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P‘ nus, aon, JAMES names 2m. “Fwd” fix-Tit???" Z§."'..|i'...°.'.i'""; “llmllfltillfid llfitllllhlllfllt thflitlnr plfly for hi: mother and - : , ANET e ~ ‘h?’ mid‘ 5”“ "d ll‘."°l'l.li'l’, $1.153‘ lint/m. -'"' ~ strength. Start MHnQ Sony's Emulsionfnday!

*The following evening Henry stmilewneraeaaltoet.

|Rand. a aelekler for punctuality. yfeile to arrive home for dinner at 9% his accuetomed time. While the ifamily ls wondering. police tele- lphone with word that he haa been jfound dead ‘in the Canfleld Hotel. l‘ Jimmy goea to the hotei. ‘father ‘is in a gas-filled room that had been registered for by H. A. iJoneg of New York. Police believe it lie suicide. Jimmy deceive agree. A woman's handker- chief ie found in the room.

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MONTREAL. nth 2-~ FPflll re r-elplg of live stock on theuzfillol 1111151;- "lfi ‘hill '"°‘"““'g “m” ° ‘ n w co on WITH THE STORY cattle, l6 sheep. 581 hoes and 131, 0 calvee. Trading in cattle was; slow. Half dozen light butcher cat-l

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tie officer with a dlsfigurin scar “m! "utters sfmktmm dafanm gfigJunning from the outside easier of cltllvlaleilvtavirfirenlnafjzngnesmafi [on his eye and across the cheekbone a s ' - ~

to the mouth, fumbled in his coat giiliidoigi" 3d“??? ,,5°°du‘1l‘:l"5a%r°“$5 pocket and withdrew a small hand-

chdce v We] "200 or better audkerchief. ‘He held it out to Jimmy.

It was a white handkerchief bor- fggiigfigsifisergliigfii afhglflflgk f: dered with fine lace, and smelling

mixed lots with dome poorer qual- strongly o‘ permme‘ Jimmy look

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view. That's all we found It'd, the only ciew whatsoever." - y

"And your theory, Sergeant?" Jllumy turned away from Mooney’ to address the policeman who had] taken chalge. _ - l

"My lad. I'm not tryin’ to hurll ,your feelirrs, but the way ll -had iti sized up was just like this. if you'll,‘ excuse lne for sayin‘ so. l had fig-I

ured that your father poeethly had got mixed up with some woman‘ and was takin‘ a ghort cut to avoid: trouble. ‘ihate to say it to your. face but you'll welcome the truth- and this s01’! of thing isn't new toi me." l i "You think there was a woman‘ in this room?‘ l

"l did at first. 1 don't know what;

His to think now."

"Did You s99 any woman camel

sets." remarked the in: grimly at the little bald clerk.

A newcomer entered lh eroom a thin man with thin iron gray hair

ed at it closely. Thorn were no in- Lg’ aiti'“iosqlttiilléiy,felglflicse “ilffesjigag ‘tials, nothing about it to make it

diff. t f. ' sows sold at $12.50 l0 $12.15. lh,,,,':,‘,f,f',,.,,,:}'" a“ “h” "°m“““

"it was lying on’ the dresser,"

Keep Minus-dbl LInlmv-ut in the lfnuee-Lolunle‘ red Mooney. “fight in plain —

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She: Why do you think oppo sites should marry?

He: Well. then, after marriage. they agree just to be contrary.

A pply Local A gent:

G. BRUCE URPEE Dis. PasmAgent (0 Kin! Street

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A CONVERSATION BY TELE PHONE "In this the gas office?" "Yes. sir." "How much is gas?" "Well, you see, my dear sir, it is . eo——" "i don't want It over the phone."

Poultry Supplies

POTATOES are high In price, you cannot afford to ‘-

A MEA-N MAN

Mre. Hoyle: la your husband . feed them to your stock. _ man of means’! - Buy our STOCK FEEDS for l Mrs. Doyle: The meanest evcr

all animals on the farm. _j ' PORK 1| Mel». feed your H008 with our HOG FEED. Have your POULTRY ‘ FLOOK lay more EGGS. feed our POULTRY FEEDS and

curfuliy parted in the middle and sllckcd down clos-ly t0 his head. ills large, rcd-vc-ineil nose seclnctl too heavy fur his face.

