-   ���������   c    ?- '������������������,"'-���������;' -,; -���������'"������������������^?;;.,;.'v,V.1" ���������  /A  ^U-p^y^iyi^y^1^^  >��������� / /- //       . 7- "    f  OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE GRAND LOYAL ORDER OF BOOSTERS'  Vol. VII., No. 7.  ABBOTSFORD, B. C, F-SIDAY,   Jine 27, 1913  IVilSSlQN CITY AFTER  fire mm  ^ikS $1.00 IER YEAR  Tins following, taken from Iho I'Vaser  Valley Record, should ho ol interest loour  citizens in view of Iho fact that al ihe present times I lie hoard of fividc* nrv eonshler-  iuu* liro protection for Abbotsford.  .Acting from instructions received  at the last meeting of tlie hoard of  trade meeting, three ir.C'ifvvs of (.ho  energetic fire committ.ee���������Messrs li.  C. Abbott, .1. A. Tapper and- A A  Lane journeyed to Vancouver Thurs  day last with the avowed intention  of purchasing suitable fire fighting  apparatus-suitable for the present ic-  quirements of the town. That they  succeeded is clearly evident from the  fact that in.the course of a couple  of weeks a chemical engine will be  seen on -the streets of Missbn C:iy  demonstrating its, ability to hoc  with any conflagration that ury a-  risc���������even i[ it is only a keat.-cl .-ii-  gument.  The 'following is a de.scrii)L:'):i of  tho chemical engine that will dei.if n  straw for the benefit of the i--j/,-jns  or the jtp,wn ..^, ~ , -   . ... -i.^:r>.>--���������>-*"  TANK': Each - cylinder is drawn  cold, and .pressed into shape out' of  a plate of special selected open  hearth ' flange stcel^ without weld  rivet or seam. As this process affords the only reliable means of dc-  scams, the pressed steel tank is the  tectirig      hidden      laminations      or  lo 858 Mis pressure, and could actually stand a much higher pressure if it  were   necessary.  COATING: Much finishec tank' is  double, coated in an alloy of lead  ami block tin so as to resist, oxidation from I lie chemicals used and  formed   in   the. extinguisher.  OPACITY: The tank is, nearly 50  gallon.'/ capacity. (Equivalent . to  thousands of gallons of water in  fire righting effectiveness). Compared to'the standard three gallon extinguishers of common use and it  will discharge seventeen times the a-  mount of extinguishing fluid in the  same space of time, and will throw  a stream horizontally, and sixty ft.  vertically. Moreover, this largely in  creased supply by means of the shut  off nozzle, can" be turned on or off  at  will,  thus obviating waste.  FITTINGS:' All brass parts and  castings are No. 1 composition: the  spuds are drop forged.  AXLES: The axles arc attached to  a cast steel band -i-.inch thick and  3 inches wide, and this band is also  shrunk and sweated around the, centre of the tank. This is an especially, strong, arrangement.  ACID RECEPTACLE: The actdje  ���������^clitacle~'s"co^^^  teed lead, so 'as to, be acid-proof,  and the-same is protected from .external injury by a covering of brass.  A glass stopper (of round marble  shape) is in. the neck of the acid 'receptacle, and is held in place -. by  means of a valve to which it is attached  'and  -which   c.anips   it  'down  U(  KILL- DANDELIO  It may  all    lhe  he worth while trying: "If  dandelions   I hat have   been  dug up'in   this   town," it  says,"dur     v_,   __ ���������       ing the past  two. years was effective i station on the C. P.  R-  track, when  lit ACiiilMI Al Vtt  A  fnlal accident occurred on Tuesday-  last a short  distance Eroin'Vyc  t  ^  HiBHBIilMKIBMM^^  powder  Our selection of Canned Fruits and Vegetables and the best on the market.  in    removing    them   and- destroying  them, there would; not be a dandelion  growing       But digging them  up  does not  destroy :.them.     ,They come  ���������.���������li i-jrain.      They come thicker     and  suoiigcL-  than. thevy  were before. But  there Tis  a. way .tq destroy them and  when once treated' as suggested,'the  c'.;.'.!i!clkm will  never bother you     a--  gain.   S ome  have tried  the method  ot using  gasoline toid it is effective.  Others have tried .it and found it the  way, to kill them.'.   Take a common"  small sized   oil can and use it     for  dropping  the gasoline Gn the dandelion plaant.   A  lew drops on the'center of .the plant is sufficient.   After  the application  and within  a couple  of days the plant decays   down l   to  the cud of its roots.   Every plant on,  on which you drop Ahe gasoline will  decay  and"   die.   The -method is  not  as tedious as digging them up with  a knife  and  you iwill never be compelled to give the plant' the second  treatment."        ^ ��������� 1   >  tight. This prevents th", f>cid from  accidentally spilling while one machine is being hauled, as the bottle  sealed, which is desirable in machines for fire department- use. In order to operate the machine, this valve (which 'comet, through the head of  thetank) is first given a turn drawing up the stopper, and ��������� then tlie  hajid-hole of the tank is rested - or  the ground or floor. When the hand  pole in this position, the acid Hows  out into the soda water solution,and  generates  the -pressure.  WEIGHT: When completely charged  about 800 lbs. By .means of- the  iiand-polc it is easily moved b)  hand by one person.  