WHEN Mrs. Wendell reached the old house that afternoon, Jeffries came down the steps to greet her. His head was carried a little higher than usual, and she thought he looked haggard as if from sleepless nights; but his manner was unchanged. He had ordered tea served on the lawn; and after she had poured it, he turned to her with a twisted smile.By MRS. WILSON WOODROW29 min
BUT to his wife he was "Mr. Bloomin' Everyfink." An Armistice Day story that has nothing about war in it, but is the story of an `ero just the same.By LLEWELLYN HUGHES28 min
“TO THE man on the street who is unimpressed by statistics, even when they reveal appalling losses to our timber resources, by forest fires, Mr. Pease has a message which is at once informative and interesting. “Incidentally, there is vividly disclosed something of the stupendous task which confronts those in Canada who are responsible for the protection of her timber and the proper management of her vast forest areas, a task which is impossible of accomplishment without the sympathetic co-operation of the entire Canadian citizenship.”By O. C. PEASE21 min
THERE are not many men who can look back on ninety-seven years of active life; not many who at this age can face life with an unclouded intellect, and with the enthusiasm of young manhood; but Adam Brown is of the number. One of those who have known him for many years, remarked recently:By JOSEPH LISTER RUTLEDGE18 min
“Real Wages” Higher Than Since 1913; New Loans Readily Absorbed; But Business Men and Farmers Realize Acutely That, to Considerable Degree, They Must Wait on Europe’s RecoveryBy GILBERT E. JACKSON12 min
A SLIM, youthful figure clad in riding breeches, leather leggings, a three-quarter coat, and a boyish cap set jauntily on the back of the head came round the corner of the barn whistling merrily. A boy? No, a girl! A girl farmer of Southern Alberta.By E. L. CHICANOT11 min
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