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THE CHARLOTTETOWN GUARDIAN

DECEMBER 15, 1924

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Group at llight lie longer

Feared lly__ilanatlian Mothers

Direct Treatment with vaporlzlno 1n o... p111...» time vim; is 1.1» , jqlva lrnmldiataly Reaches sorbed and stimulates the skin llkc congested Alr Paougea a lininlcnt or plaster and thus aids the vapons inhaled lo break up tho conccstitwn. Croup is usually reliev-

Many Canadian mothers, who its ills past have worried over cronp lltlll children's colds. are delighted with the “external" reulcdy for colds, Vlcltg Vapoltub.

You just rub Vlcks over throat and chest t'or eroup, children's colds. bronchitis or deep chest colds. When 5o npplicd the bod)’ best releases the ingredients as vapors which are inhaled directly into the affected air passages, loos- cnlng the phlegm and reducing the inflammation. . '

1-d in l5 minutes,

Thorn Ia no doalnn In uainl Vick. Nolhin l‘: uoacl tho delicate atornanhs of Illa“ chi:

on. You iust "rub it o ’

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made.

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A deliciouscombination of chopped

Only a limited quantity will be Order early through any Perfection dealer or direct from us.

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IAdapted For Boys and Girls From

in “A Christmas I Carol”

The Famous Story By Charles Dickens, Now Being Bead ' hallv in The Guardian

The Guardian offs-rs a first, soc-

ond and third prize to the school

boy or girl. fourteen or under, wl1o will complete the Illustrations up- pcariilg i11 the zlbovc zlrtlclo in

ni'('>‘illl)i'I'lIl' 1912-1. The first prize, $5. $3.01] anti the third $1.00, will b1:

and under,‘ on Prince Edward ls- land-

(‘ompcit-nt judges charge of the awards.

The first illustration appeared nu Pail!‘ 5 of Dent-tuber 3th Guar- dian. After l-ho last one has appear- ed. scnd the illustrations colored with thc coupon below marked “(fhristrnas Carol Drawing," cure of’ Guardian Office and the prizes will be awarded as soon alter 11s possible.

This is an opportunity for chil- dren to turn a little pastime into real cash.

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Tho (‘hurlnttolown (iuurdlran “Fllrlutmnn (Jnrul I)I'BWIIII" llenr hilruz- Plctmo tlml our-loner] my colored coplrn of lllunlrntlcrun, 1111 npeclllcd.

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To ‘be sold by public auction on the premises on Monday, 22nd December, at 12 o'clock noon, the farm o1 65 acres at Bethcl, Lot 48. now or lately occupied by Daniel J. McDonald, with stock, implements and equipment including, 3 horses. 1 mllch cow, potato sprayer, acut- ller, horse hoe, digger, disc barrow, gang plow. mower, woodsleigh, bod sleigh. truck ‘wagon driving wagon. poles, work harness, driving har- ness. riding saddle, shovels, cross cut-saw, axes, tools, etc.

400 buahola Irish Cobbler Cortl- fled Seed Potatoq, (No. 2 size), a quantity of hay 11nd straw. cedar shingles, boards. otuddinq, blrbed wiro. bluoatone, otc., etc, ’

Uaual terms oi‘ sale. J. A. McDONALD.

Onion Hours-D to 12 a, m. 1 to I

Auctioneer. lftlili-l2-l5vMws3l.

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colors specified u11 tho illustrations] and mail to thc Guardian office by.

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A CHRISTMAS CAROL

Adapted‘ tor boya and glrla from tho famous story by Charles Dickens.

wmt 001.012: amcx SHOES

STOOUNG

. ' “I don't remember that you mem-

Vll. THE CRATCHITS’ CH RISTMAS (-ll1'a\\'ing.: ‘filly Tint)

llub (‘ruichit came in carrying his crippled son, Tiny 'I‘in1_ 'l'itly Thu had lo use his crutch always. but .\lrs. Cratchit knew he was the lineal. most lovable buy in all the world. No one disagreed with hcr. 'l‘h1.- family sat dowul to its Christ» nuts- least and what a goose they had! And what a plum pudding! .\ll the young Cralchits were hols- lcrous and cvcn 'l‘iny Tim graspcd his spoon, waved it and fccbly call»

cd._"lIurr11l1.“ .

