. toward _ commercial sctivit .* ‘Wflflv. rlEllRUARYtgl, 1__9__4_0 _ TIMELY NOTES ON CONNECTED VVITII t Silver Fox Farming ionic: - NEWSY NOTES - The gieat event the past week bin the January sale of the in t of all with practical? all tms and Jualitea Inst Mou- d" ed 3?} inigllz? swam“ hm. lagged. declined about 1 pearl mark silvers $1(5.00-really very ll t rices ltho ifnc 3:13;».- elii illsunnnls dllishnflt Nllgg th ike th iigur 0i 3g ch was add) lint theyfi oi the platlnuins was $110.70, when was exceptionally 800d. The selected silvers offered the some day appeared to us to have declined about l0 per oent and at this writing, which is early in the week. we cannot see anything but a considerable decline for all types oi’ silvers. This decline is dir due to the poor reception practically all iox furs st Bay Gunman sale in Lon next auction oi the Iliudsonls Bay Company when a better collection appears there will be more - % taken and better prices real- ectl p” don . comm“ ‘l’ m,‘ b’ He put the flowers into an empty - IIILIN rorrino mull ' fiélbottflgh Ind dart btlheia l? a; eo ccar to e. e er - ‘°“" ‘ v — v ~°¢-‘ open 11d found a little Canada is s com atively youn sources I venturp to draw out a W‘ "1 nagonwlizthoiigihit u‘ swish: fsstt deiclrmtiion. (Lev M‘) CHAPTEI. XXIV fig sags‘: was diehlliltvegha - m ° i ° y° " m ' ' ‘ ' der th broiler but Vi: iniivs m“, gathered much weather lore. That Adult ma e: Beak short. stout, conc- B“ at m i111 t - I "HM ' e -""° "‘" ’“°‘ ..'.'§'.'.'...~°i"2f.'.'€'}.°f€. Ltishriz: :i.i"ii...=:s:"."."..Y:":"...bir";:i Aggii» g; 3~}"'?§§=i‘-,";,“‘§'-="Y»'# 2hr. ‘iifttetfiiéi; ' 0 t? es o t e c. “in m, n” awduh m‘ _ inio rhymg_ low, crown black ea oi head Mm a _ - ently ihows a lower Itlilellifsflso Md 1" "mr" my °"P°'l‘“°° °' m“ 'T""“°°°“s' 3'“ “h” kupl": hm‘? matte hand Mltlilibbtelle dither-mill‘! $1: '3] eoolflfee blllllefllieittfiirghd |bg “on by (h, 1013mm‘ ma“ yveathar here, goes to show that hover-ts yellow. Tall bloc] ,"no cue . ‘he does,“ Lake mm’ M“ m“. x n“ whée the h k did quhflng M“ m, m“, i, m ‘winters back ls broken on Feb- res-t and undcralrtr u l" "w- she said. “The tro-jilg with work- m“ ' he °° to “out g ca.“ in ruary Nth. We may have spells of Wings black, sca ulars yellow, and m: women i‘ the T “ma” Ginny keel! cream pitcher? mmwy __ ‘now. grim and ind weaihei- afiel- half of seconds es and their cov- “med and SO- lndgefidgirllt" Sugar in the b0Wl—that was lucky. f — "i? m“: n: or v F“§t."i'.;’€.%§i§:.ff°r. n. o. n. i... “ti. 3“'...““‘?.'~.... we rea ze a e cow-zero e emae nn .. . ' e 0 t 8R lumen’ h“ a _ u” Iondw we“, are “weal away‘ not [such a handsomebblrduhfir lire: Erlxtllgmflk “we? :1 $02,232:!’ b”? like broiler made the rooms stuffy. so mark“ “bum” m“ ‘um. “d InCanada generally ‘we all know liiailng tint beinlg rlowiili nzrlcy. ‘my rm ‘om to “m M11754“: be put up the window again and bluo fog mo” ‘g l; ab “mim- the pular superstition about izhter and more tngc W! Y91°W '1” I stood there Witching for the bus. mine", . b“, “ma”, but u" oodchnci; (gaming from hi; on the under parts. ere is a “n, -un L” , It did not come, and turned mum n h b’ no only w m? d“ m, Februl 3nd}. my, 5-,... white chin patch in this sex. The h a "w, to meddle. Youll do“ . name, pwigd i; m, in”, m ab; we n“ m,“ me “i... Nature, (1 i, “i; he c-m 59., beak (in both sexes) seems a little e“ sorry. warned y Gamble. bunk,‘ you]; iookeci M, i“ in view of the smsii “woman o; his shadow he goes back to sleep 0h the lflrile llde COmPBPEd With , 511% may not understan -that watch. Almom eight o'clock. What m; “sci-inn nu b Mt,‘ only for six weeks more and winter ‘the head. BBQ "m! l! 0110 0! the 1m IQBTFYIIIK Din T110111!"- Blld did that old slave driver mean is... t m" continues. On the other hand, if flfild mflrkl- - u m“ 1m will!!! Mflfy- 5hr ml)‘ anyway. coping a tired girl on in “m, w n. m", ‘ no shadow is seeing“ guy; u" and Canadian Nature calls them stur- be a bit overwrite by the m d? in“ the night? ‘ um u, m. Mm a ring is at 1mm,- 1i is explglngd silly built birds, a proportion oi Gamble ianiily. Ill go to ago her w , w, mum get he, inn-Li," ica. ileibetl yer. of New York. " ‘hm’ h‘ '°"“° "m" l“ "'9 w“ ch ""1"", “Id” “m” ‘M bhck _'l9m°"°w' ,, girl tomorrow. is wife was - as wceent also or tihree '“P""m°"- 1°‘ brill" d!" "5 Rh" Wm" "rnk n§ly "mrked Wm‘ whm ..T°“'°“°w" mun?" through. He'd tell Teresa so him- kflnsimq; m4 o 10ml period 'oi the year mean cold (‘ra- iii fllsht- Ml- MacI-aren s observa- Monday is as good a day as “i; and 1,; im- m“; buyers of whom some have been 533°"? Wellhef- "id Perm?