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When Abner tu'HI Sally's eyes tiP.eo . Hum I'm hard-ns said a. wtrrd, he'd be ,The next few dag Der boxy (Elm beef and her hide".? ward paying for a , _ up the difrerot batter," aha planned really (on quite e'ast ish with Abner’s iii As that went on t mrdt with deep ',t,,'2N'r1t,-',l, lest But next day when Sully m Ab. ner comirtt in from work, long Mon quitting tine. sh. bad . bunch tint Mr. Jinx was :-ti'.‘. on the job. “Daisy stepped into a put-hie and brake her let." Abner announced “Dds, snapped hob. her lee," "minim. S.Zly felt as :sony " Abner looked, but this was no time to am it. "Of "turt" in two bad. but, line. Ws by pond, in lucky show fat enough foe hoof. You'd better go right the? the butcher and put her out of hr hil- ery," sh. urged briskly. l Abner stared at her npmuhluny “g awful'." he shuddercd. rs a Messing it wm’l the heifer," Sully persiuted. “Uni-fl ma'ly out- lived her autumn. “or nits Un't an .. or u it wan ond It. Mn’t give an marl! as she :‘vu-uld to b. protit- her Mic-ct her ant-awn and Abner mnvw a". m manifestation. She hen the matter of tho “handy old house in the Wigwam). "Neat wring he'll buitd, who’s." she thought cbrtuliy. Since o. bad ilk stalled none of her own conveniences she got on niceiy. Though she hit! never mentioned her objection to ear- to this! a old shimrh Me glance "Thole 1 out. better rying water, Abner saw to it himself, always lumping her supplied I ttne day she did voice her fear of a fire with sueh poor water supply. "The chimneys look (buxom to me. I with you'd have Dohon took them over before cold weather. I'm druid to that a big fire up them. Those bid Minsk-s would burn like tinder." She glanced up " them aaxiouAr. "Those chimney: are like . singed rat, better'n they look," grinned Ab. Sully stood at the cute until he was' "arurrue1rttyterNa For some reason she could not-MW cl her Iorebodings. When eke turned to no in . long. weird screed: pierced her ears. "or course it's the wind whistl- ing through the with." she muttered, 'her vagurly apprehensive eyes on the The next few days Sally kept Atrl .r busy dispoAnt of Daisy. "Her wf and her hidett go u long way to-' and paying for I young cow, and " aka up the 0ittereneo with the am utter," she planned cheerfully. Sally any felt quite tainted over her skirm- h with Abnvr's jinx this time. As time went on she viewed her ex- ri with deep satisfaction. She 'eu/ak" {rid lesu rnaon to cancel! pr "frection and Abner thrived Ml stamp! to bog THE JINX WAS ROUTER bushes w hopefully Abner of gene feathers, so did Mandy. They‘ brought good money. The Mand isn't) Neiiith u picayune for anything else," b deelnred. "'tt have m get rid of - MRS, too. I couldn’t abide the high! of them after this. There's al- ways so-tttinte-" "C-NI."' Sony covered his litre with one had and smoothed hi! wrinkled fonheod with tho other. _ Atoer's ghoul 5%. “I didn't mm no names," he grinned sheep- " few days eater aunvr can“: "'""si with a piece of news that so: Sity; rejoicing. “Clark introdured me to d “ranger who began right "my. ‘li red ot the encounter on your place.| Mr. Ready. and noted that you can] 'tt' an“ jshnd. now unmhabiiod. lie) “fucking for a quiet place, where I can write undisturbed. From all u- mums this win my purpose. I’ll either.hut it out right or mt it u M decide.' I told him there won't any house on it but he said he'd put up u want. I didn't know what to a}. "it"i'irturiGmtuererrdlth"t hecodd $90“ Wudheolomd mo $300 a year for it." l Sully slapped her hands. "Of course} you took up with his odor?” l "No. I told him I'd talk it over with you. The kind isn't worth so much. I'd be “hand to take that hr an M! of it." “It isn't wut it's worth to you. It's -ht " waeth to “I. hit it for Vin WI warp! demurely. I turned the mg down the you think an Couldn't and it the W Th PART II xer turned New atpttr tirled 'with tears, “He ttard-twart", but if " he'd be raving MM." rd NE menu u if Abner'o jinx ." who shrugged. "l won't satisfution of seein’ me unthng! Abner's lived himneys long enouith to 13.0: No. 1 ."y u Abner, looked: h the It BY “YBENE M. GARRISON. Her Abr M fthe ty saw Abner E walk. She .5 boyish use, a wallop. I bought the I Abner storm- f huekleberrios More the - Maybe the main.” she said ob. 