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He was not at all anxious to see §ir Walter; but there was no alâ€" sn crive â€" and. Sirs Walter_ was He was not at . Sir Walter; but ternative, and shown into the 1 was very glum. Lady Wanisss erâ€" self affected a good numor which hardly deceived him, and cerftainiy . did not deceive any one else. "He was oblisged to be off this mornin«, Because of his dusics," said Laay Wanless. ‘‘He told me that it was to be so, but I did not like to say anything about it yesterday."‘ Georâ€" giana turned up her nose, as much as to say that the going and coming of Major Rossiter was not a matter of much â€" importance to any one there, and, least of all, to her. Exâ€" cept the father, there was not a person in the room who was not wware that Lady Wanless nad missed her fish. § But she berself was not quite sure . even yet that she had failed a,lto-\ gether. _ Bhe was a woman who j hated failure, and. who seldom | failed. She was brave of heart too, ' and able to figzht a losing battle to ; the last. She was very angry with the Major, who she well knew was . endeavoring to escape from her} toils. But he would not on that acâ€". count be the less useful as a sonâ€"inâ€" | law ;â€"nor on that account. was she | the more willing to allow him to esâ€" “ cape. With five daughters without fortunes it behooved her as a moâ€" ther to be persistent. She would not give it up, but must turn the matter well in her mind before she took further steps. She feared that a simple invitation could hardly bring the Major back to Brook Park. Then there came the letter from the Maior which did not make the matter easier. "‘My dear,‘"‘ she said to her husâ€" band. sitting down opposite to him in his room, "‘that Major Rossiter {‘sn’,t'; behaving quite as he ought to o. { "I‘m not & bit surprised,"" sarxdl We _ were . quite . surpriscn _ J2 uo oc toey the Baronet angrily, "I never knew ! should bave left us so early that nalia of presents a anybody from _ Wadham behave morning." eatings and drinkin well." . "I had told Lady Wauless." is got up for the goc "He‘s quite a. gentleman, if you | ‘"Yes; I know. Nevertheless we | men. If I were to mean that," said Lady Wanless;| were surprised.. Now, Maior Rosâ€"| should like to slip «@and he‘s sure to do very well in | siter, what do you mean to do about corner, just as tho the world; amd poor Georgiana is |â€"aboutâ€"about this young lady }‘ ing to get an extr really fond of himâ€"â€"which doesn‘t | The Major sat sileat. He could not from Mrs. Bakewe!! surprise me in the least."" _ _â€" lpz-etend to be isnorant what young, "That wouldn‘t d encz |lady was intended after the letter | Brook BParck."" & cz whichk he had. himself written to* "I suppose not.‘"‘ fi_ Lady Wanless. ‘"‘Th‘s, you know, is "‘Nor yet for the P 7 â€" a very p°inful kind of thing, Majorl (To be con Or, Th Bird That Pecked at Are you one of those to whom every meal is another source of suffering ? Naâ€"Druâ€"Co Dyspepsia Tablets will help your disordered stomach to digest any reasonable meals, and will soon restore It to such perfect conâ€" dition that you‘ll never feel that you have a stomach. _ Take one after each meal. 50c. a Box at your Druggist‘s. _ Made by the National DPrug and Ghemical Co. of Canada, Limited. s 150 2 A>â€"â€" ffih o Aibcreniceniennaan LON TEAâ€""Pure and Clean to a Leaf" BLACK, MIXED OR } Sealed Packets Only NATURAL CGREEN / Beware of Imitations 05 The Invitation ; Not at all. He has said a great ‘Iâ€"can blame myself. L cannol UJZ2 * deal to herâ€"much more than he derstand how there should have | t ought to have done, if he meant noâ€" been such a mistake ; but it did not, t thing. But the truth"is, youngs men at any rate, arise with me.‘‘ . nqw-a-days never kPOW their own| Then the Baronet sat dumb. He ‘mlnds unless there is somebody to | had been specially instructed not keep them up to the mark. _ You to give up the interview till he had must go and see him."