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Ibatlt, when they had again restor-| - its contents upon the ta {this moment "it ha; d that the three of the Silent. hajs and Jules ge real ready to d to listen. : "Mon Dieuy" she whispered. "What 1 that I" yer straightened up fron the vo P stove, "What was what?" he asked. ~~ "Didn't you hear it?" She turned to Jules. "It sou t to vou. It is only e du 7 help by to-morrow, 'then 1 Sou Tt in Jay of our lives -- for one who may be "And you yourself, by time will be filled with the disease 11 be be tiled wiih oh to have Xn upon one's kon ! 4 "1 will not catch----" began Guil- vault. : "The devil!" cried r. "Do you! 'realize that you are risking Fiyin it to Thais? You do-not mind having Jour, face marked forever, perMaps, ut Thais ---" { 1 ring 1 found I was a ney Each day of 'the ed good red blood to the face of the girl. "You must be warmed at orice, | . and thoroughly, even if we have to | make camp here at the side of the road." "We can do better than that!" ex- ~ claimed Gustave Boyer. "You saw | that half-broken road we passed a lit- tle while ago? Well, at the end of 1t there is a house. A chopper named | Paquet, or something ke that, lives ; We', 'way to Ste. Rose du| & . Suppose we stop at the house of this Paquet, eat, get warm and go on? It's the only house on the road, and there's a moon to-night, so it won't matter greatly if we are de- layed somewhat." "Yes!" cried the girl. "Let us *do that, my Jules. plain, but truly the cold is terrible to-day.' | I've tried not to com-| like a groan!" Guilbault had heard soi with his keen woodsman's ears, but he was riot sure what the sound had been or whence it had come. Before he could reply to Thais, a moan drifted through the room. It did not seem to come from anywhere. It floated u: the ih pnlosaiisea, not oud, but dis- tant and carrying anguish. host," said Gustave i ingly; but his ruddy face grew a little pale, : "Find out, one of you, what that sound is and where it comes from," cried Thais impatiently, "It makes the hair of one's head rise!" "Try that door," suggested Boyer. Guilbault was already on the way. He lifted the iron latch and pushed tentatively. The door swung open, but upon the threshold he paused with his aze held inside. "Our Lady!" His voice died away. Thais and £). he does of me! be eo waits to see w| smallpox," said Boyer. ing, at the best. Guilbault! the chance!" young man." give half my life!" what it will mean if he "It means that your ma stponed for ten days, or three , or whatever time it is that one ther he will havé "If he has it, then there will be more weeks of wait- Do not be a fool] Leave now while you have "Ciell" from Gustave. fool! Do you know what I would give to be in your place to-day? I would "Nom de Dieu!" she interrupted. "He thinks more of this chopper than Heaven only knows stays here!" rringe must | - "I ghall not catch it; but if T knew that I should, I could not leave this "What a "You would do better with the op- an inward have you s But Thai "Foolish #. accusation of neglect. uffer!" s Lanctot laughed. one! "Thais!" Guilbault was.shaken by Gustave, after a moment of hesitation, "1 rushed to his side. should have made camp, or turned back, or done anything rather than It is nothing;-only vealed, although the bunk was far let us go to the house of this as quickly a8 we.can." . "It must be 40 below," muttered See. As choppe They saw a small sleeping room, more orderly than the kitchen, but | not better furnished. From a blanket- filled bunk in one corner a human face looked toward them--u face which re- r from the single window, sickness and delirium: - The eyes saw and did hot y gazed, another moan trothed to his friend and rival The bees wor below And the a » * Thought not to struggle, To grasp nor to shove Nor even to visit A flower with a guest, But seeing it occupied Furthered the quest. How humbly I patterned My miniature neighbors Accepfling so kindly These unplanned favors. The very next time 1 plant snares for the sun 1 shall plant for many Instead of for one. No friendship ere gave me Full measure of good As did this, speaking plain Of the true brotherhood. portunity, I believe," murmured Thais; . and the fight in her eyes grew more ~-Flora Lawrence Myers. Ores Guitbault, sufteri h Fi ~Jules u ult, suffering as he . » never had before, looked from his be- Equanimity. One of the best books of Sir Wil- "Is -it because you're afraid of spending