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-;-r1-;~ men-{Ha x ..v_~«.-:.-.r”:.-.’m,\.51v v 'Y‘w‘.r'~%« ) BY FEE CHAPTER FIFTEENâ€"(Cont’d.) Frank reached out and claSped thlles’swhand. “,Say, 01' Sabot, I owe yduzénnfla'érgrl? fund "1"111- wgoin’ t' mannrpayit: 1:. You’re ‘my ,best friend, an’ I want ye t' stick by me. got some big work ahead-0‘ me , re I kin call that little girl my ‘ , an' you're goin’t‘ help me out, I'm goin’ t'Lhelep you asgwell._H01v ‘ ut it, 01’ «Dy-mate?“ " "gll’m d-e man, Frankee," replied the er gleefully â€",m{,‘I’.l_1,zstick,gwrt’ you JZ,de ‘enferf "l’reeze ',over Mr skate . . use . , ; ltimein‘lgetting down Wfipusriness. ' 'was unable to use his ‘~â€"‘t Was‘lfifiim the filingâ€"4b? g; d use euph- 1and . ,avingiyp en ideas heélannbd out schemes for ' future. L ' p E! F“ ._. o Ta‘k’ii‘ig' his mother and cle Jerry into his confidence, he them of his engagement to Miss ton and this onditions attached to ‘ engagement '3' her father. Mrs. srthasver thought the desire of the :captain was on] right. She was 5., ~ail-91" w‘ e h ‘ lf, "and under- I y ‘ FY nigh; the , ula ."‘ 7 ttfi I 915th ls 2.1 was'pllann'iri n' you takin‘ th’ Msel while I’d dry th’ fish dan on 3: beach below here, an’ ship it inter horvi-lle or Bayport, but maybe ' " ' g -b tter scheme.” ,_ " 1:33 .rankâ€"‘ldlecisfirely, "Film" - dhey t’ carry it out. TI I'fi“‘"g’6ih“ 1'm.t>“a‘n“sh‘”fi'usiness, I’m goin’ th’flwhole hg-g,_ an’ not mess arotfifi'with a ,mialvbncâ€"hors‘e affair." Mrs: W‘ésthther nodded ‘over her spectacles. “Iflyour ideals are good, Frank, youcan use my money for 1t, if-it‘ll‘ keep condemn» on be yours some day, an’ you might as well use it now.” K =’.‘--‘;"i: urine Jerry grun ed. plant; Frank ?"‘HlÂ¥t«' . v ‘ " “What’s your The youn fisherman procured paper nd’5 -§ién-cil ' 'e’r'bre replying.‘ ‘ " “Now,” e salid, “we’ll sunrup our assets. You hev a good vessel’i'n good condition. She’sgwgrfiugwe’lll say, five thousand dollars ” “She’s an American vessel,” inter- rupted the uncle, “an’ for gittin’ her resist . . I t' lan fish‘hege ’twill costhuite a sum‘ in du ‘ Jfi'i ‘ ‘ - no value I’ve V her :31 ndegr it ” ‘ new register. th’-shore "plant, we yeta’l‘. 'i'lfi'; . “rituals-‘12 bees-lt,.,ol;ongside= the Wharf,” v nawtih'i lLfor um." ‘ -- ‘ mk=-$8W"me Paper With. his, in th’ comp’ny what kin. I can’t, nor :5qu Ver W?“ m a Cap'en Ring can't, so I reckon you’re do for th future. That bit o’beach really belongs to Cap’en As'dx‘iwawford. a's well as does don’t want t' 0 ve s 1_fi51‘ v an uth side 0’ th’ wharf.‘ g S e “n y pencil. .‘fThf ways,i ibut“ Elsa won’t th’ land ,to thes Everk‘tllifiufildli’ 9 all “right s’long’s rm hu Cap’en Aegis-Walks, but we don’t knowi Who may git that P'la‘ce When he,5;skipper 0’ th’ Kinsellaâ€"I'm a-goin’ t’ . come change that name with your permis- ggtart a busmes‘s Ilke sionâ€"is a feller what has a good long " :head on him. and a non what has: NaW‘lproved himself as true as steelâ€"Jules gone. S’pose someone was t’ along ,here an’ ‘ bursa {What’s l Asa’s pla e an’ shovin’ us out? thin’ at-a ."QIPE-lé“ "'l' Galarneau.” mg m“? d'dgg.sl?‘\;1Â¥- What’s The other whistled. “Jules?” he YOHr-p é‘nkr-St blagg‘we,“ startlsaid. “But Jules knows naw‘thin’ . 5‘: . ;,.. y . . ’ b ' " '55).” ‘ gimzw. at out nav1gat1n a \e Ll th’ an, Wharf mad- on that[bird at steerin’ an’ handlin’ a vessel {3nd will grilling ‘ 9"“ fish She§§-lan’ I’ll bet ef you take him out a , W; = R £313.? 8P 9“ ng Wlth‘couple 0’ trips an’ learn him th’ chart ‘ a business on“ We’llligit,himi’t’fcome in along with our compthy, 'afnflthen we’ll make con- tracts with Long Dick, Jud Morrell. an’ the other-folders shore fishin' ’bout l m I ‘- ‘i : ’i Joint; 7 Rheu- '.:NOW fife .h. “est °" W . ‘ ‘ mi? or One Mm :38? Five Dollars- " . TQM "your unmet w N“ j“ - 2 Enhan" «assess; 32mm Wall! l ‘ " gs‘i‘i‘yac Adelaide 8‘. Toronto mm BLUE” {WATER ‘ AL'TALE OF THE DEEP "SEA FISHERMEN DERICK WILLIAM WALLACE ,Oppyrlgbgt by_the Manon Book Company édzt’ Canadian :in order;,_ve kin never tell how he looks at it. ‘- _,..a‘£Aye, I, fig" answered the other, “but she am" anew craft, an’ they’ll; . value her? verylow, so I cal’late th’ uton her’ll about cover: Now, for hev no place as was eal’latin’ t’ use th’ said Undelllgtfry'..595‘1_t’ll be handy for un-I load'jnr~ .anl- load'n’, an’ ’twon’t cos-t3 ‘liinn'er themi buyin’ 'u‘ll put in so. muchl -ieaipital, 311’..th kin lend me somelh ,, . 