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"Of course it was alt incoherent," she
gees on hurriedly, snatching at Ilia first
p�r4'e+�siun that occur; l., (ler 1+s likely 111: CAN TURN OI'T \\ITI' EASE ANY
as
to elide. or at let u little modify, her
wort—"nothing that ono could 'nuke L*.sIRE:U BN.\1i).
sense of. Only your name rt4^urreei iso
iuce.stYunll} ; it sus nothing but swim_
beth, Elizabeth.' 1 a,n pure"—with a r'-
ulon•:efu1 if clumsy tiltenlp►t to be kind,
and a most uneasy smile—that I do not
wonder at it !"
In the narrow ink'rsraeo Iw1we4'n the
lM eeks unnd the path—not novo than a
eoupla of fnge'rs wid(t—flow Idle *&i'
levees itself ! and up 1'aCe'a IIS (4►:uu
14'untutmS. throwing their spray aloft in
,II •li mighty play as if they would hit
leaven's ar li. \Nhut exhilitralie•n in its
gnat glad nteee, superb and hutile-
ready !
"1 cannot express how (distasteful a
tusk -this is to ale" -=-in a tone that cer-
thinly gives no rtalson e) doubt the Itis appesrotus,-arranged on a narrow
truth of her sititemeltlt ; "but. aftA'r all, s�,elf, c.►usisls of dozen or so of small
1 ant his mother;
hr i; 1►II I lutye3 in g;'1)sy stoppered la:oltles of vfi iuu� cul-
1hu wert(I. and 1 and stns' tient yen are .seed liquids, u big jar of caramel and'
lir. very lust per, un who would wish 143 111:411lier stleut spirit. 'There are oilier
d . him an injury." ' things, such as an aerated eater plant,
How curiously still and slow her %Tilc0 bur it is openly displayed downstairs.
is! Mrs. It}•ng; has resolutely averted 1•or ttie aeration of table water; es the
he; eyes, v► Lhud her purpxse may not wine doctor's ostensible calling.
again be; shaken by the ,ig;It of the "Fact is, there, Loo Innen wine made
a'ready," he says. "Heal wine, 1 mean.
Its not wanted. kep(14,w111(1
price. B4'sides, it's It wastieng;s g;43od11 land
l.• plant it with grapes just to keep up
the old inyilt that they're necessary 'or
'.gine making. 1 don't wonder at the
(11,1urbance in France, and I wouldn't
round belling that Ilse regiments that
have mutinied were driven 14) it by
S" allowing too much of tLe wine of the
cc unt'y."
Ile draws my attention to his row cf
betties with a comprehensive wave e f
tee hand.
"See those? Wine in embryo. Tone
• (;ive me good wager'"—he indi-
cates an innocent loul:ingg tap in the cor-
ner—"and i.Il turn you out a bottle , f
arylhing you like to name—while you
wait!"
'l'hat is "hat 1 leave come for. 1
c 1:ght perhaps to explain that i erig;in-
ally met the doe.,lor in a distnnt colony,
Illi: air. The light is catching their _where men talk nwre openly than they
e inns. and making them 14$)k likes (lo here, and—well, he knows that what
whitest silver. It s.'►nas us 11 lh(y weer" 1 may set down in print about him will
convey
DARE HE
OR, A SAD LIFE STORY
*o♦o+o•0+0♦0♦0 0+
g• lik(:11.\1'1 i:tt \t..- _(.intmuel).
"Well, no—rrither grudgingly. "In
• fact, between you and ate, considering
that it is they who have brought him
file, this plight, I think they might have
.clown a little more s4,li nude about
!m. In the hist !en days 1 d4) not M'-
ileye that they have been once t4) the
door t, inquire."
"You do not scent to be mare," says
Jim, in a V4,i,e which, though quiet, is
not pacific. "anis That is odd, ce,nsider-
Ing 11nw .eft, u 1 told you, 11ma1 lentil you
crime \Ire Le \ItIIet:int nursed hits
like a ur Other; mo1, like a mother in-
de(M1"—eorreetiug himself, with a sonle-
tvhiit rnulicicnIs intention—"for mothers
gross Hurried, and she never did."
"Vial mean that she nursed him bel-
leetitan 1 do," in a jeal4.u., !ono. "well"
--more gencruuely—"how shabby of me
to mind, if she did ! i do not mind.
God bless her for 11 ! I always thought"
conlptulctiously—"thud elle looked n
nice woman..,
'She is nice --as nice" --descending in-
k. a slang unworthy of his ripe•years—
"ae they make 'end."
"And the girl --1 suppose one can
hardly call her n girl—looks nice too."
They are prising the Cashel', the solid
Moorish farliflcatione, atom,t which n..w
hang only a few ggaitered, sunburnt,
baggy Zouaves.
Jim 1111s a silly hope that. if he main-
tains an entire silence, the curent of loris
oom a nion's i41t'as inay drift into ano-
ther channel; but he is soon unde-
•eeived.
"1 supFr;e that she must have been
quite, quite young when—when those
dreadful things hnppcned that Willy
t(tlked about in his drliritan "
"Is it p►nssible" — indignantly—"that
_you take time ravings of a fever -patient
a'1 pied de la litre?"
