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, CHAPTER V.â€"(Cont'd.) Tom had just heard that he was to go on duty at the front trench again, when passing aion by the canal to- wards one of the of icers’ dug-outs he saw a staff officer talking with the major of his own battalion. Tom lifted his hand to salute, when the Staff Officer turned and spoke to him. “Ah, is that you, Pollardfl” “Yes. Mr. Watermanâ€"that is, yes, sirfl stammered Tom_. “I hope you are doing well," said Waterman. , “I am still alive, thank you, sxr,” andfithen he passed_on. _ ‘ 1, H n "He’s got a safe job anyhow,” thought Tom, “he'll be at the Divi- aional Headquarters I expect; well, he’s a clever fellow.” That night when Tom returned to the first line he was put on sentry duty. It was one of those silent, Windlass, starless nights, when under ordinary circumstances a solemn hush prevails. Even the trenches were silent that night. On both sides the guns had ceased booming; it seemed 5 though a truce had been agreed upon, and yet the air was tense with doom. ' Tom could not help feeling it as he traversed that part of the trench in which his especial duty lay. Un- imaginative as he was, his mind work- ed freely. He called to mind the en- gagement of a few days before, re- membered what he had seen and h'eagd. u-YIâ€"lvv-vvâ€" .. .. ..- . Again and again he traversed the cutting in the earth, his rifle on his shoulder, and bayonet fixed. How silent it was! Not a man’s voice was to be heard. He know that sentries were all around him, but he could not hear a footstep; he knew, too, that many of the soldiers lay in their dugâ€" outs>sleeping as peacefully as though they were at home. And yet he felt all alone. “Where's Jim? Bates how, I wonder, and Arthur Wadge, and Bill Perkins, and George Wilson? they were killed, but are they really dead ‘2" he said to himself. He had known these lads well; in fact, they had been als of his, and he wondered what had ecome of them. Were they still alive? What had they felt like when they had to cross the deep, dark val- Icy} _tht wee deagh? He thought of his old Sunday-school days, thought of his old beliefs. “Ay,” cried Tom aloud, “if I could only feel that Christ was wi’ me now I shouldn’t care a bit; but I gave Him up months ago. Alice Lister believed in Him, ay, she did an’ all. I wonder where Alice is now? Does she ever think about me, I wonder? does she prey for me as she'said?" A He thought of what, the man had said in the Y.M.C.A. hut on the night before they set sail for France. He told the soldiers that they needed a personal Saviour, and that that Saviour 341s ever waiting, ever watch- ing, to gn’le them help; that He would be near all those who stretched out their lame hands of faith towards Him, and help them, strengthen them, comâ€" fort them. It was very unreal, it seemed a long way off too. And yet was it? Was Christ there just as the man had said? “Boom!” The sound came from an enemy’s gun, but he heard no shell Screechin‘g its way through space, saw no light of efplosion. It was not re- peated, although he Waited, listening tensely. Minute after {minute pass- ed, still there was silence; evidently the English gunners were instructed nogjo reply. _ What was the meaning of it? The silence became so tense that it seem- ed to make a noise; the air was laden with gloom. “I wonder what it means.” said the boy. and a great fear possessed him; he felt as though he were on the brink of a fathomless chasm, a chasm which was as black as ink. Lifting his eyes towards the inky- black sky, he tried to ‘formulate a prayer, but he could not, his thoughts could not shape themselves, his mind ‘ afused to work; he opened his lips nd cried, “O God!” ' That‘ was all; he could think of no- thin else to say, but he repeated the war 5 again and again: “0 Godlâ€"O GodIâ€"O God!" ' That was all. He had asked for no- thing, he had indeed hardly thought of anything. Nevertheless he was comforted; the words he had uttered Mififite after minute he waited. and still no sound broke the silence. He tried to comfort himself by reâ€" membering pleasant things that hap- pened at Brunford, but in vain. It seemed to him as though he was surâ€" rounded by something fierce and terâ€" ible; was it a premonition of death, e wondered? Again he called to mind what the Y. M.C.A. man had said on the night beâ€" iore they started for the Front. He ad advised them to pray, and to put their trust in a loving God who had been revealed to them through Jesus Christ. He still tramped the bit of trench which it was his duty to guard, look- ing eagerly into the darkness as if to discern theputljne of an approachiqg Well, why sfiould he not pray? It tould do no harm, it might even do 11113 ggod . _ _ But he had not prayed for years, the very thought of prayer had gone ut of his mind and heart; but oh! gow he longed for something to com- ort and steady him! discern the outline of an a roacmnl enemy. “If I onl cou pray! thgugh§ Tqm,_"if I on y c9ul_d!” Author of "All (or a Son; ) of Paper." "Dem-er Than Ltfe,” etc. ubltahed by Hodder 81. Stouzhton. leltod. London and Toronto JEEepWOC/fi/izy :7! ‘ Then something happened which set the people at the church she attended talking freely. The young minister iwas a bachelor, and it was evident he ,was enamoured with Alice; he paid her marked attention, and eagerly ‘ sought to be in her company; II (To be continued.) meantinfinite things, for at the back of his mind he had a confused belief that God saw, that God Iistened, that God understood. and the thought changed qverything: v. . . 