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M E S H O L D E N McCREADY LIMITED, Canada's largest shoe manufacturers, sup- plied, within thirty-three days, 32,217 pairs of leather ankle boots and 30,000 pairs of canvas shoes for tho outfitting of the First Canadian Contingent, the largest quantity supplied by any manufacturer. These boots were worn by our soldiers on active service both in this country and in the training camps in England. They were sub- jected to the most severe usage that boots could be subjected to. They travelled over rough roads and smooth. They waded through mud and through slush past all description. They were soaked by the never-ceasing rains of an abnormally wet English winter. They were baked on hot stoves, grilled on steam radiators and roasted before open fires. Yet, THEY STOOD THE TEST. Out of the entire 32,217 pairs of leather boots supplied by this company only a single pair was shown to be open to criticism when the Government enquiry was made six months later. Experts employed by the Governmént exam~ incd 1365 pairs and 348 odd boots made by various manufacturers. Among the number were found only seven pairs of boots of Ames Holden McCready manufacture. of which five were found to be repairable, one pair uni-emir- able, and ONE PAIR HAD A SOLE UNDER GAUGE. The best proof of the durability and service- ability of the Ames Holden McCready boots. however, was afforded by the sworn state- ments of soldiers who had worn these boots constantly from the time they were issued in September, 1914, right through to March, 1915. They swore that they had worn the boots through all the rough experiences at Valcar- tier and on Salisbury Plain and that they had given exoellent service throughout. Ser- geant Nussey, of Toronto, who had served twelve years in the British Army, appeared be- fore the Committee with a pair of such boots still on his feet and submitted them to the committee's inspection. The testimony of these witnesses has since Am in. MONTREAL - EDMONTON - TORONTO VANCOUVER - DE LORIMIER - been amply corroborated by numerous reports and letters received from ofllccrs and soldiers at. the front all testifying to the good wearing qualities of the Ames Holden )lcCrcady boots. 5* 73 i #1 When the question was raised concerning the quality of the Canadian soldiers‘ boots, Ames lloldcn McCready Limited placed them- selves IMMEDIATELY upon record, by writing to the Government, as desirous of having the most thorough investigation of the matter. The appointment of a Parliamentary Committee and the official enquiry followed. It occupied scv- crnl wcelzs‘ time. The (‘ommittcc stopped at nothing in their efforts to get at all the facts. This Company purchased the bcst leather and supplies available in Canada and spared no expense in manufacturing the boots. All our invoices. and shop and manufacturing: records were produced before the Parliamentary Coni- mittee for their inspection and information. We had nothing to hide and were proud of the boots which were furnished to the Government. THE ARIES HOLDEN McCREADY BOOTS CAME OUT OF THE ORDEAL UNSCATHED. The Committee reported to Parliament that the boots supplied by this company substan- tially complied with the sample, that no paper or other fraudulent substances had been em- ployed in their manufacture and that all charges involving the integrity of this company or of the boots supplied by them had been abundantly disproven by the sworn evidence taken before the Committee. The report. which was adopted by Parlia- ment. was A COMPLETE VINDICATION FOR ARIES HOLDEN McCREADY LIMITED. ’ east In bringing these facts prominently before the people of the Dominion, Ames Holden McCready Limited are actuated by the desire not only to protect their own good name ~â€" which needs no vindication with the thousands of Canadians who are familiar with this com- pany and its products â€" but also that of a. notable and important Canadian industry, which has been unr arrantably aspersed. Eli iicfllddbl LliiiTEB WINNIPEG - ST. JOHN ST. HYACIN THE girl_askod herself, soberly. awaits us all at last! “The boast of heraldry, DOW”. gave, grave. tions of our life matter. after all?" The AWaIlJL alike the inevitable hour; The path of glory leads but to the the grave bhe pomrp of And all that beauty, all that wealth Sitting there among the lonely green graves and broken, discolored monuments, With the ivy creeping over over their dim . "N “ CHAPTER XXV-«Continuedl. So one day she came into the. livtle room where Leonora, sitting at, the 'Window. gazed wistfully out at the green grass and the blue sky, with an unconscious pathos on the sweet, girlish face. “My dear, you are tired of this stuffy little chamber, I know." she said. “Not very." said the girl, a little drear- ily. "I suppose I ought to be grateful to you for giving me such a home." "Grateful to me for hiding ou away in these little, musty rooms. as i you hadn'E the sweetest face the sun ever shone on!" onied the good woman, selfâ€"reproachfully. “Not. a. bit of it, my dear. I’m ashamed of myself for treating you so. It mustn’t go on so, or your health will suffer, and so I shall tell Lady Lancaster; and if she won't. allow you the liberty of the grounds I will go away from here and make us a snug little home somewhere else, where we may come and go as we please; so there!