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Tar gre Hs seek tea--this is it {TAPEN TEA > 'Fresh from the gardens' ---- "Hiding? No. There is no one memories. No one--" "I tell you I heard someone. The commode moved. I know!" flatten himself against the wall. The yellow blaze of aimless revolver fire the plunging form of a gnarled, gangl- ing, limping man, who rushed past Houston to the door, swerved there, and once more raised the revolver. But he did not fire. A furry, snarlin,, thing had leaped at him, knocking the revolver from his hand in its plunging ascent, Then a ery--a gurgling growl. Teeth had d at the throat of the man; PER Ch" The whistles screamed. the mountain side. A jarring crash that all but threw the men of the first crews from their feet, and the Death Trail had been Then churning, snarling, roar- in cloud-like masses past them, the first p'ow bit into the tremendous Barry Houston among them, crammed coal into the open, angry fire boxes, the sand streamed on greasy tracis --and met, ing, the snow flying its way deep rats, while sweating men, the cavalcade went on. A hundred yards--the beams knock- ing down the snow above and all but covering the engines which forced their way through. A shout. Up the grade, four engines to a plow, the jets of steam shrilling upward, coughing columns of smoke leaping blackly up A pull at the whistle, screeching forth its note of victory. Then, the blare of the whistles was | 'the line's trains if she , "Weve won, Ba'tiste! opun--they'll be running through before night. And keeps hér promise--" "She?" Ba'tiste stared doyn at him. They had drawn away from the rest of the excited, noisy throng. "She? You mean--" "Agnes. You've been taking care of her, haven't you? I found her--she promised that she would tell the truth for me when I got back, that she would explain the lease and contract and tell Medaine that it was all-a lie. She--" But Ba'tiste Renaud shook his head. "No, Baree. Eet is the too late. I have us' come--from there. I have | close her eyes." CHAPTER XX. Dead! Houston saw Medaine Rob- |inette pass in the distance, and his eyes followed her until she had round- drowned in a greater sound, a roar €d the curve by the dead aspens--the that reverberated through the hill like the bellow of a thousand thun- | ders, the crackling and crashing of ness for Houston. eyes of lost hope. "Without a word." It spelled black- "J--I--suppose trees, the splintering of great rocks you've taken charge of everything." as the snows of the granite spires above the Death Trail loosed at last and crashed downward in an allcon- Trees suming rush of destruction. "Qui! But I have look at nothing." "I just had something here." Hous- ton fumbled in his pockets. "She would want it around her neck--" But the sudden glare in Ba'tiste's together they rolled through the door to the snow without, Golemar, his hold broken by the fall, striving again for the death clutch, the man screaming in sudden frantic fear. "Take him off!" The voice of the thin-visaged red Thayer was shrill nowe "Take him off--Ill tell you him off!" "Golemar!" Batiste had appeared in the doorway. Below the dog whirl- ed in obedience to his command and edged back, teeth still bared, eyes vigilant, waiting for the first move- ment of the man on the ground. Houston went forward and stood peering down at the frightened, hud- dled form of Thayer, wiping the blood from the fang wound in his neck. "You'll tell about what?" came with sudden incisiveness. The man. stared, suddenly aware that he had spoken of a thing that had been mentioned by neither Ba'- tiste nor Houton. His lips worked crookedly. He tried to smile, but it ended only in a misshapen snarl. "I thought you fellows were looking for something. I--I--wanted to get the dog off." "We were. We've found it. Ba' tiste," and Houston forced back the tigerish form of the big French- Can- adian. "You walk in front of us, I'm afraid to trust you right now. And don't turn back. Do you promise?" The big hands werked convulsively. The eyes took on a newer, fiercer glare. With.an effort the Canadian obeyed, the wolf-dog trotting beside him, Houston following, one hand locked hiding--over there in the comer. 