HAND-POLE: An iron hand-pole is  attached to the A.TAX, to facilitate  hauling the machine, over steep  grades, obstructions aud rough roads  in case it should be necessary to  take the machine from its permanent  station  to some other building  at a  dstancc ,.,  HOSE and POU'Si One hundred and  fifty feet of seven-ply, "wire- armoured" and tested to stand 351 lbs  pressui' to the square inch. Hose  is mounted on a substantial iron  hose reel.  The Ajax has a pressure gauge and  a  shut-off   valve.  The ncrzle is of a quick ope/ -6  and shut type.  WHEELS: Two Sarven wheels  height fifty inches; tread twenty seven inches width over all thrity four  inches. This gauge is specially designed to facilitate passing through  narrow doorways and aisles.  .John Stern lost his life by deiug run  over by a'C P.R. train. Mr. Stern  or as he, was more, familiarly known  ��������� as "Dad"-had blch in Sumas, Wash  aud presumably left there ik the afternoon, walking the track to Abbots  ford when  lhe. accident happened.    .  How the man met' lis fate is unknown as none of the train crew on  the Mission-Sumas local, by which  train he was. supposed to. be killed,  saw him on the track or even felt  the jar when the body'was hit.  The  deceased  was well  known     a-  rouiul     Abbotsford   and   previous   to  his  death  had  been   working  on  the,  government road under Foreman Radford. _  An :inqiiost, was held and 'the  jury brought in'a verdict of accidental  death. -  fi'iU  THEIR- SHBQT  The weekly shots of Lhe; Abboisford Gun  Club are/proving no end ofencilement and  incidentally .some amusement to the 1112m-  b'ors who participate in these matches.  Secretary Chuk-has the happy facility of  heep'nj tho members interested and vat  each shoot a new member has his name  enrolled on the score of fame.  The two leading-events.of the Wednesday shoots are the Dn Point: contests for  the spoons presented by Dr. Swift. Mr.  A. J. Henderson is leading- with a percent-  aye of 94 in the DiuVnt handicap, while  Mr. G. Clark captured the spoon on the  18thand Mr. Murry did like wise on the  25th.  The following- are   the   scores   for   both  matches:  ���������    Shoot June 18.    Twenty-live Birds.  Clark IS���������22  Copeland 15���������15  Henderson 9���������7  Murry 17���������19  Dr. gwift S���������G  Shoot June 25.  Murry 19���������20  Clark 22���������18  -  Copeland 17���������15  Dr. Swift 11���������11  Alanson 11 ��������� 10  Henderson 7  Thorton 9  Winquest 10  Twentv-five Birds.  During the absence of Constable  Brown, of the provic.a! police force  who is on official business at 'New  Westminster attending tlie ;>ssi/,cs,  several properly t-wncis have over  looted the fact that it is strictly u-  ,rruw  iiuu..,..- ~-������~. gainst the statutes  to allow thistles  All  exposed  brass, parts and  trim- ( to  accuinmula.to. ^ ..TIlc;_!^l;|^s ���������.,V."U".  niings  are  buffed  and   iiicklu' plated; ""  the   wheels   are   finished   in   English  vcnnillion,   the hubs.in  ivory  black,  and  the tank cylinder  in  pergamoul,  0l.   froste" \siivcr  .iiumnium\   .    Lhe  finish  is so designed as to admit of  retouching    whenover   desired,      and  which  would be impracticable in the  ease of a japancd finish  appreciate it, if this nuisance were a  batch, as it is very annoying when  walking along the sidewalk with a  fine tailored suit to find that it is  trimmed with thistle down and burd-  dock burrs. A.few minutes work by  a man w;th a scythe or some other  implement would  suffice  UT8R CYCLE SPEEDER  DRAWS $08 FINE  (From the Fraser Valley Record) ;  The    sequel ��������� to   the  runaway   accident last Wednesday in which the occupants were thrown out of the rig  and   narrowly escaping   injury    took  place .in the police court before Magistrate   Verchere on   Ssturday when  Mr.  Stoltz,  the driver of the motor  cycle was charged with exceeding the^ ,'  speed limit.        ���������   ,  Mr.  Stoltz   pleaded not guilty..  Mr.   R-   C.  Abbott   was the first   ���������  witness   called.   He  stated he    was  going up'Washington Street about 3  p.  m.,  when a   motor cycle   passed-  going at a high, rate of speed. .There  were    on  the  motor,   cycle     three  persons  on the cycle,  the driver     a  driver, a hoy and al ady.   According  to his estimation the cycle was travelling    at    the  rate    of    30   or  40  miles an hour, and he pondered how  he  would   negotiate   the    turn .  at  Grand   Avenue.    Shortly    afterwards   .  a   horse   attached    to  &, top buggy  dashed down Grand  Avenue to"Railroad'   Street,    upsetting-"  near the.  .s.tqp������LJcading^.to,; J^statlpn,.,..and. .-  throwing   the occupants against the  fence." While the occupants were .recovering themselves  he went  to the.  drug store and telephoned to a party at  Silvcrdale to get the number  of the machine     The    party    . could  not do so as the machine was going  so fast it was impossible to get the  number.  Cross examined by Mr. Stoltz���������According to my estimation the machine was exceeding the speed limit  to a 'great extent. Did not know  how fast the cycle could go with  the load it was carrying.  By Chief Constable Lister���������The  driver did not come back to ascertain if anyone was hurt in the runaway. He was also close to the  north side when coming up Washington' Street  Roy Scott, sworn stated, The motor evele was not going very fast  when "it passed Mr. Abbott's store.  