Achilles’ Ileel

, Probably there isn't a tougher ; customer than Pietro Corhell from i La Bomba to Panama. Murderer, smuggler, pirate; there is not a \ major crime of which he has been , accused -— and justly, without * doubt. And yet this laughing monster '. who courses the little known wat- ers of the Gulf of California pos- sesses his single weak spot in an armor of wickedness, was pierced.

Corbelli, you must know, is skip- per of a gasoline, a forty-foot power Y boat, which makes the run with passengers and malls from Guay- mamthe port of Sonora State. across the Gulf and down the desert coast of the peninsula of Lower Cali- fornia to La Paz. the quaint old capital city. Santa Rosalia. .\iule- je, inreto; these orphan ports ln a dead land know the keel of Pie» tro-Corbellfs launch. On rare oc- casions a larger craft called by courtesy a steamer makes the same run; but ordinarily the traveler who would go from Guayinas to the Lower California coast must accomodate himself to the Spar- tan’s simplicity of transportation offered by Corbelli. '

Before l entrusted myself ti the gasolina. a Mexican gentleman in

STUFF

ﬂy R006’? Wd/qfR/Mkl

gold per head was Corbellfs not profit on this human freight. \\ hi! worth the risk of being ovcrhalllﬂl by an American revenue cutter. But Corbelll made one trip too many, my Mexican host wrcncoll ti; gay, \_\'lth ntentywttvo China- mt-n below hutch and tlestinatlﬂll not fifty miles ahead. a revenue cutter suddenly popped out uf a core in the shore line and madc to cut (‘orbellrs launch off. lt_n'a:~l ilruwing to dusk; lllv- pirate or the

could not. A shot across his bow from the cutter, two miles off, has toned his arrival at this conclu- sion.

"Then otir little friend took a heavy monkey wrench from the en- ging» pi; and went to the hatch which covered the Chinese. 'H0. Chinito. he called in that laughing yoice of his, and as one by one the Chinunien climbed the ladder to ‘the deck he struck each on the head with the wrench and cast the body overboard. When the American

officers boarded and searched his tcraft they found one Chinese shoe 'bclow deck-that was all."

So much for my introduction to.

ORTU H€IS

| QIAIAH. iAlAﬂwl Na!‘ Ragga;

All this she tibserved with those witid, narrtitviitg eyes of hers. .-\nd she ulm-rved, too, the gentleman} discrt-diuible shabbiness: the tray- t-d condition or his long boots, the drooping, failed feather in his ‘Flemish beaver. the “vii-rubbed leather jerkin, worn no doubt, to vvuflcrlil the threadbare state oi‘ ;dotiblt-t underneath.

nouncetl——at Court, he added. lt might detain him there some little while. He required lodging perhaips fur a week, perhaps for longer. Could she provide them?

, And although it was now a lull

itasolina believed ht».- could make almontn since her arrival anti in all (11,, Hagm the". rnti for it and escape. ln less thnnglhal "my m" Liennen‘an hm 599mm“ m your me “ready? A, your half an hour he became 838M811 IRE-lavishly entertained upon the bestlage a man-s mind

imcat and drink the Paul's Head it-onld offer. yet in all that time .there had been-i repca —neither

intention of a reckoning. nor ques-l

tion of his means to satisfy lt.

! Her housewitely operations he- [ing ended at last—after a prolong- {ation which could he carried to no lfurtlier lengths-she overcame her ihesitation to break ln upon his lthoughts which must be gloomy. ‘indeed, if his cotuitenance were a proper index.

As she addressed him now, she held in her hand the long pewter vessel from which he had taken his morning draught.

i Ht» had business in town, he an,

THE CHARLOTPETDWN GUARDIAN

FEBRUARY 2s, tacit

F92‘-

A L I SABATIHI °°. - wtunlnﬂll kvdJAilﬂltggp - ‘

I1 MIA “duct-mg. ﬁ 0O times." Then he cast off the op- pmssiun of his pessimism. "But it theies no bt- a war, surely there will be commands in whlcn to eni- ploy a practiced 50ldit>l‘-£~$peClal— ly one who has experience til‘ the. ent-uiy, e.‘ rTlEDPS gained in the enemy": "n service." it. was as if he uttered aloud his thoughts.

