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OROROIIOLIOR LISI GLI ORILI HII OLLE
HER OWN SWEET SELF
By ROBERT M'CLENNAN.
It had been her fate to be seen by
him always at a disadvantage—snd
she resented her fate fiercely. In fast,
she was all wrapped up in plans of
which he was the central figure.
Of course she was a most ridleu-
lously juvenile figure of a girl. No
body—excepting her own people sad
the playmates of her -childhoyi—
would believe she was a grown-up jer-.
eon. At least they all affected tq be-
lieve that she was a mere child and
treated her with the freedom and jon-
descension of that estate. Why, the
men actually kissed her as a greeting
and everybody called her “little girl”
or some other abhorrent and belit-
tling title. Her resentment had been
growing for a long time, but it burst
into white flame that summer when
he appeared on the scene. Not that
she cared for him, excepting in a
most impersonal way, but for all that
it galled her very soul to have him
treat her like a child.
She was interested in him—indeed,
who was not, and who had not the
right to be? One privilege the clergy
always have—the interest and care
and attention of the women, young
and old, little and big, rich and poor.
Indeed, if the ladies did not look after
the clergy who in the world would?
So, in common with all the rest of
the girls in the camping party, Elsie
was interested in the grave and hand-
some young clengyman who had
joined them at the invitation of one
of the young men—a college chum—
in the hope that a season in the
woods would restore the steadiness to
his nerves and the redness to his
blood, which had been so sadly sapped
during those trying years since he
had quit college to try to build up
a church in one of the poorest dis-
tricts of the great city. And the
languorous shade and the lazy life
were doing their work and the color
was again in Morton Graham’s face
and the ginger had come back into his
stride and the old whimsical expres-
sion into his tired.eyes.
Now Elsie had conceived a most
romantic idea regarding the Rev. Mor-
ton Graham the instant she set eyes
upon him. He was young, ardent, am-
bitious and devoted to his calling. He
plainly needed a wife—a helpmate to
care for him and cheer him on in his
climbing of the heights. Plainly he
never would have sense enough to real-
ize this need himself, therefore some
one else must attend to it for him.
Therefore Elsie determined to assume
the task herself.
She spent many sleepless nights
and brain-racking days in her pursuit
of this problem—and the further she
got into it the more hopeless it ap-
peared. At first any one of the girls
appeared to be plenty good enough for
him, but as the days went by the circle
of eligibles narrowed rapidly.
In the meantime, however, Elsie la-
bored assiduously and bravely. She
arranged the most seductive tete-a-
tetes in the stern of the boat, the
most romantic moonlight rambles, the
most lonesome fishing trips, always
managing to get the Rev. Morton
paired with the particular girl she had
in mind for him on that particular day.
But, alas! it all appeared to be in
vain. Nothing definite seemed to come
of it, and as the season waned Elsie
was distinctly impatient and cross
about the entire affair.
In the meantime she necessarily had
been thrown into daily contact with
the Rev. Morton Graham and it had
been her inclement destiny always to
be at a disadvantage. At first she did
not care at all; then she was simply a
trifle annoyed. For, after all, what did
she care? She was interested in him
only to the extent of securing for him
a wife. Why, indeed, should she care
how she personally appeared to him.
And yet she was annoyed and finally
it came to be the source of great
humiliation and shame to her.
Just so sure as she sneaked out in
front of her own tent and hidden by
the flowers and foliage at that, after
her bath and with her hair down to
dry in the sun, in a loose wrapper, of
course he must needs come along and
stop to admire the foliage and the
flowers and catch her red-handed, look,
ing like a perfect fright. And when
the pony threw her and she landed in
a most humiliating heap at the side of
the road with her skirts principally
over her head, of course he must be
the one to rush to her rescue, arrange
her skirts as best he could and try
to soothe her like some tired child.
Oh, how she hated him for it.
