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Fosty, George and Darril, with contributions by John Jelley. After six years of research and writing, the authors give us a history of hockey that is "the story of human cultural interaction and geographic migration. It is a game that spread worldwide from its original home in ancient Mesopotamia, along the banks of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers, moving over the centuries across much of the ancient and modern world. As human society developed, the game of hockey became closely associated with practices of religion.

An unread copy in collectible condition. John's, Breakwater Books Ltd.: Issued simultaneously with the hardcover. A bunch of Maritimers do a bit of drinking, a bit of womanizing, and a bit of adventuring. Cover illustration by Gerry Squires. Fraser's eighth book of fiction, one that adds to his growing reputation, and from all reports seems destined to gain him a wider audience than he currently enjoys. This copy signed by Fraser, on title page. Fraser tells the compelling story of "one of the all-time greatest contenders in the history of professional boxing -- Yvon Durelle -- the "fighting fisherman" who brawled his way from obscurity in a remote fishing village in New Brunswick to the top of the boxing world.

Mild slant, moderate cover soil, bumped spine ends, light corner wear, in pri This copy inscribed and signed by Durelle, on behalf of himself and his wife, Canadian author's fourth novel; a story based on historical fact, and set in A. In the Germany which produced Adolf Hitler, a group of Germans is caught up in the nightmare that devastated half of Europe. Ever-eloquent and classy, Irving Layton said of this book, "I'd give my right arm and left tit to have written 'Berlin Solstice. Devonshire, Bermuda Writers' Collective: A collection of seven stories by a Trinidadian-born writer living in Bermuda.

Frew, Alan, with Sharon Brennan. If your name is Katherine, if you think that Glass Tiger could well be the reason why the universe was created, if you have the blistering hots for Alan Frew, and if you're looking for a few life lessons told with wit and amusement, this "six-step recipe to success by doing what you're already doing" is the book for you. If your name is Earl or Lance or Raoul but everything else applies, then this is the book for you, too.

If you once knew someone named Katheri Herbert Boone professor of humanities and art history at Johns Hopkins University. Set in a distant future where Earth's technology has almost ceased to exist, a brawling drunkard finds himself involved in a scheme to leave the planet. This copy signed or inscribed, if you want on title page. A French-language collection of five stories. Tanned pages, light general wear. Cambridge, Cambridge University Press: These were the Children of Paul's. A bit of slant, light A series of conversations between a year-old girl and an Arab man who is a friend of her father, in which they attempt to understand each other's viewpoints and feelings on a number of topics.

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Remainder stripe to top edge,. New York, Pocket Books: A brilliant research physician who has been training to study living beings in space gets her opportunity, but once aboard an international space station things go dreadfully wrong when a culture of single-celled organisms gathered from the deep sea begin to multiply and infect the crew. This copy signed by author on title page. Ghafour "fled Khabul with her parents as a small child in ," and returned in as a journalist for the Daily Telegraph, "reporting for the paper, seeing more of the place that she and her family had once called home.

Victoria, Victoria Family History Society: Giles, born in in rural Saskatchewan, here recounts the story of his life, with observations on a variety of subjects. Typescript, pages, illustrated. The author chronicles "the year he spent with his family among the gorse, heather, and golfers of Gullane, Scotland, a town of a few thousand people east of Edinburgh, and the site of the British Open Championship. Albuquerque, University of New Mexico: Gillmor's classic novel of Navajo life in the early part of the 20th century.

Light edgewear, some flaking to left edge of front cover, a few impressions, faint foxing to edges. Internally still fairly tight and clean. Gionet's memoir of growing up in Middle Caraquet, New Brunswick. The memoir began as "a series of short pieces Mr. Gionet would send to members of his family every year for Christmas in lieu of traditional cards. A fourth-grade klutz with a few troubles meets an old man who claims to be a czar who lost control of all Russia on the snap of a single wishbone, and subsequently befriends the kid in an effort to help him develop a bit of self-confidence.

Can be difficult to turn up signed hardcover copies of this one, especially ones that aren't desecrated by librarians. A handsome, albeit unusual volume. An expanded version of the story which appeared in Amazing in Mutated children the result of a nuclear explosion are incapable of basic human skills but are possessed of nightmarish powers and amazing abilities, and are kept hidden from an unsuspecting world until, one night, they decide to go out and play. The inscription is to another sf writer of considerably lesser consequence, who is much less-known proving it, she misspelt his name , and dated.