He could not keep up to it.on a bicycle He was sure it was going  more than 10 miles an hour. Had  driven an auto and could judge the  time. It appeared from the sound  to go faster when it turned up Grand  avenue, as the muffler was then on.  W7. R. Bryant, on being sworn.said ���������  he was standing between Mr. wer-  chere's office and Plumridge's store  on the South side of Washington'St.  talking to Mr. Fabry, when he noticed a motor cycle coming up the  street. His attention was drawn to  the     machine on       account     of  the fact that there were three persons on it, the driver, a lady and  he should judge, a young man, Was  sure the machine was not going at  the rate of 10 miles an hour. He  had often driven adouble team down  Hastings Street, Vancouver, faster  than the, machine was going. Did '  not sec the machine turn the corner  as he was looking the other way..  The next thing he noticed from  where he. stood was a rig capsizing  Three  chemical charges  ate  jwith each Ajax.  sent  agricultural  u..!-��������� --���������-..,- .....--- --.-- t ,,  to eliminate  this: nuisance and  also ^car the station steps and tne.occu  add  more prestige  to  the streets of  the   town.   Get  busy  (Ccn'tinued 00 last Page)  <i tHE AfeBOTSFORD POST,      ABBOTSFORD, B. C,  i ������*"r"'���������|".fl ""-p��������� -1~  -������-���������������������*  THE ABBOTSFORD POST.  Published Every Friday by The Post Publishing Company..  ���������A weekly Journal devoted to the interests of Abbotsford and  surrounding district.  Advertising rates made known on application.  LEGAL ADVERTISING���������12 cents per line for first insertion,  and 8 cents a line for all subsequent consecutive insertions.  Our Shibboleth���������Neither for nor agin the Government.  ���������   ' 1  Friday, June 27, 1913  mSammmnSkr  The ever increasing price of beef  and beef products due, at least to a  considerable extent, to the- dwindling  of Canada's herds, has brought a-  aeted prohibiting the slaughter of  calves. A precedent is given in the  instance of Argentine where it is  said to be against the law to kill a  female animal under six years of age  and in consequence of which meat in  that country is cheap, and Argentine  rapidly becoming the principal  source of supply for the world's market for meat���������Ex.  The Kootenaian has been favored  with a recipe that it believes may be  ��������� of assisrancc in the elimination . of  the hated dandelion pest. It is  nothing Jess than the formula for the  turning of the ycllowheads into a  brew that is agreeable to the taste,  has high medicinal virtues and���������  whisper it low���������can set the person  partaking thereof on a most glorious  jag, provided enough of the dope is  swallowed....It is stated, however,  that the intoxicated person experiences no baneful after effects, but on  the contrary wakes up in the morning feeling as bright as new d:me.  The recipe has been handed in by a  resident of Kaslo and is as follows:  "2 quarts-of dandelion flowers; 1  gallon of water; boil 20 minutes.  Strain and add 3 lemons (grate the  rind) 4 cups of granulated sugar:  Boil 20 minutes and strain. When  cool add a tea spoonful of yeast.  Let it stand to ferment 10 days, the  Let stand to ferment 10 days, then  bottle.'.'.  The older it gets, it is stated, the  more fermented it becomes and the  greater  its  jag  producing ability.  As there are tons and tons of  dandelion blossoms a.round yet',there  is still plenty of opportunity to lay-  in a goodly store of it this year.  It should prove a great boon to  interdicted persons. If they should  manufacture some and get tight on it  they could say that they "found it"  and would not be perjuring themselves in making a statement like  that. Besides, the judge ould be  inclined to be lenient ith them in  consideration of the fact that their  spree was at the expense of the  dandelion crop.  Picvided that one half of the people who read this try out the recipe  when opportunity affords, it is but  possible that few dandelions will  get past the seeding stage next year  furtherj  "1 am still convinced that this me  thod of advertising would be very  effective and would considerably increase the consumption of fruit. A  great many housewives who might  have it in their mind to purchase  say.'two eases of peaches, when she  bought these, and found in them the  recipes for a dozen different' ways  of sing this fruit, would be tempted lo go back and buy two more ca  ses."  Only   apple,  receipts  should    lie  enclosed     with      apples,     plum     with  plums,  and so on.      Mr.  Ha tho says  "1   am also convinced   that  if    the  British     Columbia   government    were  to engage     a     good'lively publicity  man,  who   would    make  it his  business  to keep  in touch  with  the fruit  trade and supply   the local  papers of  the prairie provinces   with  short  interesting articles about the fruit bus  ncss including reliable suggestions as  to   thediffercnt   ways  in   which'  fruit  might be. used, it would be, quite pos  siblc  to  influence the purchases      of  fruit to quite an extent.  "I may say that I have personally suggested both these plans to the  Provincial Horticulturist, and he  was favorably f impressed with them  I think that if ��������� some of your -ocal  fruit men were to take this question  up ic would be not difficult to have  th'c..:;e plans carried out.  "There is no doubt   that with -the'  right kind of education, the fruit con  sumption  of    the    prairie    provinces  could be doubled or trebled in one or  modity  soars  lo  an. exhorbitant figure.      Ranch    butter   was quoted  at-  '10  cents  per  lb.  No new features were apparent in  thefish and meat departments, last  week's prices continuing to hold. Cucumbers were present, grown under  glass, and met an eager demand at  two for 25 cents. Green vegetable  trading was brisk, butl astt season's  products remain in the'same'listless  state.  ULLING   on   your boot straps  will not get you very far.  two years.  THE MARKET  The idea of enclosing in each pack  age of fruit booklets or leaflets con-  aining a variety of recipes for using  the particular fruit which :it accompanies is not by any" meams a new  one, but it is worth repeating here  with the Jiope that it will be given  further consideration by ���������'those most  directly connected with the distribution of fruit and the enlarging: of the  markets. Mr. George Batho,- editor  of. the "Nor'-West Farmer.:* and one  of out resident fruit growers, in an  interedting letter to an Okaaa.^an  paper repeats the following suggestion, saying:  Poultry    quotations      which    have  fluctuated   considerably   during     the  past  month  consequent upon  the arrival of the spring hatch on tlie market,   were  Friday  ai'pcd  by  a  slight  downward   break  in   practically  evcy  branch.    Broilers  alone were not  affected,   the  price  remaining   stationary  at    from  28 to  30 cents per 11),  ranging from $3.50 to $5.50 per doz.  Ducklings dropped from 30 cents    to  28  ccnts26  cents  to   28  cents  is  the  prevailing   figure,  quoted.   Hens   also  showed  a  decline,  small  birds  bring  ing good  prices  per   dozen while the  larger ones were quoted much higher'  than last week.   .  Front street. presented an animated appearance throughout the morning, throngs of shoppers moving in  every direction with the market the  central objective. Probably the best  attendance yet recorded passed be  them the stalls and ' each shopper  had little cliff iclty in sztsfying  his or her needs. Brisk trading,  which has been the characteristic of  preceding  markets was maintained.  An abundant supply of carnations  lent a clash of colors to the appearance of the floral section and  were eagerly sought after. The price i  was 25 cents per dozen. Potted geranium and fuschia plants were also  in good demand.  Eggs showed a tendency to strengthen the near approach of the moulting season, when the supply natural  ly decreases, having an effect upon  the market. The prevailing figure  of 35 cents per .dozen was well main  taincd with the supply hardly equal  to tb(0 demand.| Manv housewives  were noticed buying wholesale with  the intention of laying in, with the.  aid of preservatives, a sufficient  supply for the season, when this com  The Prices  The following-prices were quoted:'  Young birds, per doz $6 to $8  Hens, nor dozen  -..;....$ 12 to $13  Broilers, per doz.  $4 to $6  Poultry, live weight 20c to '21c  Ducks, per dozen  $]2 to $13  Ducks,  per pound - 30c, to 32c  Ducklings, per lb 30c to 35c  Poultry, dressed, per lb 30c  Vegetables  Potatoes, ton  $S to $12  Heels, per sack  ; 7oc  Carrots, per sack  65c  Cabbage, per.head   10c to Ific  Turnips, per sack 60c  Parsnips    [ fiOc  Spring Onions, per bunch 5c.  Rhubarb, 3 lbs. for '. 10c  Rhubarb, 9 lbs. for 25c  Cucumbers, each 20c  Eggs and   Butter  Eggs, retail, dozen  30c to 35c  ISggs, wholesale  25c to 28c  Eggs, duck, por dozen 35c to -10c.  Butter, retail, per lb 35c to 40c  Honey, per comb  25c  Wholesale   Meat  Pork, per lb 13c to 13 %c  Lamb, per lb L21/6'c  Mutton, per lb 12%c to .13c'  Veal, per lb 14c to 16c  Retail   Meats  Beef, best rib roasts 20c to 22c  Beef, loin  26c/to 27c  Beef, short, loin  28c  Beef,  round' steak   20c to 25c  Boiling beef  14c  Beef, pot roast  18c  Pork .' 20 to 25c  Mutton  20c to 22y2c  Sugar cured corned pork .' 20c  Home-made pork sausage 15c to 20c  Salted pigs' head, lb.- Sc  Pickled pigs' feet, per lb .' 8c  Pickled pigs' shanks, lb 10c  Sugar cured hogs'- heads, lb; '. :....3'c  Sugar cured corned beef, lb 15c  Pure lard  15c to 16c  Sugar cured bacon 20c  Spring lamb, fore qr 23c to 25c  Spring lamb, hind qr 30c to 35c  Flowers  Tulips, pot of 7 bulbs .-25c  Hyacinths, pot of 4 bulbs  ......25c  [ Carnations, cut, per dozen  50c  Primroses, potted  15c  Violets, per bunch 25c  Spirea, per plant $1.00  Stocks, per dozen  25c  Gladiolas, per dozen  25c  Fish  Sturgeon,  per lb 15c  Spring salmon, red, lb 15c  Spring salmon, white, lb 10c  Steelhead salmon, per lb 15c  Oolichans, 3 lbs. for  25c  Cod, per lb ; 10c  Herring, 3 lbs ��������� 25c  Halibut,   per lb 10c  Whiting, per lb : 10c  arness  B. J GERNAEY,   Abbotsford, B. C.  OF TRADE  President, Chas. Hill-Tout   Secretary, S. A. Morley  of Abbotsford, B, C.  Meeting Held First Monday of Each Month  , Write the secretary regarding manufacturing sites  with unexcelled shipping facilities and cheap power  o.r information regarding the farm and fruit lands of  the district, and industries already established,  .  .rtalja^w.������fc^������  *fj������Wfci  SEC  fift'.'