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CHAPTER XVII_—.Continued. •
"Ha alight, On the other hand,
lie might plead ignorance: It is pos-
'sible for him to suggestthat the
whole affair was merely a coinci-
dence,
oincidence, so fax as he was concerned.'
"Yes, but he would have to ex-
plain how he burgled your house,
and what business he had to get
himself half murdered in your con-
Servatory. Let us get out here and
walk the rest of the way to your
hC*itse, Our cabby knows quite
enough about us without having de-
finite views as to your address.
The cabman was dismissed with a
handsome douceur and the twain
turned off the front at the corner of
Eastern Terrace. Late as it was,
there were a few people lounging un-
der the hospital wall, where there
was a suggestion of activity about
the building unusual at that time
of night. A rough -looking ' fellow,
who seemed to have followea Bell
and Steel from the front dropped in-
to a seat by the hospital gates and
laid his head back as if utterly worn
out. Just inside the gates a mail
was smoking a cigarette.
"Halloo, Gross,” David cried, "you
are out Iate to -night!"
"Heavy night, " Cross responded,.
sleepily, "with half a, score of acci-
dents to finish with, . Some of Pal-
mer of Lingfield's private patients
thrown off a. coach and brought here
in the ambulance. Unless I air
greatly mistaken, that is Hatherly
Dell with you."
"The same," Dell said, cheerfully,
"1 recollect you in Edinburgh. So
some of Palmer's patients have coin
to grief. Most of his special cases
used to pass through my hands."
"I've got one here to -night tivho re-
collects you perfectly well," said
Cross. "H'e's got a dislocated
ehoulder, but otherwise he is doing
well. Got a mania that he's a doc-
tor who murdered a patient."
"Electric light anything to do with
the story?" Bell asked. eagerly.
"That's the man. Seems to have
a wonderfully brilliant intellect if
you can only keep hint off that topic.
He spotted you in North Street yes-
terday, and seemed wonderfully dis-
appointed to find you had nothing
whatever to do with this institu-
tion."
"If he is not asleep_," Bell suggest-
ed, "and you have no objection—
Cross nodded and opened the gate.
Befone passing inside Bell took the
rolled -up Rembrandt from his deep
breast -pocket and handed it to
David.
"Take care of this for me," he
whispered. "Pin going inside. I've
dropped upon an old case that inter-
ested ine very much years age, and
I'd like to see mypatient again. See
you in the morning, I expect. Good-
nigHt.
David nodded in reply and went his
way. It was intensely quiet and
still now;. the weary loafer at the
outside liospital seat had disappear-
ed, 'f sere was nobody, to be seen
anywhere as David placed his key in
the latch and opened the door. In-
side the hall -light was burning, and
$o was the shaded electric lamp in
the conservatory. The study lead-
ing to the conservatory was in dark.
tress. The effect of the might behind
was artistic and pleasing.
It was with a sense of comfort and
relief that David fastened the door
behind him. Without putting up the
light in the study David laid the
Rembrandt on his table, which was
immediately below the window in his`
work -room. The night was hot; he
pushed the top sash down liberally.:
"I mast get that transparency re-
moved," he murmured, "and have
the window filled with stained glass.
The stuff is artistic, but it is so
frankly what it assumes to be."
CHAPTER XVIII.
David idly mixed himself . some
whisky and soda wader in the dieing -
room, where he finished his cigarette.
oar
Ile : wee tired and ready for 'bed now,
so tired that he could hardly find.
energy enough to remove his boots
and get intd, the big carpet slippers
that were so old and worn, He put
down the dining -room lights and
strolled into the study. Just for a
moment he sat there contemplating
with pleased, tired eyes the wilder -
nese of 'bloom before him.
Then he fell into a reverie, as he
frequently did. An idea for a fas-
cinating story crept unbidden into.
his mind, He gazed vaguely around
him. Some little noise outside at-
tracted his attention, the 'kind of
noise made by a sweep's brushes tip
a chimney.. David turned idly ta-
wards the open window. The top
of it was but faintly, illuminated 'by
the light of the conservatory gleam-
ing dully on the transparency over
the glass,. But David's eyes were
keen, and he ootid see distinctly' a
mans thumb crooked downwards
over the frame of the sash, Some-
body had swarmed up the telephone
holdfasts and was 'getting in through
the window, Steel slipped well into
the shadow, but not before an idea
had come to him. He removed the
rolled -up Benebrandt from thetable
and slipped it behind a row of books
in the book -case. Then he looked up
again at the crooked thumb.