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This copy signed by Griffey, on title page. An unread copy, internally tight and clean. Hage's first novel, winner of four major awards and a finalist for four more. Southport, Limited Edition Press: Sutton West, The Paget Press: A Montreal poet "depicts the journey travelled between two occasions, the transfiguration of the travellers, time wasted and time well spent. Harkes, John, with Denise Kiernan. Chelsea, Sleeping Bear Press: The first American to play in soccer in the English Premier League tells his story. Signed by Harkes on front end paper.

Christchurch, University of Canterbury Press: For more than three decades Irene Harris lived with an alcoholic. Daughter, sister, and mother to alcoholics, she sought help from "the Queen Mary Hospital at Hanmer Springs, as a non-drinking co-dependent. This copy inscribed on front end paper "To Vanda.

Hartzman presents "a study in miniature of Latin Americans in Canada. A collection of fourteen stories. This copy warmly inscribed to Philip Lee, erstwhile editor of the New Brunswick Reader before becoming editor-in-chief of the Telegraph Journal newspaper in Saint John, New Brunswick from to According to the front flap copy, this one "charts the tricky anatomy of obsession, capturing along the way the dilemmas of contemporary urban life, and our neverending quest to remedy the aches in our minds, bodies, and spirits. Mild general wear, in lightly rubbed dust jacket. The second Inspector David Bliss mystery.

A computer genius hunted by cyber-terrorists disappears while on on a cruise bound for Holland. Signed by author beneath his name on title page. These are "Real life experiences related directly from the mouth of the service man. Voices from the past, non record for family and our national heritage. Eager and determined -- they were mere boys one month, trained sailors, soldiers and air men the next.

An insomniac "affords an intimate look at one man's singular journey through contemporary life--from his sleep-disturbed childhood through his sleepwalking in adolescence to the height of his insomnia, when his partner struggles with AIDS and Hayes must face an increasingly troubling and debilitating sleep disorder. A Robin Hudson mystery. Our intrepid heroine has taken a new intern under her wing, but when the girl doesn't show after being invited to a Hallowe'en bash, Robin finds herself on a search through a night of murder and mayhem. Signed by Her Sparkleness on title page.

Dust jacket illustration by Mark Zingarelli. A hint of slant, bar code on rear pastedown. The story of a poet and boxer, who sets off into the world to make it, and whose sexual and professional misadventures take him from his boyhood in 'the Soo' as far as Egypt. A woman driving her friend's RV from Idaho to Alaska offers a ride to a teenager, who subsequently disappears at Jasper National Park, just ahead of the police who are searching for him in connection with two murders.

Signed on title page. Dust jacket illustration by Pat Bailey. A Governor General's Award-winning poet offers "a haunting story about the desperate choices made in wartime, and lives affirmed or shattered in a moment. An crisp unread copy. A crisp unread copy. This copy inscribed and signed on front end paper. A good acquisition for some couple named Viv and Pete, or someone named Viv who used to be with Pete, or someone named Pete who used to be with Viv, or someone named Viv who thinks she m Trying to maintain good grades and keep a job, a young girl is losing control of her life as her mother "retreats more and more to the security of her bedroom," her aunt "retreats into tarot cards and alcohol," and she lives in fear that her aunt's boyfriend will return to live with them.

This copy signed by Holeman on title page. Signed by Hopkinson, beneath her name on title page. A German-language adventure story. An award-winning writer gives us the story of six people threatened in one way or another by some aspect of life, and who meet, each evening at dusk, "at the edge of the woods, calling their dogs to come back to them, dogs that have turned wild and vanished from their lives.

A tight, unread copy. During "a few hours of a snowy Thanksgiving night in a small college town in New England," the members of a gathering hosted by a discomfiting poet come to know each other more intimately than they thought possible. This copy signed by Huston, on title page. Light general wear in like dust jacket. During "a few hours of a snowy Thanksgiving night in a small college town in New England," the members of a gathering hosted by a discomfitting poet come to know each other more intimately than they thought possible.

Siblings who "find a disturbing note from an unknown woman among their late father's papers This copy signed by Hustvedt, on title page. A collection of poems from five of Hutchman's previously published six books. Signed by Hutchman, on title page. Promotional bookmark for this title laid in. Author's well-received first novel set in Bombay, where it "begins and ends with a search for the narrator's severed arm. As New in NF band. A title from the publisher's Studies in Canadian Military History series.

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Isitt "sheds new light on a part of Canadian history that previous scholars have written off as a mere sideshow, a rather embarrassing episode that had no impact on the First World War. Light scuffing, faint edge soil, gift inscription on front pastedown. A collection of 20 stories gathering Itani's best work, and offering seven new stories as well. A very nice, unread copy in a lightly scuffed dust jacket.

