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e next wall. in France. Tho forward acrou bring up one. o! Boumanian in- he side of the Al- n Germany mint strength ln tho British armies will oke belore long. w British front 0! es there has been ntration o! troop: I! witnessed in m s to Arraa tho prepare {or the s a million and a alanx more [or- that with which e the Russian linel t' Nation. New b Persian Gull. lion to be obtained 3 or in the vast. ”as that count, tho D would thus be re- aelensive in tho I» about to begin. It [or the principal 5 mm e same time devel- mc attack in All. Ight her armies to wd within stinking he cried, “1 can't 3! kid yelling like n’t make him stop. the enemy ip tho NTRUDBR \l SEVXN flat 920D “'11. The (‘anadian House of Commons rereived a surprise Monday night when, just before adjournment, Hon Robert Rogers, who won leading the House. announced that the Govern- ment desired to moronic Pnrliunent next week. The Salomki correspondent 0! The London Daily Mail an: “Gen. Ser- r411 has gone to the front. ad Villa‘- ws tn the war zone have boon dfllod. U»1eave§' - Another Belgian woman In W n. Lave been executed by the 001'- mans. 1): x. W. W,aite the New To“ dé'utist, has been charged with m- uer in the first degree. Ontario Temperance Act to Hold Sway For Nearly Three Years " DRY " NEXT SEPTEMBER . | 3‘14,- n CBSlOn. 0‘ ‘ Govemmm ,,., ; -_ rr, waiting French Senators an. , 1.1: s 2.. onday night, Premier .1 _ .. -:. z. c opportunity to reply u. . -« . recently delivered in 11;. A . ‘. ' the Imperial Chan- (W 1).. .. .1 1.4::man-Hollweg. The 12- .‘ . I . togosing the toast, “Our 1);. .* r-rr'a-«i to V0!) Bethman- HM :o readiness on the :y to negotiate peace, . . German Chancellor tr; assume the attitude of a m a Notorious adversary. not defeated; we are not ~ defeated." Reiteratlng . were only prepared for W. a terms of his declaration ,, ‘ : *izif -l'. 1914. MP. Asquith pro- . m .1 "Great Britain and France 3, trui 11H,- war not to strangle Ger- man} or wipe her off the map of 5;“ .m-; 10' to destroy or mutilate 5.,4- .. .tiona) life. As a result of the war. .x» lntomd to establish the prin- mph“ that international problems must be. handled by free negotiation on equal terms between free peoples. and that this settlement shall no long- er be hampered or swayed by the overmasteri: lg dictation of a. Govern- uan «out: oiled by a military caste. That is what I mean by the destruc- tion of the military domination of Prussia-nothing more, but nothing 3 ,gggsglra AND PRUSSIA ran Motor Cars Flushed Ninety Battalionsâ€"Russian Activity U Turkmh P1 ondon and P ssibilities of Turks Long For Peace Turk Reinforcements na :* :cl or' s Saphistries Ex- ll Ill )k 36 K01 tion :ll‘ U!) e Terms on at t rks have 13!)! rail t an preceding year and L000 more than the estimated in his February 15th last; shows an increase 00,000 during the be war expenditure ' is given as 3134.- he final figures will for two or three ar tember 16th of ferendum some months later, on une, 1919, were tails of the On- : announced by says V38 1 teding more mate wry ll 48’ Young Turks Lounmgbian, Minister. to . inquire into 3;:th peace undon Daily ys: “Accord- the Russian Hl of Ailies OW n railhead. forcements the Turks nscription .‘Janiloha few days. 1 Canada. west will SI I] lar tting ).0( tlon W Ull the t} 1K This was not improvisation but for- i mula. adapted from other occasions to ’ the present encounter. Nevertheless. It was new to Penrod. an] be was so i taken with It that resentment lost It» 3 self in admiration. Hastily rommlt. u ting the gem to memory for use upon ; a dog owning friend. he lnthred in a : sociable tone: i “What’s your dog’s name?” “Dan. You better call your ole pup. 