1.11 n no . interest. Then we’ll ‘ 'ill'yllutlgcfilll’nsas land ‘l'cmgside the other side of us.’ eu‘ral ia' Lumba andfioutl Remedy, ..___.._..- here to sell their fish to us. We’ll pay them cash 0n delivery, an’ in order t' do that we need ready money. Now, with Cap’en Ring in partners with us, we won’t be competin’ with one anâ€" other, an’ we’ll have all th' land on both sides of the Government. wharf, which‘ll stop anybody else from comin’ into Long Cove an’ settin’ up. Seein‘ that th’ Government is makin’ a harbor for us here with them new ‘additions to th’ u'harvcs, we‘ve got th’ ;best' place for a fish business any- 'wheres along this coast from Anchor- ville to Port Stantonâ€"’most forty mile.” “How much money d‘ye cal’late this is a-goin’ to cost?” “It ain’t so much th' cost, but what are we a-goin’ t’ put into it? I’ll bor- row five thousand dollars from mother an’ pay her a good rate of interest for the use of it, an‘ I’ll buy that strip from Cap’en Asa. That’ll count as my share 0' th’ business. You’ll put in ,th’ schooner, an’ of ye like, some cash ,as Well. Then we’ll git Cap'en Ring to value his place around th’ wharf, an’ we kin take that into th’ com- pany. Whatever amount we put in, we’ll divide th’ profits in proportion to them every year. You an’ me an’ Cap’en Ring an’ Lem an’ Zeke kin go on wages for th' work we do. That’ll be arranged later. Now we’ll start makin' up th’ company.” Uncle Jerry lit up his pipe, gazing the while through the smoke at his lnephew’s face. The scrutiny pleased him mightily. “Now, Uncle, we’ll call ourselves th’ Long Cove Fish Companyâ€"that’s a goodasoundin’ name, eh?” “A good name,” assented the per- son addressed. “That's settled,” continued Frank, writing it down to see how it looked. “Now I’ll buy Asia’s land first. We can't do anythin’ without it, an’ when ‘I’ve got that, we‘ll work out the other l l’round home now. Mother wants me 705th Annual Meetingâ€" ifor a flake-yard. ,details later. I'il go'n see Cap’n Ring after I buy th’ land ” “D‘ye think hell come in?” inter- rupted the uncle. “Waal, I‘m not sure, but I think he will. It’ll be better for him, though I’ll put it to him, anyway, an' ef he don’t want t’ go partners with us, we kin go ahead ourselves.” “Who‘s a-goin’ t’ run th’ schooner, Frank?” queried Captain Clark. “You say you ain't a-goin’ t’ handle that end.” ; Young Wcsihaver looked acr 33 into {his uncle’s eyes. “No. I‘m not a-goin’ it’ handle that end. I’m a-goin’ t’ min ,th’ office part 0’ this company, if you’ll a.greeâ€"â€"” The old skipper laughed. “Waal, Frank, I cal’late you’re the only one Eth’ one t’ run th’ writin’ an’ figui'in’ lpart. But who‘ll take -th’ vessel? I I’ve had my share of it, an’ ngry for th’ shore now.” “Uncle, th’ man I propose t’ make ‘ more. “No,” answered Frank, “he never ad a chanst t’ learn, but I cal’l‘ate it ;won’t take th' same boy long t’ pick it up. He’s got lots of nerve; he‘s a lan’ how t’ lay a course he’ll soon be ,able t’ take th’ vessel anywheres. Try ‘him, anyway.” “I will,” replied the other. “An’ I loclieve you’re right. He’s a fine fel- ler, an’ he sh’d git a chanst. I’ll take her out an’ show him th’ ropes. Erâ€" by th’ by, ye said somethin’ ’bout changin’ th’ vessel’s name. What d’ye lwant her called?” The young fisherman blushed a lit tle. “Waal, I was thinkin’ that ‘Lil- l-ian’ ’ud be a mighty good nameâ€"" “Ha, ha!" guffawed the uncle. V “ ‘Lillllian,’ eh? That’s her name, ain’t it? Waa], I reckon we’ll hev t’ do that ‘for ye, Bank. The original Mabel we’ll change