set out. Suddenly he seemed to rem- ember the boy from Loch Spellanderie. "Will ye be lang, laddie?" he asked, looking back through the red comfort- able door of the forge. "Peter will hae the coulter dune in a minute," said the smith, and for once Peter proved as good as his mas- ter's word... He had tho coplter finish- ed, and Kit found elf seated in the red farm cart beside the i horse and cart clacking slow the road under the frosty stars of a winter's night. " Shirits at the un : and pleasant consclous- (ness that it was yet a long way to Loch Spelinnterie, chattered incessantly of . f, of himself, of his i Tanisborough, ually carefree and rather a good fel both the domestic and export trade. low in any old place. He will tell good - go . stories and be well liked, although his : 5 Rn a work may not be up to the very best § : Mh n g of standards. fort it . »The man who strikes and misses is marks stretching Sitorty stauiie jas not to be depended upon, for he is ab- tier to. the sea-coast of Belgium indi- sent-minded, and so is the man who piss) : 4 > ; lights his match and forgetsdt until ft fade the limit of the enemy advercein" burns _his fingers; If he burns his fin- : J' Seven ro hy Art l anc] Tne ven of these are in the Ypres gers and squirms and Ines he'ls a New. Atlantic Cable. sallent, and the Ypres League, ut the an who wil Sok no Wied ea . > Wi | Messages can be transmitted at the | invitation of the Belgian Government, Shosicomings, Jud 1s 2 Sstake ho ts | FAte Of 320 words a minute in each di-| has provided the stones. They are re Bo e es nl a 9 he | FoCtion at the same time over the new | four feet high, and each 1s - has - L Li a oY Tran tic a the Dominion Government, Jas; | would make a good secretary--it Fou | yi) rule batysen Rome aa i i exki ooYal| watch the. cash, box. The fellow. who long, and cost nearly $5,000,000 Caiiadian Alr Folet air exlithi | swears vigorously might possibly take | 5: SS ERTY RARO0. will 'show the rapid your money in one grand robbery, bi : g : , il ; We Canada of meth 'he would not pilfer, The secretive fel- | Minard's Liniment for. Backache, ower ill words to Joumet I'se| ication of aerfal : i ra 3 : 5 - 'warrant? John Mae Walter, I dinna p ¥ - ---- : what thinking on . TheLand Once T lost so mi wright may usurp the broken anvil private tutor. b; hearth, which is the perquisite of the smith himself in his infrequent spells of leisure, Every one's character is discussed, thelr prospects, temper, = habits--if they lie abed in the morning, if they are over-promiscuous in their nac- turnal roamings, if thoy look several "times at a penny 'before parting with ft. All these uliari are refer- red to in the ww allusive way char- acteristic of the humor of the Scottish Canadian 'Aerial Survey at Wembley Exhibition. The British Air Ministry has invited the Government of Canada to prepare an aerial survey' exhibit for the Em- pire Exhibition at Wembley during the coming summer. The request is par ticularly for a full detailed exhibit of the method used by the Canadian Gov- ernment for plotting aerial photo- graphs. The Topographical Survey, Department of the Interior, which is | the central aerial surveying unit for CHAPTER XXXII, "PENNA, A PEN." "Shake yoursel' weel, na, an' knock your great clamperin' feet on the door-step," cried the voice of Mistress Mac Walter, as Kit laid his fingers on the latch of the kitchen door. "Whaur hae ye been a' this time? D'ye think that I pay you good siller and feed ye up wi' the best of meat for you to gallivant aboot the countryside?" ; "Penna, a pen; Pennae, of a pen." Kit murmured what he had learned in the cart like a kind of conjuration to ward off evil. 'ye are sayin'--mut- Noisy Stuff. "Isn't her dress loud?" "Can't you see-it's a-crash?" Oi TE a asiotiy to. 5 ans ' went quiet! a t at ti sve ond. of the table, having deposiied tho ere outer disk ; | Now I've lost mote 1 Love and Friendshi] _ Then quite abruptly he addressed i to re Will I find them Ea aa