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001B6B76 Premier Just a Customer to Two Toronto Clerks Ottawa Address Even Failed To Give Clue to His Identity How many Canadians would know Premier hlackenzie King if they saw him? If you happened to have an hour's conversation with him and he mentioned that his name vvas King, would you know him to be the head of the Liberal parti The foHoiving incident, which recently happened in Toronto. may prove nothing except that even. man is not destined to be a detective: A quietly dressed customer walked into one of the city' leading furniture sholm. He was alone. He browsed thxough the corridors for fully five minutes before he was questioned by a salesman and made his wishes known. He ivould like to see some small wooden boxes and an oak table, he said. IVith his customer following, the salesman stalked to the rear of the store where the tables were to be found. The two stood in conversation about the merits of various pieces of furniture for more than an hour, in which time ten tables were inspected. At last the customer was satis- fied and he agreed to buy one table. 'a am certain you urio be sat- isfied. sir. Of course, this will be polished np before it is deliv- ered--what is the name, sir?o "King." "Yes, Bfr. King; and what is the frat name?" "hviaiam, William King--Ot- tawa." %1 ile the salesman was jot- ting down this information, the customer looked about and, finding the store well filled, re- marked: "Business seems to be good." "Yes, Mr. King, business is good at this season. Picking up remarkably well. And how do you find business?" "Not so good as we should like Rather unsettled at pres- ent " "That is unfortunate. But, of course. the election had an un- settling effect on some busi- nesses. "Mine was one of those. The election affected it." "Oh, well, don't worry, sir. Fire at Capilano A fierce bush Are raged on the west side of Capilano Creeli. close to the suspension bridge, Monday night. District police and fire fighters with a large gang of volunteers avere en- gaged through the night fight- ing the Aameru No serious dam- age had been done so far as could be learned. Deer Was Washed Up On Sunday the carcase of a young deer was ivashed ashore at the foot of Nineteenth and IVaterfaont. From its condition it evidently had not been dead long, and had apparently been drowned, although from the presence of a small wound on the neck it might previously have been injured in a fight. The tide washed the carcase out into tne gulf again. Soon ive'H have a good old Con- sen ative government running things and then things will im- piov'e. "No, I don't think we will have a Conservative government. If we did, I don't think that would improve rnv business." "And what is your business, mav I ask v" "Everybody'." "Oh, I see. sir; magazines ". It was two days later when the customer returned to make further inquiury about the table sn.l to inspect some boxes. He mentioned that the boxes must be of antique effect suitable as containers of private papers or jewelry. A different salesman attended the wants of the cus- tomer. "A table is being prepared for me; I should like to see it and also some old boxes." "Yes sir, and what is the name'I" "King--IV. L. King." "Yes, Mr. King. Just this wsy." replied the clerk. While making his pilgrimage to the rear of the shop for the second time the proprietor saw his distinguished customer, re- cognized him as the prime min- ister and greeted him most warmly. Neitl.er clerk had had any knowledge of his customer' identity, although both had been Toronto residents for years and read the newspapers regularly. TIIE IVEST VAN NEWS Br. J3. E. Knipfrl I'hysician and Surgeon EI.ECTRICAL and b'IOI.ET RAY TREATIRIENTS Ambleside Block. Cor. 14th and Marine Office Phone hVest 166 Residence Phone DVest SBR YOI'R vi'IFE YOUR DAt CIITER 'YOUR LAI)Y FIIIEVD-- Aii euioy Good Candy aud so will you. Wc make it aud have a good siock made up fov your soiociiou. iuciudiug: Chocolate Ivaiuua Cream Maple Walnut Cream Turkish Cream Nougat Cream Caramcis Buiicracoich Evcrion Tolfcs Turkish Delight Cocoanut Cream Dnndarava Candy Shop Mavlac Dvivc. Next to Ed. Slack'a Fire at Mr. Bonih'I Residence At 7:30 last Monday mght a fire broke out in the house occu- pied bv blr. H. Booth on Twenty- second Street. The fire brigade made a quick run, but owing to the absence of Mr. Booth and his family at the time, the fire had got well under way before the alarm was given. The in- terior of the kitchen and base- ment were badly burnt, but the quick work of the fire brigade succeeded in saving the furni- ture and the rest of the house. The cause of the fire is un- known, but it is surmised that ti;e intense heat of the sun shin- ing through the basement win- dows may have set on fire some shavings. The house, which is owned by Mr. Percy Downey, is fully covered by insurance. Mr. Downey wishes to thank the members of the Fire Bri- gade and the friends and neigh- bours who so very ably and promptly assisted in subduing the firse as described above. Bfr. Walhngton, a retired farmer from Saskatchewan, has rented bfrs. Herrins'ottage on Haywood Avenue. THE CHILDREN'S CORNER Here are two stories. They are both true. One is the tale of a man whose centenary was celebrated in Canada a year or two ago. The other is of a Pol- ish workman who died last year. They belonged to different generations and countries, but both proved the glorious truth that man is master of his fate. Francis Parkman was a New Englander whose family had come to Massachusetts before a brick was laid there. In his blood lingered a love of those vast forests of the past, and of the hazards that beset the path of the pioneers. So m his youth he determined to write the his- tory of how the white men con- quered the virgin wilderness of Canada and raised a nation. But at the very outset of his work his eyesight failed. Almost any man would have given up afi hope of becoming a great historian. Yet Francis Parkman managed to overcome every difficulty, and he went on with his task, though it wss only at the rate of six lines a day. When at length his first book was finished no one would , read it. Undismayed, he began fifteen years of work upon an- other. Then followed 27 years of further toil. His last book was published, and as soon as that was done Parkman died. Now all the Western World honors him as the writer of an epic. The history of Canada, which he wrote so painfully and yet so lovingly, is full of the deeds of heroes, French and English; but no gaoant deed in its pages is braver than Parkman's when he took up the pen he could not see. IVhat man cursed by afffictton need despair if Parkman could triuumph over difficulties so for .nidable'? Let us turn from the New IVorld to a dark part of the Old. Ladislas Reymont was born in 1868 in a part of Russian Poland. He was a poor laborer's son. There was a village school, but the little boy was expelled from it for loving Poland too openly. Reymont had lost his only chance of education. He became a railway porter at a pound a month. Then he started to write stories and articles on pieces of waste paper in the station wait- ing room. These grimy, ia- written manuscripts could not fail to attract attention when they reached the offices of War- saw papers. But the editors who began by laughing at the writing ended by becoming ex- cited over the style. The porter became a famous writer whose work was translated into foreign tongues, and whose novel, "The Peasants," won the Nobel Prize. In his story, Reymont'8 love of his native countryside shines as clear as it did in the heart of the little schoolboy who was ex- peoed for patriotism. When he lay dying, Reymont whispered to those about him: "I want to be buried in Polish soil." Vo millionaire could buy the world prize this porter won. No king could obtain it on account of his birth. But Reymont set out with far less advantages than any Canadian working boy, and he won it. THE TRUE TALE OF TWO MEN July 16th, 1026, The Hollyburn Lumber Co., Ltd. CSacccssovs ao The Pacific Coast Impova a Export Ca'y) Foot of Inih Sanest sa vvaicvfvoaa Rcsidcacoi Wont naanOffics Phone 1Vssa 84 We carry a Full and Complete Line of Lumber. Agents for COALMONT COLLIERIES Large stock of Lump and Nut Conl always on hand. We Want Your Business M. 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