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tt 4.! tff 'P""um"u"uuuunum"""inmntta'. even with his crippled am. And quite like tt bridegroom! For a mo- ment he made her wish she had taken Marie’l advice about her hair. She was in a brown traveling suit with a giquant hat that made her look quite atisieptte-though her low tan shoes, tied with big silk bows " her trim nnkles, were distinctly American, Moate was smiling. "You aren't afraid t" he asked. "Of what, Monte?" V “I don't know. We're on our way." It was a b.1ut-tytd-eold morning, with the city looking.“ if it had re- ceived a scrubbing dbl-in; the night. So too did MonteUrho was waiting below for her. Clean-shaven and ruddy, in a 'ia/IG' mornin coat and top let, in; loqkeg yory 'lll'2idl'ft CHAPTER IX.-(Cont'd0 She gave a quick start as she thought of Peter Noyes. She turned away from the mirror as if-. " if as- hamed. She sprang to her feet, with an odd, tense expression about her mouth. It was as if she were look.. ing into his dark, earnest eyes. Peter had always been so intensely in ear- nest about everything. In college he had worked himself thin to lead his class. In the law school he had gra- duated among the first five, though he, came out almost half blind. He fey cord, however, had won for him al place with a leading law firm in New; York, where in his earnest way he was already making himself felt. It) was just this quality that had fright-; ened her. He had made love to lt with his lips set as if love were some great responsibility. He had talk-‘ ed of duty and the joy of saerifiee un-l til she had run away from him.' l That had been her privilege. That had been her right. She had beenl under no obligation to him than; sheg was under no obligation to him now.: Her life was hers, to do with " she; saw tlt. He had no business to in-l trade himself, at this of: all times,i upon her. , l .--. 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RAMSAY & SON COMPANY I Parker service right to Your home. We pay carriage one way. Whatever you Bend-whether it be household draperies or the most delicate fabrics-will be speedily returned to their original freshness. When you think of Cleaning or Dyeing THE postman and expressman will bring Parker “Win! right tn - lam-m Cleaners and Dyers Peter Noyes himself could not have made of this journey to the embassy a more trying ordeal. A ring was slip- Ked upon the fourth flntter of her left and. A short prsyer followed, and In earnest "God bless you, my chil- dren," which left her feeling "ttNeat- ed. She thought Monte would never finish talking with him-would never get out into the sunshine arm. When he did, she shrank away row the glare of the living day. Monte gave as si h of relief. "That's over, Aiu'), he said. Hearin a queer noise behind him, he turnetf. There stood Marie, snifrl- ine and wiping her eyes. "Good Heavens,” he demanded.~ “what's this?" Marjory instantly moved to the girl:5_ side. - "There-there," she soothed her gently; "it's only the excitement, n'ert ca pug t" - __ "Yes, madame; and you know t wish you all htopiness." "And me also?” put in Monte. y "It goes without saying that monsieur will be happy.” h H; thrust some trold-pieees. into her an . As Marjory shook hands with him she lost her bright color. Then, too, he had a voice that made her think again of Peter Noyes. In sudden terror she clung to Monte’s arm. and during the brief ceremony gave her regponsegA in a whisper. 7 "You must never let me be afraid," her arm. , a she answered. l ' "Then-en avant!" he called. It was an afternoon that left her In a way, it was a pity that they,' no time to think. She was caught could not have been married out of: up by the ca , care-free crowd and doors. They should have gone intol swept around in a dizzy circle. Yet a garden for the ceremony instead of always Monte was by her side. She into the subdued light of the chapel. could take his arm if she became too Then, too, it would have been much confused, and that always steadied better had the Reverend Alexander', her. Gordon been younger. He was il Then she was whirled back to the