She frowned at this.

"l marvel now," said she, You will be vexing yourself such matters."

‘ lie looked at her. live," he explained. i "But that's no reason why he should go to the wars and likely been enough Ol

‘that with

"A mun must

should be on other things." "At my tige?" He laughed a little.

l‘ il

l it t t. w‘

l'l

“l am but thirty-ﬁve."

She betrayed her stirprise. “You look more."

"Perhaps l have lived more. have been very busy."

"Frying to get yourself killed. ,Don't it occur to you that the time has come to be thinking o‘ some- ‘tiling else?"

He gave her a mildly puzzled glance, frowning a little.

“You mean?"

"That's it's time ye thought o’ settling, taking a Wife and making a home and a family."

‘ ' Cﬂlitiﬁﬂ- 0119 ill 8899C“! “S11v8 lllﬁtsmoked cigars anti was constantly

1 ‘ be held at same time.

5118111185. l0 W110i" I bill‘? 8 IQY-lerltforbclli. l sailed with him next of introduction, dint-d me quite (my “m; the most curiously as- sllmlmlol-ISIY- 91111118 the Cilllfﬁifisortctl deckloatl of human zoo it 0f the meal he regaletl me Wlihlever has been my good fortune to stories of Corbelliﬂs notorious rasqmt-et; an elderly Mexican lady ivho

pause" as the old-time cditors usedueepiiig-for she was but, recently l0 887- liritloived; a soldier with his wifc. COIN-Bill. he Said» 0M9 hail marl‘? ‘five children, ti pig anti a parrot: a 3 V91’? 91'9")’ lblllg 011! 0i U19 bllﬁi-lpainictl waif from (lnaymas dance uses of running Chinamen from En- ihalls ordered by authorities to quit senada, a Pacific port of the pen-zine town. Aye, we were a. con- .. insula about a hundred miles bc- genial company, low the Line- up to American war. (‘orbelli was the life of the party. 9P8 Where ill Bight the)’ would he lA big fellow; handsome after that 811111881911 885076 llolllewllﬁfff Eillllh irecklcss, dashing nianncr Howard of San Diego. A hundred dollars Pylp has get {or nit; pirates; 11¢ had rings in his cars. One sunset he took the Mexican soldier's guitar and sang screnades in Spanish and ltaliztn-tlieltitttei" was his native tongue. As I watcht-ti him in the growing dusk that guitar shrank to the size of a wrench and the words of the song become, “Ho, Chinito-ho, Chintol" _ We came to Loreto and went swarming ashore in a dugout canoe. A Syrian rug pctldler anti I-wt-nt to tiit- cantina ownt-d by .\iu\v (‘bin

"is there aught lack for comfort. Colonel?" He stirred. turned his head. to

fat-e her. and took the pipestem

yet “Excellent advice," said he, still

laughing on a note of derision that iobviotisly was aimed at himself. |“Find me a lady who is well en- dowed and yet so _little fastidious in her tastes that she could make shift with such a husband as l should afford her and the thing is done," -

from between his lips. “Nothing. i thank

you," he an-

(Ccntinued in our Next Issue‘)

South America Shows Interest in Red Cross

(United Press)

' \\'.-\Slll.\'GTOI\'. Feb 22.—Greater democracy in the Red Cross Socie- ties of the (‘antral and South Ain- »(?Tll7iIl republics through nation- widt- membership promises to de-, ve-lop as ii direct result of the re-l cent Pan-American lied Cross Con» lV-reiit-ts, ht-ld in Buenos Aires. at which all except. one 0f the Red

- HE li

plies, than any It is an

that the

of those

Long to drink warm but-r. 'l‘licti wt- strolled down tlic single palm- shatlcd stret-t of tlic lusty old vill- age. y

in a houst- a littlt- apart “as a sudden uproar —screziins—curses. Tht- door burst opt-ti and out dash- t-d Pietro ('tirliclii, his tirms swing- pt~tit~-cti\'ely' titer his ilPilii. Behind liiiti. like an iiiftiriittctl watt-r but‘- falu trundlt-d a mountain til a wo than. ln one hand she lielti poised

Fortlfy the system against Colds. Grip and Inﬂuenza

inot long.