'l,"iortGii" everything into tuck." ..ho'.e and} Abner smiled fondly, And her ht!"t nnouneedl swelled. She had vanquished the Jinx a last. A _ .. it himself, ' eope th ‘na he abide theiaiant Nee. I twre's nl-l "They're going to break ground for; ky, new house on the knoI MondsyJ his Hp. We‘ll get the foundation laid. then and his we'll take the winter to plan the in~ other. side. We got to be as handy for you "‘I didn't _ as we can make It, I'll tell the world!” ed sheep- Sally’s last anxiety vanished. The jinx w»: lust in the holocaust. _ . l ume homef (The End.) I ‘our new ht his Itpe Wo'tl get , thed his we'll take ' other. side. Itut “I didn't as we can ' ed sheep- Sally’s " jinx was if Ame home} set Sain: I me to id q “my. ‘H (54.4.. remark m tleld , What . you, anyway. A writer outrht%t be better than . iot of phblin’ - I can sell him things to out. Looks a if the hogs brought luck after all," Sally laughed. tte One evening in Into October Sony was waiting Abner’l return from (an. Tempting odors not from the belated meal. Sniiy, in her low rocker beside the kitchen stove. inn-ed hep-l pity of cement! none, hunting: grannies, and shelves of pm; jams and J'olties. Turkeys were lat-i "enintr, chickens swarmed over the) meme. next week they would butcher, ‘a young yorker. "I wouldn't live any-5 where cine but on a farm," she whis- pered contentediy. Something fliekered past her win- dow. "There's. Abner now," she said, drawing the tenkettle forward and placing the pistes in the warming of i Crackie, snap, crackle? Tongues of fume curled along the eaves. A bolder um looped from the gaping chimney. IA sinister force held her for a mo ment, then she threw up both hands in a wild gesture of deilartee of the 6ery serpents coking and writhing , across the blazing roof. ", There was no time to give the alarm --neighbors would noon be summoned by the "ttteg. Would Abner never rl There was no sound of an approach- ing at. "Thought it at tue, Must have been mtstakert,'"rttti Sally. peering through the window. "What could make those strange shadows?" . Sally opened the door. A crackli'ng sound above her head chilled her blood. She stepped oat onto the grass and in growing terror stared upward. Breaking from the horrid spell,‘ Sally ran inside. The water bucket was nearly empty, waiting foe Abner to refill. There was no water nearer than the spring. The house was doomed. She'd pave what she could of the contents. It seemed ages of put-I- ing, dragging pushing furniture oat into the orchard buyonq the danger line. Panting, strangled by smoke, Bally sobbed "0h, Abner! Abner L” A weird. wailing, almost human cry mocked her. Wind and fume, in close em- brace. danced with wild abandon. Batty could no longer breast the acrid smoke. "The jinx‘ll get my Jel- lies. I ean't get to them. Mindy knew best. She planted him." Sally stumbled to the heap in the orchard just as Abner“: our came roaring up tho road. Other lights were now leap- ing toward the burning house. She dosed her eyes. _ "Sally!” Abner called hoarsely. [ N'm all right," Sally managed to lay, and then, for the first time in her life. she fainted. t . When Sally came to, she found her- self in her own bed. Slowly the events of the evening marshated themselves. Tears wetled up in her eyes and roll- ed down her cheeks. "Poor Abner.' He'll never get over it." she had sobbed. TORONTO held he pend. Wu... ”D-didn‘t the house burn up?"1SaHy fume-red in utter bewilderment. "To the ground, but you're all right, so I should worry'. I'm fairer ttuatht' with pride of you, Salty. You saved everything worth saving. The boys got the rest out. They're hauling the stuff over here now." Sally drew a long breath." She couldn't keep her eyes " Abner’s ra- I Mrs. Ethel Snowden. wife of Philip! [Snowdem former Laborite Chancellor” ‘ul the Exchequer, has been appointed one of the governors of the broadcast- ing nrnnizauon which the govern- ment is taking ova- from the private British 81'th Company from unwary t for a consideration of 83.