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Side by side he had worked with Trent for years without being able to form any certain esti- mate of the man or his character. Many a time he had asked himself What Trent would do if he knew --only Dr. Gruber, one of Barvaria's znost the tear of his complete ignorance of learned! professors, has been lecturing the num had kept him silent all these years. Now the crisis had come! He an "War, Peace and Biology," and had spoken! It might mean ruin comes to some remarkable con - "Send for Min?' Da Souza said. elusions. • "Why? His memory has gone—save "This war, he declares, was inevi- for occasional fits of passion in which table and unavoidable. It might have he raves at you. What would people been, postponed, but it had to come say? ---that you tried to kill him with sooner or later, It is idle to debate brandy, that the clause in the eon who is most to blame for the out - cession was a direct Incentive for you break of Hostilities. As a matter of t to get rid of him, and you left hir'ta iii the bush only a few miles from Bucko- fact, Germany was to blame, says the zriari to be seized by the natives, Be professor; not blame -worthy in any sides, how can you pay him half ? : I, moral sense, Germany is to blame be - know pretty well how you stand. On' cerise she had stretched and used her paper, beyond doubt you are a million -1 power to its utmost, because in 4 aire; but what if all claims were sud- years' it had ,increased in population denly presented against you to be paid, from 40 to' 6S millions. The war in sovereigns? I tell you this, iny' was, friend, Mr. Scarlett Trent, and I aen therefore, a biological necessity. a man of experience and I know, To -1 The war says the professor, has be - day in the City it is true that you, battle of ideas, caused by could raise a million pounds in cash,; varying conceptions of human devel- but let me whisper a word, one little opment and of human freedom. word, and you would be hard pressed In conclusion, Professor Gruber the Syndicate,sthat and. It is tscheme rue e 'I greatmentioned certain"biological de_ yours yesterday from which you were mends" for the future. One of these so careful to exclude me—you are to , must be a strengthening of the na- get great monies from them in cash. ` tion by a large increase of the popu- Bah! don't you see that Monty's ex -i lotion, and to such an extent that Ger- istence breaks up that Syndicate= 'many will he rendered invulnerable. smashes it into tiny atoms, for you , If the population ,of the Empire grows have sold what was not yours to sell, at the rate of the first five years of and they do not pay for that, eh? 1 They call it fraud!" this century it will have reached 250; He paused, out of breath, and Trent i 000,000 in the year 2,00� .remained silent; he knew very well • GERMANY TO BLAME Learned Bavarian Places Responsi- lenity for War. tha44 t he was f face to • ace w=rth a great crisis. Of all things this was the THE CANADIAN GOVERNMENT most fatal which could have happen -1 OFFERS SUGGESTIONS FOR ed to him. Monty alive! He r'emem- • FRUIT PRESERVING. bared the old man's passionate cry In an advice circulated throughout for life, for pleasure, to taste once . Canada, the Fruit Branch Dept. at ' "You had a partner," he said. "The more, for however short a time, the Ottawa suggests being CHAPTER XI.—Cont d},gg sts as best for "My dear friend!" Da Souza ex -concession was made out to him to -joys of wealth. Monty alive, penzii-: preserving purposes, certain brands claimed, depositing his silk hat upon' gather with yourself." less, half-witted, the servant of a few of peaches: St, Johns, Elbertas, Craw - the table "pit is a veryexcellent joke, `'He died," Trent answered short- 111 -paid missionaries, toiling all day fords and Smocks, and for lams h fora living perhaps fishing with the of yours. You see, we have entered ly "I took over the lot by arrange - natives, or digging, a slave still, with- Bradshaws, Gages, Lombards, eine into the spirit of it—oh, yes, we have menu^ with the Claude. done so, indeed! We have taken a lit- "A very nice arrangement,"Da outd of hope or well in vie, ! Surely' The advice is timely and to it may tle drive before breakfast, but we', ouza drawled with a devilish smile. it were better to risk all things, to be added that many of 'the most suc- have returned. You know, of course, i "He is old and weak. You were with .have him hack at any cost? Then a eessful makers of preserves have for that we would not dream of leaving i him up at Bekwando where there are thought more terribleyet than any years insisted on securing from their you in such a manner. Do you not no white men—no one to watch you. , grocers the St. Lawrence Extra Gran - think, my dear friend, that the joke You gave him brandy to drink—you rosethere‘was p ba sudden ncatch at his like a heart' ulated Sugar (Pure Cane). was carried now far enough? The watch the fever come, and you write strings,It is well known that the slightest ladies are hungry; will you send word on the concession if one should die all woulhee think f the hman iwho� let organic impurity in sugar will start to the lodes -keeper that he may; goes to the survivor. And you gavei serted hispartner,an old man, while fermentation in the jam, and St. Law - open the gate?" ; lam brandy in the bush where the fence Sugar which tests over 90% Trent helped himself to coffee, and fever{ is, and—behold you return' life was yet in him, and safety close pure has never failed the housewife. leaned back in his chair, stirring it alone. Si'hen people know this they i possible that he Grocers everywhere can fill orders •will s• . 