‘ *‘ m‘? h“ bee" duly entered h‘ my ‘rho bus came in sis-ht again [swig yo; _ te spring; while hanging clouds 500k 0! T900105- "She stays in that office all and Mike pm, out me iigms quick: A, _ Vi" toga-i" w“ and no shadow) indicate an open da ." b, “cod “M” m m“ the swim, 1063180 alive: mo. 036000 blue m. glnggrheng a,“ ergnliy rlaiiig of the Another ‘wk About "-1- "In Io ll. niaht- 1 know where ' oinn qbcned the door , , mink, o c uc n e ruary. ivegg- . ' fir: °“ “i "* "M d“ “>53 Dmii": iii‘. m" .i=.""“l""s= hi kzttiziiimiiiifi-irsiii- "M - - - “mks-En on"'€ii‘.i§“éo'°€§e were ered andlfl oent "Y e - 8 Mme H8 0 o . '-' C‘ simi mm we" I?“ ‘v Q p3 with the wegihgn i, much Dido,- Book. comprising Historical Im-i- thlédlzfnggndaafsmentfililé ‘Doug stOP- It Iflllflbled 0h 985t- the and 011 iox auction, Oslo. is cir- ted to wen Jan. M. M. Vik's (Bio sale, 5 cent of silver fox offered andblueigxfll-doktlsefi l- WIIIO can 180 flkroner. respectively. Georie Lilly writins from Ontar- io, is greatly looati . Kc pleased with ori. l-2 was solid‘: than the Woodchuck legend. It was old when the “Country Almanack" in 1076 gave this doggre] to the world:- "Foul weather ll no news: Hail, rain, and snow, Are now expected, and Esteemed no woe. Nay, ‘tis an omen had, The Yeomen say, If Phoebus shows his ince The second day." The 2nd day oi February, Old Style, is now Feby 14th, but it seems our Woodchuck is a hit old- fsshioned in his dates. The amount oi weather lore that has gathered round Candlemas Day in Britain is truly surprising, there being more sayings related to that day than to any other in the veur. “As iar as the sun shines in on Moat of us will remember some Island, ii anything a bit colder at years the Hon. Charles Dun.- bhis season of the year. The foxes cmdhm" day- nlng. $0 was than ofhiiater of all arriven safely and in good con.- The" "Z111" W“ While" l" °"° Finance in the King Government. dition bui of course he his 3"!"- inadeaaagreementwiihthsUn-oldiriencsandstatcatilntitwill _ ited Stains Government whereby a very hard indeed to find w Th9 ‘we'd P‘"P°" l!» l! the certain dilute. 0i silver fox pelts nry good ones as he had here d" "EYE 5PM" and w-"nY W00!“ would be allowed into the United Stated It De! cent duty. This ag- i-egnent wi shortlxyd n1‘? Gilli.’ as thte o owiQg e a. a s impor - ant that our fur associations get busy and impress on Hon. Mr. sic-y the necessity of renewing it and if possible securing a lowering of the tariff. The agreement which rm Dunning made actually saved If it had not made all have been out of business. Looking back now we wonder what parties who opposed me deal must WQWOU think of themselves. Their whole‘ idea was to continue shipments to gretat Britain, and the war finished a . Washington. Jan. M — Consid- eration is being given to the ques- tion oi whether the emergency con- ditions with respect to the market- infl 0i silver or black fox furs and skins, which resulted in the supp- lemental trade agreements with Canada relative to these articles, signed in 1900 and l . have ceased to exist or have substantially charged. the State Department announced today Shortly after the outbreak of war in i930, ‘several European mar- kets. which previously had absorb- ed large quantities of silver fox furs. were practically closed. largely because of the need of Govern- ments to conserve foreign exchange for essential supplicsjrlits resulted in much larger quantities becoming inunediatcly available for the re- maining markets of the world. es- pecially the| United States. and there was attendant demorallsa- tion of marketing conditions. A supplemental trade agreement was therefore negotiated in. Can- ada in December of that year pro- viding that the total number of sil- ver iox furs which migiht be enter- ed into the United States per year should not exceed 100.0%. To pre- vent evasion of the nuota. the res- frictions were applied also to live eilverfoxes. parts of furs. and art- les c of furs. i The rate of tariff duty on silver fox furs was reduced from 3'1 l-Z to 36 per cent ad valcrem during the continuation of the quota. second supplementary agree- ment was signed in December. 