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Captain Granet calls upon Monsieur Guillot at the Milan Hotel and gives him a document from the Kaiser of- fering France a separate peace. The plot is discovered. Conyers sinks two submarines. Granet is commissioned by his uncle,' Sir Alfred Anrselman, to destroy the new sub detector. made by Sir Meyville Worth of Norfolk. At his aunt’s luncheon he meets the daughter, Isabel Worth. "‘You mustn't draw too gloomy a picture of your home,” Lady Ansel- man said. “I haw seen it when It was gimp-1y heavenly}: A “And I have seen it," the girl retort- ed, with a note of grimness in her tone, “when it was a great deal more like the other placeâ€"stillness that seems almost to stifle you, grey mists that choke your breath and blot out everything; nothing but the gurgling of a little water, and the sighing-â€"the most melancholy sighing you ever heardâ€"of the wind in our rugged elms. I am talking about the autumn and winter now, you must remenlber.” nuu wnuuzl. “qu, JV“ llnuuv .y....,....,-.. ; “It doesn’t‘soun-d attractive," Gran- et admitted. “Byvthe-bye, which side of Norfolk are you? You are no- where near Brancaster. I supposef’ __ Hallie-‘13; rhllés of it,” the girl replied quickly. “You don’t ever come there, do you?” Granet looked at her with lnplifted eyebrows. “Thls is really rather a comel- dence!” he exclaimed. “I’ve never been to Bran‘caster in my life but I’ve promised one or two fellows to go down to the Dormy House there, to- morrow or the next day, and have a week’s golf. Geofi‘ Anselman is going, for one.” “I s‘han’t tell you a thing," Isabel Worth declared. “Just now it’s very much better for you to know nothing whatever about him. He has what I call the inventors5fidgets, for some reason or other. If a strange person comes near the place, he simply loses his head.” “I have-been doing my aunt's be- hests,” ‘he explained. “My strict orders were to make myself agreeable ' There was a flash in the girl's eyes as she answered hlm. The girl was for a moment almost goodâ€"looking. Her eyes glowed, her tong, wars eloquen-t1y_ appealing. “To-morrow. You’re quite sure that you’ll come?" “I shall come all right,” Granet as- sured her. “I‘m not so keen on golf as some of the fellows, and my arm’s still a little dicky, but I’m fed up with London, and I’m not allowed even to come before the Board again for a fortnight, so I rather welcome the chance of getting right away. The links are govogi,_I suppose?” "Wonderful," Miss Worth agreed eagerly, “and I think the club-house is very comfortable. There are often some quite nice men staying there. If only father weren‘t so awfully pe- culiar, the place would be almost tol- erable in the season. That reminds me,” she fent on, with a little sigh, “I must warn you about father. He’s the most unsociablo person that ever ived.” “I’m not shy," Granet laughed. “Byâ€" the-bye, pardon me, but isn’t your father the Sir Meyville Worth who invents thin-gs? I’m not quite sure what sort of things," he added. “Per- haps you’d better post me up before I come?” “Perhaps I sha’n’t be welcome, then?" Granet remarked disconsolate- 1y. “I can assure you that you will, Captain Granet,” she said. “If father chooses to behave like a. bear, well, I’ll try and make up for him.” She glanced at him impressively and Granet bowed. A few minutes later, in obedience to Lady Ansehnan’s signal, they all made their way into the lounge, where cofiee was 'being served. Granet made his way to Gerâ€" aldine's side but she received him a little. coldly. “You’ll corhe arid éée us: won’t you?"r she begged. v “If I may, TH be delighted," Grahet promised heartily. “When are you going back?" Synopsis of Later Chapters. CHAPTER XVII.â€"â€"(Cont'd.) SIIIET W L” a mme The Kingdom of The Blind ISSUE No. 34â€"‘21. By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. g'hingâ€"the you ever! Jr rugged he autumn; 'emember.” Ne," Gran- which side in are no- lppose?” lies of it,” ‘You don’t th inplifted a coinci- ‘I’ve never fe but I’vel ows to go' there, toâ€" md have a m is going,l ent almost : lowed, her ling. Granet, a few dafs later, brought his car to a standstill in front of an ordinary fiveâ€"barred gate upon which was painted in white letters “Market Burnham Hall." A slight g'rey mist was falling and the country inland was almost .blotted from sight. On the other side of the gate a sandy drive disappeared into an avenue of ragged and stunted e-lrm trees, which effectually concealed any view of the house. “'Seem-s as though the girl were right,” Granet muttered to