1Ag7_ yuan-5‘,“ .. . g-.. “I wonder what'Alice Lister is doing now," thought the boy presently. He did not know why it was, but somehow God seemed more real When he thought of the girl who had promised to pray for him. {How Roads Are Operated in Great1 Britain During Wartime. :ernment requires the free transporta=’ ition of military and naval business lwith certain exceptions, and in con-I sideration of these points it has to‘ make up any deficit in earnings to‘ such a point that the dividends during, ‘ the period of Government control shall requal those for the corresponding pe-. [ riod immediately before the war. Great Britain declared war on Au- gust 4, and at midnight following the declaration the Government announced its assumption of the entire railway control of the kingdom. Only the lines in Ireland, a few short and unimport- ant industrial roads in England, and the tube system in London were ex- cepted from this control. The Gov- l l Military Hospitals Commission Will Erect Convalescent Hame. Announcement is made by the Mili- tary Hospitals Commission that it will erect a six hundred bed convales- cent Hospital on property adjacent to the MacDonald College site at Ste. Anne de Bellevue. McGill University will be associated with the Commis- sion in the project. An Order-in- V_Cou‘ncil ratifying the transaction has been passed. Construction will begin at once and the institution will be ready for occu- pation by the new year. The plan permits an expansion to 900 beds, if necessary. The decision to erect an institution of this large size was prompted by the many changes which have taken CHAPTER VI. What was Alice Lister doing on the night when Tom prayed? If it had been a night of wonder to Tom, it had been a night of decision >to Aliqe Lister, who had tb face another crisis in her life. \Vhile Tom had been ofâ€" fering his almost inarticulate prayer in the trenches in the Ypres salient, Alice Lister sat along in her bedrqom. More than a year had passed since the Sunday afternoon when she had told Tom that he must make his choice between her and the life he seemed determined to lend. What it had cost her to do this I will not try to describe, for Alice had truly cared for Tom. It was trUe that he did not quite belong to her class, and it was also true that her parents had done their best to dissuade her from thinking about him; but Alice had been fond of Tom; something, she knew not what, had drawn her heart towards him. She had believed in him too; believed that he was possessed of noble qualities which only she understood. Then as she saw Tom drifting, she knew that her decisive step must be taken, and she had taken it: Afterwards, when she was told how Tom had risen in the great crowd at the hall in the Mechanics‘ Institute, and had gone up to the platform and volunteered for active service, her heart had thrilled strangely. She did not understand much about the war, but she felt that Tom had done a noble thing. In spite of the fact, too, that he had left her to walk out with Polly Powell, she had a sense of posâ€" session; it seemed to her that Tom be- 'longed to her more than to this highly colored buxom girl who had taken him from her. In the distinctly military realm, the transportation authority is divided into three directorates: A directorate of movements, 2. directorate of rail- ways, light railways and roads, and a directorate of inland waterways and docks. At the head of each of these is a director with the necessary staff. There are embarkation officers at the ports to and from which military movements take place. The railway executive committee, consisting of the general managers of the chief companies, was put in charge of the railway lines for the purpose of insuring that both Gov- ernment and private traffic would be as well cared for as possible. This committee was in fact appointed four days before the declaration of war, testifying to the fact that there Were some people in the British Govern- ment who even then realized that tre- mendous things were afoot. The United Kingdom being divided into a number 01 military districts, each under its separate command, it was arranged that railway necessities within each command should be in charge of a secretary named by the railway executive committee, to act for all the railways within that com- mand. There was