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The Kingdom of The Bhnd By E. PHILLIPS OPPENHEIM. Synopsis of Later Chapters. Captain Granet calls upon Mo‘nsleUf i, Guillot at the Milan Hotel and glVeS, him a document from the Kaiser 0f- fering France a separate peace. The plot is discovered. Conyers Sinks two submarines. Granet is commxssiomd by his uncle, Sir Alfred Anselman, '90 destroy the new sub detector, mad? by Sir Meyville Worth of Norfolk. “hen cslling upon Isabel Worth he is nus-1 taken by the inventor for the captam, of the guard and shown the man'el' lous invention. At midnight, With his accomplice, Collins, he lights a flalje to guide a Zeppelin. Next day ,he ‘5 summoned to the Hall and questioned by Thomson. Isabel Worth comes '00 his rescue with a false explanation o Granet's presence at Burnham llall- s CHAPTER xxv. ! Geraldine welcomed her. unexpected visitor that afternoon cordially enougn but a little shyly. . l “I thought that you were geing to stay at Brancaster for a week,’ she, remarked, as they shook hands. 1 “We meant to stay longer," Granet‘ -admitted, “but things went a little wrong. First of all there was‘thi‘s Zeppelin raid. Then my arm didnt‘ go very well. Altogether our little; excursion fizzled out and I came back last night.” . ‘ ' “Did you see anything of the raid?” Geraldine inquired eagerly. “Rather more than I wanted,”_he, answered grimly. “I was motoring along the road at the time, and I had; to attend a perfect court martial next day, with your friend Thomson in the chair. Can you tell me, Miss Conyers,” he continued, watching her closely, “how it is that a medical major who: _ i . {there at any time,” she added, smiling. is inspector of hospitals, should be sent down from the War Office to hold an inquiry upon that raid?" “Was Hugh really there?” she askâ€" ed in a puzzled manner. “He was, and very officially,” Gran- et replied. “If it weren’t that I had conclusive evidence to prove what I was doing.there, he seemed rather set on getting me in trouble.” “Hugh is always very fair,” she said a little coldly. “You can’t solve my puzzle for me, then?” he persisted. “What puzzle ?” “Why an inspector of hospitals should hold on inquiry upon a Zeppelin raid 1'" “I’m afraid I cannot,” she admitted. “Hugh certainly seems to have become, a most mysterious person, but then, as you know, I haven’t seen quite so mueh of him lately. Your change, Cap- tain Granet, doesn’t seem to have done you much good. Has your wound been troubling you?" h He rose abruptly and stood before er. “Doyou care whether my wound is troubling me or not?” he asked. “Do. you care anything at all about me?” There was a moment’s silence. “I care very much,” she confessed. He seemed suddenly a changed per- son. The lines whicl. had certainly appeared in his face during the last few days, became more noticeable. He1 leaned towards her eagerly. “Miss Conyers,” he'went on, “Ger- aldine, I want you to careâ€"enough for the bigwthings. Don’t interrupt me, please. Listen to what I have to say. Somehow or other, the world has gone miss with me lately. They won’t (Copygchted) f of all sorts of hideous things happen- ! S'he checked him hurriedly. lA postal card will bring to you our new 5 large Fall Catalogue, soon to be issued, icontnining Thousands of Illustrations Yof Gifts in Jewellery. Silverware, China and Novelties. \Vrite to-day. ‘ ELLIS BROS, Jewellers 96 - 98 YONGE ST. TORONTO Wâ€" Granct turned quickly around. “Do you mean that they don't want {0 give me anything at all?" he de- manded anxiously. ‘ Sir Alfred shook his head. “You are too inipctuous, Ronnie. They‘re willing enough to give you a home command. but I have asked that it should be left over for a little time, so as to leave you free." “You have something in your mind, then something definite?" Sir Alfred looked out of the window for a moment. Then he laid hishand upon his nephew's shoulder. “I think I can promise you, Ronnie," he said seriously, “that before many days have passed you shall have all the occupation you want.” ment tempered just a little with a sort of tremulous uncertainty. . “But, Captain Granet," she exclaim- ed, “you can’t be serious! You couldn't possibly think of leaving England now.” . “Why not?" he protested. “They won’t let me fight again. I couldn‘t stand the miserable routine of home soldicring. I'd like to get away and forget it all.” ‘ “I am sure you are not in earnest,’ she said quietly. “No Englishman could feel like that.