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Hy E. PHILLIPS OPPENIIEIM
`body of Collins. The salt water wa
s
still oozing from his clothes aud;
limbs,. running awry in little streams.
There. vias 'a email blue hale in the
middle of his forehead.
."This, apparently," Thomson sold,..
the man who lit the •Megnesiunl
light which showed the Zeppelin where
to throw her bombs. The thine- was
pidreentviify ouslyhint?" prearreteged. • Clan you
"Identify him?" Granet exclaimed.
"Why, I was playing bowls witn him
;yesterday aftereeota. He is a Glasgow
nierebant named Collins, .ana- a very
fine gait •player. He is steal rata; at the
Ightedd_ Donny Ranee Club,
creeping in on him. He was. conscious•E • "He has also another claim to dist
of failure, of b"eind, idlotic folly:. traction," Major Thornson t,emarl.ed
Never before hail he been guilty of t,'rily, ,for he is the men who tired
se:h miserable short-sighteds:ess. Ile thz, a lights, The sergeant who shot
fought eleepert lets- against the toils; hem fancied. he heard voice: at; the
whie' he Pett were gradually closing; er€ek: and crept up to the -wall just
in upon him. There must be some before the flare came. The se ge int.
pray out! ,.1I may add, is uuder the impression
"Captain Granet," his eti ..ironer ,hat there were two men in the beat."
continued, in his calm, cilli#iorless Granet shook his head dubiously.
tone, "according to your story }ou' I krosv nothing. o -em whatever of the
changer ;cur clothes and reached }fere,, pian eu his what 1 halento," he declared,
^t the sterane time as the Zeppelin, after;
"beyond I have told you. I have
haviro heard its approach. It is fourp a` a 3y spoken a "dozen wopds to hint
miles 'r a half • to the horny house° } Wet. and • never before our
Club, and that Zeppelin must have 'ch xice meeting at the Mornay Hoose,
leen waveliieg .at the rete of at least "You do not, for instance, happen t
sixty 'ni e. an hour. Is year ear know how he came here front th
tepahle of Miracles z' Donny Hatase?"
"If you mean did he come in nl
"It is, capable of sixty miles an coat,,,, Granet answered easily, "Pleas
hf: r," Granet d'e'iarte#. r . - s .y,
let me assure you that he .slid not. .
••IPcr:aa s I may spare you she errand here Last night was in:liscre.
trouble," Thomson proceeded drily, "of enough, but I e 1 ' ,
g ei cnhn y shotaldn t hay
further explanation, Captain Granet,; brought another nhan, es eeieli'
when l tt'll you that your c^,r was ob- . stranger, with urae." p
served ley one o the sentriee quite +i+ "Thank you," 'Major Thomson cove
:aa;:r,rter et an hoar before the arrival' eluded, "that Is all ]I have to say -to
at the Zeppelins tee the lighting of you for the present°' y
Vint flare Your ata: rrnents, ts.put it "Has there' been much dauaage
mildly. are irreconcilable with the' done?" Granet inquiredi
facts of the ease. T must ask you once' "Very little.
more if you have any ether explana-j They had reached the corner of the
Con t,o give as to your :movements avenue. Granet g'tat:eed dawn towards:
last night?" the road.
"What other explanation can I "1 resum " he
P e, remarked "that ' I
a
give?" Granet asked, his ?grain swa�rl:- am at ]:',party to depart?„
i g der.ely. "I have told you the Thomson gave a brier order to the
truth. What more can I say?" soldier who had been attendingthem.
••You have told me," Major Thorn•.° "You will And the car in 'whch you
son sestet on, and his voice eeented cane waiting to take you back, Cap -
:fee the voice ef fate, "that you ar-i tain Granet," he announced.
rive:# here in hot haste simultaneously The two amen had paused. Granet
with the lighting of that flare' and Inc' was on the point cif departure. With
dropping of the bombs. Net only one the passing of his sudden apprehen=ion
of the I nir res en guard here, but two, of danger, hiss cariosity was awakened.
