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, _,, .The story, nritten in 1916, begm3 With Lady Anselman‘s luncheon-party at the Ritz Hotel, London. Ain):.g_‘~h9 gqests are Lord Romsev. a Cabmct llfllster; Surgeon-Major Thomsc‘f" Chief Inspector of Field Hospitals; h” fiancee, Geraldine Conyers; he“ br‘?‘ “161‘. a naval iieutenant, and h" fiance: Olive Moteton; Captain 1101mm GFanet. nephew of the hostess. home W11)!“ 21 wounded arm. Licut. dormer}, recelves commission on a “mystery 5m? and Major Thomson decodes a secret message from the battlefield- Lord Ramsey receives a visitor and the gom‘ersation reveal. Lhe Cabinet Mm' lster’s secret dealings with Germany- Thomson calls at Granet’s apartments tn_discaver whether he knows {my' thing about Lord Romsey's visxtor. Granet denies any knowledge 0f the so-called American chaplain. Gel‘aild' lne evades Thomson’s plea for an 1m- nigdxate marriage. He expostulates With Conyers for disclosing Admiralty Plans to the two girls and Granet- After a walk in the park with Gerald- me, Granet returns to his room to find a bottle missing from a cupboard. He warns his servant that a new hand has entered the game. War Office refuse! to allow him to rejoin his regiment Thomson goes to the Front to inter- VIew‘ Granet’s General and has. his suspicions confirmed. Granet motored the two girls to Portsmouth to V151t Conyers 6n the “Scorpion. “You are fortunate,” Gerald-inf: ye- marked, “to have an apprematwe uncle.” ‘ _ .. H 7L “He is rather a brick,” Granetl acknowledged. “ He’s done me awfulflyl well all ‘my life.” She nodded. “You really are rather to be envied, aren’t you, Captain Gmnet? You have most of the things a man‘ wants, You‘ve had your opporbunivty, too, ofl doing ju_st the fines}. things a man can, iihd vywum’ve done them." He looked g‘loomil}v out seawardsz “I am lucky in one way," he admdt- ted. “In others I am not 59 surefl’ She kept her head turned from him. Srom‘éhtow or other, she divine‘d quite well what was in his mind. She tried to think of something to say, some. thing to dispel the seriousness which she felt to he in the ahnmphere, th words failed her. It was he who broke the silence. “May I ask you a question, Miss Conyegs?” “A question? Why not?” “Are you really engaged to Major Themsnn?” 'She did not answer him at once. She still kept her eyes resolutely turn- ed away from his. When at last'she' spoke, her voice was scarcely mused above a whisper. “Certainly I am," she assented. He leaned a little closer towards her. His voice s-oundled to her very; deep and firm. It was the voice of a; man immensely in earnest. , “I am going to he an awful rotten”. he said. “I'suppose I ought to take your answer to my question as fin~al.. I won't, that’s all. He came along; first but that isn’t everything. It’s a fadr fight between him and me. He‘ hates me and takes no pains to hide it. He hates me because I care for youâ€"-â€"you know that. I couldn't keep it to. myself even if I would." She flew a little away but he forced her to look at him.‘ There was some« thing else besides appeal in her eyes.‘ "You’ve ‘been the victim of a mis» take,” he insisted, his hand resting-3 upon hers. “I don’t believe that youi really care for him at all. He doesn’t! seem the right sort for you, he‘s so much older and gl‘aver. You musti forgive me, please, if I have said more than I ou-g‘htâ€"-if I say more nowâ€"-‘ because I am going to tell you, nowi that we are alone together for a mo~- ment, that I love you.” l l y She turned upon him a little indig~ nantly, though the distress in her face was still apparent. “Captain Granet!” sh-e exclaimed. “You should not say that! You have no rightâ€"no right at all." “On the contrary, I have every right,” he answered doggedly. “It isn’t as tho-ugh Thomson were my friend. He hates me and I dislike him. Every CHAPTER XI.»~â€"â€"(Cont'd.) W & a ‘ Sig-Ginsu COMPANY “£913 Q TORONTO.CANADA " The Kingdam Of The mind ISSU E No. 28â€"‘21. SYNOPSlS: By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEYBI. ain. Gerald" n for an 1m- expostulates g Admiralty and Granet. with Geffild‘ room to fi‘Ed tess. home It. ZonYe“ “mystery” decodes 3 battlefiem- tor undfihe (Co pyxixhtcd) 1 “Girls,” he explained, “and you. IGmnet, I’m frightfully sorry but I icaan’t keep you here another second. I have ordered the pinnace round. You must get on shore and have lunch at gthe ‘Ship.’ I’ll come along as soon as I can. Frightfully sorry, Gran‘et. but I needn’t apologize toâ€"you. need I? anr’s war, you know, and this is a Imatter of urgency." stood elated. "11 ye shall go below “If-[Ia fimfihredrfor a moment gloom- ily oilent. A young officer stepped out of the Wireless room and saluted Conyers," he announced, "out 1 am afraid we’ll Lave to put you on shore. We've an urgent meswg‘e he?e from the flag-ship to clem‘ of? all guests.” “But we haven't had lunch yet!” Geraldine protested. Conyers suddenly made his appearâ€" ance in the gang-way, followed by “Se-cretive chaps, you sailors,” he obsemrexd. “Never mind, I have a pal in the Admiralty who gives me a few hints now and then. I shall go and pump him? Olive. “What’s the mess-age, Howard?” he quuig‘ed. Dvlu‘wvuhv v“ u, «try». uvv‘h- - u”... Tfiiérbfficer saluted and handed over at first it wag a stand for a gun a folded piece of paper. Conyers read it isnyt.» it with a frown and stepped at once Olive held out her hand for the Wt 0“ to the deCk' He gave a few Mesoope but Geraldine shook {her orders» the“ he tum“ baVCki to 1‘15 head. There was a troubled expresâ€" gu¢§F51 _7 _ ‘ _, . ,, . lsfion in her eyes. - “You’re not going out this tide?” Geraldine demanded breathlessly. Conyers shook his head. “It isn’t that,” he replied. “We’ve got some engineers coming over to do some work on deck, and I’ve had a private tip from my chief to clear out any guests I may have on board." “Is it anything to do with this wonderful screened-up thing?” Olive asked, strolling towards the frame- work-covered edifice. Co-nye'rs shrugged his shoulders. “Can’t disclos'e Government secrets! Between just us fourâ€"our friend Themsson isn’t here, is he?” he added smilingâ€"“we are planning a little Hell 'for the submarines.” ’1“th glanced curiously at the myls' temous erection. Gr-anet sighed. “Don’t you breathe a Word about having been on board the ‘Scorpion.’ ” Cornyers begged quickly. “They wink at it down here, so Long as it’s done discreetly, but it's positively against the rules, you know.” the ruleré,' you know?’ “Ri‘g‘hto!” Granlet agreed. “Thelje iant a soul I’m likely to mention It to. ’ “I’ll come over to the “Ship’ as saon as I can get away,” Oonyers prom- ise‘d. They race-(1‘ across the mile of bro-ken water to the landing-stage. They were all a little silent. Olive was frankly disappointed, Geraldine was busy with her thoughts. Granet's gaze seemed rivetté-d upon the “Scorâ€" pion.” Another pinnace had drawn up alongside and a little company of men were _boarding her. “I only hope that. they really have hit quon a device to rid the sea of these cursed submarines!” he remark- ed, as they made their way acrossthe dock. “I see the brutes have taken to sinking fishing boats now.” “Ralph believes that they have got something," Olive declared e‘agefly. “He is simply aching to get to Wurz’L” “Sailors are all so jolly sanguine,” Gnanet reminded her. “They are do- “He is simply a “Sailors are Gnanet reminde ing something 1 Gnanet ing som of cour dates c Afterw as ] am." They Iunched in leisure (‘iive in particular glancin wards the door, and after sat about in the lounge. their in h The two their way eraldme ent in that way. What they : is some way of tackling ‘ they are under water. Her last. I hope you girls are ton-a r es of his adventures at the :erwards, however, he beca ,, and finally, with a word e, strolled off alone. Olive ‘e more at the clock. “Ralph doesn’t seem to be 1k, does he?" she sighed. lk a little way down to the 1: ttle ; the! carnn ccfiee. Granet had svemed to be Egh spirits throughout the meal, told the girls many little anec- ulcrs are all so jolly sanguine," et reminded her. “They are do- omething pretty useful with nets, )urse, in the way your brother beginning to explain to me when r Thomson chipped in, but they only keep a fixed channel clear at way. What they really need me way of tackling them when are under water. Here we are at I hope you girls are as hungry anet?" 01. .dine stop; frown gatl inlg‘ the 1' ,‘0WT1 gathe he pointed )rry for you people, Miss he announced, “but I am 1 Lave to put you on shore. urgent message he?e from ip to clear off an guests.” a haven't had Inn-Ch yet!” the . imp-etuouvsly away from leir hch an eIevctric mes:â€" rkh’ng and crackling. She ' up, her hand outstretch- to keep him away. i‘isten any more,” she de- you say another word I in leisurely fashion, LI' glancing often to- and afterwards they ‘ lounge, drinkinz an do his be short Olive looked tar It’s ' things nowâ€"â€"” w from 1n comlng ;t to the this iin ade “le 7: ‘th “I don’t ed uneasi Come vxew.’ “This is rather oné on your broth- er,” he chuckled. “Where did you find the telescope?” Geraldine asked. “I borrowed it from downstairs," he answered. “Do come and have a look. You can see the ‘Sâ€"cor‘pvion’ quite dis- tinctly. All the officens seem to be a joke at all if he knew that we were gathered around that mysterious structure on the upper deck. I thought at first it was a stand for a gun but it isn’t." “I sup-pose it’s awfule silly, Cap- bazin Gmnet,” she said, “but honestly, I don't think Ralph would take it as up here, trying to find out what was going on.” U Ol‘u'lve set down the telescope promptly._ “I didn’t think of that,” she mur- muted. Gran‘et laugh-ed easily. “Perhaps you are right,” he admit- ted. “All the same, we are a. little exceptionally placed, aren’t We?â€"â€"hi*s sister, his fiancee, andL-" A _ He broke off suddenly. A hand had been laid upon his shoulder. A small, dark man, who had come round the corner of the chimney unperceived, was standing immediately behind him. “I must_ trouble you for all your names and addresses, if you please," he announced quietly. The two girls stared at him, dumb- founded. Granet, however, remained perfectly at his ease. He laid down the telescope and scrutinized the new; comer. “I really don’t altogether see,” he remarked good-humoredll'y, “Why I should give my name and address to a perfect stranger, just because he asks for it.” “You are at liberty to do whatever you prelase, sir,” was the polite reply. “In any case, I think it would be quite useless of you to wait for Commander Conyers.” “Why? “The ‘ orders to madam,” can see t] EXC with a tél-esxcope gh lowered it almost a waved his ham] to ‘W'hy'l” Olive ask ‘The ‘Scorpion’ h lers to leave on t]' Ldam," the man a \ see that she is m They looked out a an qu NURSES AUTO REPAIR PARTS ere believe " 01 on the )l’l ave." Geraldvine remark- that Ra’lvph would like 'aiting 1' There’s 1118.1! asked quickly. 1’ has just received n this evening's tide, 11 announced. “You 5 moving even now.” man was glued to ;t as they to them. g‘e Pai-tflsupply. :.. Toronto, Ont. f Conyers,” he or the pinnace. such a ripping ation cro-u ch- is eyes pau sec] m-eteoro of 4,000 then means ready to be discharged as "cured." One day a doctor was taking his temperature, and while the private had the thermometer in his mouth the doctor moved on to the next bed and turned his back to the first patient. The private saw his chance. He pulled the thermometer out of his mouth and popped it into a cup of hot coffee, replacing it, however, the moâ€" ment he saw the doctor begin to turn back to his bed. When the physician examined the thermometer he looked first at the private and then back to the thermometer and gasped: "Well, my man, you're not dead, but you ought to be!" time in SO we An officer the army te Trlckedl A covnjurer was performing m a Durham village. Addressng 8. group of pitmen, he asked for the loan of a halfpenny. The coin was produced, whereupon the conjurer threw it up. When 1‘. rev turned, the modest coin had taken the color of a. sovereign. Up stepped the pltman who owned the halfpenny and asked to see the min. ‘ The oonjurer placed the sovereign in his hand. “Ami thls is really my ha‘penny?" “Certainly,” was the reply. “Well, then," said the owner, as he slipped the sovereign into his poeket and walked ofl. "I'll not trouble ya to change her again.” World’s Longest Aerlal Tramway. the Premier Mine, In British Colum- bia, to tidewater, has been awarded to a Spokane company. The line will be nearly twelve miles long, with a drop of about 120 feet to me mile. The train line, bunkers, and unloading de- vices will cost a quarter of a million dollars. Noisy Starter. Noise in the starter is a sure sign of trouble. This condition may be in- ‘duced by broken or badly worn teeth, a bent armature shaft, a loose' arma- ture hearing or teeth badly meshed. Partnership. “Were you and daddy good boys when I was gone?" asked the mother. “Oh, yes, mother,” replied the child. “And did you treat nurse respectfub 1y?” “I should say we did!” And did you kiss her good night every day?” “I should say we did!” *Every mile of unimproved Ihighway is an opportunity