An year-old woman invited to Buckingham Palace to celebrate the Queen's birthday at Buckingham Palace is injured in a car accident, and while waiting for rescue, "reflects on her role as a daughter, mother, sister, wife and widow; on lost loves and painful secrets; on the life of the Queen, whose Royal presence has shadowed her own life.

The th title in the Fiddlehead Poetry Book series, this one the first title by a multi-award-winning poet, fiction writer and essayist. Limited to copies. New York, Pocket Books:. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, this one sees a Jewish cartoonist recalling "his childhood in a British suburb in the s.

Author's first novel, described on the front flap as "Catch meets Apocalypse Now," and "the wildest, wackiest, saddest, and truest war story ever told, because it's all made up, which means it's all real. Newfoundland-born writer's story of "one man's quest for the secret of his origins that ranges from nineteenth-century St. John's to the bustling streets of New York to the remotest regions of the Arctic. A young English woman working as a translator in Tokyo is the chief suspect under suspicion of murder.

This copy signed by Jones, on title page. Judd, Ashley, with Maryanne Vollers. New York, Ballantine Books: A nice, unread copy. After "pristine water -- hidden for millions of years, untouched by pollution, and possessing natural healing powers -- is found miles under Antarctic ice," this thriller's hero soon comes to believe that the water "might hold the key to a microscopic Jurassic Park. The story of a former Boston police officer currently an actor, editor and publisher who became "the acknowledged expert with a world-wide reputation for dealing with police stress. New York, Atlantic Monthly Press: When his fiancee is killed in a plane crash, an ex-cop "becomes obsessed with an unsolved mystery from his days with the LAPD: A nice, collectible, unread copy.

Keenleyside's first novel, telling the story of a rich young artist who, "inspired by great nature painters of the past, travels to a tiny Eskimo settlement in order to paint the people and landscape of the Arctic. A "rational first-born son" tries to make sense of "a wildly eccentric Massachusetts clan that is both blessed and afflicted with an inexhaustible reservoir of old money, unwavering subversive charm -- and a veritable chorus of dogs. A triptych-style chapbook containing three poems.

One of only copies printed. As one might expect with so few copies printed, this is somewhat uncommon. The story of Peter Mark Roget -- polymath, eccentric, synonym aficionado," whose father's early death and the mental illness of his mother and sister caused him to start making lists at the age of eight, which was the beginning of "his quest to put everything in its rightful place, one word at a time.

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Probab l y fou r tramps. The floor was littered wit h loose boards, and several large empty barrels stood arou n d. In one corner was a large opening communicating with the cellar, while in the center of the rough ceiling was an oblong opening that was clearly intended to be reached by a stairway.

At the present moment a ladder reached up into it. This ladder had not been there when Tom and Patty looked in that morning. Tom, after swinging his lantern at arm's len gth and see ing nothing, began to mount the ladder to explore the floor above He paused with his head just above the floor ing, unde cided whether he wou l d go any further or not, for the room was dark and i:: The boy had an idea that this was the room whence the light had pniceeded from.

There was no light there now, at all events. Then something the boy had not calctilated upon hap pened. Tom lay a few minutes blinking up through the foggy air. The astonishing experience through which he had just passed had quite dazed him. What did it all mean? What kind of bird s could these be that had s uddenly pounced upon him in the unfini she d building borne him to that spot and left him bound hand ancl foot? I only imagined they looked like birds. Such birds as they ap peared to be surely do not exist in creation, especially in the neighborhood of the Massachusetts coast.

It was just like a nightmare Between the fog and the jolt on the head I guess my brain s w ere in s hape to see 'most anything. I can almost see those birds' head s yet. One thing is certain: I'm bound hand 1md foot with cord, and bird s couldn't do that, I'm willing to swear. Well, just let me get away, and I'll bet I'll portion of the conversation going on within r e ached his hav e the constable ove r here to-morrow to give theni free ears. The other followed as a matter of cour se. Then with his jackknife he freed his ankl e s and stood up He walked to the inner edge of the cl e aring, whence he caught a view of the hermit's living room, and look ed across the opening.

He saw shadows moving around on the inside. At length he reached the window through which the light shone and peered into the hermit' s living room. The stars were out in full force, and the skyrockets from every section of the town were trying to rival their bril liancy. In three-quarters of an hqur the Seadrift reached the main wharf, where her passengers disembarked, bade goodbye to the young skipper, and s tarted with their traps for the railroad station. When Tom hauled out from the wharf and headed for home, Patty m ade h e r reappearance from the cabin.

