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Best For all Holiday Dainties because it is all pure cane sugar; and yields the greatest amount of sweetenkg:,g .., Cert the original h ef,eetY 41- sealed eaaages p end bagsS1b St. z St. L^.,reaee.SugarMelteerics, i.iiz ite4g. Montreal The Green Seal By CHARLES EDMONDS WALK Alnthor of ''The Silver Blade," "The Paternoster Ruby," i4The Time •Lock," etc, t.11APTE1'. XVIL•P•-•(Lont't%L "flu trying to persuade Miss Fox ttf the woryleri'nl merits of my .Inc - pedal' Chinese remedy for removing birthmark , tattoo -melte, and—" •'I heard you," I interrupted. "Who Keit you here??" "Biel$ you, sir, nobody sent roe. For ii limited time I'm giving the good people of Los Angeles nu op- portunity: to avail themselves of this great bison, a secret that's been one o' the most prized possession, of the royal fancily o' China for countless centuries, and now, as a result o' the recent rev'lution, given to the public bl for file first time. FIs; Fos happen- i,e realized, but :one inter prompt- ••It would come to t•ttll in time, Ile impeccable credentials," Pay attention to the little details,. (earlier than this is not desirable oft ed to be next on my list,.' t , • ing nevertheless warned me of (lan- generously encouraged me—"bound There remained yet one question Dead beets -those killed by 'weeds Profitable, since the yield will be "What hat made you imagine th:t..+I ed ,. to, But here's a theory I've been that I did not Fox I require, or he ersuaded g1' • I'ranl:ly, the episode worried as put into words; first, and lack of attention. (smaller and the hay will be more dif� might eg e* F. well as puzzled me, for how could workin" on ever ince Mrs. Fox's box . because I knew it would open up an The farm. home can and should be ficult to cure, It should not`be a1- into attempting ;Nur peculiar tole- Ode, uncouth won= have posse sed was stolen -no avenue of inquir • that I shrank from ,made more attractive, «t:Shy + �� y lowed to get much beyond this stage ,,, lcgtawledfl a of Lois E'ox's tattoo -mark, "By George! I s uddenly exclaimed, entering upon, and econdly, Stru- One well fed hen is better than two for t�vo reasons: (1) Although e The cvc=nlan turned a l.ge....l ,selt�gl,e and •sat blinl.ing, ltei' was even less better qualified to; wind way hours] she or anybody mise.somewhat heavier first cutting of }Tay tent e^upon Lois with the tot)t labia in- any etaitcern about removing it? "What's ba#'s got yah now' "' Straiten ;supply the answer than I was myself. half starved ones. tent ee ems# them, a footing of on- • I glanced at :til; Fox. She was mildly inquired. o The question was this: How, and Sunlight is a natural tonic'for the can be secured by aIIowing it to stand ,adenefl between from which I my longer than the time recommended, wasvery pale and her pretty face wore a "I'm not the only one who's been under what circumstances, had little pigs, and they revel in it just as pts he to he excluded. _, R looked at blind—Miss Fox never recognised the father come lit the death ring in the What the grain grower takes from the hay is neither as palatable, nor es But the girl met the overture st.ibuut troubledtiexpression.- �._he 1 n goodthings about me :=tratngely, as if filed with name- ideograph on her aunts box, and she's first place? the soil, the dairy cow in times re- nutritious. (2) Leaving the first crop '•Tracie. a 1, ;t 3 nearly ai ut lt" iciri been familiar with it all her life. And then followed the subordinate stores, rafter it is at the proper stage to cut ,a young lorry," the ravc.man simpered, ea tr= "Here, here," I chided, "this won't ' "That's just it; nothin' funny about questions: Z' by should he have guard- Actual experience is the only way delays and reduces the second crop, •' now z e ntlemaln scarcely cc alit 1 h think ed It so jealously all these years h wickets .means something and it was put there for a particular purpose; there's others besides those we know about that knows it's there." "That's reasonable enough." Then I repeated: "But why should they be so eager to get rid of it?" The shrewd eyes regarded me dur- ing a long silent pause. Then came the response, "For a man who's so sharp in so many different ways, you're as a bat in others. Show nee that ivory box again." I didn't see what the carved box had to do with it, but nevertheless I got it front its biding place in the desk drawer. Struber slowly turned the cube shaped receptacle in his fingers while he contemplated it thoughtfully, "How many times you reckon you've examined this?" he suddenly asked. "A hundred anyhow, I'll bet. Yuh've even gone over it with a ntagnifyin'-glass_something I haven't done myself; yet one o' the first things that caught my eye you miss- ed entirely." He handed it to me. "S'pose yule look again." I obeyed the suggestion, surveying every thread-like line intently in an effort to force it to yield whatever