'i‘lle bilid hotel clerk ncenled tn “"11- (‘Ollie his entrance. “Here's; Bride. tile night. clcrk.“ he announced, up- parently rnllzvetl to escape llw- .lt- tention of the sergeant.

"Bride." snapped the policeman at the nlgllt cle-rk. ‘were you here last night when a man ‘registered for this room under the name of H. A. Jones?"

Bride shifted his feet uneasily. "Yes, sir."

“What time was it?"

"About eight or eight-thirty, near as l can remember, Captain."

"Never mind, the captain. That npple sauce doesn't work with me. What did this *H. A. Jones look like?"

"i don't remember much about him. Lemme s-ee——nope.”

‘lives he a ll'g man or a little man?" pursued the sergeant. "Youl might to remember that much."

“Well at that l guess he was a pretty big man. Hie had his over- coat buttoned up around his neck- it beinlg pretty cold—and his hat was turned down. Seems to me he did hav: pretty big ears and-e 0h, yes- he had red hair, a kind of sandy sort of red."

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A CUTTING REMARK

“Why le It that before our mar. rlage, all we did was spoon, and naw—"

“Yea, now-all I do is fork up."

J. A. MODONALD

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A LITERARY DIET .

"A man beeemee what he eats."

"The" a men vyhepate alphabet aeup muet mom a man of let- tore." .

"Thought you said he had his hat turned down."

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"Cascarete" gently cleanse, sweeten and refresh the entire system. They nevelfl gripe, averact or eicken. Direc- tltlnf or men, worm-n and chi on each box ‘_< tlfllrilufli.

one of his men.

“in this hole they are careful notlcillllill?" to tak~ notice ofaay wonlan th@y,'i1a\'<- to leave the body just as l: is sergeant, stilr- U" ltake- him to the‘ 't0 and tllen they'll turn him over tol ‘Jimmy wearllY-

On the floor it looked like a‘ plain yellow square of cardboart.

bnlz. That is. lf he was iitl-uck hard "Mllkil to do any damage At any rate. there is no abralsion. such as probably would ‘have been calmed h)’ a blow 0n the head with a club or a hard weapon.”

murdered?" Jimmy hung on the coroner's next words.

an autopsy to see what caused hi!

lerr-d the room. Port/cl‘. for he had been conversing quietly with the police sergeant. pausing now and then to jot down n word or two on some twice-fold- ell sheets of rough peel over ta Jimmy.

"hell-supply me with your fat

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on his temples. ‘It was cut. cloee. but you could tell ll. was rad. He just asked for a room, and when [gave it to him he went right up- stairs. l haven't seen him since."

“Did he sleep in his bed."

"l don't know Schwartg, the day clerk here. probably would know if he didn't." " '

“Did he. Schwartz?"

“I 81198-1 116 did. Sergeant. The maid would havr told me if llhe bed hadn't been slept ln,"

“You do a lot of drinkln; dogft you. Bride?" growled the sergeant.

‘The night clerkjlushed. "l take a drink once in a whilst"

"Well, by the look of that nose of Y°i"‘s You take a damn sight too luany." _ l

"tilt-yer." The sergeant turn-ed to "Did you tell ‘em

llllstalrs this afternoon?” Jlrnmyllli Central ‘Station ‘to notify the had wheeled to lac- the clerk. l°°1'°1161"-’"

‘We. sir. l didn't see any come} "Yea. sir." in or go out." "Well .when in the deyl] is

To Jimmy he suid: the coroner arrives.

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was fifty-five," answered “He had a wife and two ch ldren, my sister Janet in self."

mlfgrllayllkfl. lMr. uahd. sorry w trouble you." lHa turned to the cor- oner. "What is it. Conorol’. eul- ~ ti?"

‘Jill's murder," interrnlfld Jimmy grimly. "He ‘seized the refiner by the arm "You'll write nothing hhnut suicide until you learn the coroner's verdict.“

“olm! You .s8'*.l'11 Pfflily Bille- Well l'll stick around u while. l guess. lWhaUs your idea of what look place?"

