MOSTLY T

rl tmas week we on l Wednesday.

during Christmas Wbek- gaturday, December

time suggest that

‘ i oiling‘ ' .6 ' i l » i ' - , - may we at this

_- .~- in the quiet tim to make elm’ "id

MGDRE £~

gonna swans-r,

ELECTRIC GIFTS — Coffee and Tea Makers, Heating Pads, Table Lamps, Christmas Tree Lights.

GLASSWARE - Sherbet: and Sherbet Plates, Goblets, Cocktail Glasses, Water Sets, Vases, V] Cake Plates, Relish Dishes, Candle Holders, A Candy Dishes, Salt and Pepper Shakers and Flower Bowls.

_ "Y1 l3i.E\V.AItE AND CUTLERY - Pyrex Oven . Lire and Flame Ware, Community and Tudor ‘Unite Siiirrn-are, Pocket Knives, Butcher

Kin vcs.

SPORTS GOODS — Skis, Ski Poles, Ski Har- ness, Ski Wax, Boots and Skates, Hockey Sticks and Pucks, Hockey Gauntlets and

" , A" Toboggans.

PRACTICAL GIFTS — Christmas Tree Stands, Carpet Sweepers and Mops, China Novelty Goods, Fancy Tea Pots, Bathroom Scales, Ther- mometers, Binocuiars and Compasses, Coleman Irons.

SHAVING NEEDS — Razor Strops, Honesaltd Shaving Brushes.

The i

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. s HARDWARE COMPANY LIMITED

PHONES 105-1308

Free City Delivery

shall be open from 9 l- December

o of the forenoons. comfortable chO

rirtiéoillbi?

OHARLOTTETOWN

23rd. There

as much shopping 3'5 P

ices. wr. THANK you.

NY‘

CHAPTER XVIII

d'or held a gay company that night. The tavern ivas closed early and the little ones, as a very special

a lull two hour; after their bed- tillie. Roger was their hero. Roger lhail promised to take them to- ibcgunning when they should visit Philibert

"when you coins to stay," said

Madame, "not Just to visit If I am able to lemnin there. Meridcl, you and the cnlltlren must return to me Now, you see, tno shoe is on the other foot; it is I who am poor, who am in need of good friends and cherry faces around nze You will not leave a poor, helpless old wo- .inan a one!" ' r She tried to look piteous, but lfaileci signally. She did. not trike i tile throat. of poverty at a1. serious- ly She had alrt ally dramatized the situation, ill which her part was somewhat of a cross between the Little Vlritcll Girl and Eliza cross- ing the ice She was enjoying her- self greaty ilrcrrllioils and vain threats ariginst "that sly fox, that Gabriel Feller," Silt! scorned to have entirely I01‘- gottoil him She sat- in the place of honor bv Jilles Goujoifs fireside and bctliunlv lot lt‘l(i'lij1l1 wnlt upon tzer, \’\'il.l:ll he did W-iil obvious pica- stun

“All, it is like the liood old times, Rudolph," she said "l fear it was no’. until you wcze gone that I realized svhat a treasure I had in you ..

"Just as I. until I become s bur- nn, madame." lIllll‘1'I1lll'f!fi Rudolph,‘ "ltd not know llow pleasant is the lo‘. of o. butler."

The childrc-il surrounded Roger and hlerftlel, questioning Roger, ask- ing him the nteaniilg of the bright ribbons on ills tunic, begging him to tell them of the adventures in the sky He uuiitorl, as did Meziclel, and lnilrlamc tiiaﬂ, for queries. some talk of Boilllccnnlc Friscot, "that good man Whfln] tho latighing soldier killed " They knew Rosine and Pol Martin were thinking of that, but something, some childish intuition kept their little tongues away from the subject.

"You could not take captive." from your airplane, couid you?" asked Pol Martin. "Who takes those prison- ers? I know; it's the soldiers on the ground. They take them and send them over here and put them in big wire cages. GESHCI‘ told us that there Wils a. big on: full of them deep in the woods back of Phili- bcrt He would not trike u; to see them. He said, ‘Suppose you were shut up in s cage, would you like people to come and gape at you? Of course you wouldn't!"

rind after a few lm-i

INES AND DATES

m. to 5.30 p. m. each will be no ‘evlenlnﬂ

This store will also be closed on BOX-

26th. osslble be 6Q!"