.flka  Forty two crates of California apricots were condemned by the fruit'  inspection officers in Vancouver last  Wednesday. The fruit was found to  be infected by the peach twig borer  a very destructive worm that in  some seasons has destroyed as much  as twenty per cent of the California  peach crop. A quantity of Calilor-  nia new potatoes, peaches and turnips have also been seized and condemned by the inspection officers because of their infection.  13 acres about- 3-4 of a mile from centre of town,  house barn and chicken house, about 100 fruit  trees and all kinds of small fruits.'  Good House, one and one half acres, Yale Road,  two large chicken houses, number of fruit trees  and all kinds of small fruits.        Good well watar.  Insurance that Insures  For terms and particulars  s������SE  sesn  e  ions  0  ������'  1913 STYLES  Mr. and Mrs. Harris, of Winnipeg  and who have been spending several  months visiting at the home of Mrs.  Hards' father, Mr. Loftgrccn, at/  Matsqui, left for Vancouver on Monday, where they will reside in future  Mr. Harris having recently purchased some property there.  Putting repairs on a   house seems  different to a man when he owns it  A choice selection of goods to choose from  en's  Practical Ladies' and  Tailors ;'���������*  The  man  who gambles   in   wheat  may make a poor breadwinner.  '!  4  4  '15 A  &  ftfiB ABfcOVStf'OkD iOSt,      ABBOTSFORD, B, 0,  vil  a  i/'  ..!.HK.*  r?r=crs  ****H~M"M~M"MH***������M������H  Infants sandals, size ,1 to 3 1-2, per pair  Child's sandals, size 4 to 7 1-2, per pair  Child's sandals, size 8 to 10 1-2, per pair  Better Quality  75c  85c  1.00  1  t  t  ���������������������  X  ��������� *  i  Child's Sandals, size 3 to 8, per pair $1.15  Child's sandals, size 8 1-2 to II, per pair 1.40  Youth's sandals, size II1-2 to 13 1-2, per pair 1.60  Boys' sandals, size 1 to 5 1-2, per pair - 1.60  The only thing for Children  during warm weather  GeOc C. Clark  ^^������������K������t������������|M|������^^*$������^������������^^^������$������^^*$*^*$������^*fo^^^������^^^  00:  :<SiB������  ABBOTSFORD, B.'C  Strictly first-class in every respect..  The bar is.  stocked with the best of wines, liquor and cigars,  ���������"-/ ��������� ���������    '. ���������.  RATES,  $.1.SO TO  $2.00  PER  DAY.  A. J, HENDERSON & SONS  PROPRIETORS  ���������9BSt  BUTCHER  Pork, Mutton, }teef, Veal, Pork Sausages,   Weinies  and Balogna always on hand.     Fish every Thursday  $ifili.<^.2llj?i$(ii$.$.$.j<$<$.H?$$^  *  First-elass Work Furnished by Experienced  Workmen.      Estimates Furnished.  Wm. ROBERTS  Old Creamery Bid.  Abbotsford, B. C.  i  The  British  .Columbia -Gazette  of  HARRON BROS.  Embalmers and Funeral Directors  Vancouver,  Office   and   chapel ���������  1-034 GranvillQ St;, Phone 3486  HortK "Vancouver, Uifice and  Chapel-rll6 2nd St. Phone 13L    '  STRAYED���������To my. places -aGkrade  Jersey Heifer, about seven  months .old, on Decem-beir 1st.  Own-eir can cladim sarnie (by paying fop notice and boaxd. G. C.  Kenney, 1# .mji'lre   eaat,  %    mile  nontbTof Vye*|tai!tiion.  of .last week contains notice of incorporation under the "Agricultural  Associations      Act",   of 'The  Fraser Valley Milk Producers Association." The association.proposes to  do business west of Yale and including the city of Vancouver in  which city the head office is situated  In after years a man strikes many  a '-trail-that looks  familiar.  What a lot of unkind kicks the average man has coming to him.  An ostrich can eat tack:  can't lay a carpet.  but     it  By MARY ROBERTS  Copyright,   1910.  by  Bebbs-Mer-  rill Co.  I followed, 1 don't mind saying, In  some excitement. I had n vision of  grabbing him from behind and leading  him or pushing him, under tho circumstances, In triumph to tho police  station, and another mental picture not  so pleasant of being found on the  pavement by some passerby with a  small punctuation mark ending my sentence of life.  Once tiie man Just ahead stopped and  lighted a cigarette, and tho odor of a  very fair Turkish tobacco came back  to me. He glanced back over his  shoulder at me and went on without  quickening his pace. We met no policemen, and after perhaps five minutes' walking, when the, strain was  growing tense, my gentleman of tho  rubber soled shoes swung abruptly to  the left and���������entered the police station 1  1 had occasion to see Davidson many  times after that during the strnnce development or the Fleming case. I had  the peculiar experience later of having  him follow, me as 1 trailed him Lhat  night, and I had occasion once to test  the strength of bis long arras when he  helped to thrust me through the tran-  Bom at the White Cat, but I never met  him without a recurrence of the sheep-  cd that I whs driving Margery I- lent  lug along ii street in n broken inxlrab  and tliut nil the buildings were pharmacies and, numbered eleven twenty-  two.  After such a night I slept late. lOdilh  had gone out with Fred when I nuno  downstairs. I have a great admiration  for. Edith, for her tolerance with liiy  uncertain hours, for her cheery break-  fast room and the smiling good nil turn  of tho servants ehe engages. I have ii  theory that, show mo' a sullen servant,  and 1 will show you a sullen mistress,  although Edith herself disclaims nil  responsibility and luys credit for tho  smile with which Katie brings in my  eggs and coffee to largess on my pan.  