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Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-10-09
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DeS AllemandS RecOnnais.
SAINTS Prient pour la
France

Une soixantaine d'Allemands Ell
d'Autrichiens, conduits en- surveil-
lance aux environs de Nogent-le.
Rotrou a La Bazoche-G ouet, ont
fait parvenir a M. Lucien Mile.
.yoye, d6put6 de Paris, une adresse
dams laquelle ills constatent Fem.
pressement ct "l'amabilit6" du
sous-pr6fet ct DIES habitants, qui
cherchent par tous les moyens d
leur faire oublier leur misere. lis
signalent aussi lie z6le DIES femmes
de la commune, qui soignent les
enfants ct les nonrrissons.
L'adresse So termine par cette
phrase:
"Que Dieu protege la France
CONNIE la France nous prot6ge en-
ce moment!"
Parmi les prisonniers allemands
qui Sc trouvent actuellement d
Champigny-la- Bataille, Seine, GER
tains manifestaient la plus grande
terreur. lis craignaient d'etre tues.
Nous prenez-vous pour des
barbares? leur dit un officer. Nous
n'jmiterons pas vos compatriotes.
Non settlement nous ne vous fe-
rons aucun NAL, mails encore nous
vous protGgerons Pendant toute
la dur6e de la guerre, vous serez
entour6 de soins.
Alors Pun d'eux, les larmes aux
yeux, s'6cria:
Ma mere me l'avait bien dit
que nous ne risquerions rien 81
nous 6tions p~risonniers.
Eft, arrachant les deux pattes
d'6paules de son uniforme, il les
donna en- souvenir q l'oficier.
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lying and being in said Hennepin Coun-
ty, Minnesota which sale will be made
by the sheriff of said Hennepin County
at the Sherif's main office in the county
court house in the City of Minneapolis,
in sad County and State on the 31st
day of October, at ten (1O) o'clock A. M.
of that day, at public vendue, to the
highest bidder for cash, to pay the
amount then due on said mortgage, to-
gether with the costs of said foreclosure
and the sum of twenty-five Dollars
($25.0W attorneys fees, as stipulated in
and by said mortgage in case of fore
closure, subject to redemption at any
time within one ~ year from the date
of sale, as provided by law.
Dated this 2nd day Of September,
1914.
VICTORIA FORTIN,
Assignee of Mortgage.
N. A. LHERAULT,
Attorney for Assignee of Mortgage,
435 Palace Bldg,
10-16 Minneapolis, Minnesota
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Feuilleton de I'Echo de pOuest