gentle, saintly-looking man of sixty,[ hotel and to Marie, with no more time but serious-terr) serious. He had' than was necessarv to dress for din- lived long in Paris, but instead of ner. She was glad there was no learning to be gay he had become like more time. For at least to-day there those sad-faced priests at Notre must be no unfilled intervals. She Dame. Perhaps if he had understood felt refreshed after her bath, and, to better the present circumstances he Marie's delight, consented to attire would have entered into the occasionl herself in one of he'r newest evening instead of remaining so very solemn.! gowns, a eoatunufof silk and lace that As Marjory shook hands with him; revealed her neck and arms. Also she lost her bright color. Then, too,' she allowed Marie to do her hair as he had a voice that made _her think: sshtrpiesed. She took a long look at his steady blteyes, hey brace) her like wjne, - TORONTO Now, with Monte opposite her, she' was " liberty to meet men's eyes and study them with interest. There was no danger. It was they who turned away from hen-aften a glance at Monte. It amused her to watch them turn away: it gave her a new sense of power. But of one thing she was certain: there was not a man in the lot with whom she would have an Also, if they were, it did not mat-) ter. That was the fact she most G-l predated. Ever since she had tread old ytiotue, to observe that men had', eyes, it ad been her duty to avoid. those eyes. That had been especial] ' true in Paris, and still more es‘pecialy-I 1% true in the few weeks she had been t ere alone. i "H they ture- it's very absurd," she returned. Such a table was immediately secured, and as Covington crossed the room with Marjory by his side he was conscious of being more observed than ever he had been when entering the Riche alone. Hie bandnged arm lent him a touch of distinction, to be sure; but this served only to turn eyes back attain to Marjory, as if seeking in her the cause for it. _ She moved like a princess, with her head well up' and her dark eyes brilliant. 1 "All eyes aris upon you," he smiled why! hy had trilrep his order. In his evenin clothes he looked at least a foot “If; than usual. Marie saw his eyes warm as he slipped over madame's beautiful white shoulders her evening wrap. CHAPTER X. The Athur at Maxim's It was all new to Marjory. In the year and a half she had lived in Paris with her aunt she had dined mostly in her room. Such cafes as this she had seen only occasionally from a cab on her way to the opera. As she stood at the entrance to the big room, which sparkled like a diamond be. neath a light, she was as dazed as a debutante entering her first ballroom. The head waiter, after one glance at Monte, was bent upon securing the best available table. “Here was an American prince, if ever he had seen one. Whether she wished or not, madame, when she was done with her this evening, looked as a bride should look. And monaieur, waiting be- low, ya: worthy pf her. Hid monsieur any choice? Decidedly. He desired a quiet table in ' (garner, not too near the music. It was an afternoon that left her no time to think. She was caught up by the am ' care-free crowd and swept around i) a dizzy circle. Yet alwayl Monte was by her side. She could take his arm if she became too flonfused. and that always steadied er. _ _ Then she was whirled back to the) -"We're off'." he exclaimed, taking her arm. "Oh," she exclaimed, "I'd like to go to all the places I eouldn't go alone! Take me." "To the Cafe de Paris for lunch'."' She nodded. "To the races afterward and to the Riche for dinner'." _ "Yes, yes." 1 "So to the theatre and to Maxim's '.'l Her face was flushed as she nodded) attajp, l l Already, by his side, she was be- I ginning to recover. A Parisian dandy [coming toward them stared rather ioverlong at her. An hour ago it ( would have made her uneasy; now she felt like making a face at him. I She laughed a little. , "The minister was terribly serious, 2 wasn't he, Monte 'H' 1 I "Too darned serious," he nodded. i“But. you see, he didn't know. I Isuppose the cross-your-throat, hopes 1iiiT4is kind of