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13 +0 m ‘r 198VE No. 6â€"‘27. Yair on y you off a exe‘aimed pirates _ t breasking‘! "Short, snappy and to the toint, ch* The referonce to chivalry is disâ€" arming, my dear Graysonâ€"a touch of genius, in fact! It conjures un all kind« of delightful _ possibilitiesâ€" makes one feel a modern Don Quixâ€" ote!" He siched. "I‘m afraid l have to go and s*e what it‘s all about. Wel!, old thunderbrow, shall 1 hie me forth to tilt at windmills* What do yon think*" Grayson stared woodenlvy at the wallpaper; but for all his selfâ€"control, the corners of his mouth were twitchâ€" m Severance leaned back in his chair, eves alicht with whimsical mockery. Sir,â€"Your advertisement has greatâ€" ly interested one of our clients. Should you be, as we suspect, of a chivalrous nature, perhaps you wil}l call and see our client at 11 o‘clock, Wednesday, l6th inst. We are, sir, yours very trulyv. cceorebeâ€"it micht brine a ripple to even that carven mug of yours. Perâ€" use. 0 death‘s head!" Heo ripped another envelope and frowned over the inclosure. "H‘mâ€"listen. What do you make of this"*" ""Thick as the leaves in Valomâ€" brosa,‘" murmured Severance. "Buzz ‘em down. And Grayson, half a minâ€" ute: don‘t go. Here‘s a rezular ceorebeâ€"it micbht brine a ripple to Miss Valerie Fenwick has been left a fortune by her uncle, provided she marries within two months, otherwise she loses the fortune. She takes her troubles to her lawyers, Winter & Aparvell, who see Severance‘s adverâ€" tisement. "Grayson," remarked Richard Sevâ€" erance, solemnly, "until this particuâ€" lar moment 1 have never realized how many embryo criminals this world harbore!" sittingâ€"reom bearing the results of the second morning post upon a salver. "Mere‘s two more just arrived, sir," he annourced in a sepulchral voiee. ti "No, sir?" said the resigned Grayâ€" «on politely. He had just entered the Richard Severance, popular dramaâ€" tist, author*and bachelor, occupies a flat with his man, Grayson. Severâ€" ance has heen given but three months to liveo by a specialist. Wishing to keep his mind off his approaching death, he advertises in the "agony" columns for adventure. Enjoy the out.ofâ€"doors this winterâ€"take your family. California hotel rates are Fred Harvey dining service sets the standard in the days on the way. . _ _ _ No extra fare on the four other daily trains. The new Chiefâ€"extra fareâ€" is the finest and fastest of the Santa Fe California trains. Only TWO business You really enter sunny Caliâ€" fornia the moment you step aboardoneofthefivefamous Santa Fe crossâ€"continent this winter â€" arm. My poor Grayson sual gentleness. May 1 send you our picture folders? The Chief Laugh and the World Laughs With You F. T. Hendry, Gen. Agent ONTARIO ARCHIVEsS TORoNto ink it‘s ‘eartbhreaking, sir!" he od, in his distress flinging asâ€" to the four winds, ""eartâ€" i7 ince threw up his head to mught sight of his man‘s face, ring up, laid a hand upon the »a. Perhaps d let you go! including SYNXOPSIS PART I! Wintoer & Sparvell, Solicitors Ely Place, W.C. JOHN®WINTER. * he said with "It‘s not quite T‘d better pay BY MORGAN JOHNSON. 748 "Because â€" because â€"" floundered Severance. Ho made a sudden gesture. "You see, I might fall in love with my wife," he smiled, "and that would never dol" _ 1 "You leave the Princess very loneâ€" ly," murmured Valerie in a low voice. She hesitated and then shyly, "Won‘t you come and see me before you sail for Egypt? . Iâ€"I haven‘t thanked you properly yet." * ts Severance shook his head sadly. "I dare not, my dear!" Â¥ "Why?" The word came in a soft whisper; she leaned toward him, eyes very "bright. "I feel like the ogre in the fairy tale who for a few short hours has usurped the part of the Prince," deâ€" clared Severance gayly. "Now, I‘m going to come down to gross earth again with a bump!" "You leave the Princess very loneâ€" Three hours later, outside Prince‘s Restaurant, Richard Severance helpâ€" ed his wife into a taxi. Mr. Winter, a few minutes earlier, had betaken himâ€" self off to Ely place, chewing the cud of reflection and marveling mightily at the strange and wonderful denoueâ€" ments which life occasionally inflicts upon its puppets. |._ Mr. Winter cleared his throat noisâ€" ily. To be perfectly candid, he was xbeginm'ng to feel that way himself. + Severance, with a laugh, took the _ bull by the horns. Severance, feeling suddenly like a clown in a cireus who has been praisâ€" ed for his admirable portrayal of Hamlet, flushed to his ears. Somehow the maiden with the blue eyes and flowerlike face had an unhappy knack of getting under his guard! "Hear, hear!" applauded Mr. Winâ€" ter, polishing his glasses with totally unnecessary vigor, Valerie was not a hundred miles off crying; she blinked desperately in an eFort not to make a fool of herself. "Mr. Severance," she said softly, "your generosity makes me