Then when they went to the dance
at the village hotel, the night Archie
and Tom and Ted were called to town
and only the older fellows, and they
mostly engaged, were there, of course
the Rev. Morton Graham must rescue
her from the most embarrassing wall-
flower position she ever had experi-
enced and taken her out for an ice
and a walk under the trees on the vil-
lage street. Yes, and he even had
danced wtih her, a most decorous
square dance, but she had not failed
to notice that he danced extremely
well and was very graceful. But all
the time he had regarded her with
those whimsical eyes, and she resent-
ed the expression of amused interest
with all the strength of her nature.
But the very limit was reached
when, despite the advice of all the
party, and particularly of the young
clergyman—indeed, it was his advice
that drove her to it—she insisted on
going in swimming with a storm com-
and swept out into the lake despite
every effort she could make.
Of course it was the Rev. Morton
who dashed into the water and grabbed
her just as she was about strangling
with the great waves and took her to
shore in his strong arms. Even though
she wanted to laugh at his bedraggled
broadcloth, the quizzical expression in
his blue eyes maddened her beyond en-
durance, and she sputtered like a half-
drowned chicken.
He carried her up into the green
fringe just beyond the reach of the
waves and set her down with great
gentleness. ”
“You will be all right in a few min-
utes,” he said, cheerily. .
“I hate you,” she responded with
tears in her eyes.
“Why?” asked Graham, gravely
turning a keen glance on her which
sent the color to her cheeks and
caused her to drop her eyes.
“Because I had made the nicest
plans for you,” she replied, “and you
are obstinate—and stupid—and hor-
rid.”
“Dear me, not eo bad as ‘hat,” he
replied, with genuine distress in his
fine features. “Come, little one, what
is it I have done? Wherein have I
offended the princess.”
He shot a glance of admiration at
her which deepened the color iA her
cheeks. Indeed, she was well vorth
the glance as she sat there all huqdled |
up in her dripping bathing suit wrich |
clung to her dainty form fast enough
to suggest the perfect outlines. Even
a clergyman must admire the perfes-
tion of nature, you know.
“You won't marry anybody,” she
retorted. “Here I have spent all sum-
mer trying to pair you off with Emma
or Nell or Agnes or—or any of the
girls, and you only blunder along and
find me in all kinds of humiliating po-
sitions.”
“But my dear girl,” replied Graham,
“I could not fall in love with those
girls, for I am in love with another
girl.”
She was silent for a moment, look-
ing out into the storm with unseeing
eyes.
“And you never let me know,” she
said, reproachfullv. Then breathless-
ly: “Who is it?”
“Your own sweet self,” he said,
reaching for one of the wet little
hands. “And all the blessed summer
you have not given mé a chance to
talk with you excepting when I was
fortunate enough to find you in
trouble. I have found myself packed
off with one of the other girls and I
never knew how it happened—until
just now. I had hoped perhaps you
might find it in your heart to love
me and make my life one long dream
of joy—but I suppose I am too old—
and serious—and—"
Just then the rest of the party burst
upon them with wraps and rubber gos-
samers and things.
“Well, if there isn’t the preacher
holding hands with Elsie,” eried
Emma with a shriek of laughter.
“Please explain at once, sir, how you
make such conduct comport with your
cloth.”
Graham flushed to his temples and
his lips trembled. Before he could
frame and answer Elsie spoke up
clearly and without a tremor in her
voice:
“Because she is to become his wife,”
she said. :
#* Graham drew a long breath and
placed an arm about the shivering
form in the bathing clothes and threw
a glance of triumph at the party.
“Oh,” said Emma.
(Copyright, by Daily Story Pub. Co.)
BOOK AGENT AS HE ISN'T
Fable in Words of One or More Sylla-
bles That Is Credited to New
York Man.
“You have sent for me,” said the
book agent, entering the busy man’s
office.
“Yes, yes,” said the busy man.
“Have a chair, please. Shan’t keep you
long.” ,
“I can come some other day, if you
prefer,” said the book agent, edging
toward the door. )
“No, no,” cried the busy man. “I
want to see if you can sell me a set of
Dickeray.”