'Oh yes it is the way mil- could ever escape the everlasting stig- for this sugar. The best way to buy "You are right, Da Souza," he said. i lionaires are made.' " i ingreat red letters he saw written in it is in the original refinery sealed "It is an excellent joke. The cream of He stopped, out of breath, for the ackages 2 or 5 lbs. cartons, 10,20, it is, too, that I am in earnest; neither veins were standing out upon his the air that fatal clause in the agree- 25, and 100 lbs. bags. f 1 ? 'l and he remembered what meat, to which she and all others thoughtfully.' !ma of cowardice—ay, and before him you nor any of those ladies whom I, foreh scat would point with bitter scorn, indubit- see out there will sit at my table, the English doctor at Cape Coast; Castle had tole! him. So he was4silent able, overwhelming evidence against again."P p him. He gasped "You are not in earnest! You do for a moment, wiping the ers ieation .g P d for breath andwalk- ed ,,, away and struggling against the fear restlessly up and down the room. not mean it.teo Other thoughts came crowdingin upon `"I can assure you," Trent replied' which -was For ant's facelwase not. him. He was conscious of a ew ele- "Butdo you mean"that I ," Da Souza splut-j pleasant to look upon. meat in himself. The last few years Anything else?" ; had left their mark upon him. With • tared, "that we are to go like this Da Souza pulled himself together.; the handling of great sums of money to be turned out the laughing -stock; "Yes " he said; "what I have said is and the acquisition of wealth had of your servants, after we have come; as nothing. It is scandalous, and it grown something of the financier's back, too, all ,the way ?—oh, it is non -g fever, He had become a power,solid- sense! It's not to be endured!" would make talk but it is nothing.' lly and steadfastly he had hewn his You can go to the devil!" Trent; "Well?"There is something else." way into a little circle whose fascina- answered coolly. "There is not one"You had a partner whom you de- 1 tion had begun to tell in his blood. of you whom I care a fig to see again.:Was " f Was he to fall without a struggle You thought that I was ruined, and "it is a Ifs! I carried him on my from amongst the high places, to be you scudded like rats from a sinking ;back for twenty hours with a pack of stripped of his wealth, shunned as a ship. Well, I found you out, and a j yellingniggers behind We were lost 'than who was morally, if not in fact, jolly good thing too, All I have to and I myself was nigh upon a dead to be looked upon man Who would have cumbered him-; never -en mg scorn y the woman b '; a murderer with say is now, be off, and the quicker the d' b batter Da Souza cringed no longer,; self with a corpse? Curse you and: your vile hints, you mongrel, you and there shot from his black eyes the hanger-on, you scurrilous beast! Out, venomous twinkle of the serpent and spread your stories, before my fin - whose fangs are out. He leaned over t our throat! Out!" gars ge on the table, and dropped his voice. I Da Souza slunk away before the "I speak," he said, "for my wife, my' fire in Trent's eyes, but he had no daughter, and myself, and I assure idea of going. He stood in safety r, and a he leanedor CHAPTER ?SII. • I ward, speaking now in a hoarse whis- per, he reminded Trent momentarily Trent nee up with flashing eyes. Da of one of those hideous fetish gods in Souza shrank back from his out- the sacred grove at Bekwando. stretched hands. The two men stood "Your partner was no corpse when facing one another. Da Souza was you left him," he hissed out. "You afraid, but the ugly look of determin- were a fool and a bungler not to make ation remained upon his white face. ` sure of it. The natives from Bek - Trent felt dimly that there was some- wando found him, and carried him thing which must be explained be- bound to the King, and your English tween them. There had been hints of explorer, Captain Francis, rescued this sort before from Da Souza. It him. He's alive now!" ,.', was time the whole thing was cleared Trent stood for a moment like a up. The lion was ready to throw . man turned to stone. Alive! Monty aside the jackal. alive' The impossibility of the thing "I give you thirty seconds," he said, came like a flash of