1940. and reimains in effect. This agree- ment continued thc basic quota oi 100.000 silver foxes rind furs and the 5~ per cent rate of duty. but rovided for changes in detail. rate 100MB were provided for parts of si ver fox furs. piece plates made therefrom. and art cles wholly or in chief value oi such furs. The present quota oi 100.000 is allocated during V the first iive months oi each quota year. so that Canada is granted '10 per oent oi the permissible imports and all _oihcr countries the remaining so Der cent. After the end of such iive ,months unfilled portions oi the quotw may be filled by imports from" any source provides . The agreement either Government. after ‘ation with the other. may term - lit it ' notice should emergency conditions which gave rise o the agreement have ceased to exist or have become substant- lflllv modified. Moreover. the share 3.291%. °i".'.i..i"'.’."" €° .°“""" y c y inu ua wrec- inent. and the entire uots. ar- by wo Governments. It is c s ca n. $3.“? l2.“ Vl-Da a a ‘resumption ll M15790. an ap opriate 0 y“ person iring to submit formation or views with rc- thc fereiio noon. Rb. 26. the amunime announce‘: ‘tied u; QM will be held m. at l0 5.1a. on March be- ooimiivee in the hearing room Tar n in tbs Uosiiiaission Building, lemeiitsl oral state- bird o. “ma. “$2. . mes? . lmiist There i: year it cost vicinity for cold and tho the feed ill 405. X85. ma GIODGDBQ. B or pelt. Mr. it myise the silver iox industry in Canada. costs me about 1 l-Z cents per ld pound. I have really struck the tllglt’ mot to grow foxes economic- a .' n0 ma . But the real reason for his move was the difference in on Il- Edward Island we must stora e. la oe atotal There is no doubt about it that .41 great many people who are grow- ing foxes here have no idea what it costs them to produce. For in- Jtance they don't consider their ,own services worth anyth on’t think anything about for straw they use, the dru ;buy. light and power. gasolne or Ji-leohonc, insurance repairs a all theother little items that tiun. It is none cf our business to ad~ vise others but we think it would be s good thing for other ranch- crs if they have not already don t a little system o boo so. tostar keeping going back Imp Jarruaaw and count \oi every cent it own. STOCK BREEDEIFS TABLE in the following time, ths last day of each month and the 10th "ing month only are given intervening days can Ibr instance. when the time of service 0th. aiismly sdd I days to the Dec 31st expiration date; Feb. 3rd, add 3 days to the Jsn. 31st expiration date; March 11th. sdd 7 days to the March 10th elplration date, etc. and 30th oi the au be quickly and c is. say, Jan. to the first a l y iiglled. the price of " states friend for about one- Prince doubt about it, . We are badly sit as import tactically all the feed we use and orse meat today costs seven cents a pound landed. or even more. and then one must provide for future months by stocking up putting it in cold a Ch the and Last e ran n in the at‘) arlotetown $2,786.13 rage: 883G181 for meats 31.20011) for the balan feed used GIiLBOO-OO or ‘an average of over $16.00 per pup for food with o c! all placed on the pup pro- duction, which is the proper way to figure. The actual cost of pro- ducing a pelt for wages. hay and straw. drugs. lignt and ephone. insurance. ing, registration. belting and and sundry expenses was , . cr an average oi about $26.00 er pup. To this must be added en.