"li is ciistuni, this scene," said the Syrian rug peddle-r iii b‘ inish. “it occurs Willélltdu-r ("tirbelll t-riint-s tn port. That is his ivlfe.”

Wupyright 1924.)

T0 WhoAddressetl

(By Dominion N¢ws Service) LAKHJON, Feb. 22.—-t)nt» m‘ the first love letters written in i906 b_\'

which destroy germs, act as a tonic laxative, and keep the sys- tem in condition to throw of! all attach of Golds, Grip and

hm lrl who for ft t n \e r hi as.‘ iureejasas

Th‘ M‘ bu“ m“ "Wm" been the wile of Mr. Knott. a mark- 6% ct gardener living near Bl‘0llllt-:_\', has lust been delivered to her hus-

. b“,

Price 30c. Made in Canada

Mam-i I No one has died miserably who has lived well.

Program of Meetings for Farmers’ Week

and 6th

MARCH 3N. “h. 5th|

All meetings will the held at the Aarlcllll-llfﬂl $¢11°°1- “awe “s m‘ year.

Monday. March 3rd. at 2.30 and 7.30 l). m.. Dairy Association.

Tuesday, March 4th, at 2.30 and 7.30 p. m-. Farmers‘ Association.

Wednesday, Narch 5th, at l0 a. m.. illeetliig of P. E. Jslund She-ell Breeders’ Association.

Wednesday, March 5th, at L‘. and 7.80 p. m., Meeting of <1’. E. Island Egg old Poultry Association.

Thursday, March 6th at l0 a. m, Meeting of Swine Breeders’ As- sociation. I

Thursday, March 6th at 2.30 and 7.30 p. m.. Meetings of P. E. Island Potato Growers‘ Association. Dr. Partridge, Chief Dominion Inspector. will be present.

The Ptrovincial Poultry Show will be held in same building as the meetings on the 4th, 5th and 6th. _

An exhibit of seed grain by competitors in the Standing Fields Com- ipetltion and of potatoes by members of Potato Growers’ Association will

bleetlngs of Provincial

Meeting oi‘ Central

DEPARTMENT 0F AGRICULTURE

ldJ-l-ﬂ-Sttﬁi.

Wanted Old Postage Stamps

Look through yourbld trunkcfchem and boxes for Old Footage Stompo. It will pay you to do It.

I will buy even o single Qtomp. Stamps on old letters, Ioooe atlmpo ‘or collection: of old clamps and also old letters unt before.

BTAMN WERE USED (1840)

londnow for my Free Klein.

-. “ n. w. ltLllM-IAM, rue cram» mm

a knife with a blade more than 11'

‘Pi-tins Snciutics in North. Central and South America were represen-t tt-tl. i livftirc Judge John Barton Payne}; g HE TUOK THE Films-FEMlpiiziirintpi‘of tliroiduikmcricafn Red i; - ~ r ~ f - muss. izit rent: e tome u tcr nt- ‘I m)“ BET“ LEN "In bub’ itcnding tine conference as a delc-' ma‘ hmlggzitc, ll message arrived at Ameri- can lied (‘ross licntlqtiaritzrs in Wusliingttiii from in: Joaquin Llo- itibias. ilrt-sitlt-nt til‘ the Argentiiit-