It's n ear ly nine o'clock-more than eight hours since we had our lunch. If it hadn' t been for the calm and the fog we'd have reached town around half-past five, and been home before six. Wben we drifted into the cove at H erm i t I s land you were asleep. I guess you've had boating enou g h for one day. Tom made the boat ast, lowered the sail, but did not tidy it up, and put the stops about it, for he expecte d to run over to Hermit I s land later on with Harding and then, taking Patty by the hand, they s kipped up to the house.

We were caught in the fog and becalmed at the same time. I'm thankful we got here as soon as we have. Patty and I are famished. I leff a light in the ki t chen. You'd both better eat t here, as the dining table is cleared off. Sprigg in s here after Patty? To-mon-ow we'll bring her case before the magistrate our selves and see if we can't s quelch Mr. Kemp and his sister for good and all, as far as Patty is l concerned. They have forfeited all right to her s ervjces by their treat ment of her, and I have no doubt that Patty will be allowed to f.

They away, but I sa w evidence t11at fou r persons, whom I thought to be tramps, were living in the old hermit's quarters. By and by the wind dropped entirely and we drifted along until dark, when we floated into a cove of Hermit I s land. Then it was we saw a light shining through the fog and gloom, and I decided that it came from the seconrl story of the unfinished hotel building on the island. I was curious to l earn who was on the island, so I took the boat's lantern and started on a tour of investi gation. Jack Harding listened to his story with great interest and curiosity.

How do you think that you and I can do them 11p? It's too big a contract, Tom, fol' us to lmdertake. I need the money to start my "My idea was that if we went clown to the island to-night we stood a good chance of catching them off their guaTd," said Tom. They feel pretty safe there at present. Suppose we go down and sec how the land lies, anyway.

You've got a revolver at your room, and I'll get father's. Are you game to do it? There is considerable power in the majesty of the law, Tom. Tom went to his room and got the revolver that had be longed to his father and then made hi s way down to the boat. It was about midnight; a fresh breeze was blowing that promised a quick trip to the island, and the sky was now somewhat overcast Jack returned in about twenty minutes; then they raised the sail and started down the bay at a merry clip, Tom at the wheel. Inside of another twenty minutes the Seadrift put into the cove where she had already been twice that day, or rather the day before, as it was now nearing one o'clock.

The waves plashed noisily on the shore, and the wind, which was steadily rising, soughed through the trees that heavily covered the island. Tom and his friend Jack jumped ashore, tie d the painter to the tree, a: When they reached the inner line of trees they paused to reconnoiter the house. To this Harding agreed. So they advanced across the open ground with due cau tion, holding their revolvers r eady for instant use. Glancing in through the window, they saw the four men sprawled out asleep, with their arms on the table and heads buried in them business.

We'd better take Constable Spriggins with us "There are the birds' heads on that shelf," said Tom. Even with him we're "I see them. Mighty curious -l ooking birds, aren't they? Bud is too bad-minded to you think we could manage to tie them to t he chairs with out w a king them? Then you could s tand guard over them whil e I w ent back to town and notified the head constable that we had captured them That should entitle us to the r e ward.

He looked at his companion s a moment o r two, then got up and shook the fellow called Sa ndy. Sandy sat up, and Baldy made a sign t o him that he seemed to understand. Both picked up their hats and walke d toward the door. Baldy opened the door, and he and Sandy came out and closed it after them. Th ln both, after a g lance at the cloudy sky, moved deliberately toward the pile of debris and sat down. Had they used their eye11 to good adva ntage they mus t have seen Tom and Harding crouching behind the mound. But they didn't, for they had not the s li ghtest suspicion that any intruders were on the island at the moment.

All we have to do is to dig up that box, take it down to the boat and ma. I'm determined s uit me. He ain't got no respe c t for human life: I draw a line at that kind of thing Bud want s to do up that boy we ketched in the buildin' to night and Bentley won't stand in his way. If them two hadn't got blazin drunk with the contents of that demijohn I'll bet that boy would be floatin' out to sea, bound hand ancl foot, by this time. I wouldn't trust neither of them When we get the box aboard the rowboat we'll go and cut the boy loose and tell him to mosey as soon as be kin.

