li"

"`?1~s»

¢.,~,

ié

il ,wi li

tg ~‘

fir

"' *Es*

ielf

‘lf

-.`._i.._t

_.;i"Fi.°`-`-r

_ _

/li {\

.> rw*

'si

- iam*

Bosslie G Mendel HE day before Christmas was ii bus* one for the Whartons

I The ig old fashioned trunk

stoo in the middle of the rooq As Kacierire spread tissi; paper over the black

silk dress, neat 1 folded on the top tray, she heard hor _i-iother say for the fifth time within tue hour, “I Just can't make up my mud to leave you alone for We Christmas ,iolidiiys "

"Now, mot] r,' proclaimed th

ll her *ull swost voice, “it is all sett ed Chet yvii are ii iing Your trunk is near b parked 'lo,e expressman is ordered -your ticket ia bought, and I have no doullt that q regiment of your rioting i' vtives are ilready at the depot wait ing to meet _yas So put your heart and soul in the trip and stop worrying about leaving to her own resources for a few days your perfectly capable, full grown dau hter '

8 Hrs Wharton, gazing lovin ly at her

beautiful daughter, said, oii who lava been under a nerve strain all win C0! teaching these restless youngsters, \\‘e tee une who need the trip-not I ”

“It lo not my parents who are goi g

to cole'-rate their golden wedding,' slid Katherine, “it is yours Just think how you would feel if you eouldn’t be at the family reunion at so eat and rare an occasion ’

‘ If only we both could go,” sighed

the little lady 'wistfully as she tacked A et ornament on her lust 'fear’s hat

‘That is out of the qu stion,’ ls

elarod Katherine, "we had to scrimp and plan enough to get our ready, dssr With our meager li e insurance :honey and my tes.cher’s modest check, we can 't do much in the way of travel

ling, can wel

‘No, I suppose not,” answered the

Uother plaintively with a pucker be tween her eyes “I wouldn’t mind so much leaving you if it \veren’t for the Christmas holidays All young folks Rhould be celebrating and having a Jolly time LI fear you will be lonesome, be cause we are unacquainted in this stran s city ”

“O , I shall manage all right, dear, ’

:proclaimed Katherine cheerfully, as she took a last look in the closet to be fore nothing was forgotten “I am not one kind to sit with my hands in my lui and mo o and indulge in self ity il olill rea , sew, write letters an Uhllitnias window wishing May e Quia of the neighbors might call The

e in the apartment below appear A nlcs and sociable The little bo

el ui my room in school The time wi l Dull sway, so don’t let me hear another Ford on the sub ect," commanded the 'lrl with assume sternness, as she bent ver the woman and layfully pinched

1 er pretty white chee

Then after s. few \_o.r,e_,t»i’ hesits Mori, the fond mother said wistfullyw "Have you quite decided about Harry [Walker child? This Christmas season' might' have been ii. diderent one for

ii. "I believe so, mother, ’ answered the

_[srl as sho lowered the lid of the trunk and tamed the key ‘i might love Harry well enough to live with him, lbut the man I marry I want to love so well that I can not live without

“Ara von cure that -ou know voir

mind-that you will not regret

or decision?" inquired Mrs Wharton "ho, that is the trouble I am not lrtain whether what I feel for Harry ‘V love or fnendship and I do want

be sure Sometimes when tho school ys Ire long and hard, when sverv ing ees wrong fron' the minute that

Wsny Ilawkins comes dragging in ten

nies after the tiirdy bell has rung,

llltll the time when Siisy Grubhs breaks

s ink bottle the last thing in e

, when we have to worry our

p ar heads over the inevitable rent, 1 s, clothes ot cetora, bills Then in

beck of my brain, I wonder if I e qalxotio notions on the sub_]sct of

r msgs, and if I shall ever feel any srnsr slectlori for anyone than I dr

for Harry " _,

“I like him tremendously,” nent -in

therlns, "uid miss him dreadfully,

eo he has decided not to some again

, B send for him Bnt when I thliih

g with htm alws s-slws

he dna iinti our gollzif

, ,Kg day, I cui’t decide to marry

"'I'lis¢ question you must se‘t‘e for

lf, dau hter It is your own into

t you inns lead and I would not ii.,-

-1 ily want to influence ou; But 1 must W that I eonsidor arry a splendid lisa--one whom I feel conddeiit would

s s good, kind husband for you. I

hink itiwenld be well not to be to ssty in your diisl dselJion.’ "Oh, you dear old thing," ls:igl_ied