Illob (‘rail-hit was i111 such hiuh spirits in‘ even proposed a ‘toast to iilnun-czcr Scroozc. Duo to Christ- mas the fua-sl was given, though no one “'11s very hearty about wishing Scrooge good ln-nlth, l111l11- evening 4m the fin» 1121s sputtering lioh (‘r:lt» chit uni 11p 111ml said. “.\ lilcrry (‘hristmas to all, 1n_\- doors. God hlcss us." All the family rc-cchocd lllls statement.

"God hit-as 11s cvory one!“ said 'l‘i1l_v Tim. the last of all, And the Spirit look Scrooge lo another place. '

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I SYNOPSIS

-Peter Blood. a young Irish physi- cian. is sent to the Barbadoes as a lslave under orders of King James. lie is bought by Colonel Bishop. the military commander, and falls ln love with Arabella, thc nlccc of the colonel. Spaniards bombard the city and sack it. Blood saves Ara- bells and Mary Tralil lie 6811111786 the ship and sails for Tortuga, the rendezvous of buccancers of the Spanish Main. There Captain Blood. totrruentod by ills fear that he will ‘never see Arabella again and I111- portuned by his comrades, takes command of a pirate fleet, Levita- seur. a Frenchman, enlists under l1i_111. Lcvusseur captures a llutch vessel and lands with Madelon ldflgeron, daughter of the Dutch governor, and his brother on one of the Virgin Islands. Tllcfe he do mnnds ransom for d'0geron and holds Iiladclon as hostage. llpon this scene enters Captain Blood whose ship had lost sight of Lev- usseufs vcssclln the storm.

CHAPTER XV-Contlrlued

"Not so." Lcvasseur Ci)lll€lIIl"ll Ihimsell‘ with zlirflculty before that JFOHY- "ifllcy were I11 tho ltutch brig."

tinned thcm bclbrc."

“l did not, Thcy a-rc prisoners or my own—~a personal nlatler. They are French."

“l~‘rcnch!" Captain Wood's lilzht eyes stabbed at Lcvasscur, tllcn at tllc prisoners. llc frowned thought‘ fully upon 1l.evasscur. 1

"YWWTIUIY YOU surprised me by lll-‘llillll-t war upon the friendly llutch. But now it seems that not even your own countrymen are salo from you."

"IIHVG l hot said [Ills ts a matter PUFSOIIRI to mo?"

“Ah i/ind their names?"

The prisoner :111swcrc1l for him,

“l am Ilellrl diOgcron, and this lsdlly sister."

"Uilgflrflll?" (iaplaln Blood star- ed. “Arc you rclaletl by cllllllcc to my good friend thc. Governor of TOfllii-Zil?" ‘

“llc is my father."

Business Locals

RATE8:-2o. per word tor one lnaortlon; lflc por word per insertion for two insertion; 1c per word per insertion for three insertion-I. AN ACCEPTABLE GIFT-Here

in true holiday array are the most

fascinating gifts in wax~work,pnrch- mcnt. shades. paintings in water and colors, The Gift Shop Second

Floor, ltiley Building.

1359-12-13-31

IIOUIS MACMAIION-CLOTHES clenncd- prcssctl and repaired. over Toonlbs Iiiusic Sturc. 16f» Qucon St. 1354-12-12-11131

\\-'-_E IIAVE \VIIA'I‘ WE think are soul.- oi’ thc prettiest alld most arfstically‘designer] boudoir sets to b1- found anywhere and our pric- es are . asonable. The Gift Silop. second Flour. Riley Building. 1359-12-l3-111-3i

SPRUCE. FOR DECORATING— We have 200 Christmas Trees, Mc- llalne Service Station. Phone 860. 1314-12-11-111431 IF‘ ITS SOMETHING ill fancy aprons you will find these and many tilher suggestions at lilo flirt

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them the twenty thousand pic-cs that are ultimately to come to you as tile ransom of one and the dow ry of the other; and that sum shall be divided among our crews!‘ 'l‘hz1L Captain Blood should d11r1- oppose him with but a dozen 10l- lowcrs whilst he had hundrtd all his 1hcck and call ncvcr cnlercd the rulfiauk; mindI lJut llu did not reckon on lhc Ullllltlll)‘ 0t his own mcn,_ 'l‘l1cy_uaw twenty 11101111111111 pieces within their reach. Letizia- sour lllllllkilliluil time unlil he 11nd

captured sufficient booty. lint Blood would have uunc ot‘ ti1.1t. Ucalil lurkcd always in thi: des-

perate business. alld 111- added: “'l‘|11-n lct some out: buy prisoners who has.“

“And who do you suppose hats it if I have not?"