th’ name. ‘Lillian,’ ha!” iKinsella don’t signify anythin’ to us., so when we take out th’ new register, And the stout skipper winked over at his smiling sister. Next day Shortyâ€"~though he had really grown to be an averagesized man he was still called by the boy- hood nioknlameâ€"went and (filled upon old Captain Asa Crawford. The an- cient shipmaster was still pretty hale, in spite of his years, and he greeted Westhaver cordially, and bawled for the housekeeper to bring a chair out to the gallery in pretty much the same manner as he would have sung out to a sailor to bring him a ball of spun-yarn. “An’ they tell me ye bed a tough ‘ :rick out in th’ Bay a while ago.” "Yes, I did hev quite a time, Cap'en.” “Goin’ back aâ€"fishin’ again soc-n?” “No, C-ap'en, I’m plannin’ t’ stay vâ€" here, an’ Uncle Jerry an’ me’s tryin’ t' start a bit of a business in dried fish in th' Cove. That’s what I’ve come t’ see ye about, Cap’en. Would ye be for sellin' me that field 0’ yours what runs up from th’ head 0’ th' wharf to th’ road?” The old man looked at him sharply. “What d'ye want it for?” “To put my fish sheds up, an' use I’d want all th’ field ye’ve got fenced off, ef ye'd see yer way t.’ sell it to me.” he other nodded, and seemed lost in thought, and suddenly he changed the subject. “You’re th' man what of Bank of Montreal Sir Vincent Meredith, President, Takes View That on the Whole Trade Com dltlons More Satisfactory than a Year Ago. Sir Frederick WIIllams-Taylor, General Manager, shows Necessity for Brlngq Ing Down Cost of lelnu 1n Canadaâ€"Reviews Features of Annual 8m.- ment. of the Bank of impcrutlve that taxation and the co t of llvlns should be reduced to the lev. at unv rate, of that obtaining In th United States. Sir Frederick said in part: “Canada's economic position In no! satisfactory. How could it be concise-l At the annual meetln Montreal. Sir Vincent . eredith, Bart. the preiident, in his address, gave a comprehensive review of Canadian and foreign conditions, and said the outlook’ was for reasonably profitable opera- lions in most lines of business. pulled 01’ Denton off that barque 0' his, ain’t ye 7” “Yes, Oap’en." wonderingly. “Um!” Captain Crawford grunted. “Jest got a letter from a nevvy o’ mine. Morris-seyâ€"my sister's childâ€"â€" ye’ll remember him. Say’s he’s mar- ryin’ that Dexter girl what used if live this ways.” Frank redldened. “Yes?” I “Aye!” replied the old man. Then,‘ with one of his sudden motions, he barked out, “Warn’t you goin’ with that young Woman?” “Erâ€"yes, I was at one time,” stam- mered Frank, “but I’m engaged to Captain Denton’s daughter now.” “I know it," replied the old sail-or brusqulely. “You know it?” gasped Shorty in astonishment. “Yesâ€"condemn answered Frank itâ€"yes!” snapped the other. “Slaw ol’ Denton day afore yesterday. He was askin' me ’bout you. I was down to Yarmouth on some business. I told him you useter be th’ damn-eldest imp aroun’ th’ placeâ€"” “Nice character,” murmured Frank, at a loss to know how to take the old skipper. “But,” continued the other, “I said you had more sand in ye than anyone I know. What kind 0’ girl is this Dexter?” “Very nice girl,” answered West- haver quietly. “How’d ye come t’ break away from her?” “‘She threw me down,” replied Frank slowly and without emotion. “I didn’t break away.” (To be continued.) 0 o A DrOp of Ink. I spilled a drop of ink up-on A little crystal pool, And watched the tiny ringlets run Adown its shallows coolâ€" The dark rings, fine and finer spunâ€"â€" That slipped down in the pool. “They drift apart, now here, now‘ there," I said: “There is no rule; They float with unseen currents there Within the tiny pool, And fade away, each separately, Without design or rule.” ‘And then I turned revealing glass On the marvel I had found, And saw a slender cable pass Through every circling round; As beads upon a silken cord, Each spinning disk was bound. I said: “There is no separate bead In all the little pool, But, strung upon