to increase commun- ity wealth, which in the aggregate meanss natiomal wealth. In the autoâ€" mobile and the motor truck we have the vehicle; the output of factory and farm gives us the load; now all» we need is the needs. But a road built solely upom the principle of getting as much mileage as possible for the money drces not swit the spin-it of naâ€" tional gmwth. We do not Want poor- ly built roads that will have to be torn up and rebuilt again in a few years; we need highways that will take care of the everaincrealszing load that they must bear. We must build for permanence. The Chamber of Commerce has is- sued special coins in aluminum and zinc of twenty-five, ten, and five cen- times. Sometimes they are square or of hexagon shape, and made in nickel, iron, tinâ€"plate, or stamped cardboard‘ These discs correspond to the Eng- lish tokens issued in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries by bankers and h-ndesnlen when change was rare. These discs correspond to lish tokens issued in the e and nineteenth centuries by and tradesmen when change neun‘ Minard’s Liniment for Dandruff. Wood floats. That is a. fact so fa-I miliar as to need no comment. Never- theless, there are certain woods so : dense of structure, and therefore so heavy, as to sink in water. One of them is the “mancono” wood, of the Philippines~unknown to us un- til recently, but which, it is hoped, will . serve as a substitute for the costly Iignum vitae. ‘ Lignum vitae is the wood of a. tree native to the American tropics. Some K of the best of it comes from Cuba. Its ', name, meaning “wood of life,” was be- stowed upon it by the early Spaniards, among whom a belief arose that it pos- ! sessed almost miraculous properties " as a cure for various diseases. The best bowling balls are made of: lignum vitae; also heads for golf clubs l and other things requiring an extreme- 1 D 1y hard and heavy wood. But the most ‘ important use of this material is for ‘the steering gear of ships. The pro- }peller shafts of every warship and commercial steamship revolve in bear- ‘ ings of lignum vitae. The great strength of this remark- able wood is due to the fact that its fibres are woven back and forth in layers that cross and crisscross. its cells art as a int saturati ings Ina Lignu to the 1 much hi float. C i a pound Anotl‘ ‘ bracho,’ heavy t from a i ' scattere and oth This icmperc even WI will soo railway ton. 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The peacock is not {like the cuckoo. It. lays its own eggs i itself. The cucko does not. The peacock is a bird. The tail of :1 peacock is dreadful useful. The tail of a peacoek is made into fans. There's a dreadful lot of different kinds, of fans. There's baseball fans, movie ‘fans, in tans, fan dangoes, fan ciers‘; lian tails, and fans to fan with, but as Ltor me give me an automobile! People seem to think that it injures their authority and standing to admit. frankly that they have made a mis- take, that their information was inâ€" complete and that their calculations were incorrect. Teachers are possess» ed with this delusion. Ministers are led astray by it. Statesmen suffer from it. Parents constantly find that it vitiates their simple and natural re- latio-ns with their children. 'They go miles round, evade, elude, palter and prevaricate, rather than say right out that they were wrong. They 'do not realize that what injures ou‘r charam ters and our usefulness more than any- thing else is to make a pretense of omniscien-ce and have it exposed as only a pretense. ' The truth is that nothing secures the confidence of all men so much as: the humble, frank, tree, straightfor- ward admission of ignorance. The guide we trust is he who admits that. our difficulties are his difficulties and that, if he can see just a trifle farther, it is only because he has toiled more arduously and has not obscured his vision by any undue assurancle more ample view. There is nothing that we admire more than such humility in others; nothing that We are more re- luctant to practice ourselves. If the majority of us gave half the effort to remedying our ignorance that we give to concealing it, we should think more of ours-elves, others would think more of us, and the world would be a more practicable place to live in. much he We are coming down the inflation stairs, step by step. 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