'cnnse Dan eats live dogs." Dan’s actions poorly supported his master's assertion. tor upon Duke’s ceasing to bark Dan rose and showed the most courteous interest in making the little old dog’s acquaintance. Dan had a great deal of manner. and it be- came plain that Duke was impressed favorably in spite of former prejudice, so that presently the two trotted amicably back to their masters and sat down with the harmonious but in- different air of having known each oth- er intimately for years. They won received without com. meat. though both boys looked at them reflectively tor a time. It was Penrod who spoke first. “What number you go to?” (In an “oral iuon in English” Penrod had been instructed to put this question in another form. “May 1 ask which of our public schools you attend 1’") “Us? What number do i go to? nid the stranger contsmotuouslv. “I Rupa Collins. H: several days after this Pen- z'ml thought of grOWlng up to he :1 monk and engaged in good works so far as to carry some kittens (that otherwise would have been drowned; and a pair of Margaret’s outworn dancing slippers to a poor. ungrateful old man sojourning in a shed up the alley. And although Mr. Robert Williams after a very short tn- terval began to leave his guitar on the front porch again. exactly as it he thought nothing had happened. Pen- rod. with his younger V1810!) of a fa- ther’s mood. remained coldly distant from the Jones neighborhood. With his own family his manner was gentle, proud and sad. but not for long enough to frighten them. The change came with mystifying abruptness at the end of the week. It was Duke Who brought it abom; Duke could chase a much bigger do; out of the Schotields' yard and far down the street. This might be thought to indicate unusual valor on the part of Duke and cowardice (n that of the bigger dogs whom he undoubtedly put to rout. On the contrary. all such [lights were founded in mere supersti- tion. for dogs are even more supersti- tious than boys and colored people, :md the most firmly established of all do: superstitions is that any dog. he he the smallest and feeblest in the world. can whip any trespasser what- soever. "What’ll make Duke sick?” Penrod demanded. “Eatin’ dead bulldogs people leave around here.” The fat faced boy gave Penrod a fishy stare. “You’d oughta learn him not to do that.” he said. “It’ll make him sick." “What will ?" The stranger laughed raspingly and gazed up the alley. where the hound, having come to a halt. now coolly sat down. and. with an expression of rogulsh benevolence, patronizingly watvhed the tempered fury of Duke. whose assaults and barkings were b0 ('omlng yerfunctory. A rat terrier believes that on his home grounds he can whip an ele- phant. It follows, of course, that I big dog, away from his own home, will run from a little dog in the little dog’s neighborhood. Otherwise the big dog must face a charge of inconsistency. and dogs are as consistent as they are superstitious. A dog believes in war, but he is convinced that there are times when it is moral to run, and the thoughtful physiognomist. seeing a big dog fleeing out of a little dog’s yard, must observe that the expression of the big dog’s face is more conscientious than alarmed. it is the expression of I person performing a duty to himself. Penrod understood these matters per- fectly. He knew that the gaunt brown hound Duke chased up the alley had fled only out or deference to a custom. yet Penrod could not refrain from bragging of Duke to the hound’s own- er, a fat faced stranger of twelve or thirteen, who had wandered into the neighborhood. “You better keep that ole yellow do: 0’ yours back." said Penrod ominous- ly as he climbed the fence. “You bet- ter catch him and hold him till I get mine inside the yard again. ane’l chewed up some pretty bad bulldog: around