"I Iluv-c," said Clllllillll Iiloull. “You lune!" l.1-va.~"esc111"s nloulh

i111-

feil opcn. "You . . you want. tln- girl?" Captain llloutl tlrciv forth a

"'l‘llc saints preserve us now! 5'11"" W13. W011i)’ "IIWITIS IWIIFWI Arc you quite tnad. ln-vztssouril" info Ills llilllll. ami (‘ailtrsntr up (‘aptuiti llloutl ppt (Inwn m, 1p.- praiscd lhonl a-s worth tilt.- r:111.<11111.

cask that lmvasscur l1a1l latciy oc~l

copied. hull looked up biandiifl "llCahus c.

bcvasscur i11 his ainilfl‘ ‘rillfill-l»! ill anti .1 blow scattered lho|

(The plat-c where Scrooge was muv inform '01 u s“ 1. - icaris i11 thc sand. 'l‘hc 1111-11 diwd . y 1.1 ..tvctn11. lhllti

lalwn was :1 jolly one. lcile; about it lonlorrow.) (Copyright, 1924.)

Ouch! Lumbago Pain! Rub Backache Away.

(,0. me seem-l kiqnpyg [fZ\"gQ backache? Nd! grave is that you have concealed

idols-n! Your backache is caused

pit-p“ ti“. “He... h...“ 6mm- dra\vingfl by lunibzlizo, sciatica, or a strain, cu on your last cruise. and for such sent in by school children. fourtetvn and the quickest rcllv-f is soothinlz. M! ("T011501 t"! Ill"! l-lifl "Nick's 1110'

pcnciratlm: St. Jacobs Oil, Rub it. right on your painful hack, and in-

llave utanlly thr- soreness. stiffness l1nd_

lameness disappears. Don't stay cripplctl! Got. a lilllflll trial bottle of St. Jacobs Oil from your drug'- glst and limhcr 11p. Amoment a1’- fcr it is appllPfl you'll_wonder what Iiecamo of the backache or lum- haizo pain.

Rub old, honest whenever you have sciatica, neur- is zihsolutoly harmless and doesn't alrzln. rheumatism or sprains. as it. burn tho skin. 2

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Special Poultry Notice

We liars a tow Poultry orders that In winh to lllf mrly. Until than orders urn completed Wn will pny tho following price-la lnr No l Poultry

iiin lilo

Ilucltn 140

Turkeys tn he dream-d with llrnda unrl Foot on. (irons and llnrkn. lloada and Foot nil’, all tenths" removed.

“'01 cannot [llnrnntro the-no prlcna ultcr we luavo complaint] Illclm orders.

We iaro nlill paying Illllllmt Priors I111- Llvo and llrauucd Fowl 11ml Chick- l'll-

The Harris Abattoir Co.’

Charlottetown. I’. E. l.

st. Jacobs 011 '

made to this lady and this gonllt» man, and l'll also rcmind you that 11c soil under article's that admit no ambiguities. You have fixed their ransom al ttrcnty thousand pieces of cluhf. 'l‘i1atsu|11 lhcn i111 lungs lo your crcws and minl- l11 thc_proportlons by the zlrticlcs cs- tahlishctl. [Int what is fair more

from mo this part oi‘ the prizes tak»

vlde certain penalties" that 1111c

something severe 111 character.“ 7

“llo, ho!” laughed ‘Lcvasscur 1111~ pleasantly. Then added: "If you dis- like my crynllucfwe earl dissolve the association."

"(Phat is my intention. But w1:‘il dissolve it when ill the 111an11cr that II choose, and that will be as soon as you have satisfied the articles under which we sailed upon this cruise."

"What did you mean?"

“I'll accept the situation ns I find it, Yourself you've flxcd the ran- som of this couple at ‘twenty thou» sand pieces, and, as I gather. thc lady is to be your perqulsitc. Iiut why should she be your [icrqulv-titt: more than anothers. 1sv1-lng that she belongs by the turticlos to all of us. as a prize of war’! llowcver, l'll 11ot dispute her to you it you are prepared to buy her."