With ‘the b

swei-i-d, with a gravity lit-cit growing upon liini in tht- last; Ffortiiight. tu ovcrcluotl the earlier good humor of his bearing. , _ __ _ . , x ,. . _ u- ,my»;.:::.:'...I.;2;“..:trait":.ii.t::":;1..::t “m” -“ f“ {Me w“ Fmds“ l inn-ht oi‘ iui-niht-rs in tliu American ‘U11 ilulllllll-i “"11" Aimi- “Uw fPtltt-tl (‘toss and specimens of the “"111 m9 Limlmrd- lmmg h” “mltvui-ioits supplies tist-tl iii conducting ‘golden lie-ail, “Not another drttiiglmn RH; (‘fuss m" W“. ‘HY ilﬁlllbtfl‘ b91011! >011 g" lOYYlV-“i 4.\ sliipnit-itt ni‘ stipplitis and a l-ipp. slie coaxed him. i lt-i:illy' prvptirt-tl tiutlitii- ti! tht- lllPl- As he looked at. her now, he Sllllunlltltl of American llcd (‘Poss mom. led. .-\nd it has been left on recoriLbt-rsltip enrollment was promptly by unt- wlio knew liiin well that liisjsciit. to tlic Argciitini- Red Cross. siiiilt- tras irresistible, o. smile that] Tilt" Argentine- Society is n“. mini nlwnyg W1" .1111“ the mun qiqfirst of the societies represented tit tvonian upon whim he bestowed iLf-tllit- lluetios Airtes teonfercnce to con- ilt had a trick of breaking sutldeii-lsllh-‘F i1 "lelllllvllllllll P011 cull. but ‘h, upon a “we that in repose was|it is t-xpectetl that the other socie- iwisﬂ-uL like sunshine breaking tics in Ct-ntral and South America lsuddenh, from a gray Sky wlill ‘consider adoption of similar u! vow m“ 5pc“ ma,» “m ha ti? tgs for iiatlon-ivitle ntemberships. Slit.- beamed upon him. ‘isn't that , xtfnshm o! the 1'0"“? i“ Q9111" t.lie duty of a proper hostess?" JSFIISQUZIPF ‘he Rm Crm"; 1" 11" 1111- She set the tankard on the ladenlabk, “EJ909115; pfonlhil? M a measlm tray and bore it out. with her.| ' e n en ‘stmenh When she brought it. back replen- lishetl, and placed it on a coffin- ‘stool beside him. he changed his attitude. but not his mood oi thoughtfulness. He roused himself to thank her.

twcttty-otic color coinbi

(with hot or not rub 0H7,

applied by t

n MAPLEWOOD SCHOOL a d 8a

‘tmitle X.—~tSr). 1, Helen Trainer, .. llelen Nantes. (lrzitlc X.—t.li*), Alllilllltg and She hovered near until he liatittr-qtiuli,

1. biathias Plus Smith, 3.

Kathleen Hogan

ALABASTI

grace returned today. But. they have told me the same so often al- ready that " He sighed and broke off, leaving his doubts implied. “I sometimes wonder if they but make game of me.” ‘Make game of you!” Horror stressed her voice. "When p the Duke is your friend!" "Ah! But that was long ago. And men change amazingly sonic-

lllcMaiius. 3. Mark Higgins.

Gram’- v-"l- 1.191611 McManus. 2.

J°>PDII Nljllteﬂ. 3. Stephen Smith. Grde I\.—-1. Gertie Nantes. 2.

Redmond Flood,

Liirﬂflﬂ ll-—1. Russell Smith, 2. co blood. 3. Margaret McManus. (118110 l-—1. Russell Nantes, 2.

James McMnnus.

r __i. Willow's arc w k, ~ g 1h 0th” wnod‘ 99 )9 eY hind

a e our

Wariofl

cheerfulness and reﬂect the taste

tinc thc ‘living room can be .21 place that expresses individual artistic taste. A choice of

the house can be artistically distinctive, and with stibstantial economies effected over usual ticcoration costs. Alabastine is easy to mix

provides a sanitary, germproof, odorless surfac: mg. Alabastine is sold, by paint dealers or

Write for the Alabastine Tint Folder

on the bottom of every package.

CHURCHS 6......

m.) t»:

ving room, as its name im- is made to “live in” more other room in the house. important consideration interior should radiate

who there abide.

eautiful soft-toned tints of Alabas-

difiercnt tints makes the range of

nations unlimited. Every room in‘ ‘l

cold water) and to apply. It docs and the nature of its ingredients“

he decorator. mm

Doesn

., l’

‘it,

ve the Stencil Premium Label lovorﬂl

coat.

NE c0. PARIS LIMITED

QOLD

age-rife»...

POINTS TO REMEMBER ABOUT ALABASTINE" ~

to stand. "I" I114 Ivonne, and can be re-cootod

MWRYI smells‘ sweet and clean.‘ Alabutlne Opallne Eﬂecta are of “ma: beauty and take the place of wnllpopc.