Y far the most advantageous P91“

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THE PRINGESS 0F GRATZEN

_ By Louis Arthur Cunningham, Author of “Of These Three Loves," “Marionetteﬁ Etc.

The tiny back parlor of the Coq ‘ where we used to live? Is the golden

concession, were allowed to stay up it

l

we

P. "Did you fly over Gratzen?" asked Rnsine. “Did you see the castle

\

cock still over the door of the inn? Emil and Magda told me to ask you. TUE)’ areslwayg wondering about

Roger smiled and shook his head. "I may have flown over Grntzen, my little ones, but if I did it was in the night and thee was nothing I could see. Probaby the brave little cock is still there above the door —unless the army of occupa- tion has eaten him ill a stew.”

_"'I'hey could not eat a wooden bird, Monsieur Roger! protested Hostile. “Still, do they not have sawdust in their sausage

“Do they not. indeed! But I was only joking. That cock of Jules’s would be two tough even for those men of iron. There! The cLQck strikes ten — it's bed for littie ll-en ——ﬂl1d also little women." ~

l-Ie sat at the fire with Mezidel af- ter madame had retired, while Ru- dolph and Jules went over their

Shop Early and Save Disappointment

KAYOS MURDER SUSPECT

"“ ‘£°1“"°l'.“i.i‘“ wlltdllill"l°ti. su-s 0 I Y . 3°C." said Rep. Wm. P. Schulte. above, of Indians. Attacked by I gtranger in a Washington barber shop, the Congressman, punched his assailant to the floor, held him un- til police came. The man Droved to be Rudioph Nios, sought in con- nection with the murder of his wife, Enma, in their Islip Terrace, L. I. borne a few hours before. him pleasantly, because I had some lovely hour; with him, because he seemed—"

‘Tm sorry, sweet. Forgive ml- l-is is a marvelous fellow, Mike. Anyone who ever knew him will tell you that, He W83 always s ro- inanfc figure —remote, doing fasci- nating things such as cimbing glaciers in Alaska, exploring the regions of the Congo and digging in Mayan nuns .And he could charm the birds out oi’ the tree. What a fine John Alden I have tuzned out to bel John was a fel- low, Meridel, who pleaded for an- other man, while he himself really loved the girl he was trying to win for the other. I'm not going to give Mikc any more of a build-up. I've praised him too highly now. Prom now on, I shall tell you what s. wonderful fellow is Roger Fabre, what the kind said to him, how Mr. Chmchill, look ng at a few hund- red of the Air Force boys one day said, ‘And who is that tall dark fel- low there? Gan that be this Fabrs I've hoard so much about, the man at the more mention of whose name Marshal Goring says, ‘Groundt der Luftwaffe at vonce!’ And, believe it or not, it really was Roger."

you sie fine, Roger. You can laugh always and have fun. Deep inside, though, you do not laugh so much, eh?"

“I try not to look too deep inside, Merdel. It's no good, And right now especially. After this is over, at or we can think-quietly for a. whiie and no longer hear the thund- er of the guns and the roar of

accounts in the little enclosure in the taproom. Roger's dork eyes studied her face shy.y. “This is the hour I wifted for,” he sntd. “And I pictured it just like this. There would be a fire and you and I would sit beside it and I would know such llﬂppllless, a5 never be-' fore. To ‘go near you is all I'd ask, to know that, by reaching out, I could touch you, that by bending I could kiss your lips —"

She looked at hhn, then away. "But -but you do not?"

"No, I do not." He, too, was; m- tent on the blaze. "The mystic fig- ure that was between my love and me"-—-his voice held now a little of that same wryness that had stalllzed into the very solid form of my brother, Michel.”

t "Madame told you about the pic- u

re?’

"All about lt."

"And you think?"

