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lor The neath ment laugh arms around her ing wit one bitter she form aha n gt edtoh one to whom She thoughts one Wflfl with hem over her sorrow, and cherishing a growing fee-ling of resentment toâ€" wards the girl who had been the cause, howevcr innocent, of the havoc in their home. She passed the bridge where the big line fence came down to the road. The little stream was swollen by the autumn rains and tore through the valley, dashing down to meet the angry waters of Lake Huron that rushed up with a sullen roar. The bare branches of the willows at the spring moaned and swayed, the fields were brown and dreary, all nature seemed in accord with Miss Eupheâ€" mia's feelings. She stood for a moâ€" ment in the shelter of a clump of ce- dars, gazing down into the boiling wa- ters. A step behind broke her reverie and she turned; Maggie Martin was standing beside her, her golden hair tossed by the wind, her blue eyes full of pleading. She stood for a moment with such a look of shyness and apol- ogy that Miss Euphemia‘s resentment suddenly disappeared. ‘Miss Andersonâ€"Iâ€"I saw you go down to the store and I’ve been watch- in’ for you to come back." athe down t in’ for She of breath, and nervously twisting the (rings of heir shawl. ' I thought you'd like to know 1â€"] saw him," she added in a whisper, her eyes filling with tears. Miss Anderson dropped her basket regardless of the new glass sugar- bowl in the bottom and seized the girl. She paused, panting as though outi for he‘sâ€"0. 3011, he‘s. going the soldiers l" When ‘ He It all happened in a moment. common love and sorrow broke all barriers between the two “ and the next moment they war biug out their grief in each ( arms 3H tault l” ‘ No. “'C BK 011B be he‘d bye to the 0 like a. mothe r859!) " He watched and Miss Anderson, am n't see you he told bye to you. He said siste a bout “ Think about hi anything else, mox Why child, he was talk away as they love; I never kue it jusE can‘t be u g with B an' me ‘ Lane E returnir B9 bb y his to-night Oh. it‘s 1nd nan I ah .ely that and never so much to the old auntie that l 11v Euphemia one chilly autumn rning from the oc basket of grocerie sorrbwu and oh ripemt arewe it‘s all my fault. It moaned the girl. no, child I" sobbed nute to say goodâ€"bye. He‘sâ€" Miss Anderson, Miss Ande'r- going to South Africa with nys that set on soldierin‘ may- 'u' gone anyhowb like as not. had been that, now )ul( ZRVC ? Not my Bob last night. He came just when with \VOI‘d 1 some glared at her 1 , grey brows f V9 a harsh, 1‘ and y t live Som of h‘ And a fault grain, an uld never uzh the ne the sumr my boy, to woma n1 Bob? JJ 88 1d th'e [a 1! As if I ever did ning, noon or night] my baby. They can like about mother- .r what it was, but 1 to the (tenn‘you sobbed t1 nst he ou mustn when he could- me to say good- he‘d never, never watched for you nca. ies, brc in ‘VI'O she .vare to 01‘ 1e mirtt day from be 0 house we this '036 and ; heart. lonely y as she return- morose z'that thir Where lover 11 M’ re sob othar'a all my He‘sâ€" ) away iing “He mus Their down elder never think have for a bit of that's put into y you 5km with a new atl turned little 5 in s; fresh and brac the shore gay fri‘n two women. They saw 11115 name 111 the Toronto list and their hearts swelled with pride. They followed \Vilth alternate hopes and fears every detail] of his journey and subsequent service in South Africa. And the day that his handsome face appeared pic- tured in a Toronto paper they stay- M M'n ed so Ion g (wavered. Andrew Anderson ghowed no sign either by womd or deed that he knew of his son’s departure. He read the war news carefully, but spoke of it rarely, though-all his neighbors dis- cussed nothing else. He made no mention whatever of Canada’s brave contingent, and too well to broa his son. It 500 cult 'to withold for betore tn the vauntryâ€"s the news :0 Anderson had examp :lt nd a sympath'ehc ‘essity to Miss Eu; .1. The sky was bl hove more aged winter than so long at the sprmg no reJowe at it, that they were almost disâ€" she m and I sur 111 )ll sh difl 8 pm wimd came up {I m Jbe 18E hal patch the fa ‘h-im 1‘11 bed and with the mes came the spl ver swollen to at 1t 116 one ‘emperance meeting t nights. And dowr 1r clump by the b d sweetâ€"heart met : whispere SD'UW'S Jlty mm. Rick; the ards home 'nther wouldn't h( ifu] madif he kn of ‘en visit from Maggie oke‘n of their boy‘s conâ€" ad and reâ€"read by these They saw his name in in the pre alter H no other squeez 1t the spring no rejoice 1101‘ and I his Jute! Bob’s name frc an or?