pECEMBER .‘?.»,_1.?41___~1~ 4f} Three Traveled FOP Quicker lieie o 5m lllllllllsfififfi} ,,, usesucnstrssiutnlasswlmsnus The more quickly I lilddlo‘! BUT" AYERI‘ chest cold ll curbed the in: s Author of “M”; Me A‘ “filer than In of nomnfhlng ' “Bhcknutm serious developing. Thai‘! why more and more maths" q" "you lwlluv’: $Iulnleu While .. Rub. They lmow that u penile with this fun pano- "lllllltl. - q. stainless rvb really brings nmuzmgly fail relief. LII Pcncmltl: fmlor. g. glen-mm limo and vnpsrm. qukhh . mululn clrculullon, smu- up conun- "on u» u a a, i. help: out‘?! ...'.v.|".l....'°‘ "" ‘°‘""' Mlllllljlllf’. “United For Love" CHAPTER III. ~M first. 1t seemed incredible “files J. J. Patterson, sealed nie Dawson in the east. bollugdfggsl£gd abglnnglanlfd in “or "r Your Manny lo TWO sflES-QO 310m“. m Newfounglangll ‘i; tpcxxstilestrs SFTAINiE§S wansnuals micasabdvsrll? was the one the Press Bureau lidd Akcisr €ELLIrBIlKJBC%CE)VlJSGHMIA)SIlJJRE—CANADA'S chosen w be the special correspomp - fill-ell?!" 1° W88 her Job. she trad w Qqnnle- mind glowed. He fairly L amed when she W0,“ “finmk Ipéslélngelelg brushed the little fellow»; hair back ~~ ~ew You < tau. ‘it: dttttzsiwsia. “mm She felt Pat’ t. .. looked at her. 6 egshgptigzlflg l: fclc werolknevlvl ltgh Pat said} Knew you “he'd Tel?» when he told her whom: woulglftfkc tockidssqlrt o 8m who was had registered in her face. At Skippy stirred and opened an eye. my rate. hlelte$go€kilzzxpgg head and "Tlicrc. thcre." slle whispered, “you ubkh The“ he burned back figmgérlt- kiefionrlzhsthcén wig: yous-moat nan- me’ l‘ lmfé and rcckrblg ling cggtle ill‘ tiff?- “sa I" he dmwled. "here I've been to the bus Once WIIE?! shg talc: blflwing off about me and just notic- look 1t him her e 'es were field b 9d you've sort of blue and wan the 5am pf his ilound cheek that: avlxliglg: “one crazy. hasn't it? War bnlsh 0f lashes. l side... w‘ w M31199" You from all Then abruptly to Pat, “Tell mo ' more about yourself." Not because To Connie Dawson. the only she was interested but Just to have ffihum"! mini! that mattered was the background all sketched in. matllews which had come to her It was like tossing a bone to a "wmllm- y. Pat beamed. “Guess I told As she made no answer Pat said, $011 everything important, except at I'm tvrcnty-four years old and been foot-loose h f that time. Mother and Father died when I was n Confederation Assmmlitm “Eclllqwnvnrxs some hundred tons of old """-'l “m ‘ was shipped recently Rom l me tell vou smnething, girl, Wchurchill, mo.) mines "~"" iflhfl-‘tmas l8 Only two weeks away. dwlnnipeg to Ottawa. m‘ M“ 5111011113 with it already‘, _ . _____‘___._-» hollday travels started, glulsl. a ltifi._Tli0llgllf. I'd run away but l mas-its more than a day. 11/5 a stuck it out in school, Elfin; a job Symbol. maybe of all the thlllgg assert oi errand boy. o iice boy and we ve lost and want to 11nd “gym, printer's (lnvtl at the newspaper Get into the spirit, Connie, lt-ll do plant in ‘Tunbnrk. ‘Pilot's what gave something for you-diff. you u _" Illf‘ my start.’ Connie leaned back. Slow y, Sh, "Married?" asked Connie, and began to relax. The pent-up pa,- could have bitwn her tongue after- ~ nntsnmninalllhlnhxlll lElllllN anus. Ill-yd 118d 811108 M1‘. will i. wards- GlFT T!“ showghhei; the ulallegraunlwgfsnsthilcf: "N0. 