Katherine, hugging' hor _mother im petoously, "you think i_t is the duty 'of s etiesl mother to give me worldly iwofdgfgf wisdom, but down deep in the \°¢¢osi~_,ot your hom you have the

lmatrimony as your romantic delights: lkiowever, I promise you,” she added, "that I shall give the matter due and serious consideration, and who knows but maybe Christmas will send ima a (‘upid to help mo learn my ovin miiid ”

At six o’clock that evening after

waving s. cheerful farewell lroni ‘hs station platform to Mrs Wharton, Katherine retuined to their cozy litt apartment and prepared supper Clear ing away the few dishes, sho brnu h out her work basket, drew a rec er under the lamp in her bedroom, und planned to spend a quiet and restful evening after the past strenuous week

“Hardly exciting Christmas

Eve,’ she mused, ‘but maybe ii t year at this time things will he a little brighter ’ ’

Suddenly the girl sat erect in her

chair She heard a pecui‘fi,r noise that sounded as if it crime froiii the library, a drip, drip, drip

‘ Am I getting nervous and iniagini g

things? ’ Katherine asked herself in disgust But still the noise continued --only ri little louder than before Stanilin uo and breathing hard, s o heard t e drip, drip, drii> change to what sounood 'like the rushing of water Sho liurriel into tae library and be held stres.ii‘i~ of water pouring in from the apartment above

“Ohl’* she cried aloud, iii d nav, ‘the wmer pines upstairs must a burst ard our walls and carpets and every thing will be ruined

Quick y running ii stairs she rang

tho ball and poiinde at the door of the apartment, but not receiving a re sponao, she realized that no one was at home. Then she flew down to the apart ment below her own At the first ring of tio bell, the door opened and she look//d into the dark, clear out face o

a tall young mon

“Oh please get the Janitor or some one, quickl" she said with a childish appeal in her upturned face ‘A pipe has burst I live upstairs Our ii ace will be overilooded

Before she had finished the man an swerod in a deep, rich voice, “I’ll find the Janitor at once, and than I ll come up to seo if I can bo of any assistance

you On entering the Wharton home a few

minutes later he found Katherine busy with a pail and diopei, mops and rags

"Here, let me h~lp,' he said as he

came to her res .ie ‘By George, thi is a, flood! I., reminds n'e of ‘Doctor Foster who went to Glouster in a pud

die of rninl "

For two hours the man and the rl

worked over the deluge Then, as t 'Nh sank dovrn on the couch, Katherine

exclaimed, “I thank you so much don’t know what I should have done without our help - May I ask to whom I am in ebtedl"

“You are not indebted to snyons,’ responded the man, with a twinkle in his eye “In fact, I am under oblige tions to ou for ssvin me from a most dreary, in ossible O ristmas Eve I came here t is afternoon from my home town expecting to su rise my sister, who lives downstairs ma e my dis may on my arrival to Gnd t at sho and her family had left the city for the Christmas hohdsys .is I am s. stranger I hs/‘ no other plans foi spending the evening When you called on me in your distrea, you found no more Ions some man on lend or sen. than Edgar Herrick That is my name and yours is Miss Katherine Wharton ”

‘ ow did you over know that?"

gasped the surprised girl

‘That’s easy," explained Herrick,

observing her upprecintingly as he spoke “I have heard almost all ol' your history My young nephew, Grant Herrick, has the good fortune to be in your class this year We correspond He writes regularlv and in detail about ‘my teacher, Miss Katherine Wharton, what lives upstairs from mel’ He has lost his boyish heart to you He can fidcd in me that he likes you best in your pink blouse because it matches your cheeks "

“Then you must be Grant’s author

uncle who wr~tes story books and puts Grant in them,” stated Katherine

‘The vcrv same,” responded Her

rick, rising, placing his hand on his chest and making o. deep bow

‘Grant has also spoken a great

about you I thought it likely that I might meet you some day,” laughed Katherine, “but I never exoe"*ed that you would assume the role of ri life saiiug crew-that you would save me

m a. water; grave ’ Then in ii serious tone she added, ‘I

do want to thank you, Mr Herrick You haw been icry kind

"I reallv lime had a rsat time, Miss

Wharton," unsworcd I errick enthusi ustieally, “but as a rervard for services rendered I ask you to allow me to con tinuo this iuthcr iincoviicntioiiai :ic

quuintanceship ’