an extra hundred years in purgatory if you don't stay?" sneered oyer. 1 | " "I am not staying because I fear, answered Jules slowly, "but because I pity." ' Thais turned with outstretched liam Osler, whose biography by Cush- ing is a classic in 'its kind, was his | "Aequanimitas," a colection of essays dealing with various plases of the im- portant art or science of seeing life steadily 'and seeing "it whole; Most great leaders in mediciLe are accus- - Jules, as he urged the horse on. "I ame from the half-open mouth, should have known better than to Eon Dieu Beigneur!" breathed og start with you, Thais!" "Th 1" : a "Yes?" she whispered teasingly, and brutes Poor: one: Tied Jules Cuil pressed her mittened hand against his arm. "Not for your wedding, Jules?" oo He turned and looked down at her ~~ adoringly; for he and Thais were on | Ri | next day they would drive to the rail- road at Lac St. Jean, and then make the long trip to the city of Quebec for related to both. : above the rivers, would have thought man. ~ amusing in it. could deny it. "Was it not true, also, | that Thais Lanctot had been fond of 1! r before she had promised her-| .. self to Jules? Certainly. They were, | therefore, all friends. It was quite ore, a From the little neighborhood where a few families had won homes from He forest ® ag | thisty files to The of Ste. se du Degel. le three in the traineau had been on thet road since morning, and the men them.- | selves were not sorry when, at the! end of a wandering and poorly made - byway, they baw a house of unhewn A 1t was something between the ~ecabane of a chopper and the home of a habitant, a farmer, They drove under a shed and blank- eted horse without having stirred any sign of life. Not even a dog barked. "Parbleu!" muttered Boyer. "The bonhomme is stingy with his wood. There's no smoke coming out of the "chimney." ; Builbault : already pounding at door; With an anxious eye upon Jade of his hetrothed No answer. rom "within, -and, after a mo- «of waiting, he lifted the latch ushed open the i : t " for a barred door in win- mean death to the man n at once to the stove and unwind her great woolen She revealed a to ecom- ook from any man, in face conscious of Her great dark eyes 'alone," she said, "w must be out at| fy] desires, instinctively reac to jsualize the effect of the latter He'hasn't washed | his breast. Without being ct to visualizn bo adc . A or three days." | ¢ what he did, he drew 2 Nght shade of Against ught i the pack- their way to the priest at Ste. Rose du © ~ Degel to be married that evening. The P# a mummy the still figure lay, wrapped and banked 'about with blankets, so @ week of splendor. . It would be the that no wandering current of air could longest journey that either of them do harm. had ever made. : i te id that fools. and heroes fy Toms looking down. Then hd not far removed from each other, and ¢d his shoulders, drew a deep breath, that-a really - simpleminded- man- is and 3 A I ithout doubt, only searched his own without knowing Jules Guilbault, in all the vast country that he was there. 7 Bp "A youngster--very ill," he said of asking his chief rival to be his best quietly. That was what Guilbault had done,| What he had seen was written in his and he saw nothing eithéf strange or [12 Was it not true that |the : Gu Boyer had been 'his friend, and away from him as: he followed Tae a fine fellow? No one! them into the kitchen. pox?" Thais locked hard. the fever. death." to eat a mouthful if I were starving! Thank God you did not go in there, T Bo, of not move toward remained standing still, staring at a dozen conflicting emotions. as Is he Paquet, or has Paquet fled and left him? Gustave?' and I never was here before!" Vinink The thpught of Cubans is 72 Sihautt doctor to come, Jules." . "Undoubtedly," agreed Jules. "Mon- sieur le medecin and meonsieur le cure cherie, in the meantime ma ad 4 "It is not a charm," wn of his : 7 it is only to remind Dieu goes with us always--" He stepped into the room. Both Thais and Gustave caught at his sleeve, "Be careful, Jules!" exclaimed Boy- r. "There's been smallpox in. the rish this winter!" Guilbault went on, unheeding, and stopped at the side of the bunk. Like For a little moment Jules remained quar- turned away. from the eyes that It is not unlikely that 'the seéret of | ce, for Thais and Gustave, white to fips, backed away from that room "What's the matter with him?" de- nanded Boyer hoarsely. "Is it