"No, 1 do not.; but"—with nn obsti-
nate sticking t.► her point"Iheere was a
substratum of troth in them ; that was
only too evident."
Jim shuts his teeth light together.
tee e t 4 nw of silence is harder to keep
than he 18141 tit4►ught.
"Since he cant° t0 hims('I( he has ne-
ver mentioned her 14 me," centimes his
companion anxiously ; "pias he to you?"
"1 gleite tremble "•hen4'ver he opens
hie lips, lest he should be going to be -
kir the subject. and nuc could not con-
tradict. hies yet awhile; he 18 SU quix-
otic, ft t• (lithe likely that he finny have
Se'.na4► din10114'.1 ides that iter• being—how
ss111111 I Sny ?—tl('Irie- is nn additi(►nal
rc•aeini for standing by her, rehat,iu.nt-
il►g her, marrying her. Ile is so chivul-
They have left the Prison ('ivile and
Its. %4►ua►ve ilarracks- behind them. A
lenge'. interval than that usually sup -
peed t4) elapse lseeven a Irinntl: an.1 its
11144i114141' 110-. passed, before Jim can
bring (himself to utter the following sen-
tence will) the calmness which he
swishes :
"l las it neer occurred to you That
she rimy be chivalr ens too?"
Perhaps Mrs. I1yng does not readily
find a response to this queetion ; per-
haps iL sets her off upon n Irvin of spec-
ulation wheel does not conduce toe gar-
rulity. Certain it Is thug, 14)r the rest of
the drive, she is as Silent 118 Jim ('4181(1
isle her. Il is n sharp surprise to hila
two days Inter 14) Ike nnysterioualy Called
out.ade the sick nine S door by her, in
order 1411 be informed that elle has in-
t•ite'4t ‘tics lie N1nr4•h11111 to fic(•oln{►any
her (ill n delle.
"I went to call upon them," sit,' says.
nvokling—.4 r see he fancies it—his eye ns
she speaks; "and I asked the girl 10
(!rive with me 14e the Mole, and get a
[1(4.►el blowing about,"
"Itis kind of you 1" cries Jim, a flash
of rent pleasure in Ills serious look
"how like you --like your real self, that
13 1"
.\11(1 he lakes her hand t., Hilal; it by
it friendly p►1's•u1 e. IhiL ,she 411 eve it
away miller beslil).
"(►h, it was nothing s) very wonder-
ful --nothing to thank me` for."
She seems confused 1)1141 n little guilty,
rind 4 '11J)ess with 54)nle precipitnti4,n
from his ggi alitii.le. \tri. Bytegt Is not a
t'.•omon addicted to 414,Isbl(-4lealing. and
if she ever makes any little essays in
that direction. she (104,5 1114411, as on
this present (iccnssion, yi{101u►usly.
Ihn'gt.,yne Is nut at tiles 11i111 4100r 10
help 111e' ladies into the curt lag.' "Alen
ihe'y set o(f, Perhaps this n►a) be lee
ceu-e he is in attendance mem the 111-
yeal.l. 1' 't hele4 I►Mou4e--gglod as he hod
nt lir•'( f(•11 0nd (ltxpressed himself IIs
their fren,llint'4s---s.11ne inikgi'. ing 111:1),
1114111 Ie`I1.`e'li4►I1, Ii:.ye Ioie1 (llnl at se
strange a eimjlinclien. M all events.
it is 4'til' I'rili eh.) tlir'ws the light
Arab rug oyer their Issue. noel gees
thein he •'i104/11raging1 pnr1ingg Shiite.
Pool 1ti"44 14' Man'tnnt needs his en-
cc111.1g:l'ntent, for. inlh'e(I, it is in very
frightened spirit that she sets forth oil
Deo pleasuring. But 'we're the horee-
I.ells lime jingled to the bottom of Mus-
tai.tia Sup.'rieur. her spirits art' ri.iugt.
Tt14' Bun shines, 111141 he hits sln)310 so
Isel(t41nt in Elizabeth's life that a very
few of hi; !teems. whether roil or meta-
phorical. s 1113 '' to wend up her IIuick-
ell'. er. She do., I).,( cun5c10usly admit
Pe eecom1 the hope Ihnt in 1h.' pre-
sent (3'. iiure 41n the part of her com-
panion lire any signiflennce. But yet n
lhly 'r'mbling bliss 1141W and then taps
tri her !learns (k1or, and she pushes it
away lent feebly.