“I suppose I could,” replied the book
agent, dubiously, “but I don’t believe a
busy man like you will ever have time
to read it. Why don’t you wait until
you have retired from business life and
then decide whether you are still in-
terested?”
“I must have it,” said the busy man,
sharply. “I want something nice in
crushed levant, with gold tops and all
that; a limited edition de luxe, if you
have it.”
“Won't it be somewhat of a drain
on your purse?’ suggested the book
agent. “This paying for books month
after month becomes monotonous. A
man may think it a trifle at the start,
but after the first six months it gets
on his nerves. Why not go to a regu-
lar store and buy your set of Dickeray
in cloth at a cash price for about one-
sixth of what I ean offer you?”
“Oh, all right,” growled the busy
man. “Have it your own way. But
I’m sorry to have taken up your time.”
“Oh, that’s nothing,” said the book
agent. “Some day you may have ga
real need of something in my line and
then I'll be glad to sell it to you. Good
morning! ”--Frank M. O'Brien, in the
New York Press.
Mixed.
Mrs. Willis—It has 5,000 feet of film
and cost $200.
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Mrs. Willis—1It is.
’ Willis— What's its name?
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WESTERN CANADA'S
GRAIN GROPFOR 1914
THE WHEAT CROP ALONE WILL
BE WORTH UPW:? OF
ONE HUNDRED ...!
LION DOLLARS.
The yield of wheat in Western Cana-
da for 1914 is now safely estimated at
135 million bushels. This is not as
large as in 1913 but for various rea-
sons will net the farmer considerably
more money. Had it not been for
drought that struck some portions of
Southern Alberta and Southwestern
Saskatchewan, shortly after seeding,
there would have been a phenomenal
crop and with present prices there
would have been a year of un-
precedented prosperity. In a large
district of the country the crops are
cial rates given to the settlers on the
railways for both himself and his ef
fects.
The natural resources of the coun-
try are so vast that they cannot be
told in mere figures. Man can only
tell of what tiny portions have done.
He can only say “I am more prosper
ous than I ever expected to be.” And
yet if a farmer expects to succeed on
land that he has been forced to pay
$50 to $100 an acre for, he ought to
feel assured of attaining prosperity
when he finds the richest prairie soil
at his disposal absolutely free. If he
has a little capital, let him invest it~
all in live stock and farm implements
—he will find himself ten years ahead
of the game. Some day such a chance
will not be found anywhere on the
tace of the globe. But now the same
opportunities await you as awaited the
pioneer and not one hundredth part
of the difficulties he encountered and
overcame. Success in Canada is made
up of two things, natural resources -
and human labor. Canada has the one
and you have the other.
The Above Is a View of a Manitoba Farmer's Buildings. He Goes Largely
Into Mixed Farming.
fully up to the average. The por-
tions referred to had ample rainfall
and blessed with conditions that put
them into a more enviable condition
than the districts first referred to.
Fortunately in most places where lack
of precipitation prevented harvesting
a good crop this year, this is the
first of a number of years that it
has happened, and the farmers are
In a position to withstand a partial
failure. Throughout all of Manitoba,
Central Saskatchewan and the largest
portion of Alberta conditions are
good. The raising of cattle, sheep and
hogs is now playing an important
part in the success of the West-
ern Canada Farmer. From these,
and the product of the dairy and
the creaming, he is placing himself
In an excellent financial position. It
Is expected that during 1915 the acre-
age sown to grains of all kinds will be
largely in excess of all previous years.
In the districts that had not the crop
that others had, there is no disheart-
edness, but embracing the opportunity
to get their land ready in good time,
and pursuing more definite methods
You want a cozy home, a free life,
and sufficient income. You want edu-
cation for your children, and some
pleasure for your wife. You want in-
dependence. Your burden has been
heavy, and your farm hasn't paid. You
work hard and are discouraged.
You require a change. There is a
goal within sight, where your chil-
dren will have advantages. You can
get a home in Western Canada and
freedom, where your ambitions can be
fulfilled. If the Prairie Provinces are
full of Successful Farmers, why should
you prove the exception? Haven't
you got brains, experience, courage?