- tic gged on slowly. for broken only by an ‘b’s 1!] hom at 5 friends kn was buzzing with [fling structure. some day, see if ' God grant thatl Andrew Andersonl 111‘ he i the whit 'rfly up a he hollows and and the little (1 in the smoky lime fence still wh dismally in th rry canes m stern pa] too much d at the and h sore sub sign d dur nth \V 1nd its thing s ten years of the re- heart out. nehow lne [he Vil in [aggie 5 conâ€" these me in hearts W w ‘00! at th diffi- tanza 1d aP ado her were f bet- 38 the hful that fir hesitatin an unfam estran‘gement enemy. AndI feet. his brm moth fire picious wits fi oally Lou abad hit at Paardeberg and the Boers have done for me this time. The surgeon has given me only one day more. I haven‘t been any use to you all my life and I o-ughtn’t to both-ea: you about dying and Iwouldn’t only 501‘ Bob Anderson. He nearly lml- his life trying to save me at Paardeâ€" berg and his captain says he ought to get the Victoria Cross. Our regi- ment was with the Canucks and Bob and me got to be good chums. I knew you wouldn’t know Lt was me he sav- ed for Ichanged my name to Myers before Icame hnere. Bob has told me all about the oLd row, and Father, if you can do anything to make it right between him and little Maggie I wish you would. Bob’s a good fellow a mighty sight better than I’ve ever been, and I'll never get another chance. Tell mother not to mind "From South Africa!" he cried with B. start. He drew it from the envelope "From Jim!” he cried again turning b0 the other. All thought of anger died as the two old men looked into each others eyes and recognized a Read it." Andrew passed it trembling to his sist mid Then as they seated themselves Miss Euphemia arranged her spectacles with shaking fingers and slowly and with many falterings read;â€" Dear Father and Mother,â€"By the time you get this {will be gone, I got n ma hif at 'Paardeberz and the clock. S fire his f “He W >ommon aorrow." "Ay, from Jim," whispered Steph about me, I was always away any- how. Give my love to little Maggle and tell her to be true to Bob. God blass you all. Gotod Bye. Jim.” There was silence in the big kit- ch-en, br-oken only by Miss Euphemla’s subs. and the slow making of the old I‘k 'Lr hom “E uphieâ€"your eyes Maggie Martin trix the hill towards the pail of cool butterm. and abasket of her [1 biscuits in the other sun shone on her 11 in her eyes. All the and bright, everythin Bob was in: England, alarms home; for hadn’t Pretoria fallen and wasn’t this old world.a heaven of hapâ€" piness and forgiveness? She step- ped lightly across the stream on the stepping-stones and came suddenly upon two old men who were piling up a heap of boards and fence posts. "Why Eatherl" she cried, handing he visitor took astep towaras enemy and as he came into t they saw how white he was out aletter. Andrew And ards the trier iPP lrew An and look at:de 1i been with an English regiment that his ‘ hung the door and we for hadn’t ‘uâ€"gclome tl'e the 1' took rin th 1n My 015 he said huskily. ersxo-n book it mechaniâ€" ;d at it in a dazed fash- burie W011) fing round him woman found the bi in 2” she falte a step towards and s ‘nty 1' hair; and the earth w thing seems md. safe in uld the thre f his boyhoo‘ rmilk in one nanu 11‘ mother’s freshest are better." he n sat his 11 ipped ‘silently ine fen ence posts. 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As a J of this hosp that amoun a deficiency es run rats £1,700 lectou‘ statio In round 1 'a'm lg that wt £5,000 am will 1 ‘uut 000 T1 tlm WHERE THE FUNDS; C10. ich to run an addi Th In in Lely be t wee n ll hardly min at 000 requu scostu would any 1t )n in lu £500 m lih and of n Gre from u J. On u, w ill 1t; 370,000 and £80,000 a. ‘u are surprised? 0! any one be who has Jquire into the subject ired and one expenses r would never expect. credit it, but we pay wear [or milk alone, 11 tution suc £80 Ihat £10,000 a year .‘he nurses ge oetween them and the Jose thi tell hundred lit )out £2 uments )in 1t ‘ill f expe m llmpil 11 f0 £6,000 ‘r £60 an 11188 :11, runs an that liquo 11y Altc ‘ up y01 1d you while 1nd evm fish es cost about that I do not a couple of but I may be, under or over 1e ju‘ m 000 1t and cheese in theata *- in print But, the [DOD fix partm ug course 0! £3,000 t1 111 M So than to £400 the med- of the If 1t s I haVe IDS per allow up :her the :01!) a few 'quito which Think of boot. )Ll Iliun med an ex- SIC nicals while bout vice has and )ll um- 1t 3f '0 1118 flunk hink and 3.118 this the 11d )DS )at )1]- he cls hat