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01d Dan McCarty, starting for church one June morning with his pretty daughter Maryâ€"his wife had gone on to the greater service in givâ€" ing Mary birth some nineteen years before and his son had been killed in No Man's Land the previous winterâ€"â€" Mary laughed. It was an old story to her. “All right, Father; but you’ll not be at church at all, that I know. Dog’t get your Sunday suit flirty.” ié'us-EHEE t_hgtrzrp<r)irit‘in the straggling village street where the road to the river crossed. Dan looked down at the black suit which had been his Sunday best for fifteen years. “No danger, darlin’; dirt won’t stick to it. 'Sure, I think I’d slide out of it mesilf if ’twas not buttoned on, although,” he added reâ€" flectively, “ ’tis liss smooth on the in- side than ’tis on the outside, owin’ maylike to the pews in the church bein’ harder than mesilf. Last Sun- dayâ€"did I tell.ye?â€"a bee lit onto me, and a bee with his stinger and the hooks on his feet and all should be able to stick to anything. But that poor little bee slipped down so fast he didn’t have time to start his buz- zers, andâ€"and he broke his nick. ’Tis a blissed daughter ye are, Mary, and ’tis a pity ye have such an old goose for a father.” “If I’d my pick from ten million fathers, I’d have chosen you,” said the girl. “Go on to the river. Iâ€"I under- stand." Ik‘ilialv'l'in’," éaid he, “I've thought of somethin’. I’ll go down this way to seeâ€"to see if I can find a feller. Ye go on to church and I’ll come later; ’tig Aearly yet_.” 7 ' “Yis, but,” Dan put Jut a restrain- mg hand, “I am not goin’ to fish, darlin’.” “I know it, Father; you are going to your church, that is all. Don’t think I don't know, for I do, and that is all right.” She went on a few steps, then tum- ed and waved her hand, smiling. “Roast beef and apple pie for dinner,” she called; “don’t be late.” “Niver fear.” Old Dan, took his way slowly down the flowerâ€"bordered road to a certain spot near the river bank where a wild apple tree laden with bloom scattered W The Blessed Mcdéicr ‘53“: â€"~ 7 r ' _r \ ,.,\ Mm ~BM-H - f’ «s %\x s "A ::: , PART I. By DAVID H. TALMADGE the sunshine in countless flecks upon a carpet of green. It had long been a haunt of his in the lazy hours of the spring and early summer, and lit- tle by little he had builded up a theology there, quite to his liking, quite free from any offense to the organized church. When the rains were on or when the chill winds blew he sat in the old family pew with Mary and frankly twisted and fidgeted and dozed. But when the air was soft and rich with the perfume of blossoms and fresh-turned earth. and the river sang: in harmony with the birds, which it did not do in the winter days, he yielded willingly to the truant call. A A Pagan _he was perhaps. The pas~ It comes in all colors, and gives a tough, durable “seasoning,” besides contributing largely to the artistic effect of your home. A pagan he was perhaps. The pas- tor of the church had referred to him in that term, but in a tone of voice which had in it little of impatience. Afterwards the preacher had saidâ€"â€" and the statement was passed about from the church social, where it was uttered, to the political and civics club at the corner store and to the black- smith shop where the village heathen were wont to congregate. and had in short a universal circulation so far as Typica extended into the universeâ€" that Dan was a blessed pagan. This afforded Typica folk a topic for specu- lation. What is a blessed pagian? The village has never fully agreed upon a definition. There is a general agree- ment among the mothers that Dan is all right but is not to be recom- mended as a model for the children. All, men and women and children, res- pect him. ,Few understand him. A rough marrof entle impulses. A doer of good deeds ut a growling, pepper- is-h man when well-meaning folk would heap praise upon him. A tobaccoish man and a user, upon all occasions, of language too strong and forceful to entirely meet the approbation of all his acquaintances. On this particular Sunday morning Dan heard music before he came in full sight of the wild apple tree and he hastened his steps somewhat. A grosbeak couple were occupying- the tree, using it both as a temple and a nesting place, and the gentleman grosâ€" beak was religiously devoting a por- tion of each day to song. The fact that the lady gl‘os‘beak sat on a numâ€" ber of eggs and Looked bored and 0c- casionally scolded because she was of either as a mixture in which shingles are dipped or as stain to apply to the completed roof. Like every other Bâ€"H product, the B-H Shingle Stain is first