‘ salaries, office auditing. bank charges nd depreciation to get a true pic- turc oii the cost oi producing s pup wer. tel- knowing that a pair of Evcnini: repa . haul- Grosbeaks were observed today (Jany. 22) at this Station. I do ‘it? reported previously, and if s1 how , they frequently." e hay The Evening Grosbeak is a ra- they ther rare wlntcr visitor. for the “i a add lib to make the cost oi ranch- ing about 50 per cent higher than it was in 1032. As a matter of act .it would be impossible to cont nue a ranch oi the klnd we apes if the production was pelts and it was only the partial swvitch over to white platinurns which saved the situa- lt oi silver fox faces and e x. of ac- raise er,,wlnter will continue for a long time. the stormiei" the day, the bei- ter for the farmer. "If February give much snow, A fine summer it doth ioreshnw.’ "All tho months 1n the year‘ Curse n fine Februeer." “February fill dyke, be it black nr he it white; But if it's white, its better to like." One is naturally surprised tn find Shrove Tuesday amour: the prophetic days, because it is moveable festival with n Filliflf" of about a month or so. liownvor Hw- "Shepherd's Almanac-k" for 1676 says: "Some sav ihundoi‘ on Shmve Tuesday foretelleth wind, stow" oi iruit, and plenty. Others affirm that so much as ih- sum sliiueih that day. the like will shine (‘VPYV dav in Lent." There arc ~‘.€‘Vf‘l‘ other beliefs connected with iliis day-but cnough's as good as a feast! A Rather Rare Bird I was clad to liav, thr- fnllnw- in: record from r. R. B. Mav- Laren, of ihc Exucrimeniiil Station. City. Ml‘. MacLan-n writes "I thought you might be inicrceii-il in not recall ever having secn ihi-a bird before but ilicrc is no rloiihi about the identification. Tiir- pair orescniiy visiting us sccm 1;» he-l in good shunc, and the male is a very beautiful bird. They appear to be feeding on thr- remaining fruit oi various shrubs aboi: the lawn. They arc nulie fame and it is possible to approach them to within a few ioei. "I would be interested In know- ing whether thcsc birds have been only other record is from Ivlr. J. dents, Traditional Tales and Translations. by John Mackinnon. Prince Edward Island." It is not as old as some already noticed in this column, being dated 1915 but unlike these others it was pr nted in St. John, N. B. The foreword is brief and to the point: “The pap- ers comprising this unpretendlng volume were written at various times for want of more pressing employment, and the Art Preser- vative ha: launched them on the boundless ocean of‘ literature" Now, there are thirty-ans pap- ers in the volume and with few exceptions they deal with tales of the old pioneering days. A con-cs- pondent in B. C. mentions Rev Dr. Patterson: my hook gives a lively picture of his “Jubilee" cele- bration in 1873, when he completed his 49th year oi service. The gath- ering was at Bedeque on July 1b. and "tho affair was to consist of two features; a spread for the carnal man, very much like an 0i‘- dinary tea arty but on a much grander scae: also the presenta- tion oi an address to Mr. Patter- son from such clergyman as chose lo c present." The day at first was fine and hundreds attended. hut when the feasting was h full swing a rainstorm blew up and changed the "vlands to mush." In racy language Mr. MacKinnon de- scribes the wilting of the men's paper collars and the ladies’ top- gear. However he records the fact that $550 were made ai the tablcs in spit!‘ of the weather. Was he present? The Yankee Gale of 185i when '14 fishing and other vessels were driven ashore and 160 lives lust; and lhc mishaps to the Winter moi] service in 1831. 1843, 1855 and 1885. fir!‘ all lrenlcri of iii tragic dc-inil Th0 most entertaining parts of Ml‘. MucKinuonXs book are iliose relating to the daily life of two or three generations ago, an"! the ivinici‘ must have interviewed i many old people to get such if cum- iplcie pii-turc of events. One is tempted to present some of iiicse illl0i'd0!0S at length, but ihc au- 11101‘. a far-seeing man, had taken out a copyright on his book, and I am not sure that it has expired. Briialii and Russia f2) Following Mr. Russell's argument. what is WFLiilCfi is not a vague ap- peasement of Russia, but a r-lesr policy, publicly proclaimed, ‘iliiklili! clear in advance- what. issues would bc considered vital by Britain. "We should, I think. cons-on.