“ “He could if he cared for you,” Granet insisted. “I’m afraid of every- thing here, afraid that Thomson will come back and take you away, afraid 0. CHAPTER XXVI. Surgeon-Major Thomson reeled for his side. Then he recovered himself almost as quickly, and, leaning for- ward, gazed eagerly at the long, grey racing-car which was already passing Buckingham Palace and almost out of sight in the slight morning fog. There was a very small cloud of white smoke drifting away into space, and a faint smell of gunpowder in the air. He felt his cheek and, withdrawing his fingers, gazed at them with a little nervous laughâ€"they were wet with blood. ing during the next few months." “You musn’t talk like this, please,” she begged. “You know as well as I do that neither you nor I could turn our backs on England justnow and be happy” He opened his lips to speak but stopped short. It was obvious that she was deeply in earnest. “And as for the other thing you spoke of ” she continued, “please won‘t _ you do sis I beg you and not refer to He “$92103? £32 dgz‘igcfiheinbrzzg . . ‘ ” pathway. g}eaiigledfoiigfignpzfigesgi ispgggpiigsl morning the Birdcage walk was mar- may Speal’i of it but just now every_ vellously deserted: A girl, however, thing is so confused. I too seem to Who had been drwmg 55‘ small car very ‘ 1 t bearin q ’ You know slowly on the other side of the road, have Os my g" ' ' ' suddenly swung across, drew upâ€"by that I am going out to Boulognc in ‘a the kerb and leaned towards him few days With Lady Heudley s hospi- ,,Hugh_Major Thomson, What tal? Don’t look so frightened. I am not the matter with you?” an amateur nurse, I can assure you. H d ,bb d h- h 1 .t} his ocket I have all my certificates.” “You handekeichieef. ls c ee‘ W] 1 p “To Boulogne?" he muttered. “N . ,, . . - , othin , he answered sun ‘1 . are “"54 t° leave L°nd°“?’ “Don’t bge silly!" she exclaimgdsf “1 She lno'dded' felt certain that I heard a shot ' u . . - Just Major Thomson arianged it for now, and I saw you reel and spin . l 1 me’ a few days ago we may n eet round fora moment. And your cheek, tooâ€"it's all over blood!” He smiled. is “I am perfectly certain that the War Office will find you something abroad very soon.” For a moment that queer look of boyish strength which had first attrac- ted her, reasserted itself. His teeth came together. “Yes,” he agreed, “there’s work for .me somewhere..I’ll find it. Only-â€"” graze my cheek,” he admitted. “Most extraordinary thing. I wonder wheth- er one of those fellows in the Park had an accident with his rifle'.” He glanced thoughtfully across toâ€" wards where a. number of khaki-clad figures were dimly visible behind the railings. Geraldine looked at him “And I am quite sure,” she inter- roverely rupted’ “that when you are yourself “of Winnie” She began “if vou ‘ ’ 1 . again You will agree with me- These really think that I don’t know the dif- are not the times for us to have any , ‘ . selfish thoughts, are they?” igfrgciitéitvgfiggiiie “Sport Of a pls‘tOI “Until a few weeks ago,” he told ~ I 0 her, “I thought of nothing but the War :gréonfessed iiFor_ and my work in itâ€"untilyou came, give me You see my head was a ‘ I that is.” . ‘ little turned Some ‘ ' ' _ .. one did deliber- She held out her hands to ChECk ately fire at me, and I believe it was him. Her eyes were eloquent. from a grey mcing can I couldn’t “Please remember,” she begged ~ ' . “that it is too soon. I can’t bear to, 3:: (ghgiofisalfiysicnitlgnigg It .Was g . have you talk to me like that. After- “But I never heard of such a thing!” wardsâ€"4” h -1' d “Wh th h Id “There will be no afterwards for s 9 en alme ‘ '2 y on ear '5 ou me!” he exclaimed bitterly. £22312? 