relief to him. The "to clear out. If you haven't come to man was surely on the threshold of your senses then, you'll be sorry for death when he had left him, and the it" ' age of miracles was past. "Thizty seconds is not long enough," "You're talking like a fool, Da Da Souza answered, "for 'me to tell Souza. Do you mean to take me in you why I decline to go. Better listen with an old woman's story like that?" ,'s to me quietly, my friend. It will be "There's no old womanstory about best for you. Afterwards you will what I've told you," Da Souza snarl - admit it." i ed. "The man's alive and I can prove "Go ahead," Trent said. "I'm anx- it a dozen times over. You were a ious to hear what you've got to say. fool and a bungler." , Only look here! I'm a bit short -tem- ; Trent thought of the night when he pered this morning, arid I shouldn't had crept back into the bush and hadse oue ay with your adv! t ' th words " found no trace of 1%lonty and gradual - you that we decline to go!" near the loo i s 1 f yp , "This is no play at all," Da Souza ly there rose up before him a lurid remarked, with a sneer. "I ask you possibility Da Souza's story was true. to remember, my friend, our first The very thought of it worked like meeting. ; madness in his brains. When • he Trent nodded. spoke he strove hard to steady his "Never likely to forget it," he an-, voice, and even to himself it sounded' swered. like the voice of orae speaking a long with you," Da Souza continued. "I "Supposing thatetRis were true," he' had made money trading in Ashanti said, "what is he doing all, this time ? for palm-oil and mahogany. I had Why does he not' come and claim his money to invest—and you needed it. share?" ' • You had land, a concession to work Da Souza hesitated: He would have gold -mines, and build a road to the Iiked to have invented another reason,; coast. It was speculative, but we but it was not safe. The truth was did business. I came with you to Eng- best. land. I found more money." •"He is half-witted, and has lest his "You made your fortune," Trent memory. He is vlorking now" at one said drily. "I had to have the money, of the Basle tliission-places near and you ground a share .out of me* Attra." - which is worth a quarter of a million' "And why have you not told rile ate e to you!" before?" "Perhaps it is," Da. Souza answer- Da Souza shrugged his shoulders. 1 eci, perhaps it is not. Perhaps it is "It wag not necessary," he said. Our; worth nothing at all. Perhaps, in- interests were the same, it was better> stead of being a millionaire, you your- for you not to*know." self are a swindler and an adven- "He remembers nothing, thqn� ?" tures!" Da Souza hesitated. Oori Sam," "If you don't speak out in half a he said, "my half-brother, keeps an Moment," Trent said in a low tone, eye on him. Sometimes he gets test - "r1.1 twist the tongue out of your less, he talks, but what matter? He t head." has no money. Soon he must die. He "I am speaking out," Da Souza an- is getting an. oIdaman!" swered^ "It it an ugly thing to have "I shall send for him," 'Trent said to say, but you must eoiitrol your- slowly. IILehall have his share!" Self." It was th one -fear which• had kept# The little blaek eyes were like the Da Souza silent. The muselds'of hist oyes of a snake. He was showing his face twitched, and his linger -nails t'}eeth He forgot to be afraid were buried in the flesh of his fat, whose picture for years had been a religion to him, and whose appearance only a few hours' ago had been the most inspiring thing which had enter- ed into his life? He looked across the lawn Into the pine grove with steadfast eyes and knitted brows, and Da Souza watched him, ghastly and Nervous. At least he must have time to decide! "If you send for him," Da Souza said slowly, "you will be absolutely ruined. It will be a triumph for those whom you• have made jealous, who have measured their wits with yours and gone under. Oh! but the news- papers will enjoy it—that is very eer- tain. Our latest millionaire, his rise and fall! Cannot you see it in the placards? And for what? To give wealth to an old man long past the enjoyment of it—ay, imbecile already! You will not be a madman, Trent?" Trent winced perceptibly. Da Souza saw it and rejoiced. There was an- other awkward silence. Trent lit a cigar and puffed furiously at it. "I will think it over, at least," he said in a low tone. "Bring back your wife and daughter, and leave me alone for a while." "I knew," Da Souza murmured, "that my friend would be reasonable." "And the young ladies ?" "Send them to—" "I will send them back to where they came from," Da Souza ineerrupted blandly, (To be continued.) Up to the Wrong Ears. Knicker—Is Jones up to leis ears in debt? .. Bocker—Worse; it has come to other people's ears, too. I came down from Elmina to deal way off. • Caught At It. "What's become of Bill?" "Oh, he opened a 'store." "Doing well ?" "Naw; doin' time." Identifying Dead Soldiers. Each of the armies in