himself. “However, here goes.” He backed his car close to the side of the hedge, and laying his hand upon the latch of the gate, prepared to swing it open. Almost immediately ‘a figure stepped out from the shrubs. “Hal-t!” Granet looked with surprise at the khakiâ€"clad figure. “Your name and destination ?" the man demanded. (“9713M”) to a young woman who lives in a sort of bluebeard's house, where no visi- tors are allowed and smiling is prohi- bited." “Eéi'aldine looked across at Isabel Worth. “I never met Miss Worth before.” she said. “I believe her father is won- derfully clever. Did I hear you say that you were going out of town?” Granet nodded. “I am going away for a few days. I am going away,” he added, dropping his voice, “ostensibly for a change of air. I have another reason for going.” He looked at her steadfastly and she forgot her vague misgivings of a few minutes ago. After all. his percep- tions were right. It was better for him to leave London for a time. “I hope the change will do you good,” she Sf‘old quietly. “I think, perâ€" haps, you are right to go." “Officers quartered here?” Granet inquired. “Only one, sir,” the man replied. The door was opened almost imme- diately by a womanâ€"servant. She did not wait for Granet to announce him- self but motioned him to follow her into a large, circular, stone hall, across which she led him quickly and threw open the door of the drawing- room. Isabel Worth was standing just inside the room, as though listen- ing. She held out her hand and there was no doubt about her welcome. “Of course not,” Gramet acquiesced. “I’ll come anywhere, with pleasure. What a view you have from here!” He glanced through the high win- dows at the other end of the room. She laid her fingers upon his arm and led him towards the door. “Quietly, please,” she whispered. “Try and imagine that you are in a house of conspirators." She led him up the quaint stone staircase, spiralâ€"shaped, to the first floor. Arrived there, she paused to listen for a moment, then breathed a little more freely and led him to a small sitting-room at the end of a long passage. It was a pleasant little apartment and looked sheer out over the sea. She threw herself down upon a sofa with a sigh of relief, and point- ed to a chair. "Do sit down, Captain Granet," she begged. “I am really not in the least insane but father is. You know I got out of the place. Don’t let any one see you, if you can help it.” “And toâ€"morrow?” he asked. “You will lunch with me?” “I will be at the Golf Clu: ,” she promised, “at one o’clock." Granet was conducted almost stealthin down the stairs and into the avenue. Half-way to the gate he paused to listen. He was hidden from sight now by the gathering twilight and the rolling mists. From behind the house came the softly muffled roar of the tide sweeping in, and, with sharper insistence, the whirr of machinery from the boathouse. Gran- et lit a cigarette and walked thought- fully away. Just as he climbed into the car, a peculiar light through the trees startled him. He stood up and nvatched. From the top of the house 'a slowly revolving searchlight played upon the waters. (To be continued.) She led him up the quaint stone staircase, spiralâ€"shaped, to the first floor. Arrived there, she paused to listen for a moment, then breathed a little more freely and led him to a small sitting-room at the end of a long passage. It was a pleasant little apartment and looked sheer out over the sea. She threw herself down upon a sofa with a sigh of relief, and point- He stepped back into the sentry box and spoke through a telephone. In a moment or two he reappeared. “Pass on, please, sir,” he said. Granet walked slowly up the avenue, his hands behind him, a frown upon his forehead. Perhaps, after all, things were not to be so easy for him. On either side he could see the stretches of sand, and here and there the long creeks of salt water. As he came nearer to the house, the smell of the sea grew stronger, the tops of the trees were more bowed than ever, sand was blown everywhere across the hopeless flower-beds. The house itself, suddenly revealed, was a grim, weather-beaten structure, built on the very edge of a queer, barrowlike tongue of land which ended with the house itself. The sea was breaking on the few yards of beach sheer below the windows. To his right was a wall- ed garden, some lawns and greenhous- es; to the left, stables, a garage, and two or three laborers’ cottages. At the front door another soldier was stationed doing sentry duty. He stood on one side, however, and allowed Granet to ring the