‘ a from huml to Russia in EiSlvlTl Europe (excluding Greece end Turkey) on the ground ihni in that region we cannot effectively lfltcrvclic: but in return we should have an arknowlcdcment of our iiilcrcsi in flip, Mcdilerranceivi. To this degree, spheres of influence, ihnuizh undesirable, 50cm fit-pos- sihln in nvoiil." S0 says Mr. Russcll mu! if can- not hc denied thai his views are rather sanguine. Russia hns nl- rr-ndv fit-rill. Iicrseli ii frrc hand in Enstcrn Europe. \Vlli"il1(‘l' ivc like it m" not: and is qucsiioninu Bril- Frank Steins of Snuris, who nhsirv- ed several during January and, February. i927. During my 36 years’ residence I have never sccni this bird, though I have observed. its relative, the Pine Grosbeak on) more than ono occasion, Thor.- is‘ a good colored picture of tho Ev."- niniz Grosbeak in “Canadian Nat-l ure" for November 1939, liflfl n. smaller one in the "Birds of Norihl Carolina." From these and other their foxes, allowing themselves a fair wage for the laibor, and a roper percentage of telephone. aulage charges and all other fac- ilities used Ii you don't knowl what, it coals you to raisc a iox pelt. you are working in the dark! Time oi I Mares Oows Ewes Sows Service 340 days N6 days 150 days 112 days . Dec. 3i Dec. 6 - Oct. 12 May 80 Apr. 22 Jan. lo " l6 ", an June 9 May I " 20 " at Nov. 1 " 1n " l2 _ .. .. y i}... all] “m i: u l: all. Jiine at " 2 .1. '2 ~13 3i i ‘l ‘f. Mar. io -' ' 1a " so Aug. 7 " no ll g udl ab Jae n g " ar. an. " " Apr. io " 1a ~ 2o soot. 7 " 8i .. n .. a u ,0 .. ,. .. my l0 ‘PL l: IL“ i: Oct. ‘i " so ’ " i! Mar. 1 " 1'1 i" i5 '5" 1f 1' l; n2. ’-.' one ' - ~ as A . 1 " l’! u Jun. 5 n“. 11 as ,1 ‘P’ i3 ‘l n". ‘i "-'°' .5 ' si Julv s “'12 " 2i All‘. l0 " “ 21 Jail. '7 ll J. June i " . " s . -- is " mept. lo '9‘ is " as Feb. '1 si " " as July 2 " 1'1 .10 lept. s " i: " a1 " so oat. l0 f_ is " a: iitgr- It. I; 9g -~ a: ' A9" u _ ' so " '20 Nov. i0 “ ll - 22 Aar- I if» ‘I " c .: ': .1 " l3 ‘i. ,, '_ .. .. Deng '9 it " ' 21 May 0 Apr. i. " " as Oct. 1 -' is “ ll " Oi Des. I " ll _ " U " I aiifs zifilludc in Grcccc, nnil ihrcaicning Turkey. Moreover, iii thc Mediterranean whore wc havc an nbounding "interest," Russia is seeking a base on the coast nf Ai- rlcn that would ihrcnicn the gate- wny to that iiilnnri sea. Sn far Russia is one slap ahead of while wr- m rciiim shirk lhv is. fill she has reached licr goal. R siifs forthright nclions mav iivvludc some Iilufflniz, for shc needs a long period of rcsi and recovery, but ihcy have so far been very successful, and have larizclv nulli- fiod Mr. Russell's argiimcni. It is not likely that ciihcx‘ Sltll.‘ would dclihcraicly provoke a cvozit wur, for Stalin ls not s fanatic like Hlllcr. The danger would come through lack of definlteness as to what. cach side considered suffic- ir-nily vilui io he worth firzhiin; for. If this is made clcar in nri- vnnce, thinks Mr. Russell, the rest may bc loft to compromise. Such a course would certainly succeed for the time, though it did not keep Germany from attackinc Poland with whom we had a specific treaty. What is more likely to have a paclfyiiig effect is the knrvwlcdize that the next great. war will ruin everybody equally. There are two things in ihs Rus- sian scene which cause uneasiness. The Government is entirely de- pendent on the man who can seize and hold power, and tho next man may not e as peaceabie as the present holder. Secondly, Russia ls on the way to becoming the great- est manufacturing nation an th world: she has no end oi minerals. lumber. and perhaps water-power as well as oil. She had (In i039) .__ rns r sum. on...» Assam is 4 at the mail he had put on the table. Circulars. s bill or two. a personal letter with a Tennessee postmark and a. doctor's address on the back of the en/velope. Hunter Wariield, M..D. That would be Ginny's father. He'd known, of course, that she had a family, but he'd never considered them. He took the glass with the with- ered flower and poured the stale water into the sink and the pul ruin of the orchid with it. Origi- ids-women don't buy orchids for themselves! W-ho was buyi green orchids for Ginny? He'd find out about that! Then he re- membered. with a returning de pression, that his own situation was not too defensible. But all that had been cleared up. he re- called with rellei. Harriet had been swell. She could have made things tough and unpleasant, but instead she