He would recognise that thumb
again anywhere. It was flat like the
head of a snake, and the nail was no
larger than a pea—a thumb that had
evidently been cruelly smashed at
one time. The owner of the thumb
might have been a common burglar,
but in the light of recent events
David was not inclined to think so
At any, rate he felt disposed to give
his theory every •chance. Fe saw
a long, fustian -clad arm follow the
scarred... thumb, and a hand grope
ail over the table.
"Curse ince" a Soggy, voice whisper-
ed, lioarsely. "It ain't here. And
the bloke told ate—"
The voice said no more, for David
grabbed at the .arm and caught the
wrist in a vice -like grip. Iiistantly
another arm shot over the window
and an ugly piece of iron piping was
swung perilously near Steel's head,
Unfortunately, he 'could see no face.
As he jumped back to avoid a blow.
his grasp relaxed, there was a dull
thud ot3tside followed by the tenting
scratch of boots against a wall and
the Hollow clatter of' flying feet. All
David could do was to close the
window and regret that. his impetu-
osity Had "not been more judiciously
restrained.
"Now, what particular thing was
he alter?" he asked himself, "But 1
had utter defer any further specula-
tions on the natter till the morning.
After the fright he had my friend
won't come back again. And I'm
just es tired as a dog."
But there were other things . the
next day to occupy David's attention
besides the visit of his noctural
friend. He had found out enough
the previous evening to encourage
him to go farther. And surely Diss
Ruth Gates couI: not refuse to gi 'e
him further information.
He started out to call at 219,
Brunswick Square, hes soon as he
deemed it excusable to do so. Miss
Gates was out, the solemn butler
said, but she might be found in the
square gardens. , David came upon
her presently with a book in her lap
and hereel.f under a shady tree. She
was not reading, her eyes were fax
away. As she gave David a waren
greeting there was a tender bloom on
her lovely face.
"Ohe yes, T got home quite right."
she said. "No :suspicion was aroused
at all. And you?"
"I had a night thrilling enough for
yellow covers, as Artemus Ward
says. I came here this morning to
y
throw myself on your mercy,
Miss
Were I disposed osed t doso 1.
Gates. p a ,
have information enough to forco
your hand. 13ut i prefer ne hear
everything from your lips."
t Eat
s#y gut Su'eri ng
131xtcon Years of Croat Distress From Indigestion and Liver.
Trouble—Dootcrs Failed, But
Dr. Chase's Kidney Liver Pills
Brougtlt Gulick Relief and Effected a Thorough Curo.
In most cases of cbronic indiges-
tion the liver and kidneye are at
fault as well as the stomach, and be-
cause of their combined action, on
Mese organs Dr. Chase's Kidney -
Liver Pills cure when all ordinary
inaeana fail.
The case of Mrs, I'lushand is not
nnliice scores and hundreds which are
reported to us, There can be no bet-
ter evidence as to the thoroughness
and effectiveness of Dr. Chase's I id-
ney-Lfver `-Frills.
Mrs, D. I usbane, Moore street, :,t.
Catharines,. Ont,, ettates a "I was ser-
lotisly aft1lcted With indigestion and
etomaCh trouble for sixteen years,
I''inaliy I became so bad that I
could scarcely eat anything without
suffering terrible distrese, Gradually
I,,grew • Wetticer and more elleaCiated
'and though treated by; three doctors
and a specialist I received no bene-
fit.
"After a time a pain began in my
right side, which medical men said
was Liver trouble. I never got relief
until I began the use of Dr, Chase's
Kidney -Liver Pills, and they, helped
me at once. By using about fz doz-
en boxes I was entirely Cured, I owe
nay cure entirely to this treatment,
and make this statement with the
hope . that some poor sufferer may
benefit by, zny etperience."
Dr, Chases Ii,'idneyeLierer Pills, one
pill a dose, 25e a boar at ali dealers
or. Edmanson, Baths 8i Co,, Toronto.
To ,protect • yeti against imitations
the portrait and signature of lir. A.
W. Chase, the ftinioutw receipt book
:nater, nee on .every : box:.
"Did Enid telt you anything'?"
Muth faltered.
"Weil, she allowed me, to know a
great deal. la the first place, I
know that you had a great hand in
n]
taring l g me to 218 tineotliea• night,
e kn er thatit was you who suggest
ed that idea, acid it was you who
faoil.itatod the use of Mr. Gates.'s
telephone. How the thing was stag
BILL NYE'S COW .ADV.