"I think w=th you and with my mutt.’ it is a thing too awful. too irlijonstrously- appalling, to be believ- C

"But couid it —could it be? Your brother —how could he live zveaong them, serve with them-l"

"You mean could he got away with it? Ye, he could readily He was educated in Germany, spoke the language well, had many ir‘ends there. He knew the political set- up and admired some of the things about it. Therel I 5WOI6 I wouldn't talk about this business, and here I spoil our first moments together by dwelling on it I won't memtioll it again —even though I know you kteep h‘; photograph and —pray to

"i1 do not!” was s4 éwm with her denial as any schoolgirl “I do

not! 1 keep it because I remmibeL

flames -why, than. Perhaps. we can look into our hearts and ialse them up to Gog. Fight now. it's laugh while you can, be merry while there's griyety about Would you like to go somewhere and dance with me? '

"Dance? It is so lint: since I have daiw-ztl that. I shouldn't know how to Q0 ilbout it And you are fnti,;.le:i. You must be s0 weary."

“Bllii I'm not. I gnatcll a wink here, o wink there I can't be tired when I am with you."

"I think it is better that we stay hero, and you will lest. If you like I sliirl sing to you."

"A lilllaby, no doubt. You want to pill. inc to sleep to get rid oi me."

even if you slept." And she crooned in French,

"Sleep, sleep,

My little one, sleep.

The day has gone and the night is

here;

‘Sleep, or sleep.

My little one sleep,

While the arises hover near."

She sang on Roger listened. Sis saw him nod, hLs- eyelids droop, She smiled. saniz .more softly. Slowly his dork head came to her shoulder and rested there

(To Be Continued)

RED POINT W. l.

‘Ilie twenty-seventh annual meet- linig of the Red Poin-t W. I, was held at the home of Mrs. Major Young. Mrs. Alvan Chillig. President, con- ducted the meeting, which was Opened by the singine of tneodie, followed by Roll cs-il which was (responded to by 18 members. Nline

4

FUR BUYER COMING ' Mr. l. Weininger

From Montreal Will Start ‘mmediately Buy- ing Silver Foxes, Mink, ‘Muskrat, étc., at

F. ll. Machine's Showroom: Charlottetown, r. s. I.

father of

Canada, Ltd, Toronto. Wingspan 54'2"

Amara;

4mm ;.

W.

NEW AIRCRAFT PRODUCED IN CANADA

The design of the ‘Mosquito’ we: lnSpiICd by Captain DeHavtliand, Geoffrey DeHaviiland. well-known Britlr-h pilot and one of the head; of the famed English ltLcl-aft firm of the some name. The p one Ls being produced in Can- ada by Dcl-lnvilund Aircraft of

Length W9 1-2"

Height 15'3"

Engines 2 Rolls-Royce Packard. Airscrews "Del-laviliand three-i

bladed hydromatic type.

Armament May consist of four‘ 20-min cannons. and foul- .30. " ma- It c

chine guns.

Construction Almost entirely of

the world's fastest [and most eff clent plane. the D0-

Recognized

Hai Lland V "Mosquito ' bombe an exceptionally ion

‘ tremely manoeuvrabe

hotograph shows the first guito built in Canada.

She laughed. "I wouldn't leave you, l’

has range. is ex- and can be utilized on day o: nsbt operations- an a'so serve as I. 110011111118!- ance craft to Brest ndvantoife be- cause of iLs remarkable speedMThe Qln

' Aylmer

CRABAPPLE JELLY

I 82 oz.

J sr McCreadYl CHOW - CHOW

n?‘ 25c

Aylmer

PINEAPPLE MARMALADE

”°'~39c

Jar '

Fresh PLATE

RIB ROAST BEEF

Baked . MEAT LOAF. lb. — - WEINERS,

GROUND SUET,

POTTED MEAT

Swansdown CAKE FLOUR, Pk!- MAGIC BAKING

Eatons Artificial VANILLA, 16 oz.

-—,MEA TS - aaar, lb. - - I- 23c Edit BEEF, lb. - - - - 24c

Lb.———-'---'—“'

__31c

Lb.-——-——'-""‘__

Lb.--——-'—'--"""""

2Bowls—-——---—

ALSO CHICKENS, DUCKS, GEESE and TURKEYS

___32c

POWDER, 1 lb. tin — — —

eruet —

Lynn Valley PEAS, 16 oz. t

ln11o-2for——-—.—---

Lynn Valley GOLDEN BANTAM

CORN, 16 oz. tin 120-2 for — — —

Gold Ribbon FEARS, 15 M.