bell. “Captain Granet,” she said almost in a whisper, “of course you’ll think we are all made, 'but would you mind comli'ng upstairs into my little sitting- room?” ‘ “Captain Granet of the Royal Fusi- liers, home from the Front on leave,” Granet replied. “I was going up to the Hall to call on Miss Worth.” “Stay where you are, if you please, sir,” the man replied. “But \le CHAPTER XVIII appeared puz IV," “Simply because dad has gone out of his senses,” she replied wearily. “Look here." She led him cautiously to the win- dow and pointed downwards. About fifty yards out at sea was a queer wooden structure, set up on strong supports. From where they were, no- thing was to be seen but a windowless wall of framework and a rope ladder. Underneath, a boat was tethered to one of the supports. About thirty yards away, a man was rowing leis- urely around in nother small boat. “That's where other spends about twelve hours a day,” she said. “What he is doing no one knows. He won't even allow me to speak of it. When we meet at meals, I am not supposed to allude to the fact that he has been out in that crazy place. If ever he happens to speak of it, he calls it his workshop." “But He is not alone there ?" Granet asked. “Oh, no! There are two or three men from London, and an American, working with him. Then do you see the corner of the garden there '2” She pointed to a long ham or boat- house almost upon the beach. Before the door two sentries were standing. Even from where they sat they could hear the faint whirr of a dynamo. “There are twenty men at work in there,” she said. “They all sleep in the barn or the potting sheds. They are not allowed even to go down to the village. Now, perhaps, you can begin to understand, Captain Granet, what it is like to be here.” “If he does, he never speaks about it," the girl answered, a little bitterly. “All that he wants from me is my ab- sence or my silence. When I came back the other night, he was furious. If he’d thought about it, I’m sure he'd have had me stay in London. Now that I am here, though, I am simply a prisoner." -“Well, it all sounds very interest- ing,” he remarked, “but I should think it must be deadly for you. Your father invents no end of wonderful things, doesn’t he?" Granet resumed his seat and lit the cigarette which she insisted upon his smoking. “Well,” he observed. “it does seem hard upon you, Miss Worth. 0n the other hand, it really is rather inter- esting, isn’t it, to think that your father is such a man of mysteries ?” The girl sighed. “I suppose so,” she admitted, “but then, you see, father is almost brutal about taking any one into his confi- dence. He never tells even me a thing, or encourages me to ask a ques- tion. I think for that reason I have grown rather to resent his work and the ridiculous restriction he places upon my_ freedom because. of_ it.” She opened her lips and closed them again. Granet, who had suddenly stiffened into rigid attention, felt a quigkjmpulse of disappointment. fully aw the car, trees st: watched. A p-arlormaid entered with tea, a few minutes later, and Granet moved to his hostesvs’ side upon the sofa. He showed no more interest in outside happenings. He was an adept at light conversation and he made himself thoroughly agreeable for the next hour. Then he rose quickly to his feet. “I must go," he declared. She sighed. “It has been so nice to have you here," she said, “but if you only knew how difficult it was to arrange it, you’d understand why I hesitate to ask you to come again." “I believe I could,” she assented. “Captain Chalmers has a small motor- car he’d lend me, and if I go out with my golf clubs it Would be all right. Very likely father will sleep out there and we shua’n't see anything of him until toâ€"morrow.” Granet stepped once more to the window. The mists had rolled up more thickly than ever and the queer little structure was almost invisible. A bright light, however, fell upon the water a little distance away. “Your father has electrié light there,” he remarked. ‘ “Yes, they have a wire from the shed," she told him. “Whatever he’s trying to do, he needs a very intense and concentrated Light at times.” Granet drew a little. sigh. “Well, I hope it's something that’ll do us a bit of good,” he said. “We need it. The Germans are miles ahead of us with regard to all newâ€"fangled ideas.” “I have rung the bell for my own maid,” she said. “She will show you out of the place. Don’t let any one see you, if you can help it.” “And toâ€"morrow?” he asked. “You Minard's Liniment for Burns, etc. “Why shouldn’t ybu come and lunch with me