- 100.000. Mrs. Snowman in one 'tt Great Britain's mm mums. She alto; Is an author at not. and An 011mm public - h ‘ - _-_.,, _ “h“ " l “Mn-rm: Llnlmnt for chum hand. Her new post carries a salary or $3,500 a year and mu; the other gov- ernors are Sir John Nurne, a director of the Bank of England. and some other prominent persons. with the Earl of t'tarettdon u WI. Britain Appoints Woman ', Broadcasting Governor. j ml eyes widened, her breath t. Abner was smiling, actu- ing! His arms shot out and close. "Dear Sally." he whis- I would like to visit her _ I In her northern home. I'm told 1 The house is not in lungs of tir, The grounds are lustrous to behold. l The sky 13 Jeweled. and her good Mr, I _ Old Man Winter (so may any) r Sits at the window ot tho north , Plucklng goose-down night and day ' For ”mm” pillows. Some ttotgttt .i forth . .i Glisten“ or softly gray, m, that brisk dame. (will! _ . Case to (Join our smoky town. Dunes on the sober gray, 8'09: our new and human down. And hustled on her way. With a rag of sraorrciottt, she Remedial our small world here In three blustery minutea. Bee How the air is pous'.tod clear! How our streets shine magically! To clothe the hillside. ledge' and lea In sapphire light, and unomh tho streams - I To exquhite serenity . That whosoever looks om (henna Their white unworded poetry. --Ttutnlto (quanI for Beaver). The sky, a pale, pale blue, .rty",Y to hue in its depth: a hint. rose. an it tsomewbere tar " behind " 8 vttid, new “are whining. ”hem some! distant sunrise was being faintly re-i ilected. The white posts that ranged; the length v! ttte deck rail caught the, eunive tint and heéame some of them,: almost a delicate lavender rose. Others remained pure white and as the boat, rose and tell, shadows shifted over them, giving wit blurs of gray, or, leaving them brilliantly white. Patches 1of sunlight sprinkled the tiootilroarx1s, hunting their dullness into said. Where [the sun touched the tan and maroon . base, it became u brilliant orange with a lino of velvety red. The soil cloth sheathing tired by the our: turned creamy. and here and there through gaps, tho indigo of the ocean showed. The glass mousing the electric light bums took on opalescent tones. A basket by a steamer chair showed touches of green and purple. "m One by one, passengers appeared, a woml'n in a bright blue dress; another in a red hat and with a men book. (Had " been a grew-n hat and a red book, might one call her literary?) A child tiarrhed try in vivid red. The deck was no longer somber. it! hidden beauties had revealed them- selves. u , Immortals , of France Ban Cemetery Eulogies. Hereafter all good things said about French "irpmostaiss" must he uttered while they are still in mortal form and not over their grave-s. This mode was established by the present group ot "irrrmortals" themsph'm. braking: established by the present group ot "im-tala" themselves. breaking a century-old tradition of eulngles ah panegyrics at the burial of distinguish- ed men. , t Color on the Deck. Eskimqs of ttte'Mackeotries Myer Irystrnit, the Chttreh of Engl'and in Canada. The anfans the work of the Chuck Mutsiotusrr.Bocietr. HZ! porters. 0 which dopt." CANADA-CUBA TRADE DOMINION BUY_S_ Time Ripe for Canadian Buli- nest Men to Enter WhepU. hearted}! Into Cuban Marked evidence has been given lately or a keen desire on the part of Cuba to extend its nude with Canada. Dr. A. F. Saint. do la Pena, senior Cu- ban consul in Canada'. has announced that Cuba will open more consular ottices in the Dominion, these in wl probability to be located in Winnipeg end Quebec in the near future. At the same time he is working emeti- ‘cnlly for a “Canadian Week" in Cuba.