Susiness Directory] oo These Advertisers Whenever Yoi Need the ~ Services of Reliable Business or Professional Men’ LEGAL MEDICAL, zr qe a me Ey ROBERT G. MacFARLANE H. D. LIVINGSTONE, M. B. Successor to Late J. EH. Terhune Physician an 8 Office Barrister, Notary Public, Convey-| over Livingstone’s Drug Store, corn- er Main and Wallace streets. Phone ‘ ancer Office over E. D. Bolton, O-L.S. 69. Night phone 113. "Phone 48 i ts A. G, SHIELL, M. D. ‘ Physician and Surgeon # Diseases of Women ‘and Surgery. ~ one 13 » #H. B. MORPHY. K. Barrister, Notary Public, Rg ancer, Solicitor fo- Pank Com- merce, Listowel, Milverton; Riwoed. Money to loan. Office over D 77 A Office. Inkerman Street, West. Hacking’ s Drug Store, Main St. Lis- Opposite Presbyterian Church. DR. F. J. R. FORSTER ye, Ear, Nose and Throat Graduate in medicine, University of Toronto. Late assistant New York Ophthal- mic and Aural Institute, Moorefield’s Bye and Golden Square Throat Hos- J. C. HAMILTON, B, A. Solicitor err Conveyancer, : of oy Money to loan. Office on south side ; of Main street, over Miss _ wat imery Parlors. . Bonds for Sale. X rrister, v 5 ndon, Eng. 53 Waterloo St. Stratford, Phone 267 Will be in Listowel the first Monday in the month, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m VETERINARY R. J. MILNER, V.S., B.V.Sc. ©. MORTON SCOTT, B. A. Barrister, sar Public, Convey- Office over adtiea's Hardware Store, Main street. Surgeon Office with Sol. Weber, Mill St. ° DENTAL W. G. E. SPENCE Dentist, Graduate of the Dentist a Departmen one 296. Residence? Bay St., Phone 368. INSURANCE FIRE INSURANCE In best companies; also accident, au- mobile, burglary, plate glass an re insurance. Automobile insur- an 85 cts. per 100.~Your business solicited. BE. D. BOLTON. ate of Th Surgeons, Toron’o, Office over Schin- bein's Store For painless extraction we use nit- rous oxide oxygem gas, also conduct- ive anaesthesia. R. F. TAYLOR, L.D.S.; D.D.S. MUSIC Graduate of the Royal college a - to uni- : See Surpuens, and at Soronre s PERCIVAL F. HOADLEY rsity. Nitrous Oxide Gas for Extractions.| Teacher in singing, piano, organ, Offiie over J. C. McDonald's store . Phone 60 Pupils “prepared for Toronto Con- servatory examinations up to and in- 4 cluding L. T. C. M. degree. F. 8T. C. WILSON, L.D.S.; D.D.S. Studio Phone 308. Graduate of Royal College of = Denta! Surgeons, Toronto University. Office over Banzley’s new store Phone 23 for appointments, to lend on Farms, First, Second Mortgage Call or write me at once and net your sn arranged by return mail vance CHIROPRACTIC L. O. WHITFIELD, D. C. jiropractor Graduate of Palmer School! of Chir- op aca epact, JO over John- Office on Main street. stone's Jewellery store. Hours 10 to aah on, 2 to 5 p.m. Evenings and ; \ otHer hours by appointme nt. Phone| . No, 9 Consultation free. | LEO ONARD or = EAR OIL W. J. Dowd | or pond nad othera and alwaye sells FNESS to oth | EA NATIONAL FARM AGENCY | D and Phone 246, Listowel. | OPTOMETRIST ; ——— -| A.O. LEONARD. INC. ‘ial W. A. Johnstone } 70- STAVE... MEW YORK Registered Optometrist. Over 26 | years experience | — Main St. Listowel. | —_— ———————— | DR. H. &. s. MALLORY ioe ae | Stop Night Graduate of the ve eggs Coughs Science, Toronto. GOéf{ice ver's Jewellery store. FUNERAL DIRECTOR One dose of Buckley’s - W. F. McLAUGHLIS returns. Keep it handy Emba! v and funeral] Director : Graduate of Canadian embalming Residence and parlors, Main «anda half blocks east of hurch. Night and ony calls ow ypuy att Phone 227. Motor or horse desired. oquivment as coughs, bronchitis and all throat and chest irri- tations. Stops os spells as soon as Wards off the more dan- gerous diseases — pneu- monia, flu, ete. All druggists sell Buck- Z or” Modified"on a money refunded"guarantee. 