marriage is serious.l That's the trouble with it." I "Yes; that's the trouble with it." i “I can see Chic coming down the! aisle now, with his face chalk-white; and---" . - T "Don't," she broke in. ( He looked down at hyr--surprised,' that she herself was taking this so seriously. I -r.a. Pood of springtime an'd irrespon- sibility. That was what he should by. It was her right to feel like that also He Was in" Glial the mood to which she herself has, looked forward "My comrade," he said, "what you need is to play a little." "Yes," she agreed eagerly. "Then where shall we go? This weld is before you.') 7 - "Then 'don’t you 150k so worried," he retorted. "Not the slightest. If any one tries it, turn him over to me." "Thtit might not always be post sible." "You don't mean to say any. one has begun this soon?" l He glared about as if to find the culp_rit._ --. ', A 'rDon't look so fierce, Monte," she protttsted,pvith a laggh in; but before the door closed Mar- jory leaned toward her and whispered in her ear:--- "You will come back to the hotel at six?” "Yea, madame." . So Marie went off to her cousins, looking in some ways more like a bride than her mistress. - -. Marjory preferred to walk. She wanted to get back again to the mood of half an hour ago. She must in some way get Peter Noyes out of her mind. So quite aimlessly they mov-. ed down the Avenue Montaigne, and Monte waved his hand at the passing peogle. " ow," he announced, "you are none of anybody's business." “Is that true, Monte?" Marjory asked eagerly. "True as preaching." "and no one has any right to scold Canadians have large supplies of potatoes, carrots, onions and turnips and by consuming these vegetables freely, they can economize with bread. More than 800 ways of cooking potatoes are tknown. They combine well with many flavors. They can be " People who wish to help in food .z conservation should consider potatoes f' as a partial substitute for wheat flour. ( Potatoes are the chief staple of the semi-perishable foods. Canadians do inot eat their fair 'share of potatoes, leven in normal times. We have 'been largely a wheat, beef and pork) ' consuming people. These staples are; 'now required for overseas and it _iii-) (hooves us to substitute other foods ‘for them whenever possible. We loonsume, perhaps, two and one-half ‘bushels of potatoes per capita per Iyear, or about one-third of a pound} ‘per day-equal to one fair-sized po- ltuto. In some European countries one pound per day per capita is con- sumed, and in some districts four mounds per day, and nearly twenty- five bushels per year. i Despite the increase in price since I the war, potatoes are still among the :cheapest of foods. One pound of lroast beef costs ten times as much ins a pound of potatoes, and twenty per rent. of beef is bone. Three and a third pounds of potatoes supply 1,000 calories of energy, at a cost of less than 10 cents, while about 2,500 calories are required for full grown persons working indoors. That is to say, if all foods were as cheap as pota- toes we could live on 25 cents a day.; Healthy men have lived and worked; for months on a diet of nothing fti than potatoes, olomargarine and N little fruit. Potatoes contain Pro-l tein of the very beat kind. They also‘ contain mineral salts which neutralize harmful acids in the body. The food) material in potatoes is 98 per cent.‘ digestible. . l The Company's Head office staff is now installed in the fine new Bun Lite Building recently erected on Dominion Square, Montreal, where the adoption ot the moat up-to~date oft1ee equipment should result in still greater efficiency in the administration ot its large busi- 11035 As will be seen trom the essential features ot its year's operations set forth elsewhere Jn this issue. Cam dia largest life assurance company has Just closed a highly satisfactory year. Total assurances in force on the books ot the Butt Lite of Canada have now crossed the $311,000,000 mark, assurances issued and paid for in cash during the year totalling over 3413800,- 000, the largest amount' wok issued by a Canadian life 60mpany. . Sweet or Churning Cream. Highest