‘ is suggestion {hit-h has .olitrfted in- iquiries from all parts or the Domini- on. Bhottld this materializo men pro- minent in all bunches of Canadian trade will be Invited to accompany .him to Cuba, Where every opportunity will be extended them to get as close ins possible in touch with conditions. They will be permitted to take along ‘with them as many samples of Cana- F than products as they desire and these will be displayed to the fullnat advant- age. . Buch gvidence.of' an anxiety to fur- ther develop trado with the Dominion is very gratifying. and particularly so because there exists . a mod for n stimulation of export trade from (Jan- ada to Cuba to adjust the balance of l trade. Cuba is one of the few countries I from which Canada buys to a greater! extent than she wills, and this has (-on- I sintently been the case for some time.) In the ttscat year 1924 Canada pur- chasedfrom Cuba to the extent of 810.- 781,047, while selling to that country only to the value of 86,776,605. In 1925 the Dominion'a purchases were $7,- 798,128 and her sales $7,142,406. In the lust Meal year Canada bought trom Cuba to the value of $11,063,284 and sold to that country to the extent of $8,524,713. . cub: An Important Cuctomer. it is not generally realized what an important. customer ot the Dominion ICuba is. Cuba purchases from cq8taua Cuba is anxlottsi' In anib more Canad inn hin the Arctic Circle. They are very amorous, of the district donated $34.75 from each family {It Will Delight YOu "a IUtll1LllllLltn In trade and there is m expressed belief that Dominion business men are not coming halt-way to “Move a further mutual dervelopmeett. " I: autumnal- ly pointed met, (king's reputation grands hithn Cuba. even] of Ctstt. ada'a greatest Innis Ire established there and enjoy the mum cotttidettee of the Government and the people. " Dr. ham: do In Pena remarks. the tlme I ripe for Canadian business mm to Lac: wholeheartedly mm the Cuban limurkot. Never has there been a bet. iter feeling towards Canada than n! |presenL There in no reusan why the 'annual trade should not be raised from “9.000.000 l0 390.000.000. My Hear (me. I The hours or one day are as like} each other as are twin blossoms from‘ the pear-tree. There Is no news’toI ttlt thee. The mornings are passe“ In the duties that come to all women: who have the care of a household. andl the afternunns I am on the terraeel with thy sister. i iaii. and I take our embroidery and sit upon the terrace, where we pass long hours watching the people in the valley below. The faint blue" smoke curls from a thousand dwell-' lugs. and we try to imagine the live. or those who dwell beneath the root. trees. We see the peasants in their riccviields; watch them dual»; the rich mud from the bottoms of the caunl tor fertilizing; hour the shrill whistle or the duck mun as, with long bamboo, he drives the great Bock ot ducks homeward or sends them over the fields to search for insects. We see the wedding procession tar below, and can but faintly follow the great covered chair ot the bride and the train or servants carrying the posses- sions of the new home. The summer wanes and the autumn is upon us with all its mists and shad- ows ot purple and grey. The outnphor trees look from the distance like great balls of tire, and" the eucalyptustree. in its dress of brilliant yellow. is a gaiiy painted rourt.ladyt -Prout "My Lady of the Chinese Courtyard," by Filizabcthi'ooper. ' , "Where are you going?” a young Woman asked a shipments. the second day ouh Perfectly balsncod-ouperb in funrouro A Chinese Lady's Day. ' That's 3 l xincideuce So am I yr, .Pt'l..r.. patterns as you want. nut-mm- 4w m - so at work stamps or coin (coin preferred; wrapiin High“! to the preliminaries of house Numerisuctit carefully) for. each number andl management. side. laddress your order to Pattern Dept.,l To imaged with plant. in the home. “"9" tmd i Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade-t it is tred to txylect . room with much r displaced "aide St, Towpath Patterns sent hVEE'Mi‘m and one which-ll ventilated mil the oak i return mail. . lbut which hu no won; drafts. LUq to maturity! -- v---..