I don’t seo how 1 can do other

ivise,’ was lxathorine’e frank admis sion, "although I suppose water pipes and a small absent nephew are rather ir reg lar means of introduction But I iirii sure, oven Madame Grundy might make some allowances atgilhristinas time, especially since we both are lonc som are ne hbors and huie Grant in

‘sill/f

‘ 'I most certsiiil do,” rs lied E gsr

'warmly Then sha ng han s with the girl and looking into her brown s os, he added with 1. warm smile, “I sd intended returning home tomorrow, but owing to circumstances over v-his have no control I have decided to ro

maui lndedniteiy If you will allow me I shall call or you tomorrow morn ing and we shall have one big Christ' mas day together Will you! '

"Yes," answered Katherine softly,

witi s pleased look of anticipation

After Herriik had left Katherine

stood in the library and gazed sadly at the damage the water had dons to the walls Going to her bedroom, s e took Harry Walker's photograph from her dresser, stared at it long an thoughtfully and then, with a dubious shake of her head, placed it bacli again

Christmas day was one of the linyi

piest that the girl had ever spent l the morning Iicrricli and she took ii long brisk walk iii the clear crisp air Then they stopped nt ii restaurant for a real Christmas dinner In the after noon they went to the iivitinee, seeing ii pretty play entitled “Love at Firsi Bight" After tho theatre they re turned to Kntherine's home and ate s “pot luck” cold supper from the kitchen table When it was time for Edgar to leave he said, "I never knew before what s. blessing ii. broken water pipe might be ”

That night befo o retiring Katherine

again stared at Harry’s picture long and thou htfullv, but this time she took it from er dresser and placed it on her desk at the ot sy end of the room The following morning Katherine tele phoned to the landlord, explaining the damage that had been done to s walls He refuse absolutely to re paper the room 'b ore spring

If that' rlian livon't do it, I will

paper the ‘walls myself,” decided Kath orinn so she hung up the receiver “Mother would be miserable in such a looking place” Having reached this decision, she proceeded to carry it out llasteniiig to u wall paper store near her home, she selected -lui artistic but 'inex pensive pattern By noon the paper and paste were delivered and the ener- getic young woman, enveloped in 5 large blue checked apron, was busily engaged in ineasuring, cutting and hanging wall paper On hearin s loud knock on the door, Katherine ca led one

Who is thsrel’

“It is Herrick, I came to dad onl

if there are any ,more waterfalls in this

c, ig

common Don t you thinl. so!"

apartment. J, , e is J -l .Si .ii

l *~»/I -~ ""`° _v ' I /'21 %» v /;/ :~

‘M Rig ' I - 5

Q,/' / p ’,,'_f’°_ §

,Qi

,329

_I ,i ,R h ,.,g,i.;\.1‘ ';_,[,r;

Christmas Gifts For Men

Give a man something to wear It’s sure to please him Our Christ

mas showing of men s goods is large, and as usual our prices ale low Make youi selections now before the rush of the last few days

‘fi

B .

Men s shuts 75c to

$3 00 each

Mens Kid Gloves, Unlined Silk Lined

Wool Lined, $1 00 to $3 00 per pair

Wool Gloves, $1 00

to $1 50 pau

Pretty Armlets, 25 cents per pair

sms $460 ss sho questions of love and

Xmas Neckties 50c ea

Pretty Boxes and Greeting Cards ree

'l'lie best .issortrnent of Ties in the

city are here Hundreds of them, all shapes. all colours and all styles All made iii Canada Prices from 25c to $1 50 each, but the biggest and best is our line at FIFTY CENTS each

Pretty Boxes and Greeting Gorda Free.

Men’s Linen Handkerchiefs

Plain Linen $175 to $3.00 dz , , , _ __ _ _ _ _ __

imoai . .. $3.00 di ~ _ .ii ,DRE .;1soonNEE KENT AND PRINCE s'rEEE'r.. " ,

--COME IN TODAY-

is3='§'.I’,‘.‘,,, M acLellan Bros.

153Qnseo8trest

Men s Umbrellas, 75c to $5 00 each

Men s Mufflers, '75 cents to $2 35 each

Silk Sox 50c to

$1 00 pair

Cashmere Sox 35c to 50c pair

Men s Garters, 25c

palri

my hssrt,

liiui.