other people have given evidence that; "Do you mind telling -Met., Major
your czar was out there in the lave, Thomson," be asked, how it is that
for at least a quarter of an hour pre- you, hording, I presume, as nhedi+.*ar1 ap
%leas to the happenings of which I pointment, were selected to eondue
have jsist spoken. For the last tante,,. an inquiry like this? I have volun
Captain Granet, I roust ask you; ily submitted myself to yon' question
whether extu wish to emend your ex- nig, but if I had had anything to con
planation'.' I teal I might have been ;nelined to dis
There was a little movement at the put your authority." •
further end of the room. A. curt�ainp Thomson's face was immovable. He
was drawn baek and Isabel Worth simply pointed to the gate at the end
.ante slowly toward; them. She stood of the avenue,
tribe, the curtains on either side of "If it had been De:meanie Cartain
Ther, dip stly pale, her hands, elasaaed Granet," he said coldly, "I soul hav
n nen. .. cif her, tw itching nervous.y. . been able to convince you Haut I was
• I am very sorry," :ht :aid. "This` acting u2;".ter authority. As it is I
ie y fault." wish you good -morning."
T s t,are�t1 at her in luua ,enaent. k Granet he :toted, but only for
("t:°." t:=.•antt. with ran effort, kept his',noment. Then he shrugged his shout
,wee t .prt 7.ienlese Sir Meyville be- �:ers and turne.i away.
gat: to ieu.ter t;, himself. i "Good -morning, Maori"
- h,Ezel iii • .i nay setup" he mumbled.' He ivade his way down to the lane,
"1. ,u . what do ysu want, girl? ('an't`whieh was still crowded with villagers
e. a ace tht,t we an. engage:; " and loungers. He was. as receiver with a
She melt no notice of him, She turn -"shower ef questionsae he climbed into
,i ere( tiirj�iy .towards Major Them-' the car.
sa 11. i "Not much c?an eee done that I can
" t ter you eteil the soldiery away for hear," he told them all. "The corns
t moment?" she begged. "I„ don't of the house caught file and the lawn
•.itin:,.h:tt they will be ntdeu. 'looir,5 like a sand»^it."
:tit joy Thomson gave to brief order Ile was driven in r levee back to
net the men left the room,. Isabel the Dormy house. When he arrived
..n t a i't:lt' nearer to the tai. , She! there the place was (:exerted. The
lac king at elranet. „ , other men were lunching at the golf
'•I rine very sorry, indeed, aha went; (dub, He made his stay slowly to the
.n, t x '.ins tllia.n 1 have done has impromptu shell which :cereal for a
cites .I all this trouble. Captain Gran- ` garage. His ow n car was standing
=t etnee down here partly to play golf,. there. He looked ell around to make
par,l , et m invitation: He was here sure that he was absolutely alone.
' ttrday afterntan, as my fathex Then he lifted up the •cushion by the
:news. -Before he left --I asked him driving -seat. Carefully folded and art
eteYlle over last night" ranged in the corner were the horn -
T' .c* 'e was a breathless silence-', rimmed spectacles and the silk hand-
sebel ,was standing at the end of kerchief of the elan who was lying at
the table. her fingers still clasped Market Burnham with a - bullet
ervcusly together, a spot of intense through his forehead.
(•c:cr in her cheeks. She kept her (To be continued.)
yes turned sedulously away from
(Cope
Synopsis of Later Chapters. •
Captan Granet calls upon 1oarsieur
Gui:lot at the Milan Hotel and gives
him 0 do:uinent from the Kaiser af-
fering Franc a separate peace. The
plot as discovered. •Conyers snips •two
swan _arimes. Gr net is commissioned,
by his arcle, Sir Alfred Auselnian, to
des:. the new sub detector, made by
Sir 'ensue Werth of Norfolk. \%hen'
c.. ;r even Isabel Worth he is Il:is-
'an t.s, the inventor for the captain'
ef the gwar.i and shown the marvel -
:e : ert e. At r:ie?r,igitt, with Isis
.e, Collins, be lights a flare
t;, ale a Zeppelin. Next day he is
to :he Hail aI d corfrerYel
CHAPTER XXIII.
It wee z . ueeer tilde gatherir, in
the a ra vii:g-ream ef Marker Burn ham
H a: queer and in a :tense allair..elis.