1111111 not; madrried; glut rltrxlsi - . e ound 11 1 l“ wcrrci. “ cvcr o-un qui e g Chocolates in beoullflll llflf-hysteflcal gfigf, au-gpefialfi wanted-that is, not yet." He was Cedar Chem u grout vor- My of shapes and sizes Chocolates in foncy boxes 4h; largest display and variety you have ever seen. you're right," she gulped, loolcnl: at hut‘, a twinkle in his Because Connie Dawson was see- eyes; a blush spreading right up to ins 11am now, figuring u; _ the rcots of nu unruly red mu: to ‘Ibis Pat Patterson was a small-town bet?" mm- . Yes. a homespun Phllwopher Connie avoided the lance by from Tanbark City, wnv (ml, west leaning closer to Skippy. es, she'd The minute the New York human been riulit. The blllTll)ll_0llS one did laid eye; on him, he wouldn't have a llkC licr. "And how was it." she want ggccd w 5m‘. Jtlljiat you pbltained thlsdwcitrldel- e’ e d s real ri l_ u o as spcc a correspon en " ‘null, comb qnd Mlrror brilliant, ast-urriiing, fagli-taflglrllé "Reckon a number of things fig- gentleman of the press. As she took ured into it, The men at Press Bur- out her nmdkel-mleg to wlpe ‘he cnu headquarters had been reading tears of laughter from her eyes she my stmzos. Two or three time: 1 had relaxed stii] mom, she W55 élullc a chzince to cover a big assignment sure now she would have n0 COW for them. Not often, of course, b"- tltfon from p“ Pattel-5on_1:nt cnttsc not much of importance to e Spirit, 01' Qhrlsm-nasl Incoropalpd‘ the Oi.l_Sl(lf! world happens in ‘Tan- A plan be an go unfold 1n connle‘ bark City. But when I heard about Dawson's m d. this vacancy on the stuff in St. she knew who PM’ was but he John's, I put in an application, hadn't an idea of her identity. She “um!” thanked her lucky stars for the 5° “Rd She! . mud-cakes] shoes, the shawl“; h“ He uznt on, same cocky voice: Pat had taken he, for a country "Tlacy had a newspaper woman lined kid;; wegtgrngl-l he lmd 5am yes up icr the 10b. I convincfd '31) lo§g ‘ ' or . o Sets-a beautiful dud use- fiil glff for Her. Handsome- Iy boxed — Moderately priced. The number and variety of our gifts make if almost impossible to make a com- plate llsl. Best of all come i» vi ti" M w '.i‘li..£l°'i.i%“i.‘.."i"°.i€d°' rum» st:a"::.ltsi.tr-t"* _ x. . ltirgl assortment and lll pligtely wrong. Cgtlsling oflldlllcllrgllllq l _That was 1k! l-le has gone lout or: ' n e ch , t its way to ta - tie JO from ier. " convinced that we h", m‘ fgioddirlsgaheug?’ mo over sklppys liixsulue," slie begun iclly, "you tlmik Gill you were looking for. well she-d have time t ~ i ~ _ to _ “(illbllrs lllilLc is in tile hunt. Pal, Patterson 1n m5 lat-A vblgltllfiltlt lie chuckled. “Well, in me hofne no be mocked when fie learned Wm edition unyway—on the vtoman s she was-the girl who was going to l’ g“ fight mm to a flnlsh for me Job m the bus slowed and came to a St, John's; what would he say when stop before n 10115.; platform. slop y he knew he, name__that name Illllslld, “AUC ' ‘uko. _ "Aft-ultra, a which held magic in the newspnprl- smd- "A" l“ “'0 '5 ‘W’ world? H" peuple had bum up a o. ._I. i was inking charge great; clmln o; newspapers l“ u". oiillmgs. ins 1s uncrc we eat. he wesbem slates; a dynasty whlch slllti. llnllig "sloppy puck t0 lils arms. although it ma since failed had 1m '1“ 11'“"1"Y~ llElllllll BROS. PHONE 86 l-EQ M- DOUCETTE an imprint never to be forgotten. l ~"“"l’l>> "ufbed lam eycs- "M31113 .. "iilll ' l c sal . not M. SMALLMAN 8"” hem“ °°“ “m D“~‘*°"- ~ n, Z - filmed. m. let . b d - , -_ *s>=~=m~'~*'~'-“*~=~~*=» 3.3a¥tt§df"f't.‘§l?é'8$nliiii.l‘§i. ‘iii. m - ‘ ' ‘ Connie made no move. grandmother. who'd come halfwzy .. .. . .. . . across the continent in a covet-rd Cm“ ‘m’ m!‘ suggeswd- We“ wagon as a little girl. But there ltnd ti?