market price: mid. We supply ant, paygxpresn Volumes, and remit duly. comfortable to be here as she felt comfortable with Monte. SUN LIFE OF CANADA Mlilllll WANTED - Muiual ttairy-a Creamery Co. - 743-5 King St. West. . Toronto Food Control Corner (To be epntinued.) IN STRONG POSITION I, SUN LIFE KEEPS GROWING Rk.8 1871 The Com any takes this opportunity of thanking it: tftttldgt and the ublic tie"l'A1'l',T,'r' the continued corttiderke and goodwill of w ich the above {gum give such strong evidence. Payments to Policyholden ind Auct- held tor them an; ad the manhunt received by: . . . . . Undivided surplus at December Ststs "tr, our all liabilities Including capital . . . . . . . . Proiitg paid or allotted to Policyholders . - - - Increue Profits paid or allotted to Policyholders, in past tive years. Total Payments to Policyholders, 1917. 7 - . - . Assurance. in Force at December lust, 1917. Incas-n Te, results of operations forJhe year 1917 show a continuance of the notable expansion that has marked the career of the Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada, In Assets, Income, Surplus, New Business, and Total Business in F.orce substantial increases are recorded over the corresponding figures for previous yeats. I Increase Cash Income mouse New Assurances issued and Paid for in Cash Asseta'nt December 31st, 1917. l'armeuutorotierhaer, moo ninth: Amen held tor 'l11,i'd'rod',T2 . y . . {'romiums received since org-Malian - ttt 7 Good cooks know the ways of using potatoes are various-boiled, steam- "ed, lyonnaued, baked, chipped, fried, hushed brown, creamed, escalloped, stuffed, nu gratin, and scores of com- binations. . One of the most useful things to have about the house is a roll of sur- geons' rubber (2.0.) adhesive plaster. It can be used for various things but it most useful to protect a wound. Never put it next to the wound, hut place a small piece of clean gauze or linen between the cut or'sore and the plaster, so that any secretions msy escape and not be locked up in the wound. With government encouragement, extensive experiments will be made with a view to reviving the growing of flax in Scotland. Canada has plenty of potatoes and, although the price is high compared to normal times} it is not high in comparison with other foods in war time. itWre'a?orit used to economical advantage with meat and (MI, in stem, eroquettos, hash, chowdere, meat pies, etc. One half a cup of mashed potatoes and two cups of flour make a bread mixture that helps the flour go farther. VIA. HEAD OFFICE MONTREAL T.B.MAcAULAY,t'mia.t _ THE COMPANYS GROWTH ' "mo." "7.4”.“ 2,288,890.76 0.240.188.“ 13.33.951.63 RESULTS FOR 1917 ' "tW/di DiEirir.ii 23.4w.“ 99.100.119.21 RMITO M o'f 30.00411. 90.1mm ll" Alluhlhcll OI um mu .oo ' slr/d/tod ",Mr2,Ne." -9599!!! I II.'-Il'!-I-D' AM1t91k.tt Minn “yawn-ran Ixcnxan m Int-n! co. 2.x. an; 220: "PEWRITERS Ann ““3" Ant. - Look " (hue tr-ttttsi-iv-hers Rebuilt. {managed in puree: order, from tM. 0 to " '00. Save ttmr. money ma trouble and buy a Typewriter for Km" bulimia. profession. or for your one use. Lint sent free on appliounnn Will you who have maple trees not offer so short I space of your time to help him 1nd to put money in your pocket as well t This is. more than the soldiers flght- ing in France gets in thrice the time and he offers "in exchange his life. By tapping 100 treel he can sell 500 pounds of sugar or 100 gallons of syrup, netting from $100 to $160 in three web. "s Money in Maple Sugar. Maple - and - it produced at the time of year when the farmer is least busy, and it costs him little, if any. more now than before the war. 1m: - nbu 17-10. "to or and w m 00 = I. i . "ms. I'd-m ANTIQUE GALLERIES I all " - amt. - Articles Wanted for Dash if“; i- Bt.-. noun“. P. Ono. '" “Mt IPAtl HEEL N. ttes. 204 'l) 959.251.!” 103151.!” 