75<—40 doses BUCKLEYS ‘DR loy . ; ted ine pur. ; W. K. Buckley, Licnited, lic, -have found 142 Mutual St., Terento # 205 nT iit, and all in the pockets of them in ‘the Gevernment as iwith it ¢ ‘nothing of pins and cotton. A . RB YNOLDS, 77 Victoria St., Toronto, |! ‘|her brow in the dark and then. laugh- ‘7 dia? You needn't be a hypocrite as well as 4 flirt." Then, with a eudden| 04 \emeses memanenssanccann Bal ¥ heoatmeacontl - ' CHAPTER VIII home she found = telegram,| “On no account keep appointment.” To persons of Sally's turn of mind) it’ is very pleasing to find that you have done a thing which somebody) PY forbids. She sat down Armitage Ja faithful account of the forbidden interview, and she did not} tell him that his telegram had arriv-| tae about, he would have shown the error of his ways. smiled and sparkled as ehe wrote When the letter was ready she asked Mrs. Callender .to take it to the post, and as it chanced, Mra. “Cal- lender met Mr. Preston and gave him the letter instead of going on to the pillar box with it herself. “Just drop it. in as you go along. _— mes, and I'l step in and see Han. ah,” ehe said. And Mr. Preston, ac- antnectint cheerfully, put the letter in his pocket and forgot all about it until next day, when he found it with a guilty start, and cuuiea it twenty-four hours late He thought it best not to mention the matter, either to Hannah, his Sally wife, or to her cousin, Ellen Callen- der, “least said, soonest ~ mended, and I ‘ates unpleasantness," being his ingenuous thought He was on his way up ag the cot- ; tage with another telegra talk,’ is contin- . “She makes a good cup of tea, but she do talk, and be- tween her and Hannah 1 shouldn't hear the last of it this side of Easter.’ e round to the back door with & cheery ‘Mornin,’ Ellen,"’ and produced the orange envelope “A wonderful! lot of telegrams your Miss Sally a-ha e re- marked as he Banded | it over to Mrs. Calle nder “And a turn they always give me, whether or no.” Mrs. Callender took the telegram gingerly as she spoke “And what is it this said. "Waste of money is w ping do p a-lum on of the taxes. What do they know to ruin you, and linen pillowcases double what they was before the war, to say 6can- 1 call it, and time it was And what did you say It] was this time, James”’” iv Prestin’s slightly bewildered, which had been roving as if in} of something. here came to} rest upon the familiar orange enve) ; ope dal is what eyes, search “Meaning x the telegram, pie! n len?” he red. “Oh, it’s only to say as ‘e's coming down pete evening j aggiving six-thirty at Le on, and wants ‘er to me=-t him Mr Preston | stopped and chuckled. “It'll al match, I suppose," he said complac- | ntly. “Hlannah. she 6ays nG; says! and once! But chuck once, says a match it'll be, reason to suppose as 'e' with hi Joe fares and his te fegrams | vt meaning business,’ Callender enig- lives longest’ HI if ‘e w “Ah mat fally. see mos Sally walked to Lenton to meet the| six-thirty. It was very dark as éhe stepped into the lane, and ehe stood for a moment looking about her and watching until she could soho the sky-line above the trees , but she did hot w i the trees and he ane mnee out like ink blotches on a dense, gyen dusk, and |Sally stepped out, with the wind | blowing in her face, soft with a hint ‘of rain to come. She loved walking in the dark; everything so large, and quiet and vague, and the wind mov- ing on enormous gentle wings. It ave her what she without-end t as | } ould never quarrel with not even with Bill. ought always to go to church in empty fields at midnight.'’ she reflected. Presently she permitted herself to think about Bill. Nice to feel there was @ tons of good advice he could place at her disposal. She would try and re- member all Bill’e niceness 60 a5 not to quarrel with him tonight. But, on the other hand, supposing he was too nice, supposing—Sally wrinkled ed. ‘‘He very nearly forgot and killed me last time he went nile She laughed again. “Are you going to pretend that you would mind if he of Bil. for that. sort bappen. another chance, thing simply doesn’t pale blue the head, at finish Too Much Hockey . ? Ruined Donald’s Health Tt t# often said that tears are jus a ston removed from joy. Poor ni knows that. At the e of 16 wee ationding i high school, playing on & pee ding to parties and do- s that a red-blooded joy wan at 7 gloom made its Sopeerane tere wa aothing to ao, aan yee 9 5 ahi pital tos a thowodeh 7 eighteen etone, and ‘he'll always re- member what a lucky escape he had from you It was at this moment that Sally w the beam of light. It sprang out of the dark—dazzling, ‘brilliant— shifted, amd fell in a tong the Iane, making foctenes dust look like craters, peeb like boulders, each with its hard inky shadow. > it and wrote Major hi Tel and she noted the “loa ] H rjl Nice to be going to " uj calmly. threw it away, and you needn't think) to o you're going to have fool’s luck and| ray across} ¢ was strange to ‘Billy, Sat he ‘Might ‘had a -ehowed. hex aib ai legs before this ab gy dad was Over, if luck. would se enh ‘ “Miss. M Meredith? ht the man, tri ™ afraid I have an pear peer ng. “What do you want?" “sala Sally, a little sharply. “My dear Miss Meredith, really ee to ask me tha “It would one time it you would come to the po h, I'm Leg pressed for time— not in the least. It is you who are in a hurry. For myseif,- I find it a charming night for a talk.’ “Let me pass,” found herself caught , do you said Sally, and by the left wrist “Yo ur pardon—not yet,”’ said “the man. “But I will come, as you say, to the point. You sent on Monday a message. It was to say that you were not a foel—a very interesting mes sage, and in responee to it I am here o deal with a young lady who is not a fool, but of eufficient intelligence o see when good terms are offered her. “Let go my wrist,” said Sally, in perefctly colourless tones. E white fury was upon her, which complete- iy purged her of fear. She felt as deadly as an electric wire. The m released her, but stood his ground. 00d terms,"’ he repeated. “For ‘yourself and for M. Lasalle.’ “Ye o “Shall I state them?" “If you like.’ } “For M. Lasalle—safety and re- lease, and for you also safety and} ed He leaned forward and mention a sum of money that fairly goed | Sally's breath away. She started in voluntarily, and = i? continued to | speak in a low, rapid fashion tha t} was more un-English than his accent. ! * or this you will do one thing.) one eiingla thing pod will open the | fed lacquer lase. M. Lasalle he hae} consented. he takes w hat gee hap-| pened as an omen. To him it Fate | that has intervened, and he accepta| what Fate has done. Only——-you kno f you are eoined to lose your} him. he has a e6cruple of conscience! head and fly off the handle. —he will not himself open the case. | onsider the hammer x He washes his hands of the whole] — +--+ ———_ thing He has a new idea--—-some- Garl js about the onty thing yet thing beneficient that Beapist' make his| ame kn n. The ntor's fever | is upon him again, end for the form- |'\—— ula in the Incquer ease he no longer cares. He says ‘Go to Sally. she will | aa it te you Leave me in peace | Is that all?" sald Sal ly. quietly. | “Ts it not epoupe “Oh de “What f more then? ‘The simplest thing in the world written authorisation from M salle * The man swore under hig “You cannot have it." "Then—" Sally made a slight gest The man's hand touched her and lifted again Meredith, I do not you understand. That fermula most sclemnly intend to have say you are not a fool. Then reflect. ] Those who can offer gry a sum as have offered that they the vituation? i