Bill Nye, tate Humorist, 'once bad a
COW to sell, the story goes, and ad-
vertisod as follows:
"Owing to my ill -health I will sell
at any residence, in township nineteen,
range eighteen,' according to the Gov-
ernment's survey, one plush. raspber-
e rel. cow, ;aged eight years. ,She is of
managed matters very little at pre ou
sent. It turns t now that you
friend and 1)r. Bell and: n *self • have
a common enemy,"
. Ruth looked up swiftly. There was
something dike fear in her eyes,
Have—have you discovered ' the
name. of that money:?" sdie asked,
"Yes,. T know now . that our foe is
illi, Reginald TTenson."
"A nen who is highly respected, ;A,
roan who stands wonderfully high in
public estimation. -.there 'are thou-
sands and thousands of people who
look upon him as a great and eetun-
eble creature. He gives largely in
charities, he devotes a good deal of
his time to the poor, .My uncle who
is a good man, if you like, declares
that Reginald Henson is absolutely
indispensable to him. At the next
election that man is certain to be
returned to Parliament to represent
an important northern constituency.
If you told my uncle anything about
frim, he would laugh at. you."
"I have /sot the slightest intention
of approaching your uncle on this
matter at present."
"Because you could prove nothing.
Nobody can prove anything."
"But Christiana Henson May; in
time."
Once more Ruth flashed a startled
look at her companion.
"So you have discovered something
about that?" she whispered.
have discovered everything
about it. Legally speaking, the
young lady is dead. She died last
night, as Dr. Walker will testify.
She passed away in the formula pre-
sented by me the night that I met
her in the darkness at 215, Bruns-
wicg Square. Now, will you. be ,so
good as to tell me how those girls;
got hold of my synopsis?"
"That came about quite naturally,
Your synopsis and proof in an open
envelope wore accidentally slipped
into a large circular envelope used
by a firm of seed merchants rind
addressed to Longdean Grange, sent
out no doubt amongst thousands of
others. Chris saw it and, prompted
by curiosity, read it. Out of that
our little plot was gradually •evolved.
You see, I was at school with those
two girls and they have few secrets
from.. me. Naturally-, I suggested
the scheme because -I see a great deal
of Reginald Henson. He comes here;
he also comes very frequently to one
house in Prince's Gate. And yet I
am sorry, from the bottom of my
heart, that I ever touched the thing
for your sake."
The last words were. spoken with a
glance that set David's pulses beat-
ing, He took Ruth's half: extended
hand in his, and it was not with-
drawn.
"Don't worry about me," he said.
"I shall come out all right in the
end. Still, I shall look eagerly for-
ward to any assistance that you can
afford me. For instance, What hold
has Henson got on his relatives?"
"That I cannot tell you," Ruth
cried. "You must not ask •me.. But
We were acting for the best; our
great object was to keep you -out of
danger "
"There is no danger to ate if I can
only clear myself," Steel replied. "If
you could only tell me where those
bank -dotes came from! When I
think of that part of the business I
am filled with shame. 'And yet if
you only knew how fond I aur of my
home. At the Same 'tine, when t
found that I was called upon to help
ladies in distress' I should have re-
fused all offers of reward.. 11.1 had
done so I should have had no need
of your pity. And yet—and yet it is
very sweet to me."
He pressed the hand in his and the
pressure was returned. David for-
got all about his troubles for the
time and it was very cool and pleas-
ant and quiet there.
"I am afraid that those notes .were
forced upon u.s,'.". she said. "Though.
I frankly believe that the enemy docs
not know what we have learn.: to'do
froze. you. And as to the cigar -case:
would It not be easy to settle that
matter by asking a few questions?"
"life dear young lady, 7 have done
so. And the more questions I ask
•h. wore it forcigar-
case
s iso me The
r
I claimed came from glen s
'i4
beyond all question, and was pur-
chased by the mysterious individual
now in the hospital. I understood
that the cigar -case was the very one
I admired at Loekhart's some time
ago, and—"
• "If you inquire at Lockhart's you
will find such. to be the case."
David looked up with a. puzzled ex-
Pression. Ruth spoke se seriously,
and with suck an air al firm convic-
tion, w` `absolutely,sta-
.tion,. that c as stag-
gered..