here." CHAPTER XIV. l! , , :\~\\\\\HI‘{”"_”'N/:gg~.; W” H] H 2535 o I “Yes," he said, feebly drawing back. “my name’: Penrod Schofleld." “Then I reckon your father and mother ain't tgot good sense,” said Mr. Collins promptly. this also being for ,lrv mnla. “1| “Why?” Penrod was cowed. but fascinated. He felt that there was something dan- gerous and dashing about this new- and you better look out what you a: when he's around or you’ll get in big trouble! You understand that. “Well." "rm-d Penrnd timhlly. “no body ever told me who Rupe Collins is. 1 got a right to think he’s the ”Oh!" i’enrod was humiliated but relieved. He felt that he had proved himself criminally ignorant. yet a peril seemed to have passed. “ltupe Collins is your name. then. I guess. I kind of thought lt was all the time." The fat faced boy still appeared em- hittered. burlesqutng this speech In a lmtoful falsetto. " ‘Rupe Collins ls your name. then, I guess!’ Oh. you ‘kind of thought it was all the time.’ did you?” Suddenly concentrating his brow into a histrlonic scowl he thrust his face within an inch of Penrod’s. “Yes. sonny. Rupe Collins Is my name. “Ye-es." Penrud's answer, like the look he liftod"to the impressive strang- er. was meek and placative. "Rape (‘ollins is the principal at your school. The other yellpd with Jeering langh~ tor and mm-ked l’enrod's manner and mine “ 'Impe Collins 13 the principal at your school. I guess? " He laughed harshly again. then suddenly shuwed truvnlenco “Say. 'hn. whyn‘t you learn enough to 20 in the hnuse when it rains? What's the mnttpr nf you. any-â€" how?" I’eurod‘s eXpresslon became one of despair. "Well. who Is he?" he cried. The fat faced boy shook his head disgustedly. "Honest. you make me sick!" be?’ “What of? I guess you’d soon see what of If you mm was in that school about one day. You’d be lucky if you got out alive!" “Are the teachers mean?" The other boy frowned Wlth hitter scorn. “Teachers! Teachers don’t or- der me around. I can tell you. They’re mighty careful how they try to run over Rnpe Collins." “Who's Rupe Collins?" "Who is he?" echovd the fat raced boy lnoredulously. "Say. aln’t you got any some?" "What?" “Say. wouldn’t you be Just as happy if you had some sense?" “ ‘Who is be?’ " mocked the other, with a scorn that withered- “ ‘Wbo is “What of?” innocently asked Pen- rod. to whom “the third"â€"tn a distant part of town-~was undiscovered coun- try. principal, haven't .wz. .. go to In) uumucr nu vacation." “I mean when it ain’t." “Third.” returned the fat faced boy. “I got ’em all scared in that schooL" £11083 ?' Me!” ‘01)!" I “You undontan' that. 'bof" .‘Ul I?” At the dinner table that evening Pen- rod surprised his family by remarking in a voice they had never heard him attemptâ€"a hwxlving voice of Intent.- dollars a month is makin’ good money." “Whlt?” asked Mr. Schofleld, caring. for the previous conversation had con- “Well. all right." said Penrod. swal- lowing. “I don't want ’em much.” And when the pose had been relaxed he stared 1t his new friend for a moment. almost with reverence. Then be bright- ened. “Come on. Rope!" he cried enthnllu- tlcally. as he climbed the fence. “We’ll give our dogs a llttle live meatâ€"'bo!" "Look here. 'ho Did you hear me say we‘ll let Dan kill ’em?" “Yes, but I won’t"- “What won't you?" Rupe became sinister immediately. “It seems to me you’re gettiu’ pretty fresh around heref‘ “Well, I don’t want”â€" Mr. Collins once more brought into play the dreadful eye to eye scowl as practiced “up at the Third” and some- times also by young leading men upon the stage. Frownlng quite appalhngly and thrusting forward his underllp. he placed his nose almost in contact with the nose of Penrod. whose eyes natuo rally became crossed. “Dan kills the rats. See?” hissed the rat faced boy. maintaining the horrible juxtaposition. "OW!" l'enrod bent fat forward in- voluntarily and Well! to his knees again. "(nose It they had they'd of gin you a good name." And Ihe agreeable youth Instantly rewarded himself for the wit with another yell of rasping laughter. after sum-n he pointed sud- denly at l‘eumd's right hand "th-l) finger?" asked the mystified Pem'ml. exfeudillg his mind. “The middle one.