--" isluusely pots tor the plants and use a Minot plant; . .liherul supply ot sandy loan or a 103111011- i Heredity. ibushel or two ot mixture iron the lg grown lair,“ no biologist: I run't - ‘tiurist'm Repot the plants each yen:- sly are Elm" , Explain the structure of a plant l‘mh fresh earth, firming it well unnnlsstmL 'or talk in strange and curious terml‘amuud the roots. Trim " all wither. "." lot protoplasms and of germs, (cl) or dead haves and prune hack the "i., IBut this is plain as plain can be imam to keep 1tipm in good shape. , a young ( That bor ot mine is much like me IGive them plenty ot water and was: the second ; . - _. . ire light and they will thrive. It is im- ! _ ot to crowd the plants as Whet t a h irl ttin ll. hat ‘portani n replied the I 1',"fld',',' MC sit-anter- nigh: him that, l they do no look " well. in n mvded q .. "Plume dressing tactics, oh, so slow. ,eondttion ttttd do not grow as well. So am l. 1 Which irritate his mother so lThey need rota of room and plenty of . i, , ., . . ' ‘suulight. West window: furnish too -yrPPeer .“ere not acqulreil; but iesLerday -. w " used to dawd-le iurrt that wan" intense I light for some plants, hence c,v", T ' J. isouth or southwest windows are bot. lltMll. 1 I see him living o'er and o'er “if! J.yi,,.r",tg'tr,ut,y,' - at: 5 "., _ if/t much that l was swlded tor, 'frm'n an 'iii, pan ot water ' _1.t gum maddening indifference to ': ii/s 1ettTrets “a, der Wm, 10,} . 2 l'l‘he little things he ought to do l Tq begin with on. msy grow {insignia h: fig,',',','.'",,',",',, but I know 'aninmx. ‘.coleus. becomes. tortitt. 93. "'lt h” 'e Ioets,.1otu' ttWt. lpecially the Christmas. Boston and _ . l, . . l Maiden Hair and some of the smaller a ' l EFL" “We ot Iaugttterr and ot mirth let.' and many bulbous plants such F l anw with him on his day ot birth. as tulips. hyacinth; law-ms few. c". ':'/ul',1'e, a (a? and many 3 whlm . ‘hristmas cherry, petunia. hemo- " fee myself Born in MU. . trope, and New. . 1* ve 'fi'siiiFt'i'ii$i to to Excoedimtlrsmart is this girlish‘ frock suitable for many occasions. The,' bodice frdnt is joined to a waited skirt, whie the baek is in one piece.1 Braid is -r'trniveiy Wed at the becom- ing round neck. on the long dart-fitted sleeves, the narrow belt, and on the bodice front to give the modish bolero effect. Buttons-so important this "eason---adorn the front and the sleeves. No. 1485 is in sizes 16, 18 and 20 years. Size 18 (36 bust) re- quires 3%» yards 39-inch, or 2% yards 54-inch paternal, and 3N yards 'va- ineh trimming braid. 20 cents. it carefully) for each number and address your order to Pattern Dept., Wilson Publishing Co., 73 West Ade- laide St., Tommi)... Patterns sent by return mail. . I'm no biologist; I catt't - Explain the structure of a plant Or talk in strange and curious term or protoplasms and of germl, But this In plain as plain can be That boy of mine is much like me. BRAID TRIMMING IS EFFEC- TIVE, I see him living o'er and o'er So much that I was scolded tor, Dun maddening indifference to The little things he ought to do f',ltou!d be corrected. but I know I,:tid._aa he does. jong ago. That love of laughter and ot mirth Carp." with him on Ms any of birth. In many a fu§t and many a whim I we myself born in him. T And it'g unfair to neck! a lad For nerdy being like " dad. _ ' --tbuarw. Guest. Great . Explllned. Farmer (using te1opttoae)---"f%etd IQ over a bushel of any.” . . t't.ere---"Sutory. For whom?" "Don't try to joke with me--tor my T1 horse For tpolo-Min+ LInImem. ' In High