As Herrick entered the room so suv

what the girl was doing, hor throw,

his hood slid gave A gre

laughter _ X,

"1 think you us M

make feared.-siiy s1!orts,'

si-lnswitlidptossofhoi-head 4 sti lm ord refused to hav Heh

wer done until sp want my mother to c r i water stained room. I ld to hire s ps or hanger so 'I decided .ts

ao it myiiil Ii wifi ima 1 me hcl sd s friend paper her dining room sn we dld it beautifully ¢“Forgive me, little girl," pleaded Herrick, "I know I am rude but if you could ses yourself with the dauh of paste on the ti of our nose, the smnd s on your oft e oak and the blot ovsr your ri ht eyebrow you woul n’t blame me '

Katherine, looking into the minor,

burst into laughter at the sight that greeted her eye, while Ed ar, snatching I large apron from the itchen and s brush from the table, mounted the lad dar and,wal. soon bulily engaged in the art of paper han ing Until late in ths evening th” tel ed, chatting, laughing and iexchanging conddences as they worked Finally the completed their tuk Aa they stoe er-d gazed with shining faces at the result, Katherine with, a happy light in her eye, rs marked, "I ani proud of our labor "

“It was a labor of love with ms, Herrick replied, as lie took both of hei hands and looked deep into hor eyes Her lance fell under his steady gaze and e caught her in his arms and liissad her tenderly

“I love you, girlie,” he whispe ed Katherine gave ii little gasp and then

riestling close to him murmured, “Christmas uid send me a Cupid aft r sll, and now I know my own mind at last J”

‘$45

ciiai IMAS

iiiir iid sums

Watches at from . . . . . _ _ . .$1 00 to $50 00 Bracelets at from . . . 85c to 2000 Brooches at from . _ . . 25d. to 15 00

Pendants at from . % to $25 00 Lockets and Chains at from . I to $12 00 Fobs at from . . 25c to $8 00 Scarf Pins at from . . .25c to $25 00 Rings at from . ~85c to $50 00 Gulf Links at from . . . 25g 'to $5 00

Watch Chains for ladies and gents Ebony Toilet

Sets, Manicure Sets, Military Brushes, Mirrors, etc , etc Parisian Ivory Toilet Sets, Mirrors, etc , Sterling Silver and Silver Plated Toilet Sets, etc., Silverware, Knives, Forks Spoons, etc., N ipon Hand Painted China, etc

Articles bought from us en raved free Our prices are very reasona le

C W PATTERSON

JEWELLER .,,_,,_,“’51§\f,,,

Cor Great George & Grafton Sts

Fl l lm

H163'

3! L

dist

` QTRQ

Dolls at Half Price

We have oiilv ii few uioie oi

these dolls left it you ivlsli to

secure one, you must out 1 uick

ly Come in uiid select oiio to iliiy-don't wail until tomorrow or you mnv not get ouc

l i1

Useful and Appropriate Gifts

It is not necessary that the gift you give should be

high piiced to be appreciated, usefulness is far more im portant Every article we are offering this season was carefully selected to fill the requirements of the giver, and to delight the recipient Come in and see our lines before purchasing your gift goods, the qualities, prices, and our store service are sure to please you

A few of the manv suggestions offered are

Crown Derby ware, Nippon Hand Painted China, White and Gold China, Dinner Sets Tea Sets Chamber Sets Watei Sets, Brass Goods Glassware, beautifully decorated and plain Lamns, some splen did pieces of Statuary and many other equally pleasing gift suggestions.

We have 5 10 15 and 25c tables, all laden with leas

ing articles for small gifts. It is worth your w e to come in and look over these tables, you are sure to see something that will please somebody

Black & Company wili"5.§"¥I..1h°l.o

---,--i

mvrq f -

The Sweet st Story Ever o

Choice Candies for Cliristmas

In anticipation of the holi

day demand, we have increased our stock of Candies The de mand for choice candies is grow ing At Christmas time every body wants the best. We are agents for MOIRS NEIISON S and WILLARDS (Forkdipped) CHOCOLATES

These are popular confec

tions and need no introducing to lov rs of sweets They are done p in especially attractive packages, Usriéoe range from 35c up to each,

l i |

~- f MOIRS, .NEii.soNs _~_ fi WILLAED . _ , _ BECAUSE THEY ARE°§o CLEAN Aidnlgdhhhdmd) are

Shir YQ? WANT 'ro.G1vE YOUR GIRLIE A TREAT ' *

C' wir " do 1 with ' _ _ .

SURE OF PURITY. elfdiluind SURE Aocunaefarui < .

SURE or Uiimrr DRUGS. _ . ~ .» ; fii E s__.E oF_l>EoMPr s - » _r ` V -` sllhs or RIGHT PRl3dll'slCE "'"