"Buy her?"

"At the price you have set upon l1cr."

“'l‘hat is the ransom of the man. it is 1.10 be paid for l1l111 by the Gov ernor of Tortuizzt."

“No, no. Ye'vc 111-t their value at twenty thousand plcccrl. and for that sum you may have them, slnoo

IN ATIRABIIV

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From now until 11cc. 31, 1924 the flunrdlan will give s Calendar with each New or Renewal Subscript-lo"- received.

Tho illustration on the trout, en- tlllwd- "On the Range" gives an un- iquo picture painting oi’ Daily Strones in All Rural Districts. | Tho cair-ntlar is printed in nice Iiargn typc and the tlxuros are quite visible from a distance. giving the changes of the moon 11nd other in- formation.

Thc upper part on tho inside o! the calendar contains an account stir-ct for every month o! the your. Tho back of each shoot is devoted to‘ the care of live stock, poultry, tcullivalion, and valuable informa- itlon in determining weights. meas- urcs, and quantity of produce.

Tilt-re in also r1 shoot for an In- ventory of farm implements, crop stock. poultry. insurance. dwelling and out buildings, alao a lpaco al- lotcd tor liabilities as wall as not earnings and assets. In oil mailing a complete account

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Tiw story I hezurd thc tultlrr- proposal that you f"? lilmll- 1

ln-vrlsscnr, his hand on his sword. his facc a while nlalsk oi rage, uonfronictl Captain liloutl. “You do not take her whliei lircl" 11c cried.

“'l‘l1en l'll Lakc her when you're timid," fluid (inptain lilood, and his own blade llashcd i11 tllc sunlifllll- [t “'31s H0011 Ovor. Win-n, with both lungs lratrlsflxctl, he lily prone,

Ilium] across;

his 1".'1s1-:1lly,iif1-, (‘aptztitt looked calmly at (lahusatt- the body,

"I think that cancels illc articlcs between us." he said.

With soulicss, cynical cyPs (‘1l- huszlc and his mates considered the twitching body of their recent leader. Captain Blood has brought them to find tbevnsseur Kllllty oi the one offense they deemed un- pardonable, the crime of appropri- ating to himself somcihlilg which might be converted into izoid and shared amongst them all. “ihll-st still they hesitated, Blood :11l1lc.1l sulllctlllllg to quicken their 111-ci- slon.

“If you will come to our anchor age, you shall rccclvt‘ at 011cc your share of file booty of the Santlaizfl. that you may dispose of it as you please."

iThey crossed the island. the two prisoners accompanying them, and later that day, the division matlc. they would have paricd company but that ‘Cahusac. at thc instances oi‘ the men who had clnctml hi!" Levussolirka successor. offorcrl Cap- lain Blood anew the services of that French contingent.

“If you will sail with mc again.“ the Captain answcrctl him. "you may do so on tho condition that you make your peace with the Dutch, and restore the brii: and her cargo."

The condition was accopird, and Captain Blood went off to find his guests, tho children of tllc Gover- nor of Tortuga.

Madcmoisciltv ddlgt-ron and her llffltllbfwlllt: latter now relieved 0i his bonds~sai l11 the uroal cnbin 0i‘ the Arabella. whither they had Il(‘i‘ll conducted. lie dolled hill fcnti1vr1-1l hat. and came forward to thc lahic, ' ,

"M-lulcnloiscllti," said he

in his

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O rilt- but llucut French, "l he; ymrL11r1n- lhu t'.~'ll‘i‘lll 1'11 which ho is tn tiisruiss your fcatrs. Aboard tllisdn-ltl by all i11 the community and ship you shall be trcultll 1111111 11111111 wish 1111-111 a v1 ry happy 11ml 11H»- ht