‘ ' wbtained some sign of. weakness "IIU?" said the afflicted father. from the enemy. If he could only“ ‘ "Of course, my dear. A few juâ€" | induce the enemy to promise anâ€" | \dicious words in such case may do Sther vilt to Brook Park that. !so much. I would not ask Walter would be much. ff heâ€"could obtain ig | to go,"‘â€"Walter was the eldest son, some expression of liking or admirâ€" l \who was with his regiment â€" "beâ€" ation for the young lady that would _ cause it might lead to quarreling. be something. If he could induce | 1 would not have anything of that the Maior to allude to delay as beâ€"‘. kind, if only for the dear girl‘s ing necessary, further operations sake.â€" But what you would say would be founded on that basis. Butb | would be known to nobody ; and it nothing kad been obtained. “It’sl ‘might have the desired effect. Of the mostâ€"the mostâ€"the most as, course you will be very quietâ€"and tonishing thing I ever heard,""‘ he | very serious also. Nobody could do said at last. . it better than you will. There ean | "I do. not know that L can say _ be no doubt that he has trifled with anything further.‘ \the dear girl‘s affections. Why‘l "Il fell you what,"" said the ‘ else has he been with her whenever | Baronet.. ‘"Comeâ€" down and see ‘ he has been here! It was so vis |Lady Wanless. The women underâ€" ible on Wednesday that everybody | stand these things much better than /‘ was congratulating me. Old Lafdylwe do. Come down and talk ib : Deepbell asked whether the day was over with Lady Wanless. â€"She , fixed. I treated him quite as though| won‘t propose anything that isn‘t / it were settled. Young men do so proper."‘ In answer to this the s wften get these sudden starts of Major shook â€"his head. _ ‘"‘YÂ¥ou y doubt. _ Then, sometimes, just a wona‘t!" 1 â€" word afterward will put it all| ‘"It would do no good, Sir Walâ€" A richt."" In this way the Baronct ter. It would be painful to me, and zx was made to understand that he must, I should say, be distressing to T must go and see the Major. the young lady.‘"‘ e\ He postponed the unwelcome task| "Then you won‘t do anything t‘ â€"\till his wife at last drove him out| ‘There is nothing to be done."‘ a of the house. ‘"‘My dear,"‘ she said, "Upon my word, I never heavyd t | "will you let your child die broken-\ such & thing in all my life, Major d hearted for want of a word ?‘ When Rossiter. You come down to my \it was put to him in that way he| house, and thenâ€"thenâ€"then _ yol e found himself obliged to go, though, | won‘tâ€"you won‘t come again. T« 35 \to tell the truth, he could not find be sure he was at Wadham, but J 10|any sign of heartâ€"breaking sorrow did think your father‘s son woul m l:el,bout his child. He was not allowâ€", Bave behaved better."" Then h« o, \ed to speak to Georgiana herself, picked up his hat from the floor an< is _ vO uesis o o c o spamiad ant af thoâ€"roonr without an M pOcE is S on oc n w en ertecty. answer to his letter; a reply that C 3 €BLDO M T e ie o ie n 1 might be indignant, or piteous, a;dâ€"l1 monitory, or simply abusive, as the | case might be,â€"one which might | too probably require a further corâ€"‘ respondence; but it hbhad never 0Câ€" curred to him that Sir Walter would come in person. But there he was in the roomâ€"by no means with that pretended air of geniality with which he bad last received the Maâ€" jor down at Brook Park. The greetâ€" %ing, however, between the gentleâ€" men was courteous if not eordial, land then Sir Walter began his task. "‘We were quite surprised you should bave leftf us so early that a.very p~l Rosciter." ”Vl ter."" «When I remembered that I had 1 been at Christchurch and your exâ€" cellent father at Wadham both at the same ftime, I thought that I micht trust wou in my house withâ€" out the slichtest fear." "I make bold to sav. Fir Walter, that you were ovite justified in that exvbectation, whether it was foundâ€" ed on your having been at Christâ€" church or on my nosition and charâ€" acter in the world." â€" He know that the scene would be easier to him if he conld work himse!f up to a litâ€" \tle indienation on his own part. ter "‘There can, I think, be no doubt that vou hayeâ€"in point of fact, paid attention to my daughter.""‘ Sir Walter was a gentlems>n, and folt that the task imnosed unon him grotod against his better fealines, "If you mean that I have taken b GArd yet T am toldâ€"I am toldâ€"" "What are you told, Sir Walâ€" l}” ery painful indeed, the Window. Sir Walâ€" steps to win her affections, you have been wrongly informed.