yu, aS One person | of intelligence with another. We have e| the case, und in the case we have the, formula; but we cannot open the| case without risking the destruction | of what we seek. Our experts have| examined the case. and they an-} nounce that they nang gh recommend an eee at forcing i “No aid Sally. "That’a just what M. Lainie told me. I expect vou heard kim. By the way, was it you at the window?" The man threw out hand. “That report of the experts decides breath. | ure | shoulder 3 think an impatient you. If you open it, yon are rich and late, and if not—you e “Yes Le | do not threaten—I beg you to understand that I do not threaten— I deal only with facts. It is a faci that if you open the case you will be and it is a fact that ff that if you do not open it, it is better for you that you were never born. In the end you will open it—that goes without saying—but first you will wish, By I have - were neve pee net hesitate petwenn such facts as t sid "Ty not hesitating,’ said Sally Fire ~via induce am case without M le’ authority. t that ite cleay? 21 don't mind repeating it Mf it’s » and : don t mind in the least how-ofte n tt." al will marry a nice fat girl wto takes/ say gat “aagpose’: nag the man, ‘that e to admire your spirit. “You you think, “porhape, that Believe mé When } fay that a" 80 unintelligent & position rar arouses in me contempt; and fI have any other ling it is, per- wanes & little, yee; jist a little pity, because, after all, ree are young and charming; a aste youth and pase? 1 want Satly stood still and stared: me from the hea atight-ot motor bicycle. She could the vague outline close in Santer thi hi The ray ot adem : and ae sh : Th meet Sf you may to get to the station.” “To Major Armitage? Yes, now: Was it not who eed vee t not always jbad up till Souk. Scottish, Bank Holidays: day each In A ay bed adds a well at the 3 Balpbured, » makes holiday spine the las in July. ‘In: ~— ue ee of isch: loe¢al ribes other holidays be- sides Rabe ge legally ordained. All Whit-Week is play-time for Manches- ter, and at the wakes or feasts many northern towns close down. EAP, | ‘The custom of thus/taking holiday | ters take their holiday together, so that after sunset the city {s a place of darkness. At wakes time in ire towns, there is one postal delivery, and most shops close from Saturday night until the follow- ing Thursday morning. Custom also affects the resumption of work after a holiday cash. and Yorkshire tiekie-éc at once, whereas nothing is done In the Clyde shipyards on the day after the Glas- gow Fair. To deter workers from thus ex- tending a break in the common round, there is a singular practice in some establishments. If a man turns up on the Tuesday after Bank Holl- day, he is paid for that day. If he oes not re-start till Wednesday morning, he forfeits two days’ wages. Immeasurable is the difficuity of breaking through any customs of this in Lancashire village was ab- sorbed by a neighboring borough, and old time, instead of making holiday with the rest of the town. Fleece- Lined tion i Sade aad snu, Be aaa and long, hard w qu hi Lined No, 37. ENMANS Fleece-lined under wear Lib Be Pe ace! protec- it is a 1925 garment—with all th weating most efficient whanufacturing methods can produce. Made in both Two-piece and Union Suits. CONSIDER THE HAMMER It keeps its hea It doesn't fly off the handle. It keeps pounding away. It finds the point, then drives it | home. It looks at the other side, bons and) thus often clinches the matte | It draws as well as cron | It uses Pull as well as Pushes It makes mistakes, but awe n iy does it starts all over It is the only knocker in the world | that does any g¢co discovered that will kill the odor cf! onions | the swite h. and tne sharp little beam! flashed out upon the man whom ehe | now seen only as a dark The light showed her a figure of medium height, a leather jacket,! DOMINION STORES CANADA'S ‘LARGEST LIMITED RETAIL, GROCERS Where Quality Counts” JUST ABOUT 2 WEEKS TO CHRISTMAS With this thought in mind, we have stocked all our stores with all the good things that go to make, Christmas. Here you will find large, fresh stocks of Raisins, Peel, Cur- rants, Dates, Figs, Nuts, Candy, and all DOMINO BRAND Baking Powder }!. CHOICE, RECLEANED, FILIATRA CURRANTS 2. 