1] '| heard sounds--look at Golemar!" here--no one but Ba'tiste and his| He rose, only to suddenly veer and | had spurted from the corner; then| | about it--she did it--she did it! Take All and Save Mo Shade Trees Mean Much to The Beauty and Attrac- tiveness in Our Rural Districts The spacing and condition of street and roadside trees has a great influence on the beauty of the coun- try. Horticulturists throughout the country are taking a keen Interest in the subject and last year appcinted a committee to make recommendations that may be followed in cities, towns, and rural districts, While many miles of highway and the streets in some towns are bare of trees, the tendency in the towns. has been to plant more trees than are necessary. The committee made their report to the Ontario Horticultural Association at their annual convention this year. For narrow- streets forty feet is re- commended as the minimum planting distance, and fifty to sixty feet on boulevards and wider streets; on public highways seventy-five feet was given as the proper distance for planting. Such trees as White Ash, ULTIMATE IN CHIC. An attractive sports type fashion- ables are wearing with skirt box- plaited across the front, with straight slender back. A charming dainty ef- fect is created by tucked vestee, and attached band collar, that rolls in re- vers. The front shoulders are also tucked to give trim fitted line. The sleeves are gathered into narrow ctff bands. Belt marks normal waistline, Style No. 821 is a boon to the stout woman, for it achieve: a slender sil- houette, without interfering with its smartness. It is easily made, and only takes 27% yards oi 40-inch material Honesty a Public Asset Brooklyn Eagle: Julius N. Dukas, president of the Hebrew Free Loan Society, nevertheless asserts fn mak, ing his annual report that over 97 per cent. of the small borrowers from the society have repaid. . It concerns everybody in a creditrun economic system that honesty should become as nearly universal as possible, The offender against good faith in the matter of debt does not merely de- fraud a bank, but raises the rate of interest for everybody and, with the interest rate, raises the cost of all goods. The record of the Hebrew Loan Society's borrowers is an admir- able one, but it would pay America to do more to teach the habit of entire honesty to all its inhabitants. arom posi om Use Minard's Liniment for the Flu. Vermin Considered and Taken to New Ab Whenever Peasants - Move . Turnu - Severin! mania is a land Wher. toms, habits and strangely mi.. with modern tendencies. 'Weirdest of all ancient customs. still s.rvive among the peas- he practice of the women g Ives when sick. They ve their illness is due to an evil, spirit having entred the body and that if they chastise themselves the spirit. will ert When one of their chil- dren dies, they also resor' to self- flagellation, believing an evil spirit has entered their body as well as that of the child, This supesstitior. is particularly common among the gypsies of Ru- mania. Not infrequently the practice is carried so far as to cause death or per t disability. One Rumanian gypsy woman whom an American doc- tor recently visited was apparently about to die. She was suffering from pneumonia: The hysician found num- erous bruises all over her chest; which had seriously aggravated her condi- tion. Upon being questioned she ad- mitted the bruises were due to a beat- ing she had given herself because one of her eight children had die. Other beliefs among the Rumanian peasantry are equally strange te Canadians. For instance, it is con. sidered good luck to have vermin in the house and on one's person. In fact, there is a Rumanian proverb that no living creature is without lice. Tt is considered unlucky to kill vermin. The simple, untntored Rumanian be- lieves everything, even the lowliest insect, has a right to live. When he moves to a new abode he usually takes with him some of the bedbugs and other vermin fren the old house and transplants it in his new home so as "to bring good luck." The majority of the Rumanian population live in dirt-floored huts made of woven branches and plaster- ed with mud. Humaus and pigs; cat= tle and poultry, all sleep n the same rocm. In winter the heat cf the cow's body is depended upon to keep the children warm. The men and the women sew on their clothes for the gave way before the constantly gath- ering mass of white, and joined in the downfall. Great boulders, abutting rocks, slides of shale! On it went, thundering toward the valley and gleaming lake, at last to crash there; to send the ten-foot thicknesses of ice splintering like broken glass; to pyra- mid, to spray the whole nether world with ice and snow and scattering rock; then to settle, a jumbled, con- glomerate mass of destructiveness, robbed of its prey. And the men shouted, and screamed | and beat at one another in their frenzy of happiness, in spite of the fact that the track had been torn away from behind them as though it never had existed, and that they now were cut off entirely from the rest of winter, in order to keep oui the cold, removing their garments only with the advent of summer. Among the masses, bathtubs are almost unknown. ---- eats. The Financial Var ~ire A fool there was, and he bought some stock (Even as you and I). He