38,550.76 1.00 $90,160,i'u.00 Mtt,tN.0tt 19,288,9W.00 700,000.00 A'l,fui,sB7.oo ',0lB,rt0.00 81 1,870,945.00 30.130.211.100 _ ' 't'g,iairoo 5,221,983.03 $840,215.00 r"Fidtu'"a- ’7i'uau"'m"' 5 Eairi ’- " Out _qtqaH...lter"ntmt k i it “$33 1917 Bil (nu, the cum. is an mori "tm-b-or, at least, she Hps- be fore tin war. u the days of " m glory She wore qilks uni sat. ly ertitte ‘50 I M and “on u Court duos usually only never more than twice. Our on Queen. as knows, is very simple in I attire, and except on some out. ocession her dress I or Min. from that of class subhcts. M the Fourth': Wuhll vim {01th " “0.000 after his death. l t', he re. calm - Article in his 'ss min,“- “id he ttad In good a mvmmg. for " “1mm h would hare “ml! I dr 009$ “an. Bo much for the soaib ad m Gentleman of [Cw "f"', B' mm the Fours avid gt a” could scarcely be mI-rr ml " w -, for the empirs f’l‘lle Tutu of Ruling Inmareha Blot _ Greatly ll Matter " Dress. Before the war the hirer “a in the habit of changing his clothes at lent In" I dour: the. I day. He was required to be I sort of royal quick-clung. trust, for he is too much “MN‘IM too “on: of his mt. pend dignity to - at any func- tion Improperly my“ according to his idea of-wlut inmpriety means. In” of his unlin- annot Fe made claim)“ $1,500. N got my education at the Govern- ment expense. I dovaloped my gun under very discouraging circum- stances. l was a poor man with a large family. But there is a deeper question, a far the”: question. This country is facing the struggle of its life. Are we to be a van-l nation or amenitn nation? That is in the balance to-day." he wrote u lately In December. 1317. to the Secretary of War, renewing his otNr, 'ind-rust-tine his willingness tu relinquish mythic: aggregating two and u qttarUr nillion dollars on forty thou-uni can: My under contract for the Government, no reply “as vouchufod’ Asked why he wished to nuke that great smtrifiees, Coionel Lewis aid: “As early " 1911, when the first model of the Lewis gun was built, I took it myself to Washington and pre- natal it in ma to the Chief of tho Stet, ”questing Iain to exumim It." . He trode on tian bow his offer was fgnored mi]: and again, how, when The oolonei'l story of how his own Government turned his gun down is remarkable: "The Lewis gun in no longer a ”w Ind untried Irma. It has succ. , ~- fully met every milieu-y requirennnt. under I grilling test of more than chm yam of daily act-vice on the ban- tutteids of Europe during the greatest W in history." In writing to the Secretary of l " Wnahington,' under date Decea tith, 1917,,” colonel has some _ inteeesstittd information to give. up: I But for trench-work, for a if you uk our boys, they ha' nune to tSao-N-rits"---' ful little Inn-him gun, mnna one man, light. etheient, d, “I went over to Brussels ' but I soon found out that my F. company was in the hands m” J:. mung. My president and rum director we“ both under Gum: itaenee. My company mu ,,' puss under German control ended, by the help of my lor, (In “locates. in ousting on" dent and 'imnntriete-director. Wouldn't Have It as a Gift " went to London," he m'.' "to the Birmingham Small Arm puny. t did not know anybody meted with the company. but I An appointment to go there wit! gun. In forty-eight hours I ha. ed . cont-act for the exclusiu ', (“but of the [civil gun in F Ther In delivering guns every into the British toms." ) Like the union, it is the , of an American, Colonel I 1m. Englishmen are a, that an invention bus at In. 1 chutes of succeeding in H) yet both' the Maxim and 1h gum were taken up by th ynd it seem: a Provident) ounce, considering what an :1 WI gun his been to our L the trenches and tanks, and l. that British capitol canal Cry Lewis' aid nnd only mm months before the war brulu. trr Ger-u Pro-wu- Preparati After detailing his failure ' (in MI gun to the Ameri-ur, i meat. the colonel told the lib“ . terr Main Committee: When the Inte Sir Him showed his gun to the hm tute monarch patted its h aid, “HIV: the sun!" A, is not superseded to-day. Ila-Just Told u British tioscrnmeat was: Some Facts mm m. Invention. COLONEL LEWIS, 1!“:me or FAIOUS MACHINE-MN HOWTHE LEWIS ai' CAME Ti) 3mm PURPLE AND FINE LINEN, Foy His Country d on ff " "dra" for " n I 5 so"? " if grad little ddle " att " M new qarestioetr. I have “any It not! clove: thi all good crop I It Ii (In, loam b. 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