Then prove what these are capable
of when put on trial. It is encourag-
ing to know that there is one country
in the world where poverty is no bar-
rier to wealth!
Besides the grains spoken of, all
kinds of grasses do weil in Western
Canada. At one of the fairs held a
short time ago the writer saw no
less than eighty varieties of wild grass.
Of the cultivated grasses, Alfalfa gives
a splendid yield, and although not yet
generally grown, it will soon become
One of the Mortgage Lifters of Western Canada.
Lot of Hogs Can Always Have Ready Money.
of conserving the moisture, the farm-
ers are now busily engaged in prepar-
ing larger areas for wheat, oats, barley
and flax, and in this way very much
will be added to the large acreage
placed in crop in 1913. There are none
that take any comfort out of the war
in Europe because it will mean in-
creased prices for everything they can
raise, but they propose taking adwan-
tage of the opportunity that is afford-
ed. Western Canada is the recognized
grain field of the world, and will be
80 for all time. Looking into the fu-
ture, thousands of Americans are now
contemplating joining the band of
Western Canada grain growers and
they are wise in doing so, for they can
secure the best of land in good locali-
ties, convenient to market, at from $15
to $20 per acre if purchased from rail-
way or land companies, or they can
still get homesteads within reasonable
distance of railways by making entry
for them. The American settler is al-
ways welcome, and he will find in al-
most any district in which he cares
to locate, scores of American settlers,
who are doing well, and few, if any,
ever prove a failure. There are spe-
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.. 7 r. house, 2 barns, out-
Minn.; 160 a. cult.
bldgs., eltr., etc. Vining, Box 319, Chicago.
FOR SALF—405 A. IN GRAY CO., TEX.;
176 a. cult, 3 a. orch., hse., sheds, etc, Price
$20 per acre. J. W. Bunting, Pampa, Tex.
FOR SALE—82% A. IN MONROE CO., GA.
Most mod. equipped; 63 a. cuilt., 8 r. dwelling,
outbldgs., etc. S. H. Zellner, Forsyth, Ga.
FOR SALE—BEST 80 A. IN BUTTE CO., S.
Dak.; 74 a. cult., house, outbldgs., orch., 15
&. alfalfa. Sac. O, A. Peterson, Newall, S. D.
FOR SALE—40 A. IN PLACER CO., CAL.;
25 a. cult, 14 a. fruit; complete imp.; will
sac. R. Brooks, 2523 P St., Sacramento, Calif.
FOR SALE—160 A. IN SCOTT TO., ARK.; 15
a. cult., 260 fruit trees, 200 grape vines, hse.
outbldgs. $1,250. A. M. Chance, Newman, Ark.
FOR SBALE—I1,288 A. IN DEAFSMITH CO.
Tex.; 480 a. cult.,, 10 r. house, outbldga.. or-
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Any Farmer Having a
universal. At a recent contest of flelds
sown not later than June, 1912, there
were prizes awarded in all districts in
Saskatchewan. The quality was ex-
cellent. In Alberta it will soon be-
come the popular feed. Ih Manitoba
the growing of alfalfa is quite success-
ful, and many farmers are now prepar-
ing land for it.
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, on his re-
turn from a trip to Western Canada,
furnishes the following contribution:
“I'll dream again of fields of grain
that stretch from sky to sky,
And the little prairie hamlets, where
the cars go roaring by,
Wooden hamlets as I saw them—noble
cities still to be
To girdle stately Canada with gems:
from sea to sea;
Mother of a mighty manhood, Land of
glamour and of hope,
From the eastward sea-swept Islands
to the sunny Western slope.”
It is the inspiration that led Sir
Conan Doyle to pen the above that
has led the many Americans that are
now in Western Canada to make their
home there.—Advertisement.
FOR SALE—240 A. IN COLUSA CO., CAL.
60 a. cult, 5 r. house, outbldgs., orch., mach.
Price $8,000. C. H Totman, Lodoga, Calif.
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