_ zzlizgd 00m a ls‘ 73:01am wzthA/labavlinei

w||.|. NOT nus orr

equally well in hot or cold Into;-

ot sour, spoil nor “Set" when left Can be anally washed o! with

Jlmu . without- removlnLln}

x o.

taken a pull of ‘brown October. Trainer. ' Hilary Mo“ “ma”. mo“ oconomlcﬂ‘ ‘ "Do you go forth this morning?" Grade VlI.-—1. Eileen Dittry 2. "w ,. - bad wall condltionl, and will nogeho “Aye," he answered. but wearlly. Alitzc Mcliianus. 3. Johnnie Snilth. 2-.» m"h°"“m'- v as if reduced to hopelessness. Grade Vl.—1. George Duffy and ' AM” s. & “They told me I should zilnd his Gerald Nantes (equal). 2. Harold ' "hi"; ‘ _,.

Maritime Religious Educational Council

Week-day religious instruction ls being carried on at North Sydney under the plan and direction of the various resident clergymen. Once a week the school children remain for an extra half hour when relig- ious instruction is given. The course carried on io different grad- es is that arranged by Ablngdon

iPrs-ss. This instruction at North

‘Sydney has only recently been

. mtarted and ls yet in the experi-

iinenbil stage, but much interest in

" lollowlnl i119. you; so earnestly un- wiertaken.

A Sunday School workers Train- ing institute was held at Spring- hlll. N. 8., for three nights-Feb- ﬂllri. 8. 11, and 12, one senile each in the Presbyterian, Baptll and Methodist churches respectiv-

lF WINTER COMES

<4 WlLllAM POX Jpecilal production 1P

Sunday School district‘: The staff the title of a new“ leaflet lust ts- for this institute consisted of sued and distributed by the Relis- gessrs Milligan and Machum. Miss ions Education Council of Canada. arrison and Miss Jean MacGregor A phampiet of eleven pages. it of New Glasgow, who substituted deals concisely and suggiestively capably for Miss Trotter. with seven topics; Age, 81'0"]?! and The workers turned out to the organizattonﬂraded Lessons, Mem- sessions of the institute in force ory work, Promotion, Equipment. and manifested an enthusiastic ap- The very small school and Help preciation of the efforts made on ful Literature. The leaflet does their behalf. The average attend- not ignore some handicaps of the ance was in tho neighborhood of small school, but it clearly em- one hundred. phaslzea the wonderful opportun- Miss Harrison conducted a story lty that comes through the intim- hour for children in the Baptist ate social relationships of the small church on Monday afternoon with group. The small school ls more about 300 children in attendance. like a large family than formal 0n {Sunday the ‘ n! of the ‘ ‘ utuu. ~, pfncﬂcg]. staff poke in the different church- plans and method! are given iindi en and Sunday Schools on various already the leaﬂet in meeting with Phi!" 0! Pellllvul education. enthusiastic approval. New district officers were elect- A fine set of Lantern slides is bo- ell f0!‘ the ensuing year as follows: in! llrebﬂrsd by the National Chil-

.—Prea. Mr. J. C. Nicholson; Vice- drens’ Work Board and will soon '

Piés. Mr. Hamid B z Secy-be released fortune. The set con- Treas. Ilia Eleanor B ith. In talus a series of slides dealing with

AT fistulas mutt-tin

ely. The local arrangements for

Ipswich, Malnobimttu, U. 0. A. 010. - '

this institute were made under the direction of Rev. R. L. worthy president of the Splringhlll

MONDAY AND TUESDAY

[visited the Training institute prov- Child life. Itandardl. attraction. Norti- ed to be a popular idea.

Springhill as in the other places each branch of Children's Work- Mlllbmoat and dwlrtmental acti-

lects snown.

For Summer Schools. Teacher Training institutes and classes. these slides will be valuable Ind a set will be available from the Marl- titne Religious Education Council.

To bear troubles la a light thing, lo endure them to the and in a heavy thing.

JOINTS ACHE

Minn-Wu will use his pain and stillness.

l“"“%"*“’.°',,§ L t.

"The Small Sunday School" ilvitleo are all included in the lub-

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