veiled meaning it might possess. Sud- denly I glanced up with a surprised exclamation. -Got it?" he asked indifferently. "Great Caesar, no! The devilish thing's got me." For this is what I all at once made ".11 out. The intricate fantastic design ttt •'' with whist's the six sides were cover- ed had been carved upon a back - sort e•f emissary or spy, our oppen- ground which, up to this instant, I ents were too Arend to be caught by had accepted as simply a closely en - .o careless an oversight. As a mat- graved reticulated pattern, a sort of ter of fact, the woman had made at uneven lattice or network effect. But teat t. a perfunctory call at nearly now I perceived that the effect was every office on my floor, and had sue- produced bya more definitely;igni- ceeded in disposing of :once of her t]eant design. The reticulatios were wares; but on his account Stub ex- formed by an intertwining or overlap - tended his investigation to the floor ping of innumerable facsimiles of the below,• and the result confirmed my cryptic character on the death ring, suspicions—tile woman had not been Struber gave the discovery time to seen there at all. The elevator must ,,oak in, then asked: "What yah make have brought her directly to the floor of it now?" where my offices were situated. j "Nothing, confound it:" I owned So here, it seemed to me, gats an- up in a burst of temper. "The more other veiled menace; I could not im- I learn about this blessed muddle, the aline in what shape it might possibly foggier my seem gets. " thing for men to drop out like hat l Mad" take new names, Steve was al �. Ways a crook, and while there's noth- ing on Sam he and his brother at one time were pretty thick. If you had a brother like Steve Willets wouldn't you feel like beatin' it somewheres else and hiding under an alias? Sure you would. "But here's the way I look at it.. Sam, he wasn't all bad; once away from Steve's influence he straightens up, gets ashamed of his past and cuts loose front it, He's James Strang and mebbe a respected citizen o' that Johore place, He Must a -got rich, too. He learns about Steve's daughter and tries to make up for her' rotten bad dad the best way he knows how; and be-lieve me, it ain't such a "i bad way, either. But right there's; where his troubles began. He has one o' the boxes, and not knowing how i much it's wanted by Chinks he uses it to carry the diamond in—it's a pretty nifty, present itself, He's fol- lowed mebbe from the time he landed ' at New York, and he ain't long get -1 ting wise to it. 0' course he think it's the diamond they're after, and ; there you are, "Now then, I can't tell you why he's still hiding out, and that con- fuses some details. If the crazy dub would only come forward and join us, we'd look out for hint and clear "the whole thing up in a day." The more I turned this theory over in my mind, the surer I grew that Struber was at. least approaching the truth. One detail, however, led me to atilt: " If you are right candle the conflicts "Dead easy," was "The Chinks get wise to the diamond, and while gathering in the boxes why not grab. the sparkler too? They're crooks, all right; they're not over- looking any chances like that." "Then your theory is, that the ear- lier personal was designed to trap me e into disclosing the diamond's where- abouts, and that Strang, alarmed by it, had the second inserted to warn me?" "You've got me." V "He need not have worried. Who-' . ever learns anything from me about that diamond will first have to show p ; ginning of bloseommg time. Cutting ,,. };igoc},•+ grin. You mustn't let a mere court,- ,drat. Maw after c o yu nota J . ill which success can be attained in since the new shoots coming from the **But this one articular thing," ` I fierce like that disturb ,vera:' 1 your ears or our nose, even 'whe' And, what association had there been bee lees ing. ` crown are cut off with the first crop, .,e t particular • " She continued to regard rhe a mo-' you're lanipin yours elf in a mmol , between illy father and a des er•ate p pressed her li romi, Inf,ly, the ,could Not at all unless they're a-hurtin'. character like Steve Willets? p Economical feeding requires. supply When alfalfa is to be fed to bogies, you d to anion- that brought you liege, before t. responding. . If I c i r •� � be sure that it was only a cu!nci-, Well, :he's just as used to that mark, Candidly, I. feared there might be ing the food nutrients in the right it may be allowed to grow slightly you do einge-, i. that ie . ?"iv, did r, " id in a strained drop- on her throat; bet it don't come into certain pages of his past history that ;proportion. i longer than when it is fed to cattle,. you come lr, . 'this knowledge?" Ped the said tr ,- : _ .ed �t cet., "You are not:' her head .once in a coon's awe. 'would better remain unturned. To prevent rabbits gnawing the `but it should. never be left until the i,<.,1, no, .he vehemently d.