1: fore they hate r(•ncl,et they Aniir-
eule. '.tllcr• they are le get 0111, she has
thanked Mrs. Ilyngt "ash 5ueh pretty
nl>,1 un<l,e'p 4'cting gtratitt.de for bringing
her, and lets nln4e her laugh s4) trre-
p n(r•ibly by her gory and naive C0111-
10.111.1 Hp" the motley pas.44er+-by, that
the Iatt sr Is lilh'tl "ilii a compunctious
regret Ihnt a pere)71 "its such lovely
Manners, !nd such n ems** 01 a joke.
ahuuhl I hvO made (4o disastrous 1 fiasco
of her life us renders nteessary the ex-
tremely distasteful errand on witch she
herself is at present bound. At the
Ain't -auto. as 1 may. they g;1 out ; and,
horning under a glc,ine41 roof that looks
as if it were the crypt (,f a church, end
tht'nl,elves presently 111,111) this king
stone breakwater that runs .►tit into the
bay. It W11S 1►uilt, It:e}• tell us, in old
days by the "retched Christian cap-
tives; hut ilk' sea has taken caro that
1101 11luch of the original labor of blood
amd tears has survived.
'1'h.' wind is high, and the sunshine
ardent fond :splendid. 1)n their right ire
they walk, 11 its tlto whet officiously
helping them from be -hind, in a ww'ld
o: dauctng sapphire, each blue billow
white lippxd. (In their left are great
blocks of masonry. built string mei
51;unre. with narrow intervals 1)0111een
I, • bread; the might of the water. Now
1i111e their strength has uvililed agilinsl
that of their lreinkee14)t.s opponent Is
seem at every step, since nearly half the
blocks are overthrown or in semi -ruin;
though the 41ale engraved upon them
shows for how few :seasons they have
been exposed to L110 ravages of the tem-
pestuous sea. They walk on to the end.
till they can go no further, since. just
nhead of them. the waves ars rolling
ill hal[-fierce? play --though 11i4e duy i.,
al smile;-1feet* the breakwater: and
even where they stand. their footing is
made unsure by lengths of shiny sea-
weed that set them slipping along.
Elizabeth ineist_s upon the elder wenn!'
laking iter slight arm—insists upon car-
te ing; her wraps, and generelly "niting;
upon and ministering to her. Fenn the
bottom of her heart Mee ltyng wishes
that she would not, since every instance
of her soft helpfulness. so innoeeat and
spontaneous, makes more difficult the
answer to that question which she hits
ixen asking herself ever sine they set
foot upon the Mole:
"I tow shall 1 begin?"
ll is unanswered still, when, relrae-
hlg,• their steps u little. they sit down
under the lee of 0110 of the half -wrecked
blorks to enjoy the view.
Vt4)m here the sea is n lake. the dis-
tant mountains 111111 1110. breol:"•iter
Sn'rning--though In reality parted by
hew wide a wet waste—to joitl ill em-
bracing it. The imluntaill. lite dim and
filmy lo -day, Cure Matifou s(•artcely visi-
ble; but the llouball shows
deniel on the hilIsid., and all the daz-
zling Willer is het through with blind-
ing light. Thr town, a raleer•nch. is
dazzling too; tate menthe' (I(oy, the
ft•rtilienti4')ns, one can scarcely look at
tory of them. Two or three steamers,
with a tilde vapor issuing fi en their
ugly black stud rel funnels, he an4.411''•(
and outer snu111er craft lift their spars
neailn.;t the heaven. Near by a loan ie
silting witil his legs dangling over the
water, fishing With a line; and two or
three Arabs. draped in 1)1e dignity of
their p utile rags. he couched hound a
lire that. they have kindled. Beneath and
ermine them 18' 1114! banging and 1111111 -
tiering Of the sen. August noise! "A
v41i00 like the eeun(1 4)f many Watters."
(;quid there be a more awful compare
see ? Just beneath them, where t11.1 Neu
has laude n greater brach than usu,ai,
it is boiling 8e in a cauldron. 1/,oking
&wit and hi, they seo the Water com-
paratively quiet for .a mo ment ; then.
with n shout of ite jubilant Yoker, rustl-
ing and surging in, tossing its male.
Elizabeth's eyes ore resting on the hea-
venly sapphire plain.
"I 141w blue!" she says, 1111.100 her
breath ; "one c011not believe that it is
not 1'1111)' 111110; 0114 feels that if one
lank up a little in n spoon it would{ be
jt.st as blue ns it 14 n41W."
"1 daresee it will net feel 50 blue
When We are 4)n Mt's. Ityl,gg.
lugging in eRottlewhal awkwardly, as she
feels. 1114' subject which she feels it so
11.11 141 inlr4►41u('e. "a, 1 suppx1Se "'r 1h81I
t„' «n a "4'.'14 now,"
HIT ehtu'ily 1)1414 her not gimlet, nt her
companion .1' she speaks. so She is 114)1
guile :sure "tether or net she gives: a
stnrt.
"Mr. Burgoyne thinks 1 nm sanguine':
hitt 1 1)111 all for moving him as 44"•11 as
p•ocsiltle ; it cannel. be too goon."
She tries to throw 114 much sign"fi-
canc(• as they ern eepnble of holding is -
to the latter words. and feels that stk.
lin, succeeded.
"Of course h4► tuny refuse 10 g•'1." con-
tinues she, '.villi a rather strained Inugh.