:v e - 4l.er s guart e;l the door. An •
-
tele ' care stood with his l`•a 4k to the
whit -flame window, .he stun tight alae h.
r aped his drawn bayore;,. Granet.
it .:t' looked about him for a'
a , . eurieusly, carried himself
t3 : e ease told onto eeee,
-How t;o ;oil di), Sir Meyville?' he
sett."Hew are you, Thomson?"
lett Mey ail a-, who wen i?a a stato of,
fr(:et
excitement, toot absolutely no
rtes: w elf :he young man's, greeting.. -
1 r zttoaeha:,inv:hieh
t�r:i',a ..at esus a. seated himself.
•e1 +1 :tet for you, Certain Gran -
ea" the :::it,, r began, ••to ask you
ter,, ,itis .teens with reference to
titerevents o night."
"Relighted'te tell you ♦ nothing I
wen,' (;:<.a -et replied. "len : ,his a lite'
t cut of y rkr 'dee. tri ;; h, Thom-
:len?"
Sir Mey'ville suddenly le:+rel for -1
wird
••Ti . the yjun men," he deeler-
-ed. I tk..;tie h;ttm to he the spflacer in
etenrearei herr and I sl:owe<i hint t,vor
t:3y we rk i'op. Q to a tai teliteF--Ttwo-:,
:a:tcty a wrong emir .:roar„
" I* was a mistake for which you'
euhl eearec y holm me responsible,"g
Granet pm tested, "ani yteu must reel-
ly ct seee are if I fail to see the con-''
re :.t o Perhaps yea vodol• tell me, c
Ma.°: '1 tatty'.v . x?t..t I ani here for?,
• 'i'i.. a s a: a a n seif l t' -
j'.. .,_ {,:w.il , . 1C 0.:. •I , •r* t' ' acle
••?� e , a..r•, ',gr. ye..,"aa' : a.:i. "bt•;a. se
v . a• «-., men Who ter
..r' .b wvi:i. h ,IN e'. to l
tl.e' ° e , T':' r 4�: t 'o this Itetia..tt.'
r. they lawn tetee,
.. , :;t jai(;u�• his 3 elle. tie
a.r• oti;ing for the other.'
• eta, y,'',ti ..taagiue tl.;., I eSlil 1+t• dt
to you?" t=t;anct•
Tr t r !mete.'e "' Meiter`•
t
T , ti r• i l t•r .pe you
eat is, ate r . to . us white you
a5t, a T4 ext le exit?"'
"C,tele'e', Greta; .,.:1i,
aei a�eeut
i tS cued I
n, teet e, ie,° hip, Yawl' r
at i• E 'exit a. :.e t 1V. peat. t ).µail se
p.. ,. Iltese .Us' 1 a,: tae;t
pee le a ie,tt. p ,ase
::. , .. • a S .t tent I t l"t d- l..,a e. '
. I a my way nap, air I
ee•tee ones more. (
Bulbs for the Early Staring Garden.
I have found tint no elass of flowers
are so charming,. nal none more satis-
factery than those produced from i To clear the air of a room put a
the adhesive and comfort insured'.
Rouse ioM Hints,
fall -sea's bulbs. The earlier varieties lump of emptier he a saucer and an -
often bloom whee the rest of nature ply a very hot poker to it, This will
e'• , r ne t eause strop #tunes, which cleanse the
is sill (.o,.1n,.n. end • :eta with snips, g
' a e air sl:oedil and at the sante time net
on the ground, Now is the time to y
prepare for these early spring niett- es a very' powerful disinfectant—Mrs.
sengers. I find th..t the bed or border J. J, 0' C.
in s. h*ch, t rtes i planted ,Zt ]pelt oohing cranberries, add a
- t?L1 .. are ti? be ,a,alteti should Pineli of sada wvlaeR fir -at put en iia
be prepared by deep spading, raising Book. Allow them to cook a ar.inute
the ground a little sa that water will or two, then drain, add fresh water
not stand on then-. I have discovered tend sugar and finish cooking. Cooked
That good surfaee and under drrinage in this way, they have a better flavor
are essential$ for successful bulb,', and require less sugar, -tiles. L. L. G.
