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and if he missed the train he won
might not want a helping hand our-
_l::;i__'_;i_on'e 'any time for the last - six
4” a€lta§_d b_|.\_l1dle of evergreen ap.
ed the'~_ -stio master' 1
‘me leflglng 621|: of a s'vlx|ld:::. 3195:;
the d00l‘ Q! mry garria 9
HIWHB Hret. assisted from behind
and Zfllllted on its way. ` '
B” eldefly man, small of st t r w
an-d mistletoe ca the seat beside him
me:
"That lot _look to you worth si;
sell.” -_
Earlier in the day I`had paid
look to me worth sixpence.
l>l'iBl‘. with the bowl broken on on
String. "'l.‘hat's all right then, ’
said. "When I comes to go into gn
f\10H\_%Y with my old missus. I say
Christmas decorations, sixpence,
and she'll he satisiied. ,Not as I eve
spent any crimson sixpsnce on tha
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for nothing, especially with the day
call him a man at all." ' '
"The mdssus will have abit of m
no advantage of it-not that sh
knew of. You’re not a married man
ain’t it?" _ Q
posed to be cheerful.
W0'V0 Picked out a time of year fo
coming. H'e_don't know which way t
_ n_o_t_ as I _should care to trouble
Chancellor' of ` 'the Exchequer wit
I’m a wcekly tenant and I pay as
go, because I've no choice. The onl
Christmas present I give is a hott
of port wine to the missus-one gias
peered on_.'_ e plnefm-m_ _fx Burmount_ will, this is. But it's fu-any how we
_ se
tically exhorted him to hurry mln: "Well, it's what I should call
self. He had just had “Pe for a m.o_ short-sighted. We feeds extra and we
Y K 15 .
This _is the season of peace and good-
t about getting them." _
'How do you mean?" f
drink! Ultra. and that promotes the
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‘°"# ‘*'“"~_‘_““»_  * “.°_'f°  tr” _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ or _ v _ _ __ V_
 f""f'c‘ *_*   " " _ __ -    » e   
tn_,;  himself hlrss' Baath Cllllilt  _ 
.Wu ann; and looks like nothing on the md of
villain. A friend __oi B limi. that'l diilerent; still _there's
l1lB WRS .illif COIHIDK down the x‘oad,'3°n°l`0l1!* Somebody who knows what
_ ld to do when a ehild's struck down in
l1HVQf&\’l -mile walk home; it B-HC through terror. And tlrey bn;
XDHI? in _ more than a matter nf thgir Christmas-trees too, with pres~
B .0 lv "le: it was the season ef "1 l huns on them, and every ohne
Hood-will -we never knew when _we BBW Wllut it don’t want, and says
sew B_ ‘Tank YOU D011*-Bly. I daresay some
mmfl » “UQ Bnyhow the old rruin was 0 `th°m mllligss all_right#-them ng
“S .llourer schedule time than it Bra old enough to think they are en-
1°Yins themselves when they sun,
Fm 9"” fl1°¥ has'.m ood w hes
There are" ,_.no_ ‘strings to this. pro{1_0Sll2l'<Jl11'1l:ltl_is ‘above'*7f`
the boards' in _every respect. Free feed, care and _keep for theg,_._
lirst year; ex"pert~ attention; proliiic___s__tr_a_1ns; ___l___>_est _Island stocl<_ff§‘»_
are factors that make this’ `a pai°ti.:u`liai"l`y"‘*attractive propo i-_f___
t1 n, - _ “_ _    _i __ _ _ 
O The Sterling Silver Black Fox Co., Ltd. was placed on “
the market on Dec. list and already the stock isover _
three qnaflcrs sold. _  
fane but éflective reply. ` .And then
_ . ._ E was ope d,
&lJ,d__the friend was studed gn, e1;;._ doubt about it. If
_ I ._ __ _ _ -_ ‘b _
B P-°"'*ll`:- _-_'_1`lJ_¢ engine coughed twig, H1917- finished that bottle of port wine
Disentangled from his evergpnenlthe h_i`nl_r twice before I refused him,
stationmsste_r's_ mend appgnred ' as
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a countenance that was seaogcs-grin, the gmt out oi whose garden 1_ get
Hfld Shrewd. He arranged fir, ho11Ԥ_ this six-penny worth of green stufl
and as he felt for his pipe nad,-eased likely to lose his temper just at first;
pence, mister? I’m not trying tn
8 sighted because it don’t make allow.