thus a centraliza- tion of authority which has worked excellently. A director-general of transportation and physical faculties will be installed. was created to control the entire There will be special buildings for transportation business in the Frendl the accommodation of doctors, nurses, sector of the British operations late in 1916. He in turn has the necessary stafl’, including an assistant director for each of the main lines. At ports and junction points are deputy as- sistant directors of railway trans- portation. order-lies, etc., for vocational, training, for' recreation and amusements. A power plant is to be part 'of the scheme also. The kitchen and dining- room are to the rear connected to the main building by corridors. The kitchen will be equipped with the RAILWAY CONTROL. . There are berries and fruits galore; there are succulent grasses and ten- !der, juicy leaves of poke, dandelion, ‘lamb’s quarters and mouseâ€"seared ichickweed. There are mushrooms lalso and here and there a sweet lapâ€" ‘ping of honey dew dropped on lower leaves and twigs from the upper foli- age laden with fat aphides. But it is not altogether vegetation lthat tickles Reynard’s stomach. Frogs wander far from water or are .caught napping by the creek or pond side. Salamanders venture out from under stones and logs; small snakes are surprised among the long grasses and there is always a surfeit of edible bugs, as immature grasshoppers and crickets, fat June bugs that ought to take their name from July, lazy drone bees, blueâ€"bottle flies and industrious g ants. Both Vegetables and’Meat Are I’lenti- ful in Summer. In the summer time, when food is plentiful and hiding places are many, foxes and some other animals have the happiest time of all the year, ex- Cept late autumn, for fleas, flies, mos- quitoes and ticks go far toward add- ing some discomforts. But the over- supply of good eats more than bal- ances all else. I Con-struction will begin at once and Lthe institution will be ready for occu- lpation by the new year. The plan {permits an expansion to 900 beds, if { necessary. But, best of all, for the fox‘s appe- tite at least, are the young mice easily dug out of stumps and from under grass clumps and the young birds of the ground-nesting species. Thus Reynard dines. However, not always are good table manners shown, for though the fox has no invited guests, there are those, equauy hungry and even'more active in hunting, that often dispute with him over what he changes upon. Thus the mink, the rhccoon and the owls, but only the bigger fellows among the latter, sometimes will put up a fight against the fox for a much- coveted titbit or a whole meal. Rob- erts tells of a mink and a fox fighting to the death over a slain rabbit, but though the mink is exceedingly sav- age and fearless, it is not likely that it would risk battle for long with a superior antagonist. One of the great merits of the Ste. Anne site is the proximity of Mac- donald College with its splendid fa- cilities for vocational training. It is a part of the agreement that the ser- vice of the college staff will be availâ€" able to the Commission in this im- portant branch. The new institution will consist of a central administration block with four outlying, two-story wings each containing 150 beds. Smaller wings ‘ in close contact will contain equipment of the latest type for the administraâ€" 'tion of special treatments such as the various types of electric treatment, continuous baths, needle baths and arm and leg baths, vapor baths, etc. The great-horned owl has a better chance, and the raccoon is about even up with Reynard, for while the latter is quicker and more savage, the coon is pluckier and stronger. It takes a very good dog to kill either one of them. The fox fears the wildcat, natural- ly, as most everything on four legs does. Bobtail is so well armed as to make a fight of any kind and with anything even twice his size a very one-sided affair. The decision to erect an institution of this large size was prompted by the many changes which have taken place in the character of the treat- ment accorded thelreturned soldiers. Much of this treatment requires high- ly trained specialists of great ability and the scarcity of men of this calibre together with the great expense of duplicating costly equipment has ne- cessitated concentrating the future work of the Military Hespitals Comâ€" mission in such large institutions. The Drummond Street Hospital will now be used as an active treatment hospital for the Montreal area and convalescents will be treated at Ste. Anne. Corrective apparatus for functional training and rel-education of impaired and physical faculties will be installed. There will be special buildings for the accommodation of doctors, nurses, orderlies, etc., for vocational, training, for' recreation and amusements. A power plant is to be part 'of the FOR WOUNDED SOLDIERS. 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