was told it was strong as eternd} rock. ji (We called him a lamb of the newest _ flock) But the fool he bought an enormous block, (Even as you and 1), Hard Maple, Pin Oak, Tulip Trees, and Oriental Plane, were recommend: ed for southern localities in the pro- vince. For northern areas the Soft Maple and the Laurel Leaved Willow were recommended. For provincial highways and ~other country roads, the varieties that are indigenous to the locality should be chosen, includ: ing Elms, Red Oak, Sugar Maple, White Ash, and Black Walnut. On rolling landscapes where trees are grouped for ornamental purposes, Birches, the Mountain Ash, and Na- tive Evergreens may be used to sup- plement other native trees. The committee urged strongly against tie planting of the Manitoba Maple, Pop lars, including Cottonwood, and Soft eyes stopped him as he brought forth the crucifix and its tangled chain. The giant's hands raised. His big lips twisted. A lunge and he had come forward, savage, almest beastlike. "You!" he bellowed. '"Uhere you get that? Hear me, where you get | that?" | "From her. She" "Then come! Come--quick with me!" He almost dragged the younger man away, hurrying him toward the sled and its broad-backed old horses. "We must-go to the cabin, oui--yes! | Hurry--" lioustoi. saw that he was trembling. "Eet ic the thing I look for--the thing I look for!" "Be'tiste! What do you mean?" "My Julienne," came hoarsely. "Eet with % 'yard of 18-inch light and % yard of 86inch dark contrasting. It is sketched in printed rayon velvet with |. plain velvet and georgette crepe ves- tee. Silk crepe with sheer velvet col- lar, cuffs and belt, sheer tweed with plain faille crepe vestee with collar, cuffs and belt c:t' on the bias of fabric, and two surfaces of crepe satin are particularly chic. Pattern for this slender model cana be had in sizes 16, 18, 20 years, 36, 38, 40, 42, 44, 46 and 48 inches bust. Price 20c in sttmps or coin (coin is preferred). Wrap: coin carefully. HOW TO ORDER PATTERNS. Write your name and address plain. iy, giving number and size of such "A gir may take a man's place, but she still let's him take her places." ---- The parking problem. awaits the in: ventor who can make the spare tire telescope Into the radiator.--Dallas News. ? Paciiich 4, snarling, roaring, Oh, the risks we take and the deals we the snow flying in cloudlike masses make, the world. Only ene snowshed rema'y- ed, with but a feeble bulwark of drifts | before if. Night faded. Dawn came and then Clear and brilliant with --the sun! is my Julienne's!" Already they were in the sled, the wolf-dog perched between them, and hurrying along the mushy rvad. Two | miles they went, the horses urged to the promise of spring again and of their greatest speed. melting snows. The fight was over, Morning of the second day--and again the sunshine, Tabernacle was in the distance, | At last came the little clearing-- and the cabin. Ba'tiste already was within. Houston entered and dropped beside while men and women waded through | the older man, already dragging forth the soggy. snows to be the first to reach the train. Eagerly Barry search- ¥ 1 at last to|watch, a ring, and a locket with a ec the thronging crowd, | the drawers of the bureau and pawing excitedly among the trinkets there. A catch sight of a gigantic figure, his SOTIY strand of baby hair. The giant ed. wolf-dog beside him. "Ba'tiste!" he called. "Ba'tiste!" Great arms opened wide. came from the throat of a giant. "Mon Baree! Mon Baree!" all he could say for a moment. SCHOLES HOTEL 40c SUPPER A SPECIALTY YONGE ST. Opposite Eaton's Hotel Rates: $1 Per Day and Up. nr A sob It was sob "My Pierre--eet was my Pierre!" "What's that?" Houston had raised suddenly, was staring in the direction of an oll commode in the corner. At the door. the wolf-dog sniffed and snarled. Ba'tiste, bending among the lost trinkets that once had been his wife's did not hear, Houston grasped him by the shoulder and shook him ! excitedly. | "Ba'tiste! Ba'tiste! There's someone CANT DYE with Good Intentions You can get results--after a fashion--with any old but to do work you are proud of takes real res That's why we put them in Diamond Dyes. They contain from three to five times more than other dyes on the market !, Cost more to make? Surely. But you get them for the same price as other dyes. Next time you want to it is to use them, Then absence of that re-dyed no) look; of streaking or spotting. Observe low the colors keep their brilliance through wear wi © money if you don dyes, try them, See how easy Se tey the results. Note the . Your dealer will refund your t agree Diamond Dyes are better; "an right!" {your past them, the first plow bit its way into the tr2mendous mass. about the buckle of the thinner man's belt, the