All! que VOLTA bian une id6e DIN
g6nieur! repliqua Martin. ST nous
racontions la moindre chose au
commandant, il penserait que nous
nous moquons de lui, ct, 81 nous
insistions, il adresserait un rap
port a Paris, les journaux le publ
eraient, notre coquin de V6r6nine
serait prevent, il prendrait SEES
precautions. C'est quill ma
tout lair d'etre un gaillard redou-
table, ct TAI besoin de me trouver
en- iibert6 pour me mesurer avec
lui.
En- libert6? murmnra Michel.
Alors scion tot, il faut commencer
par reconqu6rir notre libert6, 81
nous voulons reconqu6rir notre re-
putation d'honnetes gems?
,-Oui.
Isl l'on prend partout lie meme
luxe de precautions que sur cette
fr6gate, une evasion ne sera gu6re
facile.
Bah! on vera. fit Martin avec
insouciance. En- ce moment, il ny
a rien q tenter. Attentions notre
arrivee pour songer a celia. MOI,
je vais d6visser lie chronom9tre du
capitaine pour bien voir comment
celia est fat. Je crois que, bien-
tot, je serai capable de diriger I'm
navire!
-As-tu l'intention de to faire
marin? lui demanda Michel en-
RANT.
-Dam! On ne salt pas &c qui
peut arriver. Toi. 6tudie bien ia
machine a vapeur. LIE jour GU 'au-
raj un navire a diriger, je te prends
CONNIE mecanicien en- chef.
Michel travaiila distraitement
tout lie jour, il etait bouIevers6 par
les conclusions ST logiques de Mar
tin. II await bien toujours song6
a s'6vader, mails, apr6s sa condam-
nation, il await d6sesp6r6 de jamais
Sc justifer, tandis que, il en- ENTIRE
voyait la p%ossibilit6.
La mutt les deux amis Sc trouv4-
rent ensembles, ct recommenc6rent
leur conversation de la matinee;
plus lis approfondissaient la ques-
ton, plus lis acqu6raient la con-
viction que le coupable 6tait &C.
raid V6r6nine, faisant marcher
quelque complice de has 6tage.
Tant que la fr6gate tenait la mer,
lis parlaient de tout celia avec bon
ne humeur, s'imaginant qu'ils
avaient pu s'6chapper de la Nou-
velIe-C Caledonia ct qu'ils rentraie Mt
triomphants a Paris pour punir lie
miserable, mails, des qu'on arrivait
dams un port ct qu'on les laissait
impitoyablement enferm6s dams
leur cage, ills ACKNOWLEDGMENT ct
Sc laissaient aller q de Sounds ac-
ces de col4re.
On 6tait entire maintenant dams
lOc6an Paciique. Encore quel-
ques semaines. ct on arriverait d
Noum6a. II faisait chaud, les We
tements de toile avaient remplac6
les vetements de lame. Malgr6 la
facon bienveiilante don't ills 6taient
trait6s, il tardait aux deux amis
d'arriver. On fit encore relache
aux lies Gambler, puts la fr6gate
rapldement son chemin
vers la Nouvelle-C Caledonia. Un
matin, CONNIE lie surveillant n'ou-
vrait aucune cage, on lui demanda'
-Est-ce que nous allons mouiI-
Ter quelque part?
LIE surveillant cut un gros rire
Of dit:
-Oui oui, nous sommes arrives
au bon, III vrai mouillage.
-Alors en- ne fera pas monter
sur lie pont, CONNIE d'habitude?
On vous y fera monter tout d
'heure.... GU demain. Et cette
:ois, c'est d terre que vous descen-
Nous sommes done d Ia Nou-
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lsuite a la 3eme Page)

Votre maison est-eIle assur6e
contre la p~rochaine tempete. Re-
f6chissez. Bonnie assurance con-
tire la temp4te chez Bolduc ct De-
meules, 3O5 Avenue Centrale,
Spruce 1888.
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velle? s'@cri6rent tous les forcats
avec bonheur.
VII
La NoUvE.LE
La Nouvelle!.