to-morrow at the Golf Club '2” he asked. She hesitated. It was obvious that the #surggrestiorL 'aprpgqlgd t_o her. township of Elizaxbethtown, county, Ontario, is undertaking to stop the damage san rom out Tm l The act providing for the establish ment of Dominion parks gives as the reason of their creation “to be main- tained and made use of as public parks and pleasure grounds for the benefits and advantages and enjoyment of the people of Canada." The crowd of tourists from other lands, however. which reach them in ever increasing numbers each year by train and auto- mobile, indicates a utilization and ap- preciation much wider‘than 1n the conception of the originators of the scheme and their annual presence is a glowing tribute to the wonders and [beauties of Canadian scenery. COMPRISE TOTAL AREA OF 8,948 SQUARE MILES. Most Picturesque of These Parks, as Well as Most Exten- sive, is in Rocky Mountains. The Canadian National Parks, where primitive nature harmoniously blends with the modern comfort and luxury of civilization, have become the play- grounds ot a. continent and will with- out doubt remain so, an eloquent ac- knowledgment to a nation's fore- thought in preserving these areas as. sanctuaries for birds and beasts and havens of rest and holiday for man. A striking illustration of the popu- larity of the Canadian Rockies was given last summer when, under the auspices of the Brooklyn Eagle. 3. party made a park to park tour through many United States parks, in- cluding the Canadian Rocky Moun- tains Park. At the conclusion of the tour a vote was taken as to the re- spective merits of the various perks and hotels visited, with the resutt that out of eighty-six votes, Banff and Lake Louise received first place with twen- ty-four, and among the hotels, Banfl Springs led‘ with twentyone. National parks situated all over the Dominion comprise a total area of 8,948 square miles. They are the proâ€" perties of the people of Canada, a re gion where they are free to make holi- day in the realization that their play- ground is their own, a haven where the wild things of the forests soon learn they are secure from the moles- tation of trap and gun, and can live in peaceful harmony with, man. In addition to these national play- grounds there are the national forest reserves, which add considerably to Canada’s holiday and camping grounds. Permanent settlement is not permitted on these grounds, though leases may be secured for summer reâ€" sorts, etc. The cutting of timber is permitted to allow the removal of ma- ture timber and enable that of lesser growth to attain full size in a shorter time than would otherwise take place, to conserve a full volume of water in the rivers and to guard against fire. Permits are granted ‘for grazing on the " These forest areas where reserves. wood may only be cut for the good of _ I from i ferio gran 1 poss i you you alwa ' take pose The how The most extensive and grandly pic- turesque of these parks are situated in the extreme west, featuring the rugged grandeur of the Rocky Moun: tains. Here Nature reigns supreme, the veriest tinge of civilization touch- ing her domain. The Rocky Moun- tains park which takes in parts of the provinces of Alberta and British Col- umbia, has an area of 2,791 square miles and incorporates such spots of international renown as Bvanff and Lake Louise, Jasper Park, in the wild ruggedness of the more Northerly Rockies, is the largest of all the Cana- dian parks of the west, closely adher- ing to their primitive state and un- changed in the wild charm of their surroundings, are Yoho, 560 square miles; Glacier Park, 468 square miles; Watertown Lake Park, 423 square miles, and Buffalo Park, 159 square miles. In Saskatchewan the Antelope Re- serve, near Maple Creek, has been reâ€" served as a park and contains twenty square miles. In the province of On- tario twelve islands in the St. Lawr- ence of 140 acres, have been pre- served to the nation from industrial or agricultural desecration, and Pt. Pelee, with 3,869 acres, is maintained in perpetuity as a bird sanctuary. In the eastern provinces the national parks have a more historic flavor, as Fort Howe, historic park at St. John, in New Brunswick, and Fort Anne, historic park at Annapolis Royal, in Nova Scotia. British Columbia, on the Pacific Coast, has reserved to its people two provincial parks, one, Struthcona Park, on Vancouver Is- land, containing 800 square miles and Mount Robson Park, in the Tete Jeune Cache area, of 650 square miles. the forest, are of throngs of I situated-1n 01 counting in thl latter 1 The National Forest Reserves. The Rocky Mountain Park. 9F TEE Dfifiilf‘éfififi of 20,038 square 74,065 square mi‘ nly be cut for the good 0 are each year the haunt ’f nature lovers. They ar Ontario and Quebec. a( the case of the former f0 are miles national Suddenly a dusky messenger came flavor, as dashing alongside the destroyer in a St. John, native canoe. ' 523:2? 