"Ie• you remember Victor 1lug;os dell-
tutiun (71 heaven 88 a wee, where chit.
droll are always little and pnrenl.4 are
nhvays y4.un1". 1 am continually q1;,'1 -
in: it. Ihit, 11nforllmllely. one'.. chil-
dren "ill not stay huh.; they grew tog.
and get "ills of their own. nn41 it is
quite possible le tufty refu�.! to g>o,"
"Yes ,." inaudibly.
"Itut"—iedolening slightly at the pa-
tently -intended npplicnlion of her next
sentence--"nny(.n•' that was fond of hint
- anyone that liked flim really 011(1- -
nml disinterestedly. I 1110011. must see
thnt the only happy enurse for him
w'.t.141 be to go; that it would be his
slllvnti(.n to get 0111}' ; they—they would
not try to hinder hien."
"I .Mould think that no Ono Would (10
that."
There is not a touch of aspi'rity in the
41.:ye -(eft
Voice ; but there is a shade of
dignity.
"\\ hen he was ill—while he wait de -
Heins" ("flow dreadfully unpleasant it
is!" in an anguished intern:ll aside} --
"1 (011141 net help hearing—gathering—
drawing intor'nees."
The enter of the chaise ha4 yanquishel
her charity, nntl she is looking at her
victim. But. 10 do her just*ee. Iho see -
cess 4•f her inners shocks her. Can this
lulls aged, pinched tare. with ifs 411-
lah'tl eye's, Ar► full 401 woe and terror. be
this 5nnm4 one that dimpled into riotous
I1.ugglmte'r half an hour :)g4) at the sight of
tit(' 1"•o dirty old men. In Jewieh gaber-
dines and with gingham umbrella*, kiss-
\\ hat Ills Laboratory Contains — Sonto
Surprising reals With a
Bolide.
Some people call him a wine forger
and heat hint accordingly. In Nar-
L(•nne. France, at this moment his life
would not be worth a bunch of sour
grapes. But I prefer t►► regard hint :as
1111 entertaining juggler, writes Arnliger
Barclay in the London Daily Mail, who
d( -es surprising feats wall u magic lxot-
hovuc site hos wrought, 111141 hits fixed
1110111 11{x111 5441114 seagulls that are riding
up and down upon 111e merry wuw0.",
snaking 1114'11e with their buoyant mo-
tion. even ru<►re jocund than they were
before.
"11 .See1118 an impossible idling to say
le you—a thing 1cx) laud to apologize for
—but yet 1 must say it"—in toile of
excel lye distress, yet 111-11111058. "U11 -
der the cir..unmstances, it would—w..,uld
throw a blight over his \IK)() life'."
"Yes. I knew that it would ; 1 have
ul ays known 11 ; that is w11y we left
l'1< r l i ce."
"And very geed it was of you. too!
Net that 1 am quite certain of the judi-
clenene_ss of the way i.1) which you (1141
it : but. however, I U1)1 suer you meant
it for the best."
"Yes, I meant il. for the befit."
The sen -gulls have risen from the bil-
ler'', and are turning an(1 wheeling in
at (-omelet's pay with it, trying exF4'ri-
mi nes as t► hew they clan best. cate1►
their bright playfellow, and ;twill' shake NO GLUE TO IiIS 11)ENTHY.
it off, ;mil yet again recapture it.
"What a monster you vilest st think
me!" !" breaks out the elder woman prti-
senily.
Now that the impression has some-
how leen conveyed to her mind tilt ilei'
miesir)n is likely to be completely suc-
cesshli, the full brutality of the method
by which she ha,, ticconmp►lishtd it bursts
upon her mind.
"110"• treacherous! baring you out
here. muter the pretence of friendliness,
• say sue)) horrible► things to you!" alcoholic strength?"
Elizabeth's narrow haunts are clasped I►recto! It is done. Ile pours some
upon her kart•, and her snutll hoeu1•1- of the result into a wineglass and hands
broken. whim Inc is 14x,king out it lo ane. It • has the look. smell and
'straight before her. taste of the wine for elect* 1 pa}' one
"Mind you," he goes on, "I don't ob-
jet to real %vin, in moderation. My
cm'n best qualities have a base of sound
sherry or Burgundy, 'fake claret, for
111-111.,Ce. why so- ld 10 Bordeaux when.
wills a gg:11 of Australian Burgundy or
Spand,lm Mein, water ---"'stets while 1 to
11—:1 f4 w (drops of French vinegar and
25 per cetit. of potato spirit that's col-
e.r;esy and odorless and only costs 1t
few pence ler gallon, 1 can give you
ct.ent'cally the sante tiring with more
"N4►, I do not think you a monster,"
:hes answeril—"you are n kitl'I-hearted
seaman ! and it oust have been e'er}',
very unpleasant 1.) you, I am quite
sorry --With fi yurt •,t you,
,nuke— f ►t•
havingto 11" it; bol .uu are, his nen---an astringent
} (ne( acidity, say citric g,ent
titer, If 1 had been his neither. I should like tannic acid to (pry them. spirit and
hove done the sante ; at least, 1 suppose wager in proportion. and there you
so." (are! i.enye out the 1.1111110 and use
"1 urn stere, if things had 1►4'4'n differ- w1,110 sugar 8)1111) instead, and you
cut, there is no one Ilmal I Should have •.