Ce nom excitait la curiosit6 de
tous les transport6s. Que de fois,
dams leur vie a%vantureuse, lis Ia
vaient pronounce!
La "Mugissante' 6tait .depuis
deux Jours dams la bale de Nou-
m6a. Pendant ce temps, on await
laiss6 les forcats dams leurs cages.
LIE commandant du bord await pas
Sc oticiellement toutes les pieces
qui les concernaient an gouverneur
de la %colonie, ct le gouverneur les
await lui-meme remises au direc-
teur du service p6nitentiaire, qui
6tait venu s'entendre avec lie COM
mandant de la fregate, pour les
measures de d6barquement. LIE
moment 6x6 pour ce d%6barque-
ment 6tait arrive. On amenait les
forcats sur le pont par groupe de
cinquante. Settlement, ces grou-
pes n'6taient plus form6s In peu au
hasard CONNIE a Re.
Pendant la travers6e, plusieurs
hommes s'6taient r6volt6s, quel-
ques-uns avaient etc mis- au cachot.
Ce fut ceux qu'on appela les pre-
miers, par leur num6ro matricule.
LIE surveillant en- chef du p6niten-
cier les passa en- revue, leur fit en-
lever tous les objets qui n'6taient
pas r6glementaires, ct on les con-
duisit a Tile Nou, Oh ills devaient
etre l'objet dune surveillance sp6-
ciale. On fit ensuite monter les
malades, qui furent conduits a
l'h6pital. Enfn, les cent malheu-
reux qui restaient furent amen6s
sur le pont. C'etait ceux don't la
conduite await 6t6 bonnie durant la
travers6e ct qui allaient etre en-
ploy6s, soft aux travaux du peni
tencier, soft aux travaux de coloni-
sation.
Michel ct Martin avaient etc
places les premiers. LIE surveillant
en- chef les regarda, apr6s avoir
examine leurs notes donn6es par lie
commandant de Palou6t, ct qui
6taient celles-ci: "Num6ros 403l
ct 1882. Conduite exemplaire pen
dant toute la trevers6e. Grande
douceur. Ont meme rendu de Sc
rieux services a bord, Pun CONNIE
ing6nieur-m6canicien, l'antre COM
me horloger. Tres dignes d'int6-
ret".
LIE surveillant en- chef murmura:
rUn ing6nieur ct un horloger,
dignes d'int6ret, VOLTA qui va rude
ment faire l'affaire de la colonie.
Puts ii continue l'examen DIES
autres focats. Les deux amis re-
gardaient l'aspect de Tile qui offre
IN bien curieux coup d'oeil avec
sa bordure continue de r6cits de
corail blanc. La vile de Noum6a
s'6tendait devant eux, au centre
dune immense rade born6e au
nord par la presqu'1le Ducos ct do
min6e par lie fort Constantine,
compos6e en- general de maisons
de bois, au milieu desquelles Sc
dressent quelques centaines de
constructions en- maconnerie.
Une heure apr4s, les cent for
cats 6taient d%6barqu6s ct men6s q
leurs cases par I'm surveillart de
classe. Les cases, dams
lesquelles habitent les condamn6s,
sont constitutes en- pierres ct en-
moellons; Giles ont vingt metres de
sur cinq de largeur, Giles
sont ferm6es par une grille en- fer.
Les condamn6s sont au nombre de
par case; deux cases,
c'est-a-dire cent hommes, torment
I'm peloton, qui est commando par
I'm surveillant. Michel ct Martin
en- tete du peloton; lis
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LES PLULEs ROUGEs sont en- vente la Pharmacie ROSE BOB Avenue Centrae
Echo de l'ouest. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1883-1929, 1914-10-09
z PILULES RoUGES

