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John: Newton and i ls îamu.y were fighting ýto. keep the wolf f romh the dbor, she had,,iot given one cent towards their comfort or: support. But wben it came to fighting. tobacco, lier', purse strigs -were always untied. She' had suffered a sad experience with one of' her boys, who died f rom tobacco poisoning. She hated s>moking, and al wbo1 argued f or it. Mr. Newton, a hard smoker,' insisted it niever did ýhim. any harmi, and therefore, came in for a big share of her dislike, because he medidled. ni every time she preached to Dan about the.'evil oùf cigarettes. She, expressed the. hope that Dan would never start "that nasty habit.." Many a pleasant evening, wheîî Aunt Bell ran down fromi New York. for a few hours, ended in a hufiwhenever the. talk drifted to "smoking," and iwhat tliey' were gorIng to do about Dan.*' John Newton argued it was a inatter for Dan to decide for himself when hie got a little older.' It was at just such a time, that Aunt Bell, in a fit of tetnper, looking straighit at- ber brother-in-law, pulled Dan to bier, and, gripping him by the shouilders, shouted righit into bis face, "Dan New- ton, to keep you f rom being caught ili the webs of that nasty habit l 'ni go- ing to put one thousand dollars ini the ment of my otter, aiong wit ne trnit the bank, showing that the money is there for you. It wil'l draw interest until' you are twenty-one, and you cati use thie f und then as you decide." In the next. breath Aunt Bell continued, -You will have to make an oath when, you go to the bank to get the money, that you kept f rom smoking f rom this. day on. You should take with you' letters frorn s(>me of vour teachers and' agaîflst theo rain or hiot sun. Th e ground was covered with fôdder on .wbich Stanley asked the fellows to make' themnsefves comfqoble,. To Dan thëre seemed. an air of. mys- tery about the, way Stanley and the boys separated fromný the rest. of, the. crowd ,to' hunt up 'this queerest of places. Dan was always a littie ,sus-, picious %of anyrthing'*Stanleyý Traverse was mnixed. up with, but the f et that Carl Bartlett was along, set his mind at rest, until Stanley pulled ont a package of cigarettes, lighted one and threw ýthe package to Carl, Who took one and 'passed it to him. "Why,, Carl, 1 didn't know you %vere smoking P.' exclaimhed Dan in surprise., "Just o.nce in a wbile !" replied Carl, a little ashamed; "but Dan!I please dont say anything about it to Elinore, nmy sster,'" Who was a'tso 'DatiVs best frienci. 'She might tell dad and mother 1" "But Carl, 1 heard you promise your mother you wouldn't 1" protested Dan. "Oh! there's no harm in it, Dan I Everybody's doing it 1 It hasn't hurt mie at ail!. Has it Statilev?-" askëd Carl, still trying to seem indifferent to- Dan's shocked senses. '"Here,, take a ptiff, 'Dan!1" added Carl, tryilig t(; break the force of 'Dani's stare. ',N o, Carl, I made a promise, and l'ni goiimg to stick to it 'r refflied Dian, While Carl 'and Dan we-rt7 talking, Stanley' lad rolled 'a cigarette %with the fllings of'. cori'-sýilk.., a tuft of wvhicli hung down tlîroughi the floor' of the crib. "Here,. Dan!' exclaimed $tanley. "Llere's one made of corn .silk. Tha't's not tobacco, and surely the.re's no harm in it. It's macle fro'xi the corn' vou eat. Your 'Aunt couldn't object. to that,' could she?'" arg.ed Bell's p'rize. She saîi cigarettes. cigars and pipes. You can swear you neyer smoked tobacco. So what do' you Say, Dan-?" cried Carl and Stan- ley in one breath. Dan had listened with increasing surprise% and mixed. fe elings.. At first he was shockedýto think he had.been kept f roinia. secret, and that he iwasn't, wanted. He ýrealized for the flrst time how, .a "ittie thing" 1W-ke 'a cigarette could put a mnountain be- tween him. and his best' friends. He thought, too, since the whole, thin:g was, secret, .thé- boyls .vouldn't. dare say -anything, for fear of telling on themselves. And then, -wasn't ,there: a lot o f. truth in what Stanley had said? "If, you c an eat roasting.ears. there can't' be .any harm. in Smoking. corn-silk,' And besides, . Aunt Bell did sav cigarettes, cigars and pipes." I £J3ê hads aid. don!'t4rinkwhiskey \vould that have meant 1 couldn't drink ànything else"' Dan's mind wa-s working fast. It %vas plain, from the.changing expres- sioni on his face, that a Pirate's club and treasure hunit for a real ca-sk of' -1(gold ivas much to his liking. It was also certain he didn't like the idea. of being counited out of the fun. For.l as he 'argued to himself, wvho knows whether l'Il live uintil l'in' of age? If 1 die.,.I can't get the thiousand dollars mmnd. "Smoking. is sm-oking !"'lhe kept saying to himiself. hiaîf aloud. *'Aunt Bell doesn't like smoking! Her boy dîed of smoking s!" ".Well, come on fellÔ%ws. the rest, of the crowd will' wonder wvhere w-ve are!' said one of the boys getting up to go. "He's a big s'sy! said an- other. 'Daý.n%'s cup their thinlcing 'caps and write letters to Mr. Hurst who publishes a "Deeds of Dan" $tory in WMueT'E LiF-- cach week. Cet busy; read. this Week'$ "D[eeds iif Dan" episode. Then write a letter' telling what yoù would ýdo,, and you, too, may win the one 'dollar award. Just a word about the rules: In ad- dition to the address, each letter' nust contain the name and ageof the cbild trying f or, the prize'.. Letters .mnust reach XVn.NiFr LwFE-by the first Tues- ,iay i.ollow ing tme "Deeds, of' Dan" -tory. Ietters. about,, the st ory in this, issue trust reach XX JLNET'r LTIPE on isr hefore TPuesday,, March 21. Jimmiv Ford's prize-winniing letter reads as fojlloWs:. 1018 ElmWood .avenue. March 13, 19-33. Duar mrv. Hurst: I f I were> Dan 1I would do as "One Ai Bill" said.andj ciear y consci-ne of t'he matter. for If 1 fhad,nfot told hlmi I 'was one' of the boys, 'that would not help : it wcould be ikelying-and Scouts shiould flot lie. On the cother hand, if I had not told, the truth ould ikely coin,- outaitater, and a lie woul' be on top of it. 1 read the "D-eé;ds of )n" tjie first thing I get WILMETTB LIri: ami T i*ko- it Vours truly, Ji'mmy Ford, ag, 11. C. and N. W. Leads Again cent decrease in injuries to pass- en'gers while' having none killed, anid reducing injuries to employes -by more than 16 per cent, the Chicago and Nýorth Western railway, winner of the Harriman' Gold MNedal for the ý;afest Class 1 railway in the world iin '1931, set a new record. in safety with its impressive 1932 achievements, G. B'. Vilas, general manager' of the railm-ay, under whose' direction ail safety activity is' conducted, an- Bartlett, Dan, and two or three' '01 were in the group. , They' folk Stanley to the end of a coriifield bc smoke!' Ttl on theni."' i i.., ivi, uicy reduce the iiutiber of killed in cross- f 'a pirate who A daughiter <was born at the Evans- ing accidents fromn 60 to 52 and the e afraid you'll ton hospital February 14, to Dr. and injured from 112 tQ 82, for a total we, Carl and Ms ilsStone, Jr.ý of Evans'tci. decrease of 38."7.