— I
(1", not know When 1 4?v0r ft,"". any- Lay,.dispe s,
A dispen:;ing druggist in a hurry
(Me weat 1 1(1014 surly a fancy 4). if it C•.u'd 1101 make up n prescription more
flee sly then he manufactures wine Le-
k re my eye's. 1 taste a "Niersteincr. '
"Light elegant dinner Wino' with good
L4e(ty. ir4'111 the 1tugg.'n-114iehhetmcr dis-
trict.' tie to net:14s in the lone of one
quoting frons a wine circular. "Now try
the '(;raves.' Dry and Ilavory. eh? The
'(:hnblis' scat and 1'0111141, Isn't it? 1.011quite I' coggnize the vintages you've had
to pay respectable prices for?"
Is it eo? Or hos he the power of sug;-
alto! sixpx'tl••eo a l ottle.
"'Total r. st a fon-lien over three
pence Ix►lte% and label included." 1 e
exalts. ' flecks and Sauternes the sans('.
A little real sherry for tate base, suttee -
had mot been for 11141 41isparily-1 Mehl!,if he had been less yg; ounanal mitato
lake upon himself the serious resl.unsi-
bltilkes of
114►w (lepk)raely land(' even to fits.
Byngr; s ('111.8 sound her lardy effort --s to
place the grounds of ler ohjeete n on a
less cruel basis than that which sho has
already made so nakedly plain 1e be the
real one! Even the sweet manner4'.1
KIlzalreih doe3 net blink it neceecary 14)
'1/114'"s gratitude 1..i' such imst,Ititlg g4 tion, like a prestidigilater. Who can
(3'1141ies. 1)111k.3 you believe that you hear your
"I do not quite uuderslan41 what you is carat ggo!d hunter ticking;
wish 1,10 to (14)." she says. with (1111e1
1►01ile'ne'ss ; "If you will explain to
me ,
"(its, 1 (:o not Want 111 (helot', 10 y011
please do net imagine I could think of
being sti() in►p►('rlinent ; but, of course,
he Will Ile asking; for you. `ince he
came tel himself, he Ilas 1:4►t nlentinm4n1
}•0u 118 ).'I ; 11111 of C441,rSe 110 Will. 1 11111
expecting it every nnln)enl ; prolial!1Y
he has not felt up t4) embarking 111,011
the slthject. lite will ask for you -"ill
W11111 1.► See )'4111."
".11141 you wish ale not Id' Se.! 11011 ?"
(ren be continued).
MO amine. 01 the estrld empl4,y about
3.341(1,0110 inen.
in nl1 the world thein(' is less than 7.000
t(•ns of geil(1 coin.
ilollnnd and Belgium are the only
Cnuntriee which grow more eats to 11110
acro than Englund.
A woman 111" nos "ants to 1>e n 810,'5
friend so Ile ran do something for her
11 prove that he is glad of 11.
"fly Ike way, sir," askeel the waiter,
"how would you like to have your
sleek ?" "Very much, indeed, replied
the mild null. wile had been patienl1)
Wailing for twenty minutes.
"Your wife," said the physi('Inn, "will
not be able to speok above n whisper
kir a week or more." "I \yonder. &es-
ter," queried the eager 11u5111nd, "if
tuner( is any (lope of her disease becom-
ing chronic?"
flillikin : "What's the matter. Willi -
kin ?" \\'illikin : "Mettler enough. You
know. some linin ago 1 awe -timed all my
property to my wife, lo-- to keep it net
of the hands of --of pe nrlo 1 owe►, yell
knew." iliihkin : "Yes." Wllllkin
"Well, she's token the money end gone
oft --says 81141 '.won't live with roes t1e•-
cates0 1 swindled my creditors."
eNfamlmn, shat would }'ou (111 if -1hnt
big vase in the pnrinr should get bro-
ken?" snid T.enun)', "I should thrash
wh11ever diet it," Raid Mrs. Hanks, gazing
seerinttsly at ►e'r 131114' son. "\\'('ll, then,
you'd le'tte'r begin to get up your mite -
etc." said Tommy, gleefully, "'oos fa-
ther's broken it
INSIDE A BOILED EGG?
"These. of course, are new wines,"
he expl►tins. "The addition of n tea-
sfoonful of sterilized glycerine ages
them at once. Yuu might remember
11101 when you've got a new whiskey.
I.'' worth knowing."
1 know some whiskeys that would
need a pint of glycerine to the bottle
at least to make thele palatable. and
begin for the first time to suspect
their se,urcc!
"A a Ii skey or brandy pmper'iy Made
�t:ght neat to ttnl g;lycerine. Iloug;h,"
bo oh'+er'. es, n"s it he had 411141 nmy
!Weights. "Here's n brandy that 1 mode
yes:erdoy from silent spirit and mum -
this eller, colored end sweetened with
canine!. that hardly differs front well
matured natural cognac. That's be-
cause it's been healed to 1 1 degrees
1'1,hrsnheit."
My palate may be gelling enrrnpl,'.I.