Aylmer Choice

PEACHES, 20 Ideal Cut

wax BEANS, 16 o1. ti» 12¢ - 2 m

Eaton:

TOMATO JUICE, H) oz. tin - -- —

Black Currant

JAM,32oz.Jal-———-——-

Heins Tomato KETCHUP, l4

32c 29c

20c 29c

tln12e—2!or——— —

oz.tin———-—

oz. bottle — — — - —

Fruits and Vegetables

SUMMER

SAVORY, Bunch - — Sweet

POTATOES, lb. 10c-2 TOMATOES,

Lb. — — — — e- — — Choice

GRAPES, lb. — — — McIntosh

APPLES, Doz. — -- — RUSSET APPLES

Doz.—————--—-—-

GRAPEFRUIT Small size, each 712-4 for —

TABLE RAISIN S

Pkg.————-————

lbs.

ORANGE and GRAPEFRUIT JUICE, 20 oz. tin — — — — GRAPEFRUIT

JUICE, 20 oz. tin 140-2 for Eatons

PLUM PUDDING, 1 lb. tin

_ _ 25c _ _ 21 c _ _ 29c 25c 35c

27c 45c

21 c ' 23c 23c 21 c 23c 10c 45c 21 c

10c 19c 29c

18c

esent The Pres- iciilrmflimt-hewrfrlgealdra my Bﬂmmﬂ M‘ dress. and Hamlin‘ reign ‘f: ‘s: . Jn-eggure , we - secondedr that Secretly‘! be for past years work. 3-9!‘ f to three. - who“ unOlmi/Qil to $1.74. more“;

Jarneshllen. School. Robertson and It was moved

Caull and Mrs- Alexander

and sewn-died that e-y . to piuxhase eats for the boys in ulnuifonn for Ohniwnias and a 00m- miittee was appointed in charge 9f 59.3113, nanleiy; MKS. T. J. exteon, William-ow MacCeull. M11- dred Rose and Mrs, Faster Garrett. Work done for the Red Cross dur- ing year; 5 army sweaters, 1 81!" force sweater, 11 prs_ socks, 5 scarr ves, 13 quilts, l oriib quilt, $ RM’? sweaters, $94.10 for blanket hind. Election-i of offim as 1011M"; ruesldezit, Mira. A Chine re- Vice Handling. Roderick Kedsoin, re-wpolﬂite . ﬁlo-INN» Elsie MaoNelll. T“ rs, Mrs. E. S. RpseMl-s. Foster Garrett, Mrs. Oinly- iun Rn

se. A/imiitors, Mrs; T. J. Riobetrt-son, Mrs. A, J. Robertson. Oonvenors for Questionnaires. Radio, Mrs. Albert Gsilirett and Mrs. E. s. Rose. War Bea-vices, Mrs. Foster Garrett. Cttiaonskiip, Mrs. Agriuiltiitiuie, Mls. Home Econo- . Kldson. Librarian. . Organist, Mrs. Ale Robertson, The oun- venor on war services to take charge of the program for the next meeting which is to be held at the home o! ma. l‘. S. Rose. Meeting closed by singing the Nat-trial Anthem.

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Pa“ . * lsted l rrmmiiiztrpu.“ ' »

PUTTING PIYNCH IN THE AUSTRALIAN AIR ARM. Vicious strippers, this one being unloaded in Australia, are adding plenty of drive to the bottle sgsinst the (Pam-d by censor.)

This’ Store Will Remain Closed Over Both

Christmas and New Year Week-Ends

FROM 5.30 P. M.

THURSDAY- CHRISTMAS EVF- TO 8.30 A. M. MONDAY, DECEMBER 28th AND AGAIN FROM 5.30 P. M.

THURSDAY, DECEMBER 31st: '

UNTIL 8.30 A. M.

MONDAY, JANUARY 4th

NO NIGHT SHOPPING l THIS CHRISTMAS

at; CANADIAN STORES u’

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