So I did," he said. "And was
informed in the znost positive sway
by the junior partner that the case
I admired had been. purchased by an
American called Smith and sent to
the Metroiyole after be had forward-
ed dollar -notes for it.- Surely you
don't suppose that a lirm like Lock -
hart's would be guilty of anything—"
ituth rose to her feet, her face pale
and resolute.
"This must be looked to," . she 1
Said, ”The cigar -case sent to you
on
that 'particular night was par-,
chased at Lockltart's by Inyself and
paid for with my own money!"
(To be Oontinued,)
A Korean woman has no name.
Before marriage she is so-and-so's
daughter, and after .tnarr:.iege so-and-
so's Wife.
undoubted catnip and gives milk
SOW
frequently, 't."o a man who. does not
fear death in any:form she wouldbe a great boon. She is very much
attached to her present home with a
stay chain, but she will be sold to
anyone who will .egree'to treat. her
right. She is one-fourth Shorthorn
and three-fourths, hyena. I will also
throw in a double-barrel shotgun,.
which goes with her, In May she
usually goes away fora week or two
and returns with a tall rest calf with
wabbly legs. Her name is Rose. I
would rather sell her' to a non-resi-
dent."
HOMESPUN PHILOSOPHY.
Faith is humanity is inclined to
wabble• when you see apillar of the
church drive ole the widow's last
cow.
Pew Women like to be either ma-
stered or understood,
Men seldom ever lie or get mad
during the first two hours after din-
ner.
The Bostic of idleness is the devil's
recruiting office.
Innocence loves to be seen in a new
dress and $7 baronet.
It is the first week between the
Plow handles that breeds the resolu-
tion to leave the good old farm,
The Lord forgives all—tlie world
forgives all but woman.
A. matrimonial refusal is the ori-
ginal
riginal antitrust decision.
Every clog has his day—but ,'the
night is cornered by the cats.
It is the limit of impertinence for
a man to take shelter in an umbrel-
la store during a thundershower.
-FROM EAST TO WEST.
Generally speaking, Jack Tars are
not the men who forget a kindness,
and perhaps that was why young Will
Bowsprit always made a point of
dropping in to see Granny O".Goole to
say good-bye when he was starting
on a fresh voyage; for in liis youth
the old lady had been very good to
him.
"An' where is it ye're gain' this
time, .Mill, avick?" slie asked the
stalwart young bluejacket.
"Tlie -rest Irdies this time, gran-
nie," said he. •
"Mushat The good fairies must
have sint ye! Now whin ye get there
will 'it° be either takin' a walk to
the Aist Indies yell be, to oblige an
ould woman? Sure, ' nae dear son
Michael's there wid his rigimint, an'
Oi'd loike yo to take leis mother's
blessin'. Sure, ye could do it in
your dinner -hour!"
• There aro no tramps in Germany.
Vagrants are arrested and set to such
work that they are .glad to secure
regular employment as soon as pos-
sible.
Changed :Dinguss—Old fellow, it's
the same old story. I'm in need of
a little financial succor. Shadbolt—
You'll have to Bunt further. I am
not the little financial sucker I used
to be.
Hicks—Sussex seems to be in a
Highly prosperous condition, and yet
you told me he was only going on
from hand to mouth. Wicks -That's
right. . He's a dentist, you know.
The latest thing in hotel bills of
fare is stated to be an edible mems:
Card. It is generally made of bis-
cuit, wliicli :the guest oats with his
cheese.
Hawkins—That--pickpocket they
caught was really a very intelligent
fellow. Sampson -No doubt of ' it.
He proved that by his ability to lo-
cate a lady's pocket.
It sometimes Happens that a widow
marries art old bachelorbecause she
has a grudge against him. •
The coining of the longest word
in our language is credited to Mr.
Gladstone, It is "clisestablielittont--
ariatiism."
Trees transplanted at night are
more likely to litre than those trans'-•
planted it, daytime,
it n
olivia and Shun rn a ar o the only civ-
ilieed or semi -Civilized Powers with-
out
out a national debt,..
scoll's
iS1
is a food -medicine for the
ais thin and not
baby thatot
well nourished and for the
mother whose milk does not
nourish the baby.
It is equally good for the
boy or girl who is thin and
pale -and not well nourished
by their: food also for the
anomic or consumptive adult
is losing . good flesha
who �rad
strength.