‘‘ ‘"‘That‘s what I do mean you not received just now & Park asâ€"as paying atten her ?" S yAAAE Oe‘ oo opimnle e oc made. It certainly was not made | by me. 1 felt myself much fattered by being received at your house. I wrote the other day a line or two to Lady Wanless and thought I had explained all this."" Sir Walter opened his eyes when he heard, for the first time, of the letter, but was sharp enough not to exhibit his ignorance at the moment. ‘"I don‘t know about exâ€" plaining,""‘ he said. _ ‘‘There, are some things which can‘t be so very well explained. My wife assures me that that poor girl has been deâ€" ceived_â€"cruelly deceived. _ Now 1| put it to you, Major Rossiter, what ought you as a. gentleman to do ?"" _ "Really, Sir Walter, you are not entitled to ask me any such quesâ€" .tion.” 5 \ «Not on behalf of my own child § |â€" <©I cannot go into the matwrs | from that view of the case. I can |only declare that 1 have said noâ€"| ‘thing and done nothing for which ‘T can blame myself. I cannot unâ€" | derstand how there should have | been such a mistake ; but it did not, ‘at any rate, arise with me.‘" . |_ Then the Baronet sat dumb. He | had been specially instructed not |\to give up the interview till he had wbtained some sign of. weakness from the enemy, If he could. only linduce the enemy to promise anâ€" ) wther visit to Brook Park that : would be much. ff heâ€"could obtain , some expression of liking or admirâ€" â€" ation for the young lady that would : be something.. If he could induce 6 the Maior to allude to delay as beâ€" "I hope not." ‘‘You hope not, "I hope no _ S ©eBSCE OM AORIICE |1 "i do, not know that L can say anything further.‘‘ | "IPMH fell you what,""‘ said the \ Baranet._ ."‘Comeâ€" down and see AMUe enc on o e U be something. If he could induce the Maior to allude to delay as beâ€" ing necessary, further operations would be founded on that basis. But nothing had been obtained. ‘"It‘s the mostâ€"the mostâ€"the most asâ€" tonishing thing I ever heard,"" he said at last. 4 V3 uhi‘ finelbeters o in tmint M 2 "‘Then you won‘t do anything t‘ ©"There is nothing to be done."‘ \ "TUpon my word, I never heaxd: such & thing in all my life, Major Rossiter. You come down to my house, and thenâ€"thenâ€"then you won‘tâ€"you won‘t come again. To be sure he was at Wadham, but & did think your father‘s son would have behaved better.‘" _ Then he picked up his hat from the floor and shuffled out of the room without anâ€" other word. ids Tidings that Sir Walter hac been up to London and had called upon Major Rossiter made their way inâ€" to Becetham and reached the ears of the Dugdalesâ€"but not correct d4ings as to the nature of. the conâ€" tidings as versation Mrs. Dugdale to Alice. ‘‘As he has been up to town I suppose it‘11 be settled soon."‘ The sooner the better for all parties,"‘ said _ Alice chesrily. "‘When a man and a woman have agreed together, I can‘t see why they shouldn‘t at once walk off to the church arm in arm."‘ ‘‘The lawyers have so much to do." > "Bother the lawyers! the.parson ought to do all that is necessary, and the soonmer the better. Then there would not be such parapherâ€" nalia of presents and gowns and eatings and drinkings, all of which is got up for the good of the tradesâ€" men. If I were to be married, I should lLike to slip out round the corner, just as though I were goâ€" ing to get an extra loaf of bread from Mrs. Bakewell." > | _ «That wouldn‘t do for my lady at ‘Nor yet for the Major.‘‘ (To be continued.) ‘ How Johnny Exolained It. "Johnny,"‘ asked a nervous neighbor, ‘"what makes the baby at your house ery so much ?" ' "It doesir‘t cry so. very much,"‘ was the big brother‘s indignant anâ€" swer, ‘"and, any way, if your teeth was all out and your hair was all off, and your legs was so weak that you couldn‘t stand on them, you‘d feel like crying yourself." Good Scheme. "Out at my uncle‘s the people go to bed with the chickens.