Show ONE THAT WAS AVAS BROKEN story of a new years tears resolution solution Ro I 1 had gregory in the states ire ife aass as an A no I 1 young fellow and we hall hail worked side by side lor three years at it tl alie ie tane desk in a little holesak hous house e in ili lowa iowa how gregoli y ever hap I 1 e ped to leavo leave canada awl lind find it his IS way to iowa is too long and too dull doll it a story to tell but he did md lairid his there and soon after he armed we became great chums ue lie hang bung in fit the choir made out the bills of the concern for which wf we worked rode horseback and had boils of the four occupations the bolls boils seemed to interest him most and no te wonder were wita he used to bade up to me ine and say took k nt at my neck meek will you old fellow all e it if that spot looks like a boil y T ma Lit it did we ul d to advise him what to do 0 for them and d lie he did it our desk drovers we e full of ills his tonics and in d lotions a and d sn fites and v m hen anyone pulled one 0 of f I 1 his 11 special 1 e in I 1 dra drawers viers open nix an odor like a an apo apothecary heenry shop j but all this has noth g to do with my story t ry yuh when e u gregory bregory wa ailed back to canada lie he made nic me promise iise to visit hint him at sutton west some tune time he said it was the moyt moat beautiful spot in in tile the world and that it had bad a climate as much superior to ours here in lowa iowa as is gold to ica so when I 1 found I 1 was to have two weeks vacation luring during the christmas holidays int in 93 I 1 wrote lini that I 1 was aos coming ills his reply to rily my li n thusia the weather was superb the sleighing excellent a cletty cousin was I 1 visiting them come right along and he laid had it a bit biff g c carbuncle irb uncle on his arm so I 1 went to get to sutton you go ahr through ough toronto and up a little branch railway and from sutton you arh drice e several eral miles to 1 sut slit too ton west niest along the of lake lahe Siri coe gregory met me at the station and wrapped capped me well nall in robes A servant boie ioe gregory explained that lie would lame have handled the ribbons himself aad he been able but owing to liis his carbuncle lie was obliged to carry his arm aria in ill a sling ile he was do dow aright glad to re me anil and asked questions all cheva the v n to i aution sutton avest about the old friends 11 1 I ion lo 10 a I 1 enjoyed the first half of the ride but tile last halt was decidedly cold it seem beems that they had had a change of 0 NA eather and w v ere now having a genii wile ine canadian w A later inter the place which they called old Sol herwood front fronted d on the lale lake and vas fl as a rambling old building in the 1 ical cal english lin glish style there m were ere it rooms and they dept 13 stores in continual ont inual action tile the room without a stove was man an extra room in the title and was used ti col for a tore attore loom 1 agory hn ml that au tin tb men turned out ont in till alic fall find and balli wood food anil and then thell when bert snow fell all beall pan chopping tho tholia lii arid and copl hopped ad until time lime to plant in alir 1 ito ihring it dept Kory rf buy busy bus y freling feeding tahe hit floies R lit lir ikwild fill up number one and then lill fill number iiii niber awo and so ho on and by be lini had number 33 3 stoked lit he u I 1 bt really 1 1 lond tiara lier ber one a hi 1 I tot riot be able w 9 gia mound it I 1 linion anio rind nd the lie fire fin in it ifill I 1 bif od lid 1 hr oot ont afore ile be lt 1 I 1 ia I 1 ia I 1 I 1 tir of wood tin faunl 1 dor w t cimpl 4 tp rp burled li a joo font drift ani nod gregory lol dule ignas a lui im I 1 IV thing for if it lind inclan and nn inn one should have open dithe front anti avar doors at the same diw 1110 lahe IWA gulij anoll I bar have bvm bv 1 1 c im loy 13 stones out it antie t 1 ho house aann inn elt 11 ron botor 10 toronto to hii i t balc as what they CM caleel ca lerl pricing pT icing v catliff catli fr vp there domn in lo 10 iowa ve P mould hale locked ourselves our seles ps indoors nud aud said what a fearful bli lizi lizina ard nl and they M to enjoy v it tile girl cousin alnut Cr bregory pory egory alid not nol hillid it in ill tho the least and acl 1 her skates and sail out ont 9 or oc a little spin on the ice on days lien whether v e lind bad not better belter tie tic tile the house to tile the trees to leep heep it from blowing away but then she was accustomed to it she had never been farther south than toronto ariff frequently ly spent