In fact, for all conditions
of wasting it is the food-
medicine that will nourish
build the and b l id up body and
give new Iife and energy when
all other means fail
ea find $t.00, sill At aggime
strr & 13OWNir. Chcndsta.'r6touto Ont,
Doctors
Drinkers s are
efine
that listless nervous sort of feeling that Japan tea,
so often afflicted with aS,"Tea Intoxm
eatier,,
Drink only
CEYLON NATUItAL'GREEN=EA and avoid all harmful after ef•
fects. Sold in the same form as "SALADA" black tea in sealed
lead, packets' . only.
FROM P4STURE TO DRY LANA.
Farmers are now up 'against tliis
proposition, the best method of get-
ting cows from pasture to winter
conditions, or changing from green to
dry feed. Leaving silage out of the
discussion and speaking to those whet
do not have it, the vast majority, as
they aro the ones wlio literally.change
from succulent feed to dry, the first
thing to do is to state the rulas
which must govern -•rules taught by
the general experience of dairy farm-
ers.
All feeding changes must be gradu-
al. An abrupt change disturbs the
digestive machinery and always caus-
es loss. Not only should it be gra-
dual, but graduated; that is, the
cliange should not be from one feed
to a totally different one, but inter-
mediate steps should be taken. If
we propose to feed something entire-
ly different in nature and composi-
tion there should be a connecting
link. In other words, rather than
change from Pasture _grass to hay,
there should bo an intermediate feed
by nature nearer pasture grass and
leading to the dry Iiay ration.
The feed should be of a kind easily
grown on the farm, and economical-
ly produced. Fortunately, there is
an easy and satisfactory solution of
this matter—one that satisfies all the
requirements. It is green corn fod-
der. Corn is a giant grass. It is
therefore in a class with pasture
grass while green, and gradually
changes to a dry 'fodder as the sea-
son. progresses. It may be sweet
corn, dent, or flint. Flint corn
conies earliest and is useful to sup-
plement the pasture before there is
any call to change from green to
dry feed. Sweet corn is palatable
and is eaten up clean, and is better
for fall feed than for winter, as it
contains too much water for satisfa-
tory feeding in zero weather.
Fodder corn, planted thick, .about
one busliel to the acre, and in drills,
preferably planted the first half of
June, is the best. Planted late, it
grows fast, gains the mastery of
weeds with but two cultivations, and
has a greater percentage of protein
than that planted earlier, because
starch is manufactured during the
latter stages of plant life and the
last stage is cut short if planted
late. Planting it so thick causes the
stalks . to be fine and soft, and stock
will eat it clean -practically clean
even i1 not run through a cutter.
And the yield is much greater than
in thin or hillrplanting, so it is more
profitable.
But suppose one has nothing but
common field corn. It resolves to
this: It is the best thing he has. Cut
and feed it green to the cows. Feed
in the manger by preference, but
sometimes it is more convenient to
feed at first in the pasture. This
green corn is like pasture grass and
the change is not abrupt. The corn
changes as the season advances, leep-
ing, pace witli it, so the feed corre-
sponds to the season.
,Let us understand this fact. Nature
knows her own business. The natural
feeds of the season in any land aro
seasonable to that country. The
home produced feeds aro suited to
the natural demands of the animals
u r i•i only
oder natural conditions. The o y
reason why we need to nodi:fy the
feeds provided by nature is because
we modify the natural conditions of
the animals.
PROFITABLE AND UNPROFIT-
ARL` E COWS.
Many dairy cows onthe average
farm are kept year after year at an
actual loss to the owner, simply be-
cause lie does not know just what
they are doing, Others are real
money' -getters, yet, perhaps, being
mixed with the rest of the herd, cause
the whole herd to bring' n fair income
and the owner never suspects that_ his
profits would bo better were the
money -losers culled out.
Of course, an experienced dairy-
man can male a good estimate of a
row from her appearance and con-
formation, yet the best ofthem are
often deceived, and the farmer with
lees knowledge of the ideal dairy cow
is still more often iieceived. Cows,
like parsons, may not always reveal
their true worth in their appearance.