“ "Where?" ”There!" exclaimed Rope Collins. seizing and Vigurmlsly twisting the wnrtless finger mun-1y ofl'ervd for his inspection “Say your prayers!" mmmauded Rupe. and continued to twist the luck- less finger until l’ulll‘ml writlwd to his knees. “Ow!" The victim. released. looked grievously upon the still painful finger. At this Rupe‘s scornful expreSSlon altered to one of (-ontritinn. “Well, I declare!" he exclaimed remurset’ully. “I didn’t s’pose ltwould hurt. Turn about's fair play; so now you do that to me.” He extended the middle finger of his left. hand and i'enrod promptly seized it. but did not twist it. for he was instantly swung round with his hark to his amiable new aeqnaintzmve. Rupe’s right hand operated mum the back of Penrud's slender neck; liupe'e knee tortured the small of l'eurud's back. “Lick dirt." commanded Rune. forc- ing the captive's fare to the sidewak. and the suffpring I’vumd «mupleted this ceremony. Mr. Collins evim-od satisfaction 3: means of his horse laugh. "\«m‘d last jest about one day up at the Third!" he said. "You‘d mum rnumu‘ lmme. S’elliD' 'annmh. mummull. m-fure recess was th’l‘." “NO. 811‘! I’m goin’ to keep 'em, They're kind of pets. I’ve had ’em all summer. I got names for ‘em and”â€" "\Vhere'd yuu get that wart on your finger?" he demanded severely. “QQM "99:!” . uuvshout 90 II eurod in a 80 n y darkly “No. I wouldn‘t.‘ rather weakly. (lust ”You wmlul. too" “No. I w" “Imolu- hm-e." smc “All right." said the fat faced boy, slightly molllfled “We’ll let Dan kill “Say. Rupe. 1 got a box of rats In our stable under a glass cover. so you can watch ’em jump around when you hammer on the box. Come on and look at ‘em." h “You better ‘expect not.’ Didn’t I tell you once you’d never get back alive 11‘ you ever tried to come up around the Third? You want me to show you how we do up there. ’bo?" He began a slow and deadly ad- vance. whereupon l’enrod timidly of- fered a diversion: “Well. I said 1 wasn‘t in earnest." Penrod retreated a few steps. “I knew you could all the time. I expect I could do it to some of the boys up at the Third myself. Couldn’t 1'!" “No; you couldn't." "Well. there must be some boy up there that 1 could”- “No; they aint. You better"- “I expect not. then." said Penrod quickly. “See here now." said Rape in the tone of one goaded beyond all endur- ance, “you say if 1 can. You better say it quick or”â€" '1- Dm all-0mm “I knew you could," Penrod Inter- posed hastily. with the pathetic sem- blance of a laugh. “I only said that in fun." “ln 'tun!‘ " repeated Itupe stormfly. “You better look out how you"- “Can you do that to any boy up at the Thin: '3" less nape a final squeeze. "That’s the way we do up at the Third." Penrod rubbed his neck and asked meekly: “2 "19?" HP :Hi‘flm Iv umlllfiml \\ HI UH hm'e.” szml tln- fat fnvod boy what you mum "OHIHPI‘diPk l «N mm ‘ .v‘ I'Pnrnd protested :2, His knees. t'tim \‘Nlin 'MH'INI hast \\ mm moved Hum lwtu lnm M corned the lllneu ot an Infant relative In Council Blnl'l. “Any man that’s makln' e bunderd dollars a month In makln' good money." “What is be talking about!" Marga- ret appealed to the invisible. “Well.” said Penrod. frowning. “that's what toremen at the ladder works ge ” “How in the world do you know?" asked his mother. “Wen.