Beaucoup de fe1nmes, sans etre reellernent
malades, sont souffrantes, ne Sc portent pas b1en,
mont pas autant de force qu'elles lie desireraient,
subissent souvent des ma1aises5 ct des genes qui,
sans etre graves, attristent beaucolp leur exls-
tence ct chagrinent leurs amies ct lelr encourage.
Get etat CONSIGNMENT aggrave leur fat craindre
de ne jamais trouver une fin a leurs souffrances.
Files ont fait tant ct 81 solvent d'essais de gueri-
son infructueux qu'elles ont perdu tout courage,
toute vigueur. LIE moral est affecte ct, par suite,
leur corps est affaibli, Ienergie parait avoir quite
tous leurs membres, la melancolie ct la ~tristesse
s'emparent d'elles ct elles voient tout en- noir.
Ce quill fault, c'est reagir, remonter le moral et
lie physique ct pour celia il NY a rien daussi eff
CAGE que les Pilules Rouges. Leur action puis-
samment reconstituante ct regeneratrice du sang
en- meme temps ~qu'epurante, produit %toujours TN
effet merveilleux.
Files agissent sur lie sang qu'elles rajeunissent
ct &c grand rafraichisseur des cellules enfievrees
ct douloureuses reprend, sous leur poussee, sa
mission souveraine qui est de porter la vie aux
extremites les plus lointaines de letre humain.
Sous leur magique influence, la creature trap
pee ct decouragee Sc relieve, lutte; rappetit qui
la fuyait revient ct la terrible crise daffaissement
ct de debilite qui lavait abattue est c%onjuree pour
faire place a I'M etat de sante parfaite.
La lettre %suivante montre Faction pulssante
de ce merveilleux remede:
Compagnie Chimique Franco-Americaine,
274 rue Saint Denis, Montreal.
Messieurs,
'.Je vous remercie bien sincerement des excel
tents conseils que vous m'avez prodigues ct qui
ont 81 gr~andenent aide les Pilules Rouges, prises
sur votre prescription, dams leur oeuvre de recupe-
ration ct de reinforcement de mon systerne, 81 iris
ternent affaibli.
Depuis deux ans environ je sentais que je per-
dais constamment des forces. Je %souffrais de fai-
blesse de tous mes 1nernbres, avais des maux de
tete ct des palpitations de occur reellernent mena-
eants. Solvent jetais obligee de laisser la mon
Outrage pour retourner a la maison, ct aussitot
rentree chez moi je perdais connaissance, ct, PEN
dant de tongues heures, je restais impuissante ct
inerte.
Les docteurs que j'avais consultes, me disaient
tous que mon Outrage etait trop penible ct que
mes malaises etaient causes par la fatigue ct La
CONSULTATIONS GRATUITES.-Les fem1
mkdecins, peuvent les consulter par %lettres; sur leur
les aidera q bien detailler leur etat ct a bien lie faire
d6crits, nos medecins indiqueront les moyens a prem
Les Pilules Rouges, jamais vendues autrement
la Compagnie Chimique Franco-Americaine, Sc trou7
Giles ne sont vendues de porte en- porte. Files son
Etats- Unis, sur reception du prix, Soc. une boi
etre adressees:
COMPAr~-- ru1NTQUE FRANCo-AMER1,
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|debilite qui en- resultaient. Dependant, lis ne par
|%venaient pas a. faire ~rena1tre mon energie ct a me
|rendre quelque vigueur. J'en etais toute triste ct
|decouragee ct je me revoltais a lidee de roster
|toute ma vie terrassee ct propre a rien.
Aussitot que je vous al ecrit ct que jai reeu
|votre reponse avec toutes vos BONES recomman-
|dations je les al scrupuleuseraent misses a execu-
ton. Je les al suivies a la lettre ct avec laide DIES
Pilules Rouges qui mont rapidernent reconfortee,
|stimulee ct t%onifiee, j'ai vite repris IN meilleur
etat de sante. Mon estonac surtout qui etait 81
delabre, qui ne pouvait rien digerer, a recornmence
Ia fonctionner Requirement ct aussitot jai senti
mon energie ~rena1tre. Mes couleurs sont revenues
|au visage ainsi que Ielasticite dams mes mouve-
ments ct lie moral surtout s'est retabli.
Depuis lie mois de mars dernier, je sens que je
|suis plus forte que je ne l'ai jamais etc ct que ma
est radicale. 81 je continue a prendre des
Pilules Rouges de temps en- temps, c'est pour evil
ter toute rechute future possible. Ma sante fait
ladrniration de toutes les personnes qui mont
connue malade ct qui me voient 81 bier aujour-
d'hui." = Votre bien devouee, Mile ANNIE RI
|cHARD, IS rue Worcester, Nashua. N. H.
mes qui sont trop ~@loign6es pour venir voir nos
demande, nous leur enverrons I'm QUESTIONABLE qui
Apres une &tude serieuse DIES symphonies
DIRE pour combattre lie NAL.
QUEEN bottles de so pilules ct portant Petiquette de
vent chez tous les marchands de remedies. Jamais
t aussi envoyees par Ia poste, au Canada ct aux
tie, $3.50 six bottles. Toutes les lettres doivent
GAME, 274 rue Saint-Denis, Montreal.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-11
llettoe Of 0ertkses sale