growing. If the ground is not nater y To make apple mint jelly, cut the
ally rich and porous, I work in a apples into quarters, barely cover with
liberal dressing of well -rotted manure balling water and •cook until soft.
and bone dust. I never use fresh M.rain, and fo- a quart of the juice:
0 ninnure, and I let none come in contact beat three cupfuls of sugar. Set the
e
with the bulbs. A handful of sand juice an to cook with the crushed
Plated around each bulb is very ,bene Cowles#�and staff efa /Mint of mint..
ficial. I always try to plant all bulbs r ,sten y minutesand strain
yl
ei of the sante variety the sa e e into a clean saucepan. heat to the;
My y m d pth•
et otherwise they will not bloom at the boiling point, cock. far fifteen minutes,?
e same time, Most bulbs may be set add the hot sugar and let bail to the°.
a so that the tops will be three or four' jellying stage. Tint a deiteate green
inches beneath the surface of the soil,, w°nth vegetable eo1or paste and store
and four or eight inches apart, Mario -i In ,jelly glasses, --11. W.
dips, tulips, narcissus' and jonquils; , If you will place your butter nmld.
should be planted five et inches in a kettle filled with rapidly boiling
apart, and about four inches deep seater, and allow it to bail a few min -
cremes, scillas, anemones, snow..? Utes, and then place it in cold water
drops, • ehionodoxas, and other small SQ it wi1�1 coir before being used, 1 do
bul'os sboinnid be set tw not think you will have trouble with
o and a half, tho lauttel 'stickin
to three inches apart, and suhout tsvo, .. sticking.- 'You -rill find it
and a loaf inches deep. About the' advisable 'ta• let the mold stand in'
middle of October is a good time to scalding water several minutes while
plant, I the cream is being churned, and then
.After the ground has frozen, and. cooling it in cold. water while the out
on the approach of severe freezing° ter as being worked. --»•J. F.
weather, I cover the bed with leavee,N Compressed yeast should: be as
straw, or other dry material to a fresh as possible and free from any
depth of several inches. This pre"' odor other than the well-knawn yeasty
vents the bulbs from starting to grow;! odor. It should be fairly soft, but
during a. warn- spell, :and also pre -1 should break easily. It should never
vents injury from spring,freexihtg ort be mixed with any liquid which is
tawing. A few evergreen boughs or mare than lukewarm..
t brush thrown across the top will pre- covered andtd yeast a cool lacshould e It a kept
vent the mulch from blowing :away.p
This covering should be removed as have a yeasty -dor only and shouid
soon as severe freezing is over. not be kept more than two weeks with -
I never allow the bulb flowers to go
out freshening.
- to seed, as this robs the bulb of vitality A goal liquid yeast is made thus:
and snakes it deteriorate,- It is best 4 medium-sizedtpotatoes,3washed and,.,
to cut the flower stems either when pal..e., 1 quart hot water, S cup sugar,^
it blooms, or immediately afterward,' 1 teaspoon €alt, 1 cake dry yeast
e with a sharp knife. Witlea little care soaked in ?% cup warm water, or 1'
you can have the cheery welcome of cake eempressed y c: st. g
spring expressed in flowering bulbs. Grate or grind the potatoes directly:
and most of then- will bloom satis-" into the water (a fsa d grinder is eon
a factarily for several years without venient for the pit.-i:ooe)Boil about
ri.newing, - 1lei minute,, stirring constantly. Add
the sugar and salt ani allow the mix-
tnre to cool, When lukewarm, add the
I'recnting Children's Diseases.
yeast, Keep at ordinary temperature,
"MY prevent eisil+peen's d se :sew?' ^ (about 70 dei*t'eee Fahrenheit) Lir 24
some one may ash. shivery child has hems, when it will be ready fur use.
to have them sometime, and the soon -y
This. yeast should be kept in a cool,'
er the better." The person who talks dark place.
r in that way generally argues from the An earthen jarn-
or enamelware pail.
common belief that measles or searla- is a good container t'al' it and should
tan.. le marc serious hn an adult than be scalded before the Seest is put into
it is in a child. That is not so; but tee --R. IL
even if it were so, it would stili be
wise not to expose a child to then, -
e since the older he grows the Jess likely Sure Curc.