had let him go. with i. careless flick of her fingers and a casual good-by. why didn't Gnny come? He pushed up a window and leaned out. That old iron-face, Teresa, was workin; her to death. Ter- esa, lying comfortably in her bed. with nurses and doctors dancing around, giving Ginny the tough jobs, grinding down her youth and her loveliness. He'd put a stop to that. He'd lay down the law. now. tonight. when she came. He'd talk like a husband and he'd mean every word. “How would y¢tl like a bun- galow in California. Mrs. Mchael Pauli? Hoses over the door and a Wolfhound on the ‘hat. How would you like a husband who worked an ‘nour or two every clay. and took you out in his yacht in the mornings? How would you llkQ a long red car with white tires, and white leather inside. and your monogram in silver on the door?" The bus stopped. He wait- cd iensely. lie jiunped and put out the light. Then he watched again at the dark wndow. but no Ginny. Only a tireu man, trudg- ing off under the street lamp, a bundle under his arm. The bundle stirred Mike's imW- ination. Why hadn't he though _h¢ pickgd up his hat and dash- ed out, forgetting to lock the door, going back to do it and then realizing that he couldn't lock it, h; hadn't the key. No matter. This was a quiet house No danger of prowlers. Ho had to walk blocks before he found an open SLDD where he could bliy the th has he wanted- He took a taxi back up the hill. bundle-laden. and noted immedi- ately that the windows were still dark. That was all the better. Give hlm time. He printed up the two [lights of stairs and pushed the door open. Tlic little green rubber aim?" still hung on the hook behind the door of the little kitchenette, and he poked his head through the rock opening and tied the strings. grnning impishly. Quickly he snapped twine and dumped food out of moist bundles and paper sacks. A thick steak. a roll of fresh butter. rolls. a can of cof- fce, a bottle of cream. A fat avo- l'l0,467.l86 people. excluding those ln the Far North. _Accordini; to Dudley Kirk, population expert sit Princeton Universliiv she will have an increase of thirteen million men of military age by 197i)! i. e.. just when she begins to really com- pete with the Wesiern Powers for The Mulberry sushi‘ n3 the street door close and light feet Mo. s cocosnut cake. wine. and three bia pink obryaanthcinums. with t. ll°§ttio o! corner, with s slow grinding of gears. lie turned on the lights again. stood glaring. his face set and . What if she had gone out-to dinner, somewhere-what if she wasn't coming home? ‘Phat orchid-he scawled at it, jabbed his foot on the lift of the garbage can, dmpped the dead flower in. with sudden, piqued anger, he jerked the silly apron off. tossed it in the corner. Then he tensed again, for a oar door had slam- med in the street below. he heard come quickly up the stairs. No voices. She was alone. He did not put out the lights. He stood in the middle of the mom. watching the door knob. waitin for it to turn, his heart poun g a little. The footsteps paused outside the door. But the knob did not turn. Instead, a light knock sounded on the panels. Mike opened the door. A woman stood there, a tall woman he had never so before. in a dark fur coat and a hat with no particular style, She looked at hlm. a little uzzled. “Mi-Ss Warfieldls apart- ment?" she asked. "Yea. She hasn't come back yet. Will you come in?" Mike opened the door wider. "Thank yo She walked in. locking around curiously-at the table set for two, at the flowers on the dresser. "I'm Mrs. An- drews." she said. “I'm a friend of lvliss War-field's She's rather late. "Yes." Mike pulled up a chair for her. "She's late. I've been waiting some time I'm Michael Pauli" "I see," said Mrs. Andrews. sit~ ting down a trifle stiffly. Her facc looked stiff, too. and suddenly Mike realized how it looked to an outsider, even to a friend oi Ginny's. The taibie set. his hat tossed on the lied, cgarette stubs in the ash trav—— b "I", he said quickly. “am Miss Wariields husband" Avis Andrews jerked as ii she had been struck She got to her feet. "What?" "It isn't generall. known." Mike vlas enioying himself. “We've been married for some time." He saw that the name Michael _ THE CHARLOTTETOWN CUARDlAN _, ~ . ~ v n —-—-——-— ti -__--_ +r+>eeocooe>o+cvo+ec0¥e+ ‘éfirmgi ‘ma’; "flaw BEAT THE SPRING ‘RUSH! YOU MAY OIDII. TIIIDUGI ANY 0F OUR. AGENTS Chas. Worth, ca“ o; m“, 0-» '9"?! 