1,:iey§:,‘,onYGu havent any A shade of surprise became mingled u _ n with her agitation. herIVot that I kno.. of, he assured “You mustn't talk like that,” She 'She stepped from the car and came protested, “you With your splendid lightly‘over to his side. -, courage and opportunities! Think what “Take your handkerchief away ” she you have done already. England Wants ordered. “Don’t be foolish. Yeti for- t'he best of her sons to-day. Can't you get that I am a certified nurse.” be content to give that and to_wait? He raised his handkerchief and she We have so much gratitude in our looked for a moment at the long scar. heartshwe weak women, for those who Her face grew serious. are fighting our battle.” . “Another halfâ€"inch,” she murmured, Her words failed inspire him. He â€"“Hugh,.whlat an abominable thing! took her hand and _lifted her fingers A deliberate attempt at murder here, deli-berater to his lips. at nine o’clock in the morning, in the “I was foolish,“ he groaned, “to Park! I can’t understand it.” think that you could feel as I do. “Well, I’ve been under fire before,” have me back, my place has been filled up, I can’t get any fighting. They’ve shelved me, at the War Oflce; they talk . about a home adjutancy. I can’t stick. It, I have lived amongst the big things too long. I’m sick of waiting about, doing nothingâ€"sick to death. I want to get-away. There’s some work I could do in "America. You under- stand?" “Not in the least,” Geraldine told him frankly. “It’s my fault,” he declared. “The words all seem to be tumbling out any- ‘ how and I don't know how to put them in the right order. Can’t you see that I love you, Geraldine? I want you to be my Wife, and I want to get right away as quickly as ever I can. Whyl not America? Why couldn’t-we be' married this week and get away from everybody ? ” . ' She looked at him in sheer amaze- l l i l i l l | l l l . r . I ISSUE No. 40â€"21. l say. There is a sort of impression Goodâ€"bye!” V he remarked, smiling. Geraldine was alone when her nioth- “Get into my car at once," she di- eame into the room a few minutes rected. “I‘ll drive you to a chemist’s’ . Lady Conyers .was looking a and put something on that. You can’t lltl'zle fluttered and aPXIOUS- go about as you are, and it will have ‘ Was that Captain Granet?” she healed up then in a day or two.” asked. . He obeyed at once and she drove off. Geraldine HOdded- “Of course, I’m a little bewildered an‘xiety deepened. about it still,” she went on. “I suppose “Well- L _ n . you ought to go to the police station. .I have sent‘hln} away, Geraldine It was really a deliberate attempt at misguquietly, until the end of the assassination, wasn’t it? If you had W‘ - _ beenâ€"” _G1‘an9t.‘bl‘0ught his 0211‘ to a Shand- She paused and he completed her Still OUtSIde Ihe portals Of that very sentence with a humorous twinkle in august club in Pall Mall. The hall- his eyes. porter took his name and in a few “If I had been a person of importâ€" minutes his uncle Jonied him in the ance, eh? Well, you see, even I must I - strangers room. ./ ‘ have been in somebody’s way.” Back again so soon, Ronnie?" (To be continued.) Granet nodded. , .â€" er Lady Conyers’ “America's off," he announced Keep Minard’s Liniment In the house. shortly. “I thought I’d better let you __.;.___ 'Ilfgivoyw’. It must be the whole thing The Girl at Sea. “Ignorance!” The speaker was an admiral, who was discussing at a dinner party cer» taln strictures that had been passed upon the navy. Sir Alfred was silent for a moment. “Very well,” he said at last, “only remember this, mv boyâ€"there must be no more risks. 'ou've been sailing quite close enough to the wind.” “Did you call at the War Office ?” i v . - - ' . Granet asked quickly. \K by, he went on, smiling whim His uncle assented. sically, "that armchair critic is a ..I did and I saw General Brice. ignorant as the girl on the Cunarder. He admitted in confidence that they "This girl. crossing to England, got weren’t very keen about your rejoin- friendly with one or the ship's officers. ing. Nothln personal,” he went on a young man of twenty-five or so. The quickly, “not ing serious. that is to two were leaning side by side on the , rail one day when the officer said: 0“ there that you Ye brought them " ‘Tbere goes four bells. J! bad mak' _ . ask you to excuse me. Gmnet shrugged his shoulders. ,. “IVell,” he said, “they know their “Blob: , . . mm business best. What I am afraid ' Ohv 5‘03 your 1mm”) ' said we of is being saddled with some rotten] girl. ‘Wlioeevr heard of a watch strik~ home duty." ing as loud as that?’ " “You need not be firaid of that any more, Ronnie," his uncle told him calmly. ___. _ -.:.. More people die of extreme heat than of extreme cold. message a moment and caught at the paling by. “A bullet did come my way and just I must, It's my watch v Progress in Canada. It is anticipated that American , ,tcurist traffic will pay for the instal». lzltion and upkeep of Ontario's high" ways system. This traffic has iii- (‘reascd marvellously since the TOl'Oll-I illâ€"Hamilton highway was built. illlll al- ready animal revenue from this source , filtering through various channels ; runs into millions of dollars. Duringl 1020 approximately 37,500 American motor curs crossed the border into 011- l lill’iOJ‘ell‘lallllllg various periods, rangâ€" ing from one hour to six months. The task of speeding up the loading of fl‘OiglliOl‘S with grain in the port Ofl Montreal will be greatly helped by the addition of the last of the Harbor Commissioners four floating elevators. The floating elevators now in opera. tion work fifteen hours a day, and handle about 7,000 bushels of grain an hour, or 420,000 bushels per day. The Eastern Townships Sinelting and Refining Company has been incor- porated under the laws of the Pro- vince of Quebec with a capitalization of two million dollars. _ has options on some desirable sites in ' Sherbrook, Que, and expects to have the plant in operation this fall. Ar- rangenients have been made smelters to handle the output of sever-' al of the largest producing properties in this district, special attention being paid to copper and asbestos. - The demand for engineers with busi- ness training has led the Senate of Queen's University to create a special course of a year's work in commerce for engineering gradiiates of Canadian universities. The subjects to be studied will include economics, busi- ness finance and business law, econo- mic geography, the financial organiza- tion of society, marketing, accounting. problems of labor, industrial manage- ment, business statistics and business policy. Among those who will deliver lectures is E. W. Beatty, Chancellor of Queen's and President of the C.P.R. A report received at Montreal from London, England, states that excellent prices were obtained for a consign- ment of 159 fat cattle from Ontario which were pronounced the best shown for some time at Merkland's wharf, Glasgow. Steers fetched £30 to £56 10s.; heifers, £33 108. to £38; and bulls, £46 10s. The shark industry at Victoria, B.C., has changed hands for a third time, and in each case operations have been carried on on a larger scale. A twenty- one day test was recently made in which 357 sharks were caught, ever- aging 225 pounds each. It has been discovered there are some very large sharks weighing about 2,000 pounds each which they intend to catch with hai‘pbons somewhat similar to those used in whaling. . With the season fast drawing to a close announcement has been made by officials of the Edmonton Land Office that the past spring and summer have witnessed the staking of oil claims in the Northwest Territories covering an area of approximately 600,000 acres. Recently the staking of all claims has been small in number.. Fine results are shown by the twen- ty-seven soldier farmers who took up land last year on the Poorman’s Re serve, near Regina, Susk., under the act of the Soldier Settlement Board. l l for the E ‘ 01‘ will be astonished at the re: sults we get by our modern system of dyeing and cleaning. Fabrics that are shabby, dirty or spotted are made like new. \Ve can restore the most delicate articles. Send one article or nparccl of goods by post or express. We will pay can ridge one way, and our charges are most reasonable. \Vlicn you think of clean- ing and dyeing, think of PARKER’S. Parker’s Dye Works Limited Cleaners and Dyers The company ‘ " h The Mysteries of the Sea Bottom. The deep sea is the most mysterious, as well as the most extensive of all the haunts of animal life. There is, of course, plenty of life in the two hunâ€" dred and fifty fathoms or so near the surface into which‘ light can pene- trate. Below'that, says Prof. J. Arv tliur Thomson in his lectures ‘ln the Royal Institution at London, there are vast lonely wastes of water with scarcely any life at all, and below that again, at depths varying from two and a half to six miles, is another world swarming with living things, but (.n- tirely different from any world of which we have any experience. No