small- "Yes" answered Jules. "Are you sure?' The fingers of "The 'rash?" "Yes, the rad rash--the delirium-- He is sick to the border of "Let's get out of here!" cried Gus" ave. "Mon Dieu, I would not stay | hais!" er picked up his coat, and that lle. Lanctot; but Guilbault did his own garment, He hem, and striving to clear his mind of "Wiat!" he commanded. "It looks if this young fellow were alone. : Has the chopper a family, "Name of a name!" cried Boyer. How do I know? I never saw him "We can tell the priest at Ste. Rose is, DetYOusLY: ok eo one. We can get the Gustave?" eyes half closed. final decisiom Harold R. Watson, Reports, Ltde The alluring appeal of and justify it. There i8 no mistaking th come, as always. But, ma youngster y diel" Inge "Can we help that?" asked Boyer. irl" "He is in the hands of le bon Dieu," ded Thais. wer- Jules Guilbault, torn by two out the silver the the conf! at "It is ; do. ; me that ban " interrupted Boyer im- ail now that; t youl ye ad, but Thais 1s catch it or not," in a os : am : to die alone. pier d with him! his 1 i aol he base to the rug brick. which that was very pe obta 9) the chimmey, "and pertinent type of architecture are. the rte ened door wih WIDUEDL iron hardware and the shutters. necessary to strain one's imagination | irregularly up This gives a eo 2% vi 9 Brew gether with sudden firmness. mestic architecture stPkes a respon- give chord in the hearts and minds of many who appreciate an attractive home, and the accompanying penspec- tive does much to vividly account for of escaping the charm of Sura srisie. of of stone, brick and stucco; the well sloped, gabled roof; leaded glass ¥indows with: centre shields; porte cochere at. the left and the half-timber and stucco wall in front of thé verandah. Bqually Let's get out of here into the fresh, of English do- the architec: to this de- It is mot ft transition hands, to Boyer. "What shall we do,' tomed to impress on their clients and | their colleagues the toric effect of Jules saw Gustave's lips draw to- | superfiuc-is worriment. The men. of Hie. large affairs in any fleld carry heavy "This thing has gone far enough," burdens, often shunted off to them by he said, as if he were delivering a "Thais, what do you want? I care enough for you té make | those who seek to escap> a responsi- I bility and to avoid a blame. Yet with 'all they must -asstime; they breathé . Editor's Note--This honie, designed by { portant than is generally realized. It Architeet, i Toronto, is one of a series featuring moderate priced Canadian Homes. Copyright 1925, MacLean Building 48 never advisable to tamper with a rqualified architect's color scheme. The selection of red quarry tile for the verandah floor combines dura- bility and brightness where they are | very much needed. There Is nofdoubt of the "antagonism'" of this material toward wear and tear and yet its lor lends such cheerfulness to -the' en- trance, approach as to make it sugges tive of the welcome that awaits within. Further evidence ~ of the "thought given to first" impressions, as well as the comfort of the owner and family, is the porte cochere with driveway passing under it, making it possible to leave or enter a car without undu exposure to inclement weather: (sufice to guarantee. that the rear and sides have been well looked after and not 'sacrificed for a catchy front. The fioor plans show a very com- modious yet'compact layout. Begining gow airs, 'the I 6 fig 6 0. wide and from it one gO direct to the rear porch _ While it is not possible to Hustrg trate the other elevations of this home, the |p, name and reputation of the architect |. Is ip ple when they I plishment. Dally we see the moral those who have every reason and quarrel with ther fafe, and yet they keap cheerful. Others heap their own troubles and symptoms upon these victorious Souls and' to them: "How nice it must be to have no cares!" They assume that the burden-bearers are empty-handed 'be cause the weight that is carried § un- seen. Often those who have sorrow- ed oftenest and sufferéd most those who proclaim the joy of ; and commutticate to others the buoy- ancy and good cheer of their own courage. - ----e eee Mountain Water. You have taken a drink from a wild fountain Early in the year; There is nowhere to go from the top a mountain But down, my dear; 4 And the springs that flow on.the. floor of the valley ~~ J Will never seem fresh or clear. 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