he is to take them. Servant Girl—"I'm so awful sleepy
There are only two ways to protect in the morning, doctor."
a child from disease: one is to keep Daetar- "Ah? Have you a sweet -
him in perfect health by providing heart, may 1 ask?" - -
him with good food and good air and Servant Girl (blushing)—"Yes."
seeing that he gets proper exercise, "Who is he, may I ask?"
and the other is to keep hint away "He's the night policeman."
from any child who may carry
"Ah,then, give him lief, and fall in
con-
tagion. The first way is only relative- love with the milkman."
ly effective, but the second is certain. -
It is easy enough, of course, to keep Minard's Liniment used by Physicians.
: • 'i . '•.l• 1 • i•. 4,n .tp'Pkve
, ' •=6�4 i '. IT t l:eel e u be Caall- .
Ties ;, ,: n I followed 1
Te -u: , f.! ,1, rt res' the house, • t
(l +.r: .:t tap of the bark and
vox tenet a-. - rdunnry i:lun,i:. tion
fr-•5; tI e n,: r n.,<n:l en the ether side.
I see. Iu :n ez strail beat fall back . n
h he were shot. A r. ,petal nr
iti.trileir7 i.o nl; ear and e
v'.. ,.-teal ',y two :-a,,:ie•rs, tee whom
I "";• Y5` lectie ezelt es. That is
really al. 1 kr. ,v :Moat the m:.tter, ,
eje t'leC z sen 11r,,t '( •3,
"l' , hal efOy . juet vrrivel, then,' o
whey the borbs were dropped?"
"I pulled up just herore the illum-
int:tit n " Granet asserted.
Thorneen leaked at. him thoughtg e
fully.
"I ZiW going to make a remark, Cap-
tth-. G+ -.net," he said, "upon which you -
can et.tment or not, as you choose.
Was net your costume last night
rather a eh -titular one for the evening
You say that you were on your way
upstairs to undress when you heard sl
the Zeppelin. Do you wear rubber'
shoes and a Norfolk jacket for din-
ner ?"
Granet. Sir Me,ville gripped her by
he hculder.
"What do you mean, girl?" he de-
manded harshly, "What do you mean Weather is fine for livin'—and that's
y all this rubbish? Speak out." what most of us want
Granet looked up for a moment.. As much as we do the shadows of
"Don't," he begged. "I can clear glory that hound and haunt;
myself, Miss Worth, if any one is mad
h nou h d nen have suspicions about me. Weather is fine for loving,
"The truth may just as well be told," And dreaming and sitting by
Che "There There is nothing to Hearing the harp of the evening wind,
Fine Weather.
be ashamed of. It is hideously dull
down here, and the life my father has
sked - -
or the last few
months has been intolerable.. I never what most of us need
cep, and I invited Captain 'Granet To hurry the heal of the wounds we
The lark of the morning sky.
Weather is fine for laughin'—and that's
o Come over here at twelve o'clock
last night and take me for a motor.
ride. I was dressed, meaning to go,
nd Captain Granet came to, fetch me.
t turned out to be impossible because
f all the new sentries about the place, And delving with what life sends -
ut that is why Captain Granet was To help us along to the smile and song
ere, and that," she concluded, turn- And the beautiful faith of friends.
ng to Major Thomson, "is why, I
ppose, he felt obliged to tell you Weather is fine for fightin'—and that's
hat was not the truth. It has been wheat most of us know
one before.' As over the hills and hollows strug-
There w•as a silence which seemed
omposed of many elements. Sir gling for joy we go;
Granet. for a moment bit his lip. a
"1 laid out those things i
e
there was anything doing," he said.
"As I told you, I felt sure that I had b
heard an airship earlier in the evening, h
and I meant to toy and follow it if I i
heard it again."
There was a brief silence. Granet by
lounged a little back in his chair, but d
though his air of indifference was per-
fect, a sickening foreboding was e
feel when the old, sore places
bleed;
Weather is fine for dancing,
ISSUE .No. 37—'21.