Shilling 'for about half the amount, ance for next morning. You know
not so well berried. So that lot did what next morning is-when yon
Highest Quality _
feeling of good-win. 'rbere sure s
a beggar were
to come to me for a penny when I'd
1158* I gives to the misses, x should
'i‘hat's not exaggeration. We’re all
soft-hearted at such times when
The foxes for this Cumvgmy were
sees where it's been cut, he'll be
but by the time he's Christmas din.
_ nered himself he'll feel ready to send
me an invite to come back and fairs
some more. But, as I said, it’s short-
lin-Gordon. _
The Ster'lng Silver Black
or $54,ooo for three pairs.
don't want to talk to nobody ex-
Prolific Stock '_ Feed for lst Year
. 1fg¢,` f 'i _ _ nd cared for without one cent of cost to'
Ee?,;t€ga{r(;\I§, praxis;-_s fog? ggod the shareholders until after Sept. lil.
prospects are bright. The stock lillfi, so that every cent from the
are from strains of Frank Tuplin, sales-every ¢l0lll\\' 0f tl-‘P l`¢V°¥‘““ Wm _ _
Dalton, Oulton, Rayner and Tup- add to the profits of the company. and attention. This is an asset _
Free Care and Under Care of
E_`xp_e__rt Rancher
lllrchallse Ltd-. have made erral _‘_
ngements with' Frank Tuplmi '
Bummersidc, whereby the Fox" 5| _
the -Sterling ' Fox Oo., Wm
come under his own expert eng-'Q V
The foxes will be fed, ranched and
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The Fur Farmers’ Bureau and in itself. -_ _
Foal Ci_. Ltd . consists of thrfe pslrs _nf t_h_e`;hest Island stock _
as desc,”-ei nb-‘wg The oompany is'capiial’zsd at $18_ooo per pair (with free keep for the first year) _
The Roysltv Fox Campauy, that paid a 240 per cent cash rllvldecd in 19:3 was promoted by a
The old man sucked at a decrepit “Pt the Clwmlst Bild are Twill’ $0
side and the stem-bandaged with there's another amusing error I see
he a bit of at this time of the year,"
t . .
lot. A man that wants stufl of that there's aiamily of two, one of them
kind, and don’t know how to et it <lon't get on with the rest.» When
getting dark so early-why, I don’t d0n’t agree together, and they both
The disreputable old man chuckled. concile them. And so on. Gather a
is-
tletoe in the house every Christmas.
But I've never been allowed to take for they don’t know one another well
e S_h8P at Your own mother. And
e "What’s that?"
B "This here gathering of all the
» members of the family round the fes-
1- tive- board, as it says in the fairy-
tales I've studied families Where
9 there’s a family of three, .two oi thenq
goior the third for trying ‘ to re-
lot of strangers round the festive
board, an you might have a chance.
member of the Fu: Farmers' Bureau & Exzhauire lid- The Sf°\’l_l"Z ¢°U}P“UY flllit We 05@r"~
you rlght now con-ists of the same number of Foxes as th__e Royalty ~C: __, had last seal’
sou; the lsame prolific strains. and the prospects for a good dividend are] indeed bright. We 'lo not
guarantee any driinlte div dead. but we have taken €V¢'Y P°5§’bl° l9f°°'“tl¢_* t° m°h the P'°P°llll0l_l
ns ggrnng as any such investment proposition could posslblv be made. _ _ _ 1.
Any further information,prospectus,etc.,may bs hui from.the Fur Farmers Bureau & Exchange f
Ltd. ' ' _ _ _ __
FREE Information About the Foxf Industryfi-
Ifyou wish lo se *ure freer information relating to the Black Fox Industry 'for yourself. or a ‘
friend at heme or _abroad »_we v'vlll_g_1adiy answer any questions or supply any necessary infonniiion .