incapable of saying much, but Iâ€"IJ think you must be a very brave man!" "I should simply kate the idea of all that money going toward civilizing unhappy cannibals!" he declared, the imp of whimsicality now fairly daneâ€" ing in his eyes. "But there‘s just one condition I must make and insist upon. You know I‘ve always fancied a wedâ€" ding breakfast at Prince‘s. So while Mr. Winter is fixing up other necesâ€" sary little items, I‘ll just dash round and have a bottle or two put in the ico bucket!" ‘ "I don‘t think we can go on," she said feebly. "It‘s too awful and coldâ€" blcoded! We‘ll just have to find some other way out." "Not Mr. Richard Severance, the author!" she exclaimed, and then with shocked sympathy as she read her answer. "Oh, it‘s too dreadful. I‘m so sorry. My afairs must seem very petty and banal to youâ€"" She hesiâ€" tated, obviously fearinz dangerous ground. Severance grinned pleasantly. "*Whom the gods love . . ./" he quoted lightly. "And personally, Miss Fenwick, I shouldn‘t call the loss of €3,000 pounds petty!" Valerie® troubled gaze sought Mr Winter. "My client," said Mr. Winter, wistâ€" fully, "is a charming young ladyâ€"I have known her since childhood. It seems cruel that she should suffer for an old man‘s petulant freak!" As he spoke the door opened. "Miss Fenwick, sir," announced the inkâ€"stained office boy, red as a gobâ€" bling turkey in his effort to effectively dispose of a large toffee lump. The blue eyes opened wide in breathless surprise. Both men rose from their seats to pay homage to the delightful vision in the doorway. Â¥ Mr. Winter beamed over his glasses, "Good morning, my dear. Let me introduce Mr. Soverance." Mr. Winter laughed. He felt his heart warm toward this irresistible young man with the whimsical eyes who sat so coolly and unconcernedly in his chair. He could not help wonâ€" doring what his own conduct would be were he placed in a similar position. The legend of Damoclesâ€"modernized ~â€"sprang into his imagination. "Upon the contrary, Mr. Winter," assured Severance gravely, "the bare thought of a marriage ceremony turns me cold. I was best man at my late colonel‘s wedding, and the vision of a gallant man petrified with fear still haunts me in my dreams!*" "I realize, my dear sir," he added, putting the last finishing touches to a really magnificent arabesque, "that it hardly fulfills your conditions of risk and dangerâ€"â€"" Mr. Winter had conducted the inâ€" terview with tactful kindness. He had steered clear of snags and shalâ€" lows in a way which had earned him Severance‘s emused admiration. Suave and businesslike, he brought his propâ€" osition to a conclusion. Severance turned swiftly to the window. He found it difficult, howâ€" ever, to see if there was a taxi upon the stand or not; for, although it was a warm day and the June sun shone brightly, the glass seemed strangely misted. ® "No, sir," gulped Grayson. "That‘d be worse. I‘d sooner stay and stick it out, sir." i +*w 4 EP m o t mchens se Te s . ) e &‘m . :':, ‘ve s i :‘f fos | The anniversary was kept with fitâ€" |ting ritual, Half an hour before midâ€" ‘ night on the last day of 1926 the Dean and Chapter met for a solemn act of | penitence at a temporary altar in the nave. Just before midnight a procesâ€" ;sLon arrived at the west door of the : Minster, and the Archbishop of York f knocked thirteen tinvesâ€"once for each | centuryâ€"with his pastoral staff, As ; the sound of the last knock died away, the door was opened, and he entered i. to celebrate the long ages of Christian | York. Within the last hundred years the Minster has been the scene of two fires, one of which was caused by & lunatic. Already there are thirteen hundred crowded years of history behind York Minster, which dates back to the year 627, when a small wooden church was put up. The beginning of 1927 meant some thing more to York Minster than just the start of another year.â€" For this "most august of temples," as Sir Walâ€" ter Scott once called it, the occasion marked the commencement of a new century, York Minister‘s New Century. At the City Hall. ‘"Why is that councilman making such a row ?" "He‘s chairman of the antinoise committee, you know." Athletes use Minard‘s Liniment It is rung {immediately the morning service is concluded, and the story goes that it is to let the people at home know that the good folks have finished their worship and are on their homeâ€" ward way to "Dinner" or "Pudding." It used to be quite usual in some parts of East Lancashire to ring the bells as noilsily as possible after a funeral, the idea being that the loud noise would frighten away the evil spirits from the soul of the departed. The "Passing Bell" is stil heard in some country parishes of England to bespeak the prayers of the faithful for some soul in extremis. . The bell is rung or tolled nine strokes for a man, six strokes for a woman, and three atrokes for a child. So do the