this great war, says the Christian Herald, has a system that enables it to identify the dead. The Russian soldierwears a numbered badge; the French soldier has an identification dard stitched into his tunic; the German soldier has a little metal disk that bears his name; the British soldier has an alu- minum disk, with identification marks and church affiliations; the Japanese soldier has three disks, all alike, one round his neck, another in his belt, and another in his boot; and the Aus- trian soldier has a gun-metal badge, with hs name on a tiny -parchment leaf within. The Turk is the only sol- dier so lightly valued that -he carries no badge. Identification is evidently regarded as unnecessary in his case. Also in Debt. !,,,"The beauty of autamobiling is that it keeps one out of doors." "Not always. It frequently lands one in jail or the hospital." The chap who burns the candle at both ends may be extravagant, but it is cheaper than electric light, even then. e, A Londoner who was showing some country' relative the sights of Lon- don one dty rectntly,, and was point- ing out a fnagnificent old residence, built years ago by a fcmous and ra- ther unscrupulous lawyer of hie -time. ".Arid," the Londoner w':s'asked, "was he able to build oe house like that by his practice!?" "yte•,' was the reply, "by his practice u?4 his errac:ticee." TheWorld's finest Tea Tea out�'rhr and out" -sells all others, s. lely through its delicious flavour and down -right all-round goodness. 0 Air• Protect the Skunk. The skunk stands among the most important animals that choose for their diet insects harmful to the farm- er. It is the best-known enemy of army worm, including the common army worm, the wheat head • army worm and the fall army worn, all of which are destructive to small grains, corn and.grasses, and cause heavy losses every year to farmers, according to the United States department of agri- culture's biologist. Two kinds of tobacco worms, which also attack tomato and potato plants are eaten by the skunk in large num- bers. These worms change their diet from tobacco to tomatoes with such adaptability that they have spread over wide areas in the United States. The skunk's eagerness for the worm is such that he will dig them out from the ground it great numbers in the late summer and destroy them. The white grub is also dug for by the skunk and consumed by him, and 'the strawberry growers generally re- gard this animal with favor, even though in its eager search for the grubs it may uproot the plant or eat a few berries. The skunk also eats • many mature May beetles and June bugs which hatch from the white grubs. Skunks also destroy the hop grub, grasshoppers, cut -worms, crickets, sphinx moths, sweet potato beetles, Colorado potato bbeetles, field mice and rats^ The animal is especially useful in destroying the rats • and mice that 'commonly infest farm buildings. If a skunk takes up his residence near premises where these rats are abundant, it will remain there if not disturbed until practically all of the !rodents are destroyed. So useful an animal should be fully protected. With insects increasing with wonderful rapidity, the farmer and gardener is put to great expense and labor in fighting them, and any !• animal that will help the cultivators of the soil to fight their insect battles !should be encouraged and protected. Many farmers are shortsighted enough to kill every skunk they can find, to obtain for the skin a price that seems high, but is nothing as compared with the good it does. Protect. Stock From, Flies. Relief from attacks by flies may be brought to live stock on the :Farm by the use of sprays. The following spray is suggested. by F. L. Washburn, entomologist of the Minnesota- college of agriculture. Three parts of fish oil and one part kerosene. The spraying is best done with a knapsack sprayer, and it takes only two or three minutes to spray a steer or horse. The spray appears to keep off all flies for two days. The Split Log Drag. . The split log drag has contributed more toward the economic mainten- ance of public highways than any implement of modern usage. It does not require special acts of the legis- lature, bond issues or expensive educa- tional campaigns to make it avail- able as usually proceeds construction work. A drag can be built or pur- chased for $20 and easily operated by anyone who can drive a team. Pruning Dont's. Don't prune with an ax. Don't eut off the lower limbs. Don't cut off the short spurs. Don't leave ,stubs. Don't use dull tools. Redpath Sugar rias . been growing better and more popular ever' since. When there seemed no further room' for improvement hi the sugar itself, we made a decided advance by intro. ducting the #54114eZ Sealed Cartons. � ANADA'S pioneer sugar refiner was John Redpath,' . who in .: 1854 produced "Ye Olde Sugar Loafe"•—+the, first sugar "made in Canada". These completed a series of incdiv:'dual packages -2 and 5 lb. Cartons and 10, 20, 50• and 100 