He's got a boat somewhe r e along shore, 'cause he couldn t have wal ked here. Then we'll make for the p 'int yonder, steftl one of them sailboats that's anchored there, ancl sail rol. We kin check the box through as baggage. Them two chaps are b'ilin' drunk and won't know what we're up to. I reckon if they woke up too soon we might feel a. If they won't wake easy, then we'll get their guns away to make s ure we don't get hurt. After that we' ll clig up the bo x and mosey. We can't get away too quick from this place to suit me. Tho s e two c h aps will play ri ght into our hands," replied H a rding.

They saw Baldy and Sandy bending over their companions. In a moment or two each had a revolver in hi s hand, which he stuffed into bis pocket. Then they got some of the rope and tied Bentley and Bud Smit h to their chairs. Jack punched Tom in the ribs and chuckbc1. It had a h an dle at each e n d and was compaJ: I'll stand ove r them with my revolver while you run back to the house a n d get some of that rope. In a quarter of an hou r they heard the two crooks co. Oome, now, l et's disarm them before they come to. Takin g one of the crooks at a time, they carried them to the shore where their two companions wer e s till in a state of insensibility.

Then they went to the cove, boarded the Seadrift, and sai led her around to that part of the i s land After placing the mal10gany box in the cuddy, they aumped the fom crooks in after it, pushed o;ff and started for Barmouth. It was ne ar ly three o'clock when 'l'om aroused Constable Spriggins from his bed to tell him about the ca.

The officer could hardly believe his ears. He knew, however, that Tom Travers was not a practical joker, so he hitched up his light wagon and drove with the boy d0wil. The four rascals were pulled out of the cuddy and loaded on thti wagon, then the mahogany box with its valuable contents followed, and last of all came the papier-mach e birds' beads, which Tom and Jack had taken care to bring along as evidenc e of the idei1tity of their prisoners. With this load the constab le drove off for tbe county jail, while Tom and his friend Jack separated for the night, after congratulating each other over the prospect of soon pocketing the reward for the capture o: The editor and proprietor of the paper was therefore as much surprised as any one else when he sa w the sto ry in print.

Tom and the young blacksmith were natural1y the h eroes of the hour, and quite a crowd of curio11s townspeople vis ited the smithy to lea. Every boy in town who knew Tom tried Lo hunt him up for a simi lar reason, but, as he was taking a good, long s le e p in his roqrn, h e was not visible 1mtil the afternoon I A Oourant i'eporter had to make three call s at his hou se before he got the desired chance to interview him for the afternoon edition. The court-house was crowded when the four c rooks were brought up for their pre limin ary exa: On the disk was printed in big b l ack type the word "Polishine Beneath the sun was the legend: They were flanked with bottles bearing an attractive label, whose distinguishing feature was a small reproduction of the cards ThQSe advertisements attracted considerable attention People inquiring about the shoe polish, and almost everybody bought a bottle to try.

In a week half the people in Barmouth were advertising the poli s h on their footgear and taiking about its remark able properties. Tom Travers received so many congratulations upon the wonderful properties of his product that if he hadn't been a level lad he probably would haYe got a swelled head. It was soon noticed that the cowhide boots of the neigh boring farmers and even their help had lost their customary rusty tint and sparkled in the sun like the glass slippers o f Cinderella.

Before long nobody had the nerve to appear: A J a matter of course the Daily Courant printed an ar ticle about the astonishing transformation in the peda l at tac hments of the good people of Barmouth. This paper, being circulated throughout all the adjoin ing village s cau s ed a rush of orders for "Polishine" to the s tore s that handled it. In a local way T om's shoe polish was becoming quite cel ebrated. Tom now decided to en l arge his field of operations.

So he went to Bo s ton with a large supply of his s tuff and r. Then he took out a peddler's license, hired a horse and wagon, took up a position at various prominent corners. He was a convincing and energetic talker, and found no difficulty in disposing of hundreds of small bottles of the stuff at ten cents each.

I The regular sized bottles, sold at the stores, were twenty -five cents each, the profit to the seller being forty per cent Wintry weather coming on, he gave up this strenuous method of advertising and took to the road, visiting every town of importance from one end of the State to the other before the balmy atmosphere. While be was away Patty Penrose bor e the burden of the manufacturing and shipping end of the bu s iness in a, way that called for his mo: If T o m bad an eye for business, she seemed to have two She developed an amazing amount of energy for a girl, especially of her years.

She thought of nothing outside the interests of the "Magic Shoe Polish," unless it was Tom himself. When she talked about "Polishine" her face s hone as if it reflected the shining qualities of the compound Tom was pushing for all he was worth.