herwin her winters there she was girl too eisaw I 1 saw that the first first time I 1 met her and I 1 saw it more plainly every day adny dy the wife I 1 had grown a little accustomed cus tomed to the beautiful climate we were quite good friends friend nud and as reg orys carbuncle practically confined him to to the smoking room i 1 lie pleasure ol of escorting her aulter on her numerous nume rons shat ing trips naturally fell to me and I 1 did not khorll buirk my duty she vi as an only child and am her father was wasa a clerk in ili one of the toronto banks the commerce and maud was very dea der r J KEPT BUSY ane STOVES she ad t oai course in it a school and felt bersel ea equipped for the position batso bili 11 not mgt inured it of so lid did too for that matter mailer for ilie he alfi h ago 00 degn on quite a society girl and both she slie be picked up and oft off before she even got a aliee a bo grapher I 1 thought so myself 1 A mase I 1 r etar it was the last day of ia sitting in the smoking room adall the others were verr in the licit rolff rooan which they called the warm wa because it ANz quite as is cold lid aabye s te others when hie next mail coln banus gregory broucht brou me ine a letter from boss and I 1 was reading it when hen I 1 baard ard maud say in her quiet w way avitie Avy utie tie I 1 may as well tell you I 1 am eng 1 lr then ilen 1 I ayd rd mrs gregory get up and a nd po go ore over andl kiss maud and it as I 1 dont I 1 I 1 like to 0 jear conversations boorn is meant 1 for other As I 1 w ent up to my I 1 room an and d stoked up tze tire fire I 1 may ay agell ell own that iwas I 1 was cut up a 1 1 little IT t L fa for r I 1 had begun began to lile like blaud a little too well for my 0 n comfort and while I 1 had bad no real hope of ev ever cr v winning himin her it in mas as rather it a shock to learn that she was actually engaged and that I 1 ans to have ro chance at all I 1 pulled led out toy my NN writing material wit wih h a adjei jei kand und anaw ered the letter re cell ed i in it at a pretty bad mood and then smoked a pir pire e and read a bit and before I 1 it it was late gregory came in and sat on tile lie bed awhile and t that NN aas as to como come off the next day clay and illen lie ile incidentally rema remarked remarK cd you letl in ird il A 11 lid sit N she was engaged at last am mi A yes vs 1 aid 1 I did irn her his name said gregoi doiy yz i ii ich old fellow runs a furn furniture e factory in toronto oil alil I 1 said then gregor left and I 1 pulled out my lay note bool I 1 to took it a ne v leaf and set about aboul iri SOUK some resolutions reao ul ions tor for M I 1 do it e acry ry year vear ard and ui om u i ally I 1 lech them this time I 1 thought for lull U awhile before I 1 could of any rt forming I 1 d and at leneth 1 baz c it up and simply wrote resolved that I 1 will be a bachelor till all my life then I 1 shut ib alin bool arid and went to bed and matui naturally ally dreamed of maud you see EPI how far gone I 1 was the riet next domms IN we e were all a 11 at atell t alien vi bonic one introduced tile the subject t you are th only one to 0 o 1111 rt to me mr cutler butler she he saul anul feigning ai aaa of ol Tense c 1 I nt 1 I 0 10 o congratulate you miss mul maud I 1 said n and r A I 1 I 1 hope your en ruin kiy lead 10 nothing iny but 11 1 pi urns for 5 3 on oil oil oh it will lio said haid it yon yen knew mr Si nillson 1 I on could not doubt it lie is he kindest mai lie iagust the inna inan I 1 should haic bale picked of all the mon in en I 1 11 know now indeed lil deed I 1 imagined imag rocil that you trl him in a v ay in such a matter oue one usually of couise she said 1 I chose hiro him but still it lay with liim too for without his consent ills ilia consent I 1 cried why yes she lie said lie he lad had boac to accept me before accept you mis araud I 1 exclaimed you certainly did not pro propose to him certainly I 1 did she said you dont think I 1 could have bare got the position the position I 1 said amazed what position aby as stenographer r pher of cou course r se kniat did you think I 1 had and then she must have seen through my stupid s blunder for she blushed and as for me there was no staying lit at the same table with gregory ire after that so BO I 1 went up lop to my room and lore up tip the only ic solution I 1 had madeford made for tile the new kew year and to IL mac ake a long story short we NN were ere married at sutton west maud and 1 I that summer and gregory was my best man which position he filled very antell in spite of a boil on his neck ELLIS EILIS DUTLER |