� i '.=ii � "I „ + o'►v r •ln - di4-� '4ihic]t was true: I ryas not. But i `•holy if the Chink sign on her And then, like a flash of inspira- ,trees, mix fish oil or strong red pep- second crop is injured in cutting the c.9 1 t]n f ci.. i t t . e . n ' ,` y gilded: aunt's box had been plain and ills- tion, I thought of a source from which per with svhftewas]t and apply,. le'irn mems; how could I , I , only , a "Yon learn by in airing --unless they're on , Yin know, I am on my guard, that tinct, like it is on the ging*, why, be- might be adduced the one clue needed d The two grains, Indian corn and body's fa e or hands." y is all, I am taking no more chances, Neve me, she'd at -spatted it long ago; to knit together the tangled skein of :Kaffir corn,. are almost identical in a t - c ' l het hem a whole flock o' them all our per lexities into a whole,sound I# was t]•Sin that notll{n-• wri • tet after my own decidedly unpleasant P be gabled by interrogating her fur experience Be cautious and watch •'erambled together, like when the therea I in turn reminded her, as ful; but don't look for a bogey in gait's been pinyin' with the croehetin', civilly as I could, that canvassing was every unusual happening, and harm .she overlooked 'em, just like you did strictly prohibited in the building. V is not likely to come to you." "The Chink sign was fresh in •my "Besides,:' I added, "I must request She breathed a deep sigh and re- mind the first time I see the box. you not to interrupt :hiss Fox at her ' sumed her work without further corn- Murder—or what looked like murder i sen done with the ileo ra h ahtic. • (To be continued.) Monstrous Names. The longest name ever inflicted on an English child must surely be that chemical composition. rso near turning ever cane December into June for dairy cattle and sheep as the silo. Poultry keeping is more profitable than dairying for the man who likes work." And to bring the matter de- ment. I went back to me pliw.Ite --had b g P , poultrybetter than he does cows. finitely to an end, with an air that room, taking the woman's card with as you call it, left behind as a sort oof an unfortunate born at Derby in Haing the pigs farrowed as near could neither be mistaken or ignored, me. trademark. That made me think o'1882, on whom her parents bestowed a one time as possible greatly simplf- I went aver and opened the door into i Once more seated at me- desk, I ex- the time Charley Yen croaked, So name for every letter of the alphabet, oene thew ask of feeding and caring i amined the bit of pasteboard. It was . yah see, thous me renown it, a part says the London Chronicle: Anna 10 g1 The woman's manner instantly changed. Her fat face flushed dark- ly, and in the covert glance she gave me as she swept past into the hall she could not hide a flash of malevo- hence. She said harshly, under her 5reath: "Maybe before very long you'll be sorry for butting in, You'll know then I was only trying to do the young lady a good turn." It was on the tip of my tongue to retort that I could not believe her ma - :Ives to be disinterested; but I re- mained silent, and contented myself with closing the door behind her. "Stub," I then said, "make the round of this floor and learn whether the really did call on any one else." If, however, she were indeed some The proof of Mother Seigel's Syrup is in the taking. That is why former sufferers, whose vitality was being sapped by Indigestion, say , it is just ex- cellent for stomach, liver and bowel troubles. Thanks to Mother Seigel's Syrup, they are now strong and well. 8S EXCELLENT FOR If you are afflicted by Indi- gestion or other disorders of the stomach, liver and bowels take Mother Seigel's Syrup regularly for a few days ; long enough to give it a fair chance to make • its beneficial influence felt. "Then note the improvement in your appetite, your strength, your general condition. 3015 HEADACHES, BILIOUSNESS CONSTIPATION 1 ESTI l'1 cr.00botlle of Syrup contains5 three times as iiijicli as live 50C sire• of cheap quality, and its flamboyant announcements were smear ily print- ed. The number given was on Main Street above First, which in itself was not a recommendation. Then I called police headquarters and had the good 'luck to catch Struber. "I'll look her up right away," he assured me after I had related the in-! ' cident. "Seems to me that name's familiar; I believe the old dame has } `a ; After the appearance of the per -1 police court record," sonal signed "James Strang"—that is, the one cautioning me to disregard the personal asking for information respecting the disposition of a "valu- able mail parcel"—no other• person- als appeared addressed to me, though I watched all the papers for days. Struber and I had agreed upon the advisability of inserting one ad- , dressed to Strang, strongly urging him to communicate with me, but not until the first week in May 'did, this appeal produce- any result. It had begun to seem that Strang was deter- mined upon ignoring ' it; then one morning I found my name and after it this single laconic but pregnant line: Not ready to clic }'et. Wait. It was unsigned. At this stage . events began to move swiftly. ' It transpired that the wo- man calling herself Madame Carcassi had once been fined in the Police Court for some petty swindle perpet- rated at a time when she held forth as a clairvoyant and medium.