Notice Ia hereby given. that that certain
mortgage executed and delivered by Chris
Henter. mortgagOr, to L. w. Leithead DRUG
Company. a corporation, mortgage. dated
the 18th day of May. 1917. and filed for re
cord In heO Office oil the Register of Deeds
In n for the County of BOttineau, State
of North Dakota. on the is day of Aug. l9l;
ct 9:02 O'cloc q. ri. and recorded in Book
% OF Mortgages on q HH, will be fore
closed by a sale of the premises in such
mortgage n hereinafter described. at the
tront door Ofthe Court House in the city OF
Bottineau. County of BOttineau and State
OF North Dakota. on the 10Th day of Sept
.9l@.at the hour of 2 O'Clock p. M. to satisfy
the amount due upon said mortgage on
the date of sale.
The premises described In such mort
gage. and which will be sold to satisfy the
same. are described as follows.
Lot Eigh () in Block (5) in the Village OF
Gardena. Count of Bottineau, State ot
North Dakota.
There will be due on such mortgage on
the date of sale the sum of One ThOusand
fifty nine and l2-lOOths q .O69.l II Dollars.
Dated this 10th day of Aug. 1914.
l.. w. Leithead Drug Company
-, NOrtXagee
Weeks & NOunn.
Attorneys for ~nIortgagee.
E%Ottineau. North Dakota.
Aug. l4-2l-2S-S
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-11
WIRELESS FOG GUN.
Automatic Device For Warning Ship.
ping In Thick Weather.

A system of wireless control that IL
now being applied successfully at sew.
eral points in Scotland seems to have
solved the problem Of distant control
Of acetylene fog guns located at points
difficult Of access and provides a means
by which a number Of such i~nStalla-
tons may be operated from one wire
less station without the necessity for
visiting the different signals except for
milking repairs and replenishing the
supply of gas. says Popular Mechanics.
When started 1t automatically feeds
and fires itself at regular intervals IN,
til the supply OF acetylene runs out.
and the wireless control simply pro
vides a means Of starting 1t when there
is II fog and stopping it when the fo.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-11
Our Mexican Border.

The California Mexican border covers
1872 miles. Arizona has 300 miles Of
border On Mexico. New Mexico neigh
boris with the MexicunS for 40 miles
and Texas lies along the Mexican
boundary for more than WW miles.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-11
A Portrait.

When he can't get front seats at the
theater he growls about the box Office
discrimination; when he can he de,
cides not to take them after all-for
the show can't be u good one, or they
would have been gone long ago. We
all know the complete pessimist. He Is
almost as depressing as the profes.
sional optimist.-Collier's Weekly.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-11
In No Hurry,

"A lecturer m %torrentiaI night ad
dressed an audience which might have
been much larger without taxing the
seating capacity of the hall. Naturally
be was willing to curtail his address.
and. having reached what be consid
cred the psychological moment. said
I'm afraid I've kept you toe long,
Whereupon a voice replied. "0o on
ttsD still raining"
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-11
Raw Potatoes.

Few people are tempted to eat pota.
toes raw. vet those who have done ~
have been made to suffer for their rash
hess. for raw potatoes contain a poison
U alkalOid called solanine. This aka
loid disappears with cooking.
The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-11

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The Bottineau courant. (Bottineau, Bottineau County, N.D.) 1895-1929, 1914-09-11
FOG GUN AND WIRELESS FlKEK.

Tears without going near the sigma.
Furthermore. the wireless apparatus j.
80 arranged and tuned that it is not il.
terfered with by the more powerful
waves that may be sent out by paSSin-
ships or by other wireless stations
The control waves are sent out by -
ordinary wireless station Of rather low
power. while the waves are received ~
the fog gun by four short aerials. The
electric impulses then pass through It
special form Of coherer t. a reln,
which is very sensitive. but has a lary,
movement. and is therefore capable ~
keeping in adjustment under al! tenn
perature conditions. From the rela,
the impulses pass alternately to tw.
synchrOnizers. each OF which Is con
nected with one of two electro mag
nets thatycOntrOl 4 needle valve in tn,
outlet of the acetylene tank. Whrr
n OF these magnets is energiZed il
opens the needle valve and causes tn,
gun to begin and continue feeding AMI
firing itself automatically. and wlIrn
the other magnet Is energiZed III.
valve IL closed and locked. shutting of,
the supply Of acetylene and theref":.
stopping the operation Of the gun.
Coal Waste Utilized.
The mountains OF culm Or cOal waist"
which break the sky line throughout
the anthracite coal region Of %I'ennSy;
vania and which were for many years
considered Il nuisance are now being
made to serve n very useful purpose.
There Is at present a market for al
most any grade OF anthracite that vii!
burn. and no more Goa goes to the
culm bank except for temporary stOr.
age and subsequent recovery by wash
erS These range Of artificial hills.
unSiGhtly monuments to former waste.
are contributing their share to the total
coal production and are rapidly disaE
pearing. Even the waste from the
rulm hank washers Is being utilized.
for it is flushed into the mines and
partly Ellis old workings. where it &c
ments together and furnishes support
to the roof when the o a previously
eft for pillars is removed.
The Modern Young Mans Slogan.
In a story by Edna Ferber in the
American Magazine a character named
Jock makes the following comment:
these days 1t isn't SO much what
you've got In you that counts as what
you can bring out. l know the young
mans slogan used to be Work and
watt or something pretty like that
But these days they've boiled 1t down
to n word-'Produce'w
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-14