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The demand for the magic prepara. They b ought unnumbered ten cent bottles of the polish as an excuse for speaking to her, and they put so many unnecessary coats of the s tuff on their shoes that they spar kled with a brilliance that caused people to wonder if they were acting as walking advertisements of Tom's preparation. It was about this time that Tom advertised for the hand somest girl in Boston. Of cour s e he had several hundred applic11nts Most of them were really beauties, and he had a difficult job choo sing one from the lot.

This young lady soon appeared in the! Manson, the gentleman who spent his summers with his family at his cottage in Barmoutb. This gentl e man had not forg otten the debt he owed Tom Travers and. The magic polish began to sell like hot cakes. The men stopped to look at the girl, and soon got inter ested in the unfadable luste r that looked them in the face from the displar of shoes on the glass shelves. The young lady would take a shoe at random from a shelf, thrust the polished part in a fancy pail of water and then rub it vigorously with a cloth.

Then she WQuld hold up a show card with the words: One application will outlast the shoe. Twenty-five cents a bottle. He advertised for canva s sers to s ell the polish from hou s e to house, and s oon had a dozen men at the work in the residential s ections of Boston. Man s on re c ommended the polish to the attention o.

Tom made a per s onal call at each establishment and gave a demonstration of what his magic polish would a ccompli s h. He caught three factories right off on a year's contract, and others fell in line when their managers saw the superi ority of "Polishine" over the standard polishes on the mark e t.

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The cons equence was Tom had to increase his facilities for the manufacture of the magic preparation. A dozen girls were employed to make and put it up for market, with Patty Penrose as general manager of the plant. She was no longer seen in the little store, but had a desk in the shipping and packing department in the big rear room. Her host of admirers mis sed her, and there was a great falling off in the store sales of ten-cent bottles. He was working for the future, not the present.

Tt would take y ears of energetic work to shove bis "Poli shine" into such prominence that it would sell itself all ove r the country. Long before that, dream was fully realized he would have to put up a factory capable of turning out cases on cases of bottles of his polish every working day of the year. However, things were going very well at present. His s ale s were s teadily on the increase, and the prospects ahead were bright and rosy. It was in the early days of summer that Tom Travers packed his grip and took a train for Fall River that con nected with a boat for New York.

A large case of his "Polishine" ha. He planned to remain two or three weeks in t e metropo lis to introduce his magic polish to the trade, and inci dentally to the general public also. On the boat he read a paragraph in an afternoon daily which stated that Bud Smith, one o. I suppose he'll be caught, however. He spent two days trying to convince the management of these es ta blisbments that "Polishine" made every other shoe polish on the market look like a superannuated veteran beside a spick and span new recruit.

He found that it isn t the best always that comes to the front until there is a good-sized demand behind to enforce an appreciation of its merits. However; he got one house to take hold of it, and that was something. Then he tackled the great department stores. One big Sixth A venue emporium permitted him to in troduce a demonstrator, and he advertised for a pretty girl who could talk well.

He got one to his liking, instructed her in the business of bringing out all there was in the magic polish, and estab lished her at the depa. It was such a success that Tom succeeded in getting a clemonstrator into three other big department stores. He also introduced demonstrators in the windows of prominent shoe and other stores with equal success, and he called for so much stock Barrnouth that Patty had to increase the working force by six more girls. By this time Tom had got three more wholesale stores i: After spending a around New York he opened an agency for his "Polishine" and hired a smart young man to look after his interests and push the preparation for all it was worth.

When Tom got back to Barmouth he found that Patty was looking tired and overworked. I can't afford to have you get sick, Patty. You're the best little girl in all the world. You've taken as much interest in this business as if you were a full partner instead of a mere employee. I know you have done that for my sake. Isn't that so, Patty? You're going to marry me, aren't you, by and by.? She didn't resist when he pulled her head down on his shou lder and kissed her. You're going to be my partn e r for life? Haven't I always wished it? Speak up like a little woman. The hot weather is on, and if you persisted in carrying on the bu s i ness as you have been doing for these nine months back there'd soon be nothing left of you but a gre a s e spot.

Of course, I'm not going to stand for any such thing as that. There's "Inly one Patty in the world, and I can't afford to lose her. Now, I'm going to have a talk with Jack Harding to-night. He's going to marry Dora soon, and I think he can do better for himself and me as the manager of the Poli: I can offer him a future worth while, and he's going to accept, or I'll know the reason why not.