‘"‘ "Well, at the price chickens sell at now they are certainly worth at now th watching." Boeys wonder when it , Maior Rossiter t‘ such mistake was mean. _ Were now at Brook attention ~to Send Post Card toâ€" day for, how to make Send at once before they are a@ll gone, _ Address P.0. Box 1256, Montreal, Can. Mo d called up_On\ The year was the first under the: their way inâ€"| general management of Mr: H. V. hed the ears Meredith, and the fact that the _ not correct profits for the. year were some re of the conâ€"| $242.000 greater than those of the \previous year, must be regarded as will be," said\not only satisfactory to the shareâ€" . ©(Ag he has holders, but as complimentary to ippose it‘ l1 bo | the foresight and business sagacity ‘of the General Manager. _ It is haetior tfar‘ all doubt{ul if the Bank of Montreal so much to \ King Otto of Bavaria, now sixty-‘ four years old, and known the world \over as the ‘crazy King,‘‘ seems far from death, as he spends most of his ‘time sitting on the ground gazing into space. He appears healthy and | strong, and it is believed he has still many years to live. His lunacy ‘dates back to nearly a decade prior 'lto the tragic death of his elder broâ€" ‘‘ ther, Louis IL. \ That the Bank of Montreal is one of our oldest as well as one of out | most important . financial instituâ€" ‘tions, was emphasized by the fact ‘that the Annual Report held this ‘week was the 95th in the Bank‘s history. The Bank is yearly occuâ€" }pying a more. important place fim D uET mdah ced Mc history. The Bank is yearly ogeuâ€"| o :> pying a more important place in‘lankmal the financial, commercial and in | the co dustrial expansion of the Dominion. The The Annual Report presented, and C which covered the year ending the, comPT 1st October, 1912, showed net proâ€" ancial fits for the year of $2.518,000, which cond it with a balance brought forward of the P $1;855,000 and the premwiums on new {lent,' \stoek amounting to $834,000, make|J0n a= ‘a total of over $5,207,000 available| MarY for distribution. Quarterly diviâ€" at th ~dends and two bonuses absorbed | was < |$1,894,000. The sum of $1,000.000| SUS \was transferred to rest account, | throm $1,000,000 to contingent accounb,‘us“al and $511,000 expended. on bank | ProS! premises, which left a balance to| as P be earried forward of $802,000. The Mr. \Bank has now total assets of nearly cultu $237,000,000, making it one of the| mm strongest financial institutions on | factu \the continent. During the year it the :s increased its paidup capital to $16,â€" cally 000,000, increased its rest accouwnt | Cofu to a similar sum, made large gains| SlOon. |in deposits and in eurrent loans, Mr ‘{opened a number of new branches, ferre , | and otherwise kept pace witlhs the l ETOY | growing prosperity of the Dominâ€" PS ion. The fact that the Bank made fort] E current loans of nearly $120,000.009 | Act, R shows that there is a big demand in mig] the country for banking accommoâ€" thou dation, and that the Bank of Montâ€" ‘ was 1 real is doing its full share in caterâ€" also -‘iing to the business needs of the , hens communities where its branches | of 1 a |are located.. iban' Closed Best Year KING OTTO OF BA VARILA. THE BANK < oF MONTREAL. w in Its History. PERRIN flo, GLOVES was ever in as good condition to‘ Apnual AEDOLV LLSSc00 _ O ces take care of the growing needs of\ently satisfactory to. the is the Dominion: than it is at the preâ€" holders present, and should sent time. â€" Its.increase in paidup equally so to business men thr capital and. rest accounts, its gain| out the country as well. in deposits total assets and other _1 e matters, makes i6 peculiarly fitted sAvED BY A HORSE. \to take a ieading place in the finâ€" S | ancial and industrial expansion of,; The Animal Showed Almost 6 \ the country. 5 Understanding. ' The addresses of the President| Hamdanie, an Arab horse and General Manager were both | by Pierre Ponafidine during h comprehensive reviews â€" of the finâ€"| yels in the Moslem East, was ancial, commercial and industrial| versal favorite on account eonditions: prevailing throughout,d‘ocflity' and intelligence. the Dominion _ That of the Presiâ€" | Ponafidine zays in ce dent, which referred to the Dominâ€" Moslem. Kast,"" t’hat 1b was 3 ljon as a whole, was a masterly sum-lqi},ht to sea him Lease s es esc ns e e en See that the trademark 1s every glove. he CcOUnURy. The addresses of the President| Hamdanie, an Arab horse owned ind General Manager were both | by Pierre Ponafidine during his traâ€" . comprehensive reviews . of the finâ€"| vels in the Moslem East, was a uniâ€" ancial, commercial and industrial| versal favorite on account of his