23c NEW CANDIED LEMON and ORANGE PEEL 25c\)b. 19c. ‘and a head most effectually disguis- y ed by a leathér cap and motor gog-; the necessities for Contains No Alum gles: the chin was sunk in a dark our Christmas Cake, No. 3 muffler, So far #6 recognition was} Puddings and Mince- PAIL PURE LARD 57c edncerned she had gained nothing, | if and as the Hight fell upon him, the] meat, if you make your . meyer: or DOMEST man gripped her wrist and turned! € prices are eo. EN 45 it back upon herself exceptionally low. PAIL SHORT ING Cc The sudden dazzle and glare made hey pat On nun tear econ ben Seedless Raisins 2 lbs. 27c }] MIXED NUTS 25c lb. fear which up till now she had not| ff Hallowi Dates 2 Ibs. 25c | NEWLARGEBRAZILS 29c lb. | felt. , He stood locking at her with the | TABLE FiGS 25c Ib. Shelled Walnuts lds 49c Ib, ve on her face Then he said grave | # Flavoring Extracts 3 for 25c | Shelled Almonds SQc Ib. "“T shall be quite “oc to know rou | Aunt Dinah Molasses 177 GROUND ALMONDS 25c again. but do not think vou will a . know me. Think a net le of what I Pastry Spice 2 oz. 3 tins 25c ICING SUGAR 3 lbs. 25c have said. Think Intelligen Good- bye, Miss Sally.” He dropped her wrist. turned his; I back. and walked over to the motor! bievcle under the hedge. } Sa stood where ake was, and | heard him start the engine. She did not move when the: noisy, thudding thing came by within.a yard of her but as soon as it was past she flaeh- ed her torch upon the number plate, and stamped her foot with éudden fury. These people took no chances. A fold of newspaper covered the pists. adjusted, no doubt, just before et ber, and removable as soon a Dominion Stores DOMINION LOAF CHEESE 35%, TEA are direct im- our Blends teday. RICHMELLO 795, | SELECT GQc lb. DS.L. Balk 59clb4 CRI FOR A BREAKFAST TREAT EAT the BACON 40% a y SLI CO The Ideal Cooking Fat 1 Ib. 29c 3 Ibs. 83 CANDY A 3 Ib. Box of delicious assorted | EOZOL ATER 99c BUTTERSCOTCH 2ic Ib. 102C y could have cried with pure + rage as she put her useless’ torch back In her pocket and set out for the station; but behind the rage there was fear, and presently her an-| fed down and t A fom rose a-! bout her like a cold mist. When the _— of the station pd into view t was all she could do to keep to her stander walking pace. She wanted to run, and she knew that, if she began to run, panic would take — nd yk She came up to the statio: the Londomrain came in. Only these 8 tion quite OF aenly she did not feel she could etand any longer. She dered when it had rained. The t was quite wet. It hadn't rained r Chark. There must have been shower here just now. Why hadn't Bill come? What on earth had hap- ed? Sally shut her eyes. The feeling h ehe-had described to Bill as “everything sliding” c n her with renewed force and there was no Bill to take hold of. No Bill here, and nearly three miles of apr lane Settnae her and bome. She got up, and walked through the little Sate. Toy with ffs smell of fish and ite } bright, hard light and out through She stood dark. | When she had stood there for five }minutes.and had called herself every sort of a name that she could think if, she get This is practically your last op- \ portunity to your wife a White Cap Washer on sale terms. Christmas f One of the grandest presents you could give her. Enquire now.