“ said the good woman, with sud- den independence. Leonora rose impulsively and went and kissed the comely face of her friend. “Aunt West, would you really do that flinch for me?" she exclaimed. delight- y. "Yes, I would,’ Mrs. West answered. firmly. “Poor Dick left you to me to tfikfi care of. and I'm bound to do the best 1 can for your happiness." , f‘Ah!" said Leonora, checking an impa- taent si h. “And ‘ve come to tell you." Mrs. West continued, “that if you'd like to go and sketch the Abbey ruins, you may go this morning. Leonora." “If I'd like!" cried the girl. “Oh, Aunt West! it’s just what I I shall be so happy!" "Yes you shall 0 dear. and stay all day. if you like. ‘li put- you up a nice cold lunch in u lintls basket. and I'll hire the lodgekeoper’s boy to show you the way. Ill give him a. shilling to go, and he will stay all day to keep you from getting frightened." "I shall not. be frightened," said Leo- nora. radiant. “I don't 'now; it's still and lonesome- like there, nhd the bats and Screech-owls might startle You. And there's an old dis- mantled chafiaél. tooâ€"" 0 "Oh. how slit I shall sketch that. tool Leonora gels-lined. clapping her hands like a 9 ul child. "And a} lift-hC old grave-yard." pursued Mm. West. " true of the thncasters are buried there. You might be afraid of their ghosts." “1 am not afraid of the Lancastens, dead or living." the girl answered, saucily. her spirits risini;l at the prospect before her. She set forth in nib under the convoy f little Johnini ale. the lodgeâ€"keepers llid, s loquac org; ‘uuihin who plied her with smnlbialk while e walked, by her ido wit t e lunc‘lirbas of. Mrs. “est had reins: i th as glint)? care as if for ady Lancaster h‘iself. She 'd not check the boy's happy volu- bility. lthougli she did not heed it very much, either, as their hurried through the grand old park, where the brown-eyed - deer browsed on the velvety green grass. and the great oak-trees east shadows, per haps a century oldnacmss .their path. When they had shut the park gates be- hind bhe'm,"and struck into the green country lanes, bordered with honeysuckle and'liiac, Leonora drew breath with a. sigh of delight. "How sweet it all isl My father's coun- try, too," she said. “Ah. he was right to love these grand old English homes, al~ though he was but. lowly horn. What a grand old park, .what sweet, green lanai, what a sweet and peaceful landscape! It. is no wonder that the English love Eng-. land!" She remembered how her father, now dead and buried under the beautiful American skies. had loved England, and always intended to return to it some day with his daughter, that she might behold his native land. I She remembered how often he had quot- ed Mrs. lIomaii's lines: “The stately homes of England, llow beautiful they stand! Amidst their tall ancestral trees O'er all the pleasant land! The deer nCI‘OQa their greensward bound Through shade and sunny glen, And the swan vlides past them with the sound Of some rejoicing stream." "He loved the homes of England, al. though his fate was not cast with them," she said to herself. try to love England for his sake; it was alwaYs dear to him. although he was fond j leldBd them- Lanca-Etf‘l‘ was wishing for.l Of his kind adopted home. “)0!” When they eached the ruins. she stud- inscriptions. Leonora, a little lonely black figure, began her sketch. She worked industriously and skillfully and nothing disturbed her for several hours. Johnnie had availed himself of the op portunity to make an excursion into the woods on this own account, and she was quite alone; but nothing alarmed her. and she worked on fearlessly amid the fragrant stillness of the lovely June day, whose calmness was broken by nothing louder than the hum of the bees among the flowem. or the joyous carol of idle sky-Dark as it soared from earth to heav- en, losing itself, as it were. in the llllmllr able blue of the sky. The midday sun climbed high and high- er into the sky, and Leonora, pausing over her nearly completed sketch, push- ed back her wide hat from her flushed face. and stopped to rest, glancing at the quiet graves that encompassed her. "What a. still and peaceful company we are!" she said, aloud, quaintly, never thinking how strange it looked to see her sitting thereâ€"the only living thing among the silent tombs. Then all at once, as if the tenants of the' grave had come to life. Leonora heard a soft babel of Voices and laughter. With (1 start she turned her head. A party of gay young ladies and gon- tlemen were strolling toward