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Ill“ ""1 nrlees are atrongcsbl C-ro". III. , Trundle With the flll Elli]: 0g; contract already aet at last fall's level, and- tlie Dominion Department of Agriculture predicting [cod mu. . fry meat prices for at least its; l’ first s months oi mo. this iooiui like an extra-good season to start .3 extra-good chicks extra-early! Robert J. Show. Bloomfield. Chas. S. McKay, Park Cop- iier. Glflh MacLean. Lot l! South West. Bruce Paynier. B. R. 4, Ken- J 1mg: m - . ‘ ew ti. Mo fugue, “may Wailgh. Willmot Val. FIRED W. Bnii, LIMITED 120 JOHN ST. N. HAMILTON. ONT. Air Mail Saves Time li You're Writing To Us At Hamilton 0+0 Ell ' 0' l e" s ‘"1’ Attention Farmers By an Island Farmer's Wife g ‘ _ _ g - s i aso v . i unissued Ilom Page (I multm "He"? prompt f’ small wandering waters that ap- ""11!- peared with the thaw. That some . . < I 23'_°i"-‘~’.'L'2...".'.'F.'? is: Elslcrn Packing 6o. I saw the DOUG-WEN?!‘ flow turbu- “nuns lcntly through the waste-gates to fall in a seething torrent to the pool below. And one day, iisturb- ing drifts whirled above the fields, and James thought perhaps it might develop into "an old-fashioned bliz- zard" while Jock was abroad, hav- ing gone to a distant part of the river road to assist a farmer there at a seasonal chore. One beautiful morning saw James, after a criti- r-al period of preparation, that calls ihc other inmate of this house io he on ihc alert, mentally and cizys- ifi-llly, off t0 the city, He went (rusting no motor conveyance "how e'ci' pleasant" for his travel- ling but depended in the icincss of the roads, on the sharpness of the brown mom's shoes. Jeanie took pity on‘ my alone-ness that day, and I dined with them Ln the (‘Oll- ness of the house across the lane. James returned borne back to me on the wings of the-dusk and after .; pair of warm grcy mittens, made 7 to order. Jamie proudly carried home with hlm that lovely aftcr- . noon-the black and faithful Mutt dog pointing the ‘way, ‘ e One regret nowadays that seem: to be general to Island farm-folk is as a lady visitor to Aldc-rlca, ex- pressed it this awning: "There's no last at all to the weeks." This Was a farmer's wife, who came with her husband by horse and sleigh. Perha s the reason that James nods now n his chair is because he talked too much "shop" hut "as a man thinketh" tho words come easily to his lips. I caught. hoih conversations. for iho younzci " People had vomr‘ n\'£‘i' In jom us. Pauli meant nothing to this wo- man. and his vanity was a trifle touched. but the fun of watching shocked astonishment chance her features made up for it. He'd try that technique on everybody just a sudden coo; statement-and watch them gasp and staic. ‘I-cant understand—" Avis An- drews was fumbling her gloves un- easily. "whv we weren't informed. Miss Warfleld was s close friend." she added. clipping her ivords. "We're planning to announce it immediately-mow that I've come back." Mike said, breaking out his most practiced smle. "so-you have tho honor of being the first to know." Her face shut n) llki‘ a. fist. Per eyes turned cod. “I'm flat- tered. 1'in sure." she said cri-‘Tllly- ‘will you tell your wife-that 1 called, please? On second thought —! mav see her myself. She's em- ployed ai. the Harrison place still, isn't she?" _ ‘ y "She runs the Harrison place} Mike corrected. resenting her tonc. "G000 night" She did not answer. She went down the stairs. her heels thu-mfl world trade. The fight. for markets That is the second danger. will be ks-on, and no holds bairedlaloud. closing the door. ing the boards vicously- 4 "Such nice people! said Mike (To Be Continued! Charlottetown, held in the Market Building, ning of the same day st eigh All Island hog producers rons. All hogs entered in ih the total entries. The twenty will be eligible io compete fo Producers intending in an pletcd and returned as soon a later than February 9th. This show is sponsored i era who have market hogs oi lag