Meyvslle Worth stood with his eyes
fixed upon his daughter and an ex- Weather is fine for singing
pression of blank, . uncomprehending Arad .swingingand smiling away
disarray in hie' features. Granet, a To the lilt of the looms of twilight,
frown upon his forehead, was looking The boom of the milts of day.
towards the floor. Thomson, with the
air of seeing nobody, was studying
them all in turn. It was he who spoke Building New Plane in
first.
"As you justly remark, Miss Secret.
Worths' he observed, "this 7 -..ort of Much is expect the tests` of
thing has been done before. We will
leave it there for the present. Will tee -eat Britain's`now secretly construct-
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to
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ed from
w
ou come this way with me if you ed heliocopter ` (vertical frying ma -
lease, Captain Granet? i won't chine),made at' the Royal Aircraft
trouble you, Miss Worth, or you, Sir Works " at Farnsborough by a few
eyville. You might not like. what trusted workers; says a London des -
e are •going to see." . patch.
Granet rose:at. once to ,his feet. Extraordinary precautions are being
""Of course, I will come wherever taken to insure that no spy will gain
ou hike," he assented.
The` two' men passed together side the slightest inkling of the principles
y nide, in momentous silence, across or construction. The place of the'tests
he . stone hall, out of the house, area and the trine they will occur are kept
and the back .:of the garden to a 'secret and it is not improbable that
ooden shed, before which was posted the tests may be made at dusk.
sentry e The men •stood on one side
let them •pass. On the bare stone"
oar- inside was stretched the dead Keep MInerd's Lihiment In the house.
a child away from a companion who is
sick enough to be in bed or in the
house; it is not so easy and is quite as
important to keep him from the play-
mate who is convalescent, for ignorant
parents often permit the convalescent
child, to seek his friends while he is
still able to transmit the disease.
When such a child Ceases to be dan-
gerous depends on what disease he
has had. After measles and German
measles a child should not mingle with
other children until at least a week
after .the -eruption has disappeared.
After scarlet fever he should see no
other children for three weeks; after
chicken pox, not until, all the pimples
have completely healed; after mumps
tae should see none of his playmates
for several days after the swelling has
disappeared; after•whooping cough he
should keep from therm for a week or
ten days after the last "whoop." Fol-
lowing - diphtheria a child will be a
menace to his mates as long as the
germs of the disease remain in his
throat, it may be for weeks and even
for months. Only a physician, by
making cultures, can tell whether or
not germs are still present in the
child's _throat. A cold in the heath is
not distinctively a children's' disease,
but children should be kept from any-
one who has it.
Uses for Adhesive Tape.
If the children lose their rubbers at
school, or get them mixed up, put a
piece- of adhesive tape in the back of
each;. rubber, ,and print the name on
white tape. You can get this adhesive
material in the drug store, and it
comes ' in different widths.
It is useful' for many other things
as well: A patoh of it will often mend
a rubber hot -Water bag, the garden
hose, a split, umbrella handle, or it
will hold a dressing in place over a
cut or burn. The regular 'surgeon's
adhesive plaster will prove :'a useful
dressing a1•sio,for cuts, or abrasions of
the skin. Many timeswhen the heels
are tender and blister easily, the sur-
face may be covered with a _piece of
300 MILE
BREAK EY
The used car dealer wllo chows sol�ia
how they imp instead or' talking aboi i
what they are like,
USED AUTOS
1n0 actuany !n etook,
Percy Breaker 402 YONGE, S.T.
TO RC) NTQ
efentton this paper..
An Airless Earth.
Were the .earth deprived of its tete
rnosph•eie, and existence possible n"
der such, conditions, we should an.
that no rosy dawn would herald the
rising of the sun in the darkened east
er gorgeous colors mark its setting
the west The sky would be dark by
day as well as by night.
The stars would shine brigb'tt
through the entire twenty-four hours,
but we should see thousands more of,
them than are now visible an even the
clearest nights. They would not
twinkle in the least,
They wohtd be seen almost up to tiro
very edge of the sun Itself, bet Ira.
mediately round the sun. there would
be a glow having the appearance gl
broad wings, an,i red flames would
add their grandeur to the ilnpressite
seem,
The Zodiacal light would appear as a
broad beach at light In the sprhiag, up
to the lett of the place where the suet
had set. it would be possible to study
this remarkable object, and no doubt
to salve quickly the ryetery whteh
has clung to it- for so many centuries.