- At pre- sent, it appeared, she did in truth conduct a so-called"beauty-parlor" at the Main Street address, the medium business manifestly having upon par - Ions times. "And," Struber supplemented his verbal report, "she sure enough can remove tattoo -marks, like she says, without leaving a scar." He grinned knowingly. "So can I; so can you; so can anybody. It's dead easy." "I'm sure I can't," I contradicted. "Just prick fresh cream over the design; when the scab's gone, so's the ink, `leaving the skin as smooth an' clear as a - baby's,' as the ad-vertise- merits say. I know. Tried it on my-. self once just to see if it'd work:' This information interested me and I made -mental' note of it for Miss Fox's benefit, resolving to lay the matter before some authority besides. Struber. "But look here, Struber," I said, "how did anybody learn about this particular mark, anti why should they be so interested in having it remov- ed?" "It's been on her: a long time, hasn't it ? Anyway, how do we know Wil - lets himself done it? We only have his word for it, and what's that worth ? Nix. That pair o' croquet o' my thinker was a-lookin' for the mark eveiyw*here, an' spots it right eft. "But I started to tell yah about my theory, what I've been followin' ever since Mrs. Fox's box was stolen. "It's not the diamond the Chink's Tollemache was another person with a taking so ninny long shots to get, but craze for long names, He baptized anything and everything that has his eldest son Lyulph Yderallo Odin that double wishbone on it. It's the Nestor Egbert Lyonel Toedmag Hugh seal o' some tong, as I've said before, Erehenwyse Saxon Esa Orme Crom- and the order's gone forth to gather well Nevil Dysart Plantagenet. 'em- in. Seem to be makin' a pretty clean job of it, too. When yuh told A Sure Way. me about the Carcassi woman's visit "Do you know," he stammered, I knew I was right." I pondered this aspect of the mat- "you could make my wife mighty ter a minute with growing alarm. My proud of me?" suspicions about some hidden danger "I could?" asked his boss. "How?" threatening Lois Fox were receiving "Just by raising my salary," was it most unwelcome confirmation. the reply."You are sure, then," I asked, "that the Chinese are at the bottom of the mystery?—that Steve Willets is notthemainspring?" - "Don't everything -fit in with my theory?" lie returned. - . "Besides, Steve's croaked." - "Good ggacious, man!" I groaned after another' pause. "Has it occur- red to you how such a conclusion af- fects Miss Fox?" He nodded in a confident manner. "I was going to make a suggestion ;Ge ►12�+3E War®g about that when you switched me - off. There's just one • thing to do:let Now a. P'Y2s®,,,, her just as soon as possible have the thing removed. There's plenty o' high-toned specialists—lady operat- ors, y'luuow—in the city, so it won't be embar•rassin' for Miss Fox. - I'll dope out a way o' spreading the news among the Chinks." The idea of a rdfined girl having to endure such an ordeal was inexpres- sibly repugnant' to me, so how would it appear to her? Still, if thus she might be saved from worse indignities the suggestion must at least be given serious consideration. After ' a mo- ment's reflection I resolved to urge it upon her. - "How about the diamond?" I ask- ed by and by. "I can't fit it into your theory." Struber leaned abruptly forward and rapped with his knuckles upon my desk. He spoke with more earnest- ness than I had ever before seen him betray. . _ "Looky here, Mr. Ferris. Hasn't it ever struck yule who this inan Strang really is?" I shook my head. His next 'words left me speechless. "Who could he be but Sam Willets, Steve's brother?" After a moment he went on: ' - - "What evidence have we that Sam was killed ? None More than that he. disappeared and hasn't since been heard item since. The body was never found, and a close search was made for it at the time, too. It's no new Bertha Cecilia Diana Emily Fanny Gertrude Ilypatia Inez Jane Kate Louise Maude Nora --I will ;cease the infliction until it comes to Zenobia! The Rev. Ralph Lyonel Tollemache When four years old, children are generally twice as tall as they were at birth. - An Irishman has said, "In oulden times they hanged thieves on crosses; now, begorra, the Kaiser hangs crosses on thieves." This is the picture of :i sad and for- lorn prisoumer inthe 1'rf m,11 calm? le's a German "war dos? for them. Don't forget to gather in road dust or sifted coal ashes, so that the hens will