villagers know for whom to pray. The "Dinnér" or "Pudding Bell" is still rung in some country parishes. We hear them ringing so often, but do we think of them as more than a summons to church? Our forefathers had many more uses for bells. In their superstitious way they believed that thunder and lightning could be driven from the parish by the ringing of the church He walked through from Piccadilly into Jermyn street resurrecting in his mind the kaleidoscopic events of that extraordinary day. Then he shut the door abruptly, waved to the impatient driver, and swung away as the gears whirred nome. Superfluous Question. "Harold, let‘s have soup for lunch." "Sure, what kind, dear?" "Canned, of course." "‘Ave atque vale!" he murmured softly. "Goodâ€"bye, my dear; your life is just beginning!" He bent forward into the shade of the cab, and brushed her fingers with his lips. # t hua abkmie Srelet) en | enverscerarsntet BAKING POWDER The Toronteo Wospital for Incurables, in affilation with Belfevue and Allied Hospitzis, New York City, offers a three years‘ Course of Tralning to young women, having the required education, and desirous of becoming purres. . This Mospital bas sdopted the cigh;. hour system. Tire pugits rective uniforms of the Sehool, a monthiy allswance and fraveling «xpenscs to and from Hew York. For furthar Information write the Supcrintendent, MAGIc Ad Made in Canada No Ailum E.W. GILLETT Co. LTD, The Call of the Bells. NURSES (To be concluded.) vomronto, can. ar s ty n in all your bflki ng Ar Thats the way to assure success. Manyâ€" a girl marries for a support, and accordingly sits down on her husâ€" ; Face powder nevor tastesâ€"as good as it smell¢. _A smile has more than its face value. No beaten paths lead to success. Many a fellow whom you thiak is square is a roundeéer. A lie is legless but it travels last. Girls will be girlsâ€"so will a lot of old women. . Pearls worn by cthers are aiways imitations. Revenge proinises much but gets litâ€" tle. Many bhave a "kick" coming who never get it. Few people are really importantâ€" many act that way. A humbug "bite" is slow to heal. Bankers know a lot of "birds" by their notes. * Even the tea kettle in hot water up to its neck continues to sing. Yesterday‘s preparation aqpounts for toâ€"day‘s Juck. Don‘t be impatientâ€"even the flap jack has to wait its turn. _ Opportunities stil lie on every hand â€"so do a lot of people. ‘ Honesty, like homely women in stre@®t cars, stands up longest. wife To get rid of a crowdâ€"take up a collection. The key to a man is his thought; to a woman ber tongue. Jackâ€""Yes, but that worst of it. Mabel cal stairs and said, "That i Mother." Jackâ€""I called on Mabel last night and I wasn‘t any more than inside the door before her mother asked me my intentions." Johnâ€"*"‘That must bave been emâ€" barrassing." The Tooth of the Matter. It is a pleasant sight to see The guards manoenvring with skill But, ah, the difference to me When imy good dentist starts t 1890 knees. about for n More good time is wasted by people trying towhave one than any other way. Though we complain ‘ti« «n outrageous thing When Winter lingers in the lap of Spring, We incousistentiy earp not at all When Summer lingers in the lap of Fall. It is the girls of toâ€"day and not the wrongs agains{ them that should be dressed‘ * A good way to keep from wearing out friendships to not to use them. "Will you walk into my parior?" Said the spider to the fiy; That sophisticated insect Then replied, "Indeed, not I! I might walk Into your drawingâ€"room Or livingâ€"room, but say! Aro you so dumb you do not know That parlors are pasee?" The only upward trend that brings no protest is in women‘s ekirts, His wife loves him, yet she don‘t care if ho goes around with other woâ€" men. You see, he owns a merryâ€"g0oâ€" round. A little nonsense new and then wil undo the best of men. "Two halves make a hole," said the ram, as he joined a lifesaver mint toâ€" gother,. % The average politician‘s ideal of reâ€" Weving the farmer is to have more pickpockets at County Fairs. Most Investments look good until you try to borrow some money on Truths. Many a bad husband beats a good "Do you take lodgers?" "Yes. 