her across the level greensward. Foremost among them was Lord Lancaster. walking beside the card's daughter. It was too late for retreat. Every eye turned on the graceful figure sitting there so quietly among the graves “poor Damn I mugt ‘ of the dead and gone Lancaster‘s. As they 13851.9(! the low stone wall that lifted his hat 1 and boweddow and profoundly. icd than; care ully on every side to secure : a picturesque view. She found that to get. the bee’t possible one she would have to sit down among the little dismantled ohape “You bain’t going to sit down aiming them thoer dead folk, missus?" inquired Johnnie, round-eyed. and on the alert for ghosts. “Yes. I am. Are you afraid Johnnie?" she asked, laughing. "Ya‘as. I be," he replied, prompt-1y. "Very well: you may lance and play." salt to slim. eonura. “Don't t Fruves close to the ‘ 0 off to a dis-‘ let. any one come this way to disturb me. . And if You get hungry. you may have a sandwich out of my basket." ’Iihen they were gone, but an eager hum of masculine voices was borne back to her ears on the light hroesei “By Jove! what i]. beauty!" "Heavens! was that a ghost?" "What a lovely being! Who is she, Lan- caster?" _ _ She heard is deep, musical voice an- swer carelele "It is lilies estâ€"a young lady who 15 stayin in the neighborhood for the sketch ug. I believe," _ Thaw Went on toward the mine. Leonora, with a. doe er color in her fair‘ face, baht over her E'eicli and rapidly put some finishing touches to it. ' “Now I wood 1‘ where little Johnnie can 1 be?" she menu ‘13. "I‘m hungry now," he answered, greedU ily. "Already, you little pig!" she cried. Very well, take your sandwich now, and be off out. of my way. a picture." She so down on the broken headstone of an old grave, took out. her materials. and while she glanced down and rwd the name on tomb beneath her. gums Clive, Lord Lancaster. metdiiiig like a shudder passed over her as this dead Lancaster. g-rlle from the ways of men more than ; mutiny :‘i'go, recalled to her the Lying am». the “What. do all the paltry aim..- and 3111b.“ mamas I'm going to make ‘ trimmed he: penacils.‘ She glanced up and saw Captain Lan. caster coming back to her. CHAPTER XXVI. lie came on quickly toward the 251nm sitting among the Era-v05. with the “fill head 7.0:th defiantly, although Leonora was thinking to herself: V ..lle is coming to~ scozd niehpea-haps, for trespassing on his prope He came tip to her and 5t. “'mehe‘a‘d- ed before lli'T, with the sunh§ht imp on 1'»? fair head stall. ntal gag}, soliir l.‘.‘li".§ Lancaster among thud .: ~ 'k' ones. and one who d n w rile i...me. ' Fake?" he asked. "In! 3;: your pardon for interrupting you, to said; "butâ€"you are sketching the ruins?" ‘ "Yes.' “Will you let me see your work?" She held it out to him in silence. lie scrutinized it in mingled wonder and delight. _"llow perfect! how spirited! how bean- t.ifnl!" lio cried. “You ilullfib have real talent!‘ :‘Tl‘lllllk you!" she answered, Sllg‘ht inclination of her bond. He stood watching the half‘uvertod face, a» moment in silence. It had a slightly bored air. as if she wished he had not come. or that. he would, at least, soon go. "You are very brave. Miss West, aiming hero all alone among these graves,” he said, after that. momentary ,puuso. "Did you leave your friends to come back and tell me that?" inquired she, with delicate sarcasm. “Nero.” slowly: “I (‘Llllle back to ask a favor. Miss West." "Indeed?" inercdnlously. “Yes: and it is tliu‘s: I should like to have that. sketch. My friend, Lady Adela. is in ravpturcs over that, pile of old ruins. She would like to have a, picture of it." Ho was watching her closely. He was rewarded for his intent. scrutiny by see- with a ing an angry crimson flush the round cheek. "You would like this for her?" said Leonora, witih ominous calmncm. “Yes; will you part with itPâ€"for money. if you will. It. is singularly pcrfmt, and should be worth somctvliing considerable.“ “You are very kind," said Leonora. She had pulled a flower from a grave. and “as tearing: its petals apart With fierce cruelty between her white fingers. "No; I am only just." be said; then. with a. smile: "Ah, Miss West, do not. be so cruel to that. poor flower. I have a shuddering conviction that it is meta- phorically, myso‘lf you are deliberately annihilating." She glanced up to him rather curiously from beneath her shady lashes. “I~did not really think what I was d0< inst," she said. "Why should you think I would treat you that way?" “Because I have been so unfortunate as to incur your dislike," he answered. She did not utter the denial he half hoped she would, but she threw her mu- tilated flower from her with a quickly (suppressed sigh. "Well, am I to have the sketch?" he in- quired, after waiting vainly for an an- saver. “NO” "You refuse?" he asked, chagi'ined. “Yes I drew the picture for myself, not. for Lady Adela." she replied, (pr cdly. “She will be disappointed at my