3 G 0 M I L E for ' m: ‘ Percy Breakey i5: BEEAKEY The full value of Canada’s national parks may not yet be appreciated whilst so large a part of the Dominion still holds its pristine charms un- blemished. But in the years to come when the rapidly growing Dominion has made greater onslaught upon Na- ture's Work, the people of the conâ€" tinent will pay a well merited tribute to a nation's foresight in preserving these beauty spots from desecration and reserving a playground for them for all time. The Way Home. The question, How do birds find their way? is answered by many in- genious and speculative theories. Many have decided that birds possess a sense of direction, which is often very incorrectly called orientation. Biologically, this term does not imply any connection with the East. but is simply used to describe the power of finding the way back to a certain base, or of returning home. In the Migra- tion of Birds, Mr. T. A. Coward quotes from Mr. John Burroughs’s Ways of Nature a striking instance of this fa- culty. Mr. Burroughs’s son brought a drake home in a bag from a farm two miles away and shut it up in a barn with two ducks for a day and a night. As soon as it was released it turned its head homeward, but for three or four days its efforts were frustrated. Then Mr. Burroughs decided to see what the bird would do, and he set it free. ed fifty yards behind. A dog scared the bird and turned it up a. lane. but after a detour it reached the road again; it stopped to bathe in a. road- side pool, then started off refreshed. A lane leading in the right direction off the main road puzzled it, and it took a wrong turning, but, discovering its mistake, made for the road again, but not. by actually retracing its steps. The false move seem-ed to put it out, for, after hesitating at the next and right turning, it actually overshot the mark. Mr. Burroughs, unable to spare him to continue the experiment, then headed it back, and when it reached the turning again it raced home with evident signs of joy. The homesick mallard started up through the highway, which he had never seen, and Mr. Burroughs follow- It was a lively scene. No sooner was a penny thrown into the water than a native boy dived and brought it to the surface. Many times a. penâ€" ny did not reach the bottom before a boy caught it. On the jetty the native king, sur- rounded by his feilow-townsmen, was awaiting the arrival of the British nav- al officers, to whom he was going to tender :1 grand reception. He watched the diving with evident interest. A reckless sailor began throwing shil- lings and half-crowns into the water. Then some-one threw over a handful of small silver. \Vhat a scrambling! It seemed as if every native from the vil- lage was either in the air or in the water. There is no greater selfaprotection from all that is low, ordinary, and in- ferior than the cultivation of a lofty, grand estimate of oneself and one's possibilities. All the forces Within you will then work together to help you realize your idea-ls, for the life always follows the aim; we always take the direction of the life pur- What He Was Losing. A British destroyer lay close inland' near a small African village, and the sailors were lounging near the rails and throwing pennies into the water for a crowd of dusky, naked young- sters to dive for. “Will you lads please stop t1 money? The king's betting'n he's already taken off his coat! The man who sells his health for wealth makes a poor bargain. Minard’s Liniment for Dandruff. The Toronto Hospital for Incur- lbles, in affiliation with Beiievue and Allied Hospitals. New York City. offers a three years' Course of Train- int: to young women. having the re- quired education. and desirous of be- coming nurses. This Hospital has adorned the eight-hour system. The pupils receive unifonma of the School. a monihiy allowance and travellin: expenses to and from New York. For further information apply to the Superintendent. usezl car dealer who shows you they run instead of talking about they are like. USED AUTOS NURSES e jetty the native king, sur- by his fellow-townsmen, was the arrival of the British nav- 100 Actually in stock Mention this paper 402 YONGE ST‘ TORONTO throwing restless;