On that particular morning KntlH  brought me u letter, and I recouur/.eij  tho erampoo -nuo rather uncurtain  writing of Miss Jane Maltlund.  Dour Mr. Knox���������Sister L.utltlti wlnhea  mo to ask you If you can illno with us  tonight Informully, Sho litis changed ner  mind In regard to tho Colored Orphans'  homo and would like to consult you uijout  It.    Very truly yours,  SUSAN  JANE   MA IT I. AN'IJ  It was a very common place note I  had bad oue like It after every hoard  meeting of tho orphans' homo, Misa  Maltlund being on principle an iigi;ren  slve minority; also, having consiUcra  bio mind, changing It became almost  as ponderous un operation as moving  a barn.  I came across Miss. Jane's leltei lhe  other day when I was gathering the  material for this narrative, and l sat  for a time with It In my hand think  Ing over again the chain ot events in  which It had been the first link, u'series of strnnce happenings that Deuan  with my acceptance of the Invitation,  and that led through ways asdiua  and tricks ns vain as Bret Harte 9  Heathen Chinee ever dreamed ol to ���������  the final scene at the White Cat.,  With tbe letter I had tiled away h  half dozen , articles, "and I ranged  them all on the desk In front ot me -  the letter, the bit ot paper with eleven twenty-two on It that Margery gave  me the first time I saw ner, a notebook tilled with jerky characters thud  looked like Arable and were newspaper shorthand, a railroad schedule, u  bullet, the latter slightly flattened; a  cube shaped  piece of chalk,  which  I  Ish feeling with which I watched him  swagger up to the night sergeant and i put  hack  in  its  box  with  a  shudder  fall  into easy  conversation   with   the; and labeled "Potson," and a small gold  man behind .the desk.  Two or three roundsmen were sitting  against the wall lazily, helmets off and  coats open, against-the warmth-of the  early spring night. In a back room  others were playing checkers and disputing noisily. Davidson's voice came  distinctly through the open windows.  "The bouse is closed," he reported,  "but one of the basement windows  isn't shuttered, and [ the lock is bad. I  couldn't find Shields. -He'd better keep  an eye on it" He stopped and fished  In his pockets with a grin. "This was  tied to the. knob of the kitchen door,"  he said, raising bis voice for the benefit of the room and holding aloft a piece  of paper. "For Shields," he explained,  "and signed 'Delia.'"  The men gathered around him. Even  the sergeant got up and leaned forward, his elbows on his desk.  "Read it,"  he said lazily.    "Shields  has got a  wife,  and her name ain't   Muitland place was at the head of the  Delia." j main   street.    Miss   Letitia,   who  was  "Dear   Tom,"   Davidson   read   in   a   seventy, had had sufficient commercial  mincing falsetto,  "we are closing  np ' instinct some years before to cut her  buckle from* a slipper, which I���������ul  which I did not shudder.  I did not need to make the climaxes  of my story.   They lay before me.  At 11 o'clock Hunter called np. He  said be was going after the affair himself, but that It was hard to stick a  dip net Into the political puddle without pulling out a lot more thun yon  went after or than It was healthy to  get He wanted to know II I bad  come across any more K. V'g. Whereupon / put away the notes I had made  about Delia and ftlamle Brennan.  CHAPTER  III.  Ninety-sight Pearls.  WENT to Bell wood that evening.  ft was a suburban town a dozen  miles from the city.   Street cars  had   so  far   failed   to   spoil   its  tree  bordered streets, and it was ex-  i-lusive to the point of stagnation. The'  unexpected, so I won't be here tonight.  I am going to Mamie Brennan's, and if  you want to talk to me you can get me  by calling up Anderson's drug store.  The clerk is a gentleman friend of  mine. Mr. Carter, the butler, told me  before he left he would get me a place  as parlor maid, so I'll have another situation soon.   Delia."  The sergeant scowled. "I'm goin* to  talk to Tom," be said, reaching out for  the note. "He's got a nice family, and  things like that're bad for the force."  I lighted the cigar, which had been  my excuse for loitering on the pavement and went on. It sounded involv������  ed for a novice, but if I could find Anderson's drugstore I could find Mamie  Brennan. Through Mamie Brennan I  would get Delia and through Delia 1  might find Carter, and so 1 made the  first note In my new business of man  hunter.  It was late when 1 reached the corner of Chestnut and Onion streets,  where Fred bad sold Allan Fleming  bad come to grief in a cab. But the  corner man had gone, and the night  man oo the beat knew nothing, of  course, of any particular collisipn.  I went home to bed. I had made no  headway. I had lost conceit with myself and a day and evening at the office, and I bi'd gained the certuinty-  tbat Margery Fleming was safe, tn  Bell wood and the uncertain address of  a servant who might know something  about Mr. Fleming.  I was still awake at 1 o'clock and  consulted the telephone directory.  There were twelve Andersons In tho  city who conducted drugstores.  