You shall take charge of the money end of the bu s ine ss. I'm going to make a company out of this thing. I'll be president and ge neral manager ; you ll b e the trea sure r, and for a whn e th e b o okkeep e r and s hippi n g clerk whil e. Ja c k wi,11 b e s up erintendent of i. You're only s i x te e n now, and I'm only seventeen and a haJf. Besides, l w ant to put thi s busine s s s quarely on its feet before I can s ettle clown. I 've g ot lots of trav e lin g ahead of me. I'm goin g to visit all lhe big citi es, even a s far west as San Francisco.

You can't g o to s le e p and build a pay in g busineFs up. I made up my mind not to be turned down in fh c lon g run, and I wasn't. No o ne in N e w York had heard of 'Poli shi: It's har d to get a h e arin g there. Well, to-day it's bein g sold lik e hot c ake s in four of the big department s forc s Thre e whole s ale g rocers have taken hold of1it and are dis tributing it a mon g their cu s tom e rs, while two hundred shoe store s hav e it in stock, and I 've got a smart young fellow e s tabli s hed in an office who will keep the ball rolling at top spe e d,and will g iv e no store keeper who ou ght to have it rest until he takes hold of it.

I'm g oing to work the same tactics in Chicago and in other big citie s with variatio. I you, Patty, this shoe polish is the b est thing of its kind in e xi s tence and nothing s hort of a Univ e r s al business up heaval, which i sn't likely, is going to prev ent me from m a k ing the public cotton right to it. A good thing is bo1md to r e ach its l e vel, whether it's a man or a product, and P o l i s hine is a good thing, every day in the week Sunday included.

I' want you to give up blacksmilhing and come in with me. Anybody would be a fool to refuse sharing another's fortune if the chance was offered to him. I know you've been making out: If you will show me how I can help you make a success of it I am ready to talk business I've got a thou sand dollars saved up that I could put in. Have you spoken to Dora on the subject? So far I have done scarcely any advertising in newspapers to speak of. I can't afford to do it in the way it ought to be done, and spasmodic advertising doesn't pay "What part of Lhe business do you expect me to look after?

I want you to take all the responsibility off her shoulders. She'll have enough to do to run the financial end, look afler the books, and keep track of the shipping orders. I want you to pull right jn with her and attend to all the details. I'll post you in your duties while she's resting, and then when I start for Chicago, in the early part of September, I shall look to you to iake full charge of affairs here. Patty will help yon out ii you should feel lhe need of her advice. You can't go wrong with her at. Have you really popped the question to her?

I've been watching her off and on since you put her in charge of this end of your polish busi ness, and I told Do. He also outlined his plans for the future Jack was an enthusiastic listener. He easily saw that Tom hacl been born with an eye to business, and that he was a boy who was not asleep at any stage of the game.

There were certainly great possibilities in Polishine, and if any one could realize on them, that one was Tom Travers. Here was a chance for him to get on the band wagon, and be was going to accept it. Blacksmithing was all right in its way, but il wasn't the road to fortune. So he ancl 'l'om came to a complete understanding before the interview was over Jack was lo sell his smithy and put all his money into Polishine, which, with hi;:: In a day 01 lwo Patty retired from the responsibilities that had lately lriecl her brain and nerves to their limit, and devoted herself to recuperating her energies for the demands of the coming year.

Tom derided that she mus take two instead of a month's ees t, as he intended to aronnn Barmouth until the first of September, when he proposed to go West. Orders continued to come in for the shoe polish in satis factory quantity during July and August. The New York agent wa: You'll have to moYe into larger quartcrK.

If l'm not wan led bark here, it may be six m I shall want to see Patty, and how things arc going on, of cour s e. Dming the week in August Tom persuaded his mother and Patty to go with him a.

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The fourth day of their stay was a stormy one, and news was brought to the town that a big bark had gone ashore on a sand bar some miles to the south, in the neighborhood of an unfrequented stretch of shore. Tom, having nothing to do, decided to tramp down to the vicinity of the wreck. It's the only house for mil s on the road, so you couldn't miss it if you tried. It was a bleak The sky was still piled up with clouds, though the storm was practically over, and the wind from the bay blew keen and cold across the country.

It to be a walk for Tom, but he didn't mind that in the least. He tramped sturdily onward until he sighted and finally came up wi[ h the roadhouse referred to by the hotel clerk. The lane leading to the bay was close by, and Tom turned into it. A mile down the lane he came to an apparently deserted building a story and a half high. Within the last half hour the air had been growing darker and darker, as the clouds from the sea rolled thicker and thicker upon one another.