1 de) not know; but in epile of natural
suspicions the !irately seems nl • -1 e .0.
[404011. So does I11e champagne. "i,ieh
13 his next dexterous concoclien. :1s
fur as I can see it consists merely of a
na•xture of "Chablis'' and "flock" With
winch (1 little: nerotcd water is re4quir-
e.' Ile calls it ('ince Heser'e, Extra
Pry. i 049111 that is what 1 should iln.e
thought it under the disguise of tinfoil
and a label!
The doctor shrugs his shoulders.
"Anybody can print 101)`15 and brand
c4.i ks," he declares contemptuously.
"1.n11•'Is! The average man will drink
neything and enjoy it so long ns 'l's
lateen• 41 with one of the few 1111111e8 hes
ncquaintc(1 with. 'Beaune' or 1111410A.
Lehner' for instance. Ile. imagines these
aro vintages. but they're only districts
mrd (don't green (110re than time collec-
tive express:eons ix'er or whiskey. The
thing is to adapt the liquor to rho ln-
t•ei. 11 you Want an illustration of what
1 mean, here's 0114'."
i'rcetn the bottles on they shelf he lakes
t.cnfniC arid, benzoic ether, acetic acid
and ether, (rnanthic ether and glyccr-
ine—a drop or two of each—and title
tin the glass with the ever
iNi)ISI'I:NS:1111.E A1,('O1101..
1 raise ilio colorless mixture to my lips
and behold? it 15 Mlaraschino?
"No toubietome or expensive process.
CA 14)r me!" ho protests. "There you
I;leve± about n p4'nnyw(rth 111 differi'nI
essences That you'd pay sixpence fur 'n
a restaurant. I add C4 etdneal to it, end
its Kirschwasscr--yanilla, and it's what'
ever you like to call or label iti You're
astunishedt
"1f you were to tell a wine merchant
what I've told and shown y4eu he'd pre-
tend aeteni,hnlent; and it 3.111 printed
it some of theta—the ones the cap fits--
'.weeuld write to the papers for the sake
4 1 advertisement and call you names!"
"What about yourself, though"' 1
ask well polite anxiety.
"4)h, I'm all right," 110 declares. "!n
ttoo first place I'1 of a retiring nature.
I'm doing a respectable trade ill 'tuir►-
ends,' end 0n1)' deal with reliabk' peo-
ple! Besides, 1 take precautions—pro-
tect myself. You've get to with a Gov-
ernment like ours- i buy all occasion -
:,I cask 4.1 real stuff from 11 good "sine
di�lr•.rt—with labels for bottling. lees,
it lash ree a good While. A few thou-
sand bottles to the cask, in fact!' 110
aieee5 hinis: U a wise 1i111e s111ih'.
'But thud's not what 1 wa111e41 14) 1811:
:o you 1:bou1.._ leve been thinking. You
can see for yourself what a lot 4)1 money
there is in toy business. About 200 per
cent. profit, roughly. Now, can't '."ts
dial? 1( yell were to stand in with me
--put in a bit so as to enable me 10
increase my turnover — your 11111114'
'wen's appear, you know ---we might (10
leg things. Y011 see, my dint';----"
It hounds tempting. 1 almost yield
!e► il.
"Do you drink theta yourself?" I ask
cautiously.
"Nut tae!" disclaims the wine doctor.
'1'het settles it. t believe he's a fraud
titer all. Anytaev. I've never yet seat
eesnieten'1e money" to the Chancellor
of the Exchequer, and 1 never Will,
BALLOONS FOR WARFARE
HOW F.\111 CONQUEST OF Telt: Alit
11 %S BEEN ACCOMPLISHED.
DiriUiblc Balloons in Germany
France—Can Be Used for War
Only on Calm Days.
in its entirely there is no subject
more fascinating 1111mn last of aerial
navigation, and especially is this true of
Ps military aspects. Dreamers of world
p41"ser 10 Ix.' suddenly achieved invoke
the: aid of some wondrous invention
which gives its owners the absolute
dominion of the air and the consequent
supremacy on land and sen. Here cer-
trtinly is a splegjttid field for speculalivo
romance.
As long a., the visionary nature of the
dream was frankly ackn4Wk'dg.'d,
"-riles J. 11. I.edeb oer In the London
Daily 11101, well and good. Brat quit*)
recently it 1111s been gravely and re-
peatedly asserted by responsible persons
that this conquest of the air is ahn0sl, if
vol entirely, a fait a( conapli, that fuller('
a urs will be fought out in the air by
fleets cif flying machine and csyuadrons
el airships. Nations are soberly said to
18' constructing these new etigines of
war in all secret}'.
When we come to look closely tete the
nuallrr, however, we Mid that the only
es istingg facts in this (Iirectien are two
41rig;ihIo balloons --one in France, the
other in Germany. Both have hail sev-
eral trials; both have been very fairly
successful. But lesion) it is possible to
estimate in hew far they aro suitable
instruments of Wer, it is essential to my
414 en clearly the purpose of military
aeronautics, so often misunderstood.