When 1 finally went to sleep I dream-  nncestral acres -their ancestral acres,  though Miss Jane hardly counted-into  building lots, except perhaps'an acre  which surrounded the house. Thus the  Maitlaud ladies were reputed to be extremely wealthy. And as they never  spent any money, no doubt they were.  I had taken dinner at Bellwood before, and the memory-was not Hilarious. Miss Letitia was. deaf, but chose  lo ignore t!.e fact. With superb indifference she would break Into the conversation with some wholly alien remark that necessitated a reassembling  ol one's ideas, making the/jr|eal a series of mental gvmnnstlcs^M.'iss Jane,  *    t *  through loug practice and.be.rtiuxe she  only skimmed the surface--of "conversation, took her cerebral^fij^hls easily.'  but I am more unwieldy \6f-riiind.  Nor was Miss I.etilin'*, 'dominance  wholly conversational, filer stefcr Jane  was her creature, alternately ('snubbed  and bullied. To Mjss Letitia/.l.-tiiej in  spile.of ���������her sixty-flve'years, was1 still a:  rbllcl. and sometimes a bad one. Miss  I.elilia gave her e.tpurgated books to  read und- forbade her to read'divorce  court proceedings In the newspapers.  Poor Miss Jane!, She met me with  fluttering cordiality In the ball that  night, safe in being herself for once,  with the knowledge that Miss Letitia  always received me from u thronelike  horsehair sofa in the buck parlor. She  wore m new lace cap and was twitter-  Ingly' excited.  "Our niece is here," she explained,  as I took off my coat���������everything-was  "ours" with June: "mine" with Letitia  -"and we are having an ice at dinner.  Dense say that ices are not injurious.  niv. ivnox. My sister is so opposed to  them, and I bad to beg for this."  "On the contrary, tho doctors havo  ordered ices for my young nephews,"  1 said gravely, "and I dote on them'  myself."  "Miss Jnno beamed. Indeed, there  was something almost unnaturally  gay about the little old lady all that  evening.  Miss Letilln received me, as usual, In  the back parlor. Miss Fleming, was  there also, Rowing by a window, and  'In her straight white dress, with her  hair drawn back and braided around  her head, sho looked even younger  thun before. There was no'time for  con versa (ion.    Miss   Letitia   launched  ������?S'?��������� J"f'.0'.t-nr* ������xtruvoirance of both  mohisses und' butter on the colored  orphans' bread.  ..  "You havo had no news at oil?? Miss  Fleming said cautiously, her head bent  over her work.  "None," I returned, under cover of  tho table linen to which Miss Letitla's  mind had veered. "I have a good man  working on It." As sho glanced at  me ,questioiiingly, "It needed a detective, Miss Fleming." With every  movement of the girl I could see the .  gleaming of a diamond on her engagement finger.  "If I didn't watch her, Jane would  ruin them," said Miss Letitia. "She  gives 'em apples when they, keep their,  faces clean, and the bills for soap havo  gone up double. Soap once a day's  enough for a colored child. Do you .  smell anything burning, Knox?"  I sniffed and lied, whereupon Miss  Letitia swept her black silk, her colored orphans and her majestic presence  out of the room. As the door closed,  Miss Fleming put down her sewing.  "I   do  not dare  to  tell them,  Mr.  Knox," she said.   "They are old, and  they   hate  him   anyhow.    I   couldn't  sleep last night,   I have hemmedr tea  towels for Aunt Letitia today until I  am frantic, and all day I have been  wondering  over  something  you  said  yesterday.    You said, you  remember,  that you   were not a detective,  that  some  men could take nineteen  from  thirty-five and leave nothing.    What  did you mean?"  1 was speechless for a moment.'  "Tho   fact  is���������I���������you  see."   I   blundered,  "It was a���������merely a  figure of  speech,  a���������speech  of  figures is more  accurate."    And then dinner was anno uuced. ,       -,  Miss  Letitia   presided  In  garrulous  majesty.   The two old ladies picked at  their food, and Miss Jane had a spot  of pink in each withered cheek.   Margery Fleming made a brave pretense,  but left her plate alaaost untouched.  As for me, I ate a substantial masculine meal and half apologized for my  appetite, but Letitia did not hear.   She  tore the board of managers to shreds  with  the roast and  denounced them  with the salad.  . "Please do eat your dinner," Jane  whispered. "I made the salad myself.  And I know what it takes to keep a  big man going. Harry eats more than  Letitia and I together. Doesn't he,  Margery?"  "Harry?" I asked.  Miss Jane leaned forward to me after a smiling glance at her niece across.  "Harry Wardrop, a cousin's son,  and"���������she patted Margery's hand with  its ring���������"soon to be something closer."  The girl's face colored, but she returned Miss Jane's gentle pressure.  "They put up an iron fence," MIsfij  Letitia reverted somberly to her grievance, "when a wooden one would have  done. It was extravagance, ruinous  extravagance."  "Harry stays with us when he Is In  Manchester," Miss Jane went on, nodding brightly across at Letitia, as if  she, too, were damning the executive  board. "Lately he has been almost all  the time In Plattsbuwt    He is secre  tary to Margery's father. It Is a position of considerable responsibility, and!  we are very proud* of typo."  I had expected something of the sort,  but (he remainder of the meal had  somehow lost ita savor. There was a  lull in the conversation while dessert  was being brought in. Miss Fleming  eat, one hand on the table, staring absently at her engagement ring.  "You look like a fool in thafi cap,  Jane," volunteered Letitia, while the  plates were being brought in. "Whatte  for dessert?" .  "Ice cream," called Misa Jane bvgc  the table.  "Well, you needn't," snapped Letitia*  "I can hear you well enough. Xott  told me It was junket,"  "I said ice cream, and yon said lfc  would be all right," poor Jane shrieked. "If you drink a cup of hob .water  after it, It won't hurt you."  "Fiddle,"  Letitia   snapped unpleas-,  antly.   "L'm not eoinc to freeze .my  (Continned Next Week)  S  s$   . ..  SfcS  ���������.      ���������                , .  "<       ���������  ���������������  .  :     ���������  .'.-���������  ���������������������-������������������  ���������**'   t^  ���������  ���������  'fifS  .:���������  ������.  ���������  H  '  ^'An  ,  0-1  .  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The  work is expected to take' the remain  tier of the year. Next your-similar  work ill be undertaken on the north  side of the River.  Mr. and Mrs. Ilutton entertained a  ntimhlr of friends at .the. Maple Leaf  farm  on Wednesday last in  honor of  Mrs. Spencer, who is a guest of Mrs  intends   leaving   shortly   for   prairies  After enjoying  a  delightful  luncheon  the party drove over  to  Abbotsford  and  visited the  Presbyterian  church  social, which was, in progress at Mrs  Curry's  residence,  after    which   they  drove to Matsqui,  where the  visitng {  guests hoarded the train for Vancouver.  the Kith, lie judged  bout seven or eight miles an hour.  Turned tho corner at Grand Avenue  and passed a horse_aud buggy coming down. After p.Ts'sing the buggy  he got off and walked up the hill.  Did not know there hud been a run-  aUny.-. Then.' were three persons on  away. There were throe persons on  (lie machine and it could not carry  Unit load at such a high rule, of  speed. Had driven a motor cycle  for several yours and lilul never, any  I rouble or been cautioned by an officer on tin; road. Was not going  fa si or I,bun 1(1 miles an hour front  tlie ferry landing to the. top of the  hill.        " '  ugistrulo Verclio.ro in slimming up  the evidence concluded that the driver had been guilty of recklessness  in driving, especially in turning the  comer which is a dangerous one, and  he would impose a fine of $2f) and  costs.  AT HOME-'  The. Womcns Auxiliary of St. Matthews ('Inn-oil will bo At Home to tlie  "onural public every Thursday from  three o'clock until five p, in. and will  be prepared to serve afternoon tea on  the lawn at the homo of Mrs. F. 13  rioyil. Should the wenlhei' at any  time liei-uril'uvorable tea will bo served  indoors. Gentlemen as well as ladies  welcome. L'roccods to he devoted to  tho "W. A.'1 fund for cluwchpurposes.,  Henderson & Taylor  (Associate   Members Can,  Soc. C. E.)  ��������� Civil .Engineers  R.A.HENDERSON   /  B. C. LAND   SURVEYOR  ^  Office, next P. O.  P.O.Box  The. annual school meeting will' be  held in the school house on Saturday, July twelfth, when general business pertaining to school matters  will be discussed. The election of  one school trustee, Mr. Tretheway's  term of office having expired, and also an auditor, Mr. Geo. II. Kerr's  term also,being completed, will take  place at the same time.  NOTICE TO CONTRACTORS  The Abbotsford True Blues wish  to thank the many friends who so  generously contributed to the Straw  botry festival held in aid of the True  Blue  Orphanage   at  Westminster.  A tabloid jag now is the thing in  the Sahara-like state of Maine. In  that, far eastern clime, where whisky  is on the poison list and beer is as  frequent as champagne at a W.C.T.U.  \cc<n.vention, .fthe travelers carry a  side line'of dessicated booze in the  form of pills. , Though the joy producer circulates in reduced shape, the  fines for being caught are still as  large and healthy as ever. i  FOR RENT.���������Abbotsford Pioneer  Bakery. Good oven and location: Apply Mrs. H. Fraser. 2  MOTOR CYCLIC FINED $50  (Cowtlijauied From Page One)    ���������  pants thrown out. Immediately as-  sistedand helped to right the rig.  Machine was coming past Abbott's  store when he first saw- it, but was  sure it was not going at 10 miles an  hour when it. passed him.  Mr. Mercier, of Matsqui, the driver of the rig, stated he was coining  down Grand venue in the buggy, accompanied by two ladies, when without any warning the cycle turned  up the hill and ran towards him. He  was on the left hand sidcof the  street. The machine crossed the  street in front of the horse. The  going very fast. The driver was  what rate of speed the machine was  going, but it was going too fast for  safety when turning a corner. The  driver did not return to sec- if any |  damage had been done. j  George Abbott stated that a' motor j  cycle had passed his place that after j  noon on Grand Avenue. It was "notI  pushing the machine up  the hill. Spoke to him, saying "It  was harder lo push up-hill than  down." The driver replied, "Yes, it  certainly was," and stated that  something had gone wrong with the  clutch. On getting up the hill and  turning down Calgary street, ' the  driver remounted, and all the witness could sec was a streak of; dust.  He certainly was going over ten an  hour then.  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