one has ever seen it, but the long arm of the dredge can reach it and has told us wonderful stories of what goes on down there. It is cold and dark, still and very silent, and the pressure of the water is at least two and a‘half tons to the square inch; yet all the animals have adapted themselves to life under those grim conditions. All the animals that live on the sea bottom have enormously long, thin legs, especially the spiders and the crabs. The bottom of the deep sea is coyered everywhere with slimy ooze so that they all must walk on stilts tc escape being smothered. Three types of life are absent from thosegreat depths. There are no plants, because plants cannot grow withOut sunlight: there are no mic- robes, so that nothing eevr decays, and there are no real insects. As there are no plants, it is hard to see how the animals feed. We know that in the deep sea. fishes eat molluskc, and mollusks eat worms, and worms eat smaller worms, but that sort of thing cannot go on forever. Some- thing must come from the outside. It is now known that that outside supply of food consists of a. “continual rain of atomies,”â€"iufusoria and broken particles from the sea meadows far above,â€"all clean and sweet and never falling. eyes, some indeed so large that the The average farm unit is 308 acres, purchased at an average price of $11.25 per acre and board officials say that $25 per acre would be a low esti- mate to place on the valife of the pro- in land value alone to these settlers of approximately $3,500 each. I a?“ Salt Assists SMmmhrs. Everyone who has learned to swim in an inland lake or river, and has then plunged into the ocean, realizes the added buoyancy and feeling of freedom in the salt water as compared with fresh water. Put it should be remembered that there are two functions inseparable from swimming. The first is to re main afloat and the second is to move forward. It is in the first of these that salt water has a great advantage over fresh water, for the effort of mov- .ing forward is the same in each case. , The buoyancy of salt water is due to ,the fact that three-quarters of our Tcomposition is water. The remaining ‘ quarter is composed of bone and other jsubstauces which are heavier than lwater, and therefore tend to make us i sink. 4 Owing to the salt in the ocean, fresh 1 perty‘ to-d'ay. This means an increase ‘ ' water is lighter and our bodies there- ,fore sink more rapidlyâ€"a condition ‘wlilch may be carried to such an eit-E 'treme that in some localities, includ- 1 ling the Dead Sea. and the Great Salt lLake of Utah, it is almost‘imposslble to sink, for the greater the amount of lsalt the heavier the water and the greater resistance to the force exert- ed by any body pressing down upon It. ' l l v . ___.._..._,__ An Army officer should be “one of (Nature's gentlemen, must know hop.“ 'to say ‘lhank you,‘ and third, must have the welfare and happiness of his linen as his fir‘chonSideraticn," says ,Lord Byng, of Yimy. [Minard‘s Liniment used by Physicians. fishes have to carry them at the end of stalks. Others have eyes smaller than pin points. No one knows what they use their eyes for, or why they are so different. Anoliter puzzle is phosphoresence. Many deepâ€"sea fishes have lanterns. It is unlikely that they use them to find their way about in the depths, be- cause they often wear them in their tails. Perhaps they use them as a lure. But, if so, why do some of them have red and some green lights? It is all very puzzling. Perhaps it is best to say, .“We do not know.” A third puzzle is the brilliant color of many of the creatures that live in the darkâ€"crimson and blue and gold. Of what use is it?_ But, Professor Thomson concludes, perhaps we are too anxious to find usefulness in every- thing; perhaps the very beauty is suf- ficient use. Well, possibly; butâ€"to raise the question of utility again~of what use is beauty that no one ever sees? _‘¢,_~ For Book Lenders. Those who own books and are too soft-hearted not to lend them will ap- preciate the action of the man who put upon his book-plates this quota- tion from Sir Walter Scott: “And please return it! For I find that, although most of my friends are poor mathematicians, they are good bookkeepersl" Halloween. 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