These are: '1'o direct the artillery Piro
on lho enemy's position ; to reconnoitre
the enemy's lines n1141 spy out the dis-
I►4's11Km of his foret+,; to destroy his
troops. st4)res an+I forlildcnikins by
'lrcpping ell►!. eiv.-s , and, lastly. to
transport troop. with speed and safety,
possibly ee er ground that could not be
covered
iS' .\\1' eeelll:lt \II':.\'S.
For the first of these purposes n diri-
gible balloon is scarcely so suitable as
811 ordinary captive bn{loon, met cer-
tainly less SO than a mnan•lifling kite.
Vs huge bulk would offer for too obvious
1) target for the enemy's guns.
For the other purpose., hewewer, no
mere nameable instrument could well
ars devise) than a dirigible balloon,
provided that it fulfills certain condi-
tions. Tette p►I'►wiso, Iiow(•yt'I', is ('•`+CI1-
tial. itritely, lo be of any 1.5e from n
military {"►lett of '. ikw. am airstill) Heist
and
poSse'tix the f•)Iloa Ong; (luamoo : high
speed mei hir•ggt• lifting power in order
111 move against the wind and escape
1114 enemy :s lire, either lay moving rnpid-
I ► at a fairly low elevation or by tem.
p ersariiy rising 14) n great height ; ex-
tended railer, of action to enable it to
return 141 its base; p erfect stability dur-
ing flight ; dirigibility twilit's' head
win.ls and cross currents. and nb`ulule
'steely 111 neee cling. 11n(1 more espe-
cially in 1nn41111gg, under adverse (fr-
ct:nlstnnces.
in how far 110W can LIi Patric and
Ct-unl yon Zeppelin's balloon be sold to 11.0 lime it hands n nom his diploma Ile
q►(..e•4'.S theme e'st4'ntinl muddies? To i : 14.• old to make touch tlse of his know -
begin a its the nil -important q).esIMn ledge,
4.1 speed. Froin the olllcial reports re -
'ming 14) fla'' performance of both air- "1 used to kno'.'. \Ir. Sneeeker, "•1K1
ships, 10 Whi(•li 111e WON' 1)115 1111,1 per- tyn-%4 with your firm. 1 u11(1crsInhld he)
- 'I
}'end which it cannel g'•1 without losing?
its rigidity tinder the pressure of thee
ter and buckling up. In time case of lei'
I'tetrie this critical `petit is hv►•uty-,.z'f,l'tt
11014,S; With the '!-egp4:l•n it cannot Iw)
fat oyes'. a thirty miles an hour. Unless,
therefore, it is mutually agi•ee(d by Iho
'deriding forces in future wars to/
limit hostilities to calm days there 14
0101')' pro►.pect that 1110 an -ship \' i11 fail
at the critical Moment.
The ridiculous nature of the sug;g;es-
ti.ul that airships cot.1d possibly be used
f'" iransp erling lisoolls will npear feel)
the fact 11111 the Zeppelin. "i1h all ilii
44 0,111111 cubic feel capacity and its eel
hcvae-po%V"l' fu( e, . a ln
power of 0111) te-4.11
tons.r. ha
Its nu1•ImIl ciltirewg
c4►nsisl+ o1 len leen, thus leaving rather
mere than a ton for explosives, petrel,
leftist, etc., so that it went(' be inipoi-
silik' for it to carry even half u dozen
other nlen.
'1111•' 1'liEsl' NT DAY :11Bel 111'
1:e to carry so 111114.1* 1,:11ta.t, (10 dead.
".sight, that very little useful weight,
5ucl as explosives, I•om1►y, men, ctc.,l
eon be carried. Then. again. it cannot
rise to any great height. The former
Le•e audy 1e -eel iu 1:1115 oil one OCCayiotl
r, '0 10 a 11(•ight of %,54M) feet, "hill
necessitated the exp euditure of 754)
pounds of 111mllnsl out of the ton bifem ;
and even hien it only remained in the
sic just over an hour. Yet the ability
to rise quickly to a great height is mb-
sc:letely essential to an airship under
fire,
Frons time same cause proceeds rho
extremely small radius of action of an
airship, which rigidly 11111its its practi-
cal utility. '!elle lift' of an airship is ab-
solutely dependent on the ballast. The
Zeppelin (►n 0110 occasion travelled
seventy-five miles in two 8111 a quarter
iicurs, returning t4) its starling point
the Lebau41y vessel has traversed just
over se)enly miles in over three hours.
But all these trials have token placo.
1)11(101' distinctly favorable circum -
Lastly,
Lastly, we come M the greatest ob-
slucle of all that has up to now pre-
vented the airship, from bccc.lning a
thing of practical utility—the dilliculty'
of erecting a safe landing. flee tho
French '. essel is immensely superior, yet
it: n stiff breeze it could not land with -
(•Ie external aid. The Zeppelin cannot
land on solid ground nt all ; at the end
cif its flight it descends on the water.
Orr the o111v oceasi(m on which it 081110
le rest on the earth it was totally de-
stroyed. Furthermore, the bnikein must
be !tensed in an npproor•i8te shelter amts,
c(.nsluntly requires refilling with gas,
which necessitates a cumbrous train of
wagons.