one axial thread, They circle by one rule; And, round and round, each bound with each, They drift within the pool." I went . . . And came again. Lay in the crystal poolâ€" One indistinguishable mass Without design or rule. Again I went . . . . An-d came; and found Only a clouded pool. 0 Life, that falleth from above In heavy drop of sin! How long shall we, thy coiling rings, All bound and futile spin? Let goâ€"that we be gathered up And melt the Pool within! â€"M. E. Buhler. o A blot Minard’s Llniment‘for Colds, etc. CLEMENCEAU LIFTS THE CURTAlN l tory, with the whole financial world out of joint? As everyone is aware. our troublns have partly been the result of this universal cond tlon; partly the re- sult of the war. It is well, howevefl to bear in mind that our problems are largely of our own creatlon. “ eadjustment will come in time. to Year’s Developments. Referring to some of the developr moms ol’ the year, Sir Vincent said in part: "Statements have been made in the public Dress by uninformed people that debtors. especially in the VVeot, are beâ€" ing subjected to undue n‘essure by the Banks, Loan Com an 9,, and 0mm. this ls a. country of vlrlllty and untol “who”; So far up mm Bank is con_‘resources; yet one thing stands out cerned, every consideration and great.5lgna-“Y- “'1 my Opinion: “amen” um" lCanada cannot go ahead again as ahO latitude have been given to debtors should whne taxauon and the cost of who, ".ro b h. was 0th r3 nljschatfipe_ugh:veagwnqrgna‘me 0:0 megtdiving are higher in this country than their obligations. This is and at all: they “9 1" the unl‘ed States °f times has been the policy of the Bunk,|Am°rl°“" and never has that policy been more Boundness of Banking Syntom. ‘OWWIY impressed “Wm Our manage” “Canada is one of the best countries than dllrlng "cent critical Yea-“3o 1n the world to live in. to work in. to Bank Act. pithy lnâ€"ln point of stablllty. sediurlty uBanks are busmess' not benevolent an comfort it is an earthly para so as institutions. They are expected to paylc°mpared winh Eumpe’b“ we mu“ their shareholders a. reasonable return‘not “and 5'- n' and 1“ 0rd" ‘0 Dr°3r°55 on their investment, which includes the, Rest Accountâ€"the accumulation of‘ man yearsâ€"as well as the Capltal of, the ank. The rate of dividend is not; dlsproportionate to that investment and, certainly has not proved so lavish as to: encourage capital to Seek the banking! field. As a. matter of fact, the distribu- tions to shareholders in Canadian Banks is substantially less than that made by banking institutions in Great Britain or the United States." Cost of Living. the cost of living and taxation must be diminished: otherwise, we will fall to attract immigration; and improved con.- dltlons are largely dependent upon in- creased population. "As to ways and means they are ob- vious to all who reflect, and the neces- slty thereof is now being brought home lto the needless by that. pitlless but unerrlng teacher, necessity.” In conclusion, Sir Frederick stated that the manner in which Canadian banks generally had come through the - agitating times since 1914 must be Sir Frederle Williams-Taylor, thortaken as evidence of the fundamental’ general manager, in dealing more par-=soundness of the Canadian banking tlcularly with domestic conditions, said system. There Was reason to be thank-1 l that if Canada were to make the pro- ful that no great commercial break- tress which they all hoped for lt was down had occurred. Worst-Believed Island. “Nice Doggie-” Falcon Island, in the South Pacific, The revenue cutter Acadia, the old iis the most resvtiv-e and changeable sailor S'aid. was Willing at ChafiOtte‘ [piece of land in the world, It has a town, Prince EdWard Island. As it was ,knack of disappearing below the[harvest time, the captain was haVin'g waves and then suddenly bobbing up'haTd work t0 g‘e'fi men to carry the again. coal aboard. To help out and to earn It was first seen and charted by H. some eXtTa money 59‘79‘1‘3‘1 