The appearance of the Milky 'ay
would be far more magnificent than
it la new, even even from trapteal
countries.
A big comet would be seen months
before it got to the ,sun. and. we should
witness it sweep round the sun with
ine.reeible speed and dart orf into
space again.
Mercury all Venus could have their
movements followed with ease. and
any other planet there might be be.
tween 'Alereury and the sun would
soon be discovered.
Egg's Fish With Moss.
A French naturalist recently had
the rare opportunity - of observing an
intensely* interesting struggle for
existence between an egg and a moss
plant.
The egg was that of a lizard which
had been deposited on a ttt,hirn of
laves. It was enclosed by a white pre-
teetive eovering of leather -like tenth•
nett.
'Fm:e mane en width the tilt to 'leo
egg rested secreted at the mint of
er•ntael a substru et' that gradually dis-
solved the leathery obeli of the egg.
When there wit= no longer any re-
Instance, the stem of the h:iess plant
penetrated the shell ;and sent - I:a
branches through the rub<rtrIu' (' of tl
egg. +
. a hucrging at the tpnptarti•
But the egg was equal to the ei her-
geney. It envelope' liar" etent ef the
meas liwhl(' the egg with a mrauh an -
cue coating that termed te ins paling
tube amend the intruder.
Then the nares sant out shit' brunch-
es through the egg, traversing it, but
these alsta were nt.tde in:.,,t ^a ue by an
albutllineus contilag.
In ;,vac of this struggle again.; the
intruding moss, the lizard embryo de-
veloped to all appearances utter eetlly,
and finally emerged from its prix n :un-
harmed.
nharmed.
The Test.
It is not until we put thein to the
test that we can distinguish between
our friends and our aerluanitanet:
A man who lives cn hope will spend
his old age at somr'lod4 else's expense.
S 0 S For the Doctor
A woman sat rocking her baby one
Saturday at sundown in the steamship
Venetian, homeward bound in the Bay
of Biscay, from Alexandria For a
week past she had nursed her dying
child, and there was no doctor on
board.
The grey outline .of a man-of-war ap-
peared in the distance, and a wireless
message was sent asking for help.
The war vessel flashed back a reply.
The Venetian stopped, the war vessel
drew to within a quarter of a mile, and
in .spite of the heavy swell a lifeboat
put out to her.
Passengers on the Venetian watched
their progress breathlessly as the lit-
tle boat swung up and down in the
trough of the sea. At length the side
of the Venetian was reached; and,. the
man whose help was so sorely needed
mounted a rope ladder prepared for
him. The baby's life was saved... The
name of the baby was Elisabeth. The
name- of the.: warship was the Queen
Elizabeth. -
•Some time ago Seines Arthur, a fire-
man of the Canadian Pacific liner Mon-
mouth, - was attacked - in mid -ocean
with severe internal hemorrhage. He
owei his' life to wireless: The Mon-
mouth carried no surgeon, but her
commander secured wireless com-
munication with the Allan liner Iles-
perian, gave details of the man's symp-
toms, and received daily prescriptions
from the doctor on hoard the He.peri-
an. The fireman was well cn the road
to recovery when he reached Mont-
real.
The captain of a tramp steamer ;n
the Gulf of Mexico was taken' ill with
ptomaine poisoning. With death star-
ing him in the face on account of in-
adequate medical ail, lie decided to
call by wireless for assistance from a
naval station many miles away.
A liner 700 miles farther away pick-
ed up the call, and the ship's surgeon
made haste to reply with the neces-
sary prescription, which was than
filled from the tramp steamer's medi-
cine -chest, and the captain recovered.
The mail -packet was crossing from
Ostend to Dover, and one of the pas-
sengers, donning htis overcoat in half
a gale, put his shoulder joint 'out, and
was in great pain. A wireless message
was sent from the vessel to Ostend
and thence to Dover for a surg-eon to
meet the boat, and on arrival' at the
Admiralty Pier the passenger was
promptly.attended to.