These ditllculties point only too clearly
144 a single conclusion—no nirship could
al the present day possibly 8Cconmpuiny
sen army in the Relit. \Viten working
from a fixed base, steel ns 11 permanent
f.rIress, it may be useful for reconnoit-
ring purposes within
A S'fltICTI.Y Li\ITI'ED (RADIUS.
1t may be ('bjecated that these condo-.
8i4:ns are at variance with the reeemtt
establishment in the German firm}' of le
b ittaliom specially devoted to dirigible
balloon work. Such n I.:atlalen has 111
iacl been organized in connection wit1i.
the established ))11t1oon battalion. It
cen sists of three utilisers, ten non-cnnm-
n.issklncd officers and seventy-five rank
and file. The reason for its ('1-0ntion is,
however. not tar to seek ; it simply de-
notes that with their wino! Ariel 'nc0 th(i
military authorities have theugl►t lit 14)
guard against a possible sensUlmonnl de-
velopment in nel•ial navigation by creat-
lingine a b;►(Iy of Hien espericncet in han41-
the present material—inudequale
though it be—who would be able should
the me4•.'.sity arise to take full n(Ivantegu
of this experience in handling u per-
fo�led nirship.
As has already been slated, an efficient
aerial warship is nn impossibility at the
present day ;the Zeppelin is imprac-
ticable and I'arsevnl 1111(1 (;rod airships
have given poor results, find are ni best
but inferior imitations of La Petrie.
The latter, although the best airship yet
eens1rtct(d. notably in 431r gei141ily and
stability. marks hilt a slight advance on
La France. the airship 411141 11) the crea-
tive genius of (:01 114'11/11 11, "Moll* gave
1411K)a1 identical results as long ago as
A i.OGIC:11. CON(:LUSiON.
"i o1 ' 1 to your nllentions t4) my:
daughter!' cried the irate parent, ands
thereupon on kicked time young mean out of.
II►' haus(',
:1s he picke(I hinteelf up the rejected
suitor murmured nm.'•lilnlively, "1 admit
that tit(! 4,141 mules objections carry!
aeigjht."
"I am eating very
"Lost your appetite?"
!PIM
little nowadn)•S."
"No ; my credit."
"Life is hull of feints." "Yes, thank
gg4.odn4'tis." "1\'Ity du you ea?' Ilia'?"
"Tut a lawyer."
Eeeerience is n greirl leneller, but by
wine! access, it nil ears that Iia Pattie
hes in favorable circumstances 41eyi1-
0l.ed an InlIcp('ndedt t (l►0ity of !welly.
three 1111108 1111(1 the '!.•'pp(lin a speed of
thirty miles en hour.
Il is, of c0113se, well known tent the
wind often reaches this sliest 1111.1 84s
often surpasses 11. If it Is 11110. es shown
reeenlly by n 1k'tgginn scientist. Haat the
Wind, even at moderate altitudes, at-
tains n greater force 1111111 twenty mites
,t'1 hour on an average during half the
(111ye in 111e year, it f.11)'.s thnt the
Frenett dirigible would only be service -
elite
1)tlt)tNe. 11 Alii•' 'I'IIE. 1'I:.1t1,
and then only at moderate ctevnttnn..s,
save on exceptionally calm drays. The
German nirship. whose more rigid Mum -
intim framework --thee French nereeea1
e:nly preserves its rigidity Through the
pressure of the loris '.yith whirs 11 is in-
Ill.ted--allows it to move at n slightly
higher speed, is all unwieldy thin it can•
1101 ascends during n breeze of nnylhing
Mo. 11114 atrengglh. 11 it did succeed in
rising in the air it "oul4 certainly
never toe able In Innd 11411)n without ie'.
utgg totally destroyed, a, stall"'rn'd 111
January, 190l1.
Al the present day 110 higher speed
re•uld be given to a dirigible without
exposing it to the greatest (liartgcr.
Every Dalkon has a "critical" ap)axl, be -
is a tried and trusted employe--" "1I•)
rills so !Meted. and he'll 1►(' fried, to►.., if
we're so fortunate as to catch him."
Towne: "Ile,'s sorry now that he quar-
relled with his wife." Browne: "She s
g4.114 Iinnii In. her mother. i Supteeie'"
T4•a•ne : "No; she's end hc'r tn'►Iher
comae home to her."
"Whet 11 ',gee (lo }sell pay, mum'!"
"I'm willing t41 piny 3011 whatever you
are worth." "I've ne'. er 'nrked fur n,
little as Ileal, 11)11111 1 Cooed -day to yoe
We like best to c.111
SCOTT'S EMULSION
a food bee ince it s'anel i so em-
phatically for p1110> t nutrition.
And )et in the matter 4,f restor-
ing apl><•tite. of giving new
strength to the tissues. ewe( Lilly
to the ner'.•es, its action i5 that
of a meat. ine
,••,,Irm. free wont*
4:4 err s 1:0W N R, ('heath :.
Tcronso, um! a►441.
0« at !$, es, all di .gt;st .