Secretary OF the Navy Daniels GER
tainly had one big think when he in
Sailors Like cationsI classes in.
innovation. to the navy. 1t is
one OF the biggest
steps yet taken by the navy depart
ment In the way Of educational i'm
1roVement OF young men of the navy.
While Secretary Daniels must have
lad approval OF his own mind in his
snorts In this direction. it must give
aim very great pleasure to learn that
nearly every man in the feet IN the
Atlantic reserve squadron is planning
take up either the academic or tech.
ical course OF instruction. or both,
I'D that the educational feature imme-
ately became popular. Since the
ders for the formation OF the
hools we're received. officers of the
Jet have been engaged In selecting
structors. Classes will be held foI
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-14

Is minutes every afternoon, and there
will De systematic course in each
branch OF study.
On some OF the vessels In reserve
which have small crews the men viii
study together. There is but one
school for the battleships Iowa, In
diana and Massachusetts,. The men
Of the Kearsarge and Kentucky and
the Illinois and Alabama will join
their classes. while those OF the
cruiser Montgomery, the repair ship
Panther and the scout cruiser Salem
will study With the men OF the battle
ship Wisconsin,. ~
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-14

Under no circumstances should
fresh and dried fruits be considered
luxury, since
Nutrition IN they supply the
Dried Fruits. needed nutritive
material as an in
liet, besides adding to the attractive
ness of the daily fare, according to
nutrition specialists of the depart
ment Of agriculture. II they are to
be eaten raw, brands made and mar
keted in clearly way should be OBJ
tanned.
The amount of dried fruit produced
in the United States increased 575 per
cent. between 1899 and 1909. Califor-
MIA produced more than four-fifths OF
the yearly output. According to a
rough estimate each person in this
country consumes on an average OF
five or six pounds of dried fruit a
year.
The value Of dried fruit grows from
between four and FIVE million dollars
TO over twenty-one million dollars In
ten years. The average wholesale
price, however, has not advanced with
the increased demand; on the con-
trary it has dropped from about five
and a half cents to four and a hall
cents per pound.
Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1914-04-14

ErrNn 49, -,~- ~
A congressman OF canny Scotch an
cestry contributed a story OF disputes
In the glens about
Had No Use the antiquity and
for Noah's Ark. Importance Of their
respective clans. A
Campbell pronounced Cammle) and
a Mclean were one day disputing and
the Campbell said his clan had existed
before the days Of Abraham. Isaac and
Jacob, for he said, Does the Bible not
say that when Isaac lifted up his eyes
he saw that the camels were comingT
(Gen. xiv, 63.)
"Hoot, mon," said the other, what's
that to the McLeans7 The McLeans
are as old as the world ITSELF"
DO you mean to tell me that the
McLeans lived before the fiood?" asked
Campbell.
ITO be sure" said Mclean, long be
fore the food"
But the whole OF the people was
drowned said Campbell, excepting
the one family that went into Noah's
ark"
"Noah's ark" retorted Mclean scorn-
fully. What would the McLeans
want wi Noahs ark? Who ever heard
Of a Mclean that hadna a boat O. his
ain?"
Laughter rang through the corridors
as the little group scattered and d.
vided itself into pairs and trios as
some made their way to the house Of
flee building and others marched gay
ly out to the tune of Home, Sweet
Home. National Magazine.