The best test of the dairy 'cow is.
what she will do—not how many
quarts of milk she will produce with -
Met regard to its riclin.ess (unless her
owner is a rather unscrupulous. mrtilk
i'nan), but how many :pounds of bet-
ter fat slio can show on her year's
record. 13 -utter kat and other solids
in the milk, as Casein, the chief con-
stituent of clieose, increase in about
the same ratite so that is a good
test of the Worth of the cow, whe-
ther lier products be used for butter
Or for cheese, 4/
A good cow ehould produce 300
pounds of butter Mt per year, If she
does this she is a money-znaker, and
should be treasured. If she protfWCcs
but 200 potinds she is on the &Met
iful list, and if she falls doevn'tt 1,50
pounds she should be disposed of
immediately.:
• .The largo dairyman should always
own .a.l3abcoek tester and test sam-
ples of each cow's milk periodically,
also weighting it, and know just
what each cow is doing. The small
dairymah inay not feel able, to af-
ford the tester, but if Be has access
to one at a neighbor's dairy or ti
creamery, he can welly cictermin
what each of his cows is roducin
p
in the following manner;
I or turas consecutive days it each'
month weigh the milk from each cora
separately at each, milking; mix it
well if it leas stood at all slime milk-
ing, and take a saznplo, the same
amount each time, in e, small . vessel
Bolding about as much as a table
spoon. Empty the samples front each
cow as soon as taken into a wide-
mouthed bottle or glass, fruit can be
labelled with the cow's name : or.
number. A `few potassium chromate
crystals should be in the caol to pre-
vent the souring of the milk. (See
that nothing drinks the milk as it is
somewhat poisonous.) When. the six
samples are taken for each cow (one
at each milking for three consecutive
days, beginning, we will say, on the
fifteenth of each month), take the
cans to a creamery or neighbor who
has a tester, and ask pini to test
them for you. Tile creamery yotf
patronize will be glad to do it for
you, or any one owning a. tester
would do it for a trifling amount.
Preserve the tests, and weights each
month, and at the end of the year
figure out the amount of butter each
individual cow is producing, or have
the dairyman] or tester clo it for you
This will give you a very close esti-
mate of Ike income from. each cow
fn your herd, and by keeping a little
record of the amount and price of
feed consumed by the herd during the
year, counting the labor, if you will,
and not forgetting the manure pro-
duced, you will knowjust feat votl
herd is paying you and which indi-
viduals are doing it, and yeti . will
not be long in replacing the money-
losers by money-makers. Is the gain
and satisfaatfors front this knowledge
not worth the labor?
CARE OF THE COLT'S FEET.
When foals run about on very hard
ground not only are the hoofs some-
times too much worn and the feat
consequently made tender, but tai
concussion may injure the bones and
joints of the limbs. Some of the
diseases which are supposed to be
hereditary may be originated in. this
way in early life.
Tlie desirability of accustoming
foals at an early age to have their
feet and legs handled must be evident.,
It is well to train them to allow'
their hoofs to bo trimmed and regu-
lated by means of the knife or the
rasp, A foal should have his feet
trimmed, if only a little, at least ev-
ery four months.
HARDY BREEDS.
Among tlie hardy breeds of poultry
that thrive well during all seasons of
the year may be mentioned the Brah-
seas. Cochins, Plymouth Rocks,
Langsiians and Wyandottes. Some
breeds may excel theism as sayers in
summer, but in the winter season
they will prove as profitable as any,
from the fact that they are very heal
vily feathered and have combs tlia
are not excessively large, which en-
able them to endure the severely cold
weather. The breeds named :aro of
largo size, and are also excellent
market-fowls,having yellow skin
and
legs. The •Leghorns at;e also classed,.
among the hardy breeds, and give
good results, though they are not of
large size.
SCOUTS OF THE NAVY.
The First of the New Class of
Ships is Speedy.
"She and hei• sisters will act es
the eyes of the fleet," said tho chair-
man of the Fairfield Shipbuilding
Company at the .launch of 1l. M. S.
Forward at Glasgow recently,
The Forward is the first of the new
scout class to be launched, 'Her mis-
sion willtbe to gain intelligence of
an enemy;s strength and position,
and then take to her heels and bring
the news to tile fleet., with this ob-
ject in view she has been bunt ,Brim-.
drily for speed and sea -keeping power.
She will be able .to, steam et 2'i
knots, and lien bttnkor capacity will
enable her to .travel 3,000 knots at
12 knots an hour;
Krupp non -consented armor. She ie
381 feet long, has a beam of 40 feet,
a draft of 14' feet, and displacement
of 2,850 tons.
'These vessels are the small erul
sers of the future," said Admiral
Wilson at the luncheon after the
launch, "The Forward Wilt be abut
to run away from anything bigger
than Herself."
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