fail- ure to secure it. for her," said he. “’Ilhat does not matter to me," Leonora re‘turred. coldly. “Why does she make a picture for herself?" “She does not sketch.” "Ah! it is beneath her dignity?” asked the girl. “No, but. beyong her turned “Really?” asked the girl. “Yes,” he replied; "she assures me that she has no talent at all in that way. You who are so clever, Miss West, might al- ford to pity her." “I do. but. not because draw." said Leonora. "Why then?" “Because, for all her high birth and proud position, she will have to sell her- self for money." Tdhe shot, (old. She saw his cheek grow re . “Mrs. West has been telling her these things. I wish to Heaven she had held her tongue!” he thought, bitterly. But aloud he said, lightly: “Perhaps you may find it expedient to do the same thing. Miss West." “To do what?" she inquired. “To marry for money," he replied. V “And you think it would be expedient?’ she inquired, draxwing her delicate black brows together in a vexed little frown. "Yes, for you,” he replied. “You are too beautiful and gifted, Miss West, to be contented in your present humble condi- tion. You should marry wealth and posi- tion. Both would become you rarely.” "Thank you, my lord." she said, With a pretty gesture of mock humillty. “’Ilbat reminds me to tell you that De Vere will be here to-morrow,” he suddenly. “What has that to do with our sub- ject?" shortly. . “Everything. De Vere is in love With you, and he is rich and well born. 'You can be Mrs. De Vere any time you Wish. ‘Did your friend employ you to tellltme this?’ asked Leonora, male with passion. “No; but he would have no objection to my doing so. He will tell you so hlmself when he comes." _ __ "And you advise me to marry him? she asked. gazing into his.face wrth her soft. steady glance. "I should presume to advise you; 3'“ it would be a good thing for you, I know. De Vere adores you. He would be your slave, and you would he like a little uQeen in the position to which his weath would raise you." “You make a great deal of wealth," she said, gravely, and waiting curiously for his reply. " “It is a great power in the world, he replied. "Is it?" she asked. “Ah! Lord Lancasâ€" ter, ‘almost thou per-suadest me‘ to sink to Lady Aderla's level and sell myself for old." g“You seem to have imbibed a_stra.nige contempt for Lady Adela," he said. . “I have. Where is her womanliness. her self-respect, that she can lend herself, to that wicked old woman's ambitious schen es for buying a ooroneted head with her twenty thousand a year? She is the daughter of a hundred earls. and yet slic not power," he re- she can not said. can give herself to you merely for the. money's sake. Pall!" ' i “Need it be merely for the money s, "Am I repulsive to look upon Miss West? Is it quite impossible" that a woman. Lady Adela or flilOtl’iBl::' should give me her heart with her hand? i Something like wounded pride quivercd in his voice, and he looked at her re‘, proachfully. . “Would it be impossrble for me to be loved for myself alone?" he went on, slow- ly. "Might not some good, true, sweet, woman love me for my own self~even act I am?" She looked up at the handsome face. the large, graceful form, and silently rc- called 1ihe words Lieutenant De Vere had ‘ spoken to her on the steamer a deck that da : ‘PlIe is more run after by the women‘ than any man in the regiment." “He knows his power," she thought; and from sheer contrmness made no on swer to his a. on]. “He shall not know what I think u. out it," she said to her- self. i CHAPTER XXVH. The handsome young lord stood look- ing: at the fair face and mute red lips with a lipr ohugrined air for u mUIDL‘le; then he said. hsstll I "Goodday, Misc eat. I see how dis- agreeable my presence is, so I will leave vou to your meditations among the tombs. I hope none of £31088 Old fellow?) BENSON’S Corn Starch In the famous Yellow Package . 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"I shall be )e to buy my self a. new dress with t is.” “You are not angry?" he said, struck bv an inexplicable something in her tone. “Oh. no; I am very glad to be so well paid for my work," she answered, with the same demure air; and then she and. suddenly: “Goodqnorning,” and walked away from him. He followed her. “Are you going home alone, Miss West?" “No; I have a small escort hereabouts, if he has not eaten my lunch and run away,“ she replied, carelessly. “Johnny Dale? No, he has not run away. You will find him in the lane, “there I saw him as we came through. Shall I find him for you?" ‘No, thank you. Doubhless Lady Adela. is impatient at your long stay." she said. walking coolly away from him. “The deuce! I expect she is. I had quite forgotten the daughter of a hun- dred earls," he said to himself, ruefully. “I forget. everything with Leonora West. She would not answer my question, yet I would give the world to know what she really thinks. 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