have something to wallow in this winter. The story of the farm is written in the sweat of the farmer's brow, and punctuated with tears of sorrow and tears of joy. Do not slight the milking, but get the last drop. There is no quicker' way to decrease the flow of milk than to leave a little each time. While still young, but full grown, the chicken is best suited for food. As it grows old, the flesh loses its flavor and increases in toughness. Some farmers think it a waste of time to groom work horses in order to make them look sleek and shiny and would rather leave them in their natural state. As long as there are points in the farming business that are unsettled, and as long as the man behind the farm wishes to make progress, there will be something for the farm papers to do. is the ram kept from the ewes in the day time or does he run with them all of the time. Better keep them apart, allowing him with them a few. hours daily. Result: Better • lambs and more of them. The farmer or any other person that has the room, who fails to keep a flock of hens, is making a mistake. Besides the "home consumption" part of the programme, chickens and eggs are excellent products for the market and are always in demand. Millet seed is not only an excellent poultry "food, but, being very small, there .is nothing better to scatter in the Titter as' an inducement for the fowls to get the exercise they require. Throw a handful in deep litter in the morning and it will keep the fowls busy andactiveall day. It is really a crime the way some farmers are permitting the escape into gullies and creeks of so much manure. The records show that con- stant cultivation depletes the fertil- ity of the soil, and the farmer who allows this valuable soil builder to -escape is the one whose farm, soon be- comes barren. Preserve the manure. When to Cut Alfalfa. For all classes of animals except horses, alfalfa should be cut for hay when the new shoots or stems begin to appear at the crown. ' These are easily seen just as they come up among the old stems at about the be - first crop. Consumption is most common he. tween the ages of 25 and 30. Christmas Appal FOR The Hospital for Sick Children COLLEGE ST., TORONTO. Dear Mr. Editor:— Thanks for your kindness in allow- ing me the privilege of appealing at this Christmas time on behalf of the Hospital for Silk Children, Toronto. In the 40 years of the Hospital's ex- istence there have been treated within. its walls 26,108 children as in -patients; 231,768 as out-patients; a grand total Jf 257,876 in and out-patients. The Hospital for Sick Children gives t province wide service, for little patients from every section of On- tario have sought its aid. Last year 499 patients were admitted from 232 places outside the city of Toronto. in 1914 there were 394 from 210 places. Of the 2,838 in -patients last year 1,771 were medical eases and 1,057 surgical. In the orthopedic department of the 2,838 in -patients, 264 were treated for deformities, 21 Pott's div -- ease of the spine, 10 lateral curvature of the spine, 10 bow-legs, 57 club -feet, 17 dislocations of hip, 42 tubercular disease of knee, hip, ankle, wrist and elbow; 16 infantile paralysis, 8 wry neck, and 21 miscellaneous. Our battle is never-ending—is one -' that will continue while the world last% for it is the fight between the armies of life and death, to save the child life, the sick little ones, sons and daughters not only of our soldier men, ' but of the fathers and mothers still in this home -land provinde. • The Hospital is beating back dis- ease and death, the enemies that as- sail the lives of little children as the British Empire . is beating bat,lt Ger, many, Austria and Turkey, the ene- mien that, assail the life of liberty. So we appeal to the generous people. if Ontario not to forget those so near and dear to us, who lie in the beds and cots of this great charity. Will the people at large, as of old, respond to our call? Will they remeni- ben- that every year is a war year for the Hospital; every day a day of battle, and that the Hospital reeds moue•, not for its own sake, but for the chil- dren's sake? The Hospital has waged its war for forty years. The people of Toronto and Ontario have been its friend, and this year of all years it requires' help, Surely you will give to a charity that cares for every sick child in Ontario, fed only as your money reaches the Hospital can the Hospital's .mercy reach the children. Every dollar is a link of kindness in the chair, of mercy that joins the money in your pocket to the miseries of % some child's life, some mother's heart. ` Remember that Christmas calls j'o5 to open the purse of your kindness to' the Frospital that the Hospital may open the heart of its help to the children. Will you send a dollar, or move if you can, to Douglas Davidson, Secre- tary -Treasurer, or J. ROSS ROBERTSON, Chairman of the Board of T"rt^ `sc' . , Toronto.