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The |leaves of the eucalyptus trees sround | the Plaza .drooped motioniess, timp and . relaxed under the scorching, searching blaze. The shrdows of these trees had shrunk to their smallâ€" est â€" circunference, contracting clos» ebout the trunks. The shade hbad dwindled to the breadth of a mere !ne. The sun voas everywhere. The heat exhaling from brick and plaster »nd metal met the heat that Steadily desâ€" cnded blanketwise aonq «mothsring, from the pale, scorched sky. Ouly the Hzardsâ€"they lived in chinks of the crumbling adobe and in interst: e ./ the sidewalksâ€"remained withou:. ) tionless, as if stufied. . . A+ Jons intervals the projonged drone of a insoot developed out of the silence. vibrated a moment in a soothing, româ€" nolent, long note, then traile4 slowiy into the quiet @gain. Semewhore in the interior of one of the adobe honses a guitar snored and bhumme! s« pily. On the roof of a hotel a group of Ppigeons cooed incessantly vih ==bâ€" dued, liquid murmure, very pluintvye; a cat, perfectly white, with a piak nose and thin, pink lips, dozed complacentâ€" ly on a fence rail, full in the sun. In a corner of the Plaza three hens waiâ€" lowed in the baking hot dust, iFei» wings fluticring, clucking comforiably. â€"Frank Norris, in "The Octopus." If a store has a drapery depatiment er an art department, submit unusual designs to it. Many small stores have no salesman who is competent to cut "'overdnpe" patterns or to make a drawing suitable for a luncheon deâ€" gign that is to carry out a special plan. If you are clever, you can make from \curtain materials or wall paper deâ€" signs that can be repeated in the sofa cushions or the bed spreads; from ,chhu you can copy Gesigns for decorâ€" 'ntlu luncheon sets to be used with | that china. Charge according to the |importance of your work. Trade journals will give you ideas; the special needs of your community will guide you; the surplus stock in some merchant‘® store may be your inspiration. If your ideas are nove! and practicable ernough to sell goods no merchant will begrudge you the price that your idea is worth to him. Clever ideas in window Aressing aro bringing another girl a neat little in come. For a shoe store she arranged a display calied "The Seven Ages of Bhoes‘ Hoving collected seven pairs of old shoes, from a baby‘s pair up to un old man‘s boots, she had the shoeâ€" maker mend one of each pailr, The row, in which the worn and the re paired were set side by side, was placed in the window, where they proved to everyore who stopped to look in that by skillful repairing even a hopelesslooking shoe can be reâ€" stored to reputable appearance and further wear, The girl‘s charge for the idea was five dollars, It has brought the store a great deal of reâ€" pair work, made new customers and sold more shoes. Have Your Ideas Reagy. ‘ To girls who feel that they have taste and ability that they could use to advantage in such work, a word of advice may be useful; have your sell Jng ideas ready for the merchant long before the selling time. Friends, interested in her project and pleased with store windows that are a credit to their city, lend her anâ€" tiqgues, curiosities and other things to complete and beautify her window deâ€" signs. The town where she lives has on!1 one sakilled window dresser, and the displays of the other stores suffered by comparison. Feeling sure that the merchants would beneft if they (is played their wares attractively, who visited the different stores and solicit ed the work of dressing theitr windows. Bhe convinced several of the mor chants that an artistic arrangement of the goods in their windows would make an appeal to the public tha: would result in increased sales. Provide Suitable Displays. By agreementâ€"she gives each store one complete change of window dis plays every two weeks and a rear rangement that givea the effect of change once a week, She also proâ€" vides suitable displays for such days as are celebrated locally or more wideâ€" ly. Bince she does not have to spend apything on the work, she figures that the.two doliars a window that she re ceives for it is good pay for what is only partâ€"time work, for it brings he at least forty dollars a month. She stipulated that the two jewelore on the list should allow her a reasonâ€" able sum to spend for Rowers. . By choosing the flowers to harmonize with the rich velvets of jewel cases and accent the beauty Oof the glass, gllver and pottery containers that are on sale she has more than justified the expense. by applying herself to it a girl of artis tic abilty has made her training a source of income without leaving By perceiving that there was & noeg lected feld of effort near at hand and by applying herself to it a girt of artis GIRLS MAKE MONEY IN THEIR OWN HOME TOWNS Noon in the Plaza. 1 D 10 ¢4 and will equip the yo take it for expert se hospitals, in govern in asylums, in ho and anywhere that habilitated by this In the United Ste Occupational Therapy ly increased in the It is practicatly « mand for Occupati will be greatly enla the next fow vears. nC CANADA Women Are . as Electri exerc two j be in New â€" Westminst the past year the the w Ther of w store pr of eer affi New Zealand a Edmonton, Alta in the history of . is being shipped t registened Grimm the Grimm Alfalf gociation, at Broc pr Lxtraction Plant pounds of yelion thousand pounds 6e« the wheat has en One W M th TD th the 11 Occupational 0 News F Imports ceg on« $1 W th They Alwa 17 17 th t} i#A populat age an loved. pal nay |) | »owe AN otal R,B6 900. 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