"My idea." replied Jimmy. "is that lily fahter was lured to i-hifl hotel room under some false p1‘?- tcnse, probably by some iflielliloll“ call to his offce. Anyway we cuu check up tomorrow and find out ivh-at time be left the department storc. ,

"1' think that the man who regis- tered as H. A Jones of New York was in this room waiting for my father to come. When father did

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THE PROUD SISTERS This is the second day's chapter! of “Beauty and the Beast" with a, dress for Beauty to wear. Wbenl the story ls finished, there will be 8| whole set of dolls to illustrate the character. .

Although_ Beauty. the wealthy merchant's daughter. we» n01 111 111i spoiled, her sisters were very proud and put ougreat ulrs. They desired that all their friends lluve titles such as Lord and Lndy. 111111 they tnlked constantly of Duchess. this and that. Merchant's daughters} weer not good enough for them tfll associate with, although they were! nothing more themselves, and they made fun 0f Beatlty because Hill!“ stayed quietly at home with her. father.

Phe two sisters ‘had many suit-l

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your family for bur’ai."

W110i‘: tulkillg about the coro- m-r?" A large individual. carrying u little black satchel, breezed fnt.o tile room lWltll c, brief glance around him llc knelt in business- like fildlllflll beside the body of Henry ltulld.

Tic felt uvvr llle dead man's heart. "What's il. all about, ser- geallt?"

The sergeant told what ‘he knew.

“lillulllh.” terse-iy remarked the coroner "looks like a plain case oi’ asphyxiation. l-lel-lo!"

He had run his hand; expertly nver Henry Rand's head. He was feeling with his right hand at the base of the skull.

“W713i. is it?" Jimmy gprang (gr- Wn"! eilgériy- "What. is it, Conor- or."

him briefly,

The coroner frowned, He was “Xllillillilllz the back of Henry Rand's bead;

"'i‘ilt,'1‘P'.s a slight lulnp ‘here at the base of the skull that oulzlitnk lo be bcrc. llt's not the hone strut‘ tllre. either Huluph. Anybodv here know this man?"

“He's my father. Coroner.”

"‘Dirl your father carry this lump at lllc hack of his head? ‘Herc. feel with you hand."

Jimmy ran lllfl hand carefully "vcr the spot indicated. lle felt Wlllli flllllm-rcd to be a broad well near the bitse of t-he skull and just

to one s'de of the center, It was firm. but yicded slightly to his touch.

"V111 llllrv." answered Jimmy

"lillll my fnlhcr never hlld this. If he had. l think l would have noti- cnll it years ago." i

“Your father has been hit in the ilead with ‘solncllgngfl’ quietly re- marked lhe coroner. "What with, l don't know, but evidently with

iknoclceil unconscious. You nofced ltllal his overcoat is still on him.

something very similar to a sand-

"You th'nh. then. that he was

"l don't know anything. t possible‘,

‘I think bill we'll have to have

leath." A slrllllllfl young fellow had en-

‘Evidently a re-

paper. iHe- step-

OTB who desired to marry them. llutl because none of them had titles,‘ they were all refused. Beauty. 011. tile other hand. thanked her admir- ers for thinking so well of her and! fell sorry that she coultl not please all oftllem by accepting. ‘ Then one day the merchant lost] all his money. ' (Beauty's dress is pale ‘pink with deep blue roses and necklace. Her

arrive, h»; wag barely seated before. he was struck on the head. and

Tliut ls sufficient indication that he was not in the room very long. or. at ltn-st, thathe was on ‘h's way out when h".- was struck. “Then whoever hit him turned on lhc gas. slmt the window if it wasn't already closed. and walked out. locking the door ‘behl d him." "And how ilboill. the andker- c i-f?" asked the reporter. ‘l can't account for it. l'll ad- mit" ' "Don't you think it ls at least an indication that a woman was in ‘this room, at least for a. while." "Nat necessarily." put in the coroner. who had been listening to Jimmy with considerable interest. “Not necessarily. A man could have planted it here. you know. Besides; it was found in plain vie-w ri-ght on that ilresser. and you have to pass the dresser m get to the door. It S"t‘lYl.l-l to me it would be a pretty llurd thing lo miss. even by some- one W110 nus in a hurry. However. we're all shooting in the dark. l'll have to take the body t0 the mor- gill-l." The reporter gpflke to the police sergeant. ‘Mind if ‘I lake a poke around lllc room. Sarge?” "Oh. go ahead, Howard You're a blamed nuisance, but, go ahead." "Thanks." ‘Howard began an in- spection of the dresser and then the bed. "You know. Salge they say that it's almost impossible for a murderer to avoid leaving some kind of clcw." He seizedthe bedding and threw it back. jarring the bedstead vio- lently as he did so. As the bed moved. Jimmy flaw something fall from the hor‘zontal railing that supported the foot end of t-he springs and flutter to the floor. He was on it in a flash. On t-hs floor it looked like a plaln yellow square of cardboard. torn at aria end. "What have you got. Rand?" llt was the police sergeant. Jimmy turned it over. l-ie held the yellow stub of a theater ticket. "Paragon Theater," he read tri- nmnbnnlly. "Nov. 25. That's the n'kilt before last." (‘To be Continued)