Regions. thing's am: done whsn men and mounmins been C. are nag (lune by~jostlinl iit"ihe street. _ "ID,9.yg,-r, - I tagtiaiiitti 1485 vicar! William Blake. The lakes, like three blue was. were strung " the throst ot the hill. They wen rcnud and peliucid under the loved ttngerts at menu-cc. and as calm " the sky Inked In above them. Everything there was held " a lovely stntatoss---the cicada:- birds: whiwiy streaked mini! - woods beyond, the uttered may: ot ”not maple leaves. the broad scribbling ot mauve shadows along the dim and curving lines ot the shore. Evorytinu was quiet and tranquil. with the quiet- ..... ‘L_. I..|....- ", you and tranquillity tttttts ocrly dawn and early (11: things are scarcely awake , ”deep. ““3... Now and than . bird veered low. uni its nil-low. hint and minute. slid like em lea! ms the blue twat. And oioo the [tilted on the top of the hill moved huddonly and r-gtosMr--- tapering pints cut sharply into the sky and muted {Rep 'ttr" sum arm“ ttw tearing winds {rum the seo; a lit- tle ragged and a little old. but proud in their solitude. And twice the bank of Mitt' geese stabbed the am and drew long threads ot echoel from he- hind the hill. The at! awed lower but! lower, until the silver linger- ot the hirehes were warmed to the mint- est coral. and a Aeot ot bull. thin clouds in the north was “not! AM .seared with crimson and the lulu Iyellaw ot autumn leaves. Shadows {were streaked down the hill, like my 'r,pettcdlh'ugrt on a brown and cmmphl ivarchmctrt; and till the western sky ihellind the pines was burning exalt- 1untly with color. The muss-ed cloudy igrew darker. tho Kingdom; heavier; icrimson was dimmed to purple, and (trrue to a lovely dove-wing grey. Tho flakes were delicately pink in the mid- idle. but shadows Were swimming out Islowly. darkly. to up them ot their lwu‘mth. to blur their radiance. and draw the shores together. A fragment ot the moon blew in with the evening winds. a trail and shining Iare against the heavy blue of the sky; and a. scattering of can glitter-ed like polished pebbles when! a while no the sun End sent w verrrdttfort - and clouds of purple M. The hill ‘loometl black and talent now, with it. crest 1Wf,1f trees: 3nd,!" bdow it, by th slim. still birch“. three lit- ‘tlo lulu reputed the stars in silver And the moon in silver-white. Thou who have tio-ts and grow them outside in “Inner time mud. in winter, resort to the mutation ot house puma. mote purchase! trom tho Borut or co without. " it therefore a good. time to man to window gar- denim and in this "ior amateur work there is opportunity for much plenum and protlt if one will give a lime attention to a tew important par- iirulam. Every per-on can have at least one small, plant in the window, thus becoming, on a small scale, a lundsoapv gardener. A few plant trim. :mings in the winter help to make I i picture. The usual dlmcultles in growing plants In houses, especially ln the wln- ter time, are those at too little light. extremes in temperature. too mud: gas from coal tires and gas burueN, and crowded conditions in tile house. However. all of these ditttculties out usually be overcome to the extent that plants wlll tolerate and grow with sat- “faction It a little care ls elercised And ttoth, fair Italy”. Thou art the garden ot the world. the home Of " Art ttelda, and Xatnm can do tree: Even in thy desert, that is like u, the? . . Thy very w'oedu no beautifui. thy 1 _ - [new rid! than other dimer tortititr. . --at-. Window Gardening for Winter. Weighing MO Ibm, a that 8w was reeentty stranded on the rd! cl An Atlantic liner after u mat nave had washed out the vent] during a gale. i7Gii art, dusk when scarcely awake 113d busty ‘ke three Hue beds. the throlt ot the hill. Id and perate'.d under a at tttehrvea. and an " arched In “on Italy. -t-rau'tsintt---not - business, but bitantimt with the an " mnrur-i. not ' " no Way doo, th. 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