111m". S11 soon as we a11- i11 1~.:... filwlllllfi WPIliIPII mi‘- llb‘ "Vvlllllié It) put 1., 541,-, "Raj", WU M...» "iuhts a 1111151 1_~11j11y.1l1l1-o11c- Allvt‘ course for ‘Tortuga to lllke 11111 i Wmilkm“ "t ' wpllst Hunlfll by H“: hon“, u, _,.,',u,. ,-,,,,,,,,._ M“, ,,,.,,).',,,,1l:11i\'1-s prcnt-nt, lilr. ii, ll. 11111111111111 "U, ,,,,,,_,,,,,,,,, m", I ha“, ,nn>_‘,|,;1':1ll.-1l ti11~ culhctitit: to ultlcl‘. .1111l W," “mm i, H. , ,__ __ _ culh-d upon Miss liiynib- (ntci to l _ ' ‘Hm .1’ MIN.’ rcntl tho address, while llwmn-v hm" l‘? I?" 'lf'l""“l "miwli Norman Nicholson and l~‘1*.‘11l1 m Fm” limm'l"""""' (‘ntcliffc |il‘l'.\‘t‘ltl\‘tl Mr. and Mrs.

lfiladvlnolsullt- slarcd at him i11 |,,,,-,,,. w ,_. m, huhah- Ul- ||,,.,,< unln-liul‘. - many f1‘ is with 1t well lillvll

“till. _\ou 1111' noble!" i 1|-_---_-

(‘ilillillll lliililll rilkhl-tl. For ihc l~‘11llo\1'i|1_1.:is lllt‘ zultlrcss: whole truth. which hc within-Id ' . , 1.11mi; \\'ccl<.~~. from Y\l:|1Ic111ois1-llt~ lI'();.:t-l‘1>ll. was UH" I"l< "lid that lll venturing his lilc tn save‘ _ W“ “my m“Kh]""'r* m!“ hm.‘ m, hi“, hm," -,],.,,.,.,, m. H“, lflvlltlfi have 1111-1 l11-r1- tonight 111 lhmmh, n,“ ‘hp m“, 1mm, M, your old Iliillll‘ to express L11 you

i11 u tangible 1111111111-1‘ tln- cslvcnl i11 which you a11- hcid by us.

'l‘o 1l1.|11y 111‘ us‘ if only 111-ems as yw-st ‘fllily sinct- Lorne “'11s 11111- of lllc happy school lmys ll] our \ill- agc. 'l‘in1o:~'. in‘ nus it changes in our lntllvitlnal. sucictl 11nd 1-<11111111111il_v lifc, now and thcn wc pause 11ml thcst- are impressctl upon us.

it is only when \v1~:1c.t11ally' count. that wt- llI11(!()\'t*I‘ Iluw qlziclcly tho

pltnasin: ill lhc cytn-a 11f Miss llishop could 1411c but \\‘llllL‘S,-l ii.

To Ilc (‘onlilluctl ’___<...__ ADDRESS Ami PRESENTATION On the cvcriim: of Friday. Nov. 28th, over one hundred of tho younl: puoplc of FlTVltirlPtllll and ih_<- surrournillli: tilstricip- assl-lnblnti

at ll11- ll1111l1- oi’ Zilr. and Nlrs- yo‘ 1's no l1_v and rt-nlizc thuflmrtlc llnnztrvl \\'1cl-:\, l<‘r1-1l1\1'i1'lo|1 anti has brought to our 111 lINl, “:1 bride." hold .'l rcccpliun ill honor 11f their I11 1'1u1cl11.<i1u1 \\'1- ask _\'till in son I.r1r111- and his brid.» who nuts uctecpt this littl1- gift as :1 <li-,:|1t lorlntvriy lilies GFWUIH lilcNcill of l‘t‘lllt‘llllil‘illll‘1', \\’1-;|il jnin in 1

Milton, lilo purpose oi‘ ll11- lzuillcr- i111: you a 111111.’. happy nnd prosp. - "U! 111-int: l" (‘Xlcnd n wclctunt- to 1111s juurlicy titrmnzh lilc. Mrs wet-n.» and to express to

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pastime more cngroasin and amusin . When the competitive feature la added, the

pleasure 1s doubled. ’ his game contains 24 puzzles on twelve separate cards so that as many as twelve people can work on different ones.

HERE ARE FOUR ENTHUSIASTS PLAYING THE GAME

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SleepersJliners, and Compartment Observation Cars. (.211- Montrcal and Ottawa for local trzlvgl between those

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N0 SPECIAL ABILITY REQUIRED. Anyone can learn to play in one minute. After the first few minutes, the player acquires a certain knack that makes the puzzle less diflicult than one As the squares are gradually filled with letters, the enthusiasm grows and the competition becomes keenly exciting.