other half supporting him as he limped and reeled through the SNOW. "It's my hip--" The man's mind had gone to trivial things. "I sprain- ed it--about ten days ago. I'd 'been living over here with her up till the storm. Then I had to be at camp. " "That was your child, then?" Fred Thayer was silent. Barry Houston repeated the question com- mandingly. "Whose would you think it was?" They reached the sled, and Ba'tiste pointed to the seat. "In there," he ordered. "Ba'teese will walk, Ba'teese afraid-- too close." And then, in silence, the trip to town was made, at last to draw up in front of the boarding house. Houston called to a bystander. "Phone the sheriff we want him. It has to do with the Renaud murder." The loafer sprang to the street and veered across, shouting: the news as he went, while Ba'tiste made hurried arrangements regarding the silent forp of the lonely cabin. A few mo- ments later, the makeshift boarding- house lobby was crowded, while Barry Houston, reverting to the bitter Hessons he had learned during the days of his own cross-examinations, took a place in front of the accused man. "In the first' place; Thayer," he commanded. "You might as well know one thing, You're caught. The goods are on you," w tl t She told me she did it--thal those were Mrs. Renaud's things." i "Ah! Then you have nev' seen that ring, which my Julienne, she wore on her finger. Ah, no?" aii Thus the battle progressed, Ba'tiste storming, the frowning, sullen captive or refusing to answer at all. ariived--and still the contest went on. Thayer leanes. forward andd rubbe his he snapped. No use in trying t in the chair replying in mohesyliables, Maples except in northern parts of the provinces where they make rather slow growth and smaller trees than in milder localities. Willows are also regarded as unfit for plant. ing except in wet low ground where better trees will not thrive. In con- cluding their report the committee urged the members of horticultural societies to do their utmost to save the shade trees and so help to pre- serve the scenic beauty of the vil lages, towns, and the countryside.-- Issued by the Director of Publicity Dominion Department of Agriculture Ottawa. rn bt -- First "I know there wait for me (The common lot of all) Sorrows and toil and weariness and loss ! Before the long nightfall, "But, ere I bend my head Before the griefs to come, Grant me somd joy to know, some song to sing Or ere my lips grow dumb, "Grant me warmly to live, Grant me greatly to love, T. 'taste the banquet ere despoiling years : Its varied sweets remove. "Oh, give me golden grain Enough for scanty years, Garnered in memory's storehouse. Then shall age Bereft of half her fears. "Out of tho lovely past I shall have builded me- A treasure-house of beauty, where to L dwell © In sweet seremity." : --Annie Sophia, Waples, in The Wo- i man's M i EAE, ne Use Minard's Liniment for the Flu, The afternoon grew old. The sheriff min ed hands, one against the other, | natior "Have it of V tr than patterns as you want, Encl stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrap it carefully) for each number and address your order to Wilson Pattern fervice, 13 West Adelaide St., Toronto. Patterns sent by an early mail, er er er "Did Bill inherit his father's brains? "If he did they must be held in trust by somebody." EN a cold or ex 20c¢ in 5 FARMERS | Requiring British help--Single men, women or families, to assist with farm work, should write Rev. Alex. VacGregor, 43 Victoria 8t., Toronto. These people will be arriving after March 15. -------------- et ------------------------ -- posure * bringsaches and pains that And the spoil of our head and hand Belong to the Magnate who knew too much, (And now we know that he knew too much), But we didn't understand. : A fool there was and his stock he sold (Even as you and I). And then, with a bound, it upward rolled At the word of the Magnate who con- trolled, But the fool was scared and his feet got cold, (Even as you and I). Oh, the toil we lost and spoil we lost, And the excellent gains we planned Belong to the Magnate who knew, too much, (And now we know that he knew too much), : But we didn't understand. A fool tuere was and his stock he held - (Even as you and I). And the price went down like a tree; that's felled % (Yet somehow the Magnate's surplus swelled), : But Ruin for that same fool spelled. (Even as you and I), was Rg 3% isn't the dross and it isn't the Qss That stings like a red-hot brand, It's coming to know that we don't know much (Seeing at last we can never know much), And never can understand. --Carolyn Wells, in Van Noiden's Magazine (many years ago). Sir Mining Activity in Nova. Scotia There Is much activity in' the vestigation of known occurrences copper, lead, zinc and