lb. Cloth Bags— which protea the sugar from Refinery to Pantry, and ensure your getting the genuine Ada Get Canada's favorite Stgar in Original Packages. CANADA'SUGAI't REFINING. Co., MUTED, MONTREAL" 130 Wide Skirts the New Vogue. It remains to be soen whether or not women are to be satisfied with the fall fashions in suits and evening gowns. One thing is assured—skirts are to be wide and comfortable and are to be worn somewhat longer than they have been all summer. The trottoir will reach the high boots which are to be ail the rage this fall,` while the evening will v ng gowns and dinner frocks escape the floor by two or two and a half inches. The 'prettiest skirts are fashioned In French serge, taffeta, charnteuse, net and all other soft materials that are draped readily, Groult, one of the leading French houses, has created some new ideas for skirts that are really charming and chic. In these he has incorporat- ed the wide skirt, the short skirt and the draped skirt in one. One of his loveliest models is a black charmeuse. The soft, shimmering material is draped in soft folds in front and in back. It is full and baggy at the sides giving the • suggestion of Turkish trousers. Taffeta also, lends itself charmingly to the full plaited and gored skirts. This is especially true where a deep flounce is made of one color, and com- bined with another material for the body of the frock. • One of the smart- est skirts of this kind is a plaited black and white check. The upper part of the skirt is fashioned„of the checked material, giving an apron ef- fect to the dress, while the wide, full. flounce is made of black taffeta. The style of skirt is especially at- tractive when made into . one-piece dresses of serge, gabardine and other soft woolen materials.' With this style of frock the skirt is made close fitting by means of fine plaits or soft shirring over the hips. It falls in full flare about the knee. The dinner dresses and evening frocks cling to the idea of full skirts. Many are draped in wide plaits fuller in the back than in front. Others are. arranged into flounces, socut as to give the suggestion of wide plaits, The full skirt looks fuller than it really is because of the long, narrow sleeves with which they are worn. The high boots play an important role in accenting this point. Leather boots are to be worn with the trottoir, while satin and velvet boots are to be fash- ionable for afternoon wear. It behooves the feminine mind to meditate upon the material to be chosen for the van guard tailleur of the autumn season. Checks and plaids will be exploited by the fabric makers. There is a most enticing new weave, which comes M dark red and green Scotch plaid. It it a heavy blanket or 'English cloth• with camel's hair finish.' For long , coats it will be found exceptionally good, as the wildest dissipations of autumn storms and descending snows cannot injure its splendid stability. In velours de laines .there are stripes and checks, one wonderfully soft and beautiful being a combina- tion showing up in blue striped with chartreuse. It is predicted that -gray velour, trimmed with pipings of white velvet, will be good and that some of the very exclusive models are of bat- tleship gray and navy blue. ' All shades of purple and mauve will be "voguey.” Following the general trend of peasant fashions, comes now the chin- bow veil. ' FOREIGN SCIENCE NOVELTIES. Subject to government inspection 16,000 New Zealand farmers keep bees.` In some portions of Germany alco- hol is being made from chicory root, which grows there very freely.' At the present rate . of consumption, Great Britain's mines are estimated to hold enough coal to last about 175 years. ,.. In an English boxmaking machine the nails ( driven at an angle • through two boards at once, are turned back to forma hook in the second board. The engine of a motor driven street sprinkler in England also is used to operate one pump to fill its tank and another to help scatter the `water. A museum of the horse, presenting a complete history of that animal from the earliest known period to the present, has been established in Paris. Though 2,000 miles from a railroad, Yakutsk, in the extreme north of Asia, maintains an electric light plant the year around. That there is more food value in one acre of beets than in four of wheat is the contention of German agricul- tural scientists. !trench scientists have demonstrated that the vapors of iodine and bromine pass through thin glass., even at or- , dinary temperatures. Success has attended experiment in England with spinning a textile , fibre from a form' of sea weed that , grows plentifully in Australia. A French engineer has invented a sand box for locomotives in which . a strearn of water carries the sand to the rails with a minimum waste. The men are on earth chiefly to at. tract the womefi, but they . don't know it. The women are on earth chiefly to attract, fhe men, and. they know it -- though virile pretend otherwise.