conditions: prevailing throughout\ docility and intelligence. Mr. the Dominion. That of the Presiâ€"| Ponafidine says, in "Life im the. dent, which referred to the Dominâ€"| Moslem East,""‘ that it was a pretty ion as a whole, was a masterly S.qm'lsiorht to see him tease his groom mary of the conditions prevallm_v,\ when the man was cleaning the staâ€" at the present Lims. The address! pjes. â€"With his teeth he would slyly was optimistic in ibs fone. Mr. A*â€"| undo the man‘s belt, extract his eas deciarins that . conrditi0rS| pandkerchief from the eapacious throughout the Dominion were UNâ€" | Apap pocket, Of take off his groom‘s usually ‘sound and that satisfactory | fet aud hol-ci 1t in his teeth men us progress might be.e.xpected ds tont s ypreet out of reach x as present _con‘d1t-‘10ns pf‘evafl'ed_. Another time he showed an alâ€" Lc cainema .0 i. Ne C o omnnrer Make a INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD C0., LIMITED CSnep c Sn Pm T Mr. Angus touched. upon the agtâ€"izawâ€"â€" Haman nundert s cultural expansion, the increase in!%OSt fi}(lil}mnan unde_gs.’candlfil;g. 3 M‘;'vs. immigration, the growth of manuâ€" | Ay" ne was LOMe J'I:i- o facturing, â€" railroad development, were returmte from a n edorllle the shipping industry, and, pl‘a,cti-\ evening, and as we e}l}ltereh,t a cally speaking, every phase of our town, we had to pass through. aT commercial and industrial expanâ€" archway and then turn sharply into tign:. i a narrow lane. Just as we entered y opineert m n1 ooo ceot fbazarch. with my wife leading the Famou s wherever gloves are wori. Noted for their Cit and Finish. ~â€" tion of ground corn, oats and rycâ€"anc b healthy, but also fatten up in a way to The average pig does not digest more + The other half is wasted. _( 1INTERNATI tones up the digestive apparatus, insures pe saves this waste in grain. _‘ INTERNATI is a purely vegetable preparationâ€"a won hogs well and vigorous, an [ protects tz % ravages of Pneumonia 2 _&Se ~ nice profit on your ""fall" pigs by feeding "INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD."" Get a poil toâ€"dey from your dealer, cswâ€"saswar erary tarn fA IIMEEE“ Tfifiafim Feed "INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOO _s of rround corn, oats and ryeâ€"and the; the May market,. AMOYOILNESEORS L AOSES C Caltooue ‘NTERNATIONAL ST@GKA FQ00.""* You can raise "fall"‘ pigs an1 have them fins the May market. All you need is a litrle ext NAL STOCK FOOD" with a combiniaâ€" s and ryeâ€"and they will not only keep i up in a way to astonish your neighbors. : digest more thaa half of the grain fed. « 1NTERNATIONAL ST@CL{F“ â€"atus, insures perfect dlgestioh.wzificfvtm «INTERNATIONAL STOCK FOOD" parationâ€"a wonderful tonicâ€"that keeps a an t protects them against the a fiéuhonia and Cholera. 78 Annual Report itself, were eminâ€" ently satisfactory _ to the shareâ€" holders present, and should prove equally so to business men throughâ€" out the country as well. were returning from a ride one evening, and as we entered the town, we had to pass through an archway and then turn sharply into a narrow lane. Just as we entered the arch, with my wile leading the party, a band of children came racâ€" l2 au.=za «he"lane. and one: atter ME CEA S Aii d c on mt en 1 archway and then turn sharply into a narrow lane. Just as we entered the arch, with my wile leading the party, a band of children came racâ€" ing down the lane, and one after the other, as they turned the corâ€" ner, they ran into Hamdanie, who was cantering and, as usual, prantâ€" ing: â€" ' T E. Remmeaneetescatiier c uns . foresaw the: awful accident that seemed unavoidable. The wise creaâ€" ture understood the danger as well as I did, and in a second stopped short and threw himself back. sitâ€" ting literally like a dog on his haunches with fore legs well spread, receiving one after another the chilâ€" dren, who ran full into his arms, aS it were. Hard as the position was" for horse and rider, he kept it up ‘iuntil the last child had run round the corner into him. The little ones picked themselves up, quite unconâ€" scious of the fate from which the horse‘s kindness had saved them, .. turned cold with horror as m fina and fat for trle extra care and al Showed Almost HumaDp Understanding. s 1