without charge or obligeti`oh_~.___ _-_ _ _' - r ` _ __ 
We have just issutd~s`fpimphlet entitled: “Forty-Four Facts about'Fo:res_"_ We will send to ‘
any address free of charg`e‘_.`co'ple"s_-of_`tl1i~z pamphlet. ~"‘
Thought not. Too careless-looking. ferent-its like dropping the match
Ah, well, Christmas is full of fun, into the gunpowder. Still.it'all adds
_§.§’.§l*°..‘;“”°{3_,l”.?.L..?“’€i§’€“;l."“.$33 Fur F armers’ Bureau fd’ Exchange Ltd._~_¢............_ .-_r.__ _
I admitted that the season was sup d
looks on, same as you an me,  _
m'ster " 1 I  ' -‘ _ :~ 1- 
"Full of fun, was _what_I said
e enough to say what they really
? think, but with the family it’s dif-
It gives accurate and 'authentic facts pertaining to the industry in concise form. If there is
anything you want to know about the Fox industry write ' _ _
Vicforis low
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f 'l`l1° "Bi" W” °1°W1“g d°“'“- “nd 1y, 1 mms that he was s eirtyi tures
P'i:2“t;..a‘f§ “;‘;“:.:.°.;; . °' ‘1°‘°°.r‘;.:° g':1;“;'. *;:,i°;“‘:; rf. °:::;:»d » mm   se
u t ' is up lg b'11 <1 ax' en 'fn Dr tl P lui r w mesh £1 seemed my "‘“°’“ °““’““°d’ "‘““"y
q M "S mn ' P e 0 1 S all mme at e 3_9 -Q" °~ le _° n W a lot the restraint and xnoderution I
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o the misfortune to include him am0l1§ had pxhlbued In ms ,nomputary
look for money. And that's when its inhabitants Regarded as a curl- 1
_he's got to be gIe_nerous. Don't affect osity, he had rather amused_me, and_§::;“:;;l;_ kégesfggghtihxs SE 3230:;
_ me of course. ve got no mco‘;‘.°- in any case there was not _time to ing “p_ Then he began to speak
e say much' So I contented myselfl He said that if he wanted-_any _oi
“_   M. _ - _ ._
1 with saying he ought 1_0 be ashamed my crimson remarks he eoilldlsxariyr-~
y of himself. I also observed accurate-l son well ask for them. He was ei
plaining further that it would not that row/ ' '
take much to make him, when his He stopped.; His whole manner
descent from the carriage became im- changed.
perative. As he touched the platform, “That you, - my dear?" he said
he shouted, “Man here drunk and_ meekly. "I’m yall right, I've gnfliqm-
abusive. I want a policeman." ‘holly and stuff,” and not a bad .bar-
There was no policeman about._galu, either. Eightpence was what
_There was nobody on the deserted end;I had to give." 
of the dark and dingy platform ex-' I just had time to hear her.call
cept. a large woman in a_sh‘a_wl_._ _a_r_15_lll_ri_rn a;__l_ia_r¢__be_fore the train moved
she told him at once to stop makingon. ' 'P `f"`°`
I _il _ _ 
lsr  ___ __1__ .__1l
is her. limit and it ain't mine. I‘rn
'rleged upper classes enjoyed them-
all right. But when I see them poor
crimson classes struggling with their
Christmas, it makes me laugh. Why,
you couldn’t pick ‘s worse time of
the year for Christmas presents than
I ventured to suggest that his al-
selvss in spite of that.
"And why?" asked thc ststionmas-
anything that‘s usual at ilhrlstrnas.
It's part of the joke. Why, they en-
joy 'turkcy and plum-pudding. Do
 Gifts _foif Xmas
i N'  Ci %b:;pTxIchaseg within the next day or tWo- _
' "Can wa ,niet you -in your selection s? Our large stock of Fine China,
q1n|,s.wn,-6 and Crockery is here for your inspection.
Z' Nippon Handpdnted. China is one of our special features. Here are
lion Buns Whipped Cream Sets, Sugars and Creams, Butter Tubs,
Cheese Dishes, Comports, Syrup JMB. R096 -THIS. S91” and P°l’P°"-
Roysl Crown Derby, nngush sue French Chine are here is different
liattofhs. .
I mm” 0| .lj kinds, Parlor, Hall, Hanging and Stand Lamps in Brass,
itickie and Glass-all prices.
 Brees Goods including Jardluieres, Fern Dishes, Water Kettles, Candle
Bt _ "
_ril:;LrԤses av yrs.-.ss from se.s0 is $50.00
'png gag, 4»g_pieu| (rom $3.00 to $50-00
Toilet sets irom .$1.75. to $6.50. $16.00.
our pe., i0c..an¢i,l5c. Counters oiler Splwflld Vllllei-
 Don. lt 331.3 0|_.0n,- nnmmnn stock of Dolls at 33 1-3 oil regular
pi-lets.  _.  _ _
_ Ou to urn you? __ _,___ _ __
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 *lack fo” Co.
you know that if turkey were tup-
pence a pound they‘d turn up their
noses at it in a Salvation Army
It tastes e sight too strong of neth-
it as that hatrack; and its just about
"And" what's the matter with the
pudding?"
kind. you can’t eat, but might digest,
enou h to-make a cat laugh. Still
too 'far."
braiidypoured over it. The holly
g'ets`____r._hoked with charred holly
brandy for sixpence, and at Christ
and wasted in this Christian coun
less.. ` _
f\
what Christmas is, not if you tried." r
ter's fricnd.- “ilccausc they enjoy __ _,_ -
. _ _ _ _
shelter; and if you tried to make  _ f _
your servants eat it they'd leave you?\  ~ _'y' /gl
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ing`;` 'lt’s got about as much juice in    
‘Ia 5*  
as digestible."  _.  j _
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ess way, they carry the joke s me styles in Invictus shoes- ~ .