desirable market weights important event. Application entry blanks pertaining to this Show" iaay es MADRID ‘Illll WAY D. Irvine, Secretary, P. I. l. Io: 4Q, Charlottetown. Second Export Bacon Show A second Export Bacon Show, sponsored by the P. E. I. Swine Breeders Association and supported by the Pro- vincial and Dominion Departments of Agriculture will be afternoon, February 19th. The annual meeting of the P. E. I. Swine Breeders Association will be held on the eve- in this Show with one ling constituting an entry by each producer. Each entry must be delivered to Davis 8i Fraser Limited on February 12th or February 15th. Truckers and loading agents are invited to solicit entries from their pat- proinptly and the selection of twenty-five carcasses near- est the ideal export weight of 150 pounds will he made from promptly secure application forms which should be com- the suitability of Island hogs for the Export Market. This Show should be of distinct educational value and produc- Fshruary 19th. Charlottetown. on Tuesday t o'clock. are invited to make entries is Show will be slaughtered -flve carcasses thus selected r prise money. ter hogs at this Show should s possible and preferably not o present ii clear picture of suitable type and approach- are invited i0 support this as well as additional detail-s be obtained by writing to S. lwiae Breeders Association. 80mm‘ when he drew on his mend» ny farm-problems were talked i ed overalls, and p|c_ked_ up the lsn- over: Should fertilized fields, lcrn and ll fllllkJpflll, life (for mo) which grew liisi season's potato crop bc plowed til all? Is shallow Oi‘ deeper and early or later Frill- iilowmgmetior? And (his is u both- bcr-tan lo pulse happily again, If ~. .. Mac came bar-k this iveck to k101i: i at ihc WOOIl-(‘hilppinfl and w on ersome question in James. who is >1 llfl timed with us, his presence fond of leaving neat fields, behind .» brightened our meal. He has a kind and rhccrful manner and his words leave me cause to rnriect on a number nf iliinizs. Some nights when darkness loam-ii a. iziiinsl ihc windows, James and I iunchvri with only ilie Tabby mi in n comfcrlalilo curl of color pe- ncalh thc siovc, for our company, and there were lhc clear Wiuicr niizhis when othcrs joined us in a cheerful cup. Ono night It wns KaroLvri and Jamie "just starved" ihcy suid. Knrolyn, one day ivhén Jamie, rcfiiscri in rciurn with her from Ii lrlp to ihclr mail-box was obliged in golu-gypsying with him, over in "Jessie's" iMrs, AI: who llVPS in a farmhouse on a rise oc- hiiiil isrczii sheltering frees, only a short ilisiani-r- from Rubi. Shc 95 “I'll "9 Ml‘. A. knows the wny i0 a small boy's hcartva rookie, an ullillc, n liar of candy. A brand new him in the cropping: What is the best way to work manure into the " land? I hcard the poultry on- deavors discussed and tho 51pm"; chicks iook second place, ihc prior- ity list taking in the quilting and the rug-making that even now are being fashioned in many a furni- wife's fancy. We spoke of the work at tho wood-cutting and James wondered "if we were in for a spell of fmc weather" for Jock hnrl just comc from ticliverlng Mr G’! “saw-gear” at Rob's, whore if winds be favorable Monday will <00 tho first of our wood-sawing. Sn on a farm lhc present, points the future. But now, the clock warns mn ihat presently softly down across the eternal hills comes tho Sahhriih "the day God made" wherein all work musl cousin Um!" Monday - Diary MGood- nlg stsinbfll" um‘ “y 22/452 11 00., bgilvie Ilaar Ii I o mnniwl- pear 51"“ l J , - our la r n“. tun .1131"? ‘haunt ‘l Israel-O 5.1”!‘ ttsfllzlzlixabout the raaultl Ill! you nigh‘ “i. teed. I h". o‘ if” 2.0 New rill?‘ iu 11°“ °’ 3 sol-ins ti" “a iaying shine have b ' time l" iayihl hi “r 1°‘ no at t . win m" y um o1"=“ “i” I a "t u;- fold. Ito oat-in“ ‘w’ Y“ I“ _ ____ ‘he {Ly- ‘fir. “an, q,l.0. (“on an III) I The above is one of man letters received praising Miracle Laying Mash. fill high qualify feed in scientifically touted for extra egg production. Many ullrysnen report aulsatantial increases. By feeding Kris-sole Laying Malls. For bi ger profits ask your dealer for Miracle Laying Mas to-day. . 1"‘ Misti g . an“: E” ‘Ashvuiiv