- what of it?" said the father. impatiently. That would have plainly revealed the fact that there '3 was a certain Rupe Collins whose father was a fore- man at the ladder works. All clewa are important when a boy makes his first remark ln a new key. Mrs. Schofleld might have been more dismayed than she was it she had re- alized that it was the beginning of an epoch. After dinner Penroc‘l was slightly scalded in the back as a re- sult of telllng Della. the cook. that there was a wart on the middle finger of her right hand. Della thus proving poor material for his new manner to work upon. he approached Duke in the back yard, and. bending double. seized the lowly animal by the foremws. Mr. Scbofield shook his head. dinnin- lng the subject; and here he made a mistake; he should have followed up his son’s singular contribution to the conversation. "Well. I know It. A bunderd dollars a month is good money. I tell you!" Penrod turned upon her a stern glance. “Say. wouldn’t you be Just as happy It you had some sense?" “Nothin'. I only said It wu good money." “ 'Good money?’ " repeated Margaret curiously. “What is ‘good’ money ?" “I let you know my name’s [’enrod Schofleld." hissed the boy. He pro- truded his underlip ferociously. scowl- ed and thrust forward his head until his nose touched the dog's. “And you better look out when l’enrod Soho- field's around. or you’ll get In big “Penrod!” shouted his father. But Penrod’s mother gazed with dismay at her son; he had never before spoken like that to his sister. oooooooooooooooooooooo906.999099690.090900900969009» 00006009069090099990600099o¢o§+¢oO¢¢OOOOOOOOOOOOOOO. 000OOOOOOOOOQOOOOOOOOOOQOO 00969069.990906099909099: O090669059006000009000909060.000009009600000000.0006 Opposite the Old Stand Cheaper Than the Cheapest The ONTARIO WIND ENGINE ' »â€" and PUMP COMPANY fl W. D. Connor ’7’ Durham - 0n If possihlv I wish tn dispose nf my muim 9nd of the [n 951ml) year. and if primm M 1 will mow the buying public then our sh lunvv yun t. The Mark (-011.4th M Dry (huulb hlalllkPls. Wuullt'n gumls‘. [Hell's um weEu'. mvn's p'mts and overalls, ; ' 9 9 ladies and mm! s .swwltvl‘s. ('ull a! 101' V0 nd 29! (ml Muvil “R ALL MUST BE SULD n-e determint r yunseif. S. SCOTT Manufacture the Cheapest and the Best Pumping Outfit 0n the Market. Iv pti¢ es. '1 new ~ Innuev in Eggs m d Bullvr taken as (‘a- (I Thatra so, dad, but then I" usv (or moss anyhow. The next day. and the next. the in- creasing change in l‘enrod puzzled and distressed his family. who had no idea of its source. How might they cue-I that hero worship taken such forms? They were vaguely conscious that a rather shabby (my. not of the neigh- borhood, t-ame to “play" with Penmd sevm'al times, hut they failed to ('00 new this circumstance with the pe vuhm twhnvior of the son of the house. wimw nit-ale «his father remarked. «mum! in have suddenly hnr‘nme itivtltiwln with thus? of (:31! the "IN“! trouble! You understan' that. 'bo?" M y boy, remember strum gather-g n_o_mnss His iuvludin underwmu . I W with u thee-e on Ill! hoe." writes hire. Herbert 00!. of Port IcNichol. Ont. “i tried every- thing and received medical trut- nent for some time. but in veil. Finally the doctor advised u opera- tion. which was performed, but in- stead of improving. the sore becuno worse. I had despaired of ever find- ing a cure, when a friend recom- mended Zam-Buk. I tried it. with the result that before long the, p01. son was drawn out and the sore bo- nn to heal. Perseverance effected 3 complete cure. and now not even n scar' remains." â€"vâ€"_ “Zam- But Is equally good for comma. blood-poisoning. ulcers, bolls, piles. bums,cum,1nd .11 Ikin Injuries. All Qru‘gigs, 505. Said by ll Continued next week DIDN’T WA NT IT April 18. 1916. Du: ham, Unwriu . flannullvls. uiie's undvr- muslin» and "P HIH'P , we fldV Ontario ( 3W I‘P ihll HM it rullin" V6 [10