Tom was satisfied it was going to rain, and so he hailed the house in question with a feeling of satisfaction. I don't care fa risk a bath with my sum mer flannels on. I'll stop at this shelter and rest a while. Maybe the weather will brighten by and by. An old-fashioned wide, open fireplace stood at the of the single room that composed the lower floor, and there was the remains of a recent fire on the hearth. There were also a rough deal table and three stools in the room, while on the table stood a black bottle with a piece of candle stuck into the neck.

The1e were liquor stains fragments of food and fine pieces of smoking toba cco strewn about on the table, show ing that some one had tarried there rec e ntly.

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The floor was full of cracks and hole s and was covered with the dirt of many months. Tom hied one of the closed doors he saw and found it opened on an empty, roomy cupboard. A ladder which stood in one corner communicated through an open trap with a loft above. Tom crept up to see what the place was like. There were two piles of dry hay there that looked as if they had been used as beds by a pair of homeless wanderers. Between the beds lay a couple of bundles, which seemed io indicate that the men who had slept on the straw intended to return for a night's lodging, at least. Tom was on the point of retracing his steps to the floor below, he heard voices outside the building, and presently ough-looking individuals entered the house.

Tom, peering down through the trap, had a good view of both of them. The one with the London accent was short and thin, wore a soft cap, and had his threadbare jacket buttoned close around his body. He looked like famine's youngest son, so drawn and ca daverous were his features. Tom gave him but a casual glance, for the other man arrested his attention. There was something strangely familiar about him to the boy. As he approached his face to the candle to light a pipe he had filled his features were thrown for a moment into bold reli f.

They couldn't look queerer answered his com panion, whose name was Jimmy Gubbins, disconsolately. The speaker was a London sneak thief, with a record at the Scotland Yard bureau, and he had come to America because he couldn't keep out of at home. I'm bless'd if the vind don't blow in at this 'ere 'ole at the top 0: You know what I mean We've got to have money, or we don't e at "Oh, Lor'! Don t mention heatin' I'm that 'ungry I could heat a 'orse, tail and hall.

My throat i s as dry as a chip "And. I t's my mother's fault-she weane d me on salt fish. Never 'eard the name be fore. But she was a hignorant old cretur Many a time she'd say to me,' 'He who prigs vot isn t his'n, 'e vill surely go to prison. It got too 'ot for me hover there. I can t s tand this gnawin' at mx vitals. I'd about a s s oon be in jail.: Thank g oodn e s s they'r e gon e! A b e arded, squar e -built man, dressed in a pea jacket and a cap that clearly indicated that hi s bu s iness was connect cLl with the s ea, was coming up the l ane He walked a bit un s teadily, like a man who might haYe taken a drop too much.

I haven't b e en in these part;; for ten years, and the country looks kind of s trange to me, thou g h I don't b e li e v e it's changed any You see, the bark Shenandoah, in which I s hipped at Buenos Ayres for Bos! We los t our reckoning, drift e d about all night, and thi;; morning went ashor e on a s and bar yond e r and the s peak e r wave d his hand toward the bay. They pull e d me around aft e r a time, and I made up m y mincl to w a lk to Plymouth whe r e I was told I could cat c h a train for Bos ton I'm afraid though, that th e last glass o f h o t whiskey I drank has kind of mudd led my brain s 1Yhic h ain't v e r y s trong s ince I came out of the hospital at Bu enos Ayres.

I haven't seen a house in except thia I saved that, you see, if I was shipwrecked old shack, since I left the beach. Did you hear that? We'll all "Poor man! Looks as if it w o u l d come down hard in beer? We'll just take shelter in this old house, "Oh, I don't mind a vettin'," replied Gubbins "It von't messmate, till it lets up," said Smith, catching the stranger be the first von I've 'ad.

Vhy, vonce I vos ducked six times by the arm and leading him toward the door; "then we'll in an 'orse pond for bonin' a child's--" start for Plymouth Smith cut his reminiscent remark short with a uunch in "All right, my frie n d," 11ai d the ariner, hearti l y "I'm the stomach. You nearly made a 'hole through to the loft again. It is my duty to do by him as I should have bills as the stranger peeled off a five-dollar one and tossed wished another to do by my fathe r if, during his lifetime, it on the table he had been placed in a like situation. Is times so hard in this counh'Y now that you can't get work?

I suppose neither of you'll object to my tTeat to a first rate meal when we reach Plymouth? Perhaps y ou'd prefer whiskey for yourself? Why, I'll give it to you, man;" replied the manner, hreezily.