0f us M. s. Falcon in 1865. But in 1877 an- among the crew offered to do the other ship found that the land had work, and’ the captain W35 glad 1’0 ldi‘s‘apspeared, though smoke was issu-lhave 115- 2 ‘ing from the sea. The charts werel I was ju'S‘t Pi'Cking up my loaded altered accordingly, basket to go aboard when I noticed a Then, in 1885, the isflamd returned small black animal crouching between quite jauntily, and remained so long. two timbers and 10'0king at me- After} that the steamer Egegfia' in October’l I had emptied the basket I went 'back 1889, charted it again, showing it 91nd, p_it'kin'g‘ the little fellow up, cars be just over a mile long, a mile broad, ‘ “ed hlm aboard A3 I was going up, and 153 feet above seaâ€"level at its,tlle_g3n§F‘l‘a‘nk I met the 01d boat-I. highest point. Early in 1894, how- swamv B51 Henson- ever, a survey ship found that the "‘Hemb! Tom!” he said; “What 5'9. island consisted of only a low stretch gOt there?” of narrow rock, less than 1,000 feetl “A MFIE bl'aCk dlc‘g‘" I replied- ,jn length found h‘lnl down on the wharf.” By December of the same year the “Isfiyt ",9 “Uta” said Bin! Batting: island. had bobbed up again, and, was the little 1ellow on the head With his, lover three miles long and nearly two big hand' . broad. As if exhausted by such an I went bebw aild’ finding a (Era’Cker effort to increase in area, it vanished hm." put the animal mSIde It and once more in 1898' nailed some cleats across the top. Not No further signs of ambition were Long afterlvardls’ the 91”?“ came‘ noted until 1900’ when the island a aboard. His nose was high In the air,‘ again began to grow. ,Since then it and his first question- was, “Where’s ’ has undergone many changes. To-day thf’, Skunk aim“ .here?" . it is covered with palm trees and,“ I ,dunno’ T?I"1“*d the boat§waln' vegetables, but its reputation for mis-l Toms go? a ,lgttle blink dog m the behaviour is such that no one will box up for ard' settle upon it. “Let me see him,” said the captain and went to look. “Dog!” he said after one glance. “That’s a skunk!” , Indeed it was; by that time almost anybody would know it, although some of us from Newfoundland had never. seen a skunk before. “Heave it overboard,” ordered the captain, and, after loosening one of the slats, I threw the box over the rail]. The 'box landed fair on its bottom, and up popped the small black head of Mr. 'Skunk. With a catlike dislike for getting wet he glanced once at the water and then settled down again. The box drifted rap/idly away from shore. “I i l 4â€"...“ Chance of His Career. A young reporter was sent out by the city editor of one of the Toronto 3 papes to report a meeting. About two hours after the assign- ,ment was made the young reporter returned with a sad countenance. The city editor told him to get the; report up immediately, as it was mean i 1y time to go to press. “There will not be any report on that meeting," was the answer. “Why not?” queried the city edlton‘.§ “There was no meeting," replied the ‘ young reporter. “It broke up in a big , row and the chairman was chucked under the table.” ' ‘ ed his head up again. Then, realizing A third of the .whcl-e length of :1 apparently that he was getting far' whale is taken up by its head Ether and farther away from land, he A silkworm produces as much silkglea'ped overboard and 5mm .to 511°"?- avs memwfour Spiders. That was the first time elther Bill ~ for I had ever seen a skunk! To those 3 of the crew who were acquainted with Ithe animal our experience was a isource of much delight. l â€"â€"Aâ€"â€".__._. . Mlnard s Llnlment for Warts. o .0 l O l A Clock of Glass. l l A Bohemian glass polls‘ner has con, structed a. clock which with the ex- ‘ caption of the strings is made entirely . of glass. Pre- vent. chapped h a n d s, ' ‘ cracked lips. chilblains. M a k e s y o u 1' skin soft,white, clear and smooth. DRUGGISTS SELL IT ‘..1. a -â€"Orr, in the chloral) T: a After a little while the skunk pop- ' 1 / I. l f