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A new, vely lightweight wooil fabric, almost imperceptibly corded,

is ideal for this use. it is shown t FACING THINGS

a/bove in s. simple daytime frock of JOHNNY was talking to himself.

brown. “Mother uye that

The narrow piping ie of dull gold

taffeta. which blends in beautifully ugly things have e coward‘: way of in pur- in; if you tum around hoe

with the brown olthe frock. The linen. it's when on let them

buttons are covered with matching taffeta, and the large neck bow is hangaaoandinbec of you that ,|liey t bigger and bigger.

of the same thing. The lace is a al'e wily-I'd rlths ‘gel

soft ecru. right out of bed in the

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Better than mtislw poi-ridges ,, _ LAKEVILLE SCHOOL

Philomena Melanin; 3, Henry Popd Grade V.—1. Laura Road; 2| The following,- in tile stalldillll 0i’ Lloyd Pope; 3, Joseph Manning,

Lakevlile School for the month of Glade ill. Sr.—-—l, Elinor Mcllon.

January. uld; 2, lMhry McDonald; 3, Angus Grade lX.——l, Alice Rose: 2. HHZ- Mflnnls.

Grade lll. .lr.-—l, Ernest Ilene. , MC- Grade l.—l, Lat-gull IMCllIIllH; g_ bifiyii Clarence Rose; 3, Cyril Mclhllliliil.

_ Grade l.~-l. Jflflcllh MCllflillllll

Zi- and Cllnrile Mclnnls, equal.

Grade Vll._Sl'.——l. Duncan lnnli-l; 2, Helen Jarvis; 3, Rose; 4, Alluslutla Mclunls.

Grade Vl‘l. Jr.—l. ‘hiuilel ltnso;

Mark Your Ballot 0n ' February 10th. for

S. A. McDonald

The People’s.Candidate for Mayor

If there ever was a time when wise, sane administration was needed in our civic affairs that time is now. Place at the head 0f our city government for the next two years the man who has made a success 0f his own business. One who is in sympathy with the lab- oring Fclass- Your vote for: ‘S. A. McDonald 0n the tenth insures both.

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, Electors of Ward Five

TWO YHPS 39° you elected me as one of your representatives at

the Council Board. I trust m serv c s h it I further confidence. y I e ave. m" ed your appwva and

As ever I stand for improvements and the

l" "Hy P°i8ii~1i¢ way consistent with our revenue and noq involving

ward live that require

attention and it will be my aim, if elected, to find ways and means t0

have them put in better shape. V A‘ i‘. i‘ imlwsaibie for me to see every-elector personally | take this opportunity of soliciting your vote and influence. ' Yours respectfully, W. ALLAN STEWART

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To the ‘Electors of Ward 5. Ladlea d’. Gentlemen:

i like this opportunity at thanking you for the honor you conferred on ,me in electing me a; your representative

i" "i9 Pact four years. lQ-uet your confidence ha: not been misplaced.

The Council did me the honor to plaoe me as Finance ‘Mlifliltol’. ldurlng the laet two years, and economy was my , watchword. as ‘the Financial statement of the City ehowe.

l am again aeklng for your support in the coming elec- tion on February 10th. My card etande the same aa leaned BQWFA-"W imbrovement and betterment of conditions in the city. I am in favor of permanent Improvement’!- Economy la etlll essential, or Qfhgrwlgg w, m“; my. in- creaeed taxation, which we do not want at the present.

It you think I warrant your support, ‘klindly vote for me on election day.