choice among people who know good paint. \ Look for the 8-H dealer in your territory-the B-H Sign \ hangs outside his store. Shingle Stain . Safeguard Your Rcof 'ih‘ the feminine ‘ itous error the would have be even had he be Sll’! the his Old Dan removed his coat and stretched himself upon the grass with a grunt of satisfaction. “Sure, he’s a whole choir in him- self,” he said, addressing the gros- beak. “And,” he added presently, his eyes roaming in a leisurely way about him, “he has a congregationâ€"quite a typical oneâ€"yis; th‘im yillow-topped weeds yonder, noddin’ wise and lmowin’ nothin'; yis, and there's a little snake wigglin’, and bugs buzzin’ â€"aw, my!” He chuckled at the con- ceit and lifted his eyes to the tree again. “’Tis to the glory of God ye’ro singin’ so grandly, little bird, for ’tis God that gave ye somethin’ to sing for, and ’tis rateful ye are. Maylike ye can see odâ€"I shouldn't wonder, but weâ€"we can only feel Him, we that are not so very wise; and that the spirit of it was not in har- mony with the situation, spat vigor- ously. The twig at the top of the tree rose and fell in the breeze and the grosbeak sang louder and louder in the exhilaration of the movement. Old Dan’s eyes closed“ “Thou shalt love thy God with all thy heartâ€"yisâ€" and keep' his commandmints,” he mur- mu‘red. “Do unto othersâ€"yisâ€"as ye would be done byâ€"liyt not yer lift hand know what yer right hand doethâ€"hlilp one anotherâ€"’tis a small price to pay for the dibt we’re owin’.” lil- There was a sound beyond a clump of bushes between the tree and the river. and Dan’s eyes opened. He raised his head, listening. The gros- beak wa§_suddenly silent. “ ’Tis Hadley Ross.” Dan told him- self presently, “and his sister Emma Crowther. and they’ve come out on the river bank for a bit of a walk and a talk over family matters. They’re thim of us that are very wise can’t do even that.” lxke sn fiamlly worms Romanian The only quadruped that cannot swim is the camel. NSERS‘ON TI‘E 'tonon'ro s lik Dan per hir (To be concluded.) \V a ntEft VANCOUVER of the tree and was nself go, as the say- y morning. Possibly : was a boy. Perhaps been unusually sat- oe the lady grosbeak of sympathy to him ompelled to sleep on go of the nest. Not to make a man feel certain period in his one especially when ful and the weather WINNIDIG a sway: the tree which calam- lan grosbeak le to remedy ned in timeâ€" xrticle in the s inclinations. swaying twig DEATH CLAEMS CRO‘WN PRINCESS Wife of Crown Prince of Sweden and Daughter of Duke of Connaught. F. Handley Page, who organized the syndicate that bought the enormous surplus air supplies from the British Government. They consist of 11,000 aeroplanes and 30,000 engines. The Government is to receive $5,000,000 and 5% of the profits the Syndicate make. London, May 2.~Just before a din- ner party which was to have been held on Saturday night at Clarence House, the Duke of Connaught's Lon- don residence, in celebration of the Duke’s seventieth birthday, the Duke was handed a telegram. It announced the death Of his daughter, the Crown Princess of Sweden. The guests had begun to arrive, but the festivities, which had rbeen going on all day, were immediately abandon- ed. The Duke was heartbroken. What had promised to be one of the happiest days of his life had been turned into one of despair. Stockholm, May 2.â€"â€"The entire na- tion has been plunged into mourning by the death yesterday of Crown Princess Gustave Adolph of Sweden, daughter of the Duke of Connaught. King Gustave, who was in Nizzi, and Queen Victoria, who had just arrived at the bedside of her sick mother in Baden, had been notified and are re- turning for the funeral. Paris, May 2.â€"The < bassadors has fixed Th1 the delivery of the tree garian delegation. T} will be allowed ten daj ation of the document Margaret Victoria Charlotte Aug- usta Norah was the eldest child of the three children of Prince Arthur, Duke of Connaught; and the late Princess Louisa Margaret of Prussia. She was born on January 15, 1882, and was married to the Crown Prince at Windsor Castle on July 15, 1905. In addition to her five children, four boys and a girl, she is survived by a bro- ther, Prince Arthur Patrick of Con- naught, and a sister, Princess Victoria Patricia, familiarly known as “Prin- cess Pat,” who was recently married to the Hon. Alexander Ramsay. Her husband is the eldest son of Gustavus the Fifth, fifth King of the House of Ponte Corvo and great- grandson of Napoleon’s great General, Marshall Bernadotte. The Crown Prince and his wife had planned to Visit the United States in 1914, but were prevented by the war. 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