‘ “F”? “m! 5°“? ""1" “lldiiwhfi been lndulgent aunts and uncles w cs. blAlllpj will have inlik and cel- provide travel, the bcst schools, a 5,, n“ "will? m,‘ me- debut for Connie, Then the job cn l“ ‘Palm-ll (mmm 581d» Pm“ Th Ll l_ v lung to sldj-slcp Ml‘. Patterson e sen “e 525g gleflmglfgfiilfi uumout furthbi- ado. fihe was tired. ?oll'lrsewilz,hlther phutogra h and b‘, llllpailellb to have the long nde over. line in the paper-a so sister, lie PM wgcd- "Om “m- °°m° "mm?- luxe editio n_ I'm not that. broke. And after we've so l; w“ dmll for PM to be 100;“ eaten we'll come back to the same lng at her with such n undlsgumd scat. It'll be kllld oi nice, don‘t__y0u wrest Compared with Jorrv mink! Uoltlpzllly’ fur each other. ’ Mal-sh he was a ndlculous “glut Most of tile liusscilgers were gel.- Je w” dark wlm a 3mm, m," ging- up, stretching their legs, filing eemiegciigg? tlflfklffi‘; "Terminal Restaurant" said the of wlnd and stars Like hm.‘ Jenv sign over the lunchroom door. There had hm no stmigles. no mom's, wdsa ‘white placard in the steamy cares. Yes. she loved Jerry Marsh, ‘l“‘,“°“" ‘rimeef-l “Pm And she was growing increasingly Lonnie still lipid back. but as she confident with every hm, of me turnuclsne sawbltlppysmomcr-tte wheels m“ she-d get to Ne“.lound_ girl who was inking her little boy hm l“ time w be Mm mm for liomc lor Christmas. her eye; were 01"“ still closed. She was breathing quiet- The 5mg“ socket “gms l“ the bus ly. almost too quietly. Pools of pur- How Are Your Eyes? ll vuu are hnvin symptoms oi sirain — hea aches. sore m: or dizziness — consult v lllfclallst. ll your service with yearn ‘l llveriencc and a thorough rtinctlnl service. Call in and discus: Your difficulties. ll. F. llutchoson F. G. IIUTCIIESON mom down hard afialnsl the whlle pie shadows fell across her eneeks. G. F. IIUTCHESON . b yk_ Tl There was something about that gang: ognwtg; wfiggedl lo1:fde=r_ 1e while face and thin, racked figure Three seats ahead. the couple had “mi K-lle Cmlme a Sl-ldde“ 189m‘! M ‘conned chatmrlng and were holdlng lorcboulng bne fell. a lump in her hamm Back a few seats‘ we mm throat. The bus itself, cold with the PM w WM u we i83$f“.é2§..lé"'.é°i§l3“ trusts; °"5°"°"- °'“- “m” m" " m“ 5n lou A. Coilnie hesitated Ski . n y l ‘ ' N R 336mm’ ‘s w‘? 5mm“! out we W1“ saiflfl, "Yo; feed me my cereal llfle i Ml/iyaflbahlul i kd th . _ _ _ In the Seat behmtt Skwplus ‘ ltisnlill. 1c ere a er arm. ' "P lwymg live and mother was Sllll leaning hack, u». 5;; téltrgfictgllli-ufltgtllllngnlgg ‘glgryfygll closed very still. Connie glanced at ,, _ _ ' t git n hol iollcd out, sparkling like gift’ 3g £33: Elkgfiiplgfiinzxlfrgllllrslfi l; awhile lire. Connie reached for it “red I.“ how the voungébont- she covering it quickly so Pat wouldn't could" “nerd to 5e magnnnlmoulk see. lgrlcén a bay ‘lnam Tltanbavrtlé Crllty Everything would come out perfect- Wm‘ "m" ‘a “l! lgahbeéa °~ poultry daily. ""8 highest market price llfvmpl returns. 3 he hadn't seen but Conn ‘L8 lvlattgrlashanateful. “Swell. Here. awme that Iscmeone had‘ mom“ I h“ see u can m“ mm over wlm, up, she saw the paroles staring a Town Keflilllgion m“ waking mm He! so‘ a km way llel- “m; cold, resentful eyes, to g0 yet and I figure every ca Ml) n, counts.’ . _. f,‘ "t lz-fin M me “n” sklppy’ P” s em In um stir of moving passengers, ,\_ _ ____ skilzpfs mcllicr finally opened her ~--- -'_' ayes, She saw Mr. Patterson with Fklpjiy’ in his arms and nodded gratefully when he offered to take him iito tire restaurant. The girl was g0 ng with them-a pretty girl but with scmeihlng unhappy in he: face. Sk-plrvs mot-her closed her eyes t POULTRY ‘ someone you take to and never for- Bu Da l; 1y’ locker!’ Fowl yet Somclhinfl allow/ll. him friendly and human". . It blind Iflgillélllfidhehfil‘ at first i ihcn c'd o er was a news- f (Live or Dragged)! ‘lrper man, But she'd lived so long g zmderthtlhe tenors! [Ogtglllilfil that i ~ n was rg n g. y f We also require a quantify Turkeys, Ducks, m g l t~ his bus at all. she'd left tho {Dfilplliil against doctors orders - l d'fll 1t hem ohm“ hadnil. * »n . cu cause s e wasn ' Paying Top Market Prlcd find patient. She had been a pat- Prom t Return. ' it in llw lcng pavilion marked p It had taken some time to figure ~ut the w'"i'k "cardiac". ‘Then the doctor. vcry brisk but very under- "llosrt (we - weak hearts. - ""/\nd f—uhat about me, Doc- r." "Yolfll be fine one M these days." he'd told her. "Rest and long luv "zhls. she shouldn't have been on Geese =i.:len out at nlg "l Klardlac Clinic". siatvlitig too. had explained: _ hcnrls," he had said. Like hers. “HM-u. 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Aren't you happy here?" l-Ic had beckoned her to the window fr;m which there was a view of the valley, ripe and green; blue sky above it; a warm golden sun. "Ye it's lovely." she had said. But if? wasn't hcmc. No Christmas here in the valley of the endless summer. She'd felt a fierce hun- ger for Hkipvpy. a lon Lng to take him back to the littc town in Connecticut. It was where he be- longed. There were two spinstcr ss-us- s. ‘i§\§i\'§i5l\l ruu-aavzas-tavrcnvnscx See The Lane Hope Chest Today VERY MODERATELY PRICED cunts who had braught. her up, stem and straight-backed. They'd never lolziven her for the runaway mm‘- flflile and the crazy crcss-country honeymoon to California. But they'd help her now when she was in trouble They were her own, And if anything happened to |\e;_ well. Sklpy would be with them. That was Lila Ernst. going home with hre little boy for Christmas- Roing home to a little town in Connecticut where the elms on Center Street. would be white and regal in snow as became Dccrmtber. The man who had been staring out of the window reached for the money in his pocket. It was odd to feel coins slip through his fingers. The warden had given him the money. Not much nly enough for the bus ticket for a. few meals en ‘is. TILLIE THE TOILER-THE PRICE 0F SILENCE. Buying More, Selling More, fiiii'rittlfittiffsufiix7:uckét he'd need on the last lap of his ioumey. Going back after all these years. What had the warden said to him in those last few minutes in his office? "We can be quite frank with each other. You're not. inc» ocent or you wouldn't be here. But you've had a better break an some. You have a daughter waiting for you. A daughter who doesn't. know where you've been-who'll never need lo know". "You're not innocent". The wheels had ground out. the words ten thousand times. 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He had a name. but he had been a number for so long he'd almost forgotten it Now he whispered it and the mirrored windyw showed his moving lips. Jim Bardley — Jim Bardley going home for (tin-ist- mas to his daughter -_ empty- handed‘. The young ccple who'd been holding hands wero eating in thc restaurant, - Dutch treat. She was a teacher in a country school in Missouri Sled closed classes a few days early so she czuld ‘l0 MUNTH§ TU PAY, HUI-MAN Easy Payment Plan ':~- :~_—_~= 7 1i g0 east. for the hol ys. Th0 board members had agreed to if. alter the last mcetin . She'd owed before them. her co lar and cullll siamhcd to all exactness her Sill- ses polished imtil they shone. Most of them were framers. The salt of the earth whit leathery laces. 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