"How's that?"
' “Burning brandy. Funny enough in  B t
its way. They sticks sprigs of holly es
iri“tl1at pudding, and has burning
catches fire, tumbles over and gets  
‘mixed up with the pudding. You
_ `prickI_es_, and breaks your _tooth on y '
the urns sums bsby that somebody ~_ 1”'-"-ich” b°°ts d°n t Squeak °*` hmm' “e -
_ h put i for' a lark. Humorous, I __
dlisesay, l?ut I can’t help looking at ‘ not  or hard they are __
the Waste Of if- Y°“ ‘l°“'* 8°* m“°’l= . Smooth, and restful to the feet, made- to -fit
man tl1ere,are gallons of it burned   Phfféftly, 
xry.~ methylated spines chesp A All the new st les are
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ns they give to children too young to §.___,_,___,__,____________,_=.I 
defend themselves. '1‘here's the other 
kind as you can eat, and live to "`-“°‘_"'“"""
wih you .hs.dn't. And those me the
things as we've picked out as a . _ _
special ma, ,Or G§,,mm,,,_ Whyws You should call in and look over the new I
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The most restful, con1--
fortable and strong shoe
° made ls__t_l_1e_____ _________________N ___ ___
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_Good
Men____ __ _
Queen Quality shoes are glove 'ii.tti_nK»
ultra-fashionable, dainty in designiahd eupw
erlafively well made. They are the__k'.lnd that
h_.sv_e flexible so1es,don't_need hxeeklhg in _and
lit like an old glove. ‘  W 
glove iitting, _
here in blacks spd ` = -
' " I ' _ Pricesrenge from }3.5ot0 ... ...,..S5.Q, '
Am
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enough, ain’t it?" _ _ _ __ ‘  '
1-'no .you think it would improve _ tan! at.........   _ _
the. pudding?" ‘_ _
` 1 " H ' “" _' " "*‘ ‘ k ld _“Stop people from eating too n_l_uch ' _
-   _rpg gy --Su__n_|_1_vs_ P. ~oi it. Did you ever get any oi t oss '  6 ‘ S ‘ _ _ __ _:_ _ _
_ -` ` ` "c`t_‘ C ' ` V __ thin s the put in Christ as ,pud_- _ ey - Oo _  Q ,_ _ | ‘
' ' _ ` -_ f v-. _ _\
__,__  g y _ in
3. ’ _ ` ' r ‘ _‘ ' ‘ ' _ dings? My cousin's lzttle girl got
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_I _ the threepenny piece one year. Iudu t :L
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_,, _,' ' _ _ __ _` ‘ 9 n ses lt, find swsllowee lt. .una ie he
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_at _she really died of. dowever, _ _ __ _
tliat's by the way. What nmuses me _ H Invictnn __h°ckey_ boots Women-. home '_ n d  '___ - . _
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.  f V' ' I `l'  ee_`peol> thi king they're en- ' U  _MULE IDE _ » . '
,\..`    lgyiisgs tfiemsehu llwhm they Bmw’ _ _  H(-ICKEY Boot _ 'S 00. _. _ _ boudnir auppefm warm .nd  ____ .
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has a dliierent taste from ordinary bread ~~ dm-_,e._,_°_wB_ mmvag ,or ,mmm _'_ ' _
STEWARTIS BREAD is ‘ Tnd  of spirit, and told _ / : _,_
' Wl!9'¢°°'"¢» F004  i.<isv;»..w.. » u. ». ff   ~ _   _ 
 A forevlfy niemberofihe family: It has won _li’s favor  Dm,,N",' ` __  l   Co._ |35 _ _  A ~ fl!
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_ ____ “ . ,, . _ just because it is Christmas. _ X; _ _ _._ ._ b°ou_ special “yu ‘3_5° dginfy 35¢ to S, 5°_ .~,\ _
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A nice line of box calf
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_ Msaagglegirggl °f_ A'““°°° _Men's sizes Goo to Sr. ro. ' _ _ / . _ _ -
Boys’ sizes $2.00, QQ, 5° Chlldren‘s sizes, nice ver- " _ _ _
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